Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1897, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, SATUR, AY, MARCH 2 27, 1897-24 PAGES. CROSBY 5. NOYES . Editor. STAR has a reg to say. do not admire or applaud the “brawn and skill” of toughs who are trained like beasts to cut the furious capers of beasts. Our correspondent’s reference to the days of the Caesars is not a happy one for his contention. Fortunately for the world, it is a long way in advance of many practices nent Family Circulation j of those days. match at Carson, © than the combined elr-| however, would no more have fitted Ro- tien of the other Washington | man customs eighteen hundred years ago dailies. An a News and Advertising | chan it fits Am: nm customs today. Cor= it has no competitor. vold delays, on ac- . letters to THE STAR, Business Depart- ry Foster on Hawali. Me Society @ more tim at its public m could t ering: not well © for con last night han the H jan Islands, nor a mor: aut nd capabl urer thar ex-Seeretary Foster, whose official and personal ntanee his theme give his 1 unusual importance. Ir his not only a clear end deseriptic history he sted how surely the group is = info a ripe condition for absorption by The native » < clwit even now a r races. ‘The 5 fae He I cannot be thi Hawaii 3 process rust In their naturally btles3 soon examine the vii for annexa- The Clubs. commi erefore are considered this mi ar last year is the party A of this year, and wi the her s Ch rs e x s or will subserih Kal rd in party 3 fons of the par nell in the one r oppose such is the of the Na- in behalf in exerted - party those ry carefully They are the close on <of le servic er is of no sense. woe Price Fight Piety) hibit Those » pr ox the plauded. Who ¢ ¥ the will « 1 skill of the ir fellows have looked on and ap- fay will come to admire tt would not have been allowed to escape with a sprawl on the floor and a moment of pain, but Fitzsimmons would have been obliged by the “men and women who ad- mire brawn and skill” to go in and do him up for good and all. When the Romans gave themselves up to brutality, the spec- te c me as abandoned as the per- formers. Nobody stopped at house, pt when or é centric hamor But although men have been stripped of much of their former coarseness, they have lest neither courage nor endurance. Coarseness does not beget either quaiity in men. The legions of the Caesars were com- posed of sturdy fellows, but they never on any field exhibited more courage than was shown by the men who rode with Sheridan at Wincheste who charged with Pickett Gettysburg. The so-called “manly art of el f-d: as now tau hing but a tough’s trick for No, the simple one. o making 9 proposition presented The exhibition of thi fat a price which would fill halls bys would have moraiizing effect if pictu a ve y com = may be exhi Why not pictures of cock fights, dog fights. I fights, and so forth? ‘Those contests are very © Give the owners of birds and game bretes a chance to : handsomely on their outlays. Tf the plunge downward is to be taken us be brave about Let us go to the r om and have done with it. That was course in “ihe days of the Caes- - s20e = Censa census of the Distriet to be taken oy the police next week will prot dem- hat the growth of the capital has ot 1 checked, but has continued at a healthy rate. As The Star recently showed, ihe © of increase of population indi- by the police of Decembs . if maintained hout the decade, Id give the District Ssu.o00 in 1ye0, and the forth-coming local enumeration will ‘ fuahi showing whether the percentage of gain has heen sustained. The last national count and the last loca! iS Showed 270519. On this } the work of the police next week sh disclose a population of at least cw), An wausual ef is being made to © as accurate ths ax possible j this tim to include a more de enum the than has ever before been undertaken under mut auspices. For example, ihe police will a particularly as to the children, whether they attend school or not, and, if they do not, what are reasons for their non- attendan A study of these returns wiil 3 afford deductions of grea alue to the hool au se Attention is also to be paid to shims, whi Washington are not extensive. but nooks and ing in corr ss that Py are gen 2 census work. Not only is it im- the circumstances of a ly ev of dents idences of which are the floating bodice the victims, be made known. A few the would effectively inclose with a wall. But while } many ca: r crime, the car nd dollars never accidents, !t would not cure the evil of its tnwholesome influence on the health of the neighboring community. 