Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1895, Page 3

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Yesterday afternoon, at the sixth pre- einct station, Coroner Hammett held an in- quest In the case of the boy Alfred Far- riner, who died after he had taken a bath in a cold room at the Benning race track, and the jury, after hearing the evidence, rned a verdict blaming no one for the ‘The verdict orted on $ report this morning is as fol- lows: “That the said Alfred Farriner came to his death on February from con- kestion of the lungs, cased by a bath in a . and we recommend that In the bodies dying suddenly be s ly te that the cor- the proper ment and exaimination.”” xplanation attached to the This Cor re boy's death. of jud There is no verdict. or the Pythias, ened last night. The sixteen lodges of this jurisdiction were repr ed by eighty delegates. The add Grand Chancellor H. G. Wagner was In- tere and contained much good conn- sel. The trophy offered to the lodge show- ing the greatest increase of mbership was awarded to Capitol Lod ‘Th vtal increase of member order within the year was sta six. The two German lodge which were suspen: by the supreme chancellor, will an reinstated the election of officers will prob- onight. ——— . Gibbon's Lectare. 1 John Gibbon will this deliver the of the course tures at All Souls’ Chureh, hi about one laughte ments have no mm active 5 a wife, Funeral arrange two sons been made, oo Funeral of Sevel Funeral services over the remains of late Seve Brown w ld yester- on A. Brown. aft at Epiphany conclusion of the se ing the remains w pee the birthp for interment. Maxwell Woodhall, iff, Hubley Ashton, Dur Chapin, Andrew Alle Walker. A COLOSSAL SUCCESS|'" BEHALF OF LABORIDEBATES OF WOMEN What the Rothschilds Say of the American Loun. ALLOTMENT COVERED MANY TIMES The Credit of the United States Highly Regarded. OTHER FOREIGN TOPICS LONDO: February 20.—Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Son say this afternoon that the new American loan has proved a co- lossal success. Though the opening of sub- scriptions only began this morning, the ameunt of the loan allotted to Europe has been covered very many times over, both with them and with Messrs. J. 8. Morgan & Co. It is impossible as yet to give the exact amount of the bids, as applications are still coming in from London, and the country is yet to be heard from. The Pall Mail Gazette this afternoon says that the success of the loan ts a trib- ute to the power of Messrs. Rothschild and a mark of confidence in the great wealth and financial stability of the United States. The Pall Mall Gazette adds: “How far the ‘man in the street’ {s contributing to the furore of the fssue, or how far this initial success will be due to the power of haute finance, It fs: impossible to say. The former has been warned by the more con- servative of his advisers to leave the bonds alone. He cannot have his eyes opened toe widely to the fact that the interest of the bonds may be paid, and that the bonds themselves are Hable to be repaid thirty years hence, not tn gold, but in silver, or nickel, or other coin of the United States. No one could blame the United States, !f, finding themselves under financial pres- sure, they preferred to make the bond pay- ments in coin other than geld—a privilege fer which they paid dearty and with much discontent. This consideration will always hang like a pall over these bends, and renders the investor, who cannot afferd the risk, doubtful. The great success of the loan, therefore, ts all the more a tri- utnph for those managing it and for the credit of the United States.” ‘TWO THOUSAND KILLED. A Terrible Explosion on the Island of Fermesa. HONG KONG, February 20.—It {fs report- ed that 2,000 Chinese soldiers were killed by a recent explosion of a magazine in the forts at Takao, on the Island of Formosa. The notorious robbers, known as Black Flags, have been committing outrages, and ie British residents are in need of urgent nelp. ANS ARE RESTIVE. Natives is Predicted. A Rise of the PARIS, February 20.—Rumors of an un- satisfactory ure as to the condition of affairs in Egypt are causing uneasiness here. A special dispatch from Cairo says that friendly natives assert that a rising of the natives will take place on the 26th of this menth, during the Ramadan, the great annual fast of the Mohammedans, which lasts during the day for a month. The Journal Des Debats, commenting upon the situation, insists that the task of France is to rouse continental Europe so that it will give unmistakable evidence that its sympathy is with Egypt as against Great Britain. LI HUNG CHANG ACCUSED. Said to Be Aiming at the Emperor's Overthrow. LONDON, February 20.