Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1898, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MO NDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1898-16 PAGES, “MOSES Mattrens Factors, Ist and D. F st. cor. tith Purniture Factory, 12th and B. Storage, 22d & M. We'll Rouse Bargain Interest. Odd Parlor Pieces left from suites and a number of suites—the last of their kind. Attractive substance for a one-day’s clearance sale. In most fases cost counts as nothing. The price that'll appear most at- tractive and fetching has been placed on every article. Parlor Suites. ece Parlor Suites, In silk tay- $23.00 in damask. f apestry; shopworn. Splece Parlor Suite, Worth $50.00 . im tapesiry $24.90 olstered in For silk tapestry Mahogany Side Chairs, Arm Chairs And Divans Suk In P 4 in Silk Velours and Damask some carved—seme inlaid. every way desirable ahogany inlaid Side Chai ny Side Mabogany i 15 Mahogany Finish ir. hair. 12. Inlaid Side s air 2 Mahogany Finish Inlaid Side bh Divan It & SONS. — = —— s Chas” Kk. Edmouston j Good Coffee Pots. ; Can't have good coffee without the right sort of 4 ot—no matter how expert 2 : genius has 9 s with Coffee Take the “Boss one-minute” ) Coffee Pot for example— 2 shes and nickel ) cents e you can hardly fail 2 ‘ali the time ) “Marion Harland” Coffee Pots ie # consider better ‘according to t ents up si "and OF and metal Chas. R. Edmonston, ? +205 Pa. Avenue. ) Ve ( ( > It VS aoe © ae eee. Kegs, $2! E: I Steves (known as nm onally low prices on. $2 up. “ry Tipu, Storage, Te. loed. Baum’s, ous nes. 912 Pa. av 05-16 cs (27 CREATE > 7 Imported BRIC=A: BRAC Germany, Austria A delightful array of pieces. in quaint an You're welecme to insp fon at leisure. Victor E. Desio & Co., Successor to Gerome Desi 1107 F St. N.W. = from Italy REN NW ec 29-21-29 ( Finest | = He be enjoys Sausage | 20s 22 mortow |) Grime Hams. Bacon aud Lad. c. Rammling, 312 Pa. Ave. no2-w.f.m 16 ~ Special Priceon DomesticSewing!lachines 2% | Wehave received from the mak- i of these famous machines * + * fifty of their new and beauti- * Reliable” Machines, with complete set of ‘Our pric ine sp 50 . Auerbach, 7th & H noS-20d Sts. 2007 we mor MANN If it's labeled “To-Kalon’ it's pure.” Convalescents none famovs * Lo! STOC find TO: POR tepplog stone toward good health. It excites the TO-KALON WINE CO., 614 14TH ST. 3h" bob-204 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. [Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R., Balti- more & Potomac R. R.] NewCab& Omnibus Service A complete service of Victorias, Coupes (Four Wheelers), and Om- nibuses will be inaugurated at the SIXTH STREET STATION of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, Baltimore and Potomac Railroad), on November 1, 1898. These vehicles may be engaged at the cab stand at the Sixth Street Sta- tion at very reasonable rates. Orders by telephone to call at hotels or residences in Washington to carry persons to the Sixth Street Station will be promptly filled. ‘Telepbove call “1441.” J. B. HUTCHINSON, 3. R. Woop, General Menager. cat aw = EVERY PERSON WHO SUFFERS FROM HEAD. ache or neural ask your druggist for Waiter’ Headache Pow 333. 3 ra, 3 doses, cures. 1c. A simple and effective cure. 0620-1 ED nd chemists for Feite and ast for the a ile, prepared by ai lor ine article, Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sous. Gen'l Passenger Agent. BY their Gar & A MILLINERY FAILURE & PLUMS FOR YOU- —the mightiest that has shaken the New York market in years! Chas. L. La Vake & Co. of 743 and 745 Broadway ended their career as mer- chants of power and went into the hands of assignees early last week. The inevitable auction sale followed—the stock was recklessly knocked down to a half hundred concerns and by this time is in a dozen different cities. We DIDN’T buy the WHOLE stock or a half of it. We selected several lots of Feathers, Plumes and Ornaments—bought em especially cheap or we wouldn't have incurred the risk of overloading ourselves at this stage of the season. The extent of our purchasing can well be cov- ered by a thousand boxes of goods. It’s all new merchandise. Whole- salers’ stocks must naturally be near to the prevailing fashions. : But the point that stands forth sharpest is the consideration of prices. We didn’t pay a penny over 25 per cent of their value for any of the goods we bought. And you'll be asked just as little for the stock. Barring, of course, a legitimate profit on our investment. Ostrich Plumes. 1,000 Black Ostrich Plumes 9,000 Black Ostrich Plumes 19¢. 