Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1895, Page 9

DANA INDICTED Ho Will Have to Answer a Charge of Criminal Libel. LEGAL DOCUMENT SENTTO NEW YORK Proceedings Against the Editor and the Publisher of the Sun. COMMENT ON THE CASE RAE Ss Smee The grand jury yesterday returned an indictment for criminal libel against Chas. ‘A. Dana, editor, and William M. Laffan, publisher, of the New York Sun. The indictment was presented to Judge Cole at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon by the foreman of the grand jury. It is a ‘ong paper, and charges Messrs. Dana and Laffan with criminally libeling Mr. Frank -B. Noyes, treasurer of The Evening Star Newspaper Company of this city, and one of the board of directors and of the execu- tive committee of the Associated Press. The indictment, as returned, contains three counts, and sets up the circumstances and motives leading up to them. It describes the organizations of the ‘Associated Press, of the United Press and of the Sun Newspaper Company, and in order to show the animus of the subse- quent acts, touches on the rivalry of the two press associations, and states that Mr. Noyes is an Associated Press director, while Mr. Dana is the president and Mr. Laffan the vice president of the United Press. The first count is very compre- hensive. It states that on February 22 last the New York Sun published an edi- torial, from which the following is an ex- tract: “The corporation (meaning the Associat- ed Press) is organized under the Illinois state law, and the provisions of that statute respecting the personal Hability of directors are not amusing. We commend @ careful study of them to the unfortunate newspaper managers wifo have been roped in. They may see their way to making such a thoroughly dishonest director as '.. B. Noyes of Washington, for instance, refund to them tho amount of the extra assessments out of which they have been buncoed.” The indictment, after stating that the fcregoing libel was circulated in New York city, charges also that on the same day Messrs. and Laffan sent 300 copies _ of the paper to Washington, and thereby published the libel in Washington. The two accused are charged with full knowl- edge of what appears in the editorial col- umns of their paper and with responsibil- ity for the same. The second count refers particularly to the publication of the libe: in Washing- ton. The third count is general in terms, accusing Dana and Laffan of composing id publishing a criminal libel, without specifying the Sun or other detailed cir- cumstances of the charge. The first count is the most specific, and gives the grava- men of the charges on which the grand jury acted. Besides the foregoing there are ether features of libel set forth, and there is the usual formal and severe language of the law in specifying an allegation of crime. Papers Sent to New York. After the indictment had been formally recorded a bench warrant was issued for the arrest of the indicted parties. That warrant, of course, cannot be served out- side the District. Therefore a duly certi- fied copy of the intliictment and warrant was last night carried to New York by an attache of District Attorney Birney’s office. This step was taken in order to secure the arrest of Dana and Laffan in New York and to compel their attendance here when wanted. The Supreme Court .of the District, in which the indictment was found, is a United States court, and to a United States commissioner the certified copy of the in- dictment will be presegted, together with a cbpy of the bench warrant. If satisfied himself of the regularity of the documents, and that they set out the commission of an offense against the United States laws, the commissioner will issue warrants for the arrest of the indicted parties. That done, the commissioner can accept bail for their appearance here, or, if they re- fuse to give bail, he can send the case be- fore the United States judge New York, who also has power to pass upon the valid- ity of the indictment or its sufficiency. If the latter should find the proceedings to be regular, he would then issue a warrant of removal, directing that the defendants be removed to this city, to here answer the indictments. The judge could, of course, accept bail for their appearance here. Of course, the indicted parties may, by writ of habeas corpus, contest the validity or sufticiency of the indictment, and that would require the attorney for the United States at New York to successfully defend the indictment. District Attorney Birney mt on last night a list of authorities in support of the indictment. Mr. Birney ex- pects the defendant to make a determined and stubborn fight against appearing here, but is confident that the indictment will be sustained and the attendance of Messrs. Dana and Laffan in court here, when want- ed, secured. Discussing the Legal Points. Naturally the indictment of Messrs. Dana and Laffan has caused much com- ment in New York. A dispatch from this city in the New York World today says: “There is little doubt here that Mr. Dana will make a strong fight in New York against being brought here. There is also little doubt among good lawyers that if such a fight is made it will be unsuccess- ul. It is true that Mr. Dana has twice heed indicted for criminal offenses in the District of Columbia under the same sec- tion of the Revised Statutes under which he has now been indicted. In both of the former cases he successfully resisted the authority of the federal government to bring him here for trial. On one occasion he was charged with criminal libel by Boss Shepherd, and on another with contempt of court. In the first case the information was lodged in a Police Court which had no jury, and, therefore, was held in New York to have no jurisdiction to try him. In the other case it was held. that the sec- tlon of the Revised Statutes under which He was indicted did not apply to the courtS of the District of Columbia. Congress, by a@ declaratory act, has specifically made that particular section apply to the courts of the District. It is, therefore, contident- ly believed that if Mr. Dana relies on his old plea again he will find that it will not serve him. “There seems to be no dispute among lawyers here that if Mr. Dana has per- petrated a libel he committed it in the District of Columbia, through the sale of the Sun within its borders. This District is solely under the jurisdiction ‘of the federal courts, and, therefore, the libel is regarded