Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1893, Page 5

showing be has tslent writer why prices. He says: “I bave se of ribbous that ladies of Bostoa know of as loom by rule of trade must always come in 10-yard pleces Dieces less than 10 yards are looked on as remnants Uy ends of the leading maker in the country are this to Washington instead of Boston. They include choice grain, double-faced satin, gros grain ribbons, guaranteed Hi defect, in all widths and colors.” 4 Sh tf Be ee me fe 100 Ide Ie Ise Be Boe Be B06 be Se Se Te Me Ce Meee On special counters near the doo r of No. 1119 Pa. ave. “Princess of Wales” Costume. Since the Princess of Wales was seen with the black and white cos- (ume at the late swell garden party the fashionable women of London have discarded thetr bright color garments. The lutest street costume ts of Diack serge, with which is worn a man-like waistcoat of white duck. ‘Toe Imported costume sells at $35. But here is a fac simile, made of best storm serge, and only $7.50. Of course such sults were never made to retail at the price. They and s few hundreds others in navy serge with braid trimming were secured by the Palais Royal's ‘buyer’ last Week In New York. The maker closed out at 50 per cent discount to clea bis “loft” prior to commencing making of winter goods. Serpentine Waists for 49c. 49 c tu teas than half thetr actual value. Apart from the beauty of the lawns and percales of which they are made these Waists better dis- play a women’s fizure than any garments yet introduced. They are all the rage in New York and Bostov. 9Sc ie just ait the value of the Cashmere Walsts in navy, black and garnet. Just the weight for the soun coming cool mornings aud evenings and for autumn wear. $2.48 roe race-trimmes Cashmere Dressing Sacques made to retail st $495. Light dine, pink and other shades that help to make women so fascinating in mea's eyes. D8c tor cnotce of 25 dozen Wrappers that were intended to retail frou $1.50 to $2.25. Made in latest Paris style of best tannelette, per. cale, indigo and mourning priats. 81.98 tor ritertown Dressing Sacques tn old blue, pink, fawn, tan and other delicate shades. Less than balf price—worth $5. T5c—mre vew supply of Duck Walstcoats—like men's veets—come single as well as double breasted. Prettier styles than those that caused such @ furore ten days ago. From Boston. buyer of millinery and ribbons, late with of Boston, ts already Japanese--Not Home Made. In an advertisement the veriest trash can be described as being su- erlor. It bas been done. To do justice to these genuine Japanese wares We are forced to tell you. Descriptions are not attempted—the lst of quantities former prices and removal sale prices are given Just as it came from the department's chief: 14 Satsuma Art Vases reduced from @9c to 49¢ each. 2 Large Size Satsuma Koros reduced frum $1.68 to $1 each. € Tokio Art Vases reduced from $1.98 to $1.35 each. 8 Kors of unknown make reduced from $2.25 to $1.50 each. 2 Satsuma Vases reduced from $3.00 to 82.00 each. 10 Large Size Vases reduced from $4.50 to $3.00 each. 3 Monster Jap. Vases reduced from $5.00 to $3.98 each. 3 Japanese Pickle Dishes reduced trom 39¢ to 25c each. 1 Japanese Pickle Dish reduced from 3% to 25. 8 Tokio Dishes reduced from 35¢ to Zc each. 1 Japanese Plate reduced from 75e to Sie 9 Japanese Dishes reduced from 75c to Sige eack. 2 Japanese Dishes reduced from 75 to 50c each. 18 Japanese Dishes reduced from $1.00 to 50¢ each. Tokio Berry Sets reduced from $2.50 to $2.00 each. 48 Japanese Tea Pots reduced from 25e to 1%¢ each. ¥ Plates from Limoges, France, reduced from 98c to T9e each. 3 Plates trom Limoges, France, reduced from $1.00 to 79c each. Plates from Limoges, France, reduced from $1.25 to 73e each. Look Out For The Thief. Procrastination is the thief of time. Procrastinate and you will be robbed of tne following bargains: Handkerchiefs worth from 25¢ to S0c for only 19¢. Kleinert’s Dress Shields, asnally I3e, 15e, 17¢, 19¢, for only 10. Large Size Sterling Silver Hat Pins, Oc instead of 15c. Linen Collars and Cuffs, Se instead of 12% and 15¢. Gowns with many tucks and embroidery, Sc instead of $1.33. Corset Covers that were @Se and 9Se for only 48. Drawers with tucks and lace trimmings, 32c instead of 68c. Skirts with tucks and ruffles, GSc. which is less than materials cost. Shirt Waists for boys, 39¢ instead of 50c, 75c, ¥8c, $1.25. Good Jap. Silks-Cheap. A. removal sale and the arrival of additional stock 1s seemingly inccn- sistent. ‘The explanation is that when we can buy so as to sell at holesale prices a speedy exit is assured goods so acquired. Thus it vill be with these newly acquired Japanese Silke—95 pieces are added =~ ft stock on Monday, with the assurance that but few yards will be here by the end gf the week—we secure glory and profit at the expense of the belated importer. Thus— 2M. yara tor se quality Colored Japanese Silks. 49.c sara tor ose quality Black Japanese Silks. 4Dc sara tor ose quality Colored Japanese’Siiks. 59c yard for 75e quality Black Japanese Silks. G8 c sara tor $1 Biue and White and Black and White striped Silks. 40 c yant for $1 quality Black Japanese Silks. ‘The worth of these Silks is arrived at by comparison with qualities Previously here, also with the Silks aow offered around town. You may eastly learn If the statement we make is correct or not—samples from here and elsewhere will be witnesses your eyes and fingers cannot discredit. B3Ic_a combination lot that includes Fancy Silke worth from 5c to $1 a yard. There are Glace Surah Silks, Figured Taffeta Silks, Fancy Bengaline Silks, Figured India Silks. Only 39¢ a yard for choice. Wool Dresses For Autumn. ‘The long counters filled with fabrics suitable for ladies’ fall costumes and children’s school dresses are offered at half and less than half prices. ‘Here are the ever stylish English Suitings of mixtures not so pronounced ‘as to be ever out of style, here the popular Henrlettas and Cashmeres, here the sturdy Scotch Cheviots that are favorites year in and year out. How 1s it balf prices are quoted? The writer asked himself this ques- tion, and the following reply is all he can give: Mr. Culles, the new buyer of Woolens, is anxious to have fabrics only of his own selection in the new store. It is not for the writer to criticise. His duty to tell you that half and less than half prices are quoted for fabrics that would certainly bring profitable prices a few weeks hence. While you are preparing for the autumn you are still wearing summer clothing. The following removal sale prices will help to keep you the bright and sweet summer girl until you and nature change your clothes for those of autumn tinted bue: 80C QUALITY IMPORTED SWISSES REDUCED TO ONLY 39C YARD. 15€ QUALITY BLACK AND WHITE INDIA LINENS, 11C YARD. 25C QUALITY SCOTCH GINGHAMS, ALL STYLES, ONLY 9C YARD. 124C QUALITY DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, ALL STYLES, ONLY SC YARD. ‘The new buyer of Embroideries writes bis own advt.: “I am resolved that ff it is possible I will close out every dollar's worth before we leave the avenue store, and in pursuance of this policy the major por- ; thom of the stock has been combined into three lots."” J4e yard for Narrow Swiss Nainsook Edgings that were 16c to 23¢. 