Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1894, Page 6

Your Sunday Want. Saturday’s special prices at the Palais Royal for Sunday “ Dress Require= ments are being more and more appreciated. Tomor- row’s list is unusually at- tractive: For Men. SSe pair for the “Palais Roya skin Gloves—tried on at our risk......$2.49 for the “Palais Koy $2.98 Silk Umbrellas; recovered free of charge should they split within one year of purebase.... pair for the Silk Half Hose lately reduced from 50e to Joe......48e for choice of "94 Spring Neckwear two 15¢ Linen Collars, and ouly 15¢ pair for the Cuffs. For Women. GLOVES—First floor. "* $1 English Dog- SSc pair for Ge Biarritz Mousquetaires......Sie for 5-hook Foster Kid Gloves -SSe for $1.55 Suede Kid ousquetaires. SSe for $1.85 “Palsis Royal” Undressed Kid Mousquetaires ‘These Gloves will be tried on at our risk, and guar- Qnteed the sawe as if regular prices were asked. VEILS—First floor. We for choice of the ten new styles of 25 Vella. NECKWEAR First floor. Bie for the new Wiudsors, with hemstitened ends. . He for Liberty Silk Reefer Scarfs: $1.40 for the Ig-yard squares.e....19¢ yd. for 44y-inch wide Embroidered Chiffoa; 2c yard for 9 inches --.2%he for the 49¢ Neck Boas of Black Net. UMBRELLAS and RUBBER GOODS—First floor. ice of Novelty Hiandle Umbrellas sold up to $2 -Only $2.25 for Mackin- toshes you will recognize as bargains at $2.50. MILLINERY - Second floor. Last of the $5, $6 and $8 Trimmed Bonnets to go at $2 each. You may give a spring-Ike appeas- ance to the one you have with a baneb of these flowers, ie to $1 bunch. RIBBONS—First floor. ‘The three best bargain lots of the season are Moire Ribbon for Sine these Bivek Alsatian bows, for $1.15 for Sik ya: Finch mprises Black s vonds."” 5 inches . only 37e yd. but looking like the 65e Rib- Lot & imciudes Moire Rtibbeus im all colors. 2 to 3 inches wide, for Se yd., worth from 122 to Ie SHOES. First Floor. Lowered prices for entire stock of Ladies’, and Boys" shelves ar? being Shoes. The the Palais Roy button ‘Ten styles fmous ORMOR SERS unt from, and Ia to select AML other Shoes at proportioaie reductions. JEWELERY First Flonr. The New Snake Gypsy Rings of sterling hh stone setsings, only 48¢ each...... and better Lorgnette and Watch Chains Six-karet Gold Pins. for veil, collar only ne Pins, oniy Se ‘Top Hair quolse Link Sword Lace each. CONFECTIONERY—Basement Floor. 1% each. ult Buttons, 49 pair. Pins, with -Silver turquoise settings, 1c pound for choice of 25e Caramels. To have ten for tomorrow's dedund five hundred being made as this is written:—Vaniila, Walnut, Cocoanut, Orange and Hyme- ‘S HOSE—First Floor. itiboed Fast Black Hose, in sizes 7 to 1Se. or 3 pairs fr 50e. These double stockings have never before beeu sold here or elsewhere at less than 20e pair. Wraps Less Than Half Prices. $9.98 each for Ladies’ Seal Plush Capes, trimmed with marten fur. Worth from $15 to $25 each. 4.98 each for Fur-trimmed Coats that sold up to $20 each. $2.98 each for Diagonal Cloth Coats that sold up to $9.50 each. 49c for Warner’s Corsets. You know the regular prices:—$1.50 for the Health Nursing Corset, $1 for the 333 Corset, $1.35 for the R. S., ete. Besides ladles’ are misses’ Corsets, all at 49c pair. Only 25e for Dr. Warner's Baby Waists. ’ 65cfor **Sonnette”’ Corsets. ‘The makers of the * P.* could net produce an faferior cors: The “Sonnette’” at Gc pair is Tike offering United States treasury potes at a re- duced price. 49¢ for “P. D.” Corsets. Misses’ sizes are the only ones that could be se- | cured. <0 misses may be fitted with $1.75 Corsets | for only se. 30c for “Double Ve.” rated Corsets im sizes for ladies, Here are the Ladies’ Black | Italian Cloth Corsets at 39¢ Instead of $1.65 pair, Bere the Misses’ $1 Corsets for 39¢. All “Double } Ve" Corsets at 39¢ @ pair. When before? When | again? Fourth Floor Bargains. er pair for choice of 150 pairs ef Lace Cortains fo Bruss jects, 54 inches wide, 3% yards long. eth less than $ With spring rollers, with heavy knotted quality Figured Silkaline, ality Curtain Serim. NINETEEN CARARAGH RvGs, | CHOICE USUALLY SOLD FLOM $18 TO $25, AT ONLY BIS So. The greatest or scrprise for be the those who are not Japanese Rugs, whicb, Wiile possessing much of the marvelous color-beauty connoisseurs will of Turkish Rugs, are at absurdly little prices, as follows Japanese $4.53... .. 