Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1893, Page 13

HANDSOME HOMES Owned by Rich Senators in This City. SENATOR PROCTOR’S NEW HOUSE. Stewart Castle to Be Occupied ' Once More. MR. STOCKBRIDGE’S PARROT. F EW PALACES ARE finer than the dwell- ings of many public men in Washington. The residences of a score of great poli- ticians here are among the most mag- nificent in the world. Perhaps the hand- somest of them ail belongs to Senator Hale of Maine, who married Zach. Chan- = dier’s daughter. It was built by his mother-in-law. Most of the beautiful houses in Washington, it is said, were paid for with wives’ money. The mansion is in the colonial style, fronting 100 feet on 16th street, with a court yard in the rear. So large and impos- ing is it that strangers often mistake it for a public building. The cost of it was $125,000. After years of exile Senator Stewart will Te-occupy this winter, his famous resi- ence on Dupont circle. He built it in 1871, when that part of the city was a wilder- mess, occupied in part by brickyards. In that year he came here with a California syndicate and bought up several blocks of land for 5 cents a square foot, which is now worth from % to $7. The dwelling he erected was one of the finest in Washington then, and was called “Stewart's Castle,” or sometimes “Stewart's Folly,” because it Was so far away from everything. Stewart Casiic Unfortunately Mr. Stewart did not con- fine himself to real estate speculation. He was largely interested, as now, in mines, and those notoriously capricious invest- ments so far betrayed his confidence that— albeit possessed of $5,000,000 a: one time—he has been compelled to rent his house. For years past it has been occupied by that most picturesque of diplomatic households, the Chinese legation, its yellow flag with the imperial dragon flying from the tower. But the new minister from the flowery Kingdom has established his official family far out lith street, two miles away. Fig-/ ures that might be copied from a fan no longer flit through the shrubbery of the cir- cle of Dupont, and Mrs. Stewart is now en- gaged in banishing the familiar oriental odor from the apartments of the castle. Among the many stories associated with the house is that of the Chinese diplomat who burned red pepper in the dining room to get rid of a crowd of gobbling guests otherwise impossible to dismiss. A Senator Stockbridge’s Home. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, ried morg, earned a name in literature, and now holds what the late Mr. Blaine termed “the most desirable place possible in polit- ical life—a Senatorship from a solid state.” While it is true that ig OWesidonte% of Congressmen are not in "s fashionable society, Mr. Lodge has always held here the same position that belongs to him in Boston. He entertains a good deal, and partly for that reason he bought a house a year ago in the location mentioned from Judge Aldis of the Court of Claims. To the site he added an adjoining lot, on which he has built an addition to the dwell- ing, doubiing its size. The total investment is not less than $100,000. A New House to Be Built. One of the most superb residences in Washington {is soon to adorn the northeast corner of Vermont avenue and K street. It will be occupied by Senator Proctor, who was Secretary of War under President Har- rison. The house will be of marble, and everything in it will be of the same mate- rial, so far as it can be adapted to the uses of furnishing. Marble will be everywhre, from basement to attic, in all varieties and in every possible color. The Senator years ago was a poor lawyer, but he became re- ceiver for a vastly rich marble quarry in ‘Vermont, and now he owns the whole of it. Senator McMillan of Michigan made his money in street railways. He owns one of the finest dwellings in this city, on Ver- mont avenue. It is of brick with stone trimmings, and cost $100,000. It is a double house, with great space devoted to the hall, dining room and drawing rooms. In fact, spaciousness is the feature of the mansion. It was put up by W. M. Galt—a Washing- ton man who made a fortune in_ flour. Mr. McMillan has enlarged it and does a good deal of entertaining. Senator Sherman’s Mansion. John Sherman has accumulated much wealth of late years, largely through in- vestments in Washington real estate. His financial rise has been marked by the houses he has lived in. For several years he