Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1894, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY,/ MAROH 17, 1894~-TWENTY- PAGES, ‘Save Your Eyes Costs But $1. Why do you continually strain your eyes reading with glasses that DON'T SUI YOU?—We are now fitting our FINEST LENSES in hard rubber and polished steel frames for ONLY $1—in gold, $5. G7No charge for fitting and examin- ing eyes. Highest satisfaction or money refunded. McAllister & Co., OPTICIANS, tl F St. csextto sun Biag.), m1? No Dust Or Dirt In the CONNELLSVILLE CRUSHED COKE, and very little ashes. 93 per cent of the fuel burns up entirely. You may as well be ¢@co- nomical with fuel as with anything else. You can save by using C. C. COKE. 40 bush- els at $4 equals a ton of the best anthracife. Pa. Coke Co., 615 7th St. 7 Are Irrefutable. Ble Flour that we cao’t prove to ang intelligent per- son, SATISFACTORILY. Anyone e ‘claims’ —we back ours with |= ON—with facts. We reinforce word we atter by authorizing ALL GROCERS to refund the money for EVERY POUND of Cream Blend” $6 That does not give highest satisfac- tiow. This is our claim: “Cream Biend™ Flour makes the whitest—the lightest—the sweetest—the creamiest— the healthiest—THE BEST Bread and MORE BREAD, Rolls, Biscuits Pastry than it's POSSIBLE for any other flour to make!—for the reason | that it BLENDS the virtues of the |= hard SPRING WHEAT flours of Minne- |= sota and the Dakotas with the best qualities of the finest WINTER WHEAT Flours of several western and eastern states. in such exact propor-| 5 tions NECESSARY to make perfect flour-PERFECT BREAD. CF Ask your Grocer for “Cream Blend”—accept no substitute! If be doesn’t keep it, drop us a postal and we will mail you a list of those who DO. We only wholesale it. B. Earnshaw & Bro., WHOLESALE FLOUR DEALERS, 1105-1107-1109 11TH ST. S._E., AND 1000-1002 M ST. 8. E. EASTER BARCAINS Johnson And Luttrell’s, 713 Market Space. The Great Spring Salel AN UNRIVALED GROUPING OF THE CHOICEST CREATI AN EXTENSIVE AND ELEGANT ENSEMBLE OF NEW SILKS. SILKS. On Monday, and during the entire week, all in- terest will center in our SPRING SILK OPENING. ‘The greatest bargains yet offered in Silks of re- able qualities and fashionable weaves. 24-inch Japanese Silks, in pink, light blue, canary, cardinal, lavender, navy, brown, white and black. ‘These are warranted all silk and have never been Offered for less than T5c. the yard. Our price. .49e. 2tinch Figured India Silks, im Ught and derk grounds. Reduced from S89c. the yard to. Te. ‘22-inch Washable Pongee Silks, In figured effects. Worth $1 the yard, at.......... deesnancs sabe 24-tmeh Black Figured Jacquard Silks. ered 2t-inch Black Figured Jaffeta Silks. Importsd to sell at $1.25. Our price 98e. Black and Colored Moire Silks, $1.50 24-ineh Changeable Surah Silks. Wort! 25 the yard. Our price $9e. Also Fancy Trimming reduced prices. DRESS GOODS. The latest, the most desirable and the very choicest variety of HIGH-CLASS DRESS GOODS. AB. It :Foolish Notions-- ‘You are not saddling yourself with a burdensome debt when you buy your Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Baby Carriages, etc., of ys on credit. Our credit is different from all other sorts. It is a perfectly planned that amounts to the same thing as though you bought each week or month what you can afford to pay for out of your jncome—only we give you all the goods at once—and take our pay at such intervals and in such amounts as is convenient for you. ‘There is no sheriff in ours—no notes— no tangles of any kind. It discounts cash buying. House & Herrmann, 917, 919, 921 and - - 923 7th St. 636 Mass. Ave. hb $1. "Silks, ia great variety, at Is all we charge for re a fas Ee <e eee eee oe tnd we'll do the work 80, QUICKLY. aud medium to the very finest, all weaves, all colors so perfectly free, from PAIN that you'll and all styles. We have the stock, the styles are ‘sorry you didn't come sooner. treat it here and the prices are the LOWEST. po oey way ali ea ment 38-inch All Wool Cheviot Mixtures, new styles. Worth 50c. Our price 39. 40-inch Shepherd Plaids, in blue and white and Diack and white. Our price........