4s, 6x5. for $ $18.75... loxté, White and G. Rugs, for | for THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1894—-TWELVE PAGES Handwear Handy At ARY ’S PER IHE WEATHER KEEPS ONE DODG- ing around—first into the winter stock —and then again to looking thought- fully om the new arrivals of spring. Luckily the store ts in that happy condi- tion of being able to meet all wants of all weathers. There -s just enough of the old left to choose from to bridge you over. Enough of the new in place to supply the advance calls. If you bave got a new pair of GLOVES to buy--which shali {t be-—winter or spring styles? Some reductions in price will tempt you to the former. The winning sbades of the latter entice you toward them. We are ready to turm whichever way you say. | Reductions Take Prece= dence. S-button MOUSQUETAIRE SUEDES, in ‘Tan, Brown, Gray, White and fancy tints— reduced from $1.50 and $2 to $1 @ pair. +button BLACK GLACE—sise 5% only-- reduced from $1 to 29c. a pair. A few pairs of the 49c. syecial lot are still left. MEN'S JOUVIN SUBDE-reduced from $1.75 to $1 a pair. MEN'S BLACK GLACE-—reduced from $1.50 to $1 8 pair, The Early Arrivals. Natarally you are looking longingly for the new ideas. We cam begin the pleasant duty of enlightenment at once. Fitting you, tov, if you are ready. BIARRITZ, in Tan, Mode, Gray and Black —vse. a pair. BIARRITZ, in Pearl, White and Light Tan, with Blsck or self-stitching~$1 a pair. PIQUE BIARRITZ—$1.25 a pair. 4-button GLACE, in Pearl and White, with self brode—S2 a pair. 4button GLACE, in Pearl, with Black brode—$1.50 a pair. REYNIER'S 4-button GLACE, in Light Tan, Cream, Buff, Pearl, Lavender, Re- seda, Emerald and Heliotrope—$2 a pair. 4-button GLACE, in Tan, Brown and Prim- rose, with colored stitching—$1.50 a pair. 4-button BLACK GLACE, with colored Stitching—$1.75 a pair. WHITE GLACE, with Black hing—$2 a pair. utton SUEDE, with Primrose or Black stitching—$2 a pair. 4-button SUEDE, in Tan and Pearl, with Kid trimmings—81.50 a pair. button SUEDES, in all shades, with Black stitching—$1.73 a pair, Never Out of Fashion. 4-button GLACE, in Tan, Gray and Black— $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $2 a pair. 4-button SUEDES, in Tan, Gray and Black $1.25, $1.50, $1.65 and $1.75 a patr. S-button SUEDES—same shades—$1, $1.50, $2 and $2.25 a pair. S-button GLACE, in Tan, Brown and Black—$1.50 and $2 a pair. Strictly for the Street. 4button ENGLISH WALKING GLOVES— fancy shades and Black—$1.50, $2 and $2.25 @ pair. +button “ENGLISH $1.50 a pair. +button ELK TANS—$2 a pair. 4-button CASTOR MOCHAS, in Tan, Brown, Gray and Biack—$1.75. FRENCH KID GAUNTLETS—$1.50 a pair. DRIVING GAUNTLETS—$1.50 a pair. Brown, Red, Men’s Gloves. REYNIER PIQUE—$2.25 a pair. REYNIER OVERSEAM GLOVES—$2 a pair. PERRIN’S ELK TANS—§2 a pair. Children’s Gloves. MISSES’ 4-button SUEDE and GLACE— $1 a pair. MISSES’ 6-button MOUSQUETAIRBE SUEDES- $1 a pair. MISSES’ BIARRITZ GLOVES—98e. a pair. MISSES’ ENGLISH WALKING GLOVES— $1 a pair. BOYS’ ENGLISH WALKING GLOVES— $1.25 a pair. WARM GLOVES and MITTS for “all te." What a safety you can feel buying GLOVES here. Never a concern as to the quality—never a fear of paying more than you ought. ‘The makes we handle never play you false. If a mistake DOES occur you bave us to fall back on. PERRY’S, Ninth And The Avenue. Established 1840. Telephone 995. : | : : Blanket “argains. es ERE’S a reduction in Blank- H- right when you need them most. 14 petrs 1-quarter White Wool Blankets. Were $6.50 and $6. Now $5 the pair. 3 pairs 12-quarter White All-wool Blankets. Were $8. . Now $6.25 the pair. 3 pairs 11-quarter 6-Ib. Wool Blankets. Now $3.50 the pair. 3 pairs 10-quarter White Lamb's Wool Cashmere Blankets. Now $3.50 the pair. 7 pairs White Wool Blankets, ex- tra large size. Now $2.50 the pair. Carhart & Leidy, {928 7th St. & : 706K St. ses) White * } ove . eee We’ reQuitting theBusiness And if we get within 30 per ce it of what Stock cost us We’ Y and trade wonld be lively tm this section. It's proved an off year prises, suf The public will "Hl brottt the ex 1 We Will Pay Car Fare. BR in h 3 re isn't tacked on mt is a fair, square were man’s, igth& R.I. ave. tee SSSSSSS 580 CO ; - ® ° An 3 OPEN And BY THE CON- STANTLY INCREASING AT- TENDANCE AT OUR SALB NEARLY EVERY WASHING- TONIAN NOW RECOGNIZES THAT —IN CONTRAST ‘tO MANY OTHER SHOE SALES— OUR SALE OF Jos. Wichert’s on RETAIL STOCK OF @ Finest Made © Shoes, & FORMERLY CONTAINED IN STORE & 616 FULTON STREET, Brooklyn, N.Y., @ «Strictly Legiti- @ e mate Sale GB) x © ie © © g 5 S ® Shoes, oat Exactly Half ca = Wichert’s Low Prices, MARKED IN HIS ORIGINAL ALSO THAT THIS STOCK CONTAINS © ee = # « Neither Com- & mon Nor Old: Stock Shoes. ‘“ It you appreciate FINE SHOES come at once—the best Shoe opportunity of a lifetime ‘will soon be beyond your reach, ©For Ladies. @ Finest Made Kid @ Bluchers, razor toe, with wing tip. Best Patent Leath- er Boots, kid or @ Com tope—medium a or Louls XV heels. $ a WICHERTS = §T <3 SHOES AT. : 3°50 8 Abcut 25 different styles of Fine Hand- made, Fashionable . Laced, Button Bots and = Low Stoes. WICHERT’S 2 $5 SHOES AT.. 5 ce) About 15 kinds of Fine Viel Kid Hend-made, — Com- 4 fortable Low and & High Cut Shoes. re WICHERT' $3 I io SHOES AT........ °50 Fe) So Only about 250 pairs left of those unusu- ally Fine Kid Boots, A to E width WICH- $ ERT'S $2 SHOES Se 1.00 Newark Custom-made French Calf, Kangaroo and Patent Leuther Shoes; also Tan Russia Calf Shoes. WICHERT'S $7 SHOES AT $3.50. WICHERT'S $6 SHOES AT $3.00, WICHERT'S $5 SHUES AT $2.50, >For Children. Boys’ and Girls’ Patent Leather Shoes. BOYS’ $2.50 CALF SHOES AT $1.25. CHILD'S $1.50 TAN SHOES, Tc. Reliable Shoe Houses, , 930 and 932 7th st., 1914 and 1916 Pa. ave., 231 Pa. ave. s.e. wee Co ea | on Saturday evening, February aversruis| The Best aa Remedy For WORLD'S FAIR. Stomach, Liver, and Bowel Complaints. AYER’S PILLS RECEIVED Highest AYER’S PILLS. Awards PRIZE MEDAL AT THE aT WORLD'S FAIR. World’s Fair. MALARIA CURED AND ERADICATED FROM the system by Brown's Iron Bitters, which en- riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids diges- tion, Acts like a charm on persons in general ill health, giving new energy and strength. 4 IF THE Ray 1S CUTTING TEETH BE SURB and, use that old well-tried remedy, Mrs, Witw Jow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It Soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all in, cures wind. colic and is the best reinedy for rrhoea. Twenty-five ceots a bottle. myl-1y WooODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP FOR THE SKI, nd complexion. All druggists. The re experience treating the skla. A tology. with every cake. ocd-ly book oa rial ks Garpet Bags Were once stylish “‘grips’’ for travelers, but are now considered relics of “ye an- elent days."’ One does not care to become “a laugh- ing stock’’ by rrying ante- @iluvian traveling equip- ment, and there is really no necessity for such a predica- ment nowadays, as we can furnish you with such a Stylish Gents’ ress Suit Case $4.00. and satisfaction. ‘These are of genuine leath- (er and made in our own | shops. ‘2 | Have a full ine of $4.76. | Gents’ Leather | Hat Boxes, ‘$3.20, $4.00 at 2 Other |, 38.60 Prices. CLOTH, SATIN, LEATH- ! EB AND PIG LININGS. TOPHAM’S Trunk Manufactory, ~~ 1231 Pa. ave. nw. Factory, 1218 220 E st. CLALTIES: RSP Leatheroid Trunks, remarkable for lightness and @urability. ‘atent Folding Coin Purses, 20¢. to $3.50. tent Combination Bill Fold and Purse, to $5. Repatring and ordered work in all branches of the business. it On The Subject Of Lighting We can give you hints worth hav- fhe ARCHER and PANCOAST GAS FIXTURES are our especial pride, because “We know them to be the finest constructed GAS FIXTURES on the market. They'N give better returns fer the money than any others you'll buy. S. S. SHEDD & BRO., _felg 432 NINTH ST. NW. CONCORD HARNESS Is the best because nothing but the best stock is put into it and none but the best workmen construct it. Beauty, strength and durability are the qualities characteristic of this harness, and our reputation and word is pledged with every set sold. Lutz & Bro., 497 Pa. Ave. fel6 Wail Papering Expertly Done Ry adepts in the art of Paper Hang- ing. Send postal to call with sam- mR pl Allan les and estimate. Lowest prices. fel6 eeeeerces Coburn, 1249 32d st. Spring Hats. All the new snd nobby Blocks in Spring Hats—ex- cept Dunlap’s Fifth Avenue— are ready. $1.50 and up. Willett & Ruoff, 9o5Pa. Av. fe16 ur | as a aR ARNE Na isn’t at all like the Trunk which you are offered about town at that price. It's stronger—better mado— Of better material and will outlast Any $9 Trunk you can buy else Where. Has double steel valent clamps all around. Steel knecs, 3 cleats in bottom, 12-inch hinges, iron bottom, Excelsior lock and lock bolt. We do ‘Trunk repairing of every | sort. | Kneessi, 425 7th St. THE GENUINE ANGOSTURA PITTERS OB DR. J. G. B Siegert & Sons are the most efficacious stimulant to excite the appetite. Ask your deal- er. Important Test In Can Wm. B. Matthews of the bar of this city filed an appeal today in the Supreme Court of the United States from the decision of the United States Court of Claims in the | now celebrated case of Marks and Wollen- | berg vs. the United States and the Bannock and Piute tribes of Indians, growing out of | depredations committed | 1878, by said Indians. This is a case of | great interest, as it has been made the test States to settle the meaning of the words n amity,” as they appear in the o March 3, 1891, “to provide for the adjudica- tion and payment of Indian depredation claims.” It is said that of the ten thousand claims now pending in the Court of Claims ‘under said act, at least six thousand will be practically settled by the decision of the Supreme Court in this Owing to the large interests which depend upon this case, it is the intention of the Attorney General and of the counsel for the claimants to move for a speedy trial. oe Netional Law School Alumni A call has been i | uate class of the versity Law School inviting all alumni of that institu- | tion to meet at the hall of the university for the association. e of forming titution hi purpe an alumn Ac evening. It is expected that a large at- | tendance of graduates of the school will | be had. — Special presents tomorrow. Page 4.