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The times., 1897-06-04
our liberties are broad and complete. they
are largely theoretical.

A leading paper in New York objects
TO the REIMBURSEMENT OF the beer tax:
says that 1t would yield $25 900, 900 or
100000, 600 OF revenue, and would simply
share OF its proper contribution to the
common veal Does anybody suppose that
in such case concrete wealth" would
IL the price of beer remained where 1t is,
the quality would be reduced to make
the difference. Mr. Hanna knows uhis
andis very much afraid that the Republican
voters OF Ohio know it, too
The times., 1897-06-04
HOusefurniShins Dept.

i Clothes Horse. ReslIced from 85c
to Csc.
Large Wire Door Mat Reduced from
So 95 to 81 %
3 Chfldren's Table Trays, damaged Re
duced from soc to 15c each.
Infants Bzth damaged. Reduced from
81 to soc.
Tin Dish Pans. slightly damaged Re
duced from 2uc TO 10c each.
2Sursery Hampers, ,soiled- Reduced from
81 to 75c each.
2 Heavy Tin Tea Kettles. copper bottoms
Reduced from . 60 5Oc each.
Infants Baskets. slightly damaged
ReGuced from Sl25 to 15c each.
Copper Lemonade Shakers Reduced
from 75c 10 25c each.
soda Water Tumiiier Holders, n nickel
plated Rssiacef from 81 70 soc each
59h fIBaE.
The times., 1897-06-04

Senator Lindsay, who is one OF the fore
most constitutional lawyers in the Sen
ate or in the country for that matter, says:
contention that the stitutionality of
the tariff bill is being placed in jeopardy
by the action OF the House" Autocrat
Reed affects to laugh at the idea. He
will feel rather uncomfortable when he
learns of certain measures that are being
delphia.
The times., 1897-06-04
SLAMS MONARCH IN ROME.
Welcomed by King Humbert and
Will Visit the Pope.

Rome, June 3. The King and the Princes
of Siam arrived here this morning and were
received with state honors The visitors
were received at the railway station by
King Hunbert and the Prince of Naples,
the Crown Prince, and escorted to the
Quirinal, where their arrival was awaited
by Queea Margherita, Crown Princess
Helene and the members of the ministry
The entire route from the station to the
palace was lined with troops. The Siamese
monarch and the princes will visit the
Pope before leaving Rome.
The times., 1897-06-04
The Applicants Diminishing.

Only three applications for positions were
filed at the Treasury Department yester-
day and the ywere as follows: S C. Wagner,
Philadelphia, Pa TO be deputy auditor
for tue War Depar rtnent at Washington,
ID. c.; z. y. Pearson, Chicago, ILL.,. to be
appraiser of customs at Chicago, Ill; y. c.
Brunei. New Orleans, La, To be appraiser
of customs at New Orleans, La.
The times., 1897-06-04

At the meeting OF the Maryland State
Democratic committee in Baltimore on
Wednesday, it became apparent that the
most complete harmony reigns throughout
the party In that commonwealth. In other
words, it is manifest that German is in the
saddle, and Wellington is in the soup.
The times., 1897-06-04
Girls Department.

20 Children's Percale and Tan Lawn
Blouse Waists. Sizes 4, and 8. Reduced
from 6Se. to 3Sc. each.
Navy Blue Refer Jackets. Sizes 4, 8,
and II. Reduced fronI S3. % 10 81. 90
each.
6 Dark Navy Blue Jackets Sizes II,
IA, 16 and 18. Reduced fTom $1,000 to
50 80 each.
I'd fIO0r
The times., 1897-06-04
Leisurely Travellers.

