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WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY. APRIL 27, 1889. TWO CENTS. tile EVENING STAR ithlimifd DAII.V. kxcpt SunJ?y, AT THE STAR bv1ldinus, ki? w?jt Crrrer At?. hj 11th 3t.. vt ti.e evening star !<ewsp-\p?r Company, b. u. kal'kfmann, 1-rriL iff ft*xrt?l St a p. is vrrm to mbsrrlb^ra In jis r'.'r \ rarr r?. on tii? ^ ? w-. ?'i; t. at 10 ce its ;er ? \\ , ? r. th i tiwyjtft* i ?. ?tw ? r ? i *>o cents a D ' f. 5 t?tr. . n\ x ?!. ut)'!?. $.1. n. D C.. 10 *? 1 cl.-.-* n.a'l matter J v flvj m Friday?si ? jr. I fc. 1 .v.* tl'<. art rpn?4. \u i fl ?? 1 tv .<* muil ik? paid in advanc#i ii< paper Mi! le&jfl i '.c:. tor. 1.*;. ???! ativrrtiiiv made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICES. sj- peluell \lui ILDIMi associ AilON * .tt7t. 44 1 tku itair i ? ? am ?:.$.V>4*,.<'0 ? ir; Jn? *? ' i*;trr??1 Fund i ?!?.!???'? 14 r i- t .!i.ajx-*t|la. ' ??> r*?wrr? ?* I ,4. r i ! i ?! !.;>!.* i'lir; - - ? rr ; t . . tai. krwltw ;1 ? ? ?? * j*" ? ? jj . r il.n .iil. , <14|?t 11: ?'*i ailvaii.-H is I- k at ?;?> tlliie..?lid jl.t.p - t-a?t ?*><? ? la?tit>iti-u ??? i -.? ?> l" r 5lt ?*r "" i a i. ir.iA ' . >? In. i' ? ?'??>-! t?"* ?*" l:,j? wn it the u.ual :hl a-o ? ij-t;--. i'.'f r?-i;!,l,Vu w . *1 per r..0l!! . < -:i is-had at any time and um hm. ? rhuih. i' ? it'} ?.v-niiu^uunif bjjlm 1 \ - . * vr irstit i; .ed. nrxl inwtidg >\ED v j 11 \ \ i > i \ 1 n'.. M ? ? !. it *\ 1 ?"? 7til tit. ? i i'r? ? . !* i.i. \ i. . x .. . i. ? i' til i WIS !? s\mun. j j r. julin fook. s^rritary. a,,.:7.4t tflu i-th -t . thk n a ? h?n\l l'hhi>?rian 8c1lnce i^i in-111 i IV no t 1" <" -* i*. w.. wo." hi i!;,'ton, D. C. f ; h. c. "i. T>. n i; ^-it^ident. ,i?"tn i i v?.;<tiiir< r? ? .;*:??1 iu iss? im<l?*r tbe lu.-.rt ? 1? -iri ;??* ? : luiiua, fur tlw l^ m h t ? 4il 11;. nt in tiat sti?t? scifin* . ilayin?f . .. .. ,t i.' t- : !i iii rmwliiil ren i|>tof applicmlioua I ? .pi i the lii>*r.nt?. j i ii itunm ar?* t r ? iiit'.?lniu?'. livein t ?i 1 ? rr *?> ? ? ? 1 u? ? v?* t.. rai nl r? roverj' >1; :-.ti i:e* w addivtweil t'? tlit* institute. .it* ri^?-_ - riiai n rrwi _ i r~ ^ ill ?h- a ::itretinf rf the atockhow^rw ? t t'i~ Cor< rai? itri ^ c.-mpaay, at their , hmh f u ? . ? :i \\ n! *-'9, 1*m*. i : t' i ir. i o; -in tiiif.- 11nit* directors t??r the ??-iisti ii.u >tur. loiis o? eii at i'j m. and t'kwe at t mccltij -AND. ap 1 r?. 1 h.-ji ?a J 7 bet retary. rikl?h i mflti, AfcTlHT. _ ^ ^ larpc* st ?*n: .i" :n waahin^ton. Free-nand ? !..Vv n 1\ rtmita fr. u. !?? t*. $75. Call and net* ?i*ii w. . N.v r ... tll> miynx nt? taken ii deairea. s- :i<? *uh m!i ? Mass a\> i n -"'intil m p in. ai'!? lbt_ Of special xotut <1 AGES fok ak liu^tou.c' rnerof i?^d and M street*, hourly lr? Ui "* a. ri.. to t> |>.tu.. ?la?ly . larv 5<x*. n.ui'd trip. a ?r.- ifi^i?* team-* f- r hire. parties d^ir t .> i \ .it.i tl.? kails. t-?hin?r partus, ran charter ata-? tvon luy at it'';- a oppumte ^nei* biiu^e, M at. i ,f -- ? 1 i r.'l-K?ni* l"? r hire. llwis J. coi-i-inn H ';? 11: jfc- - w ashinf!! i IN ii ('..apbil 1mmw. J)- ? \ ii ? ?v-11 '!:? -t- sh. iil r> . f the " Itlut.s ili.h is-l BAM f ( ii\;j as\ f,.r 1 . W ! ? ? !>. i t at the if* ' : . .1 >. lo. l i ~t 11. '? j ^ > . jI>s'.? fflla will be ij^ned at 1m. axidr ?? *tl at k k ; i; Transfer l>ooks will be rli (i . i. ilt- *.tai t?ieie? t".? n. _ ?! I." i ,;i i i. b. monrx. sfc'y. -wilson wulskv." i i.ui>t ct OF tlif w1i.son DISTTT.LFRT. biuhsp1ke. DAVI HIN co, PA. t?f.re1.linm vliikr, mixt canfuuy ?n1 nlowly t< i?t< ?!. nn h.d. f. riiif-nte-l. ?n<l fmrn th"in h^altlnriviiik chalybeate water* ami rhoioe ?: allimun itvr, |*t uliar to tli^ mominl luountam 1 < nii.>l^aui:i arnl Mar> l:uid. auti nv-?nt*xl i: utlnl *atftoll>?K. wa-vt,) and a*-rt-?l in tUe *: riii .alt air of ik riiimu. tu?-o*ijeaol iron and iht ir boiiioli'triiui. ?r-.lt? t'juuil in tle water*from which tlV. l.i.k > i? ai^tiilril rentier this vtui^ky luvaluaoi# trtl uue>4ualt 'l a. a :..r.:c autl reJu*t.u.ioi louiuaoiu l.ettlt.2 itirkKli. uUi.ty.ii.il litfur. seerertitn aic ol l*ro:. luiiry, ol the Baltimore lletl it nl 1 t>li. : ii 1^ 11" UK, FUFF FROM fi SF.L oiu AND CAN tliu.tfokk bk. salki-V b1.COMM?NBED FOK 3!tlilllnai. i l is ululi CuLOU is due TO lit. ii.o> i i.ls!..n f. "w -u. t TONUS. Ph. V., Chemist" /il yenr groctr for wii.son WHISKY. llii. i LMAN guI.psborovoh co^ biatillcnl a;&ti>my4 Baltimore mx i. _ J ITBT1 fT<'ati ? OF svockt? heor?5 0 iiu li.. r tcturitlts. coiniiiereial utht>. ; > ^.utteai^t ' Jf A. o. uli>5eyt j?! 11'tu and D atrtetj* (lout buiiuiiik). ATTORNEYS. r|m!<?a'\s m fields. ATTORNEY - AT - LAW; 1 r ? ins ."?4, ."??"> t i-udail bmldii;*. ?*omer 4^ and D fti- !i v* . eie\a r. t? l* pliviif e:iii li?. reaidelife, -i iT-.niptly ai ?1 eare tuilj . . I- u| j'j-lm^ I 'a y.i l'hj ? A l.uington. .at toknl.v - A l" \ i bu. nter i.hw limlchiik. ?r>4>3 I) st. n.*., ibvtt ? ^ i ? nkttra isfld li at. u. w. d*'* A C hance To bv N ew Goods AT uklatl.V CUT PUICEa Our ttuek 1* laive and x?e mtiat move it. to do it qnicfcl) we ha\e ; i:t tht knife in prices up to the hilt. w tn?-nti?>n a few of tliv baikaii.a, but >ou must come nn?ilo?a to fully a; i reciate the opportunity offered to Luy ftrat-claaa k> ods at cut ratea 1j* -' All-Wool I u'.i Extra Super incrraina. 60c. a yard. Beat c C. Full txtra supfr iii^rains, ."?0c. a yard. Tapeatry br-i^seiH. best makes, 5l>c. a yard. b.vi> brunei*, be^t iuak? ^la yard. l- -i m- 4uette cari-eta, il.*,'5. u >4*j~aul> m;.>raa Mats, regular price <s 175, cut V? 41 l;- quality Smyrna kutrs, regular price $3, cut to * 1 ml l; quality sn.yrna Rc.tr*. regular pnee" 44, cut to isl9 lv -t <4 aLty Smy rna ru^-a, regular price $g, cut to %:i. J : ?*r -e all aizea. a few hxl'j, we willcloae out at ??.* ?.ja. >? r. lu, ooc. a >ard. p. niree Drapery, 13c.; Haa b< ? ks. *j "h*. > . a walnut Sideboard. Marble Top. % 17.00. imitation alahcgai;) Sid? l?oatd, 5517 >utnr . cherry finished Side>?oard, $17.00. antique ??J4k si?iel>oard. ?*,'0. aiiti^u* Sideboard, ."?0. hol:?loak sidelnjard. i'-ti. '11.' -? '?lurijoarus ar-- cut-in prices from $."1 to $7.">0 1 u -is. i?l Antniue Oak Chamber Suit in the ktarket lor i i !i all 1 nainber Suita over j^7."?, and Parlor Suita t?x. r *ill ^ive a discount of 10 per ceut. % ? s11a Plush S:nt,t? pie? ea. eherrj framea, i>00. ? - k Pluah suit, t* j 1# ?. ?piin>f ed^rta, it>u. <'ii*-? ruahed Flush Suit. 0 pieces, $4<>. 1>1*? ? rashed plti-h Suit. t? pie? es. $60. \c ..sell any i ? r::er*s ? r heavy t urtaina in stock at c >: aiiii haiiy them tree vZ charve. i?r? Ht tmriraitia in our Lace Curtain Department, v . - :1 the cheapest oixid kefn^urator on the u.?i kf ? and iruarantee them. iuv;. (larnofti at all prices. 1! ? u -?i and cheapest hue of Matting* we have ever ?hown. L? ( vera cut and uiade to order on flhort notice. It >? n want more than yout money's w. rtu coma a'd ***e Us. 1 hesc i ricea are fur cash on or before delivery. w. H. HOEKE. soi Market Space and :i0tt 4 310 ?th at. n.w. ?cl^-la '1 k \\ EUM> Ooods At Bottom I'p.ichs i.:.ai\ l>:atuli: cli b matcueln to 11 l i 13 14 l."> lrt in. ? i 1 ..?<> i.;s i?. .<i li V . hlk 1 1NJ i>. COV'b FBAME til!. LtA. I'l.l'B. ?5 ?- \ *. .von *j.ho :> -jo :t.??? :i so b\ 1 \ 1 h vi- mrriom. in <?nk piece. # 'J :v:;c? :* ??."? 4 4.:jo 4 70. (?ra.n Leather euiflish ? "lb. ?