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SPECIAL NOTICES. I'll! VF. HALL (11A1TKK. NO. ft.

It. A THE Grainl Chapter, Mh Vh. ave. e- Samuel 11. nmaT i lleiit prloft.

pnnl his annunl Wednesday. September foil, Ins acre present: Bit-hard Oate deie nty high priest; A Jackson. past fraud high priest: .1 W. Freeman. past grand high priest; II past srrami high priest: Henry Coleman.

E. Paul Stuart. king; Chas. D. Freeman.

scribe; John Simmons, acting treasurer; Ncffmnn, secretary; lliimiihv Jackson. captain of hour; II. I nderwood. principal sojourner; Mint's SiiiileT, Hoy a I Arch captain. The room was hannaomt'ly decoratetl with palms and flowers.

were made. The dec. rating committee were: II. Fnderwood chairman: FrePman. Jas.

Smller. Clemment Smith and Henry C. SImras. Committee of arrangements: II I nderwood, chairman; Chaw. Buchanan.

Freeman. 1 xmsbcmu or PAKTnersMp heretofore existing between F. W. McAllister of llnit lino re. and 11 Feast of Washington.

trading as McAllister I'enst. opticians, 1213 1" at. n.w., has lieeu dissolved mutual consent. 11. It.

Feast, the resident partner the past ten years, will continue the business, assume all liabilities and all lht? firm. September 1. 1WU McALLlSTEB FEAST. we itkTt now for FA I.I. SI ITS.

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Moore Hill, au3o 71" 14th St. n.w. STOTKHOM.EUS' MEETING. The stockholders if the Washington Chemical Company are hereby notified that the board of directors of the company have called a general mee'lng of the stocl.holders, to held at the office of the company. No.

123 South Boyal Alexandria. on SATFRDAY, the 2Sth of September. at a m. By order of the hoard of I.Ol'IS BEYER, Secretary. FIRE INSURANCE).

lower than charged by any Stock or Mutual Co. In the city. Life and Accident Insurance. S. II WALKER.

La. ave. Telephone 141 2. au4-78t Chesapeake Beach Lots. T.

A. Wickersham, GENERAL AGENT. LAND DEPARTMENT, CHESAPEAKE BEACH RAILWAY. OFFICE AT BATH HOt'SES. ON BOARDWALK.

The sticest of this new summer resort Is now assured. Nearly has been expended In the development of the town. Electric lights and waterworks. RESIDENCES AND BFSl.NESS SITES, $20 Cash and $110 a Month. aulO HKMIV ENGLISH'S DEFEASE.

Came to See Capitol, bat Didn't Know It Was Agalmt Law. "I'm guilty of coming here to see the Capttol, but I didn't know that It was against law," wits the response of Htnry English, colored, when arraigned In the Police Court today on a charge of vagrancy. "Me near the Pennsylvania avenue bridge yesterday carrying several bundles of trash," Policeman Bunn informed Judge Mills. The officer told of the man's movements, and said he claimed he was an anarchist who had come here to blow up the Capitol. "When this was accomplished, he said, he mould be made chief of police.

"I think," said the officer, "that he Is a weak-minded "An anarchist," the judge remarked, "is a weak-minded man. "Well. Henry," said the judge, "what have you to say for yourself. "I came here to see the Capitol," he answered, "and that's all." "Where did you come from?" "Newark. N.

"How did you come?" alked," he answered. "I came from Newark, but I was born In old Virginia. I took a notion to go to Indianapolis, and when I got Into this town 1 didn't aee no notice that a man from the weit couldn't to se? the Capitol without being arrested." He denied that he was an anarchlat, and he could not blow up the Capitol by himself. Judge Mills concluded that the prlooner wan not a dangerous character, and released him on his personal bonds to his Journey toward his native atate. juctge, asked the colored man.

"will you give me a pass to go over the bridge." The judge informed Henry that a pass not needed. District Riflemen Made Hard Fight for Hilton Trophy. JERSEYMEN GOT THE PRIZE Today the Shooting is in the Interstate Match. REVOLVER MATCHES ALSO Special Dispatch The Evening Star. SKA GIRT.

N. September Interstate match, which has been awaited with interest by the District crack shots for some time past, is the most important event on today's program at Sea Girt. This match was won by a team from the District last year, and boys are going to put up a hard fight to win the trophy again this year. The match started at o'clock this morning, and It Is probable that the firing at the 200-yard range will occupy the morning hours. After an hour's rest at noon the boys will line up to complete their scores at 500 yards.