(From the Buffalo Express.)
A. c. Tuxbury and daughter, Edith. have
returned home from their visit abroad
The travellers have been away just fif-
teen weeks. and during that time England.
France, Spain Turkey, Germany, Switzer-
land, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Austria and
other countries were visited. The pyra-
rlfds, the catacombs and the excavations
of Pompeii were made subjects of special
study
The times., 1897-06-04

1t is a matter OF serious conjecture
what the New York Tribune does to its
all have such remarkably appropriate
names. Mr.. Bathos has written up Oscar
Wilde, Mr. Bouillon has written of the field
the Cuban field near Havana. Now here
is Mr.. Pepper giving 1t to Gen. Weyl.r.
Does the Tribune hypnotic its employees 20
make them take other names, or does it
pick out men on the recommendation of
the directory?
The times., 1897-06-04

by that adjudication. Mr. j. B. Bishop
contributes scholarly paper on "A New
Form of Government Prof. Hysiop, of
the Columbian University, treats OF The
Grievance of the West and there are
many papers in the number of high liter
ary interest and merit.
The times., 1897-06-04
OSTRICH FEATHERS CASE.
Treasury Department Decides Il
DISMISS It's Appeal.


The Treasury Department has consented
70 the dismissal ofits appeal nom the de-
cision of the general appraisers III the os-
trich feathers customs case. The depart
raent insisted tnat the feathers should
pay duty Of 80 per cent a. manufactured
articles, and the contestants maintained
that they should be admitted free as raw
material, and 10 prove this have shown
what an industry it is TO prepare ostrich
feathers for the market after arriving IN
tits country.
1t was also claimed that to impose
duty OF 35 per cent would practically ruin
the industry and throw out OF employment
the thousands engaged In the business
After careful inspection the Treasury Of
ficiais have concluded to admit the feathers
free OF duty
The times., 1897-06-04
Hanna Candidates Nominated.

Cleveland, ,Jsne 3.-At the senatorial
convention of districts Twenty-four and
Twenty-six tilis noon the Hanna candidates
for State senate were James A. Garfield,
son of the late PRESIDENT, and J. Park
Alexander. Both were named by large
ma jorities, Notwithstanding the terrific
fight made against them by the Foraker
faction. A resolution was also passed
indorsing Mr. Hanna for the Senate.
The times., 1897-06-04
Three Hundred Years of Illness.
(From the Boston Globe.)

Vt rum tut bOsbOH biOct.I
II was as long ago as 1889 that Thomas
Fuller wrote about Turkey: I'VE have
just cause to hope that the fall Of this
unwieidy empire doth approach. 1t was
high noon with it fifty years ago; we hope
now il draweth near night; the rather, be-
cause luxury, though late, yet at last
hath found the Turks out. or they it,"
Today the sick man appears to be In
toIerable good health, thank you.
The times., 1897-06-04
An official connected with the Fren

An official connected with the French
quite agree with ex-Ambassador Eustis,
that liberty & n France is political, as
compared with personal liberty In this
country. The Frenchman remarks that
at least they do not have an oppressive
Raines law in France, and that re-
spectstse wozaan car walk IN tie streets
af Paris al night without danger OF ar
resi- Our FFeach fTiene coes nos seem
The times., 1897-06-04
BOWLER WANTS TO GET AWAY
He Urges the President TO Accept
His RESIGNATION.

Comptroller Bowler, of the Treasury, is
going to Europe July and he has urged
the President to accept his resignation,
which was given to Secretary Gage soon
after the new A administration entered
upon its duties. 1t is probable that the
resignation VIII soon be accepted, and
Judge BOwler's successor appointed
tits saidtb no one has been determined
on yet for this office.
The times., 1897-06-04
Bows Department.

4 Atwood Bicycle and Golf Suits. Sizes
Z, 8, 10 and 16. Reduced from $500,
SO 90 and $500 to So 50 each.
IL Shirt Waists. Sizes 8, :, Q, 10, 2,
and IA Reduced from 25c to IL LEO
each.
straw Hats Sizes 8. 6 Is, and
Is. Reduced from 50c. to Toe. each.
Fauntleroy Junior Suits. Sizes 8,
and Z. Reduced from 81 25 TO SO. As each.
6 AiI-wool Fancy Checked Sailor suits.
Sizes 3, A. 8, and 8. Reduced from
1918 and S4.0o TO 81 AZ each.
I'D floor
The times., 1897-06-04
LIKE COXEYS ARMY.
Unemployed of New Orleans to
March on the City Hail.

