Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1890, Page 6

THE ARCHITECTS ADJOURN. Last Day’s Session of the American In- stitute in This City. THE DELEGATES CALL ON PRESIDENT HARRISON— ELECTION OF OFFICERS—BUSTON THE NEXT PLACE OF MEETING—COMPrTITION FOR DESIGNS FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS FAVORED. Tho American Institute of Architects held the closing sessions of its ann] convention in the big ree-ption room of the Arlington to- day. The convention has been a decided suc- cess and business of great importance to the profession everywhere has been tranacted. Throughout the three days ‘of mecting convention has been a business-like one and today the officers and members were unani- mous in their expressions of satisfaction. They have all been Lospitably treated by the mem- bers of the local chapter, who have worked hard since long before the convention as sembled to make it a snecess and to seo to it that the visiting members of the institate joy themselves whilein this city and ed with every opportunity to study ure of the enpital. The visiting architects have been invited to visit and m- spect many of the public buildings that are likely to i m this | afternoon. Architect ke of the Capitol notified them that he would be on hand to show them the beaut the ding that win bis charge. Xi H. Windries, saper- vising architect of the treasur$ for that building. Mr, G. Erowa Goode for the National Museum and Mr. Adolf Cluss for the patent office. TODAY'S SFssIoN. The convention assembled this morning at 10.30, Mr. W. W. Carlin, first vice president of J. mittees were * for tute and a place ing convention. ‘The first business the reguiar annual electio the two con d by M Mr. Gibson. The two lets of "8 were Printed on ballot slips and distributed to the members, but the information was given th Members might make choice from both slips, sud scratching was the order of the day. +. K. M. unt of New York, the president of the institute, was uomiated on both tickets, so his re-election was a matter of course. The first committee, whose report named many of the oid officers for re-clection, named New York as the next place of meeting. while the other ticket left the selection of the place to the board of directors, While the ballots were being distributed and discussed by the voters the report of the @ appointed to attend Mr. Miuilet’s made their report. A KEPRESENTAVIVE OF THE WINDY Cr Secretary Root, who hails from Chicago, pe insti the today arose and said that, with the characteristic | modesty of a representative of the windy city, he would like to say a good word for his town for the next convention. It is planned to hold a world’s conveution of architects in Chicago during the world’s . and he thought that it would be a matter of ii Test to the instilute hold a convention in that city the year before the fair, 28 there would be a great deal going on then that wonld interest architects, While the ballots were being counted a num- ber of routine matier H Mr. Stone of th © ou treasuzer’s report announced h their failure to sce to : can’t find one den whoop fur a white man, certain of the treasurer s books the committee | Doan’ walk around on de rimof pollyticks. a — > A motion | De men who dodat ar’ meanan’ cheap. Go to continue all the stan committees | right in to de fullness an’ de nastiness of it, of last year with the exception of the | ye, deceive an’ cheat. Make yourself eo solid commnittes on e¢ on Ci i S te carried unanimous!y. members of the committees was | tors, Mr. Stone sub ng for a pei the payment of due: uning the age of seventy years, but leaving them full membe: for hte with the priviuege ef voting. The amendment was carried, arly in the meeting Secretary Root an- nounced that the tmstitute would be received and arrangements ym made to bave the members >h 30 8 Was taken so wo dati posed of, AT THE WHITE HOUSE each of the members and the ladies accom- ying them was introduced to the President a at the White House at 1 1 i also bs otegr: to the steps of the tment, where a group photog: w ‘the recess oc- the members the convention hall an Lusiness was resumed without further de! Mr. Stone of the committee on t ports announced that the treasurer's books and accounts had been examined and found cor- rect aud commeuded the work of the treasurer. DESIGNS FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. Mr. Adler of Chicago offered a resolution referring tothe recommenda of Supervising Architect Windrim to Congress that here- after the awards for designing government buildings be made by competition, and stating that the institute heartily | con- a in the recommendation, The resolution was unanimously adopted, as was 3 of resolutions returning the thanks tate to thi ious individuals and Institutions that have shown so much courte: te ihe convention, and to the press of the city ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Mr. C.0. Arey and Mr. J. H. Pierce, the tellers of the election, announced the results. i Mr. R. M. Hunt was unanimously re-elected esident. The other officers chosen were as ows: vice president, W. ughiin, Cin- secretary. Jno. W. Root, C! A. Treat, Chi 1 ington, D.C.; G. G. C. Mason, jr. ark, Louisville, nd. Va; Al P. Fassett, . Ferry, _ Philadel- ed Stone, Provi- jo. sas Ci dence, KL Ys TO MEET IN BOSTON NEXT YEAR. Boston was selected by @ large majority as the place for the next convention of the insti- tute. The secretary was instructed to tele- greph Mr. Hunt the gre tion and the news th a { mous choice for presidext, and a vote! of thanks passed to the retiring di- | rectors A nui ladies been | Present at the vention and Mr. rising vote of the meetix their presence, b led upon € in the reom rose up in a hurry m of the ladies, An attempt was a speech from the laches, but w Program of entertainnients for the afternoon | the meeting finally adjourned. Walked Oxf With an Overcoat. | 8. Hirsh, ua Without even a | ' oxes Inrnovixe.—Hopes are now | y Dr. Kuchie for the recovery of | W. Jones. bas been seriously ill for | es Passed a comfortable | was better this morn: ! rey Ciws.