Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1898, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1898-16 PAGES, “MOSES vs ry. Ist and D. F st. cer. S1th. Mattress Fae poe sre Factory. 12th and B. Storage, 22d & M. Chiffoni iers YBODY has io givonice fever 1ow — when there | re so many drains on the pocket boo! Today’s ces on Chiffon- iers will appeal to all most strongly. A lot of Chiffoniers here that haven't been moving as fast as we want them to. We've decided their fate by sacnficing their prices. —-Looking for something useful and pretty for a Xmas Here you E i $5.40 if- Now nation ¢ WB Dollars Do Double Duty At Mertz’ Ss. Startlingty Tticles you and MOSES & SONS. ices on the vii find most ap- propriate acceptable eiits ues. ir Worth. pment from York representative icky enough to m oft eceived a sl se- t a fracti by all lorie TAL BARGAINS. enth and F Sts. a td eeeeee H& co., * Street. LERS IN Roof Patnt Felts. best Reoting Cements, Plaster, Fire Brick Sing W |. Asbestos, Wai: ils, Lead. Varniskes (S. & W ex 1). Dr. Dar‘éls’ Horse Medicin uaranteed. Meta! Leths, ( ted Iron, Gutter ing ond ng "Fboue Tal w. Prompt delivery tt32 p< 3 ELERY — MAKES OMPOUND PEOPLE WELL. “2 Ogram’s, 13th and Pa. Ave. Beware how you give a wo- man “notion store” Extracts, Toilet Waters, Silver Toilet Ar- ticles, much as she she does not ete., for loves a “bargair one of the palmed off on her at Christmas! relish above lines Full-strength, Undiluted French, German, English and American Extracts and Toilet Waters—marked as low as the notion stores’ inferior diluted kinds. . contatning Sterling Sil- pony and Celluloid Man- and Toilet articles, $1 to $10 ieure 1,000 attracti bottles of fi W Fancy Boxes, hE Our price— tt ditte . full-stren, orth $1 t odors. a box, 44° BOX. 1.060 Tottles of Finest Extracts, two \ High-class Drug Store, yok 13 . Pa. pe ee Vol. 1 We ine of I cits. stenhi Sn Spe ocke eee ary i Cc. AN EDITION DEVOT- ED ENTIRELY 10 WUT PRACT John B.E Espey ED, Di & 9 lot Ps ETOR. We're selling pmient of t , GIFTS the third < mere istyin: Forks er on sf a set. And fill with all te ¥« tee misrantecd Ra $ ° peer of sold here for HOLD An urticle that’! any! us mneh “jas the solid silves one of R [Ss ted Knives | *2. 25. John = Espey, | dware, 1010 Pa. Ave. 7 9: Neckwear Special A br n eS IS NECK EAR t = $ and TEEL’S, 1320 F. s make you a Samy e Shirt to £ The , REGINA = Music Boxes in tone, finish nd construction. re Swiss Musie Box is a thing of the ‘Tue Regina plays all the latest airs tic music. sacred and Lod piste inn et, over a thousand selections. Ow stock is fresh and new, having been personally in the f in New $7, inclu OP's. MUSIC STORE, 925 Penn. Ave. INWAY AND CTHER PIANOS. LL PEOPLE AND SIGK ONES> re Company Extract of Beef. i-th 333-—Wal 3-3-3 Recommended by all Your druggist sells them. no21 oop Paso. MAWE WAH Sore Throat, Pimples, Copper- HAVE 7 U cried ches, Old Sore Ub in Mouth Hair F REMEDY CO. G88 MASONIC GO. ILL... for proofs of cures. | € EIT AL $¢ Worst cases cured in 15 te 35 DAYS. BOOK FREE Benson’s Porous Piaster _ 3 PROMPT RELIEF. PRICE 25 CENTS. s.tuéeth to apl3. 4 APainless Minute | spent in havi the < that corn removed is better than medies that ean be bought. it. & SON, Foot 6; Sunda! ven Dy er Pills ie they will positively ave used them speak franxly oft They are small and easy to NO CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S TABLE should be wi: wt a bottle of Dr. Siegert’s An- gostur exquisite itters, the world-renowned appetizer of flavor Beware of imitations, Payments to Enlisted Men. By command of Maj. Gen. Miles paymenis sted men will be made on muster and Mis, with the following exception Enliste n retired and men of the non-c: sioned staff, or acting a nts, corporals and privates of corps on duty where there are, no Will be paid on their e chief paymaster of paymoster designated the orders of the de- if not under partment commander, they will be paid by him; 4 paymaster designated by the paymaster general. Payments to discharged soldiers will be made by any paymaster under the provisions of paragraphs 1382 to 1388, THE TELEPHONE MONOPOLY Citizens of New York Exasperated by the Excessive Charges. Legislation to Be Demanded on Two Bills Providing fer Lower Telephone Rates. From the New York Herald. Another effort will be made at