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THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. ASSIGNEES’ SALE. Of the Entire Stock of CRAIG & HARDING, BALDNESS, 13th and F Sts. N. W., AT A REDUCTION OF Z® Per Gent. This stock consists cf FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERY GOODS. RUGS, DRAPERIES, BEDDING, BLANKETS and COMFORTS. You know the class of goods kept by this concern, and the low prices which they have always offered. Now you have an opportunity to buy the goods at about cost. from the retail price It is a plain story. When we take off 25 per cent you are then availing yourselves of MANUFACTURERS’ PRICES. This is not a fire sale nor a sale previous to stock- taking, but an Assignees’ Sale. There is but a single object to accomplish, and that fs to SELL OFF THE STOCK without delay. These chances don’t come every day, so you had better come in early. Remember, You Yourselves Can Take Off the 25 Per Cent, And, besides, we have picked out an odd Iot of chairs, of which the assignees find from one to six of a kind, which you can have sent to your homes at (34) one-half their regular usual market prices. All we want is to have you stop in and look over the goods, and the prices will whisper to you how good a time it is to buy. All Over the House 25 Per Cent Off. HENRY F. WOODARD, LYMAN A. LITTLEFIELD, Assignees for CRAIG & HARDING, 13th and F Streets. oem, ‘Four Fifths--Five Fifths In The Purchase Household Goods. HOLD Special ( ‘THAT HAVE HAD THEIR GOODS CUT 40 and 50 Per Cent Under what thetr prices were. Better look us up if t anything in any of these lines that you meed. You'll save money by doing so. 30, II| .W.BOTELER& SON 923 Penna. Ave. $a22-40d SOPH POPS SHPO IH SHS ST OOO GEHSIS Eyegalsses With cork nose=piece Only $1.25 FITTED WITH OUR FINEST LENSES —GUARD AND LEATIER CASE. QFEYES cctentifically examined— the exact lenses selected—and glasses fitted WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. McAllister & Co., Opticians, 1311 F STREET N.W. (Next to “Sun” bldg.) 3 3 3 9 9O9O990S 5098909009090 22-28 SS STT CHOOSES SSIS OTIFISS IVES camo anna nua RY ma Leaky Gas, Fixtures —repatred at short notice and ————— little or no expense. i $t Cooking Stoves, It seems the height of folly to & cook by coal, when gas {s so much 2 cheaper, easier, more convenient, ete.! Stoves, $1 up. Every cook- ing, heating and lighting ap- pitunce. jas Appliance Exchange, 1428 N. Y. Ave. Harness Very Low. We are closing out our entire Harness De- partment at greatly reduced prices. Sam- $13.20 $1 Kneessi, 425 7th St. ‘jal2-20d Gray Hair A thing of the past when Nattan’s Crystal Discovery is used. Stops the hair from falling ou®, arrests dandruff and makes the nicest dressing for the hair one cau use. No polson. No sediment. No stains, Price, $1. Trial size, 25e. KOLB PHAR- ane SOLE AGENTS, 438 TTH ST. Ww. “A Word About Made-to-order Shees.” M4P270-0RDER SHOES cost No more here than retdy-made shoes— uch for facilities. We can fit any ordinarily shaped foot from our ready- made stock, which is as large and com- plete as any in Washington, but {f you reyuire a special shoe, we can make that for you on very short notice for about the same morey. We have about 100 assocted skins from which you may select the mat. Le $5 to $10 WILSON, Ladies or Gentlemen.. “Shoomaker for Tender Peet,"* 929 F St. N.W. Ja22-36d * All Furs Reduced.” ii $ : REAT REDUCTIONS have been on our entire stock of Fine $38 Furs, as we do not wish to carry $33 a single garment over to next year. |$33s Here are two sample bargains: $$$ 5 Fine Imported Seal Cape, $40. $$$ Ba Very Fine Imported Seal’ Cape, Willett & Ruoff, 905 Pa. ave. We are not exclusively lamp merchants, but we sell an awful big lot of light shedders, And the Iamp we think most of, talk most of and sell most of is the Ja21-208 B. & H. ‘There's a lamp that won't smoke or smell and always gives satisfaction. Another thing is that they are ornamental, as well as useful. prices. Geo. F. Muth & Co., 418 7TH ST. N.W. Ja22-24d Successors to Geo. Kyneal, jr. “Magnificent Furs At Bargain Prices.” cur line , Jackets, Capes, Muffs, Boas and Scarfs to reduce stock at once. Ccrsult our prices before pur- chasing elsewhere. ®. Stinemetz.f, 1237 PA. AVE. Ja22-20a AYE R’ Ss AYER'S HAIR VIGOR Hair Vigor For PREVENTS eo AND COLOR. Removes Dandruff AND RESTORES COLOR | axers | Faded & Gray HAIR VIGOR ror HAIR. GROWTH AND ane COLOR. Best Dressing. IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and use that old and well-tried zemedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Ssrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gum, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. sel0-1y TicKnew’s Daily Letter, ~ 933 Pa. Ave. GOOD THINGS Coats & Capes. * Our New York © never treated us so well since we have * been in business. To close out their * stock of Furs and Cloths they are mak- * ing us Coats and Capes at about two- . . . . manufacturers have thirds regular prices. They tell us that they are nearing the end, and have sent us all we shall receive in sev- eral styles. eee eeceene ee eeeerene We have received the last shipment of the $22.50 Coats, which we are running