occupied a small two-story dwelling on K street opposite Franklin Square—an old and respectable residence section. La- ter he built a more pretentious home ad- joining. Now he has completed a superb mansion of white stone, on the site of the old two-story home, the land and structure representing today a value of $100,000. Don Cameron, the silent man of the Sen- ate, has for years owned and occupied a dwelling in a historic location on the east side of Lafayette Square. It stands be- tween the ill-fated residence of the late James G. Blaine—where he died; where his later misfortunes befell him; where Seward was nearly murdered, and in front of which James Barton Key was killed by Gen. Sickles sand the house on the corner, in which Dolly Madison held court for fifteen years, now occupied by the Cosmos Club. Mr. Cameron's residence is in the colonial style, with balconies and a front of yellow bricks. It is now being refitted throughout at a cost of $15,000. Eighty thousand dollars would hardly buy it. Senator Cameron's Remvcucied Home. Senator Brice holds the lease of “Cor- coran House” for four years longer, at $10,000 a year. The house today has somewhat tre air of a manorial residence, dignified as it is by nearly half a block of walled garden, worth $10 a square foot in the real estate market. Mr. Brice walled up the front door, where now is a recess for “potted plants, restricting entrance to the porte cochere. Reports to the effect that Senator Brice has lost all his money—except a paltry $1,000,000 settled upon his wife a while ago-— | | | | | | have been rife lately. Probably the only | basis of fact for such rumors is that the | blocks of stock: held by the Senator have depreciated greatly during the last few months. Senator Davis of Minnesota owns a hand- some dwelling, with front of cream-colored Sandstone, on Massachusetts avenue be- tween lith and 15th streets. It is a lively house, socially speaking, and the lady who presides over it is generally considered one of the handsomest of senatorial wives. Her husband's pet fad is the collection of Napo- leonic relics and literature, and his study is crowded with such memorials of the great Corsican. Senator Morrill a few years ago bought the house which he now occupies, at No. 1 Thomas circle, where eight streets join. It ‘One of the most conspicuous dwellings|!8 of brick, old-fashioned and spacious. fm Washington is that of Senator Stock- bridge of Michigan. It is a large house of | Vermont avenue, in Senator McPherson of New Jersey owns and lives in a very handsome dwelling on the next block south of brown stone handsomely carved, with a/ Senator McMillan’s. Though not at all pre- tower and roof of red tiles, most elabor- | tentious, it is w ately decorated within. Hard woods are rth, with the site, $60,009. Not many southern Senators can afford Washin, . Senat lavishly used, and the walls of some of the | © Dossess houses in Washington ard Yooms are adorned with friezes composed of paintings on canvas. The Senator is an art amateur and is very proud of his pictures, his collection embracing some particularly fine marine views. This residence was built by Philetus Saw- yer during his period of service as Senator for Michigan. He cared nothing for “style” himself, but followed the taste of his daugh- ter, Mrs. White, who cut a considerable so- cial figure here. She wore the most strik- ing gowns and the finest diamond neck- lace seen in Washington during her period of fashionable activity. At the end of his term Sawyer leased the house to Stock- bridge, giving an option of purchase at Senator Stockbridge, as is well known, earned his money in lumber, beginning without a cent. When he had made his “pile” he gratified his wife’s ambition by erecting a $30.00) homestead at Kalamazoo, which is to this day the wonder of that Fegion. Into it he put $100.00 worth of fur- He had no appetite for gorgeous- imself. One day he invited a friend of his to look it over. The latter was great- ly impressed, not to awed, and viewed with amazement the substantial evidences of a prosper with an ax. id Stockbridge: ‘Jim, old man, there's only ome thing 1 lack—a parrot.” ‘A parrot!” replied the visitor, aston- fs “What do you want with a par- I'll tell you, Jim,” said Stockbridge. “1 want him to perch over the door and say every time I come in: ‘Here comes the 4—4 fool that built this shanty!” One of the biggest and. finest residences