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Evening star., 1900-10-09
PARADE AND DECORATIONS.
Meeting of Centennial Committee
Held Last Evening.

Meeting of Centennial Committee
Held Last Evening.
A meeting of the parade and decoration
committee of the capital centennial commit
tee was held yesterday In the room of the
board of trade. 1t was the first coming to-
gether Of the members Of one of the most
important committees In charge of the de-
tails of the arrangements for the celebra-
ton to be held in December next.
A large number were present and much
interest was manifested in the matters
intrusted to the committee. The chair
man, Mr.. John B. Wight, presided, and in
the course Of brief remarks he spoke Of the
work to be done. He said that the parade
was intended to be a dignified escort, in
Guiding members of Congress. governors OF
states and others, from the White House to
the Capitol.
It was decided that two subcommittee be
appointed, one for the parade and the other
for decorations, and the chairman asked
that he might be given time to select the
members which was granted.
The committee will hold another meeting
next week.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
soc. a Pair.
Special Exhibit of Laird,
Schober & Co.'s Footwear,

Beginning Thursday, the eleventh,
in our Shoe Department, Laird,
Schober & Co. will make a special
exhibit of their famous shoes. Very
elegant specimens by this renowned
firm will be shown, including styles
for walking, evening and general
wear, and for golf, cycling, horse
back riding and all outdoor sports.
The various prizes and medals re-
eeived at the Worlds Exposition and
other places will also be displayed
You will find much to interest you.
Third door.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
FOUND DEAD In Red.
Edward j. stanton Expires at His Sis
ter's Home.

Edward ]. Stanton, thirty years old. who
was employed as bartender for his sister.
Mrs. Cannon, at No. $500 NJ street. was
found dead in bed about IL o'clock this
morning. The deceased was formerly a
resident of Southeast Washington. but for
some time he had worked and lived at his
sisters home.
Coroner hewitt was notified Of the death
and will make an investigation. AS death
undoubtedly resulted from natural causes
an inquest will in all probability be deemed
UNNECESSARY.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
German Flannel
WraDDers or House Gowns

Wv @i PSI -
We have just received a special lot
of imported German Flannelette
Wrappers or House Gowns. The
material is soft, heavy and very ef-
fective and comes in a large variety
of choice patterns and colorings.
These wrappers are made in two new
and desirable styles, one with large
sailor collar trimmed with French
flannel OF contrasting shade; the
other is made full on plain yoke
with plain trimmings-a handsome
tailor-made effect. All sizes. Spe-
cial price,
SA.25 Each.
Evening star., 1900-10-09

Novel scheme of n Dishonest CoIored
Woman Successfully Worked.

The police are looking for a colored wo-
man who called at several houses yesterday
and obtained the weeks wash by pretend
ing she had been sent by the regular laun-
dry worker at the houses. Mrs. Savage,
living at S23 North Capitol street, Mrs.
Ede.in of 30 Fenton place and Mrs. Alex
ander of 62 Pierce street lost clothing val-
ued at about $40. The woman complained
against is described as being about twenty
five years old and having a scar on the left
side of her face. She was accompanied by
a small boy. The clothes were obtained
yesterday morning and complaint was
made to the police later in the day.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
$500 Each.
Turkish
House Slippers.

We have imported a lot Of Tur-
kish Slippers to sell at popular
price. Made of kid and richly en-
broidered in gold or silver. They
are intended especially for house
wear and are shown in black, green,
red and yellow. We offer them, in
all sizes from 3 to 8, at the special
price,
SOC. a Pair.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
MARRIED.

DUNN-JOIINSTON. On December %. 1899. Miss
l. B. DUNN and Mr.. Ii. l.. JOHNSTON. at the
residence of Rev. Mckane. Protestant Meth
odfst 104 Quincy street Alexandria, Va
LIBBEYCR0WLEY. In Baltimore. September &c,
1890 by the Rev. Father Brady, J. EDWARD
lIBBEY Jr., and ALICE c. CROWLEY.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
Injured by Falls.

William Willis. colored. forty years old.
living at 1927 4th street northwest, fell
from a cart at 1st and D streets northwest
this morning and broke his arm. He was
taken to the Casualty Hospital.
Peter Murray, fifty years old, an inmate
of Soldiers Home, fell from car on
Brightwood avenue near Rock Creek
Church road this morning and was pain
fully injured about the head and right
hand. He was taken to Freedman's Hos
pital.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
We Are Agents for
The "Standard" Patterns.

