Va Ss
A SALARY CHECK HELD DP
A Hoard of Ktlucation Problem
Awaiting a Solution
Pnv for llir Month f July CInimcil
I13 sprrt Inrj ItmlrlcU iintl Jiix
rruVeepinr Ctimment nn the
AplMiluliuiiil of -the Kornicr
Within the past month there has bten a
good deal of comment over the election of
Walter F Itodlck at Si cretnrj of the
Board of Kducatkm to succeed Major II
U Twomblej Not only has the apixiint
ment itself been criticised hy prominent
business men but the alleged method
U3cd in bringing about the appointment
have been made the subject of unfaora
We remark The fact has leaked out that
while there were twelve other applicants
for the position some of them well en
dorsed bj the leading men of the city the
name of Mr Kodrlck alone was consid
ered in connection with the office In
deed it is alleged that the applications
of the twehe mm referred to are now in
the desk of the Secretary of the Board of
Education with their seals nnbroken or
w ere so up to a few da s ago
Comment on the subject extends not
oily to the methods used to appoint Sir
llodrick but to the manner in which the
fbrmcr occupant of the office was frozen
out to use a common expression The
law regulating the reorganization of the
rmbtic school system provided that it
should be composed of two branches In
the executive department that which was
purely educational and that which per
tained to the business side of the sjstem
The business end of the matter is under
the control of the secretarj and the edu
cational details are left to the Superin
tendent of Education and his two assist
ants
The bj laws of the Board in defining
the duties of the secretary prescribe that
he shall be the chief executive officer and
shall have entire control of the office
force This was a new departure from
the old plan and was calculated to in
crease the prestige of the office of secre
tary of the Board hy taking him out from
under the direct supervision of the Su
perintendent
It Is alleged that this proved a source
of friction between the Superintendent
nnd the secretary during the jear It is
stated that Major Twomblej was Inclined
to inist upon his rights under the rules
and that Superintendent Stuart was in
clined to dispute the point Major Tv om
bley it is said earnestly endeavored to
carry out the law and the Instructions of
the Board and the story goes that Sup
erintendent Stuart as asMduouslv sought
to make his influence and authority felt
This led to friction
As to the metnods used in naming a
successor to Major it Is stat
ed that everj thing was cut and dried for
the appointment of Mr llodrick evtn
before Major Twombley reslsntd Jtumor
has It that upon the night that the old
secretarys resignation was -offered Dr
Richard Klngsman arose and moved that
Mr llodrick be appointed to succeed Ma
jor Twombley Objection being made to
tuch hasty action it In said that the mat
ter wps referred to the Committee on
VVajs and Means composed of General
Boynton James F Bundy and Gen
George Harries Before the matter was
taken up bv the committee the names of
twelve men were sent In as follows H
O Hlne James E West Harry Y Do
ner Harrison Dingman G A Ljon W
B Br an Clfford Howard R A Church
F F Schrader It W Murch G L Peck
ham and H H Burroughs
Mr Hlne iuO was connected formerly
with the Washington Y M C A was
strongly endorsed He had the support of
S W Woodward John B Larner and
Commissioner Macfarland Harrj Y Do
mer had the endorsement of Charles J
Bell the former President of the Board
James E West Clifford Howard -and
practically all the others had endorse
ment nearly as strong
It Is alleged that Mr Rodrick -was en
dorsed by Dr Klngsman and ft Is under
sL i that Dr Klngsman secured the
not only of a majority of the
Ca- tlttec on Waji and Means but of
the entire Board of Education pledging
Je or IhCm to Vote for his man before
the applications of the candidates named
were considered or even thought of It
is stated that the Committee on Ways
and Means was called to meet at General
Bontons office a da or so before the
meeting ot the Board of Education to
elect the iecretary It Is also said that
when General Harries arrived at this
meeting he was presented with a paper
endorsing Mr Rodrick as secretarj con
taining the names of live of the seven
rnnbera of the Board
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iiiese circumstances the recommendation
of the Committee on Vas and Means
endorsing Jlr Rodrick went before the
Board -and lie was elected with two dis
senting votes those of General Harries
and Mrs Francis
A rather interesting sequel to the ap
pointment of ilr Itodrick as secretary
came to light jesterday at the District
Uuitding When the resignation of llajor
Twombley was acted on b the Board of
Kducatlon a motion was passed that he
be allow e d thirty daS leave This action
was taken by the Board while In session
and i said to have been unanimous and
was understood to have been Inspired by
a sense of appreciation of the valuable
perxltvis of Major Twombley for eleven
