Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1898, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER. 15, 1898—16 PAGES. FAVORS RECIPROCITY Action Taken by the National-Board of Trade. —- + POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS DISCUSSED ———-—— Collection of Crop Statistics by the Government Bureaus. ESS¥ON TODAY *s session of the National Trade was called to order this omptly at 10 o'clock in the ban- Shoreham Hotel. quet hali of th The first qu bat came before the board this m the report of the committer and export trade, in manu- recommended that ed ¢s- American hat in the reia!, manu- of the by the und ive omme sperty omoved to the e trade tablish- ates, the domini iony of Newfoundiand. Poxtal Afiairs. From the committee on pestal affairs, Mr. Giddings of New York presented a report rbich recommended that Congress careful- tter of the rates paid to e government for rying Is, with the view of revising such a bas: that will be equitable to nment and to the railroads. It that tu.s would pave the way for nt letter postage, of at icast to have in near future s-cent local letter postage. was adopted. me comimi a resolu avormmg the enactm or some sunuar te; the posia: laws reative T, and aso resoiution fa- ons wich other countries of ‘a of an internation- for the reorganiza- a treaty tor th al p : tion of pres parce! post sysiem, whereby much | Taies can be offered for the transmis: of parcels of mer- chanc So Savings Banks. e reported a resolution fa- hing of a system of vings banks. of Philadelphia and Mr. estab amittze had meeting of the y January When the the decided that the board will be held in 25, Lit. Vole Was (aken at (he close m word: r, ex} nown to of rune uc ae the m by tne members present the harmony dispi 2 the efheiency of th In a few Mr. essed his thanks for © adjourn was the twenty 1 toard c then ad ternoon commit sion yeste which | ous resolutions rei: ng t by the report ee to 4 canal, favor of canas va at t id ‘denas-M is nding the waterway and judicious ved to pe ‘Sof the future Craig, to the gr f trade re- Amending The re on transpor- 1. It wa ommer¢ oft author- seven to port a report of and urging id Standard. panking favoring and ev ieh was adopted wit This commit hairman, hout dis- of Wal- W. R. Rice, v al ch Rob- son, New York: Silas M York: C. B. Murray, C Dennison R Toledo, and L. W. Bodman, Chi ag The resolution offered by the committee Was as follows We fa that will perma- standard; that will rency issued by as can be don ntraction or injury to the indusisy er commercial inter- country; that will provide for currency tssued by banks safe propor tion to their sound cap: surplus, as the needs of the. country require, under such governmental supervision and control as will insure its redemption in gold at banks of issue and at the leading monetary ters of the United States. We deem this matter of vital tmportance and we urge its immediate consideration by Congress, to the end that legislation em- bodying the principles set forth in these resolutions may be secured before the next presidential election, and if a special ses- sion of Congress be necessary the magni- tude and importance of action upon the subject demand that such a session be called.” Merchant Marine. The report of the American merchant marine committee, which received the ap- proval of the beard, was offered by An- Grew Wheeler of Philadelphia and second-_ {ed by Dr. Samuel A. Robinson of New York. This report declares that the large Tecent accessions to the domain of the United States has opened up to our citi- zens new opportunitjes for enterprise, and that these new conditions, together with our rapidly increasing export trade, ren- dered more important than ever before the development of our merchant marine en- gaged in foreign commerce. The report urges upon Congress its most earnest con- sideration with a view to the adoption of such measures as will secure the desired result. It also, in “view ‘of the discrimina- tion against American bottoms by Lloyd's and other foreign corporations,” invites the attention of American underwriters to the necessity of providing. equal facilities for American shipping. The board also, after considerable