Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1898, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1998-36 “PAGES. aaa ame : aaa ISR) & “ oe z $3} re ef 4 > a Me de A Finest Black Vici Kit Hand-sewed ‘Turn er Welt e 10 Handsome New Shapes. Introductory Price. Ladies’ former $2 grade a s Famous “Surpass” K ‘These Shoes are on si grade Shoes—have s Tnnersoles and are el Look and wear as wel Introductory Price ‘ pas is 4) h tly trimmed. $3 Shoes. Perfect-fitting and Well-made Dongola Button and Laced Boots, on 6 of the latest styles. Introductory Price Dressy and Durable Kid and Satin Calf Single and Double- sole Laced and Button Shoes. Soft-sole New Vesting Cloth-toy Kid Laced. Black and Chocolate Pension Checks Shoe-Wearing Washington Agreeably Surprised! Our 3 Houses are already brimful of new Spring Shoes—and the immense run we are having already on these new Shoes convinces us that our shoe-wearing public is not only pleased with our new styles, but that it is actually ASTONISHED that we can afford to sell such excellent Shoes as ours at the remarkably low prices we are quoting. We contracted for such large quantities of Shoes that we can afford to sell at same prices that most dealers BUY their Shoes for at wholesale. No use buying any more of -last winter’s Shoes at (often so-called) reduced prices when you can buy the newest and latest spring styles at such prices as the following: 92.50 ts us the bighest Boys’ and Girls’ former $1 grade Introductory Price........... 4 Infants’ former 50c. grade Introductory Price........... WM.HAHN&CO.’S euseeyevessssers AR ARR ASARRARRARRAER ARR ARR REAL TOS eee eed! inlaw Cashed free of chai No obligation to bey Men’s former $4 grade Fine Patent Leather Dress made of good-wearing leather, Hand-sewed Welted Soles— Pliin Broad, Bulldog or Opera Shapes. Introductory Price........... Men’s former $3 grade Chocclate Vici Kid Hand-made $3.00 Laced Shoes, on the latest, Mes the ““Mastiff.”” toe.—These Shoes has ax durable as any Shoes we know of. D4 Sl 50 Introductory Price........... $2.50 pad Men’s former $2.50 grade a Oak Leather Sole Casco Calf Dee! $1.25 the ianaoua Guodjenr Teco De S Introductory Price....... $2 00 ag 3! Men’s former $1.50 grade Pe Extr-good-wearing Double or Single- i sole Satin Calf Laced and Congress— ad! Siniare, Round or Bulldog Toes. ag) 75¢. Introductory Price.......... $1 25 te as FH Boys’ former $1.25 grade se . ly and Serviceable Satin rad Shapely and very Serviceable pee! Calf Double-sole Laced Shoes. * tes 35¢. H Introductory Price..... eecee $1 00 bs 930 and 932 7th st., yh ‘ 7X 1914 and 1916 Pa. ave., 233 Pa. ave. s.e. It 478 SAMPLE VEILS from Rubaix et Cle., the leading veiling manufacturers of Ly- For 45c. Can- dies tomorrow! ° Think of it, at Itc. Ib. All kinds of Chocolates included— Chocolate Nonpareils, Choco- late Cream Drops, all flavors; Chocolate Quinette, Bon Bons, Cream Almonds, Choc- olate Caramels, Jellies, all flavors; Burnt Peanuts, Cocoa- nut Almonds, Tangerines, Jelly Beans, Cream Dates, Conondes, etc., etc. EY BON MARCHE, “Your Store,” 314=16--Seventh =--314-16 and 2 dozen in the bunch, for. 5c. “American Beauty” Roses,with foliage—offered at gc. the bunch. New Hosiery Arrivals. Ladies’ Fast-black Cotton Hose.don- 997 ble soles, heels and toes—worth 25e. Cc .25C. Fast Black Lisle Thread, Richelien 25c. and Rembrandt rib—worth 35¢.—for. Black and White Novelty Hose— designs—double heel and toe lly worth 35¢.—our price Children’s Fest-black “Onyx” Rib- bed School Heee—double knee, beel and toe—usual 25e. quality—for 48c instead of $1 for the e new Clasp Buckles. ‘Settings of turquoise, emeralds, amethysts,&c. Jeweled Chains for Lorgnettes, Fan Vintagrette Bottles— or V Jeweled Belts—nettings thyst, Garnet, Emerald. exid zed metal Scotch Plaid Leather Belts— the very latest—with gilt and sil- ver buckles. . 2... 226. 5.6. -339C. A lot of odd sizes—the rem- | nants of various lots—not all sizes—but yours may be here. Were previously $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50...... 59c. Some Summer Corsets includ- | ed also in this lot. | MORNOABDALROAESADAGALABD A OADABDADAOABDADABGALA, oh ken i | Bon Marche, “Your Store,” 2 £ ’ £ 4 9 ons, France — closed Cc. Pd $1.00 tion of their worth. s a Every one different— b4 every one a finished & & & $1.50 wettevers one an er ra traordinary offer. in # . Diacl a rg Veils, mie ner Deon 49¢- ad wales ace edges and plain—the latest designs for spring — worth 75e., 3 $1 and $1.50. rg 2 A veritable Ribbon b4 Feast=-miles and miles 9 of the newest and best & designs and at a fraction P en £ of their real worth. 