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For Infants* 1.25 Kid Button, sizes 2*/2, 3, 3^, C, D and E. OUC Child's 2.00 Tan Oxfords, D?6l/2, 7, 7^; E?6l/2, 7]/2. Misses' 2.50 Kid Oxfords and Slippers, A?zi, 11 y2i 12, 12^, Z3; B?zz, uy2, 12. . qr Child's 2.00 Tan Oxfords, C?8, 9, 10; D?5, 7, yl/2, 9, 9y2, /OC io; E?5, 9, 9y2t zo, 10x/2t zz. Boys' 3.00 Patent Leather Pumps, A?iy2, 5;??1I/*> 5; C?12; D?2l/2. 1Qn Boys' 3.50 Oxfords and Lace Shoes, and White "Nubuck" ? VU Outing Shoes, sizes zz to 5l/2. 2~r Men's 4.50 Black and Tan 3-hole Ties, nearly all sizes ? oD and widths. 35 r Men's 6.00 Black and Tan, Patent and White Oxfords, ? ^ 0 mostly "Banister." 2nn Ladles' 4.50 Pumps ? Black, Tan, Patent and ?VU White. 3 or Ladies' 5.00 Pumps ? Black, Tan, Patent and ?OD White. BURT'S CLEARING SALE 1343 F -3 I < Announcement We inaugurate our Seventeenth Annual September Furniture Sale Friday, September 1. Careful preparations have been made to make this the largest and greatest money t saving event for the public in our history. * About 42,000 pieces, comprising every conceivable kind of Furniture needed in the home and office, will be offered 15% to 75% under their actual values. See Thursday's Star and Times and Fri day's Post for Partial Lists of Bargains. W. B. MOSES & SONS F & 11th Sts. HERE'S THE ANSWER HREE times a day, seven days a week, and 52 weeks a year, you'll want to eat and eat heartily. If your teeth are in proper condition you'll enjoy every one of these 1,095 meals. If your teeth are unhealthy, you better consult me at once?delays are not only dangerous, but are troublesome. PaTmenta Made Eur> Ton don't have to wait until you save la order to hare roar teeth pat la order. You can pay me a little at a time as salts your convenience. My Patent Suction Teeth $5.00 s?r SrJlzz GOI.D CROWNS, BRIDGE WORK. $3, $4, $5 Fillings la Gold. Silver, Platlanm and Porcelala, 50c to $1 DR. WYETH 427-429 Seventh Street N. W. We keep open until > p. m. for tha accommodation of those who cannot come during the day. Sunday hours. 10 to 4. Opp. Laaabargk Bro. Over Grand Union Tea Co. largest and Most Thoroughly Equipped Parlors la Washington. Appointments May he Mado by Telephoae. SCHOONER BAEGE LAUNCHED. Big Vessel Will Bring Cargoes to Po tomac Ports. The P. Dougherty Company of Balti more has added another vessel to Its fleet of biff cargo carriers In service on Chesapeake bay and the Atlantic coast in the schooner barge Alabama, which was launched about a week ago, and which 1* now at a Baltimore shipyard benng fitted out for service. The new craft will have a carrying capacity oi about 2,"OO tons, and Is 200 feet long, B feet beam and 15 feet deep. It is fitted with powerful gasoline power engines for pumping, hoisting cargo in and out, raising anchor, ami doing other heavy work, and she em bodies in her construction every improve ment found aboard a modern coastwise cargo carrier. She has roomy quarters for her crew, fitted with modern ap pliances for their safety and comfort. The new barge will be ready for service early In the coming month, and will bring cargoes of asphalt and fertilizer | materials to this city and Alexandria. If vou want work read the want col umns,of The Star. Sales of Marine Property. Sales of vessels made during the past week were recorded in the custom house at Baltimore as follows: Four-fifths of steam tug M. W. Adams, forty-nine tons, from Charles A. Haslup to M. W. Adams, $5. One-half of schooner J. W. Knowles, fifty-two tons, from Milford Phillips to John R. Nichols and others, $1,^00. Steam tug M. W. Adams, forty-nine tons, irom .?!. VV. Adams to W. A. Uet tlncer, $.V Sloop Mabel, six trns, from Roland &. Blann to Samuel A. H. Phillips, (5. National Press Club Has Dis tinguished Personnel. HAS MEMBERSHIP OF 688 Great Growth in Its Four Years' Existence. BIG NON-RESIDENT ROLL Editors, Publishers, Congressmen and Diplomats, Affiliated With the Organization. Few social organizations In the United States have Inscribed on their rosters of members so many names of men dis tinguished for high accomplishment in literature, art, statecraft, diplomacy, finance and commerce, as has the National Press Club of Washington. Not only dwellers In the National Capital, but of every state, from coast to coast, from lakes to gulf, national characters, have been received Into the organization. The roster records a membership of 688, according