Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1898, Page 12

12 The Busy Corner, éth and Market Space. OPEN UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT, A Suit Sale Unparalleled in the History of Our Selling. Crash Suits, which are as pretty as an artist's model: swell as a society ct as 4 true measure could Hine them out, and finiehed us fine as a garment th twice and treble the price. o Crash Suits, in plain and striped 100 Linen blazer and blouse Eton jackets, § 1 D with extra full width skirt. Made to sell for $3.75.... 80 Fi Linen and Pampas Cloth Crash Suits—some handsome- ine ly braided, others piped in colors—plain white and navy blue duck also in this lot. Every one tailored with care and cut to fit without any alterations. Made to sell for ®D SS SO asst esa epoca 1 c Shrunk Crash Suits, in blazer and Eton blouse, 100 Superior jon jacket and skirt artistically braided and trimmed in white and navy pique. They are the finest productions of the season. This fine man-tailored _ gar- 3.9 ment cannot be matched im this city for less than $7.50.. 65 Sh Linen Crash Suits. They are things of beauty, run which will give joy to the fortunate possessors— handsomely trimmed with contrasting colors and finished like a cloth- made garment. No imported wash suit could inyprove these natty-crea- tions: also 20 Imported White Pique Suits in this lot, which go at the same price, although worth from $8.50 4.9 to $10.00 - : on FLOOR—MAIN BUILDING. ishings for Men. jay as men's day at our store, We do more for the male ex cn puse in this towu dares or cures to do. Seam Drawers, made of the finest bleached Pepperell over at O8c., in all sizes 69c. Bleached Jean Drawers, made of Pepperell cotton, cut full and fin- ished with either string or stockinette bottoms, every size........25¢. Stamped brand of Otis Balbriggan Underwear, shirts finished with French neck and pearl buttons and drawers pants fitting, with suspender straps, any size up to 44 De. Anchor brand Unlaundered White back and front, felled s from 12 2 See ceeeecce bien Fancy Laundered Shirts, made of Windsor percale, with attached collars and cuffs, made large and full, every size. . -- 35c. Our entire Ene Fine Madras, Cheviot and Percale Shirts, already laundered, which were made to sell for $1.00 and $1.25, all sizes... 59¢. Men's Night Robes, made of round thread bleached muslin, with either plain or silk embroidered fronts, full 52 inches long.........39¢. F We urn reinforced Shirts, ams and patent stay, linen bosom, cuff and neck bands, ¥ totally eclipsed by a greater array of values. Some BP will be placed on sale ugain tomorrow, making this the ery Burgulae yet submitted for sour inspection. ast Black and Tan Cotton Hose, leather shades, full seam- -Is and toes tic tops. 124. quality .. 8c. pair. Z ck, Tan and Fancy Striped and Boot Pattern Hose, all ull regular made. blacks are Hermsdorf dye, with double soles and high spliced heels. Re value. ae Scbeecre cee) SCs pee eat collection of ne High-class Hosiery, consisting of read in Richelieu and Rembrandt, Black and k Boot Patterns with bright tops, Fast Black jlored polka dots, Black and Tan in cotton and lisle thread with fancy tops. Value from 35c. to 50c + ++-25¢. pair. Child's Fine Ribbed Fast Black Cotton Hose, high spliced heels and toes, s Worth 12}c.... egecct ciara OCD ale eam! bbed Hose, extra double knee, ex- treme high spliced ankle, three-thread heels and toes, sizes 6 to 94. Worth 20¢. to = < es cetera ee a EZR CS AEE Child’s Fast Black Fine Ribbed Cotton Hose, full regular made, with double knees and high spliced heels, sizes 5 to 9. Worth 25¢..15¢c. pr. IST FLOOR—LAST AISLE—MAIN BUILDING. Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear. Qu S, urday sale of Rit ally offere Ladies’ Ribbed Cotton Vests, low neck and sleevele: Special . Underwear this week embraces higher cost goods at lower prices with tapes. 2 «5c. each. Ladies’ Sw neck, no sleeves, in pink, blue, white and cream, all sizes. 12}c. quality. Special.............9¢. each. Ladies’ Swiss Ribbed Vests, in low neck sleeveless, low neck short sleeves. crochet neck, in white and colors, with silk tapes. 15c. value. Special ---- Bee Soma BEC aeacl. Ladies’ Swiss Ribbed Vests, slightly soiled, low neck and sleeveless, some lace yokes, lace fronts and silk edged, in lisle thread and the best grades of Maco thread. Values at 25c. and 35¢. Special 19¢. each. Ladies’ Ribbed Vests and Pants, vests high neck and long sleeves, silk finished, together with a lot of Balbriggan Knickerbockers and Drawers. 