Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1891, Page 8

“WHITE RIBBONERS.” Women Who Work Earnestly in the Temperance Cause. FOUR OF THEIR LEADERS. All Have Been Engaged inthe W. ©. T. U. and All Have Accomplished Great Good—A Con- ‘Tomorrow afternoon there will assemble in this city a large and representative body of women from all parts of the country who are interested heart and soul in the great question of temperance. It is to be a grent convocation ‘ef “white ribboners” beld under the auspices of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. ‘More than s hundred of the prominent tem- perance workers from all parts of the land are expected to be here for the sessions of the con- vocation, which will last until the following Sunday, with two meetings each day. The first session will be at Congregational Church, but after that they will be held at the Foundry M. E. Church, corner 14th and G streets. NOT A CONVENTION. This meeting is not in any sense aconven- tion, nor is it probable that the women will or- ganize as a body for purposes of business. The ing is # national one, but will not be made up of or representatives from the various districts into which the great field of work in this country is divided. On the con- trary, the sessions will be devoted mainly to papers, addresses, discussions of methods of work and to advocating the principles of the cause. The annual convention of the union was held in Atlanta in the fall and was largely Attended and aroused great enthusiasm on al sides. The convention, occurring as it docs always in the fall, takes place during the recess and as a result, if it were held in city, it would not affect the members of that the women of the union are most net __Ferhope Sent h had something to do with the calling convo- cation for this city next week. IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL W. C. 7. U- Few people realize the importance of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union even from a numerical point of view, and wh: itcomes to getting together the statistics to show teamtent of work accomplished that is | too much to ask of any one. The union, with ili territorial | ¥ 0,000 towns and cities, Great Britain, Canada ia, Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, | . Madagescar and South | and there are | . | ge: m stated that there are about 10,000 loca! unions, | including Young Woman's Christian Temper- | ance unions, with a membership of about | 150,000 and a direct following of 250,000. This | society is the descendant of the temperance | crusade of 1873-4and is union of Christian wowen for the pu of “educating the | ing by power of Divine Grace those who are enslaved by aicohol, and securing the entire abolition of the liqaot wraific.” “Lhe general ficers of che uniou are as follows: Presiden’ Miss Frances E. Willard, Evanston. UL. Anna A. Gordon, private ‘secrewry, Evanston, UL: corresponding secretary, Mrs. Caroline ik Buell, omi.e, Evauston, Lll.;'recording sec:e- tary, "Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, Kavenua, Unio; assistant recording secreiary, Mrs. L. N. Stevens, Portland, Me.; treasurer, Mise Pugh, Evanston, Il. ‘WHEN IT WAS ORGANIZED. ‘The National W. C.T. U. has now been or- ganized seventeen years. Its work is com- prised under the general divisions of pre- ventive, educational, evangelistic, social and legal, besides the department of organization. It began the movement for scientitic temper- ‘ance educacion in the public schools, having deen instrumental in seearing laws to that end im all but ten of the states, and besides this it | has secured congressional legislation, by means of which all the territories and the District of Columbia are brought under the same statutes, ‘and one-half the chikiren of America who are of school age are regularly taught the effects of alcoholics and other narcotics upon the human | The “white ribboners” themselves are! from i liquor. They ure endeavoring to ‘wage an uncompromising fight against the sa- ‘Moons as an institution. PROGRAM FOR TOMORROW. ‘The program for the exercises that will begin the week's meetings at the Congregational | Church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock is as | prayer, Kev. J.W. E. ing on behalf of local W. 63, Bishop J. F. | joultoa: responses, Sallie F. Chapin, Mrs. Mary T. Burt, ic, Hail the address, “Christian Mrs. Zeralda G. Wallace, Ind. The program for the remainder of the convo- | ¢ation was published in last Monday's Stan. | ‘Miss Willard, who is also the president of the | ‘Woman's National Council that will be in ses sion in thiscity week after next, will preside at all the meetings of the temperance conference. MINS FRANCES WILLARD. ‘Mise Frances Willard, who is undoubtedly ne of the most prominent women of the pe- tied, is of # New England family, both of her { | Til EH i f, F a& [ afi £ e cy i i | i HE i 5 € 5% if i ) i il Hi F i 7 li i i E if Es F i z e if § £ F t ty th H ff [ F é f i at I 4 i we i | i i i F if i H if f if l it F i 4 { | known among her fellow workers as | who have protested against the republican | attempted to spring a little surprise. Instead Ss = ) ) Mrs. Chapin was born in Charleston and was married young, her husband being one of the founders of the Y.M.C.A. in that city. Her father and mother both died during the war