Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1897, Page 12

THE EVENING sTrAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1897-16 PAGES, Sixteen years ago we came to Washington as one of the pioneers of modern methods of merchandising. Our success from the first was phenomenal, as our old patrons will re- member. Our first building, No. 705 Market space, was found entirely too small for the growing business, and in 1883 the building No. 707 was secured. The two stores were soon crowded with popular goods and eager buyers. In 1887 a third building, No. 709, was added, and still the increased space failed to accommodate the tide of custom which over- flowed the establishment at all seasons. “A SFRUCTURE Having at last been able to p and the business here conducted. Through the services of lr. T. F. Schneider, the architect, and Mr. stands complete, surpassed in beauty and utility by no business house in my | ee || Recess rae “errand nat eu others. ness. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES. The front of 78 feet gives broad and ample show windows for the display of the varied and immense stock within. The superstructure of BASETIENT. Washington. Shipping and Receiving Rooms, Elevator Machinery and Heating ployes. in the rear. Indiana limestone, terra cotta and buff brick speaks alike for the genius of the architect and the skill of the builder. electric elevators of the most approved modern type give access to the upper floors and stock rooms. Light and air have been secured to every floor by day, while hundreds of incandescent lamps make evening bril- Two magnificent Sprague liant. Above all, no time or expense has been spared to construct a building which will be absolutely safe and strong. We think it will meet your approval. EMMONS S. SMITH, BOSTON VARIETY STORE, 705-707-709 and Music from 8 to 10 PJ. by Schroeder’s Orchestra. anywhere. These rooms bein On this floor will Gloves, Corsets and N Leather Goods, Stationery, mestic Novelties and Bric-a- Umbrellas, Dolls and Confectionery. MAIN FLOOR. e displayed Men’s tions, Jewelry, Sterling Silver SECOND FLOOR. Devoted entirely to China and Housefurnishing Goods, Glass Ware, Silver Plated Ware and Bric-a-Brac. A display which has no superior and_ Ladies’ Apparatus, with ample Toilet, Cloak and Lunch Rooms for the em- ig thorougily lighted and ventilated by the area building, No. 711. EMMONS S. SMINME, the Proprietor of the BOSTON VARIETY STORE, INVITES THE PUBLIC TO INSPECT HIS NEW AND COMPLETED BUILDING. THIRD FLOOR. This floor is filled with a most bewildering array of Toys gathered from all corners of America and Europe. No such display has ever been brought to Washington. FOURTH FLOOR. Furnishings, Ware, Fans and Sporting Goods, Cutlery, Imported and Do- Brac, Toilet Goods, Soaps and Perfumes, - ny en] BOSTON VARIETY STORE ‘SUITED TO THE TIMES. urchase the remaining property lr. Smith decided this year to erect a building worthy of the city Frank H. Duehay, EMMONS S. SMITH iy In 1892 Tir. Smith purchased the interest of his former partner, and in 1895 bought the After extensive alterations the four buildings were newly fitted through- out, and a china and housefurnishing depart- ment was added to the lines formerly kept. A continued policy of fair dealing and honest val= ues made this department as successful as the The store now covered an area of 78 feet, fronting on Pennsylvania ave., by 120 feet deep. It was built on ground which could not at that time be purchased, and consisted of old build= ings, ill-suited to the wants of a modern busi- - the builder, the present structure An entire new line of Light and Artistic Furniture will occupy this floor. This includes Tables, Chairs, Couches, Cabinets, Book Shelves, Chiifoniers, Desks, etc. Here will also be located the Picture and Fram- ing Departments and the Business Offices of the house. The Fifth and Sixth Floors will at Present be used for the immense reserve stock, which must necessarily be carried. Watch Tomorrow’s Papers for Opening Souvenir Prices. WHERE SOLDIERS’ FELL Dedicating Monuments to Pennsylvania Regiments. Interesting Services Held on Orchard ~ Knob—Significance of the Exer- cises and the Park. Yesterday was a glorious day for the Pennsylvania veterans who went to Chat- tanooga, Tenn., to dedicate their monu- ments to the memory of their herotsm in the civil war, exemplified in their valoroys conduct on the fields of Chickamauga, Mis- sionary Ridge, Orchard Knob and Lookout Mountain. The day was as bright and balmy as an afternoon in May, and there was not a thing to mar the perfect enjoy- ment of the cccasion. The dedicatory ceremonies occurred at Orchard Knob, where a stand had been erected, and before 2 o'clock, the hour set for the ceremonies, the government reser- vation about the nd was crowded with old soldiers, their wives and children, fully 5,000 people being under the sound