3 g value—yd. -A3c. ra Silk Roman-stripe Neck and Hat Searfs—Itg yards Jong—deep knotted Gra ee coe cere, AG. Violets, exquisitely fashioned 314-16--Seventh --314-16 We’ve Made Preparations for | Having a Busy Saturday! Every department responds to this resolve with newer and greater offers than we've ever made this season! This is scarcely the weather to talk of the new spring merchandise, but neverthe- less the various exhibits are well worth your viewing, and we’d call particular attention to the superb showing of Spring Millinery. The New Spring Suits, Skirts and Waists--Invitingly Priced. Made wool cheviot of fine all- Tomorrow t serge, eee sale a large variety Silk fly-front ree fete ‘i o = bree apt reclame par in plain colors, . or ot pice: tri; . checks Lined jerkes aod nuit. Waists. plaidana black, sane $ 4 98 one god army, blue—iin: | beers wen : uit. ings of black tur- H ms | quoise and cerise $] 1 98) Elegant quality Bi- LT See fas. cycle Suits in fiy- _ aan ¢ ,BeMiantine | Bicycle froat, “reefer: or Eton cts tail ; ae with the gathered or ° tecing a 7 Brillian- pov, ented techs Suits. stitching “around (ee | Biee—worch 39 skirt is not obtaina- wv Skirts. ble anywhere ‘unde: $2-98 FF z price....-... New Spring Jackets are $ Just r - ( Bro- ont rofteeited tts in! $4.98, $6.98, $7.98. § ied prea eae ‘ ‘cade and’ Gros Grain i = Biires "lined, inter Shirt Waists-latestand 3 i] fad A ~ maar nine latest $5.53 | Most popular styles, new Skirts. $8 our price tomor- | Tow ts waists, 65c. The new line of Ladies’ Puff Scarfs—plain, dots and fancy 2 stripes—soc. value................ ae 5c. 3,000 Epictetus. Love Poems, 9 Oranford. Black Beauty. Vicar of Wakefield. Our Village. P 50c. Books at Tales From Shakes- Abbe Constantin. § . peare. An Attic Philos- Reverles of a Bach- poner 4 elor. ays of Ancient Dream Lite. me. 1 5 comts cach! | ier ice ule. cantar, ot an i —— — Scarlet Letter. Sele Undine “and” San- — Homance of a Poor § The Handy Clarsics—printed on fine paper - Emer iene ane from new plates—most of them iilustrated. | PESm*prmyghmer Aesop's Fables. Not to be confounded with the many cheap | Crown of Wild in Wonderland. $ editions with which the market 1s flooded. Olive. Through the Look- © Luetle. ing Glass, $ ———— —| | Yalta Book, Jackanapes. 3 lasterpleces From ‘airy Book. 5 Dickens, Kingsley Water Babies. $ | Paper Books ‘and Eliot. Rebin Hood and His 2) | —amother lot of the “Lamplighter”— The Rose and Ring Merry Men. | Saeceey"'~ “Weide, wide Wena" | | yttfsbaitge "ag andes. § | +Wirst Violin"—G00 other titles—3 for Lady of the Lake. Stories From Virgil. s | 80., oF Hopert , Brownlng— ‘Storles of the Fer: 3 | 9c. each. Idle Thoughts of an The Greek iteroes. © Eanes: Idle Fellow. _ Three Men in a larte of the King. peat. $ ee or Resartus. ola, 300 titles in paper-bound books A, Wonder Book oe at 5c., or 6 for 25c. Tanglewood Talcs. Favorite Poems. : PEPE BEE MERE MERE OE DE ME OS oo} IMITATION WEATHER. Invigorating Atmosphere Made for Tired Employes. From the Philadelphia Record. There are few positions more trying than that of a central telephone exchange operator, familiarly known as the “hello girl.” Any one who has been in an ex- change and cbserved the rapidity with which the operators’ fingers are kept danc- ing to answer the calls and the constant concentration of attention demanded will appreciate the fact that the very best sanitary conditions should prevail if good work is to be expected. In the Boston ex- change attention is now given to the mat- ter of the humidity of the air, it having been discovered that this fact Is an im- portant factor in the matter of obtaining good work. Taking the standard of the Michigan state board of health, which has conducted experiments on this subject for eight years, the average humidity of the An exohange is carefully watched and mein- tained at fifty per cent of saturation, a wet and dry bulb hydrometer being used te determine the percentage of humidity. ee es flue and heated by a large steam heater before being distributed through the vari- ous rooms. Added humidity is given to it by a jet of steam, two and one-half grains of water being added to each cubic foot of air in cold, dry weather, aggregating for the building over a gallon a minute. It is said that this gives the air a peculiarly fresh feeling, lke that of a bright spring morning, and markedly different from the dry, close effect of the average indoor at- mosphere in wirter. soo Girl Smoked a Pipe in the Street. