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Palais Royal
-A. LISNER
Is It Not Stramige?
?that when one wants something really good it's seldom to
be found at a bargain price!
The above was the remark of one of our late morning
visitors who had been answering Sunday advertisements.
Finally deciding upon one of our $25.00 Lingerie Dresses,
reduced to $12.98, she :?aid: "I'll allow the Palais Royal to be
an exception."
?
the
Sublime
and
the
Ridiculous.
Remember the expression of one morning visitor and note"
that finally reduced prices are quoted for all Palais Royal
Wash Dresses and Suits?and that not one is to be excepted,
from the .plained to the most elaborate, from the least to the
most expensive.
$24.98 $18.98
$112.98
Were to $47.50. Wei^to^$^aoa Were^oj?2?X5o.
$9.98
$6.98
$2.98
W ere to $20.00. Were to $15.00. Were to $8.oo.
Now learn why visitors are enthusiastically buying our
W aists and the Skirts to wear with them. It's not because
prices are less than elsewhere?in many instances they are
higher. It's because the styles are best, the materials best, the
trimmings reliable, the fit perfect. It's primarily because of the
distinction being recognized between the cheap waist that
looks cheap and the aristocratic waist that could not look
cheap even if given away.
$4.98 to $11.98 for $7.00 to $18.00 Waists.
$2.00 to $5.00 Waists. 86c. $1.69 and $2.66
Sq^o^S^j^foi^S^oo^^^.!;? Skirts.
$1.00 to $3.00 Lingerie for 50c to $1.77.
The fittest survive?always have and always will. Gar
ments of coarse materials, galloping stitches and vulgar trim
mings seem pitiful when compared with the really dainty. And
when 50c to $1.77 is asked instead of $1.00 to $3.00 for the
later, what chance have cheap and vulgar garments?
6qc to $2.29 for $1.00 to $6.50 Corsets.
Cheap Corsets are so often linked with cheap service that
it's positively dangerous to think of indulging in them. How
different?when the Palais Royal experts link their services
and advice! Like our milliners?they think less of money than
the advancemen; of their art. If you pay us 69c to $2.29 in
in place of $1.00 to $6.50 it's hardly heeded by our artists. You
must be fitted so as to be a credit?that's their only thought.
Just a Word.
The sale of Enameled
Ware and Fruit Preserving
Needs, announced in Sun
day's Star, has captured the
stay-at-homes.
Today's Rusine^s Promises to Overwhelm Us.
Please grant us a little time?and do not expect the usual
prompt delivery of these Housefurnishings. Our men will will
ingly work extra time?but horses have to be indulged during
the heated term. The prices creating this great invasion of
our basement floor are: 5c to 47c for 10c to 79c Gray and Blue
Enafneled Steel Utensils, as pictured above.
The Palais Royal,
A. LISXER,
G and nth Streets.
White Oak Coal Co.
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208=209 Colorado Bldg.
It's Certainly Y
Great Coafi ?
you get from us. So free ?
from dirt, stones and slate, ji*
So free burning, so quick to X
get going. Order a ton or so X
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just so you can say you get
your coal here. Then people ??
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will uav that nothing but the v
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best is good enough for you jf
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CAR KILLS WOMAN.
Mrs. Greb Loses Life on. Interurban
Line at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. July W-After she had
spent the morr.ing at Earleigh Heights
with friends. Mr?. Catherine Greb. sixtv
flve years old. South Broadway, was
killed about noon yesterday by being
struck by a northbound car of the Mary
land Eiec-tric Railways Company from
Annapolis Mr. J. F. Heyward, the gen
eral itiarager of the company, was on the
car when the accident occurred.
Before the car came into sight a.t the
heights it rounded a bend, and at> Mrs
Greb stood on the platform of the station
talking to a friend she was unable to see
it. She crossed the track, and though the
motorman blew his whistle he is said to
have been unable to attract the atten
tion of Mrs. Greb. who stood In the
middle of the track Frantically he threw
on his brake, but his efforts to check the
car were in vain. The fender struck her.
throwing her about ten feet and break
ing her skull. The car?was in charee of
Motorman J. G. Colburn, who, accord
ing to Mr. Heyward, is one of the most
careful men on the line. W. B. Flynn
was the conductor. L>catli was almost
inotaniaueous.
Strikers Do .Not Oppose Re
turn of American Workmen.
