Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1895, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, [AY i4, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. Get Mertz’s| Prices For Drugs And Toilet Articles Terk ET OUR PRICES for Drugs 1 Perfum-ries before buy- It is a wel known ft throughout Washington ard the — suburban towns that our prices for Drugs, Medicines and Toilet Articles have Iways been from 25 to 40 per cent lower thaa elsewhere, and that our goods are correspondingly fresh- er and purer because we sell in such great quantities. We sell x hun- dred dollars’ worth of drugs where the little corner druggists sell but a dollar's worth. Our stock does time to get stale. We | bave just issued a new price list and descriptive catalogue of our Medicines and Tollet Preparations, Which you should not (all to get at your earliest convenience. It contains a full description ef the | different preparations and their uses and gives a complete list of | our low “eut’ pric “Go by the catalogue and save moncy." Here are a few samples of our low prices: out for the fortunate bolder of ticket that gets Hai tomorrow at 12 given away in adverth IPHO-NAPTHALINE i better = el Lool the Box eteh “Ist and ent Cf our soda, new h (che 10° gross of FINE 1 Tor, cakes “in a boxy will be MES, "ali" odors, , Jacqueminot, Lilies of the Be, 4 07. POWDER (a sure and tender feet). Be. BAY RUM. DOO Best FRENCH OL LOIS; cannot be bought elsewher than 40c. Our price only... .22c. BER and LETTUCE | CREAM wunburn and tan). Only...18¢. u (good for DEAD SURE, for bed bugs and other insects. Only-. 2c, MERTZ’S Modern Pharmacy, uth & F Sts. it WE HAVE MOVED TO 1411 F ST. Ladies’ Hand-made Oxfords, people are ut that comfort ad here at moderate make the we sell, and have Craig & Harding, 3th & F Sts. Fast Go the Iron & Brass Beds. Some of you are going to be disap- Poiuted unless you come quickly. The 80 are down to 20, and at the present rate of selling the indications are that a few days more wilt see the last of them. All sizes, in White Enameled Tren Beds, brass trimmed, for..... 55 A larger and stonter make of White Enamelea Iron Beds, with brass $8; head and foot rail, for. . $12.50 Couches, $7.75. Just think of it! Full size Spring-edge Couches, thoroughly made and hand- somely draped with Turkish tapestry in rich colors, regula 12.50 Coctiens eel aes a PITS Oak Chamber Suites, $15. You've paid within the past few years 4s much as $25 for the equal of these. ‘They are substantially made of solid oak, 3 pleces, large bed and “swell”? top burean and washstand, the washstand finished with large French plate beveled mirror, bed has raised panels, and all 8 pieces are neatly carved in fan design. $22.50. Ought to be For a erage 2 SIS SPECIALS. Full size Creton Covered Box Couches, tufted top, spring edge, roll pillow. Fully worth $12.50. For a pics " °$8.25 Handsome Large Size Box Couches, 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 6 ft. long, 18 in. high, spring edge, tufted top, lined inside, hardwood frame and springs of Japan steel. The regular $15 Couch. ree shaw aa $10.75 10 Large Handsome Solid Oak Hall Racks, 7 ft. high, 3 ft. 6 in. wide, raised hall seat, umbrella stand and finished with 4 large double prong hat hooks, The regular $25 Hall Racl ee rae ae $17.75 Another 100 of those Fine 6-prong Clothes Poles which created such a furore a few days ago. Why hang your clothes on a doorknob, back of a chair, or on the floor, when Clothes Poles are so cheap? Regular price 69c. For a few days. 45¢- 6-ft. Solid Oak Extension Dining Table, 5B legs. Regular $6 Table. Be a ee Geer *: 93-45 CRAIG & HARDING, 45, 2.00, 2.75, 3-50. ier at ge frm art Cor. 13th & F. ferent shapes that different feet require. Swell shoes that are comfortable. Special styles to order. Young Folks’ Shoes. Children’s Fine Kid 8% to 10% 11 to 2 and Russet Butt. and Lace 1.40 and 1.65 Fine Oxfords and Slippers, Kid, Patent Leather and Russet 1.10 and 1.40 s Calt oy: 12 to 5 “ 1.50 Burt’s Shoe Store, 14m F St. Arthur Burt. 's Furniture, we have it.” | ss Summer Floor Coverings Mattings and their prices have inter- est for you at this season—and ours are pretty sure to Interest you above all others. ‘There's no finer stock of choicer goods than the one we're show- ing—there are no prices farther down on the scale of economy than those we're quoting. EDIT buyers—cash buyers both bave the same advantage up here—both have the same low prices quoted to them. $8 Mattings, $5 Roll. 100 rolls Extra-fine White Japanese Mattings, that should sell for $8.00, for $5 a roll of 40 yards. : Mattings,$3.90 Roll 200 rolls Fine Heavy China Jointless, that should sell for $6.00 a roll of 40 yards, for $3.90. $i2Mattings,$8.97Roll 250 rolls Extra Cotton Warp Fancy Japanese Matting, that should sell for $12.00 a roll of 40 yards, for $8.97. $9 Mattings, $6 Roll. 100 rolls Fancy Matting, quality that brings $9.00 a roll of 40 yards every- / re, for $6.00. And these are only a few. 92 omen) If there's any WALL PAF to b stimate on it. It'll be 4 you can't stock than ou - —o Lansburgh’s ) sR] N kK,” New York Avenue Bet. 13th and 14th Sts. for the ce AUTOMATIC FILTER. o<> COLUMBIA it essesreeeanae ‘S-A-I-L-O-R-S etive a ladies, my14-20e0 rvwY ewes suyers TCH ST. is Ttoyal Broadway, N. ¥. City Formerly of my L4-Lud eee eS ees Ladies, Attention The time has come for us to com- mence making up our Fur stock for the next fall season. In order to give us Toom we have decided to Close