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The times., 1898-06-29
STREET CLEANING.
Schedule of superintendent StutIer
Prepared for the Following Year.


Prepared for the Following Year.
The schedules of the sweeping of the
street and alleys have been presented by
Warner Stutler, superintendent of the
streets and alley cleaning department,
and they have been submitted to the
Commissioners for their consideration.
A communication, explanatory of the
schedules, follows:
have the honor 10 herewith submit for APP
proval the schedules under which the improved
streets and viii be swept during The
ensuing year. ! cannot hope for an entirely salts
factory service under these schedules, but ] as
sure You that they the very best possible
for the amounts appropriated.
In conformity with the provision Of the bill
which provides that S15.000 of the amount az
propriated may be used under the immediate con
troll OF the commissioners, without contract, i
have made up schedule No. !, for hand cleaning.
which represents about 3t9, 900 square yards daily.
With the amount set aside for this purpose I
expect to clearly demonstrate that the statement
made to the Committee Appropriations
can do better work at less cost TO the Dis
trict and pay labor better wages than if the
work done under contract-is correct.
Hand-cleslning schedule No. . represents 45O,-
900 square yards TO be cleaned daily under con-
tract.
Misunderstanding schedules Nos to C repre-
sent 100000 square yards each, and Will be swept
in their regular order, weather permitting.
The streets to be cleaned daily by hand
outside of contract include many of those
in the downtown district.
The times., 1898-06-29
CITY BREVITIES.

Clifford Howard, assistant secretary to
the District Commissioners, has tSturned
from two weeks vacation.
Joseph Anderson and Erkskine Hutchin-
son. declared insane. have been removed
TO the Government Hospital for the In
sane.
In the last Will and testament OF Agnes
E Stoddard, filed for. probate yesterday,
the husband of the deceased is made sole
beneficiary and executor.
W. A. Blake. Of No e34 North Capitol
Street, has been refused master plumb
er's license by the commissioners, as he
failed TO pass the required examinations.
A. Sommers living at No. AZ Seventh
Street northwest reported to police head
quarters yesterday that a vacant house,
No. 704 Street northwest, had been
entered since June "a and the gas fixtures
stolen.
The will of Cornelia A. Stanley was
filed for probate yesterday. Mary {.
Carr and Ella B. Carr, sisters of the de-
ceased, are named as benefciaries and
the American Security and Trust Com
pany the executor.
Judge McComas oyerruled the motion
for a new trial in the case of Judge
Claughton against the Baltimore and Po-
tornac Railroad and judgment for $4,000
was ordered. Judge Claughton was killed
at the Deanwood crossing, August 20, 1887.
The request of John F. Baird for per-
mission to erect an information booth on
Thirty-sixth Street, near NJ Street has
been refused by the commissioner, as
such occupation of public space is con-
trary to law.
Margaret McEwen, living at No. 1923
Florida Avenue. reported to police head
quarters that her store at that number
had been entered between 9 p. m. June
"a and a. m. June rs and q tin box con-
tanning two dollars had been opened and
the money stolen.
The win of John Lemon was filed for
probate yesterday. To his wife he be-
queathed all his property intact to pass
at her death to two grandsons, William
Edward Boston and John Cleveland Lem
on. Joseph Johnson, former son-in-law,
is named as executor.
In Circuit Court No. ., yesterday JUS
tice McComas granted a new trial in the
case of Mary w. Praxton against Calvin
| S. Brice. Mrs. Praxton did some expert
and fancy embroidery and rendered a bill
for $42S50, payment for which was re-
fused. AT the trial recently concluded
Mrs. Praxton was awarded the full
amount.
The times., 1898-06-29
LOOKING FOR FUNK.
Detective Weedon Goes to Pittsburg
In Search OF Clews.