Albany this winter to compel the Bell telephone monopoly to reduce rates in this state The yearly charge for the unrestricted use and full service of a telephone, costing six or seven dollars in the open market, has increased in this city by jumps, as fol- st advance Second advance Having practical immunity from legisla- tive meddling, and being able to keep out opposition through controlling patents and . the American Bell monopoly has been paying dividends of from 16 to 18% per rent, and its earnings have grown so rap- y that it has only been able to keep dividends down below 20 per cent: by increasing its capital stock from year to year until it has mounted from $45,000 to $30,000,000. Two bills will be introdu at the ap- proaching sion of the | Will be on the lines of the Brush-I which the democratic and republican m: chines killed at Albany h sted by the tra tion and by ciations in every city of consider in the state, but its more important bac ing will come from the city of New York. Here the yearly charge for a telephone th: you can t nas you please with- out restric Sa year. ‘The bill cuts the rate to $125 ay in this city. Living Rates Fixed. Under the bill the maximum charge that can be made in this state for the unlimited use of a telephone is as follow: of 1,000,000 inhabitants or more, In habitants, In cities o} In cities In cities of from 8.000 to of from $s) cities 1,000 to 1,000,000. in= rom 100, of from 20. 200 to 500,000, $48, to. 100,000 . 3 than 8,000, all cities s of le and place: It will also be provided that in “all cities and places” the rate for conver public or pay stations shall be 10 cents for the first five minutes and 5 a for each five minutes or minutes thereafter, There is now a 10-cent rate for conversation within th the borough of Manhatian. mmunication an exorbi om Manhattan to F borough ¢ rate is from the Bronx to nhattan, from the Bronx to ooklyt om Richmond to Man- hattan, ts. Under the bill the rate thr: the entire city will be 10 cents. There will also be a provision that any regular ibscriber to a telephone hall be given a card entitl im to lifty mes- ages a year from py ions, in order to ecmmunicate of business. In None. The aim of the bill i © that injury is done to no or and i ides for a sort of board of mediation between the telephouk ropoly and. the of telephones which will consi > state officers. If om t the rate of cha is too h they may appeal to the officers, and the officers may reduce the rate so that rnings of the company shall hot be more than 10 per cent if it be shown h © earnings at the time are more than 10 per cent. too, on the other hand, the telephone pany, if it believes t Js too may appeal to the char 1 carn 1 per cent. The 10 per cent vased On bonded indebt- tock capital paid in pany © arnings must be sand «actual Provision made for an ¢ min: tion of books and papers and for the su mission of sworn reports of financial of which must be accu un No person engaged in enfo - law must own stock in any tel plone company, oF t y business con- heetion with such com ior may any dobe pe: procure of any person by the tele- pho = This bill will also probably have a pro a misdemeanor for telephone € to destroy compe= jon makin compan tition. it to consolide Another Bill Coming. A new telephone crusader has entered the field in the merchanis and manufacturers’ board of trade, This body will support bill restricting the price to $50 for the u of a telephone for 1,000 messages during a year. This is aimed at the limited ser tortion. The in the on oduction of these bills will not be eans empleo 1 by busin men telephone users to compel re- of telephone r The leading of the board of trade and trans- tion and others have organized an ition company phone Comps preparing and other duction known as the People's com it and the operate. ir for i is ny propos rvice, and will 1 flat houses and residence for $12 a year. The company h 1 complete stock of $5,000,000 paid in, and in an effort to prevent the Bell mon now charging $100 a ye to let telephones oly from getting control a provision he been made, though probably ineffective, that no single individual shall hold more than twenty shar Many hone experts believe th as soon as the People’s Telephone Ci 5 begins operations the Bell company will ri duce its rates, and that the battle for