CAR PLANT IN OPERATION
Pavicsics of Grievance Committee
Approached by Company.
BUTLER SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Appearance of Constabulary Tester
day Results in Rioting and
One Fatal Injury.
PITTSBTRG, July 19.?Without the
slightest display of violence of any sort
I on the part of the striking employes,
! the plant of the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany partially resumed operations to
day.
Five hun<?r<>d men. landed at the com
pany's wharf from the steamer isteel
Queen, the car company's material boat,
quietly entered the shops and took up
their tools in various departments with
out outward manifestation that a labor
disturbance of any kind had interrupted
shop operations for the week past.
The men who were put to work are
reported to be the American worklngmen
of the car company who walked out with
the foreign strikers, but refused to stay
on strike, as they claimed the foreigners
had little excuse for refusing to work.
The company officials stated today that
before the week ends they Lope to have
their plant in full operation.
Strikers Answer in Court.
Attorney William M. McNair today
filed before Judge Ford in the common
pleas court the strikers' answer to the
petition of the public defense association
praying for an injunction to restrain both
the company and the strikers from acts
likely to excite violence. The strikers'
answer admits practically every proposi
tion advanced by the petitioner, save that
it contends no injunction is necessary
to restrain the worklngmen from tres
passing upon or destroying the property
of the company.
The answer contends, however, that the
worklngmen have the inalienable right to
prevent by all peaceful means the em
ployment of new men at the company's
shops. The answer prays for an early
adjudication of the matter, to the end
that the men may return to work imme
diately.
Strikers Hold Meeting.
Fully 4,000 strikers gathered on Indian
Mound today at a mass meeting. The
workingmen were addressed in English,
German, Polish, Russian, Croatian and
Lithuanian. ?
Among those speaking to the men were
J. W. Slayton, Allegheny county organ
izer of the socialist party; Miss Rose
Marltzer of New York and Anthony Pav
icsics. president of the strikers' grievance
committee.
Pavicsics stated that he had been ap
proached yesterday by three different
men whom he believed to be envoys of
the car company and who invited him
to come to the office of the company,
where a basis of settlement of tTTfe strike
question could be arrived at. Pavicsics
declined to do so.
He expressed his willingness to call
upon the company with the members or
the grievance committee. Pavicsics stated
the men carried credentials from the car
company bearing the company's stamp.
ATTEMPT TO START UP FAILS.
Butler Plant Abandons Purpose.
One Rioter Dying.
BUTLER, Pa., July 19?With one fa
tality likely to be recorded during the
next twenty-four hours as the result of
yesterday's rioting, and the plant of the
Standard Steel Car Company abandoning
its attempt to operate with less than 200
men, who had taken the assurance of the
officials that they will be protected, the
?situation at Butler early today presented
none too promising an aspect
While quiet reigned when the whistles
of the car plant blew at 7:H0 o'clock this
morning, and a few alleged strike desert
ers took up their old positions in the
shops, the troopers of the constabulary
felt unassured that the peaceful aspect
of affairs presaged a quiet day.
Americans Ready to Go Back.
According to General Manager Altman
of the Standard company, the American
workmen now on strike only await fa
vorable, auspicious and ample protection
to return to work in full force. Mr. Alt
man claims the threats of the foreigners
on strike are all that hold back hundreds
of the shop workmen from returning at
once.
Eighteen alleged strike leaders were ar
rested today, making thirty-one rnen now
in detention at the county jail here, all
charged with rioting. One of the incar
cerated men was found to be wounded
and was removed to a hospital under po
lice guard during the night.
anerlff Caldwell has removed his depu
ties from the car company's plant. The
constabulary are today in full charge of
the policing of the riot district.
Later in the morning the officials of the
car company discontinued the attempt to
operate the plant. General Manager All
man announced, when he turned off the
workmen, that until he could secure suffi
cient men he would not attempt to
operate the car shops again, but would
endeavor to open the wheel shops at
noon, if enough workmen reported at that
time to man the machines and blast
furnaces.
Signs Are Torn Down.
While patrolling the roads leading to the
car plant mounted troopers today found
crude signs bearing the words, '^moky
hand: strike on; keep out!" posted on tele
graph poles and fences. The signs were
torn down and idle men about the com
pany settlement warned against a repeti
tion of the offense. - A mass meeting is
planned by the strikers late today for the
purpose of finding a basis for arbitration,
and in the event of this failing, of prose
cuting the strike.