10,000 Extra Black Ostrich Plumes 39c. 5 Special Egyptian Black 34 Ostrich Piumes-- No. 1—La Vake Wholesale Price, $1.39 98c. No. 2—La Vake Wholesale Price, $1.69 $1.25 No. 3—La Vake Wholesale Price, $1.98 $1.49 10c. = Ne. 4—La Vake Wholesale Price, $2.69 = $1.98 No. 5—La Vake Wholesale Price, $3.75 = $2.98 18-inch Fine Black Amazon Piumes—La Vake Wholesale Price, $2.69 $1.89 Fancy Feathers and Ornaments. Fancy Feathers—La Vake & Co. Wholesale Price, 25c. bunch, for = = = = = = = = = = = Se, Fancy Feathers—La Vake & Co. Wholesale Price, 35c. bunch, for - = = = = = = = = = = 8, Fancy Feathers—La Vake & Co. Wholesale Price, 50c.bunch,for = = = = = = = = = = = 19¢: Fancy Feathers—La Vake & Co. Wholesale Price, 60c. bunch, for = = = = =o 2oC. Fancy Feathers—La $1.00 bunch, for Ornaments—La Vake Vake & Co. Wholesale Price, = = 5s = = 49c. & Co. Wholesale Price, 15c. each, for - = = = = = = = = = = = = 5e, Jet Wings—La Vake & Co. Wholesale Price, 75c. pair, for = = = = = = = = = = = = = 39%, Soft Quills—La Vake & Co. Wholesale Price, 10c. each, for = = = = = = = = = = = = = 2, Leading the Lining Way. OUGH WE WOULDN'T ADVISE FIRMS T 2 TIS AS A GAME OF “FOLLOW MY LEADER FOR THE ROAD MIGHT PR AND ARDUOUS TO BE Pil ASANT. ‘ Al AC OF R L 18 REAL ee THK I TO PAY FIT WE PAY Ss THAN ANY AND COME OUT WI1 ENTS WHO ASK YOU MANY P MU BP FORD TO SELL, OF THE Ake WE DO. Our very best extra wide French and Herringbone Haircloth in two shades, black and gray. It’s a quality | Worth 39c¢ that has hitherto brought ee a yard... eo Carissa cer OC. ! cias j ae 3 ae Soft Finish Moire Percaline in} nee pl ‘ and ul Ses % 534c. fast black and in every good color.) _39¢. Metallic Linings. The same It used to be 12c. a yard Te. | effects and patterns that other stores 36-inch Light and Dark Striped | sell you at 39¢. We'll guarantee the Linings. Goods with a beautiful) “4? and color of the goods. .25¢, silk-like finish and worth 8c. 12IAc¢, 36-inch Fast Black Skirtings. Very Heavy Stiff Linen Can | Three effects—moire, moire antique A splendid quality usually retaile | and moire velour. Worth 18c. and 36-inch Black Figured Wai i 30-inch Silk Leno, in black, gray ing. It's a good strong quality.| and white. We've always sold at Worth r2$c. a yard.... 834c. Ade. Domestics and Flannels. 3uc¢. Extra Wide All-wool Moreen. We can only give it to you in black. 3ic. 36-inch Three-twilled Heavy Seli- “Fruit of the Loom’ Bleached Muslin. No substitute, but the genuine goods itself, and to prove it we show the ticket on every plece .. 4i4c. ‘The Lonsdale Mills Yard-wide White “Berkley” cambric..... .. Ce “Wantaga’’ 10-4 Bleached Sheeting, better than ‘Mohawk’? or (on Ready-made Hemstitched Bleached Pillow Cases. Such a good quality that we'll let cach customer have four eR RRC a T34C. ‘The very Best ‘‘Amoskeag” Feather Tick 30 pieces of Pink, Blue, Cream and Red All-wool Elderdown. 29c. quality. ........ ‘Ballardvale” Chinchilla White Flannel. Worth 50c............ceseeeeeeeeee cacelue 36c. 100 pieces of Neat and Natty Outings. Worth 9¢........0.00c0cceeceeeceeeseeeenens 634 Driving a Silk Four-in-Hand, y HAS BI GHTENED OUR LITTLE ERRORS OF E STRAYED ALI v LL OFFER YOU EVERY1 ) A NUNDRED EXCLUSIV! x IN MATER OF PRICK WE'RE SO FAIt REMOVED LL THE WAY FROM 15 TO 25 HOUSE IN TOWN. PER ¢ ERY LINE THAD 59c. for 85c. Heavy Rus-; Yard-wide $1.25 Black Taffeta, 89c. XACTLY 36 INCHE SUPERB A PIECE OF ¥ VER Bi OUR FORTUNE Ol TS SO WIDE THAT ONE-HALY ‘TIT IL AKE YOUR DRESS ANY CARDINAL, KOSE VICE, . BLUE’ OUT OF EV SCIENTIOL YARD. ‘THE COLOR IS A MIDNIGHT BLACK, WILL NEITHER CROCK NOR. RUST, SUITABLE FOR SKIRT OR WAIST. ING Y¢ ACTUALLY. DUCED FROM 85c. A YARD. $1.25 Handsome Novelties, 79¢. AND MORE WORTH COULD NEVER KE GIV- EN AT DOUBLE TOMORROW IN Ti WORTH $1.25 $1.50 Figured Bengaline, 98c. ND, AFTER ALL, WHAT WEAVD IS HAL § REPTY AND DAINTY AND ATTRACTIVE, AS A HIGH-QUALITY BENGALINE? THIS LOT OF GOODS IS EXQU'SITE. Not DELICATE AS IT LOOKS. ON THE C1 ITLL GIVE : A GHT SAT NISHIN TH BRU SAT- R. THE DES! AND_ FIGURING IN BANL KAT AND ATTRACTIVE. BX- ANY OF T! TLL ACTLY SIN WIDTH. MAKE A DISTINCTIVE AND oO! r AN ‘ASION STTRACTIVE WAIST OR AN ¢ WE'VE CALLED THIS SAME ENTIRE COSTUME. WORTH © | eCaLiTy GooD VALU ° G EXACTLY $1.25. $1.25 TOMOFROW S. KANN, SONS & G0., 8th and Market Space. Roys in the Deck. “And you were not killed?” queried Judge Scott, this morning, when a small colored boy named John Johnson appeared on a charge of jumping on street cars “No, sir,” answered the boy, ‘ killed.” ‘The judge thought he was to be congratu- lated on his good luck after having en- gaged in so dangerous an amusement. William Matthews and William Brown, older boys, were similarly charged, and they were fined $5 each. Johnson wes fined only $3 because of his youth. Mr. Ross Shows No Improvement. The coadition of District Commissioner Jobn W. Ross, who has been confined to kis apartments at the Varnum duriug the past week, shows no improvement, it was reported today. It was a severe cold which first compe'led Mr. Ross to remain at home, bet, as sta*ea in Saturday's Star, fears