19¢ yard for all the Medium-width Embroideries that were from 22c to 30c yard. 25e yard for all the Embroidery Insertions and Edgings that were 29c to 40c yard. AND HERE COMES THE NEW BUYER OF HOUSEKEEPING GOODS WITH PRICES THAT MAKE IT EVIDENT THE G ST. PALAIS ROYAL “WILL BE FILLED WITH NEW Goops: Sie for cbotce of all S5e and $1 Bed Spreads. We for 14e Huck Towels, 17¢ for 25e All-linen Towels. 30e for the 50c, 58e, GRe and 7c Towels that are works of art. 59 for the $1 Fringed Table Cloths that are Sx10. for the $1.75 Irish Linen Squares that are hemstitched. | Beauti ul Laces Cheap SOME OF THESE LACES HAVE A SIMILAR HISTORY TO THE SILKS THAT ARE CHEAP BUT GOOD. FOR INSTANCE: WHITE aP- PLIQUE LACES HAVE BEEN SECURED TO SELL AT LESS THAN CUR- RENT WHOLESALE PRICES—THE BEST LACE BARGAINS OF A SEA- SON OF BARGALNS. 2Se yard instead of 35c, 42c and 48c for those 4% to 6 Inches wide ‘30e yard instead of SOc and 68e for those 6 to 8 inches wide. SOc yard instead of T5e for those 9 Inches wide. These La.2s are in match sets, so that all widths to trim an entire costume are here. bs THE AROVE AND OTHER NEW COMERS DROP PRICES OF OTHER LACES A PEG LOWER: We yard for the White and Ecru Laces that were from le to 19¢ yard. TAN gSc yan* for 10 to 15-inch-wide Black Silk Laces that were SSc to $1.25 ra. a 96e yard for the choice Demi Flouncings that were $1.35 to $1.50 rd. ‘Je yard for the #S-inch-wide Drapery Nets that were $1 to $1.50 yd. A. LISNER. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. GC, MONDAY, AUGUST 21. 1893. 5 YOUR WORD IS YOUR | OND AT | GROGAN'S. Among the many bitter complaints of dull business “nd senrcity of money which has characterized these bast three months we can truthfully say that our ratronage has been thoroughly satisfactory in every way. Everyone of these sultry summer days has ind line of people at our counter waiting to pay little something” on their furniture. We are going to tell you once more that your credit is good here—any time—and for anvthinz you want, Alittle Payment once & week or once » month will soon make you “‘soleowner and proprietor” of s house fall of handsome, serviceable furniture. Our credit price ts our cash price—and there are no names fo sign. There is & Seven-piece Parlor Suite here, uphcletered in plash—and there's another upholstered in hair cloth— take your chotce of either of them for 8:72. 50—cash oF credit, These are but fico out of & whole floor full of parlor furniture—Suites in Brocatelle—Wilton Ruz— Topestry, Gilt, &c. There'sa Bed Room Suite here in solid oat—bevel viass in bureau—and our price {3 $18 cash or credit. Our frst floor is full of Bed Room Forniture—handsome asany yonever saw anywhere— all prices. There's any quantity of Brussels Carpet here and our price is 50 cents per yard. Ingrain Car- Pet, Scents per yard. Every yard of carpet bonght of usis made and laid sree of eost—no chasse for wastein matching figures. We sell a Forty- Hair Mattress for 87—Woven Wire Springs, @1 Stx-foot Oak Extension Table, $3.50. Refrigerators, Mattingy, Baby Carriages and anything anybody ever ‘used to ““housekeep” with ie Rere—end it's yours for 8 promise to pas. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE, S19, 821, 823 TTH ST. N.W.. aut BET, H ANDI STs. Coxe: Coxe: Coxe: FOR SALE AT WORKS OF WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY 26th and G sts. 6 CENTS PER BUSHEL UNCRUSHED. | 8 CENTS PER BUSHEL CRUSHED. ant Conclusive Reasons FOR ADVERTISING IN The Evening Star: BECATSE IT 18 THR FAMILY PAPER OF THE CITY, BEING TAKEN AND READ IN EVERY HOM BY PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY, AND ESPECIALLY BY THUSS HAVING mvreX LU PrEND. BECAUSFIT 1S PUBLISHED AT AN HOUR OF THE DAY WHEN ITS KEADERS HAVE THE TIME AND INCLINATION TO CONSULT ITS ALVERTISING COLUMNS, AS Wat Ao LU KEAD LHe NEWS. d RECATSE ITS ADVERTISING RATES ARE MUCH LOWER, IN PROPORTION TO EXTENT AND QUALITY OF CIRCULATION HAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER, PAPER IN WASHINGTON, AND AMONG THE VERY LOWS? IN ‘Li UNITED STALES. Real Estate Matters. Ella G. Moore has purchased for $20,000 of 7,0. Moore part 6, square 242, fronting, 21 feet on Rhode Island avenue between I3th and lith streets northwest. S. Close has bought of E. J. Collins part %, square 212, fronting 2 feet 4 inches on Massachusetts avenue between loth streets northwest for $9,125. T. F. Conroy has purchased part 12, square 28 (20 feet front on 2th between i and K streets northwest) of A. B. Duvall for. $6,965. Emily E. Parish has bought of J. H. McGowan for $6.50 part 12, square 761, 18 by 136 feet 1 inch on A between 2d and 34 streets southeast. W. F. Roe has purchased of C. A. Pren- tiss for $5,000 sub F, square 274, 18 by 100 feet on T between 12th and 13th streets northwest. 14th and der. . Hood against H. | Walker for $20,000 damages for slander in charging that the application of Wm. Clot- worthy for retail liquor license had been abstracted from the files of the excise board and complainant took them (the pers), the defeniant has, by Mr. A. B. ‘vgll, filed a demurrer. It states that the decfaration doesn’t state a cause of ac- tion; that there is no allegation that the application is a public record; that there is no such offense known to the law as at- tempted to be set forth; that the words alleged to have been published are not per se actionable and there is no allegation of special ——_—_—-. ‘The Barott! League Lawn Fete. The lawn fete of the Barotti League of St. Augustine's Church came to a success- ful conclusion _ by the award of the fol- lowing prizes: Swiss music box, Mrs. Her- bert; a pair of French vases, Mrs. Gillem tleman’s office chair, Mr. McKenney. \dsome ladies’ fan, Miss Grace Cole, and @ grandfather's clock, Miss Simms. Much credit is due to the ladies in charge of the various booths and tables. These were as follows: