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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-08
The Conference About Trusts.

The invitation which Governor Sayres of
Texas has addressed to the governors and
attorneys general of the different states
to meet at st. Louis in September to con-
slider the question of trusts deserves prompt
acceptance. The meeting should be large
one, and, if it is, substantial results ought
to flow from it. Congress, 1t seems to be
agreed now. has not the power to cope with
the evil. The legislatures of the states
have; and If they can be enlisted in the
work in good numbers the trusts can be
shorn of their objectionable qualities.
Governor Sayres by his action commits
himself to the proposition that the question
is not political in its nature. And in that
he is wise. He is himself a democrat but
his invitation has been sent out without
regard to politics. A f"ll meeting of those
whose presence is requested would show
more republicans than democrats. But as
only conference is sought, and politics
will be barred, it will not matter what
political complexion the majority may show.
The governor and the attorney general of
a state do not. of course, legisate. But
the governor recommends measures to the
legislature. and the attorney general is
charged with representing the state in
court when its laws are challenged. 1t
Will De very nelpIul, therefore. III tHlS case
which is important to all the states to
secure if possible some uniform course of
procedure. If the trusts are tackled with
uniform energy all along the line they will
at least have something to think about.
Failure for all antitrust efforts state or
national. is freely predicted. The move
ment is glbly characterized by the friends
of the trusts half-baked buncombe.
Some buncombe it Is to be admitted has
been poured over the subject. But it is
nevertheless true that many of the most
far-seeing of our public men detect in trusts
a grave public danger calling for imme-
date correction, and that some of the
ablest lawyers in the country are Of opin-
ion that the correction can be applied. The
thing TO do, therefore, is to invoke the law
strictly in the public interests, and let the
courts pass upon its adequacy and consti-
nationality. If the trusts cannot be re-
strained, the fact ought to be officially de-
clared If they can be, the restraint ought
to be imposed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-08

noted by the association reveals. The test
of the fire departments sufficiency lies in
it's ability to cope with emergencies, and
not with the ordinary alarms for which two
steamers are usually sufficient. The city
should never be so poorly supplied with
fire-fghting appliances that a single dan
gerous confiagration will denude the greater
portion of the area of all but mere min
imum of defense. This truth may IN sea-
son be made plain to the houses of Con-
gress, which have heretofore seemed In
clined to measure the necessities of the fire
department by its capacity to attend to the
small alarms of average occurrence with
out reference to the necessity for shifting
engines about to replace those on duty
whenever conditions suggest the possibility
of prolonged attack. 1t Is to be kept in
mind that while the steamers are in pro-
cess of transfer from station to station
during such times they are out of touch
with the alarm system and SO there Is
considerable period when practically the
entire city service is parayzed simply be-
cause there are not enough steamers to
cope with more than a usually serious hre.
This disclosure by the association should
cause such a showing of facts to the COM
mittees of Congress at the next session that
sufficient legislation will be enacted to pre-
vent in future the exposure of SO large and
so densey populated an area to the fire
menace which is ever present in a large
community such as Washington. Mean
while it would be wise administration to so
plan the system as to leave at least one
engine company in so extensive territory
as that mentioned whenever transfers are
made necessary in emergencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-08
Better Sentiment Asserting Itself.

The whole country should welcome two
deliverances made by judges in the south
yesterday the subject of lynching. In
the one case Judge Aldrich of South Caro-
lima spoke from the bench and highly COM
plimented a body of young white men who,
having captured and obtained confessions
of guilt from two negroes who had at
tempted to ravish two white girls, rejected
overtures for lynching and delivered their
prisoners to the lawful authorities. In the
other case Judge Emory Speer of Georgia,
in delivering the baccalaureate address to
the law class of Mercer University, insisted
that the law must be supreme over ALL and
that the punishment of the criminal must
be kept within the bounds of civilization"
Sentiments of such dignity and character,
coming from sources so high and so in
fiuential, are bound to weigh heavily in the
scale for better government.
A notable circumstance also is that re-
ported from Paulding county, Georgia,
where the people for several days were In
a frenzy over charges Of criminal assault
preferred against a negro named Minnifee.
The sheriff of the county and the governor
Of the state each offered q reward for the
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Black Goods Dent,