debate, adopted a reso- lution offered by C. Stuart Patterson of Philadelphia approving the recommenda- tions of the President and Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the merchant marine. AGONCILLO COMING BACK Agent of the Filipinos Will Make Head- quarters Here. He Discusses the Treaty and Says Hix People Demand Absolate Independence. LONDO: December the —Agoncillo, | representative of Aguinaldo, the insurgent le der in the Philippine Isiands, sails for w York on Saturday as he alleges, resume his duties as representative of the Filipino government at Washington." In an interview he said: “The only portion of the Spanish-Ameri- can treaty with which we are concerned is cession of the Philippines, which is legal, as the Syaniards lost their sov- ereignty over the islands and the Ameri- cans cannot dispose of the future of the a ago without consulting the Fill- wae Their consent, by popular vote, is neces- sary. A universal suffrage forms the sis of the American Constitution; the United States cannot carry out this meas- ure. ‘The result of the peace commissions’ de- Uberations is only satisfactory to us inas- much as Spain is turned out of the Philip- pine Islands. I do not know officially why the Filipi- nes have not released the Spanish prison- ers. I telegraphed to Aguinaldo on the sub- ject, and i hereby declare it to be untrue that they are held for ransom. “i can oniy regard the possible eventual sale of the islands as being nonsensical. My countrymen will resist to the bitter end any attempt to sell the Philippines to any foreign power. We are anxious to be united and allied to our good friends, the Americans, but beyond this we are deter- mined at all hazards to remain indepen- dent.” -SENATOR CALVIN BRICE DEAD. Passed Away in New York City This Afternoon. NEW YORK. December —Calvin S. Brice died in this city 3:15 this after- noon. TO PUNISH TH ELEPHONE Co, Penalty for Failure to Lower Rates ‘ovided by Law. ling a penalty for a {ure of peake and Potomac ~ | phone Com to lower its rates as d by law. The bill recites that not more t | per annum shall be charged for a telephone | placed in a hotel, store or office or other Place of business, and not more than $36 per annum for residences, an unlimi service to be furnished in each case. Fail- tre to comply with this law will incur a fine of $500 for each cffense. It is further provided that if the Che: ke and mac Telephone Compan does not not the Comnessieners within | thirty days from the pas: of this act | that they will comply with th equire ne | ments they are to be prohibited from the | use of the streets and avenues of the cit for their conduits, a the Commissioners are to di of the privilege of operating >- | a telephone service in the District of Co- - | lumbia to the highest bidder. = SES GOING TO JOIN DEWEY. The Yosemite, If ix Thought, Will Start in Janoary. as been selected for serv- 1 Dewey's fleet in Asiatic Another v with Admi rs. This is the auxiliary cruiser Yo- semite, which has been laid up for the last three months at the League Island nav. She will be fitted out at the Norfolk uvy yard and will make the trip to Ma- « by way of the Mediterranean and the Z canal She will take a large quantity of naval stores and probably 500 enlisted men for the relief of short-term men on that sta- tion. The Yosemite is selected for this jon on account of her adaptability for cruising in the shaliow waters of China and other oricntal countries. She has mod- erate draught and great steaming radious. It is expected that the Yosemite will be able to start on her long voy across the Auantic early in January, and that she will ac a convoy for the regular troops, which are to be sent to the Philippines over the same route about that time on two large army transports. The Yosemite will be under the command of Commander G. E. Ide. j yard. In mis: ee Senator Quay IL PHILADELPHIA, December —Unitea States Senator Quay is suffering from an acut2 attack of indigestion, but his condi- tion is not considered serious. His family as not been telegraphed for and his phy- siclan states there is no cause for alarm. oe Spain Will Pay Janvary Interest. MADRID, December 15.