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DIED..

ASHTON. Departed this life Tuesday, October 10.
lsss; at $50 O'Clock Pm. ALICE Y, beloved
daughter Of s James & and sss late M.rns 4
Funeral I FRIDAY; At O'Clock pm. from the Ian:
llth and streets northwest- Friends .na
BURNETT. The remains Of MARY L, beloved
wife Of F. W surnsst, viii be remove , from
their last resting place on Thursday. October II.
1888, at pm
CHAvEs. At his residence. 1878 sth street north
ses G a. Ss Pm cI Ny1saay. e.. Se,oSes ,,
Requiem kiga mass at the Immaculate ooncept,os
Church Friday at 10 an Friends invited %
HAYES On Tuesday. October 10 1873. az ping
HELEN TRESIA, beloved daughter Of Joseph
p. and Geneva Hayes, sged two months;
Funeral from residence. $50 .lth street southeast
at 40 pm.
ROYAL HoLCoMBE. aged SIX year,. TIVE
months and sixteen day., youngest son q La
Service papers please copy)
HUGHES On "wednesday. October IL. 1sos,
at $50 an, at her residence. lis ID street
northwest. ELIZA EAsoN. beloved wife q
James Hughes.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
HUNTER. On Tuesday. October 10 1888. WILL
street.
The funeral will tafe place from Union N. r
Church Pennsylvania avenue and 10th street.
Thursday, October IL. Relatives and frienos
are cordially requested TO attend
JOHNSTON. On "Wednesday, October II, 1850.
sALLIE SHANNON JOHNSTON. wife Of Dr.
Funeral services and interment I'm St. Louis q
MANNING. On Tuesday, October 10. 1893 ae
Mrs. MARY T. MANNING. beloved wife Of the
late Jeoph Manning. I'm the nfty-third year q
her age.
Funeral private. Ciarlboroush papers please copyS
SHERMAN On October Il, 1898. at 9 an
ELIZA WILLIAMS SHERMAN. widow Of tho
late Judge Charles Sherman OF Ohio
Interment at Cleveland Ohio. on Friday. octoba
Is. (ohiO papers please copyD
wEHRIY On Monday, October O. 1898, at pm.
JOHN ii. WEEKLY, aged about thirty-eigh1
years
Interment at Y rk, Pa
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RIFLES FOR MARksMEx.
What 10 Thought of the Small Calabe,
Army Gun.


There Is considerable interest IN the ranr
and file Of the army al 70 the canacstv ~
the new small caliber rife for tbs army for
snarpshooting. There is said 20 he a CROW
Ing impression that Il win no, he a fs vor,ts
with expert marksmen. The Krae-Jorren-
sen rifle gives an initial velocity close To
Leoo loot seconds. The Springfield arm
which for 50 many years has done excel-
ient service In the United States army
gives initial velocity seldom exceeding i 20
100. seconds. With the low initial yeiocities
shoo,, e Spltleneio arm remarkable sharp
shooting work has been done by officers ana
ENLISTED men OF the army. Much OF the ex-
cehence attained with the Sprinefield gum
mas peen que TO the use of closely eradua ted
not - ana das, WIND and drift gauges and yes
my ~ oehcate as TO make a ready adjust
ment OF the sliding leaf Impossible
lne new krag-Jorgensen arm. with fts
nigh muzzle velocities, II ftted with siehts
as exeeiient IN comparison as those given TO
tne oio springfield gun, should be capable.
IT Is declared. Of running up target scores
rife.
American AIarksmeu.
The Springfield gun has been made TO do
good work over ranges not exceeding l.soo
yards. The krag-Jorrensen gun. AZ fitted
with good sights. can be made to DO close
work over ranges up to $500 yards.
sharpshooting has long BEEN q feature
WIN American troops. IL was because OF
lslz that undrflled levies were able TO sue
cessfully contend with the veteran ress-
ments OF Great Britain. and Il was an i'm
po-tant factor In securing the Independence
OF the United States. The familiarity OF
americans with arms has In the past been
largely due TO constant hostilities with the
Indians. When the long Kentucky rife was
in vogue, the sights. though intended only
Tor close work. were usually as sharp a.
the edge OF knife. In later years superior
rfne work In America has been fostered and
maintained largely by the National Rino
Association. and largely by the efforts OF
the War Department to raise the skill OF
enlisted men OF the army TO the standard
OF marksmen- In view OF the record OF
American riiemen In the past and the dili-
gent efforts OF the War Department author
tiles OF today to keep up the standard. there
Is little likelihood. IL n thought among cons
sentative men. Of the ordnance department
overlooking the desires Of sharpshooterA
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The Weeks Case

