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8 “MOSES .t« F st. cor. 1th. Furniture Factory, 12th and B. Storage, 224 & M. — Moving, Packing and Furniture Repatring. Mattress Factory, Ist and D. August Clearance Sale of Floor Coverings. Another Chance to Buy Rugs. With the ending of our Annual Clearance Sale of Floor Coverings Rug prices will assume normal pro- portions. Till then, however, you can pocket a saving well worth saving by tak- ing advantage of these reductions: Smyrna Rugs. Worth. Now. 16 in. x 32 in $0.75 50 21 im. x 42 in + $1.50 ry 26 in. x 54 in $2.25 36 in. x 60 In. 1 $275 36 in. x 72 $4.00 4 ft - 6 tt 7 tt. 9 ft. @ ft. 36 in. 36 In. 4 ft. tt 2 ft. Scotch Wilton Rug in. x 64 in. in. x 72 in Moquette Rug 18 In. x 36 in. In. x 64 1 ie. © 72 M8... .2-... Reversible Jute Rugs. 6 ft. x 9 ft.. for 7 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. @ in’, for 9 ft. x 12 ft.. for W. BL Me § JAINE’S ULERY MAKES 2MPOUND PEOPLB WELL. 20 "BLANKETS CLEANED. $1.00 a pair. Suits Cleaned, $1.00. Firest Dry Cleaning. ' Expert Dyelog. é Wagon calls. E. E. WHEATLEY, AMERICAN DYER AND SCOURER, 10€8 Jeffersoa ave. (Georgetown). Established 1835. no23-4y-14 AYE WAG Sore Throat. Pimples. Copper- E 2 VU cctorea Spots, Aches, Old Sores, Ulcers in Mouth. Hair-Falling? Write COOK REM? EDY CO., 1688 MASONIC PLE, CHICAGO, ILL.. te of Pi res. ¢ to 35 DAY red in 15 : BITTERS IS A , Dysenters, ill effects of SPAIN STILL AT WAR Sagasta’s Reason for Preparing to Repress War Talk in Cortes. Debate Might Be Provocation of Un- desirable Complications During Progress of Negotiations. Senor Sagasta, the Spanish premier, is quoted as having in the course of an inter- view mai sme important statements, de- claring that it was the government's inten- tion to repress the discussion of war topics He said that as soon as the d submit a negotiations, and ing to t uspension ntee! a did not state the it is supposed that ation of the 7 ih ions of : would cking in the material neces ion. The debate could not te, positive facts, found- cuments, since the as arrived. > surren- will occur, nor un- 1 marine. y been com- have not sufi why not be fons of peace ssed is that subjects ble com- id that peace sion is now allowable. n is still at war The two nations order to negotiate peac Ss may be brought to a succe: ue, but it ‘ht happen taat hostili- ties will be re nced. nk the cortes will only ly necessary ques ake itself acquainted the interests now at so important for the na- tion; ze in debate which would assume such proportions as to in- fringe upon the discretion which the gray- ity of the circumstances requires of the cortes. omm: ould they ask to ‘have presented the documents concerning the surrender of Santiago and Mantla, and the destruction of the fleet, now in the government's pos- session, the government would not accede to request. These papers are in the he of the supreme counells, which alone, before the proclamation of peace, can con- duct inquirles and establish responsibilities. result in acquittals o even the capital penalt Duke Almodovar de Rio, minister of for- eign affairs, and Senor Gamazo, minister of public instruction and public works, have arrived at an agreement as to how to in- Struct the Antilles evacuation commission- ers, and the instructions were mailed yes- the yen. Correa, minister of war, yes- terday informed the queen regent of the arrival of the transport Isla de Luzon at Vigo and the Montserrat at Coryna with troops returning from Cuba. Forty-two deaths occurred on the steamers during their passage. see Are Subject to Taxation. ‘The commissioner of internal revenue has guled that memoranda of sales or trans- fers of stock or agreements to deliver the same xt any future time are taxable under clause one of schedule A of the new rev- enue act at the rate of two cents for each $100 represented, and not at the uniform rete of ten cents for each memorandum under the head of certificates in the same uct. The commissioner has also held that In cases of reinsurance where one insurance company reinsures the risks or parts of risks cf another company, no stamp is re- quired where the transaction {s confined to book entries. But where the transaction involves the issue of a new policy, such policy Is subject to the same tax as if it were an original policy. - THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1898—10 PAGES, PEACE FOUR EARTH Russian Czar’s Proposal to the World’s Powers. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INVITED He Seeks to End the Progressive Increase of Armament. THE COMMENT ABROAD Telegraphic advices from St. Petersburg, Russia, state: By order of Emperor Nicholas, Count Muravieff, the foreign minister, on the 24th instant handed to the foreign diplomats at St. Petersburg a note declaring that the maintenance of peace and the reduction of the excessive armaments now crushing all nations is the tdeal for which all gov- ernments ought to strive. The czar considers the present moment favorable for the inauguration of a move- ment looking to this end, and Invites the powers to take part in an international conference as a means of thus insuring 1 and lasting peace, and terminating the progressive increase of armament. The text of the note follows: “The maintenance of general peace and the possible reduction of the excesstve ar- maments which weigh upon all nations preserit themselves in existing conditions to the whole world as an ideal toward which the endeavors of all governments should be directed. The humanitarian and magnanimous ideas of his majesty, the emperor, my august master, have been won over to this view in the convictton that this lofty aim is in conformity with the most essential interests and legitimate views of all the powers, and the imperial government thinks the present moment would be very favorable to seeking the means. Longings for Peace. “International discussion is the most ef- fectual means of insuring all people's ben- efita real, durable peace, above all, put- ting an end to the progressive develop- tent of the present armaments. “In the course of the last twenty years the longing for general appeasement has grown especially pronounced in the con- sciences of civilized nations, and the pres- ervation of peace has been put forward as an object of international policy. It ts in its name that great states have con- cluded among themselves powerful alli- ances. “It is the better to guarantee peace that they have developed in proportions hither- to unprecedented their military forces, and still continue to increase them, without shrinking from any sacrifice. ‘Nevertheless all these efforts have not yet been able to bring about the beneficent Tesult desired—pacification. “The financial charges following the up- ward march strike at the very root of public prosperity. The intellectual and physical strength of the nations, labor and capital, are mostly diverted from their natural application, and are unproductively consumed. Hundreds of millions are devot- ed to acquiring terrible engines of destruc- tion, which, though today regarded as the last work of science, are destined tomor- Tow to lose all their value in consequence of some fresh discovery in the same field. National culture, economic progress and the production of wealth are either para- lyzed or checked in development. More- over, in proportion as the armaments of each power increase they less and less ful- fill the object the governments have set before themselves. Crushing Burden, “The economic crisis, due in great part to the system of armaments I’outrance, and the continual danger which lies !n this massing of war material, are transforming the armed peace of our days into a erush- irg burden which the peoples have more and more difficulty in bearing. it appears evident that if this state of things were to be prolonged it would inev- itably lead to the very cataclysm it is éc- sired to avert, and the horrors whereof mak2 every thinking being shudder in ad- ce. ‘To put an end to these incessant avma- ments, and to seck the means of warding off the calamities which are threatening the whole world—such is the supreme duty today imposed upon all states. “Filled with this idea, his majesty } been pleased to command me to prop to all the governments whose representa- tives are accredited to the imperial court, the assembling of a conference which shall cecupy Stself with this grave problem. “This conference ill be, by the God, a happy presage for the which 1s about to open. It would converee into one powerful focus the efforts of all states sincerely secking to make the great conception of universal peace triumph over the elements of trouble and discord, an would. at the same time, cement their agreement by a corporate consecration of the principl-s of equity and right whereon rest the of people: curity of states and the welfare Kept It Secret. The London Times’ correspondent in St. Petersburg sa: “The proposal for a conference which was made by the czar on Weénesday, through the medium of the foreign ambas- sadors at St. Petersburg, had been kept profoundly secret until teday at the ex- press wish of Count Muravieff, the foreign minister, so that it might first be promui- gated on the day of the unveiling of the monument In the Kremiin to Alexander II. “There is reason to believe that it formed the object of communications between the courts of St. Petersburg and Berlin sorae time previously, and in al probability the support of Germany at least was secured in advanc Russia, with her chronic famines and her vast enterprises In the far east to provide tor out of the budget which is being drawn upon more and more every year for mate- rials of war in order to keep pace with the other