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$2 4 ‘THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. PRIDAY............0000000+.Mmy 18, 18994, CROSRY 5S. NOY: eseseceees ees. -Nditor, eee ee ‘THE EVENING STAR has a regalar and permanent circulat! ich more than the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it has no competitor. C7 Im order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE beter fee. ago ye a THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Department, according to tenor or purpose. = Yesterday’s outing of the board of trade wpon the Potomac served to impress upon all present, who were interested in the welfare of Washington, the conviction that much remains to be done to utilize our great and historic river to its full capacity for the benefit of aoe health, business and Pleasure of the capi An unlimited and healfhtul water supply fa tendered to us, if Congress will only make wise and adequate provision of aque- ducts, settling-basins and reservoirs. The river will also serve as an effective trans- porting agent to sweep the capital's sewage harmlessly into the sea, if Congress will only provide the comprehensive system which is to convey the accumulating mat- ter to a safe point below the city and commit it to the Potomac’e current. Then there is the work of fats reclamation to be completed. Without malarious marshes either in the Potomac or Anacostia, the quickened waters will cut great slices from the District's death rate. The gdditional good harbors to be secured when the flats of both rivers are filled will meet the de, mands of the city’s growing commerce. The picturesque Potomac above the city will delight in ever-increasing numbers the fishermen and the oarsmen, and on the lower river the numerous excursion steam- ers of the present will be vastly multiplied to furnish fresh alr cheaply in the heat of summer, and to bring joy to children and to the poor, and despair to the doctors, druggists and undertakers. Public baths and a bathing beach may be made to con- tribute further to the city’s health. The necessity is perceived of constructing hand- some and substantial bridges, including a memorial bridge and a reconstructed Long bridge, to furnish communication with Vir- winia, We of Washington must master the Po- tomac, harness it, and keep it industriously at work to the full extent of its capacity. It must no longer be permitted in the ab- sence of a sea wall and through the pres- ence of the obstructive nuisance of Long bridge dara to threaten the city with floods; to permeate with the historic soil of Vir- ginia the physical systems of those of us who are accustomed to drink water; to @isseminate malaria from the smallest stretch of marshy flats, and, being prac- Ueally bridgeless, so far as modern, ade- quate structures are concerned, to obstruct communication with Virginia and the south. We must make of it the city’s faith- ful servant; as a cleansing and purifying agent, fanning the capital with cool and healthful breezes, bringing pure cold water to every home and quickly removing dis- ease-generating sewerage; serving, through Tecreated fisheries, @ source of cheap and abundant food supply; fostering light T™manufactures and furnishing force for il- luminating, transportation and other pur- poses by the Great Falls’ water power, and, perhaps, reviving the ancient commercial glories of this region, which attach to the period when Georgetown, Alexandria and Bladensburg contended for commercial su- bremacy in the south. —__ + ++ ____ Massachusetts already has and New York is soon to have a compulsory education Jaw, and an organized force of inspectors will continually see to it that the statutes are rigidly enforced. Such statutory pro- visions are proper and wholesome and should exist in every state and territory in the Union where facilities for education are to be found. Speaking of the law which is im operation in Massachusetts and of those persons with whom the New York inspectors will probably have to deal, the New York Sun very pertinently says: “It is a sad com- mentary on the selfishness of human nature that this duty cannot safely be left to the