Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1894, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. M@UESDAY. «January 9, 1894. == HE EVENING STAR has a regular permanent circulation nearly double the combined circulation of the other ‘Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no com- petitor. “pie order to avoid delays, on Chief Drummond of the Treasury Depart- ment secret service is an excellent officer and his latest annual report records evi- dence of pleasing activity, but the document betrays a weakness with which there will be little, if any, public sympathy. Patheti- cally the chief calls attention to his ina- bility to Move against those men whose ‘wits are exercised in “green goods” swind- Ung. The operators are officially referred to as swindlers, villains, rascals, rogues, Yobbers, ruin-workers, and human vultures, although they do nothing worse than de- ceive men and women who are quite as criminal in their intent as are the tempters. ‘The victims over whose losses so many tears are shed plan to purchase what they believe is counterfeit money, which, of course, they expect to circulate with tre- mendcus profit to themselves and corre- sponding loss to innocent fellow-beings; at the outset of their endeavor to defraud they are themselves robbed of the capital they so foolishly and criminally invested end because other thieves are smarter than they the police are frequently called upon to interfere. One amateur rascal whose home was in Juniata, Neb., writes to the secret service: “Yours received and I will leave off all liminaries and tell you all straight and nestly, inclosed you will find a copy of a letter I received and so I answered it, done | just as the instructions say and I’ went | down to New York city and met the agent | and he took me to the head man and there | I seen the goods as they call it and I picked ut the amount I wanted to buy, which was $25,000, for which I paid $1,000 in New York | @rafts and the agent went to the express | office and there I sent or intended to send it to my address,but tite scoundrels changed boxes on me and when I got home and re- | ceived the box it had nothing in but blank j Paper.” veloped legislative ability. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. and wise as to those things in which the constituents were comcerned and had de- A large propor- tion of the membership would, however, have refused a nomi ation had they sup- posed that public affairs wculd in any way interfere with their private ventures while many more have, by ccrtinual listlessness, given expression to the belief that a seat in Congress is a purely honorary position with social and financial inducements of the pleasing sort attached. Of course there is an active leaven of the usefully-practical, much of it of the highest grade, but it has a hard time whenever it wants to do any- thing for the public welfare only, because so mary members are careless, except as to local bills in which they are particularly interested. But these conditions prevail in respect to every representative legislative body. Congress in an intelligent and busi- ness-like assemblage as legislatures go, and fairly represents the average American sentiment. If it dilly-dallies or blunders in its work it hears from the people, and as a rule it promptly responds to public opinion. — 2 ____ Springlike weather and the perennial af- fection of Americans for competitive ath- letics are responsible for the early move- ment of the base ball wave of 1804. In this city there is but little of the commotion as yet, for there is frost in the air and there will be more before the diamond out beyond Florida avenue is fit to play on, but within a month or so the “crank” will assert himself at the street corners and the voice of the new manager be heard in the land. With only a little encouragement this city would excel all others as a center of base ball enthusiasm, but years of neglect and a depressing succession of finishes in the last place have operated to discourage and disgust the thousands who are willing to give loyal support to a good and a squarely-managed team. Just what the management is doing or will do is at present unknown save, perhaps, to itseif. It may be doing its utmost to secure pos- session of good playing talent, or it may be planning speculative activity in which the present dime will be preferred to the Prospective dollar. Washington’s base ball enthusiasts, deceived as they have been and humiliated as they may)again be, are anxious to enjoy good sport of the honest scrt, and will patronize liberally if there is real effort to play average ball, but