Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1900, Page 12

The use of Van Houten's Cocoa as a daily bev- Why? The explanation is simple enough. Because the highest Medical Authorities recommend it more | and more, and because experience teaches that H Van Houten’s Cocoa ought to be chosen before all other drinks. It is refreshing and erage in family Jife is continually increasing. THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900-16 PAGES, COMMERCE: OF THE LAKES GREATEST SEASON EVER KNOWN IS PREDICTED. Increase of Over Two Thousand Per Cent in Twenty-Eight Years Indicated. No feature of the commerce of the United States, whether domestic or foreign, shows @ more wonderful development than that carried upon the great lakes, where navi- gation is about to resume for the season of 1900, A growth in our foreign commerce from S. Kann, Sons & Co. The Busy Corn er. OPEN LATE TOMORROW NIGHT. ops Clothing. EPP > > £ 9 = > € > strengthening, without the pernicious after- one billion dollars in 1872 to two billion dol- 2 a3 . ss = Ge a ae Tors in 1000its keciarkeNic: ana an “ncreese Md Boys’ Double-breasted Sults—7 Nobby little Vestle Suits—sizes Blue Serge Sults—Black Clay Boys’ Three-plece Suite, cut effects peculiar to Tea and Coffee. Le of our exports from four hundred and forty- | @ to 16 years—20 varleties tn All- 8 to 9 years. An exclusive se- Diagonal and Fancy Casslmere away coats and double and sin- good nourisher and flesh-former. In addi- four million dollars in 1872 to twelve hun-| @ wool Cheviots, plaids, stripes, lection of novelties of our own and Worsted Suits. Sizes 7 to ricteatteh eens eee eee - e 5 fs Cocoa i dred and twenty-seven million dollars in | q ; 5 COR ; : ests, 016 & tion, Van Houten’s Cocoa is not expen- 1a00 fe leveni mors striking: but thislerowth |< Saar poe ant sek design — All-wool aS meres, 16 sears—Suitable for Easter years—In blue serges, blue cher @ sive, as a 1-Ib. tin will furnish from 100 to 120 cups. ig insignificant when compared with the eee ee Fancy Chevicts, Blue Serges and and dress wear. You cannot take too much of this healthy, easily digestible drink; and, even after the fullest use, the flavor never palls on the taste, but comes both fresh and refreshing. | HAVE YOU TRIED VAN HOUTEN’S =4t~c CHOCOLATE? growth of commerce on the great lakes as measured by the few avatlable measuring rods which the present rather unsatisfac- tory statistical system furnishes. Yet the fact that navigation on the lakes is about to open, and that the greatest “season” ever known {s confidently predicted by those familiar with the traffic there, makes some facts which the treasury bureau of statis- tics has just presented in one of its monthly publications especially interesting. Increase of 2,000 Per Cent. The single point at which accurate statis- Ucal statements have been kept during a Serge—well made—silk sewed— Pants have all seams taped— some have double seats, The dest value offered this season. $4.00 Is the regular price, Sat- es Fancy Worsteds—separate dou- ble - breasted button - in - front vests—of cloth, allk or washable goods, silk or plain lapels. Rightly priced at $5.00. Satur- "$3,908. Our Serges are guaranteed strictly all wool and fast color—the make and trim- Ming of the best and the price lower than equal qualities shown answhere. $5.00 and $5.50 val- ues, Saturdsy— $3.98. fots and fancy mixtures. A no! by and dressy sult; has all th appearance of a mannish suit pants Ined throughout. price, $5.50— $3.98. Regula sidearable term of years is at 6t. Mary's i The clothing of the boy was solved with the ’ ‘ Fain canst comes tare snenor(e | ArMOr Suits. advent of out Boye’ Clodin Demme | «| Youths’ Suits, with Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erle and Onta-| § ‘Armor Suits means a sult that wil give t bY: £ parti — i as rio; and by a study of these figures it is prac- | {a boy thorugh aatistaction—onrs wear like AM used to