~ yards 44inch Tamise. Reduced from Sc 10 to
$3.50 for piece. vow "
yards 42-inch Henrietta. Reduced from Sc IS
to IS. 25 for piece. f~-
8 yards 4o-inch Pin Stripe. Reduced from Sc p
to $500 for piece F
~ yards 10 inch Check Grenadne. Reduced from
81 Is to 300 for piece. N-
3A yards 45-inch All-sik Polka Spot Reduced
from !. 10 TO $500 for piece
duced from So 10 to S2.75 for piece
rs yards 43-inch Atwood Cancels Hair Grena
dine Reduced from So. 70 to s.. 70 for piece
z yards 5i-inch Mohair Sicilian. Reduced from
$500 TO S2.O1 for piece.
"a yards 47-incn Velvet Bayadere Reduced from
Ss.6S to $500 for piece.
40 yards 42nch Mohair Crepon Reduced from
BIS to $500 for piece.
rs yards 42-inch Mohar Crepon. Reduced from
is yards 42-inch Mohair Crepou Reduced from
sos to $1.00 for piece
rs yards 42nch Mohair Crepon Reducad frou
81. 81 to $1.00 for piece.
yards 42-inch Mohair Crepon Rednced from
$3.50 to $500 Tor piece
2h yards 46.ineh Gray SILK and Wool. Reduced
from S4.5 to LIS for piece
yards 4S-inch Al-woel Stripe. Reduced from
FirSt floor.
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Insufficient Fire Protection.

Despite recent additions TO the fire de-
partment II Is evident that the local area
exposed 10 grave dangers from conflasra-
ton IS not yet sufficiently protected At
Tuesday nights meeting OF the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association a motion was
adopted inviting the attention of the Com
missioners TO the fact that during a recent
downtown fire. which fortunately did not
prove disastrous and therefore did not call
for The full strength of the department
Tor long period. the extensive ter
ritory bounded by LIST street west and
Brightwood. X street and Rock creek was
left without a single engine. the apparatus
usually occupying that section having been
temporarily Withdrawn to other stations
during the fire These bounds include sev-
eral hospitals. schools. large APARTMENT
houses, and very considerable por-
ton Of the residences of the northwest
Had serious fire occurred in that section
Of the city during the prevalence of the
downtown alarm the department would
have been seriously embarrassed by the
necessity of attending to the second danger
The District appropriation bill soon TO take
effect contains provision for two new trucks
and one chemical engine and also for
houses. lots and furniture for the same
one truck TO be in West Washington, the
other on Columbia Heights and the
chemical engine in Tenleytown. Thus II
is TO be seen that there is to be nc
immediate addition to the steamer force OF
the department. II Is believed that theirs
should be at least four more steamers te
provide for present needs. such a. the cass
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THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE g. 1854 PAGES

negro's capture. and in yesterdays news
papers appeared a frantic appeal from
Pauding county addressed to the citizens
of Atlanta to turn out by the train load
and come down and help hunt the man ac-
cused. Evidently there were preparations
on foot for another Sam Hose affair, with
all of its unspeakable horrors. Today the
dispatches contain the information that
Minnifee is innocent, and that the offers of
rewards for his capture have been with
drawn. But of course had Minnifee been
promptly captured the mob would have
made short work Of him.
There Is no friend of the south or Of
American institutions but should rejoice in
every word spoken or act committed by
representative southern men in rebuke of
the mob and in support Of the law. The
mob has besmirched the good name Of the
south, and only the south can wipe away
the stain. Her best men are becoming
aroused, and they have only to unite to put
an end to the mob and all it's works
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-08

From the Portland Oregonian.
The following letter was written by
Mrs. Turpin of Lebanon. Ore. mother of
Private John H. Turpin of Company X, I'd
Oregon Volunteers, now serving in the Phil
ippines. The letter was written with refer
once to the return of the regiment, and in
it she says
1 love my boy as much as any woman
could love her son, but 1 do not want him to
come home until the government has no
further need of his services. l am ashamed
of the healthy men who have left the Phil
ippineS at the time when they are most
needed. Every one that comes home deserts
my boy when he is fighting. My son writes
to me that the ID Oregon will not come
home until the nation no longer needs them.
He was in the hospital corps, but left that
branch of the service and went to fighting,
and has kept at 1t. l do not want him to be
killed, nor do l want him to come home and
leave the rest of the boys to do his fighting
for him. l do not want him to come until
he can come with the knowledge that he
has done his full duty. Then, IL he comes,
l shall be the proudest mother in Oregon.
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China Department.

