Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1896, Page 8

_THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY AND SONS, » MOSES —— F Street, Corner Eleventh, | Storage Warehouse, 224 near M. We're sole agents for the DOUBLE ADJUSTMENT WOVEN WIRE BED SPRING. Price, $3.50, with 5-YEAR GUARANTEE. Our Cabinet Shop, , Our Upholstery Shop, Our Finishing Shop _ —Three necessary adjuncts such an establishment as ours. —tThey’re equipped with, every modern facility that'll tend to pro- duce perfect work. The workmen are the most, skilled we could em- ploy. —We’'re manufacturers as well as dealers, and are well prepared to make anything in the housefur- nishing line you can demand. Make it according to your own ideas and in our faultless style. Cost as small as consistent. it (Art Rooms, 6th floor.) Bargains in Furs. Balance of our stock Furs for la- dies, gents and children, Carriage Robes, Coachmen Capes and Gloves at 20 per cent off for cash. NOW READY, OUR SPRING STYLES TOURIST HATS FOR LADIES. JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, Cor. Penna. Ave. and 12th St. ja6-Im to Our special offer: A Supplies large lot of Studies in Flowers, Animals, for Landscapes, etc., from which you can take Artists your pick at 5, 10 or at 15 cents each. Former- ly sold at from 15 cents to $1.00 each. Geo. F. Muth & Co.’s, Formerly Ryneal’s, 418 7th St. N. W. Ja1s-24a Elegance= = = = Styles = =-+-+-c = Becomingness = = Reliability- - - - —these are distinct char- acteristics of WILSON’S SHOES. No reduction sales—al- ways the same uniformly low “HONEST” prices. $3.50 up. Wilson, 929 F St. Ja17-30a Electricity is far superior to gas as a light. It is safer, more con- venient and easier on the eye- sight. As a motive power electricity is simply unexcelled. It is fast taking the place of steam. A great mary stores and offices Low use it! U.S. Electric Lighting Co., 213 14th at. "Phone 77. ‘Ja2l-20d Evening Gowns and Waists MISS HOTCHKISS, Artistic Modiste and Pe tae Latest French or Domestic Styles. Perfect Fit. Parisian Finish. PERFECT arrrite sere SPECIALTY. 29-120" - - = a Pan That Severe Cough ff Wu be instantly |re- oe ev you tal N- chao ie capuen on tte Cough || Het- the first few doses || give. So soothing to ': Syrup, | Sore throats. Very pleas ft to take. 2oc. Bottle. || “tse ‘aicn | tt. “Zoe. bottie. PPAF OGRAM’S nd 5 Two Drug Stores, 13h 20} Pare IB ja21-2sa oT ATT TT F-R-E-E-! ‘he public is cordially invited to visit our studio and see the celebrated Brady Col- lection of National Celebrities. It embraces the finest collection of Historical Groups in the country! All welcome. Not expected to buy! W. H. Stalee, 107 F St., Successor to M. B. Brady. Ja21-164 T li a ulips, 50° ... We lead, others follow. Here's evidence. Note that we are the only florists now show- ing Tulips. Good variety. Only 50ec. dozen. See us regarding your floral decorations! A. Gude & Bro., ""y. Pret 1224 Bet. $a20-12 (Sure Cure For { Rheumatism. ETT “3. & S. RHEUMATIC REMEDY” wares the worst forms of Acute, Chronfe, Inflammatory and Muscular Rheumatism by correcting the blood— neutralizing the uric acid. It's speedy, certain and safe. 2 °° 50c. a large bottle. ‘Scheller & Steyens, framsists' \Cor. oth and Pa. Ave. _ja21-20d Get the Best— “THE CONCORD HARNESS,” Horse Blankets and Lap Robes in great variety and at lowest prices, LUTZ &. 9 497 Pa. Ave. N.W. n2-16d (Adjoining National Hotel) for fuel will be lessened consider- when you use our Coke in place 40 bu. (unerushed), $2.90. 40 bu. (crushed), $3.79. Washington. Gaslight Co., 413 10th st., Or WM. J. ZEH, 926 N 3T.~ ja21-28a PERRY’S. Have another look at the White Goods and Embroid- eries. More strangers have joined the assortment. The tide of the new sea- son has set in_ strong. Through this channel flow none but the very choicest novelties. We want you to come here feeling that most we show is confined to our counters. The only competition there can be is of quality and | Sie we shall try very ard to serve you best in both ways. We entered upon the new year with renewed ambitions. Our policy didn’t need changing. It is right, be- cause it is sincere in its de- votion to your best interests. Exemplified in every fea- ture of our business. Swiss Muslins. 82inch Tiny, Medium and Large Dot Swiss Muslins—l5c., 20c., 25c., Siike., 40c., 45c., 50c., 55c. and Ge. aya. S2-Inch Figured Swiss Muslins—in our judgment the best variety we have had to show—25c., 35¢., 37%4e., 40c., 45¢. and 50c. a yd. India Dimities. 82-tnch Real English-made India Dimities—striped, flowered and Dres- den patterned—the most delicate col- oriugs—25c. a yd. Xe ne ee es 98 ee Paka Sk SSO Ss ss 0 a ss We are not attempting to give more than hints of what are here. ; French Organdies. 