Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1896-TWELVE PAGES Most important part of a bed is the mattress. You can't sleep well on a mattress that’s hard and “knotty"’—and that soon loses Its shape. The REVERSIBLE MAT- ‘TRESS is built of RATTAN FIBER, with cotton filling on BOTH sides. It holds {ts shape—is soft and com- fortable—wears TWICE as long as the ordinary mattress, yet COSTS NO MORE. ALL DEALERS. [XRREREEEREREERERERERERES Bicycles for $46 $75 oe: We bought 150 MEN'S HIGi-GRADE “VALIANT” BICYCLES at_less than cost —heen selling all along at $73—while they ——— inst only $1 GUARANTEED FOR 1 YEAR. :AT ErGr ak. Enterprise Cycie Co., ocS-14d Don’t Throw Away —your good dollars on “cheap tail- ored” clothes—unless you have “money to burn.” A suit such as we make will outwear three “cheap” ones, to say nothing of appearances. Snyder & Wocd,1111 Pa.Ave. Best Tailoring at Reasonable Prices. Bin t+ Cycle Bargains For Folks with Cash * © People who don’t want to pay full * * 2 © price a wheel, and are locking for a * © © good second-hand bicycle at a small fig- * e@°¢ ure, can find tiptop ba 3 in that * * © © big lot of second-hand wheels we have on * * °° band Se Humbers included! = Beall & Fisher, 1402 14th St. A 3 for Humber Bicyeles. oeS-th, So Blind LE * —as he who won't see in which direction his own in- terests lead. Get into the | right path. Open your eves and your ears to the truth— Heurich’s — Beer !s Pure. * It's brewed of finest hops and malt—increases itality—aids digestion— builds up. wasting tissues Is * * * = + ke % * —restores failmg appe- * tites—and with all, it’s the | most delicious: beer in | America. 1 for case of 2 doz. bottles ra Pale.” Only all restaurants. j ,27th & K. Phone @34. 1t | ~ It’s Ciock “fixing up’’ time o’ year, «uv. Gz G st. And we're ready w ml English clocks a spe HUITERLY— oT-12d rama yee Fedoras& Derbys, $1.50 to $3 _ ~ Better hata can't be bought fér anywhere near A dellar more won't buy hats better -—or wear better. reet’’ styl i rh hacks e $1.50, $2, %: to fit all heals = —— “py Waat's prettiest in Neckwear — Soc . C. Lewis & Son, NEW YORK AVENUE. -is a chie and comfortable addi- — tlon te one’s st *- cost A Fur “yess oe the wanted = tu Collarette "=<" & are not a bit beyond your means. 7 Stinemetzx* Hatters and Furriers, 1237 Pa. ave. au29-3m,20 & Bicycling Hats. Ladies who have heen waiting will be 4 ave uO glid to hear of th val of the new Waiking and Biescling Hats—the new, st shapes—Alpizes. Considering aus ours are cheuper than any Je agents Dunlap’s Peerless Hats men. “Ruoif’s, 905 Pa. Ave. SHARON DAIRY, 324B St. S.W. *Phone, 485. se20-tu, thées,tf10 W. L. Douglas $3 Shoes (Hand-sewed process), because they are just as good in style, fit, and wearing qualities as a $5.00 shoe. 148 sty! sizes and widths, vt vt A FIT GUARANTEED. Sez them at our exclusive store, 1105 Pennsylvania Ave. oct-tu,that The more fastidious you are about your linen the better you will like The Yale way of laundering clothes. Send a postal to 514 10th st—or *phone 1092 and wagon will call. 1t . Woerner, Jr, Mer. ¢ IN SPORTING CIRCLES Foot Ball Matches of the Leading College Elevens. PRINCETONS FAILED 70 SCORE Fourth of the Temple Cup Games This Afternoon. INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ——— Yesterday was the occasion of some of the most valuable early practice games of the foot ball season. Tie strong Lafayette team lived up to ail that nad been pre- dicted for it, and played a splendid 0 to 0 game with Princeton at Easton. Yale showed some improvement, and defeated Brown by 18 to 0, aithough nearly scored upon. Harvard showed she had a very strong team, and walloped Trinity by 34 to 0. Pennsylvania, barring defensive play, showed up weakly against the cadets at Annapolis. The scores: Pennsylvania, 8; Cadets, 0 Princeton, 0; Lafayette, 0. ; Brewn, 0. , 34; Trinity, 0. . 0; Bowdoin, 0. 6; Wesleyan, 0. Andover, 12; Tufts, 3. FOURTH TEMPLE CUP GAME. Young Will Pitch for Cleveland This Afternoon. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 8.—Manager Tebeau of the Cleveland team and Manager Hanicn of the Baltimores had a conference this morning, and decided to play the fourth Temple cup game this afternoon. The game will begin at 2:30 p.m. Young will pitch for Cleveland and Pond or Cor- bett for Baltimore. The weather is clear- ing, but the air is still uncomfortably cold. Minor Lengue Men Drafted. Presigent Young of the National League has been notified that the Washington Base Ball Club has drafted H. Swain of the New Castle, Dcl., club, and that the Brooklyn club has drafted John J. Dunn of the Toronto club and Hitchie of the Bug- ‘alos. Driscoll Again Wins. Owing to wet courts cnly two matches were played yesterday morning in the in- tercollegiate tennis tournament at New Haven. In the afternoon the courts were likewise