parents-and guardians of youth, but ex- perience shows children’s rights to an ed- ueation are too oftea neglected, and the subject is one of too much importance to the state to be left to a capricious individ- ual sense of responsibility.” This same sort of selfishness undoubtedly exists in the District of Columbia, where far too many children are deprived of educational facil- ities because they are compelled to devote the time which should be spent in school in struggling with adverse conditions for a few, very few, dollars. The injustice done by those who prevent the acquisition of a reasonable amount of educational knowl- edge by a child is incalculably great, and generally results in condemning those who suffer from it to live in a social and bus- imess sphere far inferior to that which might have been reached had the native talent of the unfortunate children been turned to good account under the influence of our public school system. Is it not cer- tain that compulsory education in the Dis- trict of Columbia would be a continuous @nd growing benefit to this community? We have the law, but no facilities for teach- ing those who might be compelled to health- ful stady. It would be necessary for Con- gress to authorize the erection of more school-houses, for the existing accommoda- tions have not always sufficed to furnish all-day instruction for the entire number _who attended voluntarily. ———_ see The Potomac Boat Club set all the other local aquatic associations a good example yesterday, when, in spite of all manner of difficulties and delays, it inaugurated the regatta season. Years ago this city was famous for its oarsmen, and some of the finest contests ever witnessed anywhere have taken place on the surface of the his- toric river which flows past the nation's capital. Such efforts as that made yester- day evening by the Potomacs are deserving of popular encouragement, for the sport is health-giving and the contests honest. Just now the country is suffering from an over- dose of professionalism, much of it not even @ubious m its character. — +o Senator Morgan desires to know what the Attorney General has done in the way of smashing trusts. The Attorney General ean respond that In this labor he has kept pace with the Senate in its task of tariff legislation. ey, It is feared thdt Tammany’s new head means merely a change of frontispiece, and hot @ revised edition. ——_-_+ 2 Commenting on the fact that Connecticut has a new law regulating the administering of capital punishment, the New York Times is moved to wonder by the fact that no state he: yet made serious effort to fol- low the example of electrocution set some time ago by New York. It is really remark- able that the success which has attended electrical executions in the Empire state has failed to result in many imitators. Proud of our civilization and boastful to an extreme of the gicat strides this country has made during the past twenty years, we are nevertheless qyite provincial in many important matters. Public opinion right- eously insists that certain classes of crim- inals shall forfeit their lives and the general desire is that those who must die at the herds of the law shall have their vital sparks extinguished in the most humane and speedy fashion, yet the custom of hang- ing offenders—a custom so ancient that its origin is lost in obscurity—prevails in every state and territory of the Union where cap- ital punishment is sanctioned by statute save ene. Prior to tne appiication of electricity to official executions, the advocates of decap- itation had unquestiorably the best of the argument as to speedy and physically pein- less death, but there were strong objections to the sanguinary incidentals, so hanging continued to be the popular method. Crude, torturing, laden with horrible probabilities, it has defeated all other methods every- where except in New York and there it has been succeeded by a form of destruction which acts with lightning-like rapidity and is devoid of the sensational and horrifying possibilities that continually attach to the old-fashioned strangulation. During the past few months there have been sickening failures to