Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1893, Page 5

LANSBURGE & BRO. Early Fall Arrivals LANSBURCH & BRO’S FALL DRESS GOODS, FALL DRESS SILKS, FALL NECKWEAR, FALL HOSIERY AND LOTS OF OTHER STUFFS FOR FALL WEAR, Im beautiful variety for you to admire and select, if youdesire. Many people sre sensible and select early fo they can bave their dresses made up now while ‘their dresamakers are not too busy. BY THE YARD OR ALREADY MADE UP IN THE DIFFERENT GOODS DESIRED. MANY REM- NANTS OF GOOD SHEETINGS IN DESIRABLE LENGTHS FOR GENERAL USE WaY BELOW ‘USUAL PRICES. aPaeabs. Towe! TABLE LixENs, fa ae at ene A NEW LINE OF Children’s Hosiery 18 DESIRABLE TEXTURES AND COLORS. ae. PAIR. ALL SIZES. THE FALL FASHION 7 HERE. COME IN AND G! CHARGE. IF OUT OF TOWN ORDER BY Mail. LANSBURCH & BRO., OUT. With The RUGS We don't propose to sell Rugs any longer, and so we have marked what's left at orices which should clear them out like “chaff before the wind." There's about 300 of them, yet there's not one that ie not marked almest half price. Repvcep Repvcen Frou The T oothache don’ be for im time by ex- aminiog occasionally and ron eo ebony Be. . Cleading, 75<. Sra poten’ Gis dt Sorbo ‘Teeth, $3. ’ U.S. Dental Ass’n, 401 Tra Sr SU Rr one Se MORE “Black Sheep” PIECES At Almost And Half Price. Candidly there are a few scratches or something the matter with all of these pleces, but in nearly all instances the scratches and other imperfections are imperceptible. Yet we will let them go at less than first cost. 1 Solid Oak Bookcase. Repvcep Frox $10 To $5.75. 3 Fine Hall Stands, No. 51, have large French bevel mirror, antique oak, im. walnut and im. mahogany. Rasvor Fuow $15 To $9.75. 2 Kitchen Safes, sideboard top, im walnut and im. oak. Rzpvcen Frou $4 To $2.75. No. 945. One Chamber Suite, Devel plat Fine Red Curly Birch ‘swell front, oval French mirror, polish fiutsh. ‘now 845 To $31.50. Exquisite Red Curly 9.50. ‘80 French bevel dargais, 2.50 To $20. plate mirror—s big Bed, carved front, polish finish. Repucep Fro $20.50 ro $16.75 Large Solid Oab Side- inch top, finished with 18 French bevel plate mirror, (one lined), one long Linen drawer snd double cupboard, pol- tahed brass trimmings. Repvcen Frou $28 To $18.50. “Raimk,” u N.Y. Ave, Nez 14x Sr. 18x36 in. Rugs, $1.50 to 95e. ‘21x51 tn. Rugs, $3 to $1.40. 26x54 in. Rugs, $2.75 to $1.85. ‘30x60 tn. Rags, $3.75 to $2.25. 4x7 ft. Rugs, $8 to $5.50. 3x6 ft. Rugs, $5 to $3.25. —and lots others. _ A® you pass glance at the elegant HARDING, 13th and F Sts. . RAFF’S ENTERPRISE, 1241 11m SxS. E Dropping Out Ladies’ and Misses’ Shoes. We to give Ladies’ and cntldren’s Shoes unde ‘ourselves 10 Toen's trade. ea eae $2 to 98c. Pair. and patent pt S0tt Betton Shoes, plain $1.50 to 98c. Co oy — Sm $1.50 to sn fll agy staple Shoes and NOT “‘eft-overs” Crawford’s, 731 Tr Sr. ‘THIS 18 ONE OF THE BIGGEST OFPORTUSI- ‘TIES EVER OFFERED BY OUR HOUSE. \O$X8X8x8. Pes Pes baehsebaepesrshes papers Ores SXEXSXEXSAIO) Ladies’ $3.50 § High Russia “Bluchers” Now $2.25. ‘igh shoe in the market for autumnal wear, HOOVER & SNYDER, 1217 Pa. Ave. |X! auz5 x! OXSKSKOXSX SXGXSASKOO! A SPS Pe Peo Pepss Peep so Pee Ladiew’ Parcale Waists, Ladies! Blazer Suits, RAFF’S ENTERPRISE, 1241 1llm Sz SE, CARHART & LEIDY, 928 7th st.—706 K st. nw. yard. Black Plaid Organdies, several dress Patterns left. Reduced to 12%c. yard. 1 bale % Unbleached Muslin, 3c. per | yard. Pty LEADER LOW PRICES. REE EEEEEEEEEEEEFES go : is e Nature’s = = Law ms is] = We heap over a rs ea Soned instrument, so does the ELE! = TROPOISE, playing upon nature's -| ai seen eee of = and bring fo: ee nee Fag 3 eieraeeeeee BF Be ia We Lave set cnide te hones 7 | Ee Buen wh toe Shear sie ies FS] = charge of our office practice. No charge [7 S Amastic Exzctroporse Co., = 728 lmS. NW. 8 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BUMMER CLOTHING. tng od Dosing Sh eee, | get back from your tion. With our unparai eled facilities oar wore ig the _ best—therefore the cheapest in the end. ANTON | FISCHER, 20) 08 G st. nw. SUMMER CLOTHID SUMMER CLOTHING. orders attention, Man receive prow. WALKER SONS, \ding Papers. Moth 24 10TH ST. Sw. ods, Fire Brick. Clay | "a. “Pulp, Siate, &o, | About 90 Prs. | Ladies’ “Oxfords” FOR $1.49. ‘Wilson &Carr, and Slippers, *‘odd sizes” only, in tan, gray and fancy “novelties,” spread out ona table. Were $2.50, $3, $3.50 Axp $4. WASH., D. C., og Fat au25 BALT., »D., 4and 6 W. Balt. st. ‘THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C, SATURDAY. AUGUST 26, 1898—SIXTEEN PAGES. LAST 8 DAYS Of An Eventful Occasion. MOSES’ SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARING SALE OF CARPETS, MATTINGS, CURTAINS AND UPHOLSTERY GOODS Ends Next Wednesday Night. IT HAS BEEN AN OCCASION OF REMARKABLE BUYING AND SELLING, AND HAS PUT US IN READINESS FOR OUR MAMMOTH FALL STOCKS, WHICH ARE NOW ARRIVING. IT BRINGS TO AN END THE GREATEST AND GRANDEST AUGUST BUSINESS WE'VE EVER TRANSACTED. THE VALUES WE'VE BEEN OFFERING H AVE NEVER BEEN EQUALED, AS THE CROWDS WHICH HAVE SURGED IN AND OUT OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT WILL TESTIFY. THOSE WHO HAV E BOUGHT HAVE MADE MONEY OUT OF THE SALE. BUT THREE DAYS R EMAIN—~ Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. IF YOU HAVE A WANT, SUPPLY IT NOW, FOR YOU WON'T HAVE A LIKE OPPORTUNITY UNTIL NEXT SUMMER. * * * UPON PAYMENT OF A SMALL DEPOSIT WE WILL RESERVE FOR A SHORT TIME WHATEVER YOU WANT. SYEVERY DEPARTMENT J8 CROWDED WITH GRAND VALUES, 80, IF YOU DON'T FIND WHAT YOU WANT IN THIS LIST, COME IN AND ASK FOR IT. THE PRICE WILL SURPRISE YOU. Last 3 Days of Carpets. Ingrain Carpets. |Tapestry Brussels. €75 yards Extra-beavy In- 1,275 yards, which bas been grain, choice patterns, actual selling “at 45 and 75 cts, wea ee Bolo ri, 506, 1,265 yards Best Quality ing ae howe here te Sa | HES 57, Ses es BT. — 800 yards best quality, er choice patts actual a 750 yards Scotch Dundee ing (byte fl yan, TT. Carpet, in a aes pate id . a — fea eee tla ee Ea eS go,| Wilton Carpets. 485 yards Heavy Wilton, ae seit ane 20 OF R195 Body Brussels. = ’ Best Quality 875 yards quality, ac- ctual sell ES 97s, punt" aetel 1 50 2.172 yards best qualit; srs! 79, Axminsters and Gobelins. 975 yards tn all,choice pat- Wilton Velvets. selling at $1.30 4 BBO pee 1.00 terns “actually worth $2'Pe BT 1 5 yard, AS. yard, to be elvsed oat at.o-, OL, 1,500 Yds. Smith Mottled Moquette, 84 cents Yard. Best quality. Regular selling price, $1.25. Never heard of its being sold for less than $1.02 per yardanywhere in the land. Remnants in all High Grade Carpets offered at less than Half Price. Last 3 Days of | Rugs. Exousa Aymaxux Rvas. Rovar Suvexa Reas. Were. Now. | Size $1125 $7.30 | Bixe 18.00 ‘8.50 | Size 15.75 10.00 | Size 30:00 22.00 | Size es Site Size 6 Exrrs-Heavr Asr Sovanes. io Size 335 actual sell- Price $12, to be closed oot Mormzp Suvexa Canpzrs. — Size 9x12 feet, to close. Size Harides feet, fore Bize 62d fect, to close Fixe Suvaxa Ress. ‘Compare these prices Comsixation Goar-Sam Roos. 96.50, marked down 300 SMYRNA MATS, FRINGED AT BOTH ENDS, REGULAR PRICE, 50 CTS., TO CLOSE, 81 OTS. Days of Cretonnes. Last 3 i en | ro SE ana Blue _ cts. 85 cts ce. 85 te Ecru and Pink. 50 cts. 35 cts 12—Blue and White. 40 cts. cts 15—Cream and Blue. 35 cts. 20 cts 60—Cream Brow ‘85 cts. 20 cts Fr os 60—Cream and Gold. ce te and 35 cts. 30 ete ° S. E be Ss) <| uw 2, 9 = ® a ® Brocave Daarenres. 6 sets of Elegant Brocade Draperies and Long. Cut in two patterns, 3 each, Just a trifle made up to sell at CLOSING "PRICE. Lace Crnrarxs, In addition to small lots of 2 and 3 pairs of REAL IRISH POINT LACH CURTAINS, 1 24 yards wide by 8% yards long, we call attention to worn, Ponrizrs. these— $8. CLOSING PRICE...... $3.50 12 pairs Irish Point Curtains....... $4.50 $8.35 Pro nar fst mld 24 paire Irish Point Curtains. 600 4.50 Chose” PRICES." RKG.OO | 26 patra trish Potnt Lace Cartains.. 12.50 8.75 Parces Ox Ponce, Laws Axp Corrace Forsrrore Cur To Cosr. Bie Repvcrioxs Ox Srozsoanvs, Beproow Sorres, Booxcases Axp Tastes 2 MOSES se SONS, Lazoesr Reva, Foastrezre Srore Ix Axentca, lth and F Streets. o NOTABLE BALL ROOMS Important Additions to Well-Known TO SERVE AS BANQUET HALLS Mansions Well Suited for Hospit- able Entertainment. WHERE WASHINGTONIANS ARE There will be several notable ball rooras and banquet halls added to the number si-| ¥. ready attached to private residences in this city by the time the social campaign opens the coming season. It does not look as if their owners expected that the social atmoe- phere of the administration was likely to be any less brilliant than during Mr. Cleve- land's first term. Ten thousand dollars is being expended by the Corcoran estate on the Lafayette Square house where Secre- tary Lamont will live during the next four years. A goodly portion of this sum will be used in the erection of an annex, a ball oom, from which it may be prophesied with great certainty much of the importance of the social life of the coming four winters will date. It 1s scarcely possible any longer to en- tertain an official gathering without the house boasts at least one large unineum- ered room, easy to get in and as easy to get out of. “It need not necessarily be a ball room, if when the time «ame it could not also be