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of Camp Hardee.
 Our Southern Heroes" - Professor Roof
 Song-"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" Jefferson Volunteers quar- tette.
 Recitation-"MafIit Entering Mobile Harbor,' Miss Douglass.
 Song-"An Offering of Flowers''-High school
 Memorial poem-Miss Margaret E. O'Brien.
 Recitation-"Weep for Lee," Miss Mo- mic Terrell.
 After the close of services at the wig wam the following programme will be observed:
 Order of March to Cemetery. Grambs' Military band.
 Second regiment, Alabama state troops, D. L. Higdon, major commanding first battalion.
 Howard college cadet corps, captain commanding.
 Birmingham police force, T. C. McDon- aid. chief.
 Birmingham fire department Thad Null lin, chief.
 Camp Hardee, United Confederate Vet erans, Gen. R. D. Johnston, comman- der.
 Sons Confederate Veterans, Gen. Rufus N Rhodes, commander.
 Mayor and board of aldermen. Children of all schools.
 Citizens in carriages
 All under commands of l.. " Clark cola onel Second regiment, Alabama state troops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
THE NEW TORPEDO BOATS.
for Proposals Issued
In Newspapers of the West.


In Newspapers of the West.
With but single exception, newspapers
in the east have not been given the adj
vertisement Just issued by the Navy De-
partment calling for proposals for building
three new torpedo boats large enough to
go to sea and make twenty-six knots per
hour. This is owing to the fact that the
language of the act under which these
boats are to be built permits them to be
constructed on the Atlantic coast only in
the event that the Navy Department is I'M
able to secure reasonable offers from re-
sponsible bidders on the Pacific coast, the
Mississippi river and the Gulf of Mexico.
The department is making every effort to
carry cut the purpose of the act of Con-
gress in this respect, and SO 1t has pub
liShed its advertisements in the papers of
the Pacific coast, at San Francisco and
Seattle and Portland, and for the first time
in papers in Dubuque, New Orleans, Mo-
bile and Pensacola. Inquiries are being
received at intervals from iron workers
and ship builders along the gulf and on the
mississippi, which encourages the depart,
ment officials to hope that bids will be
forthcoming from these sections of the
country, ard, to stimulate the Inauguration
of new naval shipwrghts, the department
has been at some pains TO furnish the in
quirers with all information that might
properly be given them in the way of de-
tailed plans of the BOATS and matters of
internal construction that will assist them
in submitting estimates. One purpose of
so doing has been to correct very preva-
lent impression among embryo naval con-
structors that torpedo boat Is easy to
build, being nothing more than powerful
engine encased in the smallest hull that
will float Eer, for. in reality, it is one of
the most uncertain products of the naval
architect, and only the highest degree of
Designing and structural skill and the use
of the best ma terial can turn one that will
stand the severe strains and develop the
very high speed absolutely required by the
contracts under which the torpedo boats
are built Success in building vessels of
ordinary type and merchant craft is no
guarantee of good results in the first at
tempt at building a torpedo boat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
Pensions Allowed.

Virginia; Original widows, etc.-Lavinia
Foltz, Alexandria, Alexandria. Original
Thomas Green. National Soldiers Home,
Elizabeth City. Reissue-Samuel Sherry,
National Soldiers Home Elizabeth City
District of Columbia: Original widows
etc.-Minors of Harrison Thornton, WASH
iEgton D. c.; John P. White Washington,
d. c.; Ernest Rittenhouse, Washington, D.
c. Increase-Edward Dougherty. Washing
ton, d. c. Reissue-Lewis Gibson, Wash
ington, D. c.; George w. Reeves, Washing
ton, d. c.; Fred. E. Baukhag, Washington,
ID. c.: Stephen Turner, Washington, D. c. !;
George b. Boyce, Poultry, Rutland; Charles
Gordon, Washington, D. c.
Maryland: Orginal-Charles Whitman,
Cumberland. Original widows, etc-Harriet
Bigger, Chesapeake City, Cecil; Rebecca
Jackson, Mt. Pleasant, Frederick. In
crease-Thomas H. Bryan, Annapolis, Anne
Arundel; Abraham X. Shoff, Corriganville
Allegany. Reissue-John T. Douglass, Bal
timore. Baltimore; John w. Boon, Hope
Queen Anne; George NJ. Kilman, Annapolis
Anne Arundel; David H. Legat, Havre de
Grace, Hartford; Isaac Croft. College of
Saint James, Washington; Conrad link,
Elk Ridge, Howard; John A. Peddicord,
Emmtsburg. Frederick; Charles G.. Orri-
sen, Frederick, Frederick; Jas. E. Roberts.
Baltimore, Baltimore. Renewal and in
crease-Thomas Jones, Annapolis, Anne
Arundel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
coLoRED EDITORS TO CONVENE.
The National AfrO-Americnn Press
Association to Meet In baltimore.