Fruit and flower table, Miss Sarah Brown in charge; Rebecca's well, Mrs. Thomas and Miss Mary Brown; Japanese booth, Mrs. Fluger in charge. assisted by Miss 'B. Jackson and Mrs. Toy. The two cashiers, Miss M. B. Bowie and Miss Alice Cole, were constantly at their posts. —— In He the Assatlant? Detectives Gallaher and Rhodes yester- day morning arrested J. R. Bell alias Rea- son Bell, as the party who on Friday night © | assaulted and robbed J. W. Reiss as he was on his way home at Charleton Heights, a short distance from his home. Mr. Tteiss had left the city in a late train, reaching the station about midnight, and a short dis- tance off he was felled by a club, beaten into a state of insensibility, and robbed of $18. The officers had reason to believe that Beil was concerned in the case, and after about twenty-four hours’ work, found lm at Steven's court, between 2ist and 224, K and L. streets northwest.yesterday morning. and took him in custody. Bell admitt=i that he was at the heights Friday night and was seen with a club similar, {f not the same one used by the assailant found near the scene. While locked up he was visited by Messrs. Peyton and Ambler, his coun- sel, and they proposed to petition for 9 writ of habeas corpus, but Deputy Sheriff Darr of Charleton Heights and Mr. Rhodes took him out of the jurisdiction. fe National League of Democratic Clubs. Chauncey F. Black of Pennsylvania, president of the National League of Demo: cratic Clubs, has been in the city for some days making some arrangements for the part which the organization he heads {s te play In the Ohio campaign. Gen. Black was also negotiating for speakers of na tional repute to attend the Pennsylvania state convention of democratic clubs to be held at Allentown September 26. gee Assistant Fire Chief Sherman while mak- ing his rounds Saturday morning lost a large pole strap with a nickel snap at- tached which the department would like to have returned to some encine house. FOR SOUND MONEY. Senator Morrill’s Speech in the Senate Today. ——- OUR COUNTRYS INDEPENDENCE The Folly of Fixing a Cheap or Uncertain Standard. THE SILVER ACCUMULATION. Senator Morrill of Vermont delivered in the Senate today an interesting and forcible speech on silver, in which he gave an in- teresting review of legislation leading up to the present situation. “Let me frankly avow,” he said at the outset, “that I do not yet abandon all hope of bimetallism, and, accordingly, I shall gladly vote for the repeal of so much of the act of 1890 as requires the purchase of silver, which originally did not receive any favor from me, and the wide distrust it has ex- cited should be speedily removed. But, after its repeal, we shall/not be dependent upon old alone for currency, as there will be in the treasury much more of silver than of ‘old, more of paper currency than ever be- fore, and the silver dollar will not be demon- etized. Whenever more silver can be coined and utilized without crowding gold to a premium, it will be done by universal’ con- Sent; but the treasury of the United States should be relieved from its embarrassment of furnishing gold to pay for silver bullion. We may not ever be able to keep as much silver afloat as has been done by France, because our people prefer something lighter, of equal nominal value, and more profitable to handle: but we can easily carry enough of both sliver and gold for all the business of the country, if the mastery is not wholly surrendered to silver, “To maintain silver, with our Standard, on a parity ‘with gold, while in- creasing our public debt by the dally pur- chase of over five tons of silver bullion, for which treasury notes must be issued, prac- tically redeemable in gold, imposed a task upon the ‘Treasury Departinent, in the face of an almost total disappearance of gold in the receipts of revenue, too great for even an _unclouded administration to bear; and it was wise for the present administration to seek relief, if 80 to be found, by an ap- peal to Congress. It 1s a time when the leaders of states where silver most abounds should do something more than in figures resent Senator Mor of Speech to take up the pickax and spade to dig rifle pits from which to assail others, or build up earthworks behind which to merely protect themselves. The declara- tion that ‘the silver question was of equal and greater importance than the question whether the country should remain united or divided,’ was an utterance that will go unclaimed by any state. “The democratic party, once distinguished for its intrepid hostility to all” cheap substitutes for legal tender money, having successfully pushed gold to the front dur- ing the Jacksonian era, witheMissouri then in the lead for gold and now in the lead for silver, more recently, though not fully, cepting the fantastic flat theories of t who claim for the government omni power to keep an unlimited circulation of either silver or poe on a parity of 16 to1 of gold, it has in various latitudes, with a knowing wink, played off tolerance to any delusive financial absurdities that fished for and promised to catch votes. Foreign N: and Silver. “Foreign nations,” said the speaker, “will not be persuaded to adopt any measure in favor of silver by the fact that it might af- ford some relief for the United States, but they will do much for their own relief. Too ready to believe whatever may be deroga- tory of the American people, they have con- fidently believed that, with Boeotian stol- idity, we should be contented with’ silver only, and that the stock of gold now in America and all future productions would easily be transferred to their possession. Four of the great powers of Euro} are training soldiers, ssibly to make famous other fields than Waterloo and Sedan. Their success, as they believe, i A not nee. the heaviest artillery, but the heaviest stoc of gold, and this they are financially ma- neuvering to acquire. Nations, as well as men, often get gold and yet fail to keep it. We, very well, have learned how recklessly destructive martial glory is to treasures of gold, whether that of the victors or the van- quished. These ambitious powers have re- garded ‘America, not as a formidable com- petitor for gold, but as one of their unfall- Ing sources of its supply, as well as an un- faltering and hungry market for silver. “America, however, can be a competitor for gold, and by far one of the strongest, for the reason that it is a home producer of gold as well as of silver, and will use both only for all the beatitudes of peace and prosperous commerce. By the great cost