conveniently turned into a dining room. For the great crowds which must be invited to any house whose hosts desire popularity there is a great dea! more ne- cessity for plenty of eating space than for opportunities to dance. Happy are th who can provide both, for by that means they can entertain both the early and the late comers. The late Mrs. Whitney solved that problem better than any hostess who ever achieved social laurels here. Her in- vitation list went up into the hundreds, and between 9:30 and midnight the entire house was thronged. After midnight most of the early comers, having enjoyed a good sup- Ree wisi gssatiant® Solus et inti . oin; those who were coming in for the bail and the supper that, cerved comfortably at small tables, made the night pass only too swiftly ull $ and 4 o'clock, when the last guests reluctantly made Representative Bourke Sockran is evi- dently going in for enter‘aining on a more elaborate style than heretofore. His resi- dence on 16th m to be big purooves, but before next season Mrs. Cockrin hopes to greet her friends in a new ball room, which is now being added to the house. ‘The sddi- tion is to be forty feet square, und it goes without saying that it will be ne of the best equipped rooms for large entertain- ments among the official homes of this city. The new wing of the German embassy, now fast approaching completion, contains @ ‘spacious room that can used either as a picture gallery, a banquet hall or a ball room. Very likely it will at different times answer all these purposes. It ts ex- ted that Baron Saurma-Jeltsch will en. Eertain handsomely, and his government oid @ wise thing in providing him with an em- Dauey go arranged that he could do so wath comfort and elegance. Mr. and Mrs. Leiter's big white house will be ocupied this winter by the family, but the chances are that the season will be far advanced before the final touches make it entirely habitable for them. As the family is in deep mourning, their first winter in their palatial residence will un- doubtedly be a quiet one, very much dif- ferent from What they expected. ‘There is, perl no house here quite as large, an Certainly none better adapted for elegant living and entertainment than this house, which has been in course of erection for nearly three years. It would create no surprise if, in view of thelr inability to take any part in the social life of the winter, that the house would remain unoccupied for ome year, and before the family take mn to have the permanent decora- tion entirely finished. Another fine residence which will surely be occupied by the family this winter will be the artistic and comfortable house built. by Mr. and Mrs. *Whittemore, ad- joining the Leiter property. The house was almost entirely furnished last spring before the family left town, and they look. forward with pleasure to making it their winter home. With the pulling down of the Dunn house on Rhode Island avenue, to commence the erection of the new St. Matthew's Church, & mansion which has figured rather prom: inently in the social life will pass int tradition without having attained the dig. nity of age. Attorney General Williams, “Landaulette Williams,” did his share in the showy hospitality prevalent in that Reriod, and many were the dances and mers given there under his auspices. Attorney General McVeagh also resided there. A Brazilian minister lived there, ahd the Argentine minister, Mr. Domin- ez, whose son is now to marry the Cali- ia heiress, Miss Helene Murphy, oc- cupted the house during his term. “Mrs. Dunn, widow of Gen. Dunn, who last own- ed the property, and ex-Governor Carrol! who was her tenant from season to season, each made the house conspicuous by th- elegant hospitality they have shown their friends in the house. For the present it is not intended to en- tirely demolish the house. Only half will be pulled down and the remainder will serve as a rectory until the full plan of the church is completed. The inner main por- tion of the edifice will be built first. In the completed plan this will be surrounded by chapels. Several of the rich and influential members of St. Matthew's parish have sig- nified their desire to defray the cost of a chapel, and {t {s more than likely that all of them will be built by different persons as memorials. Am others, Mrs. Henry May intends to build a chapel as a memorial to her mother, Mrs. Coleman, who died a year ago in Europe, and Miss Helen Carroll, & daughter of ex-Gov. Carroll, who inherited a large fortune from her mother, will build another. ‘The ladies of the Cabinet are very will- ingly yielding to the pleasant influences of the