tel phones at be won without the y legislation being had at Albany. ‘The leaders in the People company and those most familiar with the low-rate telephone war, however, take no such view, and will urge the hone bill. Enormous Earnings. The net earnings of the Bell company for 1885, five years after it had been organ- ized, were $1, 3, und the stock quoted as high as 213. In 1890, ten years after the company had been organized, it confessed to gros ings of $4, 1.88 and net earning: 39,411 nings were on a capital stock of $ 100. ‘This stock was swelled in 1882 to $20,000,- 000, and application was made in 1893 to in- crease this to $30,000,000, slatur. granted this increase, and the next year the net earnings on the paid in capital of $20,500,000 was $3,128,000. Since then the full amount of stock has been issued. In eighteen years the gross earnings of this company have been $64,196, The expenses have been $21,292,962.00. The net earnings (profits) have been $42,903,680.13. Notwithstanding the enormous dividends »{ the company, which have certainly of recent years averaged 18 per cent, the Bell monopoly has steadily increased’ the rate for the unlimited serv! It began at 360, nd now charges $240 a year. It has a system of a sliding scale, called a limited service. By this means a subscriber can pay for the number of calls he actually has. A subscriber can have a direct line and be entitled to 600 calls a year for 390, and must pay 10 cents for all additional calls, or he may have 1,500 calls for $145 and pay 6 cents for each additional call. ——+-e-+—_____ Te Admit New Mexico. S-nator Elkins of West Virginia yester- day introduced a bill admitting New Mexi- co to the Union. ——_____+0«+____—_ The Army Deficiency Bill Reported. Senator Hale yesterday afternoon report- ed the army deficiency bill. The most Im- portant amendments are: The $3,000,000 contingency appropriation for th> war and the same amount for the navy are to be expended under the direction of the Presi- dent. For the signal corps, $35,000 in- crease. Pontoon trains engineer depart- ment, $30,000; assistants in engineer de- partment, $30,000. The balance of the $50,000,000 defens2 fund is to be continu2d. until six months after January 1. For improving the Mis- souri river at Pelican Bend, $100,000, “ Thousands of situations have been ob- tained through the want columns of The sLealonte oehonionts rele PPro oer PPP oPi re | OPEN EVENINGS ay ‘ = UNTIL XMAS. portance to every economical gift buyer. much less than others are king—noticeably so. ‘Pomorrow we'll sell the Daisy Air Rifle (the best made) that you can’t find anywhere in town under $1, which is the regular price segonteateote % Tomorrow y St A8c. % Te. Large tron freight ‘rain, complete, with ¢ oe and two freight ¢ a A8c, Maine, all nie 39c 5Oe. large sl plete, with and fixtures, battleship . aiufaunition, sSonteege set eee Large Dolls, 15¢.— tonight. A lot of 50 extra ent ne me ue ¢ with | & | 22 inches high—tor sehoeion mieneed a good black dress pattern. steer prices that mean a great saving. 38-inch wool brocaded ctamines, 14 differ- ent designs; fabric and a bh They value will go oo 00 Priestley’s 44 what thes is $1. Our ust pri Collar buttons, le.— \ tonight. | | Gold-plated celluloid back collar will 1 for te each tonight, portunity to get the holiday duties. A lot of 25 Irish [nen damask tale sets, Zand tableciorh and one dizen nav. kine. richly fri set worth third more—at com- Gift black dress patterns. Of all the sensible presents nothing could be better chosen than Yowll have a splendid opportunity to carry out such a gift intention tomorrow- -for we shall name special a "Oc. Holiday Two special offerings—timely table “$l 98 vows| Gblonbergh “THE DEPENDABLE STORE” almost—and prices are very $1. Wagon; all sorts of boxes, crates and ) Warehouses, complete, with donble-team 89c. | Gift things for Infants. | Dainty little things for baby.the pride ef the hoase—who anxiously awaits the Dear Old Santa Cians. morrow—special savings. white and in colors—well worth $1.25 922-924-926-928 7th st., running through to 704-6 K st. Bristling with gift hints. The whole store speaks out these last days before Christmas with special value We shall make this the greatest Christmas of our career— | the volume of buying thus far has been beyond our most sanguine expectations—and with more than a week of further selling yet to come it is not too much to expect to break every record. Come here for toys. Every reason why you should—a variety perfect in its complete- | ness—every sort of good toy made, s of the greatest im- coming of | Special prices for to Infants’ fine caps, made of Cotelle silk, both | | A oS and $1.50. For. * O8c. | | boc. Buck saw, ved enameled...... 