Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1894, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, PROSPECTS FOR RACING Hill ON THE TARIFF | Efforts to Ohange the Senate’s Action on Pool Selling. Probable Opening of Two Tracks in Virginia — Jackson City and St. Asaph the Sites Chosen. The amendment by the Senate Wednes- day last of the bill introduced to allow bookmaking in the District, has, it is gen- erally believed, practically destroyed rac- ing here, unless the Senate reconsiders its action in adopting Senator Allen’s amend- ment. The bill reported to the Senate pro- vided that the acts of 1883 and 1891 to prevent gambiing should not apply during @ spring and fall race meeting, not exceed- ing eighteen days each, at the Benning and Ivy City tracks, and that the race meet- ings should be held between the Ist of March and the 15th of December. On the motion of Senator Allen, the bill was so amended as to provide that the two tracks might provide racing between the Ist of April and the Ist of December, but made Bo provision for a repeal of the existing laws against gambling. That is, Senator Allen's amendment declared that while there could be racing between the dates Tamed there should be no bookmaking or any other form of gambling at the tracks during the racing; leaving the law in force as declared by Judge Cole, in disposing of the motions to quash the indictments re- turned against Presiient Engman of the Ivy City Jockey Club, and against Book- maker Marvin and his three clerks, in connection with the quickly disposed of winter race meeting at the Ivy City track last December. Racing Without Betting. Another eect of Senator Allen's amend- ment, which appears to have been lost sight of, was to prevent racing, even with- out its necessary adjuncts, bookmaking and pool selling, between the Ist of Decem- ber and the Ist of April. It will be remem- bered that Judge Cole did not hold that the acts of 1883 and 1891 prohibited racing at | any time or at any place within the Dis-| trict, merely deciding that those acts made it unlawful to conduct bookmaking aud Peol selling at any place within the Dis- triet. Hence, racing, without bookmaking or pool selling, could be conducted here throughout the whole year. Senator Al- Jen's amendment, however, makes the period between the Ist of December and the Ist of April a closed period. His amend- ment was adopted,and the bill as so amend- ed passed the Senate. So, shou.d the Sen- ate bill become a law, winter racing is one &reat evil which the people of the District will never again coafront. This bill has been engrossed and sent over to the House of Representatives, ani the question which a being agitated is, what will become | it To Arrange Differences. As heretofore reported in The Star, a bill | has been reported in the House providing | that the acts of 1883 and 1891 shall not apply to the spring and fall race meetings at the Benning and Ivy City tracks; that the meetings shall not exceed eighteen days, | and that they shall occur between the Ist | of March and the 15th of December. The | managers of the Benning and Ivy City| tracks claim that the House will pass this bill In the shape mentioned herein, and it is not at all improbable that they are right in } so claiming. Should the House pass it, | there would then, of course, be quite a dif- | ference of opinion between the two Houses | of Congress. Upon the passage of the) House bill it would be sent over to the Sen ate. and then the question would have to be settled. The local racing people, it is) said, believe that in the event of the passage | by the House of its bill they will be able to secure its adoption by the Senate, despite the wide differences between the two bills. It Is understood that the managers of both the local tracks are willing to accept so much of Senator Allen's amendment as will prevent racing between December 1 and April 1, and as will prevent more than a single race meeting, not exceeding eighteen days, cach spring and fall at each track, Provided, of course, provision be made for | permitting bookmaking at the tracks during the race meetings. And it is said that a} most determined effort will be made by local | racing people to secure the consent of the | Senate to the adoption of such a measure. Track at Jackson City. Meanwhile arrangements are being made for the rebuilding and constructing of race tracks across the river in Virginia. As re- Ported in The Star several days ago, the Jones brothers and others propose building @ track near Jackson City, on the site of a race track which some forty or more years @go was the scene of some of the greatest Faces in the history of thé American turf. it said, purchased the re- nd have also become pos- sessed of the state charter under which the ld track was conducted. The required sur- veys have been made, the necessary lum- ber is being landed at the place, and it is hoped by the projectors of the track that racing can be inaugurated this spring. To a@ Star reporter Ned Jones stated that the People of the District might rest assured that only racing of the highest quality would be witnessed, and that everything Possible would be done by the managers of the track to prevent anything the least bit objectionable. It was not proposed, said Mr. Jones, to conduct or permit continuous Facing, it being the purpose of the mana- — br Laiggews a —— and fall race meet- fear of reasonable length, to which the best horses in training would be attracted. The track will be a seven-furlong there be Reaper age for 500 and ie grand stand and other Recessary buildings will be of most at- tractive description. = pie = St. Asaph’s Track. the plans of certain New York racing People do not miscarry, it is understood half-mile track of the Gentlemen’ i will be enlarged to a full mile track now and next October, stables will be built to accommodate 1,000 ® commodious grand stand erected, the track converted into one which will second to the best in New York. The leased a term of J. M. Hill of Alexandria, D. McIntyre, Thos. F. Eagan |. Nelson Kirk becoming the lessees. men are well known in the racing of the