Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1897, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1897-14 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. THURSDAY...........- October 28, 1897. CROSBY S. NOYES. THE EVENING STAR has a regular culation of the other Washi: dailies. As a News and Advertising Mediam it has no competitor. In order to avoid delays, on ac- count of personal absence, letters to THE STAR should not be addressed to any individual connected with the office, but simply to THE STAR, or to Depart- the Editorii ments, accord: or Business Lethargy in Business Circles. The registration in a number of citles and towns in“states hol‘ling elections this year shows a material falling off from the fig- ures of last year, and the explanation cffered is that business men are not as much concerned about politics now as they were then. They are in their stores and factories and coanting-rooms garnering their share of the returning prosperity. Even in New York, where so much is at stake, and where the excitement in every- political circles is running so high, it been difficult to arouse the proper interest in the campaign in the business quarters of the city. Only within the past few days have the menagers of the cam- paigns of Mr. Low and General Tracy suc- ceeded in stirring up the down-town cir- cles, and in making it likely that the vote Text week from that part of town will show, that the full value of the contest !s appreciated there. This in every regrettable state ef affairs. And e: y is this indiffer- ence on the part of business men té be ecndemred when ma sted in those states where a seat in the Senate is involved. That brings up the national issue of sound money, which appeals directly, and it ovght to appeal strongly, to every business men jin the country. There is no other eed in which he is so vitally in- ich by his earnest and in- telligent activity he could hope so mater ally to advance. But, as a matter of fact, is not the busi- ness man, the man of substance and affairs, very much interested in all public questions? Ought he rot to make himself felt in every campaign? Why should he reserve himself fo: this particular cam- psign or that, only when this particular terested, issue or that is on the cards for settle- ment? If machines are formed and bosses rule, who is more to blame than the m who, for one reason or another, are inter- mittent in attending to their political duties, and leave the field as a general thing urdisputed to those who make a business of politics enly for selfish and sordid purposes? no exaggeration to say that It is, indeed, much of the misgovernment from which the country suffers proceeds from the in- difference and inactivity of those having the most et stake, and to whom the coun- try has every right to look for watchful- ness and assistance on the hustings and the polls. The oftener the men of affairs appear at the primaries and at the pells the better the results prove to be. Tke heeler and the selfish schemer are never potent except when, through the atsence of responsible citizens, they are left largely to dominate the situation. ——_ + ee —___ Open the Library at Night. It is unfortunate that the appropriations for the maintenance of the Congressional Library are not sufficient to permit a com- plete opening of the great collection to the reading public next week, when the doors of the building are to be thrown open to admit others than mere sightseers. This cannct be accomplished until the books become available for reference at night, when by far the greater portion of the readers find their best or their only oppor- tunity for visiting the library. The main purpose of the new structure is to house the collection in such a manner that the nation may utilize it to the full. Under old conditions the books were only partly available, thousands of them beipg inacces- sible, and these within reach could only be consulted during the daytime under the most inauspicious circumstances. The fa- cilities were all inadequate, the lHghting roor. There were no advantages for night consultation, and when the new building was planned care was taken to equip it throughout with the best electrical de- vices for illuminatign. Precaution had not been taken, however, to provide means for attendance during the evening hours, and it would be manifestly unjust to require the regular attendants to serve the extra time. Therefore attention was called to this matter some months ago, while Con- gress was in session, but no action was taken, though the justice and wisdom of the plan were apparent. It