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Thursday Savings ^ N@?dl?d Fo?ftw?air ?at? iiiBk,. "MAY SALE" ao wonder our 3 stores arc buzzing with activity these days ?when such desirable and smart ly styled shoes are being offered Ht prices like these: Wonmeim's Stylish $2.5? Low (f Shoes at...... q) Choice of V? summery styles: WHITE PI I'K I'nmps. Tie*. Ankle Str?p? and Boots with low or bicit heels - welt or turn sole*. r\\ ft I SSI A ?"AI.F- BT.At'K GIN MKTA1, f'M.K a u< I I" ATE NT t'OI.T- Ankle Strap lumps and H!ui-her Oxfords - with low or high heel? medium or full toes?any size or width. Thursday Special at $1.95. Misses' and t'hild"; Button Boots and An kie Strap Pumps sizes to "J. for (ThE _ Thursday <3'cu)(? Graduation Slippers Young Women's White Satin or White Thick Pumps, in beau tiful styles; low or high heels. Rubber-Sole Low Shoes. Tan Calf for Boys and Girls: all .$2 Tan Calf oc White Nubuck for men. Wornem's Finest S4.0O amd THESE 1? SWAGGER STYLES REDUCED THURSDAY : ?J. ?trles of WHITE NIBK K and best WHITE I.I VEX IX < K Button Boots?with attrartire "Milo"' rln-t button*. p, ?tvle? "BKNP-KESY" $.".<*>0 Bla<k Demi-Calf *!??<: Tan Talf l/ow He.*! "English" Oxfords?with Mind and perforated Tamps. Hawl'some $4 pradc BLACK VELVET TUMI'S on short front last. to stvles ??VENTS'* and HhPr J* a?d ?? TAN' lil'SSIA. WILLOW and BOARDED BOX CA1.F Low Sh"?*s. including 4 and 0 Button Oxfords rump* with plain too or Wing Tip and low or uigli hpel?Blncher Oxfords with low or high bet 1. Any of those elegantly styled /gfo aj, ?fl F1 snd peerlessly well made shoes Sjv | for this week onlf at V o u n k Women's Tans, spring heel or low heel. Young Women's White Ducks. iuu men are l.\ Kiijiii when you put $2.50 into a pair of these "BLACK RAVENS." No S'J.50 shoes offered by any other stores are worthy of being compared with them?be cause they are really up to the standard of many J3.50 shoes in style and wear. Don't be a "Doubting Thomas." Come and see the shoes?AND PICK OUT YOUR FAVOR ITE STYLE?and save A GOOD DOLLAR: Tans, blacks and patents?low or high cuts. >-XKKKK~XK~XK~X~X~X~X~X~X**X~X~X*,X~X*,X~X**X**X**X**X**X~X~X? Y y Y * k ?i i How Long Can You Keep Money in Your Pocket? The money that you don't carry with you you can't !?pend and can't lose. It you carry your surplus money in your pocket you seldom have a surplus long. Besides, while it's in your pocket it's losing interest. Surplus money is better at home than in your pocket and better in this bank than lying idle at home. And it doesn't matter how small the surplus i>. A dollar will open an account here and once opened it grows. W e pay 3 per cent inter est. compounded semi-annually. \CL nn 9.tt\/inrrc Interest Compounded .1c/0 on saving:* Semi-Annually. Open Sarurday Nights From 6 to 8. i Citizens' Savings Bank, 1421 G Street N.W. :-x-x~x~x->' ^T KNERAL BAN KIN ^x,<mx-x?h,,w*>'H?} * y Y Y Y I T y Y Y Y y ? Y Y Y J v >*X~X~X~X"X-X-!-:"X-X~X-X~X"X**X"X-X-X~X-X-X**X~X*<X-!-X~X-: ! I j I y v SLIP COVERS MADE FREE FOR THIS WEEK 'lip Covers Made | g Per > a a ? ? I o Order Yd. % a 111! Mi i Y Y Y Y X i I We offer you the labor on a 5-piece Parlor Suite absolutely FREE. All we ask is that you buy the material from us, which will cost you 15c per vard. AH seams tape bound with out extra charge. Fit guaranteed. We make a specialty of slip covers. See us before placing your order elsewhere. Five-piece Parlor Suite reu pholstered in tapestrv or velour. $6.98, $12,50) ^ $115.50 W rite or nhone and a representative will bring samples 0. S. llptolstery Co., II? t & ? 