The National Afro-American Press
Association to Meet In baltimore.
The National Afro-American Press Asso-
citation, of which nearly all Of the colored
editors of the country are members. has
been called to convene In annual session
Tuesday of next week IN Baltimore. The
association will be In session three or four
days. and many subjects affecting the
moral, religious and educational status of
the negro in this country will be discussed
Mr.. W. Calvin Chase of the Washington
Bee is the chairman of the executive COM
mittee, and he has arranged the program
of speakers and subjects to be discussed
The deliberations OF the association will
be presided over by ]. C. Doucey, who was
collector of customs at Wilmington, N. c.,
during the Harrison administrat ton. and
who now edits the A. NJ. E. Zion Church
Review. The first days session will be
devoted to the reading of the report OF
the historian and the hearing Of the re-
ports of the committees which were ap-
pointed at the last annual session. Matt
N. Lewis of the Recorder of Norfolk, Va,
will submit a paper.
The question of the formation of an Afro
American typographical union will be dis
cussed by A. w. Scott Of the Wilmington
Sentinel, Robert P. Bird Of the Chicago
Conservator, Joseph Dorsey of the Crusader
of Baltimore, George Morgan of the Re-
NETT s. Scott of the Texas Freeman. AT
the evening session Jessie Lawson. editor
of the Co!ored American of this city, Will
read paper on Editorial Style" and the
Anonymous Contributor will be talked
about by w. A. Sweeny of the Indianapolis
Freeman. These papers will be discussed
by T. Thomas Fortune of the New York
Age, Christ. Perry of Philadelphia Tribune,
W. S. Dodson of the A. NJ. E. Recorder and
c. T. Adams Of the Chicago Appeal.
On the second day c. j. Perry will tell
How to Secure the Best Syndicate News
Service" and F. L. Burnett of the Omaha
Progress, L. A. Martinett of the New Or
leans Daily CRUSADER. A. ]. Aston of the
Langston City Herald and DR.. s. P. Brown
of the Rescue of New Orleans will discuss
the subject. Magnus L. Robinson Of the
Leader and Clipper of Alexandria, Scott
Wood Of the Petersburg Va.), Herald. G. F.
FIR lnklin of the Nebraska Enterprise and
Rev. F.. T. Henderson of the South Boston
Banner will read papers during the after
noon session.
At the evening session Dr. w. Bishop
Johnson of this city will contrast the re-
ligious and secular press. w. Calvin Chase
of the Bee will talk Of the New Leadership
in the Negro Race" and J. c. Doucey, T.
T. Fortune ana Rev. DR.. E. w. S. Ham
mond will discuss the subject. They will be
followed by Miss E. F. G. Merritt of the
Washington Bee, T. T. Fortune of the New
York Age, c. A. johnson of the Colored
American, A E. Adams Of the Philadelphia
Speck, E. c. Cooper, John Mitchell of the
Richmond Planet and DR.. l.. ]. Coppin of
the A. NJ. E. Church Review.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03

