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TIIE TIMES, WASHINGTON'. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1S99.
THBIR LMAT AH El
tel Session ef ike Industrial Com
missi Held Yesterday.
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Tfce session of the Industrial Commission
ImM yesterday concluded the bearings
which arc to be held in this city for some
ttae. No witnesses will appear this week.
T very interesting witnesses were heard
yestferOay. President John K. Co wen. of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
and President Stuyvesaat FIf of the Illl
noJs Central Railroad Company. Mr. Cow
en was heard in the morning and Mr. Pish
Hi Che afternoon.
Ifr. Coven has been a railroad man for
twenty-seven years, and has held his pres
ent" position at the bead of the Baltimore
and Ohio road for nearly four years. He
slated that 25,006 men were employed on
ike' Baltimore and Ohio road; that twelve
hows was a day's work for trainmen, and
eight and nine hours for clerks and me
chanics. A relief department for the ben
eat of the employee had been established
by the company. It is supported by con
tributions front the men and also by the
In case of accident or sickness an
employe is entitled to the services of a
physician and money to live upon. In case
at death the family of the employe receives
a death benefit.
IBtery person who enters the -service of
the company is required to sign a contract
agreeing to contribute to the fund. This
contract -does not bind the employe to
refrain from suit in case of injury, but if
he decides to sue and gains his point he
fa not allowed to benefit from the fund,
Mr. Cowcn did not believe that the ac
tion of the company in compelling its men
to ttga the contract was a violation of the
act of June 1, 1896, which makes it illegal
or companies to compel their employes
to subscribe to any organization fostered
by a company. He admitted that as far
as the letter of the law is concerned, the
practice of the company is a violation, but
in what he interpreted to be its intended
meaning, the company has the right to
contract with its employes in the manner
mentioned.
Pmid Proven a Benefit.
The tend has proven of great benefit, so
Mr. Cowen thought, to the men and has met
with their general approval.
In reply to the claims made the chiefs
of the various railway brotherhoods, who
have appeared before the Commission, to
the aftfact that the relief associations of the
railroad companies are formed with the
idea of dividing the allegiance of the men in
time of trouble between the company and
the brotherhoods, Mr. Cowen stated that
the men on his own road apparently do not
believe this, and have made no complaint
to the general officers.
From the relief fund money is loaned to
the contributors who desire to borrow
far due purpose of purchasing
or who desire to pay off a mortgage
In apoaainr; of ticket brokerage, the
witness believed that it results in a great
many evils, but that it does not in a large
measure restrict the receipts of the com
pany. He thought that ticket brokerage
aaoBlfl be stopped, the sale of all tickets
placed in the hands of agents of the com
pany, and the tight of redemption grant
ed the public.
Mr. Cowen stated that the Baltimore and
Ohio Company issues passes. He believed
ttat the practice is extensively abused.
Passes are issued to influence trade, but
such practice is growing less. It is cus
tomary to arrant passes to prosecuting at
torneys of the counties through which the
lines of the company pass. Such officials
are fregaently called upon io prosecute
offences committed against the railroad
and the company believes that it is no
more Chan fair that they should be granted
free transportation, especially in cases
where they must travel in order to prose
cnte the case.
LeK"tItrs Get 1'askcs.
Passes are also granted to members of
Congress and of Suae Legislatures, who
live along the lines of the Baltimore and
Onto Railroad. This, so the witness claim
ed, is done as a matter of courtesy. The
practice has grown until it cannot now be
abandoned. The witness did not believe
a State or National law prohibiting free
transportation could be made effective.
He would be glad to see the abolishment
of the pass system. It has come to be a
and condition, and Mr. Cowen believed
that it would be wi6e and effectual to leg
islate against the custom of the day.
a law recently passed In New York
aimed to abolish free transportation, so
the witness stated, has resulted in a growth
of The evil. Mr. Cowen admitted that dis
crhninattons against Individuals and towns
are practiced. It is done variously by giv
ing rebates and granting concessions. He
thoaghr each practices an evil, which
harms the public, the shipper, and the rail
road. He laid the responsibility at the
doer of the fifth section of the Interstate
Commerce law, which prohibits the divis
ion of profits on competition traffic. Had
not the Supreme Court decided that such
division is illegal there was no doubt In
the witness' mind that a system of rates,
trafic and pooling arrangements would
have been evolved which would no longer
make it necessary to discriminate in order
to aeenre business.
