Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1894, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. ) a LOCAL MENTION. THE WEATH oR. Forecast Till S p.m. Saterday. For the District of Columbia, Mary and Virginia, fair, variable winds. m of the Wate ter at § condi- ir, temperature, 4 ndition r- u- ction, ; distribut condition nt gate house, Colored Derbys, in all the latest styles, 2.5, $2.00, $3 and $4.00. R. C. Lewis & Son, 1421 New York avenue. — = Grand display of Meats at the cor. of 9th and La. . tomorrow. Cheap. WOODWARD AND LOTHROP will offer tomorrow a special lot ef Men's High-grade Safety Bicye! pneumatic tires, full ball bearing, at £ Value, $55.00. Johnston's Burbank Potatoes, 70c. bu. p. 5. x = SALE ENDS TOMORROW. Tomorrow w day of the most successful candy sale Washington has ever known. This is the last chance to obtain delicions ® and 3% cent mixtures TS A POUND. Make the most SHEETZ, 10TH AND F STS. N.W. vias anni Nena Johnston's Prices, Groceries, page 5. = - = You can get more good Meat at the cor. ef 9th and La. for your money than any place in the cit HOW DO THE Al! Fruits. Groceries and Prov respondingly low prices TO: Quaker Oats, per package 6 boxes Sardines. ? — ae 2s Johnston's Grocery Price List, page 5 You can save money if you buy your Meats at the cor. of 9th and La. ave. Cheapest place in the city to get good Beef, Lamb, Veal or Poultry. LOWEST PRICE EVER QUOTED. Gold Filled Hunting se Watches, either Elgin or Waltham mo nent, fully war- Fanted—very handsome—only $9.45 tomor- row. M. Schuster, 717 Market Space. Special Presents Saturday, page 5. Come to the cor. of 9th and La. ave. if Fou want good Meats. All kinds of Meats at prices to suit the hard times. Pure Aluminum Cooking Utensils and house- furnishing specialties at Morsell's, 1107 7th. CITY AND DISTRICE AMUSEM TS TONIGHT. Albaugh’s Grand Opera House.—“The Prodigal Father. New National Theater.—Lillian Russell's Opera Comique Company in “Princess Nic- otine.” Academy of Music.—Dockstader’s Min- Btrels. Harris’ Bijou Theater —“Police Patrol.” Kernan’s Lyceum Thenter—The Night Owls Beauty Show. Metzerott Music Hall.—Concert by the Howe-Lavin Concert Company. EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Mount Vernon.—Macalester leaves at 10 a.m. Mount Vernon.—By Pennsylvania railroad, every hour, daily. Tally-ho Coach, 5il 13th street, for Ar- lington and Cabin John bridge. Sens of Veterans Entertain. John A. Dahlgren Post, No. Sons of Veterans, gave a pleasant entertainment last night at the hall of the post, on Penn- sylvania avenue southeast. The principal ob- ject of the entertainment, which was compli- mentary to the friends of Dahlgren Post, was to form a Ladies’ Aid Society, in con- junction with the organization. The pro- gram consisted of the following features: Prayer by the I Mr. Carr, oration by a { the F E. Eldridge, flute and guitar | duet by M Berry and Stoner, recita- tion vy Mrs. M. Neyl®, comic song by W. P. Woodfield, recitation by Mrs. Hodes, harmonica solo by J. M. remarks on the Ladies’ Aid Miss ttie Allen of Cushing Camp. Officers will be elected and installed at a meeting to be held in the near future. Miss Mattie Alien has been designated by mal President Miss Belle Gray as in- ling officer for the occasion. After the pregram had been rendered, refreshments Were served to se present. Mr. James A. Frazier acted as master of ceremonie: the committee on entertainment was Posed of Messrs. M. Swan, W. P. Wood- field, S. P. Taylor, A. H. Pinney and W. Hopkins. —_—. — — Ways and Means Committee, K. of P. The ways and means committee of the} Knights of Pythias encampment held a meeting last night at Pythian headquarters im the Warder building. Chairman Richard Goodhart presided, Secretary J. C. Wil- fon recorded. irman reported that the committee had secured Mr. Frank Tonnley and Mr. John M. McClintock to act as gen rs. These gentlemen will make a ss of the city to get contributi defray the expenses of the conclave. Mr. McClintock reported that he had a begun h uss and he had found the ettizens very willing to give to the fund, and hey displayed a at deal of inter: in progress made by the committee, and Were enthusiastic over the encampment. ‘The chairman stated that the executive com- mittee would visit the lodges of the juris- diction and report to them the work done and to be done by the committee. The sec- retary stated that he had prepared his financial record, and that his books con- tained the names and addresses, together with the amount subscribed by all con- tributors. Th books will be kept and will serve as a record of the enterprising citizens and Pythian friends. _— Columbia Zither Club, This popular musical organization gave its first monthly complimentary entertain- ment and hop last evening at Arion Hall. ical program excellent and well rendered. The atten ice was good, composed of members of the club, their families and friends. The concert recently given by this club was a decided success. The following are the offi of the club: President, Mr. R. F. DeGrain; vice presi- dent, Miss Pauline Isemann; treasurer, Mr. Edward DeGrain; secretary, Mr. Fred C. Schlaich; director, Prof. C. Kremb; assist- ant director, Miss J. Blumenfeld; chairman ef reception committee, Mr. Harry Wolf. > Retreat at 8 Rev. Father 0” nican Monastery, Matthew's. rien, O. P., of the Domi- opened on Wednesday @ spiritual retreat at St. Matthew's. Be- sides the usual morning masses, there is a mass with sermon at 9 a. m., and at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon Father O'Brien delivers a sermon. This evening the con- &regation will smble to assist at the de- Votion of the stations—Via Crucis. The re- treat will close on Saturday. - Anctent Celtic Literature. There was a ed audience at the Catholic Unive lar Thursday lecture. The lec- | ture wes an ag one by Rev. Dr. Shahan, o “Ancient Celtic Literatury closest atten- tuon of the audience to the ¢'! — Epwortbians at Baltimore. tion from the chapters of the Ep- i district, will n to attend the an- leave here this aftern nual meeting tf Raltimcre this evening of the Baltimcere confer: of the Epworth League. ed a Done Right is Twice Do herefore if time and « via B. and 0. Itimore and s to More on foliowins Advt. » 5.