Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1897, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1897-24 PAGES. OSSEC SES SGE SS SHED SS SOSSS OOCSHSSSSSS 996603 © Goldenberg’s Store News. Goldenberg’s Store News. | Goldenberg’s Store News. 300 ladies’ tailor-made suits, go to you for $6,98~ suits such as have been selling for as high as $30--at $20 and $15. Just what we wanted has happened. The first week of our ‘‘An- nexation Sale’’ so thoroughly reduced the stock of ladies’ tailor-made suits that we had to go shopping again. And just see what a wonder- ful purchasing power cash has been this time. 300 ladies’ finest ‘reefer,’ ‘“‘Eton,’’ ‘empire’? suits come to us from this country’s leading maker and go over to you at a price which would not buy the bare woolen, not mentioning the silk, lining and making. Every single garment is silk lined and some are trimmed with exquisite fancy silk. In the lot is every color which is desirable-= black, plum, cadet blue, green, brown, covert effects, &c: They are the most exclusively stylish garments that this fanous tailor has turn= ed out this season, but he got caught with too many and that’s how you come to get suits which are selling about town for $30,$20 and $15 for the ridiculous price of $6.98. The whole 300 are on the second floor. You needn’t expect to be offered such an op- portunity again--lightning mever strikes in the same spot twice. MOlSOSOSCHOSE GO0S9SOT9C OONONCOOSSOCeONS ( POOOOHGODOD OOOOHOSOOSTOIOOOSHOOCCHOHOTOGECD S89 o= How you rushed for those waists Crowds and compliments greet us on the very first day of the sale of “Holtzman” shirt waists. It is really the greatest offering that has ever been made--the greatest that will be made. It is beyond all pre- cedent, for never have the very highest ‘‘novelty” waists been offered for half price--one-third price and one-fourth price. Not a lot of pick- over styles--but fresh from the factory of the famous makers--the very choicest of the choice. Don’t put off coming longer than Monday--the variety is thinning out. OOSSOO6® QOO8QGODO9 Lot 1 consists Let .2* consists Lot 3 con- 2 é sists of waists of waists that are of waists that are that are the : the usual $1.50 to usual $3 to $8 the usual $1 and 50c. sual $1.50 O8c, za Hee 1 0) $1.25 sort for.... $2.50 sort for. ..... fOt Esc. os: = In this lot are fine printed lawns, organdies, batistes, ete.—with detachable collars—the very prettiest of patterns, ‘with double pointed yoke backs—full and generous and splendidly made. In this lot are black figured lappet lawns, silk striped linens, plain white batistes, “figured organdies, etc.—waists such as only the best stores sell and such as only “Holtzman” makes. . ,,This lot consista of the very finest i. “novelty” the cl ailk-striped linens, etamines and effects, figured " organdies, embroidered ’ batistes, imported ‘Iappet mulls—with white linen detachable collars and cuffs and cuffs of e. 926-928 7th. 706 K St. 29 28 S080 SENODEssOsecesosoRs OSES GO9OSSOGOOG0H90000 @ @ @ S S @ 3) © ® 2 © @ @ @ @ 8 @ @ @ eo) @ © @ @ @ @ @ e Ss | 86690008900 696 800000900 Who'll Have The Next Bicycle? People are fairly standing in line to get waited on in our bicycle department! It's fun to buy a wheel—where you can pay for it a little bit at a time—weekly or monthly; no notes—no interest. There’s a feeling of perfect security when you buy a wheel here. Every Machine Is mae 44 2a 24 24 26 24 2e ® $ | @ | Always on time. Every man appreciates promptness — especially in his laundry. We're prompt. The Yale Laundry, 518 1oth—’phone 1092. It (Ae 406 2a eee eee Ww ww we ww wry we ‘It’s time you: : it 4, ©, packed away Any part that may become broken—from any cause ps 4 = = TO MOTH: ut pm v ‘str -—W1 re- fabrics. It kills ali whatever—except willful destruction—will be replaced or fabrics, If kills ali Kinds of insects, $ or s ‘Then every few weeks burn THOMP- + POWDER: ! § SON'S INSECT W-.. Thompson, 73 ; - PHARMACIST, I5thg Sossesececococooosesoecoons paired free of all cost! A complete repair shop is at your service. We have just received a car load of “Postals,” “Druids” and “Suburbans.” See the “F. F. V.”