—There will Le a{ ss at 1251 Sld street of the | Cross Country ¢ ——— THE COURTS. Egurry Coun Godtay—T ¥ fafirmed, rulne Brodicy ms; auditor's report | t. Hodge. do. Hay woo ny ordered taken by C.A. for Writing Policy. | " cume out of the policy wheel Yesterday and today many colored players of | that game are rejo:cing. They bad put their | nick. is and dimes on that row and this morn- ing they got their $5 and $10 biils. For the! mext crap” and continue putting small amounts on policy pieces. Joseph Young, one of the “eurbstome writers.” was engaged ia writing | Bumbers at the Baltimore and Ohio depot, | where, the hack iuspector says, ail the bag- gage Nrestlers ‘play policy. Warren, carrier, was at the depot looking for a job because he could uot work at his trade, and ho bad just put a dime on “45—47—11" when Sergeant Falvey appeared and arrested | Young for engaging in the policy business. Young. it appeared, was not regularly cm- Ployed by the firm, but he was in business on his own hook and turned in his slips to one who was working for the firm. Ashe was not} empivyed by the firm ne ono came forward to secure his release, and he to remain be- hind the bars over night. This mcrning he was marched into court and Judge Miller held im im ¥300 security to await the action of the grand jury. the | did the honors } b; xt | had conspired with West to kill him, was | and the reports of | venge of bis father’ Yost and | of Lis other cy went in a body | bs | a while the planter came along and accosted | Christianity.” | Gouid’s English retati A severe gale,nccompanied by rains aud high | tides, caused cousiderable damage at Cape | May, Sea Isle City and elsewhere yesterday. | Iwo railway trains were compelled to stop on the track, few days they will be able to “shoot | DESPERADO DEAD. Old Tom Starr, Father-in-Law of Belle, \d Slayer of Seventy Men. A special from Muskogee, I. T., says: “Old Tom” Starr, who was one of the most remark- able desperadoes in this country, is dead. He was a Cherokee Indian, sx feet four inches tall and straight as an arrow, and at the time of his death was nearly eighty years old, He came west with his father when the Cherokees were removed to this part of the country. A bitter feud arose between two fac- | tions, known as the Ridge and Ross parties, over the sale of the home of the red men east of the Mississippi. Old Tom's father belonged tothe Kidges. He was shot down in his own door by a party of the enemy. Tom killed three of the Rosses on the spot and then he be- against the others, in which seventy uated by the Cherokee council, were slain by him. About fifteen years ago the Cherokee council entered into a treaty with Tom, aud bho bad since lived a quiet and ex- emplary life. During the days of bis warfare against Indian foes many desperate deeds wore crod ited to Tom, A tax collector m Crawford county, Ar! overtaken by him in the sunteins, murdered and robbed of $10,000. Grayson, a Cherokee, was robbed of N00, and a subsequent suit against the ment to recover the money showed st Old Tom was the brains of the gang that umittsd the robbery. In this job he was ed by the cunning of Bill Reed. After nt to Texas, where he met e Starr and ‘Tom quarreled ¢ Grayson booty. Deile married Sam, ite son, to spite “Old Tom” and his ‘Three years ago Sam Starr and Bill . cousins, killed each other ina duel over matters, anda little Iater Belic Starr | orseback near her home at the | rters of Younger’s Bend, presumably | friends of ber husband, who believed sho Old Tom wonld talk freely of his deods in re- death, but he rarely spoke ploite. Sree cei 2 eae HARDFINISH SMITH REBUKED. Brother Gardner Says They Want No Bummers in the Limekiln Club. From the Detroit Free Press. “Air Brudder Hardfinish Smith heah to- night?” asked the president after the other case had been disposed of. The brothor was at the back end of the hall, ashoe off and working at a callous about as big asa silver dollar. He got into shape as soon as possibie, his eyes bulging out with ex- citement, and when he stood before the plat- form the president said: “Brudder Smith, I understand you is foolin’ around wid polities a good deal.” “No, sab.” “Didn't you help run a ward caucus las’ wee I went aronnd dar’, but I didn’t run nufiin.” “Didn't I pass along by dat caucus an’ hear you whoopin’ "tj “Bruder Smith, J have a word or two of ad- vice fur you. De nex’ time you whoop fur white man in politics dean’ do it fur fifty ts. Doan’ do it fur less’n ten dollars. oop fur acuil’d candydate fust, but if you dat you will be a power in de town, an’ eben it de bigger fish despise you dey will not dare show it. As dis club has no_pollyticks an’ no use fur politicians you needn’tcum heah no mo’ It's de las’ time I eber whoop.” Well, we'll gin youa show. You can sot down, but you'd better walk mighty soft, Wo hain't no room heah far bummer. bol aes Bishop Keane at Harvard College. The anuual Dudleian Ieeturo at Harvard College was preached last night by the Right Rev. Bishop Keane of the Catholic University at Washington. A special to the New York Sun ays: The sermon—for it is a sermon rather than a leeture—was upon one of the four sub- jects prescribed by the judge who established the fund 140 years ago, “The Evidence: One of the subjects is Abominations of the Chureh of ome,” but the good bishop made another choic: The con- gregation was very large and distinguished, ‘The bishop appeared in his saccrdotel robes and spoke from the pulpit which Phillip Brovks, Andrew P. Peabody and other Prot- estant leaders have adorned. He gave out tho hymn “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” at the be- ginning of th ‘vice, and “Nock of Ages” at the conclusion, and dismissed the congregation with the regular apostolic benediction. The discourse was a powerful and eloquent por- trayaiof the groping of humanity after the light which was in Jesus. and an_ incisive demonstration of the truth that all existing error is due to deviation from the principles of Christianity. — The Chicago Di From Life. Boston bello—“A brilliant girl, Florence. How well she maneges men.” Chicago belle—-**Doesn’t she, thongh!” Boston belie— ‘There is a good deal in teach- ing them their distance.” Chicago belle—*To be sure there is, I nover allow « man to kiss me before he has called on ! me three time jistauce. eee Too Observant. From the Baltimore Herald. A gentleman from Virginia related toa friend in a Gay street car the other day how he hired @ negro anc put him ina field to work. After the new hand: Did you see acoach go down the road awhile Indeed I did. boss. One ob de hosses was a | gray hoss and the odder was a roan and lame in his off leg.” t I heard some hunters over there on the edge of the woods,” “Yes, boss. One ob deia was Col, Jones; he the De second one was Maj. 