Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1894, Page 7

‘THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. 7 Wives and others knowthat lard makes food too “rich” for children and deli- cate persons, that itis unhealthy for every body § that it Tends lo dyspepsia, Sc. © long as “Vand is LAD eeittee EW. SWORTERING ee Gofrorene is better than lard for. all Cooking purposes, has none of the evil effects of lard. Keware of imitations -Get te Gravis, Made only by N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., CHICAGO and ST. LOUIS. UTI dealer offers W. L, Fintona elms mae ere orsaya name bottom, put him down asa W.L. Douctas $3 SHOE wz. W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fit. ting, and give better satisfaction at the prices vertised than any other make. ‘Try one pair and L. Bougias? be convinced. The st=mping of W. name and price on the bottom, which guarantees their value, saves thousands of dollars annually to those who wear them. Dealers who push the sale of W.L. 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You're sure Zetting only the geeting wy Phase anything here um? When you lutions prevail all through the You can get geuuine articles fo same and sometimes less than their cost. See us for Japanese ” ’ ITO, MOTO, AKAZUKI & CO,, (Oue door) above F st.) 606 13th St. , azo Water Colors oy ere aeee ned Artists. ERS OF THE BEAUTIFUL Id not fail to see Ly he supers ¥ of beautiful Water Colors now im progress HERE | Jalivn itix, Eschenbach, | , D. . Husbrouck, {. J. Harris, Paul de the only medal rs awarded by erhoff’sGalleries 1217 F Street N. W. Branches: 1221 Ps. ave. u.w. ana O16 7th st. ow. ay © World's Exposition at F | Siven as to Mr. Willis’ course in case both ‘gained quickly. MINORITY REPORT On the McCreary Hawaii Resolution in the House, SOME SERIOUS} CHARGES © MADE. The Administration’s Acts Severely Criticised. A SUBSTITUTE PROPOSED. The following is the report of the minority of the House committee on foreign affairs on the McCreary resolution, which was re- ported as a substitute for the resolutions providing for an investigation of Hawalian affairs: It iy unwritten but universally accepted law that no administration of any repre- sentative governmedt ever condemns the) international policy of a preceding adminis- tration, for in so doing it would attack its own government. Our attention cannot be diverted from the question which most profoundly affects our system-of government by attacks, Congres- sional or administrative, upon acts of the minister of theUnited States in January, 1893. While we think it clear that Minister Ste- vens’ conduct was not only justifiable and necessary, but praiseworthy and patriotic, this is not the time to discuss the subject. A resolution that the House should inves- tigate the occurrence in Hawaii in January, | 1883, so as to hear both sides of the que: tion before a committee in which both polit- ical parties might be represented, offered by a member of the minority lies unconsid- ered. It has been left for a majority of} the committee, in their zeal, to attack the fermer administration, rather than to de-) fend the present one, to prejudge without hearing, to villify without examination, to! ignore a resolution to investigate, and to/ condemn without investigating. The people of the United States are widely divided in their opinions upon the occur- rence in Hawaii which resulted in the e: tablishment of the present government. We are confident, however, even upon the ex parte results of Mr. Blount’s activity and zeal, that a vast majority of the intelligent thought of this country condemns his meth- ods and discredits his conciusions. To charge a minister plenipotentiary of the | United States with fraud, falsehood and wilifu! violation of the law on the strength of Mr. Blount’s activity and his recommen- dation alone is ajl that the majority of the committee can find in this great subject worthy of their attention. Political Cowardice and Fraud. The matters the minority have comment- ed on in relation to the present cause of events are not in doubt or in question. Nothing has been considered or cited but the solemn official records of the govern- ment and the language used by the Presi- dent in person or through the Secretary of State. To ignore these burning facts and try to confine the discussion to what oc- curred in January, 18%, and try to cover from the eyes of the people the violations of | the Constitution, of law, and of precedent | by the present executive, is political cowar- | dice, and if successful, would be political | fraud. j In the secret instructions given him, Mr. Willis is informed that the provisional gov- ernment to which he was to deliver his credentials “was not established by the Ha- walian people or with their consent, nor has it existed with their consent.” Mr. Willis was to notify the queen that the} President would not send back to the Senate | the treaty withdrawn on March 9. “vo inform the queen when reinstated that the President expected her to grant entire armmesty to all those connected with the provisional government, so they should be deprived of no right or privilege. * * © Having secured the queen’s agreement to pursue this wise and humane policy,” Mr. Willis was “‘to advise the executive of the provisional government of the President's determination of the question which their action and that of the queen had devolved upon him,” and that they are “expected to promptly relinquish to her her constitu- | tional authority.” Should either party de- cline, Mr. Willis was “to report and await furtiier directions." No specific orders were parties were willing to abide by the Presi- dent's commands. The