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12 be The B Corner, | 8th and Market Space. | S, Kann, Sons &Co. Open Until 9:39 Tomorrow Night. Millinery Hilinery. To handie the right kind of Millinery one must be a judge of every- thing that completes such a department. No buyer is infallible. No more so than humanity is faultless. é Z We have several lots of new seasonable goods, including some very choice Trimmed Hats and Bonnets, which have not kept pace with our way of doing business. We've come to the conclusion to mark a low on them and sell them quick. We have one grand souvenir for those that have not as yet bought their Spring Hat. 150 of all shapes and makes, mostly patterned after the nobby and chic styles designed and trimmed to suit most any face 9) O08 3 ‘° rerica Duc White and Brown and White, with Old Glory handsomely em- sold as high as $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 will hanters for both boys and girls, rely broidered in front 25c. & 39c. price 1 tomorrow for... new this season. in combination of Red and White, 1co New Straw SI ixed and rough braids. Worth 75c- _ For ae ¢ z oe : -.-- 39, Black and White Win ceeescccceeee----- I9C. a pair rge tables stacked with all kinds of Imported Flowers. Two Spe- cial for RORY sock a te Fg as) Pago ae -2ic. bunch Jack Roses, Pinks and American Beauties............. Oc. each xe bunches of Violets... Men’s Goods. A little profit on lots of goods is about 1,000 lz same as a big profit on a few sales. We preier, however, the former it better for you—tor us. Trade is alwavs - here—conseqt shing. s QND DESWERS. MADE © , RS MADE ? 19e. VEH STRAP DANE Mi. PATE SHIRT, RED SHIRTS. ANCHO. D RUTTONHOLES R PEAND, 2100 LINEN SIZES 14 TO. IT SHIRTS. Aly MUSLIN FAULTI PLAIN $1.00. wit LINEN BOSO: JEAN DEAV MADE OF UTICA CK. OUR $1 SHIRT WHITE SATIN PUFFS WHITE FIGURED SILK PUFFS. Parasols. This is goimg to be the biggest parasol season in years—according to the demand which has already been made on staple styles and choice patterns—We made an extraordinary deal the other day, when our buyer made that big purchase of 940 sample pieces of the very highest cost goods. He struck a prize which has made this department famous. We still have some of the best colorings and most unique effects in stock, and offer them in two separate lots— . $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00 value for $2.50 oo, and $8.00 value for $3.98. OPEN U IL 9:30 O'CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT. Ladies’ Ribbed Underwear. Ladies’ Pure Silk Swiss Ribbed Vests, low meet slecy cles, lace slee and fronts, in Pink, Blue, Lavender, Black, hite an Jeeves and fronts, in Pr A8G. Cream. 75c. values.. sleeveless. V-shaped neck and sleeveless, some lace edged, some silk A sample lot of La ge, some solid Torchon laez yoke, some Pink, Blue and Laven- eauiic le Vests, low neck, sleeveless, silk crochet and silk tapes. 25c. values. ... 166. EACH Ladies’ Black and White Ribbed Tights, with double seats, for bicy- cle purposes. : 396. AND 496. crochet e€ der trim and 65c. v Hosiery. Sale of High-Class Hosiery. TO THE HIGH SS AT LESS THAN iT GRADES. TODAY OU HAVE PAID FOR Ladies’ Richelieu Ribbed Fast Biack Lisle Thread Hose, white, le heels and toes; 35c. everywhere. Here............ .. 25c. Ladies’ Heavy Duil Lisle Thread Hose, Fast Black, with double soles, heels and to: Nowhere less than 50c. Here............35¢. Ladies’ Main and Dropstit-h Fast Black Silk Plaited Hose, double hecls and toes. You pay 75c. for them elsewhere. Here... 47c. A lot of Odds and Ends of Fine Quality Fancy Lisle Thread Hose, in and ribbed, in boot patteins, stripes, plaids, etc. Values 75c. to Meteo =2 5 Oe. andkerchiefs. A special purchase enables us to offer some de- : 15c. qualities at very low prices. 15c. Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, Irish point embioid- Special for one day. Ladies’ 2-clasp Chamois, in White and natural, self embroidered, fit like a Suede Glove, warranted to wash. A cake of Manton's Soap given with each pair. 73¢. pair sirabl radi Ladie ered. Regular price, 25¢. chee Ladies’ Pure Linen {lemstitched Handkerchiefs, with embroidered initial. Kegular price, 25c. and 29c. Special for Bicycle Outfits. We are headquarters for Ladies’ Popular Bloomers, Sweaters and Separate Skirts. values: 25 Fine All-wool Navy and Blads Cheviot Serge Cycle Skirts, strict- ly tailor-made and finished with rows of silk stitching. Regular $5.00 value. Our $3.75 each SUCCIAL PRICE. 