66-inch Real French-made White Organdies —sheer and fine — 50c., 62igc., Te. and $1 a yd. 66-inch Colored Organdies—Pink, Light Blue, Nile, Yellow, Heliotrope, Red and Black—50c. a yd. SSeS Saas Sa ak Ss SO Ok i Ss 9 89 OE <French Nainsooks. z v2 50-inch French-made Medium and = % & Light-weight Nainsooks—the “‘real & article’’—S0e., 62igc., T5e. and $1 a + yd. English Nainsooks. 36-inch Real English-made Nain- sooks—the famous Jones'—medium, sheer and Sea Island welghts—25c., STige., 40c., BOe., 62sc., Te. and STige. a yd. English Cambrics. 36-inch Jones’ Soft Finished Cam- brics—l5e., 20c., 25e., 87e. and 50c. a yd. English Linen Lawns. 27 and 36-inch Pure Linen Lawns— imported—25e., S7ige., 5Oc., G2%ec., ‘TBe., $1, $1.25 aid $1.50 a yd. 20-inch Sheer Cambric - finished _ Lawns—$1.50 ard $2 a yd. Seesetedededegeteeegingntetitegetng sSedtentegectetns Nainsook and [ladeira Cloths. Cut in pattern lengths of 10 and 12 yards—86 and 40-inch Sheer Nain- sook—$1.50 for a 12-yard plece. 86-inch Sheer and Fino Madeira Cloth—$2 for a 10-yard piece. Silk Mulls. 50-inch Black, White, Pink, Light Blue, Yellow, Nile, Heliotrope and Red Silk Mulls—50c. a yd. If you are secking India Linens, Masalias, Persian Lawns, Victoria Lawns, Piques, Apron Nainsooks, Tuckings, ete.—here they are—plenty of them—and fine specimens at that. seegengengongentontentnsbagmeseesee sie geog LMP P MEIN spaedetpguutegntrdunthagugnteguthaggetitertetisngeatrdutrghetnteitegetegetetetnnttdniitetietet Soe Embroideries What to trim these dainties with is the next thought— and we are ready with the most suitable answers. Narrow Nainsook Edges—6e. to 20c. a yd. Medium and Wide Nainsook Edges, solid and openwork patterns—12%c. _ to $1.50 a yd. Beadings and Insertions to use with the edgings. Swiss Embroideries—in widths from mere ‘“‘lines’’ to wide rufflings—Sc. to $1.50 a yd. Swiss Rufflings—hemstitched and embroidered, with lace edge—25c. a yd. Dimity Rufflings, with embroidered edges—18e. to 35e. a yd. Special patterns of Camhcie Em- broidery for trimming underwear. Cambric, Natnsook and Swiss All- over Bmbroideries, In small patterns, for infants’ yokes, and larger designs for your own use—60c. to $5 a yd. Linen Batiste Embroidery, in all- over patterns, for waists, with Edges and Insertions to match—25e. to $4.50 aya. Richly Embroldered Linen Batiste Robes—$25, $30 and $35 a pattern complete. PERRY’S, ‘Ninth and the Avenue.’’ Sede Sedees a he ee ae) So a ass te ok a * Sete seg sSeetonteet Ser a sss es se sate eters See tedontetentontontonts Ss Established 1840. Telephone 995. MN Fa a ee ek Kneess!, 425 7th st. 183 leather dress-suit Cases, $4 each. - We were lucky. Along comes a whole- sale dealer with 183 Sole Leather Dress Suit Ceses, which sell regularly at $5, and offers us them at a price which enables us to sell them at $4. It won't take long to clean up the lot when the news geta known. =, Kneessi, 425 7th St. ja21-28a ‘Here's A Bargaini ~~ % A splendidly Finished Couch for A strong, comfortable, pretty Conch, made with Ene Seairene 90-75 Reupholstering at 25 per cent off Regular prices till ruary ist. Our reupholstering work is excellent— our charges reasonable. THE Houghton co., 200 1214 F ST, N.W. “Warranted—tried on at our alais G and Eleventh streets. “A. Lisner pecial ||\\otice to egular || atrons. The. semi-annual distribution of the Holzman Manufacturing ‘Co.’s Sample Underwear commences here tomorrow morning promptly at 8 o'clock. Regular patrons of the Palais Royal who have good cause to pleasurably remember former dis- tributions are informed that the gar- ments to be offered tomorrow are finer than ever—probably the finest ever offered in Washington. Lot 1, $2.68. Garments worth $6 to $10. Lot 2, $1.98. Garments worth $3.98 to $5.50. Lot 3, $1.68. Garments worth $2.50 to $3.98. Lot 4, 98c. Garments worth $1.75 to $2.50. Those who do not know of Holz- man’s Underwear and the periodical distribution . of the “drummers’” sample garments will read the above list of prices with the alleged values —and doubt. While such are in doubt we ask all regular patrons, who possibly can, to be here at 8 o'clock. The garments, numbering over five hundred, will be on third floor tables, ready for inspection and sale, at 8 am. sharp, tomorrow. Of course those first to call will pick out the best, but the last garment to go will be a bargain that will be gladly grabbed for. The $2.68 Lot. The early visitors will find exqui- site samples of Gowns and Skirts, of sheerest lawns, nainsooks and cam- bric. The arrangement of the filmy lace, dainty embroidery and bright- ening ribbon trimmings is simply bewitching. £7The Gowns with round, Ve, square and pom- dour yokes; the Umbrella Skirts, big enough for a. irt dance,” but so filmy that they can be made to disappeir—almost. The $1.98 Lot. In this lot are Gowns, Skirts, Drawers, Chemises and Corset Cov- ers of finest nairisooks and cambrics. The newest styles are included:— The ‘Marguerite’ Chemise, the “Duchess of Marlborough” Gown, and “Umbrella” Drawers so big that they look like divided skirts. G7 And note the wealth of lace ard embroideries used as