Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1898, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, MON NDAY,! DECEMBER 12, 189816" PAGES. Open Every Night Until After Xmas. EVERYTHING YOU BUY WHICH WILL STAND EN- AVING WILL BE DONE FR Peerless Prizes From the Rich Holiday Busy Corner. GR Stock of the noe Handkerchief shag A BIG, YES A wertts OME ARE PURE. LIN ERAT WTNDRED 5 SCM ; STITCHED WITH HAND-EMER IDE APON}- TIE INVETALS. IN PRE Lor. foo. at AND “COLORED BORDER i STITCHED HANDRERCHIEFS AND INITIA YOU CANT YOUR # DERED HAND 8c MSTITCHED HG Ts MEN'S PURE LINE: SWISS EMBROIDERED AND SERCHIEFS, HAND EMBROIDERED TD SOME HES STITCHED, TIALS. WORTH E. Orie 6 IN A BOX FOR $1.38. WICH INSER LADIES SILK HANDKERCHTE! INITIAL 25c. WORTH OW HEMS. Piet AEM le tl WiTl BROIDERED ENITLIAL CHILDR . 25. | asuoen La HEL HEM- 12%. Gifts of “Sterling. LINEN STIT« HAN 1s EMEKOIDE Exch CHILDRE CHE x ee table ornaments, desk conveniences snd the 1 It’s wonderful for just how Mitle first-class effairs like these can be sold. 4 half dozen years ago you could only have bought a aes oes 3d bave asked you five times our prices. Don't let the mode atten of or » 2 Worth of the wares. They're made from government test sterling silver 925-1000 tix mely chased and wrenght in the most beautiful and artistic desig: A HANSON STERLING HANDLE Etioe, Vint per eget Wtin age, THE DEPA CENTS 12¢. | ; c. HAIR Wit 3 CHASED STERLING SILVER. Wi 3% CENTS AN ENTIRE DESK STING © STERLING | SIL CUTTER, WITH PRAKE BLADE 2 SUL AL AND | 7 SILVER Hi a INK WITH BEV ER. THE rit $1.00... 495C. | tepecep rnenr o Twice as Many Umbrellas as Any Store in Town Can Show You. Have te We've wah 1 it the « disappel hare ‘em. built up a trade © word loses its tri me of the most bustlii n enormous bnsiness that needs ness ‘em. But within the last week we've hen applied to this stock) in this beehive of bargains. W na as. And we ssortment that be woefully think that t do Cmprel we will assortment itself would force business, bat we won't take chances, in the campaign right here « Well give son some dozen lenders and m that apy oth Would never pame fer fea ef the loss that would befall in the effort to com- LIQDIES, MANDSOME ARIEL, Stak rw LADIES’ TAFFETA SILK UMBRELLAS, WITT ED PARAGON FIA! WITH HAND-PAINTED | '4SDEES OF SOLID PE Sony. AXDLES OR GOLD-MOUNT p HAS sifigitalie PRA HASUnES S10 TH 4.98 MEN'S 1M INCH Be are a sen ge HANDSOME N HANDLES. | MOUNTED OS Sv aE SOL TS SLID STERLING SILVER, THE COVER IS 4 it BEST IN W N-IS ' Kk. AND SHAPE OF 4 VERY FINE TAFFETA SILK WITH VIS NEAT AND TRIN “1 : > AT A bee 1. $4 98 PIINCE HANDLE OF PEARL INLAID WITH ; SEAS. wrrit SULID GOLD AND VIRGIN SILVER. A MORE AGON FRAMES. HAx. | EXQUISITE COULD HARDLY BE STERLIN Q IMAGL 51.4 "ll Talk of Good Gloves and Low Prices. 6 2 ee 7-48 land and France. £ this Of England's most ambitious makes. We'll tell the st my Alpka to Omega. The theme Is a potent one at such a time as this, for you can make ne choice so unfailing in its surety to please as the selection of a good pa Gloves, Wil repeat the werd in capitals-GOOD—for that’s the keynote of our stock. y 2 bad plece of kid s. We meke the assertion as we make a rule. Of in th t don't giv best of families, Just so will you M1 the wear their price would justt- - par every time that oecurs. We're willing to guar- “a Corne is as good ax a bond. W spread out our stock below. t ment, as in eve Ise in the house, are under those of every othe an select Gloves now and, If you're wrong In the size, after the helidags we'll you Gioves that fit CHMIRENS WOOLEN MITTENS. BLACH < & PERRINS" D TWO-CLASP Site See tha ead bete ER | gues Oe ae 331.80 EA iy SMALL RIBBON ROWS AT 4 C oS 25c. sescesees oon CHILDREN'S ALE-WOOL CASI |. “ADL Moct GLONES, IN REACK ASD COLO tS, DSC. | poesKIN GLOVES F LADIES ALL WOOL CASHMERE GLoveEs. | BLACK ONLY | SeME WITH FOUR LA Rep ise ALL RUETONS AND WHITE strrcHep | TAN AND RED.. BACK LADIES’ THREE-CLASP REAL RED FRE 25, 39 and 50c. fey Mone PEAR Wntte SS LADIES. FLEECE-LINED TOGSKIN GLOVES, “WITH roe tec EAUIERRO RLY. fui BCVCLE AND VEIV-ORe & $135 | ERY. SOME BLACK WiTH WHITES | 50) ING ¥ AND SELP-EMBR JIDERY ee . LADIES FLEECE-LINED | MODES 9 GLOVES IN TS GRAY Ano bhaven 91.50 | iapres TWO-CLASP “FOWN $1.50 MISSES’ FLEECE-LINED DOGSKIN. GLOVES, | PIQUE, IN TAN, RED AND BLACK ° Ww UR AND PLAIN of & sf rors... pees 31 & $1.39 | LADIES TWO-CLASP PIQUE SUEDE. § 5) MEN'S PLEECE - LINED a [28 TAS AND Ge amr i GENES ESO XEN GI 1.25 _Lapies’ FIVE-1l00K ISTER™ KID RAY SI& $1.25 LOVES, IN BLACK, RED, 1 BROWN § 1 FLEECE LINED MOCTiA GLOVES FOR g 9 | AND MODE ea 2 CHILDREN, IN TAN AND GRAY { FLEECE LINED DOGSKIN GLOVES FOR CHIL | LADIES" TWO. KID DREN THE Bi ‘ GLOVE MADE, | TAN e BROWN, 50c., 75c. and $1. | BLACK, LL AND BUTTER. : Two Suggestions for A Christmas Silk. One is that you take your pick! The other suggestion offers you from the hands We st ine ot $1 goods | handsome Black Satin Duchesses, Ps Son Nes cil noe Sea Black Peau de Soie and Black Gros they will be at the last. Among; Grain. They'll make handsome em are all sorts of fancy silks. Rich | waists, rich rts, and, indeed, a and brilliant _ plaids Extremely | dress pattern itself would be most pretty stripes of all sorts. They are | pleasing. These are silks none of ee ae Ee * neues “resseS) which have ever obtained and = Watsts e OX 5 them handsomely for you ‘a lower marking than < leh coat bake Wea "69 Oc, {&oc. Neatly boxed for * 69¢. pick for BORE 5.24750) E A Merry Lot of Dolls. Jointed and Kid-bodied Dolls, with 23¢. slippers and hose, aces. They close their eyes. Worth 39c e I-jointed, Kid-bodied Dell, with shoes and stockings moving eves. Worth 75¢. A8c. hid Body Doll, with natural han and shoes and stock- ings, stands 16 inches high. And is worth $1.19...... 8&9c. Handsome Kid Body Doll, with shoes and_ stockings stands 17 inches high. A beautiful litle creature that opens and: closes itseyes. Worth $8:50- - -6-/. 5 sco cce scenes Lees $1.19 A World of Sugar Plums. GREAT TOWERING PILES OF EVERY SORT OF DELICIOUS {Tf ‘EM NOT BY POUND, BUT BY BUCKET AND LE WAGON LOADS. WE'RE BENT ON Cov OING TO SELL CHEAPER THAN EVE 2 BOUGHT AS LOW AS WE DID. THE SWEETMEAT: NOT BY PACKAG A VAST FIELD THIS YEAR. You KNOW THAT NO NDY IN ALL THE THON. NOT A BIT OF € £ POUNDS THAT ARE HERE THAT CONTAINS AN OUNCE OF IMPURITY. ARE WOFULLY CHEAP IN MANY INSTANCES. RUT A CHE FIND A TRACE ANYTHING BUT THE PUREST SUGAR IN ANY OF THE CA FOR INSTANCE, THE CLEAR TAFFIES AND THE KON BONS W'RE OFFERING YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH AT A PENNY UNDER 18 THEN THERE ARE CHOCOLAT! NOUGATS HERE WELL WORTH 20c. THAT WE'LL . YOU FOR 14e. FIVE BARRELS oF CRISE COCOANUT AND PEANUT RRITTLE WORTH te. AT 9. A POUND. AND THE MOST DELICIOUS CHOCOLATES, MADE FROM THE FINEST CONFECTIONERS’ SUGAR AND FL. Vv ) WITH THE MOST RAR TRAC AS GOOD AS ANY FOR 40c. IN TOWN—AT 19¢. We'll seil at marvelously low prices to Sunday schools and societies. S. KANN, SONS & G 8th and Market Space. Open Every Night Until After Christmas, 9 Sot Lansburgh & Bre. “Open Evenings.” Useful Christmas Presents. Now that the time for buying CHRIST MAS’PRESENTS has arrived, would it not be wise to select something useful as well as ornamental? We would suggest a few things that we believe will meet the requirements: rg Lace Curtains, Portieres, | Table Covers nothing could be more appropriate and useful than y % Haeeongens Sede teetontondente oegeeteony —certainl) these. Nottingham Lace Curtains. From the ordinary Nottingham to the dainty Filmy Brussels effects; then the rich Cluney, Irish Point, and ever-popular Renais sance patterns. These we have from 59c. to $5.00 a pair. Portieres —in tapestry and silk, in rich oriental designs and beautiful em- pire and floral effects and Bagdad patterns, ranging from $1.75 to reseesesteeseatontendentententontenoeeteaseoteagentecdeetentnetente teseton eeendentontee é $20.00 a pair. z Table Covers . —in Chenille, Tapestry, Silk and Velour. The 4-4 size from 25c. to $2.75. The 6-4 size from 69¢. to $5.75. The 8-4 size from $1.39 to $5.00. The 10-4 The 12-4 size from $2.00 to $6.00. size from $2.50 to $18.00. Excellent values in Japanese, Maijo and White and Black fur Rugs. And any article you select now we will lay aside for you and % deliver any time you may desire. £ Upholstery Dept.