to the latest count of noses, as indicated in the year book of the organization, just published. Of this number, 252 are active members, which means, according to the require ments of the bye-laws, that they are I newspaper men actually engaged in gathering and disseminating news. As sociate members number 206. The bal ance of the membership is made up of 230 non-residents. This is the growth of four years' ex istence. From a small club with a hun dred or so members, at its institution, with almost instantaneous success, the National Press Club has expanded, so that new quarters of much greater ca pacity had to be provided, and now a clubhouse with every facility and more room is needed and talked of. The fourth annual book of the club imparts information regarding the activl are congressmen, members of the admin istration, diplomats, oclaJs of the execu tive departments, polltlctansv lawyers, dortors, millionaires and others. The list of acti\'e members is notable in the fact that thereon Is inscribed the name of nearly every newspaper man in Washington whose name is at all known to the public. Editors and news gatherers, the roster makes almost a complete directory of Washington jour nalists. Associate Members. Among the associate members are men in public life, business and professional men, and rlchmen of no occupation. There gressmen, members oi the administra tion, diplomatic, officials of the executive departments, politicians, lawyers, doc tors, millionaires and others. Editors of out-of-town newspapers and magazines and journalists and publicists of national repute, who have their head quarters elsewhere than in the National Capital are the run of non-resident mem bers. William Jennings Bryan, many-time candidate for President of the Ignited States, Is a non-resident member, and is recorded as the publisher of the Com moner. Among editors and publishers are listed the names of Lyman Abbott of the Outlook, Edward W. Bok of the In dies' Home Journal. Robert J. Collier ot Collier's Weekly. C. H. Grasty of the Baltimore Sun, John Temple Graves of the New York American, Ben B. Hamp ton of Hampton's Magazine, Julian Har ris of Uncle Remtfte' Magazlrte, George Harvey of Harper's Weekly. H. H. Kohl saat of the Record-Herald, Chicago; Silas McBee of the Churchman, S. S. McClure of McClure's Magazine, Richard V. Oulahan of the New York Sun, H. N. Rickey of the Scripps-McRae League, Er man J. Ridgway of Everybody's Maca zine, Norman E. Mack of the Buffalo Times, Albert Shaw of the Review of Reviews, Melville E. Stone, general man ager of the Associated Press, William Allen White of the Gazette, Emporia, Kan., and others. Authors and artists are represented by the names of Charles Dana Gibson, Rich ard Harding Davis, Alfred Henry Lewis, George Randolph Chester, J. B. Con nolly, H. T. Dunn, Fred C. Kelly. Ed win Le Fevre, C. R. Macauley, George Barr McCutcheon and his brother, John T. McCutcheon; Cleveland Moffett, Gou verneur Morris, Sir Gilbert Parker. Rich ard Wlghtman and Woodrow Wilson. Correspondents Elsewhere. Correspondents who have made names for themselves in world-wide service and are now located in far places have had those names written on the book of members. Gerald Egan is in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Martin Egan is in Manila, P. I.; M. O. Hammond is in Toronto, Canada; E. L. Keen is United Press rep resentative in London, England; the As sociated Press office in Tokio, Japan, is under the management of J. Russell Ken nedy; Theodore M. Knappen is in Van couver, B. C., Thomas F. Millard is do ing correspondence from Shanghai, China, and J. K. Ohl signs his name to dis patches for the New York Herald from Peking. Officers of the Club. Arthur J. Dodge, correspondent of the Minneapolis Tribune, is president of the club, and will retain office until the first of the year. The vice presi dent is Frederick J. Haskins, of Hasfcln's Syndicate, Ralph A. Graves of the Washington Post is secretary, G. A. Lyon, jr., of the Washington Star is treasurer and Arthur C. Johnson of the Denver Rocky Mountain News is the financial secretary. The board of governors is made up of Ernest G. Walkar, chairman; the officers of the club and William P. Spurgeon, William M. Crounse, L. W. Strayer, Thomas Kirby, F. B. Lord and Jackson S. Elliott. Gains of the Sane Fourth. From the Surrey. The campaign for the conservation of human life, legs, arms, ears