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THE RECHABITES.
A Weeks Doings Among the Tents of
the District.

Eagle tent, No. 2, Purity tent. No. 4, Western
tent, No. l65, and Naomi tent. No. 8. have
adopted resolutions calling for q special session
of the grand tent in addition to those tents
already reported.
Mrs. Annie Webster, the widow OF the late
a. G. R.. arrived in the city Wednesday night,
and is stopping at the residence Of P. H. c. r.,
]. J. Murray.
G. S., L. H. Patterson, has been absent in
Richmond nearly all the week as delegate to
the labor convention.
The prizes that were voted on in Eagle tent
have been awarded as follows: Gold watch to
Mr. L. Stromberger; P. c. RS fancy regalia.
Mr.. j. H. Lovelace; gold ring to Mrs. lydia
Murray, from which the tent cleared about
$50. The presentations were made before q
large number of Rechabites last evening"
Naomi Tent No. 8 0adies) held their regular
meeting last evening, at which it was agreed to
assist Salem Tent No. 154 in their approaching
lawn party. Remarks were made by j. r. Pnr,
sell, Clarence Mills. Miss Mary Hall. Wayne W.
Cordeu. Miss Maggie Canter, Miss Birdie King,
Miss Rosa Poates and others.
1t is expected that a special session of the
Grand Tent will be called within a week as a
majority of the tents have requested it. 1t is
believed by many that the order will increase
faster during the next six months than ever be-
fore.
Monday night Purity Tent, No. 4 Oadies),
after transacting the regular routine of bust
ness had interesting remarks from Messrs Jas
Clscle and Clarence Mills and Miss Sarah
Mullen. a song from l.. Main and a solo from
Miss Omie Daniels. Five members Of Salem
Tent, No. l54, were present enjoying the pro-
gram.
Tuesday night Salem Tent, No. 154, had one
OF the most spirited meetings it has held for q
long time. Anacostia Tent, No. 1885, had good
delegation present to enliven the proceedings,
they having adjourned after remarks in their
own tent by Messrs. George +. Pyles, J. H.
Goddard, L. B. Redd, Robert Mundell, Julius
To!son and others.
The good-of-the-order exercises in Salem
Tent were participated in by acting g. G. r. W.
J. Webb, j. NJ. Canter, W. L. Poates, WAYNE W.
Cordell, j. E. Minnix, and J. C. Eller, of Salem,
and j. H. Goddard and J. W. Tolson, of Ana
costa. Salem Tent has issued invitations to
all Tents in the District to join in with them in
turning out in regalia" to their temperance
sermon on the 18th inst, in the NJ E. church,
Anacostia. This Tent has made arrangements
to have lawn party about the latter part of
this month.
Wednesday night Western Tent, No. l65 had
very lively meeting, not getting through with
their good-of-the-order exercises until a very
late hour. They were participated in by Messrs.
W. h. Cocker, w. W. Cordell. ]. d. Buckley ],
Z. Eller, VIM. La Strange, and Z. C. Lucas
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Mr. 6IS- ElsEMAN. Ing ABOUT IOr something
to do he was at last employed as clerk in a shoe
store In Baltimore. He soon obtained the con-
tdence Of his employers and rapidly
rose until, at length, weary of work
ing for some one else. and having ac-
cumulated sufficient capital. started in the
shoe business on his own account. But the
shoe business did not suit him, although he had
been successful. In 1863 he moved to Wash
ington and opened a clothing house. His pre-
vious success did not forsake him, and the
business here grew to large proportions Con-
ceivlng the idea that a great profit could be
saved by establishing mandatory for max
ing clothes, he went to Baltimore in 1888,
leaving his brother, NJ. B. Eiseman. whom he
had associated himself with in 1864, in charge
OF the Washington store. The Baltimore ven
ture was a success and casting about for new
nelds he thought he saw a good opening for a
lucrative business in the south, and accord
ingly opened a branch in Atlanta, Ga. which
to-day is one Of the leading and best-knowp
clothing houses in the south
MI. D. u. Eiseman, another member of the
nrm, came to Washington in 1866, being then
quite boy. He served an apprenticeship in
his brothers store until 1874, when he was ad-
mitted into the firm. The Baltimore house
had now grown 70 such magnitude and was in
nesdof another director. Mr.. II. b Eiseman
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Many Millions Involved,

The famous Hotchkiss will case over the es-
tate of the late Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss,
inventor of the Hotchkiss gun, who died in
Paris in 1885. came up in the superior court at
New Haven yesterday, the defendants entering
a demurrer. After long arguments by both
SIDES Judge Fem reserved his decision. The
case hinges on the question of domicile, and in
wolves an estate valued at Sl2. 000. O00 The
widow claims that the deceased was a legal
resident of New York, in which case she will
receive S6,0OO.000 and the father of the de-
ceased S6UOO,00O. The contesting relatives
claim Paris as his legal residence, by which. if
sustained, they expect to secure at least 81 000
600 each. Legal proceedings have been insti-
tuted in New York and Paris, and the probable
ties are that the case will be in the courts for
several years unless compromised.
