Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1895, Page 8

foo) Live Lines Selected Silks— It Is a long Ust—but a half dozen items will plainly pronounce its character. You must admit we bave been most fortu- nate in ofr negotiations with the mana- facturers—for, while we can offer the brightest gems—the rarest values—prices are kept within bounds. Bring your within the focus of our assortment- the highest satisfaction will be yours. inch Striped Taffeta—glace grounds P-L POPS SL O-9 OOH OOS OLS -OO- GO-OO-00 GF -O9-OS-OH-OO-6Y and Fancy Taffetas—changeable stripes, for waists, covers a world of a yard. hine Taffetas, in Dresden de- ns—$1 a yard. ° 21-inch Broche Printed Indias—all the patterns are this season's, and of our ‘own personal, exclusive control—$1 yard. uch Warp Printed Taff paticrns, with pointelle effec what a bargain they are the re price. ‘Tuffe‘as Plisse—a royal s! them—$1.25, $1.35, $1.50 and $1. yard. Velvets— We want to praise the quality of our Velvets. You will find them entirely re- Mable. In the variety are all the latest noveitics—and we do—what {sg a most con- venient thing for you—cut them on the bias. 19-inch Changeable Vetvets—not $2.50 —but §2a yard. (Uc. saved.) SPOS P-OP--9 0-9 O- 9S -9 SOO SO: OL 0 Established 1840. Telephone 95, \ SOG O-494 9490 65-30-00: SSH A> SE 4H 4 4% 9D You cannot get sparks from a piece. of cold steel. If you want value—variety— novelty, you must seek the live, wide- awake stores where the fire of enterprise is never permitted to die down—where success is the incentive to greater effort— greater achievements. been searched—and its best work is con- centrated on our counters. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. PERRY’S re The world has White, Cream, light and dark shades —$1 a yard, and better for more. 24-Inch Black and Colored Boulevard Croise Velveteen, silk finished—75c. a yard. 24 and 27-inch Black Velutina—spe- fal value. All sorts of Black Velvets from 85¢c. @ yard up. 82-inch Velvets and Velour du Nord, for capes and the like. Lace Finery— It ts a bright lot this season—bright in eonception—bright in color—bright in exe- cation. Different -from every one else’sY Certainly. If titre is any one thing you want exclusive and all to yourself it is Lace. Rare-bits, these selections of ours. Colored Beaded and Spangled Nets, Edges, Yokes and Insertings, in all the new combinations of colors. Black Beaded Nets, Edges and Bands, in good and best qualities. Reige and White All-over Laces, with Insertings and Edges to match. ‘Narrow Valenciennes Laces, in White and Beige—for edging ruffles. Heavy Black Nets—for yokes and sleeves—with Edges and Insertings, in all widths. 48-inch Plaited Tendrasse Silk, in Blue, Cerise, Mais and Cream—$1.50 @ yard. Plaited Chiffons, in White, Black and eolors—5 inches to 27 inches wide. 45-inch Plain Chiffons, in Black, White, Cream and all the new colors— ‘Te. a yard. Point Venise and Point Arabesque Lace Collars—85c. to $15 each. PERRY’S, “Ninth and the Avenue.” AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOW The Installation of the Rev. Stanley Billheimer. The Rev. Starley Billheimer was last night formally installed as pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Twenty- four years have passed since a similar cere- mony tcok place in the edifice. That was, on the occasion of the Rey. Geo. Nixdorf assuming charge. He held the pulpit up to one year ago, when he sent in Fis resi tion. The church last night was filled to its utmost capacity by a gathering made up of representatives of nearly all the churches in West Washington,and of many from the Lutheran churches of the main city. The interior of the Georgetown house of prayer was deccrated handsomely for the cceasion under the direction of Mr. Otto Fischer. The irstallaticn services were conducted impressively. Rev. Dr. Parsons of the Church of the Reformation read the ritual. Then came_ scriptural reading, prayer and hymns. The liturgical service followed, under the conduct of Rev. Dr. Gotwald. The novitiate was asked if he accepted the charge and would confurm to the Scriptures ard the church ritual in the conduct of his office, and the response came aftirmatively. The charge to the pastor was made by them for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thea.” During this charge the speaker referred feelingly to the father of the yourg pastor, who had years ago succeeded him as pastor of the Lutheran Church in Reading, Pa., of their long friendship, and wished the son God- speed in his sacred work. Dr. Butler de- livered the charge to the congregation, ex- horting all members to encourage and uphold their mirister. Mr. W. H. Fischer, president of the C. E. Society, in a short and graceful speech, presented the new pastor with a handsome gold badge of the crganization. The acknowledgment was ap- fative. sate Faith Tent. The friends of Faith Tent, No. 31, female branch of the I. O. of Rechabites, turned out in full force last night, filling Odd Fel- lows’ Hall to overflowing. The occasion was an entertainment under the auspices of the organization. The features of the program were as follows: March, Messrs. Boardman and Sullivan; recitations, Messrs. L. Meredith, Viemyer, I. T. Goeding and Miss Kate Goldsmith; piano solos, Misses E. Newton, M. Chamberlain, D. White and Logan; comic songs, Mr. Wm. Riley, and dialogue, Miss Stella Goldsmith and’ Miss Knees Mamie McWilliams gave an exhibl- tion of fancy dancing. A dialogue, entitled “The Church Goers,” by Messrs. Drum- mond and Barringer, was well received. ‘A number of boxes were then auctioned off, Mr. John J. Coulter acting as auction- eer. Father Stafford Lectures. The Rev. Father Stafford lectured last night at the Georgetown College, for the benefit of the Athletic Association, on “Popular Authors and Their Works.” He read and recited from Father Ryan, Shakespeare, Dickens and Sir Edwin Ar- nold. ‘Old Curiosity Shop” was read from, and “The Conquered Banner” recited. “Wolsey’s Charge,” from Henry VIII, proved to be the lecturer's most effective rendition. Great applause was evoke: Notes. ‘The handsome American dag bought with money contributed by the people at large here, to float above the seventh precinct station, has not been unfurled to the breezes for some time, and there is now no regularity about its hoisting. There are many concerned over the matter. John B. Hammond yesterday sold to Edw. H. Thomas, for $2,000, lot 13, block 5, of White Haven. The revivals at the SeventH Baptist Church on P street are still proving mag- nets to which the religiously inclined are being nightly attracted. —— Navy Chaplains. Rev. John P. Tidwick, attached to St. Btephen’s rectory, New York, and Rev. John B. Frazier of Knoxville, Tenn., have successfully passed examinations for ad- mission to the navy as chaplains. ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS. Prepuring for a Carnival of Sport in the City. Now that the corporation attorney has decided that under the existing laws of the city boxing matches can be held here, Dan Henry, proprietor of the Henry Theater, is arranging a program that will be announc- ed shortly, whereby some cf the best box- ing material in this section of the country will be brought together. Under the ordi- nance gloves to weigh not less than six ounces must be used, and there are to be no knock-outs, sparring for points only to be allowed. No effort will be made to have the Peckham-MeMillan match come off in this city, as that is to be a finish “go” for @ purse and side bet. Mayor Strauss says no fighting for purses will be allowed here, nor will betting be permitted. Hite Peckham has gone into training for his match with McMillan and is working faithfully. His friends here are confident that he will have an easy victory. He has never been bested since he first came to this city, over a year ago. Will Visit This City. Encampment No. 69, of the Union Vet- eran Legion of Washington, has accepted an invitation from Thomas P. Davis Post, No. 46, Grand Army of the Republic of this city, to participate in the memorial serv- ices, to be held at the National cemetery in this city on May 30 (Decoration day). “Corporal” Tanner was invited to deliver the oration of the day, but owing to pre- vious engagement had to decline. A New Telephone Line. Several weeks ago the Occoquan and Woodbridge Telephone Company made ap- Plication to the city council for permis- sion to string its wires and éstablish a central office in this city for the accom- modation of those who would subscribe for their "phones. The matter was referred to the committee on streets and the commit- tee on general laws. At a meeting of the joint committee held last night it was de- cided to recommend the granting of the request, and this will probably be done at the next meeting of the city council. Notes. Mr. Thomas Murray returned from Rich- mond last night. Rev. Father Payne of Warrenton preach- ed in the Lyceum Hall last night. John T. Callahan, deputy clerk of the court, has passed an examination to prac- tice law. No business was transacted in the circuit court yesterday. Rev. W. H. McAllister has been returned as pastor of the M. P. Church in this city, where he has been for the past six years. Belie Haven Lodge, Knights of Honor, held a regular meeting last night. Rising Star Lodge, I. O. G. T., of Wash- ington, paid a fraternal visit to Golden Light Lodge of this city last night. A pleasant evening was spent. In the police court this morning ttiree cases of minor importance were disposed of. The case of Lemuel Washington,charg- ed with assaulting Maggie Taylor, was continued until tonight. Justice Thomp- son presided in the absence of Mayor Strauss. —>—_ Capt. Andrews and His Boat. Captain William A. Andrews, who sailed frcm Atlantic City in a small boat of his own invention July 20, 1802, and arrived at the Azores on August 20, 1892, beating by twelve days all previous records of crossing the ocean in a small boat, is in the city exhibiting his craft on the streets. ‘The boat is fourteen feet six inches long over all, and is a canvas-covered folding beat, decked over, excepting a cock pit, two feet by three feet and six feet long, fitted with a sliding hatch. She carries 350 pounds of lead on her keel. Captain Andrews and his boat arrived September 2), 1892, at Palos, Spain, the port from which Columbus sailed on his voyage of discovery, in time to take part in the festivities held there in honor of the discoverer. Captain Andrews says he was entertained by the government, pre- sented to the queen and elected a member of the ninth congresoe de Americanistas held at Huelva. During his solitary voyage he wrote an interesting description of the cruise. eTIY LITTLE GIRL, Three years ago, was taken with a evere case of Ia grippe. The dis- ease made terrible ravages upon the Uttle sufferer; she was reduced to @ skeleton, and one night we thought he would die before morning. We then began to give her Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, and a complete cure was the result. I feel justified in at- tributing her reccvery to this valu- able remedy, because it was the only medicine given her."—WM. J. : LAWRENCE, Merchant, Blossom $ Hill, Va. zAyer’s Cherry Pectoral. HIGHEST HONORS AT WORLD'S FAIR. IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURB and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing, Syrup for, children teething. It soothes the child, coftens the gum, allays all Rain, cares wind colle and is the best remeily, for rrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. sel0-1y HARRIET HUBBARD AYER'S RECAMIER CREAM WILL CURE PIMPLES SAMPLE POST PAID ON RECEIPT OF 25 CTS. 181 West Sist st.---------- New York. Ja30-wly LOPOCPOOSS PSOE SOOO OOOO OOOOS 2 The Baby ENJOYS ITS BATH WHEN Pine Blossom Soap. 3 Is used; its superior cleansing and soothing | qualitics make it a delightful luxury for the nursery. It softens and beautifies the skin, pe and heals chafing and other irritating erup- tions incident to childhood. Its absolute purity and powerful curative properties com- mend it to careful mothers, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. . 