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All leather goods marked free. Anything laid aside?011 sma'l deposit. si to Pocketbook Vanity Haja. ft up. Card Cases, 25c. Carriage B a ? s #1.25 to $15. Enieb pe lSags. 15. I up. hooka Id all stjlei and skadt*. 25c. up. Remomixr, we ilo repairing. 425 7th St., Bet D ft K Its. '1'boM It. *M0. Kneessi's,? Court-Martial of Midshipman Merriwe:her. HAZING AND THE CODE SOME OF THE PRACTICES AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY. Coining Tri*l Regarded by the Service as a Very Grave Affair?Com ment on the Case. SpeWai From a 8t?lT Correspondent, ANNA POI.IS, Md., November 21, 1906. The trial of Midshipman Merrlwether, which will begin at the Naval Academy to morrow, la regarded by the service a.? a (rave affair, much graver even than the question of how far the Individual midship man was responsible for the death of Mtd shlpman Branch, which resulted from In juries received In a fist fight. In the public mind It Is really the " code" that Is on trial, not the Individual. It Is said that the Secretary of the Navy Is very determined about putting down fighting at the academy. How far he will have the backing of the officers In that is a question. When the question of hazing at the academy was under investigation two j jears ago there were some differences of opinion, even among the officers. Of course, i !n the present case the officers are not talk ing for publication, but it Is very doubtful if any of th<-m are much In favor of break ing up the habit of fighting in the school. It may be said In parsing that the fights are not frequent. But bringing several hundred aggressively healthy youngsters together in a school where of neceselty one class Is subordinated to another and where Ideas of personal honor are even more rigidly fixed than in the average school, it would be strange If occasionally there were not cases where the code was forced Into opera | tion. This is the view the officers take of It. They brj- the boys are brought to the academy to be trained as fighting men, and a boy who is not ready to resent what he considers a personal affront is not the ma terial that the school needs to work on. Designed to Secure Fairness. At the same time they say that the ' code.' as it exists, is the growth of ex perience by successive classes of young sters. and it is designed to secure fairness and equality In any meetings that take place. The upper classmen naturally have the advantage of greater age and longer training in a light, but the "code" Is de signed to give the "plebe" a square deil where he might not otherwise get It. The inner workings of the code change from time to time, and there are few of the older officers who profess to know anything about it. Of course, they do not care to know tp<J much, though fighting Is unofficially a rec ognized Institution both at Annapolis and W ept Point. But the officers say It cannot be prevented, and the chances are that there is no great anxiety that U should be. Hazing at the academy is another and slightly different matter. There are two sorts which might be described as "friend ly" and "unfriendly." Effect* of Hazing. Fights may sometimes grow out of the first, but never out of the second. The first variety is of a more or less Individual sort. It consists In making "plebes" answer all sorts of foolish questions, rating them se verely if they omit to put "sir" to his name every time they speak to an upper classman, making him do gymnastic stunts, usually of ft more or less ridiculous sort, and generally "taking it out" of the aspir ing youngster and frequently turning him into a perspiring youngster. It Is held by the upper classmen that this is good train ing for the first-year men. that It relieves any tendency to cranial enlargement, makes them submissive to discipline from their superiors, and generally tends to render them meek and lowly of heart, - But this hazing is strictly circumscribed by custom. An upper class:? m may not touch a plebe, however much he may tongue-lash him. There are also certain personal things he may not say to the plebe, such as calling him a liar or a cow ard. The plebe can quit if the gymnastic stunts are carried beyond his strength and If he thinks he has been personally affront ed, which is a very different thing from ordinary "running;" he can challenge his opponent to fight. If he does both his own class and the upper classmen will see fair play. In fact, if there Is a great disparity In size and weight, either man or his clas3 can nominate another man to do the fight ing. Victims