Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1898, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1898-12 PAGES. . 11 a The Busy Corner, 8th and Market Space. iS. Kann, Sons &Co Our Before Stock-Taking Sale cannot be measured by any standard. Like every event, it is individual— Unique. WE HAVE A WAY OF BEI rr T MADE OURS SUCH A WONDERFUL S FROM OTHER STORES THAT HAS PERHAPS A big output of Remnants for Friday, regular 4 to 1 values. Not Exactly Given Away, But the Next Thing to It. GooDs oe 5,000 yards SILK FIGURED LIN] WINDSOK YARD-WI ISH AND t TO 40¢. VALUE 4,800 yards SHADES ALSO INCLUDED INT UE-400 PATTERNS ALL TOLD—O! No MORE FANCY, LAWRENC WARRANTED plete Dress and the very thing for B 3,700 yards WHICH REMNAN NTED Ls M RANT! ‘AST COLOR — PLAIN = MELANGHD OF UNTOLD VAL- E CH CUSTOMER AND Two bales of Farmer Unbleached Muslin Remnants.... ll One case of Fancy Etamine, very appropriate for a com- iH FROM TS, CON: K OMC. EVERY YARD o Cc. OM” ZIRE. S&C. EM- HIPPED TO MILLS THE YE BEEN E. .Y PAR OF THE SEASO: AND WE &E SELLING 4 Se., We., 12h Ie. A YARD. Soon: 2 PLAID NAIN- 1 000 ards PL. LAWNS-STRIPED MULLS 9 AND CH NAINSOOK—12%4 TO 18e. VaLeEr fore ee ee Pe : i ea aesececes Do CASES, WHICH ABOUT WINDS UP THIS BIG 3 MOPe rrnctase oF MUSLIN REMNANTS — CONSIST: OF WAMSUTTA— DWIGHT ANCHOR FRUIT AND SH LONG | CLOTH — IF You ARE BRAND. Suit D Remnants and Odds and to Fancy Fi D FLOOR—RI sured India Silk Waists, sizes 32 and 34. ABC. <b EVERY . DEPT. partment. Ends at Reduced Prices. Reduced from $3 to 98c. 4 Fine Red Roman Plaid Silk Waists izes 34 and 38. Reduced from $ -« $2.25 3 Fine Imported Bodice Silk Waists, handsome goods, size 36. Reduced from $7.50 and $9 to deicteioeee ps OS 4 Dark Brown All-wool Covert Cloth Suits, sizes 34 and 38. Re- duced from $12.75 to Sogee SyAY 2 Brown Checked Cloth Tailor-made Suits, sizes 38 and go. Reduc- ed from $1o to $4.98 1 Imported Cloth Suit, braid-trimmed waist, entire suit silk-lined throughout. Reduced from $24 to ee te EO 4 Fine Plain White P. K. Suits, fine quality. Reduced from $7.50 ete bs oSUE 10 Children’s Medium-weight Reefer Jackets, braid trimmed, sizes 4 to 10 years. Reduced from $2.50to $1.25 20 Misses’ Linen Crash Skirts, with the new tulip flounce, extra full shape. Reduced from $2.98 to. $1.69 Odd Pieces Of Muslin Underwear and Children’s Goods. LADIES* 7 WITH 1 TH. WH POINT LAWN AND CAMBRIC CHEMISES. ROUND DE . $1.25, $148, $1 A SQUARE NE PARI THE So WITH REMNANT PRICE LADIES CORSET COVE ae ROUND WITH 1 3 RINGS. ALSO FRENCH LACES AND AS AND $1.39. 1 LoT OF LAWN AND MUS ¥ DRAWERS, CONSISTIN® OF _TWENTY- PAIRS, TRIMMED IN EMBROIDERY AND LACE. SOME UMBRELLA o Soc. GOODS. REMNANT PRICE........... se ret CHILDREN’S 30 AND 68. APRONS, SLIGHTLY SOILED, MADE OF GOOD INDIA LINGN, WITH FULL WIDE RT. REMNANT PRICE ... ° EMAINING STOCK OF CHILDREN'S HATS, CONSISTING IN ALL ABOUT aay os 7 ARE BEAUTIFU Y TRIMMED IN I FLOWER: AND RIB- Cc. BUNS. ATS THAT SOLD FOR $1.98, $2.48 AND $2. REMNA eee 2d Floor—New Building. 8th and Market Space. THE 1CE-LOCKED WHALERS. KLONDIKE FOOD SHORTAGE. Men Have Not Suffered Serlourly | Labor Expert Dunham Has Returned From the Long Imprisonment. SEATTLE, Wash., July 21.—A member of | the Bear relief expedition writes from | Point Barrow under date of March 27, con- firming the news received from Captain ‘Tuttle that the Imprisoned whalers had been reached and that they were better off than had been expected. Most of the vessels can be saved, and the men have not suffered seriously, having subsisted on fish and wild reindeer. There were 100 men quartered at Cape Smythe, seventy-six of these. in the old Kelly house and the remainder divided up between Charlie Browers’ and the old refuge station now run by Prof. Mcllheny. ‘They were in want of food and clothing, | which were at once supplied. Lieutenant Jarvis, wh led the land ex- pedition which arrived at Point Barrow | ahead of the Bear, made nearly 2,000 miles in 102 days, and his arrival put an end to troubles of the ice-locked men. He first boarded the Belvidere and was greet- ed by Captain Nillard, who at once in- | formed him of the condi:ion of the fleet. | The arrival of tame reindeer and of the Bear party put an end to the fears of the men, and there is no danger of further dis- ———___ LIEUT. PEARL M. SHAFTER. Young Ci n Nephew of Gen. Shat- ter Passes Army Examinatio: LEAVENWORTH, Kan., July 21—The examination by a board of officers of a class of thirty-six civilians for commis- sions as lieutenants in the regular army has ended at Fort Leavenworth, and twen- ty-four of them passed. The examination was nearly as severe as that usually given to privates from the regular army and the large percentage of failures caused surprise. arly all the young men are members of ominent western families. the successful ones is Pearl M. a nephew of General Shafter. Friesland Broke Her Shaft. NEW YORK, July 21—The steamer Trave. which reached this port today, re- po! t on July 18 she sighted the steamer Friesland, from Antwerp for New and was informed that the latter when five days out, on July 14, her shaft. Whan spoken the Fries- land had repaired the damage and was pro- ceeding slowly under steam. ee Yakon Hiver Steamers Wreeked LE, Wash., July 21—The steamer ch has arrived here from St. ought news that the river ed J. Beach and W. J. Evans, vessel towed to the mouth of the r, have been wrecked, All on 2 vessels have been saved. The ried twenty-four passengers and rty-five, From Alaska and Fears It. SAN FRANCISCO, July 21.