Out Our Entire Stock of Spring Goods, Absolutely Perfect. We will sell only one special article each day between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. ] Tuesday Spring Jackets AT ONE-HALF THE MARKED PRICE. $5.00 JACKETS, $2.50 $7.00 JACKETS, $3.50 $9.00 JACKETS, $4.50 $10.00 JACKETS, $5.00 $12.00 JACKETS, $6.00 $15.00 JACKETS, $7.50 $18.00 JACKETS, $9.00 ‘They are made out of serge, cheviot, broadcloth, ladies’ cloth and novelty goods. The latest styles. Some half lined. Some lined throughout with silk. TELL YOUR FRIENDS ‘That it will pay them to watch our sales daily. Furs stored during summer and {n- sured against loss by fre or moths for a trifling charge. THE HUDSON BAY FUR CO., 615 11th st. nw. MARTIN WOLF, Manager. my14-100d IN CHATTANOOGA Dr. Stakely Will Preach Next Year's Convention Sermon. BAPTISTS FINISH THEIR BUSINESS Interesting and Important Reports From the Committees. END OF A NOTABLE EVENT a ee The closing day of the Southern Baptist convention began bright and early this morning at the First Baptist Church. When the meeting was called to order promptly at 9 o'clock by the president of the body, Judge Jonathan Haralson, there was a noticeable falling off in the size of the gathering. The church was less than half filled, while on preceding days it has been crowded almost to the point of suffocati6: The first business of the day after the regular devotional exercises was the report of the committee on time and place of holding the next meeting of the convention. The committee reported in favor of hold- Ing the convention next year at Chatta- nooga on the Friday before the second Sun- day in May. The report also named Rev. Dr. Charles A. Stakely of the First Baptist Church of this city to preach the convention sermon, with Rev. C. Durham of Raleigh as alternate. The report, with its recom- mendations, wes unanimously adopted. At the convention in Chattanooga next spring the body will revert to its old sys- * | tem, its regularly accredited delegates be- ing entertained, free of charge, at the homes of local Baptists. This year there was a decided innovation in that only the officers of the convention and returned mis- slonarics were so entertained. Judging by many remarks let drop by the members since they have been in this city, the inno- vation has not been regarded with much satisfaction by the delegates themselves. So it was with a good deal of pleasure that they hajled the news this morning that they were going back to the old established order of affairs. Work Among Colored People. The next item of business was the read- ing of the report from the committee on work among the colored people of the south. It was presented by the chairman, Rev. A. J. S. Thomas. The report reviewed at some length the work that has already been done under the home mission board, and contained a number of suggestions as to methods ‘to be adopted in the future. One of the most important recommenda- | tions was to the effect that hereafter the work, which has so far been largely tenta- tive, should be devoted mainly to teaching and uplifting the colored preachers of the south. There is now not so much need for evangelistic work, but there is more need than ever for educational work. Rev. W. H. McAlpin, a colored minister frcm Alabama, who has been for many years laboring under the auspices of the Heme Mission Board of the Southern Bap- tist convention, was introduced to speak upon the report. He talked most inter- estingly for some little time on the subject of work among his colored brethren in his state, but more especially of the school at Selma, Ala., for the education of colored youth, which is supported by the colored peeple of the section. The university has in it a theological school, and Mr. Mc- Alpin made an urgent plea’ to the conven- tion to aid the school, as, with a little as- sistance, it could easily be made one of the strongest institutions In the south for the proper education of colored ministers. Rev. Mr. G. A. Goodwin, a young col- ored minister from Georgia, was then ask- ed to speak for five minutes on the work which he {s doing in his state as presi- dent of the Walker Institute of Augusta. He asks little from his white brethren be- yond moral support, so Dr. Burrows said in introducing him to the convention, but he devoted all his time to a plea for finan- cial aid, and then Dr. Burrows arose to say that any money which might be given to aid his work could not be better ex- pended for the cause of Christ. Some few remarks were then made on the work being done in Birmingham, Ala., and then the report was adopted by a unanimous vote. What Women Have Accomplished. R: Mr. Van Ness was then called upon to read the report of woman’s work. It paid a high tribute to the valuable assist- ance which women are rendering in all lines of work. Last year upward of $50,000 was received from auxiliary organizations, of which women are members. Eight years ago the Womar’s Foreign Missionary Union was formed and the report this morning spoke in terms of unmeasured praise of the union, both in its adminis- tration and labors. It is both original and conservative, and aggressive with both. It renders incalculable aid to all the three mission boards of the church, and the re- port urged that in turn the ministers do all they can to give additional efficiency to the work of the women. Dr. Lansing Burrows, one of the secre- taries of the convention, then read the re- port of the committee on nominations, which provided for the officers and the managers of the different church boards. As a rule the old officers were nominated again and the report was also adopted. 