Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. = PASSE LS OO 49-90-9505 6H 09 6H 65-40 9O O99 4045 and Flannels. 2B LPARG POP DOPE LOPS HOE-GHLS GO OE-OE- GS GOOF row © gloriously. From the Land of the Lily and the Thistle-- hit PERRY’S. These are days of judgment. We await your decision confidently. Unless quality has lost its power to influ- ence--brilliant and exclusive effects their per- suasive potency--and “tender” prices their elo= quence of appeal--we shall have the extreme pleasure of serving you to the Summer Cottons Seems as if we had almost a whole cargo— there is such an abundant variety. effect in the entire assortment. ed thought—nor an undesirable creation. They bear out our reputation triumphantly— Not a Passe Not a blight- We didn’t bring away all the good things—but all the best ones. There isn’t a more fortunate community in America—not one possessed of a superior stock than is ‘spread out here—now. French Organdies AT Perry’s. se. a yard. More and choicer patterns than the earlier arrivals. It is a big va- riety now. French Lawns AT Perry’s. 25e. a yard. Light, dark and medium grounds, covered with organdy designs— oddities and staples—sheer as the best. Two popular combinations are Black and White and Navy Blue and White. AT Perry’s. 18e. a yard. Pink, Blue and Green grounds, with lace-lke stripes. Abso- lutely new and decidedly neat. Mull Plisse AT Perry’s. 30c. a yard. We didn’t go wrong when we thought we foresaw the immense popu- larity of the Plisses—and provided for it. ‘The best are the crepy stripes—at least, they seem to win the most favor. French Brilliante AT Perry’s. 350. a yard. Perhaps the handsomest yet are just come—light and dark grounds. Printed Plumetis aT Perry’s. SOc. a yard. These, you know, are fine dotted Swisses—flowered, figured and striped by the French. French Percales AT Perry’s. eclally selected patterns Fine as linen— of patterns, Swivel Silks AT Perry’s. yard. Both the foreigners and homes: have sent us their later creations. e the others—you won't find them anywhere ele. oe. ve Scotch Welt AT Perry’s. a yard. Heavy cords for watst wear and tailor-made suits. One of the "95 novelties-and one of the best. Comes im colors—uniquely patterred. ished 1840. ne 99. | YESH SHOE LH-LS- DOH GIS DE OOVO-G HGH GHC SO 9-9 OG OVO SO SHS ESS LEGO-LO-G OGIO OEP GOD PPG P-DO-GO HN Scotch Zephyrs AT Perry’s. 25c. to 50c. a yard. A brilliant array. Corded stripes and checks Lace stripes. Harlequin checks. Silk stripes. Basket weaves. Lapette Zephyrs. Crepe Zephyrs. All Scotch—all exclusive—all fashionable —and the best there are to be had. French Challis aT Perry’s. 89c. a yard—and of a quality, too, that you-have usually paid €0c. for. Light and dark effects—scores of them. Wash Flannels ar Perry’s. 80e. to 50c. a yard. More of the Scots’ fine work. Plain or silk mixed—light or dark colors. Summer Flannels AT Perry’s. Perhaps a little early to buy—but then, again, not if you want the advantage of choice from the completest assortment. Such choice things are soon picked over. Gauzes—-Zephyrs—and Cotton Mixtures. Baby’s Flannels AT ? Perry’s. Quite the largest variety you will find— attractive in quality, effect and price— All-wool Skirt . to $l a yd. Cricket Flannels—$1 a yd. Cream Eiderdown (single faced)—O5c. a yd. Cream Eiderdown (double faced)—75c. a yd. Embroidered Edge Flannels—€5e. to $1.25 a yd. Allover Embroidered Flannels—$1.25 @ ya. Cream Finette Sacquings—62%c. a ya. Fancy Striped Finette Sacquings—76c. a yd. Fancy Striped Flannel Sacquings—S0c. a yd. All-wool Armure Sacquings—60c. a yd. Silk and Wool Armure Sucquings—65c. a yd. Plain Cream French Flannel—37igc. yd. Silk Warps and all the others, PERRY’S, “Ninth and the Avenue.” YOUR FAT Can Be Reduced. 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Stetson & Co., Philadelphia, | 623 Penna. Ave. jo! £21-3m2sg [RERKEE RAKE KEKE ERERESERERES a is 16] rYxxOERE KS eos AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN The Destruction of the Causeway and What Followed. Other Notes of a General and Local Interest From West Washing- ton—Mr. Stitt Better. The destruction of the causeway that ecrnected Analostan Island with the main- land of Virginia by contractors employed on the improvement of the Alexandria j county roads has swept away, it is said, all those causes which for nearly a cen- tury promoted chills on the Virginia shore, in Rosslyn and along the line of the Little river. Ever since the building of the causeway the Little river has been but a body of water that slowly backed in around the island and spread itself about over the land until e great marshy tract was cre- ated. The back water or Little river having no cutlet, it stagnated in many places, and spread impure vapors over all that section. The removal of the causeway has opened a channel all around the island, and now the Potomac river, just below the Aqueduct bridge, makes in with force and sweeps around, joining the main river again at the southeastern corner of the island. All stagnant water has been carried off, end the marsh land is fast drying up. Most all the property can be reclaimed without difficulty. Chills have not been known in Rosslyn for three months. For a time it was not known to what to attribute the change, but non-resident physicians having their attention called to the matter investigated and reported that the causeway removal beyond a doubt