2 Price 25 Cents. Foster [ledicine Co., Baltimore, Md. 42d12--11 PEEEOSSOEPSSCESSIOO HOE OOOO® Use Dr. Siegert’s Angostura Bitters to stimulate the appetite and Keep the digestive organs in order. MANASSAS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. To Be Rebuilt as a Memorial to Fred- erick Douglass. A meeting of the committee for the pur- pose of rebuilding the Manassas Industrial Training School as a memorial to Freder- ick Douglass was held last night at the office of Dr. Reyburn, and after full dis- cussion the following report was adopted by the committee. The discussion of the matter showed*that the grounds occupied by the school are fully paid for. There is now money enough in hand to partly erect one of the buildings destroyed by fire, and the whole management of the institution is on such a firm basis that the extension of the work will depend on the amount of money contri®uted. The friends of the industrial school believe that the love and respect felt by the admirers of Frederick Douglass will induce them to give liberally, but if such is not the case it will not destroy the work, as it will be carried on and will be developed in pro- portion as the funds come in. The com- mittee adopted a formal appeal for funds as follows: “The loss sustained to the cause of free- dom by the recent death of Frederick Douglass scems to us to be irreparable. Yet the Almighty Ruler of the Universe has decreed that the progress of mankind shall be ever onward, and to men of ob- scurer names and more limited powers is always intrusted the task of carrying on the work that was begun by the great leader. The Industrial School at Manassas was always a work that was very dear to the heart of Frederick Douglass. This in- stitution, in the first place, was originated by the self-sacrificing labors of Jennie Dean (formerly a slave woman of Vir- inia) and Miss Jane E. Thompson (the laughter of a Virginia planter). The build- ing was dedicated by Frederick Douglass himself on September 3, 1894, this being the annivercary of his escape from sluv- ery, fifty-six years before. In his speech on that occasion he called attention to the fact that this irstitution was located on the spot made memorable by being the first battlefield of our great civil war. The buildings having recently been destrcyed by fire, the last public appeal made by him was for the benefit of thie school. The present plans for this work, including the equipments for industrial training, will in- volve the outlay of at least $50,000, and will be known to future generations as a memorial erected by the grateful hearts and loving bands of the people of this generation to the firm defender of the principles of human liberty. “What more fitting monument, therefore, could be reared to his memory than to lay here the foundation of an institution to be called the Frederick Douglass Normal and Industrial ‘raining School? Sub- scriptions will be received by any member of the committee, but it is requested that all checks be drawn to the order of Dr. John R. Francis, treasurer of the Fred- erick Douglass Memorial Association. “Signed—-W. S. Montgomery, M. D., sec- retary; Robert Reyburn, M. D., chairman; Gen, John Eaton, Rev. J. ‘T. Jenifer, Prof. H. P. Montgomery, Mr. H. E. Baker, E. J. Farquhar, M. D.; Mr. J. Ormond Wilson, Mr. John F. Cook, John R. Francis, Mf. D.” ——.—__. Will Filed. The will of the late Richard Moulton Goundie, dated January 5, 1894, filed yes- terday, appoints the widow of the deceas- ed, Mary Virginia Goundie, and a brother, Wm. T. Goundie, executors. Out of a life insurance policy $1,000 each is to be paid to Richard Moulton and Philip Henry, sens, and the balance due on premises 609 I street is to be paid. With those excep- tions, ~all the personal property becomes the widow's, and she is to have the above named premises for life. At her death the premises are to be sold and the proceeds equally divided between the two sons. Should either of the sons die before ma-* jority his share is to pass to the other, and if both die before reaching age it is to pass to the next heir or heirs. —_.—___ Continental Chapter. The Continental Chapter, D. A. R., Mrs. Madison A. Ballinger regent, held one of its pleasant meetings at the Oxford Mon- day evening. After the transaction of the regular business a musical and literary program was presented. Mrs. Dora F. Voortis read an original poem, “Salute to the Flag,” written by her when at sea on the Fourth of July. The songs, ‘The An- gel” and “The Wanderer’s Night,” by Mrs. Berry and Miss Rheem, were exceedingly fine. Mr. Charles Ritter played a march from “‘Tannhauser,” and Mr. O’Donohue recited “Paul Revere” jn inimitable style and with fine effect. Mrs. Bell Ball read a story of frontier life. At the © next meeting, which comes in April, there will be an election of officers for the ensuing year. ——— The Golden Cross. _ Potomac Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross, at its last meeting con- ferred the degrees on two candidates. No- ble Commander Fletcher S. Page presided. The attendance was large and embraced visitors from National, Mount Vernon and Goodwill Commanderies. Richard Sweeney and Geo W. E. Slater, having attained the rank of past noble commander, were pre- sented with the badge of that rank by Past Grand Commander Yates in a brief speech. Under the good of the order remarks were made by Geo. W. E. Slater, Robert W. Burnside, C. G. Harrison of Mount Vernon Commandery, Past Grand Commander Yates and others. — JA NEW PLAYGROUND The Lower Part of the White Lot to Be 8o Used, Cel. Wilson Has Tr¥d to Get an Ap- propriation fer Ita Care and Protection. Although Congress has provided for open- ing a part of the government reservation in the rear of the White House as a play- ground for children after the ist of July next, it failed to provide any means for the employment of necessary watchmen to look after the grounds, preserve order and Protect the children from interference by roughs. Colonel Wilson of the engineer corps, whose duties include supervision over the proposed