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Condition of the wa,er.

hleh ana low tides are officially recorded
al ,he navy yard today as follows:
High' Low.
40 d. III. S:44 a. m.
4:55 p. m. R.3s n m
Temperature and condition of the wafer
at 8 a. m.: Great Falls-Temperafure 81:
condition, SO. Receiving rcscrvoir-fem
perature, 81; condition at north connection.
36; condition at south connection, SO. Dis
tributing reseryoir-Temperature 81: con-
dt'ion at influent gatehouse, SO; effIuent
Satehouse, SO.
Schedule for Street Lighting.
Gas lamps lighted at s:O7 D. n.; extin-
guished at 3:48 a. m.
Naphtha lamps lighted at BOT p m; ex-
;inguislied at 4:03 a. m.
1ncandescent and electric lamps lighted
At 7:52 p. m; extinguished at 4:O3 q. N.
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: TWO OFFICIALS RESIGN.
N. E. Fagon and p. E. Lyles of the
Agricultural Depurt meut.


Much hmysteryismadeo over the coincidence
OF two important designations in the A gri-
cultural Department. which We're accepted
to take effect May l by Secretary Morton
before he left last Friday for a months tour
in the far West. but carefully suppressed.
The two departed officials are NJ. E
Fagon, OF Illinois, chief of the now emascu-
lated seed division, and p. L. Lyles, OF the
bureau of animal industry, both Of whom
have been drawing $1,000 salaries since
the early part of the present administra.
ton.
Acting Secretary Dabney and all the
other officials Of the department profess
utter ignorance of the causes Of the res
ignations, but no doubt exists that they
are inseparable from the seed controversy,
Lyles being the protege in the department OF
Senator Vest, whose bitter iuvectives
against Secretary Morton have been fea-
lures of the Senate proceedings for the
past few months.
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Power Company Incorporated.

Articles Of Incorporation of the Potomac
Electric Power Company of the District of
Columbia we're filed today The object of
the corporation is to manufacture and dis
tribute electricity and electric appliances.
The capital stock OF the company is to be
S500.0u0. divided into 5000 shares OF
500 each. Seven trustees are to manage
the concerns for the first year. They are
Oscar T. Crosby. Frederick C. Stevens,
Charles A. Lie5. Henry W. Cramp, David
NJ. Anderson. Charles P. Williams and
Henry T. Purdy. The first three were the
incorporators.
The evening times., 1896-04-28

School Shoes that scrape
out soon at toe are dear
at any price. Arthur Burt
puts on a broad sole that
stops all that.
141l ST.,
Next to Branch Postofice
Open Saturdays, 9 P. III.
The evening times., 1896-04-28
Sampled the Communion Win

Plainfield, n. j., April 2S.-Robert. the
six-year-old son OF Thomas Rutledge, play
ing witt two companions, found the door
leading into the church of the Plymouth
Brethren open. and walked in. In their tour
of observation they found the commun' on
wine, and all of them sampled it freely
Young Rutledge was found on the street
an hour later dead drunk. A doctor was
called and prescribed for him. but he is
very sick boy. The other boys were not
affected by the wine.
The evening times., 1896-04-28
Suffocated by Mine Gas.

Pottsville. Pa, April 2S.-Matt Fleming
and Edward Burns were suffocated by gas
at Albright & Company's Silverton Gallery
near Minersrille yesterday. Fleming body
has been recovered, but Burns has not been
found. The latter came from ShamDkin
only few days ago. Both were young men
and unmarried.
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| They don't
come any
better

. than our s15-s16. So
and S18 suits. If you
= pay more you pay for
something you don't
get. And you will pay
more elsewhere-ready
made, S18 to S25-to or
: der, $50 to SIS. Make
'em ourselves - that's
what brings the prices
down here.
SO won't buy a bit
better suit elsewhere
than 81. so here. Won't
fit any better-nor wear
nor look any better.
You'd believe it if you
knew how many we're
selling.
Good time to get your
straw hat. More time
. to wait on you than
when it gets real hot.
/ EISEMAN Bros,
9 Cor. 7tn and E SITS. N. w.
No Branch Store in Washington.
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FORTY STILL ENToMBED.

Rrsruers Can Hear Their Voices in
the Caved-in Mexican Mine.
St Louis. No., April S.-A special from
Chihuahua, Mexico. says that already over
twenty dead bodies have been taken from
the mine which collapsed here last week.
ana there are forty persons still entombed.
TIE rescuing party can hear the voices
OF those entombed, who are trying to
work their way out toward the rescuing
party. The cause of the cave-in was the
giving away of the main support. The
mile was very poorly timbered.
The evening times., 1896-04-28
Dave Martin Not for ouav.

