Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1898, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1898-14 PAGES. ct memo Smee HIS UNWELCOME LEGACY AUS Site Formal Report of Year's Work Submitted to : peony How Mr. Armstrong Overcame Inherited Gout and Were out-talked often—out-done never. Number of Licensds Issued in Several Opening of the Rug Department--and Why It Was Delayed. All through the new store creation we have sought to continue the Saks standard. We realized that first impressions were lasting—and aside from the do- mestic Rugs we would have had nothing to show. Half around the world is a long ways—and the red tape of international commerce consumes time—so we have waited until we could say Rug-ready with such a stock as would be consistent with the store—be Saks-like. Waited until now when the home-makesandthe foreign ers can join voices in extending you an invitation to survey. Is it the largest stock? We don’t know. It is varied enough to be impressionable — extensive enough to supply every Rug want—from the plaited Cocoa for the vestibule to the fine Mossule for the drawing room. It isn’t the biggest tree that yields the sweet- est fruit always. Our Rug Department is, rather, small enough to be select—and surely worthiul. It occupies a good half of the Fifth Floor of the Western Sec- tion — whatever that may signify. : z Now that the invitation is given we shall accompany it with some buying eges that will make the visit profitable to the purse as well as pleasurable to size 30.60 1.98 600 Fine Smyrna—quality—eonceptions—shadings —of rare virtue: 100 Fine All-wool| Smyrna Rug. inches—and every inch an art stnd the regular $2.50 grade, for. Ingrain Art Squares—100—all wool—new patterns ud special p a ares | Rightfully a half more might be added to the § 12 | cost and then be within bounds | and in those inim- | | Tanded "SI 1 emlar $30 $21 | 100 Japanese Rugs, high pile, and gems of rich color and E $126 $16. 108x144—$23 Marked thus close to celebrate the initial of- 0 Plain and Bordered Coca Door Mats 35, | —Boc. kind everwhere, for...0-.ceeseceees fering. Weatern Se Fitth Floor a LDS: SIZES 3 RLACK ERENCICS. §T, THOMAS BAY, RUM: Q ANI Ren OCs | WEIGHT. WELL KNOWN AND WELL LIKED....... DE, A PAIR. ee i z : RTEDS: BLACK 11 5G | MeKLED THIMBLES: ALL SIZES....... Ic. ee oe * 1 Oe, WORTH 2te., FOR . K : “10c. a vain. | -HAIRPINS-COOD QUALITY. 2 PAPERS 9 7 So a ° YARD-LONG WHALERONES; 9 SS E * | RUBBER DRESSING COMBS: THE _UN- BEST vc. QUAL C. | UTE BLANC TOIT AKABLE I5c. AND 8c. KINDS, EACH |e ALITY, IN 4-02. BOTT SERENE ee Saean s Pure Silk-=-Pure Black== Pure Bargains. ou may call upon us for all three From Thursday morning until Thursday night \ of these lots of rich Black Silks at the very low prices we put on them here. Bonnet's distributing agents send us these half dozen pieces to be sacrificed—“to get the Silk bet- ter known.” These other two are from a rival loom. a Silk; this Is 23.inch Black Satin Duchese. end weight, lustrous and fine in this we are offering you the ba Sik se iy sold every usual $1.39 quality-—beavy, éxtra Sn- eshington for 98e. ‘Lhe sy ish; deep.rich Black, and in every for Thursday, and that feature desirable ct the regular — price. ‘Thursday only for— a yd. La Vida Demonstration still continues under the able delineation of Miss Keppler. It is a chance for you to find out someting of Corset science that perhaps yu are not at present familiar with. La Vida Western Section—!st Floor. C. B. a ia Spirite Corsets, 65c. The short hip pattern, in White, Black, ne, finished with lace and ribbon. ¢ Corsets are too well known by 5 . ; erate s is a model Corset for such a theme, as it ap- the ladies of Washington to need any word- proaches nearer to absolute perfection than aes = - ae any other. Miss Keppler is here during all the praise. The price will surprise—but it will - store-open hours—ready to explain or assigt in Corset fitting. , interest also—-that’s what we want it to do— Dress Trimmings. |2d Chapter of that I Series—Comment of Board on Existing. Laws. 1 The board of medical supervisors of the District, thrcugh its president, Dr. J. B. Gregg Bustis, teday submitted to the Com- missioners, thrcugh Health Officer Wood- ward, its first formal report, with several recommendeticns, for which it asks the carefvl consideration éf the Commissioners. The board was organized in accordance with the act of Congress approved June 3, 1896, entitled “‘An act to regulate the prac- tice of medicine and surgery, to license physicians and surgeons and to punish per- sons violating the provisions thereof, in the District of Columbia.” It held its first meeting on July 2 of the same vear, and submitted rules for the approval of the Commissioners, which rules, having receiv- ed their indorsement, have since governed its action. Licenses te physicians have been Issued ia three serfes, in order to comply with the provisions of the act. Licenses of series A have been granted to those physicians who were registered in the