Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1896, Page 10

10 Skate Straps, 20 to 3oc. a pair. Razor Strops. Many we make ourselves— many other makes we have confidence enough in to recom- mend to you. Strops here of every style and kind—and the prices are interesting. Cushion Strop nd Razor, $1.25. Made with case for razor in the strop itself. Complete, with a good razor, for $1.25. YEmerson Strop, 35C. A cushioa strop, with bor of ex- x cellent razor peste, for 35 cts, Swing Siro, 30¢.. Our own.meke, splendid Jeather— canvas back. {Russian Strop,’ $1.00. « ( 0) A first-class etrop—cantas ‘Back. 5 Our own make ( « 1.00 Strop, 68c. A special, Cushion Strop, « excellent ( make, 2 nz sides, for 68e. 9 Topham’s, Headquarters for Travelers’ Goods, 1231-1233 Pa. Avenue. t It Factory, 1218-20 E ROOOOCD EK “That Remiuds Me.” - “WELL ! WELL!!! you please — but Ma- gruder sells the ‘boss’ whisky. Private Stock, they call it—so smooth ) ) WELL!! —‘‘medicinal uses."* agruder ¢%, HH. TWO STORES, Ja8-w,t&m,30 lessly cut, extremely fashionable col- ored bosom Shirts—not a thing the matter with them except QUANTITY. We bought too THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1896-IWELVE PAGES . TO BEGIN APRIL 18 Dates Assigned to the Washington Jockey Club. SPRING MEETING © PREPARATIONS Extensive Improvements at the Track in View. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS At a meeting yesterday afternoon of the Washington Jockey Club the following well-known men were elected as its execu- tive committee. A. C. Barney,John Baker, August Belmont, Woodbury Blair, Jesse Brown, H. Rozier Dulany, W. C. Eustis, . T. Havenner, Ben. Helen, S..S. How- Henry May, F, B. McGuire, Samuel Ross, Col. W. P. Thompson and_Guy F. Was. club. : Pom, = Some .time since’ certain: New.York men connected with tae jockey -club-securéd a controlling interest in ‘the “Washington club, which owns’ the Bending track, and this interest has s nee becn increased until more than four-fifths, of. the stock is ‘in. their hands and the hands 6f weil-known resi- _— of this city, who are associated with them. Racing will begin on April 18 and continue untii the 2d of May, daily. An autumn meeting will also be held, commencing about November 7 and extending some three weeks. Already stakes for the- spring meeting have been announced, amounting to upward of $16,000, and the over-night purses will be in keeping with these rich Say what | Stakes. The best stables in the country have al- ready decided to participate in the coming meeting, and jumping races will be made a feature of the sport. ~ improvements at the Track. The grand stand and club hose will be ‘and rich- and -delici greatly improved. The present stables will be carefully gone over and new ones built. Full quart bottle for $1,| The pool shed will be torn down and parts too. Must get some for| Of it used to make a covered connection ‘be- tween the club house and paddock, a want which has been long felt. On the site of the old pool shed a ladjes’ club house wili be bulit, where the famil.es and friends of the members may meet not anly during the racing season, but throughout the year. The infield and grounds will be most care- tvily iad out with flower beds and shrub- tery, and everything done to make. the piace beautiful and attractive as well as berfect for the proper aud safe carrying on of the sport intended. The District laws prohibiting betting will be, it is announced, strictly observed, but it District Attorney Birney does not in- terfere individual wagers will be permitted. Benning Racing Dates. * The stewards of the Jockey Club held a meeting yesterday in New York. Messrs. Beimont, James R. Keene, F. P. Hitchcock and F. K. Sturgis were present, The re- Pert of the committee appointed st the last meet-ng to confer with the Coney the | Island Jockey Club, regarding racing dates for 1896, was approved. The f dates were allotted Washinetes to the Washington heavy at the beginning of the year, | Jcckey Ciub for its spring meeting: April and must reduce at once to make | wa: room for new shipments. Quite a number of the $1.50 “Manhattan” Shirts in the assortment, and no shirt worth less than $1.25. Separ- ate Reversible Link Cuffs to match. Your choice of the lot tomorrow— 85c. ° AUERBACH, “On the Avenue,” No. 623. Ink Wells are Relics of the Past -The LANCASTER GOVERNMENT FOUN- LN PEN is the acme of convenience and use- fulness. disorder. Will always write without coaxing. $2 starts the price scale. Solid gold points to Suit. | Other Fountain Pens exchanged and put in order. LANCASTER GOVERNMENT PEN CO... $19 Fat. S10 WE ALONE © 25 —ngree to keep our Custom Shirts in re- DDD Beit one sear from date of purchase. “Our . irts are too well made to require it, et some are harder on Shirts than others. Ve