—The Prospect of a food shortage in the Klondike next winter is being seriously discussed. Statistical Expert Samuel C. Dunham of the United States labor department, who has just returned from Alaska, thinks that the government will have to furnish trans- portation out of Alaska to the Indigent prospectors. Mr. Dunham said: “The government may not be obliged to send in provisions, but it is a certainty that it will be required to furnish transportation. The British gov- ernment is now engaged in sending all stranded Americans now at Dawson through to Fort Yukon and Circle City. These points are on American territory, and the unfortunates may therefore have to be cared for by our government.’ ——S= Keep On! From the Kansas City Star. Several cruisers now in American ship- yards will be ready for service within thir- iy or sixty days, among them the Chicago and the Panther. A peace with Spain will not, by any means, be regarded aa a signal to suspend work on the United States navy, Which should not be regarded as complete until it 8 as strong and powerful as any in the world. ——_s +o_____[ Dutles of Drivers, From the St. Paul Dispatch. There ought to be a school established in every large town for the instruction of those who drive horses. The great major- ity of drivers are not sufficiently consider- ate of the rights of others, while a large portion of the clan take delight in wilfully transgressing those rights. ++ ____ Good Roads, From the Baltimore American, The movement for good roads is like mauy other things In this world, obstinate- ly opposed by the very ones to whom its accomplishment as a fact would do the most good. In a genuine reform such as this the crusade {s ‘long and arduous and disheartening to any but the most deter- moned advocates. The wheelmen have done good missionary work, but apparently they have not convinced the rural mind that the advantages they are contending for would be general and far-reaching. wil ‘s Mixconception, From the Chicago Journal, Perhaps the German emperor tmagines that the administration would hesitate for political reasons from resenting his. en- croachments upon the rights we have fought for end won in the far east. If that Is the case he is reckoning on a mis- conception of the sentiments of Germans in Amertea. ——++-____ A Slump. From the Cleveland Piain Dealer. It will be a dreadful come down when we have no more war news to read, and the fluttering extra is banished from the street. Politics and finances will seem like dread- fully dry husks after all this highly spiced provender. eS Oo Fire Did $95,000 Damage. NEW YORK, July 21—Fire today did $95,000 damage at the Atlantic White Lead Company's store house, in Brooklyn. THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO An English Critic on the Jessons It Teaches. Gererous Praise for Our Navy—The “Hab:t of Winning at Sea.” From the London Spectator. The first thought of all Englishmen in regard to the naval battle is that the American fleet did its work splendidly. ‘The whole performance of Admiral Samp~ son's fleet was in accordance with the best traditions of the Anglo-Saxon navies, and every Englishman has read of their doings with a flush of pride. There was the old hard pounding such as the Elizabethan sea dogs used, and the same curious mix- ture of steadiness and daring, coolness and reckless dash. No doubt the comparative strengths were very different, but as one reads of the Spanish ships tearing full speed up the coast of Cuba closely pur- sued by the relentless Americans, who poured in a continuous and well-directed fire, it is impossible not to think of the Armada as it passed up the channel in flight, Drake's ships hanging on its flank and riddling the Spaniard's hulls with their ceaseless fire—a fire which, as on last Sunday, always hit and always did damage. Had, indeed, the Spanish ships been more numerous and larger, and had most of the American ships been the size of the Gloucester, the battle, after the Spanish ships emerged, would have been a working model of the battle which began the destruction of the Armada. In a word, the moral aspects of what was almost the first and may be the last fleet action be- tween the Spanish and the English races were very much alike. In both cases it was the man behind the gun who, in the last resort, won the battle. What Cervera Might Have Done. ‘The technical lessons of the last naval battle will have, of course, to be fully worked out by the naval experts, but even the most superficial view shows one or two facts of great importance. They are not new facts exactly, but old facts with new faces, and therefore well worth consider- ing. The first thing that strikes one.is the practical futility of passive courage, es- pecially at sea. One might almost as well be a coward as a man who runs head- long on his death, careless whether he loses his own life, but also careless wheth- er he kills his enemy. 