—the best s. $70 wheel on EARTH! my? We are busy with the Mattings, Refrigerators _ and Baby Carriages, too. Everything on easy payments—lower prices than you can buy for cash elsewhere. Gr 0) vans Mammoth Credit House, 817--819--821--823 Seventh St. N.W., Between H and I Streets. susecseceesss goeeeeeese Our line’ of English woolens is the finest ever brought. across the ocean. Beautiful—newest style pat- terns that will shortly be seen on the streets and avenues—worn by Washington’s best-dressed men. G. Warfield Simpson, Expert Tailor, 1208 F st. It . @COSSSSSSSSOSSSSOSCOSCHOOOOOOOIOO my6 Cana Be Ready POOOMN GHOSE GOODBHSODHNC OG OHHH OOHSOOO —— i : —for the a i pproaching hot ) Electric F rcathen Sau prose _ hot } This is to remind you F =a=N= : pe Pica pate _ There : no to drop that postal asking 111 —serve a double purpose in cafes and din-| 2 ©2SI pensive way of pre- us to call for your laun- slit! sree Tey cool the air umd die | paring the summer meals than z HAIL sary trom a busines standpoint—for folks | fj by cooking with a Gas Cooki i Hitt Wout eat n'a bot, stulty,. fy St as was Wookin; The Yale Laundry, 518 Ahh! Sitar apraan Os hase aeseatsTiss |p ove: - Gtand variety here—$8 1oth—’phone 1092. It TT 11 current. . ) U. 8. Electric Lighting Co.,|| Gas Appliance Exchan I 4 ’ ge, ee HB Meh st._“Phone 77._asaeana_ | j 1424 New York Avenue. eee ee WE ASK YOU TO BRING Go to Siccardi’s PRESCRIPTIONS TO US tare int rece < Sheams 205 8 trast oe to A them Wher tee ata ae Seat ore Summer «« We dou't use im We don't sub: | | We are also sclling a tot of All Long Human “« stitute some drugs we think ‘as good”* | Hair Switches at great 3 Florence” oarthot five and yet ‘an those for. We Switches Oil-Ga: C3 ex = ee ey eee eee a | 8 cuss Set Sas |e oh ‘same proportion. Arlington Drug Store, Mme. Siccardi, <n ee be pg Cor. Vt Ave. & H St. sy, Suet | zeieate SPECIAL P. 0. AGENTS ___. (Continued from First Page.) €0-operation of the civil service commission with the heads of the several departments is necessary in order to adopt an efficient system of examina‘ providing for the varied wants of the buFeaus in the several departments. The civ service us, far provided for the n by general exam- inations, and m Taking pro} to- ward perfecting a nations and rules-of prbmotion. “It requires much time and patience and @ persistent policy of @p-eperation between the civil service commission and bureaus of the several departme: to>determine the best forms of speci: examinations and rules of promotion, such as will realize in the best manner the object of the law, ramely, the appcintment to public office of the fittest candidates and promotions on the ground of faithful service and acquired skill without partisan faver. The neces- sary evil of the first application of civil basis of mere length of service or mere mechanical skill. The. progress of civil service irom year to yeer ‘consists in the { introduction of other tests than length of time and mechanical ‘perfection in lower grades of work.” ae = Discharged for Printing a Republican Paper._ When the examination-of witnesses began. said he was appointed in 1873 by com- petitive examination to a $1;200 position in the Treasury Department. He served in several bureaus and was promoted from time to time until in 1890 he reached $1,800 in the controller’s office. He held this position until August, 1893, when he was dropped. There were no charges against him, and his resignation was accepted. The reason why he was discharged was be- cause he had printed the only republican newspaper in Georgia during Grant’s sec- ond term. There was general rejoicing among his enemies in Georgia when he was dismissed. Controller Durham told him that during the first Cleveland administra- tion the governor of Georgia and some senators had demanded his dismissal be- cause he had many years previously pub- lished that republican newspaper. Mr. Durham had refused to discharge him, however, on that ground. He had made no effort for reinstatement because the same People who caused his dismissal remained in power up to a short time ago. W. W. Hill's Charges. Wm. W. Hill was then.sworn. He said his charge was directed principally at the civil service commission because there was apparent collusion between the commiss:on and the Post Office Departthent. He said he was appointed in the Washington city Post office in 1889, transferred