sill soon be occupied by Henry on Massachusetts avenue be- Senator Lodge's Residence. tween 17th and 18th streets. He affords an admirable type of the fortunate and suc cessful man. A man may be fortunate with- out being successful—that is to say, he be born to position and wealth and fail in what he tries to achieve. junior § y ye the came into the world under the Bind of a star. tor from Massachusetts luckiest He inherited money, mar- which had been hewn out| But | Morgan of Alabama owns a residence with brown-stone front on 4 1-2 street opposite | the First Presbyterian Church, where Presi- | dent Cleveland worships. The locality was fashionable twenty years ago, but it ‘s so no longer. Vest and Cockrell of Missouri and Jones of Arkansas are likewise fortu- nate exceptions to the rule above mention- ed. All three hoid title deeds for the dwell- ings which they occupy here. No Longer a Rich Man’s Club. Most of the new Senators are poor men. The upper house is losing its character as a “millionaires’ club.” Perkins of Cal- ifornia, however, is very wealthy. Wolcott, too, is rich. He rents a handsome house |on Connecticut avenue, near the Church of he Covenant, and entertains a good deal. Tavitations to his Sunday morning break- fasts are much desired. Gorman and Quay have both bought lots here recently and are going to build on them. Peffer “hangs out” at the National Hotel. Most of the Representatives in Congress live at hotels. Very few of them have houses of their own in Washington. Dal- | vell of Pennsylvania has purchased and is just moving into a very handsome residence of brick with terra cotta trimmings on New Hampshire avenue between Q ana k streets. He is a mcn man. No member uc Mr. Cleveland's cabinet is rich or owns a fine house. The present ad- ministration is poor in money and has no social leager like Wanamaker or Whitney. Secretary of War Lamont is fairly well off. He has rented an historic dweliing, next to Corcoran House, which was long oc- cupied by Senator Slidell before he was com federate ambassador to France. The residence bought and occupied by Vice Pr years is still unrented. It can be hired for $1,000 a month, or purchased for $250,000. In its way it is a wonder. The kitchen is like that of a hotel, with an enormous range and in front of it a hearth of costly tiles 24 feet long. The butcher, baker and gro- ceryman have big cupboards appropriated to their convenience in the servants’ pan- try, to put their merchandise into, so that y may not enter the culinary department Proper and disturb the cooks. The ashes are carried out of the mansion by a small y. Thanks to a double arrangement of entrances, etc., the master of the house can actually give a “stag” dinner party, if he wishes, while his wife is holding a Tre- ception, and neither festivity will interfere with the other. In this republican country it is an inter- esting thing to observe that money and so- cial station have absolutely nothing to do with the greatness of a statesman. Many of the most eminent of the legisiators for the nation at Washington are poor and have no acquaintance with polite drawing rooms. Wilson of West Virginia, chairman of the ways and means committee, is a great power in the land, but fashionable society knows him not. Holman is by no means a swell, and the same may be said of Silver Dollar Bland, the eloquent Bourke Cockran, Bynum of Indiana, humorous John Allen of Mississippi and Culberson of Tex- as, the finest lawyer in the House. “Buck” Kilgore does not spend much of his salary on “dudery.” Yet these are the men who have much to do with controlling the affairs of the country. — ident Levi P. Morton during four | D. sal wD ——S a a Mb ant o 4, a ee — - THE GATES OPEN. mortar of this section is well set, the track MAKING A CURRENT. How the Stagnant Filth of James Creek Canal is Moved. CAPT. POWELLS FLUSHING GATES. An Improvement That Has Made a Great Change. THE TIBER CREEK SEWER. No improvement in recent years has caused such universal satisfaction as that of James creek canal. Three months ago this place was regarded as a disease-breed- ing spot. Today, owing to the improve- ments made, the residents in that locality rejoice in a decided change in the condi- tions, Shortly after Capt. Powell took charge of the engineer department of the District he started on a tour of inspection for the purpose of becoming acquainted with the city and its needs. Among the