—Advt. to return until | of about! th ar | $8 or twenty-four days was imp | | Det: FOREIGN AND LOCAL Tramps of Both Classes Prominent in the Police Court Line, Remarkable Number of Traveling Gentlemen Who Hail From Rich- mond—All on Their Way Home. Friday is usually a dull day in the Police Court, but today was an exception to the rule and three dozen persons, not all good citizens, were in the toils on various charges. While Hquor was responsible for the appearance of a number of the unfor- tunates, domestic trouble added to the prov- ocation in others, and several of the prison- ers were young men who said they were in search of work. Two of them men of the latter class, who looked enough alike to be twin brothers, had assumed the road names Nelson Hanson and Hanson Nelson. When Deputy Clerk Harper called the names, he told the judge that there was evidently a mistake somewhere, but the prisoners said the names were correct, and so the court proceeded to hear the case. Charles John- son was also with them, and they were all willing to take a short trip to the farm in order to recuperate. Last night they went to a police station and asked for lodgings, saying they were tired of the read and wanted a place to stop for a few days. ‘The court sent them down for ten days. William Saxton and James Gill came next in line. They, too, had been on the road some weeks and had become weary. “I came from Cumberland,” said one of them, when questioned by the court. “But where is your home?” “Oh, I live in Richmond, and am on my way home now.” “it's a remarkable thing,” said the judge, “that so ny of your class come from Richmond." ‘They were given ten days. Thomas McNally, Michael Riley and Jo- seph Vimm, three more knights of the road, appeared. “They came to the station last night and asked for a place to sleep,” said Policeman Carson, “saying they had no place they could call home.” The men wanted the court to release them, but the judge thought five days would give them an idea of Washington justice and gave them that length of time on the farm. i Two more strangers, Cornelius Meany and William Smith, known to the police as members of the “college gang.” ‘They were seen-in the vicinity of George- town College and one of their number went in to get food for them. The college people have always been charttable, but they are being imposed upon so much that the police have endeavored to protect them from im- posters. Like the other strangers they were sent down for ten days. ' These were the last of the city’s guests and then came those who reside here. Local Talent. Charles Lewis was the first of this lot called. Although well dressed he was in the procession of tramps, disorderly per- sons and other victims of the police. He had been arrested once before because he was suspected of having passed some- thing to represent money, and sent to the workhouse. Since his release he has been seen about the streets acting suspiciously, so the officers charge, and that was why they arrested him last night. - The prisoner had nothing to say, and the judge sent him back to the farm for a month in default of bonds. Samuel Coleman,a young coloured man who wears good clothes and attends dances when he has the necessary amount of cash, tripped the light funtastic in Nash’s Hall on O street last night. During the course of the evening the warm atmosphere made him uncomfortable, and he concluded that he would get cool before the next dance. But ice water was too weak for him, and the stronger fluid robbed him of his senses. Leaving the ball room he went across the street to the front of Ruppert's saloon, where he stood on the sidewalk and shouted at the top of his voice: “Jim —-- ——, I want more whisky.” This was repeated several times, and Policeman Flynn arrested him. Lawyer: Peyton enlightened the court on the subject of these social gatherings an¢ made an earnest plea for Sam. “He went to the ball,” said the attorney, and, like many others, he got on what the drinking men call a ‘booze.’ At these dances they generally have a jug in the back room, and the liquor is handed around until somebody gets drunk.” Judge Kimball said that the Mquor was not forced into such persons; that they acted as free agents in the matter, and, of course, they must expect to stand the con- sequences. Sam, who was not thoroughly over what his counsel termed a “booze,” was fined $5, ut he did not have that amount of cash in his good clothes. ows the Ropes. Lottie May, a young woman of uncertain age, was the only white female in the pro- cession today. She exists in South Washing- ton when not in custody, and during the past few years she has been something of a fixture in court and on the farm. Last night she had attended a mixed gathering in an alley, where there was rusic and danc- ing, and where liquid refreshmerts were passed to the guests. Lottie had her full share of the good things, but they put her in_ bad humor. It was nearly midnight when the couple reached 41-2 street and Maryland avenue, and then there was a bad e of tongue lashing. And Policeman Flather declares that her language was so bad that it stopped a Belt line car. “Not guilty,” was what the woman said when arraigned, and the policeman made his statement. You say she used bad language?” . Sir,”” was the officer's respons: it was so bad that I can’t repeat it. “What have you to say?” Nothing,” was her reply. “Bonds in the sum of $0 or sixty days.” A Regulation. Fred Kline was also a prisoner, and, al- though he declared he had not touched a drop yesterday, a