The efforts of the State Department to
induce the government OF Costa Rica to
surrender Defaulter Weeks to our officers
in the absence of a treaty Of extradition
have been unsuccessful. This is due espe-
cially to the inability Of the Secretary of
State to promise reciprocity for such sur
render. Minister Baker. who went to San
Jose to negotiate for the surrender of
Weeks has Informed the State Department
that the Costa Rican government hesitates
to act in the matter in the absence Of re-
ciprocity or treaty. but is willing to nego-
tiate to that end.
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Cloak Department..


Beavers
here and hshsade MetoO and Clay Dgraa
he esut our favor
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hide,
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NONRESIDENT PENSIONERS.
The Secretary Of the Interior Explains
the Action Taken.

the Act1On Taken.
The Secretary of the Interior has sent To
the Senate a letter of the commissioner of
pensions in response to an INQUIRY as to
what regulations had been made and what
action had been taken under the act of
March i, 1893, relative to the payment of
pensions to pensioners whose post office ad-
dresses are now, or lately have been, tenn
porarily in foreign countries, and IL any
pensions which accrued prior to July /, 1895,
had been suspended. The act referred to
provides that from July /. 1893, no pension
shall be paid to a nonresident, who is not
citizen Of the United States, except for
actual disabilities incurred in the service.
The commissioner says a circular letter
was sent to the eighteen pension agents
directing them to suspend payment of every
case where address was known to be out
side the Jurisdiction of the United States
and that at the end of the fiscal year. June
80 they were ordered to transfer to the rolls
Of the Washington, d. C., agency every
pensioner whose address was not within
the Jurisdiction of the United States They
were further instructed not to make any
payment after July l, 1888. under any cir
cumstances to any person affected by the
act of March /, 1S9S but to transfer all
matters connected with such cases to the
pension bureau. The Washington agent
was directed to transfer the lists he receiv.
pension bureau.
June s. 1888. order No. 222 was promulgat-
ed. constituting 80 much of the act as refers
to foreign pensioners to mean that all pen
sfoners' disabilities incurred in the service
OF the United States and in the line Of duty
should continue to receive their pensions
without evidence of citizenship, even
though they resided in foreign countries.
and that in every other class OF pensions
then being paid, or which might thereafter
be allowed, competent proof of citizenship
must be adduced before payment of any
pension, IL the pensioner resided in a for
eign country. Immediately upon the re-
ceipt Of the evidence, the commissioner
says. II is applied to the proper case. and
II found to be complete. the United States
pension agent at Washington, ID. c., upon
whose roll these pensioners are now borne
is ordered to resume payment. II the evil
dence Is found to be incomplete, the case
remains suspended and no further payment
can be made, not even any amount which
may have accrued prior to July /, 1893
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-11
CUTLERY DEPARTMENT.

Continuation Of the sale of Rogers Shear Co. .
Nickel-plnted Steel Scissors. Observation-Disclosures.
Reduced from 25 to 1Sc
Shaving Brushes. Actually worth IS and 35c
pair Of Wade & Butchers Finest English
Razors, in a Morocco case. Actually worth IS co.
Razor Homes. Actually worth S1.5o and $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-11
OprrcAI DEPARTMENT.

Steel-bowed Spectacles. nickeled frame. Actual
Steel Zylonite Eyeglasses, best lenses. Actually
Steel Wire Eyeglasses, best lenses. Actually
worth 81 90.
Finest Quality Lenses put in frames and cor
rectly adjusted to suit the vision Actually worth
per pair. DUO.
list floor LIST annex }
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That
fable Sale

We inaugurated last Monday Is still tho
center Of interest here Numbers of Tablcs
are sold every day-every one a sacrifice
A third to half OF regular prices is marked
on every Table in our list.
The sale includes:
HALL TABLES,
TEA TABLES,
CURIO TABLES,
CARD TABLES,
SMOKING TABLES,
FANCY TABLES,
DINING TABLES
AND TABLES
or every description and finish, Including
the finest display of Onyx and Brass and
1nlaid Tables ever shown.
Below we give about one-fourth of thu
Tables reduced:
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NARRIEn.