as an offense against the United States. The only possible quibble which can be made is how much of municipal law was continued in the District of Co- lumbia when it was ceded by Maryland to the federal government. That section 33 of the judiciary act of 1789 was brought over from Maryland, and is, therefore, a state law, and cannot be used against Mr. Dana, who, not having been in the District of Columbia, cannet be brought here as a fugitive from justice, is the only argument used by lawyers tonight who tried to argue from his standpoint, but these lawyers knock this argument over by showing that section 1014 of the Revised Statutes repeats section 33 of the judiciary act, and that an act of Congress in 1874 declared that the provisions of section 1014, and by inference of section 33 of the judiciary act, were to be applied directly to the courts of the District of Columbia as defining the juris- diction.” Nothing to Say. Brom the New York World, today. It was reported last night that Mr. Laffan had gone to Cuba. Cc. V. Van Anda, acting managing editor of the Sun, wre asked last night if any statement would be made regarding the indictment of Editor Dana and Publisher Laffan for criminal libel on Mr. Noyes. “We have nothing to say,” was his reply. “Is it true that Mr. Laffan has gone to Cuba?” “No answer will be made to any ques- tion,” said Mr. Van Anda. “There is noth- ing whatever to be said tonight.” Some Comment on the Case. Washington Dispateh in the Baltimore American. The acticn of the grand jury in indicting Wessrs, Dana and Laffan will undoubtedly add another celebrated case to the annals of American criminal law. While the in- dictment is one in behalf of the public against the libelous course of Mr. Dana and his coadjutor, Mr. Laffan, yet it incident- ally protects the reputation of Mr. Noyes and others who have been maligned by this source. 1t is assumed that these per- sons are willing to attempt to justify in court this publication against Mr. Noyes and such an effort at justification Is wel- comed. It- is eminently fitting that the case should be tried in Washington, where Mr. Noyes was born and has always lived, and where his reputation is best known. It has been a source of gratification to Mr. Noyes and his friends that many United Press papers have risen above the bad feeling engendered by the contest be- tween the Associated Press ard the United Press to severcly rebuke the Sun’s attack. This has been particularly noticeable at Mr. Noyes’ home here in Washington, where the two United Press papers—the Post and News—have taken occasion to express their high regard for him and their contempt for Mr. Dana’s libel. The Wash- ington Post, in a leaded editorial, deplores the violent and rancorous controversy and the unfortunate tone and temper of the New York Sun. It says of the Sun editorial of February 22, that Mr. Noyes is one of the directors of the Associated Press, and as such had incurred the animosity of the Sun. It adds: “We are very sure, however, that the Sun’s accusation against him will not bear inquiry, and, for our part, we take pleas- ure in saying of a fellow-townsman, albeit a competitor in business, that no one who knows him as well as we do will be in the very least disturbed by the Sun’s extra- ordinary attack.” The Washington News, also a United Press paper, speaks of Mr. Dana’s propen- sity for saying “a bitter thing now and then for the pleasure of saying it,” and adds: “The business integrity of Mr. Noyes has never been questioned by those who know him best.” The Washington Times also editorially referred to Mr. Noyes’ high character, and deplored the “vials of, billingsgate of the Sun.” é Similar expressions have éome from pa- pers throughout the country. The Indictment Agninst Dana and fa ree Laffan. From the Washington Times. The prompt action of the grand jury of the District in bringing gn indictment against Editor Dana and Publisher Laffan of the New York Sun, for criminal libel upon Mr. Frank B. Noyes, is a matter for congratulation on the part of Mr. Noyes and his friends and associates. Neither in the indictment, nor in a fa- vorable verilict, if one should be rendered, would le any special vindication for Mr. Noyes, who, in this community, stands above reproach, and far above the shafts of abuse which so irascible an old gentle- man as he of the office cat may hurl against him. It speaks well, however, for the sense of decency and good order which pervades our community that the grand jury should re- gard the proprieties outraged and the law violated by an attack which, going éutside of the business circles in which the quarrel originated that gave rise to it, chose for its object the private character of a gentleman prominently connected with one of the en- terprises. —__-—__ DOES NOT APPLY. A Decision Regarding Application of Laws. to Georgetown. The attorney for the District today ren- dered an opinion to the Commissioners re- garding the application of D. B. Gottwalls for the approval of a subdivision he pro- poses to make in square 65, in Georgetown, which was referred to him for opinion, whether, under the recent act of Congress abolishing the Hmits of Georgetown and making it a part of Washinghton, it does not apply to the squares of Georgetown as well as those in Washington. He says that section 48t of the Revised Statutes provides that the difference be- tween the front of a square in Washington and the aggregate frontage of all the lots on that side of the square shall be ep- portioned among the lots on that front, agreeably to their respective dimensions, while, in Georgetown, the custom is to add the excess to, or defunct the deficiency from the highest numbered lot on the front of a square in which the excess or deficiency occurs. To apply this section to that part of the city formerly known as town, says the attorney, would be to disturb and unsettle titles in that part of the city of Washington. He arrives at the conclusion that section 481 of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States, ~elat- ing to the District of Columbia, does not apply to Georgetown, notwithstanding what was known as Georgetown is now part of the city of Washington. —_—__ CHANGES ORDERED. In Order to Facilitate the Working of New Fenders, To secure the more efficient working of the fendtrs adopted by the Commissioners and decreasa danger to life and limb, the Rock’ Creek, the Brightwood, the George- town and Tenleytown and the Eckington and