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8 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1898-14 PAGES. McKnew’s, Cloaks Suits and Furnishings, 933 Penn, Ave. rr ‘, January 6th, 1898. ity. Thursda: Our name on a garment denotes q Look at this corner of The $ daily for our store news and you'll save many a dollar. Announced the reductions in Wo- men’s Underwear yesterday. Today we speak of the men’s. Two illus- trations: 49c. for the Se. Natural Color Ribbed hirts and Men's The. Natural Yarn Merino Shirts ‘o lumps or “stick Ters to thekl All sizes. Two other reduced items of equal {nterest: 1 Gray Seamless Mer- double heel duced from J Ge, left of this particular style of Cassimere Cloth Sawking Jack- feteaid and “fee” ones gS med. Reduced from $5 to. Agents for Dr. Jaeger Underwear and kindred lines. W.P. McKnew, 933 Pa.Ave. A. "ARE YOUR EYES ALIKE? DO YOU SUFFER FROM HEADACHES? DOES THE PRINT BLUR AFTER READING? 3NS OF DEFECTIVE V! Do You Wear 3 € Glasses? Ey © If yom do give us a call and examine our assortment. We purchased the entire op- 2) tieal stock of Woodward & Lothrop at a ¥ » that enables to sell glasses at less EY ALF the usual price. r s S SOLD AT Soc. J € Sy EE by Prof. M. A. 3 a Leese. Glasses repaired while you wait. ¥ € OPTICIANS, 2 £ 514 Ninth Street N.W. 3 Pa It © LID NICKEL GLASSES, 7 A. KAHN = = - 935FN.W. ESALE AND RETAIL OPTICLA Benson’s Porous Plaster _ Price, 25c. ocié-s,tu,th-19w gives prompt relief. Law of Railway From the London Globe. A judgment of the and inte livered ri man t i oce Seats. greatest importance t to railway t lers was de- ntly by Judge Emden. A gen- veling from Lendon to Hastings h. sion to leave the carriage at Tun- bridge Wells, and took the ordinary precau- tion ef reserving his seat with his umbrella Was absent an- ice and re- to vacate it until forcibly eject: As a result an action for damages brought against the original owner of the seat by the intruder, and a counter-claim tor similar damages was entered by the other side as well. The judgment delivered was one which will commend itself to nin ty-nine out of every hundred travelers. The claim for damages for ejectment was dis- missed and the counter-claim allow For the future, therefore, the catankerous’ in- dividual who persists in disturbing the com- fort and convenience of travelers in the manner indicated will know how he stands, and that if the owner of the seat thinks fit to bundle him out neck and crop that the latter will not only have the npathy of the public but the law as well on his side. There can be no question whatever that the ning a seat in a rafl- is a most reasonable and con- venient one, and the thanks of the public are due to Judge Emden for his very clear and sensible interpretation of the law. Not t St important point in his judgment is his assertion that a holder of a seat was ‘d_to use reasonable force to eject an intruder. Something From the London Mail. When in doubt about the freshness of eggs they can be tested in a brine made of ten ounces of water and one of salt. Put the eggs in this, and the good ones will sink and the bad ones float. The best way to keep eggs fresh fs to cover them with fresh lard, or with beeswax dissolved in warm olive oil; one part of wax to two of oil is the proper proportion. Eggs with light-colored have a light-colored yolk, and often in del- icate cookery there is ‘a preference for them; in custards and yellow sponge cake, on the contrary, the darker the yolk the better. Boiled eggs are better for not being boiled at all; dropped into boiling water and s off the stove for tive minutes they are more evenly cooked than when boiled— @ process Utat means the whole or part of it must be hard if the yolk is to be cooked at all, be “| flavor is more de a poached egg. An ome- not be salted till just as it ts to d over in the pan; it put in when ten toughens it and keeps it from oo ___ About Eggs. shells usually much as it otherw would, ee Dr. Zaccharin, the famous physician of Czar Alex r Ill, is dead. We are closing out every odd piece of Furniture—and every short length of Carpet at a most pitiful price. Next Monday we begin stock taking—and these odd pieces must be closed out—for they cannot go back in our regular stock. Fine Furniture At a Sacrifice AND ON CREDIT! We will take great care to see that every payment is ar- ranged in a way that will suit your convenience—no notes —no interest. This is the chance of a YEAR to secure ele- gant furniture at a bargain price. No charge for waste a lined free. GROGAN'S OSHOHOGONO ii URGENT APPEAL "0 THE SUN GOD MAMMOTH CREDIT ROUSE 817-819-821-823 Seventh St.N. W. Between H aud I ete. SSS FO SSS SOS SSO S5OSe . wo 2 OOS INDIAN CHRISTMAS Singular Ceremony Witnessed by Professor Fewkes in Arizona. The Observance Interesting From a Scientific Standpoint. A SECRET RIGHT STRICTLY —_—_—_+—___—_ Prof. J. W. Fewkes of the bureau of eth- nology spent a Christmas week which was a most remarkable one in many respects, and which has seldom, if ever, been passed by a white man. He returned to Washing- ton yesterday. To use his own expression, Professor Fewkes may as well have been in the heart of Africa, so isolated was he from anything that savored of civilization, and so lacking were all the elements of those things which go to make it up. The barbaric rites which Professor Fewkes left Washington in the height of the Yuletide season to witness, and which were most interesting to him from a scien- tific point of view, were performed in the wilds of Arizona. In short, it was the Christmas of the Moqui Indians of the pu- eblo region who celebrated the event with all the