Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1893, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. MINISTERS TELL IP. Wo Have Our Pastors’ Assurance of These Facts. The Word of Ministers Taken as the Strongest. Proof. Persons Believe the Pastor Before Anyone Else in the World. 1 TH i health, | rare i suffering. He, 00, too, knows that it cures, | sure to make the sick well {¢ they use it. | givea Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and ecrve remedy 2 fair test, and am free to say that I it rightly mumed. 1 have recommended lis use to several. and nerve remedy, but we take more pleasure in siving to the world Rev. Mr. Meacham's own words | And those of Rev. Mr. Walker im regard to the| wonderful benefits they received from this valua- with Stareh, Arrowroot o= ‘Sugars, and is far more eco- pomical, costing less than one cent a cup. It js delicious, nourishing, and c.siL¥ DIGESTED. Sold by G-ocors everywhere. ‘W. BAKER & CO. Dorchester, Mass. fet-0os201 DON'T ist with Poor to disSigure your mouth Sith 9 clumar. HI fitting fs with fucititios snd. ‘pew appil- | ‘can mako you at fact sot of temsi for 88 that wh” not only enhance the ice of sour mouth, var add very materially Soh eomfort. “Comsnlt ws now—tt costs botbing. Gola Furs SOc. | Cleani! 7c. apna Dental VAN Parlors} fal (Over Hoover & Snyder's), 1217 Pa. Ave. Work. COMPLEXION SPFCIALIST. ‘Mme. A. Ruppert’s world-renowned face bleach is the only face tonic in the world which positively re- moves freckles. moth patches, blackheads, pimples, birthmarks, eczema and all blemishes of the skin, and when applied cannot be observed by aay one. Sold at 82 der bottle, or three bo%tics—usually required to clear the complexion—$3 Send cents postage for ‘fell particulars. MME. A. RUSPERT, GE. 1th st., New York. ‘Washington office, 908 F st. nw., eptOett ‘Washington. D. ¢ EPILEPSY OR FITS, Can this diseare be cured? Most physicians say No— Jeey Yes; all forms and the worst cases. After 30 fear study and experiment I have found the remedy. -Epilepay is cured by it; ewred, not subdued by opi- ates—the old, traacherous. quack treatment. Do not | <oepair. Forget past impositions om your purse, past | ontrawes on your condidenee, past fatiures. Look for- jot backwagd. My remedy is of teday. Vala- on the subject and larze bottle of the rem- eéy—ent free for trial. Mention post office and ex- resp address, Prof. W. H PEBKE. F. D., sa7-soat 4 Cedar st,. New York. HIGH-CLASS LAUNDRY Wot \ | in any case. THE OFFICIAL SEASON The Prospects of Social Gayeties During the Winter. THE LADIES OF THE CABINET. They Are Getting Their Homes in Shape for Hospitalities. SOME NOVEMBER WEDDINGS. It ts very easy to make prophecies of what the first winter of the new administration will amount to socially, but it is not by any means safe to do so. The new comers must remember that they are not under any obii- gations to outline their plans for the public delectation, no matter how persuasive the |questioner may be, and the future had better be left to take care of itself anyway. Of course, everybody would like to know to just what extent society maf-ers will thrive the coming winter when there is an idea, although of a vague and uncertain quantity, that somehow or other things are not going to be as lively as usual, because of the finan- cial issues now agitating the country. A lady, whose opinion is worth quoting, when asked to say something about the situation, puts it yery neatly: “I have been here through two or three administrations and I have mingled each winter in general society. I never remember seeing the first winter of a new administration @ gay one, so far as it |depended on official life to help it out. ‘Phere is nothing extraordinary about it either, for most of the new officials and their families are total strangers to each other and the hundreds whom they are looking forward to meeting, and there is some holding back, &c. Nothing will cure | this but time, so consequently I would not be surprised if it seemed rather quiet hereq next winter in comparison with the first year of the former Cleveland administra- tion, when Mrs. Whitney was taking every one by storm and starting in the career | which she followed so splendidly from that time til! the end.” Inside of the month the chances are that all the cabinet families who intend to go housekeeping this winter, will be set- tled in their new abodes; and then the ladies of these households can give their attention to formulating plans for their mutual guid- ance to carry them over the winter. The | cabinet ladies are fortunate in one respect, that in their numbers there are several! well qualified to arrange a much more formid- able campaign than that which 1s looked for from them. The wealth of experience that Mrs. Carlisle and Mrs. Lamont can bring to the subject and their personal popularity as well, will, of course, be sufficient to settle aJl questions, no matter how vexed, that | may arise. Until this conference is held all prophecies as to how or when the ofhcial season will begin can be made by one person as well as another, and are just as valuable Until the lirst of January there will be very little savoring of offictal gayety, and then the season only covers a period of about five weeks. When the first Wednesday comes that the j cabinet ladies are to be found at home it will take a eireult of the west end to reach them all. The cabinet houses are pretty well scattered. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Gresham have not decided the momen- tous question of a residence yet and may not this winter, though they have not given up the house-hunting by any means. "The home of the Secretary of the Treasury is getting its annual overhauling and is having a regular cabinet finish given to it. For the first time in months Mrs. Carlisle was without guests stopping with her last week. Secretary and Mrs. Lamont will not be kept out of their Lafayette Square man- siteracious “ad repairs approsel” comple: altera irs approach com tion they are most anxious to get settled in the roomy old house which was flooded all the past week with sunshine, and seemed most attractive. It will take two or three weeks longer to finish the house completely, and in the meanwhile Mrs. Lamont finds It both interesting and profitable to spend much of her time there superintending the decoration and furnishing which is in pro- gress in some of the rooms. It is rather remarkable that two cabinet officers from such widely separated sections of the country should have become almost next door neighbors as did the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Interior. Mrs. Bissell is reaping the reward for her early selection of @ residence last spring, and long since has had her house comfort- ably arranged. Mrs. Smith is going through ail these minor annoyances just at present. She has the furniture from their Atlanta home, and it gives the K street house a very familiar look to the family. As there were small repairs to be made about the premises. the household is by no means comfortably settled yet, although that de- sirable condition of things will soon be reached. ‘The residence of the Attorney General and that of the Secretary of the Navy are at opposite extremes of the West End. Both are roomy and well adapted for their pur- poses. October is doing very well in the way of weddings, but next, the month of the chrys- anthemum. will do even better. Some of the weddings about which there will be shown the greatest interest are unfortu- nately to be celebrated on such a quiet scale that only the most intimate circles of friends can expect an invitation. Especial- ly is this true of the marriage of Miss Mae Clagett to Mr. Clifford Perin of Cincinnatl, which has been set for Tuesday, the 2ist of October. It will be solemnized at home, in the presence of only the relatives and ciose friends. The couple are to reside in Cincinnati, but will not burden themselves with housekeeping cares for another year. A wedding in which many Washington- fans are interested will take place next Tuesday at Berkeley Springs, when Miss Nellie Biddle, daughter of Col. and Mra. James Biddle, and Mr. Louis E. Shipman will be married. The couple will spend their honeymoon in Col. Biddle’s residence there, all the family departing immediately after the ceremony and leaving the couple in undisturbed posseasion. Another pretty wedding in the near fu- ture will be at St. John’s next Wednesday, when Mr. W. A. L. and Miss Ber- tha Gerolt Kennault will be the envied cou- ple. ‘The marriage of Miss May Cox and Mr. Alexander B. Legare at St. John’s on the Sth of November, and that of Miss Warder and Mr. Thoron on the 15th of that month will, in al! probability, be the leading events of the month. If reports be true there will be two inter- national alliances cemented by matri in this city which will create consldercnts furore. one before the holidays and the From all accounts the number of distin- guished absentees from sociai ranks this winter is growing appallingly large, and there are many favorite hosts and hostesses in the number. It is said that Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Warder will close up their K street mansion after their daughter's marriage and go abroad with their two younger daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Stecle and family and Mr. and Mrs. James F. Barbour and family will start very soon for extended travels in the old world. Mrs. Hazen {s abroad also, to be near her son, who has entered the university at Heide: berg, Col. John Hay and family are in Paris, where they will spend the winter, and Mrs. Slater and Miss Gwynn are now im Paris. Mr. and Mrs. A. Cleveland Tyler are also in the list of those the length of whose stay abroad is indefinite, and so it goes. Representative and Mrs. Draper came near having an entirely too warm a wel- come when they arrived last Tuesday at their residence, 16th and K streets. Very soon afterwards a lamp in the nursery upset, set fire to the room and thoroughly alarmed the househo'd. Fortunately the flames were extinguished before the fire laddies reached the house, and the excite- ment was over in a little while. Mrs. and Mrs. Parker Mann, who have been absent on an extended tour abroad, have opened up their beautiful home, “Tan- giebank,” on Kalorama avenue. This wil! be pleasant news to many people, the younger ones especially, for whom Tangle- bank is always a most delightful place during the gay Washington season. Mrs. Mann has gone to Chicago for a brief visit before the fair closes. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hendley have gone to Chicago. The latter will be at home on Mondays, as usual, after November 1. Mrs. P. M. Frazee wili in a short time leave this city to join her husband, who has lately engaged in business in Cincinnati. For the few weeks previous to her depar- ture she will be the guest of Mrs. Z. M. Kessler, 913 C street northeast. The engagement of Miss Sadie Steinem of this city and Mr. William Steinem of To- ledo, Ohio, is announced. Mrs. Blatchford and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Appleton Blatchford, are still at the family residence on K street, from which ail their belongings and some of the furniture has been removed and sent to New York, where Mrs. Blatchford will for the future reside. Senator Brice, who is occupying his La- fayette re mansion, will shortly be Joined by family, who are now at their Ohio home. Mr. an@ Mrs. Frank Gordon are at the Buckingham for the winter. Senator Gor- don will be joined later at the same hotel by his wife and daughter. Miss Gordon has been making a delightful tour of the west, having visited the world’s fair on the way, and is since greatly enjoying the won- erful sights in Colorado and in Cailfornia, where she still is. Mr. Lewis B. Thompson is in Chicago, the guest of his sister, Mrs. P. Baumgras, formerly of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McKericher have issued invitations for the marriage of their daughter, Margaret Kleanor, to Franklin W. Harper, on Wednesday, October 18th, at 12 o'clock, at Ryland M. ©. Church, corner 10th and D streets southwest. The Curious Club will give a hop at the Rifles’ Armory on November 34. Invitations have been issued for the mar- riage of Miss t Williams to Mr. Charles Howard Moulton of Boston and Paris, a brother 2f Countess Raben Levet- gan, which will be celebrated on Tuesday afternoon, October 24, at Jamaica Plains, ‘he wedding is of particular intereat to fashionable set of this city, for the groom-elect is a stepson of Monsieur de Hegermann-Lindencrone, who was formerly Danish mini: at Washington. Moulton’s mother was the widow of Mr. Charles Moui- ton of Paris, when she became the wife of the Danish minister. Shortly after this M. de Hegermann was appointed minister to Rome, which post he occupied for ten years. ‘The Danish minister has been unable to ac- company his family to this country and so will not be present at the wedding. On the 2th of this month the bride and gtoom, accompanied by the groom’s mother and his sister, Mile. Froderica de Heger- mann-Lindencrone, will sail for Europe on the st ip Columbia, and will be met at Southampton by the groom's stepfather. Upon reaching the other side they will be of the Countess Levetsan at Nysted, in Denmark. The wed- @ing wilt be a very large and brilliant one. