Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1894, Page 4

4 <s secre os = i EV He must be, if of good fiber, less of a parti- THE WEEK. a aaa THE EVEN NG STAR. | san when he leaves his high office then be- — “= — WASHINGTON. SATURDAY...........November 3, 1894. Crosby S. NOYES... .Edl THE EVENING STAR has a | regular and ent circulation much more void delays, on ac- | sonal absence, letters to connected with the of- to THE STAR, iitorial or Business Departments, according to tenor or purpose. Every citizen who believes in good govern- ment and in the operation of sensible meth- ods in the conduct of government business will be gratified when he reads in today’s Star of the action taken yesterday by Presi- dent Cleveland in relation to the civil serv- ice. Disappointed and defeated spoilsmen of the intensely-practical political stripe will curse and condemn, but their mutter- ings will be overwhelmed by the great out- burst of approval which will issue from the popular throat. The extension of the civil service rules over the hitherto unguarded employes of the government cannot be too highly applauded. Heretofore those who had least defense were the lowest in rank— principally messengers and watchmen—but now all are on an equality in a most im- portant particular; all may come out from beneath the baleful shadow and the only temporary protection of political influence. The assurance extended to these men that their salaries will continue jusi so long as they display the merit necessary to the ful- filiment of their duties will not lessen their efficiency and will improve their quality as members of the community, for they can mow cherish substantial aims for the fu- ture without having their aspirations cloud- ed by constant fear of the official axe. The influences springing from the extension of the rules to custom-houses employing twenty or more persons will be extremely bene- ficial; will have a radically purifying effect upon the systems of politics now promi- nent throughout the states. No longer will state and county committees of. this or that party be able to make trades or enter into dickers by which the real voice of the people will be forcibly stilled as a result of & parcelling out of custom-house patronage among those who do the dirty work neces- sary to the consummation of. dishonest campaign contracts. The President's order may be considered in a variety of ways, but either in detail or as a whole it will surely command hearty approval from de- cent American citizens. It is pleasant to know that President Cleveland is consider- ing further extension of the rules and will issue another very important order in a few days. It is to be hoped that the Presi- dent will find it as proper as it will cer- tainly be wise to provide that no person employed in the civil service shall be dis- charged therefrom except for cause and that such discharge shall not be made until the employe shall be acquainted with the accusation filed against him and be given ample opportunity to meet it. President Cleveland has done many things creditable alike to the nation and to him- self, but in all the good for which he is responsible the most endearing feature is his fidelity to the principles of civil service reform. ———_+ + > —_——_ Dreamers of dreams and seers of visions and all the prophetic and psychologically expert host will surely be interested in the phenomenal activity alleged to have been displayed recently by a press association which was at one time a newsgathering power, but which since the latterday ad- vent of the Associated Press has lost caste more rapidly than a five-cent piece of ice melts on a sunny sidewalk in August. This boastful purveyor of words declares with all earnestness that ft announced the death of the Czar of Russia fully an hour before the fact was published by the Associated Press. The foundation for this is the fact that the “purveyor of words" referred to stated that the Czar died at 1:30, while, as @ matter of fact, be was alive for forty- five minutes after that time. It is, there- fore, evident that the United Press not only “scooped all competitors, but was also tMree-quarters of an hour ahead of the King of Terrors; it had the Czar in the hands of the embalmer nearly an hour be- fore the grim rider on the pale horse swept noiselessly through the chamber of mourn- ing. If such an ante-mortem fake is a feat to be proud of, then the United Press should pat itself on the back vigorously and blow its ever-ready horn until there is threat of apoplectic suicide. — 2 = —____ It is reasoaable to assert that no news- paper in this or ay other country