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933 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Closed all day July
Uiniderwear
Light as Cobwebs.
If too want to see the finest, lightest and
"air!nmner underwear made ? see
ours. It's spun just like h "cobweb. We
a?k no more than you'd bare to pay else
where for the ctarse, inferior kinus. Look
at s??me of these lines TLESL>AY.
Ladies' Fliw Swiss Ribbed Lisle and Cot
ton Vests at 7*^e., 12^c., 16c.f 19c.,
BRc.. 38c. and 50c.
Kxtra jc?iod rallies in Ladies' 8wis? Bib
bed 1 drawers ? knee ani ankle
lragtlf, at
Children's mol ".eDtiiated" Swiss Ribbed
Vnn. luc.. 12V , 1?<- ?nd
Cool Underwear for Hen.
Mrn'n Finest Comtwil Egyptian g /f>
Tarn H?lhrlet:un Shirts and
Drawers, silk finished, at
A special *alne Men s Light Balhriggan
I'nderwear at 35c.; 3 tor $1
Cross-barred Muslin and Jean Drawers,
with web bottoms or strings, oOc. pair.
Short Bicycle Drawers, with imported web
bottom and'banjo reinforcen.ent, 5uc.
W. H. McKnew, 933 PaAve.
Jy2-& *d
Foot Ease.
EVANS* TALCUM POWDER is grateful
. to tender feet ir hot weather, lt'a cooling
. and soothing?prevents charing and exces
> give perspiration. Best to use on babv s
? delicate skin. Cures (hefing and prickly
heat. Plain or perfumed. 10c. can.
Evans' Drug Store
Conn. ave. and S st. and 1428 Md. aye. Jy2-16d
"Closed All Day July 4th."
Special forTuesday
25 feet of Watering $ -fl .4
Hose, with nozzle and Jj
coupler, for
John B. Espey,
Jj2-12d
C^^pVCf No matter what foot discomforts
you siffer we'll assure you ?n
staut and permanent lelief. Painless and
harmless treatment. Advice and book tree.
Pr? f. J. J. GEORGES Sk SON. Foot Specialists
1115 Pa. ave. H-Jurs. 8 to 5. Sundays, 9 to 12.
Jj2?d
A fine line of Jersey Cloth
Bathing Suits, in navy and
<511 fancy stripes. 2 pieces (men's
<?> U ? only*. $1.25 kind $1.00. Oth
er kind* an well. Trunks.
25c. You know we sell only
??quality" goods.
TEEL'S, 1329 F St.
jy2-14d Open Monday morning.
Corns That Ache
Ought to come out. You don't want to 1 e
troubled with acliing corns all summer. Get
"S. & S." CORN CURE. That removes both
hard aud soft corns without the least pain.
Our cwn preparation?so ycu may be sure
it's effective. Ouly 15c.
Stevens' Pharmacy,
COR ?TH ASP PA. AVE. Jy2-14d
McMaaon's
Is a preparation of the Drug by which its injurious
effects are removed, while the valuable medicinal
properties are retained. It possesses all the seda
tive, anodyne and anti-spasmodic powers of Opium,
but produces no sickness of the stomach, no vomit
ing. no ccstlvenes?, no headaehe. In acute nervous
disorders it is an invaluable remedy, and is recom
meLdcd by the best physicians.
E. FERRETT, Agent,
372 Peari St., New York.
m;14-w&*.lj
PAINE'S (\ i.l.F.RY MAKES
VSw/v'MIUUND 1'fcoi'LB
WELL.
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SehlnMer'i Summer Garden.
Mr. J. B. Schlosser's summer garden, at
Brightwood, D C.. has opened for the sea
ion. Hundreds of wheelmen take advan
tage of the almost perfect roads to visit the
garden evry evening, besides those who
avail themselves of the Brightwood avenue
electric cars. Prof. Bengnot's Orchestra
has been engaged to furnish music every
evening.
Tie ir ii in t ion to Covers Plumbing.
The District Commissioners today direct
ed that hereafter plumbing and gasfltting
performed for the District shall be done by
registered plumbers and gasfltters, and
that vouchers for such work, when present
ed for payment, shall bear a certificate
from the District Inspector of plumbing
that the work has been done in accordance
with the regulations. The Commissioners
also directed that when the estimated cost
of the work is In excess of ICO the s>ecitica
tlons therefor must be approved in ad
vance by the inspector of plumbing, unless
exempted by the Engineer Commissioner
1c urgent cases.
The Chain and Sprorkrt (lab.
At the June meeting of the Chain and
Sprocket Club it was decided to appoint a
committee to arrange for entertaining the
club and Its friends once every month. The
committee secured the small steamer Bar
th<idl and gave a moonlight trip up the
river Thursday evening. After making two
round trips the party wits landed at the
Potomac boat house, wtere dancing was
Indulged in until about midnight. Those
present were: The Misses Thomas, Eck
hardt. Rice, Ellis, Ward. Jerman, Gibbons,
Nourse, Wright. Eccard, Biedler, Souder,
Hall. Johnson. Garland. Eynon, Wrenn,
Moore and Mrs. Marian and Mrs. Moore as
chaperons, and the Messrs. J. Milans, R.
Milan*, C. Milans, J. Walker. H. Walker,
Woodburn. Calley. Hoover, Jerman. Steele,
Bain, Royal. Kraak, Krouse, Benjamin,
Brown, Marian, Rouxer, Crow ell, Bryant
and Graff.
HI* First OBenae.