39c. quality. Special... Sctececerereteree ces rs Children’s Ribbed Vests, V neck, no sleeves, V neck, short sleeves, and low nec 6 15c. value. Spe- cial pees oaeice OCs Cache W BUILDING. Specials for Saturday. Rough Straw Sailors, white with black and nav bands. Two cases will be sold Saturday at. . oy '2Z5C. €a. ssorted lot of Walking Hats, Turbans, Tams and Fine Sailors at 39¢. €a. Fine Jap. Rough Straw Sailor at ............. 69c. ea. Children’s Fancy Braid Hats, in all the new colorings. Were marked 75c., 98c., $1.25. Saturday’s price...... 1 5c. oice of any Colored Straw Shape in our stock at..... 25c. e sold as high as $2.50 each. 2,000 bunches of Flowers were Marked 45c. to $1.25 | 5 & 25c. bunch be closed out at.......... 50 very’pretty Trimmed Hats at....$1.98, $2.48, $3.98 each Saturday is Our Ribbon Day, ur Indueement fal. Tomorrow you will find rare bargains in this department. Good All-silk Satin and Gro Grain Ribbons, from 3 inch to 3 inches Sc that will wide. At 3c., 5c., 7c. and 10c. yard. A big drive in Satin and Gro Grain, fine quality, about 3. inches All good colors. At......-.. GS apa ee : +++. 15¢. yd. Two great bargains in very wide Ribbons—Moire, Plain Taffeta, wide elegant fancy sash ribbons. Actua! 59c., 6gc. and 75c. Ribbons. Saturday in two lots --..-25c. and 33c. yd. ine Parasols. rated our entire stock cf 4 pattern in the entin worth $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 will be sac- Paresols and marked them down to a minimum assortinent. Every color, every pattern and every style. BS) 1 oD 0, $6.50 and $7.50 will be sac- $2.69 ols worth Fificed at... mr aa In this lot you'll find the well as all White and all Blac handles. DON'T tn creations of the season, in colors, as ‘, plain and canopy top, fancy and club MISS THE GR. ND OFFER. > yj 500 LB. BOXES OF FINE CHOCOLATES AND Special. FRENCH BON BONS, HANDSOMELY PUT UP IN FANCY BOXES AND TIED WITH SILVER CORD. THESE CANDIES ARE VERY FINE AND PUREAND WILL BE A5sC a S. KANN, SONS & CO. SOLD FOR OPEN TILL 10 O'CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHR, THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1898-16 PAGES. S.Kann,Sons&Co, LANDING UNDER FIRE Hot Work for the Marines at Guan- tanamo Bay. TRYING ORDEAL FOR RECRUITS Graphic Story of the Heroic” De- fense of Camp McCalla. ANOTHER NAVAL HERO Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. GUANTANAMO BAY, June 13, 1898. In this, the first Cuban bay occupied by our forces, and looking upon the first Span- ish fortification that has been made Ameri- can, one feels today a strange elation and apprehension. There is only a short stretch of beach, a scrubby hill thick with prickly cacti und bald and unshaded on top, and Spain's native guerrillas hiding with cocked rifles in all the wooded valleys on three sides and the hills beyond. But here is a shelter to think of in a hurricane, and h2re is a bit of land in a hostile part of the earth where our flag floats. To put it there and keep it three days has cost the navy more blood and ammunition than the vic- tory of Manila Bay. This morning, after three days and nights of fighting an enemy which can’t be seen, all are unstrung with watching and ex- hausted for want of food, drink and 2p. Correspondents Take a Hand. Field pieces are being taken up the stcep hill to the camp on top. The correspond- ents grasp nold of the lines and pull with the rest. It is hot work; at the top th> colonel greets us. His brown uniform is saturated with perspiration. Bullets are fly- ing, and the tents are being struck and hurried to the lee of the ridge, and as on> worn guard-line is relieved by another not yet rested, men drop, utterly played out, face upward on the bare hill, and, imin2- diately, as if stricken, fall deeply asleep. Some ask for cigarettes; some eagerly t of mutilations practiced upon Am dead by the ambushed guerrillas—the ban niggers’ who side with Spain. “Pub- lish that,” they say, “and let the world know the sort of men we are fighting.” It too norrible for print; sympathies are ex- ed, however, before th: word of the col- 1 and of the surgeon testifies that there were no mutilations, 1 There is a funeral! presently. Four bodies as and placed in a trench on the hillside, and over the open grave, the “first for our men in Cuban soil, the chaplaia reads the brief commitment, and @ full company fires two volleys in final