—3d_ floor. = Lansburgh & Bro., 420, 422, 424, 426 7th Street. oefecntectedostec Xmas “good things.” Florida Oranges. his deli large and jui iu its finest state— ton the market. ; Multitude : of Pennies Finest Figs An immense stock cf Figs—over a ton for the holidays. Prices are moderate enough. Xmas Nuts. We have the greatest varlety of Nuts you eould care to metece from—the best grades tainable, Saved <is the result of a one-time shopping at “Piekford ‘The lowest prices and the best quality to Lr ad\ anywhere. You'll wonder how we cart afford such low selling. Dealers in our line alreajly do sol We are satisfied with small profifs on a large basis, rather than a large profit on a small Xmas Candies. An admirable made—and at every ounce jately pure Stuffed Prunes ‘Our method meaty maumey In your pockets! 3 Lut up in a handsome hardwood box—very Proprietors of Hotels, Boarding Houses, @ delicious. A splendid gift Exting Houses and Housekeepers, take no- th Fruit Cake— he home-inade AML sizes. L. L. Ten isin: California Prunes-elb. vaporated Apricots—Ib.. ew Figs—lb. Dried Currante—ib. ew Citron—Ib. ‘ancy Mixed Candles—H Best Butterine—1b. In 5-Ib. lots... 8-Ib. buckets Lard. nee Baltimore ue varid sort, that tastes #9 good. Fruit Glace— Elphonzo Youngs Co., Whol Je and Retail Grocers, Street—between D and E Ste. Fancy Baltimo: Wy anes 6 cans Potted iam 6 cans Potted Tongne.- 1-gal. cans Pumpkin. Sweet Pickles—pt. . Large Pickles-per 100 Whole Wheat Pancake Arhuckle’s CoffeeIb, Rest Rio Coffee—Ib.. Mocha and Java Coffce—ib, White House Coffee. 3 Ibs. for Carolina Rice ib! | 7 Ibs. Lump Starch. 1-gal. cans Maple Syrup Qt. bottles Maple Syrup. New York State Buckwheat 1b. 10 Ibs. Rolled Oats 1b, packages Buckwheat— Large Jars Assorted Jams. Selb. Wickety Mince Meat. 5-lb. buckets Jelly Th. buckets reser -Ib. buckets. Jell 301. buckets Pre Oyster Grackers—Ib Gluger Suaps- Ib. It is impossible to get a quality beyond the best. Flour pr. pkg Burt’s “Nature Shape” $3.50 Shoes— “Glove fit.” 2 for. Comfortable always. Stylish to the end. rg ’ For women. For men. Bright Kidskin, Milled Calf, Patent Leather, Mat Kidskin, Storm Calf, Russet, Enameled, Patent Calf. : Fresh — 7 . . . . . . + . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . soe hodtecseesoostontonsens BODIES SARE SIAR LN BE CGA aie -| SOME RECENT SOCIABILITIES The Debut of Miss Farly at a Late Sat- urday Tea. Dinners and Coming Events — Per- sonal Notes of In- terest. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Early welcomed several hundred friends Saturday afternoon to a 5 o'clock tea, when their charming and accomplished young daughter made her debut. Their splendid home was superbly deco- rated with American beauty roses and as- paragus draperies, while the flowers sent the debutante were massed in mounds of bloom on the top of the grand piano. Mrs. Early wore flowered pink crepe and the Seazontosiveses once atedieeteete sonfontonteetesserorconsessoetenterconteesnesne cents See | attractive debutante was in white chiff z spangled in silver. She carried pink roses. $j Assisting in the hospitality were Mrs. Wil- | cox, Miss McCeney, Miss Kemp, Miss Bes- % | sie White and Miss Errol Brown. The co: Sesfeate pany was large and pieasantly represemia- tive of both resident and omcial society. A mandolin orchestra played throughout the reception, and the tea tavle im ine dining onto : room was pretcily adorned with pink roses. | Mrs. Henry #. Blount of The Oaks ha= # | cards out for Friday, December 23, at 83 | o'ctock. =| Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Barber have cards | out for tomorrow evening at 9 o'clock, to | meet Mr. Joan G. Sheraul, president, and S| kev. Francis H. Row.ey, secretary of tae e | American Huma eclauon. *| Mr. Henry L. Brewster and family are & | spending tne winter at Hotel Normand Sours. srewsier wil be at nome io he | inends ‘Tuesuays trom + to 6 o clock. The British ambassacor and Lady Pauncefoie gave a dinner Saturday nighc, = When Lneir gue were Sir tacnard Car.