Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1895, Page 9

HE HAWAIIAN COURT "> V. V. Ashford on Trial for Misprision of Treason. HIS CHECKERED CAREER pea ewe | Nowlein’s Testimony as to the Conspiracy. A SHARPLY CONTESTED CASE Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, February 2, 1895. ‘The most sharply contested case before the military commission was tried this week. It was that of Col. V. V. Ashford, charged with misprision of treason. In some respects it was the most interesting case yet tried. Ashford is by birth a Ca- nadian, adorned by his hopeful parents with the aristocratic praenomens of Vol- ney Vaillancourt, and now a tall man of fifty, of military erectness, and luxuriant mustache. He has seen considerable mili- tary service, beginning at the age of eigh- teen under Sheridan, and later with Wolse- Volney V. Ashford. ley on the Red river. He came to Honolulu {nm 1884, and practiced law with his brother, Clarence. Ashford commanded the Honolulu rifles In 1887, by whose aid the citizens compell- ed Kalakaua to accept a liberal constitu- tion. At the same time he got a large sum of money from the king under pretext of securing his personal safety—a transac- tion which destroyed public confidence in him. In 1SS9 he still commanded the rifles and heiped to subdue the insurrection of Wilcox, but with evident reluctance, and was believed to_be in complicity with Liliuokalan! and Wilcox in that affair. In 1892 he joined Wilcox in a conspiracy to dethrone the queen, and was compelled to leave the country, but returned to Hono- lulu after her deposition. Like his brother, who was attorney general in the Thurston cabinet, he has gained the reputation of being not only unscrupulous, but careless about the appearance of honorable con- duct. 4 In the Queen’s Favor. Marshal C. B. Wilson, the queen’s fa- vorite, was efficient in breaking up the plot of Wilcox and Ashford in 1892, and prose- cuting the conspirators, for which Ashford cherished a bitter grudge. He indulged this animosity in an excessively venomous con- tribution to Col. Blount’s report, setting forth the private relations alleged to ex- ist between Wilson and his sovereign. It was therefore with some surprise that it was learned that Liliuokalani had lately signed a commission for her vilifier, Ash- ferd, as associate justice of the supreme ccurt, as well as for his brother as attor- ney general. Clarence had been only a little less vituperative toward her. It was apparent that the two brothers must hi ™ undertaken to render indispensable service in restoring her demolished throne. What- ever aversion Mrs. Dominis might feel for her late viliflers, or with whatever qualms of disgust she might take steps to promote them, there was no surprise felt at the ad- ‘venturous pair coming round to champion her cause, as they had been rigidly ex- juded from all participation in the pro- visional government or in the republic on account of their notorious characters. A Four Days’ Trial. Shortly after the capture of Nowlein,” who gave away all his confederates, and of Kane, the ex-queen’s private secretary, who likewise disclosed what he knew, the brothers were imprisoned under martial * law. Only Volney has vet been tried. His . case came before the court several days ago and lasted, with interruptions, for f four days. His attorney, Paul Neumann, who had denied the jurisdiction of the military commission in all the treason © made special objection to their pow- er to try this inferior offense of misprison of treason. His argument was labored ond strenuous and was evidently Intended to influence not only the minds of the court, but also those of H. B. M. Commissioner Hawes and United States Minister Willis, who have been continuously present at these Clarence W. Ashford. trials, and who might be hoped to interpose objections to the government ‘executing the sentences of such an alleged unconstitu- tional court in the cases of British sub- jects or American citizens. These diplo- mats already had, at the outset of the trials, asked the government to postpone execution of any capital sentence upon British or Ameriean citizens until they had time to communicate with their respective governments. Judge Advocate Kinney made an elab- orate reply to Neumann, especially point- ing out an explicit difference between the Hawaiian constitution and the British pe- tition of right, whereby there was far less limitation to the operation of martial law. He also very forcibly pointed out the fatal inefficiency of ordinary courts in dealing with such crimes in time of insurrection, when fellow conspirators might easily get on the juries. Neumann's objection was overruled and the trial proceeded. , ‘Testimony Against Ashford. Nowlein was a chief witness. He testi- fled to frequent conferences with Ashford during ten ys previous to the outbreak, in which special attention was given to the proposed attack from the fish market, which Ashford was to lead. Just vef the time, however, he told Nowlein ris knee was lame, so that he would be unable to act. z Capt. Davis of the Waimanalo“testified to having conferred with Ashford about rms, especially on the day be- to intercept the schooner and t the rifles from her. Kaae testified to his c n's signing a commi: ying and the ex- sion for Ashford ssociate justice. ‘al hackmen tes- 1 to carrying Ashfor vowlein, an‘ vice versa; one driven Ashford bac! 4 forth on Waikiki road to me in, as the latter bad teg- d. Ashford’s Chinese clerk testified to wiein’s visiting Ashford at his office. fense Ashford testified that all his ings with Nowlein related to legal 23, that Nowlein was and espect with him what to do in case aa 1 se warrant was served at shington Place. He denied that Now- » lein had ever imparted to him any definite knowledge of the intended insurrection. THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. When he talked in a general way of such projects, Ashford had denounced them as totally impracticable. He said that Now- lein had asked his opinion about the politi- cal situation; he replied that there would be no satisfactory condition of things here until the country, was annexed to the United States; told him that there was no possible chance of restoration of monarchy, as the sentiment against it was growing stronger day by day. Nowlein’s testimony about submitting plan of rebellion to him he said was utterly false. He did tell him that the natives had no arms nor organi- z=tion, while on the other hand the govern- ment had abundance