leave-taking. Then that afternoon the place all around is clamorous with volle not religious, but discharged with blas- phemous signs of anger. Where is the Army. “Where is the army?" the officers would ask. “Twenty. -seven thousand regulars will be here tonight or tomorrow,” is the answer, and it is repeated to the wan-eyed, hungry men for their encouragement. They are in- credulous and will not cheer. But “to- night” arrives, and still no transports on the horizon, no reinforcements from insur- gents, although they, too, are hourly ex- pected. Darkness settles down upon the hills and ambushed hollows. From three sides and seven places come shots from the indistinguishable enemy, and the Colt quick-fires, which have no stop mechanism, but pour in their hose stream of nickel- coated bullets until their chambers are «mptied, play upon every spot lighted by a Mauser flash. Little help is afforded by the searchlight of the Marblehead; twice we have to wig-wag to her that she fs reveal- ing the American position, and, however lovely the stars and stripes on Camp M Calla appear, everybody knows that the pleasure is not cqual to its possible cost. Suddenly, near the central earthworks, a man tumbles forward. ‘My God!” is all he says, and when his features are made out by the powder flashes, he is recognized as Goode, the sergeant major, blood flowing from a mortal hurt in the abdomen. Some men get wounded—the enemy is farther away and the Mauser bullets do not tear so much as the night before. What Morning Reveals. Skies turn pale; on the face of the men crouched in a rim around the hill crest, rifles covering every approach, there fs a smoky, grimy, done-up look. Another guard 1s changed; the young officers chorus “Oh, Promise Me,” and inquire: “Did you y we had an army? Show it!” In comes Neville with his scouts—one missing, thr wounded. Of the missing one it is that he was only slightly hurt, but that, still believing Spain's guerrillas had visited strange cruelties upon men disabled, he had jumped over the cliff into the sea, cry- ing, “The hellions sha’n't get m They did not get him, but his “own people” did at last, and there was again an open grave and prayers and two blank volleys and flags in the bay sunk to half mast. It did not seem that the camp could be held un- less relfef came soon. “If we only had the 3d, or the 5th, or the 25th,” said the officers on the ships of war, “we could clean out those woods in no time. This is plain In- dian fighting, and marines are not trained to such duty.” Fremont Asks for Help. Capt. Fremont went in his torpedo boat Porter to the admiral at Santiago, forty miles away, with a request for immediate reinforcements, as news had arrived that 2,000 Spanish troops were at Guantanamo station preparing to assist the guerrillas in “rushing” the marines from their foothold. The admiral does not sce the neces Luckily, that afternoon some insurgents signal from a point-of land to be taken off. They are very ragged and very dirty, and armed with remarkable variousness. Offi- cers and men regard them dubiously, but in new linen clothes and with some solid food in their stomachs they wear a more taking appearance. Some p2rfunctory cheers greet them when they land. Their colonel sug- gests that they be ordered to outpost duty, relieving the worn and nervous marines, This is done—and that night not a shot is fired by either side. From the moment the Cubans arrive to assist in the way they best knew, the fortunes of Camp McCalla changed; it began to seem as if this was jest what had been wanted, forces that were familiar with bushwhacking. Less Talk of the Army. Less is heard about th: slowness and stu- pidity of the army, and when the news comes that the army started, but turned back because somebody said that the Viz- ya was still at large, the men only laugh- ed. Tuesday morring th2 condition of the men is so improved, and the work of the Cubans as bushmen so valuable, that 300 men under Capt. Elliot go out to scour the woods. What they did you know in detail-- forty Spaniards killed, eighteen taken eap- tive.and th2 rest put to rout. So tonight, as the messengers from the front arrive, it is felt that the marines are a great arm cf the service, and no one seems’ to care whether the army comes or not, for this place is safe as it is for the present. A Young Naval Hero. Among the uncelebrated acts of courage in the naval campaign, one performed by the young executive officer of the torpedo boat