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. A stylishly-dreesed woman about twenty- four years old walked 4th avenue the other day smoking a pipe. It was a brier-root, with silver mountings and a carved amber stem. She smoked complacently and seern- ed unconsciovs that she was attracting an unusual amount of attention, not because she wore « sealskin jacket, nor on account of a pretty figure and face, but solely be- cause she smoked a pipe. As she con- tinued out 4th avenue many people saw her and wondered, and every man who Dassed turned to look at her, and those that ‘the ee ae aelected @ good young woman s quality of tobacco, Only One Left. From the Buffalo Express. The death of John Lumberson in Balti- ™more removes the last but one of the sur- vivors of the war of 1812. Lumberson was born near Knoxville, Tenn., ninety-three years ago, and was the son of a sergeant in the United States army. When a lad ke became a member of the First Ashley Corps, to which his father was attached, and served ss a drummer until he = teen years old. He was then made. first sergeant in the 4th Artillery. During a service of three years he took part in the war of 1812, the Black Hawk war, the Seminole war and the war with the Creek Indians. The sole survivor of 1812 is Capt. James Hooper, who was a powder-mcakey on his father’s boat in the defense of Fort in- to ia English watch, bearing “Given by Sir Walter gent his valet, aoe 2 Bexter Nicholson,” Ee JURY'S. VERDICT Result of the Ingait Over Body of ‘ . Pistol Discharged While the Men Engaged'in'Scuffl | THE EVIDENCE ADDUCED ‘The inquest ov-r the body of Clara Sla- ter, who was killed during an affray in Chester court yeeterday, was held in a crowded rcom in Lieut. Kelly’s police sta- tion at noon todzy., Four attorneys were Present, representing the prisoners, Benja- min Slater and Isaac Kenner, and half a dozen young physicians who had witnessed the autopsy were also in attendance. Be- fcre the taking of testimony was begun Attorney Jones said he thought there had been a mistake about the attorneys in the case. It was his idea that the father of one of them had employed one set of at- terneys, while the prisoner had employed arother set. The coroner said he was not interested in any manner in the dispute between counsel. During the taking of testimony the men sat side by side, and frequently conversed and seemed much amused at some of the iucidents related. Kenner passed part of. the tim> reading a newspaper account of the fatal affair in which he had. partici- pated. When the jury Lad heard the evi- dence Coroner Carr explained the law. The jury rendered a verdict to the effect that the woman’s death resulted from a gun- shot wound. The shot was fired from a pistol in the hands of both men while en- gaged in a scuffle. The jury directed that beth men be held for an investigation by the grand jury on charge of manslaughter. Result of the Autopsy. Deputy Coroner Glazebrook testified that he made the autopsy this morning. In the morgue he found the body of a small cot- cred woman fuily dressed. Her clothing was besmeared with blood. There was a glance shot wound of the left thumb. A bullet hole in the woman's left breast was found and the examination showed that the bullet had passed between the third and fourth ribs and penetrated the heart. He found the bullet in the left ventricle of the heart. The bullet, said witness, was per- fect in shape and had not come in contact with any hard substance. The two wounds, he thought, had been made by the same bullet. Death resulted from hemorrhage following a gunshot wound. In other re- spects, the doctor said, the woman gave evidence of remarkable health. Mary Walker, a colored resident of Ches- ter court, was sworn. “I don’t Know anything about the mur- der,” she said. “I only helped to take the woman in the house after she was shot “What do you know about the people?” the coroner asked her. know Mr. Slater and