Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1898, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1898-16 PAGES. Special Value. and Small Silk. Xo | kewl mare 5 vahe L0c ove. House Linens. 1 6o-cent valu Oy man Loom peti terne u« 44 cents. At 3.¢ 4 Tinek Tw * Inches long 1 and blue pat- at &5 cents. AlLsilk Sa Du- Spring Suits. lined Jacket and Skirt, al Price, $8.48. ront fue and black Special Price, $9.88. . best quality Jacket silk lined, Tailor-made Cloth Suit, in dark shad Jacke Hy front and silk Hned. Special Price, $6.48. Silk Skirts. ded S'Ik Skirts, handsome pat- Te and in afi lengths. Good Special, $5.25. 7 t prices. Opening of Sp We have now on sale our s Foliage. ¢€. BAUM, 41 See LRM EEE PDPPEEOEOEO OSS SEE EEO PRINCE DAVID AND HIS FIANG Thes etuate Their Fron ey Anneur Davie Kawananakoa and Pri s Kaiulani € orn of Hawaii is an indication in some Way that they have not given up hope of a restoration of the old idle conditions, when only the lewest order had to work and life happy-go-lucky dream, rendered the murmur of tropic wave: 1singly on the coral beach- however, for junction of two formerty called “crown lands.” Princess Kaiu s the heiress of Liliuo- who is her aunt, and Prince David n« blood of the warrior king, Kame- though not a direct descendant umion will unite the royal strains of it will be strictly a marriage de nance Washington in the spring of 18 € common novoriety that there > lost between the youngster i t une It is more. tnd David .was i> intimates said that Ss of state. 1 him well enough and her sex’s usual generos' but she did not care for tic. It was said at the time, as rings are so of svid in Washing- she was atiached to a young ign. who nade one of the crew aval tub that used to roll and t South Pacific and made en as the admiral would ain that the flirtation ry perate while it > youthful offic About chis royal ciubs. It was sah, good-natured ybody brought into con ed it. From Kamehameha, hoola-hoola dance, alway: family, a d ft ho loved . down io Kalakaua. who doted on poker. it w Sportive. People regret i meny of us regret the pass E com and tallow candies and knockers on front doors and many other useless and ro- mantic things. In person Prince David is not a great deal of a man. Most of the Kanakas are tall and well built, but he is slender and un- dersized. He is not more than five feet three in his boots, and is poor of flesh. His face is rather a handsome one, with a delicate feminine cast of feature. He has @ spectral black mustache, much like th= thin horsehatr-looking mustaches we see sometimes on the lips of Japanese, and his complexion is the clear. nutty brown of his Yace. He does not strike one as Possessing more than ordinary force of character. H= ds quick and graceful in movement, and his Manners are equable and highly polished. He has a low,soft and exquisitely melodious ‘Voice, and speaks English correctly. but not with fluency. He has been well educated and dresses well. Princess Kaiulani, now in her twenty- Second year, would be considered a hand- svine woman in any company. She ts a half-caste. Underneath her dark skin the warm blood comes and goes in a rich dusky tide that is never still. Her eyes are long dark and lustrous; her mouth, which is Bell, if sensually, shaped, discloses two rows of perfect teeth: her nose is “tip-tilted like the petal of a flower.” and her figure. like Uhat of all the females of her race, is BAUM | * | 416 Seventh St. Specials for T Opening of New Silk Waists. We call special attention that we show the latest and largest ck oi Ladies’ Waists, guaranteed Hats. Bonnets and Toques, Novelties in Untrimmed Hats, Flowers, Trimmed Walking and Cycling. Hats. We show a large collection of Trimmed Walking Hats, Toques, ‘Turbans. Saifors, all at popular prices. Special Value. Large and Hand- some Designs Black Mohairs, the latest skirts, double width. Se. value | " 45c. uesday. At 34 cents. st Indizd Bine Prints, in stripes and neat At 25 cents. Red and Half-blenched Table Cloth, 25 cents. trimmed ni Sizes from S. htgowns. go-cent value for 50 cents. Empire style, trimmed with fine lace and Hamburg insertings, full width and length. - Special Skirt for 29 cents. Ladies’ Muslin Skirts, tucks and cambric rutie, full width. Seegestendontoatoatoeteetectenteesenseosentententonsoesoeseesersee settee gery Special Wrapper for 42 cents. Ladies’ Spring Styles Percale Wrappers, new goods, latest style, all sizes, full widths. 