A conference between District Attorney
Troutman, Sheriff Caldwell, Attorney W.
D. Brandon, acting for the Standard
Steel Car Company, and Levi M. Wise,
attorney for the striking men. was held
today in an effort to arrive at the legality
of the arrests of alleged strike leaders.
Attorney Wise declared the men had
been jailed without commitments, and
contended their release should follow at
ence. Mr. Troutman stated that his of
fice was at that time preparing informa
tions against the men upon information
received from oar company officials.
Bloody Clash Yesterday.
Taking the striking employes of the
Standard Steel Car Company completely
by surprise, a detachment of state con
stabulary arrived here from Punxsutaw
ney late yesterday afternoon to guard the
company's property at Lyndora.
The strikers, angered by the appear
ance ot' the troops, gathered around tho
plant yard. In a clash with the mounted
troopers one striker was probably fatally
shot, two members of the crowd were
wounded, and over ten injured.
Fifteen alleged strike leaders were ar
rested by the troopers.
ONE MAN BACK AT WORK.
Tin-Plate Plant Resumes Operations
With Scant Success.
TOUN'GSTOWX, Ohio. July 19.-But
one local workman, a roller, returned to
work today at the time announced by the
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
for starting its Struthers sheet plant on
the "open shop" plan.
The mill has been closed down two
years and has always been a union plant.
| Cots and provisions have been purchased
I and lumber was taken into the plant this
morning to build a commissary for the
non-union men who are expected at any
time.
The town is closely picketed by the
strikers'. None of the mills resumed to
day. The Youngstown Sheet and Tube
company will make no attempt to operate
its sheet plan for several weeks.
Additional policemen have been hired
to patrol the works. Saturday night
the men officially declared a 6trlke.
HOMELESS AND SURPLUS GATS
WHAT TO DO WITH THEM A
PERPLEXING PROBLEM.
Discussion Over Felines in House
Today Marked by Humor on
Part of Members.
"What shall be done with the homeless
and surplus cats of the District of Co
lumbia?" That was the proposition which
for a time today agitated the minds of
the legislators of the House of Repre
sentatives during the consideration of the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
There are many thousands of them, and
the proposition was to pay the poundmas
ter to gather them into his fold.
The conclusion was reached that noth
ing could be done just now, so the falines
will be permitted to roam at will and
continue their midnight concerts undis
turbed.
The subject was brought up by Mr.
ifimith, Michigan, who sent to the desk
and had read a letter from the Public
Educational Association, making an earn
est plea for an appropriation to enable
the poundmaster U> do his duty.
Believing in the Justice of the request,
Mr. Mann of Illinois declared there ought
to be an appropriation to take care of the
surplus cats in the House office building.
"It is the same way in the Treasury and
other buildings," he remarked.
"What kind of cats?" some one in
quired.
"Tomcats," responded a chorus of
voices, which elicited shouts of laughter.
"It's a slander on the building." com
mented Mr. Burleson of Texas, sotto voce,
and another roar went up. With this re
mark the discussion was ended.
END OF MAONESS INCIDENT.
Husband and Wife Now Located in
Their New Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Magncss are now
living quietly and comfortably in their
new home, 1617 Riggs place northwest,
which Mrs. iMagness, who was Miss Ada
Gorman, has been fitting up for some
time prior to her husband's arrival from
Portsmouth. They were "not at home"
to visitors today, and would not consent
to be interviewed as to their future plans.
This morning they took an automobile
trip into the country.
After his release from the prison ship
at the Portsmouth navy yard last Satur
day afternoon Magness came direct to
Washington to join his wife. He served
eight months of his sentence of one year,
inflicted by a court-martial for desertion
from the navy.
The report that Magness would not be
received at the Gorman home, at 1028
Vermont avenue, has been emphatically
denied at the house. A son-in-law of
Mrs. A. P. Gorman said that Mr. Magness
would be received at any time Just as
any other member of the family. He
lias not yet been to the house.
It is further stated that Mr. and Mrs.
Magness will leave Washington for a
short vacation and that upon their return
Mr. Magness will engage in business
here.
CALLS IT CONFISCATION.
Charles jiarly Denounces Denial of
Permit to Operate Oarage.