Deeds in fee have been filed as follows:
Samuel Bieber ct ux. to Eugene A. Atchi-
son, part original lots l and 2, so. n. of
1853; $40. Leon Tobriner, trustee, to Henry
Kraak, part lot 90 and all lots 81 to 81
Chichester: s4,4OO. C. Reynolds Bedford
trustee to Samuel Ross, lot 2s5, So 156;
$500. Hiram ]. Penrod ct ux. to Bette
w. Jameson, part lot $chfk 81. Brook
land; $40. Same to Katherine Walsh, part
same lot; $40. Chas. T. Yoder, trustee, to
Chas. E. Lanning, lot 20 lsl. 623; $3.50
Herbert NJ. Locke to Leo Simmons. lot 25.
SO. 56S; SO. Diller F. Croft to Elizabeth
A. Reynolds, lot %. blk. ., Brightwood
Park; $40. John Judge to Eliza F. Knights
lot %. So. POS; 81. Jacob S. Redman to
Ethel G. Taylor to Chas z. Stanford lot
%. So. 95S; s., 800. Brainard H. Warner ct
ux. to Alex. X. Phillips, part original lot
49, So. 2s9; $40. James Fishback to Caro-
e. Kershaw. part lots and I, Kosciusko
place: $40. Same to Martha 4. Martin, part
same lots: so. VIM. L.JFoalke to Sidney
Bieber, lot 49,, So. $50; SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03

Consul General Bowen at Barcelona has
sent report to the State Department upon
the marbles and minerals of Spain. He
says that although having plenty of mar
BILE, SPANS quarries have never been de-
veloped like those of Italy, France and
Belgium. In recent years, however, the
marble saving industry is developing rap
idly owing to the duties imposed on the
importatiOns of like material from other
countries.
Bricks and tiles are now being produced
in large quantities, and the making of
ceramics, delft and porcelain are success
full industries. Glass and crystal manu-
factories are doing a large business. The
mineral product, the consul general shows
in figures giving the output in tons, of 1894
was as follows: Quicksilver, 10, 72S; lead
151, 600; iron, 1872. 655; copper, 2,2T0, 900;
zinc, $4,000; tin. %: anthony. 10; salt,
533. $50, and $1,000 kilos of silver. "a kilo
is about 2 Is pounds.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
The Patent Office Gazette.

The first issue of the Patent Office Ga
zette under the new contract for the pres
ent fiscal year appeared yesterday. There
had been SO much strife over the contract
for the Gazette that there was a good deal
of curiosity yesterday to see If the publi-
caticn would be out on time and In good
shape. This was the case to the last let
ter of the agreement. The typographical
missioner Seymour expected or desired
and it would be difficult to distinguish any
difference between a copy under the new
contractor and the old The illustrations
are reproduced in clear and distinct lines
and the text, which is photo-lithographed
fro m type-set copy, is exceptionally well
done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
Carl Brownies Plan.

There will be an interesting ceremony
on the Capitol steps at the main entrance
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock if the
plan Of Carl Browne, the Coxeyite, is car
ried out.
Mr. Browne was married to Miss Mamie
Coxey, the blue-eyed lassie who figured as
the Goddess of Liberty in the Coxey parade
in this city, but the pair are not satisfied
with being tied by the ordinary nuptial
knot, and propose to again be united in a
manner that will attract national atten-
ten. For this purpose they have planned
to come here on July from Allegheny,
where they are now stopping, and to pro-
coed to the Capitol steps, 1t is said that
about thirty-five members of the Coxey
army, who have remained here since the
disarmament of that body of men, will
meet Browne and his bride and witness the
ceremony Plans are also said to be COM
pleted for picnic of the commonwealers
near Mt. Olivet cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
THE COURTS.