>t^'he?l, steel iraiue. 0 ?h> 5 00 ?> thi rt .'A? 7.oo. lieu-' ;ie aliiwator Sateh? 1% Ieat*i* r-lii ed 4 ;mi 4 Mi 0.?h? 0.."m) u.um ?? 00 ot. iinc a...?rat' r english ciuu *>titched. st. ? l rrame. ? _ 7.m) j%.v0 !?.70 10 00. <*raiu lt-'ither ola<lstone 1>m:i. 14 !?; is tj #j4 in. :t. -10 4?m> 4.00 5.33 auo. cj . i^ati ? -.covert- ; frar ?. full leaf her* 111. ?*d lu#rs >?-i . :> :>?? ?7.?hi 7.70 b.oo. ?r .-rsii* ?? and kinds at pricesiru:ira!)tee?l the l w e*t laranl cubett?riB(|iil* itv and price th*u elsewhere. Trunks aud bam re l^red ut io* prices. Call and l?e convincel James h Topham. apll-tiin l',?:;i Pennsylvaniaa\enue n.w. J. C. 11 trcuinsos. IMPORTER. rich mii.i.ixery. n\Ts and bonnets. fu:t 1 uifliAh Straw*, i ! ,"?o. biuatan Hair unvta.41 M. f'aiity straw ii.i. aud Buujmu from 50c. to $7.50 ?? u. fixjwer3. The lartrtiat and finest assortment of Flowers ever ?zhibited. CHILDREN'S h^ts. PARIS WRAPS. tjit-e wrap, in all atylea. Jet wraps. The London walklli* Jacket. Very iatcat novelties in Paranoia ap-.'s 907 pennsylvania AVE C. c ESHFR. LA i E OF THE hum OF ESHEH I. 4. TAY!.ob. miiidiv ?tt tie ??.?ntrst tor, is now \ V ave , bet. 4i!i ai.ti "?it: *t? u ? ? w::h a tuli .t.^v of kllkibiltoiaton.. lstiiiu.lrt t-bisnuli) tnven. Aii ,oik troui-tiy and ssusiatttrlly rt ? ut?l . ?4/ls-^?* X SPECIAL NOTICES. ^ o Tl r >I?AV. APTJIL .'to. HAVING BEEN \r ? ???*:!? d by th?- ?>? u National Hol iday the unuersitrntd Hinfcs?a*id Ittiik.^ w 11 close a . lar as I J :* , Ii. ir r< -j.??? five } laces of bu-i n- and r- i ??-! t int nil maturmir? ?u that date l>e paid the Jay priviou*. M..inlay. April GEO. II. R WHITE, Cashier National Metropolitan Bank. 11. c swain. Cashier Second National Rank. ( HAS s. IJKAM.KV, CasLier National ltank<*i the Republic. .1 A. RUFF, Cashier Central National Bank. TIIOS.C. 11. A Rs AIL. Cashier Citizens'Nat Runkoi W a*hin*ivjn City. RlGGN ?V CO. CORSON fc MACARTNEY'. W. LAIRD, Cs-hier Farmers* and Mechanics* National Bank, Georgetown, D. C. BU T. & ca < E V i . PARRTS k CO. BATEMA N * CO. ipS7.ll LEWIS JOH N SON k CO. tm~- - NATIONAL B>VK OF W ASHINGTON. T>. < , \pril "... l*s!> -fl KSDAApril 30, I Iteimr a le--al h* d>lay. this bank will U- closed. l'ai? nmt unit-' on that cay is c\j?ected to be paid on MONDAY. *J9th. Cli AS. E. WHITE, It' Cashier. RELIEF FOR THE FEET, The amount of suffering and annoyance r^sultinc fr?'in feet tr?'ubles.c<>ms. bunions, ink:rowing toe-nails, etc., is probui< \ iiii.r* general than from "then rdinarv ailment*. i n?ii brines* up the fact that Prof .J. J. l.r ?w s lllah. a\e, tie' oldest specialist in this l;ne in the District, is still addinir to the well-earned reputation he has secured as ;? -Uilltul ami successful op*-rat?.-r. in>Unt r? li-1i- utl? r*n d iiom his treatment. Prof. George's many appliances lor relief and his shoe ntakin* department are the most complete. Him pat ? I - i- illM DM til' letting :ti/' "! SS tthlOftUQMid other eities. One visit will convince the uiost skep ti- al. No charges for consultation. It ^OWING TO THE APPROACHING CEN tennial our stor*??* will not !*? optn for the r-n ?, ? r tk !?? rj i : i rdi raub A| rtl30. Our cus tomers will, theretore, kindly send in their orders on or belore April *J!>. JAs L. B\RBOUR& SON, N. H. SHEA, HILL vt < O. FRANK 11UME. v 26-2t? J. < . \ RG< M >I> .v CO. jf JONADABS.-1HE |ANNIVERSARY EN i5? tertainment ??f <??..?d\vill Council is hereby I --tpt>ned ' ii aceonnt of the weather until further no t. ? . By the <*ommit*( e. H. K MOOUE, chairman. ? r-.,-, CAKl'ENTEUH WANT ID. All men Am rs ?.t' I,. A. 1 T4S. K. of E., are re il 11 ' . t Hi- !)? \t . etiuy MONDAYi April *J!?. By order of the Assembly. ap'JG-'Jt THE MEMBERS OF CENTENNIAL 5?, Counr!l. N'? 4. Sons of Joiiadab, will Hs^ieni l l-j't Bunelfs Hail Tills Saturday) EVENING* at 7 :C?t> t>VliH-k, ti> jumW* arnm-j-t-ments lor th* iimcral of cur late brother, John s. Em? h. V"H ar? requested to pn uipt 1:1 v. ur attendanr *. By order of \V. C, I'AN'L i EKUELLE, V. BUNCH, Be . s. r. LEAKY ROOFS MADE W ATER PROOF. All who are troubled with bad leaky roofs can have them made tiwht by sending their orders to MOKGAN THOMAS k CO., Slaters and Roofers, 11 to 10 D 6t. n.w. Telephone call, 1U'JS-V. lieler to B. H. Warner & Co., B. II. Warder, Jas. G. Hill, architect. ap*,'.>-:it SI CCI SS. PERFECT GAS STOVLS. Guaranteed B.-??t and < lieapest, Ali Styles of GAs i iXl 1 RES. Call and see. C. A. Ml'DDI M AN, 1'JtHJ F street, ap'jo-.^ni N \' ? Johama Bros. i- WASHINGTON "v1.1 ERAN FIREMAN'S 13^ 5 Asso? iarion will send h d> legation to New \ ork :o partien ate in tie* Ceiiteii.iial < - lebnttion as wuestoi 1 K1LND>HII' FIRE CUMI'ANV, ot Alex ai.dria. Meuilx-rs vf th? ass? iation will meet at John Scott S tTl?i !?th 11.w., SATIRDXY NIGHT, at 7 cVloek. to make linal arrni^1 in- nts. They will leave for N? * York Monday, April at So'clock a.m.-harp. a*J."> 3k NOTICE ?>F DTS*< )LUTI(?N -THE FIRM ~of KING A: bEM ANN, doit?< bu>ilie-H m l.eatj.^r > iudiitK's and I pp< r Manufaeturiuir. ;;t fJ'JI !> &t. n.w.. in tir..-* city, bar* tin.- da\ ls??-n diss??lve?l t?y mutual conxent. Mr. HKNli\ IS1AI \ NN will continue the bcbiceM and will pny all otxtstanding bill- oi said Una, and lie is authorized to colle* t and r? ? i i't for all bills due said lirm. i Ho.M AS KI Nvi. HENRY lst.M A N*N W"a?hir>rton. D. C , April C3. Ismi. ap*i5-JJt* SERIAL SAVINGS AND BUILDING ^5. ASS'STATION. NEW !?,'5D ISSI E OF STOCK. The books U?r sub.-?*ription to stock in the new *?3d issue t t the Serial Saviuirs ami Building Assoc iation are now open, and dues can e pai i on the same any tiav from }< o'clock a. m. to 1^0o'cl<H'k p. m., at the otttce of the Secretary ?:.?! J reasur* r, Jno. A. Pre^cott, i?- ? S 1416 F st. n. 8 - 1 each. Commencing with Maj at d payable monthly tn?r? alJer The last is^ueol st<K k w<w* ti.e iarrfe^t the ??Serial" has made, and the present oue, it i* expected, will be as lar*e. if l.ot larw?.r. Thn busines of the "Se rial'* for the past j ear In 1m en exceptionally prosin-r ou>. No better opportunity could b^ oileied for in \>*stir.ent of n.onthly saviti^'s where inter* -*t at the rat -* of 0 per cent s>er annum is promised and al\va> a paid. ROBERT G. CAMPBELL, President. 517 10th st. n. w. JNO. A. PRE8COTT, Secretary and 1 r risurer, ap^.Vl'it 141?> F st. n. w. DISSOLU1 H>N OF C OPARTNERS11 IK The partnership hereb o>re existing between Richard H. Wnlet and >ratik EiM-ey. trading as WILLE'l ^ L1BBEY. Lumber M? rcnants. l- this day dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. R. H. W'lllet retiriiiK iroin the hrin. R. IE WILLET. FRANK L1BBEY. Tlie above business will be continued at the old stand, c. ruer t>th *>t. and New York ave . bv Frank Libliey <member of the old firm , Wn?. M. liit^nK^r and !>njamin .Miller, under the firm name of LIBIiEY, Bl'i'IlNtiEE \ MILLER. We assume all liabilities and ali bills due the old firm are | a\ al?l?* to us. FRANK LIBBi V, W \| M. Bi ? j INGER. ap22-6t BEN J. MILLER. ^ -J.^ F( ?F SA I F A DiIY G?'??I?s JiI SIN ESS^ sP-Established jr?ars. We intend ret:ri!i>r fr ?m this bu>*ines>, and wi.l sell the stock ot *rood.-, hxtures and Kood will and rent the store, which we own, to our successor. BKN T. MILLER A: RON, ap'J5-t>t 31^o M st.. Geot>r? town, D.C. r W'ASHlN(iTnN RA< I> "2, SPUING MEETING. Ih*? -horteat and be?t loutetothe i\j City track is by H stre?