Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES. The regrets following the purchase of an unsatisfactory Coat or Cape have a sting surpassing the re- grets from almost any other source. forgetting ” is often extravagance, and that the buy cheap “showy” “cheapnes: dearest is nearly always the cheapest! ‘coats, We have never attempted to do a “hur- Many that rah” business. We have built for permanency!) We want it to be on every one’s tongue: “To McKnew’s for Style.” “To McKnew’s for Low Prices.” —he acknowledged superiority of our Coats and Capes does not im- ply high price. In fact, the contrary is trie, for one of our ten to fifteen- dollar Coats will not only look better and fit better, but it will wear half as long again as Coats bought elsewhere at these prices. The marked increase in our business this fall is conclusive evidence of your appreciation of the style of our garments, the lowness of. our prices and honesty of our methods. Coats & oy That spot represents the “trade mark” of the Dr. Jaeger Sanitary Wool- en System: Co.’s Underwear and other articles for men, wo- Capes From $5 Up! men and children. We are District agents for the entire line. Dr. Jaeger’s Sanitary Woolen Un- dergarments are the natural clothing for mankind; made to give special protection to the vital organs. Julian Hawthorne, author and critic, says: “Tt is impossible to exaggerate the value of Dr. Jaeger’s Woolen Sys- tem.” The luxurious comfort of pure wool garments comes from their natural function to take up and evaporate the moisture and impuri- ties of the body thrown off _ by perspiration. Big catalogue and price list for the asking! WM. H. McKNEW, “Coats, Capes, Furs and Men's, Women’s and Children’s Furnishings,” 933 Pa. Ave. and 926 D St. CANNON USED BY HAZERS. A Charge of Tomato Cans, Stones and Other Missiles. Bellefonte, Pa., Correspondence New York Sun, ‘Two students have been expelled from the State College and fourteen suspended in- definitely for hazing. Most of them may get into the criminal courts before the affair fs ended. As is usual at the opening of each eollege year, the higher men undertook to initiate the freshmen (and there were a great many of them this year) in the usual way, by giving each one a hazing. For sev- eral weeks all went along without a jar, the old students were having their fun at the expense of the new men, and, although the college authorities attempted to suppress It, they were never able to find out who the participants were. Among the freshmen were two brothers who had taken room and board in the family of Daniel Shivery, in the village near the college. Try as they might, the students ‘were unable to catch these two. One night- recently a large crowd of the higher class men got together and surrounded the house of Mr. Shivery. They demanded the sur- render into their hands of the two young men. The demand was refused, whereupon the crowd opened fire with one of the col- lege cannons they had surreptitiously taken with them, and which had been loaded for the occasion with stones, old tomato cans and other kinds of missiles. Windows were broken, furniture inside the house was badly demolished and the outside of the house was so defaced and besmirched that it was al- most impossible to tell its original color. Two shots were fired, by which time all the inmates of the house were pretty badly frightened, except Mr. Shivery and one of the students. Each of them hastily seized a double-barreled shotgun and sallied into the crowd, demanding their immediate with- drawal, under threats of being fired into if they refused. Acting with discretion, the crowd began to withdraw, attempting to take with them the cannon, but the owner of the property ordered them to leave that and they bad no other recourse. The can- non Mr. Shivery held as a ransom until his loss and damage may be made good. 200 HE WAS SEASICK, Wealth Cast U m the Water and Recovered in a Strange Way. London Correspondence New York Sun. It would be hard to match, in the record of queer stories, one told to me recently by an officer in the London and Westminster Bank, who vouches for its truth. It relates to a mishap to a wealthy American whose name I am not permitted to use. He came from Paris to Londen ten days ago and lost en route his purse containing several hun- dre. dollars and four letters of credit worth rearly $50,000. He carried the purse in the side pocket of his coat and had no idea whether it had been stolen or how it had Deen lost. He reported the matter to the bank and all the agencies in Europe were notified by telegraph to stop payment, and a liberal reward for the property was offered. A recent mail brought to the bank a packet frem a lawyer in a little fishing town in Bel- gium. Within was the purse, water soaked, but with contents intact. The lawyer wrote that the purse was picked up several days go by the crew of a Belgian trawler, float- ing on the waves in the