Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1898, Page 6

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Charley Loefler to Be Appointed if the Bill Passes. ley Loefter, the veteran doorkeeper of the President's office at the White ¢, is the beneficiary of a bill favorab- the House committee on last. week reviving the Office of storekeeper in the quartermaster Seneral’s department of the army, with the rank of captain. This office was created during the civil war and lapsed with the death of the incumbent several years thereafter. Mr. Loefier is one of the institutions of the White House and has served there continuously fn a most con- fidential capacity since President Grant's first term. He served creditably in the Mexican end c!vil wars, and has since ac- quired a reputation as a successful sports- man. He was usually a member of the hunting expeditions led by Presidents leveland and Harrison, during their resi- ce at the White House. It is likely that os bill to revive the office of military So will be adopted and that Mr. ler will be appointed to it, with the rank of captain. If you want anything, try an ad. in The oy. if anybody has what you wish, you an answer, Pn bas Sa ea reque y cheered. The adjutant ef the post, W. W. Deloe, next read the memorial orders, after which the male quartet from the Fifth Congrega- tional Church rendered “Lay Him Low.” Comrac trikin briefly addressed the assemblage, commending the work of those who had assisted the post in decorating the S00 ves in the four cemeteries, and expressing the belief that if the occasion should ever arrive the members of Sons of B. P. Entrikin. j Veterans would as bravely defend the flag as did their fathers, while the young girls and women would’ be as loyal as their mothers. The memorial services appro- ate to the day were then read by the officers of the post, and when the orches- tra had rendered “Nearer, My God, to Thee” Mrs. Cora Bookwalter, assisted by Miss Lillian Dorsey, recited “The Muster- ing in of Company G.” President Li Gettysburg address t. sang “The Army of the Un- well that she had to respond to Mr. J. A. Pearson of the Sons the assemblage on “Patriotism,” declaring that it has been the love of country which has made at all times our arms victorious. Twenty-five lit- tle girls then marched on the stage, under he guidanc> of Mrs. Emma 8. Ellis and irs. Mamie P. Dorsey, and decorated a shaft to the unknown dead, singing as they di@ so. The male quartet rendered another song, after which the Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis delivered an address. Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis. The address of the Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, chaplain of Columbia Camp, Sons of Veterans, and Ist Regiment, District Na- tional Guard, and pastor of the Western Presbyterian Church, was closely followed. Mr. Ennis said the nation had rightly chosen three days as occasions of special moment and worthy of particular ceremony —Independence day, Washington's birthday and Decoration or Memorial day. Of these the first and last had been baptized in blood and vestured in the smoke of battle. In some quarters Memorial day as sumed somewhat the character of a second Fourth of July and gala day, but here the day whereon, with measured step and muf- fled drum, the comrades of today visit the resting places of their comrades of yester- day's strife, is fraught with reverence and eminently fitting that we pause mrse the impulses that mutually stirred both survivors and the honored dead in the days of our country’s danger. The army that marshaled under the stars and stripes, in defense of the Union, was a composite of every army that had ever strain. It was the very . and represented ail loped manhood, so- yhysical. In it were the itons, Hollanders, Eng- Scottish freemen and’ Irish riots. Their composite qualities equaled compact aggressiveness of Caesar's gion and the invincible stability , mental and of stur yeomen, the Tenth L of a Macedonian phalanx. They had to one, the only, the all-sufficient shock that flashed from heart to heart through the loyal north,” he said, “was tral-bequeathed, a cradle-bred, a -indorsed conviction of right. ‘For right ts right, since God is God, And right the day must win. To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin.” “Garrison, Phillips and Lincoln stood for truth, and you stood with them. And up and down and across and through this grand old Puritan land, over her hills and tields, over her mountains and through her valleys, and from out her loveful, peaceful homes, came the refrain of the ‘old song, ‘We are coming, Father Abraham, 600,000 strong.’ You know the story from fateful Bull Run down through Shiloh, Gettysburg, Lockout mountain, the Wilderness and the Shenandoah valley, until Sheridan's old black charger carried him clear to Win- chester town, and Sherman went marching and singing through Georgia to the sea. Then came the final scene at Appomattox, when two noble men sheathed swords and struck palms—and bayonets were pounded into instruments to pierce the soil, rather than a brother’s breast. Then ‘Johnny came marching home,’ but not 600,000 strong. Recording angel, write it high where all the world can see, ‘860,000 lonely graves.’ And today you strew flowers on their resting places. Do it well! Strew them thick! Flowers for affection; flowers for gratitude; flowers for admiration; flow- ers for honor; flowers for peace; flowers for sorrowing grief; flowers for hope; flowers, praise God, for immortality In conclusion Mr. Ennis said: “Despite the tumult of war that obtains about us, this is a day of growing peace, of national poise, of international stability. The two grandest nations, called of God tuto being, are clasping hands across the seas and around the world, and “Down the dark future, thro’ long generations, ‘The echoing sounds giow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I bear once more the volce of Christ. say Peace! * “As a nation we stand firmer today than ever before in our history. Sectionalism is fast becoming obsolete and unity a term beloved by all. There will dawn a day when 79th New York Highlanders will link arms with Louisiana Tigers, and all will sing tne new ‘Home, Sweet’ Home,’ even the new song of Moses and the Lamb. When the order frsues forth for us to be mustersd out of service, and the last ‘taps’ has been sounded, and the camp fires of life burn low, and the lights go flickering out along the headlands of time, may we every one hear the welcome ‘All's Well’ of the sentry on the ramparts of the new Jerusalem. In the hope of that glad re- union, let us keep Memorial day. “Better, let us make each day a real day of live memorials; that our national life ghall be ons colossal, enduring cenotaph to those, who going before, blazed the way wherein we would follow to national integ- rity, municipal rectitude and an undeviable Gevotion to right. History repeats herself; end fathers are again beholding their sons in the midst of history-making days, re- plete with problems and weighty with con- Sequences. In all avenues of ving Co. lumbia is calling for true and trusty men.” He then quoted Julia Ward Howe's great poem, beginning “Mine cosy Berg anen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” The effect of his eloquence will be long remembered by those who felt its spell. The services were conc! od he Ba ren- fhe doers Ot the veteal oe ie very of Pl tion by the Rev.. C. H. Butlee. of EXERCISES AT ARLINGTON. Addrens: Mr. by Senator Thurston, Chaney and Others. Arlington national cemetery was the scene of the more important services of the day. Crowds began arriving on the trains and in vehicles early in the morning. They came in a continuous stream up to the time the ceremonies began, the dark and threat- ening clouds of the morning and the p~>3- pects of a drenching downpour having no terrors for the patriots who gathered in the beautiful necropolis overlooking the Po- tomac. The ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps and Legion of Loyal Women and a num- ber of comrades of the Grand Army of the Repuplic were early at the cemetery deco- rating the graves and tombs of the dead soldiers and officers. Not a grave was neglected, the most obscure one having a pretty little American flag waving over it. The Loyal Legion tent was up when the first of the crowds arrived, and coffee and cool beverages were served throughout the day by the members of the organization. The Old Guard, under command of Captain Edgar and Lieutenants Mahany and Fuss, the bugiers of the Mount Pleasant Field Band and the 4th Artillery Band were also early at the cemetery and took part in the program. The Procession Forms. At 12 o'clock, the time set for the begin- ning of the memorial exercises, the skies had cleared and the sun came out bright- ly. Promptly at the noon hour the proces- sion, consisting of members of the G. A. R. and W. R. C., L. L. W., L. of G. A. R., Le A. S., S. of V., ex-soldiers and sailors, in- vited guests and the public, formed south of the mansion, headed by the 4th Artil- lery Band, Prof. A. Buglione, leader. ‘fhe procession marched to the tomb of the “Unknown,” the band playing a dirge. The already beautifully decorated tomb was draped in additional flags. The band rendered “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” the lacies present singing the chorus. At the conclusion of the decoration ceremonies the processicn disbanded, the band and a majority of the organizations proceeding to the amphitheater, while others adjourne t» the Lee mansion, where the naval exer- cises took place. A Distinguished Group. The program at the amphitheater was de- layed until nearly 1 o'clock. On the plat- ferm was seated a distinguished assem- blage. President McKinley occupied a seat of honor, surrounded by the Vice President, Mr. Hobart, and members of his cabinet, including Secretary of War Alger, Secre- tary of the Treasury Gage and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. The Chinese mints- ter and Mme. Wu and the Corean minister, Chin Pom