months A da or two afterward certain
members of the Hoard started a motion
to rescind the action referred to and to
withdraw the thirty das leave granted
the outgoing secretary
Accordingly a paper was drawn up and
yent around to the members of the IJoard
for their signatures and it is stated that
It received the approval of five memlwrs
of the Board The law governing the
Board of Education however stipulates
that action of the Board shall be in res
ulir session with a quorum present Th
leg lit of the procedure therefore is
questioned In some quarters Some dah
imo Major Twomblev sent to the District
disbursing officer his voucher for pay dur
ing the month of July in necordtnee
with the action of the Board In the
meantime in the regular order of busi
ness Mr Rodrick s name was placed
on the payroll This led lesterday to tho
holding up of the check for the secretary
of the Board of IMucatlon and a refer
ence of the matter to the Comptroller of
Hoyal lleidlibe Talilcls cure my lieaKhea
TUey villi tore jours Try cm
Wonder IVlint
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the Treasury for a decision It Is under
stood that no decision was reached es
terdaj and that the Comptroller took the
matter under consideration
Yesterda nfttrnoon Mr Rodrick tele
phoned the disbursing officer enquiring
v hat hail become of his check The mat
ter was explained to him as well Tis pos
sible overTlie phone and liter the new
secretary visited the District -Building
The m ittcr was talked over between Mr
llodrick the Auditor and the disburs
ing ollicei and he was told th it he would
hive to aw lit the decision of Ihu Comp
troller of the Treasury
Mr ItiHlrlek it is understood when ap
pointed secretary was permitted to re
sign from Die Government Printing Office
where he was employed with thirtj dijs
leave If therefore he should be piid
for the mcntli of July as secret try to the
Board of Education It Is alleged that he
would be receiving double pay from the
Government This however he would
be entitled to having becria per diem era
ploe in the Priming Office
MANY SUFFRAGE PLANS
Additional eliemes Prexrutril to five
Constftntlnntil Cnnv entlfiii
RICHMOND Va July SI A veT len
ient suffrage plm was presented In the
Constitutional Convention today by D C
OTlaherty which provides that ever cit
izen who Is sul juris and twent one jeirs
old shall hive the right of suffrage nnd j
ma vote for the memlx rs of the State i
legislature resident of the linked
States and members of the House of
Representatives of Congress provided he
shall have the following additional quali
fications
L That he shall have resided two
jears within the Stale and three months
within the county city or town and
thirt das In the election precinct in i
which he shall offer to vote i
2 That he shall hive been registered
as 1 voter tea dajs before any election at
which he offers to vote J
3 That he shall have paid a capitation j
tax of Jl which shall have been due six
months before the election at which ho
offers to vote j
4 Tim he shall be able unless phj j
cally disabled to mark and prepare his
own ballot unassisted and the ballot so
marked shall be the evidence of his qual
lhcatlon under this section provlce d
however this section shall not apply to a
person who Is now a -voter and pays taxes
on 301 worth of property In any town
county or city in the Commonwealth
but he shall have the privilege of select
ing one of the judges of election to pre
pare his ballot
Resolved further That all natfonal
Stale county and city elections shall be
by ballot and in secret
Mr Biistqw presented a resolution
which provUUs that ever- qualified -voter
who cannot read and write select
some one to prepare his ballot for him
and that each voter shall put his ballot
In the ballot box
Mr Brltow also presented a resolution
at the request of the Rev E J Richard
son of Siluda Va which provides that
the revenue officers and tax list officials
of the state shall have the full power to
examine into cases where dealers of
spirituous and malt liquors are violating
the law by selling to minors or keeping
their places open on Sunday and report
any -v iolatiorof tha law to the grand
jurj of the county where the offence may
have been committed
Mr Fairfax offered a resolution which
was adopted asking for statistics regard
ing rairoad property
I he information was asked for vise by
the Committee on Taxation and Finance
of which Mr Fairfax is chairman
Mr Withers offered an ordinance -on
the subject of regulating freight rates
by common carriers and relating to pas
sengers as w ell
It also creates a corporate commission
er to be elected bv the people
The most rigid proposition considered
bv the contention today was the resolu
tion presented b Mr Anderson of Rock
bridge providing for purity In elections
The resolution makes it a high misde
meanor for a ucrson to aid in the false
registration of a voter or in any v Ij aid
in making a fale account of the e ctlpn
by fraudulently altering or im any way