—The Spanish government has agreed to pay th2 January coupon of the Cuban debt. ———— Switzerland's New President. BERNE, Switzerland, December 15.—The federal assembly has elected M. Mueller, who was vice pr>sident for 1898, to be presi- dent of the Swiss confederation. M. Hau- ser of Zurich was elected vice president. They are both radicals. M. Mueller is a resident of Berne. ee Spenker Reed Overruled. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean, At a recent annual meeting of the Daugh- ters of the Confederacy at Hot Springs, Ark., a lively usspute arose as to whether the minutes of the previous meeting shouid be read before business could proceed or not. One daughter ventuered to quote Speaker Reed on the subject, but she was promptly overruleu ana the reading dis- Pensed with, on the motion of another daughter, who asserted vehemently that “Tom Reed didn't know what he was talk- ing about.” | Misaoun Pac | Rubber, pt. FINANCE AND TRADE Stocks Were Strong and Weak in Spots Today. VANDERBILT SHARES WERE STRONG Missouri Pacific Sold on Denial of a Rumor. ee GENERAL MARKET REPORT Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, December 15.—London’s prices this morning were about on a parity with the local market, but the volume of business was small and without special feature. The local trading element. was disposed to accept profits wherever shown and the first hour was consequently one of irregular and cautious trading. The market did not lack strength, but was divested of much of its recent aggres- s:veness for a time. Missouri Pacific was advanced rather sharply under the impetus of yesterday's rumors, but failed to hold well at the new level. The Chicago and Alton purchase, which gave rise to yesterday's sharp nee, wes credited today to Michigan Central and not Missouri Pacific. This denial of yester- day's report had considerable to do with the reaction in the latter property, but around 44 merit served to check the de- cline. ‘The buying by Vanderbilt interests of their leading specialties was an encourag- ing feature of the day, and mad2 a good impression on the high-priced dividend- paying properties generally. The purchase of Chicago and Alton by Vanderbilt rather than Gould interests is regarded as evidence of the extreme opti- mism now shared by this influential finan- cial following. The granger shares were somewhat more active than on previous days of the week, and this, too, is added to the stock of ar- guments showing the public's willingness to buy these investment issues at specula- tive prices. The public heretofore has been considered as having no interest in the late December market, and could only be indwced to trade after the January disbursements had in- creased the supply of money. This year this necessity for delay does not exist and investments are being made now In order to avoid higher prices later on. The market may reach a_height from which it will fall involuntarily, bat finan- cial dizziness seems to be the one adverse feature to fear at this time. The buying of Federal Steel especially the common stock, a featur of the 's business, and taken to indicate al of interest in the new enterprise. The demand for the common stock was duplicated to some extent by a like inter- esi in the preferred, but the field is clearer perhaps for the lowe®priced stock. The market was not all strong at once, owing to the selling in one group and the buying, by the same interests, of another. Considering the profits now reflected by the tape, however, it is more than a routine market which acquits itself after the man- ner of the one now in progress. —_—— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Market. High. Low. Close. igs 4 18 American Spirita........ American Spirits, pid American Sugar. American ‘Tobac Atenison....., Atchison, pfd.. Atchison’ Adinst Baitimore & Onto Brookiyu Rapid Ty Canada S Chesap ©., C.C. & St. Louis’ | Chicago, B&Q... : Cnleago& Northwestern Chicago Gas... M. & St. Paul 0, He 1. & “Paci PMO, Western . Den. & itio Ern General Electri Litinois Central Lake Snore E Lonievilie & Nasivilie.. Metropobitan ‘Iraction Manhattan Elevated MK. & Northern Pacifle. p Pacific Mail... Phila. & keading. South Southern Ry. Texas Pacitic g ‘Lena. Coai & fron. Union Pacitie. Union Pacific, pfd 2h. S. Leataer, p US. Kubber. Wavasii, vfd.., Western Union ‘i x Steel... } Steel, pd. American Cotton Oi ALS. Wi 1EX-div. 3. 