- Sl wright, sr. and Mrs. Almeric Vaget, Mr. and Mrs. aie Henry of Phuadeiptia, Miss Cartwright, Miss Wallach, Muss Pac- lien, Miss Auarey Paunceioce, minisier, the charge duiaires of ltaty, © { Count Vinei; Mr. lan Malcolm of New York and Mr. Humphreys-Owen. | or. ana Mrs. Barklie Henry of Philadel- phia are visiung Mrs. Henry’s mother, Mrs. W. W. Belknap, at 1727 P sureet. Miss Dingiey is in New York on a Visit, but will be back for Chrisunas here widt Kepresentative and Mrs. Dingley. The Chins minister and Mrs. Wu gave an elegant dinner Saturday mght in honor Soageeonceeodsonseaheesonte “| of the Secrevary of Stace and Mrs. Hay. ¢ | The other guests were the Secretary of the $¢| Treasury and Mrs. Gage, the Secretary of War and Mrs. Alger, the Secretary of the Navy and Miss Helen Long, the Atworney General and M Gigi the Posunaster General and Mrs. Smi.h, the Secretary of Agriculture and Miss Wilson, Mr, and Mrs. John Addison Porter, ex-Minister to China and Mrs. Denby and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Curtis. The Mi Morris, 1314 Massachusetts avenue, ha invitations out for a tea Thursday, De ber 15, and not for Decem- ber 14, as inadvertenily stated. Mrs. Hilles T. Dempster of Car is spending the winter with her s law, Mrs. W. D. Hills, at 1445 U street. A pleasant surprise party was given Miss Ida Smaliwood at her residence, 1251 G street south Wednesday evening last. Dancing and were indulged in, after which a « as served. Among those Jennie Carter, Perl Jor- Spence, Alice C pre: don, 1°: ola 1 rn, and 3 . Horace and Will Abe Stern, Ed- ward Hooper, 1 ennington, David Covill, Edgar Niller and Granger Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H, Lawrence have issued invitations to the marriage of their Gaughter Josephine Lillian to Rev. Isaac Albert Canfield, ‘Tuesday morning, Decem- ber at 10 o'clock. he ceremony is to take place in Christ Episcopal Church, navy yard. nd Mrs. Wm. Dreyer celebrated the twenty-fifth rsary of their marriage Friday, Di at Sargent } iand many presents, ong those pr Mrs Philaps and Mr. Dreyer, jr., the cmma and Master Geo. . Miss Loitie Glindeman, Miss He: Ric . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Martin and Mas! Edwara, Lottie Dreyer, Mr. and -.rs, H. Bushing, Miss Lillie Bush- ing, Rev. and Mrs. A. ae Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Artes, M: Putt, Mrs. E. Martin, Mrs Leonherger, Mrs. Strickhardt, M. Best, Mrs. Schiniéc, Mr: aughter, M Dili, Miss V Mrs. Jno. Shaw, Mrs. Weigel. Mr. J. Eller, Mr, and Mrs. ‘Schuerger, Mr. and Mrs. jombert, Miss Fannie Schombert, Mrs. Lu Lippeld, Mr. and M Stiefel and agner, Mr. and Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Zeller and daughter, Mr. Eltrich, Mr. and Mrs. L. Brandt, Mr. and Mr Ippap, Mr. Jaeger, Mr.’ and Mrs, Ruchdaeshel, Mr. and Mrs. Yale, Mr. and Mrs. Keller, Mr. and Mrs, Worch, Mr. and Mrs. Meiners and Master ..arry, Mr Ott, Mr. Paris, Mr. Geo. Brandt, Mr. Lou! .M Lauer, Mr. Drieze, Mr. and Jno. chman, Mi: Kate Eichman, Fred Ejichman, Mr. and Mrs. A. Meicklejonn, .ar__and Mrs. F. McAleer, Mrs. F. Berg Mrs. P. Garlem, Mr. and Mrs. Heitmuller, jr., Miss Lizzie Miller and brothe Miss Mamie Leonberger, Miss Maude Thomas, Mrs. H. Keefer, Miss Lena Biret, Mr. Wm. Reiser and sister, Mr. W. g | Helmuth, Mr. ard Mrs. Jno. Pihiger, Mr. > and Mrs, s ser. § The Euchre Club will hold its 4 next meeting on Tuesday evening, Decem- ber 18, at the dence of the Misses Burtt, 7i4 B street southwest. Since the last meeting the club new members ng a total of Senator and Mr: the city, and ar session, Minnehaha Dime lal Club was enter- tained last Friday evening by Mrs. H. F. has been enlarged, four ying been enrolied, thus xteen members. ‘eller have returned to 1t the Colonial for the WETTETTT ELECT ETEeeeTErere ere rerrererrrrre rere rere rere ere ee eee Sensible gifts — Slippers— 8 ee reach the heart through the ¢ 9 so :sPickfo iis Song |) Othand La. Ave. 3 vogue. : BURT’S : New chafing Shoe Store i F Street “1411.” 