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store in Brooklyn. James NJ. Burts factory for
the manufacture Of mems shoes is also in New
\ Ork city, of which the firm is Burt d Mears
John W. Burt, now retired from active BUSH
ness and living on beautiful farm in West
Randolph, Vt, had his factory for mems shoes
in Brockton, Mass. The retail Burt's shoe
store of Washington belongs to John w. Burt
and his two sons, Arthur and Walter Burt.
The young men, both under thirty, have each
had very considerable experience in the shoe
business. Beside inheriting an aptitude for
their trade, they served several years appren-
ticeship in the factory. there becoming thor
oughly acquainted with all the details of shoe
making, and both were agents and travellers
for Burt's shoes. They are fully qualified by
knowledge and experience to carry ON their re-
tail store. the success OF which their, name in
sures them.
Arthur Burt went into his fathers factory in
1875 and made comprehensive study of the
business. The greater portion of the period
intervening between 1875 and his coming here
was spent i'll visiting the numerous agencies
throughout the country for the sale of Burt
shoes. Walter Burt commenced in the cutting
room of his fathers factory in Brockton, Mass
In 1876, and worked his way through all the
grades up to an assistant foremaDship. He was
on the road as a salesman for five years pre-
yIous to the opening of the business in this city
The business here. conducted in a spacious and
elegantly-appointed store at l2ll street. was
established on April 6, 1887. and has been a
success from the start. steady advocacy of
the advantage of buying their goods, urged
through the columns of The STAR. has been a
visible factor In the increase of business.
EIsEMAS BROTHERS,
The mammoth clothing store OF Eiseman
Bros. first made its debut to the Washington
public during the war. The firm as now COM
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JULIUS lANSBURGH. ne stTNeu u sHOTt APP
premiership with his brothers in their
store, and in 1879, ten years ago, started
out in a business of his own, in a
little store on It'll street. between ID and f.
His line then, as now, was confined to interior
decorations hangings, upholsterings and ar
tlstlc draplngs. Success attended him and in
short time he moved to store under the
Odd Fellows Hall. In 1881 he went into his
present store. 315 It'll street. which was built
for him. To-day his four stories and extensive
floor space are choked with stock, and to &C.
commodate the constant increase in his trade he
has begun the erection of a magnificent store
building on street, next to the corner of 18th.
1t Is to be eight stories in height, and will &C
commodate four times as much stock as his pres
ent quarters. Yet he has determined that when
he opens the new place, on the LIST of August,
he will not have piece of his present stock on
hand. Mr.. Lansburgh devotes considerable
time to the study of the art of interior and ex-
terror decoration, and some of his achieve
ments in this line have gained for him wide
reputation. 1t was he who was called upon to
furnish the rooms occupied by President Har-
risOn at the Arlington previous to his inaugu-
ration and he has on several occasions been
given large contracts of Importance in connec-
ton with the furnishing of the executive man.
sion. Like his brothers, he recognizes the fact
that liberal advertising is absolute necessity,
and the attractions of his warerooms are always
set forth in the columns of The STAR.
HAHN Il CO.
