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8 THE TIMES. WASHINGTON.-' MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 185)8. -' "t A Princely Show of Silks. It took us four-score years to learn how to select such beau tiful fabrics. No stock requires such consummate knowledge of texture and colors and patterns as do these goods. Take the proceeds of any similar department in Washington and multi ply them by two and even three and you wouldn't be overrat ing the business that's done here. In the past there was only one firm that could approach our qualities. But we've suc ceeded to that concern's clientele and this Fall's array of silks overshadows any in the laud. Come here looking for exclu siveness without its usual accompaniment high price. Taffetas this season are exquisite, and you could run through the ivhole gamut of novelties and never find any offering so perfect as this. Such buying as is represented here turns a trade into an art. 100 pieces here especially t.at surpass anything- over offerecTat the price. Very heavy In texture and in all beautiful colorings and shades. There are handsome plaids, with wide bars of silk and satin running through 'em. There are Hght-cojored Bayaderes and dainty striped effects. Now, we've been JL25 silks. Today, though, we'll lift and offer 'em to you as a leader at.. A good changeable taffeta for a little money Is as rare as an honest politician. Tet that's our offer to you. It's the same taffeta that other stores have to ask 75c for. "We ourselves sell it at any other time for 69c. Its splendid wearing properties and magnifi cent run of shades make it especially suitable as a lining. Fortune's smiling your way. 'You can get it today for 27-inch black taffeta, of a texture so tough and wearful that we almost feel inclined to guarantee it. A beautiful, lustrous goods. "Worth every penny of 75c If ever a store was proud of Its taste and judgment, we are over our ability to select such a stunning lot of black and colored Peking Striped Moires as will go to reduction today. These are the swellest, the most exclusive, the richest of aJ the sea son's silk offerings. The goods present a rich effect by al ternate stripes of black moire silk and heavy ribbing in pret ty colors. Actually worai ?L2o t. A climax In Its fitting place at the last. The other values ranged from good to excellence. This one Is startling. We'll give you Mon day the choice of 50 pieces of imported silk and wool Black Faconne Poplin. Precisely the same on both sides, and inas much as the facing is silk, the goods look to be that fabric entirely. No sweller stuff was ever loomed. In handsome dots and zigzag effects. You can find 'em in a half dozen windows about town at ?L69 . Kaon, Sons 8th and Market Space. SLAYEB STBATHEB'S APPEAL. Important Point to Be Decided by the Supreme Conrt. One of the most Important matters which will demand the attention of the Supreme Court of the United States when it convenes for the Fall term today will be the appeal of William M. Strather, the murderer of Rosa Tolbert, who will petition the court to review the proceed ings of the Court of Appeals and the Su preme Court of the District in connection with his conviction and sentence to death. The case has become one of national Exaltation and importance because of the questions of law involved, and the opinion handed down will be anxiously awaited. As has .already been stated in The Times, Strather's attorney, Samuel D. Truett, appealed to the Court of Appeals for the District upon exceptions to the charge of Mr. Justice Bradley, who pre sided at the trial. "When the matter was -heard in the Court of Appeals the major ity of the bench affirmed the opinion of .the lower court, but Mr. Justice Shepard dissented, and In justifying his position made a very elaborate review of the law pertaining to the case. Since this dis senting opinion has been made a matter of record the courts in several States have stayed the execution of murderers ..convicted under similar charges to that under which Strather was found guilty. So it is that the decision which the Su preme Court will render in this case is of a great deal more than local importance. " The fate of "Winston and Smith, con victed of murder, also hangs on the de cision in the Strather case, and for this reason