2kxidv. 1. j —— Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular tional Bunk, at ll all at 14 100 at Prenmat art ‘arriag eents. | After call Capital Trac District of Columbia 100 bid. 63, 30-5 water k, 110 Hancons Bon bid, 124 asked M4 Did, 147 asl lephone’ x, 1031, bid, 33. 100 bid. “Was ide Wasi a bs, 115 bid. Wi ton Marke . Os, 113 did. iD Assocts n 1 American Graphophone deb, 5s, nies’, 1 . Citizens’, bid! Capital, 125. bid. ed. Traders’) 102 bid. Linco!n Safe Deposit and Trast Com Deposit and Trust, 110 bid, 112 asked, “Wa Tana and Trust, 128 vid. iat asked. “American Se, curity and ‘Trost, 160 bid, 170 asked. Wy 0 Xafe Deposit, 50 bid. rai eS Inssra .—Firemen's, 28 bid. Frank 38 id. Metropolitan, “76 bid. “Corcerane eae Por Wid, 65 asked. Arlington, asked. Ge y bid. National’ Un- 0% bid, Thy ask bid, 6 sked. Commercial, Title Insurance Stocks,— Tes Columbix Title, 5 bid, 54% asked asked. Railroad estate Title, 80 bid. 1. District “Vitle, 3 Capital Traction Company, x89 ath eee 14 bid, ete fsk- Gas aul Electric Li 49% bid, 50% asked. Telephon: Stocks. Penns Washington Gas, as, 45 bid. nd Potoi bid, 50 asked.” ergenthaler Linotype, 193 Lanston Monotype, 15% bid,’ 161, ‘orgetown asked. aphophone, 12% bid, 1344 aske ed. “American Graphophoue prefetred,” 133 bid 14ig asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 130 bid, asked. Washington Marke 12 bid. Great Fal Tee, 120 bid, 125 asked. Steamboat. 93 bia. xEx dividend. ao Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, December 15,—Flour dull, unchang- ed—receipts, 10,546 barrels; exports, 39,498 hat. rels. Whect strong —spot and month, #11%a7t: January, 1ia72; May, 12 bid: steamer No. “3 red, 6S!Ga88%; receipts, "105,225 bushels: exports, 8.000 bushels; stock, 1,758,852 bushels; sales, 20,. 000 bushels southern wheat by sample, 68a71%; do. Corn sttong—spot and month, on grade, OSia71%, 391403944; December, new or old, Shyasiig: Jam” ary, 5 Rebguary, S8¥AS; steamer mixed, 35MaS5i2; receipts, 225,061 bushels; exports, B23 bi 2 » 1,550,834 bushels: sales, 70, els—southern white corn, 30}4a39' 238% Oats lull ‘and easy—No. mixed, 81%, nominal a vefolk and Washington Ns 3 Woodward & Lotbroy 2 S S S @ Bette Now:Than 4 a “and I’ €ertainly say it in the long run. who bought furniture service. . We handle everythin manufactprers in the tings. mess and beauty. circumstances. ture is at. 801-803-805 “People Are Buying r Furniture Said Mir. Rudden, There are families in town peint ‘with pride to it today, because of its long in our line. buying in: such immense quantities as we enables us toget the lowest possibile trade price. “We are splendidly stocked for the holiday trade, with all the staple articles of furniture, besides g magnificent stock of carpets and mat- ~ Our grand stock of Parlor and Ban- quet Lamps cannot be surpassed for unique- We have all the pretty shapes and charming colorings, and our prices for really handsome lamps are very moderate. We make most reasonable and easy terms to purchasers, leaving the payments to suit their We can aiford to sell AS AD= VANTAGEOUSLY, if not to more advantage to buyers, than many so-called cash concerns.” The best house to buy your holiday Furni- RUDDEN’S 801=803-805 7th Northeast Corner *‘H. 2 & § ® 998 9 & 4 for Years is far more economical from us years ago who but the best makes of The most reputable country supply us, and do Pt TheFurnitureMan® & stock, 191, is." Hay firm~No, 1 ‘timothy, $10.50a$11. Grain freights dutl and inclined to be easy, un: ed. Sugar strong—graaulated, 5.2% Batter unchanged. KS icin, uel Cheese ned. Lettuce, $1.25a$1.50 per bushel hifsky unl Government Bonds. Bid, Asked. 2 per cents, registerea 99% 3 per cent 1U6l, 10814 f 1907. | ectipon oF (sek Currency 6 per cents of LSpd. arc eat Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W,. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419’ F st! members New York denburg, Thaimann &C CHICAGO, December 1 Wheat Corn —May Oats—May 2! 26%: Ber CHICAGO, December 15.