middle of the Eng- lish channel. Its owner now recollects that he was very seasick while crossing the chan- rel, and that instead of going below he in- dulged in the malady on deck and occasion- ally leaned far over the rail, in order to try to see the land beneath the waves, and for other reasons. No other explanation of the disappearance of the purse was necessary. —— eee WHY HE BOUGHT A HOUSE. Senator Sherman Tells How He First Became a Property Owner Here. From John Sherman's Recollections, When I entered Congress, my pay as a member was $8 a day during the session, and it was said we had “roast beef;’’ but we paid for it if we had it. At the close of the Thirty-fourth Congress the compen- sation was increased to $3,000 a year. During the latter part of the war and af- terward prices of food, board and lodging were considerably advanced. In 1864 I offered the proprietor of Wil- lard’s Hotel my monthly pay of $250 for board and lodgings, in very modest quar- ters, for my wife and myself, but he de- manded $300 a month. This led me to pur- chase a house in which to live, a change which I have never regretted. It was quite the fasnion then for the old families. wha were in full sympathy with the confeder- ates, to underrate property (even their own) in Washington, on the ground that when the confederacy was acknowledged, the capital would be removed, and real es- tate could, therefore, be obtained upon very teasonable terms. Election Night. ‘The Star will display the latest and fullest election returns tomorrow evening on a mammoth screen in front of The Star build- irgs. As fast as the news Is received, the bulletins will be displayed by stereopticon. Every one wants the Lest. When ordering er Chocolates be sur> and ask for Huyler's. Cocoa PROPOSED SUSPENSION BRIDGE. Greatest Engineering Undertaken in the World. From the Scientific American. The Secretary of War recently appointed a Loard of officers of the corps of engineers to “investigate and report their conclusions as to the maximum length of span practi- cable fcr suspension bridges, and consistent with an amount of traffic probably sufficient to warrant the expense of construction.” The leadirg features of the design upon which the estimates were made were as fol- lews: A steel suspension bridge having a clear span of 3,200 feet between the towers and carrying six railroad tracks placed side by ‘side. The floor of the bridge is to be provided with a stiffening truss, which shall be hinged at the center and be 120 feet in depth. The bridge to be carried cn sixteen cables, arranged eight on each side; each cable to consist of J,000 parallel steel wires wrapped together and having a breaking strength of 28,440 tons; the diam- eter, Inclusive of wrappings, being 21% inches. The estimated cost of the bridge is $22,186,540. From an engineering standpoint it is not the total length of a bridge that determines its magnitude, but the length of the indi- vidual spans. The cost and constructive difficulties of bridge building increase at a rapidly increasing ratio ag the span is lengthened. The Tay bridge in Scotland is twice thc length of the Forth pridge to the south of it; but the design and erection of its two miles of short girders did not call for the exercise of one-fifth par: of the skill and courage required in throwing the huge spans of the Forth bridge across the mile of deep water at the Firth of Forth. In a like increasing ratio will the difficulties multiply in stretching this mammoth struc- ture across the Hudson river. ‘The seven wonders of the world, that ap- pealed so strongly to the ancients, will be ecmpletely overshadowed on every point of comparison by this crowning feat of the nireteenth century. If mere bulk or mass be taken as the standard of comparison, it will be bigger and heavier than the greatest of the works of the ancients; and in the scientific knowledge involved in its con- struction it will embody truths in chem- istry, mathematics and mechanics that would bewilder the Egyptian builders of the pyramids even more than its vast stretch of steel cables and interlacing gird- ers. ‘The two masses of masonry that will have to be built on shore to resist the enormous pull of the sixteen cables will in their united weight and bulk rival the great pyramid of Gizeh. The four steel towers that carry the cables will eacn, in ali probability, overtop the lofty Washing- ton monument, and will be exceeded in height only by one structur the Eiffel tower in Paris. Ethically, i ‘e may so speak, they will stand idfties than the last ramed, inasmuch as the Eiffel tower is merely a spectacular “freak,” whereas the four great towers of this bridge will reach their full stature as a part of a great me- chanical structure erected for a useful me- chanical purpose. ———_+«+_____ Grave Digger’s Contribution. From an Exchange. A Bangor (Me.) pastor, at a fair, invited all the people of the parish to contribute