Maintain Silence. Now, of course, all this is in flagrant vio lation of academy rules. If a Junior class man followed the rules and asserted his rights he could report his superiors several times a day. But do they? No one ever heard of it, and If they did they probably would not last long In the school. It does not seem to be the way a healthy boy Is built, and so he takes his hazing or fights, as the case may be. Thore Is another sort of hazing that Is much more serious and that cannot be reached by any rules of the school or of the Navy Department. It Is meted out to a man only for some gross violation of the code of honor that cannot be reached by the rules or for Intense personal unpopu larlty. It is a class affair, and may even extend to a man's own classmates. It slm ply consists In cutting him dead and Ignor ing his existence except In the most routine exchange of commands. Usually there is good reason for such drastic punishment. Sometimes a man haj? carried this stigma J the academ>' with him and Into the service. And It may be said that when the ban Is thus placed on a student It Is usuahy well deserved. PLANTING OF TBEES. Superintendent of Parking Submits Schedule to Commissioners. Responding to a rccent request of the Co lumbia Heights Citizens' Association, the superintendent of parking, Mr. Lanluun has recommended that trees be planted In pa: ts of streets Indicated as follows: In Euclid street (formerly Irving street) between Sherman and Brtghtwood avenues, 23; in l'arirmont (formerly Tale street) be tween 11th and 13th streets, 8: In Harvard street between Sherman avenue and 11th street, 7; In Irving street (formerly Kene suw street) between Sherman avenue and 11th street, 16; Kenyon street between Sher man avenue and 11th street, 25; Monroe street (formerly Lydeckcr avenue) between Sherman avenue and 13th street, 28; a total of 107 trees. In making the recommendation Mr Lan ham states that Columbia Heights has re ceived very liberal treatment In the matter of tree planting, but he states that the trees ordered are necessary to fill out blocks where planting has already been com menced. Ihe Commissioners have aporovod the plan and It will soon be carried Into efrect. Ever Bide Your Bicycle Now? Vou can trade It for a camera, musical instrument or anything you have use for by Inserting an ad. in the "Trade" column of The Sunday Star. Only lc. a word for 15 words or more. $50,000 Fire in Pittsburg Suburb. PITTSBURG, Pa., November 21.?Thorn burg. a suburb of this city, was visited by fire early today and two handsome resi dences owned and occupied by Engene J. Beck and 8. T. McClarren, together with the contents, were completely' destroyed. The Are started In the Beck residence and spread so quickly that the members of the family were forced to use a rope fire escape .?i?t^?upp*r floor?- Th* loss U estimated at *50,UUO. DIE Ptf TOO LITTLE Appointees to Office Refuse to Accept. ARE NOT ATTRACTED GOVERNMENT SERVICE DEPRIV ED OF THE BEST ELIGIBLES. Interesting Feature of the Annual Re port of Chief Examiner Frank M. Xiggin*. I The . moat interesting feature of the an nual report of Frank M. Kiggtns, the chief 1 examiner of the United States civil service > commission, Is the statement that nuraer ' ous successful applicant* far positions have ! refused to take the places offered to them. The report says: "The positions under the government are considered desirable, and it | is generally supposed that the commission has little difficulty in filling vacancies as they occur. This, however, is not always the case. While sufficient applicants enter the general examinations, there are numer ous declinations of appointments when ten dered, especially to positions lit Washing ton. Many of the highest eligibles on the registers decline appointment on account of the low salaries offered, which frequently do not equal the salaries received toy them In private employment." Attention is called to the insufficient sup ply of eligibles on various registers, includ ing the stenography and typewriting; aid, coast and geodetic survey; assistant topog rapher, draftsman, copyist, topographic: draftsman, land office; draftsman, topo graphic; irrigation engineer, meat inspector, physician, Indian service; a9Si6tant ex aminer, farmer, farmer with knowledge of Irrigation; teacher, Indian service; Indus trial teacher, civil engineer and superin tendent of construction, mechanical drafts man. ordnance department, and engineer, Indian service. It appears that since January 137 appoint ments were made from the clerk register. ! Before these