1f the Spaniards had been as cool and dashing as they were in- different to death, they might not have beaten the Americans, but at least they would have done an immense deal of dam- age to the American fleet. Granted that Admiral Cervera had formed the resoive of breaking out of Santiago by daylight, how should he have acted? How, that is, could he have sold his ships and the lives of his men dearest? That surely should have been the question put to himself by the Spanish admiral. If it had been put, could the answer have been any other than something of this kind? “I will order each of my ships as she gets clear of the neck of the bottle which forms the harbor of Santiago to choose one of the American ships and to fly straight at her as a sav- age dog flies at a man. My ship shall ram the American if she can, but if not, assail her as furiously as possible. If the Amer- can ship gives way before the Spanish on- slaught the Spaniard can get out to sea and escape. “If, on the other hand. the American closes with her, then there will be a fierce fight, in which one or the other, or proba- bly both, will go to the bottom. This will probably happen, but meantime some of the Spanish sbips will have had time to get into the open sea. Once there, scatter and fly is to be the order.” If Admiral Cervera had adopted these bold, or, if you like, mad tactics, he would no doubt have lost most of his ships, but then he would have proba- bly sunk or damaged three or four of the American vessels, while one or two of his own would very likely have got away scot- free. As tt was, he lost all his ships and aid no damage to the Americans. He se- cured this really astonishing result by, in- stead of flying at the throats of the Ameri- cans, attempting to run along the shore with the American fleet between him and the open sea. As he and his ships ran the Americans poured upon them a storm of shot and shell, and showed once again that he who runs away is in far greater danger than even he who waits to be killed but intends to sell his life as dearly as pos- sible. That is an oldtime lesson to be drawn from the battle off Santiago. An- other is equally clear, equally important and almost equally old. The Man Behind the Gun. It is that In naval war what really mat- ters s not the armor-plating, the build of the ship, or even the power of the engines, but the man behind the gun. When Cap- tain Mahan was entertained in England at a naval dinner, the speech of the evening was admitted by all to have been made by the American officer. He reminded his hearers that strategy, and armor, and new types of gun, and scientific dodges, and all the rest were very good things, but in the last resort what really mattered was the man behind the gun. That was true in the old wars, and has been proved true again, both at Manila and at Santiago. Straight shooting 1s, after all, what wins the battle. Of course, you had better have a gun that will fire, and fire a powerful shot at a long- ish range, but even if you have got It, it is perfectly useless if the men behind it are too excited or have had too little practice to be able to fire it straight, and so to hit with it. = The most deadly patent shell, fired from the newest and most expensive and most scientific of guns, is ro better than an old round-shot fired from a gun of Nelson's day if it drovs in. the water and does not strike the enemy’s hull or deck. In other words, superiority of gun fire is now, asin the days of old, the chief thing to lock for. No doubt you should, as we have said, give ycur men as good a gun to fire with as possible, but teach their officers and them to rely, not upon the ship's armor, or the range of her guns, or the weight of the metal discharged, or the speed of the en- gines, but upon the power, if need be, to make the enemy’s hull look lke a porous aster. Look at the heroic fight made by the ttle Gloucester. (By the way, the people of the old city should send a greeting and a silk flag to the little ship that has done their name such credit.) What gave the Gloucester her victory, and also allowed her to escape, was her gunfire. “The de- stroyers” she disabled, let alone the Span ish cruisers, could have sunk her easily could they have hit her, but they failed to do so, partly because of their own es- sentially bad marksmanship, and partly also because a man who is peppering you from a revolver 1s always