Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1897, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1897-14 PAGES. Golden berg Brothers, New York, : Leading Lace Importers, - Sacrifice Surplus Winter Stock At A Loss of $2,500. Miss Richmond, representing The Palais Royal, arrived from New Yark this morning. She tells of surplus stocks secured, and knows whereof she speaks in saying: “I know the loss to Goldenberg Bros. must be at least $2,500.” The writer can state with authority that Goldenberg Bros. are the leading lace importers of the United States, that their annual bus- iness must run into the millions, and that a loss of $2,500 is to them a mere bagatelle. The lots sacrificed by them comprise surplus winter stock, as follows: Black Silk Venice Laces, OVE Broken scts—all widths are not here in all designs—but we can offer many pieces of Heavy Black Silk Net Top Venice Laces, 6 to 12 inches wide, guaranteed worth $1.40 to $2.98 a yard, at only soc yd. for choice. $1.40 Laces. $1.98 Laces. $2.50 Laces. $2.98 Laces. sSeseagecgaconsenegeetentegeetensonegeegeetonteeseeegeeseesonsoegeesniogee gees esbasoaseea sense egeegeatangergsuiseife Setoesiifete ef % Seogengen % eoete % 15c to 25c Laces, In this lot are Valenciennes and Point de Paris Laces, 2} to 5 inches wide—sold until now at various prices from 15¢ to 25¢ a yard. 8c to 12c Laces, 5 All-linen English Thread Laces, Torchons, Point de Paris and Valenciennes Laces, 2} to 4 inches wide. Values are 8 to toc a yard. Choice for 5c¢ a yard. 1,2 11 Bolero Jackets. Goldenberg’s entire surplus of these Segeegeaget ef seers eset Pa a ak Sa ak Se SS Bs Jackets are now here. Values are 75cto$15 ¢ =-to be distributed in lots, at 10c to $1.48 for ¢ choice. ¢ They are easily attached to a dress already made, virtually creat- $ ing a new and expensive-looking costume, at very trifling outlay to $ you of time, trouble or money. é é Z The $1.48 Lot. | The $1.29 Lot. ¢ (0 to $12 values.) ($3.50 to $7.50 values.) - The finest Silk Bolero Jackets This morning's arrivals include $ that St. Gaul produces—and the far more attractive pieces than $ finest in the world come from | previously here. Some of the de- é this little Swiss town. signs are bewitchingly attractive. 3 E7 Only « few dosen of these heavy silk E>Some of heavy silk Venice lace; others 3 Jeckets; mestly back; a few cream. Posi- % 2 tively worth $10 to $12 each. Choice for of cut jet amd fridescent beads, Mostly $ $1.48. black. Hurry, for first choice. ¥s = + $ $1 Jackets $1 Jackets ¢ for roc. for roc. i These are the English imitations of the Swiss jackets, being made $ of Nottingham Lace. While, of course, not silk, and only imitating $ the intricate and beautiful Swiss designs, they are not trashy. So 53 good that the supply will not equal the demand of a day. A hint we $ trust regular patrons will profit by. $ x é ° ds 1,323 Lovely Neckpieces, é ea - Some worth $3.98. Some worth $1.98. £ ASE This morning’s arrivals are the last procurable. Some are yokes, some boleros, some collars with epaulet effect, some form reveres. Those appliqued all over will be first to go, being positively worth $2.98 and $3.98 apiece. But none are less than $1.98 value. Choice for 48 cents. A Pile of Veilings. 19° 25° 39° For 25c Veils. For 40c Veils. For 50c Veils. More than a mile—more than 1,760 yards—arrived this morn- No less than ninety-eight dffferent styles—and all this season’s effects. To be offered in three grand lots. Some worth $2.98. Nene worth less. Seeders Seesenfonendencoaseatensongontoasoetensentensontonsoateesessessenseageaseeseesertenseaseaseeseesengentonteateatongeesoeseagengeaseasoeceagesgengensenseasoeseagenionseasoaseosesseateagensoageesoosenteageateaseosenententweseaseentensoesoasessentontonsoaseasoesescengensoashagoaseageesensensonghegesseaseagengeateegoesonsoasoagweseeseasenseashegeesessengensegengoasensoegoesnesonsenseosoonrheshesesgeesenonsoagoaseesonfonteasonthe soe senessbesnsseetessoosenortoetbasoatonsnatec teste fence rce ise coegnicnighey Soe Qe stent Seadontondvoetecseate aengengontengongenondeensegongengeoteeseegentoeser eteeteteatnnmatete % Bargain Handkerchiefs. Only one fault—they are 1897 styles. But many are more at- tractive than the 1898 patterns. Prices to you are very much less than wholesale cost. A leading importer loses a few hundred dollars in order not to have an 1897 style in stock. 