Secret Instructio: ‘These secret and confidential instructions were made known to Congress only after a resolution calling upon the executive for the same had been unanimously adopted by the House. The official report of the Secretary of State, kept secret from the municants in a Christian church. Where 18th of October until a week after the No-|is now the equally guilty father of the vember election and then made public, roan He Leon re eet out by some eneficent law, condemned to confinement ane ares sie peter Sartre: | ad hard labor, thereby protecting society public pproval — 2 from such outrages which are perpetrated among the American people. The | upon womanhcod, and helpless childhood falseness of the situation thus created | by giving secret instructions to a minister | fu, s of the United States to intrigue and nego- tiate for the overturn of a government to which he had beerf formally accredited does not seem to have struck the adminis- tration. It did strike the people of the United States, however. Public opinion has spoken and would speak still louder,and | if success was to be gained it must be Therefore, on November ten days before the assembling of Con- gress, the Secretary of State telegraphed Mr. Willis to put an end to delays. ognition of obligations of the provisional government as essential conditions of res- toration. All interests will be promoted by prompt action.” | How the interests of the existing friendly government of Hawaii were to be promoted by “prompt action” in restoring the mon- { archy is not self-evident. | What right the President supposed he | had to impose terms upon an independent | government, which he was about to rein- | state on the very ground that it was to re- | main an independent government, and still assume to issue commands that “uni- | versal amnesty” should be made a condi- | tion precedent is difficult to say. He was! ‘ou will insist upon amnesty and rec- | prop it up afterward with American bayo- nets? No wi she wanted pledges. Here was an American minister not only empowered, but secretly instructed, to threaten and coerce the government to which he was accredited into yielding peaceably to a@ restoration of a monarchy which was an abomination—an abomination in the light of government, an abomination in the light of decency. He was to reinstate @ legitimate and independent ex-monarchy, provided he could induce it to pledge itself to obedience to the President's commands; @ monarchy so unfit to govern that even the administration was afraid to restore it to its full powers and functions. Yet in the sacred name of “justice” it was by intrigue to be reinstated over the heads of those “who constitute the allegiance of the Ha- walian tslands.” This is not the fair deal- ing and dignified course which should be pursued by the diplomacy of the United States of America. No Question of Annexation. There is no question here before us of an- nexation, no issue to the propriety of Min- ister Stevens’ action, for as to that we know only one side, prepared by an agent hostile to the administration of which Mr. Stevens formed a part. There is no ground of debate now as to whether the present Hawaiian government was rightly or wrongly established twelve months ago. The issue is directly before the House whether to approve and commend the course of the present administration as dis- closed by itself. If a President without the consent of the State can send a paramount diplomatic officer to supersede a minister, leaving the latter only routine duties, he may do it in Great Britain or in Germany as well as in the Hawaiian islands. That offices, according to the President's apolo- gists, ‘is only the President’s commissioner and not an officer in the diplomatic service of the United States. The same right as- serted here to appoint an ambassador under the name of a commissioner would allow the President to appoint any agent of his own without conference with any other branch of the government, to exercise ju- dicial functions paramount to judges a! ready in office by and with the Senate's consent. It is a significant fact that thus far no resolution in either house of Congress has been {ntreduced approving the opinion of the Secretary of State or indorsing the President's action. If the administration's Purpose to reinstate the queen was right, Congress must carry it out, for the Presi- dent has at least shuffled his policy off his hands, to be acted on by the legislative branch of our government. When the ma- jority are prepared to fultill the President's behests it must propose legislation. Until that is done the country must take for granted that the President is not to be ap- proved by his party. The Substitute Resolution. The report closes with the recommenda- tion of the following resolution: = “Whereas executive communications to Congress disclose that the executive depart- ment has been furnishing to a minister plen- ipotentiary of the United States secret in- structions to conspire with the repzesenta- tives of a deposed and discarded monarchy for the overthrow of a friendly republican government, duly recognized by all the ct ilized nations, to which said minister w: accredited, and to which his public instruc- tion pledged the good faith and sympathy of the President, the government and the people of the United States, “Resolved, That it be the sense of this House that any such intervention by the executive of the United Staes, its civil or military representatives or officers, without authority of Congress, is a dangerous and| unwarranted invasion of the rights and) dignities of the Congress of the United Stat and a violation of the Jaw of na- tions, and further, that the manner