225s one eases i lo of Ail-wool Scotch Cheviot and Fancy Plaid Cycle r pee $3.48 50 Fine All-wool Tailor-made Cycle Suits, in New Browns, Modes and Scotch Mixtures, thoroughly tailor-made. The best value $5.00 price Special Sale of Pure Candies. ever offered. A regular $8.50 value. Our special OUR ASSORTMENT OF PURE CANDIES, WORTH Price Bicycle Suits, Note the following special “ine Skirts, cut and fashioned in the best possible $6.00 Our A value. regular special 10c. 15c. I 20 DIE RENT KINDS, REDUCED TO...... 2 NUT AND PEANUT BRITTLE, 9 WORTH 5c REDUCED 1O7s-ccacn dina cees Cc. 4o DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHOCOLATES, IN CREAM AND NUT AND FRUIT FILLINGS, WORTH goc. EB 22 2- 19¢. UNTIL 9:30 P. M. TOMOROW. S. KANN, SONS & €O., 8th and Market Space. = aii — THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1898-16 PAGES. WHAT WAR MEANS. The Actual Loss Since History Began is All Estimate. From Leslie's Weekly. 7 What has actually been Jost to the wealt! of the world in the blood and ashes of war since authentic history began is beyond all estimate. It has been computed that the loss of human life alone in that time from war amounts to fourteen thousand million souls—a number equivalent to the entire population of the globe for the last years. It should be noted here that the class of men who are drafted or accepted for military service are invariably the very cl who, by reason of age, health and streng are the mest valuable to the world from the purely economic and material stand- point. They are the stalwart, intelligent, capable men. In this country economists have set the definite value of £5,000 upon the average man considered as a wealth producer. Taking this figure as the gen- eral standard of the value of a man, it can be seen what an inconceivable amount of wealth in the shapes of men has been de- stroyed on the battlefields of the world since time began. ‘The war losses of the United States have not been as great, comparatively, as those of other civilized nations in recent times but even the totals here are sufficient to show the absurdity of the supposition that either now or at any other time we may reap financial gain by the sickles of battle. The annual expenditure of the United States during the war of the revolution was $20,- 600,000 in specie. Most of this money was raised by public loans in the form of paper currency. The diminishing value of this slender security inevitably brought about the hearding of gold. The consequent scar- y of real money, as a matter of course, inten Our s two year: land lasted only Sst us $72,000,040 to vindi- just and righteous as it id not ine!ude the losses to nt marine from English priva- css beyond computaticn, even in » times of our comparative commercial poverty. For the folly of the Meyican war we had to pay dearly in men and treasure, a loss for which our 2 ition of territory did not compensate. ‘The lives of more (han 5.000 American cit was a part of the price we paid for that display of power, and something more than $25,000,000 for mili- ements was another part. i ures of loss all nd mount up to stupendous totals. immediate financial losses oO) to the north, south, with such after r debt cond war with E but it ults as a national 10, a crippled merchant » world, including those consequent upon the cotton famine of Lancashire and the less of employ ent to more than 100,000 3 n labore! Such, at least, are the omputed by Leroy-Beaulieu in his u Contemporai thus to close his chapter o1 “Such is that It sla: distane battlefi . Coming to things of the present moment, it is proper to bear in mind the fact, given on indubitable authority, that according to the nlons now arranged it will cost about $190,090.00 a month to carry on our mili- tary enerations. One may compute for him- self what that means for a vear of war or longer. We have also in this expense ac- count such items as these: That everv one of evr hie defense enns costs from $100,000. to $209 000 for making. and $1,000 and up- ward for every shot fired. An engagement between two ereat modern battleships will! cost about $190.00 an hour. And for every one of such battleships destroyed an Invest- ment of $2,000,000 or more will he wiped out. ‘Ten of our war vessels now in service epresent a total expense to the nation o: $29,800,000. "This is a Jaree amount of. ange tal placed at a great risk. Tt may he admitted that the first results of war just now will be beneficial to many lines of trade and industry. It will stimu- late some kinds of business as with a gal- vanic shock: {t will give employment. to many unemployed: it will create new and large demands for certain products. and thus will seem for a time to justify the be- lef that war p: But expertence, to say rething of common