Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1898, Page 8

McKnew’s, 933 Penn. Ave. -, January 31st, 1898. Our name on a garment denotes quality. « Jackets REDUCED. Winter at last, and here is our superb stock of Stylish, High-grade Winter Jackets and Wraps at ridiculously low reduced prices. Come, see what fine Jackets even $5 will buy! Finer ones proportionately low. Wm. H. McKnew, 933 Pa. Ave. Ja31-60a 5-Pound Boxes Dropped to $1.40. prices have taken a tumble here. pound boxes of our rich, delicious “Matchless Creamery"” BUTTER—the finest that ever “tickled a palate’’—cost only 40 now. €7 Let us send you a box on certain days each week. D. Wm. OYSTER, 340 CENTER MARKET—75 WESTERN MARKET. Jad1-m.w,f-20 OE OS OEE eS PILE PIS > <5, Fae Henteys ce: ose ( « -Gas Heaters $ ‘Reduced. (\ ee Barker, = & (( Sw a Sa I Heaters that were $2. Now $1.48 / Heaters that were $3. Now $2.48 ( iteaters that were $3: Now $2.96 Oil Heaters Reduced. $5.50 Heaters to go for $2.98 &. $3.98 a) Heaters to go for Everything For A Dinner Party. 3 variety of Meat, Game, Sea Food, . Vegetables and Fruits that can be -is here. And every- 7 Diamond-back Terrapin — Chesapeake Canvas-back and Red-head Ducks and Fresh Fish are specialties with us. Cottage Market,818 14th St. Ja3t-m,w,£20 It IS CHEAPER TO. BUY FINE COFFEE THAN CHEAP COFFEE. There's more strength to the pure coffee— it _makes nore coffee—besides the quadmuph satisfac it gives Reeves’ famous Old MANDERLI J A and MOCHA at 38. or 3 Iba. $1.10, ts the finest coffee you'll buy—and the cheapest in the end.” Dry roasted fresh daily. Reeves, 1209 F. ja31-21d E Tender, Duley. Home-dressed_ Meats. 8+ Beet. ac ame lamb, mutton snd veal—steaks, ete.—all home-dressed—at our SAUSAGE and SAU- SAGE MEAT is famous for its rich, de- * ** liclous flavor. Have some for breakfast. A. LOEFFLER, n°" 1617. Center—-K Street—WWestern and © St. Markets. ja31-m,w.f.20 SHEETZ’S SPECIALTIES. Snowdrift (Delicious and Delicate), . per Ib. Salted Almonds, (Crisp and Brown), CREAM MINTS AND WINTERGRE! Avy color mae to order for recepti on dinner parties, 250. PER LB. Call and try a sample of our Snowdrift, free. SHEETZ,. 10th and F. Ja2s-ae DR. FRANCK’S (GRAINS OF HEALTH CONSTIPATION CONGESTION HEADACHE ‘pan BE. FOUGERA & CO., New York. ALL SORTS and conditions of dress and honsehold fabrics nice- Jy cleaned or dyed. Let us do your work; we can and will please yon Finest dry cleaning. Wagon colls. Wheatley, 1068 Jefferson ave. n.w. (Georgetown). me23-1yr,14 Established 1831. 100 Doz. Hair Switches, Consigned to us for the purpose of raising for a New York Hat, ‘money ‘We sell you a very Switch for. ctly the same article ‘SS Gos. Gray Just ‘These little Pills will quickly eure ite, half of their actual valse. aT THE Louvre Glove Store, eeld-tf NO. 919 F ST. Shoes of absolute comfort, exact fashion, unequaled wear, for Ladies and Men. 3.50, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00. A fortunate hase enables us to oer 2 swall 50 pairs Ladies’ 4.00 Kid Button; band made: new medi toe. in th fine walking a Burt’s, 1411 F St. Arthur Burt. S% FOR MONEY The business of manufacturing and selling the Pillow-Inhaler, that greatest and most popular remedy for catarrh, bronchitis, asthma, hay fever, grip and diseases of the throat and lungs, is to be put into a stock company, in order that by increasing the capital employed the profits of the company can be immeasurably increased, as the re- sult of the largely increased sales of an extended business. 