Soldiers’ Heme Railroad Companies have been ordered to adjust, on or before April 1, 1895, the ballasting of their tracks so that the top of the ballast shall be on a level with the top of the rails; and the Brightwood Railroad Company shall reset such belgian blocks as now project above the general surface of the pavement along the line of its road. The Commissioners have also ordered the Washington and Georgetown Rairoad Com- any to remove from its tracks, on or be- fore April 1, 1895, projections caused by the hinges of the grip hatches along its lines, as these interfere with the satisfac- tory working of the wheel-guard fenders adopted by the Commissioners and in- crease danger to life and limb. —_>-—— WILL NOT BE BULLIED. Consul Gencral Williams Will Protect Americans in Cuba. The New York Herald correspondent at Havana, Cuba, was the first to bring to Ccrsul General Williams the report that Captain General Calleja had asked the Spanish government to demand his recall, and that the Spanish cabinet had supported the demand. He was greatly surprised, and said: “There has been much trouble in the past with the government on various mat- ters. I would have resigned long ago but for my family. At a conference held some time ago I was accused of giving alarming reports to the press. I denied it emphatic- ally. The latest trouble arises from the prisoners of war Sanquilly, Aquirre, Canil- lo’and Perazo. They all hold citizenship in the United States. The captain general in-. sisted that they should be tried by court- martial, while I demanded that their cases be determined by the civil courts, and be allowed to have lewyers to defend them. “These four prisoners were captured in pursuit of their ordinary avocations. They cannot bully me. These men got their citizenship papers in New York, and they carnot be questioned. “IT am ready to leave at any time, but I will protect American citizens as far as Eessible while I am here.” oe Election of Officers. At a recent meeting of the Accumulated Savings Investment Association of the District, held at the Georgetown Law building, on E street northwest, the follow- ing officers wefe chosen for the ensuing year: M. I. Weller, president; Emmons S. Smith, vice president; R. L. ,Hall, secretary, . M. Yeatman, treas- urer; M. J. Colbert, attorney, and W. D. Hoover and James F. Scaggs, trustees. The board of directors is constituted as follows: M. I. Weller, Emmons S. Smith, L. D. Wine, Geo. J. Johnson, J. B. Bailey, M. J. Colbert, S. M. Yeatman, T. A. T. Judd, Wm. Barnum, W. D. Hoover and James S. Scaggs. Auditing committee— Dr. Charles Allen, Fred Nainmaster and Emanuel Jackson. —_——.>——_. To Re-Establich the Port of Istapa. The bureau of American republics is re- Hably informed that the Guatemalan gov- ernment is taking steps to re-establish the old port of Istapa, situated about 6% miles from San Jose. It is proposed to construct a harbor there capable of ac- commodating one hundred vessels. This action has been rendered necessary be- cause the port of San Jose is no longer sufficiently large to handle the incoming and outgoing traffic of the Pacific coast of that republic. It is proposed to build a branch railway from some point on the Central railway to connect with this new port. THE EVENING. STAR, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. GARFIELD HOSPITAL The Annnal Meeting of the Incor- porators and Directors. . REPORTS ON THE WORK OF THE YEAR The Recommendations Made to Meet Increasing Demands. a ELECTION OF OFFICERS The annual meeting of the incorporators and directors of the Garfield Memorial Hospital was held yesterday afternoon. Mr. Justice Harlan, the president, presid- ed, and Mr. H. Sidney Everett was secre- tary. There were also present Mrs. Har- lan, Mrs. Tulloch and Mrs. Lander, Wm. Pitt Kellogg, Dr. John S. Billings, Dr. W. W. Johnstcn, J. K. McCammon, Henry A. Willard, William Ballantyne, John A. Ba- ker, A. S. Solomons, J. Ormond Wilson, Si- mon Wolf and Reginald Fendall. ~The resignation of Mr. John W. Thomp- son as one of the incorporators was sub- mitted. The meeting unanimously declin- ed to accept it, and requested Mr. Thomp- son to withdraw it. Mr. Frederick Pilling, Miss Aline Solomons, Mrs. Sarah B. Wil- lard and Mrs.Mary Garfield Stanley Brown were elected incorporators. The report of the board of directors was submitted by President Harlan. It stated that the number of cases treat- ed in the hospital during 1894 was greater than in any preceding year of its exist- ence, being 806, the average daily number of patients having been fifty-two. Three- hundred and eighty-five were discharged cured, 204 improved, 60 not improved, 33 were not treated, 53 died and 71 remained in hospital December 31, 1894. Six hun- dred and eighty-seven of the patients were white and 119 colored. Ns ‘The total number of hospital days’ treat- ment furnished, the report stated, was 19,- 290, and the death rate was 6.57, which is lower than that of the preceding year, 8.33. “During the year,” the report continued, “the new administration building has been furnished by the Ladies’ Aid.and has been occupied by the officers and nurses. The rooms formerly occupied by the nurses in the Ladies’ Aid building have thus become available as private rooms. Want of funds has prevented»much of the work in construction which is still needed to prop- erly equip the hospital for its work; never- theless, considerable improvements have been made in the approaches to the hos- pital on the south front. A carriage shed bas been constructed and a marble foun- tain, the gift of a member of the board of directors, has been put in place, as has also a flight of brown-stone steps, the gift of another member of the board. The Various Departments. “As in previous years, the hospital is greatly indebted to the Ladies’ Aid for cordial sympathy and material aid throughout the year, and the board of di- rectors desires to record its high apprecia- tion of and sincere thanks for the assist- ance which it has thus received. “The reports of the medical staff show the great variety of diseases which have been treated, the number of important surgical operations which have been per- formed, and also that the patients have come from every part of the United States and from all classes, as appears from the table of occupations. The fact that fifty- six cases of typhoid fever were treated during the year, with only three deaths, is 2 most satisfactory illustration of the char- aeter of the