sense. teaches us that We cannot escape the operations of econom- ic laws in these matters now any more than we have in the past. The few will profit now, the many will lose later on. Peter will be robbed today. but Paul will have his pay tomorrow. We shall have bubble values again. and they will he beau- tiful to lock upon while they last, but they will burst after a little, as bubbles always do. History will repeat Itself for us in new additions to our pension rolls, in increased indebtedness, in demoralized industries and reduced valuations. = —-o<— THE DECLARATION OF PARIS. vil war: . Its nature is so homicidal housands of victims even at a thousands of miles from the English View of Its Effect on Com- merce in the Present War. From the London Law Journal, In the event of war between the United States and Spain the effect upon English commerce fs a matter which has excited some attention. One result of the outbreak of war would be that either belligerent would have the right to search any merchant vessel upon the high sea to ascertain its nationality and the nature of the cargo on board. Resist- ance to the right of search, according to the rule which has been emphatically af- firmed in the British prize courts, renders the ship Hable to condemnation. ‘The United States and Spain are not par- ties to the declaration of Paris. Conse- quently they are not bound by the rule that the neutral flag covers the cargo. There- fore a British ship carrying a cargo belong- ing to either belligerent could be taken by a ship of the other belligerent to a conven- lent port for the purpose of having the cargo condemned. Under such circum- stances the usage is for the captor to pay freight to the captured ship. Goods which are contraband of war, des- tined for the use of the enemy, are liable to confiscation, and freight 1s not allowed in respect of them to the carrier. The car- riage of contraband goods does not, how- ever, according t6 the prize law of most countries, render the ship liable to any oth- er penalty in the absence of fraud or other aggravating circumstances. There are dicta in one or two English cases that when the shipowner ts privy to the carriage of con- traband goods his ship 1s Hable to condem- nation; but there is no English or American case in which such a principle has been clearly established. A ship which violates an effective block- ade is, together with the cargo intended for the blockaded port, liable to capture. It is, however, clearly established that by English law trade in contraband goods or to a blockaded port is lawful for a British subject when this country is neutral. There- fore a charter made by a British shipowner for the purpese of running a blockade could not be repudiated by him. On the other hand, performance of a contract to carry’ goods to a port which before the loading becomes blockaded is excused when the charter contains an exception of restraints of princes. And cven without this excep- tion the shipowner would, it is thought, not be bound to carry out his contract, on the ground that the adventure had been frus- trated by circumstances not contemplated when the contract was made. The question is a more difficult one if in the course of the voyage the port of desti- nation should become blockaded. cargo owner requires deli where the ship has put in, he Teutonia,” 41 Law J. Rep. Ad. 4, 1s &n authority for saying tnat he must pay freight. If the shipowner calls on him to take delivery elsewhere than at the port of destination, it has been held that he does not by ac- cepting the cargo become Hable to pay any freight (Castel vs. Trechman, 1 C. and E. 276). If the cargo owner absolutely refuses to take delivery elsewhere, it seems prob- able, on the scanty authorities dealing with the point, that the shipowner must keep the cargo until it is possible to deliver it, unless the charter contains the usual clause for delivery, “as near thereto as she can safely got,” and it is possible to dischar, the cargo at some place near to the block- aded port. Contracts of insurance made in this coun- try would not, from the legal point of view, be much affected by a war between two foreign states. Insurances on the prop- erty of belligerents would be valid, unless, as was the common practice in maritime wars, a warranty of neutrality were in- serted in the policy; but unless the char- acter of the property were disclosed, the policy might be avoided on the ground of concealment. It follows from the fact that trade in contraband goods or to a block- aded port would, by English law, be law- ful, that an insurance on such goods on such @ voyage would be good. But