3 It is proposed to sell at once $50,000 of the Preferred Stock of this company at $5 par, and as a special inducement to the early subscribers to this stock a bonus of an equal amount of the common stock will be given free to those who subscribe for the first $20,000 of the preferred stock, which amount is now offered for sale. The preferred stock will pay 8 per cent dividends, and at the low price at which this stock is offered, each share carrying with it one share of the common stock as a bonus, any one having money to invest will readily see that this is a very unusual opportunity for investing money. The officers and directors of the company are men well known in official and business circles. They are as follows: Senator WM. M. STEWART, President. Mr. SAMUEL J. SPEARING, Vice President. Mr. RICHARD B. NIXON, Treasurer. Mr. CHARLES J. KAPPLER, Secretary. Mr. STILSON HUTCHINS. Mr. J. H. RALSTON Mr. A. J. SYMONDS. Mr. R. W. GATES. : Mr. CHARLES A. KRAM. Subscriptions for Stock are to be Paid for in Easy Installments. Subscription Books Now Open. Office open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 10 p.m. For full and detailed information call on or write to Pillow Inhaler Company, Corner 15th and F Streets. 31 Corcoran Building. YOUNG MEN’S CONGRESS. Organization to Promote Study of Parliamentary Law. The young men’s congress met at 1214 D street northeast Saturday evening for the purpose of forming a permanent organiza- ticn. The congress is a consolidation of two large debating clubs, and includes sev- eral members from a pleastre club. Its ob- Ject is to promote debate and the study of parliamentary law. The meeting was called to order by Capt. Thes. J. Tydings of Company E, High School Cadets, at 8 p.m. A constitution was adopted and the following permanent officers were elected: President, E. C. Palmer, jr.; vice president, Thos. J. Tyd- ings; secretary, G. G. Payne; assistant sec- retaries, John Fleming and George Whit- ney; treasurer, Thos. C. Maddux; sergeant- at-arms, Herman Gauss. Those present were Everett C. Palmer, T. J. Tydings. Herman Gauss, E. C. Poston, G. Atwell, A. E. Dieterich, G. G. Whit- ney, R. V. Sefton, T. G. Sefton, G. Bul- lovgh, R. D. Marsh, T. B. Webster, T. H. C, Evans, H. W. Payne, T. C. Maddux, H. Winship Wheatley, G. A. Griffin, Elmer J. Briggs, R. Lee Spire, W. B. Munroe. H. Colvin, E. G. Colvin, W. W. Flehardy, W Cc. Grey, C. O. Sanderson and Jesse G. Pratt. The next meeting will be held at 314 10th street southeast. ——— Transfers of Real Estute. Chichester—John T. Campbell et ux. Jonn F. Campbell, lot 22; $10. Twelfth street northeast between G and H streets—Louis Gundling to John R. Taliaferro, lot 274, sq. 1004; $10. Washington Heights—B. Fenwick Harvey et ux. to Henry L. E. Johnson, part lot 22, block 8; $1,875. Nineteenth and C streets northwest and C street northwest between 2ist and 2d streets—James Lowndes et al., trustees, to Paul Tuckerman, original lot 19, sq. | 88, and lots 9 to 14, sq. 128: $8,015.46. Second and G streets northeast—Thomas Lowe et ux. to James J. part original lot 4, $10. Columbia Heights—Kate L. Osborne to Wyman L. Cole and James E. Padgett, lot 23, block 26; $10. H street northwest between 4th and Sth streets—Catharine M. Rothrock to Amnon Behrend, part lot 6, sq. 518; $10. Seventh street northwest between G and H street—Benjamin Salomen et ux. to Eliz- abeth A. Moore, part original lots 11 and 12, sq. 429: $10. ‘M street southeast between 5th and 6th streets—John R. Taliaferro et ux. to Louis Gundling, lot 6, sq. n. of 853; $10. Vermont avenue northwest between T and U streets—Wm. W. Wright et ux. to Wm. W. Wright, jr., lot 25, sq. 233; $10. First and K streets southwest—Same to same, orginal lot 1, sq. w. of G45; $3,000. Peunsylvaria avenue northwegt between lat and 24 streets—Henry H. Bereman et al, trustees, to Emma L. Scheuck, Caro- line Whitmyer and Barbara Kottman, part original jot 3, £q. 3 $5,500. Morton place northeast between 6th and ith streets—Geo. Moore to Mary C. Quigley, lot 249, sq. 855; $700. Kalerama Heights—Redford W. Walker et al., trustees, to Wm. L. Lanning, lots 33 to 37, block so. ees Alleges a Conspiracy. Patrick Grimsley, a printer who had be- come tired of life in the Insane Asylum, jumped over the wall Saturday night with the intention of leaving the institution. His belief was that the people in the asy- lum had formed a conspiracy to kill him. ‘When he got out he was afraid to remain on the streets, and about called at the ninth precinct and asked for