Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING SIAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1897-12 PAGES. Bicycles, 1897 Patterns. $37.50 for ladies’ and men’s. Thousands of them sokl by Mr. Wanamaker of Philadelphia. Now intro- duced to Washington by the Palais Royal. See them and hear about them. | | | Imperial Hair Regenerator. $1.50 is the price, but price is less a consideration than merit. Imperial Hair Regenerator is not an ex- periment; it is used all over the world. Sold here in Toilet Article Department. The Palais Royal mbrellas and Mackintoshes--Men’s & Wom- en’s--are to be distributed tomorrow at least prices on record for reliable goods. The quan- tities are great,--the entire stocks of the manufacturers being here. irrespective of actual values, Bought and to be sold the loss.is the manu- facturers’, the gain ours and yours. Umbrellas. 55 _for Men's and Ladies’ Umbrellas that will very well serve as the “extra” umbrellas Fequired in every family FOE for, the usual $1 Umbrellas with 26 and 28- inch paragon frames and superior natural weod handles 89 fr Umbretas wi x den and other fancy and ratural weed for 1 $1.25 § handles for ladies worth up to $2.25. Jew- ber latest style handles. Mackintoshes. for Ladies’ $8 to $10 Cravenette and $6.48 frac Mieathte sacksntonnens ° with ble cape, velvet collar, silic stripe Huing. for Men's $7 to $10 5 S448 Beiter Eby hie, ence cloth finished—best in every respect. $3.8 for Ladies’ $5 Mackintoshes, with sin- c gle, double and triple detachable capes. Cloth finish,in black, navy, tan and plaids. $2.89 a for Ladies’ $2.98 English Serge Water- proofs, in navy and tan. Detachable military waterproof. cape. Light in welght, but guaranteed 51.9 Mackintoshes, worth up to $. — Ouly $1.19 for the ordinary ‘rubber cyuts for youths, misses and childre $2.48 for Men's $5 5 Ma known garments, cloth finish, ete. for Ladies’ $2.50 Cloth-fintsh Mackin military cape, fastened $1 8 toshes, with with “two sets of frogs. ackintoshes, with An for Youths’ and Boys’ Best English \kintoshes, the well- with military cape, e Costumes. The 1897 styles are here., Of course regular patrons will take the Extra cover ; $2 19 for Umbrell h $3.50 to $4.50. = Ladies’ styles in navy. red and | black silks. Men's are in black only. Hurry for those with handles beautiied with sterling stlver deposit. Note that all are tight rolling on steel rols. $3.98 or _Cubretias worth $5 to $8.50. x. ° misite Jewel, pearl and Dresden hai dies sand expensive imported. sticks for uien. Tailor-ad hint. Sut we want ladies who are skeptics—those who do not be- ‘lieve a ready-made costume can be made to fit properly or look prop- erly if it should be made to fit. ask such to call here tomorrow. We want to reform skeptics—and we We shall treat such visitors with the politeness and patience our invitation warrants. Silk-Lined Costumes, $ ll 339: They are made by men tailors; a woman couldn't produce such gar- ments for love or money. Materials used are English Wool Cheviots, thoroughly sponged before making. Black, navy, green, garnet, tan and heliotrope the colors. Particularly note this fact—lined from neck band to skirt hem with superior Taffeta Silk. And fit—if you are not out of all proportion, and measure from 33 to 44 bust, we guarantee a fit as per- fect as if made for you by an expert tailor. Try on one of these costumes tomorrow. Sample Costumes. Some worth $18. I-wool Flannel Waists, in go grag re laundered linen collar. ‘affeta Sik Walsts, plain for Sapertor and $ ye glace effects. Improved © shape Iaundered linen collar. The Bolero Costumes, $q)-48- The Bolero Jacket-is silk lined, the skirt is the new circular cut, the materials used are English Diago- nals, in navy and black and all-wool mixtures in various shades. Need we remind you that expert tailors are here to make any altera- tions; that satisfaction is first and payment last, and thus you risk less than when a visit is made to a dress- maker? D7 And seed we add that you will not be asked to purchase by word or look? Fleeting bargains. $5.98 for choice. tomorrow - for the $5 ‘Tailor-made $4.2! Skirts, linproved circular cut. English plaids, cheviots, serges and black sicilian. Lined throughout. $7.98 garment. for B Brocaded Silk Skirts, which we asked compared with the usual $10 Correct Dress Fabrics. If vou determine on not purchasing a ready-made costume you are still a gainer by a first visit to the third floor. You there learn of the new \ Then for the second floor, where are the correct dress fabrics. A collection bewilderingly large. Let us tell you of the bargain spots not previously advertised: Tailor Suitings. |More Grenadines. style Waists, Sleeves and Skirts. Fe in yard for Saperfor 50-inch Armures, new shades of greens, browns, modes, $1.25 tans, grays. 