+Provisions ‘Open, Mish. Low, Close. Pork—Ja Fis May?! Oi NEW, Y January, March May August, DISCUSSES ITS WORK. Papers Read Today Before American Humane Association. - The delibérations gf the twenty annual convention of th> American. Hu- mane Association were resumed at. the Church ef Our Father, 48th and 5 streets, uns morning at 10:30 o'clock, Mr. John G. Shortall of Chicago, ‘the president of the association, presiding. The program for sion included a paper on d of Women's State Societies,” by Lowel sponding secre- Women’s Pennsylvania S. P. on “The Old-fashioned Horse Doctor ys. the Veterinarian,” by Dr. FP. B. Ford of the New Onieans 8. P. C. AL, and one by Mr. Benjamin C. Smith, presi- dent of the Ohio State Humane Society. br. Ford, however, failed to appear and Mr. Smith being absent because of illness the latter's paper was read by Mr. E. Fel- lowg Jenkins of New York. Mrs. Caroline arfe White of Philadelphia : zad a paper on the transportation of animals. cond the morning se: bere N tary of the Cc. As *c - O+ == DIDN'T LIKE HIS METHODS, Ctizens Wanted Their Town Colder Than Any Other One. From the Chicago Times-Herald. Warm weather brings out a good many phases of human nature. The police know that men are more disposed to homicide in hot weather, and everybody knows that it is much easier for a raan to lose his temper when the thermometer is in the nineties than when the mercury is coyly retreating into the bulb, Yet mankind takes a certain pride in hot weather, and there is nothing So exasperating to the average man, when he has sweltezed out two coliars, than to be told by the weather reports that it was only and that his discomfort was due to the humidity and not to heat. In the same way he takes a certain prid> in knowing that the tube registers below zero, and rather scorns the towns that never see any- thing worse than freezing. An erver of the weather bureau was talking about this phase of human na- ture the other day. He has been in the rorthwest, the east, the north and the south, and h says they are alike in this respect. When I got my first station in Dakota, more than twenty years ago,” said he, “I never experienced more severe temperature than 10 or 12 degrees below the freezing pont, and when the thermometer touched zero for the first, my was rather pleased to see it. During’my first winter's observa- tions the thermdineteF frequently went 20 below, and a half-dozen times it came very near to 30. dv o “But, much to,jny, sxrprise, I found that the weather reports did. not give satisfac- tion to the citizens Of the town wher» 1 was located. Previous’ to fy ‘advent with a set of carefully teste g6vernment instruments, every other mambad @cheap thermomei>r, which he used to consult with confidence, and the owners were much disgruntled to find that the obsérver's instruments did not agres with theirs. Whén I would report 20 below, their thetmometers would register 30, or even lowen, amsh I-couldn’t imagine why they felt sq;badypver the discrepancy until I discovered thal, they ware taking a pride in outdoing thé other towns in low temperatiire. “f= Ws “In the rivalry%to ektel'the other pioncer towns, they actually frhagined that it was a disgrace to. havé thz*#act telegraphed that their, temperature Was 2) below when an- other town in the same territory reported 30 below. I tried to‘represent to them that it was no induc2ment' to immigrants to hear that thelr town was colder than all the regt, but they couldn't see it in that light. So, in ordinary discussions about the weather, the twenty-five-cent tin thermom- eters were always quoted as th: only re- liable guides, * “I notice that this remarkable instance of perverted pridé still prevails, not only in the northwest, but elsewhare, That's why you read such reports as ‘The weather ob- Servers reports 16 degrees below zero, but reliable private thirmometerg register all the way from 21 to 28 below. It is the same way in summer, and {t will take a heap of education eee eps understand how utterly ridiculous 81 statement os this is to any one, who has the. slightest knowl- edge of met x 0 | AMERICAN FORCES IN CUBA, i Why an Army of 50,000 is Deemed Necessary. The communication from the Cuban evacuation commission, consisting