at $10. At the time of writing we havo all sizes, but cannot say how long they will hold out. They may be all gone by tomorrow night. . . . . Few Elegant Black Australian Cloth Capes (look like Persian lamb). One style made plain and the other with handsome fur collar. Sold first of the season at $18.50 and $22.50. Now run- ning at $15.00. eeee Small lot of Elegant Seal Plush Long Capes, full silk lined and trimmed with marten fur. Was $22.50, Now running at $18.50. Two left of those Superb Electric Seal Capes (look like real seal), with hand- some marten collar. First of the season price, $65. Now running at $45. ‘Three Black Astrakhan Fur Capes, re- @uced to $17.50, $18.50 and $20. Py . . . . . . . . . . . . Se ee ey We have left sized 82 and 34 in an Blegant Australian Cheviot Long Coat, full ailk lined, which was $32.50. To close, $20 each. oe ee oe ee ee ee oe W.H. Mcknew 933 Pa. Ave. 1t Lowest Don’t Wear Clothes ‘That are out of repair. Don't be “sloppy,” when {t costs so Itttle to have buttons, Mnings and bindfags replaced and worn leces daraai. Putting on new COAT COL- is oae of our nextest acts—50 CENTS. Do your fianasls need attention? Remem- ber, WE MEND EVERYTHING FOR BUSY MEN AND WOMEN. Universal Mending Co., ROOM 4, 1114-1116 F ST. 020-2 Get the Best. THE CONCORD HARNESS. LUTZ & BRO, 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel. Horse Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices. eclé Buchanan Bros., SCIENTIFIO OPTICIANS, iS F st. Fitting glesses is our businets. Examination consultation at any bour. @- and tt THE NAME INDICATES ITS ADVANTAGES. “Rapid Flow” Fountain Syringe. FOR SALE BY @. G. 0. SIMMS, cor. N. ¥. ave. and 14th st. W. S THOMPSON, No. 703 15th st. : W. ©. DOWNEY & CO., 14th and Vt. ave. Z. D. GILMAN, 627 Pa. ave. $a23-w&s6t SEDPL DELP LS IGLOS IE SOO PP OG SS The Baby ENJOYS ITS BATH WHEN Pine Blossom Soap Is used; its superior cleansing and soothing qualities make it a delightful luxury for the It softens and beautities the skin, and heals chafing and other irritating erup- tions incident to childhood. Its purity and powerful curative properties com- nursery. absolute mend it to careful mothers. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price 25 Cents. Foster [ledicine Co., Baltimore, Md. 42d12--11 $06-900062595008000004098008 $2.90 GAS STOVE, $1.25 One Will heat a good siz2 room; it is a new style and best yet received. ‘The $1.25 Stove is table for bath room or hall room. Gas Radiators, $6.25. Chas. A. Muddiman, Ja19-124 614 12TH ST. ARB YOU A READER? We are selling all standard books and 20 OO 90S 40-00-9000 6:05605060000066608 POSE SOOO SOS SOO OD SO POOO SI HEF IOS OOH recent _ publications at a discount dur- ing January. . ©. PURSELL, 418 oth. Ja21-8d ONLY 8 CENTS A COPY FOR STANDARD AND POPULAR MUSIC AT THOMSON’S MUSIC STORE, 521 11TH ST. SELLING BELOW COST TO CLOSE BUSINESS. Ja2-3m Favors, Masks, Scrap Book Pictures, Paper Materials for Pa- per Fancy, Work. ‘aper Flowers made to order. J. JAY GOULD, 421 9th st. @27-1m* HOME ICE COMPANY, E. M. WILLIS, Propr. Depot, 13% ond 14th st. wharves s.w. Tel. 489. Wholesale and retail dealer in Kennebec and Penobscot Ice. Full supply the year round and at Feasonable price always. Sold 19,000 tons, the past year. Ja12-3m NOTHING CONTRIBUTES MORE TOWARDS A ‘sound digestion than the use of Dr. Siegert's An- gostura Bitters, the celebrated appetizer. jal8 Old Settler Claims. ‘The following sums have been distributed by the Department of the Interior in the adjustment of attorneys’ fees for services in the matter of the claim of the Old Set- tler Cherokee Indians against the United States: W. S. Peabody, $8,000; E. J. Ellis, $4,000; C. M. Carter, $3,185; Joel L. Baugh, $1,000; John W. Douglass, formerly a Com- missioner of the District of Columbia,$2,500 8. O. Hemingway, $1,500; J. J. Newell, $10,- 000. ‘The claim of Col. Richard Winter- smith for $200,000 is rejected because the proof of his services was too indefinite. The claims of McKnight, John L. McCoy and Stephen W. Parker were also rejected. Belva Lockwood is awarded a portion of the amount allowed Mr. Newell. In con- formity with a decision of the court of claims, Congress appropriated the sum of $300,386 for the settlement of these claims. Thirty-five per cent of this sum was set aside by the Indians for the payment of at- torneys’ fees. THE SEWER SYSTEM Needs of the City Discussed at Board of Trade Meeting. THE SANITARY ASPECTS OF THE CASE |Re-indorsement by the Board of the Bond Issue Bill. VARIOUS LOCAL MATTERS ai eS eee Th2 January meeting of the Washington board of trade last evening in Willard Hall was attended by about a hundred members. In preparation for the expected discussion of the bond issue Dill several maps ard diagrams were hung up on the walls and on improvised easels, construc ed of tables and chairs. Secretary Wight had a bad cold, and when President War- ner called for order at 8 o'clock the secre- tary’s voice was so nearly gone that he turned over the minutes to the assistgnt secretary, Mr. Gurley, who read them. ‘The two committees authorized at the last meeting were then announced, as follow: Standing committee on public schools, Major George H. Harries, Prof. B. T. Jan- ney, Wm. A. Meloy, Thos. W. Smith and Daniel Murray; special committee to car- ry into effect the civil service extension resolutions of the board, John Joy Edson, Frederick L. Siddons, M. M. Parker, Rufus H. Thayer and H, A. Hall. A long ccmmuhication was read from Frank Libbey & Co., protesting against the action of the District Commissioners clear- ing the sidewalks of signs ard other ob- structions. This letter was referred to the executive committee. A resolution offer- ed by Mr. Wm. H. Moses, deploring the death of Major Anderson P. Lacey, was adopted. A similar resolution, expressing the grief of the board at the death of the late Congressman Post of Illinois was o fered by Mr. S. W. Woodward and passed. Various Resolutions. Dr. 8. 