Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1897, Page 7

; ; ‘ ge’ THE EVENING. STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1897—10 ES. anand Maeer sce [So Ka, SonS&Co. Our 2d Grand Rebuilding Things Are beginning to show a tendency towards displaying some new arrivals in connection with our after-inventory clearing sale of odd lots. E LIST IS A LINE OF HANDSOME NEW JAPANESE MATTING HUGS Firs an aera HAVE HAD A LINE OF SMALL CUT PIECES OF MATTINGS > AN BUYER WOULD, NEVER OFFER OUT OF HIS DEPARTMENT These goods are made with knotted Pade representing fringe and warranted not to fray out. They are made of the finest grade of cot- ton-warp reversible matting and will readily take the place of a Brussels rug. 5 different lots and prices. assorted patterns. .........2.. 2 cece eee eens Sle assorted patterns. .......0.00---ccccscccsccees sks assorted patterns.........2...-eee rece ee eee ee BC. assorted patterns. -- 12¢, Size 36x72, assorted patterns. -- 25c¢. Size 36x72, assorted patterns. -- 39c. THIRD FLOOR—UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT. Ready-made Bedwear And Domestics. STANDARD BLEACHED SHEETS—SIZE 54XS$1-—-WORTH 29c. MOHAWK BLEACHED SHEETS-SIZE 54x90—WORTH 35c. GENUINE LONSDALE YARD-WIDE WHITE CAMBRIC. Special price, 83c. NASHUA © BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Special price, 6$c. GOOD QUALITY BED TICKING—ASSORTED WIDTHS AND STRIPES. a 12¢. 2D FLOOR—NEW BUILDING. Remnants. Size Size 18x18, 18x36, 18x36, 36x36, Size Size Special price, 19c. Special price, 25. YARD-WIDE UNBLEACHED MUSLIN IN REMNANTS FROM 1 To 10 yAnns..... 1ZQC. SEA ISLAND YARD-WIDE PERCALE, IN LIGHT AND MEDIUM COLORS.......... 4 NEW PERSIAN AND FRENCH DESIGNS IN FLANNELETTES . S34C. FRENCH ORGANDY REMNANTS IN LIGHT AND DARK COLORS. - ic. DOUBLE WIDTH WOOL DRESS GOODS—REMNANTS WHICH SOLD FROM r 12% TO 2c. A ‘YaRb. Special Price, 634c. 3D FLOOR-NEW BUILDING. Ribbons. — : 300 pieces of All-silk 5-inch wide Colored Taffeta Ribbon, in bright, desirable shades, suitable for sashes, fancy work or drapery. Worth 35¢- a yard. Special Price, 19c. Dress Skirts and Wrappers. OUR STOCK OF SUMMER WRAPPERS AND WASH SKIRTS HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE TO VACATE OUR SUIT DEPARTMENT AT ONCE AT THE FOLLOWING RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES: Plain and Fancy Duck Skirts. Were 98c. Ladies’ Linen Crash and White Pique Skirts. Reduced to 39c. Were $1.48. Reduced to 69c. $1.25, $1.48-and $1.98 Ladies’ Wrappers, the last of our Immense summer stock, reduced to.... 69c. s SECOND FLOOR—NEW BUILD! So KANN, SONS & CO., 8th and Market Space. ITH STREET ENTRANCE, FAMILY SHOE STORE. One Way. Here is a little extract from real life. The dialogue took place between a certain jeweler, well known in business, and one of his customers: raseagecdrpatoageadradrereshatoeretegen Customer: “Do you sell these watckes at $5.00 each? must cost that much to make them.’ “It does."* “Then how do you make any money ?* “Repairing ‘em.”” catch the idea? Our confidence in the goodness of the making and trimming of the clothes we make is backed by our con- tract to KEEP ’EMIN REPAIR ONE YEAR FREE OF COST. You'll find this contract upon each receipt we give. Mertz and Mertz, “New Era” Tailors, 906 F Street. Jeweler: Custome Jeweler: Do you LPPIVPIDG IIIA MIN HHA MMMM nner m TMH ‘Prolong Li Li fel i Great Reduction Prolon fe | Cee ee = Don’t cut ns your life by Switches, $0.00; formeniy gfoc00 > cooking over a hot range. i se ates Ee torment oo i Buy a Gas Cook Stove and §| Pit coed attendants in —— ea * save your strength. We've imperial Hale Rerenerator for restoring ray’ bar. = ? jever ‘Try our “ ~Curletie" the best assorted and lowest 5 i priced stock of Gas Cook Ss. HELLER’S Stoves in the city. A good 720 7th Street N. W. 16-200 ilour PRICES ARE :|JUST AS LOW as you can afford to pay. gains in medicines. Bo prices” or “‘great AE Te sales. We ask