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SSS THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1893—-TWENTY PAGES. The Palais Royal. The Palais Royal. The Palais Royal. The Palais Royal. Toilet Article Department Souvenirs. RE eee eee Ff 2 Glove Dept. Souvenirs. 4hutton Kid 5-hook 1d es. Ladies’ and Missow’ Casbinere Gloves. = Ladies’ Best Cashmere Gloves. E Hosiery Dept. Souvenirs. 2te Be -49 Black Silk Hose (worth $i.68). 13 Bik Hose, hack aad colors. ‘and $2.98 Pure Silk Hose ~ "s and Bove’ Black Hose. Boe Boys Heavy English Ribbed Hose. Underwear Dept.Souvenirs Piret eebpees $1.98 16e 19 SRe 49¢ 1.50 “A la PD +98 1.75 “A Ia Venus’ Corsets. $1.50 Housekeeping Goods Dept. ShoeDepartment Souvenirs $6 Barnard’s Ladies’ Russia Blucher Shoes. .$4.95, $4.95 Ladies’ Patent-leather Vamp Bluchers. .$3.47 $2.97 Ladies’ Vict Kid Shoes, seven styles. 67 $2.47 Ladies’ Button Shoes, ‘two styles. 2.98 Ladies’ Slippers, Louis XV heel 98e Infants’ Fancy Kid Bootees - $1.43 Men's Fancy Plush Slippers $1.25 Men's Embroldered Opera Slippers. $2.50 Men's Romev Slippers (usually $2.75). .$1.03 20 per cent discoumt on Misses’ Spring Heel Shoes, all sizes. DressGoods Dept.Souveni SOc yd. Ali-wool English Suitings.. @e yd. All-wool Silk Finish Henrietta... wad dia reas x Priestley’ Fabrics. 98c yd. G4-inch Wool Storm Serges... 10-yd. patterns of 7c Calico. . 10-yd. patterns of 160 Flannels. 1O-sd. patterus of 12ye Ginghams. 1.68 yd. Black Satin Brocades -T8e | sonst senueeeeeeeey ney Evening Silks. ‘d. Bengaline Silks, all color 6c yd. Fancy Waist Lining. ‘2e yd. Pancy Waist Lining. Trimming and Notion Dep’ 10 per cent discount on all Silk, Jet and Fur Trimmings, Laces, Silk Mulls aud Ewbroiderles. $1.24 yard’ 4%-nch wide Chiffon 10e Pure Rubber Dress Shields. 25e dozen Real Whalebones.. fe 5) 0. N. T, Cotton, per doa Ze English ‘Tape, bundles of 6 pleces. Te dosen Corset ‘Laces... 2%e yard Silk Garter Elastic. We pieces Tatteta Ribbons 48e dozen Large Pearl Butions We 35e and 4Se English Silk Windsors. Be French Plaid Silk Windsors 3e Silk Wivdsors, 19¢ Ladtes’ Fauntleroy 1.65 Ostrich Feathy Yard Embroidered Silk Chition 15e yard Rufling, all styles 48¢ yard Ginch wide sik a Bric-a-Brac Souvenirs. _ ae RUGS.) d Butter Plates, r Knives... 10 per cent discount on brace Department over $1.50, Japanese, Rugs 10 Daghestan Rugs. $13 Carabagh Rugs. Wrap Dept. wit “$1.97 | 35¢, Steel Nut Cracke 12.23 | $1.25, 2 Cutlery Dept. Souvenirs. $1.95 Cases, with 1 dos. steel nut picks, 2 pair of put crackers, TSe. Leather Ca: $1 i 58< etleld’ Steel’ Garviig Set..8119 jel it Pocket Knives and Scissors | g8e Picture and Frame De $1.85 Pastels, white and gold frame, $33 Tanery Photogravures, ont tra | 1.75 Freneh Fac Similes,' white and 50 Pastels: in enamel and gold “frames. ---$1.48 1.98 Solid Brace Plorentine Photo. Frames, .#1,38, Silveroid Photo. Frames. untarnishable. zi | ‘25e Silver Filigree Photo. Frames...... 21: Confectionery Department | Souvenirs. 25e Pound Winter Green, Peppermint and But- ter Cups, fresh daily, ‘per pou see]de 40c pound 'U ‘Caramels, strawberry, te, t, cocaumnt and ice-creauy inwray vanilla, vors . ste Sewing Tlachine Depart- ment Souvenirs. 1893 Machines, warranted five years. . [Manicure Dept. Souveni SOc Treatment for ladies. . on a 75e Treatment for gentlemen. rs. Hou _ The Palais Royal. ment Souvenirs. $1.98 Canary Birds, warranted good singers. 4 — Cages, solid brass, plete. 25c Lawn and Gingham Aprons. 190 ee Fancy ‘Aprons, al atyion, ‘bo at e Toe Chuldren's aprons, 2°to id years: Tete ~ The Annual Holiday Opening MONDAY At The New Palais Royal. Fox SAINT NICHOLAS TO VISIT EVERY CHILD'S ROOM DURING CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT IS NOT LESS MIRACULOUS THAN THE CHANGE THAT IS TO TAKE PLACE AT THE PALAIS MORNING. SOUVENIRS, ——BESIDES THE GRAND AND UNIQUE DISPLAYS THAT WILL BE THE CURRENT TOPIC OF CUN- VERSATION, THE MIGHTY COLLECTIONS OF HOLIDAY GOODS ARE OFFERED AT THE WHOLESALE PRICES AS The Palais Royal ROYAL BEFORE MONDAY G Street. Children’s Dept. Souveni ry 50 Infants’ Short Cashmere Coats. Infuuts’ Long Cashmere Cloaks. rs. | He Jewelry Dept. Souvenirs $1 Jewelr: of all styles. oo Jew and Be Je id Kings, with tual Millinery & Ribbon Depts. 