- I 3 40-inch Imported Novelty Dress Goods, in Se S2-unch French Broadcloth, suitable for capes or Greases, in tans, gray, heliotrope, &c. Worth $1.50. Our price RTI E Imported Novelty Dress Goods, from SSc. to $1.50 WASH GOODS. J. Georges & Son, Parlors, 1115 Pa, ave. n.w. Stop Using Drugs aif You Want Health. HOW MANY there are right here in ‘asbington vitals are slowly tu iy, belog pped by i but, surel ‘sapped by. con ‘ the system! If you could but 80 pieces of Beautiful Figured Cotton Ducks, the ‘drugeing ou could, but latest wash fabric. Our price the yard... .12%e. Peay ihe enteral ‘testimon! ot been restored to PER- HEALTH after drinking Columbia Natural Lithia Water ou would be convinced that there is in NATURE —simple, but effective miracles. Liver blotehes on the face have been removed after drinking several of this water. Chronic dyspeptics, who have subsisted for years on stale bread and milk, again enjoy the “good things” im life. Stone in the bladder is dissolved aa it by . The rheumatic is made ‘nimble. The sleepless sleep sweet slum- ber. GFThe price is within the reach of ALL, only 25c. a gal. 5 gals. $1—de- livered at your home. Write, or tele- phone, 1776. Col.Nat.LithiaWaterCo mhi7-tf 460 K STREET N.W. CONCORD word Concord is famous for two things—one for being known in American AEE age as the scene of a Cog ges = ————-also_‘as being mous ‘what LUTZ & BRO., PA. AVE., believe to be HARNESS. FxEERY 40-inch Figured Irish Lawns, in a great variety of new styles. Our price soso Ns ‘New Broche Satines, in dark grounds, with col- ored figures and all black, at 30c. and......37i4c. 15c.India Linen 1oc. 2,000. yards of Fine White India Linen, a quality we've fever sold for less than 15c. the yard, for Monday and until sold our price will be 10c. JOHNSON & LUTTRELL 73 Market Space. FECT Stateroom Trunks, OUR OWN MAKE. LEATHER-BOUND CORNERS, CLOTH woeee Baldness is Curable! bit of unsolicited testimonials Prove that LORRIMER'S EXCELSIOR HAIR FORCER is the greatest remedy for Baldness ever discovered. It will positive- ly force @ profusion of kair on the baldest head at any age, no matter from what cause the baldness arises, and after all other remedies have failed. It cures bald Patches, scanty partings, hair falling out, ndruff, scurf, weak and thin eyelashes and eyebrows.’ It will restore gray and faded ‘to tts original color. It will abso- Intely produce a luxuriant growth of Whiskers and Mustaches on the smooth- est face without injury to the most deli- And upward, at Topham’s PIONEER TRUNK MANUFACTORY, . d cate skin. Its effects are truly marvelous. 1231 Penna. Ave uta oo dyer grenas'Se'an borates Factories 1218 and 1230 Bat. nw. Repair Frdienty snd $1 per bo = dered work caref ice, 0c. and $1 per bottle. Prepa: = and sold by LORRIMER & CO., 107 N. Paca st., Baltimore, Md. : ACKER & KENNER'S 1 mh3-1m&3d toeee , KRRRRRAEREEERER ERE RERROEY It'll Pay To Be Early 5 7 ee eee A Good Digestion i | ee e. duplic va F = ween ther runt isan.” Window ‘Soades | -_Means Long Life 2 ——— SE Mia Te St tery ‘low rates—$7 @| (38) And HAPPINESS. On this delicate suit and up. - Awnings from $2.50 up. Houghton Co., bit of “machinery” depends the whole organization of the stomach. Happi- mess is the natural result of PER- The f FECT DIGESTION. 16 St. 1710 14th St.) 2 HY = ct Boston i, edtead of a _Brown Bread, 3 s easily digested—that's the reason 2 ‘Getting a New One, a) ee — us repair or recovet four ol = ve lelict a oe it'll be like pew in: Write or telephone. ) | WOODWARD:., LOTHROP, 10TH, 11TH AND F STS. N.W. —_o—. ‘ER CARDS AND BOOKLETS — FIRST FLOOR. ——— EASTER GIFTS, TOKENS AND SOUVENIRS -— ALL OVER THE STORE. OPENING Of Women’s Jackets, Capes, [antles, Costumes and Tea Gowns, Misses and Children’s Wraps, Frocks, Guimpes and Confirmation Robes, Boys’ Suits, Hats, Caps, Shirt Waists and Furnishings. WE TAKE PLEASURE IN INFORMING YOU THAT OUR SPRING STOCK OF OUTSIDE GAR- MENTS FOR WOMEN, GIRLS AND BOYS IS READY, AND WILL BE ON SPECIAL DISPLAY Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 19, 20, 21. WE SHALL BE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU CALL AT YOUR CONVENIENCE AND EXAMINE SAME. Our entire third floor is a conservatory of rare exotics. The assortment of Women’s Garments is the equal of any in America for beauty, richness, real worth, Not a gathering of promiscuons things, but a careful, deliberate choosing of buyers who knew what to take and what to discard. We ask you to examine them critically—look at the cloth—look at the shape—look at the style— look at the finish, ‘That's the way we do, and if a garment is lacking in any one of these points we shun it. Do likewise. ‘These we've just opened show wonder touches of style and novel prettiness, and from the lowest grade to the highest exclusive novelty they are marked at prices that are non-competitive. Matchless sunshine among the Young Folks’ Garments. We have prepared for the Boys and Girls as carefully and thoroughly as for the grown folks. The latest novelties will be on display. All full of taste and style even the cheapest garment. Note the Confirmation Dresses, the dainty Party Dresses with guimpes to match, the stylish Jackets; then