In Search of Clews.
The police have not as yet secured any
definite information as to the where
abeats Of FrHnif Funk who is accused of
numbering w. H. Brooks and severely in
juring his wife.
This case had fewer clews at the begin
ming than anything. that has come under
the jurisdiction of the local detective
force for many years and Inspector Mat
tingiy is -straining every nerve to try and
catch his man. Detective Weedon went
to Pittsburg Monday night in expectation
of finding some valuable crew there, as
that was the place that the man said
he was going to when he telegraphed his
wife. This telegram was a blind Mrs.
Brown said, .but>all the same the detect
ives want 10 make sure. AS Funk told
his wife he was going there, IL is proba-
BILE that he has friends in that city and
they may be able TO throw some light on
his present Whereabouts.
1t is in cases of this kind that the police
realize the woeful lack of funds with
which TO advertise, send descriptions and
offer rewards for the apprehension of
the men they want to capture. There is
absolutely no money available for this
purpose at the disposal of the chief of
police and as consequence many crimi-
nails run at large for much longer
period after their offence is committed
than is allowed in other cities. A gentle
man In close touch with police matters
told reporter for The Times yesterday
that the District of Columbia had one OF
the best detective corps in the country,
but they were very much hampered by
the lack OF an Incidental fund He said
il was wonder to him that they caught
as many criminals as they do.
Mrs. Brooks lies at the Emergency Hos
pital in about the same condition. There
has been no noticeable change and no
dangerous symptoms, other than those
heretofore reported, have set in. 1t is
probable that her condition is the result
of the hot weather and that with cooler
days Improvement will come.
The times., 1898-06-29
want to Raise a Company.

a petition was presented TO Assistant
Secretary ATeiklejohn yesterday by E. J.
Roche, president of the a. p. T. Council,
requesting the authority to recruit COM
pany of volunteers from the labor unions
of this city.
This movement was started some weeks
ago and at the present time there are
over 100 men anxious to form this COM
pany, mostly eX-guardsmen. Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn seemed pleased and
stated he would see if he could accept
the company
Hon. Philip B. Low, of New York, is
very much interested in this and he urged
the Secretary of War to do all he could.
Lieut.. C. w. Moore and Lieut.. e. P. Pum-
plrey were present at the interview with
the Secretary of War. The next meeting
of the company will be held Friday even
ing, July j, at No. 1887 Seventh Street.
The times., 1898-06-29
Rock Creek Park Commission.

The Rock Creek Park Commission met
yesterday by special request in the Dis
trict building at o'clock and heard fur
ther testimony relative to the lands
adjacent TO the park Lambert &
Lambert, representing the Van Ris-
wick estate, introduced as wit
nesses several real estate agents and
auctieneers, nllipfwhom testified that the
lands adjoining the park had not been
benefited aad-s-that the assessment of
benefits, as proposed, was impracticable
All the witnesses who have thus far ap-
peared before the commission, have
stated that no benefits at all have ac-
crued 70 the real estate within the half
mile radius of the park, and that in some
instances Sthe location of the park has
prevented sales.
The times., 1898-06-29
TO Extend Sixteenth street.

The commissioners, in letter to Hon.
]. w. Babcock, Chairman of the House
Committee on District Affairs, approve
of H R. bill 1864. The bill proposes to
extend Sixteenth Street in a direct line
from Florida Avenue northward to Piney
Branch without a circle at the intersec-
ton of Columbia road, as first planned.
AS the necessary land for the extension
of the street between Florida Avenue
and Morris Street has already been ac-
quired by the District. no provision for
this portion is made in the bill. The es-
timated cost of acquiring the land within
the lines of Sixteenth Street extended be-
tween Morris Street and Piney Branch, is
1868, $50. The opening of this street is
considered TO be one of the most i'm
% ortant of the several measures intro
duced for the extension of streets in the
suburbs.
The times., 1898-06-29
A REALLY HOT DAY.
Yesterday Everyone Realized That
Summer Days Are Here.