had brought about the hygienic conditions existing at present. Before the Long bridge was built, and when Georgetown’s imports and exports employed many ships, which came from and went to all parts of the world, and when Water street was crowded with to- bacco warehouses, etc., the course around the island was the only one in use. The channel was deep and highly favorable to navigation. That part of the Georgetown river now devoted to navigation was not in use. In a quoted passage in Jackson's ‘‘Chron- icles of Georgetown,” the writer, in speak- ing of the Little river on the western channel, says: “It was in all its usefulness when I came to live in your vicinity, m isw2, and would have been a ship channel for the largest shipping up to this time but for the unfortunate erection of the cause- way, Which, while doing good to none, has done intinite harm to every one. The west- ern channel is intended by nature to be the principal channel to the town, for it is the nearest and most direct, and water chooses the nearest and most direct route always. In 1784 the Potomac had its choice, and it chcse the western chennel. “With the rapidly increasing commerce of the canal, it behooves you of George- town to look out for more commercial room by annexation with Analostan Island, but if the causeway is to form part of the new annexation, rely upon it that the pop- ulation of tne new territory will require a pretty smart sprinkling of doctors, apcthecaries, nurses and grave digsers, who will always be in full employment.” This letter was written in 1841. Gen. Mason, who had a beautiful home on the island, was only able to occupy it curing certain months of the year, owing to the conditions that prevailed after the building of the causeway. The destruction of the causeway was Without official authority, and at the time, last fall, was looked upon as a piece of high-handed business. It has turned out for the best, though. It seems that the parties engaged to re- pair and macadamize the roads about Ross- lyn needed stone, and, without asking per- mission from any one, sent workmen, horses and carts down to the causeway and took away load after load, until the whole Piece of masonry had disappeared. ‘The Commissioners, who have jurisdiction over Analostan Island, were notified of what was going on, but the informant was told that the triumvirate had no power to stop the destruction. The engineer's office, on 17th street, it was said, had jurisdiction. The head officer there, though, could find no authority to act, and the contractors worked on undisturbed. - The causeway, it is said, was the great- est snake-breeding spot on the Potomac river. In winter the rocks sheltered half the reptiles of Alexandria county. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary. Under the direction of Chairman Charles Henry Fischer and a committee, consisting of Fred. Stohlman, Carl Haneke and J. C. Albrecht, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization of the Georgetown Ger- man Lodge, United Order of Good Broth- €rs, was celebrated fittingly in Stohlman’s Hall, on N street. There was an attend- ance of nearly fifty, including the ladies present. Mr. Fischer was the orator of the occasion. He spoke of the advance of the order and the good work it had accom- plished. Mr. Wm. Voigt, the master of the lodge, also spoke. Before the evening was over all those present were decorated with a handsome badge of the order. Advantages of Athletics. “The Advantages and Abuses of Athletics From a Medical Standpoint” was the sub- ject of Dr. Frank Baker’s lecture last night at the Georgetown ‘College. The lecturer spoke of the absolute necessity of exercise and the strong bearing that the intellect- ual man has upon the physical. Through the aid of microscopic slides he illustrated his lecture with muscular and nerve tissue, portions of the brain and spinal cord. In the course cf the evening he spoke of the fatality of Bahen’s injuries, and paid a high tribute to the heroic manner in which he had borne his sufferings. Notes. Yesterday the first shipment of the new season by wsy of the Potomac from Georgetown was made, the Lena taking away a cargo of coal to Boston. It is said to be the earliest shipment in many years. Mr. James Cole, who died on Monday evening of cancer of the stomach, will be buried tomorrow morning from Holy Trin- ity Church. Father Roccofert will offici- ate. The interment will be at Holy Rood. The condition of the Rev. Mr. Stitt is prondunced hopeful. A bulletin on the door of the parsonage at 8 this morning stated that h2 rested comparatively easy dur- ing the night. His illness has excited deep and general concern here, and every en- couraging report will be received with gen- uine gratification. There are three physi- cians in attendancé. Their consultation yesterday resulted in a hopeful view of the case. Miss Laura Volkman, daughter of Sergt. Harry Volkman, and Mr. Reuben Rowzee were married yesterday at 5 o'clock by the Rev. W. C. Alexander of the Presbyterian Church. The ceremony was quietly per- formed, only the immediate friends and relatives being present. Later there was a reception at the home of the bride's pa- rents, on Prospect avenue. ae The Weekly Denth Rate. According to the reports received at the health department last week no death oc- curred in the District from any contagious or zymotic disease. As compared with the previous week there was a slight increase in the death rate. The principal causes of the mortality were heart troubles and lung complications. From the latter nearly one- third of all deaths resulted. There was an absence of malarial and diarrhoeal influ- ences to a noticeabie degree, there having been but two fatal cases of each. Infant mortality stood at the normal. No new cases of smallpox were reported, thus leav- ing but four cases under treatment, under the direction of the health department, and these are convalescing. Total deaths were 114. Births were $2, and marriages, 25. ——— Work of Relief. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de- partment, who had charge of the work of relleving the poor last winter, has trans- mitted to Judge Cole a report of the work done. The amount of money drawn from the funds of the central relief committee was $6,284.26, and with this 13,590 persons were furnished fuel, 27,245 provisions, 2,412 clothing and 20 pairs of shoes, a total of 43,267 persons relieved. In addition to this the police had some private contributions from which they prevented 169 evictions, furnished 25 pairs of shoes and one cooking stove. ——_- Mary Waddy, colored, was found sick on the street near Florida avenue and 7th street last evening and was removed to her home, No. 1627 12th street. MANITOBA’S “SCHOOL FIGHT The Order in Council Bead to the Legisla- ) ture, Premier Greenway Protests Agninst Immediate Action—! Ottawa eitement at and Quebec. The message from the Dominion govern- ment at Ottawa; ordering the legislature to give the Catholics their rights as they existed before the abolition of the paro- chial schools in 1890, was read to the Man- itoba legislature at Winnipeg yesterday. Mr. Martin, a French Catholic member of the legislature, urged that the government should take immediate action, but Premior Greenway protested, saying that the mes- sage should be printed, in order that all members might know what they were deal- ing with. Here the matter rested, and the discussion will now probably not take place till tomorrow. the situation grows more complicated. The Catholics “and their friends say that Greenway and his follow- ers, if they reject the order from Ottawa, are rejecting a document ordered and signed by her majesty, the queen, and such aet would be equivalent to open rebellion. They say they cannot conceive how the Dominion government could do otherwise than make the fori request they have made. Excitement at Ottawa. The news from Winnipeg, that Premier Greenway has declared that “the governor general’s order will be rejected in its en- Urety” (meaning the order to grant reme- dial legislation to the Catholics in the matter of separate schools), while not unex- pected, created great excitement in official circles at Ottawa, Ont. It is ad- mitted that the situation is pregnant with critical possibilities, and that much de- pends upon the action of the dominion government. It is, of course, possible that the Manitoba legislature may shelve the question for a year, as the federal par- liament has no jurisdiction till the gov- ernment of the vrovince acts or refuses to uct on the remedial order. But this seems hardly likely to happen, judging from the reports of the following among the majority of the people of Manitoba. Assuming, then, that the order in council cf the dominion government is ignored, what will be the steps taken by the gov- ernment to enforce its commands? This question may be determined by the out- come of two bye-elections, one in Quebec and the other in Ontario, which are short- ly to be held. Vescberrens, an old Rouge diberal) district in Quebec, is vacant. The government will bring on an election there, and if a conservative candidate is re- turned, the government will be encouraged to introduce a bill into parliament at the coming session re-establishing the Catholic parochial school system in Manitoba. The other vacancy is in Haldemian, which went conservative by a small majority at the last election. Should the result of the contest here show, as it is expected it will, large lib- eral gains, it will be evident that what the government has gained in the French and Catholic constituencies it has lost in the English and Protestant districts and the government will have to choose between the two or to endeavor to appease both by some remedial course. The British North American act is in many ways an elastic affair, and it will be a diificult matter for the dominion government to decide that it has or has not the right to interfere in the educational legislation of the prov- inces. Feeling Stirred Up. If it should decide to interfere, it is prob- atle that such interference would make the political divisions of Canada coincide with its great religious divisions, or would lead to a series of appeals to the courts, the end of which tan scarcely be foreseen. So far the action of the government has resulted in stirring up a feeling in Ontario very hostile to ftself, while in Quebec it has had a directly contrary effect. None of the party crgans; in Ontario dare to commit themselves to any definite state- ment as to the course to be pursued towards Manitoba. ‘The liberal papers, naturally, their party being in opposition, ure delighted at the trouble, and devote many columns to telegraphic reports of all news bearing on the school agitation, while the government organs, to give