Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1895, Page 9

"THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, U101 Pennaylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star News Compan: SH KAUFFMAN. Prost. Ya flew York Ofics, 49 Potter 3 Potter Building, = Jb ss The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own accouut, at 10 cents T Week, or 44c. per month. Copies at the counter cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage preoald-00 cents per ath. Suturday quintupl> Sheet Star, $1.00 peur; with foreign postaze abled, $2.00. ies Entered at the Post Ovfiee at Washington, D. C., as second-cinss mail matter) CF AM mail abscriptioas must be patd In advarce. Rates of advertisiag made known on applicatioo. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. Printers’ Inf, céhe fitffe schoo: master of advertising), saps: JE is cfaimed for fe WasZinsfon Sfar, and profabfp frufSfuffp cfaimed, that no offer newspaper in f§e counfrp goes info 60 fargt @ percentage of aff the Bouses: twiffin a radius of fwenfp mifer from Be office of pufification, THE NEW HOUSE A Novel Experience for Nearly One- Half the Members. — A LEGISLATIVE KINDERGARTEN Some Personal Details of the Com- ing Legislators. ——_>+--_—_ REPRESENTATIVE MEN T HE LOWER HOUSE of the Fifty-fourth Congress is rich with promise. It might not be a bad idea for Mr. Cleveland to call them together early to give the many new men time to learn some of the myste- ries of statesmanship before the expiration of their terms. Of the three hundred and fifty-six members- one hundred and have never before served in Eleven others have served price to the Fifty-third Congress. The number of entirely new men is large enough to give the assemblage the charac- ter of a legislative kindergarten. Only twenty-seven of these men entirely without experience are democrats. The republican majority will, therefore, be composed of one hundred and thirty-five raw recruits and only one hundred and six veterans. Should the recruits take it into their heads to mutiny and run things in their own way they would have a majority of twenty- nine in the republican caucus and could do exactly as they pleased. They could elect @ Speaker, divide the committee chairman- ships to thelr own liking and outline all legislation. If the veteran republicans ab- sented themselves from the House the new men of that party would outnumber all the democrats in the House by a majority of thirty-one. All the old members, democrats and re- publicans put together, would have a ma- jority of only forty-eight over the new re- publican members. It Is decidedly a new House. Not only is it new, but it is un- known. A very iarge proportion of the re- cruits are entirely urknown outside of their own netghborhcods. Even the Representa- tives from their cwn states often know nothing ebout them, and occasionally it is found that the old member dezeated knows little more of his victorious rival than that he got the nemiraticn because no one else wanted it, and somehew was elected. If report be true, there are some original eharacters among them, and they will be unruly, as well as inexperienced. Some in districts the republicans had not the least idea of Trying were nominated as a joke, or because of some trait that gave them a local reputation for peculiarity, or because elect to the House, sixty-two Congress. of the character of their business they could make the canvass incidentaliy without cost. On this latter principle of economy and convenience an ftinerant doctor and vender of patent medicine was nominated in one district, and In another a music teacher and plano tuner was nominated. Both teok the nominations as a sort of advertisement, and both were elected. Both may make excel- lent Representatives. Among the new members are many young men, and not a few are men who have made money in trade or speculation, and took the nomiration because it would give them some distinction, and they could af- ford to make the canvass without hope of ectfon. It does not appear that many who werg thus elscted by surprise spent much money or effort in their own behalf. Some Interesting Details. The main claim for distinction set up in behalf of Milford W. Howard, the populist who defeated Denson in Alabama, is that he wrote “If Christ Came to Congress.” He first appeared in Washingten as an office-secker, and failing in that, with ready adaptation to circumstances and not hampered by too strong a sense of fitness and propriety, he collected and strung together all the scandals of Washington history, a few true and many imaginary, and published them as a novel of Washing- ton life. It is said that In doing this he not only made some money, but settled seme cl! scores. [exas sends a new man In the place of Gresham, who will probably soon become as familiarly known to the public as e Kilgore. He is not a native Texan, but comes nearer the popular idea of what a Texan ought to be than most of the na- tives do. He is a hustler and a rustler, rough and ready of the stage cowboy style. His name is Miles Crowley. He is known locally as “Sir Miles.” Texans refer to him as “quite a character,” and that means @ great deal from the mouth of a Texan. Like John L. Sullivan, Sir Miles came from Bost Some sort of story is told alout why he left Boston, but It is vague and not sworn to. But anyhow he went to Galveston from Boston while quite a young fellow, and hired out as an unloader o* ships and all-around ‘longshoreman. B, his readiness, peculiar individuality and daring, he soon became marked as one out of the ordinary. He was always ready for fun or a fight, and asked favor of rone. After awhile ke became a boss stevedore. He began to dabble in politics among the ‘longshoremen, and was elected alderman. After that he got to the state legislature. All along the line he had him- self tiked about—he was always “quite a character,” and he had a way of getting what he wanted, if he had to fight for it. When he made up his mind he wanted to come to Congress he knew how to set His dacy excited a most 1 from the “better ele- get through regarding Qght was hot at the The it primaries and at the polis, but he got the as a joke. regular democratic nomination and was elected. After his election charges were brought against him that he had not been above reproach as a member of the legis. lature. ‘The charges were accompanied with specifications and an Investigation was had that excited interest through- out th ate. The investigating comm: tee a ited him of the charges. He ts am f about forty, of rugged appear- and expression of great force of licted that he will manner ing ance, with a countenance a republican elected