they have joined in his petition to the Supreme Court to review the decision of the lower courts. "While all possible haste will be made In the matter,' it Is not probable that the upper court will conclude its investigation of the case for ten days or more. The leading attorney in the case. Mr. Truett, has not yet been admitted to prac tice before the Supreme Court of the United States, but will be presented to H N and has secured for SPOT CASH a line of handsome Suit ings that will catch the eyes of "Washing ton's best dressers THE PRICE PAID is Horn's secret, hut the price FOR 3 DAYS for handsomely made SUITS TO MEAS URE might be spread broadcast from Maine to Manila proclaim it to all Horn's greatest offer Suit to order They in clude a d the svcell ejficts in Scotch andEnglish Cheviots & Tts ced s , Blue, Black, Mixtures, Checks and Plaids. mm thttme 'w i "XMtX"X4J0XX-t'X-XW,t X telling you of our regular the embargo of profit day. On the following day .ho will file a petition in forma pauperis asking that the prayer of the appellant may be re corded without the payment of costs. On Wednesday he will file the petition. The other attorneys interested in the case are Messrs. McKay, Smith and C. H. Turner. Ladles Entertain. A pleasing entertainment was given Saturday evening by Auxiliary No. 32, Ladies' Union Veteran Legion, at the hall. No. 419 Tenth Street northwest. Encampments 111, G9 and 23 were well represented by invitation from the ladles. The program was well rendered and was Interspersed with speeches by Chaplain Gen. Couden, Ex-Gov. Fletcher of Mis souri, Gen. Hawley- of Illinois; Mr. Brown, national senior vice commander of Union Veteran Legion, and Capt. H. D. Norton. Among these who assisted were Mrs. Tanner, Mrs. Scribner, Sirs. Nailor, Miss Susie Parker, Miss Norton. Miss Moulton. Miss Lottie Bateman and Mrs. Charles F. Roberts, accompanied by Mrs. Etta Austin, sang several solos. Refreshments were served. CmiiiuiiKTiiIiiS in .Maryland. A delegation from the Lakeland Demo cratic Association, including the presi dent, Edwin A. Newman and Robert E. Mattingly, left Saturday night for Den ton and Preston, in Caroline County, on the eastern shore of Maryland to open the campaign in the First Congressional District on behalf of Hon. "William Willis, of St. Michaels. Sir. Willis was recently nominated for Congress to oppose the gold standard candidate in that district. The Seenlnr I.casne. The Secular League held its first meet ing of the season (yesterday at Maccabee Hall. The Philippine problem was under discussion and the debate centered around the query, "What is to be done with the priests?" A majority of the speakers favored capturing and retaining the islands and establishing there some form of self-government has just returned from a most success ful purchasing; tour 49c 59c 89c 98c 0 UOc aopayi TT SENHOR MENDONCA SUED. A New Vorlc Flrm'n Claim Asrninnt the Former Drnrlllnn Minixter. Suit was filed Saturday in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against Salvador de Mendonca, for the collection of $3,257.07 due on a promissory note made by him in New York, August 15, 189G, In favor of B. Altman & Co., and payable at the banking house of Lewis Johnson & Co., of this city. The plaintiffs, B. Altman & Co., of New York city, state In their complaint that the amount named is due for goods sold and delivered to Salvador de Mendonca, and for work done and delivered and for money loaned, and also for money received byythe defendant for the use of the plaintiff. Altman also states that his firm deals in dry goods, carpets and house furnishings in New York, and that he sold and delivered to the defendant Mendonca various articles to the amount sued for. That in payment he gave his note, which Is attached as part of the declaration of Altman & Co., payable in ninety days at Lewis Johnson's banking house in Washington, but that upon Its being presented for payment was dishon ored and still remains due. In the affidavit of Robert T. Fowler, manager for B. Altman & Co., he states that Salvador de Mendonca is a citizen of the Republic of Brazil, and was lately accredited its minister to the United States, and is now temporarily residing in Portugal, Europe. Senhor Mendonca is at present accredit ed as minister plenipotentiary to Portu gal from