the na- ture of the cargo or of the voyage would aggravate end would therefore have to be discicsed. x . We Give the Public ; A Great Opportunity | :3 For Shoe Buying. SPOT CASH DOES THE TRICK. | The situation in the wholesale shoe trade is deplorable. the clothing business, stocks are being returned from the south and orders countermanded. Our close connections with the largest east- ern jobbers have enabled us to secure for spot cash several fine lots that were just ready for shipment at prices that would be ridiculous were the situation not so serious. tage--the saving is theirs. given away here. Come! As in We give our patrons the advan- Shoes, beginning tomorrow, will almost be $3 and $3.50 Men’s Shoes, | $2.47. Bulldog, Highest grade Tan hand=welt sh splendid style for best trade only--Vici Opera, Globe or Plain To tan and dark shades == also the fashionable Cor- nell shape--made to sell at $3.50- - = = = = = o¢cs In ligt & ‘a Ball Bearing Bike Shoes, $2.47. tan= The famous B. B. Bicycle Shoes, in both black or he best Bike shoes made--cut to = = « S2AT Men’s and Boys’ Tennis Shoes, 15c. Tennis shoes! 200 cases of them! of rubber--high or low cut--worth about five times as much--while they last = - - = = = = = = Heavy Soles 1de. - Ladies’ $3.00 Shoes, $1.47. white kid--beautifully ideal spring wear--in | LADIES’ LACE Vici Kid Tan Shoes tops--A to F widths--worth $3 = = = = = = = made-==-triple stit Oxbiecod shade- DLAT Ladies’ $2.50 Shoes, $1.27. | LADIES’ black and tan- leather tees, in black- OXFORDS, ither vesting or kid in opera, coin The identical shoe on F street is $2.50 = - - = = in Vici Kid -- turned =- in tops -= patent or Londun styles. O1.27 | Ladies’ Tennis Shoes, 15c. sizes--a mammoth HEAVY RUBBER SOLED High and Low Cut Tennis Shoes, for summer wea value = = ladies’ and children’s 15e | 668 1 0” Seventh. PHENOMENA OF FOG. Curious Experiences in the Bay and City of San Francisco. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Familiarity with the local phenomena of fog has destroyed interest im them in the mind of the average San Franciscan. He looks on with indifference almost daily through the summer season on the mar- shaling of the fleecy aerial hosts along tne ocean shore Ine of the city; of the forcing by them of the Golden Gate; their a of the mission heights; their charge over the city; their obseu the Contra Costa range, and their of the bay steamers and ferryboats; the ringing of alarm bells at the various ferry landings, and the doleful cries of the Goat Island and Point Bonita sirens have to him no special significance. Aid yet these familia phenomena furnished Bret H theme for a piece of the fin writing that ever flowed from hi. apture e warning toots of tugs and pen. Whence comes the great gray bank of fog that is carried by the strong western trade winds to the coast iine and to the gates of the city with the setting of the summer sun {fs a matter of as much specu- Jation as are the causes of the trade winds before which the fog bank is driven inland. It has been inferred that the trade winds are created by the heating of the great in- terior valleys and the inrush of the colder air of the sea to supply the vacuum which the heating process produces. Thus the warm air, which has been laden with mois- ture by solar evaporation far out at sea, is drawn inshore over the cold northern cur- rent that sweeps down the coast, condens- ing the vapor into a dense and chilling fog. While this phenomenon is present on the greater part of the coast line it is more conspicuous in the vicinity of San Fran cisco than any other part of it, which gives weight to the foregoing theory of its origin, as the Golden Gate and the low-lying hills of the San Francisco peninsula furnish an unobstructed avenue for the aerial currents from the sea to enter the heated central baein of the state, reducing the tempera- ture of both day and night to that pleasant mean which makes the California climate matchless among the climates of the earth. And the dense redwood forests which ex- tend along the coast from Monterey bay to the Oregon line draw their sustenance from the summer fog drift, for, as it passes through their tail tops, it is held and con- densed in the embrace of their branches into a drizzle that drenches the soil in which their roots are grounded. In the winter,,the meteorological student finds in the fog @rift in San Francisco bay important and,,almost unfailing weather signs. Three consecutive foggy days and rights are almost invariably forerunners of a rainstorm.» They are usually followed by a strong southeaster, which drives the fog out of the hay and