J"rank J. Green, a member of the <U>th
New York Volunteers at Camp Alger, was
arrested in the city yesterday on a charge
of being drunk and disorderly.
"It was the first time I had ever drank
anything," said the soldier in Judge Kim
ball's court this morning, "and 1 hope you
will let me go this time."
The court fined him $5 and sent word of
the affair to the camp authorities.
A Costly Ulase.
An alarm was turned In from box WM
about noon today for Ore in the ware
house of B. B. Earnshaw & Bro., corner
of Georgia avenue and loth street south
east. The warehouse was filled with baled
hay. ctnned goods and barrels filled with
pickles. It is supposed that spontane >us
combustion caused the blaxe. Mr. Murray,
? clerk in the store, was on his way to
the warehouse when he discovered smoke
coming from the building. He at once
turned in an alarm and a number of fir'
extinguishers were put in use. The flames
had gained so much headway, however,
that the extinguishers were of little use.
Members of the fire department were at
the burning building soon after the alarm
ttas sounded, and succeeded in savins part
of the structure, lb well as some of the
stock. The damage Is estimated to be
about $2,MOO.
Husband Gets the Estate.
The will of Mrs. Hattle M. Jennings,
dated June 12. 1TO8. v as filed for probate
today. The tes'ator names her husband,
Wa'.ter B. Jennings. as sole executor, with
out bond, and bequtatha to him all her
pxop?rtjr.
WHOSE THE BURDEN?
Business Men Will Test the Meaning
of the New Stamp Aot.
COMPANIES HOST FIT TAXES
What the Representative of an Ex
press Company Says.
IN OTHER CITIES
Business men who are compelled In the
transaction of their affairs to use the tele
graph wires freely, and who largely patron
ise the railroad and express companies and
the shipment of freight and articles, are
united in their opinion that the course pur
sued by the telegraph and express and rail
road companies In compelling them to pay
the internal revenue duties on dispatches
and express on freight, bills of lading and
manifests is wrong. The declaration is
openly made by leading merchants here
that the companies In so doing are simply
taking advantage of the general Ignorance
of people with the provisions of the act ap
proved June 13. 1?'H, known as the war rev
enue act. This measure. It should be
kiown, while directly taxing bankers, brok
ers and others, doing business either as in
dividuals, firms or corporations, did not
place a similar direct tax on any other cor
porations save those engaged In retining
petroleum and sugar.
Object of the Frunierit.
The fraraers of the bill.. It Is declared,
sought to make other corporations bf.ir
their portions of the burden of war by
compelling them to place stamps upon the
evidences of their business.
Thus, section 18 of the bill provides that
after July 1 "no telegraph company or Its
egent or employe shall transmit to ar.y
person any dispatch or message without
an adhesive stamp, denoting the tax im
posed by this act, being affixed to a copy
thereof or having the same stamped there
i pon. and In default thereof shall Incur a
penalty of ten dollars."
In schedule A of the act the paragraph' :
relating to express and freight reads ac
follows:
"It shall be the duty of every railroai' or
steamboet company, carrier, express com
pany or corporation or person, whose oc
cupation is to act as such, to Issue to the
shipper or consignor or the agent, or per
son from whom any goods are accep'ed for
transportation, a bill of lading, manifest
or other evlder.ee of receipt and forward
ing for e.ich shipment received for car
liage and transportation, whether in bulk
or In boxes, bales, packages, bundles or
not so Inclosed or Included: nnd there s^all
be duly attached and canceled, as In this
act Included, <o each of said bills of lad
ing. manifests or other memorandum, and
to each duplicate thereof, a stamp of the
value of oi e cent."
Trit Cases to lie Made.
Many of the merchants In Washington
are already conferring with each other over
the propriety of bringing test cases to de
termine whether they or the corporations
so specifically directed in the act to do so
shall pay the taxes indicated. It is very
probable that within a day or two several
dispatches will be presented for transmis
sion at the various telegraph offices, to
gether with the amount of the regular
rates charged heretofore by the companies,
and when the senders are notified that the
messages will each require 1-cent stamps
In addition the senders will decline to affix
them. In case the company or Its agent
refuses to transmit the message suits of
damage will be brought, and an Immediate
legal decision secured upon the question,
i ne samo course, it is said on excellent au
thority, will be pursued regarding freight
bills and telephone messages.
The Local Sale of Stamps.
Today the employes In the office of the
deputy collector of Internal revenue, on G
street near 7th etr;et, had a chance, for the
first time In the past two days, to get some
rest. Of couree there were people coming In
all the time and asking for stamps, but the
office was not crowdid, was the case the
two previous days. It is thought the pub
lic has a supply on hand that will last for
some days.
For a short period yesterday and this
morning the local office wus without a sup
ply of one-cent stamps, but this lack was
soon made good and the sales went on. It
is stated at the offlci that It is impossible
to give the figures of th<5 sales of the last
two days, for the reason that the state
ments have been sent over to the office In
Baltimore and no summary of them was
made for lack of time. It is believed the
total runs into large figures, as some of the
gr.*at corporations represented in this city
by agents bought their supplies of stamps
here. It was not uncommon to have one
customer leave an order for half a million
of stamps.
The new law does not affect the local tel
ephone company, at least as to their local
business, as the tax on telephone messages
Is one cent for every message costing fif
teen cents and over. The charge for local
messages is not more than ten cents, and
therefore they will escape the tax. as will
the local subscribers. On long distance
messages there is a tax, of course, but the
representative of the company In this city
said today that no extra charge would be
made, as the company would pay the tax.