Mr. Kenner to be ard-working gentlemen,” she answered, “but I didn’t know the woman who was killed.” Witness said Mr. Slater asked her to as- sist him in removing his wife. The woman was unconscious, but she dij not think she was dead. “Were you there when she died?” “No, sir; I left as soon as I helped to take her in the house.” “Were you the first one there?” “There were others there, but they didn’t seen to have heart enough to help.” The witness repeated that Ben Slater asked her to help him. She did not see Isaac Kenner. Mamie Kenner’s Testimony. Mamie E. Kenner, colored, wife of one Frisoner and sister df*the other, was next examined. She testified that Wednes- day she went out to work and had Mrs. Slater (the deceased) prepare her hus- band’s dinner. At night when he returned she and her husband had some words. He asked her concerning her worx. During this quarrel her husband smacked her, and Mrs. Slater remarked: “He thinks he’s smart, showing off be- fore company.” Later on he returned to where she was and ordered her out. She left, but return- ed about midnight, and slept on the sofa. The trouble was renewed yesterday morn- irg, she said, and her husband repeated his order for her to leave. She had Mrs. Slater go and look for a room. She kissed her husband several times before she went. Scon after she returned the quarrel was again renewed, and her brother suggested that she and her husband kiss and make u iD. “TI ain't going to do no kissing,” she told him. Her husband did not take her brother’s advice, but proceeded to aasault her. She eala he hit and kicked her, and her brother begged him to desist. “The men ran for the revolver in the kitchen,” said the witness, “and were stroggling for it when it went off.” “Who had the pistol?” the coroner asked. “Both of them had it.” Mrs. Slater, she said, ran out the door, crying: ‘Kenner, you've shot me.” When she reached the doorstep she cried: “Lord have mercy,” and fell. Her husband ran upstairs and said to Mr. White; “It's all over now; Clara has been sho! Slater went for a doctor. When the men separated, her brother took the pistol up- stairs with him. “What did they want with the pistol?” “I guess to kill one another.” Mrs. Kenner declared her belief that the killing of her sister-in-law was an acci- dent, ang told the jury that when her hus- band was acting right he was as good a man as there is lving. The pistol was on the shelf in the kitchen about two hours before the shooting occurred. She could not say just when or by whom the pistol was taken from the shelf. Several times the witness repeated the statement that the affair was accidental. ‘The Prisoners on the Stand. The prisoner, Slater, testified that when he went to the house yesterday he sdvised Kenner and his wife to kiss and make up, or do as he and his wife had done, separate. When he had become convinced they were going to separate and break up he got his revolver to take it away. Kenner and his wife renewed the quarrel, the former threatening to throw her down the steps or out of the window. When he got be- tween Kenner and his wife he and Kenner struggled. Kenner, he said, grabbed the pistol from his pocket, byt he (fllater) did not think he was going to shoot. They were struggling f ssession of the weapon when it w: off. Kenner was then’sworn and questioned about the shooting. ;He told of the trouble he had had with his wife, and said Slater was there as peat er. He said Slater put his hand to his pocket to take out the pistol and he grabbed it to prevent its be- ing discharged. Kenner said he called to Slater: “Don't shoot me, Ben.” The latter said: “I ain't going to shoot-you. Let go the pistol. It’s mine.” ~ He said the shoo After the shooting wife took the pistol from her brother's and put it on the sideboard. He got, the: weapon from the sideboard and afterward, showed the police where he had left it; ‘The Wenpow' a Bea Jacket. ‘Witness was shown the pistol, and asked if she could identify it. She remembered the name, “Red Jacket,” but could not say it was the weapon used. Witness had never seen her husband have the pistol, but sald he knew it wae there. Witness said she knew ee of a hatchet and kitchen ler the . Rhough Blater and his wite were separated, her husband came to- house almost ‘was an atcident. jury that he was acquainted with all. the parties in tte case: He said he met Slater on the street about two months ago, and he told witness he was going to see his- lawyer about getting a divorce. He also told witness thet he might have a case egainst him, for he said If his wife did not stop following him he would kill her. Witness advised him not to have any trouble. Wit- ness seid he had never known either man to be in any troubie. A colored man named John Reed was called, but he said he knew nothing of the shooting. Last September he heard Slater threaten to kill his wife, and witness told him if he did he would also kill himself, as the law would get him” Slater was then living at witness’ house, and he heard him make the threats several times. “He told me if she bothered him what he would do,” said witness, “and I told him what I wouldn't do.” Policeman Qualls testified that he was called to the house a few-minutes after 12 o'clock yesterday, and when he learned that Kenner was a party to the affair he placed him under arrest. He found Ken- ner in Chester court, and the latter-made no effort to escape. Kenner took him to a house in the court, where he recovered the pistol. Kenner told him that Slater had tried to shoot him, and that the shoot- ing of the woman was an accident. “The pistol is not in first-class working order,” volunteered the officer, “from a mechanical standpoint.” “That's the kind of a pistol that usually does damage,” remarked a juror. Kenner Blamed Slater. Polieeman. Houser testiffed that the pris- oner (Kenner) came to him on the street and told him that Slater had shot his wife. He told witness that he and Slater had engaged in a fight and that when Slater took the pistol’ from his (Kenner’s) pocket Mrs. Slater got between them and wes shot. Lieutenant John Kenney testified to the surrender of Slater. The latter surren- Gered to Attorney Jcnes and witness went for him. Slater told~witnéss of his sister's domestic - troubles and -he went to the house yesterday morning. His wife was there and she was very kind to him. Slater told him of the quarrel in which Slater and his wife figured. The pistol, he said, he had hid beneath the carpet, and it was his intention to take it away. The weapon, he said, was discharged while they were struggling, but just how the shooting was done jhe could not tell. Slater, he said, made contradictory statements. At first he said he had hold of the butt of the wea- pon when it was discharged, and later he said his hand was on the barrel. Ques- tioned by one of the attorneys witness said he was satisfied that neither man had any intention of injuring the woman. —_>_—_—_ UNDERGROUND STREAMS. Thousands of Miles of Subterranean Rivers in Kentucky. Mr. John R. Proctor, formerly state geol- ogist of Kentucky, has written an articie for the March Century on “The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.” Mr. Proctor says: Passing southward through Kentucky on the Louisville and Nashville railway, the observant trave;er will notice that about forty miles from Louisville the road climbs Muldrow’s Hill, which is the northern es- carpment of an elevated limestone plateau sloping gently to the south and west. The road traverses this plateau for about one hundred miles and descends a southern escarpment into the basin of central Ten- nessee. In this distance only three streams are crossed—Nolin, Grcen and Barren rivers; and between these rivers the entire surface drainage passes away through sub- terranean channels, giving rise to a curious “sink-hole” topography which ts peculiar to this region. These circular and oval-shaped depressions are so numerous that in places the rims almost touch one another, and one can scmetimes count several hundred to the square mile. Through vents at the bottom of these sinks the surface water passes downward into caverns and underground streams, emptying into the above-named rivers through arched ways near water- level, and in places beneath the surface of the rivers. The surface rock of this plateau is the subcarboniferous limestone, which is here several hundred feet thick, a massive, re- markably homogeneous rock, with no inter- vening strata of shale or sandstone—condl- tions most favorable for the formation of caverns; consequently this region contains more and larger caves in a given area than any other region in the world. In Edmon- son county, where the celebrated