in bad shape and the number of sets were limited. Summary: Ware and Scudder of Harvard defeated Goodbedy and Terry of Williams, U-4, 6-3. Singles—Dodge of Yale defeated Foster of Harvard, 1-6, , 3-H Second round singles—Driscoll, Georg: town, defeated Hoilcamp, Cornell, 6-4, 6-2. Ware, Harvard, defeated Hackett, Yale, t-love, 6 Dodge, Yale, defeated Thomp- son, Princeton, 1-4, 6-3, 6-4. Doubles, first round—Hooker and Noyes, Yale, defeated Wilson and Rodgers, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, G-love, 1-6, 6- At a meeting of the Intercollegiate Ten- ris Association last night F Princeten, was elected pri ersuing yea E. Ware, vice president; C. P. Dodge, Yale, secretary anu treasurer. It was decided to hold the next meeting on the New Haven tennis court the first week in October, 1897. The Buda Pesth ‘Pournament. The results in the chess tournament Buda Festh yesterday were as follows: Tschigorin beat Marco in a Giuoco piano, after 54 moves. Walbrod: beat Noa in a French defense, after 56 moves. Charousek beat Popiel in a Scotch gam- after 26 moves. at Maroczy In a queen's gam- after 46 moves. at Winawer in a French de- fense, after 36 moves. Tarrasch and Alvin drew a Dutch game, after 44 moves. Janowski had a bye. —_.__ WHEN SIR JULIAN COMES. Negotiations With England Regard- img Venezuela to Be Resumed. A Londen dispatch says: The siory cabled from Washington to the effect that Great Britain has made further concessions amounting almost to a complete surrender of her claims respecting Venezuela is pro- nounced to be absolutely untrue, and it is added that negotiations regarding Vene- zuela wili be resumed upon the return of Sir Julian Pauncefete, the British ambas- sador to Washington, with the imstruc- tions of the Marquis of Salisbury in the case. Sir Julian Pauncefote will start for New York from Liverpool, on board the White Star line steamship Germanic, on October 1 Pillsbury bi ———_—__+e+— The British Embassy. The British embassy, which has been do- ing business at Newport all the summer, will be re-estabiished in its regular head- quarters at 13:00 Connecticut avenue Tues- day. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the ambassa- is expected to return to this country soon, and meanwhile Viscount Gough is acting as charge. wegen manatee a me 100 GYGLE BARGAINS To be closed out. $10 to $60. SECURE ONE. Eclipse Store, COR. 14TH AND Ht STS. oS3t Crawfords Reduced 1s Price. Pick the wheel you want from that big lot of Crawfords—we're selling and we'll give it to you at rock bottom figure. Cash secures = handsome slice off reguiar prices!! Buyers taught riding free! Agency and Riding Academy, Over oth St Wing Center Market. Oc8-24d Had To Do It. After closing out our stock of Furnishings, few of contin- ing ourselves to shirtmak- ing, We have Deen compelled by the constant demand and by the requests of patrons to Tay in @ complete new stock of Neckwear, Hos- fers, Underwear and other men's furnist- ings. “Newest, best and lowest priced. P.T.HALL,oo8 F St oc5-20d Mer KNEESSI, 425 7th st. We don’t care where you go we are certain that our $5-75 trunk leads for strength and durability —for the money. No stronger trunk anywhere for less than $7.50. : Name on it and trunk strap free. Kneessi, 425 Seventh St. oc8-284_ THE BIG RAILROAD DEAL Reported Absorption of Seaboard Creates a Sensation. Grent Secrecy Maintained by South- ern Read—Strong Feeling on the Subject in Baltimore. ‘The reported absorption of the Seaboard Air Line by a syndicate of New York and Baltimore men, as stated in The Star of yesterday had occurred, has created a pro- found sensaticn throughout the entire sec- tion of the country bordering on the At- lantic seaboard, and is already <he subject of holding public meetings to discuss the matter, with the view of ascertaining if the alleged proposed consolidation of that system with the Southern Railway Com- pany system cannot be prevented. The officials cf the Southern Railway Company continue to deny that that cor- poration has either secured a controlling interest in its heretofore rival 'ne or that it Intends to do so, but this statement does not prevent the business community in va- rious cities, so far as has been heard from, from believing that the parties who have engineered the deal which has resuited in placing the Seaboard Air Line in their possession have done so in the interest of the Southern Railway Company, and that the expenses incident to the cunduct of the late rate war will have to be borne by the people of the south, who are depending on the two roads for the transportation cf their supplies. An examination of the details of the ar- rangement of the deal, so far as they have been allowed to leak out, shows that the active purchasers of the stock for at least that portion held in Baltimore was a firm of brokers who have