country, Mr. McIntyre being particularly well-known, where he was for Several years the secretary of the old Na- ~— Jockey Club. _ has, since —— ‘ashington, been the secretary of the Brooklyn Jockey Club, and occupies the position on the American turf. fs the right hand man of the Dwyer Broth- ers, the famous Brooklyn turfmen, and it therefore not unreasonable to conclude the Dwyers are really the men behind the movement securing the Virginia track. The improvement of the track will be too extensive, it is understood, to permit it be- ing opened before next fall, and the inau- meeting will probably be opened the 16th of next October, immediately after the conclusion of the New York racing season, Which closes October 15. The tnaugural meeting will not be less than twenty days fm length and may be continued until win- ter sets in. It is said that winter racing will not be conducted, but that racing will be resumed early in the spring, and may be continued until the New York racing sea- gon opens, May 15. Should the track of the He i i i i Jones ers be a go, however, it is un- deretoctt tant the New York people would agree to an arrangement of dates satisfac- tory to both tracks. Both tracks, it Is said, will be run regardless of the District tracks, even if Congress should legalize bookmak- ing and poolselling at the Benning and Ivy City tracks. AMUSEMENTS. “The Intemperance of Prohibition.”—Miss Kate Field will deliver her lecture on “The Intemperance of Prohibition’ tomorrow evening at Metzerott Hall. The reform of Prohibition has been more discussed than any subject of the present day. Many are firm in their opinions as to what is best. Among these is Miss Field, who takes a Unique position on the subject. The lecture has been pronounced by all that have heard it a most able effort. Tickets are now on sale. “From Bar Room to Pulpit.”—Rev. Sam. W. Small will deliver his lecture, entitled “From Bar Room to Pulpit,” on Wednesday @vening next at Metzerott Music Hall. This is one of Mr. Smali’s best efforts, and all who have heard his other lectures will no doubt want to hear this. Seats now on sale at _Metzerott’s music store. The Mask and Wig Club.—The Mask and Wig Club of the Pennsylvania College gave another of their peculiar and interesting @ntertainments at the Academy of Music last Saturday night. “King Arthur” was the title of the travesty on this occasion, and the young gentlemen gave some very enter- taining exhibitions of burlesque. The audi- @nce included a number of people who are it im society. (Continued from First Page.) | thereof had agreed upon any income tax or upon other internal taxation. But neither the President nor the Secre- | tary of the Treasury had advocated a gen- | eral income tax, but only & tax on incomes derived from corporatiéns. But a federal income tax, whether limited, as suggested | by the President and the Secretary of the | Treasury, or general, as provided in this | bill, is equally objectionable. | It Would Duplicate State Taxation. New York's opposition to the tax was | based on the fact that in that state, and tn several other states, a “franchise” tax is imposed upon the earnings of certain cor- porations, and an income tax, such as is proposed in this measure, would duplicate the taxation already imposed and compel the states to abandon their state taxation. This is a most important and serious ¢b- jection to this feature of the bill. An in- come tax was objectionable because from its very nature it must be inquisitorial in its imposition and collection. The senior Senator from Indiana (Mr. Voorhees) calls this allegation a “noisy and resounding charge.” Let me tell him that it is not half so nvisy as the constant vituperations which we hear on every hand from the blat- ant demagogues who are abroad in the land loudly inveighing against the wealth of the country and impudently demanding its confiscation through every means whieh their devilisi ingenuity can invent. The fact that in a few states of the Union tax laws have been adopted which unneces- sarily pry into the taxpayer's private af- fairs and are unusually harsh and offensive furnishes no argument why they should be selected as models for the whole United States. They are exceptional in their char- acter and should not be followed. Neither does the cireumstance that the government in the collection of our cus- toms duties Insists upon the inspection of the baggage of passengers entering the country in order to prevent frauds upon the revenue—and sometimes searches their per- sons—afford any justification for the enact- ment of an income tax, the collection of which must largely depend upon inquisitor- fal proceedings. One procedure {s neces- sary and unavoidable; the other is not. Every One is Interested. The public should not be misled into the belief that only those whose incomes ex- ceed $4,000 are affected by this bill. That is a mistaken idea. In the first place, all those having in- comes less than $4,000, but more than $3,500, are put to the annoyance of making sworn returns, and they neglect it at their peril. | In the second place, it may be reasonably apprehended that some portion of the tax will reimburse itself by an increase of rents where the income was derived from that source. So poor tenants will be affected in some degree as well as the rich landlords. The bill seriously affects the rights and in- terests of building and loan associations throughout the country incorporated under state laws. The Senate amendments do not cure the defects complained of. Inquiring as to the source of the demand, | he sald that nothing was heard in its be- half on the part of either of the two great political parties in the campaign of 1s92. Neither the republican nor democratic plat- form proposed any such method of raising revenues. No prominent democrat or re- publican suggested any such measure. Its approval was limited to the platform of the newly formed populist party, and its advo- cacy was restricted to populist orators. He protested against the democratic party being made a tail to the populist kite, and | denied the right of a democratic Congress to make new principles for the