Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1894, Page 4

“if i i THE EVENING STAI WASHINGTON. SATURDAY...............March 3, 1804. CROSRY S. NOYES. —_— THE EVENING STAR has a regular permanent circulation nearly double the combined circalation of the other Washington datlics. As a New: Advertising Medium it has no com. petitor. a tim order to avoid delays, om ac-/ pe absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to jwidual connected with the of- simply to THE STAR, or jorial or Business Department, | The Senate has asked the District Com- missioners for their authority for announc- ing the unwilling abandonment of some of the underground conduits through which | District telegraph and telephone wires run and the substitution therefor of overhead lines. The correspondence, which has been printed in The Star, discloses a condition | of affairs far from creditable to Congress, and threatening to the District. It will not be contended that a considerable portion of the city should be without direct connec- tion with police and fire alarm headqudr- ters, and it ought to be plain to even short- sighted members of a frequently-myopic legislature that without the appropriation of the small sum required, and so oftes asked for, electrical communication be- tween the southwestern portion of the city and the central points named cannot be kept up through the present inadequate conduit. Now the law in effect says, and wisely, that overhead wires are nuisances ef a dangerous kind, and on that point there is absolute accord between the law and the facts. Public sentiment in the Dis- trict of Columbia is unqualifiedly favorable to speedy burial of every wire, and hostile to the erection of a single additional ene, and there is a statutory provision that will, within a reasonable time, compel the de- aired interment. That the District Com: stoners favor this law is well known, and in the communication they yesterday made to the Senate, is additional evidence of their desire to do that which the Senate impliedly finds fault with them for not do- | quarter of a million of dollars. If the cost ing, and which they have not done because Congress has failed to provide the nec- essary funds. The Commissioners submit the facts that no appropriation has been made to place the municipal wires under- ground, or sufficient for the reconstruction of the section of existing unserviceable con- duit, although the attention of Congress has repeatedly been called by them to the ad- visability of providing for the construction and maintenance of an underground mu- nicipal electric system. In view of these clearly evident conditions, what could be more inconsistent than the senatorial effort to convict the Commissioners of an of- fending for which the Senate itself itself is largely responsible? And what sort of @ Jegislature is it that will compel individuals to obey its mandates, yet persist in having the government of which it is a part dis- obedient for necessity’s or economy's sake? The maintenance of the District telegraph, telephone and fire-alarm system is of the utmost importance. Congress declared, in effect, that the wires necessary to such a system, and all other wires, should go un- derground, and it announced, specifically, that once underground, there the wires should remain, through a prohibition of the erection of additional overhead wires, and in the case of individuals and private corpora- tions the mandate has properly and profit- ‘ably been enforced. But there has been no appropriation to defray the expense of burying the District wires, or to keep in working order existing conduits, ané unless such an appropriation is made, the wires must necessarily remain above ground, or go above ground again, or be abandoned. Congressional inaction in this matter really means retrogression; a retrograde move- ment would be misfortune. The people of the District do not want this wire put above ground in violation of public senti- ment, and of the spirit and probably of the letter of the law, nor do they want the mu- nicipal disaster of an abandonment of the wire. The one thing to be done, and it should be done in a hurry, is to appropriate the necessary cash to keep the conduit in working order, and Congress can hardly refuse to do this when it realizes, as it must, the untenable position it now cccu- pies. Every wire in the District of Colum- bia should be placed underground, and be- dng so placed, should remain there, and the government should set a good example in ‘the important matter of obedience to law. _ +e With Governor John Pernicious Altgeld of Hilinois a sincere and practical friend to those who would destroy society, and with Governor Waite of Colorado and Governor Lewelling of Kansas closely sympathetic, it is refreshing to note the rebuke administer- ed to these