can do this because Mr. Miller is at the you knot “Mayer's,” 943 Pa. Ave. de5-3m,16 The Little Things That Men Need for Full Dress AT ———Sueh requisites ss Dress Ties. Dress Gloves, Full Dress Shields—in Harry T. HALF fact, anything in cur stock of Men's Farnisbings can be had for balf regu. USUAL lar value tow. We want to close out this department, so as to devote all PRICES. _ our attention to SHIRTMAKING. P. T. HA Ja7-16a Let me have a chance ° ° to do your P t o do your PPINTING. No matter how small or large the job be— rm to handle It—and turn out ‘tiptop’ work. ‘Ask me for estimates. “Phone 1679. Elliott, Beste Printer, 506 1oth St. jaT-101 PPP ‘Fine $1.50 HATS. There are mean, shoddy hats, which m can buy all you want of at even 1.50. But here's a Hat at $1.50 that is as good for wear, for color, for finish, as any $2 Hat that can be bought. We sell dozens of them daily. Sole D. ©. Agency for Dunlap's Peer- less Hats. Up-to-date hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. ior, CHAS. H. RUOFF, ; — = “He who asks t The Watch I Can't Fix Hasn’t Been Made! For 16 years I've made 2 study of and practiced Watch and Clock repairing. Today my patrons Bumber- scientists, railroad men, racing men—in fact, all to whom exact time is important. I located at 632 G st. Hutterly is my name. ja6-12d I’m Famous throughout the ‘Union for the style and comfort I can embody in a Shirt. I make Shists on approval—if they don’t suit in every particular—no pay. plan, $1.50. Frank Wells, Stittmaker. y 4117 Pa, Ave. jat-lid pvbociie ees ‘Trained Nurses in Stores. ew York Cor. of the Pittsburg Dispatch. A new departure in the equipment of large stores has beer. entered into here by the introduction of trained nurses to care for sick customers. While in a dry goods store yesterday I saw a woman faint and fall to the floor. In a moment the propri- @tor and a bright-loo woman in a plain gray dress and a we apron were at her side caring for her. The woman w trained nurse. “This is something n said the proprictor, “and we are the first to introduce ft in the city. Almost every day we have sick persons to care for, and find our trained nurse a valuable adjunct. Bhe knows how to bring a fainting woman to her senses and how to cure hysteria. If & doctor is needed she can care f. Patient until a call is responded to.’ head of this branch, and | Augusta on the 14th instant. Sample on this | YY **| Ladies’, Men’s and Ch 18 to May 2° An app.ication for dates S$ received frum the Saratoga associa- ton and referred to the chairman, with power. In the matter of the complaint icdsed by William Dieni against Joseph H. Kelly & Co., it was ordered that the money ueld by the Couey island sockey C.ub, pead- ing a decision, shouid be recurned to Messrs. Kelly & Co. The appiication of Leslie Washburn for re.nstaiemeat was denied. Southern Buse Ball League. Representatives from Charleston, Atlanta and Columbus met with local base ball men at Macon, Ga., yesterday to organize an interstate league. Augusta and Savannah were not present at the morning meeting, but delegates from those cities wrrived in the afternoon, when the permanent organ- ization was effected. Local men of money met with the fans and have arranged that Its simple corstraction admits of no| the new league shail have plenty of finan- cial backing. Macon sports are enthusias- tie. The league is to embrace the six cit‘es of Charlest-n, Savannah, Columbus, Macon,. Avgusta and Atlanta. This w.ll make the most compact league ever formed in the south, the longest jump being 296 miles. Prutection and reservation of the National League has been secured. The salary limit is $1,000. T. W. Passailaigue of Charleston -S temporary president, and Charles A: Lamar, Atianta, secretary and treasurer. A meeting for the purpose of forming a permanent organization will be held at Crack Marksmen Compete. The midwinter shooting tournament be- gan at San Antonio yesterday, about 100 of the crack shots of the United States,- in- cluding. all the shooters of note in the coun- try, being present. The weather was fine and the averages high. The program con- Baltimore Athletic Club -at ng. : The committee will elect the officers of the |- sisted of eight events at twenty $3 entrance; $50 added. The day’s shod’ was led by Fred. Gilbert of Spirit Lake, Iowa, with a percentage of 94.3; O. R. Dickey of Boston, second, 94 per cent; Ra:ph Trimble, Covington, Ky., third, 93.9 per cent. Rolla Heikes of Dayton, Ohio, champ‘on of the United States, won the two first moneys, three second moneys and three third moneys. There were sixty-five entries In each event, which number was swelled to 100 by the arrivals last night. The shoot will continue four days. Defeated by the Canadia: A team from the Queen's University at Kingston, Ont., defeated a team from the Baltimore last night by a score of 10 to 0. DISTRICT BOWLING LEAGUE. Twelfth Set of Games on the Y. M. C. Cc. Alleys. S The twelfth set of games of the District Amateur Bowling League was bowled last night on the alleys of the ¥. M. C. C., when the home boys had the W. A. C. as visitors. The Y. M. C. C. won both games, the first by 103 pins and the second by seventy-eigLt pins. Fuller made the high- est score for the W. A. C. of 166 pins, while O'Connor led the Y. M. C. C., with 204 pins. : The scores in detail are as follows: First Game. St. Se. Kennelly... 