protection. He identity, and the officers held to Farrell, THE LOCAL FLORISTS HEARD Delegation Discusses the Disposal of Govern- ment Greenhouse Products. An Audience With the District Com- missioners — Arguments Made in Support of Pending Bill. A delegation of local florists, consisting of President J. R. Freeman of the Com- mercial Florists’ Club and Messrs. Wm. H. King, Nicholas Studer, Robert Bowdler and J. H. Wood, called upon the District Com- missioners today for the purpose of ask- ‘zg them to support the bill introduced in the House of Re>resentatives the 12th of this month by Mr. Richardson, “to reg- ulate the disposal of the products of gov- ernment greenhouses and grounds in the District of Columbia.” The bill provides that from and after its passage “it shall be unlawful for any person in charge of any establishment in the District of Columbia supported in Whole or in part by the government of the United. States, or for any of hig subordi- rates, to appropriate to his own use, loan, distribute gratuitously, or sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia any product of the greenhouses or grounds un- der his char; Provided, That nothing in this act stall be construed as prohibit- ing the President of the United States from using, at his pleasure, the products of the White House conservatories and grounds: And provided further, That noth- ing in this act shall prevent the Secre- tary of Agriculture from distributing any new or rare plants not in general cultiva- tion.” Section 2 provides that “violators of this act or any of its provisions shall be subject to dismissal from the covernment service.” The Charges Made. The delegation charged thdt flowers and plants from the Boys’ Reform School and the Industrial Home School are being sold in the city markets and in other places at ahout any price which will bring purches- ers. These flowers and plants, the Com- missioners were told, are raised in the two schools, ‘and in the case of the industrial school the boys sell them on commission. Such things, the florisis claim, are un- fair to them, who are not only paying taxes, but are also under great expense in raising their preducts. They also submitted that the sale of the products of the schools, whether they are flowers and plants or what not, is illegal, unless made at public auction. Not only that, they stated, but the flowers and plants raised in these two institutions are sold at such ridiculously low prices as to make competition by other growers simply impossible. In some cases, the Commis- sioners were informed, the florists have been compelled to buy out the bors simply to get them out of the market, but recently the boys have been instructed not to sell to them. ‘The Returns Small. The Commissioners were further inform- ed that the returns from the products of the schools are so small that their reve- rues cannot be increased to any apprecia- ble extent. More good could be obtained, it was said, should the plants and flowers be distributed among the hospitals, among the poor and set out in the public school grounds, so that the sick and the poor might be gladdened and the pupils of the public schools might be taught horticulture and the school rooms made bright and at- tractive. : The Commissioners promised to carefully consider the matter, as well as the pro- posed measure, and will probably report to Congress their views. As the reform school is under the management of a board of trustees, it is understood that the Com- missioners are not convinced that they are authorized to interfere as to that institu- tion, even if they be of the opinion that they should interfere. Se REAR ADMIRAL BRAINE DEAD. Distinguished Retired Naval Officer Passes Away in Brooklyn. Danliel Lawrence Braine, rear admiral of the United States navy, retired, died at his home in Brooklyn last night from heart disease, following an attack of rheu- matism. He leaves a widow, three sons and a daughter. Admiral Braine was born in New York in 1820. He was appointed to the navy