one ex- ample yesterday, gave only the bare an- nouncement in four or five lines of the arrival of the order in council at Winnipeg. But the independent journals, without excepuon, cry out against any interference by the dominion in the school affairs of the province. Their cry is, ‘Hands off!” and there is no doubt as to that being the sentiment of the great majority of Protest- ant Ontario. Excitement at Quebec. The excitement at Quebec over the school question is none the less real because it is in a measure subdued for the time being. It is not yet known what will be the action of the dominion government on the refusal cf Manitoba to grant remedial legislation to the Catholics, and until it is known there will be no great public outburst. The tone of the French press, however, dis- tinctly indicates what will happen if “Orange: as they term it, triumphs. Considerable additional ill-feeling among the French Catholics has been created by a paper read recently before the Protesi- ent Ninisterial Association by Rev. W. T. Grah: se3"which has been ordered to Le printéd In full by the association. Rev. Mr. Graham made a bitter attack on the sesuits, and called: on. all loyal citizens to unite to secure their eviction from Canada. Mr. Graham closed his address with the declaration that the right of Manitoba to eract her own school laws must be pre- served. +o+___—_ The Golden Cross. At the last meeting of Trinity Command- ery, United Order of the Golden Cross, the degrees were conferred on one candidate. Miss Susan A. Langley, noble commander, presided. Under the good of the order brief speeches were made by Past Grand @ommander Ehle, Grand Prelate Custis, E. J. Pattee, Sacket Duryee and others. Vis- itors were present from Capital, St. John’s and Goodwill Commanderies. At the next meeting, on April 1, the degrees will be conferred on ten candidates. At Mount Vernon Commandery’s last meeting Noble Commander Marion F. Holderman presided. The first degree was conferred on two candidates, and the sec- ond and third on one. By request, Past Noble Commander Pattee of Trinity Com- mandery occupied the station of noble com- manéer, and Past Grand Command>r Yates that of past noble commander, in the third degree. Speeches under the good of the order were made by Past Noble Commander Pattee, Past Grand Commander Yates, C. G. Harrison, J. H. A. Fowler, W. 34. Pope and others The genial face of Keeper of Records Ver.able was. missed at the meet- ing, and his absence was on account of severe illness. The fifth anniversary of this commandery will be celebrated at National Commandery, 623° Louisiana avenue, on April 5. a Aids to Gen. Lawler. Commander-in-chief Lawler of the G. A. R. has issued a gereral order urging the proper observance-of-Memorial day by vet- erans, school children and citizens gener- ally. The restoration of 50,000 suspended members is also" urged. The appointment of the following as ~aids-de-camp on the staff of the commander among others is announced: Casper Miller, Dover, Del.; John W. Messick, Georgetown, D. C.; J. G. Ruckstuhl, Louisville; J. B. Royce, Wash- ington, D. C.; William Gardiner, Henry 8S. Olney, Providence; A. D. Florence, Mon- treal; Cyrus D. Gibson, Bennington, Vt. Thomas C. Sale, Newport; Charles H. Cota, Burlington, Vt., and William Cronan, Rut- land, Vt. = ee Five Years for Five Dollars. John Lannon, jr., twenty-five years old, was. sentenced by Recorder Goff in New York yesterday to five years in state prison for forgery in the second degree. The com- plainant against Lannon was his father. Lannon forged his. mother’s name to a re- quest for $5 from a’neighbor, a Mrs.Thorne. He has served a year in prison before. Lannon’s father said the boy was bad and ought to go to jail. The boy spoke up and said: “If I am bad my father has made me so. He ts drunk all the time and does not support his family.” + J. A. Hines, treasurer of the town of Armstrong, Wis., was waylaid by two highwaymen Monday night and shot and robbed of . THE DANA LIBEL CASE More Comments of Editors on the Legal Proceedings. Yhe Question as to the Place of Trial —No Constitutional Rights Invaded. Must Abide Just Consequences. From the Hudson, N. ¥., Register. In the discussion which the Dana criminal libel case has cailed forth, says the Roches- ter Union, the age and feebleness of the editor of the Sun has been urged as argu- ment against holding his trial in Washing- ton. Mr. Dana has laid himself open to indictment for criminally libeling Mr. Noyes, and his trial on that indictment is legally in place in Washington, it should be held there, although the defendant were twice as old. It is evident that delib- erate assault on a person’s character through the medium of a newspaper im- plies a readiness to abide by the just conse- quences. Fighting on Technicalities. From the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Democrat. The conduct of the defense in the pre- liminary examination of Mr. Dana, on charge of libeling Mr. Noyes, makes it manifest that the case is to be fought by the New York journalist most bitterly on all possible technicalities. According to the statements of those who have known Mr. Noyes for many years that gentieman’s reputation has been assailed most grossly by Mr. Dana. The latter is old enough and has sense enough to know that he has wronged the man who has brought him into court. The proper thing, the manly thing, for