Philadelphia, April 2s.-David Martin.
delegate to the national convention from
the Fifth Congressional district in this
city. announces tha t he has decided to vote
for Mckinley y on the first ba Hot and ON every
other ballot as long as he is candida te
The evening times., 1896-04-28
Eck,ng,on Line Mulcted.

Mrs. Eliza johnson. wife of John John
son. was awarded damages in the sum of
81 ,ac0 In Judge Bradley's court this after
noon. in suit brought against the Eek
ngton and Soldiers Home Railway Com
pauy.
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WILL JOIN THE VOLUNTEERS.
Capt. Nellie Crossman Has Left the
Baltimore. Salyat ouisfs

Baltimore. Nd. April 2S.-Capt. Nellie
Crossman of Corps No. OF the Salvation
Army has resigned, and, it il is said, Will
soon take charge of a division OF Balling-
ton Booths Volunteers which is now be-
ing recruited
There has been some disiBtegration in
the ranks of the Salyationists of late, and
Commander Booth Tucker has accepted
an invitation to come to Baltimore to try
and stem the tide. He Will be given a
big reception by the loyal members OF the
army.
The evening times., 1896-04-28
Credit Men Called to orga ntze.

Toledo, Ohio April 2S.-The Toledo cham
Der of commerce has issued an invitation to
the credit men of the United States TO
meet here June % for the purpose of ef-
fecting a national organization.
The evening times., 1896-04-28


fine cassimeres and cheviots
the latest light and dark
shades-right up-to-date in
cut and fnish-in sizes to fit
the stout, tall, lean, short
or regular-build man for
$7.50-and they're worth
$40, SIP and S14. They are
from the tailoring shops of
one of the best suit makers
In the country-a maker
who has made himself ia
nous for the excellence of
his qualities and thorough
ness of his work. He never
wanted cash so badly and
our offer was accepted.
You can have all the time
you want to pay for them
make the terms to suit your
self.
While you're in, look at
those Mems Dollar Cassi-
mere and Cheviot Pants.
Others have got them
marked S1.75. You can
have them On credit. too.
The evening times., 1896-04-28
New York Stock M,r,,et

Furnished by Seymour Bros, bank
ers and brokers. members of New
York Stock Exchange. Washington
office, 600 Fourteenth street. j. A :.
Breen, manager
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storms III the States of the lower Missouri
valley this afternoon. Fair weather Will
pFobabiy prevail on the Atlantic coast and
I'D the Gnf States, with rising temperature
north Of Virginia.
Inc Following heavy precipitation, in
inches, was reported:
During The past "a bours-Caledonia,
Ohio, 60
The evening times., 1896-04-28

Washington st ock Exchange.
sALEs-EEGULAR CALL-l2 O'CLOCK.
Wash Gas 10 at 465s
After cali-Met r. R 6s, $1,000 at I24ss
81 .Oj0 at FAX. Amer. Graphop hone, 100 At
l,hes a Pot Tel 30 lt IS
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A $3.50 Suit
Sale---Crcdit
if you want it.

This morning
we started a
Special Sale of
Mems SUITS
that astounded
you. At the
beginning of
the S e a S o n.
when you most
need them, we
offer you the
choice of 500
Mems Stylish
Suits sacks
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

"A New Workers. Grievance.-"What did
you see at the horse show"
Nothing but the horses. confound itl /
was one OF the judges. "-\Vashington Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

