Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1895, Page 11

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WEISS POPOV: SDN OOH SS F 99 05-460.550040.5506-06 00069595009 « 4 q DIOD PPPOLL LOI PPHSSOOGLG SOF 3 LADIES’ SHOPPING FOR THEIR HUSBANDS ts do the duty ‘e are closing > 1a make 50 ce dollar hi ur stock all con made shirts, alf Hose, rec. pr. Neckwear, I5c. th c WHY NOT ACCEPT Our invitation to come up here and complet the furnishing of your house—on credit? We offer you the advantage of a mammoth stock and of prices that are just as low as are quoted by any cash furniture house. You can pay for what you get in such sums and at such times as will be convenient. e to sign—not a thonght of interest Ue cash weekly or monthly. OUR OFFER OF CREDIT. It is the inducement that we hold out for your patronage—it is our way of being accommodating. “Our prices ked in the plainest kind of flgures—we Invite. you to make @ Hist of them for comparison With those of the cash stores. All carpets made and laid free of cost— no cha ge for waste in matching figures. H OR HAIRCLOTH PARLOR S—CHOICE, $22.50. OAK BED ROOM SUITE, $13. SPLENDID BRUSSELS CARPET, 50c. PER_YARD. ea INGRAIN CARPET, 35¢. PER ARD. MADE AND LAID FREE OF COST. SOLID OAK EXTENSION ‘TABLE, $3.50. 40-POUND HAIR MATTRESS, WOVEN-WIRE_ SPRINGS, $i ‘SIZ 13. AND COOKING STOVES—ALL STANDARD MAKES. YOURS FOR A PROMISH TO PAY— SMALL WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAY- MENTS. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE, $5 Wool Pajamas,$2.50. Everything {a stoec at about the conc te sume ratio of P. T. HALL, Men’s Goods, 908 F St. feevevrrrerrrrersrerer yyy NEAR DUPONT CIRCLP, CARPENTER SHOP, JouUN BT. WALKER, Builder, 1920 N st. Residence, ‘2021 N st. Tolling by experienced and veliable men. ja3-3m* POOSSE PPPS GIO IGP OS SOS OMS II ISH IGOS: 90O000000956056 969669960095666005696006 205000005 St 819-821-823 7TH STREET NORTHWEST, soc. Neckwear, 25c. Between H and I streets. jn8-84d These Teeks, Four-in- derwear, 50c. evan rms rwear for $1. : 5 ight Shirts, i A i ce ——_ —_- may possibly be ae Eee é a eee eee aed ter | $2 Full Dress Shirts, $1. Potomac water the next. week or 4 so the worst for years, ‘The only r filter In the world that en- ly eliminates all disease- germs ts the “Pasteur” Filter —acknowleded by the world's most eminent scientists as the best ret produced. Varlous sizes, for houses, hotels, cafes, dc. Household size, $6.60 up. Wilmarth & Edmonston, Crockery,&c.,1205 Pa.Ave. §Ja10-344 1895-TWELVE PAGES. S, Kann, Sons & Co, STH&MARKET SPACE. OUR reat Re- building Sale. KEEPING Pace to the tune of Sher= man’s [larch through Georgia, costumers hurrah= ing every bargain adver- tised. Our goods have been scattered to different sections of our store during our rebuilding, but it seems not to interfere with our trade. Our prices would bring the crowds on the roof tops. IMAC LIC S SPRING STYLES. IT SHIRTING PRINTS. THK BEST REBUILDING SALE PRICE.... 2 7-8. !. FORREST MILLS YARD WIDE BLEACHED ON, A STANDARD SHEETING OF GREAT REBUILDING SALE price... 4 7-286. A YARD OR A PIECE. 12) BEST QUALITY NEW SPRING GIN IAMS, DOMESTIC CLOTH, BUT FRENCH AND SCOTCH STYLES. REBUILDING SALE PRICE. 6 BAG. A YARD OR A PIECE, 12460. PRIDE OF THE WEST BLEACHED SHEETING, FULL YARD WIDE. SHOULD BE SHE PRIDE OF ANY SECTION OF OUE GUEST NION. REBUILDING sate rrice....® 1] o2Qe RD OR A PIECE. & ARROW BRAND 4-PLY LINEN "fT KINDS 1H SHORT : A GIVE- THAT WE ARE COMI AWAY PRICE ON FOUR DIFE ONE LOT OF PLAID INDIA SILKS, FROM 1 1 5-YARD LENGTHS. 10c. SILK CREVES, \D MORLAS, 1 To 5 YARDs. v TOK IOS, RED INDIAS, 1 LINE NANT Li rH OL OxE LOT MORLAS, 4 AIN, BLACK PLAID “AND REBUILDING LADIES’ CHE BUILDING ALE PRIC IR JACKETS. LE PRIC LADIES’ CHEVRON AND OX WERE $16. REBUT $8.95 ING SALE PRICE BUUCLE JACK- .§9.98 REB! CLOTH CAPES WERE $6.50. REBUILDING SALE PRICE....... $3 aOB CLOTH CAPES. WERE $9.00. REBUILDING SALE PRICE $5.00 CLOTH CAPES. WERE $ REBUILDING SALE PRICE. $7.50 CLOTH CAPES. WERE $16 AND $18. REBUILDING SALE rrice....