policeman told the court that he was “half drunk.” “He had put his wife out in the street,” said the officer, “and threatened what he would do if she returned.” Fred told the judge that his wife had a boarder and he compiained that the troubie he had with his wife was the result of “rushing the growler." “When I went home,” he said, “and com- plained of the drinking in the house, my wife told me I had no business there. Judge Kimball told him that he had a ‘and | right to regulate affairs in his own home, but he had better keep sober. A fine of er brought up the rear of the © She is a colored woman in ill- health and when arraigned she plead her iliness in support of a request that the court release her. of melicine and a box of pill: was satisfied from her appearance that the rk house is not the place for her and released her on her not to use whisky in the future and keep out of trouble. but the court ——— New Compan: A charter of incorporation was yesterday frantel by Judge J. Keith Norton of the corporation court of Alexandria to the Jul Lansburgh Furniture and Carpet Company of Washington, the capital stock being fixed at $100,000, divided into shares of the par value of $10 each. W. Boyd of Washington, president; Hines of Baltimore, vice president; a Lev Washington, secretary, and C. J. Hammertey with Messrs. T. R. burgh and Simon Golds‘ of directors. These, 8, Julius Lans. im, are the board Washington, treasurer. R. = To Make Money. Mr. W. R. Davis lectured last night at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church on the sub- t of “How to M a Living Outside of Government Employment.” The lecturer introduced by M els. The | theme was ar intere and was listened to with evide ation by a audien He s everal co- enterprises in which money could be protitably inve Senator Higgins of ware made a brief address full of sym- y and advice for the colored race. Poor Butter. hless Creamery" pi present low price Oyster, 340 Center Market.—Advt. . The w is 3 per Ib Market and ‘ze sale of household effects, orna- at 3, 14 7 G street, at 10 t auction, § y noon. t Must by atcliffe, Darr & Co.’ "s.—Advt. She produced a bottle! her own bonds, advising | | der will hold its SUBURBAN RAILROADS. Capt. Powell Gives His Views on One Part of the Subject. The Commissioners have recommended adverse action upon Senate bill 1629, pro- viding for the extension of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home railroad. The exten- tion contemplates a line from G and 14th | Streets northwest to Florida avenue by way of lth street, H street, Connecticut avenue to I street and 17th street. Again, from Florida avenue by way of 17th street ex- tended to Park avenue, in Mount Pleasant, thence along east and west streets to be | subsequently designated, inclusive of one | such street to the Zoological Park, and within five years of approval of the act, through the entire length of Rock Creek | Park. The report of the Commissioners | Was prepared by Capt. Powell, who reit- erates his recommendation against the use of lith street for a railroad. He does not think it would be judicious at this time to |grant a charter to a railroad running through the Rock Creek Park. A charter jof this kind, he thinks, if granted, should be let to the highest bidder, or that the railroad should be built and operated by the park authorities for reasonable com- pensation, and under proper reguiations. He thinks, however, there is a need for street railway facilities from the city through Mount Pleasant. He suggests if the authority lately recommended by the Commissioners to the Rock Creek Railway Company to build a branch from the inter- section of 18th street and the line of Su- perior street east and north by way of 17th Street through Mount Pleasant be not ac- cepted, then that the present bill be amend- ed so as to authorize the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Company to follow that route. Capt. Powell suggests that the Eck- ington and Soldiers’ Home Company be authorized to extend from the intersection of 14th and G streets, on 14th, H and 17th streets to Connecticut avenue, on that avenue to Florida avenue, Ontario street, Superior street, Central avenue, and on the line of 17th street, in Washington, to How- ard avenue. Another and perhaps a more natural route to Mount Pleasant and the vicinity of the two parks for the Ecking- ton and Soldiers’ Home Company would be from llth street and Florida avenue orthwest, on llth street and New Jersey avenue extended, as they are expected to | be, and thence west and north on present street or on streets to be hereafter laid out. The intersection of 11th street and Florida avenue is now reached from the center of | controlled and managed by the same com- | Pany as the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home railway, and would, therefore, be practi- cally an extension of the latter system. eS AMUSEMENTS, The Howe-Lavin Concert tonight.—Mary Howe, or as she is known in private live, Mrs. Wm. Lavin, the young and charming Vermont soprano, whose excellent singing in this city is pleasantly remembered, has just returned from two years’ study in Europe, and from a decided operatic suc- cess in Berlin, perhaps the most critical capital better work now than she has ever done. The instruction she had abroad brought out her voice, so that it is now fuller and rounder than it was. She had a remarkable success in opera in Berlin, as did also Mr. Lavin, and they have an engagement at the Royal Opera House there next year, and also at St. Petersburg, which they will probably accept. Propositions have airealy been made to her to head an English opera company in this country, but she will probably only sing the concert tour now marked out for her and then go back to Europe, returning after a year's success there, and chen the English opera project may materialize. She and her husba: have studied together and work in perfect harmony. Although they are both re- membered as excellent concert and oratorio singers, they have developed dramatic power which commanded the approbation of the press and public abroad. The con- cert tonight at Metzerott Hall will be an enjoyable one. The program will inclu Mary Howe and Mr. Lavin in solos and duets, and will also introduce Sig. Campa- nari, an excellent baritone; Mr. Luckstone, a pianist of ability, and Miss Leonora Van Stosch, the young Washington violinist whose success since her return from Europe has been something phenomenal. Metzerott Hall will undoubtedly be fill tonight with a very distinguished audience. Reserved seats may be obtained at Met- zerott’s music store. The Hoosier Poet's Readings.