Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1898, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1898—14 PAGES. & EVENIN 1G STAR, “WASHINGTON. WEDYESDAY.....November 23, THE iss a eeeee+- Editor. OROSBY 5S. NOYES THE EVENING STAR has a regular d@ permanent Family Circula: much more than the combined cir- enlation of the other Washington dailies. As a News and Advertising Medium it bas competitor. {7 Im order to avoid delays, on ac- absence, letters to ply to THE STAR, or to or Business Depart- = to tenor or purpove. There is No Deadlock. The Parts press is as partisan in its com- ments on the peace negotiations as though it were directly representative of the van- quished nation. The Gaulois, which has had its absurdly prejudiced say on several Previous occasions, now declares as follows: “The commission t ded into an equal number of voi e subject of the archipelago, to arbitration { lutely nec The Americans, neverthe <0, and attribute to them- ie di on cession or retention of recourse and ss selves ereignty over the Philippines without the consent of ine conference. They therefore themselves tear up the pro- tocol they had imposed upon the vanquish- @d, and. to keep up appearances and sofien in the eyes of the world the violence of their proceedings, they offer the absurd compen: ion of », 000.000)" The Gaulots, and appa: ently the Spanist peace commissioners, seem to regard the “confersnce" at Paris as an international Gebating society, where propositions are Presented, argued pro and con, and then decided by ballot. Nothing cou!d well be further from the fact. Peace treaties are never framed by reference to a neutral Save where the neutral projects itself into the case by virtue of a superior force to that of the conqueror. No factors in th Present controv would justify ary claim on th a neutral so as to take a position as a party to the peace ne- gotiations. All of the powers are inter- ested, mor or less, us their subjects hold Spanish or Cuban or Philippine bonds, or aire cox erned as to the future ba!- e of power in the far But it is not @ likely proposition tha one of the Powers could very safely interject fiself into the case single-handed as an inte fering neutral—oth > Known as an ar- bitrator— without too large a v prec trouble on eale to warrant such action. aulois presents what purports to be a problem in international mathemati Five being equal to five, a bala is ne sary S a matter of fa that balance already exists. at Manila, by Shafter end others at in Porto Rico—by the Americ s for fighting at every point covered by the campaign. That balan expre d the difference be- conquered and the conqueror. a party to the Paris confer- ence on equal terms with the [ She is merely present @ matter of form, to enable Btates to notify her direct tion as the victor in a war. Were the mathematical equality of the present commission a serious hindrance to an agreement the United States could readily have avoided such a predicament when it framed the terms under which the Paris conference acting. Instead of writing in that instrument that each nation should appoint five commissioners, the au- thorities in this city might as well have required that the United States should send six to Spain's five. Then there would have s out of courtes s the United as to its inten- sv is been no such dead-lock as that of which the Gaulois complains now. The protocol was in elf the result helplessness. framed here with a large prepon American rep tation. M. Cambon was the proxy for while on th Ami ant Secretary Moore and other offi & matier of mere numbers, there the protocol itself was born f the pre- pond by the war's result, and the same considera- t as weil at Paris with one commissioner. Five, how- present a more Spain would do no dignified appearan ter with ten. At this time, there is so much self- fshness being exhibited in polities, and questions of changing leaders are discussed with so little regard to constancy or grati- tude, it is good to read such a deliverance as Senator Allen of Nebraska has just put forth on the subject of the next presidentiai race. It shows him to be of the right fiber, and it entitles him to the respect of ali right-thinking men No sooner had it becom: Nebraska legisiature would Mr settled that the nd a repub- Allen's place lican to the Senate in than the enemies of Bryan began booming the senator for the populistic pri Adential nomination in 190. They compli- mented him upon his ability, declared him to be the first man of his party, insinuated that had Col. Bryan exerted himself to a Seater extent Mr. Allen would have ceeded himself in the Senate, suc- and endeav- red in every way to play upo. his ambition