This is another of the important events of the ninth annual meet of the New Jersey State Rille Association, and the Washington public may expect the rifle cracks from the District to equal their record of last year on the ranges. They retired early last night after a hearty supper, and when they lined up awaiting the sound of the bugle they looked cheerful and in excellent spirits. They teel confident of landing the prize, as they have been doing fine pool shooting in anticipation of an exciting contest. The team will be the same as the one which sh in the Hilton match yesterday, with the exception of the two men making the lowest scores, who will be replaced by Sergeant C. Gr.iome and Private R.

L. Pile, both of Company 4th Battalion. In the afternoon at 3 o'clock the revolver team matches will be shot at distances of twenty-five, fifty and seventy-five yards, The District has not entered a team, but a number of individuals have entered. Among those entered are Lieut. Milton Farrow, Lieut.

W. Cookson. Lieut. F. W.

Holt. Major B. Young and Sergt. Albert Whitacre. The prizes include a handsome trophy and $25, $25 second prize and $10 third prize.

The Centennial trophy match for the championship of the world, open to rifllemen of all countries, will be shot tomorrow, but In the absence of a team from any foreign country the scores will be recorded, but will not become a matter of official rec- ord. This Is done simply to carry out the original program of the meet, and the fa- mous Palma trophy will remain with the New Jersey State Rifle Association until i some foreign team puts in an appearance and competes against a team from America. Gen. Spencpr stated today that the Canadian government had provided funds enough to equip a team for Bisley. England, next year, and that in all probability they would save enough to allow them entering a team at Sea Girt at the meeting next year.

Intercut in Hilton Trophy Match. The second stage of the Hilton trophy match was resumed yesterday afternoon at 500 and 600 yards. The weather conditions were perfect, and the exciting contest as it narrowed down drew the attention of all of the military cracks of the country, in addition to a large number of visitors, to witness the closing shots Just before sundown. The first stage of the match at yards ending as it did, with the District team let ding by one point over the New York team, gives an idea of the closeness of the contest. The Jersey team finished third, with 340 points.

The District's total was 353 points and the New York's 352. The shooting of Lieut. Farrow, with 33 out of a possible 35. at the 200-yard range, was a feature at this range, while Lieut W. W.

Cookson finished a close second in the same natch, with 32 points. The remaining scores ranged down as low as 27 points, When the match was resumed in the after- i noon the New York team took the lead at the 500-yard targets. The District boys put up a hard fight, but could not overcome the handicap, and they finally fell back to third place. The New York team finished with 723 points. New Jersey 721 and District of Columbia 718 points, on the 500yard range.

At the opening of the match on the 500yard targets it was announced that one point had been deducted from the District's score of 353 points made at yards, as the result of a protest which had been filed by a member of the New York team. It seems that while Taylor and Bell were shooting on the same target, alternately, the scorer In the pit marked a bull's eye. The New Yorker, who was watching the District boys' target through a pair of field glasses, disagreed with the aoorer in the pit and called it a 4. The shot was immediately challenged, and upon investigation found that It was a 4. After deducting the point in question the District team and the New York team were tied for first place at the opening of the 500-yard stage.

The losing of the point disheartened the District boys to such an extent that in the afternoon contest and at the opening of the yards the match was practically lost from the very start. However, they did not lose their nerve, but lay down with the hot sun beating upon them and pegged away at the targets for all they were worth, with the hope of regaining their lost ground. Scene Wai Impressive. The scene on the firing line will long be remembered by every one who witnessed and took part in the closest contest seen for some years on the Sea Girt ranges. Visitors from all of the nearby summer resorts were present In the afternoon, the majority of whom were ladles.

The crowd was excited at times, but no applause was permitted by the range officers, on account of the effect it would have on the contestants. The members of the teams who were not entered in the contest were engaged during the afternoon matches in shading the men as they lay stretched out in the sun, while others were detailed to inspect the scores of the other contesting teams. Toward the last of the match the New Yorkers started In well at the 600-yard, 1 but their hard work in the two previous matches commenced to tell on them, and the New Jersey riflemen took a jump, and when the match was less than half through i at yards the New Yorkers had fallen to second place. The District boys, who had dreaded the New Yorkers from the very start, upon hearing this got down to good hard work, and before many more shots had been fired It spread over the range that the District boys were in the race neck and neck for second place with the New York team. With Bell and Taylor lying side by side and the crowds surging around them they continued to land bull's-eyes and fours at intervals, and when the last shot had been fired the New Yorkers had been overcome and beaten by the team from the District of Columbia by nine points.