trimmings. Critically examine the quality and you'll know that many of these garments are worth more than five dollars. The $1.68 Lot. At first sight you'll say these Gowns, Skirts, Drawers, Chemises and Corset Covers are the same as those in the $1.98 lot, but you'll find on comparison that the trimmings are less in quantity and less elabor- ate. 4 ; The 98c. Lot. Those accustomed to pay $4.50 to $2.50 for Gowns, Skirts, Chemises, Drawers and Corset Covers will best appreciate these. WRescoats ‘lties Tomorrow’s contents of bargain tables in other departments are told of below: (7 Men's 25¢ quality Socks at_18c a pair, on table at Eleventh st. entrance. Black and colors in all wool, cashmere, merino and heavy cotton. (7 25¢c for Dresden Cups and Saucers worth 50c, And note all shapes and sizes are here. Dainty pieces of China, as if sprinkled with tiny roscbuds, ete. Basement’ floor bargain table. (7 12%e yard for Laces worth 16c to 22c, on table at G st. entrance. They are the last of best selling All-linen Torchon and Point de Paris Laces, 3 to 5 inches wide. £719¢ for choice of the table full of Glassware in room adjoining elevator. Large Butter Dishes with cover, Frult Dishes, Celery Holders and Trays, Flower Bowls, Sugar Shakers—many pieces spark. ling like cut glass. 07 12%e for Men’s 25e Japonette and All-1i Initial Handkercbiets. Half price beeause all” int tials are not here. (4c for half-pound bars of Brazilian Castile Soap. And 2ic for three 10c cakes of Buttermilk Soap. On’ center table. (71.65 patr for $2.25 quality White Sued Mosquctalle Gloves 12 and a button lengths, -£F9e for heavy Honeycomb Towels 20x42 inches. On first floor table, near elevator. G7 25e instead of 8c yard for 64-inch-wid Bleached Table Damask, 1805 designs, Second floor table, left of elevator. (75e yard for last season's styles in 10¢ Dress Gingham. On second fioor table, right of elevator. 7'48e for 75c Imported Tam O’Shants ts misses and children, "Also on second Boor table, °°" [F50e yard for last of the G8 Black Wool Jac- quards. On first floor table, front of elevaten, °° ee ne and Garr uae Se Stick Pine rm tuds, Pho Jewelry Department. oe €7$1,19 for French and Domestic Corse a $2 to $3.50 palr. Odd lots, “on thi nl one table. E798 each for the last of th 48 $2.98 Children’s Cloth Coats. Sie the $2.25, ‘Third floor table, Palais Royal, @ and Eleventh streets. A. Lisner oyal. N rd floor‘ McKnew’s Daily Letter: SKI R I's. ‘With our ma; icent line of New Full- ripple Spring Sle Separate Skirts, is a Mne of Serge » in-Ddlack and navy, Which we shall? make a special fea- gy ture of at the low price of... grand values at thelr $6 ‘These are eq several prices: Black Figured N arate Skirts, full pes relty Cloth Sep- ine lined. Only Fine Black Wide-waled Chevron Skirts, ned throughout, full ripple. SR Ouly Black All-wool Novelty Cloth Separate Skirts, ful! perealine lined, extra full $9 ripple. Only....¢,. 0500+ Exquisite line of Black Figured Silk Sep- arate Skirt#, some being fully 6 yards around the bottom, with straight flare from the hip. $12.50 to $25. More Coats Reduced. Liberal reductions have been made on all Coats. Remember, these are all this sea- son's styles, rome of which have not been in the house over a week. I lot reduced to $5. 1 lot reduced to $8. 1 lot reduced to $10. 1 lot reduced to $12.50. I lot reduced to $15. Capes Down. Brery Cape reduced. These are very de- sirable and are reduced because we have but one or two of a style, which offers an excellent opportunity to those in search of a very stylish garment at a very low price. W.H.Mckmnew Ladies’, Men's and Children’s Furnishings, Cloaks, Suits and Furs. 933 Pa. Ave. it eee e i California: CANNED Tomorrow we will sell the large cans Best California $ Peaches and Apricots, canned $ WFRUIT, 10c. in heavy granulated sugar syrup, for Ten cents per can— Half tisual price. 4 lbs. Sugar firee. We will give to each pur- chaser of one dollar’s worth or over of groceries tomor- row front our price list four pounds Best Granulated “Sugar free. Get full price list at store. California Evap. Apricots, 66. Ib. ico 5 ara California “Evap.,. Peaches, 6c. Ib. son ans > California Evap. Pears, 6c. Ib. 3 California Canned Peaches, Toc. California Canned Apri- cots, 10c. French Mixed Candy, 1b., Ke : Ginger Snaps, per Ib., 4c. The usual value of the Evaporated Apricots, Peaches and Pears is 12 cents Ib., and the value of the Canned Cali- at a an a a a ee ee ee ee ee A EEO i A AM fornia Peaches and Apri- % cots is 20 cents per can. All prices named above are spe- & cial. % seleeset Johnston’s, 729 7th Street. rete | Sunday School Entertainment. The primary department of the Waugh M. E. Church Sunday school gave an en- joyable entertainment Monday evening, a large audience, made up of the friends and relatives of the little oneg, being present. The “Little Sunbeams,” as they are called, reflected the greatest amount of credit upon