—A special dis- patch from Shanghai today, printed here this afternoon, says it Is positively as- serted there that the journey of Li Hung Chang to Pekin is intended to give him a chanee to accomplish what he has long awaited—the overthrow of the present Manchu dynasty in China. Li Hung Chang will begin his journey to Pekin tomorrow. The same dispatch also says that Kung, the ex-Taotai of Port Arthur, has made a confession, showing the traitorous de- signs of Li Hung Chang. It is stated that Li Hung Chang has been leagued with the officials at the palace at Pekin for the overthrow of the dynasty eve’ since he was deprived of his yellow jacket and pea- cock feather and lost various offices. A dispatch to the Times from Tien-Tsin says that oificial news from Chefoo Is to the effect that all the foreign officers who fought against the Japanese at Wei-Hat- Wei, except John Wiide, the American, who violated his cath not to help China, have arrived at Chefoo on parole. It' ig stated that some of the Chinese torpedo boats at Wei-Hat-Wei deserted to the enemy, their crews having mutinied, and that the soldiers on the Island of Liu Kung Tao refused to fight. The Chinese naval officers behaved well. Tarkish Offic Stirred Up. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 20.—The latest intelligence received here of the pro- ceedings of the commission that !s inquir- ing Into the outrages complained of by the Armenians, has made a deep impression upon the Turkish officials. Witnesses who were recently examined gave evidence geng erally reflecting upen the officials of the government in Armenia. Five of the wit- nesses testified that they were witnesses to the massacre of children. ‘To Maintain Close Relations. PARIS, February 20.—The delegation of laboring men sent to the world’s fair at Chicago by the French labor untons to col- lect economic and political information was last evening merged into a club with the object of maintaining international rela- tions between the American and French labor unions. Restricting Vindivesteck Privileges. ST. PETERSBURG, February 20.—To- day’s Bourse Gazette announces that the free port privileges of Viadivostock, the Russian port and naval station on the Northern Pacific ocean, will not hereafter be granted to arrivals from Aden, the British port in Arabia. Anti-Jesult Law Repealed. BERLIN, February 20.—The bill to repeal the anti-Jesuit law passed the reicnstag today amid cheers from the Catholle party. A Chicagoan Knighted. LISBON, February 20.—Mr. J. Foster Rhodes of Chicago has been knighted by King Carlos. He has received the decora- tien of the Order of Christ of Portugal. 2 Frank Dant’'s Suicide. News has reached Washington that Frank Dant, a former well-known Wash- irgton man, had committed suicide near Portland, Oregon. Richard E. Dant, broth- er of the deceased, who resides at 543 Jef- fersen street, Anacostia, was not at his home this morning, but his wife confirmed the report, saying her husband had _re- ceived a letter from another brother tell- ing of Frank’s death and funeral. For a number of months past there has been trouble in Frank Dant's family, which cul- minated in a suit for divorce, Instituted by the husband against his wife. Nothing fur- ther developed until the fatal evening, when, it is alleged, the deceased prefaced hig suicide by shooting both his wife and davghter. Frank Dant was a veteran of the iate war, and son of Thomas Dant of this city His father arrived at Portland two days after the death of his son, and is pected in Washington in a short time. nk, after receiving a pension and back pay, left Washington for the west, where he resided at the time of his death. > from Montevideo says that ere from the Brazillan effect that the Brazil- ian rev re active, and are mass- ing well-armed and well-mounted bodies of men in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. are under the command steamer which has arrived from Samoa it is rumored there that German war- s will arrive during the month of May for the purvose of subjugating and disarm- ing the natives. Prominent Leaders Working to Get Certain Measures Through Congress. One in Regard to § Law—Others Affecting Work- ilors is Already a ingmen’s Interests. Three prominent labor leaders—Samuel Gompers, the president of the American Federation of Labor, and the legislative committee of that organization, Messrs. A. Furuseth and A. Strasser—are at the Capi- tol, working for the measures which have been indorsed by the federation. One of their bills, framed by the Seaman’s Union, and indorsed by Representative Maguire of California, was yesterday signed by the President. Its effect is to abolish penal punishments of sailors for violating their civil contracts with shippers. The Sea- man’s Union has other bills upon which it hopes to secure favorable action at the hands of the next Congress, which are de- signed to abolish capital punishment on shipboard, to improve the standard of ra- tions and quarters provided for sailors. It contends that the seamen of the American merchant marine are treated with less con- sideration by the laws of the United States than are those under the jurisdiction of any other civilized nation; that their food and quarters are poorer, punishment more severe and work harder, and that scurvy is more prevalent among them. An Investigating Commission Wanted Mr. Gompers is working particularly for the bill to create a commission to investi- gate the conditions of labor and agricul- ture and their relations to capital, which was introduced by Representative Phillips of Pennsylvania and favorably reported to the Hous2 committee on labor. He is hope- ful that it will become a law, but finds it unexpectadly difficult to arouse the interest