Strictly up-to-date, perfect-htting
and so simple that the least expert
enced can understand them. The
November number of STANDARD
Fashions" is ready and is free for the
asking.
Pattern Department-Ffrst doos&
Evening star., 1900-10-09
College Anniversary.

The sixteenth anniversary Of the opening
of Woods Commercial College will be cell
ebrated tomorrow. Mr.. b. II. Warner will
make an address at that time to the pupils
ON "Get There"
Evening star., 1900-10-09
The ssW. 6 L" :"
. Sewing Machines.

Now that the fall season is here
we desire to call the housewives at
tention to the Sewing Machine we
are selling at the popular price,
$500.
We guarantee these machines to
be as good as the so-called high
grade machines offered at double the
price. They are light running, have
all up-to-date attachments and are
guaranteed and kept in repair, free
of charge, for five years.
: The machines with more elaborate
cabinet work are
$500 Each.
All necessary instructions given at
the department.
floor
Evening star., 1900-10-09
We Make
Window Shades to Order

of the best Handmade Opaque and
Scotch Holland Cloths. Hartshorn
rollers used exclusively. Estimates
cheerfully furnished.
Sacona floor &,
Evening star., 1900-10-09
elf they're Rich's shoes
they're proper"
Ten=One F, Cor. 10th.
Entire building. One rhpns afss.

Every new style in foot
wear upon which society of
New York and Philadelphia
has set the seal of approval
can be found in our assort-
ment which embraces a
complete showing of exclu-
sive and fashionable produc-
tons.
Wedding footwear in every
form, from ceremony slippers
to travelling shoes, we are
displaying in a most compre-
hensive assortment of correct
styles. Our slipper display
is exceptionally fine, as it
embraces all of the fashion,
able colorings in kid and
satin to match new shades in
gowns. Special colors or
styles can be had on short
notice.
We have all of the popular
new designs in footwear for
golhng, hunting, shooting
and cycling, and the list pre-
sents an assortment equal to
that shown by the most ex-
elusive stores in New York.
We give particular care to
the filling of orders received
by mail. State size and width
in ordering.
b. Rich's Sons,
High grade footwear,
Ten-one F, Cor. 10th.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
TUFTS Liver Pills

Keep the system in order and pre-
vent morbid conditions of the liver
which precede disease. i
A Preventative of
Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Dizzi,
ness. Bad Taste in the Mouth, HearH
burn, Coated Tongue, Loss Of AH
petite, Constipation and I
All Bilious Diseases,
Evening star., 1900-10-09
New Buttons and Beltings,
From Paris Direct.

Charming novelties in Gilt But
tons, Belts and Beltings, which are
now so fashionable in Paris and in
great demand here. Exquisite
Rhinestone. Ename1ed and Jeweled
Buttons; also handsome Cut Steel
and Cut Jet Buttons; also Cut Steel,
let. Rhinestone and Gilt Slides for
belts. These are Our personal Sc
lections and direct importations, and
there are many exclusive things
among them.
Enameled Buttons. Dozen..... ooe. ~ +'1'oO
fRhinc stone Buttons Dozen. /Sc- 10 9l@.OO
,.,., pr,,on. nozor ISc. to 5000
Gilt Buttons. Dozen. ........ II. W pi ~
r.. s..,, put,o,s nozs, 25c. to $500
-. cu. Rafting Ward SI.oo to S.. 50
III, ,Ds BLACK Betting Yard SI75
.,.o. r,,.,,. n.,t,rr Yard 75c. to SI.25
Gilt Steel ,an and a,S9 3rdzsd orna I5c to 35c.
: n,,....,.o S,.,,. Each 25c. to SOC.
c. s.,o, s,,,.. rscb. 1oc to 25c.
cn, s,,,,, r.., 1oc. to 35c.
r., 1s, Slides. Each. I5c. to 25c.
First floor.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
WOmem's New
Flannel Waists.