and whatever vanity he might possess. They mistook their men. They failed ab- solutely. They got their answer swift and plain. Mr. Allen not only expre his faith in the sincerity of « Bryan's sup- port in the Nebraska cam n, but de- clared himself to be in favor of Co!. Bryan's nomination in 100. Recognizing in Col. Bryan the leader of the icies to which he subscribed, he would, he i, follow him again with confidence and pleasure. Not having changed his principles, he could see no reason for changing } This is the uttera Mr. Allen believes in silver and in the cago platform. ply for office in in the just closed. He ore not cast down by defeat, nor to be switched off in a pet in search of a new leader, nor to be’ induced = leader. n honest man. coinage of es of the Chi Was not stiriving sim- her f. He 1586, rtion is th to grasp at a bauble dangled before his own eyes. When the men who now erely advocate free silver make up their minds to abandon that issue it will be time enough to talk about a new leader for the coalition. But free sii s the issue, Col. en holds, is properly the 202 Col. Roosevelt continues to be one of the busiest men before the public, without ex- periencing any need of summer resort trips for recuperation — on - Head-On Collisions. A corporation engaged an electric head-light for locomotives has advanced a rather startling proposition to the railway world. It agrees to guarantee railroad companies using its hea against all-losses resulting from hy collisions occurring at wht. It a ed that managers of railroads have that with electric head-lights pee sions at night are practically in manufactur: colli- impossible. If this be true it is of course to the inter- ests of the railroad companies as well as to that of the traveling public that electric head-lights should be at once adopted. But a question arises as to whether this is not rather an optimistic view of the case. Head-on collisions result from the coming together of trains which can not be stop- ped within the distance of safety after the danger is discovered. They seldom occur on straight stretches of track, for even the old off head-light In general use shows far enough away to permit the stopping of trains long before collisions occur, if the view is not interrupted by a curv: Fog may obscure the view sufficiently to re- duce even the straight-away range of the oil light to within the danger limit. But it is a question whether even an electric light would sufficiently penetrate such a fog to give the approaching trains a safe margin of distance. The question in the main re- fers to the effectiveness of the electric light at curves. It is of course apparent that any brilliant illumination, whether the focus of the light is visible or not, will be revealed in the air. Can the engineer of a train know from such an illumination that a train is facing or approaching him a short distance away? This query lies at the base of the claim that the electric head-light will avoid all night head-on collisions. It is important that the claim be investigated. It will not do, in any event, to rely upon brilliant head-lights to reduce such dis- asters to a minimum. They are the worst form of railroad accidents and always represent personal inefficiency somewhere along the line of responsibility. It would seem that a surer method of preventing such collisions would be to reduce at once the number of single-track railroads, fore- ing the corporations to adopt modern methods. The traveling public is not deep- ly concerned in the railread company’s financial responsibilities for accidents, nor as to any outlet which it may find to shift that responsibility to other shoulders. it wants first of all to be assured of safety on the road, and to this end it is justified in demanding that the “‘one-horse” plan of conducting the transportation business be relegated to the rear. tee The End of a Long Fight. Work has at last been actuatly begun, after years of delay, on the underground electric equipment of the Eckington street railway line, now the City and Suburban. The breaking of grourd for this project marks the present week as notable in street railway annals in the District of Columbia, s the end of the long and at times uncer- tain contest for satisfactory rapid transit at the capital. This event is the more in- teresting because of the fact that it was the Eckington company which represented the most persistent determination on the part of the trolley sartisans to force the overhead method upon the city. The Met- sought to secure trolley pri futile demonstration of th and by ability to install the the pleading finan: conduit system fight waged by it was never taken ly as was that