Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1895, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. SATURDAY, -December 14, 1895. CROSBY S. NOVES................Editor. THE EVENING STAR has a regular a permanent Family Circulation much more than the combined cir- eulntion of the other Washington @ailies. As a New: Advertising Medium it ha o competitor. 71m order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal nbsence, letters to THE STAR shoald t be addressed to any individual connected with the @ffice, but simply to TILK STAR, or to the Editorial or Business Depart- mentn, according to tenor or purpose. The Garbage Question Again. A strong protest is heard from*a large number of property owners of the north- western section against the location of the second garbage crematory near the corner of 24th and N streets, the site which yes- terday received the approval of the Com- missioners. The petition for a change is signed by some of the most influential citi- zens of the District, and they represent that the locatign of the crematory at the point named would greatly reduce the values ef property in that vicinity and seriously affect certain public interests, in- cluding a foreign legation, a government bureau, a hospital and two schools. The development of this vigorous sentiment places the authorities in a somewhat em- barrassing position. There is no certain Proof that the crematory proposed to be constructed at 24th and N streets will be any more of a nuisance, menacing health and comfort, than that which is being bullt at the foot of South Capitol street. Indeed, the proposed northwestern crema- tory is of the kind selected and approved by the Commissioners after investigation of tho different plants and preferred by them to the style of crematory favored by the contractors and located by them on South Capitol street. It is liificult to maintain that the latter is a blessing, while the former will prove a nuisance. The Star considers them both objectionable when Jocated inside the city and sympathizes with the protests of both sets of citizens. It is by no means necessary that there whould be more than one garbage plant for any large city, or that this one plant should be located within the city limits. The Star has frequently urged that the whole trouble- some problem could be solved by the adop- tion of some such plan as that which fs in vogue in Detroit, where the garbage dis- posal plant is placed several miles outside of the city. The material is conveyed to the establishment in air-tight metallic recepta- cles, which are hauled about on detachable trucks for the collection of the garbage, and, when filled, are swung upon cars pre- pared especially for this purpose and car- Tied by them into the building of the reduc- tion plant. Being kept carefully closed throughout their transit, except during the very brief period when the garbage Is placed In the receptacles in the alleys, there Is no chance for the foul odors emanating from the material to escape and pollute the air. ‘Thus it matters not whether the garbage is hauled ten blocks or ten miles if the re- ceptacles are properly constructed and handled, and Detroit's experience is that this can be ensured. In the local case the plant probably could not be placed as far out of town as at De- troit, owing to the nearness of the District Une, but it could, and should, he jocated beyond the range of close settlement, pre- ferably on the river shore across the East- ern Branch, which ts easily crossed during a greater part of the year by scows that might convey the closed tanks to the plant, and which is provided with bridges for use in freezing weather. In this way only can the matter be settled to the satisfaction of all the urban residents, and until some such method as this is adopted there will be III- feeling and protests, and the Commissioners will find their plans opposed at every point by the citizens who feel that their rights have been disregarded. Without reference to the section or to the wealth or the intiu- ence of the persons interested the matter should be treated in a broad, thoughtful manner and the best and most approved of modern methods should be adopted. —__+ «= —___ The Pantie in Stamboul. The quick development of a panic in Stamboul recently, caused by a most trivial occurrence when compared with the mo- mentous events that are now centering in that vicinity, shows how Inflammatory are the conditions in that densely populated community. As was developed, there was no real cause for alarm among the Chris- tians and foreign residents, but the tidings that there had been firing in the street spread