from Texas as a midshipman in 1846, and during the Mexican war was engaged in most of the important actions. He was made passed midshipman in 1852, master in 1855 and Heutenant in 1858. At the be- ginning of the tivil war he was selected by the Union defense committee to com- mand the steamer Monticello, fitted out in forty-eight hours to provision Fortress Monroe. The Monticello was afterward at- tached to the North Atlantic blockading squadron. In 1862 Mr. Braine received his commis- sion as Meutenant commander, and from that time until 1464 was in numerous en- gagements, commanding the Pequot in the attacks on Fort Fisher, Fort Anderson and the forts on Cane Fear river. For cool performance of duty in these fights he Ws 3 recommended for promotion, and on July 25, 1866, was commissioned command- er. Im the latter part of 1873 he demanded and received the Virginius prisoners at Santiago de Cuba and brought them to New York. He became captain in 1874; commodore in 1885, and president of the naval board of inspection at New York on July 1 of the same year. He was appointed acting rear admiral August 12, 1886, and was or- dered to the command of the South At- lantic_squajron. Admiral Braine was re- tired Mey 18, 1891. - Receive Visitors and Elect Officern. Minnehaha Juvenile Temple had a large attendance at its sersion Saturday evening, and received as visitors Grand Superinten- dent Mrs. L. J. Allen, Superintendent Miss Annie E. Taylor, and a delegation from Star of Hope Temple. Six new members were initiated. A recitation was given by Cralle Lawrenson, a violin and piano duet played by Mabel Montgomery and Olive Mills, 2 plano duet by the Miss2s Eva and Olive Mills. Addresses were made by Miss Daniel, superintendent; Miss Taylor and the grand superintendent. The temple will visit Star of Hop> Temple Friday evening, the 11th of February. Officers of Minnehaha Temple were elect- ed and instatled as follows, the grand su- perinterdent officiating: Harry Burlingame, c ; Mary Daniel, V. T.; Eva Mills, R. 8.; uv R. 8. abel Montgomery, T.; Laura Black, C.; \da Trettler, D. M.; Cralle panreneen: G., and Fred. Robinett, sen- tinel. Cndine Tempie, Mrs. Emma F. Bishop, superintendent, had a session Saturday af- ternoon. Th2’ temple elected four new members, and made preparations for cele- brating fourteenth anniversary next Saturday afternoon. Among the visitors was the grand superintendent. Officers for the mw quarter were elected and installed as follow: Nettie Mamie Brens Blanche Mocre, M.; Emmett Bren- and Dolph Bishop, sentinel. ee Quict Wedding at Ballst The Ballston, Va., Presbyterian Church was the secne cf a very quiet wedding Wednesday evening last, the contracting parties being Miss Margaret Anna Mun- son and Mr. Thomas J. De Lashmutt. The bride was handsomely attired in @ travel- ing suit ef blue, and hat of blue velvet tastefully trimmed with white satin and passamenterie. She carried bride’s roses. | Grand Visitation to Covenant Lodge of Odd Fellows — Briefs. Vsesamcine Se . Charles Bossa colored boatman, aged about fifty years, dropped dead yesterday morning about 10 @elock on the canal boat Eva Chase, owned by Joseph Magruder, which was lying at Tenney’s mill. The po- lice were notified, and the remains were taken to the seventh precinct police station and the coroner summoned. Boss, in com- pany with another man named William Wheeler, visited Rosslyn early in the morn- ing. He returned to the canal boat later in the day and there met two acquaintances, one a woman. While chatting with his companions, Boss fell back dead. The cor- oner viewed the remains in the afternoon and gave a certificate of death due to apo- plexy. This morning the body was re- moved to the morgue at the sixth precinct to await the appearance of friends or reln- tives. Accident on P Street Bridge. ~ Lieut. C. H. Heyl and his wife, Mrs. Mary Heyl, while in their carriage and driving across the P street bridge over Rock creek, were run into by motor car 308 of the Metropolitan railroad. The