features and outlandish rites pe- culiar to that tribe. The ceremonies had rever before been observed by a scientist, and, so far as known, by but one pale-face. Professor Fewkes, who is one of the most prominent ethnologists in the country, and who knows much about the Moqui Indians and their peculiar ceremonies at different seasons, had not heard of this solstitial ceremony until a few years ago. It was then described to him by a man who had by accident witnessed it. The professor has been initiated into the Moqui tribe and is one of the Antelope priests of that order, so that he had the distinction of seeing what no other scientist could have seen, as the ceremonies are as secretly observed as those cf the Masonic order. Not the Christian Yuletide. The Christmas of the Moquis does not correspond by any means to the Yuletide of civilized nations. It is really the rites which are performed by the Indians in or- der, as they propose, to induce the sun to return to the earth. The solstice, as it is known, occurs December 21. That is the time when the sun is supposed to be farth- est from the earth, or at least the portion of it represented by America. The Indians are aware of this fact, and their ceremonies are performed with the idea of inducing the great god of the sun not to desert his friends on this continent, but to return and let them bask in his presence and enjoy his warmth. These rights are far more interest- ing than others performed by this most interesting tribe of Indians. It was to be able to describe them from the standpoint of a scientist which led the ethnologist to leave his home Christmas and all the de- lights pleasures which he would have experienced here to spend it with the sav- ages in Arizona. He says his trip well re- paid him for the deprivations which it en- tailed. The professor left Washington December 14. In order to reach the Moqui Indian town of Walpi, where the ceremonies w to be observed the night of December he had to drive seventy-five or eighty mile> fora the town of Holbrock, Ariz., where he left the railroad. During this trip an a dent occurred which may have terminat his earthly career, but which only resulted in a few Scratches and bruises. ‘The team which was conveying him to Walpi ran away and the occupants of the vehicie were thrown out. Some delay occurred, and it was not until December 20 tha Walpi, where the “soyaluna.” or solstiti rite, was to be observed, was reached. Receives Gifts. “The Indians all greeted me with Christ- mas offerings,” said the professor, were simply pine needles and feathers to strings. They were in a great state of excitement in regard to the performance in ich they were to participate. When e strings were presented to me they were given with a set form of speech, which, being translated, meant ‘May the gcds tomorrow all grant your wishes.’ “At night each one of the men proccred a willow wand from three to four feet long and looped upon it all the strings he had received. He then carried his stick to the place where the secret session was to be hela. This place was underground in chambers designated as kivas. There were six cr seven different orders partic:pating in the rites, known as the warrior societies. These were entirely different from tue or- ders of the priests, which take place in the stake dance. They were all decorated spe- cially for the occasion. Some of them were naked, with the exception of a breech clout,’ and had their faces daubed with white paint, giving them a most horrible appearance. Some of them carried shields adorned with different objects. of a society carried in his hand an effigy of the ‘great snake,’ which was carved from the woody stalk of the agave. Anoth- er had on his shield a picture of the sun god. “The ‘Monkiva,’ where the principal cere- monies took place in the subterrancan chambers, was about fifteen feet by twen- ty-five feet. It was one of the warmest places I was ever in in my life. The cham- ber was lighted with a blazing fire of grease wood in the middle, the reflection from which on the dusky forms of the war- riors in their terrible costumes produced an effect I will never forget. The cere- mony was one not to be forgotten. It will remain in my memory for all time. There were fifty priests engaged in it, and I might as well have been thousands of miles away from any of the matters pertaining to white men, for every object which could be seen was manufactured by the Indians 2nd unknown to civilization, 4 tied One chief Invocation Chanted. “The societies entered the kiva about nightfall, when an invocation to the car- dinal points chanted. At a signal, one of the societies arranged itself into two ir- regular groups, one on the north, the other ee SC6o Carpets made, laid and n matching figures. SGGS98S6 OS 8SOSS0S08 S686 on the south side of the main floor. Every one of those present burst forth into a scng, the shicld bearer making eccentric deshes among his associates, first to one side and then to the other. The dashes and the rushes on both sides were highly Svggestive of attack and defense. “The principal ceremonies began about 8 o'clock, when the majority of the partici- pents gathered in the monkiva. The hatch- way was guarded by a tiler. Two hours later the room was densely packed with naked men, their bodies undecorated; wear- ing small eagle plumes attached to the crowns of their heads. There was only one girl who took part in the ceremonies. She performed a dance. “Ten novices from the other kivas en- tered, gorgeously arrayed in white kilts, brilliant crowns of feathers, white body decorations, bearing an imitation squash blossom, with spruce sprigs