men and those of the laboring elass who uphold them by the workingmen of London. But a few days ago an anarch- ist, who blew himself to pieces with a bomb intended to damage others, was buried in the English capital, and so thorough was the detestation of the real workingmen that & multitude of nearly twenty thousand en- raged Englishmen endeavored to interrupt the funeral and would, but for the inter- ference of the police, have assailed the an- archists who followed the remains of their shattered friend to the grave. Of course such a performance as was planned would have been most discreditable, and decent people who believe in the supremacy of the law under all circumstances will rejoice because the plans came to naught. But the lack of accord with anarchistic ideas evidenced by the toilers is one of the most hopeful signs of the times. It showed that the real workers have nothing in common with those who in the guise of wage-earn- ers do little else than conspire against con- ditions that are good and that continually ‘mprove. The demonstration—improper and regrettable as it undoubtedly was—made it Plain that the poisonous affliction which is causing so much of dismay in continental Europe has no healthy root in English soil. It 1s established that nowhere in the world is the difference between the estates of the rich and the poor more terribly marked than it is in England, and the differe ice is fully understood by those who continually complain of poverty; but even to the un- fortunate many. no proposition could be more abhorrent than that which contem- Plates such cowardly as bomb- their outbursts are always tempered more or less of good humor, unless it be on Such occasions as that of Bourdin’s funeral. There is very little of native material in England out of which to manufacture the blood-thirsty anarchist. ——EE —s The Plackburn-Manderson investigation into the needs of the public buildings lo- cated here will become conspicuously nota- ble If it results in the harnessing of the enormous force now going to waste at the Great Falls of the Potomac and the elec- trical illumination of the city and its build- ings by current generated near the source | | power and transmitted by wire to Washington. The proposition is a serious ene, well worthy most careful considera. | tion; that its value was recognized was shown by the unanimity of favor with | Rich the Senate regarded it. The reso- | lution, introduced Thursday by Senator Manderson, directs the Secretary of War to investigate and report to the Senate as to | the feasibility and advisability of using the | water powe the Great Falls or other ater power in the neighborhood of Wash- | for th ose of lighting by elec y the pebl uildings, unds and! streets of the District of Columbia. The Secretary of War is also to submit a gen- eral plan of the electric plant needed at! the Fails i of the wires to connect the piant and ne District. with an es: e of the cost. Furthermore, he is to fur h | an opimon—the utterance of which will be awaited wit “1 deal of interest—as to ther the power will be sufficient to Garnish tight to pr te con, ners within M Astor is to be congratulated on his | uccess in transplanting that admirable product of United States journalism, the | scoop. -_—- so eo The President is having rare sport, and | there is no one so unfeeling as to s that he has not fully earned his rec psa eo It is likely that Zola has, on general prin- ciples, as small an opinion of the voting | anyho _ hungry office seekers, i] the District, and to suggest the terms and regulations under which it should be so furnished. There is nothing unreasonable! in any feature of the proposition. The} general government stands face to face with a necessity that must be attended | tothe proper illumination of the Capitol, of the Congressional Library Building, of more than one other public building and | of the grounds surrounding several gov- ernment structures, To furnish the elec- trical equipment necessary will, at a low | estimate, call for the disbursement of a of doing the work can be materially re- duced it is the duty of Congress to pro- vide for such reduction. That the plan Proposed is a feasible one is undoubted, for both in this country and abroad a vast quantity of electrical force ts conveyed over long distances to places where the power moves machinery or results in arti- ficial lUght. In the prefatory comment | on the resolution Senator Manderson truth- | fully declared that it is “somewhat amaz- ing that capitalists and men of enterprise | have not mude use of the Great Falls of | the Potomac for some useful purpose. Be- yond a peradventure that is the place to erect an economical and effective electric plant.” The Star has repeatedly argued to that effect. There is no necessity for calling Into requisition the services