Mr. Dana to do would be to admit his error. That is the way a gen- tleman would do in private life. The at- tempt to defeat the processes of law by fighting along the line of technicalities ought to be beneath*Mr. Dana’s dignity. No “Lawfal and Proper Criticism.” From the New York Evening Post. Mr. Dana is determined to prepare Judge Brown for his case, which comes before him in a week or two, and is accordingly making that officer fully acquainted with the reflections upon it of the rural journal- istic mind all over the country. Today there is an article in the Tribune, un- doubtedly furnished or inspired by the de- fendant himself, showing the monstrosity of “dragging” him to Washington. It ap- pears from this ‘learned commentary that the law of libel in the District of Columbia today was started by the “infamous court of Star Chamber,” and by it transmitted to Lord Holt and Lord Mansfield, who under it convicted several estimable men, That is the law in the District of Columbia to- day, and consequently numerous articles on Hawaii, sugar trusts, and so on, which are “lawful and proper criticisms” in other states, would be criminal libel in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Consequently, if Mr. Dana be dragged to Washington, we may any of us be “dragged” for lawful and proper criticisms. Unhappily for all this learning, the libel on Mr. Noyes would be libel in any state in the Union. It was as follows: “The corporation (the Associated Press) is organized under the Illinois state law, and the provisicns of that statute respect- ing the personal Mability of directors are amusing. We commend a careful study of them to the unfortunate newspaper man- agers who have been roped in. They may see their way to making such a thoroughly dishonest director as F. B. Noyes of Wash- ington, for instance, refund to them the amount of the extra assessments out of which they have been buncoed.” No “lawful and proper criticism” here. There is no state in.which Dana would not be indicted for this. Under the Star Cham. ber, far from being “dragged” to Washing- ton in a dining room car, and fed on “Ma- rengo chicken” and ginger ale, and lodged in a hotel, he would have been put in chains, lodged in a noisome dungeon, and his ears would have been cut off close to the head. Under Lord Holt or Lord Mans- field, he would probably have been put in the pillory and pelted with rotten eggs, stale cabbages and apple cores—a sight pit- eous to behold. The old man must not try to persuade us that the world has not im- proved. If he should be deported, he will be taken down to Washington gently and politely, surrounded with all the com- forts his age makes necessary. If con- victed, the President will doubtiess order his confinen-ent in a cool northern jail. If, on the other hand, he should be acquitted, what barrels of scurrility he will squirt on his enemies, and how he will enjoy it! Trifling With Explosives. From the Boston Traveler. ; It is probably natural for any man, when he is attacked, to resort to every possible expedient to defend himself, but some of those resorted to are so trivial and puerile as to rouse the impatience of the most long suffering. The preliminary investigation in the Dana libel affair in New York was no exception to a rule which has grown very common. Mr. Dana's fashionable super-serviceable attorney, for example, tried to make much of an effort to show that Mr. Dana has a kind of literary super- vision over the editorial and other columns of the Sun, but has nothing to do with the publication or sale of that paper. Lit- erally, in the hair-splitting sense, this may be true. Neither has he anything to do with the selecting of the paper on which the Sun is printed. But he knows that it will be printed on some paper, that it will be published and cffered for sale, and he exercises his “literary supervisio1 in view of, and because of, that knowledge. If he did not know these things he would exer- cise no “supervision.” To interpose such stuff as this against prosecution for an of- fense is simply to feed the fires of popu- lar contempt for “the forms of legal pro- cedur2,” and those fires are already at dan- gerous fierceness. A Review of the Cane. From the Washington Sunday Chrontcle. The preliminary hearirg in New York of the charge of criminal libel preferred by Mr. Frank B. Noyes, son of Editor Crosby S. Noyes, the reserved, widely beloved ed- itor-in-chief of The Star, has been con- tinued till April. In a brisk and breezy editorial in the New York Sun, of a column or more in length, discussing somewhat intemperately and with evident hostile feeling the finan- cial and business conduct of the Western Associated Press (a news-gathering and news-serving company), the Sun went out of its way to single out the name of one— and only one—director of that news com- pany, that of F. B. Noyes, and this direc- tor the Sun declared to be “thoroughly dishonest,”” and to be engaged, with the other unnamed directors, in “buncoing” the ;apers buying their news. Had the writer assailed the management of that news company in the nature of bit- ter criticism, and, in heat of assailment, reasoning from a truthful premises, had de- clared all the managers and conductors of it “thoroughly dishonest,” either naming them as responsible, or not naming them directly in that connection, the personal libel would not have been so conspicuously