of arms and was watching everything closely, Not one syl- lavie Was said about Gulick, Rickard and Seward and others being concerned in up- rising to be made. Nowlein told him, he testified, that if the natives rose they'd rise as one man. He implied that arms would not be necessary and that they could accomplish the undertaking with clubs. Nowlein made many suggestions concern- ing possibilities in the event of uprising, and said the regulars wouldn't fight any- way. He told Nowlein that the queen’s sun had set when she refused terms of Minister Willis. He never heard of nor knew anything about being made associate justice of supreme court; though when he did hear it while in prison regarded it as a joke some one was trying to play on him. He testiiied that he hadn't spoken to the queen since about time of election in 1800; and was never asked by any one if he would accept office. When Nowlein talked with hin about possibility of an uprising told him Re didn’t think queen wanted any attempt made to restore her. He was sur- prised that any such foolhardy attempt as the present one had been made. Cc. W. Ashford testified for the defense that he had also talked with Nowlein on the same subject as his brother. He had read him a strong lecture, and declined to have anything to do with his plans. Now- lein's statements were mainly untrue. Volney also testified that Davis’ state- ment was untrue. Their conversations re- lated entirely to certain claims made against Davis. * Neumann submitted the case without argument, Volney and Clarence having both talked at great length as witnesses. The Government's Reply. Kinney’s reply was careful and forcible. He argued that “the pleas have thus far either been guilty, or on the stand they have admitted their guilt or have not put in any defense. Now, for the first time really, the commission is put to the test of deciding between conflicting evidence. The real work of the commission has begun. “Though charged with a much lower of- fense than those whose trials preceded them this trial has now lasted the fourth day. This fact I do not take to indicate either guilt or innocence, but simply that we are dealing now with a man of a dif- ferent class, of a class which rarely leaves a broad and open track behind it. And if any one has expected in this case the same class ef proofs, the same simple evidences of guilt that a Lot Lane or a Bertelmann or even a Seward might furnish he must be disappointed. “The machinery of ancient criminal law,” he said, “would be utterly inadequate to cope with the intricate crimes of the pres- ent day. Men are reached and punished now who once could not be reached. ‘roo often the law punished the open tool, but could not reach the one who pulled the wires behind the scenes. The two direct witnesses are Nowlein and Davies, one Ashford’s friend, the other not his enemy. They are condemned because they have given state’s evidence. But let us not be hasty. What motive has either to falsely implicate the Ashfords? Certainly, what motives when compared with the motives of the Ashfords to deny? Nowlein had saved his life. It is not like a confession solely about the Ashfords. It was the con- fession of the entire affair. Why go out- side to falsely accuse them? Why should Davies do it? Ashford says not, but says he was mistaken. It is impossible for his friend to say that by mistake. “The statements are corroborated. Crime will out. Mr. Ashford’s hackman, Lee Tong, is a very bad witness to get around. In the heat of the day he goes around in a circle along a sandy, uninviting road; then at the entrance to the park turns around, drives back, meets Nowlein, and drives right home. “And what of Nowlein? Was he taking the air? He drove to the bridge and came right in. “The guilt was upon him. The Waiman- alo was at sea. He was running a revolu- tion and had his hands full. There was no time for aimless drives. _ “And what of the four or five yisits with c. W. Ashford and the four with V. V. Ashford? They are admitted to have oc- curred all within a very short time, and it is something he had never done before. “Misprision of treason to my mind is in some respects worse than treason itself. One in the active pursuit of treason be- comes dulled to the enormity of his of- fense, like opium smokers. But he who comes upon treason full blown has no such feeling. “Mr. Ashford, at any time between Sun- day and Thursday, with five words to the marshal could have averted the entire catastrophe. Outlay of money, crowded prisons and women at the gates; all this hung in the balance, and a word could have turned it one way or the other. But he would not say it. “The fact remains he kept silent while that guilty thing at sea lay, waiting like a beast of prey, for a chance to steal down upon this city to inaugurate, as far as hu- man foresight could foretell, a carnival of bloodshed which would have made that night the St. Bartholomew of Hawail.”” The trial of twenty-two common natives in one batch followed. This makes over fifty tried of those who took up arms under Nowlein. The case of Liliuokalant hefself is to fol- low next week. KAMEHAMEHA. See A MILITARY PARADE. ‘The District Natt i Guard to Tarn Out on Friday. Washington's birthday will be properly celebrated by the local military organiza- tions. Through the efforts of Col. Moore of the first regiment D. C. N. G., all de- tails for a parade of considerable magni- tude have been arranged. ‘The pageant is to be headed by the Marine Band, and directly in the rear of Prof. Fanciulli’s musicians will march the Washington Light Infantry Corps, four companies, un- der command of Maj. Burton R. Ross. The infantry will wear full dress National Guard uniforms. The Corcoran Cadet Corps, Capt. Eugene C. Edwards, attired in the company uniform, consisting of white coats, blue trousers, and blue hel- mets with white plumes, are to appear in the rear of the Infantry, and next will march the champion National Fencibles, in the company’s showy uniform of green and gold, with helmets and flowing plumes. Capt. Charles _S. Domer, of course, will command the Fencibles. Capt. Leonard H. Mattingly will be out with his command, company B of the third battalion, in full dress National Guard attire. The third separate company, until recently company A, fifth battalion, has notified Col. Moore that it will be in line wearing full dress National Guard clothing. The® National Rifles, in red coats and shakos, are to be headed by the Mount Pleasant Drum Corps and followed by