What the Express Companies Say.
In regard to the stamp of one cent re
quired by the new law to be attached to
every bill of lading or receipt of an express
company, the representative of one of the
companies In this city told a Star reporter
today that the companies of the country
had decided that the public and not the
companies should pay this tax.
He said that so far In this city there had
been but few protests made to this extra
charge. The situation, he added, with the
express companies was somewhat different
than with the railroad companies with their
freight business, as a bill of lading for
freight might, and usually did, include a
large number of articles, but with the ex
press companies the bulk of their business
was the handling of single packages. Ac
cording to the law, each package requir
ing, as It does, a separate bill of lading,
would have to have a one-cent stamp at
tached. For this reason the express com
panies, he Bald, had reached the conclusion
that It would be undertaking too much to
attempt to pay the tax.
New York Telephone Company.
The New York Telephone Company yes
terday announced that the rate on all city
messages now fifteen ce.it* will be ten cents
In the future. The revenue tax is one cent
on a telephone message for which r charge
of fifteen cents or more is made. The New
York Telephore Company say they con
templated leaking this reduction in the fall
but detemlr.ed not to wait. They claim
they are not endeavoring to evade the war
tax.
Wllal Rash for Stamps.
There was a wild rush for war revenue
stamps In New York yesterday.
In and around the office of the collector
of Internal revenue for the second district,
in tfie second story of the American Tract
Society building, bank clcrks, brewers'
n cssengers. call boys, lawyers, brokers
end "hired men" stood In line from 7
o'clock In the morning until 5 in the after
noon. The line extending from the window
of the stirop clerk, down the stairway. In
to Na-sau street, down Spruce and across
William street. The file moved about forty
feet an hcur. Similar scenes were wltnere
ed elsewhere. By 5 o'clock the second dls
trlct alone had sold $117.<>00 worth of
?tamps> The demands of purchasers were
cut four-fifths so that everybody could get
a temporary supply.
Collector Treat sent the following 'equi
sition to Washington last night: Docu
mentary. 5.000.0QP tr>e cent, 7.000,000 two
cent, 1,OUO.OOO three cent, 1,000^000 four
cent. 1.000,000 five cent, 1,000,000 twenty
five cent. 1,000,000 fifty cent. 250.000 $1;
I roprletary. 1.000,000 cash of one-eighth,
three-eighths, five-eighths cent, and one,
two and five-cent.
The Western Union Telegraph .Compiny
obtained yesterday 200.000 one cent des
patch stamps: the Postal Company. 100,000:
the Anglo-American Company, 25,000, and
the Transatlantic Company, 25,000.
More Than Eno*(h Received.
When Collector Treat footed up the day's
busiceaa la^t night he fcund that over
*THRICE IS HE ARM'D THAT HATH HIS QUARREL JUST."
$135,000 from the sale of stamps had been
received. Chi?f Deputy .Collector Burns In
Brooklyn, where mauy New York bankers
and brokers were accommodated, stated
that the first district lecelpts w?re over
$ir>,000. Adding the uptown district. \he
tctai In the greater city for the day was
nearly 1200,000. Three million bank check
stamps were solo In the down-town New
York office. When the day's business was
over about a quarter of a million documen
tary and a third of a million proprietary
stamps were left. In the up-town district
the demand was greater for proprietary
stamps, and the supply of several denom
li.atic.ns was exhausted. Hundreds of
thousands of documentary stamps lay on
the floor In Collector Eiuman's office In
bundles unopened.
Ilaltimore mid the Giprru Companies
The Merchants' Association of Baltimore
threatens to enter a legal contest with the
express companies to prevent the latter
from shifting the burden of the war tax
on express packages to the shippers. The
merchants of Baltimore will today offer
psckages to be expressed and demand that
the tax be paid by the companies, and If
they decline to do so test cases will ba
mxide.
The express companies declare they are
r.ot required under the law to pay the tax.
On the part of the express companies the
statement Is made that careful calculations
have shown that the tax would amount In
the case of the five principal companies to
3 per cent upon their entire combined cap
ital. Tljey claim they could not assume
the burden of the ttx. and that If they
have to do so their charges will be In
creased.
AT CAPOM SPRINGS.
Season Opened by Christian Educa
tional Conference.
Special C>rre?pon?leiice of The Bvtnlog Star.
CAPON SPRINGS, W. Va., June ?-??, 1898.
The opening session of the first Capon
Springs conference on Christian education
In the south was held In the chapel at the
springs this evening. Bishop Dudley of
Kentucky presided as temporary chairman.
After prayer and the singing of "Nearer,
My God. to Thee," by the assembly, the
address of welcome was made by Rev. Dr.
White, pastor of the Presbyterian Church
at Winchester, Va. Bishop Dudley respond
ed. Dr. Decker, president of Roanoke Col
lege at Salem, Va., made a motion that a
committee of three on permanent organiza
tion be formed, and Dr. Dreher, Rev. Dr.
Abbott, rector of 8t. James' Church, Cam
bridge, Mass., and Rev. Dr. Lawrence,
president of the Normal and Collegiate In
stitutes of Asheville, N. C., were appointed.
Bishop Dudley gave a brief history of the
organization, an account of which has al
ready appeared in The Star. Rev. N. B.
Frissell of Hampton Institute followed with
an Interesting survey of the field this work
was Intended to cover, and the meeting
then adjourned until 1C o'clock Thursday.