10 per cent discount au all T: aud © trimmed Hats, Feathers, Flowers, Velvets, Or-) nements and Ribbons The Palais Royal. | Chenille Table Covers Sc ‘Stlades, size $3.24 English Porcelain Tea Set, leces. oa cared Gime oe Bt 8 its x Sets. 112 Pleces.$11.95 17.50 Decorated China Sets, 102 ai . 50 English Porcelain Chataber sete 10 neato 0c Carisbad China Bread and But Ae Scalloped-edge Fratt, Plates. luge ster Ps B5e China Cups and aoaeen Soc China large size Bae 1.98 French Flint Glass Water Gobi $1.50 $50 oners ‘Trays, cut glass patterns.’ Pane $1.98 Pittsburg ‘Lamp.umbrelia shade.$1 10 per cent discount Rar cent, discount on Cut Glass Ware, costing Boys’ Clothing Department | Souvenirs. 5 to 15 }. Sack years. Son sefurnishing Depart- | UpholsteryDept.Souvenirs, Umbrella Dept. Souvenirs. S0e | Ze a Th. Writing Taper, The Palais Royal. {AND RUBBER GOODS.) Crook Handle Canes, for men... a +2 Re Warranted One Year Umbrellas, for men.$2.50 Men's Umbrellas, with sterling silver jored Silk Umbrelias Ladies’ Silver Trimmed U ) Ladies’ English “Cravenett nes. at y cape . bine and biack stri $2.98 Mackintoshes, plaids and stripes. 1.98 Misses’ Mackintoshes, all sires. 1.25 Children’s Mackintoshes, all sizes, » Leather Goods Department Souvenirs. (AND FANS.) 25e Pocket Books and Card Cases. $2.25 Shopping $1 and $1:25 ‘Shopping Rage, S0e Shopping Bags, all styles. $5 Lizaniskin Chatelaine $i and 91.25 Chatelaine Ress. " ther Writing Tablets, wrles Boxes $1 Leather Writing Tablets, all $1.50 Leather Collar and Cuff $1 Teather Collor and Cuff Boxes. ... 30 per cent discount on Silver Trimmed Rooks and ull ‘Traveling Bags. $7 Ostrich Feather “Juliet” Fans. 40 per cent discount on all other Pans up to $35. Stationery and Book Dept. De Box of Writing Pape zie r. A 10 per ccat discount on 10 per cent discount on Stylographi Fall Dress Shirt... § Fancy Dress Shirt. cuffs attached... |. Unlaundered Shirts, New York Mills cotion Se Half Hose, 3 pairs Ja a box 31 50 25 dee Soe ~ $1.19 Shi Se Satin 10 per cent discount on all underwear over $1 in ores 1. ity les. pilaren’ justrated Hooks. Calldren’s Tiustrated Books. per cent off publisher's it ‘olombne Calendar, osurlly The. . “Four Little Partes™ Calendar. S6e for your name on fifty cerds from copper plate. Satim box Included as the “open | ing” souventr. “| Art Needlework Dept. 45 doz. Brainerd & Armatrong’s Roman, Fito, Rope and Twisted Silks, 36c. don; per ‘ Siimnery, dress trim- | te Boe So 2 | $1.35 SH Beugaline Caps, all colors, jon : = : | and all smoki chets and bath robes. Also sec 32.49 Hk Cloth aud 12 Napkips..-.. | uvenirs is te Silk Bengaline Caps tering Silver Hair Pins, Sheil Pt me ss eben | Separtuacets, SSF ‘xtoven, sumbecice, ranber gota SS ee eee oe ths, 2x2l4 yards. $1.79 | $4 Cheviot Reefer Ji ies “fee Cambric Slips. Te Sterling Silver Thimbles. all sizes: 18e | | nandkerebiefs, tollet articles. pees ices, SE Oe enc aTa) gt inches afc | 38 Black and : | Ste Infant's Katt, Sacaues. «°° Mt Penelts, ‘pestt handien..... $1.48 | SilverWare Dept.Souvenirs | _______ T dGameDe t. d . i vt ul we ms, th { | mit ‘Towels, 2x02 toches ‘the os | Tee Handmade. Mibe. rnncals Bene Sterling 8 rs . | Handkerchief Department , ! Oy and Wai partmen' $1.98 Heavy Marseilles Bed Spreads. 69 $15 Infant's Outtit: 148 Heal Gold ‘Toothpicks.........:-.. ase | vous -Be : | 10 per cent discount—one-tenth off the price 31.93 Double Bed Comforts (usual fr Q% ‘aid-trimmed Ji 10 per cent discount on Solid Gold and’ Real | 50 § 5 Ade | Souvenirs. | marked on the articles cclecta # $3.50 Eiderdown Comforts (usually $5) W8, Tight-ftting Jackets, umbrelia “+ Shell 5 iy $1. Cases, all styles. $1.59 | | For some idea of the coll of toys, games ~ = 50 English Kerse; " d Bal. and $4.25 Ladies’ Silver Chatelaine Watches. 