The New Jersey men left the field last with a total score of District of Columbia, second. 1.006 points, and New York, third, with 1,057. The Jerseymen were cheered loudly upon rising from their positions, and received hearty conAN OLD EDITOR FOUND WORTH OF FOOD. W. S.

Ullham, editor of tbe Capitol of South McAlester, 1. said: "Yes, It is true when I got hold of Grape-Nuts food It was worth more than a $2,000 doctor bill to me, for It made me a well man. I hare gained 25 pounds in weight, my strength has returned tenfold, my brain power has been given back to me. and that la an absolute essential, for I am an editor and have been for 35 years. "My ahall always be ready to speak a good word for this powerful nutritive food.

1 had, of course, often read the advertisements regarding Grape Nuts, bat never thought to apply tbe food to my own use. until, in my extremity and sickness, the thought came to me that it might lit my case. The statementa In regard to food art absolutely correct, as I have proven in my own case. One very fortunate thing about the food is that while It is the most scientifically made and highly nourishing concentrated food I have ever knows. It has so delicious a taste that It wins aad holds gratulatlons as they were retiring from the field.

The Individual Tlif individual scores were as follows: 200 A HPS. Appleby 5 3 4 4 4 4 20 Farrow 6 4 4 8 6 8 i'3 Whilacrj 4443446- 28 Dickey 4 4 4 4 4 5 28 Stewart 444464 30 3 5 3 4 6 4 20 (Viokton 5 4 4 5 4 6 5- 32 Ilolt 4 6 4 5 4 4 4- 30 t.el/.onr 5 5 4 4 4 30 I K. Scott 3 4 3 4 4 4 8- 27 Taylor 5 2 4 4 5 4 Horace Bell 3 6 4 4 4 4 2ft Total 363 600 YAKDS. Appleby 4 4 6 8 3 5 32 Farrow 368434 20 Whitacre 4434446? 28 tMckej 4 6 6 6 4 4 4- 31 Stewart 6 4 4 6 8 8 6- 33 6 6 6 5 8 8 35 Cookson 5 6 3 4 6 3 6 30 Holt 6 4 4 4 4 4 3- 28 Ix-Izear 464434 6- 20 E. Scott 4 4 4 6 8 5 4- 31 8 8 6 6 8 6 33 Bell 5 4 4 4 4 3 27 Total 36ft COO YARDS.

Appleby 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 Furrow 3384843 27 Whitacre 5 5 '5 5 4 5 32 Dickey 5 4 8 5 3 3 3- 28 Stewart 5 4 6 4 3 4 20 'ash 3 2 3 5 5 5 4- 27 I'ookson 3 434446 27 Holt 4 4 4 5 3 8 4 -ar 5 4 4 8 8 5 33 Scott 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 27 Tayloi 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 32 H. Bell 4 4 8 4 4 4 6- 30 Total 347 District Men Ahead In Interiwtute. The District team led all competitors in the stage of the Interstate match, which was shot this morning, finishing with the score of 519 out of a possible 600. The New York team finished second, with a score of and the New Jerseys, with 45)1 points. In leading the New York team by 20 points the District riflemen put tip a magnificent score, averaging a little over 43 points pt-r man out of a possible 50.

Appleby and Farrow led at the opening of the match with scores of 45 and respectively. The weather is clear with a stiff wind blowing. It is predicted that if the prevailing conditions remain the same through the 500-yards stage the District team's chances for winning the event are veryfavorable. At the close of this report the District team is engaged at the stage of this match. Itoten.

Mr. Langdon B. Wheaton of Worcester, arrived yesterday, and is the guest in camp of his Capt. F. B.

Wheaton, Company loth Battalion. He will remain until the close of the meet. Private S. I. Scott of Company A.

0th Battalion. arrived in camp early yesterday morning, and shot In the Hilton match yesterday. Lieut. W. W.

Cookson still holds the record in the Laflin-Rand match, at jjoO and 000 yards, ten shots at each range. At 200 yards he secured 45 and at 500 yards 48 out of a possible 50. He still has the OoOyard range to shoot over. Lieut. Horace M.