of the members to a point which will impel them to active work for the bill. The Federation of Labor has no special interest in the arbitration bill, Mr. Gomp- ers says, because it applies to the railroad men only, but he hopes to see it enacted. +o. FOR CLUBS. LICENS' They Are Net Necessary, Says the At- torney for the District. The attorney for the District today ren- dered an opinion to the Commissioners with reference to the recent communication of Mr. James L. Ewin, vice president of the Anti-saloon League, in regard to the decision of Judge Miller of the Police Court in what ts known as “the National Capital Press Club case,” which was referred to him for his views. In the cage referred to, he says,which was that of the District agt. Holmes (steward of the Press Club), Judge Miller, after stating the scheme of the Press Club, showing that it was a class club, or sort of a conventional family, held in effect that bona fide, social (incorporated) clubs, with Hmited member- | ship, admission to which cannot be ob- tained by persons at pleasure, and whose property is actually owned in common by its members, cannot be beld for dispensing liquors belonging to them among the mem- bers and guests, because such distribution of liquor was not a sale within the meaning of the act of Congress regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in this District. The question, he says, whether social clubs are required to take out liquor li- censes has been much discussed in recent years. The supreme court of Missouri, in State agt. St. Louis Club, has within the past month handed down an opinion in which it is held that bona fide social incor- porated clubs, with limited membership, ad- mission to which cannot be obtained by persons at pleasire, and whose property is actually owned in common by its members, and which distributes liquor belonging to it among {ts members and guests, cannot be | held for selling liquor under the Missouri | dram shop act. In England it has been held that the dispensing of liquors by clubs to their members is not a_sale under the revenue laws of England. The same result he says, has been reached in Massachusetts. The supreme court of Maryland held the transaction not a sale, as did also the su- preme court of Tennessee. In Piedmont Club agt. Commonwealth, Virginia, the su- preme court of Virginia held that the sale of liquor by the Piedmont Club was not a sale as was contemplated by the Virginia excise laws. In a recent case in Scuth Carolina, he continues, the supreme court of that state, in deciding that a social club ts not Hable to pay license, points out that much of the seeming conflict of cases arises from two cases—first, where the alleged club as a matter of fact is not bona fide what it pur- ports to be, but is a mere device to evade the law against retailing Hquor without a license. In all such cases, he says, the club is Hable; and, second, from the difference in the terms of the various acts upon the subject, each court construing for itself the laws and regulations of its own state. Our statute, he concludes, is one to reg- ulate the sale of intoxicating lquors, and at provides by its first section that no per- son shall sell, offer for sale or keep for sale or traffic in any intoxicating liquors. Only those persons who do that are required to have a license. He says that if bona fide sccial, incorporated clubs do not sell or traffic in liquors and do not make a source of revenue,”then they do not, as was held by Judge Miller, need a license. He says that until Judge Miller's decision is re- versed in some proper way !t must be con- sidered the law. He concludes that if the Commissioners are not satisfied with that decision and desire to teke the opinion of the Court of Appeals on the subject, it will be necessary to file an information against one of the clubs in the Criminal Court. ——-—>—_ The Tourney in This City on Wash- ington’s Birthday. A pyramid chess tourney will be held under the auspices of the Washington Checker, Chess and Whist Club at the rcoms, 612 12th street, Friday. At 6 o'clock there will be a pyramid chess tourney, and in the evening chess simultaneous by Herr AdcIph Albin, the Austrian master, and a problem-solving tourney and checker match between teams representing Balti- more and Washington. . The various events will be open to play- ers from Maryland, Virginia and the Dis- trict. ‘This evening at the rooms of the Balti- more Chess Club, in that city, Mr. Macfar- lard of this city will play in twenty-five simultaneous games against any comets, whether members of the club or visitors. ‘The “simultaneous” 1s the most popular form of play between chess masters and experts. Tables are arranged in the form of a parallelogram and the master player passes from table to table, in a continuous rovnd, making his moves, one at a time at each table, with great rapidity. The master player is handicapped be- cause he has not time to think long over a move, while his opponents can consider over their next move during the whole time the expert is making his round. In his last game of this character Mr. Mac- farland had thirty opponents and finished {n an average of six minutes to each game. ‘The Baltimore Sun today, in