changing a ballot Upon conviction the
guilt person shall be punished far each
offence bj conlinement in Jail not less
than sir nor more than twelve months
and by a lint1 of not less than tJf
Mr Egglesf n offered a resolution pro
viding that the office of lie rift and treas
urer of -a count ma be held by the
same penm -The
report of the Committee- on Redac
tion of Expenses was submitted Which
recommends that stction 16 be so amend
ed as to pinkie that In cities or towns
of I ss than 12509 Inhabitants the Generals
Assembly may prescribe whether or not
there shall be a circuit court for such city
or town In -which case a clerk for such
court woild have to be elect d and in
cities or owns of more than 12500 inhab
itants the corporation court or any other
court created by law should have each
Its separate clerk and In any clt of more
Uian 45010 inhabitants there should like-
wise be elected a circuit court clerk The
amendments limit the terms of all clerks
to four ears and are intended to pro- j
vide for the election of a clerk for every
court of citi
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the ivavy make sharp replies to the re
port of the other members of the Board
on Construction Rear Admiral Bradford
and Captain Sigsbee who made a minor
ity report some time ago favoring the
adoption of the superposed turret sy stem
The majority plan provides that a bat
tleship shall have two single turrets ac
commodating four twelve Inch guns and
a broadside uf twenty seven inch guns
The minorit report proposes an armaj
ment of four twelve Inch guns twelve
eight Inch guns and twelve six Inch guns
Admiral Bradford claims that the ob
jections to the superposed turret are pure
ly theon ileal Commenting upon Admir
al Bradford s report the majority say
that the advantages claimed by the mi
nority are purely theoreUcaL The ma
jority report declares that with the vis
sels now building there will be when
they are completed seven battleships
having superposed turrets which to thu
majority seems as great a number as
Is warranted In default of any but theo
retical reasons therefor
Included in the report i Is a statement
by Rear Admiral Bowles Chief Con
structor who recommends that there be
a practical test contemplating the con
struction of a large target ut which the
Kearsargc should lire her
guns of the forward turr t the Alabama
lire one and then both guns of the for
ward turret and the Brookln her eight
Inch guns The recommendation is con
curred in b the ret of the majority
members Admiral Bowles commenting
upon the minority report says
The four gun turret as a weapon of
defence is objectionable owing to the
gr atly n dncd eilielency ier gun dne to
the Interfennce of one gun to another in
actual operation The four gun turret Is
ulso seriously objectionable from the In
creased target exposed and the liability
to having a larce proportion of battery
placud out of action by a single well
placed shot of smail calibre Ior pur
poses of eConom in the weights of
armor turret supports upon mounting
ammunition holets or for economy of
room and other reasons guns are
mounted in pairs This necessarily de
creases the eilielency per gun because
the suns must train together and the
firing of one gun necessarily Interferes
Willi the tiring of the other
When four guns are mounted in one
urret which is the practical result of
the diuble turrtt now In use the ef
Ilriene per gun Is further reduced The
total gun eflielency of the double turret
would be equivalent to two guns mounted
singly A plain comparison of the guns
mounted singlv and the four gun turret
Is of the results which would be ob
tained by one- sportsman shooting birds
with a four barreled gun and four men
Bhootinrf with single barreled guns The
preceding considerations relate to the
subject from the point of view of offence
but when the subjt ct is considered from
the olnt of d fence the four gun turret
provides a very considerable economy of
weight and spice hut exposes more than
one third of the butery of the ship to
dtttablement either from one shot of the
enemy or from -light derangement of the
mechanical device It contains
MALIII CAlSES IIII10LSMJSS
Crorel Taetrtau Cblll Tualc remote the csuC
THE TIMES WJUINGTQN THURSDAY AUGUST 1 iflOl
SUMMER STUDY MJISHED
Grecnleaf Vacation School Holds
Commencement Exercises
Commissioner llnfjnrrnml Mnl1 n
litiifluturs AdrircHN to Principal
mid Puplln Parent in Altrmlnnre
Join In the CoiiKrntiilntlon
At the conclusion of the commencement
exercises of the Greenieaf Vacation
School held last night in the Ji fterson
School building a well deserved ovation
was tendered to Ray Riordan principal
of the school and the originator of the
vacation school project Members of the
Board of Education present took advan
tage of the to express their
appreciation of his devotion enthusiasm
and self sat rifice and of the successful
results of his work and parents of schol
ars pressed his hand and expressed their
thanks for his assistance in -caring for