medical work of the hospital. “The report of the superintendent calls attention to sore of the needs of the hospi- tal, among the. most urgent of which are a kitchen building, a properly equipped and located operating room and a mortuary. Additional ward accommodations are also needed. “The report of*the Training School for Nurses shows.that this part of the hospital is progressing and is dcing good work. The excellent character of the instruction given in it is appreciated by the public, as is shown by the demand for the services of its graduates and by the number of appli- cants for admission to it. “In 1894 the cost of maintenance, includ- ing repairs, insurance and interest on loan, was $30,057.38. This coming year, with a government appropriation of $19,000, and expected receipts from pay patients of about $10,000, we would be fairly well pro- vided. for were it not for the inevitable additional expenses arising from caring for @ constantly increasing number of patients. ‘This increase in patients means an increase in expenses, apart from those of subsist- ence. The cost of repairs will be greater, and the necessity for improvement and ex- tension must force itself more and more upon our attention.” Work of the Medical Staff. In the report of Dr. W. W. Johnston, the president of the medical staff, it is stated that in July last a free dispensary was opened, and “up to the Ist of January, 1895, 570 new cases were treated, 976 pre- scriptions filled and over 1,300 visits made. The dispensary service has so far been supported by the contributions of the medi- cal staff. The feeling has been that as no dispensary existed in this part of the city such a service would be of great value to the poor, and would at the same time bring to the hospital wards cases which would otherwise be without proper medical at- tendance in their own homes. Looking forward to the time when the Garfield Hos- pital will be the largest general hospital in Washington, such dispensary work will become a necessary part of its duty. The fact that nearly 60 patients have applied for relief during the first six months shows that no mistake has been made in inaug- urating this new department, and it Is hoped that the board of directors will give it cordial support. “A pathological and bacteriological lab- cratory has been thoroughly equipped and possesses nearly all the modern conven- fences for thorough scientific, clinical in- vestigation. Dr. Philip Jaisohn has been appointed pathologist, and this work is under his supervision. “Our free wards, which are four in num- ber, accommodating between sixty and seventy patients, have on many occasions been much crowded, suggesting the neces- sity of further extension. It is hoped that it will not be lorg before a new wing for free patients shall be erected, so as to give needed room and to allow for a better accorhmodation and separation of the dif- ferent classes of cases.” School of Nurses, The superintendent of the training school and matrcn of the hospital, Miss Georgia M. Nevins, in reviewing the work of the training school, called attention to the fa- cilities that “are required for teaching pupil nurses the science and art of cooking for the sick. As this is an important part of the nurses’ training, it is hoped that a diet kitchen may soon be provided, where, under the direction of a competent teach- er, the nurses may devote a certain time to important theoretical work in that line and to the preparation of different articles of sick diet. ‘oo much cannot be said of the value of this instruction to those who become private nurses. “The advisability of extending the pe- riod of training from two to three years is @ question which it Is hoped will be seri- ously considered during the coming year. A directory of nurses has recently been opened at the suggestion of numerous friends of the hospital.” - Mrs. Logan’s Report. The president of the board of lady man- agers, Mrs. John A. Logan, in the course of a report, said: “Ten years have passed away since my first report to your hon- orable board, in which time we have wit- nessed wonderful strides in the growth and efficiency of the Garfield Memorial Hos- pital. Every year the capaciiy has been enlarged, until today we find facilities for the treatment of more than a hundred pa- tients and the accommodation of forty pupils in the training school and home for nurses, and ample quarters for all the necessary employes for such an institu- tion. “The original wards and administration building have been supplanted by a magni- ficent edifice, which combines in its con- struction all the requisites for the training school and administration of the hospital. And while it is not as extensive as some other hospitals with national reputation, in far-reaching charity and satisfactory re- sults it is surpassed by none. “The reports of the physician in charge and superintendent the training school furnished all the lence required’ to se- cure the generous fterest of the public and the Congress of the United States, without whose support we should be un- able to continue the work on the present liberal scale. “The board of lady;managers have at no time relaxed their gies in behalf of the good work, and havé now in hand import- ant projects to obtain money. with which to furnish supplies nd add comforts to the patients.” : A report was also mitted by Dr. Albert L. Stavely, the supéfintendent and chief resident surgeon. -*! : Election ‘of Officers. Mrs. Logar and Messrs. Baker, Everett, Riggs and Wolf, whok¢ terms of service as directors expired, were re-elected to serve for three years. The officers of last year were re-elected as follows: President, Mr. + Justice Harlan; first vice president, Henry A. Willard; second vice president, John A. Baker; secretary, H. Sidney Everett. Dr. John S. Biilings, Mrs. Harlan, and Messrs, Everett, Fendall, McCammon, Wilson and Wolf were elected to constitute the execu- tive committee. The president appointed as the finance committee: John A. Baker, chairman, and Messrs. Riggs and Solomons, and as training school committee, Dr. John 8. Billings, chairman; Mesdames Harlan, Tulloch and Logan, and Mr. Wolf. The following met staff was elected: Consulting physicians and surgeons, Drs. W. W. Johnston, N.S. Lincoln, James W. H. Lovejoy and Henry C.Yarrow; attending physicians, Drs. George N. Acker, Samuel S. Adams, G. Wythe Cooke and Henry -D. Fry; attending surgeons, Drs. J. Ford ‘fhompson, Arthur A. Snyder and John Van