of such attempted intervention by the executive and methods used are unworthy of the ex-| ecutive department of the United States, | while the confessed intent of such interven- tion is contrary to the policy and tradition = the republic and spirit of the Constitu- tlon.”” —_—___-e-—__. An Appeal for Women. To the Editor of ‘The Bvening Star: The sad case of Miss Hurtey, related in Saturday's Star, who was compelled to give up her seventeen-months-old baby to the board of children’s guardians, is but a type of many women and girls who have come under the care and protection of our mercifyl Hope and Help Mission, While there is no law in this District to reach the father of the child, the poor giri | who has been seduced because she has | joved and confided in some base and un- orincipled man, has been driven, by a de- manding public sentiment, from her home | and loved ones to save them from the dis- | grace, while her equal pariner in a dual |sin is as warmly welcomed to society as ever before. There is no law in this Dis- protect either mother or child, and 4 may consent to her own ruin—her ace plice having no fear of legal arrest or re- straint—if she be only sixteen years of | age! A pitiful case has -ecentiy left the | Hope and Help Mission, the poor girl go- jing to the hospital to ‘become a mother, | who cried almost constantly on account of the disgrace and sin, girt ; as well. The press, which is so all power- | should and would, 1 | Securing such a law. ‘They are not the | utterly abandoned nor vilest women who bear these illegitimate children, and while society, or circumstances, compel her to abandon her child before she can honestly jearn her bread, the Master has said: “Let him that is without sin cast the first stone.” If ever the women of our nation needed the protection of the good and pure man- hood and womanhood of our country, they need it now in these dark days of’ want | and destitution. A woman may not sell) her virtue for bread, and if employment | is not furnished to destitute women how | can they live honest and virtuous lives? Mrs. 8. D, LA FETRA. ae ae ae A Charge of Railroad Brutality. To the Editor of The Ei Ing Star: WOODSIDE, Md., Dee. 28, 1893, As I stepped down to the platform at i trict, as the judge stated yesterday, to} Both had been com- | BERING SEA OPINIONS Views of Justice Harlan and Senator Mor gan Filed. a Able Discussion of the Questions at Is —Seals as Property—The Briefs. The opinions in full of Justice Harlan and Senator Morgan, United States Bering sea arbitrators, have been filed at Paris in ac- cordance with the resolution of the tribunal which provided that such opinions should be filed on or before January 1, 1804. These opinions embody substantially what waa said in conference by the two arbitrators from the United States. It is supposed that under the same resolution each of the other arbitrators has filed an opinion. Upon the question as to the power of the tribunal to make regulations for the North Pacific the views of Senator Morgan and Justice Harlan prevailed. Rights Exercised by Russia. Justice Harlan discussed the question of the jurisdiction and rights asserted and ex- ercised by Russia in Bering sea at consider- able length. The opinion on that subject concludes in these words: “If I am correct in the views above expressed, the answers to the first four points of article 6 shotld be, substantially, as follows: “To the first—Prior to and up to the time of the cession of Alaska to the United States Russia did not assert nor exercise} any exclusive jurisdiction in Bering sea, or | any exclusive rights in the fur seal fisheries in that sea, outside of ordinary te:ritorial waters, except that in the ukase of 1821 she did assert the right to prevent foreign ves- sels from approaching nearer than 100 Ital- fan miles the coasts and islands named in| that ukase. | “But, pending the negotiations to which / that ukase gave rise, Russia voluntarily | suspended its executions so far as to direct its officers to restrict their surveillance of foreign vessels to the distance of cannon | shot from the shores mentioned, and by the treaty of 1824 with the United States, as/ well as by that of 1825 with Great Britain, | the above ukase was withdrawn, and the} claim of authority o> the power to prohibit foreign vessels from approaching the coasts nearer than 100 Italian miles was abandon- ed, by the agreement embodied in those treaties to the effect that the respective citizens and subjects of the high contract- ing parties should not be troubled or mo- lested in any part of the great ocean com- monly called the Pacific ocean, elther in navigating the same or in fishing therein, or in landing at such parts of the coast as shall not have been already occupied, in or- der to trade with the natives, under the restrictions and conditions specified in other articles of those treaties, What Great Britain Recognise: “To the second—Great Britain nevet rec- ognized nor conceded any claim by Russia or exclusive jurisdiction in Bering sea, nor of exclusive rights as to the seal fisheries therein, outside of ordinary territorial waters; although ehe did recognize and con- cede Russia exclusive jurisdiction within her own territory and such jurisdiction in- side of territorial waters as was consistent with the law of nations. “To the third—The body of water now known as Bering sea was included in the phrase ‘Pacific Ocean’ as used in the treaty of 1825 between Great Britain and Russia, and, after that treaty, Russia neither held nor exercised any rights in the waters of Bering sea, outside of ordinary territorial waters, that did not belong in the same waters to other countries, “To the fourth—All