terror among thousands and caused at once the beginning of preparations for resisting attack. Constantinople4s today in a tremor of anticipation, and it is as though it were undermined by tunnels filled with powder, toward which a spark is steadily creepi News has come down from the provinces that the Kurds and other warlike tribes of the semi-civilized regions within the sultan’s domains have planned a raid on Constantinople, in the hope of securing valuable,booty and plun- der. Pillage is the pro; The foreign powers have not yet been able to restore peace or to persuade the sultan to take effective steps to reform the situation. The massacres in Armenia continue, and although authentic statistics are not avail- able, It is stated that the number of slain | so far reaches an appalling total, in the vicinity of one hundred thousand souls. There is the strongest excuse for foreign intervention, for the sultan hss not kept his promises and has given evidence of a total incapacity to restore peace. His min- istry is disorganized, his grand vizier frightened, hia palace infested with spies and conspirators. ee The reported order by the coal barons for the mining of less fuel means, if true, that a number of men are to be deprived of work in order that other men can be de- prived of more money. —__ + «+ -—_—_ Maj. McKinley is of the evident opinion that the man who hustles around and trims his own Christmas tree is the one most Ukely to get it decorated to suit him. ° ———_- + e- - Possibly the gentlemen who want to do something to Mr. Bayard do not realize that this might be construed as another insult to Great Britain. ——_ + ++ Up to the present time Mr. Reed's fragile and ornate gavel has been quite suflicient for all occasions. —__+ e+ -—--— Fast Enough for Washington. The Commissioners are wise in hesitating before granting to the Metropolitan ratlroad the desired permission to increase the speed of the rapid-transit cars on that line from nine to twelve miles an hour, In the light of the Brooklyn experience it would be ex- ceedingly undesirable to allow the street- oars to run at high rates of epeed and the local record, as far as accidents are con- cerned, has amply justified the wisdom of requiring the comparatively low speeds. Washington hag had enough experience with grade-crossings to make its citizens shrink from the prospect of the creation of an infinite number of such dangerous points in ite thickly populated sections and twelve milos an hour ts approaching pretty clowe to the steam railroad speed within the city Mmits, Every mile added to the speed of @ oar beyond a certain reasonable limit of safety adds disproportionately to its anger and to the difficulties of insuring its THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, perfect control in an emergency. Nine miles |. an hour is @ reasonably fast speed for a city like Washington, which is not afflicted with the necessities for great haste that have given rise to high rates of speed in oth- er citles where the commercial neigh- borhood {s spread over a vast territory. It is by no means derogatory to the progress and commercial standing of the nation's capital to say that it isa nine-mile town. It does not pride itself upon the fact that it is fast in any respect except in its appre- ciation of modern ideas and its approval of improved methods of municipal administra- tion. There are cities that are glad to be known as “fast” towns. ard that welcome additions to the speed of their transporta- tion facilities and othef surface evidences of a desire to appear In a hurry, but Washing- ton is not one of these and its citizens care more for the safety of their Hmbs and the lives of their chiidren than they do for the doubtful advantage of being able to tra- verse the city at an oe a-few sec- onds or minutes. © eS 9 ee ee Faint Issues Between the Parties. It is possible that the democratic national committee may decide to ignoré™the cus- tom by virtue of which the administration party always holds the earlier of the two presidential nominating conventions. It is strange that the pepublicans did not recog- nize the unquestionably strong influence that has been brought to bear in the past few months in behalf of a shorter cam- paign, but now that they have ignored it the only means of abbreviating the cam- paign is for the democrats to choose a date later than that fixed by the republicans. The theory on which the administration party holds the first convention is that the party in power should present its candidate and state its principles, in order that the opposition may have the opportunity to draw the issues and to name a candidate