Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1897-16 PAGES. m1 924, 926, 928 7th, running through to 704-706 K st. “THE DEPENDABLE STORE.” a hurry. $3.50 lamps, $2.49 | Special values on 4 bar Handsome decorated banquet lamps, with Rochester burner and attractive look- ing globes—which you will tind selling at other ste for $3.50—we offer for... eerie: $2.49 6.50 lamps, $5.49 Magnificent banqnet Iamps. very hand- tted with Hochester Gecorated giobes with os ecliing tor... 95-49 $2 lamps, $1.29, Center draft Rochester nickel lamps, com: dome shades—es- pee! e reading ond sewing by at night. and the right sort of a sift —_ any as the home folks—have heen selling regularly at — eboice for .. = $1.29 $1.25 lamps, 98c. Decorated table lamps, complete with — and = durabl you will where—we offer for em Ooe t cho set—worth you for... of two shapes—56 pleces to each $5.50—which we offer $4 24 $12 dinner sets, $8.98. Finely decorated porcelain dinner sets, in two handsome patterns, consisting of 112 pleces—which other stores would not think of selling for less than $12 $8 8 —we offer for.. 2 ‘$8 chamber sets, $5.98. Hand-painted _porce!ain of chamber sets, choice two vers handsome styles— w cannot be equaled elsewhere for Tes than §8—we offer. them, in- eluding slop jar—for. $5.98, Silverware. 4-plece tea sets, consisting of tea pot, sugar and cream—spoon holder and cream holder—lined with gold—each piece for. best aualits $798 Fine silver-plated butter dishes, made of the very best quadruple plate—which $2.29 dies, which sell cannot be eqnaled for less thai $2.50 in the clty—offered for. Fine gold 1 regularly at $ tomorrow for Quadruple plated sfiver napkin rings, which ‘sell. at every other store in this city. for TSe.—will be offered to- morrow for unusually low price of 29C- Quadruple silver-plated table knives, warranted to strip 12 pennrwelght silver to. the dozen tomerrow, pr, each, for ... 25¢. ated acta, consisting fork ana spoon, all in a fancy lined case—fer we. LOC. Quadruple-plated hand-chased_gold-lined cups, which no store ever sold for lest 2 fered $1 8 ; orks. which sell regularly for $1.50 averswhere elxe be offered tomorrow for - x ‘A lot of very fine real astrakhan far collarettes, soft and fleecy, and well lived with changeable silk—regular $5 $y 98 and $6 values—for - = 'sg jackets, $3.50. Tomorrow we shall offer ladies’ stylish black Persian lamb—covert kersey and new tan Irish frieze jackets, with velvet iniaid collar, all of which are half I! and finished with welted seams | and fly front—new style lapels— $ ‘O worth $7 and §5—for 2235 b fur capes, $10 £ é Fine electric seal fur capes, 20 inches long. with full marten fur ‘collar and Black coney fur Leo easy bead, edging—extra wide ripple sweep—lined ee een with satin luxor—gurments that have S16 39¢. z always sold for $20—go tomorrow for> z i Black electric seal stoles, with bead of $14 capes $6 98 electric, seal and | four” talls— $ worth $2—w! fered. tomor- pes, eds) pert $1.39 Finely jetted plush caj in new Van cig Dyke style, made with deuble box pleat back and Loed with satin rhadame Extra fine ostrich feather boas, 1% % with real Thibet fae marten ful yards jong, me fe ae quality & 20, 22 and 24 inches long—re; dong ber 1 feathers—worth 3 cant ghaneainnetemearéer tee, DOS $12 — for. $7.50 $ eteteeteteeeaeteeeeteteteeetetetetodeateteticeeaeteteeeeteteententetetiedeteteteeeteteteeeteteteeee Open evenings until Xmas. oldeabgegi. Gift lamps and chinaware. A handsome lamp—or something in the way of chinaware for the table—will make a gift that any woman will be pleased with. We have a splendid stock of them here in our basement for you to choose from—as large and complete an assortment as you'd care to see. The exclusive stores ask double, nearly, for the same qualities—so when you buy here the saving is considerable. To- morrow we shall name special values that should send you here in 6.50 teasets,$5.49|Fancy gift goods. Se eee ee 8549) 5.50 tea sets, $4.24 = Fine Carlshad china tea sets, a day of big wrap values. Tomorrow’s offerings in ladies’ jackets, capes and furs will be as important as any we have yet made. Prices are so very, very low that it is nothing short of sheer extravagance not to buy. 356 collarettes, $1.98/$18 jackets, $9.98 924, 926, 928 7th. running through to 704-706 K st. “THE DEPENDABLE STORE." gain tables. Four tables of special values —for a day. Lot No. 1 consists of Owrl and Awatt china cream pitchers—souvenlr cups and sancers, bonbonniers, lace edge fruit plates—fancy china chairs and large size decorated china pitehers—articles which are worth from 25e. to 3e-—and yon are offered the cholee for...... 1QC+ Lot No. 2 consists of very fine covesed sugars, bon-bons, cracker Jars, royal bon Vases,” genuine "bisque. figures, covered china’ syrup pitchers und pnff boxes—arti- cles which regularly sell from 3c. 50e.