Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1895, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 145, 1895-TWELVE PAGES, AUM’ POPULAR SHOPPING PLACE, 416 7th St. B On Sale SILKS. Elegant new designs in Fancy ings, marked now. ‘The new Plisse Silk, varicus col- ors—the 5c. quality marked now. A grend quality Plisse Silk, never shown under $1.25 the yard marked Monday... A line of new designs in Fancy Taffeta Silks—a quality .. $1 A line of very desirable 98. Black Crepons, marked for Monday... Our regular $1.48 Crepon, inches wide—Monday.. 6 styles in 46-Inch Crepons, striped, Monday ... 52-Inch “SI Ac Broadcloths, heavy weight, nice, for Capes or suite, regular price $1—Monday.. English TOILETS. Water . Household Ammonia, double strength Sheftield’s Creme Dentifrice. SInch Heavy Rubber Combs,25c.grade ‘Talcum Powder, best, per box. Jara Rice Powder, per bor. Porzonl Powder, per box. S-quart Hot Water Bottles.... 2-quart Fountain Syringe, 4 pipes. SUIT DEPT. Black and Navy Blue Cheviot Tailor-made Suits, fitting jackets and full skirt; $9.50 value; Mon- day . eee 5 Crepon and Serge Separate Skirts, lined throughout and stift- éned pleat back; Monday.. All our $12.50 and $15.00 High- grade Crepon Skirts; cholce; now. Various styles Double and Triple Capes in Silk and Cloth, worth $5.00 and $6.00; Monday. | | 3 PARASOLS. White and Colored Chiffon and Silk Rutlled Parasols, fine han- les; worth $4.00 to $5.00..... cee TOMORROW. Sitks, regular $1 goods, all color- RR . 50c. peeesatt nice 75C. .DRESS GOODS. 45 inches whe ORC. 75C. Murray & Lanman’s Large Florida Rs — 2 Seeheedeegeton enteeteos Sesgentongeeg go Se Seotenteny -25 cx a inte So + 42. -19¢. $7.48: $4.68 $8.98: $3.98 THE NEW THINGS NOW OPEN. o 3 oe % Close Rolling Changeable Sik x Sun Umbrellas; very new an Ns fetching; worth $5.50.......0.006 $4-48% Satin Striped, Fancy Ruflled = Parasols, white and all colors; = Monday = $ 1.69% One lot Children’s Changeable $ Sk Parusols, also colored satin; ebolce, Monday.......+.+ ATC. % & $ $ In Book Department. : “Marcella,” 35c. $ New complete edition of “Mar- ¢ cella,” by Mrs Humphrey W: "di 35¢, our price...... erecta e Bargains Daily BAUIV’S, Seventh St. eeSeeg nie egestas Sentententen seatee ¢ Seedonresondoetoegonteesoods B. RICH & & 100: See Those $2.98 Shoes In the Window tep $4.50 —tf you would Ike to see closer si inside. Some of them sold for and $4 and $3.50. All are $2.98 during this sale. The Ladies’ lot ea oxfords—all Oxto! shapes Is to mal reolute ing dress, Were $4, $4.50 and Now Only $2. Mp stototiotete te Patent Leather Shoes top—new tun a sealskin shoes . kid 1 russe —b black kangareo shoe ‘Now Only $2. "ORT of them just in—s 1002 F Street. a A a i RE The Men’s lot includes: nd cloth Were $3.50, 54, $4.50& $§ if weight —in tars, seal and patent leather, with ensiform toe. You won't find these apes elsewhere. B. Rich & Sons, 35, 98.3 Be £ : e fe ack 8. 98. No Sarsaparitla we ever handl sold so well as our UND EXTRACT OF ASH. “It 1s certainly arsapariila on the market and its price (50c. a large bottle) cheaper than any COM- SARSA- PAWLLA with LODIDE OF POT- the best other Sarsapa- oeee cece eeee sece led at 7008 rilla we sell. Unexcelled as a@ blood medicine. Have you bought . ° your bottle yet? CEL 9 1211 Yram’s, Pe. Ave. apl8-244 Tcknew’s Daily Letter. Ladies’ $10 Suits. No wonder those who came were sur- prised at the ‘quality’ of the Serge and the “style” of our $10 Blazer Suits. We started out to get the best Suit that could possibly be put together for this — price, and went to the manufacturer who mxkes nearly all of our fine $30 and $40 suits. He didn't want to make a suit to sell at this price, but we prevailed upon him to de #0 as an accommodation to us. No money in it for him, or us, worth speaking about, but we have attained our end—the very best $10 Blazer Suit in America today. Fine All-wool Serge, new style blazer Jacket, skirt nearly four yards full, navy biue and black. ... 910.00 Fancy Suits, $13.50. Special line of Ladies’ Covert Cloth ——— “Blazer” Suits, one-button blazer, extra ———— wide stiffened ‘‘godet’’ skirt, 3 shades of tan. If they shouldn't, we will ——— make them fit—but they ‘wi 913.50 Delays Are Dangerous. If you expect to buy a Spring Cape this season you run a great risk by delaying a Single day. The assortment is at the “top notch” just now, but many of the styles are closed out every day and it is impossible to duplicate them. The Cape stock starts at $4 and runs to $45. Still have a dozen, perhaps, of those Stylish Stk Capes ae. 37-00 Stylish Waists. ———— Waists of wash fabrics and silk. Never so many; never so pretty; never so cheap! Wash Walsts of fancy crepon that look Uke silk, in lavender, pink, $2. 