in their left lands and cern in their right hands._ As the chiefs took their places a priest sprin- kled the floor of the room near the ladder with moist valley sand, about an inch deep. The novices stepped from the lad- der upon this sand and passed up in front of the chiefs, then squatted before them facing the south, their kilts having been lifted so that they sat on the cold floor. he chief priest then crossed over to the south side of the room and seated himself at the east end of the line of chiefs. A Strange Altar. “At the west wall of the kiva a strange altar had been erected. A priest had piled against the ledge of this part of the kiva @ stack of torn, two or more ears of which had been contributed by the maternal head of cach family in the pueblo. At eitker side and in front of tne stack of or shrubbery had been placed. In the space between the top of the corn pile and the rocf wands were placed, and to these wands had been fastened many arti- ficial flowers, four or five inches in diam- eter, set close together, but in no regular tines. There were over 200 of these flow- ers of different colors, dark red and white predominating. Nearly in the center of this artificial shrubbery there was a large gourd shell with the convex side turned toward the audience and having an aper- ture about eight inches in diameter in its center. Through this opening had been thrust the head of an effigy of Palulu- konuh, the plumed-head snake, painted black, with a tongue-like appendage pro- truding from the mouth. When all the assembled priests were seated a moment of solemn stillness ensued, after which one arose, cast a handful of meal toward the effigy of the snake, and said a short prayer in a reverent tone. Then the head of the snake, which was manipulated by an unseen rerson behind the altar, was ebserved to rise slowly to the center of the aperture, and a mellow sounding roa: like a blast through a conch appeaced to come from the mouth, while the whole head was made to quiver and wave. The sound was of short duration, reveated four times, and then the head re»osed again’ on the lower rim of the sround sheil. Presently was heard a sound as of a scapula drawn across a notched stick six times. All the old chiefs in succession cast meal to the effigy and prayed, and in response to each the great snake emitt2d sounds identical with those mentioned above. The spectators then left the kiva, and a frenzied dance of strange character occurred. The societies from other Kivas came in, and the chief of each declaimed sn « half-chanting voice, which rose to a shriek-at the close of a ‘stanza. The Visitors Enter. “After some ceremonies of short duration the visiting societies dashed down the lad- der, each bearing a splendid shield, orna- mented with the figure of the sun and a rim of radiated ezgle feathers. Each so- ciety had its distinctive sun shield, wnich, on entering, was handed to the chief. As he received it he stamped on the sipapu, and a fierce song was sung. Meanwhile two members of the society stood apart om their fellows against the southern wall, facing each other, each holding a sauash flower emblem in a bouquet of spree twigs and an ear of corn in his left hand. “Suddenly the fifteen or twenty members of the society drew back from their chief, who then sprang upon the sipapu plank, and, quickly turning, faced them as all burst forth in an ecstatic shouting, with wild flinging of their arms as they ap- proached the shield bearers. They nat- urally formed two clusters, and as the smeld bearer dashed his shield in their faces they surged back, to leap again to- ward him. This seeming assault, wila thought appeared, was maintained in time with the song. The two chieftains joinec their men, all in ecstatic frenzy, and one o: them, shaking his shield, sprang from rigi to left, drawing back his assistants rhythm with the beating of the feet of on the floor. “After a few moments of most exhaust- ive movements some of the weaker stag- gered up the ladder, and shortly after one of the chiefs fell fainting to the floor, over- come by exhaustion and the intense heat of the room. One splendid athlete danced with vigor for fully five minutes, and then swept toward the ladder, where the assist- ant was standing in readiness to receive his shield. Another stride and he reaches the foot of the ladder, and suddenly be- ame as rigid as a corpse. The men who belonged to the Monkiva took no part in this exhaustive dance, but stood in readi- ness to carry those who fainted up the lad- der to the cool air outside. “It has been suggested that this assault cf the men on the bearer of the sun-shleld dramatizes the attack of hostile powers on the sun, and that the object is to offset malign influences or to draw back the sun frem a disappearance suggested by its southern declination. In this possible in- terpretation it is well to consider that im- mediately preceding it the archaic offer- ings and prayers to the great snake were made, as described, in the presence of spec- tators. Offerings to San Gad. “When the sun rose, the warriors dashed out of the chambers, naked as they were, and presented their charms as offerings to the sun god.” ‘The meaning of the ceremony is described by the professor as follows: At the winter soltice the sun and his at- tendant dieties have reached their most distant point and turn to come back to the pueblos. In the midsummer the soiar diety approached them, and in appreciation of this fact, which means blessing, the snake aance was performed requesting the snake to bring rain, believing he was uo longer at enmity with the sun, The Katcinas gods departed. Summer gave