of large armies, and greater loss of labor in domestic industries, European nations are Feally ‘crippling their financial | resources, while our small army and our peace-loving habits relieve our people from such exces- sive burdens, and will surely in the end give us the primacy in financial power. A repeal of the silver-purchasing clause in the act of 18%) will give us a practical force, so long manifestly disregarded, in the final de- termination of the silver problem, and Eu- Tope, after all, to provide for its own f- nancial necessities, is most likely to reach the conclusion that silver should not remain obsolete and useless only as a commodity.” India and England. After reviewing the situation as to silver in England and India, Mr. Morrill suggested that it would be opportune and, perhaps, sound policy for England to begin the cul- tivation of better political and financial relations with her kin across the Atlantic, and fairly consider whether or not int national bimetallism is destitute of all merits. “{ cannot, however,” he said, “favor bi- metallism without an increase of silver in silver coinage, as without an increase it would be impossible to maintain any par- ity between gold and silver, even with the co-operation of many nation: jor can I favor the free coinage of x by the United States alone were the ratio between the two metals to be advanced from 6 to % to 1, or even to 28 to 1, for the son that the present colossal output of silver cannot be annually absorbed by any single nation, and a preposterous attempt to ab- sorb it on our part might win a smile from the governor of Colorado, but would pro- voke the ridicule of the commercial world, and inexorably cause its further deprecia~ tion, No remedy will have a prosperous ending which does not squarely and fully recognize the existing extraordinary mag- nitude of the amount of silver which must be furnished with a new market. “Mr. Chernuschi, by far the ablest metaliist that has yet appeared, has ways insisted that it was only necessary for the United States for the time to cease from coining or from purchasing silver to bring European nations to a proper and just international arrangement by which the general use of silver as an integral part of the money in use among leading nations would be speedily consummated. Delay may have made this more difficult. ‘The Bank of France now most unwillingly hoards 250,000,000 of 5-franc silver coins, which are ‘there appreciated much as the '$863,000,000 hibernating in the United States treasury are appreciated here. If we tamely assume the burden of a monopoly of silver nere, a burden quite large enough for the whole world, it may induce France and other nations also to join the gold mono- metallists of Europe. A Wire and Salutary “Neglect.” “I well understand that it will be neces- sary to enlist in any international agree- ment a considerable number of nations that will each take their Just proportion of the present enormous annual production of sil- ver, or it must necessarily be a failure. Nevertheless, an international agreement is the best hope of @ permanent resuscita, tion of silver, and after proper national action here on our part the chances of re- suseltation will be greatly multiplied. Other nations will have an equal if not greater responsibility. It may be called a bitter remedy to stop purchasing silver, but with- out it the case is hopeless. If ‘in all the world we are now the only purchaser of silver, to cease from it might temporarily eapen its price, but to open our mints to ts free coinage would permanently cheapen its value, as its solitary accumulation in our hands has already sufficiently demon- strated. In the language of Burke, ‘a wise and salutary neglect’ is the highest service We can now ren jer to silver. ae er the repeal of the silver-purchase law of 189 the United States will not wrestle alone with the overproduction of silver, as the question will equally con- front foreign nations and can not be shirked. There is no statesman among such nations that does not know the United States can fix and carry a currency on the gold standard, if necessary (though I do not now believe that it will ever be necessary), with greater ease than any other nation on the earth. We produce enough of the metal ourselves to supply any ni annual in- crease of currency in gold coins, much more than equal to our annual increase of Population. ; There is little now of the necessaries of life for which our people are dependent upon any foreign country in peace or war, cotton, petroleum and provisions, can not so. readily ‘be obtained ‘ciscwhere in equal abundance or on terms equally satis- United States of its 1 of the world’s gold, wi we go directly to the . unless our revenue laws shall be so framed as to permanently fasten upon the country an excess of imports over exports, and of this no party in our country can ever af- ford to take the risk. “With @ sound currency foreign gold cap- ital will flow into our country by millions for investment, but with any cheap or un- certain standard of money panics will be an every day occurrence, and foreign aa would stand aloof and foreign creditors would demand a prompt return of all in- vestmen “It has been absurdly charged,” said the speaker, “that to repeal the law of 1890, which requires the Secretary of the Treas- ury to purchase 164 tons of silver bullion every month, would at once establish here {he gold standard and nothing else: but that is untrue and comes here as a scare- crow that will scare nobody who does not Want to be scared. Not a Senator who will vote to repeal that law will do it as a gold monometallist. The purpose and effect of the repeal will be to keep in circulation as much silver as ever, and to have enough gold Keeping company’ with it to maintain the parity of the two metals. The repeal is the only lever by which bimetal- lism internationally ‘can be secured. Americans should have the courage to use this lever and take a stand that will at once relieve our financial con- ition from foreign dictation, and secure the stock of gold which must naturally find a@ home in the United States, and Which should not be deprived of that home without our consent. I would not be ‘offensive to anybody, but T think it could with more propriety be said that this charge of gold mono- | metallism ts a subterfuge to conceal an or- ganized purpose of precipitating silver mon- ometallism upon the American people. I think they will not fail to understand Sc. think they will not fail to so understand it. tinue the purchase of