the Old Guard, Capt. James Edgar. The rear of the line will be brought up by the regi- ment of High School Cadets. Col. Shuster will ride at the head of the regiment, with Major Domer in command of tbe first bat- talion and Maj. Stewart leading the second battalion. The cadets will have with them the band of the sixth United States cav- alry stationed at Fort Myer, Va. Col. William G. Moore is to command the parade, which is scheduled to move from 3d street and Pennsylvania avenue north- west at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The line of march will be: Pennsylvania ave- nue to 15th street, to K street, to 19th streeg, to Pennsylvania avenue, to 15th street, to Pennsylvenia avenue, where the troops will separate. as ‘The Marlboro’ Electric Road. In a communication to the chairman of the Senate committee on the District the Commissioners, referring to the bill to au- thorize the Washington and Marlboro’ Electric Railway Company of Maryland to extend its line into and within the District of Columbia, report that if amended in certain respects the bill will agree with the recommendations of the Commissioners as expressed by. the Senate committee in a former letter. The extension of the route recommended would permit the line to in- tersect existing lines to Eckington, Brook- land and the Soldiers’ Home, and by the 7th street connection, furnish a direct route to Mount Pleasant, Brightwood, Ta- koma and the Rock Creek Park. ee As a result of the police work Sunday the names of 2,500 violators of the Sunday observance law have been reported to Chief of Police Taylor of Louisville. > Deoth of. Ston.on Ground ot FEM, Feb. 18-1895) cept i inches = Shaded portions represent arco esarced mth SroM, have wncieale} THE MANTLE OF SNOW Much of It Has Disappeared During the Week. The Snow Chart Weather Bureau—Ice in Rivers Prepared by the and Harbors. The weather bureau publishes weekly, on Tuesdays, a map showing the depth of snow on the ground at § p.m. of the previ- ous day. Last Tuesday The Star repro- duced the chart of that day’s issue in its columns, and today gives another map and the accompanying notes, showing the depth of snow at 8 p.m. yesterday. Besides graphically illustrating the depth of snow, the weather bureau chart gives, in tabular form, the depths of snow and the thick- ness of ice—the latter at such stations as are located on rivers and harbors. The following notes accompany the snow ™map issued today: Much snow has disappeared during the week throughout the greater portion of the country. From the upper Mississippi valley eastward to the middle Atlantic and New England coasts the depths reported at 8 p.m., February 18, generally range from 3 to 10 inches less than were reported at the same hour on the lith, leaving the south- ern portions of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio almost free from snow, the ground being entirely bare from Nebraska southward over Kansas and Oklahoma. As a result of the snowfall in the gulf states during the 14th, 15th and 16th, traces of unmelted srow remain on the Texus coast from Gal- vesten to Corpus Christi, the southern limit, to the cast of the Mississippi, nearly touching the gulf coast in the vicinity of Mobile. Snowfall in these latitudes is ex- ceptional, and when it occurs rarely re- mains on the ground for any considerable length of time, but the extremely cold weather which prevailed on the dates named over the southwestern states, and which gave the lowest temperatures ever recorded in the second decade of Febraary in ‘Texas, prevented the snowfall from melting as rapidly as usual. At the corresponding date of last year there was no snow to the south of the Ohio river and none to the south of the lower Missouri. In eastern South Dakota, southeastern Michigan and over northern New England, there was considerably more snow on February 19, 18M, than now, the difference over northern New England amounting to from 12 to 20 inches. Ice in Rivers and Harbors. There is considerably less ice now than on February 11 along the coast from the Chesapeake bay to southern New England, and while some stations on the Great Lakes and western rivers report less than last week, there is still much ice in the latter sections. In the. Ohio, from Louisville to Pitts- burg, ice varies from 6 to 12 inches; in the Mississippi, from St. Louis northward, no station reports less than 15 inches, and the thickness generally ranges from 20 to 28 inches; in the Missouri ice is a foot thick at Kansas City, from 23 to 26 Inches from Omaha to Yankton, and from 80 to 34 inches north of Pierre, 8. D. Ice is 5 inches thick in the Congaree river at Columbia, S. C., and the observers at Kitty Hawk and Raleigh report 5 and 4 inches respectiv At the corresponding date of last year the Ohio was entirely free from ice, the Mississippi was open at St. Louis and the thickness of ‘ice at most stations on the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers and on the Great Lakes was 6 to 18 inches less at this time. The following special reports were tele- graphed by weather bureau officials even- ing of February 1: Lake Michigan—Milwaukee, Wis., naviga- tion uninterrupted, though quantities of floating ice, about eight inches thick, in river and harbor. Grand Haven, Mich., harbor closed by ice during greater portion of weck; one departure and no arrivals since last report. St. Mary’s river—Sault Ste Marie, Mich., ice twenty inches thick. Lake Huron and St. Clair river—Port Huron, Mich., ice bridge at foot of Lake Huron continues solid. Lake frozen far as the eye can reach. to below St. Clair. River open from lake IN HOTEL CORRIDORS “I am on my way to New York to attend the meeting neXt Monday of the League of American Wheelmen,” said Howard Park- hurst of Chicago at Willard’s this morn- ing. “Yes, the organizatior may be sald to be in some danger, and the coming meet- ing will largely be devoted to devising means. that will prevent its dissolution. We lost over 8,000, members last year, and, of course, this presents a very serious question for consideration. I believe our system should be changed and simplified so that there would be more possibilities for fellowship among the members and an op- portunity given for the inspiration of that pride among them which is what might be called the cement that holds such associa- tions together.” “There promises to be another bitter war over the rallroad question in the Texas legislature,” said Stephen Hood of Austin at the National yesterday; ‘and the