—James Whitcomb Riley—the same intensely nat- ural and pleasing Riley—and Douglass Sher- ley, who modestly introduced himself as “a stout, obscure person whom Mr. Riley's manager discovered in Kentucky,” alter- nated in playing with the tender symnpa- thies and risible faculties of the people who filled Metzerott’s Music Hall yesterday evening. There was a full half hour of delay before the performance commence: but the impatience of a more than ordi narily cultivated crowd vanished when Sherle: ’erhaps.”” From that time until the x- tremely entertaing couple bowed an adieu there was on the part of the audience intense interest, laughter, tears and applause. Mr. Riley had, it is true, no novelties to offer, but he charmed just as wonderfully as when he first delighted the public with his recitations. Mr. Sherley, who is large and of pleasing presence, turned out to be much more of a feature than many who had never heard of him supposed he would be; a past master in the very difficult art of story telling. he gave every evidence of being a cle’ author. His humor was fine, his sentim: of the warm, southern variety, his path smooth and heart-reaching; his tragedy intense. There was not an unsatisfactory contribution on the entire program, and if the energetic manner in which both Mr. Riley and Mr. Sherley were recalled again and again is worth anything as testimony, the listeners would willingly have staid an hour longer. he Stein Arctic Expedition.—The arctic expedition to Ellesmere Land will be the topic discussed at the special meeting of tional Geographic Society, which will d in Rifles’ Hall Monday evening. ‘The Secretary of the Navy will preside, and | the author of the plan of the expedition, Mr. | Robert Stein, will make an address. There | will also be speeches by Gen. Greely, Com- modore Melville and other well-known men, One of the objects of the meeting is to add to the fund whitch is being raised by private subscription to defray the cost of the ex- pedition. An admission fee of fifty cents will be charged. Tickets can be obtained at Brentano's, Free's, Ballantyne’s and at the hall on the night. America.—Perhaps the greatest spectalt. introduced in the spectacle “Americ: | which will be presented at Albaugh’s next j week by Messrs. Abbey, Schoeffel and | Grau, is the work of the Schaffer family, a |ecompany of acrobats whose performances lare simply marvelous. This is a genuine | family, sisters and brothers, and not a ber of profes people brought to | for personal interest. They come from ac- | robatic ancestors, for their fathers and | forefathers were acrobats from time im- | memorial. They have been trained to gymnastic work from their earliest years, | and they keep in constant practice, so that | their performances are always perfect. The ‘own up members of the family a 1 mous equilibrists, Sylvester and S | standing at the head of all the jugglers in the world. They have repeatedly been dec- ed by the crowned heads of Europe, and take pride in the fact that never in their career has there been an accident of any kind to any member of the family. This, of course, is due to the extreme caution they exercise when performing on the stage. When they first appear the smallest mem- ber of the family is brought on the stage in a small traveling handbag, but this does not in any way injure the child, who en- Joys the act, and who, like all the rest of the children, know no such word as fear. “America” is the most elaborate of all the spectacular productions designed by Imre Kiralfy, and will undoubtedly meet with the same success here that it has achieved in Chicago and New York. EE Ladies of the G. A. R. U. 8. Grant Circle, No. 1, Ladies of the G. A. R., held its regular meeting on the 27th instant, at Typographical Temple, opposite the United States pension office. The meet- jing was opened with unusual fervor, it be- ing the occasion of the presentation of a fine article on the origin of the flag, its holy mission, {ts sacredness, and cited many points of eloquence its birth had brougnt forth from the ps of statesmen. The or- second anniversary on the 12th of April, and proposes then to give a large entertainment. > A Suggestion for the Choir. To the E of The Evening Star: Will you Kindly allow me space in your jchoir give a concert for the benefit of the i poor of Washington? |the city by the lith street line, which 1s | in Europe. She feels capable of | introduced his unwritten story | beautiful American flag. Stirring remarks | were made by Messrs. Lincvln and Brea- | siers, followed by appropriate singing, and the milltary salute to Old ¢ . The cap- | tain, Mrs. Mary Houghteling, then read a valuable paper to suggest that the Moody | THE LIQUOR BILL A Hearing Before the Senate District Sub- committee, Colored Clergymen Oppose the Pa sage of the Babcock Amendment— What Senator Gibson Says. The Senate District committee held a meeting this morning for about an hour, the greater part of which was occupied by a discussion of the House bill 3740, amend- ing the act regulating the sale of intoxi- eating liquors in the District. As there were a number of clergymen anxious to be heard