18e. Those for men are full size and warranted all pure Irish linen. Miss Richmond says: “These Handkerchiefs cost $2.25 a dozen to land in the United States.” The Ladies’ Handkerchieis are from Switzerland, machine embroidered, but wonderfully like the more ex- pensive hand work. 13c each, 2 for 25c. At 75c Box. At 35c¢ Each. Ladies’ Laundered All Pure Men’s Full Size Japanese Silk Linen Handkerchiefs, with hand | Handkerchiefs, with initial and embroidered initials. Six in 14-inch hems. 50c value for 35¢. fancy box for only 75c. Only $1 for three. Palais Royal, 4 visser. G & 1 1th. aredresredeatonteegr ge Ladies’ and Men’s 25¢ Handkerchiefs, 25c Handkerchiefs. Two for 25¢. TRIAL POSTPONED Case of the Competitor Prisoners Put Off for a Time. AMERICANS IN CUBAN CELLS Report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. VIOLATION OF TREATY ae gees HAVANA, Cuba, November 8.—The sec- ond trial by court-martial of the crew of the American schooner Competitor of Key West, Fla., which was captured by the Spanish gunboat Mesagera, near Berracos, on the north coast of Pinar del Rio, April 23, 1896, which was to take place today, has been postponed owing to the sickness of the president of the court. The Case in Congress. The case of the Competitor prisoners was at one time the cause of considerable fric- tion between the Spanish and American governments. The Senate committee on foreign rela- tions reported a resolution, which passed the Senate July 20 last, providing “that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, empowered to take ‘such measures as in his judgment may be neces- sary to obtain the release from the Spanisn government of Ona Melton, Alfredo La- borde and William Gildea, and the restora- tion of the schooner Competitor to her owner; and to secure this end he is au- thorized and requested to employ such means or exercise such power as may be necessary.” The committee in reporting upon the case said: “April 25, 1896, the schooner Competitor, a regularly documented American vessel, was captured by a Spanish gunboat at a place alleged to be within the territorial waters of Spain, a few miles west of Habana. The following persons, being then on board of her, were taken prisoners, viz: Alfredo Laborde, Ona Melton and William Gildea. Laborde claims to be a native of New Orleans, La. He was the regularly Hcensed master of the vessel, and to be such must have been a citizen of the United States. William Gildea acted as mate, but was born in Liverpool, England. Ona Mel- ton was born at Vinland, in the state of Kansas, and he voted at Aurora, in the state of Arkansas, in 1804. “The vessel belonged to Mr. Joseph Well of Key West, and had a regular licens Laborde cleared her at the Key West cu tom house, with four others besides him- self as crew, five in all, and took on board twenty-four men as passengers for Lemon City, Fla., at $2 each. When in the neigh- borhood of Cape Sable, on the 22d of April, 1896, these passengers forcibly took charge of the ship, and six of them came into the cabin to make him surrender the vessel. This he did at the muzzle of a pistol pre- sented at his breast by one of them named Taboada. They ran the schooner to Cape Sable and there took on board twenty-five men with arms and munitions, and inform- ed Laborde that between Cape Sable and Rebecca light they expected to meet a steamer with more men and arms for Cuba. Captured by a Spanish Bont. “The vessel reached Cuba, near Berracos, San Cayetano, on the 25th of April, and immediately landed her cargo and passen- gers by boats. The passengers forced La- borde to go in the first boat, witn one of the crew and nineteen men, all of whom landed and escaped. He went back on board and another lot landed. At this time they were sighted by a Spanish tug or steam launch. He ordered the American flag to be set. While William Gildea, the mate, tried to set it, he found the halyards foul, and being shot at twice, he threw the fixg down. Laborde then held the flag inst the rigging so it could be seen. “No shot was fired from the schooner, for they had no arms, although the pas- sengers who had gone ashore had arms, and, as Laborde also understood, dynamite. No effort was made by Laborde or the others to escape with the passengers, be- cause they had been forced into their ex- isting situation. The captors put Laborde into what