Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1898, Page 10

10 ——E——— SS THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1898-24 PAGES. UNDERWEAR FOR DISTRICT VOLUNTEERS. A Few Points About the Finest Un- derwear in the World. ‘The feeling ts instinctive that woolen under- clothing is in warm weather—that if we wear wool fm cold weather to keep us warm we must wear something-eise in warm weather to keep us cool—but that this is a mistake is demonstrated by the fact that English and German soldiers wear the Dr. Jaeger wool underwear ail the year around in all climates. The great feature of this wonderful underwear is that it keeps the tempera- ture of the body normal in all seasons—protecting It alike against the cold of winter and the ex- cessive heat of summer. In a conversation with the writer, Mr. Wm. H. McKnew, 933 Pa. ave., who is general agent for Washington for the Dr. Jaeger underwear. said that scores of the District volunteers had provided themselves before going south with complete suits of this underwear, not only as # protection agains rheumatism, neuralgia, pneumonia and other com- plaints liable from exposure to all kinds of weather, but also as a shield against the excessive heat of a southern climate. Many of them, at the recommendation of physicians, also provided them- selves with the Dr. Jaeger abdominal bands, which every English soldier who is sent to another climate is compelled by law to wear. These bands protect the stomach—prevent it from becoming chilled, and in large measure regulate the tempera- ture of the whole body. ° But those who stay at home in a varying climate Uke Washington are just as much In ‘need of Dr. Jaeger underwear as those who travel. Hundreds are prostrated by the heat every summer who would suffer no inconvenience whatever if clothed in Dr. Jaeger underwear. DOSS S PLL OP LS OP HOSS OPES IPC CS 3 Our Store is fuil of the most beautiful assortment of e $Shoes for seasonable Summer Wear. Glace Oxford Ties, $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50. Our prices are always less than those of srybody else for same quality of shocs. Robert Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave. N. W. Established 1828. my10-3m,28 CLES O FOSS TE SOS IES OT SUOECD Cooking that Don’t cook The Cook! A hot range coal fire not only cooks the dinner, but cooks the cock. Why not cook by gas? Only have to try it to like it. You cap bake or broil just as perfectly on one of our splendid $10 gus ranges as on a coal stove. Other gas stoves from 50c. up. Drop postal and have our man call with catalogues, etc. Gas Appliance Company, 1424 NEW YORK AVE. 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Sivan, aged twenty-four years, of England; Patrick Sullivan, aged twen- ty-six years, born in Ireland; Hanna M. © Keefe, twenty-four years old, born in County Limerick, Ireland; Pasquail Fiorl, aged fifty-one years, of Itcly; William Dar- gic, aged thirty-seven, born in Scotland; Michael Grace, aged fifty-three years, born in Ireland; Edwin Yarnold, aged forty- seven, born in Final naturaliza- ton papers have becn issued to them in | this city. i BLACKBURN SWORN Former Senator From Kertucky Wit- ness in Canty Trial. TELLS OF ACQUAINTANCE WITH RYE} said. It was very that ‘he Edward Alstead, Young Stock- broker, Returns Defiant Answers. EVIDENCE OTHER GIVEN Former Senator “Joe” Blackburn of Ken- tucky was a witness in the Canty trial to- day. The distinguished Kentuckian very briefly told of his acquaintance with Rye, and that, seeing him on the morning of the shooting, he had not observed any- thing extraordinary in his manner or de- meanor. Edward Alstead, a young broker, former- ly employed by Canty, proved a most stub- born witness when the defense tried to cross-examine him, and ‘returned defiant answers, several times positively refusing to reply to questions. The jury were not called until after Alstead had been heard, as there was doubt in Justice Cole’s mind as to the admissibility of his evidence. Otherwise the trial was devoid of senza- tional or unusual incidents, and the attend- ance was not so large as upon yesterday. Witn Becomes Defiant. Edward Alstead was the first witness. He resides in Philadelphia, but was here until October last. He was employed by Canty until Mr. Van Senden came into the