Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1898, Page 9

AN OPEN THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY di, 1898—14 PAGES. LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE RTING IN THE EE EXCLUSIVE_USE OF THE W COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE ORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. 1, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, the originator of “PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” the same thet has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of on every wrapper. pli: This is the original “ PITCHER'S CASTORIA” which has Leen used in the homes of the moth years. LOOK CAREFULLY a the kind you have always boug' hers of America for over thirty t the wrapper and see that it is and has the per. Signature At, onthe of wrap No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1897. Do Not Be Deceived. of your child by acceptmg me druggist may offer you nore pennies on it), the in- gredicnts of which even fe does not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF Do not endanger the life a cheap substitute which so (because he makes a few mr 0 Insist on Having The Kind That Bk Failed You. HE CENTAUR COMPANY. TP MURRAY BTACET. NEW VOR ciT¥. OBJECT To REGULATION { Representative Citizens Protest Against Or- dinance Requiring Lights on Vehicles. Every Line of Susiness Has Its Spokesman at Hearing Refore the our before sun- Of business in t dit. as well > hearing la. t its repeal nting the lumber y believe that the it is endei ty of the reguiation. Makers of Br ok, in behalf of said, while, as a ons are not kept ‘¢ times when They wiil, lights at all t just such emergen- he claimed, entail w on the brick people. great expense to ed if the regulauon @aid, the impra k menufaciurers, . be required order nd thet wo! ry hardshir t of the Great ned that he spoke company, but also *s and dealers. Their af ever, — after f the Union Transfer ! that in Philadelphia an de where teams are return- bles, provided they do so in alled attention to the annoy- se which would, he claimed, of ulation. be pure d for although Comm been informed will be et lar or lamp could he asserted, ner WI ight said he had lamp facturers so said that in they have to cover paulin, the lamps znd he claimed that etc. it over If you’ all kind: you're cheating yourse! deal of comfort and economy, the lamps could: not be ens hout accidents or placed on the wag- subjecting them to loss by by thieves. Loss and Expense. Mr. J. L. Newbold was present for the Merchants’ Parcel Delivery Company. H. referred to the great expense which the enforcement would cause his company, additional loss being entailed by the care- lessness of employes. He called attention to the fact that there fs a great differ- ence between private and business vehicles, the latter, as a rule, being much heavier and therefcre dri at less speed. The ise made by busi teams also gives ple notice of their approach, said Mr. bold. king for the coal dealers, Mr. A. Joh: son said that it would be sim- ible to vdtain a lamp or lan- id stand che usage to which y being carried on He also spoke of of such teams here and r business nt expense to of the teams, and of the the owners thereof. Commisstones for the , and that their peti- by 5 de- cision in tix The Commi. privately for adjourned, it is understood that the ulation will be modified to some extent, but in what respects they decline to now state 2 ~~ GIRL AMONG THE SNOW SROVELERS, Comes From Coney Island and Earns B23 With Her Cart. From the New York Tritune. Among the many vehicles pressed into service by the street cleaning department in removing the snow on Thursday night has been # big double sand cart, which was ght from Coney Island by Mamie Ho- n and her young brother. The girl, who is nineteen years old, drove the team her- self and hel; to shovel the snow into the wagon. She and her brother reached this y 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, once went to work. They stopped at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, after car- rying thirty-seven loads of snow, having | ear $23.08. After getting rid of the last load the girl drove to a feed store, sked her wagon full of oats and hay sent her brother home with the load, going home herself by train. The girl drove a stage at Coney Island last summer. She believed to be a man when she went to work on Thursday, as, although she was clad in woman's