playground, has repeatedly urged that proper regulations be prescribed for the use of the park and that means be provided to insure its proper. care and pro- tection. Notwithstanding he has ‘clearly shown the necessity for a small appropria- tion at least Congress has invariably failed to provide the money. May Get the Police. Colonel Wilson says he will do the best he can under the circumstances. In case of necessity he will invoke the assistance of Major Moore of the metropolitan police. Inasmuch as the President and family will be away from the city most of the summer the extra policemen now engaged in guard- ing the Executive Mansion may, possibly, be utilized in looking after the playground. This is located on the ellipse directly south of the President’s house, formerly known as the White Lot. It is just beyond the President’s grounds proper and well adapted to its proposed_use. The New Playground. It is about three-quarters of a mile in circumference and has a total area of seventeen acres. It was laid out by Presi- dent Van Buren. It was designed by the celebrated landscape artistic gardener, A. J. Downing, with the view of having on the public grounds an open area of suffi- cient extent for military evolutions, pa- rades, reviews, &c. The new playground is intended for boys and girls. Any per- son under twenty-one is held to be an in- fant and entitled to the playground. No discrimination can be made as regards color or race, and under Col. Wilson’s in- terpretation of the law there can be little restraint. +e + _____ GENERAL Ni) ‘S NOTES. A walrus was seen at Coney Island last week. Lawrence, Kan., has prohibited the sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper. A Peoria, Il]., man has sold the mikado a mastiff. The Buffalo Sons of the Revolution will put George Washington’s portrait in every public school in that city. Dr. Blackwell of Columbia, Mo., em- ployed for several years as translator in the State Department, has been offered the presidency of Robert College in Turkey. President Andrews says in a magazine article that the Tweed ring cost New York $160,000,000, or four times what France paid Germany in 1870. cae An Amherst, Mass.,aman died last week in the same hovse and bed in which he was born ninety-three’ years ago. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Jllen, «aeventy, the mother of the first girl born in Denver, died there recently. The daughter of Mrs. Dr. Slick, Chews- ville, Md., carries her lunch school in a basket owned by hef great-great-grand- mother. Bishop A. W. Wayman of the African Methodist Episcopal Church will deliver a memorial address on/the late Frederick Douglass in Easton, , on Wednesday, March 27. 2 Otto Croll of Chicago has married his brother’s widow. The brother was lost on the Elbe. ey An Indiana man has begun suit td secure two pensions, one for 'service fn the Mexi- can war and one for wound received in the late war. Secretary Gresham is trying to find Elijah Buffenbargen, ninety-four years old, heir to $16,000,000. - Ex-Congressman John H, Rice is to start a daily paper at Sedalia, Mo. The Maitland, Fla., school children drew up in line and gave a flag salute when Mrs. Grant's train recently went by, but they did not see her. Two days later came a nice little note from Mrs. Grant acknowl- edging their compliment. Lafcadio Hearn is still jn Japan, and has sent out another book on Japanese life. §. Moore, a dwarf hunchback, sen- tenced to the Kentucky prison for life, has been pardoned on account of fatal illness. Clerical circles in New York, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish, were much flurried the other day by sudden inquiries cabled from Europe about Monsignor Capel. He is living on a ranch in California. At a recent meeting of the Academy of Sciences in Stockholm the Swedish aero- naut, Andre, who has been successful in steering a balloon out of the direction of the wind, declared he would make an at- tempt to reach the north pole in a balloon from Spitzbergen. He says the pole can be reached in ten hours. Leo Wheat, at a concert at Roanoke the other night, electrified his audience by playing an organ and a piano at the same time, it is said, with brilliant effect. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson has become editor of the Richmond magazine, ‘“Wo- man.” “Venetian” beef is being sold about Bos- ton just now. This is not beef raised among the marble palaces of the Queen of the Adriatic, but comes from the steam- er of that name, which sunk in Boston harbor. There have been brought up from her 3,374 sides of beef, and these have been sold in Boston. A team at Oyster Bay, R. I., was at- tacked by a bulldog and both horses so badly torn they were shot. The dog hung to one of the horses while the team ran a quarter of a mile. He held on until two men with an iron bar broke his jaw. A Buena Vista, Ga., man, while denounc- ing the Bible the other day and extolling Bob Ingersoll, had his house struck by lightning. The mayor of Buffalo intends to try the Pingree system of having poor people raise potatoes on vacant city lots. The Connecticut legislature has repealed the last old blue law on the statute book. It is the law under which a justice of the peace could convict, upon his own knowl- edge, any person of swearing, blasphemy, Sabbath breaking or drunkenness, His excellency, Nawab Imad Nawaz, Judge Bahadner, a prince of the blood royal of Hyderabad, of the district of Daikin, India, his wife and her companion, the Countess Kullman, are traveling in this country, and now visiting Chicago. A convict in the Ohio penitentiary dreamed his arm was being amputated, and the next day had his arm torn off in the prison machinery... : A bill bas been introduced in the Mis- souri legislature imposing tax on bache- lors. Between thirty and thirty-five years the tax is to be $10 annually; from thirty- five to forty, $15; from forty to forty-five, $80; from forty-five to fifty, $50; from fifty to fifty-five, $75; above’ sixty, one-fourth of the celibate’s income. ‘ A bill is before the German reichstag, and likely to pass, putting ten-marks duty on refined cotton seed ofl—an increase of six marks. Such a duty will. be prohibi- tory. 5 : eS Possibilities in Switzerland, United States Consul Germain at Zu- rich reports to the State Depdrtment that American wood-makihg machinery and tools could be introduced in Switzerland if good expert agents, able to speak French and German, were sent out to visit the different manufactories and shops. He is confident that large orders could be se- cured. The people still use old methods, as they prefer to make their own woodwork, but they would gladly use proper machin- ery if they could obtain it. —_—_——_+«.