Equity Court No. 1-Chief Justice Bingham.
Brown agt. Brown; testimony before r..
L. Wallach, examiner ordered taken. o.
born agt. Smith: appearance of absent de-
PENDANTS ordered. In re Washington Gal
loway, Jesse E. Wilson and Lewis Wood,
alleged lunatics; writs de lunatico inquiren-
do ordered to issue. Renneker agt. Renne-
ker; testimony before F. L. Williams, ex-
aminer, ordered taken. Beall agt. Danen-
hover; Ashley NJ. Gould appointed guardian
ad Item. Sherwood agt. Sherwood; appear
ance of absent defendant ordered. Mock
abee agt. Mockabee: testimony before F..
L. Williams, examiner, ordered taken. En-
mons agt. Lawton Brick and Tile Co.; sale
decreed with John Ridout. trustee, to sell.
Grymes agt. Grymes; testimony before c..
E. Thorn. examiner ordered taken. Green
agt. Newman; witness Green required to
write his name. Latimer agt. White; ap-
pearance of absent defendant ordered.
Jones agt. Jones; testimony before Robert
]. Murray, examiner, ordered taken. Sum-
merfield agt Symmetrical; do. Strother agt.
Strother; do. before c. E. Thorn, examiner.
Peabody agt Bureau of Education; appear
ance of absent defendants ordered. Muir
Ply agt Kirby: time to prepare transcript
agt Bateman; time to file amendment to
bill extended to July Z.
Circuit Court No. 1-Judge Cole.
White agt. D. c.; judgment in certiorari
Ergood agt. De Alley; Judgment by default
Ruoff ct al agt. D.. C.; judgment in certio-
rari.
Circuit Court No. 2-Chief Justice Bingham
Dieudonne sgt. D. c.; judgment in certio-
rari. pashiell agt- W. and G. r. r. Co..
motion of Rock Creek Railway Company
for new trial filed.
Criminal Court No. 2-Judge Cole.
U. S. agt. Edw. Desmond and Charles
Auffort; HOUSEKEEPING; on trial.
Probate Court-Chief Justice Bingham.
Estate of David McIntire; order substitute
ing Enoch Totten for S. S. Henkle as one
of the custodians of the assets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
THEIR RIGHT UPHELD
Mr.. Thomas Says Commissioners Gould Re-
ject Garbage Bids.
The Point Raised by the Columbia
Supply Company Answered-Re-
v
strictioDs of a Charter.

When the protest of the Columbia Supply
Company against the award Of the gar
bage contract to Joshua Warield was re-
ceived by the Commissioners it was
promptly forwarded to the attorney for
the District for opinion.
This afternoon Attorney Tho mas present
ed his opinion, in which he holds that the
Commits sioners have the legal discretion to
reject any ana all bids The opinion in full
is as follows:
The gravamen of the protest of this
company Is that it was the lowest bidder
by $500 for the work. Section of the act
or Congress approved June IL, 1878 GO Stat,
lo5), requires the Commissioners to adver-
use for proposals for doing any work the
total cost of which shall exceed the sum of
S!ooo In one newspaper in Washington. and.
II the total cost shall exceed 5000, then in
one newspaper in the cities of New York,
fhlladelphia and Baltimore for one week.
and the lowest responsible proposal for the
kind and character of the work which the
commissioners shall determine upon, shall
IN all cases be accepted; provided, that the
commissioners shall have the right in their
olscreton to reject all of such proposals
Under this. statute, which governs the
commissioners in inviting bids for gar
page disposal, it was competent for them
70 award the work to the lowest RESPONSE
cie bidder. and in their discretion to reject
an other bids. This of itself is a complete
answer to the objections raised by the Co.
t ,It supply Company; but, aside from
thls, am Informed that said company is
a corporation, organized under the laws of
me state OF Virginia for the purpose only
or supplying fuel
assuming this to be So the Columbia
supply COMPANY was not competent bid
der. No valid or binding contract could
nave been made with 1t for the removal of
garbage. The charter of a corporation is
the measure of its powers. 1t can make no
contract beyond the purposes and scope
OF Its charter. Where those powers are
exceeded the government may take away
It's charter; court of equity will restrain
the carrying out Of contract, and court
OF law will sustain no action upon it. Da-
Wis VS.. Gray, 131 Mass, 259)
In my Judgment the Columbia Supply
Company, being organized for the purpose
of supplying fuel exceeded its powers when
1t undertook to bid for the work of garbage
disposal The enumeration in its charter
of the business 1t was organized to do ex-
cludes the idea that 1t has the right to do
any other business But independently of
this question, my opinion is it was within
the legal discretion of the Commissioners
under the act of 1878 to reject any and all
bids for the disposal Of garbage"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
THE DISTRICT AT ATLANTA
The Joint Commission Issues an Appeal to
the Public.
Funds Wanted to Make n Creditnble
EXhfbition-The Plan to
De Followed.