be price, price regardless of quality. With YOUTHS! SUITS—14 to 19 years—a ticable to cc i a th th | ¥ soR—seve: a lt c * * ment especially strong in values—square 2 e Hes Tesay! dnaicaton: the foragn Goa mieree of | @ —bound seats—every seam traversed with linen We give this word greater meaning than it has double and single-breasted vests—in every ma- {© Shoes Built on Honor. % | the United States has doubled since 1872, gy vands—ouble-stitched, tned knees, patent but- ever known. All-round perfection is our version. tote gat 5 B ~ Ss * %| and the exports have trebled during that | % fous and; Pants Noveuui valie erersshona toe is feria] that's made. > % | period. During the same time the tonnage | © er Points of superiority and nobby styles, thorough A apectal offer fs a strictly Allwool Fast: & Ladies’ c %& | of vessels engaged in commerce passing | 9 less than $5.00. 2 a 5 color Bine sagir on iomiaaaas Te. adies’, Men’s % | throush the St, Mary's Falls canal has tn- is AN EXTRA PAIR OF PANTS WITH PACH making, exclusive material and proper fit. Waen wean iaog. chs . * 9< % | creased from 914,73 is 2 is + . Sa ~— and Children’s | tr oriicdir tone fe ee ae rece S22 | 9 sure: you come here you see assortments, in fact, : ees of 00. "pee cent “in “otal forelen $3.48. everything to meet with your satisfaction. Bar- $7. 4 8. ° = | con 200 cent ts. i ii | “che great articles entering into the com: gains on every side. bd | Mere on the lakes are wheat, flour and = E 3 | other grains, coal, iron and lumber. The Fi t | figtements, of the quantities of these ar-| i oye’ Doubte- breasted and Sailor Blouse Sults—at this Vestee Sults—3 to 9 years—an Bors’ Dress Suits — dontte Tr route for transportation of these ar- largest variety shown and the D.B.—3 to & in Vestee—hard- wear cheviots, light and dark patterns, blue, black and Oxford 50 Isil the number of bushels of wheat pass- while readily transported in bulk. In aioe and esters: sop tsocy low Dest value at specially prices—blue serges—fanes chev- jots and cassimeres and flannels cheviots, fancy worsteds and ing through the canal was 1,376,706, {m_1808 the number of bushels was or more than forty times best ~ don very wo ome to us for the newest productions in Fine Footwear. We have the plain blue serge, separate vests, and materials Ss mu as made to look and wear well— —inlfid o1 broldered coll: 7 Si ‘ ‘ood, the better and %| ivi. Meantime, the receipts of wheat at] s eA isreteesiee Saad silk shfelds, plain or silk lapels sizes 7 to 18. Tuxedo Suits, 3- s i P (€ Vestees are brald trimmed and and shields, any color silk sou- THE BEST erad 2 Black | Butfato have increased from 14,000,000 bush. | & a Fe ea pitied diet = : ST grades—in Bla = els in 1872 20 83,000,000 in 1898, while the | % have separate vests—pants have tache bralding — patent inside aa Be and Russet Calf, Vici Kid, Box $| total receipts of grain of all kinds Greluk | waists for pants fastening— $5.98 is the regular price, Sat- je-breasted vests. mae >| ing whe: stayed seams and patent ban Calf and Patent Leather— % | 28 "heat in the form of flour) rece! See sizes 3 to 10. $5.00 48 the price sanday— j it Leat % | Buffalo by lake increased from 62,000.00) | @ Worth $2.98. Saturday— : & HIGH and LOW—at prices to ¥ | bushels in'1872 to 267,000,000 bushelo in tae. Sr aaa tll sue ail gukh each from % | ,Meatwile the exportation of wheat and | ¥ s all | as¢ wheat our increased from 89,000,000 | @ 5oc. to $1 LESS than elsewhere = bushel in 1872 to 222-00. 