in sympathy with principles antggonistic to these of the administration. The need for that plan has, however, largely disap- peared of late and in the present case the public issues are faint and poorly defined between the admin{stration and the party in cpposition. This fact is demonstrated by the various treatment accorded to the Pres- ident’s message by the partisan press of the country, as summarized by Public Opinion in its latest Issue. Noting the fact that the President's attitude regarding the Venezuelan matter is generally approved it points out that his references to Cuba brought forth both blame and praise from democratic as well as republican papers. It continues: “But when we reach the financial situation and the radical remedy which he proposes we find the newspaper comment of such a character that it would often be impossible to tell, from the nature of the comment, whether the President and the newspapers belonged to the same or opposing parties. This of course simply means that upon financial questions the old ‘emocratic and republican party lines have grown dim almost to the point of efface- ment.” ——_~e-_ Street Beggars. Among the questions asked the policemen in the examinations recently held under the local civil service orders of the Com- missioners was the following:: “What should be done with beggars asking alms in the streets?” Without giving the mem- bers of the force any undue advantage by tipping them on this important query, The Star ventures to declare that the best thing that can be done to such persons, in the in- terest of the community as well as the beg- gars themselves, is to send them to the nearest station house, where they can be comfortably detained while their cases are investigated. If such a person is worthy and in actual want some means could be readily found to relieve him or her. If the heggar proves to be an imposter, a profes- Snal, or a tramp, the workhouse {fs an ex- cellent asylum, or the quickest means of exit from the city coukd be suggested and offered to the mendicant without the choice of a refusal. There is little danger of doing injustice and working hardship if the police officers do their duty intelligent- ly and well. To encourage the street beg- gars is as a rule to weaken the general cause of charitable relief, and every case of imposition found and positively proved will kelp those who are earnestly anxious to aid the poor and suffering, and benefit the lat- ter as well. oe Overhead Wires. It is high time that official attention was called to the gradual divergence from the idea that there should be no more electric wires strung ovérhead in the city of Wash- ington. The resolution introduced in the Senate Thursday by Mr. Gallinger cites leg- islation and resolutions that are convincing prcof of the fact that Congress does not de- sire an increase of the unsightly poles and ‘wires, but on the contrary wishes them eliminated. They have grown in size and numbers, however, In spite of the intent of the law, until the question of an immediate abatement of the evil comes squarely to the front once more. Unquestionably the underground system of transmitting electri- cul currents is safest and sightliest. The city cannot hope to be modern in all of its equipments until every wire is buried and all evidences of the old time when telegraph poles were regarded as ornamental signs of prosperity have been destroyed. Senator Gallinger has oper ed up a line of inquiry in the present case that may profitably be fol- lowed, and that may lead to excellent re sults, + A reduction system which converts gar- bage into marketable products has two ad- vantages over a cremation system which merely makes ashes of it. First, the dis- posal of the garbage becomes protitable, and by reason of the money thus saved the municipality can afford to require the most expensive and most effective receptacles for the garbage, and its transportation in these receptacles to a plant outside of the city’s limits. The city and the contractor can afford to abolish the leaky garbage cart, and to treat the garbage at a remote spot, where the roses of citizens will not be offended. Secordly, since the contrac- tractor’s profits will be larger in propor- tion to the amount of garbage which comes to his factory as raw material, an induce- ment is offered to make the collection of the garbage as frequent and as thorough as possible. A reduction system thus in- sures greater cleanliness and greater healthfulness to the city. The Star favors reduction plant for Washington's gar- bage disposal, situated in the District on the Potomac across the Eastern Branch, or, if that be