you to pay just what pure drugs are worth. We are fully as conselentious about onr prices as we are about our ‘That's ay jobbyatclans 8 E i] é sized one for $8. *Gas Appliance Exchange, 1424 New York Ave. am20-284 Fo Sa MS A AE MM IN - Ph a offer no bar- Dr. Haines’ Golden Specific Cures Drunkenness. en WITHOUT THE DG! of THE PATENT i coffee, Pye tea or articles of Tike ta’have us fill their preseript Meer toe petiert ("a moderate: ait ote Arlington Dru rug - Store, Cor. Vt. Ave. & H St. THREE FAMOUS MINERAL WATERS —Poland Sprin; Buffalo. Lithia Stafford Water. Water, ‘ater and |] We are the District agents for all |j three — and receive them | fresh from the springs, Used with ice there is no Tea, at any price, superior in flavor to “Burchel’s — Sprin vee ee ee at Soc. a poun CIST, 1 St 2 je dulicionn 1325 ante 2d a st. Soesoresooesoooesooooosoors Is the Mecca for travelers now. Be sure you are provided with 4 3 a serviceable Satchel in which to carry ‘your belongings. 4.00 Is the price of that beautiful Alligator Satchel, 14-in., leather lined, inside stay and pocket. Other- Satchels at other 2 bgures. Telescope Cases. Our own manufacture, leath- er strap and clamps and cloth lined. Sizes 14-in. to 28-in. 35c. to $1.75. TOPHAM’S, DOUBLE_STORE, 1231- 1233 Pa. Avenue. ¢ fodcoosscetes 218-1220 E ST. POOEHS IDES POSSE HAOSHH MELEE: (HARDWARE) At Factory Cost : | : Chas E. = carpenters. . Sad Trons, per Ib. $8.50 Washing Machines. . Sign H . Brewers’ Stay Nalls, per doz... Galvanized 250. ‘ostenholm's Pen Colt’s Barber Clippers. Lion Sash Cord, ver Lake B. (thers up to oe 0c. Files (double-enders) secee Te 8 Germantown Hatchet io, 2 Beatty Hatchets. Screw Drivers. Se. ap $2.50 Griffin Safety Razor, with strap. .$1.60 30c. Bailey's Chisels. 40c. Bailey's Chisels. 15e., 18+. and 20c. At Hodgkin’s, 913 7th St. We need more time and space to devote to our con- stantly increasing Glass, Paint 3 Seventh St SOBCOSEeCOCee 22088 je. Be RG! 8 and Oil business, and so have decided to close out the Hard- SHIRT WAISTS 000000 ware department. We have a $5,000 stock of Hardware andthe savings, this. Gosing gut se housekeepers who Cealze thradd to thet tool chest, plasterers, builders and REDUCED. Every Shirt Waist in the house reduced. Here ‘are one or two specials picked at random from what is suid to be the best collection of Shirt Waists in Washington: Ladies’ Stylish Percale Shirt Waists—Derby make— just right for early fall wear — reduced from PESO t0.15se os ieee 75C€. Ladies’ Fancy Col- ored Lawn Shirt Waists reduced from $1 to. . 35C, Wrappers Reduced $1.25 Wrappers are 89c. $1.50 Wrappers are 98c. $2 Wrappers are $1.35. Wash Skirts. $1.25 Pampas Linen Skirts, 89c. $1.50 Crash Linen Skirts, 95c. $2.50 Striped Linen Skirts, $1.19. $4 White Pique Skirts, $2.98. Clark & Co., 811 Pa. Ave. It For a 5 Foot Form Oxfords. Many will cry “bargain” and “greatest value on earth’—you see that daily in the newspapers. But we're going about it quietly, with no hurrah or semblance of sensation, and dealing out CHOCOLATE FOOT FORM OXFORDS—shoes of known value—Oxfords that actually sold for $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50—for Is there a value oe like that? We think not. Is there any wonder they’re being snap- ped up in a hurry? Foot-Form Shoe Shop, F St., Cor. ‘T3th. it ARE YOUR EYES ALIKE? a ranted 10 years, $1.26. au24-eolm* KAHN, Optician, 985 F n.w. Good For Tender Feet — —EVANS’ TALCUM POWDER. = gave paxapieation, too. o. Uneduated tor ¢ sginfed Evans Drugstore sore, auls-8d Trusses Best Poe sate a ah SURE Tae HOUSE. 1108 ¥ ut. p.w. apie” eee Comfort Shoes for ladies and men. Perfect fit. Fine leather and work. 4.00 and 5.00. — * BURT'S SHOE STORE, EB CG Burt & Co; New York, - Aste Bary rgt Sk rJuvw Rice Dooth “Brushes; ‘ettch. 