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rens mcinnyg Trares, sattjitpa:, axjqv&x il 389t. fen Simcif bv The Washington Times Company. STELSON" HUTCHINS, Presidont HUTOHIXS BUH.BEKO. Tew York Office: 2003 Tract Building. BUESCEIBTIOK EATE3. UOKTHLY. BT CARRIER: Morning, Evening and Sunday, Fifty Cents Horning and Sunday... .Thfrty-flve Cents Evening and Sunday.... Thirty-live Cents by: 3IAIL. One Year, Morn., Eve. and Sunday, 53.00 Six llonths, " 3.00 Three Months, " " " 1.76 One Year, Morning and Sunday 4.00 Sir Months. " " " 2.25 Three Months. " " " 1.25 One Year, evening and Sunday. ... 4.00 Six Months, " " " 2.25 Three Months, " " - 1-25 Sunday only, one year. 1-09 Orders hy mall must he accompanied hy subscription price. Telephones: Editorial Eooms, 488; Business Office, 1G40. Circulation Statement. Tk& circulation, of The Times for the week ended Saturday, August 7, 1897, teas as follows: Sunday, August 1 23.7C0 Monday, August S 40,981 Tuesday, Augmt 3. 41,258 Wednesday, August 4 '. 41,224 Thursday, AuquU 5....... 09,756 Triday, Augttet C , 44,628 Saturday, Angust ........ 42.57G Total 95,186 Daily arcrege (.Sunday SSJB0, cx cqXed) 45,237 TVASHiyfiTON, SATURDAY, AUG. 14. Dollar "Wheat In Sight. In New York on Thursday wheat touched the pgdnl of 90 3-4 cents a bushel on the September optica. The opinion sterns to be gaining that "dollar -wheat" is ta sight. The necessary doductiou from, thin Is thRC Mr. MoKmley has done it with his little tariff Tt certainly Is a great boon for the prophets of prosperity. Jhey are more than fortunate In the fact that -wheat crops are so short in Argentina, Russia, India, Ilungary and Italy, that there will be aa unusual tlemand for American -wheat thin year The praximate consequence Is, that our fanners stand a chance to realize a little rnnnfhlni, fftr ihllir IrthorS . llV WRV Of & ....' change; and that Is gaod, too; Due wiey j , o. i,- m.,. , ! cannot be warned too early that they iaustnot, depend upon the perpetuation of conditions which only arise from the tem- prary misfortunes of their neighbors. Tha producf-ons of competing countries will revive as:aia, and very likely next year. Then the silver basis crops of South America and India again will flood the European markets, and shot out our agri cultural interest Prices this year will bo apt to result in a vast Increanc of acreage in America, far the ensuing season, and, while Che pxesut is urigh for the wheat farmer, he must nat delude himself into the belief that the parted of fat things is to be always. Eeally, there is something sad In the consideration that, whoever benefits In these sordid and grinding days, somebody else must suffer for it. It is quite legiti mate aad prober that our farmers bliould lwwc the advantage of the world's crop failures; but if they are good meu they will take it with some tliought of the Buffering that oomos to other peoples through the failure of their harvests. In ;ulte another direction, it is painful to know that the vast Wealth pouring into tho coffers of trusts and monopolies is at the expense of the whole citizenship Df America. But these things are neres Eary under the conditions of the time. If we had the money of the Constitution Once again, our agriculture would not bo dependent for its prosperity upon famine In India or crop failures In Argentina or Russia; and. what is quite as important. the cormorant trusts and monopolies could not live. Maceo and Cnnovns. It Is more than encouraging to reflect Jin connection with the two notable aac6i nations which have marked the Spanish Ouban troubles since the revolution r.e gan, that the Cubans, are guiltless of crimes of that kind. Maces was assassinated by the orders of Weyler, who watbe oreaturof Cano vas. The latter was assassinated hy an Italian anarchist. Throughout tho Cuban war, and while the Spaniard r-jgularly have been murdering honorable yrltonera -of war, and outraging and buUhcrlng in nocent women and gjrhs, the gallant pa triots of the hJar.a have scorned To re sort to savage retaliation. They aave re leased Spanish prisoners, and, whre euch unfortunates have been ill cr wounded, they have nursed them tenderly to health cgain and restored them to their