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rvSrii!'xfj4 THE JLOENrnGOTES,' SUNDAY, BEeEJSIBER 20, 1896. 3 '7? " yfsi -" - - " " Happy Thoughts for f Gift Perplexing problems confront those who are studying out what are the best gifts for men, It isn't a difficult question when you take a sensible view of the matter when you de cide to give something of practical worth and when you de-. cide where to get the most for the least money. Our New Hats The anticipated spring style and the in out. proper liat is here atthe proper price. The very latest styles, -which will be wiwn by stylish dressers are already in block. Just arrived yesterday. The dissolution wile will continue until December 31, and -10 per cent, dis count holds good on every garment In our high-grade clothing stock. LOEB & HIRSH, 910-912 BQUHD THE Hu Gossip of the We:k Among' D s'.rjct Soldier Boys, The ririe pracUce season has opened in earnest in the gallery. The firbi or the preliminary shoots came J orlast week. MondayaudTuesduynighUi j were company matches and Friday night , tin. battalion shot. i The attendance was fairly good. Of coarse each company was represented by j it team of live men, but all the companies wore not represented. Those unking v.eie rtMHWinv B. Second Battalion". Company A, Engineer Corps; and Companies B and C, j First Seimate Battalion. THE WINNER. Company u. Slxlu Battalion, was the winner, making a score of -J'27. Company C, Second Battalion, the.rencibles. was rlgto In line, and made a total or 1 iKrfniK. The company promises to forge rigtit ahead now and take lirt place In the brigade. Everyone was glad to ( beellioiii make sucli a fine showing. .Mon day night Lieut. George C. .Shaw was riiif-'e orficer. Tuesday night Lieut. W. 1. Vale was. in command. The scores made by the various companies follow: Coupon A. 1 list L.iltal o. MTgt A. Al. Alnzzv, 34. ergt. 11- 'i . Leech. -13; Imate W. K. lrvwn, :0. 1'iivate U. 11. Wlliiamr., 20, l-mali' U- L Hallrday, 24. ToUt, 157. Company B, First Battalion Corporal H. IS. AitCabe, 3U. l'nvate 1. X. Wells, 40; Cnrioral J. W. Khne. 44. l'nvate 11. T. Knight. .11. Copo.-al W. S. HaU, 31. Total, 114. Company C, First Battalion-Sergt. A. Al. Allison, Jts Corporal V. i:. Browne. 41; Conwral J. A. Wilkinson, 43: l'nvate B. C. Washington, 40; l'nvate A. J.-Erwin, 44. Total. 2 1 2. Company D, First Battalluii-Sergt. G. F. AlcAvov, 38: rnvaie T. V. Mcintosh, 41; Private L. W. Taylor, 38; Private li. G. Uiown. 17: l'nvate jrse.. 13. 'lolul. lt7. Company A, Second Battalion Sergt. W J E. Thompson, 41; l'nvate L,. a. uouiay, 42; 1'jivate M. Al. Clark, 40: Private G. K. AU'uiih. 41. i mat.- Al. f. britinn, 35. Total, iy;. THE FEXCIBLES. Company C. Second Eiittahon- Capt- C. B. D.rtuei .' 42; Lieut. W '.V. Alurtimor, 40; Private W. E. Cluist, 43; l'nvate 11. S. Barter. 42; Private J- T. AlcUenaisaii, 45. Toi.ti.- i2. Company A, Third Battalion -Candidate Sergt. A. W. Shilling, 38; Corporal F. E. Lacv, 37; l'nvate C. P. McCurdy, 41; Pri vate.. A Chisholm, 37; Pnvats i' J. Pow ell. 34. Total. 150. . Company 1), Third Battalion Second Lieut. F i5. Stutz, 40; Sergt F. 1. Beach, 41; Connral JIarry Patterson, 33; Corporal Clarence Enlrekin, 33: PnVate Bugh D. Rollins. 30. Total, 177. Company A, 1-ujn.h Battalion Lieut. Charles J.'llarlowe, 32;SergU T. F. AIc Axutllv, 37; Corp WaUii, 34: Pii.ate F. Blake" 37; Private Alartin, 27. Total, 1G7. Company C, Fourth Battalion Capt. F. B Hodgson. 42;SergU Kohl ins, 30; Sergt. G. F. Thompson, 44 ; Corporal, J. C. Ward, 38;Prl,-aieS. J. Gardner, 44. Total, lliu Company I), Fourth Battalion Sergt. "VV. S. Hodges, 36; Sergt. L. Evans, 37; Corporal Thomas, 39; Pii.ate J. D. Lee mum 41; Piivate II. DinNou, 43. Total, 190. Company A, Firth Battalion PrivatcG. G. Dt!!iisoii,40; Private Callan, 34; Corporal Tremblv, 37; Sergi. John Kayan, 2U; Serge AIcLeoi, 30. Total, li5. Companv B, Fifth Battalion rirstScrct. L. A. Acker. 3S; Ser.gt. A. B. Weir, 43; Pri vate A. Totten. 42; Private Button, 2G; Corp'ffal Devine. 