look at the Spring Novelties for small and large boys—the myriad of Fauntleroy Suits, Eton and Harrow Sults, Reefer, Kilt anf Saflor Suits, and so on and on through all the banks and racks of made things for boys and girls. Your wonder will grow with every step. Spend a little time among the goods, for nowhere is it Possible to get in closer touch with approved Furopeam and American fashions for spring of "04 than bere, Women’s Spring Wraps. One of the most stylish is a handsome Cape of Sole de Paris, with full ruffled collar of moire antique, edge of spangled gimp and large bow of Women’s Spring TeaGowns and Wrappers. The newest effects in Silks, Henrlettas, Cash- meres, Chambrays, Lawns, &c. Superb effects in China Silk, pink, biue, lavender and black, with lace and ribbon trimming, full, fluffy umbrella collars, loose front, Watteau back o- +++-$12.50 each. Alle lenrletta Tea Gowns, in pink, blue, old rose, heliotrope, &c., with all slik front, Wat- A Cape of fine black fatlie silk is also worthy } of special mention. It is made in five polats—} two in front, one on either shoulder and one in the back. The edges are finished with all-silk gimp. A Cape of fine motre silk, with 8pen work ap- plique of same and long top ends finished to bepscogn igs “S58 | tean back, collars. and cuffs finished, with” fane A Cape ine black moire silk, 2 with y Jape of fine black moire silk, with Jetted | stitcning and lace. An excellent tem yoke and a full flounce of Bourdonne Ix 20 se = n excellent value at.$8 cach. Ax at varlety of shapes and fabrics in xll-wool, ; Ught-weight, plain, braided and ribbon trimmed; all the best colors; all sizes... A chotce line of Capes in braid and lace effects, with yoke and edges of Mechlin net or insertions + $5.00 each. ee cae, pes, pl ytd be An excellent value in a wash gown is made of trimmed with Sole de Purls silk, silk braid and |%" "ported soft nainsook-tinished Batiste, full and flutfy, embroidery trimmed, large variety of Patterns, guaranteed fast color $4.50 cuch. Figured Dimity Wrappers, embroidery trimned, fall Watteau back, plaited yoke, various pat- been thts. -$3.00 cach. India Linon Wrappers, a large silk bow...... sees Black English Serge Capes, with four’ ro insertion and finished with silk ribbon. $1 Fine Camel's Hair Capes, suitable for elderly women. ‘fhese are extra long and finished with Hubbard’ fle of faille silk. style, made * Ricordo Capes, made with sbort back and double. | Very full and of extra good Iawn......$1-50 each. pointed front, entirely new. ‘These come in mvz,| Percale two-plece »House Dresses, embroidery black and brown, and are neatly trimmed with trimmed, full skirt, with sfx-inch ruffle, stylish waist, excellent for. (3d fluor. lace and insertion. . + $10 « +$5.00 each. -10th st. bldg.) insertion and moire ribbon Black Cloth Capes, with ruffie af yoke with ruffle of moire silk, and finished with ribbon and lace. An extra good value at... .$7.50 All-wool Cloth Capes, iu black, navy, tam and Brown, with large pointed collar and trimmed with novelty braid (36.50 Nothing stort of a personal visit will givé you any idea of the extent and variety of the jacket stock. The popular open-front Jackets, with roll- ing collar of motre silk and jaunty full back are dressy and useful garments. . + -$12.50 to $18 The Black’ Hop Sacking Jackets, with fitted front, and the Oxford Cloth Jackets, with reefer front, *will doubtless be greatly admired. The price should be at least $16. It fs. $12.50 Misses’ Spring Wraps. Naty Blue Broadcloth Reefers, skirt hack, full Bishop sleeves, handsomely trimmed with rows of harrow white braid. Cardinal Broadcloth Reefers, deep rufle cape, trimmed with bluck moire and open-work insertion, and edged with fluted moire ribbon, entire jacket seamed with black moire silk. Reefers of browa and gray novelty mixtures, triple cape, trimmed with rows of braid, fall ruf- fle skirt, belt of braid. Navy Blue Broadcloth Reefers, large sailor col- Fine Tatlor-made Covert Cloth Backets are the |r Mare cuffs, slasied back. Sizes 4 o. S “proper thing’? in light weigat. cars. aor seers 8B ‘Twilled Cheviot Jackets, bine, Broade cardinal and navy blue, brown, with three large pearl buttons and rever aade in newest style, trimmed with white or faced with woire silk... + +-$8.50 | ltck braid and pearl buttons. Sizes 4 wo 12 ‘Tailor-made Tight-fitting Cheviot Jackets, with | ears .......... $4.50 velvet collar... .