carriage was badly wrecked and the occupants were thrown out. Mrs. Heyl was seriously in- jured and was carried to the office of the company, a short distance from the bridge. Latet a carriage was summoned and she was removed to her home at 3406 U street. Annual Visitation. The annual visitation of the officers of the Grand Lodge to Covenant Lodge, No. 13, I. O. O. F., was held last Thursday evening. The initiatory degree was con- ferred. Grand Master John I. Brown was one of the witnesses. Grand Patriarch Cummings of North Carolina was also pres- ent and made an address. Past Grand v. J. Cherry, in a happy speech, presented an elegant Bible to the lodge, the gift of Mr. Krick, present noble grand. Short speeches were made by members of the Grand Lodge and of Covenant —odge. The,evening’s en- tertainment closed with a banquet. Funeral of Miss O'Connor. ‘The funeral of Miss Honora O'Connor was held this morning at 9:30 o'clock from Trin- ity Catholic Church, with a solemn mass of requiem for the repose of the soul of ve deceased. The demise occurred Friday morning shortly after 2 o'clock. Miss O'Connor was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O'Connor of 1415 36th street, and Was about twenty-six years of age. Close of Mission. The mission closed at Trinity Church yes- terday. The services for the ladies closed at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon, the church being crowded. In the evening at 7:3 o'clock the concluding address to the men was made by Father Himmel. The closing services for both sexes were the same, in- cluding ‘a sermon, papal benediction ‘and benediction of the blessed sacrament. Complaint About Gan. There is a gesieral complaint this morn- ing from the gas-using residents of this section over the size of the bills that have been presented hy the Georgetown Gaslight Company for th¢ paat month. An unusual quantity of thexgaszds checked as .aving been used, it is"said, while the quality is claimed to have beén a good veal below what it should have been. Bréet Mention. The twenty-ninth anniversary of George C. Whiting Lodge, No. 22, F. A. A. M., will be celebrated in’ Masonic Hall Wednesday evening, February 9, at 8 o'clock. There was a jarge crowd at the revival services last evening at the Gay. Street Batist Church, Rev. W. 8S, O. Thomas de- livering an excellent sermon. There was one conversion. Dr. Greene of the Calvary Baptist Church will preach this evening. are Soesaes Against the Water Meters. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The water taxpayers of Washington are to be punished for paying into the treasury mcre money than the water service costs. That is what the meter proposition amounts to. The District appropriation bill provides that the surplus revenues may be used to buy meters and pay for inspection, maintenance and repairs to these costly ccntrivances. If the water rents were not svfficent to pay for the service, action might be taken with more reason to reduce corsumption, Doubtless there are fndividuals who waste water (and there is a law to punish them for it), but the consumers, in the ag- gregate, do not get their mones’s worth, because there is a surplus, and the water service is required by law to be on an actual expense basis. (Sec. 198, R. S. D. C.) The surplus, if any, should be used to establish a better service rather than to place in each citizen's house a detective in the shape of a meter. The water meter de- tective is said to be even less reliable than his brother detective, the gas meter. Water is as necessary as the air we breathe. If possible, it should be as free. Imagine the oxygen of the air doled out to consumers through meters: Again, it is posstble that a meter system would be productive of so much petty economy that the revenues would be act- ually diminished instead of increased, with a saving of water, of course, but with re- sults not at all conducive to health or cleanliness. In that way chvlera and other diseases that thrive on filth might gain a