could be made 01 eligibles who were tendered appointment declined; from the bookkeeper register !)1 appointments were made eir.ee December 19, 11*04, but 52 eligibles declined before the positions were filled; from the stenographer and typewriter register 28o appointments were made since October 21, 1904, and 186 eligibles declined before the vacancies were filled. The re port says: "These figures Indicate that the salaries offered are, In many cases, not a sufficient Inducement for the best eligibles on the registers to enter the government service. The properous times have directed the attention of many quaiiAed eligibles to the advantages offered in private employ ment. If larger salaries could be offered by the government for the more important positions, more applicants ot a higher grade would enter the examinations, and there would be fewer declinations by the highest eligibles on the register when they are ten nered appointment. The government would as a result be the gainer, because the differ ence in the quality and quantity of the work performed by the ellglNes who re ceived the highest rating as compared with those who barely passed the examinations would more than offset the difference in salaries." Examinations of the Year. Over 630 different kinds of examinations were given during the year, of which 231 were educational and 419 non-educational testa. For all branches of the aervlce 148, 730 persons were examined, 116,019 passed, and 89,427 were appointed. The number ex amined shows a gain of 10,661 over the pre ceding year, and was the largest in any one year in the history of the commission. The principal increases were due to the holding of certain examinations during the year which were not held in the preceding year, auch as clerk. 3.009; prlnter'a assistant, 2,160; immigrant inspector, 1,608; tagger, 837; bookkeeper, reclamation service, 234, and third grade (male), 1,358. Several large technical examinationa were also held for the Isthmian canal service, In which nearly 3,000 persons competed. While there was an increase In the num ber examined, there was a decrease of 9,867 in the number appointed, or 39,427 as compared with 49 294 for the preceding year. This decrease was due almost entire ly to the falling off in the number for the rural carrier service and for the navy yard service. There were fewer changes in the rural carrier service owing principally to the fact that the maximum salary of rural carriers was increased on July 1, 1904, from 5000 to *720 per annum. The reduction in appointments in the navy yard service was due to a variety c f causes. The largest number of examinations and appointment's were for the following positions and serv ices: Passed. Ap'd. as? j7o 3,772 243 18,338 5,66.0 6.801 390 6, S01 396 H,?0? 2.107 2.816 220 I,362 11 1.640 194 1,036 273 8,491 146 28,301 10,936 2,979 1.698 4,218 1.558 20,641 10,627 260 85 829 43S 760 126 1,188 183 NS7 133 Modifications were made in various ?x aminations with a view of making them belter tents of fitness for the positions to be filled. The commission Is aiming to eliminate all tests which Rre not of value in determining the qualifications of competi tors. It is noted tha-t training and ex perience are subjects which have been added to various examinations. Eeea for Examinations, examinations are now given by tho com mission without cost to applicants, but the chief examiner calls attention to the great expense in the preparation and rating of papers, correspondence, recording, printing, photolithographlng, etc., and recommends that a fee be charged each applicant. He suggests fees ranging from 80 cents for the simple third-grade examinations, auch as wa'.chman, messenger, printer's assistant, etc., to $2 or mora for Important examina tions requiring unusual time in the prepara tion and rating of papers, such as for civil engineer, patent office examiner, etc. At tention is called to the fact that the Post Office Department is partly self-sustaining on account of the charges for?the stamp, money order and registry systems; that the patent office Is more than self-sustaining on account of receipts for examining and clerical work Involved in determining rights for patents, and that a considerable sum is collected by the Library of Congress and the land office for examining any clerical work in connection with land grants and copyrights. Civil Service District Work. Attention is called to the satisfactory re sults that have followed the organization of the civil service districts. There are twelve of these districts, with headquarters at Bos ton. New