party not sanctioned by its representatives in na- tional convention duly assembled. For one he repudiated any such doctrine. It was his belief that the complete sub- stitution of internal, direct or income taxes for tariff taxes would prove utterly ruinous to the business interests of this country under existing conditions abroad. A par- tial substitution at this time would be pro- Portionately disastrous. A Suicidal Policy. ‘This bill proposes a suicidal! policy when it seeks by its extreme provisions to discard rumerous reasonable tariff duties and there- by imperil many industries and create a de- ficiency in necessary revenues, simply for the purpose of affording an opportunity or excuse for the substitution of an income tax. There is an ample field for genuine tariff reform without a resort to such an unwise and dangerous experiment. The substitution of internal or direct taxes for custom house taxation meant the reduc- tion of the wages of American working men to the European standards. {It meant the degradation of American labor; it meant the deprivation to our workmen of the comforts and luxuries of life to which they have been accustomed. In outlining his position he said that not one dollar of tariff taxation should be im- posed, except what is necessary for the needs of the government, economically ad- ministered; but whatever those needs are, the necessary revenues therefor should be supplied from tariff taxation and that alone, save and except the taxation upon liquors, oleomargarine and tobacco, to which the country has long been accustomed, and which, for obvious reasons, need not be dis- turbed. Sectional Discrimination. To show the sectional discrimination of the tax, he referred to the income tax of 1863-73, which extorted from the people an aggregate sum of $347,220,897.86. Of this sum the eastern states paid 18 per cent, the middle states 53 per cent and together they paid 71 per cent; New York alone paid 30 per cent. It has not been claimed that these percentages will be materially changed if this bill becomes law. These figures spoke louder than words. They were significant of the selfish purposes of the bill, the real motives behind it and the source or section from which the votes necessary for its pass- age are expected to be secured. Further comment was unnecessary. “I will only add,” he went on, “that I am not ashamed of the fact—on the contrary, I am proud of the fact—that New York is the wealthiest state in our Union; but I protest that this circumstance should not make her citizens the target of every vicious scheme which discriminates against her interests, and especially that the blow should not be struck by those political friends who never appealed to her in vain when they needed evidences of her friendship. No American statesman of rank, except Mr. Cleveland, has deemed it eligible, since our war experi- ence of an income tax made manifest that here, too, in the northern states, it was gen- erally odious. It is a novelty in American politics to make its conclusions and pro- cedures deliberately offensive. It is ke making religion immoral and urbanity noisy in order to commend and propagate them. No such federal aggrandizement was ever Projected; no such insidious and deadly as- sault upon state rights, state powers and state Independence as a federal income tax. ‘To double the deficit of $78,000,000 by way of ending it; to discard $76,000,000 of an- nual revenue, in order to collect twice as mech in other ways; to “embody tariff re- form” as the President imagined himself to be doing in his scheme to substitute di- rect taxes for the tariff taxes which were to be reformed; to recor.struct all the sched- ules, it stead of amerding or discarding one group at a time, the worst first and each upon its own demerits; to disturb and dis- tress as many business men as possible and all at once, instead of a few at a time, is not a program perfectly matured and suited to conduct the policy and principle of tariff reform unimpaired through a pe- riod of general business prostration, public deficit and private bankruptcy, he declared. His Own Preferences as a Democrat. “For my own part, as a democrat,” he sald, “I prefer indirect taxation and tariff reform above direct taxes and tariff ex- tineticn. I prefer taxing foreign products, rather than taxing home products. I fol- low Jefferson in regarding even the species of irdirect taxation cn home products by internal revenue war taxes as not good to be extended,and the first to be rid of when their need is past. ‘That taxation of incomes in the United States would be sectionai and class taxa- tion is precisely why it commends itself to some men of the European tradition. The advocacy is sincere, and has one small ex- cuse, that through our own stupidity and negligence some parts of our tariff sched- ules have been shaped to enrich a few Carnegies with texts for sermons on tri- umphant democracy and the best use of wealth. “If McKinleyism is socialism for the ben- efit of the rich and i:-come taxing is so- cialism for the benefit of the poor, no true American democrat will look to the hair of the dog to cure his bite. American dem- ocrats will reject socialism of both kinds. “If my counsels were heeded I would sur- prise and satisfy the country by the con- servatism of our progress in revenue re- form. The McKinley bill lost the country to our opponents by its extreme features in one direction, and we should avoid the opposite extreme. “If the contention that the rich should pay al’ the taxes and the poor be exempted therefrom is well founded, then it may well be urged that the rich should monop- olize the suffrages and offices of the coun- try. “The very fact that every citizen tis obliged to contribute something, no matter MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. 