8. Bond presented a resolution condemning the course of Congress in steadily reducing the appropriations for public schools below the estimates of the beard of trustees and the Commissioners. The resolution was referred to the new committee on public schools. Mr. J. H. Ralston offered a resolution providing for the appointment of a speciad committee of seven members to report to the board a fair and proper price of gas in the District, what steps should be taken to secure a reduced rate, and whether the city should undertake to furnish its own gas. Mr. James Lansburgh moved to amend by including the electric lights as well as gas. This being accepted by Mr. Ralston, the resolution was adopted. Mr. F. L. Siddons offered a resolution instructing the committee on taxation and assessment to prepare a bill for the repeal of the personal tax. Mr. Warner was in- clined to ref2r the resolution to the com- mittee on taxation, but Mr. Siddons pro- tested. Dr. Fardon moved-this references. He said that the board was not ready to act on such an important matter. Mr. Warner remarked that he understood the committze has had under consideration such a measure as the resolution contem- plates, and he did not think the resolution should piss without reference. Mr. Sid- dons did not want to have the resolution go to the committee without a date being set on which to report, Dr. Fardon fixed the amendment to request the committce to re- port at some time prior to the meeting of the next Congress. The resolution was then referred. Mr. Rudolph Goldschmid’s resolution, in- troduced at the last meeting, providing for a special committee to inquire into the reasonableness of the telephone rates for the District, and report whether it is ad- visable to make any changes from the present system, was then passed unani- mously. None of the members of this committee are allowed to be connected with corporations. The Proposed Sewer Plan, President Warner next called upon the committee on sewerage, and its chairman, Mr. Albert M. Read, took the floor. He outlined the work of the committee, and sketched the plan that has been adopted to relieve the water front from the accum- ulation of sewage that floats from the great tubes upon the shcres. In this plan there are sewers that are intended to only the sewage of the city, others to cnly rain water, and a third class t 3 both sewage and rainfall; they will aggre- gate about twenty miles and range from fifteen inches te fifteen feet in diameter. ‘The estimate is that such a scheme as that proposed will be adequate for a city of $00,000 people. Read quoted from a medical authority to show that where one person dies of malarial fever im the most healthful district of the city, twenty die at the mouth of the James ¢ al and forty-three at the mouth of Rock creek. Alluding to the financial part of the plan, Mr. Read declared that the whole system would cost about $4,350,000, ‘The interest, repairs and running expenses will aggre- gate about $152,250 a year. If the loan be placed at about 8 per cent the debt can be liquidated in about fifty years, with an an- nual expenditure of about $87,000 as a sink- ing fund, making a total annval output of about $259,000. There is no question, said Mr. Read, that Congress is willing to ai sume one-half of the expenditure on this sewer plan, and on this basis the share of the taxpayers of the District wouid be about $119,000 yearly, making an average of 44 cents per annum for each inhabitant. This scheme, he said, will require the ex penditure of about $1,740,000 for materials and $2,610,000 for labor, almost every cent of which would be spent here in the Dis- trict, giving direct employment to about 4,000 men for two or three years, and gix- ing food and comfort to upward of 20,000 men, women and children, many of whom are now living on charity. In conclusion, Mr. Read spoke glowingly of the future of Washington under the proposed plan of sewer construction, and at the close his re- port was greeted with great applause. Dr. Busey’s Clenr Statement. President Warner called upon Dr. Samuel Cc. Busey,.chairman of the committee on public health, who delivered a disserta- tion upon typhoid fever, its causes and modes of ‘prevention. It is remarkably easy, he said, to improve the health cf the city by means of better sewers and water supply. The rapid strides of medical science, he declared, during the past few years, have produced