Flannel Waists are in high favor
this season and will be more extern
slvely worn than ever before. We
are showing some very beautiful
waists in full tailor-made and more
elaborate dressy effects, in charming
new color harmonies and a vast ar
ray of attractive styles. Plain and
embroidered fannels and large as
sortment OF checks, plaids and
stripes. These goods are of very
high character throughout
We mention particularly a very
choice collection of fine all pure
Wool Waists, in the new
Nom Shrinking
"Orlwoo1a'' Flamnels.
This is II fine English fabric soft and beautiful,
and comes in a large variety of effects suitable for
waists. and retails for one dollar a yard.
special value is
$3.50 Each.
Regularly Worth $3.50.
Also two special values in Black
Mohair Waists.
One style is made with heavily pleated surplfce
front and adjustable vest and French pleated back
SIPS Each.
The other style is pleated front with black but
ton ornaments-pain French back and dress sleeves
Sl.95 Each.
Third floor
Evening star., 1900-10-09

Our System of Cleansing
Blankets & Lace Curtains
Is the best ever devised. The charge
for cleansing and rebinding blankets
is
$Ioo per pair.
For Lace Curtains, 75c. per pair.
Marseilles Bedspreads, 35c. each.
Crochet Bedspreads, 25c. each.
Goods called for and delivered
without additional charge.
Second floor,
Evening star., 1900-10-09
$3.50 Each.
Regularly Worth $3.50.
New Book by a
Washingtoniar1.

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Washingtonian.
The Little Boy Book, by Helen
Hay, with handsome colored illus
trations by Frank Yer Beck-a book
OF charming child verse.
S1.2O a Vol.
Miss Hay is also the author of
book of well-written verses, entitled
Some Verses"
SOC. a Vol.
A New Book
On Trusts,
Entitled The Restraint of Trade"
by William Hudson Harper. A
hand book for the man who wants to
think clear. Eminent authorities are
quoted-it contains opinions of men
who think and lead-opinions as op-
posite and distant as the poles. The
book is designed to aid the newspa-
per writer, the professional man, the
public speaker, the business man and
the laboring man-and all interested
in the great subject of trusts and the
revolutionary changes their presence
is making. Ornamented paper COW
erS. IL mo.
Price, soc.
All the new books as soon as is
sued.
Basement.
Evening star., 1900-10-09
"FHechts' Greater Stores,
5I3-5I5 Seventh Street

Sale of fabrics for i and winter next Thursday
See Wednesday evenings papers. - % =
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19
TERRIBLE roRruREs
Indicted BY Tndians DurIAg . ssvsn-dsy
Asdioins DanoA


Medicine DanoA
Tacoma (Wash.) Cor. Chicago Inter
Ocean: The Yakima Indians have
closed seven-day medicine dance
near Toppenish. A peculiar feature of
this dance, and one that the neighbor-
ing white people supposed existed only
In the minds of the dime-novel writ
ers, is self-inf1icted torture of the par
Elephants. 1t has a deep religious sig
nif1cance for them. OF course, not ali
OF the Yakima Indians take part in
these barbarous practices. Many of
them are we'll educated men and wom-
en- and live much as their white neigh
bors do. The Indians who tortured
themselves this week included several
young bucks who have been away to
school. Returning home they relapsed
into savagery and discarded white
mems dress for blankets and feathers.
All of the dancers inflicted numerous
wounds upon themselves with knives,
stones and sharpened sticks. Cutting
holes In their flesh, they inserted
thongs of leather through them and
pulled at these thongs until the flesh
gave way. Some of them stopped only
when physically exhausted. A buck
about 80 years old held out the longest
anu was declared the tribes head med
icine man for the next three years.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19
Business BARGAINS.

Sec DR.. Walpole about your eyes.
Red hot and lots of it at the Chop
House.
For Rent-Nicely furnished house 4s9
Ouray.
A full line Of iron beds al Robuck's.
They're all new.
Try a square meal for Is cents at thu
Chop House.
Household goods-new and second
hand-at Robuck's.
Clean, wholesome and no half hour
waits at the Chop House.
Furnished rooms by the week or
month at the Midway hotel.
These warm days are hard on the eyes.
See DR.. Walpole, the eye man.
"Cleanliness is Next to Godliness." !"
Have you tried the Star Laundry
For Rent-Kitchen and dinning room
of the Midway hotel. Furnished.
A fine quality OF Ice Cream is being
served at the Parlor Candy Kitchen.
Hully Gee, Git on ter de fat geiser
hustlin fer Chop House dey's onter der
job.
II your wife can't make mince pies
like your mother did, go to he Chop
House.
For Rent-Rooms for light housekeep-
ing, on Ute between 9th and 9th. Two
story brick.
Anything all the time, and between
times, that's the way the Chop House
does "big."
II you are troubled with that "Aching
Void" and the Long Felt Want" Will
Marsh can fix you.
What's the use OF paying big price
for your furniture when ye u can get as
good goods for less money at Robu ck's.
This being the dull time with real
estate men, Nikirk Of the new Town
company is offering number Of choice
lots at great reduction.
The new Excelsior Steam Laundryie
up-to- date. Try it and be convinced.
Frank Buehring,
Proprietor.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19
Snow .. . Fertilizer.