New Orleans, June 3.-The Cooperative
Comm onwealth Brotherhood, an Organi-
Zation framed in the model of Coxey's
army here, called a meeting of all the
unemployed labor in New Orleans for
Congo Square. Saturday, thence TO march
On the city hall to lay their grieTances
before the mayor and ask for employment
ON public works.
The mayor has declined to grant a
permit for the meeting, and he says he
will not receive the delegation as the men
at the head of the movement are social
lists. The chief of police has been instructed
to see that no trouble is stirred up Most (
those enga ged in the affair are strangers.
The times., 1897-06-04

Iippincott's for June contains its usual
complete novelette,, this time entitled '.As
Any Gentleman Might" by william 7.
Nichols, author of my Strange Patient. y
It Is an English tale, with q considerable
amount of exciting adventure and mystery
betw cen the first page and last Any gen
tletuan might doubtless have had these
adventures, but some gentlemen would
not care TO have them. A delightful bird
sketch by Lalage ID. Morgan. describes "A
Fcatherv Debut v being the adve nturesof
brood of thrushes, told in something the
style OF Olive Thorne Miller or John Bur
roughs
The times., 1897-06-04

II we do not look out the Japanese win
have cable from San Francisco TO Yoko-
hama by way of Hawaii before our people
get ready to do anything but talk about
one. A Japanese gentleman is now N
Honolulu working up a project OF the
kind which, he claims, will be subsidized
by his government and largely subscribed
to by Japanese steamship companies and
other capitalists. He estimates the cost of u
cable from San Francisco to HAWAII ut
$4,000. 900. and from thence to Japan at
So ,0Oo, 900, and believes that it would
form a good i-2 per cent Investment
The times., 1897-06-04
Too Knowiug Mr.. Havemeyer,

From the Boston Journal0
Mr.. Havemeyer said that the verdict
In his trial is satisfactory to him and to
every decent man in the community
Did Mr.. Hayemeyer speak by authority
for all the decent men in the community,
or is decency in the community depend
ent upon sharing Mr. Havemeyers views
on the relations between politics and busi-
aess?
The times., 1897-06-04

Fine Black Velvet Ripple Capes, Jet
trimmed. Reduced from S24.O0 10 $40. 90
each
Black Silk Capes, silk lined, lace end
ribbon trimmed. Reduced from S12.5O 10
So 90 each.
2 Cloth Jackets. Sizes 81 and 36. Re
dueed from $1,000 ana S12.50 TO S4 %
each.
Sd floor.
The times., 1897-06-04
suicide Of a Clergyman.

Philadelphia, June "a man who regis
tered at the s wiss Hotel, in. this city, as
H. Miller, of Fittsburg, but who is sup
posed to be ,Rey. Adam Boley, of that
place, shot himself In his room this morn
ing and died about an hour afterward.
1t is believed that he was suffering from
some mental trouble
The times., 1897-06-04

Weylcr does not propose to be retired
without having a little fun. His decapita
ton of the little Philadelphia lady has
speedily been followed by firing on an
American vessel. If he had almost any
other government to deal with he could
secure action.
The times., 1897-06-04
A Ship for India's Grain.

The Government yesterday chartered
for S3S, $50 the American vessel City of
Everett to transport a cargo OF supplies
from San Francisco to India, for the
relief of the famine and plague stricken
population there. No vessel has yet been
secured to take the supplies from New
York, and it is believed that a foreign
sLip will he chartered
The times., 1897-06-04
spaiu'. Deep Designs.

tFrogE the Omaha World Herald)
II spain wants 90 whip us she can do IL
nv starving our cfstzens in Cuba asd bank
rupt sss FEEDING them. Tits seefns 80 ne
the plan that Spain - wofking ga fuet
ao~. end cantsF cesspess tbe asimissfoa
that il seesas ~ Rs a gos.s one
The times., 1897-06-04