are now expressed that he is threatened with an attack of either malarial or intermittent fever. Today he is not as well as he was Saturday, and he is confined to his bed. His physician, however, feels assured that his illness will promptly yield to treatment, and that Mr. Ross may be able to resume bis oficial duties in a fow days, wasn't LOST SOVEREIGNTY f -_— Evidences of the Passing of Spanish Control in Cuba. LAST OF LOTTERY AND BULL FIGHTS Wealthy Cubans Are Returning to the City of Havana. A SERIOUS PROBLEM [Gopyrteht,/1808, by ‘Charles M. Pepper.1 Special from a Staff Correspondent. HAVANA, November 2, 1898. “Manana se juega—tomorrow the draw- ing.” The voices of the lottery venders were shrill and persistent. It was almost the last call of the auctioneers. One or two more drawings and the government lottery passes into history along with Spanish sov- ereignty in Cuba. Nothing on the surface shows that it is a “going” institution. The exchange houses where money is changed still display the lucky numbers which chey have sold. These are a pasi guavasiee and a present advertisement. Some of the shops continue to offer lottery tickets at bar as an inducement to other purchases. he venders—old men, women and litle children—have to charge a slight premium. i have noticed no lessening in the number of persons engaged in selling lottery tick- ets. They come into the trains out in the country and throng the cafes in the city. Their chief customers are the Spanish offi- | Cems and soidiers, but everybody buys at least the tenth part of a ticket, just as everybody in Kentucky has a stable tip on the races and backs it. ‘There were 4,372 tickets sold for the drawing which took place this week, or, as the official announcement is, was veri- fied. The lucky number which drew the grand prize was 10,377 and was held in Havana. The government got its one- quarter rake off, or reservation, out of the lottery, as usual, and had the further ad- Vantage of covering back into the treasury the amounts of the second and third prizes which were not drawn. When wie last drawing has taken place a considerable humber of persons will be without employ- ment. The Cubans deciare that all the lot- tery venders are Spanish. That may be true, but the patronage is not limited to the Spaniards. And when the lottery is gone no one imagines that the gambling in- stincts of the people will cease to assert themseives. Chance will still be the god- dess at whose shrine there will be no lack of worshipers. I asked a Cuban what would happen when the lottery was gone. He was rejoicing over its disappearance as @ government institution. “Oh,” he replied, “there will be a great increase in what you in the states cali raffles, and there will be more small gambling in the cates. We won't be able to stop that, but we will be free from the lotte; ‘That demoralized and debauched onr people because it was official. Even thé churen tollerated it.” The Last Ball Fight. The bull fight, apparently, has already gone, and the last of this Spanish national institution hasbeen seen in Havana. A bull fight was to have been given in the Plaza at Regla, across the bay, Sunday with Peruano ag the.star. Peruano was in the “cuodrilla,* “or ‘support, of the grect Mazzaatini, who Was here last year, but his laurels were yet unearned. Mexican bulls, which até not so valiant as those from Andalusia, were to have furnished the sport. Everything indicated that the per- formance was not going to be up to the siandard. It was with relief that the true lovers of the pastime learned Sunday after- noon that Captain Genera! Blanco had pro- hibited the bulffight. Failure to procure a license was said to be the cause, but the prohibition wag, attributed to the captain general's fear that the discontented sgidiers. would raise a row. "i Compensation’ was’ found for the failure of the bull tight. The crack jockey of Ha- vana, who rides jnto,the ring on a mag- nificent white Andalusian stallion, and re- ceives the keys from the president of the day, was enabled to parade up and down the Prado. Thés jockey is a weazéned lit- tle fellow. Perched on itis steed, he looks like a midget. I had been wondering wheth- er he had dried up and blown away during the blockade. His reappearance was made with eclat. Only the effect was marred when he drew up in front of the hotel for cioser inspection and to receive the homage always accorded him. The Mississipp| man who is in Cuba prospecting for land was curious about the Andzlusian steed. So he opened the animal's mouth and looked at the teeth. ‘“Humph!” he said, with con- tempt, “twenty-five years old if he’s a day. A baby could ride that horse.” The pres- tige of the crack jockey of Havana was eclipsed. Cubans Returning. However, the riders were not the only ones on the Prado Sunday