7 how little, toward the expenses of the gov- ernment, whether he owns property or not, fortifies his right to the elective franchise and avgments his claim for political prefer- ment. He should regard it as a privilege conferred upon him, a shield against po- litical ostracism; it increases his dignity and influence, and he naturally takes a keener interest in public affairs. The true welfare of the community is subserved by this system of indirect taxation, which reaches all, but oppresses none.” An Income Tax Not Needed. He maintained that the necessities of the government did not require an income tax, and quoted from the report of the Secre- tary of the Treasury in support of his as- | sertion. He quoted from the speech of Sen- ator Voorhees that the passage of the bill would produce a surplus, and said that, cording to this statement, the bill fire.” From a deficiency there has arisen an immoderate surplus. One extreme has been succeeded by another. The committee made many changes, taking sugar, iron, coal, lead and other articies from the free list and making them dutiable, and pro- viding for a tax upon sugar, estimated by | official experts to realize $41,822,623.61, and an additional tax on spirits, from which $10,000,000 is anticipated. et, notwith- standing these large additions of revenue sources to the bill, the committee still re- tained the income tax. He criticised the recent speech of Senator Voorhees for his fierce denunciations of the people of the country who have been for- tunate enough to acquire a competence, and defended the men of New York whom Mr. Voorhees had anathematized. He became Sarcastic in referring to Mr. Voorhees’ un- willingness to make such serious charges against the money men of New York as esserting that they were “fit associates for thieves, housebreakers, forgers and cut- throats.” He summed up by asserting that the ene- mies of tariff reform were those who imper- fled the passage of this bill by arbitrarily insisting upon the retention of an income tax therein. They refused to present a sep- arate measure embracing this feature. They even declined to fix any date—one, two or three years—when the income tax should cease, but they sought to incorporate and establish It as @ permanent policy of the government. In conclusion he defined his these earnest words: ne His Position Defined. “T stand ready to Support any reasonable measure for tariff reform within the lines and based upon the principles which I have here partially indicated, and which | Were fully set forth in my speech in open- ing the political campaign in Brooklyn on September 19, 1892. I stand today where I stood then. I have nothing to add and nothing to retract. ne will cheerfully vote for the Mills bill, reductions of duties therein. waive all minor differences o! do not involve a question of “Having spoken today especially upon the income tax feature of this bill, I reserve the expression of my views upon its other a until near the close of the dis- ussion. “Mr. President, this is an important crisis I am ready to f details which principle. jin the history of the democratic party. The failure of tariff revision at this time means the defeat, the demoralization, if Rot the division and annihilation of ‘our party. Moreover, it means, as we believe, injury to the best interests of the country. Let those who insist upon injecting into this bill this odious and undemocratic feature of an income tax—a relic of war legislation—pause and reflect upon the pos- sible consequences of their unwarrantable demands. “They should realize that it means the nearly equally divided between the two great parties: it means the loss of the next House of Representatives; it means the loss of the electoral votes of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and probably "every northern state; and finally tt means the loss of the next presidency, and all that it implies. They should recollect that this |income tax feature is justly regarded in | New York and many other northern states as a scheme of spoliation, an unwarranted sectional attack upon their citizens of Teans. “They should consider whether there ts anything about an income tax so sacred, so desirable, so popular, so just and so de- fensible that its maintenance is worth the | Fisk which they are precipitating. Let them ; remember 1860 and the ultra demands then | made upon the democratic party, to which it | could not honorably accede; demands which | led to our division and defeat; let them re- | member the triumphs of our opponents, the civil war, that followed, the military and |earpet bag governments which flourished, the force bills which threatened, and ali | the incidents of the terrible years which | darkened our party’s and our country’s history from 1860 to 1884, when, through | wiser counsels, moderate action, concillia- | | tory methods and restored confidence, we | were jatrusted with power again; and, re- | flecting upon all these things, let them say whether it is the part of wisdom, by | the insistence upon extreme demands, to | imperil the success of our party again, and | endanger the best and highest interests of | our common country,” ————_e-____. That $50,000 Offer. To the Editor of The Evening Star: In your articles upon the trolley system and the offer of the Metropolitan Traction Company of New York of $50,000 for an improved invention you seem to tiave hit the nail upon the head in hazarding the conjecture that “appearances may be de- ceptive and that a snare 1s laid for the public.” I am one of presumably numerous other inventors who, attracted by the mag- nificent offer, have contended for the prize, but to this time my drawings and plan have not even been examined, and yet your information is that the competifive spirit of “corporations” has been aroused and that it is narrowed down to three lead- ing competitors. I believe there is some political hoaxing in the matter, intended probably to effect legislation in favor of or against certain New York corporations. My experience leads me to suppose that no individual inventor is allowed to com- pete for the prize, nor was it ever intended that he should, and that the whole offer was an imposition on the public. AN OLD INVENTOR. — The Salem Lyceum. The auditorium of Salem Baptist Church, Champlain avenue northwest, was crowded to its utmost yesterday afternoon to hear an address on the evils of intemperance by Henry Randolph of Fair Plain, Conn. President of the Lyceum, Thomas