Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1893, Page 4

4 — THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 18983—-TWELVE PAGES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY.......... .--November 24, 1893. = WHE EVENING STAR has a regular and permanent circulation in Washing- tom more than three times larger than that of any other paper. As a News and Advertising Medium it has mo competitor. o THE STAR, or to jusiness Department, according to tenor or purpose. ——————— “Be virtuous and you will be happy” is ® maxim that has received the indorsement of scores 0? copy-book editors, but once in awhile something occurs that shakes faith 4m such proverbial utterances. Of course %t is all wrong to murmur or repine when goodness is momentarily overshadowed by vice and it is highly improper to weep when misdoing achieves temporary triumph Dut most folks are co constructed that mur- muring and weeping are easy of attainment and cheap, and the result is a frequent use of those mournful privileges. Just now there is a very choice brand of grievous {indignation on tap in the revenue marine wervice. Readers of The Star are doubt- Jess aware of the fact that, some months ago, Capt. John C. Mitchell, then command- {mg the revenve cutter Crawford, was charged with “improper indulgence in the use of intoxicants and of other conduct ‘unbecoming an officer of the revenue serv- fice.” It will also be remembered by many that Capt. Mitchell was secretly tried on Doard his own ship—then commanded by ‘him; that the trial was of the farcical va- riety, viewed from the legal standpoint, and that the sentence of the court whicn found him guilty, as approved by the Sec- retary of the Treasury, reduced Capt. Bfitchell eighteen numbers in his present grade, relieved him of his command of the Crawford and placed him on waiting or- @ers for the period of one year. To per- sons unacquainted with the revenue ma- Fine service the sentence might sound as though it really meant something, but be- hind the scenes things have a different ap- pearance. What does Capt. Mitchell care bout the position of his name on the blue- book or the department records? The rev- enue marine service knows no higher rank than that of captain and as the junior in that grade gets as much pay as the senior the mere relative arrangement of names 4s a sentiment of really no value. The first Portion of the sentence therefore works Capt. Mitchell no disadvantage whatever ‘and does the other captains no good; the remainder of the decree is a disgrace to the authorities and, as intimated in a com- munication printed elsewhere in today’s Star, is a compliment to the captain who ‘was alleged to have been tried. To be re- lieved of command under sentence of a court is a disgraceful thing, but a man who would be guilty of the offenses of which Capt. Mitchell has been convicted is not easily disturbed by any combination of absurd rebuke so long as his pay is un- touched. Capt. Mitchell will have to re- main ashore one year and the government will give him $2,000 for doing it. While ether captains who have been behaving correctly are cruising around wind-swept coasts and wave-washed ocean shores in vessels that for some time to come will re- eemble animated icicles, Capt. Mitchell will be enjoying a cosy corner in one of the big cities with full share of those comforts that can be found only where many people congregate. For the sober and upright there will be icy decks and uninterrupted q@uty of the most arduous and dangerous wort; for Capt. Mitchell there is prospect of ease and enjoyment. And yet this is net surprising. But a few years ago the persistent negligence of Maj. G. J. Lydecker supplied this city with an elongated hole in the ground that cost the nation and the people of Washington more than two mil- Hons of dollars, equally divided. A court fined him $900 and he was sent out to a place on the Pacifle coast where he had comparatively little to do but swear be- neath his breath at the unreasonable folks hhere who actually wanted something to show for their money; since then he has been promoted. Verily, if the righteous flour- sh like the green bay tree then the green bay tree does not flourish in this climate. —__~+ +e ____ On the 14th of next month, George Enge- man of the Brighton Beach, Clifton and Dundee race tracks, will throw open the gates of the Ivy City track, to which place he proposes that those driven out of New Jersey by a recent law shall, during the months of December,January and February, transfer their unwholesome activities. It had been supposed, and very naturally so, that Mr. Engeman intended to