25 for lest of 30-Inch Engitsh Whip- rd Suitings. Orly 7Be yard for the quality usually sold at $1. Vicoreaux Suitings. Vigor- rere Beautiful, with- for the 4 cas by name ard natural. A bergnin at Te yard. 45c yard for the 45-inch Mela: Covert Cloth. ‘These new and beautiful effects are at other stores—at 6Se yard. 39 al. 4S-inch Covert Suitings, in browns, ays ard tans. Compare with the nee at We yd. Black Grenadines. Headquarters because of best va- riety linked with least prices. H-ineh Brower Grenadines. Plain Black 6: Better Black Mest Blick Gauze (Continued above.) $1.15 instead of $1.25 yard for Gauze Faconne Grenadine in latest combinations of violet, greens, blues, browns, reds. €7S6c a yard for Grenadines, in new and charm- ing effects and colors, for waists, etc. New Silks. Extra good values at every price mentioned below: ADC, 58%. BSc, Te and 89e yard for Black Satin ‘gand Gros Grain Brocades. And To > Te, $i and $1.25 for Black Satin Duchesse. Ge and We for Fancy Taffeta Silks, in 59c, street shades. And 49c, GS, 75¢ and $1 for evening shades. 68c, 9% 24 $1 yard for Fancy Brocades for ‘9 street wear. And 89c for Moire Velour for evening wear. Bedcovering Never Less. Vast quantities—that’s why we bought and wilt sell for so little. Reliable Bedwear was never less priced—not in the memory of shrewdest housekeepers, who know what real bargains are. for Comfortables In single bed size. Qual- ity to be compared with those usually sold 45c at 6de. QSc s Doable ed Size Comfortables, fancy © quilted. Filled with best white cotton. Good value at $125 each. $1.15 ot full size Comtortables, worth $1.50. . Covered with supertor satine; fancy quilted; filling of best cotton. SI. ZO for, the usual $1.75 Comfortables. They = look fike the satecn-covered elderdown comforts that sell at $4.50. 6c Pt!" HF extra heavy 10-4 Blankets. Judged © hs quality they are worth 89 cents. Judged by looks they ace worth $1. Q5c mit for toe substantial Gray and Winte Biankets. Full weight and size. Honest Blankets at suspicious prices. S115 22% for the 11-4 Gray Blankets, weigh- - ioz more than 4% pounds. $1.50 0 pair ts a low price for t ‘the sturdy Scotch Wool the standard price of which pair for Blankets, pair for $3.25 quality Silver Gray Blankets, with borders that are a $2.35 work of art. (Continued above.) Ready to Use Sheets. Here are least Prices for Sheets made of genuine Lockwood Sheet- mg: £710,000 Sheets, 51x90. £720,000 Cases, 45136. Best Tinware. 75¢ for the Oval Wash Boilers. Copper bottom, extra heavy tin cover. 7% for Stamped Dishpans, holding 14 quarts. €77Te for Japaoned Dustpans, and Ge for Dust Brush. Ee for Ash Sifter, made of heavy galvanized fron, with cover. Cr2tc for large size Japanned Bread Box-a, decorated. CrTc for large Cuspidors, japann-d and dec- orated in colors. G7 1te for Glass OU with tin phi Can, tin. covering. Palais Royal, cm G St. ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Celebration of Washington's Birthday Down the River. The Mayor Objects to Reperters— Lecal Notes of General and Persenal Interest. EVENING STAR BUREAU, No, 121 N. Ws street. Telephone 116 ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 22, 1897. An exciting scene occurred at police head- quarters Saturday evening, the partici- pants being Mr. W. H. F. Beckham, the representative of The Star, and the mayor, the upshot of the matter being that Mr. Beckham was ordered out of headquarters, and orders issued by the mayor to the ef- fect that he was not to be allowed to enter the building, whether as the representative of a paper or in any capacity. Mr. Beckham has been in the habit of sending a messenger to headquarters for any news that might be on hand. Saturday evening the messenger was sent, a3 usual, and was feceived und treated in a friendly manner by the mayor until the latter was shown the article published in Saturday’s Star ccncerning “the private office” and the mcral crusade. After he had seen this article he left his private office, where he had just been trying a case, and, going down stairs, ordered the messenger out of the building, telling him that he knew en- trely too much, and that he proposed to run that headquarters