'Pe- third one was Tom Mck ob dem new-fangled breech- | that breals iu two.” ee those wild pigeons fly over jast t the jones had one din’ g Did you si ce "em? Guess I did! Dar was nineteen | Dey lit in dat old corn field down | ‘Well, yor see too much for a man that is | hired by the day. Here's your wages. When } 1 want a man eep watch of what is going | on I'll send for you. soe An Unfailing Sign. From the Annapolis Capital. Farmers attending the market say that the coming winter will be a mild one and the reasou for the prediction of this is: The borne! are building small nests and low down on the tres lower even than they did last year, | ‘This, the farmers say, i¥ au unfailing sign of « mild winter. Now let us wait and seo what the hornets kuow about the weather. - os Michac! Code, a fireman employed on the steamer died in Brooklya yesterday from what was said to be yellow fever, but which the authorities declare was remittent | fever. LatlianGoulé of Murphy, N.C., who killed her Lusband, but was acquitted of the char, of murder. entire fortu: contest the wiil. The committee on foreign affairs of th world’s Columb xposit a sewsion in New York, has decided to organize a Spauish-Amer- jean bureau, with Mr. W. E. Curtis of the State Department im charge. “O'd Tom Starr,” a Cherokee who is said to ave killed seventy Indians during a feud of ay years’ continuation, died yesterday in Kogee, LT. ‘ibe committee of safety appointed by the mayor of New Orleans to discover it possible the assassins of Chief of Pclice Hennessey pub- lished an address to the Italians of the city, in which it announces the intention to cleur out the Matia, “peaceably and lawfully if we can, violently and summarily if we must.” Mrs. William Wilson, returning to ber hus- bend im Flint, Mich., from Boston, where she had been studying mus.c, yesterday learned that Wilecu bad secured a decree of divorce from her. Wilson = the divorce is simply a joke he played upon iio, The State Farmers'’*Alliance of Florida, in anuual scesion at Monticello, has a res~ olution declaring that the order not allied Mu to any political ty. Jack—"And bia Miss Sweetfigures smile upon your suit?” Jim—~Smile! She did more—she laughed at it!"— West Shore, | the following ordeal in order to pri QUEBEC IS FOR ANNEXATION. A Leading Newspaper Declares That Its Readers Want to Come Into the Union. The Quebee Telegram comes out with a square challenge to the two other English newspapers published in that city, claiming that its circulation is larger than the combined circulation of its two contemporaries and de- fying proof that the majority of its readers are not in favor of a political alliance with the United States. Says the Telegram: “We know this because it is our business to keep posted on the opinions of our readers, We know it because we read ** 4 we run along the streets, We know it because the hand of commercial decay rests heavily upon the city and the people look for relief to the enterprise American capital would bring if this province was a state in the Union, We speak the living truth when we say that the only time that a Quebecer speaks with emphatic the future of this ci when he says, * annexationist!’ Canadian politieal isfues are of course discussed with the usnal amount of acrimony, but if you want to hear a Quebecer become enthusiastic over polities, talk annexa- tion to him, If he speaks to you as he docs to us, the chances “aro that he will put’ vim into his utterance and tell you that he wants the bars to be taken down, and the sooner the better. He aees one part Of the city :moidering in decay, He secs the people leaving for the United States by every outgoing train. He knows that the in- terstate law has forced hundreds of Quebecers who used to spend the winter in the south to strike their camps for good and pack off, bag and baggage, to another clime. He sees property depreciating in value—yes, and that too by nearly one-half—and now, to crown all, he sees the MeK.nley bill, and he bears a wail from the farmers, and yet we, we who hear and see theso things day by day, are told by some distant contemporary, xnd told, too, with off-hund Lauteur, that we do not know what we say.” SENATOR BROWN’S RETIREMENT, A Political and Personal Speech—He Says That He Has Done With Politics. The speech of Senator Joseph E. Brown, which was read for him by Col. L W. Avery, brought a greut assemblage of prominent peo- ple to the Georgia state fair at Macon yester- day. The speech fills seven columns of small type. Two columns are devoted to a history of the settlement of North America, leading up to the formation of the United States government, and then a history of the political parties up to and following the four years’ war. The mistake, he said, of giving tho ballot to the negro would only be equaled by that of | passing the election bill. As long as white men live ina country they willrulo it, The old-time farmers of the south were of the highest ty of the Caucasian race, They should be just, however, to the negro by making him feel the community of interest which binds them together. The negro should be made acquainted with the treatment which their coler receives in the northern states, In thie way they will leara who are their true friends. To those who feared possible war in the future he urged coolness. There will be no war, ‘The negro question is not local to the south, It reverses white majorities in the north, where there are a doz-n 6 % held in the republican ranks simply by negro votes. ‘The McKinley bill, he said, was an abuse of the power of levying a tariff. It was unequal and unjust. Th ould not preclude the peo- picof the south from buiiding up factories and availing themselves of all the benefits which protection gives them. Transfer the milis from New England to the south and let the money come streaming down this way. ‘The farmers’ movement was a sign of return- ing interest in goverpment affairs among the people and was an omen of hope. Thi ong let the other protessions monopoli: business of government and now they had re- solved to elect men more in sympathy with their own profession, It was all right so long as they respected the rights of others. Reviewing his own life Senator Brown said he had never been defeated before the people. Hie told of his early struggies and tinal success, commending it asan example to poor young boys. With this utterance he retired from polities, Under no circumstances would he ac- cept a re-election to the Senate. Meeting His Subjects. A Berlin letter tells this story of Emperor William. The incident occurred during his visit to a little Silesian town where certain military maneuvers were conducted recently. The burgomaster took it upon himself to introduce various of the town dignitaries to his majesty. Fourteen of them were standing in line andthe mayor beg: lows: “Herr Peter Paul idt, hi the German emperor, King of Pru rave of Drandenburg. Herr Heinrich Wil- See psec be majesty the German King of Prussia, Margrave of Brand- When the burgomaster proceeded to er interrupted him, laughingly, with the remark: ‘That will do, Herr Burgomaster; pose the gentlemen know who lam, Just their names and then there will be some prospect of a little refreshment before nightfail.” ane eso A Tunnel to Prince Edward Island. An