is to be ex- pected that the librarian will make a de- termined effort to secure the necessary funds during the forthcoming session, and it would be greatly to the advantage of the brary users if steps to this end were taken immediately after the houses con- vene. Should success crown these efforts the appropriation should be made avail- able at once, without waiting for the begin- ning of the new fiscal year, and should cover the intervening period as well as the coming year. Without such an ar- rangement the new library facilities will fall to produce the full measure of their possible benefit to the nation. ——_eeo____ Mr. George talks about putting peopie in jail with almost as much confidence as other candidates have shown in discussing their determination to wake up the still dermant United States Senate. —+eo—____ There may be comfort to some people in reflecting that while somebody may pos- sibly get the better of this government in the Pacific Railway transactions, it will not be Great Britain. ——_<-eo—____. Croker and George. Richard Croker says that Henry George's attacks upon him do not worry him, yet he persists in explaining or attempting to ex- plain certain of the charges that concern him personally. Mr. George has revived the famous question suggested by the Lexow investigation: “Where did he get itv?” He has made some ante-election promises about jailing Croker that prob- ably mean little or nothing, for the mayor of even so great a city as the new me- tropolis has not plenary power in the mat- ter of prosecutions and punishment. The mayor can, of course, make his appoint- ments with the view to a sweeping investi- gation, possibly followed by trials of those who may be found to be guilty of offenses and crimes, but he can not control grand and petit juries’ Mr. George may mean all that he says, and he is doubtless entirely honest in his determination to “make things warm” for Mr. Croker if the voters should choose the advocate of the single- tax theory. But there are legal limitations in the way of an autocratic flinging out of @ drag-net among the political bosses of New York with the design of placing the dishonest ones ir jail. However much Mr. Croker may explain the reasons for his departure for Europe and whatever he may say or intimate about the sources of his present wealth the gen- €ral public will inevitably believe that the present boss of Tammany Hall departed because the Lexow committee. was probing dangerously close to him and to his profits from the corruption that ran riot in New York city. Mr. Croker has never been en- gaged in business of a sort that should legitimately earn for him the large fortune he now possesses. True, he has of late years been a more or less successful owner of a racing stable. His operations on the turf have netted him a snug profit but it is impossible to point to the race course as the origin of his wealth for he enjoyed more than a competence before he took to horse racing. That sport was merely the fad of a rich man and Croker has made it a profitable fad. No amount of allusion to the turf will disabuse the minds of the people who are not blind from political strabismus of the notion that Mr. Croker got his start and the bulk of his fortune through the corrupting modes of local gov- ernment uncovered by the Investigation that frightened him to Europe. It is no- torious, as now says Mr. George, that for years nominations by Tammany Hall came high, that they cost the candidates good round sums, that were supposed to be profitable investments in view of the high salaries of the offices. These sums were paid into the “campaign funds” of Tam- many, which were at all times under the closé personal control of Richard Croker. ——_ +e —____ Mr. Bryan Himself Again. Mr. Bryan is now on the stump in Ohio with a text which puts him somewhat at his ease again, and revives to a degree his fluency of last year. He has a substitute now, as he thinks, for his exploded con- tention about silver and wheat, and doubt- less will work it for all that it may be worth. He sees in the rejection by Great Britain of the overtures of the Wolcott commission full justification of the- posi- tion of the free silver men and he now in- sists more firmly than ever that if silver is to be rehabilitated the United States must move alone in the premises. Mr. Bryan's speeches on this line may not produce any effect at this time in Ohio, where the campaign in its closing days ia pitched more in the key of person- alities than of principles, but it is altogether probable that they mark the tone of what will be heard from the