manifest. As the printed statement stood, however, the charge,thus specifically made against Director Néves, among perhaps a score of directors, more or less, and other officials, is clearly a cruel and intentional libel, unless the defendant can successfully plead the truth of his allegation. And the people in Washington who have long known this young man, of recent years as the quiet and courteous treasurer of The Evening Star Company, are confident that the charge that he is “thoroughly dishon- est” is not only absolutely false, but pro- foundly absurd. Frank Noyes isn’t that kind of a young man. The ugly feature of this case, so far as the Sun defendants are concerned, is this, that both Editor Dana and Publisher Laf- fan of that paper are the chief officers of a great rival news gathering agency, called the “United Press Association.” This ri- valry may be assumed 2s the motive for this bitter assailment of the other associa- tion, and nobody in particular would have complained of a little brisk chaffing of one by the otker of these rivals, or of using “cuss words” so long as personalities were not injected into it. But it has a very ugly lock to single out one name, of quiet Frank Noyes, and thus pointedly designate him as “thoroughly dishonest.” That has: all the old-fashioned ear-marks of viciousness. Editor Dana, on discovering this blunder, this stumble in his paper's editorial col- umns, should have exhibited his largeness of character by at once retracting this “bad break.” Such retraction would have shown moral courage and broadly fraternal propensity. A frank, manly acknowledgment of an error never lowers any one in the esteem of napble, brave men and women. To be " | | JENNIE BROWNSCOMBE, JULIAN RIX, DAY and SATURDAY, WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. mh23-6t > OS -DO-LO-G OSS $F-9O-GO-00-6O-Ss-s. MARCH TWENTY-EIGHTH, TIETH, commencing at EIGHT O'CLOCK, at the Forsyth Galleries, by Messrs. W. B. Mr. B. SCOTT, Jz., will conduct the sale. in i ee Special Exhibition of PAINTINGS In Oil and Water Colors. HE ART LOVING PUBLIC of Washington and viciaity is invited to view @ valuable collection of Oil and Water Color Paintings belonging to Mr. 0. KLACK- NER of New York and London, which will be ou exhibition at the Forsyth Art Galleries, No. 1208 F Street N. W.. on the afternoon and evening of MONDAY, MARCH 25, and also on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26 and 27, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Among the well-known American and foreign artists represented are— rs. The collection is to be sold without reserve on the evenings of THURSDAY, FRI- TWENTY-NINTH AND THIR- V.O$0- 9-02-02 CF 22> 20 OF 26 20-69 29-09 20-0e guilty of a wrong to another and then stubbornly persist in maintaining it, even by silence, discloses one of the most des- picable traits of human nature. A great editor of a great journal should have too exalted a conception of his position to consciously submit to the existence of such unenviable conditions for one brief day. To have carried the keen edge of good- heartedness in it and proved itself worthy of enthusiastic compliment, this retraction should have been prompt and fervid. “It is never too late to mend,” however. An intentional injury to the good repute of young Mr. Noyes should not escape retributive justice. Though the indictment here may fall, one may follow in New York, and there, the technicality pleaded will not avail. ——— SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT. A Contract Made for One for the Use of the Navy. A contract has been signed by Secretary Herbert with the John P. Holland Torpedo Bcat Company for tke construction of a submarine torpedo boat for the use of the navy. ‘This contract, which may mark a radical departure in naval construction,was signed only after a thorough consideration, extending through a period of nearly two years, of the subject of submarine boats tnd efter various plans for such craft had been examined. The appropriation for a submarine torpedo boat was made over two years ago. The dimensions of the ves- sel contracted for are to be: Length, 50 feet; diameter, 11 feet; displacement (total when submerged), 138% tons. All parts of the vessel and the steel to be used in her construction are to be of domestic manu- facture. She is to be completed within twelve months from date, under time pen- alties. The contract calls for a speed of fifteen knots when the boat is in light con- d‘tion, fourteen knots when in the awash condition, with a minimum endurance cf twelve hours at these speeds, and of eight knots when completely submerged, with a minimum endurance of six hours. The Secretary of the Navy may refuse to ac- cept the boat if it on trial falls one and a half knots an hour below the specds nemed, or accept her at a reduced price. The price to be paid for the boat is fixed at $150,000, to be paid for in five equal install- rents, but with certain retentions, as a reserve fund, until final acceptance. It is expressly stipulated that the United States shall have the optional right to acquire the patent rights for the Holland type of boat, the price to be paid for these rights to be Getermined by a board of three naval offi- cers, the option to run until thirty days after the first session of Congress succeed- ing acceptance of the vessel. This pro- vision is to give Congress opportunity to enact