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The times., 1899-08-03
THE EIGHT-HoUR LAW.
The Navy Department Makes a Rul
ing on That Subject.

The Navy Department Makes n Rul-
ing on That Subject.
The Navy Department yesterday render
ed a decision in regard to the eight-hour
law which will to a great extent end all
controversy on this subject coming under
the head of emergency cases. Under
the plea of extreme urgency contractors
for Government work have by different
subterfuges sought and in many instances
have evaded the provisions of the eight
hour law, and under plausible pretext and
Misrepresentation of the actual conditions
have succeeded in prevailing upon the
heads OF departments to allow them TO
work their employees from two 10 three
hours longer than the law permits.
The decision rendered was as TO work
on the new gunshops that are being erect
ed in the Washington navy yard. The
commandanI of the yard asked authority
OF the department 10 permit the contractor
who is building the shops to employ his
workmen ten hours a day. In support OF
this it was urged that.during the work the
machinery had TO be stopped and that the
floor was being damaged by the rain This
was claimed to be a case OF extraordinary
emergency mentioned in the law The de-
cision of the department follows:
'.Inasmuch as the conditions reported
are such as must have been foreseen when
the contract was made. and are such as
necessarily exist TO a greater or less de-
gree whenever work of the character re-
ferred TO is in progress, the department Is
OF the opinion that the case cannot be re-
garded as one of extraordinary emergency.
In cases of this character it would appear
that if the public property cannot be suffi-
ciently protected from damage otherwise.
the proper remedy would be TO employ a
force of men in relays, by which means
the work could be expedited much more
effectiyeIy"
The times., 1899-08-03
A P&TMAsTERs' CONVENTION.
President Diclsins May Postpone IL
Until Next January.

Postmaster Dickins, of Detroit, Presi-
dent of the Postmasters' Association, which
is to meet in this city in national conven-
tion from October 10 to II, in a room in
the City Postofice. has written TO Acting
Postmaster General Heath asking for in
formation concerning the number of Off
ciais OF the Government who are liable 10
be here at that time. Postmaster Dickins
has been advised to postpone the conven-
tion until the second week in January. 1900,
because on the date set for the convention
the President and other prominent officials
Of the Government will be in Chicago 10 at
tend the laying CT the cornerstone of the
Federal building in that city. 1t is not
improbable that the national convention OF
the Postmasters' Association will be post
poned until the time suggested.
The times., 1899-08-03
INDIAN HEAD TRIPS
CONTRACTORS REPRIMANDED.
Objections to the Manner in Which n
building Is Being Raced


The District Commissioners have CON-
plained to Col. Cecil Clay. Chief Clerk OF
the Department of Justice. about the man
Der in which the walls of the building
formerly occupied by the department are
being thrown down, and the way in which
the contiguous streets are being obstruct-
ed with debris. The Commissioners. in
complaining to Colonel Clay. transmit tc
Kim excerpts from a special report maas
By the principal Assistant Inspector q
Buildings reading as follows:
While l was there the contractor threw
a nine-inch wall about eleven feet high
and twenty-five feet long on the iron
beams and brick arches supporting the
floors The building was very preceptibiy
Jared and the brick arches broken and the
beam detected about two and one-haif
inches under the impact of the falling
wall. The story below is about fftseF
feet high and the walls are thirteen inches
thick, and If the contractor pursues thS
same means of removing the walls in this
story l feel convinced that it will break
through the floors and cause a serious ae-
cident.
The walls should be taken down near
er a level as l find the mortar in the build
ing is very poor. and IL the walls are al
lowed to stand story high. in places,
without bracing. high wind will throw
them over"
The Commissioners also invited the at
tention Of Colonel Clay tc the conditions
of the permit which was issued allowing
the contractors to barricade the sidewalks
while the work is in progress This permit
was issued to a. Davis. jr-. President OF
the Capital Building and Repair Company.
and the Commissioners state to Colonel
Clay that it must be observed. 1t reads as
follows:
Permission is hereby granted to place
a barricade across the sidewalks extending
as far as ten feet exterior 20 the curb
stone into the roadway, for use while re-
moving the building formerly used by tho
Department of Justice. located on Penn
sylvania Avenue. between Fifteenth Street
and Madison Place. these barricades TO be
removed each day upon cessation of work.
As fast as the old material is taken from
the old building it must be hauled away.
No right to store old material upon the
roadway is allowed. Where dry rubbish.
apt TO produce dust is handled. IL must be
kept wet TO prevent its being blown about
by the wind"
The times., 1899-08-03
THE FRENCH LIKE US.
J. Notn McGiIrs Impressions of Paris
and the British Capital.