firm. He was in Washington, he said, the Satur- day following the homicide and saw Mr. Pistel, the tailor, at his place on Pennsyl- vania avenue. Witness was told by Pistel that the morning of the shooting John Moy- lan and two others had called on him and wanted to borrow “a pistol that would shoot true.” The witness said Pistel de- scribed one of the other men and said he believed he was Canty. During the rigid cross-examination of the witness Canty sat bolt Upright, with his eyes fixed, hardly winking, on the face of the witness. It was brought out by Mr. Worthington that Alstead left Canty’s em- ploy because of a quarrel following a mis- take with regard to a “conflicting” order from a customer who telephoned it in. Re- ferring to the arrest of Canty and Van Senden on the charge of embezzlement fol- lowing the firm's failure, Mr. Worthington asked: “Is it not a fact that you were instru- mental in getting evidence for the prosecu- tion in that case, and did you not do all you could to prevent it from being nolle prossed ?”” “I did,” frankly replied the witness. The witness was questicned for the pur- pose of showing that he had ill-feeling toward Canty and that he had availed him- self of every opportunity to manifest it. Alstead did not conceal the fact that he has no affection for the defendant. Several times he refused to answer questions put to him and was defiant in his attitude toward Mr. Worthington. “Mr. Alstead, did you not tell Mr. Frank Brown, last night, that you were brought here under arrest, and that you’did not know what for?” “I did,” said the witness, a smile break- ing over his face. “Why did you do that?” “Because it was none of his business. If he wanted to know the truth he had to find out.” Doesn’t Know His Father's Name. ‘The witness was then agked who he had called on while here on that Saturday. He said his father. ‘ “What is your father’s name?” asked Mr. Worthington. “I don’t know,” calmly replied Alstead. “What! You don’t know your own fath- er’s name?” “I decline to answer.” “Why do you decline to answer?” “Because I don’t think it has anything to do with this case.” “Your honor,” appealed Mr. Worthing? ton, “I would like you to require the wit- ness to answer.” Alstead turned with a half-defiant smile toward Justice Cole, who, looking straight ahead at counsel, replied: “I den’t think,” slowly and thoughtfully it came, “that I'll require this witness to tell anything he’ does not care to tell. Mr. Worthington sat down abruptly and angrily. Then he returned to the cross-fire with savage energy. “Weren't you here all of yesterday out- side the court room, and did you not have a long talk with Mr. Pistel in the corridor back of this court?” he asked. “I dic “What were you talking about?” “Oh, all sorts of things.”* “Why don’t you tell? Anything discred- itable?” “I den't tell,” said Alstead, looking Mr. Worthington squarely in the eye, “because it's my business what I do.” To say that Alstead created a small sen- sation in the court room by his sharp and negative answers is stating it very mildly. ‘The witness even astonished the counsel for the defense, who, so far, had had no difficulty in extracting all they desired to know from the mest unwilling witnesses. Mr. Davis sat back in his chair and smiled wken he saw that his witness was not only bland, but eel-like. Alstead could not remember whether or not others were present when he talked with Pistel, although later it was develop- ed that perhaps Pistel’s partner, Dobbins, had been present. Alstead said he had concluded that Canty must have been the man described by Pistel as one of the two who accompanied Moylan. Pistel on the Stand. The jury having been brought in for the first time during the session, the tailor, Frank N. Pistel, was called to the stand. “Did you see Canty on the morning of the shooting?” asked Mr. Davis. t in my store.” “Did you see him at all?” ‘Not that I remember.” Pistel then testitied that Moylan had called at his store that morning. He was alone. He came through the back way. Pistel’s partner, Dobbins, went out into the yard with Moylan. He did not hear what passed between them. “Did Mr. Moylan tell you his reason for calling?” “He did not.” He further testified that Dobbins told him what Moylan had said with regard to his visit. He was not permitted by counsel