run the pro- posed winter meeting at the Ivy City track for the benefit of himself and his fellow turfmer, but, if he has been correctly re- ported, the meeting will be a purely philan- thropic affair, being run for the purpose of “giving employment to hundreds of people who otherwise would not be able to earn a dollar.” While Mr. Engeman did not spec- ify the fortunate individuals who would reap the benefit of his self-sacrificing gen- erosity, any one at all familar with the history of Jersey winter racing will recog- nize the fact that they comprise a class which New Jersey's outraged decency, speaking through the recent elections, cora. pelled to migrate from that state. Gambt\ers, thieves and ruffians, who have hitherto af- flicted a neighboring community new look to the season of so-called winter Tacing at the Capitol to save them from starvation. What a delightful outlook! ——+ +s The sinking of the ironclad Javary by a shell fired from one of the Brazilian gov- ernment’s forts in the harbor of Rio must have been a severe blow to Admiral Mailo, commander of the rebel forces. The sunken vessel was a conspicuously aggressive and dengerous feature of the rebellion, carry- ing a powerful armament and having much mischievous ability. it is under- stcod that Mello’s fag ship, the Aquidaban, is really in a crippled condition and could not under any circumstances mike a sea voyage. If that be so and the re. bellion de- pends upon Mello’s achievements for its success the end of this present trouble must be very near. How muca of a part will be played by the new cruisers Nicthe- Foy and America no one knows, but it would seem now as though Mello’s dimin- ished and damaged navy must succumb to the superior seamanship and gunnery on} the converted merchant steamers now on their way to the beleaguered capital. ——__~-+= Possibly Mr. Van Alen has lost his monn- ele, and is therefore unable to locate his own whereabouts. +e A decidedly iateresting contribution to municipal history is the story of “My Mayoralty” told by A. Oakey Hall in the | New York World. Mr. Hall revea's what | may be termed “unstained intimacy” with @ condition «sf affairs that would have de- Mled most men, for during Mayor Hall's term of office New York city veas in the hands of William M. Tweed and his no- torious fellow thieves. of the ex- mayor's testimony is extremely interesting | at *his time, coming, ds it dees, immediate- ly 9@r the crushing of several infamously | Frefinent “bosses.” He raakes it evident | that the trading of votes and influence, by which the people were defraud=d and “rings” strengthened, has long been a com- | mon practice. De:nocrats and republicans seem to have been about equally deep in | the mire. Ex-Mayor Hall says that when . nominated, the republican lead- ers gave ‘alm to understand that he might | choose his opponent, and, availing himself | of the privilege, ted a weak speci- men as the sacrifice, and his choice was ap- proved by the republican “bosses” who were in the deal. That the “bosses” had an affin- ity for each other is shown by Zr. Hall's statement that he had “time and time again kgown republican booths at tha polls on me election day to be run by due (or perhaps undue) arrangement by Tammany touters.” And similar arrangements have been made at every New York city election in recent years. “During the existence of the so- called Peter Cooper Citizens’ Association,” says the ex-mayor, “the Tammany of my day had no difficulty in subsidizing some of its prominent leaders to ‘Wigwam inter- ests." In the midst of such a kettle of fish what show had the average taxpayer? It is worthy of comment and comment of a far from complimentary character that the aged ex-mayor is still so ring-bound as to believe that a boss cannot be subdued save by another and greater “boss.” He avers that if ever the republican party in New York city “can exhibit a leader with the tenacity and partisan fidelity and abil: ity for organization which characterized in the past such Tammany leaders as Fowler, Delavan, Wood, Sweeny, Tweed and Kelly, and which is said to characterize Mr. Croker—a leader who, in short, to borrow the figures of the prize-ring, can, if badly knocked down in one round, come up smil- ing in the next, such a republican leader can worry any Tammany Hall, and only such a leader.” Mr. Hall is entirely wrong, but the error is quite natural in one who Was never more than a rather pleasing and sensitive weather-vane, whose princi- pal duty was that of immediately respond- ing to every puff of Tammany breeze. But a few days ago the good people of Brook- lyn served notice on the “bosses” of