Ransalear; Dr. Joseph H. Bryan, in charge of diseases of the throat and nose, and Dr. W. Holland Wilmer, in charge of diseases of the eye and ear. Dr. James B. Harmer, assistant to Dr. Wilmer. Dr. James C. McGuire, in charge of diseases of the skin. Dr. A. L. Stavely was elected superin- tendent of the hospital and chief resident surgeon; Dr. Middleton S. Elilott, first as- sistant to the chief resident surgeon; Dr. Edward B. Behrend, second assistant, and Dr. Luckett, externe; Miss Georgia M. Nevins, superintendent of the training school and matron of the hospital; Dr. Philip Jaison, pathologist, in charge of the pathological and bacteriological laboratory, = Dr. John A. Koch, Phar.D., pharma- cist. The executive committee were instructed to have prepared and embedded in the wall of the rotunda in thé administration build- ing a copper tablet, commemorating Mr. William Thompson’s gift of $5,000 to the hospital, Also a copper plate on the marble fountain, commemorative of its gift to the hospital by Mr. Henry A. Willard. ——>__ LONG LINE OF PRISONERS. Various Kinds of Police Court Sen- tences Administered. Seventeen soldiers, elght white men, five colored men and three females (two colored and one white) marched into Judge Kim- ball’s court this morning and were able to keep in step, although there was an ab- sence of music. Sadie Burke was the first name called, and a little woman who had been in court fully a hundred times before appeared to answer a charge of vagrancy. It was charged that she was found under the influence of liquor on Van street south- west, and she plead guilty. “What name did this woman give?” the court asked. “Sadie Burke,” answered the clerk. ‘That’s not your name,” said the court. “What is your real me?" “My. maiden namie} Sadie Burke,” she answered, “but mm} married name is Herzog. Sack ‘The name in the information was changed and Mrs. Herzog was given one month on the farm. f Warren Allen, a ‘nealy dressed and re- spectable-looking young man, next appear- ed, and he vas charged with being a vagrant and suspicious. person. He plead not guilty. It is de: by the courts that these people be sent*away from ‘the city, but in this case, as in many others, the arrest was made because the accused was endeavoring to leaxe,) and had not Special Officer Smith arrested him he*would prob- ably have been in New York this morning instead of in this city. “Where do you belong?" the young man was _ asked. ‘My home 1s in New York,” he answered. “T have been as far south as Atlanta look- ing for work, and now I am on my way home. “But,” said the court, “you -must not hang around the railroad trains to beat your way.” “My money gave out when I reached here,” said Allen, “and I had no other way to get home.” His personal home. bonds were taken to go Regarding Coats, An old woman named Mary Thompson was given a hearing on a charge of sus- picion of larceny. She appeared at the house of Mrs. Griffith, on B street south- east, a few days ago, and after she had departed two coafs were fhissed. A colored woman saw her leave the house -with a bundle in her arm. When arrested Mary denied that she had been at Mrs. Griffith’s, but later she admitted that she did go there to ask for some old clothes. “What do you do for a living?” Judge Kimball asked her. “T scrub and do anything else that’s hon- est,”. she answered. “What did you do with those coats?” “My dear man, I never laid my eyes on any coats.” A sentence of sixty days was imposed. ‘ William Banks and Henry Haight, col- ored men, who quarreled on the streets last night, were tried and fined. “Guilty,” was the plea of a stranger named William Farrell,against whom there was a charge of vagrancy. “What was he doing?’ “Begging on Pennsylvania avenue.” “Thirty days.” James Tyler, colored, and James Rey- nolds, white, were tried as alleged vagrants because they were found loitering about the mission last night. Reynolds said he was employed at a 12th street boarding house and had paid 10 cents when he slept at the mission. “You had better get another boarding house,” was the advice given him. Tyler said his home is in East St. Louis, and he is going in that direction now. ‘The men were released on their personal bonds. A well dressed young man named Henry Hollin was next in line and Officer Ham- ilton complained that he had been loafing about a saloon at Louisiana avenue and Gth street. x The court spoke of the number of young men who hang about saloons and in this connection said that the habit of treat- ing proves dangerous. “When persons are hanging about sa- loons,” said the judge, “they get treated until they get drunk, and then there is trouble.” The young man promised to keep away from the saloon and the judge released him. ‘Three full grown men, who were arrested near the Mission last night, gave their names as Thomas Ryan, Thomas McCurren and Frank Mauran. They were told thaf the police are at- tempting to stop these crowds of men from standing about the sidewalks. The men gave their personal, bonds and were re- leased. A colored man marhed George Smith promised to resume his journey over the road and was released. ~ “You had better leave the District before 6 o’clock this evening,” the judge told him. “If nothing happers,”‘said the man, “I'll be_a long way from-here before 6 o'clock.” Other cases were disposed of and the court adjourned. 5 . 9 Work on the Hennepin Canal. From the Globe-Democrit. 2 As a result of the thaw work was last week resumed on thé ettire eastern end of the Hennepin canal, thus giving employ- ment to nearly 2,00 men. Work on the lock excavations and foundations will be resumed this week, and it 1s expected the first six locks will be completed early in July. The main channel of the canal, it is thought, will be finished as far as Tiskilwa, a point nine miles inland from the Minois river, by August, only needing the turning in of the water to carry vessels to that point. During the winter the government has completed the construction of its pri- vate railroad to a point five miles south- east of Princeton, and will now operate two construgtion trains. By this railroad sup- plies will be distributed from Bureau for the first twenty-five miles of the canal. The first two miles ef the canal, or that affected by the high water of the Ilinois river, has been graded and accepted by the government. The government engineering force, under Capt. Wheeler, has about com- pleted the location of the feeder from Rock Rover and will announce