sides are already being drawn and lined up for the fray. The subject has been the leading issue down there for a long time, and has flavored all elections. Four years ago a railroad commission was created to settle the dregs of the disturbance, and every- body expected it would afford relief, but in this they were disappointed. Recently two bills were introduced in the house which set forth the sides to the controversy. One provides that a railroad may be permitted to purchase any line which it has the authority to duplicate by construction and the other forever prohibits such acquisi- tions. So the fact is developed that rail- road consolidation is the gage which will call the champions to battle. The dema- gogues who want to make political capital are against consolidation, while those who have the best interests of Texas at heart do not care if every mile in the state is controlled by one owner, so long as equita- ble rates are maintained, and this can be easily secured by simple legislation. It is hard to tell now, however, which side will ponte “New York society is on needles and pins over the rumor that William Waldorf As- tor is going to forsake England and re- establish himself as a citizen of the United States,” sald George Spencer of the me- tropolis at Wormley’s this morning. ‘The reason given for his proposed change of plans is his desire to educate his children in the United States, but those who know him well are thoroughly convinced that his motive lies deeper. Mr. Astor will never forgive the slight put upon his dead wife recently by the members of his immediate family, wh® gave a ball while her body was on the way from Europe, ard who did not attend her funeral. If he does return it will be t6 get recompense for his ‘injured feelings, and he will fight his family in social and business life to the bitter end. So it is not surprising that the 400 is agi- tated and eagerly looking forward to a pessible big row in the richest family on earth.” “The advocates of the election of Senators by the direct vote of the citizens of the re- spective states will find an additional argu- ment in their favor in the contest now be- ing waged in Delaware,” said H. C. Arnold of Wilmington, at the Raleigh last night. “Now, there is no doubt at present that Delaware is a republican state, and that the great majority of her republican voters fevor the re-election of Senator Higgins, but Mr. Addicks has a few friends who are determined to support him regardless of the now patent fact that he cannot be elect- ed. Still they can hang up the nomination. Now, if a compromise is reached, neither Mr. Higgins or Mr. Addicks will be the favored party, and the chances are that it raay be somebody not at all congenial to the voters of the party paramount in the siate. It will need, of course, a revision of the United States Constitution to change the system of choosing Senators now in vogue, put if the rest of the country is anything like Delaware it would gladly welcom? such tinkering with the ancient and honored instrument that would prevent irresponsible legislatures from misrepre- senting the people of their states, so far as the upper branch of Congress is concern- ed.” “The absolute credulity of the southern negroes ts illustrated in no better manner than by the way they enthusiastically crowd toward any scheme that appears to offer them a chance for emigration,” said Ww. P. Bennett of Memphis at the Riggs House last night. ‘“Smooth-tongued sharp- ers, who are usually as black themselves as their intended victims, are continually traveling through the sections in the south thickly populated with negroes, scattering the propaganda of some alleged paradise, Iccated in some far off place. Sometimes it is Kansas; sometimes Utah, but mostly it is Likeria. "The deluded listeners are en- tranced by the pictures *presented and flock like sheep to make agreenjents with th promoter to go with Him. Some of them are so carried away with thd idea that they sell everything they posses¥ and place the proceeds in the sharpers hhds. Frequent- ly the whites learn of these‘operations and bring the law down omthe»chief conspira- tors, but in nine cases owt of ten they man- age to escape, and take all the money they have collected with them. ,They are ena- bled to do this, because they always im- pese upon their hearers the neeessity of keeping their plans secret from their for- mer masters, because fhe Jatter will take steps to stop them golfg. J know a dozen colored men‘ or. the Lower Mississippi. who have been victimized thgee gr four times by emigration missionaries, and who would yet enter as enthusiastically into the plans of another if he should come along tomorrow. I tell you the average yneducated southern colored man is a queer: psychological com- biration, take him any, way you will. ; “The modest muley cow is not usually credited with doing as many smart things as other domestic animals, but we have one up our way which has just given very clear evidence of possessing reasoning powers,” said A. R. Stonebraker of Front Royal, Va., at the St. James yesterday. “A farmer named Bowman, living several miles from town, has a young heifer which has been running in a mountain field in which there were a straw rick and a hay rick. When the first big snow of the winter came she was lost for two or three days, and was found in a hollow in the woods pretty badly off. She was taken up and kept at the barn for two or three @ and then turned out again. When the last terrible storm came there was no chance to go out and get her, and she was given up for dead. When it moderated sutli- ciently Bowman thought he would look her up anyhow. He went out to the field, but could see no signs of tracks. He was about to give her up when he heard a low. ing from the ricks. Ploughing his way through the big drifts he got over there and, to his surprise, fgunti Miss Heifer as happy as you please. He then found that she had burrowed a big hole for herself in the hay stack, as the hay was found in quantities mixed with the snow, and the self-provided shelter bore every evidence of having been occupied by her ever since the storm had broken. Now Bowman claims his heifer showed reason, because she selected the hay in preference to the straw, which would have been easier for her to have pulled out in such quantities, because she knew one would sustain life while the other wouldn't.” ‘A newspaper man up in Scranton can vouch for the fact that bread cast upon the waters may come back some day in