in opposition to the bill the comimit- tee decided to place the matter in the hands of a subcommittee, consisting of Senators Faulkner, Gibson and Hansbrough, who should hear all of the interests and report to the full committee later. Consequently the subcommittee held a meeting imme- diately after the adjournment of the full committee, and listened to arguments that were presented by a group of colored min- isters and others. Mr. Shoemaker ap- peared as attorney for the anti-saloon league, assisted by Mr. William F. Vinell. Among the clergymen were the Rev. Dr. Grimke of the 15th Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. Mr. Brown of the Piymouth Church, Rev. Eugene Johnson of Lincoln Memorial Church, Dr. Fisher of John Wes- ley Church, Rev. Walter H. Brooks of the 19th Street Baptist Church, Dr. Howard of the Southwest Washington Baptist Church, Rev. Mr. Wiseman of the Lutheran Church, | Rev. Dr. Cunnell of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and Rev. Newby of Union Werley Church. Against the Babcock Amendment. They argued that the Babcock amendment to the bill, which was adopted in the House, | would be greatly detrimental to religious |and educational interests in Washington. | The bill as it came from the House to the | Senate provided that a license for the sale | of liquor should not be granted for the con- |duct of such business within four hundred | feet of a public school house, private school or house of religious worship, measured to the nearest entrance of each by the short- |@st course traveled. Exception is made in | the cases of such places of business as were | located or licensed at the date of the pass- | age of the act of March 3, 1893, or previous to the erection or occupation of the school poouse or church. It is provided that no ho- tel hereafter established shall be licensed that has less than twenty-five rooms for guests. The House report from the District com- mittee set forth that a purpose of the act | as amended is to make the act of March 3, | 1898, clearer In Its provisions as to the lo- jeations at which intoxicating Mquors may be sold and also to deprive the act of its | retroactive features as to such locations so as not to destroy a business heretofore es- tablished. The subcommittee will grant a hearing or Thursday next to other ministers who desire to present arguments, but so far there have been no requests for hearings from the Mquor people. An effort is being |made by the Anti-saloon League folks to |persuade the school superintendents and | teachers to appear before the subcommittee |in behalf of their interests, but it is doubt- ful whether they succeed. Favors the Amendment. Senator Gibson, a member of the subcom- mittee, said this afternoon to a Star re- porter that in all probability the subcom- | mittee would reach a conclusion on Thurs- | day, so as to report its provision to the full | committee on Friday next at the regular meeting. “I am in favor of the amendment,” he added, “and I hope that it will be accepted by the committee and passed by the Sen- ate. I think it would be wrong to enforce the provisions of the old law in their strict sense. This would cause the closing of j almost all hotels In the vicinity of La- fayette square and McPherson square. The influence of St. Matthew's Church under the | provisions of the act would close Welcker’s, | Wormley’s, Chamberlin’s, the Shoreham and possibly the Arlington and: the Normandie; for this church has been evected for fifty | years and antedates all of those establish- ments. I do not think it would be wise to | force these places to close their restau- rants, and I hope that the amendment, which I think is a wise one, will be adopt- | ed.’ Three Bills Disposed Of. The committee disposed of three bills at toady’s meeting. Senator Hunton was di- rected to report adversely Senate bill 1141 for the relief of S. J. Block and A. P. Baur- man of the District of Columbia. This bill was referred to the District Commissioncrs, who recommended adverse action. Senator | McMillan was directed to report adversely Senate bill 1242 for the relief of the estate of the late William L. Scott, a member of Congress from Pennsylvania. This action was also based upon the recommendation of the Commissioners. Senator Proctor was instructed to report favorably Senate bill 1507 amending the act for the support of | the District government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878. This amendment ap- plies to section 4, and provides that if ene- half of the tax levied upon the real and | personal property taxed by that act shall ‘not be paid before the first day of Decem- | ber in each year that installment shall be thereupon in arrears and delinquent; and | there sMall then be added to be collected with such taxes a penalty of 1 per cent and |a like penalty on the first day of each suc- | ceeding month until the payment of the in- stallment and the penalty. If the install- ment shall not be paid before the first day |of the following June, together with one- | half of the original tax due before the Ist day of June, a like penalty shall then be added upon ‘this last one-half of the tax | amd the whole together shall constitute the delinquent tax, to be dealt with and col- lected as the act prescribes. The meeting today was attended by all but two of the members of the committee, | Senators Wolcott and Gallinger being ab- | sent. — Threw a Brick. Sam Johnson, a colored man, who was under the influence of Hquor, assaulted Frank Bell near the corner of 7th and H streets last night. The only reason for the "trouble was the fact that the Hquor had af- fected his brain, He imagined that Mr. Bell was going to strike him with a brick, and so he hurled a brick at Bell. Fortu: nately, vy missile did not strike the man for whom it was intended. Johnston + was arrested, and now he is spending four months in jail. | ae | Mr. Adam