powers, must naturally feel the want of international co-operation in her present policy of peace and of economical devel- opment.” Times’ Editorial Comment. The Times says editorial “The note breathes a spirit of generous, perhaps, indeed, almost Quixotic, human- ity—a spirit familiar in the effustons of visionaries, but too seldom found in the utterances of great sovereigns and responsi- ble statesmen. “Never, perhaps, in modern history have aspirations which geod men in all ages have regarded as at once ideal and unattainable found so responsive an echo in the counsels of one of the greatest and most powerful of the world’s rulers. In principle the pro- posals of the czar, put forth cn a solemn 0c- casion with every mark of disinterested sincerity, will command the sympathy and respect of all men of good will. So far as 1 Great Britain is concerned, we long ago abandoned continental ambitions, and there is no power in the world which has less to gain or more to lose by any disturbance of existing territorial status quo. ‘The time has long gone by when Brit- ish commerce ceuld be made to flourish in and by means of war. The greatest of our interests is peace, and so sensitive is our world-wide commerce that even ru- mors of war often do us more injury than war Itself might do to a power less de- pendent than is Great Britain on a free interchange with the whole world of the manifold products of its native industries. Hailed With Cordiality. “If Russia, which has also a great, but still undeveloped, industrial future before her, is becoming fully convinced, as we in England long have been, that her resources are better devoted to the beneficent arts of peace than to the destructive uneconomic energies of war, Englishmen, as essential- ly a peace-loving people, can only hail the ezar’s pronouncement with the utmost cor- diality as glad tidings of great joy, which, whatever may be the practical issue, does cast honor upon that sovereign’s generous and lofty spirit and hunmanity, The difficul- ues are great, but nothing can henceforth deprive .the czar of having brought peace and disarmament into the sphere of prac- tical politics. “It looks at present as though all the great powers might be willing to enter the conference. While the United States might be expected to lend @ favorable ear to ap- sereereeccccesececccccccceeeeecereccccesasssesemereeesessssesseeeeerre reese ess eeeee ry co i 2 ° : PARKER, BRIDGET -& CO. : i : Our Final Clearance Sale! : “ Facts are stubborn things, and all our advertisements would be waste of money if be- By ‘hind them were not eloquent, convincing facts. Think of this when reading of this sale. No 3 igreater or worthier clothing bargains for man and boy have ever been made in any city, 3i ‘than are manifest here in this st’te during this, our final clearance sale. It could not be done: * >a * without almost incalcuable loss, as these reductions clearly show, but no stock shall he carried Ses : " to the new store is our stanch determination—hence ; . : $4.00 now buys $10.00 and $12.00 Men’s Suits. 8 5 $5.00 now buys $13.50 and $15.00 Men’s Suits. : $6.00, $7.00, $7.50 for suits that sold up to $20, according to size of lots. : _ $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 and $7.50 for Overcoats in light and heavy weights that’; . . . . . . . . . . . o * + * . « . « Py . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peer eeereesecseseseons Pee ere eeerccseoeeoes sold at from $10.00 to $20.00. fe $3.00 for Youths’ Long Pants Suits, sizes 14 to 19 yearss—worth $6.00 to $10.00, $1.15 for Men’s Working Pants that formerly solti for $2.50 and $3.00, 25c. for odd Vests of various cloths. : 75c. for Bicycle Trousers worth $1.25 to $4.00. $2.00 for Bicycle Suits worth $3.50 to $8.00. The most pleasing part of this sale for you is that seven-eighths of the stock represents: ‘just the heavy-weight and dark-colored garments that you'll be looking for when the firsti icoolish day comes. *Twould be a deplorable state of affairs indeed if clothing sold for so little: any length of time—actually next-door-to-nothing prices. Don’t expect it long. In a few days it will be a thing of the past, as in a few days we move. So capture a prize while you can.. Boys’ and Children’s Clothing Likewise Sacrificed. 48c. for Knee Pants that sold for 75¢., $1.00 to $1.50. Q8c. for Suits (odds and ends) that sold for $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00, $1.75 for Suits (full lines) that sold for $3.00, $3.50 and $4.50. $2.50 for Suits (finest sorts) that sold for $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00. Everything sold for cash. No alterations made. PARKER, BRIDGET & CO., Straightforward Clothiers. Oo eererereccos ° ° . . . PS : ° . . . . ° ° . . ° . . ' ° ° '° . ° ° . . . . . ° ° . . aeons . . 