ticir clniuren through the hot summer
months A most unique aWd characteris
tic entertainment was rendered imsMy
with talent supplied f rom the school The
entertainment closed with remarks by Mr
Riordan principally In the nature of ad
v Ice to the parents
The programme wns inaugurated with
the lajing in full view of the audience of
telegraph nnd telephone Upis by tw pu
pils messages sent over the wires being
tpewritten by other pupils Phonograph
songs the instrument manipulated by the
pupils callsthenlc and military drills reci
tations some In excellent dialect by the
children music by the iJobo Band as
sisted by the Apollo an choral singing
was the programme rendered by the
scholars who entered Into the spirit of
the occasion with zest and interest
Commissioner II B 1 Macfarland was
present and made a short address In
which he said
At the close of this third season the
principal of this school Mr Riordan
knows that he has the approval of the
community for his vacation school It
passed the experimental stage two years
ago and hiving become recognized as
successful by the Commissioners and the
Board of Education received the substan
tial regnltlon of Congress in an appro
priation made at the last session It has
therefore become a well established part
of the public school system of the Dis
trict of Columbia and svq may expect to
see It increase and improve steadily Al
ready the example set has been followed
bj an enterprising principal and a staff of
teachers in the colored schools and with
good success In this their first season It
may well be that other experiments of
the same kind will follow So that Mr
Riordan and his staff havetiot only done
much themselves but they have- stirred
Others to do likewise They certainly
merit the appreciative support which they
have received
it is no small thing loo these teachers
after doing their full dtyt throughout
tl long school year to work for six
weeks more In the heat of summer but
we can well believe themfvhen they tell
vis that the feel repaid b j Jhe success of
their- endeavor and the Vppi obatlon of
their fellow citizens The happy faces of
these children and therjiarents refteqUng
the affection of the teJeSys tell the story
of the vacation school rWtrr than any
words Learning has Beinmade lovely by
a loving presentation of it in natural anu
simple wajis
Shakespeares j icture of the pupil
toward school with heavy looks Is
too true unfortunate for the great ma
jority of school children the ivorld over
but here If the principal and teachers
could do without vacation altogether the
pupils would come eagerly all summer
long And 1 believe that while we must
have more drill and more oIscipBne per
haps in the winter schools the spirit of
these teachers which is after all the
spirit of the great teacher ought to be
manifested by all the teachers In the
regular schools as it is byverjvrnany of
them and It ouchtMo drawthe pupils
In with irresistible attraction To stimu
late this spirit may be the larger service
of tjie vacation school
DR KtTIZS DEATH RECALLED
II In Widow Jllm it Claim for l73tMMI
IJninnKe 7
Madame Rita M Ruiz wltlpwof the
tiralized American ielentlit Dr JRuizj
niusc iiuhi vnriii ii a- ujjuitioi j
In Cuba shortly before the beginning of
the Spanish American war httractf d
widespread attention has filed a claim
through her attomes McCammon
Ha den with the Spinish Treaty Claims
Commission for the sum of lndem
nlt for her husbands death
Dr Ruiz had gore to Cuba to practice
his profession AVhile there with his
family he was seized by the Spanish au
thorities on the pretext oT hid belnir a
Cuban spy and w
rt nuie
i i riwto custody his
body was found 1 lng -dead In his cell
with his head bad beaten the crime al
leged to have bevn the work of his jailer
The startling climax of the dentist s
msterlous death wis reached when a
chair -which belonged in the cell was ex
amined by his relatives und officials and
there evidently scratched with his lin
ger nails the unfortunate man had man
aged to write a few words bidding his
w lfe good b e The news uf Dr Ruizs
de itn spread over the entire country nil
created inten e excitement among the
Government ollielals in this eountr
The hearing of the claim will no doubt
attract considerable attention owing to
its being a case of such natioml Interest
In connection with the Cuban war
THE ItAIN BEINGS BELIEF
AflT Wsle rduja Cooler Arnt her
More Heat In Predicted
A welcome change in the temperature
hard and cooling rhowers whleh fell for
several hours an 1 considerable relief
from the cxhausttr j weather of a daj
previous occurred jesterdaj when the
mercurj dropped ncarlj eleven degrees
There was no complaint from the heat
but the chronic objectors proustid
against the rain and had their usual
amount of fault to find with the weather
The relief brought by the rainstorm
which passed over the tutj this morning
continuing for several hours was gre at
an with the few usual exceptions evcrj
bod was natifelled
The highest point reached bv the