—Advt. oueneonee. in Oregon June, | case by the Attorney General of the United | = | s been prepared, and this | f | will be submitted to the meeting tomorrow |i THE SOCIAL WORLD Diversions That Relieve the Somberness of Lent. Club Meetings and Musicales—Notes of Interest About Well- Known People. Mrs. and the Misses Brice are off to New York today to remain a fortnight. Gen. and Mrs. Greely gave a dinner party Wednesday night in honor of the Secre- tary of the Navy. The other guests vere Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Dee, Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Manning, Gen. and Mrs. Ruggles, Senator and Miss White, Com- modore Dewey and Mr. D. R. MeKee. Mrs. Langhorne gave a luncheon yester- day. Mr. and Mrs. Justice Shiras have left the city, and Mrs. Shiras will not return for four or five weeks. An enjoyable bal-poudre and calico ball was given Wednesday evening at 3333 P street northwest, in honor of Mr. and irs. B. Gheen. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Talbert, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gh2en, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gheen, Mr. and Mrs. Beall, Dr. and Mrs. Robertson, Dr. and Mrs, Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Garner, Mr. and | Mrs. Oetzel, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. Pointon, Misses Fearsons, Johnson, Lena Corbett, Hannah Draney, Smith, Pull- man, Austin, Moore, Tomlinson, Burnham, Turner, Maddex,Sophie Gheen of Baltimore, Elsie Corbett, Messrs. Gardner, Goddard, Geo. and John Gheen, Champlin, Skeen, Menchine, Maddex, Hainey, Altemus, Sny- der, Causey, Joachum, Buckingham, Fol- kinhorn, Cook, Fugitt, Burnham, Gardner, Gensler, Cook, Oliver, Smith and Sterling. Mrs. Koch and daughter, Hortense, from New York, are visiting Mrs. Koch's sister, Mrs, J. Sondheimer, 609 7th street south- west. ‘The Shakespeare class met last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Dupre- Sinclair, 1512 S street northwest. Scenes from Macbeth and the Merchant of Venice were read and interestingly discussed. These meetings, which have proved enjoyable to all concerned, will be continued until the summer season. The Misses Barnes, Cla- baugh, Pecus and St. Clair and Messrs, Sin- clair, Exner, McNulty and Peterson took the prominent parts in the recital. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. W. Shomo of ne New Jersey avenue northwest gave a little dinner party in honor of Dr. Frank J. Bloe- defield of Tacoma, state of Washington,who is visiting the national capital for @ short stay. Among those present, besides host and hostess and the guest of honor, were Col. D. A. Key, the Misses Shomo and Ar- buckle, Mr. Walter Shomo and others. Miss Eva Samstag has left for New York. Der Deutsch-Amerikanisher Ciub was en- tertained last Wednesday evening at the resi- dence of Miss Alma Ebert, daughter of Mr. Chas. Ebert, 2108 Pennsylvania “avenue northwest. The large parlors were thronged to their fullest capacity. Miss Ebert wore a very becoming pink gown, and was ably assisted by Mrs. Giles C. Rush and her sis- ter, Miss Ottilie Ebert, both of whom lobk- ed charming in full evening dresses of pure white silk. The program was one of excep- tional musical merit. Among those present were Dr. and Mrs. von Hartleben, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ebert,Mr. and Mrs. Rush,Mr. and Mrs. Danl, Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Fela- house, Mrs. Dr. Daw, Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Kaiser, M George, Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Hale, Mrs. m. Spelshouse, Miss Spelshouse, Miss X. Hancock, Misses Flora and Bertha Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pulsifer, Chi- cago; Mr. Theo. Burns, Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Bishop, Mr. T. Frank Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Baker, Langdon; Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hall, Mrs. R. D. Mussey, Miss Mussey, Mr. and Mrs. Giles Heilprin, Dr. Jas. E. Bliss, Miss Tanner.Miss Edna Tune, Miss Agnes Peugh, Dr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Jones, Mrs. T. W. Mitchel, Mrs..Chas. E. Stuart, Misses Julia and Minona Maedel, Mr. J. A. Heydler, Miss Proctor, Miss Baur, Mr. Wm. King, Langdon; Mrs. Proctor, } Misses Clera, Lottie and Wilma Willen- bucher, Miss Rakeman, Miss Amelia Rake- man, » A. Shoenecker, Mr. and Mrs. Hazard, Mr. and Mrs.Wetzel, Miss Hayden, Mr. W. Tefft Johnson, Dr. G. R. Lee Cole, Mr. J. Mohler Gwin, Mr. Geo. Misses. McCreary and the Misses Ebert. The Potomac Literary Club held its regu- lar monthly meeting Tuesday evening last at the residence of Dr. Wm. H. Daw, 2301 H street northwest, with Dr. D. 8. Lamb in the chair. During the business exercises several new members were elected, and the treasurer, F. B. Taylor, esq., sent in his resignation, on account of illness, ‘Ihe €s- say of the evening, entitled “The Untrav- eled Ways of Mexico,” was delivered by Col, Edward Daniels, illustrated with the lantern by Mr. E. Pullman. After a brief recess the exercises were continued