RnEY-EBER On October 10. 1893, st ooseerd1g
German Lutheran Church, washington, D.CJ
by the Rev. Mr.. Drewitx Mr.. HARRY roR1
DICE RILEY and Mim EMMA EIIZABETH
EBER, both OF this city.
RYNEx-RoBrlsoN. On October 10, Yssa, Z
residence Of Rev. Joseph T. Kelly, at 80
O'Clock. Mr.. r. FRANK RYNEX Of this city
70 Miss GERTRUDE n ROBINSON Of India6
apolis.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES September q. ispa,
Church. EMMA. daughter of g. Wfllism nd
Augusta w. Zimmerman OF Pouyhkeepsie, MI.
TO JOHN & n ZIMMERMAN Of Washingtous
ID. -
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Range Of the Therno0eser.
The following were the readings Of the esrs
mometer ct the weather bureau todayt a.
"a; pm, II; maximum, n: minimum. a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-11

The q. 8. 8. Alert, Just returned frUul
Boring sea- has been placed out Of commisX
sion at Mare Island. CAL TO undergo 81
pairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-11

You cannot be sure that the styles else
where are exclusive" We never get
enough Of one style TO permit Of 1t becom-
ing common.
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WOmem's Neck FiXimgs.

the
arr becoming o nj We mvea
is uere-no
a % You'll In them price
d onaete Of a CtnLac
edge
La full
nd $500
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of
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O eofaknd tam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-11

See rs about your FAN Wrap If you Wish
20 be fully satisfied.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07
The south CnroIlnn Plan.


On the first day of this month the state
of South Carolina went into the liquor
business on its account, to the exclusion of
all other dealers whomsoever within its
borders. 1t is new and decidedly novel
experiment in the management of the liq-
uor traffic, and its operation will be
watched with no little curiosity. This is
the plan: state commissioner, who is,
or is supposed to be, total abstainer, is
appointed by the governor. Subject to
the rules of the state board of control,
the commissioner is to buy all the intoX-
icating liquor to be peddled out by the
state. He can sell only to the county dis
pensers. The liquors which he sells must
have been tested by the chemist of the
South Carolina college and found pure. He
is to give the preference to the product of
South Carolina distillers and brewers, who
can sell to nobody in the state but him.
Provision is made for the appointment of
"a county board of CONTROL" to which ap-
plicants for the place of county dispenser
must send in their petitions. The appli-
cant must not be addicted to the use of
strong waters, nor may he be a druggist,
hotel keeper, saloon keeper, nor in the
restaurant or amusement business. To
get the appointment, he must show a petit
tion signed by majority of the voters of
the town in which the dispensing is to be
done, provision which secures local OPP
tion, and will perhaps prevent any extern
sive use of the dispensing system outside
of the cities, the sentiment in favor of pro-
hibition being very strong in the state.
county dispenser can sell only in pack
ages of not less than half pint, not to be
opened on the premises. Every flask bears
the seal of the state on one side. He, the
dispenser, will be bound by oath to sell to
no minors, drunken persons, or persons
given to getting drunk, nor TO any person
not personally known to him or duly
vouched for. To buy package one must
sign formidable blank giving his age, res
idence, and other detailed particulars. The
profits of the county dispensaries will be
divided equally between the county treas
uries and the state treasury.
The scheme is Gov. Ben Tillman's, who
says it will reduce taxation one-half, and
net the state $4,000 the first year. Sew
eral counties in the state, it is said, where
the prohibition sentiment is strong, are OPP
posed to the plan and will make no appli-
cation for the appointment of dispensers.
So far as the state is concerned it appears
to be case of going into the rum business,
not to check the sale or use of liquors, but
"for what there is in it,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