Ye, and members of the lega- tions were also present. Commissioner of Pensions Evans, prominent members of the G. A. R., and men high in Official life were also among the guess on the platform. The ampnitheater was prettily decorated with flags and bunting and spread with an immense awning. Mr. Arthur Hendricks, department com- mander of the G. A. R., presided. The ser- vices began with the sounding of the as- sembly by a bugler, followed by a selection, “Dear Native Land," by the Artillery Band, “The Artiilerist’'s Oath’ was ren: dered by a quartet composed of Messi Geo. C. Ross, Barnard Ryan, B. W Beebe and George H. Lillebridge, Mrs. An- nie L. Goodhue, accompanist. Mr. Hend- ricks then called the assembly to order. Commander's Remarks. He-said “You have been invited to participate with the comrades of this department of the Grand Army of the Republic in the observ- ance of Memorial day, which was estab- lished by our order thirty years ago, and to join with them in honoring those who fought in defense of the Union, whose precious dust marks the spot where ‘Glory guards solemn round the bivouac of the dead.’ “During the past twelve months more than 100 turt-covered mounds have been added to the many thousand in Arlington, from this department alone, and as each year our comrades fall by the wayside they take their places with those who died in the abitrament of war, shoulder to shoulder, as in the days gone by, to answer to the summons of the resurrection. . “They lie entombed within the loving arms of mother carth, beneath the o’cr- arching sky, which, ofttimes their only shelter, now smiles benignly upon their peaceful slumbers. “Their valor and patriotism are a never- ending theme of praise, and their sacrifices | are an undying source of inspiration for erations to come. “In the midst of our duties to them, in the springtime of the year, with beautiful flowers, fluttering banners and resounding strains of musie, we turn from the past with its lessons learned so dearly, and now so constantly and vividly impressed upon us, to meet the living present. “The veteran of the late war, though he vore the blue or gray, had hoped to pass his remaining days in a well-earned and gladly welcomed peace. In the face of im- pending danger he would take his place in line, and, with the courage of his con- victions, pick up the gage of battle and follow to the death if need be the starry Lanner of freedom. “Once more he sees the marshaled hosts of war, and while halting steps would quicken to the call of duty, enfeebled forms and unhealed wounds proclaim that the battle’s* front is not for him and so he sc his sons instead. The days of ‘Gi to are thus more than a memory, as again the youth of our country fight and die in the cause of liberty. “For many weeks our ears have been strained to catch the far-off sound of con- flict which portends so much for the ad- vancement of mankind. While with vic- tory may come the cry of mourning, we count no cost too dear which holds aloft and ever presents the principles of equal rights to all. “In the presence of these dead comrades let all, while remembering the immortal fame of the ‘defenders of the republic,’ gather hope and courage; and when you shall have listened to the eloquent words of our distinguished friends who follow, you can count a day well spent which must enrich your minds and inspire to no- bler purposes. Following a rendition of ‘The Wayside Chapel” by ths band, Rev. Benjamin Swal- low, past department chaplain, offer:d up an invocation, asking blessing upon all the people assembled throughout the country today to honor the dead heroes of the na- tion. He also invoked God's blessing upon the sailors and soldiers of the United States now at the front and on the seas. The quartet rendered a memorial hymn by A. B. Winch. Assistant Adjutant General L. Van- derhoef read the orders of the day. Senatos Thurston's Addreas. Senator J. M: Thurston of Nebraska, the orator of the day, was then introduced. There was vast interest and universal sym- pathy evident for him in the multitude which leaned forward to listen to his words. All knew that he was burdened himself with a grief that was heavy and unyleld- ing, and as bis glowing sentences poured forth bosoms heaved and tears came un- restrained to eyes long strangers to their moisture. “Blessed are the dead,” he said, ‘whose memory is perpetuated by the flower serv- fce of a grateful people. How truly im- mortal are those who give their lives for iberty. To have lived long, purposeless, neutral a coe is nothing—to have lived a few glorious hours, to Dave bravely faced the infinite, to have calmly met the Master in humanity's cause, is sublime. Why mourn these dead of ours? ey sleep in the bosom of the land they loved. Here where the ground once shook the aes Ce eee hosts ster ake at rest. ie sentinels no longer patrol the banks of the Potomac, it ape. to attest the a God served the Un! And over the river, on beauteous dome of the nation’s Capi- uplifted tows thereal 3 oes the stars of n tranquiliy floats the un- he