§ 10.00 FLUSH CAPES. WERE $10. $5.98 REBUILDING SALE PRICE. PLUSH CAPES. WERE $1: REBUILDING S4LE PRI PLUSH CaP’ REBUILD PLUSH CA CONEY CAPES. ILDING IUM CON; Ww ALE PRICE. CAPES. SALE IC SEAL CAPES (MARTEN REBUILDING SRUILDING SALE PRICE nH . RE $6. LUILDING SALE PRICI 63 12'TO 18. WERE $10. ING SALE PRICE. WERE $12.50. SALE PRICE. Our $100,c00 cash pur= chase of J. E. Trible’s en- tire stock of Fine Goods, which notice appeared in this morning’s Times and Post, will be another grand event when this line of high-grade goods is placed on sale. Mr. Trible’s mer= cantile record for handling REBUILDING THE DESHTUTE POOR ering Reported to Char- itablé Organizations RK BEING DONE HARD WE Lack of Means, However, Ham- pers the Best Results. SOME CONTRIBUTIONS Drip, drip came the falling rain all through the early part of the night. To scme it Lrought discomfort, but to others it brought actual suffering and hardship. Newspaper men who had occasion to be out late last night saw threadbare and needy men scurrying through the darkness look- ing fer some place of shelter, where they might spend the rest of the long hours oi the night in something like comfort. People who had tickets for the theater or other places of smusement Jast evening fourd it very hard, indeed, to have to go ploughing through the slush and wet, and many preferred. to stay at home by their cozy firesides. Unfortunately, there were only too many hundreds of people in this big city who had no cozy firesides and no warm, cheerful bed rocms. Washington has but little tenement house life as com- pared with some of the cther larger and more congested cities, and it suffers less as a result of the overcrowding of the peor in unsuitable houses, but it would be folly to claim for a moment that Wash- ingtcn has not its full quota of needy oncs—people who have gotten down and cannot get up, people who in a time otf emergencies like the present must be as- sisteu lest. they starve, Those who ember the lectures that were delivere. 1. this city a couple of years ago by .1r. Jacob A. Riis of New the author of “iow the Other Half must not expect, if they ever go ving among the purlieus aud alleys, to find anything akin to the picture drawn by that authority on tenement house life in great cities, But they will tind poverty in abundance, bitter, grinding poverty that knows no let up. Kach morning the maa of the family wakes to the realization that there is uothing in the house wherewith to feed his wife and iittle ones, no credit at butcher's or baker's, no work to do that -will bring him in a cent and no prospect of Work. isn’t that about hard enough? What difference does it make to a cold and hungry man or woman whether ne or she be cold and hungry on the fifth tioor of a crowded tenement or on the first floor of a shed in some back court or alley? Hunger and cold are very much the saine all the world over. The Helping Hand. Yesterday the ligtle bands of women and men who are giving up their days to do- ing what they can to relieve the present condition of affairs, reported that in the number of applicants for aid it was the busiest day of the winter. Into their will- ing ears was poured; many a tale of hard- ship that wasisad eaough to reach harder hearts than theirs. Unforturately, the was not the wheréWithal to answer any: thing like all tne cails that were made, and in many cases all that could be done was to give them enough iccd and fuel to tide them over tor @ very few days in the hope that with larger contributions from those who are abie to give it will be pos- sible to deal Mére'#enerously by such as these.,In every case, however, a thor- ough investigation is made before relief is given to do'eway with all chance of im- position. When it is remembered that the est intense sufterttig is among the ot lying districts of the city, some idea be had of the gnitude of the wo Alorg the wharves, out in the county be yond the city lines, from the commons east of the Capitoi, and from the little hovels along the ba of the canal, from such out of the way places as these come hi dest stories of all, and each and of these must be looked into the charity organizations can justified in making z cal to the gen- erous public for a: pe in the work. Yesterday morning one of the visitors from Central Union Mission had a list of thirty different places in scattered sec- tions of the city to vis.t before he could call his day's work done. Last night every cot in the mission build- ing was filled with tired, less men ard when the doors were thrown open t morning there were plenty of people ready and waiting for a chance ‘to get inside. Many of them carried empty baskets in the hop? that they might carry them away full. There was absolutely no let up in the number of applicants, but on the other hand there was every prospect that if the bad weather keeps up there will be a daily increase in the number of unfortunates Some cf the stories of suifering that were told were unusually sad, unvsually so even for a year and a season when there are so many ef them. Pathetic Letter. One very hard case of trouble has just