3 dishes and | 5 o'clock tea kettles. ‘The immense assortment we show of both chafing dishes and 5 o'clock brass tea kettles embraces the very “latest effects—with the newest im- proved lamps, ete. If you've an {dea of giving elther one of these our dis- play will enable yo to choose with- out difficulty, ‘Too niany to enumer- ate the different sorts, but you can count on finding everything that the best ufakers produce, Chafing dishes, $1.65 u 5 o’clock tea kettles, $1.50 up. Complete line of adcessories which every user of chafing @ishes needs. Chas. R. Edmonston, It 1205 Pa, Avenue. Kneessi—Headquarters for Leather Goods! High-class Gift! Pocket Books, Sterling silver O8* mounted, only itt t iit i feel tbat the ‘best Is none too Vid I tit \ ~ good'—don't stop to look at the | | | | trash displayed in the department | | | stores, but come direct to ‘Leather | | | Headquarters" and give us your op.n- | | | fon of these Ladin’ Exquisite Teal Leather, Sterling Silver-Mounted Com- F you want particularly fine Po Books for seme one for whem you lett Dination Pocket Books which are the \ I I { [| richest and smartest O8E- my Smith at her residence, 135 F street north: east. In the game of the evening first and second prizes were won by Will McHenry Frank Ford, Addie Martin and Blanche Ford, ectively. The club was enter- ined with piano and violin selections by rs. Carrie Smith and Prof. E. C. Palmer, and with a reading by S. W. Russell. Among those present were the ROUSE The Misses A. Martin, Blanche Ford, N. C. Pitt- m; . Opdyke, M. B. Conner, “Mary i | Smith and Nannie T. Daniel, Mesdames G. H. Cadett, R. Lawrenson, R. S. Hendel and Carrie Smith, and Me: W. McHenry, Frank Ford, E. C. Palmer, W. H. Hunter. H. W.-Holiidge, W. F. McDaniel,» Prof. Palmer, Cralle Lawrenson, H. F. Smith, Master’ R. Palmer and S. W, Russell. Miss . O'Reilly, daughter of Surgeon O'Reilly, United States army, gave a luncheon on Saturday at her home, 1825 Q street, in honor of Miss Sibley of Detroit. The table decorations were all in pink, and the silver candelabra, given by ex-Presi- dent Cleveland to Dr. O'Reilly, carried out the color idea in the pink shades for the lighted cand Among the guests were Miss Miles, M Poor, Miss Sheridan, Miss Rodgers 2 Miss Gre to his station sanitary con- not think O'Reilly returns shortly bet considers the bad that he do, Dr. in Havan. ditions so ve' it safe for his family to join him until the city has been put in proper condition by cur soldiers. Miss Claudi Stuart's recepti urday afternoon was most suc parlors were prettily decorated with palms and ferns. Miss H y, Miss Veazey, Miss Woolford, Mi other young la- dies assisted the hostess in receiving the many guests. Miss Littlepage left last week with her sister, Mrs. Alvan Macauley, for Dayton, Ohio, where she will spend the winter. Mrs. Ellen Heath Short of Laurel, Md., effects ever shown in oe Alligator traveling bags. city at. i {| No richer present in the whole ag 1d and her daughter, Miss Mary Goelet Short, who is well known in the musical world, are guests of frien at the Kenmore. 1!) end of git goods for eltuer a Indy | | Dr. and Mrs: Richard S. Hill have closed 1} Lor gentleman than our beautiful Gen- | | | their country home for the winter and have i wine go Giamlege, ee sw aoe | taken a furnished house corner De Sales Lit #4 hi pounds and 17th street. || |” Yes, we mark leather goods free. | | | 25C. Miss Mary E. Paxton of New York is = for visiting at Dr. Talmage’s, 1409 Massachu- Neessl, ° Another week of big values. Another ) nets ayer $ qveck ont : Joe Jacobs, with daughter and maid, de12-boa Carles ee ae uesday night for home in Wins:on, 20 Ibs. HOMINY. 25e. after spending several months with J. T. WALKER SONS, Bic. (0) her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harrison of ° ‘= 2 ennsylvania avenue south ast. DEALERS 1N Sige. Strvctural Tron end Roof Paint, best in nse; af ) Mrs. Bankhead, Jwife: of Representative Building and Rcoting Felts, best grades. Close J T D. Pp 1 ¢] Bankhead, will chaperone a party of young prices. Lime, ements, Plaster, teh, Aspnalt ° ° y es, ladies on a month's trip to Santiago. They and Tar, Fire Brick. Slag Wool, Asbestos, Hal: will sail on the transport Obdam December Felt, Rosin, Oils, Lead, Varnishes, (S. & W. Mixed 412 4th s. 3d & Md, av. ne.! 2, a t to land Christ: Paints, A No 1: DE, Dav ele: “Hore aledicines, Stores, ean the party will be Miss ‘Bankhead, dave tes rant eta! rugs iron, jutter- ‘Moni - sd and Spoutumg. “Phone 741,208 10th st-_u.w. Meee ) of Mrs, Bankhead; Miss Thompson of San del2-f,m,w-28 RRBRARAARERS Francisco, niece of former Governor Hugh Thompson of South Carolina: Miss Dor- othea Owen of Birmingham, Ala.: Miss Alice Stickney, now of Washington, D.C and Miss Virginia