*i cars or h rd ? - to ltith -tr-et and thence n^rth by IVtli r*et extended, thr oi^h tin; '1 riiiida i prof ? rty or < ? t. rati farm, as subdivided by the ashiiiKtori lirn k Ma.?!? .ne Company, direct t?> Ivy ii\). It iaonly a tin n.io.it' s' walk Irom H street to the tra? a o\era brick sidewalk,and for partn-H driving t !.? is a concrete pavement to Itith and li stretts northeast, arc! a smooth, wide and level road from there to Ivy City. apT-i-Gt K1NGSLLY BROS.1 CREAMERY CO. CHOICEST DAIRY PRODUCTS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MILK AND CREAM DEPOT, ir^O and 1*31 D st. n. w. Fend orders by postal, telephone or our wagons. The best milk and the best service that can be obtained at all times. Our Wholesale Butter House, **1G 10th st.n. w., will shortly remove to our new building, U*J7 and Louisiana ave. mh^3-3m HAVING WITHDRAWN FROM THE late firm ? i Willet \ EiliUy, I shall in a fe r - r. M_... tia>* ? pe!i a ii?-w yard wit.i a complete st<*k of sea '.".I'd lumlier and mill work, ai whi li time tije public w.ilt^ tin.'L RICHARD li. WILLET. apC?4-lw NEW SCHOOL Ml CHRISTIAN SCl" E.N * i MRS E PAI'LIM lioLliKOoK, Krudaaie of B??*>t'>n Mttaphy?ical college,alter four years' siu^ esstul wot a m healing and tea< hinK, has opened a school of Christian Science ai UitfKs House antiea. I40?>G >t. Clas-? s fonned monthly. ? -? i < iurs 10 to 1 ai.>t 4 to b. ai'20-lm* OlFlCE OF RItHiS * CO., WahMINoToN, D. C., Feb. 1, 1HK9, To our corresjoiident -- The copartnership hitherto ? \.?t !:w huvinw l? * n <ii-s4,?lv* d t-y the death ot Vlr. Jolui Elliott, we lx*K to announce that outr hiaiH h at .*.?? Wall ?.tre?-t, Nev? V ri: city, will discontinued fl id alter Mn 1. !Ss'.*. <?n tlxu: late, ;.t his owa request, Mr. Alexander Elliott *i11 retire. 1 i.?- buxine.-s will l)e carried on by the remaining partners in Washington only, V er> re - pec ti u*i >, RIGGS k CO. Fr? tn and after May I, 1 ssu. Mr. ALEXANDER El.Elo l I. b ivit.fc: ;i-.-ociated w ith hnu Mr. GE? ?KGE 1.4 ?HDEI.E EE1 ll?! 1 nof the late Mr. John Eliioto wiii. nt.nvie buainess at No. 50 Wallntreet, New it^rk, untier tlif tirm name ot H?'J3-1IH ELLIOTT k CO. WE NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO frrvods lor the Suiiiiiier months. When hot weather is on us >ou w ill net d lik'ht weights of Underwear and Hosiery, and such other thin Koods as make summer most easy to endure Our assortment of Flannel and Cheviot Shirts for outm# and tennis is now as attrac tive as it has ever been. We hu\e paid es|?eclal atten tion to W ludsor scarfs and washable neckwear. Blazers of wide str:pesand silk sashes to match lend a beauti ful effect to the Tennis Court. We have a new belt to show you this season, not in, but on the water. Our buyt r writes from Ix ndon he has secured many new and choice g\x>ds; these we will tell you about litter. H. F. WOODAKD k CO., BIIIRT MAKERS, apC-3m loth and F sts. n.w. THIS WEEK ONLY. We hsve iuat received a line of very fine $14 IMPORTED Trouserings which we will sell Uor this week only) tor ? 10 cash. SNYDER * WOOD, Tai!ors, ap22-6t* 4!?3 11 th at. n.w. BU? YOl R~~COAL, COKE AND WOOD from JOHNSON BROTHERS, the 1< adinfr firm in the District. aplC~3m r^fOB l l.H.lll, ICE TIKE ANIx 111 \P, 75L 4 Id.AN 1 L LL Lnj ^^a^oll.Ktl n G?u? l.i?rhi Company's Coke. JOHNSi>N KlioTllERS, jaJ t/iu Exclusive Ajceuti. SPECIAL NOTICES. r CENTRAL METHODIST PROTESTANT Church. l~th ami M streets n. w . Rev. S. l;*e?w Murray, pastor. Smulay. 1 1 a.in. "The White Kobfd Colli] any." At 7:4."?, I :bli?- exercise* by the Wmtuhu*m Foreign Missionary si-ciety. Tursilay, 30th iji-tant. i* o'ciock. aervices commemorafive of tlie Nation'* Centennial. Addresses by several ministers. Prayer meeting Wednesday. 8 p.m. _ It* OKACTlLK CHURCH.COR HTH \Ni> s st-?. n.w.. Rev. Anbury It. Riley, pastor. , S rvices: Sunday school at semion by the pas- ; t<>r, 11 a.m.: young- men's class, :i p.m.; yonnsr !??<*? i l ie's meeting, 7 p.m.; temperance service at S ?>'clock. addreaneft by Mrs. McKcmiree Riley and Miss Amy Loftu*; prayer meeting on Thursday, M p.m.; /'Barrel i ipenitnr,'* with a musical and literary entertainment, on Friday evening next, at K o'clock. All are most c >rdially invited toth?>mtigei It ^ TABERNACLE, 91 H AND B STS. &W. 1*^ ru The Rev. J. E. Rankin. 1> IV, will preach at I I a.m. and 7:110 p.m. Sunday nehool at 9:110 a.m. , Christian Endeavor society at ?? :45 p.m. Prayer eerv- . ice on Thursday evenintt at 7:IU?. It* MEl ROPt >LI TAN M. E. CHl'RCH, COR. j 4Vb and C sts.?Preachinir to-morrow at 11 a m. and 7::W) p.m. by the pastor. Dr. G. H. Corey. 1 Morning subject, "Christ and Liberty." For the | eveitir.g a centennial scrinnn, "The American Age." I Sabbath school iL^JOa.m. Younpr people's service 6:30 ( P in. Special Centennial Thanksgiving services Tues- i day at 1) a.m. lt__ | REVtw. H PHILIPS* j7 I. LOHNO, __ and others will serve the communion at the | Mt Carmel Baptist Church, cor. 1th and L sts. n.w., to-morrow at :t p.m. Rev S. Geriah Lamkins, pastor. si'HUTl ALISM - SUNDAYS 1412 PA. ave. n.w. Mr*. A. M (ilading (last day10 | a m, lyceum; 11:30, questions and tests; t :3U, "Marriage." Ten-cent door collection. It* r-_ MUS T H. HALE, FROM CHICAGO. I "ft will trive a Bible talk SUNDAY morning. !l i t.vlock, at tli.. V. M. C A. Rooms, 1401* N Y. ave. hub ject "A consecrated life necessary in order to exercise spiritual gilts as enjoyed in tho beginning of the Christian church." _____ flj* ViO'ii MIX'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC IA tion Gospel meeting Sunday, to-morrow, at ?4 p.m., conducted by Dr. J. P. I^'wis. Subject: *? individual Judgment," Rom. 14: 10-13. Address by Mr C M. Lacey Site9. Good music and singing. Young men and strangers, come. It* 5 \v. <? i l. rO-MOKROW AT 111 i o'clock, in the Methodist Church corner ! North Capitol and K sts., Riv. C. G. Cook will preach I a t'-niperam e sermon. At 7 :30 the president of North ? Capitol I nion will speak by request lroiu tins subject: I "Woman, what she has done, is doing,and wants^to j do.'1 Good music. Come. ? KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, ATTENTION* 7*T> The members ?.?f Mt. \ emon I.odge No. o. K. ot r . ar ? hereby requested to meet at their castle hall, cor. S?th and l'enn. ave., SUNDAY, April US, at 1 o'clock, sliarp.to attend the funeral of our late brother. John S. Finch. Members of sister lodges fraternally invited to attend. By orderof C. C. D. E. RITCHIE, It K. c?f R. and S. pro tern. r ^ A SPECIAL MEETING OF WASHING "* TON' LOlMiE, No. 15, 11. I'. O. Elks, will Ihj held at the lodge room, 9th st. and Pennsylvania ave. n.w . it 1 o'clock p. m. Sl'N 1>AY, April ;>Sth. tor the purpose of completing arrangements and attending th- tum ral of brothel Herman Ldel. By order of the exalted ruler. J. Y. POTTS. jt Secretary. 2* 1 n. M.?THE MEMBERS <>! ANCHOB ?0?TlODG1:, No.!