—and sou may take. yo choles for --.> ee ee a0C Lot No. 8 consists cf finely decorated tea “pots. sugar and cream sets, fine china cvspidors and gold edged "glass sugar dishes—which are worth up to 6c. —take your cholce of e i the fot for se. ce ne Setlele 30. 2 a 3 4—consists of deccrated china fruit or salad sets, 13. pleces— fralt dist -painted « Which cre worth up. to take you: chofce for. : : Men's fine celluloid collar and cuff boxes, handsomely lined with satin, Which po. sell regularly at or. - 59¢- ‘elluloid work boxes, complete with all the necessary fittings, tops trimmed with gold values for. °. Seegeefentontee ornaments—regular Shaving sets, in fine white cellu: leld case, all cemplete—for. < Fancy Hned Dresden handkerchief cases hich regularly sell for Will be offered tomorrow for. Fine toflet set, consisting of comb, brush and mirror—all ‘in celluloid case, satin lined--regalar $2 value—for- $1.48 Pocket books. Ladies’ seal and fancy leather pocket books, in red, green, brown and black— some of them with’ handkerchief pocket—offer.d as a special value at 25. Fine pocket books of real seal, plain calf, alligator and lizard, some of them plain and some trimmed with sterling sil- ver red for. oetetentatatetentntetnnd eete % sSeegeegeegeegeetrctoadontondonterdontergongergeenteoteeseetretontenteroecgeegrediondonte rene MoetontesZorteeesseaeateaeatontre in brown, mountings, i and blaci Fine seal and alligator and lizard pocket books. lined w bought handsewed, with inside poet soft mocha—$1.50 never +, OSC: These same pocket books, trimmed with sterling silver and gold mountings —worth $2—for . better books—for $1.19 Xmas dolls. Such an immense assortment of dolls that you will get just what you want at once. And prices are much less than what the others are asking, use Wa Longht our stock way last summer. Dolls of every nationality—re senting every country—from the big French beauties down to the modest little play dolls. nch cork stuffed Kextner dolls, as hich would 98ce. ratural as Ife almost: Dolls with kid bedies and bisque heads, 15 inches high—body dressed w shoes and stockings—worth 25¢. = 19¢. Full body dolls, closing eyes, bisque head and ki fitted with “shoes and st worth 75¢.—for 20 inches high, with body— seeseegene Genuine French broadcloth kersey jack- ets, in black, navy. tan, mode, castor and Russian green—all silk lined. with plaid check and Roman stripe taffeta silk—made with strap or welted seams— front—finely finished through. 818 new sha out—regular row for... values—tomor- $98 ndedededotetetedet arentonteet Children’sfur sets Tomorrow we shall offer a lot of chil- dren's white lambs’ wool sets, consisting of muff and collarette, trimmed with An- gora fur and satin ribbons—reg- $2 ular $4 values for. - 22.39 PIRATE TREASURE. An Expedition Starts to Hunt for One in Florida. From the Buffalo Express. ‘A party of twenty-two of the most promt- nent men in Washington county, Ga., left in a special car over the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad the other day for Key West, where they have chartered a vessel to take them marooning among the islands off the coast of Florida, in search of gold. The party is headed by Capt. George W. Peacock, one of the leading men of Wasb- ington county, and a man of prominence throughout the state. Among the others are ¢x-Mayor Harmon and Cashier McCrea- ry of the Tennille Bank. ‘The party {s well organized and every possibie detail for the trip has been made. Cooks have been employed, provisions pur- chased, medicine chests prepared, and, in fact, nothing has been overlooked that would add to the success of the expedition or comfort of those engaged in it. For safety, a number of Winchester rifles and other firearms and ammunition have been provided. The party is equipped to spend several months among the islands. The fortune the expedition ts seeking is supposed to have been buried on one of the islands off the coast of Florida by one Capt. Beli, a pirate king who was a terror on the bigh seas and on the gulf in days gone by. He seems to have been, according to tradi- tion and the data in the possession of this expedition, a successor rather than a con- frere of Capt. Kidd. At any rate he is al- leged to have been a very successful pirate, who had things pretty much his own way until his black flag went down in a terrible storm at sea. Captain Bell managed to cling to a piece of the wreckage until picked up by a passing vessel. He was carried to New York without disclosing his identity and believed he was the only one of his crew saved. Subsequent events, however, showed that he mistaken. After a short