the rights of Russia as to jurisdiction and as to ine ies in Bering sea, east of the water bound- ary in the treaty betw tne Uniicd States and Russia of March 3v, 186i, passed under that treaty unimpaired to the United States.” Property in the Seals, His discussion of the questions of prop- erty and protection is also very elaborate. After an extended statement of the facts of seal life, and a full review of the authort- ties, he holds that although the seals are ferae naturae (wild animals) and are not the subjects of property in their original condition of wildness, the law will yet rec- ognize a right of property in them in favor of one who, by acting upon their natural instincts and vy care, watchfulness, self denial and industry induces or causes them | upon his pre | | mises, so Unatt he and he only, is im a position to di with the race as a whole, taking its increase regularly for com- | mercial purposes without impairing the | stoc! Justice Harlan thus concludes the discus- sion of the question of property: “Bringing logether tue principal facts and the conclusions arising from them, the case presenied by the United States fas upon | which it asks a judgment at the hands of | this uibunel sustaining its claim to own | these seals, not only while they are at their breeding grounds, but when temporarily ao- sent therefrom in the high seas im quest ot food is as foliows: “This race of animals is exhaustable in number and is valuable for purposes of rai- meat and food. They are not a product of the sea, fur they are conceived on land, can- not be conceived in the ocean and must of necessity come into existence and for a considerable part of each year abide upon Jand. “When away from their land home it is for temporary purposes and with the abso- lute certainty that unless waylaid and killed by pelagic sealers while they are beyond territorial waters they will return to that home at a particular time and remain there for several months in every year, dering which a proper proportion of th increase can be readuy taken, leaving the herd un- impaired in its integrity.” Mr. Harlan then points out that the seals are born on American soil, and the care} there given them, and points out that the! taking of the seals on the high seas to any | extent involves the very existence of the, race, and says: “So that the taking of these animals at the breeding grounds for con Woodside from the 12:45 train from the city last Saturday I saw a man hurled appar- | ently from the rear of our car. He landed | on the ground beyond the platform in a} crawling position with much force, and be-| fore he could scramble to his feet two raii-} The President's Protectorate. The administration was falling short of | “the demands of justice” and its own the- ory of the status of the ex-queen’s proprie- | tary rights in seeking to interfere with an j unguestionable right of sovereignty, the punishment of offenses against her laws. | The only hope of placing Mr. Dole, our President's “great and good friend,” and | his associates in a position where amnesty | would be of any value to them was by ex- | erting the armed power of the United | States. The President's administration, so | insistent on respecting the independence of Hawaii, issued commands to a government he proposed to reinstate that those who had overthrown it last January shouid re- main its citizens, “deprived of no right they enjoyed before the revolution.” This inde- pendent government was not to be allow- ed to withhold the rights of suffrage even, or of holding office from those whom it must look upon as its bitterest enemies. Where would exist the independence of Ha- wali under this duress from the President | of the United States? It would have become a protectorate of the United States, not in name, but in real- | ity; not by law, but through the President's | sole decision and decree. ‘The clear implication in the report of the Secretary of State that the President meant to restore the monarchy and the knowledge that the Hawaiian government would yield to the dictation of the President only after war, alarmed the country and checked the easy flow of the administration policy. The ex-queen was evidently distrustful of the influence of powers of the President | | and asked what assurances she would have | for a faithful carrying out of the scheme on the part of the administration. Some Dispatches Not Obtained. Whatever may have been the form of her request, the answer, true, but tardy, was telegraphed Mr. Willis on December 3, the day before the opening of Congress, “You will say that the President cannot use force without the authority of Congress.” Six weeks of examination of the law and of learning the real opinion of the country finally resulted in something which could not be criticised or gainsaid. The dis- patches of Mr. Willis which demanded and obtained the above answer are not yet ob- tainable by Congress. What was their substance may be divined. The government of Hawali was at peace, was strong. was civilized. The ex-queen was hesitating and demanding to know what guarantee she would have, first, that she should be put back, and next that she should be kept there after she had given her pledge to grant amnesty. Would the Company, uare 707; $-. J. Worm- really do the only thing that/ ley to F. A. Gardner, sub 42, square 199; | could do her any good, after extorting such | $—. E. 6. Hay to Mary A. Wolf, part 11, a pledge of vassalage to his will? Would he| square 601, lot 7, square O02, and lot 6, rebuild her throne, restore her to it, and road men were kicking him fiercely. ‘They | lett hin after most vrutauy kicking him in| the sides and back. When, as ut reatiing | that tere