to the Post Office Department, and in 1893 was pro- moted to be assistant superintendent of the free delivery system. ‘his promotion, he said, was due to the fact that he was thought to be thé best man to take up the investigation of- letter carriers’ overtime pay. He worked upon this matter, being a lawyer, and was engaged in nearly all the large cities of the country. He said that in 1894 the department be- gan to appoint, unlawfully, he asserted, a large number of spies, special agents, as they, were called. It commenced with threé and fifty-nine were appointed. He said the civil service commission was cog- nizant of the appointment of these men and yet there was a oe of law for the appointments. The pay of the speci raised from $3 a day to$5.a May. A chief of these men was appointed and for a time his pay reached $17 a day, Sundays included, He said Sixth Auditor Howard Fagents was finally at first raised strenuous objections to pass- ing these accounts. He did not know how Mr. Howard finally became reconciled to passing the accounts, but that Mr, Howard, when he did become reconciied, was there- after allowed at the beginning of each successive quarter to nominate one of these appointees. 10 i Mr. Hill said that all of the appointments of these special agents’were made by the chief clerk of the PostOffice Department. At the end of the first year pf the appoint- ment of these men, he, said, their salaries and expenses.amounted, to $82,000. alleged Violations in Philadelphia. He said the Philadelphia post office fur- rished the most striking case of. the viola- tion of the civil service aw. The force was increased and then decreased in order to get certain men out of the office. In the dismissals none of the new appointees were included, but the victims were nearly all republicans, and many were old soidiers. The office added eighty men in October, 1894, and removed 100 shortly afterward. Mr. Hill said the salarics' of the ‘‘special agents” were paid in this way: The post- masters of the offices to which the agents were detailed were directed to make re- mittances to the department in currency. These envelopes were opened by the. chief. of the epecial agents, Mr. Bellman, and a portion of the money was taken ‘out -and sent to a local bank. where it was depos- {ted to his credit. Mr. Hill did not know what that deposit was used for. Mr. Hill charged that these employes were assessed for the Ohio campaign of 1895, and he thought their pay was raised to $5 in order to allow them to make high- er campaign contributions. z A letter was read from one of these em- ployes, in which the writer says he could not give as much to the Ohio campaign as was demanded of him because he had made some private investments. Mr: Hill said these special agents were messed at Chicago, and one of the Post Office Department officials went there to explain to them regarding the assessments for the Ohiv campaign. Mr. Hill made some severe strictures upon the character of these special agents. He Reported Irregulurities. Mr. Hill said he had told First Assistant Pocstmaster General Jones of the irregu- Jarities going on in this branch of the ser- vice, and that it was bringing the admin- istration into disrepute over the couatry. “Instead of thanking me,” Mr. Hill tes- tified, “Gen. Jones told me to mind my own business and keep my mouth snut; and I suppose it would have been much better for me if I had done so.” ~ Mr. Hill said that during the friction which eusued from efforts made by himself, Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Bates, nis house and theirs were watched constantly vy spies of the Post Office Department. Mr. Hill said that the civil service com- mission had aiso been informedc of the irregularities. He read the copy of an affi- davit made by Wm. A. Sullivan to the commission, in which Mr. Sullivan ewore tha: Mr. Bellmau,.chief-of the secret agents, had levied political contribuiions upon employes; that protests had been made by these empicyes; that ie hims:if had been dismissed from the department because he had called attention to these matters. Mr. Hill told of the circumstances of his own dismissal. He said First Assistant Postmaster General Jones, \d called him in and asked him if he ight he had shown gratitude