of an engineer to demonstrate the fact of suffi- client power; that should be apparent to anybody who has even the slightest knowledge of the subject. The investiga- tion which the resolution calls for will not materialize into a report for some months because it Involves much labor, but of its result, so far as the opinions of the government's engineers are concerned, there can be no question. oe ‘The most objectionable feature of an in- come tax is not the tax itself. It is the in- quisitorial manner in which it must be col- lected. American men and women are not generally dishonest, but it {s conceded even by those whom the testimony may incrimi- nate that income-tax collection of the purely conscientious sort would do but little toward ‘iiling up the hole in the national treasury. Millions of people who would not steal a dollar from each other seem to es- teem it no crime to get the better of the government in the matter of taxes. A large majority of these same people will undoubt- edly exert themselves to evade the provis- ions of the income-tax “rider’ should that undesirable addition to the Wilson tariff bill become law; and sustaining one another they will have the sympathy of a great multitude. Viewed from the moral stand- point, such conduct cannot possibly be re- garded as otherwise than shocking, but it is infinitely better to admit the existence of human Weakness and to take cognizance of its existence when consideration is being given to plans for the raising of revenue. By advocates of the income-tax theory it is held that the tentative law provides ma- chinery that will rarely fail to do those things aimed at by the Congressional me- chanics; a conclusion against which much valuable argument may be effectively thrown. In a very comprehensive and pun- gent attack on the proposed levy, David A. Wells makes plain to the readers of the Forum the reason why an income-tax pow- erfully antagonizes popular sentiment. He Says that its efficient administration or revenue productiveness “requires that every person Mable to taxation in respect to his annual net ims, profits, or income, shall make, to a government official, an exhibit of the financial condition of his estate, busi- n or profession; for, in default of such an exhibit, any basis for assessment must be a mere mattervof conjecture on the part of the assessor, with a result devoid of any pretence to correctness or equality. But such an exhibit, necessarily disclosing, to a greater or less degree, his financial condi- tion to his business competitors and to a curious, gossiping public, no man will will- ingly make; and he naturally regards it as in the nature of an outrage on the part of | @ government that seeks to compel him to do it. Hence, the successful administration of an income-tax involves and. requires the use of arbitrary and inquigitorial methods and agencies which, perfectly consistent with a despotism, are entirely antagonistic to and incompatible with the principles and maintenance of a free government.” Very pertinently, attention is directed to the fact that the National Assembly of France did, in the year 1789, repeal all laws upon which unpopular assessments were based—moved thereto by the report of a committee which included in its member- ship La Rochefoucauld and Talleyrand, and which commenced by stating: “Every sys- tem of taxation which necessitates personal and arbitrary inquisitions for its execution is-inconsistent with the maintenance of a free people.” And, as the world knows, France has never since sanctioned any sys- tem of taxation antagonistic to the princi- ples thus laid down. In the United States there have been weighty expressions to the same effect, the most notable being, per- haps, that which came from the United States Supreme Court in the case of Boyd vs. The United States (116 U. S. Rep., 631, 6832). The language is unmistakable, and is commended to the careful consideration of the Senate Committee on Finance: “Any compulsory discovery, by extorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his private books and papers to convict bim of a crime or to forfeit his property, is contrary to the principles of a free govern- ment. It is abhorrent to the instincts of an Englishman. It is abhorrent to the in- stincts of an American. It may suit the purposes of despotic power, but it cannot abide the pure atmosphere of political lib- erty and personal freedom.” That sounds like good doctrine. Believers in flat money are now engaged in rejoicing over the passage through the House of the Bland seigniorage bill. Every greenbacker in the land is delighted, for does not the bill provide that something shall be coined out of nothing? There are $154,000,000 of Treasury notes outstanding, and behind them is silver of sufficient bulk to coin 20,000,000 silver dollars. Mr. Bland