1 Hayiand China Dinner Set slightly damaged
Reduced from S25.00 TO 1865.
Decorated l2-piece Toilet Set large pitcher
damaged. Reduced from 50 90 to $500
odd Decorated Basins. Reduced from 75e 70
Soc. eat h. ~
Iokenabi Iardniere and Pedestal. slightly dam
aged. Reduced from $l2.5O to $500
DARK Blus and Gold yardinieres. large size. Re
dueed from So to $500 each.
odd Decorated English Porcelain SCUM TIlreens
Reduced from $500 TO 81 90 each
dozen Decorated English Porcelain Break fast
Plates. Reduce. from 81 So to 81 20 dozen
j Decorated German China Salad Fruit Bowls
Reduced from Use to :5c. each.
Green and Gold Austrian Glass Vases Rednced
from 81 90 to Soc each.
20 Decorated Carlsbad China Tea Cnps and
Saucers. Reduced from 15c. to Ice each
Decorated English Porcelain Sugar Bowls Re
duced from soc. TO BE each
. odd Decorated German China Cups Reduced
to Sc. each.
Fifth ftonr
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A Reasonable Request,
rom the New York Mail and EXPRESS.

From the Ne.s York Mail and Express.
The request just submitted to President
Mckinley by confederate veterans that the
bones of confederate soldiers now scattered
about i'll Arlington cemetery be collected In
one spot and permission granted for the
erection Of suitable monument is entirely
reasonable. 1t is a case of doing a thing
properly or not at all. So long as the gov
eminent consents to retain at Arlington the
bodies of southern soldiers-and especially
SO long as the Presidents opinion concern
ing aid in caring for confederate graves
remains unrepudiated-the request deserves
an affirmative response. And we do not
doub. this is the sort Of response 1t will
receive,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-08
A Provisional Rouud,-

Ihe progress of the negotiations in Lon
COn concerning the Alaskan boundary dis
pute Is eminently satisfactory from an
American point of view. According to late
reports the British government has ac-
cepted the proposal of the United States
Tor modus yivendi pending formal settle
ment Of the controversy. This term when
applied to an international complication
usually means method of transacting
affairs so as to prevent disputes before a
permanent adjustment is secured. 1t Is
ordinarily in the form of a compromise in
which temporary rights are given 10 each
side without prejudicing the claims of
either In the present instance the modus
Fivendi, or method of living. consists of the
establishment of a provisional boundary
line to be recognized by both sides until the
Joint high commission can agree either
upon permanent line or upon some fur
Their means of establishing sucn line.
The provisional line said to have been
agreed upon between the United States and
Great Britain is practically that laid down
in our own contentious. The Canadian
proposition TO include Pyramid harbor and
the outlet to Lynn canal temporarily in the
dominion area has evidently been ignored
by the government at London and all the
territory in dispute in the vicinity of the
Lynn canal is placed in the hands of the
United States military and fiscal agents
This Is precisely according to the condi-
Tons which have prevailed for a very long
period There has been no serious or pro-
Ionged interruption to the American domi-
nation over these areas. 1t is therefore
only reasonable that the traditional condi-
lions should be maintained while the amaz-
ing claims of Canada are being investi-
gated and settled.
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Boys Department,

3 dozen Fine French Percale Iaundered Shirt
Waists; sizes 13 and IA Reduced from 81 90 TO
45c- each. -
10 Washable Tams, for boys or girls. Reduced
from 25c. to 10c. each
, 30 Detachable Sailor Collars and Shields brown
linen; all sizes. Reduced from 75c TO I2I5c each
Atwood Flannel Sailor Blouse Suits; sizes g.
3 Bicycle Golf Suits all-wooI Scotch pisids:
sizes II. IL and IA. Reduced from 81. so to 81 So
10 Navy Blue Cloth Sailor Tams, all sizes Re
duced from SOC. and 75c. to pc each
II Atwood Cheviot Suits spring weight: sizes
y; ~. IL, 10, 10 and L. Reduced from 50 10 and
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Suit DEPARTMENT.

Mixed Cloth Bicycle Suits, short jackets. 9
of stitching bottom Of skirt; sizes "a, 80
and 3S. Reduced from 81 30 to So. 95 each.
Handsome Green Broadcloth Suit. all silk lin
ed. tight fitting Jacket; size SO. Reduced from
$500 to $500.
Black Cheyiot Suit. tight-ftting jacket, all
silk lined; size 49, Reduced from $34 90 to SIS 90.
jacket: size 80. Reduced from 90 to $500
1 Fancy Plaid Cancels Hair Skirt. Reduced
from S12 so to $3.50.
4 Light Gray Cheyict Jackets silk lined: sizes
"a, SO and SO, left from suits which sold for
1850 Reduced to $500 each.
1 Tan Cape ribbon trimmed. all silk lined Re-
dueed from SCI 90 to $500.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-08