Robert T. Lincoln, ex-minister to Eng
land, upon whom Harvard conferred the
degree of LII. d. at her recent commence
ment, was present at the reunion and
dinner of his college class, that OF '64, in
Boston last week, for the first time in
many years.
Ex-senator Hill, of Colorado, has
made fortune by smelling gold and silver
by a secret process of his own, by which
his big refinery in Denver is able to do
some of the best refining in the world. He
is said to be one of the best Judges of
metals in the United States.
Scott Hayes, the youngest son of the
late ex-President Hayes, has gone to Cleve-
land as the general manager of an electric
company. A year ago he entered the en-
ployment of an electrical concern in Gin
cinnati, where he mastered the business in
every detail. Although President HAYES
left large fortune to his children, all of
them have shown industrious inclination
and have maintained themselves in bust
ness since they have attained their major
itV
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

The financial situation grew so disquiet-
ing after the big drop in silver last week,
and the pressure upon President Cleveland
became so great, that he yielded his de-
termination not to call Congress together
until September, and on Friday afternoon
issued proclamation for a special session
to be convened Aug. I. The New York
Tribune's correspondent says that up to
within forty-eight hours of issuing the call
Mr.. Cleveland was decidedly opposed to a
midsummer session, but the appeals and
petitions which kept pouring in upon him
were too numerous and too significant to
be ignored. They came from chambers of
commerce, from boards of trade, from
banks and bankers, from merchants and
manufacturers, from public men and men
in private life; and they were not con-
fined to any particular locality or section
of country. Some of the strongest of
them came from members of Mr.. Cleve-
lands own party. They were received
from the East and the West, and from
money centres as widely apart as New
York, Chicago and San Francisco. Such
universal demand for prompt action on
the part of the Executive could not be ig-
nored.
The Presidents reluctance to take this
step sooner than he did is frankly explain.
ed by his friends on the ground that he
was unable to count upon the members OF
his party in Congress to vote for an uncon.
ditional repeal of the Sherman act. What
the outcome of the session will be it is i'm
possible to predict. One thing is sure
however-the action of the President, late
as it comes, meets the approval of al
thinking men. While it is doubtful whether
he can control his party so as to command
through the Democratic members, the i'm,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

mediate repeal of the silver law, there
should be no doubt as to the action of the
Republican members. OF the Us Repub-
licans in the next House only very small
percentage are free silver men, and Repub-
lcan action should be broad and states
manlike for the good of the country, and not
merely to secure some temporary partisan
advantage. 1t is true that the Republicans
will get small credit for their action, from
Democratic sources, if they vote, with
practical solidty, to stop the silver pur-
chases, but simply as a matter of policy it
will be the only wise course in the end
The silver men of the West are alarmed
at the prospect and are trying to devise
means to stay the tide of public sentiment.
The people of Colorado propose to hold
big mass meeting to consider the crisis.
One scheme is to start an "evangelizing'
party through the South and East to get
the people TO instruct their representatives
in Congress to vote for the rehabilitation
of silver; and conference is to be held in
st. Louis on the 18th inst. to complete the
arrangements.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

From the st. Albans Messengerl
The Boston Journal of the Goth contains
an interview of one of its reporters with
Gen. Fitz John Porter, the father of the
Fifth Army corps, with reference 10 his
dismissal from service on the charge of
treason and his subsequent vindication
from the charge of disloyalty through the
influence of Gen. Grant. Gen. Porter
might be pardoned for his criticism upon
John A. Logan since Logan believed him
to have been traitor and fought bravely
and manfully to prevent his reinstatement,
but there is no possible excuse or justifica-
tion for his indecent assault upon the mem
ory of Gen. Sheridan. Although Gen. Fitz
john Porter is now an old man and his mis-
fortunes have doubtless added to the infirm-
atives of age, the interview, as published
in the Journal, adds nothing to his reputa-
tion but rather emphasizes the conviction
that his loyalty was made subordinate to
his jealousy at time when the country de-
manded of the leaders of its armies unset
fish devotion. There are some regulations
that are enhanced by forgetfulness.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

Ex-senator Edmunds and family are at
n Northeast Bay, Me-, where they will re-
main until September /.
Robert p. Porter, superintendent of the
census, resigned last Saturday, his resigna
tion to take effect Immediately.
The decline of 20 cents an ounce in the
price of silver last week meant loss OF
SPA, 1855, ,506 on the silver bullion stored in
the government vaults.
The call for special session of Con-
gress brings the contest for speakership
to a focus, and the question is whether
Mr.. Crisp can command a reelection.
Ten thousand delegates were present on
the first day of the great Christian Endeav-
or convention at Montreal, and the total
attendance of delegates will reach at least
1900.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07
An Extra Session Aug. Z.
President ClevelRnd's Proclamation
COnvenIng Congress on that Date.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,