5s as a Be es Be ie te i | Rey. Mr. Harris, in the absence of Rev. $| pr. Whitsitt, read the report of the com: mittee on memorial addresses. This was a list of the names of officials of the econ- vention who have departed this life during the past year. The reading of the names was accompanied with a brief sketch of the ministerial services of each. The report of the committee on enroll- ment showed that the number of those entitled to membership on the financial basis was 813; present at the convention, entitled to associational representa- entonsoronioesontenseete * | tion, 402; present, 142. Total number pres- % | ent, 914. %| The report of the vice presidents was | submitted and adopted without being read. S| Rev. J. J. Hall submitted a resolution | trom’ the international peace congress, which expressed the sentiment of the con- 4. | vention as opposed to war and in favor of arbitration, and urging the formation of an international arbftration commission or high court. The resolution was adopted. VERY BEST That ever left the state of Maine—that’s ours. Served with clock-like regularity and ro “‘skimping’’ in weight—prices, of course, the lowest. Order either from main office or from drivers of White Wagons. Great Falls Ice Co., 924 Pa. Ave. myl4-280 Local Vice Presidents Appointed. The committee on nominations reported that the District of Columbia appointments as vice presidents of the boards were as follows: Sunday school board, Wm. F. Holtzman; foreign mission board, Rey. Dr. C. A. Stakely; home mission board, S. M. Yeatman. ‘Along about this time it became evidenc that the convention was rapidly drawing to a close. While a few resolutions were being put In shape the privileges of the floor were extended to Rev. Mr. Vana, the colored president of the American National Baptist convention, who made a short but very fervid and eloquent address. It was reaily full of good nature and witticisms, and the conveation made the best of the opportunity to have a good, hearty laugh. ‘The customary votes of tharks to railroad and steamboat companies for reduced rates and to the people of Washington for many courtesies received, were given. Quick, | Clean work at a moderate price—that’s our strong- Decidedly new patterns in Wall Papers, Car- hold. pets and Mattings. CARPETS CLEANED AND STORED. HORACE J. LONG & CO., 524 13th st. o.w., mylt-5t Just below F. After the transaction of some routine business, a motion was put to adjourn, and this was carried. The convention came to an end at, 11:35 o'clock, with, the singing of the hymné “Blest Be the Tie That Binds.” During the singing the delegates all took oceasicn to walk down to the piatform and give a cordial handshake to Judge Haral- sen, the honored and revered president of the convention. Rey. Mr. Water led in prayer, and the convention was over. NORTH AND SOUTH. Dr. Hawthorne Says It is Not Time for Baptists to Unite. Perfect Summer FLOORS Are assured by_ app NISH STAIN over the store. eer rer rere ee ere eee eee Ss . . : : . . . ks $| among the native white population of this : . . : . : : : Cee rercercorcoccocooes The disinclination of the Southern Bap- tists to unite now with the northern church was further voiced last evening by Rev. Dr. Hawthorne of Atlanta, who took the platform to respond to a report made by Secretary Burrows for the home mission board, dealing with the work of the church Stall Kinds of ¢| country. It is stated that this work is held es, ete., In town. to be necessary, although work among the ee inte Ua foreign-born population and Indians is es- N sts. n.w, sential. The board called the attention of the convention to the needs of the whole western frontier, to Indian territory, where there were now more whites than Indians, and with less religious opportunities as a rule, and to Florida, where there was now great suffering, resulting from the severe weather of the past'virfter, and where the report said If there was not prompt action taken not only crops but souls would be lost. In his speech Dr. Hawthorne said he was grieved to note a sentiment among some churchmen, both nag{h and south, who re- gard the southern conference as a relic of the past. It is no memento of dead issues; slavery is dead, together with the issues to which it gave rise, and the southern church thas never been a factor in keeping alive thos past facts. He drew a bright picture of the work of the canference in the past, and said that it hada splendid future. He did not think that the time had come for the union of the two corfferences, and went on at some length to speak of the color question. He admitted that he could not see at all into the future of this problem, and declared that if the white people of the south do not save the negroes they will de- stroy all around them with their natural tendency to relapse into barbarism. “We shall be driven to barbarous methods in order to save ourselves,” he went on, “and I ld sooner see the whole southern do- minion sunk one hundred miles beneath the waters of the gulf than before such 2 reign of barbarism should come upon us.” But he thought that the christianized negro is very much like the christianized white man, and can be made as good a citizen. In conclusion, Dr. Hawthorne said that the home mission boards of both north and south had agreed upon a plan of hearty co- operation