187 Lehmann,B. 4 - 8 ii 2 2 17 3 2 2 168 o 9 171, Schlesinger. 8 2 . 184 18 17 - 765| Totals... 10 14 662 Second Game. Sp. Sp. Sc. ra 2 133 6 3 166 4 128 Gr.msley. 8 121 5 138} Acker. ~@ 7 152 8B 204| Schlesinger. 2 4 Li The record row stands: W. A.C. De & ¥. M. CG. The next set of ga! tween the C. I. and W. A. C. of the former, Friday next. es RUTH AND NAOMI. ‘Two Lodges D. of R. Install Their Officers. The officers of Ruth Lodge, No. 2, D. of R., I. O. O. KF, were- installed Tuesday night, Mrs. Alice S. Thomas acting as spe- cial deputy grand master. The officers in- stalled were: P. N. G., Mrs. S. Horstman; N. G., Mre. H. Werner; V. G., Mrs. M. E. Mattingly, recording secretary, Miss N. EB. Pearson; financial secretary, Mrs. E. V. Kessler; treasurer, Mrs. A. M. Newman; chaplain, Mrs. M. Mumford; warden, Mrs. A. A. Fleming; conductor, Miss Ordell Harlan; Ll. G., Mrs. M. E. Pearson; O. G., Brother T. T. Sparrow; R. S. N. G., Bro. D. W. Keck; L. S. N. G., Mrs. M. E. Sor- rell; R. 8S. V. G., Mrs. M. B. Keck. Ad- dresses were made by the installing offi- cers, and a stirring speech by the N. G., Mrs. Werner. Naomi Lodge. The officers of Naomi Lodge were in- stalled Monday night, Mrs. Juliana Allan acting as special deputy grand master. The officers installed were: P. N. G., Mrs. J. F. Warwick; N. G., Mrs. Lydia Mangum; V. G., Mrs. Eliza Gleason; recording secre- tary, Miss Anna M. Roberts; financial sec- retary, Mrs. Susie Van Horn; treasurer,Mrs. Eliza E. Thompson; chaplain, Mrs. Juliana Allan, warden, Miss Mary Calvo; con- ductor, Mrs. Ella V. Page; I. G., Mrs. La- vinia Kleindienst; O. G., Brother A. G. ‘Thomas; R. S. N. G., Mrs. A. S. Tho. L. 8. N. G., Mrs. Louisa Dick; R. 8. V. Mrs. Mary Ellis, and L. S. V. G., Mrs. A toinette Watson. Sister Burroughs, on be- half of the lodge, presented the P. N. G., Mrs. Warwick, with a P. N. G.’s jewel, and the sister responded, expressing her appre- ciation of the gift. This lodge is in an ex- cellent condition financially, and has a membership of 203 members. eels The Leaders Captured. Senhcr Taveira, the Purtuguese charge d'affairs, has received a cable message no- tifying him of the capture of the leaders of the rebellion in Mozambiaue and the practical suppression of the revolutionary movement. Gungunhama, the rebel chief- tain, and Guidide, his son, are prisoners of war, and will be taken to Lisbon. The suppression of this rebellion has cost Por- tugal a great deal of money. Gungunhama had nearly 30,000 followers, and it took over 3,000 trained troops several years to subdue them. ee Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Bud Williams and Annie Jenkins; Samuel ‘Bacon and Rosie L. Mon- der; Charles F. Payne and Mamie A. Lev- erone; Charles E. Firor and Amelia M. Wenger; Owen E. Rabbitt ami Mary M. Kline; Vavasor R. Powell of Columbia, Mo., and Emma Graves of Alexandria, Va. Charles RB. Gray and Emma V. Mathers, beth of Montgomery county, Md.; Baxter M. Davidson and Mary E. L. Stone; Peter bowled _be- on the alleys H. Welch and Sarah Kennedy; William Straiton of Montgomery county, Md., and Lucinda Thompson of this city; Joseph N. Edelin and Frances E. Dyson. hockey at: IN LABOR’SUNTEREST An Executive Depattment of the Government Provided For. BILL INPRODUCED #Y'"MR, BABCOCK industrial Classes °Aré Entitled to This Recognition. TEXT OF THE MRASURE Representative Babcock of Wisconsin to- day introduced in the House a bill to con- stitute the departnient of labor an execu- tive department of the United States gov; ernment. Mr. Babcock proposes to give the bill his earnest attention, to urge its con- sideration, before the committee to which it is referred and to make & sustained ef- fort to lave it enacted into law. The bill in full ig as follows: Z That the department of labor shall be an executive department of the United States gcvernr.ent, under the supervision and con- trol of a secretary of labor, who shall be appoirted by- the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and section 158 of the Revised Statutes is here- by amended to include such department. and the provisions of title 4 of the Revised Statutes, including all amendments there- to, are hereby made applicable to said de- partment. Section 