Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1897, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1897-16 PAGES. fretted Base Balls and Bats free for the boys tomerrow. BOYS’ $3.50, $4, $4.50 & $5 SUITS, FOR $2.95. Here is good news to: you mothers who have put off buying the boy’s Easter suit until now. Asa special Easter Offer- ing tomorrow we sell Boys’ Short Pants Suits worth $3.50, $4, $4.50 and $5 for only $2.95. These are carefully sewed, finely finished, and made to withstand the healthy violence of the boys. Spring weight--sizes 4 to 14 years. tter come in the morning before the children’s de= partment becomes crowded. In Boys’ Double Breasted Suits we can show you a splendid assortment. Prices are easily ~ the lowest in the city for like qualities. From $2 up to $8. Boys’ Combination Suits, for $3.50, $4, $4.50 and $5. A large line of Novelty Suits--perfect in its completeness--Splendid values from $2 to $8. a as as te te a ts tae a as eee as Moore & Leding, The Dainty a White Box Stamped “Moore & Leding” in- sures a delighted recipient of the Easter gift before it is even un- tied. There is really nothing more exquisite in the city than our line of gold and silver articles suitable for this Easter season. You need not spend much money, either— the prettiest novelties are often the least expensive. The store is well worth a visit of inspection. _ Moore & Leding, Silversmiths and Diamond [ierchants, on) |. 1109 F St. = 1 EASTER, ’97. We have every detail for your dress. Exersthing from the Sk Hat down, is he «—ready—walting for you. .In Spring Suits and Top Coats you'll find the new patterns and styles—everything correct—everything in guod taste. Our regular customers say we sell lower than other houses, often for better qu WE KNOW we do. Specials in Bleycle Suits from $4.50. EASTER SALE OF _ $ hn Gentlemen’s Suits. Gentlemen’s Top Coats. Men's ‘Stylish Soriag: Gentlemen's Light and Suits, wool Seoteh Chov- Dark Covert Cloth Spring coca peeieeees twa ae nee Gee other popular shades.......... $7.50 thoroughly well made..... ee $7.50 Men's Very Fine All Cee eee worsted and) buney Fine Plaid Chev eja Eacish Famer Wor SH OO Seotel: Over! y. Brown oud Bine Sopa ee *$1.95 tot Petia Se pak. SD SS Boys’ Finest. Seoteh Tweed = Combination Suits, sizes 5 to 16, comprising all the nov cities, in weaves. NEW DERBYS. RECT StL LATEST FEDORAS. i RT HER PORTRAIT ON HER HOUSE. Home Th: Novelty. A New York Woman am Architectu' From the New York Jourua On the front of a new building on Irving place, Cupids are to be seen as wellas the granite bust of a woman. The bust is a portrait. The Cupids are chubby, like those drawn in red for heads of chapters in books of the eighteenth century. The bust of this woman is heroic, with a pride in her eyes, seen in historical figures. e It is the portrait of Miss Pauline Schei- ble, who is a competent critic of portraits, since she is the owner of a photograph gallery, and it was sculptured by Fer- nando Miranda, whose artistic education was severe. He has ma this portrait with exquisite fidelity so that the model is | not flattered nor repreduced in impersonal elegance. It is an original figure and em- biematic of the art of the building. The building has no portico or cornice. Of pressed brick and granite, five stories in height, with a double line of bay wia- dows, having at each side a column, it is an apartment house, evidently, but ish dependent of all schools or ornament in a chitecture. The artist, He said: “My work is American, not classical. It is a declaration of independence in art, against tyranny of the Greeks and the Ro- mans. We must study them and emulate them. We must imitate them, but to copy them is not to imitate them. To imitate has his reasot E. Grewey, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing. E Bicycle Suits, $4.50 to $15. 910 and 912 F Street. them 1s to construct butldings appropriate to their use, graceful in form and original in design. “To imitate Napoleon, for example, is to Stylish Short Box and Reg- ular Length Covert Cloth Spring Overcoats, in all the tan and leather shades..... ° _ Gentlemen's very finest Spring Overcoats; made of Frereh Vicunas and Gran- ite Cloth, in brown and 2 $1 5.50 Boys’ All-wool Brownie Suits, large sailor collars and vest: of same material $2.50 Beautiful new patterns in Brownie Suits, high grades in combination ‘colors. .."