stay in New York, Captain Bell moved to Thomasville, Ga., and lived there a number of years, using the same assumed name he had used when picked up after the wreck. Each year during his stay in Thomasville he would mysteriously Gisappear for a month or two and each time on his return he would have larg quantities of gold. About thirty or forty years ago Captain Bell died, but before his demise he imparted to a Mr. Miller, with whom he boarded, the startling information that he was Captain Bell, the ex-pirate, und that he had buried on one of the is- lands off the coast of Florida $850,000 of Spanish gold coin and $1 .000 worth of gold bars, besides numerous diamonds, etc. He furnished Mr. Miller with maps and charts to show the island and the spot where the treasure was buried. Mr. Miller was a poor man ang could not fit up an expedition to go in search for the treasure, but for years he cherished his secret, hoping some day to be able to raise the money. About fifteen years ago he visited relatives at Tennille and while there interested Colonel Langmade, one of the prominent and wealthy men of Washington county, in the venture. Colonel Langmade and Miller made several visits to the group cf islands, one of which was supposed to contain the treasure, but were never suc- cessful, and the great disappointment te said to have been largely because of Col. Lan death. The maps and charts Possession of the present expe- are now in dition. ———————~-—_____ Why He Gave It Up. From Puck. Weary Weefers—“Yes; I once wheel, but I hed ter give it up.”” Biker—“Why?” - . ‘Weary Weefers—Well, yer see, de owner. wuz comin’ down de road behind me, an’ de sheriff hed a rope stretched acrost in rode er WINSTON GUILTY|ALEXANDRIA: -AFFAIRS Jury Says He Was Responsible for His Wife's Death. HAD FREQUENTLY MADE THREATS Coroner's Inquest Over Remains of the Murdered Woman. RECORD OF ACCUSED MAN Coroner Ci held an inquest this morn- ing over the remains of Emma Winston, who was murdered Monday by her husband at their home in South Washington. Dep- uty Coroner Glazebrook had already made an autopsy. Lizzie Johnson, colored, sister-in-law of the deceased, testified that she was in the back room on the lower floor rocking her baby, when she heard a noise in the house, and, thinking something had fallen, she sent her child, five years old, to the front rcom to learn what the trouble was. The child discovered nothing wrong, and re- turned. Witness then concluded the noise was upstairs, and she went to the stairs end listencd. She heard Mrs. Winston say: “Lord, have mercy.” She started out to Icok for a policeman, and when she reached the sidewalk she heard two shots fired. Witness said that Winston entered the hevse before his wife returned from work, and when the woman came home she had her breakfast before she went to bed. Ask- ed concerning Winston's reputation, wit- ness said she had ‘learned since the shoot- ing that he was a bad man. She had been told that he was jealous of his wife. Win- ston and his wife, she said, were the only persons in the room. Policeman Nicholson related to the jury the scene presented in the house when he reached there, a few minutes after the shooting. “The door was locked,” said witness, “and I smelled smoke from the outside.” Broke Open the Door. He broke open the door and entered. The woman's dead body was lying on the bed and the man, unconscious, was partly on the bed and partly on the floor. Witness saw that the woman was dead and he then did what he could to relieve the man. No one other than Winston, the witness said, could have gotten in the room and fired the shots. The blood-stained weapon was produced and witness said he found it on the bed about six inches from the man’s hand. “Do you think the weapon had been used before,” asked one of the jurors. “I think it had not,” was the officer's response. “I think it is a new one.” Witness said he did not know how many shots had been fired, but there were four empty chambers in it. Numerous Offenses Charged. Blake Johnson, brother of the dead woman, appeared as a witness, and in his testimony he accused the wounded prisoner of nureerous offenses. He said when his sister married Winston the latter was walking the streets, and he only wanted her to support him and give him money for whisky and gambling. Johnson told of numerous troubles between Winston and his wife; said he had threatened to kill her a number of times and had served in the penitentiary and jail for murderous as- saults. On a previous occasion, he sald, Wirstoa bought a revolver, with which he intended to kill her, but his heart failed him. Mrs. Winston, he said, managed to get the pistol and hide it from him. She had been once forced to leave him and had concluded to leave him again after Christ- mas and go to Philadelphia. The day be- fore the shooting, said witness, Mrs. Win- ston gave her husband a registered letter containing money to send to her brother in Philadelphia, and he robbed it. This mnoney, the witness declared, Winston used for purchasing the pistol and getting whisky. Coroner Carr asked witness why he had not taken his sister's part and had her leave her husband, and he replied he did all he could and would have done more, but he knew that people who come between husbands and wives always get the worst of the law. Witness told of Winston's re- peated threats. The Autopsy. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook told of the autopsy. He found three distinct bullet wounds in Mrs. Winston’s head. One builet came out near her forehead, another was probably expectorated and the third one was found in her head. Lucy Nichols, sister of the dead woman, testified that Mrs. Winston had been treat- ed shamefully by her husband. She told of their separation only a few weeks ago, and of her sister having hidden the revolver. Winston came to her house and she heard him say to his wife: ; “You think there are no more pistols.” She said he also told her that he would reach her no matter where she went. Her sister, she said, had concluded to leave her husband soon after Christmas and go to Philadelphia. She had made arrangements to give up the house and store her goo ‘Witness told her she was afraid she wo! put off going until it was too late. That was the last time she saw her sister alive. Coroner Carr said that Winston had con- cluded he would make no statement. This closed the case and the jury returned a verdict holding Winston responsible for his wife’s death. WINSTON’S BAD RECORD. Learn of Several Crimes Charged Against Him. Charles Winston’s alleged good name and record faded completely out of sight when Sergeant Daley made a further in- vestigation concernirg him. The murder of his wife Monday morning was the last of several serious offenses committed by him, sp the police learned, snd his good reputation was enjoyed only among those who did not know him. In 1993, Sergeant Daley learned, Winston was arrested on a charge of having attempted to murder a man named Dan Wallace, and for this he was sentenced to the penitentiary. Some time after his return from prison he was arrested for threatening his wife's life, and the judge of the Police Court gave him a sertence of sixty days in jail. Later on he wes again arrested, but was acquitted. When Sergeant Daley had learned of this record he made additional inquiries con- cernirg the man’s conduct during recent months, and learned from relatives that he had frequently made threats against his wife's life. Policeman Nicholson, who was the first ene to enter the room after the shooting, found the man partly on the bed beside the dead body of his wife and partly on the fleor. His head was bent over in such a manner that he could scarcely breathe, ané the cflicer believes he would have died had he remained in that position much longer. During the Investigation the police searched the room at No. 521 3d street southwest in which the double crime was committed, ané found a loaded revoiver that had been hidden by Mrs. Winston, who is suppored to have put it away te- cause she feared her husband might use it on her. The finding of this weapon con- vinced the officers that Winston went home Monday for the purpoee of killing his wife. They think he must have bought or bor- rowed the revolver he used, for they co not believe that two weapons were kept !n the house by the Winstons. * It was stated this morning at the hos- pital that Winston's condition was much improved, and the physicians expressed the belief that he will recover. The patient was visited yesterday by the Rev. W. J. How- ard, who was the woman's pastor, and to him the alleged murderer said that ho kill- ed his wife because she was on too inti- mate terms with a piano player in the “Division,” where she worked. e Police her husband. Business Transacted ‘at the Mesting of the City Opuncil, + = _ MAYOR SIMPSONS RECENT YETO More Details Waiited, About Oper- ations at the Gag Works. “ T bf OTHER NEWS“ OF INTEREST Evening Star Bureau, No. 529 King Street, Bell Telephone, No. 106, ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 15, 1897. ‘There was a long session of the city coun- cil last night. The first matter considered was the recent veto of the mayor of the ordinance granting the American Tele- Phone and Telegraph Company permission to enter this city with its lines. The ordi- nance was passed at the meeting of No- vember 29, but Mayor Stmpson disapproved it, on the ground that it was too broad in its scope and did not sufficiently