42 cts. Ladies’ Skirts of fancy cloths. Bayadere ef- fects, in new green, brown and navy, latest cut and tailor made. Special Price, $1.98. tailor made and at special ring Millinery. pring importation of Trimmed seeeegetostentondonce areteetostostontot aeeegeegeetentedetecteeteeteatentontentetestees 6 Seventh St. x $ & | engeete kind-hearted and as simple in her tast nild, is an excellent amateur musi. a little and is one of the most exp swimmers on the islands. Joined to all this, she is a thoroughly modest girl, independ- | ent in thought and speech, but well poi It is not any wonder that the naval er went to rum in his desolation. Those who know s Cleghorn,” as the republicans of Hawaii insist upon calling her, ar aware that when she becomes the Princ; Kawanarekoa she will rule the roost. The man who engineered this marriage is, in all human proba! Mr. Paul Neu- mann. Mr. Paul Neumann, now sixty years old, was attorney general in the cabinet of Queen Liliuokalani. He is, taken by and large, the most attractive, dissolute, roar- ing, laughing, engaging old adventurer that ever sailed the southern seas or swallowed a poi cocktail. A man of many climes and many peoples, a learned, polished, brave, scheming man, he has been faithful always to the interests of his former mistress and devoted to the fortunes of her house. was Neumann who came to this country immediately after the revolution, recognizing instantly that the cause of the queen was lost, set himself to retrieve as much of her wealth as possible frem the wreck. Liliuokalani owes ft to him that he lives in luxury today. His purpose was mpromise, and be effected it without sbowing his fac e above the surface. killed diplomats than prince of good the Kohemian Club of San Franci It and, vivant, a gourmand of the first. water, warrior who lo: for » limb in some long 4 Otten coup d'etat in San Salvador, a 2” of a good song and teller of a good fighting, adventurous |. a prime favorite with who recognizes in him a n worthy of his steel. income of “Queen Lil” ts $20,000 an- ly, derived from “crown lands” re- | served to er by the Dole government. It is an instance of the singular magnanimity of this government that her torfeited after her unsu of three years ago. lands will go to K ani when Liliuokalani dies. he n ample income in her’ own right, descend- ed to her from her. shert-inved princess mother and the dead Cleghorn. — Prine= David owns many acres of ¢ e lands and coffee lands. In the ue the royal strain will be kept alive, and the two prop- erties massed will make the estate one of the largest on the islands. fae ete A RAILROAD STATION me was not ful rebellion has ABANDONED. Depot at Fairmount, IL, Nailed Up as a Retaliatory Measure. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Wabash Railroad Company has vir- tually wiped out the station at Fairmount, Il. The depot is nalled up. The telegraph instruments were taken out and the sérv- ices of the agent dispensed with. Only one train a day stops in the town, which has about 1,000 inhabitants. The right of way has all been fenced in and the elevators and other buildings on the right of way have been ordered removed. The depot, it is said, will be moved two miles east, where the railroad expects to build up another station. The trouble commenced a year ago, when the Wabash company, through some legal informality, escaped paying the taxes assessed against it. was also claimed to be very poor for Fair- mount. The village autfiorities, to get even, insisted on a strict enforcement of the ordinance limiting the speed of fast trains through the village. The train service Phenomenal Clearance Sale | Prices in Furniture and Housefurnishings. Our great six-story building price cutting than was ever kn a Mecca for Furniture buyers. crowding to purchase, while prices are at such extreme depths of lowness. Remember, we are complete homefurnish- ers—everything that the most lavishly furnished house wants you will find here in abund- ance, and on everything has the and you can make the payments convenience you. EEE EEE EE EE EEE EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE EEE EEE EE EE EEE EEE EEE EEE ment is completely given over to the bargain hunter. Never was such From all over the city they are price been cut to the quick during this Clearance Sale. hesitate to tell us to charge your purchases. We gladly do so, House & Herrmann, Liberal Homefurnishers, Seventh and I Sts. N. W. is now the scene of more keen own before. The whole establish- : We have opened up a splendid line of 98 Baby Carriages. Never so easy that they will never in- eik COMING CONFERENCE The Annual Session of Baltimore Body of Methodists, STATISTICAL SHOWING OF YEAR AGO Sketches of Those Who Compose the Bishop's Cabinet. THE PROBABLE CHANGES The 114th arntal session of the Ralti- more conf2rence of the M. E. Church will begin Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock in Waugh Church, corner 3d and A streets northeast. There will be two sessions each day during the ensuing week and a mis- sionary or other anniversary m:2eting each evening. The delegates are expected to arrive in the city tomorrow, and there is scarcely a doubt that when Bishop Merrill calls th> conference to order nearly every member of the body will be in his place. As was to Bishop S. M. Merrill. be expected, there is much interest among the members of the denomination ir, this city regarding the business of the confer- ence, and it goes without saying that Waugh will be pa d to its utmost ca- pacity at ev x of that body. During the year six of the best- known preachers of the conference passed These wer> Revs. Levin D. Herron, eee ‘ Norris, J. McKendree Reiley, A. J. sensuous perfection itself. She walks like | Bender, H. M. Harmon and John J. F. Ack. @ Spanish woman and carries herself like a | erman.’ Of these Dr. Reiley and Dr. H Vassar graduate. She is imtelligent. merry tion were regarded as among th> foremcs the leaders of th Chureb in the Unit Methodist Hpiscopal d States. Action of the Laymen. » the meeting of the conferenc> 1 year an event has transpired which is re- garded as possessing great signiiicance. Some months ago a larg> number of r2pre- sentative laymen throughout the confer- ence met in convention in Baltimore and formed what is known es the Laymen’s Or- fanization, which, beginning this year, will ible annually in what>ver churea th> conference of that year ig held. ‘The first annual meeting of this body will take place Si at Waugh Church Friday afternoon and evening next. The object of the organiza- tion is to s2cure ,certain changes in the government of the church. Those compos- ing the Laymen’s Organization favor equal representation in the general conference, the introduction of laymen into the annual conferences and the election of presiding elder. Mention has been made in The Star that Rev Dr. F. R. Bristol, D. D., of Evanston, lll, has been selected as the pastor of Metropolitan Chureh, Washington, to suc cecd Dr. Johnston, the pres2nt pastor, who has accepted a call to State Street Churoh, Trenton, N. J., and while these changes are regarile] af certain to take plae>, the arrangements can only be perfected vy the indorsement of Bishop Merrill, who, for the time being, has immediat> charge of ali matters rejating to the Baltimore confer- ence. Other changes which will take place owing to the fact that each of the ministers named has served the allotted period of five years in his present charge, wil! be the fol- t Church, Baltimore, T. P. Chapel, Baitimore, James T. Wilson; North Avenue, Baltimore, B. G. W. Reid; Hereford, Baltimor2 county, William Rodgers; Lonaconing, Allegany county, ( Alford; Ryland, Washington, $. M. Hart- atonsville, Baltimore county, .D. G: Miller, and Clifton, Baltimore, R. W. H. Weech. lowing: Fi Frost; We The Membership Rolls. ‘The latest published official statistics of the conference state that within its jurisdiction there were 43,918 full members and 4, bationers; that during the preceding twely months there were 558 deaths; that 3,208 children and 330 adults were baptized, and that there were then 422 Sunday schools, with 7,457 officers and 55,193 scholars. There were also 415 churches, the value of which amounted to $3,478,000. The number of parsonages was 127, and their value $458,- 400. There was also paid during the year for building and improving church property, , and an indebtedness on church property of $25,549. : The Star has already published a sketch of Bishop Merrill. In the discharge of his onerous duties the bishop will have the as- sistance of a cabinet, composed of Rev. Luther B. Wilson, D. D., presiding elder of Washington district; Rev. W. N. Ferguson, rresiding elder of Baltimore district; Rev. William S. Edwards, D. D., presiding elder of the East Baltimore district; Rev. Charles W. Baldwin, presiding elder of the West Baltimore district, and Rey. J. R. Wheeler, presiding elder of the Frederick district. Members of Cabinet. Dr. Wilson is one of the best known min- isters in Washington. He graduated at Dickinson College, Pa., in theology, in 1875, leaving which he entered the University of Maryland School of Medicine and graduated in 1877. He became a member of the Bal- timore conference tie following year, since which time he has had charge of churches at Hancock, Md.; Woodbury, Summerfield, Jackson Square and Strawbridge, Balti- more, being transferred from the latter in 1800 ‘to Wesley Chapel, this city. After serving as pastor there three years he was, in 1894, promoted to be presiding elder, in which position he has since continued and where he will probably remain for two years longer, the usual term for presiding elders. Besides being very active in the discharge of duties which appertain to the presiding eldership, Dr. Wilson is much in- terested in the affairs of the National Antt- Saloon League, and is one of its vice presi- dents. Rev. W. M. Ferguson began his minis- terial career in 1869 at Foundry Church, Washington, of which Rev. Dr. Lucien Clark is now pastor. His appointments have been as follows: Hampstead, Union Bridge, Linganore, Catonsville, Winchester, Va.; West River, Baltimore circuit, Reis- terstown, North Baltimore station, Fourth Street, now Trinity, Washington, D. C.; South Baltimore station, from which he was in 1894 appointed presiding elder. He is also likely to serve his full term of six ears. < Rev. Dr. Edwards entered the conference forty-two years ago, and his father, the