Summer Days Are Here.
: The man who said itSwasnt hot yester-
day was not sin-the direct line for pro-
motion 10 the Kingdom without which
the pearly gates yawn for the admittance
OF the good, the pure and-the beautiful"
There was gladsome-n -net-ceolness in
the atmosphere which bade fair TO cause
the soul OF the man with the iron mask
of springtdde imperturbabiiity to wilt
within him, and everybody got together
and mopped their browss with expressions
which could cause the heart of good old
st. Paul 10 do spiritual conyolutions with
in himself.
There was a shower in the early even
ing that soaked the good, green earth
with the largesse of its downpour, but it
lasted scarcely Iong3 enough TO satisfy the
soul OF the young man with the dust
soaked eyebrows who had braved the rig
ors of country road for hours in the
vain search for that need of health that
comes of spending every energy in push
ing the festive wheel at the rate of $40
miles an hour.
There was one satisfaction to those who
had friends and relatives at the front,
and that was that the soldiers had no as
phalt pavements, ice cream soda signs or
Salvation Army corps TO disturb their
q ace of mind 10 say nothing of body
and head.
1t was noted during the afternoon that
benignant old Ben Franklin. in the CEN
ter of the square that bears his name,
raised his hand several times to mop the
perspiration from his brow, and the man
who saw the act, ii must be confessed,
lost no time in Immediately asking his
neighbor If the latter saw the same thing
that he saw.
The humidity was so prevalent that it
stuck all around the forehead OF the man
with the ambition 10 be really cool, and it
left him badly in the rear that he for
got to state how he endured the heat.
The gentlemen who were wont to dis
turb the even tenor of their several
thirsts by copious draughts of beer and
other beverages out of the Pandora's box
OF the "barkeep, 'E''cut it OUT with ex-
ceeding great haste yesterday, and there
was a whole lot Of fun for the temper
ance advocate. But there was "A Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight" last even
ing.
The times., 1898-06-29
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S. Kann, Sons & Co.,
The Busy Corner,
Sth and Market Space.
sixteenth street Not Included.

The application Of DR.. Alonzo o. Bliss
for a permit to erect a nine-story build
ing, 1lO feet high, on the east side of Six
teenth Street, between X and L Streets
northwest, has been refused by the COM
missioners. The board in a letter to A.
S. Worthington, attorney for DR.. Bliss,
states that the building regulations con-
tain an accepted list of streets whereon
buildings may be erected of the height
of IlO feet, and that Sixteenth Street is
not included District Attorney Thomas,
in delivering his opinion on the interpret
alton OF the word avenue as proposed
by Mr.. Worthington, writes as follows:
THE questions presented by Mr. Worth
ington are % whether the exception TO
the regulation as TO avenues sixteen feet
wide applies 70 both residence and busi-
ness streets. and % whether the word
avenues" means only the thoroughfares
which are officially designated as avenues
on the map of the city, or whether the
word Is used in its broader sense as in
Guiding streets generally. And my opin-
ion is that the exception in building reg
ulations applies 10 avenues 100 feet wide
used as residence and business streets,
and that the word avenue may include
the broad streets Of the city generally
The times., 1898-06-29
EXCURSIONS.
Cool Breexes Temper the Heat,
at Marshall Hall.


