Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1888, Page 6

@ ANARCHISTS STILL PLOTTING. Views of Inspector Bonfield and Supt. Hubbard, of Chicago. ANew York World special from Chicago gives the views of Inspector Bonfield and Supt. Hub- bard, of that city, in rogard to the work and plans of the anarchists. It is the deliberate opinion of the police that while Chicago will never be disturbed by the anarchists again, the rest of the world has not heard the last of them by agreat deal. Other cities, they think, are likely to have a taste of Chicago's experience im the next year or two. Inspector Bonfield as information that a general demonstration of the international, which is the anarchists’ alliance around the world, is planned for July 14 next. That will be the centennary of the taki of the Bastile. ‘ A owe have positive evidence,” said the in- spector to-day, “of their officers, plans, organi- zation and committees for that day. The cen- tral point is in London, with Paris as the next, then Brussels, New York, Philadelphia, Chi- eago, and San Francisco. All the principal countries have vice-presidents. The United tes have two, Chicago haying one and New fork the other. In the strength of their num- they rank: France first, Germany second, the British Isles third, with the United States and Mexico last. In America the central head- quarters is in New York. So far they have agreed on the hundredth anniversary of the Bastile as the day for A CONCERTED UPRISING. “Do you really think they will attempt any- thing of the kind in this country?” “Well, frankly,” said the inspector, after a ase, “I think very likely they may if there is htest opportunity for it. I don’t think they will heré, because they have had one good lesson, and they will not forget it. Without knowing this positively, my impression is that they are very much better organized in other cities than they are here. There are many of them in New York, Boston, Pittsburg. Cincin- nati, Milwaukee, Buffalo and other places, I think something is brewing among them. It is of no use to Susguise the fact that they are dangerous men and mean mischief.” Supt. Hubbard said: “There will be no up- rising of anarchists in Chicago July 14 nor at any other time, for the simple reason that we have too firm a control over them. When an- archists know that they are being carefully watched in everything they do, and that by | the employment of children, particularly girls, our new system of electrical calls we can con- centrate 1,200 police armed with rifles at any in the city ina very few moments, it is | which means sl In case of | to manhood, and I here and now wonderful how mild they become. * THE KNIGHTS’ CONVENTION. The Finances in » Bad Shape and a Heavy Falling Off in Membership. Treasurer Turner, in his report to the gen- eral assembly of the Knights of Labor at In- dianapolis yesterday, gives the receipts of the order for the year ending June 30, 1888, at $222,507.09, and the expenditures the same. In @ supplementary report, up to October 31, he shows that the receipts for the four months since June were $52,591.73 and the expenditures $42,920.62. The report says the membership has decreased 300,000 during the year, and the receipts are now insufficient to meet expendi tures. The treasurer continues: “In my opin- ion « reduction of $25,000 in the expenses can be accomplished without detriment to the order, and therefore recommend, first, the abolition of the mileage paid to representa- tives; second, the consolidation of the offices of general secretary and general treasurer; third, the reduction of the general executive board to not more than five members; less, if possible.” At the end of June, 1887, the order was $5,792 ahead. Of its condition one year later, Mr. Turner says: “On June 30, 1883, our bal- ance was $164.86, with bills to the amount of 29,227 due and unpaid; October 21, 1888, there is a balance of $46, with $2,887 due and un- paid bills.” STARTLING ALLEGATIONS FROM MBS. BARRY. Mrs. Barry, who has charge of the female branch of the knights, made a report of her investiga- tions and recommendations for the ameliora- tion of the condition of working women in va- rious parts of the country. A! ii her trips through Pennsylvania, Barry says: ‘The violation of every law in regard to the employment of women and children in Pennsylvania is to be met with on every hand, and it is my earnest request that every Knight of Labor in Pennsylvania will give his support to that which Ihave prepared and will have resented at the session of the coming state ‘egislature for the establishment of a factory- inspector law on behalf of the little ones of this rich state, 200,000 of whom are dtprived of the privileges of common school education, and 125,000 of whom are employed in its work- shops, factories, mines and mercantile indus- tries. There are many eyils attendant upon which leads to misery, ignorance and despair. A custom is rapidly increasing in this country ame, dishonor and humiliation appeal to need we can atm every member of our force | every father within sound of my voice to be with a riot gun that pumps fifty-four big bul- lets in sixty seconds. Anarchists are not anx- ious to have us experiment on them with these wea! We shail soon have a system by whic! his station from any part of his post in the time it takes to run it. When this 13 in opera- tion the riot that can be started in Chicago will have to be a mighty big one.” “HOW ABOUT ROMB-MAKING ?” “I don’t believe there is any of it here or will be. If there is we shall be pretty apt to find it out before it has gone very far. You see that most people have it thoroughly pounded into their heads that it is dangerous to trifle with the law in this state. They know that the lice of Chicago are not in a mcod to handle | em