L. Jones, called the meeting to order promptly at 3:30 o'clock, and after singing several select hymns by the Salem choir, he intro- duced the speaker of the evening. Mr. Randolph dwelled at length upon the ruin which the liquor traffic was bringing upon the nation, and appealed to his colored brethren to put away the cup, acquire property and be men and they would be respected as such. Mr. F. D. Lee was then introduced, and in a few but eloquent re- marks carried his audience by storm. Both speakers were highly applauded at the conclusion of their remarks. An ex- cellent solo was rendered by Miss Geneva Beit. At the request of the Lyceum Prof. Harris, Washington's gifted musician, rendered several selections on the piano. Mr. Arthur Boston and others made brief addresses, after which the Lyceum ad- journed. poemnens” cenmeey Y. M. C. A. Conference, ‘The Y. M. C. A. district conference met in the association rooms at Hagerstown, Md., | Saturday, and elected Mr. W. C. Birely of Frederick chairman, and Mr. V. A. Staley of Frederick secretary. Several topics were discussed, the principal speakers being Her- bert S. Dow of Wilmington, Del.; W. P. Schriver of Baltimore, A. M. Thomas of | Frederick, W. H. H. Smith of Washington. At night a meeting was held in ‘Trinity Lutheran Church. a St. Augustine's Catholic Church at 867 Jefferson street, New York, was destroyed by fire last ni SIGK PEOPLE CURED Eminent Docto at Your Service Free Not a Penny to Pay for the Fullest Medical Examination. Munyon's Homeopathic Remedy Company employ © number of eminent doctors, who have achieved distinction in diagnosing and curing diseases. The marvelous cures which they bave made tave caused physicians of all schools to ponder with amazement, and have at racted sick people to them from nearly every state in the Unlon. ‘Thousands praise the day they came for treat- ment. There is no guesswork, no experimentinz, no painful operation, You can get your remedies here, at your drug store, or not at ail; there is positively no charge for the examination. Open all dty and evening. Sundays, 10 to 12 Mutyon's H. H.R, Co., 1344 G st. nw. mm i2-m,w, tte as | “jumped out of the frying pan into the | join with you in making many material | lcss of the control of this Senate, now | | PETERSBURG'S CALAMITY. Persons Killed by an Ex- plosion, | An explosion and fire, resulting in great loss of life and property, occurred at Pe- tersburg Saturday afternoon. The killed are: John B. Bland, tobacconist; Charles N | Romaine, manufacturer; Capt. James Tosh, Robert Kowland, spectator; James Rowland, Prince George county; James Perkins, employe, head blown off; Edward Traylor, employe; Thomas Woolfork, col- | | ored, engineer, burned to a crisp; James | Bryant, spectator, tailor; John Wells, John | B. darris, Charlies Traylor, Quincey Lutsey | and a colored boy. The wounded are: Kugar Farley, chief engineer, fataii: Charies Short, seriously; Wiuiam Parser, serivusi Sam Drew, coivred, baaly; A. W. Keagrave, fatally; Walter Nunnauy, badly. Toe ‘hire originated in the large fireworks factory of Messrs. Romaine brothers, in Sianaford, where was Sivred a large quan- tly of powder used for manufacturing pur- poses. Siight fires have occurred in this Iactory betore, but they have always been Suppressed by prompt action, it was with the hope and expectation of suppressing this fire that so many peopie Who went to help to extinguish the names were killed and injured. Tne fireworks fac- tory consisted of a number of bulidings, some fifteen or twenty, a few feet apart, in each of which only one party worked; a storehouse in which the combustibies were kept and a packing room for the storage of the manufactures. They were all small frame buildings. it is learned that the fire originated in what is known as the dry powder room,and that there were three explosions. ‘he first when the alarm was first given at 3 o'clock, | the second live minutes later and the last, | @ slight one, about 4 o'clock. ‘The second explosion is said to have been the fatal one. Nearly every one of the bod- jes of the persons kilied was found in a radius of a dozen yards from the building | which caused the second explosion, and | which was known as the magazine build- ing. Besides powder, there were said to | have been in this building potash and sul- phur. The total loss by the fire is estimated to be in the neighborhood of $75,000, Bland Brothers & Wright have an insur- ance of $15,000 on their stock of goods and | building. Romaine & Brothers carried an insurance | of $25,000 on their building and stock, and | the Bryant building was also insured. | The eight dwellings destroyed were all in- hea in sums ranging from $200 to $350 each, An Inquest Begun. An inquest was held before Dr. H. G. Leigh, coroner, at the court house yester- day, and a good deal of testimony heard. Pending the examination of witnesses an | | adjournment was had to this afternoon at| | 1 o'clock, Yesterday at noon a special meeting of | the city council was held and appropriate | resolutions adopted on the death of Messrs. | C. N. Romaine and John B. Bland, whose aaa were attended by the entire coun- ceil. Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in pur- suance to a call of the mayor, a mass meet- | ing of citizens was held in the corporation | | court room to take such appropriate meas- | ure of sympathy and relief as the occasion | may require. There was a very large at-| tendance of Petersburg’s most prominent and influential citizens, including ministers of the different churches. Mayor Collier presided, and the meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. H. W. Battle, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist Church. A subscription list was at once opened, as many of the families of the dead and | wounded are in urgent need. A committee of six from each ward in the city was also appointed to solicit contributions from the citizens. The funds collected are to be dis- tributed by the ministers of the city. At the meeting about $1,500 was contributed. |The meeting adopted a resolution asking the city council to make a donation to the relief