The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1900, Page 18

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WASHINGTON (D. €.) OFFICE.. Wellington Hotel J. F. ENGLISH, Correspondent. BRANCHE OFFICES—S527 Montgomery, corver of Clay, open untii 200 Ha open nutii 9 o'clock. €39 McAllister, open until §:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, opem until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1096 Valencia, open until o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until ® o'clock. AW. cormer Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. AMUSEMENTS. r day. cital, Monday ev: Janu- Oakland Racetrack—Races to-morrow AUCTION SALES. w, at 11 2p. m January 2, at 11 o'clock, January 25, 1 kfort con between Ck 1 Colson and ¢ Scott ch three men were killed a says: “It is regarded d no relation to p and he dead be- the trouble sort of rea- ve a terroriz- politics t d the affair wil g effect on ¢ s of the dispatch be well f factions in Ken fearful tragedy of last . Jon their pa we may have an- of an evil resulting in good. It is f the political contest should once to pistol shots there would be ¥S 1n every part of the State, ting from them would lead to fur- years to come. ¥ing to note that the leaders on each side )| oderation all along. It has been r efforts that peace has been pre- ie source of danger lay in the deter- certain Democrats to carry the struggle > the Legislature for the purpose of seating Goe- as G despite the action of the State Com- ssion, a Democratic body, in declaring Goebel de- and giving a certificate of election to Taylor nocrats outside the State have been active in "g to save their party in Kentucky from the ting Goebel in by a partisan actien of the Legislature, and the counsel has had considerable uence. The situation seems to have had a sobering cfiect even upon William Jennings Bryan, for Louisville Post asserts that Senator Bla <burn received a Jetter from him in which ears to me that the action of the De n Kentuck: without precedent. The Repub- licans } iven the certificates, and it would @ppear to an outsider that the best interests of the Democratic party demand that the Republicans be al- lowed to serve out the full terms of the State offices. I I believe the salvation of the party to a cer- extent depends upon the abandonment by the Democrats of the contest proceedings.” If Bryan wrote such a letter it is one of the things his political career which can be quoted to his credit. There in fact, nothing in the situation in Kentucky to justify either side in & resort to violence, the o matter what the other side may do. If the Demo. | crats be wise they will abandon all efforts to reopen the controversy and will permit Taylor to hold his fiice in peace. 1, however, they take up the issue the Legislature and by reason of their majority in that body unseat Taylor through the forms of law, it hen be the duty of the Republicans to submit It will not be long before there will be 2 new elec- tion and a new appeal to the people, and to that ap peal the party which deems itself wronged in the present may safely trust. The warning of the dreadful occurrence at Frankfort can hardly be overlooked or ignored, and it is to be hoped even the most reckless partisans on either side will profit by the Jesson If the dark lantern sessions of the Board of Edu- | cation indicate anything they are reasonably good proof that local “civil service” is a convenient way of hiding that old and familiar policy that to the vic- tors belong the spoils. There is something grewsomely novel ! in the method employed by Chinatown tongs to remove one another from their sphere of usefulness. They don't care whom they kill as long as they kill somebody. The investigation of the election of Senator Clark Montana possesses one consoling aspect at Jeast. When they buy politicians in Montana they appear 1o play the favorites and buy the whole bunch s P An Oakland Judge has reached the judicial con- clusion that “craps” is not a banking game. Is it possible that his Honor is looking for a job on the reorganized police force of San Francisco? arquette Build- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1900 ! CONDITIONS IN PORTO RICO. ! HE people of Porto Rico were not in revolt | T against Spain, nor were they disposed to defend ’ her sovereignty of the island. When our army of occupation landed on their shores, after the fall of Santiago and the practical defeat of Spain in Cuba, the Porto Ricans welcomed us, and the small Spanish force there made no more than a perfunctory resis- The island had been prosperous, through its com- cial relations with Spain, and the people were in ir state of thrift and contentment. We have had jurisdiction over the island for more than a year and a hali, during which it has been an nexed appendage of the United States. The change of flags ended its trade with Spain, as all its products were at once scheduled as foreign and subjected to the rates fixed by the Spanish protective tariff upon foreign merchandise. At the same time they were ex- cluded from our markets fixed by the American pro- The result, of course, has been a ces- sation of commerce. The Porto