andthe financial troubles that succeeded it caused the death of her husband. Life after | that became a burden to her and she sought relaxation in her devoted labors for the cause of temperance. MRS. MARY TOWNE BURT. Mrs. Mary Towne Burt is a native of Cincin- nati, but at the age of twelve went to Auburn, N. ¥., and for four yeurs attended the public schools of thatcity and four years after leaving school she married Edward Burt. For a time she was much removed from society on account of poor health, sade swept over the lan in the movement and on March 24, 1874, deliv- | ered her first temperance lecture in her native | town. She was chosen president of the Auburn | -C.7.U., and in the autumn of 1374 was made one of the secretaries of the national union. For a number of years she has been president of the New York W.C.T.U. and has been ac- tively engaged in building up the work at MRS. ZERELDA G. WALLACE. Mrs. Zerelda G. Wallace, one of the lecturers of the union, is the only one whose speech to- morrow on the subject, “Christian Mother- ie ignified by the name of ad- dress. She has long been one of the leaders in the work in her own state, Indiana, where tne | union has no superior m the breadth and earnestness of its work. Her n, Gen. | Lew Wallace, himself said that he had taken the | character of the mother in Ben Hur from her own. She has been described asa senatorial- | looking woman, but at the same time she is a | motherly woman and she is probably best other She is a southern woman, Kentuckian by birth, broadly and thoroughly educated, but she has done an immense amount to prove that @ woman need lose none of her womanliness by entering public life. It is about sixteen years since Mrs. Wallace delivered her first tem; ance lecture and in that time she has lee great number of public addresses and her words tomorrow will no doubt listened to as among the ablest and most interesting of the convocation. ihn THE ILLINOIS CONTEST. Repudiation of the Republican Steering Com- mittee by the Joint Assembly. ‘The republican party went to pieces in the Minois joint assembly yesterday, as briefly noted in yesterday's Star. All those members boom for Representative Moore, the Farmers’ ‘Mutual Benefit Association man, took occasion to administer a rebuke to the republican steer- ing committee. This rebuke to the party lead- ers was all the more severe because it was to- tally unexpected. The republican steering committee, when the roll call was ordered for the first ballot, of continuing for. Lindley the mandate was silently circulated that the president of the Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Asseiation should be ped the regular party nominee, republicans Aad Ly not bd roposed change of program repwui Trandate of the steering committes and voted their individual preferences. Senators Humphrey and Knopf were the first to cast their votes for Lindley in defiance of the steering committee's mandate, and so unexpected was their action that the com- mittee could not realize that it was not due | ballot the republicans Tindley, and the vote was as i, ils Lindley, 100: Hubbard, 1. ‘The subsequent a ninety-fifth were without material cl adjournment was taken until today. pentionndins astride follows: Palmer, | which | upon which the; ‘New Men and New Measures. ——— ‘Mr. Cleveland’s letter on silver has aroused an overwhelming sentiment against him in both the House and Senate, as it appears now. The ¢astern men are praising his cournge and de- claring that be is right. Republicans who do not favor free coinage praise him without stint, but the great mass of democratsare too angry to attempt to conceal their feelings. The anti-free coinage democrats in Congress are but few and they have had very little to say during this Congress, chiefly for the reason that the party was threatened with the passage of the federal elections bill and it was no time for di- Visions. But these men believe that Mr. Cleve- land is right and that he will regain his pres- tige before the next national conventi point out the necessity of carrying Ne ie democrats are to elect the next it and ask their colleagues if they think they can carry that state with free coin- a party managers over, when they consider, that it is not wise to adopt the Farmers’ Alliance platform and sacrifice every- thing to their anxiety to secure the votes of the discontented element which caused the up- heaval in the west on the 4th of November. ‘This is the talk of the few: the many are clam- oring for the relegation of Mr. Cleveland to the rear and fora move toward the position of the western ag iculturiste. OTRER PROBLEMS. The unexpected result of the November election bas put sn entirely different face upon the potitical situation and both parties are confronted with problems which are difficult of solution. ‘Fhe democrats have now to decide whether they will remain tariff reformers merely or follow a radical or even revolution- | ary course to secure the support of the dis- contented classes throughout the country, are protesting against the present condition gnd clamoring, for « change, with little regard to what the change might be. The silver ques- tion is hardly one of those which has a revolu- tionary character, but it affects the business interests of the whole country, and the ad- vocacy of free coinage being'a