Ottawa, Ontario, special to the New York Trilune says: Owing to the successful com- pletion of the St. Clare railway tunnel the Do- miniun government has been asked to assist Senator Howland’s project for ® tunnel across the Straits of Northumberland to Prinee Ed- ward Island. have been completed. ing dificuities in t ‘The shortest dis- Sdward Island and the mainland is six and oue-halt mics, ‘The cost of the work is cxtimated at $17,000,000, An En- glish syndicate has offered to construct the tunnel if the dian governwent guarantecs 6 per cent interest on the bonds for 100 years, Work in the Japanese Mint. There are about 309 hunds employed at the mint of Yeddo, Japan, says the New York Even- ay Telegram, When the men enter in the morn- ing they are made to divest themselves of their own clothes and put on others belonging to the mint, At tho end of a day's work a gong sounds, when the comewhat curious spectacle is ted of 300 men springing from the ground, u bave been seated, throwing off their clothes and rushing, a naked throug, to one end of the yard, Hore they pass through ‘ove that they i back hair is have no silver of them: Th pulled down and examined; they wash their hands and hoid them up to view; they drink water and then halloo, and, lastly, they run to the other endof the yard, clearing two or three hurdles on their way. After this por- formance they are allowed to go to their lodg- ings. cena es Violins for Girls, From the London Daily Nev ‘The violin has now fairly taken its place as an instrumeut for girls, The only question, | indeed, seems to be whether it is designed to supersede our old, but not invariably welcome, friend, the pianoforte. We are reminded by an article from the pen of Mr. Joyce Burrett in the Woman's Worid that this is after al! only a revival, as we learn from figures in sculptured stone in our ancient cathedrals, St. Cecilia, moreover, is depicted by the old painters quite as often with a Bowed instrument as sented at her traditional organ. The list of distinguished living lady violmists is very considerable. As to the commop charge of “ungracefulness,” Mr. Barrett “overrules 1t at once. Nothing more elegant than a good style of “bowind.” Giving violin lessons is now notoriously one of the most profitable branches of the music mis- tresses’ profession. As there is really moro work than the good teachers can do it ix not surprising to learn that there are many bad teachers who are supplying the deficiency— after a fashio! Ex-Gov. Nobl the old war governor of Wisconsin, who is visiting in Brooklyn, was | stricken with apoplexy and, stumbling, rolled down a flight of stairs. He will recov The Confederate Survivors’ Association of Georgia met last night in Atlanta and re-elected its old officers, with Gen. Gordon as comman- der-in-chief. Senator Daniel of Virginia, Gov- ernor Gordon, Maj. W. A. Hemphill and others spoke. Hesolutions were adopted extending the courtesies of the floor to the federal vet- erans at the association mectinga, Lady Mary, « two-year-old, owned by W. F. Ramsey of Philadelphia, died suddenly at the exposition unds. Atlanta, Ga., yesterday. jhe was Upon asa winner in the races in which she was entered, and it is believed she With the tention of killing ttgansy baa "ot intention re- fused 24,000 for her. : ‘The convention of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engincers spent yesterday the resolution to enter the man Snows as the United Order of ‘The third anoual convention of In- ternational Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers came to an end yester- ON THE FOOT BALL FIELD. Wonderful. Progress in the Game by the Smaller Colleges. From the New York Tribune. One thing that excites the admiration of spectators at a foot ball game is the clock-like regulgrity and mechanical precision with which @ team sets out to defeat its rival, This is what is called “team work,” and the result of care and thought on the part of the captain and his men, who learn to study situations and to devise means for utilizing them to their benefit. In order to do this a serics of signals manipulated by the captain is adopted, Thus a casual word of advice, of censure, of annoyance, may convey words of feeling to the foot ball player, while the spectator is unconscious that these expressions were signals of command by the captain to his men. Heretofore words and phrases “have generally been used as signals, such lay hard,” “brace up,” “tackle low,” ke. it year one of the coileges got up a But system of signalling by numbers, and this method has become popular this year, In the recent Yale-Crescent game mysterious num- bers, such as ‘9—10—2” “3—S—11,” were shouted out both by the Yale and Crescent captains, and mony of the spectators were puzzled to know what itall meant. But careful study soon showed them that ‘9-10-2” was a command or bit of advice to the players, who, hearing the suggestive numbers, wore able at once to make the plan of attack or defense not the work of one man, but of the whole teant. This is one of the elements that | make foot ball one of the most scientific games played in this country. FOOT BALL HAS SPREAD WONDERFULLY during tho last few years. Now nearly every college in the east has its foot ball eleven, and leagues are springing up on all sides, where heretofore the only leagne was the big Inter- collegiate Foot Bail Assoc: What is more remarkable is the mervellous progress which the various colleges have made and are making atthe game. In years gone by Yale used to score from 50 to 100 points to Weasleyan's nothing; this year in two games Yale's scores have been 8 and 34 to nothing for Wesleyan, Princeton used to defeat Rutgers with great ense and by cnormous scores. ‘This year the orange and black players scored only twenty-four points to Rutgers’ zero. Never before in the history of foot bail has any team excepting those of Yale and Harvard been able to playa’ tie game with Princeton; yet the Orange Athletic Club did it last Saturday and prevented the champions from wiumng the $100 Tuxedo cup. ANOTHER STRIKING INSTANCE of this is shown inthe recent game between Princeton and the eleven from Franklin and Marshall College, a third-rate institution in Penneylvania, ‘That college last year bezan to get up an interest in foot ball through the ex- ertions of an old Princeton ‘varsity player. After a few weeks’ practice this fall the team went to Princeton, and to the amazement of everybody who is interested in foot ball mat- tors, had comparatively little difiiculty in scor- ing 16 points against tho 11 from Princeton, where foot bali has been the leading sport for adozen and a half years, eleven has gone through the whole season without having as many as sixteen points scored