Bell has been the recipient daily of a number of different-colored letters since arriving in camp. During the encampment of the guard at Galthersburg, the preponderating color was lavender, but now that color has been substituted by the latest stationery of all colors of the rainbow. The duties of the heavily burdened team quartermaster, Lieut. C. O.

Mortimer, today consisted of issuing six candles and one mattress. Tomorrow "Charlie" will spend the day in camp to take a "much-needed rest." Team Surgeon Clarence A. Weaver has been one of the most earnest workers on the 1st Regiment team in addition to his official duties. Private Fred Whitacre is becoming quite a popular fisherman on the Jersey coast. He has profited by his recent experience at salt water fishing.

While attempting to catch blueflsh a few days ago he was startled at seeing a 'big fellow" spring out of the water and swallow fishhook, bait, sinker, line and all. He says in the future he will use ice hooks. Private C. L. Bode of the 5th Battalion will be presented with a handsome medal upon his return to Washington as an expert "oarsman." Monday evening, while out rowing with a party of ladies, he ran the whaleboat, with its occupants, on a mud bar.

and did not extricate the party unt'il sunrise the next morning. Private Eddie McGovern of Company Oth Battalion, it is predicted, will In time become one of the District's crack shots. In the skirmish run Tuesday afternoon he was high man in his battalion. Quartermaster F. W.

Holt of the rtth Battalion has been detailed to assist the team quartermaster of the camp in his numerous duties. "Hogan's alley" has been permanently established at the headquarters of the 1st Battalion. Continuous performances are given dally from reveille to taps for the benefit of the District delegation. Private Walter 8. Cash of the brigade team made the beautiful score of 35 out of a possible 85 on the 600-yard range yesterday afternoon in the Hilton match.

LOCAL POLITICAL BODIES. Conferences and and to Be Held. All Tennessee democrats In Washington have been invited to attend a conference to be held at 600 street northwest at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Messrs. S.

S. Yoder, N. E. Dawson and C. M.

Balderson will be among the speakers who wUl address the regular weekly meeting to be held tonight at McCauley's Hall Washington Democratic Club. Tlu Maryland Republican Association will meet tomorrow night in the parlors of the National Hotel to elect officers for the ensuing year and consider plans for effective campaign work. The association is endeavoring to secure the attendance of every Maryland republican In the city. The National Independent Political Union voted at a meeting held last night to change Its name to the National Negro Democratic League, and to support Bryan and Stevenson. The Columbia Democratic Club held a business meeting at Its headquarters at Metropolitan Hotel last night and elected aa an executive committee Messrs.

W. Cranch Mclntyre, W. T. Whelan, 8. A.

Coombs. Arthur Small and P. W. Smith. Delegates to the convention of the National Association of Democratic Clubs at Indianapolis will be choseo at the next FAIR TOXItiHT.

Partly Cloudy Probably and Cooler. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday: For the District of Columbia. Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, fair tonight. Friday partly cloudy; probably showers and cooler by night; fresh southerly winds, becoming northerly, increasing In force.

conditions and general forecast: The tropical storm is central this morning slightly north of Key West. It has Increased somewhat In energy and caused severe northeast gales over portions of southern Florida. It will probably continue slownorthward. and its effects will be felt as far as the lower portion of the middle Atlantic coast by Friday night. During the past twenty-four hours rains have continued in Florida.

There have been thunder storms in the lake region and scattered showers along the gulf coast and over the middle and northern plateau. High temperatures have continued, except in the northwest, where there has been a considerable fall. The eastward movement of the northwest high area will cause1 more moderate temperatures over the northern portions of the country for several Temperatures will also be lower In the south on account of the tropical storm. Kain 's indicated inflight over the greater portion of the south Atlantic states and along the east and middle gulf coast. By Friday night the rain will probably extend into the middle Atlantic states.

Showers are also Indicated tonight from the lower lake region eastward. On the New England and middle Atlantic coast southerly winds will shift to fresh northerly. On the smith coast they will be northeasterly, becoming high, urn! gales will continue in Florida. Hurricane warnings are displayed from Cedar Keys to Savatmah; storm warnings from Charleston to Kitty Hawk and from Pensacola to New The following lieavy precipitation tin inches) has been reported during the twenty-four hours: Sault Ste. Marie.

1.78; Blanco. 1.80; Marquette, 1.12; Houghton, 1.50. for Twenty-Four The following were the thermometer and barometer readings at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours teginning at 2 p.m. yesterday: 5, 4 p.m., 80; p.m., 81; V2 midnight, 77. September 6, 4 a.m., 75; 8 a.m., 77, noon, 88; 2 p.m., 82.