legislation for the acquisition of the patent, if desired. ——-2+______ BURNED AS A WITCH. Inquiring Into a Brutal Murder in Ireland. A most extraordinary case of murder arising from superstition is being inquired into by the special court of Clonmel, Ire- land. Ten persons were arraigned before the court charged with murdering a wo- man named Cleary, because they supposed her to be a witch. The prisoners include the murdered woman’s husband and fa- ther. The evidence showed that Mrs. Cleary was suffering from nervousness and bronchitis, and her husband, believing her to be bewitched, and in order to exorcise the evil spirit, obtained a concoction from an herbalist cf the neighborhood. Then, while the other prisoners held the unfor- tunate woman in bed her husband forced the obnoxious concoction of herbs down her throat. After this the suffering woman was held over a fire and dreadfully burned until she declared in the name of God that she was not Cleary’s wife. This torture was repeated on the following day, but the woman refused to conform to her hus- band’s requests, whereupon he knocked her down, stripped off her clothing, poured paraffin over her body, then lighted it, and the woman burned to death in the presence of six male and two female relatives. Cleary declared that he was not burning his wife, but that he was burning a witch, and that she would disappear up the chim- ney. When the woman was dead her husband collected her charred remains in a sheet and buried them in a dyke, beneath the mud, where they were found a week later. The prisoners, who were remanded, nar- rowly escaped lynching at the hands of the excited crowd in and about the court room and had to be removed to jail under the escort of a strong force of constabulary. —————— CHILD INSURANCE. Legislation to Prevent It Proposed in Maxsachuretts. The Massachvsetts legislature is consider- ing a bill to suppress child insurance. In a committee hearing last week Mrs. Lucy P. Atwood, agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, said: “I wanted to have a fair understanding of the methods of the companies, and I went to a superintendent of one company to find out how many children they have insured in Massachusetts, but could get no figures. Then I went to see the officers of another, and was received very courteous- ly, and my questions answered. They told me, in substance, that they had policies cut on 125,000 children under ten years of age, and that it would paralyze the com- pany to give up this form of insurance. “It is notorious that the ignorant and poverty stricken people of the slums will lie to visitors in regard to the insurance, ard it is difficult,in many cases,to find out whether insurance is carried on or not until after a death and funeral. Case after case is help- ed by the charitable in these slums where the children are found to be insured. This insurance has a bad moral effect both upon parents and children. Children of tender age are obliged to earn money to pay for the insurance which will be used for their buriai expenses.” The witness stated that in four months in the summer of 1893 248 childran died in Boston of marasmus, which means starva- tion. She had no dovbt that in a very large number of these cases the children were insured. ————__+- e+ —___ A Post Office Circular. A circular has been issued by the Post Office Department .to all postmasters, which is designed as an additional guard to the delivery of registered mail. When a letter of this description which has been damaged or which is unsealed, reaches the postmaster it shall be his duty to seal it properly. Special envelopes have been pre- pared and distributed. This is but an- other precautionary measure to protect people from the fruits of their carelessness. —_—__-o.__. Postmaster Hesing Here. Postmaster Hesing of Chicago was in the city yesterday to confer with the su- pervising architect with regard to the new post office building at Chicago. He called on Postmaster Bissell. Funeral of Brook Corbett. The funeral of Brook BH. Corbett, the young man who Killed himself on Monday evening, took place this morning at 10 o’clock from the home of his parents, No. 924 M street northwest. JAPAN EXPRESSES REGRET. Her Honor Tarnished by the Assault on Li Hung Chang. The New York Herald Shanghai corre- spondent sends a translation of an imper- ial rescript published in a special issue of the Japanese Official Gazette in connection with the attempt upon the life of Li Hung Chang, which says: “China is now in a state of war with our country, but she kas, with due observance of the forms of international etiquette, sent an ambassador for the conclusion of peace. We, on our part, named our pleni- potentiaries, who were instructed to meet him and negotiate at Simonoseki. Thus, it was incumbent upon us, in pursuance with international usage, to afford the ambassa- dor treatment consistent with the national honor and to accord him a suitable escort tor his protection. “We consequently gave orders to all functionaries to use the utmost diligence, and-it is, therefore, with profound grief that we now have to express our regret that a ruffian should have dared to inflict personal injury upon the Chinese ambassa- dor. The culprit must receive the severest punishment provided by law. Our official subjects must respect our wishes to pre- serve the glery of this country untarnish- ed, and must provide