for work among the southern negroes. Other addresses were made by Rev. B. H. Carroll cf Texas and Alberto Diaz of Cuba, and the convention ad- journed. During the afternoon yesterday about four hundred Georgians, including all the delegates to the convention from that state, and their friends, went on an excursion to Mount Vernon as the guests of Secretary Smith, who accompanied the party, and made a most entertaining host. The River Queen had been chartered for the occasion, and the Georgians made a very happy party, despite the rather chilly wind that was blowing. Addresses were made on board by Drs. Hawthorne, Macdonald and Gambrenn, to which Secretary Smith re- sponded. ———— Baptist Visitors Will be given a guide to Washington by calling at the Bradbury Piano warerooms, 1225 Pa. ave. - ———— - AN UNEXPECTED JOURNE Started for a Near-By City and Brought Up in Cape Town. From tke Indianapolis Jourral. About four months ago the city of Fort Wayne had one of those mysterious disap- pearances which occasionally startle a community. ‘The principal actor in the oc- currence was Mr. D. W. Souder, who, up to November, 1894, had been muzh in evidence as the clerk of Allen county. After the ex- piration of his term of office Mr. Souder continued visible to his fellow-citizen$ until the 15th of January, 1805, when he ceased to be seen. To use the appropriate phrase in describing such occurrences, ‘he disap- peared as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed iim up.” His friends, thinking he might have been detailed on some political secret service, telegraphed to Chairman Thomas Taggart and other prominent democrats of this city, but they knew nothing about the missing man. If his family knew anything of his whereabouts they did not tell, and to all appearances they were deeply distressed. The supposititious hole in the ground which had swallowed him up, or down, remained closed, and the mystery of the disappear- ance became dense and unfathomable. If anybody in Fort Wayne had a str the missing man they did not pull it, he continued in a state of complete and total obscuration. ‘The first light thrown-upon the mystery was a letter from Mr. Souder, dated Cape Town, South Africa, March 18, 1895. It was addressed to a member of his family and was as follows: “You will be surprised to receive a letter from me In this far-away ‘and. I don’t know what to say. I can't teil, I can’t tell why I came here or how I got here. I did not want to run away. I can't tell you anything about it. Abowt a month ago I found myself on a steamer coming to :his place. Ah, how I felt! I can't tell the suf- fering I have had to endure. Such. agony; it is terrible! I don’t know what.to do. I feel bad. I tried to write to you several times, but could not. I wish I could die. Oh, to think that I have run away, or got away, from my home and from you all, my dear ones. What shall I do? Perhaps you know what I left for; I don’t remeiabe As it is better to be alive in Cape Town, Africa, than the occupant of a hermetically sealed hole in the ground, this letter was good news to the writer's family and friends. The personal part of it assured them that he #vould return by the next steamer, and preparations were nade to re- ceive him. The reception has since taken place. On Thursday last Mr. Souder ar- rived in Fort Wayne, having been met and escorted from Detroit by a former em- ploye of his, whoxis row clerx of Alien county. When this gentleman met Mr. Souder at Detroit he obtained from him the story of his strange disappearance. He said: anuary 15 last I bought a ticket to Indianapolis. I only went as far as Peru, and changed my course to Detroit. From Detroit I went to Montreal and then to Halifax. From Halit_< I sailed, January 19, for Liverpool on the steamer Lau- rentian. I went to London and then sailed for Cape Town, South Africa, on the steamer Dunbar Castle of the Castle line, Capt. Pierce, From Cape Town I went to Johannesberg, the center of the gold fields in Transvaal, the South African republic. I went back again to Cape Town, and on March 20 last I sailed for London on the steamer Garth Castle of the Castle line, Capt. R. Rendell.. I arrived in London April 11 and sailed from Liverpool for Bos- ton April 18 on the Cunard line steamer Galla, Capt. T. Hewiston. I arrived April 27, and in Detroit today.”’ Persons who are fond of working out puzzles, or trying to make things consist, will find an interesting study in the zom- parison of Mr. Souder’s Cape Town letter and this statement. The first .represents him as absolutely ignorant how he got to Cape Town and suffering great agony cf mind at the discovery that he was there at all.. He “found himself on a steamer,” and that was all he knew. The later statement details every stage of the journey, even to the names of the steamers and their captains, dates of salling, ete. If, as seems likely, Mr. Souder kept a diary of the journey,’ one cannot help wondering why he did not relieve his mental agony at Cape Town by referring to his diary. If he had any doubt as to who he was, why did he not consult the pas- senger list in his possession and establish his identity? Or, if he did not have the in- formation at that time, when, how and where did he obtain it? In the light of these conflicting stite- ments one is forced to think that the inys- terious disappearance of Mr. Souder is more mysterious than ever. ee Talking of Days of Old. The general council of the National So- ciety of Colonial Wars met at Batlimore yesterday. The Maryland branch was rep- resented by Deputy Governor General Jo- seph L. Brent and Registrar General Geo. Norbury Mackenzie. Massachusetts was represented by Historian General Francis E. Abbott; District’of Columbia, by Deputy Governor General Francis A. Roe, rear ad- miral U. 8. N.; New Jersey, by Deputy Gov- ernor Malcolm MacDonald; New York, by Governor General Fred. J.’ DePeyster, and the new general, Secretary General How- land Pell; Pennsylvania, by Chaplain Gen- eral C. Ellis Stevens. Fifteen charter mem- bers of Ohio, represented by Deputy Gov- ernor General Michael M. Shoemaker, were admitted to the society. They were for- merly of Maryland, but are at present resi- dents of the buckeye state. The Vermont branch of the society, consisting of four- teen members, represented by Deputy Gov- ernor General Col. Ed. A. Chittenden, con- sists of former Marylanders. At night a banquet was held at the Hotel Rennert, over which Mr. McHenry Howard presided. SS Women's Sleeves. From the Cincinnat! Tribune. “How long,” asked the young man, “do you think the women’s sleeves will con- tinue to increase?” “As a general rule,” replied the bald- headed philosopher, “it is not within the province of the human intellect to foresee the course of fashion. But in this case I think it is safe to predict that as soon as the sleeves get so high that it will be im- possible for one woman to look over them to see what the other woman has on they will come down.” (CHIEFS OF POLICE (Continued from First Page.) in the appointment or promotion of good men he is glad of their advice. “There are heroes in the ranks of these blue-coated men. Some inexperienced man may make mistakes, may use his club too freely, or may fire his pistol unnecessarily. We. are apt to get on the force men who lack that best of all virtues—good common sense. A man can’t always have that, but he can gain experience, and in time can learn what is best to do. But there are frequent exhibitions of heroism in the ranks that are never heralded or printed. I am sure that for every worthless man who is discovered on the police force of a city there are 540 heroes. who never think of reward. I have been connected with the local government here for over four and a half years, and I cannot remember a case where honesty has been traced to any member of the force.” Mr. Ross went on to speak of the bus- iness matters which the chiefs propose to discuss, and said that he hoped they would take appropriate action on the matter of pensions. He asked if the old policeman was to be turned out after years of hard service, like an old horse abandoned to die; or if the municipality should provide for him and his family. Then there was the important question of finding some means of capturing fugitives in other jurisdic- tions, which he hoped would be solved by some recommendations. He was glad that the union includes several members from Canada, which is such a favorite refuge for criminals, and hoped that some laws might be passed that would prevent the release of prisoners apprehended on receipt of tel graphic requisition on writs of habeas cor- pk In conclusion he mentioned President Clé¥eland’s connection with the municipal affairs of the city of Buffalo and paid a glowing tribute to him as one who has al- ways insisted upon a pure, efficient and honest administration of public affairs. President Seavey’s Annual Addre: After Mr. Ross’ speech, which was heartily received, President Seavey read his annual address. He thanked the Commis- sioner for his good advice and practical talk, which showed that he knew some- thing about the police business. He called attention to the many changes that have been made in the municipal affairs of sev- eral cities ‘ing the past year, “‘but,” he went on, “notwithstanding the alleged moral wave which has swept over our country, having for its object the disrup- tion of the police departments in many in- stances,” he believed the police union would prosper. He spoke of the good that has been accomplished by organization, which was effected in Chicago in May, 1893, and said that the combined efforts of the mem- bers have been productive of much good in the prevention of crime and fhe apprehen- sion of criminals. “Among the- police departments of the larger cities,” he went on, “there is a con- stant telegraphic correspondence, and the effectiveness of one department depends upon the police system of other cities. To bring these various departments into more systematic and harmonious action in apprehending «criminals is one of the prin- cipal objects of the union. Telegraphic codes and the Bertillon systems of identifi- cation will be established, which wil! en- able every department in the union to work effectively and in harmony with every other department. Differences of the criminal codes of the various states have most hampered the authorities in ap-- prehending and holding criminals who are wanted at a distance. Through the ef- forts of our union a stronger influence may be brought to bear for the removal of obstacles to such. arrests. The cities of this country are mutually interested in the detection and punishment of criminals, no matter where the crime may have been committed. Crime is Increasing. “Statistics show that crime is increasing, and it remains for the police to control and subdue it. In order to bring about a very necessary reform in this matter the crim- inal laws of the states must be more effec- tive