to the Postmaster General for all his kindness. Mr. Hill had replied that he did not owe anyygrafitude to Post- master General Wilson. “He had been ap- pointed by merit and held hts place by merit. Mr. Jones had then said he would dismiss him, and did not allow him to re- sign. en Dismisxed for Jntqzming. “Then. your ingratitude <censisted in in- forming your superiors af therirregularities in the department?” asked Sepator Lodge. Mr, Hill answered that euch seemed to be the case, and added thet. Mr. Jones had put spies on his track apd traged him to the, rooms of Representative: Overstreet of In- diana, to whom he had ,gonezto make some disclosures. es 2 Mr. Hill read copies of his Srrespondence with the civil service commission upon the matter of the violations of law «as to the political assefsments of employes. said he had been informed that the '"But” sald Mr, Hil, “the: man gress fi of special exami- service is the promoting. of officials on the )- Mr. Thomas Robinson-teok the stand. Heé|> ciation, an organization of young colored men, the object of which is to care for the sick and distressed, and to promote true friendshi; follows: Davia A. Clark president John a ‘a: + ‘Thornton, vice president; Alexander Brooks, financial Alexander, recording SKIP ALL THE OTHER SHIRT WAIST SALES FOR this at Qc. and on credit. Every previous shirtwaist sale we or others have ever made--every present shirt waist sale--anywhere =-will be thrown entirely into insignificance by this one, that begins here Monday morning, of the 2,000 silk striped grass linen shirt waists, which are worth from $3 to $6.50, and go on sale at 98 cents. _ The maker you well know—he turns out the daintiest creations that are put on the market, His waists are perfect in workmanship—perfect in fit—perfect in style. The collars are all detachable—some white linen, some of same material as the waists. The cuffs are of white linen and ‘grass linen. The silk stripes are real silk and handsome patterns. Every waist was made for this season. It’s a great opportunity—embrace it! $4 and $5 duck and linen crash suits go for $$.39 each. We start the ladies’ summer suit season with a most extraordinary suit sale. We have secured an entire line of ladies’ fine duck and linen crash suits—plain blues with white braid, stripes and polka dots—all tastefully trimmed, which you shall find selling for $4 and $5 about town—at a price that will enable us to offer them for $1.39 for your choice. Perfect goods in every way—perfect in workmanship and newest in every way. i 7 You'll find them on the second floor on separate tables. You may have them on credit. $2 to $3.50 grass linen skirts, 98c. $4 to $6.50 skirts, $1.29. | Suits worth up to $15, $4.98. A lot of fine grenadine and “novelty” check skirts This is the offering of the season. Nothing before = has been attempted like it. A lot of fine etamine nov- —have finest of linings and are velvet bound—go for | elty reefer suits—worth up to $15—half silk lined—go $1.29. $4.98. 4,000 boys’ wash Galatea cloth sailor blouse suits. Worth $1.50 to $2.50, ¢o for 69¢: Two thousand suits in--two thousand on the way. It’s the biggest purchase of our lives--the banner offering. Right at the beginning of the hot weather season you are given this great opportunity--really unequaled in trade history. _ Some are stripes with plain collars--some are plain linens with white and blue collars. All are trimmed with wide braid and embroidered with narrower. There are cords and whistles with each. Every garment is perfect and they come from a leading maker. HECHT & COPPANY, 515 7th Street. that he did not receive a cent of that It was sent to Mr. Machen, and I heard a controversy between the man and Mr.. Machen over the amount.” Mr. Hill said that when he himself was dismissed from the department First As- sistant Postmaster General Jones had told him that he would not fail to pursue him and would soon get him out of the posi- tion which he held under the Department of Justice in conjunction with his place in the Post Office Department, in settling up the letter carriers’ claims, and that Gen. Jones had succeeded in having him dis- missed within a few days. Mr. Hill said, in conclusion, that Chair- man Loud of the post office committee of the House