3S. Total. 1U7. ComHii C. Fifth Battalion Lieut. R. II. Rowdier, 1 1; Sergt. C. L. Bode, 4G; Private T- R. Xcwnwn, :$2; Private E. T. Bennett, 48; Private W. F. Smith, 37. Total, 199. Company D, Fifth Battalion Capt. George "VV. England, lo. Corp. .1. B McGmncss, 39; Corp. W. W. Day, 29; Sergt. Clarence Homer, 42; Private Hobert L. Much, 37. Total, 1&7. SHOT TUESDAY XIGIIT. Company A, Sixth Battalion Capt. O. G. Simmoiisou, 39; Sergt. C. E. Groome, 47; Private J. S Ball, 44; Private H. M. Bennett, 42; Private Gardner, 37. Total, 209. Company B, Sixth Battalion Sergt. W. B. Davenport, 43; Sergt. Ernest Bair.stow, 48; Private K. L. Pile, 44; Private W. E. Baell, 47; Private J. A. Kirk. 45. Total. 27. Company C, Sixtli Battalion Capt. B. H. Etrceks, 29; Sergt. J. P. Garner, 34; Sergt. J. w. Garner, 33; Corporal W. Willis, 3G; Corporal William Sureiiey, 19. Total, 151. Coiniianv A, First Separate Battalion Bergt. John H Wells, 31; Private C. A. Gibson. 42; Private IL L. Gibson, 30; Private J. II. Snow den, 36; Private J. II. Thomas, 42. Total, lfel. Company D. First Separate Battalion Lieut. J II. .lohmoh, 3&; Bergt. Henry Cliasee,29; Corporal H Alurrny, 33: Private II. 11. 1'ainc, 34, Private J. S. Wire. G. Total. 170. Company B, Engineer Corps Private W. A. Edwards, 40: Sergt. Al. O. Alaycs, 24; Private J. S. Gheen, 41; Private W. 11. Babbit, 3G; Corporal F. W. Bolt, 44. Total, 201. Company C, Engineer Ci rpx Firt Sergt. E. A. Wright, 44; Private Al. B. Sturgus,43; Private W. Al. Lamson, 3D; Private Lester HoU. 37; t'tn-ate W. u Stewart, lo. Tctal, 04. First Separate Company Private Burke, D; Private W. W. Boyer, 40; Trumpeter W. O. Carroll, 3G; Private Matchett, 31; Pri vate Green, 32 total; 131; 5 per cent al lowa nee added 1 41. Second Separate Company First Sergt. II. K. Gibson, 20; Corp. R. D. Weaver, 27; Corp. W. C. Eckstein, 38; Private T. R. J, Campbell, 39; Private J. D. EggIeston,31 total. 155. THE BATTALION MATCHES. The battalion match of ten men each was shot off Friday night. It was won by the Engineer Corps with a total of 443 out of a possible 500. Each man In the team made over 40 or 42 out of a possible" fifty In his shooting. The Sixth Battalion team was second In the list, 423 being Its score, although the Second Bat talion was but one point behind it, with fw- .--- Suggestions Bilk suspenders, initial handkerchiefs, silk or linen; innes and umbrellas, silver trinuned: inllial- engraved free of charge, lixtra good collar: t-itlv, 100. Cu'rrs, 15c. r Brand new 75e neckwear for Cue. F Street. 424. The distance andthe number of shots fired in the match was the same as in the company match. The records or the battalion competing were: First Battalion, 419; Second Battalion, 424 ; Third Battalion, 3S4; Fourth Battalion, 417; nrih Battali6n, 405; Sixth Battalion, 425; Engineer Corps, 443. The regimental match, open to teams or ten men rrom eacli regiment in the brig ade, will be shot off next Tesday evening at S o'clock. This match is expected to be the closest of the series, inasmuch as almost every member Is one of the crack shots or his regiment. The prizes in this, as in the other match, was ammunition. 'ihe trouble in the AJorloii Cadets seems to be in a fair way of settlement. 1 lie bolters have all applied for transfers to Company B, Second Battalion, and t he papers are in the hands of Capt. Shilling. Whether or not the requests will be ap proved depends inore or less, it is ex pected, on the results attained at the meeting of theMorton Cadets this evening. The exclusion "of the bolting Taction, sc say those in a position to know, may rea sonably lie looked for at the meeting. Patience has ceased to be a virtue, a lead ing member or the company slates, and decisive action will be taken without rurther delay. -Company A, Third Battalion, or the Morton Cadets, cither way you choose to refer to the organization," said Capt. Shilling, in answer to a query, "though reported to "be slightly disfigured, is, 1 assure