Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1894, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. = me sal themselves: THE WESTERN UNION To H. KING, Jr., S14 Tth st. n.w. IMPERIAL TRADE MARK. o—______» Mr. H. KING, Jr.., D. Cloaks, Suits, Capes and Waists. telegram sent. of our removal in a few da: the great Very respectfully yours, these prices: LOT 1. F Plush Capes, $6.48. 40 Elegant Seal Plush Capes for 40 quick buyers, full lengths, marten-fur-trimmed round collar ‘and down front, silk lined. Made &. Gil tor 812, Your choles, LOT 2. Coats & Capes, $5.98. This lot embraces Ladies’ and Missea', Cloaks and Capos, cher~ , cheviots, chinchillas, pian the, All ‘the latest cuts im lack, blug and oxfords. All sizes. fade to sell for $7.50, $8 and $0. Your choice, $5.98. LOT 3. - Coats & Capes, $7.98. i. lot Includes Ladies’ and Plush and Cloth Capes kerseys, beavers, dt: rons, ¢overt cloths, plain and fancy effects, full belioon sleeves, @eep: notch collar, all sizes. Mad: sell for $10, $11, 12 and $13. four choice, $7.98. We Have Bought the Entire Cloak Stock ' Of Seeligman Bros. & Koch Of New York At 5o0c. & Dollar. A Gigantic Purchase! The Creme de la Creme of .America’s Cloak Output At Unheard-of Prices! The following telegram and letter explain TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Dated NEW YORK, December 5, 1804. Have accepted your offer of 50 cents on dollar on em tire stock cloaks and capes—will ship today. SEELIGMAN BROS. & KOCH. Ladies’ Cloaks, Sults, Waists and Novelties, 22 and 24 Lispenard Btreet. NEW YORK, December 5, 1894, v Sir: We send you a telegram today Informiog you that wy ace cepted your offer of 50 cents on the dollar for“ our The mammoth purchase arrived this morn- ing and has been ‘unpacked, marked and divided into five lots according to price, and bear in mind we have not garments from the stock and put them aside— every single garment goes without reserve at KING’S PALACE, “LEADING MILLINERY AND CLOAK HOUS! This letter 13 @ confirmation of the We decided to let you have this lot mainly on account to our new and spacious quarters. All these goods have been made in the past two weeks, as you know we bad not a dollar's worth of goods on haut prior to this on account of labor troubles through which our whole industry was af- fected during all of the past season. As we wish to move into our Bow building without a garment, which we hope will take place this Week, yet wo have decided to stand this great loss. Thanking you for past favors, and hoping that you will have @ Great success with your sale, we remain, SAKS AND COMPANY. A Guide to Givers. A bird's-eye view of the largest—most com- plete—most ‘unique stock of novelties. that will Inake desirable presenta to men. A catalogue of Christmas “compliments."* A list that will help fair shoppers to find the most acceptable— most quickly—and most economically. Our “Free List.” We will engrave name or imitials on Canes and Umbrellas—tree. Everything that is possible we will put in a fancy “box—free. Anything that we can do. to. help re @ satisfactory selection—we will rely. We will told your purchases for late delivery if you desire it. e will make any exchanges after Christmas that may be necessary. Any man’il ‘ell you that what comes from Saks’ is “all right." ‘ou to Hlaaty— Silk Handkerchiefs. “In a box.’ WHITE SILK INITIAL | HANDKERCHTERS— and $1. if, HOSE’ and BLACK SILK HAND- with White initial—any letter— ity SILK HEMSTITCHED HANDKER- cl oS e., T5c. and $1 CWHITE SLR” HEMSTITCHED | HANDKER- CHIEFS—( ler size)—$1.25 and $1.50. WAIN LIGHT BLUE, CARDINAL, NAVY BLUE, PINK and ORANGE SILK HANDKERCHIEFS— SSANCY BORDERED SILK HANDKERCHIEPS— te t—D0e. Linen Handkerchiefs. HANDKER- ZAP BORDER and HEMMED CHIEFS—10e., 15e. an MSTITCEL Wi and FANCY | BOR- DERSD HANDRERCHIEPS-2 for 2e., and 25e., . and Bc. each. SSSINEN ISUITAL’ HANDKERCHIEPS—25¢. and Soe. SEELIGMAN BROS. & KOCH, entire stock of SEELIGMAN Bros. & KOCH, picked the best LOT 4. Coats & Capes, $9.98. ‘This lot comprises Ladies’ and Misses’ Plush and Cloth Capes and Cloth Jackets, in fino kerscrs, vers, chevron, diagonal meltous;chtnckilins; ‘frost beavers, Tough cloth effects, in biacks, Dues, browns, tang, oxford “end covert shades, this will also be found a fill asaort ment of the fashionable new Tux- edo Jackets,in chinchillag,boxcles, Kerseys, beavers, diagonals, vbev- fois, &°. ‘Those’ Coats and’ Capes Were made to sell for $13, 814, $15 and $16. Your cholce, $9.98. LOT 5. Coats & Capes, $12.98. Lot 5 includes the finest effects in Coats and Capes sbown in Washington or any other city in the country, finest quality broad- cloths, boucle cloths, Persian cloths, &c., &e., representing the creme de in creme of Seligman Bros. & Koch's stock—elegantly