possible, in Maryland or. Vir- ginia, on one of the local lines of railroad. seo | It would naturally occur to some of his associates that the President has by this time done quite enough to convince the fishermen and huntsmen of this country that he ts with them heart and hand. There are, however, other voters in this re- public. ——___ ee The prisoners who blew up a portion of the Jail at Springfield, Ill., deserve no sym- pathy whatever. There is no excuse for their not waiting with a little patience for Mr. Altgeld to pardon them, ——— wee - The accident by which the Prince of Wales while shooting got several grains of powder in his eye gives rise to a fear that we may lcse some of our anglomaniacs if they are rot very careful, ———_+ «+ — Japan and Russia are talking of a meet- ing in Korea, and the King of that country is too much scared to issue # proclamation forbidding the fight, ——“+ e+__ Barbara Aub thinks it Is a poor confes- sion that won't work almost any way at all. ——_ «= —____ One hundred and four men were working on the olty post-office building today. THE WEEK. Rufus W. Peckham was confirmed by the Senate as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Senator J. Donald Cameron announced that he is not a candidate for re- election. A beard assembled at the Navy Department for the purpose of revising and codifying the navy regulations. Pittsburg has been selected as the place for holding the naticnal prohibition convention. The Indiana democratic state central committee indorsed Governor Claude Matthews for the presidential nomination. President Mc- Bride called the American Trade and Labor Federation to order in New York for its fifteenth annual convention. William O’Con- neil Gradley was sworn in at Frankfort as the first republican governor of Kentucky. The coroner's jury in Cleveland could not find any one to blame for the bridge trolley car disaster in that city. An effort was made to mob the Kansas Medical College, in Topeka, it having been discovered that many graves were desecrated to furnish subjects for the dissecting table. Clergy- men and private detectives gave startling evidence before the investigating commit- tee in Philadelphia concerning vice and im- morality in that city. A cold wave swept over the country, causing the first freeze of the season in the east. The deaths of the week included Allen G. Thurman, jurist and statesman, at Columbus, Ohio, aged eighty-two; ex-Congressman H. S. Bundy, at Wellsion, Ohio; William Augustus Camp, well known in business, and especially in banking circles, in New York, and Samuel G. Lewis, ex-controller of the Pennsylvania railroad. Foreign. The Sultan of Turkey finally yielded to the demands of the powers, and issued orders that the extra guardships be permitted to pass through the Straits of the Dardanelles; the British gunboat Dryad and the Italian gunboat Archimede passed through the Straits of the Dardanelles. A quarrel he- tween two Armenians, resulting in one of them firing a pistol, caused a temporary panic in the Stamboul quarter of Constan- tinople, plainly showing the nervous ten- sion under which the people are living. A conference of the bimetallic leagues of Great Britain, France and Germany was opened in Paris. In the reichstag the min- ister for foreign affairs, Marschall Von Bieberstein, in commenting on President Cleveland’s message, denied that there was any differential treatment in Germany of American cattle and insurance companies The British steamer Principia took fire at sea, she was run for the Faroe Islands, but struck a rock and went down with twenty- seven of her crew. The forces of King Menelik of Abyssinia surprised five com- panies of Italian troops at Ambalaje, and in the battle that followed the losses were heavy on both sides. The Cuban insurgents are uniting under Generals Gomez, Maceo and other commanders, and making rapid progress through the province of Santa Clara; seven generals and strong rein- forcements of Spanish troops arrived at Havana. There was a big demonstration in Madrid agaiust the abuses of the municipal administration. Mr. Adrian Lachenal has been elected president of the republic of Switzerland. Herr Dowe, inventor of a bul- let-proof coat, and the Baron Dunleath were amorg the deaths. In the District. Testimony as to property values was heard by a jury in the test case in the matter of the proposed extension of streets; a bill to amend the highway act was possed by the Senate. A committee of clergy from the convention of the new diocese of Washington called on Rev. Dr. Satterlee, bishop-elect, at his residence in New York to notify him of his election; a ccmmittee of