320) Oke Salt aml Pepper Sets. . SOc Se Ladies’ and Children’s Handkerchiefs * and dofls look for column 4, om page 4 Veil Department Souvenirs. x | Me Canton Flannel Night Drawers $3 Noy’ Nickel Watches, stem winder. ) | We Plekle Forks and Butter $2 ase Ladies’ umd Men SS ee | 30e Kn ‘ool Fascinators.. $8.85 Men's Vatches. 8 ° Ladies” jer 30e and 35¢ yard Vetli Be elty Imported Jackets | SSe Hand-knit Wool Fascinators. winder Soe Ladies’ and Men’ a 4se yard Velling, all sty doe | 25 per cent less than regular prices of ali iw | O0e Corded Waints: all sises- Bo ER eee eat “abc | Sas Sopusens NK’ Planieehoeie ‘| THE PALAIS ROYAL. @Sc Fard Veiling. tyles, Ade | tution Sealskin Capes, worth from $13 to $125. Also see departments for tovs al mes, sta-| % Leather Round Opera Glassee. 2 | lo per, on Wileox Mannfacturim: iwe Handkerchiefs, 44c: and Se Handkerchiefs al 20 per cent discount on "a and’ Misses’ | tionery and books, gloves, rubber hosters, | $20 Lemaire :$17-30 | Company's Siiver-plated Ware and Sterling Silver |“ 10 per cent discount on Duchess Lace Handker- a. LISNER. 148 | Jackets of all kinds. handkercitets, wraps, confectionery. 33.98 Solid ¥ cctacles..$3.25 | Ware. | chiefs. | The Palais Royal. The Palais Royal. The Palais Royal. The Palais Royal. | The Palais Royal. G and uth Sts. — oe ————SSS—==zy ONE ENJOYS cron of asttieng Repos syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant rly yet prom on the Ki pas and Bowles cleanses the ae tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. 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ITHE TARIFF BILL.| Mr. Tarsney Discusses the Measure He Helped to Frame. NO? SIMPLY SION, BOT REFORM. National and Not Sectional Inter- ests or Special Industries. — THE POLICY PURSUED. Representative Tarsney of the ways and means committee, who was a member of the subcommittee which prepared the rough draft of the tariff bill, said to a Star re- Porter yesterday, in discussion of the Dill and the purposes which guided the com- mittee in their work: “The general idea and purpose of the committee was to frame a revenue measure, as distinguished from a protection measure. In this view, revenue should be the object and not the incident of the measure. If Protection should remain, such protection should be the mere incident and not the object of the bill. It cannot be said to be a bill to obtain revenues only, for if such had been the case there would be no en- largement of the free list. and many rev- | enue producing commodities that are now upon the free list would have been trans- | ferred to the taxed schedules. ‘The main purpose, however, was to make it a bill to produce revenue modified by those controling considerations that mate- rials essentially necessary to permit and develop the growth of our manufactures should to the largest degree Practicable be Placed upon the free list; that food products and other essential necessities should be | elther placed upon the free list or taxation | thereon be reduced to a minimum. Pater- nalism and favoritism to either individuals, localities or special industries should be entirely eradicated. This is the groun of the measure. . sis A Reform of the Tarif. “Tt is not simply a revision of the tariff— it ts a reform of the tariff. Time will de- velop that it contains no elements of pre- judice or animosity against any particular industry or attack upon the manufacturing industries, but to the contrary, it ts in- tended and will speedily result in the rapid growth, development and expansion of our industries upon a broad national basis. and not upon a narrow basis of selfish, personal, local or sectional interest. “While taking away from the manufactur- er much of the so-called protection found in the schedule of rates on manufactured pro- ducts, by giving to him untaxed raw ma- | terial essential in his manufacture, we leave | to him all that should be required ta enable | him to compete with the world in the dispo- sition of his products. The bill is peculiarly impersonated, as it reflects the ideas and interests of those represented by the men who framed its provisions. The subcom- mittees that framed the measure consisted of Chairman Wilson, Messrs. Stevens