carry out the law in a humane Tranner in at least half @ dozen instances, the breaking of ropes being the principal cause. Electrocution is in every way preferable and should be substituted wher- ever possible. The necessary plant is not expensive and it can be operated by any person of intelligence. No one can advance @ sound reason why criminals should longer be hanged, but whenever one has to die in the District of Columbia the authorities must hang him unless the law is amended. Why should it not be amended? —__ +++ ——_ There would be no such thing as friction between the people of Washingten and those who legislate for them if there were mcre of social intimacy between the two elements resulting in a better understand- ing on the part of Congress in respect to this community, its interests and aspira- tions. The cultivation of this closer rela- tionship is one of the important matters with which the board of trade is entrusted, and the shad-bake at Marshall Hall yester- day was a fair sample of the method by which that branch of its duty is performed. In the speeches made yesterday evening by some of the distinguished guests, the city’s Great growth was the principal topic of discussion. The speakers were unanimous in declaring Washington to be the most beautiful city in the world. That it should be so is entirely proper and in perfect ai ccrd with the American idea, but how ridi- culous it would be if, as some Congress- men advocate, the burden of maintaining and extending its glories should be laid ex- clusively upon the comparatively few who have made Washington their permanent Place of residence. This is the nation’s city and the nation is proud of it—has no sympathy with those who would cramp its life and by foolish economy rob it of some of its most attractive features. No friend to the national capital would even dream of trespassing upon the city’s public parks in search of building sites which would be tore easily, and as a matter of fact, more cheaply found elsewhere. + ¢ —____ People who know anything of political matters may be excused if they doubt the sircerity of these who have launched the Richard Parks Bland presidential boom vpon the stormy waters on which all booms rust float and beneath which the vast ma- derity of them, sooner or later, find eternal rest. Of course there are very many demo- crats and populists and extreme advocates of a silver standard who would like to see Mr. Bland a four-years’ resident of the White House, but it Quite improbable that Governor Stone of Missouri is to be counted as one of these. Governor Stone is a politician—a bright, amiable and fairly successful one—and he was attending strict- ly to business hen he announced to the Missouri state convention his intention to do all he could to have Mr. Bland nomi- nated in 1896. But it will be noticed by those who read the rews and read it be- tween the lines, that, in nominating Mr. Bland, Governor Stone took occasion to deprecate the rumor which insists that Mr. Bland would meke a first-class Senator. An a matter of such considerable publie im- pertance, personal considerations are not stpposed to have much weight, but in view of the fact that Governor Stone has him- self been referred to as @ probable candi- | date for senatorial honors, it would seem as though the nomination of Mr. Bland for the presidency was not a wholly unselfish proceeding. eo Senator Hill is suspected of being at work on a tariff bill of his own. Mr. Hill is bound to be a leader, even if he has to double up in the procession and be his own follower. ——_- +e One of the most annoying things about Boston's misfortunes is that People will insist on saying that she has been having big fires instead of conflagrations. — + ‘The contest over midnight oil will be re- membered as one of the features of the tariff debate. SHOOTING STARS, Ss ing Him Up. “You don’t mean to say the cashier has gone?” “Yes,” replied the bank official. “Dear me! He had such a pleasing ap- pearance.” “Yes. And such a displeasing disappear- ance.” The Sole Stipulation. The Chinese must go; it is spoken: And the thing is accomplished with ease, For they go with good nature unbroken— So