to suit himself. Mr. Beckham then repaired to headquar- ters, and in the end met a similar fate. Mr. Beckham was told by the mayor that he knew entirely too much about the it side workings of the municipal govern- ment and that he (the mayor) would run that office to suit his own fancy. Mr. Beckham then told him, upon being in- formed that he would be allowed to send no messengers to headquarters, that he would comply with the order, but he told the mayor that if he did believe that offi- cial would take advantage of his official pesition to punish him for contempt he would tell him just what he thought of him in plain English. With that Mr. Beckham was ejected from the building. Subsequently he was told by the officer on duty that he would not be allowed to again enter the building. Yesterday morning Mr. Beckham went to the station house to attend to his regular duties. He fully expected to be arrested, but had made up his mind if such action was taken to thoroughly ventilate the mat- ter in the courts. He was not molested, however, and while there met the mayor. He told the latter at once that he intend- ed to visit the station house whenever he pleased in the pursuit of his business, and he did not propose to obey any orders is- sued against his going there. The mayor tken told him that the order had been rescinded and he would be allowed to visit police headquarters when he pleased. The Alexandria Light Infantry, under command of Lieut. Bryan, headed by the Third Regiment Drum Corps, paraded the Streets at noon today. Lieut. Bryan in Charge. Lieut. Albert Bryan of the Alexandria Light Infaptry has received general order No. 3 from Col. Nalle of the 3d Virginia Regiment setting forth that Capt. G. A. Mushbach had been retired by request, and the resignation of Lieut. Monroe had been accepted by the governor. This places Lieu- tenant Bryan in charge of the company, and he is ordered to have an election to fill the vacancles as soon as he may see fit. The date of election has not yet been fixed, but, as stated in The Star some time ago, Lieut. Bryan will without doubt be elected captain of the company. The general order No. 3 speaks in the highest terms of the retiring officers, Capt. Mushbach and Lieut. Monroe. Church Services Yesterday. The beautiful spring weather of yesterday niorning brought out large crowds of peo- ple and the congregations at the various churches w-re larger than usual. Rev. G. A. Wilson preached morning and evening at the Second Presbyterian Church. In all the other churches resident rectors offici- ated. The holy eucharist ‘was celebraied at St. Paul's Church at 7:30 a.m., and at Grace Church at 11 o'clock. The services at the railroad reading rooms yesterday afternoon were very interesting and largely attended. Yesterday afternoon Rev. F. T. Benson of the M. P. Church preached the third of his series of sermons, “Topics of the Times.” The subject was “Modern Shibboleths.” The 22d Quietly Observed. The 22d of February, which in former times was a gala day in this city, was to- day observed very quietly. All the govern- ment offices, banks and post offices were closed and some of the business houses closed up after noon. Tonight the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will hcnor the day by giving a banquet at Odd Fellows’ Ha, on North Columbus street. The Young Men's Sodality Lyceum will: give an oyster roast tonight. There wiil be @ special meeting of Alexandria-Washing- ton Lodge, No. 22, A. F. and A. M., of which Washington was a member and master. Dr. Grammar’s Oration. Rev. C. E. Grammar of the Theological Seminary, well known for his eloquence and ability, today delivered an interesting cration in Whittle Hall, at the seminary. There was quite a large audience present, though the inclement weather of this morn. ing kept many from this city away who had arranged to attend. The Fishing Senson. The fishing season has opened, and al- ready some very nice catches have been made. The season opened a little earlier than usual on account of the past winter having been so open and the river so free of ice. So far none of the fish houses at “Fish Town” have been rebuilt, and it is hardly thought they will be, but fish will be sold right from the vessels. The funeral of Mi%s Maggie Price, who died ‘at her residence in this city Saturday, place this morritng at 11 o'cl and wan titeedes by a latge number of friends. Fraternal Visit. Mount Vernon Council, Daughters of America, will pay a fraternal visit to