]. Nota McGill, the Register OF Wills.
has just returned from a one months trip
abroad. Mr.. McGill had an enjoyable
visit in both England and France. Speak
ing TO a Times reporter last night he
commented upon the attitude of the French
people toward America, which he thought
was of a most friendly nature. The Amer
lean acquisition of the Philippines and the
war now being carried on there he thought
were regarded with favor by France.
There is a large number of Americans
in Paris said Mr. McGill, "and the Eng
lish language is heard in all the larger no.
tells and in many of the boarding houses.
Citizens of the United States have the
good will of the Parisians. A large num-
ber of Americans are now in the French
capital making arrangements for the &C
commodation of themselves and their
families during the Paris Exposition, to
be held next year. Rates have not in
creased, and l am convinced that all those
who go from this country will be fairly
treated.
Speaking of the Exposition, there is
no doubt that II is going to be great
success. The preparatory work has al
ready progressed far The buildings are
as nearly finished as the buildings of the
Chicago Worlds Fair were nine months
before Tire opening
Mr.. McGill said he was particularly
struck. while abroad, with the difference
between American and foreign newspapers
as well as with the transportation facilities
of the two continents. English newspa-
pers, he thought, did not equal their
American contemporaries SO far as regards
the news service. In a paper published
in this country" said he, ''the news is
shown in the heading of the article. while
in English papers the entire article must
be read before satisfactory information is
gained. American papers devote more
space to telegraphic news than the English
They publish very little from this country.
and an American abroad can learn very
little of what is happening in his own
country
The British papers. he thought, used
better English than the more energetic
American papers. With regard to the
railroads of England, he thought America
was forty years ahead of the mothet
country, though the speed of the English
trains is good and the roadbeds considera-
bly, better than our own.
The times., 1899-08-03
l.. L.. sloane. Arrest Ordered

New York, Aug. 2.-The Adjutant Cen
eral at Havana has cabled the police de-
partment at New York to arrest L. L.
Sloane. a passenger on the Ward Line
steamship Havana. which arrived yester-
day from Havana Sloane is on Hoffman
Island under the usual quarantine deten-
tion. He will be released tomorrow at
noon Health oficer Doty has given per-
mission 10 the police department to send
n detective to quarantine tomorrow morn
ing. Sloane is accused OF stealing 81, 900
from the military authorities at Havana
The times., 1899-08-03
FUNERAL OF MRS. sPRAGUE.
The Body Placed In n Vault at Glen.
wood Cemetery.

Funeral services over the body of Mrs
Kate Chase Sprague were held at Edge
wood at noon yesterday. The casket lay
in the library near a bust of the late Chief
Justice Chase, the father OF the deceased
The service of the Episcopal Church was
read by the Rev. L. Paddock, of St John 5
Church. The body was taken TO Glenwooi
Cemetery and placed in vault prior to
final interment. Mrs. Donaldson, a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Chase, desires to have the re-
mains buried beside those of the late Chief
Justice in Spring Grove Cemetery at Gin
cinnati, and it is expected that such ar
rangements will be made.
The times., 1899-08-03

Treasurer Roberts received word yester-
day that the Carnegie Steel Company. of
Pittsburg, had sent $1,000 check as
contribution 10 the Dewey home fund.
This check is not included in the figures
given out In the afternoon. Wednesdays
subscriptions amounted to $685., making
q total cash fund in the hands of Treas
urer Roberts of S17 7.35S97.
The times., 1899-08-03
GENERAL eARc1A's VIEW.
The Cuban Soldier Objects TO the
Suppression of Newspapers.

suppression OF NeWspnpers-
In an interview yesterday Gen. Carlos
Garcia stated that the action Of General
Ludlow in ordering the arrest Of the edi-
tor of Havana newspaper was a very
dangerous precedent and would cause trou-
BILE in Cuba He further stated that the
Cubans desire a free press as much as
free speech, and to deprive them of one
or the other is but a return TO Spanish
rule. He held that General Ludlow's ac-
ton would have a far-reaehing and bad
effect. as no official can expect to be i'm
mune from newspaper criticism.
The times., 1899-08-03
Major Creary's Funeral.