you, still in the ring. In the event of another interstate drill the company will be there In as good style as ever before, and, what is more, we shall win." NOTES FROM C O.MAI AXDS. Troop A holds its eighth anniversary to morrow night A pleasant time is ex pected. Companv' A, Fourth Battalion, is drill ing right along. It holds its monthly meeting this afternoon at 2 c'clock. The company liasttti invitation to go to Chi- The ofricertJnKl nun -commissioned or the Fourth Bajjtalion met in headquarters Tuesday evening Dr. Paule lectured on the art orMfandliiig bandages, and Quar termaster Sergeant Byrne read a paper on the dutiefgC his orfice. The meeting was one of UiVviimst pleasant and instruc live of the season. Capt. William llorton has been appointed chi'.'f aide to the marshal of the inaugural parade. AH the troops are preparing for March 4. Piivate B. C. Washington, jr., has been transferred from Company B, Engineers, to C, First Battalion. Company C, Fifth Battalion, has elected Second Lieut. Robert II. Bowlder first lieutenant. Company D, Third Battalion, elects a successor to Capt. King Tuesday night. The following have been honorably dis charged on their own application: Private J. H. Adams, Company C, First Battalion; Sergt. A. B. Claxton, Company A, Third Battalion; Privates Ed. AlcNaliany and Henry W Stevenson, Company A, Fifth Battalion; Private Virgil AiontgoTiory, Company B, Engineers; Private Henry W. Carpenter, First Separate Company; Private- Alono T.King, Patrick J. Halti gan, and Wallace Strceter, Company C, First Battalion; and Private C. J. B. Con ger, Company B, Second Battalion. The following have been ordered honor ably discharged onoccount of removal irom the District: Private Ernest Heide, Com pany C. First Battalion: Privates Charles J. Leonard, jr., and Frederick E. Alarming, Company D, Fourth Battalion; Sergt Charles F. Brandt, and Privates George A. Brown ami Hugh E. Bernard, Company C, Fifth nattalion. These have beep ordered honorably dis charged In the interest of the. service: Pri vates Edward C. Holt and George F. Cotts, Company B, Engineers; Privates W. H. Acton, Jerome Carcw, Arthur Al. Con ner, Benjamin F. Cox, George Al. Gardner, J. B. Hcssler, Harry Portzmann, John R. Raglon, and Thomas E. Smith, First Sepa rate Company. Private Sidney A. Jones, Company C, First Battalion, has been ordered dishonor ably discharged on account of expulsion from his company. Company B, Fifth Battalion, gave a smoker Alonday evening. Every body l ada good lime. The Branch Guards at St. Louis, -AIo., from whom the National Fcncibles cap tured the championship title and the Gal veston cup at Omaha In 1892; the Norfolk City Guards of Norrolk, Va., and Com pany H, Third Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania, formerly known as the Silver Springs juries or Philadelphia, will probably be the guests or Company A, Sec ond Battalion, during inauguration week, and In that event are to be quartered in the gymnasium or the National Guard Athletic Association. The National Guard Athletic Associa tion has under consideration a novel plan of amusement. It Is the intention of the members to set aside one evening each month, perhaps the last Friday, for the entertainment of their lady friends. A game of basketball, according to the pro gram, will be played, and at its conclusion dancing is to be in order. These receptions will be held in Ihe gymnasium on the upper floor of the armory, which is to be ap propriately fitted up and decorated. Company A, Fifth Battalion, drilled in the school of the soldier Monday night. Company B has elected Sergt. Durry sec ond lieutenant. Lieut Smallwood and Lieut. Wallach have been relieved from duty on the battalion board of examination, and Lieuto. Mattingly, Aliller, and Boeteller de tailed. Company A has taken up rifle practice in earnest. Fire in a Penitentiary. Kansas City, AIo., Dec. 20. A fire broke out in the Missouri. peStentiary shortly, arter midnight. Therein much conMsion ar.iiiBi the