proposes to have the government issue paper to the amount of the $55,000,000 bal- ance, which some strangely-constructed people imagine has a real existence. As a matter of fact the whole mass of silver which is held as security for the redemp- tion of the outstanding $154,000,000 in paper is worth at the present market price less than $154,000,000. The additional $55,000,- 000 which Mr. Bland wants to create would therefore be without foundation; would merely be promises to pay out money which the government does not pos: st]! The persistence with which the pictorial journatist pursues John Y. McKane even beyond the limits of the penitentiary walls} may yet result in creating a wave of popu- lar sympathy for him. | ee There is no reason to expect that a man of Mr. Gladstone's years can bear up under a resignation rumor with the vigorous non- chalance of an American statesman. — 0 cortest as any man in the world I ee — | Tammany with Richard Croker in Texas! does not seem to be much of an institution a It ts unkind to keep Mr. Willis in Hawaii merely as a sad reminder to Liliuokalani. | —+-6o_—__ There are no blues on the Violet. ; — oe A Suggestion. j From the Pittsburg Dispatch. President Cleveland's last duck shooting trip resulted in a Mberal distribution of pie eon his return. Here is a pointer for the i | he said interrogative ‘bout. i ace THE WEEK. Representative Bland was rewarded on Thursday for his long fignt for his silver coinage bill by its passage by a vote of 163 to 129. Amendmenis, offered by Messrs, Straus and Cummings, providing for bond issues, were ruled out of order. As amend- ed, the coinage of the remainder of the bul- lion in the treasury is provided for after the seigniorage has been coined, and the legal tender character and the mode of re- demption of the present treasury notes is specially retained as provided in existing law. The tariff bill is now laboring in anoth- er of the periods of peril with which its his- tory has been so Mberally checkered, both in the House and since ‘ts arrival at the Sen- ate end of the Capitol. That the bill is in danger there is no doubt; that the demo- cratic members of the finance committee, who now have its modification in charge, are aware of this danger is equally certain. It ts now said that it will be reported to the Senate on March 6. Senator Cullom has introduced a bill creating a tariff commis- sion and directing the construction of a sys- tem of customs duties based upon the dif- ference in the cost of American and foreign labor. A commission of nine members is Provided for, to be appointed by the Pres- ‘ident and with the consent of the Senate. Not more than four shall be appointed trem the same political party. The sensation of the week in the House was the speech of Mr. Pence, who hit right and left those op- posed to his views. Senator Morgan, chair- man of the committee on foreign relations, presented the report on the Hawaiian in- vestigation. Senator Frye deilvered a speech denouncing the Hawatian policy of the ad- ministration and Commissioner Blount’s course. The President has been away from the capital, spending the time on the light house board tender Violet shooting ducks in Albemarle sound. “Boss” McKane, the Coney Island autocrat, was taken to Sing Sing prison for six years for violating the State election laws. Sutherland, one of his Heutenants, escaped a conviction for similar offense through disagreement of the jury. Striking miners in West Virginia at- tacked working miners, about thirty miles from Charleston, and troops were sent to the scene. A court of inquiry into the wreck of the Kearsarge was held at Brook- lyn; testimony showed that the charts were incorrect. Gov. Flower signed the bill giv- Ing residents of New York, Brooklyn and suburbs the opportunity to vote on the ques- tion of consolidation. A peculiarly atro- cious crime was committed at Franklin Park, N. J., two negroes butchering the wife of Mr. Baker and his child; Baker suc- ceeded in killing both assailants. Commis- sioner McDill of the interstate commerce commission died at his home at Creston, Towa, The National Base Ball League met at New York; the season's schedule was published and various changes in the play- ing rules announced. A severe storm swept over the eastern states early in the week. The mercury dropped to 30 degrees below zero in New Hampshire. Quo warranto pro- ceedings to determine the legal senate have been held at Trenton, N. J. Abrond. ‘The proposed retirement of Mr. Gladstone from the premiership has been the leading topic abroad. It is now conceded that he will retire. The German reichstag has been debating the Russo-German treaty with much spirit. The treaty will probably be adopted by over thirty majority. The war in Brazil continues. The presidential elec- tion took place March 1 and