afternoon. Some mily carriages which had evidently not se2n service for months were rolling along with the cabs and coaches which were seeking to monopolize the drive. The num- ber of persons taking the Sunday afternoon stroll from the perque central to the wa- ters which were beating against the rocks of Morro Castle was much larger than on recent Sundays. Ina faint way {i was the Havana of former days, when the Prado was full of life and animation. This im- pression was confirmed by a Cuban of wealth, who had just brought his family back from Europe. He complained that he had not been able to find a suitabls house either in the town or in the suburbs. On inquiry I was told this was correct. Kor the first time in three years no desirable houses in Havana are ‘or rent. Th> stag- nation in business continues, and it must iv but the community is preparing for the chang! The misery of a large vortion of the in- habitants exists, yet even it is becoming cloaked. Spanish Officers Less in Evidence. With the reappearance >f the Cubans, the Spanish officers are becoming less in evidence. Their numbers have not becn sensibly decreased by departures for Spain, yet thelr presence is not so prominent a feature of the city life as formerly. When the Spanish officers have ail gone back to the peninsula, half th> cafes of Havana will be closed for want of patronag2. It is to be said for these officers that their he- havior is discreet. Whatever bitterness they may feel toward Am>ricans is masked, and their feelings toward the Cubans do not betray them into public exhibitions. One evening this week there was a stir in one of the cafes, which was filled by Spanish officers, Americans and Cubans. The latter were falling over one another in treir efforts to embrac> a hero of the in- surrection. He was~®rigadier Carlos Ma- cias. Three or four Hears ago Macias was one of the young swells of Havana, rich and idle, passing his'time in the cafes and theatei Proféund’surprise was caused on> day when it was known that he had gone out into thé “long grass” and joined the insurgents irr Puerto Principe province. The Havana dandy ultimately became the commander of agprigade of raggei soldiers. His welcome was effusiv>, but it did not in- terest me so muéh-as the haste with which the Spanish officers. gulped down their cof- fee and disappeared...In tea monuies not one remained. ,It was two hours before they returned. The fneideu: suggested the thought that tle délays wetting the Spanish troops out ofthe islan] would not be so vexatious if @ few bundied Cuban in- surgents were at the service of the Ameri- can commission tright: in the cafes, Professional Criminals. Released. While Havana is awaiting American con- trol with impatience some serious phases of the circumstances in which Spanish au- therity will dissolve are arising. There is no longer a question that In freeing politi- cal prisoners who were sent to the penal settlements professional criminals have also been freed. These are the Nanigoes, or m>m- bers of a criminal society, which a few years ago terrorized Havana. In the whole- sale deportation of them,. which was de- creed, and which was a praiseworthy ac- tion, some innocent persons were included because they were suspected of complicity in the insurrection. But the Nanigoes as a criminal class were easily distinguished. No excuse for permitting them to return to Cuba exists; yet Captain General Blanco has had them released, and they are return- ing. The peremptory demand of the Amer- ican commissioners for a list of these Nan- fgoes was complied with by the Spanish commission, but the knowledge of their identity does not prevént their return. ~ CHARLES M. PEPPER NO FEARS FOR IOWA Republicans Confident They Will Win in That State. DOUBT AS 10 LACEY'S ELECTION His Opponent is General Weaver of Greendack Fame. = Ses VERY QUIET CAMPAIGN ee ene ee Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. DES MOINES, Iowa, November 4, 1808. Republicans in Iowa are confident of de- feating the fusionists by a 40,000 majority at the election Tuesday. They hope to send a solid republican delegation back to Wash- ington, but are scared over Representative Lacey’s prospects in the sixth district. General James B. Weaver, who represented the district for two terms, and ran as the Populist candidate for President, is Mr. Lacey’s opponent. Besides the congressional offices, nine state offices are to be filled this year. They are: Secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, judge, clerk and reporter fur the supreme ccurt, attorney general and two railway commissioners, one of them to fill a va- cancy. There is but little interest in the state campaign, as the governor and state leg- islature are not elected this year. The campaign has been made on national issues. The