of Massachusetts, Bynum of Indiana, Breckin- ridge of Arkansas and Tarsney. “The principal productions and industries of West Virginia, represented by Mr. Wil- Coai and iron ore were piaced upon the free list and duties on iron products largely reduced. “Mr. Stevens has his entire fortune in- vested in the manufacture of woolens and woolen goods, and his state represents the greatest cotton manufacturing industry of the United States. These industri have been treated no differently from others represented in the schedule. Mr. Bynum of Indiana represents the district embrac- ing the center of the plate glass, window glass and other glass industries of the coun- try. They, like woolen and cotton, conform- ed to the general reduction. Indeed, the reductions in these very schedules are par- ticularly heavy. Missour!’s Interests. “Missouri, with its plate glass, its iron, its lead and zine productions followed in the same seale. While the duty on Missouri | pig lead has been reduced one-half, the | duty on white lead and other products of lead controlind by the lead trusts of the east have met with a still greater reduc- tion. “Under the McKinley law there was aj | duty of 1 1-4 cents per pound on zine, either | block or pig, 1 21-2 cents per pound on sheet zinc. to the zinc producers of Missouri, because there was no importation of pig zinc into the United States. On the contrary, Mis- | souri zinc was exported to Swan: the center of the zinc production of Europe. “But so long as such as a tax was main- tained it was absolutely impossible for the ists at the center of the zinc region organize an enterprise for the reduction of zine into plate, that business being | controlled by a monopoly elsewhere. There- | fore they were compelled to send their zinc abroad to be manufactured. They will now have an oportunity, aided by outside influences, to break this monopoly and enable them to establish zinc plate manu- factures upon an equal basis with all others. | “In the woolen and cotton sch: les 01 the McKinley bill, under cover tees duties by the pound or yard, absoiutely prohibitory rates were provided. In the woolen schedule the ad valorem equivalent of many of those specifics ran up to from ‘his afforded no protection | over 230 to 300 per cent, and these spe- citic duties were universally laid upon the cheapest grades of commodities—those con- sumed by the poor—while the lowest rates | Were levied on the highest and more valu- | j able—those consumed by the rich. ‘These ! prohibitory duties upon the necessities of | the poor have been by this bill abolished, or rather reduced to an ad valorem that will either compel the domestic manutac- turer to sell his commodity for its real | value or permit the consumer to purchase from foreign manufacturers. The L and Steel Schedules. “The duties provided by the McKinley law in the tron and steel schedule were intended to overcome, or rather to give protection to, the American manufacturer against geographical and local transportation condi- tions—in other words, to compel the Amer- ican citizen residing on the Pacific slope to pay not only the cost of production in Fennsylvania, but wherever else In the east the product might be manufactured, but also the full railway transportation from such points to the Pacific siope.”” “fase the iron industry from another point of view. ‘That industry has entirely changed, not only in condition, but in char- | acter. Within the last twenty years steel has supplanted iron in almost all its uses, ; and Steel is manufactured today at less cost than iron. It would have been considered as proof positive of lunacy twenty years ago if one had declared that Pennsylvania would be required to import ore to make steel or iron, yet such is the condition to- day. The transformation or change in this industry from iron to steel has developed that nature has blended here and there beds of ore containing the proper combina- tion of chemical elements to produce steel; that among the classifications of mineral ores today there is one known as Bessemer steel