foothold in the city and cause more pecuniary loss in one month than meters would save in a century, to say nothing of precious lives sacrificed. It may sound slanderous to say so, but.it is likely that some good citizens would go without a bath if it cost anything extra. Other features of this important subject have been fully discussed in The Star. THOMAS W. GILMER. January 31, 1898. —————— An English Crew Might Home. A report comes from Ithaca, N. Y., that F. H. B. Maple, an English oarsman, who has been visiting Cornell .University and. renewing his acquaintance with Coach Courtney and those Cornell oarsmen whom he met at Henley in 1895, thinks it probable that an English crew will come to Amer- ica next summer end row in the big inter- collegiate race “that Cornell is trying to establish. 3 The class of aarsmen who would consti- tute such a@ crew. ;.Mr. Maple predicts, would be graduates, of Cambridge or Ox- ford. Whiie the, crew of the undergrad- uates would be, more desirable to the American crews, the English university races are held {00 gery. in the season to permit such an,event. Students would re- fuse to remain in training from March un- til late in June.. This one fact disposes of all rumors of .an Oxford or Cambridge eight rowing in this country. . Irrigating the Navajoe Reservation. Secretary Biisi’ has recommended to Con- gress that an &j riation of $30,600 be .Pleation work on the made to conti Navajoe Indian resefvation in Arizona and EE New Mexico. .. To Capture William Peed. Secretary Sherman has called on the gov- ernors of the various states to assist ir the capture of William P2ed, a fugitive of jus- tice from Great Brituin, charged with’ em-/| bezzlement, theft and forgery. He left Lordcn in September last, and is supposed to be in this country. 2 WHAT 00 THE cH eS Lansburgh and Brothe! ‘ Tomorrow’s Dress Goods Selling. will be the greatest and most phenom- enal of the season. Every piece of Dress Goods will be sold on a bargain basis--a clearance sale that should appeal to all--especially the economi- cally inclined. Come bright and early. The stuffs are all new, seasonable and dependable. No refuse, but very desirable fabrics. We are actually offering you good staple dress goods at less than we can duplicate them for. No matter how your inclinations are—no matter how big or slim your purse is—this sale is bound to meet every re- quirement. Join the ha throngs tomorrow for these big values. PPpy gs Reduced 4zin. All- | 8c. yard fora Thesehave| Reduced | Black and from 75c. to | ¥9Ce™2" | Sheer Organdy Proven a big from 12%4c. to | \ nae 59c. yard. | Suiting, in Lawn,valuelSc ¢' 2" '"S) Qc. yard. | and — Se!) BEOe teh et al | and rown blue, brown and green. This will have been and = White give you an opportunity to antici- pate your spring needs, as these suitings will be very popular. We could hold them for speculation, but speculation is not in our theory. We're working for our mutual interests. | encircling our Lawn Counters | ever since our first announcement | that we would offer the daintiest and sheerest Organdy Lawns, with light and dark grounds, for only eight cents yard. Reduced All-wool from 33c. to | Cheviot Mix- | tures, Beiges, 25c. ae | Serges — all in an assort- ment devoid of undesirable colors or styles. A wonderful variety and remarkable fabrics for such a small price. Some good styles for separate skirts and waists. Navy Serge, Glace and Cheviot Suitings, a full sirable fabri Some splendid styles for waists and children’s dresses. “Reduced A genuine from 37%4¢. to | feeds 25c. yard. Se7gs) al | wool, in red, garnet, cardi- nal, plum, gray, brown, navy, olive, myrtle and old blue. These will go rapidly. Only enough for one day’s selling—hurry! f ieee Wine, Green, rom + tO Brown and 19c. yard. Plum 41-in. Covert take a vard of these up at inven- tory, hence the reduction. Surely, | if you're wise you'll not allow this Opportunity to pass. Reduced | from $1.25 to Every lady knows how very popular 98c. yard. Eoaneles ~ and