eminent W. H. Edwards, D. D., was a member of the same body for fifty-eight years. The present Dr. Edwards graduated at the Boston University School of Theol- ogy. and he was the first graduate of a Methodist theological institution to enter the Baltimore conference, in which he was received on trial in 1856. Circuit Rider in Virginia. The first two years of his ministerial life were spent as a circuit rider in Virginia, but in the fall of 1857, at the request of Bishops Ames and Waugh, he was trans- ferred to the Miunesota conference, where he was pastor of two churches in St. Paul fer to until 1859, when he was reti junior preac! in ‘a. the ensuing nine years he held a number of important charges, but in the spring of 1869 he was, at the request of a church in Williamsport, Pa., transferred to the Cen- tral Pennsylvania ‘conference and assign- ed to a station in “There ‘he remained for two years, when he again came: back to, the Baltimore conference, with which he has. been connected for the ‘past twenty-seven years. His churchee during that period hav, nm Broadway, Baltimore; Caroline Sts Baltimore, and Cumberland. Next he was presiding elder for two years, at the that time be- ing returned, by his own desire, to the pastorate. In 85 ed McKen- Gree; Washington; f° “he was “pas- tor of Dumbarton. Avenye: from 1888 to 1894 he was presiding: eHfer of the Balti- more district; in 1896. =—was appointed presiding elder of the Past Baltimore dis- trict, and is. likely. to le in. that po- sition, should his health and inclination permit, until 1901. Dr.gB@wards has been a member of the general conferences which met in 1880, 1892 and U¥weAt the general conference of 1880 he was elected a mem- ber of the general missionary committee, on which he served four year. Dr. Ed- wards was also a delegusp tothe first ecumenical conference, ef, Methodists; heid | in London in 1891. aig Rev. Mr. Baldwirt te riduatée of Yale College. When a youdé thn he studied law under. two distingutshed~ attorneys: of Baltimore, and subsequently took a course of theology in Yale. S ary and in the Union Theological School.’ He was admit- ted into the Baltimore Conference in 1886. His appointments have been Severn ci cuit, Ryland Church, Washington; Here- ford circuit, East Baltimore station; Ben- nett Memorial, Baltimore; Patapsco cir- cuit, Huntington Avenue, Baltimore; Cen- ter Street, Cumberland; Union, Washing- ton, and Wesley Chapel, Washington. In 1890. when Bishop Hurst undertook the establishment of the American University, he invited Mt. Baldwin to assist him in the work. After aiding the bishop for sev- eral years and having completed what he regarded as hfs missfon ih the matter, he requested Bishop Hurst'"to release him from further service and restore him to the pastorate. Accordingly, when Rev. L. B. Wilson, then pastor of Wesley Chapel of this city, was appointed presiding elder of the Wishington district, Mr. Baldwin was reappointed pastor of that church. In 1894 he was appointed to Nis present office. Rev. J. R. Wheeler is one of the oldest members of the conference, having been admitted thereto in 1853, and consequent- ly has been in active ministry for forty- five years. The first twelve years of his itinerant life were spent ‘in the valley of Virginia, during which time he was pas- tor of churches in Lexington, Winchester, Staunton and other places. He was also for three years stationed- at Alexandria, Va. He has served Wesley and Waugh churct es, Washington, am several of the leading churches in Baltimore. He is now closing his sixth year as presiding: elder of Frederick district. The Meeting Place. Waugh Church ts regarded as especially well adapted as a meeting place for the conference. It is free from the noise and bustle incident to other localities, and yet is centrally tocated. The‘ church had its origin in a mission Sunday school which was established by Wesley Chapel. The first meeting was held Sunday, March 13, 1853, in a small one-story house of two rooms on Massachusetis avenue between 3d and 4th streets northeast. There were eight persons in attendance. ‘The congre- gation increased so rapidly that at no less than four different times within the next two years the mission had to seek larger quarters. The site of the present church was purchased-in 1854, and the cornerstone laid September 5 by Bishop Waugh. The basement was dedicated May 13, 1855, and the upper room February, 7, 1858, at which time the churgh was given the name it at present bears. Extensive alterations and repairs were made in 1866 and again in IN4. In 1895 a large pipe organ was added. During Its ex- istenee the church has had nineteen regu- lar pasiors, the first being. Rev. G. H. Day, who was selected in Marchg- 18 yhile its present pastor is Reve Eg;Olin Eldridge. There are about 700 nemesion the church roll and there is a Sumday;school of over 500. The officers of therhurch are as fol- lows: Stewards—Messrs, James A. Edgar, A. H. Marlow, J. M. Black, C. J. Towner, Clarence