2. That there shall be in said de- partment an assistant secretary of labor, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who chall perform such duties as may be required Ly, law or prescribed by the secre- tal ry. Section 3, That the secretary of labor shall receive the same salary as is paid to the Secretary of each of the executive de- partments, and that the salary of the as- sistant secretary of labor shall be the same as that now paid to the first assistant sec- retary of the Department of the Interior. Sectioa 4. That all laws and parts of laws relating to the department of labor now in existence, so far as the same are applicable and not in conflict with this act,-and only fe et are continued in full force and ef- fect. Mr. Babcock’s Views. “The bill proposes to create an executive department,” said Mr. Babcock to @ Star reporter, “under the supervision and. con- trol of a secretary of labor, who shall be charged particularly with the interests of labor, and shall have a place and voice in the highest ‘council of the government. The bureau is now called the department of labor, but It is not a department in the sense in which the branches presided over by secretaries are departments. I am sur- prised that it was not made a department in the full sense long ago. Labor organ- ized and unorganized should be accorded this right. - The industrial masses are as clearly entitled to ft as are the agricul- turists. “Both classes should’ be accorded the fullest, fairest, most impartial considera- tion by the government, and each alike should have a representative and cham- pion where their influenced may be the most potent for good. Indeed, it seems to me that it is as much the concern of the gov- ernment as it is of the millions in the industrial army that this department shall be created. In a government by the peo- ple the people should at all times have the fullest voice. The millions who are technically known as the labor.class are of themselves a very considerable part of this government. They have peculiar in- terests, the safe guarding of which should be the highest concern of the government. “It may be urged by some that all the cabinet members will have the interest of labor at heart, and therefore there is no need of a secretary of labor. No doubt they will care for the interests of labor as they have light and opportunity to do so. But they are engrossed with the pe- culiar cares of their different departments and they cannot xive to this subject the thorough consideration: which a secretary speciaily commissioned to do so would. The other secretaries in their action in matters that particularly concerned labor would be influenced by the opinion of the secretary having this department in charge. No Good Argument Against It. “Any argument which could be brought against establishing the department of labor might just as well be made against the Department of Agriculture, but no one will make an argument against the wisdom of establishing that. department, which, under the administration of Secretary Rusk, did as much to open foreign markets and enhance the price obtained for the pro- ducts of the farm. - The republican party has always been the champion of labor. It came into existence fighting for the freedom of labor. When the republican party was born organized labor scarcely existed, but under the protection of that party it has grown to be a giant. The creation of this proposed department will be another step in the elevation and dig- nifying of labor, and I hope that this re- publican Congress will be consistent with its past record and pass this bill.” McKnew’s “Talk to Ten.” Open 8:15 a.m. Close 5:30 p.m. BIG SALE OF MEN’S FURNISHING GOODS! We have had a most successful Fall season with our [Men’s Furnishing Goods. Now we propose to give you the balance of the winter lines at exceedingly low reduced prices. Men’s Winter Underwear Reduced. Men’s Tan Merino Winter Shirts and Drawers. Were 50c., now 43¢. Men’s Fleece-lined Winter Drawers. Were 75¢., now 48c. Shirts and Men's Fine Natural Gray Wool Shirts and Driwers. Were $1, now 83c. Men’s Fine 20-thread Balbriggan® Shirts and Drawers, full regular and full fashioned. "=! Were $1.23, now 89c. Men's Extra Fine Shetland Merino Shirts and Drawers. Were $1.50, now g6c. Men’s Hdkfs. Reduced. Small Jot of 12 dozen Men's Colored Bor- Gered Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. 10¢., NOW §C. Men's All-linen Plain White Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. _ re for this reduction—just want to give you something good. Were 124c., now ge. 17c. Handkerchiefs, toc. silk Handkerchiefs, Silk Handkerchiefs, : Silk Handkerchiefs, Men's White All-linen Hem ndkerchiefs, laters Sapse peer areal cemtes Were 50c., now 33¢. Wool Hose Reduced. Every pair of Men's Wool, Silk and Wool and Cashmere Hose reduced. 