greatest nation-of the “Why mourn those who slumber here? Their epitaphsllate written In the grandest history of the ages. . Before them will rev- erently pass the Procession of the cen- turies. And every headstone roundabout, even those without a name, will be given honorable place in the -mighty -monument that is to comthemorate the ennobling and uplifting of the human race. “It _was.a day lof memories,” he said, “a day when we ‘meet in the hallowed past and hold comttynion with out holy dead. A day when we'recall the glorious aspira- tions which“ thrilled men’s souls in that heroic time, wher to love one’s country was to lay down ont's life; a day filled with that same spirit of freedcm, patriotism and devotion which; breathed into the common dust of ordinaty humanity the sublime in- spiration of heraic deeds; a day when we rekindled the:ifires of patriotism on the altar of our liberties and once again re- new the loyal vows that these our noble dead in tho years gone by consecrated with thet> hearts’ blood. ‘A third of a century had passed since those heroes fought and those loved ones fell. A third of a century in which the re- united people of a common country had realized the inestimable blessings of peace and shared together in the beneficent truits of a progressive development and prosper- ity which stands alone in v:e annals of all the world. From this vaniage ground of the years, in this sacred spot, on the borderland where internecine conflict rag- ed, in this hour when the hearts of the peo- ple are thrilling and throbbing as never before at the bugie call of the world’s hu- manity and the nation’s duty, it will offend no American when we fittingly honor our dead, not alone as brave men, Who marched with steady step into the jaws of death, who unhesitatingly bared their breasts to the hell of battle, but proclaiming them to the world as the soldiers of God, whose blood atonement washed away the na- tion's sins, whose struggles and whose vic- torles were a part of the infinite design, that liberty might dwell in all the earth. y countrymen,” he exclaimed, “these men who died may not have known, but you and I know now that the roar of their battles was but the echo of God’s foct- steps marching op. I am.a believer in a overruling Providence, in the infinite wis- dcm that guides the destinies of nations as of men. I am deeply impressed with the theught that this great western hemis- phere of ours is under the especial guid- ance of God's great plan. That we as a people are struggling onward and upward to the fulfillment of a supreme purpose. It was God’s providence that kept the new werld in all its virgin strength and beauty until the restless races of men had reached a civilization fit to be transplanted here. It was God’s providence that put the pre- posterous idea of a round world into the quickened brain of a Genoese sailor. When he sailed out into the unknown fea Provi- dence stood at the helm and guided his ship aright, and when he landed on the unknown strand it raised above him the great white cross of a Savior's love, the emblem of immortal hope. It gave strength and courage and victory to the little band of sturdy patriots who wrought the mighty miracle of American independence. It spoke in every I'ne of the Declaration vf Independence, it inspired the pen of eman- cipation, and the sword of Appomattox, Columbus, Washington, Lincoln, Grant. Did chance select them each for his glori- ous work so gloriously performed? Let the fool answer how he will, I prefer to see the finger of supreme design. That finger, may be, is even now- moving toward another man; a man who shall lead our triumphant hosts to a glorious victory for liberty and humanity, who shall wreak God's venge- ance on wicked, cruel, merciless Spain, and drive from this hemisphere the last vestige of tyranny and oppression. And it may well be that:isome sword sheathed in d feat by the judgment of God, that libert might be the heritage of every American child, will now by command of Jehovah himself leap fromits scabbard to give lib- erty and self-government to the oppressed and downtrodden ;people of the beautiful Island of Cuba. . “What an fasptring sight,”” he continued, “to see those avho-once fought against each other now rallying under the one flag, ex- ulting and rejofcing that the azure field of the Union banner holds in equal honor every star of statehood, and singing to- gether the retirrafed music of the Union. Yankee Doodfe ant! Dixie—the favorite air: “We are umited:as never before. Every trace of bitternessjls gone at last. But this perfect recongillation, this union of hearts and of hands, as well as of states, has not come becatsd we have forgotten. You of the south stilt hold in tender memany your heroic dead, 3¥e of the north will ever do the same. There {= no true story of any American battlefield that should ever be forgotten. Americans are strong enough and brave enough to stand by the truths of their heroic history—and history will ever stand, immutable as the stars, that the in+ herfted institution