Lewis, J. M. &eonard, A. B. Cas- sidy, Mahlon Marsh, Jy Lots, A. W. Chapin, C. W. Ziegler, P. C. George and R. L. 8. Halpenny. Truste: r§;-Samuel H.Walk- er, Joseph Harper, A. If!’WYcox, J. H. En= twisle, L. E. Freeman,’ $D. Houck, J. H. Platt, William S..Nichoisom and R. J..N. Atwell. N SPAIN'S NEW REPRESENTATIVE. ! SenorDu ‘Bose, t Spantii ‘né abAP- has received a ‘cablegram from the minister of state fat Madrjd saying that the new minister to the United States Senor Polo y. Barnahe, will.sail today Gibraltar. This will bring him to Wash- ington. in about ten days. It is expected that his first.attention will be givan.to the new comméicial treaty between the United States “and Spain, with particu! refer- erce to Cuba.. His seryices as chief of, the cormmerciat bureau of the foreign of: ficehave given him charge of the ‘details leading up-to the negottations of: . this treaty, and he will come, it is Said, shar- ing the earnest desire of the Sagasia ad- ministration to put through this matter with the least delay possible. Minister Woodford has been carrying on the nego- tiations with the authorities at Madrid. and they are well along toward comple- tion. Senor Du Bose has expressed satisfaction at the more conservative tone of public sentiment within the last few days. Press reports from Madrid stated that ‘the au- thorities were jubilant over the receipt of important favorable infofmation from Ha- vana. In other quarters, however, the im- pression prevailed that this information aid not refer to the Maine inquiry, but concerned the general conduct of the in- surrection In Cuba. There have heen strong indications of late that the autonomist cab- inet, under the leadership of Govin, who is the recognized force of that body, would erdeavor to make terms with the separa- tist wing. and in turn secure the co-opera- tion of the insurgents in a movement tc cenclude the war. ——__—_+e._.___ CUBANS GREATLY ELATED. Dauntless’ Filibustering Expedition Leaders Return to Tampa. A special to the Philadelphia Press from ‘Tampa, Fla., !ast night says: The fillbuster- ing expedition which left Fernandina Feb- ruary 13, on the Dauntless, landod safeiy on Wednesday last on the coast of Cuba tn the province of Pinar del Rio. Twenty thousand dollars’ worth of arms.and am- munition and sixty-eight men were landed. Capt. John O’Brien, who carried the ex- pedition, arrived here tonight accompanied by Ger. Emilio Nunez of the Cuban army, who also went with the expedition. Capt. O'Brien denies the story sent out from Key West to the effect that they landed at Bar- ba Hondo, but refused to give the name of the landing place. At 10 o’clock yesterday mcrning Capt. O’Brien, Gen. Nunez and seven other Cuban leaders who left Fer- randina on the Dauntless, left that vessel in a small boat forty miles northeast of Key West end were transferred to the Mas- cotte. The Dauntless then proceeded north and is expected to arrive in Savannah to- morrow. 2 70. George A. Foster, onéloB:the owners of the Dauntless, arrived:‘hers tonight from Jacksonville, to meet the returning filibus- ters and was greatly clatéWbver the success of the expedition, which/4t was feared, had been interrupted or met/wittvalsaster. There is great rejoicing amofig@ubans here to- night over the success of fie expedition, as many of the men who eéthjosed it are from this city. mas The United States couf¢t#! in’ session here, and it is reported tonight Heit warrants will b> issued in the morning for the arrest of Capt. John O'Brien and : on a charge of violatt: by setting cn foot against Spain, the sa! departed from Fernan steamer Dauntless. Capt, O'Brien and ney Stripling end J: same hotel. O’Brien John Smith, but seet: on bis arrival ton! s oO New York. States Attor- | ke — the registers as le federal officials tered as John a 5 WANTS A DUEL WITH MASON, Madrid Editor Publishes a Challenge : in His Paper. A special to thé’ Philadelphia Press from Madrid says: Marquess de Altevilla, for- mer chief chamberlain of Queen Fsabella of Spain, publishes in‘ his Cardo, a name mé x “thistle,” a formal challenge to 1 ereraaene - ioE, Insults -he gddresseq, t0...Spain - Marquess dé Altavilla 6frers'to‘trevet in i ahgere une -witnessem ‘may choose IN GEORGETOWN Dedication Yesterday of Dumbarton Avenue M. E. Church. THREE SERVICES DRAW LARGE CROWDS Collection Taken and Debt Re- duced to $2,000. ee NOTES OF INTEREST The dedicatery exercises of the new Dumbarton, Avenue M. E. Church were held yesterday, and at ail of the services during the day the seating capacity of the edifice was taxed. Persons were present from all sections of the city, and the ap- pearance of the new structure. excited most favorable comment. According to the regular ‘order of exer- cises, three services were held yesterday, rot including the Sunday school rally, wkich was held in the forenoon. Bishop John Hurst, D.D., LL.D., was to have de- livered the sermon at 11 o'clock, but at the lest moment he was