all aiong been on terms of closest intimacy with the of- ficials of the Southern Railway Company. The actual buying of the Seahoard stock was, tt is said, done by a member of the firm referred to, who {s very intimate wita one of Mr. Morgan's closes: assistants. Very few persons have had any idea that the Southern Railway Company woud come out openly and buy the Seaboard Air Line In the face of the attacks which have recently been made on that great sysiem for consolidating other lines. So, taking both these matters into consideration, ‘he pubiic came to the conclusion in almost every large city that the efforts inaugurat- ed by Mr. Gill was in Mr. Morgan's inter- est. Controlling Interest. The latest reports state that the deal which was consummated at Portsmouth, Va., gave the syndicate headed by General Gil, and in which Messrs. George B. Har- vey and Thomas F. Ryan, one of whom at least is largely and closely interested in the Southern Railway Company, a pool of four thousand shares of the Seaboard’s common stock, which was held by Messrs. Louis McLane ot Baltimore, Moneure Rcb- ison of Philadelphia and Judge A. Watts of Fortsmouth, Va. These holdings, with the shares upon which General Gill secured an opiion at 3100 a share, give the syndicate control of ) shares out of a total issue of about 11,000 shares. Efforts were made yester- day to induce the Mr. Ryan above referred to to state definitely whether the purcha of the Seaboard was made for the Southern Railway Company. His reply was that he would not deny the report that he bad bought for himself and others a majority of the stock of the Seaboard 4nd Roanoke Railroad Company. It is stated on S authority that Mr. Ryan and Gen. E. B. Thomas of New York have recenily made other purchases of railroad properiy the south, inciuding tne Port Royal Augusta and Por: Royal and Wes*ern Caro- lina roads, and have consolidated the © one system, the y con % as the Charleston and W Carolina. The importance of tion lies in the assurance of ve adjustment of the relations betwe Southern Railway Company and c of its competitors, who have been r sible for radical disturbance in rates. : well-known banker in Baltimore said in reference to the attempts to mysufy the public as to who are the real owners of the Seaboard Air Line: “It is very well for the gentlemen who are interested to deny that the Southern Railway Company is a party to the deal, but their protestations will de- ceive nobody. Mr. Ryan is now and hss been for years identified with the interests that control the Southern railway, and there is not the slightest doubt in my mind that in this instance he is acting for that corporation.” It is understood in railroad circles, pre- sumably for the object of keeping the pub- lic from knowing the extent of the inter- ests of the Southern Railway Company in the Seaboard, for the next few years at least, that the new owners will form a voting trust to continue in existence for five years, and that the shares will be pooled with this trust. One View. As indicating the belief that control of the Seaboard Air Line system has been purchased in the interest of the Southern Railway Company is shared in by mer- chants having business with merchants in the south, the following communication, signed a merchant, which was published in an evening paper in Baltimore yesterday, becomes of much interest. The writer asks: “Are the business men of this city aware of the fact that the trade of Balti- more with the southern states 13 seriously menaced by the complications which have arisen relative to the Seaboard Air Line? At present Baltimore Aas put iwo lines of transportation to the south via Chesapeake bay—the Seaboard Air Line through its Bal- timore connection, the Old Bay Line, and the Southern through its Norfolk steame:s. If the former is absorbed by the latter this community is at the mercy of one railroad company, which can raise or luwar freight rates at its pleasure. “The experience of our merchants in the past proves the necessity for competition in routes from this city to the south, and the vital need of more than one line if we are to have freight rates maintained on an equitable basis with our northern competi- tors. We canrot afford to be bottled up, when fully two-thirds of our wholesalers depend on the southern market for the bulk of their revenue. “Is not this a matter that the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association and business bodies should take up and investi- gate? Some time ago, througn the prompt action of the Old Town Association, the ab- sorption of the Western Maryland by a competitor was successfully averted. Is not this present issue far more important to our jobbers and manufacturers? “It is stated that the deal contemplates the transfer also to it of the stock in the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, which