Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1893, Page 7

A MONETARY COMMISSION Proposed by Mr. Foote to Provide » System of Banks of Iasue. Paper Read Before Bankers’ Conven- don—Expansion of Currency In- stead of Contraction. Yesterday afternoon, at the session of the convention of the American Bankers’ Asso- lation in Chicego, @ paper was read by Mr. Allen R. Foote of this city on “A plea for a sound currency and banking system.” Mr. Foote has made an exhaustive study of the nancial question. He argued for a monetary commission of non-partisan delegates trom every state, who should devise a plan for an | ‘uniform system of local banks of issue. In| the course of his remarks Mr. Foote said: “A question that was held in abeyance quring the con‘lict for American political | solved, by our predecessors. In the conflict taking form the forces f good and being marshalled under two stand- the dollar of ‘gold represent- llar’s worth of honest Iabor, dollar of arbitrary power represent- fiat of government. The one is the sound economic principle the other is founded on the eco- lacy of state socialism. Self-help | founded on diligence, energy and skill | ed in the labor of production, and on | savings, profits and increments massed and | employed as capital’ in furnishing the tools and supplying materials for production. ‘There is but one honest way in which a laborer can prosper, and that is by produc- more than he consumes and owning the >. By no possibility can his margin | for saving be honestly increased by the in- terference of the state. If the state increas- the margin for saving for any man it can plished only by arbitrarily trans- @ portion of the savings of some man to him. Sueh action violates the uiremen' an proved by those who are Ronest and intellt- t. Repugnant teachings of state Socialism are to the spirit and the purposes the republic, much has been done under | of the authority of national legisla- tion to give them practical effect. Such leg- is evidence that the people, though honest-minded, have not been rightly in- formed by their political teachers. Fiat Carrency. “Whenever monetary legislation ‘becomes destructive of the prosperity of a people, it 4s evident that such legisjation does not ac- cord with the requirements of natural economic laws, Acts of Congress or of state legislatures may make a monetary system legal, but if it be in conflict with the economic laws, a§ é jue; do! i yaa i ural laws will vindicate their sovereignty over man-made laws and will exact a pen- alty for the economic crime committed. From the payment of such a penalty, no plea of ignorance, no proof of good inten- no exhibit of honest labor can save. A vivid illustration of this truth is found in the attempt to establish the use of a fiat currency, through a large monthly purchase of silver bullion and the tssue of silver cer- | tiftcates in payment for the same, which, together with our large stock of ove:-valued silver coin, is redeemable in gold. So long and this coin are j purchase of which they were created, or, ‘s0 long as the commodity bought cannot be sold to obtain the gold with which to re- rency. Intelligent men know that the gov- ernment, vast as its resources may be, can- Rot continue the policy of issuing flat cur- rency redeemable in gold indeiiniteiy. They know that as a final result of such a policy the day must come when the government cannot redeem its fiat currency in gold. They that’ when that day comes the ques- will be forced upon the people of mak- Detween stopping all purchases to maintain a gold stand- values, o- making silver certificates silver coin redeemable in silver only, as result. the adoption of the silver and of a sliver stand- The doubt as to the outcome has destroyed confidence, and indust<y. The loss so jormously greater than the of ail the stlver bullion ever the United States. This loss classes of the people. Today, the laborer pleads in vein for employment on full time at his former high rate of ‘wages; in vain the farmer, the planter and the manufacturer seek a market for their products at former high prices; in vain merchants and investors plead with you, the bankers of this country, to accept their securities for discounts at former high quo- tations; in vain you watch for the inflow of currency at your receivers’ desks which will enable you to make the discounts demanded for the healthful exchanges of commerce. ‘There has been a wide departure from the fundamental requirements of a sound cur- recy, and the penalty exacted with merci- less impartiality from laborers, farmers, planters, manufacturers, merchants, inves- tors and bankers, Is the cost of the error. From such an assessment, made by the logic of events, no plea of ignorance, no Proof of good intentions. no exhibit of hon- est labor, has saved or can save.” Mr. Foote argued that the most urgent demand of the times was the remodeling of our currency