----- $3.95 An extraordinary line of uov- elties in Cheviot and Worsted Suits, exclusive patterns, v: ery tasty, rich trimmings, ses $4. 00 3 to 6, worth up to $5. FAN SHIRTS. SEAM- LESS GOLF HOSE. {UMBRELLAS | AND CANES, HIRSH, win battles. To copy him is to wear three-cornered hat, a great gray coat ‘and ne with one’s hands behind one’s Miss Pauline Scheible ts the owner building, where her bust, under eatae window, figures as a caryatid. The Cupids are the architect's expression of the love which presides over the destinies of happy homes. In all the corners of the windows invisible from the street, are symbolical de. vices. At the top, the line of embroidered stone 1s not conventional. It represents a “The rope,” Mr. Grewey said, “is an indi- cation of the strength by whic - ine i bound’ sth by which the build. here are to be balconies at the windows and potted plants, which the aw, chitect is to select and bind himself to change and keep in order and harmony with the puilding always. There has been no jee e this put = no ide put into practice any Mr. Grewey says it is an American idea. Perhaps the portrait of its owner on the front of the building 1s not so much a novelty. On the facade of Richard Watson Gilder’s house are medallions of his two children. Oliver the Barber, who was mis- ister ta Louis XI, had at Tours, in France, @ palace which offered to passers-by the spectacle of its owner on Horseback, in Carrara marble, in @ niche. But the Irv- ing place house fs, nevertheless, even in we Special characteristie @{ its portrait, original Miss Scheible smiled pleasuntiye at the comment which this lginality has pro- voked. ‘I haven’t heard anybody say it was vanity, and yet it was @ splendid oc- casion to make the criticism,” she said. oo “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers, Gi of Western State Hospi- tal Elect Officers. READY FOR PRIMARY ELECTION The Brutal Ravisher of a Woman Still at Large. : LOCAL NOTES OF INTEREST 2 Evening Star Bureau, No. 529 King Street, Bell Telephone No. 106. ALEXANDRIA, Va.. April 16, 1897. ‘The annual meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Western State Hospital was held at Staunton yesterday, with all the members present. Mr. J. T. Beckham of this city was without opposition and by a unanimous vote re-elected president for the seventh consecutive time. Mr. Becky ham was first, appointed a member of the board by Gen. Fitz Lee, governor of Vir- ginia, and was reappointed by Govs. Mc- Kinney and O’Ferrall. He is the oldest member of the board of directors and has served longer than any one man in the his- tory of the institution. which is a high compliment to Mr. Beckham’s business abil- ity and integrity. The new members, Messrs. C. C. Conway of Orange county, E. E. Stickley of Woodstock and F. B. Berkeley, were sworn in, and the board re- elected the following officers for the ensu- ing year: Benjamin Blackford, M. D., su- perintendent; George S. Walker, M. D.; Joseph 8. De Jarnette, M. D.; Hugh Henry, M. D., and Chertsey Hopkins, M.D., assist- ant physicians; C. Miller, steward; C. J. Armistead, secretary, and Mrs. Virginia L. Thompson, matron. The hospital is now in a flourishing condition and has accom- modations for about 200 more patients. A j number of Alexandrians are now at the hospital undergoing treatment. Primary Election Expenses. There will be a meeting of the city demo- cratic committee tonight, at which all those who desire to be candidates at next Wed- nesday’s primary are expected to appear and pay the amounts assessed against thern for primary expenses, in order that their names may appear on the ticket. There is no assessment against candidates for the city council. All the candidates are on the move and working hard night and day for | supremacy. Church Services Today. Today being “Good Friday” services were held in the various churches as follows: St. Mary's Church, mass at 6 am.; mass of the presanctified at 8 a.m., and stations of the cross at 3 and 7 p.m. Christ Churc! 