thing uy the Farmers’ Alliance and kindred or- ganjzations are agreed upon a large number LE olor Congress regard it as an insne can join hands with the farmers and mechanics and secure votes in the west and northwest. ‘The sentiment throngh- out these sections which caused the uprising of last November is that of opposition to high tariff, to all speci ion in the interest of the wealthy manufacturing, commercial and | banking classes, which, however, they advocatt | in their own interest, and the advocacy of free is among their cardinal Principles. On the tariff question Mr. Cleve- id was supposed to have an immense follow. ing among these Prople, but their ronds parted after leaving this question. A problem with the democratic politicians is how to get the votes of the people generally included | under the title Farmers’ Alliance, and « great many have counted upon tariff’ reform and free coinage of silver as two things which would gain the support of farmers. ‘The democrats have not been united on the silver ‘question, but probably three-quarters of those in Congress are in favor | of free coinage. It is believed that this propo- sition will by no means hold good throughout | the country, and it is not one issue alone which will hold the party together. ‘The conservative | democrats believe, whether they are silver men or fear the dangers of free coinage at this time, that the party can succeed better, and that it | will be for the general good to accomplish one | reform and fight out one issue before taking up another. ‘They are united on the tariff re- ir. Cleveland is their leader, issue clear and uneqnivocal, and they are endeavoring to hold the party to this and keep it from wandering off on side issues. If they once begin to follow the farm. demagoyic subservience there is no telli will be « struggle between those democrats who | are impatient to enlarge their platform so as to | take in all the factions and isms and those who | wish to keep the one issue of reform and econ: omy before the people until that reform is com. | pleted. The introduction of other issues upon Which there is not an agreement the conserva- tives fear will divide the party and make their | work on those things upon which they do agree leas effective. CONSTITUTION OF THE NEXT CONGRESS. ‘The next Congress will be a curiously con- structed body. With probably = considerable element of socialism, or communism, it will be | @ifficult to control and the conservative demo- | crats will have to stand close together to pre-| vent a departure from well-established demo- cratic principles. The Farmers’ Alliance ele- ment will not be strong enough to control, ex- cept through the fears of those men who do not agree with them, but who are not cour- gous enough to directly antagonize them. ‘Theee alliance men will represent avtrange com: | bination of old democratic principles, vision- ary theories and communistic ideas. ‘Their ex- istence is a protest the condition of af- | fairs which has existed » long while. ‘They be- | lieve they have been legislated into 9 state poverty and desperation, being taxed in the terest of favored classes, and they are deter- mined to have redress. The question is whether they shall be satisfied with correcting existing abuses, or shall create new abuses of retaliatory character, of which they themselves shall be “the beneficiaries. ‘The conservative democrats, those who maintain that their party must adhere to the platform upon which they have stood dt last presidential elec- tion, feel that Cleveland must be their | leader, dless of his views on the silver MAY BOYCOTT THE FAIR. Organized Laber in Chicago Demanding Free Recognition. ‘The work of grading in Jackson Park, Chi- cago, in preparation of the world’s fair is at standstill. Late Thursday afternoon a lot of idle workmen, finding that they were unable to induce the Italians who were at work to strike for more wages. attacked them and drove them out of the park with kicks and cuffa. Yester- day the crowd of idlers gathered in the park to the number of 700 or more and maintained such ‘0 | Stepping the constitutional bounds, could put | the future is of | Vital interests. This movement, this political for s teform which will protect them Stee fatere. ‘We can't take up any of thecen- tralizing or class measures by the mental polities, the republicans have been able tocontinue this systematic robbery through many years. The time has about come when the people see it and it must cease, or it will ‘@ question merely of whom shall do the stealing. Farmers’ Alliance, labor o zations, socialism, communism or " form the opposition may take. will come into power by the bloodless revolution of the ballot and by the same legal forms by whieh they have bean robbed, wa paaeeet we take beck stolen property; they will grant subsidies upon farm ‘products, upon horses and cattle, corn, wheat, rye, barley, &e. They will not borrow. They will take, just as their substance has not been but taken from them. “All this is involved in the present situation of unrest and very much d upon, we can in starting the reforms which the democratic party is struggling for, if we can begin to correct th people are suffering, the argumenta and provo- cation which are leading and forcing men to retaliation will be removed. If we are defeated and subsidies are