is called a Spanish windlass by tying his wrists together and then drawing the rope tight by a stick thrust through, which caused great torture and made his vrists swell. The Competitor and the cap- tives were immediately taken to Habana, and the latter were placed in prison, where they have ever since remained. “These affidavits are not contradicted by any statements in the message and accom- panying documents transmitted by the President to the Senate, nor do these pa- pers present any evidense as to whether the Competitor, when seized, was within one marine league of the coast of Cuba. “The case was considered hy the Spanish authority to be one of admiralty jurisdic- lion, and accordingly, upon the Ist day of 1806, a summary naval court-martial ‘as constituted for their trial for crimes designated, by reference and allusion in the copies of official documents which are in the possession of this committee, as pirecy and rebellion. No copy of the charges has, so far as your committee can ascertain, ever been furnished to this gov- ernment, though frequently requested. Treaty Violated. “Against the jurisdiction and competency of this tribunal and method of procedure the American consular representative at Habana, under instructions from the De- partment of State, most carneszly protest- ed on the same day, insisting that the case should be tried under the seventh article of the treaty with Spain, concluded in the year and under the protocol to said treaty $ and that it should not be tried by a summary court-martial, or by any other form of procedure not adjusted to the terms of the treaiy. He also insist- ed that Laborde, being the master, and Gildea, the mate of the vessel, were, ac- cording to paragraph 171 of the Consular Regulations, entitled to the protection of the United States. “The admiral to whom this protest was made, and who was the Official in whom the Spanish jurisdiction in the premises seems to have rested, while expressing a willingness to furnish a copy of the charges against the men to the American consul as had been demanded, seems never to have done so. Their trial took place within fifteen hours after he made this of- fer. The admiral, acting under the ad- vice of the Spanish judge advocate, denied the validity of these objections and pro- test upon the ground that neither article 7, of the treaty of the 27th of October, 1795, nor the protocol of 1877 applied to the case, for the reason, as he asserted, that foreigners must be tried by the same courts having cognizance of Spanish subjects, ac- cording to the local law relating to for- eigners, of the 4th of July, 1870, and be- cause that, whatever interpretation and scope may be given to the treaty and the protccol construing it, the latter, from the beginning, embraces only resident Ameri- ean citizens. The First Trial. ‘They were tried by a naval court-mar- tial of the most summary character on th: 8th day of May, 1896, the trial lasting but a few hours. They had no opportunity to summon or examine witnesses, or to be defended by counsel of their own selection. They were not tried separately, but to- gether, and, it seems, with several other persons. The evidence against them con- sisted solely of the testimony of Captain Butron and the other officers of the Mensa- jerra, the Spanish gunboat which had taken them prisoners. A lieutenant of the Span- ish navy was assigned to their defense, who asked no questions upon the trial and who produced no witnesses. His sum- ming up consisted of a plea for mercy to the prisoners, although it is said that he stated they were American citizens. There was an interpreter present, but he did not make his presence known to ihe prisoners until they were asked if they had any- thing to say in their own defense. This was after the summing up of the prosecu- tion, and, of course, was after the evidence, both of which were given in Spanish, and were not translated to the prisoners. _ “The naval officer who was appointed to, defend them did not communicate to them the Paneer ag tages euenes or of the sum up prosecui evident that er naval trial, and that he did not say or do any- thing in behalf of the prisoners, except to ask for mercy. “After this mockéty of a trial the pre- siding officer of ‘thd court-martial asked Laborde in Spanish ‘what he had to say in his defense. Labérdé understood that lan- guage. He