operates a line of steamers betweea Lalti- more and Norfolk and Richmond.” It is likewise said that there has hardly ever been a deal of equal magnitude to this that has been conducted with so much se- crecy, and it is belleved to be safe to say that outside of the parties interested no one knows exactly what has been done. oS Sees DEPORTATION CASE, Court of Appeals Considering Chen Gun Affair. The Court of Appeals yesterday took under consideration the case of the United States against Chen Gun, the Chinaman who was ordered deported from the coun- try several months ago by Judge Cole un- der the provisions of the Chinese exclusion acts. The Chinaman later sued out a writ of habeas corpus, and when Judge Hagner refused to discharge him he appealed to the Court of Appeals, being released on bonds to await the disposition of the ap- Peal. On behalf of the celestial Attorney Edwin Forrest showed that he had been continu- ously in this country since 1858, except when in 1889 he visited Hong Kong as cook on an American registered vessel. After a month’s stay in his native land he re- turned. It was also claimed by Mr. For- rest that the Chinaman never was a skilled or unskilled manual laborer within the meaning of the acts in question. District Attorney Birney and his assist- ant, Mr. Armes, argued the case on behalf of the government, and the court took the case under advisement. the AFTER A DAY’S HARD WORK Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. It makes a delicious dri and fatig eee em mee HEBREW CHARITIES or An Account of ht ‘Work Accom- plished in a Year. as PRESIDENT BLOUT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS Aid Extended Without Regard to Race or Religion. ee ee FINANCIAL CONDITION —>—____ The annual meeting of the United He- brew Charities of the District of Colum- bia was held last evening at the 8th street temple. President I. L. Bloat occupied the chair, and on either side-of him were Vic2 Presidents Strasburger and Louts. Mr. J. Strasburger, secretary of the board, was secretary of the meeting. Among the representative citizens present were Mr. and Mrs. 1. L. Blout, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. L. Stern, Mr. and Mra. A. Behrend, Mr. and Mrs. Prince, Mrs. Charles Kaufman, Mr. and Mrs. Fellheimer, Mr. and Mrs. Kronheimer, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Stras- burger, Mr. and Mrs. Sol. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Young, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Strauss, Dr. Behrend, Messrs. G. Lansburgh, William Hahn, Henry King, jr., L. Abrahams, Mr. Oppen- heimer, J. Strasburger, M. Goldsmith, Ed- ward Richard, Henry Frank, S. Bieber, Herman Baumgarten, William Wolf, Henry Strasburger, L. Lippman, A. Morris, A. Michaelis, Charles Baum, L. Tobriner, W. Nordlinger and others. After the reading cf the minutes of the last meeting, Mr. A. D. Prince, treasurer, made his report, which stated that the re- ceipts from October to October 1, 1896, amounted to $2,383.81, and expendl- tures to $2,227.83, leaving a balance in the treasury at the latter date of $155.98, which has, however, been reduccd about one-half by expenditures in the work since October 1. The report of the auditing committee, Messrs. Henry Stresburger and Sol. Lewis, Stated that they had examined the accounts of the treasurer and had found then well kept, and the amounts as stat-d by the treasurer to have been received and expended by him to be true in every re- spect. Both reports were adopted. The President's Address. At this point President Blout called Vice President Strasburger to the chair, and the former read his annual report, which was as follows: “Duty on my part, a manifestation of in- terest and desire on your part, has caused all of us to congregate for the purpose of deliberating as to the condition of our as- sociation, and to take into consideration the scope of its utility in the past, and its pos- sible wants and needs of the future. ‘The flow of charity since last we met has been calm and smooth, its current directed invo the barren aud parched fields of desolation urd want has stimulated the growth ot prosperity and contentment, the results’ have been gratifying to us, and, we trust, wil, be satisfying: ta you. the fis The record 0 1 year has not many important to relate; the recommendations tend- ing toward the interest and welfare of the assoviation are limited and brief. The num- ber of applicants since the annual meeting of October, 1805, has been smaller than ot any year since the existence of the associa- tion, the requisite amount of expenditures in keeping with the demands: “The number of applicants during the past twelve months was 654, 423 of whom were relieved as follyws; with provis 45; wi ve varel, > with transportation, 8, with