so continuously con- the Eckington corporation, is well known, was then the Washington representative of the great trolley syndicate which had secured a grip en Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities of the north. Washington was chosen for this determined onslaught for two reasons. One reason was that the syndicate operat- ing this and other lines desired to complete the chain of troliey-ridden cities extending southward from Jersey € Another rea- son was that the opposition of Washington to the overhead system was injuring the prestige of that method and encouraging people and the councils of other com- munities to hold out against the encroach- ments of the syndicate. It was felt that if Washington surrendered to the demand for trolley legislation, reinforced as it was by the shrewd road-wrecking enterprises of the operating agents and the resultant dis- comfort of the citizens, the last barrier to the complete domination of the rapid tran- sit urban field throughout the east would be removed. It was worth far more to the fighting syndicate to win this campaign than was represented in the profits or losses of the Eckington line. That road was but the entering wedge. Fortunately, the people of Washington endured the hardships of atrocious car service patiently, relying upon the steadfast co-operation of those senators and representatives in Con- gress who believed then as they still be- lieve that the national capital is entitled to very best in every municipal equipment. The victory was won by gradual repulses of the trolley syndicate’s efforts and by the ntless forcing of the single issue which npelled the corporation either to equip ne with’ the duit system or to go of business. The chronology of the briefly outlined, may be of interest at this stage of the case. The Eckington road Was chartered June 19, 1888, privileged to use horse, cable or electric power, without restriction as to the overhead method of using the last-named. The company adopted the trolley, but by the act of April 30, 1890, its the privilege which had been assumed by the road was ordered to be abandoned by July 1, 1893. The act of February 13, 1893, extended the trolley privilege two years. Just prior to the expiration of this term an effort to secure a further extension failed and July 1, 1895, a bitter fight began in court on the part of the company to retain the overhead wire privilege, despite the plain letter of the law. The court finally decreed August 8 that the poles and wires were illegal and September 16 they were removed. Then began the period of recon- struction, marked by the insolvency of the old corporation, a feeble effort to secure an air-motor equipment, the purchase of the property by a reorganizing syndicate which recognized the futility of further struggles for the unattainable trolley, and at last by the beginning of the equipment with the conduit system, which is now under way. T the fight in fact has lasted for ten years, for it was virtually begun with the chartering of the road, and was not ended until the physical evidences of an honest determination to abide by the decision of mechanical progress began to accumulate. The Star has been gratified to have had a chance at all stages of the campaign to afd in the cause, and now that the victory is at hand it congratulates the community upon its stubborn resistance and the good fruits which have been secured. —_~+ «2 —___ nd England have their wires cro: t Fashoda, but the former will kindly consent to ring off before hearing something unpleasant France a It would be a rather bitter pill for France to forget about that Alsace-Lorraine affair and join hands with Germany in a Euro- pean alliance. oe Corbett states that he thought he had Sharkey whipped. He thought the same of Fitzsimmons befure the encounter. —.-<-= Herr Most declines to come out from un- the bed and offer any comments on the © of Luchent. «= —____ Colonel Roosevelt on the Stand. While the examination of Colonel Roose- velt by the war investigation board in New York yesterday brought out no new matter with regard to the Santiago campaign it served to emphasize certain points that had previously been made. Colonel Roosevelt always spesks plainly and clearly, and always like a man. The note of the whiner or complainer is never heard from him He knows 4 man’s duty and how it should be discharged in war as in peace, and he gave his own brief experience as a soldier toe the war board in a thoroughly frank and unaffected fashion. There was confusion at Tampa. But it did not balk Colone! Roosevelt. When he found himself and his command “dumped” at a point where there was no camp and nobody at hand to direct him where