first places visited was the James creek canal. it required but a cursory examina- tion to assure him that the place demand- ed attention. He found that there was lit- tle or no current in the canal, and the re- sult was that decayed matter adhered to the bottom and sides of the ditch, polluting the water and permeating the surrounding section with noxious odors. This open sewer begins at the mouth of old Tiber creek at South Capitol and G streets, and there the Tiber sewer, which is the conduit for sewage of 1,400 acres of the city, empties into James creek canal. From Tiber to the Anacostia is over one mile. Along this open waterway, through popu- lous precincts, slowly moved this awful mass of cholera-breeding sewage. The ef- fect of this cesspool in winter was bad, but in summer it had to be smelled to be ap- Preciated, One thing was certain. Such a condition of affairs was not conducive to health. On May 20 the first steps looking to an abate- ment of the nuisance was made. Capt. Powell ordered a careful investigation of the subject, and directed his subordinates to submit reports and recommendations thereon. There Was no Current. This investigation disclosed one thing. There was not sufficient current in the canal to take away the deposits of filth that accumulated on the bottom and sides. It was of primary importance that some artificial means be provided to bring about @ complete flushing. Numerous schemes were submitted. One was to anchor a couple of tug boats near the mouth of the canal and then start their screw propellers. It was thought that this disturbance would bring about an artificial current sufficient to at least remove the deposits at the bot- tom of the canal, which were rising to the surface every now and then in large masses and exploding, giving off an offensive odor. This plan, however, was abandoned, and then the subject of dredging the canal was considered, but this latter, as well as the proposition to turn half a dozen large hose into the canal, was given up. Capt. Powell, it is said, dreamed about the canal in those days, so interested was he in the subject. Whether it came to him in a dream or not is not known, but it is a fact that one morning he arrived at the District building looking especially happy, and when asked the reason said he had solved the canal problem. He had about x — —— _ The Gates Shat. concluded that the construction of a needle gate at the mouth of the sewer would ac- complish the purpose. This needle gate was to be composed of long strips of wood so arranged as to be vertically elevated at low tide, and thereby release the impound- ed sewage, which would flow with great force through the canal and completely flush it. The mechanism incident to the operation of the needle gate is of necessity intricate and expensive, and as the appro- priation would not admit of any large expenditure the idea of erecting such a gate was abandoned. Mow the Flushing is Done. It was then that the idea of locating sep- arate flushing gates at the mouth of the sewer was conceived. Superintendent Mc- Comb of the sewer department and Mr. Ball of the engineer's office were sent for and directed to prepare plans for such an arrangement of flushing gates that would combine cheapness and durability with sim- plicity and effectiveness. The cuts herein show the gates open and closed. The outlet end of the Tiber sewer is thirty feet wide and eleven feet high. The facade is of granite and blue stone masonry. An fron-hinged axis is supported by bolts cemented in the wall, upon which swing six gates. When closed these gates are held in position by two bolts in each gate en- | gaging a bracket made of angle iron and | fastened to the floor of the sewer. These gates are closed when the tide begins to flood, and opened about forty-five minutes | before low tide. A projecting platform over the mouth of the sewer supports a windlass, which is used in hoisting the gates after they have been opened by disengaging the bolts. It is estimated that between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 gallons of water are impounded by these gates, and when freed rushes through the canal like a mill race, carrying with it all of the filth that had become at- tached to the sides and bottom. When the Tiber Sewer Was Built. The James creek canal, as a sewer outlet, was established under the board of public works in 1873. The minutes of the board of July 16, 