Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1893, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. TUESDAY..............October 31, 1893. CROSBY S. NOYES. eee. editor. —=——. THE EVENING STAR regular and permanest circulation im Washing- tom more than three times larger than that of any other paper. As a News and Advertising Medium it has “mo competitor. G7 Letters to THE STAR should be so addressed, or to the Editorial or Basi- mess Department, according to their eharacter or purpose, not y imdi- vidual connected with ————————————— An improved taste in architecture on the part of the general public will, it is thought, be one of the results of the influence of the world’s fair. There is no one feature of the great exhibition that elicited such hearty and unstinted admiration as the forms and grouping of the buildings. In view of the practically universal condemnation which these beautiful creations of the ar- chitects’ brain evoked, it is safe to say that the bill which was passed by the last Con- gtess looking toward an improvement in the designs of the public buildings to be erected throughout the country represents very fully public sentiment on this sub- Ject.. As is probably well known, this Dill confers upon the Secretary of the Treasury the authority to invite the afd of the trained architectural skill of the country if he should so desire, to prepare plans for the erection of the public buildings. The pur- pose is a plain and simple one, the design of this law being to enable the government to avail itself of the services of the best architects im the country in designing build- ings which ought to be, even if they are net now, the main features in the towns and cities where they are erected. The provisions of this bill have not been carried out owing to failure at the Treas- ury Department to prepare the regulations under which the law is to be executed. In @ semi-oficial utterance the acting super- vising architect of the treasury recently @tated that the law would only result in securing better designs for public buildings, and the inference was that it was not worth while to attempt to carry out the provisions of the statute for such a trivial object, yet this object was the very one that was aimed at, both by the projectors of the law and by Congress. Congress, by its act, declares that it is of the opinion that better designs are needed for our pub- Ne -bulldings, and Congress ts right. The public would not object if the architecture of public buildings was at least made equal to the best of the private structures in the country. It is true that if the services of outside architects are secured that the pre- liminary work will cost more than if the plans were prepared in the office of the sup- ervising architect of the treasury, but the people of this country are willing to pay for @ good thing and it is evident that they want the best in our public buildings. No matter how small or comparatively incon- sequential the structures may be they rep- Fesent in their particular places the dig- nity of our government. Now they mis- Fepresent and are memorials of an archi- tectural civilization much lower than that @eveloped at the world’s fair. The best is mome too good for this nation. ——_ —$~>-6-o—____. Just how frequently the chief of engineers of the army will have to cal! attention to that dangerous nuisance—the Long bridge— Before remedial measures are adopted and @ new structure succeeds the present men- ace is probably beyond even prophetic ability to foretell. It is disgraceful that such conditions should prevail. Year after year is there repetition of official complaint, and winter after winter breeds fear of much damage as has resulted in recent times from the presence of the unsightiy obstruction. Defiant as to the city’s best interests, and careful only of his business relations, Stephen B. Elkins, when Secre- tary of War, granted to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company reparative privileges which were used to strengthen that com- pany’s tracks and at the same time to in- crease the dam's capacity for evil to a very considerable extent. It is an open secret that none of