the shape of a turkey sandwich, with both stices buttered on both sides,” said Charles Horan, a Scranton merchant, at the Ral- eigh yesterday. “His name is Dr. Leete, and he has just received word that a wealthy Californian named Carey, who died recently, remembered him in his will to the tune of $50,000. The story of his windfall goes to show that early in the 60's Dr. Leete, who was in business in New Jer- sey, loaned Carey, who was hard up, $500. Carey wenc west, and the doctor lost’ sight of him, as well as his money. It appears that the borrower prospered, as in his will he stated that the $500 had been the means to help him to fortune, and that the $50,000 was in the nature of a return of the loan. I believe Carey was a wealthy real estate man in San Diego or Los Angeles.”” “It is mighty amusing to a western man to hear all this controversy going on about the post office building which the govern- ment is putting up here,’ said Arthur C. Da- vies, a Chicago contractor, who is here on business with the goverrment, at Willard’s yesterday. “At the supervising architect's office every mother’s son of the employes seems to regard the publicity given to the snail-like speed with which the structure is being built as a personal attack upon himself, and each one is hot, under the col- lar in consequence. I don’t know what we'd do out home if such an evidence of the middle ages style of construction was al- lowed to loiter along in such an outrageous manner. All the influence contractors could bring to bear in order to have themselves relieved from penalties'for delay would be of no use, for public-spirited citizens would bring stronger influence to bear to have them taught a lesson. The Washington post office, in my opinion, is a disgrace to ev- erybody connected with its construction, from the government officials down to the smallest contractors, and a vigorous, out- spoken protest on the part of the citizens here would work wonders, I believe, if it was made to the proper authorities. They are prety high up, but they can be reached. Why, any reputable contractor in Chicago would bond himself to finish that building and put it under roof from where It is now in eight months, in spite of all the govern- ment inspectors and their habit of meas- uring gimlet holes made by common labor- ers, while they let fron work go for what the makers represent it to be.” ——.—__ Graves Hotel at Summer, Havana, a re- sort on the coast twenty miles south of St. Augustine, Fla., was burned Sunday night. Col. Mott Taylor of New York city and his party of five ladies and four gentle- men lost nearly all their wardrobes. Francis S. Maher. Minnie D. Louis. ¥ Mixs E. W.. Yates. Mrs. Quinton. WOMEN’S CONGRESS (Continued from First Page.) Johnson, “and yet almost all of us have meat upon our tables.”” In reply, Mrs. Lovell said that most of those who are opposed to vivisection do not believe it is wrong to kill humanely. She herself was not an eater of meat, and had not been for a year, buQit was not because she thought it was a sin to kill it if it were done humanely and with proper considera- tion. It was because of the horrible and atrocious cruelties that are perpetrated upon helpless animals in the slaughter houses. ‘Then Miss Frances B. Willard, the charm- ing head and front of the National Wo- men’s Christian ‘Temperance Union, arose to speak. She had come in with Lady Henry Somerset, and they occupied seats together on the platform. Her appearance was the signal of projonged applause, and she made one of her characteristic and de- lightful little speeches. In the course of her remarks she said that if she were ask- ed what of all gave her the most pleasure and satisfaction she would answer that it was the spread of the realizing sense of the close connection between religion and the details of one’s daily life. As Minister and Missionary. “Woman's Mission to the Church as Min- ister and Missionary” was the subject of a more than ordinarily interesting paper by Mrs, Katherine Lente Stevenson of Massachusetts. She expressed the opinion that woman’s sphere of usefulness is as wide as all humanity, and cannot be con- fined. St. Paul, she said, is often quoted as being opposed to woman having a share in practical church work, and yet Paul himself said tha. there was no Jew or Gentile in the service of God, nor bond, nor free, nor man, nor woman. Paul may have been in favor of restrict- ing woman's sphere in church government then, but if he could have lived, with his intellect growing through the ages and finding its fullest development in our time, no man would be more liberal in his atti- tude toward woman than he. If Mr. Stead’s conception of the church—the union of all love in the interest of ail those who suffer—is to be realized in our life, woman must have her share in the work, or it can never be perfected. The day when God’s kingdom shall be done on earth as it is done in heaven is not far off. ‘The discussion on the subject of Mr: Stevenson's paper was begun by Mrs. Emeline Burlingame Cheney, delegate from the Free Baptist Woman's Missionary So- ciety. Mrs. Cheney said that the prin- cipal question to be considered was whether woman has the spiritual, physi- cal and intellectual qualifications neces- sary to take her share in church work. No one objects to a woman inculcating religious truths in the minds of the little ones at home, nor to her teaching in the Sunday schools of the land. She frequent- ly teaches Bible classes, which are more numerous than many of the regular church congregations, Then it becomes a little hard to draw the line and to say just where her sphere of usefulness must needs end. She took up the different objections which have been raised against the extension of woman's power and influence in the church and answered each of them in turn, concluding with that one that it is an injury to wo- man herself. She met this in a particularly happy way. She said that one of the morning papers in referring to her speech last evening sald that she was “‘a very motherly-looking woman.” Yet for the last twenty years there had been few San- days when she had not spoken from some pulpit on some branch of Christian work. She thought that the fact that a newspaper men was struck above ail else by her moth- erliness was the best kind of a refutation cf the charge that church work un- sexes women. Lady Henry Somerset. The subject was further discussed by Lady Henry Somerset, Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson and Rev. Anna