$7.50 | Novelty Cloth Reet aed teak? ‘Tight-fitting Jackets of all-wool| diagonal or | others with full ruftle skirt, pearl or brass buttons. cheviot, with large pointed revers and — full | Sizes 4 to 12 years $4.00 and $5.00 Nedbicss gk ae +++-$5| Imported Jackets in the most fasitonable mate- (84 floor. “11th st. building.) | rlals—Oxford cloths, Covert cloths, &. Correct styles and silk lined throughout. ’ Covert Cloth Jackets, double- Women’s Spring Suits and sleeves, pearl butions, Sizes 12, 14 and 16 years. Waists. 0 und 810 Neat Jackets in mixed novelty effects and nay Undoubtedly the best line of Outing Sults We! iiue cheviot, with moire silk trimmings. T ever owned. The newest things are among them, | fect fitting. Sizes 12 to 16 years.. 310 some with fancy silk linings. They are all made) (3q qoor...... 11th st. building.) by man tallors, and are perfect fitting. The most popular of these will be the “Paddock” Suit, the “Flare-skirt’” Suit, the “Double Skirt” Suit, the “Prince Albert’? Suit, the “Tuxedo” Suit and the ‘Bton’’ Suit. Fine Serge Suits, black and blue, in a new shape— short Eton effect frout and long umbrella back, swallow-tail style. The waist is half lined with silk and has broad revers of moire silk, double col- lar of same and large moire Alsatian bow, with lace ends, Regular $25 suit... = $18.50 Camel's Hair Serge Paddock Suits, silk lined $30. Misses’ Spring Suits. Neat Wool Frocks for the litde ones, in ‘Em- pire’ style. These are in omtge green eibrotdercd in white, garnet mbroidered in white, and car- dinal ewbroidered in bi Pattern Dresses — twilled serge, with pretty border effects. ‘These have accordion platted skirt and waist handsomely trimmed with ribbon. Dainty Party Dresses—light ue and Black Serge Suits, large moire revers, pink, blue and 5 skirt, perfect fitting. . $10.00. | black silk, with guimpes to mateh. An extra good value is an All-wool Serge Suit, | cl Sults im navy biue serge, handsomely bratted. blue only, with black satin braiding. All sizes. .$6 SILK Waisis. Some elegant and exclusive styles, as well as some very special values in the lower-priced | Waists. ; Our _Waists at five dollars are the best we ever saw at the price. They are surah, embroidered w i changeable effects, wade plainly or with ‘acdinal and Brown Serge Eton Suits for girls from 4 to 8 years old. These are neatly draided. There are pretty biouse waists to be worn with these suits, Two-piece Suits in fancy st Eton effect. Serpentine Crepon Dresses to ed percale, made be worn with lace trimmed... +8750. China Silk Walsts, stripes of lavender and white, Diack and white and blue and white. Large balloon sleeves, ruffle over should: “China Sik Waists. trimm: of velvet, large puffed sleeves. Figured Silk Waists, cha sleeves, shirred yoke and collar, sizes . med with Price (3d floor. lavender and heltotrope satin ribbon, $20 Boys’ Spring Clothing. Fancily Trimmed Lawn Blouses. . Laas : Se. to $2.50 China Silk.Walsts, pink and blue, shirred yoke unstarched, at and collar, puffed sleeves, lice insertion. All sizes. and S0e,—the last 4 12. pereale. WASH WAISTS. ‘ uses for boys from 3 to 15 years A stock complete in every detail, better than $1.25 to $1.50 we've been able to show before. ene ia and Figured with draw tape.50e., Te. and $1 Saits.—A splendid array of these tough fabrics made up int suits to fit. Strictly pare wool down to the last thread. Pretty, too. $3, $3.50 and $3.75. eac Coat Laundered and Soft Bosom W: ed collar and cuffs, choice vari ists, with launder- of styles. We. to $3.25 cach. Fisk, Clark & Flagg’s Launder-d Shirt Waists are superior to any other make in fit, workm “Corabination’’ Suits.- : two pairs of ship. style and finish, They ar: made of vtarige nc ek a ae choicest patterns of J. & J. Andersons ingwnted | SOusers. Fine brown cheviot. bag eee rd madras, and are for sale by us s one ia Wasiin: ‘The kind made with double + +$3.00 each. is. ic poeet- tens knees and seat. We might almost say the kind A specially handsome White Waist is land- that never wears oat. Pretty patterns, silk sewed broidered and has a .uoire striped bosom, 1 wl pert ly tellored...... -$5 each Bine Slater Yacht © A myriad of styles S, | made. Special price. $1.68, $1.75, $1.00, 32. (Bd foor..... Blue Serge Reefers. + loch st. building.) (@d_foor 10th st. building.) ~——— Maybe it'll : 2 ioe ‘widen oe || Krafft’s Bakery, ) ( —— Se santos, ant we marantee thes |(2/Cor. 18th St. & Pa. Ave. 2 ——— finest work at very moderate prices. | mbiT (New York Umbrella Co. | oe ‘any Market Space. |= —- —— | (257, Market Space Easter is Almost Here. It you want that iast season's gown cleaned | * ——aneoeOeOOe OOOO ESOS OE EQUAL TO “NEW and thus save expense of | a new one you haven't much time to | POPULAR “5 anD| lose. [Most delicate fabrics cleaned without in- O cents ing music | Jury. Our wagon will call. eatewe on Fi G | Anton Fischer, 32%¢ 3; mubl6 Woodward