Charles Early today applied to the Dis
trict Supreme Court for a mandamus to
compel Morris Hacker, inspector of build
ings, to issue to him a permit to operate
as a pjfhJic. garage the building which he
has erected In the alley in the rear of
18th and V streets northwest. He de
clares that the refusal of the inspector
to issue the desired permit is unreason
able and arbitrary and operates practical
ly as a confiscation of his property, which
he claims cannot be put to other use.
Mr. Early tells the court that the
garage was bulft under a permit issued
by Inspect tor Ashford December 17, 1H0?,
and was operated as a private garage un
til April 22, 1909. when he entered into
an agreement with the International Au
tomobile League of America to use the
building as the "official garage tor ex
clusive use of the league membership.
June o last he sajs he was notified that
he was maintaining a public garage and
a warrant was issued for his arrest.
He declares that it is impossible to get
the consent of the necessary number of
property owners in the square required
for a permit for a public garage.
Attorneys C. Albert White and James
B. Flynn represent the petitioner.
TO BE GUESTS OF HAWAII.
? _____
Party of Senators and Representa
tives to Sail August 24.
A party of twenty-five senators and
members of the House of Representatives
is preparing to.visit Hawaii. The visit
will be made In response to an invitation
extended by the last session of the Ha
waiian legislature, and the party will sail
from San Francisco on the steamer Si
beria, August 24 next. Eighteen days will
be spent In Hawaii, during which time
the four largest Islands of the Hawaiian
group will be visited.
It Is now expected that the party will
include the following: Senator W. B.
Heyburn and wife. Senator Jonathan
Bourne, George E. chairman of the
committee on naval affairs, and the fol
lowing members of that committee: Rep
resentatives J. Van Vechten Olcott, A.
L?. Bates, W. A. Thomas, A- F. Dawson,
William R. Ellis. L. D. Padgett. A. W.
Gregg and J. T. Watkins; also James A.
Tawney, chairman of the committee on
appropriations: Richard Bartholdt, chair
man of the committee on public build
ings; Charles W. Scott, chairman of the
committee on agriculture; W. A. Reeder,
chairman of the committee on Irrigation:
J. M. Miller, chairman of the committee
on claims: William B. Greene, chairman
of the committee on merchant marine;
Representatives James T. Loyd and Wil
liam C. Houston of the committee on
territories, James Mcl.achlen, H. Olln
Young and Benjamin G. Humphreys of
the committee on rivers and harbors. W.
A. Calderhead and Nicholas Longworth
of the ways and means committee, W. A.
Rodenberg of the committee on public
buildings and A. J. Barohfield of the com
mittee on manufactures.
Probably about fifteen of the members
will be accompanied by their wives.
Crap Players Go to the Workhouse.
Pistol shots, muffled profanity, as de
scribed by the complaining witnesses, a.id
three -sets of "bones" were features of
an exciting "crap" game yesterday afttr
noon In Lockwood's alley, which was
raided by policemen of the sixth precinct.
Four of the crappists, Charles Delany,
Eugene Chase, Edward Smallwood and
Harry Hudson, all colored, were convict
ed In the Police Court this morning of
the offense and sent to the workhouse
for ninety days In default of S2JV fines.
The game. It was stated, was a regular
Sunday affair, and efforts have been mad-;
from time to time to break It up with
out success, until a raiding paity of offi
cers slipped up unawares on the shooters
shortly after the midday hour.
More Floral Parade Entries.
Additional entries were received today
for the automobile f.oral parade to be
held September 30 under the auspices of
the Washington Chamber of Commerce,
among them the car of Manager Deeble
of the Old Dominion Eversreen Com
pany. It is the purpose of the committe?
at its meeting next Thursday to consider
the advisability of extending formal invi
tations to automobile uwrnrs in other
cities.
OLD WASHINGTON
Rural Conditions Until 1850
in Old Swampoodle.
SPRING TAVERN SPORTS
Dog and Chicken Fights on Ancient
Turnpike.
ST. ALOYSITTS CHTJUCH ERECTED
Saved From Hospital Uses During
Civil War?Few Structures
in Neighborhood.
In the now well settled portion of this
city between (5 and K and 1st street east
and west where now are St. Aloysius
Church, Gonzaga College and the govern
ment printing office, fhere was but little
indication that the rural conditions would
disappear till about 1850. On the eastern
slope of Burch's hill, described in last
Sunday's Star, there was a solitary habi
tation about 1820. This was on the church
square, a two-storied frame building on
a hill north of I street and east of 1st
street east, occupied by Ignatius Boone,
a cleric In the Treasury for some years.