result will be the crystilization of Iowa opinion on national questions. When the campaign opened, the issue was distinctly drawn on the financial question. In many of the republican congressional conventions, the gold standard declarations were so strong as to demand the perpetua- tion of the existing gold standard by com- prehensive and enlightened national leg- islation. At the republican state conven- tion, notwithstanding the restraining ef- forts of Senator Allison, the republicans took this advance stand on the money ques- tion. The democrats, populists and free sil- ver republicans met for the fusion conven- ticns within a week. There was an effort on the part of some democrats to indorse the Chicago platform, but to do it so mildly that they could win back the gold standard democrats. The populists and strong free silverite democrats would not have this, and the democratic platform is a remark- ably strong declaration for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. This was the issue, although the question of sustaining the administration Was made prominent by the republicans, and the democrats adopted the plank on sick soldiers and administrative negligence. McCleary Bill an Issue. But the issues have been changed. Tae financial discussion has changed from a general discussicn of the free silver prop- osition. Gen. Weaver some time ago took up the so-calle¢? McCleary or Walker bill He said that Representative Lacey and ai? the republican representatives who are can didates for re-election had in caucus agreed to support this measure. He declared it was the ‘comprehensive and enlightened legislation” which the republicans had de- clared for. Then he argued that the bill ras pernicious. that it would give the finan al system of the government over to the bankers of the country. and that soon the days of “wild cat’’ banking would return. I: ts said that it was at the suggestion of Weaver can vaigners in other states they teok up this lire. The democratic state cen tral committee of Iowa hus issued many circulars covering the points made by Wea- ver. This discussion hes caused republican campaigners considerable trouble. Most of them have prepared their sneeches without any knowledge of the McCleary bili, and have been compelled to admit they know nothing of it. Now they are devoting con- siderable attention to it. State Treasurer Herrlott. an authority on finances, is mak- ing special efforts in this line. He tells that the bill is the embodyment of the ideas of the financial students in the Indianapolis monetary ecnvention, and that it would work great benefits to all classes. The campaign has been one of the slowest ever waged in Iowa. Apathy has been a chief characteristic of the political feeling. The republican state convention was not held until September 1, and the fusionists’ not till a week later. A new state chair. man, C. T. Hancock of Dubuaue, took charge of the republican campaign, and ft was impossible to get things organized for two weeks. He has carried on an aggressive state campaign, keeping about thirty-five speakers in the field. The most prominent have been Gov. Shaw, Senator Allison, A. Cc. Rankin, A. B. Cummins and Sidney E Foster. The corgressional candidates ha: 8] a most of their time in their own di trie Democrats Do Little Work. The democrats have maintained state headquar-ers, but aside from the sending out of a little literature, have done practt- cally no work. The few speakers who have worked under them have been sent to the o2al candidates for assignments. sionists always have a hard time ge*- ting funds in Iowa. The republican com- mittee has raised only a small fund this year. The committee has been seriously handicapped because of the action of the state board of control, issuing a prociama- tion that under the new law creating tho bozrd it was provided all employes of the state institutions or of the board would less their positions by contributing to any elec- tion funds. ‘The repubtican chairman has made a poll of the state, though it is incomplete. Mr. Hancock says: “If we can get the vote out, and I think we can, the republican state ticket will be elected by 40,000 majority. ‘he congressional candidates will fall a lit. tle behind, but will all be elected.” Chairman Townsend, for the democrats, says: “We are conceding nothing and mak- ing no claims.” But the democrats expect to win in the sixth and to run close in the eighth. Getting the vote out is the principal work of the republican campaigners. They ha made redoubled efforts to that end this week, and local committeemen have been éxhorted to have teams and plans for thor- ough work in that line Tuesday. In the sixth district Representative Lacey has had thousands of little silckers, say- ing, “Republicans, get out and vote,” ‘print- ed, and the