was quietly conducted. The new president does not take office until November. A report was circu- lated that Russian dragooas and Prussian uhlans had a scrimmage on the frontier. It caused little comment. Many arrests of suspected anarchists have been made in Paris. Kaiser Willlam is reported to be much interested In the silver question and wants steps taken to prevent the further fall in value of that metal. In the District. The call for the resignation of the col- lector of the port of Georgetown and the interviews of local democrats with the Sec- retary of the Treasury relative to the ap- pointment of a successor served to direct at- tention afresh to the fact that there are a number of appointments in the District which democrats have been ready and wait- ing to fill since the advent of the present administration. The nomination of Col. George Truesdell to be Commissioner of the District in place of Mr. M. M. Parker, who resigned on account of his ill-health, was received by the people of the District with general satisfaction. The Sanitary League of the District held its annual meeting, and reports of the work of the year were read and officers elected. The fact that the un- derground electric system of street car pro- pulsion stood the severe weather in better shape than the overhead system was re- corded. The electrical experts comprising the delegates to the annual convention of the National Electric Light Association were in session here during the week. The fourth and last week of the Moody meetings is nearly over and the attendance and interest seem as marked as during the first week. The birth of a bear at the Zoo was*an un- usual event, as these animals are rarely born in captivity. The trial of John EK. Shoemaker for the murder of Thomas E. Matthews was begun. —_— + — SHOOTING STARS. A Vindication, “There’s no use in carrying a joke too far,” said a Washington man to a New} Yorker, “Philadelphia isn’t nearly as slow a town as we have been led to belive her.” “You think so?” “To be sure. I was over there the other day. They use 1804 calendars, the same as we do.” A Mystery of Popularity. One of the queer things about juvenile humanity is the fact that the boy who has the measles is invariably the one whose society is most coveted. The Limit. We'll rejoice at the coming of radiant Spring Too grateful by aught to be vexed. We'll welcome whatever she chooses bring— Even the poet, who makes her his text. to The Electricity and the Water Mains. It is no longer enough for the gentle ser- vant girl to avoid the use of kerosene in kindling her fire. She must look out that she doesn’t get a trolley shock when she draws her dish water. A Searce Art le. “It's mighty harrud,” remarked Mr. Do- lan, “fur a mon to earn an honest dollar replied the friend, who reads finan- cial articles, “they does be payin’ off in silver intoirely too much.” Essay by a Tough Young Man. De dentis’ is er cunnin’ gent He'll never have ter bez: He goes ter work an’ pulls yer tooth den he pulls yer leg. He Wanted Law. “Squiah,” said the colored janitor of the! building, as he timidly entered the lawyer's | office, “I's got er case fon yer. 1 wants ter ask ye "bout er p'int ob law.” “State it.” “Yoh knows whut a mule is at ‘is bes'?” “I know something of the animal's hab- its.” An" you ‘n others i now dat some mules is wusser | } . Of ce 1, Jed Simpson done sol” me one ob de wusses’ kin’ what is, fro misrepresenta- ated ‘scription’ — | tions ob de mos’ zs “That's too bad. to sue him ‘ow I suppose you want | io recover your mone: “Dah's de p'int ob law [ wants ter know I wants yer ter look in de boo an’ see ef we kain't hab him persented ( de gran’ ju ssault an’ battery, nary befo’ de fack.” —_—- soe Possibilities In the Strike From the Chicago Herald. | In these piping days of trades unionism | nothing in the way of strikes shouid deemed surprising, but a walk-out of trained nurses in a hospital for contay diseases does seem like an innovation. We shall hear of clergymen locking out their congregations next. ihe | ——— +02 -- A Slander Refuted. | From hicago Heratd. | tements in the eastern news: that the Chicago fire department turne ‘out the other night to extinguish the au- rora borealis are slanderous and unfound- | — ed. The engines were responding to the regular dafly alarm from the world’s fair | grounds. : 5 ‘Spring Hats ; < ; ‘And Bonnets, ; 4 Goth of Parisian and English prodnc- 4 7 on, are HERE taall thelr loveliness <4 and beauty. Most exclusive styles ip if the city. See them. ; ‘Mrs. 1. J. Hunt, 1309 F st. 4 Cee ON OEE w Ee ere we “Tt Goes Into RO. LANSBURGH You Can Expect Wonders. Beginning Monday morning, at 9 o clock, we shall sell the en= tire stock of GEORGE DuBOIS, formerly Pa. ave. next to Sth st., which we bought from the assignees, Messrs. COHEN & MAGKALL. The stock was