something for a mammoth “grab bag,"’ and it was a most varied collection of goods that was gathered. On the second evening of the fair a respectable citizen, imbued with the spirit of doing good in the church, paid the fee and grabbed. A crowd coltected about him, all anxious to se> what he had drawn, and his surprise may be easily imagined when he found he had a note with the following inscription: “Good for one grave, dug any time during the ensuing year. John Spader.” The vil- lage grave digger had put in his gift with the rest, ard the respectable citizen had chanced upon an unusual bargain. detente The Scot Had the Best. From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. The River Clyde, of which the Scotch are justly proud, was at the beginning of the century but a small, shallow stream, but by magnificent engineering at a fabulous cost it today floats the great ships of the world. An American sea captain at Glas- gow was listening to a resident dilating upon the Clyde, when he interrupted him rather contemptuously: - “Rivers? Why, you haven't room enough in this country for rivers! The Mississippi, the Missouri, the Hudson, the Columbia are what we call rivers.” “I kt.ow that,” said the Scotchman, per- fectly undisturbed, “but God Almighty made yer rivers; we made the Clyde.” e+ How to Make Good Servants. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. 3 Some women, in fact a whole lot of New York women, have great heads. Here's how a lady who has to manage a good many servants coaches thm, the story coming frcm her own lips: “Whenever a society play comes to town I engage ten seats in the bal- cony and send my entire staff of servants to witness the performance. I do this because I find that the servants in these productions have far better manners than any of the other actors in the production, and I have found that my servants learn more by wit- ressing one of these performances than I could teach them by moral suasion in the course of a month. If the stage can solve the servant girl problem it will be appre- ciated more than ever. CONVICTION It Did Not Take the Jury Long to De- cide. Verdiet of Murder in the First De- gree Promptly Rendered—Parents of the Prisoner Informed. Herman W. Mudgett, known as Henry H. Holmes, was convicted of murder in the first degree Saturday night at Philadelphia for killing Benjamin F. Pitezel. Mr. Samuel F. Retan, counsel for the prisoner, followed Mr. Graham’s closing sp2ech, printed in Saturday's Star, in an ar- gument for acquittal, on the ground that the state had not proved beyond a reason- abie doubt that Pitezel had not committed suicide. Judge Arnold delivered a long and careful charge to the jury, and the case was com- mitted to their hands. The jury retired to deliberate at 5:40 o'clock in the afternoon, and had reached their verdict before the doors of their room closed upon them. Being hungry, they ate their supper first. Then they took a ballot, ard without hesitation every man of the twelve answered “Guilty of murder in the first degree.” Not wishing their action to appear hurried, they talked about the case for a seemly period—about an hour and a half. Then word was sent into court that they had agreed. This was at 8:15 o'clock. It took a half hour to get the court in readiness to receive the verdict. Announcing the Verdict. After Judge Arnold and the counsel and court officials had taken their places, the jury filed into the court room. Then, amid an oppressive silence, Holmes was brought in and placed in the dock. "For a moment there was not a sound. The silence was painful, and every heart in that crowded reom throbbed faster. The man who was about to hear his doom pronounced stood erect in the dock, the same deathlike pallor, which could grow no deeper, on his face. He stared at the jury blankly, his hands clasped behind his back. Once or twice he moistened his lips with his tongue. There was no other sign of agitation. ‘When the foreman, in answer to the usual question, said “Guilty of murder in the first degree,” Holmes cleared his throat, but his shrunken form never trembled, his lip3 betrayed ne quiver—his marvelous nerve had not forsaken him. There was only a reso clasp of the hands folded behind im. Then he slowly sat down, and at the re- quest of counsel the jury was polled; that is, each of the twelve men separately lis- tened to the clerk’s query and responded with the finding. As each name was called Holmes wrote it on the margin of a news- paper in his hand, and the fingers holding the pencil never shook. 