Porter, who is the sep.of Admiral Gil- lis, takes my fancy. ‘ One dark night, as you have heard, Admiral Cervera sent a destroyer out from the harbor of Santiago. to torpedo two or thres of our ships of war. Whether the destroyer‘ever got back te Cer- yera is not certainly kndwn; but next morn. ing some of the German torpedoes were still running around aimlessly amomp the American fleet. t Nosing aiong under steam for three knots, rolling in the sea Ike,a cork cigar, the Porter sighted one of these much-feared ergines, and “it was coming straight for my little brute,” says Capt. Fremont in telling the stor: “We. must capture that,’ sald I to Gillfs, pressing” the indicator for more steam. “Yes, sir,’ he answered; ‘I'll get it for you.’¢ Gillis in All Nerve. “Do you know Gillig?, Hasn't any head at all—nothing- in hts composition’ but plain nerve. I have-to watch him all the time, or Td lose him and the Porter, and myself, too, and I don't want to do that, beeause 1 like him, and I'm responsible for the preservation of the Porter; and, further- mere, I have a happy home. But this time the was too quick for me. The torpedo was coming slowly; if it touched our side there would be nothing more for any of us, ex- cept a bed under water. “He had his shoes off before I knew it, and his coat, and I sald: ‘Don’t do it, Gil- lis; she’s got her war nose on.’ “ ‘I'll unscrew it, sir,’ said the boy, and over the side-he went, threw his arms around the torpedo, headed it away from us, and then began fe2ling for its business end.” It happened that this torpedo had no “business end.” no tip containing the fui- minating charge (a fact which shows how careless Spaniards are and why they are ineffective In war), and the air-cock open- ing Just then, the torpedo dived from Gil- Us’ arms to the bottom. Not many minutes afterward the lookout reported another torpedo, and this one, alive, war nose and all, was “power buckled” or skidded aboard under the captain's directions; and it now lies by the port rail of the torpedo boat Porter, a most interesting prize, and worth to officers and crew just $8,000 of the gov- ernment’s money. F.C. SHIP RELIEF. Further Plans Regarding the Opera- tions in Cuba. ital ship Relief, which is now In New York, !s expected to leave that place for Santiago de Cuba some time next week, in charge of Major George H. Tor- is to proceed directly to Santiago ard upon her arrival the surgeon HOSPITAL manding generzl at that point. The s is to be anchored in a safe harbor at such a point as may be designated by the com- manding general and as near as po! the seat of active operations. wounded men of the army and navy are to be received on beard to the full capacity of the ship and cared for just as if they were in a general hospital, The surgeon Is to issue med: supplies,’ upon properly A, pproved requisitic ns, to troops in the field and he is to do everything in his power to aid the medical officers with the troops in providing for the comfort of the sick by sue of ice, hospital stores, and such delicacies as may ‘be at his disposal. ever in the judgment of the surgeon se or in that of the commanding or the chief surgeon of the troops at whatever point the:vessel may be locat- ed it fs desirable that the ship should pro- ceed to her home port for the purpose of landing the sick wounded, Major Tor- ney will, if practicable, communicate that fact to the department at Washington by telegraph and orders will be sent him desig- nating the port for which the ship should sail. Surgcon General unde w dena hin been equi give rders as to the destination of ire n re= turning to the United States and will des- ignate a place for landing the sick and wounded. W ever practicable the sur- geon in charge will make weekly tele- graphic reports, showtn; patients cn board the shfy., the number of eral Sternberg will send Mdjor Torn) sum of $1,000 as a hospital fund, whi latter is authorized to give to the chief sur- geon or surgeons in charge of division h pitals in ‘mounts not exceeding $100 for use in the purchase of necessary articles for the s‘ck in field hospitals. ——_— + e--- —____ THE REWARD FOR HOBSON. Discussion by Naval Authorities of the Proposed Promotion. The naval authorities are puzzled as to the best method of rewarding Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac. Secretary Long in- tends to reward Hobson in accordance with the merits of his feat, but would like to do this without injustice to other meritorious