000 in 1690, the’ Ine | & ° ° ° ° 2 2 ° a Ms 5 i ¢ s ransportation by lake thus being | / SolRi te asd A | crease int tation by lak being § st. equal values. much greater proportionately than the in| § : : few : crease in exports from the seaboard. Trans- portation of flour through the Soo canal has increased with even greater rapidity. grow- Boys’ All-wool Knee Pants, sizes Mother's Friend Shirt Waists, Boys’ Long Pants, fine striped cas- Alpine Hats, new shape, Boys’ Laundered White Shirt stage ates eee ing from 136,411 barrels In IS tog eae brown and” pearl, “$io0 | Watsts, $00 Lind. 6 to 1 , trouble to ¢ foe 4a bas barrels in 180, while grain other than laundered or unlaundered, fast color sliceres and/qnain aus ana) ulaee rs Been eel m in meat obstinate | 2 Wheat increased from 445,774 bushels in | % €@ 16 years, blue, black and mixed percale, with band, separate or at- 0) € and chronte cases, 1% AST2 to 30,000,000 bushels in’ 1899. 8 : cheviots—sold for $2.50—sizes 14 to C ° ’ Se me ee a = Metals. and Minerals: patterns, 76c. kind— tached collar, every size. Worth : ° d heart-burn, belching of wind or food. x In metals and minerals the growth of Te.— % Boys’ Telescope Mats, blue, brown Be peel Caer Beccles Sts, 2 eral ptoamibe esos BS transportation on the lakes is quite as and pearl, $1.00 kind collars attached or detac 4 atin ates s E striking as in breadstuffs, the quantity of C KY) bd —_—_— x ecal carried on the Soo canal having in- ° C ° a C. . -§ MUNYON'S 57 REMEDIFS-PACH A SEPa- | % creased from 80,815 tons in 1872 to 3,940,887 ° bd FOR SALE AT ALL prve- | & tons in 189). Coal from the Pennsylvania x and Ohio fields 1s supplied at low freight z rates to the Lake Superior region, where ss coal production is light and fuel greatly in % demand, as the vessels which carry the iron ore, grain and flour from the Lake Superior region carry coal on their return trips at nominal freight rates, and as a consequence the coal passing through the Soo canal, a: has already indicated, increased from 80,8 tonsin1 H4),887 tons in 1800. uct of the Lake Superior region poured through the ; black and brown 3 $1.25 to $2.50 you have a € Cold Cure his Kidney Cure. | most every dis- | Munyon's In . Bronchitis, ete. Price te), $1.00, Fou should call upon | 2 ce ae oe toe of ann, Sons & Co., Sth & Market Space HOD SHOES, STER the 3 in black, brown and tan $1.50 to $2.50 © The prod- = which is ing medicines BREE EEE EEE EEEEEEEEE EEE EEL ELE LEE ELISE EEL LE Soo canal in inc: raltie eat quantities every year fs, after grain and = & flour, which have been already mentioned, 4% Robt. O ems chiefly iron ore, copper and lumber. “The | ky ea § fron ore shipments through the canal in- | % Munyon’s Doctors Are Free OM, F | creased trom BG 105 tone te IS 15,325,- | ake > % 240 tons fn 1809; copper, from 14,591 tons in Me 623 THIRTEENTH STREET NW. & 1114 F Street. 1872 to_ 120,000 tons in 1st), and lumber | “7 = b 5 . . ron 1,742,000 feet 1872 1,088,057 001 # a.m to G pm. Week Days; 12102 p.m. Sandess. | Next to Columbia Theater. fege ke ist, The report trom: which these eS oe Rllves-awaaces-a macsasamesreacnace | HEUFES Were obtained indicates that they | % = ESHA AAR ALIS RSARAYES | also include the traffic through the Ce * TOPHAM’S as 1 alin canal ying just alongside St. Mary's 2 :: Cover the ls canal, which was opened to com. |“ = TELESCOPES ° Se y anaiional ane aligy sitereantres (SS tf TRAVEL. | F] f facts ape shown for the purtod from Tass ts | 8 R oors lor ee ae ee eee ee =—WHAT DOES IT MEAN? * 50c.—60c.—70¢ a 2we Dullars and Fitey Cente will cover your | freight carried by American and Canadian | og tee aea sae | 2 floor with JAPAN FLOOR VARNISH. | vessels, value of American and Canadian | 4 : ee yaa ta Seoe [EE ERE Satie toe MbeMeetasa ie | cot tat ce ccronmaue em |e It Means---Your Independence. = $1.40 to $2.00. me Qt | Aeliver promptly. $2.60 gal; | Pr hows that the percentage of freight o oe — . a fed by Canadian vessels, which in 185 I M ===A\ Ti is k fi Yi z TOPHAM’S, |Chas. E. Hodgkin, sosr,, | PoiPeGungtian verses, which iy teg t Means---A [oney-maker for You. ; 9 tmh3. 