silver not one wili consent to any purchase of gold. The Effect of Repeal. “The repeal of the stlver-purchasing part of the act of 1890 will at once unlock mil- Hons of gold now hoarded, as well as mil- Mons of the old United States notes, to re- deem which gold has long been held in the treasury, as it would satisfy the public that Congress as well as the President pro- pose to maintain every dollar of our cur- rency as good as every other dollar, of no greater and no lower value than we have Bad. and so just and sound as to give as- ein si 01 both' the debtor and ‘creditor taigy' ay well as years hence. ‘We cannot afford to take the risk of a silver dollar that may curtail the usual re- ward of wage-earners nearly one-half and cause an epidemic of strikes. Merchants rge share of their losses from a depre- clated dollar; but farmers, for what they have to sell, "would be compelled to accept Whatever legal tender might be. offered. Indirectly the duties on all {mported duti- able merchandise. if paid in deprectated silver, would suffer a reduction that would more ‘than satisfy even the exterminators of protection, “With the present rate of annual accumu- lation there would be piled up in. the trea- Sury within ten years over a billion 10 silver bullion, and its depraved value tuating with’ the daily market when for use in the arts and manufactures, Cer- tainly no prudent Senators can be expected sertously to propose that this expensive ac- shall go on forever, bringing, as our exper- jence has already shown, no benefit to pro- ducers of silver, but untold disasters upon eur common country. Alone, and without international co-operation, silver and give it a fatal plunge over the falls of Niagara, so that tt would be trre- coverable while wood grows or water runs, We might somewhat advance the market price of silver; and by no other less heroic measure, nor by any cunningly contrived compromise, while the supply Is great and the demand down to zero, can the United States by itself lift silver out of the mire of overproduction. The Increase of the Silver Output. “Thirty-three years ago the yearly produc- tion of silver in the United States amonnted to only $150,000; but in 1892 it amounted to five thousand times that sum. The silver extremists now demand that the United States shall not only take and pay for the whole of this vast increase, but at the valu- ation of thirty-three years ago, and will not even aid in opening the way for largely in- creasing the demand for silver by making it the interest of many nations to co-oper= ate in a bimetallic standard for its use. “Probably, with one-half of all our iron furnaces closed, and one-half or more of ull Woolen and cotton mills idle, we have rarely required so small an amount of currency for actual business purposes. The difficulty is that to an extraordinary ount, is being hoarded by millions of de- positors in savings banks, who haye feared they would have to wait sixty days if they were not drawn out at once. Only one country in the world has a larger per capita circulation of money than the United States. We shall have plenty of money whenever distrust goes out of circulation. ccording to the great Roman orator, ‘a commonwealth should be immortal,’ and 1 cannot suppose that any Senator would willingly limit the life of our goverment to any briefer Period. Tn all the advantages of power and wealth, of natural and indus- trial productions, of ‘coal, iron and copper, of food products and ‘of territory and climate, no other people will dispute the superiority of ,the American re- public. Nor’ will “they dispute our primacy as to the producer of gold and sil- ver. They dispute only our capacity for self-government, and deny the wisdom of universal suffrage. They befleve we are to stumble on silver. “The crucial test 1s whether we are or not to drop from the bimetallte standard of gold and silver, maintained on a parity, to the dangerously crippled standard of silver only, and thereby limit to an inferior currency the foremost business nation of the world. ‘The grave responsibility rests. upon a demo- cratic administration now in full control of both branches of Congress, as well as of the executive department. No government can be sustained which does not fulfill its pledg- es in good faith. The public debt, national and state. and all other contracts, by our recorded pledges. are payable in legal tender on a parity with gold. The honor of the country may be in peril. Whatever policy will relieve the public distress will be m: policy. Whatever party favors the public credit will have my favor. Whatever men- sures support public honor will have my support.’ —___- e--______ A LAW FOUND To Prevent Conti: Potomac River. Since the expiration of the special act of Congress for the protection of fish in the Potomac river it has been generally under- stood by fishermen that nets and traps could be used at all times of the year, but such is not the case, as the act of 188 pro- hibits fishing in the manner stated between the 30th day of May and the Ist day of January. During the time that such fishing is permitted the law requires the removal from the water of all nets and traps on Sundays. ‘So many nets have been used in the river during recent years that “Commodore” Sut- ton and other officers of the patrol boat made a search for some law against the offenders, and the jaw of 188) was revived. Last week the boat started out on a raid and several nets were captured. Saturday night the officers captured two tyke nets in the waters off Buzzard’s Point, and yesterday morning John McKee, an old colored man, claimed them. He was ar- rested and the case was tried in the Police Court today. The old man plead ignorance of the law as an excuse for his offense Judge Mills was told that the old man had evidently committed an unintentional vio- lation of the law, and it was not the de- sire of the officers to have him fined. The law provides a penalty of not less than $10, and also requires the confiscation and sale of the nets, boats and other imple- ments captured. In this case the judge imposed a fine of $10 and suspended’ execution of sentence. ‘The nets were confiscated and turned over to the property clerk. Under the law the informer gets one-half of the fines imposed. —— of End A Questto: From the Chicazo Mat’. Ohio democrats would never have nomi nated Col. W. A. Taylor as their candidate for Meutenant governor had he not waited until after the balloting to make this awful threat: “From this hour until the sun goes down upon a democratic victory In Novem- ber my voice will never be silent.” nee. and much of what we produce to sell, like | factory. There {s no possible combina- { ton of circumstances that can deprive the and natural share jay as well | might possibly shirk or transfer to others | cumulation of silver and of public debt | if the Untted | ‘ates would take its annual purchase of | |RETURNING TO TOWN.