men are wearing them in their hats. He admits his district is close, but expects to win by a small margin. Weaver has canvassed the district thoroughly. The national committee is interested in his fight, because he is a national character, and he expects to win by 500 majority. Hepburn Has a Hard Fight. Representative Hepburn has been fought hard in the eighth by George L. Finn. Finn is a free silver republican fusion candidate, having been formerly a prohibition leader in Iowa. He is shrewd and rich. Hepburn has been sick in bed for two weeks. But his frineds have organized thoroughly and have arranged to have two wagons to collect voters in every: school district. They are sure of 1,000 majority. Th2 democrats count on a post office disaffection to defeat him. Gold standard democrats in Iowa will vote the republican congressional tickets and the state ticket as well. The defnocratic lead- ers admit this. Col. Martin, Iowa member of the national gold standard democratic committee, has issued a letter to all Iowa members of his party to vote for the re- publican ticket. Many democrats who were prominent party workers up to the time free silver became the issue have come out- again this year in letters to the effect that they will vote the republican ticket. This will be felt the most forcibly in the second congressional district. The gold standard democrats a elect ee R. Lane of Davenport to Congress. The cam- paign in that district has beer so thorougir that the interest of a presidential year has been aroused. The gold standard senti- ment was so strong that Judge Nay; the democratic candidate, has been doing noth- ing during the campaign. Davenport is a strong German town. The democrats there are all supporting Lane. They can elect him. Opposition to Congressman Cousins in the fifth district is almost unknown. Cousins is making a strong speech and receiving large crowds. The people of the district are proudst of him than ever. They talk ‘a great deal about “Our Bob, the orator of | They were ‘tie nation,” His-oration on Iowa day at | default of fine, NDABLE STOR 9924-26-28 7th st., a running through rete to 704-6 K st. A great wrap sale made greater. great sale of a maker's entire line of “sample” garments hardly started on its way when cold weather arrives — giving it a greater importance than ever. Jack Frost's wintry touch makes buying imperative now—and every sav t the splendid opportunities this great sale presents—doubly so now. It's no exaggeration to say that we've never been able to offer such a host of splendid bargain values—the garments themselves, This we're ready today fc in all this city—with prices that have yet encountered. 6 bales of double bed com 924-26-28 7th st., > running through Soldenberga. to 704-6 K st. ‘ “THE DEP. Another need that Jack Frost has pushed to the front—but or your coming with a stcck that hasn't a peer you must admit are the lowest you 4 bules of Aouble hed com. | ing woman will appre the prices, the immense variety—all, proclaim this the banner w rap sale of the season. A lot bh Stone marten fur collar. | Heavy curled astrakhan kersey i finished | fur capes, in all lengths and are balf satin lined ide, r w aay style--as stylish } heavy quality saci rem and sensible a garment es a Sas: woman could wear a reew. mu ores: $8 50 lar valuo— Real electric seal collar- jor onty . = for.... & $4.98 ettes, with Persian yoke & lined with ‘heavy ——— 4 A lot of rex vilshness a regu. | ee ene ue coats, for little girls up to ered satin — and trimmed $5.98 S years—made of clehlowk with trape ot sey Or ——— ing twe-toned boucles—han@ pleated—with round Boma marten far, col trimmed with Mack 1 with trimmed | Mined with a very | | Sanden a regu. | Yery warm and stylish gar } lar $2 1 en regular : J eT $9.50 | oe are 91.59 Spirited sellin g¢ in-bedwear. restostonte 3S forts. covered with chintz forts. covered with. tiwat ce pais at tisnute & fal most carefully quilted— | French sateen, ‘a the rich dowble-bed Vlantvets, in five nthe — pretticat ft Arabian fetierne patierns we could & | With Rastern Star vctton, | St%0® of woolma very heavy ¢ find—for only... 5c. soft and fine—quilted with | Quality—wa-m as toast 4 Rake 1 ee faucy stitching none tner be a r : : 10 bales of dowhle ted shite city all $1 98 bi gabballiges callin 4 & comforts. covered witn tine | 8° fF ° wae tocperaeted $3.75 sateen and filled = with a $5, for........, » . Dare “white cotton-—caretu'ly Z quilted—in ““extra heyy 500 pairs of 10-quarier a . Weigh'—a ve: dcuble blankets, tn red and 390 walrs Of fine quality z exceptional yai- blue borders, equality | all-wool 11-auartr dontde: ue at... : ° warm and wort bed ie x rae ay 29c, Hankets. 