the laity was also present to urge the acceptance of the office; Dr. Satterlee’s decision will be mad@ at a later date. An inspection of the abandoned aqueduct tunnel was made by a board of expert engineers appointed to make a re- port on the subject to Congress. S. W. Woodward was elected president of the Associated Charities. Indictments were re- perted by the grand jury against several dealers tor viclation of the oleomargarine law. The annual convention of the Na- tional Civil Seryice Reform League. was held. —_~ e SHOOTING STARS. An Apology. Mr. Bayard of course in this country was born; The fact may as well come out flat; But let us remember, nor hold him in scorn, That he really couldn't help that. “Doan’ do 1 uffin’ by halves,” said Uncle Eben; “er snow-stoh’m ain't has so on- pop'lar ef it hol’s out long ‘nough ter make sleighin’.” A Holt Disadvantage. “It's real mea she sobbed; “I ought to have had a college education like those girls.” “Why, what's the matter, dear?” asked her mother. “I had to give up and let them pass me in the crush for the bargam-counter, just be- cause they have studied foot-ball and I haven't.” A Practical Crit.e. “Hold up,” said the boy who was leading several urchins in the rehearsal of a Christ- mas carol. “I thought we sang that pretty well,” said the lad with the loudest voice. “That's just where the trouble is. If you do it as well as that they'll just let you stand around and sing all day. Nobody's goin’ to make you any Christmas gift to get you to stop that kind of singing.” Going Into Training. “What are you going to do with yourself during the Christmas holidays?” asked one member of Congress of another. “I am going to devote that period of leisure, with all the application of which I am capable, to practice of the role, which, in common wit my associates, I am expected to perform in public affairs.” “Indecd? What are you going to do?” “Absolutely nothing, sir.” The Party in Power. Pigeon-bole yer papers, Change yer style of talk; Legislative capers Is depreciated stock; Once they was expected; Aren't any more. iS Christmes is elected And Kris Kringle has the floor. Drop these questions murky An’ diplomatic frills; Pass the pie an’ turkey ‘Stead o’ passin’ bills. Don’t ye git dejected, Fur Peace ts bound to score When Christmas !s elected And Kris Kringle has the floor. ———_ ee Whitelaw Reid Winteving In Arizona, From the Philadelphia Times. Whitelaw Reid, owner and editor of the New York Tribune, is spending the winter quietly with his family at Phoenj he Arizona, where he has rented a house and found the climate unexpectedly agreeable. In a let- ter to the Times, speaking of the Arizona region, he say: Eastern folks will have to form new Ideas of Arizona. It is*not merely a land of tarantulas, Apaches and cactus. I am keeping house here with great com- fort, In a weil-built brick residence. with hot and cold water, electric ight and tele- phone, and the climate is really better than that of Cairo.” The friends of Mr. Reid will be gratified to learn that his health has sre: ee improved since his visit to the south. aN aA Xmas canes & umbreilas. (Canes of Acacia, 0 Wood, Olive ‘Wood, Wausier, e—probutly the lar an Umi rella * plendid line of Ladies’ CHAS. H. RUOFF, a fconee tt” Up-to-date hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. datena @eComfort } pring Bed —— Is the only one that suits all sized people. Only one that can be tightened. Only one that can suit BOTH a light and a heavy per- —— son. Costs no more = than the usual kind. le Reversible wears fwice as long— is more comfortable male better—than any ) —— other—yet . costs no >+—— more than the hard— ) knotty “shuck” —mat- ——-; tre pea ga bave them. Look ft é& B” on the trade mark “S. At 604 Ninth Street. northwest, a jewelry establishment wherein Christmas presents :worth talk- ing about may be procured at prices so low as to make even successful theft inexcusable and profitless. | It used to be that cheapness meant inferior qual- ities, but ~ conditions have changed lately. “Nowadays, when a reputable dealer—such as E. G. Hines, for: instance— offers his customers the advan- tage of cut prices it means that he has purchased shrewdly and wil be content with modest profits. Among the’ specialties at*No. 604 are Watches and Diamonds, but “there are oth- jézen iniscellaneous exa¥iples are Pearl sses at $4, G Buttopers at 25 cents, at 50 cents, Scisaors at $1, Satchel Tags at 50 cents, Mustache Combs at 75 cents, The buttoners, files, scissors, tas and combs are all heavily mounted in silver—sterling’ silver, mind yout * It = a ~Wilmarth & Edmonston, Crockery, &e., 1205 Pa. a Open Evenings. Popular Gifts. Here are a few suggestions pick- ed haphazard from the thousand and one equally spproppate _ Christmas presents. 