03 J. Y I i Y Y ? t Y Y Y Y I I PHONE MAIN X-XKp<X~X~X^XmX~X^X^XKK~XK~X-X~X~X"X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X f i PASSED ON BY B0ABD. Pleas of Julian Hawthorne aid Others for Parole From Prison. Whether or not Julian Hawthorne and f'r. William J. Morton, convicted in Nev> York of njir*;se of tl:e mails, and many other prisoners in the Atlanta p? ni tentiarj are ? ntitl^d to parole, has been determined by thi? federal parole hoard, but tne results have m?t been made public. Hawthorne and Morton will have served the necessary one-third of their sentences July it.".. They will be released at that time, provided the parole board and Attorney General McReynolds ap prove. Robert V. La Dow, president of I he parole board, has just returned to ?Washington from Atlanta. The various canes for parole will be , tak. n before the Attorney General uhort i :* h!]the date UH Which a prisoner is eligible tor release. Within a short time Mr. La Dow will go to the Leaven worth penitentiary and then to the Mc Neil Island, Washington, penitentiary for parole board meetings. * / CHANGES MADE BY WAR IN MAP GF EUROPE ,.r /\ ? AUSTRIA c.> V Ttrrrfoty vnlut L ??* *Toy,?T7?AT-uTiu? *fi?h>itir;e'&)gtajm eta a/k mm i^twATn rnp'' T-ctrk i ?Trj :.*fe?2*I' _ - <? /. w. / I> *"r l*OVy JLt*-Y?Of)?. CRETt >1.\1? SHOWING DIVISIO.N OK TKRRITORY PKOVIDEl) KOli IN THE TBEATV HKTWKKM TIRKKY AND THE BALKAN STATES WHICH HAS BEEN DUAKTEII FOR THE CONFERENCE IN LONDON. SHE DECLINES TO WED Miss Griffen Returns Marriage License, Saying "I Have a Reason." Miss Emma V. Griffon of 021 7th street southwest last night mailed back to the marriage license bureau a license she obtained Monday to wed Corp. Jacob P. Heffelfinger. Troop A, 15th United States Cavalry, stationed at Fort. Myer. On the hack of the license were written the words: "I did not use this, as I have a reason." What her reason was she would not say, today, at her home. She declares the marriage will not take place at any time, but Corp. Heffelfinger, at Fort Myer to day, said that he felt sure the marriage would take place during the month of August. Corp. Heffelfinger is one of the noted riders of his troop at the fooot. and dur ing the recent military horse show there he took part in many of the events. Miss Griffen said today that she beeame acquainted with him two and a half years ago in San Fran cisco. and that they have been en gaged for several months. The license obtained by Miss Griffen was filled out with the name of Rev. John E. Briggs as the clergyman to officiate. Mr. Criggs said today that he had no knowledge of the matter, as neither Corp. Heffelfinger nor Miss Grif fen had Informed him that they want ed him to marry them. SIMON GETS THREE MONTHS. Speech on Pennsylvania Avenue Not Appreciated by Big "Cop." Simon Booker made another speech last night, and went to Occoquan again to day. Simon Is princiuallv famous for his ability as a speechmaker on subjects of national interest, but the trouble is that Simon invariably selects 7th street or Pennsylvania avenue for his forum. Policeman Beckett warned Booker night before last that if he saw him drunk on the street again he would have to lock him up. About '?? o'clock Simon appeared on the corner of 4',i street and Pennsyl vania avenue, loudly proclaiming the merits of the triumphant democracy arid his lifelong allegiance to it, which was finally rewarded, he said, with the elec tion of Woodrow Wilson. When Simon saw the big policeman shouldering his way through the crowd toward him. he broke off suddenly in the middle of a sentence and went to the patrol box, where the officer joined him. Judge Mullowny seemed pleased to see Simon. "1 knew you would .be here today," the judge said. "I heard you going under my window yesterday afternoon, and recognized the symptoms." "'Bout 11 o'clock?" Simon inquired. "1 think so." "That was me," was Simon's satisfied comment. "1 was goin' good 'bout that time." "You are going good now, too," the court said. "You are going down for three months." REPORT DOGS HAD RABIES. Examination of Two Show They Had Well Defined Cases. i The pathologists of the bureau of animal industry, Department of Agri culture, this afternoon reported that examination of the heads of two dogs, sent to the bureau last night, showed the dogs