place to cold, dreary winter, life was replaced by death: Ir, this critical epoch the warriors, recog- rized as the inosi potent human powers of the pueblo, performed their ceremony to bring back the god and his train. Every effort is made to induce him to return and this is the real meaning of the ceremony. Professor Fewkes visited the Moqui town cf Oraibi December 22, and witnessed the ceremonies there also. Christmas day he visited Keams canon, where there 1s a school for the Indians, and where a tree was given the children mucii to their de- light, and also to that of their elders, wao witnessed the blazing and beautiful object of Christmas celebration as indulged in by the pale faces of civilization. He ieft Ari- zona December 26. ee HORSEWHIP USED. Herbert C. Lewis Publicly Howard D. Orr. Considerable excitement was occasioned on F street between 9th and 10th streets northwest yesterday afterncon about 3 o'clock, the occasion being the horsewhip- ping of Howard D. Orr by Herbert Cecil Lewis. Both parties are well known. It is alleged that Orr, who was formerly employed by Mr. Lewis, had interfered in Mr. Lewis’ family affairs in such a way as to cause a serious estrangement between Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, and at least a partial separation. The whipping attracted a é&reat crowd, but no arrests were made, nor was Orr much hurt. It is reported that the police authorities will charge both Orr and Lewis with affray, but up to a late hour today no warrants had been sworn out. Attacks ——— Snap Shots Under Water. From the Philadelphia Reccrd. A photographic apparatus for divers on submarine excursions has been devised by Senor Borteus of Rio de Janeiro. It con- sists of an incandescent lamp with reftector in the diver’s head piece, and an ordinary camera inclosed in a rubber envelope hav- ing @ glass front. Electricity for the lamp above, Pictures are taken by pressing bute abov. = tons through the rubter covering, and ‘ob. jects in Rio de Janeiro bay have been pho- tograpbed under water at a distance of fen or twelve feet as easily as in full daylight. Annotated Egitorials From The Star. From the Loulsrgile (jy.) Dispatch. The Washington,,Star, which is under- stood to be the o) of the administra- tion at Wasliingtoh, says that Secretary Gage offered fo resign and President Mc- Kinley refuse@ to!accept his resignation. This removes gll doubt about the attitude of the ae yn on the financial ques- tion. Mr. MeKiniey. has been carrying water on bothr shoulders as long as Wall street would tolerate it. McKinley knew if he ‘accepted the resignation of Secretary Gage that he would break with Wall street, and it was no doubt arranged for the Sec- retary to offer MtKinley his resignation, 80 as to put him on record as a backer of the financial plans»mapped out for the ad- ministration by Wall street, and put for- ward through the Secretary of the Treas- ury. If President McKinley had been bold enough to defy Wail street, accept Gage's resignation and adopt an aggressive foreign Policy in relation to Cuba, he could have sustained his administration, because the American people are an aggressive, war- like people, and they would rally to the support of an administration imbued with an American spirit. McKinley has thrown away his opportunity. From the Doylestown (Pa.) Intelligencer. As a means of exposing and correcting the abuses believed to exist The Washing- ton Star, one of those papers enumerated in the first list, makes this suggestion? “In view of the frequent and persistent charges of fraudulent and improper allow- ance of pensions, it would seem that one of the very best investments the govern- ment can make would be in the publica- tion in at least two newspapers of general circulation in each county in the United States of a list of all the pensioners resid- ing therein, and the amount of pension paid in each case, together with the claim or ground upon which the allowance was made. Such publications would procure by comparisons and discussions of the subject in the several neighborhoods thus reached, a volume of reliable and useful information not obtainable in any other way, ard which would be of incalculable value, inasmuch as the result would be either the lopping off of fraudulent cascs or satisfactory evidence that the charges of fraudulent payments are without foun- dation in truth. To accomplish either one of these ends would be worth to the coun- try many times the cost of securing them.” A_ suggestion similar to this has been made elsewhere, and such a method as is here proposed would undoubtedly effect a material reform, in one of the ways sug- gested. A powerful adjunct to such plan would be the co-operation of the various soldier societies. They could exert an in- fluence and create and enforce a protest more powerful than any other agency. The press and the soldiers’ associations working together could doubtless in a year either expose or confirm the title of every pensioner or claimant, upon the list or seeking government aid, and at the same time doubtless land some pension agents where their activity would be re- strained and where they would neither tempt old soldiers nor raid the nation’s treasury for some time to come. The issue is a broad and very serious one. The politicians have dealt with it heretofore at their own pleasure, to the discredit of pensioners and to the serious impoverishment of the public treasury. it is time now for the people to take hold and especially the loyal, honorable soldiers, who served the Union in the sixties, to iend their aid and influence to make the pen- sion roll an honor roll, to secure the