5 Ihe in Be iales cat eacia. tebe pase welght to each ;air—hand. @ forte—covered with fine somely bound R " % French sateen on both edes 150 pairs of 11-quarter doo aes aetna a Sac seeeloee with vure white cot- | ble-bed wool blaugcts, et orders of red. pink and the test. | extra” beary wernt —a Dlue—as fine a 5 comfort | bound—edged “with tape Se ee herders of red. tue land | OU can g . pink—fastead of § easily a 86.50 : 6 2.75. for sg PR $1.50 | Es $2.29 | = 2" $5.50 Fa ful sete Ww fast we've grown in this line—not so wonderful, either—when yon $ consid and effect. Nohods has. ever nd our low prices—and no one $ siders more carefully. Our sheets and pillow cascy are ‘ll bami-tore aon han ironed —t1 . 100 dozen pillow cass, 150 dozen hemstitched pil- Ot 0a. -thdesk~ ee, $f size 42 by 26—well_ male, s. finished with deop Porgncngtihynesy Press even though the price may hem, and mede as well as dieshaad «|< YF lead to think _other- you vt jo it ge for. . “é id di ne BA } 4 isfaction long | gushnes $ wearstor * ot for... Soogeeseos come here Seesogon Why don’t n bolster cases, size inches—made “with wilt © 19¢, Leading the notion m for the notions and dresstindings No quality that won't give satisfaction. Two sizes of the celebrat sheets, SI by each—and the perfect — th 90--for only atte and save a 0" money d yet our prices are as 8 lelnttnteteetnteeteteoleotpteetettet datalal lrteleletylelets Weir: little as others ask for those inferior, unsatisfactory sorts * Basket weave heavy Fi steel scissors. good, 36 biack-head totlet biack “mohair trhn- | dependanble quatity — sharp | pins, in a cube, for. & ming braid, 214 inches wide and long-lived » a aot, See. which is ‘sold at x & Bea yard, usaally 7 34 24-rard pieces of mohair 2 Tuesday for. 3c. Sealey woutache braid, in black and Dexter's ball kuittix for waists—freah and crisply | Sil the leading colors cotton, in white—for new —a value that be- 6yc —sold at 2h. nsuatly ee aie ~.-3¢> | tongs at a dollar—-for.. : —for. sec, “Nubian"’ fast-black motre sortment of patterns—the Extra heavy canvas, in X percaline—a quality that you regular 20c. quality 5 | seal gray the regular have always pald 1c, a ane mw 7ic. $ yard for, now goes 9 = 5 Saat 54c. Faney. striped skirtings, tn S4-Inch fine Farmer's nat a one Seopa moire =! sili for coat or cape lintny i 2 a :. fi a ular it suitable fo ints $ ee ee eee Ihe. grade, now gor ae regaar se a ear waist ning, in a large as- down to. rk . Oke. ity—goes down to....22$C. Bs ing, os the Omaha exposition pleased them im- mensely. Dolliver in the tenth will go back with a sweeping majority. c Congressman Henderson has some rail- way opposition, Howell, the fusionist, being a member of the Firemen's Brotherhood. But Henderson will win with a big ma- jority. Congressman Hull will be given a big ma- jority by this district. But all politictans here now say his political goose is cooked. ie will be knifed in Des Moines and this -ounty, and cannot be renominated next year. Other republican candidates are con- sidered €asy winners. American Wor h Better Paid Than Those Abroad. ‘The department of labor has racently pub- lished some statistics showing the average daily wages received for a number of years past in the United States in certain occupa- tions, and also the corresponding wags received in foreign countries. A study of these figures shows that American skilled workingmen have no cause to complain when tney compare their condition with that of fellow workmen in London, Man- chester, Glasgow, Paris, Liege, Belgium, etc. For example, in the United States the average price paid to blacksmiths for a day's labor is $2.43, whereas in London it is $1.62, in Manchester $1.46, in Glasgow $1.48, in Paris $1.71, and in Lizge only 8® cen Carpenters in this country receive an aver age of $2.52 a day, but in England and Scotland an average of only $1.58, in Paris 3155, and in Liege 81 cents. American ma- chinists receive an average of $2.41; in England they recive $1.50, in Paris $1.38 ard in Liege 64 cents. Painters receive re- spectively $2.00, $1.42, $1.35 and 64 cents, and plumbers $3.15, $1.74, $1.42 and 77 cent: Wages in this country generally have i creassd in the last twenty-five or thirty yéars. In 1870 blacksmiths’ wages in the Lived States were $2.43 a day, carpenters received $2.36, machinists $2.30, painters $2.22, bricklayers $3.15 and plumbers $2. ‘The increase has been comparatively slight In money actually paid, but this do not tell the whole story. In order to d>ter- mine whether real wages have gone up or dcwn, prices of commodities and the pur- chasing power of money must be taken in account.. In 1872 the averag> retail price of family flour was $12.7 a barrel, while in 1897 it was $5.80. Rice in 1872 was 11% cents a pound, against 7 6-7 cents in 1897. Beans were 9% cents a quart, against 7 cents in 1897. Coffee, roasted, was 421, cents, against 28 cents a pound in 1897. Sugar was 