4 25c. Wool Hose now 16¢. 35c. Wool Hose, 27c. 4oc. Wool Hose, 31c. Silk and Wool and Silk and Merino Half Hose. Were 50¢., now 39°. Neckwear Reduced. - We have culled out of stock a lot of Me Superfine Neckwear, in Tecks and Four- hands. pe Were $1, now 68c. Men’s 25c: Worsted Gloves; 2ic. Men’s_ 50. Gloves, 43¢. Men's Fleece-lined Kid and Moco Gloves, 8 grand qualities, reduced as follows: The $1 Gloves now 8gc. The-$1.50 Gloves now $1.39. The $1.75 Gloves now $1.49. i Men’s Terry Bath Robes Reduced. We have cut the price of every Terry Bath Robe in stock, as follows: Men’s $3 Terry Bath Robes, $2.69. Men’s $4 Terry Bath Robes, $3.25. Men’s $7 Terry Bath Robes, $5.75. Jersey Wool y Bear in mind that these are all first quality articles and -|were already sold extremely low. Men’s Blanket Robes Reduced. We have cut the price of every one of our Fine Blanket Robes, for men, as follows: Men’s $5 Blanket Robes to $4.25. Z A Men’s $6 Blanket Robes to 5 25. 5 Men’s $7 Blanket Robes to Men’s $8 Blanket: Robes for Men's $10 Blanket Robes for Smoking Jackets Greatly Rediiced. Here is a grand chance, for these are all entirely new, frech and were grand values at their former prices: $5 Smoking Jackets now $4. $6 Smoking Jackets now $5. $7.75 Smoking Jackets now 75. $6.50 Smoking Jackets now $5.50. Special—2 Elegant All-wool Blanket Robes for men, finished with wide satin binding, Were $13, now $10. Cardigan Jackets» Reduced. Just 9 of them Jeft—all med- ium sizes—so hurry! : $2.50 Cardigan Jackets now $1.75. $3 Cardigan Jackets now $2. WM. H. MceKNEW, 933 Pa. Ave. idren’s Furnishings, Cloaks, Suits and Furs, BLACKBURN’S — SUCCESSOR The Delicate Situation in the Kentucky : Legislature Discussed. There Will Be a Tie on Joint Ballot —Two Contests in the House - May Affect It. The Kentucky legislature, charged .with the duty pf electing a successor to Mr. Blackburn in the Senate, organized at Frankfort yesterday, the republicans elect- ing a full line of officers in the house and the democrats doing likewise in the Senate. Charles Blanford of Breckinridge was elect- ed speaker of the house. “Two populists voted with the republicans. The governor's message is not yet completed and will not be presented for a day or two. * A Delicate Situation. The situation is one of unusual delicacy and difficulty. The session is limited by law to sixty days. Balloting for Senator will not begin for two weeks, and hence the actual time allowance, so far as that mat- ter is concerned, is less than fifty days. If no election takes place, a vacancy will oc- cur on the 4th of March, 1897, when Mr. Blackburn’s present term expires, and will ccntinue until a new legislature, to be chosen in the fall of that year, shall have made a selection. The effect, therefore, of @ failure on the part of the present legis- leture to elect will be to throw the senator- ship as a great prize into the arena two years hence. That result in certain cir- cumstances would not be unwelcome to the deimocrats, and hence the belief that their program may develop into a play for it. A Deadlock to Start With. The prestnt body fs composed of sixty- eight democrats, sixty-eight republicans and two populists. On joint ballot the populists by standing together would hold the balance of. power; but one is of democratic ante- cedents and the other of republican ante- cedents, and each has announced his inten- tion of voting with his former party friends on the question of the senatorship. Here, then, is a deadlock to start with. Can it with safety be broken? There are two contests in the house, both considered good by the republicans, ana they are dis- Posed to seat their men. But the procedure in such cases is different there from what it is im the national House. The speaker there does not name the elections commit- tee and give it a majority to accord with the majority of the house. The committee is formed by the drawing of iots, and hence may have a majority opposed to the ma- jority of the house. It is possible, there- fore, for the two republican contests in question to fall into the hands of a demo- cratic committee on elections, and if such should be the result it is plain enough that @ report in the cases could be delayed until the end of the session. Democrats May Withdraw. But even if the republicans win in th's lottery they will have to proceef with great caution. The democrats by withdrawing from the joint session of the two houses could at any time break a quorum, end this they are threatening to do if any ad- vantage whatever is taken of them in the matter of the two house contests. Precisely what they would consider fair treatment short of leaving-their two friends undis- turbed in their seats is not explained. Will There Be a Caucus? A problem