fashioned——*‘queenly”* shapes—— Maguiticent workmanship-—all — eee are a that were made to sell for $17, 818, $20 and $25. Your chotce, $12.98. =i] ie = THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1804. Xmas “Suggestions” y———That appeal to the fancy—suggestions that are useful and happy-plain or ornate—in- ‘expensive or costly—that are suitable givea- bles for every member of ths family—are here 6% tm truly captivating array. You can’t look )) bout you admire—but you can admire with- it buying. We want you to do as you like about that, but we'd Ifke you to come tn and go through the stock, from first floor to attic. For of this much we're sure—if you really care to buy, the CHRISTMAS.STOCK SALE PRICES now fa effect will more than half persuade you. No quotations of good cues we bardly know wheve today—there’s such an GARI SONS, These Ladies’ Solid Gold Watches, $12.50. —thare 1s only two dozen of them. Stem- Windars, and just the nicest littls Xmas gift you could give a lady. Sell regularly at $15. Geo. W. Spier, 310 9th St. 44-158 10cm Discount For 2 Days. * * Just to induce you to buy this eee * © week, and not wait until we ¢*ee * 9 © get crowded. . ee Jacobs Bros., 46-40d 1229 Pa. ave. and 1115 F st. (Extracting Teeth Is no longer an operation to ber Greated—at leant, not when our method 1s employed. The process We use prevents the slightest pain— Patients are not meade unconsclons— ‘no after effects experienced. ‘Try this method next time. EXTRACT- ING, 50 CENTS. Evans Dental Parlors, 1217 PENNA. AVE. N.W. 46-244 iyi [TTT Chenille Fringes Are the Intest novelties for blouse Waists. Make a very pretty effect. Some 14, some 20° inches wide— atbered ‘top and gathered top and pottom. Prices, $4.00 and $5.50 a —— sara. COHEN’S TROIMING STORE, 45-204 623 11TH ST. N.W, Soe Many Bachelors Are Thankful, Bscavse they have learned to patronize us. We do mending for ALL BUSY MEN AND WOMEN. | Universal Mending Co., BOOM 4, 1114-1116 F ST. 229-2m Suspenders. TLAIN SATIN. 8 broidering or painting —25e., 50e EMBROIDERED ©ATIN 'SUS! —50e., $1, $1.50 to $5. "he ede ae INITIAL SUSPENDERS—only a smail lot fi JSPEND ELASTIC 5 YERS, with silk or leather erds—i5e., S0c., Te., $1 and $1.25. Mufflers. “In a dex.” CASHMERE and SILK MIXED MUFFLERS—25e.. ". id $1. in s haces becttti : BLACK and NAVY BLUE OCADE SILK MU 'LERS- $1, $1.50 end §2. ee FAN SILK MUPFLERS—Se., T5c., $1, $1.50, one Sti, LONG St Whe MOET in Black, White and ‘fancy effect + $1.00 aud $2. BLACK SILC and SATIN FULL DRESS PRO- TECTORS—$1 to $3.50. Cures AYER'S ea Neare Others, CHICAGO, Will 1893, Cure You. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Makes [ AYER'S The SARSAPARILLA. WORLD'S FAIR, Weak CHICAGO, 1803. Strong. IF THE BAY’ IS CUTTING TEETH BA SURE and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gum, allays all pain, cures wind colic ey for _ditrrhoea 25 cen _ selO-1y THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF NERVOUS DE- bility in men that yleld to the use of Carter's Iron Pills, Those who are troubled with nervous weakne: sw ould try th THE MODERN MIRACLES OF HEALING WHICH are indisput: performed: by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills should receive the closest tnvestixa- tion by sick people and their friends.ja23-tu&thly $50,000 Worth of Toys. BIGGEST TOY SALE In the history of Washington. Samstag Auction TONIGHT at 7:15. Everybody attend and save money. Avoid the rush of next week. SAMSTAG, 514 oth St. N.W. it ~2-CLASP DOGSKIN Spe 1 value. LOVES- Cadet” and —$1, $1.50 and $2. GLOVES— GLOVES—lined and un- $2 $ unedo#t and $1.50. $1 and $1.50. "RUCKSKIN " GAUNTLETS Umbrellas. Initials or name engraved free. 28-inch ENGLISH GLORIA, with natural sticks— 1, 26 and 28-inch “TIGHT ROL ince of Wales crook handles, Congo tes, lagascars, ete. Cover and tassel with each—$1.75. 26-inch CLOSE-ROLLS, with paragon frames and solid silver trimmed crook and bully handles—$2.25. Same style and grade—28-Inch—$2.50, ‘The handsomest—and most varied, ment of novelties in GOLD HEADS, VER HANDLES. CARVED IVORY’ HEADS KATURAL STIOKR And the price te the * of it.” too—assort- BOLID SIL. The Building We Now Occupy IS TO BB TORN DOWN, In order to save as much expense as possible in moving, we offer our WHOLE stock of China, Glass, Crockery, Plated Ware, Bric= a-Brac AND G L ‘* Housefurnishing Goods ” at “20 Per Cent Discount” For cash only until further notice. Much of our immense stock is of RECENT IMPORTATION, Under the new, decreased tariff, and selling price marked in plain figures, Parties seeking goods for HOLIDAY PRESENTS will save at least 20 per cent by making their selections from our stock. We will not, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, Book sales at these reduced prices. Stock is complete. We invite inspection. J. W. BOTELER & SON, 923 Pa. Ave. 46-424 Fur Capes. Just opened a case of those Fashionable ————_ [ong Fur Capes, in astrakhan, electric seal, &c. As @ special holiday driv $22 and Up. Canes. Name and initials engraved free. 2 mene TRIMMED CONGO CROOKS TRIMMED WEICHSELS, opera handi CONGO and | WEICHSEL | “nose” piece and bands—$1. FASHIONABLE STICKS, with gold, silver, ivory $2, $2.50 to $15. and horn mountings—$1.5 Toilet Cases. The “great conventences.”