convicts aaJ loss of life is leared. ., First Established in 1838 and Is Most Important. CATCHING LETTER POUCHES Cranes Arc Placed at the StatioiiH "Where the Cars Do .Not Stop, and the Dies Are Smirched From Them The Improvements in the AletliodH. Americans are a nntitn or letter wrlteis, and they have made greater use or the Postofflce Department than of the other departments under the executive govern ment. The growth or the country and the con tinued increase or correspondence between the various cities necessitated the organi zation or that branch department known as the Railway Alail Service. It was in lbS8 that Congress passed an act constituting every raihvaj a post route, and thus really began the traveling posto.'fice. It was not, however, until lt-02 that airangements were made for the assorting oi mail on trains while en loate to their destination. The Railway Aiail Service is, of course, under the juilsdiction or the Postoflice Department, and is governed by a super intendent and assistants. The riist super intendent wasCol. GioigeB. Aimstrong.or Chicago, and lie was succeeded by col. G. S. Bangs, Theodore N. Vail, W. B. Tliomp- son and John Jameson. The service is divided into eleven dis tricts, witli division headquarters at los ton. New York, Washington, Atlanta, Cin cinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, San Fran cisco, Cleveland, St. Paul, and I ort Worth, Tex. .At each of these i o.nts a super o tendent is loeat-d. Nearly everyone who has ever traveled has noticed attached to the train directly tiack of the engine a large cur bearing the words 'United States Postofflce," paint ed in large gilt letters on the side. Inside will be seen the sides lined with pigeon holes, each neatly labeled, and large iron racks, frbm which are suspended pouches, wailing to receive the packages or mail. THE CATCHER. Hanging over the outside of the door is a large iron hook.knownas tiie"catcher." It Is used to take the pouches from the cranes at stations where the train does not stop. There is a crew or clerks busily at work inside the car. They are as a rule bright and smart and prepare themselves lor work and not pleasure. The railway mail clerk usually wears a pair or old overalls, the front of which is patched until thev look like a crazy quilt. On his head he wears the regulation blue cap -with the letters "R. Al. S." in a wreath on the Trout. At many or the stations along the route the nain does not stop; so matters have been racililated by rixing on the side of the rack what is nown us a "crane." It is a wooden device, resembling in ap pearance a gallows. The postmaster goes down to the station a little before train time, and having strapped his pouch securely in thecenter.he places it on the crane, from which phi' It tscaughi by theextended armof fiiecatcher as thetralnrushesby. Atthesametiiiieihe clerk throw out of the car the pouch con taining t lie mall forthat point. IT the Main is one thatleaves the Hty about 9 or 10 o'clock in the morning, the faithful servant or Uncle Sam arriveatrhe car long before the train Is made up. Then again, elc-rks are required to be constantly on hand at the difMrcnt stations to attend to the transrer or mails from the trains. Aiail arriving from Baltimore for points in Virginia does not have tobe taken to ihe Washington postoffice, but is immedlately trarisferred to the Southern train In man v cases nearly all assorted and readv for de livery. .