11 aided the flats of the Anacostia suce fuliy in their assault uj artillery post at the “Arsenal,” and it has practi- cally checked the growth of a large and promising section, bisecting the southern half of the city by a dead-line. Con- gress cannot plead ignorance of the ence of this evil. Its pr known to the legislata the it obre ist- makes itself s in summ ss Watt pest! ence when southwe h the Capit omforts of of those who must year in ent odors ling to r the from this and year out it ts hardly that the wind will not southwest during the com- mmer that James ck Vilest and most cessation. Then, awake to the ne windows long a sessions. F suffer teo much to hope shift from the ing spring and lors without Congre: ion a ae Possibly human nature is less selfish than it has been believed to be. It is an inter- esting fact that some of the people most us to protect public men from ridicule newspapers are persons whose com- parative obscurity would se m to render them absolutely safe from such assault. — Soe — If it should require time to reach a deci- sion over an international difference in proportion to that needed by the Senate to weigh the question of arbitration, such a treaty might be regarded as a guarantes of perpetual peai i i xeqwations he theatrical season approaches its close and the customary interviews are = eet ae eid about due, in which each manager _ Mee ot the nome | that, excepting in his individual case, bust- : ness was very bad. as “well-meaning, but n The assertion was See: lays of the Caesars | The saddest thing about Corbett's def: ted in the arena, | 23 @ pugilist is the promptness with which it annihilated his importance as an actor. -+0e — ‘There was a wild burst of energy at the post office building today, y ined athlete two hundred 1 to gladfatorial contests and six men being employed. ars resp used phrases oreo hat put t t possible light on the sub- Flagging Ei ject from his point of view. There will, | From the Toledo Blade. however, be a protest from a very large] The Wyoming legislature recently de- part of the community against the impli- | feated a free silver resolution and in- cation he Hy approve priz n of this day sirable citizensh! fighting. who compose largely makes that men and women gen- The men and the tp of the world, it is safe structed its delegates in Congress to vote for a measure to secure an international bimetallic agreement. The free silver craze is rapidly dying out, even in the nouse of its friends. THE WEEK. The United States Supreme Court decided that the anti-trust law of 180) was appli- cable to railways and that the traffic agree- ment of the Trans-Missouri Freight Asso- ciation was illegal. The four days’ general debate in the House on the Dingley tariff bill closed, and the measure was submitted for amendment under the five-minute rule. The Greater New York charter bill passed the New York legislature. Four members of the “Button gang,” who were to have been hanged at Sante M., were re- spited by President McKinley. ‘The cele- bration of the one hundred and tenth an- niversary of the Western University of Pennsylvania was held at Pittsburg. On a joint ballot of the Kentucky legislature for the senatorship Dr. W. G. Hunter, republi- can, received sixty-seven votes, two les than the number necessary to elect. More than 6,000 colored refugees from the Mis- ippi river floods were cared for at Mem- Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow, editor of lvania Methodist, was convicted urg, Pa., of criminally libeling Delaney, state superintendent of Three men were killed and ten were injured by an ex- plosion of nitro-glycerine at chemical works near Philadelphia. Dr. Joseph J. Luls, the alleged Cuban filibuster, was convicted and sent to jail at Baltimore pending the hearing of a motion for a new trial. A ¢: clone that swept over southwestern Geoi gia and southern Alabama. blew to piec the Academy at Arlington, Ga., Killing seven pupils and wounding many others. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ad their two children and Rosa Morrirer w found in the ruins of the Ade family home, on Paradise Ridge, Tenn. The hot had been burned, and the five persons we! murdered. at John C. public buildings and grounds. Forcign. ‘The monument to Emperor William IT was unveiled with elaborate ceremoni: and amid great enthusiasm in Berlin, the one hundrcd*h an of the late emperor's birth; 2, ided in_ front of Prince iemiarel 2, rehe; the prince, thanks through his s tinued between in the Island of Crete; the Christians drov Turks from their blockhouse and captured two Turkish forts; the warships of the powers opened fire on the Christians, but the bombardment lasted only ten min- u The consistory court of the dioc f London ordered the delivery of the origi- logbook of the Mayflower to the United tes government im- prisoned by the in Cuba, was relea itoba legista- ture ratified the tlement of the Roman Catholic parochial school question. Howard Potter of the firm of Brown, Shipley & ©o., bankers, of London, died in that city. Iu the District. It was expected that the nominate successors — to zesdell and Ross during claims of various ¢ Pres e week, andidates their friends; however, that the be the ist of of interest that fa the last pn of Ce roduced; also some new them one providi the com- pulsory support of ch ents and one providing for the wide the Aqueduct bridge, in order to ac jai street railway tracks. In charcing the jury in the course of the trial of Dan Gray, charged with murder, Judge Headley held th t of Jar ving to -s the right to sentence convicted mur- rs either to death or life im it, applied to the District of nd further held that by r 10 contradiction in its terms it of repealing all tutes pre punishment of capital oftc in the District prior to th the decision caused con: t among attorneys and held by some tha < would preve punishment of on, of murder a to idin ses comn pas! an that the dwellers in these S| hanged. and would also prevent the pun- and arts should + refully ishment of other murders rw ountried: = Gray was acquitted. ler soe a DUE EE ally desirable | oocided that the appropri 1 for e: that some light may be cast upon their | fre Connesticut avenue could. be modes of living. In this connection it is} part, pending the securing of the rigt worthy of note that just at this juneture along the entire route. At a spec the Board of Trade is taking up the que meeting of the board of trade the sul 1 eae fon the | Of providing sanitary homes for the work- oe enter y euses fore ing poor was discus tary working poor, and basis of the po-! John ‘Ww Sait er ae lice census work in localities it can| fore the National Geo} ty, in be y as large a the course of which he ufgently advocated exicts ever tor (oc the annexation of Hawali to prevent its Soe lees 10s ores falling into the hands of another power: able Mee the annual reception of the society was i attempt on the part of th held the night previous, d was attended trict officials te cour the people ange numb f pec including the epveriiient ‘census: ot “ini Cakens rE tent of the ed States. ‘The local ; German Ameri uted with appro- Oe DA aioe Dearie the pelle In a ceremony nienary of the heir questio ir by the citizens in: th h of the late ror William 1 of sponses to produce a complete and aceu- | ¢ ‘The de y of Daniel i pred “voodoo” doctor, was found ate returt ee ae in James Creek canal. Just across the Po- See tomac in Virginia, near the Chain brid James Creek Ca Charles Jackson ‘killed Rosi Lowe, and y in turn killed by Arthur Parker, a nee dee holy brother of his vietIm; all colored. ‘There known the nal | was unusual mortality among well-known to poir he pressing ed ¢ ns of the District di. z the we smal! appropriation