has ever given its readers 4 clearer or more comprehensive view of a politica} situation than that which has beer possible to every reader of The Star. During the campaign which will be brought to a close next Tues- day The Star has been fully supplfed with honest news and rational probabilities by a corps of correspondents whose work testi- fies to their ability. No part of the country has been neglected, nor has there been dis- regerd of any serious political symptom. Today Th Star presegts a summary that cannot be otherwise than deeply interesting to these who are concerned in the contest now rapidly nearing its termination; this has been compiled from the most reliable sources, and is without the slightest tinge of partisanship. It may fairly be questioned if any other newspaper ever did such a thoro.gh piece of news-gathering and con- densation ag this to which reference is made. ——__+ += There were sixty-two men employed on the city post-office building today. Sixty- two men ought, according to The Star's more than generous. estimate, to be able to complete the structure by January 1, 1897, but a ptrely-businesslike calculation has it that he who looks for completion before August 17, 1906, runs many chances of being disappointed. During the week which closes today, the average number of men employed daily was sixty-four and five-sixths. The average per day for the five weeks which have elapsed since The Star comenced to take a daily census is forty-eight and two- fifths. It is two years, eight months and fourteen days since the work was begun. 2 oe The speech of ex-President Harrison in New York on Wednesday night cannot fail to revive In many minds the perennial ques- tion that must eventually come before the people for settlement: What shall we do with our ex-presidents? his query cannot be said to be futile, nor can it fail to con- cern the thinking minds of the nation, for there is involved in it a most significant matter of economy. That speech at Car- negie Hall was the utterance not only of a Repubiican politician, but of a statesman broadened by his experience in the highest office in the gift of the people, and strength- ened in his views of public affairs by four years of contact with the machinery of gov- ernment. ‘That is an experience that, by the nature of things, few men can attain in this country, and if the present tendency to In- erease the presidential term to six years | shall ever be realized in legislation, by fewer in future years than in the past. No other Ine of public life can give to a man the same peculiar breadth of political character. There is no substitute. Whatever may be the nature of the man as he enters the White House, he is necessarily of more | capable service to his country at the clo: gf his term of office. Why should the n tion then deliberately discard the serv the servant who has thus been it not an economy to » odity of the expresident’s fore he went into it. He cannot but be more of the statesman and less of the poli- tician. Is there not some place where he can be seated permanently, to lend his ad- vice and his well-considered vote on mat- ters of national importance? The place where such service could best be rendered is the Senate, a body designed by the Consti- tution to be composed of the more substan- tial elements of citizenship, chosen ihdi- rectly for the purpose of reducing the chances of the Upper House being controlled by those waves of popular excitement that periodically sweep over the country. It has been suggested that ex-presidents become Senators-at-large without any special elec- Uon. This suggestion has been made at various times, and answered in a variety of ways. Those who oppose the idea have said that thus there would be created a perma- nent class of office-holders but the aflirma- tive debaters Insist that there could not be more than two or, at the most, three re- tired Presidents living at once, and as Pres- ideMts are usually chosen at such advanced ages their natural terms of life expire not many years after their retirement from the presidential office. The demands of their pesition at the head of the nation are such that they seldom come out of the chair of the chief magistracy with a great capacity to resist the encroachments of age. Few ex-presidents live to seventy years. Particularly if the term of office should be lengthened would this objection diminish. Then it is urged that with the condition of the ex-president taking a chair in the Senate understood by the people it might be said that his election as president would in a sense be also an election to the Senate, but it is doubted