1873, contain the following order to the chief engineer: “Also to prepare a@ contract with Messrs. Gallagher & Smith for constructing the Tiber sewer from its terminus at Maryland avenue and 3d street southwest along line of the Washington canal to its junction with James creek canal; the size and shape of said sewer to be the same as that por- tion already constructed on 3d street south. west, and will be paid for at the rate of $1.13 per linear foot in sewerage certificates as provided for in act of legislative assem: bly approved June 26, 1873, work to be com. menced at lower end, and at least 200 linear feet completed within thirty days after the of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company to be temporarily located over it and piles driven in the bed of the Washing- ton canal so as to allow the construction of this sewer to James creek canal. The en- tire work to be completed within six months, under a penalty of $100 per day for each and every day the same shall remain unfin- ished beyond that tim: It was also thought advisable to arrange some plan for the flushing of the.17th street sewer, which empties a short distance below the White House, and which is another of the disease breeding spots. The conditions there, however, are different, and it would require a large expenditure to bring about the desired result. The construction of the Easby Point sewer, which is the first step in the direction of the new system of sewer- age disposal, has been under way for sever- al months, and when completed it will in- tercept a large amount of the sewage which now flows into the 17th street sewer, and in this way, it is believed, will greatly dimin- ish the nuisance. ——_—__—. ORCHIDS OF THE FUTURE. They Are Destined to Be Cheap ana Popular Some Day Before Lo’ “Orchids are the blossoms of the future, said a dealer in flowers to a representa- tive of The Star. “Where you see great dis- plays of roses nowadays, you will be called upon to admire superb collections of these exotic blooms a few years hence. I do not mean to say that they will take the place of roses, but they will be utilized to an equal extent for purposes of decoration. Their day has not yet fairly arrived. “A few years ago almost nothing was known of orchids. Even now they are too rare, and therefore, too costly, to be really popular. But scientific botanists and agents for dealers in plants have been gathering them all over the world, until the known species number thousands. No climate is too dangerous, no part of the earth too wild and remote for the orchid seeker to explore. The finding of a new variety may be as profitable as the discovery of a gold mine. “Meanwhile expert gardeners have gone into the business of propagating them on a large scale. In the neighborhood of New York city hundreds of acres of greenhouses are now being devoted to this industry. The plants available for a beginning are undergoing a process of rapid multiplica- tion, so that, where there are thousands now, millions will be blooming before long, to supply the market with their blossom: Up to the present time these flowers have been a luxury for the rich; pretty soon they will be cheap enough to be within reach of people of moderate means. “Some kinds of orchids are found growing wild in the neighborhood of Washington. But most of them are tropical. A majority of them are represented in collections to- day by only a few highly-prized specimens. There is no available source from which they may be obtained in quantities. To propagate from them, and obtain the plants in such numbers as are required to supply the market, takes time. Years must elapse before they can be furnished to order at moderate prices. Yet it is cheerful to know that this will be accomplished after a while. Propagation of Orchids. “The propagation of orchids is not a prob- lem that presents serious difficulties. In fact, it is quite easy. They have seeds, of course, like other plants, but to raise them from seeds is a slow process. It is much quicker and easier to multiply them by cutting up the roots—that is, by separating the tubers of which each root is composed, as is done with hyacinths. Each tuber pro- duces a new plant, and thus you will get a dozen from one. If the orchid is of a kind that grows from earth the tubers are plant- ed in pots of earth. “Most orchids, however, are epiphytes. They gfow on trees, not as parasites, but deriving