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Johnson and Miss Russell of Georgetown have gone to Chi- CkeO. The birthday of Miss Masie Frank was the occasion of a masquerade party being giv: her at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Frank. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Lipscomb, Mr. and Mrs. McGee, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Dent, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, the Misses Bla Greir, Annie Taylor, Minnie Boyd, Vernie Walker, Annie Ritner, May Scriven- er, Sadie Mifflin, Maggie Roberts and Mollie Roberts, Mrs. Leanora Hall, Messrs. James, Lewis, Griffith, Hall, Williamson, Philipps. McQuenie, Dunbirth, W. Scott and C. Long. The marriage of Miss Florence E. Hughes and Dr. D. Elmer Wiber ts set for W ‘8 pal W. D. Hughes, Gl H street no Thomss Chalmers Easton will After the ceremony a wedding breakfast will be served and the newly married couple will leave on the noon train for the west. Mr. George R. Billupps of Baltimore and Miss Laura Rosetts Thompson of Fairfax county, Vu.. were married at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Paxton, 1811 K street, lest Monday morning. Rev. Wm. Brown of Union M. E. Chapel, officiated. Shortly at- ter the ceremony the newly married couple started for their future home in Baltimore. ‘The bridal gown was of white nun’s veil- ing trimmed with lace and a bouquet of white roses was carried. Only relatives and intimate friends were present at the cere- mony. Miss Mamie and Virginia Campbell will start on Monday for Chcago, where they will remain two weeks. They will return by way of Niagara. Mrs. J. Foust, 810 9th street northeast has returned after an extended visit to the world’s fair and with friends in Michigan end Ohio. The Short Story Club held its first meet: ing of the season on Wednesday evening at the home of its president, Dr. Thomas Rob- inson, 1413 P street. The doctor read two from his unpublished book, “Chim .” An amusing episode, a camel ride in Cairo street, Midway Plaisance was given by Mrs. Dora T. Voorhis, a descrip- ve of a ride at night on the lagoon at the hite Cty, by Miss G. Whittington, an episode in ‘the west during his visit, by Mr. J. L. McCreery: an episode in our own aity, by Dr. L. R. Kiemm; delightful guitar music, by Mr. John Barringer, and enter- taining recitations, by Mrs. A. E. Beall, Miss Beall and Mr. J. H. Whitaker, filled @ successful evening. Among those pres- ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Boyce, Mrs. F. Barringer, Miss Edith C. Westcott, Mrs. Alex. E. , Mrs. M. O. Agnew, Miss A. Davis, Mrs. and Miss Rose, Mr. Luman Allen, Col. Wm. H. Walcott and daugh- ters, Paul Sperry, Miss J. E. Thompson, Mrs. E. M. Willis. Dr. K. D. Barstow, Mr. €. D. S. Walcott, Mr. and Mrs. Ritter, Miss Ritter, Miss J. Widdows, Mrs. M. Murra: Miss Hartman, Miss Lora Van Wagneu, Mr. and the Misses McCreery, Mrs. Joseph Burket, Miss A. Hertford, Mrs. A. EB. Rob- inson and Mrs. Sperry. ‘The Potomac Literary Club held its first meeting for the seasoa of 1898-94 on Tues- day evening last at the residence of Mrs. Col. Wm. H. Chase, 1125 lth street north- west, with the vice president, R. A. Phil- lips,"in the chair. After the’ business ex- ercises were concluded Mr. John P. Loth- Top gave a graphic account of the soldier's life in a paper entitled “The Private Sol- dier.” He was followed by W. A. Cruffut, with an essay on “War as an Instru- ment of Justice.” The club was further entertained by a song by Miss Fannle At Lee; remarks by Messrs. Phillips, Duncan and Boyce; two baritone solos by Prof. H. T. Statham and Dr. E. A. Duncan in two recitations. Miss Jennie A. Sutherland pre- sided at the plano. Among those pres- ent were: Mr. end Mrs. W. A. Croffut, Dr. and Mrs. V. D. Collin: A. Phillips, Mrs. and Miss Chase, F. B. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lothrop, Miss Lothrop, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson, Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Duncan, Mr. Henry’ F. Statham, ‘Di W. H. aw, Dr. and Mrs. C. A. V. Hart ben, Mrs. Maria Stlerlin, Mr. Will Stierlin, Miss Luia Collins, Mr.’ Wilbur Goss, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Boyce, Mrs. M. C. Bolton, Dr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Dufour, Dr. and W. W. Baker, Mrs. J. L. McCreery and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. T. Pier- son, Mra. A. E. Beall, Mrs. G. G. Stevens, ir. and Mrs. H. V. Colton, Mrs. M. J. heeler, Mrs. Robert Christy, Miss Chris- ty, Mrs. Bertha L. Merrill, Mrs. A. McLean, Mrs. I. R. Morrell, Mrs. aniel Morgan, Miss M. Bingley,Miss Emma Brown, Miss Mamie Austin, Miss Jennie Sutherland, V. Lansing Collins, Barney A. P. Pool, Mrs. Jacobson and daughter, Lieut. Samuel Jacobson, Mr. George C. Gwynne, Mr. and Mrs. John Norris, Mrs Hitchcock, Capt. H. C. Plater and Miss AtLee and Mrs. Spieden. ‘The “german” given a few weeks ago by the young ladies of the “Forest” of Prine George dounty, Md., at the Grange Hall was in every way @ success. It was led by Mr. T. F. Bowie Roberts of Washington with Miss Eva Darnellle of Georgetown. The hall was beautifully decorated with golden rod and everyone enjoyed a delightful even- ing. —_—> Curious Effects of a Slight Hurt. From the Milwaukee Journal. “Sitred Cook, who was hurt in the railway accident near Marshfield, is still in « pre- carious state. He is still delirious and aiso totally blind from the blow on his head, the only external mark of which is a brutse about as large as a quarter. He ‘masines that he is still under the car and contin- ually pleads that his companion (who was but slightly hurt) be taken out quickly. ‘He is worse hurt than I am and [ can it," is the constant cry which shows the nature of the man. He thinks they have been under the car three weeks, and pro- tests against the delay and darkness, which he attributes to bad management on the part of the railroad company. He dpes not realize that he is blind, and frequently asks why lanterns are not procured. At times he imagines the car is settling down upon him, and struggles to hold it up until he sinks back exhausted. At such times he has to be held in bed. A Yacht With a History. e Philadelphia Record. Prgents of he presiicnt of San Domingo have been in this city recently drumming up a crew for that high dignitary yacht Presidente, an old tub now, but to which hangs a ‘most interesting ‘history. Away back in 191 the Presidente was the English pleasure yacht Deer Hound, and on that eventful day when the Kearsarge | and the Alabama met in fatal combat in the English chanuel the Deer Hound, filled with British sympathizers with the confed- erate pirate, steamed out to witness the fight. ‘The merry party on board confi- dently expected to see the Kearsarge blown out of the water, but were quickly disap- pointed in this. When the Alabama was sinking from the effect of the Kearsarge’ |-almed shots, many of the crew escaped tothe Deer Hound, and were carried back to land. Since then the yacht has chan, hands several! times, and now in its old age carries the president of San Do- mingo about on his pleasure trips. DISTRICT LAWS. Repeated Efforts Made to Have Them Codified. THE ATTEMPTS AT LEGISLATION, The Code Prepared Years Ago by Judge Cranch, IN THE PRESENT CONGRESS. ——— It has been said that the laws of the Dis- ‘twict of Columbia resemble those of the Medes and Perslans—they never change. Kor more than @ hundred years statutes, coming down from the time of King Edward, have re- mained upon the books immune from the pruning hook of the coditier or the grafting knife of the reviser. It is true that oft- repeated attempts have been made to codity and revise the laws, but up to the present time the efforts have been unsuccessful by lacking the final sanction of Congress, nec- — to give the codification the force of we 1816 the necessity of codifica- tion of laws affecting the District was rec- ognized. By act of Congress, approved April 29, 1816, the judges of the Circuft Court of the District and the attorney for the Dis- triet were authorized to prepare a code of Jurisprudence. Two years later Judge Will- jam Cranch reported the codification to Con- gress, having performed the buik of the work himself. in submitting the work he In preparing @ substitute for existing stautute law it was necessary, if possible, to ascertain what that law was.’ This was not am easy task. By act of Congress of Feb- ruary 21, 1801, the laws of Virginia, as they then existed, ere to remain in force in that part of the t which was ceded Virginia, and the laws of Maryland in that part ceded by Maryland. The laws thus adopted consisted of so much of the common jaw of England as was applicable to the situation in this country; of the bills of rights, constitution and statutes of a land and Virginia modified by the Consti- tution and laws of the United States, and also (in regard to thet part of the District of Columbia which was ceded by Maryland), of such of the English statutes as existed at the time of the first emigration to Mary+ Jand, ‘and which by experience had been found applicable to the local and other cir- cumstances, and of such others as had been since made in England or Great Btitain and had been introduced, usea and practiced by courts of law and equity’ of that state. “To ascertain therefore what was the ex- isting statute law it was necessary to know what statutes of England enacted before the first emigration to Maryland had by ex- perience been found applicable to the local and other circumstances of the country and what statutes since made in England or Great Britain had been introduced, used and practiced by the courts of law or equity in that state;"and also what of those stat- utes had been expressly re-enacted by. the state of Virginia. To obtain this knowledge with as much certainty as the nature of the case would permit it was necpesary to ox- amine minutely the English and British statutes and compare them with the stat- utes enacted by Virginia and Maryland. From these three systems of statutes to select such as were most important and best adapted to the circumstances of the Dis- to supply such defects as were dis- covered and to combine the whole into one code required more deliberation and occu- pied more time than was anticipated.” Judge Cranch’s Codification. ° Notwithstanding these difficulties Judge Cranch did furnish a codification of laws, and they were submitted to Congress, but that was the end of the matter, and 16 steps were taken to adopt the codification as the law of the land. ‘ The opezation of the laws of Virginia ‘aver: the District of Columbia referred to above! ceased when that portion of the District which had been ceded by the old dominion was retroceded. in 183 Samuel Burch, acting under an act ef council of October 18, 1821, prepared digest of the co=poration laws of Washin, ton, with an appendix containing the laws of the United States relating to the District. In 1831 William H. Dayiss prepared a di- gest of the acts of Congress in relation to the District from July 16, 1790, to March 4, 1831, and of the acts of the legislatures of Maryland and Virginia relating to the Dis- trict. In 1860 M>. Hale in presenting to the ate a petition of citizens of the District, f a reorganization of the judiciary said: * District has immeasurably the worst ad- ministration of justice that is to be found in the United States.” ee In 18% M. Thompson of the local bar ‘an abstract of the laws of the rict which passed into a third edition, but no action was taken by Congress upon it, the undertaking having been of his own volition. A Code Voted Down. March 3, 1855, Congress pasged an act, the framer of which was Henry May, then in Congress, but formerly @ citizen of the District, authorizing a commission to “re- vise, simplify, digest and codity the lawe of said District, and also rules and princi- ples of practice, of pleading, of evidance and conveyancing.” Robert Ould and Wij- liam B. B. Cross were appointed to «lo this work and completed it in 187. ‘Their re- port