Another ex-senator who is here in the
interests of his ciients is "Charley" Fenton,
OK California. Mr- Fen ton is taking a father
ly interest in the sugar trust, and is using
Whatever influence he may have to secure
to that octopus all the advantages possible
Mr.. Fenton. about ten days ago, suddenly
disappeared from Washington, but he is
back with fresh stock OF arguments and
new collection of facts and data. Stimuli
taneous with the reappearance oe Mr.
Fenton comes John ID. Spreckles, another
representative OF the sugar trust, anil
Henry 0xuard. who, while posing as the
great beet sugar man and anita gonistic 70
the trust, is the leading stakeholder OF the
China beet sugar factory i'll California,
which is said to be dominated absolutely
and its product handled only through the
trust The appearance OF this distinguished
trio OF sugar men has revived a somewhat
tagging interest in sugar, and led to the
circulation Of new stories relative to The
plans OF the trust to effect the abrogatioa
OF the Hawaiian treaty.
The times., 1897-06-04

80 dozen Womeu's Hemstitched
All-linen Handkerchiefs, with col
ored border.
7c each, 4 for 25c.
Regular Price, I2Hc.
1st floor
The times., 1897-06-04
WOODW ARD
msnaLOTHROP, and
10th. 1lth and F StS. N. w.
Fridays Our
Remnant
Day,
Our Special Bargain Day

And for today we've a good1y
gathering of remnants of every
character, kind and condition.
Odds and ends, short lengths,
broken sizes, etc., of new, crisp,
perfect goods; also various articles
that are scratched, mussed, soiled,
dented or otherwise unfit for
regular stock. In both cases they
are marked at very specially low
reduced prices in order to distrib-
ute them quickly. Rare induce
ments in Dress Goods, wool and
cotton-useful lengths of the
brightest and best. suitable for
travelling, for street, for mountain,
for seashore, for tennis. for all out
door pastimes.
A special feature for today's sale
is some extraordinary bargain lots
Of goods-some large, some small
Ito be offered at very much below
regular prices, as follows:
The times., 1897-06-04
Off for the Jubilee.

The flagship Brooklyn, Capt. F. A. Cook,
and having on board Admiral Joseph v.
Miller and staff, who will represent the
Navy Department at the Queens jubilee
celebration. sailed yesterday for Southamp-
ton from New York
The times., 1897-06-04
1t May Keep Him Quiet.
CFrom the Chicago poss.l


Senator Hoar intends To learn Greek,
but so long as he can't work with q pony
and show his ingenuity in concealing the
fact from his teacher be won't get half
the fun out OF SO that he would have az he
hsd tackled it in hts youth.
The times., 1897-06-04
Cadets at West Point.

The following appointments of cadets to
Military Academy at West Point have
been made: NJ c. Warner, Paxtonvilie, Pa /;
G. Omer Free, Brownsburg, Ind; Oral C.
Mcclure, alternate, Dana, Ind; Marshall L.
Price, alternate, Galesburg. Ill.
The times., 1897-06-04
Confusion Coufounded.
tFrom the Chicago Post.)

(From the Chicago Post)
While the House of Representatives at
Wastiin gton tries TO force the Senate to To
one thing and the Senate tries to force the
House to do another there appears to be
nothing fer the rest Of us to do except
swear.
The times., 1897-06-04

The always welcome Forum comes 10 US
this month hrisfiing with matter OF 90
lnbcai. economic and scientific interest
"The TranSpas<soari ncctssoa." hy SIR
George r Hlsnrhsrsi. % me Iofpf Traffic
As~oc lst51r. is a gfnnr Esseentstssu -
the railway ricw ~ sne sftnatee created
The times., 1897-06-04
Evea fn the Graveyard.

CFrous the BrDoklyn stsndaraA
Elfzaseth. ~ y, is eestiog q terssss,on
fog auees fuseTnls. but yesrerdzy al pr
vices esccusncfsies grrr sstsnne wsen
fsaseraI aas nrlf wtsA ~ ths r.earaess
sf,srsrx tsse nsafse es tsrgcsss
The times., 1897-06-04
But He Won't.

From the Omaha Woyld-Herald0
The Sultan could easily raise money
enough to pay his debts by selling him
self in small idts as the latest aud best
Greece eraslicator
The times., 1897-06-04

You can always recognize a Boston
newspaper. When they use slang in their
headlines they take pains to enclose it
in quotation marks.
The times., 1897-06-04
Bargain in Books.