speaking of Mr. Macfarland, says: “He Is the most en- tertaining chess expert who has ever visited Baltimore of either professionals or amateurs. Mr. Macfarland {s a native of Bethlehem, Pa. After graduating from college, where he first became proficient in chess, he took a position in the United States geological survey at Washington, and is making his mark as a practical geolegist. He does not aspire to profes- stonalism in chess, but though only twenty- four years of age he has made even scores with such master players as F. J. Lee of London and G. H. D. Gossip of Australia.” ——— BOARD OF TRADE. The Needs of the Water Service to Be Considered This Evening. Special interest is manifested by the mem- bers of the board of trade in the meeting which will be held this evening at Wil- lard’s Hall. The principal matter to come up for consideration will be the need of the city for an increased water supply. The proposition now pending in Congress to raise the dam at Great Falls will be | considered. —— A proposal is afoot to revise the constitu- tion of Uruguay. The National Council Holds a Busi- ness Session. GOSSIP ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY Temperance and Religion Discussed by Noted Women. THE SESSION TONIGHT The morning sessicn of the woman's council was today devoted entirely to the transaction of routine business of interest only to the organization, and the general Public was rigidly excluded. When the council is organized for busi ness it consists strictly of the general of- ficers and the two delegates from each of the seventeen societies which compose it membership. Today the courtesies cf t meeting were extended to the fraternal delegates also, though they are not allowed the privileges of voting, but even with these there wero probably less than sixty ali told at the session. The president of the council, Mrs. May Wright Sewall of Indianapolis, presided at the meeting, which lasted a couple of hours. Most of that time was devoted to a consideration of the membership, so that there would be no question as to who is, or fs not, entitled to vote when the more im- pertant business of the council, the elec- tion of officers, and matters of that sort. come up for consideration at the business meeting which is to be held the latter part of next week before the final adjournment. The Presidency. ‘There is one matter that ts, of cou teresting the members of the council now as much as any other, and that Is (he election of officers to serve for the next three years. To be president of an organ- ization like this {s an honor that most wo- men would delight in above all else. It means an assured position in the ranks of these who are interested in the advan ment of the sex. Mrs. Sewall succeeded Miss Frances E. Willard in the position, and so well has she administered the duties fice that she could be her own uecessor for another term without any se- ton—if she only cared to have the honor. But Mrs. Sewail has expressed herself as In favor of rotation in office, and has caused it to be definitely ui that under no condition would she accept a re-election. Many of the members of the counc in favor of Mrs. Rachel Fo: the next president, and there i that she could be élected unanir she also taken a firm ter, and hes said that she for the office, as her dutic uch an important task as falls to t executive head of the coun! has been the corresponding the council since its organ an ey longer time than that been promi titled with woinan’s work. and especially with the wom: " m en oT Today it would se choice of president lay be men, both of whem are well-kn ers and popular with their a Fran E. Bag of De Mary Lowe Dickinson of Ne’ Bagley is vice president of the ional Council of We s take active part In the ¢ ing. Mrs. Dic sent mect- presents the Inter- national Order ‘s Daughters and Sons, as a fr: ate, and is also one of the pxtrons of the council. Both of these are women of strong Individuality and of considerable executive abllit d the general opinion {s that either would make a first-c prestalng officer. ‘The council topic for tonight is education, the Young La- nent Association and The Interest in the latter is national, as -well as local, and the speakers, Mrs. Ruth G. D. Havens, well remembered “Girl of the ture;’ Miss Annie Tolman Smith and Rev. Anna Shaw, ought to mand a} au- dience. Mra. Havens’ on education will be s humor. cultivation and sch Rev. Anna Shaw Is always a welcome attractive entertainer. Her quick wit keen Intellect are seldom excelled on rostrum. The National Council. The National Council of Women has brought together one of the most notable gatherings of brainy and active women that Washington has ever seen. The sessions And will be dies’ Mutual Imp Wimodaug institution te pordinate to her large and quaint Miss Smith is a woman of wide and and and any plarly attainment, held at Metzerott Hall have been atten:ted | by unusually large audiences, and as they are to last a full fortnight, all phases of woman's work will have a chance of pre- sentation and will receive a full and fair hearing. The sessions are becoming more popular every day, and at the rate things are going now, in a day or two standing room will be at a