gently if they make any trouble. I don’t mean t the police are anxious for revenge exactly, but I believe there isa pretty general idea in the force that another anarchist uprising would requirw@ severe lesson, and that there is great readiness to give it. ‘The chief di eulty ina battle between the lice and the reds would be to ever make the police stop shooting. Iam afraid the recollection of the sixty-six officers who were torn to pieces by the Haymarket bomb would be pretty strong on the force. But there will be nothing of that kind in Chicago. “I believe the revolutionists elsewhere are lotting something for next year which may eep the police officers in other cities busy The plot is pretty well known, however. and in m: Jaagment will not amount to anything. e anarchist is at heart an arrant cow: and it is only when he thinks he ¢ somebody by surprise—stab in the back, as it were—that he shows any nerve. The mere fact that the design is discovered will probably defeat it.” 200 The Effect on the South. COLORED CLERGYMEN’S VIEWS UPON GENERAL | HARRISON'S ELECTION. The New York Herald publishes the views of | @ number of colored preachers in South Caro lina as to the effect of General Harrison's elec- tion on the south. Bishop Arnett, who has charge of the A. M. E. churches in the South Carolina district, says: “I don’t see that it makes much difference to us in South Carolina who is President of the United States, provided the incumbent is an honest, God-fearing man and administers the laws faithfully and honestly and impartially. We can take care of ourselves in South Caro- lina, and as long as we do our duty as citizens of this great republic and pursue our daily Yocations I expect we will be able to get along. Tapprehend no setback to the industries of the south by Mr. Harrison's election.” Rev. Wadmalaw Island A. M. E. circuit, holds that Harrison's election will result in good to the south. He says: “It will give the political slaves of the democratic party freedom. It will relieve the negro of great apprehensions and fearful anxieties, and it will certainly tend to develope his moral courage. One of the eatest questions that will be settled by Gen. jarrison’s election is the race issue in this country, because the progress of the negro will be so distinctly marked and understood by his white brethren that much of the prejudice now existing against him will disappear,” Rev. B. F. Witherspoon, pastor of Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopalian church, says: “As colored men we do not expect Mr. Harrison to do for us what he would not do for white men circumstanced as we are in the south politically. We only want to be treated as citizens of this great and free country, and to be allowed, without molestation or intimida- tion, to cast our ballot for the party of our choice, as do the Irish and Germans and Amer- jeans. This we hope he will do by the help of all progressive men in the south, who will rise above long-standing prejudices and give to us what they themselves stand so much in need of and compiain of its lack—fair pla: aa Congressmen Elected. THE CALIFORNIA DELEGATION FIVE REPUBLICANS TO ONE DEMOCRAT. Official returns from the first California dis- trict have not yet been received. It is under- stood. however, that based on the latest re- turns Thompson, democrat, now concedes the election of his opponent. Dehaven, republicen. If Dehaven is elected Culifornia’s congressional representation will stand five republicans and one democrat, a gain of one republican. RETURNS FROM TWO ARKANSAS DISTRICTS. Sr. Louts, Nov. 14.—Advices from Little Rock, Ark., say: Official returns from the second con- essional district give C. BR. Breckinridge, mocrat, 832 majority over John Mi. Clayzon, republican. Cate, democrat, is undonbtedly elected over Featherstone, independent, who Feceived republican support, but oticial figures cannot yet be given. Able to Lose all She Had Wagered. ‘From the Chicago Tribune “Mandy !" almost shrieked the elderly aant, asshe entered theparlor unexpectedly and found the young lady clasped in the erms of a young man who was kissing her wth every indication that he had had considerable practice, * what on earth does this mean?” “Nothing but an election bet. auntie,” re- lied Amanda, with a look of heroic, martyr- ¢ resignation on her lovely face. “Ilost. Go on, Mr. MePelican. How many was that?” co -— The day is not without its compensations, Yesterday a butterfty flew amid the roses in an open garden in Atlanta. We defy Maine, with its 23,000 republ jority, to equal this. Date November 7. anta Constitution, I want you to answer iy, my dear madam.” . or have I only got fat; degeneration of the he ber gat ad Sentimental Indy—~Thix world is a vale of _ Even the “beautiful rose has thorns.” Prosaic visitor—“I wouldn't mind that so much, but that shad are so full of bones is an outrage on the human race.”—Tezas Siftings. Blobson—‘What's good for insomnia, Popin- yy?" Popinjay—“Counting. Did you ever counting a thousand slowly * Blobson— ts of times, but I never made a success of it.” Popinjay—“Why not?” Blobson—-Why, I abvags get to sleep before Ican finish.” —Bur- lington Free . Mrs. Passee—‘I'm often taken for my daugh- ter's sister, would you believe it? Now, how many — would you give me, Mr. Mutton- Mr. Mufonhedde—‘‘God forbid that I should give you any, my dear madame; you are so well provided in that respect t!” “Say, Reilly, how indacent it is to be chris- tenin’ shi way the. as if the: livia’ Chretians w 7 daa they give oun 8 faneral, too?” “Faith! . T've often read of eT |. E. Hayne, who has a station on the | every patrolman can be summoned to | | | | ' | | | showing 5. watchful and wary of his little daughter if she bo employed in ‘any large establishment—or small one, either—where she is made to under- stand that the price of her position is that she ‘stand in with the boss.’ “)iany may ask why I do not give name and locality. First, because those who resent such pernicious approaches shrink from giving publicity to their humiliation, and those who submit will not make their misfortunes public until, perhaps, they cannot longer hide their shame. In very many instances facts wero given that were blood-curdling, but no affidavit would be made, and neither myself nor the order was in @ position to stand a libel suit with all the power of wealth against us_where- with to influence a decision against honor and truth.” . It is expected that the case of Barry, the ex- pelled member of the general executive board, will be discussed to-day. The report of J. W. Hayes, who succeeded Charles H. Litchman as’ general secretary in September, will be presented this morning. He givesa tabulated statement of the membershii local assemblies in good work- ing order, with a total reported membership of 18 and 37,900 not reported July 1, 1887. The bership, according to this report. was showing a loss in one year of not less than 153,761. = ses. Condition of the B. & O. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE AP- POINTED TO EXAMINE INTO ITS AFFAIRS. At the meeting of the board of directors of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yesterday, the special committee appointed to make a thorough examination of the affairs of the company and to report its exact financial condition and the value of its properties, reported that they had engaged the serviees of an expert accountant and that they and he had been ail ently work- ing, but that it was simply physically impossi- sible to have a full, fair and satisfactory report ready at the annual meeting of the company. The committee, however, believe that they will be able to make a full statement at an early day. The report is by William Keyser, James L. McLane, George W. Dobbin, Thomas M. Lanahan and A. P. Gorman The board confirmed the appointmént of the following agents: Main Stem—J. D, Healey, Dickerson’s; H. H. Beard, Hanover; H. R, Be- sant, Capon road; H. M. Zeller, Breathed’s; J. | W. Rollins, Kanawha, Philadelphia division— H. 8. Burroughs, Felton; J. P. Sullivan, Har- ford. Pittsburg division. . Van Horn, Stoves- town; L. L. Long. Rankin, Trans-Ohio divi- sion—Albert Van Heyde, Wellsboro’. — sos Bustvess Mex Discussrne Bro Questions.— The nineteenth annual meeting of the national board of trade convened in Chicago yesterday afternoon and will remain in session until Fri- day, during which time questions relating to the adulteration of lard, the credit system, the Chesapeake and Delaware ship-canal, coast and harbor defense, the surplus revenue, the tax on alcohol, internal revenue taxes, ocean m navigation, American merchant marine, silver coinage, basis for national banking, commercial union with Canada, letter postage, rights under bills of lading, regulations of immigration, United States naval reserve, national board of health and quarantine laws will be discussed. President Frederick Fraley, of Philadelphia, was re-elected president and a long list of vice- presidents was chosen. After recess a resolu- tion was offered looking toward the establish- ment of a national mechanical and trade school. Another resolution offered was in favor of changing the term of the presidency of the United States from four to six years and mak- ing the President ineligible for re-election. Minuioxatnes ox Tuer Travers.—A large party of millionaires were in Richmond, Va., yesterday. It included John Jacob Astor, John A. Stewart, president of the United States Trust company, of New York city; George Bliss, of Morton, Bliss & Co., of New York: C. H. Coster, of Drexel, Morgan & Co., of York; John Crosby Brown, of Brown Bros. & 3o., New York; Mr. Winthrop, of Drexel, Har- jes & Co., Paris, F and Mr, Stotesberr. of Drexel & Co.. Philadelphia. These gentl men, representing hundreds of millions of dol- lars, are interested in the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad property. They go from Richmond to-day to Clitton Forge, by the Richmond and Alleghany road, and from thence to Cincin- math, Tue Carips-Drext ‘cxp.—Treasurer Jas, ds-Drexel fund of the Inter- yhical union, —— that up was $20,333, which more than doubles the amount of the original gift of $10,000 by Messrs, Childs and Drexel in 1886, and which was the nucleus of und named in their honor. A number of subordinate unions are yet to be heard from. see Roneet Ganrerr Mccu Improvep.—Robert Gerrett has greatly improved during the past He is able to recognize members of his family and household, and has had no violent attacks. I able to read daily papers and ass topics of the day with those around him. Drs. Jacobs and Hamilton hope to pre- vent any relapse by keeping him very quiet, so Ns To MicniGan SoLprers.—Colonel Briggs, president of the Michigan Soldiers’ Monument commission, spent yester- day on the Gettysburg battle-field inspecting five of their monuments now up. He selected the position of the Michigan cavalry brigade, whieh was commanded by General Custer, near the division cavalry shaft, 3 miles cast of town. seo Jere Davis’ Feeeue Heawra.—President Ashton Starke, of the Richmond, Va., exposi- tion, has received a letter from Jeff Davis, which indicates that the latter isin feeble health, letter sa “Though well enough when at rest to permit the hope that I may see my friends of Virginia at some future time, I am now painfully conscious that I could not perform the journey without serious if not fatal consequences, To state the fact will no doubt secure from you all a concur- rence in the decision I have been compelled to make.” aa He—“What a rage there has been during the summer for lapis lazuli.” She (from Chicago)—“Yes; but I never could see the sense of folks running after those for- eign singers as they do.”