of human slavery was destroyed by the justice of God. “Thomas Jefferson gave us the genesis of American liberty in the Declaration of Independence, but the gospel of its new testament was written by Abraham Lin- coln in the emancipation proclamation. “Glorious are the dead who die for erty. Blessed ave they whose blood 1s for the welfare of their fellow men. great conflict in which our d2ad fought w in the beginning, a contest between men, between sections; it was the Union against the confederacy. But it is evident that over and above th> purposes of men was God's purpose. He would not permit the govern- ment of the United States to remain under a Consutution that sanctioned human slav. y. He would not give victory to the nion arms until with it would come 1ib- erty to a race in chains. The careful stu- dent of the war of the rebellion has difficulty in seeing that up to the time of the emancipation proclamation the doubtful tide of battle set most strongly against the Union shore. Disaster had followed dis- aster until Lincoln himself almost despaired of ultimate victory; until it seemed as if the exulting southern hosts were about to make good their boast of proclaiming the confederat2 government from the steps of the nation’s Capitol. But from the hour of emancipation, trom the hour in which the cause of the Union became the cause of lib- erty, from the hour in which the flag of the republic became the flag of humanity, from the hour in which its stars and stripes no longer floated over a slave; yea, from the sacred hour of the nation’s new birth that dear old banifer never faded from th3 sk and the brave boys who bore it never wa ered in their onward march to victor: With the single exception of Chancellors ville, and that stubborn, doubtful day at Chickamauga, no decisive field of battle was ever lost by th? men who sang with redoubled enthusiasm ‘John Brown's body lies moldering in the grave, but his soul goes marching on.’ Gettysburg at the east, Vicksburg at the west, ratified the Prosi dent’s action and woke the merning of our national holiday with a grand jubilee of joy. From Chattanooga to Appomattox, from Atlanta to the sea, the hearts of the war- worn, battle-searred veterans took new courage; all along th2 line they touched elbows with a steadier purpose, saw in each other's eyes a holier fire, joined with a new inspiration in that glorious anthem, ‘Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.’ ” Describing eloquently how after a third of a century of peace and prosperity all the children of a common country kneit at the altar of a reunited faith, S:nator Thurston exquisitely apothepsized the conquerors and the conquered, for whom no pen could write, no tongue cHuld jvoice a fitting meed of praise, and cOntiniing said: “Under normal Conditions I am opposed to sermonizing, ,te the reading pf homelies and to the diseussion of public questions on Decoration day- I believe our service should be a love; service; of prayer and praise and bat out of the heroic memories. of the Past we should draw new inspirations Of patriotism and find new ar- dor for the preservation of the free insti- tutions which came to us through the bap- tism of fire q@nd blood. But, my country- men, for the first time in our history on Decoration day We are at war. Once more upon the sol of'old Virginia the federal bayonets arg agleam. From day to day the boys in blue pass by; the reveille, the bugle call 1s ,heard even in this city of the silent dead, ‘This.time, thank God, the war is not section. “There are no brothers ar- rayed againat! brothers; no Americans against Americans. There is only one uni- form in all the land, one flag in all the sky, one sentiment in the breasts of all the heroes of the republic. “War is a terrible thing—to be shunned and avoided whe®ever and as far as. possi- ble. But I have no sympathy with thos. who believe that war should be avoided at the sacrifice of national honor, at the ex- pense of humanity or the loss of liberty. I cannot love those who turn deaf ears 6 the unceasing cries of the victims of tyran- ny, inhumanity and barbarity, because lib- erty and relief can only come through the shedding of. blood. If I read God's history aright, civilization and Christianity have hot come from the survival of the fittest, bee =, the Spcrities of oS best. What ny. human res. assert that the blood of Le yn wal not sacred, even as the blood of Calvary, Bunker HilJ, Baker at Ball’s Bluff, ey at Cardenas, all gloriously died to hasten lib- inning through to 704-706 K st. row morning. If you were here of buyers have been in constant ucs. Mattings, 10c. Cholce of 65 rolls of seamless cotton warp Japenese mattings of good, desirable quality—full of wear and satisfaction, and for which the furniture stores get double— + for We. a yard. Mattings, 15c. Chetce of 120 rolls of heavy seamless China mattings, In a variety of the most deautifnl patterns. fresh and new-looking, for 15 cents a yard. If yon cay duplicate the quality of these mattings for less than 25e. a yard at any other store