hard to hit. Being shot at with great accuracy is apt to de- stroy one’s aim. That our own sailors are very good marksmen already we do not Acubt, nor do we doubt that their prac- tice would be better, rather than worse, in an actual engagement. Still, we hope that the Santiago fight will make the admiralty give still more encouragement to the prac- tice of gunfire. Captains should be made to feel that one of the chief things ex- pected from them is a record of success- ful shooting, while the really able gunners should be marked out for special promotion and special privileges. Good firing should, in fact, be treated as an essential. There is just one more thing to be remembered. The performance of the Gloucester shows that an Improvised fleet, thoroughly well armed and manned by men who can shoot, may be a far more formidable sea force than is sometimes supposed. We do not wish it to be understood for a moment that we desire to trust to this fact; still, it is worth noting, A Hint to the Powers. So much for the special lessons of the battle. There remains one general con- clusion which must be mentioned. The battle shows that the American navy is a most efficient fighting machine. We did not want to be told that here, for we knew it already and realized of what stuff the lion’s whelps were made. They did not, however, know it on the continent, though apparently they know it now. For our- selves, we have little doubt that the Amer- ican fleet could face even that of France without any great risk of disaster. No doubt by all the rules the French fleet {s ten times as strong as the American, and ought to be able to eat it up at one mouth- ful. In spite, however, of that, we believe that if it were needful—it, will not be, as America will not be attacked by France without our taking a hand in the *game— Sampson and Dewey and the officers they have the happiness to command—to use Nelson's phrase—would be able to destroy French ships of vastly superior power just as we did a hundred yeurs ago. The Amer- ican gunners woulé keep cool and hit every time. The French wowld get excited, and fire too high or to® lowLand tose all the ad- vantage of the best guns and best explo- sives in the world! As for the German and American navies, ctheré can, of course, be no comparison. TYe°Gérmans are fine sail- ors and brave men, bmt a naval struggle between the Unitéd States and Germany would be very shart and very complete. It would surprise thécemperor, no doubt, who thinks himself invincible, but his self-con- fidence cannot alter history. The English have a habit of winning at sea, and the Americans have shown us that they have Inherited the habit t he fullest possible degree. ess OFFICERS Lc geen “HOSEN. Montgomery Codnty*W. C. T. U. Holds Annual Efection. Speciul Correspondence of The Evening Star. WASHINGTON GROVE, Md., July 20, 1898. The annual convention of the W. C. T. U. for Montgomery county was held here today, the president, Mrs. Sarah T. Miller, being in charge. Reports showed 11 unions in a flourishing condition and 215 members on the rolls. The presidents of ten unions responded to thelr names at roll call. The reports of the secretaries and treasurer were accepted, as were the executive com- mittee reports. The receipts for the last year were: From camp meeting, $116.76; from the lunch table at Rockville during court session: and from dues and other The treasurer reported $32.73 on hand. The local unions responded with dele- gates as follows: Kensington, Mrs. W. El ridge; Spencerville, Mrs, M. A. Duvall; Laytonsville, Mrs. Anna Bell Higgins; Darnestown, Miss Lula Windsor; Sandy Spring, Mrs. Mary Jackson; Oakdale (Oi- ney), Dr. Roger Brooke and Mrs. Barnsley; Colesville, Mrs. Kelley; Rock- ville, Mrs. Brewer; Layhill, Mrs. Moore; Travilah, Mrs. Montgomery. At the clection of officers, which followed, Mrs. 8. T. Miller was declared president Miss Rebecca Miller corresponding secre- tary, Miss I.ula Windsor recording secri tary and Mrs. Florence Wetherald, treas- urer, The tabernacle was decorated with flow- ers and palms, and the ladies of the county Presented to the state secretary a hand- some white satin banner with a blue center, upon which Easter lilies were painted; the union’s motto was upon it and gold fringe Was used to enhance its beauty. This was given to replace one which was defaced last summer and was -nade by a membei of the Sandy Spring Union. The members of the Montgomery W. C. T. U. take particular pride in the fact that fe three years in ssion they have secured the prize offered by the s0- ciety for the largest percent. ase in membership. In the afternoon repo.ts from the chair- man of each committee were given—Mrs. Jackson on “Purity;”” Mrs. Thomas,-‘Jun- ior ork;” Mrs. Tatum, ‘Evan Mrs. Farquhar, ‘Narcotics; Sallie Brooke, “Scientific Instruction, Magruder, “Literature,” and Mrs. ‘atum, “Systematic Giving.” The Rey. Mr. German sang a solo. Mrs. Mary B. Thomas read a