to go, he did not sit down and wait for every- thing to be cleared up for him. He set to work and cleared up matters for himself; pushed on and found the camping ground. When he received orders to embark his men for Cuba he marched them on board the designated transport and held the fort. He and his men were anxious to get to Cuba, and he did not lean upon his sword and wait until the question of how many men should go on a particular ship was decided. He took the orders issued to hiro and obeyed them instantly. When Cuba was reached and confusion again set in, Colonel Roosevelt again be- stirred himself and cut when he could not untie the tangles of the skein. His particu- lar business was to care for the Rough Riders and keep them in fighting trim, and he attended strictly to that. He encoun- tered many difficulties, as he had expected, but he went at them as later he did at the Spaniards, and in the one case as in the other he triumphed. Can anybody doubt that if every volun- teer ofticer had to the extent of his power been as alert and as expeditious as Colonel Roosevelt much of the sad history of the Santiago campaign would never have been written? And yet Colonel Roosevelt when questioned as to the inexperience of the officers made this generous reply: “I think the trouble was due to the sys- tem even more than to any individual in- stance of inexperience. The lack of ade- quate transportation was the greatest trouble.” In reply to a question as to the future, Colonel Roosevelt said: “I believe all the difficulties we met with would be obviated in the future if the Na- tional Guard were trained as are the atmies foreign countries. Give them long Let them mass at San Antonio and move to Galveston or some other place. March them to a port and embark them. No matter if it does cost money, let them be trained. Each year let the army in peace be put through the experience it must meet in time of war.” This likewise is to the point. Our short- comings related to the movement of our land forces. Everything relating to the navy was in shipshape and up to date. But what would have been the record if inade- quate training had appeared in that arm of the service? What wou'd have been the marksmanship at Manila and Santiago if the gunners had for the first time been firing from platforms rocking on the sea? To be prepared to fight is as necessary as to be willing to fight, and Colonel Rooseveit wisely urges greater and more perfect land preparation. —___ «= ——_ Corbett should not have been misled by the seeming success of a few decadents In art into thinking that degeneracy would be a good thing in pugilism. ——— — 20 The conclusion of the emperor’s touring program will leave the world in a state of impatient curiosity as to what he will do next. —————— As the Poo Bah of Pennsylvania Senator Quay declines to display any undignified agitation over the fate of defendant Quay. + ee - It will be remembered that the eminent poetic relative of the foot-ball-playing Poe was something of a kicker himself. ——— +02 ——— Dr. Parkhurst has not offered any opin- ions on Mr. Platt’s debut as a beer re- former. —_—__+ + > —____ Senor Rios should have become emotional and indignant when the Maine was blown up. ——__—_ + + = —__. SHOOTING STARS, He Rebelled. “What's this?” inquired Aguinaldo. “It's one of the garments sent you in re- sponse to your order for the latest Ameri- can styles,” answered his valet. “Weil, take it away. I like to feel well dressed, and I’m willing to face criticism. I'll wear a gold collar, but I draw the line at anything so loud as that calico shirt bosom.” “Some folks,” said Uncle Eben, ‘‘makes dah thankfulness so kinder loud an’ monop- olizin’ dat it sounds like plain braggin’.” The Turkey's Effort at Gaiety. “Alack! These festive moments fill My tribe with grim distress, With haughty bipeds dressed to kill While we are Killed to dre: An Impossibility. “The people of the United States think that their customs ought to set the pace for the whole world, don’t they?” said the King of Spain. “It seem: nswered Sagasta. “Well, the idea is absurd on the face of it. American institutions are all right in their place. But imagine me trying to write a Thanksgiving proclamation!” Convincing Evidence. “Are you a dancing master?” he asked, as he came into the room with that rolling stride which life on the ocean wave causes. “Yes,” answered the professor. “Can you sing any?” “Some.” “Well, I've been so busy all my life work- ing aboard ship that I never had time to learn any accomplishments. I've got some prize money and I want you to teach me how to dance the sailor's hornpipe and sing ‘Nancy Lee’ like they do on the stage, so that I won't have any more, trouble in convincing people that I'm the real thing.” A Russian Symphony. “I know," the czar all meekly said, “In art I've made no hit. An orchestra I've never led And songs I've never writ. “Yet people must admire my use Of various tones aright; My ‘note of peace’ to introduce My full brass band of fight.” 