Capital and rather than be separated from thelr husbands any longer are mak- ing themselves as comfortable as they can in their houses here. Those who have not settled the momentous question of which Toof shall cover them the next four years find the {dle days very useful for that pur- pose, and as the ladies keep up everyday lendly visiting amongst themselves there are not many of their plans for the com: season but that each understands and ap- proves. Unless for very short trips, Mra, resham, Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Bissell and Mrs. Smith now ex) Mrs, I. F. Macfarland, Miss Macfarland and the Misses Child are at Aurora, W. Va. Miss Mina Frank of Chicago is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Frank. The Misses Frank have returned from a three weeks’ visit to Chicago. Miss Katie M. Jaquette, after a week’s visit to her home, has returned to Round Hill for the remainder of her vacation. Dr. D. M. McPherson and family have re- turned from Rehoboth. Mrs. J. H. Neill has returned from Bent- I Sprin, and is spending a few week: with Mrs. Chas. Allen, at 130 @ street” Dr. and Mrs. 8. W. Luckett and Howard L. Christman have gone to Chicago. Miss Jessie England of Falls Church starts tonight for New York state to visit elatives. Capt. and Mrs. 8. G. Cabell have returned to their home on Capitol Hill, having been absent since June. They have been visiting relatives in Quincy, fll, Mrs. Cabell’s brother, Rev. James Blip,’ in Macomb, Ill., and later went to Chicago, stopping at Capadaga, N. Y., on the way home. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Barnes are now In hicago, where, after spending several weeks’ they ‘will go to Cincinnati and Tae dianapolis. Quite a number of Washingtonians at- tended the recent dance at the Hilltop House. Some of those present were Mr. and Mrs. Blakely, Mr. and Mra. Bohrer, the Misses Joy, Carter, Bohrer, Davis, Toner, Vaine, Wren, Daniels and’ Messrs. Dean: Chase, Lane, Dalton, Johnson, Hay, Steci and Shuster. ‘Miss Mamie Scott entertained a party of young people at a party last Wednesday evening. Among those present were the Misses Scott, Moling, Fennington. Flavin, Sullivan, King, Murphy, Hill, Miller, and Messrs. "Flavin, Gilbert,’ Langratt, Woods, Blatr, Carroll.’ Faunce, GriMth ‘of New York and Silleberger of Baltimore. Miss Eugenia L. Williams started last Thursday for a visit to Jacksonville, and will go later to Chicago, returning home in October. ‘The Argentine minister and family left | yesterday for the world’s fair, intending to return here about «he sth of September. ‘Mrs, Charles Allen has as her guest Mrs. B. V. Cherry of Norfolk College, Va. The marriage of Miss Mary Schroth ana Mr. Charles T. Krause will take place to- morrow afternoon at 5 o’clack at the resi. Gence of the former, 1728 Half street south- east Mrs. W. J. Mount has gone to the Blue Ridge mountains ta meet her daughter. Mrs. Newman, and will return in a couple of weeks. Mrs. Mary Morris Hallowell has taken apartments at the “Lorraine” in Chicago, and intends to remain there until Decem- ber. Miss Harriet Hallowell is traveling with friends in Canada. After leaving Quebec she wiil travel in the White moun- ins. Miss Genevieve Petty has gone to Atlan- tic City to stay two weeks. Miss Giursi and Miss L. Russell are stay- ing with Mrs. W. B. Barnes at Forest Glen. Miss Fanny Belle McLaughlin and Miss May Harvey have, with a party of friends, just returned from the world’s fair. Mrs. Alice Kern, Miss Bessie Kern and Mrs. W. F. Wright are at Aurora, W. Va., where they will remain until September 15. Mrs. Thos. A. King and Miss Addie King have returned from southern Maryland. The Misses Jennie, Lizzie and Nellie Mohun have returned from Tarrytown, N. ‘Mrs. Chauncey G. Graham and daughters, Beatrice and Viola, are visiting relatives at Smyrna,Del. 3 ‘The Misses Schneider are visiting relatives at Gaithersburg. Miss May Williams is visiting the Misses Ganley at Boyd's station. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. L. Burkhart are visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. Lamble at their home on Aquia creek, Va. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Allen’ will stiortly join the party. Mrs. George W. Carll has returned home from the world’s fair, stopping also a few days in St. Louis. Mr. Edwin A. Starkey, formerly of this city, and Miss Catherine Hartley of Santa Barbara, Cal., were married at Santa Anna on the 10th stant by the the Rev. Mr. Healey at the Methodist Episcopal Church. A garden party and musical entertain- ment was given on Thursday evening last at Hynesboro Park, Prince Geor ‘3 _coun- ty, Md., under the a ices of e _Hynes- boro Park Citizens’ Improvement Asso- ciation, The entertainment was given in the hall, and refreshments “were served outside on the lawn. There was a large ‘Attendance, and the appreciation shown of the musical talent (vocal and instrumental) was very tifying to those who partici- pated in the program, ly as they nearly all came from Hynesboro. The pro- ceeds of the entertainment are to be de- voted to making necessary improvements. A large and appreciative audience, on Thursday evening last, attended the meeting of the Non-Secret Social lub. The vommittee in charge, consisting of Mr. Lynch, Mr. Poesche and Miss Moling, had arranged an excellent for th: evening's ‘entertainment. ‘Those who tool rt were Prof. Ogle, Mrs. Woodward, Miss Qforte Batley, Mr. Barth Lynch, Mr. Victor L. Poesche, Miss Ivy Browne, Mr. D. E. Chaves, Mr. Frank L. Nussbaum, Mr. J. R. Veihmeyer, Mr. Galeski and Mr. R. A. Dinsmore. Mrs. John 8. Stearns is at Aurora, W. Va., for a short stay. Miss Agnes Eichhorn has gone to Atlan- tie City to remain a month. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Cissel are now at Asbury Park. They will return here the latter part of September. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. A. Geirs started today for Atlantic City and will remain two weeks. ‘There was a pleasant gathering of friends on Thursday evening last to celebrate the birthday of Miss May Nace. Prof. and Mrs. Flynn have returned from Chicago. Miss Josephine Geir and Mrs. John Ness- bin have returned home after a brief sta_ at Oak Grove, Md. toe ALEXANDRIA. Wheat Fields. Union street, the grain market of Alex- andria, would, if it were not for its stone pavement, become a wheat field, for the long line of cars from the upper country scatter hundreds of bushels of wheat yearly along that thoroughfare. A few nights ago some thieves, in robbing a wheat car, almost lined the ground with wasted wheat for some blocks, and the grain remained undisturbed for many hours, and very much of it was finally trodden into the interstices between the cobble stones. ‘The thousands of sparrows were entirely incompetent to the task of swallowing it. Formerly the pigeons, who could have made short work of all the wheat about the market, picked eve-y grain on Union street. ‘The late Isaac Kell had a pigeon house on Fayette alley near Union street, which Shelterd many thousand birds, and others also had large flocks of pigeons, who were the scavengers of the street. These flocks have now entirely disappeared; the spar- rows eat up a portion of their food and the toy guns have thinned them out. The Knights of the Black Rod. Colored parents continually officiate on their own children at che whipping post here. A number of colored lads, who had stolen chickens from Dr. 2ust,were whipped by their parents at the station house yer- terday. The rod was not «pared and con- tinues to be kept in pickle so that the boys may not be spoiled. Notes. Both the Free Masons and Odd Fellows have been quite busy this week; the officers and teams have become so proficent in the work that they are iike labor saving ma- chines and turn out “brechren of the mys- tic tle” or “knights of the three ood links” in short order. The workings of these vari- ous social and benevolent institutions add largely to the benefit and brotherhood of Alexandria life. The fire wardens at their last meeting ordered the putting up of telephones in the Columbia and Hydraulion engine houses and a fire call in the Relief house. C,.L. Richardson, held here for crime at Columbia, 3. C., has been sent to that state in charge of {ts agent. ‘The Alexandria, Redmen will appear as genuine sons of the forest at the centennial observances in Washington next month. —_—> THE SILENT MAN HAD SAND, Quietly Pat Up His Hands at the Rob- bers’ Call, Then Went Back and “Got Them.” From Shoe and Leather Facts. a “I have traveled through the stites of Washington and Oregon, and parts of Call- fornia, Idaho and Montana for eighteen years,” said a southwestern shoe drummer. “Ten years of that time I traveled by stage, horseback, steamboat and canal, and my life has been fuller of adventure than that of most traveling men. It has been my misfortune to have been twice held up by stage robbers. In both instances my hands went up as quickly as those of my fellow Passengers. I have no patience with those people who tell what they would do. They would fall into line with the rest of the Passengers, and reserve their expressions of indignation until later in the day. There is no use of talking, the stage robber has killed, and he will kill again, and a man never realizes how dear his life is until it is in actual peril. “One day in October, 1877, I was staging it in northern California. ‘There were six of us in the coach. We were taiking about stage robbers. Suddenly there was a halt, one of the party said. ‘8; of the devil and he will appear.’ Well, we all got out ana stood in a line and gave up our purses and watches. The driver had thrown off the mail bag and the Wells-Fargo safe. ‘There were two robbers, neither of them masked. They were not polite lke the knights of the road in romance, but swore continuously and without artistic effect. One of the bandits could not get oaths enough between words, so he interjected a few choice specimens of profanity be- tween the syllables, and greatly shocked a professor from the Smithsonian Institu- tion by the coining of such words as ‘hes- itadarnation,’ meaning hesitation. “The job was done in about five minutes, and the robbers told the driver to go ahead. ‘We did so for a half mile or so, when one of the passengers, a silent man whom 1 had taken for a commercial man, said to the driver, ‘Go slowly and wait’ for me at the ford.’ He then produced a Win: chester from the bottom of the coach and started back over the road alone. "Who is he? we asked of the driver. ‘Welle- man, I guess. Never saw him before, but I guess he knows his business. If he comes back he will have got them; if he don't, they'll have got him.’ Twenty min utes later we heard some rapid firing. We stopped at the ford. “Nearly an hour passed, and then the man who had gone back appeared on the tral]. He walked slowly, as if in pain, and @ bloody handkerchief was tied about his head. “Drive back and get the box,’ he said to the driver. ‘Did you get ‘em? asked the driver. ‘Both of ‘em,’ he replied. We drove back. In the middle of the road where we had been held up both men lay dead, The Wells-Fargo detective, calculat- ing that they would stop to rifle the mail bag and the strong box, divide the plunder and then separate, had quietly walked back. One of them he dropped with his Winchester before he was suspected; the other got in one shot before he fell, and that had struck the brave man a glancl blow on the head. Our property was all restored to us. We helped bury the dead robbers by the roadside. The brave officer refused to accept the purse we hastily rais- ed for him, saying, ‘The company me, gentlemen.’ ll pay | should be upon ee! purely MR. (Continued trom First Page.) , Position of safety, so far as possible. The first clement, of dissatisfaction and doubt hich pressed upon the: was the fact that there was a cuntionseg aed un- accountable drain of gold. once enter the, minds of 8600600 pepe n e minds o} le, That it took serious porteeston a ° is shown by the simple fact that out of the United States banking houses alone $190,000,- 000 of depesits were drawn by depositors from all parts of the country. How much was drawn out of state banks and out of trust companies, how much has been drawn out of aw no one will ever prob- ably know: but so much has been drawn, 80 truch has been hoarded. so much has been kept out of circulation, that we are suffer- ing today all the calamities of a restricted circulation in the midst of an abundant sup- ply of money. The Protection System Threatened. I do not undertake to raise aay question as to whether the system of protection is a wise one or not. I do ot undertake to dis- Bute the proposition on the part of the de- Mocracy that protection is a tax, wicked and iniquitous. For the purpose of discus sion, and for that purpose only, I am quite free to admit that protection is'a fraud and that virtue resides only in « revenue tariff, but there remains.even if i: be ndmitted that the propositions of the democratic platform gre Fighteous every one, chere remains the fact t the system upon which the manu- factures of this country have heen regulated for thirty years are threateaed with @ total change. Whether that change is to be for the better or not no ‘nan can know. What the democratic party purpose to do with the Power which is in their hands nobody can Say. They do not even know themselves, and hence they are not able to impart it to others. For my part I do not the democratic party to be utterly bad. I do Lot believe they will be permitted to be so if they should so desire. Such is the re- straining influence of t , even after election, that I believe that tl yumb all the disguises, through all the masks which this election has thrown aver the wishes of the people, nevertheless those wishes will be carried out. But at this presen: moment no man