fund. It is expected to make the fund | $5,000, Telegrams of sympathy were read. _>-— CONSECRATED A BISHOP. Elevation of Rev. P. Baltimor: Right Rev. P. J. Donahue was yesterday consecrated Bishop of Wheeling, W. Va., at the Baltimore Cathedral, at which he had been for several years the rector. The ceremony of consecration was per- | formed by Cardinal Gibbons, assisted by Bishop Foley of Detroit and Bishop Haid of North Carolina. It was witnessed by a congregation that filled the cathedral to overflowin; The main ‘ar was decorated with white lilies and was illuminated with hundreds of candles. The sanctuary on each side of the altar was filled with priests and stu- dents from St. Mary's Seminary, and prel- ates and priests were seated before the altar. ‘The mass was celebrated by Cardinal Gib- bons. His assistants were: Assistant priest—Rev. H. F. Parke, vicar- general of the diocese of Wheeling. Deacon—Rev. F. W. Werninger of the Wheeling diocese. Sub-deacon—Rev. Daniel O'Connor of the Wheeling diocese. Masters of ceremonies—Rev.C. F. Thomas and Rev. W. A. Reardon of the cathedral. The other assistants were students from St. Mary’s Seminary. Among the prelates and priests present at the cathedral were: Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, Archbishop Williams of Bos- ton, Archbishop Chapelle of Sante Fe, Arch- bishop Ireland of St. Paul, Bishop Phelan of Pittsburg, Bishop Keane of the Catholic University, Bishop Northrop of Charleston, 8. C., Bishop McDonnell of Brooklyn, Bishop Van de Vyver of Richmond, Bishop Maes of Covington and Monsignor Sbaretti, sec- retary to Archbishop Satolll. Bishop Donahue was born in England forty-four years ago. In 1873 he came to this country, settling in Washington and devoting himself to private tuition and the study of law. In i876 he took the degree of LL. B. in the Columbian College and en- tered at once upon practice. In 1882 he gave up the legal profession and entered St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, to prepare for the priesthood. see Serious Accident. Frank G. Gatewood, a little boy ten years old, was on his way to The Star office on Saturday to sell Stars, when he met with a very serious accident by a cow running at large breaking his leg and dislocating his hip. His mother is the widow of the late James Gatewood, residing at 1300 L street southeast. The child is not expected to recover from his injuries. J. Donahue of THE SCHOOL BOY —is often a sufferer you regulate the stom- ach and vowels you'll cure it. Too much i. 08 brain-work and brain- tire brings on a rush of blood to the head with headache, dizzi- ness or ‘nose bleed.” Miss BerTHA WOLTE, of Dayton, Cattaraugus »., N. ¥., writes: “1 suffered froin loss of appetite, constipation, neuralgia, and great weakness, and had ter- rible attacks of sick headache very fro- quently; also’ nose bleed. My health was so poor that I was | not able to go to school for two years. TI took ir. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and 1 Medical Discovery,’ and Miss WOLFE. in a short time I was strong and well. Many friends are taking your me seeing ‘what they have done for me.” SSOCTTNSSHNEINANS Grand National Prizs at Paris, of 16,600 francs to T. LAROCHE, For Stomaoh affections, { bythe medical faculty of | E. FOUGERA &CO., AGENTS FOR THE U.S. 80 North William St, N. Y. HOTEL CORRIDORS, “Tan many men affect to laugh at the movements now on foot in New York which have for their final object the strangulation of the municipal tiger,” said Walter O. Mallory at La Normandie this morning, “but they are really trembling in thelr boots. Heretofore Tammany has been confident of its power to prevent in- terfererce with its election methods by the use of brute and brutal strength. The mere sight of its square-jawed, swaggering heelers at or near the polls has been suf- ficient to deter a timid man—and decent people are more or less timid when placed amid such surroundings—from more than | exercising his right to cast his own vote ‘and get away as soon as possible. This system has prevented respectable citizens of New York city, so far as any considera- ble number of them is concerned, from taking an active part in politics. The re- sult of the trials of Boss McKane and his crowd over at Gravesend and the convic- tion of men for illegal election practices in Gotham itself have encouraged many of those who have heretofore held back to take a more lively personal interest in pol- itics, and I believe Tammany appre- clates that its goose is cooked, so far as corruption and bulldozing are concerned. Of course, it will take time, just as all re- forms do, but I think another decade will see the complete demoralization of Tam- many’s power to control the city of New York.” “I saw a pretty lively chicken fight one night in the reception room of a swell member of the 400 on Sth avenue, New York,” said Milton Kirk of Chicago at the Ebbitt yesterday, “and I thought that was getting pugnacious encounters into pretty elevated quarters, but as 1 came through Reading, Pa., the other day I heard of a prize fight that had been raided a short time before ata place called Worrys or Weaversville. Where do you think they were having it? In a Methodist church, as I am a sinner. The officers found that a ring had been pitched in the center of the church, from which the seats had been re- moved, and the two bruisers were going at it hammer and tongs, while the time- keeper stood in the pulpit and the specta- tors occupied the pews. The fight was stopped in the second round, I was told, and the information was further volun- teered that no arrests were made, although both principals were very well known, reveling, as they did, in the euphonious appellations of “Boston Mike’ and ‘Fatty Kramer.’ ” “I had a funny experience the other morning,” said one of the most prominent newspaper correspondents in Washington, who is modest about the use of his name, at the Riggs House this morning. “I was upstairs, but Mrs. R. was in the dining room, when the door bell rang. The ser- vant had stepped out, so my wife answered it. She found a man in his shirt sleeves standing on the door step and shivering in the raw air. He told her a plaintive story about how he had gone the night before. to a cheap lodging house, and upon awaking had found that his overcoat and coat had been stolen. He was a stranger, he said, and without funds, and asked if an old coat could be given him. Mrs. R.’s sym- pathies were naturally touched, and -up- stairs she me, just as I had about fin- ished dressing. It happens that I haven't any very old clothes, but she selected a coat, and, telling me how the poor man |was freezing to death, took it down to him. I looked out of the window, and something about the man aroused my picion, so I ran down and grabbed my hat |and followed him. He turned the first cor- |ner, and as I followed suit, or rather coat, I saw him join another fellow, who had a |coat over his arm. They were exchanging janimated confidences as I walked up. | ‘Take off that coat,’ I commanded. ““That ain't my coat,’ said the man, | pointing at the apparel on the other's arm. | _““Take off that coat,’ I repeated, and he skinned out of it in short order. Then when they saw I was going to follow them they both ran lke deer. I wish you could have seen Mrs. R.’s face when I marched back into my mansion with the coat in my hand. It's a new trick of the tramps, and iE hope The Star will put the people onto “The most self-possessed woman I ever | Saw is just now one of the belles down at Oid Point Comfort,” said Arthur Spalding of Bridgeport at the Arlington last night. “She is a perfect Juno as to figure, and j half the manly heads at the place have | been turned by ner, and the other half would give all their hopes of the hereafter to be called as she calls her spaniel— ‘Sweetheart.’ The young lady has played no favorites among her admirers, how- lever, and an examination of her card at | any of the dances would show a list of names as different as those on the register yonder. The other day she went up for her usual promenade on the ramparts of the fort, and, as usual, was accompanied |by her aunt, who is her chaperone, one of jher rigid rules being to allow no man |to escort her when she takes her | morning constitutional. By some agagra- | vating cause she lost an article which is {an important part of the feminine ap- |parel. It happened that a bright young devil of an army officer came along and Picked it up. He caressed the narrow strip of blue silk, admired the artistic workman- | Ship of the gold contraptions on either end |of it, and, upon closer examination, de- ciphered those initials that agreed ‘with “Al in a Row.” Ttisa unique sieht to view a Isbad ti motley row of linkers of all nations, languages, vanners and costumes hurrying fi'e to the boiling rudel Spring with an earthenware ug in their hands or slung by @ -trep round the neck or over the Sho..der, and patiently waiting their turn to sip of the us fuid. For three centuries or more all sorts conditions of men, from the king to the tramp, have pilzrimized hither Im search of new life or relief from pain. But we cannot in these competitive days afford the time or money | to travel so far atield, so it ts brought to your | doors bottled In its natural and original form at the spring, or in powder evaporated on the spot, | and so well known as the Carlsbad Spradel Water | and Carlsbad Sprudel Salt. The signature of Eisner & Mendelson Co., Agents, New York, is on every bottle. Beware of imitations. E| EAT QUAKER OATS fh vw liON.—It @ coater offers W. TE, Gougias shoes rt a reduced price, or 3a, he hasthem without name stamped on bottom, put him down as a fraud. 2.00 For WUDIES 32.00 1 A Kes Ya, Zh es D OUCLAS cL SHOE nition. $3 +L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fit- ting, and give better satisfaction at the a. vertised than any other make. Tvy one pair and b inced, The stamping of W. puglas? price on the bottom, which guarantees their vulue, saves thousands of dollars annually to those who wear them. Dealers who push the sale of W.L. Douglas Shoes gain customers, which helps to increase the sales on their full line of goods, They can afford to sell ata less profit, and we beliew money by buying al’ hee of the dealer advertised below. ar LAS, Brock vu, Mo~-. Sons, 422 7th s.w. >» 1322 7th m. Wm. H , 491 Pa. ave. n.w. H. Jorg, 1906 Pa. ave. n.vw. Hoover & Bayley, 438 7th n.vw. J. O, Marceron, 9123 Sth we. H. Oettinger, 1806 14th n.w. “~~ inger, 3124 M n.w. IF YOU NAVE KIDNEY OR BOW don't suiler as T did for long years, but use Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. and it will you, if you give it a chance. C. F. ‘ WILKINS, Afton, N.Y. ~ i DOUG Mrs. Geo. Hol B. Rich Ss. COMPLAINT It cured me jthose borne by the charming creature who |was swaying along the path a hundred yards in front of him. With characteristic honesty, he hurried after her, and, catch- ing up, handed out the article, with a bow of consummate grace, saying: ‘Miss B—, pardon me, but I believe this property is yours.” “She thanked him with a cordiality that ————— It’s Education— simply a matter of education —the use Sevuee Senta th Sere | i Gometiers you race Then. am the sas | ee eae Ing sweetly to the oflos pana ee: Ome ing. The bright women, those the wondering animal scampering in’ front Fig S : of her. If her pet had been a toy terrier | she would have been losi. It is scarcely necessary to add that when Sweetheart re- turned to the hotel he was not sporting a blue silk collar with gold clasps on it.” ee ON NEW PARTY LINES. Gov. Tillman Predicts That They Will Be Drawn Differently. Governor Tillman of South Carolina, in an interview, has declared that he sees nothing | for the future “but for the southern demo- crats to combine their forces with the wes- | | tern populists and go into the next national | campaign on new party lines. The north- | | eastern democrats and republicans are now j together. It is combination of the moneyed interests, The governor then, turning suddenly and | in a somewhat excited and very forcible | | manner, said: “I despise Cleveland and his | mugwumps. He is no better than the rank- | est republican. He has destroyed the demo- cratic party. The south and west will be | forced to