whether such a plan would receive popular assent. That in such a capacity he would be of great ser- vice to the people cannot but be admitted. With the edge of his party feeling removed, with his appreciation of the gravity of pub- le q ‘ions increased, and with his inti- mate knowledge of the necessity of careful legislation, he would doubtless be a safe- guard rather than a menace to the better- ment of the national welfare, but it would be as much to the interest of the state in whieh the ex-president wouid reside as it would be to the national interest to keep him in public life; there would be nothing ‘to prevent his own people from electing him to the House or the Senate. It is not good business for the people to deliberately dis- miss such valuable servants as ex-presi- dents must necessarily be. —-- 202 There is nothing unreasonable in the ex- pectation that the visit of Gen. Booth to this city on Monday will be followed by a great revival of enthusiasm among those who are locally as well as generally inter- ested ir the Salvation Army. The unin- formed may, perhaps, imagine that the number of persons resident In Washington and concerned as to the Salvation Army is small, but people who are in touch with re- ligious life in the District of Columbia are fully aware of the fact that behind those who wear the distinctive yet inconspicuous garb of the Salvation Army are thousands of the most sincere sympathizers with the aims and methods of the most unique soul- saving organization on the face of the earth. Years ago—and not so many years, either—the Salvation Army marched alone; Jjeered at by those for whose welfare it was laboring, and scornfully criticized by a great multitude of people who professed be- lief in some form or other of Christianity, but who regarded the Salvation Army as a vulgar institution, In which respectable re- ligion could not possibly have any part. For a long time that barrier of what the objectors termed “respectability” stood sol- idly between the Army and other great moral agencies, but that prejudice has gradually melted away, That there should have been friction for a while is not sur- prising, for since the days of early Metho- dism there had been no evangelical move- ment bearing any resemblance to that headed by Gen. Booth. In small communi- tiles, at widely separated periods, and once in a while in one of the larger cities, great revivals take place, but even these lack the pecullarly vigorous features common to the ordinary assemblies of the Salvation Army; they have in them more of the appearance of reverence, even if they are less effective. But the day is past when religious workers stand upoa form or ceremony. The univer- sal, unsectarian church is not here, and may never come, yet there is practical unanimity of effort and sincere commenda- tion for the Salvation Army, which, led by Gen. Booth, has campaigned against sin in highways and byways almost entirely ne- glected by other agencies engaged in mis- alonary work. The warfare has not been of the wholly sentimenta: sort; its practical features have done much to popularize the Army. Thousands of human wrecks have been repaired and refitted and are now afloat, thanks to the brainy philanthropist who Is to be here Monday; the amount of real good done by him and through him is beyond computation, Eee Se Saas People who are in Washington Tuesday night and who desire to secure the latest and mest reliable eleciion news will do well to take up position in front of The Star office. Complete as the arrangements for publishing election returns have been in years past, the exploits of those departed occasions would be but insignificant when compared with what will be done Tuesday night. The Western Union bulletin service, the bulletins of the Postal ‘Telegraph Company, and a succession of reports from trustworthy correspondents will keep several special wires busy until early Wed- nesday morning. The news thus receiv the telegraph operators and the stereopticon operators will be in ope room—ts to be dis- played on a huge screen; displayed so plainly that he who runs may read. ——__~0.