at Marshall Hall.
There Is always a good breeze blowing
at Marshall Hail. Not the kind we in this
city have had to be contented with--a siz-
zling hot breeze that blows of the sun-heat-
ed asphalt The breeze at Marshall Hall
spring up in the surrounding woodlands
and are cooled in their passage over the
Potomac. Besides. these refreshing
breezes, Marshall Hail really seems so
much cooler than other places. even II
the temperature be the same. The fine
Old trees, with their spreading branches
and shading foliage, form a protecting
canopy against the hot rays of the sun.
Then, too, there is so much TO do, SO
many amusements 20 take part in. that
one has no time ito worry about how
warm the days really are The young
sters will enjoy the merry-go-round, Fer
ris wheel ponies. swings, glass blowers.
etc, while bowling. fishing, bathing. etc.
will attract others Those excellent table
dihote dinners, including Marshall Hall
clam chowder, are served every day in the
big dining hall when the steamer arrives.
Steamer Charles Manchester leaves Sew
enth Street wharf at 10 a. and 2:30 p.
m. for Marshall Han and Mount Vernon.
The hot weather is not felt at River
View. Today will be another of those
pleasant Wednesdays when hundreds of
young people go down the river 10 River
View and spend the day with music and
dancing. Besides the dancing, the chute
and roller coaster, flying horses, etc.. are
always ready to give pleasure 10 the Wis
itor, and afford many hearty laughs. To-
day the steamer PentZ will leave her
wharf at 10 a. m. 2:15 and 6:30 p. m, and
yuil1 ha Aa frrur A Iazya fl~ia ut
1920 a. m, 2:4O and p. m Tickets for
the round trip are 25c.; children. 15c.
On Sunday next the first of the family
day trips VIII be made, so that parents
can give all their children a day in the
open air On the 10 a. m. and 2:15 p. m.
trips tickets for the round trip will be
sold at 10 cents to all
The times., 1898-06-29
She Envied the Chickens.

(From the Kansas City Star.)
''You may not go barefoot said the mother
''The boards will burn your feet
81 wish / was chicken said the serious little
girl "a chicken with hard toes and horny feet.
The sun never does burn a chicken
The serious child always makes her complaint
every Summer at the beginning OF the hot Mea-
ther by desiring TO change her condition. To-
morrow she will wish to be a fly, and the day
after fish or blue jay. "A fish," she says,
'is always cool all over. A fish never perspres.
Who ever heard of fish being hot and like
people are? A fish may burrow in the cool mud
or catch flies or drink all day. And blue jay
may fly up in the tree boughs and have good
time among the cool leaves and the green ap
ples.'
The times., 1898-06-29
Commissioners, Orders

The following orders were issued by the
commissioners yesterday:
That cement sidewalk be laid and curb
reset under the permit system in front
of Il Lafayette Square; also that vitrified
block driveway be laid in alley adjacent
to IA Lafayette Square at the entire ex-
pense of the applicant; that side catch
basin be constructed in alley, square 250;
also that the grade of alley be changed:
that First Street southwest, between B
and C Streets, be improved by regulating
the grade and repaving the roadway; es-
timated cost, s1,1S0. cnargeable to appro-
priation for repairs to streets.
The times., 1898-06-29
To Serve Eighteen ,Innths

James H Smith, the colored lawyer,
convicted of embezzling $4OO from the
estate of Elizabeth Munroe, was SEN
fenced 10 eighteen months Imprisonment
in the Trenton, n. j., penitentiary yester-
day by Justic Bradley, in Criminal Court
No. 3. The efforts of the attorneys to
stay the sentence failed and the prayers
and tears Of the accused created little
sympathy in the court room when SEN
tence was pronounced.
The times., 1898-06-29
vital Statistics.

The following deaths We're reported to
the health department for the twenty-four
hours ending at noon yesterday: Rev
John Dudley, 81 years; Isabella NJ. Kilt
ner, 81 years; Thomas Fe1an, Il years;
John Sterling, 81 years; Henrietta Nelson
81 years; Clarissa Martin, 81 years; Sarah
]. Lyle, 81 years; Mary Halston, years;
Charles Bradley, ] year; James A. Bur-
ton, year; Sarah P. McCorry, months;
Alberta Rodgers, 5 months; John r Daily
months; Julia Green, 2 months; Ella
Lewis 20 wears
The times., 1898-06-29
The Case Dismissed.

In Equity Court No. Justice Hagner
dismissed the bill preferred by the Elmira
Table Company against Julius Lansburgh,
Of the Julius Lansburgh Furniture and
Carpet Company. The judge in his opin-
ion stated that the complainant did not
show sufficient cause to enforce the judg-
ment against the defendant, owing TO the
defendants failure and subsequent as
signment
The times., 1898-06-29
Opening Bids for Forage.