____ Internal Revenue Receipts. A statement prepared by the commis- sioner of internal revenue shows receipts during. the eight months of the present fiscal year to have been as follows: Spirits, $59,095,538; increase over the same period last year, $4,085,763. Fermented liquors, $20,118,768; decrease, $120,099. Oleo- margarine, $1,108,276; decrease, $224,154. Income tax, $11,818; miscellaneous, $136,320; increase, $343,324. The total receipts for the eight months were $100,532,464; increase, $5,180,622. During the month of February, 1895, there was an aggregate decrease in the receipts from the receipts for Febru- ary, 1894, of $1,701,445. Senator Morgan in Favor of Securing the | Bad Condition of the Causeway Leading Island in Any Way. He Thinks San Domingo Should Have Been Bought—Comment on Great Britain’s Grasping Disposition. “I am in favor of purchasing Cuba or of acquiring her by any other just method,” sai@ Senator Morgan, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, in answer to a questicn. “I have always been a Cu- ‘ban annexationist, for the island is an im- pertant one for the United States. The Present Revolt. “If the revolutionists are able to hold out for a year they will be able to secure ma- terial arsistance from persons in this coun- try, not only in the way of money, but in men, in spite of all efforts to prevent it. ‘fhera are many men who are ready to go into a war for Cuba, or any other war, and there will be no way of keeping them out of it if the men who are leading this re- volt show that they command any real strength at home. At first I was inclined to view the uprising as without any particu- lar backing, but it appears now that it has grown to te quite formidable. Those peo- ple are not to be blamed for rebelling. It is only a questionsof time when Cuba will throw off the Spanish yoke. It may not be with this revolution, but it will come with some future révolt,” The Allinnen Incident. The Allianca incident was referred to, and Senator Morgan said he approved the course of the State Department in demand- ing sn apology and reparation. He de- clared that American vessels and mer- chantmen cannot be lawfully interfered with upon the high seas. The recent action of Great Britain in Nicaragua, and her course relative to the Venezuelan boundary dispute, was com- mented upon by the Senator in vigorous terms. Great Britain’s Grasping Disposition. “Of all the grasping, cormorant, and grabbing countries in the world,” said he, “Great Britain easily outstrips the most greedy. It seems to be not generally known that the extensions below Egypt have now made her master of Africa, and given her through connections with the Cape of Good Hepe. By these acts of aggression. Eng- land has extended her jurisdiction over thousands and thousands of square miles, and her dominions have been tremendously increased within a year. These aggressions have been going on all the time. It has lerg been her fixed policy.” Ought to Have Bought San Domingo. Senator Morgan expressed the hope that Cuba might be annexed, and said it was a great mistake that San Domingo was not purchased when we had an opportunity. No such chance, he added, should be neglected in the future when there were offered islands in either ocean over which we could exercise control, and which were properly a part of the American conti- nental system, and necessary to the pro- tection of our commerce or our coasts. ——_—_—_—_-e-___—_ BENNING CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION. Quite a Lot of Business Transacted at Its Meeting Last Night. There was an extremely interesting meet- ing of the Benning Citizens’ Association last evening, called to order by Vice Presi- dent Mewshaw, with every officer present and a good attendance. The president called attention to a clause in the minutes that reflected on one of the members of the railroad committee, and he moved that the objectionable language be stricken from the records. The motion was carried by a unanimous vote, thus ending what at one time bid fair to cause a serious split in the association. Mr. N. Keyser called attention to the bad condition of Benning road near the new pcwer house of the Columbia railway and also to a bad place on Central avenue near Boyle's hill, and the road committee was instructed to have same remedied at once. The committee on substation reported, through Mr. Keyser, that Maj. Moore had promised to give Benning a call box, pro- vided Congress made the necessary appro- priation, and the chairman urged the com- mittee to get in its best work right away. Mr. E. F. Broome and others scored the road committee for its failure to get an expression from the Columbia railway. offi- cials as to their intentions in the matter of extending their line to Benning, but as- surance was given that the matter would be looked after in due time. The name of Dr. Brayshaw was substi- tuted for that of C. T. Havenner on the road committee, and the president announc- ed that the committees for the ensuing year would stand as follows: Committee on reilroad crossings, L. A. Milstead, N. Key- ser and P. F. Meaney; committee on lights and sidewalks, N. Keyser, T. E. Clark and P. F. Meaney; committee on Benning roads, J. M. Wood, Keyser, T. E. Clark, G. W. Barnes and Dr. Brayshaw. The resignation of Mr. P. F. Meaney as a member of two standing committees and one special committee was accepted. Chairman Mewshaw spoke at considera- ble length about getting the people of Benning and vicinity thoroughly interested in the association and its work. After de- claring that our system of government is radically wrong, he gave it as his opinion that the association could not possibly make a better move than by connecting itself with the National Union for Practi- cal Progress, an organization formed in Boston and that has aiready begun to es- tablish branches all over the country. Mr. G. W. Barnes thought the idea advanced a good one, and, after several other members had expressed similar views, Mr. Broome moved that a committee of three be ap- pointed, with the president as chairman ex- officio, to communicate with the Union for Practical Progress and tak2 the necessary steps to connect the Benning Association with that organization and its work. Messrs. Mewshaw and France were there- upon appointed, after which the meeting adjourned. = —_—_.