of difficulty for the democrats relates to caucus action. Shall such action be taken? It is the rule, and the Blackburn men demand it. They assert their ability easily to ccntrol a caucus, and insist that their favorite is entitled to the vote of every demccratic member of the legisla- ture by reason of the fact. Some of the sound money democrats seem to concede this caucus claim of the Blackburn peopie by holding oyt against such action. It may be taken, however, in spite of them, and if it is, and they refuse to be bound by it, the situaticn will become more complicated than ever. No Scandal or Suspicion. The leaders of both parties in the state are anxicus that whatever is done may not be tainted in any way with scandal or sus- picion. There is always danger in a ‘close vote and zealous campaigning. The candi- dates on both sdes in the race are very popular and estimable men, and their friends are very greatly aroused in their behalf. Senatorial contests in the state have always been conducted on a high plane, and so little has money “been known in them that when Mr. Carlisle was choser to succeed Mr. Beck he discovered when he came to leave town that he was without funds enough to pay his hotel bill. ——___+-2+______ ELOPED WITH A SAILOR BOY. Frey Gets Track of His Wife and Babies in Brooklyn. From the New York World today. Gus C. Frey, a petty officer on the United States cruiser Columbia, has been in Brooklyn for the past two days looking for his pretty young wife, who deserted her home in Washington on Sunday December 29, to go to Brooklyn with Henry B. Schmig, a gunner’s apprentice in the navy. Schmig is just past twenty-one years. He was an inmate of Mr. Frey’s home, at No. 72% Virginia avenue, Southeast Washing- ton, and was attached to the Washington navy yard, but has been declared a de- serter. Mrs. Fréy has with her her two children, Annie, six years old, and a baby, a year old. It is known that they are living. in destitute circumstances in Brooklyn, some- where near the bridge. . Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Frey and her two children and Schmig visited a drug store on Myrtle avenue near Bridge street and bought some cough medicine, That was as far as the husband and the detec- tives had traced them last night. The husband 1s almost distracted, for he fears that his wife and children will die of exposure. Young Schmig enlisted as a seaman four years ago and was sent to the Washing- ton yard. His father, Henry B. Schmig, sr., is employed in the Brooklyn post office and lives at No. 559 Warren street. On Sunday last his son walked in on him at his home and asked his father to help him get work. He told his father that his time was out. Mr. Schmig knew better, and Henry at last confessed that he had run away from Washington with Mrs. Frey, witn whom he had boarded, and that she was living down on Bridge street, near Myrtle avenue. Mr. Schmig at once wrote to the woman’s husband in Washington to come on to Brooklyn. Then he took steps to have the two children committed to the care of the Children’s Society till the hus- band should arrive. When he went Sunday afternoon to the address on Bridge street given by his son, ndéthing was known of them. Mr. Frey arrived in Brooklyn Monday. He said that on Sunday week his wife took her baby in the baby carriage and started out as though to take a walk. She had her little girl Annie with her. Young Schmig left the house-about an hour later, and that was the last he had seen of either of them. He learned that the baby carriage had been pawned for $5, and that his wife and children, accompanied by Schmig, had taken a train out of the city. Detective Coleman was detailed to help Frey find his family. On Monday night they had traced the fugitives to No. 389 Gold street, where they hired a room on the third r, but left early Monday even- ing, taking with them a clock and some small articles of furniture belorging to the landlady, a Mrs. Pierce. While they lived with her Mrs. Pierce said they were half starved. They had pawned the children’s clothing and bought cheap calico, out of which they had made new dresses for them. Every article of value which they possess- ed_ was pawned to provide food and coal. On January 1 Mrs. Frey’s gold watch was pawned at Goodstein’s, on Bridge street, and it is supposed that it was with this money they had paid their week’s rent with Mrs. Pierce. Mrs. Frey is described as a handsome young woman, with a slight, girlish figure. She is twenty-four years old, has hand- some gray eyes and was stylishly dressed when she left Washington. Mr. Frey was utterly at a loss to explain why his wife left her pleasant Washington home to run away with a poor sailor. She had every- thing heart could desire and was in re- ceipt of an income of $100 a month, but left two days before she was to receive last month’s allowance. Mr. Frey wants his children and would give his wife a home for their sake if she would go back with: him. A Sale our history. ever seen. immense success. 