and banking system, in the ght of recent experience and the teachings of history. Should Have Expansion. Said Mr. Foote: “The present national currency and banking system was devised under stress of war necessities when the People were divided by antagenistic inter- ests, clashing in deadly conflict. With such an origin it was inevitable that the system should fall short of fully responding to the Fequirements of the whole people when united in the pursuit of the vocations of poses ts fatal source of weakness is in diminishing foundation, the national debt. The system contracts instead of ex- Panding in response to the growing needs of @ prosperous and gn. increasing people, and thus checks their prosperity and growth. The processes of contraction on the one hand and of growth on the other hand have now reached a limit beyond which they cannot go without producing disaster. For this reason there is an ur- gent demand for a far-reaching revision of currency aad banking legislation. Dur- img the absence of a sound, practical and uniform system of state banking, that will maintain every currency dollar isaued at par in gold values, in the hands of all hold- ers, at all times,'and wherever they may be, the ability of national banks te supply ‘@ sufficient amount of a sound and a satis- ry currency, which has been immeas- urahly superior to any curreney formerly supplied by state banks when they were In unrestricted operation, has been a blessing of high value to the people of this country. In this matter the people have profited by their experience with state bank currency and have willingly preferred to perpetuate the national banking system, rather than | to deprive themselves of the use of the universally recognized and sound currency issued by national banks, that has never | failed to be worth par in gold values, since | the resumption of specie payment. nor has ever caused a loss to any holder. This ts an | instance in which instinct has been strong- er than reason. The people seem to know | Matinctively that state bank currency would drive national bark currency out of tse. In ebedience to a natural law that en. | ables poor currency alwkys to drive good eurrency out of circulation. While practi. cally recognizing this law by protecting themselves from its operation through com tinuing the suppression of state bank cur- Fency, some people do not appear to under- | stand why overvalued silver currency drives gold out of circulation, and they clamor fo the continued use of money of the country. | Local Banks Tas | Speaking further the paper say: “The national banking system must be perfected as an issuer of currency so that all United States government paper cur- rency may be retired, a it must be sup-/ plemented by an auxiliary and uniform sys- | tem of Iocal banks of issue through which | @ natura! automatic contraction or expan- | ston of local currency will take plece in BERNER sa7k } exact respo to all local requiremen ‘The total absence of all state banks of sue creates cn opportunity to construct a banking system entire.” Monetary Commis Speaking of methods to bring about the | end, Mr. Foster said: “Work of this character Is particularly Stted for the American Bankers’ Associa-| tion. this which it is capable for mation of way for its adoption. Pending its tions and the publication of its findings, the fact of its existence and a general knowi- edge of its work and progress will exert.a Powerful restraining influence on tivity of fll-advised currency tinkers, and will tend to secure for the people a period of rest much to be desired after the fright- ful financial strain which they have re- cently sustained and from which they are still suffering.” ——____ STILL AT LARGE. Jobnu Jeukins Shoots 9 Mam and Es- capes From the Officers, Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Oct. 18, 188, In the orphans’ court today letters of ad- Hy G Smith. Otho M.. Muncaster, guardian to Ida R. and Harriet Muncaster, passed his fourth accounts. Frances C. Hilton, ad- ministrairix of Geo. W. Hilton, deceased, filed list of debts due deceased and passed first and final account. Amanda Counsel- | man, administratrix of John Counselman, deceased, passed her second and final ac- count. Thomas Anderson, executor of Re- mus G. Dorsey, deceased, filed inventory of the real estate of the deceased. Louiza P. Nesbitt and Catharine Janney, administra- tors of Elisha J. Hall, deceased, filed in- ventory of personal estate and were grant- ed an order to sell the same. ‘The vicinity of Black Rock Mills, in Darnestown district, was on Sunday morn- ing last thrown into @ state of great ex- citement by the shooting of Moulton Smith by Jchn Jenkins, both colored. The affair is said to have originated in a quarrel be- tween the two men on account of the leged bad treatment of a daughter of kins by Smith. The parties met in the pul lic road, and after a few words had between