protect the city. At the request of Chairman Smith, the matter went over until the next meeting. L. E. Ualer, chairman of the finance com- mittee, introduced a resolution calling upon the city auditor to execute a deed of spe- cial warranty to William H. Smith for cer- tain property that he had bought at a city tax sale. Also a resolution directing the auditor to furnish to the council a state- ment showing the amount cf delinquent taxes, due and unpald, upon all improved and unimproved real estategin the city since 1879. Both resolutions were passed. Chairman Smith of the committee on streets asked that the matter of repaving King street from Fairfax to Royal street with asphalt block, which had been laid on the table ut the last meeting, be taken up. e ‘Mr. Smith stated that a large majority of the property holders along that square had signed an agreement to pay their pro- portion of the exp nse thus incurred, and were anxious to have some definite action taken. After discussion, the whole matter was referred back to the committee on streets for a further report. An application from J. M. Hill, peoprietcr of the opera house, to place incandescent lights in the build- ing for lighting purposes was referred to the committee on lighting. A resolution to appropriate $50 or as much of it as is necessary for a crossing at the corner of Orinoco and Royal streets was referred to the committee on streets. The petition -of the Western Union Tele- graph Company to place three poles on King street was referred to the same com- mittee. A resolution directing the superintendent of gas works to keep an accurate account of all the coal consumed at the works, all of the coke produced, the amount of gas manufactured and consumed from Decem- ber 15 to January 15 was adopted, as was also a resolution directing the clerk of the gas works to include in his quarterly re- Port an itemized account of the gas manu- factured and used, thé ambunt of bills on hand, together with the Amount paid on such bills, the amount of tar and coke pro- duced and a full stafemefit of all of the operations of the gas-works from the 31st of May to the 31st of December. Two hundred and eighteen! doffars was appro- priated for additional 4vork at the Hydrau- lion fire engine house. A resolution directing the committee on light to seé what termis covffd be made with the Washington, Alékxandtia and Mount Vernon Railway Company, for ‘furnishing the city with power for incdndescent lights, the power to be rented by the city to such citizens as desited it, was Teferred to that committee, : « The council then. adjdurned until the sec- ond Tuesday in January,, , Royal Arcanunt Meeting. At a meeting of AYéxendria Cduncit, No. 627, Royal ‘Arcanijm, :héld lest ,pight, the following officers were élected for the en- suing term: ! Representatives t6° Grand Council, D. H., Appich an’ H. K. Field; alternates, D. Ruben and jJ. P. Lash; re- gent, E. B. Kemp; vice regent, G. W. Dix; orator, Henry Hunter; secretary, J. E. Alexander; collector, F. J. Pollard: treas- urer, R. W. Arnold; chaplain,’ E.” Shinn; guide, T. L. Refsheill; warden, S. B. Pull: man, and sentry, J. F. Griffbortaér. Trus- tees, A. G.iUhler, J. J. Jamieson-and H. K. Field. Mission Services. ‘Tomorrow night Mr. Charles N. Critten- ton, the founder of the Florence Critten- ten missions, will begin a series of meet- ings at Trinity M. E. Church, to be con- tinued for ten days. There has been a Florence Crittenton mission in this city for some time, con- ducted by Mrs. Kate Waller Burrett. A Quiet Wedding. Mr. James B. Penn and Miss Vina R. Gillis were married yesterday afternoon at the residence of the bride,,.108. North St. Asaph street. Rev. F. T. Benson, pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church, per- formed the ceremony. Death of Mr. Stephen Swain. Mr. Stephen Swain, one of the oldest citi- zens of this city, died at his residence on Wolfe street this morning, in the eightieth year of his age. Mr. Swain has been con- fired to his home for the past two years. A short while ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, which kept him confined to his bed. Mr. Swain was perhaps the oldest carpenter and builder in this section of the country. His funeral will take place Fri- day afternoon. Rev. C. E. Ball’s Sermon. The special service to the members of the Junior Order United American Me- chanics, at Grace Church, last night, was largely attended. The sermon of the rec- tor, Rev. C. E. Ball, was both interesting and instructive. General and Personal News. A little son of Capt. George Dixon died yesterday. a Miss Lottie Daingerfield is visiting rela- tives in Baltimore. The Atexandria Cycle Club met last night and transacted routine business, The Alexardria Light Infantry has de- cided to attend the inauguration of Gov.