Today the commission in charge of the
District exhibit at the Atlanta exposition
issued the following:
To the Citizens of the District OF Column
hia: The joint commission appointed by the
Commissioners to represent the District of
Columbia at the Atlanta exposition have
finally decided upon the number, character
and scope Of the "ofticial exhibits which
they will endeavor to make at the Atlanta
exposition and now ask your generous as
sistance in raising the fund necessary to
make said exhibits complete. successful and
an honor to the District Of Columbia.
1t was decided to limit the scope and
character Of the exhibits, In order that
completeness might be attained
The official exhibits will consist:
l. OF an exhibit of the public schools of
the District, similar in character to the
recent exhibition at the Franklin School,
2. Colonial exhibit, consisting of rare and
historic relics connected with colonial and
revolutionary times.
B. The exhibits of the works of Washing
ton artists.
4. The library and literary exhibit, con-
sisting OF books, MSS, etc, of Washington
authors and writer's.
o. The exhibit of the women's peace con-
gress.
1t was the object of the commission in
making the above selection to secure ex-
hibits which would be characteristic of
w dsiiiLS ION, ana TO nave them as complete
as possible.
1t will require only $500 or s., 600 to box,
ship and properly display these exhibits at
Atlanta, and the joint commission feel
that the citizens of the District will be
more than glad to subscribe the money
Ltoessary to carry out this laudable design.
Contributions will be received by the Off
GERS or the joint commission, the members
OF the finance committee and the Washing
ton press. T. A. Lambert, chairman: Con-
rad H. Syme, secretary.
The Finance Committee.
The finance committee is as follows:
Jesse B. Wilson, B. H. Warner, Jno E.
Herrell, Jno. j. Edison, Geo. Herring, Jno
w. Thompson, S. W. Woodward, Commits
soner Jno. w. Ross, Secretary Hoke Smith,
c. ]. Bell. J. P. Mnatree, Beriah Wilkins.
F. b. Noyes. G. C. Conn, Thos SomervilIe,
5: n. kaufrmann. Mrs, Blount, Mrs. A. A.
Birney, r. w. Tyler, Mrs. Geo NJ. Barker
Saml Wheatley, S. S. Shedd c. A. Snow.
5. G. Cornwall, w. Fl. Moses, Frank Hume
Jas. j. hampton, Levi Woodbury. Mrs Jas
II. McGill, Mrs. Calderon Carlisle, Mrs
Reginald Fendall, ]. NJ Wilson, Jno. r.
Mclean Geo. TruesdelI, Riggs & Co,
washington and Georgetown Railroad
company, Geo. F. Oyster, E. D. Easton
NJ. NJ. Parker. Miss Kibbey, Samuel Bryan,
Barnes & Weaver, Mrs. E. c. Dean, A. L.
Barbour,Thos Waggaman, Walter Davidge
NJ. w. Beveridge w. NJ. Gait. Mrs Jas F.
Barbour, Ralph Gait, NJ. A. Ballinger Chas
Holtzman, Geo. E. Lemon. A. A Thomas,
L. G. Hine. o. G. Staples, L. P. Shoemaker,
Jno. T. DeviEe, Thos. W. Smith, temporary
chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
For Free silver Coinnre.