were suffering with well de fined cases of rabies. The dogs were shot by policemen last night after the animals had bitten five persons in the northeast and northwest, parts of tiie city. A number of other doRs ueiV also bitten by the rabid animals before they were located and dispatched by the police. Two of the persons bitten were taken to Casualty Hospital for treatment, while the others were treated by out side physicians. It is probable all will be sent to the Pasteur Institute for treatment. STILL FIGHTS CLEAN MONEY. Senator Martine Again Tries to Pub lish 587 Criticisms. Senator Martine of New Jersey today renewed his request to have published as a Senate document T?S7 letters from bank ers criticising "washed money." Objec tion was made and Senator Martine de clared he would have the letters printed if he had to read them into the record "And 1 am not a very good elocution ist. ' Senator Martine warned his col leagues. Objection to having the letters printed as a Senate document was based on the ?l^aUke1 that lhe l?ttcrs were almost GNORED 8Y GRAND JURY No Indictment Against Woman on Homicide Charge?True Bills Returned. The prand jury today ignored a charge of homicide made against Ger trude Bennett. colored, in connection with the deatli of a man into whose eye the is alleged to have poked the end of an umbrella. Twenty-two in dictments were returned by the grand jury. List of Indictments. The persons indicted and the charges against them are Frank E. Crawley, forgery and uttering; Seymour Ander son, violation section 826b, District of Columbia Code; James Carter and William Snowden, larceny from United States; Turner Williams, housebreaking; Horace Matthews and Mary Wooden, adultery; Charles Jefferson, violation of section N2?5-b, District of Columbia Code; John J. Jones, alias R. A. Helm, "rand larceny: Joseph Colbert, housebreaking; Robert Dixon and I?uis Dyson, assault with in tent to commit robbery; William Pettit, robbery; Eujene J. Monroe, housebreak ing and larceny: William H. Tyler, grand larceny; John Newton, robbery; George Wilson, robbery; Albert Miller, I non-support of wife and children; John F. Bland, non-support of wife and children; William H. Coston. non-sup port of minor child; Harry S. Styron, non-support of wife and children; Major T. Mercer, grand larceny; George Richardson, robbery; Charles L. John son, seduction; Edward Elliott and | Harry A. Blaine, depredation. WILL NOT SUPPRESS PICTURE. District Attorney Wilson Disagrees With Anthony Comstock. Is Anthony Comstock, who takes it upon himself to regulate New Y?rk in a great many respects, better able to judge whether a picture of a young and beauti ful lady, absolutely lacking in clothes, shall be suppressed than is Clarence Wil son. United States attorney for these parts? Anthony Comstock suppressed the pic ture in New York. Clarence Wilson re fuses to suppress it in Washington. The picture is '"Matinee de Septembre," a new product of the brush of M. Paul Chabas. In the foreground is a sweet young thing. Her feet are immersed in the waters of a lake. Some people in Washington, taking the reformer's view, protested against the display of the picture in the window of a local art dealer. The police took these complaints and a copy of the picture to Ralph Given, assistant United States at torney, and asked him what they could do about it. He referred the matter to the District attorney. GERMAN JACKIES KILLED. Four Dead and Three Injured in Tor pedo Boat Explosion. HELGOLAND, Germany, May 14.?Four German bluejackets were killed and three others seriously Injured today by the explosion of a high pressure cylinder in the engine room of torpedo boat "S148" while the vessel was participating In maneuvers near here. The two torpedo boat flotillas returned to Helgoland with their flags flying at halfmast and landed the injured for treatment at the Naval Hospital. HARD FIGHT IN LEGISLATURE. Initiative and Referendum