- ' A postal clerk coming fr.om thCWeston the Baltimore and Ohio railroad puts all the mall he has collected at the starting pi.lnt and waystatlonsforNew York, Washington, Baltimore, Richmond and Philadelphia in In senarale onuches for the fiirrrimt-.i'iti. At the station the pouches are traimferr-d quic-hij in iranis annus me depot and are soon en route to their destination. AIAIL FOR WASHINGTON. The pouches for this city are loaded upon the large mail wagons and hurried to the city postoffice. This method keeps ihe mail moving constantly. The latest efforts In the savins nf iim however, In thiscity are In the way of street railway postal cars andthe railwav postal wagpn. The latter travels to the most important letter depositories In the citv and collects the mall, which Is rapidly assorted and placed in pouches while going to the city postofflce. Local or city mail is then transferred to the Avenue mail cars and assorted tor the Navy Yard, East Capitol, Fifteenth street, and Georgetown stations. One Teaturc of this system is the assortment on the incoming trains of the mail matter according to streets, so that it is ready for delivery immediately on arrival When this train arrives, a wagon starts with tne mattet intended for distribution in Wash ington. At Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue one poucn is quickly transferred to a street railway car going east, and mail inten Jed for the western part of the city andGeorge town is placed on one or the cars going west. In the regular railway mail service the mail cars do not belong to the government, but are the property or the railroad com panies. Every four years a weighing clerk is put on each route, and nil the mail mat ter handled Is weighed and the railroad companies are paid accordingly. The trains of today are run oil verv fast time, and with the multitude of sm.ill stations, which, in fact, are verv close to gether, the handler of the mail lias to keep a cool head and clear brain to get lic pouches ready in time. An experienced postal clerk must have his mind heavily burdened. On some of the long mns the clerks will have to know the location of f 10m 18,000 to 20,000 post offices, and as soon as they pick up a let ter on their train they must be ready at once to decide the most advantageousand quickest route to send it. A story is told of a clerk ranning on one of the suburban routes out or thiscity, who, upon reaching one of the stations, did not have the pouch ready to throw orr. He worked with all his might and main to get it-ready while the train was waiting for the passengers to alight, but before he conld tie up the packages of letters the"all oir. " .r the f-niKluctor was heard, and in a second the train began to move out. He knew It would never do to pass that station and he became desperate. Reach ing up he gave the rope over his head a sharp pull, ringing the gong in the engine and stopping the train. The conductor, brakeman and engineer ntonce jumped off and began a spirited hunt for "the feller who rerked the rope." Meanwhile the clerk had worked dili gently, and before the train hnd started again he had handed out his pouch, and was meekly asking the conductor why he stop ped. This work of arranging the mutter is no snap. The amount of moll is simply enormous. When received into the car it is picked out, untied and distributed in the pigeon holes marked to correspond with their ad dresses. The pouches thrown oft at the way sta tions are made up on the trains while in motion. The letters arc taken down, and those addressed to the station and other towns on star routes which receive their mails through that office, are tied up in bundles and thrown Into the bags. Before putting them in the bags, however, the clerk must place on the top of each package a slip on which is marked the destination, the nnmo nf thr mllrnnri rrc?-- orfice, the direction they are moving, and his own name. These slips are preserved by the recehlng office, and it any errors are discovered the postmaster marks it on the back, and forwards it to thedivision superintendent. Tiie railway mall service is under the civil service, and an applicant must take an examination before he can secure the posi tion. He must get himself down to hard BeautiCij prnterpiqee. Boniim chair, in ahog.iny finish frme, upholstered in silk dauwij, , silk tapestry, or silk ra. catello. Special, at f -"" ilU- This sp'cmlid Oak Bookcase, 6 feet 0 incheivAiigh. 