2 For a New Trial. Immediately after the announcement of the verdict the usual application for leave to file a motion for a new trial was made. District Attorney Graham did not oppose the motion, and Judge Arnold fixed the 18th of this month for a hearing. The principal reason urged will be lack of time for the Preparation of the defense. Should a new trial be refused, an appeal will be taken to the supreme court and argument heard at its next sitting in Philade!phia next Janu- ary. So, even if everything goes against him, Holmes has yet some months to live. Holmes spoke to his counsel in the cell room before he was taken back to Moya- mensing prison. To them he said: “I feel that this condemns me. It was an unjust trial.” He would say no more than that. Holmes’ Parents Informed. A Boston special describes the reception of the news of the conviction of Holmes by the parents of the convicted murderer. The correspondent says: Old Mr. Mudgett answered the knock on the door. He led me into the parlor, where his wife and his convicted son’s first wife were sitting. Mrs. Holmes looked haggard and careworn. “I have brought news 'to you about the result of the trial of Holmes. -Will you permit me to tell you about it?” “He is- discharged,” I svppose,”" said Holmes’ mother, “but they won't let him be free. They will take him for something else now,” she added. “He is free, I suppose,” Mudgett. “I wish to ask you, my friends, to pre- pare yourselves for the worst,” / answer- said old man Holmes’ wife became faint. She closed her eyes and lay down on the lounge, seem- ingly in great agony. She anticipated the bad news, and when it was broken to her she became almost hysterical. Mr. Mud- gett simply mumbled to himself, as if ab- sokitely overwhelmed with his great sor- row. ; Mrs. Mudgett at length said: The newspapers have done us great in- justice in this awful ordeal. I want you to say that until Herman left us some six years ago he was the cleanest youth in town. We are not responsible for his con- duct since. “I think,” said his wife, “he must be out of his mind.” The elder Mudgett was now shedding tears. Holmes’ mother maintain- ed, to all appearances, a stoical indiffer- ence, while her daughter-in-law appeared childishly simple. I took dinner at Mor- rison's, in Tilton, with Holmes’ fourteen- year-old son Robert. The young man was in ignorance of the verdict. “Robert,” I said, after supper, “‘you might as well learn now that your father has been found guilty of murder in the first degree.” Robert said nothing, but hung his head and shed tears copiously. “Oh, my poor papa,” he cried. think they will hang him?” While the majority of the members of the family spoke as though they thought Holmes might have been acquitted of the crime of which he has been tried, they evidently believed he could not prove his innocence of all the crimes he is accused of. In fact, his wife seemed to expect just the kind of a verdict that has been ren- dered. “Do you CUKE OF THE CAPPADOCHIANS, Settlement of the Question as to How Foreigners Would Fight for the Union Max Ihmsen, the well-known newspaper man, who was a correspondent here for sevefal years, and is now the press repre- sentative of Comedian Thomas Q. Sea- brooke, told a new and funny story on Newspaper Row this morning, in which H. 8. Canfield of this city and John Harring- ton, the New York reporter who wrote the rich parodies on Robert Louis Stevenson’s and Rudyard Kipling’s works, were the figures. “Canfield, Harrington, myself and others were at the Warwick Hotel one evening,” said Max, ‘‘‘discussing things in general, when Canfield leaned back and, looking at Harrington, who is a tall, slender, pale- looking individual, with no apparent humor in him, and yet with a wonderful aptness for saying bright things in the most geri- ous manner, caid: ‘I tell you that the mon- grel state of our present population i¢ something that should receive the intense and earnest consideration of every citizen in the nation. We're a mixture today of every people under the sun. Hordes have come from England and Ireland and Sweden and Norway, and we have the Germans and the French and the Spaniards and the Russians and the Italians and the Alsatians and the Turks and the Armenians and—er—the Cappadochians and a whole lot of others. Now,’ continued Canfield, ‘suppose we were to have a war. Who among all these various nationalities would be most earnest and valiant in the defense of the Union? Would it be the French, the Italians, the English or the Irish, or would the Swedes or the Norwegians or the Rus- sians or the Alsatians, the Turks or the Armenians or—er—the Cappadochians come to the front with the most vigor and bray- ery and unquestioning patriotism?’ “As Canfield ceased, Harrington quietly replied: ‘Well, I reckon the Cappadochians would put up the best fight.” “I thought the crowd would die,” said Ihmsen in conclusion. ——___ Idea of Happiness. From John Sierman's Recollections. I can imagine no life more pleasing than a tranquil, but not too tranquil, sea, with a gcod ship well manned, with companions you like, but not too many. The quiet and rest, the view of the ocean, the sense of solitude, the possibility of danger, all these broken*a little by a quiet game of whist or an’ interesting book—this I call happiness. All these I remember to have enjoyed on this, my fifth trip on the ocean. OF HOLMESiIWHEEL FLANGE BROKE Railway Disaster) Five Wheeling, Miles From Two Persons Killéd and a Small Num- ber Injured—Cars Piled High in an Almost Inextricable Mass. “The worst railzoad wreck in the immedi- ate vicinity of Wheeling for many years occurred yesterday at Elm Grove, five miles east on the Pitt#burg division of the Balti- more and Ohio road. The train was the one known as the “Cannon Ball” express, in charge of Conductor Charles Ball and En- gineer Lynch, consisting of a baggage car, mail car, smoking car, two day coach2s and.a Pullman chair car, the latter in charge of Conductor 8S. Perkins of Cincinnati. ‘The cause of the accident was the break- ing of a wheel flange on the smoking car, which caused that car to leave the rails to- ward the east, pulling the mail with it, and breaking the couplings on the forward end of that car, connecting with the baggage ear. As the mail and smoking cars went over the bank, they pulled the remaining cars of the train after them one after the other, the chair car being the last to crash into the ravine: The resulting wreck was a fearful one. Buried in Debris. The cars were well filled with passengers, about one hundred in all being on board, and men, women'and children were buried in an instant and without the slightest warn- ing in the debris of the splintered cars, while the air was filled with the moans of the wounded and the screams and cries of those unhurt. The accident taking place well within the limits of the town of Elm Grove, and within seventy-five yards of the railroad station, aid was at hand in a very few minutes, and the work of rescue was promptly begun by willing hands. One or two physicians from Elm Grove were soon on the ground, while telephone messages to Wheeling brought a number of physicians. As fast as rescued the wounded were car- ried into houses close by, where immediate attention was given them, and as soon as possible were removed to hospitals in Wheel- ing by special train. Later in the day, how- ever, several of those sustaining compara- tively slight injuries were sent to their homes in Pittsburg. Fully ten thousand people from Wheeling visited the scene of the accident during the day. The Killed. Mrs. Miranda Hare, Kittanning, Pa.; eight-months-old child of Lawrence Bart- ley, Allegheny, Pa. The Injured. Ella Vance, Wheeling, spine probably broken, may die; C. J. Garvey, oil operator, Marietta, Ohio, head crushed and back wrenched, will probably die; W. N. Rose, Chicago, right arm broken; Michael J. Ma- honey, McKeesport, Pa., face cut and mashed; Mrs. M. J. Mahoney, face cut and hip hurt; E. W. Gilbert, Sharpsburg, Pa., thigh broken, head cut badly; J. N. Couch- enow, Bellefield, Pittsburg, left elbow broken; Wm. Richardson, Sharpsburg, Pa., cut and bruised back and head; James W. Foster, Beaver Falls, Pa., right foot broken, face and back cut; W. J. Chapman, West Bridgewatery Pa., right leg und hantl broken; Charles: Harkins, Altoona, right temple and scalp ¢ut; P. R. Rahm, Phila- delphia, badly cut and bruised; George Per- kins, Cincinnati, conductor Pullman car, head cut, hip braised; George Crouse, Al- legheny City, scalp wounds; Mrs. George Crouse, knee dislocated; Mrs. Dr. A. F. Stifel, Pittsburg, slightly hurt; Jacob Zu- lauf, Pittsburg, left arm dislocated; Albert Gaus, Pittsburg, legs cut and bruised; Rich- ard Gaus, same ‘address, both legs badly bruised; Mrs. Watts, Wheeling, elbow dis- located; Lewis Sctrachert, Pittsburg, head cut and bruised, bedty hurt; J. M. Frasher, Wheeling, head ard breast cut and bruised; W. 0. Hawley, Aflegheny, face and nose crushed, arm cut; Mrs. Dixon, Wheeling, badly cut and‘back wrenched; Maud Vance, internal injuries and severe cuts; Mrs. Ma- lone, Alegneny, Read eut, hurt internally; J. D. Stanton, mail. agent, chest, shoulder and. leg .cut,. bruised; Mrs. Lejune, Alle- gheny, forehead crushed; Perry Parker, colored, porter jam car, Cincinnati, cut on face; Mrs. Clarke, Allegheny, shoulder dislocated; Mra. Starr, daughter and grand- daughter, painfully cut; able to go home to Allegheny last evening; M. Dixon and wife, Pittsburg, painfully cut; John Rencher, Pittsburg, head and neck cut; C. M. Kis- kaddon, Columbia, Pa., head bruised; An- thony McTighe,, Pittsburg, left leg badly cut. Many others were morg, or less hurt, but able to get away. Many of those seri- ously hurt were able to leave for home. —_ coe ADVISED TO VOTE FUSION. Dr. Parkhu Tells How to Dowa Tammany. In the course of an address to the voters of New York as to the best way of securing and retaining reform in the municipal gov- ernment, Rev. Dr. Parkhurst says: “It, of course, goes without saying that the fusion ticket Is the only ticket by which Tammany can be defeated. I am not going to say an unkind word In regard to my friends of the Good Government Clubs. I can appreciate their devotion to conviction even