st of Texas to suc- edly the en of as the mug- ing, of the new dele- aight-out republican, y the best class Though a republican, one of the most con- the President in the is a lawyer of high has been district Judge and is is cally for the relentless war he © on gambling in San Antonio. New Men From Missourt. When the returns frem the state of Mis- souri were received last November, the last pote of despair was the report of the de- feat of Silver “Dick” Bland and Orator Champ Clark. Then the chairman of the state committee threw his hands in the air and exclaimed: “To think of it! ‘Dick’ Bland beat by a horse doctor and Champ Clark by a piano tune! William M. Treloar, who defeated Champ Clark, is popularly’ understood to be a piano tuner. and a traveling music teacher, who was given the republican nomination because no one else wanted it, and be- cause it would fall in with his line of busi- ness to make the canvass, without an out- lay of money. Mr. Clark says that this does an Injus- tice to his successor, and adds: ‘The man who succeeds me is Professor Wm. M. Treloar of Mex: While he has had little to do with politics, he is a man of fair ca- pecity and good manners. The newspapers have done him great injustice by represent- ing him as a banjo player or piano tuner. He is nothing of the sort. He is, and for many years kas been, professor of music in Hardin College, one of the foremost educational institutions of the west. He is also a composer of music of some reputa- tion. The republican nomination, so I am informed, went begging for some time, and Professor Treloar was the fifth man to whom it was offered. In 1802 I received 2,592 plurality. In 184 Treloar beat me 132 votes, because 2,800 democrats, thinking everything was safe, stayed at home. Professor Treloar is a bright and enthu- siastic Mason. His wife—formerly Miss Annie Silver—comes from good old Mary- land democratic stock.” Dr. Joel D. Hubbard, who beat Bland, is represented as an itinerant doctor, a “horse doctor” and a peddler of patent medicine. He was born tn 1860, grad- uated in medicine in 1883. He gave up medicine to go to railroading, and, as his biographer says, “returned after a time to the practice of medicine, and succeeded admirably.” Among the Missouri delega- tion he is known as having served through two or three terms as county clerk, and as having been the president of the Morgan County Bank, and at present being the editor of the “Statesman.” His election to Congress was no less a surprise to him than to any one else. He tock the nomination to fill out the ticket, all other prominent republicans having de- clined to make the “hopeless” race against jan: Norman A. Mozely, who defeated Repre- sentative Arnold of Missourt, will probably be the youngest man in the House, among @ great number of young men. He was born in 1866, and worked on the farm where he was born until he was twenty- one years old. He has been in Missouri since 1$87, teaching school and practicing jaw. C. N. Clark, the successor of Gen. Hatch of Missouri, is, like eGn. Hatch, a farmer. He i3 a good-looking elderly gentleman, with pleasant manners. He is a very large owner of farming interests in the ttom lends of Illinois right opposite Hannibal. There is one man from Missouri who will make himself heard in_the House; that is John P. Tracey of the 7th district. He has a voice like a fog horn,which he uses freely when occasion arises,and it is said thatwhen he first speaks in the House, he will fill the hall with sound, which will roll from wall to wall with great rumbling. He is said to be a man of ability. He was United States marshall and knows nearly every man in his district. Claims to Di ction. There are two new members from Iowa— S. M. Clark, from Keokuk,and G. M. Curtis, from Clinton. Clark {s a man who will rival Wheeler of Alabama in nervousness and diminutiveness of stature. He is a scholar of fine attainments, a perfect bun- dle of nerves—quick, bright, with keen perception and ready understanding. Dur- ing President Harrison's term he was sent to Europe to make an inspection of school systems. He will at once drop into bookish society in Washington. He is about fifty years old and a widower. Curtis is spoken of as “one of the boys,” or a good feliow, six feet tall, with plenty of brains and cash. He is expected to be popular and successful in the House. He is a very rich lumber manufacturer, who comes to Con gress as a republican from the one district in Iowa which it was thought could never be carried by any but a democrat. He is one of those men who look savage and isn't. In appearance he is a pirate of ro- mance His friends speak of him as “the pirate” because of his tall and athletic figure, his fierce black moustache, swarthy complexion and very full black eyes. Jerry Simpson, surnamed the Sockless, is succeeded by a very dressy young man of about thirty-two, who is attentive to his personal appearance as to carriage, speech and manner, as well as to dress. He is a young lawyer of Medicine Lodge who has dabbled a good deal in politics. He has served in the state senate, and two years ago he was defeated by Simpson. Before he became a lawyer he was a teacher of elocution, and there is a great deal of stud- ied eloquence and set forms of delivery in his speeches, which he writes and memo- rizes, but he has no gift for running de- bate. He is more than six feet tall, of very dark complexion, with very black hair and mustache. Holman of Indiana fs succeeded by James E. Watson, a young man who prides him- self on his oratorical ability, and who re- ceived the nomination to Congress as a re- sult of an impression made by him in a fiery speech. He {s sald to have a very good opinion of himself, and will not be backward in the House. Men of Wealth. Among the new members are a number of considerable wealth. Henry C. Brewster of Rochester, N. Y., Is a banker of wealth. He Isa short,rather thick-set man of fifty, with full light brown beard parted in the middle, and a man of great conservatism and method, who will attend to his legislative duties as he has to those of his bank, and will probably not attempt to move the Fiouse with his elo- quence. Col. Richard C. Shannon of New York city Is a man of great wealth and will be a very liberal entertainer during his term in Washington. He is tall and of very dis- tinguished appearance, with full dark beard, and has a fine address and delightfui social qualities. He was formerly minister to Guatemala. ‘Alex. Stewart of Wisconsin ts another millionaire. He is a man of about sixty years, of medium height and wears a full gray beard. He is a‘ lumberman, like Curtis of Iowa, and made his money off pine lands. He