against it, and here is a new team from an obscure college able to score three toach- downs in asingle game. Much of this success was due, no doubt, to the superior weight of the Pennaylvania players, but their gape was not without considerable skill and clever- ness, On last Saturday this team de- feated the yette eleven by 18 points to 10—a remarkable victory when it is remem- bered that foot ball has long been played at Lafayette, while at Franklin and Marshall it is @ new sport. If this improvement becomes as general as it is rapid the larger colleges—Har- vard, Princeton and Yale, with the University of Pennsylvama and Wesleyan, the five col- leges forming the Intercollegiate Foot Bull As- sociation—will have to show causo why these yo join the association aad contest for champion- ship honors, THE EXPLANATION OF THIS CHANGE is simple and does not imply weakness on the part of Yale or of Princeton. It is due to the enormous progress which the various colleges, outside of Yele, Harvard and Princeton, have made in the game. “Practice makes perfect” 16 as truc in foot ball as in pentaanship. A striking feature of foot bail this year is the excelient games put up by amateur clubs, Chief among these is the Crescent Club of Brooklyn and the Athletic Club of Orange, N, J. ‘Ihe first club played a close game with Yale a few wecks ago and scored six points nst the blue, while the Orange Club playe: a tie game with Princeton last Saturday. Both these teams are largely medo up of old colloge players, some of whom have obtained almost national reputations for their ability on the field, A game between these two teams would be well worth witnessing, and wouid be sure to abound in splendid plays, exciting runs and skillful generalship. WILLIAM WAL’ TONS MURDER, A Harvard Graduate Who Became a Drunkard and Was Killed. At Danbury, Conn., the grand jury yesterday indicted Frank McCoy for the murder of Will- iam Walton. The murder was committed about a week ago and Coroner Doten of Bridgeport. who has since been working up the case, has secured strong evidence against McCoy. Walton was a graduato of Harvard. His father isa clergyman in Now York state and gave his son every adva' After his graduation Walton went to Danbu where his father had charge of a church, and at once entered the best society. A year after- ward he became a common nkard and was frequently locked up for the offe e went down hill and associated with the low- ters. It was while on a spree with McCoy that he was killed. Walton contracted a love for strong drink while in college, Pcracraataae, Chicago Gamblers at War. Edward Corrigan, the horseman, was fined £500 yesterday in Chicago for an assault upon Edward Manning at the West Side Driving Park last July. A bloody war is promised be- tween the rival gambiing house factiéus. Cor- rigan secured the services of John Dowhug, one of the principal gamblers in tue city, to assist him in cleaning out the pool rooms. The leader of the other gambling faction was John Condon, or “Black Jack.” “Wednesday nigtit Dowling and Condon met and the latter gave his enemy a thorough thrashing. Corrigan at- tempted to interfere and was stopped at the muzzle of a revolver by one of Condon’s friends, Condon and Dowling threaten to kiil h other on sight and those gamblers who don't like Corrigan say he will get @ bullet be- foro long. eee ee Seal More Profitable Than Cod. An Ottawa special tothe New York Merald says: It is evident that the hardy fishermen of Nova Scotia have scented rich prey out on tho Pacific coast, The transfers of vessels are con- stantly being made from the comparatively protitless cod. banks of the Atlantic to the re- munuerative seal rookeries of Behring sea, ‘The ninety-seven-ton schooner, Maud 8.. has just been purchased at Haliiax by Brown Bros. of Victoria, B.C., for the seal tishing. She is reckoned one of the swiftest sailcrs on the At- lantic coast, A number of other vessels have also been purchased for the sume enterprise. Some of the American captains, it is stated here, are seeking to change the flags of their vessels to obtain the privileges accorded to British vessels, Tho Ame us are held sub- ject to American laws in, all parts of tho Behring sea, while Canadian captains this season have been aliowed to treat them with contempt, Mr. Foster, however, said today that he was afraid the American vessel owners could not readily adopt the subterfuge, as they could not fly the British flag without becoming British subjects, and this cannot be done inside of two years, ~ cliente eae ee Foreign Notes of Interest. The Russian government, in pursuance of its policy of Russianizing Balkan territory, has decided to grect and’ subsidize a number of theaters in the Balkan states, the condition of their maintenance being that only Russian lays, in the Russian language and performed y Russian actors, shall be produced. Wm. O'Brien says that the Irish party was assured that the American tour of himself and Mr. Dillon would yicld sufficient funds to last until the general election. A railway train was thrown from the track at Herwigsdorf yesterday, killing three passen- gers aud injuring sixty others, Count Cagnasso, who was connected with the Italian ¢: ition to Abyssinia, has been ar- rested in Kome upon charges of having swin- money aphroprinted fer’ tho suppert of the mone} TO} lor Italian ontebitshment af Massowalls ‘The-London Dockers’ Union has resolved to importation Many a Princeton | ayer aspirants should not be allowed to | b! age of education, NATURE’S FIRST LAW. How Imminent Must Be the Perfl to Justify Homicide? “A Virginian” in the St. James Garette. If the recent tragedy at Kingsland had oc- curred in any part of the United States it is very certain that the man who is now undergo- ing a sentence of twenty years’ penal servitude would have met with no punishment whatever. In some states it is possible that he might have been brought to trial, but no American jury would have convicted him; in other states a cor- oner’s jury would have at once exonerated him from blame,on the ground of self-defense; and in & few states, such as Texas and Colorado, it it is quite probable that the inquest would have reulied not only in a verdict of justifiable homicide, but also in the jury passing a vote of thanks to the sliyer for laving rid the com- munity of two disreputable raflians. Hargan’s conviction and punishment must uaturally lead | to the conclusion that the right of defending one’s self in England is very much abridged, and, indeed, only exists in theory, for if a mau may not shoot when attacked by three roughs whoare bent on doing him grievous -bodily harm, when may he shoot? In England the answer appears to be that he may not shoot at ail; that he must