says: “The laws, which it was the duty ef .the commission to revise and simplify, con- sisted in the language of the Maryland declaration of rights, of such of the Eng- lish statutes as existed at the time of the first emigration to Maryland, &c.; also, of the declaration of rights, constitution and statutes of Maryland passed prior to Feb- Tuary 27, 1801, as modified by the Constitu- tion and laws of the United States. Our tatute laws thus flowing from three dis- tinct sources, is almost necessarily incon- sistent in many of its parts. Much of it ip also obsolete. Much of it is di by the prejudices of a past age. In many cases the circumstances which called forth the statute have since passed away or been materially changed. “But perhaps the best founded complaint of all is the entire absence of any statutory provisions in relation to matters which, in the progress of time and development of go- ciety, have been made the subject of legis- lation tn almost every other civilised com- munity." It was provided by the law which author- ized the preparation of this code that it "should be submitted tu an election held by citizens of the District to determine its ratification or rejection. Accordingly Pres- ident Buchanan issued broclematigh for an election to be held February 15, ‘The adcption of the code was voted down. 3,110 votes being cast against the code and only 1,138 in favor of it. President Buchanan certified the result of the election to Con- gress, and there the matter rested. Other Attempts. Between 1831 and 1861 there were several futile attempts to secure a compilation. In 1860 a resolution was reported to the Senate by Mr. Butler from the committee on ju- diclary authorizing the appointment of three commissioners to prepare a code, hut no action was taken on the resolution. Yn the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses efforts, which proved vain, were ‘aade to get authorization for a commission to do the work. The District people would not abandon the struggle, however, and renewed their efforts at each succeeding Congress, going over the old ground patiently and explaining to new members the necessities of the case. At the second session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, after repeated urging, the Senate District committee reported a bill authoris- ing the President to appoint three suitable persons to codify the laws and to report before the first Monday of the following December. This bill passed both houses and was approved by the President May 20, 1862. In accordance with this act, President Lin- coln nominated Richard 8.’ Coxe, John A. Wills and P. R. Fendall as commissioners. ‘The law required their confirmation by the Senate, however, and before action could be taken on the nominations Congress ad- Journed. Mr. Meigs’ Code. The matter was revived at the third ses- sion of the Thirty-seventh Congress and with more suecess. In the act to reorganize |the courts of the District of Columbia, | passed in 1863, it was provided that the | President should appoint a suitable person, | learned in the law, to revise and codify the laws of the District, for which he should re- ceive a compensation of $10 per day. Under this act President Lincoln nominated Mr. Return J. Meigs, who was confirmed without delay. He prepared the code and submitted it at the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress. With that the matter ended, for Congress paid no more attention to it. At the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress a resolution passed both houses authorizing the Senate and House District committees to employ two persons to revise Tana criminal code; and the said court sball the code of 1855, to print the same and to re- port it at the following session. When the next session convened the commission was not ready to report and Senator Morrill offered a resolution extending the time until Gragged slong and Sotking’ was heard’ frome ng ani ing was m the commission. In ‘the Forty-second Congress Gov. Cooke of the District of Columbie sent to Congress @ code which had been prepared under act of the local legislative assembly by George P. Fisher, Hugh Caperton, Samuel Phillips, E. C. Ingersoll and R. D. Mussey. No ac- tion was taken by Congress further than to receive the code and place it on file. In the Forty-fourth Congress, at the first session, ® bill was reported from the Senate com- mittee on revision of the laws providing for ‘the compilation of the United States stat- utes relating to the District of Columbia. The bill was recommitted to the committee and that was the last heard of it. The act of June 1. 1878, to provide a per- manent of government for the @ trict of Columbia carried a provision di recting the Commissioners to report to Congress a draft of auch additional laws or amendments to existing laws as in their opinion “are necessary for the harmonious working of the system hereby adopted.” The sundrv civil appropriation bill of the previous session had provided for the prepa- ration of a code and $5,000 appropriated for the expense thereof. As a result of this legislation Gommissioner Dent sent to Con- gress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-sixth Congress a civil code prepared by E. C. Ingersoll, under direc- tion of the district attorney, Mr. A. G. Riddle. Comissioner Dent said: ‘This code, ther with the code of municipal law submitted to the House January 7, 1879, completes the revision of the laws contem- plated by the act of June 11, 1879, and act of arch 3, 1819. The early enactment of this code with such amendments or modifica- tions as Congress may approve is a mat- ter of 80 much importance to the best in- terests of the District and to an efficient and vigorous administration of its affairs that the missioners venture to crore ie hope G receive the prom; favorable consideration of Congress.” jut it didnot. The code was placed on file and that was the end of it. At the second sesion of the Forty-sixth Congress the House District committee re- ported a bill to revise the acts of Con- gress relating to the District and the acts of the corporation, the levy ‘court and the regulations of the Commissioners. It was passed by the House, reported and consid- ered in the Senate, but did not pass. In the Forty-seventh Congress Mr. Con- verse introduced a bill in the House to ¢ tablish & municipal