At yesterday afternoons session of the
democratic monetary conference at Den
yer resolutions were adopted saying: BE
lieving that the masses of the democratic
party throughout the United States are in
sympathy with the movement for the
restoration of silver, we .eallD upon them to
take such action as will secure the selection
of delegates to the next national conven-
ton who will declare absolutely for the
free coinage Of silver at the ratio of Id
to 1.
Resolved, That we expressly dissent
from the financial policy Of the present
admiristr alton. We are opposed to the
issue of Understanding Ibonds in time of
peace"
Thirteen delegates to the democratic BIZ
metallic convention. to be held in Wash
ington, August IA, were chosen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
The Fourth mt the P.s~t oA,ee.

Postmaster Willett today issued an or
der as follows: The following divisions of
the main office will be closed to the public
on Thursday, July 4, 1895: Money order
division and registry division. Azdelivery
by carriers at main office will be made at
100 am. Carriers window will be open
for delivery of mail to clerks in the depart
ments from 0 to 1870 am. and for the
general public from to pm. Collections
will be made at 1890 and $50 am. and
s pm. Deliveries at stations at 1:BO am.
Collections at u and am. and pm.
County collections at 8 am. and pm.
The following stations Will be open to the
public for the transaction of business:
Station A, 6 to IL am, to pm. Station
B, to II am, to pm. Station c, to
10 am. Station d, to II am, 5 to pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
Louisiana Election Frauds.

A case involving the alleged louisiana
election frauds of 1876 has been docketed
in the United States Supreme Court. The
title is Caroline P. Southworth, admins
tratrix of John P. Southworth, VS.. the
United States. 1t is appealed from the
Court of Claims, and involves a claim for
fees on the part of Southworth, who in
1876 was a United States commissioner
Acting in this capacity he issued S,2S3 war
rants for arrest for violation of the cleo
ton laws in the twelve days from the Goth
of October to the 9th of November He
was so busy that he used stamp instead
of writing his name The Treasury De-
partment refused to allow the claim on ac-
count of this and other irregularities, and
he took the case to the Court of Claims
where the decision was also adverse to
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
The Centennial of Litbosraphy.

At the request Of the French embassy,
the State Department has given public no.
tice of the fact that there has just been
formed in France a committee to organize
an international exposition of the centen-
NAL of TYPOGRAPHY, to be opened in Paris.
August IS next, and to be conducted under
the patronage of the French government,
the ministers of commerce and of public
instruction being directly named. Copies
of the regulations for the exposition have
been furnished to the State Department, in
order that 1t may be made known to artis-
tic and Industrial societies in the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
Stamps Issued Last Yenr.

Official figures compiled at the Post Office
Department show that tfne total number of
stamps of all kinds issued to postmasters
during the fiscal year just closed was O.
$40, 100000, valued at $56sS5,41s This
amount is an increase in valuation of S4,-
100000 over last year. The total value of
envelopes issued to post offices was s12-
036.010, and postal cards "a. 96s, 161.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
Protecting Employees.

Owing to the frequency CT complaints
that contractors did not pay their work
men purctually. the Commissioners have
ordered that hereafter the general stipula-
ton Of proposals for material and labor
shall contain n clause providing for the
punctual pay of workmen in cash, and not
store orders, and furnish from time to
time, as the Commissioners may direct.
satisfactory evidence that this has been
donc. In case the contractor fails to
promptly pay his men the Commissioners
will retain payments due until such claims
are satisfied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
The Star Out of Town.

THE EVENING STAR will be sent
by mail to any address in the United
States or Canada for such period as
may be desired at the rate Of fifty
cents per month.
UBut all such orders must be ac-
companied by the money. or the
paper cannot be sent, as no ac-
counts are kept with mail subscrip-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-03
yellow Fever increasing in Cuba.

The United States consul at Santiago de
Cuba reports that yellow fever Is on the In
crease there, but says it is impossible to
give the number of cases, owing to the
fact that physicians in private practice do
not report their cases. He says there were
nineteen deaths in the city from this cause
during the week ending June q.