Washington, d. c., June 30, 1898.
Whereas, The distrust and apprehension
concerning the financial situation, which
pervade all business circles, have already
caused great loss and damage to our people
and threaten to cripple our merchants, stop
the wheels of manufacture, bring privation
TO our farmers and withhold from our
workingmen the wage of labor;
And whereas, The present perilous con-
dition is largely the result of a financial
policy which the executive branch of the
government finds embodied in unwise laws
which must be executed until repealed by
Congress;
Now, therefore, !, Grover Cleveland,
President of the United States, do by this
proclamation declare that an extraordinary
occasion requires the convening of both
houses of the Congress of the United
States at the Capitol in the city of Wash
ington on the 7th day of August next, at
II o'clock noon, to the end that the people
may be relieved through legislation from
present and impending danger and dis
tress.
All those entitled to act as members of
the Fifty-third Congress are requested to
take notice of this proclamation and attend
at the time and place above stated.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

Attendance at the Worlds Fair during
June averaged about $4,000 paid admis-
sions day. The largest crowd was pres
ent June Is, when 165, ,069 paid admissions
were recorded. The greatest Sunday at
tendance was 1928, and the smallest was
$4,000, which was the smallest attendance
of the month, with the exception of June
first, when there were only 32,024 paid adj
missions. AS the finances of the enter
prise stand now, it will require an average
paying attendance of over 100000 day to
meet the floating debts and bonded charge
upon the exposition. Such an attendance,
however, is confidently expected. 1t will
be of interest to note in comparison that
the average daily paid admissions at the
Philadelphia centennial throughout June
were considerably below $4,000, and the
largest attendance on any one day during
the month was 99,3S9, against 165, ,Oo9 for
the Chicago show.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

Official dispatches from Rear Admiral
Markham in regard to the sinking of the
Victoria off Tripoli, reached London Sun
day, and give substantially the same details
of the disaster as the news dispatches
brought last week. He blames no one,
and expresses the deep grief felt by officers
and men of the squadron because of the
disaster and the sense of the great and ir-
reparable loss sustained by the navy and
the nation in the death of Sir Geo. Tryon.
The disaster arose from an error of judg-
ment in ordering the maneuvre of chang
ing columns when the vessels were too near
together, the mistake apparently lying with
Vice e-Admiral Tryon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

On Sunday, July 2, the 30th anniversary
of the great three-days' fight at Gettysburg,
New York state dedicated her handsome
monument costing $685. to the men who
fell on that field. Seven thousand New
York veterans, the surviving generals Of
the battle, and thousands of veterans and
visitors from other states were present.
The Introductory address was delivered by
Gen. Sickles, and the dedication address by
Bishop Potter. The ceremonies were very
impressive. The Sickles Excelsior brigade
monument and the monument of the 18th
and 44th New York regiments were also
dedicated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

Tuesday was gala day at Chicago Ex-
cursion trains brought crowds in from
every direction, and the closing of coWmer-
cial houses gave business and workingmen
an opportunity to visit the Worlds Fair.
The attendance is estimated at 300,0 600.
The procession which moved to the grounds
from city hall was led by the original flag
under which Paul Jones sailed with the
authority of Congress, was carried by Mrs.
H. r. Stafford of Martha's Vineyard, the
present owner, which was enthusiastically
greeted all along the way. Exercises were
held on the grounds, among them the
hosting of the original "Old Glory" and
at the same moment the new liberty bell
was struck for the first time at Troy, n. Y.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-07-07

There has been so much senseless howl
ing about the Sherman act, that some peo-
pie have got an idea that there is nothing
about it that deserves respect. 1t should
not be forgotten, however, that every treas
ury note issued under the Sherman act is
as good as gold, no matter what the price
of silver is, and every paper dollar issued
under the Bland act is as good as gold, al
though it is a promise to pay only silver
dollar, and this guarantee is embodied in
the Sherman act. If it had not been for
that pledge, we might now be trying to do
bus mess on fifty-cent dollar basis.
-Sprinafeld Union.