come to light. It was brought out in a let- ter to the editor of The Star from a woman who said that never in her life had she been the recipient of charity or been com- pelled to ask it. This time she wrote to know whcther there was not somewhere a charitably disposed person’ who would be willing to help a young couple through the darkest hours of their lives. Her husband is a skilled mechanic, but, like so many others. is unable to get anything to do these hard times. He has walked the streets in worn out shoes until his feet have bed from exposure and cold. Sne has sold everything she ever possessed in the way of little trinkets and jewelry in the hope of tiding over for a time, but they are absolutely without food or fire, though she has held off till the very last before she would ask for aid. Even now she says her husband would ‘die of shame’ if he knew she had made their condition known. The bad weather has prevented him from get- ting a single day’s work, and they see no light ahead. In her letter she writes: “I have tried every way I could to hold out through these dreadful times, but when I could see no other way I thought I would write to you, for The Star has ever been the friend of those who need it, and I come to you in my distress.” Does this seem a very sad case? It does on the first reading, but there are hundreds of others equally touching. The Star's fund for the relief of just such cases is grewing steadily, and every dollar goes where it will do the most good. Don’t you want to put your name to the list? It mat- ters not whether the sum given be large or small. It is bound to do good, for all the money received is turned over to the Associated Charities, the Central Union Mission and the police for distribution. The Rent Problem. There are two problems that the charity organizations are finding particularly hard of solution just now. These are the fuel problem and the rent problem. As already told if these columns almost all who seek relief say that they,are far behind in their rent, and whilesthe first cry is for food and fuel, yet they say that if they cannot raise a little money, somehow they will soon be without a roof above their heads. There is ed to such a purposé, and this is the an- swer that is invariably given to all such requests. As g rule, landlords have been very considerate of their poor tenants and there have beeu few cases of people being only the finest goods was as well known to the people of the Monumental city as McCreery is known to New York. S, KANN, SONS & 60, MERCHANT3 FOR EVERYONE. STH&MARKET SPACE. actually put out ¢@f doors. Once in a while, however, there are Incidents that cast an unpleasant’ shadow. One such came to the attention of the Central Union Mission a few days ago. An elderly widow, in the direst straits, told of owing $13 for back rent, and said that if she could not pay she would have to go. By the hardest kind of self-denial she had managed to save up $), but not another cent could she raise. Some of the people at the mission offered to give $2 if the real estate man who had charge of the property would throw off the other $2. This he agreed to do, and he took the money and gave her a receipt for it. Shortly after she wrote again, saying that she had been notified that she would have to pay the balance or she would be put out. The mission took the matter in hand, and it is needless to say the old woman is still in possession of her little home. Fortunately, such inci- dents as these are very rare, and only serve to bring out in brighter colors the no money in any of*the funds to be divert- | many acts of Christian kindness that are being done on every side and all the time. Fighting Cold. The question of supplying fuel 1s also one that gives the greatest trouble just now. There is‘a supply at the headquarters of the mission, but the difficulty is in get- ting it to the people who need it most. Many come with little baskets and carry a peck or two of coal with them, but this is no small hardship, as most of these people live at a distance from the center of tne city, Many, too, are sick and bed- ridden and cannot come at all and the mission has no wagons to send coal and wood to them, The dealers have been un- usually generous this winter and have sup- plied many a load of fuel to the poor since cold weather set in. Efforts are now on foot to make arrangements with dealers in the different sections of the city to honor orders in’ their vicinity and to deliver coal and wood in small Icts to needy homes, a bushel at a time perhaps. There is very little profit