Walker of Birmingham They will enjoy Christmas with t Regiment of immunes, which is « mp of Alabama young men. of whic Bankhead’s son is captain. ‘The vored men who will have great w these visitors are ius Sheliy, Walker. Storm and Hickson. Captain Bankbead has a new house ail ready for the oc: the party. When Senator Faulkner went last summer to attend the meetings Anglo-American commission he fe | Breat reputation h eded bh It was not that of an or |, AN that was teken for granted, } more was expected of him. He was upon as the great authority on American mixed drinks, and of ene in particular, t which the commission and were both anxious to sce and ey freely admitted Chey vousness over the lit on ‘This remarkable decoction was s1 RED) than ingredients, deli on which its reviving effects on depended for « exp an. frame tely of these subtle fluids, no perfect résults could be therefore, it was a useles 4y but a connoisseur the istering to a delica its brewing. After the senator’ ment had subsided he exp had not begun to deserve suen fame, but that he could make Uo kind= of mixed drinks, all of them ¢eti- t thirst-quenchers in their The manifacture of such a »sition with so many ingredi- far beyond his present abil- 3 sen: however, used to re gale his Canad friends with cool mint jUleps those < when the mercury w. orming great antics, even that far for which the aromatic herb was his West Virginia home. Re his home. when tor Paulk- his colleagues an illusiration of hospitality of his section of the ecuntry re , they tesied mint juleps ant their native ath, and ng to irels Wh this direc MR. W. DANENHOWER VINDICATED. Washington Real Extate Man quitted of a Serious Charge. Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, December 12.—Judge Stock- bridge rendet verdict Saturday acquit- ting Mr. Washington Danenhower of Wash- ington of a charge of larceny aad false pre- tenses. The charges were Brown of Philade!pt paid Mr. Danenhower cate which desired to leas Ace preferred by William who claimed he had $1000 for a syndi- Bay Ridge, and that the not property app.ied Mr. D:; ; in his defense testified that the money : paid over to him as a fee for ices in conducting the deai. Danecnhower's state- The judge took Mr version of the affair ment as the correc and promptly rendered # Verdict of not guilty to the charge. —— THE RED CRUSADE. Movement to Extend Influence of the Salvation Army. Major Pebbles, chief of the southeastern division of the Salvation Army,who for some days past has been in Atlanta, Ga., has re- turned to his home here. It is understood he will be a prominent worker in the rea crusade, Which Commander Booth-Tucker will inaugurate next month in New York and which is to be extended to other sec- tions of the country. The object of the eru- sade is to widen the influence and scope ot tne work of the army. it is stated that the Salvationists wiil soon open a new hotel for workingmen in vhuadeiphia. It is claimed 4.0) men can ve iouged and fed in cueir forty hovess. tue army s fourteen fe cep turn. oo Meais, tua more than »,6U0 persons are accommodated in the 12a suciai institutions carried on. Bes.des tb uleré are two noteis for Working women, accommodating 128 persons; ten rescue nomes for women, tWo chudrens homes, sixteen siti posts, eight s@ivage brigades and uve wood ana & ‘the ba.vauon Army the pian of taking under its care the cnu- uren of persons who desire them to becume omeers. Chudren of tweive years are eug.- monthly Some vie, and, after enrollment, Win be Ur 1 they are eighteen, when they wiu be required toenter the balvation Army's train. schoos. ‘Ihe chidren wid be requirea ng w do certain work aiong the line of the army’s metnods, and to mane a Weekly re- port thereof. = DESTROYED BY FIRE. Dwelling of Da Shreves Burned Under Suspicious Circumstances. Special ce of The Evening Star. respond: HYATTSViLLE, Md., December 1 7 The residence of 8 Shreves, nei Bladensburg, ¥ burned to the grouns Sunday morning about 6 o'clock. There Was uide or nothing saved from the hoi Whe origin of the fire appears to be shrouu- ed in mystery. From intormation obiained it appears that airs. Shreves left home about one week age, n, it is staied, her husbanu the house, more