Mes- Pigh Council of Washington tomorrow uieat Quite a large'delegation is expected Athletic Instructor. J. H. Horan, a prominent athlete of Washington, has been appointed instructor at the Brotherhood gymnasium. He will have classes Tuesday and Friday nights. one “gym” is now in a flourishing condl- s Police ‘feport. In the police court this morning Mayor Thompson disposed of the following cases: Charles Jackson, colored, charged with as- saulting his wife, put under a $100 bond to Keep the peace. Charles Watkins, drunk and disorderly, dismissed. Thirty lodgers at police headquarters last night. General and Persoual Notes. Mr. Elmer Davis of this city has ac- cepted a position with a mining company at Sandou, British Columbia. He will leave for his new home March 8. A regular meeting of O’Kane Council, C. B. L., was held yesterday afternoon in St. Mary Hall, on Lower Duke street. Only routine business was transacted. Mrs. Janet Colvin of Warrenton is the guest of Miss Emmerson on Prince street. Mr. Thomas Hoy, jr., is confined to his home with the grip. Frank Everett, the smal! colored boy who was struck on the head with a stick by a tramp, and who was sent to the infirmary for treatment, is improving. Mr. Edgar Warfield of this city has been appointed by the governor a member of the state board of pharmacy, to succeed Mr. T. A. Miller of Richmond, whose term expires on March 1. —— THE BRONZE FIGURES, They Are Being Put in Place at the New Library Entrance. The work of putting in place the colos- sal bronze figures recently made by E. D. Berry, the sculptor of New York city, is progressing et the Congressional Library. The statues are at the front entrance of the library facing the Capitol, and when completed will form one of the finest heroic groups in the entire country. It has been reported that the figures would be in place in time for them to be viewed in a finished condition by the visitors to this city on the occasion of the inauguration, but at the library today it was stated that they cannot be completed for a couple of months to come. The heroic group is to form part of a large fountain, and the beauty of the figures will be greatly en- hanced by the sparkling streams of water that will play around and over them. The central plece of the group will be a figure of Neptune eleven feet high. A patriarch- al beard adorns the face, and the massive muscles stand out with Herculean impres- siveness. On either side of this figure are a number of sea nymphs mounted on strange creatures with heads of horses ard tails of fish. The nymphs are eight and a half feet high. The figures are nude and seem to be riding into the midst of nu- merous streams of water that will play upon the necks of the animals, the water coming from the mouths of monster tur- tles lurking in the front of the basin. This group will be beattifwily illuminated at nighty when it will be given a weird ap- pearance by the @leciric light sparkling through the flashing) waters. SSE STS Memorial Services. Memorial services wefe held this morn- ing at St. Matthew?s Ghurch on the occa- sion of the anniversary of the death of Senor Don Martin de Léon, father of Mrs. Calvo, wife of the minister from Costa Rica. High mass at requiem was sung. The affair being an entirely private one, there were no ushefs nor any special cer- emony, although it was solemnized by the presence of a number 6? the friends of the family, among whom Wére noted the Mex- lean minister and Madame Romero, the Guatemalan minister and Madame Lazo Arriaga, Madame and.Miss Gana, Miss Edwards, the Venezuelan minister and Miss Andrade, the minister from Colom- bla, Mr. and Madame Ponte; Dr. Edward and Senor Jose Andrade, Mr. Godoy, Dr. and Madame J. Y. Rodriguez, Mr. Pulido, Mrs. Hepburn, Mrs. Osgood, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Fealy, Mr. and Madame de Betan- court, the Misses Joyce and others. > They Had Names, John Kolgas and eight other Greeks, each of whom had such an unpronounce- able name that ft was impossible to make any one who heard it but a Greek under- stand it, were before Judge Kimball to- day on the charge of obstructing 7th street in the vicinity of the Hancock statue Saturday afternoon for twenty minutes. They were defended by Attorney Shilling- ton, who raised the point that the informa- tion did not contain the word “unneces- sarily,” as provided in the section of the police regulations under which the arrests were made. Judge Kimball agreed with Mr. Shillington and dismissed the