25 light blue and nile.... Silk Waists run from $5 to $18.50, with ———— & dozen prices and a hundred styles be- tween. Special lot of Silk Waists, black, figured black and a va- —— riety of fancy figured effects... New Underskirts. Every kind—satine, mobair, brilliantine, glorias and silks. We couldn't afford to ask any more than the lowest elsewhere or as much as some. 88c. in plain $5.00 Black Satine Skirts, ruffled at the bottom. ocunesee Finer ones at $1, $1.25 and $1.50. Fine Mohair Skirts, two $1 50 ‘The “Rustling” Stik Skirts, in the new and lovely changeables, begin at $8.50. W.H.PicKnew Ladies’ and Men's Furnishirgs, 933 Pa. Ave. HUTT Pe a me ‘LANSBURGH & BRO, Leave Your Order fo Loose Covers Now And thereby avoid the isappointment of delay caused by the rush of th {busy season. Our facili-, Yon for making Loose (Covers are more com-= ‘plete this season than ever before, which en- Vabies us to turn out work (at shorter notice. We \euarantee our prices to’ ‘be the lowest for first- lass work. Let us send our man to your house and give you an estimate. Estimates free. OUR SPECIAL GRADE FURNITURE LINE, oncom weg 8C.yd. SPECIAL SALE JAPANESB RUGS. 1 lot, size Sx6 ft., best quality. -$2.00 1 lot, size 6x9 ft., best quality. -$6.00 1 lot, size 7.6x10.6 ft., best quality... .$8.75 1 lot, size Oxi2 ft., best quality......$12.00 TWO SPECIALS IN OUR INFANTS’ DEPARTMENT TOMORROW. ONE LOT INFANTS’ BIBS, () MADE OF BEST QUALITY V woxeycomn CLOTH. FULL {\ SIZE. FINISHED ON EDGB WITH ONE ROW OF BRAID. \Bibs for roc. 5C. SPECIAL PRICE E LOT INFANTS’ SHABLD BIBS, SPECIAL PRICE... tHE DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICES. These Ribbons Are FROM THE JAFFRAY RECEIVERS’ SALE —ACCOUNTS FOR THE GREAT REDUC- TIONS IN PRICES. 500 PIECES NO. 5 SATIN AND MOIRE STRIPE RIBBON, ALL COLORS, INCLUDING BLACK. WORTH 8. YARD. 5 & FoR cece a 500 PIRCES NO. 9 SATIN AND MOIRE STRIPE RIBBON, ALL COLORS, INCLUDING BLACK. WORTH 10c. YARD. wf (Y FOR xe °. 500 PIECES NO. 16 GAUZA AND TAFFETA RIBBON, WITH LACH I STRIPE, WORTH 25c. XD. For é I 2 Ceo 50) PIECES NOS. 12 AND 16 ALLSILK DOUBLE FACED SATIN RIBBON, IN ALL COL- ORS, WITH FANCY EDGES AND FIGURES, WORTH 30c. YARD. FOR.. “I5C. LANSBURGH & BRO, apl5 420, 422, we 426 7TH ST. ae Bon Marche, - For 314, 316 7th St. Craig & Harding, |Stomach 13th & F Sts. | Or Liver THOSE BARGAIN TABLES. In remodeling the store it occurred to us to have four bargain tables, in order that every caller should find a surprise upon one or more of them. ‘These four barguin tables are situat- ed in the center, near the No. 816 entrance. These four bargain tables will contain a different bargain every day, and nothing will be put on them that fs not a bargain. Tomorrow's attractions will be as follows: Table No. 1. 50 dozen of Extra Large and Extra Fine All-linea Damask Towels. The quality sold at the dry goods store at 33e. Our price Tuesday Igc. Table No. 2. 100 dozen Ladies’ Fine Swiss Rib- bed Vests, neck and armholes run with ribbon, in white, pink, light blue and ecru. Regular Ie. . . Bie quality. Tomorrow, IIc. esday lable No. 3. 25 dozen Boys’ Best Quality of Waists, in sizes 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 The regular 35¢. Table No. 4. graph Frames. The reg- ular 25. size, large va- I C ae 5e- As a buyer remarked Saturday: Thumb Gloves she would never be satisfied with any other kind.” tons snugly, completely covering each and every part of the palm and wrist. Put on as tight a fit as you wish it will not prove uncomfortable. It old style thumb gloves will be driven out of the market, and although we we sell them at the same prices you pay for the other styles. “Latour” Patent Thumb Gloves. . “Maurice? Patent Thumb Gloves. ~ “Courvoister” Patent Thumb G! Every pair fitted faultlessly to the hand Striped and Figured Percale Shirt 0c. quali ‘Tomorrow. Big lot of White Metal Photo- riety of designs.Tomor- “If every woman tried the Patent She was right. Every. button but- ‘There is no strain on the thumb. 