—.Jeweler’s Weekly. “When will this country reach the apex of ” demanded the orator after a lofty nm we have base ball rinks and base ball all winter,” replied # voice, an answer which brought the orator to a short stop.—Boston Courier. » Doctor (to patient)—‘You need rest, ma’am. T advise yon to go to the country for a month.” Patient—“And my place, sorr?” Doc- Patient— THE MARECHAL NEIL ROSE. How This Lovely Flower Came by its Name—An Interesting Story. ‘The Marechal Neil is one of the lovliest roses of its kind, the noisette, and in its name and origin there is one of the hitherto unwrittert romances of the court of France in the second empire. In 1369, when the French army was sent to help King Victor Emanuel drive the Austrians out of Italy, the third army corps was commanded by General Neil. This officer, as his name implies, came of one of those Irish noble families who emigrated to France after the battle of the Boyne in 1600, as did the Mac- Mahons, the Fitz Jameses and others, who are now Irish in nothing but their names, General Neil had commanded and fought his corps with such eminent ability and distinguished courage that when Use was made, with his country- man and friend, MacMahon, he was created a marshal of France, It was well nigh autumn before General Neil was able to return to France. He had been terribly wounded, and had suffered besides from the dreadful fever of the Italian marshes. For months he was be- tween life and death, with only his surgeon, who was his constant companion, and a soldier servant, who proved to be an admirable nurse in his illness and com nee, One day a peasant woman brought him a whole basket of wild roses from the Campagna region, says Leslie's Popular Monthly. Gen. Neil had always been extremely fond of roses, and most of these were new to him and thus served to amuse him until they were withered. He observed, however, that one particular shoot had not faded and died like the others, but had grown into a beautiful n plant of perhaps ten inches in length. When he looked to see why this one had grown and the others faded, he found that a bit of the root had been put away with the flower, which was of a whitish yellow hue. Scarcely knowing why, Neil determined to keep the shoot so curiously preserved. When he returned to Paris he placed the young shoot with an expert floricul- turist, and the next spring it bore four of the loveliest budsin the world, of a pale lemon tinge. At that time Gen. Neil was sent for to rece! ive the highest military rank then known in France, the grand cross of the legionof honor and his commission as mi: al of France, in the presence of three emperors and all the kings in Europe worth naming. After the solemn ceremony was ended, and he wore for the first time on that day the grand cross of the legion of honor, he went to the reception of the empress and presented to her a curious ellowish rose of perfect form and perfume, Dut different from any she had ever seen, an told her its story. “And so you have proved the truth of what the old abbe used to say in his dreadfully tedi- ous sermons at Pau about casting his bread on the waters,” said the empress (who, like Queen Elizabeth of blessed memory, “loved a fine man”) to the handsomest and most daring, as well as one of the ablest of the marshals of the second empire. “Dear me, he was tedious, that good abbe,” continued her majesty, with the softest look of retrospection in her lovely dark eyes. ‘‘Now, Monsieur le Marechal,” said she, vivaciously, “I shall christen this rose for ‘Ou. az “Do so,” said the Franco-Irish soldier, bow- ing very low. but flashing at her a glance of rofound admiration so warm that it deepened her colora little as they stood alene, for though the great salon of the palace was crowded, no one dared to interrupt the tete-a-tete, which she herself had allowed, between the empress and the handsomest general of his day. + Lightly putting the rose to her lips. she said: “It is named the Marechal Neil, for the soldier sans peur et sans reproche, as gallant in the salon as he ison the battlefield.” ‘This gracious speech went straight to the great soldier's Irish heart. i “You will wear it to-night, your majesty, will you not, and afterwards give itto me to keep, this happy rose?” “M. le Marechal!” said the empress with dignity. I pray your forgiveness,” he answered. “No, no, I am not as angry as I ought to be,” she replied; ‘‘but—but people might hear,” and with a Parthian glance she departed. Four days thereafter Colonel Lewall, then Neil's chief of staff, but not long since minister of war for the French republic, observed his chief take a surreptitious rosebud out of an enyelope he had just received, and lock it up in a private drawer, Coming Congressional Contests. LANGSTON IN VIRGINIA, AND VOORHEES IN NEW JERSEY, BOTH REPUBLICANS, CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN ELECTED. Aspecial from Petersburg to the Philadel- phia Times, Nov. 14, says: The returns so far received indicate that Virginia has gone demo- cratic by about 2,000 majority. John M. Langs- ton, who was defeated for Congress by E. C. Venable, dem., said to-day that he had car- ried the fourth congressional district by 3.500 majority, and that he would certainly contest Venable’s election. He added with great con- fidence that the House of Répresentatives would give him his seat in the next Congress. There will probably be a contest in the courts over the congressional seat in the fourth New Jersey district between Fowler, dem., and Voorhees, rep. The returns give Fowler 42 plurality, but it is claimed that the returns were tampered with before they were canvas- sed by the board of canvassers, pauuciedmiaier A