__ Set for Tri Upon the motion of Mr. Edward G. Niles of covnsel for Thos. J. Taylor, who is charged with the murder of his wife, Nan- nie C. Taylor, on the 14th of last Septem- ber, the case was set down yesterday for trial next Tuesday. The trial will take place befor? Judge Cole in Criminal Court No. 2, and the defense, it is undérstood, will be that of insanity. Taylor shot his wife at their homé, 11th street southeast, instantly killing her, because, it is alleged, be believ- ed the unfortunate woman to be unfaith- ful. He also shot himself, but the wound proved to be a trifling one. ——— Christianity and Politics. “The Christian Man in Politics” was the theme of an address by Bishop Coleman cf Delaware last evening at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. There was a large con- gregation present to listen to this address, which was delivered under the auspices of the Churchmen’s League. While pointing out the duty of every Christian man to take an active interest in civil government he said that the influence of the church had been due largely to the fact that in its corporate capacity it had kept its hands off the state. He said that there may not be greater need of reform in politics than there is in the family and elsewhere. In the church, he thought, was to be found the elements necessary for the prosecu- tion of political reform. oo Central Union Mission Receipts. According to a statement presented to the board of directors of the Central Union Mission at the meeting yesterday, the receipts for the fiscal year ending Feb- ruary 28, 1895, were as follows: Prior to January 1, 1895, $1,591.51, and from that time to February 2S, $2,605.32. There was received from the central relief commit- tee $3,083. —— Bill in Equity. A bill in equity has been filed by Louisa E. Perkins, widow of the late Senator Per- kins of Kansas, against Theodore W. Tyrer and others, to declare that 400 shares of the stock of the Washington and Chesa- peake Beach Railway Company ure to be held by the complainants as security for the payment of $2,500, to the Structure, The Negligence of the Pennsylvanian R. R. Co. in Completing Its Repairs —Maj Davis’ Efforts. “Great dissatisfaction exists among brick manufacturers and oiher merchants haul- ing heavy teams across the Long bridge, ever the perfunctory and slipshod manner in which the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany is repairing the causeway of the bridge. The so-called repairs recently made by the company consisted in dumping a mass of clay and gravel into the large, deep holes that had been worn into the roadway by the heavy traffic passing over it. Numerous complaints in regard to this matter have been made to Major Davis, the army engineer ofiicer in charge of the Potomac river improvement, with a view to having the evils remedied. Mr. Wells’ Complaint. Under date of the 13th instant, Mr. Hen- ry Wells, general manager of the Wash- ington Hydraulic Press Brick Company, wrote to Major Davis as follows: “I beg to call your attention to the causeway be- tween the north end of the Long bridge and the south end of the 14th street bridge. This constant hammering by myself rela- tive to this matter, 1 hope will be overlook- ed and that your patience will not be tried beyond endurance, but 1 consider the ac- tion of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in throwing clay, gravel and dirt on top of six inches of mud a most outrageous proceeding, and one which has damaged us and others to a very great extent. Here- tofore when the Pennsylvania railroad have put dirt or gravel on the causeway, they have been careful to put men there with hoes and shovels to clean off all the mud before putting on the gravel, but in this case it looks to me as though they had done the work without any thought, and as I said before they have damaged every- body concerned, because today there is from six to twelve inches of red, running mud, nearly the whole length of the cause- way. The ditch is full of mud and I ven- ture tu say that one month with the ther- mometer at one hundred degrees in the shade would nvt be long enough to dry out that road. I think that inasmuch as they have done this damage they should undo it, and should be obliged to remove the mud and the obstruction, for it is nothing else, from this causeway. Be good enough to give this matter your attention and see if some relief cannot be given us.” No Reply From the Railroad Company Maj. Davis forwarded this communication to Mr. William H. Brown, chief ergineer of the Pennsylvania railroad at Philadel- phia, under date of the lith instant. He called special attention to the letter, as in- dicating that great dissatisfaction existed as to the manner in which the railroad company has undertaken to repair the Long bridge roadway, and added that his own personal observation sho complaints in question are well fou Up to date the railroad company has paid no attention to Maj. Davis’ letter, nor has it answered his previous communication on the same subject of the 9th instant, the substance of which has already appeared in The Star. Maj. Davis is earnest and de- termined in his purpose to force the