And Lothrop, 10TH, 11TH AND F 81S. N.W. yes, in light blue and heliotrope grounds, | full jabgt. All sizer +++++-$5.00. | printed In delicate floral designs, ‘The -walsts of Striped China Silk Waists, all size $3.00. | these are trimmed with bows’ 6f satin. ribb Figured and Changeable Effects, in the newest | “Enproidered Hellotrope Swiss Dresses, tucked patterns and made in the best styles. Plain and girt, full waist, ruftle sleeves, elaborately trin- 5 ‘Giving Thanks’. Our New Easter Card iven away free! THE WEEK, we will pre- 3 sent to every purchaser of 0c Worth of our famous TEAS, COFFEES, BAKING — POWDERS | and CONDENSED MILK our beau- tifol Baster Card — “GIVING THANKS"—a panel picture from life of a pure, sweet-faced child EAT hy TH AN EGINNING MONDAY AND continuing THROUGHOUY, ying—the sanctity and holiness | Of Whose expression the FIRENCH | MASTER has portrayed with won- | drous skill. On many happy Bus- ters It has been our privilege to greet our patrons with SPECLAL- LY DESIGNED and rarely beautiful ART SOUVENIRS, but never before have we discovered in the field of art a subject SO CHARMING. 7 Rei “GIVING Terre r eee ee! z e a 3 one week with every 50c. worth gf) ‘Teas, Coffees, Buking Powder Condensed Milk. [Great Atlantic & § Pacific Tea Co., | 2104 M st., Georgetown, and in all markets. ‘elephone, 848. Newton H. Bowman, Man. mhi6-eo BLUII BROS.’ Great Matting Sale! In conjunction with our mammoth depart- ment stores, 743, 745, 747 Sth st. we. we have added store 751 for this exclusive sale. We have just received from our agents in China and Japan 3,876 rolls and Will place them on sale Monday, March 19, at §;30 a.m., for one week (6 days) at prices never before heard of. We have been recognized by the people of this city and adjoining counties as the leaders of low prices and our reputation ts fully establish- ed by the following prices: Ibe. Heavy Chinese Fancy Matting 12 different patterns to sels 19e. Heavy White Chinese Matting...... This is not the common kind sold by others at 12ige. yd. 19, Heavy Japanese Seamless Matting. PE Me a F = 5c. Extra Heavy Jap. Seamless Matting. ie. Extra Heavy sesso A Mge. 3d 30c. Extra Heavy Seamless Matting. .....17%ec. yd. 5c. Extra Heavy Seamless Matting......2le. yd 40 and 56c. Extra Heavy Damask Matting.25e. 34. SOc. Test Quality Cotton Warp Mattings.27%\c. yd. ‘Tuése are absolutely the Best Cotton Warp Japanese Mattings. ‘Thts sale will only last 6 days, and ail intending purchasers should come early and get the: pick, These goods are all perfect and you will not get one yard that is the least imperfect, as some of the cheap trash advertised by others. Please bear this in mind. Owing to the fact that we were so busy last week some of our customers did not get watted upon, so we have decided to con- tinye our great sale of bargains, advertised for last week, for one week longer. BLUM BROS., 743-45-47-51 8th St. S. E. mbl7-2e Se notably the wren, who sneak in and oecupy’ the west built by the hanl labor und energy of >) other binds. pg -Manufacturers —who sneak in and attempt to occupy the position won by Ceres Flour in the hearts of Washington housekeepers. Make It is Ceres Flour that makes more bread, lighter bread, whiter bread, sweeter bread and better bread than any other flour in the world—and is the only flour that will do it. Beware of imitations, Ceres is for sale by all grocers, Ac- cept no substitutes. We only wholesal> it. Wm. M. Galt & Co., Flour and Feed Dealers,” Ist and Ind. ave. Ceres “Wholesale Cor. NG OPENING. HARRISON, FO a an tons of Millinery now arriving and that her opening will be on Thursday and Friday, March 22 and 23. Her extengive foreign connections enables her to supply exclusive models a newest designs. No cards. | AASABAADAMEAAAARABDARAOABLM ES Ladies, Do Not Buy Your Easter Hats and BONNETS until you have inspected frost from NEW YORK- daintiest, prettiest styles ever introduced in Washington. irs. M. J. Hunt, 1309 F St. q mbiz-co VEE ewe YT err YY Tw eer eT ere wwe | AAA AAA RAD wevewvervey ‘Best Homes Use ‘Matchless Creamery”’ F a onl D. W » | heard her name before I saw it in this co 11 don't Plis a vi } | department. THE APRIL MARRIAGE Dr. Paxton Gives Details of the Ceremony. BFFECY ON MISS POLLARD'S CLAIM Lawyers for the Defense Say They Do Not Depend on It. THE LAW OF THE CASE LOUISVILLE, Ky. March 17.