Ricans, compelled to v in their own juice, and being unable to eat each 1er, have lapsed into a condition of dire misery and distress. The last Congress went by without legisla- tion that should fix the metes and bounds of their new status. They have remained under military gov- ent, and the only moves made have been the ther remarkable report made by the commission there to measure them for the garments of gov- President’s recommendation that the procity treaty, be extended to their products. The government recommended for them based on a denial of their right to elect to even est political office. They were to have a Gov- General, appointed by the President. That r was to appoint certain district deputies, hese in turn were to choose local subordinate officers, down to the least. The President’s recommendation as to the admis- ion of their trade has not met with favor, and the ica treaty, which was the model chosen by the tive, has been picked to pieces by the American erests which it antagonized. These interests are largely Californian, and the opposition of this State i eady embattled at Washington and is busy in the assault Meanwhile the condition of Porto Rico increases in nd distress. Much of the productive realty nd was under mortgage when the transfer occurred. These mortgages were ed for extension industrial enter- long disturbed conditions of Cuba had destroyed Cuban trade with Spain and increased the Porto Rican products and the profits of n. Our military authorities last year these maturing mortgages should be ex- ear, the limit to expire January 29, 1900. approached ability to pay the mort- lack of a foreign market and by universal stagnation of trade. A native of the s just reported to Washington that the situa- Out of a total population of 1,000,000 88.000 abject beggars, and as many more ful poverty, contriving to underieed them- avoid beggary. So that more than half the in squalor and want. This agent says: n commerce of the island has shrunk to g. and will not revive as long as freedom de with the United States is denied. We are worse off now than when under Spanish rule, ective tariff and rec of prises, acute people are fore host not ras- cally and oppressive as it was, and unless something is speedily done to relieve our suffering the island will sink to a state of wretchedness and pauperism im- possible to describe.” The protected interests of the United States, accus- tomed to a tariff defense against the cheaper labor of the tropics, protest against Porto Rican competition, for exactly the same reason that was in their demand for protection. The change of flags does not change itions for the domestic producer. He founded an industry under our system. To take away his pro- tection and admit the Porto Rican competition which caused it to be provided for him will, from the protective standpoint, transfer American prosperity to the island and Porto Rican pauperism and distress to the United States. Harpers’ Weekly, which is strongly imperialist, ad- mits frankly that, bad as Spanish rule was and dis- | tressing as it was in the burden of taxation imposed, our rule there imposes greatly higher taxes, while the industrial decline makes them harder to pay. Yet it may be taken as absolutely true that Con- gress will not legislate on this subject at this session. It will go over as Hawaii did last year and is likely to again. But when, either by legislation or executive order, the commercial relation is touched, American interests are likely to wince painfully. There is no reasoning that will reconcile our countrymen to part with prosperity for the benefit of others. The Demo- cratic party tried it, and has never been able to leave its sickbed since. Republican free trade is not differ- ent from Democratic free trade, and Republicans simply will not submit to it. The only civil official con, B0 act affecting Porto Rico since our flag went there is | the authoritative order to spell the name Puerto Rico. This of course is highly gratifying to the natives, who are captious about the orthography of their insular home. But, while Americans will put the required letters in their proper place and bow to the ortho- graphical authority of their Government, they will not as willingly obsolete their own industries and pauper- ize their own labor and part with their own profits to trade their own prosperity for Porto Rican beggary and want. The free trade policy of England adapts it- self automatically to such conditions. Had Porto Rico fallen to her, instead of an increase of beggary there would have been an immediate access of prosperity. But the American is not the English system. TIf any- thing is abhorred of our people it is Cobden free trade. American wages and conditions are not com- patible with the pauper labor of the tropics. It makes no difference whether that competition comes from twenty millions of pauper laborers in the tropics under twenty different flags or under one flag, and that our own. Our labor has just emerged from the famine and squalor of a Democratic free trade experi- ment. It has a full belly and a stout arm, and in memory of its recent experience will object to being sent again to gnaw bones with the dogs