of the Voices of the speakers. On the stand sat the distinguished speak- ers and representatives from the local posts of the G. A. R., and N. B. Forrest Camp of Confederate Veterans. Commissioner H. Clay ns, General John P. Gobin, Gen. Latta and other distinguished visitors also occupied seats on the platform. The fifth Regiment, United States Band, from Mc- Pherson barracks, furnished the music for the occasion. Brevet Brigadier General William A. Rob- inson of Pittsburg, president of the state battlefield -ommission, presided and opened the ceremonies by stating the object of the exthering. He called for prayer from Dr. ‘Thomas H. Robinson, who delivered a fer- vent invocation for the divine blessing on the events of the day. At the conclusion of the prayer General Robirson intreduced Lieut. Cel. Archibald Blakeley of the 78th Regiment, who, rep- resenting the Pennsylvania battlefield commission, formally transferred the mon- uments erected by the state to the govern- ment. Following Col. Blakeley, Governor Hast- ings spoke. delivering the monuments to the national government. The governor's address was frequently interrupted by ap- Plause. The monuments were then formally ac- cepted on the part of the national govern- ment and transferred to the national park commissioners by Mr. John Tweedale, chief clerk of the War Department, representing the Secretary of War. Gen. Boynton’s Acceptance. General H. V. Boynton, on behalf of the national park commission, formally ac- cepted the monument. Gen. Boynton said: “That this national park has been estab- lished is largely due to the valor of the sons of Pennsylvania on these and many other fields,” said Gen. Boynton; “and to the patriotism with which these empire states of Tennessee and Georgia, with their sister seceding states, have accepted the decree of a great cese, brilliantly tried by both contestarts in that hign court of last resort, where the sword decides. “As Pennsylvania honors this project with the presence of her whole official household, bringing also the surviving vet- erans of Chickamauga, Wauhatchie, Look- out Mountain and Missionary Ridge, so we, in turn, rejoice to proclaim the honors due the secord state in the Union, but second to none in the practical exhibition of her patriotism and her prowess on every noted battlefield of the war. “In the familiarity of our great family, this state of Gov. Hastings is known as the keystone state, and well does she de- serve her name. But on these fields she established a new and proucer title to it. Never was more imposing arch erected since wars began than was traced upon the towering slopes of Lookout when the lines which wore the blue, contending long, but at length successfully, against the stout and desperate and memorable de- fense of Walthall, carried their banners to the foot of the palisades, you surviving Pennsylvania veterans, who, in common with the soldiers of two armies, looked up- Ward through the night of November 24, thirty-four years ago, saw that arch of gleaming lights. There under the cliffs, at the highest point gained in the battle, these flashing guns were from the lines of Fennsylvania’s 29th and 147th—the key- stone of that historic arch of battle, whose fame will endure so long as Lookout stands on its firm foundations. “But with the morning light there came even a prouder sight for you, and all of us. With the earliest rays of that beautiful dawn, calm and peaceful as if death had never stalked along the front of battle or the smoke of conflict obscured earthly vis- lon, floated the flag of the Union from the summit of the palisades, above the key- stone, above the barners of all the states. “It {s @ source of keen satisfaction,” Gen. Boynton continued, “to be afforded this op- portunity to testify before these veterans and their assembled friends to the inval- uable and unflagging support which the governor of your commonwealih has given to this park project, both in efficient action at home and encouraging visits to the field. At sre A ce Ensre his Bp: has-been A quest prompt response has placed veterans of his state and all friends of the park under which they gladly recognize and which they will always re- member. “But. my friends, while there is deep and abiding meaning in the fact that Penn- sylvania comes here to honor the military achievements of her sons and preserve their memory till the centuries shall have crumbled granite and wasted bronze, there is decper and more far-reaching meaning in the fact that all the states of the south, as well as the north, are engaged with equal enthusiasm under the same national authority in the same work. . “Have yuu ever read of anything like our park in history? Did any nation ever exist where its establishment would have been possible? In the development of the race, union between warring states has never been complete before. But in the furnace of our contest