of Gen- erals Wade and Butler and Admiral Samp- son, to Adjutant General Corbin, represent- ing that 50,000 troops were needed in Cuba, is as follows: “As directed by your cable of the 14th in- stant, I have the honor to furnish herewith | a table showing my recommendations as to the stations for United States troops, with number and kinds of troops at each, on the evacuation of Spain. The Spanish troops now occupy fifty-two garrisons, counting Havana and other cities as one stauon ea.b. It will be neither practicable nor ad- {visable to replace ail of these garrison y recommendation is based on holding the | more important cities, seaports and 1 centers, with sufficient force to op ate in the viciniiy and furnish small gar- risons at such other points as may become ion to make of our troops when they Should this be approved, the troops at each station should be promptly furnish- ed when asked for by the evacuation coi mission, so as to be at their stations time to relieve Spanish garrisons and pr vent occupation by insurgent troops co: cenirated near most of the designated places. I consider the number of troops damed in the accompanying table as the smallest that should he in the fsland, not including those now in the department of Santiago. In fixing this number 1 haye been governed by the following consideration “Cuba is and for a long time has be really a military camp and governed by the most arbitrary rule. Practica no civil government or authority. The Spanish force consists of about 118,000 reg- ulars, 21,600 volunteers on duty and 52, volunteers armed but not on duty. ‘The in- surgents claim to have about 40. men, making a total of 271,000. Probably the military evacuation by Spain will r move about 100,000 men, leaving considera- bly, more than that number who will be or recently have been under arms to a great be extent living off the country. Many of these men will, from necessity, if not from j choice, be without employment. Among | these men, as well as those who have not taken part in the late Spanish-Cuban war, | exists race feuds and polities i Many of these people are very few understand what independence erty mean or have fixed id the future of their coun! be. Tt will require tact monize the conflicting interests order. If a large force occupies the island soon as Spain evacuates it can, under ‘avorable conditions, be much in a few months. But it will be v tunste to begin with so small a force and be obliged to inerease § The table of proposed stations of United States troops submitted by Gen. te shows a total of 50,009 troops, distributed as follows: Province of Pinar del Rio, 3,000: province of Havana, 24,000: province of Matanzas, 10,000; province of Santa Clar: 10,000: province of Puerto Principe, 2.000 | province of Santiago, 1,000. The towns at which the troops are to be stationed, with the numbers, are as follow: Guanojay, 1,000 infantry: fantry: Pinar del Rio, 1.000 infantry 200 infantry and 2,090 caval 7,000 infantry and _ 1,000 Cardenas, 2.000 infantry: Cienfuegos, 2.000 infantry and 1.000 cavalry: Trinidad, 2,000 infantry: Sazua la Grande, 1.000 infantr: fa Clara, 1,000 infantry: Placetos, 1,090 utry: Caibarion and Remedios, 1,000 infantry; Sancti Spiritus, 1,000 infantry Nuevitas and Puerto Principe, 1,000 infan- try and 1,000 cavalry; Manzanillo, 1,000 in- and lib- as to what will or should nd force to har- and insure reduced fantry. The total shows forty-five regiments of infantry and five of cavalry. There is also light artillery, as follow: H: a, four batteries: Matanzas, two batteries; six batteries of 1,200 men. + 0 TWO CIRCUIT PLAN FAVORED. total, Proposition to Change the Existing Base Ball Situation, NEW YORK, December 15.