na- tion's bounty to all eligible and worthy veterans or their dependent famities, and to wipe off the smirch“the politicians and pension agents have put upon the pension appropriations, as the popular mind to- day understands tle situation. = From the Columbas (Obio) Journal. The Washington Star has a strong edi- torlal on the Ohio senatorial situation t makes plain the duty of the republican m. jority of the general assembly. Here is a sample paragraph: Despite all the gossip, the country ex- pects Mr. Hamma to be chosen. His dc feat, it can easily be seen, would have consequences, even in Ohio, of far greater than persona! cane: Mr. Ha a is at once his party’s nominee, the P ident’s personal friend and choice for the place, and in that sense-the administration's c: didate. If that combination is not suffi- cient to insure his election, then Mr. Hanna’s personal discomfiture will be of small moment in comparison with what the republican party in Ohio and elsewhere will inevitably sufféft:. Such a thrust at the administratién from the President’s own state would invite to disorder and di organization wherever factions now exist. From the Nashville (Tenn.) American, The Washington Star says: “It scems very difficult for any important question in Congress to escape a proffer of chap- eronage from the sugar trust.”” An old one like the sugar trust should not be allowed the company of such shy creatures as congressmen. It is not good form. From the Hallstead (Pa.) Herald. The Washington Star asserts after care- fui inquiry that there is very small pros: pects for the passage by this Congr of a bill to incorporate a national univer- sity. If true it is to be regretted. Let us hope The Star is in error. From the Council Bluffs (lowa) Nonpareil. The Washington Star points out the Em- peror of China as one of the very few peo- ple who are genuinely worried by an in- crease in the value of their real estate. And yet the more real estate he disposes of the more diet he gets. From the Krnsas City (Mo.) World. One advantage of opening Congress 07 the first Monday in December is that it gives no time for legislation upon which statesmen can be cross-examined during their Christmas vacation—Washington Star. Advantage to whom? From the Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin. The Washington Star concludes that the year ‘97 has contributed far more than its share to the horrors of crime and acci- dent. That is undoubtedly so. From the Baltimore (Md.) Herald. The esteemed Washington Star remarks that “Lowndes drops out.” Oh! no; he didn’t drop out. He slid out. From the Worcester (Mass.) Gazette. According to The Washington Star, much cf the anti-civil service reform talk in Con- gress is ‘merely a spectacular play to im- ress constituents who want office.” As broof of this, The Star calls attention to the method of debate and the absurd at- tachment of a rider on the appropriation bill. If the congressmen seriously intended to modify the law they would prepare such a bill and debate it in the regular orde business. Instead, the opinions, o: tended opinions, of the statesmen are brought out at every opportunity, and thus given a place in the Congressional Record for distribution at home. ‘The chances are that a considerable number of those attack- ing the law will not insist upon geing farther after they have spread their decta- mations on the records. If this report is} true, the congressmen have small q@gcusp for their hypocrisy. Constituents alge ngf so stupid as to be de- ceived by a sho hostility which is fol- lowed by inagtionwhen the opportunity zomes to votevon fin actual change. ‘The congressman i3° elécted to make laws and to change them, @nd not to talk about changes he has nof"the courage to support by a vote. The constituents can well ask: “If you really w: to reopen the offices, why don’t you do ft? The manly course would be to refer the hungry constituent to the pledges of the party and its President to extend thecivif service system rather than to curtaib it. . ‘The dongressmen know well enough that the fears of imperiling party success by not reopening the ‘Scramble for office are groundless. It is the distribution of offices that imperils the party. If every protected office were now thrown open and filled with new men and women there would not be places enough*to go around. This change would throw thousands of office holders out and double the army of applicants whose dissatisfaction would influence the next election. There seems to be need for civic courage to hold out against the tm- portunity of spollsmen. In these dull times of peace there is opportunity for the brave. and honest statesman to maintain the civil service improvement system whose success in curtalling expenditures by retaining ex- perienced workers has been proved in a practical way. From the Council Bluffs (lowa) Nonpareil. ‘The Washington Star says that the ses- sion of Congress being in its incipient stage any member can attract public attention by some mild eccentricity of dress. Noth- ing short of a wild eccentricity of speech will answer the purpose, though, even this early in the session. SPREAD OF LEPROSY Proposed Investigation of Its Cause and Remedy. BROUGHT HERE BY THE IMMIGRANTS lsoiation the Only Known Way to Check the Disease. DR. WYMAN’S INTENTIONS Few persons in this country accept se- tlously eny rtatement that leprosy is in- creasing in the United States. Such stories are generally regarded as sensational and a3 making good reading matter rather than expresfing a fact. Notwithstanding this incredulity, the marine hospital service is authority for the statement that there