The delegates include an unusually clever
and distinguished body of men and women.
During their stay they are entertained as
the guests of Captain Sale. Included among
them are Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Hoyt,
Rev. George D. Baker, D. D.; Dr. and Mrs.
L Y. Graham, the Misses Landall, Phila
delphia; Bishop T. N. Dudley, Louisville,
Ky.; J. L. M. Curry, LL.D.; Rev_ A. D.
Mayo, Miss Mayo, Genl. John Eaton, Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Faulkner, Rev. and Mrs. J.
E. Gilbert, Dr. John M. Gregory, Washing
ton, D. C.; Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Edward Ab
bott, Cambridge, Mass.; Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
H. B. Frissell, Hampton, Va.; Rev. George
E. Benedict, Cedartown, Ga.; Rev. a?d Mrs.
A. B. Hunter, Raleigh, N. C.; Rev. Dr. and
Mrs. D. J. Satterfelld, Concorn, N. H.; Rev.
Julius D. Dreher, Prof. Painter, Roanoke
College. Va.; Dr. and Mrs. John A. Kern,
Ashland, Va.; Rev. W. P. Thlrkleld, D. D.,
Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. Dr. and Mrs. W. G.
Frost, Berea College, Berea, Ky-: Dr. Chas.
F. Meserve, president of Shaw University,
Raleigh, N. C.; Mr. W. L. Wilson, Lexing
ton, Va.; Rev. Dr. H. M. White, Rev. Dr.
Jas. R. Graham, MIbs Kate Conrad. Win
chester, Va; Dr. James Smith, Richmond,
Va.; Sister Ella, Chatham, N. C.; Rev. M.
McVickar, D. D.; Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Thos.
J. Morgan. New York; Miss May Klntzlng,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dr. and Mrs. E. C.
Mltchel, New Orleans; Dr. and Mrs. J. A.
Quaries, Lexington, Va.; Capt. and Mrs. C.
E. Vanter. Crozet, Va.; Prof. Dinwiddle,
Elklns, Va.; Rev. and Mrs. C. O. Pruden,
Chatham, Va.; Rev. Erastus Biakeslee,
Boston, Mass.; Rev. Horace Bumstead, D.
D., Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. Ernest S. Dreher,
Columbus, 8. C.
Remains Conveyed to Philadelphia.
The temalns of John J. Dickson, whose
death was announced j esterday, were es
corted to the Pennsylvania railroad depot
yesterday by a large concourse of sorrow
ing relatives and friends. The Rev. Father
Bevans of the Immaculate Conception
Church recited prayers for the dead.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Andrew
Glecson, F. P. May, B. F. Saul, M. B.
Johnston, E. J. Hannan, F. H. Jones, the
lest nemed representing the Carroll Insti
tute. A number of appropriate floral de
signs surrounded the coffln.
High mass agd religious services were
held at the Church of the Annunciation,
Philadelphia, this morning, and In'erment
was in the family lot at the old Cathedral
ceme :ery.
Th# 8Ur P*y b^aujM'
the men ijv battle.
Number of Troop* ?? B0?U bides at
SuntiiiffiK
The American forces in yesterday's battle
comprised:
First Division-First Brigade, Brig. Gen.
J. F. Kent, commanding; 6th Regiment. U.
3. A.. 1.000; 16th Regiment. U. S. A. 1 000
71st Regiment, N. Y. Vols., 1,000 ; 2d Bri
gade, Gen. J. C. Bates commanding; 2d
Regiment, U. 8. A., 1,000; loth Regiment, U.
S. A., 1,000 ; 21st Regiment, U. S. A., 1,000;
3d Brigade, 9th Regiment, U. S. A., 1,000
lHth Regiment, U. S. A.. 1,000; 24th Regi
ment, U. S. A., 1,000.
Second Division-First Brigade. Gen. J. J.
?i,aA,H?rn; 8th R?e'nient, U. S. A.. 1,000;
22dRegiment, IT. S. A., l.ooo; 2d Massachu
setts Volunteers, l.OOO; 2d Brigade, 1st Reg
A*16?VmAJ'of;?.AD \???j 4th Resiment, U. S.
A.,1,1*10, -Jth Regiment, U. 8. A., 1.000 ; 3d
Brigade Gen. A. R. Chaffee; Till Regiment,
i 12th Resimint, U. 3 A
1,000; 17th Regiment, V. 0. A.,.l,ort?
Third Division?First Brigade, Gen. H. S
Haw-kins commanding; 3d Regiment, U. S.
A.. 1,<K)0; 20th Regiment, U. S. A., 1,000.
Cavalry Division?Major Gen. Joseph
V\ heeler commanding, with Gen. S. B. M.
roung attached. The force is dismounted.
1st U. S. Cavalry, 8 troops, 400; 3d U S
Cavalry. 8 troops. 400; 0:h U. S. Cavalrv 8
tioope 400, ?th U. S. Cavalry. 8 troops, 400.
ArtHUry-Batteries E and K, 1st Light
F- S- A - 150; "atteriDs A and F,
-d Light Artillery. U. S. A.. 150; Batteries
? and H, -Rh Heavy Artillery. U. S. A. 150
The Spanish troops were the following
General Linares, commanding; headquar
ters, Santiago de Cuba. 4
Battalion Constituclon, No. 0 800* Bat
talion Escuadres. Santa Catalina, SCO*; Bat
talion Toledo, No. 35, 800; Battalion Asia
38?'SOU* 800' Ba,tallon Cuba, Second, No.'