silver leaders at the coming session of Congress when the debates on that subject begin. For the sil- ver men everywhere now hold that the gold siandard per se is at last either to be indorsed in so many words, or rejected. Bimetalism by international agreement has, as they believe, been put entirely out of the question by this adverse action of Great Britain, and friends af bimetalism who voted last year for the St. Louis plat- form in the hope that something would come of an effort to secure terms for silver by international negotiation will now ally themseives with the more aggressive men in the field under Mr. Bryan's leadership. This belief is based upon two proposi- tions. First. that nothing further will be attempted in the interest of bimetalism by international agreement. That is a risky assumption at this time. Not until the Wolcott commission has male report, and discussion of that report has been had, will it be safe to make a prediction on that point. Something more definite in silver’s interests than has yet been evolved may then take shape. Second, that in no cir- cumstances will the country indorse the gold standard. That, likewise, is a risky assumption. The people of this country are for bimetalism, and so declared at the polls last year, but if forced to choose between gold monometalism or silver menometalism, the chances would appear to be altogether in favor of the former. The growing commerce of the most re- sourceful and powerful of the nations could never prosper on the basis of cheap money, or on lines antagonistic to the business agencies in vogue among its neighbors and fellows. That, in effect, in- deed, was the decision rendered last N vember. 2 Uncovering the Pipe Line Scheme. Additional testimony in support of The Star’s contention that a pipe-line system is not essential to the air motor equip- ment of the Belt and Eckington roads comes from New York and will be found elsewhere in this issue. From a source which may not be questioned The Star is informed of a desire on the part of the air motor combination to secure franchises which will enable the capitalists most deeply interested in compressed air to honeycomb the principal thoroughfares of this and other cities of importance with pipes through which compressed air may be supplied for all manner of mechanical purposes. The statement is frankly made by one who is in the combine that more profit is expected from the sale of com- pressed air than is looked for as the re- sult of the air motor equipment of street railroad Imes. It may be well enough to grant, some day, as many privileges to the vendors of compressed air as are given to those who distribute electricity for the same purposes, but such valuable rights must not be secured in an underhanded manner or be bestowed unknowingly by the community. The District Commissioners have done well in refusing the permit for which application was so disingenuously made. —___+ +e —____. The Work is to be “Pushed.” That is good news that comes from the new supervising architect of the treasury to the effect that orders -have been issued by the Secretary to have the work on the “new city post office” pushed ahead. There is ample ground at the site for “push.” Little of that clement has been noticed within the precincts for a long time. There is a recollecticn that about five years ago an energetic contractor was at work there who was in a hurry to get through his job because he had something else to do in another city, but that is merely a memory now. The work of clearing the. site and breaking ground was begun five years ago last February. In that time scores and hundreds of new buildings, involving prac- tically as much labor, have been erected in various cities by private enterprise, and the government's efforts have been put to blush by even the most dilatory. But the dawn of a better time is at hand. The work is te be “pushed.” The present Sec- retary of the Treasury knows what push is and what it accomplishes. He comes from a pushing community, and his works throughout his business career have been characterized by this element of time-sav- ing, money-saving activity. ———_-e—_____ Corbett, the pugilist, has permitted the publication of his picture in a testimonial to the merits of a patent medicine. It is to be assumed that he did not begin to take the medicine until after he had met Fitzsimmons. —_——___++e___ Chicago has captured a highway robber thirteen years of age. It is to be hoped that this is not the beginning of another infant prodigy craze. —_~++e—____. The Luetgert jury can scarcely be blamed for disagreeing, after