had checked the proposed in- vestigation before that committee at a thme when full evidence could have been obtained. Mr. Hill, in the course of his remarks, charged that the records of his exami- nations for promotions had disappeared from the files of the civil service commis- sion about 1889. Corrected by Mr. Procter. Mr. Procter called his attention to the fact that these files at that time were not kept by the civil service commission, but in the Post Office Department. “Such people as you are not wanted in Mr. Procter also called attention to the} this city,” said the court, “and when fact that the secret agents of whom Mr. | caught yousmust expect to go to prison.” Hill had spoken were appointed before the He was sentenced to ninety days on the class was included in the civil service. farm in default of $200 real estate security. Mr. Hill said he knew this was true and} Shortly after the case had been disposed of Detective Weedon returned to court and HENNESSY GETS NINETY DAYS. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR VISITATION. An Alleged Crook Sent Down as a | Grand Commandery Officers Meet With Suspicious Character. Columbia Commandery, No. 2. James Hennessy, the alleged crook who| ‘The concluding official visitation of the was arrested at the Baltimore and Potomac | Templar year by the officers of the Grand depot Thursday by Pinkerton Detective | Commandery of Knights Templar of. the Scymour Butler, and who afterward creat- | District was made last evening to Columbia ed a scene by attempting to escape from | Commandery, No. 2. In addition to a very police headquarters, will remain in this city | large attendance of the members of this for three months. He was seen by the Bal- | commandery, the officers and many sir timore detectives, as published in yester-| knights of each of the other local com- day’s Star, ard it is thought he may be | manderies were’ present. wanted there for some of the recent burg-]| Among the distinguished guests who came laries. He was this morning photographed | from sister jurisdictions were: W. La Rue for the gallery at police headquarters, and, | Thomas, grand master of the Grand En- inter an the day, he was arraigned before | campment of K. T., U. 8. A.; Rev. C. L. ju im as an suspicious ss cheracler: “Heiplesied gollis aun ats coer ead ot ave. grand prelate; John A. heard the statement of Detective Weedon. | Mapes of New York, grand commander of the state; Arthur McArthur of Troy, N.Y., The officer told the court that the prisoner deputy grand commander; J. H. Codding, had the reputation of being a house burg- lar, and also told of the jimmy taken from him at the time of his arrest. “I was only in the city for a few hours,” said the prisoner. “I was on my way south, and was in the depot waiting for @ train, when I was arrested.” past grand and Charles D. Newton, commander of Palestine Commandery, No. 18, of New York city, who was present as the ly irvited guest of Columbia Commandery. reises, an hour was pleasantly and profit- ably spent listening to remarks by visit- ing Templars, the enjoyment of the t com- of law for their appointment. They were | exhibited to Judge Kimball a picture of the | :cander, on behalf jumbia. assigned to different post offices through-| prisoner that had been received from At-| ery, of ~~ = d= out the country, and put to work as letter|lanta. This picture bore the name George | to Right Eminent Sir it Frank H. box repairers and to perform similar duties. This closed the hearing. The committee will resume its investigations next Satur- day at 10 o'clock. —_———_—_- e+ —____—_. Officers Chosen for Ensuing Year. ‘The Young Men’s Immediate Relief Asso- Satterfield, alias Kid Hennessy, and gave his criminal occupation as that of a dia- mond_ thief. p> among its members, held an ; A. LincoIn Laws, treasurer: John R. Brown, advocate; of ill-health and extreme old age. Alexander. gtetnndard bearer; She said today on the subject: “My bealth ‘The finance coramittes 1s composed of is good, my years (sixty) do not preclude Calvin T. 8. Brent, chairman; ‘Eugene V. ‘active service or forbid the anticipation of rected to be gent to. Fag Say ‘deve, Hence, should I resign, it will be. gen. It was at the rate of $3.0 day, and believe ta Toution in omee