while it sees its full meal eaten by the lean kine of the tropics. i D — OUR FOREIGN TRADE. HE trade statistics of the four years ending Tjnne 30, 1899, are of interest. England and her | dependencies remain our heaviest customers, taking more than half our agricultural exports. Ger- many follows next as a long second, and France ranks third as a consumer of the surplus of our farms, These three take 75 per cent of all of it. Of the re- mainder the Netherlands took 4.3 per cent, Belgium 3.6, Canada 3.5, Italy 2.2, and Spain 1.5. Their trade accounts for 151 per cent of the 25 per cent not taken by England, Germany and France. This leaves | 0.0 pericent, which went to Brazil, Cuba, the Brit- | ish West Indies, Mexico, British Africa, European Russia, Denmark, Hongkong, Japan, Portugal, Swe- | den and Norway, Hayti and Australia. The increase in our agricultural exports was to sup- ply an increased demand in Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Italy, Denmark and British Africa. Our export trade with Central and South America was less in 1899 than in 1804, and seems to be rapidly disappearing. It re- ceived a great impulse from the Venezuela incident, but has declined ever since the Spanish war. Our exports to Asia for the five year period amounted to 1.16 per cent of our whole export trade, and increased from $3,801,008 in 1804 to $14,671,340 for the fiscal year 1898, or at the rate of $2,173,870 per year, hardly making good the losses in our own hem- isphere. 2 The hold of Europe on the trade of 75,000,000 of people in our own hemisphere has been greatly en- larged and apparently for entirely political reasons. From the Rio Grande to the Straits of Magellan there seems to be a fear of the motives of the United States, and the erection of statues to Mr. Monroe has ceased. THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. T seems to be agreed that Great Britain's reply to our diplomatic note on the seizure of American flour in neutral bottoms cleared from an American to a neutral port leaves in an equivocal position her claim of right to seize and search neutrals on the high seas. As far as the note has been made public it does not appear to abandon that claim. A state- ment is made that her naval officers will hereaiter be guided by the neutral ship’s manifest. I it show no contraband in the cargo the ship will not be searched. But the neutral ship must first be seized and her cap- | tain must yield to the peremptory order of a British officer to exhibit her manifest. Suppose that he re- fuse to heave to when ordered, and if halted by a cannon shot he refuse to exhibit his manifest to one who by American law has no right to see it, does the present state of the British claim of right mean that his ship is to receive a prize crew and be sailed into an English port for condemnation? There were American captains on deep water once who would refuse to obey on the high seas a de- grading order from a British officer, who had no more right to issue it than Lafitte or Captain Kidd. Perhaps there are none now. But, whether there are or not, the claim of Great Britain is simply a renewal of her aggressive policy of claiming the oceans as her own, with the right to obstruct and pirate the world's commerce which traverses them. The manifest of an American ship is in a high sense a dotument of commercial confi- dence; when an American deep water ship is entered at a Custom-house of the United States her mani- fest is not tacked on the wall for public inspection. It concerns only the customs service and the owners of the ship and of her cargo. If a British officer should enter an American Custom-house and de- mand possession of the outward manifest of an Amer- ican ship he would speedily hear of something to his disadvantage. The English note id to abandon seizure of food as contraband “under ordinary conditions.” What are ordinary conditions and what extraordinary? There are no definitions furnished. The note is posi- tively no assurance of the safety of our commerce It is believed, of course, that “ordinary condition in the British diplomatic dictionary means when the foodstuff is on the way to a British port to feed the British army which is trying to invade the Trans- vaal. Hay and oats are notoriously going from this country to the Cape to feed British cavalry horses and draft animals. In like manner our flour and tinned goods of all descriptions are going to her ports for the sustenance of her invading soldiers. The right of a neutral to sell to either belligerent is un- deniable. ~ Therefore, what right has England to seize American goods going to a neutral port, lest the merchandise reach her enemy? The test of her sincerity and her definition of “or- dinary conditions” would be the finding of American contraband of war in a neutral bottom consigned to her own ports. Does any one believe that she would seize such contraband or disclose its existence, ex- cept, perhaps, by offering it convoy to its destina- tion? American interests require that the British answer to the American note be made public. If becoming “a world power” has made it necessary to smother inquiries like that raised by Senator Hale's resolution. then