every trace of dross was consumed, und the forging of our bat- tles was a more perfect union and a stronger ané a mightier one than the world has seen. We are ull conscious of this, and we glory in it. The world will learn it whenever, as a united nation, we are call- ed to righteous war. “And now we all know that the history which stands recorded on the fields around this city, repeating on monuments and tablets, as it does, the story of the un- exampled develepment of American en- deavor in battle, has carried this nation forward with striding steps far along the path of its great destiny. Our park first suggested that union by which the soldiers of the north and those of the south came together on a famous battlefield to unite in an equal coramemoration of American val- or. The whole nation responded and has well learned the lesson which such union teaches. “We now are conscious of our military Prowess. We remember the tremendous blows which ench section struck on many fields when the nation stood divided. And veterans of both armies will be forgiven if in al! their musings over the future they picture to themselves an American army in battle array moving forward to accom- plish its purposes under a common fiag, with the common inspiration of the vet- erans of Grant and Lee, Rosecrans and Bragg, of Thomas and Longstreet. of Wil- son and Forrest and Wheeler. Unless all present signs of fast-growing jealousy of republican progress on the part of foreign powers fail ard fade, there are veterans who will take part in it and be rendered invincible by the stirring memories of those great military deeds which their fathers performed, either under the stars and stripes or the battle banner of the southland.” x At the conclusion of Gen. Boynton’s ad- dress Robinson introduced Mr. Evans, commissioner of pensions, apeleees. and that the spoke some length. He government at the breaking out of the war people: One" that every. doles aittnend : One, ev lol vanced for carrying forward the war for the Unica should be paid back in the good, herd gold of the republic; the second engagement was that the national government would always care for the destitute survivors of its armies of the war, and for the widows of those who fell in battle. Both of these promises, he said, the government is now carrying out “faithfully. He urged all to stand for the honor of the republic, to pre- serve the great heritage of freedom and liberty handed down by Washington, trans- ferred by Abraham Lincoln, and so splen- didly exemplified by that ruler of 70,000,000 People, who is greater than any monarch of Europe, William McKinley. Following Mr. Evans, Col. Thomas J. Stewart, adjutant general to Governor Hastings, and General James W. Latta of Pittsburg made short addresses. Geu. John P. Gobin, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., was called for. General Gobin proposed that, instead of a speech, he would ask the vast audience to sing “America,” which was done with a vim. At the conclusion of the song the audi- ence, on motion of General Gobin, gave Governor Hastings the Chautauquan salute with the waving Of handkerchiefs, and the presiding officer declared the ceremonies closed. Last night thevet@rans enjoyed a camp fire at the CityAuditorium, prepared by the local G. A. R.jand confederate veterans. The blue ard the gray mingled freely and ate out of the sare haversack, drank from the same canteen and told yarns until the wee sma’ hours. | f The Pennsylvania veterans will leave for theit homes tcday, all delighted with the hospitality they ,have, received from the people of that Lary Several regimen; monument dedications occurred in the morning. Twenty-ninth—[ookaut Mountain, Col. W. D. Rickards, commander of the regiment, delivered the oraticn. Twenty-eighth, and. 147th—At House, Lookout, Mou: net of the Philad for the former ,and ., the latter regiment. ‘ched to Orchard Knapp’s Battery . Knob and dedicafed their monument simul- taneously with the general dedication. Col. J. D. Walker of Pittsburg delivered the oration, reviewing at length the history of the battery. ~ Ninth Cavalry, Chickamauga—Dedicated at 10 o'clock a.m. Major Bruce Cameron delivered the ad- dress, also Major M. A. Gherst, Major Geo. A. Shuman, Capt. H. B. Waltman, Joseph Timmons, ak George H. Miller and 8. M. RI and Eleventh—Dedicated Cravens ‘ain, Joseph L. Cor- Press was orator icseph Lumbard for Forty members of One Hundred tablet on. valisade, Lookout Mountain, at i ce Rev, J. R. Boyle, Trenton, N. = 4 -seventh—Orchard Knob; Capt. J. INDORSE BASIS OF UNION Sons of American Revolution and Sons of Revolution. Former Society Votes to Carry Into Effect the Agreement Reached at Cincinnati, Ohio. A largely attended meeting of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was held last evening at Scottish Rite Hall, and resolutions adopted by an unani- mous vote to unite with the Sons