health office prior to the passage of the law, to the number of 1.074. Thirty-four applications were de- clined and two are awaiting: action. The board has received seven applications for licenses under series B, which Mcenses are gianted cualy to physicians who nee their residences to the I bia from state: ch: trict of Colum- and territories where med- ical laws and examining boards exist, pro- vided that such medical laws and examin- irg boards grant equal rights and recogni- tion to the licentiates of the board of med- ical superviscrs of this District. So far as it has been possible to ascertain, ne state or territory has, to the present time, com- plied with this requirement, though this board, in its correspondence with the offi- cers of other examining boards, has gen- erally annovnced its willingness to recipro- cate with any boards requiring an equal standard; and it has also expressed its re- gret that the laws under which a majority of the boar throughout the states are or- ganized have no provision for the exchange of certificat The board believes the fre exchange of certificates between the differ- ent boards would remove the only objec- tion to the existence of local examining boards, ani would also elevate the s dard of medical education. Eighty-six applications for licenses of series C, granted only after examination of the applicant were received. Of this series 42 licenses have been issued, 12 failed to meet the requirements, and 26 were certified fo the examining bourds for exemination in uly, an- Practice of Midwifery. Under the authority to grant iicenses for the practice of midwifery the board, in order to meet the requirements of the jaw, has issued the licenses in two series, the first to those who were registered at the health office prior to the passage of the act, and the second to those who were examined by the board. Of the first serfes 95 licens were issued, most of them under protes because of the acknowledged ignorance many of the applicants, who could neither and, consequently, could not comply with the ryles found necessary in the registration of, yjtal statistics and of the report of contagiqus diseases.’ The board has authorized. but one examination for midwives, and thé’report from this has not been received at the close of the year. It is the ple ré Of ‘the board of ‘super- visors, they state, to’call the attention of the Commissioners to the perfect harmony which has existed between the members of the examining boards Appointed by the var ous schools represented. The board ton- gratulates the citizens of the District in that they have secured) the services of.th representative men of the profession to co: duct the examinations. ted physicians ‘ard charlatans cannot ver-estimated, and it-is not in accom- ance with the dignity of the community to receiye such services without compensation. The board therefore recommends that pro- vision be made out of the appropriation for the District for their payment at a fixe rate for attendance upon authorized mee! ings and for the conduct of examinations, Provision for Meeting Place. Further than this, as the board is with- out a fixed place of meeting, or proper pro- visions for holding its examinations, it would ask that a room be assigned for its official meetings, with facilities for the preservation of its records; and that the Commissioners, in their official capacity, make recognition of tha courtesy granted by Georg>town University, which has gen- crously given the use of a room for the conduct of examinations, In this connec- tion it is requested that provision be made for apartments in which examinations can be held. It is further recommended by the board that provision be made in one or more of hospitals supported in part by the strict of Columbia for the education of It is recognized that in the z development. their sar but the fact that an unskiliful midwife is a danger to the se which she is called upon to attend, nd her ignorance a menace to the public health, cannot be ignored, the more espe- cially as it increases the dangers arising from the spread among women and their offspring. — If means for their education were furnished the board would be justified in forming more 2xacting regulations governing their practice. Special Officer Needed. The board also recommends that there be detailed from the metropolitan police a special officer, whose duty it shall be to investigate and report to th? proper au- thcrities violations of the law regarding In home- A small importer—noted rather) Linen Purchase. m aking| for his exclusive stock than the vol- Art “m-| ume of business done has passed us It’s the broidery| his show Garnitures—they're coun- middle of plays a|terparts of the lines he has been a story most im-]| whole: aling to retail at from $1.25 to that holds portant]: being Jet, Jet and Steel and the great- part. Itis}| Black Mohair Garnitures and Yoke ectmantere these here} Ornaments. We give you the = Ss and there} choice of the whole lot—regardless Ss So© touches