___. Mr. Nathan Straus’ campaign may not have looked very well in the newspapers, but its appearance in the profit and loss account is a great deal better than it might have been. ——_ ++ There is some hope that the question “where did it go to” will shortly appear in connection with the majority which ‘Tammany has been accustomed to score. —__ +2 To some of the gentlemen participating in the political fight it is respectfully suggested that unless they express confidence right now they may not have a chance to. soe Gentlemen who have professed to see the handwriting on the wal! will now turn their attention to the figures on Uv stereopticon screen. a see Some of the registration figures « culated to give the men who took the sus brain fever, —_—+ ee ‘The campaign liar has The campaign apologizer will take his in- nings presenti: eal- cen- —— Mr. Hill is in a position for reflection on the risks and possible benefits which at- tach to the lone hand. Ss ‘The new game golf is pronounced “Go! and fs not popular among New York poli men. 0 e —-—- 1 Strong. ww York World. From t Friends of ex-Mayor Grant got cold com- fort fre the betting yesterday. Money was a hem from every side, with few of them seemed to = “inet candidate. One bet was the stock exchange of $5,000 to ang would be elected. As rv was offered, bet was not taken. made on Morton of $1,000 uu wos offered against $1,600, The political campaign closes this week, with both parties claiming that they will be able to organize the next House, In New York, which is the focus of all atten- tion, the betting odds continue to favor the republicans, both on the city and state tickets. The Lexow investigating commit- tee has been in session during the week in New York, and has brought out strong anti-Tammany evidence. Police Commis- sioner Sheehan was the star witness, and acknowledged his belief that the police had been engaged for years in systematic black- mail, though he had done nothing to in- vestigate it or to find out who was respon- sible. Several women living in disreputable houses in Denver were found strangled, and the existence of a secret murder so- ciety was indicated in the testimony at the inquest. The men who robbed the Dailas office on October 12 were captured, and one conf» John Burke of Staten Island, who caused the death of his son-in- law by a trap-gua, was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The striking Weav- ers at Fall River resumed work at the scale they had re*used. Heavy snowfalls oc- curred in the west. Congressman Mutchler of Pernsylvunia, publisher of the Easton Express, was arrested, charged with crim- inal libel. Sevea persons were smothered to death in a fire in a New York tenement. E. F. Tapley, editor of a pepulist paper at Ripley, Tenn., was arrested. charged with inciting to bloodshed. A squad of Indian police captured five of the Cook gang of outlaws in Indian territory. D. W. Cald- well was elected president of ihe Lake Shore railread. The new music hall at Balti- more, the largest in the south, was formally opened with a concert. Hisfop Whittaker of Pennsylvania celebrated the twenty- fifth anniversary of his consecration. Mayor Hopkins of Chicago sued John ‘Tanner, chairman of the republican centrai committee of Illinois, for $50,000 damages for Mbel in asserting that he had_ black- mailed vice in Chicago. Gov. Altgeld, in speech at Chicago, likened President Cleve- land to Judas in betraying his party prin- ciples. Congressman Tom Johnson of Cleveland challenged Gov. McKinley to a joint Gebate on the tariff. Eaward Gott, a student at Maryland Agricultural College, was made reriously ill by hazing. Maj. Augustus O. Bacon was chosen Senator by the dersocratic caucus of the Georgia legis- lature, his term to begin next March. Forel, ‘The death of the ezar occurred on Thurs- day afternoon at Livadia, Russia. Its ef- fect had long been discounted. Whether the new czar, Nicholas II, wili be as friend- ly to France as his father was is the ques- tion agitating Europe. It is said that his sympathies lie more with England aml Germany. The dead czar is universally commended as the peace conservator of Europe. Fierce fighting has occurred among the tribesmen in Morocec. Captain Drey- fus of the French army has been arrested charged with selling army plans and rec- ords to the Italian and German govern- ments. By the wreck of the steamer Wai- rarapa off New Zealand 134 lives were lost. It was reported at Shanghai that the young Chinese empress had poisoned herself on having her ears boxed by her imperial hus- band, but the report is not credited. The Japanese continued to make gains and the capture of Port Arthur, an important Chinese naval rendezvous, has been report- ed. Five anarchists at Paris, found guilty of belonging to a criminal! association, were sentenced to twenty yeurs’ imprisonment. A big Canadian loan has been successfully floated in London. Chancellor von Caprivi of Germany resigned owing to a disagree- ment with the emperor regarding the s cialist laws, and the governor of Alsace- Lorraine, Prince Hohenlohe, succeeded him. American cattle and beef were ordered ex- cluded