the definite route within a few days. Work on the feeders will be commenced as soon as the canal is completed to Wyanet, that the eastern end can be operated as early as possible. IN HOTEL CORRIDORS “A man in my business has very good opportunities for judging public opinion,” said Andrew T. Sloan, a traveling sales- man, at the Metropolitan last night, “and in a recent trip I have just made through the southwest I found that there was al- most universal anger feit at the manner in which the last bond issue was managed. Everywhere the opinion was the same— that the government should -have given our own people an opportunity to buy the bonds and thus invest idle money in safe securities. You can have no idea how much idle money there is in the country. The great depression of the past two or three years has made people cowardly re- garding investments which aré not abso- lutely gilt edged, and safe-deposit boxes, as welt as reguiar banks, are full of the money they are holding on to. A popular loan would bring these funds out in a hurry. I learn from other traveling men that the same conditions exist in other sections of the country. What do I think of a revival of business? Well, the signs do not seem Propitious for any general awakening in the very near future. There is an improve- ment noticeable, but it is very slight. Con- servative commercial men seem to think it will be steady and that next fall it will grcw stronger. My customers are merely buying what 1s absolutely necessary to keep up their stocks on something like @ fair basis. The proper way to sum up the situation just now, I believe, would be to say that the nation is passing through a period of rigid econom: = ee y of the most prac- “It's a wise man who knows when he 1s eating butter nowadays,” said C. S. Hard- ing of St. Louis, at the Cochran yesterday. “The remarkable increase in the manufac- ture of butterine accounts for this. Not a Scrap of suet or fat is ever thrown away now at any slaughter house or butcher stand In this country. It is aM gathered up and put through the operation which allows it to be sold as ‘Philadelphia print,’ ‘fine creamery,’ ‘pride of the dairy,’ or other attractive brands of golden yellow stuff, put up in rolls and prints. So gen- eral has become the use of butterine that many dealers now advertise it openly, and thelr patrons ro longer try to keep their purchases of it quiet. I reckon every hotel and big boarding house in Washington uses it in their kitchens, at least, where it takes the place of butter in the cooking, and numbers of them doubtless serve it on their tables as’ well. It is knocking the spots out of the dairy business in the north and west, but I think its use has become too generai for its manufacture and sale to be injured by any laws that may be passed for its government. It is cheap; it does everything that butter will do, and it doesn’t spoil or get strong like the gen- uine stuff, and the way it is being made now causes it to defy even the most dell- cate expert to tell it from churned butter when it is placed before his. plate. The factories are springing up all over the country, too, for there’s big money in mak- ing butterine.” “The poorest people as a community in the world, probably, are the fishermen of Newfoundland—and, for goodness sake, don’t call it Newf-un-lan, as so many ig- norant people outside of the province do”— said F. C. Loomis of St. Johns at the Eb- bitt last night. “For time immemorial the fisheries have been controlled by a few per- sons, who waxed rich and powerful from them. The fishermen are employed by them during the season, but they do not get paid in money. The men who run the fisheries also conduct stores at every town ‘where fishermen reside, and the latter are given orders for supplies on these estab- lishments, where they are charged from two to four times as much for an article as they would be if they had the cash and were able to deal somewhere else. Form- erly, when the fishing was good, this sys- tem did not result in absolute want to the victims of it, but now, when each year, al- most, brings a failure, the destitution is something terrible. The law which forbade the soil of Newfoundland to be tilled was repealed years agu, but the men who have the blood of long lines of fishers in their veins are hereditarily incapable of farming, so they eke out a miserable existence on the water, and hundreds of them starve every year.” “I guess a great many people here in Washington were mystified by the remark- able mathematical power displayed by the collie dog that is a feature of Sandow’s sho said J. F. Thomas at Willard’s last night. “That dog apparently added col- umns of three figures as easily as an eighth-grade school boy; spelt words cf three or four letters, and recognized tunes played by the orchestra, picking up the placards on the stage containing the names of the airs performed. Well, it seemed to a pretty smart friend of mine that such unerring system was too nearly the result of human intelligence to be reached by a dog, so he determined to find out where the trick was, and he did. The man who owns the dog comes on the stage to put the animal through his act, you remember, and a number of placards are set up bear- ing numerals on them when sums are in order, letters when spelling was going on, and the names of the tunes when the orchestra played. The dog would trot around behind these placards and pick out the right one every time. This is how it was done: The dog was trained to. grab the placard opposite to him every time his master snapped one thumb nail with the other. The sound was slight, of course, and imperceptible to the audience, but the dog heard it every time. If the audience wanted to have the collie spell cat, for in- stance, the dog would grab the ‘c’ when the thumb nalis snapped while he was be- hind that placard, and so on with ‘a’ and “t.’ It is about the neatest animal trick on the stage.” “During the February blizzard I was on an M., K, and T. train in Kansas that was snowed in for over a day near Selma,” said F. F, Brown of Milwaukee at the Normandie yesterday. “There were only a dozen of us passengers, two being wo- men, acd everybody was as hungry as hungry could be, and pretty near freezing to death, when a drummer for a Kansas City grocery house named Read thought of his sample case. It was opened, you bet, and we found a lot of coffee and some canned goods. The coffee was beaten to grounds with a poker in the stove shovel, and made in a peach can with melted snow, and I am pretty sure that it was all that kept the weaker passengers from perishing. The western drummer is a great institution, and I raise my hat to him with a profound courtesy whenever I meet him now.” “Fetichism among southern negroes is as devoutly believed in and as generally prac- ticed as it ever was,” said Orr Carter of Mobile at Willard’s yesterday. “The igno- rant blacks place absolute reliance in the efficacy of certain charms, and will never admit the magic is at fault in case the fates are not propitious to them. A par- ticularly sad instance of this fanaticism came under my observation not long ago. A colored child on the place had a severe attack of croup, and its old. grandmother said she would cure it right away. She sent one of the boys down to the swamp to kill a snake, and when the reptile was brought to her she burned its head to ashes and made a lotion of them and put it on the child’s neck and then stripped it naked and put it in a cold outhouse Of course the child died. When the old crea- ture was called to account for the affair she stoutly maintained that she wasn’t to blame, but the boy was because he had brought her a black snake instead of a water moccasin, and she was so old and blind that she couldn’t tell the differ- ence when preparing the charm. This might seem insanity on her part, but she brought a dozen younger colored women, who solemnly swore that they had cured their own children of croup by the same treatment, where they used the ashes of a water moccasin’s head, and all agreed that the child would have lived if the mis- take had not been made in the species of snake. This is only a case in point, to illustrate the wild practices of the ignorant darkies of the south.” “Newark society is stirred up over the news from Paris that George Ballantine, the enormously wealthy brewer, has se- cured a divorce from his wife in Paris,” said Frank Wyman of the hustling New Jersey town at the Riggs last night. “Mrs. Ballantine was a Miss Lothrop of Boston, I believe, and they were married six years ago. Shortly afterward they went to Eu- 1ope, where Ballantine began a course of art study. Mrs. Ballantine opened the Parisians’ eyes with the splendor of her entertainments, and her almost royal ex- and with it necessities. are gathering. Handkerchiefs. If we were less conservative you would be less secure. Our care insures your satisfaction. On a basis of legitimate quality-otr prices will speak with the elo- quence of lowness—lowest lowncss. We cannot afford to endanger our reputation by offering anything but perfection. It built this business—is ite foundation—and shall be its capstone. Ladies’ White and Colored Em- broidered Handkerchiefs—12%e. Ladies’ All-linen Initial. Hand- kerchiefs—12%4c. Ladies’ Hand-embroldered All- linen Handkerchlefs—25c. Men's All-linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs —18e.—“3 for a ‘Men's Extra-size All-linen Hem- stitched Handkerchiefs, with 1 and 1%-inch hems—25e. Men's All-linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, with hems % and 1 inch wide—35e. each—“3 for, @ dollar.” Toilet Delicacies. What 1s best—that is all we need to say about these “cents” and “‘servants””— Roger Dumas’ Triple Extracts— Heltotrope, Crabapple Blossom, Lily of the Valley, White Lilac, White Pink, Tea Rose, ‘&c.—1¥-01. bottles—25e, ‘Woodworth’s Crabapple Blossom _ and Violet ‘Toilet Water—10e. an ‘ounce. Genuine 4711 Cologne—20c., 40c. and 9c. a bottle. Wrisley’s” Pure Cream Soap—6 cakes for 25c. Levy's La Blanche Face Powder —28e. a box. Saunders’ Face Powder—28c. a Dox. Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder—t8c. @ bottle. Hand Scrubs—tc., 10c. and 25c. ‘ Established 1840. Telephone 995, OOS 9-8 OF O-GE-G0-G O-PS O40 O-GO-0 O90 $O00-$O-00-GO-SE SS OPGH-OO DH-OP-OO-- GPG P-GP O-GOOS-GO-SOGO-PRGO-IJO-GPCO-9S-GH- The March of Time-- PERRY’S. S the days lengthen--spring comes-- increasing business. Wants of yours that have been but shad- owy specks on the horizon of the future are drawing nearer the zenith of present Interest is kindling--stocks The whole system of business feels the thrill of new life. But before the more important requi- sites lay claim to your undivided atten- tion let the smaller needs be satisfied. Men's Pocket Combs—i0c. and Be. Chamois—according to size—Sc, to 55e. Ribbons. ‘You must need some. Not for many a Jong day has Ribbon played so important @ part in the presentation of fashion as it will this season. We are, consequently, ready to stand the siege that is sure to come. Number One Picot Edge Rib- bon, asl enlees—5 yants toe Number One Satin Ribbons— Blue, Pink, Mats, Lilac, Hello- trope, Curdinal, White, Black, ete.—85e. for a full piece. Number Two Satin Ribbons— all shades—38e. for the fall piece. Number One anda half Wash A few sensible suggestions of serviceable breeze-bringers that have the added merit of being in harmony with fashion - Black China Silk Fans, with white decorations-$1, PERRY’S, “Ninth and the Avenue.” PPPO-PPO = travagances. Her husband's income was na less than $600,000 a year, but even this fortune did not suffice to meet the expenses she incurred. Mrs. B. got in with a pretty gay and careless set eventually, and the divorce is the result.” “The New York law, which goes into ef- fect January 1, 1897, and provides that no prisoner confined in any jail, state prison, penitentiary or reformatory institution shall be allowed to work for contractors, will undoubtedly have a great effect on the cheap clothing trade,” said Abram Meyer of Now York at the Raleigh yesterday. “You see, the labor secured in ‘New York prisons nowadays is practically as the state pays the board and lodging of the prisoners, and in Kings County peniten- tlary, ;where the manufacture of clothing is the chief industry, convict labor is paid frcm 60 to 95 cents a dozen for making trousers. The price outside is from 20 to 6 cents a pair, or from $2.40 to $7.50 a dozen. That is only an instance of the dif- ference between confined and free labor. Of course, when the system is legally stopped, as is already decided, outside prices will have to be paid, and clothing of the common qualities will go up substan- tially in price.” —_+___ MR. DOUGLASS AND THE WAR. How Near He Came to Bting an Of- ficer in the Union Army. A writer in the Rochester Post Express calls attention to the part Frederick Doug- lass took in the war of the rebellion..He says: In your