5, 4 p.m., 30.10; 8 p.m.. 30.0I>; 12 midnight. 30.06. September 6, 4 a.m.., 30.07; 8 a.m.. 30.09; noon, 30.05; 2 p.m., 30.00.

Maximum temperature, 83, occurred at 1:45 p.m., September 6. Minimum temperature, 74, occurred at 7 a.m., September 0. Downtown Temperature. Affleck's standard thermometer registered as fpllows today: 0 a.m.. 85 decrees; 12 113 degrees; 2 p.m., 96 degrees.

I'p-RIver Water. The B. and O. agent at Harper's Ferry reports both rivers clear at that point this morning. Tide Table.

tide, 11:30 a.m.; high tide, a.m. and 5:34 p.m. tide. 12:08 a.m. and 12:41 p.m.; high tide, 6:04 a.m.

and 6:31 p.m. Tbe Sun and Moon. rises, 5:32 a.m.; sun sets. 6:25 p.m. Moon sets, 8:35 a.m.

tomorrow. rises, 5:33 a.m. The City The city lights and naphtha lamps all lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; extinguishing begun one hour before sunrise. All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and extinguished forty-five minutes before sunrise. AIDITOR'S REPORT FILED.

Suits Involving Affairs of Benefloial Association and Others. The auditor for the Supreme Court of the District of Co'umbla has completed his report in the matter of the consolidated cases of Robert Ball and others against the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association and others, the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association against the Commercial Alliance Life Insurance Company, James S. Edwards, administrator, against the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association and others, and Man S. Quarles, administrator, against the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association and others. The cases grew out the dissolution of the Washington BengflclaA- Endowment Association and were Mferrfed to the auditor June 27, 1896.

"thousand claims were presented in all; a considerable amougt testimony was taken, a large number of notices sent from time to time; questions ofilaw arising were discussed and" detemilnedr rehearlngs were granted for further discussion, and e'aborate briefs were filea counsel. The cases occupied the time of the auditor almost continuously and involved a considerable amounfofVferical work. The report of the voluminous. After paying all expenses the receivers certified to the auditor ''for distribution among the claimants The distribution Is made by fflfe auditor at the rate of .0875 per cent. Thertf" remains In the hands of the receivers for possible contingencies 1249.41.

The highest amount to any one claimant Is 1618.99, allowed Hfenry Anne Stuart, who asked 17,074.16. Louisa. Kammerer Is allowed 22 cents. The amount realized by the receivers. Andrew A.

Lipscomb and Thomas M. Fields, on the assets of the company was $24,415.13. Of this 122,000 was proceeds of sale of real estate. The disbursements amounted to 19,324.39, including $1,220.76 as receivers' commissions, and the following allowance to counsel: Phillips McKenney, $500; A. A.

Lipscomb, James 8. Edwards, $500, and Padgett A Forrest, $500. The auditor's fees amounted to $2,000. Numerous exceptions to the report of the auditor have been filed. These will be heard by court next month.

Those familiar with the case are of the opinion that the matter will be carried to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Best Prescription for Malaria CfcUli Sid rtTT a bottle of OKOVE'S TA8TBLESS CHILL TONIO. It Is slmplj Iron sad OLNEY IS FOR BRYAN Cleveland's Secretary of State Writes Letter to the World. WILL VOTE DEMOCRATIC TICKET Dislikes Bryanism No Less, but Fears McKinleyism More. HIS REASONS IX DETAIL The following letter from Richard Olney, Secretary of State under President Cleveland, to H.

L. Nelson of New Rochelle, N. appears in the New York World of today. Mr. Olney'a Letter.

BOSTON, 23 Court August 14. J)ear Sir: I have yours of the 12th ultimo. You refer to a previous conversation In which I had intimated my intention to vote the democratic ticket at the coming presidential election and ask for the grounds for so doing. You urged at our interview that such a decision should, as a matter of duty, be accompanied by a willingness to avow the reasons behind It. I recognize the force of that view, and though it Is against my inclinations and habits, I proceed to state some considerations which seem to me to Justify the purpose I have formed.