from the ports of Germany, owing to the existence of Texas fever in some of the cattle. Disputes over the tariff caused a crisis In the Spanish cabinet and the ministry resigned. M. de Massilly, coun- cillor of the French embassy at Washing- ton, Was appointed secretary to the legation at Copenhagen. In the District. The fear that was ertertaired at one time of a smallpox epidemic in this city was allayed during the veek by the de- velopments, which showed that the further progress of the disease had been stayed; the death of Wm. Owens occurred, making the third from this disease; one new case was developed. The acticn of the President in apvointing James P. Willett postmaster cf the city gave general satisfaction and disposed of a problem that had been agi- tating local democratic circles more than a lttle. Surprise, as well as regret, was ex- pressed at the order relieving Capt. Derby from duty as assistant to the Engineer Commissioner; Capt. Beach was detailed in his place. In religious circles the leading events were the sessions of the District Sunday school convention; the election of fifteen trustees by the incorporators of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Founda- tion, and the concluding sessions of the ex- ecutive committee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. Apprehension is expressed by the journey- men bakers of a scaling down of their wages in consequence of the recent reduc- tion by the “boss” bakers in the price of bread from five to four cents. Frederick Well, an enlisted man in the Marine Corps, shot and wounded his mistress, Annie Grandy, a colored woman, and then killed himself. ee SHOOTING STARS, ‘Temporar' Supplanted, Election day will soon be oer; No longer will its heroes claim The world’s attention. That once more Will center on the foot ball claim. “Dah's one respeck,”" said Uncle Eben, “in which er man is boun’ ter be ginerous. He kain’t mek trouble foh hisse’f wifout gib- bin’ somebody else a share in it.” Miss Mehitabel Higgins, the authoress and bardess of Cowtown, has consented to favor the reading public with the following poem, It belongs, she explains, to the impressionist school and is entitled Election Musings. Autumn is a gettin’ melancholier An’ melancholier, Although campaign songs are soundin’ jol- lier An’ jollier. ‘Through country an’ town the ballots float Swift as a swaller, ‘Though us who dwell in the District of Co- lumbia and has no vote Kin’ do naught fur our country but stand ‘round and holier On election night, when the returns come in, Which the same it certainly is no sin. Slightly Modified. “My friend,” said the truly patriotic eiti- zen, “you are becoming prominent in pol- ities.”” “Betcherlife,” replied the local leader. “L trust you will adopt as your motto the good old phrase, ‘be sure you're right, and then go ahead.’ ” “Not exactly, though ye're guessin’ purty close. De motto of our association is, ‘Be sure ye get ahead; ye kin make it right af- terward.’ See?" A Tragic “So you refuse me! bitterly. “Of course,” said the charming widow. “Won't you even be a sister to me?” “No. I'm engaged to marry your father. I'll be a mother to you.” ‘omplieation, said Charley Callow, The Sen Sport. Everybody's huntin’ now; Puttin’ in his hardest licks; Some fur ducks an’ other gam: ‘ Some fur scalps in politics. —- wee Miss Anthony Tallies One, From the Chieago Tribune. Susan B. Anthony was interrupted during her address in Kansas City by the question, “How about the physical disability of women?” And she caromed in this fashion: “There are as many healthy women as men, There are seme sickly women and sickly men, but there are drunken women. Drunkenness is a di bility with which men are almost exclusiv afflicted.”” The remark caused much applause. —_+ ++ Coachy Can Speak His Mind. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Ex-Secretary Morton’s coachman_ wi hauled off his box and jatled on October where he has been ever since; but he is a happier man than Secretary Carlisle, whe put him there. n The “Galt” | Watch In Sterling Silver, $10 and $12 —especially con= | structed withaview | to meet, at the min- |. imum..price, the | wants | of those re= | quiring CORRECT | TIME. IE We have them in | different, sizes—for | ladies—forgirls—for | men apd for boys— | both Kdnting case and open face. | Those for men and boys are $12. Those ‘ for ladies and girls AS LOW AS $10—a lower price || than ever before quoted. | GALT & BROTHER, . Jewellers & Silversmith a 1107 Penn. Ave. t 7] ELtt Craig & Harding. Some Great Values In CHAFIBER SUITES. $21.00 carved and well finished and made through- hat box amd sinall drawer on cuse — top— two long drawers. Neat brass trimmings, It's a Solid Oak Cheval Dresser Suite, ont. Dresser has an 18x40 bevel suite that cannot be bought under $26 to $28 anywhere. ALI-WOOL CREVIOTS. 