11 a.m.; St. Paul’s Church, 11 a.m. and p.m.; Grace Church, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. passicn services from 12 to 3 p.m., and Im- manuel Lutheran, 11 a.m. Police Court. In the policé court this morning the fol- lowing cases were disposed of: Charles Humphries, assault and beating Arthur Gray, fined $1; James Webb and Mattie Payne, beth colored, charged with dis- orderly conduct, were fined $1 each. Not Caught as Yet. Despite the vigorous search made by the police for the negro ravisher, James Lewis, who committed an outrageous assault on Mrs. Reidel, at Rose Hill Farm, an account of which appeared in The Star, they have not as yet been able to locate him. They feel confident, however, that ere long they will have him behind the bars, as they know his haunts very well, and believe he will appexr at one of them sooner or later. Alexandria Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M. The regular meeting of Alexandria Coun- cil, Junior Order United American Mechan- ies, was held last night, with a large at- tendance. Considerable business of an im- portant natu:e to members was transacted, and a pleasant evening spent by those present. Alexandria Kindergarten. Those interested in the Alexandria kin- dergarten have invited Dr. Hailman, the celebrated lecturer, to deliver a lecture at Peabody Hall next Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock. It is believed that Dr. Hailman will have a large audience, and that his lecture will prove very interesting and of benefit to the cause. Base Ball Tomorrow. The Episcopal High School base ball team wili cross bats with the Columbian College team cf Washington on the High School ground tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. A good game will doubtless be seeen. To Be Married Wednesday. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Mary Jeffries of Fauquier county to Mr. Henry Entwisle of this city. The cere- mony will take place at Halfway, Fauquier county, next Wednesday, April 21. A num- ber of Alexandrians will attend. Sunday School Celebrations. The Easter celebrations of the Sunday schools of St. Paul’s, Grace and Christ Epis- copal churches will be held Sunday after- noon. Elaborate musical programs have been thorougiiy rehearsed, and the celebra- tions will be very interesting. General and Personal Notes. The fair under the auspices of the Uni- form Rank, Knights of Pythias, at Schu- ler’s Hall, last night, was largely attended and the voting for the various articles was spirited. The monthly meeting of the Young Peo- ple’s Union was held at the Second Pres- byterlan Church last night. The revival service at the Baptist Church was largely attended again last night. Rev. J. H. Boyd, recently elected presid- ing elder of the M. P. Church, has, with his family, moved to this city. The Chesapeake presbytery having com- pleted its business has adjourned. Officer Wilkerson has captured a no- tcrious negro named James Mells, who is wanted by the authorities on several charges. Miss Christine Chew of Charlestown, W. Va., is visiting friends in this city. The city republican committee met last night. The funeral of young Edward Buckner took place from the Alfred Street Baptist Church today at 2:30 o'clock, and was largely attended. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kraemer left today to join “The 8 Bells” Company at Minne- apolis, Minn. ‘The Alexandria Light Infantry meet to- night to determine whether or not they will go to New York on the 27th instant for the Grant memorial exercises. , The New York Trip. Captain Albert Bryan of the Alexandria Light Infantry today received a commu- nication from John A. Johnson, assistant adjutant general of the Grant memorial exercises on the 27th instant, stating that the committee would nct-be able to furnish free quarters and subsistence for the com- pany during their stay in New York. In view of this fact it has been suggested that the citizens of Alexandria make up a purse to assist in defraying the expenses. The Alexandria Light Infantry is one of the crack organizations of the state and made a most excellent showing at the funeral of General Grant. Any subscrip- tions left at The Evening Star bureau for this purpose will be turned over to Captain. Bryan. ——>—_—_. Couldn't Stand the Thought of It. From Puck. Weary Walker—“Say, I’m a-goin’ strangle meself ter death!” Dusty Rhodes (in amazement)—“What oy ier aer ‘Wa)ker—“Just listen what it says in dis paper!