Battle On in Illinois. SPRINGFIELD. HI.. May H.?The joint resolution submitting to the vot ers of the state the question of an amendment incorporating the initiative and referendum in the constitution, which failed of passage in the house by one vote early this morning, was to be taken up for reconsideration at 10 o'clock today. The roll call showed the resolution had received 102 votes, the required majority, but on the verification of the roll call Representative Kllens demo cr&ts, announced that an error had been made in recording him for the resolution: that he did not vote and did not wish to be recorded. This left the resolution one short of the constitutional majority. Before the vote was announced the speaker put a motion postponimr further action on the measure and with the house in an uproar declared it carried. He thin declared carried a motion to adjourn until 10 o'clock to day. The resolution has passed the senate * WATER AT CARLSBAD GREAT BEAUTIFIER I Viennese Women's Matchless Complexions Due to Fa mous Springs. Amuns tho most beautiful women of the world it is generally conceded that the Viennese take a very high place. This fact is the more remarkable when one considefs the life of the average Viennese lady. In carnival, or "faschlng," as it is call ed In German i countries, especially, her life is a very gay or.<\ and we need only remembi * the name of Strauss to believe that dancing is one of her chief amuse ments, nay, one might almost say occu pations, for in Vienna a f>all does not last from 12 till 3 o'clock, but from 9 till 6, 7 and even 8 o'clock in :the mornings. Nevertheless, nowhere does one find a more beautiful and healthful type, anj above all such wonderful complexions and bright eyes. What, then, is the se cret? Has she discovered some magic pigment, is it artificial, or is it the work of the beauty doctor? To find the truth you must ask the lady herself, or if you prefer you may watch her when she has temporarily put aside her gay life and is devoting her attention to her health by "taking a cure." ?.. ? ? v ' ? At any time during the season at Carls bad you will find the "Sprudel" sur rounded as early as G o'clock by the same gay throng as you find at Vienna, ti jugh in rather pnore. tempered mood, sipping their "Bechers" of the mineral waters, and for the time being lost to all other occupation than the recuperation of health and strength, the leading for some weeks of a regular and hygienic life, and the exercise of habits of mod eration in diet. Carlsbad differs from most of the con tinental watering places in that while amusements and distraction are properly provided for, the first consideration is the "cure." "Cure" Comes First. Here you have your golf links, your tennis courts (second only to those of the lie des Tuteaux), your theater, your horse racing, etc., but here first and foremost you have the "cure." It pervades and regulates the life of the town. It takes possession of you th moment you step from one of the ?special trains from Paris, Berlin, Peters burg or Vienna, and you find your life arranged for you upon well thought out principle s of health. You are not called upon to make any special effort, for as everybody is doing the Kaine thing you would find it an effort to do otherwise. You are required mere ly to fall into line; the rest is done for > At vour hotel you will not need to wor rv as to whether you may eat this or that: the kitehen Is under the control ot and subject to Inspection at any time by the Medical Society of C arlsoad. As soon as it is known that you are a ?vu-e ?uest" vou will receive only "cure diet." Of course, if you are on pleasure, then it is another matter. Diet Supervision. Is there too much starch In the hread you eat? If there were and the doctor discovered it that bakery would be closed. Besides, you have another protec tion. Y'our rolls are each packed and appear at table in a separate tissue paper