officers. A study of the naval register shows that if Hobson is advanced to the grade of lieutenant commander he will have been given a greater reward than was ever known in our naval history. Cushing got 56 numbers and gained one year and nine months’ time in his record, yet Hob- son, it is calculated, will be given, if made 4 naval commander, 344 numbers, and will gain twenty years in time. He will become senior officer “of the navy in a course of about fifteen years, and owing to his youth will retain that p no less than twenty years—something absolutely without pi dent in the American navy. These facts are being adduced by naval officers who are desirous of finding some other means of rewarding our naval heroes which, while thoroughly satisfactory to them and their friends, will work no injustice to other: an instance of how the present practic , the officers point to the fact that his splendid achievement at Mani! Dewey gained only 10 numbers, while in- stead of a reward for bringing’ the great battle ship Oregon successiully through one of the most remarkable cruises on rec- ord, Captain Clark actually lost thr bers through the promotion over his of officers engaged in the battle of Manii bay. ee ee LANSDOWNE FAVORS ALLIANCE. War Secretary Points Out Why It is Desirable. A dispatch from London says: The Mar- quis of Lansdowne, secretary of state for war in an address to the conservative unions of London, indorsed the recent Birmingham speech of the secretary of state: for the colonies, in which Mr. Cham- berlain expressed the hope that the day would come when the stars and stripes and the union jack would waye together over an Anglo-Saxon allianoe.: . : Lord Lausdowne said he found nothing in Mr. Chamberlain’s*speéch to offend the common sense or patfiotism of the people of Great Britain. ‘We should be wanting in foresight,” he confinted, “if we failed to realize that the tiffe might come when our revenues would nO longer flow so dree- ly, when the British ‘taxpayer would grow weary of builging.more and more vattle ships and rafsing” more and more battalions, and when} whether we liked it or not, we might have to consider wether we could afford to stand/Hlone.”” Lord Lansdowne ingisted that there was nothing ridiculous in“the"idea of a closer Bri friendship with América’ To his mind there could be no mote inspiring ideal than such an understanding betwe two na- tions sprung from thé safffe race and hav- ing so many commén’ ffterests, nations which together were’ prédominant in_ the world’s commerce and” indust: Was there anything preposterous, he asked, in the hope that these two nations should be found, he would not say in a hard and fast alliance of offense and def>nse, but closely connected in their diplomacy, absolutely frank and unreserved in their international councils ‘and ready wherever the affairs of the world were threatened with disturbance, to throw their influence into the same scale? “Depend upon it,” said Lord Lansdowne, in conclusion, ‘these are no mere idle dreams or hazy aspirations. The change which has come over the sentiment of each meedene Se toward the other during the last year two is almost immeasurable. One can scarcely believe they arc the same United States with whom, only two years ago, we were on the verge of a serious quarrel. The change !s not an ephemeral understanding between: diplomatists, genuine -desire of the ‘two lutionary outbreaks friends, and therefora_ it’ cannot be laugh- | easy task for the United Hecht’s Rebuilding Sale. You can see what immense re- ductions we’re making Hecht’s Rebuilding Sale. 1 Suits, pants, &c. The values are u necessar: A false wall will be = % can see our object is See ste of payment. Soegeateadeeseoge = 8 ° : All-wool suits é for suits which : $3.98 sold up to $10. % Men's snits of all-weol Scotch cheviot, ens- Se simere, ight and dark effecte—mace: with z Deal facta, and satin piped Inner seams — % Rebuilding Sale Price. $3.98 z dase nee : 3 for suits which Men's suits of all-weol d rk cheviots— pin check and plaid ssimeres In medium sold up to $12. | mprecedented. built. legitimate. ‘Men’s pants. Men's striped cassimere and cheviot pants made with pat ed Du all sizes and in zood_pati sold for $2. Rebuilding Sale Price...85¢. teds—tight which 7 Men's line crash | Summer suits, &c. | pants or coats—gar- 2 ing up to §2— “| finished. | The slaughtering we’ve done is Half of the width of this department as well as the others will be used when