—‘Every time we breathe one hundred muscles of our bodies are set to ter ——___-ce2_____ It matters ttle what it is that you want —whether a situation “want” person who can fill your need. | LADIES’ TAN BOOTS- olate, &c. ladies’ . hig shoes. Latest shapes only = O7C. Ladies’ finely made, | and correct coin and opera toes. Worth double. |=) in fine Vici Ki every family, and the saving on the price of Shoes offered by this “Shoe Carnival” is worth looking into well. We have pre- pared for the biggest Easter trade in our history, and every style of new and fashionable footwear is here at prices that we alone can afford to sell at. Bring the children tomorrow. One thing to remember--you get the same shoes here as down town at lit- tle more than half F street and Avenue prices. LADIES’ EASTER SHOES. i LADIES’ TAN OX- : ASTER CARNIVAL At Washington’s Greatest Shoe Store. « The expense of Easter “fixing up” is a considerable item to rlEN’S EASTER SHOES. in lace--the new fash- ionable shades, in choc= This is an arhegat eed price for EXTRA QUALITY Tan Boots == very stitched and finished--fashion- able chocolate shades $1.47 LADIES’ BLACK boots =a spe= FORDS -- in new ’97 colors == fashionable shapes and toes--ve well made and stylish shoes== wort : at least twice O7c what we ask, 2 EXTREMELY FASH- IONABLE Spring Tan Boots--made up spe- cially for our fine trade. We guarantee every pair to be correct in shape and color. Wear also. Coin and $ Opera toes. I D7 LADIES’ VICI Kid Ox= fords, stylish spring TUEN’S High-grade Tan Shoes in every correct 97 spring style. These are the same shoes that are usually sold at $4--they are worth it. The line is most complete and includes ail the new shades--chocolate, oxblood, &c., and the fashionable toe shapes--Wall $2 OFS) Street--round toe--&c. «= © MEN’S well-made and very handsome Vici Kid Tan Shoes--in moderate weights for spring. These shoes are durable and exceedingly well made. We guarantee every pair. All the correct shapes. Very soft $2 Os and pliable = - = = « = = « ” MEN’S FINE PATENT LEATHER Shoes for Easter and spring’ wear. The cheapest line of cial bargain, indeed- worth much ‘Tell the cond footwear -- well made and correct in more. Special ()"7, h dtoe. Q)7, = le se $4. The sight ore. it shape and toe. e ir should 4. ie Easter price C. Special - = Cc. ape a = 5 4 a A full line of Ladies’ Bicycle Leggins. _ STOLL’, EV really fine quality Patent Leather $2.47 uctor to let you off at Stoll’s.” Te, re i Teh REMARKS BY MR. A. M. CLAPP. He Jumps on The Star With Both Feet. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Sir: I was somewhat surprised last even- ing to discover that you had, to use a com- mon phrase of the period, jumped into me with both feet and without provocation, be- cause I had ventured to express my views to a reporter on the: appointment of Mr. John B. Wight as a republican member of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Perhaps it was indiscreet in me to have any pronounced views, or to give them publicity, without saying to the Star—“‘by your leave." But let us see the gravity of my offence. It is alleged in yesterday mornings Post. It was alleged by that paper that there had been a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Union Republican Club, which is no doubt correct, and several gen- tlemen, lingered and were in conversation on the subject of Mr. Wight's appointment as the republican Commissioner. The whose reporter was present says—"MY. Clapp said “if Mr. Wight is not a true re- publican we not see why he should be hon- ored with the appointment of District Com- missioner. I have the highest regard for him personally. Mr. Clapp said the ap- pointment had roused considerable oppo: tion on the score of doubtfulness of Mr. Wights republicanism.” This is the sum of all I said on the subject that evening. ‘The Star, who I am confident had no re- porter there, and who made up a garbled statement, by cribbing from the enterprise of the Post, and makes that the subject of the following tirade. “Mr. Clapp and seven The store where your money is “ON CALI” when you ask for it. Wonderful Values In Tomorrow will end this sale of Boys’ and Children’s Suits at these low prices. They are going so rapidly that we can plainly see that even not one of them will be left by tomorrow night. Really, these Suits are the prettiest and cheapest Suits we have ever handled. Our own make. A SPALDING BAT AND BALL or CATCHER’S GLOYE with every boys’ purchase. 