paper on suffrage as a conclusion to the exercises of the afternoon. In the evening the Rey. Dr. Muir, pastor & of the E Street Baptist Churea, Washmg- ton, gave a lecture upon the life and char- acter of Fran BK. Willard, his o: os words being: he hath done what she could.” He referred to the early iife and training of Miss Willard, to her subse yuent labors as an instructor, to her wonderful ong. ation of the W. C. e executtva ability she dis- The power o* "great conviction, the characteristics of persénulity, he said, all Were exemplified 1h the life of tnis noble woman, d Mr. Wm. Moore, ndy Spring, Benje- min H. Miller of Aghto3, Charles and Roger Farquhar of Olney, Rev. J. H. Marsh cf Laytonsville and»tRev, K. Harris of Clarksburg were -amoug the visitors in camp today, , at QJ Soe FIRST. GENERAL ORDER. Maj. Sylvester Diretts How Morning Reports Should Be Kept. This afternoon Majdér Sylvester, chief of police, issued hisi-first general order. H has begun a neW, Serfes, and this order, which is marked No. 1, reads: “It being desirable td maintain that har- mony and.co-aperation among the members of the force which hag existed for many years, and to remove all possible obsta- cles to that end, morning reports and rec- ords will be sO made and kept, In all in- stances, as to name the member of the force making the arrest, even if made for another officer. “Entry will be made at the same time In connection with the complaint, giving name or names of those detailed to work up the case. “It must be understood that credit will be given for good work equally with ar- “Care must be taken not to duplicate morning reports.” Under the new order a true record will be kent, so that the man actually making an arrest will have his name so recorded. Heretofore in many cases incorrect rec- ords have been kept. It has bsen the cus- tom of the department in cases of police- men making arrests for the detective office to put the arrest to the credit of the detec- tlve who made the investigation. Then, too, there has been a practice in the dif- ferent precincts of men giving cases to each other. In this way the record has been made inaccurate, and the new crder is calculated to stop these practices. The necessity for the order, the officers say, consists in the fact that when records are searched years after the arrests are made and the credit has been given to Some one who did not actually make an arrest, trouble follows. Contes of the or- der have been sent to the different stztions. ———— RECENT PENSION CLAIMS, Over Fifty for Injuries in the Present War Filed. Upward of fifty: claims for pension by reason of the Spanish-American war have been recefved by the pension office. It will be a month or so before the claims are ad- judicated. This delay is due to the tmper- fect condition of the records at the War Department, which makes it impossible to complete the record of a claimant's ser- vice. The claims will all be adjudicated under the general law. Commissioner Evans has decided to make @ separate division for the handling of these claims, and will endeavor to get the space now occupied by the office of the commissioner of railroads. No definite plan for the consideration of these claims has yet been decided on. It is the purpose of the commissioner, however, to adopt a system which will be free from all the in- tricacies of the present one. For the Volunteers, Mrs. John Joy Edson, the treasurer of the District of Columbla Volunteers’ Aid Association, has reeetved the following sub- scriptions: J. Harrison Johnson, $10: Dr, Richard Kingsman, $1; S. T. Thomas, $5. Fire alarm boxes were placed in opera- tion yesterday at the following points: 223, 23d. street betwecn H and I streets; 438, 1st and E streets southwest; 519, North Carol!- na avenue and stbeet southeast; 520, 10th and E streets ‘southeast, and 618, 12th and H streets nore Body Stil Udidentified. The body of theyman who committed sui- cide in the park at Pennsylvania avenue and 7th street early yOsterday mornthg by shooting himself throygh the head, as pub- shed in The Stargfs.held ateJ. W. Leo's undertaking sinha! ent. Coroner Carr has given a certifi death in the case, and the body will-be kept another day for identification. It, is thought by the cor- oner that the deceased was a skilled me- chanic, ee Taxing a Soctal Club. The commissioner of internal revenue, in a decision rendered today, holds that al- though a social: club selling wines and liquors to its menrbers and their guests is required to pay a special tax as a retail liquor dealer, it fs not required to pay special tax as a proprietor of a billiard reom, as the new law specifically states that it relates only to bowling alleys and billiard rooms open to the public. A social club admitting to. its privileges only its members and their invited guests, the com- misstoner holds, cannot properly be regard- ed as open to the public. ee Hecht’s hour sales. GO @ ® Oe g& a ay c oy You may have these f Between 8 & 9. Corset covers, 5c. SZ _Lot of ladies’ plain white untrimmed muslin corset co » With felled seams: and ¢ careful finish: the same as are sold usually for 12%gc.