2 Imitation Baker....... 2 Pressed Wool..... 2 “Milldale’........... 4 Wool Lined Canvas 2 “Five A,” five mile. 2 “Ashleys”.... 2 “Five A,” style J... 1 “Lindsley”... 4 Wool Fawn... 2 “Five A” Wool. 2 “Dempsey”... .. 2 Sigleqscc Cres 8 “Five A” Lined Canvas. 2 “Five A” Boss Stable. . 1 Wool Fawn........... 2 Canvas, wool lined... .. 2 “Saxon,” wool lined. ... 2 All-wool Fawn...... 2 “Five A,” fit all... 2, Ajaw soee 2 Wool Fawn... I Wool Fawn. . ie 5 “Five A,” extra test et [hc eae 1 English Kersey. . 8 English Kersey 2 Special Fawn. 1 Burley Fawn. 3 All-wool Fawn. 1 Green, all wool...... 1 Burley Fawn. 1 Burley Fawn. 1 Burley Fawn. 1 Burley Fawn. 1 Burley Fawn, ® 3) ] ® 3 : @ a © 2) cS) ® 3) : @ @ ) @ ) =] @ @ 8 cS) cS) @ Ce) @ ® © @ @ @ @ © @ ) S © @ © @ ® 8 @ i) © 2 Black Beaver, plush lined.. $6.00 2 Green Beaver, wool lined. 1 Blue Beaver, ‘plush lined. . 1 Blue Beaver, wool lined... 1 Green Beaver, wool lin 1 Maroon Beaver, wool lined. .$1. 1 Green Beaver, plush iined.$13.. 2 Black Beaver, wool lined. .$14.00 1 Green Beaver, plush lined. $15.00 1 Green Beaver, wool lined. -$1 2 Imported Plush. COSSSC 2! Interest to Horse Owners. —Today we inaugurated the biggest sale of HORSE CLOTHING and LAP ROBES of r Every price is cut right down to its lowest figure. In many instances they’re right down to the usual cost of the articles—in all, they’re below the lowest quotations you've —The season is at its their best—the demand at big midwinter sale of ours ought to prove an —You'll recognize the different makes as the leaders of their kind. You can’t buy better Blankets and Robes, no matter what you pay. - Sale ends January 18. Horse Blankets. particularly handsome 2 1o Per Cent Reduction on All Other Clothing. LAP ROBES. © ° ANDREW J. Joyce's Sons, Carriage Builders and Makers of Harness, 1028-1030. Connecticut Avenue. SOSSSO OSS © ©8O89S99OHH9LH50HSHHSSHSSHSOHIHNOSHNH9 NON NHLDH0SHOHSHHVODDH7TO0HlH7HH9HOOSISO Full of height—the goods at its greatest—this UsvaL SALE PRICE. PRICE. vies. s SLED $1.00 > $1.75 $1.15 ° +-- $1.90 $1.35 --- $2.00 $1.50 -.- $2.00 $1.65 --. $2.00 $1.65 --- $2.25 $1.75 -.. $250 $1.85 --. $2.50 _ $1.90 ++. $2.75 $2.00 ==. $275 $2.00 ++» $2.75 $2.00 core $250 $2.00 coree- $285 $2.25 -++ $3.00 $2.25 --- $2.75 $2.25 +++ $2.85 $2.25 +++ $3.00 $2.25 $2.25 $2.75 $3.00 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.50 $3.65 $4.25 _ $4.25 $4.50 5 $5.00 : $5.50 : $5.50 4 $6.50 $8.50 . $9.00 Horse eat SALE 1 Blue Beaver, wool lined. 1 Imported Green Broadcioth, 1 Greet, Beaver, wool lined. 1 Drab Cloth, cashm re 1 nat “1 Fine Blue Sitk Piush..... 3 1 Fine Imp-rted Drab Gleth, genuine white Astrakhan li 1 Import: wine Astrakhan I ning »,$40.00 1 Extra Fine Imported Green Redford, genuine Astrakhan REPORTS MUCH EXAGGERATED. Havana Said to Be Quiet Despite Rumors of Battles. A dispatch to the New York World from Havana, dated the 7th, says: Cable dispatches from New York today report wildly exaggerated stories of the cendition of affairs here. The fact is the city is so quiet as to give rise to surprise cn the part of old, experienced residents. There has been no anticipation founded on substantial reasons that the rebels will change their policy and attempt to occupy a town which could only be taken after a real battle. Among the Cuban sympa- thizers, of course, there is much individual expedition which finds no collective ex- pression. The Spaniards, especially the merchants ard trades people, whe are suffering from the obstruction of trade, feel extreme anx- iety on account of their business. There are no banks, and business men are com- pelled to carry on their financial matters without those substantial properties. Last night the leaders of the three great political parties in Cuba met in the office of the Diario de la Marina, discussed fhe sit- uation and went to the Spanish Club, where they were welcomed by its president. He maki in tik GAdcees tied SUllO Goon party will continue to respect its principles, all should act together out of patriotic mo- tives. Rafael Montoro, one of the leaders of the home rule party, replied, saying that it is the duty of good citizens to sustain Mar- tinez Campos and the government, regard- less of political sentiments. The event is notable wecavse Montoro and others never before visited the Span- ish Club officially. After leaving the line of the Western railway, in the vicinity of Artemesia,. Go- mez and Maceo took two different columns and routes, and moved to Guanajay, the terminus of a division .of the United rail- way running westward from Havana into Pinar del