* LEATHER TOILET CASES, furnished with comb, hair, B0e. and $1.50, FANCY PLU S 1E, HANDKEROHD COLLAR and CUFF BOXES ‘and SHAVING SEIS —ide. to $5. New shapes and latest shades, * Mackintoshes. The cleverest present you can make a man, UB, GRAY and- BROWN GUARAN- HGHY CAPE COAT, seams stitched epeetal value—$4-50, WIDE-WALE MACKINTOSHES, thoroughly waterproof—$7.50, SHMERE MACKINTOSHES, with detachable enpe BLACK and BLUE C. with extra long cape $10. ENGLISH PLAID EFFECTS in MACKINTOSHES —si2. BLUE end BLACK TRICOT MACKINTOSIES, stitched, strapped and cemented seams—$13.50. mony ec ENGLISH FULL-BACK MAt OSH— The latest. novelty in a MACKINTOSH—EN- GLISH PADDOCKS—Navy Blue—$25. STICKS, with silver | C7 Mink Fur Boas, $3.50 up. Willett & Ruoff, 905 Pa. Ave. 6-200 wy he Dainty Classic Edition Of the works of tandard authors ts a inty edition indeed. Finely” printed, — neatly DEC, gotten up and handsomely ° bound in Ww with gold printing and sevollwork on the covers—a pretty, appropriate, smally ‘priced present. 25 CENTS a volume. Wim. Ballantyne & Sons, Statlone-s, Booksellers, Engravers, 44-244 423 SEVENTH ST. N.W. It Doesn’t Pay ‘To Buy Butter And then get butterine or one of the numerous adulterations and absti- tutes for butter. If you wish the freshest, purest, most delicious But- ter obtainable, you must come here. You can't xet it elsewhere, for oui MATCHLESS CREAMERY” js un- ro Underwear. A “gracious gift.” <0 SHIRTS and DRAWERS—all lece. HMERE SHIRTS and DRAW- rth $1.25—79¢. each piece. NATURAL WOOL SHIRTS and DRAWERS—$1 bh. “NORFOLK and NEW BRUNSWICK BISMARCK s 4 DRAWERS—full, regular INO SHIR’ CH CASHMERP SHIRTS and and Natural colors— Ib, 8 Ibs., $1; 5-1b. box, == ge 'D. m. Oy SHEP, retepnone 1288. 340 CENTER MARKET; 75 WESTERN M’ =" d6-20e0 Do You Own a Coat, —vest, trousers, dress, sult, skirt, or any article of apparel that’ needs dyeing? Schd thei to u Your friends will never know the garment ha been dyed after we handle it-it will look new. Drop postal. Late of Spindler’s, un rte. 12TH ST., ONE DOOR ABOVE F ST. 46-90 i i : FAST BLACK ‘and TAN COTTON HALF HOSE— 2 pair for “25e. i OSYXNLACK—fast color—COTTON HALF HOSE —2he., 85e. and 50e, a pair, TAN MACO YARN HALF HOSE—20c., 85c. and 50c. a pair. BLACK FRENCH CASHMERE HALF, HOSE— extraordinary value for 25c. a pair. HOSE-25¢., NATURAL, GRAY | WOOL HAL and 50c. a pair. eas) “BLACK SILK PLAITED HALF HOSE $1 pair. PURE SILK HALF HOSE-fast Black—$1.50 a pair. Pajamas. Luxarivu: o>—_— MADRAS and CHEVIOT PAJAMAS—new pat- tern: 2 a suit. FRENCH FLANNEL PAJAMAS, with silk cord-~ 5 a sult. PLAIN PONGEE SILK PAJAMAS—$5 a suit. Night Shirts. Many a novelty. FULL LENGTH FANGILY TRIMMED NIGHT SHIRTS_f0e., ‘75e. and $1. SILK TRIMMED SATINE NIGHT SHIRTS—$1.50 nd “FIGURED. PONGEE SILK NIGHT SHIRTS-$6, LAVENDER OREAM, LIGHT BLUE, PINK and JAY’ B SILK NIGHT SIT Traveling Bags. What could A full line of the Bags—Cluds, Cabins and rot—but soundly made and at prope prices. This is the store, you know, that gives you a guarantee—and stands up to it. AKS AND COMPAN Only Complete Outfitters in Town. Pa. Av. and 7th St. At Ramsay’s Your watch cleaned for tea 1. All our work warrant 4221 tm Pumps and Pump Repairs. watch mainspring. for one year. w. Hydraulic Rams, Iron Fences, &e. E. L. WILSON & CO., 514 12th st. o.w. All orders promptly attended to. nid-1me No Christmas and New Year table should be without bottle of Dr. Siezert's Angostura Bit- the world renowned appetizer of exquisite Beware of couterfeits.”” flavor. An Englishman Arrested. An Englishman, who claims that he is a writer on political and economic questions for a London paper, was a prisoner in the, Police Court today. The name he gave Is William Davy, but the police think his name is Weods. Some weeks ago the po- lice received a request from England to locate a man named Woods, who had de- serted his wife and twelve children. Another child was born after he left there. Although Davy denies that his name is Woods, the police are satisfied from his conversation and movements that he is really the man Woods for whom they had been looking. He was arrested a few days ago on com- plaint of the woman at whose house he bearded because of an alleged fraudulent business transaction, but this case fell through. There was another case of false pretenses preferred against him, the amount involved being $12. The prisoner gave a check for the money, and then admitted he had no money in Brown & Bros.’ New York bank, but sald he had received word that his brother in England was going to send over the money, and he thought it would have been there by the time the check was presented. He was held in $500 real estate security | for the action of the grand jury. _ Suit for Damages. A suit for $1,500 damages has been filed by Alfred G. Uhler, for the use of Sig- mund J. Bleck, against George F. Adams ard Wm. Fegan. The case arises on an appeal bond given by Adams. ION OPENING DAY Legislators’ Holiday Attire When Congress Meets, They Always Wear Their Everyday Clothes on Tuesday—Neck- wear of Solons. ° The House has often been compared to a big school, and it never more deserved that title than on the first two or three days cf the present session. The members went about poking each other in the ribs, play- ing jokes, chuckling and grinning, like a lot of boys who had just got back from a holiday; but then men are but children older grown. For the first day of school, “mother” always puts a new sult of clothes on “sonny” to make his appearance in, though just why this should be done is past mortal ken, for on the second day he usu- ally reappears as naked of holiday attire and decoration as Li Hung Chang. It was just so with members of the House. Most of them chose to don long-tailed coats, with lavish display of new neckties and pointed- toed shoes, but on Tuesday the new had worn off and the old working “harness” put in its appearance. Mr. Reed’s Striking Costume. The Honorable Thomas Brackett Reed, about the last man on earth that one would suspect of catering to the gaping public on “opening” day, got himself up regardless, and looked every inch the presidential timber that his friends are determined to saw hfm into. It must be confessed, too, that Mr. Reed in a weli-fitting Prince Al- bert, and Mr, Keed in a suit of hand-me- down gray cheviot, with a cutaway coat, are two different-looking people. Mr. Keed has a jaunty taste in neckties, too, and oc- casionally indulges it in a startling way. Por the opening his necktie was a dark ground with a red figure. On gala occa- sions he sometimes wears a baby blue one, which quite accords with his infantile ex- pression of perfect innocence when medi- (ating one of his three-line thrusts at the opposition, Ail great men are said to have fuus, Just as women do, and Mr. iteed’s must be a fancy tor neckties. He has been seen to stand for half an hour before a windowful of neckties, studying colors and styles, evidently attempting to size himself up in an assoruneat of them, On ver; brilliant occasions, such as the day when he delivered his speech at the close of the tariff debate, Mr. iteed adorned himself with a red necktie and his frock coat. On Tuesday Mr. Reed's spell of dress parade was over, and the tamiliar bluish gray clothes put in an appearance, with last summ tan shoes very much in evidence. Neckwear of Other Legisiitors. Speaking of neckties, it seems quite odd that a genUleman so irreproachatly groom- ed as Mr. Bailey of Texas should still ng to his white mull ties for daylight ar. Mr. Richards of Tennessee has dis- rded his picturesque plaid ties with their ca flowing ends and donned white muil ones, whiclt ada greatly to his ministerial ap- pearance, though like Mr, Bailey's, they do deck a little pas: for the season, Mr. Coombs of New Yerk, whose encarnadined neckwear, like the oriilamme of Agincourt, guidoned the Cleveland cohorts in the tariff ut, how appears in funereal black. Mr. Crisp still Wears the narrow ttle black string that used to get around under his ear when the louse assumed the appear- ance of a bear garden. Gen, Bingham, who looks ali the time as though he might have just been, extracted from a white satin-lin- ed bex, has thus far shone resplendent in a full suit of mixed tan, with a white ben- galine four-in-hand knotted over his im- maculate expanse of shirt front. Mr. Terry ct Arkansas suil clings to the gray clothes he wore when sworn into the House three years ago. Mr. Kilgore of ‘Texas is all of a color, from the toe of his pugilistic boot to the tip of his pompadour gray hair, in a sult of unbecoming gray. i ‘That was a remarkable bouquet which rested on the desk of the Hon. Timothy Campbell of New York on opening day, wasting itt sweetness on the desert air, as he did not put in an appearance to claim it. It was made up of six or seven bou- quets of flowers, formed into a big mat that covered the top of his desk. ‘There was a bunch of white roses, which, in the language of flowers, means “I am worthy of you,” Jacqueminot roses, ‘mellow love;” York and Lancaster roses, “war;” yellow chrysanthemums, “‘slighted love," @nd white