quietly sub- mit to be pounded, kicked and perhaps feare fully injured, rather thon take the lives of his assailants, ‘Although he may have in his pocket a weapon that would bring down his assuilants and thereby effectually protect him- self from bruises and broken bones, he must not use it, because it would endanger the lives of those from whom he is suffering violence and from whom he 1s otherwise unable to defend himseif. Even if knowing the bad character of the row- dies molesting him, he has reason to fear that uis lite is in danger, or that he may be injured or disabled for the remainder of lis carthiy ex- istence, it appears that he still has no right to resort to extreme measures, English % feman, + he generally engage in an encounter | simgie-handed. On tlie contrary he takes care | that the odds are three or more to one in his favor, and when he gets the victim down on the ground he docs not calmly suspend pro- ceedings until the victim has risen again, but jumps upon him, stamps upon him and kicks im nearly to death, Tho prospect of being thrown down, trampled on and kicked by a gang of London rowdies is enough to frighten any man and to cause him to protect himself by any means in his power, even if those means make him a slayer of his fellow-creature. It is too much to ask any human being to carry his respect for the life of others to such an extent as to allow himself to be cruelly end brutally battered and injured. And even allowing that a man ought to submit to an ordinary thrashing (no American would | allow it) rather than use his revolver, how is he | to know that it is ay, | thrashing? How is he to foresce that, when his assailants Lave ohce laid him low in their drunken fury and bostiality. they will not actually “do for” him, Men frequently die from much milder in- juries thau those that ean bo inilicted by three pairs of heavy English Sots wielded by three pairs of powerful legs, Who can say that when Hargan shot these men, knowing their desper- ate characters, he.did not believe his own life to be in danyer? He had gone out by a back way in order to avoid mecting them again and | tho mere fact that they followed him was sui- | ficient indication that they meant mischie He had no time to pause and consider how great or howsmall might be the beating in store for him or how long he might be in tho doctor's hands after it, or what were the odds in favor of his not succumbing altogether, With only a moment to thiuk, with three fu- rious ruftians crowding upon him, with the knowledge of his physical inability to cope | with these, the fear, no doubt, took possession of his mind that his life was in peril and he | did what every man is supposed to have a right jtodo under the same circumstances —he do- fended himself to the best of his ability, and lity and resources were such that he killed two of those who were intent upon doing him harm. Certainly tn any portion of America, and I believe in most other parts of the civilized world, the view would was thoroughly justified in his action. The fact of his being in possession of a revolver, I am told, changes the character of his offense in the eyes of the English law; but is it not pos- sible that the exigencies ot the neighborhood in which he lived, and the danger of molesta- tion to which he knew that he was liable, had prompted him to become the possessor of that ‘weapon? ‘Tho right of-self defense in England has re- ecived a serious blow, and the rowdy and the burglar will view it with giee aud rejoicings. The iatter, indeed, may almost take it for granted that,"even if he should be detected in # midnight visitation to a stranger's house, the householder wili hesitate to use toward him those weapons which no doubt the burglar himself carries, If @ man may not use his pis- tol to protect his person, it can hardly be licld to be lawful that he should use it to protect his property. It is often charged against Americans, and especially against those of the south and west, that they hold human life far too cheap—that they think too little-of killing their tellow men. Perhaps they do; but at all events the feeling among them is unanimous that they have the right to the most extreme moasures to protect thomselves from the wanton violence and assaults of desperadoes and ruitians, - On the other hand, in England it is attempted to foster tie reverence for life to such an ex- tent that a man shall consent to be beaten in- jured, plundered and perhaps even slain ruther than risk killing another. Lhe opmion which prevails in the states conduces more to the in- dividual safety of the law. mand othe discomtiturs of the criminal than the opinion prevailing in Great Britain, The ordi- wry rough bold: greater sway and deties the law with more” immunity in London than he does in eny town on the other side of tho Atlantic A few rowdies | more or less do not make much difference in a populous city, and nothing lessens them more than an armed police, bat when police are not armed itmay become necessary for the quict and inoif« ve citizen to arm himself, although he does so at the risk of twenty years’ penal servitude if he should be so unfortunate as to | Kill one of his assailants while protecting him- | self from the worst outrages at the hands of a gang of rutiians, going to be an ordinary | ave been taken that he | ——_—., FSQUIRE. ‘Who Should Be Addressed as Esquire?— We Are Keally Misters—A Legal Test. From the London Telegraph. ‘What is an esquire nowadays? We all know the derivation of the word and the significance attached to it im the old chivalric times. when the “ecuyer,” a youth of gentle birth anda candidate for the spurs and chain of knuight- hood, was aitached to the personal service of a dubbed knight, whose colors he wore, whose shield he bore, whose charger, arms and ac- couterments were his peculiar care. To at- tain knightly rank it was not only necessary to be “born” in the German sense, but to have been carefully trained in ail warlike and social exercises, and to have passed through two preparatory stages of chivalric instruction— that is to say, pagchood and squirchood, By the time his term of novitiate had been completed he was qualified, at tho ago of nineteen or twenty, to fill up any vacancy that death or promotion to knighthood might create among his master's esquites, mm_ which capacity 1t was customary that he should serve for several years—indeed, until some conspic- uous feat of valor of his own, or special recom- mendation on the part of his chief, brought him immediately uuder the notice of a royal prince, The advancement of a young gentleman to Paowrxext Axoxe Ovn List Or SOUVENIES For this week are two lote of ° OVERCOATS, They go st @5.25 FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. au