Mr. Cowen believed that railroad com
panies ahonld be given the right to make
traffic and rate agremests with one anoth
er. Stvyvesant Fish, President of the Illi
nois Central Railroad, appeared upon the
stand during the afternoon session.
Provident lMwl' Opinion.
Mr. Fish testified particular!- to the
lafiway situation of the middle West. He
laail that conditions there were somewhat
Waft, i wit than in other sections of the coun
try. The country was nearly level, and the
eanstrnclion and operation of roads were
lean than in the Bast and farther West.
In this connection he said that the operat
ing expenses and taxes of the Illinois Cen
tral were something like 70 per cent of
its gross receipts. He thought that the tax
of 7 per cent on gross receipts which was
collected by the State of Illinois was too
high. He had no objection to this method
of collecting the tax, saying that it was
about the only fair method of arriving at
a fast haste, it was based on the income
of the road, and was in a measure similar
to an income tax.
In speaking of the capitalisation of rail
roads la this country, Mr. Fish said that
the statement that the railways of the
United States are overcapitalised has beeL
ia often reiterated as to be quite gener
alfr hetievod.
ilr. Fish knew, he said, not only that
there was no water in the securities of the
mtnois Central Railroad Company, but
that their sum total does not represent, by
many million of dollars, the cash actually
incut on the property. He called atten
tion to statements taken, with respect to
the railroads of the United States, from the
tftUstcal reports of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and, with respect to
those of the United Kingdom of Great
Mtain and Ireland, from the returns of
tea British Board of Trade.
twereHKC f Koatl Mileage.
The statements contrast the situation in
lSv the first year for which the Inter
state Commerce Commission published
reports with the year 188,
that, while the number of miles
of railroad in the United States has In-rrc-aaed
is (; j,, , , !jt their a ii. lizatlon
U-ili-img Lvi t' 1 ..nd eio-k, huj xn-
Tpaea onl 14 C-i per rent, and that (he
increase in the capitalization per mile of
railroad is f3, a sum tog small to be ex
pressed in percentages five one-thousandths
of one per cent!
Also that the gross receipts of the rail
roads in the United States have increased
in almost exactly the same ratio as the
miles operated, vis: 1S:5S per cent, while
their gross receipts per mile have in
creased 30. or less than one-half (45-100)
of one per cent. This in a country which
has developed enormously in the mean
while, and whose population is estimated
by the Interstate Commerce Commission to
be increasing at the rate of 1,250,000 per
annum.
On the other hand, in the same time, in
the United Kingdom -The number of miles
operated increased 7.9 per cent; the capital
increased 26.41 per cent; the capital per
mile operated increased 17.15 per cent;
gross receipts increased in amount 20.30
per cent, and gross receipts per mile oper
ated. 11.57 per cent.
American Itoml.s I2iccl.
While it is true that, as a whole, the
English railways are better built than
ours, said Mr. Fish, there are many points
in which ours excel theirs, and there are
also thousands of miles of railroad in the
I United States which are well and perma
nently constructed.
The capitalization, including bonds and
stocks, of the railroads in the United
States is $60,343 per mile; that of the rail
ways in Great Britain. 52,379 per mile,
'which, at ?5 to the pound, equals 2C1,S95.
The increase in the capitalization of the
railroads of the United States per mile in
nine years has been, as above stated, $3.
The increase in the capitalization of the
British railways per mile during the same
nine years has been 7,669, or, at ?5 to the
pound, 135,345.
As an example of the increase In the
value of railroad property in this country
which was not represented proportionately
in its stock issues, Mr. Fish said that
the Chicago property of the Illinois Cen
tral stood on the books of the company at
its original cost, about ?250,000, while the
actual value as estimated a few years ago
by officials of the city of Chicago amounted
for the terminus and one mile of road to
134,500,000. This same condition obtained In
many other places on that road, although
probably not to so great an extent. There
was not a road in the country, Mr. Fish
said, which did not have much valuable
property not represented in the basis for
its stock isfeue.
ISmpIoyes 3Iny Buy StocU.