popular rights are incompatible with the inter- ests of a world power. But no such thing is done in England. There the Ministerial benches in the Commons must answer inquiries of this kind or take the consequences. Not a movement of the Ministry in military or civil af- fairs can be held back. Is this Government less re- sponsible to the people than the British monarchy? We feel that this issue very deeply concerns the commercial interests of American citizens, and is des- tined to affect the future current of politics in this country. A prominent Eastern imperialist recently said: “Every American expansionist should stand by Great Britain against the South African republics, for her cause there is the same as ours.” While such dam- aging utterances are being indulged in, the British seizure of German ships on the high seas is not only enraging German sentiment on the Continent, but that feeling infects the vast German population of this country, as is everywhere shown by the German ex- pressions in the pro-Boer meetings which are being held throughout the United States. In our judgment nothing can be more ‘unfortunate than that those who profess to speak for the President shall persistently identify our policy with that of Eng- land and make them so apparently interdependent that one stands or falls with the other. The claim of England to do purely piratical acts on deep water, directed against neutral commerce, is in- tolerable. It exceeds even the pretensions of Bona- parte’s Berlin decree, by which he outlawed all na- tions that maintained commerce with Great Britain and condemned their property to seizure on the high seas as contraband. Great Britain winced under that decree and it was the means of enabling her to form the alliance which finally overthrew Bonaparte and the French empire at Waterloo. Her present claim, even if limited to the forcible inspection of manifests, is no more tenable nor tolerable than the Berlin de- cree. It is equally dangerous to the freedom of com- merce and is made for exactly the same purpose that actuated Bonaparte—the forcible and criminally ag- gressive extension of empire. Surely the people of the United States want no partnership in such.a policy, and the early spirit of the Republican party rises in protest against it. Things are not always what they seem. The inves- tigations of the Police Commission to date have re- vealed the fact that “the bad Dan Burns” of the Ex- aminer editorials is identical with the “good Dan Burns” whose favors were to be had for the asking by the editor of the Examiner. The “aristocratic” Albany society which invited a speaker of national reputation to address it upon a subject of international interest and then hissed his every word might, without injury, take a few lessons in plebeian manners, L e o S S A A D P | this State in the recent case @+ R e ) -t e e OsbtOededetedeg D IR R R A 3 ALL DOORS LOOK ALIKE TO HIM. —Denver News. CLEMENT ANSWERS SQUIRES. | Another Contribution to the Civili Service Controversy. The Call does not hold fitself responsible for the opinlons published in this column, but presents them for whatever value they may have as communications of general interest. Editor of The Call: G. D. Squires has a communication in your issue of to-day refer- ring to and commenting upon an editortal in your issue of yesterday, entitled “Reform Go- ing Backward,” in which he freely mentions my name and seeks to draw from me a state- | ment of the legal grounds upon which I, as | the original author of the civil service law embodied in the charter, would, if called upon to do so, defend that part of the law which prohibits removals of appointees except for cause, and guarantees tenure during good be- havior. It was claimed in the editorial to which Mr. | Squires approvingly alludes that the logical | result of the decision of the Supreme Court of of Patton vs. Board of Health, 19 Cal., December 18, hold- ing that ‘health inspectors” -mre ‘officers” within the meaning of section 1, article of the constitution, and that their TE office not having been declared by the L lature, they hoid only during the pleasure the Board of Health, and are removable at t will and pleasure of the board is “TO R DER NUGATORY A OID THE ENTIR CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM CREATED BY s o o 0-0—*&»0“70 PP S S S N . Squires applauds the sentiments con- tained in the editorial, and somewhat glaringly Exposes his lack of knowledge of the real basis vou ha‘llh Clement is the man | 1 take him to be he will now come forward | and clear up this civil service mess—he being | in_part responsible for it." | | | Yes, if being the author of the law and its champlon through two successive Boards of Freeholders would constitute evidence of re- sponsibility I am indeed partly responsible for it; but as to its being a ‘‘mess” by reason of its alleged conflict with section 16, article XX, of the constitution, as construed by any recent | or former decision of the Supreme Court, I beg leave to arraign Mr. Squires for his thought- less and slighting characterization, and to say to bim through your columns that he only ex- poses his ignorance of the civil service law by