while I except to the reasonableness of their conviction. For their own sakes, I trust that the distinct ballot polled by them as Good Government Clubs will be small, for'the smaller it is the more evident it will be that with the majority rational consid- erations have preponderated, and the more easily will the clubs recover the position cf municipal influence that has been theirs hitherto, and that, in view of the unim- peachable character of the bulk of their con- stituency, is certainly their due. “Upon the major part of the fusion ticket we can certainly rationally and conscien- tiousiy combine; there are several names there which probably no one who hates Tammany would hesitate to accept. There are four such names to which even the Good Government Clubs are committed; person- ally, I should like to see more than those four elected, and shall myself vote accord- ingly, but upon those four, anyhow, we can all concentrate, and if we do concentrate up- on them for all we are worth we shall elect them, and if we do elect them, especially if we elect them by a handsome majority, their election will mean the triumph of reform and the overthrow of Tammany. It will mean that reform has come to stay, and will cut the interrogation points out of the wavering hearts of those who still question whether official preferment in our city is pers readily to be obtained by dollars or by uty. “Has the hard work that has been done to be undone? Has it got to be done over again? Is the city prepared to settle back into the old slough of degradation? Do the decent people in this town really think that it pays to be decent? Hundreds of cities in our country bave been moved to better things by the example of New York; suppos- ing, now, New York is seen to waver, and, by its half-heartedness, to repeal the effects of its decision and heroism of a year ago; com- pute the disheartehnent that will accrue to the hundreds of théugands of every political, religious and ‘nationa¥ stripe throughout the Union, who have Ierned to believe in better things, and to labor for better things, be- cause they have seemithis city achieve them. “This, then, may I be permitted to say in closing, is at oncq,the obligation and priv- flege of the hour. jApout a great many de- tails we may differ, put when we look our immediate enemy tn’ the face we are ene, and if we continue one and stand as one on the day of election we shall double the vic- tory of 1894, quadruple the ground of mutual congratulation and devout thanksgiving, and communicate a new impulse to all of our countrymen evetywhere who are seek- ing to raise their eity from dishonor and to liberate it from bandage.” ——— + 2-—__ “New Man’? From From the Chicago Tribune. The real ‘new man” has put in an ap- pearance. His name is Peter Broissoit, and he hails from Belle river, Canada. A few days ago a country fair was held in this town and Peter carried off most of the prizes in the department of “domestic man- ufactures,” to the almost utter exclusion of the fair sex. The versatility of this modern man in fancy work would make him an unusually desirable benedict for some Canadian “new woman.” ——_+e+-____ In the Same Family. From Harper's Round Table. Rev. da, “Papa,” said Jimmieboy, “you are the nicest man in the world.” “And you are the nicest boy in the world,” said his father. “Yes; I guess that’s so,” said Jim- mieboy. “Isn't it queer how we both many aged to get into the same family?” Bon Marche, 314 & 386 7th St. HOWARD'S |TUESDAY’S — Corset Emporium 1003 F St., ADJOINING BOSTON DRY GOODS STORE. By permission of the manufac- turers who have made these two spe- cial lots of Fine French Coutil Cor- sets to our special order we will sell: “R. & G.” CORSETS, 75c. & $1 pr. Tomorrow. ‘These are extra long Waists, having 15-in. front steels, double side stecls and other- wise finished In an elegant manner. Finer “R. & G."" Corsets from $1.50 to $10. HOWARD’S Corset Emporium, 1003 F St., 1t Adjoining Boston Dry Goods Store. “Comfort” and “Economy” Both say—buy them. ‘Look for the trade mark,“S.&B- The Reversible <is so far superior to any other. It's an injustice to yourself not to buy it It outwears TWO of the “ordiuary’? kind, comfortable. GC bs than the bard, knotty “shuck” mat- Has COTPON FILLING on BOTH sides, and is built of RAT- TAN FIBER. tress. is only to be seen to be ap- ted. Ask your * furniture to show you one. He'll ex plain how easily the “comfort” can be adjusted to sit both a light and a heavy person—how ft can be tightened “and loosened at _ will. Remember, IT COSTS NO MORE than the usual Kind. “live” dealers hanille pansist on having them. Take Only a few of the Electric Seal Capes left at $12.00. Reduced Fult sweep. 