ore that no artificial blending or in- termixing is required, nature having ac- complished this work of blending, and it is found that Pennsylvania is not sufficiently supplied therewith to keep her steel manu- factories in operation, that such supply is rapidly being exhausted, and she must look outside for the needed supply. Other beds of this ore are found in limited quantities in northern New York upon the Canada | border. They are found in limited quanti- j ties in Tennessee and Missouri. But tn none of these places in adequate quantities to more than meet the present local de- mand, but up in the northern peninsula of Michigan, and there running west into Minnesota and Wisconsin, a great body of this ore, thus far the greatest discovery in the world, is located, inexhaustible tn its supply, close to water transportation, and for the last few years so limited has been the supply east of the Alleghenies that the mills at Bethlehem, Scranton and other places in that section have been compelled to transport this ore from the Michigan mines to supply their demands, thus en-} tailing upon the cost of the consumers of steel in the Mississipp! valley the added cost of transportation east from the mines of the raw ore; hence the development of the steel and fron Mdustry lying along the great lakes. The Illinois Steel and Iron Company, located at Chicago, can transport its ore from Escanaba, Mich., to the yard of Its mills for 65 cents per ton, while the Bethlehem and Scranton works are com- pelled to pay 85 cents per ton for lake transportation and upward of $2 for rail- wav transportation from the lake ports to their mills: therefore it is not strange that this industry ts rapidly centering west of the Alleghenies. Raw Sugar Untaxed. “By the McKinley bill sugar was free, re- fined sugar was taxed one-half cent per pound. We leave raw sugar untaxed and rate the tax on refined sugar at one-fourth of a cent. The law of 1890 provided a bounty of 2 cents a pound for all the sugar produced in the United States from the passage of the act until 1905. There was not a member of the committee that was not opposed to this bounty system, believing it to be, if not unconstitutional, clearly un- democratic. This bounty could have been abolished immediately without absolute in- justice. It would have been abolished; but, realizing that millions of dollars had been | invested since 189) by those interested in sugar production on the strength of the law existing, and the implied contract that such bounty would continue as provided by law, we felt that it would be an injustice to those thus situated to suddenly withdraw from them the promise of the government upon which they had made their invest- ment. Consequently, without recognizing the principle involved in the McKinley law or approving in any manner the bounty sys- tem, and actuated by the equity of the sit- uation, we concluded that justice demanded that those who made investments upon the strength of the law should not be deprived suddenly of all remuneration they expected from such Investment, and therefore pro- vided for the gradual extinguishment of the bounty, giving them time to adjust their business to the changes and conditions pro- jed for. “The bill presented by the committee in the judgment of every member of the com- mittee, is clearly upon the lines of demo- cratic thought and democratle declara- tion. Tt {sa complete compliance with the pledges and promises of the democratic party in relation to the tariff. and being such, I have no doubt but it will be enacted into law substantially as it comes from the committee. The Policy Pursued. “We can not consider that a broad na- tion would require us to live among our- selves, by ourselves and upon ourselves. We must take our share of the com- merce of the worll, and if we take our proper share of this commerce, we must leave to the intericr, by reason of geo- graphical conditions, the supplying of our domestic wants. For our export trade, therefore, the placing of raw material, like fron ore, coal and wool, upon the free list