50c. Gifts... “ Alunifiium Pocket Combs. Gue Gieks Kid Cut Glass Mustards. ee Cut Glass Vinegar Bottles: $1 Giits. - Bd Delft Blue Crxewht Delft Blue Chocolate L Haviland Tea Caddy..g.-. $1.50 Gifts. Sterling Sugar Spaon $1.50 Dresden irrons: $1.50 Wedgewood Violet $1.50 Wedgewoul Tex pots. 1D s50 China Comb and Broad “ire $1.50 Delft. Blue Sets (reluding pot, sugar bewl aad creep pitcher). $1.50 China Celery 2G $1.50 Haviland Chop Dish, $1.50 Haviland Cake Pinte $1.50 Brass 5 O'clock ‘Tea J $1.50 WILIIARTH &. EDMONSTON, Croékery, &c., 1205 Pa. Ave. Christmas Gifts, Choose From These. They Please Everybody. Skates and Sleds, 3 Ladies’ and Men’s Sweaters, Striking Bags, Foot Balls, Dumb Bells and Clubs, Whitely Exercisers, Ladies’ Leggins, Doll Swings, Boys’ Watches (real timekeepers). Boys’ and Girls’ Bicycles. CLINE BROS., go9 Pa. Ave. Open evenings ‘till Christmas. de Our Shoe Sale —Is a-welcome event to the care- ful buyer—the buyer of good shoes. And the remarkable re- ductions we've made on shoes of well-known makes—shoes of con- ceded superiority.— afford un- equaled opportunities to every one alike. es bargains are offerefl in Ladies’ Men's Shoes; Misses’ Shoes and Havenner & Davis, (SCORPORATED), ATLANTIC 928 St., BUILDING. _de1 4-300 ewe e : Most Useful 'Holiday Present,? A Lightsrunning Do= rmestic Sewing Machine, 3 At > C. Auérbach’s, ENo. 800, Cor. 7th and H. $ AGENCY Y? {MAN TAND- rs e g OF 99S94O989O99009 ‘ le 4 o> ) IM With lenses ariprsted, to A. KAUN, OPEN EVENINGS TILL CHRISTMAS, Johnson Luttrell, 713 Market Space. Practical Presents. |¢ Thousands of Bargains may be had here for Christmas giving at in- comparably low prices. We do not deal in the ornamental, i.e., the things of no practical use, but, if you Want the useful and ornamental combined, we can supply your every want. Handkerchiefs. THE LARGEST, ER KNEW EVOLUTION: BEST-CHOSEN ASSORTMENT OF, AND AT PRICES THAT ‘THE TRADE. ed Handkerchiefs at 9¢., 25e. and 35c. each. Ladies’ Linen Embroidered Handkerchlefs at 50c., and $1 each, Silk Initial Handkerchiefs,22c. each. Linen Initial Handkerchiefs, at and 2e, Children’s Initial Worth 10. Silk Handkerchiefs, at 9c. "s Colored Border Handkerchiefs for 10c. 's Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, at 12%c., 20. and 25e 's Pure Linen Initial Handkerchiefs, at 25c. Men's Mutllers from HANDKERCHIERS URESENTS‘TION. ¢. 10 $2.50 cach. BONED SUITABLE For Ch seas Lies: 83¢. For $1. 25 Kid Gloves. pur-button Kid Gloves, in new and black, a re . the pair. Sizes ster Mook aml Button Kid Gloves at « palr, Glove stores sell these at Men's and Boys’ Warm Lined Gloves, in cloth and skin, fur tops and plain, from 25e. to $1.50 the pair. Ladies’ and Children’s Worsted, Kid and Silk Mitts, from 15e. to Toe. the pair. Adier’s Kid Gloves for Men at $1 and $1.50 pair. Umbrellas For Christmas Presents. ‘THERE'S 3 THAT'S MORE ACCEPT- ABLI 1, OR MORE APPRECIATED TE A GOOD UMBRELLA. WE HAVE O) OF THE LARGEST VARIETIES IN THE CITY, AND ARE OFFERING THEM AT REDUCED PRICES . $1.25 For $1.50 Umbrellas. 200 Ladies’ and Men's Silk Gloria Umbrellas, with natural wood, Dresden and silver-trimmed handles. Sold everywhere at $1.50. Our price, $1.25 ee. $1.25 °26-in. Silk Serge Umbreliax for. . $2.50 Union Taff-ta Silk, close rolling, for. FINER GRADES OF UMBRELLAS, FOR ROTH LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FROM $2.50. TO $8.50, AND EVERY ONE OF "EM A RARGAIN AT THE PRICE ASKED. IF ITS AN UMBRELLA YOU WANT, COME TO US. Dress Patterns FON HOLIDAY PRESENTS. Always a welcome gift. MANY ARE AT HALF REGULAR PRICES. All-wool Dress Patterns, containing full quantity ‘for a dress, in Serges, Armures and Scotch Mix- tures. Usual price, $3. Our Holiday price, $1.98. Novelty Dress Patterns. Worth $4. At $2.93. Persian Flannelette Dress Patterns (10 yards), 28c. Best Calico Dress Patterns, at 60 and 70c. 2 Gingham Aprons for 25c. 60 dozen Large-size Ginghwm Aprons. Worth Be. each. At 15c., or 2 for Be. Ladies’ Wrappers, $1.50. $1.50 for Ladies’ Fleece-back Persian Flannetette Wrappers, made in latest style. full sleeves, waist lined and edged with braid. ‘The material is worth $1.50, to say nothing of the making. $7 Jackets, $4.98. 100 more of those Ladies’ Rough Cloth Jackets (the quality we sold a month ago for $7) will go on sale Monday at $4.98. These are made in the latest style, box front, ripple back and large, man- dolin sleeves. THE BETTER JACKETS AT $6.50, $9.75, $11.08 AND $15, ARE EQUALLY GOOD VALUES. Furs Reduced. $2.50 Children’s Thibet Fur Sets. Now $4.00 Children's Angora and Thibet $12.50 Ladies’ Coney Fur $18.00 Ladi ard ¢ $20.00 Létdles’ French $25.00 Astrakhan and Chenille Table Covers. 