Poplins are. Even greater demands are anticipated for spring, but clear shelves are what our efforts call for shelf room, but the price paid in this sacrifice is the largest yet. Blue, Plum, Brown, Red and S98 yard. for. We've often paid a big price | Green Poplins, worth $1.25, at | Reduced "The regu- from $1.19 to 89c. yard. price of these goods is ——' $1.19, and that. These All-wool 44-in. Armure and Pointille Mosco- viettas are unquestionably the big- gest values offered today in these | United States. The imposition of | the new duty makes them cost | $1.00 to land in this country. New blues, reds, greens, heliotropes, browns, reseda and mode are the colors. Il- luminated and Change- able Granite ~ and Two- toned All-wool Diagonals. A rare bargain, made so on account of their great desirability and good wearing qualities. If you come early we're sure that your color will be in the assortment. e. Reduced | 450. from 75c. to 50c. yard. Reduced | Silk and from $1.00to0 Wool; Peau 79c. yard: | sightly a fabric as ever graced our shelves. all except four colors, which are : brown, green, blue and heliotrope. | Strictly all silk and wool, and well adapted for separate waists. Sure- | ly 79c. should move them rapidly. See them. Reduced 46-in. Dou- if from $1.50 to aie Be $1.00 yard. | aeete, in brown, green and blue. As staple as cotton and splendid for wear. Only one piece each, so you'll have to be quick to avoid possible disappointment. These are all wool, with moscovite back. Reduced from 89c. to 75¢. yard. lection. We refer to the est jewels in ——' Goods _ col- those beauti- in most charming color combina- tions. They’re gems at 8gc., but business principles demand_ their quick clearance, so the pick is yours at 75¢. Reduced s4-in. Bi- from 50 & 60c. cycle Home- to 38c. yard. SPU" 46-in. 2 si All-wool} depend upon it, they're cheap at | We've sold | These are | bright- | the Dress | ful Imported Silk and Wool Plaids | Checks, the cleverest fabrics ever shown for such a low price. They are the fac similes of the more ex- pensive goods, and wear well. | They come in small and medium checks. Splendid for waists. 9c yard. =i Reduced es | Brown, Green and from 40c. to | Gray Cam- 29c. yard. e's) Hair cade —! Natte, only | one piece of each color leit. They complement of colors, and all de- | | | clearance. / Red, Blue, ke Serge. We are determined not to | lar retail | | 50-inch from $1.00 to |, Granite | 95c. yard. | Suiting, in in, Bey, blue, green, garnet and brown. Take our | tire dre are strictly all wool, and represent one of the most successful low- priced fabrics shown this season We cut the price to have a rapid ‘and Brown gor ic otlgy Mohair Jac- “y * | quards,Epin- ple Mohair and 45-inch Henriettas. A full color assortment, but some part pieces, so it would be wise to be early and make your selections. Reduced word for it, such values are rare. Only 5 yards required for an en- They're most beauti- fully finished and well made, and the sacrifice is made only to keep | the crowds a-coming. We want 4 | | There is no necessity for further comment. If values like these don’t fetch you nothing will. Y all know that our Dress Goods stock stands without a peer. The assortment, the variety and the beauty of the new goods are known to every resident of this beautiful city. LANSBURGH & BROTHER, 420, 422, 424, 426 7th St. no dull times here. Reduced Blue.green, brown are from $1.35 to | the colors 31.00 yard. | jeit inan A- a — wool German 48-inch Whipcord. We've sold these extensively for tailor-made gowns. The shades as well as the cloth is the very latest in fabrics. Just when you need them most we give you the privilege of buying under value. . Reduced | Put this from 90c. to | 0" your 75c. yard. memo. pad-- a full 54-in. Navy, Brown and Green Storm and Clay All- wool Serge. The reputation we have established for big values will be further demonstrated. Just think in the face of a rising market we cut the price of this staple. you Some Reasons for Annexation. To the