Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-19


alongsids Of the great basaars that
flourish in that district But the undertaking
i 70 b triad BY an sdventurous merchant, who
u 10 risk 1000 IN the venture. This seems
like Q large sum, and yet such fortunes are
swallowed ct . gulp in the whirlpool of the
metropolis Apropos Of this enterprise, am
told thatsons years ego firm came here from
the west with e250 900 and made their prepa-
rations to open in the dry goods hns
q Union Square. Il was while A. T. Stew
art rs An active factor In the market and
that kssn and pitiless merchant turned upon
them the full strength Of his organization.
Finding out in some way the character Of the
goods which they relied upon to make hit he
duplicated the stock and on the day of the
opening marked his goods down to q nominal
price. The new corners saw the point at once
and without more ado succumbed to the newt
able and put mp their shutters before their goods
we're fairly open. Another similar enterprise,
though It did mot "dis borning" a. in the
nrst case, ran through . capital Of e20O, 900 in
less than year, owing largely to the same
tactics of rivals Il remains to be seen how
long this new Jack -Giant-killer will last.
l call him by that name because IN comparison
with the gigantic stocks carried by such great
bazaars Is Altman, Macy, Simpson, Enrich,
~ l~0Ah o0O OtuoIS D mere uuuuf0O Buu
thousand dollars il not . huckleberry.
THE ROCKWELL HOSPITAL WINS
For some weeks the grass has been growing,
to the shame Of those responsible for this par
ticular CROP on the excavation blasted out Of
the rock at 5sth street and 9Th avenue, where
the Roosevelt Hospital had begun the founda-
tons OF new operating theater made pos
sible by the bequest of ESQ, 600 This legacy
had been left to the institution by one of its
best friends, and no one dreamed that the item
would be contested, but on the last
quest could be stopped the lawyers
made their appearance and put veto, which
happily now appears to be but temporary, on
the carrying out Of the philanthropic project
It was announced on Wednesday that the heirs
have relinqulshed their claim and that the hos
pital will get the money and proceed with the
work This secures to New York the finest
surgical facilities in certain important lines Of
work in the world, and it is gratifying to see
that the city will not be cheated out Of its
lose the glory and advantage Of the Tilden Ii
brary.
INHALATION TALK IN EUROPE.
was talking today with . gentleman who
has just returned from Europe, after a careful
examination of the outlook for American trade
| as it may be studied in the great industrial
centers Of Great Britain and the continent He
says that the feeling against the United States
on account Of the pending tariff is exceedingly
bitter, and il the Mckinley bill passes in its
present shape there will unquestionably be
strong effort made at retahation. These
views.were not given to him for buncombe, but
we're the utterances Of leading manufacturers
and merchants, more especially in textiles, in
connection with business negotiations. They
| did not question the right of this country to
put an embargo on foreign commerce, but they
said that motives Of self-preservation would
| compel them to defend their own interests;
| that if America deliberately said it would
not trade with foreign nations in GER
tain important lines of goods, it
| 10y by the exclusion Of our own products from
| their markets. This feeling Is particularly
| strong in Germany, which has an immense
| stake in the dry goods market OF this country:
Such centers Of the textile industry Crefeid
and Chemnitz would suffer extremely under
| the Mckinley bill The same IL true of the
English textile trades though these are not quite
| 30 dependent on the American market are
scarcely less intense In France and Italy, but ID
hardly so well organized.
| MRS. BENNET's npATrKNcE.
It ID strange how quick tempered and nm.
reasonable some ladies are. Here for exam.
pie, is Mrs. Kate Bennett of Brooklyn, who has
Just brought a suit for separation from her hus-
band, simply because, as she alleges, he stabbed
/ her in the breast, kicked her in the stomach,
| hit her with his fists threw knives lamps, COB
lets and other household furniture at her,
pounded her with a bed slat and knocked out
her teeth. Having exhausted the furniture
upon her it seems that he also exhausted
| her patience, and she asks the court
| to sanction her contention that marriage,
| under the circumstances, 10 q failure, and that
abe prefers henceforth to 60 it alone. 1t is q
| pity that Mrs. Bennett had not the genius for
| conducting her end Of . family infelicisy
which marked the wife of Prot John L. Sulii-
/ van, who, 1t may be remembered, applied for a
divorce from her some years ago on the ground
that he lived In terror of physical harm from
her.
| THE EXPLORER OF DARKEST AMERICA.
While the world is yet ringing with plaudits
for Stanley, and every one is wishing him hap.
piness with his bride, the great American
Pathfinder" yields to nature and pays the
common debt There was quite an impressive
gathering at the church on 10th street, where
| Gen. Fremonts funeral was held on Wednes-
| day. A number Of old forty-niners and of the
veterans OF the war paid their last respects
any other explorer. developed the wealth and
the power of the great west Had it not been
| for the time of the year and the intense hea,
the funeral services would have been much
more elaborate. As 1t WAS, the company which
gathered was thoroughly representative and i,
Il
to convene again for any reason. The number
| Of grizzled old veterans, each with q romance
which makes tame the toilsome conceits of the
| stOry-book writer's, impressed all who were
present. The heroic age in America has moi
| yet passed away, but the ranks Of those who
are identified with the exploration of the west
| with the anti-slavery agitation and with the
conduct OF the war, are growing painfully thin.
Sturdy old ''Tecumseh" still leads the van, and
is indefatigable in his attendance on all these
| scenes, and handsome one-armed Gen. Howard
can also be depended upon to be present; but
| many faces were missed who, few years ago
would have been at the funeral of Gen. Free
! mont
THE WESTERN UNION FIRE.
| The sensational feature about the ere in the
Western Union building today was the paraly.
sis of the trade Of the city. The fire. as it WERE
touched the very nerve center of the continent
( and the city was as helpless as if an enemy had
| invested it OIL every side. Fortunately monop-
! oily has not done quite its perfect work. 80 that
| there was one line out of town which could be
J used to communicate with the country at large
! 1t was heavens mercy that the fire came when
| it did Had it been an hour earlier or later
| there must have been q frightful loss of life.
| Although the building is facetiously called
| '.dre-proof," it proved to be a perfect finder
| box, and when once lighted went up in puff
In ten minutes after the fire was discovered the
| smoke was pouring ont Of every window and
| life inside the building was impossible. The
few operatives that happened to be in the up
per stories were rescued from the outside, and
only by the GOODNESS and bravery of the fire.