them Jenkins deliberately heavy load from a shotgun into the of Smith, the same taking effect in right side and coming out through back, making a ghastly and, it is thought, fatal wound. In the absence of any of the local police Jenkins made his was handcuffed, and he then asked the sheriff to go by his house, so that he could make some arrangements for escape in a piece of woods near by. Since that time the officers and a posse of citi- zens have been in pursuit of the fugitive, but up to this time he has not been tured. It is known that he is still in the neighborhood of his home, as he was seer jast night by one who knew him, but who Kas piraid to attempt to take him. as he has the reputation of being a desperate character. At last accounts Smith was still alive, with but a slim chance for re- covery. The affair has created much ex- citement in the neighborhood, and armed men are searching day and night for the fugitive. « air. Wm. C. Gartrell, a well-known citi- zen of the county, died at his home near Brighton on Tuesday in the seventy-second year of his age. The handsome residence of Mr. Charles J. Corrick in Rockville Park, the eastern section of town, has been completed, and is now occupied by his family. Advices from various sections of the coun- ty represent much damage as having been done by the severe storm of Friday night of last week. Buildings were unroofed, trees and fences blown down and the corn crop much injured. Since the advent of cool nights and frosty mornings coon and opossum hunting has become a favorite eport in this section of the country, and good pose are in great demand. Several fine specimens of those “varmints” have been captured. BRAM —_——__ THE BANKERS’ CONVENTION. Addresses by Controller Eckels and Several Delegates. After The Star's report of the bankers’ convention at Chicago closed yesterday, Controller Eckels addressed the delegates, complimenting the bankers on the skill ex- hibited in coping with the situation. Com- plete return to financial health, he said, could not be secured so long as the first Sreat cause of trouble remains, the Sher- “Controller 1 George ‘ont ‘kels was followed A. Butler, president of the National Trades men’s Bank of New Haven, Conn.,who read @ paper on “‘A Practical Plan of Banking and Currency,” in which he advocated the repeal of the law requiring the deposit of bonds to secure notes, and the issuance to banks of notes up to § per cent of thelr capital. He was followed by Foote of this city and George S. Coe At the afternoon's session of Buffalo, N. ¥., New York spoke. ———_—+e+_____ HE LOWERED THE RECORD. Quick Trip From Baltimore by L. C. Wahl on a Bicycle. The bicycle record over the long course between here and Baltimore, fozty-nine miles, previously held by J. C. Wood, three hours and thirty minutes, was yesterday reduced just forty-one minutes by L. C. Wahl, who rode the distance in two hours and forty-nine minutes. The start was made on the Baltimore boundary at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, being timed by Harry C. Lee. The journey was made through Ellicott City, Columbia, Clarksville, High- lands, Sandy Springs, Reigle, Colesville, Burnt Mills, Sligo, Brightwood and to Boundary, Washington. The rider was met by A. C. Moran at Burnt Mills, at the barn by George Bennett and C. E. Gross, which Was reached at 5:17, and at the Boundazy by J. F. Gault and ‘J. E. Dulin, the fintsh being made at 5:19 o'clock. Young Wahl holds the local records for 10, 20 and 100 miles, and will probably make a try against the twenty-four-hour road record next week. ———_+-e+—___ REFUSED TO BE “BLUFFED.” The Quiet-Looking Citizen Brought Down the Bully. Bill Wade, a notorious desperado, rode into the town of Webb, Miss., yesterday afternoon, armed with a Winchester, a brace of revolvers and a butcher knife. He soon cleared the streets with the exception of J. M. Evans, a quiet citizen, who was sitting in front of his store. Wade opened fire on Evans, but the latter refused to be “bluffed” and returned the fire with such an unerring aim that when the smoke cieared away, Wade was found with six bullet holes through his heart. e@¥ans lg seriously but not fatally wound- ——_- ++ ___ The Revolt of the Matabeles. Lord Chelmsford, commander-in-chief of the British forces in South Africa during the Zulu war, says he thinks the Uritish forces now in the field against the Mata- bele warriors will be strong enough to | drive them beyond the Zambesi river. The Matabeles were fine, powerful fellows, he said, not inferior in physical strength to the Zulus, and fully their equals in the fight. Thetr efficiency in battle would be checked greatly by their inability to handle well the rifles with which they were armed. In the Zulu war he had noticed that na- tives recently armed with rifles were much inferior, both in attack and defense, to those of the same race who wielded the assegal. ——+or—____ New Radical Leader im Argent Senor Del Valle will undertake the leader- | ship of the Argentine radical party in place of Dr. Alen, who ts charged with having been the prime mover in the recent insur- reetion. Senor Del Valle, however, made it & condition precedent to accepting ‘the lead- ership of the party that it should abandon violent methods. watchman employed by William Campbell Wholesale manufacturers of Wall papers at 512 to 518 West 424 street. The fire started in the boiler house, and had gained great headway before it was ! firemen summoned by the first reached the scene they saw they a bard battle to fight, and five alarms the famous “two nines” in quick suc- ly — the factory, Taphael’s Club, attached to 5c West 40th street. No. wag the house of Dr. private dwelling, and the block to 10th avenue the five-story wall paper of Nevins & Haviland. Within half an hour after the fire started up all the houses between the two large factories, and the Nevins & Hav- fland building was ablaze. It burned like tinder, and there was no hope of saving it from the very first. y Falling of the Walls. r ‘The Campbell factory extended back to factory and the lofty tower, with its clock, toppled over in successive crashes, and loud explosions of burning chemicals sent sparks fying in every direction. The walls of the Nevins & Haviland factory fell, one after another, shortly after those of the Camp- bell factory had gone down. On the west side of the Campbell works was a row of private dwellings, numbered '22, BY, 526 and $28, and occupiea by F. N. Buskirt, Arthur Short, Mrs. McGirr and ‘Mrs. Cronin, respectively. All were com- pletely destroyed save the two last named. ‘The damage by fire on West dist street im the rear of the Campbell factory was about equal to that in West 42d street. The immense six-story cabinet works of the George Schastey & Sons Manufacturing Company on south side of that street was caught by the flames in the early stages of the conflagration and succumbed completely. V. Loewers’ Gambrinus brewery on the north side of the street was saved, but , the engine house connected with it was destroyed. Loewers’ stable and fifteen horses that were stabled there were burned, While two tenement houses on the north aide were consumed. The Church on Fire. In the rear of the cabinet works of Schas- tey & Sons, fronting on 40th street, is St. Raphael's Roman Catholic Church, Father Brady, an assistant priest, was holding the October devotions in the holy rosary in the presence of a large congregation. He was in the act of pronouncing the benedic- tion, when the church caught fire from the rear. The congregation dispersed quietly. ‘The building was not much damaged, but the altar service, vestments, etc., taken to a place of safety. Were They Saved? When the fire started there were in the Campbell factory four men, who were working over time. They were Richard ‘Stegers, James Bambrick, John Brill and a man whose name is not known. Whether they escaped with their lives was nct known last night, for Sexton, the watch- man, was overcome while attempting to warn them. The wildest excitement prevailed among the, tenants in the many tenements near by during the progress of the fire. They Fan from their homes loaded down with such effects as they could carry away, but the houses which were burned were ‘con- sumed so quickly that they could save but Uttle, though they had ample time to save their own lives. ‘The glare of the conflagration illuminated the entire city and attracted great crowds of spectators to the vicinity. A stiff breeze helped on the destruction, and it was sev- eral hours before the ‘fire department, which was on the scene in its full strength, got the flames under control. At 1:20 this morning the police reported that the fire was under control. ‘The Losses. The estimated losses are: Campbell & Company, $00,000, although Mr. Campbell, who was on the ground, said that his loss ‘was not less than $2,000,000, and was cover- ed by only $00,000 insurance; Nevins & Haviland, $200,000; the private houses on 424 street, $150,000; Schastey & Sons, 325,000; Loewers’ brewery, $50,000; two tenement houses, $50,000; bulldings on 10th avenue be- tween dist and 42d streets, principally tene- ment houses and stores, $100,000; houses, tenements and factories on the north side of 424 street, the east side of 10th avenue and the south side of dist street, which were blistered and cracked by the heat, ),000. Wifes oae taalecthaden se’tile os guee by @ conservative man, who thought those figures too low. ——___+e+______ LUCY STONE DEAD. ‘The Famous Advocate of Woman Suf- frage. Lucy Stone, the advocate of woman suf- died at 11 o'clock last night at Bos- after @ lingering illness, aged seventy- five, Lucy Stone was born in West Brook- field, Mass., in 1818, of revolutionary stock, her father having been a colonel in the revclution. ‘Her father was a farmer. She