and uniform and the men who have charge of the prosecution of these laws must prosecute in the strongest sense of the term.” President Seavey went on to speak of the more personal matters connected with the police departments, and deplored that in- fluence should operate to place unworthy men on the force. In concluding that por- tion of his report, the president said: “With united action-on the part of the heads of the police departments, assisted by the American people who desire to have the police system of this country elevated to a more efficient standard, I believe that crime in the United States will greatly di- minish during the next season."" In relation to the detective service, the president said: “Some action skould be taken at this meeting with a view to pro- moting the efficiency of our detective serv- ice. If two or more detectives of any de- partment could be exchanged, say, for a month or less, to work with some other department for the purpose of zainifig in- fermation, the criminais who infest our cities would become so well known that they would be much less difficult cf appre- hension. If this practice should continue, and extend to all departments, the knowl- edge of the criminal classes would be so complete within a few years that it would aid materially in reducing crime to a mini- mum.” The president announced the names of a large number of vice presidenis, and closed his message with an interesting history of the Washington police depar‘ment, pre- pared for him by Chief Clerk Sylvester. Secretary Carr made his annual report of the financial condition of the union, and then a reccss cf a quarter of an hour was taken to enable the members to pay their fines—that is to say, their dues—and so to swell the balance on hand. Maj. Moore’s Announcements. After the recess Major Moore was pre- sented and announced the program that had been arranged for the entertainment of the chiefs. The President of the United States, he said, would receive them all at 4 o'clock. The managers of most of the theaters, he said, had kindly agreed to con- sider the badge of membership as a ticket of admission, Major Moore said that after today he hoped the chiefs wouid be turned over to him, subject to his orders. He promised not to be an autocrat, and out- lined the program of entertainments about as follows: Tomorrow, trips to the Soldiers’ Home and the Zoo; Thursday, an excur- sion to Mt. Vernon and Marshall Hall and the introduction of the chiefs to planked shad; Friday, a visit to Arlington and a view of the cavalry drill at Fort Myer. On motion of Chief Murphy of Jersey City, the president was authorized to ap- point a committee of five to take under consideration the matter of needful legis- lation to prevent the release of prisoners arrested on telegraphic requisition. ‘The union then proceeded to elect a presi- dent and a secretary, which it accomplish- ed in very much of a knock-down and drag-out-handcuffed style. . President Eldridge Ran In. Nominations were quickly made, placing the names of Chiefs Eldridge of Boston and Mcore of Washington in the lists. Both of them declined, because they feared they eould not serve. Maj. Moore's plea of ‘not guilty” was accepted, but that of Chief Eldridge was rejected. While he was try- ing to decline a vote was taken and he was declared elected by acclamation. He then arose to refuse to serve, but Lieut. Amiss, at the rear of the room, began to toot on his whistle, the chiefs clapped their hands, and each time the Boston man opened his mouth he was drowned out, until he gave up in despair and sat down again. It was the clearest case of buncoing a man into office that was ever witnessed. A commit- tee was appointed by Mr. Seavey to es- cort the new president to the chair, and he was promptly arrested _and “run in” to the office. The chief of Dallas remarked that it ought not to take three men to make a prisoner of one, but the remark was ruled out of order. Secretary Harvey Carr of Grand Rapids was re-elected in much the same manner, “2 ‘Ss as a “dirty y in office, did not have to be arrested, as President Eldridge was. The latter made a brief speech, thanking the chiefs for the honor, and promising them to do the best he could. There was a good deal of matters attended to then, in the way of filling up vacancies or the committees caused by the non-arrival of some of the chiefs. An order of meeting was arranged so that the chiefs should assemble at 10 o'clock each Gay ard remain in session until 12, and then adjourn until 2 o'clock. after noon the mesting was .ad- J until 2, and at the latter hour the was resumed, and some of the committees began to make their reports. Some of Those Present. Some of those present are Supt. C. C. Starkweather of Detroit, Mich. Chief Frank McDermott, Savannah, Ga.; Chief J. C. Arnold, Dallas, Tex.; Chief J. H. preliminary Maddox, Fort Worth, Tex. McDonald, Birmingham, A Cannon, New Albany, Ind. Low, Burlington, Iowa; Chief A. B. Ci rolly, Atlanta, Ga.; Chief T. M. Butne Macon, Ga.; Chief D. Crau Oliver, Athens, Ga.; Chief W. S. Seavey, Omana; Supt. Henry Hohen, Cleveland, Ohio; Chief Benj. Raitz, Toledo, Ohio; Chief H. T. Drunncrs, Aurora, Ill.; Chief Peter Burke, Mobile, Ala.; Chief Ed. Kittilsen, Moline, Chief Thomas Farmer, Cedar Rapids; Chief R. H. Kennedy, Greenville, S. C.; Chief T. W. Hill, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Chief J. J. Atkins, Knoxville, Tenn.; Chief Frank Mc- Mahon, Little Rock, Ark.; Chief Benj. P. Eldridge, Boston, Mass.; City Marsha Chas. F. Richardson, West Newton, Mass.; Chief Alonzo Boorman, Brookline, Mas: Chief T. C. Supt. Thos. Shief O. G. Chief Wm. Bennett, Bradford, Pa.; Chief S. R. Venner, Johnstown, Pa.; Chief J. T. Jansen, Milwaukee, Wis.; Chief Benjamin Murphy, Jersey City, N. J. Chief Chas. H. Donovan, Hoboken, N Chief Henry Hopper, Newark, N. Su- perintendent Wm. J.’ McKelvey, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Chief Wiley Williams, Columbus, Ga.; Chief Detective Augustus Reynolds, Columbus, Ga.; Chief H. R. Armstrong, Duluth, Minn.;’ Commissioner A. P. Sher- wood,. Ottawa, Ont.; Chief Harvey O. Carr, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Superintendent Phil. Deitch, Cicinnati, Ohio; Commissioner Geo. Henshaw, Cincinnati;’ Superintendent C. Meagher, Terre Haute, Ind. plese te Chiefs of Police Will be given a guide to Washington by calling at the Bradbury Piano -warerooms, 1225 Pa. ave. > MAPPING ARTESIAN WELLS The Work Being Done Under theGeological Survey’s Direction. The work of examining and mapping the water sources of the United States, with especial reference to the artesian wells of the western states, is being carried on steadily under charge of F. H. Newell of the geological survey. Mr. Newell is now preparing a summary of the more recent work, which will soon be ready for publi- cation. California stands at the head of the artesian well states, having about one-half of all those in the country inside her bor- ders. Utah and Colorado come next, fol- lowed at a long distance by Texas and other states. Artesian well boring is of comparatively recent origin, few wells being more than a dozen years old. Since 1884 attempts to find flowing water have been made all over the west, but have been successful only in limited areas, although wells that furnish an important supply which can be pumped out by means of machinery have been found nearly everywhere. " Can’t Irrigate Large Areas. It has been ascertained in many places, however, that the stream of water secured from the wells is too small to irrigate a very large area. In the hotter parts of the country the thirsty soil drinks up the water before it gets more than a hundred feet from the well, and it can only be carried further by means of wooden gutters, or by accumulating it in a reservoir until enough is secured to produce a stream that can travel for some distance before drying up. An additional advantage of a reservoir is that the water is allowed to get warm be- fore being put on the vegetation. Artesian water is usually cold, and sometimes in- jures crops if admitted before being warmed. It is very difficult, by any means short of actual experiment, to determine whether artesian water can be found in any given district. The regions where it is most cer- tain are what are generally termed the sub- humid, as opposed to the arid lands. In the Dakotas there is a great belt where the lower strata of the rocks are com- paratively uniform and unfaulted, although covered over to a considerable depth by the glacial drift, and in this water can always be found. In Texas there is another belt, also subhumid, where the wells are reliable. Around Denver there is a district that once was a very fine artesian country, but so many wells have been bored that the water has been pretty nearly exhausted and many of the wells have ceased to flow. There is a series of wells to the east of Salt Lake, in Utah, which are of excel- lent quality and persistency. The water comes from the Wasatch range of moun- tains, and is intercepted on its under- ground way to the lake. It would be diffi- cult to exhaust this belt by any number of weils. The Denver supply was ex- hausted because the water came only from a short distance away and was not very plentiful. There is a small ariesian belt near Miles ontana, and another near Las Ve- gas, New Mexico. The Most Interesting District. The most interesting district lies in east- ern Colorado and western Kansas. Here the ground slopes from the west down to the east, and there are continual faults in the strata preventing the water from trav- eling for any very great distance. Where the strata are not faulted, they are un- @ulating, and wells sunk near the center part of the long undulations usually tap water that has flowed there from each side of the undulation. Few of these wells flow, but they can be worked by wind- mills, a motive power that is seldom ex- hausted in that part of the country. These wells are small and will irrigate only a few acres at the best. Mr. Newell thinks that if the farmers there would try to cultivate only as much land around their houses as they could irrigate by means of their wells and devote the re- mainder of their farms to grazing, or per- haps to wheat occasionally, they would be far better off than now. —_—___+o+__—_ AN UNSOLVED PROBLEM. Impossible to Determine Which of the Two Women Was Guilty. From the Rochester Union. ‘An old resident of Rochester recently re- lated an experience which illustrates in a rather striking fashlon ‘the meanness and dishonesty which persons esteemed by the community will descend to when they con- sider themselves secure from discovery. “Some years ago,” he said, “I received a note from a young woman, the daughter of nd of mine, which puzzled me greatly. and that several shopkeepers had threat: ed to send their bills to her father unl settlement shouid be made within a certain time. She said she had been in similar dif- ficulties