will probably be a quiet Lusiness member, and will live about as a very rich man ought to in Washington. S. A. Cook of Wisconsin is a lumberman worth half a million or more, which will enable him to live pretty well at the cap- ital, but he will not be apt to try to make much of a display either in the House or socially. He will probably adapt himself very quickly to the commonplace of con- greasional life. He Is a quiet man, nothing of a speaker, and is rather tall, with red qnustache and chin whiskers. ‘Chas. L. Henry of Indiana is another man of wealtn. He made a fortune in specula- tions in gas and street rallroad enterprises. He is a plain, ordinary-appearing man, but is one of education and excellent business attainments, and It 1s said that he will probably be speedily recognized as the leader of the Indiana delegation. John Simpkins of Massachusetts ought tc make a sensation in Washington society. He is a remarkably handsome bachelor of about thirty-two or younger, possessing large wealth and many fine personal qual- ities. He has two handsome sisters who will be with him in Washington to main- tain his establishment, and it is expected that he will entertain liberally. some Interesting Personalities. Gen. George P. Harrison, who Is elected from the district of Alabama long repre- sented by Gen. Oates, who retired to be- ecme governor of the state, has been promi- nent in Alabama as a lawyer for twenty years. He was the youngest brigadier general in the confederate service. He is grand master of Masons in the state, a widower, and a very fine-looking man, who will probably be a prominent figure in the next House. Gen. James A. Walker, the only republi- can given a certificate of election from Virginia, was the commander of the Stone- wall brigade after the death of Stonewall Jackson. It fs sald that he will be one of the strongest representative southern men in the next Congress. He 1s a man of striking appearance, of fine physique and massive head, possesses great force and | determination of character and a great amount of courage. Gov. Richard C. McCormick of New York has served in Congress before, but during his entire term he never voted on any ques- tion. This is not a reproach to him, for he was not while in the House entitled to a vote. He was not there as a representative from New York, but was a delegate from Arizona, and delegates do not have votes. He is a man of about sixty and is the son- in-law of Allen G. Thurman. He is a good campaign speaker and will probably do well in the House, as he is not entirely without experience. “Harry” Miner, who succeeds “Tim” Campbell from the ninth New York city district, knows more about theaters than he does about statesmanship, but he will Probably attract attention and create an impression in the House. He owns a va- riety theater in the Bowery and two or three other theaters, and has made con- siderable money. There is probably no better known man in New York than he. He is rather a fine-looking and dignified-appear- ing man, but runs somewhat to diamonds. Philip B. Low, or Capt. Low, of New York city is a “‘salt sea dog." He was a sea cap- tain in the merchant marine for many years. A large, fine-looking man, tall, and as straight as an arrow, with gray side whiskers and mustache, he has a very commanding presence, and he is a capital stump speaker. ‘The Henry Clay of the next House is Wil- Mam Sulzer, but recently the democratic speaker of the New York house of dele- gates. He is a bright, ambitious ‘young man, and does not regard {t as uncompli- mentary that every one tells him that he looks like Clay. Following out the idea suggested by the fancied resemblance, he makes Clay his model “altogether.” It is said that he has an exaggerated idea of things, as young men are apt to have, and as he ts a talker of some note, his appear- azce in the House is awaited with some interest. There is one man elected to the next House who has tried to demonstrate that even in Kansas a man can get along with- out being a demagogue. W. A. Calder- head, who defeated Davis, the populist, for Congress, is a republican who was nominated cn a free-coinage platform and who immediately on accepting the nomina- tion declared that he would not accept the platform. He sald that he believed in a single gold standard and that he favored trusts and combinations, because they served to cheapen production. His friends were very much alarmed lest these frank utterances would cause his defeat, and they tried to make him suppress them, but he refused to do so. He said they were his sentiments, and that he would rather be defeated on the platform of his own making than to be elected on any dema- gogical chatter about free silver and abuse of trusts. To the great astonishment of his opponents he was elected. He is a tall, spare man, with iron-gray beard and hair, with a firm expression of counte- mance, a strong partisan, and prides him- self on never trying to deceive anybody as to his opinions. These Are Youngsters. “Young Colonel Georg George B. Mc- Clellan of New. York, will be one of the babies of the next House. He is one of the few democrats elected from the empire state. He is a bright, handsome, boylsh- looking fellow, with a smooth face, a good talker and ambitious. He is a son of Gen. McUlellan, “Little. Mac,” is prominently identified -with Tammany Hall, and is a protege of Croker’s. He is about thirty years old. Tazewell Ellett of Virginla is a man who rever held office before. He is under forty years old, a dashing sort of fellow, who has been active In politics, and he bears a striking resemblance to McKinley of Ohio. It is sald that one of the most striking looking men tn the next House will be W. R. McKenney of Virginia. He ts only about forty years old, but he looks like some old colonial portrait. His face is kept clean-shaven, and, coupled with a dignified bearing, is a decidedly old- fashioned face. He is a lawyer of large practice, and is a fine stump speaker. The Michigan people expect John B. Cor- liss of Detroit to attract some attention. He is a Vermonter, but has been in Micht- gan since he was a young man. He is very boyish looking, with light hair and small mustache, though he is forty-two years old. Twenty-one years ago he grad- uated at law from the Columbian Law School in this city and went at once to Detroit to practice. He was an active, hustling young fellow and soon became locally prominent. He was elected city at- torney after he had been there for six years and drew up the new charter under which the city of Detroit now exists. He has been a successful trial lawyer, em- ployed largely by corporations, and has made about $300,000 in building street