3 fcot 6 Inches wide beautifully linished and loilahcd. A big bargain. $14.00. Clicval Glao, 22xlS incbos, French bevel plate mirror, solid mahogany fraino. $25.00. wl'i II n Lansburgh's Furniture Rink " ".New York Avenue, Between I3th and I4th Streets. study, for he in questioned closely as to his knowledge of the posjofficeb in the locality of his proposed cxapii nation. ATtcr he receives his appointment he Is required oy the department, to take fur ther examinations al stated times durtnghis term of olfice. Tfcese take placo .in the division superintendent's office, and con sist of a trial of the clerk's memory and his kno wledgeof the postotfices In the States through which his run passes, and als,o thee for which lie works the mail. This l.s done with a case and a lot of cards directed to the various offices, and these the clerk has to distribute, 90 per cqnt being the minimum allowed. to. pass the examination. "VVasliiiiKtoniaiiN in New York. &p"ciiil to the Times. New York, Dec. 19. Plaza, IT.-Boyer, W. P. Brock, C Gross; Murray II ill, C. Bryan; Grand, P. WiMach, A. Carlisle, Miss A. n.d Mrs.L. Pugh, MissM. "VVaira; Union Square, J. "VV. Burns and wife; Marlborough, A. M. Hobbs; Continental, ,K. K., Kennedy, AV. F. Seely; Hoffman G. X. MeLaunahan; Alhermarle, R. Stone and wife; St. Denis, T. Fearn, Miss II. McCarthy, J. B. Miller, II. C. Poundstone; Belvedere, II. Smith; Imperial, P. Boyle. T. II. "Whitney, J. F. IVaggaman; Hoff man, li. Ii. Driggs; Netherlaud, J. Hoy; Windsor, Col. De Annand. Army arrivals, T. A. Adams, S. M. Footc.C. II. Touctiheim, J. E. McDonald. Smelting Woi'ltH to Start- Up. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 19. The Kansas City Smelting and Refining Works Com pany expects, to resume operations in its copper department soon after January 1. From 500 to GOO men will he put to" work. "V'.'.'.'V'. --n i Our i Efforts -Have been' appreciated, as evideiicod by tlie crowds who flecked i 5 to tis yesterday. These Litigation 5 Sale prices have convinced skeptics ? i of the genuineness of onr offerings. j 5 Look out for our announcement in x a tomorrow's Times. ' Just a "V" for as good a Suit as : 5 you orten paid perhaps $10 or 511 9 for. A genuine German Clay Suit I cut trim style fit the essence ; J of perfection -all for $500. j It seems preposterous that one can i m buv lor this small amount a warm, i 4 well-mode, stylish Melton or All- ' wool Kersey Overcoat. Litiga- I 9 tion sales don'tjhuppen often, nor a A do such admirable cuances to dress : 5 up pre-ent themselves bub we're " Q o paSan ojr no.? ros o ponoduioa t A buy-tUQ price, ' ' " f j ... . . -. -.. ., i i New York ClptMnjj Honse, j I 3IL7thSt Z 0 Holiday Money Savers. The Rink's in line with Christmas suggestions aight in the front line, too. These are only hints for sensible givers. Hundreds more in the store. 'Better drop in and see them. Open Until Christmas Till 10 o'clock. pi r'w li w Beautiful Gilt Rccep. tio i Chair, upholster ed in line silk d.unask, iiieJall.oii back amy $10.00. Rocker In oak ratul mahogany finish, sad dle or cobbler seat a cheap chair at 1 S2.90. fipifi! !ft Vm Tabourcttcs, a new arrival 200 strong in oak and mahogany finish. Usual price S1.75 a great tu o-day bargain at Ilaml-ome solid po'.i'h ed oak cuiubh ation Pook-ca-e and W riting Deak' S dsauer below dc3k, Frcach plate mirror to.i. at S15 $1.00 Very fine GKt Divan, upholstered seat and back in brocade silk damask, $22.50. Fancy Mahogany Cor nor anil Kom u Chair', finely polished and canrcil 2o styles for selection. This one $9.25. WASHINGTON IS SELECTED Federation of Labor Headquarters to Be Located Here. Delegate Welsinan Afrnld That Of ficers Muy Become Irofe.ss,ioiial Conufebsional Lobbyists. Cfncinnuti, Ohio. Dec. 19. The national heudquarters of the American Federation of Labor will be moved to Washington, D. C. This action was decided upon at the afternoon session of the Federation, the other competitor being Chicago. Before this decision was reached the report of the special committee on the eight hour movement was taken up. It was de cided to send a committee