| The President and Mrs. Cleveland Will Be Back Soon. Cabinet Ladies Who Have Opened Up Their Homes—Secretary of State’s Nesidence—Gossip of the Resort: President and Mrs. Cleveland, it is under- stood, will return to the White House the fast, days of this month. The work which 1 has been in progress about the mansion for the last month has been nearly completed, and excepting the red parlor the house will be in perfect trim for the return of the fam- ily. The red room will not be finished until about the middle of September. Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle have had their eldest son, Mr. Wm. Carlisle, staying with them for several days. Mrs. Carlisle enjoyed a drive this morning behind her new horses, native-born Kentuckians, which only arrived from their blue grass pasture on Saturday last to become mem- bers of cabinet horse stock. They have 30 tar behaved so beautifully that their new mistress is delighted with her purchase, and the more so as it carries out her theory that Kentucky horses have more real hard sense than those of any other Sirs. Gresham: Mira: Cavlisie and Sirs, Bis- sell have returned home. Mrs. Bissell ac- companied the Postmaster General back from Deer Park last Monday. Mrs. Gresham and Mrs. Carlisie returned on Saturday afternoon. Both ladies prolonged thelr ley to be present at the ball given at the hotel last Friday night, and they thoroughly en- jJoyed the event. "The occasion brought out many fine gowns and a company of dis- tinguished guests, Mrs. Gresham has not been very well since her return. It is quite probable that the residence of the Secretary of State for the coming four years will be in the com- modious house No. 1400 Massachusetts ave- nue. Although the arrangements are not all completed, both the Secretary and his wife are charmed with the house and its lo- cation, the desire of the cabinet families | being if possible to get houses in convenient distances of each other. The house will be thoroughly freshened up within and with- Out, before the family take possession. ‘This house has been at different times oc- cupied by the French and 8} ish ministers and other prominent families of the dipio- matic corps. Senator Dolph had ft the first winter he was in the Senate, and other of- ficial families have found life in it very | pleasant. Prof. Alex. Graham Bell and Mrs. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard and Mrs. Grossman at Saratoga. When the Russian Grand Duke Alexan- | der was leaving Newport the other day he | thoughtfully sent to all the ladies who had invited him to entertainments superb bou- quets tied with the Russian colors and to several special friends handsome vases or other ornaments were sent with his com- pliments. These souvenir gifts will no doubt be greatly cherished by their happy recipients, and in their simplicity go to Show that distinguished people can confer great favcrs without going to much ex- Pense. The Itatian Ambassador and Baroness Fava were the special guests of an after- noon tea and reception given them by Gen, and Mrs. Stockton at Churchill Hall, Stam: ford, N.¥., one recently. The rooms | were decorated and the flags of the United | States, Italy and Holland were conspicu- j ous. Minister Weckherlin was among the uests. Miss Stockton isted her mother in receiving and Miss McCammon of this | etty presided at one of the tea tables. The marriage of Miss Helen Murphy tc Don Vicente Dominguez, first secretary of the Argentine legation ‘at Madrid, is an- j Bounced to take place shortly in London. {Miss Murphy is the daughter of Mr. and 1 Mrs. D. T. Murphy and through her mother is related'to the Ear! of Antrim and Lord O'Neill. ‘The Dominguez family is very | pleasantly remembered in this city. The | father of Don Vicente Dominguez was for- jmerly the Argentine minister here. He | had quite a large family of sons and daugh- ters and Mrs. Dominguez’ favorite form of hospitality was to give lawn parties. The | family occupied the residence lately va- cated by ex-Gov. John Lee Carroil, on Rhode Island avenue, now the site of the new St. Matthew's Church. In the spring of the year the garden used to present a beautiful and animated scene when Mrs. Dominguez received her friends. The fam- ily has been living in London y Mr. Dominguez represents hi the court of St. James. Prince Cantacuzene, the Russian minis- | ter, and his daughter, who have been mak- jing a tour of the west, are expected back to Lenox in a week or two, when the gaye- Ues will be in full swing. The Turkish minister, Mavroyen! Rey, who has been adding to his social laurels at Bar Harbor all summer, will spend the autumn at Lenox. As already announced, the next import- ant arrival at Newport will be Prince Scipio Borghese of Ita! After him is expected Count Sommagila, another Italian, who is no fortune hunter, inasmuch as he is al- ready immensely wealthy. His family con- nection is an important one, as he ts re- j lated to two or three of the most influen- tial families in his land. He is a nephew of Prince Doria. The next in the procession will be Prince Carracciola Bella, @ wealthy widower from Naples. The objective point of all the noblemen is to see the fair and after that to enjoy as much as possible of the best society in America. Prince and Princess Ruspoll of the Italian legation with the latter's mother, the Marquise de Talleyrand-Perigord, have also engaged rooms at one of the there when the population 1s increased by these other distinguished arrivals. Mr. and Mrs. John McLean will spend the Test of the summer at Long Branch so that the former can be closer to his business in- terests than was possible at Bar Harbor. Their cottage Briarfield is closet for the season, much to the general regret of the of the cottagers at Bar Harbor. The Swiss minister, M. Claparede is at Niagara Falls with friends. Mr. Covarrublas, the Mexican charge de affaires, has had his brother visiting him, and the two gentlemen have made little trips up to Deer Park, where Mrs Covarru- bias and the children are spen‘ting the sum- mer, and have been more lately at New London, Conn, Invitations have been issued for the mar- Tlage of Miss Anna Dennis Myers, daughter