can know what wili be the result of the action of this Congress upon the manu- factures of this country. Prominent among he symptoms of the present condition of affairs is the closing of mills in all parts of :he country. The cur- rency question has something to do with that, but that which is of mst importance ts uncertainty as to the basis upon which manufactures are to go on. Manu- factures today are, in no respect, the sub- Jects of chance or miscalculation. All the elements of cost cater to the disaster which ye are approaching, and that ii has @ part not entirely unfortunate in warning us that we can be saved from still further misfortune and doubt. No Faith the Democratic Congress. I do not believe that the democratic Con- gress, even influenced as it will be by the pressure on the part of the people of the United States, will so revise the tariff that the workingmen will be brought back even to the condition of the workmen under the Walker tariff, but that there will be doubts and difficulties and reductions 1 have not the s! test doubt. It is evident, then, from what I have said that two questions must be settled, as the indispensable pre- prospedty ‘will commence again With the ity mence again. 4 Settlement of the question of tariff I shall undertake to have nothing to do today; that will come at its proper time, when people begin to realize that that is the serious matter which underlies this whole situa- tion. Fer the present, we have another question before us, and one which we will have to determine upon its merits. ‘While I am in favor of the repeal of the chasing clause of the Sherman act, ant Eave always been, since the failure of thet act to realize the hopes of the men who believed in a silver currency, I do not think that the repeal of that act will be an immediate cause of the revival of the Prosperity of this country. I am in favor of its repeal, however, for two reasons. First, it seems to me to be deeply settled in the aga mind, from causes which can be easily understood, that the Sherman law is the cause of the unreasonable hoarding of currency throughout this country. No Defenders for the Sherman Act. ‘The Sherman act itself had 2.0 defend- ers. The silver men, although they were glad to get it, stood prepared to declare thet it was not what they wanted. Those that had yielded to the demand for that act, im the earnest hope that what they desired might turn out to be just and right. were im no condition to defend it at sil. It had Not answered their hopes. Wherever there is an attack upon one side and no defense on the other, there is sure to be a Very shini victory, Hence, the popalar mind is so with the idea that the existence of the purchasing clause of tho on law is an element of disorder that if we re- move it we shall do more to tere con- fidence than anything we can ® in the world. What would a restoration of confi- dence in this country mean just now? It would ae — in my a ogy a co at once of ess pl cy. it it woul bea tremendous relief’ 20 thus who are endeavoring to carry on the business of this country without bankruptcy an! disascer. It is sometimes customary here t> make remarks indicative of great contempt and hatred of banks and of corporations. I ex- pect during the next year of two to hear a great many such declarations. In thie coun- you now in mm adement the banks of this country are ing a pa- triotic and honorable work, anl are. at this moment, the mainstay of this country = yy rig ae na jut Iam in favor of the of this act for another reason. <I am destors nat onis of weathering this storm with es few sails blown to pieces as possible, but L em also looking for the upward movement, which is sure to come, and which can only be post- ed by bad management and ba! actions. it is sometimes the fashion to very cun- temptuous of foreign capital, but it is as sure as the rising of tomorrow s sun that when we take our next upward mm, it will be by the aid and assistance not iy of the capital of the United States, but of the capital of the whole worl. So my two reasons for voting for the re- i _are, first, that it will restore confi- lence to the ay and in some measure help us out of first difficulties of our ton; and, secong. when the time ‘comes it will assist us on e upward path to the next period of prosperity and Bimetallism a nat does not ail the nations of the work C4 nations of world seems to me to be not aly potaie, but feasible. As I understand it, — of bimetallism and the avowed object of monometallism is to have a stable and persistent standard. The theory of the monometallist is that gold of itself is subject to less fluctuation, to less change, than silver, to Jess fluctuation and change than both gold and silver “yoy The theory of the etallist is that if two lakes, Mable to be disturbed by diff causes, can be connected and made to flow into —~4 a interchangeably, they will Present a much greater expanse, and an: less, the change Yn 'each lake’ being "dist ieee St in .