tull Fevular wee SOUVENIR No 2. FULL DKESS COATS AND VESTS, GILK LINING) Regular retail price $20, They goat $10.73 FOR THIS WENK ONLY. SEE THESE: It will require no guessing to arrive at aconclusion. The mere sight of them will convince You that they sre of a rare aud redical srcies, being absolutely SEEDLESS—sERDY GAMMENTS are pot ip deuwand among our patrons, SOUVENIK, No. 3 MEN'S HEAVY PLAID OVERCOATS, Regular revail price $5.73. They go at 82.75 FOR THis WEEK ONLY. Ha! Laugh on, **Lanch and grow fat." “Laugh, and the world kn with pou; "Weep. aud you weep alum However you may ridicule the price—the garment te an exceilent ohe. An examination of which willtura rid.culciute amazement, SOUVENIR, No. 4 WOODSTOCK CASSIMEKE SUITS FOR MEN. the rank of esquire in the houschoid of a great nobleman or wealthy territoriai magnate was not infrequently accompanied by a grant of land, whence, probably, im liter times, the squirearchy came to be identuied in common parlance and im the popular mind with the land-owning imtcrest of this country. Still later, when still existing tables of precedence were first formulated, the title of esquire w recognized us the birthright of men boi certam stations of life. and as a digniy appertaining to a large nuwber of o: and professional positions—consequently quirable by persons of plebeiza orci Whose talents and industry had enabvted them to sur- mount the social barrier separating them from gentiefolk by bifth. The term “gentleman by ct of parliament” came into usage. and the rank nnplied by that term carried with courtesy title of “E , for instan the case of members of the house of con mons, barristers, uttorneys-at-iaw, civil ser’ ants of @ certain standing, holders of uni sity degrees, physicians and others too numei ous to particularize in this place. Littic more than half a century ago the title of esquire st:ll had a distinct meaning and una- portance of its own, which were clearly stood by the majority of Englishmen, simpie as Well as geutiec, its conventional as well as its true signilicauce has ail but fallen into obliv- ion during the present reign, wich bas wit- nesced a greater development and wider gen- eralization of democratic sentiment than any other historical period of like duration chrou cled in the of this country. Nowada the annex of “esquire,” appended to @ man's i jname on the back of a letter or a printed subscription list, is freely conceded to “nobvodi and is, | therefore, no longer distiuctive of “some- | bodics.” "It is the custom im writing to a wealthy tradesman, whether he have retired from business or noi, to an actor or pubic inger, playwright or novelist, ship broker or as esquire, ‘The least discrimination to ail surts and couditions of men 80 long as they are tolerably well otf. As far as its appli- n is concerned at the present day in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is an Anachronism, or, more properly speaking, an anomal: it may be described as a rele the age of chivalry, grotesquely out of kecping with modern institutions and tendencies and preserved no one exactly can teil why. Odaly enous there is mo equivalent for it among the titular distiuctions that obtaim cur- rency in any and every other European coun- try. | “Esquir: a purely sh absurdity, neither perpetrate i nor comprehended t continental peopiec, In France every pe of the mule scx. from president to pe from duke to dustman, is French synonym of our Lritisa Mr. In the way of titles of gentility our vivacious neigh. bors do not go belo hev kmgut, as we should call it, for lack of a word expressing the titular dignity conferred with a foreign decoration—and even that pred- icate must be preceded by the inevitable “Monsieur.” Thus literally translated into our vernacular, the proper way to address a mem- ber of the Legion of Honor is “Mr. the Knight, whereas a letter directed, let us say, te “Jac- ques Bonhomme, Ecuyer,” would probably never reach its addressee, however correctiy the name of the street and number of the house in which he resided might be given, “Mr. the Marquis” aud “Mr. the Police Agent,” are formule usually correct in their application to the per- sons thus respectively described, As @ matter of fact, the predicate “Monsieur” is essentially democratic in its nature, having nothing about it of the feudai flavor that lurks in the word “Esquire.” Indved, a8 it is used and under- stood in France at the present day, it may be regarded as a leveling legacy of the great rev- olution, previous to which it was only applied to “persons of condition,” and even Bgured as the distinctive title of the next brother to the king. Similarly in Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain the prefixes “Herr,” “Signor,” and *Senor” represent in some sort our honorific term ““Es- quire,” without in any way corresponding to 1s special significance, which, as we have poiuted out, is vague rather than precise, In those countrics there are two sorts of title, be- sides those indicative of military, naval, eccle- siastical and academical rank; that is to say, titles of nobility, which iuclude the particle “Von.” “Di” or “De,” as the case may be, and oficial titles, ho as “Mr. Privy Up- per-Consistorial-Councilor,” “Mr, Castle- n-and-Chamber-Gentleman” or Mr. + Candidate - and - Co- more perticularly, titles of this latter category are cumuiative—fér ex- ample: Mz. Pensioned-Goverument-Chancery- hi Li of-:he-L Z | tor” pitator. jo riguenr in addressing any of these digni ries by letter or word of mouth to give him the i full berefit of his many-jointed Predicates, Which arc, every one of them, genuine Astoulaliling tthe SOocaaien: of their kind, by no means faatastically con ‘Gini be pounded, but cuilod from authentic announce On the visit of the Tronton to Corea she car- | ars, buvlished in the eolumus of Berlin ied into those waters the first electric light- | “Such houorific designations are as absurd in ing plant ever scon or heard of there. On her | their way as our rhadowy and. unjustifiable arrival in the harbor the natives flocked to the | ““Esquire;” but, having some sort of oiiicial sido of the ship in their sanpans, and most of | Te#lity behind thom, of which our titular an- them were invited on beard, When darkness | B¢% i8 feriorn, they do not give rise to con- fell they were much surprised and delighted, | ¥ersy or dispute, such as occurred the day not only at the different lights ali over the ves- | before yesterday between the clerk of the sel, which were all under mysterious control | Chelsea vestry aud the chairman of the bench from one central poin?, but with other cloctri- | Of mazistrates sitting in petty sessions at Ken- calayparatus, such as the clectrie torpedo, | 