accused. Prosecutor Pugh at once swore out war- rants for the rearrest of the accused for violating another section of the regila- ticns, and on this the accused forfeited the collateral deposited by them in the first case. ——— A Christian Endeavor Meeting. A special patriotic mass meeting will be held under the auspices of the good citizen- ship committee of the District of Colum- bia Christian Endeavor Union at the First Ccngregational Church, corner 10th and G streets, this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The music will be in charge of Mr. Charles S. Clark, chairman of the union music com- mittee, and Mr. Harry GKimball will act as organist. Mr. W. H. Pefmell, chairman of the tnion good citizenship committee, will preside. EBENEZER CHURCH. A New Structure to Take the Plince of the One Blown Down. The contract for the new Ebenezer Meth- odist Church was signed last week, and the builders are counting on breaking ground some time this week. The struc- ture will be erected under the supervision of Mr. William J. Palmer, the architect, with Masson & Harper of Anacostia a3 contractors. The new church will occupy the site of the old one which was blown down, at the northeast corner of 4th and D streets southeast. The church proper will be one hundred and twenty-eight feet long and fifty-two and a half wide, and the Sunday school, which connec:s vith it on the rear fronting on 4th street, will be sixteen feet by thirty feet. Two large double doors on D street, forming the main entrance and flanked by a short tower on the right and another, eighty fee: high, at the southwest corner of the building, are to form the main features of the front. There will be two bays un the “th street side, one rounded and located at the cen- ter of the auditorium ard the other. squar- ed, at the corner gf Sunday schcol room. An entrance ff provided on this side directly into the ‘Sunday school and also communicating bya vestibule ito the church. The main eftrita7e will lead into the auditorium, flangedion the right by a space for the large organ and on the left by a stairway Bathe up through the tower into a gallery.“ ‘fhe pulpit is to be on the eastern side of the church, and wil € Deéws, arranged in semi-circular order, to accommodate about six hundred people. Above the pews in the rear ef the room there Is to be.a Jarge gallery, reached by the stairway just mentioned and also by apother. from. the Sunday school house and with enough seats for two hunéred = people. total cost of buildings and und: Will be: about ‘thirty thousand dollars. - Ebenezer M. E. Church, Washes aes Pmt was Seen in ae y Church. October 1800, the prop- erty ‘was placed in the hands of colored trustees, and’the first pastor ayps!n-ed in the person of Rev. David Jones, Tae orig- inal structure was torn down in replaced by another, and that church ‘was The present pastor ia Nave We Ghat ALLEGED MURDER OF RUIZ Sensational Gossip in the Oafes at Ha- vana. ‘The City Shocked by the Tragedy— How He Was Dragged From His Heme at Midnight. A special cablé dispatch from Havana to the Philadelphia Press says regarding the alleged murder of Dr. Ruis, the Philadel- phia dentist, at Guanabacoa: The murder of Dr. Ricardo Ruiz in Gu- anabacoa jail may bring American war- ships to Havana, may force the govern- ment at Washington out of its policy of ignoring the wrongs done its citizens and compel the Spaniards to cease their cruel- ties and other outrages, at least on Amer- ican citizens. Cleveland and Olney are blamed here for Ruiz’s death, and it is the gossip of the cafes that Consul General Lee, cis- gusted at the ignoring of his argent mes- Sages, has threatened to resign his post unless the warships are sent and the gov- ernment at Washington takes a stand that will enable him to protect Americans in Cuba. Ruiz was reported as having killed him- self in his dungeon. He really died from a frightful blow on the head, inflicted within a few hours of his death. He died in a filthy cell, so small that he could not lie at full length in it, and in that cell He was kept for thirteen days in sol- itary confinement, half starved and tor- tured with thirst. Other prisoners heard him scream beg for mercy on Wednesday night, they sent word that the haples: citizen had been murdered in his cell by his guards. Consul General Lee forced the Span- jards to permit an autopsy on the body of the alleged suicide, and Dr. Burgess found the awful wound on the head. The Spaniards’ explanation of this is that