Farmers have long understood and
appreciated the fact that snow is a
great fertilizer, but Just why this Is so
they have probably been unable to
say. Science has demonstrated that
snow in falling serves a double pur-
pose. The soft. damp fakes cleanse
the atmosphere Of very large amount
of impurities. carrying them to the
earth. The amount OF solid matter car
ried down in an ordinary snowstorm
and the cleanliness OF the atmosphere
afterwards are best appreciated by
chemical analysis of the snow melted
into water and examined. Small par
ticles of SCOT. free ammonia and solid
matter are all taken from the atmos-
phere and precipitated upon the earth.
The air in cities after a snowstorm
shows in striking contrast with that
under ordinary circumstances. After
q wet snow in a manufacturing city
the air was almost as pure as in the
country, the soft particles having lit
orally scraped out of the air the SCOT
that was there held in suspension.
Some of these days when we have
grown more scientific than at present,
we may be able to make artificial snow
storms to cleanse the atmosphere.
This certainly would be a great tri-
umph. and one which the dwellers in
smoke-laden cities would value very
highly.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19
Notice.

The Swallows have returned, and sew
On Of them will be thrown to the breeze
in the A. M. e. church Tuesday even
ing Juno 10th. Now il you never caught
. swallow. this will be your time to try,
for the bird will be yours and again one
prize. No one knows but he may catch
the prize bird.
good program will be rendered.
The ladies will serve you with refresh
ments. Admission 10 cents. Church
end and White streets,
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19
8 OCEANS oHAsTLY oRIsT.
Es. rr.np steamers That w.r. N.vs.


During the gales of last winter. un-
equalsd in the records Of the hydro
graphic ONCE for force and psrsistency.
more than 20 tramp steamers were lost.
Ten were never heard from after leav-
ing port. More than $50 broke their
shafts. In over a score of instances
they also lost their propellers, and
were saved from being overwhelmed
by sea anchors, which held their heads
to the combers. and a liberal use of
oil, which smoothed down the crests.
Some of the underballasted tramps
from British ports, which, in pleasant
Hook in 16 days, were IS days and 40
days breasting the great winter gales.
Two of them rolled their tunnels out,
and another spent 15 days either at
tempting to make her way through
the crested billows or wallowing in the
trough. Cliff-like waves, breaking in
cataracts over her weather bow, or
leaping aboard amidships, carried
away all her lifeboats. She rolled at
an angle of nearly 45 degrees, the
rolling period being IL or Is times q
minute for hours and hours together.
During these Is days the weary skip
per found, when he had a chance to
make an observation, that the ship
had made 14O knots leeway. In this
tumultuous period very few Of the Of
dcers were able to get any sleep. ex-
cept the merest catnaps. The food was
hardly fit to eat through bad cooking,
the cook being unable to work proper
ly, and the water, impregnated by the
searching brine from invading seas and
spoondrift, did not do much toward
zine.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19

All kinds Of Surveying Work promptly and
executed Office over p. o.,
Grand Junction, Colo.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19
IT COSTS YOU
NOTHING

To visit our store at any time and
inspect our goods-you are invited
and welcome. Our clerks are at
your command and are here for
that purpose.
The Boston Shoe Store.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19
Do You Eat and Sleep?

II 80 where? You can get frst class
board, with or without room cheap at the
+Swaney house. Under new management.
Baths in connection.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19
About tho Weather.

ABOUT Cu6 W6HINoI'
The maximum temperature during the
mast "a hours, 81 degrees, and the mini
mum this morning 81 degrees.
The forecast for this section is:
Generally fair tonight and Wednes-
day.
The daily sentinel., 1900-06-19

Coal! Coal Coal
The best is Black Diamond, only $500
per ton-Best store coal-Order OF Sco-
ville-or Grand Junction Feed Co
Prompt delivery.
Evening journal., 1900-02-24
The Days End.

