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| White Dresses for
Infants and Children.

~M11 E are showing an ex-
NIU||I cellent assortment OF
NNA dainty Dresses. for
infants and children,
made of sheer nainsooks, fine India
linons, etc, of foreign and domes-
tic manufacture. Some are hand
made. All are neatly and becom-
ingly trimmed. Very appropriate
for southern wear.
A few excellent values:
Nainsook Short Dresses. trimmed with
insertion and tucks: also Bishop style
with rufie neck and sleeves: sizes y cOc
months to years Each -.-.-..-- j.
Nainsook Short Dresses. made full
from the neck. with turn down collar-a
style suitable for boys: Others with lace
and to f9sm
Nainsook and India Iinon Short
Dresses. some made Hubbard style; some
with lace feathsssti i. and y, sne
India Linon Short Dresses. some with
others a Bishop style trimmed with bead
ing lace and j. ribbon; sizes month. to $I.25
India Linon Short Dresses. Bishop
style. with neat rundown collar and
turn. back cuffs finished with hemstitch-
Ing: fs.tssTsttsn.ns s ssS French knots. $3.50
India Mnon Short Dresses. with fine
tncks and featherstitching to form
ysse; lace on T nss1 and sleeves size. $1.75
Hand made Nainsook Short Dresses.
With 6ne tucks to form yoke, lace on 60 m
neck and sleeves. Each. ..............
ssss'
Hand made Nainsook Short Dresses.
with dne tucks and featherstitchiNg to
form yoke; lace on neck and sleeves: $500
Third floor, Eleventh st.
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A Guess.

why is it that the fares to Europe are
so much cheaper than they used to be-"
Perhaps answered Mr.. Dustin StaX,
Its because Investigations have let up
and the traffic depends more on ordinary
citizens than on tinanciers."
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That Short and Ugly Name.
From the Omaha Bet

who is the biggest liar in the United
States?' asks the New York Sun. Most
folks are committed on that proposition,
out a good many will vote their second
choice for the Sun man who has been
writing those stories about war being in
evitable and imminent between the United
States and japan.
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Hint to Senators.
Form the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Form the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Politicians in the United States Senate
would be serving their country better If
they would stop criticising Secretary
Cortelyou for trying to check the panic
and give their attention to the passa &c
of bill that will make such efforts I'M
necessary i'm future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-31

Estimates that the first trial Of the
Thaw case cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000 afford another example OF the
difficulty in giving the taxpayer his
moneys worth.
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In Congress.

sOf bills that smile and fade away
What pictures sad are painted;
A lot are introduced each day
That never get acquainted.
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Truth Hurts Them.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Gov Hughes of New York believes it
is the intention of the newspapers In the
vast majority of cases to tell the truth.
That is what makes some people hate
the newspapers so consistently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-31

The Chicago professor who inquiries why
people read newspapers ought to under
stand that the curious things said by
Chicago professors help some.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-31

A novelist in politics always suffers
from certain doubt as to whether he
is a Jealous patriot or a mere seeker for
local color.
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The Toledo police judge who sentenced
himself to the workhouse in order To
study it's workings may find that he has
slightly overdone the thing in popularizing
the institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-31

Mr. Bryan's frank admiration of the
President indicates an entire confidence
in the good faith of Mr. Roosevelt's re-
fusal to accept another term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-31

Senator Tillman has made the not ex-
traordinary discovery that king OF
finance may have the faculty of being ex-
ceedingly good company.
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DE bes' wish You kin make fob a
natchelly lazy man dat has curly hair an
plays de guitar said Uncle Eben, lis
dat he II git bald young an hab rheuma-
tism in his fingers"
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Senator Platt may be basing hopes on
the frequent demonstration in New York
that it Is never safe to say a boss is per-
manently down and out
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The Marvellous
WondergrapFn.