to Washing ton, and an assessment of one cent made to meet the expenses in carrying out the provisions of the report, which was adopted. The matter of moving the national head quarters was then brought before the con vention by the law committee. Favorable report was made on the resolution sub mitted by Delegate Silver of Washington, tothe tffect thut the'section of the con stitution fixing the place of the national headquarters, be ameuded by striking out the word "Indianapolis" and substituting "Washington." A minority report was in favor of leaving the constitution and headquarters unchanged. .AT motion was made that the word "Indianapolis" be 6tricken out, and tlie delegates given a chance to vote their cliblce. On the roll being called the motion to Btrike out was carried by a vote of 1,594 to 730, and Indianapolis was or dered 6tricken from the constitution. Delegate Silver, of Washington city, moved that Washington be substituted, and the motion was seconded by Delegate Marr, in a speech ably settting forth the advantages to be derived from location at the National Capital. Delegate Weisman entered a protest against Washington, holding thatthere was great danger that the executive council and permanent officers of tlie Federation would become contaminated by the degrad ing and corrupt practices and influences that would there surround them, degen erate into professional Congressional lob byists, and lose the influence which they can now exert with members of the nation's legislature as honest men asking only that which is right in behalf of the nation's wage-earners. After two or three other delegates had spoken the debate was brought to a close bya motion for the previous question, and the vote resulted in the selection of Wash ington by 1,705 against 487 for Chicago. Aged "VVomen Bnrned to Death. Newiwrt, R. I., Dec. 19. Eliza Ann, Mar tha", and Charlotte Wilbour, aged respect ively ninety, eighty-three, and eighty-six years, were burned to death tonight in their home on Spring street. Spotted "Ah," said Sherlock Holmes, "the mur derer surely must have been an actor." . VWhy?" ' "Sejp, he ate thedead nianJs lunch. Not a crumb left." rhiladelphiaNorth American. eft Hi mm. it ' " """ l- W f? X Solid Po'islied Oak CliluVmler. live draw ers. French bevel plate mirror, SIO.OO. Tills lamp, complete with silk shade, cele brated Bodies ter burner, S3.50. tlf""t 6 An imracn-e variety of Mexican Onvx-top Tab rs. ornamental brass frames. 'J his bentiiul one is selling fast at $9.50 .N3 Gilt Corner Chiir in greatest variety, plain or upbolatered seat this one Oak and Mahogany finish Writing Desk. Many styles to select lrom. ThU particular one, $6.85. $8.75. GsSSSSSSSSSSQaSSSSSSQSSSS cess ssssssssss (1 a I fc9 "You Can Write All Right' Whctherit be a legal brief or bn-ineas lerter. This pen we , from u I the faults and cranky vas that make most fountain from being nht for vr ti.ig. With a Lancaster Pen, One of the new improved kind m ynr possession. you can feel as siireilyon have th very be-t that man iugnuitv has vet contrived simplo in mechanisiu a! way., r -aJy ami hording enou 'u for a week's writing j thought interru . ion no notuin hue write ri-h: from stare to n-iiali " "" t; BONA FIDECmCULATION. The circulation of I'lie Times for tile week ended Ueceuiber.lS, 1HUG, was as follows: Saturday, Ueeeinber l ay.OOO Sunday, December 13 24,030 ilonday, December 14 39,130 Tuesday, December 13 3S.1J30 AVeduesday. Uecemher 1(... 