attire, she wore a man’s heavy overcoat over her while a hood concealed her long hair. The captain of a tugboat which put in for water at pier No. 7, where she dump- ed the snow, first Giscovered that a girl was driving a snow cart. With some idea of having fun he played the hose toward he Quick as a flash the girl drew a loaded r volver, leveled ft at the man and told him that she stood no nonsense from any one. The captain apologized and the girl jump- ed on her cart and drove away. Once in the course of the night she applied to the tick- et man on the pier for a larger shovel, say- ing that hers was too smail. — One of the Kaiser's Jokes. From a London Paper. There are many good anecdotes about the German emperor, and it must be owned that they all prove the kaiser to have no small amount of humor. The following, which comes from Herr Ehlers, the travel- er, is smarter than most. The emperor and Ehlers were college chums from Bonn, and the emperor never forgot his old fellow student. At Bonn, on special occasions, the different corps used to drink to one anoth- er, and the following set form was always used: The president of the Palatio Corps raises his glass, saying: “I have the great henor and pleasure to empty my glass in drinking to the Corps of Borussia!" The president of the latter corps then replies: “he corps thanks and drinks.” On the birth of one of the sons of the emperor, Ehiers telegraphed him: “I have the great henor and pleasure to empty my giass in drinking to the youngest Hohenzollern.” The emperor promptly wired back: “The youngest Hohengollern thanks and drinks.” ood idea is AY eep some Pearline ina sifter, ready to use fox floor-washing, dish-washing, etc., You sprinkle a little over the - floor, for instance, and then pst wash with a wet cloth. e how much more convenient to use than soap, to say nothing of the easier work ! re buyirg and using Pearline simply for washing clothes, and not for is of washin: and cleaning, out-of a great wr Substitute Measare Introduced by Repre- sentative Jenkins. A Matter of Considerable Local Im- portance—Approved by the Commissioner: Representative Jenki: of Wisconsin, tn reporting to the House a substitute for House bill 6859, “to quiet land titles in the District of Columbia,” has submitied an elaborate report upon the measure. He says, in part: “The purpose of this substitute is the Same as the original bill—to provide a pro- ure whereby persons having title to land in the District of Columbia by ad- verse possession may establish such title by matter of record and e it market- able. Where one has gone into possession of land under a void or defective dceu or under a contract of sale, made by a vendor who dies before executing a deed, the ap- parent record utle remains in the oviginal owner or in his heirs, even after such owner or heirs are barred by lapse of time from asserting such title. The apparent defect in the paper title of the occupant, however, makes such title unmarkeiable, or at least depreciates its value, unless the fact of adverse possession can be establish- ed by matter of record and some document evidencing that fact can be inserted as a link in the chain of title. “We are informed that quite a large num- ber of lands in this District are held by oc- cupants whose titles by adverse possession are good, but whose paper titles are de- fective, and the lands are therefore unmar- ketable. The committee understand that the measure now proposed is indorsed by two of the judges of the Supreme Court of the District and several leading members of the bar. The Commissioners of the Dis- trict have also approved the present bill and expressed a hope of its speedy puss 5 “Your committee have anticipated = jon to this measure on the secure of the s posed injustice or impossibility of pro- ceeding against unknown defendants, and the point has received serivus considera- tion. It is conceived that the proposed pro- cedure is not essentially different from the practic well established in other of giving notice by publication to abs ent or foreign defendants. Thai notice may. be so given in cases having in view the es- tablishment of plaintiff's title to property within the jurisdiction of the court, or the subjection of such property to some ciaim of the plaintif€ against the absent owner, is beyond doubt. “The substitute is practically the Mis- souri statute relating to the same subject. It covers what is sought for by the origi- nal bill, and having been in use for a long itme has considerable approval and is less objectionable than the original, and is sat- isfactory to interested parties.” 