or Jess, in company with a colored servant numeu Alexander Cooper. Phil. Stubner, proprie- wor of Highland club house, staced tac Al- Shreves, son of Dallas, came w his place anouc Jock Saturday mght anu ed that he was afraid lo go howe, tear- ing his Tather’s wrath. He gov Josepa May- eW LO accom ny mm, and these we, win spencer Taibot, Went over to the avuse with the devermination of ousting the cor ored man, Cooper. As the emerea, (ne eider Shreves, 1 is stated, began avdsing tus son, and the young man then wen our and procured the handie of a pitchfork and suruck the colored man repeatedly over the head, forcing him from the premises, During the confusion two lamps were up- set, Cooper and fell upon the floor, .gniting two quilts, and when he left ad nds were endeavoring to subdue the fam He hastened to Constable R. H. Vincent's office and procured a warrant for che arrest of young Shreves on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill Cooper states the affair occurred about 3 o'clock in the morning, but it is understood the fire that destroyed the dwelling did not occur until 6 a.m, An investigation will be made. —— Mentally Unbalanced. The police surgeons today dec Ida Zandine, a Swede, who was y taken to the Emergency Hospital, under the supposition that she was insane. ts mentally unbalanced, and she will be taken to St. Elizabeth's today. ——.__—_ Pierce Guild Luncheon. Pierce Guild, which is th> well-known auxiliary to the board of the Washington Home for Foundlings, and which is com- posed of many ladies wel) known in resi- dent and official society, will giv nual luncheon and sale of useful articles at Willard Hall tomorro day and Thursday, Dec-mber 15, from noon to 2:30 p.m. gone to the Farm, a stranger in judge tt thi led that esterday the mo Williams Ev was called bef: ing to say whether er ne Sapa the streets in Northes hington, as charged. “Guilt was his plea “Do you want to say any hing?” No." “Forty dollars or six months. John Raedy was arraigned on a enarge. “Complaint has by similar ph made that tramps have been insulting pedestrians about 9th street and Grant place.” Policeman John- son said, “and I found this man there beg- ‘ing. oor never insulted said che prisor er. ‘The penalty vas $30 fine or four months. A third stranger who appeared gave his name as John Cook. He declared that he had never done any begging, and said he sawed wood at the mission Saturday for the privilege of sleeping there. “I came here from Massachusetts,” he said, “and was looking for work.” ‘Three months on the farm was his sen- tence. anyboey .in my life,” Soe Ses It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are filled through them. “ —— j ; {cor Pesos and Achex— All Sorte— ad \ ‘The Quickest Relief te tes _ : 4 ate ec 0 | ; : i Cures Backache, Muscular Rhenmat! = tke en rT then any = ther 2 race op tr ports. ‘Try one. " 7 cents. All Dragriets ga fe 7 3 Jehneon, N.Y. at anol t : = — = MR. COBR’S ORATION. He Will Repeat It Jetore the G. 4. R. on the 16¢h natant, By request of the Department of ih: tomac, Po- G. A. R.. Mr. Clarence F. Cobh will repeat on the evening of Friday. the 16th instant. the eration which he delivered at Niagara Pails, New York, September 1 last, on the occcsion of the reunion of the So- clety of the Army of the Potomac. The oration will be deliv Institute Hali, on lth s.re York avenue and Kk s'reet, the evening named The occasion promises to be a great event with the vecerans of the G. A. R., and prep= arations are being made to give the orator a very large audience. The Old Guard, un- der the command of Capi. J. M. Edgar. and headed by the erson Drum Corps, will parade with full ranks to escort the com- mander of the Gepartment and other officers ef the G. A. R. from their hall on Pennsyl Vania avenue to Carroll Insitute. Mr. Cobd was formerly a private in the 9th Corps of the Army of t has been for many the War Depa’ ent. He has made ful study of many of the ding © the late war, especially of the battletie Antietam, in connection with which he is regarded as an rt authority, and has rendered great s © to the several com- missions which were appointed to ascers tain and locate the positions of troops on both sides upon that memorable