12 cents, against 5% cents. Beef, roasting. was 19 cents, against 14 2-3 cents in 1897. Pork, fresh, was 12% cenis, against 10 cents. Lard was 14% Cents, against 5 cents. Coal was $9.25 a ton, against $6. Print cloths were 11% cents a yard, against 5 1-3 cents in 1897, etc. 5 A comparison of the prices in 1872 with those in 1897 of forty articles of groc>ries and provisions shows lower quotations for the latter year in all cases except cornmeal and muiton chops. Mutton chops in were 15% cents a pound and in 1897 cents, and cornmeal in 1872 was 1% centsa pound against 3 cents in 1897. In all the others the purchasing pow2r of a dollar was greater in 1897 than in 1872, to the ex- tent of 114.41 per cent in the case of granu- lated sugar. SS Sixty Days in Default of Paymen “Guilty,” pleaded James Kelly, a small boy, when arraigned before Judge Scott to- day on a charge of vagrancy. “And what do you say?” Charles Reid, his colored companion, was asked. “I'm guilty, too,” was his response. “Do you boys want to say anything?” “No, sir.” a . Policeman Williams told the court that he saw the boys in East Washington begging. “I warned them that they were violating the law,” said the officer, “but later in the night, when J cgught them begging again, I arrested them.” Sent down for sixty: days in a a es ee heh eh THE LATE MISS NORD) Tribute to Her Artistic Sense and Re- fined Taste. aul Leicester Ford, in a letter to tne rk Tribune, says of the late Miss Nordhoff: “American art, as weil as a wide circle of warm friends and admirers, met with a loss in the sudden death of Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff of this city, on November 2. Al- though her name and work were already known to many of the most discrimiaating book collectors, and though the artistic binding she has actually accomplished will be a permanent monument to her skill and artistic taste, the excellence and beauty of that work were a promise of still better, and so a fine and purposeful career is «nd- ed just as it had reached its fruition. Her death, too, terminates one of the most promising instances of what « womin can achieve in a handicraft art hitherto mo- nopolized by men. “Miss Nordhoff was a daughter of Charles and Lida Nordhoff, and spent the eariy part of her life at Alpine, on the Palisades, and in Washington. With a natural artistic ability and liking she finally pecial attention to binding. Unwilling to do poor work, and with a high stundard of excellence, she first went into the bind- ery of Stikeman & Co., the best of Ameri- can binders, as an apprentice, and worked there for some time. She then went abroad and so convinced Cobden-Saunderson, the famous “individualist” English binder, of her sincerity and purpose that he was in- duced to take her into his shop and give her the full benefit of all his wealth of knowledge and cultivation. And he was well rewarded, for Miss Nozdhotf proved herself an apt pupfl, and one in whom he could take positive pride. Returning to thix country, Miss Nurdhoff established a pri- vate bindery, and such was the beauty of her work, more especially in the srtistic quality of the designs, that she soon ob- tained not merely all the work she could do, but even an excess. This led to the taking of apprentices, thus making her workshop not mereiy a bindery, but a school, which promised to materially en- large the working cpportunities of women. In addition she delivered a number of lee- tures on binding, which were uotice’ at the time in the Tribune. some at her bindery. others the Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn. and yet others before the members of the Grolier Club. Her success was so pro- nounced that she had just removed he? bindery, that, with more space and more puplls, its usefulness might be enlarged. “Though with more work than she could do in working hours, Miss Nordhoff tn be- coming a master binder never surrenderrd or neglected her social duties, and her home had been as much a center to her friends as that of any less purposeful or less ad- mirable woman. To these her death brings a loss that can end only with the memory of her sweetness, her charm and her fine- ness, but the great loss ts for her own sex, for which she held. without intention or consciousness, a guiding light both in char- acter and achievement.” Mrs. John W. Foster. in a letter froma mutual friend in New York, has been made acquainted with the detatls of the death of this gifted young woman. She was sur- rounded by friends at the last, her death folowing from an operation for the re- moval of a tumor tn her side, from which she has suffered for some time back though with little fdea of its serious char. acter. She spent the past summer ifn Cali- fornia with her parents. By her desire the remains cremated, = TRY GRAIN-O1 TRY CRAIN-O1