The opening of bids for forage yester-
day at the District Building did not les
sen the previous complications in the
awarding of contracts. No award can be
made until u Daish injunction suit pre-
ferred against the Commissioners. in
awarding the contract to Gait G. Co,
comes UP for a settlement in Equity
Court No. l, today. Furthermore, the
new proposal of the firm of g. S. Daish &
Son is not in proper form.
The times., 1898-06-29

Nothing quenches thirst in hot
weather like the National Capital
Brewing Co. S peerless Diamond"
and Munchner" Beers. The for
n1er is a blonde, the latter a bru-
nette. Both are the purest, oldest
and best beers brewed in this
country.
~ Case of 2 dozen bottles, SIPS.
Write or phone 222. National Capt.
tai Brewing Co., 4thand D SITS. 5. E.
The times., 1898-06-29
A Mean Burglar.

The meanest burglar on record has been
at work in Montreal. He broke into
bakers shop and finding only 81 cents as
plunder, took a single bite of every pie
and cake in the place, thus rendering
them unstable. If instead of pies
the store had contained bottles of Tharp's
Pure Berkeley Rye he would have
stopped at the first nip. No more delicious
whisky is made. For sale at S12 f Street
81 quart
The times., 1898-06-29
Joined the signal corns.

J. Walter Mitchell, well known in the
newspaper offices of the National Capital,
viii leave Washington this morning for
Jacksonville. Fla, to accept a position
in the signal corps under Gen Greely
Mr.. Mitchell has been employed on the
staffs OF the various local papers for a
number of years and has the good wishes
Of a host OF friends.
The times., 1898-06-29
Appointed Assistant Engineer.

George Rollings, of Washington. has
been appointed assistant engineer in the
Navy. he viii leave the city for the
Mare Island navy yard today.
The times., 1898-06-29

You'll forget all about the hot days. at
the Alhambra Garden, 9Th and me- Wash
Brewery Co.'S delicious beers, served fresh from
the vaults to cool the Inner man. Tooth
some sandwiches and crabs 10 enjoy with your
beers. Come and bring the ladies' 1t
The times., 1898-06-29
MnrIin re Iiceuscs

These marriage licenses were issued yes
terday: Richard N Cox of Washington
and Bette A Jenkins of WestmoreIand
county, Va. Frank A. Kaufman and
Grace z. Dent. George B. Squires and
Margaret E. Garrett. George r Hick-
man and Carrie B. Webb (colored)
The times., 1898-06-29
Qneneh Your Thirst Mitfl ..Exnort.v

It's grateful and refreshing to parched th.oats.
Tie finest Of fine beers. "a bottles, delivered.
Sl.25. Write or phone Wash. Brewery Co,
4th and i sts ne. 1t
The times., 1898-06-29
MARINE BAND CONCERT.
First Concert Mt the Capitol TO he
Given Today.

The first concert Of the Marine Band at
the Capitol viii be given this evening at
6:55. the band has just returned from
the Omaha Exposition, where it was en-
gagged for several weeks. The musicians
will be under the direction OF Prof w. H
Santelmann and the program, which in
cludes several original productions, is as
f1lloVS-
The times., 1898-06-29

eight year old living Brooklyn has had excrucang
spells indigestion Helooed and genera miserable
mother said Eddie had rather hungry than because his
distressed him She had tried remedies without avail
about discouraged but the remarkable change
little playmate of his of Rpans Tabues finally
induced them several weeks
half abu "D sucha changed boy the
his mother friend who had for
peevishness the other miserable have
eectuay by the Tabues Itseems almost like miracle
continued him and his food such good
catering his capous appetite and that alone makes
my easier Rpans Tabue have taken up
residence in the medicine closet of that family
oRTVE low
sts %
The times., 1898-06-29
MillineriieS
at Bare
Cost.