Ruiz went crazy in his cell and dash- ed out his brains against the wall. No- body believes this story. His Citizenship Ignored. Ruiz’s awful death has shocked this community more than anything that has happened in this island of horrors for months. He was a cultured, intelligent man, a man of family and position,” and one whose standing in any other country wculd have counterbalanced anything short of direct proof of his guilt. No one ever suspected him of aiding or abetting the Cuban cause, nor was he ever heard to discuss local political issues. His certificate of naturalization as an American citizen hung in a frame above his professional diploma. And yet, he was dragged from his home by Fondesviela’s military pollze on the 4th instant at midnight and kept “incom- municado” thirteen days in a slimy cell, compelled to sleep upon the bare floor, fed upon salt codfish and given but a scant supply of water, without even a prelimi- nary examination. Various subsequent communications, urging a prompt hearing of the case, are understood to have been virtually ignored at the palace. Spaniards, when arrested, whatever be the charge against them, must be examined and formally commit- ted within seventy-two hours, but an American, it seems, may be held indefi- nitely without effective rotest fri Washington. = ay Consul Lee Helpless. General Lee’s hands are tied. All his ef- forts to obtain justice and protection for Americans here are fruitless. The Spanish authorities banking on the supineness of Cleveland and Olney in such matters, con- tinue to ignore Lee’s repeated protests and go on wizh thelr outrages. They sneer at our government; say their minister, De Lome, is not spending $30,000 rer month at Washington for nothing; be- little our white squadron and say the Unit- ed States will never risk a serious issue with Spain, whose people are real patriots and would fight the whole world it neces. sary to defend her national honor. As I wired from Key West, when, on Thursday afternoon, news reached the con- sul general through private channels from Guanabacoa of Ruiz’s reported suicide in prison, General Lee went at once to the palace, and seeing Acting Captain General Ahumada, demanded the delivery of the bedy for autopsy. Armed with this paper by Dr. H. M. Burgess, U two native surgeons, together with the consulate interpreter, the Press representa® tive aad various other New York newspa- Per correspondents, General Lee left im- mediately for Guanabacoa, where Com- mandant Fonsdeviela and the Alcade re- celved the party with cold courtesy. Taking carriages from the Commandancia Alcadia office to the jail, accompanied by Fonsdeviela, we were led into a large square room apparently used by the ward. en as private quarters. Four candles burn- ed upon the coffin, into which the body of tke last American victim of Spanish meth- ods had been placed. While we were there a hearse drove up, but General Lee insisting upon an autopsy, the body was transferred to Fonsdeviela’s office, where the examination was held. Lee asked to sée the cell where Ruiz had been confined, but this was refused. An ugly wound was found upon the back of the head, and deep scars upon his wrists and hands. The hideous expression upon his face showed that he had suffered terri- ble agonies before death came to him. The consul general 1s deservedly indig- nant. This, he says, 1s only one of many instances. He does all he can, personally or officially, in behalf of Americans in trou ble, reporting facts and awaiting the State Department’s instructions. if there is no warship at Havana to en- force respect of the Competitor prisoners, and a number of other Americans who are sul rotting in Spanish alls, it s not his ‘ault, If he should resign any day and go home in disgust, American people need not re- ceive the announcement with surprise. What the Prisoners Said. A dispatch to the New York World from Havana says: Dr. Ricardo Ruiz. a naturalized Ameri- can citizen, arrested on suspicion by the Spanish a week ago, was found dead in his cell in the Guanabacoa jail last Thursday. The body bore marks of violence. The 3ailor, Fondesviela, said that he died by suicide. Consul General Lee sought the privilege of viewing the body and asked for @ full statement of the circumstances of his death. The Spanish at first ignored both requests. General Lee telegraphed to Washington. No reply was received. On Friday General Lee imperatively demanded that the body of Dr. Ruiz be turned over to him, and that