to say what he had been told. He had spoken to several persons about the mat- ter and stated to them what Moylan had said: “Have you had any talk with Mr. Canty or any of defendant's counsel about the matter?” asked Mr. Worthington. “TI have not.” “Call Mr. Dobbins,” said Mr. Davis, and Pistel left the stand. Robert M. Dobbins, the partner of Pistel, testified that he knows John Moylan. “I object to any further testimony about Mr. John Moylan,” cried Mr. Worthington, “unless it is proposed to connect him with the def2ndant, Canty, and, even so, it may then be objected that such evidence should have been in chief.” John Moylan Testifies. Mr. Davis required Dobbins to step aside and permit Mr. Moylan to testify. John Moylan, proprietor of the Owen House, then took the stand. He knew Can- ty and Rye. He last saw Rye at the Owea House the night before the shooting. He also saw him in Willard’s Hotel billiard roora later in the night. Mr. Dangafield and Mr. Schaefer went from the witness’ hotel with him. Rye remained only five minutes. e “Where were you when you first heard of this shooting?" . “I was in Mr. Jeffords’ office.” Sateen hear the shots?” He raid he remained in the office a few minutes and then came out. “When I got out an officer had Canty. I tata,"How do you do® 1 called ‘a carriage said, they got into it.” z Dobbins unless Canty could be connected with it in some way. Continuing, ‘the witness said he had not seen Mr. y the Mgnday preceding the shooting. ab Mg e “I want to know why“you wanted to bor- row a revolver; s#id Mr. Davis, “and you need not answer if there is objection.” “We don’t object if; it relates to Mr. Canty,” said Mr. Worthington. “Because I contemplated going to North Craolina,” said Mr: Moylan. Mr. Davis said che was sorprised—very d—by.what the witness had was as- to prod the witness’ recollettiot’ as to what he had told Mr. Davis in his effice with regard to the case. Mr. Moylan,denied that he told Mr. Dayis he had said, to Dobbins that he wanted to borrow a revolver for Canty. The Witness Explains. “I asked Dobbins if he could loan me @ gun,” said the witness, “‘but I did not tell him why. I then went to Brill to get one, having failed at Pistel’s, But I did not get @ revolver that morning. I told you, Mr. Davis, that I wanted the gun for another reason; that I wanted to go to North Caro- lina that night. I first heard of the alter- cation between Canty and Rye from Mr. Walton that afternoon at 2 o'clock at Jef- fords’ office. I dig not see Canty or Van Senden there. I had not seen Canty for over a month.” “Did you not tell me that you told Dob- bins you wanted a revolver for Dennis Did you not say that you told Dobbins Canty had had a difficulty with Rye and a had threatened to take Canty's “No, sir. I was Rye’s friend. He called at my house. I was only an acquaintance of Canty.” Did Not Know Rye Was Dead. The witness said that after putting Canty and the officer in the carriage he went back to the drug store to ascertain Rye’s condition. He did not know Rye was dead. The victim lay there with eyes wide open, as if in life. He asked several bystanders about Rye, and was surprised to learn that he was dead. The witness told of his ef- forts to obtain counsel for Canty. Mr. Blackburn Sworn. Former Seaator “Joe” Blackburn of Ken- tucky was the next witness. He knew Rye very well. Both ate at one table at the Wellington Hotel the morning of the shoot- ing. “What was Mr. morning?” “I did not notice anything extraordinary,” responded Mr. Blackburn. The witness was excuscd and Justice Cole very cordially shook his hand as he left the witness box, after which he grasped the hands of Mr. Davis and Mr. Shillington, and then hurried out of court. The recess than stopped proceedings for three-quarters of an hour. t * © Moylan Cross-Examined. Witness Moylan was again placed in the box after recess and cross-2xamined by Mr. Worthington. When Rye called at his hotel the night befcre the shooting, witness sald, he drank whisky. He said it was the first tim2 he had seen Rye take whisky. They conversed upon the difference in the sizes of Arkansas and North Carolina ‘pos- sums. Robert M. Dobbins was recalled, and Mr. Davis said he wanted to prove by the wit- tess that Moylan did say he wanted a re- volvar for Canty. Mr. Worthington object- ed, and Judge