Brazil. A reporter for The Times called at the residence of Senhor Maneol de Lima, the first secretary of the Bra zilian legation, to get Information rela tive to the suit. Senhor de Lima said: "I know nothing of the suit or the cause of it. Senhor Mendonca has not been the minister from Brazil to the United States for about five months, hav ing been transferred to Lisbon on the 18th of May. The sum named in the bill is a very large one, and It was probably contracted to furnish the house which the former "minister occupied on Con necticut Avenue, and Is an entirely pri vate matter, having no connection with the affairs of the legation. At that time the legation officers were at the residence of the minister and the expense of them was borne by him. Last January the government authorized Senhor Mendonca to find separate quarters for the members of the legation and Its offices, which was done. As I understand it, my gov ernment is in no way responsible for the payment of the bill. Senhor Mendonca Is now in Portugal, but I see by home pa pers that he has been recalled and will leave Lisbon for home in a few days. The present minister from Brazil Is Sen hor Assis Brazil. He has Just arrived in this country, and, I am sure, knows noth ing of the matter before the courts." THEOSOPHY AND EVOLUTION. The Eastern Saxes Abend of Ln iniirL'k and Dnrwln. Major James Albert Clark opened the lecture season of the Theosophlcal So ciety last night, his subject being "The Theosophy of an Evolutionist." Referring to the recent enunciations through the societies for the advance ment of Science in England and America, that evolution had now become an estab lished fact, the lecturer quoted from the Sanscrit literature, showing a system of thought to the same end, which was accepted by the culture of the East thou sands of years before Christ, and to which, barring a few modifications, Theos ophlbts have given assent. But literal Darwinism, said the speaker, is not ac cepted in some of its details. Neo-La-marcklsm, he said, fills a gap here and there, and Prof. Welssman, who leads a camp of opposite thought in minor de tails, is more in accord with the wisdom transmitted from the East. Wallace, Crookes. Le Conte and others reach con clusions acceptable to students of the Oriental cult, and speaking generally, the definition of Prof. Le Conte seems the most acceptable of all. Major Clark said: "Evolution is a con tinuous progressive change, according to certain laws, and by means of- resident forces. Nevertheless, differing In details only Theosophlsts have found it difficult to "find anywhere a nobler statement of the profound mystery of life than is to be found in the writings of Darwin, Hux ley, and Herbert Spencer. "In its aspect toward religious matters, Rev. Lyman Abbot seems to have ex pressed in a few words the tendency of the day: " 'When the whole scientific and intel lectual world is moving in one direction, the minister who is not a scientific ex pert may get himself run over, but he cannot stop the procession by getting In front of it. Evolution is today accepted as the clew in their investigations by all teachers, in all departments, in all col leges and institutions of learning, except possibly in the department of theology.' " STUDENTS' BANQUET. Dedication of the Dining Hnll nt Georgetown University. A banquet of unusual pretensions for mally opened the nev dining hall at Georgetown University last night. There were present about 250 students, all the resident members of the faculty, and Justice Shepard. of the Court of Ap peals of the District of Columbia, repre senting the Law School, and Dr. C. L. Magruder, representing the Medical School. Both instructors and students had previously decorated the hall with October leaves, evergreen, and flags. On the conclusion of the feast addresses were made by Father John D. Whitney, S. J., rector of the University; Justice Shep ard, Dr. Magruder and many others, the speechmaking continuing until nearly 9 o'clock. Castazina, who after the death of Bru midi, finished the frescoes in the dome of the Capitol, was engaged for the decora tion of the new hall and has just com pleted his work. The room is made from several small rooms thrown into one and can seat 500 or more persons. At one end an enormous buffet of cherry almost fills the