rail- road company to live up to its agreement to maintain the bridge in good condition. He will allow reascnable time for the com- pany to reply to his communications, but if the company continues to ignore them he will make the matter the subject of an offi- cial report to the Secretary of War, with a view to seeing whether that official has more influence with the railroad company than he has himself. What the Secretary of War Can Do. The Secretary of War may properly order the railroad company to repair the bridge in a suitable manner, and in the event of its failure so to do, take proper legal steps to compel compliance with his orders, or otherwise secure the abrogation of the charter under which the railroad company is permitted to use the bridge. It may not be necessary to resort to such exireme ‘measures, but it certainly will be done,pro- vided the railroad company continues its present course of neglect and omission, and the Secretary of War is guided in the mat- ter by the wishes of the citizens whose business compels them to use the bridge. —_—_—__- A CEREMONIOUS BETROTHAL, Formally Asking for the Hand of Princess Helene. A dispatch from Paris says that tke be- trothal of the Duke of Aosta, nephew of King Humbert of Italy, and Princess He- lene of Orleans was conducted with the utmost ceremony. Owing to the recent death of the Count of Paris all present were attired in deep court mourning. The ceremony of betrothal vas preceded by a walk'in the park, after which all assem- bled in the salon of the Chateau Chantilly. The princesses alone were seated. The Duke of Aosta entered the salon and ap- proached the Countess of Paris, the mother of Princess Helene, and said that he had the happiness to believe that he had won Princess Helene’s heart,and that ais wishes would be crowned if the countess would consent to their marriage. King Hum- bert’s consent, he added, had already been obtained. The countess replied that she was happy to confide her davghter’s happiness to the care of a prince whom she personally es- teemed and whose august house was al- ready connected by marriage with the house of France. The duke then kissed the hand of the countess and afterward kissed Princess Helene’s hand and led her to an embrasure of a window, where they exchanged rings. ‘The duke and the princess had been pri viously engaged, but it was thought due to the dignity of both houses that a formal demand be made for Princess Helene’s hand. The acceptance of the proposal was immediately telegraphed to the Italian embassy in Paris. Nobody would be sur- prised to hear that the cabinet promoted the betrothal, in order to please the mem- bers of the right and as a step toward a break up of the triple alliance. The London Daily News co: dent declares that the wedding will be eelebrat- ed at Turin, in April, and that the cere- mony will probably take place in the Della Cisterna Palace. ee The Proposed Pythian University. The board of regents of the Knights of Pythias of the World, appointed by the Supreme Lodge at its meeting in this city last fall to look after and superintend the erection of a Pythian university in Galla- tin, Tenn., met in that city yesterday to transact important business connected with the propused university. A. public recep- tion was extended the committee at night by leading citizens. eee Revolt in Ecuador Ended. A dispatch from Quito says that the in- surrection in Ecuador has been suppressed and that the leaders have been arrested. ——_—— Life Saving Awards. The President has awarded a gold watch and chain to Capt. F. E. Jenkins; a gold medal to Chief Officer Raymond Holds- worth, and silver. medals to Boatswain Alex. Milne and S. Davidson, J. Bolton, F. Poulton, E. Shirtcliff, J. Greenstreet and J. Thordsen, all of the British steamship Francisco, for gallant and heroic services in rescuing the captain and crew of the American schooner George A. McFadden, #ebruary 10, 1895. = A «old watch ard chain has also been awarded to Capt. Jacob Wyman, a gold medal to First Officer Charles R. Grout, and silver medals to Christian Prifert, Robert Wessel, John Williams and Peter I. Swensen, sailors, all of the British bark Buteshire, for gallant and heroic services in effecting the rescue of the captain and nine others of the American schooner Flor- ence J. Allen, February 11, 1895. ——————-e+—___ Was Not Detained. Chief Chamberlin of the bureau of navi- gation has sent a telegram to the collector of customs at Savannah, Ga., asking for the facts as to the reported detention of the schooner Pedro Pablo, supposed to be on a filibustering expedition against Cuba. The reply states that the Pedro Pablo was not detained a moment or interfered with. After repairing her machinery and taking on coal she pursued her course. THE ANNEXATION OF CUBAITHE LONG BRIDGE Thin Children. . The reason why they are thin is because their food does not nourish them. Probably they do not assimilate enough fat. Cod-liver Oil is the most easily assimilated of all fats, but in its natural state it upsets the stom- ach and deranges the digestion. In Scott’s Emulsion of Cod- liver Oil with Hypophosphites this difficulty is overcome. Itis half-digested already and is very palatable. Children grow fat on it when all other food fails to nourish them. Don't be persuaded to accept a substitute? Scott & Bowne, N.Y. All Druggists. 