either among those wh died were Wil eeeettirely over or | Sibley, Willlam S. Roose, Robert a ‘Alexander M. K and Levi HH. Yi walls sufficient SS Se t to prevent its further existenc Giooimee GATE nearly a mile It length through the | “Wan o' the worst tings we hov ty con- tion of the elty, a menace | tind wid,” sald Mr. Dolan, “Is procrastina- fe and health and a temptation to the | tion. ny a good man ‘ud hoy a job now hug and highwayman and to the would- | if people “ud take the thrubble ty say ty Suicide and a pit-fall tor the unwary, | the bosses the pleasant Uings they'll be so | Bach year adds to its death-roll. No full | free wid puttin’ on ‘is tombstone. accounting of its record is possible, for in EeculinGly. Senne At poverty (tis no disgrace) He can afford to smile, But this cruel world he cannot face If his wheel is out of style. The Hard Work. “There seems to be a great deal of trou- ble connected with office holding,” remark- ed the man who observe replied the aspir ing is easy enough. It’ causes che difficulty.” nt. “Office hold- office getting that © Consideration. An “I never go to a sad play,” said the young woman who poses. “It is almost sure to make me ery, and then It is bad for reeves * replied Miss C: times for the complexion. Congress and the G “April Fool,” the first of May, with blossoms fair; And after that, the love to celebrate. even darkness yields before a patri- otic glare As we listen to the story of a nation proudly great. good old day we Whe The oecasion’s one we cherish; one which claims both heart and sRill; Some words upon prosperity would properly apply. They will, therefore, have the thanks of many people if they will Have that article delivered, order, by July. in good A Cold-Blooded Girl “Oh, Mr. Stalate,” she said, without tak- ing ner eyes off the clock, “1 want to ask you something about your tastes in the way of cookery.” ‘Im charmed to have you take interest," was the reply. “Do you like bacon and eggs for break- fast?” “Why—er—sometimes.”’ “I hope you will speak frankly, because if you don’t like them we can tell the ser- vant #3 soon as she comes down stairs to prepare something else."” such an unnecessarily earnest a CO See Washington Has Room for One. From the Boston Traveler, ‘The prelimmary test of the new dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard Is very satis- factory. This 1s good, for Uncle Sam is sadly in need of dry docks, with his paval officers running his war vessels on rod&s so frequently. ree Pure Nerve. From the Chicago Tribune, “Young Higginside married, you say, on $10 a week? That took nerve, anyhow. What was he working at?” “Nothing. It was the girl who was earn- ing the $10. GOL DENBERG ’S “SUOQ ND NEWS.” Daren twer Finest mattings at very ridiculous prices. Monday morning will usher in the greatest matting sale we have eve: held—the greatest matting sale tha has ever been held in this city, witl no exception, At various times before we hav: distributed values which have crowd ed the basement and store, and whi you said were remarkable. The prices we quoted were from a half to two-thirds less than the fur niture stores you, and they say we're ruining the matting busines of the city. You can't care very much. And why should you blame us if we car buy it fer hali what they do and sel! it the Same way? This lot of mattings were imported r the Arnold-Constable Co. ask oO New York city, and are the finest made. They were sold at the tradc tsale in New York city a few days ago, and we got 400 rolls of it which Monday ing ‘o on sale morn- With the matting season righ? at hand, we cannot see why every mat- ting wanter in town should not be her China 4 splen- which for 15¢. you may 50 rolls of heavy seamless matting did quality everywhere 1&e. for Qlzs. yard. sells and have a yard 250 rolls of fine Japanese cotton-warp — matting—the handsomest patterns, in- cluding the white with col- ored higure—very closely woyen-and a quality which everywhere |brings 25¢. and 30¢.