North of this house was a small stream
flowing eastward to the Tiber, which in
creased the value of the ground as a
pasture. Most of the ground thereabouts
was worked as a farm and late In the
forties was known as Lynch's farm, and
In the fifties as Rover's garden. With this
exception the face of nature was undis
turbed, the streets unopened and much of
the primeval growth remained, but ap
proximating the lines of H street there
was a wagon road made by the travel
oyer the turnpike entering the city at
15th and H streets, and the sporting ele
ment, which attended the dog and chicken
matches and other amusements at the
old Spring Tavern near the toll gate.
Much of the ground was above the pres
ent grade and was of gravel, mucn of
which was utilized under the cor
poration for foot walks and on the
street beds. The Tiber cutting through
east of North Capitol street was a hand
icap to improvements for many years,
but about 1850. about its crossing at H
street. Swampoodle sprang Into existence
and for many years It was regarded as
the typical settlement of the sons of
Erin.
Quicker Results Expected.
It would appear that the projectors of
the city were optimistic as to this locality,
for those squares west of North Capitol
street were platted for nearly two hun
dred lots, and Mr. Greenleaf included
them in his contract to .purchase lots
and these were all allotted to the United
States In 1796. In the other squares
broken by the Tiber, the government
took title to half and the others went
to Mr. Oden and Daniel Carroll.
The church and college, square 622, of
fifty-two lots fronting North Capitol, 1st. I
and K streets, was bought of Mr. Oden
in 1819 by Benjamin G. Orr. then Mavor
of Washington. In 1830 the valuation
was half a cent per foot on the ground,
which was assessed to Mr. Orr*a heirs,
as also the house above noted, for 1600.
John Boyle was the owner subsequently,
and In 1840 it was sold to Ambrose Lynch
for a nominal consideration. The latter
owned the square south, 623, from 18-f2.
and In 1850 leased, for ten years, these
squares and part of that north to John
Rover, who, as above stated, engaged in
gardening and supplied his stands in
the mankets. It was stipulated in the
lease that If the corporation opened the
streets during this term Mr. Rover would
do the necessary fencing. In 1857 Ade
laide Talbot became the owner of two
lots in the southwest corner of the square.
May 4, 1857, Mr. Lynch conveyed to the
president and directors of Georgetown
College the eaet quarter of the square
for a nominal consideration, and It was
stipulated that a church and college
should be erected and covered In, the
first in two years and the latter in four
years. On the same day a deed was given
by Mr. Lynch to the trustees of St. Jo
seph s Orphan Asylum of the adjoining
quarter west, minus twenty feet for an
alley between it and the college fourth.
The building of the church was soon
after commenced and within two vears
was under roof, and In October, 1859, it
was dedicated, the celebration of the
semi-centennial of which the large con
gregation Is now anticipating.
Prominent Singers in Choir.
Some few years the stately edifice to
many appeared out of place, for, with the
exception of the settlement southeast, the
adjacent houses were few. For a little
time the services attracted from distant
parts of the city the eloquence of Father
Maguire and others and the music of the
choir, in whlcn Cecilia Young's, Anna
Melchor's and other voices were promi
nent. being drawing cards. Rapidly grew
the congregations, and I street having
been opened, the incentive given to build
ing was accelerated by the location of
Wendel's printing office on North Capitol
street.
The young but large congregations in
the infancy of the church d#ing the civil
war came near being shut out of th?
building. The government was .about to
take possession and use it for hospital
purposes and had lumber on the ground
before the intention was known. Rev.
Father Wiget protested to the officer in
charge and many of the congregation
joined their appeals not to use the church
proper for the purpose. At the same time
the use of the ground in the square north
was tendered. After, a few hours the
members offered to erect the buildings,
and they did. In a week wards suffi
cient for two thousand patients were in
place and St. Aloyslus Hospital in service.
In 1858 Georgetown College conveyed
a portion of Its holdings on Iv and 1st
streets, as also the old Washington Sem
inary property on F street adjoining St.
Patrick's Church, to Gonzaga College. In
corporated that year. The Jatter. how
ever. did not move to the new holdings
till 1871.