Ritter died at his residence, on 3d_ street northwest, this morning, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. | BLOOD POISON AFTER APPROACH OF DEATH. NEW LIFE BY TAKING HOOD'S, “For four years I was in intense suffering with | an abscess on my thigh. It discharged freely and | Several times PIECES OF BONE CAME OUT. |Last February I had to take my bed for four | weeks, and then it was I began to take Hood's | Sarsaparilla. I soon got on my feet, but was very | weak and went to the Maryland University Hos- pital, they said my trouble was chronic blood poisoning, and gave me little hope. I re- turned home and continued taking Hood's. T have used six bottles and the abscess has entirely dis- appeared, and I have been in where FINE HEALTH EVER SINCE. T know if it had not been for Hood's Sarsaparilia | I should be in my grave. I have gained in weight from 147 a year ago to 170 pounds today. I praise Heod’s Sarsaparilla Cures WM. E. GREEN- Raltimore, Md. Hood's Sarsaparttia for it all.” HOLTZ, 1812 Hanover st., HOOD'S PILLS cure liver ills, constipation, Dillousness, jaundice, sick headache, indigestion. "WHAT CAN CUTICURA DO? | Everything that is cleansing, purifying and beautifying for the skin, scalp and hair of in- fants and children the CUTICURA REMEDIES will do. ‘They speedily cure itching and burning rzemas, cleanse the scalp of scaly humors, y the blood and restore the hair. They are ely pure, agreeable aud unfailing. Sold everywhere, WHOLESALE STEALING. A Young Man With Peculiar Ideas of Personal Property. Detectives Weedon and Lacy in making an investigation of robbery reports have discovered more about the operations of Richard McCauley, alias Thompson, a col- ored boy who has figured in a number of cases, and who escaped from the reform school, where he had been sent because he had attempted to rob a safe. He is a light- brown-skin boy, fifteen years old, and, be- ing a good talker, he experiences no diffi- culty in obtaining good homes where he gets opportunities to steal, and then he disappears. He always tells a pathetic story about the loss of his parents and suc- ceeds in working on the sympathy of per- sons by requesting them to give him a home. It was in this way that he was permitted, some months ago, to sleep in the real estate office of Atwell and Coffee on Capitol Hill, where he broke open the safe, expecting to find money. Soon after leaving there he was arrested for a theft committed at the house of Mrs. Gant, No. 123 Maryland avenue, where he had been befriended. He also robbed two houses on the 7th street road. Nothing was heard of the boy again un- til a few days ago, when he went to No. U street and secured a good home by means of his plea of having no home. When he disappeared a gold watch also disappeared, and then complaint was made. Yesterday the boy showed up at the house of Mr. W. W. Martin, on Maple avenue, Le Droit Park, was given a home and last night he put to bed. When he got up this morning he asked permission to go out and buy a newspaper. He went out and with him Dotan two pocket books con- taining about $15. The officers are now looking for the boy. ECS Rate HE WAS GUILTY, The Man Who Fractured a Child’s Skall is Sentenced. ‘The case of the colored man, William R. Daily, charged with assaulting Daniel Gum- mer, a two-year-old child, some days ago, as published in The Star at the time, was tried in the Police Court today, the defend- ant demanding a jury trial. Daily lives in Southeast Washington, and on the day of the assault he was under the influence of lNquor. When he went home in the evening his wife wanted to keep him in the house, and, in endeavoring to do so, she went out with his hat. He pursued her and she en- tered the house of a neighbor and there the husband, it is charged, struck at his wife with a cane. The stick missed his wife and struck the Gummer child on the head. The skull was fractured, but under the care of Dr. Mudd a decided improvement has taken place, although the child has not yet fully Tecovered. The defendant denied that he even saw the child on the day Spee but the officer who arrested him told of an al- leged statement made at that time. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and the court imposed a fine of $50 or sixty days. —__ Crim: Court. In Criminal Court, Division 2, Justice McComas, for today, some of the cases for violating the oleomargarine law had been set, but neither the government nor the de- fendants were ready, and the cases went over. Beecham ’s Pills COVERED WITH A TASTELESS AND SOLUBLE COATING. A WONDERFUL MEDICINE FOR Indigestion, Want of Appetite, Fulinces aster Meals, Vomiting sickness of the Stemach, Bilious or Liver Complaints, Sick Headache, Coid Chills, Flushings of Heat, Lowness of Spirits, and All Nervous A fections. To cure these complaints we must remove the cause. The principal cause ts generally to be found in the STOMACH AND LIVER; put thease two organs right and ail wil be well. From two to four pills twice a restore day for a short \ime will remove the evil, and the sufferer to sound and lasting health. Johnston’s Burbank Potatoes, %0c. bu. p. 5. Santana You've laid aside two dollars to buy a bat. Pay us $1.19 for one of those $2 stiff or soft hats, and keep the change. it Henry Franc & Son, cor. 7th & D. s idan Ts Johnston's Prices, Grocertes, page 5. It cht —— Do not fail to attend the assignee’s sale at 417 7th street n. w. We have a large and desirable stock of tine Groceries, Wines, Ci- gars, etc. These goods must positively be sold in the next tew days. You can make money by purchasing your supplies now. 8. H. Murn Assignee, M. Metzger. 1t* —_— Johnston's Grocery Price List, page 5. 1t Sa kadete Royal Headache Powders, 10c. Free Trial Samples at all Druggists, oc 2%-m,w,f&stt Special Presents Saturday, page 5. Ruptures, Varicoceles, Hydroceles CURED Without Operations, Pain! or Detention from Business DR. PARKER 114 G St. N.W. FREE EXAMINATIONS. Week Days: From 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Sundays: 10 to 3 o’clock. 