code. It was consid- ered, night sessions being held for that purpose, byt did not pass. A similar bill ‘was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Har- ris, but no action was taken. Senator Cam- eron of Wisconsin introduced a bill to com- pile and revise the statute laws—no actiqn. Mr. McComas’ Report. In the Forty-elghth Congress, first ses- sion, Mr. McComas introduced a bill to provide's criminal code for the District, by authorizing the judges of the Supreme Court of the District to appoint one person learn- ed in the law to prepare the code, and ap- propriating $3,000 for the purpose. ‘The bill Was acted upon by the District committee and Mr. McComas reported it to the House, accompanied by the following report: one condition of the statute law of the District of Columbia is deplorable. Con- kreas hes never found time to give to the Bubject the attention absolutely necessary. Repeated attempts to provide a code have Fesulted in repeated failures. The chance of auccess grows less as the volume of con- Bressional legislation increases. To attem at this time to pass a code would sure! fall. But something may yet be done which will meet present needs and serve as basis for » code in the future. The condi- tion of the criminal laws in force here is a public scandal. The laws of England prior to July 4, 1776, and the laws of Maryland as they existed February 27, 1801, constitute the body of the laws for the punishment of crime tm this District. Congress at times has spasmodically patched the system. Sub- stantially there has been no development ‘or improvement upon the laws of Maryland in force in 1s0l. During eighty-three years @ome penalties and even crimes have be- come obsolete. New crimes have been fre- Quent that are dificult to punish under existing statutes. Confusion and delay re- sult which an able and upright bench can- not prevent. are told that unusual difficulties arise im classifying offenses as misdemean- ors..or felonies, uncertainties as to the re- sulis of conviction respecting disabilities and forfeitures, the right of defendants and the government to challenge the qualifica- tion of jurors, the selection of talesmel the process for witnesses beyond the juris: diction and their compensation. The laws respecting lotteries and gambling are very loose. are no degrees in murder. A Jury is compelled to find murder or man- slaughter, and a criminal thus escapes with inadequate punishment. There is no pen- ity for incest. Adultery escapes with the slight penalty of 400 pounds of tobaeco, | while for blasphemy the law prescribes bor- s| ng ahroygh the tongue with a red-hot iron. PE Aveo in the daytime and arson at night are not differently punished. It was long doubted whether the appalling crime of Guiteau could be tried and punished in this District. Enough instances have been cited to show the need of a criminal code, which is one step in the right direction. ‘Others will follow. This reform should not be de- ed. ir. McComas’ bill passed the House at the next session, was reported from the Senate committee on District of Columbia without amendment, placed upon the calen- dar and there it languished and died. In the Forty-ninth Congress at the be- ginning of the first session Mr. Ingalls in- troduced in the Senate a bill to establish a municipal code. It was a bill of 31 pages and. provided a complete municipal code. ‘No action was taken upon it. In the same Con; Mr. McComas introduced his bill which’ had fafled at the previous session, but it was not even reported. : Mr. Hemphill’s Report. At the second session of the Forty-ninth Mr. Hemphill, chairman of the House Dis- trict committee,took the matter up. He im- troduced a bill providing for the compilation of the District laws by the appointment of three commissioners. The bill passed the House in the middle of February, was re- ported to the Senate, but Congress adjourn- ed before final action could be taken. Mr. Hemphill’s report upon this bill was as fol- lows: “It fs beyond contention that the laws of the District are in such conflict and confu- sion @ hardly any two persons can agree as:to what is the law. Sections 91 and {2 of the Revised Statutes declare that all ordi- nances of the cities of burs pa a Georgetown, respectively, and the levy SSirbor the District, except ns modified by Congress or the legislative assembly of the District sincé June 1, 1871, unless modified or repealed, and the laws of Maryland in force February 27, 1801, except such as have been modified or repealed by Congress, &c., shall continue in force in the District. “This sufficiently shows the chaotic con- dition of the law and the necessity of a compilation. And so, also, as the laws are construed from time to time by the Supreme Court of the District, there ought to be a reporter, of the decisions, whose reports all have the official sanction and impri- matyr of the court rendering them. Président Cleveland. in his annual mes- sage to Congress in iss’, said: T invite your special attention to their request. (the District Commissioners) for such legislation as will enable the Commis- sicners without delay to collect, digest and roperly arrange the laws by which the District is governed and which are now embraced in several collections, making them available only with great labor and difficulty.’ ‘A Compilation Provided fo: Early in the Fiftieth Congress efforis were renewed to obtain legislation which would provide for a compilation. Several bills were offered, among them one to purchuse the compilation prepared by Josiah Quincy Kern. ‘The District committee of the House under Mr. Hemphill took the matter in hand and fiidliy reported a bill, which subse- quently passed both houses and became law, as follows: “That the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to appoint two persons learned in the law as commissioners to compile, arrange, and classify, with a proper index, all statutes and parts of statutes in force fm the said District, including the acts of the second session of the Fiftleth Congress, and relating to all such matters as would properly come within the scope of a civil have power to fill any vacancies occurring in said commission. “Sec. 2.