marvelous results, and the goal of medicine today is the pre- vention of disease, especially such ailments as typhoid fever. There never was an epidemic of typhoid fever anywhere that hag not been demonstrated, he added, to be due to a polluted water and milk supply. Dr. Busey explained the nature of the disease and how it can not be contracted unless the poison germ or bacillus is taken into the stomach, One case may, through the pol- lution of the water,.cause 100 other cases. The cure for such'a danger consists of first an improved water supply, and second, a sufficient sewerage. Dr. Busey called attention to a large chart showing the relation of the death rate from typhoid fever and its allied dis- eases to the water supplies of the large cities of this country and Europe. By this it was demonstrated that a full supply of free, pure water in cities is accompanied by a low death rate. As a further illustra- tion Dr. Busey showed a chart illustrating the progress of the cholera in Hamburg in 1892. ‘The city of Altona, across the Elbe from Hamburg, takes its water below the point of sewage contamination, but has an extensive filtration plant. It was practi- cally free from the cholera in 1802, and a small bit of territory in the heart of Ham- burg, where the inhabitants insisted upon getting the filtered water of Altona, was aimost wholly exempt from the epidemic. The Cause of Typhoid. A second large chart showed a great rise in mortality from typhoid fever in cities without sewer systems. Dr, Busey said that Washington has today a mortality from typhoid fever only exceeded by that of few other cities in the country. Coming to the city itself, Dr. Busey dis- played a number of charts to show the re- lation between the fever, the pumps and the surface closets. He demonstrated that the greatest number of ‘cases of typhoid fever were in the localities where there are the mest pumps and the most privies or out-door closets. There are no less than 14,00) privies in the District, he added. The result is a saturation of the soil with the poisonous elements that go to fill the air and to poison the food. If every house had a direct sewer connection the mortality of the city would be reduced 3 to 1. Dr. Busey closed with an appeal to the board to work for the passage of the bond bill. The Medical Society. he said, has workea hard to investigate the question, and is satisfied that if the general sewer plan that has been outlined shculd be put into effect within a few years typhoid fever will be- come so scarce thit the physicians will not have practice enovgh to properly diagnose the disease. Mr. Randall Hagner took the floor for about five minutes to complain that the sewers now in existence are not kept clean. ‘There is an annual appropriation of $40,000 to $60,000, he said, to keep the sewers clean. ‘This sum, he said, is not sufficient by half. The sewers, as a result, are unclean in al- | most every part of the city. Mr. Hagner said that he frequently saw sewer traps on Connecticut avenue belching forth great volumes of filth and stench. He grew very earnest, and intimated that there must be something wrong abcut the city adminis- raion to permit the sewers to become so foul. E Capt. Beach Explains. > When Mr. Hagner kad concluded with a passicnate appeal to the citizens to arise and take things intc their own hands, a qviet appearing man ro8e from the :u- dience and addressed the chair. He said he was not a n-Aiber, but present by invitation, and intrcduced himself as Capt. Beach of the engineer department of the District government. He was welcomed to the floor by President Warner, aud -nade 2 reyly to what he termed “a general as- sault vpor the sewers.” He said that the sewers of the District are of two general classes—those laid prior to I8i8 by the board of public werks, and thcse laid in the past few years by the sewer depart ment. The former are continually giving trouble, being inainly pipe sewers, laid in shallow trenches in the ground, without supports, and evidently in a great hurry. In most cases thev are out of grade and are not even in line. Sometimes the sewers are completely choked by the routs of trees. The engineers are replacing these sewers as fast as Congress grants money for the purpose. The more modern sewers, those lafd by the District engineers, seldom give any trouble, and are k2pt clean. The sewers in the lower part of town, where the tide checks the flow, have to be cleaned by hand. Capt. Beach concluded by assuring Mr. Hagner and the board that it was the constant effort of the engineers to keep the sewers in good condition, and he asked them to report every case of a sewer that misbehaves. Dr. W. W. Johnson reminded Mr. Hagner that foul sewers do not absolutely cuuse. ill health, nor do clean sewers necessarily Produce good health. As long as a sewer does its werk, whether clean or not, it is ell that can be asked. In Lendon, where the death rate from zymotic diseases is low, the sewers are notoriously foul, while in Paris, where the sewers are kept 80 clean that they are shown to visitors as ob- jects of curicsity, the mortality from ty- phoid fever is very high. What the Bourd Could Do. Mr. Hagner, however, insisted