—you may have tor 100 rolls of the very hi est grade of Japanese mat- tings—and the very hand- somest patterns—including cffe a embroidered ts quality which brings 50c. and some as high as 60c. a yard—you may have for D5c- yard. + A bale of faney Japanese matting rugs—two yards long by one yard wide—of fine quality matting—you may have for 25°: each. $1 to $175 mew season’s shirt waists. Choice AQe- We have bought the traveling |) salesmen’s samples of the fjesdine | shirt waist maker of the world, whose name is standard everywhere, but which we cannot publish. The lot consists of —lappets lawns —lace-striped dimities —plain lawns —plain organdies —pretty batistes —have detachable collars and cuffs and some have the stylish white linen collars. We have ahese very same waists in stock, arf@ you'll see them any- where you go marked $1, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75—the season’s new- est effects. Your choice of them for AQ each —but we'll have to limit the quantity to not more than three to any one buyer—to prevent the storekeepers about town from,buying them to sell again. You may put this down as the greatest shirt waist sale that will be held this season. You can easily see how great the values are. Read the mondeenl values for Monday in tomorrow’s “Post” and “Times.” GOL. DENBERG’S, 926-928 7th-706 K Streets Benson’s Porous Plaster clves prompt rellef. Price, 25 cents, mhé-th,s&tu-3ua The 5 Foundation Of Good Bread —lies in the kind of flour used. When the best re- sults are desired it is neces- sary to use the best flour— “Ceres” Flour. “CERES” Flour —has a host of admirers right here in Washington. It is the flour thar makes “more,” “lighter,” “whiter, “sweeter” and — “bette bread than any other flour. Get “Ceres” Flour from your grocer — we only wholesale it Wm. Pl. Galt & Co., Wholesalers, 1st and Ind. Ave. No man likes his linen man- * gled. And vet some of you patronize _ H “small, one-horse Jaundries—or \ John Chinaman. ‘ Hadn't you better make a} y change, and try the Yale? 518 ‘ » roth st—'phone toy. it? aaa $ WiLL AT The Julius Lansburgh Furniture & Carpet Co., 1226 F St. N.W., Will Offe TUESDAY WEDNESDAY, Mar Rugs, 6 ft on +00 + Bags, 10 ft wo o Rags, ft x 4 . 12 tx WIR 1. x10 » Rugs, 14 ft, xto. RED kne ERED $3.85 finish: Usnat pri " $2.90 ' $32.95 DARDS 2 $9.35 TOLDING ea! springs $10.85 : 65c. {CB PARLOR. SUITE covered, sik 1 in 12 Solid 100 WHITE ENAM tn DELPT. Spectal ror LANSBURGH’S Furniture & Carpet Co. It There's a certain air of individual- ity about our clothes. It repre 5 the difference between the efforts of our skilled cutters and the botch work of the cheap tailor and the ready-made clothicr. G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, <pert Tailor, 1208 F St. It AAR a a ( Sugar Corn, } (Cans with Soiled Labels), 3 Cans- r the order to close the chole ; i « ie et ( ‘Table pescnes sede 3 Cans 256. Die Peaches:.--.=-+---can= 5 ( Sliced Pineapple... can. LOc. Standard Tomatoes. 4 cans 2 25¢. Early June Peas. ... .3 cans. 25¢. J. T. D. Pyles, 412 4th st Cor, 3d and Md. ave. ne. FIVE wn 4 x. De A 1904 Zt STORES. — Wasninge Anacost! SDL Have some regard for your linen. Give it the benefit of careful, conscientious laundry work. Saves wear—worry—expense. YALE LAUNDRY, It 518 10th st—’Phone 1092. at aaa ae Hygienic School Shoes; the only School Shoes that do not scrape out at toe. Hand made, flexible, com- fortable, durable. BURT'S SHOE STORE, Arthur Burt, 1411 F St, Next to Branch Post Office. Woodward * . Loth rop Announce for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 29, 30, 31, A General Opening For the Exhibiti Assembly of on of Their Great Merchandise For Spring and Summer of ’97, and A Special Opening of Dress Goods and Silks For Easter. We are grandly ready for the s the house is more nearly exactly as than at any time in our past. The s newness and brightness, in which are th ai nearer to the ideal in all that per son gone. Gathered carefully and delibera and what to discard, it’s the equal quality, completeness, diversity of 4 than ordinarily attractive from the Never beiore young and old, citiz so rich in attract a and strang Every as you would have pring business it should be. partinent in 1 plendid spring assortments, in