the example set by the expert witnesses. ————_>+e—____ Mr. Croker may yet be tempted to write scme impressions of America. ——>+o____. Umclean Milk Bottles, The health officer’s discovery that some of the dairymen of the District have béen following the reprehensible practice of de- livering milk in“ uncleansed bottles indi- cates that there is need for a vigorous Prosecution in order to keep the death and morbidity rates of the capital down to their present low stage. The regulation on the subject is plain and sufficient. The diffi- culty in the case arises not from any lack of law but from the nature of the business, which may permit these fraudulent and unclean methods to be pursued without much chance of detection. Srobably only @ still-hunt would produce results. A few Prosecutions marked by the imposition of the extreme penalty - Provided ought to suffice to demonstrate to the dairymen that it is better and cheaper in the end to be honest and hygienic fa their business ar- rangements than to save a few pennies for hot water and labor with the risk of paying a heavy fine for the economy. Milk is notoriously susceptible to un- wholesome .influences. The germs of dis- ease are readily taken up by the liquid and are transmitted in full vigor directly into the system. Modern dairy methods recog- nize this danger and there are means of ample precaution if the handler of the milk in quantities is awake to the neces- sity of care and cleanliness. It is to the advantage of tne dairyman as well as to the customer that only the cleanest and safest methods should be employed. The other day it was discovered by an employe of the District who utilized his spare time to make a small profit from a lunch counter that a single lot of poor milk had caused the ruin cf his trade. This article of food is regarded with just enough suspicion by its users to warrant extra care in its hand- lirg and delivery and the health officer will doubtless find the dairymen susceptible to a few pointed suggestions in the line of more hygienic methods contained in en- forcement cf the regulation. ———_~>+o—__ If campaign profanity continues to in- crease the reformers will be obliged to take some time from the labor of elevating the morals of literature and the stage in order to devote it to politics. —+ +e —___ The Pullman boys might retrieve their fortunes by devoting themselves to the not very difficult task of inventing a bet- ter sleeping car service than that whi: row prevails. ——~++e—___- Since the English were surprised at Sec- tary Sherman, it would be interesting to know what they think of some of the re- marks being made in the New York cam- paign. ——>+e—__ Richard Croker is more than ever con- vinced that Henry George is a very visién- ary man. —~+oe—__. SHOOTING STARS. _ State-Cratt. “Is it a good plan to get this government ary further intc debt?” inquired the con- servative Spanish statesman. “I should say so,” replied his aggres- sive associate. “The more creditors we have the more peopte there will be who won't went us to get the worst of a diffi- cuity.”” The Sun. Oh, de sun he’s jes’ a loafer! When we needs im in de fall, He pulls de kivers round "im An’ he doesn’ wuck at all. An’ in de summer, when we finds Our strenf an’ temper spent, He's allus wuckin’ over time A-doin’ devilment! A Statement With a Foundation. “Bohster says he’s drawing one of the highest salaries ever paid.” “That's true,” replied the mutual friend. “His firm has the cashier's office in the eighth story.” Her Reasoning. “Willie Wishington is very original in his remarks.” “He must be,” replied Miss Cayenne. “I don’t know of anybody else who could be so tiresome.” A Consolation. “I knows me manners ain’t much,” said Meandering Mike, as he turned away from an inhospitable farm house. “But dere’s one t'ing I will say fur meself.” “What's that?” inquired Plodding Pete. “It's been nearly two days sence anybody eculd accuse me of bein’ impolite enough to talk wit’ me mouth full.” A Slight Transposition. h, the world is built wrong! "Tis the old, tiresome song, That persistently echoes from morning till night. Men are trying and sighing And comfort-derying, But, somehow, they can’t make things move along right. The sunshine is less than the shadows and fear. We laugh by the moment and toll by the year. Yet, how easy it seems In the world of our dreams To banish the sorrew and heighten the joy! With pleasure and treasure Bestowed without measure When each to his wish all his powers may employ. This life would move on in a different way If play were but work and if work were but play. ————++e—____. A