both parties that there éxisted great public weariness as to the one-man power in muni- cipal matters. Similar action was taken in other cities where “rings” had abounded in both parties, and for awhile, at least, there is a clear outlook for decent government in several heretofore afflicted centers. Some of these days the long-suffering residents of New York city will come to the conclu- sion that Tammany Is an expensive super- fluity, and then the generally-corrupt or- ganization with its malodorous associations will vanish and become a memory. The people can do their own “bossing” much better than anyone can do it for them. ee a Governor Pennoyer might give thanks that he did not make his recent message any longer. To be sure this is rather a meager pretext for gratitude, but when the possibilities for eccentric utterance which exiy in such a pre-eminent degree with the Governor are considered, it seems a great deal better than nothing. —————++s—___. The frequency with which the banquet is made the scene of financial discussion puts 4 tremendous weight on the shoulders of the cook. The perverted theories which might result from ill-temper produced by a little culinary carelessness are frightful to imagine. —r+e___ Mr. Ingalls is said to be fond of ploughing. With his usual love of originality, he is trying to demonstrate that a Kansas poli- ticlan may be a farmer also. —_———> +e ___. The after-dinner explanation appears as the iatest politico-gastronomic embellish- ment. —_++=—____ Any cold wave that a mere weather bu- reau can turn out has no terrors for Ohio democracy. ———+++____ John Y. McKane evidently has no fear of the recoil that is often attached to a libel suit. ——+ e > ____ Queen Lil is probably beginning to sus- pect that Hawaiian politics is no place for a lady. ——+-____ SHOOTING STARS. Chorus of Foreign Actors. It is never in joke That our praises we join Of American folk— And American coing, . “Hit sut’ny am strange,” said Uncle Eben, “how much easier some men fin’s it to settle de Hawaiian question dan ter settle er grocery bill.” That Unconquerable Curiosity. Ere long the small boy—the unwearying scamp ‘Will come home a-shiver and frightfully damp; Because of his tour "mongst the puddles and brooks To see if the ice is as thin as it looks. Her En jiasm Chilled. “Harry has changed his habits so much,” Said the young wife. “In what respect,” asked her mother. “He doesn’t stay out late any more. He is always at home by ten o'clock. I’m so glad he has reformed.” “H'm'm. Don't be glad yet awhile. Of course he may have reformed. And then again he may realize that, during the present nervous agitation of the police, it is just as well not to meet any of them af- ter dark.” Liltuckalant, “Come hither, Court Astronomer— Your worth pray let me see. Your best now try To prophesy A reigny day for me. Settled. “The whole question can be settled by one word,” said the man who thinks Bacon wrote about everything we know of ex- cept After the Ball. “What word is that?” Hamlet.” There's the whole cipher wadded up into the title of that one play.” “I don't quite follow you.” “Of course you don’t. That's what makes it a cipher, you see. You have to study it out. Now [ve studied it. Anybody with an idea of the construction of the English language cam see that ‘Hamlet’ is a diminu- tive of ‘ham.””" Bacon used the very next thing to it, and there you have the whole business just as instead of using his own name, plain as day.” One Comfort. The man who is poor May at least offer thanks That he isn't set up As a target for cranks, Slow. “What is Willie Wibbles doing?” asked @ business man. “He hasn't moved for five minutes.” “I asked him that question. He said he collecting his thoughts.” ‘Well, he can sympathize with us. He evidently finds collections pretty slow.” pea Ask Mr. Cleveland —-—> What Congress W From the New York Sun. It is now a little less than a fortnight since the publication of Mr. Gresham's amazing recommendations—a publication which must have been authorized by Mr. Cleveland—forced the American people to consider whether the President was propos- ing to usurp powers expressly reserved to Congress by the Constitution. All con- ceivable attempts to distract attention from | this predcmirant question have been made by administration newspapers; but all those attempts have failed; and their failure has |left their authors in ‘a very tired condition. We assure them, however, that their pres- ent fatigue is as nothing to the exhaustion which they are destined to experience when Congress reassembles and compels Mr. | Cleveland to state, immediately and plainly, whether he