4 Wood a 5 bod Lathrop, — 11th afd-F Sts. N.'W. tet 1 7 Onur bust; a.m. to 5 p.m as jure until tember 5 inde See Outing Vises. And we were never so well equipped to meet any demand that might be made of us for the thousand and one things that help to make-the outing enjoyable — Sporting s and proper clothes to wear when using them, Traveling Goods, Hammocks, Toilet Articles, Canned and Bottled Goods for picnickers and campers out, entertaining Books, ete. The very best of every sort—and in a great many instances they are being sold at reduced prices. Sporting Goods. Boys’ Base Balls, each Official League Balls, each. Boys’ Base Ball Bats, each. Professional Wagon Tongue Bats, each. Boys’ Mitts, each. . Boys’ Laced Mitts, ench Outfielders’ Gloves, enc Catchers’ Masks, each. Braided Fishing Lines, Furnished Fishing Lines, each. Swivel Spoon Bait Hooks, eac! Reels, each.......... Reels with clicks, each. Double Snood Hooks, per doz. Waterproof Bass Lines, each. 3-piece Bamboo Rods, each. 3-piece Bamboo Rods, reel band, each 4-piece Split Bamboo Rods, cork handle. Whitgey Bait Paiis, each. “Third tloor. Traveling Goods. Heavy Carvas-Telescope Cases, reinforced leather corners, strong straps, 14 to 26-In, Ea.40c. to $1.50 Canvas-covered Dress Trunks, strong box, sheet- fron bottom, hard-wood slats, deep tray with hat box. Each....02...06e0000! $1.95, $2.50 and $2.95 Canvas-covered Steamer ‘Trunks. $6.00, $5.50 and $6.00 Cases, 22 and 24-inch. Fach ys $8.95 and $4.50 Olive Leather Suit Cases, 22, 24 and 26-inch. Bach’ sse eter nee cesses $475, $5.00 and $5.50 Third floor. Hammocks. Closely Woven Hammocks, each.79c., 95c. and $1.15 Same with pillow and spreade Cthers up tO... 6.2.60 Third soor. Toilet Articles. i * Violet Amsmonia, per fist bottle. Plain Ament, npy phat bottle Sponges, each... er Wosh: Rags, each Turkish Bath Soa Cottonseed O11 Sorp,’ 1 Olive Oil Castile Sha) W. & L. Florida Imported Violet Wate W. &'L. Violet Water®, Imported Cologne Water. Imported Violet Phwddt per pkx. Woodland Violet: thtcad Powder, per pkg. wvder, per box. Tath Beushes; stHip, @ach Hand. Scrubs, Dupont's Almond Meat” Hair) Brushes, cach"... Combs, rubber and celluloid, each. W. & L. Carbolie Mouth Wash, per bot. W. & L. Tooth’ Be oH Hot Wat ‘Travelers’ sapeaie tooth brusty. & Spit Boe? Canned. and Bottled. Goods. Shreddial Whole Wheat Biscuit, per box. Cream of Wheat, per pkg.....--..++ Bromangelon, for sherbets, five flavors, pkg. Heinz’s Pure Malt Vinegar, reg. 25e. bot Ross & Bros.’ Imp. Lime J Cuntrell&Cochrane’s Imp, Ginger Ale. Hires’ Root Beer, per large Lot. 2 xry, Lemon and Wild Cherry Phosphate, . 5Oc. bot.. Be piymouth Rock Gel Select Queen Olives, per "large bot Imp. Sardines, in ofl, per box.. 7 Armour's Potted Hau) and Tongue, per can Gilt Edge Lobster, per can. Columbia. River Salmon, per Armour’s Corned Beef, per can Peptoue Beef and Bread Biscuit, per box. Bensdort’s Royal Dutch Cocoa— Yb. can. Ylb. can 1b. can. Postum Cereal Coffee Shredded Wheat Biscuit, Quaker Oats, per pkg... Pettijohn's, per pkg Cross & Blackwell's Jams, per Jar. Naphey’s Pure Leaf Lard, per 8-Ib. Picnic Plates, per daz. Lemonade Straws, per pkg Fifth floor. E. P. Roe's works—“‘A Young Girl's Wooing,” “An Original Belle,” “He Fell in Love With His Wife,” ‘Barriers Bugned. Away,” “Opening a Chestnut Burr.” Bound in cloth. Each...... 30c. Frank R. Stockton’s “works-—‘Story of Three solid back, - English -50c. to $3.00 apd, 4auact. 5 se euctine comb, brush, per box. Burglars,” “The Great War Syndicate.” Bound im cloth. . 800. Mrs. Amelia Harr’s | works—"“Between ‘Two Loves,” “A Daughter of Fife, jan Vedder's Wife,” “Bow of Orange Ribbon,!’ “A Border = herdess.”” Bound cloth. Each. “A Doctor of the»Old School,"* by fase “Slain by the Doones,”” by Blackmore; “Schonberg- Cotta Family,” by Mrs. Charles; “Christie John- stone,’ by Charles Reade. Bound in cloth. ne ooe2e+ BOC. CYCLING BOOKS. “Cycling for Health and Pleasure,” by Luther H. 193 pages... 