and eyes? in other words, the safe and sane Fourth of July?has again proved its value. Like other preventive movements, its gain is not so great this year as at the begin ning, for It had Its own Rood record to beat. The figures collected by the Chl cago Tribune, which has long made a' specialty of publishing them and was one of the earliest advocates of sane pa triotism, show 24 deaths and H81 in juries this year to 28 deaths and 1,785 injuries last year. In 1900 the figures were 44 and 2,361?and that Was low com pared with some of the unrestricted earlier years when butchery and tetanus ran riot. Toy pistols retained their lead this year in causing what deaths there were, and loaded cartridges thought to be blanks were responsible for a number of deaths. The Tribune points out sig nificantly that there were a good many injuries "in cities with a "partially sane" celebration, while in nine larxe cities "wholly sune" there were four injuries and no deaihs. One large fireworks concern failed dur-1 ing the past year and bitterly arraigned the tireless Fourth in its petition in bank ruptcy. It is believed, however, that the fireworks business will adjust it.^elf without great loss. The sale of fireworks will *o down steadily, but the sale of the evening "set pieces," rockets and other expensive explosives will increase, for the sane Fourth's pageants, festivals, parades and field sports are almost In variably followed by large municipal dls PThe safe and sane Fourth Is by no means universal, though It has made great gains The propaganda of the Playgrounds Association of America and of other bodies will have to be long con tinued and energetic to wipe out finally the one remaining day of license for deadly weapons. George V Is Being Forced to Show His Hand. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UP British Statesmen Realize Necessity for Strong Monarchical Head. WORK OF NEXT PARLIAMENT National Insurance Bill Probably Will Be Given Precedence. Johnson on Lecture Tour. 5>ppcial CahlfRram t'l The Star. LONDON, August 2*5.?Trouble Is a great claritler of the atmosphere. Eng land has received an overdose. The re sult is that the king Is being forced to show his hand. Heretofore .his position compared with nothing so much as the* convenient means for procrastination afforded by a man s wife. In the one instance the suppositi tious man, when confronted with a knotty problem, says, "I'll have to ask my wife'' ?then gees off and takes counsel with himself; in the other the various min isters, when confronted with a demand for political direction, say, "We'll have to confer with the king"'?then debate among themselves. Both wife and king are figureheads. All this is being changed, however, and the change is being effected by the roush hand of trouble in the shape of political dissensions throughout the United King dom: the Moroccan question and the om nipresent labor disorders that threaten the peace of Great Rritain. In fact, trou ble has dogged the footsteps of King George since the first day of his acces sion. and trouble in the metaphorical guise of a huntsman has cornered lus majesty and made him show his teeth. This result has long been sought for in every strata of political Brltian. More and more do the politicians, financiers and thinking men of the British Isles re alize the necessity of a strong guiding hand at the helm of the ship of state, and more and more do they decry the political decadence that has resulted from the factional governing of the mighty nation. It has come to a question of revolution with republican government as its aim, or a monarchy with a mon arch of Napoleonic character at its head. Time Has Come for Action. The time has come for action. The king can no longer hide behind the skirts of his ministers. He can no longer veil his policies with ambiguity, meet them with equivocation or execute them through consular proxy. He must either show his hand and prove himself the master of the country's destinies or strengthen the fast-growing sentiment of dissatisfaction and republicanism boldly shown among the masses. That the king realizes this none can doubt. His action in pledging his sup port to the government's plan to create enough "black-leu peers" to override tbe house of lords, and particularly his tacit acknowledgment of Ireland's fisht for home rule through the veto bill, have been great strides in the right