Was Une tor sull more, one of} them ran back and delivered three or cour | terrivie blows rigut in the tace and on the} temple of the groveling man as he was try- ing to get wo nis feet. ‘ine toot wmch ue- livered those biows was no light one, and as 1 came to within a few yards of the men and saw tie foot leave the tempie, followed by a gush of blood, unconsciously I ejaculated: “Don't! Don't strike taat| man again; he is down!” At the saine time @ man’s voice behind me called out: “Let| up there now! You've done enough of | that!” and I recognized my neighbor, a manly man, who would not be so easily | affected, perhaps, as I, a woman. As the trainman stepped aboard his moving train he said to us on the platform: “Oh, you fellows needn't say anything; you ‘don't know; we got to fighting them back here!” Very true. But the coolness and the un- ruffied manner of a man who had just kick- ed gashes into another man’s face in so brutal a way seems to me to bring out the brutality even the more. I should so like him to have had even the poor excuse of hotheadedness, A hasty retreat was my first impulse after the train moved. The | ejected man may have been drunk, as was | charged. Whatever his crime, ‘nothing | justifies what followed after he was thrust |from the train. If he was drunk, surely | the company should not have allowed him to enter the car in the first place, to be put| off at a rural station in the midst of women and children, and certainly such brutal violence would not have been necessary to prevent a return to the car had there been any attempt made to do so, which didnot appear to be the ca: ATM Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: H. L. Rust to Henrietta Sullivan, part 14, square 51; $-. E. J. Smith et al. to C. A. Brandenburg, trustee, sub 303, square 1004; $—-. B. C. Pole to G. K. French, lot 20, block 4, Grant Park; $400, L. A. Barr to Ella Fort Gibbs, sub 8%, square 808; $4,000, F. M. Detweller to Ida C. Six, sub 300, square 9; $-. D. Breed to Isaac Otten- berg, subs 55 and 62, square 276; $1,500. BE. J. Green to LH. W.. Green, sub 14, square 987; Edmonston to W. 1. Bruen, sub : ». J.T. Arms to Lim- square 733; $—. L. ‘Triplett, sub 15, | square Dora G. Atwood to G. G. Cornish, part F, square 725; $100, Isabella |W. Ashford to The Alfred Richards Brick 7 J square 603; $—. | property | “The right of self-protection or self-preser- mercial purposes, under regulations that. enable a proper proportion of males to be | taken for use, and the killing of them in| the open waters of the ocean, where no dis- crimination as to sex is possible, is the dif- ference between preserving te race for the) benefit of the world and its speedy exte mination for the benefit of a tew Canadian | and American sealers prosecuting a busi- ness so barbarous in its methods tnai Pres! dent Harrison tity characterized ic as a crime against nature. Right to Protect Them, | Justice Harlan argues that the recogni-| tion of the right of property as asseried by the United States would secure the preserva- tion of the seals and then takes up the question of the right of the United States to protect the seais against pelagic sealing, and as he has shown that the seals are the property of the United States, he very nat- urally decides that the United States has a right, as ail individuals have, to protect its ‘The justice maintains the right of the United States, independently of any ownership of the seals, but simply as owncr of the fur and seal industry conducted on | the Pribylof islands, the existeace of which | industry depends upon the preservation of this race from extermination, to protect them against pelagic sealing, which method of sealing, says the justice, is a crime against the law of nature and consequently without any sanction whatever in the law of nations, Justice Harlan also argues against the idea that the freedom of the seas carries with it the freedom to wan- tonly exterminate the property and break up the industry of another nation, and he says: vation does not end with the outer line of marginal or territorial waters. In the very nature of things it could not end with that line without rendering the right valueless.”” Jutice Harlan concludes this point by declaring that the United States has a right to prevent pelagic sealing in order to protect its own industry and then goes on as follows: “If the views which I have expressed are BEWARE;*-GRIP Dr. Edson fears another epi and sounds the alarm. In lung and chest pains, coughs, colds, rseness and .pneumonia, no other external remedy affords prompt preven- tion and quicker cure than BENSON'S POROUS PLASTER. Indorsed by over 5,000 Physicians and Chemists. sure to get the genuine Benson’s, may be had from all druggists, lemic, | sponding secretary, Mr. F. A. seal fisher- | to abide for stated periods in each year| ; Streets northwest of J. W. {5 (3h shared by a majority of the arbitrators, the answer to the fifth question of article VI of the treaty should be: ““That the herd of fur seals frequenting the islands of St. Paul and St. George in Bering sea, when found in the ocean, be- yond the ordinary three mile limit, are the Property of the United States and as long ag these animals have the habit of return- ing from their migration routes, to, and of abiding upon, those islands, as their breed- ing grounds, so that their increase may be regularly taken there, and not elsewhere without endangering the existence of the race, that nation, in virtue of its éwner- ship of such herd and islands, may right- fully employ, for the protection of those animals against pelagic sealing, such means as the law permits to individuals for the protection of their property; and