I need hardly say that Mr. Bryan Is not the candidate I should choose could 1 have my way in the matter, and that 1 entirely dissent from parts of the Kansas City platform. But In laying his course upon the all-Important subject of the presidency a citizen is bound to bear In mind that he is dealing with a practical matter, and must seek the best practical results through such legitimate practical methods as are available. Parties cannot be ignored, for example, because ours is a government of parties; the real issue is which of them shall control, and individual effort independent of party must at best be abortive, while It may further the success of the worst party in the field. So the choice between the parties, one of which must certainly prevail, calls for the exercise of the same sound common sense.

Perfection in a candidate or platform is an idle dream, and infirmities in Its creed and defects in Its leadership will always characterize every partv. But they in no wise excuse a citizen from taking his assigned part in the government of the making up his mind what the common weal demands and what party's success will come nearest satisfving the demand. and from using his Influence and casting his vote accordingly. If one citizen may properly withhold his vote, logically all may, and all the wheels of government be stopped, while to decline voting because practically assured that others will vote is but to give the latter an undue share of political power and to forfeit the right to I complain of any abuse of it. The obligations of citizenship are avoided, not performed, by standing neutral in an election.

The voting power is a trust which calls for use and Is violated by the neglect to use. There is always a choice between the conseoi.ence of one party's ascendancy and those of its opponent, and therefore the true question before every citizen alwavs is of the general attitude of a party upon the vital issues of the day, and whether, in view att'tude, Us success is not the best thing In sight. Such is the real issue now confronting every American citizen. Be it admitted that the democratic party its platform and its candidate are open to much Just criticism, yet. all things considered.

would not Its triumph be the best outcome of the present presidential contest? Eicrfdccnce on Kepubltennlam. In tny Judgment it would be. In my Judgment nothing Is now so important as I that the American people should take this their first opportunity to emphatically protest against thai excrescence upon original republicanism which may be called term used solely for brevity and not because Mr. McKlnley is largely responsible for what it comprehends, except as he has proved himself unable or unwilling to resist the pressure of political and personal friends or to withstand the temp; tut ion of trimming his sails to every wind of apparently popular doctrine. It may not be feasible to undo what has been done weakest and silliest of administrations may involve the country In difficulties from which the strongest and wisest may not be able to extricate it.

Nevertheless, the evil courses pursued should be conI demned and not condoned. The future may be helped and safeguarded even if the past is remediless, while, so far as the injurious consequences of past courses can be averted or mitigated, something may be hoped from those not primarily responsible for them. From their official authors and Justifiers nothing but persistence In them can reasonably be expected, and, should McKinleyism prevail In the pending election, who shall view of the administration's proved capacity for reversing we shall not soon find ourselves in the tolls of a Chinese problem even more costly, menacing and Insoluble than the Philippine problem Itself? Surely every argument urged in defense of our seizure of the Philippines can be used a second time, with even greater force, to justify our appropriation of a slice of China. To support the conclusion to which I have come It is only necessary to consider what McKinleyism stands is the necessary effect of Indorsing It will mean If the American people now solemnly record themselves as approving the McKlnley administration and all its works. Prmldeney From the Capital tutu.

will mean that the American people sanction a syndicated presidency got for the republican party by the money of a combination of capitalists intent upon securing national legislation In aid of their particular Interests. will mean that the American people approve the legislation thus obtained and justify such legislation as the Dingley tariff bill, with all its devices for taxing consumers and wage is, the great mass of the exoneration of accumulated wealth. will mean that the American people uphojd the policy of greed and contempt for alien peoples whose retributive consequences are seen in recent events in China; approve of our joining the ranks of international land grabbers, and sanction the rapacity as well as folly by which, while pretending to buy, we, in fact, forcibly expelled Spain from her Philippine possessions and, without excuse either 'in the demands of national honor or In considerations of the national interest, have saddled ourselves with the gravest responsibilities for some eight or ten millions of the savage or at best half-civilized brown people of the tropics. will mean that the American people approve the tactless and brutal policy pursued since the Philippine acquisition was made, whereby what was pressed upon the country as a treaty of peace was. In fact, but the signal for another more costly.

bloody and prolonged war. will mean that the American people approve the extraordinarily fatuous policy or impolicy, or no policy at all, by which the Philippine archipelago, many thousands of miles from our shores, becomes an integral part of the United States, while Cuba, the cause and inspiration of the war, lying right at our door, the key to the Gulf of Mexico, and absolutely essential to our defense against foreign attack, is declared alien territory and entitled to ail the rights of an independent sovereignty. Abdleatlon of Power by Congress. will mean that the American people approve an abdication of its functions by the national legislature which leaves millions of human beings outside the pale of any recognized code of law and signifies for our new possessions for an Indefinite period militarism of the most unadulterated sort. Seventh-It will mean that the American people, having in their President the sole representative of the nation as a whole, approve of a national executive who falls to uphold the dignity and the independence of his great office; who exercises its functions in.