strips of fur edged the jacket where it
fastened at the front.
A very wealthy English woman who i'm
presses one greatly with her refined tastes,
declares that the proper use for furs is for
lining wraps, and she thinks il rather vul-
gar to make display of ones furs, no
matter how rare they be. So religiously
she keeps her elegant furs under cover
of some solid, unpretentious cloth.
Her winter cape is made of military blue
hroadcloth, and 1t is lined throughout with
black astrakhan. 1t is cut after one of the
circular patterns and there Is a tiny yoke
that merges into long. narrow epaulettes
over the shoulders, and edging it is plain
black silk cord. The tall wired Medicis coli
lar is faced with black astrakhan and
heavy black military frogs fasten the cape
at the front.
There are n great many Of these rather
long tailor-finished cloth capes TO be seen,
but the very dressy velvet capes of last
winter are not popular this season.
A certain tailor has just completed n
stunning long coat for girl who wanted
long garment to be worn over her
| riding habit, on her way to and from the
| riding academy. IL really was necessary
| to order a garment that completely envel-
| oped her, for the people here look with
| wide-eyed wonder on women who venture
out clad in riding habits.
This was what he made: A long coat
of light covert cloth, that barely escaped
the ground all around. The nack fitted
/ well into the figure and the fullness was
disposed Of in small fiat pleats that were
/ allowed to fare as they neared the not
tom OF the coat. At the front II fastened
with a single row of buttons, and were
corcealed. The revers and cuffs were Of
deeper tan velvet.
The couturieres own word "ravshing,"
! best expresses the gorgeousness OF some
of the new opera capes that have been
shown me- Generally speaking, they are
longer than last winters opera wraps, fs-
the usual length is TO the knees.
stunning one Is built Of white satin,
! with lining of pale gold satin. 1t Is cut
! with eleven cores and the seams are COW
cred with appliques of lace, embroidered
in seed pearls. Each gore is cut In a
large. round scallop al the bottom, ana
| double rufles Of white chiffon give tn
isl TO the edges The high Mcdicis collar
| is faced with satin and is filed with rnns
| of cream chiffon.
Another opera wrap that represents a
small fortune Is built Of pale, yellow vel
vet. It Is a circular cape, reaching nearly
TO the knees, and Is covered with cut Jet
"eious." There Is a tremendously fun,
high tour d. Cou OF black chiffon, that ex-
tends to the bottom OF the cape, that
span kles with gold spangles. The lining
is OF heavy cream-white satin.
Short coats remain IN style for those
who prefer them. They are so very be-
coming 10 fun figures, tall and short II
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

their cues from the animals, for they are
turning out winter coats from their shops
that suggest Arctic shores in their great
furriness.
Others, more practically inclined, say
that whatever savors of Russia goes this
year in Paris, and they account for the
great popularity of fur that way.
Even house toilettes and evening toll
cites are lavishly trimmed with furs. It's
always sure to be becoming trimming
but the expense of It! There is the rub"
But have just seen some shining eX-
amplcs Of what furriers can do In the way
of renovating old fur wraps, even dyeing
the fur its natural color where 1t was
faded in streaks. The cost was moderate,
too and know a woman who has to con-
form to the little economies of life and
Yet her beautiful furs are everywhere
noticed.
She has three fur wraps-one dates back
twenty years-and instead of laying out
any money in cloth wraps for the winter,
She has one Of her fur wraps remodeled.
Sometimes she boasts a collet and some
times a longer cape with stole ends OF
course every inch of the fur that is cut off
in remodelins the garment is saved, and
when the season calls for longer WRAPS
the fur is cleverly pieced out by furrier
again.
1t means so much to a winter toilette
to be possessed of elegant furs, for street
gowns then become minor affairs in the
ensemble.
One of the new winter capes is built
OF black astrakhan. There is a long yoke
of dahlia velvet heavily embroidered in
gold that is scalloped around the edges
The astrakhan is put on very fun so that
It falls in great loose folds just to the
waist line. The extra high Medicis col.
lar of the black astrakhan is wired tc
stand straight up. Dahlia satin lines the
cape throughout.
Another short cape, made after the same
model, is Of mink with yoke Of burnt
orange velvet embroidered in gold
Throughout the cape is lined with pale
gold satin.
II is a bit risky these days TO lay out
great deal Of money in a fur jacket, fol
sleeves change 50 necessarily from yeai
TO year, and 1t Is so necessary 10 have up,
lo-date sleeves in any garment that makes
any pretense TO smartness.
The most striking little fur Jacket hav,
seen this winter Is built OF bla .S1 astrak
ham, with pointed revers and high cuff,
OF white astrakhan.
IL Is short jacket. fitting into the fg
ure at the back, and the fulness OF M,
shCrt basques lie In Hat box plaits. TIL,
itohl Il straight and dartless. with a pip
ing OF white astrakhan where II fastens.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