Every Hat and Bonnet.
plain and trimmed = every
Flower and Ornament-every
Summer Plume-every Nov
city Trimming everything IN
fine that falls within the pale
Of millinery or millinery
adornment is yours to buy
for what we paid. There
isn't a full-fledged price on an
item on the whole floor.
We're not longer ambitious
to make sales with profit.
The end begins with us at
door-opening time this morn
ing. Our turn has gone by.
Now yours comes heralded
with the most remarkable
prices that ever befell the
lot of seasonable, worthful
values
Wire Hat Frames. ............ &C
Children's Straw Hats.-....... YC
Cable edge, short-hack Sailors, 1flc
rough effects s................. IN
Any Colored Straw in the lflc
whole place. e.................. i7s
High-qualitied White Straws. 3IC
A pair of Black or White 1Glc
Wings. gS..--...-......-..---. A|s
Any bunch of Flowers that 1(lo
sold from 25c to 3ec ...-.-.. lVS
ANY bunch of Flowers that 1Ec
sold up to 5oc.................- iJS
Any bunch of Flowers that 1E,
sold up to 75c, 89c & SI.25 L0"
Children's White Duck or H.
Crash Tam O'Shanters.... IJI
Choice of Leghorn Hats,
whose importation price Eac
ranged from 81 to SI.25... 07e
Choice of Rough Braid Sail
ors with black and navy
bands, the regular prices
of which range as high as 11c
4oC...-..-.. .--...-.....-... s@S
79c Rough White Jap. Sail TO-
oTS............... -...-.---...... B/S
SI.oo Rough White Jap Sail k0c
OrS....................... V/S
sI.69 Rough White Jap. Sail Aoc
ors. .........----.-.-. 1oS
White and Colored Split
Straw Sailors which we Oec
sold at SI.75.......-........... 7oe
Very fire Split Straw Sailors,
white and colors, made with dou-
bic brim-
The s2.98 ones at........ Sl.75
The S4.2 ones at.-..- SZ.B
Any ornament that you pick up
is buyable at just half the price
that's marked on it.
Just pay half what's marked on
any piece of Millinery Ribbon.
Trimmed have received the un-
AlihhSu kindest cut of all. It s
Hafc hard to tax the cost
H'''''''' price of the ingenuity
of our milliners-so we've Just
disregarded that entirely in our
calculations and in our fgurings-
reckoned only of what the mate
rial parts of the hats cost.
$50 and 5000 Hats. ....- N. w
na no
Arizona republican., 1898-12-24
THIS BUSY WORLD.

A new anecdote of Dickens appears in the preface to a series of hitherto incdi5ed portraits, entitled Twelve Victorian Celebrities published in London. Dickens was at a loss for q name to bestOW on a youthful parish foundling whom he had chosen as his hero when, one day, getting into one of Schillibeer's omnibUses-then nOl long established-t8e conductor slammed the door and shouted cut to .she driver, I"Go on, Oliver Twist" The singular ity of the cognomen struck me said
 Dickens, and l said to myself, that's
 the name for my hero
 Harvard university is to have it's
 much needed infrmaTy al once By he gift of s50,000 from James S'tillman of New York city to cover the cost of land and a. building fer sick students, the immediate building of d1e inffrm ary, which has been under discussion for several years, is assured. The in frmary will bear the name of the don or. who has made this gift unhampered by restrictions. In addition, MT. Sill man will contribute annually for four years the sum Of S2,500 toward the sup port of the in1rmary.
 The most costly book in the royal li- brary of Stockholm is Bible. It is no wonder that i. is considered precious, for there is not another just like it in the world. In weight and size alone it is unique. It is said that 1G0 asses skins were used for it's parchment leaves. There are 309 pages Of writing. and each page falls but one inch short Of being a yard in length. The width of the leaves IS twenty inches. The GOV CTS are solid planks four inches thick.
 Lord. Kitchsn5r5 punishment for drUrEennczs. which has passed into 3 British army proverb, ls to tog out the culprIj n full marching equipment, 3 mater Of sixty pounds, and compel him Ter six hours march, carrying a fifty pound bag Of shot in either hand.