of | of what they are worth—for with facts a and 69¢ as well as refinement To tt i ‘a with — fa- that fall as we add on our own ac- bles. The c _ | count— 1 } } HEL Se arrow Fancy Mohair Passemente in bunch of mis across the sombre substan-| xr ina unen eaa, Fassemer Be (on items that of the dainties we show ave SC ompice needles of the ladies in issementerie, 1 to 144 i 10 Pee F - phere Pioatiiies that is worth from I8c. to IC. offering certainly discount them, because they Black Mohair Passementerie, 144 and even those of Monday as much nat desione Tey inches whe; worth up to a 12I4¢ | they lead everything that came be ial desigt yard; for ae kee = ZC | fore. a si ? eis nd Pittow Shame. | Wester Section—t1st Floor. a ee eee en ee = = 60-inch Cream Table Dam: a good ee Brass and Iron Beds. value for 50c.; « special yalue tor... DOC, ~ We want to repeat those items we aya: : mentioned Monday. A second ship- Se er Scans mentment arrived last evening. } "69c. ross-sttteh de- | Don't depend upon a third reading— a ya. tive it’s re able we ; good as any trad we offer theta 3 it’s remarkable we are able to dupl Placer 36 sae C. | cate this once at the prices we're ma IC. quoting: a yd. Linet nt Lot of Hnek Tow ft Tea Cloths, different from arp | tor 25e-5 special pric ink them hand. oo o | i ; Pure Linen Crash; .d ery- i sg Ges Sik Sian eral CR eee rash; the kind that's eve ™ Ac, as > ball-bearing cas- . ters. bbe best Bed $9 a yd. ents A Cette Cost + eee 12x1z-ineh Linen Doylies, that will use appro- ms ere urged to ma’ rT Brass ard Tron with woven- | priately with the Damask: and worth : ledge. The difficult - mattresses. Worth pe. (ase pitas "ATC 1 upon request etal ease A : s Western Section—5th Floor. col Western Section—2d Floor. Boys’ Knee Pants--2 Specials--Boys’ Suits. 250 pairs of All-wool Blue Cheviot Knee Pants; guaranteed color and quality; strongly made—as_ well worth 75c. as any pants can be; al ASC. Eastern Section—4th Floor, es, 4 to 16 years. Tomorrow only 1 1 1 and Brownie Suits with braid. 125 Blue Cheviot Double-breasted latter trimmed These Suits are splen- didly well made and very nobby. The sizes run from 3 to 15 years. Worth $3.50— SLAB. Saks and Company, Penn. Avenue and Seventh Street. — HONORS TO CHIEF SCHOTT. Award of Valuable Prize by French Academy of Science. Mr. Charles A. Schott, chief of tha com- putation division of the coast and geodetic survey, has been awarded the Wilde prize of 4000 francs by the French Academy of Science for original work in terrestrial Magnetics. Mr. Schott is th2 first govern- ment official of a scientific bureau of this government to be so signally honored. He has written and published a number of works on the subject of terrestrial mag- retism, and is not informed just what par- ticular essay or paper of th> series won thé award. Henry Wilde, a wealthy En- glishman, died some years ago, leaving the French Academy a large sum of money, the interest upon which is to be awarded as a priz2 annually to the most honorable work- er in astronomy, physics, chemistry, miner- alogy, geology and mechanics, «the compe- titicn being open to scientists of the en- tire world. —__>—__ ‘Teousands of situations have been filled thr@@gh the want columns of The Star. physicians and midwives. The board has never held itself responsible for violations of the law nor regarded their investiga- tion as one of its duties, therefore no rec- ord of arrests has been kept. That the Jaw is being lated is certain, but be 2 of the difficulty in obtaining evidence, and the seeming lack of appreciation of the valu2 of the rigid enforcement of the law, but few arresis have been made. The board beli that the services of a spe- cially detailed officer would add greatly to the protection affordsd the community. It is understood from the presidents of the board of dental examiners and of the commissioners of pharmacy that they would join in this recommendation and ask that the same officer perform a like offic: with regard to the laws under which they act. A table was given showing results of ex- aminations h2ld pribr to June 30, 1808. REPorTS £ Loss. TITS: Charles Ruth Cigipm to Have Been Robbed. of, $300. Charles Ruth, théSdontractor whose ab- sence from the cit¥?fof a day some time ago, caused much .congern to his partner and employes, reportedto the polic2 yes- terday that he had'*he#n robbed of three $100 bills, and thought jie must have been relieved of his money, wh2n he fell asleep in a Pennsylvania avenge lunch room. De- tective Horne investigated the case and as- certained some faéts !n connection with the alleged loss. Te man had displayed the money with much publicity before ne arrived at the lunchhouse. Falling asleep there, he awoke to find the three bills gone, and upon searching th? place found the end of cne of the bills under a table. District Made Defendant. Hearing was begun today before Judge McComas, in Circuit Court No. 2, of the suit at law instituted by C. Henry Ashton against the District of Columbia to recover $10,000 damages. The plaintiff alleges that April 25, 1897, while employed as conductor on a car of the Metropolitan Railroad Com- pany, he was struck by a trestle over a sewer, then in course of construction, and painfully injured. This occurred on F street between 18th and 14th streets. Mr. Ashton holds the District responsible. Messrs. W. V. R. Berry, B. S. Minor and A. A. Lipscomb are the attorneys for the plaintiff, Messrs. 