said & few words. So it went on until the last thar? was reached, William Gildea, and the presiding officer spoke to him in Spanish. He did not understand, and then the interpreter said, “Do you wish to say anything?” and Gildea then arose and said, “AIlI have to say is, I do not understand one.tvord which has been said today, either for me or against me, and, at any rate,‘ ajpeal to both the Brit- ish and Americsh consuls.” Melton said, truly, that he came, aboard the schooner as the correspondent of the Jacksonville Times-Union. The! trial terminated im- mediately after these statements were made. The prosdcutor moved for a sen- tence of death, and it was straightway Pronounced. Execution Stayed. “The Department of State requested, or demanded, that Spain should not execute the sentence until a copy of the charges and evidence could be furnished to this government and an opportunity given to investigate the case. The execution of the sentence seems to have been stayed, pend- ing an appeal to the superior tribunals of Spain at Madrid, and the resylt was that after long delay the judgment of the court- martial was annulled about September 8, 1896, and a new trial ordered before the ordinary tribunals, “It will be observed that this judgment of reversal proceeds upon the theory that these captives are justiciable in the Span- ish courts for crimes alleged to have been committed by them against Spanish laws, and it decided nothing more than that the naval court-martial was not a proper or competent tribunal for their trial. The ap- Pellate court merely held that Spain had mistaken her own forum.” Rights of the Prisoners. The report then cites the treaty and Protocol, and says: “Under the facts and circumstances of this case, it is not competent for Spain to try these prisoners by any military tribunal whatever. Two of the men, Gildea and La- borde, were officers of an American vessel driven under duress into Cuban waters; Melton, a passenger, was an American na- oS citizen before. he took passage—a friendly neutral, a non-combatant, not armed in any way, and his character was not changed by the forcible diversion of the vessel from its voyage to Lemon City to the Cuban coast. “They are not amenable to the jurisdic- tion of any Spanish courts for piracy, for the reason that it plainly appears that they had never committed or could have intend- ed to do any act of robbery or depredation upon the high seas, which acts are the es- sentials of piracy, and it is clear that no such acts were ever intended by either of these prisoners. “Nor are these prisoners amenable to any Spanish court for the crime of rebellion by reason of any acts committed by them, even if such acts are subjected to the most strict and adverse construction. Allegiance either as a subject or as an alien amenable by residence or presence to the laws of a foreign state is an indispensable element to constitute ‘he crime of treason or re- bellion. It is the opinion of your committee that these men never became amenable to the laws of Spain to that intent. “Irrespective of any of the foregoing con- siderations, the conduct of Spain, as here- inbefore detailed, constitutes such delay and denial of justice and such an actual in- fliction of injustice upon these men as to make it the duty of this government to demand reparation therefor, irrespective of any act which these prisoners may have committed up to the date of their capture. Among the acts of reparation which ought to be demanded should be the release of these captives. the rights thus defined have been vio- lated in the persons of these prisoners. They have been tried and sentenced to deain by a summary naval court-martial in a proceeding which has been annulled by the appellate courts of Spain at Mad- rid, upon the ground that such a court- martial had no jurisdiction whaiever over them. Ten months have elapsed since this death sentence was annulled, and they have not again been brought to trial. In the meantime they have been subjecied to protracted preliminary examinations pre- paratory to their trial by another court- martial, which differs from the first one only in the fact that it is less summary and more formal in its character than the first. “At the first trial they were not allowed to be defended by counsel of their own selection; opportunity or time to produce witnesses was denied to them