ones, “truth;” lies, “return of hap- piness;" jessamine, “transient joy;” wild daisies, “1 will think of it;” ivy, “friend- ship;” and a bunch of something, which all the reporters said was a sheaf of wheat, but it wasn’t. Populist wheat in Mr.. Pef- fer's state may grow a beard like that on the bunch in Mr. Campbell’s bouquet, but in New York it would be called plain’ bar- ley, and Mr. Campbell's constituents have got its use down fine. In floral pariance, ley means “misery.” Now, anybody who wants to make a case out of that could round up a very good one, So CLEARING THE STREETS. Beginning the Crusade Against Public Women, The number of women known as “street walkers,” who make Pennsylvania avenue their stamping ground, has largely in- creased during the past few weeks, and some of them had become so bold in their operations that Lieut. Amiss ordered his men to clear the avenue of them. Last night the officers went out to put the lieu- tenant's order in operation. Two arrests resulted, and the nicely-dressed young wo men were called in Judge Kimball's court this morning as vagrants. Their good clothes and conduct in the court did not save them, nor did it even save them from being put in the cell with women of all classes and conditions. One of the young women, whose name was given as Lillian Belmont, had been in court before, and she had nothing to say. It was stated that she lives on 2d street northeast, but spends many of her nights on Pennsylvania avenue about the market and also along Sth street, just north of the avenue, and along D sireet, in lark places. She was sentenced to give real estate security in the sum of $100 or go down for ninety days. "The other woman gave her name as Fan- nie Lester, and said she claims that her mother, in New York, sends her $8 a week for her support. Policeman Goss And others gave evidence of the woman's conduct on the street, ond said she had been seen taking men from the street to a house in the “Division.” She had lived with “Matinee Charley,” the opium smoker, and the officer arrested her as she was about to enter a saloon at 8th and D streets. Lawyer Ricks defended the young wo- man and examined Policeman Goss von- cerning the actions of his client on the street. “She looks at a man,” said the officer, “and the man looks at her. Then they meet, have a conversation and go off to- gether.” In addition to this, the officer sald that the girl flirts with men. “How does she do this?” Lawyer Ricks wanted to know. “By significant signs,” the officer an- swered, “and taking out her handkerchief and shaking it.” “I take out my handkerchief and shake it many dimes a day,” said the lawyer, “and use it to wipe my eyes.” “But,” added the court, “nebody would ever suspect you were flirting.” Lawyer Ricks then made a_ lengthy speech for his client, and quoted, as he supposed, passages from Scripture; but Judge Kimball reminded him that his quo- tations were incorrect. The woman made her statement concern- ing the money she receives from her moth- er, and also told of her expense account, which proved to be larger than her remit~ tance. She was sentenced to give $100 real estate security or go to the work house for sixty jays. eg Arrested in Richmond. Inspector Hollinberger recetved e@ dis- patch last evening from the police au- thorities of Richmond notifying him of the arrest In that city of two men, who claim that they stole $250 from their brother, 8. C, Wilson of No. 514 6th street northeast. Mr. Wilson was sent for and he claims that he was robbed of $325, and he will go to Richmond to see about the case. 3 STAINED WITH BLOOD. Another Bad Accident at the City Post Office. William Fielding, employed on the new city post office as a mortar mixer by Brick Contractor Cousel, fell from the flooring of the third story at about 10 o'clock this morning and sustained injuries that are hikely to prove fatal. His work at present lies on the northeast part of the building, but he seems to have had occa- sion to go toward the south front, and in walking along one of the tron beams he lost his balance and fell. He went down sideways, with a clear way for about fifty feet, and then, jsut a short distance from the ‘soft earth’ of the basement, where he would probably have struck without se- rious injuries, his head struck the end of a beam that projected into the space about four inches. A terrible hole was made in the unfortunate man’s right tem- ple. The workmen ran to pick him up, and found him groaning from his hurts. His face and head were covered with blood. A hurry call was sent to the Emer- gency Hospital, and in a few minutes the ambulance responded with Drs. Smith and Aughinbaugh. Fielding was apparent- ly suffering greatly when they reached him, and after they had bound his head and’ staunched