1s only a question of time when the control the ‘Patent Thumb" Gloves, “Peerless’’ Patent Thumb Gloves “Marcy” Patent Thumb Gloves. and warranted. 314, 316 7th St. A Word, Please! OME FURNITCRE STORES ARB making a practite of reading our advertisements and following us up the next day with a cent or two lower price. It is not necessary to make any comments upon the equity of such a plan of merchandising. The merchant who drops his price because he is compelled to do so is deserving of no credit. They may meet us upon these one or two things, but they can- not mect us upon our entire stock, and you will do well to inspect our line before making your purchases for this spring. ‘The stock is new and has been bought close on a failing market. The designs are the very Jatest introduced and the prices we confidently believe are 25 per cent lower than elsewhere. Beaded Portieres, $1.60. B CLOSED OUT FROM AN IN- W porter a lot of Japanese Beaded Portieres, with large beaded fig- ures; a dozen patterns, perhaps. $2.50 and $3 per pair were the $1.60 pr prices last season. New Draperies. T IS REALLY AN ENTIRELY NEW stock, for the assignees left but little of the original. Buying at this time of the season we found manufacturers anxious to close out their balances of lots, so we secured considerable stock a@t about two-thirds its value. 50 pieces Fancy Silkolines, newest spring colorings, 15¢. a yard elsewhere. roc. yd Heavily Embroidered and Bordered Sash Muslins, 25c. a yard is the lowest price we have heard f 15C. yd heretofore. Ont; 50-inch Handsome ‘Empire’? Tapes- tries, double fuce, lovely colorings. Ought to be $1 See **6oc. yd Hardsome Figured Turkish Couch Covers, fringed at both ends, double faced. Generally cost more : than this pric it whole-| fale, Only. sreseeeeeees DTS YO That $17.50 Suite. F COURSE YOU CAN BUY OAK ‘Suites for less than $17.50, but they are not tobe mentioned with the same breath as our $17.50 Suites, for ours has a large French beveled plate mirror, 3 large pieces, neatly carved, strong and substantially built. In fact it ought to,,sell; for $17.50 CRAIG & HARDING, i3th & F Sts. ----------- Question is it cheaper to pay $3.50 here for a thoroughly comfortable shoe that will always look well, wear well, and never give pain, or to buy a 98c. shoe Troubles, Take Ayer’s Cathartic Pills, Received Highest Awards" At World’s Fair. After sickness, take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. If THE BABY IS CUTI TEETH BE SURE and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. tt soothes the child, softens the gum, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for iarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. sel0-ly KECAMIER CREAM. Sample post paid On receipt of 25 cts. mh20-m 131 West Slst_st. Our Stock is the largest shown in the District. Our Prices are the very lowest con= sistent with good work= manship. Our Specialties. A Sack Suit to order, from black or blue cheviot, $11.00. A Cutaway Coat and Vest to order, from clay=weave imported worsted, $12.00. Fit and workmanship guaranteed. Morton C. Stout & Co., MEROHANT TAILOKS, 112 F St. N.W. . ap0-3m,50d : Use. SHAKER DIGESTIVE CORDIAL. Does not cure all diseases, but it will cure Dyspepsia or Indigestion.” All druggists. mb27-w,th,s,m1y “Wash Fabrics.” We captured the ‘cream’ of the im- —— portation of French Organdies this year— somebody gets the choice every year—this year it was our turn—and that is why we are selling most of the Organdies worn this. yet Such dreams in French Corded Dimities, too. A leader—40-in. Linen Lawn, choice pat- terns, only 12%gc. yard. SUCCESSOR TO J.B. Nallle, see 2202's 0. apls Ever Been to California? You know how delicious the fruits are. e've some of the famous PEACHES— the most delicious grown in that famous fruit-growing state. They're in extra heavy syrup—fully ripened before being canne ONLY 20c. CAN. ‘Not to be compared to those this (este .,W- BURCHELL, 1825 F STREET. api Stay at Home One Day And let us have that business suit to clean. Under our process it'll assume an appearance ef newness that'll be most appreciated. Small charges for cleaning und dyeiug. Men's Suits cleaned, $1.00. 