continued to the manufrctur- ers and others in various ways and forms, those le who with the rep party have been growing rich by taxation levied upon labor will be destroyed by the men they have long oppressed, and for whom they have contempt. An income tax, inexorably enforced, ean be turned upon them to their ruin. THE SILVER QUESTION. “The free coinage of silver does not belong among those things which the Farmers’ Alli- ance demand for their special benefit, which may be termed special legislation. It means the repeal ef present class legisintion. It is within | constitutional bounds and cannot be subject to | the objections which are urged against subsi- | dies on the one hand, farm loans and subtreas- ury schemes on the other. The democratic party, with perfect consistency and without over- free coinage of silver in their platform. All | know that this is the money of the Constitution. | “But they may not consider it wise at this time to gv even as far as to make free coinage a | vital test. Men are not members of a party by | compulsion. The last national platform of the democrats had nothing in itabout free coinage; the republicans brought up that issue then in a spirit of demagoguery, and now they are run- ning from the focus. “f think it likely that free coinage, as a matter of temporary forbearance to advance points we are all united upon, may find no pigce in the next democratic platform. Our party should offer a place of refuge to liberal and conservative men of all classes, with substantial relief to the masses, without which preguant with stormy and dan- gerous politics.” UNNECESSARY AND IMPOLITIO. AStar reporter had a» long talk with Mr. Ontes of Alabama today. Mr. Oates said that while no one could help admiring the courage of Mr. Cleveland, he regarded the writing of the letter as unnecessary and impolitic. “It is like the man,” he said. “It was so with his tariff message. In that he might have called atten- tion ina general way to necessity for a reduction of duties, and it would not have hurt hint. But he was not willing to let it rest there. He went into great detail and told how it must be done. In this case hi ion was known and there was no necessity of his saying more. I like him | and greatly admire him. He is a strong and able | man, but he is nota po is letter makes | his party associates angry for the reason that they h ing so hard for this measure and at this eri moment comes the letter to annoy them. I can | sympathize with Mr. Cleveland and understand i have been greatly in donbt on | estion myself and I have voted agai free coinage, but I should vote for the Vest bill, for the reason that I believe that a majority of the whole country want free silver. THE EXTENT OF THE MOVEMENT. “The movement is not confined to the agri culturists of the south and west, but the labor- ing people all over the east are in it. Free sil- ver isan experiment. It may be a dangerous one. Ido not know, but thi: try and what a majority of the people want they are apt to have and to maintain. The Farmers’ Alliance and the labor organizations are almost asa man on this question. It is an issue that jocrats can afford to teke the popular side of. It will be a lead- ing issue in the campaign. We have won on the tariff, but it will not have the force of a now iasue in the campaign. | We will be obliged to @ tariff Dill at the next Congress, an will not then be in as safe a position as when we were merely criticising the McKinley bill. We cannot make a tariff bill, however good, that will not offend some people. Here is a vast elemengall over the country for coinage; most of our folks favor it, and the party can espouse the cause without sacrifice of principle. ‘There- fore I think this letter was unfortunate. WILL SET MANY AGAINST HIM. “Mr. Cleveland was very strong among the alliance men and the laborers of the country, on account of his position on the tariff, but I fear that’ tifis letter is going to set many of them against him. They are united on silyer and feel it to be a matter in which lie their revolution, we are ail conscious of. The up- rising of the people, with a determination to have something to’ say on economical and social eae has communism at the bottom of it. if we do not yield something to the die- contented le of the land, the communistic clement, which is not numerically 20 strong and does not show itself openly, will get con- trol of the movement. We must recognize the Wishes of the people. and’ relieve ‘them from those things they complain of. Tt ix better 10 ive them free silver and other things they ask for than to stubbornly resist them and to drive them to corhmunism. “Returning to Mr. Cleveland's letter, I think it will defeat free coi if we t a vote on it in the House, I think we hada small ma. jority for it on a direct ‘vote, but democrats who would have voted with the majority of the party will follow Mr. Cleveland.” 