The western portion of the square was
subdivided by the Sisters of the Visita
tion in 1860. find among the first owners
was Paulus Thyson.
The history of the square south of 623,
of the same size of the above, Is very
similar to the civil war. From Gonzago
College the title passed to the Sisters of
the Visitation for the west half, which
after the civil war was bought by A. R.
Shepherd for $30,000. Many sublots were
made, and later the alley became Defreep
street, now as well known as the other
streets well built up.
On G, H, North Capitol and 1st streets
west, on which Is the old as well as the
new government printing office buildings,
no less than seventy-eight building lots
were laid out. and those in the west part
of the square have been cut into smaller
subdivisions. The same history applies
for half a century, during which it was
unproductive. In 1852 Richard Dart be
came the owner, and four years later
James C. McGulre owned most of It and
made a subdivision. In 1SS9 Cornelius
i Wendell, who was the contractor for the
public printing, bought a portion of the
square, fronting 288.75 feet on H street
and 173.25 on North Capitol street, and
erected there what was ifien considered
a mammoth printing offle^of two stories.
This was purchased by the government
in 186D, the deed passing in December,
and the consideration was $135,000. With
the location of the plant here the neigh
borhood was soon built up. and was
largely composed of those then employed
in the building, in a year or two but
few of the sublots lying idle.
Where Tiber Flowed.
The squares east of North Capitol street
were handicapped for building purposes
by the Tiber cutting through them, and
that north of I street a smaller stream
ran. They, however, were included- in
tne Greenleaf operations, but improve
ment was not in evidence till a late dav.
That between I and K streets was of
twenty-eight lots and the others of eight
lots each, and in the apportionment the
government was vested with title to half
the lots and Oden and Canale with the
others. ..lany years Godfrev et al. hold
ing under Greenleaf were charged with
4
:uraiture,
Carpets
and
Draperies.
HOEKE'S
801 Pa. Avenue.
Car. Pa.
Ave. and
8th St.
Pay a deposit and we'll deliver any time you say
Summer Clearance Sale.
About 25% to 40% Discount on Furniture.
Reductions on Carpets and Draperies.
HIS sale is recognized as the bargain event of the
year in Furniture, Carpets and Draperies. The lines
offered are regular stock, embracing the Finest Furni
ture, Carpets and Draperies shown in Washington.
Pay a small deposit. We will deliver the goods any time you say.
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DRESSERS
In Oak. Mahocsnr and Bird's-eye Maple.
25 to VK'c off.
IIO.OO Pre*??r? #7.SO
. *12.00 Droa*fr<i Jft no
, $13..V> ProMer* Sio.no
, $15.00 Drpua*r? 05
, $1#.0? t>iva?era $13.50
$20-00 Prater
$22.50 Preaaers $1* S<
$25.00 Preasera $1H.7X
' $27.0<t Prefers f20.no
' $30.00 Preaaera $22.50
1 $32.50 Prcmwri $24.50
$35.00 Dresaers $2*1.75
$40.00 Prefers $3o no
$45.00 Pr???ser8 S3.1.T.1
$50.00 Pr^aarra $37 RO
JHO.flO Pr.aaora $45.00
$70.00 Pressors $52.50
$7S.OO Proswrs $5?;.75
ftfxt.00 Prosa^ra $00 00
$9"i.OO Prcaa^ra : $?7 50
$100.00 Preaarra $75.00
CHIFFONIERS
In All Wood*.
$12.00 Chl(T?n1er SB T5
$13.50 Chiffonier 19.04
$t5.00 ChflTonlPr $11.25
$20.00 Chiffonier 115 00
$25 00 Chiffonier f1?7S
$30.00 Chiffonier $22.50
$.">5.00 Chiffonier $20.25
$40.00 Chiffonier $.10.oo
$38.00 Chiffonier $27.50
$36 00 rhtffonler S2S.O0
$32.50 Chiffonier $24 50
*2*.O0 Chiffonier $21 00
$24 00 Chiffonier $1?00
*22.50 Chiffonier $10.84
$1R.OO Chiffonier $13.50
Chiffoniers to match all Bureaus.
BUFFETS.