Staten islanders have copied the Cameron
modes. Sir Roderick is an Englishman.
and Flora Davis, who was like daugh-
ter to him, became Lady Blackwood with
the assistance of Miss Cameron as maid,
making another international social link.
Then there were young men in the fami-
ly, besides, who were very English.
Their styles are out-of-door ones. This
winter several cycling suits, made here
from an English descriptive letter, and
sent out to Long Island, were of boucle
cloth. You can't fancy boucle on mani
L is the rough woolly goods that women
wear. 1t looks like astrakhan, but is
thinner. The whole suit was of boucle.
Around the coat was sacque buttoning
all the way down the front.
Around the edge of the coat was a
narrow border of white Australian lamb.
This resembles Persian lamb tur in all
but the color. There was standing coll
lar of the same; and when the young man
is dressed in that suit l defy women or
angels to tell whether he is a man or a
woman, until they see his fierce mustache
peeping out over the standing collar
professional men have more vanity
than all the dudes. This is not remarkable
when you consider how many of them rely
upon their shape for their living Doc
tors must be we'll groomed. Lawyers must
be convincingly dressed; and all clergy
has ruined many a professional career.
An English surgeon visited these shores
last summer. He was cigarette smoker,
and it was noticed that he carried his ci-
garette between his middle and third fin
gers, as certain Spanish duellists carry a
dagger. No return thrust can stick 1t in
ones own body. This surgeon took the
ashes from his cigarette by quick thrust.
and smoked necessarily with the little
paper pipe held always between those fin
gers.
Some one with more holiness than the
rest questioned him about 1t. 1T is to keep
my other fingers sensitive said he Sur
geons complain that the fore-finger be-
comes so hardened that In dressing a
wound they inadvertently hurt with that
finger, while they are tender with the 9TH
ers. To a certain extent the forehnger must
become caloused, but a surgeon can guard
II from fre at least"
THAT settled the matter. Now you see
all the young sprigs of medicine pointing
their cigarettes I'm that way. How does
that affect us haberdashers? Why in the
third fingers OF our gloves easier. A close
fingered glove never holds a cigarette well.
young Henry Clews and Foxhan Keene
are both Englishmen who set the fashions.
They have so much English blood in then.
that the queen seems like a near relatiyc.
For years we gentlemens furnishers nave
followed the Foxhall Keene modes for tho
races. DO you remember that mems
straw hat with striped band, like a vallye
marked for foreign travel? We got that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

settled it, All our fashion plates for
mourning will have the cane reversed.
1.-The Cuttings are as near English as
descendants of revolutionary heroes can
be. They spend most of the year in Eng
land. They bring over many English
modes. and among them are the styles for
caddies.
"One of the Cuttings is a golf champion.
You have heard of his prowess at Lenox.
One of his pictorial points is the way he
dresses his caddy. His latest style is a
direct copy of the caddy taken by the
Duke of York to the Sandringham links
the first of the cold weather. The little
fellows trousers and blouse were of mel
ton cloth fine as satin. The blouse was
cut with a shirt front and turnover collar.
The whole suit was in crimson, cap and
all, even to the stockings, which wer1
double wool. The slippers gave him d
very light look, but they were felt and
cotton lined. His gloves were light wool.
That is the true English caddy style for
the links.
For long time Sir Roderick Came
ron has set the fashions. and the Sydney
Dillon Ripleys, the Kernochans, the Cow
doins, Griswolds and all the Long and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

FROM the western EleetrIoIan.

From the Western Electrician
The story goes that the most expensiiao o
cor1nosltion on record is that of Juuso
Paxton for the Reading Company no" II
familiar everywhere, and compIlseee 60
these words: Railroad Crossihs-sos1'tto
Look and Listen" For this he Is se s-de "a
have received $4,7S0. or trifie over s'g ,oa9
a word. How much of the duty impleu
in these few but very compreheusaasse,
words applies to a person about TO cIos W.,
an electric street railway track IS JUST ~ ~
a question occupying the attention oL t ~.
courts. In the case of Young against W.
Citizens Street Railway Company VIZ t,s
it handed down its opinion OCT. 10, al
supreme court of Indiana says that III Inn
cases ordinary care only Tor one esor,
safety Is required to eXonerate him nv"
the charge Of contributory negligenc,g,'
and that ii is also true that what Is ol ,i,t
nary care under one condition MS ~
amount to negligence under different ''
cumstances. ,,
Ordinary care Is such care as pe'Se"
Of ordinary prudence exercises uhueI ,.oe
circumstances Of the danger to pc dPptih
hcnded. The greater the aaIlsel ,on-
higher the degree Of care required ~ S Mn
stitute ordinary care, the absence OF W
"a negligence. But II is a question OF ue.
gree only. The kind Of care IS precl ',5as
the same. Such being the general ruis ny,
Of law, the court goes on to declare ina nre
merely because steam railroad trains nan
heavier and more difficult 10 conlro ,, s,d
an electric street car on street ram
is no more reason why a person "a ~
street car line Is excused from the du,y y,
stepping off or away from the tracS ear
the approach Of the electric car Anu psa M
this reason It finds 1t quite easy 70 su az.
the doctrine, already laid own by w T. M
preme court of Michigan, that there % one
more reason for applying the RUE Ina iI ,bs
must look and listen before crosslns ons
tracks Of a steam railway thah ll INC a
street car track where the motive poWe' ts
electricity. and so the court holds tH@' ''
must do this.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