enables capital upon the sea coast to in- vest in the manufacture of the products of these materials, to enlarge by export 1 | result of this change in the tax on wool is, our trade with the outside world without in any manner interfering to any consid- erable extent with the development of aur industries designed to meet our domestic wants. The placing of wool upon the free list, while It may be considered detrimen- tal to the interests of the wool growers, can not but be beneficial to us, Our woal industry lags behind our other industries, such as iran and cotton, and why? Because there are grown more than 500 different grades and qualities of wool used in the textile industries of the world and the old world having :ong had the benefit of free wool, hed learned the knowledge of blend- ing and mixing these vartous qualities and grades of wool to the aighest possible de- gree. Our tariff on wool has deprived our manufacturers of the privilege of aequir ing this knowledge, and only a few grades and qualitizs have been utilized by our manufacturers. Soon they will acquire the same knowledge and obtain the same do- mestic results from their blending and uses, and as this knowledge is aequired they will enlarge its utilization. Our wool must be used in that blending, and the more woolens that are manufactured the more domestic wool will be used and the more the demand and the higher the prices that will be received therefor, so that the in my judgment, beneficial to the American | people in the broad sense of increasing our manvfactures, in furnishing employment to more labor, furnishing a market for mere wool and more compensation to the Ameri- can farmer for the wool which he produces. Because we do not want to tax a food pro- duct, if the same could be avoided, there was’ scarcely a maa upon the committee who desired to put a tax on sugar.”” ——___+e-— AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Preposed Ratiway Extension From Bethesda to Rockville. There are many stockholders of the Georgetown and Tenleytown railroad who} are anxious to see their line connect with one that goes all the way to Rockville, and the most interested anes in the Bethesda cerporation have been of late much ap- proached on the subject. As the Bethesda people have the power of extending their line, and they are favorably impressed with the benefits to be derived from such extension, it is mast probable that the open- ing of spring will see the extenston work begun. The Bethesda tracks at present ap- Proaeh to within six and one-half miles of Rockville. Custom House. Eleven hundred and seventy-one dollars were received this week at the Georgetown custom house as duties on imported goods | ‘That amount was received as follows: Glass ware, $89; champagne, $208; household ef- fects, $776; hats, $5, and books, $8. This is one of the dullest weeks the port has had for some time, the entries for seven days usually aggregating from $3,000 to $4,000, Canal Closing. The shipping season in a week or two will practically be over for the year, amd steve- dores and their associates will begin to hibernate. Some of the canal men have already begun to take off their boats, as canaling on cojd nights is not the pleas~ antest experience imaginable. But few ves- seis, if any, will now come round to towm before spring after coal, and anly a sutfi- cient number of canal craft to supply the local demand will be necessary. Boats arrived yesterday by way of the canal as follows: Consolidation No. 3, Capt. G. W. Colbert; F. O. Beckett, Capt. Zimmerman; Judge Stake, Capt. T. McCoy; No. 124, Capt. Ste- vens; A. H. Bradt, Capt. A. Roop; Judge Boyde, Capt. O. Steckle; Granite Na. 1, Capt. J. Magruder. Boats cleared Georgetown yesterday for Cumberland as follows: M. Hyatt, Capt. R. Hyatt; Gracie C., Capt. J. W. Collier; H. L. Bond, Capt. T. Ingrain; E. Pratt, Capt. J. Magruder; A. G. Johnson, Capt. A. Burns; A. Greenlees, Capt. J. Bryan; B. R. Mayfield, Capt. B. Bender; D, W. Sloan, Capt. M. Smith; W-. J. Stephenson, Capt. S. Grim; Seneca, Capt. T. Thrasher. Paragraphs. That