the tearing down of the partitions start. As we said before, the entire party wail on every floor will be taken out--a wonderful undertaking. And the builders will meed the room- which the clothing mow occupies. You The cutting of prices will mean immense lesses. No clothier can afford to sell as we are selling unless he has such an object. And we’re charging purchases just the same as though we were getting profitable prices, and allowing you to make your own terms “Bike” suits and Hecht’s Rebuilding Sale. in men’s pants. id cassimere bicycle pants. made with military seats—which sold for $2, and which are well worth that—the most desir- able patterns, Rebuilding Sale Price.....89¢, Men's summer covert bicycle pants— made with military seats and two hip pockets— belt strape, ete.. which sold for $1.50. Rebuilding Sale Price... . -65c¢. Men's summer covert bicycle suits mili- tary seats—of which we've sold thousands at $3. $1.49 Rebuilding Sale Price. Men's all-wool cassimere and cheviot M- rle sults, in the greatest variety of pat- pants have kersey cuffs and the who sult is made in best manner. Sold for $6. Rebuilding Sale Price. .. $2.48 ° ter £ and light shades—with I double warp Me a, Moen ash sult * H } & Men's sateen striped | oe . | 2 $6.98 soid up to $15. | | fo paodiius snl conics ue ae peste eae nee 1 a simere and. ¢ exclusive quality, whica keeps. its sha $ at : deep he noe atte it widths of legs —whieh 3 Rebuilding Sale Price. $6.98 | Rebuilding Sale Price... ATc. $ 2 ° ° ° 4 9 + Rebuilding sale prices in boys’ cl othing. pBoys’ waists, laine. ie Wash suits, 19c, such as usually sells for 15 12'e. a ae Linen pants, 12'4c. Lot of boys’ plu Mi check washable zs ieee: sLong pants suits, $2.98 as, t Hobe offerad regular value. su omerrow fot boys’ fine weehk suits | . finished with plutn colored {rimmed with anchor figures-— e. j 6%c. waslt suits, 39c. | All the finer wash suits Galatea cloth, linen, — 7 tri und finished’ in whien sold at 6% 9 TS \Boys’ sailor suits, 59c. 1 Boys’ bine fi: Dieuse sailor suits, | neatly trimmed with white and red braid. in all sizes from 3 to 10 which 2 J) regularly -old at $2—for on C. elo and neatly will g» for those of fine H ! | | i} eure & & ° ° $ # Unparalleled shirt waist values. BA Two lots are made of shirt Waists to keep the rebuilding sale * going. As often as we have inaugurated shirt wai % and as great as the values have been, nothing previously £ sale compares with this offering. The purchase was mad & for this occasion, when we decided that the shirt waist values would % have to be immense to be in harmony with the great redu $ other departments. 59 cet ; cents z st sales, put on e especially ctions in —gives you the cholee of the handsomest shirt waist a In this in $ y selected, and at nts tley are | aby Spd ed | é cheaper than you've ever known. j Ka an AD H A 5 ¢ Rebuilding sale prices in ladies’ E summer suits, skirts, &c. } $ White pique skirts, $1.29. Pique skirts, $2.98. £ 200 white pique skirts—a very good quai- | i Q —the hand- ure linen skirts—trimmed » Irish linen embre Gvep hems —will the of- re worth $3.25. White duck skirts, 39c. Ladies’ white duck skirts—a good, heavy quality—full width—wide hems—will go at Co ter qual- iced skirt ill go at dies’ lint han is ust deep hen Hy put in a low-p nd full in width—w 4 . Heavier crash skirts, 79¢c. Lot of ladies’ heavy linen crash skirts—ex- oes ‘Stra full width and as Y be—go at Re garments whic z ae {Duck and pique skirts, 98c. 4 Lot of sutin-striped duck and fancy striped % pique skirts—which have been 73 a e e—go at the Rebuilding Sale Price of 98 z ny Linen crash skirts, $2.49. ‘The with tl Sesto —to go at Rebuilding Sale tate trimmed Price of $2: O8c. & $1.25 wrap- pers for 69 cents. A wrapper sale in line with the unusual doings of Hecht’s will be started tomorrow. We put on sale a lot of fine percale and batiste wrappers—made with full skirts, wide hems and separate waist lin- ing—which would bring 98c. and MMA atin skirts, An Crash s Lot of ladies’ Ii uits, $1.79. its—made plain, fit that cannot er in to To erash sui a with ; An immense [ot of crash suits to go at $3.98.! Several racks full of ladies’ crash and Pampas linen suits and covert clot suits will be bunched at the single price of $3 Some are trimmed w rips of duck, and in the lot are some silk- figured and striped crashes that sold up to $8.50. Choice, $3.08, White duck suits, $1.49. Choice of a lot of ladies’ white duck suits i made in newest style—which sold for §3.50 but a week ago—are cut down to $1.49. 