friends. ' History will accord to the gener lis and soldiers of the Cuban Republic the glory of having been unlfcrralyhuiua,ie .to their ponecutins, torturing, butchering adver bunes, under circumstances, 'hlch, it imposed upon any Anglo-Saxon people, would have led to retribution commeusu rate with its provocation. Litter and Eiuerty. One ot the things in which the parks of Germany are said to be a refreshing con trast to our own is la their neatness. It 1e related by admiring travelers that German children are ail trained not to scatter peanut shells, and tin cans, and paper bags, and exploded balloons, and remnants ot firecrackers on the pretty green grass. When a Gorman family goes for a picnic the debris is all carefully gatherpd up and put back In the luncheon basket to be thrown away at the proper time. Possibly one reason why we are not like Germany lies in this very carefulness of the Toterfand. After having a path marked out for one's every footstep It is refreshing to come to a place where one can. rac? through the fields and climb the fences Thus it comes to pass that the iyidrea of Immigrants are often ultra JLrnn46c youag Americans in the matter hBf fflEuberant freedom. All the same, it would be a. gcod thlpg If we could get rid of this rubbish in our parks, and this rub bish In our sentiments and cur laws as Well. If ugns nretuek up all over places of puWIu amuicment, warning pleasure seekers to keep orf the grass, and not to pick flowers, and to refrain from throw ing thlngH on the ground, It takes away from the bcrrce of personal liberty and rouses a perverse desire to tear down the board and break the rule. It torno-tiirw-i produces this effect even in thcbo naturally inclined to behave themsclve3. ThP only really effective way to prevent this sort oi UUng is through the aesthetic hide of human nature, "Let the children be taught that It Is ill-bred and vulgar to litter puhUc places with rubbish and obstruct the atmosphere with bad tobacco and loud talk, and these habita will be corrected twice as quickly aa they can bo by law. There t. a disposition, even among those who think they know how to Influence the poor, to laugh at attempts to be "gen tlemen" end '"ladies," and dress like tho rich and wll-bred, and treat each other with the ceremony u&ed by the more cul tured classes They teem to think that a fchop girl on ?3 a -week has no busi ness to want to wear a pretty and fash ionable gown or to grasp at the beauties and refinements of life alxive her, unless her instinct is true enough and her ex perience large enough to enable her to do as they would do In her place. Again and again, it has bean tried, this plan of making the poor live like the poor, econom ically, plainly, without any attempt to rise beyond their station, and the experi ment has failed. Again and again have philanthropist" attempted to introduce plain and wholesome food in the .slums of tin rill anl have fai.fd. Int. when a woman of tact went there and showed a dozen poor woman how to mnkd a plain and wholesome soup, explulnlng at the same time that she had partaken of that wiup at the house of u governor, and that tt wat. his favorite dish, she had twenty requests for the reclpo. It seems to be a hard thing for the rich to undcistand thaS one of thedearest things In life Is self-respect, and that when yon say to a poor man that he has no right to reach out Tor things above his slation you are telling him tbat be lias no right to the feelings and aspirations of a rich man. These failings may workoutln pecul iar ways sometimes, bnt so do those or the rich, and. taken for all In all, the ex travagances of the poor man, when he has m,mii. nr- mitM-d bv no more questionable -" - n.eans and with no more risking of bb -" incomo than those of the rich. The way to prevent rubbish in our liv ing and In our laws is not by hard and fast rules, but by good oxample, tact and syuipath v. ? The Kloodlko War Cloud. We are glad to observe that the national authorities have waked up at last to tho international dangerb involved In the ap proaching .situation on the upper Yukon River in Alaska. Probably they would have teen the peril. and earlier prepared to meet it, but it happened, unfortunately,. that