There are 28,750 employes of the Illinois
Central system. The company donated
grounds and buildings for a hospital, which
is located on the Louisville branch. This
hospital is exclusively for the use of rail
road men, and is maintained by the contri
butions of the employes of the Illinois Cen
tral road.
The company has a plan for encouraging
its employes to become owners of the stock
of the company. This plan was explained
to the Commission by Mr. Fish as follows:
"On the first of each month the price
of shares at the New York stock exchange
is telegraphed to Chicago, and the pay
master is authorized to sell one share to
each employe at that price. Payment is
accepted in sums of $5, or any multiple
thereof. Interest at 4 per cent per annum
is allowed on the partial payments, and,
when an employe leaves the service, he
must either pay in full for his share and
receive a certificate therefor, or take bis
money, with the Interest added.
"The number of officers and employes,
other than directors of the corporation,
registered on the books of the company as
stockholders, is 705, and their holdings
amount to 2,554 shares.
"The stock is being gradually purchased
by those resident on and near the line.
In each of the eleven States in which the
company is operating railways, there are
a number of stockholders, varying from
7 in Indiana to 757 in Illinois. The total
number of stockholders in these eleven
Stales is 1.126, and the number of shares
held by them 33,995.
There are resident in the United States
3.S6S stockholders, owning 346,207 shares.
or over 57 per cent of the whole; in Great
Britain. 2,543, owning 198,616 shares; else
where, 115, owning 55,125 shares.
"Exclusive of one large block of shares,
held for more than thirty years past in
trust by a Dutch syndicate, or administra
tion office, against its own certificates,
good to bearer, which is widely scattered
among hundreds of owners, the average
holding of the remaining proprietors reg
istered on the company's books is eighty
five and one-half shares. In the United
States the average is eighty-nine and one
half shares.
"All told, the books show five holdings
of 5.000 shares, or over; 85 of 1,000 shares,
or over; 93 of 500 shares, or over; G94 of
less than 500, but more than 100 shares;
455 of exactly 100 shares each, and 5,194
of less than 100 shares. The number of
stockholders registered on the books is
6,536. Barely one-seventh of them own
over 100 shares apiece."
Ticket BrolceriSKe an Evil.
Xr. Fish was opposed to the present
system of issuing passes. He would do
away with the system altogether. It was
about the only way. he said, in which reve
nue could be taken out of the treasury of
a railroad without any return.
Mr. Kennedy, of the Commission, asked
at this point if there were not sometimes
a return for the passes, especially in the
case of State and municipal officials.
Mr. Fish replied with a smile that ho
believed there was some times a return
of this kind, but added that if the return
was valuable enough to require payment
it should be a cash payment and not a
pass.
Ticket brokerage he declared to be an
evil, and he had, he said, a very simple
plan which he believed, if put into opera
tion, would put a stop to it. Before ex
plaining the plan, however, Mr. Fish said
he had talked it over among railroad men
for several years, and was certain that it
would not be approved by the majority
of railway officials. The plan was to issue
tickets with the amount of their cash value
stamped on them and also a provision
printed thereon showing that the ticket was
redeemable within thirty days, if unused,
for Its full cash value. Such portions ot
the ticket as had not been used Mr. Fish
would also have redeemable. It wab
brought out by questions on this subject
that there are no doubt many roads which
favor ticket brokerage, for the reason
that they can in this way enter into com
petition with other roads by offering their
tickets for sale through a broker at re
duced rates, themselves avoiding the re
sponsibility for violating the Interstate
Commerce law. Mr. Fish war opposed to
Government ownership of railroads.
Cloudy hk to Oaten.
The Attorney General and the Comp
troller of the Treasury have both been ap
pealed to by the Industrial Commission to
settle the question as to when the Commis
sion began its existence. The date is
thought to have been somewhere between
the 17th of September and the 16th of De
cember of last year, but there seems to be
no way of fixing the date front the act of
Congress which created the Commission.
The officials appealed to have both de
clined to answer the question. They are of
the op; I ion that the matter is one for Con
gress to settle.
Children in Gorman Factories.