unite and have a complete reor- | anization of party lines. The people who | are afraid of the negro and other questions | | will have to cast aside their fears on those | scores and come together on the one line of | fighting the money combination.” | | “Well, governor, what is your idea of | what ought to be done?” was asked. | The governor thought for an instant, and then said: “Well, I'll tell you. I think that the silver men of this country ought to meet in convention at Memphis or St. Louis and organize a fight to control the next Con- gress. Let the west and south cast aside ll questions upon which they now have any differences and get together. It is a fight | between gold and silver, or poverty and prosperity.” coe AnaA mon Mind. There was a large and appreciative audi- ence present at the literary of the Third | Baptist Church yesterday at 3 p.m. to listen to an address by Mr. J. E. Bruce,who | took for his subject “Mind. The music by the Sabbath school was particularly good and was heartily enjoyed by the visitors from other lyceums and the audience gen- erally. Mr. R. D. Ruffin, president of the Second Baptist Literary, was invited to pre- side, and opened the exercises by reading a selection from the Psalms, Among other pq =, visitors were the president of the Central es ten aap eee eens M. E, Church Literary, Miss Rubie Adams; | }4) ——Dulteutrul eliber wud, ‘eet W. C. Martin, an attorney-at-law; W. A. |/P4) ———or toasted. ‘The “test bomen oe. Lavelette, esq.; Mr. Rowzer of the Union 4) — city use it. S-rved—— Wesley Literary, 23d street; R.J. Raymond, v4 ——-FRESH 45 often per week as—— esq., of St. Augustine's R. C. Church, and — ee many others from various literaries. The —— — a sommdent of fateh aptiot Lawears, Stee 4 S7'Weite, or teheghene, S15. Rebecca Gray, introduced the speaker in a few well-chosen remarks. — Old Standby One dozen of the gentine suman. oe MALT EXTRACT gives as much streneth and nourishment as a cask of ale, without being in- | toxicating. It is highly beneficial for use at meal time for convalescents, Ww: | avd as a general tonic foc the weak and del of re ‘CHOOSE Reween good Dental work that’s high- s Priced and just a8 good work th Moderately ‘priced. ee the latt So let us b You'll ‘be well repaid w eh The satis- faction ‘we Invatinbly give would war. rant much higher prices than we ask. SPAINLESSLY mnacie TEETH Is a subject on which we can talk very Strongly. We have the best. known method, and think every one should know it. sleep, no pain, no danger. Extracting by this method, 50 CENTS. Evans Dental Parlors, 1217 Pa. Ave. N.W. vs es tF Drop “or telephone 1005-3—one of our wagons will call. apt If You Are One —af the 9.500 people who have had your photograph taken by us, and have been satisfied with it, you can have as many more as you wish “struck off”—for we hold the neg tive. There isn’t a gallery in this city that, has better facilities for turning out more artistic work. C. M. Bell, Photograph Gallery, 463. 05 Pa. ave. apt SPOT PPPOE PPPOE P OOOO OTEN A Good Pair Of Eye Glasses Or Spectacles For $1. Finest Lenses. No Charge For Exam- ining Eyes. McALLISTER & CO., OPTICIANS, 1311 F STREET (next to “Sun” bidg.). apT POOSODEOS : ; | POSSI OSS OOGIOL PCE IE SOSIOE Terrible To suffer with an enlarged toe joint, hard or soft corn, ingrowing and club nails, when we gixe instunt and permanent relief, witbout Pain. Our pateut attachiuents indorsed by the Most eminent physicians the world over. Prof. J. J. Georges & Son, FOOT SPECIALIST: Parlors, 1115 Pa. 8 to 6 p.m.; Sundays, 9 to 1. m! “GREAT MATTING SALE! BEST CHINESE Damask Seamless Fancy Matting, $11.10 per roll of | Head cur af, on page ¢. BLUM BE0G.. ap’ 74s, 745, 747, 761 Stk Fh. oe children and ladies, | Insist. upon the genuine JOHANN H ~ which must have the signature of “JOHANN | © bot com | HOFE "on tue neck Inbal which circulation, tovigersss Eisner & Mendelson Co., Sole Agents, New York. the body, insure firm, plump flesh, “GREAT MATTING SALE! REAVY CHINESE Tint. Fancy Matting, $3.00 per roll of 4 Tead our —— HiT o> oa a | Saturdays until 11 pm. (Witmer & Co., 1918 Pa. Av. | who learn quickly, are using it | now. The brighter the woman, the larger her use of it—the more good uses she finds to which she can put Pearline. Dull women, those who never use new things until their bright sisters have drummed it into them—they'll use i presently. It’s just a question of sooner or later, wich woman who wants the best, one oo Dod eee FA never peddied, and if your grocer sends thing fn place of Peafline “Go the homes send itback, 4 JAMES PYLE, New ¥s BUFF, LITHIA ai cal Fa tAlways Happy Because thelr digestion je—— 11, ——c00d—becanse they readily as- ——+imilate their food. If you—— b4, ——re thin—if your digestion ig— 94) ——tot up to “high-water mark”—— —you should eat uo other bread—— —— except — i! Boston 3} ai Brown Bread .Krafft’s Bakery, Cor A Pretty Foot Neatly Shod The Warren. See price list of our SPRING OXFORDS here below: $1.25 S16 s185 $2.00 $2.50 32.75 $3.00 $3.50 SS Ss coe | There are about 40 different styles to se. Ject from, The Warren Shoe House, |Geo. W. Rich, 919 F St. i | ap2 ‘The People’s Favorite Pedal Studio. H i 3 Sarees an’s Favorite Prescription | ‘Turkish Bat! apT hs, 1329 GS Ladies. 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It cures bald Hal remed:e t, weak and thin dundruf, on patches, scanty pertings, beir i! out, , and rows. It will restore gray 's original color. It will abso- * 2 luxuriant growth of 1 Mustaches on the smooth- thout injury to the most deli- | cate skin, Its effec Contains no dye, gr «die . 50e. and $1 per hottle. Prepared sold by LORIMER & CO. 107 N. Baltimore, Mi ACKER & KENNER'S ‘apé-Ln n PHARMACY eee eecces , 1429 Pa. ave. o- Ibs. Butter goc. T. D. DALY has removed to 917 Louie fena « ue, where you can buy 8 Ia, Brick Shape of Fresh Elgin Creamery for ». No breaking of the ‘king from tubs to boxes and no wood to pay for. Try a sample n will be convince’. Have on whatever with stalls tm . D. Daly, 917 La. Ave. Got the Best. N ¥ wud wu 497 Tenn. ave., adjoining National Blotel Trunks, Satchels and Leather Goode = = 3 | oth Bde Pf