Second Brigade, General Toral-First Bat
,tao"' |mancas. No. 4. 800; Second Bat
talion, SImancas, 800; Battalion Principe
No. 5, 800; Battalion Tallavera, Peninsula^
No. 4, 8<KJ; Battalion Lean, No 38 80<?
NoUfoh?ir^0ndi.Va,i1on_Sattallon Cordoba,
i i* \ la Hon Puerto Elico Pro
visional, No. 3. 800; Battalion San Fer
nandino, No. 11. 8<K); First Squadron Rey,
Jo, Second Squadron Rey, 75; Fourth
Squadron Rey, 75; Sixth Battery, Fourth
Mountain Artillery, 100; First Transport
2T5KV102; E'fhth TranslJort Company
100, First Squadron, Guirdia Civil 75
three companies, First Battalion, Third
Keglment, sappers and miners, 300; First
Section, First Company, Telegraph Bat
sua a'ssufw
Rechabltca Klecl Ofllcera.
Union Tent, No. 87, Independent Order or
Rechabites, held a business meeting last
Wednesday evening In its hall, 023 Louis
iana avenue, and elected officers for the en
suing term as follows; Chief ruler, Joseph
T. Farr; deputy ruler, Mathew Maliory
shepherd, James French; financial secretary
3^ckles; recording secretary, John
?in ' E- 8checkles; chaplain
John Veihmeyer; treasurer, James H I
Loveless. After the regular business was
concluded the "good of order" w2f taken
up, and remarks made by a number or
members and visitors. Next Wednesday
place"* Installation of officers will take
Cadet Munnix at Sea.
To the Editor of The Evening Stir:
A very interesting letter has been re
"IVTeid me fr?? a Junior officer on board
the U. S. S. Indiana. Naval Cadet D. Pratt
Mannix, among other things, writes at sea
June 16: '
"We are convoying Gen. Shatters army
^ Sa"tia*?' where a warm time is expect
ed. The heat is awful; tre are packed In
like sardines, and we have to stand a regu
lar four hours' watclr every night and in
day we have boat duty; that is we
take chorge of any boats leavinir the Tn
diana ,or the othe? rf&,Mhe fquadron"
This is quite dangerous lira heavy sea-way
eatvW n Careful "^naffement it is very
S&& ?* hotdtha?t we are
black as Spaniards. rspeht a dav in
only warJo,8.ee8ohU\?4SeiCYhroughka J"'
?
from'" tile ^nclnnlu "Sstrtc?' al^T*
!he P^?"eS"e ?f tbC al(er"ates-at-large\3y
June 30, 1898. R*
^Maxasi?a
J^genK?mh^inISn^ Wa" t0day ftned by
Kimball and required to give a real
^ault^gd.nSrthr? ,t0 ,heep the peace' '?r
SCanlanPsUctr?t'fcr the <WV'n<f by Mur?hy of
Albert Smith, an old colored man ?ai trt
day fined *20' by Judge KlmbSf WlthV&
alternative of ninety days In Jail' for ?h?v
u* * Pitchfork tot? a hor^VeiuXy.
PATRIOTIC SERVICES.
Local Churches Arrnnsc to Commem
orate IiHlepentlcnet! Day.
A patriotic service will be held In the E
Street Baptist Church tomorrow evening
at 8 o'clock. Rev. Dr. T. S. Hamlin of the
Church of the Covenant and Dr. L. D.
Lodge of Columbian University, will deliv
er addresses appropriate to the occasion,
and patriotic music will be sung.
The Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church has arranged for a patriotic demon
stration at Belmont, 14th and Boundary,
on the grounds of A. L. Barber's resi
dence, Monday, July 4, beginning at 5:30
o'clock p.m. There will be music by the
young ladles' chorus of the church, con
ducted by Mr. C. Burlew. Mrs. John A.
Logan will preside, and Dr. Frank M.
Bristol and Representative Barrows of
Boston, Mass., will make orations. The
grounds will be appropriately decorated.
OFFERS TO TAKE BONDS.
Proposal* for tbe Government Loan
AngreKOle $700,000,000.
Inquiries at the Treasury Department
elicit the information that the total pro
posals for the new government loan ag
gregate $790,000,000. Of this amount there
have been rjcelved and absolutely ac
cepted: Subscriptions for amounts of $500
and less, $40,000,000; subscriptions In
amounts over $500, subject to future allot
ment, $250,000,000; a proposal for a round
lot at a premium of 1 per cent, $100,000,000;
two syndicate propositions for any part or
e 11 of the bonds offered, $200,000,000 each,
$400,000,000.
These syndicate offers and this offer for
bonds at a premium are not In the regular
form, although they came from entirely re
sponsibla sources, and no allotment will be
made In either case. It is expected that
subscriptions will increase In number with
the beginning of the new month. Savings
bank deposits will probably be realized to a
considerable amount, as thi six-month In
terest period is July, and withdrawals can
be made by the depositors without sacrific
ing any interest.
MEMORY OF FREDERICK DOLGI.ASS.
Bill to Incorporate a Memorial and
Historical Association.
Mr. Galllnger has introduced a bill In the
Senate to Incorporate the Frederick Doug
lass Memorial and Historical Association.