~h CLEVER inventio II
1kA| and fascinating toy. which
G(k makes beautiful designs
as if by magic and such
as no artist could draw.
Besides being an cngrossing
amusement for everybody. young
and old, and furnishing delight
full training for the eye, the Won
dergraph supplies practical de-
signers and craftsmen with a new
and valuable instrument.
100 each.
Now on demonstration in Our
Toy Department.
Fourth door, Eleventh ct.
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Prophecies o. activity on the part of f..
n Hartman in the next campaign IN
dictate that his faith in human gratitude
is not vet blasted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-31

Emma Goldman has not stepped for
ward to welcome Eleanor Glyn as an ex-
ponent of liberal thought.
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4 man in Gov. Hughes position natural
~ has more or less difficulty with practi-
cal politicians who are clever i'm mas
querading as reformers.
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Doesn't Appeal to BRYAN.

From the Boston Globe.
Hughes has taught the politicians of his
party a new trick-the advertising Of ST
lence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-31

Every report that comes from John D.
RockefelkS indicates that he is still cheer
full in spite of that 100000 fine.
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THE STAR has a regular and perma-
nent Family Circulation much more
than ths combined circulation Of the
Other washington dailies. As q News
aad Advertising Medium 1t has no
competitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-31

If the suffragettes have their way the
Sapphire Club may come to be more or
an institution than the Ananfas Club.
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approval on the Orator of the Platte, and
not all the Whitneyites combined can
prevail against him.
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He's an A. o. u. c. Now.

From the Providence Journal.
Having challenged the President tc
name the eminent malefactors whom he
denounces. or cease denouncing them, the
Honorable Joseph II. Choate appears tc
be eligible to the Augmented Order Of
Undesirable Citizens.
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We Are Coming to It.

From the Boston Herald.
Sad to say. the new governor of New
Jersey is attracting national attention by
living up to all His ante-election pledges
When will that sort Of conduct be taken
for granted?
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California reports big orange crop. The
fruit-crop-failure news is not yet formally
due
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Atlanta now looks with caution even on
the physician who prescribes aqua pura. :
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Would Rather Be in Washington

From the New York Evenln: Post.
Senator Tllman's table regarding the
stations of naval officers shows at least
that the social advantages of Washington
have been exaggerated. Out of seventy
four captains and admirals on shore duty
forty-six are in other cities.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON,
Needless Reminder.

you must not think that the mere
possession of great wealth makes you a
man of consequence"
you needn't have said that" answered
Mr.. Cumrox. Mother and the girls let
me understand it every time we give a
party.
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Special Sale of
Bows Winter Clothing.

SNo11 offering several lots of Boys Clothing very
II II special prices Some goods from stock,
NNx others closed from manufacturers at price
concessions They all highcass garments, we'll
we'll finished and the prices exceptional values
Included are Suits, Refers and Separate Trousers
Boys Suits of fine cevots worsted knckerbocke and
straght-cut styles sizes to I6
S3.25 each. Were 500, 5000 and $3.50.
Boys Hig-grade Suits of fine woseds, chevo and
fancy effects have knckebocker trousers others
straght-cut trousers; sizes 8 to 10
$500 each. Were $3.50, $3.50 and $1,000
Boys of alwool part-woo materials with
knickerboker Neat stylish mixtures;
S3.75 each. Were 5000, $3.50 and $500.
large lot of Boys Refers in all the popular materials
Plain and fancy effects well made and finished in
superior
S3@5 each. Were SIS 90 and $1,000
$500 each Were $3.50, $3.50 and $3.50.
Bows Knickebocker Trousers cevos worstcds
cassmeres many Of them all WOOL sizes 3 y.
85c pair. Were $780,
lot of Boys Sweaters blue and garnet with
ing combinations style Good quality H.
6@c each. Were LOO.
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| Glove
Department.

~ UST received our new spring
y importation of Women S
= \ 16-button Glaze Mousque-
W taire Gloves, in tan. mode
and black now on sale in all sizes.
A special value,
$500 the pair.
Main floor, G. st.
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japanese War Scare in Kansas.
From the Emporia Gazette

There is good authority for the state
ment that a Japanese fleet is apt to sal
up the Neosho river and lombard EN-
poria at any time. and the city hasn't
even a street sweeping machine for pur-
poses of defense.
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nu
values This sal cndshrmm h III h L H h int eM
akwHpp mSnuraysS Mondays dandPc
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Two Special Values i'm
Girls New Lawn Guimpes

Made of good quality white lawns, in pretty styles tucked and
trimmed with embroidery. Sizes years.
J. z5c and ST. 900 each.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
SAY DISTRESS IS ACUTE.
United Hebre7c Charities Urged to
PrOUide More did.