themselves and upon thetr teachers, Misses Millie P. Dyre, Lydia Waldo, Fannie Harridon and Miss Norma Lewis, the latter acting as the pianist. The program which was rendered was as follows: Fairy drill, participated in by the class; recitations— “Little Orphaned Annie,’ Marguerite Scott; “A Puzzling Question,” Robert Tomlin; “A Queer Boy,” Benoit Leger; “LAttle Chat- terbox,” Mary Darrah; “When Mamma Was a Girl,” Hattie Bladen; ‘‘All About Two Dolls,” Florence Yoder and Josephine Tomlin; “The Little Brown Bi Willie Darrah; “Family Financiering, Eugene and Benoit Leger and Zana Clendenon. Bertha Platt, Blanche Struble, Clark Rayneford and Katie Dodge rendered solos and several songs were given in which a number of the little ones participated in costume. ——+——_. Book Plates. It is proposed to have an exhibition of collections by local lovers of book-plate engraving, under the auspices of the Wash- ington Book Plate Society. At a meeting last night, held at the residence of Mr. Pickering Dodge, plins were diseussed and preliminary a: ents made, Hose Carriage Overturned. The hose cartlagé/pf engine company No. 1 of the fire @epaftment overturned last’ evening shortly, aftér 8 o’clock at 14th and K streets northwest, as a result of which Assistant Foréman’! Weaver sustained a sprained ankle... The other men on the reel at the time eta] without injury. The company at tha time was on the way to a fire in the grocery ystore of W. oung, §24 12th street, northwest, cau: by Ee ashes. The flames Were quickly extinguish- ed, the damagg ampunting to about $25. ee ees Africaland African Life. Bishop H. B. Kephart will lecture in Me- morial United Brethren Church, corner R and North Capitol street, Friday evening, on the subject, “Africa and African Life.” Those who have heard him upon other oc- casions will be Bae to have gue por- tunity of hearing him ae le Te- garded as an orator of marked ability, and an erudite theologian. For many years he was president of Western College, at To- ledo, Iowa, and for several years gate senator in that state. Since he has n bishop of the church he has traveled ex- tensively through Europe, Palestine and A is visit ae stay in Africa wore full of interest and adventure, of which he tells in his lecture in the most interest- ‘ing wey The proceeds of the lecture will be use aoe refurnishing the interior of the chu 22, 1896-TWELVE PAGES, - Throat And Lung - Troubles, Take YER’S Cherry Pectoral Received * Highest Awards At World’s Fair. aWhen in Doubt, ask for Ayer’s Pills. iF THE BABY 18 CUTTING TEETH BB SURE and use chat old and weill-tried remedy, Mrs. Winsiow’s Soothing, Syrup, for children tee It soothes the ont fa. Sotfens the gum, 8 in, cures colic and arrhoea. 25 cents a “bottle. sel0-ly is the best remedy for eaNra BARBARA SEA anes) BATHIN FOR 1 (CAL COMPANY, 1404 14th at. Jal-w, f&min.fel2 8. 8. S. culls completeiy ali stubtcrn blood trou- bles, and wipes out all taint. Gusranteed purel vegetable, it is the only remedy that can be reli ucn to thoroughly eliminate all impurities. By adding 20 drops of Dr. Siegert’s Angostura C e diseases from drinking Bitters to every glass, fi pol- luted water are avolded. THE NEW NEGRO. An Interesting Debate by the Bethel Literary Association. The Bethel Literary Association enjoyed last eyening a spirited discussion of the “New Negro.” There was a large attend- ance and the interest shown in the phases of argument in regard to the future of the negro race was at all times earnest and in- tense. The leading address of the evening was by Rev. Dr. John M. Henderson, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of New York city. Mr. Henderson is a careful student and a distinctly effect- ive pulpit orator. His address started with the ethnological view of leading scientists of the day, that the human race began in the Himalayan mountains, and in the three race variations—the ruddy, the brown and the black—diverged over the face of the earth, the black or negro race trending southward to Africa, the brown eastward over Asia in- to America, and the ruddy or Caucasian westward through Europe and ultimately to America. The variations in the negro race were dwelt on and many race charac- teristics described. In its conclusions the address furnished abundant opportunity for arguments in opposition. Mr. Henderson claimed for the African equality in the so- cial system, and ultimately complete amal- gamation with other races of the earth. “Who knows,” said the speaker in his closing argument, “what lines of beauty, what new wave of the hair he will impart to the future race, what pleasing shade his dark skin may give to the complexion of the ultimate American, what thickness and symmetry of the thigh or the leg, what strength and vigor of the frame may come from him?” Dr. Alexander Crummell, speaking from his recollections of life in Africa, where he was born, and where for twenty years after his education at Oxford he