the engineer officials would imdorse the company’s application for per- maission to extend and solidify the obstruc- tion to river-flow, and that the permit was sgtanted by the Secretary over the protests of his non-entangled and indignant subor- dinates. In his annual report Gen. Casey once more directs attention to the bridge and its approaches. To him the necessity of a new and modern structure is piain. He is satisfied that in the event of a freshet occurring when the Potomac is full of ice great damage is to be expected. “The piers of the bridge,” says he, “are of such faulty construction that an ice gorge would be probable, which would cause the water to back up and overflow portions of the city front and through the sewers above the bridge such portions of the lower parts of the city as may be drained by them. Great damage was done by the freshet of June, 1889, but greater damage may occur from a freshet of lesser magnitude by an ice gorge.” Will this warning go unheeded, as others have? Is Congress going to wait until a couple of million dollars have been swaliowed up by flood before it moves to remedy a great wrong that should have ceased to exist long ago? ——__ += ____ Of all this city’s institutions none should €cmmand or receive more attention than the Reform School. The money spent there could not be more profitably invested. The public is sometimes slow to recognize a slightly-involved truth, but it is generally admitted now that it costs less to train men to honesty than it does to make frequently ineffectual efforts to cure them after they have become thoroughly criminal During an existence of twenty-four years nearly two thousand boys have received the bene- fits incidental to residence for more or less extended periods in the District Reform School, and of this number a very large pro- Portion achieved decent and well-behaved citizenship. This is not surprising to those who have watched the school in operation. So far as the funds at its command permit it is a model effort to do real good. Its ed- | cational plan is broad and well-founded | and there is as much care for the body as the mind. There is pressing need for in- creased accommodations; the money re- quired for new buildings and for bettering | the administration should be readily granted. —————_- +s ___ It was unkind, not to say umbustnessitke, of the attendants at the political bargain counter ‘to fail to remove the price-tags from diplomatic goods. = In the senatorial contest just closing Cleveland, Sherman, Hill and Voorhees win and wear the laurels. ———__+-e+___ The annual report of Capt. G. J. Fiebe- Ser, assistant to the Engineer Commission- | er of the District, printed in today’s Star, contains matters of considerable interest tu all persons who have at heart the growth | and welfare of the National Capital. The in- | formation made public in the document will | repay perusal, and should receive from those | legislators who watch over the District of Columbia all the attention it deserves. On the extremely important subject of side- walks Capt. Fiebeger gives some interest- | ing figures.and it is pleasing to learn therc- | from that during the last fiscal year ahout | ten thousand square yards of old bric, walk were replaced with granolithi= or cement, asphalt or cement tiles. If (on- gress would only tear up several millions of other square yards of what by cov=tesy is denominated “sidewalk,” a potent cause of profanity and a disgraceful cendition of affairs would be removed. Bridges receive some attention at the captain's hands. He says that nearly all cf them have Been structed with special reference to econor ry and as a result ther compate very ur ta- yorably with the other public works ip the District. He might have said much more, for it is within the bounds of reeson to op. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, the District of Columbia. And there is un- doubted necessity for increase in the appro- priation for the care of trees. Capt. Fie- beger calls attention to the fact that not- withstanding the growth of the city there has been no increase in the appropriation for the last ten years, and when we con- sider how great has been the extension of streets within that period it is somewhat surprising that Congress has neglected one of the most important of the decorative features of which Washington is so justly Proud. Street railroads receive considerable attention, and deservedly. What Capt. Fiebeger regards as the most interesting event in connection with local street rail- ways is the operation of the U street road with underground wires. He says that “it has all the advantages of the overhead trol- ley, with the additional ones of having n¢é overhead wires, and of protecting the gas and water pipes by the use of a return wire. * * © Having many advantages over the cable and other electric systems, it is to be hoped that the future will sec a considerable extension of this or some oth- er similar system.” Steam railways are not forgotten, and, touching upon this sub- ject, Capt. Fiebeger repeats his language of last year’s report as to “the annoyance and dangers resulting from grade crossings of the two great railroad systems.” He says that at present there is no improve- ment “of such vital importance to the in- terests of the city as the removal of th tracks from the surface of the streets.” Complaint ts lodged against the Baltimore and Ohio Company which “made little ef- fort to comply with orders and notices sent them,” while “their crossings at street in- tersections were almost uniformly bad, and in many cases dangerous.” Suggestions as to the necessity for providing a system of names for the minor streets and alleys are in accord with the best thought on that subject. The system, as applied to the more important thoroughfares is apparent- ly perfect, but in the matter of short streets and alleys Washington is considerably be- hind its reputation. There is nothing du- bious in Capt. Fiebeger’s tones when he speaks of overhead wires. He accentuates the recommendations of the electrical board as to the system of conduits to cover the entire city; its construction should be un- dertaken at once. The report is a sound, sensible, and very-much-to-the-point sort of a document, creditable to its author, and evidence of his strong interest in the wel- fare of what {s now the most beautiful city in the United States, and what will ulti- mately be the most beautiful city in the world, ——_~>+s—_____ Without incident or enthusiastic outburst the Senate yesterday evening voted to re- peal the silver purchase act of 189. The ecnclusion—yeas, 43; nays, 3?—was an- nounced by Vice President Stevenson.to a Senate and a gallery audience that could not but have experienced a feeling of relief, but there was no demonstration. The strug- gle against the passage of the repealing measure was unreasonably prolonged by a minority that by the so-called “rules” of the Senate were permitted the exercise of tyrannical powers the like of which should never again be felt in any American legis- lature. The act of the Senate is closely in accord with the great weight of public sent- iment and it is expected that immediate good will follow the announcement of pass- age. According to the popular theory much hoarded money will once more enter cir- culation and increased business activity with easier collections may be looked for. These pleasing predictions will not reach the point of realization at once. Financial con- ditions have never been much more thoroughly upset than within the past few months and extremely rapid recovery would be unnatural Things are coming around all right, but those who expect miracles will surely be disappointed. Who will get the lion's share of the credit for the better times that are coming is now in contro- versy. English newspapers ascribe all the glory to President Cleveland, democratic Senators on the floor of the Senate have de- clared republicans to be responsible. It matters but little to the country at large who secures the praise if the repeal only does that which it was planned to do, viz.: revive confidence and put new life into the industrial blood that now moves with un- natural sluggishness through the nation’s arteries, ———_++-______ Great pressure from those who know The Star to be the best advertising medium the District of