At meeting in the United Hebrew Charlues
Building at No 356 Second avenue yesterday, a
resolution passed that those present make an
appeal to the United Hebrew Charities, calllns a'-
tenton TO the fact that there is Increased suHef-
ing among the Hebrew poor of the city and urg-
ing that aid be promptly provided.
There present representatives from he
brew charitable societies and others interested IN
work among the poor. 1t agreed by all that
distress was now more acute than ever before.
None had statistics to prove this, but there were
bankers present who said that more accounts were
being closed than before and that the with
drawals were more numerous. The United He
brew Charities reported that in May the number
Of applications for aid increased hundred and
fifty May year ago.
1t was said by DR.. Lee Frankel that the United
Hebrew Charities would need about 5000 month
more to control the situation thoroughly. The
societies now expend between $4,000 and $4,000 a
month
The school children on the East Side who are
In need of aid are being cared for by the local
school board and the Children's Aid of the East
Side and three hundred children receiving free
meals each noon It learned yesterday that
the Board Of Education committee which met the
principals on Tuesday afternoon, would meet the
local board on Monday. Mr.. Higgins of the COM
rnittee yesterday that the data collected would
be given to the full board. He said that the in
vestigation dscredit the reports of suffer
ing among the East Side school children
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
OVERFLOW AT BELLE TERRE.

The popularity Of the Belle Terre Club Lonr ISL
and 'week-ends'' bids fair TO make the present
clubhouse. with its accommodations for about one
hundred members and guests, inadequate The
number of members and guests who spent las
Saturday and Sunday at the Belle Terre not only
filled the club. but occupied all the rooms in one OF
the neighboring cottages Among those registered
were:
MIR. and Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt jr Mr. and
Mrs. g ID. Smithers, Glen Cove Mr.. and Mrs Bird
g. Coler. Brooklyn Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Seaman
Brooklyn; MIR. and Mrs. Stephen Yates Oidfeld:
c. +. Kuntze New York; Mr. and Mrs c. G. Yer
man, New York; Mr.. Mrs. and Miss Heckscher
Huntington; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Van Schack:
Mr. and Mrs w. L. Searls New Rochelle; Mr..
and Mrs NJ. ID. Rae Planheld: Edwin b. Platt
Boston; MIR. and Mrs. Charles l. Hudson West
bury, Long Island; Miss Pyle Bernardsville;
Hendrick Hudson w Kurdstede; Mr. and Mrs A
z. Rossiter and Mrs. NJ. =. Keith and Miss c.
Keith, Babylon.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
HOW TO MAKE PICTURES COSTLY.
Overvalue Them at Custom House and Show
the Bill to Customer

The revelations dealing with the alleged taking
Of high class paintings recently made in this city
have turned attention to another scheme, TO which
the United States government, wholly without in
tent is made a party by which deception is prac-
tfsed upon buyers There is nothing the existing
customs regulations TO prevent unscrupulous i'm
porter from invoicing given work hundred
times it's actual value paying the 20 per cent duty
on the canvas and exhibiting the official invoice to
prospective purchasers as conclusive evidence that
the value placed upon the work has received the
governments Endorsement.
Customs officers while not inclined to credit re-
ports of large frauds on buyers by this method,
confessed yesterday their inability TO break up
petely this form of imposition. The tariff regula-
tions when drawn up provided adequate penalties
for undervaluation but 1t was explained yesterday
that the lawmakers had not contemplated overval-
uation by importers.
Michael Nathan, deputy appraiser of the port in
charge of the second fine arts division of the
appraisers Office had this to say yesterday regard
ing the entry of fake" pictures:
Il believe that cases OF generalization are rare
OF course ali that we is to call the atten-
ton of the collector TO the generalization. The i'm
voiced regardless of our return. The customs off,
cals cannot stop an importer from paying duty on
an excessive valuation II he do so. That
is his lookout. At the time do not pass
them masterpieces. Practically all pictures
valued at 81 600 have the artists names
attached. and in where doubt exists as to the
authenticity OF a experts called In to
assist the government officers"
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
TOO MANY PASSENGERS FOR STEAMER.
Steerage of Potsdam Is Crowded and Many
Are Left Behind