Rio. I cannot learn that Guan- ajay, which is a town of 14,000 people, was ertered, but cane to westward of it has been burned. Guanabal, a village north of the United railway, four miles east of Guanajay, is reported burned, but this is not positive. Progress of the Insurgents. Word has reached Havana that the sounds of cannon and musketry had been heard in the neighborhood of Guanajay, an important town of 4,000 inhabitants in Pirar Del Rio, forty-five miles south of Havana. It is supposed that an engage- rent took place there between the forces of Gen. Suarez Valdez and the insurgents, but the number engaged or the course which the fortune of the fight took was not known last night. The insurgents have been burning and destroying up to within eight miles of Havana. The district around the village of Calabazar suffered yesterday. Calaba- zar is only two miles from Vente, where the apparatus is located upon which Ha- vana depends for its water supply. In the Calabazar and Hoyo Colorado districts the cane has been burned in the fields of Mau- lin, Garro and Baracoa. The Correspondencia of Madrid states that the insurgents have attacked Hoyo Colo- rado, which is three leagues from Havana. ‘The Spaniards were outnumbered and sur- rendered. Gen. Campos, it is further stated, defeated the insurgents near Havana. The Correspondencia further states that after defeating the insurgents close to Havana, the Spanish ‘gunboat Ardilla captured four vessels filled with insurgents trying to es- cape. The Forces Led by Zayas. ‘The insurgent band, commanded by Za- yes, was reported at different times Mon- day at Caimata, Gayabal, Hoyo and Punta Bravael, showing that he followed pretty closely the line between the provinces of Pinar Del Rio and Havana up to the ex- treme northeastern portion of Pinar Del Rio. This brought him into the region into which large numbers of troops have been sent to guard the western approach to Havana. It does not appear that the in- ~ surgents were in any great force, and no a are reported. . ie of the Valdespino estate have been burned, and the villages of Puerto La Guira and Marrero have also been put to the torch, after being plundered, according to the report received at Havana. The influx of refugees from the whole of the territory surrounding Havana con- tinues, and apparently it is not possible to gran sufficient means of transportation 0 accommodate the fleeing famili their household goods. ee The country seems to be entirely aband- oned to the insurgent army, and no move- a4 pact avails % chi thent. eastern portion of the island seems tot to have been entirely stripped of an ef- fective force of insurgénts. A report from Santa Clara says that the troops encoun- —— 4 rae epee wah by Pancho Ca- . and in the battle which ensued sus- tained a loss of fifty. ae ———-+e-+—____ ANOTHER TRIAL. The Olmstead win Future. Judge Bradley today granted a motion made by Mrs. Linda Hutchinson Webb for a change of venue in the Olmstead will case, certifying the case to Judge McComas in Circuit Court No. 2. This is the case in which Mrs. Webb, a sister of the late Mrs, John F. Olmstead, seeks to have Mrs. Olmstead’s will set aside. Under the provisions of the instru- ment Mr. Olmstead is made sole and ab- solute beneficiary, and Mrs. Webb claims that her sister was, at the time the will Was made, June 6, 1889, mentally incapable of executing @ valid deed or contract, and that it was procured through the undue in- fluence and fraud of Mr. Olmstead. The case has been twice tried. In the first trial, before Judge Cole, the will was broken, but the Court of Appeals set that judgment aside. In the second trial, be- fore Judge Bradley, last fall, the: jury dis- agreed. Counsel hope to have another trial at a very early day. ———__ The Globe and Its Inhabitants. It is estimated by Ernest George Raven- stein, F. R G. S., that the population of North America is over 8,250,000, South America 36,420,000, Europe 380,200,000, Asia 850,000,000, Africa 127,000,000, Australasia 4,730,000, Polar Regions, 300,000, All about the earth, its division of square miles, its languages, its forty-five principal govern- ments, its kings and gmperors, oceans, seas, rivers, temperature, etc., represent but an infinitesimal portion of the information to be found in The Evening Star’s New Alma- nac and Encyclopedia for 1896, containing 416 solidly printed pages of National, Inter- national and Locai facts, statistics, records, etc. 25c. per copy. To be had at The Even- ing Star office and all news stands. ——— Use for Hypnotism. From Trath. Brown—“This hypnotism is a confounded humbug. I’ve looked into it thoroughly and there’s nothing in it.” Mrs. Brown—‘“‘How did you get interested in it?” 2 Brown—“I thought it might come in handy to put baby to sleep.” Case and Its