Columbia ever possessed com- pels the issue today of a sixteen-page paper. Since The Star reaches practically every reading and purchasing home in the city it is not surprising that the best of Wash- ington’s mercantile establishments should select it as their medium of announcement. ———_+ += The arbitrarily used designation “crank” should convey no apology whatever for in- fraction of civil and moral laws. It is a proposition of the simplest justice that a man should cultivate idiosyncrasies which may affect the comfort and welfare of his fellow man entirely at his own risk. —__ + e > ‘The tall sycamore of the Wabash is to be congratulated on success in withstanding the onslaught of the silver buzz-saw. The Senate has closed one of the most magnificent exhibitions of vociferous inertia on record. SHOOTING STARS. Self-Convicted. “Keybunker has been writing music.” “So he tells me. It's no good, though.” “How do you know?” ° “He says it's original.” Peetry and Prose. The autumn poet trills a lay That penetrates the soul, And sells the same for cash to pay For weather strips and coal. A Martyr. & mighty smart youngster of “What makes you think so?” “I was calling there the other evening, and they wanted him to recite ‘Little Drops of Water.’” “And I suppose he bored you for about three minutes.”* “No. He said he'd take a whipping rather than recite.” Prospective Wealth. “Say,Johnny,” said an urchin, “I’ve got a scheme.” “What is it?” said another. “See dat feller puttin’ in coal over there?” “Yes,” “Go over an’ call him names. Maybe he'll Crow a piece at yer.” How It Strack Her. “Josiar,"" said Mrs. Corntossel, “they're talkin’ about burnin’ up the World’s Fair buildin’, hain’t they.” “Yep.” “Do you know, I think that was a New York man’s idea.” “Why?” “Cos them people is all the time tryin’ to git up some new way of roastin’ the fair.” And Mr. Corntossel tu:ned his back to her and muttered that If there was anything that ruade him tired It was a woman with seveu children trying to be fan de sickle. One Comfort. In thinking on-thé future, ~ There cores a quiet bliss Through divers circumstances which We erstwhile took amiss. Of tedicus things which hinder The legislative way, There can’t he very many left For Senators to say. Couldn't Play the Part. “What's the matter, Footlits,” said an actor. “I thought you haa a splendid en- gagement.” “So did IL But I had to give ft up.” Whyt ° “You see they cast me for the villain in a | melodrama.” “I should think you would make a good state that in but few villages on th’s conti- ment are there bridges inferior io those in villain.” “No. I'm physically meapacitated. abominate cigarettes.” I LONDON BAZAR, Cloaks, Milinery, Underwear, 715--Penna, ave.—715 The Great Panic | Second Week Of the Chicago Clearing Sale At the LONDON BAZAR is the center of trade for Cloaks, Millinery, Infante’ Wear, Ribbons and Underwear. Prices are simply marvelous. All Prices are Below Cost. To make it doubly to your interest to Purchase your millinery bere. Wenz Tannaxe Hass Fuzz Or Cuancr. ‘The sale is compulsory. We wouldn't if we could help it. But circum- make it absolutely necessary. No Bo lose i i te cme $30.50 813.95 Capes, Marten collars, Were $18. Cou; price Pais PRICES. MILLINERY BELOW MAKERS’ Ladies’ Satin and Silk Beaver Crown “Viking* Sailors, tans only.Were at SO All Colors French Felt a 25C AND CHILDREN'S WEAR BELOW RINBONS GREATLY REDUCED. LADIES’ WEAR BELOW COsT. LADIES’ UNDERWEAR BELOW COST. LONDON BAZAR, MILLINERY AND CLOAK HOUSE, Pexsa. Ave 715 That “Exquisite Relief.” I Our $3.50 Shoes seem to appeal $3; tothe very heart of people who Shoe. 715 Dave suffered with tender. feet— they give an ‘exquisite relief” that is utterly indescribable. When s man gets into a pair of our shoes he feels good for two saved 81.50 of the $5 he expected to pay for his shoes. ILSON & CAE 929 F Sz. Baltimore stores, and 6 W. Baltimore st. Candy Is Best ‘This kind of ‘weather. Rever lacking. 