direction. He must meet demand with action or see monarchical power transmitted to re publican desire. The excitement attendant upon the adjournment of parliament is now sufficiently abated, and the political at mosphere sufficiently cleared to allow of a more or less authentic political forecast of the situation that will con front the legislators when they con vene this autumn. Of course, precedence will be given to the national insurance bill, to whicn the cabinet attaches great importance as an asset, when next they appeal to the voters of the country. In fact, this measure is apt to take almost all the available time. The remaining clauses will have to be taken in committee; then will come the third reading and all the stages in the house of lords. This represents a very heavy task in itself, particularly if, In the meantime, opposition to the measures, as seems probable, develops, and the various in terests concerned determine on active measures in pursuit of their particular claims. Would Welcome Further Delay. By the medical profession and the representatives of the great friendly societies the adjournment of further consideration of the measure will be welcomed. The doctors have already obtained a number of concessions, but it may possibly be found, at the next meeting of the British Medical Associ ation, that the compromises reached in the commons are not sufficiently satis fying to all the members, and further pressure either in the house of com mons or in the upper chamber may be exerted, with the result that the de bates may be prolonged. On the other hand, some of the lead ers of the friendly societies are already in revolt, owing to concessions made to the doctors. From this quarter it is also anticipated that efforts will be put forward which will tend not only to strengthen the discussion in both houses, but, it may be. to endanger its safe passage. The prospect of ad justing the difference between the medical men and the friendly societies is not regarded very favorably. In spite of the fact ti.at this bill must occupy practically all the ses sion, the ministers still profess to be lieve that some of the other leading measures of the government?the shop hours bill, the coal mines bill, the naval prize (on which the declaration of London hangs), the copyright bill and others?will succeed in getting through the two houses before the end of the year. These opinions, however, are not shared among politicians. It is known that Mr. Masterman found the shop hours bill a most unpopular item in the government program, and it is said that the cabinet would not be sorry if it could find an excuse for dropping that measure. It is probable that some of the other proposed legis lation will share the same fate. Johnson to Give Lectures. Jack Johnson, the American heavy weight champion, is proving himself a versatile harvester of English currency. He has not had a chance to show his prowess in the squared circle, so he evolved a new method of lightening British pockets. He has turned lec turer. His tirst lectures will be held in the ancient town of Edinburgh, Scot land, beginning; August 28 and con tinuing till September 2. The subjects of his dissertations, it is perhaps need less to say, will be tiie art of self defense. , . . Johnson's determination to break into the lecture field is not viewed with any degree of fear by his cotemporaries in the art of talking for money. In fact, erudite Britons look upon the coming lecture tour in the light of a jest. Those, who make light of the black champion's venture are apt to wina up by envying his coin collection, for he not only has an immense follow ing among that class actively interested in fights, but will be helped by that neeuliarity of British character that counts a black face one of nature s gems of humor. SECOND RAID ON MINES. Mexican Bandits Secure Stores and Money at Chiapas Camp. EL. PASO, Texas, August 26.?Bandits raided the Pedrazzini mine in the Chiapas camp district of Arizpe, Sonora, last night, and carried away money and stores, according to a telegram re ceived today from Cananea. The loss is not known. Rurales from Cananea are pursuing the bandits. This is the second raid bandits have made on the Chiapas mines within a week. HAYDEN'S HAYDEN'S HAYDEN'S F and 10th Sts. F and 10th Sts. F and 10th Sts. Great Sale from the Stock of Geo. Stein & Co. Ladies' & Men's Hosiery from the Stein Stock