1t IS announced that the conference be-
tween President Kruger of the Transvaal
and Sir Alfred Miner, British high COM
missioner for South Africa, has ended with
out results and that serious apprehensons
are entertained at both ends of the line lest
the friction between the governments may
lead to war. 1t is not to be believed as yet
that war will really occur, although the
conteatfons between England and the little
African republic are bitter and involve
much that is of vital Importance to the
Transvaal The question to be weighed Is
whether England cares sufficiently about
the condition Of the OutIanders In the
Transvaal to resort to extreme measures to
compel the reforms which are withheld
Kruger Is said to have advanced proposi-
tions for reforms at the Bloomfontein
meeting but they We're rejected on the
ground that the terms of their accordance
would involve an acknowledgment by Eng
land that the two nations stand on an
equality. Engl11 Id asserts that her suzer-
ainty over the South African republic
amounts to a protectorate and a very
slight extension OF this doctrine would
transform Kruger's establishment into a
British colony. At the same time a yield
ing from the British claim OF suZerainty at
this time would amount in season to the
recognition of the republics absolute indie
pendence, constituting virtual Switzer-
land in Africa. The Beers have shown re-
markable military genus and have demon
strated at various times their ability to
care for themselves in close fighting. Yet
1t would be absurd to expect Kruger to
make successful stand against England
if the government at London were seriously
to undertake a campaign with the full
strength of the British army and Kruger
failed to find allies.
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Book Department.

copies Foundation of Belief being notes intro
ducto-y to the study of theology by Right Hon
Arthur James Balfour. Reduced from Sl65 to
SLIGO copy.
II copies Baedeker's Guides, comprising Swftxer-
land. Norway and Sweden, the Rhine Southern and
Northern France and Southern Italy. Reduced from
81 so and $500 to $1.00 each.
set Literary History of England, 18th and 18th
centuries. in volumes, by Mrs. oiiphant Reduced
from Is to ZOE set.
8 copies Edgar Allen Poes Poems with notes
and q complete variorum text of the poems and
temporary notices of Poe, by Griswold. willis and
Lowell Contain portrait OF Poe. and pictures Of
the Raven, Dream Land Annabel Lee and Ulslume
Reduced from 81 so to $1.00 copy.
Basement.
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Art Department..

Work Baskets. Reduced from T5c ia hoc an
Work Baskets Reduced from 35c 10 ~, 90
4. o Linen oenterpieces, lace edge. Reduced from
8 Linen Centerpieces. lace edge Reduced from
$500 to 500 each. i'
Linen Drawnwork Center. Reduced from SO 90
.,s Hand embroidered Tea Cloths Reduced from
IL dozen Embroidery silk Radpc.d fem, Az
to 25c. dozen. ~ WV
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Mems Department.

% Mems Colored Shirts. stiff bosoms: some with
cuffs attached. with separate cuffs sizes
15la. 1914 10 and tn Reduced from 100, 81 rs
and 81 90 to Soc. each.
Bicycle Suits coat and pants; size AZ. Re-
duced from Sc. 80 and $l1-50 to s.. so each
10 Mems Ribbed Gauze Undershirts and Draw
ers short sleeve shirts; all sizes except 30 and "a
drawers Reduced from SOC. to 35c. each: for
$1.00.
35 Boys Cotton Terry Bath Gowns. soiled; sizes
10 to IA years Redut ed from 81. 90 to 81 90 each
"a Boys Cotton Terry Bath Gowns; sizes 10 to
IA years. Reduced from 81 90 and 81 so to 500
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Housefurnishing Dept,

Large Fancy Scrap Baskets, soiIed. Reduced
from TIC. to soc. each
II Children's Lunch Baskets. soIled. Reduced
frem 1Oc. and 15c. TO sc. each.
l Large Japanned Tin Bath Tub. slightly dam
aged Reduced from s. 90 TO 81 so
L Large Copper bottom Wash Boiler heavy fin
slightly damaged Reduced from 81 rs 10 s5c
Japaaned Bread Boxes. slightly damaged Re-
duced from 45c. 35c. each
c Work Baskets. sofled. Reduced from 4oc to
loo. each
Is Fancy Hair Receivers Cstchaiis soiled
Reduced from 25c to Zoe. each.
Clothes Horse. slightly damaged. Reduced
from SSe. soc.
l Wicker Music Rack. soglsd Reduced foam
s. so to So co.
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Shoe DEPARTMENT.

pairs Women's Tan Russia Calf Oxfords Good
year welt sole; sizes 8, 81 and So As B-2Ls G.
Reduced from $500 to 81 rs pair
pairs Women's Common Sense Oxfords turn
sole, patent leather tip; sizes 21a and Az and
~ B. Reduced from $3.50 to soc. pair.
8 pairs Woniens Oxfords. opera toe, patent tin:
soc. pair '0 "
pairs Women's Patent Leather Blucher ox-
s.. so to S5c pair. A'"N
Is pairs Misses Tan Goat Button Shoes: sizes
81 90 pair. ~' "
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A Hyperbolic Hypothesis.