that the sewers should he kert clean, and went on to show that he fs personally familiar with the sewerage systems of Paris and Londoa. He was proceeding to explain the way things are done in the latter city, when a m2mber arose, and, apologizing for the in- terruption, said that while he was glad to hear about sewers, he thought the board ought to give some attention to the ques- tion of street extensions, and he called for the remarks that Mr. R. Ross Perry was scheduled to make. Mr. Hagner sat down in @ hurry and Mr. Perry, calling attention to the lateness of the hour, moved to ad- journ. Cries of negation from all parts of the hall dissuaded him and he made a brief speech on the street extension plan, prefaced by a statement of his idea of what the board of trade ought to accom- Plish in the way of local reforms. He said that he had wondered why such a board, somposed of the best citizens, the most en- terprising business men, and ihe most ener- getic representatives of every class and calling, should not succeed in wielding a most irresistible influence before the Com- missioners ind Congress. He then urged the board not to rest, but to go ahead with redoubled energy to secure favorable action by Congress upon the many reform meas- ures that are needed and pending. Among these needs he spoke of the revision of the local laws,which, he said, are 100 years be- hind those of Maryland. Concerning the street extension plan Mr. Perry declared that the city was never ant to be confined by Florida avenue; | it was never intended that it should stop | until time itself stopped. Congress, how- ever, apparently means to have the new city worse in many respects than the old, and he spoke of how the streets begin to creok. immediately after they pass the boundary. In Boston, he said, the old part only fs crooked, and that is caused by the old plan of following the cow paths as guides for laying out the streets. The new portion is straight and beautiful and will always be so as long as the city grows. The Bond Bill Reindorsed. As an instance of the dilatory policy of the government, which affects Washing- ton, unfortunately, Mr. Perry spoke of the purchase of Rock Creek Park, which, he said, could have been obtained for twenty times less money had it been bought ten years sooner. The speaker summarized the pressing needs of the city of today into this list: A larger water supply, an in- creased and modern sewer system, a me- morial bridge, and a comprehensive street and park system. Speaking finally of ue parks of the city, Mr. Perry evoked ap- plause by telling of the great good done by them to the children of the poor, who learn lessons of nature from them that they could never obtain otherwise. Thi: he-said, makes better citizens, and he ap- pealed for more out-door charity work, to be done by the men of wealth, who can, at a small expenditure, give untold pleasure to thousands of children each summer by sending them into the country for fresh air and good thoughts. After the conclusion of Mr. Perry's talk Dr. A. P. Fardon urged the board to take anew a definite action on the street and sewer bond bill, which has already been approved by the organization. He moved, therefcre, that the board reindorse the bill and that its members should use every ef- fort to have it d at this session of Congress, “on account of its imperative necessity for the health and comfort of the citizens of Washington.” Mr. S. W. Woodward suggested an amendment, which was accepted by Dr. Fardon, charging the president to call an extraordinary session of the board to in- augurate active measures to push the Dill to a consideration at an early date. Mr. Riley Deeble spoke of the necd of quick action. He that the long agi- tation of the street extension system has made the land marked out for condemna- tion so well known that it is impossible to ebiain loans upon it; the plan has falien like a mortgage upon the land in line with the proposed highways. If the citizens of Washington, he added, were to put as much energy into their advocacy of the pill as did the Chicago people into their efforts for the measure for a new post office building there would be no further delay by Congress. Dr. Fardon’s motion to reindorse the bill was then carried without a division, and the board adjourned. —_—_-__ Peanut Culture. ‘The possibilities in tMe culture and uses of peanuts*are pointed out in a bulletin issued by the Agricultural Department and compiled by R. B, Handy of the office of the experiment stations. Attempts have been ‘made to introduce peanut meal as an article of human food and extension of the manufacture of peanut oil has been urged, but the report indicates that pres- ent conditions do not warrant any con- siderable increase in the acreage of the crops. It urges more careful cultivation end a proper rotation of crops and that more attention be given to the utilization of the nutritive forage which the peanut plent affords. Planting the peanuts in a well-prepared soll to a depth of four inches is advocated by the department. ° School Land Titles Approved. ‘The Secretary of the Interior has approved clear lists of lands, covering 16,264 acres, for a scientific school