30 inches tong, nd Suits made to order at ready- made prices. A perfect * guurantecd. Furs altered at a small cost. Satisfac- tion guarantec«l. Tiartin Wolf, 515 11TH ST. N. W. Formerly with the Hudson Bay Fur Co. not-25d We're net magicians, but wetransform your Curtains From a shabby, solled condition to a newness that's simply remarkable. We've ‘alized curtain cleaning for years—do all the work by hand—and ‘Send us_yours to “do up.” Corson & Co. 2518 10th st.n.w Prop. Mme. Weber's Lace Clean. Estab. not-10d FREE EXHIBIT * ss of the most magnificent Chrysanthemum °° Plants yet grown—2e. up. A. Gude & Bro., 137" nt-12d DIOCESE. The Coming Episcopal Convention and the Election of Bishop. Bishop Paret has issued a call for the primary convention of the new diocese of Washington, to meet in St. Andrew's on December 4 at 10 a.m. All-clergy who are rectors or assistants, regularly elected as such settled ministers, and belonging to the District and the counties of Prince George's, Montgomery, St. Charles and St. Mary's, are members of the new conven- tion; also missfonaries under the ecclesias- tical authority, together with one layman for each parish clergyman so entitled to a seat. “Bishop Paret will preside at this meet- ing in December,” said Rev. Dr. R. W. Lowrle, formerly rector of the Church of the Incarnation, to a Star reporter today. “The full organization of the new diocese places it ipso facto in union with the gen- eral church. The convention will at once proceed to the election of a bishop. The clergy vote firstyand it requires two-thirds to elect. The laity then vote, and it takes two-thirds of these to ratify #he choice of the clerical members. “You see, the primary convention is to- tally a new one; it is well named, for it is primary in every sense. It is not an ad- journed, nor yet a special, meeting of the old Maryland convention. The bishop will, no doubt, explain all this, I think the ves- tries will have to elect deputies expressly for this convention, as the old ones do not, in any sense, hold over. The best way, no doubt, so as to remove all doubt, if there be any, would be to elect, if the vestries see fit, the same laymen whom they sent to the convention in May.” “And the candidates—who are considered lkely?” inquired The Star reporter. “As to nominees, there may be a dozen. Any presbyter of this church is eligible. No doubt the new diocese, this city even, will furnish several. There 1s good timber for bishops right here in it. At the same time, a fecling exists for some one from beyond the new diocese. Several city clergy and a Georgian, now resident here, but connected canonically with Georgia, are mentioned. This priest was in nom!- nation in Georgia when, a year or so ago, the present bishop of Georgia was clected, and followed him very closely in the bal- lots cast. A Baltimore rector is also men- tioned.” “Does not the dark horse come into ac- tion sometimes?” “It has been the experience of the Mary- land diocese to have to fall back on a dark horse. Bishops Whittingham and Paret were both of that sort, and both made su- perlor officers, and helped make the dio- cese what it row is. Few could have ex- ceeded them in special fitness.” “What of Bishop Paret’s decision?” “It is a source of the deepest regret to, I think, a very large majority of the church here that the bishop bas made the choice which he has been conscientiously felt called on to make. He is far more popular than when he assumed the office, eleven years ago. “He was elected bishop of Maryland, and by canon could take either. He could not b2 elected, nor could any other ‘dio- cesan,’ to the new bishopric. A missionary bishop could be, but none seems to have been thought of for this purpose. They are useful where they are.” REGULAR CRAIG & HARDING, Furniture, &c., 13th and F sts, CHINA ONE-HOUR |jCLOSETS. SPECIALS. The big success of our Tuesday’s and Friday’s ‘one-hour’ sales has naturally brought “weak” imitations in the field, but, like all “imitations,” they are vastly inferior to the genu- ine. Our business is growing mar- velously. You evidently appreciate both our “bargains” and our method of doing busine: This selling spe- cial articles at ridiculously low prices for one hour each Tuesday and Fri- day is now a regular feature of our business. Here are tomorrow’s at- tractions: 9 to 10 The following items will go on sale be- tween 9 and 10 a.m. at special prices. Other heurs, regular prices: 17c. Women’s Hose, gc. Women's Fast Black Hermsdorf Hose, fall regular made, spliced heel amt toe. All sizes. lar price, 17. This ee gc. pr. Only 2 pairs to a buyer. 7oc. Wrappers, 51Cc. Women's Fine Merrimat Print Wrappers, Diavk and navy blue ground, fancy figures, full front, lined waist, Watteau BC. back, big sleeves. Regular pri 79. This hour. Only 2 to a buyer. 19c. Percaline, 9%c. Sc. “Hard-rattle” Moire Neale Diack and cote. 4C. yd. Only 5 yards to a buyer. 15c. Turkish Towels, gc. Fine Large Turkish Bath Tow- el: Regul: rice, 15ce. This Ouly 3 to a bayer. 