1119 14th St. Reeves, Poole Co. 3 Guceessors to N. A. Poole), Between the Hours —Tuesday—wewill sell our unrivaled California Flour at $4.25 per barrel — to more thoroughly introduce it. $4.75 a barrel after two o'clock. Reeves, Poole & Co., SUCCESSORS TO N. A. POOLE, 1209 F St. it 3 4 Bee Ca a es i ss is sss ts st tt te es sonfoetegeeseetoetoetert sensors eat fond eaeiserge to spend dollars upon dollars at the corn doctors? Most folks think it's cheaper to pay $3.50 here. Comfortable shoes, comfortable chairs, a com- fortable store and accommodating clerks. ilson, “Shoemaker for tender fcet,”” 929 F St. N.W. : ap18-86d Our 40¢. Gas Stoves: —are not very large, but they are as large as others’ 60c. sort. We have larger ones for Be. and $1 and more. ‘2-burner Gas Ranges, $12 up. 8-burner Gas Ranges, $18 up. 4-burner Gas Ranges, $22 up. Bread Toasters, 0c. Curling Iron Heaters, 25¢. Gas Appliance Ex., 1428 N. Y. Ave. - 09b95990909000008000 DOSO POSES SHOOT EOCH COO SIG NG Pretty Hard For Ladies * © To be strong and well at this xeason of the year. Many feel tired, list- less, nervous—easily become fatigued —have no appetite. ‘There're lots of tonies. If you don't care to experl- ment, want one that'll instantly re- Heve’ you—try THOMPSON'S COCA WINE, Its exhilarating effects act immediately after taking—relieves most intense fatigue—rendered palat- able _by best claret. eeee Q O Only 75c. pint bottle. W. Thompson, 7°3 S. PHARMACIST. '5th- INVITATION To avail yourself of the convenience we offer in the Dressing and Pol= ishing of Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Shoes—no charge. Other good things: Another offer of the $3 Oxfords, tan ond black, needle toe, the pink of per- fection in fine foot covering for $2.40 aay ps Miller Oxford, $4.00 CROCKER TREASURER, 939 PENNA. AVE. oO HEEL POPES OP IDOHOS SILOS SEPIAGS Cc. B a la Spirite 1.50 C. B. OUR OWN PRICE=A new style of the celebrated ©. B. pair. fine French coutil, sizes 18 to 80—in waite, drab and black, 6 hooks, extra traordinary yalue at $1.50—only $1 pair. CT Now showing ofr unequaled stock of uipoise, Jenness Miller, Compromise Bodice and all styles of Ferris’ Waists for Ladies, makes of waists in existence. “We scll nothing but Corsets and Watsts.”’ CORSET NEXT TO Stora, 1003 F St. dostox House. ap13-284 Corsets, Mad expressly for us—at la Spirite Corsets~made of long waist, 2 side steels, silk’ flossed. ‘An ex- Spring and, Sumuer, Waists, comprising tho "1 Misses and Children—S our opinion the finest HOWARD’S' ap13-28 0 0000-06-06 00 09-90 40-4 J LEADING TAILORS | { AND DRESSMAKERS ‘The country over, as well as “best we the STANDARD ROTARY NG MACHINE. Be- cause it does better work—quicker work—runs much easier—and makes less moise—than any other Sewi Machine in the world. Has all tht latest, best attachments. Beautifull finished woodwork. Received 2 gol medals and 5 ‘diplomas at the World's Fair. ou the ewellest “styice Tor’ spring ou the swellest styles op: ° wos. Only 50c. year. Standard SewingMch.Co, JOSEPH H. FISKB, Manager, 602 9TH ST. GtASONIC TROPEE ‘Api8-280 . ry . . Pg L. H. Posey, apl5-10d That Out-of-town Trip = OU take should see you rightly pre- pared for it beforehand. We have travelers’ requisites in an unusually fine and large variety. TRUNKS, 'GRIPS,’’ ROBES, CHALRS, and num- berless other traveling necessaries, at unusually small prices. & Bro., 497 Pa. Av. apl5-16d eo eceeee eee eees Lutz Agents for Concord Harness. Box Couches Are now on exhibition here. With- out a doubt these are the handiest Couches made. Well upholstered, they are an ornament to any room. 1 EASTER WEEK SPECIAL ts the $10 COUCH, which we strongly recommend, but we have them from THE HOUGHTON CO., Gye ner. pee) Bargains In Long ‘Hair Switches. $2.50. Formerly - $3.00. $4.50. Formerly $6.50. $6.50. Formerly $10.50. G7 Hair Dressing, Cutting, Shampooing, at S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. mh21-20d remit tomer iSaratoga High Rock ion Draught! At the following well-known dru; : E xeists”. It’s a strong tonic and mild aperient. E Try it from. Edmunds & Williams F. 8. Williams & Co. ee ppley 14th and Stoughton 2 Ey TRADE SUPPLIED BY THE AGENCY, :Shafer’s [lineral WaterDp. 