39c. | | plets, with Bet ite, "Rint iter, 9 Ic. [egal aaa eine eee *. Wicker Toll baby cart Ze, children’s wolid oak rocking cher 45C. *48c. trunks Set pik of chin cups row $4.00 cwiny morrow at. SC. medallions, 17¢.— tonight. j celluloid medal mountcd, ns, will We'll sell tomorrow th the most exquisite d sold in town at For se stylish silk crepons, such i" $1.75 46 inches wide, d waterproof, made of double twisted crow black all of them. You'll not be | } then ahsvshere to town 39c. dae price, sp | : | | | nglish worsted chevic Aunder tr Cake cutters, ie— tonight. | A lot of faney cake entters will be off | ed tonight for 1 linens. ones—that will give you an op- in proper shape for its coming A lot of fine satin damask towels, with double Wain we linin j gras “knit and eiderdown sacques. s, made in the 4 with yoke with fu etchen effect. F in deli style 44, ptiiest skirt, two "knit limited q in pink, light bine and es ee | Men's importes Mack. and foll Ter tu el and doubt of fered Ak on t ason—in colors, 14 dezen newest immed and es figured nd prettiost with P-value Dolls, 3 3¢.— This evening we dressed stuff dolls orth de | Wine glasses, 2c.— | tonight. | A lot of fine ery offered for 2e, each Give practical nse it. Not the housewife something that'll be A abe be douh pay for these t = much — baw; a Gift cushions & rugs. 7 $ nl ith down . s = 7 nh Rota d with fine I all enshlons 7 Worth o. sofa enshions ered with satin é in high heavy sik cord all around e Xmas gift. Worth $4 24 inches square by and florentine tap jorings, finished " $2.50 2 with @ hand A lot of 30x60. in made Rromt- strictly reversityl mgs, genuine Momut mpany with he | . pelos denen = $1.69 j me ee fringe each, in bi Go at.. 1 lot 4-4 Chenille table covers. finished w heavy fringe im beautiful high art de sins, Worth Go at Cuticara soap, 16c.— | tonight. octet ofetoeteote sesfonten ct sfoaton$ Fancy gift hi A lot of sete 100 sterling oetoatees in w a Vine sterling silver in all the fine, noit of drawn werk. heavy knotted fringe, in the most beautiful de sian 25 by BQ) 50—special at.. » 32c. luster of the staples mient. standart quali where—for $5.00, $5.50, $6.50 For our new Leather Suit Cases, prime stock, solid leather corners, steel frame, riveted and stitebed. An excellent case and beautifully finish TOPHAM’S, Some domestic specials. We are determined that the holiday morrow’s buyers—to insure an unusually Extra Fine Cases, $15.00 to $24.00. 1231-1233 Penna. Ave. goods shall not dim the ] s- you know O23, by 80 0M nd well from omtered Acceptable and Handsome | are = : sch the appropriate thing this season, so popular because they are strong and well made. $8. 50, $9.50, to $12.00 ; our Leather-lined Sait Case, aa frame, solid Jeather corners, polished b:ass trimmings, inside straps, elegantly Inca and finished. RY Lostontocfocectecte ates See Sedentennontontentont Factory, 1218 and 1220 E St. POLICE ON THE ALERT, Measures Adopted ‘to Protect the Storekeepers and Shoppers. Maj. Sylvester and ‘Thspector Boardman have adopted measures. for the protection of the storekeeper8 from shoplifters dur- ing the holiday season. Attention is also being paid to pickpockets and sneaks, who take bundles from wagpns and purses from pockets. It is thought there has been less shoplifting thus far this Season than usual. Many small articles are always being taken from the larger stores and this cannot be prevented; but there is no more of that work now than is-ordinarily the case; the proprietors of the stores are not always willing to prosecute petty thieves, for dur- ing the busy season they cannot spare the time. There are some exceptions to this rule, however, and such offenders usually receive severe penalties when taken to court. It is the professional shoplifter who causes big losses to the storekeepers, and it is these lawbreakers Who are under the surveillance of the police, Such persons are never content