Editor of The Evening Stag: Most Americans do not know that many more ships flying the stars and stripes touch at Honolulu every year than at any other port of the world outside of America. ‘The annual foreign commerce of Hawaii in 1860 was about $2,000,000. Through Ameri- can enterprise it had risen in 1890 to $20,- 000,000 per annum. The exports of Hawail largely exceed her imports, and 98 per cent of them come to the United States. Of her imports 75 per cent are from the United States. In case of annexation being ac- complished this percentage would be large- ly increased and the total of imports would, doubtless, soon be doubled. x. January 29, 1898. —_>—_ Farmers’ Convention. ‘The farmers’ convention of Montgomery county, Md., will hold its twenty-sixth an- nual meeting at Sandy Spring Lyceum to- morrow. An interesting program has been arranged and many prominent agricultur- ists will be present. The report of the standing committee, continued from the last meeting, will be read, after which Mr. James Wilson will deliver. an address en- titled “Sugar from Sugar Beets, and the Adaptability of Maryland to the Interest. Gen. Roy Stone of the Department of Agri- culture, this-city, will epeak system of road mani Prot. HJ, Patterson of jtural Experiment Station. Seis open aiecussion at the conclusion of each address. —_———_ Retained by Venezuela. Mr. Severo Mall2t-Prevost of New York has been retained by the government of Venezuela as its Junior counsel } wesore thy tribunal which Great Britain end Ven ezuela. Trial of the Civil Engineer Ordered by Secretary Long. Secretary Long has ordered the trial by court-martial of Civil Engineer A. G. Men- cecal on charges of culpable inefficiency in the. performance of duty growing out of the faulty work on the New York dry dock, executed while the officer was the chief inspector. The court has not yet been se- leet=d, but it will meet at the New York tavy yard March 7 next, by which date Mr. Menocal will have returned to the United States from Nicaragua. Whether or not other officers or persons will be tried will depend upon th? disclosures in the court-martial. . BESS For the Prison Ship Martyrs. Reporting on the r=solutions for the erec- tion of a monument to the pfison ship mar- tyrs at Fort Greene, New York, the library committee has recommended to the House @ substitute, appropriating $100,000 as a part contribution, conditioned on an addi- report estimates that there were 20,000 of — victims now scught to be commemo; rat ————_r-_______ Alaska Steamboat Inspection. Secretary Gage has sent to the House a r2commendation for a steamboat inspec- tion service in Alaska. He points out that the tide of travel to the Klondike gold fields has resulted in the establishment of an extensive steamboat servic: on the Yukon. He says suitable protection, re- from the of PRINCETON A SOBER UNIVERSITY, Sermon of Dr. Patton on Temper« ance. A dispatch from Princeton, N. J., last night says: President Patton preached to the undergraduates of Princeton Univers‘ty, this evening on “Temperance,” at the re- qvest of the trustees, who last month re- solved that the rules about érinking should be strictly enforced. There was a full at- tendance at chapel. In the audience were several signers of the Princeton Inn liquor license, including ex-President Grover Cleveland, Prof. Chas, Woodruff Shields, whose resignation from the Presbyterian Church was caused by criticism growing out of his s'gning the —- and Prof. Charles Greene Rock- wood. Dr. Patton said, in effect, that the stand- ard of sobriety at Princeton was higher than ever before and would be maintained. Commissioner Hermann Opposed. Commissioner Hermann of the general land office has reported adversely on a bill introduced in Congress granting certain tramway and other privileges over the Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, to a company or- ganized to conduct such operations there. He points out that a ill regulating gener- ally such magteers is now pending in Con- gress,