—The base ball managers were very tardy in getting to- gether today. The question of an cight or ten club schedule, to take the place of the twelve- club schedule now in vogue. will be one of the most interesting matters to be decided before the final adjournment of the meet- ing Many stories are in circulation as to the purchase of the St. Louis and Louisville franchises, but the truth is that nothing definite has been decided upon. Louisviie is in the market, and if the league buys it the general impression that F. De Haas Robison of Cleveland will purchase the St. Lovis assets if they are put up for sale, and will then transfer the Cleveland club to St. Louis. This would reduce the league to ten clubs for the com- ing season. Then th2re are rumors that two other clubs are to be gotten rid of, and three are mentioned—Prooklyn, Washington and Bal- timore—from which two are to be taken. Another statement, and one which meets with general approval, is the formation of two eight-club circuits, which will act in unison. The national agreement has two years more to run, and these proposed changes may not be brought about before the expiration of that time, but if the six- teen-club plan with two circuits can be ar- ranged then a new ten years’ agreement may be signed, the change to take effect in 1900. , ——>——_ Fine Reduced. In the case of Engineer James Creamer of the fire department, who was recently fined $25 for conduct unbecoming a mem- ber of the department, the District Com- missioners, upon the recommendation of Chief Parris, and in view of the man's pre. oth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. Open Evenings ‘til Xmas. These Five Acres Of floor space are filled with an almost countless collection of articles es- pecially suitable for Holiday Presents. The assortments comprise every quality, from the most clegant and expensive imported Bric-a-Brac to the lowest priced trustworthy goods obtainable. The vast varieties displayed; the worthiulness of the mer- chandise offered; the very moderate prices quoted; the vastly increased comfort and facilities afforded to the shopping public—have made this store a great satisfactory Christmas shopping place. Silver Ware, Leather Goods, Jewelry, Umbrellas, etc., marked free. Goods boxed or otherwise made more presentable when practicable. Our public is invited to avail of the conveniences we have provided. Special Exhibit of Rare Oriental Rugs. Recent arrivals give us an unexampled collection of the Rug Gem of Persia, India, Arabia and other parts of the orient selected especially for us. The special display and sale on third floor will afford collectors and connoisseurs an opportunity for securing valuable specimens of oriental art. Many choice and rare examples, embracing such famous weaves as Shirvans, Ghiordes, Daghestan, Kazak, Soumac, Bokhara, Afghan, Per- sian, Hindostan, ete. All sizes up to rich mellow carpets teen by twenty feet, for the decoration of parlors, halls, libraries, reception rooms, music rooms and studios. Special reference is made to two lots, as follows: ANTIQUE SOUMACS, in soft and beautiful colorings, sizes from 5 feet 10 inches by 8 feet 3 inches to 7 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 4 inches. Varying in prices from $45.00 to $60.00 each. Also fine specimens of GHIORD GRELESLANS, PERSIANS and HINDOSTANS in carpet sizes, with color blendings of exquisite beauty, that grow on your liking and you never tire of. Prices vary from $70.00 to $250.00 each. Rug Department—Third floor. Useful Xmas Presents. Blankets, Quilts, Down Coverlets, Down Pillows, Table Linens Towels, Table Covers, Pillow Shams, Italian Silk Blankets, Couch Cov ers and Slumber Robes, Portieres, Lace Curtains, Couches, Brass and Tron Beds, etc. Opportunities for suitable selections from these various classes of goods are innumerable, and the prices are decidedly low. ered em mitten OF $5.00t0 $7.50} namack Tutte chothe..... $2.00 to $20.00 Down Coverlets, silk covered $750 tO $25.00] Damask Napkins... $1.00 to $25.00 Silk Coverlets, wool Alted. ..$10.00 to $12.50 $3.00 to $12.50 | 75¢. to $7.50 5c. to $25.00 $1.00 to $6.00 White Blankets... Ttullan Silk Blankets....... Damask Tray Cloths. White Bedspreads. Blankets for Bath Robes.... 75¢- tO. $5.00] Fancy Table Covers......... $1.25 sk 00 Cutwork Scarfs. . 50¢. to $1.50] Portieres .... ............, $2.00 to $18.50 Cutwork Pillow Shams...... SI-25 to $4.00} Lace Curtains $1.00 to $30.00 Hematitched Doylies. Dor.. 92-50 tO $6.00} Couches ....0.0..--..... ) to $40.00 peemesitched Gutpure Dore y2ke.to 25¢.