subservience both to other branches of the government and to the clamor of special pecuniary Interests; who, condemning the acquisition of territory by force as "criminal aggression," wrests her possessions from a foreign state by the menace of continued war; who finds the "plain duty of the government to be one thing today and exactly the opposite thing tomorrow, and whose disregard of the ele mentary principles of civil service reform Is a scandal as notorious as it is indefensible. Eighth. It will means that the American people indorse the policy by which the United States of America sets up in business as an Asiatic power, and welcome the large standing armies, the Increased naval forces, the new administrative agencies, the enlarged and more costly diplomatic service. the onerous taxes, the international complications and the entangling alliances which, and all of which, are the Inevitable incidents and consequences of the oriental role to which McKlnleylsm has undertaken to pledge us. Money Influence In Politics.

Ninth. It will mean that the American people either do not see or, seeing, approve the great and growing, if not already overwhelming, influence of money In our politics. Our government was not conceived or framed as a money-making machine even for the profit of all the less for the profit of particular classes or portions of the governed. Its vital principle and its crowning merit are that it stands for equal opportunities to all; that by the maintenance of order and the administration of Justice it is designed to give every man a free hand in the struggle for the prizes of life. The theory of the true functions of government McKlnleylsm directly protective tariffs, by the most Intimate relations between the United States treasury and the general money market, by subsidies to particular industries, by an aggressive colonial policy, and In other ways it practically holds out the government as an engine for use in the acquisition of private wealth.

The natural, the inevitable result is that the money of the country hotly pursues the control of the government as the source of more money; that the flag figures as a sort of commercial asset, rep'ete with possibilities of pecuniary profit for its fortunate custodjans. That under the influence of McKlnleylsm such is the unmistakable trend of things in this country at the present day. giving to the best devised policy of all times somewhat the aspect of a stock-Jobbing democracy is only too apparent. Should McKlnleylsm now again prevail, for example, it will not be because it Is not cordially distrusted and disliked by the great body of American electors. It will be because of the Influence of the purse and of the felicitous application of an enormous campaign fund of an "investment scare," which.

If In some measure genuine, will be in much larger measure artfully worked up fo? election ends. To excite the alarm of voters for their immediate pecuniary interests is easy; to evoke patriotism, courage and unselfishness required to effect serious political changes and indispensable to dislodge a party which, eomparatlevly short intervals excepted, has been intrenching itself in the government for nearly forty years, is infinitely more difficult. Made to Order. If the sucess of the republican party next November means a 1 that I have stated? and how can it mean anything one conclusion seems possible. The calamitous possibilities said to inhere in democratic success In the ensuing election, exaggerated as they are by partisan zeal and subsidized ingenuity, are outweighed by certainties of mischief involved In four years more of McKinleyism.

Stock exchange panics, often made to order, generally Irrational and now freely predicted by those who know how to make their predictions good and are sure to profit by whatever caprices the market may indulge In, are as dust in the balance compared with the enduring evils to result from the vicious national policies which the American people are now desired to Impress with the sea' of their favor and to thus perpetuate indefinitely. In the defeat of the republican party in the coming election lies the only hope of the reversal of those policies and of the beginning of a return to more wholesome conditions. Such a defeat would be all the more significant and emphatic because obviously due to the cooperation of citizens In many things quite at odds with the democratic party and its leadership. And it is a defeat that should come now and not later, because not to reject McKlnleylsm at once tends to fasten It permanently upon the vitals of the country. For myself, therefore.

I find it tolerab clear that a citizens duty in connection with the coming presidential election not only permits but requires him to desire the success of the democratic party. Yours very truly, RICHARD OLNEY. LICENSING MERRY-GO-ROl'NDS. Amendment of Hernial Agreed 1 pon by In view of the many complaints received in the matter. Commissioner Ross recently suggested to his associates that section 13 of article 13 of the police regulations be amended by inserting after the word "residents," in the fourth line of the section, the words "In each square," so that the section as amended shai! read as follows: "Section 13.