1s The value of P = —— per cent. Canadian passing this point was in 1887 $2,089,400 fn 1888 $2,491,000, while that of Ameri ||| craft, which in 1887 was $17,684,500 was in | | | * 1808 $45,199,900, the val of Ci di; craft I} Looking | | having inerenaed leas then oo per cedt cane that of American craft had nearly trebled, Costs = ' Nothing. and the total registered tonnage, as already indicated, having increased from 91 tons in 1872 to 21,958,347 tons in 1890. With this Increase in tonnage and business comes an equally striking decrease in freight rates, the cost of transportation per ton per mile having fallen from 2.3 mills In 1887 to .70 of Come and look at the largest and prettiest assortment of Baby Carriages and Go-carts in the whole city. You will see all the prettiest styles and the most recent improvements. If || you wish to buy you will find It Mleans---Two Years’ Car Fares Free. . It Means---A Safe, Sure, and Profitable Investment. It Means---The Greatest Value for the Smallest Outlay Ever Known. It Means---Something Worthy Every Man’s Attention. It Means---[lore to You Than You Think. It Means---Every Man His Own Landlord. It Means---A Sensation in Suburban Real Estate. @ mill in 1808. —_————__+0+______ SPAIN'S PLEDGE TO FILIPINOS. lead in Trimmed te hold tt TN Senator Morgan Proposes i Shall Execute It. Senator Morgan has offered the follow- ing amendment to the Spooner Philippine bill: “Provided, That in conducting govern- ment in the Philippine Islands, the Presi- dent shall execute, In favor of the people That We PEPPER EE LEE bE Ree liking —with ming aud mak- AAA AAR time of the ac- quisition of the Philippine Islands from Spain, so far as said treaty 1s consistent our prices right, and you can iene Spanis! ern- F 1 | 1 G We put on sale 250 more # arrange terms to suit yourself. oor ts tte Hee ea es ull Particulars of his reat Opportunity Trimmed Hats—especially for ® escapee eats OU eed eo4e faster buyers. Not one worth €/|! House & Herrmann, ||| ici Bim atsests ern fe ---The Most Remarkable Proposition All marked... goI-go3 Seventh St., But. there’s no need to wait even until tomorrow—Come to our office for free tickets and go out and see it TODAY! WOOD, HARMON CO., 525 13th St. N. W. Largest Real Estate Operators in the World. Washington, D. C. Telephone 1081. 73 Suburbs—25 Cities. Telephone 1081. Two large tables filled with the best Taffeta Silk Waists. made in the latest effects, all colors and sizes. Others can’t sell them less than $7.50. We bought under price and offer them to you for......§4,08 Mayer Bros. & Co. , 937-939 F St. North Atlantic squadron. Boatswain M. Wogan, from the League Island navy yard to the naval station, Havana. —_—_++_____ Husband Sues for Divorce. Alfred R. Clarke, through Attorney D. W. Glassie, today instituted proceedings for divorce against Mary Ann Clarke. Deser- tion of the petitioner by the respondent is alleged. Catalogues free on application, mb14-w,f,m,26t,se24-m, w,f,26t A big assortment of hand- #! Corner of I (Eye) St with the change of sovereignty over the of its kind ever offered to the people of Washington—will be announced in detail on page 12 of The Star tomorrow evening. Watch out = To: : % |i) , 7 . ‘This treaty provided among other things ‘ é = : 5 4 7 . e - some Trimmed Hats and Bon- % t for the expulsion or secularization of the for it! You'll see it all right. And you'll read all right. And you'll find on investigation that its claims are All Right, too! Tomor- 4 J nets, representing the very new- = = religious: orien amnesty tor all Ae —————— . ————————— A > " z 5 the freedom of the press in denouncing offi. = - est things. Equal to most S wa & & |cial corruption, representation of the Phil- | Tow you'll hear the whole story, with all the remarkable offers and: terms. Meanwhile we can say this much: $7 and $10 Hats. Tomor- % & 2 OD _| ippines in the Spanish government and the POW oo sadancssas sons z c Be ay casecte, oo Ce moneation: (Of po- offer beautiful house lots on the most superb tract available about Washington—in direct line with the Memorial Bridge site, ee near to it as rs 55.98 2 a Pa 1S) Muscat paso ee o That we can, and will ia the White Honse, and but two miles west of the latter—for LESS THAN ONE-HALF what Is asked in the vicinity for land less desirable, Copies of the finest $25 Im- x gy and without tmprovements or restrictions. oe a sims Sx Naval Orders. ported Hats on sale here at $10 a Lieutenant Commander William Winder ° Sell a lot for §2 down and from $1 to $1.25 a week, without interest or taxes, on a where we are expending thousands of dollars t ET Monee Semen $7.50 & 1s) n £ has been ordered to duty as navigator of That we can, ANG Will frase ine ne stra. about Washington - = eae _ . 