rail- roads. He looks to be less than thirty years oki, and his youthful appearance is often the cause of amusing mistakes. Not long ago he had a case to try up in the state. He won the case after a pretty hard fight. After it was over an old lawyer who had been watching the case with in- terest congratulated him on the admira- ble manner in which he had managed it for a youngste: and said he had done credit to his father, who was well known by republicans in that part of the state. The old lawyer went on to explain that he had read much of his father and was an admirer of his. The “youngster” had then to explain that Corliss of Detroit was himself and not his father, and that he was not as young as _he looked. Wm. Alden Smith of Grand Raovlds, Mich., will soon be popular among the sportsmen in Congress. He is but thirty- five years old, has served in the state legislature and fs, or recently was, attor- ney for the Chicago ard West Michigan railroad. Four years ago he was appoint- ed game warden for the state, and made a thorough revision of the game laws, for the more effective preservation of the game. He is a rather short, dark-complex- joned young man, with little streaks of black whiskers down his cheeks, and prom- inent features. Charles A. Towne of Duluth, who suc- ceeds Baldwin of Minnesota, is under thir- ty years old, and twelve years ago was a page in the Michigan legislature. He went to Duluth about ten years ago. Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama 1s an- other of the young men who will figure in the next House. He is but about thirty- five years old, of good bearing, and a bright fellow. He is a Kentucky man and has lived in Alabama but a few years. The Salient Points. Charles F. Buck of Louisiana will be one of the scholars of the next House. He is a German by birth and one of the most prominent lawyers of his state. He Is a man of fine social qualities, courtly and elegant in manner, and is a man of literary attainments. He is a great Shakespearean student, ready to do battle with any Ba- conian who may give him the challenge. William Lorrimer and George E. White, two of the new Chicago members, are men who have worked out their success in life from very small beginnings. White went to Chicago soon after the war and was employed in a lumber yard. He now owns probably the largest hard wood lumber establishment in Chicago. He is a jolly sort of a man, with black eyes and black hair and mustache. Lorrimer, who repre- sents the second district, formerly worked on the street railroad in Chicago. He was made superintendent of the water office un- der Mayor Washburn and afterward served as alderman. He has a dark complexion, a fine figure and a pleasing countenance. It is said that Lewis W. Royse of the thirteenth district will be the strongest man in the Indiana delegation. He is a very successful lawyer, about forty-five yeurs old, with a reputation for brightness and forceful oratory. John A. Barham of California is a south- ern man, who went to California at the close of the war. He {s about fifty years old, and was a democrat during the war and for some years afterward, but for nearly twenty years has been a republican. He is a fluent, but not especially forcible talker. He is quite tall and slender, and fas an easy-going southern style about him. He is very erect in Carriage and active in his movements; has a reddish brown mustache. For a number of years he taught school in California. For some years he has been law partner of E. T. Colgan, the present state’s controller. He was twice defeated for Congress before he finally secured an election. He will prob- ably be a routine member of the House, acting always with his party. 5 Grove L. Johnson of California will prob- ably cut considerable of # figure in the next House. He is a man of great zeal and en- ergy, eloquent and aggressive. He is fiery and bitter in his stylejof oratory, and will, if opportunity offers, become a striking, if not a prominent, figufe in*the next Con- gress. He will push to the front from the beginning. For many years he has been one of the leading criminal lawyers of Cali- fornia. He is a native of New York, about fifty-six years old, and until twenty years ago was a democrat. He has served as a member of both branches of the California legislature with distinction. He has been a conspicuous figure in many of the great criminal trials in California for the last ten years, and was the leading counsel for the contestant in the famous Martin will contest, where the widow was accused of peisoning her husband. In appearance he is a man of medium size, wears full brown beard tinged with gray and black hair. He dresses- with some elegance, but with a studied neglige, never wearing a tle. Bartlett,the new member from Georgia,is a sharp, snappy, nervous little fellow, like Wilson of Washington. He is a lawye atout forty years old, active, ageressiv rervous and fidgety. He has served in both branches of the legislature and resigned the judgeship of the superior court to come to Congress, >. IN LOCAL STUDIOS After careful consideration of the plans submitted by Mr. Hinckley, Max Weyl and others, recommending an annual com- petitive or comparative exhibition of stu- dents’ work in the rooms of the Corcoran Art School, when students of other recog- nized art institutions of the country should be invited to participate, the trustees of. the gallery have decided that such an ex- hibition would be impracticable just at this time. They suggest that further steps in the matter be postponed until next year, or until the new gallery be occupied— as the date proposed would be too early to allow of sufficient preparations to make the exhibition a complete success. Prof. Andrews, director of the Corcoran School, is deeply interested in the matter, and the constantly rising standard of work, both accomplished in“ the school and required from applicants for admittance, leads him to believe that such an exhibition would result most favorably—not only in allow- ing our students to see what is being ac- complished in other schools, but in estab- lishing the Corcoran School as one of the leading art institutions of the country. ee we ee The Society of Washington Artists will hold its fifth annual exhibition of local work at the Cosmos Club during the week commencing April 8. The ‘Cosmos exhibition,” as it has come to be called, is the leading event of the year in local art circles. Last season the view was considered the best which had ever been held, and this year it promises to be even better. A number of the ar- tists have, for several months past, been working with this exhibition in prospect. Works will be received at 1500 