*, I are earnestly n queated to at their hall. t>09 C st. n. w., on 'i O-Mi)RROW (Sun lay) AFTERNOON, at 1 o'clock sharp, for the pun ose of attending the funeral of our late Brother, John W hite. Sister lodges invited to participate. A. T. EVANS, W. M. JAS. P. HALL, Rec. Sec. It Uf MURCHANTS, CLERKS, WORKING ?v'S men notice You are invited to participate i in an open meeting at Elks' Hall (top floor), 9<?4 I'enn -vhania ave. n, w., MONDAY. April at S o'clock P*. m. subject for discussion: "Early Closing ami i Organization of Wage workers." Come, bring your ' lady friends. By order ol _ a .7-*.t CLERKS' ASSEMBLY.K. of L. ATTENTION, PAINTERS. K. L. C.-ALL members of 1.. A. l7i'S will meet at hail i MONDAY EVENING at 7 :*0. with badges, to pay a ! ira.ernal visit to L. A. 174S. Hyordc?o| i a j "7--it* C. C. WOOD. M. W. _ . SPECIAL NOTICE.? TI1E < 'OLFMBIA 1 IllE INSURANCE COM PANY OF THE DIS iRlC l OF COLl MlilA. , A s mi ail* u;il tliviilei.?i * : *1 per <'?*nt <m (tin cai'ital Mtn-k "! tlii-1 <oinpaiiy, "Hi < t the larniUiTs lur t lit- juxt lmiDth.". liaH bcfinlerlari d and will !*? i>ayablu to Mo.-kln lil.nt on ami \VI.D.VEslJAi. 11 \\ 1, 1 at t h?* com pan v's "Hi'"'', ill tl?t* Kelloifrf luilldlnx. 14 It. >' >-t. n.w. liookH lor tin- iran.tfer of stuck clo- a In r \rni ~0 to .May 1. both tlays inclusive. 11} order ol tlj^ tK>ard ol 'r-u-H. K. WlLLAltl), ai.i:t.l7.*-M).a4.a.,:i? hei'Ltary^ kj- PAKIs l.XroslTIDN. W, would advise our client, to obtain stateroom, on tin- French iiu. at an early .late. Apply to 131.LL & CO.._Ajrentm, ap4-ni,w,ft.lm 1437 Fentt.ITa i ,g- SI KCIAI. NOTICK ComuifiiciUK April 25, I nhall offer my entire stock of drv and fancy goods at cost lor llfteen <lava> uly, t? reduce vtuck I vsitive t.aivaiifs may 1* exi t. tetf at < lft:N > l.a-t r.nd Dry liooda H .use, 10 7tl? at. u.e.. formerly K. Cast.-11.aj._~4.v-~ a* C A L T 1 U X . U. F. GRAVELY A: hONS' FIN F.ST CHEWING TOISACCO IS STAMPED ON EACH PLUG, SEVEN 11MES, ,,B F GRAVELY SUPERIOR." ALL OTHERS ARE IMII ATI0N8. ap9-eol0t? sr. S. S. SHLDD & 11RO LAWN VASES AND SETTEES. ECONOMY GAS RANGES TOR SUMMER COOKING. jj.oq 43'J Sith st. n.w. GENERAL TAXES DI E PRIOR TO JULY 1, ISSN can be nettled AT A DISCOUNT. throuirh ALLEN C. CLARK, apl.VJw* CO.", F at. n. w. (Jf- FRESH HAVANA AND KLY WEST ?*. SEUARS. CHAM1AONE WINES, All the lca<iii.w* brauda, at New \..ik prices i*EMliRoKE PL'HI- 1. WHISKY. 1 HtiXlAS 111 St 1.1.1, Importer Winea, llrandieaau.1 S. ^ars, fl5 |gia Fenaaylvania avenue. j ' a?-- FIRST CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ! a. A association OF GEiiHtiEK'WN, D. C, I ia.,1 llllill CPJDi STREET. SUBSCRIPTION TO THE FlttHTH ISSUE OF STOCK. $1,000 ADVANCED ON EACH SHARE. II P. OlLBERl. l'revt MAYHEW Pl.ATEit, TreaS. apUi-liu GEO. W. KINO, S. cr. tary, i-m~ E. F. BROOKS, J 531 1 .".TH STREET. "ol'R ENORMOUS STOCK IK COMPLETE IN EM.ltY DEPARTMENT, >ROM THE CHEAPEST i O THE FINEST, THE CHOICEST PRODUCTIONS OF THE 1.FADING FACTORIES. CORCORAN lit li.lJlNU. Ol'P. C. S. TREASURY. inh^5 ROCHDALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. M. iitl.f>r, of thi. Society arc informed that the new ' '1 it \ I>r. CARDS and I.M* for the >c?r 1S8M and IS'jO ur' no* rca>l> for di.tribution and can be obtained from members named Im*1ow . 'I he old, > ,r l.rown, card, i w*Iticli vipirt-H Ami .'lit, 1KS!? (of no use alter that .lai. i. xhoul! l.t returned,*ith presentaddrew writt. n r. it. to the member* of the committee when ap lor the new card and list. Many Important . ii'ans-ea have 1k*u u.a.lc iu the list of contract*, and n. uitx-r* will hnd it much to their ad vantage by ob taining the uuie without d.-iay. , , Persons not lncnjlient can obtain needed information Lj applying to any of tlioae liaun-d 1*-1< w. ALL iuem lK*ra must be in poa*e^?u.n of the new card and list or I they will not be recotfnizod. Apply at once at the real ! dencea *?f? A. T. Lt-nirley, President, MOti A *t. n.e. Smith Tl.ompton, V.-Prea't, 1S'.".I 1 at n.w., A. O.O. .1 W. llaraba, Sec'y,?06 H at. nw. Cash-room, Tre'y. 1.. \ olid-rhoef, 1'40 1 it. li.w.. Bureau Stat. t C. Fawcctt, ?03 .Man. ave. u.e , 4th Aud. office. J E McCabe, '"i :kl St. n.e., P < > Dept. I.. F. Hunt. 1310 S at. n.w., (1th Aud. oifice, 11 \N . Smith. TIC It "It H. w.. M. G. I >. John Morrison, tl'~!4 Q st. n.w.. Pension office. I t.. (trldley, ,00 L st. n.w., Retfiater'a office. Dr Jo?. Joil}. '.".'Ih Pa. ave. u.w , s G. O. John I inn, "is -.'rtd ?t. n.w., A. t? O. C It S".yer, 7'i.t ltith1-!. u.e., S.tl.O. H O. l'otti r. 1 100 G at. U.W., U. L. O. F J. Youutf, toil Spruce at.. Treasury Dept. C. V. llaskrll, 1300 V at. n.w. ?. S. l.ivuiifatou. 'ill- K St. n.w., V. S. Siir. office. A N.Meeker M07 34?t. a.e? Bu. 1 ntr. and l'rint'ir. \V E. Middietou. i:.T7 ?-".Mil at..lieorKi town. 1 dw d Saxlou, VSM Einden place, n.e., (?. 1*. O. \\ . H. WoUlelsly, 17-0 11 st. u.w.. Treasury Dept. Capt. Jno. A. Il irvay, 1'^tiS C st.a w? Atrri'l Dept. M. It Hemler-oii. JO,. l'.thHt. u w., at curar store. '1 l.e -? cretary < an also la* seen at th.* latter place tor a 1. w minutes e.ich ilay at 1 - and 4 oVlock. Bv oi !er executive committee. apMO-'-'w J ?. HAltsHA, Sc retary NEW ISSUE OF STOCK. (THE 17TH.) EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION. -EQUITABLE BUILDING." 1003 F ST. ASSETS. $1,044,781.37. Subscription Books are oi?en for shares in the 17th Issue. SulaH riptlolia and l'aymeuts can l>e made at the fjlice of the A**ocitttion diii u from u.ia. to 4:oUp.ni. Monthly puynieiitn are 50 l>er *h*re. VanipliletH explaininK'the object ot the Association, itn advknttiK~eHT oenetlts, ic., will be lurmahed upon applicanoii to? _ . i honiat* Soiuerville. President 31S 13ta at. n.w. Dr A J. sahalhirt. V. P ..Drutrfriat, 11 and N. Cap. sts. t.en, \V. Cuailear, lid V. p 30lit N u.w. it F. Fuller Disbursing Othcer, Ate 1. Depi. Fred t>. Pratt lire and Lite Ins. A?rt , sun Builduur. II H. iwombl) Howard ave., .Mt. Pleasant. latwrence (..artlner.. .Secy. Endow't I.lie.410 10thn.w. III . t?e,vs . 1 isher Surtfeou tieueral's t Ittice. lloa. Fills Si*ar. Solicitor of Patents, turntable BTdV Tlios. It Cross., Jr....Lumber Dealt r. sth st., cor. M;s.e. Job lt-n.ard, .Edwards fc Barnard, Attorneys. .>00 ,>th. it. Robinson Robinson. Parker A Co.. Clothiers. t has. It. Bailey Sec'y Oaa Caj.. 10th at. u.w. EdsoD B. olds Teller Citizens' National Bank. W B. Baldwin Teller Columbia National Bank. J \\ hit Herron Evening Star office. II K. Vtillard Secy. Columbia Fire Ins., 1416 t st. C. S. Price Druwrtst. 4-ti < th st. s.w. J \\. Boteler .sec'y Mu. lire Ins. Co.. t?th and Pa. ave. F. T. Howw r. .. B. * O. Ticket A*t, 14th and l1^. ave. John W. s. luefer China Su.rc. lO'-'O 7th st. n w. Marcus Baker Geological Survey. Htxw Buildinif. Jas. Uilkinaon Gas Office, lOtlist. J D Free, Jr Bookstore'. 1343 F st. n.w. t JNO. JOY EDSON. Secretary, apltt Offic hours, 0 lo 4:30 pail, dally. in SPECIAL NOTICES. makk-8 utheran chi-rcr-po ?tomac Hal!, corner 11th and l> streets s w nebular*TOc? I'rea. Iimw Sim,lav. ; 4". p n ; stm Tn ^ll.- - j"'"lav- ?'!' 'n. . > ? l'inple's Mei'tiiik-, - ?ill . ; ?''?clieiV -Mctm..-. \* d: ,- iav. />J'; . ' Vr *?' 1v"ti"n?l S.t\ ires. \\.? li ; IVSv.I 1 ,v :V Hoinerickhau*. it the Church ?f ?r Ti , preach ou Sunday evtuiu* All are cordially iDVit.il to attend. 1,7 if \vasiiinui ( in soriety vr the it* Trvi?. tV' -'erufcalnri Sw.-ilenbuiviaiu will l.,Jd ] Is str> ices to-morrow in Mi-tzerott hall. .',l!i 1 ??tli ; *' lr?