proposed four-story hotel on the Palisades of the Potomac property is esti- mated to cost $200,000. It will nave a cen- tral tower 128 feet in height, and four cor- ner ones 100 feet high. It will have a frontage of 256 feet, and a depth of 160, and be known as the Victoria. Mr. Chas. Kuhns’ big warehouse on Wa- ter street, which burned several months ago, is now being put back in its original condition. Later it will be adder to. ‘There was on Roslyn Heights yesterday a very Interesting game of foot ball, which proved to be a victory fer the Young Wharf | Rats. Thefr victims were the Trinity School hoys. The score was 16 to 0. The features of the game were the long runs of McKenny and Walker. The Wharf Rats will meet all teams of ninety pounds or under. a An Eleetrie Car Disnater. ‘An electric car at East Liverpool, Ohio, yesterday ran into a party of thirteen per- sons on a trestle a mile east of the city. The trestle ts 200 feet long, and fifteen to twenty-five feet high. All of the people jumped but Mrs. Milton Harsha, who was struck by the car and instantly killed. Her hasband, who was walking beside her with their infant in his arms, jumped and re- ceived a concussion of the brain, but the child was unhurt Laura Martin, Delia| Martin, Aaron Moore, Charles Karcher and James Cunningham received injuries. ‘The rails were slippery, and the motor- man claims he was unable to stop the car. ——_—_-+e-— The cabinet on Wednesday evenin: ; the executfon of the law, but the property REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. — + Property Owners Desire Action on the Street Extension Bill. — HARDER PROBLEMS THAN L'ENF AN? HAD ——_—_—_.»—_—__ Improved Designs in Recent Church Architecture. eames SOME NEW BUILDINGS. eee To supply work to those who are without work is nuw urged as a reason for prompt action on the part of Congress providing | the necessary money to begin the work of | street extension. As a measure of relief one for the idle part of the poulation, this legislation will, no doubt, recommend itself | to members of Congress. At the same time, if other arguments are needed in addition to those which have been so fully set forth during the period of years while the street extension bill has been under considera- | tion, it might be said that immediate ac- tion in this matter would afford the great- est possible reltef to the property owners whose only misfortune is that they are the unhappy possessors of reai estate, though | unable to say exactly how much they have, | er how long they wiil have it. This un- certainty ts genuine, and comes from the delays in legislation which has afflicted the progress of the street extension bill. | classes is at this time, no doubt, bordering | on the desperate, yet it should not be for- | of relief? that the property owners will be | benefited if by any means the clouds of um | certainty are dispelled. It is comsidered im- | portant that as soon as possible this class | should Know where the lines of the pro- | Posed extensions of the streets will ge and| what will be left of their property, and oth- | er facts whieh are important. Relief for Property Owners. A good many owners hear the suggestions of the importance of hurrying Congress | with a good deal of the same feeling as the | men who look upon such a movement as | kely to bring within their reach the work upon which they depend for their livell- hood. The delay and the indecision in this particular has affected property, and now that relief is im sight, the owners are naturally anxious that there should be as hittle delay as possible. There ts, of course, a difference of opinion as to the details of owners are united in the desire that some decision should be reached promptly. On the other hand, those charged with the execution of this law find that the task is one not oniy of great magnitude, but of importance. In some respects they are called upon to dectde questions which are almost fundamental in their nature. The streets latd out years ago, according to the will of private owners, in some sectfons of