H street cn Monday and Tuesday, March 25 and 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Not mere than four pictures by any one artist will be ex- hibited, and the collection will include oll paintings, water colors, pastels ‘sculp- ture which have not befdee been exhisit- ed in Washington. ce 6 3 ge Two of the most Successful portraits which Have recently been comptetédl‘ by Mr. Hinckley are those of Gen. dnd Mrs. Draper, the latter being particularly strik- ing, cwing to the delicate beauty of the face and elaboration of tollet and acces- scries. The artist's conception of “Trilby, which receiyed so much attention during the recent Studio tea, is perhaps one of the most thoroughly picturesque canvases Mr. Hinckley has ever exhibited, and will short- ly be sent to New York, where it will rep- resent the artist at the spring exhibitions. o ¢ ¢ fee Owing to quite serious optical trouble and general. ill health, E. C. Messer will be obliged to forego his usual spring exhibi- tion, although he expects to send@‘one or two canvases to the Cosmos exhibition, and is already making plans for a summer in the Blue Ridge, where he will accompany a class of Washington art students for the purpose of working and studying from nature. ae lets Mr. Le Grand Johnston ts busy prepar- ing for the exhibition he: will hold in the Fischer gallery early in April. About forty canvases will be placed on view, Including a number of decorative subjects painted after the Italian school, the style of which shows the artist in an entirely new field of art. S10 eraee 6: The evening of “Songs and Scenes from ‘Trilby,” which is being arranged by the Art Students’ League to take place during Lent, is creating much interest in artistic and social circles. The dramatis personae is being kept strictly secret; but it is un- derstood that the characters are to be repre- sented by the belles and beaux of society, and the entire entertainment closely model- ed after the one recently given with such success by the artists of New York. ee © ee During the last meeting of the Society of Washington Artists E. F. Andrews was unanimously elected to membership. oe © © In preparation for her exhibition, which will take place early in April, Miss Curtis has just completed a number of exquisite paintings in pastel, of which an ideal con- ception of Tennyson's “Princess” is per- haps the most striking. ee oe oe Miss Sophia Loury has just received the artists’ proofs of her painting, “The Ruling Passion Strong in Death,” which ts being reproduced by her publishers in New York. The picture, which ts quite as unusual as its title, represents a skull, with a cigarette placed between the teeth. Despite its grue- someness the composition is a striking one. ee «© # © A number of Mr. Dunbar’s most valuable pieces of work were destroyed by the re- cent cold weather, and for some days the artist has been busy, as far as possible, re- pairing damages. He has just completed an unusually clever bas-relief of Dr. E. S. Kimbal, and also one of Mrs. Dr. Harvey. Eerly in May Mr. Dunbar éxp2cts to return to St. Paul, and from there will go to New Yerk, where he thinks of establishing a studio in place of the one in this city. se we we Miss Lillian Cook has recently finished two well-handled compositions in oll, repre- senting the old subjects ‘of “Dawn” and “Evening” in a new and altogether original manner, She is also at work on a large genre subject, “‘A Market Day in Wash- ington,” which will be exhibited at the Cosmos. es 8 «© we Mrs. J. Mindeleff, whose miniature por- traits have of late attraeted such favor- able attention, has recerftly completed an exquisite portrait on ivory of Mrs. Dr, Sowers, and also those of Mrs, Fairfield Carpenter and the little daughter of James Johnston. es 8 © @ Miss Juliet Thompson has just finished a pleasing and artistically handled portrait of Miss Hammend, and ig working on other canvases designed for her exhibition, which will take place in Aprjl. s. 0: @ ye os Some time during the month of March Miss Marietta Minnigerode, the instructress of the Art School of the Corcoran Art Gal- lery, will give an art jexhibition at the Fischer gallery. i THE EX-QUEEN’S CASE Scenes Before the Military Court at Honolulu. MRS, DOMINIS’ APPEARANCE ON TRIAL What is Said of the Assisted Emi- gration of Cranstoun. THE CONSPIRACY CHARGES —_>+—__——_ Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, February 7, 1895. The trial of the ex-queen was begun on Tuesday, the 5th, in a quiet manner, by the military commission. There was no pa- rade or previous special notice of any sort to the public. The morning paper stated that her case would probably come on that mcrning, and it did so. By 9:30 the usual scats in'the court room were already occu- pied by spectators, chiefly ladies. More scats were brought in until about 150 per- sens were seated, and fifty more were standing against the walls. At least two- thirds were ladies. It was mainly a white audience. Reserved seats were occupied by government officials, the diplomatic corps and United States naval officers. In their usual places were the American minister and British commissioner. There was much delay. It was learned that the ex-queen had been detained by business visitors, and had been late at breakfast. While waiting, the court tock up the case of John H. Wise, for mis- prision of treason. He pleaded guilty, hav ing already given testimony quite fully in the case of others, involving his own con- duct. This very intelligent young man had recently spent three years at Oberlin Col- lege in special preparation for the ministry, supported there by a benevolent gentle- man of this city, but had failed on his re- turn to fulfill expectations, and had drifted into the rebellion. It rarely proves safe to lift any person of weaker races out of his native sphere of life by taking him abroad. The court retired some minutes for consid- eration of Wise’s case. After their return, there was still delay. Finally at 11:15 Mrs. Deminis came down stairs and entered the court room, and took the seat provided for her, a comfortable chair of dark rattan. Her Entrance Into Court. ‘The ex-queen was escorted to the door by Maj. Potter, the president’s aid. From the door the military officer in charge of the guard led her to her seat. Her falth- ful half-white lady attendant, Mrs. C. B. Wilson, accompanied and sat with her. Liliuokalani was dressed in black, with some lace trimmings, apparently plain at- tire. She wore a lightly made biack hat without veil. There was a spray of light color in the trimmings of the hat. There was a slight faltering or feebieness-in her step, unlike the former usual stateliness of her. movements