Silk Hose that sold at $2.50 now 98c. $1.00 Ladies' and Men's Hose at 39c. $1.00 Onyx Hose from the Stein stock at 19c and 25c. 25c Gauze Lisle, in white, black or co!ors, 12x/2C. 19c Hose for men, women and children, now ioc. 12J/2C Hose for men, women and children, at 5c. Handkerchiefs from Stein Stock Men's Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, worth up to 50c, at 19c, \2y'2c and 10c. Men's .I2j4c Handkerchiefs at 7* 2c. Ladies' 25c Handkerchiefs at 3J/2C, 5c and ioc. $3.50 White Petticoats at 98c. These Skirts come in all-over embroidery or lace flounce, with ribbon beadipg and dust ruffle. $'5.00 Skirts at $1.50. This is a beautiful lot made from the finest laces and embroid eries. Skirts worth $7.50 at $1.98. Long Silk Kimonos, worth up to $15,00, selling at $1.98, $2.98 and $3.98. Long Crepe and Challie Kimonos, worth $2.50, at 98c, 69c and 50c. 300 Extra Choice Dresses at $2.98. Worth $10.00. These are made for street wear. Ladies Shirt Waists from the Stein stock that would sell from $2.50 to $10.00. On sale in three great lots. Your choice at 98c, $1.50 and $1.98. You will find only the choicest Waists, made from high-grade materials, in these lots. Woolen Dress Skirts; regular values, $500 tip to $10.00. Our sale prices, $1.08, S2.98 and $3-98. These Skirts come in blacks, blues, grays and fancy mixtures. Made from the finest all-wool materials. Many in the new and panel effects. Big lot $5.00 Dresses at $1 <>8, and $3.50 values at $1.50. $1.00 Shirt Waists at 25c; in white and colors. Raincoats from the Stein Stock Men's Silk Rubber-lined Raincoat*, worth $12.50, at $6.00. Men's Rubberized Silk and Linen Rain coats. worth $8.00, at $4.00. Men's Rubber Raincoats, worth $5.00, at $2.50. Men's Part-wool Pants, in serviceable shades, worth to $2.00. While thcv last?75c. Men's All-wool Pants, worth to $5.00, at $1.98. Muslin Underwear from the Stein Stock Princess Slips at $2.98, worth $7.50. These Slips are made from the best sill^s or finest grade cambric; elaborately trimmed with best laces, embroideries and wash rib bons. $5.00 Slips, in white or colors, at $1.98; many silks in this lot. $3.50 Slips at $1.50. $2.00 Slips at 79c. Ladies' Nightgowns from the Stein Stock Worth $2.50. at 98c. This is a very choice lot, made from finest materials. HAYDEN'S HAYDEN'S HAYDEN'S F and 10th Sts. F and 10th Sts. F and 10th Sts. FINDS TIE HUMAN AURA BY SCIENTIFIC METHOD London Physician Tells You Whether or Not It Is on Straight. Special Cablegram to Thf> Star. I LONDON, August 2fi.?Is your halo on straight? No? You don't know? Then go to I)r. Walter J. Kllner, let him place you in a dim, mystical light and look at you through the curious glass cell of his filled with a weird blue liquid, and he can tell you in a minute all about your halo. Don't laugh; It is a cold, solemn, sci entific fact. Dr. Kllner, a reputable phy sician, formerly in charge of the electri cal department of St. Thomas' Hospital in Ix>ndon, has discovered the human aura and has written a heavy scientific treatise about It. It exists. Every.human being, he in sists, has his halo, or nimbus, or phan tom, or aura, or whatever you choose to call it?a spiritual cloud that surrounds his body?that is invisible to the ordi nary eye, but that, under circumstances, can be seen. Explains His Method. Dr. KJlner^ describes how he sees the aura. First, the patient is stripped naked, for such coarse, material things as clothes, mind you, will impede this subtle, spiritual essence. Then he is placed in a dim light, about eight feet from a window covered with black serge. Behind the patient is a black or white screen?usually a black one. Then the observer takes his position. He must have just enough light to be able to see the patient after his eyes have become accustomed to the darkness. Having ascertained that he can barely make out the outlines of the patient, the observer seizes a small glass cell filled with a mysterious, deep blue liquid, and he looks through this liquid at a fairly bright light for half a minute. At the end of that time1 some alteration will have taken place In his eyes. The ob server now stands in front of the patient and looks through another cell of the same kind, but with a much paler tint. Faint Cloud Appears. The observer looks through this paler cell at tlje patient for several seconds. Gradually a faint cloud Is observed to en velop the patient. To well