—will go for 5 cents. These will go 9& 10. Boys’ pants, 6'4c. Between Lot of boys’ linen crash pants, such as are sold tsually for 12%9c. pair—well made, serviceable garments—good enough for knockabout wear, be offered for 6% cents. Corset covers, 914c. Lot of Indies’ fine muslin corset covers, trimmed with handsome Hamburg em broidery, low neck, ed seams, the cover usually sold for splendid’ corset 19e., will go for ge. Crash skirts, 25c. Lot of ladies’ well crash skirts, good width and good bh . Usually 50. ts asl r this skirt, but tomorrow you Duck suits, 99c. Lot of ladies’ gi heavy quality white duck suits, ma with most stylish jackets; in fact, these are the suits Which we have soid up to this time for $3.98—Will be offered for 99e. 35c. underwear, 19c. Men's balbriggan sbirts and drawers, ideal summer welght—not the cheap, poor und r, but the same for whieh you'll pay elsewhere—will go for 19¢. gar- ment. Childs’ sailors, 15c. en's straw sailors, {1 h wide brims, have been you may have them tomorrow for These will go 10& 11 Wash suits, 29c. Between Tot of boys’ well-made Galatea cloth sailor blorse wash suits, trimmed with braid snd have collars of different plain colors—sold for 93¢. until recently —will go for 29 cents. 5 s Boys’ wool suits, 99c. Lot of boys’ casstmere sults, wld lot left from the season's selling—some are all wool and some are part w: q are suits which sold up to $3 may have them for sve. Overalls, 1614c. 3 The same beys’ ‘Brownie’ overalls, 7} made of bive dentin ind with snspender <2 straps and apron, watch sell for 39e. S about town, wil be offered here tomor- row for 16% cenia. Drawers, 9!4c. Ladies’ muslin drawers, made with three tucks and deep hemis—a_tableful of them—sold for 19¢. palr—will be of- fered for D4c. Ladies’ hose, 9!4c. Lot of ladies’ fast black and fast black with colored top hose, such as you'll find selling for 19¢. pair about + will be offered nere tomorrow for & Vests, 9!4c. Lot of ladies’ with low neck and no si sleeves trimmed with croc ery—same vest as is sold for 19¢. about town—will go for 9%. tomorrow. Shirtwaists, 29c. We make up an tmmense lot of ladie percale shirt waists tomorrow at 20e. which sold up to 98c. this seasou, ‘There is an immense tableful of them—n wide cholce of patterns. Of course there are some better than others, so get here early if you want best choice. 69c. corsets, 39c. » Lot-of ladies’ summer net and centil corsets, the same grades which are sold for 6c. regularly by every store, will ~ be sold tomoirow for 38c. OOOO Skirts, 99c. Lot of ladies’ figured brilliantine and serge skirts—ideal skirts for summer outing wear—sold for as high xs $2.50 earlier in the season—to go for 9c. now. QOOSSOS OO S000 €8S00899 600 \ Hecht’s Rebuilding Sale. Wrappers, 39c. A great sale of Jad! pers for tomorrow at 30c. in this lot wrappers which sb $1.25. All of them have the skirts, deepest hems and separate wa'st lining. Crash skirts, 69c. Lot of extra beavy crash skirts will go tomorrow at Ge. instend of $1.50. Some stores sell these shirts for osc for a duy at a time and make you be- lieve you are <etting wonderfnl value, Are proper width—and fit properly. Neckwear, 17c. Lot of men's neck: ir. In all the most desirable effects and stylish pat- terns, an odd lot left from onr 25e and | Suc. Hnes, will be offered tomorrow for lie. each. Linen cuffs, 3c. A lot of men’s four-ply linen cuffs, small sizes, but faxhtonable shapes the 2ve. grade—will zo for 3c. pair. Umbrellas, 39c. Lot of ladies’ and men’s fast black Gloria umbrellas, with ural wood handles and paragon frames, such as sell for 75c. usually, to go for ‘. ’ Boys’ tams, 5c. Lot of boys’ Galatea cloth and nck Tam O’Shanters, which s-ld for 25e. earlier in the season, will go pow for Be. Boys’ straws, 19c. Lot of boys’ xtraw yacht fata, with black, blue and bands, sold for 50c., go now for 1 eh. Come for these Between 11 & 12, Sailor suits, 49c. Lot of boys’ blue flannel sail th suits, trimmed with white and red braid and embroiderad shield, sold for 0 now for Be. earlier in the season, 9e. =li 1 Dan 1 such as sell for 25e. a pair usually, will go for se. pair tom: ve 66 39 s. Dewey” suits, 49c. Instead of paying 98c. for “Dewey” svits, come her» hetween ‘1 and 12 - m and get them for 4%. “ suits—imede of Mue denim ana trimmed with white bral. Youths’ suits, $2.98, Lot pf young men’s and smell men's suits, “made of wool cheviots and cassimeres, not but nearly all, balance of ‘two or three lines waich sold up to $4.50, will go for $2.98, Shirt waists, 43c. An Immense tall fil of shirt waists made of fine pe} awn and batie which seld up for 43c. morrow. There Sof the most desirable pattern eh white snd some havin Silk skirts. $4.98. elf collars, Lat of ladies’ brocaded silk skirts