of the Revolution, as provided for under a basis agreed upon at a meeting of delegates rep- resenting the two societies, which was held at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 12 last. The ecrsolidated organizations will be known as the “National Society of the American Revolution.” At last evening’s meeting, Dr. E. M. Gal- lavdet presided, and Mr. J. P. Earnest was secretary. Among those present, besides those named, were Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, Gen. T. M. Vincent, Gen. A. W. Greely, Dr. J. W. Bayne, Noble D. Larner, Dr. Dennison, Jchn B. Wight, Professor East- man, William H. Pearce, Marcus Benjamin, Jchn B. Thompson, Frank B. Smith, Rev. T. 8. Childs, John P. Lothrop, C. F. T. Beale, H. G. ‘Kemp, and many others. The Resolution Adopted. General Breckinridge introduced a pre- amble and a resolution, which, after speeches by several of those present, were unanimously adopted. The paper set forth that “As one of the objects of this city is to unite and promote fellowship amcng those of good repute in their community who have solemnly asserted and fairly es- tabtished their direct descent from the men of unfailing loyalty who rendered gctual service or sacrifice, during the war of the American revolution, in the cause of the requirements of our constitution, it is declared that the District of Columbia So- ciety of the Sons of American Revolution do hereby unanimously ratify and confirm the ‘basis of union and resolutions on revi- sicn of membership rolls,’ and do hereby unanimously ratify, confirm and adopt the same.” The arpointment of a committee of three to co-operate with the national committee of thirteen to foster reverence for the flag was authorized. ——>—__ ARRESTED FOR BEGGING. Sad Chapter in th: ife of an Actor's Wife. As she faced Judge Scott today in the Police Court, Alice Marshall, a young white woman, was the picture of despair. She was poorly clad, and on her face were the lines of pain and priyation. It was also evident that her condition has not always been so lowly as at present. She was ar- raigned as a vagrant and promptly pleaded guilty. “I found her begging yesterday on Penn- sylvania avenue southeast,” stated a police- man. “She told me a sad story, and I thought the best thing to do was to bring her into court.” To his honor the woman explained, in a manner that betokened truth, that she walked to tais city yesterday afternoon from Alexandria, and being ill and entirely without means, asked for a few pennies in order that she might have a place to stay over night. Her husband is an actor, she said, but the company of which he was a member disbanded Saturday night, at Richmond. He sent her here, saying he would meet her in a few days. aa you any place to go?” asked Judge ly, necessary, “Mr. Clerk, hold this woman for further hearing, and direct that she be afforded medical treatment,” directed Judge Scott. ee x Feet Nine. 7 f 1 Pa. Ave. CONTINUOUS ALLEYs, Decision of Attorney Thomas on the Laying of Conduits. An important opinion affecting the con. struction of @ statute relative to the laying of underground conduits for electric lighta in alleys has just been rendered by the at- torney for the District. The question arose with th® application of the United States Electric Lighting Company to lay an un. derground conduit in an alley which did not abut an electric light conduit. It was con- tended by President Thomas of the United States Company that all alleys in a square should be considered together as one con- tinuous alley, and property abutting there- on was entitled to electric lighting service. Attorney Thomas, to whom the matter was referred for opinion, decides in favor of the United States company, holding all al- jeys in a square to be continuous. In pass- ing upon the case he calls attention to the fact that in assessment work all alleys are treated as continuous. Continuing. he says: “In my opinion the alleys in a square may be treated as one continous alley in respect of electric light- ing facilities, and all property abutting thereon may be considered as adjacent to the conduits and. overhead wires of the United States Electric Lighting Company existing March 3, 1897, in any portion of the alleys in the square.” ——__ Republicans Celebrate Their Victory. A largely attended jollification meeting vas held last night at Brooker’s Park, 13th and D streets southeast, by Maryland and District republicans. James W. Poc called the meeting to order et § o'clock and in- troduced J. L. Husband of Wheaton, Ma., as the chairman, who made an address with particular reference to the republi- can victory in Maryland. Others who spoke were E. M. Hewltt, W. C. Cox, D. P. Syphax and R. H. Key. Resolutions were introduced Pcstmaster General Gary for the Senate frcm Maryland, Mark Hanna for the Senate from Ohio, and J. H. O'Donnell for ap- pelntment as sutge of the Police Court.