appraised for twenty thousand dol lars. Woe hought it for Six Thousand Dollars, LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE PRICE, AND WBE WILL SELL IT AT THE SAME RATIO. BE PREPARED TO SEE THE GEEATEST SURPRISE OF YOUR TIME. DuBois would not recognize his prices. For we will sell you his stock, which is a good stock of goods, at About thirty cents on the dollar. REMEMBER, THE SALE BEGINS MON- DAY MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK. WATCH THE POST TOMORROW FOR Your dollar can buy three dollars’ worth of merchan= dise. What better invest= ment could you make? LANSBURGH & BRO., 429, 422, 424 and 426 7TH ST. it Seeder dee enane 1G STON TE In Articles Of Jewelry And Watches #2 + Accidents often occur, Wateh spri cand one slips out of setting, ring er: * > Ajith: things oecvr, aed y where these mit cand y skilled workinen need. Watches fe, Seday clocks . G. Hines, 521 oth St., Watchmaker and Jeweler, WARDER BUILDING. mh} ‘The Best Homes. CHLESS CREAMERY" RUT. the confidence of = people in this city, who live than any other Butter. It matchless f a aple you will use nove other. telephone. D. William Oyster, 340 CENTER MARKET. 75 WESTERN MARKET wd” a Write or * it ir is A CORKER, HE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. Palais Royal, G STREET. Monday, March 5, will be remembered by ladies as the bargain day of the sea- son in Dress Fabrics, Laces and Trimmings. The above fact is evident to the writer this Saturday morning as be looks at some of the newly arrived goods and learns of Monday's spectal Prices. At 5 Oe. Yard. 7 cases of Wool Dress Goods contein no less than thirty different combinations of Fs ancy Check Suitings, fifty-tive styles of All-wool Chev! and | a few Fancy Plaids that will suggest Children’s Dresses. Some of these fabrics are 45 inches wide and are certainly good value at 50c yard. How. ever, the yer” ia authority for the following statement:—"I shall pluce these goods Monday on fhe ‘long ‘counter near the Eleventh at- entrance was 3 offer like thi is no good advertising.” 1894 Storm Serges. Fashions come and go, but Storm Serges go ou forever. "Favored by mai and woman, Serge will always be in demai Such was the thought of the writer, as the "#4 Storm were being tumbled out of the cases. Twenty go Monday on the first floor bargain the elevator at Introductory prices as follows: Full dress length $1 Serge for $8.5. Full dress length &9¢ Serge for $3.00. Full dress length 68e Serge for $2.50. Biarritz Mousquetaire Gloves at 68c instead of 96c a pair is another special price for Monday only. Note that these Gloves are best quality aud that the price ts reduced only as “ap advertisement. Not more than one palr will be sold each purchase: Dress Goods Again. No time this morning for more than a hasty look, but you can be ised for Monday a bewlidering variety of high class novelties: rich, unique, veau- tiful, ‘exclustve, ces are to table near spin any loug yarns, only $1. yard for S0-inch such as generally judged worth $1.75. $1.29 yard for the English Check Suitings. | $1.25 yard for the new English Covert Cloth, the | latest for tailor-made dresses, The very latest shades of browns. tans, greens and grays are being opened this mornt $2 a yard for dacious “design that Paris has sent so far this season. 4 | “Kicavers Sote," in the most au-| yard for Granite Suitings, in uew illuminated | ‘ard for the Iluminated Beiges. 7 yard for the stylish Jacquard Effects, on grounds of tans, golden brown, reseda, old blue. | $1.15 yard for the new Dentelle Suiting and the! Silk-mixed Granite Cloths. 81.25 would be a bar- gain pri Cr'the contents of four other cases not yet opened will be ready for your inspec- tiou Monday morning, on second floor. Silk Bargains. The following will be added londay to the first floor bargain table that is) now so favorably known: 900 yards alii Japanese Silk, 68¢ qual- ity, for only 49¢ yard, j 250 yards, 22 Inches wide, 38c, worth 50c. | 500 Mk, 75e quality, for S90 rds Black Taffeta yan. mex, Silks, figures and dots, $1.25 700 yards Fa y $1_yai Wash Silke at 30¢ yd. These | the Palais Royal's ‘collection | bove and the 2 OO vards Strij ner aca re, tae Among the regular stock of Silks on the second floor will be the follewing extra good values: 10 pleces Black Moire Silks at $1, $1.15 and $1.35 vard, worth $1.25, § and 20 pieces White Japanese Siik—26 inches wide * instead of SOc yar fnch at SOc instead of Se y Black Silk Grenadiies. | This morning's addition to stock enable the fol- lowing bargains for Monday Svc yard for $1 quality Satin Stripes. Fe for Satin Stripe Brocades worth Ric rel $1 {ful effects in Brocaded Grena- dines. 88c yard for $1 quality Twisted Silk Grenadine. | $2. 