in the Waterville land district, and 13,876 acres for an agri- cultural college in the Spokane Falls dis- trict, selected in the state of Washington, 1,887 acres in the Woodward district, Okla., as a school land indemnity selection, and 999 acres in the Marshall land district, Minn., on acccunt of a grant made to aid in the construction of the Hastings and Dakota railroad. ANOTHER DIOCESE Episcopal Situation as to Baltimore and This City. SEPARATION IS WANTED HERE Dr. McKim's Argument Against a Vague Project. “d B POSITION The Episcopal churchmen of this city are very much interested in the proposed sepa- 1 ration of the District of Columbia and the feur Potomac counties of Maryland from the diocese of Maryland, the formation of a new diocese and the consequent election of a bishop, to be known as the bishop of } Washington. The division of the Maryland diocese was recommended at the Maryland ccnyention held last year. It was decided that the work of the present diocese is too great for one bishop. The territory embraced in the proposed new diocese includes the District of Colum- bia and the counties of Charles, Montgom- ery, Prince George and St. Mary's, Mar, land. It contains 47 pari churches ar chapels, and more than 12,600 communi cants, It is argued that such a field in any part of the country wonld demand the whole time, strength and energy of one bishop. It is all the more necessary, there- fore, it is claimed, that this territory,which includes the capital of the nation, and which is each year becoming more and more the center of educational, scientific and religious effort, should have a bishop, to be the leader in every good work, afid stimulate its present encouraging growth and plan for the church’s future develop- ment. Endowment Fund. ‘The first step toward the founding of a new diocese is the establishment of an en- dowment fund for the bishopric. The dio- cese of Maryland has a fund of about $22,- (00. The interest upon this is insufficient, of course, to support the bishop, so the deficiency is made up by assessments upon the parishes. Bishop Paret has insisted that he will not consert to a division of the diocese if it is to increase the tax upon the perishes. As soon as the diocesan conven- tion recommended the division, therefore steps were taken teward securing an en- dcewment fund, both for the Baltimore dio- cese and the proposed Washington diocese. The Washingtcn diocese decided that it would not start with less than $50,000. A committee was appointed to raise this sum, consisting of Rev. Randolph H. McKim, Rev. Alfred Harding. Rev. Albert R.Stuar D.D., and Messrs. Henry E. Pellew, Lewis J. Davis, S. W. Tullock and H. K. Viele. The committee has now secured money aud pledges amounting to $34,000-and is very cor fident of completing the quota of $50,000 befcre next May. At that time the dio- cesan convention will assemble in this city, and it is proposed to report the pregress of the efforts for a division and secure consent to go before the general convention, to be held in Minneapolis next October, and there present a formal peti- tion for a division of the diocese. Final action lies with the October convention. Unique Suggestion. In the meantime another project for a division has been formulated and is being discussed in some quarters. The plan is rather vague in detail, but In general out- line it proposes to establish in the Dis- trict of Columbia a diocese unique in the erder. The idea is to have a diocese which hall bear the same relation to the church that the District of Celumbia bears to the general government. The diocese is to be | ecntrolled solely by the general conven- tion and the bishop of the diocese is to be the primus, performing the functions new devolving upon the presiding bishop of the general convention. The parishes of Washington would have no voice in the se- lection of a bishop and in every way would be subject to the control of the general | convention, as th political District cf Columbia is subject to the control of Con- grces. The benefits to be derived from this plan are not fully explained. It is urged in a general way that the new dio- cese would take rack and precedence of | all other dioceses, and that the fact of | its being the residence of the primus would | make the diccese of greater importance, make it a center for the most progressive effcrts of the Episcopal Church. Opposition Arguments. This plan ts being vigorously opposed by the Washington clergy. A great nany ob- jections are urged against it. In che first place it would deprive the Washington clergy of the privilege of choosing their own bishop and would place over them a bishop chosen by the general convention. The principal objection, however, seems to be that the adoption of the plan would cause a delay of four years or more in the division of the diocese. The idea is a novel one in the history of the Episcopal Church, | and chere is no law to warrant its adoption. The constitution of the general convention | would have to be changed, and this, it is said, is a tedious operation. The proposed change must be submitted to and ratified by the several dioceses of the country, and then, after there is warrant of law