4 COLORED LAWYER RATTLED ‘He Thought He Was Dying, but = Chance for = Fee Saved Him, ‘From the Richmond State, Yesterday Giles B. Jackson, the well-known negro lawyer, while sitting in his office was His nervous system by this time had gone all to pieces, and he really imagined that he was going to die. He called for pen, ink and paper, and wrote his last will and testament. He bequeathed his real estate, which he val- ued at about $15,000, to his wife during her Kates tons heniberie Vict ba tes tn bis the result of the next presidential election.» It | erinan pinen uses from which the | hy past few years easily the most conspicuous citi- zen of New York city. With the possible ex- ception of Chauncey M. Depew he has been the central figure and the social lion of the more public and spectacular life of the metropolis. I need not describe the unique pecu- linrities of a man #0 familiar to the Washington is enough tp say Gen. Sherman years ago came to the philosophical conclusion that he had earned @ holiday and meant to take it. Ashe remarked to a friend in his own characteristic style, he had been through three wars and he thought he had earned a play spell for the rest of hislife. The grizzled old campaigner was the most uni- Yersally known man on Manhattan Island. No one was more cordially received everywhere and no man ever enjoyed being cardially re- than he. Even under the shadow of, centh he has beeu the a and fatherly patron charming an py- arted women and he will be remo bered with true gratitude and affection by a multitude of the brightest young hearts of our age. The illness of the general came so suddenly upon the town that it caught the newspapers napping. None of them had learned that he wns seriously ill until Wednes- day, and even then it took a day for them to ze the fact. This. perhaps, was a merc: e have been spared that overflow of intelli- gence which otfen afilicts readers of “blanket sheet journalism.” We can easily pare those too well-known bulletins and the interminable interviews with the doctors, rela- tives and friends. TRE AMERICAN LYONS. During the week I spent an afternoon at Pat- erson, N. J., the American Lyons, as it is justly called. This city is waique in American indus- try and well repays the visitor. In visiting a number of its great silk mills we see the won- derful strides which Amerioa is making in the manufacture of the highest lines of fabrics. Tt is not generally known that the very best silk stockings are ade in this country and that the most fashionable retailers in New York get their stock in these elaborate and expensive articles from the domestic manufacturer. Paterson also manufactures some marvelo most charming ribbons. ‘The latter, however,are now experiencing a dull time, and in fact this has been a winnowing season for the silk trade generally. ‘The boom two years ago brought into it a mob of weaklings that could not stand the firat frosts of adversity and have perished. All the large houses, however, are doing fairly | well and are looking forward to better times. | Paterson is now taking the preliminary ste toward the celebration of ‘its own particulat centennial. ‘The city was founded by Alexander Hamilton’ in 1792 as a cot- ton center. This scheme went awry and the town languished for many years, until the | domestic silk industry found # home there and began to develop. This, together with other important manufacturing interests, gave a fresh impetus to the city, until it has reached popuiation of 85,000 and is one of the largest and busiest provincial towns in the country. Some of the sights which meet the visitor at Pateraon reflect the distinctive character of ite business. For example, one sees handbills of the talian lines of steamers, in flaming Italian type, and in one of theleading mills I was shown a large photograph of the nephew of the Japanese emperor, who bad visited the mill and subse- quently ‘sent this memento. ‘There is also a large French and German element in the city not to speak of some very go-ahead American: In spite of all the successes of ite rivals silk is | still the queen of fabrics, and those who deal inthis most elegant and aristocratic fabric catch something of its polish and are in thei manners and surroundings gentlemen whom it is a pleasure to meet. GRAY HEADS TO SAIL TOY BOATS. We have parlor base ball and many other fields in which grown people “play doll” in their way. The latest freak iss project that has been serionsly proposed to the park com- missioners, namely, to build an artificial Iake in one of the parks Where the members of the New York Yacht Club and other enthusiasts in fancy suing craft can sail miniature boats. ‘The idea is that by this means many valuable facts may be learned about the relative merit of models and rigging. At mt there is quite a pond in Central Park where the boys sail their bouts and prettiest sights of the city ona bright sum- mer's day to see the youngsters congregating at this pond with their boats, some of which are exact specimens in miniature of the best marine archi headed sea dogs like Commodore Gerry and his lieutenants propose to ail their craft along- side of the boys we shall expect this parti gra y chatting if they renew their youth in this man- ner. ‘ THE COSMOPOLITANS. There is a good deal of talk among travelers nowadays about leaving the beaten tracks of travel, where one meets too many of one’s own compatriots, and discovering out-of-the-way nooks, wnere may be found the genuine local color of the country. If one is in search of this much-prized local color, no matter of what cular Locality, be can find it by a much expensive process than crossing the ocean by simply coming to New York and living for awhile in the midst of any nation he may seleet. There is the -French quarter, the German, the Italian and the Polish Jew. are many streets in New York swarming and teeming with tumultuons life where the language least heard is that of this country, and wh blocks where all the signs are in a foreign tongue. A friend visiting in the city tells with a little surprise of xitting down to li ina down town restaurant Vis-a-vis to « French- man and seeing at adjoining tables a German, ‘an Italian, a Swede anda Spaniard, And yet ith all his polyglot surroundings your genu- ine New Yorker thinks that this litle ‘were but one, ith ite own teeming life and in- New York is littie world in itself, and this fact, while it broadens the in- bi in some’ ways, often makes them appear to outsiders rather narrow and provin- ‘THE WORLD OF AR! Tt seems as if there were always an art exhi- bition going on here, and each exhibition draws its own crowd. Of course the Seney sale is for [the house that MR. STEVENS’ RESIDENCE, REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Practical Side of the Problem of House Building. THE USE OF BUFF BRICK IX DOMESTIC ARCHI- TECTURE—SOMR OF THR NEW HOUSES THAT ARE NOW BEING ERECTED—OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST. HE AVERAGE MAN WHO PROPOSES TO build a house and has $12,000 or $15,000 jto spend has not the slightest idea what kind of a house bis money will procure for him. He has some idea of the sort of s houso he wants and he can form a pretty clear mental picture of how the honse will look from the exterior and whet kind of interior effects it will have. But until the plans are made and estimates are prepared he is all in the dark as to exactly what his money will do for him. The results of the estimates are some- times surprising, and he is reluctantly com- pelled to abandon one pet idea after another and give up this feature and then that until he actually decides to | build seems to have been stripped of brocaded and | jue fancies which ded should adore it. Whal very much like the house ila | erected by his neighbors instead of being. as he tecture. Now that the gray- | lee and hoped, original and unique. He, however, secures a comfortable home and continues to enjoy lifens every one else does who is not able to carry out his ideals. The modern style of house decoration and finish has become so elaborate that what might be termed the inci- dents of house building actually cost more then the essentials. Nowadays house interiors are decked out with » bard | woods finely carved and with silk hangings or handsor oils. The decoration of a ceiling not infrequently costs as much as is spent in the erection of a small house. tha: fan apparently simple decoration is costly. It | is artistic and original and that generally is the result of a large outlay of money. auch the same fashion Indies who appear to the masculine eye to be simply and plainly dressed have probably paid more for their cos- tumes, than Ghose. who are prononuced by the same fallible authorities to be richly attired. An amusing instance of the cost of some feat- ures of a modern house was mentioned the other day by au architect who was asked to repare designs for a house which a client of Tis proposed to erect. cial stress was laid upon the mantels and the plumbing, and the architect set to work to get up sketches and plans for these particular featurts. When he Snished ‘the designs they were approved by the client, and then the latter thought of asking what the work would probably cost. An estimate was given. ‘The client found to his consternation that after these expenditures had been provided for that he would only have a few thousand dollars left ot the amount which he intended to expend in the erection of the house. As the architect laconically remarked, when the discovery was made of the discrep- ancy between his client's bank account and his ideas of what kind of © house he wanted, they began wrong end. YELLOW IK THE COLOR. ‘The use of buff brick in house architecture is the | likely to be more general this year than ever before. It is comparatively a new freak, if it might be so termed, in architecture in this city, and like every other novelty it makes wa; rather slowly. The residences of Mrs. Chand- Mr. Henry Strong on K street, of Mrs. Barney and Mra. Hornsby on Khode Irland ave- nue, of Capt. Tyler on I street, Mr. Stevens on 16th street and Mr. Fraser'sat 20thand KR streets are some of the large residences with fronts built in whole or in part of this kind of brick. All these houses are now in course of ee or have been recently bailt, and so the fashion is a comparatively recent one. ‘The residence of Mr. Bloomer on M street was the ioneer in this direction, and if during the com- Tag yer Ss casa uisheotal oantinnee to us poptilar there will be quites number of these studies in yeilow to contrast with the red brick which heretofore has been the principal material used in domestic architecture. Ston building | Gen. Porter left. She intended to remain there ig rows of houses, its neighbor. ‘The method of ing prevails in this city of New | The the moment the talk of the town. Another aes rather notable collection, largely of French pictures, that of Mr. Healy of Brooklyn, ‘MRS. SAWYER’S COTTAGE. A cottage will be built for Mra. Mary E. Saw- The In | ceived from alumni unavoidably prevented ei | ter ox. | Pinchback on 12th