Under date of Frankfort. September 16,
188, Vice Consul General Haaauer writes
the State Department that in the official
report of the Government Inspector of fac
tories for Coburg-Gotha, details are given
as to the labor of children under fourteen
years engaged in their homes in making
buttons, toys, etc. It appears that in this
district 6,455 such children are employed.
They work from four and one-quarter to
six hours per day. and earn in button-making
from 4 to 30 pfennigs (fifteen-sixteenths
of a cent to 7 cents); in making
dolls, 2 1-6 to IS 1-2 cents; in work on
toys, 1 7-8 to 14 cents.
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THE FLORIDA SHORT LJNS
31ucli Interest in the Reorganiza
tion of the Old Seaboard.
To Furnish n QiileUer Route From
This City mid the Aorth to Muiiy
Soiithcrn Points Through Train
Xcw Yortc to .laeU-MMivillc Own
ed in llichmoiii! mnl Hiiltimore.
The rapid organization and maturing of
plans of the Florida and West India Short
Line, formerly Known as the Seaboard Air
Line, is attracting much attention among
railway and financial men in the Xorth as
well as the South. The old Seaboard as
sumes by its new move a far larger im
portance among Southern railway systems.
The new system, as has been announced,
will come into Washington over the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road, and will run through trains by a
new arrangement with the Pennsylvania
Railway from Southern points to New
York. It will operate its own trains from
Washington and through the capital cities
of six South Atlantic and Gulf States
Richmond, Va., Raleigh, N. C, Columbia,
S. C, Atlanta, Ga., Montgomery, .Ala., and
Tallahassee, Flq. It will take in every im
portant seaboard from Baltimore to Pen
sacola, including Norfolk, Wilmington.
Charleston, Savannah, Fernandina, and
Jacksonville, on the Atlantic, and Tampa,
Cedar Keys, and St. Marks, on the Gulf of
Mexico. Immediate connections will be
made with SL Augustine, Palm Beach, and
Miami on the east coast, and it will also
reach the important interior towns and
cities of Durham, Weldon, Henderson, and
Charlotte, N. C; Chester, Camden, Clin
ton, and Barnwell, S. C; Augusta, Colum
bus, and Albany, Ga., as well as the lead
ing places throughout Florida.
The Seaboard & Roanoke, the parent
company of this system, has been in suc
cessful operation for more than fifty years,
and has never been through a receivership,
or required reorganization. For many years
it has been paying guaranteed dividends on
stock, and in one year paid a 50 per cent
dividend on common stock, in scrip worth
considerable more than par. The fiscal
year just closed has been the most suc
cessful in its history. The several roads
figuring in the consolidation have also
made a magnificent showing for the past
year. The aggregate surplus after the I ay
ment of interest on bonds has amounted
during the past year to nearly 100 per
cent over fixed charges. That they should
have made such a remarkable exhibit while
operated separately and before they have
begun to reap any of the advantages of
increased business and of the economies
in operation which will necessarily lesult
from the consolidation, certainly promises
well for the future.
All of the roads comprising the new sys
tem about to be perfected are controlled
in Richmond and Baltimore, and are man
aged entirely in the South; in fact, this
is the only large system in the Southern
States which is owned and managed by
Southern men living in the South.
The combined bonded debt of the rail
ways comprising the reorganized line is
less than that of any other system of like
importance in the United States. The
present combined bonded indebtedness per
mile of the Seaboard Air Line, Florida
Central, and the Georgia and Alabama is,
in fact, less than one-half the debt per
mile of the Southern, and about one-third
that of the Louisville and Nashville, the
Mobile and Ohio, the Norfolk and Western,
or the Chesapeake and Ohio.
IMPORTANT NAVAL CHANGES.
The List Includes Most of Admiral
Dewey's Officers.
Announcement of a large number of
changes in the assignments of officers was
made at the Navy Department yesterday.