for the change, the plan can be carried out. It is also urged that if the District of Columbia becomes a dependary of the gen- eral convention the result will be a condi- tion very much like the situation now ex- isting between the general government and the political District of Columbia. The new diocese will be nobody’s ward, and in the allotment of favors at the generai conven- tion every other diocese will see that its own interests are’served before the Wash- ington diocese is taken into consideration. Dr. McKim’s Letter, This question was discussed in a recent communication to “The Churchman” by the Rev. Dr. McKim in behalf of the com- mittee appointed to raise funds for the rew diocese. “In the first place,” said Dr. McKim, “I deprecate the discussion at this time of a proposition to completely reverse the de- liberate action of the diocese of Maryland, by creating not a new diocese, but a de- pendency, a jurisdiction of the whole church, and upon different lines to those carefully drawa by the convention. The plan which you advocate was before the church. It was considered by the bishop and the diocese of Maryland, with others. It was not adopted. It may con- ceivably be the best plan, but the const!- tutional judges—that is, the churchmen of Maryland—decided otherwise. To reopen the question now is to produce confusion and uncertainty in the public mind, and to embarrass the efforts of the committee appointed to gather funds for the organiza- tion of the new diocese. I most respect- fully submit that the following points have been, after careful and long consideration, deliberately and with great unanimity de- cided by the bishop, the clergy and the laity of the diocese of Maryland: (1) That the new diocese shall include four counties of the present diocese, besides the District of Columbia—tne Potomac counties (a line of division long ago suggested by Bishop Whittingham); (2) that the division of the diocese shall be pushed forward as rap- idly as it can constitutionally be done; (8) that the new organization shall be auton- omous, a diocese, not a jurisdiction of the whole church, and clothed with all the rights and privileges of its sister dioceses. “I hold, therefore, that it is too late to discuss this question now. The process of creating a new diocese, independent, au- tonomous, has been entered upon deliber- ately, after due consideration and by con- stitutional methods; and no hand cutside the diocese may properly interpose at this stage to stay the execution of the expressed will of the church of Maryland. * oe Work Being Done. “We agree with all that has been said in your columns of the importance of this city and of its vital relations to the whole coun- try, and of the solemn duty which rests upon the church to do something to meet, something to surpass, what is being done by other religious bodies. But we ask: Are we not doing something? Already we have secured twenty-one acres of land ona commanding site for the future cathedral and other diocesan buildings. Already the funds needed for a church school for girls on that site have been pledged. And now we are raising an endowment for the new bishopric and will stand at the doors of the FOR 20 YEARS the* formula for making Scott's Emulsion has been endorsed by physiciansof thewholeworld. No secret about it. This is one of its strongest endorsements. But the strongest endorsement possible is in the wial strength it gives. _ Scott’s Emulsion nourishes. It does more for weals Babies and Growing Children than any other kind of nourish- ment. It strengthens Weak Mothers and restores health to all suffering from Emaciation and General Debility. For Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Bron- chitis, Weak Lungs,Consumption,Blood Diseases and Loss of Fiesh. Scott& Bowne, N.Y. All Druggists- 60c. and next general convention, asking our con- stitutional right to be set apart as a new diocese, having fulfilled all the required conditions. “Grant our request, and the church will see here an active, aggressive, powerful diocese ere mat years, which will exert a commanding influence upon the nation. Re- it, and make ws a dependency of the general chureh, and this bright promise will surely fail. It is not by making a ndent and relieving it of re- ty that it will grow strong and character. It may be a great boon, as you suggest, that a diocese should be spared the vexation of an episcopal elec- tion, but if so, why not relieve all the dio- ceses of so vexatious a duty? It would vastly simplify matters if the new consti- tution should clothe the primus with the power of filling all vacancies on the episco- pal bench, In that ease the general con- Yention, and all the diocesan conven’ would be spared the vexation of episcopal elections! “All that your plan desiderates can be ac- complished ‘b: ce to our traditions and by stili acting in obedience to the genius of our constitution. And as to what you say of the duties of the primus, which has great force, it would seem that the provincial system offers a wiser, a better and a more catholic method of attai the ends you have in view. primus might have his seat at Washing- | ton as metropolitan of a province, and the