In order to dispose Of about 2 1000 cdd
PapeT-bOund Books, we have tied the
same in bundles, containing from TO IL
in a package, and marked them at the
Extraordinarily Low Price of 25c
per Package.
RaSapnent
The times., 1897-06-04
The particularls notable feature in St

The particularly notable feature in st
Nicholas for June is an article by c. T..
Hill, on 1.-The Risks OF FireD,an's Life
illustrated by the author. Every boy and
girl, and a good many of the older people
as well, Will read this sketch with deep
interest There is also charming bit of
literary history. by Edith NJ. Nicbon, con-
cerping "A Great Poet and n Little GIRL
which describes the encounter OF a three
year-old lassie with Lord Tennyson, on
the day which happened to be both his
birthday and hers.
The times., 1897-06-04
Bargain in Wash Goods.

Basement.
The times., 1897-06-04
THREATS OF LYNCHING.
Militia Called Out to Defend Legal
Authority in Urbaua, Ohio.

AHtHUTIty 1u UTUduH, OfiIU.
Springfield, Ohio, June 3.-There is great
excitement in the town OF Urbana. A
negro is confined in the jail there for as
sauIting woman.
A mob OF citizens surrounded the Jail last
night, and would have Iynched the negro
had not the sheriff been prepared and de
Tended the place with strong force of
armed deputies.
The militia has been called.
The times., 1897-06-04
The Whole Ihirg.

From the Omaha World Heraidl
Speaking OF a free government. Mr
Thomas B. Reed mistakenly suppeses that
he ss n.
The times., 1897-06-04

The leading articleof the Atlantic Monthly
for June is on 'sGreece and the Eastern
Question: by benjamin Ice Wheeler. 1t
necessarily deals with the subject from the
broad historical view, since magazine ar
ticles must be prepared far in advance of
publication; and, therefore. none of its con-
clusions are injured 10y the recent swift
developments in the Leyant. Albert Shaw
contributes an able article on 'Nuni-
cipalisrn and Greater New York. and this
is followed by one OF the best articles
ever written on our educational system,
entitled THE Lock-step OF the Public
Schools by William J. Shearer The
writer, who speaks not from theory, but
time, energy and brain work under the
present herding system OF our schools; the
evils Of the promotion examination. withits
consequent examining and excitement, and
after doing this, proposes simple and
effective remedy. Another interesting ar
ticle is ION Being Civilized Too Much by
Henry Childs Merwin. MI. Merwin's idea
is, that people may become so civilized as
to lose valuable qualities which belong to
the primitive man, such as simplicity of
tastes and motives, and instructive lean
ings tow ard patriotism and generosity. He
does not say anything about the danger of
over civilization in International ques-
tions. but the principle is there, just the
same T. w. Higginson continues his papers
on Cheerful Yesterdays" Paul Leicester
Ford and Charles Egbert CraddocK are rep
resented by serial stories
The times., 1897-06-04
Bargain in Bows Suits.
S1.89 Each.

About so Boys All wool Double-bSeasted
Suits. Good Colors. Sizes 4 To 10.
S1.89 Each.
Regular price, $500.
Sd floor.
The times., 1897-06-04
Bargain in Handkerehiefs.

1st floor.
The times., 1897-06-04
Bargain in Mems Ties.

$50 dozen Mems Madras Wash
Ties, in all the latest effects.
4 for 25c.
Regular price. Ioc each.
1 st floor.
The times., 1897-06-04

Tie Cosmopolitan for June contains a
valuable paper in the line OF political his
tory, by T. B. Connery, called THE Secret
History of tie Garfield cOnkling Tragedy" ?"
The illustrations are almost as interesting
as the art icle, and the data given by Mr.
Connery are Of especial interest just at
present, in view of the return of Mr. Platt
20 the Senate. That clever Israelite, /.
Zangwill, writes on 'Th. Turkish Messiah. "
in his usual entertaining and foreeful way.
One of the prettiest and daintiest bits OF
verse in the months magazine literature is
contributed to this number OF the Cosmo-
politan by Mary Ncfolena Mccord, and is
called sweet Peas"
The times., 1897-06-04