315 Seventh Street. eeeeee Se ceceoee Coe errccoccccees peals tending in any degree to lessen the weight of the imperial responsibility she is about to undertake, her industrial polity 1s closely akin to our own, and he®abiding in- terest in the maintenance of peace Is hard- ly less vital.” A Magnanimous Proposal. The London Daily Graphic this morning, referring to the proposal of Emperor Nich- olas, says: “It would be idle to attempt to ignore the many and grave difficulties standing in the way of the attainment of the czars wishes; but It cannot be possible to doubt the sincerity of the magnanimous pro- posal.”" The London Standard says, speaking ed- itorially of the czar’s proposal: “In England, at least, respect and sym- pathy will be left for the proposal. It is @ conception well worthy of the young sov- ereign. It is painfully obvious that there are enormous difficulties to be overcome, which it is possible the czar, in his ardor and humane enthusiasm, has not maturely considered. It is a vision which has oc- curred to many minds, but has always had to be dismissed as a mere dream. The na- tions are not likely to cast away the sword unless they have a better warrant than per protocols and conventions. Moreover, * mon-ent does not seem altogether pro- pitious. New armed nations are rising in Asia and America, whom it might not be easy to convince of the safety and desira- bility of abandoning the enterprise on which they have embarked with so much energy.” Enumerating the many obstacles to the attainment of the object sought, the Stand- ard suggests that the czar has the matter largely in her own hands, adding: “If Russia would abandon her menacing and aggressive policy in China and else- where the era of universal peace would be perceptibly nearer.” Kaiser Was Forestalled. The Lendon Daily Chronicle's Paris cor- respondent declares that the disarmament ve branch would have emanated from mperor William in Jerusalem {f the czar's advisers, including, perhaps, M. Hanotaux, had not forestalled the emperor's project. “The czar's encyclical is assuredly one ot the mest striking documents of the cen- tury. It could only have been more dra- matic if the kaiser had issued it from the birthplace of the Prince of Peace. ‘Locking to the present attitude of Rus- sla in the east, the proposal almost takes one’s breath away. A cynical view is pain- fully obvious. Russia has just secured a serfes of vast territorial and diplomatic advantages which It will take years to as- similate. She is face to face with famine, a revolt of the Poles is threatened and she is threatened by other powers, and there are signs of a dissolution of the Russo- French aliiance. Happily the humanitarian view is equally clear and convincing. ‘The czar, hitherto overborne by veteran obsti- rate advisors, hes now asserted his natural desires. He is one of only two men who could make the proposal without fear cf being misunderstood. Great Britain and the United States will certainly welcome the proposal. If another great power does algo, much will be gained in the desired di- rection.” A Better Understanding. ‘The London Daily Mail say: “If the czar had not been, the emperor would surely have been the dramatist. It js too much to hope for the realization, but some good ought to come of it in the way of a better understanding of the pow- ers."" The Daily Telegraph says: “The idea 1s so beautiful that we are re- luctant to throw cold water upon it; but what is to be the basis of discussion? A conference which should recognize that free and open markets are for the advantage of the entire civilized world would indeed pave the way to universal peace; but short of this we fear the gathering will prove abor- tive.” : The London Daily News says: “The gzar by this message has acquired a more rfghteous and@ enduring fame than be- longs to the proudest conqueror of his il- lustrous house. There is no quarter from which such a manifesto would produce a more profound impression. Hitherto the great obstacle was that nobody would be- gin. The ezar cannot be suspected of mak- ing a virtue of neceséity. We shall hardly be wrong in attributing the momentous pol+ icy to the czar himself. It is the pen of Nicholas, but the doctrine of Cobden.” ‘The London Morning Post, discussing the difficulties in the way of the proposal, arr rives at the conclusion that it would suit Russian needs and Russian designs wonder- fully well, but would not suit England at all. 0} Cynicism in Berlin. ‘The czar’s note was posted in the Berlin hotels and cafes yesterday afternoon and is generally discussed rather cynically. A high official of the war office observed that it would be ‘‘a good topic for a dull season. 