imagines that the slightest | trace of the war-beginning power is vested by the Constitution in the federal execu- tive. —_+!seo_____. for Mr. Quincey to Ponder. From the Boston Jorunal. While Mr. Quincy's appointee to Amoy is endeavoring to “sober up” at El Paso it might be profitable for Mr. Quincy to re- fect whether his dismissal of a capabie and cultured gentleman like Dr. Edward Bedloe to make room for a notorious dip- somaniac has either enhanced his own rep- utation or improved the United States con- sular service, Somet 90000000 Great Times at the GREAT STORE Tomorrow. When SAKS raises the ‘“‘bargain cry” a whole community listens. Folks know there is good cause for it. Past experience has taught you to count on finding giant qualities tumbled to the ground of smallest cost. Prepare yourselves for the greatest treat of your lives. Our cash has bolstered up many a tottering manufacturer =-reaping as our reward--the choice of his cleverest handiwork. Our marvelously busy selling this season has broken many of our strongest lines. Combined--all these--in one grand assembly of matchless worth--is the incomparable feast we have prepared for to- morrow. Luck In An Ill Wind. $ Children’s Cape Coats. 000000000000 00009000000000¢ No firin stood higher in the contidence of We bought every Cape Overcoat that Peck VHITEHEAD & © & Hauchhaus—(mukers aud importers of the fee eee — bo x When they best that’s to be bad in youngsters’ clothes)— “went to the wall’ we were promptly on used as the models of their stock this sea- son.—There are less than 500 of them altogether—and of course not very many of any one kind—but a great variety of kinds. Their “own make'’—the best from London's best creator—the best from the Parisian fold— including some of those cute little Triple- Cape, Fur-trimmed Coats, We sball sell them as we bought ‘em—at Prices that are ‘deserters’ from their true values—and where there’s a boy within the Mmit of the ages hurry him here.——They are cut long—and made to be warm, Coats made to sell at $8508 to 7 years aisee’s, mt $2.25 Coats made to sell at and #48024 to'T years uizees $2.50 hand with an offer for the major part of thelr above-the-average stock of Plen’s Suits. ‘Their clamoring creditors drove them to ac- ceptance.— y Suit we sclected is a tuiloring model—Every pattern is a fresh— fasbionable one.——Every inch of the fabrics—solid and substantial weavings.—— And now we offer them to you for less than they cost to create.——You shall have your choice of the many grades from three divi- sions—at prices that ought to spur every man in Washington to the point of possession. Divistox_ One. Hundreds of Suits that any competent ap- praiser would promptly value at $10 and $12.50—Your choice for =$7.50=- Divtstox Two. Hundreds of Suits the equals of which are not being retailed throughout the length and breadth of this country today for less than $15—offered to you at =$9.50= Dmistox Tuere, Hundreds of Suits that are worth $18—bun- ecoocoeooe= OC OOsscoocce, Coats made to sell at sizes, *2% $3.50 Coats made to sell at 8 years’ sizes... to 8 yea #7 * $4.00 <, $7.00 Coats made to sell at $10 and $12—244 to 10 years’ sizes... ee Children’s Syits. Many lots of our readiest sellers are so badly broken in size that nothing but rem- naats remain—one, two or three of a kind only are left of the complete assortment of a dreds of others that are worth $20 and $22— month ago.—-These are your rightful measut by the infallible gauge of com- ‘spoils.. ‘To put them ander the ban of the parison—These aré yours for bargain counter touches our pocket.——But here they go, all the same—Handsome Single aud Double Breasted Blouse, Short Pants Suits. Some are School Suits—stout and sturdy—others are Dress Suits full of the comeliness of extreme fashion. They are Suits that weare proud of—Suits we'll guarantee— Suits you'll jump at the chance to buy at the Prices we have put on them now. .. 81.50 and 1 ‘They are SINGLE and DOUBLE-BREASTED SACKS and PICCADILLY SACKS—made up in wearing-civing Cassimeres and Cheviots of the latest patternings. ‘Men’s Derbys. 000000000: A lot of LIGHT BROWN and TAN LATEST SHAPE DERBYS—that have been $1.50 and $1.75— 79C- 000000006 Neckwear. Those that were $2.50. Now.. : Sizes: Those Now Sizes: LB ‘Those that were $5. Now........ 83.00 er er ea ae : : : ° © Sizes; _— moleuneients Take your choice of two lots of our best 50- 6 SCARFS—TECKS and FOUR-LN-HANDS— 0 pers and tomorrow— 8 Those that were $6. Now........ 84.00 ° 1 8 and 4 35¢. © Sizes: == = ¥000000000000000 4 vs Those $8 Now eee $5.00 os - e556 4 8 8S The Bars Are Down. 8 6 ‘0 000000000000000000000000000000000000 Siete tna alee ae eee NE ‘s 11 13 14 A Children’s Clothes maker yee nas ie 8 oe tofore declined all offers to close out bis 6 Brice ag aos stock—Knocked at our door this week. Here's Q Tense ier were M0 ona $7.00 the result. 