39 inches wide, ALL-WOOL MIXTURES. ——=—=—_ ] WOODWARD ‘si -LOTHROP, 10TH, 11TH AND F STS. N.W. Ae The Present is a Time OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. THIS STORE IS IN TOUCH WITH THE MARKETS OF THE WORLD. THE SPLENDID COMPLETENESS OF THE STOCKS WAS NEVER MORE APPARENT. THE OFFERINGS ARE AN AGGREGATION OF SPECIALTIES MOST CAREFULLY SELECTED WITH A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL TASTES. MANY TH ARE ENCLUSIVE— ONLY HERE. MANY STOCKS ARE MATCHLESS—LARGEST EM. THE PRICES. MUCH LOWER THAN BEFORE-ARE ONLY MADE PC 2 BY THE IMM! SCALE UPON WHICH OUR TRANSACTIONS ARE CONDUCTED, YOU MAY KNOW THIS FOK YOUR- SELVES BY A PERSONAL VISIT AS WELL AS MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WILL PROVE IN- STRUCTIVE. ENTERTAINING AND PROFITABLE. Monday, November fifth, Special Display of : French Hand-made Lingerie. We Invite inspection of this superb stock of Foreign Novelties, now arranged for the examina- ton and criticism of those who delight in fine, urtistic goods. 3 French Hand-made Lingerle is not inappropriately termed artistic. It is most carefully and sci- entifically shaped and the outlines of ornamentation everywhere show the traces ef genius, while the details of sewing and embroidery are executed with the most painstaking care by the deft fin- kers of skilled needlewomen. ‘The more elaborate styles are miracles of lace and needlework—the dainticst, most visionary, intangible suggestions of garments imaginable, Tne datnty Gowns may be worn not only in bed, bit also for elegant negligee in the boudoir, and may be even worn to meals in one’s own home. ‘The assortments are complete in every detail, comprising art studies in GOWNS, PETTICOATS, DRAWERS, CHEMISES, NEGLIGEES, CORSET COVERS, BREAKFAST SACQUES, NEGLIGEE SACQUES, CUMBING SACQUES, LOUNGING GOWNS, TEA GOWNS, ROBES DE NUIT, ROBES DE CHAMBRE, &e., Made of the finest Mulls, Nainsooks, Silks and Flannel, with trimmings of fluffy laces, exquisite em- broideries, hand tucks, ribbons, ete, A few sears ago pretty big intermediate profits used to be piled upon this class of goods, but for a couple of years past our Underwear buyer visited Europe in this interest and has taken tho extravagance out of the prices. We want you to make a careful examination, expecially those who anticipate the purchase of Bridal Trousseaux. re showlug some extreme Parisian Novelties in these, new styles, new shapes, choice confec- tions, wrought entirely by hand. You'll eujoy looking at them, if for nothing else than to know what ultra luxury nnd elegunce in this sort of wear is. QIONDAY, NOVEMBER FIFTH, SECOND FLOOR, TENTH ST. BUILDING. sccpiipeesicnn New Dress Stuffs. Individual, original and strikingly handsome effets await you at our counters, Highest of art in some of the all-wool and silk-and-wool weaves. Wonderful Joom wit it is that brings out such color Uiends—glinting, glancing, changing as the ight changes. Never have the attractions been so oumer- ous, so desirable or so reasonable in price.® While you may find the most expensive, most exclusive imported novelties in our stock, it will Surprise you to see how good and ‘how beautiful and how distinguished are those at lower prices, During this week we have added many new bargains to gur already lengthy lst. All new, best colors, perfect styles, ranging In prices from 25e. to $1.00, and representing a saving of 12%c. to 50e. @ yard on the regular prices for same grades, A Few of These for Monday Are: COVERT SUITINGS Navy blue, grays and tars, good weight, And All-wool Checks, 50 tochas- wide. 65¢. ~ inches wide 25c. | BesULAR ruicE-¢r6) Yaup.. REGULAR PRICE, » YARD........ 3 Fa as oy eects | SATIN JACQUARDS ALL-WOOL HENRIETTAS. In six stuple colorings—nary, myrtle, Staple colors, jucluding black and reds, bronze, brown, beaver and blue gray, Extra fine, with silk finish, 45 inches wide. REGULAR PRICE, $1.00 YARD........ An ele- A variety of fancy effects, 38 inches Cc. CREPON JACQUARDS gant sulte. wide. Yard eee + BACS | in a ood Mine of staple colors, 50 inches In mahogany — wide. acer tanec ° O gg erg te igdeamathger cee REGULAR PRICE, $1.25 YARD. seid aie Bright, small desis, 4 tuches wile. gag sas rear a oa REGULAR PRICE, 5c. YARD. 50OC. | curcks. grain and high poltsh eu this suite gives it the effect of a solid veneered mahogany. In patterns — Empire style. Bureaus have 30x32 #rench bevel plate mirrors and 4-jach top. Very handsome Empire cast brass mounting, Altogetber a rich ooking, ei jesfgn. A $85 VALUE. Ye CRAIG & HARDING, F ST, & 13TH.