103 PENNA. AVE. TEL. 234. ap13-224 Tani wu aR Relief That’s Reliable Can be had for any foot ailment by under- ‘oing our painless treatment. As Chiropo- ists. we're unrivaled and assure the most satisfactory results in treating corns, bunions and other foot sorenesses.Sumall charges for eet re 34 and Pa. ave. 9th and F H. ave. ap10-10d WRINKLES PERMANENTLY REMOVED AND revented by using Cream of Almonds, a skin food which builds up lost tissues and leaves the skin as firm and white as a baby’s. Not a cos- metic, and cannot be detected. Extensively used in Paris. Money refunded 1f not satisfactory. a bottle. E: free. VOGT & t Lith Bt., New Yor! apl1-ct* NO BUFFET SHOULD BE WITHOUT A BOTTLE of Dr. Stegert’s Angostura Bitters, the South American appetizer and invigo tor. The borough ot Braddock, a suburb of Pittsburg, has been thrown into intense ex- citement by the arrest of M. J. Ekin, as- sistant principal of the Braddock public schools, charged with having taken liber- ties with thirteen young girls, all of them about twelve years of age, and his pupils. The burning of a small dwelling, five miles north of Fargo, N. D., yesterday morning, was accompanied by the loss of four lives. The family of Robert Hough- ton was sleeping soundly when the fire broke out, and when some of them awoke the building was wrapped in flames. The family of John B. Lozier, owner of the Oradell (N. J.) stock farm and the race track connected with it, had a narrow escape from death by coal gas Saturday night. It was discovered that the chimney was so clogged with soot as to throw the coal gas through the house. The family re- turned from Florida late Friday night, and a fire was kindled in the furnace on Satur- IMPROVING THE POTOMAC Major Davis’ Report of Operations During the Month of March, Amount of Dredging Done—The Piers of the Aqueduct Bridge—Repairs to the Long Bridge. Major Davis, U.S.A., has made a report to the chief of engineers of operations on the Potomac river improvement during the month of March. Dredging in the lower part of the Washington channel, un- der -the contract of the New York*Dredg- ing Company, was resumed March 6, and favorable progress has since been made. A channel 400 feet wide and 20 feet deep at low tide and 2,400 feet long has been secured by the dredying operations of the month. The amount of material dredged during the month was 70,067 cubic yards. It was Geposited on the lower end of section III. The material found was chiefly mud, al- though near the arsenal some sand and gravel was met. The amount of building stone delivered during the month for the sea wall in the tidal reservoir was 800 cubic yards. Work on the training dike on the west side of the Virginia channel was resumed March 5, un- der the contract of E. G. Gummel. During the month 1,794 cubie yards of riprap stone were delivered and put in place on the dike. The dike has now been extended about 400 feet under this contract. All the m@terial dredged from the chan- nels is being deposited on the flats, the entire area of which has been practically raised above the overflow at ordinary high tide. It is estimated that it will require 12,000,000 cubic yards to fill the flats to the required height. There has been already deposited on them about 10,537,602 cubic yards. The probable operations for April include dredging in the Washington channel, work- ing on the training dike and commencing the construction of the sea wall in the tidal reservoir. The Aqueduct Bridge. In a special report in regard to the Aque- duct bridge, Maj. Davis says that the weather and the stage of the river having become favorable work was resumed at the coffer dam about pier No. 4 on the 6th ultimo, and good progress was made. In testing the dam several leaks were found. These were easily stopped by the diver. It was found by the contractors that it would be necessary to put in all the shores be- fore pumping out the dam to any consider- ble depth, and this werk was being done at the close of the month. The boiler first in- stalled was found to have insufficient steaming capacity and the contractors have purchased a second boiler. The interior of the dam was pumped oui to a depth of eight feet below low tide, exposing the up- per part of the eroded cavity, but the dam afterwzrd filled. The shoring of the coffer dam will be completed during April, and the water will be pumped out of the dam, whereupon the laying of masonry on the pier will be commenced. g, The Long Bridge. Maj. Davis says that March 1 a telegram was received from Mr. W. H. Brown, chief engineer of the Pennsylvania railroad, say- ing that the local superintendent would put some men at work draining the roadway to the Lorg bridge on that day. This .was done, and on March 4 the company com- menced putting some material on the road- way, but, says Maj. Davis, as the mud had not been removed, no permanent