*aii,lall wel Sunday ?c!;,. .1 H iv.len"Ul"u 11 ,iy K, v- ^VmV li ; > 'r'V, ? L' , :" ,ult> ol the Imagination Viuw.il n in. lAgMot Sacred s, riptnre." Ivuf. xmi. *.'1. it 8r-^r=?.iff?lfLliV A'EMOKI AI. PR F.SB Y T E RIAX church. Lb Droit Park, Boundary st n. ar ! ... *ccf tiwnorrow at II a m. ami 7 :t0 p. I s.m.,7' , ^ b.y.!h? !'uj4*"r. K-v William S Miller. ? r, , 'V- j" ! " "'? Christian Kn.'?av..:- So. s . "I:' >'? Mid-week Service, Wednesday, Np. m. Strrmpers always welcome It i jfc -<r-^ t-Hl ltCH I iF ?< U K KATHEK," IUMVKhT salist.l CO/, l.ttii !:ntl L sts. 11. \v . Kev ?i,7- i- l astor Services t -morrow at II a 111 : aim , . I'm s-ilije. t -niortiiiiir: ??The (iiNxi Tune nTi"i" t'l'1"*'u ? >*??'. 1? - Eveni? ,: ??.1..,',','? ami th" Hiitilar rit.'* All are invited. Sunday school at 0:4.> a. 111. j,. ' 8t J,'A''!'v" Am ST (HI urn. corner ! r^Ti r* e?. 1 st,"?."?" ? "ft Samuel H. tliwue, ! L'I ^.. I ,5 "chonj. Si .in a 111, u.iiili. intern.ediate ! ~to.} departments; prea. limir. II a. 111 and i iVm\|:II ,y | as,?.rV MM'u.l, CHAIKI. 1n.t'?-1 ? c"n,:r 1,! ? aU(l n SI- * ?'?? Kev. Thoron Uutwater. pastor. Sunday school, j,:4a a 1.1 | pnmhinK-. 11 a. 111. and 7 :tn p m. MEMORIAL VW? alu* sts- >?.W. Stltiftay school, service*' aro eordlall>' '"vited to tlo so ar -<a,?A,?v kekTikmek (ill wh. cok. l ithand O sts. li.w., Kev. C. F Soma*, pas Lwr . ? Ji" nt 11 o'eloi-k. Farewell i^i0nnt8e?d!.^lta.,.^,,hr,'iffi,,!!,?1' 8t'ho01:l ^T' jS?1>Al:L'^ tHLKCH, 2:iD 8t7M-AK , I "ma. ave. 11 w? 1<. \ Alfred llarilink. rector ?Services to-morrow: 7:.J0 a. 111 Hol\ Coin munion; III a.m., Sunday school; llam 1, J serviec and sermon . 7 .t() p. 1,1., KvensoiVJ- "rhorlji eomed""0"' A11 stat9 StraUKera cordially wel ASSEMBEY-SIVtE-iBV-rEKI \ N ?rHlKCH", cor. .ith and I sts. u.w? Kev. ??eo. o. I.ittle. pa tor.?Sunday School !i .'to a. 111.; iuuuv p< 01 |..'s and V'lu) p i,',0 ' l'reat'h*"rf by the pastor, 11 a m. Et't'KTH ^l'KESByTFKIAN" CHfKfH, JW^Tt li II n o and II sts. 11. w . lu v. IY.. , 'l ,L ?;V.'tor. Sn,',",th school at !i .10 a. 111. per" t 4 o v 1 Communion of tie I..,rd's Sup ill nil iounir |ieople'sprayer meetiUK at 7 p. ' I. ?!"i1-* ''J Air, H i'. Viles, Tn. sday, at '''L'"'1' l'r">:"r.'""??i^ Thursday. j.t s p. m. . tranifus are cordially welcomed at all servioes. It ? -N'XIAI.SERVICES, McKKNIlREi: ? oTr^r0! ii.ii Massachusetts ave.. Iietw. .11 pastor 11 ! .i",1"- ? ,;iV- C Cellar.!,.,,,, *rt "i - a* li'" sf*ruioii l/\ pastor. 111?- i I lieory ot the Relation of Christianity and tli.- Stat" " .?? imi;nmr, Hon. Win. stron . I.I,. 1).. r ! rr y <????-,OT?? Btissey, assistant - r"Bi> 01 tin Interior,and ft.-v. J. J. BuUo, k li li UPJ1 ial innsic.il proi:i ;iiii l.y .\1,.Ren Ire.-1 liun-h eln ir" V '.' > I*"pl-'s me,.tin*; !l:;;oa III, hui'dav . chool. Seats irei' anil pulilu- invited. 11 8tT-iF& ,Rai'H.im si nday MiiHr 7I:, ? clock 111 Second b.irti.xt Cliun li Andnor 'Ulii. 4tli st and \ Hyuua ave. s Kdmoiid He'/" ? 'm 'l^'.'f' wl" i r'-if ti Sunday. 1 ' a.m. and 7 4.-,' pm' onliii'Inii" s 'VJ" " "?"',.1'"'1 >"e' others await the ? S< ats ti...., Sunday school it :ti) a.m. \ouiik-mens n-et::.* Sunday .. p.m. Yoiinir :"."i Clirisiiauk' mectinif , ami h 1. m iTajer and praise service s p.m. j, UltST (U N(. It K< >A IT ON A r. ClirliCH ?urv"f ? sts. U.w.-Tlie pastor" ne\. s. M. Newman I?. 1 >. ?i|l nrem h -.t 11 .. ,, U| "11 "1 ll" Foundations of llur Krpillllie." ;,t 7' ;o ,,t 1; v.'.>V,I""''"!l "1 l-iinohlinir Inilu. uee our coun'tly Tm^auTamt:'k^'V1UK^ l n>"V,"r 3 KAPTIST CHI KCH. M.AK wilTT- i'i w" The l*"''r. Bev I? W jit ??VV r.'i l' ,, 1' ?' Eieiiiinr Sill,-' serViee 111 n! 1 1 "i*:. 1? at "a.m., uiiit.-d with Pr. si.ient'L . Association, in aeeord i: i-e >*iin i r* siuont 8 proclaiuatiou. jt ?' AAH .S' ClH li7'H, STH ST.. ABOVE 7 ?to,: vf'u,fv *"'? -? :'?? p. ill.; ev?n-soi,i i .?() u < lot k . .Suiuia> inx?l. ;{ p. iu# Other ?Hv*- " fclltlUa. lUMlMi? I . ill., t-l.t s \ ' d.i\ s and Fridays, 7;:10 p. im An^t.'S^; i'f & s?-a<..V!::iT1iA,1' I'!:I. SI,V ' i.RlAN ( III i;< H. tLe liaator It.'S V' {.""J,' "l~- .. Inns iVv S-i'T 1 " Fitter, ,v,rv Sahliatli at l'l 0.1 l<n k a. 111 and , :.{(> p.m Sunday"school at 11 'in toall. M meeting ul 0 4.j. bcata tree. Wel. r ?< '!:ie It ai.i, SOI I.S tm i amam i iiriicH vr, corner 14th and !? *ts. n.w.-Moruin* ft ? Tueflda), .1 m. d. Consecritiou ine^tinv Tuesduv 9rmmta?: ' i.ov, <i; o. W. Moore, past ,r 1; X v .-li v" v,: irsrM. V-a;-.- ^rL^iOTfir f318 prelent"1'' A cordial welcome is extended to all t.. U ? _ ___ lr Jr FIRST 11MTISI <TH'RCH.-irini sr , ^ . between <4 and II n.w . Ki*v I'has v s.-.i-."' ly. pastor. Sunday sel !?;.' ( a n lYe.w'hina , l" a. m. and 7 .'in ,,. m. I>> tl..- pas or SuilsL, Ilnlniinil 'l 1 ?'.-s ??V?UI,^ J^eN mlt! All arecuntiaily inviM.'i V.'. mV.u.'V" ,A''* " 1 K.,.i:::!yK,::? -f sbkcsS If 'J - * . Mhl l.Ol'Dl.1 l'AN BAPTIST I 'll I'la h * tith and A st,. e . Itev \v H y, past .r. -Simdaj s.-liool !i ;;iia III lYewhini' 11 , lo' and, :;n V ou,,,- IVo, V'.m .IJoiUry s'llliv't 1' m 1 .allies So, lal I 1.1..1,. \\i inesdav" 'sulu. t for WZV'r v'VTr'l,id""r l:,>' <^ u iiik i. f>. t. 1, * ricl:i> < Yt iiJnir. lt# ' "I '1 M K CHI'RCH, REV s... lat the'. hurel, f' m"and"'^ j^m^!1'^ bV''V,!;^vr\ Al'^rsareconLjllhiM ?3: _ VAUOH M. E. CHrKCH. 3D IND k HIM 7^----" B.e. ((,. 11.)?heats liv?\ The i>a.-t<ir H?-v i?r ; 11 a. in., and Kev. Dr. <i. V\ j' Wri -ht "rn ly;iT2\r?% - ^'^V^hiJo-l'UH 'i'ii .?-orandoi/i.'-rs'.'V!',: a in.. regular sess'iou. iPiiy"'alYra m! V ^|,:?S?SS^K!S! J.'hnstiau live Imniortalitv ?? Vounir n-. .,,1 i'.ta*?" a?<1 tl.,- i-as,or,tin "R.,.?,s.v 1'm'\ |- v",,11 i,|^T' ** Vt %?~ *rt?^ I HE REV. lilt. WaLTFIC O siTPrT" to-int?rrow, at 1 1 oViiM'I ?? I., 1 > . ! ? '? 4 y st ? I tc^hear hiaa ^rSnf'w"? C'lII.Ri-H Of THE OOVBKAMT (PKML atre^n Jwn"^rMc,U,Ue,.;Ik'1i,i "^nue. N and lHth R^Sru^TSaSi Centennial ? if tin ? if uddress on tlie p. lu ? u a. in. iouiiK lieoplea ineetiiiK' at 7 A' I. A N' I> MFIT!i IDIST^KPIHCi IPVt ?S. Church, cor. 1 Otli and I) s.w -Rev t'l,.' w Jm V-. 'u,Jut "uShZW-V - It it r4 M(?N METHODIST ETISCOP AL ^,?A?s5teA*sH!a25? tven.nK. Afi weiSi?,m- lYay,'r m rvi' ? Wedu.Kday < hnstiai. Endeavor So^'iety at ti .'in *t 7 "'in wili |U' o-!,^"l^hie"M,i^:",'f 'n*e.'oti ?? M011 ind^lfJiS 7' Tli 1 raytr meeting Thursday evening at ? " It* j|" VTHI? REV RICHARD HARLW, "of S^w^isLT{iV^r;^'r:,,l.e,o,::,,l,,:^;;f Dr.raSt fS^diy? eXclmil|fed witU .,UJV Jf _ ihET1,K?I: P.1U !': MEMOiaALCHlKCH ? lantoi, J. G. i5utl<?r. Piva?*liiDtr bv tho ?uf-tor at 11 u. 111. a\t afternoon service at 5 oVlm k Centennial Service, with , ;ayers MuMc.and brief lh"' sSda^wrtody*wVlcomiy ^ " "VU* ' ^ ^ sr^?M::1 N l y^JfompijuJi m.e.chtjech ??u^cornerof iithand K ?ts. n.w., liev s ?. HwJjUwiy, pMtor,?PreacrbinK at 11 a.m and 7-4"? Mil Sunday schoulat U mi a.m. Yoiu/ v^ ,,^ iiieetinir at , p. Prea. hmif at Blake Hall 7S .1 between B and C sts. ?.w.,at 11a. 111 and 7 4f>\,,n by Itev. Harry Febrey. The public cordially invited'J-< "C -j CI XTR AI. rMOJi "MI8HIOX" irirt" ST AVE. liOSPEI, SEKVICFs liilt V 10 ?' ANdT:I0 P. M. BltAXCH XEOT ASD l'llVK MEETINGS AS I SL'AE. COTTAUh if -**=> WESLEY CHAPEL, JAMES P WKK.HT IfaKrSS'- IFFZ ir^Tr1" rSS Legton, 3;a0 p.m. Society of 'christian ?Jpm. Preachin* by dTv^S^So CHlHSTrAN CHURCH. VT. AVE.. NEAR nri?. ?d8t' m. at You UK People's Meeting at 7 o'clock MiMion'snniu'v school .!;.?> at Ud.l Follows' Hall, 8th 2? i V. to all the services. Come. i{.la Washington News and Gossip. lnilct lo \<lvrrli?