Divorce Before Marriage. CURIOUS DOCUMENT DRAWN UP BY A CHICAGO JUSTICE—AN EXPECTED BRIDEGROOM MISSING. A Chicago special to the Philadelphia Press says: A year ago Mrs. Josephine Sicotte, a wealthy French widow, betrothed herself to John Seifurt. Two months later she met John B. Menger, a well-to-do business man, who was shortly to wed Dolorita Mazuray, a Spanish maiden. Both forgot their former loves and resolved to marry. But Menger found Dolorita difficult to manage. She pressed him for an early marriage. So did Mrs. Sicotte. Finally Dolorita was taken before Justice of the Peace Jarvis Blume, and the following remarkable document was jointly signed: “We, John Menger and Dolorita Mazuray, of Chicago, declare and say that “Whereas, we have heretofore been engaged in a mutual verbal agreement to unite in mar- riage at some time In the future, and cert im tokens of friendship in the form of letters, ex- pressive of such friendship, have passed be- tween us, and a fi ger to said Mazu ment of marriage: and “Whereas, upon full reflection and consider- ation ithas been mutually agreed that such contemplated marriage be and the same is un- desirable and to be avoided; “Therefore, we do now hereby declare and promise one to the other that such tokens as may be expressive of our hitherto relations in the form of such letters and such ring ex- changed as aforesaid shall be at once returned to each other, and the expressions of friend- ship and endearment therein and thereby made shall be revoked and nullified, meaning and in- tending that the relations heretofore existing shall be declared as void and of no effect by this writing; and said parties shall be as of their former status and froe from any obliga- tion one to the other, either legal or moral, thus releasing each other from fulfilling the vows and promises heretofore made, either ey or in writing. Witness our hand and seal.” . Mrs. Sicotte then indulged in an expensive trousseau, the parish priest was engaged, the license procured, and the marriage service was to take place Sunday; but the bridegroom did not appear, and has not been seen since Friday, when he visited Justice Blume, paid him for drawing up the unique divoree-before-marriage document, said he could live no longer in Chi- cago, and departed. igiven by said Men- such tacit agree- Tue Nicanaoua Canau.—The act incorporat- ing the Nicaragua Canal company passed the Vermont legislature Wednesday. Itigthe same act which was introduced into the United States Senate last session by Senator Edmunds, Several of the incorporators named in the act are Vermonters, including Mr. Frederick Bil- lings and Colonel Franklin Fairbanks. The other gentlemen interested in the scheme are Hiram Hitcheock. proprietor of the Fifth Ave- nue hotel; ex-Judge Charles P. Daly and other prominent New Yorkers. It is computed that a traftie of over four million tons awaits the opening of the canal. Hiram Hitchcock, of ew York, will be elected president of the company. The company has assurances from American and foreign capitalists that funds for building the canal will be forthcoming. ——-—+oe—____ Crazep by THe Exxection.—Alex. Rogers, a government storekeeper and a prominent demo- cratic worker in Louisville, Ky., became a rav- ing maniac Wednesday. He 1s fifty-two years old, and has a family of eight ehildren. He has not slept since the election. He said yes terday that there was an election going on which he must attend. After ring about the aed he took up his position at a corner and sto every man who passed trying to get into e quarrel with him abcoten tatghery Levers ype Fons a friend who knew = passed, a began striking at him with his cane. "Upon this he was arrested and placed under tr nt. It is thought he will Tecover, Bart “Hair cut, sir?” Curt Cus- tomer—‘No, sir.” Greedy Barber—‘Very long, Teaches, Curt Customer— out your coatdébllar.” or cut my clolbey decolbie.*—Zoun Topie, ba tailor THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Economy Which is Costly in the End— The Duty of the National Legisla- ture. * From the New York Times. From the elevation and floor plans of the Congressional Library designed and begun by the architects, Smithmeyer & Pelz, which have just been published by the American Architect, it appears that Congress, by going further. is likely to fare worse. One thing can be said for their building; it would not have formed a dis- agreeable contrast to the capitol, near which it is to stand, but approaches the same order of architecture. It is vastly better than the heavy and tasteless army and navy building Which dwarfs the White House, but raises that emi- nently respectable edifice into the ranks of high art. A broad flight of stairs leads to a terrace, and another flight carries one to the first story of the proposed library. A carriage drive rans beneath the porch, which thus serves as a porte cochere, Tho front repeats pretty closely the it of the ‘capitol itecl With its central body marked by two square corners ean for and hav- ing between them, above the tripple-arched entrance, « long upper porch supported by four double columns, The pesos aspect may be imagined from that of our old city hall, of course on a vastly larger and more sturdy scale. There were to be two square wings is ward to the main line and joined to tlie central body just described by epetiee ier> with six windows in line. The slightly sloping roofs are screened in the old fashion by balus- trades, This noble front is 460 feet long and was to be duplicated in the course of time by a rear of the same length. The sides were to be 337 feet long and to follow the same general plan, so that when completed the whole edifice would form a square, from the center of which would rise a ie and cupola of no great height. As begun, only the front building and