35 and @0 cents ® pound for our mixtures. Try a pound. SBEETZ FINE CANDIES: LUNES: cost Sr en ne See eeneee ee CONE Us before buying your Sunday Shoes. Our evtire stock of Ladies’ Fine Shoes is to be closed out without reserve or limitation, Preparatory to “retiring” from the business. Do not confound us with the “fake” shoo sales you moet with everywhere about town. You know our reputation. We mean exactly what we say and you will find goods just ss represented. Ladies’ $2.50 and $3.00 Shoes for $2.00. Ladies’ $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes for $2.7: Ladies’ $5.00 and $6.00 Shoes for $4.00. W.N. Dalton & Co. 519 1th st. R. M. DOBBINS AND M. STRICKLAND. 0c26-1m A Good Digestion —ts essential to happiness. Many persons are made miserable by eating impure Butter (grease)—Favor me with your Butter orders and tS table will always be supplied with PURE COW'S BUTTER, fresh from churn at SAME price you pay for “ordinary kind."” CFCall, send, write or telephone for & sample pound. D. William Oyster, 340, 341, 342 CENTER MARKET. 75 WESTERN MARKET. (oc8i) How We Do It. Nuw Crowns for your broken teeth, A delicate little bridge for the missing ones. A ‘Billing for nollow ones. Aina painiess extraction for worthless ones. And presto! your teeth are just as good as they ever were, Teyit = a Estraction.........,...50e. | Cle Be. mate silver aad Bist” | Crew Wi a8 (Over Hoover & Snyder's.) 1217 Pa. Ave. oe 31 The Millennium In Dentistry. We have more than kept pace with the ouward mareh of scieutige dentis- try we have led. ¥ Each branch is in the hands — Cipriences “sspectaliat.’* Lelie s ‘employ every modern facility calculated to improve dentistry. We have supplanted pain with pleas- ure and turned what hus heretofore been considered cause for dread into cause for joy, for teeth are saved, streugthened and straightened, vacan- cies Glled with briage work’ without a ——-—— ness ‘thai Extracting, 25c.: with gas or Zono, : cleaning, — 75c.; iiage silver 7 ss ening ver “fillings, SET VEI . eee 0 r EETH, $8.00.— Grown and bridge work a specialty. U § DENTAL Yo a ASSOCIATION, COR. 7TH AND D N. Ww. Baltimore Office: 1 N. Charles st. NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE, 1920 N street northwest. 7 ‘TER SHOP. Old stand of J. T. Walker, Contractor and Builder. None but reliable men sent to the house. oc31 oc26-Im* Bankrup Salle. Bigger and Better Than the First. All Goods at 40 Cents on the Dollar. HE CROWDS COMING HERE this week are greatly larger and much more enthusiastic than those of last week. Those who first beheld the bargains at their disposal during the mam=- moth sale were amazed, delighted, spellbound. They told their friends. Good -news travels fast. For that reason we're doing the biggest business of our history this week. Thousands of dollars’ -worth of goods previously held in reserve go on sale tomorrow. Read these offers, see them, you can’t help buying. Bankrupt Prices On Coats. 75 Ladies’ All-wool Cloth Capes, “Worth” $5.48 collars, fer, jot braid CHICAGO PRICE, $10.00 BANKRUPT PRICE...... —. and Inverted ‘plate back, half satin-lined, sizes ‘82 to 46, in black and Dige, tailor made. $4.98 CHICAGO PRICE, $8. BANKRUPT PRICE. 200 Misses’ and 1-wool cloths, at 6 years, al el fancy; Worcs collate, plata or far ‘trim: $3.48 CHICAGO PRICE. $8.00. BANKRUPT PRICE...... 40 Black Coney and inches long, latest styles, sizes. CHICAGO PRICE, $10.00. Ladies’ Extra Fine Quality uizes: ‘8 Vagpen Capes, full 20 satin lined, all $4.98 All-wool Ker- sey Beaver Cloth Coats, with skirt or “‘um- brella” back, “Worth” cape, ‘skirt and sleeves, pearl three rows of sill braid around collar and cape, four rows tons, half satin Mned, tailor made, blue, black, brown SuNERUPT PRICE oo $10.98 5,000 yards 10 to 18-cent Ribbons at 4 CENTS YARD. |Muslin Wear. and tan. CHICAGO Pretty Hats. 700 dozen Best Quality American Felt Hats, in all the latest shapes. CHICAGO PRICE, $1.00. BANKRUPT PRICE..... 440 800 Trimmed Hats in all the latest styles, $2.98 Diacks apd colors. CHICAGO PRICE, $7.50. BANKRUPT PRICE...... 250 ‘Trimmed Hats, all styles, black and colors. CHICAGO PRICE, latest ar errs raice «= $1.98 “Telephone, 1285. H andkerchiefs. 50 dozen Pure Linen Initial Handkerchiefs, bemstitched. full size. CHICAGO PRICE, 35c, BANKRUPT PRICE. 