4-4 Chenille Table Covers, at 39e. and... 6-4 Chenille Table Covers, at S5c., $1.25 and. .$1 8-4 Chenille Table Covers, at $1.73 and.. x Lunch Sets. 10-4 Damark Table Cloths, with 1 doz. Nap- kins to match. Regular value, $2.50. Our price = $1.50 Hewstitehed and to $10. val Far Capes, Now 16. ric Seal Capes for 22.00 ringed Lunch ts, $4. Christmas Neckwear. 100 DOZE: AT ABOUT HALF WHAT THE fs PORES ASK FOR TLAR GRADES. ALL THE LATEST SHAPES COLORS. ALL STYLES, TECKS, PUF! HANDS, BOWS, &C. POR. USUAL SUC, QUALITIES, AND 50C. YOU'D VAY THE FURNIS! 250. FOR THOSE STORES 75C. FOR. Miscellaneous Bargains |: HERE ARE A ASSIST. YOU IN MAKING sar sare always gains att + We. y not a Blanket? One ‘of those $5 11-4 ones we advertised at Then, we have Warm Underwear and Hostery for Women, Men and Clildren. All grades, from the cheapest to the best made. How's a Breakfast Shawi for grandmother? Good ‘ones here from 5c Id We a tc the ‘weather a t Would be a welcome n ont at cost prices. ? ace Cartains we Some as low If you have an idea of exceptional opportunity. air and up to $13. as $1 th . ; The usual holiday courtesies will be extended. Goods laid away and delivered the day before Christmas if desired. All goods boxed suitable for presentation when practicable. JOHNSON & LUTT RELL 713 Market Space. it - 90O0009090C096: Both Rich and Inexpensive Xmas Gifts at Beveridge’s. Tumblers THAT WILL STAND HOT AND COLD WATER —Plain, 60c. dozen. 3 Etched, $1 and $1.25 dozen. i ° ‘Thin Blown : ‘Initial Tumblers,: t4c. Each 3 eS 4oc. dozen. 3 e 3 sw. Beveridge, : fais F and 1214 G St., é POTTERY, PORCELAIN, GLASS, ETC. 1t a Soeseooecesse2ecaoceges 2OCE iThink of Us } in connection with your gift- giving. Can you imagine anything more suitable—or that would be more accep- table—than a picking from our stock? Furniture— Carpets— “ Mattings— Draperies— Stoves— Ranges— Bric-a-Brac— Banquet Lamps— Reception Chairs— China Closets— Bookcases— Office Furniture— Pictures— Etc.—Etc.—Ete— —and what adds to the im- portance of coming here are the enormous sacrifices made by our Removal Sale and our proffer to await your gonvenience for the pay- ments. Credit always will be an im- portant factor here. The Best Stock. ' The Lowest Prices. The Most Generous Accommodation. House & Herrmann, ‘The Leading Housefurnishers, 917, 91y. 921 AND O28 TTH ST. del4-S4d 636 MASS. AVE. ooh W. D. Clark & Co., 811 Market Space. HolidayWearables In endless variety. The season’s most exquisite Novelties at lowest prices. Also our regular stock of Staple Goods. Dress Goods. The most stylish effects in Dress Patterns at gieatly reduced prices. fn blue and black apd brown and $9.00 $20 Pattern, black .. $18 Pattern, in French cheviot, blue and brown . 50-in. $1.50 Boucle, biue and brown. 40-in, Mohair and Wool Suiting... Dress Lengths, suitable for gifts, In large variety at greatly reduced prices, Jackets and Capes. In Boucle, Cheviot, Melton, Astrakhan and Beaver Cioths, made and trimmed in the best manner, at special prices for the holidays. ‘Just the thing for a Christmas present.” We are showing some Deeutiful stylish Boucle Jackets at $8 and $10. Visit us before you make your selection, and we will save you money. W. D. Clark & Co., 811 [Market Space. at Rudden’s Credit House, 513 7th St. give these for Xmas gifts. Give substantial Christmas pres- ents—useful—tasteful and enduring. give parlor & banquet lamps. A sup.'b line of Novelty Parlor and Ban- quet Lamps with beautiful silk and pores- lain shades. Beauties at $3, and from that Ggure up. All the time you want to pay for them. give a handsome rocker. cle. to enumerate the vast nomber of Eoaiiiiee Save (an ese ice year. There's a whole floor full of them, and all of Inte design. We're offering a beau- tiful Mahogany Polished Rocker, with polished sent,’ for $5 that was $7. Credit if you want it, give a nice oak chiffonier. ‘A beautifal $12 Polished Oak Chiffonter *¢ © © with tive doors for $7.50. give a nice bed room suite. As a grand Christmas special, expectally for gift givers, we are offering a $35 Highly Polished Oak 3-plece Bud Room Suite, 24x30 bevel plate mirror, for $2. give carpet. **¢ Brussels Carpet from 60c. up. Ingrain Carpet from 35c, MADE, LAID and LINED free of iiarge. Rudden’ S, 513 Seventh Street. del4-100d eee eee alais |[\oyal. (Oper tonight until 9 o'clock.) Santa Claus will be here tonight— a living reality to the many little children who are brought here. PRESENTS fer EVERY ONE. 100,000 Xmas presents on th on mg this G