the Klondike craze developed just as the Con gress adjourned, and as the Administration was preparing to suspend active butlness and tettle down on the shores of Lake Cbamplaln for the summer. We thought then that It was a grave mistake to cancel iheordsrs which had been Issued, providing ! for the dispatch of a regimentot regulars to the vicinity of the gold fields, and we have not changed that opinion; but, in view of the fact that pursuit of such an enterprise, possibly prolitlcof executive correspondence with, and explanations to, Great Britain, might have compelled the President to re main In his capital, perhaps nothing nior should be said about It. Now, however, it is satisfactory to note that the Treasury Department has taken alarm,, and has Invoked the aid of Its brother, the Department of Stats, to pro test against the "nefarious" cxactlonand cctoTtions proposed by the Canadian au thoiitics agalnbt American miners who are flocking to the gold field. Itla announced that our foreign office will mildly and courteously suggest to Sir Julfan Paunce fote that his government would do well to apply a cotk to the provincials In Ottawa, and wire It down. Their ex uberance, while marked by much f rcshnesw, hrnot refreshing to the United States. We are told that it will be hinted, with all that charming circumlocution for which "Uncle John" Sherman IriconsplcoouH.that, If they do not drop that sort of tiling, rhe climate of the arctic boundary will be made hot enough to grow banaaas In the shade. It Is about time that something were done. It Is bad enough for thousands ot American adventurers to be told that they are to bo robbed and swindled with il legal and rascally duties, on what they are taking Into that Inhospitable territory to sustain life during a, Mghttul polar winter. It is worae that they shonld know they mutt meet a force ot Canadian mount- ed polica with two rapid-fire guns, charged with the perpetration of the intended out rages. 16 Is still worse to reflect that our hardy citizens are to be left to tlieir own physical resources, to enconntr such abuses and trials. They are able ana willing enough to dolt. What the Govern ment does not accomplish for their Te ller, through diplomacy, and, perhaps, the threat of retaliation, the bold prospectors and miners will attend to on their own account;, with their Winchesters The chances are that they -will not have to proceed to extremities. A son of Secr;inry Gage Is interested in the gold field transportaUon problem, and, that being the case, "vve confidently look for early and vigorous action on the part of the Administration. The Westminster Gazette is as frank as usually it is unfriendly, to the United States. In an editorial on Thursday, It paid: "We are rather sorry It Secretary Sherman is to be superseded, as in hisown rough way he expresses a-phase of Ameri can feeling whioh lc is important for us to know." "Uncle John " has been ac quiring some actual Amerfcaufsm lu his old age, and: the. expression, ot it is offen sive to Great BritalnwHow differently tho British press speaks of Mx. Shannan to what it did when he was regarded In London as the bright hope and promise OH Lombard street in America! Mou.irch ies, like republics, are ungrateful aud ungracious. Tho bullet-proof cloth of Brother Zeglen, the learned and Eclentlflc monk, of Chi cago, has proved a success, and our mili tary authorities are likely to Indorse it. It3 adoption may lead to important re sults. What would be tho use of rifle ammunition agalitBfc an army arrayed In Zeglen unfforms? The cartridge manu facturers ought to mjb that this thing la tasod out of existence. There is little doubt, however, that the cloth will be In large demand in countries where anarchists abound. ID is safe to say that Weyler would invest in a hundred yard orso, right now. Dr. Herz, who by tome people and nota bly the government of France has bora charged with complicity, and very largo complicity, In tho Panama Canal frauds, has failed to interest our State Depart ment in hlh claim against the Trench gov ernment for his arrest and detention in England. We do not doubt that Dr. Herz is an Innocent and much abused Individual. In that cahO he