- elect Tyler, January 1. There was a largely attended meeting of the Young Men’s -Sodality Lyceum last night, at which considerable business of importance to members was transacted. —— ee Her Suggestf: From the Detroit Free. Pris. (7 It was at a Jefferson ayenue: residence and the young man iw thd case had been going often and std¥ing’_late until the maiden fair felt the monotony of it. Last Thursday evening aboit:11'o’clock the con- versation draggegd sotthatlit almost pulled the carpet out by thelfwcks and for a min- ute or two he sat in fogtthtive mood with bis hand to his forehgad. }7 “I was just trying to semember some- thin; he explained.sd = > “y ” she replied. — . M “I had something piasané to tell you.” “Ah, what was it?’ and #he brightened a 43 "we se,” the said, rubbi: it. “Um—um; let me his head. The light faded out-of Her face, then it came again. a “Perhaps it was ‘good gight,’” she sug- gested quietly. 2 He looked at her for a full minute; looked at her as if she had -eaid by mistake; looked at ‘her as might have an explanatory remark or two to add; but she never flinched. ‘Then he got up and went away, and he never came back: ing: “I can't just think what it was.” prices and sensible gifts. Ladies can rely on the fashion-correctness of what is shown them here.’ We know what is rigat—and cur stock is taken as authority by the closest followers of good form. We shall be glad to assist in your selecticns, You bave our guarantee with whatever you buy—and It's as easy to get your money back here as it is to spend it. There are a multitude of Giveables spread out Lefore you. And many a bargain among Norfolk and New Brunswick Nat- ural Gray Underwear—the dollar grade. Umbrelas—for both ladies and gentlemen. Hundreds in sight—thousands in reserve. Conventently arranged so you can see the mountings plainly—and our sayso warrants the qualities. holidays. Is es ts AS ta te is a a ak te ee a te as eh a eh can deliver it when you want i faced Scotch Wools, Matelass Robes and Blankets. If we bought every nothing but Ladies’ Jackets. a lot for tomorrow: Blue and Black Cheviot Fly-front Shleld- front Jackets,with deep cheviot facings, coat back, new sleeves and double- $5.98 Ss ee ee Soetercortongecge esregengeagongongongonteateetentenseogessonententontrageeageatontenteess itched seams. Such Jackets regularly at $8.50. All at one Black Kersey and Heavy Black and Blue Hasnespun Cheviot Jackets, made with both fly front and id frert; cut sbiort and jaunty; newest regular man’s coat back; taped ne $7-75 seams—B0 are lined’ with satin to the side seams. Sterling $10 quali- ties. Lot of Blue and Rlack Melton Jackets, shield front, slash collar, coat back, French steeves, dot ble xtitched ‘seams, $8-50 and ned with heavy Roman atrived silk. As bl alue a3 $13.50 ever bought. ote “Saks’ Corner.” Open evenings until Christmas eS, We're lavish with our boxes. We engrave all metal-mounted canes and umbrellas free Purchases made now held for delivery at any time. A few of the specials— Men's English Gloria Umbrellas, with steel rod and natural wood dles—the usnal $1.75 kind With silver trimmings, $1. ed on new style handles, silvei trimmed. $2.00 Ladies’ English Gloria Umbrellas, tight roll and natural handles—regular @ | Ladics’ English Gloria Umbrellas, mount- $1.50 Ladies’ Changeable Silk Umbrellas, in rt Green, Red and 8 $2.25 ural handles—$2. Umbrellas, Ladies’ Taffeta | Silk brel with unique mounting of pearl w Sliver deposit. “Our sicclal price DD«OO ed on handsome Dresden handles. Worth $2. Fi the very latest growths. leader at. House Coats. Of course the stock is large enough to last up to the end of the But it’s so much better assorted now than it can be in a few days that we hope you'll make your selection right away. We We've more styles of Smoking Jackets and Bath Robes than all the others put together—and they're all exclusive effects. us, that’s the reason—cut and fashioned to fit—so they are in what they’re designed to be—‘‘comforts.” There are Jackets in Eiderdown, Tricots, Velvets, Doubte- and Silk Shot Worsteds. _ There are Eiderdown, California Wool and Lamb’s Wool Bath Made for reality We know our prices are down lower than ever—or than any. Almost Half Prices in Ladies’ Jackets. “bargain” that was offered to us we could fill the store full of But we are very discriminating—only a few makers produce a grade of garments that come up to our standard. Such we eagerly snap up—and here is Black, Cloth Jackets, two-toned effects, with double-stitcbea scams, French sleeves, tailor back, | Brown and Green Mixed Roucle | both fly and ‘shield front, finished collars; $] 1-75 A lot of rich, handsome Brown, Blue, Green and Black Melton Jackets, cut and made in the very acme of good taste and good tafloring: f'? front, with strap seams; wlaid velvet collar. man-coat $12-50 back, and lined with heavy Tan Whipcord Fly-front Jackets—here’s style for you—finished with double-stitched seams, cut jaunty length, coat collar and back, latest ‘sleeve, faps on with heavy Black satin body lining. Worth $16.50...... Binck taffeta silk. Worth $19, every one of them..... pockets, and lined with Changeable taffeta. silk. 1 4-75 Worth $20. 