lived, made a most pointed, vigorous and eloquent argu- ment in the negative of Mr. Henderson's propcsitions. He made an earnest plea for the integrity of the race, declared that race persistence was God's ordinance, and that the negro was a fool to think of social equal- ity with the white race. For himself he must say he would die before he would run after the other race asking social recogni- tion. Bishop Turner, Prof. Miller, Prof. Hart, E. M. Hewlett, Dr. Williams and others participated in the discussion, giving in three-minute speeches pro and con their views on the subject of debate. Some of the views expressed were exceed- ingly bright, and in many cases amazingly frank. ‘Look over this audience,” said one speak- er, “and tell us what you infer from all these varying complexions of the idea of race per- sistence.” To another speaker the scientific ethno- logical aspect of the subject was especially suggestive. Prof. Miller of Howard University was in- terrupted with the question,“‘Why shouldn’t we have our civil rights, and don’t we have them?” To this the response came quick as a flash,‘‘Go down to the Arlington Hotel and ask a night's lodging.” Another speaker urged that race impulse was the great underlying law that, unalter- able as the law of gravitation, was moving the colored race on fo its destiny of disap- pearance by amalgamation. “If I can make a dollar or gain a point by bowing to a white man, I’ll do it,” said a very black debater. “If I can get social equality, and want it, I'll get it. If a white man wants to marry a black woman, that’s his own matter—and why shouldn’t he? And if I want to marry a white woman, why shouldn’t I? Mr. Douglass struck a power- ful blow for opr race when he married a white wife.” “The ‘new negro’ is something I don’t un- derstand,” said one very practical man. “The negro cf today is a problem. You take a thousand vigorous, able-bodied colored men, give them twelve months’ supplies and place them on the prairies of the west in fa- vorable surroundings, and in six months they will all be dead ‘or gone. But look at Mr. Booker T. Washington’s work for our race. Take his young men educated at Tus- kegee. They can support themselves. You could place a thousand of them with six months’ supplies on the western prairies, and in eighteen months you would find them all there busy building up a prosperous, peaceful, law-abiding and promising town. Now, that’s the kind of a new negro I want to think of and hear about.” —-— The Star and the Woman's Convention Full and interesting reports of the pro- ceedings of the convention of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association, which com- mences in this city tomorrow, will be pub- lished in The Evening Star. For the ac- commodation.of those who desire to secure the complete story of the meetings the issues of The Star for the week of the convention, containing reports of the sessions, will be mailed to any address in the United States or Canada for fifteen cents. ee He Was Not Smoking. From the Maysville (Ky.) Public Ledger. As the C. and O. train was pulling out of Covington for Cincinnati last Saturday ‘| night, an Irish laborer with his regulation tin dinner can and clay pipe stepped into one of the passenger cars, and, putting his pail on the floor, ensconced himself in a comfortable seat, with his pipe in one cor- ner of his mouth. A moment later the brakeman came in, and, looking around, espied the Irishman. Leaning over, he tapped the man on the shoulder and said: “If you want to smoke, go forward to the smoking car.” The Irishman looked at him coolly for a moment, and replied: “I’m not schmokin’, SnD “You've got your pipe in your mouth, haven't you?” “Faith, yes,” replied the son of Erin, “un I've got me fut in me boot, but I’m not walkin’.” —_—__+e+____ She Swore 1,200 Times. Brom the Philadelphia Record. A woman in Germany the other day had to be sworn twelve hundred times in a suit in which her deceased husband’s estate was involved. The husband had.been a lumber dealer, and during his long bus- iness career a certain cabinet ‘maker had kept a running account with him. Their business relations were so compli- cated at the time of the merchant's death that there was a difference of opinion be- tween the executors and the cabinet maker as to the amount the latter owed the estate. @ matter was brought into the courts, at the trial thg reading of the defend- ant’s affidavit consumed twelve hours. Then the widow was cited before the magistrates, and during Het ees 50 foreign paper says, was ol make cath twelve hundred times, once for each of the twelve hundred litigious points in- volved in the sult. This took three whole sittings of the tribunal, but she won the TELEPHONE HEARING Home Company Representatives Talk to the Commissioners. , NEED OF CHEAPER RATES Affairs of Interest From the Dis- 5 trict Building. AN ADVERSE REPORT a The Home Telephone Company called