inerurj was M jcsteidiy morning
against a record of 93 for There
was a gridul fall In the temperature
after 6 o clock jesterdiy evening but
the Weather llureau predicts that it will
be wanner todj As a welcome break
In the torrid spell of the past few ihrjK
jesterday was n huKC success Clouds
promising rain hung over the cit- from
sunrise until the morning had advanced
Then the Miowers came and tho city was
visited bj one of the hardest rains of the
ne isou It undo th mercurj drop from
M degrees at 11 oclock to 71
I lit KriKlite Vermont Condemned
Admiral Crownlnthield Acting Secre
tary of the Xavj lus condemned the old
wooden frigate Vermont now ljlng in
New York Harbor in use as a receiving
ship Repeated outbreaks of disease
have been traced to the vessel and al
though disinfection has been made as
thorough as possible it seems to be of
no avail the hull apparently being per
meated with noxious girms The Ver
mont has probulij seen more admitted
applicants for naval positions than nnj
other receiving ship in the service in
addition to Its record In tho civil war
llneil fur IhImjc Hull Liuikiiiik
Nellie ltickv was tc complainant against Ma
ria himirton hi the Polite Court jesterday The
iattt r wax iliarged with being dUorricrly both
uonu u arc colored Nellie Iticljs kaiij she had
just rtturned rom clureh last night when Ma
ria Smiltson approached her and asked her to
lend her a bucket to ret some beer She did
not belere In betr drinking and refused to Ieiui
her the Locket whereupon Maria called her bad
names site deelared Judge Mills find Maria 5
which Hhe paid
THE SOCIALIST DEMANDS
A Plntforni Adopted nnd n Inrty
Anme Submitted
INDIANAPOLIS Ind July 31 The
Socialist convention opened this morning
with a discussion of the platform which
was repotted esterday aftcrnoonr the
document being taken up plank hy planK
ami every one exciting mora or less dis
cussion
Interest centred In the question as to
whether that rnrt of the plttform which
demands public ownership of all public
utilities reduction of hours of labor pub
lic improvements to give the unemploed
work ard equal rights forwomen should
be retained These came to bo known as
Immediate demands and some of the
members oppostel hvpni because they are
too radical saj ifc t4at the should be
reached gradualltaujl not aU demanded
at once Prof Tferron headed the con
servatives but when a vote was reached
the demands were rttained In the plat
form by an overwhelming majority The
following clause Wag jthen added
But In making these demands as steps
in the overthrcay afr capitalism and in
the establishment of the co operative
commonwealth wejmouhl warn the people
against the public ownership demands
made by capitalist lutical parties which
always result lni perpetuating the capi
talist svsttm through the compromise
defeat of the Socialist revolution
The convention refused tcTslrlke out the
resolution declartng tho public schools
and the churchesto be under the control
of the capitalists -One member declared
that such references to the church would
result In losses of votes among church
members but a delegate shouted Then
let them get out of the churches and
the vote was taken and the churches de
clared to be under the control of capital
A bid foe fanners votes was made by
declaring That Uleir Iconoralp Interests
are thesame as wage workers but the
plank raised such a storm that it was
strieken out and referred to a special
committee for revision
The Committee on Constitution reported
thlsyjenlnz and presented toe name- of
Socialist Part for the new organiza
tion Mtnj if the delegates wanted the
word revolutionar in the name and
others wanted it called the International
Socialistic part but the committee ex
plained that its object was to get rid of
the word Dc mocratlc In the prcseit
name and the report was finally ap
proved
The more intelligent delegates feel that
much time Is being wasted and they
would leave for home were they not
afraid that the radical element would
run thingswlth a high hand A national
secretarj Is to be elected and a place
selected for the party headquarters and
at least another day will be required
NOT A PATEBSOIT ANARCHIST
o Trnce uf Any Mhu Xnruetf CSulIlottl j
w s - Found Si 1
PATEBSON N J July SL The An
archists in this city wereiituch excited
today jbv er thei report that itf attempt
had been madexon the life Sr the Quecn
Dowager of Portugal by a man named
GalliottI whb was said to be an Anarchist
frpmPaterson ahd a friend of BrescI who
killed the Queens brother a year ago
A great many rumors were afloat about
lljisTcIty today about the man whojit J
lacKea mo wueen it was saiu mai ne
formerly Jived here and that he had
worked In the Paraxon silk mill Trtqury
fails to show any trace of the man in this
city
None oftbe Anaixhlstskntyvji iaUiott
The name is strange to them It is
thought the name given in Switzerland
might be wronsr bufntt tlttr Anarchists
spoken to on the suhjectwajtree in saying
that hcwas bt from lfaXenon Pedro
Kstevethe turtoror I- Qjestlone So