on public occasion: Indeed, her whole person seemed smalle as if shrunken. While there was no be- trayal of emotion of any so: one could not fail to imagine her very painful sense of the contrast between this public entry inte- her former throne room and that iest one on the fatal 14th of January, 158, when she angrily and tmperiously told her audience how her ministers had betrayed her about the new constitution she had prepared to give the nation. Now her whole aspect was feeble, depressed. She looked like a person broken in spirit, if not in health. Her face seemed flaccid and tor- pid, although her eyes became fixed with strong intentness at times upon offictals when reading or speaking. One fancied a pleading expression in her face. Her hair had grown remarkably gray. Formerly we always rose at her public entry into an audience. Now there was no homage tor her. She crept in, as it were, and took her place like a common criminal. Probably ho one present felt any other feeling than that of pain at her humiliation. Her own face seemed inexpressive; she once wiped her eyes with her handkerchief, after hear- ing read the charges against her. Neumanu’s Objection, After proceedings were opened, Liliuo- kalani’s counsel, Paul Neumann, began by questioning each member of the court if he nad formed any opinion in the case or had any bias, which each denied. He then made a general objection that they had all been members of other court-martials in which the same matter had been consider- ea and decided. Judge Advocate Kinney replied that the present question of her misprision of treason—guilty knowledge of the uprising—had not been considered. After retiring the court decided that they could not entertain the matter propounded by counsel, which was equal to a “‘chal- lenge to the array.” Neumann then objected to Capt. Ziegler individually as having sat en a like ey saying he would, to save time, be govern- ed as to the rest of the members by the court’s decision on this case. Objection overruled. At counsel’s request the accused was al- lowed to sit while the charges against her were read. ‘The court was then sworn. Kinney read the charges and specifications rapidly and indistinctly. They seemed a mass of legal verbiage. The accused seemed to listen intently. She had already had the paper in her hands for four days. ~ Neumann asked for postponement one day to give him time to prepare his objections to the charges and specifications; said he had been almost the only counsel available for all the different persons accused. ‘The other lawyers were mostly either in prison or engaged in questioning witnesses for the government. The case was continued to next day. The Second Day. ‘The second day Mrs. Dominis appeared more in her natural vigor. it was learried that she had felt much harassed the previous morning by the importunities ot an old friend, Capt. Robert Varker of the police, that she should make full confes- sion of her complicity in the uprising, and so help secure leniency tor many of her adherents in prison. She refused, asserting her ignorance of Nowlein’s plans, whom she severely blamed, becoming much ‘ex- cited. his had much upset her. On the second day she seemed to bear with ease the strain of five hours in court, with a succession of her late retainers testitying destructively against her. Paul Neumann first continued to present objections to the proceedings. He began by restating his objection to any jurisdic- tion of a military commission in the case. Misprision of treason was a statutory of- fense, to be tried only by a jury. Courts- martial were for the trial of offenses against the army or navy only. Neumann has carefully persisted in urging this ob- jection at length in every case before the commission, although Knowing that it would be instantly ovefruled without ap- peal. ‘This course has created a_belter among many who know his tactics that ne hopes to enlist President Cleveiand’s in- terposition to demand jury triais for his clients. ‘Chere is not wanting a very strong suspicion that he has the support of Min- ister Willis in this plan. Many things in Mr. Willis’ demeanor have indicated that his sympathies in this whole affair are by no means strongly with the government. Unfortunately he is deeply distrusted.” Testimony Against the Ex-Queen. After farther overruling of several tech- nical objections of cctnsel, the first wit- ness *against the ex-queen was called— Charles Clark--who had been, for two years, her chief retainer at her residence in Washington Place, so named by old Capt. Dominis, who built the house. Clark is an intelligent half-white. He testified to having twice, on the nights of January 3 and 6, by order of Nowlein, iug up buried rifles and ammunition, and armed over thirty men to guard the premises and re- sist attack from government forces, while Nowlein was executing successively plan- red attacks to overthrow the government. A quantity of bombs were to be used in ri pelling assailants. These bombs were iden- tified by witness in court. The queen slept where the guards were constantly passing her room.’ Witness talked with her about the second miscarriage of plans Monday morning, she expressing her regret. Next came. Joseph Kaauwal, a general handy man about the place, many years in royal service. He zlso testified to the arming of guards on the two nights ramed. On Friday the qucen asked him the news. He told her their business had been unsuccessful. She said yes, it had failed. That was the proposed uprising at Kakaako to overthrow the government. The queen’s private secretary, Kaae, fol- lowed, and told again his story about en- grossing eleven commissions for officers, which the queen signed, also various proclamations and a constitution, all dur- ing the last week in December. Tae con- stitution purported to restore the mon- archy, and to be given by Liliuokalani. He also saw the ermed guards Thursday even- ing, and knew {it was on account of the intended uprising at Kakaako. Kaae help- ed the officers search the’ premises the morning after Mrs. Dominis was arested. The Private Diary. A very interesting incident was the pro- auction in court by Chief Justice Judd of Mrs. Dominis’ private diary, found by him on her desk. He had gone there at Presi- dent Dole’s request to examine her private papers. He testified that it was wholly in her handwriting. He read from it only three words, under date of December 28, “Signed eleven commissions.” Neumann sternly demanded possession of the diary for its owner. The court, however, retain- ed it for the time. Kane was recalled and identified a frag- ment of a cement bomb as one which had rested upon the desk of Mrs. Dominis