3 —____ That Gas Explosion. From the London Chronicle. The gas explosion at the Capitol, in Washington, is a distressing piece of news. Despite certain extravagances of style and the fact that what was planned and com- menced in marble has been tinfshed in stuc- co, the Capitol is a building of great beauty and even greater impr ness, while, of course, it is instinct wil historical asso- ciations of supreme interest. The Su- preme Court rocm, which is wrecked, was a beautiful room, formerly used as the Senate chamber. The loss, too, of the Supreme Court rec- ords from 1792 to 1882 1s irreparable, and their value was inestimable. After the event it is easy to express surprise that such legal treasures were alongside a huge gas meter. One of the stock jests of the United States is the story of Farmer Hay- seed, who blows out the gas in his bed reom at the hotel. Yet this extraordinary bucolic freak is precisely the cause alleged fer the destruction of the national Capitol. It seems incredible, however, that any rus- tic shovld have had access to the vaults of the building. 230. Ut 's Unfaithfulnes: From the Utica Press. It is a startling announcement, and one which may very properly redirect pubiic attention to the whole subject, that Utah is to be represented at Washington not only by a man who believes in, but who pra tices, polygamy. The Mormons carry their religion into politics, and it is very hard for a Gentile outspoken against that church to get a public office of any account even in Salt Lake City, the most progres- sive of Utah settlements. ——_- + = —___ The Buffalo’s Opportunity. From the Boston Journal. it is time that the Turkish government was strongly notified that the rights of American citizens, men or women, mission- aries, travelers or merchants, in every part of the Turkish empire, must_be respected. The acticn of the government in the case of these missionaries is in direct violation of treaty rights. If what the sultan really needs is to see the American flag flying over a ship of war let the cruiser Buffalo stop on her way to Manila and afford him that opportunity. ——_ + ____ Would Double Isiand Property Vaines From the Havana Advertiser. a pe ager of the Nicaragua canal would double property values in ‘Gaba and Porte Rico. es > Is sare gtke“Win. Hahn & Co.” < wot Open Untill} Open Until Nine 1 O’clock. We extend our thanks to our many shopping friends by offering the following Thanksgiving bargains to- morrow. To accomplish one day’s work in half that time we offer the choice of 125 Trimmed Hats and Bonnets se- lected from patterns shown at our recent openings at one-half marked prices. For Example, $5 Hats,$2.50 $12 Hats, $6. Great Fur Offerings. According to the severe blizzard in the west—the thermometer which has been playing around the seven- ties will fall fully 25 degrees before night. Our immense stock of Furs, which we have been offering at normal prices, will no doubt come in for its share of the spoils. The prices we've made are specials for tomor- row’s selling. 40 Children’s Silver Hare Muffs. $1.00 value. Tomorrow 29c. 50 Children’s Fine Ermine and Chinchilla Hare Fur Sets. $2.50 value. . eenassees sc OCs 20 dozen Fine French Cony and Baltic Seal Muffs. Satin lined. Ev- ery one in the lot worth from $2.00 to $2.50. Your choice. . 69c. 1o dozen Children’s Extra Grade Fine Angora Sets. $2.50 value98c, Ladies’ Fine Plain French Seal Collarettes; satin lined; full sweep. Excellent $4.75 values $2.98 100 Genuine French Opossum and Imitation Stone Marten Neck Scarfs. Each has ten tails. Well worth $5.00. . $2.98 40 Fine enriea Astrakhan Collar- ettes (solid skins). Worth $7.50— $4.50 1 lot of French Sealskin Collar- ettes, with pointed Persian yoke. An $8.50 value fOG cece. oO 4ed SD 100 Genuine Brown Marten Neck Scarfs, with 10 full fluffy tails. Worth $8. ................ $4.98 Superior Genuine Labrador Mink Neck Scarf, with eight tails; a splen- did pelt. Worth fully $12.50 $8.50 to Genuine Brown Marten Full- made Collarettes. Worth $22.50 at any time. Tomorrow.....§14 50 Thanksgiving ae Jackets and Waists. ECT HERE MitHOUT 4 LiMir. FIND PRICES J WHICH HAVE UND ELSEWHERE, Velvet Waists. New creations in velvet waists, in royal blue, green, garnet and navy, with the new style polka dot, made with the new style front, high collar, a very fine grade of velvet. Worth $7.00. Special - $4.98 A new line of Silk Taffeta Waists, in the new shades of royal blue, nav black, light blue, red and garnet: also plaids and new block effect, a very stylish and nobby waist. Worth from $6 to $8.00. Special. ..