clale savs that he does not believe that
the man Is a Patersohlan and lie says
that he certainly did not sail with BrescL
The Anarchists hre are apparently
honest in their assertions When Bresci
kined the Kingfillaij a ear ago the
Anarchists lyre ifcid no ht3tatldn in tell
ing Jill they kntvii about hhri and his
ik
anteAde rrtk v
Prosecutor Emlcy sas that no lnfor
matIoawasjfntIromthc amhoriUesliere
rigardlnff an Auarohists
cxpressed the onlnion that it was time
steps were takeritcr1hreak up the meet
ings of the Anarchist group that appears
to have fouiiJ iUavii iathls clt
THE GOVERirMiENT BECEIPTS
Tliey l vecd
llxireiKtlt ur
sir jo
Iu July
ceipts before the end of the month The
July receipts from both customs and in
ternal revenue were unusually large The
customs receipts were 21263 963 and the
Internal revenue receipts 2S33S1W while
miscellaneous sources of Income brought
In J2T1UML
In July of Uit jeir the receipts from
cutomH were 19Si 271 the receipts from
internal revenue 27KOC4S depite the
fact that several cf the war revenue taxes
that were In force lat iear are not In
force now The total n ceipts In July
lirl were J321OS40 as against J19955l
In Julv iy0 The deficit at the end of
July ISOj was i 00840 The surplus laBt
month Is more noteworthy from the fact
that the dally purchase of bonds by the
Secretarj of the Treasury has been con
tinued Th re was a larger stock of gold
coin ind bullion In the Treasurj vaults
vesterday than Ib possessed by any other
nent residents died at his home 212 First
Street southeast shortlj after 10 oclock
last night Mr Sehntt wns seventy live
jeirs of age and had been ill for tlve
imvrrfhs suffering from luart trouble con
seciutntlj his death eime as no hurprise
to his relatives and friends
Mr Schott was for miny jears Chief of
the Computing IMvKion of the Geodetic
Survey and one of the original members
of tht National Academy of Selence He
was born In UiTmnnj but left his native
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Largest Complete Outfitters South of New York
Our HalfPrice Suit Sale Is In Full Blast
Its a sale of which others have learned the phraseology but not the spirit Half price sales are
most as numerous as the stores and they have been timed to meet our accustomed period But even
though their higher prices for admittedly lesser values are actually halved even though they are sincere
and genuine iu their reductions still the advantage is greater here than it can be anywhere else at 50
cents-on-the-dollar OUR SUITS ARE BEYOND QUESTION THE FINEST PRODUCED OUR
REGULAR PRICES ARE POSITIVELY AND ALWAYS LOWEST NOT A SUIT THAT IS OF
FERED IN THIS HALF PRICE SALE IS AN OUTSIDER BUT BELONGS TO OUR REGULAR
STOCK THIS SEASONS ONLY
Is it aty wonder that such an announcement brings a crowd of buyers Hasnt experience taught
whajo expect
Every Fancy Cheviot
Every Fancy Worsted
Every Fancy Cassimeie
Every Fancy Tweed
Eery Fancy Homespun
in the department
and also some
Plain Black Serges
Plain Black Thibets
Plain Black Cheviots
Mrs Catherine K Hughes
day afternor
niMltv and non support
worth up to
11 faPECHL
NO CLUE TO THE FOUNDLING
The DenerteiL Iilfnntn Supposed
Motller EIucIch Detection
No great headway has been made by the
detectives from Headquarters and the of
rrclalsor the Eighth precinct police -station
toward establishing the identity of
the mysterious woman who abandoned a
two months old infant in the vestibule of
the home of John Delaney 1700 Fifteenth
Street northwest snortly after 9 oclock
Tuesday night as told in yesterdajs
Times
Early yestenf vv morning Captain Board
i r t t vrp - ir
I v - r tui
f
gether with the Xgrce from Headcm irters
but their efforts hive failed so far as se
curing the Identity of the woman was
concerned
The child which wore clothes of the
finest texture has ben turned over by
Precinct Matron Pavne to the Poird of
ChIdrens Guardians who will plaru It in
an asylum
MANY CHAKGES BY A WIFE
A Pension Ollloe ClerU Cited to An
nnrr In Her Suit r Divore e
late jester-
entered suit In the
preme Court of the District of Columbia
for divorce and alimony from William XV
1 1 inches alleging habitual drunkenness
j ne ueieiiuuu
nation ln the world The grand total was tne papers state is a clerk In the Pension
flS97S
DEATH OF CHAHLES A SCH0TT
A Scientist of the Const Survey Mic
ruiiitts to Hellrt IHsensc
Olhce receiving a montn saiarj
The complainant in her bill states that
they were married by the Hev ur Wal
lace ItadeJiKe jiastor of the New York
Avenue Presbjterian Church on June 21
1S97 She avers th it ever since ner
Chnrles A Schott As istdnt Scientist of riage she has supported her live children
the United States Coast and Geodetic iv 1 nrevious marriage by her own la-
Survey and one of this ritj s most tj0r3 being obliged to do washing iron
ing and dressmaking for otner people
There is no living issue of the present
marriage-
The petitioner alleges that her husband
has been an hibitual drunkard that he
has assaulted and lieat her unmercifully