25 illustra- size. Porter, Revised edition. tions. Cloth. Hanay pocket “Bicycling for Ladles,”” by Maria F. Ward. ‘Te common-sense of maseaie, with hints as to the art of wheeling, dress, care of wheel, (raining, e: nae &e. 38 full-page Allus- Basement. Preserving. Requisites- TORCELAIN-LINED PRESERVING KETTLES, 2-quart, each... S-quart, each. 9: each. > Gach. each. each. each. Suitable Frag ward Mayer Bros. The Winding SaaS SS ae & Co., 937-939 F Street. Up of a Great Sale. The builders are progressing rapidly. Won't be long before our store is in “ship shape” again. But we must have our stock in shape as well as the store. This week will be one of general cleaning up. All the odd lots of goods that have been broken into by the great selling will be cleared out. Don’t care much what we'll get for them.. Come take your choice—prices like these are all we'll ask: In the Tillinery Dept. Black Benin! Braid Short Back Sail- ors— To close, 12}c. Grass Linen Golf Cape— To close, roc. cans 16 All-sitk ‘Satin Ribbon, in all To close, 5c. yard. Ready-Made Dept. Ladies’ Linen Collars, slightly soiled. A Mmited quantity only. To close, 2}c. = Light_siades in Silk Bow Ties that were 25e.— To close, toc. more of those $1.50 and $2 sitiped and Plain Linen, also Dotted Linen, Skirts— To close, Black Figured Brilliantine Skirts that were To close gge. All of our 50 and T5c. Shirt Waists. To ciose, 29¢c. All of our $1 Shirt Waists, some of the very choicest you'll find. To close 49c. All those $2, $2.50 and $3 Waists, ae very best’ Waists that can be os All bulked in one lot and To close, ) close, 8c. Mayer Bros. _ 937-939 F St. = eS A Fine Grade Rio Coffee For Ge. Ib. This is a special for tomorrow that's going to center all the coffee trade in town right here. es) bedy knows what our Wouldn't sell it unless it was Sood Absolutely Pare Rio Coffee. sor) dry roasted at our own plant— pat in the bean—a deliclous drink—16e. Our famous Old Mandehling Java and Mocha at 38 cents a Ib. is the best coffee in the world. 3 Ibs., eee S. A. Reeves, (Reeves, Poo! Poole & Co. ), Grocer, Coffee Koaster, Baker and Manufac- turer of Fisest Confections, 1209 F Street. Je2-3m,56 C-U-R-E-D wi WIER’S does not cause any nauseating ef- fects—is pleasant to take—and ef- fects a cure immediately. Sold by all a Price, 10e., 2c. Headache It's dangercus eperaseag ith headache cures that_nauseate. “LEMON-SELTZER” au24-200 govoeeenenesenes 3The Economical F Fiour! 3 2 $ e SEOSCOOOSS9OE0 POSSESS SOOEEOS9SHSESOSSHOOE i PARAL ©7300 1-Ib. loaves to the ean < “Cream Blerd’’ Flour is truly economical. Tt makes the. whitest, lightest Bread a ood cook can serve. yields 300 1. to every Le one-fourth MORE thas otber — can make. and quantity Seo bicoded in Blend” Flour. CREAM BLEND FLOUR. you'll INSIST on sour “Cream B.B.Earnshaw &Bro., Wholesalers, pero 3100. 11th st. se. PESOCSE st. s.e. it BRS Leather... 3 Hand Bags.... Probably no house in town has quite such an extensive assortment of Bags as we carry, and om will you find such Good, Solid Denther Bags, wi catches, from 85° u Kmneessi, $752 ‘We repair Trunks speedily and well. Seroceeooonsesooesoooeoees cowhere cise Ave have h spring Save on Upholstering! Any upbolstering done? ME es Sete ee Simantcig. coutioes ta tember 1, After ture we'll store it free of embtr 15 if desired. teen upholatery THE WORLD OF SOCIETY|THE DEANEWOOD HORROR ° Friends Meet Around the Hospitable Board. Mr. and Mrs. Wynne Entertain at a Housewarming Dinner—The Cor- bin-Parson Wedding—Notes. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wynne, who heve lately taken possession of their fine residence, 915 Rhode Island avenue, enter- tained a number of friends at a very ele- gant dinner last night. Their guests were First. Assistant. Postmaster General ard Mrs. Heath, Miss Helen A. McCarthy, Mr. John 8. Shriver, Mr. Louis Garthe, Miss Amy Charles, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Vanderlip, Director Joseph P. Smith of the bureau of American repub- lics, Mr. L.. A. Coolidge and Mrs. Hub. Smith. A special to the Chicago Times-Herald says: Prof. Asaph Hall, jr., the son of Prof. Asaph Hall, the celebrated astron- omer, for many years attached to the na- val observatory, and himself a scientist of national reputation, was privately mar- ried July 14 at Kane, Il, to Miss Mery Estella Cockerell of that place Prof. Hall is in charge of the astronom- ical work of the observatory at Ann Ar- bor, Mich., and they will be at home to their friends at that place after August 23. The professor is a graduate of the Co- Iumbian University at Washington, D. C. and also of Harvard, where he after took the post-graduate course in math- ematics. After finishing his colleziate ed- ucation Prof. Hall was placed in charge of the astronomical work at Yale. On the re- tirement of his father he came to the naval observatory to continue the labors of his illustrious parent. Mrs. A. M. Keneday has gone to spend a week at Washington Grove, Md. Mrs. G. E. Brandenburg is spending a fortnight at Hebbville, Md. Mrs. G. M. Emmerich will épend two weeks at The Plains, Va. The Misses Lacy of Capitol Hill are at Berkeley Springs, W. Va. Mt. and Mrs. C. N. Wake and laughters, Miss Virginia and Miss Edith, will sail for France the 26th of August. Miss Theresa Snyder, who has een visit- ing Miss Bessie Knight of Westfield, N. J., for the past month, is now with her aunt, Mrs. A. C. Jackson of Oak Lane, Pa. Mr. Milton O'Connell and his sister An- nie have leff for Pennsylvania. Mrs. John B. Murray, Mrs. A. J. Taylor, Miss Maggie Hoover, Miss Nellie Shoe- maker and Miss May Ford are spending a few weeks at Stony Castle, near Pooies- ville, Montgomery county, Md. Mrs. J. E. Lee of 1715 H street is at the Kaaterskill mountains for an indefinite time. Mrs. J. R. Rabbitt, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Mamie E. Rabbitt, is spending the summer months with Mrs. M. E. West at Seneca. Miss E. O. Topfer of 429 G street and Mrs. E. W. Davis have returned from Rochester, where they have been visiting friends. Mrs. D. G. Eichelberger of 723 6th street is visiting Mr. Eichelberger’s mother, in Baltimore. The latter is very ill. Mr. Lee Kessler and his sister, Mrs. J. J. Bateman and Mrs. J. S. Hebbard, are spending the summer with their brothers, Wm. E and John H. Kessler, in Fauquier county, Va. The Misses Mabel and Anna Johnson of 1015 I street left Saturday for a two weeks’ stay in Atlantic City. Mrs. John E. Hammond of Eckington is visiting her son, John G. Krohr, in Phila- delphia. She will go from there to Atlantic City and Brooklyn. Miss Carrie Cotterill left yesterday for New York city, to be the guest of Gen. and Mrs. O. H. La Grange. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Pennebaker and little son, Clinton pool are spending the sum- mer at Chevy Chi Gol. Corbin has farviied many Washington friends to the marriage of his daughter Katharine and Mr. William Usher Parsons, Tuesday, September 7, at “5 o'clock, Gov- ernor’s Island. Miss Marie Livingston Bagaley is visiting relatives at Montclair, N. J., and from there will visit the several seaside resorts or ihe Jersey coast. Miss Bagaley will be among the debutantes of the coming season. Clematis Social and Outing Club held their regular meeting at the residence of Miss Eva Wells, 207 2d street southeast. After the meeting adjourned music and games were enjoyed till a late hour. Mrs. Constantine and her daughter Hat- tie are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt at their old home, 1623 Madistn street. Miss Maud B. Turner of B street north- east is spending her vacation with friends in Maryland. Miss Elizabeth Tyler, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. F. M. Tyler, left this morn- ing for New Haven, Conn., where she will be one of the soloists at the Tyler family reunion in that city. Ameng the many neted participants will be Prof. Lyon G. Tyier, son of United States President Tyler, ot William and Mary