Tork, Philadelphia, Washington, I Atlanta, Cincinnati, Chicago, New Orleans, St. Paul, St. Louie, Denver, Portland (Ore gon) and San Francisco. The following ex tract from the report indicates the work devolving upon the district boards: "The district boards are charged with the duty of furnishing information to appli cants and to public officials concerning civil service matters. They also hold the ax aminatlona of the commission throughout the United States and make certifications for appointments to fill vacancies in the dif ferent branches of the service In their re apective districts. Examinations are held and certifications for appointment are now made to fill vacancies much more promptly than was the case before the district method was adopted. All Certifications for appointment are checked at the commission, where all examination pafiers are prepared and rated. Although the district plan ex pedites the business of the commission with the general public and officials outside of Washington, none of the safeguards sur rounding the examinations or in making certifications for appointments has been dispensed with as a result of the assign ment of a part of the work of the com mission to district boards." Exam. Bookkeeper 1,121 Clerk 3,809 Clerk-carrier, i>oet office serv ice 22.516 Custom bouse ?errlee 8,058 Custom house service 8.056 Engineer department at large 8.<M9 Government printing service. 3,005 Immigrant Inspector 1,008 Istbmlan canal aervlce, me chanical trades 2,133 Lighthouse service 1,070 Mere unskilled lsborers 8.949 Navy yard service 28,500 Ordnance department at large 3,060 Hallway mall C.972 Rural carrier 38,033 Stenographer 1,047 Stenographer and typewriter 2,707 Typewriter 1,045 Watchman, messenger, skill- " ed laborer 1,358 Philippine service 1,183 The Welsbach Name is a Guarantee of Quality Welsbach indoor Gas Arc Lamps. 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The Welsbach Indoor Arc Lamp is the best possible light for stores, and will save more money than any light in the world. Every customer appreciates the attractiveness of a Welsbach lighted store?every merchant appreciates its economy, for thess b3g arc lamps cost but 2 cents an hour to operate. Equipped with No. 197 Welsbach high candle power man tie. .t. Drop Lights, Complete, Ranging from $2.50 to $50. -give the clearest, most brilliant and most satisfactory illumination for stores, offices * and dwellings at the most economical cost. | Foot Ball, Bowling and Other Sports ("Continued from Ninth Page.) he pulls the team together and gets them back out of the air. "He has everything Bender has in the way of curves, shoots and command, and is a .400 batter besides. He pitched last sum mer for Chautauqua against Point Chautau qua, both teams being made up of the flow er of the eastern college base ball talent. Five times straight he beat John Doyle, the crack Princeton twirler, three times shut ting out Doyle's men. In two of these games they only made three hits. "Jude is a wizard at the bat and in the outfield. H?' hits hard and timely, making more runs than any college player of the year and being fine on the bases." BIG SALARY FOR FIRST BASEMAN NEALON CINCINNATI, November 21.?Seven thou sand dollars a year, Just $3,000 more than Hans Wagner draws, is what Manager Clarke of the Pittsburg team has contracted to pay his new first baseman, Joe Nealon, according to Ted Sullivan, scout for the Rods, who thought he had Nealon safe until the final announcement came as an eye-opener. Cincinnati started with an of fer of $3,800, and as Ntalon's father had posters printed and distributed all over San Francisco and telegraphed the news to all the papers in the east offers came along from New York, Boston and Pittsburg, and despite Herrman's offer of $1,000 more than any other highest offer the Pirates won. AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION". Atlantic Body Expelled From. Powerful Association. NEW YORK, November 21.?Sensational developments marked the seventeenth an nual meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, held yesterday at the Grand Union Hotel. Chief among these de velopments was the expulsion from the na tional body of the Atlantic Association, at one time one of the union's strongest mem bers, owing to the defiant attitude taken by the Atlantic's board of managers in the case of Frank J. Floyd, alias "Jack" Egan, the present middleweight champion of the A. A. U. The registration committee of the Atlantic Association, through its chairman, T. L. Gamble, permitted Floyd to assume the name of Egan In a number of competitions, and particularly in the 1005 championships, held In Boston. After the tournament the Boston championship committee found out the facts and presented them to the notice of the A. A. U. and the Atlantic Associa tion. The latter body refused to take any action toward disciplining the officials who had countenanced the evasion, and so It re mained for the present A. A.