bag. with the composition of the bread printed on the back. Are you doubtful about the milk? There is an inspector stationed on every road leading into Carlsbad, and it would not be good business for that dairyman whose milk or butter was found want ing Nor is this inspection confined merelv to dairy produce. Fruit, vegeta bles and meat, must all undergo the strictest examination. \nd so throughout your three or four week stay you will be unconsciously the object of a thousand little attentions, each the result of several centuries of experience and exercised only after that experience has proved them to be bene ficial to your health. Prospect of Brilliant Season. The season at Carlsbad this year prom ises, to be an exceptionally brilliant one, especially with regard to American and English visitors. Never before, accord ing" to hotel keepers, have so many ad vance orders be*en received. \s early as las't Christmas rooms had b?*. n booked for the PJ13 season. The fait is- that. Carlsbad has made such strides in the matter of architectural and other improvements during the last two ,r three years that when it is made ready for the rush of the season it pre sents a spick and span appearance that rrmkfs special appeal to those two na tfons quUe apart from the indubitable medicinal qualities of its mineral waters. We Close Dailv 6 P.M. 1 <?un?letl in 1S60. 42D TQ430 7 ? ST. \ AHSBURGHifiRO -417 TO 42SjrMjiT. _ I' III i ill Another "Snap" i in units. > Kinds Worth l'p to $}>.00 (PO (QHQ) qp)OoO W c have ju-'t 75 the>e Women - Tailored Suit.- in spring styles tt? offer tomorrow at S8.SS. h j> ;i libel on the suits to -ell them at such a low price, hut we mu>t ha\e the space they occum for summer dresses. All the latest styles. All color>. including the much-in-dcmand black-and-white effects. Coats are cut in cutaway, some in the new Balkan style, with skirts that conform to the latest fashion fancies. All nicely tailored. Looks like extravagance not to buy .1 new tailored suit when the price is so low?S8.S8?doesn't it? Second Floor?Suit Section. How Can Such Nice Looking Wash Dresses Be Sold for 98c? It is just ns much a question with us as with you. We feel confident that it is only by making up a quantity at a time, and thereby saving: on the materials, that such dresses are made up at wholesale ti? retail at 08c. Carefully made?every scant felled ? every stitch perfect?every size accurate. Many different styles to select from. Dresses of striped percale, with round collar, and trimmed down front with sirup* of plain color, with pearl button at each end: waist line piped to match; also In all the good plain-color percales. Any woman can be fitted?sizes .14 to 4fi. Ask to be shown these !>8c Wash Dresses for house, porch or street wear tomorrow. Second Floor?House Dresses. Set the Sewing Machine to Whirling Making I p Wash I)r< ?sses Out ot These White and Colored Wash Goods Special prices hold ?<?o<l tor Thursday: 40-inch FASHION V( ULES. white grounds, with stripe- <>i pink, light blue, lav ender. navy and black, hairline or Peking stripes. 25c value. Special minor- ri 1)H/L -r* row. a yard, only 4 WIUT1-: IM.AIl) 1)1 Ml m:s. 5 different stvles of checks, sheer rjnalitv. inches wide. I'sual 12VjC a yard quality. Special tomorrow, a yard. onl\ ~ ^ * Main Floor Wash Section. A Lot of 2^c Leather Belts at 11c. Mostly Patent Leather Belts, and these look well with shirt waists. Choice of many different styles and colors. Some have prill buckles, others with nickel buckles. Whatever you fancy?the price only 11c to Thursday's buyers. Main Floor?Bargain Tables. More of Those Popular Wash Dress Skirts at Thursday We Shall Sell $1.00 Leather Bags for 69c. Want a new leather ba?? Buy to morrow. We shall sell bags of mo rocco. seal srain or suede, in black and a few colors, at <H?c. Choice of silt, oxidized or nickel frames; the majority fitted with in side purses. Main Floor?Bargain Tables. Corsets, 69c, That You Gladly Pay $1 For. What is your preference in a cor set ? We shall s-^ll tomorrow "II A: G" or "l-atishurerh s Special" <\>rset, l<oth made of light-weight batiste, cut long over the hip-, new model and finished with drawstriner at bust and 4 garter extensions, for ?R?c. You will require another corset this summer. Buy tomorrow Main Floor?Bargain Tables. 