field oration when delivered at Niagara alls was rec press with w tion. Assigned to Hendquarter: © George W. Boyd of the second , Who has been detailed to work at during the holidays, entered It is expected be Deve precin, headquarte: upon his new duties today. di tectives will a 1 field of « that other precinct ken from their u and assigned to headquarters until the busy Sea n is over. eee Mr. Ro Health Improving. A er received today at the District building from Commissioner John W. Ross states that he continues to reguin bie health and strength. Mr. Ross is still at his home in Lewistown, IL, but he wre that be expects to resume his official dae tles here next Thurs y or Friday Orders to Surgeons. R. R. Hunter, surgeon, | upon the expiratt Maj W. of absence will proce and report for duty. brigade ch Acting Assistant Surgeon C. L. G son, U. 8. A, has been relieved fr at For Va., and has be © report to Capt. Henry A. Sh ant surgeon, L A., in charge of } rain now in this city for assignim * duty i + 2<—_—_____ The orders prohibiting Sylveste; newspaper correspondent, from all na ships and yards and army reservations aua@ posts have been revoked. DIED. CONNELL. On Sunday, December 11, 1888, at 10:15 ore p.m., MARGARET, beloved wife of Matthew Connell, Faneral from her Inte 1 street northwest, on Wednesday, December 14. ats o'clock a.m, Mass at St. Stephen's Church 9 o'clock am . GARDNER. On December 11, 1898. at 11:30 pamy at 511 M street northwest, W. PF. GARDNER Funeral Puesd: ber 18, at 3 p.m. Inter ment at Glenwood cemetery: GERRODETTE. On morning, December OD his age 12, outgrew Iss, HENRY ¢ enth year o Pik, in the sev Was, December Brienus invited. Tu rect at Brookiyn, N. ¥. (Breoklyn and York papers please copy.) : JON On Sunday, December 11, 1808, at lock p.m., RUTH A. JONES, "in the se sixth year of her age. Funeral will take place from her late residence, 1327 L. street southe - 18, at 2 o'clock pn. Friends and relatives vited to ateend. LOWELL. On Monday, f 12, NMR. x IT 14th Street northwest, HARRY €., only som Chas. and the late Jennie M. Lowell ty-one years. Puneral on Tuesday, Church of Our Father. of thir, December 13, at 1 pm (laine papers McCAULEY. On Mon 1808, THOMAS M. Funeral from hi west, We McDERMOLT. On Saturday, December 10. 180%, 0 p.m. JOSEPH .kTHUR McD EMOTE, ; of his age Auesday morning at 10 o'clock from U street thence to St. Paul's Church friends invited. northwest; tives and ROBBINS. On Sunday, December 11, o'clock p.m., MARY A. ROBBINS, the late James L. Robbins. Faneral at Penn Yan, N. ¥ INOR, SCHNEIDER. On Saturday, December at midnight, in the tw. lith year of bei diphtheria, HELEN W., the beloved child of Frederick A. and Haden B.S Fancrai private. (Baltimore paye.s please THORNTON. On Friday, D. 10:45 o'clock p.m., ' JENNIE daughter of John and the lute Susan Thornton, aged thirty-seven years and nineteen days Funeral from ber late residence, S22 southwest, on Tuesday, December o'clock p.m.; thence to’ Zion Bi Friends and relatives invited to att TUIKENTON. On Sund: 4:40 o'clock a.m., N ter of Edward and M Funeral from her late residence. northwest, Tuesday, Deceimbe a.m. Requiem mass at Holy Tri 9:30 o'clock, Relatives and fr attend, WHITNEY. On_ Saturday Manchester, N. H., formeriy of this city. N08 WHITNE December 10. LIAM HH, in In Memoriam. NORBECK._ In memory GEORGIE NORBFCK, who @ parted this three years ago yesterday, Lecember 11 We watched bin but to meurn, We loved him lat to 8 gh That one so young and g fted Should fade away and die. of beloved Kon, my =] 1svas ayers could keep him In this lef and sia, When heaven's ¢ po tals Swing wide to bet bin im. BY HIS LOVING MOTHER AND SISTER FANS NIE. Rut, ah, no SMITH In levi remembrance of our vex mother, ¥ SMITH, who died one year agi toda, aber 12, 1807. Gone, but wot orgotten. 3 BY HER CHILDREN, 7 Carter’s Little Liver Pills. SICK HEADACHE POSITIVELY CURED BY THESE LITTLE PILLS, They also relieve distress from Dyspepsia, Indigest‘on and Too Hearty Eating. A per fect remedy for Dizziness. Nausea, Drowsl- ness, Bad Teste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pala in the Side, TORPID LIVER, They regulate the Bowele Purely Vegeta: Smaii Pilis. Smali Dose, Small Price,