premium. Yesterday there were very few vacant seats at any session, and some of the most interesting and valuable subjects for discussion have not yet been taken up. People who are not as well informed as they might be often ask the question of the National Council: “What are they here for; what do they want?” This question is not an easy one to an- swer at the t trial. The council is made up of societies and associations of one sort and another. each with a special and par- ticular objec Their names show their aims. Thus, every one knows the purposes of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and of the National V oe ent home and foreign mis- sionary societies. The name of the Anti- Vivisection Society at once discloses the fact that it is coniposed ‘of people who are Waging a determined war against experi- ments th.! involve cruelty to living ani- male; bui ional Council of Women is not one . It is all of these in one. Each s ty which is a component part of it is represented in the council by two dele- gates, usually its president and one other, who is chosen by the society. The council does not legislate for the societies nor does it seek to control them. It is simply a gathering of representative wemen whose object in coming together ts to discuss the general question of woman’s work and woman's position in modern life. Different subjects of general inter- est are assigned for discussion, and the carefully arranged program gives all the different eiements an opportunity to be heard and to teli of the work they haye accomplished. Th's furnishes not only u ful information to others, but als a strorg incentive to all for future Although this is the second “tri eeting of the council, the one before it was held four years ago this month in this city. By rights the second meeting would have been last year, but that would have brought it so close to the world’s fair and the many great gatherings of women that wer held in connection with It that it was thought wisest on the whole to post- pone the meeting of the council until 1805. The national council was, of course, not the congress of representative women which was held in Chicago in , but it was an active factor in the movement that led up to the holding of that inte national meeting and was largely respo: ble for the success that attended it. ™ of the women who are prominently identi- fled with the council took an active part in the Chicago congress, and are not slow row to speak of the great impetus received by the woman's movement as a result of VU. and tne ¢ that symposium of women from all se A it was said on Mon- ht Sewall, president er annual addr , even, could ever ag and benighted, knowing sters had been appointed sentative tions of the globe. day by Mr: of the cou’ Sia quite so helj that one of her s by the King of to the world’s cong: The Chic so Mectings. To the woman’s council, as well as to ali the iors which compose it, the Chicago meetings have been the most de- lightful kind of an inspiration, and ma of the speakers at the sessions so far have taken occasion to speak of the renewed life and activ infused into her organizati member: took in the Chi attendance on the the congress, or woman's auxiliary, as it as sometimes called. The National Council of Women is in the strictest sense a national body, for no as- scciation is eligible to membership in it un- less it fs itself entitled to be considered na- tional. It is composed of seventeen asso- Gations, more than twice the number rep- when the council met here four s ago. In that time there have been it two defections from its ranks, and they that had private reasons for s which did not reflect in t degree on the aims or the azement of the council. The council s allegiance to no religious creed or although many sects a which compos: women, M in her annu: dress, laid spec s on the fa if there were national organizatior democratic or populist women they ¥ he eligible to merabership. In tof f populists been represented 1 delex: wish women, Bap in fact, w are all activ tions of the ‘ed womer nakers, cok all cl dent of the council, Mr is one of the best known and 1 workers in the » of women” country holds today. She so tl dent of the Local Council of Wom dianapolis, which is affiliated wi tional body. ve is a woman of fine 2 m: old by » and with white, though her any means would he 5 the pietu ence. Many the and many of them women who 5 s tor the meetin costumes are mon and the lk men s reform but very m io a misty 2 dim und have given place to 1 rue position and sphere of wom 9 and interesting people, thei triei- ties. In fact, it is Just such a gathering of women—this' woman's council—as one would expect to see ut any church service or missionary meeting ret, the * who are attracti nd who do not repel 1 Washiugion The different ms of the councll all have special subject: signed to them, such as religion, organized work in philan- thropy, education, government reform drees, What promises to be one interesting sessions of all is y, for which a program ap- to Washington’s birthday hes nged, and all the paper on patriotic jects. It will be mittee on patriotic in- s will be delivered 4 Birthday. woman's will be of ch, irman, Kate Brownlee