The list includes, nearly all the officers of
Admiral Dewey's flagship, as that vessel
is to go into drydock for extensive repairs
which it is estimated will keep her out of
commission foffa year or more. Rear Ad
miral Watson', has made a number of
changes in the Asiatic fleet, which are
included in the list, which is as follows;
Assistant Surgeon D. II. Carpenter, de
tached from Olympia when out of commis
sion, to home; Surgeon H. T. Percy, de
tached from Olympia when out of commis
sion, to home; Pharmacist A. Hammar, de
tached from Olympia when out of commis
sion, and to navy yard Mare Island, Cal.;
Lieut. A. M. Proctor, detached from works
Wolff & Zwicker, Portland, Ore.. November
1, and to Asiatic station, via Solace, No
vember 9; Commander W. P. Potter, to
ordnance department navy yard League
Island. November 1; Lieut. T. W. Ryan,
detached from command Viking, when out
of commission, and to Monongahela; Lieu
tenant Commander W. B. Bayley, to duty
as engineer of the fleet North Atlantic sta
tion; Ensign T. M. Dick, detached from
training station Newport, Octobsr 2S, and to
duty North Atlantic station; Lieut. F. Ly
on, to navy yard League Island, November
1, connection fitting out Dixie, and to line
duties on ,board that vessel when commis
sioned; Assistant Gunner C. Hierdahl, de
tached from torpedo station, for instruc
tion in torpedoes and electricity, and to
duty in connection fitting out of Alabama;
Assistant Gunner Thomas S. Aveson, re
lieved from duty at Cramps' yard, Philadel
phia, except duties connection fitting out
Alabama; Lieut. A. W. Hinds, to North
Atlantic station, November 1, for line du
ties; Ensign L. F. James, to line duties on
board Prairie, November 1; Ensign H. I.
Cone, to North Atlantic station, November
1. for line duties; Capt. B. P. Lam
berton, detached from Olympia, when
out of commission, to home;
Lieut. P. W. Hourigan, detached from
Oylmpia and to Prairie, October 25; Lieut.
J. R. Brady, detached from Pennsylvania
Steel Co.'s Works, Harrisburg, October 30,
and to Asiatic Station, via Solace, Novem
ber 9; Lieut. W. O. Hulme, detached from
Philadelphia and to Iowa; Eiwsign W. P.
Scott, detached from Olympia, to home and
sick leave four months from November 1;
Ensign E. H. Dunn, detached from Olyra
pia, when out of commission, and to line
duties on board Dixie; Ensign J. F. Mar
shall, jr., detached from Olympia, when out
of commission, and to line duties Dixie;
Lieut. W. II. McGrann, detached as in
spector of machinery, Harlan & Hollings
worth Co., October 20, and to Asiatic Sta
tion, via Solace, November 9; Lieut. W.
P. Winchell, detached from connection fit
ting out of Dixie, and to Pennsylvania
Steel Co.'s works as inspector of engineer
ing material, Harrisburg, Pa.; Lieut. It.
B. Higgins, to duty as Inspector of ma
chinery at works of Harlan & Hollings
worth, Wilmington, Delaware, October 2C;
Lieut. R. F. Lopez, detached from Iowa
November S, and to Solace November 9,
for passare to Asiatic station; Naval Cadet
F. L. Pinney, detached from Prairie
November 1, and to Monongahela as watch
and division officer; Lieut. Commander N.
R. Usher, detached as Inspector In charge
Seventh Lighthouse.district Qctober 31, and
to duty in connection with fitting out or
Kearsarge November 1.
Changes of Officers on Asiatic Station,
Cablegram October 19. DIeuti II. G. Mac
farland, detached from Oregon and to
Celtic; Lieut. Commander II. C. Gearing,
detached from Glacier and to Culgoa.
Ensign C. L. Lei per, detached from Monte
rey and to Culgoa Lieut. J. U. Bell, de
tached from Culgoa and to Monterey.
Asst. Surg. E. Thompson, detached from
Manila and to Celtic: Asst. Surg. W. E
High, detached from Celtic and to Manila.
Machinist E. J. Crocker, detached from
Wheeling and to Monterey; Machinist
R. C. Steele, detached from Charleston
and to hospital, Yokohama, for treatment;
Asst. Surg. H II Haas, detached from
treatment at hospital, Yokohama, and to
Baltimore.
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CAVALBY HOESES TOE, OTIS.
The Animal "Will Re Sliiitpetl at
Once to the Philipuiiie.s.
Several thousand cavalry horsss for ser
vice In the Philippines have recently been
purchased by the Government, and will be
shipped to General Otis as speedily as
possible. The horses come from tho
States of Missouri, Texas, Dakota, and Cal
ifornia. They are of the best breeds, and
have been selected' solely with regard to
their boundness. The price paid has range.1
from $90 to $125 each. No mules have
been purchased, as the Government is well
supplied with these animals.