Greater Danger. From the Providence Journal. To sacrifice 20 or 30 lives in a disaster of this kind naturally fills the public mind with horror, but before another such oc- curs a greater number of lives are likely to be lost by collisions at grade. The cause of the catastrophe near Garrisons must be thoroughly investigated, but there is just as much need of looking’ out for the death traps which exist wherever a railroad crosses a highway. The American railway system will never be complete till these are all eliminated. ———_+ +e —. A Brave People. From the Atlanta Journal, ‘The people of New Orleans continue to show under real affliction that they’re the right sort. There's less fear and more danger there than in any other infected city, but there is no stampeding and cries of distress. The Alabama cities might well pattern after the big Louisiana me- tropolis. —_>+e—___ Tilustrio: Weyler. From the Syracuse Standard. If getting rich at the expense of a bank- rupt fatherland be the act of a patriot, Weyler has written his name high on the illustrious roll. —_>+e—____ An Important Disclosure. From the St. Louls Republic. That is a pretty little story about Mrs. McKinley and the kittens. It runs that the first lady of the land, finding herself in possession of four kittens, named one of them Karl Decker, another Evangelina Cisneros and the other two Weyler and De Lome. Then the lovely woman had a White House servant carry the Weyler and De Lome kittens away and drown them. Let us hope that they will not come back. ——>+e—__. A Typographical Error. From the New York Times. The Journal has done Senator Edward Murphy, jr., an injustice through.an annoy- ing misprint. It made him say yesterday that he had “long had his thumbron the party pulse.” Of course the “I” in that last word should have been an “r.” The statement would then have become accu- rate and edifying. Millions Escaped. From the Boston Herald. There is the usual number of people who narrowly escaped being passengers on board the wrecked New York Central rail- road train, and they are all giving vent to their feelings according to custom. What might have happened to people in this world had certain other things happened com- prises a long chapter. Fe —_+++______ ‘The Time to Travel. From the Syracuse Post. Doubtless some people are-just now timid about traveling by night. But the safest time to travel is just after an acci- dent. Railroad men then are unusually vigilant. ——>+e—_____ Why He Does Not Speak. From the Philadelphia Ledger, ‘Van Wyck’s persistent refusal to mount the stump is easily lained. He ae ‘unspeakable eloment in New Fork PAGES. Baum’s, 416 7th St. SPECIAL ‘Red‘Ticket?’ BARGAINS Tomorrow! Every Fridiy we aim to offer bet- ter “Red Ticket Day” bargains than the Friday previous. Tomorrow will note the banner offers of the year. Millinery: Department. ‘Te. Black Felt Hats, all shapes... 33C. %e. Ostrich Tips, 3 in bunch, all color$ and black. . . ge. 48c. Ostrich Piumes, black and colors 29c. 50c. Wings and Fancy Feathers. 29¢. Cloak and Suit Department. 5 Ladies’ All-wool Heavy-weight Jackets. Regular price, $7.50. “R. $2.98 red Br Skirts. “RT. D.” Figu and Novelty Cloth sold as high as $3.98. . $1.29 8 Ladies’ Light and Dark Silk Shirt Waiste. Regular price, $4.25. “R. T. D.”” price. Be $1.68 24 Ladies’ Wrappers. Regular price, 68e. “R. T. D." price...... 34c. 6 Ladies’ Gossamers, slightly de- 62¢. fective. 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Separate department for men, left of G st. entrance, 66c for Ladies’ $1 Kid Gloves. {7AM sizes in tans, browns, special counter, near elevator, Qc for 12tac Hdkfs. TF Choice of 100 Fancy Men’s Full-size Handkerchiefs, lozen Ladies’ White and Border Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, and reds and black, 4-buttons and new style embroidery backs. On 19c for 25c Bows. The New Band Bows, stripes. All the very latest in plaid and effects, as shown in New York's leading establishments. 39¢ for 50c Sterling Silver Articles. £7 Each plece stamped “Sterling Silver, guaranteed 925-1000 fine.” Choice of Cuticle Knives, Nall Files, Boot Hooks, Shoe Horns, Curling Irors, Baby's Brush and Comb, Salve Boxes, Emerles, Stocking Darners, Cigar Cutters, Nafl Cleaner and File in case, Sealing Wax Holders, Paper Knives, Scissors, Letter Seals, Stamp Moisteners, Silk Winder, Tooth Brushes, all elab. orately chased and guaranteed sterliug silver. 10% off all Laces. G7One-tenth deducted from the amount of your purchase im the Lace Department. 98c for $1.48 Fronts. ©7The New Dress Fronts of various silks, in black and colors. Some lace trimmed. 