are today about 200 persons in the United States afflicted with leprosy. The old idea that this disease is not contagious has also been exploded by stientific investigation. The disease was formerly regarded as he- reditary, but the microbe of leprosy is known to exist, though no method is known by which it can be exterminated when once in the system. ItS control by the isolation of leprous patients is the only means that medical science knows teday by which to eventually get rid of the loathsgme diszase. An Investigation Proposed. In order that this government might in- augurate measures for the treatment of this disease and prevent it from further spreading, a bill was introduced in the Senate on the 18th instant by Mr. Cockrell for the investigation of leprosy, and it pro- vices as follows: “That the supervising surgeon general of the marine hospital service, under the di- rection of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall appoint a commission of medical offi. cers of the marine hespital service to in- vestigate the or.gin and prevalence of lep- rosy In the United States, and to report upon what legislation is necessary for the prevention of the spread of this disease; the expenses of this investigation to be paid from the fund for preventing the spread of epidemic disease This bill bas the approval of Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospital ser- v Dr. Wyman has taken an active in- terest in this subject, and upon his recom- mendation the Secretary of the Treasury directed that Past Assistant Surgeon J. J. Kinyoun be detailed to represent the ma- Tine hospital service at the international congress to discuss the question of leprosy, called to meet in Berlin October 11 to 16 In- clusive. Dr. Kinyoun has just returned from this ‘nission, during which he has been enabled to ob-erve the latest advances in the treatment of this disease in seve of the most tamous laboratories of Europe. Extent of Leprosy. The extent of leprosy in the world can be gained from such imperfect statistics as exist on that subject. About every nation on the globe has its lepers, those most se- verely afflicted in that respect having cases as follows: Japan, 20,000; Russia, 3 Hawaii TOO; South Cape, Iceland, United States, about Transvaal, Dutch East Indies, 1,000, Year: leprosy was increasing in Ger- n the attention of the em- peror was called to that fact he asked what should be done to suppress the dis- ease. “Isolate them,” replied the doctors. Result of Isotntion. There was no further parleying about the matter. Ample facilities for the isolation of leprous cases were provided and today but seventeen suca in the German empire are known. There were 6,000 cases of leprosy in Norway thirty-five years ago, when Hansen discovered the cause of the disease and its prevention on scientific and humane principles began. Now the num- ber of lepers in Norway has been reduced to 1,500, and from this experience it is be- lieved in Norway that the dis exterminated In that country within fifteen years. It has been extremely difficult for the British government to do anything to reduce the number of lepers in India be- cause of the prejudices of the people against measures for its control and in w of the fact that the natives regard it as hereditary. For political reasons the British government has not antagonized the prejudices of the natives, and, it is said, that were they to do so’ they’ would pre- cipitate a greater rebellion than was the Sepoy uprising. The American Lepers. ‘The larger part of the lepers in the United States are in Louisiana, the next colony in number of this kind being in San Fran- cisco. There are a few lepers in Minnesota, the disease havirg been taken there by Norwegian immigrants. They are isolated under the Hansen system. There are scat- tercd cases in several of the cities of the United States, the actual number being un- known. There are a large number of lepers in Havana, where it is regarded as rapidly increasing. There are seventy-five lepers in Canada, though the disease is now being controlled there. Wherever leprosy exists in the United States it can be traced to immigration, but there is evidence that it is spreading. In late years a good many affections that were pronounced by dermatologists as skin diseases of various kinds have been shown to be no less than a form of leprosy. ‘The great difficulty that has been found in isolating lerers has been the fact that this isolation was formerly so complete that it was regarded as a greater punish- ment than a life term in the penitentiar: and friends of the lepers conspired to se- crete them in their homes. It hes now been shown that there is no @anger in having the friends of lepers it them under proper conditions, and life in a leper colony has been so far ameliorated as 10 make {t welcome to the afflicted, as they can, under such conditions, get better treatment than can be had among their friends. Dr. Wyman's Intention. ‘The efforts of Dr. Wyman will be toward having a national control of leprosy in this country, as that method is regarded as inore effective than would be any sys- tem of state control that could be devised. ‘The need for this is shown in the fact {hat there are undoubtedly more lepers here now than there were ten years ago, and this increase has been traceable to a spread of the disease and not to the in- troguction of new cases. See THOSE ONE-HORSE CARS. President Griswold of the Anncostin Railroad Writes the Commissioners. President H. A. Griswold, president of the Anacostia Railroad Company, today sub- mitted to the District Commissioners a reply to a communication