1f the conference met there was no doubt that France would demand the return of Alsace Lorain.” All politicians are inclined to sneer at such a proposal emanating from Russii. The general belief is, however, that all the powers are willing to attend the conference in the belief that it will prove resultless, looking to the impossibility of agreement. Comment in Paris, In French diplomatic and press circles the. greatest surprise is evinced. It is no secret at Paris that the sensitive czar’s feelings are toward peace. He hates militarism and even objects to moving about with a mil- itary escort. He would prefer to govern Poland with sympathy, and is shooked by bloodshed. Here the great question asked is: What attltude will the kaiser take? The Figaro believes that the conference will assemble because the czar would not have risked a refusal. It believes, how- ever, that the aspiration {s chimerical. ‘The Gaulois thinks the proposal a natural one from Russia, because the immense ar- mament imposed upon “her is the principal obstacle to her development. ‘The Gaulois says: “France would not gain wnat Russia and the other powers would by disarmament.” Le Journal thinks the conference instead of realizing the czar's hopes will rather accentuate national antagonism if it does not lead to demands totally inimical to the world’s peace. Le Radical wishes all movement, but says: “The readjustment of a certain patriotic question in which France cannot and never will cease to interest herself is, however, an essential preliminary to general peace.’ The Sicle and the, Rappel comment in a similar strain. The Petit Journal expresses the hope that the powers will respond and that the con- ference will solve the problem in accord- ance with the principles of right and equity. In short, all the papers welcome the proposal, with the reservation that the question of Alsace-Lorain shall first be regulated. success to | the The Reman View. ‘The belief at Rome is that the czar first obtained Austrian and German assent to the conference. The papers admit the ex- tracrdinary importance of the document aus pay tribute to the humanitarian mo- ves. The Tribuna thinks Germany and Italy will consent, but France will disapprove of her ally’s action. ————_+e+______ “THE DELIVERER'S” MONUMENT. Emperor ‘kase Read at the Yesterday, upon the eccasion of the un- veiling at Moscow of a monument to Czar Alexander IT, grandfather of the present czar, Emperor Nicholas issued a ukase re- ferring to the event and eulogizing the deeds of the deceased, notably the libera- tion of the peasants from bondage, which earned him the name of “The Deliverer” in the mouth of a grateful people. The ukase concludes: “Wishing to seal more firmly the memory of this historical deed, we have resolved to make hereditary the wearing and possea- sion of the medals he conferred upun his co-operators as & sign of his gracious ac- knowledgment of their labors.” Emperor Nicholas unveiled the monu- ment at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, ir the presence of the czarina, the Queen of the Helienes, the cabinet ministers, the German and Austrian ambassadors, depu- tations from all the land and naval forces of Russia and the Austrian Uhlans regi- ment. The clergy recited a prayer in memory of the deceased, the entire audience kneeling. At the moment of the unveiling the troops Presented arms and a salute of $20 guns was fired. The emperor then placed bim- self at the head of the troops and marched past the monument, amid the enthusiastic cheers of the multitude. — HOBSON'S REWARD. Examination Board Recommends That He Be Promoted. Assistant Naval Constructor Hobson was to have been examined for examination for promotion last week, but owing to his duties he could not go before the board. It was ordered that his record be examined to see if that would entitle him to the highest rank. The bourd says: “The board joins, with all the world in ad- miring the skill, courage and gallant con- duct of Assistant Navjy Constructor Rich- mond P. Hobson, in gonnection with the Merrimac, as set forth in the letter of the commanding officer of ‘the North Atlantic station.” The report ‘then refers to the record of Hobson and. ¢loses with a recom- ™Mendation that he be promoted to the grade of naval constructor. ————_—_+o+_____ Idaho Fusion Ticket. The Idaho silver republicans and demo- erats have concluded to fuse, leaving the Populists out, because of the populists’ fail- ure to harmonize’ with the two factions. The combination ticket ‘nominated at Boise on Saturday is as, follows: Justice of Supreme Court, Isaac N. Sul- livan, silver republican’ for governor, Frank Steubenberg, democrat; for Congressman, Edward Wilson, silver republican; for at- torney general, 8. H. Hays, democrat; for Secretary of State, Mert Patrie, silver re- publican; for auditor, Bartlett Sinclair, sil- ver republican; for leutenant governor, Joseph H. Hutchinson, silver republican; for superintendent of public instruction, Miss Pearl French, democrat; for treas- urer, Lucius C, Rice, democrat for mine inspector, Jay