$4,98 A lot of Suits consisting of cloth in the new shades of brown, green, navy, fawn, cadet; also some chev- iots in this lot, made with fly front jacket and full ‘faring skirts. Regu- lar values, $10.00. Special.. $6.98 One lot of Ladies’ Jackets, in ker- sey, boucle and cheviot cloths, in the new box effect and new dart sleeves, a very stylish and perfect fitting gar- ment. Regular price, $7.50. Spe- cial. becabas 4.98 One ot of Suits in Venetian and plain cloths, some made with the new flaring skirts and flounce, in cadet, mode, brown, navy and black. The jackets are perfect fitting, lined handsomely with taffeta silk, velvet collar and new sleeves. These goods sell everywhere at PES 00-28 our es Thanksgiving Outing Flannel Gowns, as warm as the all=-wool ones —and the prices less than half. Ladies’ Outing Flannel Night Gowns, large turn-over collars, full width and length, finished with her- ringbone braid, a full assortment of bright color; Thanksgiving prices..-- : -.--59c. Ladies’ Outing Flannel Night Gowns, Mother Hubbard style, fall width, large sleeves, lay-over collars, finished with pearl buttons, assorted patterns. Thanksgiving price. 89c, Ladies’ Outing Flannel Gowns, nade empire; style, trimmed with cotton’ torchon, another style is made high neck*and tucked yoke, trimmed. with point de Paris lace. All sizes, lengths aind colors. Thanks- giving price. j...-...-..... $1.25 Friday and Saturday will be the last two days of the Johnson & Lut- trell sale. We shall make it a me- morial event. Tomorrow’s Rem- nant ad. will include all odds and ends left oyer from this phenomenal selling. Open until 1 o’clock tomorrow. We Close at 6p. m. Tonight. S. Kann, Sons & Cc., 8TH & MARKET SPAGE This Evening. Tomorrow Till One. During which time thespecial ‘‘Thanks- giving Prices’’adver- tised in yesterday’s Star will be contin- ued. Wm. Hahn & Co.’s Reliable Shoe Houses, Corn: and K, 1914 and 1016 Penna. Ave., 233 Penna. Ave. 8. B. Open Half Day “Thanksgiving” To supply you with dress sult cases, club bags or telescope cases for your little Thanksgiving trip, Splendid Dress Suit Cases. ... .$2.75 Smart Club Bags..........85c. up. Telescope Cases, all sizes. . .30c. up. —and anything else you need in the way Bh eres requisites at lowest factory KNEESSI, *: oe St. no23-28d PILES. an te cures without submitting ASOL OINTMENT vated crses of Piles. to an operation. LA! cures the most aggra- It reli eh eeeee Jar. EF OUR EMULSION OF COD LIVER ow. only 50c. full pint bottle. Evans’ Drug Store, .Wiewis nt Conn. ave. and S st. and 1428 Md. ave. o23-—-16d “Matchless Creamery.” i As sweet as pure cream itself. | Always fresh from | i { | and rich jj The Ideal 3utter. | 5-Ib. Boxes, $1.40. the creamery. Fault- | less in flavor and de- lciousness. Match- less butter, indeed. | Why not try some? D. William Oyster, 340 CENTER MKT. ® pet li MKT. 39 WEST END MET. "Phone 1285. _ho23-¥,f,m-20 “lf they’re Rich’s shoes they’re proper.” Ten-two ES We'll keep open house half a day tomorrow for the bene- fit of late comers who may want dancing footwear for Thanksgiving balls and par- ties—and also for wanters of foot ball shoes for the Thanks- giving games. Then, too, we have every proper style of footwear for hunting, riding, golfing, bi- cycling and kindred winter sports—styles exclusive with us—that no other store shows. B. Rich’ s Sons, “High-art footwear for the elite,” ee F Street. | | | x Black Marten Collarettes,s20 —with storm collar and 8 black marten tails—only $20. Sheared Coney Collarettes,$4 and $4—with — astrakhan yoke, Cy Tiger, Polar Bear and Leopsrd Skin Trine Fur Trimmings for sale. KE- PAIRING rienced workmen, B. Hi, STINEMBTZ & SON, ATTERS & FURRIERS, 1237 PA. AVE. Ww, féern-20 Lansburgh & Bro. [Open until Noon Tomorrow. Dress Goods Bargains to » be Thankful For. We are willing to Sas Des Goods profits for a half day tomor- row, and in order to roll up a full day’s business we've selected giant values, such as you'll not see re- peated. A Henrietta Bargain. Navy Blue, Old Rose, Gobelin Blue, Old Blue, Light Blue, Cardi- nal, Garnet, Myrtle, Grass, Pink. Cream, Brown and a good Blue and Jet Black. These Henriettas are strictly all wool and are usually ad- vertised as soc. goods. For half day you can have thes pick from 100 colors for. . - 29¢. yard 48-inch French Drap d’Ete. $1.00 value. ..