to the dealers in such business, but there is every reason to believe that the efforts will be successful, for very few turn u deaf ear nowadays when the needs of the situation are fairly set before them. A Pound Party. The attractive home of the Legion of Loyal Women, 419 10th street, has been opcn all day for visitors, the occasion be- ing a pound party given for the relief of suffering among the very poor of the city. At an early hour this morning people be- gar to arrive, carrying with them pack- ages of every conceivable description, and ali day long there has been a steady stream of willing givers. The gifts were not by any means restricted to food, but ran through the whole list of articles that would be of ce in tim like this. Cloth- ' eo oAnits end chil n was received in considerable quantities, and many a per- son can now be warmly clad who wouid v s@ lave beea cCompelied to go with very little clothing. In the center of the hall was placed a big packing box, and this began to fill up rapid- ty with contributions of provisions. Among the gifts that had been received before noon were several big bags of flour and as many of meal. There were groceries of all sorts, salt, baking powder, coffee, tea and a considerable quantity of fruit ‘that will be more than weicome at homes where there is sickness. The work of relief was undertaken originally by the Legion of Loyal Women for the purpose of assisting widows and orphans of soldiers of the late war, but this winter it has branched out into a wider field of usefulness, and calls from all classes of people have received attention. The members of the society have personally investigated many cases of need, and the resuit is that they have a long list of people of whose necds they are certain, who will be attended to tomorrow from the receipts of today’s pound party. The hall will be open until a late hour this evening, and contributions will be welcomed from ail sides, whether the donovs are in- terested in the general objects of the so- ciety or not. This evening there will be a musical and literary entertainment, which is expected to add materially to the col- lection of clothing and provisions. Providing Work. So far as possible the women of the legion have been endeavoring to provide some sort of work for the needy ones who have come to them for ald. Several sewing ma- chines have been in use at the hall, and these have given occupation to a number of women, who are kept at work putting gifts of clothing in first-class order before they are given out to poor people. A man who is a skilled cobbler, but who is out of work, has been given employment putting shoes in good repair. These people are clcthed and fed and given small wages be- sides. At the municipal lodging house, on 12th street, there are accommodations for about seventy-five men, and the house is full every night, and has been since the Ist of last November. On particularly cold nights of late there have been far more applicants than could be taken care of. Superinten- dent Dunn abides firmly by the rule that every man who would eat or sleep in the house must do his share of work and every lodger must saw a sixteenth of a cord of wood, or do an equivalent amount of work, for his bed and board, During the last r of 1804 more than ) men were provided with a sleeping place, while meals were served to the number of 10,988. ‘The meals are not exactly elegant, but they are substantial and filling. The average cost was a fraction more than five a very small sum, when it is remem- bered that a meal consists of a bowl of thick soup, which is practically a stew, a half loaf of bread and a cup of coffee. But with all the provisions that are at hand for organized relief, there is still the reatest dijiculty in answering anything like the number of calls that are made for aid. From each comes the story of effort restricted by lack of means, and never were contributions more needed or more welcome than they are today. Police Fund. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police depart- ment said this morning that the applicants for assistance were numerous, but the con- tributions were few. He received $5 from W. H. Barnes and some clothing from 1613 S street. Contributions Received. ‘The following contributions have been re- ceived at The Star ottice: General Relief Fund. Heretofore acknowledged Contents Howard A.’s box Mrs. 6. 