up the Commissioners this morning and suc- ceeded in getting the official ear of the tri- umvirate for half an hour to discuss the merits of the bill which will allow it to do business in the District of Columbia, Mr. P. H. Adams appeared as the legal representative of the Home Company and made a strong argument in favor of the bill. The bill which he was interested in had been prejudiced, he said, without a hearing, upon information based upon facts alleged to exist in 1893. He denied that the indis- pensable condition noted by the Commis- sioners in their letter was a matter of fact. The present holders of the Bell telephones cannot now talk to those who will fake the cheaper service, and as there is no law to compel people to use any particular kind of telephone, there can be no hardship on any one in granting the franchise. The company he represented had no fight with the pres- ent corporation. All the Home Company desired was to carry out its contracts with the 3,500 subscribers who couldn’t afford to pay the present rates. He thought the people should have some consideration shown them. Commiesioner Truesdell, replying to the speaker, said the Commissioners, in refer- ring to an indispensable condition as far as it related to the necessity of one subscriber talking to another through a central office, meant indispensable condition to a perfect system. A telephone was worth more to a business man if he could talk to every other subscriber through a central office. While that proposition was correct, Mr. Adams did not think Washington’ was Utopia. Commissioner Truesdell thought if the Home Company came into Washington next year another company would want to come in. The line, he said, must be drawn somewhere. That was so, replied Mr. Adams, but it Was no argument to confine a service to 1,€00, when 4,000 were clamoring for the same thing. “If the present company Won't reduce its rates, you should permit scme other company to come in and cause the reduction.” The correspondence the Commissioners received relative to telephone rates was for the year 1893. Since that time condi- tions have materially changed. The Bell Company no longer had a monopoly pf the telephone business. Why did not the Com- missioners take Torcnto and Montreal in making vp this list. In the former city the telephone rates were $40 and in the latter $50 per year, with one telephone free to the subscriber. He thought the Commissioners had gone into the subject rather hurriedly. Instead of making a comparison with 1893 they should have taken 1896. Commissioner Truesdell asked the speaker how many cities of the same size as Washington permitted more than one telephone company to occupy its streets. Mr. Adams replied that as far as he knew Cleveland and Newark were the only ones, but the question was unfair, for the reason that it has only been a year that the monopoly of the Bell telephone had been broken. The advent of the Home Company in Washington would save to the citizers $150,000 and to the District $2,450. At the present time the District was pay- ing $3,000 per annum for its telephone service. His company would do the same Work in a better manner for $550. He Would venture the assertion that if the franchise of the Home Company were granted tomorrow, there would be a re- duction of $150,000 in rents. Commissioner Ross then said: “I am willing to vote for bringing the telephone rates down to the lowest possible notch—I mean the lowest that is charged for the same service in other cities—but it has never seemed expedient to me to tear up the streets of the city when Congress has the exclusive control of them at all times.” Commissioner Powell asked what the company proposed to do about paying for the franchise if one were granted. “We ought not to give these franchises unless the company is willing to divide its profits with the public—to take the public in as an equal partner.” The Home Company, Mr. Adams replied, was willing to do more than that. It would, 2ccording to the figures already submitted, give the public almost two-thirds the best of the bargaimas compared with the pres- ent telephone rates. The company would step right in and take the poles of the Com- missioners, replace them according to their recommendation, allow them to run wires eeon. and keep them in repair for all ime. “We want underground conduits for all our wires,” said Commissioner Ross, and Maj. Powell added: “If we lay any more conduits they shall not be for any one company. We want no more separate conduits under any condi- tions. All wires of the city should be put underground, and in one conduit.” Mr, Adams, continuing, said: “In your report to the Senate committee you practically abandon any hope of lower- ing the present rates, asking only for tax- ation. Why should there be talk of Con- gress regulating the old company when the Commissioners returned with their disap- proval a bill to require it to reduce rates to