and that he h is kept her In constant fe it
of bodily harm She also charges hiru
with villi j ing her character About three
jeara ago the declares her husband was
lined in the Iolicc Court in his citj for
eountrj at an fitly age and emigrated to an assault committed upon her although
tne t niieu auues coming 10 mis citj t sne oiu 1101 upivn uhnn
where he has sinee result il He is survived I Q11 December 15 1SW the defendant she
by a widow and three children a hon and I alleges assaulted her by Jumping upon
two 1 tighter all of whom reside in this I her stomach with both knees and choking
citj Arrangements fr the funeral will her The assault she sajs oecurred at
probablj bo completed Khelr residence 72 Tenth Street
sl on M ij IS list she declares that
the defendant while in 1 drunken rage
TTTE HTSSLER INFANTS TVEATTT
XtL iitoaLiiit J1MXAXMX UiO XH
niece She charges
attatkti ir and her
him with h ivlng pointed a revolver at her
A IlijilplniiH Itefiinnl to Itendi r Aid I 1 hreiteninir h r life witli a
ffimmenteil Iihiii
Coroner Nevltt has viewed the remains
of lrancis llesslcr the Infant son of
lrank Hebsler a carpenter who died on
board a river steamer whip comlns lo
tills from Colonial Hei li Tuesday
night A certificate of death from nat
ural causes wus granted nnd the body Is
In charge of the pareits of the ehilj No
steps have been tiiken nralst the rhyst
clan who was on board the boat and who
is said to hav retuseil to trenr the child
The authorities with the
facts In the easebutiio nctlon Is antici
pates It is urgtti that humane reasons
alone should hav dictated a different
1 nurse on the nart of the tiluslcian In
question and thathe natter of a license
should not have been considered for 1
moment
IIHHIIUii tUICIvlV CUltKI
Mr Jacob llickerman came into our store
some time ago suffennr with diarrhoea so badlr
that lie was jiasslis Mood sals J A Kreedrl
dc Co f Rome v lie had been under the
doctors treatment llt got no relief We lived
him ui a dose of Otiamherlains Colic Cholera
and Diarrhoea Hemedjr nnd he purchased a wnal
bottle of it and la titj four hours ho wu
well For sale lalltnry Lvans wholesale aiU
retail 022 1 Mrect
hatchet Numerous assaults are recucu
Mrs Hughes also declares that the de
fendant deterted her about six weeks ago
and lattr returmd home intoxicated when
one of her daughters was suffering ns the
result of i serious accident gave her 5
eints and taunted the petitioner with the
fact that the rent had not been paid and
that a summons had been served to dis
possess her
The complainant makes aflldav it of pov
ertv and asks the court for nn order re
straining the defendmt from molesting
the members of her famllj Justice Brad
iej signed sucli an order and names Au
gust 3 us the day for n hearing when the
defendant will be requires to show cause
why he should not pay allmonj while the
suit is pending
A IVrnlslfiil Itimiivviiy liny Held
The House of Detention is caring for John
1irry nllecn years old who U a native of
Fredericksburg a and who said he ran awaj
from home ou at count of the had treatment he
had betn reeemnr from his mother and step
father The boy liad been stajin with an uncle
at MljdenBurr so he said and Ills mother re
quested th tlncje lo hand her son over ta th
police Tills U the fifth time the boj hat run
away from home He Csr ill be taken to Police
Headquarters this morning
Vi
A Special in Feather
weight Suits
A lot of -about 150 Suits in two patterns stnpe
and check made of what is known as Creole Crash
They are full Suits Coats Pants and Vests cut in
Singled Brrasted Sack Style well cut too un
usually so for Wash Suits They are neat in ap
pearance and comfortable as can be There are all
sizes up to 42 and S350 or S wouldnt be too
much to mark them Instead we
offer them as a special today
at
175
MeHiand Womens 3 and
4 Shoes for 185
Two big tables will be filled with these Shoes
and 0ure to have the choice of any pair on eith
er Ot CQqrse there isnt every size in -each style
but most anybody can be fitted In one syle of an
other
Mens Black and Tan
Vid kid Black Box
cloor and Wax Calf and
Patent Leather nigh and
Low Shoes with single or
double soles latest lasts
Kppler cited
worth up to 3 a i
pair blJ e Vb
185
ladies Black and Tan
ici Kid Black Box and
Clirome Calf and All
patent Leather Oxfords
with kid or patent leather
tips hand turned and
hand iaelt sewed Cuban
French military and
apex heeU witlt
latent hhaped toes
185
Half price is
S3 75 for S750 Suits
425 for 850 Suits
S500 for 1000 Suits
625 for Si 2 50 Suits
750 fcr 1500 Suits
900 for S1S00 Suits
1000 for 2000 Suits
I- 4 SHJv fnr tT sn nite
PRICE 1250 for 2500 Suits
Dont Overlook the Pants
Sale
Its the most interesting sale of Separate Pants we
have ever held because instead of stringing them
out over a number of lots we have condensed the
entire stock into two los Giving you two extra
ordinary choices Finest Worsteds and stoutest
Cheviots and Cassimeres most any size you want
TAStd that hare been