or sub- stantial results were secured. Under date of March 8 a letter was re- ceived by Maj. Davis from twelve brick manufacturers and business firms, calling attention to the condition of the roadway, and requesting that a proper and easy grade be established from the north end of the spans over the Virginia channel to the south end of the bridge over the Wash- ington channel, and that to this estab- shed grade a substantial first-class road be constructed and maintained. A copy of this letter was forwarded to Mr. Brown, who caused a careful examination of the roadway to be made, and who stated, un- der date of March 23, that as soon as the frost was out of the ground and the road was dry enough the company would do whatever grading and fillfmg are necessary to make a first-class road. Wreck of the Lady of the Lake. Under the provisions of the act of Con- gress of September 19, 1890, the United States district attorney was notified March 1 that the People’s Transportation Company had failed to reply to the notifica- tions sent it to remove the wreck of the steamer Lady of the Lake, which was burned at her dock in the Washington channel February 15. The attention of the company was called to the fact that it was guilty of a misdemeanor in creating and continuing an unlawful obstruction to navigation. The company being without re- sources to remove the wreck, Maj. Davis says, action has been temporarily deferred by the district attorney pending an adJust- ment of the insurance. In the meantime, the company is maintaining a iight on the wreck. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. The mutilated body of Minnie Williams, @ young domestic, was found in the study of Rev. Dr. Gibson, pastor of Emanuel Baptist Church, at San Francisco, Satur- day. The body had been terribly cut, the instrument of death being a broken case knife, which was found in the room. Yes- terday the remains of another girl, Blanche Lamont, were found in the church. An answer to the British ultimatum to Nicaragua has been received at the British foreign office. It is understood that the re- ply is so satisfactory that the action which the government threatened to take next will not now be taken. News has come of a desperate fight near Coyame, Mexico, between the rebel leader, Santa Teresa, and a small detachment of Mexican troops. Six or eight of Teresa’s men and twenty soldiers were killed. In a canvass of the republican and dem- ocratic national committeemen, printed by the New York Evening Telegram, Wm. McKinley, jr., and Adlai E. Stevenson lead in the race for the respective presidential nominations. Chicago is in the highest favor as convention city, and the tariff and financial questions are believed to be the issues upon which the campaign will be conducted. The state examiner of Alabama has filed his report, showing the shortage of Probate Judge Randolph, who left the state one month ago, and whose whereabouts are un- known, to be $25,020, which includes about $4,000 of unreported license money. Mr. Little of counsel for Morganfield, the Aquia Creek train robber, on Saturday, at Fredericksburg, Va., presented an elaborate petition for appeal to Judge William A. Bar- ton. Judge Barton refused a new trial, and the case now will be taken to the court of appeals. A mysterious murder was brought to light Saturday afternoon at Boston by Patrol- man Perkins, who found the body of eight- year-old Alice Sterling in a newly made grave in the cellar of a stable in the Dor- chester district. The last man she was seen with alive was Angus D. Gilbert, night sta- tion agent at the Savin Hill station of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road, and he has been arrested. A_young man, supposed to be James Duffy, a native of Ireland, jumped from the Brooklyn bridge Saturday afternoon and was drowned. From what can be learned, the act was a case of bravado, he having declared that he had already jumped from Waterloo bridge, in London, and from the high bridge at New Castle-on-Tyne, and wished to add this feat to his former exploits. The cne hundred and fifty-second anni- versary «f the birth of Thomas Jefferson was ¢ ted at St. Louis Saturday even- ing by uw dinner at the Mercantile Club, given by the St. Louis Single Tax Society, in conjunction with the Young Jefferso- nians. The inhabitants of Tigre river, Abyssinia, are praying Italy for protection, and