trained eyes the cloud la for the most part bluish in tint. This cloud completely surrounds the body to a distance varying according to the health and peculiarities of the pa tient. After death it vanishes entirely. In cases of disease the outline of the cloud curves in. as though it were shrunken in the neighborhood of the dis eased parts. Epileptics and those persons i afflicted with hysterics have the halo de veloped more on one side of the t>ody than on the other. Dr. Kllner believes that diagnosis by halo will become a very important part of medical practice in the future. All the doctor will have to do will be to look at the patient's halo to find out wihere he is sick. Not only does the human aura's shape and intensity change with the health of the body, but its color varies also. Dr. Kllner lias not gone so far yet as to de termine what the various colors indicate He leaves that to the future. But some times he sees blue and gray in the aura and sometimes yellow and green. He has, however, noticed that in cases where a colored patch Is seen in the aura it is usuaJly found to be over some tender or painful part of the body. Aura of Three-Fold Nature. The aura, as described by the doctor. Is of a three-fold nature. First, there comes a dark space next to the skin and fitting it like a glove. This Dr. Kllner calls the "etheric double." At the outer edge of this comes the second aura, which is not luminous, nor can it be seen by rays or dinarily applicable to the eye. When the operator's eye has 'been trained or atlm ulated by looking through the blue "sl>ec traurine" fluid it is seen as gently stri ated or granular. Outside of this comes the third aura, or nimbus. It is faint, entirely structure less, "capable of being illuminated, but not luminous," says the doctor. Dr. Kllner has not yet succeeded in taking any photographs of these aurae. He has decided that their locations "He outside of t'he ordinary visible spectrum." The Odd Trick. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. "Where Is your wife going this sum mer?" "She Is looking around for some place where none of the women have more than two gowns. She has three." When the doors opened in the little In diana theater a farmer wandered in and looked around. "Ticket, please," said the doorkeeper. , "The only thing I've got agin these here op'rys," said the Hoosier as he walked away, "is that they don't begin till bedtime."?Success. " * * * Captain Commandant E. P. Bertholf, who has been on a cruise of Inspection aboard the cutter Onondaga among the vessels and ships of the service from Norfolk to the coast of Maine, finished his tour in the latter part of last week and returned to his office in the Treasury Department. This Is the first trip that has been made by the captain com mandant since his appointment about three months ago. His observations will result in a number of changes in methods that will improve the service. Third Lieut. E. A. Coffin has been de tached from the cutter Gresham, at Bos ton, and assigned to duty on the cutter Androscoggin, at Portland, Me., to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lieut. Whittier. who was murdered by thugs in Boston last week. First Lieut. Leon C. Covill is tempo rarily in command of the cutter Seminole, on the Wilmington, N. C.. station, and in the'past week his vessel saved a coast ing schooner from going ashore on the North Carolina coast. The work was done in a heavy sale and under diffi culties. Lieut. Covill, before his promo tion to a first lieutenancy, about a year ago, was stationed at the division of the service in this city and has many friends here. Senior Capt. C. H. McLellnn. retired, was a visitor to and registered at the de partment in the past week. The cutters Mohawk from the New York station and the Windom from Gal veston are at the repair station of the service at Arundel Cove, Md.. near Balti more, for general repair work. The win dom is to receive new decks and ma chinery and boiler attention, and the work to be done to the Mohawk has not yet been determined. Both vessels will be out of service until late in the fall. The Officers' Association has determined to leave nothing undone in the effort to detect and have punished the thugs that attacked Lieut. Whittier in Boston last week and so badly injured him that be died. A reward of *3<K> for the arrest of the murderers has been offered ana the Boston