Tho Quartermaster's Department has
been very successful so far in transport
ing horses to General Otis, only forty hav
ing been lost so far. This loss occurred
on the transport Slam during a typhoon.
An ofllcer of the transport Victoria, now
on the way to Manila with a cargo of 800
cavalry horses, tells a thrilling story in
a letter to a friend who is an ofllcer at
the War Department. He says that the
Victoria stopped at Dutch Harbor, Una
laska, on September 17. to rest the horses,
and they were unloaded, driven to a high
plateau, and rounded, ifp for the night.
The animals Mere jestless after their
long voyage, and several breaks were made
during the early , evening, but by singing
to them and constantly circling the herd
the ship's men wace able to keep them in
check. - ;
About midnight, however, the whole herd
broke away and clashed across the plateau
toward the high cliffs surrounding the
harbor. In the rfish seventeen of the lead
ers plunged over the uliffs and were killed.
Hundreds of others halted on the brink
and then turned and galloped inland.
It was impossible to" round up the wild
herd, which galloped almost ceaselessly
throughout the nightu With the coming
of daylight the horses, were worn out and
more tractable, and after some difficulty
were driven aboard tho ship.
At the Quartermaster's Department
nothing is known of the reported loss of
the seventeen cavalry horses at Dutch
Harbor, Unalaska.
Steamers From Spain to 1'crn.
The Secretary of Legation at Lima. Mr.
Neill, under date of September 9, ISO!,
sends the State Department an article
from "El Comerclo," of that city, treating
of the proposed line of steamers between
Peru and Spain. A representative of the
Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company, of Bar
celona, ia now In Lima. This company.
It appears, has just made a contract with
the Chilean Government to give a monthly
service to Valparaiso In return for a mod
erate subvention. Low freight rates will be
charged on cargo for Chilean ports. If the
voyages of these steamers were extended
from Valparaiho to Callao, says the article,
it would benefit not only the Peruvian
Chilean trade, but also the trade of Iru
with Spain.
We submit herewith some guide-lines to our stock of Ladies' Ready-to-wear garments. It Is a combination ef
fortof our own and the leading makers of the world for us. It's a combination of excellence excellent values excellent
taste, excellent workmanship. A large stock many times the LARGEST stock shown in town. But for all that it has been most
carefully selected with practicability in view. That it may be of real service to you in bringing the newest and best with
in easy reach. To do away with time-wasting and the worry of special creation. We were never so well satisfied with
our preparations as now. If busy-ness is any indication we've never appealed to your judgment stronger nor with great
er success. It's a common sense department of common sense styles and values and prices.
Golf
Capes.
Jackets.
$R 7 for Ladies' Un
0,J finished Wor
sted tight-fitting Jack
ets, with two-dart ef
fect; Black and Blue,
all-wool and fast color,
cut in latest style and
lined all through with
colored satin of extra
good quality. Worth
$10.
K QC for Reversible
U,JJ Plaid Rug
gings, with plain cen
ters and fancy inside
and hoods and revers,
fringed all- around.
The combination of
colorings, Black,-Grey,
Brown, and Greeu.
Worth 10.
Men's Suits
Exlra values
Spreads.
?1 25 value Heavy Marseil
les Pattern Crochet Spreads;
all new designs. Special,
West Elevatora.
Pennsylvania Avenue
WWVV
THB LIGHTING OF STEEETS.
Several Petitions for the Exten.sion
of the System Disposed Of.
The Commissioners yesterday disposed of
several petitions for the extension of the
street lighting systems that have been on
file at the District Building for some time
past.
The first letter of this kind to be attend
ed to was received by the District officials
late last summer, from M. I. Weller. and
related to the erection of street lamps on
square S4J), betwoon 1 and K and Fifth and
Sixth Streets southeast. Mr. Weller stated
at that time that there were no lights on
this square at all, and it was thought that
such should be placed as soon as possible.