2 bs the Michigan. ie c ny te . 2 z deutenant Commander N. T. Houston, < offer over 200 beautiful lots on this tract at $80 to $140, witb desirable restrictions, with exceptional advantages, with unusual inducements, Dress Skirts. , 5 SS) cy || trom the Panoastes ana await orias. That we can, and will “ts co-operations of different sorts, that will make it simply a question of the asking with every person who is #0 fortunate as to secure « Handsome Taffeta Silk Dress & = q Lieutenant L. R. DeSteigner, to the Mas- ‘, home site from the few lots we will offer tomorrow—te bave a home of his own, surrounded by neighbors whose respectability and clean Skirts, with wide lace applique. & = qQ martian (tas pa character are guaranteed by the reputation of Wood, Harmon & Co. > Soe be z Li t W. F. Fullam, to th = . Others’ $25.00 skirts. Ours 3 ° a a orien That we ¢ And will 272,2,fe7 citer inducements, every one original with us and unheard of in selling real estate, whlch there ts not suffictent apace here even b fcerecce sesseeeeeeess $18 8 z S Assistant Naval Constructor E. F. Eg- an, to mention, ‘ % < gert, from the bureau of construction and ase? aS 2 ee % = repair to the Norfolk navy yard. make this an ity which " f moderat % af of " fe, table fi Stylish Suits. 3 nS w Ye uisutenant HB. Price, fromthe Dixie That we cam, and will = eee = ey which no man, even of moderate means, who desires a bome his own, or a safe, sure and profitable investment, Homespun Suits, with taffeta 3 if) Lieutenant H. G. Gates, to the Indiana. weit ices cacbeic- i is ze Passed Assistant Surgeon F. W. Olcott, . Sueded 5 eet A ' lined Eton jackets; gray and 3 S DF OY [Ito the recruiting rendezvous, Phiadcipnin, This is part of the story. When all the facts are known and their full meaning is realized, we shall not have land enough to go tan; all sizes. Easily worth $ Over 100 different etyles. Can ft any sbape, Bnslgn ES ie Pratt, to the Prairie. ge ms i ss . . . 8. Turpin, from tl ex t a j i 1 $18.50. Tomorrow...... i | To wear them is to learn bow they ft. No | tho naval vroving cromgo” the Hesex to round, So be prepared to come early, Keep an eye out for our half-page advertisement tomorrow on page 12. Fs Corset in the world contains better value. Ask | Cadet W. M. Hunt, to the Prairie. Silk Waists. Pd your dealer, ov write wo Ww. Cc. Me a Shane and ‘i | 1. NEWMAN & SONS, 441 B’way, N.Y. vy. G. Roper, from present stations to the | @ 3 * 5 5 & Board to Meet at Fort Myer. A board of survey has been appointed and will meet at Fort Myer, Va. as soon as practicable to examine into and fix the re- sponsibility for deficiencies in quartermas- ter supplies for which Mr. Charles J. Goff, Clarksburg, W. Va., late captain and quar- termaster, United States volunteers, is re- sponsible. The board will procure such at- tendance and evidence as may be necessary by correspondence with Mr. Goff. The de- tail for the board {s: Capt. Daniel H. Bough- ton, 84 Cavalry; First Lieut. Charles A. Hedekin, 3d Cavalry; Second Lieut. Robert R. Wallach, $d Cavalry. -—__--—__ William Hamilton was reported to the Police Court today for an alleged violation of the police regulations, Policeman Will- jams charging that he dropped pleces of paper on 9th street. The defendant for- ited $2 collateral, MRARAARAARAMAAT: FEEEEDEEEEELEL EEEEEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EP ED EP PPP E boob bbdbot