balance of a line whieh 14 S798. will be closed out at § On | patterns you ever saw. | Crash suits, $1.98, Lot of ladies’ crash suits, which seld for $5 and $6. w.ll be sold for $1.65 morrow. This may seem an unreason able offer, but it is true, The crash is a ine crash. Serge suits, $5.50. Int of ladies’ black cheviot serg> suits, ideal suits for summer outing Wear, with silk-lined jackets. which sold mp to $14.28, will be closed out at $5.50. Bicycle suits, 99c. Lot of ladies’ summer covert bicycle sults, some with leggins, which sold for $3.98, will be closed out at 99c. These are perfectly washable—elegant for bi- cycle wear. Silk Waists, $1.98. Lot of ladies’ black China silk waists, made tucked front, wold for $5 first of the season, to go for $1.98. Suspenders, 9c. Lot of men's nou-elsstic suspenders. with elastic cord ends, white and fancy colors, usually sold for 2e., to go for Ye. Half hose, 714c. Tot of men’s scamless half house, choice of tans or black, fast colors. usually 15c. pair—to go fi *. pair. Child’s hose, 314c. Lot of children’s fast black ribbed hose, such as sell rsvaliy for 12'sc. patr, will be offered for 3! ¢. pair. SSOCOE S GSSOSSOCOS © $10 & $12 suits, $2.48. Covert bike suits, $1.49° Hecht & Company, 515 7th St. @9O00890000 SEQSCeOEE pessoesososses | “Where is Hecht’s advy’t?” Thousands of people pick up “the paper” daily with this thought in mind, knowing that the daily news of this store is profitable reading. Today’s advertisement is eageriy sought for because it tells of Hecht’s weekly ‘Hour Sales” and the immense values to be offered. Hecht's hour sales just now are wonderfully attractive, made so by reason of their desire to close out a great part of the surplus stock so that the entire present store May be transformed and the build- ing next door annexed. All the odd lots which have been made by the rebuilding sale will be put on sale tomorrow and at remarkably low prices. ae Purchases are being charged and arrangements may be made to pay your bill in small parts— a payment each week or month. Hecht’s hour sales. © & © € @ & 6 S Ribbed vests, 414c. & Lot of ladies’ white Swiss ribbed vests, with neck and armbcles run with tape, to go tor H%e. each. 2] 2 > s’ & girls’ tams, 17¢8 of boys’ and girls’ straw Tem ee Come for these muse 2 & 3. 49c. gowns, 23c. 39c. chemise, 19c. 39c.drawers, 19c. Any wrapper, 98c. We will offer during this bour al! our high-grade wrappers. no matter what they're marked, for 98>. esch. This m- cludes hundreds and some elaborately trimmed, Duck tams, IIc. Lot of children’s whit duck Tams, with blue and red silk bands, which sold for 35c., to go ile. You may have all these milli- mery specials all day: Ribbons, 214c. The entire balance of our moire rit. bons, which have been 7% cents a yard, Will go for Zigc. a yard tomorow. This includes a variety of cc lors Ribbons, 9c. An immense assortrent of 3 inch all-silk moire taffeta rib fancy taf-ta ribbons, which 16c. to 25e. a yard, will be bunched to- gether tomorrow ond offered for 8c. yA. if 35c. Ribbon, 13'4c. Lot of all-silk moire ribbons, 4% ine. wide, In all the leading shades, will bo offered tomorrow for Ibige. a yard. This ts exe, value, because they sold for crigitally Ladies’ hats, lc. A large lot of Indies’ white, black and red hats wiil go tumorrow for Ile. Wings & quills, 714c. A lot of asserted wings, in lemon. . green and pink and black curled is, will be offered tomorrow for Tiye. Hats go at 5c. Lot of ladies’ untrinmed shaper and sbort-back satlors—left fiom the past two weeks" selling—will gv at Se. each—a most ridiculous price, because it fe bat th smallest fraction of their worth. You men may © have these bar- @ gains all day: 4 We bave gone through the stock of men’s sults carefully and we have found a Mne of sults very much broken in sizes; they are all-wool euits, which sold up to $12. aud they are desirable tn y. We shall put table tomorrow at $2.48, and you'll have « picnic pl-king from them. Price seems incredible. $5 crash suits, $1.98. In the past three wecks we have sold hundreds. People marvel at their value, because they Knew as well as ourselves that other clothlers are showing them in tholr windows at $5. They are the best made crash sults you ever saw. $1.98 instead of $5 Crash vests, 39c. Crash coats, 89c. Crash pants, 89c. SSOSOS HOSS IA GCOHSSOSHOOSSOSHIOSOL HSS Summer covert is ideal for hot weath er wear. Here are a lot of covert hM- cycle sults, which sold for (2) early the season. You -may have the choice of them tomorrow for $1.49. Abd you may have the scparate pants for @5c., made of same stnff, and made equally well, SOSOEQOOO @ ® e @ é TSSt SSSSSee: Claim Heavy Damages. Mrs. Kate B. King and her husband, Wm. D. FB. King, has entered suit for $15,000 damages against the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company end the Washington and Glen Echo Railroad Com- pany. It is alleged that on August 12, 1897, Mrs. King was a