9O% | j | Men's Extra Fine Silk Umbrellas. mount- | | Here’s the Recipe-- —how to make your Christmas moncy go farthest. Hints that'll help you in your selections—saving len’s Xmas Furnishings. Saks and Company, Handkerchiefs Christmas values—boxed and ready to glve— Men's All-linen | Hemstitched Handker- ore Jota at Qe. Space reine keene tian these ats.) = 2 for 25c, Fancy Bordered + oe, Handkerchiefs, mew patterns an coeloe analyse for 25c. Linen Initial ters, large and AN let $1.00 Handkerchiefs, rT Pastime Presents. Read for suggestions, Heed for profit. “Always lowest” means something. New Fancy Checker Boards. . Checker Board and Checkers........ 3S Fancy Wood Dominoes, per set. Composition Dominoes, per set—usually 50c.—spectal Ags B3c. Bicycle Playing Cards. 25c. kind for.. 18c. ‘Trophy Whist Cards. Worth 50c. For. 29. Poker Chips, per 100.........+ eeebeeey 29e. 2 and 3-blade Pocket Knives, warrant- ed worth 75e. and $1, for. | King Air Guns, shoot B. B. shot...... 89. Flobert Rifies, shoot B. B. caps.......$1.75 gauged Whitley Exercises tension Saks’ No. 1 Rugby Foot Ball tion size. Men's Size Red Kid Boxing Gloves, worth $3 a set.. 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Although advccates of the bill to in- corporate # ‘onal university of the United Sta. : talking with considera- ble confidence regarding the prospects of the passage of the measure by the pres- ent Congress, a careful inquiry made to- day by a Star reporter tends to show that the favorable consideration of the meas- ure by Congress is extremely doubtful. The present indications are that the bill introduced by Senator Wellington, which will be the measure to be considered by the committee on the establishment of a national university, will not be favorably reported from that committee. The bill is regarded as probably stronger in the Senate than it is in tne House of Repre- sentatives, and unless some heroic work is done in favor of the measure it is not at all likely to become a law. The committee on the establishment of a national university is composed of Sen- ators Wellington, chairman; Frye, Nelson, Foraker, Deboe, Jones of Arkansas, Tur- pie, Walthall and Clay. Five of these senators are either positively opposed to the bill or are inclined to be opposed to it, while of the other four Senator Well- ington is heartily in favor of the measure, as Senator Frye is supposed to be, while Messrs. Frraker and Deboe are not re- garded as being pronounced in their views. In the last Congress a bill practically similar to the one introduced by Senator Wellington was favorably reported by a vote of 5 to 4. The four members who opposed the bill in committee were Sena- tors Turpie, Jones, Nelson and Walthall, all of them uniting in a minority report against the measure. These four members remain on the committee as at present constituted, and, in addition to them, there is Senator Clay of Georgia, who is not might join them. Speaking of his bill today Senator Well- ington, chairman of the committee to es- tablish a natioral unversity, said that he was heartily in favor of the project and would do all he could to secure favorable Senate. Since his He said he the committee to- gether after the Ch over. Unless other members of the comn! feeding ‘cdnontors necessity . We a be necessary. thought the Senator Nelson said that while he voted against the bill in committee in the last Corgress, he did so because he did not believe the time was proper for the estab- lishment of such an institution by the United States He was not prepared to say whether he would vote for or against it when it again came before the com- mittee. Senator Walthall, who wrote the mi- nority report when the bill was revorted to the Senate in the last Congress, is as strongly opposed to the measure now as he ever was. He said he did not wish to see such a bill passed, because he be- lieved it to be an improper one, and would do all he could to defeat it. Senator Clay said he had not examined the measure with the care he proposed to devote to it during the next two wecks, but he thought it tended to centralization and provided that the federal government do something that more properly belonged to the states, and for that reason was inclined to look with disfavor upon