+.,--2-+2+20+ 59c. yard Colors ‘are Heliotrope, Plum, Navy, Old Blue, Brown, Castor, Mystle, Garnet, Cardinal and Gray. These make splendid house gowns. §4-inch All-wool’ Navy Storm Serge and Cheviot. Worth 75c. yard. Ato... -49c. Such staple and decuable stuffs are rare at such prices. Lansburgh & Bre., 420, 422, 424, 426 7th St. Woodward “=. Lothrop, toth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. Closed Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Friday’s Our Remnant Day, Our Special Bargain Day. This is a store where stocks are never allowed to linger. more and more exacting as to merchandise. We grow More determined to have only fresh, complete, perfect stocks for your choosing. Hence, longer and longer pieces are called “remnants” here; articles with the slightest semblance of imperfection, every broken assortment, odd lot, etc., is treated as a remnant and is immediately closed out by the force of les- sened price. Friday there'll be some extraordinary bafgain lots of goods. Bar- gains in the fullest sense of the word, where quality plays quite as im- portant a part as price. They were secured especially for the occasion and are marked at a decided saving on regular prices. Friday’s Bargain in Dress Gauzes. One lot of Plain and Printed ¢ floral and embroidered designs, ete wide. $1.00 a yard. Lace Dept.—First floor. rich plaids, inches in a variety of beautiful effects—dainty tints, r entire gowns, waists, fronts, ete. Regular prices, $2.00, $2.50 and $2.75. Friday’s Bargain in Liberty Silk Ruchings. Oue lot of Plaited Liberty Silk Raching, for neck and sto Diack, ay Special Bargain Price, 25c. a yard 3 white, ue, pink, lavender First floor. Friday’s Bargain in Infants’ Long Coats. One lot of Infants’ Long Coats, two styles—crenm Bedford cord, with ripple collar, trimmed wit fancy braid; cream Cashmere, with cape and skirt trimmed with silk embroidery and ba $2.00 each. Regular Price, $3.00. Second floor. Friday’s Bargain in Women’s Linen Handkerchiefs, One lot of Women’s Plain Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, all Ine and good quality Special Bargain Price, 7c. each; 4 for 25c. First floor, Friday’s Bargain in Hemmed Huck Towels. 75 dozen Hemmed Huck Towels—towels known fu t of one kind or another, such as a coarse thread, an oll spot, ete perceptible. Sold by the dozen only, as follows: $1.10, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 a dozen. Worth, in the regular way, $1.50 to $2.50. Second floor. » trade as TH 8." because of irregularities defects In present lot are hardly Friday’s Bargain in Women’s Extra Sized Gowns. One lot of Cambric and Muslin Gowns, in extra sizes, Hubbard style, double yoke in buck, yoke es tucks and insertion in front, ruffle of embroidery on neck and sleeves. Special Bargain Price, $1.00 each. Second floor, Friday’s Bargain in Hair Brushes. One lot of Hair Brashes, with solid wood backs and genuine English bristles, 35c. each. Regular Price, 75c. First floor. Millinery Department. For Friday’s selling we have given Hosiery Department. 17 pairs Women's Extra Fine Black Cotten Flae, double soles, high spliced heeln; siaew 8 andl 10. Te Fe duced ite for $1.60 remnant prices to a larger number | #50 (i, Sir hata, ue ana of Trimmed Hats than usual. Some mz since 9, OY , and 10. Regaced freon 0c. te of the handsomest and most elegant Hats have been reduced to prices which make them rare bargains. Trimmed Hats that were $10.00 to $15.00 are now $8.00. Trimmed Hats that were $9.00 and $10.00 are now $5.00 and $6.00. The few elegant Pattern Hats re- maining have also been reduced in price. ‘S-vutte Reduced Gray rom $1. First Boor Linen Department. 6 pairs Alltinen Hemstitcbed | Shorts slightly imper Reduced from $5.00 t itched Linen Pillow Slips, from $1.00 to Tac. pair. Second floor. Millinery Parlors—Second floor. Blanket Department. ieee Rod we 12. ety Blankets, soiled. Reduced rom. $7.00 to $6.00. pair. Men’s Department. pete ters wa Blankets, soiled. Reduced ‘ f nha. rom! $10.00 to $8.00. mines nes mites 1BE iO. 16K ead 17” Feducen |. 1_All-wool Rug, damaged. Reduced trom $5.00 from $1.00 to 50c. eac! to 4 Men's Brown Wool Covert Cloth Mackintoshes; size 34, 38, 38 and 44. Reduced from $10.00 to .Unlaundered White Shirts: sizes 14%, 15 Jeet to slight imperfections in bosoms, each, 1 Fine All-wool Horse Blanket, for street use, Redneed from $5.00 to $8.75. Dor. 2 pairs Oriental “Bine fringe top and bottom. $5.00 pair. 2 pairs Old Rose Tapestry Portieres, np And bottom. Reduced from $9.00 to econd floor. Shoe Department. Tapestry Portieres, be: Heduced from 10.00 to Suit Department. 3 All SUk Lined Blue and Black Cheviot Seite: 18 patre Women's i-strap French Bronze pers, pointed toe: sizes 2, 24, 8, 3% and 4 SM and 4 A—2, 2%, 3 and 31 B 3. 