- U. board to take action. In addition, Floyd has been ordered to return all prizes which he won while boxing under his assumed name. The Atlantic Association has' 369 regis tered athletes, belonging to nine clubs. These will be apportioned to two districts? the Metropolitan and the South Atlantic?In tho redisricting, which will be Immediately made. Another feature of the meeting was the lifting of the suspension against Walter Bckersall, a Chicago athlete, who was set down several years ago for playing summer base ball. Eckersall, who Is probably the most wonderful all-around athlete In the west, has been for two years a student at the University of Chicago. Although not permitted to compete In track and field games. In which he made a great mark be fore going to the university, he has been the star player on the foot ball team. Delegates were in attendance from each of the allied bodies, with Joseph B. Mac ca.be of Boston as the presiding officer. The secretary was James E. Sullivan of New York. General prosperity was shown all along the line in the sports governed by the union, the treasurer's report showing the largest balance in the organization's his tory, viz., $5.t8S(.07. Mr. Macea.be, at the election of officers, was continued by the delegates as president, as was James E. Sullivan as secretary treasurer. The latter was unanimously ap pointed as the union's envoy to the meeting of the Olympic games committee, to be held in Paris next month, arranging for the Athens sports lit April of l'.?06. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO PLAY BASKET BALL The championship series of the High School Girls' Basket Ball League will begin tomorrow afternoon, when the teams rep resenting Central and Technical high schools will contest for supremacy. Both of the teams are strong, and as much rivalry exists between the two schools, it is more than probable that a good game will be the result. The Central line-up will include Miss Dolly Cunningham, who is one of the best players among the girls in the city. Miss Swett will also play left center for Central. Miss Heine, the Tech. captain, will lead the dark red and white. The line-up will be as follows: Central. Positions. Technical. Miss Roberta.... right forward Miss Cloetxucr Miss Cunningham, left forward Mini Spier Miss Utile center Miss Heine (rant.) Miss Sweet right center Miss Cameron Miss Carroll left guard Miss Beall Miss Kenneally K'aytl .guurd Miss Towcscnd Miss Johnson.... guard Mls? Weirlek BASE BALI, NOTES. Bender, the Athletics' Indian pitcher, has a brother who pitched in the Iowa League last season under the name of McCoy. President Bryce of the Columbus team and Manager Watkins of Minneapolis are In Cincinnati watching the meeting of the national commission. "Dick" Cooley is still trying to get the Topeka, Kans.. franchise in the Western League. It all depends upon whether the circuit Is enlarged to eight clubs. Terry Turner of the Naps is going to be a sport this winter. Instead of hibernating at Elwood City, Ind., he is going to hang out at Pittsburg. Whewi Catcher Carlsch of the Pittsburgs is working in his father's brewery at Alma, Wis. If he's in bad trim next year look out for the anvil chorus. The Philadelphia Americans will do their preliminary stunts next year at Montgom ery, Ala. They will leave about March 1. Pat Donovan again declares that he will manage an independent Tri-state League team hi Pittsburg next season, and that he -will have leveral major league stars with him. W. W. Kerr, former owner of the Pirates, is reported as being behind Donovan. Arlie Latham will don the spangles once more next seMon. "The Clown" will man age and play first base for the Jacksonville (Fla.) team. Last season Latham was an umpire In the South Atlantic League. Managerial duties did not interfere with the batting of Manager Chance of the Chi cago Cubs. In 1904 he finished fifth, with .310 per cent. Last season he finished in the same position, with .310. Cliff Blankenship, the ex-Red, was not drafted by the Philadelphia Americans at last Wednesday's session of the national commission. He expected to be. Jack Haydon, the Baltimore outfielder who has been blacklisted by