In all the short winter jackets one no.
tees a decrease in the fulness of basques.
When the coat fits into the figure at the
back the fulness lies fiat in plaits.
But most of the smart jackets have the
straight box backs. and too often the
fronts are covered with heavy military
frogs.
The very dressy Jackets that one sees
with visiting toilets are made of velvet
or heavy satin. They are generally full
plated affairs, lack and front, with rather
long Jokes OF lace or passementerie.
A rather unusual one that noted was
made of dahlia velvet, with a trimming of
Russia sable. The back Of the jacket
fitted well into the curve of the figure,
and the fulness of the basque lay in fiat
plaits.
The front was cut with two big box
plaits that were stitched down as far as
the vest line and 1ared from there to the
bottom of the jacket. A strip OF the fur
started where the box plat was caught
and went around the collar and ended at
the head Of the other box plait Two tiny
heads gave finish to the ends of the fur.
The high Medicis collar and the small
pointed cuffs were of the fur, and narrow
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

seems a pity to record such a fact put
1t is true that the most elaborate fur
garments are cut to the hips, to please
certain pa irons. Fine furs, Of mink and
Persian lamb, are ruthlessly chopped at
the waist.
Broad revers of cloth are placed on fur.
You see every material, except starched
linen, and l am not positive but linen will
make its appearance. Broadcloth is a
common trimming Of fur, and brocaded
silk is no rarity.
] saw a lovely little Astrakhan coat,
with revers of brocaded satin put on 10
flare over the shoulder. They stood
straight out, crinolned and gay. They
were scarlet brocade. with black velvet
figures, and they lent a very gay air to
the sober Astrakhan.
Another coat was of mink, quite am
Der in tone, with revers of yellow silk,
plain and beautiful
The modistes tell me that the trouble
with silk rever is that 1t spots under a
winters snow. And they often sponge or
dip the silk to render it spotless.
ii is very smart to make the dress match
the revers. These. if of red, are in tone
with the deep red dress. If of gray satin,
they match gray gown, and If of white,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

They come upon the backs of resilient
Englishmen. Understand? No? Then
I will explain.
You have in New York city an Ameri-
can who is an Englshman. He spends
part of MS time in Ohio. part in New
York. He manages funds for an English
syndicate of American real estate His
name is Almere Hugh Paget. His is one
of the leaders of Gotham and the best
dressed man in the country. We haber-
dashers watch his clothes and copy them.
THAT Is singular, but any great haber
dasher will tell you that he copies Lon
don fashions, not as they come to him IN
the old fashion books. but as he sees
them. paset Is a brother-in-law of MALI
the nobility in England. He crosses every
year, or gets his models sent over here
for his tailors to copy. His newest dress
suit is a model in black. 1t is SEMI
mourning for relative of his wife, sena-
tor Payne Of Ohio.
at is a dull black without luster Tall
ors know how to take off the gloss with
out injuring the broadcloth.
His tie is a narrow slit of white against
a dun white shirt front. His cuffs are
ironed glossless and his shoes are black
ed without shine. The boutonniere he
wears has not touch OF green, just pure
white, and when he goes out into the
night his man throws around him cape
overcoat, dark as Erebus. and hands him
a silk hat of a duh material that must be
polished with a silk handkerchief.
Aesthetic this garb is, and you can
imagine how interesting Paget looks In
II with his expressive face and rolling
eyes. lie will be out soon with his wife
and month-old daughter, and we are
waiting for the poem in bright tweed
which he is sure to wear on this, his
first outing.
"The cane is not good form in mourn.
ing. An old man may carry n walking
stick when he pleases, but a young man
must not be dressed with one of these
gay walking appendages when he has put
on black.
Tho Sloane gentlemen are all in touch
with black. out Of consideration for Mrs
William Vanderbilt. who was the mother.
n-law Of one of them. They are what
tailors call 'nobby' gentlemen, and We
watched out with interest TO see how they
would dress. We knew that the soanes
Twombleys and all the brothers of all the
families of each would fan in line with
the Wehbs.
"Dr. Webb appeared a few days after
the funeral with his cane az half mast. HS
had 1t reversed with the silver knob down.
ward He did not twirle It, bur walked
along IN lelsureiy fashion. with the cane
pointed silver end TO the ground THAI