should uotheMtate to go back to Tarls. There are people ther-i who would be glad to tee him. When Prince Henri d'Orluuns reached Paris he found several letters written In Italian, iu.d incidentally In blood, advising him that, if Gen. Albertouo should fall to kill him in the prcbpective duel between them, the writers would do the rest. A late dispatch from tho Trench capital sug gests that Albertone may not enjoy the ap portunity to pink the prince; but that the Count of Turin, nephew otEing Humbert, may claim the privilege. This would bo better. Ordinary, common major genorals are useful to their country; but a prince more or less can be spared without diffi culty. The Honorable. Toeph H. Walker, of Mas sachusetts, hao his put e red eye on another college. "It Is within my knowledge," Bald Mr. Walker the other day, "that the president of one of the leading educational Institutions of New England Is an atheist He makes no concealment of bis vlew on proper occasions." The Ocean City News, owned and very' ahlyedttedby Mr. John F. Waggauiau, who has recently bought the Eastern Shore of Maryland, declares with emphasis, and hauteur that there are no mosquitoes aC Ocean City big enough to kill a man by one ilte in his Jugular vein. In making this statement we are j-atis-fied that Mr. Waggaman is entirely within the llmittr'ot truth, and we hasten to tell him so In the event that the Republican party controls the next Maryland legis lature, we confidently oxpect to see Mr. Waggaman elected to the United States Senate. The circulation of The Times now ex ceeds tlmt of both its dally contempo raries added together. And in August at that. OT.XEY DEFENDS ANDREWS. Condemns the Brown TJnlverslty f acuity for Their Action. Boston, Aug. 13. Dx Secretary or State Richard Oloey ha eutered tho ranks ot the defenders of President Andrews, of Brown University. Mr. Olney is a grad uate ot Brown and has always tnken a deep interest in the college. La3t week ho wrote a strong protest to the faculty In which he vigorously defended independence of thought, the rijrht of free speech, and condemning the faculty for dismissing Pres'dent Andrews Mr Oinoy, It is said, did not lndorw Mr. Andrews' financial views Mr. Oiiiuy refuses to give a copy ot the letter to tno public, hut says if the faculty thinks It worth while they are welcome to do ffo A COSTLY GAME OF POKER. Jt Forces Percy Anderson's Return to Engluud. New York, Aug. 13. -Percy Anderson, an Englishman about twenty-five years old, arrived here on tho Teutonic In tho steerage, and was called before the ofriclal board of Inquiry today for examination as to f's financial ability to become a good citizen. Anderson had not a cent and when ques tioned he told a story of a poker game on the voyage. In the first hand Anderson drew three queens. He 'filled with a pair of deuces. Andersoa had about $250, and he chought his pull was heavy enough to bet all the pile. Unfortunately, one of the other players had equal Confidence In his three kings and two Jacks, and so Anderson landed here without a cent. "We're sorry for you," said the special board of inquiry, "but you will have to go back to England." And back he will go. GOLD DUSTEHS YVTLL. RETURN". Impossible- for Hundreds of Them to Reach Dnwson City. Astoria, Ore., Aug. 13.-0fflcers ot the steamer Geo. W. Elder, whlth has ar rived here from Byea, confirm the reportb that both the White and ChliUat Passes I are blocked. N'ot one-half of the miners who startPd will get over the mountains this winter. Many of them who have al ready reached this conclusion are selling outfits and will rPturn to the States. The steamer Mayflower, towinga barge Joaded with- supplies, left for Dyea today. BACK IK PLATTSBURGi. The President Returns Erom His Visit to Chester. Plattsburg, Anir. 13. President and Mrs. McKinley and tho balauoe ot the" party returned to the hotel by special train from Chester, Vt., this evening, about 8:30 o'clock. Gov Black. Congressmen. Eoote, of Fort Henry; Fisher, of Brooklyn; Odell, of Xewburg; Lattauer, ot Gloversville, and Ward, of Port Chester, ware- at the hotel to receive the President. Shortly before 10 o'clock they were escorted to his apartments, and were In conference with him for some time. The governor and Party aro tlie suesta at Congressman ll!!!' steamer YVrmout, this evening. They will leturn tc-PortBenry tomorrow, wherethey will remain for about a week. The PreEldent was- much fatigued after his trip through Vermont and wilL not leave thn hotel tomorrow. Costly Virtues. (Fronftbe Chicago DlBputch.) The first washerwoman out of Klondike brings. $200,000 with hor- It it be true Kbat "cleanliness" iff next to godliness what-must godliness" coatrai Klondike? INSFECTINS THE INDIANA. Military and TCnvnl Dlgnltnrlen VlHlt the Wurulilp. Hfllirax, Aug. 13.