so_designating it. Without taking upon myself the labor of pre- | paring a brief for the purpose of educating | Mr, Squires and acquainting him with the points upon which will, if called upon by the city authorities to do so, defend the civil | service law against any attacks ‘‘the push™ | may make upon it based upon its u nstitu- tionality under section 16, article of the | constitution, I will now, with your permission, call attention to a few facts that will abund- | antly show that we need not trouble ourselves | about constitutional objections which have not vet arisen and which, in all probability, never will aris The principle applied In Patton vs. Board of Health is not at all new. The questions in- volved fn the case have not “just been raised. The same doctrine has been frequently laid down in our Supreme Court in former decisions, | even as far back in the history of the S 1857, in the { People vs. Hill (7 Cal., in which the court held that “‘a law which pro- vides that an officer may be removed in a cer- tain way, or for a certain cause, does not re- strain or limit the power of removal to the cause or manner indicated.” Do not suppose | for an instant that the author of the civil | service law was ignoran! our Supreme Court. THE OF THE CIVIL SER DEPEND UPON LIFE T URE DURING GOOD BEH upon the manner in which apoointments are made rather than upon the length of their ten- ure of office. It is not admitted for one moment that the of the State of Californi; ¢ of these decisions of | RCE AND VALUE | are repugnant to that portion of the of law embodied in the charter of San Francisco which contempla: that the tenure of office of all deputies, clerks, copyists and employes appointed thereunder | shall be during good behavior. That is a ques- | tion which will be met when it arises. It will be time enough to cross the stream when we | et to it. | B Astuming, however, that eection 16, article XX of the constitution prohibits tenure of office for a longer period than four years, and that all deputles, clerks, copyists and employes of the city government who are appointed under the clvil service law are “‘officers’” who can be removed at the pleasure of the appointing power, what officer or head of department would remove a good and efficient appointee when he is required under the civil service law to fill his place by a requlsition upon the Civil Service Commissioners, who send him a substi- tute appointed under the merit system after a competitive examination? When the head of a department knows that by removing or discharging an efficient deputy Olerk or employe without fust cause he gaind nothing by it and cannot fill his place by appointing & personal friend or political fol- lower, but must resort to the Civil Service | Commission, whose appointee he s COM- | PELLED to receive, he will in the natural | order of things let well enough alone. There | will be no incentive or inducement on the part | of heads of departments to remove or dis- | charge efficient deputies, clerks or employes, | when they have no power to fill their places by others of their own choosing. Therefore, | even if the constitution and laws as they now | stand shall be held and construed by the Su- preme Court to give the right to heads of de- partments to remove appointees at their will | and pleasure, it will in no degree impair or | destroy the efficacy of the civil service law as | to the manner of appolntments where MERIT | will be looked to and not FAVORITISM WITH _ITS CORRUPTION AND INEFFICTENCY. Then again, assuming that the varlous | DEPUTIES of the department ars '“‘offlcers™ within the meaning of section 16, article XX of the constitution, and are removable without cause, cven then the effectiveness of the civil | service law for good would not be seriously | impaired, for the reason that the great bulic of the clerical force In all the departments of the city government (which the civil service | law {s intended to protect) are clerks, copylsts | and other kinds of emploves who cannot by any mode of construction be denominated ‘‘of- ficers.” The teachers in our public schools enjoy the privilege of tenure of office during good be- havior and cannot be removed without cause, It was 50 held in the case of Kennedy vs. Th 4 of Education, 82 Cal. protected in th years, notwithstanding sectlon 18, article XX of the constitution. I would, therefore, suggest to Mr. Squires and the ‘‘push’’ generally that they do not too hastily take it for granted that the civil ser- vice law is ‘“‘nugatory and vold.” Wait until you hear from the Supreme in a case arising under the charter and the constitution and laws as they now stand. ENRY N. CLEMENT. San Francisco, Jan. 20. —_———— ‘Want the Tracks Removed. Resolutions adopted by the Bunnyside District Improvement Club at a recent meeting were yesterday pr-gnd to the [ ] § We will ® BoOYS '@ REEFERS, Board of Supervisors requesting that the Southern Pacific Company be forthwith notified to remove the tracks of {ts roaa in the Missfon district, which is operated without a franchise. 