authorities will be spurred to greater efforts to run down the men. Lieut. Whittier was a promising young officer and his deatn is deeply felt by Ins brother officers. The little cutter Patrol, commanded by Lieut. L. T. Chalker, was one of the first vessels to reach St. Croix John ston. the aviator, who lost his life by a fall into the lake with his aeroplane at Chicago last week. Lieut. Chalker, in his report to the department, states that the Patrol was lying Just inside the breakwater when the aeroplane was seen to fall into the water, about a half mile away. The Patrol was hurried to the place where the ma chine lav and on arriving there found a small boat, with one man in it, who was unable to render aid. The crew of the Patrol at once began the task of | raising the sunken airship, and with | the aid of the Chicago police boat and j a boat's crew from the cutter Tusca- j rora, this was accomplished and John- , ston. who was still on the pilot's seat. , was taken aboard the police boat iinu efforts made to resuscitate him. The . police boat was small and Johnston was transferred to the Patrol and t\vo , eihysiclans, who had arrived, aid*;l i the crews of the Patrol and the police ; boat in the resuscitation work John- j ston was hurried to the Columbia Yacht Club house, where hot towels and other appliances were obtained for use In the effort to revive the avia tor. but without success. The physi cians stated that In their opinion Johnston was dead before he struck the water. His head was badly cut and bruised. The cutter Acushnet. First Lieut. H. D. Hinckley commanding, has had many calls upon her for aid from vessels in distress, in the past week. The schooner Clifford T. White of Jonesport. Me., was found off Pollock Rip. Mass.. disabled and leaking badly. She was towed Into Vineyard Haven and anchored. Next morning the master of the vessel stated he had the leak under control and did not further require the services of the cut ter.* The French schooner Aldine was found with foresail blown away, boom and gaff hroken and mainsail split. She was taken into Woods Hole, Mass. The Aldine was laden with coal and was bound from New York to St. Johns, N. B. Responding to a call for assistance the Acushnet went to the aid of the ba? k Bertha, stranded on Sow and Pigs ledge. The vessel was hard and fast on the rocks and in such condition that it was deemed unsafe to attempt to ?oa* h/Lr? The crew, which had previously left the ship in Its boats were safe. The British schooner Minnie was dis covered by life savers about two m.les from Great Point light station, aban doned, and the Acushnet took the vessel in tow and beached her at Vlnejaid Haven to keep her from sinking. She was full of water and was In danger of unit ing in the channel and obstructing na\ 1 ^TheTcutter Areata discovered the power boat Chum drifting across bay at Port Townsend, Wash. No one was aboard the vessel and the cutter took it In tow into the 1.arbor and made it fast. The cutter Seminole, Lieut. L. C. Covin commanding, went to the aid of the. schooner Lottie B. Russel, which was dis abled and in grave danger ofg?lng ashore on Cape Fear Shoals. The foremast, malntopmast and sails of the schooner were gone and she was unmanageabU?. In the effort to keep the vessel off the shoals two large hawsers were parted, but she was finally gotten fafely KrtM the bar and anchored off Southport. This service was rendered in a heavy easterly gale. A wireless message, dated August from cutter Bear, cruising in Bering sea, stated that the schooner Redlields went ashore on Prince of Wale? Island, ml would he a total loss The crew and some cargo were saved. The commanding officers of the cutters Itasca and Gresham have been Instructed to take part, with their commands, in the ceremonies Incidental to the opening of a memorial gateway and the unveil ing of two tablets, commemorative of the defense of Fort Griswoid, Conn., Septem ber ?. 17M. which will take place at hort Griswoid, opposite New Ix>ndon, Conn., next week. The Itasca is to tire a salute, and the men from the ships will take part, in the land parade. A letter has been received at the de partment from W. J Hogg. commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club of ban Francisco, thanking the department for the patrol work done by the cutter Golden Gate during the recent race from S*ti Francisco to Santa Cruz. <"al The cutters Areata and Scout have been designated to perform patrol serv.ee on the occasion of the sailing of the steam ship Taut Maru, from Seattle for Japan with Admiral Togo aboard. This service will be performed at the r.?