middle hall with dome were to be finished, in order to accommodate the books that now overfiow the present quarters for the library of Co1 5 As the books accumulated, the sides and rear of the square were to be built. Bttween the side buildings and the middle body, which is designed in the shape of a great cross, a very wide courtyardwould have been left on each side. According to the plan, these courts were to be further subdivided by inner buildings connect- ing with front and rear, thus utilizing the space, yet providing for abundance of light. So far ascan be discovered, no objections were made to the plan on the score of bad art or poor ar- rangements for the purpose for which it was designed. The reason given is the great ex- pense of the structure, and on that plea the architects have been dismissed and the site and foundations turned over to the chief of engin- cers of the army with the understanding that it shall not cost more than four millions, If we can learn anything from similar oceur- Tences nearer home, the change, though osten- sibly in the direction of economy, will prove far more costly in the end than it would have been, could the architects have carried out the first design. Although the architects retained for the crection of the state capitol at Alba: were among the best in the country, that hgild- ing has miffered and the pockets of the citfzens as well. If anything goes wrong in that strue- ture. if the vault of Sie, Semcnlity chamber and the frescoes of W. M. Hunt are de- stroyed, architects brought in after thé build- ing was begun would hardly be human if they did not throw the blame on the builders of foundations and lower story. Responsibility cannot be fastened on them, for they were not retained at first, and intelligently backed up to the end. So far as can be ascer- | tained = Smithmeyer and Peltz have been more than commonly careful to try the ground on which the huge building was to stand, and test the materials, whether stone or mortar, which went {ato the foundations, But in other respects the change is worse than that which took place in the management of the Albany capitol. 'There the abilities of the architects called in at the eleventh hour were notoriously greater than those of the men they superseded. In this case, what standing as an architect has a chief of engineers? But supposing, by a miracle, that in a latent condition he has a very genius for architecture, what can he do with 24,000,000 | on a site already occupied with the foundations of a structure which would eventually cost ten? Unless every sign dec here is one more evidence of the stultification of well-pre- pared designs by men who care nothing ‘or the dignity of the country, as shown by the fitness and beauty of the architecture at the nation’s capital, men whose legislation regarding literature and the fine arts make the United States contemptible in the eyes of the world. It is quite among the ossibilities that a’ better design might be ‘ound than that of Messrs. Smithmyer & Pelz; but what gives a sinister look to the matter is the bad faith of which Congress appears to have been guilty in the sudden abolition of the commission, dismissal of the architects, and complete change of plan, What architect who respects his art and himself, what architect whose work will be an honor to America, will care to expose himself to the whim of a body of legislators who are less responsible than a private individual, and whd cannot be forced to live up to their engagements? Among the people the fine arts increase in the respect they obtain; artists in all branches respond to the demands made upon them, But some charge of dullness and inopportune parsimony rests on the legislators of the nation, which causes them to oscillate between the silliest extrava- gance and the most reckless economy, Every- ody knows that an enormous space must provided for the library of Congress, and that such space can only be had in a ed way by @ generous outlay. If allowed to carry on after this fashion, Congress will save afew millions to-day'in order to squander many times the sum in the near future, — sire steak Ancient Thanksgiving Days, From Table Talk. Thanksgiving day was suggested, doubtless, by the Hebrew feast of the tabernacles, or “feast of ingathering at the end of the year.” Its history in America begins as early as 1621, The occasional observance of sucha day, for- mally recommended by the civil authorities, was not unusual in Europe at an earlier date. In Holiand the first anniversary of the deliver- ance of the city of Leyden from the seige, Oct. 3,1575,was kept as a religions festival of thanks- giving and praise. In the English church ser- vice the Sth of November is so celebrated, in commemoration of the discovery of the gun- powder plot. One of the most remarkable of thanksgiving customs on record prevailed in Southampton and Easthampton, Long Island. Montauk Point, which consists of 9.000 acres, was owned by numerous proprietors in these towns and was used as a common pasturage for stock, The time of driving the herds home to winter was fixed at a meeting by the town council, “and it came,” says the historian, “to bearule from the period beyond which the memory of man runueth not, that the Thurs- day of the week following the return of the cattle from Montauk should be observed as a day of thanksgiving.” Atan early period of New England history certain periods of pros- perity were often made the occasions of public thanksgivings, or feasts, and often a day of fasting and prayer was turned into a day of thanksgiving by what seemed an immediate answer to their prayers, ——se0e——_____ German Influence in the Church. A dispatch from Rome saying that a petition had been presented to the propaganda pro- testing against the predominating influence of German Catholics in America having been shown to a prominent theologian of Cincinnati, he said that such a movement had been on foot since the last council at Baltimore; that a petition was prosented at Notre Dame, Ind., at the golden jubilee of Father Sorin, drawn ‘up by Archbishop Treland and signed by seven bishops, embodying # request that the cate- chism shall be taught only in the English lan- guage, and that in those: German e8 where sermons heretofore were preached in German they should now be preached in Eng- lish; that no more festivities of German nature should be tolerated; in short, that everything German should be abolished. Bishops Dwenger and Maes were chosen to present the petition in Rome. se. Tur Propose CexrraL American Unton.