25,000 people are killed yearly in America from the unnatural pressure and constriction of | trusses. Severe truss pressure upon egg-shaped pads enlarges the rupture and frequently causes paralysis, nerve, brain and spinal diseases, tumors, abscesses, strangulitions, Bright's disease, rheuma- tism, and, besides, they make life a burden. Any ordinary rupture I cure without danger or pain and at moderate expense. VARICOCELES. The creeping, tnxidfons nature of a varicocele | renders it more dangerous than a ruptare. It is | so slow and often | action that {t frequently qt | incurabie | reaches an stage before the fated man discovers what it is. Many afflicted men believe they are ruptured. | | They experi soreness, dragzing down feeling, | debility, they tire easily, are ne: and frequently there are enlarg, like hernia. If you suspect trouble of tis mutture, call upon me for free examination. Without fear of successful con to be the only physician on earth to Varicocele without operation or pu Kartovert, That New Material eoeee Kartovert Telescope Cases, 3 Kartovert Telescope Cases, CF Leather name tag free with | $2.9 each bag. Kneessi, 425 7th St. Eicht Cents | And NoCoupons SAVE TIME, TROUBLE, PATIENCE, MONEY. The most complete, most artistic, best portfollo | of World’s Fair Views, in 20 parts, each with sixteen photographs, 8x10 inches. Part 1, sample, at the nominal price of Se. Remaining | numbers weekly at Se each. Inquire Stationery Department of the Palais Royal. Brighten your Sunday costume with a touch of) latest springtime fashions —visit the Palais Royal te- morrow. 44c IS SATURDAY'S SPECIAL PRICE FOR MEN'S LATEST LONDON STYLE 50¢ AND 6Sc FOUR-IN-HAND AND KNOT SCARFS.... SAMPLES IN WINDOW. TFA complete collection of Men's, Women’s and | Children’s Furnishings, some at less than prevail- ing prices. Such are the following: Flowers You Require. French Flowers to revive your winter bonnet. The bargains of the grand collection are the bunches of Slik and Velvet Roses at I5e Instead of 48e. | Three roses and three buds, in pink, jacqueminot | and magenta. Almost as good a bargain are the bunches of Violets at only 5c. The Latest Gloves. Not only the very latest, but the best of best Gloves, made so by unusually careful selection. If| you will allow one of our experts to fit a pair to your hand their superiority will be so manifested that you may be tempted to purchase. Very correct, apparently frail, but easily cleaned and really long lasting, are the White Glace Kid Gloves, with four large black pearl buttons, black em- | broldery and black welt, $1 and $1.50 @ pair. And here are the Suede Kid Gloves that are to be au fait for spring wear. Note the variety and beauty of the colors in tans and browns. Plain, $1.25; em- broidered, $1.50 a pair. Chic Paris Veils. Some of the prices are so high the writer is afraid to quote them, and who dare wear the latest Veil in butter color? But the pen runs without hesitation when the new 25 Vells are told of:— 19c is to be the Saturday's special price. Stylish Neck Pieces. We are selling Moire Ribbons and Laces for 60 little that you women are making your own “big! bows.” We'll stop you, if we can, by reducing | our monster bows with long ends to $1.68 | from $2. Those smaller, of colored silks, 25 from | 39c. Saturday's special price for the 25¢ Windsors | is 2c. You'll find the latest French plaids and in plain colors, with hemstitched ends. And here are the Reefer Scarfs, made of Mberty silk that looks so well when tied into big bows. Only 50c. Fashionable Ribbons. A new and rare bargain in the 5-inch-wide Black G. G. Silk Ribbons, with satin edge. 2¥¢ yard for quality positively worth 55e yard. Here are the correct Black Molre Ribbons, 4% inches wide, at B7¢ instead of 45e yard; S4nch at 42c instead of 50c yard; T-inch at S5c Instead of | $1.25 yard; S-inch at 8c instead of $1.39 yard. Need you be told that Jet Coronets are the vers latest Hats, and that $1 and $1.25 are prevailing prices? Do you know we bave the importers’ samples at only 39¢ for choice? H And here are 25c Jet Algrettes for 10c, and 25e | bunches of Koses and Violets for only 15e. New Handkerchiefs. Our spring importation, just received, will de- monstrate that "4 Handkerchiefs are immeasurably superior to any of the past. Prices, too, are 80 low: 50 to $1.50 for finest Pure Linen Handker- chiefs, exquisitely hand embroidered, heretofore sold up to $2.25 each. At I8e, 25e and 35e is a collection positively bewilderingly beautiful. Hints: Those of pure Mnen, with forget-me-nots em- broidered, at only 1c; those with lace insertion and edge at 2he and those with tiny flowers em- broidered in natural colors at 25c. The New Wraps. Of course, we expect you to try on the new garments without much wought of buying row. At the same time special prices are being quoted | to tempt those who wish to lead, and not follow, | others. $5 ¢ the new Broadcloth Capes, in| tan, brown, navy, black; correct ruffled top cape | and moire ribbons, of course. $5 for the Broad- | cloth Jackets and, equally, of course, with molre | facings. But the chances are the more expens! garments will be sold tomorrow,—it is the well-to- | do women who buy early in the season, We pave Spring Jackets up to $30, Capes up to 550, Suits up to $30, Laundered Shirt Waists $2.50, Silk | Waists up to $12. Tomorrow will see the opentug | of Spring Jackets for children from 4 to 14 years of age. 8c to $12 the price extremes, Let the Wind Blow. Our spring importation of Ladies’ Paris Lisle Thread Stockings, in boot patterns, at 29 instead | of Se a pair. This reduction in price is made because the boot patterns in the “job lot” of Huse | secured to sell at Ke are all sold. 10e pair is Saturday's special price for the cele- brated Ipswich Fast Biack Hose for children. Sizes 6 to 9%. Wonderful Jewelry. Wonderful because ridiculously ttle prices are quoted for Jewelry that altured and wealthy women can wear with impunity, viz:—Sterling Sil- ver Hairpins, with carved tops, at @Se......Im- ported Filagree Rrooches at 3% -the new Belt Buckles at Gold-front Lace Pins at 25c.....