Wilson. then argued that even if it was proved that Moylan did say such a thing, the testimony would have no weight as going to prove that Canty had anything to do with it Closing Proctedings Yesterday. Justice Cole, yesterday, after The Star’s report closed, decided that the question of the admissibility of evidence as to Rye’s state of mind should go over for the pres- ent. Canty was again“placed on the stand by the government and denied having said immediately after the shcoting that he had thought Rye was going to draw a knife. Guy Rye was called and stated that the revolve: found in-his' father’s trunk waS there yet. He was sent out at once to get the weapon. Policeman Riley testified that he had giv- en the list of witnesses to the affair to De- tective Kilmartin. On the stand, Kilmar- tin said he had reported the names at the district attorney's office. He did not know. why James L. Chase’s name had not been turned in; he had never heard of it. Chief Clerk Harvey Given of Mr. Davis’ office testified that the names given him were the ones called. Witness did not know why Chase's name had been omitted. At this point Guy Rye returned and was again sworn. He exhibited Fis father’s re- volver, a 44-caliber, Colt, short and large. Justice Cole decided it should be admitted as evidence. Witness Doyle was recalled and said Rye wore either a frock or long sack coat, but- toned up, at the time of the shooting. Ex- Senator J. C. S. Blackburn did not respond when his name was called. John Pistel, a tailor, at No. 1417 Pennsyl- vania avenue, was called and declared he did not remember seeing Canty or John Moylan the morning of the homicide. He was excused until today, pending argument as to the admissibility of his evidence. Af- terward District Attorney Davis said he proposed to show that Pistel had told sev- eral people that the morning of the day Rye was killed, Canty and Moylan called on him and tried to borrow a pistol. Henry Matthews testified that when he saw Rye the latter had his left hand slightly raised. He neither saw nor heard of a knife. Frank H. Thomas, an insurance agent, with an office in the Wyatt building, testi- fied for the first time. When he heard the shots he ran to his window and saw a man wearing a black silk hat and a frock coat going backward toward the Ebbitt House. He saw the man raise his clinched hands to his breast and open them, and heard him cry, “Murder! Murder! Murder!” He said the scene was like seme he had seen on the stage. He saw nothing of a knife. SSS CONDENSED LOCALS. Rye’s demeanor that Clifford L. Grant has been appointed by the District Commissioners an additional private of the police force for three years, for duty on the steamboat Jane Moseley, and at the wharf of the Jane Moseley Steamboat Company. Mrs. J. T. Edelin, who lives at 918 H street northeast, had her hand painfully burned by the expiosion of a gasoline stove, which occurred about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The explosion caused a blaze and an alarm was turned in from box 621. There was not much damage done to the house. The police.of the second precinct are looking for a colored man named J. Willis, who is wanted on a charge of seriously as- seulting his wife, in the rear of 1245 Madi- son street, last night. It is charged that he knocked the woman down and kicked her several times. She was taken to Freedmen’s Hospital for treatment. This morning about, 2:30 o'clock an alarm was sounded from box 54 by Policeman Buckly for fire im vacant house No. 1117 2d street southeast, The flames gained con- siderable headway befure the arrival of the firemen, and the damage amounted to about $00. What caused, the blaz2 is not known. The Singer Club, which participated in the closing exercises 6f Gunston Institute, is composed of Fraulein Koehle’s violin pu- pils and is named after, the celebrated Ger- man musician, Singer. The vocal music was by the pupils of Mrs. de St. Clair Bux- ‘ton. Miss Specht, who gave two piano numbers, is a pupil of Prof, Anton Gloetz- ner, who has charge @f| piano music at the institute. ee Complimept te a Visitor. The Takoma Assembly gave an im- Promptu dance lagt evening in the town hall at Takoma Park, in honor of Miss Carrie D. Anderson of Kentucky, who is the guest of Miss Susie Davis. Among those present were: Mrs. Dorsey, Mrs. Silar, Mrs. Heaton, Mr. and Mrs, Kin- near, Mrs. Guerry, Mrs. Mooers, Mr. G. A. ‘Warren, Miss Lay, Miss Julia Lay, Miss ARMY ORDERS. —— ‘ Capt. O. A. Nesmith, Volunteer Signal Corps, has been assigned to duty in this city es assistant to the chief signal officer of the army. Lieut. J. C. Johnson, 4th Artillery, has been ordered to Tampa, Fla., for duty with Battery G, 4th Artillery. Maj. E. O. Fechet, Signal Corps, has been assigned to duty as disbursing officer of the Signal Corps, with station in this city, Capt. D. J. Carr has been ordered to re- port to the chief signal officer of the army for special duty. Maj. G. C. Webb, inspector general, U.S. V., has been ordered to report to Maj. Gen. Shafter, commanding the 5th Army Corps, at Tampa, for assignment to duty. Acting Asst. Surgeon W. P. Chamberlin has been ordered to duty at Fort Monroe, Va. Maj. Geo. 8. Hobart, assistant adjutant general, U. 8S. V., has been ordered to re- Port to the adjutant general of the army for further orders. Capt. Charles D. Thompson, assistant quartermaster, has been assigned to duty as chief quartermaster of the department of California, relieving Capt. Geo. Ruhlin, who is ordered to accompany the expedi- tion to the Philippines. Acting Asst. Surgeon R. M. Geddings has been ordered to duty at Tampa, Fla. Capt. J’ C. W. Brooks, assistant quar- termaster, U. S. V., has been ordered to report to Maj. Gen. Graham, commanding the 2d Army Corps, at Falls Church, Va., for assignment to duty as a brigade quar- termaster. Maj. J. M. Moody, chief commissary of subsistence, has been ordered to Mobile, Ala., for duty with the 4th Army Corps. Lieutenant Matthew C. Butler, jr., 7th Cavalry, has been ordered to report to Major General Butler, United States Volun- teers, for duty as aid-de-camp. Lieutenant H. A. Smith, 5th Infantry, has been relieved from duty with the Kan- sas volunteers at Topeka, Kan., and or- dered to join his regiment, the 2ist Kan- sas Volunteers. Major W. P. Duvall, inspector general, United States volunteers, has been assigned to duty with the 2d Army Corps at Falls Church, Va. Captains F. R. Keefer and P. F. Straub, assistant surgeons, have been assigned to duty with the expedition to the Philippine Isiands. Lieutenant Robert L. Bullard, 10th In- fantry, has been granted leave of absence to enable him to accept the commission of major 1st Battalion Colored Infantry, Ala- bama Volunteers. Colonel L. D. Thyson, 6th United States Volunteer Infantry, and Lieutenant S. P. Vestal, 7th Cavalry, have been appointed a board to meet at Knoxville, Tenn., for the examination of applicants for commissions in the 6th United States Volunteer Infan- try. ————_-o -__. MAILS FOR CUBA. Post Office Department Ready to Do Business There. The Post Office Department {!s ready for the invasion of Cuba. Mr. Heath, the first assistant postmaster general, has made all arrangements, and as soon as our army ob- tains a base of supplies on Cuban soil, the Post Office Department will estab!ish post offices and money order offices. The de- tails for this work have been fully com- municated to Mr. Eben Brewer, who is to be the’postal agent for the United States in Cuba, and when the base of operations is obtained Mr. Brewer will establish the post offices wherever they are needed. The passage of the bill which permits tha Postmaster General to establish temporary post offices, has been of great benefit al- ready to the postal officials. There has been considerable trouble at Camp Alger in the matter of postal facilities. The es- tabliskment of postal money orde: offices, registration offices and a hundred and one minor details have caused the department no end of trouble. It has been hard to find a responsible head for supplies furnished the camp, and the detail of clerks has been unsatisfactory. Today, however, all the difficulties have been cleared up. The passage of the bill did it. Mr. Heath issued an order making Camp Alger a branch of the Washington city post office, and as such comes directly under the control of Postmaster Wiliett. He also made the camp at Chickamauga a branch of the Chattanooga office. A num- ber of regular clerks have been detailed to the camps and the latest advices are that the postal arrangements are working to perfection. The soldiers are taking advantage of the