unable to fulfill his Fromise, owing to sickness. His place was taken by Rev. George Elliott, D.D., pastor of the Spring Garden Street Church, in Philadelphia, a former pastor of Dumbar- ton Avenue Church. With this excepiion, the program as previously prepared was carried out. 55 At 9 o'clock in the morning the Sunday school rally was commenced, being first on the program. Mr. John T. Mitchell, one of the prominent church members, was in charge. The principal address was made by Mr. Mitchell. He dwelt principally on the interest of the Sunday school in the wcrk of the congregation. Short addresses were made by others interested in the work of the Sunday school of the church. The school was presented with an oak reading Gesk, the donation of Miss Etta Sebastian. It was made for the purpose by her fatier, Mr. Richard Sebastian, who is a member of the church. The first service in the new church for the general congregation was held at 11 eclock. Dr. Elliott preached from He- brews, x1:30-40; “And these all having ob- tained a good report through faith, receiv- ed not the promise; God having provided er things for us, that they with- houid not be made perfect. A special service was held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at which Dr. jott again it. This service w ttended more largely than an: ig the day, and to accommodate the number of people ext chairs were pleced in the aisles end other portions of ch. At o'clock in the evening the pulpit wus oceupied by Rey. Luther Wilson, D.D. the presiding elder cf the local conferenc: His text was taken from Merk, iii:21. sermon was an able cne. At all of the services special collections were taken to help defray the cost of the improvements, and a total of ¢ was collected or pledged. The ments on the church cost exactly $1 ard before the werk had commenced a building fund of cver $10,200 had been raised, leaving a deficit of over $5,000. The collections yester@ay reduced this debt to a little over $2,000. Already plans have heen suggested looking toward the liquida- tion. of the amount. Improving the Canal, With all of the water out of the George- town level. the officials of the Chesapeake 4nd Ohio Canal Company are making a number of needed improvements in the waterway. The trench is being dug out in some places, receiving an annual cleaning, as it were. Along the Canal road the wall on the north side is. being repaired in places, while the embankment on the south Side ds being strengthened, All of the waste gates on this level are being looked after, and improvements that may be need- ed are being made. The same Sof work is being dore along the entire length of the waterway, so that there will be no hitch when the shipping season is ready to be opened. The season for traffic on the canal will most likely begin March 15. It is quite likely that a good many boats will start for Cumberland as ‘scon as the water is again turned on in the waterway, so as to be able to get a load and come down in quick order, The present. winter has been one of the best in the history of the canal, and for the first time in the spring period there are no indications existing ofa freshet or flood. There is ro ice on the river ani very little snow ithe mountainous regions of the Shenandoah, and the a! these two elements reduces the Ii a flood to a minimum. Accused of Stealing Pipe. Two unknown colored men were noticed Saturday by Policeman Sullivan endeavor- ing to sell two bundles of seven pipes each and five pieces of four-inch cast iron soil pipe. The pipes in the bundle were of gal- vanized iron, and measured nineteen feet in length each, the entire lot being in a one-horse wagon. The men visited Waters & Poore’s plumbing shop on 32d street and endeavored to sell the load at a reduced figure. Becoming suspicious, Mr. Water3 endeavored to hold the men in his shop while he sent for a policeman, but they escaped. The horse and wagon were aban- doned, and after remaining in the street for several hours were taken to the police station. Later in the day William Wells, colored, with two companions, called at the station. Wells claimed to own the team, and did not know how it was taken from his sta- ble without his knowledge. Close ques- tloning of the other members of the party revealed the fact that he knew more than he cared to tell, and all three were locked up, while Policemen Sullivan and Sam Burrows went in search of the men who were with the wagon. They were found at lith and I streets, and brought over to the station. They claimed that Wells gave them the pipe, ani told them he would give them half of what they sold it for. The prisoners are held at the station, and an effort is being made to find the owner of the material. First Sermon of Series. Rev. John F. Quirk, 8. J., of Georgetown University, delivered the first of a series of Lenten sermons yesterday at Trinity Church at the late mass. His text was on the first. words of the Savior on the