300—CHILDREN’S SHORT PANTS Suits—with 2 pair pants, 12 different patterns to select from; guaranteed absolutely all wool. These Suits were made in our own factory in New York, and only manufacturers could offer them at such a price. There is not a Suit in the lot but what is ac- tually worth $4.00 if made with only one __ pair pants. These have two—ages 6 to 16. Special 2.88 200—CHILDREN’S COMBINATION Suits—extra Pants; double seat and knees—fine quality—the latest effects in plaids and mixtures—a variety of patterns to select from—made to sell for $5.00. We affer for Eas- Children’s Easter Suits. others blocked the way, they say, that not- withstanding Mr. Wight would make an honest, capable and unexceptionable Com- missioner, they cannot permit his con- firmation unless he can prove himself a stalwart republican and can answer satis- factorily a string of questions headed by the absurd inquiry to a voteless citizen— have you ever voted a republican ticket. This report is a distressing situation, and threatens unless Mr. Clapp and his seven associates relent, to become “intolerable.” “Will not they consent to let up on their cinch on the other two hundred and ninety- nine thousand minety-two people of the District, and allow the wheels of the Dis- trict government to revolve again.” This piece of senseless gush is the ‘ig- ment of a disordered brain, and has no foundation in fact, so far as I am concern- ed, and I seem to be in the excited mind of the Star, the head and front of all this of- fending.’ The Star, in its venerable age, ought to have a higher sense of self re- spect, and of friendly regard for the com- mon ‘courtesies of neighborhood relation, than to unsheath its weapon upon one who has enjoyed the reading of that journal for some thirty years and steadily contributed to its wealth and power, and perhaps of the annoyance which it is now exercising on the head of an old friend under the mere impulse of an ill-engendered feeling of spleen. Come, now, correct your misrepresenta- tions, cease to bear false witness against your neighbor, and turn the trend of your journalistic power in line with the interests of a people who have been despoiled of the most sacred right of an American citizen— and help those who pay taxes and sustain an impoverished citizenship under a local government only: fit for slaves—and help them to a new policy that will emancipate them from a thraldom! where the rich are made richer, and the poor poorer, under the inevitable force of circumstances. Do this, and the people will rise up and call you blessed. It is not!too'late to reform. Cease to do evil and learn to’do well, and let your last days be yout! best days. Observe ae tice, exercise merey, cultivate a more in- timate acquaintanceship with the elements of truth, and ines ae feegyeos fe man a i duces tnd Dower wit De SET ADE +. — Prof. Christie's Denial, Prof. Alexander! 8. Christie stated to a Star reporter today that ‘he was not one of the members of :the €xecutive committee of the Union Republican Club who met and freely discussed »th jomination of Mr. John B. Wight té be‘Commisaioner in an unfavorable way.. Prot. Christie said that he attended the meéting, being: summoned by a call of the. executive cammittee, but took no part whatever in any discussion of the President's selection. He is not a resi- dent of the District, he said, and he did not think it would be becoming in him as an outsider to intrude in local affairs, —————— He Objected to Dishonesty. From Puck. First Burglar—‘I could’ get up an im- proved jimmy; but I couldn’t get it patent- ed, could I?” Second Burgiar="Of course not. They wouldn't patent anything like that.” First Burgler— “Well, of course, I wouln't Want to’ work on it and then have every- body stealin’ my ideas.” , ter for.... Clay Worsted where—$6.00. llth and F Sts. THE BEST QUALITY of Black and Blue Children’s Furnishings—HATS, CAPS, HOSIERY, COLLARS and Continen Short