2 Sasa Wace 500 All-wool & sizes: ~ Suorr Paxts Surrs, 8 - Sizes: Worth $7.50 and $8 if they're worth a 9 copper—that you may take your cholee of for o ° 8.000000000000000 =-$5.00.= They are DOUBLE BREASTED BLOUSE SUITS, made up of fabries that your boy'll have to grow out of—for it'll be next to im- ’ Boys’ Crushers. 00c00000 9010000000000000000000000000 ° possible io wear them out.Sizes 6 to 15 O A lot of ROYS' BLUE and RROWN CRUSH 8 WaTs—that have been Te. and 98e.— We count this one of the wonders of mer- 0 chandising. 0 Wait ‘till you see them. 8 48c. oO :000000000000000000000000000000000000000006000000000000000000000000000000: There’s a finger beckoning to everybody in this brilliant array. Possession hinges solely on your promptness. Come in the morning-- afternoon--or evening--the earliest moment you can=-we’ve marshalled our forces ready to serve you without any delay. 0000000000000000000000% 200000000000 AKS AND COMPAN PENN. AVE. AND 7TH STREET. 121090000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000: 0001 Another | JOHNSTON'S, 729 7th St. Grand Coat Sale aT Bon Marche Tomorrow. New Fresh Styles =-toartrive in the morning by Ex- press. We have again suc- ceeded in capturing the balance of another coat manufacturer’s stock for cash at a great sac- rifice. Can you resist these grand values? Ladies’ Stylish Fur- trimmed “‘Skirt’’ Coats and long ‘‘Reefers” in fine kerseys, beavers, &e., in navy, black, tan and brown, handsome- ly fur-trimmed and richly braided. Made to sell for $12.50,$13.50, $15, $17.50 and $18. CHOICE, *9.81. Elegant Fashionable Fur-trimmed and Handsomely Braided Coats, with deep um- brella skirts, flaring collars, mousquetaire sleeves, &c., embracing the latest “Parisian” styles. Black, navy blue and new hazelnut brown. Tade to sell for $20, $22.50, $23.50, $25, $27.50 and $29. CHOICE, “18.83. A lot of Misses’ and Children’s Stylish Coats and Long Cloaks, in a variety of attrac- tive fancy ‘‘Novelty” mixtures. Sizes 4 to 1zyears, Made to sell = $7.50, $8, $8.50 and * CHOICE, $9.89. Silk Waists, ° Almost Half. We secured a sample line of 80 of the most stylish Silk Waists in- troduced this season, at 6o0c. on the dollar. Black Surah and a variety of colored Jap- anese Silk Waists, in white, pink, light-blue, cream and fancy stripes. Also a line of Stylish Cashmere Waists, satin bound, in red, navy and black. Made to sell for $6, aa $7, $7.50 and CHOICE, *3.98. Bon Marche, 314 and 316 7th st. NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE, 1920 N street northwest. |. T. Walker, Contractor and Builder. None but reliable men sent to the house. 0c26-2m* GPOCGries. dam, 18e. lib. Lard, 10ce. Kleetrie Light Best Family Flour, $4 bbl. Lilly Best Patent, $4.75, ranulated Sugar, dc. hanksgiving Goods, Raisins, arrants, Prunes, Walnuts, Al- onds, Filberts, Minee Meat, , 10 an Ht Pails: also =] reserves, dellies, Plum Pud- ding, &e. Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. | SUNDRIES. TEA “BABY BRAND” CONDENSED MILK. BEST FOR INFANTS. for ottle Blne, pt., 6 it Blue, & Th. C. Soda, A for Be. Biue Hen Matches, doz. PURE WHOLE AND GROUND SPICES POR PICKLING. Pepper, Mustard, Cinnamon, Mace, Natmegs, Cloves, Ginger, Alispice, Mustard Seed. SOAPS OF ALL KINDS. Babhitt's, Brown, Star, Oleine, Borax, Ivory, Bom, Royal. O. K.. Water Lily, Soapine, Pear lime, 1776, Olivine, meline. WASH BOARDS, BUCKETS, BROOMS, CLOTHES PINs. ‘We will display the largest line of Raisins, Our- rants, Citron. Nuts and other Holiday Goods at our Annual Holiday Opening early in December. MONEY RETURNED IF GOODS ARE NOT SaT- ISFACTORY. H. B. JOBNSTON, j China, Glass Ware. Books Free. Read the List: 729 Tra Srneer. 729 Tra Srocar. Earth, Sea and Sky. Stanley's Africa, 729 Tru Sreeer. Evervboly can wet the above b»oks absolntel ar Cofsesar+roastel rigut here an Wi anc good Cstioe eo 339 and 252. per pound. Choice New Teas, 30, 40, 59, U0, 80c. and $i per pound READ THIS List Mustrated History of the Great Civil War. "EAP THIS L187 5 a Museum of Wonders. | Life of Barnum. History of the Bibie. Pilgrim's Progress. Encyclopedia. | Beautiful Gems Robb's Family Physician. Histories. Star of Bethlehem. Life of Sherman. ‘The Prince of Glory. a Wonders. History of the United States. Life of Spureeon. Indian Horrors. | Scenes Around the World, (129 Tou Sree. by our oWa roasting willis JOHNSTON'S, reat China and Japan Tea Co., 729 7th St. N.W. TELEPHONE, 818,