12802, to whose scrutiny the speeial jury electric bells, annunciators, &c. One native | sts were submitted as prescribed by law. It would be told to push a Dutton anda beli , ¥#* the opinion of the presiding justice that would be heard t» ring ata distance, upon | the special jurymen ought not to be described which they would all rush to the beli and see | #8 “Plain Messieurs,” but Exquires,” from who was ringing it, Finding no one there, how- | ¥#ose ranks—held by his worship to include ever, they attributed the phenomenon to the bukers, merchants and “protessional men" — machinations of the devil, whom they believe | that particular variety of juror ought to to boin league with all foreigners, and they | be selected, in order “to assist the judges of were convinced was located somewhere around {he laud in the trial of civil actions between the ship. A few of the visitors made ineffectual | lege subjects ot her majesty." According to attempts to prevent the ringiug of the cail bell | the vestry clerk, a different view of the matter by grasping the wire tightly between tho | is entertuined by the present attorney general thumb and finger, hoping thus to head off the | 824 the magistrates of a very gentlemanly evil spirit, Anelectric primer, immersed ina , London parish—St. George's, Hanover square, bucket of water, was surrounded by a party of | The lists, however, were directed to be revised four or five mud-begrimed Coroans, and another | 12 *ccordance with the opinion entertained by native was told to push a button ina remote -the Kensington bench, which would hence ap- corner of tho ship, whereupon the primer in Pear to have arrogated to itself the right of the bucket exploded, throwing the water every- | deciding who is and who is not an esquire in where around, to the great terror of those who , the eyes of the law, , were intently looking into the bucket, When | | The issue thus raised isa curious one. We some burning incandescent lights were lowered , Wonder whether the legal advisers of the into the water and their glitter was seen far | Cfown will doem it worth their while to settle down below the surface the faces of the natives | #t one way or auothe: were filled with wonder; but the iast straw | ee ee came when a number of lamps were dropped | _ A petition was put in circulation in Montreal into the darkness and then flashed out in a | yesterday praying that the governor geucral would exercise clemency of the crown in the blaze of light at the bottom of the harbor. ! ‘The terror of the Coreans knew no bounds, | case of Birchall, under sentence of death in the Woodstock jail. Wednesday night and noteven looking at the uncanny switch board, which they re; led as playing an im-| Fire at Durham, N.C., burned W. H. Proctor’s grocery and the w; per oceupied as offices rtant part in these fantastic tricks, they has- |S vipa "trom | storice of the bank building, ); insurance, $10,000. lily scrambled over the side and escaped from and lodges. Loss, 825,000: the devil and the Trenton, The Gon Fay ———— or e Chicago poiii terday arrested Fi A rumor of a change of ownership of the | Burns, Sheeas te and Seen Micphe caged Cincinnati Commercial Gozelte 1s denied by i penn of having murdered Michael Lrezell at plaines Wedaesday night, th NEW ISSUE OF STOC Open for Subscription and Payment. Monthly Payments are $2.50 per share, Ecquitaste C. B. Association Richard Smith, one of the proprietors, Assets, $1,155,208. 21. oeenge eer p henge 3 the ” Regular retail price $10. They goat $6.50 A SUIT, FOK THIS WEEK ONLY, SOUV No. 5. BOYS’ OVERCOATS WITH CAPES. Regular retail price @4. They goat 8 4 GALMENT POR THIS WEEK ONLY, SOUVENIR, No. & BOYS’ SUITS. ‘retail price @250. They s M18 WEEK ONLY. ° ASUIT Fou We are Manufacturers aud Retailers of Fine Keady- made Clothing for ail Maukind—Ihe Farmer,” the Garduer, the Mercuant, the Mechanic, the Profeasioual Mau, and all other Men and Boys, too, We clothe mtortably, stylishly, aud even elegantly, at ‘he Very humblost of our STICK TO IT, SOUVENIR WEEK. SOUVENIR WEEK. SOUVENIR WEEK. BP Besioning MONDAY, October 20, at 7 am, amd ending SATUKDA), Uctober 25, at LL pamed VICTOR E. ADLER'S Ten Per Cont Clothing House, Mats, Caps aud Gentlemen's Furnishing Gocda, O27 and Y2Y 7th st. n.w., cor. Massachusetts ave, STRICTLY ONE DICE. Open Seturdey until 11 p.m 020 Pens:vene Sroves. CARPETS, DRAPERIES, POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS HAVE FOR CENTURIES LABORED TO AMELIORATE THE CONDITION OF MANKIND, LUT TO NO PURPOSE, BECAUSE THEIL IDEAS WERE NOT PRACTICAL, STATESMEN HAVE LEGISLATED IN BEHALF AND DEMAGOGUES HAVE DISCLAIMED, FOR THEIR OWN SELPISH ENDS, AGAINST THE INJUSTICE OF CAPITAL WITH A LIKE RESULT. OUR EQUITALLE CREDIT SYSTEM, TAKING AMERICAN MANHOOD AS IT EXISTS, CARKIES THE BLESSINGS OF COM#ORT AND HAPPINESS INTO THE MIDST OF THB HONE, GIVING EACH BROUSEKEEPER FULL USE AND ENJOYMENT OF EVERY PLEASURE, TAKING IN RETULN HEB PROMISE OF PAYMENT BY THE WEEK OR MONTH, THE GREATER PORTION OF THE BURDEN BEING UPON US. OUK CONFIDENCE IN TRE PUBLIC HONOR 18 UNLIMITED AND WE CHELKFULLY EXTEND THE BENEFITS OF OUK SYSTEM TO ALL RE- LIABLE HOUSEKEEPELS, TRUSTING TO THEIR HONOR FOB BEMUNERATION, AS AGKELD UrON, HOUSE & HERRMANN, 921-923 7TH ST.N.W. = a030-4m 1 Srxcran Orvrce NEW YORK ONE-PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, In order to intrgguce our celebrated make of MEN'S, BOYS" und CHILI 'S CLOTHING to publie of Waslungton and vicmity, we will give op. portunity of buying your Fall Clothe at actual Wholesule prices. “Uhe iollowing lots are ready for its, in Sacks and Cuteways, nest Aud drosey, at $6.50. Other dealers ask $10. LUT 2.—Meu’s All-wool Suits, Sacks aud Cutawayy for dress or busiuess, 89. Others dealers ask €14. LOT 3.—Handsome Dress Suita, am Suck and Cuter ‘way, in Black Cieviots, Worsteds apd Cassimere, a8 $12.50. Kegular rewil price 920. LOT 4—Fine Priuce Albert Suits, in Corkscrew or 15. dold everywhere at 620, (eu's Uvercuats, ib Kerseys aud Meltons,at 86.50, old every where at $10.00. LOIG.—Nobby Belion Overcoats, in 20 different shades, with or without silk faciux, at €10. Kesular price 816. Lt 7.—Your choice of thirty styles of Light-weight Overcouts, im Choviet, Melton, Kersey and Whipeord, s Pants, $1, $1.50, $2, 82.00, $5.50, $4.50, 85, #6.aud 87, Each pair worth 40 per cent more money. Boys’ and Children’s Suits and Pauts in endless variety. ‘abe above offer holds guod for two weeks, andia iiveu to introduce our famous make of clothing. NEW YORK ONE-PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, 311 7TH ST. Nw. Manufactories—212, 214 aud 216 West Washington st., Syracuse, N.Y. ; 52, 54, 56 Pearl st, Buflalo, N.X. ‘We close st 7 pan.; Saturdays, 11 pam 017-328 Ger Taz Bsr