2-2 —— MAJOR WHAM'S RECORD. he Bill to Restore Him to His Status in the Army. The House military committee's report on the bill to enable the President to set aside, annul or expunge the proceedings of a cour ch found Major Joseph W. Wham guilty of refusing to pay a debt which he insisted he did not owe and never had, and to restore him to his forme status in the United States army, was made today by Mr. McDonald. It coneluc as follo’ “Finally, to pile Pelion on Ossa, Put on one end of the scales of justice the com- plainant’s wholly unsupported and cont digtory testimony and on the other the t timony of Hon. Otto Gramm, state tr urer of Wyoming and lessee of the Lara- mie rolling mills, a most reliable and re- sponsible business man, and the testimony of Hon. M. C. Jahren, city attorney of Laramie, Wyo.. and Major Wham, who had correctly acounted for millions of public funds. Now, add to this the abrogation on both trials of the rule of law requiring a fact to be proven by the best evidence, which, in this case, is the express receipt or record, registered receipt or letter, or check, which would necessarily bear Major Wham's indorsement, and we are unable to see how any earthly power could make Major Wham’s vindication clearer. It cer- tainiy has been axiomatically proven, if not demonstrated, that Major Wham did not owe this money. “That this fearful injustice to a gallant soldier of the great republic may be speed- ily corrected and a great wrong righted the committee concur in the recommenda- tion of the Secretary of War for the pass- age of the bill. The Secretary's report, hereto attached, after stating that he ‘de- voted considerable time to the considera- tion of the concludes as follows: at the unexpired portion of the sentence could be remitted by the Pres- ident, and he could be restored to duty, but in my opinion this would not be a full 1 1 therefore relief.’ his report, at Major Wham’s ‘record dur- $a brilliant one,’ and, judg: ing from the following testimonials, his r during peace as a paymaster has been no less brilliant: Major Wham, while serving under me in the Department of the Atlantic, per- formed his duties in a courteous and satis- factory manner, promptly and most excel- There were none better, ‘Very truly yours, (Signed) DANIEL McCLURE, 2NIU ‘iPUOTOD, .. ieee nenperical of Major Wham's service under my command in the Depart- ment of Arizona he performed his Guties in a prompt, courteous and satisfactory manner. (Signed)- “*‘ALEXANDER McDOWELL McCOOK, “*Major General, Retired.’ “‘Major Wham, paymaster, U. 8. A., while stationed at my headquarters in 1892 attended promptly, courteously and satisfactorily to his duties. - (Signed) “WwW. P. CARLIN, “ ‘Brigadier General and Brevet Major General, U. S. A., Retired.’ “Brigadier General E. 8, Otis, now com- manding Department of Colorado, and the last department commander under whom Major Wham served, at the conclusion of en extended letter, says: “*His (Major Wham’ services were dis- charged promptly and satisfactorily.’ “Attached is a recommendation for the congressional medal of honor on two dis- tinct occasions by Major General Kimball, Major Wham’s division commander dur- ing the war, and by Major General D. K. Stanley, United States army, for bounding over the works at Franklin and going to the rescue of a fallen comrade, and a few days later, at Nashville, Tenn., planting the colors of Grant's old regiment first on Montgumery Hill, the apex of the confed- erate position. Also a recommendation for promotion to paymaster general, signed by the entire Illinois delegation, irrespective of party, and C. T. Christiansen, manager Drexel, Morgan & Co.; Rev. Wm. Hayes Ward, ‘editor of the Independent, and Gen- eral Horace Porter.” Cause of Delny. In reply to a request from the Northeast Suburban Citizens’ Association that a thor- oughfare be laid out parallel to the Balti- more and Ohfo railroad from Mount Olivet road through Winthrop Heights, the Dis- trict Commissioners state that they are now prevented from forming the final plan for street extension in this section by the delay of the railroad to come to any agree- ment relative to removing its grade cross- ings in the District. They say that as soon as some agreement is reached it will be possible to formulate a street plan for the section, which