| Enameicd Iron Bedsteads... $2.50 to $25.00 Pattern Damask Table Sets. $4-75 tO $50.00} Brass Redsteads... $15.00 to $95.00 Embroidered Patterns Shrunk Flannel terns Fringed Damask Table Sets. $6.50 to $7.50 Se Damask Tuble $7.50 to $20.00 Hemstitched Tex C:oths $1.00 to $9.00 Second door. _S*Irt $1.30 to $20.00 Pat Flan et $1.00 to $2.00 Eiderdown for Bath Robes... 25¢. to BSc. Xmas Umbrellas. An Umbrella is almost as safe a gift as Handkerchiefs. Everybody uses an Umbrella; everybody needs one—hence they are always accept- able. We Offer a Manufacturer’s Samples of Umbrellas ~ At 50c. to $3.75 each, Holiday Muffs. A recent purchase of a lot of Muffs in a variety of styles, at a | very decided reduction from regular prices, enables us now, just when |they are most wanted for holiday gifts, to offer good” muffs at very special prices. Black Hare Muffs, Which prices are 75c. each. Usually $1.00. ; 3318 per cent Black French Coney Muffa, : 5 $1.00 each. Usually $ Less Than Regular Prices. oe ey or Black Astrakban Mufts, $1.25 each. Usually $2 Black Pieced Persian Lamb Mufte. $1.50 each. Usually $2.50. Fur Garments and Fur Trimmings of every proper sort. Third fluor. Boys’ Clothing. Sensible Xmas Presents, A pretty line of Reefers and Top Costs for 1! They represent various qualities of cloth; handles are plain and silver trimmed. Suitable for men or wo- men. Also from same manufacturer, a small lot of Umbrellas with elegant and expensive fancy handiles—no two alike—in Dresden, enamel, horn, ivory, tortoise shell, etc., at $3.00 and $4.00 each, Which prices, in many instances, do not cover cost of handles alone. c a boys; handsome, stylish materials, 1 Both lots will be displayed on sep-| colors; covert. Clothe ‘Ieieh au Kareena arate tables, apart irom regular de- Chinchthas: single or oubletrensted; proper partment. $600 to $150. “nach , BEES Pree. Fx Og First oor. - - A lot of Top Goats, in Covert Cloths, Irish Friezes, Fur Kerseys, Beavers and Cheviots, for bors from ge Rugs 16; very stylish and dressy; fy fronts; proper Mi ei Regular prices, $6.00 to % Make most acceptable Xmas gifts. | acm... Serco ait tx $5.00 We show a large assortment of Goat rite : 3 light Covert Cloth Top Coat, ait and Sheepskin Rugs, in white, QTAY | woot and stylishly made; cut in proper path hem and black; also choice combination che yr : on {reer meat and drosey. 5 i Sizes 14 to 19, pric ee Rugs, in various pretty effects. Each ..- sere ate orca) ep S z d$. a 2.25 and $2.50 See White Goat Skins. Bach... $2-25 S A of All-wool Blue Cheviot Suits, neat and Gia Guilmus! mn $2.50 | dressy, double-breasted, well made and perfect ‘ft- = Eo | Uns: sewed with silk. Sizes 9 to 16. Reg- Gyo Black Goat Skins, Each... $2.00 and $2.50 | ulut’ price, $5.00." Back 93:75 sj Third foor. White Sheep Skins. Each... $2.75 and $3.00 X Combination Skis lined as padded Each setters $3.50 to $4.50 | “AIM ‘Third floor. Metal Bedsteads for Holiday Gifts. Our display of Fine Baked White | Enamel and Seamless Brass Beds is the most complete to be found any- where, and comprises the newest de- signs at the lowest prices. | ‘We offer as a special, Extra Heavy White Enam- eled Iron Beds, with brass trimmings, drop and ex- tended foot, 3x3% feet. $5.50 each. Handkerchiefs In such profusion and variety as never before, and that, too, within the limits of absolutely pure linen or pure silk. You wouldn't care to buy any other sort for a gift, especially when the prices are as low and often lower than the cotton mixed or union goods. ; Exceptionally good values are found in the following: we Japanese Sik Initial chiefs. Handkerchiefs. new initials, good 25¢. to $1.00 Men's All-linen Hand-embroide ed faitial Hieudkerhicte Een, 25C. to 5oc. it 75% We are showing a full line of the Popular Felt Mattresses, Which are the most comfortable and the best wear- ing mattresses known. They will not mat, and are nov-absorbent. All sizes. $8.00 to $12.50 each. Second floor, Children’s All-linen Hi broidered tial Handkerchieis, 6 in bo First Goor—10th street. Sewing Machines for Xmas Gifts, $18.00 to $35.00. Full set of attachments and a 5-year guarantee, with each machine, _A cup of Armour’s Bouillon, Ceylon Coffee or Bailey’s Extract oo, Clams served free on fifth floor. You'll find these very fefreshing dur ing or after your shopping. ‘ Woodward & Lothrop.