the suburbs, bear no more resemblance to the plan of the city than if the land which ts adjoining was separated by miles of space. If all streets of this character could be wiped out of existence then the designer of the plan of extension would have a com- paratively easy task. But owing to ex- pense and other reasons this course cannot be pursued. Then the difficult problem is to be solved of how far the deviation from the lines of the city streets shall be made. Some owners further complicate the ma’ ter by holding that certain grades should be recognized and the streets made to con- form to the natural lay of the land. High Grades in the City. While this is an excellent plan in sections which are not likely to be thickly built up with residences many of those who are dis- cussing the matter argue that it is inad- visable to embarrass or interrupt the growth of the city in solid rows by the introduc- tion of high grades and winding roads which are found suitable in a suburban lo- cality. Such grades existed on F street before the advent of ex-Gov. Shepherd Everybody remembers the howf of objec- tion that went up when it was found that the grade was to be uniform. Houses and lots were left high above the street and the expense bore hard upon a good many prop- erty owners. At this dav mo one questions that this policy was im the In | | terests of the city and of the majority of although the citizens, individuals suffered. Charch Arehbitecture. One of the marks of the growth of this city in wealth and in population is the improvement im the character of the church edifices erected im recent vears as eom- Pared with the old time structures. From the prevalence of what is known as two story churches here it is evident that there Was a time when economy was the main thing in such an enterprise. A church on this plan effected a saving in two import- ant particulars, namely. the cost of the ground and of the building. As a rule the buildings themselves were erected cheaply and of the less expensive material of brick rather than mere costly stone. 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The church is Rot only going to be built of costly mate- Tal, but what is perhaps of more itmport- ance the design represents the best skill and taste. Most of the more recent Catholic tions of the Gothic stvle in archi- -ecture, and however effective that style is in large buildings it fs apt to be a trifle gotten that in urging forward this measure | commonplace when a reduction is at-| tempted. The new structure will be de- signed upon classical forms as modified and adapted in the renaissance of that style. ‘The handsomest recent addition te the churches of the citv is the Gunton Temple Memorial at the corner of lith and S streets. This building. while not notable on scceunt of its size. has an tnterior that walls and woodwork is rich and effective. The interior is a combination of graceful Mnes and harmonious coloring. The result jis art, but not such hich art as cannot be | appreciated by the ordinary individual. It restful, ehurchiy influence of this interior can explain the reason, bit it that it is felt. ee The Record for the Wee! The building record for the past week is the poorest of the year. But three permits were issued and they a; seen. iseregated in cost E. D. Farnham ts building a small two- story and ceflar frame dwelling at the cor = Ith and Frankfort street, Brook- D. B. Gotwals has commence? the erection of a two-story and brick dwelling at 423 10th street northwest. W. R. Cook is laying the foundation of a two-story and ceflar frame dwelling on Frankfort street, Langton. Teport of the building inspector for the month of November shows a total of thirty-eight new buildings at an aggr cost of $7,600. aa — —_--—— He Filled the Bin. From Good News. Sweet girl—“The man I marry must be both brave and brainy. ing and uy grave.” “Thi brainy. ‘Yes, Pose. pset I saved you from a watery was brave, I admit, but it was not it was. I upset the boat on pur- EPILEPSY OR FITS. 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