< iiifut*. AMUsfmfnts 1" ATTORVF.TR. ... Pa:.-" 1 AUCTION SALES Vun* and C. BOUtDING :? BOOKS AM" STATION EST I'iu-p 11 1U S1NESS CHANCES . 'A BICYCLES 1-atre !? CITY ITEMS P*ro 1? OOmTBT BoutD :t CorVl'KY HEAL ESTATE Paire :i DEATHS I'M" 5 DENTISTRY Pa*.' 11 DltY GOODS Pure 10 EDUCATIONAL f?? 11 EXCURSIONS Pjmto I".' FAMILY SUPPLIES l'airo !? FINANCIAL. 10 FOR RENT (Flat*) I'a-'e - FOR RENT (Rooms) 11?? "J FOR RENT (Houses) - *u<l :t FOR RENT (OFFICES) 1'mr" - FOR RENT (Stokes) P*? - FOR RF.NT (Miscellaneous) Pairr - FOR RENT (Stahi.es) l'?i"' - FOR SALE (Houses) FOR SALE (Lots) l'afa :i Foil SALE (Miscilumoib) llur? :i GENTLEMEN'S GOODS favr? 10 HOTELS I'm?*) 11 HOUSEFl RNISU1NUS Piwa 11 INSURANCE F;i)fe 11 LADIES' GOODS F?tf? ? LOCAL MENTION Bum 13 LOST AND FOUND hm MARRIAGES ?> MEDICAL *"?*?'? 10 MISCELLANEOUS !*?"? MONEY TO LOAN 4 1"*9 1 NOTARIES PIBLIC I"^'0 3 OCEAN STEAMERS I'a.-e 1) POTOMAC RIVER BOATS >'?*" H PIANOS AND ORGANS I'SB" 10 PERSONAL PRINTERS l'W> H PROFESSIONAL 10 PROPOSALS F?re 1 RAII.ROADS P?" # SPECIAL NOTICES PatTO 1 SUBURBAN PROPERTY. SUMMER RESORTS H j SPECIALTIES * ! W ANTED (CorsTB* Hoaiik) Pw' ; WANTED (Help) faa* i W ANTED (Houses) Pa^'J 2 | WANTED rRooms) l*aff - | W AM ED (Situations) ? Pstro - WANTED (STORES) Fw? ~ I W ANTED (Lots) l*a*e 'i WANTED (Miscellaneous). l'atw '?! wood and coal !'?<?> u Secretary and .Mrs. Noble wont to New York to-diiy to attend the centennial celebra tion. Secretary Blaine continues to improve in health and expects to be able to go to New 1'ork to-morrow night. Movements of Naval Vessels.?The U. S. S. Dolphin arrived at Colombo Island, off Ceylon, to-dav, from Singapore. The Fortune has been ordered to leave New York for Norfolk via Washington, after the centennial ceremon ies. Electric Lights for Ships.?The bureau of navigation of the Navy department is about to begin the preparation of plans and specifica tions for lighting, by electricity, the Mianto noniiih, Motiadnock. Petrel and Vesuvius, for T. hicb purpose the last Congress appropriated ?55.000. Reorganizing the Department of Agricul ture.? Secretary liiir-k yesterday made an order transferring to the office of arsistant sec retary of agriculture the following divisions and sections of the department: The botanical division and the section of vegetable pathology, the penological division, the microscopical di vision. the chemical division, the ornithological division, the forestry division, the entomologi cal divisioft and the silk section, and the office of experiment stations. The investigations and experiments in the manufacture of sugar from sorghum, Ac., are excepted from the above order. To be Closed on Scndav Against Clerks.? Postmaster-General Wanamaker to-day issued the following order: ''That hereafter the Post Oflice department be closed on Suuday to the clerks and all ? mplovos thereof, except the re quired watchmen, engineers, and firemen. Clerks and employes shall, without exception, bit dcnii d adniittance on that day to the main building and to the several rented buildings, and the watchmen on duty shall strictly enforce the provisions ol this ordi r." Naval Orders.?Commander Oliver A. Bat eheller has been ordered to duty as ordnance officer at the Norfolk navy-vard May 10. Lieut. Ambrose 15. Wyckoff to duty in the bureau of yards and docks May 2. Commander Joshua Bishop has been detached from the Norfolk navv-yard and ordered to command the Iro quois." Civil Engineer <1. C. McCallum from the Norfolk navy-yard and ordered to the lio-tou liavv-yard. Civil Engineer 11. C. Crouen from the Boston navy-yard and ordered to the New York navy-yard. Personal.?Oen. D. B. Ainger, adjutant-gen eral of Michigan, has for the past few days been a guest of his old friend. M. M. Parker. Oen. Ainger will be remembered as former postmaster of Washington, and is now on his way to the New York centennial to represent the state of Michigan. N. Schneider of Cleveland. W. Scott lioiuiell of Youngstown. Ohio, and Win. ,1. Bryson of Chi cago are at the Normandie.??Lyman T. Ktaubrough. F. W. Chapin and F. P. Benja min of New York, W. II. Woodward of Philadelphia and James Quintan of Brooklyn are at the Arlington. A. C. (isborn, A. C. Greene and Albert Brown of New York are at Welcker's. ltev. Dr. Boarduian of Philadelphia, ltev. Dr. Worm house and Rev. Dr. Osborne of New York. Prof. Harper of New Haven. P. 11. Page of Philadelphia, and Setli Low of Brooklyn are at Wornilev's. J. G. Oilmoro of Omaha. F. B. Dale and Jno. Macrone of New York are at Willard's. Henry Woodruff of Brooklyn, is at the Arno. Daniel Bonticon of Kansas City, and Charles Steele of Philadelphia, are at the Uiggs. Hamilton Kowan. Henry E. Ide and Thos. C. Hogg of New York, J. N. Huston of Indiana. J. M. l'atton of Quincy. 111.. H. B. Chamberlain of Boston. L. C. Milbourne of Philadelphia. H. C. Parsons of Virginia, and Y. H. Brown and C. E. lleidsou of the navy, are at the Ebbitt. John W. Wright of Rochester, and Win. M. Thornton of the University of Virginia, are at the St. James. Walter W. Scott. D. D.. prin cipal of Phillips Exeter academy for the past five years, who is well known here, has re signed to accept the managership of the literary interests of a large publishing house in Chicago. War Department Changes. Resigned?James Toomey, clerk, class 2, ad jutant-general's office. Promoted?Mrs. Flor ence Lower, from copyist and type-writer, at >"<?10, to clerk, at ?'.)00, signal office; Miss Anna G. Nevhart, lrom copyist, at ?720. to copyist and type-writer, at ?840, signal office; Win. Messervy and Miss Minerva M. Purman, from copyists at ?000 to ?720. S. O.; Louis Gar esc he and Miss Lucy Jurney. from copyist at ?4S0 to ?C(N), S. O. Permanently appointed?Walter F. Daly, of Ohio, clerk ?1,000, commissary general's office; Dan'l C. Murphy, of California, Harry A. Fellows, of Alabama, und Philip Jaisolm. of Pennsylvania, ?1,000 in surgeon-general's office. Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary.?Appointment: Fran cis A. Weaver, of Brookvilie. Pa., chief of di vision of lauds and railroads, ?2,000, vice John McMurray, resigned. Patent office.?Appointment: Roger Welles, of Connecticut, financial clerk, ?2.000. Census office.?Appointment: Josiah C. Stod dard, of New York, disbursing clerk, ?2,500. Pension office.?Promotion: Harry E. Linea weaver, of Pennsylvania, clerk, " %1,200, to #1,400. Post-Ofllce Department Changes. Luther Caldwell, of New York, has been ap pointed chief of the bond division, Post-Office department, vice Morillo Noyes, resigned. J. M. Baker, of Michigan, ha* been ap pointed an assistant railway mail superintend ent, and C. P. Law reason ha* resigned. Telegrams to The Star. SUFFERINGS OF THE BOOMERS. % ! A Hurricane and Small-Pei AM to ta. HDME-RULE PROGRESS IN LONDON. A CONNECTICUT JIM THE PENMAN. White Caps Active About Cincinnati i SMALL POX A\l) A HI KKIOAXK. More Afflictions to Try the I'allcpce of the Devoted Oklahoma lioouic rs. i Chicaoo. April 27.?A Trilmiw special from i Arkansas City, Kurt., says: A man named Kiln worth was taken down yesterday with j small pox. The physician in attendance | Kay# thi-r? is no doubt of ife ' being that dreadt d disease, and refuses to allow j the mother and wife of the nick man to mm- him for fear of threading the contagion. The turn I had been feeling bad for a week past, He went with the crowd of boomers to tiutlirie last Monday, and Tuesday. while coming down with the fever incident to this dise .