H. Shaw, all of whom spoke earnestly of the need of pay- irg more attention to the motherhood as well as the fatherhood of God, and the womanhocd of the Divine. The idea of motherhood in God would be a great element for the salvation of men, as is shown by the fact that before the shrines one sees everywhere in Europe one will find more men before the shrine of Mary than before any other. Rev. Anna Shaw, who can be very sar- castic at times, said that the men had done all they could do to keep women out of the church. At last they had compro- mised and permitted the women to be deaconesses. In other words, they had kept the pulpits for themselv and had let the women have the slums for their field of work. That fitted the ideas of wo- men, to a certain extent. "For many men thought that the people should be expected to come to the churches instead of taking the influence of true religion out among the people. In her opinion, the women are the active working power in the churches day. wee Emeline B. Wells also took part in the discussion, which was brought to a close by Mrs. Amelia S. Quinton. ~ After the reading of a number of notices, the session adjourned at 12:30 o'clock. Afternoon and Evening Program. The general discussion of the subject of religion and the sphere of woman's useful- ness in church work was continued at the afternoon session today, and will again oc- cupy the attention of the council this even- ing. The afternoon session began at 3 o'clock. The program for the afternoon and evening is as follows: _ i S “Organized Work in Religion’’—Woman’s Foreign Missionary Union of Friends, Han- rah J. Bailey, delegate, Maine; National Free Baptist Woman's Missionary Society, Mary A. Davis, president, Rhode Island; ational Council of Jewish Women, Mrs. HH. Solomon, president, Illinois. “Organized Work in Temperance’-—National Woman's Christian Temperance Unton, Frances E. Willard, presiaent, Illinois. Evening session, 8 o’clock—‘Religion”— Nation 1, Council of Jewish Women, presid- ing officer, Mrs. H. Solomon. “Social Obli- gations of Religion,” Sadie American, Ilit- nois; “Greek and Hebrew Thought: Influ- ence on Christianity and Civilization,” Car- rie Shevyelson Benjamin, Coiorado; “Re- ligious Education of Children,” Mrs. Isabel Richman Wallach, New York. ‘‘Temper- ance’=National Women’s Chrstian Temper- ance Union, presiding officer, Frances E. Willard; prayer by Katharine Lente Stev- erson. | “The. Do-Everything Policy,” Frances E. Willard, Illinois; address (topic not yet announced) Belle Kearney, Missi sippi; “What Promise For the Future Clara C, Hoffman, Missouri; “The White Ribbon,” Lady Henry Somerset, England. Netes. ‘The attendance at today’s sessions of the council was much larger than yesterday, and during the forenoen there was scarce- ly a vacant seat on the floor of the hall, while the gallery was also well filled with spectators, who, of course, took no active part in the deliberations of the body. It was a thoroughly feminine audience, and there were hardly a score of men in the hall. One cf the most interesting figures at the meetings of the council is Lady Henry Somerset of England, who is so closely identified with the cause of temperance in her native country. Ske is in daily attend- ance at the sessions in company with Miss Frances BE. Willard, and their appearance on the platform is always the subject for enthusiastic applause. She is the daughter of the Earl of Somers, and is the heir to his immense estates, whose tenants num- ber nearly one hundred thousand. She married Lord Henry Somerset in 1872. She first became interested in the cause of temperance by noting the terrible drunken- ness that existed among her own tenantry, and the study of this subject completely converted her,since which time she has de- voted herself actively to the cause of hu- manity. She leaves for England in about two weeks, to preside at the great meeting in Exeter Hall, London, in the interest of the anti-opilum campaign now being con- ducted by the British Woman’s Temper- ance Association, of which Lady Henry is the president. Miss Susan B. Anthony—‘Aunt Susan, as she is called by the younger members of the National Woman Suffrage Assozia- tion, women who have become interested in the equal rights cause since Miss An- thony’s hair turned gray—is a familiar fig- tre on the platform, just as she was at the first meeting of the council, four years 2g0, and has been at conventions of “ll sorts for years past. She celebrated her seventy-‘ifth anniversary last week, but no one would ever think it to look at_her. She is more active than the average Was! ington girl of twenty, and has ten times the amount of energy and good nature. Her memory is remarkable, and she always has a soft place in her heart for young newspaper men. Yesterday she told a Star man that twenty years ago she could not expect as much courtesy at the hand of re- porters as she receives today. Miss Frances E. Willard shows the ef- fect of her recent illness. She looked pale and tired this morning. but just the same she managed to make one of her charac istic little speeches, which always shine ferth very brightly when business is be- ginning to drag a little and the audience scems to be becoming restless. Council of Jewish Women. There are few organizations of women composing the National Council that at- tract as much interest and as well repay study as does the National Council of Jew- ish Women, under whose auspices the ses- sion this evening will be held. This organ- ization is represented in the council by Mr H. Solomon, the president, and Miss Sadie American, delegate. Both are from Illinois and are recognized as two of the ablest and most thoughtful women of the west. There is no country in the world where Jewish women have taken such a high stand as they have in the United States, and their work in all kinds of ‘societies, especially charitable and philanthropic, has entitled them to a high degree of esteem for e: ecutive ability. The paper to be read by Mrs, Carrie Shevelson Benjamin of Colo- rado this evening, on the subject, “Greek and Hebrew Thought; Influence on Chris- tianity and Civilizatian,” is expected to be an essay of great interest and importance. Notes, Misplacement, or the absence of quota- tion marks in an address on the “Spin- ner Memorial” Association, presented to the council by Mrs. Harriet Ralston, has caused her friends a vast deal of amuse- ment and nearly paralyzed Mrs. Ralston, who is one of the sweetest and gentlest of women. The statement