—That each of the sala commission- ers shall receive for his services such sum, not exceeding $1,600, as said court shall deem reasonable; said sum to be paid upon the completion of the work and the approv- al thereof in writing by the court; which sums, together with the reasonable costs incurred by the commission for clerical assistance and incidental expenses, not ex- ceeding the sum of $1,000, shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, one half to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. ‘Sec. 3—That of said compilation, when completed, upon the order of the Supreme Court of ‘the District of Columbia, there shall be printed 5,000 copies at the govern- ment printing office, said copies to be sold at 10 per centum above cost.” Under this set the Supreme Court ap- pointed Mr. W. Stone Abert and Mr. B. F. Lovejoy commissioners. Before the work Was fairly under way Mr. Lovejoy died, and Mr. Reginald Fendall was appointed in his place. ‘The commission is still at work upon the compilation, and it is said will have it ready to report to the Supreme Court by December 1 next. Im the Present Congress. This Congress has taken the matter up. Chairman Heard of the House District com- mittee has appointed a subcommittee com- posed of Messrs, Richardson, Cobb, Cooper nd.), Post and Hilborn, charged with pre- paring a code of laws for the District, to be presented to Congress and enacted into general law to supersede all other laws. It ts the wish of the subcommittee to have presented to it a draft of a code to be amended and added to as the committee shall deem proper. The references made in the foregoing statement to the codes at different times prepared can be led by examination of the records of Congress (the journal of the House and Senate being the easiest mode) of the dates mentioned. The codes which have been submitted to Congress are, of course, preserved in the official files, and can be easily referred to and in some cases copies of them obtained. Bound volumes of several of the codes, Meluding the Cranch code, are in the Law Library of Congress and the Senate Library. ——_—+2-+___ CHEAP MEALS Served to Poor People im Many Ger- man Cities. Mr. J. C. Monoghan, United States consul at Chemnitz, has made an interesting report to the State Department on the subject of cheap eating houses in German cities, from which it appears that American cities have much to learn in that respect. “To min- imize begging and to remove the shame that no man feels more than the honest poor of accepting food in charity,” says the consul, “cities in Germany have established eating houses where substantial foods are sold very cheaply.” He says he visited one of these establishments in Chemnitz and found nothing to condemn and very much to commend. He adds: “The food is substan- tial. To a hard working man, with an appetite sharpened by exercise, the dinner 1s excellent, The meats, vegetables, &c., are properly cleaned and before’ they are cooked. Everything is kept clean and smells sweet and wholesome. The people, who look hearty and healthful, gather in large rooms on benches placed by lo tables. Besides the dinner, or midday meal supper is served to those who wish it. In- asmuch as the dinner is for the most part enjoyed by those men whose wives work, or by men and women who are far from their homes and by those who prepare their own evening meal, the suppers of the city eat- ing house play a very small part in the an- nual account. At these suppers, however, one can get pickled herrings with potatoes for 31-2 cents each person; salt herrings and Potatoes, 8 cents; potatoes with curds of uttermilk, 21-2 “cents; warm beer, 21-2 cents per cup; different kinds of soup, 21-2 cents for three-quarters of a liter (very nearly a quart); coffee, 11-2 cents per cup (a little over half a pint); bread, of which there are two kinds—the so-called black or rye bread and wheat bread—i 1-4 cents and three-fourths of a cent for a portion. There were sold last year 435,760 dinners. At 33,20 of these bread was bought for 11-4 cents a portion. The year’s expenditures Were $15,657, the income $17,561, leaving a balance in favor of the city ‘of ‘$1,944. The consul gives @ list of the articles served, from which it appears that beef, pork, sausage, potatoes, peas. beans, lentils, read, fruits and vegetables of ail kinds form ‘the main part of the meals. “These dinners,” says the consul, “never cost more than 10 cents. They do away with the death and dyspepsia dealing dinner pail. They blot out the shame of begging. They are nutritious and wholesome. Besides, they are self-supporting. A CURE FOR NERVOUS HEADACHE. Something of Particular Interest to Women. From the New York Sun, 1t has been a hard day and the tired lines in your face show it. The muscles of the face have lost their firmness and the lines about cheeks and mouth and eyes droop wearlly. You look ten years older than you know you are, and you feel sadder than you know you have a right to be. Worse than ail, a sharp pain shoots from the left temple over the forehead and down the sides of the face. You know that means a nervous headache and a night of agony,uniess some- thing ts done quickly. ‘Try this: Slip off your bodice and bare your neck. Twist your hair into a loose knot on the top of your head. Then take a Sponge and a basin of hot water—just as hot $ you can bear it. Pass the hot wet sponge slowly and steadily over the face and fore- head for eight or ten minutes, keeping the Sponge as hot as it can be borne. By that time your face will look and feel as if it were parbolled. But do not worry. Then bathe the back of the neck as you have done the face, carrying the each time well up the back of the head. Keep this up for some length of time; then, wthout looking at yourself in the Blass—because that would be sure to dis- quiet you—dry your face and neck softly and go and le down flat on your back. Close your eyes and think just of thing— how heavy you are on the couch and how easily it supports you. That is really an im- portant part of the cures. Lie there for half an hour, if you don’t fall asleep, as you probably will. Then get up and take the deferred look in the glass. ‘That tired look has gone, the muscles have regained thelr tone, the wrinkles have dis- appeared. You look lke your younger sis- ter. Best of all, the parting pain in the head and the pessimism of the soul have léft you. ——_+e++__. Economiszing on the Corpse. From the Atlanta Constitution. The Marietta Journal says that while an excursion train to