College; Profs. Moses Coit Tyler and Chas. M. Tyler of Cornell, aid many others. From New Haven Miss Tyler will go to New York city, and while there will visit at Yonkers, Coney Island and Manhattan Beach, and will finally go to *sbury Park, where she will spend a ‘week. wirs. E. A. Clements and her daughter, Miss Clara Clements, of Capitol Hill are the guests of Mrs. William B. Berlin in War- saw, Va —_—. —_ GASOLINE EXPLOSION. Residence of H. F. Lasky Badly Damaged by Fire. ‘There was a lively fire in the house of H. F. Lasky, No. 106 Pierce street, lat night, about 8:30 o'clock, and for a few minutes the people about the burning house weré very much excited, because of a rumor, that a child had been burned to death, This rumor was soon disposed of, however, by the occupants of the house. A gasoline explosion caused the fire and the flames spread rapidly through the house, so that by the time the fire depart- ment arrived considerable headway had been gained and the total destruction of the building was threatened. The firemen worked hard, but did not succeed in ex- tinguishing the flames until the dwelling had been almost completely gutted. It was plair to be seer that the explos- ion. had occurred in the back room on the second floor, and 80 great was that the wall was partly wrecked. A local alarm was first sent in, which was follow- ed_seon after. by.a regular alarm. The damage to the building, which is owned by Dr. Hazen, is estimated at $500, but this loss will fali on an insurance com- pany. Mr. Lasky’s furniture was not in- — but $100, it is thought, will cover his ———-—+—_—_ If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If an: has I get an answer. what you wish, you Pennsylvania Railway Company Held Re- sponsible for Grade Crossing Tragedy. The Killing of Attorney Claughton and Miss Custis Due to Nex! gwence—Operator Blameless> A coroner's jury, consisting of six repre- Seniative business men of this city, Messrs. George T. Berry, William 8. Gill, Wash- ington Topham, William Brodt, E. Clayton Bernheim and Samuel Bricker, after con- sulting for two hours, late yesterday after- noon reported a verdict holding the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company responsible for the killing at the Deanewood crossing, Fri: day evening last, of Mr. Hierome 0. Claughton aud Miss Villa Custis. The jury exonerated from all blame Levi Bal the young man employed by the railroad com- peny as substitute operator, and who was on duty in the tower at the time of the tragic accident. Finding of the Jury. The text of the verdict is as follows: “Hierome O. Claughton and Villa C. Custis came to their deaths as the result of injuries received in a collision with tratn No. 64 on the Pennsylvania railway at Deanewood crossing in the District of Co- lumbia, on the 20th of August, 1897, about 7 o'clock. We find that the deaths of said Hierome ©. Claughton and Villa C. Custis were brought about by the negligence of the railway not having suffic it protec- tion at the crossing. That ti persons killed were not guilty of negligence, as the gates, usually lowered across the road at this point upon the approach of a train, were not lowered at the time of the afore- said collision. We exonerate the operator of the gates, Levi Baker, from blame, as he was in the actual discharge of his duties at the time of the accident, as laid down by the rules of the company, and there was not sufficient time from the first appea ance of the train to him, in the perform- ance of his duties, until it reached the crossing, for him to prevent the The crossing at Deanewood is ar ingly dangerous one, as at present oper- ated, and we recommend radical changes and reconstruction, and the employment of « gatcmuan erparate from the operator.” is finding each of affixed his signature. mie Ss After the jury had retired yesterday af- ternoon to consider a verdict, the doors were unexpectedly thrown open and