all their latest styles and novelties, are Ms to a perfeet stock than in any sea ately by those who know what to take of any in America for correctness of assortment and real worth Price point of view tions, this equally we r, Visitor or purchaser. and more store Dress Stuffs for Easter, Black and Fashionable Colors. Absolute completeness is our i Richest of the rich—gay, sombre, 1 This superb exhibit embraces m, dines, Fish Net and Canvas Cloths Open-mesh and Transparent effects that are so generally shown b leading Paris modistes for spring romenade, Driving, C ideal in’ Dress Goods this season nedium—something — for WwW tast ny varicties of Lace Mramines, Grena and various other ultra-fashionable nd summer go a Ms tor iurch and Siouing Purposes and ail Evening Functions. Among them are a goodly nur the yard and in single gown lengtl made expressiv to our order and Colored Dress Goods. Open-mesh and Fabrics (to be made over goods of such as: contrasting whes wide. Knot mine, tes wide. $1.00 to $2.00 2 Dentelle Etaimine, in tan, brown, green and Si. Etamine Canv in open-mest t 18. 42 inches wi Grenadines, Transparent {In Grenadines, Ge a yd. nber of hig! that are not obt class Paris novelties by exclusive. 7 wese inable elsewhere. | Black Dress Goods, as re hey auzes and t fashions able ee mesh weaves. | Eramine ¢ 1 45 inches wide. Sr.zsavk ‘tamine Dentelle, 47 inches wide. Si ave j Etamine Jacquard, js si tancles. 45 im ya Camel's 11 Grenadine, to 4S inches wide and $1.00 a vd rame Grenadine, 5 to S2 soa ing Silk Grenadine, wm wide, exciusive | 50c. and $1.00 a yd. pat oso of each. 4s | 45 Inches wid Sy = $2.00 a yi. $2.50 to $3.50 a vd. = ss z a ae Guipure Damasse, Henriettas, p in in A variety and « ail sabi SUE Ek wen tints. 40 inches wi $2.75 and $3.50 a yd. Soc. a yd. = = 3 = : Figured Grenadine. Jin flowers, te vines. ings. 48 inches wi ra a " 5oc. and 75} | $1.00 and $1.50 a yd 45 inches wide. S275 isco 4 ated weaves, 47 3275 183.50 a vd $1.00 a yd. Covert Cloth red in Drown 2 in the searee two-to to $2.00 a yd. in Gauzes, or Hight-we 45 tne Satin Striped Gauzes, all silk, 45 Inches wide. ns and browns. 4 inches $1.75 and $2.25 a yd 75¢. a yd. French Weaves, such Cheviot Beige, e = . a new German production, handsome shad- Net Etamine, fogs. 45 Inches wide. 2 75c. a yd. = avi Canvas Tweeds, in two-toned colorings: desirable for tailor4nade Costus I inches wide, $1.25 a yd. avd. | Plisse Etamine, etive array of new culorings. ja very hb isome silk and woel noweliy, with + | appearan boall-silk fabric, 47 inetes wid $1.25 a yd. annockburn Suitings, in popular fabric Inches wide, ilk wool; small and effective desigt wide. : $1.00 to $1.75 The Nev Silks are to play a very important part in dress this season. tinctive gowns they tremely fashionable open-mesh and they are indispensable. Silks, gant ‘novelties that are exclu Printed Foulards, Printed Glace Foulards, Printed Shanghai, Croise Chine, Printed Armure, in exclusive designs, foreign and domestic, Moire Velours, one of the most popular fabrics of the season, plain colors and checks, lst floor, all the desirable color- $1.50 a yd. We are showing a choice new as embracing all the desirable weaves and including some richly ele- ve. We name in part: | $3.50 a yd. Bane Grenadine, | Silk and wool, 43 inches wide $3.50 a yl. Beaded Grenadine, 2.25 and $2.50 a yd. w Silks. As dis- will be popular, and as an under-dress for the ex- sheer goods in silk, wool and cotton ortment of Taffetas, in Glace, Chameleon, Faconne, Plaid, Stripe and Broche effects, Tinsel Brocade, Black Taffetas Faconne, Black Louisine, Striped Habutai, Black Satin Liberty, Black Wash Surah, ete. The New Dress Trimmings From Paris direct—selected there by our buyer, personally. Every new and attractive fancy is here, as well as the more staple sorts. exclusive novelties are among them. “Many Pearl Boleros, Pearl Passemen- teries, Gilt Passementeries, Iridescent Jeweled Passementeries; also Black Mohair Braids and Passementeries, Tubular Braids, Jet Boleros, Black Ast door, Black Silk Braid Boleros, Black Silk Boleros, etc. Woodward & Lothrop.