Alabama was waiting at the depot a negro appeared at the ticket window in the depot and purchased a ticket for himself. Then he said to the ticket agent: “Boss, I want ‘nuder round-trip ‘scursion ticket fer a corpse.” The agent opened his eyes in astonish- ment. An excursion for a corpse was some- thing new to him, even with his varied ex- perience. The negro explained: “You see, boss, my brudder died yesterday, and I want ter take de corpse down to Montgomery and let de family view the ‘mains, and den ‘om back to Birmingham and bury ‘em. Dis will be a heap cheaper den fur de family to come up here. much from cancer In.1886, my son, suffered : er in Se & Sip cater seven botina had book taken lyand though appeared gatin el (H T years have pag | GAR ER fee Deon ee Guelsduearanvelpee eee je Munbock: Huntevill, Ala. ‘Treatise om Blood and Skin Diseases Mailed Free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atisnta, Ga, Dr. Carleton, oor 12th at. aw. the cancer dis- EED. Beware of unskiliful and unlearned pretenders, fossils and hum! Special experjence is abso- lntel Dr. “Carleton js" positively the only phys Carleton - clan in the city of ‘ashington who limits his Practice to the treatment of men exclusi' le Hours, 9 a.m, tol pm and 4 pm. to 8pm. Sundays, 9 am to 2 pm . tree. IT WAS IMPOSSIBL THE RUSH WAS TOO GREAT. Therefore the Pericd of the §5 Rate for Diseases of the Nose and Throat Has to Be Extended to October 20th. ’ ‘The rate of $5 a month for medicines and treat- ment is extended 10 days. All applying prior te October 20 will be treated at this rate nnt!l gured. Drs. Mitchell, King and Detrich canzot per form imposstbilitics. Had thetr offices been twice as large they could not have accommodated the | People who poured into them Tuesday. Determined to give each ease all the attention it Fequired, it was out of the question to see alll theme patients. They were accordingly turned away, after being promised that they would be given the $% rate, as if they bad been examined on that ae THE FACT THAT THEY PERMIT NO SUPERFICIAL EXAMINATIONS; ‘O HALF-HEARTED TREATMENT: 0 TRIFLING OR EXPERIMENTS: NO PORTRAITS OR TESTIMONIALS. ALL CASES STRICTLY OoXFIDENTIAL. THEY NOT ONLY TREAT AND CURE DISEASES OF THE NOSE AXD THROAT, THEY TREAT AND CURE ASTHMA. THEY TREAT AND CURE HEART DISEASE, THEY TREAT AND CURE NEURALGIA. THEY TREAT AND CURE RHEUMATISM. THEY TREAT AND CURE KIDNEY DISEASES THEY. TKLAT AND CURE INDIGESTION. THEY TREAT AND CURE CONSTIPATION. PREY TREAT AND CURE SKIX DISEASES. THEY TREAT AND CURE NERVOUS | LIVER. - ses tiga acgutinad ALSO ‘CHRONTE RECEIVE PARTICULAR ATION CONSULTATION IN ENGLISH OR GERMAN. Office hours, 9 to 11 :30a.m.,2:30t05p.m. and7toSp.m Sundays, 9to tam Loxpos Menrcat Disrexsany, Drs. MITCHELL, KING AND DEITRICH, ool A GENERAL CONVENTION. Representatives of the Universalist hurch to Assemble Here Next Week. An important church gathering will take place during the oming week in this city. It will be the meeting of the Universalist General Convention, the highest body in that denomination. ‘The seasions will be held in the Church of Our Father, corner | of 18th and L streets, beginning Tuesday evening, and will continue through Friday. ‘The program for the meetings is as follows: | Tuesday, October 17, 7:30 p. m.—Holy com- munion, administered by Rev. Arthur G. Rogers, D. D., pastor of the church. The offering will be received for the Gunn min- isterial relief fund. ‘The occasional sermon, Rev. Thomas J. Sawyer, D. D., of Massa- chusetts, bia. 7:30 p. m.—platform meeting; ad- dresses, Rev. Joseph Jordan of Virginia, “Our Mission Among the Colored Peopie* Rev. Carl F. Henry of Ohio, “The Worth and Wants of the Christian Unions;” Rev, 3, Coleman Adams. D. D., of New York, “The Heart of the Matter, Thursday, 8 a. m.—Prayer and praise meeting. 9, a. m.—Business of the conven- tion. 2 p. m.—Business of the convention. 7:30 p. m.—Platform meeting. Addresses— Rev. Rufus A. White of Iilinols, “Mis- sionary Work in the West;” Rev. Augusta 505 131m Smee N, But His Dying Moments Wi Boothed by a Kindly Narec. ‘From the Portland Eastern Argis. A Portland physician tells the following story, premising it with the Durses in the London | i fe tit A | Morning Express. . Phast Bundy ih i i f 2 J. Chapin, D. D., of Itinois, “The Ministry of Woman;” Rev. Elmer H. Capen, D. D., of Massachusetts, “Education.” Friday, 8 a. m.—Prayer and praise meet- ing. 9 a. m.—Business of the convention. 72 p. m.—Public services. ‘The board of trustees of the general con- vention is composed of the following-named: John D. W. Joy, Boston, chairman; Rev. | E. H. Capen, D. D., Tufts College, Massa- Chicago; Gen, John @ Graves, Buffalo, Ea. ward H. Cole, Brooklyn, N. ¥.; Rev. G. L. Demarest, .Manchester, N. H., secretary; C, B. Lynn, Boston, assistant secretary. ‘There is ‘a society for y% this denomination which is From the Philedelphia Press. » “Oh, won't you marry me,” cried a rather comely girl, with a deep olive complexion decided foreign accent, and it was learned subsequently that she Was an Armenian girl. Apparently the damsel was not more than sixteen years old. Her face wore signs oLawhot, get married immediately?” asked “ “we the surprised friend. aiggt Tht eway,” said the girl impul- ively. The young man thought that the girl had gone deft, but she soon informed him the was her seventeenth birthday. By the strict Armenian custom, which her parents fol- lowed, any girl who is not married before she is seventeen is considered to be “old maidish” and unattractive to men. parents also clung to the custom of com- pelling their daughter to fast for forty- eight hours after the beginning of the sev- enteenth birthday and then to eat salt fish for the next twenty-four hours, without being allowed to quench the thirst. This the poor Armenian girl suffered, as Sees that young man who would not marry ber immediately she fecls lke biting his Stop Her| Trar Wowax CAN BUY GOOD SHOES HERE aS LOW 4S INFERIOR GOODS ARE SOLD ELSB- WHERE, VIZ: Ladies’ $2 Bright Dongola Button Shoes for.$1.65 Ladies’ $4 Hand-turn Bluchers for. Grover's $4 Hand-turm Shoes, for tender feet, only. Ladies’ $3 Button and Blucher Shoes for. Boys’ $2.50 Satin Calf Button Shoes (sizes 4, 5 and 5%) for. ‘Men's $6 Double Soled Russia Bluchers, hand- Men's $3 Goodyear Welt Calf Bluchers for. 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