the very figures we are willing to ac- cept? It puts the public in a strange situa- tion. You refuse to approve the compulsory reduction of rates by the old company and refuse to approve a bill for a new company at these rates. It would interest the pub- le to know just what the Commissioners think the proper way is to get at this mo- nopoly and secure telephone rates within the reach of the men of moderate means. What have the people to expect when you refuse to compel the present company to reduce the rates, and at another time re- fuse to grant privileges to a company which is willing to put up a bond that it will give equal service for these very rates to which the Commissioners refuse to com- pel the present company to reduce.” Plumbers’ Licenses, The Commissioners have set aside Thurs- day, January 23, at 12 o’clock, to hear the executive committee of the Master Plumb- ers’ Association relative to the question of re-examination of unsuccessful applicants for plumbers’ licenses. Amount Expended. The Commissioners have referred to the District auditor for report the resolution of Congress calling upon the Commissioners for a statement of the amount expended in the cities of Washington and Georgetown by years from 1878 to 1894, both inclusive, also an estimate of the property held by the United States and the assessed valua- tion of private property held in tho county, and a statement of the amount of taxes collected. To Refund $200. A bill has been introduced in the Senate by Mr. Gibson authorizing the Commis- stoners of the District of Columbia to re- fund to John Murphy & Co. $200, deposited with them in 1892, said deposit having been declared forfeited because of the alleged failure of Murphy &-Co. to furnish said supplies. ————————_—_—_____. An 014 Bank Account, From the Boston Herald. An old lady went into a Rutland (Vt.) savings bark recently and presented a book that she had taken cut over twenty years ago. She eald she had deposited $500 in the bank at that time, and had been told by friends in New York state, where she lived, that the account had been outlawed. A clerk examined the book and found that the last entry had been made in 1873. He figured up the interest, which amounted to.a little over thirteeen hundred dol- lars, and handed it to the depositor, to- gether with the $500. The old lady was overjoyed, and concluded she would leave the money. She refused a rew book, saying that the old one was good enough for her. The woman had not been in Vermont since the last deposit was made. Don't be persuaded to try some- thing you know nothing about for a remedy that has stood the test for twenty years. Sco Emulsion. of Cod-liver Oil never fails to arrest wasting, both in children and adults. «There are others,” but they are imitations, sc. and $:,c9at all druggists, ———— THE BEER BOYCOTT. Secretary Bechtold Leaves for Home— The Situation Today. Secretary Bechtold of the National As- sociation of Brewery Workers, who ar- rived in this city from St. Louis several ays ago, having made the long trip for the purpose of arranging. if possible, the difficulties which have existed for the past two weeks between the brewers of the Dis- trict and in Alexandria and the locked-out men, last night started for his home. To- day the wer between the two factions is being waged with greater fury than ever. While no regular meeting of the lea on either side has been held since last evel ing, both parties express themselves as confident of winning. Just before taking a train for the west Mr. Bechtcid, in conversation with a Star reporter, said that while he had not suc- ceeded in settling the troubles now exist- ing among the manufacturers of beer and their ex-employes here, he had accom- plished the result he looked for, which was to get the brewers to place themselves on record as refusing to confer with their locked-out men. This was needed in ordar to be able to properly bring the matter be- fore the National Association of Brewery Workers, and this, he said, would be done! as soon as he reaches home, Mr. Bechtold further said it was not possible for him io! foreshadow what the plan of campaign! will be, but that it was certain the fight would continue to the bitter end. He be- lieved the brewery workers will he victor- ious. He also intimated that the fight here will, in the course of a very short time, de- velop into a national affair, into which the members of the National’ Brewing Asso- ciation throughout the country and their employes will be drawn. ere is no longer any doubt that the saloon keepers of Washington can get ail the beer they want from outside parties. ‘There has been a popular impression that the National Brewing Assocation con\- prises all or very nearly all of the large brewers throughout the United States, but such it has been ascertained from the hest authority is not the fact, and it ts known that there are many breweries whose owners do not, from one