<|uest of the Seattle Chamber ft Conimer-c. A wireless dispute! from Capt. Bal langer, dated August 20, stated t.iat th? cutter Bear would sail that ?' *y to port reindeer and Kspitmos f:?m Sr Lawrence Island and fie ;nalnla?d of Alaska to Port Moller. The cutters Tuscarora and Morrell have been designated to patrol the course of the County Club regatta, which takes place at Detroit. Mich., September N and !?. . Orders and Instructions to officers in the revenue cutter service have been Issued, as follows: First Lieut. of Kngineers H. F. Schoen born, granted tlve days' extension of leave on account of sickness. Third Lieut. E. A. Coffin, detached from the Gresham and ordered to the Androscoggin for temporaly duty. First Lieut. P. W Lauriate, granted ten days' leave of absence commencing August 23. First Lieut. Ebcn Barker, granted fortv^ix days* leave of absence. First Lieut. Randolph Ridgely. granted three days' leave. Capt. H. B. West, granted seven days 16&V?> First Lieut, of Engineers 1'rban Har vey, ordered to the Acushnet. WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT. Quotations given below are for large lots. Jobbers' prices are higher. EGGS?Nearby fresh Virginia. 20a21: West Virginia and southwest Virginia. lS'ialtt: Tennessee, lfalSVfc. BUTTER?Elgin fancy, west ern tirsts. 27a2S; seconds. 2t5a27 CHEESE?New York state tactory, new, 14^13 POCLTRY?Chickens, per lb., 1?; hens, per lb., 13; roosters, per lb., 8a9; tur kevs, per lb.. I*a2<>. DRESSED PO( LTRY? Hens, choice, per lb.. 13; chickens. 10a 17; roosters, per lb., 1U. VT , VEGETABLES?Potatoes, new, No. 1. per bbl., 3.?X>a3.25; No 2, per bbl . 1 .50a 1 7.V sweet (N C.), per bbl., 3.riOa3 ?.?; vame (N.C.). per bbl.. 2.25a2.7r?; cucum bers. per basket, IStal.OO; cabbages, per bbl. 2.00a2..V>; eggplant, crate, 4<? to 7.>; lettuce (N. Y.). per bwsket, ."?<? to 1 2~>. cytn lings per bbl., .V>a7.">; string beans, per bbl., 75al.2.">; peppers. per /rate. 50 to 70; green peas, per bbl., O.ooai.^O, to matoes. home grown, uO to 1.50; green corn, home grown, per doz., 10a2U GREEN FRl'ITS- Apples, per bbl . 100a4.00; oranges, California, per box. 4 00a5 00; Florida. 4 00a4.50; lemons, per box. 3.2T?a4.00; grape fruit, per box. 4 00a4 50; pineapples. 2.75a3 00: watermelons. 10a35; cantaloupes. per crate, home prown, peaches, per crate, 1 25a2 "?0; grapes. Nlarara. per per crate. 1.2T.a2.S0; pears, bartlets, .MU l.flO per bu; grapes, Niagara, per crate. 1.2T?al.JiO: Delaware, 1.00al-75; black. 7.?a 1 25' plums, per 8-lb. basket, 20o25; dam sons. per 8-lb. basket, 25a35. HAY AND STRAW?Hay, western. No 1 24 00a25 00; No. 2. 20.00a23 50; mixed' hay. 18.00a22.00; straw. rye, bundle. 10.00al0 50; machine thrash. 7.60a8.00; Btraw, wheat, per ton, 6.50a 6 00' straw, oat, per ton, 7.00a8 00. LIVE STOCK?Sheep, per lb.. 2feaS%; lambs, spring, per lb.. 6a7; calves, choice, per lb., 7'?aS; medium, per In., 6V^a7. GRAIN?Wheat, new. per bu., 80a8R; corn, shelled, old. per bu., 75a80; ear. per bbl., 4 00a4.25; oats, western white. No. 2. per bu.. 4!>a51; oats, mixed, per bu., 47a49; bran, per ton. 27.00; mid dling. per ton. 28 00. WOOL AND HIDES?Wool washed, free of burrs, per lb., 25a26; wool, un washed, per lb., 21a22; hides, green, per lb., 9; hides, dry, per lb., 15al6; salted hides, lb., 10; and calfBkin. green, each. 1.25a 1.50. SEBD&?Red clover, per bu., 12.0T*, 13.00; alsiko clover, per bu.. 11.00a.l2.00; white clover, per bu., 14 r?0al7..V); crlin whlte clover, per bu., 15.00al8.00; crim son clover. 6.00a6.25; timothy. per bu., 7.00a7 60; blue grass, per bu.. :<<>0 a3.50; redtop grass, 14.00al8.00 per 100 lbs.; alfalfa, per bu., 10.00al3.00. Following. From the Philadelphia Timet. The Doctor?Did you give your hus band those sleeping powders that I jrescribed? Mrs. Fusseley?Yes, I did, and each :ime I had quite a trouble to wake him jp to give them to him. Great Run of Salmon. rrom the Pan Frandseo Chroolol#. The greatest run of salmon In years hag tow entered the Columbia river. For the first time In several seasons the run ha? become too heavy for the can net's tl Handle at one time, and this has forced manv of them to put away some of the lurpiua In Btorage houses until tbey c&q t>e taken care of? .