The letter was referred to the inspector of
street lighting at the time ot its receipt,
and he made an adverse report on the mat
ter. He stated that there vere no people
living on the square at that time, and,
although a number of houses were in the
course of construction, none were com
pleted. A few days ago, however, Mr. Wel
ler again wrote to the Commissioners, and
this time, upon investigation, it was founJ
that the houses which had been erected
during the summer were occupied, and it
was decided to place two new lamps on the
square. The first will be erected on the
east side of Fifth Street, between I and
K Streets, and the second will be placed
on the west side of Sixth Street, between
I and K Streets.
A new lamp will be erected pn Patterson
Street in addition to moving the one al
ready placed there. This is another old
matter, and the Commissioners were in
formed fome time ago that a new light
was not necessary because of the absence
of any houses east of the place where the
old lamp was standing. Houses have been
erected since the first petition was re
ceived, however, and orders have been is
sued for tho moving of the old lamp and
the placing of the new in such a manner
that tho entire street may be lighted.
A letter was received early last week
from Mrs. J. B. Foster, In which she re
quested the erection of two new lamps on
Randolph Street, between Xorth Capitol
and First Streets northeast. The Commis
sioners had been petitioned several times
with this object in view, she stated, and
as they did not seem disposed to grant the
request, she desired the District to erect
the lamps at her expense. An inspector
was sent tb the place, and his report, re
ceived yesterday, stated that the lamps
were badly needed, and the Commissioners
have ordered that they be erected at once
and paid for out of the appropriation for
15)00.
In Anacostia the moving of a gas lamp
has caused a great deal of trouble. A peti
tion was- received at the District Building
some time ago, signed by several of the
residents of Maple Avenue, requesting the
removal of the existing lamp post to a
more desirablo locality. Soon afterward a
letter was received protesting against the
moving of the lamp, and requesting that,
should it bo moved, the Commisfatoiiprs
v ould erect another in tin same p'ace
Injector Fisher was sent to thU p. ace
mil
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ladies'
Skirts.
CC Q for Ladies' AU
J. D J WooTHomespun
Skifts, made in
new saddle-back ef
fect, with opening in
front; stitched or scal
loped down front; a
decidedly stylish Skirt,
in light and dark Grey
Oxford mixtures.
Worth $7.50.
and Top Coats,
for
All the time, attention and thought of one member of
this firm is given to the making of our Men's Clothing. And
to his unremitting energy is duo the fact that there's no
ready-to-wear Clothing the equal of the Saks-make. To
supply our five stores warrants our employing the very best
cutting and tailoring talent in the world not excepting that
which serves the high-priced tailors. Dividing the aggregat
ed expense among the five stores minimises the cost to eaoh.
minimizes the cost of each garment at the same time max
imizing the excellence and the worth. Clothing is the cor
nerstone xt this business the parent and it has the
strength of its mature experience, linked' with" a. genuine
ambition to really excel. . . ,
So we ask you to consider the superior merits of Saks
made Suits and Overcoats offered at $15. In variety of styles,
most as many as others show at all prices. Arid in merft, at
least another five dollars could be added to the price before
their equals will be met in others' stocks.
The Suits are made up in every fashionable style, of
plain and fancy weaves that were nine out of ten of them
woven expressly for us.
The Top Coats will meet every shade and length want,
and more than fill your idea of money's worth. ' Our "Fit
Reform" makes the fit a perfection certainty.
Domestics arid Flannels.
Regular 22c Ileavy Bleached 9i Sheeting. We are verv proud of being able to 1 C J.r
make this offering it .;. ". 1J2V,
.2,100 jarda of the bpst 10c and 12 l-2c Outing Flannels, in full assortment of colors;
stripes and plaids in both light and dark grounds, as well as plain blue, cream, Q-l
Kxtra Heavy Brown Canton Flannel, 10-ounce weight and 32-inch width, lO-lr
worth 16c a yard, tomorrow lor 1.6 2V,
Regular 20c Ticking, warranted feather-proof and best quality J 1 -C
36-inch Percale?, in handsome new patterns, in garnet, blue, and black grounds; im- Q f
mense variety and better value than ever sold at
Second Flcor West Elevators.
and Seventh Street.
also, and filed his report yesterday morn
ing. He states that the "lamp should be
moved, but that another should be erected.