37.SSO '1'liur.vday. December 17 37.4(H) Friday, December 18 37.USO Total copies printed 1253,370 Less damaged copies, copies unsold in office and copies returned unsold from news stands and braucli offices . '.17,131. Total autf,23U I solemnly swear that the above 1h a correct statement of the circula tion of TOE WASHINGTON TLIES for Hie week ended December IS, 1S00, and that every copy wns mnile or delivered for a valunole considerntlon. J. WKlJSTIilt ilAGERS, ilanuger of Circulation. Subscribed uud sworn to before me this 10th day of December, A. D. 180Q. (Seul.) EDWIN S. CLARKSOX, Notary Public. WRECKED BY FRAUD. Eecelver Asked for a Chicago Loan Association. Chicago, Dec. 11). A bill for a receiver to take charge of the International Build ing, Loan and Investment Association, was filed in the United States circuit court to day. The association, of which Ell Smith is president, has its office at 1G3 Randolph street, and is declared to be hopelessly insolvent. It is claimed that it has been wrecked by a majority or the members of the board of directors. Tlie bill is brought in the name of Gustav Konz, of Newark, N J., by Attorney Lavery. It is charged that the assets of the association do not exceed $370,000, "While the liabilities to shareholders is $940,000. Overloans to members of the directory and questionable conduct in the transfer or property to members of the board are asserted. Swindler Said to- Be Insane. Kansas City ,Mo., Dec.;'19: Oscar Wohl feld, of the wholesaleiy goo'ds firm of uniids 6l Channon,939 F Street. 8 !IMsiA(0KCQyijciu5 Lrliml P i iaili sijiiNgii r (Wff MB, M i. ladles Toilet tahlev in quarUfeI Oatr, Curly Stircb, btnl's eye Mapls and -Mahogany in all shapes, both ut frame aim mirror. Tim particular ono a bargain at $15.00. Solid Maho;rany Table, 21-lnch top. very finely finished a great baralu, $6.00. tr It-: IP. ! .- it! f, it iLSJU-4 ZZYr-tzrar i?ir! : . ",7J i i .1 . ' '- !! II OLOO i i J Lovely China Closet, swell side". Frenc.'i plate mirror. Thl. is a saperb piece of furniture, and no weI con ducted home cau do without one. Our price, $25.00. -SN. &SS IS s 8 in 45 ? Foreign cnmplicatu ns are a compara tively new clement wi.h us in estimating values. Lncvrtainty as to the rparmc nC new questions cause the average- man to part win i.i iioitMugs. wi.ua muicr judgment would not warrant. ihe re.sotmioii of ,.n' spnare Foreisa Re lations Committee has not yet become law, and . i.erc is i stiung piuoatrimv tBat ic will not. Kailroads will continue to run am! the business or tlu'countr wilt go uu much ihe same a it did berore the committee's ac- A slump m prices like the present is pre eminently the time to pick up bargains l litre has been considerable iu;uKiumtn and as is always the cas. it k- nve lodged m strong hands and will not be sac rificed at anything like current prices. Write Tor our "40U"-page manual, illus trating with railroad maps, giving complete information or all railroads and industrial properties, including highest and lowest pntes for h series of ten to thirty Tears of stocks, bonds, grain, and cotton, and also the methods at buying and selling on margin. v ISSUED GRATIS AND MAILED FREE. STOCKS l:ONI5. GK.WX, COTTON. l'KOVWONS Bought and sold for cash or on a jnnrzlu of 3 to 3 per cent. Commission I-ltJ. IlF.Ti:K.1tININO TIIK riXATIAt. KE- .sroxii:ii.iTV of tiik Fiiyi wirii TtlllCl! VOl' I1KAL Is IS IllPOISTiUT As. ei ECTING TIIK KIGUT STOCKS. New Vork National Bank references fur nished Twenty years experience., largesr clientelf, moat coininuUi us otlices, heat brok:ragQ service. B: BANKERS AND COMMISSION STOCK BROKERS, 33 ISnOADWAT, .NEW XORK CITY. WASHINGTON OFFICE, COUCOltAN KUIL.DING. DIKKCT WIKKS. Oscar & E. Woblfeld. New York city, a former Kansas citizen. Is under arrest a6 the Central police btatlon on a charge of obtaining $300 from Emery, Bird. Thayer & Co. Ty means ot a fraudulent draft. Wohlfeld's friends claim he is demented. When arrested he had $115. Ex-Congressman Horr's Funeral Plainfield, N. J-. Dec. 19. The funeral of former Congressman Roswell G. Horr, who died last night, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5:30 o'clock from his lato home. No. 80S Park avenue. The service will be simple. Rev. Robert Collier. D. D , of New I"ork, a friend of Mr. Horr. of ficiating. The remains will be taken to Wellington. O-.ok Monday for Interment, j t 1 I 1 HU ,H ib. MbbXb '""WSIB W 1 llkbVbl ,.z3r:''--'r'-.ofei'-"-s;- vVj.7'';WtyJrJ -S!a'ivV::uwFta'g--- f v;r.vSi- -2t -vs-J-fr ,. r. KtivrTr .-h-''--1-