4, Kinney: Unknown . Associated Charities. Heretofore acknowledged G. L. b. 3 ID TO REsT. Impressive Services at the Funeral of an Old Citize The funeral of Mr. John McDermott took place this forenoon from St. Patrick's Church. Solemn high mass was celebrated, the officers of the mass being: Rev. Father Stafford, celebrant; Rev. Father Mackin of St. Paui’s, deacon; Rev. Joseph McGee of St. Patrick's, subdeacon, and Rev. John Dillon of St. Joseph’s, master of cere- monies. Several siting clergy, clad in the robes of mass, were in the sanctuary. were Re B. Hughes of St. Te- . Rev. E. F. Slattery of New York, Cc. R. O'Reilly of New York and Rev. Father Rockford of St. Dominic’s. The mass was sung by the quartet of St. Patrick's choir, compo: ttingly, soprano; sernard Ry: 2 tenor. Mr. 3 was the leader and Miss Boon the organist. The active pallbearers, all of whom had been em- plcyes of Mr. McDermoit, were John Hii ed of Miss Blanche Zea, contraito; Charles Cooksey, Edward Heunch, Thomas Kean, John O'Leary and Charles 'Langiey. The honorary pailbearers were C: : yes, Dr. Toner, Theodore Sheckles, Geo. . Morse, Walter Stewart, George Beall, George Smith, Colonel Drew and James Kelly. ‘A marked feature of the funcral was the rresence of a number of nuns from St. Rose's Industrial School, St. Joseph's Or- phan Asylum, St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum, St. Anne's Infant Asylum, Little Sisters of the Poor and Georgetown Convent. At the sanctuary rail the procession was met by the celebrant, deacon, subdeacon, master of ceremonies, visiting’ clergy and acolytes. The mass, with the impressive music of the quartet, was proceeded with. At the close of the mass Father Stafford preached. His sermon was an impressive one and paid a high tribute to the deceased. At the close of the sermon the body was lifted to the hearse and the cortege mov ‘The interment was at Mt. Olivet. ——s Visiting Policemen, Assistant Superintendent Pierce and In- spector Dugan of the Boston police depart- mert called on Chief of Police Moore to- day. They are on thelr way to New Or- leans for a prisoner who is charged with having swindled a Boston corporation. nina ae Faneral of Mr. Blackwell. The funeral of Mr. Joseph Blackwell, late member of Second Baptist Church, took place yesterday at Mount Carmel away. Buptist Church. The services were preach- ed by Rev. Givens, the pastor, who spoke of all the good work that the deceased had done and how hard it was for so good a member to be lost from the church, imitations. The genuine Fokann Hoff’s Malt Extract has the signature ga Eisner & MENDELSON Co., Beware of on neck label. Sole Agents, New York. Foease HAVE used the gen- uine Johann Hoff's Malt Extract in France, whenever I felt myself run down. I also use it in America and find it most excellent in clearing my voice. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Continuing the Highly Successful Union Prayer Meetings. In any other place than the sacred sanc- tuary the remarks of Dr. Stitt last night at the Methodist Episcopal Church would have been greeted with applavse when he commended The Evening Star so cordially for giving so much space to the proceed- ings of the union prayer meetings. The final meeting was considered the most en- thusiastic. The choir, led by Mr. J. Henry Wilson, whose ringing voice and energetic manrer have scarcely diminished during the fcrty years he has filled the position of leader in the church, to which he became attached in his early youth. The deep diapason of the organ, presided over by Mrs. Isaac Birch, gave just the support needed for the grand choruses, in which the congregation so heartily joined. The opening prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Billheimer,whose sincerity fully equals his ready flow of language. Dr. Alexan- dcr’s address on missions was full of ex- cellent points, delivered with the enthu- siasm for which he is distinguished. The closing address, ty the Rev. Mr. Thomas, was the most eliborate and entertaining, of the very interesting discourses this faithtul pastor has delivered during the week. It abounded with instances of com- mendable self-sucrifice by devoted Chris- tians, who have consecrated their lives to the noble work of spreading the knowledge of the truth among the heathens of th> world. One young woran, the speaker said, once a resident of Rockville, Md., and now a missionary in a heathen land, gave a large portion of all the money she had to further the cause so dear to her heart. Her pastor deemed it his duty to forbid her giving her entire possessions, which she desired to do. Notes. On Monday evening next Mustering OM- cer Lathrop will instali the recently elected officers of Geo. V. Morris Post, G. A. R., at Stohiman’s