selling up to i 00 for
TanU that lure been
selling up to 7 50 for
215 365
The Last Straw Hat Cut
rhojee of Straw Hats in the house Mens
Boys and Childrens the fine the finer the FINEST
for
48 cents
By actual count v e had just exactly 1110 Straw
Hats of all sizes braids styles and shapes in stock
this morning You shall have the choice of every
one of these less what are sold today before the
sale begins
There arc Rough and Split braids Double and
-Triple - brims Soft brims Telescopes etc for the
men with Smooth and Hough Yachts and Sailors
for the boys and children
310
EYE
EXAMINATION
Ivesidfnts f Wahington who look back a few years
remember that uiaiiy present t o called opticians were then
watchmakers and jewelers who hae hince picked up op
t a ledge-
W G Kinsman our refractionist has done nothing
r s -ii iptical work since he graduated from three differ-
ei 1 colleges seven years ago Your eyes are safe in
Lo iaiius lie will give you an honest opinion and you are
under no obligation to hnv
FOR THE HOT WEATHER SPECIAL 100
A LIGHT 10 YEAK G P FRAME AND LENSES
OPPENHEISV3ER
594 9th St W W
Illds for u evv Holler Hooni
Bids were opened yesterday for the re
construction oithe boiler room In connec
tion with the now Interior Department
i electric plant The bidders length of time
i required to complete the work and the
j amount asked were as follows Upton S
Co dajs 3300 John Mllnes of New
York 3fi d ijs 5M John r Leary 31
dajs 3X75 Meads Ileynolds 36 dajs
IW0 Crnnford Paving Company 40 dajs
31KjO J F Hurdle 40 dajs 4930 Benja
min Blethyn 3t dajs 3915
Presented With n Macs Ilend
XV A Jones Commissioner of Indian
Affairs has been presented by J II Sher
burne of Montana with a very handsome
stag s head The horns measure from tip
to tip four and a half feet Commissioner
Jones will send It to his home at Mineral
Point Wis and have it hung In his li
bra rj
DR ROBERT KOCH
Returns to Garmany from the
Tuberculosis Congress
Ir Hubert Koch
KDUATtD
Dr Edvrnrd Ivocli
KOCH
DR WAS TU
rRAvr iondon roit amkkica
but at the last moment for reasons un
known to the Koch Lung Cure Co at
627 K Street northwest he changes his
date of silling to August 3 and returns
also to Germany for one weeks further
Investigation
His new treatment which he has secur
ed however Is sent to the office of the
German American Co nnd Koch Lung
Cure at 627 E Street northwest and was
received 31 and Immedlatelj put Into
use
The other Koch Lung Cure offices are
at 43 West T ent y second Street New
York 1331 Arch Street Philadelphia Pa
Ml North Eutaw Street Baltimore Md
5 West Court Square Asheville N C
40 Exchange Street Rochester N Y
and many other cities
Funeral of i H Krldle Tdn
The funeral of Philip B FrWJey whose
dead bod was found In his room at S33
Pennsylvania Avenue afternoon
will take place this morning at the under
taking establishment of J William Xee
on Pennsjlvania Avenue near
Street northwest The Interment
will be at Glcnwood Cemetery Mr rrld
ley was a native of this citj and was born
in 1S34 He was a member or the old
Franklin Fire Company and had seen long
service both In the folding room of the
House of Representatives and in the
Treasurj Department He afterward kept
a cigar store at the corner of Thirteenth
and D Streets northwest for some ears
Frederick H a brother of the de
ceased of 913 Virginia Avenue southwest
and William H Fridley a nephew CHllcd
at Police Headquarters esterdaj and af
ter securing the bodv completed the ar
rangements for the funeral They stated
that the wife of the deceased died eleven
months ago and that since that time he
had been in poor health
SPCCIAL JOTICCS
SriTI VI XOTICE The firm of A Jlalloy Son
ccnduitm a business as tailors and dressmakers
trimmings at 710 0th st nw hare this dar
dissolved by mutual consent ind formed a co
partnership under the name of the tfaahaigton
Trimming House at the above address
A KAHMINaKY
A MALLOT SON
EDUUATIOXAL
ROCKMLLE MWVLAXD
Academy lor boys Home life and individual
instruction Terms moderate Address
W P MVSOV U S N A
LCGVb JVOTICnS
1STVTE OF JVCOB S ISFDMAV DECEAiFD
No Cii Docket 27
samuel C lltdman has with the approval ut
the Supreme Court of the District of Columhia
holdinsr a special term for Orphans Court busi
ness appointed AleLST 17 1U01 at 10 OCLOCK
L a the time and said courtroom as the
place for passinr of claims and nuking payment
and distribution under the courts direction and
control when and where all creditors and per
sons entitled to distrilmUte uhares or legacrea
or a residue are notined to attend in person or
by agent or attornej duty authorised with their
claims against the estate properly vouched lro
vided This order be published once in each ot
three successive weeks before said day in the
VV ahInston Law Iteporter and The Washington
Tiircs
Signed July 21 1WL
An roved A C Bit VDLFY
JOIIS II UObZEK
Acting Register of W ills
J ARTHUR LTXnVM Attorney
3 WILLIAM LEE
Undertaker and Uverj
2I renn Ave- K V W ashuaton D
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