privilege which permits them to send let- ters to their friends and relatives C. O. D. The department was busy today sending out rubber stamps to the different camps for this service. They read as follows: “Soldier's letter. Collect postage from addressee.” These stamps will be supplied to the chaplain of each regiment, who is acting postmaster, and will be used by them ex- clusively. Mr. Heath stated today that he visited Camp Alger yesterday and saw two large bags of such mail matter brought in. The soldiers are learning of the new ar- rangement and are highly pleased with it. LIMITING PAWN SHOPS. Suggestion to Commissioners by Chief of Police. In a recent letter to Commissioner Wight, Maj. Moore, the superintendent of police, says that in view of recent develop- ments, it has been suggested to him by In- spector Mattingly, in charge of the detec- tive corps, that, if the same can be done legally under the act of January 26, 1887, the following police regulations respecting the number and conduct of pawnbrokers be adopted: “First. The number of persons doing bust- ness as pawnbrokers in the District of Co- lumbia shall be limited to four. “Second. No license shall be granted to any person or persons about to engage in the business of pawnbroker or pawnbrokers until such application shall first have the approval of the major’and superintendent of the metropolitan police department of the District of Columbia. “Third. If any pawnbroker or pawn- brokers shall neglect to notify the metro- politan police department, without delay, by such means as said department shall afford for such purposes, of person or per- sons acting in a suspicious manner, or en- deavoring to pawn or sell goods supposed to have been stolen at the time such per- son or persons endéavor to make disposi- tion of such goods to said pawnbroker or pawnbrokers, the license granted such pawnbroker or pawnbrokers shall be re- voked by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.”” Upon the motion of Commissioner Wight, who has immediate charge of such matters, the suggestions made by the chief of police were today referred by the Commissioners to their attorney for an opinion as to wheth*r they have the power to amend the police regulations so as to carry out the suggestions. — Personal Mention. Dr. William Richmond, Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond, Mrs. J. Hegon Jackscn, Mrs. M. E. Cadwalader, Mr. J. J. Morse, Mrs. Paul Bunsch and Misses Franziska and Louise Bensch, all of this city, will sail for Eu- rcpe on the Kersington, which leaves New York next Wednesday. Mr. Charles R. Dean of this city, who has been living in the west for a number of years, bas returned to Washington, and is now in the practice of law with Mr. Charles W. Needham. and Woodward *«« Lothrop Have on View in F Street Show Window Graduation, Commencement "4 Class-Day Requisites, Correct Gown Stuffs and Garniture and all the little accessories of a complete and perfect toilette, representing the leading fabrics, latest styles and cleverest ideas, commended by fashion for graduation, coms mencement and class day outfits. The Correct Gown Fabrics. The gown is the important feature of the occasion. Harper's Bazar says—“The gown can be pretty and dainty without being elaborate or extravagant. The simpler the prettier. Fashion commends soit wool: silk and wool, all silk, or one of the many pretty cotton materials shown in such generous variety this season.” i : Our assortments of the above named fabrics are unusually choice and comprehensive and the prices are very reasonable. Wools and Silk-and-Wools. Henrietta. Granite Cloth. g AML woot, . AIL wool. 88 inches wide. Per serd. sesse 373C: | 46 inches wide. Per yard.... 75% ores Etamine. Henrietta. AL wool. All weol—silk finish. 6 5) inches wide. Per yard 45 inches wile. Per yard... SC} a. aed er ya >" | English Cheviot. 45 inches wide. Per yard. 75¢- All wool. ue weer Albatross. 