their sustenance from the air. In their native wilds, birds such as wood- peckers poke the seeds into crevices in the bark, and they germinate. Such species are as easy to treat as the others. Each tuber with its stem is attached to a small plece of board by the simple process of -|Griving a staple into the plank. Then the root part is covered up with a bit of damp moss, the piece of board is hung up by a string, and nothing more is required. The orchid, getting its food from the atmos- phere, needs only a little water from time to time. “It has been stated in the newspapers that the chrysanthemum is not to be a fashionable flower this year. The fore- most of New York florists set his face against it a while ago and said that he would kill that kind of blossom so far as style went. In pusuance of this intention, he did not exhibit a single chrysanthemum in his windows on Broadway. His plan was so well calculated that it did actually succeed to a certain extent, but it did not quite go through, and during the past week his shop has had the finest show of chrys- anthéemums in that city. “You see, it is absurd to talk about the chrysanthemum as a fashionable flower. It can never be that, because it does not bloom in the gay season. But at this time of year, when no other blossom is avail- able for large and showy decorative effects, it is indispensable. For that reason it is sure to hold its own.” . —$$——e—__ The Russian Peasant. From Temple Bar. Easily satisfied, indolent, self-indulgent, weak, he does not care to rise in the world. So long as he can exist and allow his wife | and children to exist, and so long as he can obtain for cash or credit vodka enough to keep him going, he is content. He has no idea of any higher civilization, or of any sort of home comfort. For the rest he loves | his “little father,” the tsar; fears God in a superstitious sort of way, and the lieshui (wood spirits) and other ‘supernatural ob- jects of his national folklore in a very real Way; Observes the church festivals. with bibulous piety; attends church at Eastur; | tolerates his wife, and knows absolutely nothing of the affairs either of this world or of the next. But education is making great strides, and the younger generation | growing up with advantages to which | | forefathers were strangers. Light is stea! | ing gradually over the land. Would that it | might chase away the drink demon! With the vodka evil reduced to moderate dimen- sion: ere would be a chance even for rural Russia. mes ee | A Life Preserver. | From Truth. “Why does Mr. Sculler wear suck a ioud boating costume “Weil, you see, he can’t swim, and if he should be upset while on the water his cos- tume would cry for help. SS HORSFORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE The Best Tonic Known, furnishing sustenance to both brain and body. Cc, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1893-TWENTY PAGES. GALLANT IDA LEWIS. America’s Grace Darling, the Brave Woman Who Keeps the Lime Rock Light, Her Boat, “The Rescue,” Exhibited at the World’s Fair---The Heroine Who Has Saved 18 Lives, Tells How Her Own Life Was Saved--- Congress Gives Her a Gold Medal. NEWPORT, R. L, Nov. 10.—America’s Grace Darling, the heroine of eighteen life saving ex- | ploits, a woman for whom Congress has cast a gold medal of the first class, the first of the kind ever given to a woman, keeps the Lime Rock light. It was when the Russian warships were lying at Peaceful anchor im Newport's beautiful harbor, that a small company from the Hotel Aquidneck Seay Wemiyieauatn any eae brave woman, whose life boat, the Rescue, has last February, and this summer I have been splendid,” and ber eyes flashed as she warmed to the subject. “And I am delighted to tell it,” she continued, “for it is the truth. I have had so many doctors and so many doctors’ prescriptions that I had lost faith in them, and I have tried so many patent medicines that I dreaded the sum- mer. But I read about Paine’s celery compound and went to see the gentlemen who testified, and they were loud in its praise. My brother Rudolph x Cees Lif I Sad heart trouble. I “ have if . | taken e' I take i the iibyphivans , Has LIME ROCK LIGHT HOUSE, NEWPORT, R. L, THE HOME OF IDA LEWIS. been one of the most talked-of exhibits at the world’s fair. The story told by Miss Lewis of said that I bad better not try it, as I would be dis- appointed again, and then I would feel worse than