street between N and | The were made by Richard E. , and provide for fronts built brick and brown stone. Each house will contain twelve room: | MR. STEVENS’ mone. | ‘The residence which Mr. Frederick ©. Btevens is building on 16th street, between Q and B streets, is unusually spacious for @ ci home. The frontage is generous, more than feet, and the interior arrangement is that basement , thus giving to of the house. house and is octagon in shape. finished im oak, as is also the tral and the slair case and jon hall. The parlors are finished pine, the library im brick and the ‘chambers on ay poplar. The fi built of Leh one ae pleasing example of the Romanesque architecture. ‘The main entrance i= 8 deop arch, and above in the second «t ia. On the left of the main entrance Projection which is finished at the third story with an open balcony. The lines of the high- pitched roof are broken by a high-pointed practically in one Foom, the two parlors in the front being com nected with the library and the large ball by | Wide door ways. NEW BUILDINGS To BE ERECTED. | _ RB. Weber has taken out a permit for a frame | | dwelling to be built on Pennsylvania avenue, Anacostia. The foundation will be of brick and the building will have a frontage of thirty feet | E. 8. Kennedy will erect four brick dwellings from 112 to 118 Massachusetts avenue north- west. The bonsos will be of press brick. two- story high, with basement. Pach one will have | & froutage of eighteen fect. A permit wi | taken out a few days ago by Wolf k Cohen for | the erection of an office building—926 F street jnorthwest. The new building will be three | stories high. The front will be of pressed brick. L.A. Dessca is the architect and C. V. | Trott the builder. J. Jones & Co. out a permit to erect a row of twent | story brick dwellings from 624 to | street northeast at an estimated cost of $3,000. | THE LEHIGH ALUMN) The Washington Association Organize for the | Year and Have a Banquet. | ‘The annual meeting and banquet of resident | alumni of the Lehigh University, held Thursday | | night at Willard’s, was « most enjoyable and | successful affair. A permanent organization | was effected, resulting in the formation of the | frat active college club organized in this city, to be known as “The Washington Association | | of Lebig hAlumni.” | | There is always plenty of enthusiasm when | ‘ old college men get together, and last night | was no exception to the rule. Laughter and | good fellowship were the order of tne hour. | Old songs were sung with enthusiasm and jests ; Went merrily round, awakening happy mem- | | ories of college days. The banquet was served | jn the tea room lof the hotel, which was | | handsomely decorated for the occasion. Covers | were laid for twenty-five and there were pres- | ent representati: classes since the formation of the institation. | Not the least pleasant feature of this gathering | | of collegiaus was the unexpected meetings of | old friends and classmates, several of whom have not chanced to meet since their college days. Many letters of regret were re- |from attending because of business engage- | ments, which accounts for the comparatively small ‘number present. General regret was expressed at the absence of Prof. Miles Rock, | |°6%, president of the Mexican boundary com: | mission and senior alumnas resident in Wash- |ington, who was detained abroad by official | business. | After the banquet those present adjourned to parlor 10 to discuss the plans proposed for permanent organization. One of the most im- | portant rules was the one unanimously adopted | admit to membership all who have Legelacty | attended the university for one term or more. | | Officers for the ensuing year were elected as | follows: President, Prot. Miles Rock, "G9; first | vice president, Fred P. Spaulding, "80; second | president, Felix Freyhol secretary | and treasurer, Asa Emory Phillips, "90. ‘There were present Jas. A. Watson, 'S5; j P. Spaulding, "80; Chas. H. Boynton, "89; C. Butler Henry erman, "M): Asa Emgry Phillips, "0, and Herbert Wright, "0 Damages. The case of Edward C. Birmingham against Pettit & Dripps—for damages by reason of | injuries caused by the explosion of the steam boiler in defendants’ works, 14th and B streets, ‘on January 9, 1888—is still on trial before | Judge Cox in the Circuit Court, Messrs. Clark & Jones and John Lyon for plaintiff and Worth- ington & Heald for defendants. i A RESTFUL NIGHT. Reports From the Sick Room of Gen. Sher- man, The condition of Gen. Sherman during the early hours of evening remained about the same as itwas during the afternoon. Gen. | Horace Porter called at 6 o'clock, and when be came out, half an hour later, he said the gen- eral was resting quietly. Mrs. Colgate Hoyt arrived at the Sherman residence just after all night. Hon. Carl Schurz also called during the evening. The doctors held a consultation at 9 o'clock, and at 10 the ysicians in attend- aie be fo wring be tin: “After con- sultation tore, aay in no change for the better. C. P. Alexander. Afew moments lnier one of the servants came out of the Sherman house and went hur- | Hedly to a near-by drug store. On her way back to the house she was asked how the gen- eral was. Her reply was that he had had a bad | tarn since 9 o'clock and was apparently sink- fa and Fitch left Gen. Sher- ite. Thackar: man’s