The funeral of the late Major f. Creary
took place yesterday from his lodgings.
223 Indiana Avenue northwest, under the
auspices of Hope Lodge No 20. +. A A.
NJ, of which the deceased was member.
The remains were inferred in Arlington
Cemetery.
The times., 1899-08-03
BurinI of Mrs. LnprIey

The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary E.
Langley was held yesterday at the resi-
dence of her n-in-law, Gen George II.
Harries. 401 p Street northwest The
Rev. W. R. Stricken. of Hamline NJ. e.
Church. oficiated. The remains were in
tered in Glenwood Cemetery.
The times., 1899-08-03

Among the Europe bound passengers
who sailed yesterday on the New York
we're the following Washingtonians: Mr..
S. II. Agnew. Mr.. V. ]. Bradley, Mr. and
Mrs E. L. Cramer and Miss Edna Cramer.
Hon. E. F. Loud and Miss Loud, Mr. and
Mrs. G. w. Smith. Mr.. Joseph Palmer.
Master Palmer, and Mr.. J. J. Collins.
The times., 1899-08-03
A Postonice at 81. EIiznDeth,S.

The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General yes-
terday authorized the establishment of 4 post
office at st. Elizabeti's Insane Asylum and an
pointed Charles Green postmaster. The necessity
for postoffce at the institution has been recog-
nized for 4 long time.
The times., 1899-08-03

Capt. J. A. o. Yeoman, who has been Wis
iting his sister in this city, is now en- route
to Fort Dodge, Ia. Captain Yeoman is
known to fame as the commander of one
of the forces which captured Jefferson Da-
Wis.
The times., 1899-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. orndorff left yesterday for
a northern outing which will include the
Canadian capital, Niagara Falls and At
lantic City.
The times., 1899-08-03
EXCURSIONS.
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FOR MOUNT VERNON,
ALEXANDRIA, AND ARLINGTON

Electric trains. station i3is St and Pa ave- For
Mt. Vernon every hour, nom 10 a. N. To D. III.
For Alexandra and Arlngton-See schedule
ROUND TRIP 10 Mt Vernon. Soc. Rosrd trip
to Alexandra. Csc. Round trip to Arlington. aDc
Round trip 10 Mt Vernon. including Arlington
and Alexandria eoc.
Washington. Alexandria. and Nt vernon Rwy.
The times., 1899-08-03
Your Stomach Works

hard every day. Is il strange that 1t stops
occasionally Don't shock it with some
gripping purgatiye. but use Hostetter's
Stomach Bit,ers. a remedy everybody
knows. a dose Of the Bitters taken regu-
larry Will keep the stomach sweet, the
bowels regular, and prevent, as well as
cure, all disorders of weak stomach See
that a PRIVATE REVENUE STAMP cov-
ers the neck OF the Bottle
The times., 1899-08-03

Miss Florence Orth is visiting Miss Nc
Neely at the country house OF her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. William McNeely, near Ha-
VERIFIED, Pa.
The times., 1899-08-03
The Dewey Homo Fund.

Mr.. ]. Riffard Mickle and family are rus
ticating in their cottage at Washington
Grove Md.
The times., 1899-08-03

Dr. and Mrs. Francis p. Morgan have
left the city for short vacation in the
Catskills.
The times., 1899-08-03
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Newport's most elaborate entertainment
of the season will be the reception to be
held next Friday by Senator and Mrs.
Wetmore at their villa Chateau Sur Mer.
Over 500 invitations have been issued and
the caterer and decorators have been given
carte blanche TO prepare for the affair
Chateau Sur Mer is one of the finest old
housea in Newport and has been the scene
Of many brilliant gatherings. In writing
of the coming affair a correspondent has
this TO say Of social experience which
the Senator and his wife were called on TO
endure In a season gone by: 1T was gen.
orally believed in Newport that no more
entertainments would be given on a large
scale at the Chateau Sur Mer after Sen
ator Wetmore's last experience in that
line. The occasion referred to was I'M
mediately following his election as Gov
ernor of Rhode Island. In addition to a
large number of fashionables, Governor
Wetmore let 1t be understood that he
would be pleased to receive his fellow
townsmen, who had supported him at the
polls almost to a man. The invitation was
accepted with alacrity, and every person
in Newport who was able to walk was
at the chateau at the appointed hour
The house and lawns were overrun by
dense and surging mass of humanity,
which the Governor, with Mrs. Wetmore.
received. The lawns were completely
ruined by the rabble and the amount OF
stuff said TO have been stolen from the
villa by the Governors feliow-townsmen
will never be known
The times., 1899-08-03