long as they go where they please. An Alternative. The conductor approached the man who carries lighted cigars into public convey- ances. “No smoking,” said the conductor. T ain't smoking,” was the reply, ‘Your cigar is.” “Well, I can't help that. ‘This is a strong cigar and it does as it pleases.” “Well,” said the conductor, “you can take your choice. Either you or the cigar will have to be put out.” And the man, after some thought, rubbed the cigar on his shoe and put it out. That Juvenile Polish. “You have a bright look, my boy,” said the visitor at the school. ‘Yes, sir,” replied the candid youth. “That's because I forgot to rinse the soap off my face good.” Sight a Hearing. “There's nothing more pleasing than a carefully mowed lawn,” said the landscape gardener. “Well—ft depends.” “On what?” “On whether you are looking at it, or listening to it.” Nuptial Notice, When the roses bloom, and the air is sweet With the subtle sigh that the blossoms breathe, When the ferns have shrunk from the sun’s fierce heat, To the shelter the generous mandrakes wreathe. When the languid grassea have bent to hear The jocund cricket’s incessant tune, When the time is gorgeous with languid cheer, The world is wed to his sweetheart, June. _—__2so é An Elaborate Apology. From the Netw York Evening World. The Massachusetts house of representa- tives adjourned to go to a ball game the other day. The British houses of parliament have adjourned many a day for the Derby. New York city’s aldermen had ample prece- dent for their adjournment on Brooklyn handicap day. It is not necessarily an un- wise statesmanship that is mixed with a sturdy bit of sportsmanship. Gas Comparisons. From the New York Récorder, Cleveland, Ohio, gets its gas at 80 cents per thousand feet. THe company also pays @ percentage of its earnings—gross earn- ings—into the city treasury. Taking ex- pense of distribution into consideration, New York ought to be doing better still. ——__ + +2 Apprehensive. From the Chicago Tribune. Several days have elapsed since the last killing of Mr. Bill Dalton, amd it is feared something has happened to him, | THE EVENING § ST ; icary As sure as you live DID, or No other house EVFR sell RIERLING QUALT Tes i etcet AS WE QUOTE: Saks and Company. Saturday Settles It. It you It you URRY—burry! Tomorrow is the last day of the Peck & Hauch- haus’ sale of BOYS’ SHORT PANTS SUITS. It’s the Diggest bargain that'll come yeur way in many @ long day. ‘There are no better tailors for boys in the country than these folke—famous for their fineness—fit and fashion, ‘They made the overtures to us—so We dictated the price. sg Didn't we do you a good turn? Just think how fast they've sold—last Monday we had thousands—for tomorrow there are only a few hundred left. ‘There are $8 values among them— $7.50, $7, $6.50 and $6 values—and by value we mean WORTH--what they would sell for—what lots like them have sold for—that’s value in our eyes, ACTUAL, not guessed at. Here they are—a cholce of SINGLE and DOUBLE-BREASTED and RUS- SIAN BLOUSE SUITS—in new colors— new tried and true If you don't buy tomorrow you can count as just so much money lost the difference between the worth prices and $4.80. If your boy ts a Short Pants wearer we cana fit him—and to your satisfaction, patterns—and fabrics—for-— ee Please understand that tomorrow is the LAST DAY. Boys’ Furnishings. Some folks keep a handful of Shirt Waists and a Tie or two and call it they've got a Boys’ Furnishing Depart- ment. That's “playing store." We are at it im earnest. Everything—UNDER- WEAR—HOSIERY—SHIRTS—GLOVES — HANDKERCHIEFS — NECKWEAR — SHIRT WAISTS—cta, etc., ete.—is in variety here—in good, better and best qualities. Specialties that no one else can lay claim to—like the Star Shirt Waists and such known-to-be-leading Unes, Don’t forget, the $4.80 Suit Sale ends tomorgw.. Boys’ Hats. Every boy wants a STRAW HAT— that's @ certainty. You know where ‘the largest stock is, don't you?—and the best? Nobody claims those two titles from us. Not only Straws—but all the latest ‘top-knots."