with a song by Mrs. Wm. H. Daw, entitled “Since First I Met Thee;” a select reading by Miss F. A. Doughty, “A Sketch of the Parliament of Religions in Chicago;” piano solo, by Miss Alma Ebert; trio, entitled “Down in the Dewy Dell,” by Miss McKee, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Daw, concluding with the song, “Oh, Premise Me,” by Mrs. D. P. Morgan. Amcng thcse present were: Dr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Daw, Dr. and Mrs. D. 8. Lamb, Mr. ard Mrs. J. Orville Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. H. C, Thompson, Mrs. Maria Stierlin, Mrs. M. A. Austin and daughter, Miss Mat- tle M. Stickell, Miss Lamb, Dr. L. R. Klemm, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Morgan, Capt. Charles Ebert and daughter, Mrs. J. L. McCreery and daughter, Miss Ella Johnson, Mrs. Morre}, Miss McKee, Miss Facius, Miss ftorence Solger, Mr. Giles Rush, Mr. Jos. Striker, Mr. Will Stierlin, Mr. Wilbur Goss, Mr. J. M. Given, Mr. Geo. C. Gwynne, Mrs. Lea- vitt, Mr. E. J. Pullman, Judge Wood, Mrs. J. V. Clarke, Mrs. Helen M. Fisher, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Neale, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lo- throp, W. H. B. Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. John L rris, Mrs. M. T. O'Donoghue, Mrs. D. T. Voorhis, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Geo. Pryor, Mr. and Mrs. J. 1D. Croissant, Dr. V. D. Collins and Miss Collins, Mrs. M. A. | Browne, Miss Bessie Gimore, T. A. Kitcnie, | Miss D. Tune, Miss A. M. Chamberlain, Mr. B. A. P. Pool, Mrs. W. H. Parnsey, Mr. E. P. Champlin, Dr. and Mrs. Forrest, | Mrs. Watkins, Mr. J. B. Philp, Miss Dough- ity, Col. Daniels, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Ba- jker, Mrs. Pulsifer, Mrs. Leavison, Miss | Haslip, R. A. Phillips, Mr. E. W. Fitzer, | Miss Olive Pullman, Miss R. F. Kercheval, Miss B. Sprague, Mr. and Mrs. R. Grant | Barnwell, Mrs, A. McLean and Miss Ke- fanner. Invitations have been issued by the Young Eckington Socials for a dancing reception, jto be given February 28 at Kremb's Hail on | northwest. ladies and gentlemen of Eckington and vi- cinity. Mrs. Cushman K. Davis ts going to give |her musical friends a rare treat by Invit- i 3 to 4 to hear a celebrated harpist perform. Devoted to Stat es. America’s Statistical Society was organ- ized in this city last night. The object of this organization ts collecting, arranging and publishing facts calculated to illustrate | the condition and prospects of all indus- tries, especially facts that can be stated numerically and compared in tables, viz: The collection of new statistical materials, the condensation, arrangement and publi- cation of all official figures, home and for- eign, wherever published or unpublished. | The officers are as follows: Amos J. Cum- ! mings of New York, president; William | Lawrence, Ohio, first vice president; John F. Hanson, Georgia, second vice president; | Mr. George W son, New York, third vice | president; Mr. Charles $, Hill, Washing- | ton, national secretary. Vice presidents of | the’ various sections of industry: H. A. | Brown, Massachusetts, sugar iadustry; H. | M. Swank, Philadelphia, iron industry; H. Hester, Louisiana, cotton industry is E. Warren, Wyoming wool industr3 Richards Dodge, Washington, agrict tu! | Charles. Felton,’ Rhode Island, tanufae- | tures: R. Squibb, New York, chemistry James F. Du Bois, Pennsylvania, Inver William F. Mciennan, Washinzton, nance; J. W. Whiting, Washington. com- merce; Charles B. Morton, Maine, shipping, ‘and Marshall MeDonaid, Virgiuia, fores- tries. The will of Sophia C. Holmead, leaving her estate to C. H. Holmead, her brother (who is named executor), in trast for C. H. Holmead, jr., was filed yesterday. -_— The city council of Hammond, Ind., has granted a five years’ franchise to the Roby acing Association to operate a race course jat Roby, which is now in the Hammond city limits. The association is to pay $75 a month for the privile The famous old ho y, the Washington Hotel, at Philadelphia, has passed to the control of John G. Grady, as receiver. 7th street between S and T streets | This club ts composed of young | jing them the afternoons of next week from ! | George Menke. He IN HOTEL CORRIDORS. Mr. Joseph W. Yates is more than sixty years of age and stoop-shouldered. His face is seamed with the wear of time, but in its features, as plain to be read as an cpen book, is the fact that he is a business man of sagacity, boldness and long experience. Mr. Yates is the senior member of the firm of Yates & Porterfield of New York, who since 1854 have run a line of freight steam- ers from that port to Liberia. If any man knows the African republic of the west coast, Mr. Yates is the man. He is the Liberian consul to the United States and lives at Plainfield,N. J., when not ut his New York desk, which, by the by, is many hours a day. He came to Washington Thursday morning and slipped out again at 