Boys, I've been out IN the ciearin'
Choppln' up some second-growth.
And. L swan, it's mighty cheerin'
When the frost Is interferin'
With yer seein' and yer hearin'
And yer natchral feelin's. both,
To hear yer sisters voice a'callin:
Supper. pa; the boys IS all I'M"
Then / drop my AK and listen.
Maxim out i didn't hear
For knew a voice like this'n,
Which fer years I've been a-missln'.
And / seem to catch the glisten
OF two girlish eyes-it's queer.
But ser ma lives In yer SISTER
AS she was when first kissed her.
You remember her as turnin
Thirty odd, aud all wore out;
But them days when we was burnin'
Walnut hrewood and earnin'
This old farm jest sets me yearnin'
That the years could turn about
And yer ma would call me to her
From the days when first knew her
Seems TO me I didn't treat her
With the care should have took;
such n faithful wife. and nenter
Than a hummin' Bird, and sweeter--
God forgive mel IL I meet her
There. she'll wear a lovin' look
And forgive me-shell be callin':
Come Ia, pa, the night IS fallin'p"
Chicago News.
Evening journal., 1900-02-24
Dockina Horses.

Docking horses took it's rise in the
dark days when bull and bear batting
were honored by a place in the cate
CORY Of sport rightly now relegated by
law to the catalogue OF outrage. This
custom of docking was once generally
applied to English roadsters hunters
and harness horses. The only useful
purpose it ever served was in the PEN
insula war when English dragons
could be most easily distinguished
from French by their cocktails. It fell
into disuse with the decline of road
coaches. and we owe fits unwelcome
revival to their partial disfguring; It
inficts needless suffering upon brood
mares and horses turned out to grass,
depriving them of their natural de-
fense against flies, besides the severe
pain and shock caused by the opera
tion itself. It should be discouraged
in every possible way by influential
persons, by those who lead the fash.
ion in such things, and agricultural
societies should be moved TO refuse
prizes to exhibits which have under
gone this mutilation.
Evening journal., 1900-02-24
AN EFFEcTuAI EFFORT.
Three-Finaer Sans Eloquenee Was
Not to Be Withstood.

"Talkin' about oratory," said Bron-
cho Bob. "you ought to have been out
to Crimson Gulch last fall. so as to
hear some Of the real thing"
We have some pretty luminous
specimens in Congress-" ycntured the
man who felt It incumbent on him to
show little local pride.
mot circumstance. I've read some
OF them kind o speeches. I've heard
EN-, too. A feller come from the
East and started in to tell Crimson
Gulch what Ii orter do. Some Of the
boys allowed things was gettin' ruther
slack, an they says anthin fur a
changes 50 they took his advice an
blazod away an organized a city coun-
Gil"
Il see. You helu an e1ecuont"
Nary We didn't want any blood
shed. We Jest passed the word around
that the city council was going to be
held, an made it an open game. Every
body was there except Nevada Bill,
an he didn't dare show up. because
he was under suspicion OF sittin in a
poker game with a private stock Of
blue chips which he had bought unbe-
knownst from store in San Antonio.
Il wasn't long until. under the instruc-
tons of the tenderfoot, we had the
city council going in good shape. Only
officers were allowed to wear their
weapons during the proceedings, an
everybody was debarred from debate.
The first business we took up was the
case of Nevada Bill. We reckoned
that IL would be no more than decent
local pride to prevent the Importance
OF any poker chips except the duly
recognized authority for said import
ance. Rattlesnake Pete said the only
way to make the law bindin' was to
pervlde that anybody breakin' IL
should be shot at least once. The ten
derfoot got riled In a minute. He
jumped to his feet. an got of the
most long-winded talk about constitu-
tionality an the rights OF citizenship
an whereas and therefore that / ever
heard. He talked hard, and showed he
had read books. But you orter have
heard rhree-Finger Sans historic re.
ply Il jes' showed how quick a man
who has the gift Of genuine eloquence
kin end an argument. Crimson Gulch
has not got through talkn' about Il
yet Three-Finger Sam drawed his.
self up to his full hight and pinted
Ms hhEtl at lut ltuutIlu0ls Nuu
desire TO use no harsher words than
is necessary says he. but I'd like 10
know what you mean, you low-down
lop-eared Jack rabbit, by comm into
this town an tryin to tell us whether
man needs shootin' or not. Have We
got to walt fur some lanterniawed
coyote TO come wandorin' IN of the
! prairie an tell us what's good fur u.s.
Bewarei says Three-Finger Sam. still
/ p'intin his finger an CROWN more
/ eloquent every minute Beware, you
/ bow-legged burro. Don't you think yor
I come here an oyerawe people because
/ you wear specs. Have a care. or the
{ fust thing You know you'll be travel
in out O. this town with a bunch OF pa
triotic citizens on your trail, every one
OF whom is dead anxious TO shoot q
freckle off'n the back Of your neck!
The tenderfoot didn't have another
word to say, an he left town the mex
mornin'. Washington Star.