— Throughout Costa Rica, and indeed all the Central American republics, the congress or “Central American Diet” that has for some time been in session at San Jose is the absorb- ing topic of discussion. The people of the five republics are enthusiastic for union and the press reflects this desire. Nevertheless the congress is not expected to lead to the forma- tion of the proposed Central American union, jore thor it and attention are given to the pomp and display of rival delegates than tothe serious question of eff the op coper| : Yo! fecting i jis there is right in —— seen vontrovers be- and in the any general ment the latter country the teeling runs high, tween Costa and Ni Harlem citizen (to builder)—‘What are yor going fo pat up there?” Were Faat the row of flats ever in New York city.” Citizen—‘T'd like a nice flat in this neig! ” Builder—Well, ze stop on your wy hothe from down town evening and show you Seca but Ret Harpers Basary tO eT may Dagens, ’. | | EVENING TWINKLES. The republican watchword henceforth will Minar ‘etter fora man to laugh’ it is for for a to in his sleeve than to ‘“‘smile” at the bar. The demand for oatmeal mush at breakfast has caused quite a stir in the kitchen. aw from the amount of mail he receives A ferty boat and a man who steps on a bana- na skin are alike in that both make It is hardly the th for to tells dandy founy phyissian that e looks ill- ¢ is a question which the average society girl Me moet, free speech or the power of the — A Berlin scientist says that salt is conducive to longévity. The oc! must be the salt of the earth, The man who won your money on an elec- tion may not be your superior, though he is certainly a better. VEMBER 15, 1888. ; _HOUSEFURNISHINGS Cooma Br Gus A full line of GAS COOKING STOVES On hand apd for sale. WASHINGTON GASLIGIT COMPANY. Capers: Canrers:: Canrers:1: ‘We are daily recei’ ‘our Fall supply of BIGELOW, LOWELL « DARTFORD WILTON CARPETS, BODY BRUSSELS, MOQUETS, VELVETS, TAPESTRIES, THREE-PLYS, INGRALNS, and ART SQUARES, RUGS, MATS, CURTAINS, and DRAPINGS in great variety. An inspection of our stock is solicited. se25-3m HOOE, BRO. & 00., 139g F st. The placing of an engagement ring on a fair R_A FIRST-CLASS HEATING STOVE, RANGE girl's finger may be appropriately a hand- | I or Latrobe, at low p at eitien to-hand encounter. _ omptiy. se2o-2 The Philadelphia coutts have been gravely | —T*\robes ant Ranges Repaired Front. invoked to determine how far a copyrighted | J ™ TEPEECX &.c P’epeon Mien & CoD, tombstone may be infringed upon. Wat. PAPERS. Austria has lately made s rules against | , We have Just received a lanes col:siznment of new Permied to Romady'aore in hat ompires S| Eetae os seal ia ss e more in em] from . to 30. yin S-9e. >. Pere fact that Hostetter. the “Stomach Bit- Hist, guerantond first class. Fresco Painting and ters” man died a many millionaire, proves that ee 3 & BRO., 508 7th st. aw. he mingled the bitters with the sweet in life. 7th street cars pass the door. my 1 A Western town which was prosperousa year = = 0 is mow entirely deserted. was RATLROADS. nged and the — have formed new ties. — —— 4 = Jones says that the reason ign fang calls his HE GREAT beet girl an angel i she oes | La ae ARDS WIAA ROUTE wre. him coming she flies to the door to let him in.| pOcBLE TRACE” \ SFLENIID ache oe kota — was aa * = —_ a a STEEL RAL MAGRIRICENT EQUPMENT. pig made up his mimd that next time he NEE Rov . ican Rouldn’t take anything that would squeal on | NAGE tixrit AND b STRERIS, Ao FOL: im. It caused some excitement in the market the other day when the Widow Bacon ste up tothe butcher and asked for ham without a tremor in her voice. The fastidious Toronto World advises the Ca- nadians to steer clear of annexation a as it says, ‘the people of the United States are not our kind of cattle.” A great deal is said about the perfect pro- ortions of women, but in nearly all the New ngland states the proportion of women to men is about seven to one. Idaho boasts of a practical female shoemaker. She is said to have awl the work she can do, and keeps peggiug away with the evident ob- fect of bocoming well “heeled.” The number of men capable of bearing arms is calculated at one-fourth of the population. The number of women capable of baring arms can be ascertained at any swell reception. Lord Tennyson is the only living author whose writings are used in cijvil-sertice exami- nations in India. This gives an India inkling of the high regard they have for the poet in that country. A fashion paper says that the combination which will be most worn for evening dress by ladies this winter will be buff and blue. Buff seems to have been the rage ever since the de- collete waist has been in v Ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, who now lives in Paris, has become devoted to the American game of péker. If she should happen to chip in to Spanish politic’, however, As would be raised out of the game in short order, A cooking-school in Pittsburg makes a spe- cialty of educating men cooks. If the women in Pittsburg do not