hcenses, Tent, merchandise, furniture, medical at- tendance, medte nourishment, funeral expenditures, ete., 159, requiring in all the disbursements, $1,877.83. The amount of receipts of the same period was $2,522.11, leaving a balance (excluding a reserve fu f $4) in the hands of the treasurer of ys—facts and figures on which the asso- tion is to be congratulatea. What is pecially significant Is that, in the very face of the protracted industrial and busi- ness depression, conditions calculated to increase poverty and w a decrease should be noted. Surel be a plausibte reason for such diminishing con- ditions; not all of former deper $ 5 become independent; not all the needy improved to such an extent as to be staining. In order to treat this problem comprehensively and intelligently, we have classified the poor in general into three separate and distinct ciasses; first, the roving tramp; second, the professional beg- gar, and, third, our local poor. “The roving tramp—a species of those ly, but erroneously, called poor—con- sists, as a rule, of young, able-bodied vor] ne: who shun and will not work, though oppor- tunities of domg'so Should present them-~ selves. They prefer to obtain a living by begging for it. Devoid of shame and man- heod, they are a plague to the chariues, and not less dangerous to the communit which they may infest. We seldom fing them roving singly, but often in squads of uncertain numbers. Arriving near a city they send an advance guard, in ord they term it, ‘to feel the pulse of the chari- ties;’ and, if successful, all the rest, either singly or seldom more than in files of two, likewise present their tales of woe to the association. Should, however, the adv: guard fail in his errand, kis comrades chance the nearest city in the hope of bet- ter success. We have been very determined and positive with this class, and, in nearly all instances, refused to aid them in their accustomed vocation. Charity associations should aim to improve, not encourage, pau- perism. The result had its desired effect; for where, in former years, we were visited by from one to five daily, we scarce have counted that many per week of late. These facts give us sufficient evidence of the di- minishing number of applicants. “Class No. 2—The professional, or better termed transient, beggars are in most cases those who, by reason of age, sickness and disabllities, wander at lerge, fortified with the conviction that their infirmities should recomniend «nd entitle them to the chari- ties. In this instance we must differ some- what from their opinion, and, while we be- Heve them to be entitled to a certain degree of consideration, we question their privilege to burden charities other than those in whose midst they reside, and who, no doubt, would see their wants supplied. But roving at large offers them a larger field of operation and opportunities superior and more abundant than tkey could expect of their own, and while they adhere to the motto, ‘charity begins at home,’ they like- wise strongly believe It to be universal. We cennot, conscientiously, refuse aid to this class, and though their stories and condi- tions are often puzzling, we credit them with the benefit of the doubt, careful, how- ever, ut all times to prevent them from be- coming a burden to the community, or a prolonged charge to the usscciation. Their visits, if at all, canVonly: be repeated at long intervals; hence an additional reason why the number of applicants is on the decline. “The third, and most important of all— our local poor. They have, unquestionably, a prior claim, and are entitled to our great- est consideration and: indulgence, for, in their cases, we are enabled to investigate their condition, draw 6ur cgnclusions from personal observation, and shape our ac- tions in conformity with thé circumstances as they may present themseives. If the re- sult of our investigation preves the appli- cant to be deserving, we furnish him with means sufficient to enable him to become self-sustaining. We wfll not tolerate idle- ness and begeary. They must work to maintain themselves.and -their families. Quite a number of poor who in the } entirely depended on the charities for their daily breaé are today happy in the knowl- edge that, through the instrumentality of the association, they are dependent no more; they no longer feel the pangs of pov- erty and its attendant misery, but are con- tent that the clouds of want have disap- peared; the dark horizon of need has been cleared, and the bright sun of happtness and plenty sheds its warm rays into their ccntented homes and firesides. “The management has always disap- proved willful and habitual beggary, and endeavored to alleviate the condition of those whom fate or circumstances com- pelled to seek our doors; for to aid ihe for- mer would be a sinful waste of money tended for a nobler purpose, besides