house at 11:30. Lieut. E f ‘ i : i i i i i i f f f ii if 1 : 3 ge Ms Gj F | | Hi! i ree i i it i z bg 8 i . | ability, intel ‘of most of the graduating | Pension Attorneys Must Submit Copies of All Cireulars te the Department. Commissioner of Pensions Raum hes issued the following circular addressed to attorners and agents practicing before the pension office The attention of this office is constantly being called to circular letters and printed doo- uments of various kinds sent out by attorneys and agents for the purpose of securing pension business, Great numbers of these documents have been forwarded to this office and also to that of the department for consideration. These cir- culars have not been submitted to the office for approval and their character is such as to render it necessary to call atiention to rule XVili of the rules of practice of the Interior De- partment, which i as follows. “Every attorney, agent or other cognized by this de Practice before it or person re rtment a8 entitled to fore the commimsioner of pensions in prosecuting claims for pensions, Ail cause to be filed with the commicsioner ot pensions, not less than ten (10) days before the same are issued for general circuls. tion, copies of all circular — letters intended and framed to solicit business before the commissioner of pensions. And if at the end of ten days from fihing the same euch cir- cular letters are not disproved, and notice thereof furnished the person filing the same, they ball be held facie to be in manne: and form approved. THE RULE MUST BE OBSERVED. All persons practicing before this office are required to comply with the foregoing rule. Many of the circulars before me contain state- ments and claims which are entirely unwar- ranted by the facts and are calculated to create discontent and suspicion in the minds of pen- sioners and applicants for pensions. The public should understand that no attor- ney or agent bas a right to examine the papers in a pension claim in this office in which he i not an attorney. Any one making «ach a claim does 60 to deceive the person to whom he sends this circular. Any attorney or agent who claims that he hax apecial advantage over others prosecuting claims in this makes a statement that is without foundation and it is made simply for the purpose of securing business. The only advantage that one attorney can have over another is greater A ce and diligence in the formance of his work. Any represen made by an attorney or agent ‘that he cam ec. cure the all ance of an original claim tor pen sion or a claim for increase within « time is entirely unwarranted. Heretofore the plic press has been for- nished from week to with @ list of the names and addresses of the claimants te whom pensions have been allowed. These lists are published in the and are accessible to all ‘parsons. From lists mttorneys and ugente every week flood the country wit their cir- culars to these newly made pens them to in naion. From the record tn dhe possession ef aie annet ney, he finds that jon has beew grante:| to the man to whom he sends his that get bs and fore he advises him to immedi ately apply for an increase of when er of the case except the fact that it is announced in the newspapers that the man has been pensioned. FORM OF THE CIRCULARS. In some cases the circulars, urging @ man to apply for an increase of his pension just granted, are in cases allowed under the act of June 27, 1890, for #12 per month, the maximum rate authorized by law. Ihave betore me four of such circulars sent to one man in the month of January who received a pension of €12 per month under «nid last-mentioned act. In forwarding me a large uumber of the cir- culars Assistant Secretary Bussey uses the fol- owing language: “These communications are ons of the unprofessional, illegitimate id disreputable methods whereby cervain pen- sion attorneys or agents aim to delude the soldiers with mendacions promises in order to yar compensation for worthless services. it is the judgment of the it that there methods should not be permitted among attor- neys who are edmitied to practice before it. To tolerate them is almost equivalent to ap- proving them and no room should be left for Misconstruing the rtment’s attitude even the remotest implication. It is therefore ordered that all attorneys and agents who desire to send out circulars or let ters, either written or printed, intended and framed to solicit business before this offiee will at once forward them to the commissioner of pensions for his examination and der said rule 18, un MEMORIAL SEKVICE. How the National Mifies Will Honor Their The arrangements for the memorial services of the National Rifles at the National Theater on Sunday evening have been completed and several changes in the program have been made since it was published last week. The ing apace on the left. The boxes will be oceu- pied by the Commissioners, the officers of the Old Guard and the Fencibles and other officers of the militia who have aceepted the invitation soloist, (Marine Band); poem, Mr. Burton “T. Doyle; quartet, “Lead, Kindly . , Lieut. Edwin B. Hay; his sister, Emma Glass, €100, and the balance of his pro) to his wife during life and then to his Brother and sister's children. ‘The May Fleed Obio Railroad Company was decided im of the plaintiffs. ‘This case in the Potomac of i a