Mr. H. A. Shore, wife and son Leon, ac-
companied by Mr.. H. DeMontreville, wife
and sister, Miss Inez DeMontreyille, and
Mr.. William Keck have returned from
two weeks fishing trip from off the shores
OF st. Georges Island Mrs. Shore and son
being both greatly benefited by the trip.
The times., 1899-08-03
IT ASSUMES LEGAL FORM
Opposition to a Bonding Deal Taken
Into the Courts.

Fannie w. Wallace Objects to Sell
ing metropolitan Railroad COM
pnny Certificates of Indebtedness
nt n Price Fixed by the Corpora
tion-A Restraining Order Desired
The times., 1899-08-03

At the marriage Tuesday OF Mrs. Clara
Sherwood Rollins and Mr.. Joseph Samp-
son Stevens. of New York, which occurred
at the home OF the brides mother in Al
ton, H., the bride was given away by her
brother, Mr.. Nathaniel Wilson. of this
city.
The times., 1899-08-03

Mrs. NJ. Van Auken Mills, who has been
at, Sharon, Conn, is now at Monmouth
Beach,
The times., 1899-08-03

Miss Z. Elizabeth Crowell, of Mount
Pleasant. left Tuesday evening for visit
TO relatives In Cleveland, Ohio, where she
expects TO remain until the end of August.
The times., 1899-08-03

Preparations for the reception of Ad-
miral Sampson and the North Atlantic
Squadron at Bar Harbor were completed
yesterday. The affair will be given
August 8, in large tent pavilion.
The times., 1899-08-03

Among the Washingtonians who are con-
tributing TO the social gaiety of Capon
Springs are Mrs. William Dougal and Miss
Dougal, Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Edison, Miss
Florence Edison, Mrs. and Miss Eaton, Mrs.
Merrick Mrs. W. B. Orme, Miss Orme, Miss
Olga Ireland. Miss Elise Henry, Mr.. Raw
lings Hume, and Charles Miiburn.
The times., 1899-08-03

Cardinal Gibbons is making his third
annual visit to Rev. Father Kirby, at
Southampton, l.. l., for a short rest and
vacation. The Cardinal is exceedingly
popular with the cottagers at the resort
The times., 1899-08-03

Rear Admiral Crowinshield's family.
who are spending the summer in European
travel, are now in Paris for n few weeks.
The rear admiral is making an inspection
of the naval barracks at Portsmouth and
Deyonport. for the purpose of reporting
his observations to the Government at
Washington
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-26
TOMS EXPERIMENT.
BY SIDNEY DAYRE.

nWHAT do you thing OF this,
w motherf Tom ran out IN
great excitement to the garden,
where his mother was busy. "In a
great storm, lately, a man was
blown off High Bridge at Harlem;
and he had an umbrella, and held
on to it tight, and went down a
hundrend feet and came down safe
and easy. A hundred feet, mother.
"It was surely very wonderful
escape, Tom."
"WelI, it seems so. BIT after al ,
when sou think of it, !iPs just wLat
might have been expected, l wou.
der how LIE ielt. 1t must have been
a Jolly kind OF a thing to happt Ii
to one.'
Il think It must haYe been
very terrible experience
"Why, lie dldnr get hurt bit,
mother"
mo; bat no one could anticipate
being 20 mercifully preserved, anu
such all adventure must haYe been
ATTENDED with a revere shock and
fright. VIII you get your hoe ant
help me with these pansiesV
Ten willingly gave tie desired
assistance, Tor b, dearly lOveC
every flower which grew, and took
as muth pride as bis mother did IL
the neatness of the garden ard th
thrifty growth Of its treasures.
"But, mother" he went on, 81
seems 10 me i; was not such a dan
eerous tnIng as you think. Ii tb
man kuew anything SOOuC III
laws OF natur al philosophy he mus
have known his umbrella wonl'
act az a parachute, aud keep hir
from coming down too fast. .Di
YOU ever study natural philosophy
mOtheip
"a little,r she said, with asmil'
"Then of course you know ths
the pressure of air is equal In ever
direction, aud It's support woul
hold upthe umbrella. Why, don
think it was a wonderful escape
all, but the most natural thing
the world. / conld show you ho
it WAS done myself, mother, Just q
easy as not, hy taking an umbIell
and going out on the upper piazz
and jumping of. No; | think /
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-26
IT WASN'T HER BABY,