—-Two Weeks before the marriage of Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge to Mrs. Wing in this cit the Commercial learned, on what was con- sidered good authority, :hat they were be- trothed. A reporter was sent co Dr. Scott's residence, where Mr. Breckinridge stopping, and Col. Breckinridge pieaded with Him that the matters should not be written up. Col. Breckinridge was then taken to the Commercial office and there made the following state: t: “I know it is always best to be honest with a newspaper man, and i will say to you that I am here now with the consent of Dr. Scott, Mrs. Wing's brother, to pay my addresses to her. She has not yet promised to accept me; I do not know that she ever will, and I believe that anything that you might say on the subject would injure my suit.” He denied rhat there had ever been a possibility of Lis murrying Miss Pollard. Mrs. Wing’s relatives in this city deny all knowledge of a secret marrixge. Dr. Paxton's Story. The disclosure of the fact that Mr. Rreck- inridge,the defendant in the suit fur breach of promise brought by Miss Pollard, was privately married to Mrs. Louisa Wing in New York, April 29 last, three months be- fore the public marriage, has given rive to msiderable speculation as to the legal status of Miss Pollard’s case. The statement published in yesterday's Star as to the marriage in New York last April was confirmed last night by Rev. Dr. Psxton in an interview in Pittsburg, where Dr. Paxton has been visiting several months with relatives. He staftd that the marriage had“taken pressed the fact to oblige Col. Breckinridge and the bride. In response to frequent tel- egrams he had kept putting off recording, and only did it at last to obviate a journey to the capital in the present unsatisfactory state of his health as a witness in the scan- dal suit. Moved, however, by an apparent desire to possible now that they had come out, Dr. | Paxton proceeded to fill in the details of the | story himself, as follows: “On the 2th of last April my man Charlie came to me in my study and told me that to see me. When I went down ‘Billy’ Breck- inridge came to me and asked me whether I would marry him to Mrs. Wing. I said I would, and shortly after Mrs. Wing drove up to the door in arother carriage. This was about 7:30 in the evening. I took them to the study and called Mrs. Paxton and Eleanor N. Collier, who was stopping at the house, to act as witnesses. “adter the ceremony Col. Breckinridge asked me not to put the marriage on rec- ord. His children might raise « great fuss, and besides,it would seem nighly improper, when his wife was dead only nine or ten months, I forget which. Mrs. Wing added her solicitations, as she desired to become acquainted with her hvspani’s family was made known. away very happy, as he seemed v. voted to her. In ‘this old Quaker stz believe, you must have a license to get war- ried. In New York you don’t. A imi: is just provided with Manks from the health bureau, which set forth a full his- tory of the parties, as well as the marriage, and go on public record. I simply did not return mine for this marriage. I had been | a life-long friend of Billy, aud thought my- self it was best, all things considered, not to make it public. I had suppressed such you reports before in affairs of honor, kn and the like. “Everything was going along ali right and I sup; _ Mrs. Wing was making friends nicely with the family, when up crops this Pollard scandal. I don’t know a thing about Miss Pollard, and never nection. : “Almost immediately, in June,Col. Grreck- inridge and Mrs. Wing wer? publicly mar- — in Kentucky, without consuiting me at jal “I next received a telegram not to record the April marriage, at teast till after the scandal had blown over. There is no spe- cial law in New York that ! know of on re- turn of marriages. There is nothing to make a man hurry up as soon he bas married a couple and get it recorded. 1 never observed any special time. “Since this suit has begun I have just been followed up by telegrams from Col. Breck- ~ | inridge and his attorneys to come to Wash- jington as a witness. I would have been willing to go, but for my condition. I want | that_year and a half rest, and I am taking lit. So I just telegraphed to my man Char- ‘le, who ‘takes charge of the house in my | absence, to go to my study, get that mar- riage record and file it. I coasidered that >| was my share of the evidence, all I had to |do with the suit, and that wes done a couple of cvs ago by my man. |_ “I don't know whether by the suppression | I have rendered myself liable to on law. know whether New York has any law bearing on such suppression, Perhaps | I have committed a misdemeanor, and may j have to pay a fine, as the marriage was \nearly a year old when registered.” | Czlling on Dr. Paxton to Explain, The New York registrar of vital statis- ties yesterday sent a letter to Dr. Paxton, as follows: Dear Sir: I respectfully inform you that a marriage certificate was