The atmosphere above us is, alas,
Naught but a great transparent burning
glass.
And every mortal as he hopeless strays
Feels that on him are centered all the rays
OF the red sun which hangs above us there
All pitiless with his incessant glare
And just behind the sun there stands the
sky,
A vast reflector that no beams may fly
Backward in chilly space its force to lose
Night feels the stored-up heat day failed
to use
And like mighty kiln the universe
Fires up again at dawn, while mortals
nurse
Then tiny woes; for now they seem to be
No more than luckless animalculae.
The earth. a ball of mud, is made to spin
That it may bake alike through thick and
thin,
Until some day it's turn shall come to stick
In some vast structure as a spheroid brick.
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Millinery Department.

A number of Women's Trimmed
Hats, showing some very handsome
effects, have been reduced to less
than half price for Fridays selling.
Among them the following:
One Blue Satin Straw Hat. trimmed with blue
tatfeta silk black maline, gilt buckle and white
silk roses. Reduced from S15.5O TO $500.
One Red Straw Hat. trimmed with red roses,
red taffeta ribbon and black velvet ribbon. Re
duced from $500 to $500.
One Purple Straw Hat. trimmed with purple
tareta ribbon purple silk flowers and green foliage.
Reduced from $3.50 to $500
One White Straw Toque trimmed with lavender
maline, fancy wings, purple silk panses and gilt
buckle. Reduced from S1500 to $500.
One Brown Satin Straw Toque. trimmed with
handsome white lace. black velvet ribbon. silk
peoples and foliage Reduced from $500 to s.. 90.
miscellaneous lot of Flowers. ranging in price
from soc. up to S20e, reduced to SC. bunch.
Women's and Childrens Untrimmed Hats. ranging
in price from soc. up TO $3.50 reduced to 25c each.
Second floor.
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Couch Department.

head Couch. covered with inquired rortlurpv
TVMs 81 tuiing. fIingrd all around Reducrd ir,,,,
$3.50 TO 5000. ''''A
. HEAD COuches, upholstered In figured corlur,,v
tuited tops. fringed all around Kadu,,cd f,,,n
5000 to -. so each. mum
Head Couch. upholstered In figured rordur,v
utica sI, top fringed all around. Reduced fI.y
Head Couch, upholstered in b.st Quality al, .
ushlm Reduced from Slu so 10 81 So
head touches. upholstered In figured corduroy
Wen made Reduced from 81 so to So 90 earh
Box touches, upholstered I'm figured corduroy
spring edge self pening tops. Reduced froia
Sl25o TO $1,000 each.
Second finnr
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White Goods Dent,

1" Remnants ColOred Embroidered Swiss bIa.,
erouhu WIN piaids and dots In blue pink and In,
nut !" lZyard lengths. Reduced from 6sc to
lslsc. yard.
~ remnants Plain Swiss in yellow and cr,,p,
~ and l2-yard lengths. Reduced from Is. 10
l2lgc. ,ard.
remnants Colorel Figured Pque 10 ward lengths
Reduced from S7lar. 25c. yard.
Second floor
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Misses Department.

s Girls Wool Refers. novelty braid trimmed,
deep collar blue, red and green: sizes 4, and s.
Reduced from "a. 50 to 1885 each.
Girls White Pique Dress neatly trimmed with
embroidery; size IA Reduced from $500 to 50, 80.
and lace trimmed; sizes g. 10 and L. Reduced
from 81 % to $1.8S each.
20 Misses Shirt Waists. in q variety of pretty
patterns laundered collars and cuffs: sizes r. IA
and 10. Reduced from Soc to 29c- each.
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Brfc=a=Brac Department.

Marble Figure. ''Crouchng Venus Reduced
from $50. 90 TO $40 90.
Blue Marble Pedestals Reduced from s. 90
TO 81. 90 each. ~ WV
i Limoges Cup and Saucer. Reduced from s. 90
to $500. ~ Wv
to 81 %. ~ '-'''
/ Dresden Card Receiver. French gilt standard
Reduced from Sl5 90 to 50 90
10 Double and Single Photograph Frames 10
dueed from 35c. to 15c each
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