cross, “Father, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do.” The speaker de- livered_an eloquent discourse on his sub- ject. Next Sunday at. the late mass he will deliver a discourse on the second words of the Savior, “Amen, I Say to Thee, This Day Thou Shalt Be With Me ir Paradise.” Brief Mentio: Quite a surprise was given the friends of Mr. J. F. Garrett of this place by the an- nouncement of his marriage to Mrs. Rose Perkins, which took place January 19 of this year. The c2remony was performed by the Rev. J. W. Norris of the Mount Olivet M. P. Church of Alexandria county, Va. The groom is a well-known dairyman of Langley, Va. % Revival services will be iraugurated this evening at the West Strect Presbyterian Church, and will continue every night of the week. Saturday afternoon about 6 o'clock car No. 357 of the Metropolitan electric struck a milk wagon near 34th and P streets. John Calhoun was driving the vehicle, but he was not injured. The horse was slightly hurt and the harness was broken. —_ , ASSISTANTS’ SIGNATURES VALID. “Cash or Credit—th —all the time you wi ASTONISHING LADIES’ $3.00 Skirts, in figured brilli For .. Fine Taffeta Silk Underskir Spanish flounce. up to $9.00. For............. boucle, astrachan effects, etc. IN THE MEN All-wool Men’s Suit $10.00. Now.. $12.00 to $15.00 Fine Dress Worsted, in sac up to $20.00... up to $16.50... * New York ot) | ELS he price remai THESE BARGAINS ARE CHAMPIONS. 3 READ, AND THEN SEE TH ; We have been the champion price cutters ever since we started in business. We do not expect to make big profits—we do not need to. Quick sales and plenty of them is the order of our house. Every day adds new bargains to our already enormous collection, = until now we have reached the climax. * extraordinary values offered at one time. Even at these prices you are welcome to all the credit you wish to pay in. and cut, percaline lined, velvet bound, perfect in hang. . Newest Bayadere effects, in navy ' mixture, well made and perfect setting. / BO Riceyees recon Seas 8 So 55 : A new lot of Black Japanese Silk Wais the newest style, entire front tucked across, blouse front, yoke back. A $6.00 waist. For.. Ladies’ Fine Blouse Suits, in blue and white, black 4 c. and white and green and white mixtures. s, full An $8.00 Skirt. Just a few Children’s Reefers left. All Ladies’ Coats, in black and tan, kerseys, Beavers, Worth up to $15.00..... ni s, broken sizes. Fine Worsted and Cashmere Suits Fine Blue and Black Kersey ins the same.” Never were so many really Do not be afraid to demand it. BARGAINS. antine, made fad $3 98 $58 _— oS Ha fae stylishly blue A black 00 Skirt. and $ made in $12.00 suit. 7 corded skirt, For. . Reefers worth DEPARTMENT, 98 Worth up to 54. 98 Worth from 7 4. 3(p-98 ks and cutaways. Worth -98 Overcoats, which sold “7 Clothing House, SEVENTH esdedetetetecetetectecec ee ete needed “311.” ETRAYED BY HIS VOICE. A Boy in the Role of a Wild Barba- rian is Embarrassing. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat Mr. Gottschalk, now in New Orleans as representative of musical attractions, tells an amusing stcry of the elder Sal- | vini, who for once at least lost tem- porarily his magnificent repose. About fifteen years ago Mr. Gottschalk was rep- resenting Salvin. The combination arriv- ed at a small one-night stand in the west. “Ingomar,” with its wild, hairy barbarians, was to be played. In order to put on the play properly it was necessary to take in a stock of barbarians, and the manager called into his office the men who gen- erally served as supers, but when they were told what they had to do and how they should be dressed, with decollete legs and frowsy whiskers, the men dis- played a startling unwillingness. They said that all their friends in town would guy them if they came on the stage in such a rig. No arguments. could ‘prevail with them; all the available men in town absolutely refused to go on as barba- riars. The manager was in 2 great strait. It was absolutely necessary to have the barbarians or they could not proceed. So he called into service all the large boys in the town and instracted themgin the part they weuld have to play. In one or two stenes “they were quired to shout a few words in chorus. ‘The manager did not think It necessary to worry Mr. Salvini about his supe diffi- culty, so that Mr. Salvini was tn blissful ignorance when he stepped before the ghts. The barbarians,made a splen- appearance; with their big whiskers re- did and rough goatskins they looked very fierce and forbidding. Now during the course of “Ingomar” Mr. Salvini was called upon to ask the barbarians if they red the death of a captive, and the barbarians were called upon to respond with a terrible shout, “Kill him! Kill him!” Mr. Salvini reached this point. He asked with his usual dramatle force, “Shail we kill him?” But no terrible shout arose from that band of hideous, bearded barbarians. Instead there floated upon the air in a ludricrous contrast a faint, trem- bling boyish treble, “Kill him. Kill him.” The audience howled, and for a moment even the great Salvini was abashed. + e+—____ Fortane’s Caprices. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. The caprices of Dame Fortune never had a stranger exemplification than in the ax | of a colored man of New Orieans, “Bill” Means by naime, who drives one of those nerve destroyers, a cotton float, over the streets of this city. Means was once in the employ of the late Samuel Noble, the founder of the city of Anniston, Ala. As was the custom of Mr. Noble, he remem- bered Means one day in the gift of a tract of land on the edge of the then small vil- lage. At that time Means was the head keeper of furnace No. 1, a position he held for many years, and, to his credit be it said, always to the complete satisfaction of the house of Nobie; and while he did not particularly need the land, he had the deeds | transferred to his own title under due form of law, and so became one of the land that prosperous and booming All this took place before An- me famous, but at a time when »ble was laying his plans for the de- yelopment of the place by the erection of scores of great industrial plants. One day, in a moment of unguarded, misdirected mental disturbance. t rid of the property by reselling it to land com- pany for the munificent sum of $30 cash in hand paid. This spot was later the place where the splendid $350,000 Anniston Inn | was erected, and the property must have | been worth least $5,000. “Bill” Means remained in Aaniston a long time, but final- ly came to New Orleans, where he is en- gaged in the work of making up his losses | from the sale of the inn property. He was | wise enough to make other investments in Anniston, however, and is considered now one of the solid citizens of that city, though he is engaged in the commendable labor of a truckman. barons of g th oo ‘Training Cats. From the Providence Jonrnal. Says a trainer of cats “How do I com- mence training them? Well, I don't care exactly about making my method public proper put I am not averse to telling you this much—that cat's meat and mifk form two of the most important factors fn It is a common superstition e stupid animals. I do not ertainiy a not so intel- Neither are tb so sociable. is wanted ligent But once the of them th ced to vo ft to the best of their abil Kindness and patience go a long way w : A little wholesome correction is 2 good for a dog, but us » time y. ani its royed for- of nerves an unkind ey love Another word or a glance from any will cause them acute suff secret in training mal, promised reward. while I remember once performing in the north of England some time ago, walking five miles at 10 o'clock at night in a blinding snow storm to get my happy family its regular supply milk. So much obedic meat. That is my rule, and I never vary Teg of ‘s phic ek Limited P: From the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat. The word “limited,” so often seen after the business title of a firm, is a precaution against disastor. Under the English law there are two kinds of stock companies; in one the liability of the stockholders is unlimited, that is to say, if the stock of the company has a nominal value of £100,000 and the company falls for £500,000, the pri- vate property of the stockholders may b> taken by process of law to satisfy the dif- ference between the amount of the stock and the amount of the liability. When, however, the company is “limited” the Ha- Dilities of the stockholders are limited to the amount of stock they hold, and in case of the fallure of the concern they are not liable to a greater ext2nt than the value of their stock. This Everett A ties such a sale presents. a third and a fourth the cost. effort than ever will be lection of once. uction Sale has no peer or parallel! In ail the land there isn’t another such a stock of high grade exclusive goods. The store has long past enjoyed the patronage of the elite of the capital city—and there isn’t a per- son in Washington with these facts in mind who won't be anx- ious to take prompt advantage of the unprecedented opportuni- Those buyers who have very wisely responded before now carried away beautiful pieces of statuary and stately bronzes at a mere fraction of their real worth—at prices that were less than values just as great here ready to pick up by the shrewd ones. Surely you're not going to hesitate longer—with such an op- portunity staring you in the face. This week a more determined put forth to dispose of the entire col- Marble Statuary, Bronzes, Finest Made Clocks, Art Bric-a-Brac, Cabinets, Porcelains and Novelties andthe bargain hunters will have more money - saving chances—the equal of which will hardl: decade. And if anything from the stock of jewelry, diamonds and-silver goods strikes-your fancy we'll post it for bidding at Two sales every day—one at 10 o'clock in the the other 2:30 o'clock in the afterncon—at’ —~ There are a wealth of bargain- ly ever occur in the next morning and