'Attention is called to the killing of people by the cars at Sunnyside and other localities and to the necessity of immediate action to prevent further loss of lives. L e e e e I = ] ADAILY HINT FROM PARE, z [ @eés s 0600000t eoe@ L 4 * 3 . ® * @ s s o000 00000240 PRETTY VELVET COSTUME. The costume represented is of soft col- ored velvet. The corsage is very open round the shoulders, and the yoke, which | is of white velvet, very much indented, Is | trimmed with sable, and ornamented with small gold beads, with a velvet flower in front. The corsage fastens beneath the | arms; the waistband is of gold tissue. The skirt has a tunic, open down the side, edged with sable. The underskirt matches the yoke. MRS. STANFORD ENTERTAINS The Faculty and Trustees From Palo Alto Received at California Street Mansion. The Stanford mansion, on Californfa street, was the scene of a brilliant gath- ering yesterday afternoon, when Mrs. Stanford entertained the trustees, faculty | and assistant teachers of Stanford Uni- versity. The trustees and faculty were companied by the members of their re- spective families, and it was the first time rs. Stanford entertained under her roof all those connected with the university t bears her name. Professor and Mrs. Benjamin Ide Wheeler were the only out- | iders present, and the reception really bede e e e * P e P ed e e e | partook more of the nature of an immense family gathering than a formal function. The mansion was aglow with many Iights. Here and there, in exquisite bowis | and vases, stately lilles nodded their snowy blossoms. {n the dining-room rich g;ldrn bignonias were used with telling effect. The hours of the reception were from 3 | till 6, during which time some three hun- | dred invited guests paid their respects to | their hostess. A band of ten natives, in | the costume of their island homs, played | and sang beautiful Hawatian melodies, | the ““Aloha Ohe” being included in their selections. Mrs. Stanford was attired in a white satin gown trimmed with rare old lace. Her ornaments wers pearls and diamonds. Mrs. Timothy Hopkins, Mre Charles Lathrop and Miss Berner assisted Mrs. Stanford in recelving her guests. Very shortly Mrs. Stanford will enter- tain the Stanford boys at her heme im Palo Alto. On June 13 the lady leaves for a year's visit abroad. —_————— A League Rally. A Leagus of the Cross rally and essay contest will be heid in Bt. Peter's Hall Florida street, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth, this | An elaborate literary and musical pro- ramme has been prepared. Rev. Father orke will address the meeting. —_—— L Guillet's Ice Cream and Cakes. %6 Larkia st.; tel. East 198 . —_———— Townsend's Cal. glace fruits, 50c Ib, at 735 Market st., will move back in Febru- ary to Palace Hotel, 639 Marke. st. b —_——— | _BSpecial information supplied dally to | business houses anc public men by the | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- | gomery street. Telephone Main 1042 * | Five hundred Pyrography Outfits now | In stock, $5, 36 and $9 each. Skins, Leather and Wooden articles for burning, and de- | signs to work from. Sanborn, Vail & ( 741 Market street. Slightly Off. 1 “Analine Munnyburn,” he screamed in a paroxysm of agony, "‘yeu will drive me | to drink!" “Excuse me,” she murmured, with the hauteur that was the one drawback to her charm, “but you'll have to see the coachman.’ —_———— Personally Conducted Excursions In fmproved wide-vestibuled Pullmanm tourtst | sleeping cars via Santa Fe Route. Experienced | excurston conductors accompany these excur- | stons to look after the weifare of passengers. | To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday, | Wednesday and Friday. To Boston, Montreal | and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louts every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket office. 623 Market street. —_—— Edith (aged 3)—What are husbands? nings you ts strings on to 1o meke them things you tie strings on'to to 23 remo‘x:zbor to buy things.—Puck. —_——— The Fastest Train Across the Com- tinent. The California Limited, Santa e Routs. Connecting trein leaves § p. m., Monda: | Wednesday, Friday and Saiurday. | equipped train and best track of any line ta the East Tickst office. 828 Market street. —_——— Her First Tragedy. The Mother—What is the mattar, dear? The Young Wife—I thought I'd rise George with something nice for dinner to- day, mamma, and I put some eggs inta the oven to bake, and th-they burst and— and sp-spattered all—ail over ev-ev-every- thing, and I wish I was dead.—Chicaga Tribune. P FEW H MIDDYS, ages 4 to 16 s A Jot of ALL-SILK BLACK MOTRE TAFFETA RIBBON, 5 inches wide, reduced from 40c to 2B¢ per yard. A large lot of COLORED BEADED ORNAMENTS, SILK GIMPS and REMNANTS of FURS, at ONE- traordinary bargain. BOc each. 1 case of LADIES’ SILK HOSE, in from $1.50 to 5O¢ per pair. 9000000000000000000000 DURING THE NEXT CLOSE OUT several odd lots of and CHILDREN'S CLOTHING DOUBLE - BREASTED AND COST OF MATERIAL. A large assortment of LADIES' WHITE APRONS, finished with hem and tucks or Insertion of embroidery, reduced to 25¢, 35¢ and A large lot of LADIES' TENNIS FLANNEL SKTRTS, scalloped edge or umbrella flounce, DAYS years, at LESS THAN QUARTER of COST PRICE—an ex- with embroidered reduced to 45¢ each. Cream, Tan, Pink and Gray, reduced |