1t appears TO be Mr. Havemeyer idea
that IL a man really knows himself ne
will have nothing TO remember.
The times., 1897-06-04

Some vandaI, whose mind and con-
science is not impressed with the dignity
that hedges about those who wear the
Senatorial toga, yesterday stole the lamp
from Senator TiIiman's bicycle. The wheel
at the time was in the basement rotunda
comm only known as the crypt, and was
stabbed along with a miscellaneous lot
OF wheels belonging to Senators, clerks
and messengers There are fifteen Sena-
tors who ride the wheel, and movement
is now on foot to have the sergeant-at-
arms set apart room for the storage OF
these Senatorial bikes This viii give
employment to another messenger, whose
duty il will he to take care of nd clean up
the bicycles left In his charge. Col Bright,
1t is said. will not supply an cir pump for
shrnken pneumatic tires, hut will run
tube direct from the Senate chamber to
the stable" BY coupling this tube onto
ANY particular wheel it would he but a
moments work TO expand the tire TO its
usual proportions.
The times., 1897-06-04

The Huusey for June is a Byron number,
and the photographs of Byron portraits and
relics, with the text descriptive OF them,
are the work of Miss Frances Ben iamin
Johnston, Of this city. The relics belong
To the rare and valuable collection of
Senior de Mendonca, the Brazilian minis
ter, and through his courtesy, are for the
first tinIe reproduced and published.
The times., 1897-06-04

Senator Stewart does not believe with
some Democratic Senators that 1T will
be bad politics TO have William Jennings
Bryan participate in the Ohio campaign
this year. 1t has been urged that If this
Is done the campaign will be given ma
tional significance, and the Republicans
will win out by getting their full vote on
that account. You cannot avoid the fact
that the campaign is national whether Mr.
Bryan goes there or not" said Senator
Stewart. The mere fact that Mark Hanna
is a candidate makes il a national cam
paign, for the association of this man
with the President, his control of him,
makes him national figure, and one,
too, who might be overwhelmingly de-
feaGed. For zone, I believe in making
this caGpaien national. i would ma ke
them all national, and compel every con-
stable to run on a free coinage platform
The only way to conduct the elections
is to have the people know that at all
times and under all conditions the one
dominant question is the issue befoTe them
when they come 60 cast their votes.
The times., 1897-06-04
7e a Yard.

With satin stripes; scroll design, in black
and white. blue and white, pink aud White.
7c a Yard.
Made to sell for I2Hc.
LIST floor.
The times., 1897-06-04

1900 yards Lawn, black and white
and blue and white only, pretty patterns;
full 80 inches wide
The times., 1897-06-04
JUNE MAGAZINES.

Harper 3 Magazine for June is full OF good
things 1t contains something TO interest
every class of readers One of the best
of the longer articles is THE Celebrities
OF the House of Commons by I. l.. O'Con-
nor, with illustrations by Paul Renouard.
Renouard's $ work In this article is OF kind
more common, perhaps, In France than
anywhere else-the kind OF work whose ef-
fectiyeness lies la the outline. not the fiji
ish The sketches he has made OF Clad
stone, Iiarcourt and half a dozen others
are sometimes hardly more than a few.
scratches, but every line tells, and the
salient characteristics OF the subject are
unrnista kably expressed 1.-The Greats tone
OF Sardis,' Enthusiastically scientific Sc
rial by Frank K. Stockton. begins in this
number, and promises not to be inferior
to any OF his past work. Pouitney BiSe-
low = number on White Mans Africa" con-
tains some interesting bits of history coD-
corning the Beers and their struggle for
existence on the Cape. DR.. Henry Smith
Williams contributes an article on The
Meteorological Progress Of the Century,
and Owen Wister writes another tale OF
Wyoming entitled GRANDMOTHER Stark. =
The reader will wonder what Betty Stark
has to no with cow-punchers, but viii dis
cover in the first page OF the story. An
other storyis a psychoiogical-etkicals sketch
by IIiDoard, who exceIs in this SOFT OF up
to-date fiction