in town i We are Very much mistaken, 924, 926, 928 7th, » running ga 7th to 704-706 K st. “The Dependable Store.” Fresh news from the great | matting sale. The second shipment of mattings which we purchased at the sale of an importer’s overstock has arrived and goes on sale tomor- when the first“lot went on sale you know without our telling you what a rush ensued. Great crowds attendance—the selliug has never ceased. With the additional lots just received a great sale is made gteater—a wider choice is given—better assortments—better val- Mattings, 24c. Choice of 94 rolls of very fine Japanese an warp and China maitings, in beau- et patterns and inlaid figure ef- rd. You will have to pay bought rlatting rugs, 25c. With the matting 7 lot of J nese cotton Warp matting rugs, 50 cents is the regular price. Size 36 72 es—in a pleasing variety of beauti- ful Patterns and designs. in the regular way. rchase came a big For 49c. Choice of two hundred dozen sheer plain white India linon shirt waists, of fine sheer quality—in all sizes—made and finished in the most attractive manner— which are worth more than double—will be given you for 49 cents. Every shirt wolst in this lot freshly made and new —the creations of one of the best known || makers in the country. In tomorrow’s special wash There isn’t a better chosen —none of large varicty—better 6,000 yards of Tissue Mozambique will |] be effered tomorrow at Just about. a third vd. || the usual price—choice, per 3HKC i} for .. 16 pieces of linen crash, for skirts and sults—of ery superior quality, intended to sell at 12%4c. a yard, will be vile eA IAee offered tom The regular 12i¢c, organdies, in pretty Ince-striped effects, and corded dimit ||| in the newest color combinations —erisp- y new, every yard of th San" 3 tren SIAC, will be offered f eclipse every previous effort at value gi | mined we are to make a greater fame for this department— |] More women coming here to supply their summer needs. 2 shirt waist offerings. The season thus far has been prolific of many good shirt waist values here—but we haven't known any to equal these two. The shirt waist buyer has been doing some very extraordinary buy ing—all of which accrues to your benefit—brings you the best opportunities you could wish for. For 89c. Choice of a splendid lot of shirt waist, eer dimities, organdies and leading makes, such as quise’” and “Justine,” very in is Well acgnainted Mith—will be given you for 8@ cents. There's a wide range of the prettiest tterns to checse from—the most desir: le waists of the season. They have been selling up to the present time at $1.25 and $1.50, ‘Don’t miss the wash goods specials. goods values we have striven to ing. That's how deter- stock than ours anywhere in town assortments. Regular 20¢. Scotch ginghams, in pretty plaid. stripe and check effects—32 inches wide—not the cheap, domestic tort—will go tomertow for; L2IAC. The famous Koechlin’s French tmported figured organdies, in the richest assort- ment of patterns you have ever seen; dainty creations that vie with nature itself—and intended to sell at Sige. a yard, for... wee 19C. | Summer needs at a saving. Tomorrow we'll show you how to save money on the things you need for the sum- mer household. The base- ment is filled with the most varied stock it has ever shown —everything the housewife should need—marked at the lowest possible prices. We think you will appreciate the saving we have made possible —come and take advantage of | the offerings. foi cooking stoves. The very best quality King and Queer makes, two burners, sli fomerrow: fe 49 cents. |Bessemer steel ware. jal prices in Bersomer Ste Walout Grained Tube, Water Carriers and } Ware tra Large Fe Jars for 25 cents. Watering pots. The Fi t Eatra Heavy XX Tin Wa tering » with detachahle spouts, for 10 cents. Chris. Lipp’s oleine soap. 10 cakes of this Celebrated best made, for se 29 cents. Ramey refrigerator. Tomorrow we'll sell th Celebrated $1 Rann Retrige entirely hardwood, ined ai th. mineral Wool and charcoal sheathing—on Tuesday only—for , jRamey ice chests. Made strictly cf bardweod and galy lars Mined throughout, for. | "4 alvanined $2.98. Winning white goods specials, The values that go on sale tomorrow in the white goods ought to win additional ap- plause for us from every pa- tron. It is seldom that your mone~ has been able to Com- mand such values. We place before you some of the best white stuifs of the season—in wondrous variety —all of them marked at phe- nomenally low prices. 