trcet corner, To toeante the S hs P as of the varie Tet us poll iods Jewelry aud Leather’ Goods. —— = Reliable Jewelry. The Silver Jewelry is stamped sterling silver and guaranteed 925- 1000 fine. The Gold Jewelry is war- ranted to be from Io to 18 karats. A written guarantee for the asking. EF Whe b © des ewelry the same firma ax supply tit Jeweler, how ie MEP aan at ba ee athe ae buy ts ly larger quantities—and secure better terms, ard Dati cteems, onal We sell at much less Sterling Silver Jewelry. . (Stamped and warranted.) Prices range from toc for 4 small “stick” pin to $26 for toilet sets. At each. rge and artistically ornamented Boot Hooks, ait "Files, Caticle Kutves, ‘Tweezers, Combination Letter Opener and Hook Mark, Ink Erasers, Shoe Horns, Pencils, Penolders, Link Bracelets, Pocket Combs in silver case; Silver-mounted Tooth Brush- es, Bables’ Combs, Bables’ Brushes, Silver-mounted Darners, Pearl and Silver Paper ‘Cutters, Seals, Stamp Hoses, Glove Houis, Pocket Mirrorm,’ Combe, Nall Riles, in cate, ay ery piece stamped sterling sliver, and guar- artecd 925-1000 fine, Identical articles to those sold from $1.25 to $2 at the jewelers’. at each. Lees elaborate and somewhat smaller, but post- tively guaranteed. Every plece stamped “Sterling Silver’—Coat Hangers, Cu Bultons, ‘Tass, Pencils, Pens, Tie Clasps, Lace Pins, Hat Pins, Neck Chains, “Hairpins, Pocket Combs, Nail Files, sets of Baby Buttcns, ‘Thimbles—just Hike those sold at the jewelry stores for $1 each. At 25C each. Ag gurely sterling sliver ax are. the tollet sete at $26. Ev eet jece Warranted:—Glove Buttoners, ‘De Clasps, Hat Markers, Book” Marks, Lettet Openers, x Cutters, “Cuff Buttons, Finger Rings, Lace Pius, Hat Pits, Tumbler Real Gold Jewelry. he little prices prompt the re- minder that every piece is warranted and that a written guarantee may be had for the asking. at-QSC ca. 10-karat Gold <9) Tins, Lace Pins, ad Heart Locks Tie € Shirt Stods, Pina, . Toothpicks. Sewelers = tad Baby oa you up to $2.50 for Tdentical articles, To to 18 ee oes Articles. te gare? Babies’ Pin Seta, $2.68 to $3.4 ‘The more ponerse pins and rings are o@ with real dint CF Initials pacer ree of charge on sleere buttons, ete. Silver filagree articles. Silver filagree is as beautiful as the designs Jack Frost paints on the window panes in winter time. But these articles are not real silver, only silver plated. They will not tarnish, however, because white metal is un- derneath t the costing of pure silver. Boe to $1.39 for Cologne Bottles. Zoe to We for Photagiaph Frames. EFThey cre large size and finished in superior style—the boxes lined with silk; the photo frames fac shuiles of expensive Louls XVI designs. Everything from a 25c manicure article to a $20 toilet set, all fac-simi- les of the most expensive and latest designs in real silver. [7Come and_see bow much, better than you fiilnk ars the 25e articles: the 25¢ ‘Thermometers, Paper Clips, Trays, Pen Racks, Match Boxes, Jew Boxes, Whisk Brooms, Tape Measures in caso, Manicure Articles, Smokers’ Sets, Ash Trays, Cal- endars. Learn if the $20 Candelabra, Toilet and Maat- cure Bein 0 ae eo you £25 to $30 at the silversmith’s. EF See if any establishment in town has half the variety between the price extremes quoted above, Bargain Spots. Small manufacturers of jewelry come here in time of need because we are always willing to make cash payments if bargains are to be se- cured. C7The following are to be sold at worth: $1.25 for Sterling § cheap at $2, $4.39 for Sterling Silver brush, shoe horn aud boot licok, lined ‘case. $10 at the jewelers’. $1.48 for Shel! bs with sterling silver ticles were thus bought ry much less than their wer Match Safes that are and ‘tual comprising bonnet inclosed in velvet+ Sterling Silver Bonnet Made to retail at $2, mz ‘a argaia at $100. Ose fe blades. Leather Gest: With over $12,000 carefully in- vested in leather articles for Xmas Presents, we can claim greatest quantities and best variety in Wash me ton: s The new laine Bags, 2%¢ to $3.98, ew Shopping Bi Be to $2.25. Muste Hols, uew styles; Te to $2.50. “Leaders” are made of certain ar- ticles: Immense quantities are bought at a price concession and sold” at less than usual advance, on the cost. The 49c¢ Pocket Books. 10,000 were nade to our order. ‘Think of sn- perlor Real Sealskin Combination Pocket Hooks, with calif lping and hand ie, at only Compare with those usually sold at Te. The 98c Pocket Books. Cembination Card Case and 1 Alligator, ; nt, Bok of Real aunties and finish are where! ia on leather ariel ramped tn umbrelios, “jewelry, ete. Free Paiais Royal, G ond Eleventh streete...ce.eceeeeeeee A. Lisnet