the national commission for jumping to the Tri-state League, is playing quarterback on the crack Masslllon foot ball team of Cleveland. Charlie Dexter, manager of the De? Moines Western League club this year, is acting'as advance agent for the Brltt-Nel son pictures. He Is an old newspaper man and understands his business. Bob Ewing, the star twlrler of the Cin cinnati team, was married last Wednesday to Miss Nellie May Hunter of Wapakoneta. After the ceremony the couple left for the east for their wedding trip. J. Ira '.'Slats" Davis is an applicant for a position on the National League umpire staff. Davis has done good work In the Pa cific Qpast League. Once upon a time he was oae of the Giants In the days when ttoey were "pigmies." ^ Umpire Ja^^Sherldan ^ ? ? ~? - ? "* . .. iOjV'- ?.) - resolutely declining Ban Johnson's earnest efforts to sign b!m for next season Tot the American League staff. Sheridan will be come an undertaker. Bob Hail, who was with the Brooklyn* the greater part of this year, has been turn ed back with thank* to New fork, to whom he belongs. He will probably be re leased l>y the Giant*", as his work with Brooklyn was not of National League caliber. Jimmy Whaler.. the San Francisco pitch er, purchased by Manager Clark Griffith, for the Highlanders, is doing some talking In 'Frisco. He says, wliiie he is i-ati-'tled with the salary of $2,600 offered him. the club must pay h!.? expenses east be-fore he will report. If this 13 not done Whaien threatens to "go into the bushes and shoot them over." Players who have up to date rece'ved offers to join clubs in the independent Trl state League ?re Roger Bresnahan, Hans Wagner, "Wid" Conroy, Seiireckengost, | Harry Gleason, "Kitty" Bransfield, Jt-sse Burkett. Charley Hemphill and Rockenlield. Cobb, the youngster who wound up the past campaign in Detroit's center garden, was grabbed from Augusta, in the South Atlantic League, by Wiliyam Armour. Av erages show that Cobb led the South At lantic binglers, running up the tidy aver age of .32(! in 103 games. Spade, a new Cardinal boxman, swatted .255. Spade, be sides. bagged 25 of his 33 games, tying one other. Harry Kane captured P2 of h'? 34 stunts. Loucks, who played with Spade at Macon, topped the pitchers. In 21 tries lie won ltt, lost 3 and tied 2. He's been over looked, and, on the "dope,'' sure look*! worth being picked up. Automobile Notes. Asa Goddard, chairman of the committee o.i maps and toutes, recently authorized by the American Automobile Association, will start from New York today on his firs trip to Boston. This will be the llrsl trip in the series that he Is arranging for the purpose of souring- definite and detailed Information of automobile touring routes throughout the T'r.ited States. Mr. Goddard will spend about a week on the Boston lour. He will visit ail th? small towns, securing names of the reliable hotels and garages, and these, with information concerning the condition of the roads, will be published In special touring books by the American Au tomobile Association. The New York Motor Club has announced "a mass meeting for the abolition of care" in its rooms at the Hotel Cumberland, Broadway and fifth street, on Friday night. In other words, this will be a club smoker, the first of the kind to be held In the dub's new quarters. A musical program will be prepared as one of the features of the evening. An incident full of suggestion occurred in an uptown New York thoroughfare the other day. One of a team of horses hitched to the delivery wagon of a big department Btore slipped on the asphalt, fell, broke his leg, and had to be shot. A few minutes later an Oldsmobile delivery wagon of six tcen-horse power, that is part of the big store's rolling stock, appeared. The. load that the team had been drawing was trans ferred and added to the load already in the motor vehicle. The helpless delivery wagon wa-a then towed to the stable, and th>> motor vehicle afterward completed its double de livery, finishing in less time than had been scheduled for the horse-drawn wagon. M. Laoroix, the French automobile trades man who has returned to Europe after see ing the Vanderbiit cup race, and reviewing trade conditions, said in an interview abroad, that America held an undoubted superiority in the manufacture of light runabouts. He was convinced that auto mobiilng was on the eve of a great advance in America, in view of the fact that the various states had commenced to vote credits for road improvements, ' When it is considered that the first auto mobile race, held ten years ago in France, resulted In the winning