66c $1.00 Values. Men! Pay Less Tomorrow for Furnishings. Two items that should bring every man In Wash ington to our Men's Store tomorrow : However low the price, you will find garments here made right and that fit right. Those o:'-cred at OGi? tomorrow include Dress Skirts of white linene. plain tan linene, blue or black with white polka dots, and black-and-white check and striped effects. You will like the style: Main Floor?Bargain Tables. Also Plain White Linene Skirts with foot plea., and trimmed with pearl buttons; tailored d? a q style, with panel back. Regular and ([ EXTRA SIZES. Special value at Second Floor?Skirt Section. There Is 31 c a Yard to Be Saved On STRIPED TAFFETAS At 69c a Yard. They are good $1.00 a yard value. Selected to sell at (K>c a yard tomorrow because we consider them to be timely, and believe women will appreciate the saving in price. They are the Light-weight Chiffon Taffetas, pure dve. excellent-wearing qualities, and in stripes of blue-and-white, tan-and-white, black-and-white and other combinations. 20 inches wide. Main Floor?Silk Section. Table Linens Temptingly Priced. 66c For Men's $1 Neglige Shirts. Men's Neglige Shirts, coat style; lisht and dark colors and very desirable patterns; attached cufis. Splendid shirts for summer wear?and buy while the price is so low?GHc each, or 3 for $2.oo. ! 39c For Silk Half Hose. 'I1 1 Splendid values for Thursday's shoppers: HEMSTITCHED DAMASK TEA NAP- ^ ^ KINS. $1.50 quality. Special tomorrow, a <2)> 11 0 1[ ^ $1.49 Kl dozen... GERMAN DAMASK NAPKINS. 20-inch size; $2.00 quality. Special tomorrow, a dozen HEA\ Y SIM ER BLEACHED TABLE I>A\i tcu 72 inches wide; beautiful designs, and regu lar 90c a yard quality. Special tomorrow, a yard HEMMED' HUCK TOWELS, size 2H by 38 each . inches. S'J.25 a dozen, or. Main Floor?Table Linen Section. 19c j Men's Half Hose, in tan, navy, slate, lavender and black; pure thread silk;'double toes and soles; high spliced heels: all sizes. EVERY PAIR PERFECT, and worth 50c a pair. Tomorrow. 30c a pair. Main Floor?130 7th Street Entrance. The Very Popular Silk-aud-wool Poplin and Crepe de Paris at 98c. Values, $t.2> and $i-VJ. It is difficult to secure either the Silk-and-wool Poplin or Crepe de Paris in a full line of shades around town. Very popular for the making of dress es for summer resort wear, because they combine the quality of dressiness with that of srreat durability. Choice of a wide range of shades, including t?upe. Copenhagen, navy. red. preen. Alice, helio. leather, brown, tan. old rose. pink, canary, baby blue. Nell rose, slate, pearl, green and wistaria. Widths range 3s and 42 inches. II.?w many \aids for you? Main Floor?Wool Dress Goods Sreijon. Replenish Apron Needs. . Splendid line of Aprons here Aprons of white lawn, cut round, finished with em broidery edge, pocket and wide ties, or the IjOiik. Plain White Aprons, with or without bibs, and ^ o the Gingham Aprons, with or without bib. C Any tomorrow for Second Floor?Apron Section. The Sprudel has been provided tuis year with a new marble* basin an<l the Sprudel-Colonnade has been given a new tile flooring The Schlossbrunn-Colonnade has been further embellished, under the direction of Prof. OJimann of Vienna, with some . very handsome carving work. A great many royalties are expected this year, and, given fine wetaher. there is little doubt that many records will be broken. GUATEMALA GIVES IN. Agrees to Resume Payment of Inter- \ est on Debt Due to British. Guatemala has yielded to British per- j suasion and agreed to resume payment of interest 011 the