He does not believe, however, that it is
for the best interests of the District to
place tho lamp in the spot from which the
old one was moved. The corner of Maple
Avenue and Monroe Street he regards a3
the most desirable place to put the new
lamp, as it would light Maple Avenue and
would also serve as a post for the placing
of a street designation sign which is very
badly needed at this corner. This view
was approved by the Commissioners, and
orders were Issued to have the work com
menced immediately.
A JTTDGItlElSrT TOE ME. CALL.
The Former Senator Granted His
Iioolcs n ti Itcplevin.
In the suit of Wilkinson Call, former
United States Senator from Florida, against
John F. Victory, for the possession of 455
volumes of the President's messages. Jus
tice of the Peace E. M. Hewlett, who con
sidered the testimony in the matter, ren
dered judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
Mr. Victory, however, stated that he has
no intention of letting the matter rest as
it is, but will seek redress in the higher
courts of the District "All the
facts in the case," said he, "have not been
clearly brought out. There are two more
chapters, each more interesting than the
first. It will be interesting to know to
whom the books were delivered when tak
en from me. That will be brought out
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Our Celebrated
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$ Our Famous
f I Elgin Butter.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. f
Main Store Cor. Seventh and E Sts.
Branch Stores all over town and in all 'Markets.
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But they'll be
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Dress
Waisls.
$5 95 for Flsk-Clark
Fiagg's Fine
French Flannel Waists
in Royal Blue, Navy
Blue. Violet, and
Hunting Red; exclus
ive styles; with nar
row body plaitinga.
plaited yoke. These
are but one lot of Fisk
Clark & Fiagg's
Waists. We're the
aaente and have them
all.
Honey Comb Towels,
4c each.
Cheap price? Ye but it's a special nriee
-named on a lot of SO doacn of these
qmte doable. Handy axe, too.
On Monday we snail also offer KM dawn
Xxtnt Heavy Hack Towels, in plaia watte
with red and blue borders sue 4Qs20 and
aoM everywhere at Mc each for
12
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:2C.
Second Floor West Klevators.
All Linen Table Sets. 1
Yon may have green memory of a bic "v
bargain in Table Linen. Bot here come ?
the biggest you have ever benefited by: -r
We my it meaningly ready to promptly e- -i
fund the money ii it is not so. j
100 Handsome .UMinen Fringed Sets, in t
plain white and colors; cloths qt three
sites 8x4, 3x10, and 3x12 and one doses T
Doylies with each. Worth up to 92.33, tr V
Second Floor West Hvuto.s.
Trust to Us for the Linings.
"Glitter Silk," if you want siik effect and
double bilk wear; in all silk colors, includ
ing Black, 36 inches wide. tx. qual- IQp
ity for IOC
Guaranteed Fast Black Moire Percaline,
that everybody wants and that every A
store sella" at 12Ae. a yard, Jor V.
Second Fb-or West Elevators.
later, and Congress may also look Sato the
matter. This Call case." be added, "nay
become celebrated before It is concluded."
As a defence Mr. Victory alleges that
he had agreed to purchase the books in
question from the plaintiff for $200.
At the hearing which took place ia Jus
tice Hewlett's office on Thursday afternoon
it was brought out that the books in ques
tion were delivered to Victory, for ate In
spection, examination and purchase if a
bargain could be made; that Victory, who
had offered $100 for twenty-five sets, awl
which offer Call said was satisfactory,
found on examination that instead of twenty-five
sets Call had delivered sixty-two
sets, which were incomplete. The books
were on exhibition in Victory's store ia
F Street, between Ninth and Tenth Streets.
Efforts were made by Victory to purchase
the entire number. He wanted first, now
over, the missing volumes to be supplied
before closing the deal! In the mean time
a man named Collins, who testified that he
v.-as a broker in public document?, visited
Victory's place and made an offer for some
of the sets, but was unable to buy because
Victory said he had not reached an agree
ment with the party to whom the books be
longed. Collins, learning that the books
were the property of Call, sought the for
mer Senator and made him an offer, which
v.as accepted. When an order came from
Call for the books Victory refused to de
liver them, claiming that Call bad agreed
to sell them to him. Call then sued out
a writ of replevin and obtained possession
of the property, giving a bond of $100 for
any damage Victory might suffer should the
latter obtain judgment.
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