there is a dull season ahead\if the management Proposes to find its profits in the trading of good players and in public credulity. tee Another of these miscalled “unfortunates” went to the Treasury Department from | Easton, N. H., the following appeal: | have been Swindled out of 5 hundred | and 70 dollars by those Greengoods mens of New York and I have been there twice and | seen them in Broadeday light and I should Ro them all if I should see them again as 1 | t sufficient money now to look them ith I take this course hoping you will | assist me to hase them taken and pun- the full Extent of the Law, if you see my papers and hears what I hase through then you could Judge what do I am Strtsting and Hopeing in is greater them all that I may you soon and that we may bring to Justice. aH iif iy i yours in Haiste.” Plain people, who have common, every- @ay ideas about honesty will not share in the indignation expressed by the somewhat Militecate gentlemax from New Hampshire, ‘who having failed in his effort to be a suc- man who starts out to accumulate wealth by passing counterfeit money is every whit as bad as the smooth operator who robs the clusively to the business of stealing from more cowardly thieves the honest man has little reason for concern. js ____ It is hoped by law-abiding citizens of ‘Wechington, democrats as well as republi- cans, that if the President decides for any Feason to appoint a successor to District Attorney Birney before the expiration of the latter’s term he ‘will not do so in such @ manner and at such a time as to seem to justify the race-track gambiers’ impudent boast that they would cause Mr. Birney’s Prompt removal for his presumption in en- forcing the law against them. The gam- Biers expelled from New Jersey for New Jersey's good have beer temporarily and Perhaps permanently baffled in their ef- fort to turn the District into the site of the proposed new Guttenburgs and Glou- esters, and they hold the energetic and incorruptible district attorney personally responsible for the check which they have encountered. They have called attention through the newspapers to the “pull” on President Cleveland, which an alleged large contribution to the democratic campaign fund is believed by them to give them, and have threatened to use their alleged influ- ence over Mr. Cleveland to rid themselves of an official who conscientiously and per- sistently blocks their path. The People of the capital do not wish the District to in- herit New Jersey's shame and disgrace. ‘They do not believe for an instant that Mr. Cleveland will aid and encourage these law- breaking refugees to the detriment of the capital's moral and rraterial welfare. And 1 for these reasons they indulge the hope | above expressed that any executive action with reference to the district attorney- ship may in some way be distinctly and un- mistakably disassociated from the insulting hoast of the winter racing gamblers. ———+ += Mrs. Lease is not so thoughtful in a busi- mess way as she might be. She has not in amy way taken advantage of her notoriety to advertise Mr. Lease’s drug store. On the contrary the drug business has been kept studiously in the back-ground. It ‘Would Fave been very easy for her to say something incidentally in her speeches concerning ‘the merits of a particular style of medicine, the manufacture of which would make a fortune for the fam- | ily, but she has confined herself exclusively | to politics, and if it had not been for the | prying instincts of a newspaper reporter the public would have continued in ignor- ‘ance of even the fact that Mr. Lease is in the drug business. And after the long time that the name of Lease has been before the people, it is not even known whether this drug store belongs to the cut-rate or the gilt-edge-profit school of commerce, ®ruly, great opportunities have been wasted. — The President's local appointments so far have been wisely made and highly sat- M@tactory to the people of the city. Mar- @al Wilson, itke Commissioner Ross, is in the regard of Washingtonians, by virtue of his ability and tact will | rm the duties of his office with credit the administration, to the city and to! himself. oe ' The wheels of this government alternate | between a hot-box and a dead center. — There 4s an increasing tendency toward €riticism of the men by whom and the methods by which thic country is govern- ed. These individual investigations are, as @ rule, non-partisaa and fairly conducted: they deserve encouragement, for only by such means can be brought about the re- forms we so evidently need. There is rea- son for the spirit of inquisitiveness which 4s abroad