for more than a year. The court required this to be more definitely connected with the case before admitting it as evidence. | The chief witness against the accused, Samuel Nowlein, followed. He repeated briefly his history of his plottings with Gulick, Rickard and Seward, and of their carrying out of the conspiracy by landing arms and making war on the government. He declared the ex-queen a participant in preparing a monarchical ccnstitution, com- missioning officers and preparing procla- mations. After the constitution had been engrossed, she suggested a change, and he took it back to Gulick. He did not commu- nicate to her the specific plans for the up- risings for Januery.3 and 7, but did talk with her about such movements being in hand, both before and after the attempt of the 3d and on the evening of the 6th, after which he had not seen her again. She parted with him with regret that latter evening. He told her he left her under Clark’s protection, but could work best for her at Diamond Head. Nowlein’s testi- mony ended the work of the second day, February 6. y An episode of interest In the court on the afternoon of the Sth was poor old John A. Cummins’ pleading guilty, and a very ear- nest appeal for leniency by his counsel, Magoon. Cummins is aged, in failing health and much broken in his finances through lavish hospitality and general prodigality. He has a large family of daughters, married and unmarried; has been premier under Kalakaua and was commissioner of the ex-queen to Washing- ton last August with Widemann, He charges his complicity in the rebellion all to Seward’s misleading him. No doubt he will be leniently dealt with. Indeed, it is probable that room will be found for much very liberal dealing with the offenders’In the late insurrection. No doubt Sentence of death will be pronounced agaipst a few. It may be doubted whether all such sen- tences will not be commuted. The execu- tive are certainly very strongly inclined to clemency. The Deportation of Cranstoun. By way of leniency the government last week tried a well-considered experiment, but one which elicited decided opposition from Minister Willis. They had in prison three ugly characters implicated in the rebellion, but rather recent arrivals of the adventurer class, whom they were more anxious to get the country rid of than to punish. Under the larger latitude of mar- lal law it was determined to deport them. Just as the steamer Warrimoo was leaving for Vancouver the three men were sud- denly hustled aboard, their passages’ paid and fifty dollars for each handed the pur- ser to give them on reaching port. They resisted desperately. Cranstoun, an American, got word to Minister ‘Willis, who came to the wharf and made a strong ‘otest to members of the cabinet there assembled, at such summary treatment of an American citizen without trial. The British and German representatives ad- vised their men to submit quietly. Cran- stoun had to go all the same. Whether Mr. Willis will try to ke trouble about his case for the government or will suc- ceed remains to be seen. They claim the right to such summary dealing with dan- gerous aliens, under martial law, and in time of rebellion. Self-preservation must take precedence of other considerations. Mr, Willis seems not to appreciate this, and public feeling is not kindly or trust- ful toward him in consequence. On the third day, the 7th, the ex-queen appeared quite hearty. It was proved that the fragment of a cement bomb found up- on her desk was cast in the same mold as the entire bombs found on her premis The attorney general testified that the uprising of January 6 was entirely un- expected by the government. There were plenty of rumors, but no definite fact could be obtained until that evening: The judge advocate rested his case at 11 a.m. and no further proceedings took place until after noon rece: when Neu- mann proved by a dozen well-known per- sons that Charles Clark, the ex-queen’s chief retainer and witness against her, was of bad reputation, dishonest, untrust. worthy, and not to be believed upon his oath. Kinney proved by the same witne: es that Clark had long enjoyed the queen’s contidence. She appears to have been as unfortunate in her selection of eee servants as of her cabinet minis- ers. Mrs. Dominis’ Testimony. The rest of the afternoon was occupied with Mrs. Dominis’ personal testimony, and a written statement, in both of which she absolutely denied all complicity in, or knowledge of, the uprising. After having felt a strong sympathy for her painful situation, it is not pleasant to say that both her oral and written testimony con- veyed a distressing revelation of faise- ness and disgusting hypocrisy, and the written document also of deep latent bit- terness. Taking tho stand and speaking in Ha- waiian through the interpreter, in a low, but clear and sweet tone, she told how on the fatal Sunday of January 6 she took an hour's drive with Charles Clark, went in to family prayers at 5 p.m., and did not see Clark again till the next morning, or know whether he was on the premises. She also had had no such conversation on Friday with her servant Kaauwal about the failure of the attempt the previous night as the latter had testified. She also made the very remarkable statement that she first heard of the movement of Sunday night, at 7 a.m., on Monday, from her peo- ple talking about it. With the whole city in ‘vild commotion, her house near head- quaiters, surrounded by troops in motion, she had passed the night in total ignor- ance of anything unusual, although she was the person most deeply concerned, and one most in peril! Her lie was a most ill- contrived one. The prosecutor, Kinney, would have had an easy task to fatally entangle her, but in cross-questioning was kept by the court strictly within the limits of the direct evi- dence. A Written Statement. At 4p. m. a written statement by Lilluo- kalani was read in English by Interpreter Wilcox, who had translated it into English frem Hawalian, as stated by Neumann, It 1s well understood, however, to have Leen dictated by Neumann himself. The style and idiom prcve the original to have been in Eaglish. No extended comment can now be given. She is made to pose as one who has always sought peace, and is animated whelly by good desires. She re- Proaches us for imputing bioodthirstiness to Hawaians, an accusation which has not been made. The closing passages read the commis- sion and government a severe lecture, and display ill-veiled bitterness. The document is palpzbly prepared to influence public opinion abroad in her favor and against this. government. She strongly denounces the right of the court to try her. Admitting that she commissioned