cause or. another, belong to the National Brewing Association, and who will quickly avail themselves of the chance of selling beer to the saloon keepers here if given the opportunity to do so. A friend of the brewers today said that this course could not be pursued with as much profit as the saloon keeper has been accustomed to receive on this character of sales, but on the other hand it is asserted that the dealer is much more willing to be content with a lower margin of profit than heretofore than to be subjected to the annoyances and losses which have some- times accompanied the effort to sell boy- cotted beer. ee HYATTSVILLE. Mrs. Anna B. Smith, wife of Mr. Francis H. Smith, president of the board of town commissioners, died of Bright’s disease at “Bonnie Brae,” the residence of her hus- band, Monday morning at 7:30 o'clock, after an iliness of several months. De- ceased was sixty-three years of age, and her maiden name was Birge. She leaves three sons and one daughter—Edward Quincey, Frank H. and Dr. Lewis P. Smith and Mrs. A. R. Holden. The funeral will take place from the Presbyterian Church at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, Rev. C. M. Livingston, Rev. Dr. Rankin and Rev. J. W. MeIvain conducting the services, and the remains will be interred at Oak Hill cemetery at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. A horse belonging to Mr. Eugene A. Fowler ran away with the buggy to which it was attached last Saturday, and smashed the wheels of the vehicle and otherwise damaged it. Fortunately, no one was in the buggy at the time of the accident.! The animal was caught in Bladensburg, having dashed down Maryland avenue and crossed the Eastern branch on the ice. | Golden Rule Lodge, No. 45, I. O. M., met. last nigh® at Mechanics’ Hall, and con- ferred the first and second degrees upon @ candidate. —e LANGDON. Mrs. A. M. Dewey has gone to Bingham- ton, N. ¥., for the winter. Mr. W. D. Roberts and wife ‘have re-) turned to their home in New York state after a pleasant visit to their father, Mr. H. A. Roberts. Mr. C. A. Baker, who was seriously ill during the holidays, has sufficiently re- covered to return to his business in Crip- ple Creek, Col. { Mr. William Catterton has returned from a visit to his old home, in Friendship, Md., where he spent the Christmas holidays. Mr. H. Whitcomb and family of Detroit,’ Mich., have taken for the winter the resi-{ dence of Mr. A M. Dewey, on Frankfort, street. j Mr. and Mrs. Frank Higdon have gone to, housekeeping in their new house, which { has just been completed, on Frankfort! street. i Miss Cora Middah, who has been lying very low with typhoid fever at the Colum-) bia Hospital, is slowiy convalescing. An oyster supper will be given for the, benefit of the M. E. Church next Thurs-' day evening at the residence of Mr. E. P. Sherman. } At a recent quarterly conference of the Brookland and Langdon charge Messrs. E. | P. Sherman, Harry Newman, W. G. Brown, F. W. Reeves, Mrs. I. J. Baker and Mrs. | C. A. Baker were elected stewards for the ensuing year for Langdon. Am Langdon Lodge, No. 6, I. O. G. T., had] their first meeting of the new year last Friday night. There was a large attend-| ance of the old members. Miss Sadie Whit-| comb was initiated. Miss Chesky was ap-/ pointed to take charge of the program for next Friday night. i The social given by the young people of St. Barnabas’ Mission last Wednesday night was well attended and pronounced a) success. The entertainment consisted of! music, reading, an address by Mr. Pole of Washington and a laughable farce, called “A Train—Tomorrow.” At the close of the program refreshments were served. Among) those present were Mr. and Mrs. E. P.j Sherman, Mr. R. C. Walton and son, Mr.} and Miss Whitcomb, the Mirses Grimes,/ Miss Cox, Mr. O. T. Putnam, Mr. Bruce Rauch, Misses Florence and Maud Smith. j Mr. C. A. Baker, Miss V. Catterton, Miss Sarah Stuart, Miss Mamie Loor, Miss An- na Chesky, Mr. J. Cornish and many oth-' ers. — A Millionaire’s Hard-Earned Shilling. From the Chicago Daily News. ‘A prominent member of the firm of Roths« child, upon entering one of his clubs, was! spoken to by a fellow member whose name he had for the moment forgotten. After a. time the two proceeded to the billiard room! to have a game together, and in order to} give some interest to it they agreed to play, for a shilling. For over half an hour the’ two played carefully, the advaztage never, being considerably in favor of either. How- ever, if £1,000 had depended upon the re-! sult neither of them could have been more absorbed in the game than they were. After it was over and the other player, had left the room the member of the firm of Rothschild inquired the name of his an-' tagonist. He had been playing with Will-' iam K. Vanderbilt. The two men together! were peobomy worth some $250,000,000 of money, yet they had been struggling eager-| ly for the possession of one shilling. . a