That no merry-go-round or flying-horse machine shall hereafter be located or operated on any lot or open space without the written consent of two-thirds of the residents In each square within two squares in each direction from the place where such merry-go-round or flying-horse machint is proposed to be located." Mr. Ross also suggested to his associates that section 14 of article 13 of the police regulations be amended by adding after the word "in." in line 6, the words "each of." so that the section as amended shall read as follows: "That no circus shall hereafter be located, operated or conducted on any lot or open space without the written consent of 75 per centum of the residents keeping house In the square on which it is proposed to locate the circus, and In each of the squares confronting such square." The matter was referred by the Commissioners to their attorney, Mr. Andrew B. Duvall, who today advised them as follows: "The sections as thus amended will require the written consent of residents in each square within the required distance of the proposed location. I am of the opinion that the Commissioners have authority to make police regulations concerning the location of an occupation which in its operation experience shows necessarily Interferes with the comfort and peace of the neighborhood.

The regulations. If reasonable and not In face prohibitory, are sustainable. "I would suggest, however, that section 13 of article 13 be amended so to require the consent of residents keeping house thus: 'Section 13. That no merry-go-round or flying-horse machine shall hereafter be located or operated on any lot or open space without the written consent of two-thirds of the residents keeping house in each square within two squares in each direction from the place where such merry-go-round or flying-horse machine is proposed to be "This would conform with the provision on that subject in section 14, article 13. and also with a like provision In the act of Congress regulating the sale of Intoxicating liquors In the District." The suggestions of their attorney will.

It is understood, receive the approval of the Real Eitate Transfers. Marlon street northwest between and W. Kent to George T. CUpstein, lot 127, square 444; $10 (stamps, Pennsylvania avenue northwest between 17th and 18th Dammann to Michael Gattl, west half original lot 15, square 168: $8,000. Fourth street northwest between and R.

Wilder et ux. to Nellie Sullivan, trustee, part lot 1, square 518; $1,700. 8. Wells, trustee, to Allen C. Clark, lot $2,975.

Allen C. Clark et conveys same property to Anna V. Wells; $10. Prospect Gundllng to District of Columbia, lots 2 and $14,712.00. No.

507 2d street V. Bicksler to Joseph A. Neville, lot 131, square 736; $10 (stamps, $3). Alley between 2d and 3d, and streets M. W.

Germann et vir, Wm. to Francis M. Vinton, lots 51, 52, 53, square 564; $2,100. Forrest to District of Columbia, lot 18, block 22; $1,875. Morgan E.

Helllg et vlr, Geo. to Wm. W. Souder, part lots 14 and 16, block 46; $10 (stamps, $4). Chlllum Castle Melklejohn et al.

to John Melklejohn, part; $10 (stamps, $1). Military Hayes to Alice V. Hayes, part Peters Mill Beat; $250. Twining Naylor et ux. to Robert F.

Bradbury, lots 48, 60 and 61, block $10 (stamps, $1). Twining A. Roberts to same, lot 47, block 10; $10. Edith Roberts et al. to same, same property; $10.

Mount F. Wagner et trustees, to Samuel B. and Philip B. Milton, lot 0, block $10. Saunders to Wm.

H. Saunders, parts lots 6 and $10. FINANCIAL. 'GraiiraT radeTalks' Edward O. Ileenan.

In a little pamphlet with the above title, says: "The Butid of Trade, thro" the association together of a large body of men, make what called a market. Were It not for the Board of Trade, the farmer could not receive cash for h)a product, lie would tw compelled to wait payment for what he aold or mult until be re was an actual demand for the grain." If we believe this we must also liellere that the Board of Trade Is a PhilanthropicaS Body Which buys (train. BEFORE there Is any demand for It, and holds It (without charge. course), I purely out of love the farmer. As a matter of fact, the whole trouble with the Chicago Board of Trade Is lack of business, due to the fact that Chicago, as a cash grain market.

Is a IIAS BEES. New York. Minneapolis, St. and Galveston eflrh handle more wheat than Chicago, but, until recently, Chicago has lieen the great speculative market. Lately.

with the help of the Western Union, New York has taken the speculative market away from them. We cau execute jour orders for New York wheat. Try us. TT 0 rhiia Wall Savings Bank Accounts Are on the Increase all over the country. More and more people are recognizing the merits of savings bank accounts every day.

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Treas. Money Promptly loaned on real estate in District of Oalumbla. Heiskell McLeran, oc2B-8tf 1018 at. n.w. HONEY TO LOAN and ON DISTRICT REAL ESTATE.

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