an @1- couragement to the lazy and idle in their accustomed modes and ways, while the lat- ter is charity im its full conception, pure, proper and practical. “To give bread to the hungry, while a sacred obligation, is not practical charity, it ia simply relieving him or them for the time being, who, such aid being exhausted, are again as needy as before, but when aided to the extent of making them inde- pendent, self-sustaining, then the charity association has accomplished its mission; is no longer a dead issue, but a living force, a factor true to its mission, sacred and divine. Such has been the atm cf the association; the result nas given sufficient proof why the number of our poor is de- creasing. But do not let us, in the very face of these flattering reports, be too san- guine. True! we have been instrumental in improving the conditions of many, but we have not, eannot exterminate poverty. We have but cleared its field of many ob- structive vines which hindered the growth of independence and self reliance. But our work fs by no means finished; there remains much more to do; additional weeds and thistles are likely to appear, and we must be prepared to uproot these fresh evils as they may present themselves. “We, therefore, again present for your gravest consideration the urgent necessity of aiding the laudable cause with your gen- erous co-operation. Let not the good work of the past be dampened by neglect or in- difference. Continue your very best efforts and interests in this direction, for though our demands have been somewhat light, our resources, I regret to state, have shared the same fate. “Contributions from members have, in many instances, been curtailed; donations from outside agencies have altogether fail- ed to reach us, but we are pleased to report that their discrepancies have been partly made good by the noble action of one of our members, who, at the last annual meet- ing, volunteered a handsome monthly con- tribution, which liberal example has been followed by several others. Let each and every one follow this example, and tender a donation; let it be paid in monthly in- stallments on the easy-payment plan; it will become less burdensome to you, and relieve the committee, who, up to now, have made it their duty, the hardest, most disagree- able of all, to call and ask for it. Let those who can best afford to, contribute liberally; uhose less favored, give us their mite. We do not ask you to give lavishly, but expect you to de so generously. Nature does not give us something for nothing; every man is the servant of his fellow men, and he is greatest and best who serves most. The management but direct the running course of the association; they have to look to you to furnish the necessary fuel for its loco- motion. The executive duties of the board are tedious and laborious. They should not, ought not, be burdened with additional duties justly belonging to the members. You have deemed it wise to create this fac- Sete sLonsoetonte again! Lot o Lavend ete. For. Fine Extracts, That Now .. Bottles, contains E. P. all were 30c. and Violet, Assignee —of the— Mertz Stock! This sale offers a grand opportunity to purchase’ Drugs, Medicines, Proprietary Articles, Extracts, Perfumeries, Fancy Goods, Toilet Articles, &c., at unparalleled low dent shoppers will remember the excellent reputation of this house. Mr. Mertz carried the most complete stock of Drugs and Toilet Articles in the city. Mertz’s prices have always been the very lowest in Washington, and now they have been cut again in order to quickly realize on the stock. Avail yourself of this chance. You may never see its like ’Twould require too much space to give a complete list of bargains. Everything has been sacrificed. Visit the store be- fore the best bargains are sold. Fine Imported Per- fumery at half price, Fine Toilet Waters, » White Rose, 33. : 27¢. odors. Special lot of Fine Cut Glass tracts, ‘all odors, For. Ing tine x 16c. Tiandsome Cut Glass Bottles at half marked prices. Atomly, COU PRICE, Silverware, Hair Brushes and all giver Tollet Articles at a BIG DIS- Ivory Hair Brushes at exactly HALF Sale prices. Pru- The femous Rabuteau Complexion Specialties will be sold for one-third price. Rabuteau Skin Food, for re- moving wrinkles and skin blemishes. Reduced to........ Rabateau’s Skin Tonic, for preserving the skin. Redne to .. 