~ tributed over both. The Proposition Today. Now, today the proposition is that we shall undervalue gold over 40 per cent. If 3 cents on a dollar of undervaluation of sil- ver Grove silver out of this country what will an undervaluation,of 40 cents on a dol- lar do for gold? Does anybody have any question or doubt about it? Not the least. But you say, if we undertake to maintain ® gold standard in this country, first you demonetize silver and drive it out of existence, and, second, you will raise the debts which people owe to some per- sons unknown, presumably enemies who Qught to be despoiled. This first change would be a serious one if it were true. If the of & gold standard destroyed the uses of silver it would certainly be a very grave misfortune to this country. In the first place, it would destroy a product- ive industry in this country. my part, I am never willing to do that. Second, ti would destroy an industry which, in my Judgment, is of more value to this country than a merely protective industry. To my belief, the jous beyond the Missouri river ‘will one day or other constitute com- tively the great riches of this country. it would not be possible for me to prove this, Te would, not be possible for, me to demonstrate eve! ‘peo- le who live beyond the Missouri; but I Fave'an abiding faith that such is the case. ‘The wonderful possibilities of their soil has never been appreciated even by themselves. I believe that the settlement and the growth of this country depend greatly upon its mining interests. I have, therefore, been ready all my life, by duties on lead. and any action upon’ tl ver ques’ Seemed to me to be adequate and sul ‘th cotnage there is to standard 1s entirely different from the question of the use of silver as money. Dimeculties to Be Met. Now, whatever this country may desire to do, whatever its intentions are for the future, one thing seems to be clear, people are to go upon a silver want to know that they are going to do 80, and want to do it deliberately. If question were presented to every citizen whether he desired that silver Dasis with majority of j | f| Swers would be no. would take without abating a termination <0 i if Hi 3 ij F é is H 5 é = 2 The next difficulty which we have the assertion that by the repeal act we increase the burden debt upon the borrower. This would tainly be a very grave misfortune, if 1 true. emeyny f and lending marries and breins to great advancement World. If we were to make a law only related to a single series of tions, such as now exist in the States, it might possibly be an ad to the borrower to have the payment Justed that he would have the the transaction; but when the of borrowers is dead. or borrowers have paid their money, still be forever a borrowing and e proposition to lower the one good sign of this discuss from the bigoted determination is @ heaven appointed ratio, the Almighty, and proceed even market values seems to give some hope that when we really undertake to reform our financial system we preclate it with some reference to Conditions and to the facts of the As for the ‘itions now before gan all see that they are untenable. believes that we could maintain 20 easier than 16 to 1 without the ot ee Hl Hue 3 H : i Hh i i a 5 s ij 8 fi 4 é rd ) His “ell! Q-3 ? ¢ rest of the world. in closing Mr. Reed said: ‘What then is the pathway unconditional repeal. That will relief or not. If not then we must thing else, and the sooner the better. it is a matter of deep regre: sible men that we have delayed Men are today struggit fate and praying for relief. ‘The Strained almost to the point of breaking is such & pity that we had to waste time in this weary welter of talk. ntae & nh 4 Ft H j the republican steadfast devotion of sound finance. When this countn tmovey the republican party te y the lon aim to thet soble country was depreciated th same arguments heard today teen years ago, souni depreciated currency a! Fiories of fat money. the incoin marched steadily ments and prosperity. victory. our days of we defeat champions of true And when the day comes, as it surely come, for us to lead this sand back Paths of prosperity and fame. trodden under republican rule years,we shall take back with y undimmed by adversi defeat. 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