it. He was not prepared to say, however, what his vote on the measure would be. SS NAILED THE LEG TOGETHER. A Doctor's Bungling Job Cost the City £2,500. From the Kansas City Star. It was only an oid rusty tenpenny nail, and it lay peacefully and bent with age and usage on the desk of the court stenogra- pter in Judge Gate's division of the circuit court today. But it was uot forgotten. There were touching references to it by the attorneys, some of whom handled it fond- ly, while others referred to it with sneers and dircredit. But, meaningless as it looked to be, it had played an important part in the life ard limb of Mrs. Ella McClain, who lives near 14th and Olive streets. It had been used to nail her leg together with. One evening in December, 1896, Mrs.. Mc- Clain ran over to a bakery operated by her sister cn East 14th street. They chatted pleasartly, and it was 9 o'clock before Mrs. McClain started home. On 1lith street near Park there was a sidewalk in bad condi- tion, and, too, a contractor was repairing the street there, and holes in the latter were ‘rdicated by red lanterns. Mrs. Mc- Clain fell, and the result of her fall was that both of the bcnes below the knee of her left leg were broken squarely off. Mrs. McClain weighs 190 pounds. Doctors were called to set the bones. The small one knitted all right, but the large operaticn. hhcuse cne day. They sawed off the broken ends of the bone to make them smooth and fitted them together again; but, being ere ae would not stay fitted. “This will do,” said the doctor, and, drill- ing it, tte drove the wire nail In bei of the bone so they could For ths Mrs. McClain wore that leg, and recently the with nippers. It was bent _ The introduced in evidence to- McCiain’s suit for the city. The city to the con- fei in ag and cookies come next morning in the gutter, _and thelr position is eys to prove the case returned a verdict giving Mrs. McClain $2,300. DONT ALL ENLIST AT ONCE. Soldiering the ‘Safest Profession the World. Frem the London Mall, As it is by no means impossible that all able-bodied Englishmen may have, in the near future, to become defenders of their country, it is reassuring to learn, on the au- thority of statisticians, that soldiering is about the least dangerous profession in the world. Protestant clergymen are popularly sup- posed to be the best male “lives” going. But they die at the rate of nearly eleven ber thousand each year, while the British army shuffles off this mortal coil at a rate of less than five per thousand. Even ladies’ maids, who have usually a life of great oe me ee sgn die faster than is, departing this life 1 Scop hanscene at the rate of eight It might well be supposed that the troop: who do as much fighting as the British sol diers abrcad would be carried off in large numbers. This was true in the past, when the conditions favored disease, but in these days war is by no means as dangerous. For instance, in all our wars of the past twenty years the death rate on the battle- field has been only fifteen per thousand per annum. Now solicitors cannot be said to be en- gaged in very risky work, yet they depart hence at the ratesof sixteen per thousand per annum. Roman Catholic priesis die at the rate er eighteen per thousand, and cal men at the rate of twenty-six per thou- sand. Your chances of death, then, if you become a cabman, are five times as great as if you join the army at home, and near- ly twice as great as if the fighting forces in India or Africa. And there are scores of trades—such as lead working, glass blowing, match making, public house keeping, ete.—ever so much more dangerous to life than cab driving. ——_+e-—. Twins Fifteen From Tit-Bits. In 1892 the Chester Chronicle recorded t! death, from old age, of Mr. John Jonas, furniture broker, Chester. Deceased, who had been married fifty-three years, had had thirty-three children, thirty of them twins. Fifteen times was Mrs. Jonas the happy mother of twins. She survived her hus- band, and at his death was in her seventy- seventh year. From investigations made by Dr. Cory of St. Thomas’ Hospital, it ap- pears that the tendency to give birth to twins frequently runs in certain families, and out of seventeen cases he found that in thirteen there had been previous births of twins among near relatives of either the father or the mother. .One case of a fam- ily was recorded by another doctor which showed twins in each of four successive generations, namely: First generation, A had twins. Second generation, B, daughter of A, had twins. Third generation, C, daughter of B, had twins twice and triplets once; D, daughter of B, had twins. Fourth generation, E, twin daughter of D, had twins, A woman in Vienna, the wife of a weaver, is ——- have had thirty-two Times.