that in- dependently of any right of property in the herd itself the United States, simply as the owners of the fur seal industry main- tained by its authority on the tslands of St. Paul and St. George and under the doc- trine of self-protection, may employ such means, including force, as may be ry to prevent the commission of acts which will inevitably result in the speedy extermination of this race of animals, the basis of that industry, while they are in the high seas beyond territorial waters, and temporarily absent from their breed- Se Ppa or land home on those is- nds’ ————__-e. The Biological Society. At the fourteenth annual meeting of the Biological Society, held at the Cosmos Club Saturday evening, Dr, Geo, M. Stern- berg, surgeon general of the army, and Mr. Filibert Roth of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture were elected active members of the society. The annual re- ports of the secretary and treasurer were presented, and the officers for the year 1894 elected, as follows: President, Prof. C. V. Riley, United States entomologist; vice preside! Dr. Frank Baker, superintendent of the tional Zoological Park; Mr. B. E. Fernow, chief of the forestry bureau; Mr. Richard Rathbun, United States fish com- mission, and Mr. C. D. Walcott, assistant secretary, Mr. Frederick V. Coville, United States Department of Agriculture; corre- Lucas, Na- tional Museum, and treasurer, Mr. F. H. Knowlton of the same institution. The Biological Society is one of the oldest of the scientific societies of Washington, and, while it includes among its members probably a stronger representative list of | blologists than any other society in Amer- ica, it has taken a conservative course in its proceedings, and has made its meetings rather a place for the exchange of scientific facts fresh from the laboratory than a means for the popular exposition of biology. —_e Two Venerable Men Gone. The recent deaths of two venerable men, Henry Weaver and Francis A. Baker, on the same day and in the same house In Georgetown, was a matter of sad interest to the many who knew them. Mr. Henry Weaver died at his residence, West Wash- ington Heights, after forty years of in- describable suffering, aged seventy-nine years, He was born a short distance from the place of his demise. Nearly half a iness ‘und spent his time in trying to ameliorate his condition. During this pertod he was devotedly attended by his faithful wife and loving daughter, Mrs. M. K. Hall. vhe patience with which he bore his suffer- ing was remarkable. He was as generous as he was good. The best commentary of his life was that of the Rev. L. W. Bates, D. D., who, in conversation with the Rev. E. J. Drinkhouse, D. D., said: “When Henry Weaver dies the best nm J ever knew will pass out of this world.” ‘he funeral serv- ices were conducted by the Kev. T. D. Val- D. D., Rev. David Wilson, D. D., Rev. Graham, D. D., and Rev. R. K. Lew- ‘The pallbearers were W. H. Wheatley, J. Dz thell, J. E. Cox, James Nourse, Sam’! R. Seibert and John Cammack. Mr. F. A. Baker died on the same day and at the same place, and was buried in the same cemetery, Oak Hil Though an invalid from childhood, he was rarely con- tined to the house. He was attacked with grip and became an easy prey to the fell destroyer. He had a literary turn of mind and contributed to a number of religious and secular papers. He leaves a sister, in the eighty-fourth year of her age, the widow of the late Henry Weaver, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his de- parture. ts. —— The Washin; Wellesley Associa- tion. The sixth annual reunton of the Washing- ton Wellesley Association was held on Fri- day afternoon, at the residence of Miss | Green, 1728 N street. Thirty-one members and guests were present. The officers elect- ed at the business meeting were: President, Mrs. Mabel Godfrey Swormstedt, "90; vice president, Miss Carrie B. McKnight, ’82-'St; secretary, Miss Julla M. Green, "; treas- urer, Miss Mary McPherson, "3; chairman of business committee, Miss Emma A. Tel- ler, ‘SY. During the social meeting which followed, the president, Mrs. Swormstedt, made an address of welcome to new members and Guests from the college visiting here for the holidays; Miss Ora W. L. Slater, "4, made a report of changes at the college during the last four years; Miss Evarts Ewing, formerly of ‘Si, recited, and three piano solos 3oodali, "95, and Miss Lulu W. Cummings, For the first time, no member of the Wellesley faculty was present. The singing jof “Alma Mater” and a tea closed another treunion. | eee S Reduced Rate ‘to Baltimore. Saturday, January 6, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will sell round-trip tickets for all trams leaving Washington, Baltimore and Ohio depot, for Baltimore, at $1.23. Good | three days. ° eae Real Estate Matters, Ella F. Gibbs has purchased for $9,000 ) Sub 59, block 13, Le Droit Park, of L. A. Barr et al. W. H. Wetzell has purchased property fronting 20 feet on 34th between O and P Wetzell for $6,000, M. Ashford et al. have purchased for $11,400 of F. Henderson et al. part lot A, Square 686, fronting 6) feet on C street be- tween Delaware avenue and Ist street northeast. G. &. Lemon has purchased of W. T. Crossman for $620) part square 1 24 feet 8 inches by 120 feet on 18th street, and of G. Fluger for $6,200 sub 5, do. of same front by 110 feet adjoining. Koppel Kurnitzkt has purchased lot 9, square 514, 144 feet 7 inches front on New York avenue end L street between 4th and h streets northwest, of J. H. Ralston for 2,768.38. . Fersenger has purchased lot 291, square 96, Georgetown, 17.25 by 110 feet on P be- tween Mill and 28th streets, of C. W. Simp- son for $6,788. SUNSHINE