$25.00 Buffet $18.78
$30.00 Buffet???????*???...,.$22.50
$35.00 Bnffet ....$i6.25
$40.00 Buffet $30.00
$45.00 Buffet $33.75
$50.00 Buffet $37.50
$?0.OO Buffet..... $45.00
SfiB.OO Buffet. mm. ..... $48.75
$70.00 Buffet ?. $52.50
$20.00 Buffet $10.50
*32.50 Bnffet $24.50
$35.00 Buffet.$25.00
$42.50 Bnffet $31.75
$48.00 Buffet $30.00
$52.50 Buffet *30.8*
$00.00 Buffet $07.50
Jioo.no Bnffet $75.00
125.00 Buffet $83.75
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RUGS.
Every Odd Rug in the
house cut to a fraction of
its cost. Over 200 to select
from.
CHINA CLOSETS:
$1V0o China rloaeta. ' *13 Vt
$20.00 C'bina Cloaeta $|."> 00
$25.00 China rlo?eta *18 75
$3<i.ivt China Cloaeta $2U
$35 00 China rioaeta KW.75
$40.00 China Cloaeta
$4.' 00 China <'1rwe?a $13.75
$50.00 China Cloaeta *37 50
$Ho no China Cloaofa $45 i<0
$55.00 China Cloaets $48.7$
DINING CHAIRS.
See our $2.75 Full Box Seat
Dining Chair, in quartered
oak, for $1.69. Others special
at $1.98 and $2.98.
BRASS BEDS.
*15.00 r.rasa Bed *0 !tt
$2'V00 Brass Bed $15 00
$25.im> Brasa Be<l $18 75
*27.50 Braaa Bed *10.75
$30 00 Braaa Bed ..$22 50
535.0O Bra* B?d $20 75
$40.00 Braaa Bed $30 00
$45 00 Braaa Br.l $18 75
*50.On Brat* Bo<1 ' *37.50
*<UI?I0 Bra*? Red *45.00
trt.nn Brrsa Bed *48 75
$75.00 Bra?a Bed $5? 75
PARLOR SUITES.
$40 00 Parlor Suite... $*> oo
$55.OO Parlor Unite $20 25
*30.00 Parlor Suite ...*22"<0
$45.00 Parlor Suite $33,7r>
*25.oo parlor Kulte $18 75
*.V>.00 Parlor Suite $37.50
*20.00 parlor Suite $15 00
$5S.OO Parlor Suite $41.75
$00.00 Parlor Suite $45 00
$0,100 Parlor Suite *48.75
$70.00 Parlor S'llte $52.RO
*75.00 Parlor Suite $55.75
$80.00 Parlor Suite $00 00
*00 00 Parlor Suite *07.50
$100.00 Parlor Suite *7-V00
*125 00 Parlor Suite rw.7*
*13.^.00 Parlor Suite $98.75
DINING TABLES.
$10.00 Pinlnsr Table $7 50
$12.00 Plnlnr Tahle W.oo
$13.50 Plnln* Table $10 00
$15.00 Plnlnjr Table *11.75
$18 00 Pining Table $13.50
$20 00 Dinlnir Table $15 on
*25.00 Pinlnx Table *18.75
*2* no Pining Table *21 no
S.30.00 T?lninu Tahle *22.50
$32.50 P'nin* Table $24.50
*35 OO Pining Table *20.75
$88 oo ninlnB Table *2f< 50
$40.oo Pining Table $30.00
$45.OO Pining Table..". $33.75
$50.00 Pining Table *37.50
$00.00 Pining Table *45 00
$70.00 Pining Table *52.50
$75.00 Pining Table $56 75
Stffi&em's
Extraordinary Bargains in
. Quality
We offer the balance of small 1
lots of our high-class creations
in Ladies' Tailored Suits that
sold for $30, $32.50, $35, $37.50
and $38.50 at j
One $60.00 3-piece Tailored Costume $35
One $68.50 3-piece Tailored Costume. $45
Lot $38 50 Black Voile Suits $25
$32.50 and $35.00 Satin Princess Dresses $25
One $85.00 Satin Princess Dress $6?
One $60.00 Light-weight Mirror Velvet Dress $25
5>8c f?r small lots of $2 to $3 Corsets.
Beautiful new styles in Golf Coats and
Blouses for seashore and mountain wear?
white, oxford gray, cardinal and black.
Extraordinary Valines at $2.75 to ?5.<
WM. H- McKNEW CO., 933 PA. AVE..
mrun milium !nimnii?itniinininiiiiimin?nmig
the taxes on an eighth and one-fourth
cent per foot valuation. In 1821 square
675 was In the name of Elizabeth Brown,
and after Tlllotson Brown was an owner
here as also in the square south, 676.