3 yard for $2.50 quality al Grenadines, ches wide. Cotton Dress Goods. If the collection was the best in this city prior to today’s arrivals, what is it, now? 1 pass over the expensive but really cheap Drgandies and Imported Ginghams and loo j at the low-priced goods. ° yard for these Woven Ginghams that would heap at Ite. We know where they are sold for Be yard. | Ie yard for th 1894 desi at 15e yard. 1 for these Warranted Genuine Scotch Ging- | yard Where they do not | 19e quality 32-Inch-wide yard for beaut © Cotton and Wool Challies in| ars patterns would be cheap hams, in 1N04 designs, port direct. Met yard for these Figured Dimities. Fedora Dress Shields, sizes 2, 3 and 4, at only 15c a pair. A special price for Monday only. « piece for Bias Velveteen Skirt Jove four yard 12c instead of 17 Eye. plece or $1.35 dozen for real. Whaiebone, 1 yard long. é 5c iustead of 50c dozen for the “Sanita” Nap- kins. Hall's Dress Forms:-$2 instead of $3 for those | with wood post, $2.50 for the $3.60 Iron Post | Forms, $2.50 for the $3.60 Wire Bust, $5 for the | $6.50 complete Form, with wire bust, $2.35 for Papier Mache Bust, $8.50 for complete Form, with Papier Bust. Dress Trimming. Best qualities at prices of the inferior are so sel- dom offered that we gladly advertise the following: Te yard for Ye quality Black Spangled Bands, 1 ined’ wide. urd for 19¢ quality Jet Bands, three styles, de. n wide. rc yard for 25e Mohair Lace Bands, 17 wide, the fashionable black and white. The New Laces. Nearly $5,000 worth of 1 ft 1 inch very latest style Laces are) ‘ being unpacked at this writing. Here is a beautiful set of very heavy Black Silk Bourdon, The widths range from 3 to 15 luches, Ie to $1.50 yard the prices, ‘And here the popular width for Capes— 15-inch Bourdons at T5c, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2 yard. Now comes the creme de la creme of Laces:—Sik Point Venise Insertion Laces, in black and creaw, % to 2 iuches wide, Gde to '$1 yard. Awfully ex: | pensive, but you must see them, ‘The Linen Point Venise Insertion, in cream and butter shade; the Black Silk Chantilly and Be don Iasertious,—for as Httle as be and up to $1 yard. | “Here's a bargain:—15 pieces Black Silk Chantilly | Laces, 9, 10 and 12 inches wide, only Se yard. Some ‘of ‘them are worth $1. New ets just opened, We to 86 yard. Ask to) see the Bourdons for yokes and the heavy La Tosca Nets at only $1 and $2 yard. All are 48 inches wide. Too much confasion to ‘Th wri about th e nce are her r oe of my experie toc yard for these Fig: ured Sateens, worth 15c! yd.—worthy of the first’ ifloor bargain table, where i they may be found on fon-| day. On adjoining ie at Se, We and Werth up to 40c yard, fhe Men's special bargain for Monday is to be Se Half Hose at lée patr. Fast black and teas. don’t forget that clev ure and Hair Dre Rosal prices are quoted. C7 don't forget the World's Fair Portfolios are being sold for only Se per number at the Palais Royal. C7 Don't forget to look on Page 5 of tomorrow's “Post” for Monday's special bargains iu depart- meuts not mentioned in this column. Palais Royal, A. Lisner, G and 11th Sis. will be dainty Embroideri a yard, 1 to 8 inches wide, | artistes preside o ‘ing Parlors and ‘Solid Walnut The Attractions At Williams’ This Week Are various enough to satisfy all classes of FURNITURE buyers: Fresh — put- ———— terns, mew ideas, novel and exclusive ——— designs characterize our sig 'k of CAM. ———— PETS, MATTINGS, RUGS... FCRNI- ——— TURE and UPHOLSTERY Goer ~——— Marked at prices that efectuntir Pose of competition. For ihe week of March & our special values: Mattings. CHINESE FANCY MATTING JAPANESE FANCY JULNTLESS.... GOOD QUALITY FANCY JOINTLESS. REAVY IN" BEST QUALITY CHINESE. : ‘These values represent the best pick- ings from the 2,000 rolls we received the other day. There's a vast variety ———— of designs, colorings aud weaves to choose frum. New and Handsome Designs in Baby Carriages, $5 Up é) Id —— A large and splendid assoriment. In Teed and rattan bodies.” upbolsicoy! in — different colors and stuffs, ‘The Wheels — are either with triple-plated tires and Wire spokes, or in tand-shaved bleached spruce. Lace parasol regulated by a single screw. Altogetber, handsomely and elegantly put togetuer. Chamber Suite, Oak 3 Pieces, Hair Mattress, | W. W. Bedspring, When much jess thon the usual high prices are) quoted for exclusive novelties one doesn't have to ——— _The suite is wade up of Bedstead, Burean, with 24x30 beveled plate mt no W Springs made of + steel ‘The price asked for Unis set rep- resents actual cosi and only holds good Wardrobe, $38. Reduced From $50. 