the government has ordered Gen. Baratierri to maintain his occupation of that country. Umra Khan has sent Lieut. Edwards to the British camp at Lado. ‘Lieut. Fowler is expected to arrive there soon. Both offi- cers have been held as hostages by the na- tive leader. James Dwight Dana, editor, author, sclen- tist and professor in Yale University, died at New Haven last night. He became Silli- man professor of natural history and geol- ogy in Yale in 1855. He was also associate itor of the American Journal of Science, and subsequent to the death of Prof. Silli- man, its founder, he became its senior edi- tor, and continued so until his death. Mothers have never found a preparation so well adapted to the needs of thin, delicate children, as Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypophosphites. Children almost universally like the taste of it, which makes its administration easy, and it supplies their blood with the food properties that overcome wasting tendencies. Scott’s Emulsion enriches the blood, promotes the making of healthy flesh, and aids in a healthy formation of the bones. Don’t be persuaded to accept a substitute. Scott & Bowne, N.Y. All Druggists. 50c. and $1. = . VIEWS OF SUFFRAGE. Some Strong Opinions on Hoth Sides of the Question. To the Editor of The Evening Star: — There seems to be a great misconception in the minds of a great many persons con- cerning the real strength and significance of the present agitation for suffrage among the citizens of the District of Columbia. These people say that the discontent with our present (so-called) system of govern- ment is confined to a few misguided or mis- taken persons, and that the majority of our citizens are so enraptured with the three-headed monarchy by which we are ruled that we desire no other. Just try us, gentlemen, who think so. Put the matter to the arbitrament of a vote, and the resuit will soon show for itself. The fact of the matter really is that the entire laboring class of our people are profoundly dis- gusted and dissatisfied with our present form of government, for the simple reason that they have no share whatever in ‘t. They might as well be inhabitants of Kamschatka as the District of Columbia, and have just about as much influence with our Commissioners as the Kamschatkans have. Why should the Commissioners care hat we want? They are not amenable to us in any way, and so long as they can please the members of the legislative and exezu- tive departrents of the government, can sefely bid us defiance. The Federation of Labor and Knights of Labor, with their allied organizations, claim to represent about twenty thousand male adults residing in the District of Co- jumbia, being about equivalent to one hun- dred thousand of the general population. * This is certainly a very respectable propor- tion of the residents of the District, and their views, therefore, on this and all other subjects ought to be given careful and weighty consideration. The members of these laboring organiza- ticns, and, in fact, all the working people of the District, are practically unanimous in their desire for a change from the pres- ent to a representative form of government. It may be an irteresting item of news to many persons to know that the labor or-_ ganizations of the District are in constant correspondence with the members of the new Congress which will meet here next December, and already forty-nine of these members have signified their intention to advocate the restoration of suffrage and Popular government to the citizens of the District of Columbia. In fact, as the oppo- nents of suffrage well know, when the question is fairly and squarely brought be- fore them, the menfbers of the House of, Representatives will be very loth to be put on record as being opposed to the restora- ese of suffrage to the citizens of this Dis- ict. How glaringly inconsistent will be the po- sition of every member of the House who refuses to give to us the right of suffrage that he himself has always exercised, and by virtue of which same right his fellow- citizens have sent him to Congress. Any member of Congress who goes this will thereby commit political suicide. But the advocates of suffrage in this District are Raving their cause advocated in a way more forcible than any arguments they can ~ advance, and this is being done by the stu- pendous folly of the District Commission- ers. The Commissioners are not contented with having estranged from them the greater proportion of our citizens by their aiternately weak and arbitrary rule, but they must make war upon the newspapers of cur District. This they have done by re- fusing to give through them to the people the news concerning the public business of the District that the citizens have a right to know. Making war upon newspapers is not an original idea of yours, Mr. Commis- sioners! Other men have tried it before you, and have come to grief in so doing. You had better profit by their example. ROBERT REYEURN. Suffrage ws. Prosperity. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I would like, for the edification of those Washington property holders who have placed themselves on record as in favor of the restoration of the elective franchise, to present two practical queries as fairly elucidating the whcle matter. First: If, when you started out in busi- ness for yourself, the pater-familias had offered that for every dollar you made and put into your business he would add another, even though it should run up into the millions, you would have been in a hurry to cast the old man off for the mere privilege of expressing your opinion about something, which expression would not have been worth a cent to you, only the satisfaction of having expressed it? ould you have done it? Second: How would you like to go into a syndicate whose investments should reach into the millions of dollars, yet whose tpinsactions should be controlled by the voice of those who didn’t own a cent of stock in the concern? Say, how would you like it? I once lived in a young western city of 3,000 inhabitants whose propertyless population was instigated by a few inter- ested bosses to fasten upon it by popular vote a railroad subscription of $3,000,000, upon the promise that the scheme would give all of them work at big wages. And but for the pecullar geographical location of that town and the breaking out of the war every owner of property would have been literally ruined; and that city dees not own a dollar of that stock today. I have lived in a county, not 100 miles from WasHington, in which the taxpayers have had no more say in the raising of her rever nues and the disbursement of the same than as if they lived in the mocn. They were utterly powerless to protect theme selves against the bosses, white and black, who manipulated the non-property-holding vote In the interest of themselves. and their henchmen. And the result has been that every man who has been able to dise pose of his property and get out of that county has done so, and all the remainder are trying to follow suit. Now, there is not a man living who is mentally able to put two and two together and state the result who does not know that there is properly no politics in the management of the affairs of a city. It is business, all business, pure and simple. The only politics that can be injected intd it is that of plunder, and nothing else, And where the carrion is there the buze zards will be to fight for it, and such ale ways get it. From all of which every tru friend of Washington will pray—‘Go Lord, deliver us.”” There is not an incor- porated town in the United States that has not fallen into the hands of political spoilsmen and financial plunderers through the instrumentality of unintelligent, pon- property-holding and purchasable ‘votes, and always held by them until the exas- perated public has been forced by an outraged sense of public decency to rise in their might and cast them out. Yet not a decade would elapse until, through that same instrumentality of the popular vot the rascally element would be again “doin, business at the old stand.” We have now been for nearly twenty years honestly, efficiently and economi- cally governed-by business men on busi- ness principles, men whose morality, in- tegrity and capacity have never been ques- tioned. Political excitement and intrigue, and, most of all, disgraceful elections, are unknown to us, thus eliciting from so pun+ gent a critic as Senator Ingalls, \0B@ eight years’ service as chairman of t Senate District committee gave him th best oportunity to judge, the declaration that “Washington was the best and most economically governed city in the world,’ And what city has equaled her in wth and grandeur? Who but disgruntled mal- contents and plunder-mongers aS to change it? T.