|. 34 Blum Bros., 7435 745» 747 8th St. S. E. REMARKABLE INCREASE BUSY AS WE CAN BE. NO WONT JUST GLANCE OVER TUESE GREAT BARGAINS, AND YOU ARE WITH US. Ladies’ Goods. T5e. quality R. and C. Corsets are 46c. 10c. Ladies’ Fest Black Hose are 6c. 1c. Ladies’ Fast Black Seamless Hose are Ie, 19¢, Ladies’ Seamless Balbriggan Hose are Me Ladies’ Fine Fancy Hose, Hermsdorf Fast Black Boot, High Colored Tops, drop stitch, 19, quality, to sell for Ye. IN SAL Be, Ladies’ Heavy Iibbed Vests, long sleeves, are 19. Dc, Ladies’ Heavy Merino Vests and Pants are 39¢. $1.25 Ladies’ Al-Wool Medicated Scarlet Vests and Pants are 7c. Children’s Goods. 15e. Children’s Heavy Ribbed Fust Black Hose, sizes 5 to 914, are 6e. 15c, Children's Heavy White Merino Vests and SMALL CHECKS. factured in France, SCOTCH MIXTURES. inches wide. 1INENS. $1.50, $1.87% and $2.25 $3.25 and $4.50 each. $2.00 and $2.50 each—‘*Memphis, $3.50 dozen, Former price, $6.00.—65 dozen Fring- $1.00 up for 5-8 size, and $2.00 up for 3-4 size Scotch mixtures and other fancy weaves. A brilliant array of stylish stuffs, Pull 50 inches wide. REGULAR PRICE, $1.25 BANNOCKBURNS: And Kough Two-toned Scotch Mixtures, In n great variety of designs, 45 and 50 inches wide. REGULAR PRICES, $1.25 and $1.50 YD. An odd lot, only a few colorings, 42 inches wide. REGULAR PRICE, $1.00 YARD........ YARD,..... Silk and wool, fifteen colorings, full 50 $i -10th st. building.) REGULAK PRICE, 75e. AND $1.00 vp... SPC- (ist floor ... ae a “Velutina” is Far Superior in Every Respect to any Low-Grade Silk Velvet. (Velvet department... ..++6. seeeeeceeesTSt M000. .ssececeesenseeeetenees adjoining silks.) aie Housekeeping Goods Departments WILL, pu FEATURES WILL BE THE DIS BE IN THE USUAL MONDAY CONDITION, BARGAINS ON EVERY HAND, SECURED ALE, ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AY OF OUR NEW LINE OF Down Comforts. Warmth and Beauty without weight. A collection of over three hundred at prices greatly below covered with domestic satine, French satine, silk and satine are filled with pnre down warranted odorless and not to shel $3.50, $4.50, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50, $10.99, $11.59 up. Special—s0 Down Constonin: ‘Sa Feet—$3.50 Each. $5.00 pair. Former’ price, California Gray Wool Blankets, weight, Abs. $1.12 cach.—150 Odorless Feather Pillows, Weight 2 lbs, Filled with mixed goose feathers and covered with feather-proof ticking. Ae BEPWEAR, &C. Former price, 75c.—250 Extra Fine Mus- lin Sheets, 24x2% yards. 39c. and Sic. each.—One thousand Standard Mus- lin Sheets, 13{x2% yards and 21x24 yards, 12%. each,—100 dozen Muslin Pillow Slips, 22x36 those They are aud of former years. combined, all silk and all satin, 2 Covered, 6x6 $7.50.25 pairs 11-4 i” ‘nh. Former prices, $2.00, $2.50 and $3 00.—Unbleached Damask Table Cloths, 2x2, 2x2\4 and 2x3 yards, : Former prices, $5.00 and $6.50,—Fine Hemstitched and Fringed After- noon Tea Cloths, 6-4 and T-4 sizes, the new dining oom Table Cloths. A change from the Tur- key ted ond cardinal, 2x2 and 2x24 yards. ed Doytics of the best satin damask. Two rows of fancy hemstitching. some of the best values we ever offered in Pants, 5c. for size 16, rise 3c. for larger sizes, Damask Napkins. inches, See. Children's Blue Cloth Yacht Caps are 25c. | 25e. each. Former prices, 30 and. 35c.—100 dozen te We. Boys Weel Pants, “a sists, are 200. Irish Huckaback Towels, fringed or bem- | 19. yard.100 pleces Best Quality Table Otlcloth, $3 Boys’ ‘ool Suits are $1.98, sizes 5 to 14 yrs, vd. = a 14 yards wide. White, black, blue and 5 . 50 dozen. dozen Extra Quality : . ‘4 Men’s Goods. ee iuckibeck Mowcln. 20416; tucker eS ee he. Silk Embroidered Suspenders are 12c. hemstitched. 2 12e, Men's Seamless Heavy Mixed Half Hose | 0c. yand for 54-inch: @0e. yard for Gtinch. For |e vcs aa are 6 merly 6 and Te A special purchase sgiarece 20c. Men's Real Maco Half Hose, extra heavy, of best quality Table Padd Prevents | 30c. yard.—Former price, 42c.—10 pieces 86-inch two thread, tans, unbleached and Hermsdorf black, noise and saves the table hs nod table. cream Saxony Flannel, are 1 12ije. yard.—10 pleces 18-inch Silk Wiping Cloth ao We, Men's Natural Wool or Camel's Hair Half for dishes and other cleaning. HORSE GOODS. Hectigentae A SS A complete line of Strect and Stable Blankets at Gic. Men's “Silver Dollar” White Shirts, reine | py ANKETS, &C. prices lower tham they have ever been he- forced front, double back, patent facing, pure | $2.00 pair—former price, $2.50—75 pairs 11-4 Part- fore. We keep the celebrated “Baker” linen bosom, sizes are 14 to 17%, are 37e.; only wool Gray Blankets. Biaskets, three to each purchaser, $2.50 pair, Former price, $3.00.