and which at this time ts di- | Fected midinly toward Congress. There are | many excellent men in both branches of | the national legisiature—men who are fitted | for the duties to which they apply the best of their energies—but it must be borne in | mind that a large preportion of the whole has been projected into legislative life for other reasons than thcse of publicly recog- ized fitness for statesmanship. Argument | adverse to that fact would be an inexcusa- | ble waste of energy. for every intelligent | man and wo:nan who has any real informa- | tion atout congressicnal affairs must know | that most Congressm@ are Congressmen either because they desire to be or because material interests that are sufficiently pow- erful to elect set the machinery in opera- tion. Some there are who were deliberately and properly chosen by a majority of their @eastitcents because they had been careful t | million dollars from The result of the Hawaiiay policy of se- crecy and suppression is that the news from Honolulu to Américans comes a few hours later by way of the Warrimoo and Vancouver instead of the Corwin and San Francisco, through Cafiadian instead of American sources. No administration could fail to be gratified over so notable a diplo- matic victory. —- + ee With the surprises that are constantly being sprung in Colorado statesmanship the attorney general had some reason to be ap- prehensive about getting tangled up in his own advice. —_—__+ ++ ____ The annexation of Baltimore to Washing- ton will be electrically accomplished with a smoothness and ease that will afford a very agreeable contrast to some other proposed annexations. roo —_. Some congressional economist will pres- ently suggest that so long as a quorum seems impossible it might be just as well to shut up shop and save fuel. —_—_ +++ ____ Mr. Corbett or Mr. Mitchell, if really de- sirous of engaging in physical encounter, might challenge some gritty governor. —_—__~+ +s ___ There are numerous hints that Governor McKinley’s inauguration in Ohio was simply a dress rehearsal for something bigger. —_~+s—_____. SHOOTING STARS. Well Attended. “There's one good thing about an after- noon tea,” remarked a politician’s daughter. “What's that?” “There's always a quorum on hand,” Some General Result. “Oh, what's the difference,” he sighed, “When we have drained the cup, If men go broke on gay roulette Or simple seven-up?” A Practical Sarcasm. “You don’t look like ye’d had very good luck at dat house,” said Plodding Pete. “I got a cake,” replied Meandering Mike. “Den what yer lookin’ so sour about?” “Twas er cake o’ soap.” A Question of Taste. “It’s all well enough,” said the man who dislikes popular music, “for young gentle- men to write sentimental verses and set ‘em to music, But whem it comes to shout- ing "em at everybody who goes along the street, by means of a piano-organ, it really seems positively indelicate.”” A Matter of Do He was in a sad plight when they brought him into the house, shaking from an in- voluntary ice water bath in the skating pond. “Johnny!” exclaimed his mother, aghast. “Where have you been?” The boy was silent. “Why don’t you answer?” ““C~’cause,m-mother, I can’t exactly sa; “Why not?” “*C~cause, I d-dunno whether I’ve b-been skatin’ or s-swimmin’.” A Reminder. The ex-Columbian guard was gazing at the burning city by the lake. “That makes me think,” he remarked, pensively, “of the way we used to roast some of them there jay sight-seers.” Remodeled for Current Use. Oh, woman, in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please; You really play us horrid tricks When you go into politics, One-Man Rule. “What I object to} most strenuously,” said the man who continually talks politics, “is anything that savors of one-man rule.” “That's what I used to say,” replied his meek friend. “But I had to submit to it. And it’s better than’ what might be.” “What do you mean?” “Think of living in an apartment house with two janitors!” oe Happy W: ington. From Harper's Bazar. The hard times prevailing throughout the country are less evident at Washington than elsewhere. The great government mill runs forever on full time, and the army of government employes receive several the treasury each month, all of which goes immediately into local circulation. Washington, besides, is a city where much outside money is brought to be spent. More great houses are closed or rented this season than ever before; more furnished houses were offered for rent than was ever known to be the case; and more prominent families have gone to Europe, gone south, or remained at sum- mer country homes than can be counted. But new officials, new winter residents, and season visitors have come, too, and the winter starts with a sufficient promise of social interest and gayety. Political and international affairs have been almost too exciting, and the bitterness of legislative and diplomatic questions has invaded draw- ing rooms to a degree never known before. The very scheol children talk Hawaii, and can pronounce Liliuokalani without a stam- mer, and the boiling kettle is often only symbolic of the conversation raging around some tea table. —_— += A Proper Rebuke. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Chicago court that called an attorney to order on account of his abuse of a wit- ness is entitled to the t),nks of the entire public. There is mor. ckguardism to the square inch in the 1 of criminal cases nowadays than ir any other walk of life outside of the siums. And sometimes the slums have %so*hing that begins to compare with the ceceaexaminers. At Hudson’s TOMORROW ONLY Prices Cut In Half. HE are legitimate re, ductions from regular t FOR TOMORROW ONLY. As ‘will be seea all these goods are seasonable—something that’s in daily use in every household, and every house- Wife who desires to economize can make ‘We. buy about « dollar's worth by shop- ping tomorrow. 7A SOUVENIR BUTTER DISH FREE TO EVERY PURCHASER. ‘85c. Japanese Coal Hods..........+19¢. ec. Galvanised Coal Hods. Best Cedar Buckets, 3-hoop.........19¢. Best 8-boop Wooden Buckets........10c. Se. each All Sized Lamp Burners........5¢. each Wash Tubs......-..+ Hudson’s, 912 7th Street N.W. it ++-89 and 98c, [-) “A SPLENDID | VALUE In Furniture and Carpets can al- | ways be secured here. True to cur intention announced recently, we stall strive to make cat store, | the focus point whereat bargain. | seekers’ footsteps may be turned | with a deal of profit to themwelves, | As a good example of the kind of values, we shall offer Tomorrow } \Antique Chamber Suite, | Hair Mattress, i Bed Springs, Two Feather Pillows, i wn ty ‘a a) : fassert no given the for some has been Furniture-buying public time. The Suite is in Antique finish, in and other woods, and consists of three The Bureau has three drawers, mirror and polished brass The Dresser has three drawers, swing closet and her rail. ‘The HAIR RESS is of first quality picked hair. ‘The Bi ING is made of ind is the cele- make. filled with Ar |@! ‘This is a value bargain hunters will do well to examine. We've only a few more of those CK S left. Better hurry up if you want one at 25c. W. B. Williams,? Furniture, Carpets, &c., gth & D Sts. N.W. Liao im 1 IS $0955000 00S EDEEEO! HACKETT & IIcELGIN, Dressmakers, Importers, 410, 412 Clermont Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., Will exhibit a large collec- tion of Imported Model Gowns, Also Materials, For the Coming Season. HOTEL, NORMANDIE, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 11, 12 and 13. N. S. GANNON, Importer of Gowns, Wraps and [laterials, 126 West 21st St. N. Y. 5a9-3t S 2H OP CO SS SO oe oP co © A Great Painting “Christ in Gethsemane”’ the, cclavrated opiritual { artist, Heinrich Hoffmann, is now on exhibition HERE, as well as the pictures which the police “The objected Fates,” “Psyche at “Ps: to— ror” and Orient." which you are cordially invited to call and look at. G7 We make Frames and Fine Gold Furniture to order. eerhoff’s- Galleries, 1217 F Street N. W. Ja8_ Branches: 1221 Pa. ave. and 916 7th st PS o—S No Extra Charge —for quick work. With our improved ma- chinery and Dry Rooms: we can turn out the finest Laundry Work on very short Botlee. CURTAINS, Buc. H fe finish. CF Special prices to hotels and families. Capital Steam Laundry, MES. M. A. WEAVER, PROPR., 512 8TH ST. (opp P. 0. Dept.) jad Pure rood GOODS. Where They Can Be Found: JOHNSTON’S, 729 7th. Prices Pure Food Articles. Condensed Cream, Peerl Eagle Condensed Milk uaker Oats, 2-pound Package - - ettijohn Breakfast Food Macaroni, 3 for 25c. Buckwheat, Packages, Noodles, Packages, 3 for 25c. Vermicelli, Packages, 3 Java and Mocha Coffee Wilbur’s Cocoa, Per Ca Cottolene in Pails, Per Pound - Butterine, Per Pound ess Brand = - I5¢. = = = = = 16¢. 