Sher- wood, Ohio; “Patriot an Element in Government™ unding and Pre Kate Brownlee S) in of the committe Sacto ances © mittee on p: the Flag H sey, Dis linoi in: , Membe 1 : yuction; Cost W | Columbi ching as jiment in 3S t'—"In Character of rican m Robbins, Michixan, p: tlonal r of the committ ion; “The Balch little girls), Sarah C, patron of the National Cc ; discussion, 1D. We f mittee on sion, by © on patri- ale lute” members TEMPERANCE AND RELIGION. wed at the g& Session of the Council. “Organized Work in Religt was the subject for consideration at the afternoon ion of the woman's council y di formed the topic A 'Topie D) and Byveni Snr Union of Friend: ation rep- resented, an ley was intreduced by Bagley, vice president of the council, who called the great audience to order. Mrs. Bailey said that her church society deemed it a gleat to be a member of the privilege rational council, Her church believed in the equal representation of men aud women in all lines of Chris n work. Then fol- lewed & sketch of the society, giving an ac- count of sts department of missionary Ii atuie, of Junior and juvenile work, of pro- pertionate and ic giving, and the department of t and organization. The total recsipts of the society last year were $ SSO, rs. Davis, president of the N: ral Woman's Missionary ciety, Was the next speaker. The reason for the existence of her society, she said, was in the evangelistic injunction of Christ, and with the promise of Christ that He | would be with them to the ends of the } earth. Benjamin Randal was the founder of the socic A sketch of the society was given, showing a present membership of KK) and three working departments, the fi ‘3 ving gone out in 1874. The work Is now largely in India. Mrs. Bailey described the two publica- tions of the church, jonary Remi niscence and the organ of the church, the “ Helper,” edited by Mrs. F Burlingame Cheney. The financial polic of th clety has been indors ress men. The amount spent la $100,000, Women. tioral Council of Jewish Women The wis The was represented by Mrs. H. Solomon of Chicago, who said that the fundamental principle of her organization was opposi- Society of tion to religious persecution, wherever, whenever and against whomsoever shown. Their organization did not sek to make inferior Jews out of inferior Christians, and she deplored the fact that $200,000 is ann spent in an effort to convert Jews. The Jews which could be converted she esserted, were not worth the trouble. She thought that instead of talking so much about mansions in the sky it would be better to glve more attencion to the ection of sanitary tenements on rth. Finally, she seid her organization always ready to join in any work for the good of mankind, regardless of creed. This society of Jewish women, she said, stands for preventive philanthropy, per- sonal service and organization in charity. Mrs. Solomon then described how the work of the council was being accomplished in the distributon of literature, and the iter- ary scope and methods of the circles be- longing to the council in Chicago and else- where. ‘The members of the standing committee on religion are: Mrs. Minnie D. Louis of . Miss Sarah Lyons and Miss Lillie Hershfield of New York, Miss Mary Cowen of Pennsylvania and Miss Julia Fei- nthal of Chicago. On philenthropy: Mrs. S. Benjamin, Mrs. I. M. Appel ang Mrs. S$! Holzman, all of Denver; Miss Julla Rich- mond of New York and Mrs. Witowsky of Chicago. ‘The council already numbers sec tions in Chicago, Allegheny, Quincy ark, Baitimore, Duluth, St. Paul, Minneap- olis, New York, Denver, Pennsylvania, Kansas City and Cincinnati. Mrs. Solomon described the Free Kinder- garten Association under the auspices of the council, to be calied the Columbian, in honor of the Pittsburg couneil. She then gave in detail a history of the philanthropic work of the secretary and the intelectual work of the councils, as shown by the high lite’ order of the subjects which they discuss, as, for Instance, the myths of crea- tion, the myths of the Greeks, Norsemen, Germans, character strides of Eve and “Lilith,” Fetechism, Monotheism, the at- | titude of women of leisure to their wage- earning sisters and other subjects. The Nationai Council of Jewish Women in that w: is one of the-youngest, but. at the sam time, most enterprising of the organi: tions that compose the general council, so that particular interest attached to Mrs. Selemon’s address. Objects of the Organization. In the course of her remarks she said: “The last object of our council, that re- lating to religious persecution, is a work for the future, That there is a broad field for all religious organizations in this work needs only Russia and Armenia to prove. It is deplorable that international etiquette compels us to wear smoked glasses when signing treaties; that our statesmen are kept in a ferment if a seal is taken on the wrong side of an imaginary fence; our armies kept in training lest a few feet of ground in the heart of Africa should fall to the wrong country, and thus dis- under the | | pr | ment INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. RS FINANCIAL FOR RENT (Flats) FOR RENT (Houses). For For For (Stor LE, (Bicycles). = & PANICUL MANICURE AND HAIRDRESSIN WANTED