addressed him by them yesterday, requiring him to show cause without delay why the road is not equipped with two-horse cars. Mr. Griswold says that within the past two months the company has increased its two-horse car service 8 per cent, and will continue further increasing to meet public demands. He also invites the Commissioners’ at- tention and asks an early report upon Sen- ate bill 2644, to authorize the Anacostia Railroad Company to- equip its main line with the underground electric system adopted for the District of Columbia, which will be a satisfactory solution of a matter so long the subject of dissatisfaction. sea Cae Have You Itt The edition of The Evening Star Alma- nac for 1808 is limited. If you have not se- cured @ copy, do so at once; 450 pages. For sale at The Star office and all news stands. Price, 25 cents. = es John Arnold, a brewer of Hazleton, Pa., died recently. His family, i searching throvgh an old bureau, found $59,000 in a Woodward roth, rth and —————— } *»4 Lothrop, F Sts. N.W. Until further notice, store will close at 5:30, Friday’s Our Remnant Day, Our Special Bargain Day. We have, from January first to chandise that is absolutely fres December thirty-first, a stock of mer- bright and up to date in every particu- lar. And it is kept so by reserving each week one day--Friday--on which each department is compelled to mar’ odds and ends, short lengths, broken assortments, k down and sell all its remnants— anything soiled or shopworn, which may have accumulated during the week, and to mark them down to such prices as will make the quickest possible clearance. With the usual run of remnants we also offer goods purchased especially for bargain da top-heavy stocks, to-be-dis as well as certain lots of goods, such < ‘ontinued lines and kindred sorts, at part lagging styles, us larly inviting prices to swell the volume of trade and to close them out quickly. A number of such things for tomorrow, and attention is called to the various “Special Bargain” tables, which are of more than usual. importance Friday’s Special Bargain in Unlaundered Shirts. Abort 40 dozen Men's Unlaundered White Shirts, open back discontinue. All sizes from 13 to 18 (excepting First ficor. being a line which we intend to An excellent value. 50c. Each. Reduced from 6234c. Friday’s Special Bargain in Women’s Jackets. A tablefu f Handsome High- 8 Jackets, ot! $7.50 Each. tan, with Persian lamb—all lined throughont ‘with rich silke. Reduced from $18.50, $20, $22.50 & $24. avy and Mack, some trimmed with braid, Also a Tableful of Misses’ Stylish Jackets. Tan, navy and brown, strictly all wool; baudsome cloths and rich 16 and 18 years. linings. Sizes 12, 14, $5.00 Each. Reduced from $10, $12.50, $15 & $16.50. Third ficor. Friday’s Special Bargain in Boys’ Reefers. 49 All-wool Astrakhan Cloth Reefers, Sizes 3 to 7. brown and green, wide “sailor collar, neatly braided, $1.50 Each. Regular Value, $4.00. Third floor. * Second .toor. We have secured and shall offer tomorrow another a Friday’s Special Bargain in Bleached Muslin. 5,000 yards 36-inch Bleached Cambric Muslin, good quality, f Special Bargain Price, 5c. a yard. Friday’s Special Bargain in China Dept. ‘4 jot of genuine Austrian China Covered Dishes, good shapes, 85 ine of Decorated English Preelatn the decorated in seventeen signs, choice designs, at . Esch. Less Than the Price of Porcelain. ered Dishes, in several colorings and neat Gee Special Bargain Price ef 50c. Each. Also a center table of odd pl of England's leading potteries, at sof Dinner ai Fifth floor. d Tollet Ware from the ‘ew York office of one Prices Which Make Them Rare Bargains, eS fo mak 2 for our a-ki arly every instance at Friday’s Special Bargain in Pictures. have withdrawn fi slock all soll and ed, and offer them * Less Than Half the Original Prices. 15 Medallion Photographs in next gilt frames, slightly i luced from Be. to each, 8 Medallion Photograpts of President McKinle gilt frames with brass corners, Reduced from 50 rted subjects, Reduced from each. 19 Medallions, dining room pictures. from 95. each. Photograp Boe. each lion Photog Reduced Reds weed from $1.00 Reduced from red Photographs, in duced from § Re. It oval frames, gilt” Ginch gilt frames. ench. glit frames. Reduced from Reduced Reduced from . fine gt frame. Reduced 1.00 to $5.00. 2 Pastels, gilt frames. Reduced from $3.00 to Reduced from $3.1 phs, gilt frames. of Napoleon, gilt frame, Reduced s faney gilt frames. $2.50 each. bs, gilt fratacs. Reduced from $5.00 natural from $4 elit frames, frames, 52.50 en! Reduced from led frames. Ree gold frames, Res " Reduced oak and gilt frames, 8 Co trimmings. Reduced 1 Real Pastel, oak and from $5.50 to $1.00, 1 Real Pastel. Reduced fiom $10.00 to $2.50. aphs, y frames with brass t 1 Oil Painting, onk and gilt frame. Reduced from £20.00 te $14.00. 3 Flower Pictures, ‘gilt oval frames, Reduced $5.00 to $1 5 Dining Reom Pictures, oak and gilt frames and gilt mut. Reduced from $2.00 to $1.00 ene raving of Pharac orses, Florentine Reduced trem $10.00 to $5.00. graph. fancy white and gilt d from! $6.50 to $3.4. stel, white frame, Reduced from Rednc 1 Delft Ps $4.50 to S108. 1 Engraving, . solid oak frame with gilt p $15.00 to $8.00. ‘uraham Lincoln, solid oak frame with gilt beading. Reduced from ‘815.08 Fourth floor. Mens’ Department. 15 dozen ‘s and Boys’ Liven Collars, being odds and ends of styles we are discontinuing. Sizes 13 to 17%. Reduced from i2'ge., 20e, and 11 Men's Unlined Honse Coats, mixed gray and n effects. Sizes 34 to 44. Reduced from $5.00 to $4.00 each. 50 ‘8 Soiled and Rumpled Iinen Handker- chiefs. Reduced from 12iye., 20c., 25c., 35¢. and G0e. to half price. First floor. flillinery Department. 