an autopsy be tande by two physl- clans, one of whom should be designated by General Lee. The Marquis of Ahumada, acting captain general in place of General Weyler, who is in the field, issued the necessary order, but so long was the delay that, although Gua- nabacoa is less than three miies from Ha- vana, General Lee was not admitted. to the prison there until Friday afternoon, thirty hocrs after Dr. Ruiz’s death, and barely in time to stop the burial of the American physician in a plain pine coffin by a squad of negro-Spanish servants. When the coffin was opened it was found that Dr. Ruiz’s face had been so battered with blows and so cut with wounds as to be almost unrecognizable. The other pris- oners said that piercing eries were heard from his cell on the night of his death. General Lee could reach no other conclus- ion than that Dr, Ruiz had been murdered. He immediately ordered an autopsy to be made, the result of which will not be known until late today. He cabled the results of his investigation to the State Department, but again no Tesponse came. In the meantime Scott, an- other American, has been kept eleven days in solitary confinement at Regla, just across the bay from Havana. General Lee has been refused permission even to see him, This is a plain violation of treaty rights. It is feared that he, too, has been slain. Dr. Ruiz was a naturalized American citi- zen. He studied and practiced dentistry in Philadelphia for some time, and returned to Cuba about the beginning of the present insurrection. The charge upon which he was arrested was conspiracy. He is highly spoken of here. SE OES t Sent to Prison. Leonard Thomas, recently convicted of a second offense of petit larceny, has been sentenced by Chief Justice Bingham to it for a year and day in the | <r iny New Jersey sists prison at aud and American and accompanied S. H. M. S., and It will be real! replenish your stock. tunity may not exist then. Damask Towels. 25x52 Plain White All-linen Dam- ask Towels, hemstitched, knotted fringed and openwork patterns—reg- ular 75c. kind, offered as a special now at SOc. 27x48 All-linen Damask Towels, with colored borders—plain, knotted fringed and openworked—regular 50c., 62% and kinds, NOW 36c. 24x44 All-linen Damask Towels, with plain White or colored bonders, plain and krotted fringed ends—NOW 25c. Huck Towels. 25x48 All-linen Plain White Hem- stitched Huck Towels—NOW S9e. 24x46 Allien Plain White Huck and hemstitched—35e, Bleached Table Damask. 62-inch All-linen Damask, 62%c. kind for 50c_ a yd. 6S-inch All-linen Damask, Te. kind for 65. a yd. » 70-inch All-lnen Damask, $1 kind for Se. a ¥. Cream Linen Damask—50c., 62%c., ‘Toe. and $1 a yd. Ready-made White Damask Bordered Clotas, 1 to 5 yards long—$1 to $30 each. % and % Napkins to match. Pure Linen Damask Napkins. 5-8 All-linen Dainask Napkins, Scotch Weave—$1, $1.25, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $5, $6, $7 and $8 a dozen. 3-4 All-linen Damask Nepkins—$2, $2.50, $8. $3.50, $4, $5, $6, $7.50, $8, $19, $12, $13, $15 and $18 a dozen. 7-8 All-linen Damask Napkins— $5.50 to $20 a dozen, Ali-linen White and Colored Bosdered Deylies—S0c. to $5 a dozen, Spadeeuds Geers Srdentesdecgeeteatententonteateegeageageat Extablished 140. Telephone 995. SSoeSeestosdeetoseeteatoadectetonteetectostectetondredetostontet i ole Household Linens for the Inauguration-- With the coming of the strangers you want -to see to it that you have a plentiful supply of Table and Toilet Linens— of the kind that will be creditable to you as housekeepers. a fortunate necessity if you find you must We have been able to pick up some sterling qualities at prices much below the usual askings. You will get the benefit of these bargains. As famous as we are for fine Linens—we have never had better values to offer than these. Happens at a lucky time. Worth taking advant- age of whether you actually need Towels and Table Cover- ings or not. You know you will some time—and the oppor- We commend these special lots to every housekeeper in Washington. Get them while you can at a saving. PERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” 11 ==AT== PERRY’S. Lunch and Dinner Sets. S-4 Plain Fringed Alltinen Damask ed All-tinen Damask Setx-$4 a set. S-4 Knotted Fringed All-inen Dam- ak Sets—$3 a set. 8-10 Knotted: Fringed Allttien Dam- ank Sete—$4 a set. 8-12 Knotted Fringed Alldinen Dam ask Sets—$4.50 a. set. 84 Alldinen Dam and open- 810 ANA fringed and $7.50 a set. Alldinen Damask Sets, plain, knot ted fringed, hemstitched and apen- ) to $25 a set Stand and Tray Cloths. 