the flow of ,blood as well as they could, they had him removed to the hospltal. His skull was fractured and his ankle broken, Fielding is a man about thirty-five years of age. and was one of the steadiest, hest workingmen on the building. He has been employed by the brick contractor throuxh- cut the dull season, in order to be retained. He has a wife and four children, living at 702 I street northeast. The workmen say that there was no necessity for the acci- dent beyond Fielding’s own carelessness, as there are runways of planks and guard rails throughout the length of the building. EAS TELEGRAPHERS ORGANIZE. They Form a Historical Secicty and Elect Officers, The Telegraphic Historical Socicty of North America was organized yesterday at a meeting of gentlemen interested in the telegraph held at the rooms of the board of trade. The new organization begins with over 250 members, including electricians of note .in all parts of the country, and has for its object the coilection, publication and preservation of historical and other interesting data bearing upon the progress of the telegraph in the western hemisphere. The officers elected to serve the first year are: President: Alonzo B, Cornell, Ithaca, N, ¥.; first vice president, S, H. Kauffmann, ashington, D. C.; second vice president, Wiiliam B, Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa.; third vice president, Thomas D, Lockwood, Bo: ton, Mass.; #ccretary and treasurer, Geo. C, Maynard, Washington; directors,’ J. H. Emerick, New York; B. F, Dillon, Jackson- ville, Fla.; W. R. Plum, Chicago, IL, and J. Q. Mason, Tacoma, Wash. PER GEEE “Selec ORGANIZATION PERFECTED. Meeting of the Trustees of the Pro- testant Episcopal Cathedral. The first mecting of the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral foundation of the District of Columbia was hela yes- terday afternoon at the St. John’s Parish Hall, on 16th street. Eieven of the fifteen trustees were present and thetr organiza- tion was completed by the election of Col. James Lowndes of Washington. Gen. G. J. Parke was elected secretary and Mr. Hyde continued as temporary treasurer. A finance committee was appointed and ar- rangements made for carrying out the un- dertaking on the lines already jicated in the columns of The Star. By-laws,which had been elaborated with great @are, were considered and adopted. The trustees present consisted of the Bishop of Mary- land, chairman; Rev. Drs. McKim, Mac- kay-Smith, Douglas and Hodges of’ Balti- more, and Messrs. A. T. Britton, J. A. Kasson, C. C. Glover, J. M. Wilson, H. E. Pellew ‘and ex-Senator Edmunds of Ver- mont. see GERMANY’S PARLIAMENT HOUSE, One of the Most Striking Buildings in Europe. _The new imperial parliament house in Berlin, which was dedicated yesterday, which has cost upward of $7,000,000, is one of the most striking of the public buildings in Eurcpe. It was planned to be an ap- propriate outward expression of the legis- lative majesty of the German nation. Whe: the foundation stone was latd in 1884 by Emperor William I, Bismarck, as one of the main founders of the empire, struck the stone with the builder's ham- mer. As he did so he said: “Be this house forever a symbol of those indissoluble bonds which in the days of slory and enthusiasm uniied lands and sections in the German empire.” The paiac? stands on the east side of the broad Koenigsplatz, in the center of which rises to a height of 200 feet the monument of victory, commemcrating the three cam- paigns (S64, 1866 and 1s70) which made Germupy one. It may be said that the building, which seems to be a mixture of many styles, is not aliogether tn harmon: with the general architecture of the G man cepital or with German architect) generally, but what it may lack in ha’ mony it makes up for in hugeness and in those ficrid details which secm to dominate latter-day Teutonic art. The central dome of glass is surmounted by a gorgeously gilded cupola. ———_-o+—_ THE PHILADELPHIA MINT. A Satisfactory Adjustment of the Dit- ferences, Dr. Eugene Townsend, the superinten- dent of the Philadelphia mint, has had an interview with the director of the mint, as the result of which the differences be- tween himself and the director, in regard to the removal of certain employes of the mint in the coiner’s department, and against which the latter had protested, were satisfactorily adjusted. The coiner, Mr. Steel, protested against the removal of four men; three of the four are to be reinstated, and the work per- formed by the fourth one ts to be done hereafter by the assistant coiner. A plan of reorganization of the force at Philadelphia was agreed upon between the director and Dr. Townsend, which will be carried into effect about the “first of the year, or as soon as the details can be ar- ranged, —__-e-______. Funeral