-A11 day the Indiana's sailors have befhueugnged In acraplng anjl cleaning preparatory to painting. This morning the dry dock wus thrown open to the public generally and visitors thronged the place. Several prominent military and naval dignitaries visited tho Indiana, including Col. A nstruther Duncan, R. A.; Surgeon ,(;ol6nel Oliver, Capt, Powell and officcis of the Crescent. Governor Daly was al?o among tho number on the Indiana's deck this forenoon. Tonight the junior officers or the Indiana entertained the 'gunroom offlcord of tho Crescent. On application of Cupt. Taylor to the mayor, Antolne Johnson, the seaman who felt riora the battleship Into the dock, was today admlttcdto the provincial hoa pltal and Is doing well. Vieo Admiral Br.-kine Is one of tho best known officers in the British navy and has soon service for fifty years In ail putts of the worjd. no was one ot those favored by Queen Victoria at tho jubilee with a knighthood, and now he lb abouj retiring from active service Bis term expires tnis Qionth. The Times correspondent called upon Sir James today to learn his opinion of tho big United States battleship. "I don't mind giving you my opinion of tho T.nd!ana.?rlBnld Admiral Eokine, "yet I can speak only from a cursory examination: of the ship. I had not tho time nor was there opportunity for a thorough investigation. But Ihexo Is no doubt about it. that the Indiana Is a most formidable aud a very heavily uimored ship of war and that she is an efficient battleship in every way. As a sailor I would Uc, IoAth to express an opinion of her valuo unless I had seen the ship atsoa. The value oC a battleship ot the Indiana's size and armament depends on whether she 1b able, effectively and readily, under any conditions, to use hor great guns." Admiral Erskine assented to the corre spondent's statements that the battleship Renown, which Is to replace the cruiser Crescent on this Rtatlon aB he flagship ot the Nortn American pquadron, has 3,000 tons greater register than the Indiana, but guns of only about halt the weight of thoso on tho American battleship The admiral appeared lo think that there was very little doubt on which side the advantage would lie '-.etweon a ship of great tonnage, but comparatively llghtguns, easily handled at sea, and the Indiana, with heavy guns and with, to him, at least, unknown sea going qualities. "I can Pay without hesitation, though." said he, "that tho Indiana's ship's com pany consists uf a very fine young set of fellows. The marines, particularly. arc a splendid body of men, and tho whole shlp'a company, aa I aald before, are generally a young, smart-looking crew, or whon- an.y captain might well bo proud." Tho r.nnrLr nfllre.fl the admiral If ho did not think 11 almost as important for a nation to have good dry-docking facili ties for Its navy as to possess effective ships of war. "That goes without saying," Admiral Erkshlne replied, "but I do not wlPh to dl-fiiss that subject for obvious reasons. 1 would be able to say a great deal In this line, yet it would be out of place in me to speak at this time." It appeared quite evident from AJmiral Erkhlne's manner and significant tone that he had dedded opinions on the specta cle prn'Kjnted by a great nation with power ful ship? of war, but without the means of docking them and under the necessity of going to a foreign port. The pi-inripai conditions imposed by the British government on the Halifax dry d.ick management i that Imperial war vessels shall always have the precedence in claims for admission to the dock. This 1r In return for the annual subsidy of $10,000 . J TRYING TO f BOOM