Pants—regular price every- Bvenotters0r <2 66. ee ree ee cs CUFFS, KINGSH $3.85 $4.95 It will be to the advantage of mothers before purchasing their Children’s Easter Suits to.examine these special bargains even if they do not purchase. NECKWEAR, ital Clothing louse} GODFREY, MOORE &CO., } Op IRT.WAISTS. Boston Hou Pn ae p- CHICAGO THIEVES. What They Don’t Know About Plun- dering is Not Worth Learning. From the Chicago Record, If there is anything in or around Chicago that is not liable to be stolen, just name it. ‘Think of the things which seem to be be- yond the garnering of thieves—air, sun- light, water. * ‘Why, a man on the West Side tapped his neighbor’s ventilating shaft and stole fresh air for his workshop and became defendant in a damage suit. Sunlight is the greatest luxury in town. A tenant on the top floor of an office build- ing put up an awning which shaded the skylight and thus robbed the poor people on the lower floors of their small allowance of sunshine. He was denounced a thief, and he had to give back the light. As for water, were not some wealthy Fackers accused of tapping the city mains and using thousands of dollars’ worth of lake water? Real estate is supposed to be safe from “hold-up” men and sneak thieves, but it isn’t. One day, several years ago, Inspector Jno. D. Shea, then a Heutenant, was sitting in @ West Side police station, when his friend and fellow-countryman, Tom Tully, came in. a “I have a new kind of case for you, Jack,” said Mr. Tully. “Yes? What is it?” “They've ehtolen me lot.” “Stolen your lot? How is that?” “Well, they've shtolen -it, and they haven't. It’s there and yet it ain't there.” It seemed that Mr. Tully had purchased a lot in an outlying street. He had not looked at the property for many months. One day he went out to inspect his strip of land and see if the neighborhood was build- ing up. He found that his lot had been ex- cavated to a depth of sevent feet, so that, instead of a building lot he had a large cel- lar with puddles of water and a scattering of tomato cans and broken bottles. Any man can be a burglar or @ footpad, but it requires an ingenious and inventive person to steal real estate and growing crops. Did not a band of pastoral thieves descend upon a ten-acre patch of timothy hay southwest of the stock yards? They came with a mowing machine, a horse rake, forks and wagons. They made hay while the sun shone and hauled it away on racks. When the owner of the land arrived to gather his crop he found only a few stray leavings. Hundreds of people had seen the thieves at work, but no cne bad suspected anything. There were no arrests. 4 More than one truck farmer had had his field of stripped_bare in a single right, and this, too, within the corporate limits of a city where policemen are sup- posed to be on patrol duty ail the time. week unless it is guarded. First, the fence Pickets are taken, then the sidewalks dis- appear, then th sand left in piles is Mable to be hauled away. Bricks have also, and young trees can transplanted. § u Killing a Patient ¢ «ion. Correspondence St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The natives of the village of Ixtlan, about fifty miles northeast of Oaxaca, Mexico, have taken a genuine Indian method of stepping the spread of smallpox, which appeared in that town. The first man to take the disease was the alcaide of the Pueblo, and the Indians concluded that the Place to stop it was at the fountainhead. They appointed exccutioners, who went to the house of the alcalde and beat him to death, and then set fire to the house and burned it and everything that was in it, including the body of the murdered man. When the state officials went to inquire in- to the matter, it was impossible for thera to gain any information, as town was leagued together and would not give the names of any of the participant in the crime. if . ~f An Honest Bootblack. From the San Francisco Argonaut. An Oakland bootblack, an honest man who would not deceive his patrons, when he first went into business, six years ago, put up a sign which read: “Joe Garibaldi, beotblack. Has two small children.” Each suctecding year found him deserving of mere sympathy, for he kept amending the sign until it read eight small children. A Prevent Conta-