Tue street car conductor was not
IN good humOr. Someone had
passed a bad quarter upon him,
and that accounted for his starting
the Car before the three women and
a Child were fairly aboard.
One of the women was mad at
being dumped without warning
into a seat; the conductor saw that
as be started to collect their iare,
bat be was mad, too.
Madam he said as she rendered
her fare, 'this child that is with you
will have to be paid for as WELL
Il haven't the slightest idea OF
paying Its tare,' snapped the NO
man.
Then | shall put 1t off, ansW er.
ed the conductor, reaching for the
bell rope.
You don't dare,' flashed the wo
mAn.
Tins. The conductor brought IL g
car TO stop, pick ell np the child
and deposited it upon the street
aud rang to 60 ahead.
M dam he SAID grimly. 'yoo
vii find your child back there on
he corner
My childr snapped the woman
1T lsh't my child:'
'Wh ose is it thenV gasped The
conductor.
j haven't the slightest ldea,' 81 g
answered coolIy.
Then The child'S mother, who bad
been engaged in an exciting dl.-
cusslOn with "A trle Dd over the
merits of new gown awOke to the
tact that her child was missing,
lnd then the fireworks that played
around The unfortunate conductor s
head reminded blm OF Fourth CT
July dlSplay.-DetroiU Free Press,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-26
THE FIRST AND FAIREST.

On yonder mountain, wild and free,
There grows a flower full dear TO me;
A flower that fears not winters snow,
Nor winters fercest winds that blow;
A flower whose leaf is never cast
Before November's blighting blast;
A flower that chained by florists art
Will pine and die Of broken heart
Scarce have the SHOWS of winter fled,
And wakened spring her pinions SPREAD
Scarce has the first lone migrant bird
From meadow, copse or grove been heard
when, meath its leaves OF evergreen,
A CLINT Of pink and white is seen,
And on the air perfume rare
Betrays the blossoms hiding there.
o sweetest flower Of all that blow
'Twixt April's shower and winters snow,
ARBUTUS, thou the wild and free,
Art sure the one most dear to me!
So, when they laud their queenly rose,
l praise a flower that lonely blows,
That wakes to watch on barren steep
While all its kindred spirits sleep.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-26

Many ole soldiers now feel the
effects of the hard service they
endured during The war. Mr.. Gee.
S. Anderson, Of ROsSvilIe, York
county, Penn, who saw the hardest
kind OF service at the front, is now
frequently tronbled with rheuma-
tism. ST had a severe attack
IaielN,r he sa :, "aud procured a
bottle OF Chamberltln's Pain Balm.
II did 50 much good that | would
like 10 know what You would
charge me for one dozen bottles
Mr.. Anderson wanted 1t both for
his own use and to supply it to his
friends and neIghbors, az every
family should have "A bottle OF 1t IN
their home, not Only for rheama'
tism, bat lame back, spraIns, swe :
lings, cuts, bruises and burns, lOl
which 1t is unequaIled. For sale
by l.. II Irwin, Or ggist.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-26

A soldier of the Twentieth Kansas
tells this story at the expense OF a fell
low soldier when we were sent out
on the firing line Pete Began was lying
behind tree. out of the way Of bull
let's. All at onse be yelled out like =
wild man, Captain, cannot stand
these darned ants biting me all the
umel Zipl A bullet passed close to
bis body. On second thoughts cap
tain, be yelled i can stand them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-26
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