One Of the best known shoe houses in the
city is that of Vim. Hahn & Co., and three
buster more active men than the members of
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An International Oceanic Patrol

To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
The recent loss of the steamship Danmark
suggests the thought, which perhaps is not
new. that the nations of the civilized world.
under the leadership of England and the
United States, should combine to extend the
life-saving service. now believed to have been
adopted by all of them, to the high seas, and
should establish an international patrol of
swift ocean steamers to cruise along the most
frequented ocean highways Of travel and COM
merce. for the purpose of extending aid and
assistance to vessels in distress. We expend
hundreds of millions of dollars on the con-
struchon OF naval ornaments intended merely
to destroy, or at best to promote schemes of
political ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Why should we not
eXpend a few millions in the sacred cause of
humanity, for the rescue Of human life i'm
perllled by the manifold dangers of the ocean?
The cost would not be great, when we consider
the great result to be attained, and if all the
civilized nations combined their efforts for the
purpose the expense would be a mere trihe to
any one of them. Then again. what a wonder
full humanizing effect would such an inter-
national patrol of the seas have upon all the
nations to induce them to realize the brother
hood Of man! 1t would go far to enable US in
time to dispense with our naval armaments
The Red Cross of Geneva has done much
to mitigate the horrors of war; who will be the
pioneer to establish the Red Cross of the
seas? What member of our national legis-
Iature will entitle himself to the glory of inau-
gurating a movement more practical and not
less beneficial than that of international arbi-
tratiOn? NJ
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THRIFT AND ENTERPRISE.
MERCHANTS WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED.
SOME LEADING BUSINESS MEN.
Something About Their Lives and Bust.
ness Methods.

In no city in the country are the people more
discriminating or worldly-wise in their pur-
chsses than in Washington, and yet there is
less necessity for caution in buying goods here
than in any other center Of population, for the
Washington merchants who have climbed the
slippery plane Of business endeavor until they
have passed beyond mercantile mediocrity are
essentially honest men-men who never attempt
% sell anything. no matter what the tempta-
ton. without giving the customer the benefit
Of all the expert information at their COM
mand The merits and dement's Of the articles
are plainly stated, not only to the customer in
person bu. to the public generally, through the
medium of the press. Especially has success
attended the efforts Of those who have departed
from the narrow. antiquely conservative, and
improbable ways Of their forefathers, and who
have adapted themselves to the most modern
business requirements. Not a moment do they
waste; not a single opportunity is allowed
to glide by unimproved; not q working
day passes but the great reading public knows,
through the medium of its favorite newspaper,
The STAR, Just what is for sale, what its condi-
ton and price. and the reasons why il happens
10 be less expensive then than il is at other
periods. Satisfactory business relations
then easily established and maintained. The
,
knows that he is on the alert in the great whole
sale marts of the world: is certain that q full
stock of seasonable goods can always be found
when wanted, and is aware OF the fact that the
dealer will keep him or her and all others in
terested fully advised as to the bargains which
constantly arrive and depart. A natural result
of this kind of enterprise has been a vast ex-
pansion in the amount of business done here.
People whose custom it had been TO make shop
ping trips to great mercantile towns in the
north speedily discovered that there was
nothing to be made by those excursions, so they
stayed at home and bought what they wanted
at prices often more advantageous than the fig
ures of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
stores. Now no well-informed customer thinks
of buying outside Of Washington and lots of
people whose residences much nearer
neighboring cities than they are to Washington
come here to market. Following are some of
the men who are public favorites:
". NJ. sHCsTER AND CO.
One of the Oldest and best known dry goods
establishments in the city is that of w. NJ
shuster 4 Sons, 9l9 Pennsylvania avenue. Mr..
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the firm would be hard
to find. The now -four
ishing business in this
city was established by
the senior partner, VIM.
Hahn, and he is an
example of what a man
can do when he makes
up his mind to succeed.
He was born in Hessen.
Nassau. in 1853. and
when only fifteen years
old came to the United
States. He at once
secured employment in
a dry goods establish
ment in New York at
the munificent salary Of
came to Washington ant
in a shoe store. He stu
college. graduated. and
for himself in 1876.
business was at 1922
in a room the dimension
Is by 20 feet. Printers
the outset. and its use b
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drifted back into the business. As a salesman
he was so successful that his services were
much sought after by rival houses here. When
Bushrod Robinson determined to enlarge his
business and open at the corner of 7th and d
streets, desiring to take new partner to re-
lieve him of part of the responsibilities of his
growing business, his choice naturally fell on
Harry B. Parker, who thereupon became
member of the firm. To Mr.. Parker's industry
and excellent business qualities is largely due
the success Of the firm. Push and printers ink
are Parker's 'side arms and The STAR is his
favorite advertising medium.