HENDRIX. The ex-Coogresf?mun Being Urged for Mayor of Greater New York. Now York, Aug. 13. -The Brooklyn Eagle this afternoon say3: 'Information which comes to the Eagle indicates thenomiuatlon by the Democracy of Joseph C. Hendrlx for Mayor of Greater Now York. Mr. Hcndrix has disclaimed willingness to accept the nomination, but there has been of 'late a movement on foot among business men In Now York and Brooklyn to' induce htrn to stand aB a can didate, and It ia given out that the matter has been presented to him In such a way that ho has said that he should accept tho nomination If lt should be the wish of tho party. Mr. Hendrlx is a conspicuous figure In financial circles, npd It Is now proposed to elect hhn president of the Na tional Association of Bankers at the con vention to be bold shortly in the city of Detroit. He was formerly president of the Eings County Trust Company, of Brook lyn, and is now at the head of the Union National Bank In New York. Mr. Hcndrix was the Democratic can didate for mayor of Brooklyn in 1883, when Seth Low was the Republican can didate for re-election and was narrowly defeated. This fact gives the present talk of Mr. Hendrix's nomination unusual interest in view of tho possibility of Mr. Low's nomiuatfon by tljo Republicans. Mr. Hendrlx was originally a newspaper man and has been postmastar of Brooklyn and representative In Congress from that city. MT. I'LEASAiTT REALTY SOED. Eighty-Three Thousand Feet on Prlr Street at 91 a Four. One of tho largest real estate sales of the season, InvoHiug nearly two acres in the heart ot Mount Pleasant, and a cash payment of $83,000, will be recorded today. Mr. George W. Silsby, the stock broker, has sold to Mr. J. L. White 83,000 fpot of ground on Park street, at 51 per foot. The ground Is one of the prettiest pieces in Mount Pleasant. Jt was purchased by Mr. Silsby a yoar ago for 73 cents a foot. The increase In value Is indicative of the general rise in prices In the section, during the last three months, and is looked at) very pleasantly by owners of property In the vicinity. Mr. .1 L. White is the "Lucky Baldwin" of Washington's Wall street. He came to this city a year and a half ago with very small cash capital, and It was rumored that vith an oilginal investment ot $3o he has realized $130,000 since that time Mr. Whlto Is the owner of large timber lands and lumber interests InCanada, which until very recently have heen r.ither an expense than i benefit to him. Within tile last few months, however, they have augmented considerable in value. Mr. White Intends to Invest more of his money In Washington, it Is said. He will probably erect a handsome hou6e on his Mount Pleasant property. District Surveyor's Report. The report of the District surveyor was handed to the Commissioners yesterday. It recommends, among other things, that data be collected for accurate maps and surveys of certain sectionsof Anacohtlaand Southeast Washington", showiug points of survey and lard marks generally. A num ber of the original boundary marks In eastern Washirfgton, which weTe de.itroyed during the civil war, have never been re place, and the report recommends that 52,000 be appropriated for this purpose, which can be Better done now , while the territory is almrt?6 uaocdirpled, thanf at an y future trm A few landmarks in George town, are Rlwr to b6'rep!ac2d,if tha recora- i metrdatnons arer approved. SAKS AND COMPANY. "We're out-talked often "ALWAYS LOWEST." Searchlight Lamps, 52.76. Dickens' 75c. Foot Pumps, wjth nipple coupler, to fit any tire, 44c. SI New Departure Bell, 25a 18o. Wire Toe Clips, Gc. Chloride Biko Lamp, worth S5, for $3.98. Saks' Will Be Strewn With Temp tations sfr Temptations that are two-pronged like a magnet. Temptations of quality price temptations both appealing- to your good judgment and your appreciation of a saving. Qualities that the Big Store is famous for best qualities. Prices that speak the temper of the market that prove our devotion to j'our interests. Every offer ing breathes the essence of the motto that is the guide for Washington economical folk 'lower than the lowest and better than the best." Last Day of the $5 and $9.50 Suit Sale. You must decide if you want the