of Mrs. Rachel Gordon. The fuieral of Mrs. Rachel Gordon, who died on Sunday at her residence, No, 1537 Columbia street, took place yesterday af- ternoon, She was highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends, and the poor will remember her as a kind and thoughtiul friend. She was for many years a mem- ber of Foundry Church, and ever active in its good work. There were many beautiful flowers sent to the house. The pallbearers were Messrs. Charles Schaler, Thomas Gardner, E. F. Simpson, Addison Smith, Malcolm Gordon and Henry C. Burch, Mrs. Gordon is survived by a son and three daughters. Se “Modern Press Association.” Orders were received at the post office in Chicago that will practically deprive H. Howard Paramore and his “Modern Press Association” of the use of the mails. Mr. Paramore has been doing a profitable busi- ness for some time in making newspaper correspondents. His scheme has been to get up a directory, which is to be furnish- ed to the manaying editors of all news. papers for guidance in selecting corre- spondents when reaulred. From the regis- tration fee Paramore has been growing rich. The mail orders that have been pre- sented at the post office caused the de- partment to look up his business, Post- master Hesing secured an order from |’ost- master General Bissell to refuse to cash any money order made payable to the “Modern Press Association” or H. Howard Paramore, and to return all mail address- ed to the concern to the sender, with the indorsement that the concern was a fraud- ulent one. —_—_———-e- —_____. Leon Levy of Galveston threw a bomb- shell in the American Hebrew camp at New Orleans in his address on Tuesday, in which he charged the rabbis with setting up various sorts of religions and falling to unite upon a standard of Judaism by which all Judaism would be measured. CLEANING-OUT PROCESS. Wm. Robins m Lost 75 Cents and Got Mad. William Robinson, a nard-working col- ored man, went to one of the numerous disreputable resorts in the “Division,” not far from Lieut. Amiss’ police station, last night, and now he is tn jail. He told Judge Miller this morning that he went to the house to have some fun in the crowd of mei and women, and, according to his no- tion, he was robbed of 75 cents. The other witnesses told of what he did after the 75-cent incident. He used a knife on the head of one of the men ind a coal ofl lamp on a woman, + “And,” said the woman, “if the police hadn't come in the house would have been destroye Judge Miller said that the affair Was a disgraceful one, and he was sorry to have to send a working man to jail. The judge wanted to know why in the world such dives are permitted to exist, and said he thought they ought to be wiped off the face of the earth. The man, he said, had gone to the house, and when he was tricked out of the money he proceeded to cleag out the house. He was given six months in jail. ——.—_—_ WANT TO GET BACK. Efforts to Have Dismissed Policemen Reinstated, The five policemen who were dismissed as the result of the raid on the Fat Men's Beneficial Association, are still endeavoriig to get back on the force,although the Com- missioners have overruled their plea for a pew hearing. Some of them spend most of their time about the Police Court, ap- parently keeping in trim, in expectation of being reinstated. The last move made in the case was today, when Lawyers Smith and Christy addressed the Commissioners as follow: “Will you please furnish us with a duly authenticated copy of the record of the proceedings in the matter of Philip L. Hay- den et al, members of the metropolitan lice force of the District of Columbia, in- lusive of the record upon which they were acquitted by the trial board, and the sub- sequent unsworn narratives presented to your honorable board, and by means of which your honorabie board justified your judgment of dismissal after their acquittal by the said trial board, as aforesaid?" It is said by friends of the dism‘ssed policemen that Commissioner Ross favors a reopening of the case. Respite states © BAHEN NO BETTER. The Injured Foot Ball Player Resting Easily, However, at Dmergency Hospital. There .was no material improvement to- day in the condition of Mr. George H. Bahen, who is lying at the Emergency Hospital with a broken back, received dur- ing the Columbia Athletic-Georgetown Uni- versity foot ball e on Thanksgiving day. He was resting somewhat easier, but his state is considered extremely critical. —_——-- GOVERNMENT. Dis RAC Inspecting Water Works. Frank J. Steever, engineer in charge of the water works at Helena, Mont. is in the city inspecting the District's water supply. He spent considerable time at the District building today looking over the situation. An Order Changed. The Commissioners today changed