5 and 8c. Soaps, 3c. Oto 11 ‘The following items will go on sale be- tween 10 and 11 a.m. at special prices. Other hours, regular p Men’s 25c. Hose, 16c. Men's Genuine Scotch Wool Half Hose, in tan, with white heel and toe. Regular price, 25e. 16¢c. pr. ‘This hour... Only 2 pairs toa buyer. toc. Handkerchiefs, 3c. Men's Colored - bordered Hem- stitched Handkevchiefs. Regular Only 3 toa buyer. 15 to 25c. Shell Pins, 3c. Big lot of Shell Hair Pins and Or its, new styles. Regular soos is 19 and 2c. This hour. 3c. Only 2 to a buyer. $1.25 Umbrellas, 89c. 26-inch Gloria Silk Umbrellas, paragon frame and fancy natural wood handles. Regular price, $1.25. Soc. 30c. Infants’ Sacques, 17c. Infants’ Worsted Knit = Hc borders. Regular pate seats Dour. 17C. Only one to a buyer. ‘The following items will go on sale be- tween 3 and 4 p.m. at special prices. Other hours, regular prices: 69 and 46c. Felt Hats, 16c. Big table full of Felt Hats, all the lead- ing .shapes in black and all 16¢. colors. Were 69 and 46c. This Men’s 7oc. Shirts, 63c. Men's Fleece-lined Shirts and Drawers, , ribbed ankles, full 6 Cc 3C- Regular price, Were $5.00, $6.00 This French nee Only 2 suits to terflies and Bows, 29c. Moire Ribbons. Regular price, $5, $6, $7 Hats, $3.85. alike. $3.85 Other hours at regular Women’s Jersey Ribbed Vests and Pants, 25c. This hour. buy Water Mink Neck Boas, with 55c. Only one to a_buyer. Aprons, red, blue and white Igc. Only 2 toa buyer. Ostrich Princess Feathers. Reg- $3.50 to $10 toshes, navy blue,black and $2.39 regular made. Tye. This hour. s59c. Colored Birds, 27c. 59 & 68c. Jet Wings, But- 50c. Ribbons, 17¢. yd. 6 and inch Black All-silk 5c. This hour... 17¢. Only 5 yards to a bu; Table full of Stylishly Trimmed Silk Velvet and Felt Hats and Bonnets, no two and $7.00. The following items will go on sale be- tween 4 and 5 p.m. at ‘apecial prices. 2sc. Vests and Pants, 15c. fleece lined, satin finish, taped, finished cuffs. Regular pri 15c. Only 2 suits to a bu: $1.29 Mink Boas, 55¢c. patent head. Regular price, $1.29. This hour... c. School Aprons, 19c. 39 Children’s petals Mustin Lar feather-edged trimming. Reg- ular price, 39c. This hour... soc. Ostrich Feathers, 29c. Bunches of 3 Beautiful Black ular price, 50c. This hour. 29C. Only one bunch to a buyer. Mackintoshes, $2.39. Choice of a lot of $3.50 to $10 Mackim- plaids. All sizes. Between 4 and 5 p.m., choice. a MARCHE, 314 & 316 7th St. An immense shipment of the Handsomest China Closets ever con- structed has just been received. The richest and yet cheapest we have ever shown. We haven't enough room to display them. To create a big de- mand the next few days, we shall following is a fair illustration: 42-in. Handsome Solid Oak-€hina Closets, highly polished and fully worth $20. This big stock of China Closets ranges from $10 to $250, in solid oak and ma- kinds of shapes, with and without mir- rors, &c. HARDING, 13th & F Sts. quote special prices, of which the round glass ends, Special price. ..... $13.50 hogany, with wood and glass shelves, all se5-3m,80 The Dangers Of Catarrh. Common, every-day conditicns lose thel> terror, however bad they really are. This law explains the indifference to a common cold, which often is the commencement of a grave or fats! maludy. Catarrh (so celled) is a chronic inflammation of the lining of the Nose, Throat, Lungs and Bar, and is only waiting for a slight exposure to produce a more serious condition. If you are afflicted you should be cured at once. I treat it, provably, more thoroughly than any physician in this city. I remove the cause, not sfinply abate the symptoms. It will cost you but little. Come. Dr. Jordan, 1421 F St.N. W. - Office hours: 9 to 11 a.m., 2 to 4:30 and 6 to 8 p-m.; Sunday, 9 to 12 m. no2-40tt SOOO 00 <2 40-09-90 eo {No Olive Oil Like ThatFromLucca. eee None other bas the delicious, deli- gate flavor—none other keeps 90 well. We 1 OUR OLIVE OIL direct from Iacea. We've bandied this Reed years—never heard a com- nt. Our quart bottles hold a full quart— than the *‘so-called” quart), ~ A fall quart of Lucca Olive i—$1. W. Thompson, 793 © :.1PHARMACIST, '5t —There’s a pleasing freshness' —a striking newness about th many pretty patterns in Lace Curtains we're showing _ thi: season. The littleness of our prices are sure to captivat you, too. Extra Fine Quality Tapestry Carpets,67;c. —Countless new and exclusive patterns here to from. At this price— 8ilgc.—you can economically cover any room, hall or stairway. ‘The Houghton Co., 1214 F St. N.W. no2-40d 2 CXEREREE SESE C EEE EOOOESS YY Can You See_ ; As Well Now —as you did fivé years ago? Can you read as clearly—and as long without any discomfort—now, as then? If you can't you should have us examine your eyes. Glasses are imperative if there's any eye strain. We'll tell you the exact con- dition of your eyes, and what glasses “pron only pay for the You only pay for the glasees—and = a Eyeglasees or Spectacles as low as $1. McAllister & Co., MN ING (CELINE, git F St.,38 BUILDING. [XE REX EREEERERERERER? 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