In 1845 H. M. Moffatt was an owner,
then W. B. Todd, and In 1847 James H.
Gillie, in first named square. In square
67t? title passed to Ingle, Oden, and in
1842 lot 1, northwest comer of 1st and H
streets, was vested in John P. Pepper, a
prominent stone cutter, and some years
later there was a stone cutting yard
here. In the fifties there was some little
settlement west of this near the Tiber,
which crossed at about what is No. 52 li
street northeast?this being an addition
to the Swampoodle settlements on the
opposite side of H street. In the sixties
the school established ten years before
on the south side of H street near North
Capitol was located on the north side ad
joining the creek. After the war many
subdivisions were made of the lots and
Myrtle street gre'w from the original alley.
As before stated, the settlement in the
square between G. H. North Capitol and I
streets east took the name of "Swampoo
dle" in the fifties. The history of the
above noticed squares applies here till
about 1840, when Henry L. Ellsworth
owned part of it. In 1845 J. S. Cabot
was the owner anr. a few years a*t#r It
was replatted Into seventy-eight parcels
and placed on the market. There proba
bly has been no more rapid settlement
anyw'tere than was here early In the fif
ties. for in a year there were over twenty
families settled and others impatient to
locate with their fellow-countrymen, the
sons of Erin. There was plenty of work
then, public and private, and numbers
had emigrated from the old country, some
settling on this 'square, and before the
civil war the alley had become a street,
and the whole square well covered by
frame houses, and the name of Swampoo
dle Included adjacent squares. An hon
est. Industrious set of people were they,
men -and women, earning their living by
hard work, and the laws against cows,
goats and Reese going at large being pop
ularly regarded as a dead letter these were
sources of income. The milk wagon had
not then become familiar and most fami
lies were served from cans by the wom
en with the product of the cow and goat
Geese flourished and gave little trouble,
for the water of the Tiber and ponds
were convenient and the geese proved
profitable aB dressed poultry and by fur
nishing feathers.
Brokers in Cows.
A few of the men made their living
by trading in these, known as cow
brokers, and a few of the trades were
represented, the cobbler and tinker being
well known. It was after working hours
that there were lively times hereabout,
for a more lively set were never brought
together, and, what with the outdoor
sports and dancing parties, they had
their fill of enjoyment, to say nothing
of the frequent bouts of drinking and
fighting. Indeed, these bouts were a
characteristic of the neighborhood, and
It wps the worst that could be said
about them. In all other respects were
they all that could be desired In a com
munity, honest to the core, liberal to
the extent of their means, devoted to
their church, strong In their friendships
and loyal to their adopted country. It
was during the local political campaigns
, of the fifties that Swampoodle became
j famous, for to a man they were united,
and they bitterly resented any attempt
to deprive them of their votes, and
fought for the same,' using nature's
weapons, fists and stones. And many
a hard-fought battle west of 1st and H
Streets with a gang of political opponents
brought out the fighting qualities shown
in the civil war by two full companies
raised here, besides others scattered
through the service.
Many of the boys raised here were of
venturesome dispositions, and numbers
were adepts in jumping trains on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad and taking
trips, and, indeed, seldom a week passed
in which one or more families missed
some truant from their home, but in
few instances was any concern felt, for
confidence was reposed in their ability
to take care of themselves. 't was .1
common thing for them to make the trip
to .Baltimore, and there are many who
by this means reached far distant points,
some nettling there. One of the*.- boys,
ere he was of ush. had visited Baltimore
a dozen times, Pittsburg, Wheeling. Co
lumbus and Cincinnati three or four
times, and, settling down in Chl'-ago* for
a few months, traveled over the west
and north, meeting with such experiences
as would be ample material for an en
tertaining volume.
Threatened Circus War in Virginia.
LYNCH BT'RG, Va.. July 1!>.-Thls sec
tion of Virginia is to be visited by four
tented attractions during the late sum
mer and fall, and one of the hottest
three-cornered fights is promised to take
placn In September and October that have
been seen in Virginia for years. The
Hagenback-Wallace, Ringllng Brother*
and Bells' circuses are to be In Lynch
burg within a few days of one another,
while Miller's "ini Ranch," a wild waat
show, will come earlier.

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