will then ‘be submitted to the association. eens Found a Fossil Cypress Swamp, Frem the Baltimore Sun, During a recent excursion to Bodkin Point, at the mouth of the Patapsco, under the auspices of the Maryland Geological Survey and the Woman's College Museum, a fossil cypress swamp deposit was found buried twelve feet beneath the surface, it having been cxposed to view by the action of the waves in wearing away the bay cliffs. Numerous cypress stumps were seen in upright position, with their roots in Place, and exhibiting the peculiar “knees” characteristic of these trees. Some of the stumps were of gigantic dimensions, the largest measuring about ten feet in diam- eter at the top. The stumps, roots and trees are In a surprising state of preserva- tion as soft brown lignite. TO ESTABLISH LAND TITLES | ?“2eeeeuouone Johnston's a point to give our customers the ee antage of our very large purchases, Wl hereby we secure much lower prices than LN We ape = others. iPresh Meat Reduction. ‘BEEF, 4% Magnificent fresh and sweet a ng and Stewing Beef at 4c. Porterhouse Steak... .15¢. ib. Rib Roasts at. S ib. Sugar-cured Shoulders alb. Cut from the choicest beeves. Sirloin Steak. .... Sea gcu bs Good Roasts at........7¢. Ib. Sugar-cured Ham SLOG: 5 $ ; 5 Best Burbank Potatoes, eve and GOOD COOKERS. y bushel Special Reduction Sale of : Potatoes, 79e. bu. guaranteed SOUND Star Soap, 2c. Electric Star Soap, 2c. cake; Borax Soap, 2c. cake: Shultz’s Star Soap, 2}c.: Babbitt’s der, 34c. $ : Cakes, $ Havenner's Oyster Crackers.5e.Ib. Havenner’s Ginger Snaps... 5c. Ib. Honey Jumble Cakes. ....12c. Ib. Cheese at special price. New, Large, Fat, Peaches for Prunes for Hominy, Hominy 12 cans of Baby 10c., large size Tryphoso at = = ‘ay 's Soap, 4c.; Procter 3c. cake; Soapine, 5-cent size for 3} GOOD, FRESH, WELL-BAKED SUGAR GAKES AT 68. LB. EGGS, 154° Doz {Fresh Country Eggs, from the farmers 3 and Virginia, at 15'4¢. doz. Bright Mackerel ¢ nsteise SUGAR: Ibs. of Grant lated Sugar and 314 Ibs. of 30c. Ja¥aland Mocha Coffee, lbs. of Granulated Sugar and 1 Ib. of 50c. green, black or mixed Tea, all for Large boxes of Ball Blue con= taining 200 balls, for irits, Loose Rolled ae Yellow Granulated Corn Meal, Green Dried Peas, Yellow Navy Beans, Large Grain Rice, Barley, Condensed Milk for Miller’s Cocoa, small boxes, Boxes of either Table Jelly 0 or vo nes ior = = 731 7th St. r & Gamble’s Oleine, ; Babbitt’s 1776 Soap Pow- 6e. Ib. Havenner’s auaig rackers Havenney: Graham Cr Butter Scotch Cakes 12c. lb. Elgin Butter,Q3¢@ Ib. You save 5 cents per pound at this special price. Tarbel Cream 12c. Ib.§ all for 50c. 1 bbi. best Family Flour for $4. 90 4 lbs. bright Virginia Apples ee 8c. 4 ibs. bright California Evap. 25C. 4 lbs. new California Sweet DAC. 10c. Split Peas for soup, best » etc., are in great demand. Brand 1 OO 20c. 10c. = aaa The Remodeled King’s Palace shall be one of the finest department stores in town. Any $4 and $5 Jackets at 51.38. Take your choice of any Jacket in the house that sold for $4 and $6 and pay $1.38. A great lot of them in the latest styles and ef- fects. Kerseys, Beavers and Bouck © $1.38 Cloth Jackets—nicely lined, Choice. Any $6, $7, $8, $9 and $10 Jackets at $2.98. in both plain and including ibe, 2tylieh Rosslan ash color—Cadets, All-silk lined garment Sot ements Any $12, $15: Jackets for $4.98. Some ned with pl ers with fancy silk atrap | seame—pai etna stitch e newest effects in Kersev, Broadcloth an Rough Cloth. Never wat suck offered. Chek é ° Seal Plush Naps, worth $20, $30, $4@and $50. Jackets, Coats and Saéqués, Visites and Do mans. Hest quality of real ead. iat sil and quilted lint THIS SEASON ne 200) ferations, they pe form with the infest st few left. ‘# value All L Children's Coats go fer. $10 Silk Skirts, $5.48. - Elegant ge nl Ra gir with la and’ tailored ine the oiatest Percaline Hned—vel vet ; ) } | } ) ‘ : WE’RE STILL SELLING. Although our front is torn out and the workmen are busy with the remodeling, we are still doing business. There are thousands of dollars’ worth of goods which we are willing to dispose of at next to nothing rather than have them spoiled. These prices w: some idea of the vastness of the bargains. ill give you Spring Styles in Suits. We have just received a shipment of new spring goods, and, rather than have them spoiled by the dust, we sacrifice them along with the rest. Ladies’ $12 to $15 Suits. Russian .Blouses, in the new shades—demi- train and bell effects—Jackets silk