11 o'clock last night. His wealth ts esti- | mated at anything between ten and twenty , Millions of dollars. He paced up and down the corridors of the National last night, evidently anxious to be gone. “Yes,” he said, in a high-pitched and somewhat peev- ish voice, “I know all about Liberia. What | do you know about it? It has an area of 800,000 square miles,one-third of which is arable, The rest is timber land and moua- tains. Some of the ground will grow uny- thing, and some of it is so poor that you couldn't raise a row on forty acres of it. it's population is 120,000; and very few of the people are white. Of these people, 2,- 000 are American negroes. They came mostly from Arkansas, Georgia and South Carolina, but every part of the south is represented. The remainder are natives. The products are coffee, palm oil, gum | copaiba, ivory, woods that are used for dyeing the finest silken fabrics, and picka- ninnies. Despite the latter, population is not increasing. It is about at a standsull. The country is developing slowly. Of course it has much improved since the United States took hold of it in 1820. It grew a good deal after the close of our civil war, but it lacks much of being a first rank power even in 1894. The temperature is remark- able. Spring, summer, autumn and wiater the thermometer ranges from 80 to 85 de- grees Fahrenheit in the daytime, never higher and never lower. Liberia is but ; €ight degrees north of the equator, and there is not much room for variation. There is always a land breeze or a sea breeze, 2-d the nights are cool. The college at Mon- rovia is doing well. The country aas six missionaries, who devote most of their time to the natives, the American blacks being, of course, already Christianized. We carry in our ships about 120 emigrants a year. You can see for yourself that the outpour- ing tide is nut heavy enough to’ seriously deplete the southern plantations. Some- times a western editor, having nothing bet- ter to do, gets hysterically funny, says that our business is to carry rum ani -; aries. I feel grateful, but you can say for. me that not a drop of rum or any other intoxicant has ever been carried to Africa in one of my ships. We take such emi- grants as wish to go and bring back the vegetable products of the country, notably the Liberian coffee, which is the finest in the world. So fine is it that the British government has made many efforts to crow the tree in Ceylon. It is still trying, but with little success. It has also been tried in Brazil, but failure has followed there also. “You may say for me, too,” said Mr. Yates, rising from the chair into which he had dropped,“‘that while it is a part of my busi- ness to transport African emigrants from the United States to Africa, I tell them to Stay at home. They are never satisfied over there. They are miserable. The self-ex- atriated negro suffers with nostalgia as ; keenly as a Laplander. Let him stay where he is. I don’t want his money. This may shock some of my southern friends, who want to get rid of him so badly, even though they have no idea of how they would get along without him, but it is a matter of my own knowledge, and ts hon- estly stated.” wa i Registered at the Ebbitt is Mrs. Ira D. Sankey of Brooklyn. She has come to Washington to see how the sweet singer of Israel whose name she bears is prosper- ing with his revival work. She is seem- ingly not over thirty years old, of fair skin and with plenty of soft brown hair. e face is placid and kindly, and there is some- thing in it which $ the minister's wife, although she carries herself with the air of the traveled woman of the world, and \dresses quietly but with extreme Surrounded last night by congratulatory friends and newspaper men was Senator- jelect McLaurin from Mississippi. He is a ;Southerner, looks the southerner, and, con- jsequently, puts up at the Metropolitan. He talked freely and with that rare tact which enables a man to use a gre: without saying anything. Upon ‘subject as to whether he would or would not vote for the con! Mr. Peckham, he = ee eS one with the laryn- s For some days the hotels of Washington have shown little variety in the character of their guests. The usual quota of com- mercial travelers and sightseers are on hand, of course, but the others are all man- ufacturers or miners or large producers of one kind or another. They are brought by the transference of the tariff bill to the Senate end of the Capitol, and are all en- gaged in a last desperate rally to get what they want themselves, whether anybody else gets anything or not. Iron men, coal men, tobacco men, sugar men, lead-ore men, cloth men, boot and shoe men, all sorts and conditions of rich men are on the ground. In their rooms, in the parlors and in the dining halls talk upon this, that or the other schedule falls upon the ear, and around the cigar stands and above the long mahogany counters in the basements ar- — that are sulphuric tur the air | blue. Mr. Edward B. Bartlett, now at the Eb- bitt. is a fair sample of what horse-sense, honesty and industry may do in America. He is in the neighborhood of fifty, and would be picked out for a man of strong mentality in any company. Not many years ago he was managing editor and literary director of a junk shop in New York, and had a very big one at that. He conceived the idea of organizing a vast warehousing company, seeing the need of such a thing, and went to work. Today he is president -of the Empire Warehouse Com- jpany of New York, possibly the largest concern of its kind in the world, employs | hundreds of men, handles millions of dol- } lars’ worth of property yearly, and will die | enormously rich. He 1s indefatigably in- dustrious, and a sound and ple; it talker. THE COMMISSIONERS’ CALLERS, Little Time Left to Them for Consider- ing Business. ‘The present unusual pressure for employ- ment, and the dally demand of Mquor ap- plicaats for consideration of their liquor licenses, interfere seriously with the reg- ular work at the District building. Com: missioner Ross could easily get along and keep the wheels of government moving if he were allowed to have a certain time to himself for the transaction of municipal affairs. But all day long he is besieged in respect to offices and licenses. Fore- most among the visitors of the Commis- sioners are the Congressmen. They come at all hours, and have no respect for the building shall be closed to the public at | 2 o'clock each day. Were this rule re- spected the situation would be greatly re- Meved. These Congressmen, however, have no regard for rules, and demand admit- tance. The citizens profit by the example, and they insist upon sending their cards to the Commissioners. The result can eas- lly be imagined. Owing to the — form of the local government, the Commis- sioners do not like to refuse anyone admit- tance. Once the rule is broken, infractions become more frequent, until ft is almost a dead letter. Commissioner Ross asked The Star re- porter to suggest to those who desire to see him to call in the morning. ——~—>—__ For Specifie Performance. A bill for the specific performance of agreement tc sell was filed today by Mr. Leon Tobriner for Joseph Kummer against claims to have re- | ceived on November 21 last a deposit for | the purchase of No. 20 K street northwest for $6,000 of defendant and the defendant agreed to comply with the terms and has | neglected to do so. ————_ Allenating a Wife's Affections. In the Court of Appeals yesterday Jus- tice Shepard handed down the opinion :in the case of Cleland Lindsley against J. S. | Vamsant for damages \in alienating a | wife's affection, affirming the court below in overruling the defendant's motion for a Dill of particulars. sano Re Oe Street Ratlroads Sued. Margaret Hamilton, by her next friend, John A. Hamilton, has entered suit against the Washington and Georgetown | Railroad Company and the Rock Creek Railway Company for $10,000 damages for injuries claimed to have been sustained in the collision at 14th and U streets northwest on April 16 last. rules of the office, which provide that the | Cod Liver Oil as it appears in Scott’s Emulsion is easily taken up by the system. In no other form can so much fat-food be assimilated with- out injury to the organs of digestion. Scot's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos- phites has come to be an article of every-day use, a prompt and infallible cure for Colds, Coughs, Throat troubles, and a positive builder of flesh. Prepared by Scott - Bowne, N.Y. All druggists TE sn S| ABOUT GEORGETOWN. The Arguments at the Canal Hearing at Hagerstown, Md, Yesterday. The City, It is Thought, Will Be Bene- ited im Any Event—Removal of a Cemetery. The question of the extension of the rule of the trustees now in power over the Ches- apeake and Ohio canal, was discussed yes- terday before Judge Stake at Hagerstown. Messrs. Hugh L. Bond, jr. J. K. Cowen and J. Clarence Lane, the latter represent- ing the newly organized transportation com- pany, who are desirous of introducing elec- tricity on the waterway, represented, the petitioners. It was stated by Mr. Cowen that the canal trustees were in favor of keeping mule power on the canal. Should the right to introduce electricity pe given to the Transportation Company, and the system turn out failure, the loss would in no way fall upon the trustees, but upon the experimen: company, v4 abundantly able ane it. _ Attorney General Poe's answer to the peti- tion embraced six reasons why the state should not grant the request of the truste: It stated that the trustees have not complied decree in not kee; the court informed of the canal’s cont! at the end of each boating season; that the application is premature by one year; that mo case is made by the application which calls for its exerSse; that the canal is now Operated at a eat loss; that the Tram portation Company's scheme is visio that the canal is being