Mammoth Cave fs located, it is claimed that there are as many as five hundred known caverns. A range of hills of uniform height, run- ning parallel with the railway and several miles distant, will be obs?rved to the north. On nearer inspection this will be seen to be a level plateau rising out of the limestone piain, and held up by a capping of massive sandstone. It is ben2ath the protection of this sandstone-capped plateau that the larger caves are found. Green river has cut through this plateau to a depth of about 320 feet; and as the sandstone cap is about seventy feet thick, we find about 200 feet of massive limestene exposed above the drainage-level. As some of the domes and upper avenues of the caves 2xtend ‘up to the base of the sandstone, and some down to the drainage-level, we thus have 250 feet as the present limit of the vertical extension of these caves. The evidence is conelusive that these caves have b3en cut down to correspond with the deepening of the channel cut by Green river. In the region immediately along the line of the railway, where the sandstone capping and the upper limestone have been removed by erosion, the caverns hav2 less vertical ex- ter sion, and correspond to the lower ave- nutes of the Mammoth and other caves to the north. Doubtless large caverns, cor- responding to thos? now remaining beneath the sandstone plateau, existed here before the upper member of the limestone was e1od2d from this area. There is no means of estimating the ex- tent of the caverns and subterranean streams in this region. Every one of the innumerable depressions cr sink holes— save where the vents have been closed, thus forming. ponds — communicates with an underground channel or cave, and the @egregate length of such channels has been estimated at many thousands of miles. Nor can we form any estimate of the num- ber and extent of large caverns yet undis- covered. But for the erosion caused by a small stream cutting through the roof of Mammoth Cave the present entrance would not have been broken open, and this, the greatest of caves, might have remained un- known. Several other of the largest and most beautiful caves in this region have been found by accident. Hidden grandeurs doubtless yet remain entombed beneath the extensive uplands reaching out on beth sides of Green river. fe In crossing the southern upland we come upon oval-shaped Mmestone valleys, sur- rcunded on all sides by a sandstone. rim, with no outlet seve through vents in the bottom. These valleys are sometimes hun- dreds of acres in extent, and are probably formed by the falling in of extensive cav- erns, the debris, disintegrated by the ele- ments, being carried away through the subterranean channels. The fact that ex- isting caves under the hills surrounding these valleys have been found through en- trances in the sides of some of the valleys is an indication that this may have been the condition, + e+____ Not the Same Marbles. From the Philadelphia Record. The fine spring-like weather of Sunday prompted the average smalt boy to listen to the tempter’s voice and bag Sunday school to indulge in outdoor games. The three young sons of William Horn of Manayunk are generally very good Sunday echool boys, but they fell from grace. Their father sent. them off, as usual, in the straight and_narrow path, but later, when Mr. Horn wént out for a: stroll, he espied his beys engaged in an exciting game of marbles. Mr. Horn was rather angry, but, instead of giving the boys a sound strap- ping, he sent them home with their mar- bles. “Take them home and come back to ” said. The boys came very me mptly, and thelr father rewarded them with 2 penny apiece. - om , be good boys,” said he, “and prom- ise ine’ not to play with those marbles NERA PBA SS REED ERNE SE HUGE PRE METRES) CARE NAITO EAS A cS EC bs tre tN RDO A CS re NAR ETRE TENN ISIN ICE RAN PRESET LRIS Hecht’s interesting news. You’re gettingour$1 1. $12 and $14suits for $7 What man wouldn't jump at such an opportunity for saving as this one is? It’s the final reduction of the seas: a cut clear to cost to get the balance of the stock out of the stote before Spring. That the values offered are most remarkable no one can gainsay =a glance tells that. You have phe pick of any of our stylish chev- iots, cassimeres and worsteds—garments that are known far and wide for their fine workmanship