was grad- uated from Oberlin in 1#7, obtaining a college education for the special purpose of determining for herseif whether or not the texts in the Bible against woman's rights Were correct translations from the originals. The year of her graduation she gave in her brother’s church in Gardner, Mass. the first of a long series of lectures she was destined to give on woman's rights. She took an active part in the anti-slavery movement, and as a lecturer for the Massa- chusetts Anti-slavery Society traveled in New England, the west and Canada, speak- ing on slavery and woman's suffrage. In 1855 she married Henry LE, Blackwell, a Cincinnati merchant abolitionist,by his con- sent retaining her own name. Her property ® few years later was seized in New Jer- sey, whither she had removed, for non-pay- ment of taxes, and she published a protest against “taxation without representation.” In 1869 she was instrumental in forming the American Woman's Suffrage Assocla- tion, and in the following year she became one of the editors of the Woman's Journal, which position she held continuously, with her husband and daughter as associates. She lectured for many years in behalf of woman's suffrage, and held various offices in societies having that for their principal tenet, a JOHN T. BRUSH": SCHEME, Organisation of a Western Base Ball League With Low Salartes. John T. Brush of Indianapolis is said to be at the head of a scheme to organize a western base ball league, and it is claimed that the league will be formed and that Indianapolis will be “in it.” The meeting at which the details are to be effected will be held at Chicago, October 25. Representa- tives of Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo, Min- neapolis, Omaha and Kansas will be pres- ent. ‘The salary list will be limited to $500 or $1,800 a yeer. Managers in the different cities are already signing players for next year and Mr. Brush promises to have a elub that will be as strong as any of the league clubs when the season ia opened. ———~e-— ‘The Miowera, Stranded. ‘The steamer Australia arrived at San Francisco yesterday with news that the British steamer Miowera of the new line from Sydney, N. 8. W., to Vancouver, stranded at the entrance of Honolulu har- bor on the evening of October 2 All ef- forts to get her off feiied, and she worked up on the reef. She lies in cleven feet of water. Although in a bad position there were no holes in her bottom. The passen- gers and mails were forwarded per the steamer Australia. —— Attempt to Wreck a Train, An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck the Keystone express train on the Fort Wayne road at Canton, Ohio, Tues- day night. Two coupling pins were placed in a frog at the junction of the valley, but before the limited was due a shifter on the Valley road struck the obstruction. The locomotive was not deralied, as it was go- ing at only a moderate rate of speed. { throughout the’ fight. Through H. Maitland Kersey, Lord Dun- raven, who sailed yesterday for England, made the following statement regarding bis views of the recent international race and his intentions tn regard to Valkyrie in the ture: “The first races, which ought to have bee to windward and back, were reaches. On the first day Valkyrie had a fluke and came out ahead. On the second day Vigilant bad @ fluke and came out ahead, winning the ; first race. “The first day's race was vold and the second day’s was won by Vigilant. That made a vast difference in the contest for the cup; but the merits of either boat were not determined. Looking at it from that point of view, the first and second races should not be considered in judging the merits of the ships. “In the third race Valkyrie was fairly beaten. But Valkyrie was out of trim, end had not enough of ballast. In our desire to conform to the %-foot limit we sacrificed too much. We need not have been so sacri- ficing, for Vigilant was practically eighty- seven feet long, and we should have in- creased the length of our boat. This would bave helped us much, Further, we were greatly interfer with by steamers, not being able to sail Valkyrie at times as we wanted to sail her. But Vigilant would have won any way, it is my opinion; yet, if {t had not been for all this, the difference in time at the close would not have been nearly so great as it was. “The fourth day's race was a single reef- breeze race, and I think Valkyrie would have fairly ‘won the race if our two spin- nakers had held out. This was very un- fortunate for us, and tt was very singular, ne Sock an accident seldom happens, In ve never known it to in England. tens “As a total result, I do not consider that the relative merits of the two boats have been determined. I shall leave Valkyvle over here with the intention of racing the yacht next spring in America, if I can make arrangements for yacht races, I un- derstand quite a number of cups were not raced for this year. For