-e. stood i for hours in the line at the post-oltice of Guthrie, i trying to get hi* mail. From there lie went to Oklahoma, from which place he returned litre 1 Wednesday morning and took to his bed, where he has been growing worse ever since. : 1 he inhabitants of (iuthrie and Oklahoma city ! are almost in a state of panic, fearing that the ' scourge may break out in their midst. An j epidemic of such a kind might depopulate j either place and terrify the residents of nearly every town in this we-t> rn country. OCTHBIE SWEPT BY A (1 ALE. A terrible wind storm yesterday afternoon prostrated almost every tent 111 Guthrie, and many of the inhabitants have to bleep in the open air. Provisions aef. growing scarcer in the tented towns. Hundreds of cars are de layed on the siilo tracks by the two recent wrecks on the Santa Fe, between Guthrie and Kdmond, where the Chicago colony is located, riie numerous reports of murderous affrays on account of claim jumping are generally dis credited here. NEEDLES AND JONES LEAVE OfTHRIE. Chicago, April 27.?A A'eira s|*eeial from Guthrie says: Needles and Jones, the two marshals who hold authority, have left Guthrie. Commissioner Stockslager's declaration that he would forfeit the claims of all l". S. employes is regarded with suspicion, as it is now general!*" understood that the deputies Were not i sworn in and the other hired gobblers are not 1 technically in the ft derul service. It is de j munded that the government declare a forfeit | urc of the claims of all )?ersons irrespective of j employment who were iu the Oklahoma tract ? before Monday noon. SETTLING OVX THE CHEROKEE STRIP progresses in increasing volumes. Mauycatnps . are visible from the railroad and boom* rs at ' the stations declnre that it is tin lr pur|tose to squat there. It is reported that plowing and Planting is well under way at numerous poiuts. he troops have not yet moved, t apt. Jack Hayes reached I'ouca yesterday and has sent out couriers to give the squatters THJIEE DAYS* NOTICE TO Qt*IT the strip. He is much beloved by the settlers ; for the inexhaustible kindness he has shown them iu the march down and the practical help j he gave them. He is the man of all men to ! peacefully settle the impending controversy it j it can be settled. GlTTHltlE BURIED IN RED Dl'ST. GrTHRiE, Oklahoma. April 27. A simoon swept the desert yesterday and Guthrie is ' buried in red dust. The wint^ rose at dawn, sweeping down from the cloudless skv. and the red sand of th.; plain was driven before it all ? lav in stinging, stifling masses. Tents col lapsed. roofs were raised and everything light and loose was blown away. 1 here are now live cities included in this | camp North. South, East andW.st (iuthrie. and (iiithrit prop. r. The latter covers th.- ..Ml acres suppose d to have been set apart for town j purposes, and includes the depot, the post-ortice and land-otiice. about which the heait of the city may be said to pulsate. The others cir cumscribe the suburbs with tents and blankets. RAILROAD SERVICE A LITTLE HLTTEK. The railroad is slowly issuing from the snarl iu which the glut of local trattic in vol v.-s it, but though baggage, provisions, aud other supplies are b. nig delivered in quantities suffi cient to relieve destitution, the service is iar behind the requisites of comfort. Water is still l? mg sold, and it is execrable water at that. Gambling flourishes oj>enlv. It has bet n the salvation ot (iuthrie that whisky was not admitted, aud it is to this wise exclu sion that the little violence is due. CLEVELAND DEMOCRATS EX< ITED Mr. Koran Charges K. M. Ilelsley with Trying to Sell IIlm to the Itepiiblicans. Cleveland. April 27.?Ex-Representative M. A. Foriin. who lias been accused by the demo crats of the twenty-first congressional district of Ohio with having offered to sell his services to the republican national committee last fall publishes a long letter this morning, iu which he charges that E. M. Hei ley. chairman of the Young Men's democratic club, of Cleveland, tried to fix up a deal whereby Foran was to stump Nt w York for Harrison, receiving for his services *25.000 or , e:#>.000. He says he refused to entertain the proposi tion. Heisley. who is one of the most promi nent democrats in northern Ohio, vehemently denies the truth of Foran's assertions. WHIPPED BY WHITE CAPS. A Worthless Wife-Heater Punished in a Cincinnati Suburb. Cincinnati. April 27.?White Caps chastised a man within a mile of Cincinnati last night, in a thickly settled suburb. Frank Gehrline aged forty-eight, lives at Riverside and has frequently quarreled with lus wife and recently struck her. She has been supporting him while he spent his time in saloons. He has had several White Cap warnings. About 8 o'clock, as Gehrline was in a saloon drikinir. a bov en tered and told him some one wanted to speak to him outside. Gehrline had scarcely reached the door when he was seized bv a mob of masked men. They tied him to' a tree re moved his clothing and belabored him most unmercifully for half an hour. His screams attracted a great crowd of men aud women who looked on without interference. When they finished the White Caps disapiiearcd to ward the river. THE 8AMOAN COMMISSION. They Muke a Social Call on Prince Bb niarck In Berlin. Berlin, April 27.?Messrs. Kasson, Phelps, and Bates, the American commissioners to the Samoan conference to be held here next week, called this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on Prince Bismarck. The call was merely a social one and the delegates were received very cordially by the chancellor. A Three Days' Holiday. New Yore, April 27.?The stock exchange the consolidated stock and petroleum exchange and the coffee exchange will be closed on Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. The produce exchange and the cotton exchange will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday. i PLAYKD IIKKOKK Tilt VI KK>. Inlng and TiTry >\ in Applause from ? Koyal Addirin'r at Jsaiidrlnchant. Riwtal CiN? Mtr?l h l ? T i? L<>xix<*. April 27. The /Vi Mall frcttrtf puMwbwi an riclnnvr rt port of the special performance by tin- I.yc< 1111 eompany Wi*f the que. n at Kaadringh am yesterday. Ihe | prince * ball-room win convert d into a temp'* rary theater and moat fl(lKirah< seen, ry **? H*cully paiatril. tlir i.l< a l>> mg tt (irodtii'i the Lyceum in miniature. TheMK|Miv left Loudon by a special tr.nu in time tor tlie |M>rf?raMc* at Irt o'clock. The queen sat in an arm chair in the front of the room, the prince on her ni;lit : and the priim ?s on h< r h ft and ltM in* ite.l I guests l? hind. The play. " The Hells". **? 1 >udly applauded. thequ?en fr. iiw ntlv whisper m- 'Titici-in*. nirMtklMl t : ! . mmmA of \. ntr ' d. Til. ii Terry ? w vanulr cheered in the ui< re v sp? tvli. Tl ? out en wft* r Ward rei'iivt'd her .iud Irving -ill i ? \pr? il warm pleasure m tlx p< rfomi iii' i . st..