that was ascribed to her was really made by Mr. Spinner himself, who said he was eighty-five, and Mrs. Ralston is scarcely more than half that. It also said that she was instru- mental in having women placed in the government depaytments, when she never had anything to <fo with it. Mr. Ralston quoted Mr. Spinner, and the reporter quot- ed Mr. Spinner, too, but ascribed his re- marks to Mrs. Ralston. Olivia and Miss Anthony. At the reception at the Ebbitt yester- day afternoon was Mrs. Briggs—‘Olivia,” as she was known to the frequenters of the capital during reconstruction days. The greeting between her and Susan B, An- thony was characteristic of the two wom- en, and not many who saw them together knew that there was a story in between Mrs. Briggs was the first woman reporter in the halls of Congress. She came here as the staff correspondent of the Phila- delphia Press directly after the war, and there were but four men to cope with her in the correspondent field. She made her reputation in reporting the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, which for so young a woman was a brilliant accom- plishment. In 1869 the woman suffragists held their first convention in this city, and “Olivia” did the reporting. Not being in any sense of the word in accord with the sentiments of the convention she gave the women an unmerciful overhauling, and they have never forgotten it. Many times after that she sharpened her pencil to pitch into them and those who know “Olivia” know that they never got any the best of her.” She has not changed her opinions in the least in all the years that have come between then and now, but is on the friendliest terms with the women who were once her bitter foes because of differ- ence of principles. “The old crowd is gone,” said Olivia yesterday, as she-looked around the crowded parlors. “In that first convention of women, of which this is a child, there were many who have since made name and fame, but they are not here. Susan and Belva and myself. I think we three are all that were in it, and I was not ‘of it,” she added, with a twinkle of her eyes. Then she spoke to Miss Anthony. ‘How many of the old crowd are here?” Miss Anthony looked around over the heads and said, “No use to look. Belva Lockwood and myself are the only ones who were in the convention —and yourself,” she add “All these others came in afterward.’ Thus the old order changeth. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster is limping around with the aid of a cane. She didn’t get a sprained ankle from getting up to give a man a seat in a cable car, but she sprained it all the same. Her tongue is not in the least affected, however, and she will be perfectly able to tell when the time comes exactly “How the Moral Element in Cur- rent Politics Can Be Supplied.” The Business Women’s Club of this city has placed its rooms on 1ith street at the disposal of the members of the national council during their fortnight’s stay. WOMEN AND RELIGION, The Proccedings of Session Last Night —Interesting Papers Read. Owing to the reception there was no afternoon session of the council yesterday as there is to be cn other days, and the evening session was devoted to the general subject of religion and especially the part taken in it by woman. The first part of the evening was under the auspices of the National Free Baptist Woman's Missionary Society, with the mot- to “Faith and works win.” The presiding officer was Mary A. Davis, who was intro- duced as its president by Mrs. May Wright Sewall. The platform was effectively dec- crated, and the rear was draped in im- mense American flags. In the center hung a big blue banner, bearing in letters of gold the title of the national council and the names of its officers, while on either side wére similar banners containing the names of the seventeen organizations which com- pose the council. Flags were draped from the balcony, where also hung the banner of the international council. On the stage were seated a number of women who are active in the work of the council, among them Mrs. Sewall, Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Anna H. Shaw, Mary Lowe Dickinson, Is- abella Charles Davis, Elizabeth U. Yates, Cassie Smith, Sadie American, Mrs. E. B. Grannis, Frances Stuart Mosher and Em- eline Burlingame Sheny. Mrs. Mosher’s Paper. The first paper of the evening was de- livered by Frances Stuart Mosher of Mich- igan, the wife of the president of Hillsdale College. She holds the chair of French and history in that institution and she was one of the committee of three to organize the National Free Baptist Woman’s Mission- ary Society in 1873, in which organization she has held office ever since. The subject of her paper was “The Ethi- cal Adjustment of Woman’s Home and So ciological Duties.” She devoted consider- able attention to the subject of how best women can adjust their duties to home and to the world. She did not try to solve the problem presented, but sought to bring be- fore her hearers one of the most important sociological questions of the day. As life nas become more complicated, she said, with the introduction of all the inventions and improvements of modern times the changed conditions have tended to simplify man’s relations and make his duties more distinct, if more special. But it has not done a like service for woman. Her need today is for a lessening of the arduous and manifold duties which pertain to her position. There is need for more sim- plicity in the appointments and surround- ings of the home, but at the same time with proper judgment and management FOR £iVE KUNDRED YEARS And over the whole world has been coming to Carlsbed to be cured. Disorders of the stomach, of the liver, of the bowels, of the kidneys and blad- der, gout, rheumatism, diabetes, obesity—all Lave been sent to Carishad. Here is the very same remedy now, right at yur own door—the Carisbad Sprudel Salt (the water solidified and put into powder form at the spring). You need it for constipation, for indigestion, for billousness, just as much as in other and graver allmerts. All druggists keep it. But see that you obtain the genuine Smported, with the signature of “EISNER & MENDELSON CO., Sole Agents, New York,’’ on every bottle. elegance and the practical expression of good taste are not ircompatible with lim- ited money and leisure. If woman's duties are simplified it will give an opportunity for the greater enjoyment of the privileges of friends, home and society. To a certain extent this consummation might