FAMILIES IN TRADE.
The custom of families, generation after gen.
Grafton, of following the same trade is growing
one, and one that should be encouraged Chill
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T Il per week. In 1863 he
d was engaged as a clerk
aided at the Spencerian
saved money to start
His first place of
Pennsylvania avenue,
ms of which were about
ink was employed from
has never been discon-
tinued, as STAR readers
are aware. AS business
increased so did the ad-
vertising, and when an
occasional slack period
occurred additional ad-
vertising was resorted
to as the surest way to
find relief. A branch
house now the main
store) was opened at sic
7th street in 1878. In
four years the busi-
ness grew so rapidly Mr..
Hahn took into partner
ship his two brothers
Morris and S. Fred
Hahn, and those three
compose the firm of VIM.
Hahn 4 Co A year later
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4 lC IA St ctOiC VI tlc
kind in this city was es-
tablished in 1882 by Mr..
]. Weyl. Mr.. Weyl first
started in the clothing
business as travelling
salesman for one of the
leading clothing manu-
facturers in Phiiadel-
phia. On one of his
trips through the eoun-
try.he stopped in Wash
ington, and was SO
pleased with the city
land the business chances
it offered that ne re-
signed his position and
opene d the "Misfit
Store" at the cor
ner of 10th and +
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streets April 10, 1882. Through liberal adver-
tisement, as well as his style Of doing business,
which was to make friends of every customer by
good treatment and thus get recommended to the
customers friends his business soon outgrew
the limits of store OF that kind, and having
to keep larger stock for his increasing trade
he, in 1887. added another floor and changed
the name Of his store to "Oak Hail." His bust
ness kept steadily increasing until he was
obliged, about one month ago, to again seek
more space, and rented the spacious building,
31l 7th street, where he has laid in a magnif-
cent stock. Mr.. Weyl ascribes his success to
constant advertisement in The star, to guar
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ing, enterprising mer-
chant. He is thirty
seven years of age. and
is the younger brother
of the Lansburghs of
the square above. He
was but three years old
when the family came
to this country from
Germany, and he is
therefore thoroughly
American in all his
ways and manners. In
1861 he came to this
city with his brothers
and attended school for
several years. He was
at one time a pupil in
Mr.. Young's school, on
14th street. Afterward
l. cxal - .la~x -
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Pennsylvania avenue, the present store.
As Mr.. Shuster's sons grew to manhood they
were introduced to the business, and the firm
now consists of Mr.. W. VI. Shuster. the father,
and VI. q. Shuster, Z. A. Shuster, and s. d.
Shuster. They pride themselves not only on
the fine quality OF goods they carry, but upon
the quality Of the people who buy there. In
TACT it is one of their claims, supported by
too fine or too costly for them to buy and place
on their counters. This line of trade has kept
them, to large extent, from making their
house a. large as some Of the establishments
that have sprung up in this city within the
past i've or ten years. As one of
the sons said TO the reporter ii is very-that is,
omparativeIy-easy to build up an immense
trade in cheap goods for the masses, but it is
hard matter to do the same thing with trade
confined to the finest products of the loom.
This constitutes the bulk of the Shusters stock.
and. as a result, their customers are of the
highest official and social rank in the city
While they are conservative in their methods
they are extremely progressive and are con-
tinual'y on the watch for new lines Of goods if
not for new fields of operation. They point
with satisfaction to the fact that five Of their
clerks have been with them for twenty-five
years.
The Messrs. Shuster have an intelligent idea
of the value of advertising the excellence of
their goods in The STAR.
r. GoLDsCHMD.
There Is no buster or less ostentatious per-
sonage within the precincts Of r. Goldschmids
mammoth fancy store on street than the pro-
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Attempted Assault on n Youpo Lad

~.S OAA - = ouu5 A<doys
A Petersburg, Va, special to the Baltimore
Sun says: Last evening Miss Morris, daughter
OF well-known citizen Of Chesterfield county,
went on visit to neighbor, and on her return
home, in order to shorten her walk, she went
through path in the woods, when she was
assaulted by burly negro man, who was bare
footed, with his shoes tied by a string and
thrown across his shoulders He drew large
knife from his pocket and told the young lady
that II she made any outcry he would cut her
throat from ear to ear. He then attempted to
assault her, but she escaped. On her return
home the young lady informed her parents of
what had occurred, and search was at once
made for the culprit, who could nowhere be
found. The name Of the negro is not known,
but II the wretch is caught his life will not be
worth much.