received at this department yesterday which stated that | William C. P. Breckinridge and Louise R. |S. Wing were married by you on April 29, | 1893. The certificate fails to show the aze |of the bride, and the official station and | Pesidence of ‘the person by whom married, | which is required by section 606 of the New York consolidation act, chapter 10, jaws |of 1882. ‘The failure to’ report a marriane ’|to this department within ten days after | | the marriage ceremony has been performed | dation act. Have the kindness to supply the above delay in forwarding the certificate to this There seems to be some mystery about the marriage of Mr. Breckinridg> Mrs. Wing. A press dispatch from cago says:~ ing _ Breckinridge, the present wife of statement was true that Breckinridge to wed his sister dcath of the colcnel’s former question was not evidently a pleasant one, for the doctor’s face flushed perc ptibly as he declined to answer it. The day preceding the Vosog wedding in Louisville Dr. ott v' ite. the newspaper offices and announce that the wedding would take pla at his heme on the following day. He as told fter the a effect. the marriage would take place and in- sisted upon a publication to that effect. An Interesting Legal Question. There is quite a diversity of opinion among the members of the bar here as to whether Col. Breckinridge’s marriage in April would or would not break down the | Bult brought by Miss Pollard in it |could be shown that the marriage took place prior to any atknowledgment by Mr. | Breckinridge, in the presence of whnesses, jof his promise to marry Miss Pojerd. On ‘this point, howe’ it is “asserted, that the date fixed by Mrs. Black- burn of the acknowledgment made to Mer previous Dr. announcement to the sai ne | | } | was prior to the date of the marriage. It t a civil contract, and subject to all the re- con- | quirements» surrounding other civil | tracts. Yet, it appears that it is question whether the fact that Col. Brec inridge was a married man did or did not | Vitlate the contract of marriage alleged by Miss Pollard to have been made between them. The doubt arises, it appears, from what many members of the bar claim was the incapacity of the defendant, after his mar- riage to Mrs. Wing, to make or carry out the contract alleged by the plaintiff. By those who so believe, it is said that the de- fendant cannot be held Mable for the non- performance of a contract which he was in- capable of making. They agree, however, © | that he could be held Mable for the decep- was | place on the date stated, and ne had sup- | make the facts of the marriage as clear es | a gentleman was down stairs and wanted | jolation of section 406 of the consoli- | jmission and explain the reason of the | - Preston Scott, brother of Mrs. Scott | Col. Breckinridge, was asked today if the | he had forced | Broeckinridge- { that Col. Breckinridge had already denicd | | Scott rather testily replied that is agreed that marriage is nothing but } | tion practiced, if Miss Pollard’s allegations | be true, in leading her to believe that he |not only would keep the alleged promise, | but also that he was, at the time it was | said to have been made, capable of it. But those who are of such an opinion explain that as the present suit is brought | fer breach of contract, and not for tion, the plaintiff is without 2 _ remedy in No Effect on the Suit. These opinions appear to be held by, per- haps, a majority of those members of the bar who care to express themselves, but it is a fact that very many hold that the fect of Col. Breckinridge’s marriage last “April has no effect whatever upon the suit pend- ing against him, and counsel for Miss Pol- lard, it need hardly be said, are those who hold such an opinion. A*mem- ber of the bar, who has no connection with the suit, and whose opinions are most ly regarded by his professional associates, When questioned about the matter today by a Star reporter, instantly replied that the defendant's marriage had al | Ro effect upon the suit pending, and that it made no difference whether Gol. Breck- | inridge was or was not married at the time he is alleged to have promised to marry Miss Pollard. Provided, of course, the reporter's informant ex) she unaware of the derendant's marciage ae In support of his contention the lawyer referred the reporter to section 680 of Bishop on contracts, which reads as fol- lows: “If a married man and a woman not knowing of his marriage agree to inter- marry she may avail herself of the con- tract and bring suit for its breach imme- diately on learning of the deception. Qiil- Wood ast. Littlewood, 3 Exch., 775; Kelly agt. Riley, 106 Mass., 3 ‘oover