the order of September 9, 1885, making the auditor of the District of Columbia cus- todian of the official bonds of the officers of the District, and hereafter the assessor will be their guardian. Praise for Decision. At a meeting of Anacostia Tent, No. 138, Independent Order of Rechabites, held De- cember 4, 1804, a vote of thanks was unan- imously passed, and the action of the Com- missioners highly commended in the cause of Sergeant John C. Daley, who they regard as a most trustworthy and efficient officer, entitled to the respect and confi- dence of all good law abiding citizens. A letter of thanks was received by the Com- missioners today, warmly commending them in their action in the case. Building Permit. The inspector of buildings has issued a “building permit to Samuel W. Mahoney for the erection of one brick dwelling at 707 North Carolina avenue southeast, to cost $1,500. Have No Authority. The attorney for the District has ren- dered an important opinion to the Commis- sioners upon the question raised by Mr. L, R. Smith, the owner of a lot fronting en 1sth street extended, whether the assess- ment against his lots may not exceed one- half the cost of widening the streets op- posite the same, and asking that he be not charged with any portion of the expense of widening the part of the street opposite the lots of other parties. In a clause in the District appropriation bill approved August 1894, under the head “Construction of ountry roads,” it is provided that one-half the cost of widening 18th street from Flor- ida avenue to Columbia road to tfty feet, nd paving the same with sheet asphalt, and changing the grades wherever deemed necessary by the Commissioners, shall te assessed and collected from the abuttin; property (except the cost of paving on changing the grade within the space re- quired to be paved by the railway com- pany) in the same manner as assessments and collections are made under the law governing assessments of permit work. The law in relation to assessment permit work, also found in the same statute, fixes the Mear frontage as the principles of assessment. Mr. Thomas, in his opinion to the Commissioners today, says they have no power to vary the assessment, so as to meet the differences in the expense of grad- ing in front of different lots abutting the improvements, as proposed by Mr. Smith. Filth Report R. C, Balinger of 1024 81st street, George- town, has written to the Commissioners, requesting them to have the accumulation of debris end filth at the Intersection of Bist and South streets remoyed at their earliest possible convenience. Flour Inspection, F. R. Shoemaker, Inspector of flour, in his report submitted to the Commission- ers today for the month of November shows that during the month be inspected 208 barrels at one cent each, a total of $52.08, and expenses attending the same amounting to $10, making a net profit of $42.08. Against Smooth Sarfaces, Several days ago Capt. Ficbeger called the attention of the Comn:isstoners to the fact that he hid noticed some people put- ting in vault covers made of perfectly smooth iron, Such covers, he chought,were dangerous to pedestrians, especially when there fs a slight fall of srow on the ground, and he recommended that the building inspector's attention be called to the matter, and that he be directed to fl- low none but corrugated covers to be used, and these to be so constructed that there skell be no obstruction above the general level of the sidewalk. Inspector Brady, in compliance with the request of the Commissioners, recommend- cd the following amendment to the bulld- ing regulations, which was approved by the Commissioners: “Vaults in front of business property, the area shall be charged at the rate of 15 ceats per cubic foot, end in front of dwell- ings at the rate of 10 cents per cubic fost; nor shall permit be fssued until plan 's submitted and approved, showing op2n- ings, which inust be covered with heavy cast-ircn fromes, set fair with the grade of sidewalk, perforated with Hyatt or sim- ilar lights, avoiding a smooth surface, and providing security to pedestrians passing over the same.” Asks an Extension. Richard G, Israel of 734 14th street north- west has requested the Commissioners to extend his contract for grading Massachu- setts avenue extended for thirty days. | Finding it impossible to complete the work by December 15, 1894, which the con- tract calls for, he has requested an exten- sion of his contract. pantie ey Held for Trial. John W. Brawner, the man who was ar- rested on suspicion cf setting fire to his house in South Washington Monday night, as published tn Tuesday’s Star, was given preliminary examination in the Police Court today, and Judge Miller held him ig $1,000 security to await the action of th grand jury.