these I will try, ‘The course from here to Marblehead is most } excellent, and Valkyrie, I think, would do ‘more than well on them, “I have been asked if five out of seven races would not be fairer in the matter of the contest for the cup. To be sure, the element of chance wouid be leséened in five out of seven races, but I consider this of uftictent importance. “To refer to the recent races again, I think the majority of them should be to windward and back. Only one race com- plied with that condition, and that the last one. But nobody was at fault. Permit me also to say that I never was over-confident, although I thought Valkyrie had a good chance and think go still. “Jubilee, Colonia and Vigilant—any one of them or ‘all—should come to England to race. In fact, I am anxious that they should do so. ‘I do not know which weuld win, but it would be splendid sport, and it is for the sake of sport that I desire tt.” —_——_-2-+-____ SYNOD OF BALTIMORE. Sermon by the Retiring Moderator and Election of Officers. The synod of Baltimore, composed of the New Castle, Baltimore and Washington presbyteries,met Tuesday night in the First Presbyterian Church at Wilmington, Del. A reception was tendered the delegates by the ladies of the First Church. The Rev. Samuel Mclanahan, the retiring moderator, preached the moderator’s ser- mon, the theme of which was moderation and humility in public life as well as in the private station. e The preacher said: “Every glimpse of roy- al courts shows men and women struggling for places of honor and power. In our own republic each new administration ts over- whelmed with applications for office. A special charm of public office les in the authority it involves. Education and wealth are largely sought because they enable the possessors to control the services of others. Jesus encourages ambition, but gives @ radically different ideal of great- ness, It consists not in ruling, but in serv- ing. Guided by Christ, our example, we must give a broad interpretation to the principle. Chinese Gordon served when he took command of the ‘Ever Victorious Army’ of China and when he accepted the governorship of the Soudan. ice re mains the sole and absolute stan of greatness for every Christian aspirant. The principle of greatness by service is an all-important one for personal living, for religious teaching and for the guidance of church Mfe. The true aim of the church is not to make the world serve it, but to serve the world by a ministry which, like that ¢ the Master, includes body, mind and After the sermon by the Rev. Samuel Mc- Lanahan the synod organized by electing the following officers: Moderator, Rev. J. F. Stonecypher of Dover, Del.; clerks, Rev. N. H. Miller of Newark, Del, and W. H. Smith of Washington. The synod continued its session yester- day. The report of the New Castle pres- bytery was submitted, and showed a grati- fying increase in membershtj Prof. W. H. Purnell of Frederick, Ma, offered a resolution asking the national Congress to repeal the Geary Chinese ex- clusion act. After considerable discussion the matter was referred to a committee. The remainder of the day's session was spent in hearing reports of a routine na- ture and in going over the lists of min- isters admitted to the synod or transferred during the past year. The Rev. Wm. C. Cattell, D.D., of Philadelphia made an ad- dress on ministerial relief. A praise service Was held last evening, at which the Rev. M. B. Babcock of Baltimore preached. GALLED DY REPROOF. Suicide of = Bravg but Very Sensi- tive United States Seaman. John Neil, a seaman in the United States navy, serving on board the receiving ship Independence, Mare Island navy yard, com- mitted suicide Tuesday by shooting himself in the head. The deceased was reprimand- ea that morning for having overstayed his leave of absence, and was punished by re- striction to the ship for sixty days. As soon as Neil received his punishment he was seen to go below into the ship bag room, where he was found later with a bullet wound in his right tem ‘The deceased was a man of unusual dis- tinction, having eived medal honors from Congress for bravery and merttorious conduct. Nei) enlisted in the navy in 191, served with Farragut at Mobile bay and lashed the immortal admiral in the rigging of the Hartford, while he stood by his side Since the war Nell has served continuously in the navy, and was one of the survivors of the ill-fated ‘Trenton, which went down in Apia herbor, and received general mention for bravery in rescuing shipmates from the Vandalia, which was al wrecked in the same gale. ‘The deceased was a native of Ireland, aged sixty-two, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Regular Army and Navy Union. ‘The remains will be interred in the naval cemetery at Mare Isiand, under the auspices of the Army and Navy Unicn. ————+e2+_____ World's Congress of Agriculture. The delegates to the world's