46 inches wide. Per yard All wool. 48 inches wide. Per yard 38 inches wide. Per yard. ea 5 ae Jacquards, 45 inches wide. Per yard. 62}hc. All: wool, ai 38 Inches wide. Per yard 75% ohair. as wisiok Lansdowne. . Silk and wool. 33 inches wide. Per yard. 3 geese (Sy eS OS Mohair Brilliantine. Floranelle. . Silk and wool, 44 inches wide. Per yard... ore 45 inches wide. Per yard 45 inches wide. Per yard. Bedford Cord. All wool, Mohair Sicilian, 46 inches wide. Per yard 59 inches wide. Per yard - $1.50 | 4s menes wide. Per yai First floor. Silk Gown Fabrics. Plain Japanese, Taffetas Faconne, Figured Japanese, Crepon Suzette, Gros de Londres, Louisine [loire, Twilled Japanese, Plain Taffetas, Crepe de Chine, Peau de Soie, Louisine, Silk Poplin, White Surah, Silk Mulls, ete, First floor. Cotton Gown Fabrics. French Nainsook. Sheer and medium weights. Persian Lawn. Sheer and medium weights. 48 inches wide. Per yard......, 5OC- tO $1.00 | g2 incnes wide. Per yard... 20¢. to 50% India Mull. Dotted Swiss. Soft nish. Pin and medium dots 48 inches wide. Per sard...... 373C- tO $1.00 | 39 inches wide. Per yard 25¢. to 50. Indian Dimity. French Organdie. Sheer quality, pin stripes. Double fold (no creases). ecunareteiiaioe cad 3c. to $1.00 | 32 inches wide. Per yard c. and 35¢ s Swiss Lawn. Swiss Muslin. Exquisitely sheer and fine. 82 inches wide. Per yard.. I2$c. tO 50C. | 4g inches wide. Per yard....... Special---1,500 Yards White Organdie. : Good quality, sheer weight, exceptionally low priced. 40 Inches Wide. 18c. a Yard. Secord floor. Ready-to-Wear Gowns. A superb assortment, embracing all the favorite fabrics and includ- ing some very elegant effects in Dimities, Organdies, Swisses, Lawns, etc. Worthy of special mention are the following: Dainty and Beautiful White Lawn Gowns, made very full and fluffy, lace trimmed, embroidery ruffles on skirt, full blouse waist with side ruffle, beautifully finished with rows of insertion. $7.50, $12.50, $15.00, $18.50 and $25.00. Special=---Sheer and Dainty Organdie Gowns, Blouse front, handsomely trimmed with lace and ribbons. $16.50 Each, for All Sizes. Laces. Newest designs in fine White Laces, ton, tn Beins G'Bapeit, Point de F Handkerchiefs. Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, embroidered scallope edge, embroidered hemstitched edge, or lace triax derre, Applique, Net Top Venice, Pois med. 25e., 50e. and The. each. and Point Brussels. 3 to 13 inches wide. 25c. Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, sheer and fine, scale $3.00 per yard. Joped edge or lace trimmed. $1.00, $1.25, $1.56 Also a complete line of Valenciennes and Mech- a) each. Also a beautiful line of Real Duchesse and lin Laces. Eick Boe: Valenciennes Lace Handkerchiefs. Rib First floor, bons. White Ribtens, Gros Grain, Motre and Doubie- | Gloves. faced Satin, 1 to 5 inches wide. 1c. to Te. per totus ek Soke White Suede Gloves, 8, lergths. $1.50, $2.25 and $3.25 a pair. ard. White ‘Taffeta Rsbbons. 314 and 6 inches wide. 12, 16 and 20-button White Glace Kid Gloves, 25e. to Ge. per yard. lengths 0), $3.00 and $4.00 a pair. First floor. Witte Sa es, 12-button length. $1.00 a pr e 125 a ph Neckwear. | wirst White, Fronts, in Mull, Dotted Swiss and Silk, | trimmed in Valenciennes lace. $1.00 to $6.00 ean. | lhocs. Ce eee eee aon au? Liberty Silk, | Waite Kid Slippers, one strap. £2.00 per pale. Patent Leather Slippers, plain and ope strap ‘Mull Chiffon and Liberty Tucking, edged $2.00 per pair. Fite dataty lace, for points and fancy “watsts. | Fotcne Leather Oxfords. $3.00 per patr. First floor. Nedjia Slippers, one strap. $2.50 per pair. Fans. Hosiery. Vhite Cotton Hose, plain and dropstitch. 25e, and SOc per pair. bute Liste Hose, plain, dropstitch and oper atu e., The., $1.00 and $1 a i White Si plain and $1.00 and $1. per pair. White Pure Silk Hose, —_ Gropstitch anf open-work. $2.75, $2.95, §3.50 and $5.00 per pais First floor. Imported Empire Fans. spangled and hand painted, carved ind jeweled sticks. $1.50 to $15.00 black, pink, blue and white, wood enna Cases, delicate tints, enameled corners, silk lined. $3.25 to $10.00 each. First floor. Books for Graduation Gifts. We have a choice collection of such books, both as to styles of bind- ing and matter of contents. Standard books of known worth and merit in most attractive bindings. Good books as low as 25c. each. More elaborately bound, 5o0c., 65¢., 75¢. and $1.00 each. Books in library bind- ing, } leather, morocco, white and gold, etc., 75c. to $3.50 each. Basement. Correct Stationery. ; Artistic Engraving in correct forms for Cards and Invitations to Commencements, Class Day and Graduation Exercises. Also Addresa. “Dies, Coats of Arms, Crests and Monograms. a—t_us