18x27 Pure Linen Tray Cloths—25- BTlee., BOe. and each, 27x36 Pure Lines ‘Vray and Carving Cloths —7: $1 and $1.50 ca 36x36 «Pure Linen Stand Cloths, fringed, bemstitched and open-worked —BWe., Te., $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2, $2.50 und $3 each, 45x45 and 54x54 Plain, Hemstitched and Open-worked All-linen Tea Cle —$1, $1.50, $2, $2.50 and $3 each, Table Paddings. 1%x2-yard Quilted Tatte Pads—$1.75 pen-worked—$6.50 and each, I%x2-yard Quilted Table Pads $2 each. 2x24-yard Quilted Table Pads— each, Stinch Table Felt—50c. a yard. 66-inch Table Felt—Z5e. a yard, inch Table Felt—$1 a yard. T24nch Knitted Felt—90c. a yard. oN oeeeettoaee W. C. T. U. CONVOCATION. Interesting Adresses on the Subject of “Christian Citize: - The winter convocation of the W. C. T. U. of the District of Columbia held an all- Gay session in the assembly room of Cal- vary Church today. Owing to the forbid- aing weather there was a limited attend- ance, but the spirit of the exercises and the enthusiasm of those present made up in a measure for lack of numbers. Mrs. S. H. Martin presided, leading the devo- tional exercises that opened the meeting, and Mrs. C. E. Emig assisting at the piano. Mrs. Martin gave a very practical and inter- esting Bible talk, after which Mrs. Johnson of the First Congregational choir sang a sclo. Mrs. 8S. D. La Fetra, world’s super- intendent of the department of Christian citizenship of the W. C. T. U., then read a paper on “Christian Citizenship.” The de- partrent of Christian citizenship in the W. C. T. U. was fully described and its object stated to be “to encourage and sys- tematize the study of the science of govern- ment and the rights and duties of citizen- ship, to educate and influence voters, to combat the evils of organized society at the caucus, the convention and at the ballot bex. All this to be done from a Christian standpoint that Christian principles and ethical standards may be introduced and maintained in all the social and political relations of mankind.” Mrs. Jessie Brown Hilton, secretary of the department of mothers’ meetings for the W. C. T. U., spoke on the importance of mothers teaching their children the ob- jects and methods of the great organiza- tion whose badge is the white ribbon. Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, national super- intendent of legislation for the “oT re relating on Con- bill in- age of consent in the District of Columbia. In her remarks she scored the New York senators severely, and d. recated the existence of politi in both great parties, which made the ba tle all the harder for temperance people. Following Mrs, Ellis’ address Mrs. Mar- tin spoke briefly, telling how she first be- came interested in the W. C. T. U and then the meeting was thrown open to ali as an experience meeting. After a number of interesting talks by those present all were invited to the dining rooms of the church, where the young la- dies of the branch had prepared luncheon. At 2 o'clock the meeting was resumed, and continued with addresses and reports. gress the merits of the Shannon creasing the —____ Acquitted of Mansinughter. A veréict of acquittal was rendered Sat- urday at Freehold, N. J., in the case ot Wm. Showles, the bareback rider, who has been on trial the last two days charerd with manslaughter in having killed Anson Croft, a bartender in a hotel at Redbank. The evidence showed that the shooting of Croft was accidental. He and Showles were the best of friends, ‘ ———__+e-+—____ Lightning Strack a Street Car. During the thunder storm early Saturday lightning struck a 434 street electric car in Chicago. The-car was full of working men on their way to the stock yards. All were badly shocked, and one mah, Zach Roth, had to be removed In an ambulance. Tie car was badly damaged. The first thing tomorrow take the choice of All the $4 and $4.50 All broken lots of the All the broken lots of Pants | Men’s Shoes in the house for that have been $5, $6 and $7 for that have bem $4 ant ‘$4.50 for *2.98. | °8.50.|°2.59. ‘There are plenty of pairs ‘among ‘em that'll fit you— neat, new patterns, isn’t ld ‘stock—and we're not go ing to give tt a chance to get old, either. ‘made. Saks and “Saks’ Corner.” French Calf and Box “alf. You know bow much you need cork soles during March and early April—there are a few pairs Lots of "em are Hanan's—and those that are ‘Bot are good enough to be tm bis company. . Best footwear Company,