a cab- inet and other officers, she claims to have had a perfect right to do so, in the possible evert of her restoration—a possibility which was conspicuously hopeless, except in anticipation of the uprising which took place nine days after she signed those com- missions, but of which sbe had sworn that she was absolutely ignorant. The trial was cor.cluded on the evening of the’ 8th, with speeches for defense and prosecution. The former treated the evi- dence as failing to prove any guilty knowl- edge in the accvsed. The latter treated with sarcasm the pretense of ignorance of treason transacted in her own house, with the chief conspirator, Nowlein, living with her, and commissions, constitution and Proclamations passing back and forth be- tween her and Gulick after the arms were actually in process of being landed and the insurrection was ready to burst. I hav2 just witnessed the termination of the trial, as the steamer is about to leave. KAMEHAMEHA, ee PANCAKE DAY. The Delightful Dish That is a Feature of Shrove Tuesday’s Dinne: ‘ext week will bring us to Shrove Tues- cty,” said the cld colonel, with a touch of reminiscence in his tone, “and I have been wondering for a week if Mrs. Rarestake will give us boarcers pancakes on that im- mortal day. When I was at home, before my ofticial appointment brought me to Washington, I always looked forward to the day before Ash Wednesday with pleas- ent anticipations of the pancake feast it was sure to bring, and a regal repast it was. The heaping plates of circular brown richness were brought in, wreathed with clouds of steam and odorous with delicious perfume. Then each of us would drown them in fresh butter and a flood of golden sirup, and know what pvre happiness of the inner man truly was. So I hope and pray we will have pancakes at our house next Tuesday, and that every other private ‘and boarding house ir this great city will serve them as well, for to my way of thinking pancakes are as much a reccssity in the edible observance of Shrove Tuesday as fish is to the bodily celebration of 1 Fri- day in Lent. Ce ee nas ERS OF CHILDREN. Exrly Examples of Parents May Pre- vent Many Bitter Experiences. From the New York Telegram. Insist that the children shall make them- selves tidy before coming fo the table, whatever may be the meal, even if they will meet nobody but yourself there. Teach them early that it is a disgrace to them- selves and to you to eat with unclean hands and faces. Indic’.te further the pro- priety of introducing, while at table, topics that will interest and please all. Let wrangling, fault finding and recrimination be never so much as named among them. These are littie things, but whatever de- tracts from the idea that the farally Te: past is a tri-daily festival, and should te honored and enjoyed as such, ts a wrong to those whose happiness it is your mission to guard and maintain—a wrong to health as to heart. Food swallowed in bitterness of spirit engenders dyspepsia and bile as surely as do acrid fruit and heavy bread. A sharp reprimand will take away Mamic’s sensitive appetite, and a frown between the eyes that, when serene, seem to John to mirror heaven itself, will beget in hig bosom that indescribable sinking of heart we know as “goneness,” which is yet not pkysical faintness. ——— —- +e+—____ Fish Benumbed by Cold. From the Savannah News. The extreme cold weather has benumbed thousands of fish in almost all the waters along the Atlantic coast and many of them, as stated in the Morning News, have been caught with ease, though there seems to be some difference of opinion as to the de- sirability of these fish for food. Seme say that when taken from the wa- ter in this half dead condition they are unfit for food, while others claim that athey are made all right again after being picked up out of the cold water by placing them for a few minutes in a more temper- ate water. At any rate, the fishermen at many places along the coast are taking ad- vantage of this helpless condition of the fish, and seem to be making a good thing of it. A correspondent writing from Jack- sonville, N. C., gives the following account cf the condition of things at that place on one of the coldest days of the recent spell: ‘Owing to the freeze, there is an un- precedented catch of fish in New river. The people are actually catching trout by the boatload.” soe Which is Happier? From the Boston Herald. Though it is a woman's firm belief that not one of her sex living to the age of fifty but has had an opportunity to marry if she had so chosen, still there is doubt in the minds of all who give the subject any thought whether the single woman can he as happy in the true sense of the word as she who marries and is blessed with chil- dren, An unmarried woman seldom can enjoy those ycuth-preserving interests that fall to the lot of a mother, who grows young again through the lives of her chil- dren. The single woman is more or less apt to grow selfish and set in her ways. This is no fault of character, but rather the influence of environment. There are, ef course, cases of maiden aunts who are reund and rosy and full of life through the joyous association with a bevy of nieces and nephews, wh> make them forget that children of their own never crept into the heart corners or lisped that dearest of all names, “‘mother.” ~~ ee2e—____ Spurgeon on Smoking. Most of the stories about the late Mr. Spurgeon have been told, but here is one which appears in Mr. Adderley’s magazine, Gvodwill, which may be new to many. “Many years ago I met the late Mr. Spur- geon, who was a great smoker, at tho supper table of a friend. Over our pipes he sald: ‘Once a pious lady took me to task about my smoking, and sald: “Do you read anything in the Bible about smoking?” “No,” I answered, “but we do read of the people passing through the Valley of Baca”’ (Ps. 1xxxiv. 6, Bible version). — Book Plates. “Book plates are treated nowadays as If they were a sort of Christmas card or val- entin: complains Edmund Gosse in an open letter. He is getting numbers of let- ters from American friends asking him to swap book plates, but he says he would as soon swap pocket handkerchiefs. “People will take next to collecting one anothcr’s latch keys or flantiel waistcoats,” says Mr. Gosse. “My book plate is an_absolutely private and personal matter. I use it to identify and protect my books, and if I seatter It broadcast the very purpose for which it was made will be stultified.” —— e+. —_—_ Marrying a Title. From Puck. Mamma—tI recelved a letter from Grace today. Papa—How is the earl doing now? Mamma—Nicely; he’s been sober for two weeks, and Grace has promised him a steam’ yacht if he behaves himself until summer.