no matter how clouds are, when If it doesn’t benefit or cure, you have money back. Almost Given Away. Bargains Galore to Prompt Buyers. nt or ever ex} buy WATCHES, CLOCK: MONDS, JEWELKY, isthe ' opportunity life. We offer January 1, inclusive, a discount of 20 per cent from ‘regular prices ou everything iu our store, with- out reserve, to about 50 CED DOLLAR, as compared with prices elsewhere. OF 'The cariiest buyers get the choice of the “plums.” M. Hoffa, pect to S, DIA- nen nen CARORARORRDREA CRAPARORROOERD PROPRADRRAREOD Hennnnnnnnnn nnnnennenne vannennnne director of the geological survey; recording | century ago he withdrew from active bus- | ‘ere given by Miss Moore, Miss Julia | THE COMMON SCHOOLS. D. Mayo’s Lecture Upon Them an e Catholic Parochial Schools. Rev. A. D. Mayo of Boston gave a talk last evening at All Souls’ Church, corner of 14th and I. streets, on the subject of “The Roman Catholic Hierarchy and the American Common Schools.” The church was well filled. The lecturer explained that within a few months the legislatures of New York, New Jersey and Maryland would be called upon to decide a question that is to be pressed forward by the high officials of the Catholic Church in this country at the direct order of the pope. ‘This question is whether or not the money now paid for the support of the public school system shall be divided and part of it given to the schools supported by the church. He dwelt at length upon the excellence of the public school systems of this country, their high character, and the good work that they do in not only edu- cating the children, but in making good citizens. ‘The plan of the hierarchy, he said, was the most ridiculous and revolutionary prop- osition ever made in the history of the nation. It is, practically, to change at once from a purely American system, that has been proved well nigh perfect, to the European system, that is acknowledged to be very faulty. For fifty years the paro- ehial school has been growing, under the most tremendous pressure from the churen, | and yet only a smail proportion of the children of Catholic parents are being trained in them. It is argued, said Mr. Mayo, that the family is the only proper element in the training of the young, and that the inter- ference of the state is the rankest of tyranny. Yet, he added, should this plan be carried out, there would be established within the pation nothing short of a rival government In matters pertaining to edu- | cation, It would be a new rebellion. To adopt this theory of the hierarchy, satd ! he, the republic must back down at least 3,000 years. The American state tx a great moral and Christian agent, and is fully competent to train the young. ‘The arrangements for the moral training of children at the public schools are on a far higher plane than those of the average family. The child enters at once upon a sphere that is elevated and elevating. The moment the money for the support of the schools is divided and part of it given to the Catholic parish schools, there is started project that will develop sec- tarianism, and widen the already too wide breach between the various denominations. There would soon be, in the language of the speaker, a “sectarian pandemonium.” Mr. Mayo said that the plan to have the clergy give their attention personally to the matter of religious training in the schools is sheer folly. There would be es- tablished, in the place of the serene and non-sectarian institutions of learning, ba- bels of belief that would clog the wheels of the machine that is daily grinding tne mill and makes a slow but an exceedingly fine grist. The plan of the hierarchy, he said in conclusion, can only succeed by the crea- tion of such a change in American ideas that would open the door for other changes to which the American people are not pre- pared to go. He was frequently interrupt- ed by applause. | | | i } | ; | } WITT TPT TET TH —_ CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS. Presentx and Enjoyment for the Chil- ren of Sunday Schools. The Save All Band of Fourth Street M. E. Church, a juvenile missionary society, held | their Christmas ente-taimment in the lec- ture room, which was beautifully decorated | with green and two large Christmas trees. The following program was rendered: Sing- ing, by the society; prayer, by pastor; Bible reading, by Miss Bertha Mahoney: opening address, by Master Raymond Otterbach; | recitation, by Misses Beulah Crowther, Car- rie Bohannon, Edith Rice, Lollie Kelly, Liz- Wilson Dunn and Raymond Otterbach; duet, by Misses Elia Dement and Martha Garthwait; song, by Ma‘ and Millard Sniffin: a noliday acrostic, by nine boys and girls; song, by Everett Griffith; Indian club drill, by Miss Martha Garthwait; piano solo, by Miss Ruth Howe, and dialogue, by Miss- es Edith Rice and Mabel Trazzare. Santa Claus: distributed sixty-five boxes of candy. T. B. Stahl, assistant superintendent of the Sunday school, received a gilded chair from young ladies of his Sunday school class. St. Patrick's Celebration. The Santa Claus entertainment of the zie Dunn and’ Dora Hendricks, and Masters | Sunday school of St. Patrick’s Church was given in Carroll Hall. The stage was taste- fully decorated with pine and cedar trees. A St. Nicholas’ mill and two large Christ- mas trees handsomely trimmed, added much to the beauty of the scene. Santa Claus distributed good things to the children, and hymns and recitations. Those who took pact were Masters Nicholas Hill, John Mui- lany, Will Reagan, Keneth O'Connor, Ea. | Crowley.end Master Luckitt, Misses Blanch | Burns, Alma Wright, Mr. Eckloff and Edna Green. —_— { enue northwest. A: tend five months to end this session.—Adv: to Baltimore. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will sell round-trip ticke: for all trains (including the 45-minute flyers) leaving Washington for Baltimore, Saturday, January 6, vatid for return trip until the following Monday inclusive, at $1.25. they, in turn, entertained him with songs, | } of Jobaun Hoff’s Malt Extract trengih aud nourishment as a cask without being intoxicating The genuine is always sold as Johann Hoft's Malt Extract, and must have the signature of “JOHANN HOFF” on the neck Iabel Eisner & Mendelson Co., Agents, 152 amd 154 Franklin st., New York. DR CARLETO S07 12TH ST. N.W. SURGEON SPECIALIST. Over twenty-tive years’ experience. THIRD YEAR AT PRESENT ADpnESS. Dr. Carleton treats with the ski born of expe Nervous Debi lity. Special Diseasés, Practice limited to the treatment of Gentlemen Exclusively f j Inflammation, Nervous Debility, Eruptions, Bladder, ag Blotches, Kidneys, Swellings, rinary Sediment, Ulcers, if Sore Spots, Despondency. - Did you sow the wind? Have you reaped the whirlwind? Are you beginciug to lose your grip? Do you realize that you are beginning io"teel oid before your time? Js life losing Sts charms for you? Do you feel unfit fur business oF society? Consult Dr. Carleton. Special experience is ab- solutely necessarr. He bas it, and he is positively the only physician in Washington who limits his Practice to the treatment of gentlemen exclusively. Sclentific, | SKILLFUL, | SUCCESSFTTL | Treatment guurante on your guard against hambugs, tiguated | methods "and ‘illiterate practitioucrs, buy silk for the and don't forget that you canuot price of cotton. pamphlet free. a.m. to 2 Valuable bit 9 and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. ‘only. Consultation free. GRATEFUL —COMFORTING. Epps’s Cocoa. BREAKFAST—-SUPPER. 2 thorough knowledge of the natural laws govern the operations of digestion and nu- trition, ‘and (by @, careful application of the tine properties of well. eted Cocoa, Mr. ys has ovided our breakfast tables with a delicately wored bev , Which tuay save us many heavy; doctors’ bills. Tt is by the judicious use of fuel I stryag enough to resist every tea- jeney to . Hundreds of subtle maladies are flosting around us ready to attack wherever there is a Weak point. We may escape many a fatal | shaft by keeping ourselves well fortitied with pure | Viood and a properly nourished frame." —Civil Bery- | ice Gazette. SEABURY & JOHNSON, Chemists, N.Y. City. 17 Tarket Space. a Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold | alg, i half pound tins by grocers, labeled thus: The Secrets U4 Pearl- tne's “4. Suc- cess? Justa few to show ov serail was article was precisely what its makers claimed it to be and no improvement has been found. Second: The public was told all about Pearline—so new and so different from old ideas, people had to be educated. Third: Every woman who has used it tells how sauch it has done for her; that while the cost is nominal, she has found it the best, always the same, perfectly harmless; and that the saving by using cheaper imitations for a year wouldn't be enough to pay for one ruined it. Beware of imitations. 366 JAMES S PYLE, N. ¥, Good Tools Are Necessa —to do gool work. We have mone but Uhe finest, and can fit you out chest of the most useful ones for 8b, 96, $7.50, $10, $13, $19 and $25, Empty Chesia trow $2 to $6. LTLVENATE PUT 10 patterns of our Very Highest Grade Imported Carvers reduced as follows: $2.50 SETS DOWN TO $2.10, & SETS DOWN TO $2.50, $3.50 SETS DOWN TO $3. #4 SETS DOWN TO $3.25. Peck & Snyder's Genuine American ‘Club Skates, 50c. per pair and up. ? Roller Skates... Table importation—every one warranted, per set. Halt dozen Plated Nut Picks... Nut Cracks. 40c. ‘Stik4imed Box Nut Cracks and 6 Nut Picks... Perfection Meat Cutters: will cut & pound & minute “Sunshine” Gas Heaters, ercellent for beating bed rooms, bath rooms and small offices... ri iitead > r ot perfectly the “FIRST teeth are $8 per set make any better for short, there are no betty ag. zi | it Bi 3 in the world. Expert ” in charge of ali branches, 9 o Wo Ass'n, Con, TTH AND D XW. BALTIMORE OFFICE, a 1 North Charles st. IT’S YOURS FREE OF COST! Tt there fs = solitary thing thet you nee to make your house more cheerful and com- fortable GET IT—and get tt of US. Your ture range in price from $22.50 to $200.— Bed Room Puruiture from $18 to §200.— Surely the intermediate grades will com tain something to please you. Our in Parlor Furniture is a seven-piece upholstered in plush or hair cloth, at $22 Our leader in Bed Room Furniture ts a suite in solid oak, with bevel glass tensive im variety and just = gent io coloring as you'll Splendid Brussels Carpet. Good Reliable Ingrain, 35 cents a have always MADE and LAID of Carpet sold by us—end we are DOING IT YET—name another bouse that does as MUCH. We sell a Str-foot Extension Table for $3.50—Forty-pound Hair Mattress, $7— Woven-wire Springs, $1.75. If you peed @ Stove it's HERE-any size you waut—beat- ing or cooking. Six big double floors of House Furvishings to choose from—and your CREDIT is always GOOD. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, 819, 821, 823 TTH ST. X.W., BET. H AND I STs. We close EVERY evening at 7. a eeeeeee MES EPPS & ©0.. L’t'd, Howeopathie Chemists, 2 London, England. |Pertinent Remarks About The Washing of Clothes. o> F YOU desire to economize, send your ¢ ¢ |] warh HERE. With our improved ‘ma- dilied ehinery Ning “Te much longer, dled Besides, we vee oni Gitered water, ap ud our work is the fin Blankets, Ze. * up: Lace Curtaine. 30c. up; Collars and ‘Cuffs, 2c, each. Called for and delivered. apital Steam Laundry, M. A. WEAVER, PROPRUEQOR, STH ST. cpp. P.O. Dept) a oe