8. T. Thomas and H. W. Sohon appearing for the defendant. of contagious diseases | ff Rheumatism With Warner’s Safe Cure. “The latest enterprise oe past be invaluable. * an % ‘The Destruction of Cervera’s Fleet will be described by the men in com- 1 — Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley, Commodore Philip, Captains Evans and Taylor, and others. SDSS OO OD POO OOS SSS SSS ee? ee % et not m oes APS HOH OOOH O SOHO HOY of The Century throws into the shade nearly everything that has been done in the Sampson, Schley, Eyans, Taylor, Wainwright, Sigsbee and Hobson are the principal contributors to the series. As an historical collection these papers ought to Add to all these the immense resources of modern the victim's forebead. the witness w means, Hterally, a drop. “I inberited gout gout, and that t rhenmatle potson, fe and when Wa of gout was driven away. * illustration.”—New York Tribune. “MAINE,” They will write for no other magazines. | PRESENTED A FLAG. An Interesting Incident at the Pro- vidence Opera House. Special Dispatch to The ng Star. PROVIDENCE, R.L, November 2.—The Frovidence Opera House was crowded iast night, the occasion being a very pretty simax to the war career of the Rhode Isl- and Naval Reserves, who, in full uniform, attended Frenk Daniels’ performance of “The Idoi’s Eye,” and were presented with a beautiful silk flag by the comediau. The flag is a large one of blue silk, fringed with gold, and on it are the coat of arms and the words, “The Naval Reserves of Ithode Island. Presented by the Frank Daniels lccmic Opera Company,” in gold. Tne flag is the handivork of the girls of the chorus, a number of vhom are natives of Prov- idence In presenting the flag, Frank Dan- jels made a happy speech, to which one of the officers of the reserves repli: after which the ckerus cheered the reserves, and after that the r rves, strengthened by the rest of the audience, which packed the the- ater, cheered Daniels and his company. eee Opinions by Court of Appeals. In addition to the ruling which affirmed the decision of ‘the lower court in the case of Belle Alexander against Thomson H. Alexander, mentioned in The Star, the Court of Appeals late yesterday afternoon handed down opinions as follows: Metropolitan Railroad Company, appel- lant, against Charles N. Hammett; decision of the lower court affirmed; opinion by Mr. Justice Morris. Hammett, a driver for the Belt Railway Company. obtained a verdict against the Metropolitan Railroad Company for injuries received in a collision between a Belt and a Metropolitan car at the inter- section of 9th and P streets. The Metro- politan company appealed. Jeremiah E. Donovan against Allen 8. Johnson; decisionfof the lower court affirm- ed. The case was to recover damages for breach of contract. Johnson qualified as surety for William A. Vaughn, who con- tracted to erect certain houses. Donovan instituted proceedings to recover damages, because, he alleged, the contract was not carried out, and he was therefore entitled to a sum equal to what would have been received as rent and for counsel fees. The lower court allowed for the rents, but not for counsel fees. Fanny K. Gordon, appellant, against An- nie W. Frazer; decision of the lower court affirmed. This case involved the assign- ment of a part of the Mora claim, amount- ing to $250. 5 John G. Meyers against Lewis J. Davis; Gecision of the lower court affirmed. The proceeding was to recover $250, balance due on a note for $600. from my father, 4507 Germantown avenue, 1 keep the disease within bounds untii five years ago, when, after a fight with Ja grippe, I had what the as THE NovVEMBER CENTURY Begins the SPANISH WAR SERIES with the first of three articles by CAPT. SIGSBEE. 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Begin your subscription with Order of your dealer, or send to THE CENTURY CO., Union Square, New York. % SEDI OOO DIO OHO HO OHO OO De In the good old days when torture was employed to loosen the tongues of stubborn witnesses, water was sometimes allowed to fall, drop by drop, mpon After a short time the pain passed all endurance, and willing to tell all he knew; perhaps more. this barbarity still lingers in our word gout, which ds of French origin and A memory of Certainly the agony of the d ase is comparable With that of the old torture. says G. Archibald Armstrong of put _my doctor was always able to jadelphin, called physicfan muscular rhenmatiom. For hours at a time I could not raise my arm more than a few Inches, My feet swelled and tarned purple. Gintments and Unhments only Irritated the burning