by the celeri- ty with which that trial was instituted and conducted. They were only defended -by a Spanish naval officer, assigned to that duty by the court, who could not or did not speak English, who never spoke to them during the trial, who did not introduce or attempt to introduce any evidence in their behalf, who asked for no delay of the trial, and whose only exertion in their defense was 2. plea for mercy, which admitted their guilt. Although an interpreter was present, neither the evidence for the prose- cution nor the summing up of the prose- cuter was translated to them. “His presence was not disclosed until after the prosecution had closed its testi- mony and argument. The only translation made to them was just before the close of these sanguinary proceedings, when they were asked if they had anything to say. Necessarily they had or could have little to say, although one of them, Gildea, pro- tested that he had not understood a word of the proceedings against him by which his life was to be adjudged forfeited. With these protests the trial ended, and the de- fendants were immediately sentenced to death.” Should Be Freed. The report closes with the statement that “in our opinion these acts of delay and denial of justice, and of the infliction of injustice, vitiate and make void any right which Spain had at the beginning of this transaction to proceed criminally against any of these men. This government should demand that they be set at liberty and that the Competitor be restored to her owner, as there is no evidence that the owner knew anything about the diver- gence of the vessel from its regular voyage to Lemon City, Fla.” ——__——_ The Short Story Club. A well-attended and thoroughly enjoyable meeting of the Short Story Club was held in the Lenman building parlors Tuesday. The musical numbers were furnished by Prof. Wm. Waldecker as pianist, and Mr. F. A. Rebstock and Miss Lucia Nola, a dramatic soprono from New York, as vocal- ists. The literary program was participated in by Mr. W. E. Priest, the title of whose story of the evening was “Dr. Deacon Sheet’s Trunk.” Mrs. Agnes Postell Ernest, from the Royal Conservatory of Dresden, presented a paper on the importance of “Correct Breathing.” Mrs. Jean B. Lock- wood, in her essay, on English literature, gave a resume of the English writers to the time of Caxton.‘ Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Agnew, Mrs. Dr. Robin- son, Prof. L. R. Kiémm, Capt. and Mrs. Burt, Mrs. Gen. Pickett, Miss Lucia Nola, Prof. Wm. Waldeckenr, Mr. F. A. Rebstock, Mrs. F. R. Burket, Miss Gertrude E. Met- calf, Mrs. Anna H. ‘Hamilton, Prof. H. C. Kirk, Mrs. L. A. Crandall, Mrs. E. F. Hart, Miss’ Ringgold, Col,’’and Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. M. L. Willis, Mr, Ray and Miss Ray. a Its F Meeting. The Pierce Guild of the Washington Hos- pital for Foundlings held its first meeting of the season at the residence of Mrs. J. DeWitt Arnold Friday last. After the elec- tion of officers for the ensuing year plans were discussed for the annual luncheon, to be held the first week in December. See Cheers’ for’ President Moraes. The Brazillian legation yesterday re- ceived a cablegram from the minister: of foreign relations at Rio de Janeiro an- nouncing the funeral of Marshal Bitten- court, who was killed Friday while protect- ing President Moracs from assassination. The rg megs “The president of the republic followed the remains to the ceme- ioe and: was enthusiastically acclaimed by the people of all classes on the passage of ihe ee which congregated more than PREMIUMS ON FRAUD Offenses Against the Internal Reve- nue Laws Constantly Condoned. WHAT BUREAU RECORDS WILL SHOW The Lax Methods Followed Carrying Out the Laws. in BOLD OLEOMARGARINE MEN There was general surprise and indigna- tion at the announcement in The Evening Star of last Saturday that the internal revenue authorities were endeavoring to get the law officers of the United States in charge of the cases now pending in this city and Philadelphia against many alleg- ed violators of the oleomargarine laws to advise the acceptance of $7,000 offered by Joseph Wilkins, the wholesale dealer in oleomargarine, now under indictment in both cities, and discontinuance of the prosecution of the charges. The Star has time and again called at- tention to the flagrant violations of the laws and