3% 44 and 6 O-S and 5 D. “Reduced from $3.00 to $1.95 0 pair $238. TTeheatting Black Jacket, mititary effect, braid | trimmed; size 36. Reduced from $30.00 to $12.50, 1 Blue Kersey Cloth Jacket, fly front, brald trim- 5 = 4 pairs Womens ‘French Bronze Kid Oxfonls, Bes eS Bee ee | round toe; sizes 2, 4 aud 5 B-2 C, Reduced i Tan Covert Cloth Jackets, fy front, steap seams, | ound git; tines 2 $s au Gisvgsinteees cS Cry ee from | “1 pairs Misses" Kangarvo Calf Button Shocs, @ Blnck Taffeta Silk Walsts, all over tucks; sizes | spring heel; sizes 11 to 2 A. Reduced from $2.06 34. nd to $1.00 » pair. Reduced from $7.50 to $4.65 each Space Nooth Black Satin Watets, Ince trimmed and fucked: sizes 32 and 34. Reduced from $10.00 t» $5.00 each 10 Extra Fine Cravenette Mackintosbes, tans and light shades, full _double-breasted capes. Reduced from $15.00 to $6. hb. Calf Button Shoes; sizes 13, 18% and 1 Reduced from $2.00 to $1.00 5 pairs Boys’ Button Shoes: sizes 5 D and E. Reduced from $2.00 to $1.00 a pair. 5 pairs Women’s on Shoes, Boston toe, hand a sewed: sizes 64% and 7 B-—Dig and 6 C—tty D. Ke. EE ee duced ‘trom $5.00 to $2.95 a pair. 3 % Women's Box Calf Lace Shoes, rennd Boys’ Department. ton! odyear welt sole; sizes 4 and 544 AA—G B Reduced from $4.00 to $1.95 a pair. 15 colors, | ‘Third floor. All-wool Sailor Suits, light and dark prettily braided: sizes 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and_ 10. duced from $3.00, $3 = $4.00’ to §1.95 each. ; renin Seine, gauts Seabee te sizes 7, if. 4 and 1 nie und Reefer Suits, pre Reduced from $4.50, Re. Furniture Department. 3 Imitation Mabogany Jardiniere Stands, 4 ufal ante 9 pattern, slightly damaged. | from $1 TSe. each, nite, consisting of Divan and two upholstered. Reduced from $25.00 to Reduced d $6. ery Fine Bton-and V rials aud beautifully eee ‘ra a slightly ee eae es ur Buby Carriage Rugs, with pocket, oat eal we rom 15 pairs Separate Short Pants, medium wrote: | “7 q, laree ise. , Reduced from 0:00 to $4.00 ca, = a 12, 13, 14 and I Reduced from 0c. fcom | ‘St BO to £2.50. "f All-wool 3-piece Long Pants Suits; sizes 14 and | ¢,1,Eiderdown Robe, slightly soiled. Reduced 15, “Reduced from 80-75 and $8.50 to $3.00 cach. mm Ska v0 Bid Taird floor. mae ott Corse De; Stationery Dept. \s F rtment. Crepe “Paper Lamp Shade. Rednevd hy $2.50 to $1.00. F Corsets, dainty st D, 21 and 22. Reduced from $6. 6 boxes Small Note Paper. Reduced from 50 to box Corsets, French coutil, boned with | 4 boxes Tinted Note Paper. Reduced from Se. ; sizes 18 and 19, Reduced from | to 25c. box. 3 Pencil Sets. Reduced from 50c. to 2c. set Corsets, sateen, black, white and | First floor 21 and 23. Reduced from Leather Goods Dept. are 8 White Gauze Fans. Reduced from $1.50 to 9 Boe. h. Infants’ Department. T Lethe Cag Case, aver corners. Rese 2 Children’s Nainsook Dresses, gathered full at | from $4.00 to $2.00. the neck, two rows of Insertion on'the frout, neck | First oor. and sleeves finished with band of insertion and ru‘- fle of embroidery. Reduced from $2.00 and $2.50 to $1.00 each. 1 Children’s Red Bengaline Silk Coat, collar of chiffon; trimmed with rows of narrow ribbon, bron tes. | Reduced from $25.00 to $4.00. ard $1.25 to 10e, each. 1 Children’s Blue Cloth Coat. fancy collar, trim- | 8 Autematic Pishes, med with braid and ribbon. Reduced from’ $16.50 | Ie. each to $8.00. 7 Music Wagons. Second floor. Fourth China Department. Toy Department. 6 Wash Sets. Reduced from Ss 6 Dolls Kid Bodies. Re Reduced from Reduced from 2he $1.00 to Muslin Underwear Dept. 1 112-plece Exglish Poreelatu Dinner Set. Re 2 Fine Silk Petticoats, one of Persian silk, um- auced Son aunt oe aan ~ brella style, deep tucked My t Decorated China Covered V; flounce; the other of black taffeta silk, umbrella ated Carlsbad Sopp y git style, 5 alternate raffies of ‘are Punch Bowl, chipped. Red weed, from $15.00 to. $10.00 each. Secqne, | £001 $5.00 to $8.50. : Bine Froach Secah Bilt Dressing Seoys ‘Decorated Green Vases, Reduced from tight Tack, loome ‘front, elaborately trimmed wich a rn Se aoe 00 sib. 4_Jardinicres, medium size. Reduced trom Site 355.00 to $16 to 35. each. @, Carlebad China Water Pitchers, large size Redae: from £1.00 to each. Knit Underwear Dept. ant pecorated Carlsbad China Cake Mates. Ke 10 Women's Swiss Ribbed Silk and Wool Vests, | “6 Decoruted ere Comb, and Brush Trays. winter weight, high neck, short sleeves; size 3. Re: | Reduced from 25c. te 1c. uced! from $1°90 to $1.00 each. T'Saa Decorsied Englies “Porcilain Pickle 4 Women's Swiss Ribbed Silk and Wool Vesta. Reduced from 20c. to We. exch. high neck, long sleeves; size 4. Reduced from $2.40 | 29 Odd Decorated Porretaty, Plates to $1.50 each. Reduced from Ive. to Be. each. . First floor, *Fifth floor. Woodward & Lothrop. - Si