10c. = = = = 10. = = = = = 10, 3for - - - 25¢. - = = for 25c. - - =10C. = = = = = 30C. m= - = = 20. - = 10. - = = = = 18. Potatoes, Choice Burbank - - 75c. Bushel. Eggs, Fresh and Fine rp ae Butter . Lard, in Ti Best Mixed Tea . . Sugar-Cured Hams - Sugar-Cured Shoulders - “Electric Light” Flour “Lilly”? Best Pat. Flour PURE TEAS. Gun Powder Tea. Fine Gun Powder Faticy Mixed ‘Tea. Extra Choice Oolong Tea.. Extra Choice Gun Powder Tea. Leaf Tea. sibs 6 BEER EERE? phish 3 COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. BERREEE Baby Brand best fi SUGARS. Best Granulated Sugar.. Best Sugar LARD. Cottoiene, 3-pound “pails. Cottolene, 5-pound _ pails. FLOUR. E t+ ert td pate oes #8 1-16th bbl . SOAPS. Star Soap, 6 bars.. Brown ~ 6 Beebhe 1776 Powder, 6 fo All other Soaps in stock. STARCH. Large Lump Starch, 6 for.. Blastic (tat iron) Starch, Ivory (Elephant) Starch. Vermicelll, Sago, 3 fot 2he. Tapioca, 3 for Ze CEREALS. Bice, 5 for 2c Quaker Oats . J. B. Oats, 6 Loose Oats (rolled) Pettijohn Food Wheatlet Corn Starch, 3 for 2e Barley, 6 for 2%e. Howiny Grits, 5 for i0c Hominy (coarse), 10 for Corn Meal, bushel . ily. rs 1 1 FT 1 Fruit Puddine, fruit flevors, 3 for 26¢.. Pickles, Dressing, Sauces. O. K. Pickles, % pint bottles. Oe, O. K. Pickles, pints. . for Be Be. +100. Sauce, Olive aa, a for We... Olive -Oil, -imported. .. .. Lea & Perrin’s Sauce, 1% pints.. Lea & Perrin’s Sauce, pints. Mc, Olives, in glass, 3 for 2 1c, Our New Catalogue and for distribution Saturday. JOHNSTON'S, ns or Loose. .°. = = = 25¢. é 3oc. Pound. - &c. Pound. soc. Pound. 12c. Pound. - oc. Peund., - $4 Barrel. - $4.75 Barrel. FOOD. | JOHNSTON'S, 729 7th. FISH. Mackerel, 3 for, 25¢.. Smoked ‘Herring tbox ef, 100} , Vinegar. ite: Soe. 2c. + Bre. ne - 25e, SHOE BLACKING. ct ~4 Be. SUNDRIES. Bh Ba icy tat, ee BAKING POWDER. i. B. Powder, % Ib, ‘ 3B Baking Bow q Bh. ¢ for. -Be. of Small Vanilla, @ 5 Large Vanilla, 3 for be Extract Ginger, 3 for Gi Books Free Our excellent selection of standard books are free to our trade. When you make your purchase ask for one of our brary cards. We have given out a great number of beautiful books and albums within the * last month or two, History of the Iihle, Museum of Wonders, ‘The Prince of Glory, History of the United States, Horrors, ian Earth, Sea =. i ‘tunley’s Explorations, Crown Jewels, Lite, of Baroum. im's Progress, Beautiful Ger History of, the elt War, fe of Genel erman, Marvelous Wonders. Life. of Spui ‘Scenes Around the World, Life of Hon. James G. Blaine. Price List will be ready Great Chinaand Japan TeaCo. 729 7th Street N. W. TELEPHONE $18. oc Time ( 0 Worth Of Fine Shoes Must be turned into CASH. Tomorrow at 8 o’clock we commence our Great Sale to raise CASH. Every pair of shoes in our immence stock is reduced. CASH We must have and you get the benefit, for our loss is your gain. A complete fist of cut prices we haven’t the space to give, for everything is reduced in this sale to raise CASH. All $7 Shoes Cut to $5.00. All $6 Shoes Cut to $4.50. All $5 Shoes Cut to $3.90. All $4 Shoes Cut to $2.90. All $3 Shoes Cut to $2.30. Remember nothing is re- served. 5 0 J Hathaway, Loob & Harrington’s Men’s Shoes. George E. Barnard Co.’s Ladies’ Shoes Are in the sale and you will find this a chance of a life time to get the Best Qualities Latest Styles Shoes At unheard of prices. Sale will continue 20 Days. F. Crocker, Treas., (M, STRICKLAND, Inc) 039 Pa. Ave. AUN 416 7TH ST. —_— NOTICE.—On accouut of needing the space used by our Boys’ Clothing Department we bave closed out the entire stock to Saks & Co. We Have Now in Progress a Great Publishers’ Sacrifice Sale of Books. We Have Bought From Julius Hart, 744 Broadway, New York, His entire stock of books. ‘These, together with the books left from the Christmas sale, will be sold at prices that will be a revelation to the Library Edition of George Eitot Complete Works, cloth bound. gilt top, large type apd finely illus- trated, § vols... S63 Es0e Same bound in Threp-quarter Calf. Library Baition of Bulwer Lytton's Novela, cloth bound, gilt top, lorge type and finely Mustrated, a Were Sc. to $1. Now Ie. Were The. to $1.25. Now 5c. Were $1 to $1.50. Now 85c, Were $1.25 to $2. Now Sec. NEW PUBLICATIONS. Every volume is cut Below our already cut prices, DUE. D) aie 71a st. at 0 | It’s Quite the Fashion * . 4 To bave pictures taken by the f i - coy H 1217-19-25 Pa. Oceana neemnenodinn a FIGURES wii ‘That will command the attention of close buyers. We want you to read every line of this notice, and will guarantee a saving of at least 3iv. om every dollar of purchases made—offer to continue this week only: $1.50 Fellow’s Hy $1.25 Warner's Nave Cure. en. Now only $1 Brown's Iron Bitters. and appetizer you cap taki $1 Simuons Liver: Megulat SOc, Cuticura Ral Ze. Cuticurs Soap. 18.5.8. Now teen SEASONABL EDTES. Phosphatic Emulsion, made fresh daily... . Hy Pure Rerwegten ood ‘Liver Of] (fall pints). Cherry Pectoral. ; Kolb Pharmacy, Leaders of Lowest Prices, m 438 TTH ST., 8.W. —- NW. Owners of Lean Purses wu PERH wy work is above the average, tut con ate below the average. If send ren oxtumte, tt On be given. I also hung paper furmished by and