wall space. At the other an olive plush drapery obscures the waiters' en trance and buttery. It is supported by a heavy brass curtain rest that crosses the entire hall. A large oil painting rep resenting the papal coat of arms and that of America has been hung to the right of the enormous doors that mark the main entrance for the students. On the other side of these doors is an equally large painting representing the seal of the Society of Jesus and the seal of the Uni versity. The floor is of polished hard wood. Ten massive Numidian pillars support the high ceiling and with the palms and blooming plants in the win dows and large and small paintings hung about the walls, give the hall its domi nant tone. How to Prevent Croup. We have two children who are subject to attacks of croup. Whenever an attack Is coming on my wife gives them Cham berlain's Cough Remedy and it always prevents the attack. It is a household necessity in this county and no matter what else we run out of. It would not do to be without Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy. More of it is sold here than of all other cough medicines combined. J. M. Nickle, of Nickle Bros., merchants, Nick levllle, Pa. For sale by Henry Evans, wholesale and retail druggist, 938 F Street northwest, and Connecticut Avenue and S Street northwest, and 1428 Maryland Avenue northeast. Oysters In Your Favorite Style at the Alhambra Garden, 4th & E N. E. Any way you like them prepared and served in the most tooEhsome manner. Good music Finest beers in town. Cash ck- Credit. No Amount of Word Painting Will give you half such a good impression of these bargains as the goods themselves. With the goods to prove our words, it is an easy matter for us to cpnvince you that we are prepared to give greater values than auyoue else in the business. It is folly to wsste money, and it is an easy matter to pay us a visit. We promise you shall carry away a pleasant memory of the big double store whether you purchase anything or not. We are always ready to open an account with you. rWe do not charge any more for credit than we do for cash. We leave it to you to make the terms. . '. H ofe?S-Hi Vl-ifSi sEg m This cut but slightly represents tills great Sideboard value. Large beveled plate glass, swell front, quartered oak, only, S21.T5. A very liandsome Oak Suite, beautifully carved, very large glafs, beveled plate, large dreeing case and waairtand, a bsamiful bed stead. Sold elsewhere for ?30.C0. We are Bell ing it at the low price of, $13.75. Parlor Suites in endless variety. This cut represmfs the greatest suite etcr offered at $35.00 anywhere. 5 large pieces, h.indsome silk tap. covering, only, $22.50. h s3.5o FOR MEN. FOR MEN. X, s2.50? FOR BOYS. X A BEST IN THEWORE.D All the latest styles. JC, Every kind of leather. X Made on the new DODular lasts, in j autumn and winter weight 2 4, An examination of our stock will 4" T convince you that the W. L. Douglas X T Shoes are superior in every way to 2 $ those costing from 5 to $6. $ I AX.Ii SIZES AND WIDTHS, X X OUR EXCLUSIVE STORE X . t I 101 3 Penn. Ave. WORK "WAS VERY SCARCE. Simon Wolf'H Report on the Arolun-tt-er Employment Bureau. Major Richard Sylvester, chief of police, Satur day received the following report from Hen. Simon Wolf, chairman oi the committee having in charge the work of securing employment for the District Volunteers: "I have the honor herewith to report the trans actions of the committee on employment for tnS volunteers of the District regiment, of which you did me the honor to appoint me as chairman. The gentlemen you selected on said committee were duly notified to meet in the red parlor of the Ebbitt House for the purpo.e of organization and conultation. Of tlie sixty-one gentlemen you appointed, fifteen made their appearance. No doubt a number of the others were absent from the city. "The committee organized by appointing .T. F. JlcCormick, of the labor union, as secretary. After a full and exhaustive discussion, a subcom mittee (on motion of Xota JIcGill) was appoint ed, consisting of Messrs. McGill, Bowman, ItanJlc. McCormick.and myself. Headquarters were secured at room SI in the Atlantic Building, which was generously donated to the committee by the At lantic Building Company, I,. II. Vinton was an notated clerk for tho subcommittee. A register