-cially thaukilig Irving f..r hi* claUirate tr.tublc. Si'tu. token* ..?? ii i'iiivtu She gave him a in m-nh;. i ut -? t of diamond studs and T? rry a hro >. li of birds in diamonds. The j>arty returned to London . trlj tins morii ins. I heard that the prince had invited Irving but not T? rry to stay all tnght, and l> rry. Ie< I ing this a slight, imiue.d Irving to decline to stay. The i* rfortuane ? *? it? .1 cr- at inter. it as the crowning recognition o! Irvmg's- ijiein acv on the English stage. al*>? Iscauw the i queen haa seen no play since t ~<*;t. Howe, una | of last night"* company, p. n< 1 .it \\ md-orth. u when Sheridan know lea' 'Tluuchbuck wm given. TIIK GOSSIP tIK LOMMIM. Noted Convert* to Woman's KtuMe? Curious Mor) of a l>)iiij; King. Spvial Cable Pispateti t>< Tin 1'v rxivo sr*? Lositos, April "J7. 1 he lib< rat mi ni-ts* gathering at Itimilligham ? ud< d yesterday | with a woman'* meeting, which caused iiiei doiitiilly remarkable declarations upon woman a pohtieal position. 11.'it i.ut 'ti. (luiuUfUin 1 and Henry Jauies have hiUi.rlo I- . u irun>ii< a for masculine asc? ndaiicv. \esterday llartlllg ton and ( hamlx rlaiu followed Salisbury in ? x i tolling woman's u-eful sphere m polm al lite. I Hurcourt, speaking at Southampton yester day, applied an old table to tin Kiiwu. whirh ? will stick. He said: "People say il is wrong to | express an opinion jet on the PariH-U rum* 1 mis-ion. but opinions will out. The servant dux a hole and whis|>ertd into it: "King Mi.laa has asses' earn.' and rushes grew up and re peated the story to the wind. So now tlto rushes arc whispering: 'The ha.-, ui-m a' | ears." '* Much interest is felt in the resumption of the Pariicll inquiry next Tuesday. Tartu 11 will (five evidence. Not often do hl-tonalis h ue such all opportunity of he aring ti e leailing actor in nr. at ev< nt* examined, on Lis uets, motives uu.I opinions. Au extraordinary story reaches me on excel lent authority Irom Rotterdam alxiut tin kng ot Holland s dying days. \ou l?ulov. is m con stant att? iidajice ilstedtng to the allli'st moribund king recount Ins ohi amours. I no apparently phlegmatic Dilt'timau outrival* Louis the I'ourn . ntli in his gallaUlrica, it is a grim pietur.. this old king from the death t>< d towliieh his excessea have brought him re counting Lib alllolirs, hut 1 have It OU good authority. ?.<><>!> KOU IIO.MK lill.K. Ciradliates ??f London I nivcrsity I'rotest Against Sir .lolin LulibockV Attitude. Loxuox, April 27. A healthy ngn of tho times, which shows how far the intelligent feel ing of London has drifted toward Irish home rule lately, and especially since the vindication ot .Mr. l'arut 11, is the agitation that is koiiik ou at present at the Loudon university. Sonio ?Vat graduates of this former unionist strong hold lc.ve drawn up a formal protest against the action of Sir John Lubboek.wlto r< pr< s< ula the univtrsity in parliament, in givini; his con ; tinued support to the gti\< ruim ut. Tho i protest is a vigorous one aud d< - nouncea the government lor breaking their pledges r< carding Ireland, and dei lares tu ' favor of relief tor the Irish. At a meeting held recently Sir John Lublnxk met his criticwera and explained the ground ou which he stood aud his reasons for supporting the gov ernmi lit. His constituents, however, urc by no mean* satisfied aud will proce d with the protest, which will probably result in Sir John's resig nation of Ins s. at. This will h ave the held ! ojnii for a home-ruler to walk in. and dvul>U?M ' tiie tiladstomaiis who have their eye on tho , beat will make a success!ul effort to gain it. IIK IS A WON Dl.lv I I L PKM MAX. Aud In Six Years II*- Korged Notes lor Half a .Million l>ollars. Nrw BETttu, Tons., April 27.?Charles P. Woodruff, who was on Thursday arrested fur 1 forgery, was yesterday sent to jail iu d< lault of ?rlJ.OOU bail. It now appears that during tho past six years he has forged Uot< s to tho amount of e.'iOM.oiiO. Of this aniouiit he haa managed, without being discovered, to mako good all but ihe - KI.insi for whieh he is now under arrest. He was tirst sUs|M-cted while at tempting to negotiate a not? for t jtm < ndurw d with the uaiue of 1'. Won lruH. mispk'iua being aroused only from the fact that it was kimwu that Mr. F. WoodrutT had not Ix en m thi- \i< i nity for some month . He wa> then confront* d wit!-. iiiltiK rou- other forged notes and finally confessed his guilt. His skill with the pen i* said to be marvelous. MKS. CLKVKLANI* NOT IN IT. The Re-revised List of La<H?*s w ho will Oauce the 4'enteiinial Oua-lrille. New Yobk. Ajiril 27. The list of ladn - who have been selected to dntice in tin quadrille of honor at the centennial has been again re\ is* d. j The following is now given out by Manager Stanton as the otiicial list: Mrs. \V. Astor. Mrs. A. NcwhoM llorri*. Mrs. S. V. 1?. I ruger. Mrs. \V. liayard i'uttiug. .Mrs. i Kd ward F. J outs. Mrs. L'lward <oijmt. Mrs. Alexanders. Webb. Mrs. Koliert 1". W<ir. Mr . Levi 1*. Morton. Mrs. William Herb, rt Wasii ington. .Mrs. A. <iract -king. Mrs. Klbridge 1". tierry. Mrs. Frederick l>epev?t r. Mrs. Alexan der Van !?' nss. luer. NIiks t iioiia Liviugstuii, , Miss Louise Lee Schuy ler. TIIK INTKKSTATK COMMISSION'. Arranging for its Proposed Visit to tbt Ooiiiiiiion < apitul. Ottawa. Oxt.. April 27. Mr. S. J. Ritchie, of Akron. Ohio, is lure aud has had au interview with the premier relative to the proposed visit to Canada of the interstate commerce commis sion. with the view to these geutlemcu having a conference with the government. It is an ticipated that great bent tit to both fountm* will arise from the visit ot the commissioners, Messrs. Kndlcott and Whitney Sail. New \ohk, April 27.? Among ihe pa- - tig* if who sailed for Europe to-day ou the steamer Etruria for Liverpool were ex-Secretary of War Kndicott and wife and ex-Secretary of the Navv Whitney aud wife, ."buffalo Hill " and his wild west show sailwd for l'axis to-day ou the steauor IV rsian Monarch. A Dinner to Mr. Cleveland New York. April 27.?Jos. U. Cboate gave m dinner to tx-I'resideut Grover Cleveland at th* Union League club last evening. Among tha guests besides the ex-President were Seuator Kvarts. Warner Miller. Chauucey M. Deis t, (ten. Bristow, Geu. Wager Swayne, Sidney Dillon, Judge Horace ltussell and tx-OoT. Hoadley. From WaP Street To-Day. New York, April 27. 11 a. m.?The holiday* at the stock exchange seem to have already begun, as there was a very small attendance this moruing aud little or no interest in the speculation by those present. The liquidation* on both sides of the account have been about completed, although the heaviness of last even, ing was carried over to this morning and tirst prices among the shares traded in were gen erally from n to % per cent below those of last night. Ihe subsequent dealings developed a little husin<-ss in Union Paciflc, Heading, and Atchison, but the remainder of the list were . intensely dull, with no movement or feature of ' any kind to relieve the monotony.w hile the flue 1 tuations iu the stocks meutioued were in uo case for more than ,S per cent, and possess-d no significance and showed no tendency m either direction. The market simply settled < dawn to utter stagnation and no change oc curred during the hour, and at 11 o'clock it was intensely dull and steady at opening fig ures. A German Politician Dead. Beblis, April 27.? Herr August William voa Bernuth,.a noted German politician, is <le*4.