agt. Dav- enport, 1 Heisk, Tenn., 368. And see Pol- lock agt. Sullivan, 53 Vt, 507) Yet, 4¢ both are married or one only js so and the other is aware of it, the mutual promise its, as to both, void. (Haviland ag: 34 N. Y., 643; Paddock agt. Robinson, Tll., 99.) This authority, it was explained, removed the matter in favor of the all doubt in plaintiff, provided, of course, she showed that she was unaware of the defendant's marriage and acted herself in perfect e008 the <t faith, relying entirely on assertions hen this authority was the defendant. W! metabers of the bar, who shown to several had previously asserted otherwise, acknowledged the eminence of it, and rtated — it seemed to fully cover the pending su The Defense Do Not Depend on It. None of the counsel for Col. Breckinridge Would express themselves in the matter, but it was learned on excellent authority that they hatl no intention whatever of complicating the question at issue in the trial by making the point of Col. Breckin- ridge’s marriage to Mrs. Wing im April last, it being stated that the-defense would be an entirely different matter. It was stated this afternoon at the office of Col. Enoch Totten, who is one of the defendant's counsel, that he would return today from Florida,where he has been for several weeks in segrche of health, and it is understood that Col. Totten will actively appear im the case on and after Monday next. —_— Promotion Policy. One of the cook shops or cheap eating ‘houses at Jackson City was closed today, and one of the policy firms there was de- prived of about $10. Doily Sewell, the col- ored woman who conducts the eating house, also ergaged in the policy business. This morning Dolly started over the river, as usual, but Sergt. Daley and Officer | called to her to stop. She had a policy book | and about $10, mostly in small change, |her pocket. When she discevered that the ‘officers wanted her she put the policy im her mouth, and succeeded in swallowing @ part of it before the officers could get it. When she appeared in Judge Miller's court the claimed that she was taking the nd papers over the river for a Mrs. |omon. * | Promoting policy was the charge against | ber, and Judge Miller gave her sixty f % ——_— Benth of James F. O'Connor. James F. O'Connor of this city died sud- |denly Thursday in Tucson, Ariz., jhe had gone in quest of ith. Hy thirty years of age, and spent most life in Washington, where he was About a year ago he suffered an attack | pneumonia in Chicago, which later develop- ed into hasty consumption, causing his | . He was a member of | Union 101 of this city, and one of the best. | known compositors in the country. He was |a young man of admirable qualities, and | his death will be sincerely by |large circle of friends. The remains will city He was a brother of Mr. |embalined and forwarded to this or of the Washington Post. - Pre | interment. | D. O'Conn: é CARR. Departed this life Saturday, March 1! am, JOSEPH A. CARR, forty-seven years. Funeral from his late residence, South and S streets southeast, Monday, March ® p.m. Friends and relatives to attend. (Alexandria papers please copy.) * CASEY, Saddenly and peacefully, om March Ii, “at 1220 am, EOWARD Fe case aged fifty-seven years. Funeral from bi Fourth 3 m. Friends and relatives invited to ai Street M. E. Church, INGHAM. At ber residence, 1141. 1 west, on Thursday, March 15, > pm. in t LINE CUNNIN ningham end belo aged thirty-nine years. Relatives and friends are invited to funeral on Sunday. March 18, at Church, 11th and K streets, at 2 DALY. On Friday, March 16, 1804, ABBY, beloved’ wife of the late ther of Mrs. Abby Exgan, im the hi year of ber age. Funeral from her daughter's residence Monday, March 19, at 8:30 a.m.. thence to St. Aloysius Church, Where mass will be said for the of her soul. Frieuds and relatives invited. JUDAH. On BOURNE, Judah of March 15, 1894, PHILIP NOR- son of the late “Renjamin Wythe ichmond, Va., aged sixty-three years, Minetecuth: Funeral Sanday, at 2:30 p.m. from Street Baptist Church. (Philadelphia and Kich- mond papers please copy.) LAWRENCE. Departed this life on , March 16, 1894, at 1 am., after a illness, which she ‘hore ‘witit Sheistian fortitude, Jo SEPHINE WARING LAWRENCE. A precious one from us has fied; A loved is stille@; is Vacant in our home hich mever can be filled. God, In His wisdom, has recalled The boon His love hath given, though (he bedy moiders bere, soul is safe in heaven, ral Sunday, March 18, from St. Amgustine’s arch, at 3pm, Relatives and friends invii to attend. (Prince George's papers please copy. MUGUIKE. On Friday, March 16, 1894, ELIZA. BR |. 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