with small, cheap art- icles, but always take the best and most expensive goods, as valuable silks and laces. If this line of go00ds cannot be ob- tained they look-for jewelry or other valu- ables easily carried awa: Several arrests have been made during the past two weeks of women for taking waists and other ga) nts from stores, but no professionals have n captured. Only a few days ago a detective was called to a store by telephone and was told by one of the clerks that a woman in the building had concealed some goods under her coat. The proprietor of the store, how: fused to have the woman arrested, as she was a good customer. He preferred to let her go and have her more closely watched in the future. It is believed that the work of the police in arresting so many suspicious persons this winter has largely assisted in keeping down the number of thefts. —_.—_—— Opening New Hampshire Avenue. Mr. Latimer of South Carolina has in- troduced @ bill in the House providing for the opening of New Hampshire avenue sr eoshoatesteatoateste eatestende ade atoatoete sade a Seeeeeeietetedeteteetnt Gift curtains and bedwear. Choose one or the other for gifts— pay very much less than the usual figure. Se ane ‘234e. | its inet eS BE 0) paire avily wor curtains '95c. ‘ToCloseOut ‘D’ Widths: $3 & $3.50 Boots For $2.60. Circumstances have developed an opportu- nity for a one-da prominently as one of the greatest events of this establishment. Through fittin and closely, “D" offer. All this season's winter-weight shoes— tips of same—with military heels, pointed toes, round toes, square toes and new full toes. stout feet. No mail orders. change. Form yet comfortably—we've developed an overstock in be moved tomorrow. width shoe, any length, will profit by this and you'll strike a responsive 5 : chord in the housekeeper’s heart. We have prepared some \ Prices have been put down very low for to- | ~ secial aalnesan tl ae and if vou 41 ee Jel oat me ee z busy day in the depart- BS ge gt ee ee ea youn ¢ 12 double-red down con French sateen and filled with usually $5.00 Marseil ny rend, ularly go hemmed y Shoe ‘sale that'll stand out shoes as we do ~ snug PPEP EEE LLL LIEL PEELE LLLP 1” These Shoes will one who widths, Any wears Sle Lose cony i nd button—patent-leather tips— heels and curved Choice, $2.60. A chance for No O. D. No ex- Sento ne elnino tetetptptpttets from the intersection of Whitney and Sherman avenues to the west line cf Brightwood avenue, where {t intersects Rock Creek Church road, one-half of the cost to be paid by the District and one-half by the United States. + 0+ Air Brakes Required. Mr. Brumm has introduced a bill in the House requiring the Capital Railway Com- pany to equip all its cars with air brakes within twelve months, under a penalty of $ a day for each car unequipped. TRY GRAIN-O! TRY GRAIN-O! Ask you: grocer today to show yon a puckag> of GRAIN.O. the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. ‘The ebildren may drink it without n- jury us well as the adelt. All who try if like Ir. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Sava, but st is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stémach receives it without ¢istress. Bile Delco of elfee. Ge. and Shc. per rackage. : 2 E i Wm. €. Robinson & : : SLFSOPLPOHD 3 Ices for Teas and Receptions. We not only serve our Ices and Creams plain and in bricks—but 2iso ae them in a great variety of novel, pleasing forms “which are *espectally ” appropri< ate for Luncheons, Teas, Reeeptions and other social functions. TF Our Frozen Delicacies are all pre- pared of choicest materials in our most Gelicions and inviting style. c. Woodbury, 426 gth. “Phone 1000 SUCCESSOR ‘TO 'T. JARVIS. del5- -th,s&ta-28 + BOO The 2 Robinson “He Iubricate more xpd outlast a lls BALTIMORE Me A PIANG IN, Ir YOU ARE THINKING OF BUYING AND LOOKING POR A Bas DON'T FAIL TO CALL at 1107 G Street N.W. And Inspect the Magnificent Stock of HIGH-GRADE PIANOS That Are Being Offered at VERY LOW PRICHS. delé-tt-14 STENOGRAPHY AND TYPEWRITING—Prompe, accurate work: reasonable rates. Misses BAB- COCK & GURLEY, Room 55, Metzerott building, _1110 F st. d10-s,ta, th, Or? A remarkable Tea is Burchell’s Spring Leaf at 60c. a pound. Fragrant in the cup, delicious to the palate, it compares favor- o@bly with any tea imported. “"N. W. Burchell, 1325 F.