how her own life has been saved, amply repaid, ever, but I went ahead; it seemed as if the Lord the visitors for their journey. Lime Rock Lighthouse, the home of this world- famous heroine, is within the harbor and ts a sbort sail from the New York Yacht Club's house. At high tide an ordinary cat-rigged sail boat can- ‘not land at Lime Rock, and a row boat must be Used, from which a landing is effected by climb- ing up the face of the perpendicular rock upon a ladder lashed with fetters of iron to the stone. At low tide the row boat is guided toward a peb- bly beach through the sword grass that cuts against its sides like slashing martial blades. But the lighthouse is the blessed symbol of peace on earth and sea, saying good will to men, this saving station of wrecked mariners. And the fair Woman to whom the visitors listened told a true narrative for every other brave and good woman io the country—a narrative for every woman in the country to heed and profit by. Ida Lewis looks to be in her thirties as to age, with a highly nervous temperament, slight figure, bright eyes, with a dash of color in her face. “It is thirty-five years since we came to Lime Rock, six in family, and now there are but two of us left, my brother Rudolph, who helped you up the rocks, and myself,”” said she. “My father was a cripple for seventeen years, in which time he never cut s mouthful of food for himself; my mother died ten years ago of a cancer, and my sister six years ago with consumption. “I have never been well in my life until now. My trouble was in my chest and lungs, and I have always had a cough from a child. What has done me more good than anything else in the world is Paine’s celery compound. ‘ “I have always been miserable in summer, and I belleve J should have died this season if I had not | taken Paine’s celery compound. I began with it directed me, and I received benefit from the very fGrst bottle. —————— IDA LEWIS. “O, Fou should have seen me last summer. I was short of breath, easily tired out, and had & cough and night sweats, and my doctor told me cally, and I do all my own housework, and froning, and even the painting werk outside. I enjoy doing it now, I should be dead if I had not taken if ut a * i | Ir ri ja iH iy 3 é i H g i 5 ! j ft ‘ i i | & j i § i FE : Hi & g i i | ii Ht fe i ij E j Hi bi rll HEE i itedis | i Wild And Weird Are the wails which greet our ears at every turn. ‘The whole mercantile world appears to be in violent throes of agony, approaching dissolution. However, we have a friendly greeting for every- body—and very many people have shown by thelr acts that they have a kindly feeling toward us. Last week we clothed Exeven Hosprep Axp E:cnr Mex Who were going home to vote. This week we hope to clothe as many more. We ought to do it, and verily believe we shall. OVERCOATS FROM $5.98. STORM COATS FROM $7.50. MEN’S SUITS, Single and Double Breasted, from $7.50. BOYS’ 8-PIECE SUITS, from $3.87. BOYS’ OVERCOATS, with Capes, from $2.50. BOYS’ 2-PIECE SUITS, Single Breasted, from $1.00. BOYS’ 2-PIECE SUITS, Double Breasted, all Wool, from $2.98. ‘We have but 360 Men’s Pantaloons Left from our famous purchase of 13,000 PAIRS, And hope to close them out this week. They are $4, $4.50, $5, $5.50 and $6 kinds—Cassimeres, Tweeds and Worsteds—nine different styles and designs. Choose any pair from among them at $2.98. VICTOR E. ADLER'S Tes Pex Cexr Crormye Hovse, 927 Axp 929 71m Sr. N. 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To 50c. Yop. 88-n. Camel's Hair, blue, green, brown, garnet and black. Now 50c. Yv. 45-in. All-wool Henriettas. 50, 75 Awxp 85c. Yo. Carhart & Leidy, 928 7mm Sz. Ax 706 KSz. sw LADIES’ $4 AND $5 SH O ES $1.63 Per Pr. WE HAVE TAKEN FROM OTR STOCK OVER 900 PAIRS LADIES’ FIXE PaRISIAN KID BOOTS AND PLACED THEM ON OUR BARGAIN COUNTERS TO SELL FOR $1.63 PER PAIR. THESE SHOES HAVE PROVED WORTH THE PRICES FOR WHICH OUT OF BUSINESS, WE CANNOT 6IZ8 UP ON THEM AGAIN, AND, THERE» FORE, WE ARE DETERMINED £0 CLOSE THEM ALL OUF WITHDY THE NEXT TEN DAYS. THE WARREN SHOE HOUSE, (GEO. W. RICH, 019 ¥ STREET XA a $7.50 & $8 Black Fr. Corsets $2.98. Sine ae os cot a Te Ge. 82.98 Ps Pe jum” lengths. Be Whelan’s, 1003 FSt @et the Best. THE CONCORD HARNESS. LWTZ & BRO, 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel ‘Trunks and Batches at low prices oot BIGH-CLASS LAUNDRY WORK. OULLAKS, 2c. y. Uptown office, 514 10th st. a. ‘Otice 8 Gt aes (ee27-tt