19c for all 25c Leather Goods. O7The new 25c Shopping Ba; are full size, Nearly a hundred styles of the Ze Pocket Books. Choice tomorrow 3c for 5c Spool Silk. OBest of silk, in black and colors. yards on each spool. 100 with outside pocket and oxidized for 19c. clasp. 38c for 50c Feathers. €> Those 14-inch Black Ostrich Plumes; full, lustrous; curling to perfection, 4c for our famous 20c Towels. C7 Those 18x42 Satin Damask Towels with heavily knotted tringe and borders in white, red and blue, Many Towels sold at 25¢ are no bitter. 3c for those Doylies. G7 Those All-linen Doylies sold here at 50¢ dozen. 8c each for tomorrow only. $1.49 for those $2.25 Toilet Sets. 25c Scarfs, for sale in om le floor. for 39c Scarfs. Stamped ‘and Hemstitched Bureau 'g in Art Department, on second & {7'Those full-size sets of 9 pieces, decorated in assorted colors. Extra goed value at $2.25. -Other basement bargains. [719 for those 20¢ Garbage Cans with cover....17¢ for the 25¢ Japanned Chamber Paits with cover....9¢ for the Sc Sagar Boxes with hinged cover....5c for the heavy tin 10c Colanders....49¢ for the 75c Wash Bollers with cover and copper bottom. ...3¢ for those beautifully engraved and extra thin Sc Table Tumblers. ™ Houghton... s|{Palais Royal, On second floor. ‘lave ist o7 The values we Bedwear: special prices for the best ete 2? Balt for $4.59 California Wool Blank- $2.79 palr tor $8.50 Scotch Wool Blankets, $2.25 pair for $3 Blankets weighing 5 $1.15 pair for best of $1.50 Blankets, $1.39 for the usual $2 Comfortables. $5 for best of $6 Eiderdown Comforts, Ths. @c for $1 Bed Spreads, lke Marseilles, case G & 11th. | a NEUEN F weNRRNNT a R. Harris & Co., cor. 7th and D sts. UNIQUE WEDDING GIFTS. Don’t think of purchasing a Wedding Gift without first in- specting our immense stock. Hundreds of unique gifts in our collection which are .not likely 2 to be duplicated. Never was so much sterling quality linked to such low prices. A few suggestions: Silver Bon Bon Dishes. . . .$3.75 11 1 Am a Silver Loving Cups. .... .$10.00 Silver Cream Pitcher and Su- gar Bowl. ..... $13.50 pr. Silver Pea Server... ......$5.00 Silver Cake Server. ...... .$3.50 ? Silver Sardine’ Fork. .....$2.00 = Silver Tomato Server. ....$2.50 Silver Tea Balls...... + -$1.50 Silver Almond Scoops. .. .$1.75 Silver Butter Spreads,} doz.$4.50 Silver Jelly Slicer... ......$3.50 R. Harris& Co. Cor.7th & D Sts. at Buea a a IN a NE RN a "eM ee EAU MN The Oppenheimer Co., 514 9th St. N.W. WE GIVE TRADING STAMPS, SPECIAL TO LADIES AND DRESSMAKERS! WE DO PLAITING, INCLUDING THE Knife or Side Plait, Accor- dian and Sun. PINKING DONE WHILE YOU WAIT. FIRST-CLASS WORK AND DISAPPOINT- MENTS. WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE. SEE THE NEW TRIMMING WE MAKE. Shirring Without Stitches We also repair all kinds of Sewing Machines, having parts and attachments for all makes of ma- chines. All work warranted. If you are about to bur a Sewing Machine, con sult us first. Our prices cannot be duplicated. can supply you with any kind. See the New Family Machine, only $19, = all attachments. Warranted for fite years. Oppenheimer’s, NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE AGENCY, 514 9th St. N.W. ‘Machines for rent by week or month, 47c. alb. for thefinest Chocolates & BonBons in the World. ‘The essence of purity— the height ef delicious- ness. Made ip our own factory by candy makers who have made their repu- tations for expertness. Order a trial pound and you'll see that the peer- lessness we claim is theirs by right. S. A. Reeves (uccessor to Reeves, Poole & Co.), rocer, Coffee Roaster, Baker and Manufac- turer of Finest Confections, 1209 F Street. at lt Q 0028-564, C7 CASE OF 24 BOTTLES, ONLY $1. —$$$<<$—$<<<___—_ Good Beer Is-A Food As Well As A Tonic. It’s.a wholesome, nourish- — ing food—an appetizing, —— bracing, strengthening tonic— —— that folks who are “all run —— down” need. “Ruby” Lager —— Is the beer to drink for its tonic ——- effects. It’s rich and heavy in ——— body—and delicious in flavor. T7Case of 24 bottles—delivered in unlettered wagons—only $1. Write or telephone. Washington Brewery Co., 4th and F Sts. N. E—’Phone 2154. 0c28-th,s,t-38. Comfort is only part of the good of Burt’s Shoes. There is economy, and fashion. FOR LADIES AND MEN. 3.50, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00. Hygienic School Shoes, hand- made, on the comfort last. - . Date of sale on lining shows - how long they wear. All sorts of comfort Slippers —eather, cloth and felt—far young and old. ; Burt’s, Arthur Burt, 1411 F St. Next to Branch Post Office: —