1 $1.25—all handsomely trimmed— | and in the greatest variety of light and dark colors—will be offered for 69 cents. hats at Rebuilding sale prices. Lot of men’s finer straw hats—in split, Sennette and rough and ready braids—bave double brims—pure silk bands— instead of $1.50 and $2—they’lL go at.. '$4.50 su \Boys’ suits, 99¢ Boys’ d and the rest part wool—epi elvers—inade to withstand the hara knocks of every. Wear—will be put on ale tome ly 1) cents. Every suit is nicely tailored—and geod value at $2 e its, $2.49, Lot of the very finest all-wool cheviots and cassimere sults—in a variety of pat- terns ls r than can possitly be shown y nybody elee—in vestie, reefer and dou- jes—in sizes 3 to 16 years— for $2.49—have been $4.50. Rebuilding sale reductions in millinery. ree doxen ladies’ mull hats, edzed with Ww biaid in several dit color con: Dinations—sold for $1.50 formerly to gy for ¥ lot of short-back s in fine and ro ee at of shapes included, in Wack and) whi to go for 4c. each. cents. all-silk motre striped uch sutin stripe 4 Inch doabl sashes—to xo for 25c. yard. Lot of ladies’ trimmed hare in the somest ich sold fest of son for 9 for $1.75 each. Ladies’ Vests, 4i4c, A lot of Indies neck and sleeves, Aye. wal vent to Ladies’ Corsets, 29c. Lot of ladies* summer ¢ white. whi ° nade, in short and long 29. Their regular. pric Chamois Gloves, 79c. Our regalar dolar ehamo! Will be sold ton Men’s hose, 9c, Choice of "s black er tan ha —the regular quality which wells tae ia Pair—for 9c. tomorrow—for this bour. . Men’s shirts, 39c, Men's French “ale lige shirts—with collars and with de hands—to go is skin gioves and madras neg- and cuffs attacked ed cuts and white neck- B9e. eee Boys’ 50c. hats, 23c. Boys’ straw rachts with Wack and blue bands, white and mi Wortli Sve. Special for Saturday... 23Ce (Child’s 35c. Sailors, 19c . Children’s straw sailors in bine and brown mixed, with eatin bands. Regular ‘B5e. values—here for. . 19c. HECHT & COMPANY, 515 Seventh St. kesh : — a ed out of existence by the sort of com- | insurrectionary movements—as the Span- MONEY ORDERS. ments we have lately hefird.” mee eens = — sabe in Cuba—with Se wes Ae ai le object of finally intervening and ab- red oe sorbing these states individually or placing See ee Amane te ALLEGED LEAGUE AGAINST US. South American Republics Said to Be Afraid of United States. The Madrid correspcndent of the London Daily Mail says: ee : “Reliable information has been received in diplomatic circles here from South America that preliminary steps are being taken to summon a conference of all — American republics to consid- Peat ener erst of aappting defensive measures against future aggression by the United States. _ - “The Hispano-American republics see danger in the prospect that the moment the United States has effected its purpose in Cuba it will seek to extend its influ- it be an ‘States to foment them under its protection. “The Latin republics are firmly resolved to resist. Hence the conference, the de- lberations of which will be conducted in secret. The conference will not meet until after the conclusion of the present war. The Latin republics wish to see ‘how the Americans will treat their Cuban proteges, and also whether they will extend their operations to Porto Rico, a territorial sphere which, it is*contended, should be kept apart from the Cuban question, as the Porto Ricans seem satisfied with Span- ish rale. “Should the doings of the Americans in and Porto Rico confirm the belief that they wish first to control and ulti- mately to dominate the American conti- nent, the whole of the South and Central American republics will form _themselves into a federation, agreeing to make com- mon cause with any one of them which may come into conflict with the United Btates.” Sentteice ee ea Any bat Foreign Orders. An almost total stoppage of money order business on July 1, it is said, has been averted by an ment between the offi- cials of the Treasury and Post Office De- partments that the law does not require stamps to be affixed to domestic money or- ders. It would be impossible, say tlie offi- clals, to supply stamps by that date. As construed by the officials the law requires simply an additional charge of the value of the stamps to be made when the money or- der is issued. $< e.___ American Interests at Havana. The British consul at Havana, Mr. Gol- lan, who has so well prétected such “Ameri+