regulations governing the sale of oleomargarine in this city and elsewhere, and has shown without contradiction how the internal revenue authorities have in- vited still further violations by accepting sums of money in compromise where cases were already made, as well as by pursuing a careless course in making investigations that might lead to further indictments. The crusade of The Stur was so effective that early last year a move was made by the internal revenue bureau to meet the demand which went up from the reputable and law-abiding people of Washington that there should be a halt called in the out- rageous imposition practiced on the public through the sale of oleomargarine, under the representation that it was real butter, at prices justly charged for genuine butter. Licensing Past Frauds. There are two classes of violations of the oleomargarine law most common in the District. One consists of selling the stuff without a license, the other in selling it to purchasers who ask for butter as butter, and of ccurse charging butter prices for it. It has been the custom of the internal revenue authorities when an agent has discovered a dealer selling oleo without a license to secure an admis- sion from him of how long he has een en- gaged in the practice, and then requiring him to pay the fees necessary for a li- cense covering the time in question and let- ting the offender go at that. In a word, all the internal revenue bureau seems to see in the oleomargarine !aws is an oppor- tunity to make money out of them and to condone offenses against them by requiring the offenders to pay sums of money into the treasury. The idea that United States laws were intended to prevent illegal acts as well as punish them does not seem to enter into the calculations of such an im- portant branch of the treasury. A Weak Defense. In defense of their system the authori- ties mentioned set up the plea of the inade- quacy of the laws and regulations and the difficulties in the way of making cases that will stand the scrutiny of the courts; but it seems to be very plain that there must be some weak spot in this view of the question when the men who are constantly apprehended in violations of the Jaws and regulations, whose validity and power have been affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, are so willing to pay large sums of money into the creasury in order to escape prosecuuon under them. Condemnation of the Present At- tempt. The attempt to secure an acceptance of the offer of compromise, no matter if the amount is as great as $7,000, of the cases in Philadelphia and this city in whch Jos. Wilkins is concerned is being universally condemned. The Philadelphia case is par- ticularly flagrant. Early one morning in a ehouse in Philadelphia Special Agents Van Horn and Bowen of the internal reve- nue bureau declare that they caught Jo- seph Wilkins and Howard Butler at work defacing and removing the internal revenue stamps and other distinguishing marks re- quired by law to be placed on oleomarga- rine from 138 packages containing the stutf. They were apprehended, the revenue officers report, while engaged, with their «aprons on and with the implements being used to scrape off the stamps in their hands. This is the testimony that will be offered at the trial in Philadelphia if it ever comes off. There are three indictments pending against Joseph Wilkins and Walter P. Wii- ns, conjointly, in the District. The in- dictments were found January 4, 18! and charge them with selling oleamargarine for butter. Bail was fixed on January 11 at $1,000 in each case, with F. W. Emerich as surety for W. P. Wiikins and Clayton M. Emerich as surety for Joseph Wilkins. Others Awniting Trial. Among others under indictment by the District of Coiumbia grand jury are An- Grew J. Kenney, James S. Nash, William H. Meitzler, Patrick Sullivan, Patrick J. McDonough, Ferdinand Huhn, Edgar Hen- derson, William Heineman, James T. Childress (who was placed on trial, but in whose case a jury disagreed), Frank Wie- gand, Edgar Hogan, Perry B. Ruark, Saml. J. Eagan, Joseph P. B. Barber, Frank Bai- ley, Charles B. Brand, Levi Marcts, Chas. H. Chappel and George W. Shelley. The Power of the Oleo Men. It is very well known that the wholesale dealers in oleomargarine here are powerful, because the manufacturers of the product in the west, who are back of them, wield