AND TO LOA AR RRR ERO RRC TTT ARIE DOR RARER ARR RRR ERED Te the equilibrium of the earth's axis turb ho an ext that it would lose its 5. ct We patiently wait while a monarch sregards all the iaws of humanity, permit him to throw upon our shoulders the task of feeding, clothing and educating the sub- jects whom he has pauperized and whom he will only care for when he can prove them guilty of state erimes or until ke grows better humored. Let us hope for the an's sake that the Turk will iter Mohammedan than his mighty neigibor was a Christian. Let us also hope that in the twentieth century the s question of theater hats and bal- may have been satisfactori! nat our statesmen, in signing in- ternational treaties, will negotiate only ons treating subjects with some for the dictates of humanity. What nization will accomplish in the future is a litle difficult to predict. We ure receiving every possible encouraze- and should women be from our rabi to enter the ministry there in their w in establishing a sum- t may be taught igent audience, one composed of thorougt students. The associa- tion has here a legitimate field, that of ap- preciative audience, to the scholar to en- courage and make possible the production and teaching of the very best. “We hope als enter the missionary ld. Our work will be among the poor and norant of our own faith. We will not altempt to make inferior in quality Jews cut of inferior in quality Christians with food and clothes and Christ trees, nor will we attempt to proselyte among any of ne historic faiths, feeling quite skeptical to the sort we would get, gauging by inference in our own case. “We don’t wish to be understood as_un- derestimating the magnificent work done for humanity by those heroes, the Chris- tian missionaries, among the savage and , but it is a sad statement that $20,000 should be spent annually in con- veriing Jews, for such converts are neither less nor gain to any faith, and I make not a single exception. A’ warm, well-fed Christian is more desirable than a cold, hungry Jew, yet when we have $200,000 to spend in missionary work we will not supply tenants for these particular regions reserved for Jewish residents in mansions in the sky, but put up strong, good, san- {tary tenement houses on earth. As mem- bers of the National Council of Women we hope to Keep in touch with the work of the women of our land, and are always ready to join hands in any work for the good of men, regardless of creed.” Temperance Work. The subject for the remainder of the afternoon session was “Organized fVork in Temperance," and Miss Willard was down on the program for an address, but as she was to speak during the evening the sub- ject was discussed by the national treas- urer, Mrs. H. M. Barker. She began at the beginning and briefly sketched the work of the W. C. T. U. and its various departments. Her argument went to show that the W. C. T. U. was in hearty sym- pathy with the high purposes of the Na- tional Council of Women. The W. C. T. U., however, was the first in the field with the questions of social purity, the kindergar- ten, scientific instruction and the removal of the flag from the saloon to the school ous Mrs. Barker also spoke of the need of an intelligent womanhood, of a self-sup- perting womanhood. The dependence of woman on man had a great deal to do with the divorces of the age. She believed that a woman ought to be able to wait until she could be well married, for she knew that there was enough of a mother in every girl to make her prefer the cradle to the typewriter, and that she would pre- fer a home with a man ske loved to an office with a man she did not love. ‘The Evening Session. There was a very large audience at the evening session, the earlier part of the program being under the auspices of the National Council of Jewish Women. On the platform were seated Mrs. May Wright Sewall, Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery, Mrs. Frauces Bagley, Mrs. Lillian Stevens, Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis, Lady Henry Som- erset, Miss Frances Willard, Miss Anthony, Dr, Sarah Hackett Stevenson, Mrs. E.iza- beth B. Granniss, Miss Lucy Anthgny, Mrs, Solomon, Mrs. Mary Lowe Stevenson, Miss~Anna Gordon, Miss- Sadie American, Mrs. Wardale, Mrs. McLaughlin, Miss elle Kearney, Rev. Anna H. Shaw, Mrs. Helen Barber and Mrs. M. R. M. Wallace. Mrs. Solomon was called upon to preside, and, in reply to Mrs. Sewall’s introduction, id in part: “riends, it has been my pleasure to work along the lines of the National Council of Women with my Christian sisters for many years. But at no time have I been with them with more pleasure than tonight, rep- resenting my Jewish sisters as our largest organization, and, at present, claiming fel- lcwship in ail that concerns the welfare of humanity and tho realization of man’s ideal. We are organized as a distinct body, but it fs only in our religion that we are distinct and differ from our neighbors, and hence only in the work pertaining to re- ligion are we separate. This separation im- plies the work of philanthrophy, and thers fore our organization has a philanthrophi side. ‘The place of any religious organiza- ticn of this country is well defined. Its first duty