advantage of this moat extraordinary chance to take the choice of Saks made $10 to $20 Summer Suits for $5 aud $9.50 it must be seen to today. If there is a possibility of a suit need you surely will yield to this temptation. It is terrific sacri ficing but it is genuine. Our guarantee for that. To be fitted and suited from such a variety is a certainty. S5.00 and $9.50. Today the Bicyclists Will Get a Plum- "We have closed oul the entire stock of Bicycle Pants of the leading maker of Bic3cle Clothing. It includes the finest imported and domestic weaves of the very new est patterns made up in both Golf and Bloomer effects. They are Pants that retail from $2.50 to $6. Hundreds of pairs but we have divided them into two lots. The $2.50 and $3 grades and there Isn't a poor pattern among 'cm-aro offered at S1.5D To make it more interesting and to give you a bet ter variety to choose from, we have added every pair of our own stock of Separate Bicycle Pants. k 500 Mauve Duck Office Coats for 500 office men, doctors and dentists, S2.50 value, for 5 75c All the Men's Straw Hats that have been S3, SI. 25, S1.50 and S1.75 Today 35c No wonder there is a craze for Crash Hats when you can buy the best of all of them for 44c Men's Madras Negligee Shirts, with and without detachable cuffs, worth SI and SI. 25, for 64c Men's Plain "White and ,Fancy- Bordered Hand kerchiefs today 10o SAKS AND Saks GLKNWOOB CE3IETERY ROAD. Attorney Thomas Decides the Con demnation Proceedings Void. Tho nttorney for the District has decided that the Condemnation by the Commiwion ers of a right ot way through Glenwood Cerhetpry for Michigan avenue Is void by reason of lack of Jurisdiction, and that, therdfore, tha District has no tlUc to the property. The attorney, ufter quoting the charter ncdrporating thecemetory, says, In his opinion:. "Assuming that the municipal authorltlies had jurls-Cmon to lay out a road through the lrtrds .f Olenwood Cemetery, which I think V wore than doubtful, they exceeded their power m uuaertjiklng to layout tha avenue more than 10Q feet wide, and Tor that reason also tho proceeding was a nullity. "My opinion Is the proceedings taken by the DJptrict authorities m 1877 to condemn .Michigan avenue through the lands of Qlenwond Cemetery were void for wantot Jurtedlct'ion r and that the District's titie to that avenue is, therefore, not good." GEKMAXS GOING TO ETAWAU. First Installment of Emicrrants to tVorlr the Plantations Arrives. William Haywood, consul general to Hon olulrr, has reported to the State Depart- munc tnat on July 26 a vessel with 227 German Immlirantion board, of which 116 were men, 27 women and 84 children, ar rived there. These immigrants have se curedworkon plantations and leceive $10, $17 and $1& a month wages. Tho women will be given work It they desire It. This Is the flrbt installment of a largo number of German immigrants who will locate in the islands in pursuance of stipu lations made by the Government aud thu bonds given by the planters about a year ago to the effect that after a certain time the pla:.titlou laborers shall be one-tenth European or American. The first lot are hearty, robust people and are anxious to get work on the plantations. 4 CENTS A COPY M Unpreoedeit )d offerl Several thousand sheets of vooal and in strnmental nmsio make your own selection not a piece in the lot worth less than 25c. For this week only. . Li fi UliuUr W uUIlVi Steinway and other pianos. SAKS AND COMPANY. out-done never l" "ALWAYS LOWEST." SI. B0 Fancy Footlesa Bike Hose, 65o. $1.60 and $2 All-wool Sweat ers. In broken sizes, 98a 73c. andSl Golf Hose, foot and footless, 44c. 52.25 Hammocks, with fringe, $1.48. 92 Padded Saddles for S1.75. Today. The $4, $5 and $6 values among whicn are the finest of the Im ported fabrics the Golf Cuffs be ing of the beat imported Kersey go at $2.50 All our Men's 25c Un derwear offered today at 19c Men's Percale Negligee Shirts, 75c and SI value for 45c Guyot himself could not tell these Suspenders from his own make. 15c Men's Maco Yarn Half Hose the 20c kind for 15c We will Shoe the boys today in regular S1.50 Black Calf Shoes for 73c. Every man who has worn our S3 Shoes will jump at a chance to buy a pair for $1.98. COMPANY, Corner." 