against the recur- rence of such violence.” The rescript is signed by the emperor and countersigned by his ministers. Profound indignation prevails through- out Japan at ihe outrage upon Li Hung Chang, aud the vernacular press are unun- imous in their expression of the deepest regrets. Surgeons Sato and Ishiguro are attending Li Hung Chang by imperial command. He objects to the extraction of the bullet, which lies a centimeter under his left eye. The wound is three centimeters deep. He sleeps well. The Empress of Japan has sent two nurses to attend him. Letters and telegrams expressing regret and sympathy are pouring in from all directions. It was stated at the Japanese legation in this city today that no dispatch had leen received from Japan indicating that the wound of Li Hung Chang was more serious than first reported. It was said that nothing further than the dispatch mode public last evening, giving an official account of the shooting of Li, had been re- ceived. see. Local Option in New York. Vice President Windolph of the New York board of aldermen yesterday offered a resolution that the board .indorse the Cooper Union Sunday bill, presented by Senator Cantor and Assemblyman Rein- hardt, as being in line with the principle of home rule, and urge upon the legislature the speedy adoption of the measure. The bill provides for submitting Sunday opening to a vote of the people at the next general election. The resolution was passed by a vote of 25 in favor of it. ———. -+04--___ Death of Prof. Ryder. John A. Ryder, professor of comparative embryology at the University of Pennsyl- vania, died in Philadelphia yesterday, aged forty-three years. He was formerly prom- inent as a member of the fish commission, but resigned in 1886 to accept the chair of —— embryology at the university. Prof. Ryder was an active member of the Philosophical Society and the Academy of Natural Sciences. He was an indefatigable investigator, a keen observer and a strong thinker. He was an associate editor of the American Naturalist. ea Massachasetts Legislators Condemned At a meeting of the Colored National League, held at Boston last night, resolu- tions were adopted condemning the be- havior of the Massachusetts legislative committee who visited Richmond recently, and it is alleged “counteganced and en- couraged, aided and abetted by word, act, and private indersement discriminations against one of their colleagues, because of his color, actions till now unheard of in the history of the state.” Teamoh, the colored member, was criti- cistd by one speaker for condoning his treatment. A colored mass meeting at Richmond last night indorsed the course of John Mitchell, the colored alderman, who had accompa- nied Teamoh te Gov. O'Ferrall’s, and who had been criticised for doing so by Rev. W. W. Brown of Richmond. —_——+e+____—_. Nearly a Riot at Memphis. ExPriest Slattery lectured at the Audi- torlum in Memphis Monday night for the second time within a week. On the occasion of his first appearance no notice was taken of him by the leading Catholic peo- ple in the city and there was no trouble whatever. Monday night, however, the meet- ing came near ending in a serious dis- turbance, and but for the ex-priest’s hur- ried exit from the city while the excitement was at its height, he might have encoun- tered rather severe treatment. A crowd filled the auditorium, and while it was evi- dent that many present did not sym- pathize with Slattery’s utterances, there was no sign of disorder until near the close of the lecture, when a man in the center of the house arose and excitedly shouted, “You're a liar, You're a Nar against re- ligion.”” Half the audience were on their feet in an instant, but before the disturber could say anything more he was grabbed by an officer and ejected. After order was re stered Slattery concluded his remarks with- out further interruption. —_____+-e+—_____ Negroes Conspire to Lynch. The chief of police at Wichita, Kan., was notified Monday night of the organization of a mob cf 180 cclored men in that city to storm the city prison and kill the two white men in their cells who have been suspected of being the men who outraged Mrs. Dacey House, a colored woman, Bat- urday night. The plan was to shoot the white men through the bars after gaining entrance to the building. The city building guard was immediately strengthened to resist any attack that may be made. The colored people are terribly excited over the affair. a - 200 Colombian Revolt Ended. The highest authorities in Colombia re- pcrt that the country has been pacified, 4 forced loan will be levied to defray the expenses incurred by the government putting down the Insurrection. The Unit States cruiser Atlanta will shortly sail Certhagera. —-—-+ee_____ Connecticut Blue Laws. The Sunday laws in Conrecticut hayp dwindled from a mass of enactments ig force 100 years ago to less than half dozen statutes embodied in the revision 1887. The present legislature has abolis! the last of the provisions, the bill repeale ing the old legislation being now in the hands of the govefnor for approval law that has been repealed by the gent assembly provides that when any jus of the peace shall have personal kno’ that a person was guilty of drun! profane swearing, cursing, or breaking, that knowledge should be a1 cient evidence for the justice to judgment against the offender without vious complaint and warrant,