car averaging fif teen miles an hour, while In the last Van derbiit race the wlner traveled at an aver age speed of sixty-two miles an hour, the tremendous advance made in motor car construction In a comparatively short time can be understood. In no other manufac turing business has anything been brought to a point of perfection In such a brief space of time. Get Just What You Want for something you dont want by udver tteing in the "Trade" column of Tb? Star, la a wort. Minimum charga, ISa. TEMPORARY SOLDIERS' HOKE. United Action of Patriotic Societies to Secure Improvement. United action will be lalccn by several of the patriotic organizations of Washington in a determined effort to secure suitable per manent quarters for the Temporary Home for Soldiers and Sailors, now located at 3d street northwest. In order that there may be unity of action In this movement Mr. B. F. Chase, president of the board of management of the home, and Capt. A. A. M.-.xim, secretary, have called a mating of the Joint legislative committee to be lieid at 7:110 o'clock tomorrow evening in the Spanish War Veterans' hall, "lit 6th str-ot northwest. In the call for this meeting it ia ?stated that the co-operation of all patri otic bodies 1n the District is urged in be half of "this most worthy object." At the request of the president of the board of management Commander John I.ewis Smith of the Department of the District of Columbia. United 8panish War Veterans, lias appointed a committee of three to co-operate with the legislative committee of the Temporary Soldi'rs" Home. This committee of Spanish War Vct ? rans is composed of Commander .'Mn .Lewis Smith, Capt. J. Walter Mitchell, sec retary of the national committee on legisla tion of the U. S. W. V.. and Adjt. G. E. liuusch of the District department. The leg islative committee also announce that ar rangements have been made for a lecture by Bishop C. C. McCabe, to be delivered in lilt Metropolitan M. E. Church Wednesday evening. December 1.'), for the benefit of the home fund. Capt. E. E. Kirk, chairman of tlie na tional committee on legislation of the 1'nlt ed Spanish War Veterans, while in Wash ington several days ago. arranged for the committee to take up first of all the bill ap propriating J60.000 for the purchase of the old Schemzcn club house on the 7th street road, op other suitable property, to be trans form! d Into a suitable temporary hnme f ir indigent soldiers and -ailors who may fiiho to Washington on business or for other le gitimate purposes. This action has been ordered In further ance of the resolutions introduced by Capt. J. Walter Mitchell at the recent national encampment of ttie V'nlted Spanish W af Veterans at Milwaukee and unanimous!* passed. The measure when presented '.0 Congress will have the undivided support of ull the orticf i s and members of the 1". S. W. V.. including men who became fa mous in the short war with Spain. Already It is said, several prominent members of Congress, who are aware of the insanitaiy and overcrowded condition of the building 'on 3d street. ha\ e promised to support the measure which will provide for more suit able quarters for Uncle Sam's fighting ni?n. ILLUSTRATED SERMONS. Temperance Lecturer Uses Novel Means to Enforce Arguments. "Pictures on the Wall." or "Seeing Tilings at Night." was a texture of the service* at the People's Mission. MO Penn sylvania avenue northwest, last night. The visitors to the mission were treated to a free exhibition of colored views and dis solving pictures, which vividly illustrated a temperance u.lk by Mr. A. D. Wilcox, noted as an orator throughout the United Suites. Mr. Wilcox tells the tennr>era:nce story differently from ot h?r speakers on th subject. His descriptions are thrilling word pictures, illustrated by colored views .>n a great white screen In the rear of the auditorium. A pretty feature of the program is the illustrated songs. Those give t last night included "Kescue the Perishing" and "Near er, My God, to Thee." Mr. W. C. Mc Michael. evangelist of the mis-Ion, and other workers assist the lecturer ir. his ef forts to restore men and women to Chris tianity and good citizenship. The aanounce ment * was made that the picture services this evening will.be of especial interest to children. The Illustrated lectures by Mr. Wilcox will he continued every even rig this week, and Saturday night there will be other special features. To Sing for th* Blind. Afrs. Stilson Hutchins will give a song r? ^Ital In the rending room for the blind at the Library of Congress, Thursday after noon. at fcM *?*?<*. ?' "