Through its various agents outside of New York
the Holland America Line booked more passen-
gers than it could accommodate the steamer
Potsdam. which sailed yesterday for Rotterdam
and there a spirited protest the pier when
the gates closed. Men and women. carrying
infants in their arms and dragging along two to
three other children, were greatly disappointed
when they found they could get aboard the
steamer.
Many had travelled all night in trains and
In anything except a pleasant mood when the gates
were closed upon them. Arrangements were made
for 1900 steerage passengers. but 400 appeared
and demanded admission to the Potsdam. One
hundred extra passengers admitted. making
an even 20oo, and the remaining 700 became unruy
and ten policemen had all they could do TO pre-
serve order.
When it announced that all would be cared
for and would be sent a steamer OF an
other line this week the crowd became reconciled.
Mrs Mary Ffngioitax who carried sick baby In
her arms. tainted. and had to be removed from
the pier to St. Mary's Hospital in Hoboken.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
VAR At PINE CAMP.
Blue and Bro1cn Armies Exchange
ShOts-No Decision.
LBy telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Pine Camp. N Y. June 1.-THE militiamen and
regulars plunged into real service conditions
to-day at the manoeuvre ground The troops were
divided into Blue and Brown armies, and they
started early morning get their tactical posi-
tons.
The regular army formed the Blues and the
militia the Browns. There was an exchange OF
shots between the infantry and the cavalry scouts
which formed the screen. but the umpire did not
render decision. The infantry troops were In
structed outpost duties and in the forming OF
Cossack posts. etc.
Tomorrow the First Infantry militia brigade will
be instructed in extended order movements from Z
a m. until 10 a. m. The regular infantry brigade,
command of Lieutenant Colonel W. H c. Bowen,
will the Blue force, and the cavalry brigade,
commanded by Major Joseph T. Dicknan. Will be
the Brown force. Battery D, Sd Field Artillery,
will also take part in the problem Of attack and
defence in which the troops will engage.
The engineer battalion Will have instruction IN
bridge building. and the 1st Battery, Field Artil-
lery, and battery of the Sd will be instructed by
Colonel Rumbough in taking position and range
finding They will also have target practice with
service ammunition in the forenoon
The hospital corps will have an elaborate course
of instruction first aid dressing and the use Of
tourniuuets. Men designated patients will be
sent 10 the field hospital be treated for supposed
ailments.
The motor cycle for the use Of orderles in car
ryng dispatches from headquarters 10 various parts
of the camp has been pressed into service and is
getting a thorough test in accordance with orders
from General Grant.
Although the soldiers have not visited Watertown
in such numbers that order cannot be maintained
n, the city poce Carthage the nearest centre TO
the camp has been swamped with them, and the
village police force has been unable to cope with
the situation. While disorder has been reported
the camp authorities have taken the matter in
hand and to-day provost guard. consisting or a
marshal and eleven men. was sent to the village
TO assist the police in maintaining order.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
OLD swINDLER FOUND GUILTY.
"Abe' Rothschild and Partner Ran Trade
Journal to Fleece Their Subscribers.

Abe Rothschild. alias NJ. G. Rothschild and
Arnold G. Calm. arrested last March by order Of
Walter s Mayer chief postofice inspector. charged
with fraudulent of the mails in connection
with q weekly magazine which they called The
Successful Business Man" were found guilty yes
terday afternoon in the criminal branch Of the
United States Circuit Court. Judge Hough sent
the prisoners to the Tombs to await sentence on
Monday.
The magazine was raided at No 300 Broadway.
II purported to show how the srnartest business
men act" True to the advertisements Of the pro-
noters Of the magazine when subscriber sent
81 to Americas greatest weekly q cash register
was promptly forwarded the ren1itter The cash
register, however smaller than an ordinary
watch, and subscribers became peevish
As far back as 1877, Rothschld shot and killed
a woman known as Diamond Bessie" Moore at
Jefferson, Tex. He attempted suicide when ar
rested, and has worn a glass eye ever since He
was convicted Of the murder and sentenced to
death, but obtained acquittal at second trial
which cost his friends $4,000 He has opersted
swindling schemes since in different parts Of the
country and has served several terms of i'm
prisonment.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
PROSPERITY DAY.
Woman's League Undertakes ia
ReuiUe Business by august Is.