operated at a lose - be — —_ are imperiled there- 2 at a oriered at once of the canal should be e Erie canal iments Mr. said: “They are basored ec have and Judge Stake will give his decision in about three weeks. Georgetown Will Be Benefitea. In speaking of the hearing yesterday it was stated this morning by one who has kept himself posted that either the success or failure of the effort of the trustees to retain possession of the canal will work to Georgetown’s advantage. It the trustees have their petition favora acted upon and electricity is introdu (which the Scientific American says has Proved a practical success on the Erie canal) Georgetown’s trade will becom greatly increased and transportation facil- it.ted, and if unfavorably ected upon the existing charter granted the West Vir- ginia Railroad Company and giving them the right of way over the Chesapeake and Ohio canal becomes effective, in which case a railroad will be operated along the canal and wn will be made the terminus. Am Old-Time Sanday School. Acommittee has been appointed to search the records of Dumbarton Avenue Church in order to find the names ef the old su- perintendents and Sunday school pupils, so that those who are living may be in- vited to participate in the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the estab- lishment of the school, on the second Sun- day of June next. The records show that im the beginning the Sunday school serv- ices were held twice a day, at & o'clock in the morning and at half-past 2 tn the afternoon. Boys who misbehaved were stood up in the corner during services and teachers who absented themselves without @ good excuse were requested to resign their positions. Those on’ the committee are Messrs. J. W. Kirkley, C. E. Beach, John Hieston and Isaac Birch and Mrs. Emma Waugh. The celebration will no doubt serve to br = together hundreds of old members an. cement old ties. In — Ways it will be a occa- ee ite Holy Rood Cemetery. A petition is being circulated in the vicin- ity of Mt. Tabor Church asking the author- | tes to abolish the Holy Rood cemetery. } The burial ground, those who have drawn | the petition say, is a bar to the advance of |improvements, and consequently a draw- | back to the prosperity of the living. It is being largely signed by the property holders. Notes. A big revival is being conducted at Ban- cock, on the canal. Benitents are appearing {daily in great numbers, and many have , professed conversion. | The Young People’s Guild of the Congress Street M. P. Church presented a deligntful program last evening to a splendid audi- sence. George Agustus, a small boy living near Hed was accidentally shot yesterday in $ ———— BOARD OF TRADE RECEPTION, Am Enjoyable and Notable Affair Ar- ranged for Tuesday Evening. From ail indications the receptibn of the board of trade on Tuesday evening next in the hall of the National Rifles’ Armory bids fair *o be a most pleasant occasion. The list of invited guests Includes the mem- bers of the cabinet and of both houses of Congress, the judiciary and many prom- inent citizens. In addition to my od tinguished guests a full attendance members of the board, now numbe-ing nearly 350, and representative of all walks (of business and professional life, 1s expect- ed. Addresses will be made by Senstor Faulkner, Representative N, C. Blanchard, \J. H. Eckels, controller of the, currency, and others. The number of favorable re- sponses to the invitations sent out tas been very gratifying to the committee hev- ing charge of the arrangements for the » ception. ta The Brazilian Rebellion News. The news received of the extensias of the operations of the insurgents in Prazl and the further extension of the state ¢ siege at Rio was not welcomed in officia circles here. While formal corroboration: has not yet been received there appears t b no disposition to doubt the fact that thy insurgent cause has been gainiag rrouné Minister Mendonca stated that he had re ss from his own govern ceived no such new: eos ov te val officers is the decision to protract t state of siege for sixty days, which carries it through the summer. They had hoped that the difficulties in Brazil might have been ily adjusted as the result of an election which would be acceptable to all elements. But with the extension of the siege, it becomes necessary for the United States naval vessels to remain in the torrid weather and limited waters of Rio bay ex- posed to yellow fever. ———__-o-___—. Commander Schroeder Gets the Firs! Prize. ‘The board of control of the Naval Ins» tute has awarded the first prize this year o Lieut. Commander Seaton Schroeder, m duty at the Washington navy yard, for ds paper, “The U. 8. 8. Vesuvius, With Spelal Reference to Her Pneumatic Battery.” ‘he prize consists of $100, a gold medal andlife membership in the Naval Institute. Assistant Engineer F. M. Bennett, on tuty at the Navy Department, won the frsthon- orable mention with @ paper on “aval Reform.” .