* Prices are close to maker's cost. Don’t forget, the $4.80 Suit Sale ends tomorrow. Boys’ Shoes. Don't blame the boys—biame us—if they're our SHOES and don’t wear well. Bring ‘em back and get your money. No matter what you pay us, we guarantee it to buy the biggest mon- e7's worth im town. All styles to choose from. Don't forget, the $4.90 Suit Sale ends tomorrow. AKS AND COMPAN Only Complete Outfitters in Town. Pa. Av. and 7th St. It S. & B. Has Cotton All Around It. REVERSIBLE” has cotton filling on aides and at the ends—Is alike on sides—and has just twice the in it as has the “‘one- mattress, which has cotton filling on one ONLY. THE Cost 1S THE SAME— which ‘will you_buy? 1 ‘ne Reversible” ts for sale by all. firsi-class dealers. Accept ; Ro substitute. }S.&B. S. & B. PINNING Snmen NNNMAML A iFor City and ICountry Residences. —— AWNINGS not onty beactity nomes —— ‘Sana offices, but are indispensable to comfort in hot weather. Let us fur- nish you designs and estimates. Write or_telephone. C7 Headquarters for Lawn Tents, —— Flags, ete. IM. G. Copeland & Co., (Opp. “Star? office.) 409 11th street mw. my18 et < ee ‘Fresh Mushrooms, ‘Fine Capons, As well as everything else that comes within the domain of carniverous —— Aelicactes, are HERE always. What- 4 —— ever you'find heve can be relied upon —— a8 the most tocthsome nd prices are invariably EST consistent with rocurable— ‘as Low. ty. ww We wwe {cottage Market,818 14thst? my18-eo , New ww ewe »., FRIDAY, “MAY 18, 1804—TWELVE PAGES, Special Day Tomorrow. 7 ohnston’s 729 7th St NW. Special Presents Given With TEAS And COFFEES. Reduced Prices For GROCERIES. Burbank Potatoes, - - $1.00 Bu. Electric Light Flour, = ~- $3.50 Bbl. Lily Pat. Ehour, = $4.50 Bbl. Lard, 8c. Lb. Baby Brand Milk, 2 Cans 25¢. Sardines, 6 Cans for 25c. Fresh Broiled Mackerel, 2 Cans 25¢. Potted Tongue or Ham, 3 Cans 25¢. Holland Java & Mocha Coffee, 3oc. Ib. Soap Powder, 2 cts. Pckg. Regular Price, 5 cents. Worcestershire Sauce sc. Bot Regular Price 10 cents. Canned Goods. Canned Meats and Fish. Sardines, sinall, oil, 6 for 2c. Sardines, large, 8 fur 2c Sardines, imported... Potted Tongue, small, 3 for 5c. Petted Tongue, large, 2 fur 2c. Potted Ham, small, 3 for 2c Potted Ham, large, 2 for 2c. Canned Beef, one pound cans. Canned Beef, two pound cans. Maryland Pears, 2 for 2c... California Pears... California Peaches. California + Apricots. Canned Goorederries. Canned Strawberries. Mackerel, 3 Brook Trout, Royal king Royal Gievetend i land veland oer Pind Powder, Pickles, Dressing, Sauces. O. K. Pickles, % pint bottles. . O. K. Pickles, pints. . Hirsh's Sauce, $ for 2c. Olive Oll, 8 for Ze. Olive Oli, imported. Lea & Perrin’s Sauce, % pi Lea & Perrin's Sauce, pints. Olives, im glass, 3 for 25¢ TEAS. Gun Powder Tea.. Easter Opening jane A, 5, 6. All Old Tickets Good-=-New | the Great Creditors’ Tickets Now Being Given Out. Sirups, [olasses, Vinegar. STARCH. ¥inegar, per, gallon. Wine ‘1 mp Starch, 6 for. White Vinegu iat iron) arp. a Epo Base eee Bolasees, | per gel Vermicellt, $ for 2c. Mustard, gation. Tuploen, for Bc. 222 SOAPS. Star Soap, ee as Brown Maple Sirup, at. cabs GELATINE “AND JELLY. Chalmer's Gelatine....... Atmerican Geistine, 3 see Be Son Gelatine.. ~ age jell 3 6 tor: = baked ne, rule’ avord.8 for Bei SUGARS. Be Ope eee Best © Sugar. oe toe FISH. Mackerel, 8 for eS Herring, doz oes Smoked Herring ‘(box ‘of Codfish (boneless) 6 for 25c.. EXTRACTS. johaston’s Small Are . for 25¢...5e, johnston's Large Le 8 for 25c. .10¢. Johnston's Small Vanilla, 6 for gabe: Se. Johnston's Large Vanilla, 8 for 2c Blue Hen Matches, dos. Red Seal Lys Salt Bags, 8 pounds, 2 STOVE BLACKIN' Eaameline, ¢ for a. seseee Evameline, for 25e. Retr eh Jounstou's Extract Ginger,S for 350: toe, janker Oats. . B. Oats, 6 Loose Oats (rolled), 6 pene Food. Wheatlet .... Corn Stareh, 8 for Barley, 6 for 25c. Hominy Gries, 5 for (coarse), 10 for eal, bushel. . Dried Beans, Buckwheat Filo Macaron!, 8 pounds. .