A. »-Gemocrat. Nothing has developed respecting the pro- gram of the populists. eH Oe Employment of Spantsh Vessels. Consul Smith at Moscow reports to the State Department that Spanish vessels which formerly took cargoes of kerosene from the United States are now obtaining Supplies from Russia, large steamers hav- ing been sent to Batura for that purpose, OUR SICK MEN IN BLUE General Boynton Exonerates Camp Thomas Hospitals, Gov. Black 1o Investigate—Reports From Montauk—Recent Deaths at Santiago. A few days ago Secretary Alger directed Gen. H. V. Boynton, now at Chickamauga Park, to make a thorough and searching investigation of all the hospitals in Camp Thomas and to report instantly any lack of attention to the inmates, any inefficiency in the medical officers or any need of sup- plies, of whatever kind. Gen. Boynton’s attention was directed to the charges made by a Dr. Terry against the conduct of the hospitals at Camp Thomas, and he was urged to make a prompt report of the exact conditions as he should find them. Adju- tant General Corbin yesterday received a telegram from Gen. Boynton saying: “Have completed investigating hospitals under Secretary's order. Results exceeding- ly favorable in all essential features. The facts effectually dispose of all recent sen- sational adverse criticism.” Gov. Black to Investigate. Governor Black of New York, after two days spent in Washington, left last night for Chickamauga Park to make an investi- gation of the condition of the New York troops at Camp Thomas. Before leaving he secured the issuance of an order for the mustering out of the 63th New York Volunteers, now at Camp Alger. The regiment will proceed to Buffalo, its home city. z Disembarking at Montauk. Gen. Young has telegraphed the War De- partment from Montauk Point that every transport in the harbor there has been un- loaded and the troops placed in camp, A District Soldier's Death. Gen. Wheeler, commanding at Montauk Point, telegraphed the War Department Saturday night as follows: “No transports arrived today. The fol- lowing troops have disembarked today: Four hundred and eighty-six aggregate, 7th Infantry, from Yucatan; five hundred ard fourteen aggregate, 2d and 34 Battal- ions, 1st District of Columbia, from Hud- son. All troops from Prairie landed last night. The following transports still to be unloaded: D. H. Miller, with Ist Infantry, except Company F; Santiago, with 34:h Michigan; Catania, with four hundred and ten aggregate various commands. Ar- cadia and Monawk, empty, still in purt. Transports Leona, Yale ‘and Hurvard sailed yesterday. None sailed today. Sergt. Newton Harvey Ferree, Company K, Ist District of Columbia, died tonight. Gen- eral health of command improving. Morn- ing report shows 14,163 officers and men in camp; 1,783 sick, besides the sick in deten- tion camp.” Moving Missouri Troops. Adjt. Gen. M. F. Bell of Missouri has been! in Washington, and made arrange- ments for taking home 180 sick soldiers of the 84 and 4th Missouri Volunteers at Dunn Loring and Middletown. He says he onan everything he asked for from the var Department, and will take these so!- diers to Missouri in a special train, with nine Pullman cars and a dining car, and with orders which will enable him to pur- chase all supplies that they could possibly want. The Deaths at Santiago. Gen. Lawton'’s health report from San- tlago for Saturday 1s as follows: “Total sick, 555; total fever, 427; new caseg fever, 19; returned to duty, 24. Deaths, Leopold Debend, civilian packer, acute dysentery! Charles B. Viberts, pri- vate, Company I, Ist Illinois, typho'd fever. ———_——_+ e+ FOR GALLANTRY AT MANILA, Military Promotions Ordered by the President. The President has ordered the following promotions of officers who participated in action in the capture of Manil: To be major general of volunteers—Brig. Gen. T. M. Anderson, Brig. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, Brig. Gen. F. V. Greene. To ‘be major general of volunteers by brevet—Brig. Gen. John B. Babcock. To be brigadier general of volunteers— Col. 8. Ovenshine, 23d United States In- ftantry; Col. Irving Hale, ist Colorado Vol- unteer Infantry; Lieut. Col. C. A. Whittier, United States Volunteers. To brevet brigadier general of volun- ‘ol. C. McC. Reave, 18th Minnesota. wo be brevet colonel in the regular army —Lieut. Col. John Frenea, 234 try. ‘To be brevet colonel of volyunteers—Lieut. Col. R. E. Thompson, chief signal officer. To be brevet Neutenant colonel of volun- teers—Maj. Cuthbertson, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers; Major J. F. Bell, United States Solntoes; Major Stotsenberg, ‘ie Paine aasieee ‘adjutant general of vor Maj. ‘Strother, volunteer ar8 5 Major Bement, volunteer engineeers; Major B to 704-706 Ks to 704-706 K st. “The Dependable Store.” A sale of ready-made sheets and pillow cases. It was this store