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posed consists of five
brOthers-Gustave. NJ.
B., j. B., Louis and b.
J.-who, by close atten-
ton to business. have
built up from compare
lively nothing a lucra-
tive business with a
branch in Atlanta and a
large mandatory in
Baltimore. Gus. Else
man, the senior member
of the firm, may well be
termed a self-made man.
He was born i'll Binan. a
small town in Germany.
III 1874, and when but
fifteen years of age came
to this country. Cast.
L 1.
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store. He built up LA We business there
and then, finding an oiening here, he
came to this city and started in
the same line Of business on 7th street. be-
tween II and !. This was in 1870 since when
his prosperity has been continuous. His quick
business eye soon saw a chance in the field of
real estate, and his name began to appear with
great frequency in the notice Of purchases Of
Land and construction of buildings. At present
he Is the owner Of fully twenty fine buildings
in the northwest. He remained in his old store
Tor eighteen years, when he sold out and in
December last he moved into his present COM
modious quarters. This building, erected on
Land leased for fifteen years. cost SCI 900 and is
an ideal establishment. Mr.. GoldschmId has
great faith in the efficacy OF advertising, and
especially in The STAR, as a medium Of COM
Hunication between his business and the buy
ing public.
MR. ROBINSON AND HIS PARTNERS
The name Of Robinson is thoroughly iden-
tilted with the clothing business Of Washing
ton Bushrod Robinson, the senior member OF
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Of the war to enter the

Of the war to enter the
employ of Wall. Steph-
ems Il Co.. where he de-
veloped business talents
Of high order. When
Mr.. Robinson withdrew
from that firm in 1876
in order to establish a
boys and children's
clothing house he took
Mr.. Cherry into partner
ship with him. Mr..
Cherry devotes his time
tdnd talents to catering
J to the wants of the boys
and children at 9O9
Pennsylvania avenue.
He Is known on the mar
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and children's shoes.
Since his death. in 1885,
the factory has been
owned by E. d. Burt, Of
Brooklyn, who before
the war had a retail
shoe store in Wash
ington under the Ma
tional hotel. By reason
of the great wealth de-
posted therein, the E.
c. Burt & Co. factory
has been much enlarged
and now occupies an
immense corner on Cen
ter and Leonard stree Is,
New York city. With
this is connected a retail
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dren are more easily
ia u g ht and better
trained in their fathers
trade than in any other.
His experience and
knowledge are given to
them in youth; the
wealth and reputation
he has acquired should
be the formation on
which the son should
build another story of
success, and leave it in
his turn to be added to
by his chilcren. A sue
cessful businasa reacta
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BUsHRoD ROBINSON.


business continuously ever since, so that in
point OF actual service he may be called the
father OF the business here in Washington In
lSoz he took the position Of principal salesman
IN the old house Of Wall & Stephens, then the
large 81 OF ITS kind In the city, and he became a
member Of the firm in 1857 He withdrew In
1870. and, IN connection with Mr.. W. L. Cherry.
opened at 909 Pennsylvania avenue the first
house In the United States devoted exclusively
TO the production and sale Of boys and chill
dren's clothing. From the start Il was a pro-
nounced success. In order to meet the re-
}uirements Of his growing business he was
compelled to seek for extra quarters else
where. In March, 1888, therefore, he opened
IT the southeast corner Of It'll and d streets.
shere, under the firm name Of Robinson
Parker Il Co., he laid the foundation of the
business in mems and young mems clothing
that has become so well known.
Mr.. Robinson is-and always has been-a
|nrm believer in the iudicious use of printers
Ink. He Is one of the Oldest patrons of TIE
|sTAR. and attributes much of his success to
PIE liberal use of its columns.
William L Cherry, Of the firms OF Robinson.
Parker Co., and B. Robinson q Co., was born
Pn this city in 1850 and left school at the close