passenger on a car of the Great Falls company, which she boarded at Cabin John bricge. The car started for Washington at about 11:30 p.m. After pro- ceeding for a short distance, it was brought to a stop and was run into by a car of the Glen Echo Railroad Company, which was following on the same track. ‘The car on which Mrs. King was riding was badly broker up and smashed, it is alleged, and she was violently thrown from her seat. Several of her ribs were broken and she was otherwise painfully and per- manently injured. —_+—__- Visiting Elks. John Galvin of Cincinnati, Ohio, Lodge No. 5, B. P. O. Elks, and at present the grand exalted ruler of the order, accom- panied by Chas. E. Pickett of Waterivo, Iowa, No. 290, chairman of the committee on work and ritual, paid an unofficial visit to this city this morning, arriving at 11 o'clock. They were met at tre depot by & committee of Washington Lodge and driven to the Elks’ home, where an infor- mal reception was held for an hour, after which they were invited to the establish- ment of Mr. Geo. Harvey, a frater, where they were entertained at dinner. Their time being limited, they having to return by the 2 p.m. train to Atlantio City, they were driven to the depot immediately after dinner, Chief Ruler Galvin A ebacge) to pay an official visit to Washingtou in the near future. Albert Waleott’s Will, The will of Albert H. Walcott, dated July 16, 1897, was filed today with the reg- ister of wills. The ees bea = ty, wite, Comelia Walcott, Who is constituted executrix without bond, MARYLAND BANKERS MEET, Patriotic Speeches at the Third Con- vention Held at Ocean City. OCEAN CITY, Md., July 21.—The third cenvention of the Maryland Bankers’ As- sociation met at the Atlantic Hotel in this city today. There are about 100 delegates present, nearly all of the Baltimore city banks being represented. For the first time the trust companies had representa- tives present. Mayor George M. Upshur welcomed the delegates in an eloquent address, in which he awoke the patriotic enthusiasm of his auditors by referring to the victories of the “dauntless Dewey and the superb Schley, and the large biast of ihe blatant Blanco.” John B. Ramsay, presifient of the asso- tion, responded. Referring to the war, ir, Ramsay said: “When we look to the front and see the son of the brave and magnanimous general of the union army of 1861, and with him the nephew of the magnificent Lee, wearing she same blue uniform and battling for the same cause, we must believe, yea, we know, that, in this land we love, sectionalism has away and there shall be but one country and one flag forever and forever.” The reports of the committee of admin- istration, the secretary and treaurer were Presented end réad. B. Penniman read 5 report of the legislation committee with @ results of the efforts to have a new state banking law passed, Murder Among Gold Field Miners, CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., July 21-J. Cunningham was shot and killed and Dan- fel Mills was seriously wounded by two ed robbers in Cunningham’s saloon in Gold Field today, The murderers fd without looking for any booty, ——— ‘Wales Will Not Be Operated Upon, LONDON, July 21.—The Bri Medical Journal , after giving a technical de- scription of the injury to the left knee of ct EO amination wed him s otherwise is in very satisfactory will be necessary, E and no operation i RETURN OF EVERY CENT, M. E. Chureh South Urged to Restore t Money Aw by Congress. The delegates of the North Georgia con- ference to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Chugch South, recent- ly held in Baltimore, met in Atlanta yes- terday, A resolution was adopted disapproving of the action of the book committee in in- dorsing the agent of the publishing house and holding that the recent investigation by the committee of the Senate shows that that body was misled by the book agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The resolution favors the calling of the general conference at an early date for the purpose of refunding the money. The Norfolk district conference of M. E. Church South,in session at Nimmo Church, Princess Anne county, Va., yesterday adopted ringing resolutions on the claim recently approved by Congress and paid by the government. Dr. H. Johnson of Cumberland Street Church, Norfolk, of- fered resolutions which condemn Attorney Stahlman and the book agents, call upon the bishops to take immediate steps with reference to the latter, and demand the re- turn of every cent awarded to the treasury of the United States, unless it can be purged of all suspicion of wrongdoing in securing it. al Presentation to Mr. Howell. A. N. Howell, who has during the past month been the chief of the temporary matl-receiving division of the Trepsury De- partment, for the mass of correspondence in connection with the popular war joan, was the center of a pretty scene during the lunch hour at the new post office building