know how to cook, their husbands will prevent marriage from being a failure by taking up the skillet and the roast- g pan, An eqiine freak*is said to have recently landed at San Francisco, the main feature of which is that it is entirely without hair, even where the mane and tail Ought tobe. In'other respects it is a model horse. This tale will hardly be believed. A curious notion in table decoration is to have the center of the table made into a little pond in which crabs and lobsters are seen, and even figh are paddling about. This prepares the dyspeptic for the nightmare, which he knows will follow the éupper. Under the laws of France a person who is re- orted dead by a legal official must remain lead, no matter how much he comes to life. If he wants to live he must take some other name. It would seem that alla man heavily in debt had to do would be to starid in with some ofti- cial, get himself reported dead, then commence life over again under a new name without owing anybody a cent. S Testimony Unimpeached. From the Philadelphia Record. Smart Lawycr—‘-You say that on the nightof the murder the moon was so bright that you could see the burglars inthe room, Was your husband awake at the time?” Witness—“I don’t know.” “His face was toward you, wasn’t it; or was it not?” “I don’t know.” “Eh? You don’t know? Was his faceturned toward you or toward the wall?” “I don’t know.” “Gentlemen of the jury, you hear the wit- ness. She identifies the prisoners as the burg- lars who were in the room, and yet she cannot tell in what position her husband was lying. Now (to witness), why don’t you know?” “I could not see.” “Ah, ha! I thought so, She could not see. She, who identifies the prisoners, could not see which way her husband's face was turned, Explain that, madam, if you can, “Well, sir. my husband is so bald that in a dim light I can't tell his face from the back of his head.” —————+e+______ Workingmen and the Church. REY. JOHN RHEY THOMPSON ON THE CAUSES THAT KEEP THEM APART. From the New York Graphic, November 13. Last evening the Rev. John Rhey Thompson continued his sermons at the Washington Square M. E. church on “The Wage Workers and the Church, or Why They Don’t Attend.” Here are some of the things he said: “I will call your attention to where I feft off last Sunday. “I remarked that the laboring man spent more money in whisky and rum than would clothe his wife and family well and pay for a pew in church, . Isaid that the coldness of the great masses of wage-workers now shown towards the church in their absence from all its services may in the next century turn into open hostility against the church. It is a social evil, and the church should not sit quietly and allow this to happen. The poorer classes complain that when a church is built in some parts of the city for them it is a very plain structure, with a common preacher—in fact, a poor one, Now this should not be so. Good and beautiful churches ought to be built in —, of the city where wage-workers live, and the best and ablest Proschers sent there— with good music, too. Then yon will fill that church with the people who toil all day for a living. That would keep them out of the grog shops. We often hear it said that the working ople want more amusement. Well, perhaps they do. ButIam not in favor of the church going into the show business just to please and amuse workingmen, neither is the church a society & ymprove dwellings for workingmen, ‘The chureff is to save men’s souls, “I like the way that many Episcopal churches are being built how, with every other seat free, That's the way they should be. There is too much ity in many of our pulpits to-day; they ought to come down a step. Plain Chris. tianity is what we want. People should be taken into church without ng them so — oe copies = and and the othe: q once in, make everything so nice and plcesant for them that they will never want to leave. Iam not in favor of bouncing aman out of a church: No, no. If he is not poe keep him in and strive and make him etter, Pha what the churches are for.” = —eoo——______ The Only Two Authorities. From the New York Sun. Young Lady—‘“Papa, what does swoolful mean?” Father—‘“TI don’t know, my dear. Have you consulted the dictionary?” Young Lady—“Yes, and the word is not there.” Father—“Well, try ‘The and the Dead.’ Ig it isn't there it doesn’t mean any- thing.” —_—_—_9-—____— ‘Watching the Wheelbarrow Act. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Dude—“Look thah! Oh! what a fwunny sight. What is thatman wheeling that othah man on a ba’wo’ fo’?” American Cousin—“They have made a wager on the election, and one has to wheel the other, don’t you know.” E. D.—‘‘Deuced wuff on the ain’ itnow? But, Gg which is the fellas wo nar won the AL “ya one between the handles, you D.—“Aw! Yes, I pen thought so, Fwunny, “No, I for—yes, I ordered some, but the market man said he hadn’t any fresh ones “What makes them so scarce? Aren't the hens laying iacaee cn Sete Lows: For Pittsburg and the W. Limited, of Pallrnan Veatibuiea Gate ae Wes ee taker Peak Line, 9:60 a.m. datly, to Cincinnati and Si 3 nina Western Expre at 40 pm. dail: Cars Washington to Cisicayo nud St ‘Quily at Harrisburg, witht for Louisville ind Memphis. Pari isvi ! sa, 10: m. daily, for Pittsbw aad the mane te Chie te EIR BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. "ralo snd Riagure daily enconk tata, oOo joand S ; funds, 10-00). Sleeping Car Washington to Hochester, er. For Williamsport, Lock Haven, aud Linira, ut 9-304. m, daily, except Sunday. For New York and the Fas peer’ . 4:10, ‘Sunda 21:40 a.m. 2-00, 4:10. 10-00, av NES : vials, eer pt Si 3: m. daily, except Sunday, aud 3:4. mn. daily, with Dininz Car, For Boston without change, 3:00 p.m. every di For Brooklyn, N. 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