diocese of Washington remain an autono- mous organization, with its own bishop and with its constitutional rights unim- paired. Be this as it may, there can be no question that it is unwise and improper to reopen the discussion of a question which has been closed by the parties most nearly concerned. ‘To do se can only produce con- fusion and uncertainty in th> public mind, and may result in rebbing us of the success airealy in view. Bishop Paret. In the event of a new diocese being form- ed, it is an open question whether Bishop Paret will choose the Washinstoa diocese or remain with the Baltimore diocese. The bishop has given no indication of his in- tention. At the recent reception tendered him in this city Bishop Paret stated ex- pliciily that he had not expressed his in- tention and that he would not commit him- self at this time. —_>—__ LETTERS TO PRISONERS. ‘The House Judiciary Committee Think Existing Statute Should Be Amended. An Illinois court, in one of its decisions, held that a sheriff who opened a letter addressed to a prisoner in his custody be- fore the lette> was delivered to the pris- oner made himself amenable to the law, which imposes punishment upon persons who open letters address2d to others. By the introduction of a bill to correct this unsatisfactory condition of affairs the | matter was brought to the attention of the House judiciary committee, and in a recent report the latter express their opinion ‘that in cases where officials who are charged with the custody of prisoners in confinement in prison under sentence of the law, such officials should have the legal right to inspect correspondence addressed to such prisoners, If the rule were oth- erwise, it is easy to see that the discipline of such prisoners may be in this way se- riousiy impaired and facilities for the escape of prisoners easily afforded. “Your committee are unanimously of opinion that the existing statute should be amended so that the chief official of penal institutiors may inspect correspondence addressed to prisoners in their charge if they think that any such communications will imperil the safe custody of such pris- oners.” ——————_+2+___ France’s Wine Crop. According to United States Consul Wiley at Bordeaux, the French wine crop for 1894, including Ccrsica and Algiers, amounted to 1,117,S7),000 gallons, valued | at $185,800,000, at 16 cents per gallon. The rop was smaller than in the preceding year by 280,442,000 gallons in France proper, owing to rain, but was still in excess of the average crop. The quality canmot yet be fully determined, but the price augments every day. —S Kickapoo Indians Dissatisfied. Representatives from the Kickapoo In- dians of Oklahoma are in the city. The lands of these Indians were bought by the government and the price tendered was accepted by the Indians. A number of the tribe are dissatisfied with this arrangement and are seeking relief. This case is cov- ered by a provision of law which is that allotments shall be made to Indians who refuse to abide by treaty stipulations. Se SS Fourth-Class Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was forty. Of this number thirty-five were to fill vacan- cies caused by death and resignation and the remainder by removals. The Virginia appointments were: Finney’s Siding, T. P. Robinson, vice T. K. Wallace, removed; Irisburg,’ Mrs. Kate Norman, vice Annie M. Mitchell, resigned; Monmouth, Eliza- beth J. Dixon, vice Addie E. Agner, re- signed; Oaklevel, R. A. Pace, vice J. H. Davis, resigned; Rockymount, C. M. Hirt, vice F. O. Hoffman, resigned. my Pensions Granted. The District pensions granted today were: Original—George A. Keyser, alias Philip A. Meeks, Soldiers’ Home. Reissue—Michael Hogan, Soldiers’ Home; Patrick Donoghue, Soldiers’ Home. Repairs in Progress. The repairs which have been in progress on the Fifteenth Street Colored Presby- terian Church since last June are now rap- idly approaching completion, and the church will be ready for occupancy inside of another month. One of the members of the congregation bought the iron railing from the now demolished Blaine mansion, presented it to the church and It is now being put up in front of the church prop- erty. The somewhat historic relic has at- tracted considerable attention, not only from the church attendants but from pass- ers-by. —_—_—_ Officers Elected. At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Mutual Protection Fire Insurance Com- pany of the District, held yesterday, the following officéfs were elected for the en- suing year: William Ballantyne, president; William J. Sibley, vice-president; James L. Norris, attorney, and James E. Fitch, sec- retary and treasurer. ——— The Workers’ Union. Rev. J. J. Muir made an address on the Bible at the monthly meeting, last even- ing, of the Workers’ Union of the Central Union Mission. ———— Sweden Raises the Duty on Gin. United States Consul O'Neil at Stock- holm, Sweden, reports to the State Depart- ment that a bill was passed by the Swedish government on the 7th instant raising the duties on grain and flour to the following rates: Grain, all kinds, per 220 pounds, $0.84; malt, all kinds, per 220 pounds, $1.07, and flour, all kinds, per 220 pounds, $1.74.