was purchased in which the names of all those seeking employment their ajcv where they re sided, what kind of labor they sought, and "what reference they had, were kept in said register. "Cards giving the same- detail were also mide. A circular letter was printed, addressed to such of our citizens as could give employment, which recommended the applicant entitled to receive re cognition. The headquarters were kept open for three weeks, Mr. Vinton being constantly in at tendance, while I was there every day more or less, as the occasion would require. The other members of tlie said committee while in the city were also in attendance from time to time. No effort was spared to comply and carry out the wishes of yourself and the friends of the soldiers. One hundred and two applications were made to our committee, consisting of ninety-six males and six females, and these were divided in the following manner: Tradesman, twenty-four; no trade, thirty-nine; clerks, thirty-three; total, ninety-six. "Nota McOill, the vice chairman, during his stay in town, and myself, called at the Treasury Department and at other departments for the pur pose of securing employment as laborers for some of these applicants The committee also corres ponded with the Public Printer to have employes restored, also with the War Department as to the immediate discharge of soldiers, so that they could be employed in the navy j-ard, with the result that the Public Printer declined to re instate unless tlie soldier was discharged. Tlie m f iS-' Vi wm i unrir teas - i & qg ft 3. I s r-53 ran ,Pr " g fiigliiiiSa pill A 4. pi r 1 1 s 3 i WBLHDy I SHOES X. The Great Providers, Mayer & 0 Mami Our line of Extension Tablfs is unsurpassed in size, quality or price. Good C-ft. Tables $2.48 up. A magnificent Tu'ki-h Rocking Chair, full spring back, arms and seat covered in fine quality elcur, $18.75. rMMS TOW One of the largest and best selected Carpet and Rug stocks in the city. All Carp:U, Mat tings, or Linoleum or Oil Cloths made, laid and hnid free. Good Heavy Ingrain Carpets, worth 50c a yard 30c. Verv Largo Size Smyrna Rug?, worth ?i2j, for S1 2J Very Fine Wool Ingrain Carpst 55c. Extra Htavy Brussels' Carpets e3c. Fine $3.C0 Lace Curtain3 $1 85 Xety Heavy Tapestry Portieres.. ?2 25 pair. Gocd Lace Curtains Wc. pair. Large Double Blankets 55c. pair. FREE. FREE. FREE. A Beautiful Souvenir, A bust of Dewey, Washington or Napoleon will be given to every purchaser of a ton of my celebrated riarvland durinsr this week. 708 11th St. iT. W. War Department said that there was no objection to the individual discharge of soldiers that could secure employment "At the navy yaid thy declin d to give employ ment unless the soldiers were no longer in the public service. Wo also tried to secure employ ment for some female applicants in the Agricul tural Department, and in the general pootomce where the postoffice- mail pouches are made, hut with no success. Several lileral merchants who liad volunteered to give employment have csme up to their promises as far as it was possible for them to do so. Messrs. Saks & Co., Messrs. S. Kann Sons & Co., W. B. Moses & Sons, A. K. Handle, Messrs. Gude k Bro., Tlie Times Office. Washington Gaslight Company, Littlefl'ld, Alvord & Co., the Washington Post, and Mr. II. I. Meader, and the Evening Star all gave employ ment. In addition thereto A. Lisner, It. Harris & Co. and Woodward & Lothrop hae employed sol diers or relatives of soldiery having volunteered to do so, without solicitation. "In this way twenty-eight have been employed by and through efforts of our committee. Con sidering tho circumstances we tliink it is a very good showing and reflects great credit upon the generosity and public spirit of those several houses and persons who have aided us. It will be seen from the register that a very large per centage were without any particular trade, which makes it verv hard to secure employment. Several were non-residents of the District, although they were members of the regiment, and unfortunately could give no reference outside of their merits in the regiment, and merchants, while patriotic, could not take into their business people about whoe antecedents they knew nothing. "The committee, under these circumstances, having exhausted, every avenue to secure employ ment, deems it