fs to enlighten its members concern- ing,every religion and to protect them from representation by the outside world.” "The Social Obligations of Religion” w the subject of a paper by Miss Sadie Amer- ican of Chicago, who said that it is time for us to realize that the sins of omission are as great as those of commission. We rust stop speaking of the wickedness of ceste in India and of the Turk to the Ar- menian and remove the beam from our own eye. Mrs. Isabel Richman Wallach of New York spoke on “The Education of Chil- dren,” and Nirs. Carrie Shevelson Ben- jamin of Colorado discussed the influence of Greek and Hebrew thought on Christian- ity and clvilization. She held that Gree was the intellectual and Hebrew the moral factor of modern civilization, and whatever there is best and brightest in the last can be paralleled in the component sources. Mrs. Sewall then reverted to the general subject of temperance and remarked that as the first part of the meeting had been given over to one of the oldest and most potent of religions, so the second part would be given over to one of the oldest and most potent of reforms. She thereupon introduced Miss Frances E. Willard, as president of the National Woman's Chris: tian Temperance Union. Miss Belle Kearney of Mississippi was in troduced as the first speaker on this part cf the program, her topic being “Temper- ance and Unity.” She said that King Al- cohol was trying to crush light and life out desire FINANCIAL. Toney To Loan. 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In re Chas. T. Becker, Andrew Hessler, jr., Jas. 8. McCarty, Jos. F. Brauman, Walter- A. Illmann, Blanche M. Sheridan and Richar® A. Davis, alleged lunatics; inquisition in lunacy confirmed. Osborne agt. Davidson Mortgage Co.; demurrer to amended bill, overruled. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Bumber agt. Bumber; order overruling certain exceptions to report of auditor and sustaining in part other exceptions. Tol- man agt. Tolman; order directing marshal to take defendant in custcdy. Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Bradley. Tullock agt. Ware; motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment filed. Shannon agt. Anacostia and Potomac River Rall- road Company; judgment on verdict for defendant. In re estate of Annie E. North- cutt; certified to Criminal Court No. 2 for trial. Steppacher, Arnold & Co. agt. Hirsh; judgment by default. Johnson agt. Merl- wether; motion for new trial filed. Hannah O'Leary agt. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company; case given to jury. Circuit Court No. 2—Chief Justice Bingham. Breckinridge agt. Bradshaw; certified to Judge Bradley for trial. White agt. Ross; on hearing. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge McComas. United States agt. H. W. Howgate; for- gery and embezzlement; on trial. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. Toited States ngt. Frank Johnson; house- | breaking; verdict guilty; sentence, ten ¥ s. (nited States agt. Merton W. Hef- lin; embezzlement; verdict, not guilty. United States agt. Orlan C. Cullen; false pretenses; nolle pros. United States agt. Wm. Woody; larceng from the person; de- fendant pleads guilty to petit larceny; sentence, thirty days in jail. United States ogt. Frederick Bosten; larceny from the person; sentence, one year and six months at Albany. United States agt. James Gal- lagher; assault with intent to kill; sen- tence, eight years at Albany. Civil case— In re estate of Annie E. Northcutt; on hearing. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Henry Turnbull; final account of administrator and receipt of Grace T. Gray. guardian, filed. Estate of John A. Smith; will and petition in probate filed. Estate of Josephine W. M. Sherwood; wilt filed. Estate of Geo. M. Kengla; report of administrator filed. —— Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows:. Wm. H. Brooker et ux. to Arthur N. Chap- man, part lot 8 section 1, Barry Farm; $250. Carrie Levengood to Frank D. Fos- ter, part lot 5, sq. 107; $8,850. Chas. F. EB. Richardson et ux. to Mason N. and Ada F. Richardson, east % lot 16, bli. 4, Washing- ton Heights; $3,750. Douglass S. Mackall, trustee, to Ellsworth T. Simpson, part lot’ P. B. T. and D.’s addition and part 70, sq. 51, Georgetown; $1. Jno. O. on et ux. to Frank D. Foster, part , sq. 107; $8,850. Samuel A. Drury and; Groff, trustees, to Benj. W. Holman, bik. 19, Meridian Hill; $4,125. Amert- ecurity and Beast ey to Ida ull, lot 42, sq. 960; $3,580. ph’ Auerbach et ux. to Frank V. Til- lots 205, 206 and 207, sq. 672; $10. Brooker, part. 3225. Wm. H. lot ford, Spencer Coleman to Wm. lot § sec.-1, Barry Farm Manozue et ux. to Brainard H. Warner, part King’s Acre, Georgetown; $10. Same to same, lots 120 to 142, blk. 27, Long Mead- saws; $10. Elmer H. Sothoron et ux. to Jas. T, Sothoron, lot 18, sq. 31; $1,400. Frank V. Tilford et ux. to Joseph Auerbach, lot 90, sa. $10. Mary H. Treynor to Emma Harrison, part lots 28 to 31, sq. 1026; $109. Calvin Witmer et ux, et al. to Benj. F. Whiteside, original lot 11, sq. 1027; $10. Benj. F, Whiteside to Calvin Witmer, south. one-half original lot 11, sq. 1027; $10. Bame. to Nelson H. Duvall, north one-half same. lot; $10,