that broke the prices for ready-made sheets and pillow cases and raised the that made homemaking the ways been the most economical vation. And today we are sell an offering of cheap, poorly made up; they are all finished The greatest special of the ens before—and at less than the material costs. __ Tomorrow morning we start a sale of made-up sheets and pillow cases which for values offered is unprecedented. It is not but of the most thorougtily made bedwear to be had. sheet and pillow case is hand ironed and was hand torn before the best that can possibly be turned out. e © @ © © is standard of workmanship so high expensive way when it had al- 1. You have welcomed the inno- ing hundreds where we sold doz- made goods for low price selling, Every with felled seams and the work is sale is: Thousands of cambri: each. Pillow cases at 6)4c. and hand ironed, and.all finished with such as never sell under roc. each, will be sold for 6}c. ic pillow cases, all hand torn felled seams, 45 by 36-inch hemstitched made of *Mobawk’’ sheet Will be sold for. low cases, Oke. 54 by 36-inch extra size made of fine sheeting. will offered tomorrow for. iow cases, be rhc, sheeting, will be offered for. Selling Is the usual procedure here. POOSSGHSOOHOOHHOHOHOHOHSCSOOOOOEOGHOOG “e Ce lowered prices. Dexter's white knitting cotton, 3c. ball Clark's darning cotton, 1c. ball. n sy y J0c. Faller's mrchine ofl, 3c. bottle. 500-yard white cotton, 3c. spobi. eis 10c. and 12c. quality pure white pearl 15e. quality crochet silk, 4c. ball. 0c. large cubes of toilet pins, 4c. We have all the extra large sizes in ready-made sheets and pillow case notions under price Selling them as we will sell them tomorrow is not done but few times a year. Take advantage of 63 by 90-inch hematitched “‘Leck- wood" sheets will be sold to- morrew for. . Siesuts) ee 81 by 904nch hemmed ‘Mohawk’ sheets will be offered tomorrow 90 by 90-inch “Pequot” hemmed aheets “will be wold tomorrow Ge for... - HOOSTS9OSs buttcns, 4c. dozen, @BOQOESVOOOO®D @ Pay the drug stores their Se. bottles petroleum jelly, same as Best nickel-plated safety pins, all sizes, 2c. dozen. Save on the drug stores’ prices. longer. We can save you from 50 to 75 per cent. high prices for toilet articles no vaseline, 2c. bottle. Dr. Lyon's tooth powder, 18¢. 12c. tooth brush for Ze. 500 boxes of fine stationery ets crushed vellum and antique tinish—white, box, to go at 15c. box. $3 to $5 silk agree that as low a price as $1 velvet trimmed. There are no ay 10c. bottles best housebold ammonia, 3c. bottle. Se. wash rag, 25c. cake best castile soap, both for 4c. The announcement yesterday of selling $3 to $5 silk waists for $1.69 brought immense response this morning. silk waists such as these are, embracing as they do plaid glace taffetas, striped wash silk, fancy dark colored Indias, plaid and more perfect fitting waists to be had. 3 specials in linens. 18 pieces cream Mnen 500 yards of 18-tnch 100 dozen Turkish - - pure linen crash, the eS abet pepe wash rags, usually is sol for 35c. a sells for 12%gc. ‘usual- sold for 5e., to yard usually, ly, will be wold Gie ° will be sold for. 23C- for, - Ose. g0 for.. raper and 25 en: pes to match. in old linen, cream and tints— sizes. Worth 25c. to 35e, waists, $1.69. You must 69 was never before asked for better waists made—there are no Simpson, assistant adjutant general of vol- unteers. ‘To be brevet major in the regular army— Capt. Hobbs, 8d Artillery; Ci Kernan, Infantry; Capt. Nichols. y Capt. Sage, 234 Infantry To be brevet major of volunteers—Capt. T. B. Mott, assistant adjutant general of volunteers; Capt. W. G. Bates, United States Volunteers; Capt. R. W. Young, Utah Artille: Capt. F. A. Grant, Utah Artillery; Capt. Bjornstad, 13th Minnesota; Capt. Oscar Seabeck, 13th Minnesota; Capt. Cc. G. Sawtelle, United States Volunteers; Capt. P. S. March, Astor Battery; Capt. E. A. McHenna, Vohinteer Signal Corps To be brevet captain In the regular army —Lieut. Hagadorn, 234 Infantry. To be brevet captain of volunteers—Liecut. Lackare, 13th Minnesota; Lieut. Whit- worth, United States Volunteers; Lieut. Povey, 24 Oregon; Lieut. William W. Chance, Volunteer Signal Corps; Lieut. Philip J. Perkins, Volunteer Signal Corps; Lieut. Charles E.’ Kilbourn, Volunteer Sig- nal Corps; Lieut. Anson J. Rudd, Volunteer Signal Corps. To be brevet first leutenant in the regu- lar army—Ligut. Williams, 6th Artillery; Lieut. Koehler, 6th Artillery. es DEMAND FOR HORSES. A Good Field for Those of Good Size and Breed. Consul Dudley at Vancouver reports to the State Department that there is a good field in that sectton of Canada for the sale of well-bred horses, cattle and sheep, The horses in that vicinity, he says, are nearly all undersized and very poorly bred. Good driving horses are very scarce, and good draft horses seem to be almost unknown. The consul quotes *the following from ‘the Vancouver World: “It was thought by many—and there seemed good ground for such conclusions— that with the introduction of electricity and modern machinery the day for the prof- itable raising of horses might almost be classed as past. Before the introduction of the electric street car horses for use on the street railways were in great demand. ‘Those required for this purpose were what might be called a second grade, as but few high-class animals were used. A ready market was-therefore found for a class of horses which are now @ drug on the mar- ket. But the price of first-class ones in the coach and draft classes was always good, and dealers report a great scarcity of those in eastern Canada. It is with difficulty that a decent shipment can be collected, simply because the country has been drain- ed of its best material; and the great ma- jority of farmers have stopped breeding them, thinking that beeause has been almost no market for second-grade horses for a few years, it was not profitable to raise any at all. Those who followed the rule which should be the guiding one as re- gards all kinds of stock, namely, to raise nothing but an Al article, are now reaping the benefit. There are plenty of horses in British Columbia; but the large majority are of the wrong grade, and consequently would not be looked at for supplying the best markets. Many of the range horses make suitable farm or pack animals, but fa peat cigar nein eh tgs Beg tee What province wants in this Mune is the in- troduction of more pure-bred sires to im- prove the native stock, and therc is no rea- ‘hy this should not be made a very profitable source of income. Z a Se Cheapest at regular prices; doubly cheap- at Hoeke’s Clearing Sale prices.—Advt. SECRET SERVICE WORK. Many Spanish Spies Arrested During cit lities. The report of Chief Wilkie of the secret | Service is the first of the bureau offices of | the Treasury Department which has been | | made this year to the Secretary of the | Treasur; On the outbreak of hostilities between this country and Spain the division was called upop by the War Department to mvesti- gate numerous cases of persons suspected of furnishing information to the enemy. The demand for this service was so great and increased so rapidly that an emergency force was organized outside of the regular division, and the operatives wer. and successful in their investigations that numbers of Spanish agents w ested and the principals in the spy system were driven from the neutral territory in which they had refuge. From the special fund set from the national defense appropriation and made available for the necessary ex- penses in connection with these Spanish in- vestigations, there had been crawa at the close of the fiscal year $7, The following is a summary vf the secret service work of the last fiscal year: Arrests, 705; of which 137 for counter- felting or altering paper money, for coining and 45 for miscellaneous offenses, Convictions, 209; awaiting action of courts, 200; acquitted, 144; died, 1, fugitive on forfeited bond, 1. Missouri led the states with the largest number of cases, 66; Pennsylvania, 63 New York and Illinois, 58 each; Texas, Ohio, 34; Arkansas, Indiana, 23; Ala- bama, 25; Nebraska and Virginia, 24 each; Georgia, 23; Michigan, 21, and usc other States less than 20. There were no cases in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Mexico, the Dakotas, Idaho, Utah nor Wyoming. Representative value of counterfeit notes recovered, $127,265. Over $1,000,000,000 in “flash” notes, con- federate fac similes, etc., were seized and destroyed. There were recovered 514 plates for the Printing of counterfeit and “flash” notes; 174g sets of dies for counterfeiting coin, and 285% sets for molds for the same purpose. The division, acting under the advice of the law ‘officer of the department, inaugurated @ crusade against various advertising de- vices, printed in imitation of United States notes and coins and confiscated them wher- ever found. It supplied detafis of men to other departments for special investiga- tions of naturalization and customs frauds, with satisfactory results. Nineteen new counterfeits appeared during the year, only five of which were in any degree danger- ous. The maker of three of them was ar- rested and convicted; one had so limited a cireulation as to be no general menace, while the fifth, the $100 silver certificate, the most dangerous ever placed in circula~ tion, etill threatens the business community with its maxers unknown. a Army Personals. Post Chaplain R. W. Springer, who was with the Sth Army Corps in Cuba, is at the St. James. He is on his way to Mackinac Island, Mich. Lieut. Col. 8. ¥. T. Norvell of the gallant 9th Cavalry, which distinguished itself at Santiago, is at the Ebbitt on sick leave of Major J. J. Pershing of the 10th Cavalry. has for so active