Thi purposes of the bill are set forth as
follows: "First, to preserve to posterity the
memory of the heroic character and life of
the late Frederick Douglass; second, to col
lect and preserve forever an historical rec
crd of the inception, progress and culmina
tion of the anti-slavery movement In the
United States, and to assemble in the
homestead of thj late Frederick Douglass,
commonly called "Cedar Hill," In Anacos
tia, all other suitable exhibits of records
or things that illustrate the anti-slavery
movement; third, to promote the American
principle of the security of civil liberty and
thj establishment of the absolute social,
civil and political equality of all men and
women In law and In fact." The Incorpor
ators named by the bill are Helen Doug
lass, Wlllicm H. H. Hart, Francis J.
Grlmke, Sarah Blackall and Edward A.
Clarke.
Going From Fort Myer.
Batteries C and M of the 6th Artillery, at
Frrt Myer, Va., have been assigned to
duty with the expedition vo the Philip
p.lies. It Is expected that they will start
on their transcontinental journey next
Tuesday.
Personal Mention.
Walker E. McBath, who was a member
of the class of 1892, Washington High
School, graduated recently from the Uni
versity of Tennessee, having completed a
four years' course. He has returned to his
home In this city after a short trip with
his camera through the Smoky mountains.
Arthur G. Newmyjr Is visiting relatives
in Allegheny, Pa.
Mr. James E. Fitch Js spending the month
of July at Haverford, Pa.
Capt. Cutler and wife have returned from
Atlantic City, where he went for his health,
and he Is again on duty at the municipal
lodging house.
Baron von Coldits of the German army,
on l>are, has received permission to ac
company the next expedition to Santiago
from the Secretary of War. This officer
has seen much service In the course of his
fifteen years" duty, and Is very enthusi
astic in the present war.
a Duchess of York Stake*.
LONDON, July 2.?At the first day's rac
ing cf the Hurstpark Club summer meet
ing today Mr. Fatrle's four-year-old bay
colt Eager won the Duchess of York stakes
of 1.500 sovereigns. Lord Seetland's Pin
fold was sesond and the Lorlllard-Beres
ford stables' SanCla, third.
Secretary Gage's Trip oa the Blake.
The coast survey steamer Blake, which
has been here sev< ral days, will leave this
afternoon for Chesapeake bay. Secretary
Gage will go on the Blake for an outing.
He will return to Washington next Tues
O**? .
DELAY IN TRANSFER
Troops at Camp Alger to Remain
Another Week.
STATEMERT FROM SECRETARY ALGER
Repoct of Commission on Fever
Conditions in Camp.
TRIALS BY COURT-MARTIAL
Special Correapood^nce of The Evening Star.
CAMP ALGER. Va., July 2, 1888.
Secretary Alger la authority for the state
ment that no additional troops will be sent
fiom Camp Alger to Santiago before the
8th or #th of the month. The reason for
this Is that the auxiliary cruisers Yale and
Harvard, which were selected for the pur
pose of transporting the troops to Cuba,
will not be ready to start on their next
trip for that island before the date men
tioned. This Is a change In the original ar
rangement under which it was expected
that the Yale would be ready to sail from
Newport News by the 8d or 4th with a de
tachment of General Henry s division for
the reinforcement of Shafter's army in
Cuba. The Harvard Is not expected back
so soon.
The change was necessitated by reason of
the fact that Instead of returning direct to
Newport News It was found expedient to
have the Yale go to New York. Although
not so stated, there Is reason for the be
lief that the char ge In the program was
made In order to allow the Yale to take
a number of sick and wounded soldiers
from Santiago for treatment In the hos
pitals of the more northern cities.
In view of the delay In the return ol
the steamer to Newport News, the author
ities of the War Department have deemed
It best to have the troops of General
Henry s division, which have beer' ord^e
to Santiago, remain at Camp Alger un
the fcteamer Is at Newport Newsready to
take them to Santiago, and thus subject
them to no unnecessary delay at Newport
News General Henry has been in frequent
consultation with the officials of the War
Department regarding themovement ofhis
rrwrss fs'isss^ ?
h,<.
for the departure of the tro?ps from Camp
A cer today, and there was considerable
disappointment among thuI" %.{fy
came known that there would be a delay
^eTrs't St of the typhoid fever in
vestigation In Camp Alger was ^
this morning in the form of a report onthe
Military condition around the lor*
cavalry Is the number of cases increased
steadily until there were eight tr??P|;r8
fected by typhoid fever at one time. Col.
A C Girard appointed a commission to In
quire into the causes of this epidemic It
Is this commission that -has submitted a re
port. The full text of the report Is as fol
l0"Thc board, after Investigating and look
ing into the source of the water "UPP'V
the cavalry camp, find that of the
cases of typhoid fever developed In tne
command since Its reaching here four were
contracted before leaving home, as they de
veloped In a few days after coming here.
The four cases contracted while In camp
are the direct result, without doubt, ot
carelessness In drinking water while on
practice marches or doing orderly duty
about the camp. The board Is prompted to
this finding because the water used by the
cavalry command while In camp Is either
boiled or Is water that has been shipped
from New York and certified to as being
pure."
Attached to the report are the signatures
of Surgeon Majors Cook, Phillips and
Amy.
This seems to dispose of the fear of fur
ther cases of typhoid among the New York
cavalrymen.
Doubt Still Rxlsta.
Notwithstanding the document quoted
above the impression still prevails among
surgeons all over the camp that something
ought to be done to prevent further spread
of typhoid contagion. They Insist that to
delay the Inauguration of proper preven
tive measures Is to invite a calamity that
will cripple the entire corps- Accordingly
Majors Parke and Divine have gone on |
with an Independent Investigation.