the hearing resumed, James H. Loving, the tower cperator at Landover station, three miles from Deanewood, being called as a witness. Mr. Loving was late in reachtag the inquest. Among other things, he said he often worked at Deanewood, and had always made it a rule to first put down the gates and afterward attend to the siqnals, as that was the only real safe cours. to foliow. He cculd not say whether or not there was too much work at Deanewood for one man. He had always ween able to get along very nicely without assistance when on duty there. Operater Baker in Rebuttal. The corener next recalled Levi Baker. the operator who was on duty at the tir of the accident. In reply to questions, Ba- ker stated that he had often been in the tower when Loving was in charge, and de- nied that the latter lowered the gates be- fore attending to the signals. The room was again cleared, and after receiving instructions from the coroner and the representative of the district at- torney the jurymen were left to them- selves. After careful deliberation the - dict given in the foregoing S reported. Sunch a conclusion was not unexpecced by those who had followed the testimony clcsely. From the questions asked py them during the hearing, the opinion of the members of the jury was plain. Several of the spectators thought that possibly the verdict might be worded so as to hold young Baker in some manner resp for not lowering the gates, but it general belief that even if that prove a reality a criminal jury could be found that would convict him, in view of the multitudinous duties he was re- quired to perform simultaneously in che tower. One of the jurors, in conversation with a Star reporter, stated that whil> at the scene of the accident Sunday evening he Saw a team get caught inside the gates at the Deanewood crossing when a train was approaching. The escape of the horse, (be vehicle and oecupants, he said, was very narrow indeed. En Protest. The Commissioners have received a pro- test from Maj. J. B. Burke and C, Roys of the legislative committee of the local A. P. A. against the location of one of the con- tagious wards vpon the grounds owned by the Providence Hospital. They claimed it was an infraction of the first amendment to the constitution, and intimated their purpose to fight the matter in the courts, if necessary DIED. BALSTER, On Mondar, Ancust 23. 1807, at 1:45 JOHN PHILIP, beloved busband'of Laura " iiaister. al from’ hie late residence, 601 6th street 3 on esday, August 25, "Relatives and friends invited. * BELL. On Sanday. August 22, 100%, at 2:20 pm, WM. H. BELL, Sr., in the ‘staty-fifth year of his Funeral from late residence, 930 T street northwest, Wednesday, August 25, at 3 pan. Fricnds invited. dSaitimore and Prederickstung papers please copy.) on RI iiaNcH w of 5 . Blanchard, formerly of Wasiniugton and New York, in bet Vednesday, t 25, ‘at the North Carolus, Avenue MP. Ghusch (tent), corner Sth and B streets southeast. 2* BULLYMORE. On Monday, August 23, 1807, Miss CORA E. BULLYMOKE, youngest dangiter the late Richard Bullymore of Baffalo, N. aud sister of Mrs. Jno. H. Moore, Funeral at Buffalo. COLLINS. On Monday, ugust 23, i 3 at - jichael ‘Mary Coll, aged twenty ve years and six months. Funeral from the residence of his parents, No. 28 F street northwest, Thursday, August 26.at 8:30 a.m., theace to St. Aloysius Church, where a mass will be said for the repose of bis soul. Friends and relatives invited to attend.2* CROWELL. On Monday evening, Angust 23, 1897, HARRISON } M. CROWELL, ia the ig eighty-fourth year Lge. Funeral from his late residence, 214 Delaware ave- ue northeast, on Wednesday morning, Aucust 25, at 10 o'clock. (Bangor payers please copy.) ™ . August 22, 1807, at 5 o'clock , 1 P xtreet northwest, REEN, wiiow of the late William me years. y morning, August 25, at 9 “Augustine's Church. Kelatives August “ARKER, Secret of Beauty Is health. The secret of health is the