46 pieces of new corded dimtti sheer quallty—in pretty —the regular 12t3¢ for Saye nite Black imported French batiste, fast Diack and warrarted not to crock—the usual = 18¢ value — tomor- ses "mr 121Ac. 25 pleces of lace-striped India iinen, for waists and dresses, which usually sells at 1 a = yard—tomerrow me ome OAc. Prettiest white French organdies, full two yards de—instead of 45 cents a yard, whi will go for. the coming of God’s kingdom on earth. Yea, and Dewey in the harbor of Manila was the blessed messenger of God's just | wrath. | “T do not know when this war with Spain | will cease. I do not know what sacrifices we may yet be called upon to make. I do | not know how many headstones may yet | be added to this city of the dead. I do not | know how many mothers’ hearts may mourn. I do not know how many altars | may be desolated. But I do know that he delivering of the new world f rity and inhuman- | ity of Spain's merciless despotism will be worth it all. Ido know that the cementing together of the hearts of all the people in enduring friendship and abiding love; I do know that the consecration of Ame! energies, the uplifting of America: ment in so unselfish and holy a do know that this touching of elbows der the one flag by the men and the is of the men who faced each other on our battlefields under two fla do know that this accomplishment of God’s great purpose will bring to the American people God's | choicest blessing and reward. And I have | faith to believe that from above the opened heavens the great war President, Abraham Lincoln, looks down approvingly upon our great war President, William McKinley, while Grant and Lee, could they but speak to us today, would fire the hearts of their old Heutenants now in command of the armies of the United States with the in- spiring cry, ‘On to Cuba!’ “In Camp Alger, beyond the hill, I have seen a part of the new army of the repub- Ne, strong, stalwart, bright-eyed, brave, 1 young men, in the flush of manhood, ready in the service of their country to storm even the gates of death. Today I see around me the surviving veterans of the old Grand Army of the Republic, griz- zled and gray, some with empty sleeves, some stumping their way on wooden pegs; whatever th {too broke the clasp of loving arms to KO | and liberty and I remember that in the years gone by these old veterans were bo ; boys who left the plow, the forge, the Joom, the shop, the office, the college, the sanctuary, to fight the battles of their country. They they too left bye kisses on tiny lips; they too had mothers, wives, sisters, sweet_ hearts; they too turned from home and comfort and peace to follow the flag. God bless them, living and dead. May there be cheers for the living as long as the last surviver blesses the earth, may there be tears for the dead to the end of time. Idiers, rest, thy warfare o'¢ Dream of fighting ficlds no m¢ Sleep the sleep that knows not. br a of toil or night of waking. rest in peace, oh, mighty dead. use for which you fought can never tiled again. Rest in peace, the race Whose freedom you achieved will bless you th their latest breath. Rest in peace, the Union you preserved remains for ever, equa! rights and justice is the your descendants to the judg- God bless the men who followed king, heritage o: ment d the fla The Poem of the Day. After a selecticn by the quartet, Com- rade D. J. Evars, the poet of the day, s introduced. He read: The Nation's Dead. L The winds are sweet with mtgnonette, The hills are banked with violet, And we today, with reverence true, Extol our patriot dead, ane: When we remember how they died— By dank bayou, on mcuntain side, Upen the gunboat’s splintered deck, In the flame of the reddened wreck. With Farragut among the shrouds, With Hooker fighting in the clouds, With Shermai marching to the sea, With Grant in final victery. And there were partings ncne ean tell And broken hearts in last farewell, And pallid lips that breathed the name Of those who went, but never came, 1. Again the bugle stizs the Mood to war, And thundering cannons echo from afary Prof. D. J. Evans, Old Glory waves defiant in the sky— Free Cuba! is the nation’s battle ery Cuba! fair daughter of the western seas, Whose piteous moans rise on the passing breezey Sad victim of oppression’s ruthless spoll, While drop by drop her life Mood stain « ntinued on Eighth Page.) Royal Blue Serge Suit to order, $10. The suit is not yours until you pronounce the fit o. k. Keep that point always in mina. There is more in Our Royal Blue Serge than its mere name, the same Serge by any other name would be as good. . The name we originated over a year ago, our object being to designate this special kind of Serge Special—because it is better than the ordinary kinds. Our wonderful success with this Special Serge—wonder- ful—because this Special Serge is better than other kinds—has led unscrupulous vendors to filch the name of our Royal Blue Serge. There are only two places that we know of where you can get this Special Serge, one is right here, the other is 6 East Baltimore’street, Baltimore, Md., our Baltimore store. It would be well for you to use your eyes when you want to buy a Blue Serge. By the way, our Booklet “Royal Blue Serge, Blue That’s Blue,” will give you a few reasons why our Royal Blue Serge Suits command “uch a tremendous sale. Drop a postal or call for the booklet. Keep before you the fact that we are the originators and ~~ makers of the Genuine Royal Blue Serge Suits, made only to your order. Ten Dollars. Mertz and Mertz, Our Royal Blue Serge is pure wool —the kind the sheep furnishes. New Era Tailors, 906 F St. > |