potent influence. It is a fact that the friends of Joseph Wilkins, to cite an indi- viduai case, simply laugh at the idea of his ever receiving an adequate punishment for violations of the oleomargarine laws,which the records of the internal revenue bureau will show to have been constant by him for years past, and which have been virtually confessed by him in the innumerable times he has paid money into the Treasury De- partment to secure immunity from prosecu- tion. The treasury authorities have the power, misdirected though it may fre- quently be, and certainly is, to accept money from a person who breaks internal revenue laws and regulations, and it has been exercised time and time again in the case of Wilkins. The fact that United States District At- torney Davis was attorney for Wilkins & Company and all, or nearly all, the parties indicted here for violating the oleomarga- rine laws previous to his appointment to office is openly announced by the friends of Wilkins to be a guarantee of the latter's safety. This, of course, !s an unjust reflec- tion on Mr. Davis, but it shows how the friends of Wilkins regard the power that he seems to wield in all directions. ———__ ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. John Stewart Uses a Pistol to End His Life. John Stewart, colored, sixty years old, attempted suicide yesterday by shooting himself in the neck. The shooting was done in a stable in the rear of No, 637 N street northwest, and the wounded man as taken to Freedmen’s Hospital. A col- ored man found Stewart lying on a pile of straw in the stable weak from loss of blood, and he called in Policeman Martin. Soon afterward the second Precinct patrol wagon was summoned, and the wounded man removed to the hospital. It was stated to the police that the man had been drinking, and this is supposed to have caused him to use the pistol in the manner stated. The doctors at the hospital found that the bullet had entered the right side of the neck and had lodged in the jaw. While the wound was painful and ous, the doctors thought they would be able to save the old man’s life. —as Leaves Fort Washington. Captain Thomas Cruse, quartermaster; has been relieved from duty in charge of construction of buildings at Fort Washing- ton, Md,; and ordered to Key West, Fla., Boys’ and Children’s Cloth- ing at a fraction of its regular price. Hecht’s have made a purchase of boys’ and children’s suits, reefers and top-coats that will go down in trade history as the most remarkable piece of enterprise ever known. Nothing we have ever offered before—and you know what remarkable things we have done—compares in the slightest de- gree with this unparalleled offering. We have ac- tually bought a maker’s stock of boys’ clothing, reefers and top-coats. We haven't the entire pur- chase here, but we've the biggest part of it, and the balance is at one of our Baltimore stores. As large as the stock is, continued selling is an impossibility. Mothers will flock here at store- opening tomorrow, and it will be they who are the luckiest ones, for some of the purchase is better than the rest. Just to think of such values as these being offered you now, and on the very easiest terms of credit if you wish the accommodation, Lot of abcut 30 Boys’ Suits—pretty Mixed Cheviots—good, wearable sults— not trash—in sizes from 9 to 15 years— a broken lot which won't hold out long, and which are good mr S116 at $2.25—go on sale tomor- row morning for. Lot of 60 Roys’ All-wool Striped and Plaid Cheviot Suits, and nearly All-wool Black and Bine Cheviot Suits, in reefer and dovble-breasted effects—garments such as you have paid $3 for many and many Hecht & Company, —————— Boys’ fine bine Werombo chinchilla reef- ers—your choice of 20 different styles— choice of storm, velvet and reefer collars— ld elsewhere Boys’ stvlish covert top coat—sizes 3 to : $5.08 — trimmed With pearl buttons—splen. did value for.. a time, shall be put on Boys’ kersey w larger sizes sale tomorrow morning, and —8 to 16 years—velvet first-comers will get them $1 08 lars—Ir {4 pip- $9.98 Wek ee ° ed inner sex » for. . A lot of Boys’ All-wool Cheviot and Cas- simere Suits—in handsome plaid and check A lot of boys’ ch strong and durable, fot_ knee pants—good, and well made—such as sell about town for 25e Soesoagondoatonswegeesecsondoateoseasenentonsentonseatrateateatoasonteateeseeseateaeaengeageesnesnesecseaseeseeseatondonsnegeasesseageegone