editorial of the 2ist instant on Frederick Douglass you wrote: “In early manhood he had his heroic pe- riod; he might have kept up the heroic role during the war, but he did not. There was zo obligation upon him to do so, and no fault can be found with him for the fail- ure,” etc. You had sald in the same article: “He might have gone to the front,” etc. I think that it is only just to Mr. Doug- lass to recall the fact that he offered his services to his country, but that his prom- ised commission never was accorded him. The full account is found in his “Life and Times.” Mr, Douglass had rendered to the government invaluable service in the re- cruiting of colored troops. He had assured colored men that once in the Union army they “would be put on an equal footing with other soldiers.” He believed the promises of the government had not been kept, and went to Washing- ton to lay his complaint before the Fresi- dent and the Secretary of War. Both of these officials received him kindly and as- sured him that justice would be done his race. Mr. Douglass continues: “On assuring Mr. Stanton of my willing- ness to take a commission, he said he would make me assistant adjutant to Gen- eral, Thomas, who was then recruiting and organizing troops in the Mississippi val- ley. He asked me how soon I could be ready. I toid him in two weeks, and that my commission might be sent me to Roch- ester. For some reason, however, my com- mission never came. I wrote to the depart- ment for my commission, but was simply told to report to General Thomas. This was so different from what I expected and from what I had been promised, that I wrote to Secretary Stanton that I would report to General Thomas on receipt of my commission, but it did not come, and I did not go to the Mississippi valley as I had fondly. hoped. knew too much of camp life and the value of shoulder straps in the army to go into the service with- out some visible mark of my rank. I have no doubt that Mr. Stanton in the moment of our meeting meant all he said, but thinking the matter over he felt that the time had not then come for a step so rad- leal_ and agaressive. “Meanwhile my three sons were In the service, Lewis and Charles in the Massa- chusetts regiments, and Frederick recruit- ing colored troops in the Mississippi val- ley.” o+—____ Lenten Services. At the special Lenten service at St. John’s Church last evening Bishop Peter- kin delivered the sermon. ee SS The Georgia Southern railway was put up at auction Tuesday, but no one would offer the upset price of $4,500,000, fixed by court. The sale was postponed and the up- set figure put at $3,750,000. DISASTROUS CANNING SEASON. Packers of Maryland Selling The! Goods at a Loss. 3 From the Baltimore Herald. Never before in the history of Maryland has the drop in the canned goods market been more forcibly impressed upon the People than at present. Tomatoes are now bringing from 55 to 57% cents a dozen cans. Even’ the standard first-class tomatoes are selling for 57 to 57% cents. To make any profit on a dozen cans they must be sold for 68 cents. Not five out of the 200 who canned in Harford last year cleared enough to pay for the cans used. Some few of the canning houses will clcsed this year, while others will be al in an attempt to recoup what was lost last fall. Many canners and farmers are unde- cided whether to sow the tomato seeds in their hot beds or to put in something that will prove of a financial benefit. The time” to sow this sced occurs in March and April. Already some of the canners are leasing land from the farmers on which to set out their plants. The general impression in Harford @mong the canners now is it the western people are packing enough fruit for their own use and that of the eastern pack: ceeds the demand. Consequently ‘there is no sale for the goods unless a trade can be opened with some of the foreign countries, goods In some instances here in Harford that are offered for 55 cents must be given free storage for several months and also insured by the packer before sales are con- summated. Higher prices were expected by the Ist of January, but this expectation never has been The last year’s pack and what little remained of the year previous is being disposed of as quickly as Possible, so as to make room for empty cans and cases for this year's pack. Corn packing was a complete failure. A great deal of last year’s pack is still on hand, and will be held until more than 45 cents can be realized. —_-e—___ Sterilized Air Preserves Fruit. A test of shipping a carload of fruit and flowers from California to the east with- out the use of ice has been made recently. A car was sent from Los Angeles to New Orleans, which was supplied with steril- igéa air during the whole time of transit eest and return to California, carrying back a part of its shipment to show how it had been preserved. After being out fourteen days, “both the fruit and the flowers,” says the Tulare Register, “were perfectly fresh, and even the stems of the grapes had not wilted, although the weath- er had been as warm as 104 degrees during part of the journey.” The sterilized air is produced by con- densing air by means of ‘the air-brake cylinders, and thus generating heat, which destroye all microbes, bacilli and germs. The supply of sterilized air, it is said, can be kept up as the train pro- ceeds. at almost no cost. The cess is called the Perkins method, after the inventor, an Episcopal clergyman of California. ‘The process can be as easily applied to ocean vessels, and it is claimed that it will revolutionize the carrying trade of perishable fruits, Another method which Californians are experimenting with, having the same end in view, is shipping fruit in carbonic acid. Both methods are claimed to be very prom- ising. ——_—+e+____ Aluminum Billiard Balls. From the Philadelphia Record. A new substitute for ivory as the com- position of billiard balls has been discov- ered in a combination of steel and alumi- num, and according to the proprietor of a Chestnut street billiard room this innova- tion will soon be introduced into several of the billiard establishments of the city. The new composition will, of course, be much cheaper than ivory, and will be absolutel, proof against chipping. The ease wil which a draw or “English” could be im- tion is _ ivory ones. Old billiard enth no confidence in the invention, but curiosi- ty has attained such that the popularity of the new balls would be as- sured, at least fora short time,