lined— Skirts lined with percaline. Handsomely trim- med Ik braid and satin pi; decided I 39c. and 49c. Garees: 75 dozen handsome Silk Garters, l6c. with fancy buckles—your choice...... . Ladies’ 25¢. Ribbed V and ribbon around nec! Ladies’ $1.00 Scarlet Medicated Bhiste Drawers—now : Ladies’ $1.69 Superb Quality Vest: blue, natural and white Boys’ $1.00 Natural Wool Shires and Draw: ers—sizes 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, S4—now Boe. with long ences 12ige. Children’s 75c. Wool Ribbed Union Saits— } from 2 to 12 years. “Ladies: One lot of Embroiders-trimmed Skirts and Drawers—reguiar 68c. quallty—t ae Drawers, Chemises and Corset Covers—elab- orately trimmed—worth T5c.—now. oc, Bleached Canton Flannel Drawers, Be fled—trimmed . s 19e, Children’s Canton Flannel Drawers, are assorted sizes. 12h%e. Drawers—cheap at 35¢.—now. Night Drawers—-cheap at 35¢.—no 4 $1.50 8 and 10-batton Suede Mousquetatre Kid Gloves—black or colors—all sizes. A Famous Ic. Table. « Se. “Embroldery—25e. Belts—1244c. Cape Col- lara and Cuffs—25c. and 50c. Fancy Buttons— 12%. and 15e. ». Star Brald—10e. Belting—15e. Skirt ISe. Canvas Belts—Sc. Hooks and es—15c. Cc. Hats—all kinds of Jew . = cards of Darning ‘ Cotton—5e. White Cotton--Se. Colored SUk Lacing. Your ehoicé for. 812-814 7th St, or of Marylana® $l 00" } KING? s PALACE, 715 Market Space. } de we we we Te eee » Cutting Still Deeper Into Shoe-=Prices. “MIDWI has been one of the Our TER CLOSING-OUT SALI st_successiul sales we ever held, but the stock on hand was so enormously large that we still have a great many more Shoes on hand than we should have. { Spring Shoes are already coming t we are cutting still deeper into the ‘k Washington has ever known to insure posal of lines we desire to discontinue We guarantee the wear of every pair of our Shoes, no matter what the price—and here are special | reductions for tomorrow that will be appreciated by { all wide-awake, economical Shoe wearers: Children’s Shoes. e in west the i some ” Bottoms. ".. O9e, Triple Wear" $1.29 Made ‘an Willow, Rates, Laced 3 le Leather woonly... Yomorr Ladies’ Shoes. 3 | 6 apd $1.00 Hand lin Ladies with S Tar Cycle Cloth oy far «Whi Reots, i Spring Chocolate $1.19 Men’s Shoes. PINCH” $1.37 | | ‘Tomorrow. $4.00 Finest $4.00 French al Enamet if and Tan Will $2. 37 omorrow. Tomorrow Soll Doutte ste It Tomorrow. -WM.HAHN &CO,’S: Hessen SHOE HOUSES, 920 and 922 7:h st., | 1914 and 1916 Pa. ave., 233 Pa. ave. .e. Se Ce Oh AED Another 14 Off Sale Of Children’s Suits. Tomorrow you have a chance to buy any knee pants suit in the house for 1 less than regular prices. All the fancy junior suits are included--and as many of them are medium weights--here’s an opportunity to buy a suit or two suitable for spring wear at an enormous saving. All the reefers and overcoats will be 4 off, too. Seesonteetesgontectettotiottesdontestotgodiodiegodinete dnote etnodtotteete Sednetetedetetnttictntetntetedy Tell the ‘‘men folks’? that tomorrow night will probably end the $9.90 special suit sale. It means a choice from garments worth up to $16.50--see that they give it their attention the first thing tomorrow morning. And, mention, the special $2.90 sale of men’s pants, too. EISEMAN BROS., Cor. 7th and E Streets N.W. No Branch Store in Washington. Sete poe % Seedontenteateeteste Seeseegongontentons {j 1 s shh hhhhhhhhh hhh i hhh hbhR heehee eee eee eee ee ease) eeeerrrrrrsreeseer Don’t Miss the Everett Auction Sale! The news of the sale of Everett's matchless stock of Jewelry, Diamonds, Precious Stones, Watches, beauti- ful Bric-a-Brac and Art Novelties at public auction is rapidly spreading—and from all sections of the city come throngs of buyers eager to avail themselves of the un- usual buying opportunities presented. 2 Sales Each Day At 10:00 A. M. and at 2:30 P. M. The sales will be continued cach day until the entire stock is disposed of. No prudent person can afford to remain away—for such a chance to secure gifts and other articles from Everett's incomparable stock at YOUR OWN PRICE only comes once in a life time. Weigh these facts carefully—can you resist them? 1 heptee tupentetetatebendapeenietetetedeateitanendatapentenetate C. H. LUENGENE, Auctioneer. Everett Art Store, 1225 F St. fet-1m HUMORS OF ALL } Baga Caco Sow Siri _-- CANMERTS DYED ingreaflng Se it ‘your Werks Fuscat siete a “4 found to be the oniy rational cure for Wh ieaiun Catarrh, Bronchitis and Asthma, eid Batabtehed Gest i drugeiete, ebay