patterns—in reefer and double-breasted ef- shall be put on sale tomor- 14¢ % fects—suits such as sell regularly for row for... 5 $4 and $4.50—shall be put Tarp = on sale tcmorrow morning $2 08 of Boys lot and Cassimere a wate Secs Fy ° Pants—in patterns just Ike those - you find in the men’s suits, and = up like the men’s, $ Boys’ navy blue flannel too—values such as others S pleated shirt. waists — tor y you for $4 50 $ which you usually pay T5e. for. = $ to go for... 5 ee 4 Bogs’ Vue QOhinchilla Reefers—with og plaid Minings—bound with Hercules braid— Lot of boys’ “Mother's Friend” laun- deep sailor collare—such a reefer which dered percale shirt waists— usaally costs you $2.25 and these with patent button band 40¢ $2.50, and is cheap at $1 49 the usual dollar grade—tfor.. e: that—to go for oo : ‘Hecht & Company, 5!5 7h St. $ 9 Seetetetetecetntetentitestetetestestecentnteiteteatestetectntecterttedetetetetecetietetetetete sondoatoatonsososdondentoatonSonondontoatontonsondontontoatontostoesonontonsontontest ess enienteateetoetestetestesionsoesestentestestnatitestestent> BON "IARCHE. ; BON MARCHE. 9c. Ib. Chocolate Creams, all fia: yors Card Engraving. Your name on copper plate nd SY Hurd’s finest gaged 59c. | : | 9c. Ib. Try our 19c. Candies. BON MARCHE. A Sale of Mme. Ruppert’s Specialties. 3 : Beauty For All. A Boon to Women. Public Opinion Pushes These Preparations Further in the lead Every Day. The Success of the Preparations Is Their Own Best Argument. ‘ The virtue of MADAME RUPPERT'S SPECIALTIES is now known the world over, and they are used and recommended by the best people. They are the only genuine natural beautifiers founded on scientific principles. They are the pioneers of all complexion preparations, have outlived all competition, and we sell them, therefore, with absolute confidence. We are in a position to supply these goods at much lower rates than they can be had from her own parlors. As your acquaintance with them broadens your confidence wiil increase. eefesteegeeetege cards. “ Ss sondoedoedondesgeegegegeogeteeteegeegecteaserteeteeteetesteetneteatoeteateatontontonteatesteatestontontontonsoneontontonge z Thousands of beautiful women sound the praise of Madame ¢ Ruppert’s Face Bleach. Its great merit has been openly and hon- = estly proven. We now make this extraordinary offer: - A_bottle of Mme. A. Ruppert’s WORLD RE- 17 = NOWNED FACE BLEACH, small size...........- Cc. $ Mme. Rupert's Our Mme. Rupert's Our Price. Price. "rice. Price. Mme. Ruppert’s Wonderful Mme. Ruppert’s Liquid Rouge z3 2, Depilatory re ves superfluous ‘ks; beyond detection... 50 ad kair without injury to skin in ‘s Gray Hair ‘$f three minutes . - $1.00 $0.83 myers oo = a oe dye, = BS see z ; oS Mme. Ruppert’s White Rose cclor ae rpecoae oe 250 2.19 + Face Powder. Mime." Rupper y $ powder .. 50 43 Sewage es = aI iss - sap combination of almond ol $ Pb cee on a and wax; not Loiled; contains no % and finger nails; true to nature. .50 48 | Ie...” SS ed nd __Mme. Ruppert’s Almond Cream 1 Hand Lotion. Softens and 7 whitens the hand the complexion natural ping .. 1.00 83 Large bottle. ca + 200 1.05 seit ail the other wonderful preparations of this famous Specialist at eorrespordingly low pri Trimmings. Jet and Silk Edges, an ac- = Shirred Liberty Silk, in black and enmulated lot—valve, 10c. 12%e. White, 22 in. wide. Value, Tc... Steere 69c. Mohair Trimming Brat ors, variety of styles. 6c., Se. and 1 Lot of Mousseline de Soie Black and White Embriodery, in colors. Value, 69¢ Swansdown Trimming. and 2c... SS Coney Fur Trimmings Diack and brown......... Handkerchiefs. Pt. Venice, Pt. Lierre, Oriental, Applique and Bourdon, in black, white and butter color. 4 to 7 im. wide. Value, Se. and Be........... Ladies’ All-linen Hemstitehed Handker-: chlefs, 3 widths of “hems. Worth Qe $5.00 latest stzle Jeweled Girdle 4 OR Bees ~. “Ge | pelts, in gilt and oxidized 9 Men’ Tordered me 50c. Glass Tooth Brash Holder, Salve and 3 Jc, | Romder Boxes, gilt and jewled De Linen Collars, all“shapes.......+.++ ~ SeeaeS seer Cc. BON MARCHE, 314-316 7th St. N. W. ed we Want Information. Sanitary Officer Frank is anxious to get some information concerning the identity of a man who was found wandering about the streets yesterday. David Williams is the name the man gave when Policeman Mul- Went Away. ft