of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Gorton W Allon, totter H. Seward, jr., a son of Brig. Gen. William H. Seward and grandson of Presiden: Lin- coin’s Secretary of State. The ceremony will take place at St. Peter's Church at Auc burn, N. Y. Mr. Seward, whose name re- vives the memory of a tragic series of cir- cumstances in this city, is a iawyer. Prince Leopold of Isenburg had the last days of his stay at Elberon made very pleas- ant by the many hospitalities shown He has now started for the Ad:rondacks and Canada, accompanied by a friend, his sec- retary ‘and his servants. He will spend three weeks hunting in the mountains be- fore proceeding to Chicago to meet his cou- sin, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the presumptive heir to the Austrian. throre, who then will be ready to sce the fair an after It to visit the important cities of the eas Prince and Princess Hatzfelit arrived from Europe last Saturday. They have come on for a visit to the father of the Jat. ter, C. P. Huntingdon, as well as to see the fair and something of their friends in this | fou: country. It is not yet announzed whether they contemplate a long or a -hort stay, but the chances are in favor of the latter. unless the attractions of Mr. Hun-ingdon’s newly finished palace in New York would cause them to wait until the family ore realy to occupy it. Misses Mattie and Ida Gould left for Bos- ton on Saturday and will accompany Mrs. FL Winslow of Topield, ‘Mase, on her nual coac! ‘our tl Mountains in September, ve the White The engagement is announced of Miss se Irwin, Saaphter of = B. J. Irwin, . S. army, ir. Macpherson Wiltbank of Philadelphia. abies Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Holderman have started on a pleasure trip to the World's Fair, Colorado Springs, and then to Niag- Back: ie ara Falls on the way Miss Cora Hart has gone to Atlantic City to visit her aunt, Mrs. M. E. Wright. Miss Namie Ferrise gave a pink tea on Friday night last. Amor th were Mr. and Mrs. Ferrise, Lizsie ian, Florence Walker, Katie McNamara, flats Collins, Martigane Bradys Witere See, ollins, . % and Hess. oe Mrs. M. Willson Offutt of Bethesda, Md., is visiting her parents in Lexington, Mo. Miss Hattie Wills and Miss Nettle Wills have gone to Atlantic City for two weeks. Miss Lilian Sherman is just back from a two weeks’ visit with friends Holl; Beach and Cape May. —— Mr. and Mrs. H. E. North have gone to Ocean Beach to spend the rest of the sum- mer. Mrs. Mamie G. Donnelly, Miss Kate V. Egan and Miss Jennie Quinn of Janesville, Wis., who have been ests of the Misses MecKone at Piedmont, Will leave today for Deer Park, where they will spend some time. Miss Emma McKone accompanies them. Mrs. H. S. Brian, Miss Florence Brjan and Master George Brian are at Ocean Grove. Mrs. Wm. Meredith, formerly of this city and now residing in Austin, Ill, gave a reception in honor of her daughter Char- lotte’s guests, Miss Keith of New Jersey, Miss Lyman of Iowa, Miss Burton of Hin: dale, il, Mrs. E.G. Niles and Misa Pai Une Whitaker of this city. The house wi Srowded all evening with guests from Ni York, Chicago and this city. Mrs. Julia Neale Clark and some friends are visiting various points in Ohio. They are traveling in a private car, and will go to the world’s fair later on. Mrs. Josepha H. Houghton, Mr. Allan J. Houghton and Mr. Milo H. Sutliff left Sat- — for a trip to the west and the world’s Mrs. G. Richard Thompson and brother, Mr. Willson Crenshaw, ow at the Co- lumbla Hotel, Asbury Park, XJ. Miss Hattie F. Dalton, accompanied by Miss Nettie Shaw, Mrs. Chas. Miller and son, left on Satumay to visit friends in West Virginia and Maryland. Miss Lillie Clark and Miss Beall Magru- der are several weeks in the moun- tains of western Maryland. Miss Rosa Wrenn has gone to Cape May, where she will join a party of friends. Miss M. F. Hall has returned to this city after a month's vacation. Mrs. C. L. Sauer and family have re- turned home from their visit to Narragan- sett Bay. Miss Bertie Nicolls of Baltimore, is on a Visit to her brother-in-law, Mr. E. H. Booth, $30 Delaware avenue northeast. Mr. Samuel C. Palmer, wife, four dauzht- ers and son, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hawkes, baby and nurse, Mr. and Mrs. «liaton Gage and child. Mr- and Mra. Fndicott King. Bite and two daughters, G. 7X, Forbes, wii and son, Mr. and Mrs. M A. Halliager, daughter and son, Col. H. C. Corbin, wife and son, Miss Ida’Crawfora, Capt. John M. Keogh @nd wife, Mrs. ida Sargeant, baby and purse, Miss Sargeant, Misses Lettie and ‘Bessie Bel, Miss childs, Sr) Joserh ‘Tyssowski, wife and son, Mr.’ Joseph Kas- par, Mite, eon and daughter, Rugene Havi- Mr. Paul H. Moncure, Dr. ‘3eorge Marx, H. O. Hall, wife and Gaughter, Fred C, Prats and wife, Hon. E. L. Payson, P. W. More and Mr. George D. Mitenell, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lamasore, wife "and daughter, Mrs. A. 8. Bryan and Miss M. Fenney, ‘Jules A. Demona, mother and daughter, Mrs. F. F. Bassett and baby, Col. Nathan Bickford, Col. john T. Brady, Capt. T. W. Tallmadge, Ricaard Bennett of the Treasury Department. Master Willie Miller, Admiral Shufeldt, laughter and Mrs, Miller are among the arrivals from this city at Lookout Springs, Jtound Mill, Va. sieaecescen gic edhe THE COLORED LEAGUE To Hold a Conference to Discuss the ilver Question. Invitations have been sent out for a con- ference to be held today between the exec- utive committee of the Negro National Democratic League and such colored lead- ers of the party as they may desire to con- fer with. It is not quite certain what it is all about, but there is a suspicion that the matter of the colored man as a possible office-holder will come up for consideration. The meeting was called for a private house on Pierce street, but when a Star reporter called there at noon there was no sign of a crowd and little evidence of a meeting. A woman who was standing at the basement door said she did believe ere was to be a gathering there at 3 o'clock, but she did not know what it was all about. A colored gentleman by the name of Smith, who was recently appointed consul at Santos, Brazil, told the reporter that he expected to be present, although he was not a member of the committee, for he wanted to see how his brothers in che work were getting along. The meeting, he said, was called for the purpose of issuing an address which would uphold the President in the stand he has taken on the silver question. ‘The meeting would be made up of those who were in sympathy with the administration, and all those who had any criticisms to offer on what the President is doing would be rigidly excluded from the meeting, and they would not be given an opportunity to be heard. The meeting would not be called upon to heal any differences in the colored democratic party, said the consul, for the very simple and’ all-sufficient reason that there are no differences. —>—__+ BROOKLAND. Messrs, David and William Turner of Baltimore are building a house on Concord street near 12th for Mr. La Favere of Washington. Mr. Francis W. Adams of Allegheny City has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Adams of South Brookland. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Allen and Miss Maud Allen were the recent guests of Dr. and Mrs. T. ¥. Hull. Miss Lillie P. Bailey, with Miss McFeely and Mr. Edward Bailey of Philadelphia, were recent vistors to Brookland. Mixs Bailey has been spending the greater purt of her vacation in Atlantic City. Miss Maggie V. Boswell was the recent guest of Mrs. Richard Gudgin of Acorn Villa, University Heights. Miss Sallie Fitzgerald of Philadelphia ts visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Johnston at Honeysuckle Glen. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crook guests of Mrs. David Middlekauff. Mr. Walter P. Plumley of Washington has been visiting his friend Mr. John M. Carr of West Brookland. Miss Minnie Gudgin of University Heights and her aunt, Miss Alice Lain, have gone on a trip to Atlantic City. Mr. Wm. Heyser of Brookland, formerly of Jack's Mountain, Pa., has gpne on a visit to his old home accompanied by Mas- ter Walter Middiekawft. The funeral services of Mr. William T. McDonald were conducted in the Baptist Church of Brookland, and a large con- SPS FR to pay their tribute of respect ew man who has been an honored resident. of the vicinity for nearly twenty-five years. Rev. Mr. Cook preached the sermon and eulogized the high Christian character of Mr. McDonald, who had been a pillar of strength in the North Capitol M. E. Church for a long time. Rev. Robert R. West led in prayer and added most touching remin- iscences of Mr. McDonald's last days at his home on University Heights, where it Was his pleasure to minister to his spiritual comfort. Mr.’ McDonald leaves 4 who was Sparrow of Washington, two daughters, Mrs. S.J. Owens and ‘Mra. Charles Alsop, and five sons, Mesers. Charles, Samuel and Edward McDonald of Gatresville, Fla., Mr. William McDonald of Baltimore, and” Mr. Albert McDonald of University Heights. All of ‘with the excep’ ald were with him dui a a ey of the 4 town t_ Churc! te Society Will held on the lawn of 3. B. Lord, sr., on Bun- ker Hill road near isth street tomorrow (Tuesday) evening commencing at 6 o'clock Dm. the evening. are the A lensant tine te icipated. ime is an’ Mr. D.'W. Sage of Washi has moved into one of Mr. Carr's new in West Brookland. Mrs. Virginia Holtzman of Cumberland, ‘Md., has returned to her home ufter « —-_ visit with her sister, Mrs. H. J. rod of Brookland. ——— Veteran Firemen Make a Visit. Yesterday a number of the Veteran Vol- unteer Firemen’s Association the invitation of Mr. J. Richard Brown to visit his home in ‘county to christen @ dinner set presented Mrs. by the veterans some time aga, The visitors re- ceived an old V! welcome and spent the day in disc a ital dinner, the rain fell in torrents and the lightning flashed incessantly. Hatlstones fell in great num- lightning at the Central railroad pier, . E. Hurnel of South Plain! who, while seeking protection storm in Bentley's bathing pavilion suddenly crushed to death by the of the building. Swept Over Niagara Falls. Edward Brennan, whose home is in New York, went out on the Ni river in = ‘Sailboat at noon yesterday. Ne off Grass Inland he attempted to fasten nie grate to a passing s' ya in 80 ts boat was overturned, and he was thrown into the water. The crew on the yach: tried to save him, and followed him down as far as they dared toward the “death Hine,” but final; moll te ve up, as Bren- nan ppea jus reaching the white line of breakers. His body wen: over the American falls, and it is thonzht will hardly be recovered until some day: pass. Brennan was twenty-six years one had been boarding at the Hotel Atian- tique. Grace Massey, a colored woman of six three years, was taken sick at Connecti avenue and N street northwest last ev. Ing and removed to 19% R street northw coal oil lamp at Hoy's Hotel, 8th an D streets northwest. exploded about 1! o'clock Saturday night, causing $10 dam- age. THROUGH DARK LANDS, Dr. Carl Peters, Who Carried the Gere man Flag Through Africa. Washington this year seems to be sharing with the windy city the honor of being a Mecca toward which the great people of all | lands are turning their footsteps. We have had Spanish royalty, Japanese, Hindostanee and all the rest. Few of all these, however, are as interesting as @ man who is expected to arrive in this city this afternoon. He is interesting not for what his forefathers were but for what he himself has done. The man ts a German, Dr. Cari Berlin, who is known as one of the of African travelers and is famous | Ft tik i 8 i ae Dr. Carl Peters. returned — to Germany, and in 1888 get out on the Emin Pasha relief expedition. ‘Dr. Peters describes Emin as a man of energy, force and learning and anything but the sort of man he has pictured by ‘Stanley. Recent Work. Dr. Peters says of his recent work: “After leaving Emin Pasha I made my way to the coast and thence to Berlin, where the emperor made me imperial com: missioner in Africa. Early in April, 1891, set out for the Kilima-Njaro district, whieh Rereamycs, from the const, in central eest there ta 160 rdere to regulate the In orders to Anglo-German frontier r'nwith Ger Smith, the British consul for Zanzibar. We Worked together in Africa eleven months, and finished our work with the treaty that Was signed on July 2%, this year, in whereby the whole of the Kilima-Njaro dis- trict, on which there were British claims, was left to Germany. That is now the fore- most German frontier in Central East Af- Opinion of Emin Pasha. Tn an interview published in the New York Sun yesterday Dr. Peters says: “T believe that Emin Pasha still lives, and I have good grounds for my belief. The hews of his alleged death that was received here was wrong. Later news reached me from him. I know he was alive when ft reported “here that he was dead. Three Weeks ago letters reached me that since the date when he was here to be dead he has marched the Congo country. 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