congress of agriculture et Chicago have plunged into thelr work with a devotion that was re- markable in view of the magnificent weather and the counter attractions at Jackson Park. Semuel W. Allerton pre- sided and V. Walker McKeen, secretary of the Maine state board of agriculture, gave a brief glance at the agriculture of Maine. An interesting talk on training of girls for farm life was offered by Mrs. Helen M. Barker of Dakota, and G. H. McDowell of Tennessee spoke on the economic and tust- ness benefits of organization and what the | farmer must do to be saved. Mrs. Mary A. Mayo of Michigan closed the session with @ paper on the harmony of ‘the material and ethical side of farm ife as promoted by organization, ———_-+e-+____ Capt. Adams Much Rett: Capt. J. B. 8. Adams, commander-in- chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, who was Tuesday thought to be near death, is rapidly recovering as the result of a suc- cessful surgical operation, He passed a restful night and smoked a cigar after a good breakfast as though he was in the best of health. “Capt. Adams told me this morning,” said Mr. Merrill, his traveling companion, “that he had not felt better in twenty-five years, and I know that ft is true, for the opera- tion has relleved him of @ severe and long standing trouble. FOR BRAIN Use Hor: Dr. 0. Wonruty, Lancaster, N. H.,. says: “I Nav used it in cases requiring brain and nerve food as a Sosa creas eeeenaee ‘with Re mag joss Of ren; ith im, | gooa Tesatia.*" ee ra ‘WOMEN’S MISSION WORK. ‘The Annual Meeting of the Home Mis- slomary Society of the M. E. Church. Over a hundred earnest women were gathered together at the Metropolitan M. E. Church, 4 1-2 and C sts., yesterday. The occasion was the sixth annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Baltimore conference, Methodist Hpis- copail Church. Mrs. H. M. Teller, the pres- ident, opened the meeting with a song serv- ice. A Bible lesson by Mrs. W. W. Winks and a prayer by Mrs. J. C. Tasker followed. When the enrollment of delegates, con- ducted by the secretary, Mrs. A. T. Stuart, was completed, Rev. Dr. Johnston, pastor of the church, welcomed the society and the ladies to the capital city and to his church. He spoke highly of women and of home missions, saying that although women were called the weaker sex, they were the strong- er in virtue and in church work. Four ‘times as few offenses and six times as few crimes were commited by women as by men. This, he said, was women’s century. Mra. Springer was also to. have given a returned to the city, Mrs. Hopkins rose and responded in place of Mrs. Dr. Johny Neff, who was also absent. The report of Mrs. C. W. Brown, the treasurer, showed the total receipts of the year to have been 96,655.95, an increase of $3,791.73 over those of the year before. So much pleasure did the report give that the members rose in a body and sang the doxology. The corre- sponding secretary, Mrs. C, L. Roach, gave an encouraging yet pathetic account of the field work throughout the country. She told of the work among the colored |.the good done by the Ritter Home for these people, of.the work in Utah, in New Mex- {co and among the Indians, She made a touching appeal for the ministers and missionaries in these out-of-the-way places, telling of their need for clothing and the bare necessities of life. She emphasized especially the work among the immigrants, who are every day pouring into the country from all countries. She ted many in- eldents within her own knowledge that deeply affected her hearers. A solo by Miss Nellie Miner intervened and the reports of the district secretaries were next in order, Mrs. J. A. Richardson from the Baltimore district beginning. Her report showed that the work was growing, but it was strongly in need of better support. Mrs. A. M. Hop- kins, representing the West Baltimore dis- trict, told an interesting story of her work, but also called for more interest and activ- ity in the work before them. Mra. E. 8. Leltch, from the East Baltimore district, Was not present, but a short verbal report was made by another member from that fAtstrct Miss Maggie Addison, the secre- tary from Frederic district, gave a wonder- fully practical and entertaining talk in re- gard to her own work. She had something t to say in connection with “missionary "and asked help for the care of widows and orphans. Her words were lis- tened to most intently and highly appre- ciated by those present. Mrs. D. B. Street, the secretary for Washington district, closed with a report most interesting and encoureging to workers in this city. Fi- nanciallly they had been unusually suc- cessful. Six new senior and six junior aux- MMarles had been started. The Deaconess Home had received most of thelr support, but the Ritter Home, Immigrants’ Home in New York and New Mexico work had come in for their share as well. Mention was also made of the soup houses main- tained