67¢. Rabuteau's ¢ enlarg’ to - Rabuteay’s Health ¢ for constipation and indiges- tion. Reduced to. ne S. T. Thomas (Assignee), Tlertz’s Modern Pharmacy, Cor. F & mth Sts. N. W. Setetetetetetetetetetbeteciitiiceenenn nnn detnddtndetetetedetetetetege tor; make it your afm to support and main- tain it. The management of the past have done their share; it remains but for you to | & do yours, + “The United Hebrew Charities is, as its | name and title Indicates, supposed io ve | sectarian in its character; derives its re- | $ sources and support mainly from, and ts | 4 governed by, Jews exclusively. The board of managers have, on all occasions, if not | % entirely ignored, deviated from these nar- | % row sectarian principles and ideas, and | % have aided some of our Christian neigh- | % bors whose unfortunate condition was | 46 brought to our notice, and whom we found | 4 suffering and deserving. We have done so | % unhesitatingly, willingly, cheerfully, re~ gardless ‘of either criticism or comment, | ¥ fortified by the consciousness that we h: z performed a duty which is but just, sa: red | % and humane. Is it because our neighbor, | 2 who, differing in his religious belicf from |Z that of ours, should be excluded from the | % benefits of an institution whose very birth | and existence is Jewish, and whose very | % banner is the emblem of charity? Why | 3 should human beings discriminate agai + each other for the attainment of an object | ¥ which is common to all, but which they |¥% eek to reach in different wz ys, and by di erent means? Let us be true to ourselve: true to our mission, true to humanity. Israelites, We are tolerant, liberal and cha itable, imbued with the broadest. princip! of liberality toward humanity. ty should be alienated from bigotry and hypocrisy. It knows not s or creed, but recognizes the di e teach- | .! ings, that all men are akin, the rich tthe ¢ oe poor, the Jew to the Chr = EEG: “Krom the orphan children under our | % nship in the orphan home of At- 3 Janta, Ga., likewise these in care of the | & children’s guardians of this we 3 ha the West andl meal tavorstne soso ee | when we're showing a Coachman’s strictly all-wool Liv- ler the careful training of competent and | ery Coat, in Blue, Black and Green, warranted fast Se PEO orele and color, with nickel, gilt or black buttons, for $15. Bertha Silverberg, eight years old, shel- We're not novices at Liverying — but we're better oa eo Susie Gtone the equipped this season than ever. gret to stat February la: suciacion, wo more children, Harry and Samucl Sand, suns of the Widow Sand of. this city, have recently been sent to the home at AUanta, Ga. Thanks again to Mr. Si mon Wolf, the father of the through whose influence w. to provide these children with home surroundings which must ultimately aid in the development of their physical and moral nature. “In connection with this, my memory re calls a beautiful and fitting poem, by Mir- jam Del Banco, entitled ‘Our Jewish Or- phan Home.’ ‘All but one of the children of Mrs. Shap- ero have been restored to their mother, who I'kewise expects shortly to claim the one still under the care of the children’s guar- dians, to his former home and mother. “The Ladies’ Sewing Circie, Mrs. ev. L. Stern, president, has done some good work, and materially aided us in providing wearing apparel, etc., for the needy, The lack of interest. by some of its memiy which of late has somew’ thinned died at that institution in , and was buried by the as- its ran is deplorable. Our lady members of the board should note this, and advance their interest toward stimulating this worthy cause “The donating of ten tons of coal, by Mrs. Goldschmidt, also five cords cf wood, Ly Mrs. August, is hereby thankfully’ ac- knowledged. “We have been specially favored by the B. and O. Railroad Company, through its genial and obliging agent, Mr. S. B. Hege, with additional safeguards against yos- ible imposition by recipients of transpor- tation, “The officers and members of the board have performed their various functions with an energy and zeal which is com. mendable; their interest and attention h. materially aided us in facilitating our bu densome routine and executive work. Man- ifestations of devotion to a cause which entails so much labor and time, and whi promises so little compensation, are indeed praiseworthy and: entitled to ‘recognition. My personal acknowledgment and thanks to the members of the board. Other Business. The report was accepted, and, on mo- tion, the secretary was directod to have it prirted for distribution to tae membe: ‘The election of a board of managers for the ensuing year was then taken up, and scveral of the retiring managers tendered their declination to stand as candidates for another term, on the ground that they felt it their duty to give the younger members of the association an opportunity to get into the harness, but there was much cp- position to allowing any of the old members to drop out, and the matter was f Hy adjusted by Increasing the membership ct the board, on motion of Mrs. I. L. Blout, to twenty-one members, an increase of three. ‘The following were then re-clected unani- together with Messrs. A. Morris, A. Wolf and Mrs. Julia Luchs, who will be the new members: IL. Blout, H. Stras- burger, S. Louis, J. Strasburger, A. D. Prince, William Hahn, A. Behrend, M. Goldsmith, S. Gans, Henry King, jr., M Clark and M. Notes; Mrs. I. L. Blout, M L. Stern, Mrs. Charles Kaufman, Mrs. L. Fellheimer, Mrs. D. Strauss, Mrs. F. Mos- fer, Mrs. A. I. Strasburger. The board will meet at the usual place cn Monday evening of next week for ganization for the ensuing year. =e The Post Office Chicken Coop. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Must we, during the coming centuries, gaze upon that chicken coop on the tower of the new post office building? I pity you, doomed to see it a hundred times a day. Wisat does it mean—of what use Is ft? Surely the architect (alas! that so few architects are artists) does not think it adds to the beavty of the tower, or that it has the remotest congruity to a tower. Because there is a pyramidal cone finishing off the Washington monument, does the architect think he also should have a cone? Would not an artist say—*‘That is the very reason you should not have a cone or chicken coop.” The tower is very fine, and the turrets finish it finely. But that coop, that cone, so small, so petty, so incon- gruous, gives the tower a squatty appear- ance. If said architect had long deliber- ated how he could mar that whole grand building, he would have chosen to put on its most conspicuous spot just what he has put. Mr. Secretary Carlisle, do step in and veto this eyesore. H. T. J. A STIMULANT IS OFTEN NEEDED TO Ni URISH suit there's Saks Says— No other house does—ever did—or ever ill sell such ste.ting qualities at such low p-ices as-we quot And Saks Means It! MIEN Liveries. We know you want eve Liveries. But our ready-to-wear ones are periect—in fit —fabric—shade—and style. London and American plates accurately—just what your tailor would do. We'll submit the outfits on approval. no harm done. d uniforming your servants through us doesn't cust half as much as thro’ a tailor. Send ‘em all down—from the coachman to tie cook —we've got the whole Livery wardrobe. 4 thing “4 st so” about your We e followed the latest Ii the pull fi don't nd that If they do suit NTRY You can judge how good the higher priced ones are Saks and Company, Pa. Ave. and 7th St—“Sa eeetetectecececectecteeteeetetetntetetet s’ Corner.” Seeetetnteedeetetiepeteeece YARD, WALNUT CoM CUR AND 15 15 DARK 24 CHILDE WEIGHT. Wea FINE SILK FRING ETE St $1.00. FRIDAY, 68¢. FRIDAY, POL WiTH PAIN SCRIM THAT SOLD FOR 12 . YARD. Cloak Department (2d floor). Md ¥ WERE FRIDAY SOLD FOR $1.00. AUI’S—416 Seventh St.-BAUIT’S (TOMORROW) FRIDAY. €) re astonishing our customers daily with the prices that we are selling our goods. This week of lively selling hz us with many remnants and a few-of-a-kind articles which will be on sale tomorrow at prices that should cffect a speedy sale. APPERS. WHITE SOILED. We are selling our $1.25 Silks at 68c. Muslin Underwear and In- fants’ Dept. (2d floor). FRIDAY, IDAY, Sve. Weare compelled to make a speedy closing sale of our stock of ©? Dress Goods, Silks, Linens, Lace Curtains, Porticres, Window { Shades, Curtain Poles and Brass Fixings, all of which we offer at great sacrifice, separated on. tables in lots at marked prices. BAUM’S, 4 SHIRT SMALL, FRIDAY, OUR REG- RED-TICKET DAY © left Dry Goods Department. 1,000 YARDS ¢ Yak. 1,500 YARDS LA YARD, Sun CLors 5.000 YAkD, IMITATION GRAY HAIn YAR DRESS GOODS, 10¢ WE ARE» STOCK ¢ WILL ASTONISIT eNTIRY THAT ve Millinery Department LE OE FELT : 1TA FST SI PRI 1 1 FEA Day, Al IL SATIN RIE INCLUDIN a SELLS IF DAY, We. WD ri i YARD. COQUR LAR PRD Notion Department. HOOKS AND EY DARN st. sia ate showing. To Introduce Our Dressmaking Department and to acquaint Washington with the e ductions we will quote 5] lance of October, > York will you find such a tion of exclusive styles fed dress fabrics as We are Gow Phen, experts and th us in turning out th every character. Tailor and Draper for Men snd Women. Owen, 423 11th St. 8e26-3m,20 y latest fashions to aid most tasteful gowns of the ladies of Hence of our pi limit in the Excellent 16x20 Crayon in elegant Gold Frame for If you want a good crayon don't patronize a See us. We'll make you a speaking y finished and framed —for $5. peddler. likeness rtist ie Child's Photos, and strengthen the roots and to keep the hair a ee] natural color. Hall's Hair Renewer ts the best | GOttwals’ tonic for the hair, ec7-10d doa. Parlors, $5 g13 Pa. Ave. |TRY RURBER ROOF PAINT, Ww por ALLL LEAKS PR And cha: NAT-RUT emily tf ST. S.W., HAVING red to'repalt and ‘aud colli garments, Carriage rob THE DELICIOUS FLAVOR hoof BURCH are due to a great Tea can't be good if it impurities. “Burchell's” ts < Oe. pound F SPREIC to fis purit ins atbsoli Lace Curtains Are Safe 22° In our bands. We'll not tear them—while °° the t sty * we clean them—no matter how d * fabric, We do them vp in datnth ANTON FISCHER, 906 G St bY KING and CLEANING. "Phone 1442, 0c7-84