and perfect fitting qualities. Not a suit in the lot sold for less than $11—while many of them are marked $14—and worth every penny of their actual first-of-the- season prices. Your unlimited choice now for only seven dollars— can you afford to miss it? 3 Pant< prices take a drop —toa, to keep the suit sale company. Pauts, which sold up to time at $4 and $5—and + this or any other city—f tare ap or three dollars come quickly—for it's but natu: time. We're giving «hoi Look at the spring top coats. Yes—ccme in temcrrow and look through th: largest and most complete stock of spring from. Our tatlcrs have fairly excelled all previous efforts : it. What smart stylew value we'll give you the jer in the land can possibly Come tonc:row—even if only for Men’s $2 spring hats, $1.25. In buying the new spring stock of hats we came scross 9 meker who had a big lot of new sping bets which he wax willing to let go at a concession We bought them — and tomorrow. as a special spring Introducivry special, we sball give you the chotce of these hats—both derbies a1 pines, in all st fashionable spring shapes and shades— which sell everywhere at $2—for only $1.25. what splevdid qualiticoa—what matchless choice of a lot of the new spring covert t spect under $10—curs are better a Men’s caps go at 12c. To clear out the balance of the stock of men's winter caps we shall offer you tomorrow the choice of any of the regular 50c. winter caps as long as they last for.. - Ae. = Boys’ suits, $2. Take the cholve, mothers, of this lot of bors’ all-wool reefer. double-breasted and Yestie wults—what is left of the garments which sold ap to $6—for $2. Boys’ top coats, $5. Tomorrow we place on sale a boys’ new sprit ‘Men’s linen collars64c Tomorrow we offer men’s 4-ply linen col- Jars in all sizes and styles—which sell usually at 12%c.—all day for eniy 6 Boys’ waists, 814c. Tomorrow we shall offer the regular 20c. boys’ pleated Merrimac pereale shirt waists, at the extraordinarily low price— ebuice’ for Stee. special Talue for $5.) Choice of the youths’ sizes | | 38c. for new spring sailor hats. A big lot of the new rough and ready and Panama short-back straw sailors—purchased from one of the best-known makers in New York city—go on sale tomorrow for only 38 cents. ° Choice in all of the new Spring shapes—bell and sloped crowns, large brims and chips—and in every newest shade — blue, cardinal, cerise, turquoise, blue, black, brown and green. Flowers, 15c. bunch. Ribbons, 18c. yd. eed ee arg eer deer pees We offer the choice of a lot of all-silk morrow of a lot cf bluette, crushed rores, with follage, s.wect peas und several other moire Roman stripe and check taffeta ribbon, 4% inches wide. As a special small flowers, now so much used for trim- value for 18 cents a yard, ming the spring hats, will be offer for 15c. a bunch. <_ 9 You won’t need cash. Whatever you purchase you may have “charged”—and it will cost nothing extra. You may settle the bill a little every week or month, instead of paying it all at the end of six months—a much more convenient plan for you. $12-98 skirts, $6-98, You are offered th> choice of this lot of handsome brocaded satin ducheese skirte— mad* in the most perfect style—and fr- isbed faultlessly--with extra full wide © $6 waists, $3-98 Choice of a lot of 300 b at wrists, 0 te Dewestabrlng ffe’n vith Fisid tucks in front wad back, and ‘whtte linen detachable ccllars—the same values sweep aml perfect hang— Which others are ask Which are regular $1208 $6 08 $5.50 and $6—will be of 3 08 % values—for.. <o ° fered for... 3 ° $7 waists, $4-° | $10forspring suits Black taffeta silk watsts, with white Ladies’ fine tailor-made s : $ detachable collars and fine pleated Mouse “B, and ‘black’ cheviot ‘merges’ % fronts and backs, and also strived cannge- which’ cannot be equalsd anywhere und } able walste—which sell regularly cvers- $18—with silk-lined 21-tnch reefer Jac $ Mucre else nt | $7—extra S. ete and full very e quality taffetas—choice 4 9 chic tooking—will be off 10 will be offered for.......