50c. and $1. LABOR PHILOSOPHY. Bishop Keune, Messrs. Wright, Har- ris and McAllister Discuss It. The School of Ethics yesterday witnessed one of the most interesting discussions it has enjoyed during the present course. The theme was “The Relation of the Uni- versity to the Labor’ Question,” and the debate was participated. in by Bishop Keane, rector of the Catholic University; Carroll D. Wright, United States commis- sioner of labor; W. T. Harris, United States commissioner of education, and Prof. James McAllister, principal of Drexel Institute. Bishop Keane presided, and opened the session with a brief review and commen- dation of the lecture by Prof. Adams of Ann Arbor, in which he held that the de- velopment of the labor question was the development of a philosophy. Bishop Keane maintained that the con- trol of human contracts was necessary, and that the state shculd have the power to execute the moral and ethical features of such contracts, without granting too much to the Caesar of authority. In order to popularize the true philosophy, the public mind must be imbued with its truth, and that is the function of a university, rather than of schools of technology or other specia. pdepartmental schools. The university teaches men who are to think fcr the world, for education begins at the top, and thence reaches the masses. The duty of the university is first to send forth teachers who will hold to a true phil- oscphy, and who will not be mystified by contradictory, agnostic or skeptical themes, thus making a race of skeptics and ag: nostics. They must teach not only phenomena, but ethical principles. It is for man to direct cosmic forces and not to be gov- erred by them. They must repudiate the supremacy of the serial contract. The state has a right to demand that its money shall not support institutions which teach philosoph.es which experience has shewn to be failures. Suggestions to Doctrinaires. Commissioner Harris indorsed the views set forth by Bishop Keane. He agreed with the thought that the university was the fountain of true knowledge, and he regretted that there were so marty politi- cal economists who were teaching false doctrines as to causes and effects on the labor question. They were teaching false notions as to wealth and its relations to the individual. They would be well em- ployed if th-v spent their time investigat- ing and ex, ding useless theories. They should find cut the facts in the cases of these who contend that they are insuffi- cently paid by comparing wages with pro- duction, actual and relative value of lands, and assessments, total production, and ratio of wages, industrial, agricultural and ccmmercial. Commissioner Wright called attention to the fact that there has been a lack of sympathy between the laboring man and the universities. This has been much changed within recent years. The coolness between the people and the universities he deemed to be due to the professors of political economy, who taught abstrac- tions and ignored human relation: The universities ere now putting themselves in direct relation to the people. Educate the Masses. Dr. James McAllister held that the true solution lay in the education of the masses. He referred to the long distance between the laboring man and the uni- versity. Man must be educated, because he is man. We are succeeding in universal education so far as elementary education is concerned. The states are further giv- ing education, not only in the elementary schools, but also secondary schools, the link connecting them with the university. Cambridge and Oxford have realized that the privileges of the university belong to the masses of the people, and not only to the privilegea classes. He believed that in the evolution of society distinctions be- tween man and man would disappear, so far as privileges or opportunities are con- cerned. ——__ DEVELOPMENT IN MEDICINE. The Anthropological Socicty Devotes an Evening to the Subject. The Anthropological Society held its 2384 meeting last night in the Cosmos Assembly Hall, with a program before it devoted to the consideration of the psychologic devel- opment of medicine, although the sym- posium that tuok up the evening drifted off into a miscellaneous talk about the History of empirical medicine. There was @ paper on the program giving the origin and etymology of the name Chickahominy, by William Wallace Tasker, but this was crowded out and put over to the next meet- ing. ‘The principal essay of the evening was read by Dr. J. H. McCormick on “The Psy- chologic Development of Medicine.” The Paper traced the history of medicine from the superstitious fetishism of the savage or through the accidental empiricism, out of which modern scientific therapeutics is the outcome. There was an abundance of illustration taken from a wide range of ethnological research. The topical divi- sion of the subject was interesting because it was made on a scheme of terms recently invenied by Major Powell. This divides the successive stages in the development of medical science into more of imputation, personification and reafication. The first assigns curative or pathological attributes to things which these things do not pos- sess. The second personifies causes of dis- case and the third makes real or realizes the true cause of disease and possible cure. In the series of short speeches that follow- ed the essay Maj. Powell, Dr. Frank Baker and Prof. Otis Mason brought out interesting phases of the subject. Mr. Frank H. Cushing,who was to have spoken, was unable to be present. ——— “Army Orders, Two months and fifteen days’ leave of absence, with permission to go beyond sea, is granted Capt. Egbert B, Savage, eighth infantry. The following transfers are made: First Lieut. John E. McMahon, from the second artillery to the fourth artillery, battery D; First Lieut. Moses G. Zalinski, from the fourth artillery to the second artillery, battery M. The leave of absence granted Maj. Ed- ward M. Hayes, seventh cavalry, is further extended one month. The following transfers in the third ar- tillery are ordered: First Lieut. William E. Birkhimer, from battery E to light battery C; First Lieut. Charles G. Woodward, from light battery C to battery E. ——_——_-o-—__ The Ivory Crop. According to a report submitted to the State Department by United States Consul Morris at Ghent, the sale of ivory at Ant- werp, the principal market of the trade, during seven years amounted to 1,755,072 pounds, valued at $3,524,000. The sale last year was 583,117 pounds, as against 493,430 in 1893. The report says there is no reason to fear the exhaustion of the ivory supply, the ivary crop of centuries being still in the hands of natives, who have hoarded it by, hiding the tusks in river beds and under the soil. There are, besides, estimat- ed to be about 80,000 elephants living.