1 Black Feit Hat, soft velvet crown, trimmed with owl w'ngs and two shades of red satin an- tique. Reduced from $9.00 to $5.50. 1 Soft Black Velvet Toque, trimmed with white aigrettes, 2 black tips and geranium mirror vel- vet. Reduced from $11.00 to $7.00. 1 Evening Bonnet, green and gold, trimmed with white aigreties, green mirror velvet, white satin ribbon and b Jes. Reduced from $18.50 to $10.00. 1 Black Felt Turban, trimmed in golden brown id and owl quills. Reduced from $6.00 to $4.00. Second floor. br Suit Department. 3 Jay Suits, fly front, light-colored cloths. Sizes 36 and 38. Reduced from $10.C0 to $5.00 ea. 2 Novelty Suits, green and brown effects, band- somely braided. Sizes 32 and 34, Reduced from $20.00 and $24.00 to $10.00 each. 2 Fancy Plaid Skirts. Reduced from $5.00 to $2.95 each. 6 Taffeta Waists, fancy figured. Sizes 36, 38 and 40. Reduced from $5.00 to §2.95 each. 1y Satine Waist Siz Re- duced from $1.50 to T5c. each. s ‘Third floor. Mackintosh Department. 5S Light-weight Mackintoshes, tan and black, extra long. Reduced from $5.00 to §2.50 each. ‘Lnird ficor. Fur Department. 23 Children’s F cy Fur S.ts, plain and trimmed. Reduced from ov and § ) to Buc. set. 3 Prench § juffs, slightly damaged. Reduced from $1.50 t 3 Persian $1.00 each. Fur Cellarettes, satin lined. Reduced from $7.50 and $8.75 to $5.00 and $6.00 cach. ‘hird floor. > Boys’ Department. 8 All-wool Long Pants Suits, navy blue and black—3 pieces, coat, pants, Sues 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. Reduced from §6 to $3.95 each. 10 All-wool Shert Pants Suits, double breasted, sailor collar. Sizes 4 5 and 10. Reduced from $3.50 and $3.88 to $1.75 each. 7 All-wool Suits. Sizes 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13 and 15. Reduced from $3.50 to $2.75 each. 4 et tree matte, pany 5 raged 3, 5 and 6. Reduced from $5.00 to $3. le 24 Percale =a Sizes 3 to 8. luced from 4 Gott Caps, silk Mned. Sizes 6 and 6%. Re- duced from 50c. to 19¢. each. ‘Third floor. Infants’ Department. line Red Silk Coat, fancy collar of plaited chiffon edged with rows of narrow ribbon, trimmed with black astrakhan wide satin rib: bon. Reduced from $25.00 to $15.00. 1 Boys’ Broadcloth Coat, tan, two capes, trim- med. eS plaited skirt. Reduced from 13.50 to ¥ SP Guidren's Plaid Coats, sailor collar, trimmed with fancy braid. from $2.00 to $1.50 ea. 19 Children’s Silk Caps, different styles and col- ors. Reduced from $1.25 and $1.59 to $1.00 each. ‘D Children’s Silk Caps, different siyles and col- ors. Reduced from Sc. to 50c. each. ‘Second floor. Handkerchief Dept. 6 Women's Sheer All-linen Handkerchiefs, em- Drotdered_scalloped edge, solled. Reduced ‘from $1.00 to Zhe. each. Reduced from $ to and solled. Reduced from 25c. to 20e. each. 16 Men's Initial embroidered _letters—1 2N, 38.28. First door, Corset Department. 2 pairs French Corsets, made of dainty pink ®fk, with teal whalebone. top trimmed. tn and ribbon, Size 20, Reduced from $10.00 to $3.50 pair, Palrs French Corsets, made of coutil, heavily {boned with real whalebone, top finished with lace ‘and ribbon. Size 1s. Reduced from $6.80 to | $3.00. patr. 2 pairs Corsets. made of black Itall Dias, heavily boned with real whalebon Rediced from $5.00 to $2.50 pir. joth, ent Size 32y Second floor. ae Hosiery Department. 7 pairs W. ‘s Lisle Thread Hose, plain an® drepstite slightly soiled. Size ¥ Te ir. Hose, fancy hoot i window display. Sizes 84 and Reduced from 35c. to 25c. pair. First floor. ees Knit Underwear Dept. 10 Women's Swiss Ribbed Wool Vests, Wi high neck, sbert sleeves, small sizes. Redu from $1.00 to S0c. each. 9 Women's Swiss Ribbed Vests, half wool, white, low n sleeveless, ize, slightly, sofled. Reduced from 3 for $1.00, First floor, Rug Department. 10 Brussels . 16x; slightly soiled. Re- duced from to 28e. each. 6 Keversit Rangpur Rugs, red and green ef- fects, 30x60, slightly soiled. ‘Reduced from $1.45 to $1.00 each, reduced from ; reduced from $15.00 to $9.00 each, Third floor, © — Small Furniture Dept. 15 Child: s, slightly damaged. duced frow each. 1 Initatio damaged. Kedu Re Mabozany Jardinicre Stand, slightly od foom $1.35 to Ne, 1 Gilt Chair, 1 Gilt Chair. These goods a and will not tarnish and are in good condition, Fourth floor. d from $2 Reduced from $5.00 t | Toy Department. 27 pairs Men and Boys’ Tee Skates. Reduced pai ice Skates. Reduced from Tbe. to 4c. pate. 6 .a..s Women’s Ice Skates. Reduced from Te. to 85e. pair. 4 pairs Women's Ice Skates. Reduced from $1.00 to 50e. pair, 21 pairs Women's Ice Skates. Reduced from £2.00 to $1.25 pair. S pulis Women's Ice Skates. Reduced from $3.00 to $2.00 pair. Fourth floor. wes Iron Bed Department. 1 Single Bed, 3%4x6% feet, slightly imperfect, Reduced from $4.50 to $3.00. rad 1 Single Bed, extra fine quality, heavy brass trimmings, swell foot, slightly lpperfect. Reduced from $15.00 to $10.00. ‘Third foor. China Department. 2 English Porcelain Decorated Dinner Sets, 112 . Reduced from $10.00 to $8.00. 1 White 2nd Gold Carlsbad China Tea Set. Re- duced from £5.09 to $4.00. 1 Jardiniere, medium size, chipped. Reduced from b5c. to (Se. 4 Odd Decorated Er ish Porcelain Tea Tots, Reduced from 50e. to . each. 3 Jardinieres, medium size. Reduced from 5c, to 5c. each. 4 Decorated Carlsbad China Cake Plates. Reo duced from 5ic. to 35c. each. 3 Imitation cf Old Ivory Match Safes, damaged, Reduced fiom 50c. to 25. each. 1 Plain White Slop Jar, bandle broken. Reduced from $1.50 to 7c. ~ Japanese Vases. Reduced from $1.25 to French China Comb and Brush Trays. Reduced from $1.00 to 5Ce. each. 1 Flain White Woodward & Lothrop.