- Mucaront- tnport Vermicelll, 8 for 25¢ Sago, 3 for 20. Tapioca, 8 co ks Free. J Hominy ‘tor 26¢! i of Wonders, Saran. a of the Bible. in’ sae eye Robb's Family Physician. Star of Pio Marvellous om Lite poy foe, World. Life of James G. Blaine. i forrors. Earth, Sea and Sky, HE JOH ANY. HIBBERT’S Glove Emporium Has Moved To 606 11th St., Opp. Woodward&Lothrop’s No Longer at 941 Penna. Ave. ‘i 8 i a AL | Titi and tried on at our expense by one of our expert glove fitters. ‘We'll have some interesting prices for you shortly. New Address, 606 uth St. Branch, nio7 F St. NUTT The Great Assignee’s Sale Of the Stock of Fine Shoes Of the CRAWFORD SHOE STORE Every Shoe at Halt Price $1.00 Shoes for soc. $1.50 Shoes for 75. $2.00 Shoes for $1.00. $3.00 Shoes for $1.50. $4.00 Shoes for $2.00. $5.00 Shoes for $2.50. $6.00 Shoes for $3.00. ‘We're prepared for a rash tomotrow-« bave an efficient corps of salesmen and Stock carefully classified, Prompt and courteous attention, Every shoe guaranteed, CRAWFORD SHOE STORE 731 Seventh St., BETWEEN H AND 1, East SIDR ry Gull, inactive feeling comes over you 3 Mike ‘a pall, and your brain fails to re: 3 3 °- : : :We Quote The iLowest Prices —for Garden Hose, Lawn Mowers, Garden Implements, Gas Ranges, : &c., because we can afford to do ; Sacrermes constipation at once, ° “bed rock” prices. These advantages stomach to its normal, healthy condi- e Combined with overstocked manu- : facturers’ Gesire to wnload enshie Us to sell at almost what most MARE! frections, 3 ceatbeltal tie rl Knows LD ios ft. Hose, $1.65. PURIFIER. In fact, it regenetatde the! —combination nozzle complete. : _liatter Hose for $2.00, $8, $9.25, anteed to give satisfaction, and when $0.25 et Sant tern & cure is not effected the money is re- Hose Reels, TSc. each. turned for every bottle used. C7 Your old hose sent for, re Per Bottle—so Cents—: paired and delivered for 28¢. 100 Doses. 1o-in. Lawn Towers, $ 2 4 9 —fally guaranteed. Wiiams cate ta mate a $1.00 for fixing god sharpeting Temple Drug Store, : your old Laven trek Open All Night. a gae ve Garden Implements. Spades, Boe. each. Hoes, 20 to 40c. each. Rakes, 20 to Boe. each. ‘The edebrated * Lawn Rake—keeps the lawn in coD- ition without watering, @0c. each, mers Soe. per 100 9g. ft. by the relly a ‘Wc. per 100 ag. ff. cut. ‘ Duplica Twice im any prow oro geet in Welltocteat “Fire King’’ Gas Ran: We will refund bis money. This stock of - (eb She ae ee Boston Taflor-made Clothing bas Leen order. We are selling hundreds of Suits daily for Me, for bad they vot been the best | less money than the Cloth cost. See if you we would not have touched them, can go elsewhere and You can make summer cooking a Swat Gees if use a Duplicate the Prices 3 fou un’ yon Wi tar eo te cul! : ore light, Clothing Sale. ms Oil Stoves, St. Men's Suits in all the latest styles and Sad shades, $5, $7.50 and $10. Innumeratle Gas S Stoves, $1.38: styles to select from in each grade. Men's Guits in the finest imported weaves, Clays, Ice Cream F Freezers. Vicunas, Rough Cheviots, Worsteds, &c., at $12.50, $15 and $18. Worth double the prices asked. 1,500 pairs Men's Trousers at $1, $1.50, 82, $2.50, $3.50 and $5. Childven's Suits in endless variety at 75c.,$1, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, and on uh to $5, Kneo Pants, two pairs for 25c. Office Coats, 2c. 3 Fly Screens, The Famous, [3 7 rm: or eur» » ne summer? Buffer the of re, monguitoes, et Wray not pe your am 803 Penn. Ave. Goor a ee them on te tlc? You can bave the “screening” Gone Market Space. pay Sun te ae eit Oo ae 3 mt. Two Doors West of 8th St. ar ne sia Sic. EACH. = 4 = Window Screen Frames—for mak- ing up yourself. ONLY 17C. BACH, Adjustable Wire Window Screeas, FROM 28C. UP. Barber & Ross, G & 11th Streets, +s at $1.50, More kinds of three establishments. Palais am G and Eleventh Streets. » OOPS Fo Ke AS A OO Gas Stove Bargain. p nd hase a 2-burner . We have only free of that style left. co | | PURITY AWNINGS If once used will be always used. You'll find them worth, to you, many times what they cost. Let us make yours if you want them to Work well, look well, last well and cost little. B. MOSES & SONS, HOME COMFORT FURNISHERS, —-~, 1th and F Sts. N. W. myi8 PURITY — And cleanliness of good te - 3 demanded. Why Is not purity of water? Ev should bare & alter. ‘The -PURE POOD, PURE W. ATER FILTER oa among the lead is built op a pian that inakes its cost small. $4. ‘See itt S.S. Shedd & Bro., C. A. Muddiman, 614 12th. 432 oth St. N.W. wylT