Even professional courtesy, as it exists
In the army, they conclude, would not out
weigh the sense of responsibility felt by
every regimental surgeon on the ground,
and this sense of responsibility will not be
satisfied until these regimental surgeons
have done all In their power to avert the
disease. Eight additional cases were dis
covered today.
Work of Court-Martial.
For Its first day's work the new court
martial of the 1st Division disposed of two
cases. The accused men were Private Max
Freedman of the 1st Division Hospital
Corps, and James Miller, Company K of
the 7th Ohio. Freedman Is a regular nurse
and has been honorably discharged twice
during the period of his service. The
charge against him is sleeping while on
guard. He pleaded not guilty and submit
ted a lengthy statement in his own behalf.
The only witnesses Introduced were Pri
vates George Allison and A. C. Kipple, also
of the Hospital Corps.
In the course of his statement Freedman
explained that he had stood guard without
rellsf for 108 hours, or through the long
round of seven complete days. Hisjmme
dlate superior Is Acting Sergt. E. C. Fitz
gerald, and It was by his order that so
long a term of guard duty was exacted.
Fitzgerald Is a drug dark from New York
city.
Private Miller was charged with assault
ing an officar. but It was developed that the
assault was at the worst only a techiflcal
offense. It seems that the faTilt lay with
those who had Instructed Miller of his du
ties as a sentinel. MaJ. Irwin of the 2d
Battalion, 7th Ohio, appeared - In Miller's
defensr. ,
Orders came to Troops A and C, 1st, New
York Cavalry, this morning, from the War
Department, directing them to prepare to
leave at any minute. This command has
been ready ev:r since Its arrival In camp,
lacking only the khaki uniforms, which
ought to be here by next Monday.
So Drills la Beat of Day.
Drill h^s been suspended In nearly every
regiment in camp during tho heat of each
Jay. This action is quite voluntary on the
part of the colonels commanding. Among
the first to U?ve such orders was Col. John
T. Barnett of the l'??th Indiana. Others
who have adopted the same course are
2ol. S. M. Welch. Jr.. of the 65th New
fork; Col. E. M. Hoffman of the M New
Sork- Col. D. Jack Foster of the nth I1U
lols Col. C. V. Hard of the 8th Ohio, Col.
SVocdward of the 10th Massachusetts, and
""ol H N. Coursen of the 13th Pennsyl
vania. Col. Marcus Kavanaugh of the 7th
Illinois has had a spsce cleared In the
*oods. where the men may drill in the
shade. _
Hearts Made Glad.
Paymaster General Stanton made glad
:he hearts of the boys In the 3d Brigade of
,h3 1st Division yesterday by sending them
-otice that If their pay rolls were made out
n time one of the assistant paymasters
Kould be on hand to pay them off today.
Accordingly each regimental adjutant set
o work and had "the lists of his battalion
?eady before 8 o'clock last night. Thj 6th
llinols is to be paid first, the 8th Ohio sec
>nd and the 6th Massachusetts last.
It is the purpose of the department to pay
ill the men In camp within the coming
peek.
District Bor Surreaders.
One of tha District volunteers. Private
^ouls Hohbeln of Company H. reported to
orps headquarters last night and Informed
he officer in charge that he had left Tain
>a ten days ago to return home to visit his
Bother. He had come without leavs, he
aid, and had teen away from camp nine
layB. In one day more he would be posted
m a deserter, and he wanted to prevent
hat. Hohbsln was arrested and put under
cuard. Word was sent at one* to Colonel
XUTiM.
LOCAL MATTERS IS THE ?K1ATB.
\frrrnrat to ('??(rrrarf RriMirl on
the Brtcklnood R?llw?> Bill.
The Senate till* afternoon agreed to ths
conference report on the Urtght wood rall
vay bill. This Mil require* the Bright wood
company to abandon Its overhead trolley on
Kenyon strest between 7th and 14th streets.
The conference rerort was agreed to by the
House yesterday afterncon.
The deficiency appropriation bill was
attain before thi Senate this afternoon, a
report of the conferees being received which
showed an agreement on every item of the
till except that affecting the Pacific rail
reads. The conferees agreed upon the Sen
ate amendment for the payment of awards
of condemnation for the extension of Con
necticut avenu* from Florida avenue to
Waterside drive, for which Is ap
propriated. to be paid wholly out of the
revenues of the District of Columbia.
A resolution has been Introduced In ths
Senate and Is now b>fore the comm<ttee to
audit and control the contingent expenses
of the Senate, providing that Joseph Mr
Gucklan be appointed as a special watch*
iran at a salary of 1 per month, to be
paid out of the contingent fund of the Sin
ate, and that he be assigned to aid H. H.
Lemon In the dome of the Capitol. Mr Mo
Guckian has for a number of years been
employed about the Capitol, but haa lately
had nothing to do th?re.
A LIVELY CHASE.
Deputy Dkerll P?r?n m Isapeetv.
Other Xewa.
Special Cv>rreepondft.re of The Evening Stir.
HYATTSVILLE, Md? July 2. 1?W.
Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Barr of this.
village had an exciting chase after an al
leged horse thief yesterday afternoon. He
received a telephone message aboit 1
o'clock from the Maryland r.grlr i.'.tural
experiment station at College Park say
ing that a suspicious-looking character had
been attempting all the morning to sell a
fine horse, which he was riding, and that
Prof. E. M. Brlnkley of the experiment sta
tion was then attempting to detain the
man until an cfTlcer arrived. Before ths
constable reached College Park the man,
whose suspicions were evidently aroused,
hurriedly departed In the direction of lake
land. Constable Barr secured a description
of the man and went in pursuit. When
passing through a woods near Lakeland tts
caught a glimpse of the man, about two
hundred yards ahead of him, end a hot
chase began. For over a mile li was kept
up, until the man came to ths stocp bank
of the river, where, not bslng able to r?do
across, he abandoned the horse and took
to his heels through the woods. The con
stable secured the horse and returned to
Hyattsvllle. The owner of the animal has
not yet been discovered.
The regular monthly meeting of ths
board of town commissioners wlil be held
next Tuesday evening.
The woodcock season Is at Its height In
this section of the country. Yesterday Mr.
Ellery Coffin, son of ex-Congressman Chas.
E. Coffin, bagged seventeen.
It is again positively stated by those In
chargn of the Columbia and Maryland rail
road that the road will be completed be
tween the District line and Bsrwyn Height!
within a short time.
ELECTRIC WIRE CUXDl ITS.
The Subject to Be Invrallgntrd Dar
ing: the Recess.
The subject of electric lighting and a gen
eral conduit, system for the District of Co
lumbia will be taken up by the Senate com
mittee on the District of Columbia and
thoroughly Investigated during the coming
summer and next winter.
In the Senate today Mr. Galllnger. for '
Mr. McMillan, introduced two bills bearing
on these subjects. The one to provide a
conduit system for the Dlstrlot of Colum
bia comprises the Pitney amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation bill. The other
comprises the Senate committee amend
ment on electric lighting. The conferees
failed to come to an agreement on these
amendments and tney were both thrown
out of the bill by the action of the Senate
in receding from Its amendment to ths
Mouse provision under the head of eiectrlo
lighting.
The purpose In Introducing tliese bills at
this time is merely to get the whole ques
tion of electric lighting and a conduit sys
tem before the Senate committee on ths
District of Columbia, so that It may be dis
posed of on some satisfactory and perma
nent basis. The bills have been referred to
this committee and will promptly be for
warded to the Commissioners for a report
on the plans suggested In the bills. It Is
expected that at the meeting of Congress
next December the committee will have the
report of the Commissioners and will be
able to take up these questions with a view
to securing some satisfactory legislation.
Rsrrlagr Licenses.
Marriage licenses hav> been Issued as fol
lows:
White?Charles W. Brooks and Kathertns
M. Costello. George Edward King, Mont
gomery county, Md., and Mary Estella
Hitchcock, Alexsndrla, Vs. Jimw E. Mc
Klnney and Lulu L. Blxby, Meadville, Pa.
Henry W. Saul and Ella Parley. Clarinet
C. Hollldge and Nettle Beulah Gudgin.
Colored?Walter Jackson end Charlotte
Lewis. Chas. H. Walker and Sarah Scott.
Jame3 Tolfver and Sarah Brown. Frank
Scott and Amanda S. Butler.
' CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS.
They Hstc Rlraagr Ideas of Erusosiy,
Politeness and Urstltsde.
From the St. Louis Kepubllc.
The spirit of economy In the Chinese
race transcends all that can be imagined.
The smallest particle of matter Is utilized.
The old cast-off account book of ths
merchant Is cut Into pieces and oiled to
terve. Instead of glass. In windows or lan
terms. A coolie who has a six hours' march
with a heavy burden will return to his
point of departure without having broken
Lis fast, in order to save the two cents hi*
breakfast would have cost away from
home. Nothing Is more curious than to
see them eat, although, with their famous
chopsticks, they do not perform all ths
wonderful feats generally supposed.
Everything Is served them In bowls, or
paucera, and with the chopsticks they r?'s?
the pieces of meat or fish to the mouth,
with sufficient grace. Kach one has a bowl
of rice, which he holds near his lips, and,
with ths eld of the chopsticks, he pushes
the contents Into his mouth. It is curious
to see them pick up with their chopsticks
the grains of rice that fail on the ground.
Ihe children are taught this art from their
earliest years; nothing must be lort. not
even the smallest grain. What remains of
the repast is put carefully away, to be
served at another meal. Their dogs and
cats are not overfed, as the scraps from
the table are rare.
Europeans regard politeness as an ex
pression of these qualities of the heart
which render the person who desires to be
polite agreeable to those with whom he
Is thrown. Ths Chinese * look upon ths
matter ftom an entirely different stand
pint. The same sentiment which airorAs
importance to the preservation of dignity
regulates his actions as regards polite
ness. Here Is an example of their polite
ness: A Chinese, arrayed In his most
besu'iful costume, who presented himself
at a house, disturbed a rat which was en
joying himself In a Jar of oil. The rat.
in his flight, overturned the jar upon ths
visitor, whose dress was ruined. While
the unfortunate visitor was still pale with
rage, his host entered the apartment, and.
after the usual salutation, the visitor ex
plained his misadventure: "As I entered
your honorable apartment. I had the mis
fortune to alarm your honorable rat.
which. In taking flight, overturned your
honorable Jar of oil upon my miserable
? nd Insignificant clothing, which explains
the contemptible condition In which you
find me In your honorable presence."
To determine your conduct, when a
Chinese offers you a present. Is the most
difficult thing In the world. Certain thing*
are not offered to be accepted, and others
P'ay not be refused peremptorily. In a
general manner, nevertheless, one mav ac
cept, understanding perfectly that ths
gift must be returned a hundred fold. ?