flesh. I could not bear welght of the Mgbest bed clothes on Ms feet. The swelling had extended io my thighs, and my family were getting anxions about me, when a valued friend insisted that my kidneys were at fanit and persuaded me to try Warner's Bafe Cure. “The swelling began to ide within forty-eight hours, but the third bottle of Safe Cure was consumed befor? I felt myself on the way to recove T realized at last that I bad a certain remedy against my ol enemy, was clearing my system of ty trace of “This was five yeara age. Since that time I have been exposed to all sorts of weather, but I keep well, and Aave almost. forge that such « thing as gout or rhenmatiam ever ailea me.” Tt is the ness of the kdineys to take from the Dood a substance called urate of soda, which forms tiny, sharp-ed erystals, bard as granite and poisonous as a rattlesnake’s bite. ach slow in action, When the kidneys are diseased, the Mood deposits these deathladen erystala where circulation is slowest in the toes, th rp edges cut inte the fe That is what makes the maddening pain of rheumatism and gont. Mr. Armst fend was at ened them the unwelcome » had strengt What a pity it ts that men should suffer, when relief is almost as close to them as their shadows! SODEDEDEHCHOSO EDS é E ESO OSHS H OS OOH COCA II PESO OHO SOHO SES SOs ee ote November—do 4 SUFFOCATED BY GAS. Death of Miss Blaine at Her Home in This City. Miss Rena Bell Blaine, aged fifteen y1 niece of Mr. Frank Blaine of No. nating gas in bed in her room last night. The condition of the girl was not discov- ered until the return of Mr. Blaine to his | by Dr. Washington Mat home shortly after midnight. Upon open- ing the door he detected the odor of escap- Ang gas, and upon investigation found that it came from the front hall room on the second floor, occupied by his niece. Miss Blaine was a pupil at the Towers School and made her home with her uncle. Mr. Blaine found her room door locked, and, climbing through the transom, discov- ered the girl lying upon the bed in an un- conscious condition, but, as he thought, still alive, The key to the gas jet, which was just over the bed, was-turned about haif on. As quickly as possible Dr. Ed. F. Pickford was summoned, but he arrived too late to render medical aid. The death had occurred before he reached the house. Coroner Carr investigated the circum- stances of the unfortunate affair and de- cided that an inquest was unnecessary, as the death was undoubtedly the result of ac- cident. ee EES Cross-Line Street Car Service, To the Editor of ‘The Evening Star: Permit me to call attention, through the columns of your paper, to the need for the early restoration of the cross-line street car service on Kenyon street, from 14th and Park street to Brightwood avenue. In- asmuch as the Brightwood line now con- nects with both the 7th and 9th street cars, an underground electric line on Kenyon street would largely solve the street car question for Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant, the junction of Park street, Ken- yon street, Whitney avenue and 14th street being the center of this section. There are two apartment houses here which would largely avail themselves of that means of transit. As winter will be soon upon us, and as the opening of lith street and con- tinuation of the Metropolitan line thereon are far off, if the fare from 14th and Ken- yon streets were put at 5 cents by way of street car question in this section setth for some years to come. It would, besides, t street car with Brightwood, Takoma and the Soldiers’ Home, a want which is being more and more felt every day. An underground up- to-date electric line on Kenyon street and the reduction of the fare is all that is MPO OH OH OFS See & necessary to ma this line one of the most useful and popular in the District October 31, 1 STRATFORD. ae Anthropolegical Society. At a me2ting of the Anthre ast evening in the »pological mbiy hall as: the Cosmos Club papers were read as f llows: “Phe Visionary, a Navajo Rite Myth. ews, U.S.A. and Physical Differences Between White and Colored Children,” by Ales. Hrdlicka Mr. Hrdlicka is in charge of the Patho- logical Institute in New York city. He has examined lately 1,400 black and white malo and female children. He found that the black males and females are decidedly larg- er, on the average, than white of the same age. He examined only normal children _ —_—_————= It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are filied through them. pails Pleas Entered for Divorce. Becftuse of deserticn on the part of his wife Medusa, sult for divorc? has been stituted by Randolph F. Fortune. The par- ties were married in 188 and lived togeth- er until 1888, when, Mr. Fortune says, his wife left him. Desertion, infidelity and bigamy are charg-d against Daniel Holland in a peti- tion for divorce filed by Josephine Holland, = See — “CASCARETS do andarea truly wonderful medicine st irc ote Bave found itn Cascatess, "Bincs cathe teens blood has been os —t com bas io CANDY CATHARTIC