debt due to British bondholders on the basis of the con- j vention of 1S{>5. Guatemala arranged with the British bondholders Tuesday to pay $1 out of every $1.50 export tax paid on each quintal of coffee to meet the interest. This was the trade revenue originally allotted by the convention to the payment ment of the debt, and later diverted to other uses by the Guatemalan govern ment. Guatemala attempted to offer this tax as security for a larger loan,, with which to refund its debts and pa\ off the amount due to the British bond holders. Minister Mendez of Guatemala re ceived word today of this satisfactory arrangement of the British debt. Great Britain had given the Guatemalan gov ernment until tomorrow to agree to re sume interest payments or make ar rangements for liquidating the debt. Minister Mendez expresses the hope that this arrangement will facilitate the efforts of his government to nego tiate the proposed thirty-million-dol lar loan with New York banker*, if the loan is effected, he says, his gov ernment will pay off the British debt and reform its currency system, and also establish a national bank, with especial view to giving help to farmers. German Fliers Face Penalty. BBEIJN, May 14.?German military! aviators in future will be punished by a' minimum penalty of two weeks close ar-j r-V:[-u'd th,e>' rros. a foreign frontier in their aeroplanes or airships. DIPLOMATS SEE BRYAN. Confer Regarding Coming Pan American Congress in Chile. Ambassador da Gama of Brazil. Minis ter N'aon of Argentina and Minister Suar ez of Chile were In conference with Sec retary of State Bryan this morning:, re garding the fifth Pan-American confer ence, to be held in Santiago, Chile, in the latter part of next year. Each of these diplomats ha* been ap pointed a committee to arrange some part of the preliminaries of the conference. These matters were discussed with the Secretary of State. Ministers Xaon and Suarez expect to to San Francisco toward the end of the week for the purpose of selecting sites for the buildings which, the nations they represent will erect on the Panama ex position grounds. BRIDGES WILL BE BUILT. Two New Structures Planned to Cross Watts Branch. Construction of two concrete bridges over Watts branch, where that stream intersects Dcane avenue and Grant street, in Northeast Washington, will be under taken early during the next tlscai i?ar. The streets art* now bet*]? <ra.-i.>d Engineer of Bridges M < '.miiIi na,. asWd tor bids for the ojflitrui i on <>t" ao.jtm. rits for the proposed fortd.; ?*. Tim p;*rt cf /be work will !??? started at una*, wbii. funds that will become available after July 1 will be used for completing1 th>* structures. The < ??.st ut the bridges will be about $1,500. A City of Philosophers. From the UVstiniimo-r Gazette: IJchfield, which has just lost h? r liish..p. never possessed a more . patriotic so-i titan that stalwart churchman Dr. John son He declared t! it ins fellow citizen* spoke th?. purest English, brewed lb best beer, baked the jin? it oat cakes, and wlien Bos we 11 <>i>s rv?>d that there were no manufactures, he retorted, "Sit", we are a city of philosophers: we work with oar heads. and make the boobies of Birming ham work for us with their hands." On# of these ?"philosophers," Dr. Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of thf great biolo gist. Dr. Johnson cordialiy disliked, partly for his whig opinions and partly because he was a formidable rival in conversation. Preparations ate beint made for Con federate Memorial day. which will be held at Fredericksburg. Va.. Thursday. A procession will march from the couit liouse to the Confederate cemetery. Investments Of almost every character tor small or large capital will be found under Business Opportunities on the classified pages. Some splendid profits?some medium?yours to ? pick and choose. But don't tail to read Star Business Opportunities daily?you might overlook something good.