Prosperity is billed TO strike the country On Ar
gust Is. The Woman's League OF the Stat. ~
New York has the programme all made out T.
proposes to institute a campaign for the re-sr,.
ployment OF women who have been thrown our 20
work by the present industrial situation 10 eul
inmate August 15 which Will he celebrated a,
prosperity day BY letter and personal fnterv,sv
the will urge influential employers through
out the state TO increase the number Of their an,
ployes on or before that date.
AS a permanent work the league appears 10 hav,
committed itself definitely 70 the state industrial
training of girls. The recent public conferences he'll
at the Waldorf-Astoria on May Is voted for this
object but the president. Mrs. Belle de Rivera
said afterward that this was merely an expression
of public opinion. and that the real decision would
be made by a written vote Of the members mi,
vote resulted IN tie between The Problem o.
the Unemployed Woman and state industrial
training. The directors argued that industrial
training would solve the problem OF the uuen-
pIoyed woman. and therefore decided that this
should be the work OF the league-the first steo
will be 70 obtain from each county chairman sta
tistfcs of the industries carried in her county
the number of women employed in each and
how many have been laid of IN consequences Of
business depression.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
RECOUNT IN BROOKLYN TODAY.
Hearst Gained 376 Votes Out of 1,089 Boxes
Examined in Manhattan.

William r Hearst gained thirty-nine votes after
the recountng of the ots contained in 153 boxes
Yesterday in the Supreme Court before Justice
lambert The entire recount of the Borough of
Manhattan will be completed when the remaining
twenty-four election districts in the oath Assembly
District have been recounted.
Mr. Hearst has made net gain of 376 votes out
of 0ee ballot boxes The 153 boxes counted yester
dsv included those of election districts I 96
elusive of the 18th Assembly District, and 1 TO Is
inclusive of the Annexed District. From the 34th
Assembly District also came boxes of election dis
trcts % TO S5 inclusive John T. Dooling president
of the Board OF Elections. expects to be able to-
dav to start counting ballots from the first six
Assembly districts of Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
KILLS THREE ALLEGED BLACKMAILERs
New Orleans Merchant Dangerously Wounds
Fourth After Repeated Extortions

New Orleans, June 17.-Three Italians were shot
10 death and another dangerously wounded oday
as the result Of alleged attempt TO extort money
from F1etro Giacona, wealthy italian wine ner-
chant, Of No. lib Chartres street. Giacona told
the police that men had frequently bought wine
from him by the barrel and had invariably refused
10 pay for il. According his story the men
forced him 10 ship barrel Of wine to a point in
Louisiana yesterday and returned early to-day and
ordered Giacona and his TO prepare them a
meal
The elder Giacona suspected that trouble would
ensue, and hid a repeating rife near the table
When of the visiting Italians drew a heavy
revolver and ordered them TO produce money and
vsluabes the elder Giacona answered with a shot
from the rife. The fell dead and the other
three attempted escape One was killed before
he had got ten feet from the table: another
reached staircase. only TO receive a bullet in his
brain. and the other. dangerously wounded, was
found a shed the Giacona home later.
Giacona IS regarded Of the weaithiest
italians IN the South HIS home. where the shoot
ing occurred occupied by General Beauregard
when that section the most fashionable In the
ol French quarter
New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
DELEGATES FROM CANAL ZONE.

An interesting feature OF the biennial session Of
the General Federation OF Women's Clubs In Bos-
ton next week will be the delegation from Panama
representing the Canal Zone Federation OF Women .
Clubs. The chairman of this delegation is
Mrs. Thomas +. Brown, tr-. whose husband is
one OF the federal judges of the zone. Mrs. Brown
lives in Cristobal. which is the city nearest
the Atlantic side OF the canal zone. but she for
inerly resided In this city and president
of the Jacob Rs House and active in Settlement
work
Culebra, which is the central and the administra-
ton town of the canal Mrs. Coolidge is from
Massachusetts and club woman in her
state.
The first alternate is Mrs F. &. Qumby, of