last winter. At the afternoon ses- sion Mrs, William Burris conducted the de- votional exercises, and Mrs. J. T. Turner mede her report as secretary of supplies. Mrs. Gov. Hughes of Arizona gave an in- teresting talk on the frontier work of the association. Solos were sung by Misses Nellie Miner and Mattie Gray, after which the Rev. Dr. I. N. Dalby, superintendent of the Home for Deaconesses in this city, gave an account of the operations o: the home during the past year. He spoke of the home being in good working order, with some twenty-five inmates, all being trained in both Bible reading and deaconess work. ‘Miss Bell addressed the meeting on the state of deaconess work in Baltimore. It was resolved to ask the national executive board, which will meet next week in To- ledo, Ohio, for an appropriation of a por- tion’ of the membership dues, to be applied to home missionary work. Se ages THE SILVER JUBILEE. tween the Cardinal and Prelates. During the dinner which followed the services in the Cathedral at Baltimore yes- terday in honor of the cardinal's silver jubilee of his entrance to the priesthood the cardinal said: “I do not know how I can adequately thank you, venerable fathers, for your presence on this occasion, You have all come at considerable inconvenience to your- selves, and especially in view of the short notice you received. Some of you have come from the Pacific coast. We have here also a distinguished representative from New Zealand in the person of the Rev. Dr. Redwood, who has won all hearts whereso- ever he has gone, His mind is so much in harmony with our civil institutions that I think his lines ought to have been cast among us. And then we have a worthy prelate from Great Britain, who zepresents | the English hierarchy, and especially his eminence Cardinal Vaughn, I speak of the Right Rev. Mgr. Nugent of Liverpool. “I cannot find words adequate to express my profound sense of the benevolence of the holy father in sending me, without any solicitation on my pa-t, a precious gift with a letter, I shall always cherish the gift, rot only because of its intrinsic value, but far more because of my admiration and filial reverence for the august head of the chureh. And the value of the gift ts still more enhanced on account of my esteem for the envoy who conveyed It. “I refe> to Rev. Dr, Rooker, the worthy vice rector of the American College in Rome. Nor can I omit to refer to the presence here of the pope's immediate repre- sentative, his excellency, the most Rev. Dr. Satolli, He is, indeed, a most worthy repre- sentative of the sovereign pontiff. He represents Leo XUlI by his learning; he represents him by his piety; he represents him by his firmness of character, and he represents him above all by his broad and enlightened policy, “I propose, then, the health of Leo XIII and Mgr. Satolli.”” ‘Mgr. Satolil responded in Latin and won the heartlest applause. He related the in- cldent of Pope Pius IX having told him of the works of Cardinal Gibbons and of the fact that he was at the time the youngest bishop fn the United States. For great deeds, he said, men were needed, not only of solid piety and of learning, but of youthful ene-gy, The monsignor sketched the career of Cardinal Gibbons, and hoped that he would live with gathe-ing years and honors to see his golden jubilee. “The See of Baltimore” was responded to by Bishop Kain of St. Louis. Archbishop Hennessy of Dubuque, Towa, spoke to the sentiment “The Hierarchy of the United States, especially our honored guests among the episcopate and clergy.” At this point a phonograph message from his holiness was delivered, the distin- guished company all standing, out of loy- Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia. spoke with more than usual splendor in his response to the toast “Our Country and President.” Mer. Nugent of Liverpool and Rev, Dr. Ring, the latter the representative of Car- dinal Logue of Ormagh, Ireland, responded to volunteer sentiments, and the banquet was ended. ‘The cathedral was crowded last night in every part with the congregation gathered, it may be in greater part to honor Cardinal Gibbons, but certainly in very great part by the announcement that the Most Rev. Arch- bishop Ireland of St, Paul would preach the sermon. He did preach a sermon, and was only spared almost continued applause by the condition that he was speaking to a congregation and not to an ordinary audi- ence, Robe: Gains on De Oro. A large crowd was in attendance at the Madisoh Square Concert Hall in New York last night to see the third night's play in the pool match between De Oro and Rob- erts. The Englishman displayed the best form last night and cut down the lead of the Cuban considerably. Score: Balls pock- eted on both tables—By De Oro, 150; Rob- erts, 188, Grand total of three nights’ play— De Oro, 451; Roberts, 425. eae B. id 0. 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