7 feet 6 inches high, 4 feet 6 inches ———— im width, auti-moth cedar shelves. Two ——_ fom te beveled plate mir —— fom, Hicgantly finished amd carved, ———_ With polished brass fittings. ‘This is a -———— splendid bargain and one well worthy ————- of your consideration. Dining Tables, Round or Square Sod Oak 94° These tables we guarantee cannot be duplicated under $6.75 to $8 eisewnere. ‘Ther are 6 feet in diunever and are handsomely poitsacd. We have just of them and tardy ones are Mkely get left, as they are not likely to re- main on our hands long at that price. Our Upholstering and Furniture Repairing Department Is better equipped than eter: ——— leit orders for repair work im ~Porni ————_ ture, Cabinet Work, &e. Carpets alr ————_ cut_ AND SEWED. FURNTT ———-— COVERS A SPECIALTY 0! ‘Wash B. Williams, FURNITURE, CARPETS, UPHOLSTRETES, 7thand DSts.N.W. ip KANN, SONS & COS CLAIMING That Ceres Flour makes more bread, lig whiter bread, sweeter bread and bet- ter bread than any othr Sour, STILL PROVING ‘That Ceres makes more bread, lighter bread, whivcr reba, sweeter bread and better bred than any other flour. bread, SELLING More of Ceres Flour through the best grocers in Washington than fs sold of any other brand on the market. STILL WARNING —you against imitations. Lok for our cirenlar in every sack and barrel of the Genuine Cores. @ © ® @ Wm. M. Galt & Co., “Wholesale Flour and Feed Dezl- = ra ers," Cor. Ist and Ind. ave. nw. tice ToB.&O. Commutators. “Ceres” Flour. can have it delivered on their out-going train, 22+ All housekeepers using * + 0 3+ + ** Ceres Flour cee se 2 on the Wi tee * 2° Metropolitan eee c 2+ the B. and 0. tees 2 can get “Ceres” Plour * .. see y store as cheap as * 8+ + + see here else in the * * 7+ 2 seeee y giving me ¢ 2-0 05 eee minutes’ notice #5 6 + Wilton Harvey, oceries, Flour apd Feed. No. 10 C St. N.W. OPPOSITE B. AND 0. DEPOT. We Know The Requirements Of a fuel and put the CONNEL CUSHED COKE through th -—— produces our ideal. CONN ——- CRUSHED COKE ia different - — other cokes. It's more substew 5 a ——— fer and nearly all pure carbon. 40 busis cls, $4—-equal one ton anthracite. Pa. Coke Co., 615 7th St. CO ry ON THE 9TH PAG. it 18 A CORBKER. $2475 We so) Time! RUDDEN’S TIME is the sponge which wipes our | Score against you off the slate. Come— bur your Housefurnishings—enjoy them— Aad pay for them as ca venient. i There are many kinds of credit | many ways of find one way lik eneris. You" and urs—it is strictly sat we are original in | war wey of conducting the credit busi- | Pers. ne notes or other legal | Diterature aud we don't care whetber you Pay cash or want credit—the price is just the same World-beating” Parlor Suite, $25. | Elezant re Divan Parlor Suite, Tichly upholstered in te} equal . bewiry, te Many suites sold at $2750. ‘ Cash or time, $25. World-beating ‘Chamber Suite,$2s Fine Solid Oa | 66 Chamber Saites, with 2 ; led plate mirror, pol- ish finish and ot herwise equal to suites suld about town at $37.50, Cash or time, $25. | World-beating ‘ge Matting, $3.90. 100 rolls Fine Matting, 40 yards to the roll, Cash or time, $3.90. “ 9 Rudden’s lodern Credit House., Furniture, Carpets, &c., 518 7th St. ‘ A Hole? What put you there? Tea chawcss to one it was trring te do Smpus- 3 sibilities With your income—and the knew, Switeh of from the apt cash plan—and try our only cording te Tt trusts yor morally it beliewes vou will ihity and finaeially » #8 you agree—and perm large bill of PURNI- CARPETS — DRAPERIES — S BABY CARRIAGES, ete. nd takes its pay wonthly igste!imen ramp you nee entra for the ac- aud uo ny Not a cent red tape about it House & Herrmann, 917, 919, gat and 923 7th St. 636 Mass. Ave. Those who wish to get the fall value of every GoNar they spend will tind im this list opportunities rarely offered. Every item a bargain. We sell for CASH ONLY. NO ¢ IT. | Rubber Goods Dept. $2.30 Fountain Syringe (2 quacts, best rub- herd ai asepe $1.24 $3.00 Fountain Syringe @ quarts, perfeet)....$1.49 $2.00 Mot Water Botth covered)... $2.00 Family Bulb Syringe @ bard robber pipes x sas ineeibdcas We. {$1.00 Throat and Nose Atomizer «contingous spray) $2.50 Truss ia perfect fit enarantecd). A fall it Elastic Hostery Supp Shoulder Appliances of every de- scription, in. Lady in charg ie department. Toilet Goods Dept. th Brushes (Kent's Englteh, wax back) 21. sh (will pot shed). . eveee * English Meir Brash (all bristies) . tail aud 4 tour leaders. . . est bristle) cauvas)..... Shaving Bru $1.00 Shoe Set complete, 20e. Blocking Dips (a great variety bined A full pint of St. Thomas Bay fom (genuine) tM 25e. Bath Sponges (a great bargain) at We, Patent Medicines. Celery parilta Efaine's Compound Jlood"s Vigor eur Hatr Ayers Warne pws Hy shite fs Malt oxen of, Icon and W Emuiston (best... rier's Pils Ue., oF 2 boxes for Ourien ‘Florida Water guarantee the abuse to We aud lasting f all tollet waters. will mot Mackeu the appetite and gives color to daily), cares fexb 6c. full pt ber. Leaders of Lowest Prices, Seventh and E n.w. coughs and colds and make kt Up Town Brapeh, S83 i4th et, READ S. KANN, SONS & Co. VREAT ADVEKTISEMES: ON THE ¥TH PAGE, at iT lb 4 CURKER