311S8 MciTITXTN REINSTATED. Revenue Department Clerk Dismiss ed by Logan Carlisle Reappointed. Miss Minnie ilcMlllln.who was appointed to a position In the supervising architect's office In tho Treasury Building, through the Influence of former Senator Joseph Blackburn, and who was dismissed by Logan Carlisle, Is again In office. Miss McMilUn was recently appointed to a po sition in the revenue department, and her indorsement as to character and ability Tras backed up by a host of Senators and Congressmen . She is a prepossessing young woman, and came Into puplic notice and was the object of considerable notoriety during the sensational controversy between Secretary Carlisle and Senator Blackburn. It was charged by the friends of Miss Mcillllin and Senacor Blackburn that Logan Carlisle dismissal her to spite tho Senator. LAST NIGHT OF THE FETE. A Rare CIoslDgr Program: for the St. Aloysius Garden Party. Last night was gala night at the Gon zaga fair. The lawn party will terminate tonight at 11 o'clock, and all articles left over from last night will be raffled off at that time. A grand cake walk, a balloon ascension, circus parade, and fireworks will be among the attractions, and it is expected that the largest crowd of the week will be present and add not only to the zest of the occasion, but also to the treasurer's purse. A LlDemnn's Had Fall. J. J Minor, a lineman, fell from a tele graph pole yesterday while at work string ing wires In South Washington. He frac tured bin collar bone and received severe brulces He was taken to the Emergency Hospital and later to his home, No 215 South Washington street. and 10tk, llth and F Sts. N. "WV 3- Our bualness hours until September ar 7:45 a. m. to 5 p. m.i Saturdays, 7:43 to l. ' f I Our August 5pecial Sale of Housekeeping Supplii Goes ahead with unabated interest. All branches of the Linen Department ara filled with rarest values in reliable and wantable goods the newest- and best that the markets afford. Aside from this general excellence of the goods themselves, contracts made long months ago and large buying have given us a great advantage as to prices. A mutual gain. We shall have ready for today the following excel lent values in addition to those already advertised: 0-8 Scotch Damask Napkins, heavy qual ity. Per doz SX.T5 22-inch Scotch Damask Napkins. Per doz SS-50 3-4 Scotch Double Damask Napkins. Per doz S3.SO All-linen Huck Towels, 19x38 inches. Per doz SS.OO Linen Luncheon Sets, cloth 2x3 yards, 1 doz. Doylies. fiegulaxly S6.75. Per set I S5.SO Scotch Damask Pattern Cloths 2x2yard$, each S2.SO 2x2 1-2 yards, each SS.T5 2x3 yards, each S3-30 5-8 Napkins to match. Perdoz..g;s.so 3-iNapklastomatch. PerdozS3.50 Heavy Drill Damask for hotel and'board-Ing-house use 06-lnch, per yard . goo r2-lnch, per yard Si.OO Second floor. Standard Wool BLANKETS At about half regular prices. Pretty warm for Blanket talk, but if you can save nearly half their worth by purchasing now, why not? Von certainly will not be able to buy them at the same prices when you have need for them. The Blankets in question are subject to "mill" imper fections. You probably wouldn't be able to discover the imperfections if they were nofpointedout to you, so they will not affect the wear of the Blankets in the least. $2.75, Regular price, $4.oo $3-4o, Regular price, $5.oo $4.00, Regular price, $7.5o $5.00, Regular price $9.oo These prices aref or pairs. There are also several lots in miscellaneous sizes and weights, including half pairs, at proportionately lovr p-:'e. - - ------ Second rioor. Summer Clothing for Boys. Navy Blue AII-woqI Pants, Well mado, perfect fitting, 3 to 15 years. Per pair 50o Corduroy Pants, mouse color, 3 lo 1-1 years. 75c quality. Per pair 50 Best Brown Linen Pants, shrunk beforo made up, 3 to 15 yeara. Per pair.. ..500 Blue Denim Pants, fast color. 3 to U years. Per pair 500 Washable Pants, light and dark striped Duck and Galatea, 3 to 15 years. Per pair 25" All-wool and Part-wool Pants. 3 to la years. Regularly 69c to $1.00 per pair 44a One-piece Bathing Suits, each EOO Two-piece Bathing Suits, each ...Tsa Bathing Trunks, each 100 Straw Hats that were up to S1.50. Now ISC to 4SC Third floor. Woodward & Lotlrop.