-Mimiature Brooches at 25c......Sterling Silver Knot Hat Pins at I5e......Marquis Lace Pins at 5c. Shirt Waist Studs at 14c, with Cuff Links or Buttons for 25c....Sword Pins, with turquoise setting, at 10¢, CF The finger nails tell who and what you are, so does the hair, so do the feet. Mrs. Smith, the noted Manicure, Miss Wiles, the clever Hatr | Dresser, and polite shoe clerks await you in their | respective parlors, as do price surprises. Best Shoes Cheap. Ladies’ Lace and Button Shoes are being closed | out preparatory to opening Oxford Ties for | summer, at reduced prices, as follows:—$3.25, $2.27, $1.97, $1.47. Were up to $5.95 pair. $2.50 UPIBRELLAS, $1.50. How it is done:—Our “buyer” pounced on 2,000 | Weehsel Wood Sticks at a bargain price. Had them made up covered with gloria silk. Ladies’ and men’s sizes. split recovered free of charge. Initials engraved free. A companion bargain are the Ladies’ Mackin. toshes at $2.25. Plaids and stripes, in colors and the fashionable black and white. Latest style | | deep cape. Well worth $3.50 each, iis CF 1a Lace an@ Button Shoes are being | closed out preparatory to opening Oxford Ties for | CORSETS FOR 1894. The introductory sale of the new spring and summer styles occurs tomorrow. According to annual custom temporarily reduced prices are | quoted: 89e for the 50c Improved Ventilating Corsets: Ge for the $1 A la C. P. Corsets; @8e for the Poe A la P. D. Corsets; $1.50 for the $1.73 A Ia Venus Corsets; $2.50 for the $3.25 A la Judic Corsets: | $3.98 for the $4.50 Marie Antoinette Corsets, the latter par excellence for stout figures. WISE SUMMER GIRLS. The wise ones select summer dresses now, anf | secure choice of unbroken assortments. And. too, | the merchant, not less than the dressmaker, ts | willing to make concessions thus early in the! season. 12%c yard for choice Sateens that will! be 19¢ later; 16c instead of 25e yard for Lace} Stripe Ginghams; Ie instead of 18¢ yard for the | 1sv4 Half Wool Challies, and only Se yard for the Cotton Challies. CAs with cotton so will the all wool and silk and wool spring fabrics. Special inducements to | carly buyers as follows:—Dress length of 50c goods and all linings for only $3.78; dress of Tie gods and Mnings for $5.50; dress of $1.25 goods and linings for $9.50. Over three hundred Paris and | London spring styles to select from. The latest fashion plates to guide you. HALF-PRICE CURTAINS. the Scranton Lace Curtain At the Inte sale of Company 25,000 pairs were sold at about 50 cents The Palais Royal is the only es- on the tablishment in Washington having secured a sup- i 48c pair, worth. se pair, worth. OSe pair, worth 250 pairs 200 pairs at $1.25 pair, 98 9 pairs at $1.48 pair, worth. 2% 40 pairs at $1.98 pair, worth 2.298 7 eee with improved paragon frames, |* Guaranteed—if they |, | e e 2 ° Clover ;Creamery Butterine * Has a rich and delicate flavor, * It ts better than butter and costs Jess. It meets all the require- ments of the most fastidious trade. When put under test, it cannot he distinguished from finest Creamery Butter. Clover Creame: is the Standard Butterine for Purity, sweetness and general ex- cellence, Now used on the tables of the best families, where it has a reputation so strong that nothing can shake it. Reing Strictly a high grade butterine and made of the choicest and best materials, it does not come ip competition with the cheap grades now on the market. Sold only in one pound prints. Evers wrapper is marked Clover Creamery. Demand the original. Ikins & Company, 208 oth St. N.W., Iwcnee Distributing: . . . . . . eeeeeee eeeeeee Agents. 1S PSOPO POS OOODOSO9GO9E 4 99OO OOOH 500999590 0905S588555000 Roasted and _ Pulverized | On the Premises ; pees OAL TT aa 4 HIS ts the only place the city where Coffee AL eeee are the YORLI'S FINEST PRODUC. TIONS—they have a national ation. BEST PULVER- JAVA and MOCHA : rnwell & Son, (CHOICE TS TABLE LUX- 12-1414 Pa. Ave. |= dy the world doesn’t know how the other helf lives—but we can tell you—our “Equitable Credit System” Provides it with home necessities an@ home comforts, There's Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Baby Carringes, Stoves—a hundred needful thimgs-— that perhaps you haven't the money to buy—but that our plan of sinall weekly or monthiy payments put within everybody's reach. No more to pay because of the accom- modation. No cramping—no driving— ‘The “Equitable” ts a friend—oct @ task-master. Yours at command. House & Herrmann, 917, 919, 921 and 923 7th St. + 636 Mass. Ave. nsultation Costs Nothing. Come np any time. ‘The most com- plete dental establishment in America is wortn knowing about, and we'll be fad to xhow and explain it ail to you, If we do not satisfy you of oar alfl- ity to do the very highest grade of work—don't come again. Let your owa Food sense decide. Extracting... With gas or zono. Cleaning..... Silver fillings Gold, acconfing to size. Set VERY BEST TEETH $8 Crown aud Bridge work a specialty. Dental ° o Ass’n, Cor. 7th and D n.w. nag Baltimore—1 N. Charles st. foe \s PO Oe eee eS ee ee eerees | - Sees eesoceeseseseeeseses ® Plesesscececeocee222 oreo? Db) C7 Call and see us before » Easy monthly payments, A A » The Piano Exchange, ; 14-3, Penn. Ave. ne GS pairs at Pair, worth $4.50 Those at only 48c pair are full 3 yards long: those at 9Se are in expensive looking Brussels effect; those at $1.48 are 60 inches wide: al the best values ever brought to Washington. Palais Royal, A. Lisner, G and ith Sts. Knox’s’”’ Spring Styles Gentlemen’s Hats Just Opened. B. H. Stinemetz & Son, 1237 Pa. Ave. fe28-3t