be brougnt about through the introduction of co-oper- ative laundries, bakeries and establish- ments of that sort that will do away with the tiresome routine and details of house- hold work. Practical Christian Living. A paper on “Practical Christian Living” was read by Mrs. Emeline Burlingame Sheney, who took the ground that creeds are not Christianity, and that religious theories are worthless or valuable as they degrade or bless. The true theory of Chris- tianity is epitomized in the idea of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood and sisterhood of the race. There is a wide chasm between the real and the ideal lives of Christians, she said, and the foun- dations of true Christianity are laid in irdividual lives. True development will make the inner life reflect light from above, in the home and everywhere. It will make the body the servant of the soul, and food and clothing will be adapted to highest good. Jesus taught us “Our Father,” not my Father. Practical Christianity will recognize a brother or sister in man or woman hout regard to color, nationality or environment. Were Christianity really applied to the world’s life, how soon Chris- tian people would be banded together as an invincible force against all that de- grades humanity in body, soul, or estaté, and as an organized power to uplift and help unchristian peoples! No ships would crcss the ocean carrying intoxicating liquors or other means of degradation. Good people would constantly protest by active opposition, and vote against all in- justice, whether the aggressor be capital or labor, the organized liquor power, or any form of monopoly. The missing link between the sermon on the mount and Christianity would be found. Other Papers Presented. The balance of the evening session was under the auspices of the National Council of Women, and began with a paper by Isabella Charles Davis of New York, which presented a report of work to secure the recognition of women in church confer- ences. She submitted a compilation of re- ports, correspondence and statistics show+ ing what has been accomplished in this line, proving that the subject is receiving the generous attention which it merits in various directions, and that the outlook is full of hope. Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson of New ¥ a fraternal delegate from the Internatio: Order of King’s Daughters and Sons, read an address on “The Attitude of the Lead+ ing Religious Denominations Toward Wo, man’s Growing Service in the Churches.” She said that the Methodist, Baptist Episcopal Churches all used the work women, but denied them the right to preach. The Unitarian Church was most liberal in this respect. The common people are ahead of the recognized church aus thorities, for they gladly hear the voice of women in the churches. Weed out the women from the congregations and it would take a spiritual microscope to find the remains. If women absented them- selves from the congregations, she said, the churches would have to close for lack of use, and the clergymen would be com- pelled to work for their daily bread. And yet she is subject to ecclesiastical judg- ment, and submits to it. At the cenclusion of Mrs, Dickinson's Te marks Miss Elizabeth U. Yates said a few words of farewell, as she was obliged leave the city last night. The meeting then adjourned. A Pleasant Reception. The reception given yesterday afternoon from 3 to 5 to the delegates and friends of the council of women at the Ebbitt House was a delightful affair. The parlors were packed for nearly three hours. Everybody came and very few seemed to care to go away. The receiving: party was made up of the officers and ex-officers of the Wom- an’s Council, and it is not likely that a more brainy lot of women ever got to- gether in one receiving line befcre. Most of the names are famous the world ové ‘There was the president, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, in old pink brocade and rose point; Miss Rachel Foster Avery, in gray and hunter’s green velvet; Susan B. Anthony, in black brocaded satin and cut jet; Mrs. Margaret Ray Wickins, in black cloth and crape; Mrs. Elizabeth Bartlett Grannis, in pium colored velt, fur trimmed; Mrs. Louise Barnum Robbins, in gray and black moire, with gold passementerie; Mrs. Kate B, Sherwood, ash brown silk and brocade satin, with pearl and gold passementeri Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis, black satin; Mrs. Lilian M. N. Stevens, black satin and jet; Miss Elizabeth U. Yates, heliotrope satin princess gow! Mrs. John Bagley, heliotrope satin and black lace; Mrs. Hole lister, black silk and lace; Mrs. LC. Mane chester, gray satin and brocade; Mrs. Ma- tilda B. Carse, black brocade satin. Among the guests were women from every “country on the globe almost. Eng> land was represented by Lady Henry Som- erset, who, by the way, is a very hand- some woman, in a dark oriental way, and wears emeralds, a stone particularly be- loved by the orientals. Canada had three representatives, Mrs. Gates, the vice presi- dent of the Canadian Council, and Miss Wilson and Miss Brown, delegates. Amo. the guests were a number of the wives 0! Senators and Representatives. “The Star” and the Council, Copies of The Star for the two weeks covering the sessions of the National Couns cjl of Women, February 17 to March will be mailed to any address in the Unit States, postage paid, for 25 cents. ~ es ‘The Insurance Company Law. The Commissioners today received a lety ter from Messrs. Tyler & Rutherford of 1307 F street stating that they have been informed by the attorney for the District that the act of Congress, approved July 29, 1892, requiring that “any insurance come pany, incorporated under the laws of any state, territory or foreign government, and transacting business within the District of Columbia, shall publish in at least two daily papers printed in the District of Co- lumbia semi-annually, during the months of March and September of each year, full statement, under oath, showing the capital stock and the amount paid in on account of the same, assets, Mabilities, debts, deposits, dividends and dues,@as wel} as their current expenses during the si months ending January and July a ing, &c.,” is defective and voidable. They consider it of no advantage either to thd agents of these companies or the com themselves to publish these statements, ant they do not wish to comply with the la) unless it is mandatory and rigidly enforce ed. 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