Hall, N street near 32d. The superintendent of the Georgetown post office, Mr. Wm. A. Hutchins, has been placed on the civil service list of gov- ernment workers. The salary incident to the office has also been increased. This civil service attachment gives the office to Mr. Hutchins indefinitely, irrespective of Washington postmasters or the change in_ politics, A fire that was soon extinguished broke out yesterday in the home of Mr. C. E. Tribbe: c M_ street. Some hangings were the only sufferers. The entertainers of the Heliotrope Circle on Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. Wm Smaliwood of 1130 20th street. Friends of the circle were also among the guests. The host and hostess were liberal in their hos- pitality. The state councillor and officers of the State Council of the District of Columbia paid Hermione Council, No. 47, an official visit last night, ard exemplified the un- written work. There we-e five councils represented, viz: Potomac, No. 20; Colum- No. Constellation, No. 39; Mount Vernon, No, 10, and Hermione. It is ex- pected that during the series of visitations just commenced great good will be accom- plished, as the interest being manifested is considerable. Reno Council, at Tenley- town, will be visited by the State Council officers on January 14. Miss Maggie M. Fickling, daughter of Mr. Jeremiah Fickling, died yesterday, after a lingering illness. A pony, with a saddle and bridle of Eng- lish make, is at Caton’s, on the south side of the Aqueduct bridge. He strayed there on January 1. The animal is about eight years of age. The police here have been requested to look out for the owner. It is thought that he was ridden into Ross- lyn by a thief, who there thought it ad- visable to abandon him. His owner, it is thought, is either a Virginian or a Mary- lander. —_-___ Bernheim Assignment Sustained. In December, 1891, Stein, Bloch & Co. and several cther creditors of Matthew Bernheim instituted a suit seeking to set aside a deed of assignment that had been executed by him to Ammon Behrend, al- loging that the debtor had disposed of gcods fraudulently, secreted his assets, and that the debts preferred by fhe assign- ment were fictitious and frauduleat, and that the assignee was guilty of gross mis- conduct and fraudulent practices. At a preliminary hearing the court appointed a receiver to take cha-ge of all the assets. The case came on for final hearing before Judge Cox last week and has occupied the attention of the court for the last six days. The court, in dismissing the complainants’ , held ihat the evidence fails to estab- Tis the fraudulent character of any of the preferences or any misconduct on the part of the assignee; that there was no evidence produced showing secretion or fraudulent disposition by Bernheim of any of his property, and directed the case to be referred to the auditor to state the ac- count of the receiver. Messrs. Garnett, Butterworth, T..W. Birney, W. H. Shoes, Heald and Worthington appeared for the creditors and Mr. Leon Tobriner tor the defendant. ss She Asks Damages. September 28, 1803, Mrs, Martha S. Mor- rison, as she alleges in a suit against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, while alighting at Akron, Ohio, had her hip broken by the premature starting of the train, She purchased a ticket with stop-over privileges from the defendant road. and because of her injury she asks damages in the sum of $20,000. GeO gt every _way—Dr, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. 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The track at the Alexander Island course was so heavy and unsafe yesterday that all of the events were cut down to five and four and one-half furlongs, and run over the chute. As on the day previous, the going was deep in mud and water, the time in the several sliding matches being seconds slower than usual. The crowd in attendance was smaller than usual, but as three favorites and a second choice stumbled and slid to the front of the other sliders, the talent had a rather profitable day of it. The other bracket winner was an outsider by name and odds. Those placed first were: Reynard, 4 to 5; Outsider, 15 to 1; Grampian, 7 to 3; Ched- dar, 3 to 5, and Doc. Birch, 5 to 2. Remarkable Chess Playing. Next Tuesday Mr. J. E. Macfarland, who won the chess tourney on New Year day, will give an exhibition of simultaneous play at the rooms ef the Chess, Checker and Whist Club, on 12th street. Ee will conduct thirty games at cnce against as many players. Mr. A. W. 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