12c Children’s Wear. Strictly All-wool Vests, with French necks, pearl buttons, sizes 24 to 34. CHICAGO PRICE, 75 BANKRUPT PRICE..... : Pretty Coats for 5 capes, trimmed with wide AP CHICAGO. PRICE, $8.00. BANKRUPT PRICE.... 3lc Children, sizes from 2 to ¢ elderdown, with platted Angora fur. $1.87 Bankrupt Prices on t tailor made, full length: same style also without *PGHICAGO. PRICE: “$8.00. BaNgRvrt Price... $4.95 25 Ladies’ and Misses’ Plush Cay @iq quality, fur trimmed, silk lined.” full Sauer vas” 88.99 Ladies’ All-wool Kersey Beaver Cloth Jack- ets, with “Worth” collars and caj seal Des, with “Noteh”* Ladies’ and Misses’ Chevron Jack: full 82 inches long, ‘Notch’ collars, latent style backs, tailor made. CHICAGO PRICE. $5.00. $2.98 Seal BANKRUPT PRICE. Ladies’ and Misses’ Rest Quality Pinsh Capes, with full “Worth” capes and collars trimmed with French seal fur, ele- gant satin Mning, full length. CHICAGO PRICE. $18.00. 2.98 BANKRUPT PRICE. I~ Ladise’ Pretty Night Robes, with excellent muslin yokes of 28 tucks between rows of Hamburg inserting, embroidery around neck and down front, tucked back. 690 CHICAGO PRICE, $1.00, BANKRUPT PRICE. ° : Knit Underwear. eoend aetna Bibb, Vout, pien sleeves. 170 Ladies’ Merino Vests, with ribbed bottoms, French necks, pearl buttons, (@ants to match.) CHICAGO PRICE. BANKRUPT PRICES CHICAGO _ PRI 09e. BANKRUPT PRICE, . 470 Ladies’ All-wool Ribbed Merino Vests, with hi necks and long mn bs ICAGO PRICE, 5c. BANKRUPT PRICE. 45c Ladies’ All-wool Scar French - necks, tons, “rinsed bots 870 Infants’ Coats. Child's Coa. of Etderdown, in brown, blue and gray, checks and POMERTTCAGO "PRICK, $2.80 BANKRUPT PRICE...... $1.39 ; Shoes. THE “DUCHESS” SHOES re Aah Dongola and Opera tipped button, Made leaders. Fully land, Our expressly equal to $1.23. Common Sense, Richmond for us as one of our any $1.50 shoe in the ‘THE “PRINCESS” SHOES OUR ack od FOR LADIES. ne French Dongola. hand-sewed finish. 9 different styles. A to E widths. All sizes. » Button or lace. mond, Philadelphia, Common Sense. Banat to_any $1.98. ‘pai : Bich: ‘or ‘warranted, % ery $2.50 shoe, Our ‘taking’ OUR “WEAR RESISTERS” FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN. Solid, Serviceable Dongola Heel Up, perfect arting, "snes. {oF Seige "Soa . fect fitting, si for chliazen, “Grandest 98c. THE “VICTORIA” SHOES. ANOTHER LEADER FOR LADIES. All styles, 9 different of toes, tipped or plain, equal to ‘$2 shoe you ever bought. H's a shoe, especially made for us, and l_undoubtediy make hosts of friends the ladies, Our price, $1.48. You'll miss the chance of a lifetime if you miss this sale. King’s Palace, Lascesr Croax Axo Muurserr Esrastisement Ix Tae Disratcr. 810-812-814 7th Street. D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1893-SIXTREN PAGES. To Widely Introduce Ourselves ie We Will Quote The Following Reduced For Furniture, Carpets, Curtains, &c., All This Week. Handsome Tambour Lace Curtains, which were $6, $7 and $8. Cut To $5 Pair. Elegsnt Irish Point Lace Curtains, which ‘Were $7, $8 and $9. Cut To $5 Pair. | &3 il Parlor Suites“Cut” “Cut.” Carpets and Rugs “Cut.” $1.00 Tapestry Carpets now. 85 c. Tapestry Carpets now. $1.25 Body Brussels Carpets now. $1.50 Wilton Velvet Carpets now. GLOBE Furniture 1209 F St. N.W. THE. Great Sacrifice PRIGES omciemtints THE SEASON BEING 4 LITTLE BackWaRD 4ND OUR STOCK BEING UNUSUALLY LanoR, WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO BUSIXERS IF LOW PRICES SPEaK FOR ANYTHING. WE SHALL OFFER Tomorrow Many Goods at Cost, Some Below Cost, AND SOME aT Just Half Price. paloods from every department ts the house will Here are vali gh i ms ape gy brown green, mary, a coy. 2g: ‘Pinta and thecree Se oe te REDUCTIONS 1% BLACK WOCLEM DRESS cOODS. PRICES HOLD FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY. -in. Whip Cort......... in. Wide Wale Diagonal. KXIFED. THIS WILL ASTONISH YOU. 60 dozen Ladies’ Embroidered extra valve at Se. Will sel toem Wedsenlay tot Ue., 2 for Be. DO YOU WANT A SKIRT? ‘thls article. FALL IX UMBRELLAS FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY. Reg. Cut Price. Price, 26.in, Gloria Umbrellas, mataral han LADIES’, MEN'S AND GHIL- DREN'S UNDERWEAR & HOSIERY. SLAUGHTERED IN PRICE WEDNESDAY ONLY, Reg. Cut W.D.CLARK & C0 811flarket Space.