-. morrow forest. Perris ote t & Company, 515 7th St. Hech soos POSSIBLE WAR WITH SPAIN. with the mostest men.” The United Stat have got the men, and they have got the money, and it is the plainest dictate of common sense for them to buy at once of the finest warships now for sale tn Europe. They could be got to Key West in = days and ek in commission. am opposed to war, and I oppose with Spain; and, therefore, I am in favor of prompt action as the only way to avert it. If the administration lets things drift the American people are heating up every min- ute, and the moment the court of inquiry reports that the Maine was blown up by @ mine fn the harbor of Havana you will see such an explosion that as far exceeds that ee a =. bn — Sumter, in 1861, jumter exci a ther aa of —— ine = fore the war of 1861 there was sume hesitation—some aversion to shedding brother blood—not much, but some. In this case this whole country will go off in @ blaze,-and the south will be far ahead of the north. The old confederates and their eons and grandsons are most intense Ameri- cans, and the murder of their fellow coune trymen on the Maine will send the fi torch over every mountain and throag! every cross roads from Mason and Dixon's line to the Rio Grande. The dignity ard self-control of the American peopie for the last ten days has been simply superb. It shows a people who have confidence in How Hostile Operations Would Prob- ably Be Conducted. Gen. Bradley Jobnson in the Baltimore American. There are laws of strategy by which mili- tary operations are conducted which are laws of nature, and one war which has happened goes far to demonstrate what will happen in another. I do not know, nor does any one out of the official Spanish circle know, how many men Spain has under arms in Cuba. Up to a year ago over 100,000 regular troops from Spain had landed in Cuba. How many have fellen in battle or by disease or have re- turned home I do not know, and have no means of estimating. Besides the Spanish regulars there is a large body of volunteers enlisted from the native-born Spaniards, clerks, business men of the cities—probably 80,000 of them. They are better troops than the regulars. The latter have been conscripted in Spain, in the cities and from the country boys, and are deficient in discipline, in drill and in esprit de corps. They are well armed, but they certainly do not know how to use their arms. They are infinitely worse clothed than even our confederates in the war betfeen the states; are ragged, filthy and badly fed. Their pay is generally months in arrears, and the commissariat utterly inefficient. The volunteers, on the other hand, handle themselves better, are more alert, show more esprit and are fairly well clothed. Therefore, in case of war, you must calculate on meeting 150,000 men in the field, good and bad—some good and some good for nothing. The Spanish offi- cers are gentlemen and men of education, but I got the impression that they are utterly deficient in military tratning of the simplest and most elementary kind. A gen- tleman told me there had been 8,000 Span- igh troops camped on his estate for eight months, just outside of one of the cities, and in all that time he had only seen one drill—a captain of a light battery drilling in artillery movements. My informant was an American soldier of experience—had been captain of the 12th Mississippi. ‘The harbor of Havana is fortified by the Morro fortress st the east entrance, a heavy, bastioned work of masonry, and ment. But there are plain signs that tension is becoming strained beyond en- durance. Every .. ardly, midnight murder on the The country is standing at attention now. Then the order will be “Forward march? and it will echo around the world. It seems to me that the natural, logical order of events will be for the United States to de- mané that the murderers be tried, convict- ed and hung in H: bor ed and hung ana hai by the side with antiquated guns. It has also | blockade that ape sectinls of Krupp guns, en barbette, on| Five trains of cars would take 5,000 Mary. the seashore—that would be roy aaitinane: terior harbor was well defended at Coji- wee eutmees ime mines, Spanish army would meet them relied on much more than the guns of Havana. forts. On the west side is another heavy a aoe ication. boys left botanic soonest with the mostest men” summer resort, cry, and deep water. quick and Here the British premerve the Havana in of peace, marched from Cojimar and put off—the seized the range ot pe oe two or three miles, in rear of the He thinks so now—then he will and the Spanish ge Byain'by the treaty of do the wise thing. a good na is a typical American Bape oes its ¢