brings with it the rainladen clouds that have been formed in the Gulf of California.to drench the earth over which they pass. To the San Francisco fisherman the fog érift is an cpem book. He knows through its signs the condition of the weather in the outer roadstead without consulting either the weather bureau or the lookout at the Point Lobos signal station. If the bay is full of fog and a strong breeze is ruffing i:s waters, he knows that it is in rine chances out of ten comparatively calm outside and probably clear. If the fog bank extends lke a, wall from the Golden Gate to the Berkeley shore, while the rest of the bay is clear, he knows that the outer readstead is clear, but banked with fog, which, later in the day, will be driven in- shore by the trade wind. His movements and operations are governed largely by the fog signs with which he is so familiar, and much of his immunity from disaster is due to this fog craft. ‘When the fog settles on the bay not only are all the landmarks shut out of the ferry master’s vision, but the mysterious influ- ence of on the transmission of sound is so dece] that the location of the siren signals and the steam whistles of moving ‘tain and often misleading. ferry landings ‘was not heard on one of the ferryboats on .| two recent occasions when the nose of the Doat was within 1€O feet of the slip, and a = Infants’ fancy colored shoes, always worth 50c., cut to 10c. i “R10” [ Seventh. = —a feat that would We place on sale suit in the lot is brand new —made for this season—and ought to sell for $3.50 or $4. Your choice tomor- POW sensation cme ee ise We shall also offer a 100 Boys’ Fancy Mixed Short Pants Suits, pants made with double seats and knees, sizes 3 to 16, that were made to sell at $4, at. Titanie Removal —_ Sacrifices in Boys Spring Suits & Pants. 400 Boys’ $3.50 and $4 Suits to go at $1.87. 100 Boys’ $4 Suits to go at $2.10. ; 100 Boys’ $4 Suits to go at $2.10. ls 200 Pairs Boys’ Odd Pants to go at 35c. 300 Pairs of Boys’ Odd Pants to go at 68c. All other clothing at 25 per cent off regular prices. E have prepared for an enormous day’s business here tomorrow. We have sct before us the task of closing out in one day 500 Boy: tomorrow, a lot of 400 Boys’ Short Pants Spring Suits—in all sizes from 3 to 16, in light wool cheviots, fancy cheviots, plaid cheviots and tweeds. Every 1.87 splendid “2.10 Parker, Bridget & Co.., Straightforward Clothiers, 315 7th St: Sale | Short Pants Suits and 500 pairs of Boys’ Odd Pants seem well-nigh impossible were it not for the “Titanic sacrifices” we have made in the prices. Without launching into any extraordinary promises we submit the = qualities and the prices just as they are, leaving you to judge for yourself if they are not the great- est values ever offered in this city. E Boys’ Suits. Boys’ Odd Pants _ 200 pairs of Boys’ Nobby Odd Pants, in new spring pat- terns, sizes 4 to 13—you can place your own value on them —but we shall close them all out tomorrow at the ridicu- oO } Saturday, lous priveiof-:. .5seecic.ecass 300 pairs of Boys’ Stylish Odd Pants, in blue and fancy mixtures, very latest and i smartest effects, sizes 4 to 16. roe = Your choice tomorrow line of complaint was lodged against the man whose duty it was to ring the bell on the ion that he was not performing it. yet ihere was positive proof fur- nished on both occasions that the bell was going, but the sound failed to penetrate the fog and drifted inshore to the peril of the ship. It has been shown in evidence that a steamboat's whistle was heard on one side when the vessel actually occupied the opposite position. Among the curious phenomena relating to fog is the fact that all fogs are not alike, either in density or influence. Ocean fogs 's the matter with old Bullion? “He’s mad clear through.” “ “What's the cause?” “He said if any of his employes wanted to go to war he would keep their positions for them, and give them full pay for the time they were gone.” . offer very little trouble to bay navigation for the reason that they drift in irregularly and contain frequent breaks through which the lookout can sce 400 or 500 yards ahead. A land or marsh fog is what the navigators of inland watezs dread. It often limits the vision to less than one-half the length of the craft. ———+o+—____ to enlist as a vivandiere.’ "—Cleveland Plain It matters little what f 1s that you want— | Dealer. whether a situation or a servant—e “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. “And now his pretty typewriter ts <cing o+——_____ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they

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