—75 pairs 11-4 . $5.00 and $6.00 each,—Former prices, $5.00, jray Blankets, better quality, handsome $6.00 and $7.50.—150 Fine Plush Carri Carpet Department. boris : Tpke: _ Mec, Best Opaque Window Shades, best warrant- ed spring roller, are 23e, Quality Brosscls Carpets, 25 peautiful pat- rpets, 10 new designs, are . Best Quality Table ON Cloth i¢ 15. rolls Heavy Seamless Matting, s, the regular 2he. quality, w Window Shades. ard. beautiful x Idler, containing the beginuing Let us give you an estimate on your new shades. 400. . and $1.45 in cloth —“Micah rk Monroe Letters. We make to rv any style window si 15e Ne her number of desire, no matter How large or small. We use only ablished in no other form)—‘The the best materiag aug spring rollers which we | together rantee for one yeak, Let us give you an esti- hh (published fn no other form) btable It costs yah ndbhing, and we can save you and Mi We. and 406. m Drop us a pogial invirs of She cloth eS ee 40. in paper —""The Captain of t tar 40¢ y Friend, the % Ge. Zs paper—“The Great Keinplatz Expori- t.?? 20¢. ‘Sign of iat the Te 1D. Ibe. in paper and SSe. in SSc. in cloth- m of Girdlestone Study in 743-745-747 Sth 8th St. S. Be] escent... eee stink anaes At Ramsay? s nad watch cleaned for aren matnspring 1. AN our “work 7 aot one Sear. (2d floor... seosTIthe st, building.) The Writings of Dr. Conan Doyle, One of the most vivid novelists of the times. of Rafftes Haw." Woodward & Lothrop, 10TH 1TH AND F STS. N.W. “If you see it in cur ad. it's #0.” Johnson Luttrell, 718 MARKET SPACE, On Monday we open a number of New Lots of Goods, bought at great concessions, which will again next week make our sale the most popular of any inthecity. Fine Goods at lowest prices in the his- tory of the Dry . Goods trade. Dress Goods. Suited alike to the taste and means. For as little as 1%e. the yard we offer you Br tifal Noveity Dress Goods, actually worth 30, These are 34 inches wide, and come in ali the new and fasbfonable colors. Just think of a full dress pattern of 8 yards for $1.5 At 39c. yard. 38-inch All-wool and Silk and Wool Cheviots, ts ® great variety of colors, and actually worta Se. At 50c. yard. 40-inch Silk and Wool Novelty Dress Goods, the same quality that sold last season for Toc, At 75¢. yard. 42-inch Silk and Wool Imported Novelcy Suite ings, in blue and brown, black and brown, greea and brown, &. At $1.25 yard. 52-inch Rough Scotch Suitings, in every fash: fonable color. These were beught at the pew terif prices, and therefore are lower priced the” ever before. Exceptional values in Silk Velvets. The reduced tariff en- ables us to offer the follow- ing extraordinary values: $1.25 Colored and Black Silk Velvets now cee $1.50 Colored and Black Silk Velvets now. 82-inch Extra Heavy Black Silk Velvets, Ladies’ Wraps, at $3 and $3.50 yard. ‘The above are phenomenal values and cannot b( duplicated elsewhere. ro Exceptional! values in Flannel Dep’t. — Silk Embroidered White Flannels at T5c.. Sdeq SHe., 9e., F1, $1.15, $1.25 and $1.50 the sant. 36-inch Kiderdown Flaunels, in pink, Mght olue gray, tan, cardinal and white, worth 75c. At 50c. yard. 27-inch Elderdown Flannels, in mottled and striped effects, suitable for infants’ cloaks, lvdies’ wrappers, dressing gowns, &c. Actual value, Te. At 59c. a yard. It you need Flannels of any kind you'll find ‘cm here at lower prices than you've ever seen them before. JOHNSON &LUTTRELL 713 MARKET SPACE. : 99 “Ceres, The Standard Flour Of America In determining the standard of purity of any flour “Ceres’’ is used asastandard. It is considered the BEST flour on the market. It costs a little more than ordinary brands, but it does not cost a cent more than it is actually worth. It is the flour about which you so often hear the phrase—it ‘makes more bread, lighter bread, whiter bread, sweeter bread and bet- ter bread than. any other flour.” “Ceres”? is for sale byall grocers. Weonly wholesale it. Wim.!i. Galt & Co “Wholesale Floar and Feed Dealers,” Cor. ist and Ind. Ave. at SPCCLOSHSS OP ISECEOSOSSEE We Cordially Invite All Lovers ? Of Horses $To Call and Inspect Ou gEstablish ment—Fire- proof. Perfect Drainage and Ventilation. DOWNEY’S ‘Hotel for Horses, $ 1622-1628 L St. N. W. Sesreseosoeseovecsooos Ladies’ Coats, Capes and Heavy Wraps, %O009O% Dyed all the stylish shades—black, bi &e. We make them look fresh No injury to delicate fabrics— ng required, Anton Fischer, 906 G St. Matchless Process Dyeing and Cleaning. wa