best to turn over to you all the papers in connection therewith, assuring you that what they have done lias been in the spirit for which the committee was organized, and regret that the volume of success was not as large as it should have been. We respectfully suggest tliat tlie committee in charge of the home on Ninth Street be authorized and empowered to con-, tinue our labors, or that the relief committee, of which B. II. Warner is chairman, be asked to do so, if in your judgment either of these plans is deemed necessary." , ... .. Major Sylvester is greatly pleased with the work accomplished by the committee of which Mr. Wolf is chairman, and will make due ac knowledgment of the same. "What's In a name? A great deal in the beer trade. Heurich's is a guarantee of first quality and purity. 'Phone Arling ton Bottling Co. for a caser of Maerzen, Senate, Extra. Pale and Lager. d a a in r 1 Pettit, 415-417 Seventh St. ZV A beautiful Oak Hall Hack, shaped plate mirror, handsomely finished, S1 2.50. This very pretty Dressing Case, in white enamel and mahoganv finish. $6.50. IgilEf: JO A beautiful Brass-trimmed Iron Bed, sold elsewhere for $4.50, our price $2.95 Fine Oak Costumer, sold elsewhere for $1.00, our price 55 cts. A large 5-piece Parlor Suite, sold elsewhere for $22.50, our price $13.75 A handsome solid oak Bedroom Suite, sold elsewhere for $24, our price $- 4.50 High back cane seat oak dining room Chair, sold elsewhere at $1.25, our price 35 Cts. Mayer s Pettit, 415417 Seventh Street. The comparative value of these two cards n known to most persons. They illustrate that? greater quantity is not always most to be desired. The Ace expresses the beneficial quality of Ripans Tabules as compared with twice as many of any previously known dyspepsia cure. A new style packet containing nni Birxsa tajuus In a. paper carton (without st1 Is noir for sale at oni anur rtor toe rrvx ciarra. This Jovr-pnced orr I Intended for the poor and the economical. Onedexoa of tho flTC-cent cartons (1) tabulei) can be had by mail by seniUmr fortj-et;rht cents to the Rrrxjcs Cnxxicxx Coia-Axr, So. 10SpraceStnMi,Nuw York or a. single carton (res tabcusj will bo seat tor tir can:. CEPY BBEVITIZS. A little girl, who gave her name as Mabel Wil son, of 416 Third Street, was knocked down and severely injured alwut the face by a reckless bi cycle rider near Sixth Street and New York Avenue yesterday forenoon. The Perpetual Adoration Society of St. Aloysius Church will hold its first regular meeting at 4:30 o'clock nest Thursday afternoon. Rev. Wil liam O'Brien Pardow, S. J., will deliver an inter esting address. Autumn leaf outing parties are now features of these cool Fall days. Yesterday a number of young men and women hied themselves to the woods surrounding the city and gathered many pretty tinted leaves. Miss Lily Edmonson accom panied her kindergarten pupils to the wood3 near Benning on a leaf gathering expedition. Tlie. Sodality of St. Matthew's Church will meet at 4:S0 o'clock Friday afternoon "Diamond" and "Munchner" Beers are beyond question the purest, oldest, best beers in Amer ica. "Diamond" is the favorite light beer while "Munchuer" is most popular with those who pre fer dark beer. e-Case of 2 doz. bottles, SI. 25. Write or 'phone 222. National Cap ital Brewing Co., 14th and D Sts. S.E. Cash or Credit. 1r1 i II i W ill 8 II 111 The greatest Stems Chair bargain of tJie age, a $6 value elsewhere. Oak frame, eordtj roy and velour covering-, only IK to sell at $2.98. COME EARLY. A fine Cobbler Seat Rocker, high back, well made and finished. A bargain at only, $1.59. HAVE YOU SSiT,BB!&pffi Bore. Ulcer ia Mouth, Hals Tallius? Write COOK REMEDY CO.. lttl 1U tonic Temple. Chicago. 111., for proofs of curta. Capital, $500,000. Wont twt cured in 15 to U dill. lOO-page book tna. sxj3-l7 I AWAY horse almost Impossi ble if you use s.toa-a SAFETY AUTOMATIC H1TCHK.Q WEIGHTS. Call and see them. Prices, $1.50 and $i JOHN B. ESPEY, 1010 Pa. ave. seT-tf-em THIS PAPER IS PRINTED R-ith Ink furnished by JAEXECKK BROS. & FT. SCHNEElfANN. New York Cltr. crrii-U-to The Brink Notes landed. Tho national bank notes Issued by the Treasury during the past week amounted to $2.419,8G0, and the amount destroyed was ?1,267,SS5. The amount of the na tional bank notes In circulation Is $236,-591.9C0. 3 b -jB? JOSf