several times before and that her father had satisfied the creditors on her promising to incur no debis in the future. His anger on the last occasion had been so great that she feared to confess her straits and turned to me as a family friend for temporary assistance. The amount she asked for was $100. She begged m put the money in an envelope and place it in a book that used to stand on a table in the ladies’. waiting room of Powers’ Hotel at 11 o'clock on the following morning. “The request annoyed me exceedingly ard I was in doubt whether it was not my duty to inform my friend, who was a weaithy merchant, of his daughter's indiscretion. However, I decided to comply with her re- quest and give her a little good advice at the first opportunity. “The following morning I drew the money in $10 bills and was on my way to th hotel, when I met Miss X on the street. * received your note,’-I said. ‘My note,’ she exclaimed in astonishment. ‘I have ‘writ- ten you no note. But that reminds me that I was going to write you. My mother wishes you to dine with us next Monday.’ I turned the matter off, and to this day Miss X is ignorant of the cause of my strange remark. “I saw at once that some one had been forging her name, and stepping into a private detective agency stated the facts to a detective. He advised me to put some slips of paper in the envelope and place it in the book as directed. This I did, and the officer took a position where he could note every one who entered or left the room. “During the fiext hour two women enter- ed the room at different times, both of whom were known to me. One was the wife of an intimate friend, who held a high position in the social life of the.town, and was generally noted for her liberality and generous disposition. The other was an unmarried woman bordering on the thirties, who was conspicuous for her zeal in char- itable works and her energy in educational reforms. Each of these women was alone in the room for some minutes, and when they both had departed-the envelope had been taken from the book. One of them was guilty of as mean and dishonorable an act as can readily be conceived of, an act which but for a lucky chance would have put an innocent girl in a most trying po- sition. I often meet these women, but which it was who wrote the letter I’ have never been able to determine nor even sus- pect in my own mind.” THE DEADLY TORNADO It Sweeps Down Without Warning and Disappears as Quickly. DIFFICULTY IN PREDICTING IT The Atmospheric Conditions Which Usually Cause a Cyclone. STORM BATTLES IN THE WEST “Scientific knowledge of the destructive cyclone, or rather tornado, is still in its in- fancy,” said Prof. Frank H. Biglow of the weather bureau to a representative of The Star. Science can find canals on Mars and the satellites of Jupiter; it knows much about Saturn’s rings and the topography of the moon, but the atmosphere surrounding Mother Earth can get on a rampage and snuff out the Nives and devastate the homes of hundreds of her children, and science is neither able to foresee, prevent nor explain. It is just because the terrible phenom210n of the tornado is so close to us ‘hat it is so difficult to study. The professor seid that lack of reliable data is the great draw- back to an accurate knowledge of the re- volving storm. The astronomer can sit serenely in his observatory while watching for signals from his brother in Mars, but the meteorologist has to study the destroy- er while his house tumbles about his ears, and his thoughts, if he has any, are of escape or the hereafter. There are few photographs of cyclones in progress any nearer than those on the surface of the sun. The monster steps out of its parent blackness, deals its destruction cnd is away before any one knows from whence it came, or what manner of thing it was, The tornado, like the lightning, never strikes twice in the same place, and its striking is never anticipated. Conditions for Prediction. — Science is not, however, totally ignorant of the tornado. Prof. Biglow said that the cbnditions favorable to the production of these destroyers are known, but whether these conditions will at this or that time actually produce a tornado cannot be pre- dicted. The conditions may be the same over three or four states, and yet the re- sult may be a terribly destructive storm in one and no unusual occurrence in the others. The weather bureau gives warning o of cyclonic condijjons by a prediction of “severe local storms.” But as these storms form almost on the very spot that they deal destruction, these predictions are of little value in helping people to escape the dread results. The tornado usually generates where the isobaric lines form a “V,” and two oppos- ing currents of radically different tempera- tures meet and commingle. The colder current comes from the north or northwest and the warm current comes from the south. They meet and contend like two opposing ocean currents or the rushing we- ters of two rapid streams, and the storm is the eddy formed in the air—it is an aerial meelstrom. The Cause. The directions of the opposing winds de- termine the direction of the movement of the storm. As these elements are usually from northwest and south, the tornado moves from th2 southwest or toward north and east. Its course is erratic, turning to the right or to the left seemingly, like the biblical wind, as it listeth. Its approach is heralded by a sudden banking of black clouds on the southern or southwestern horizon, in the middle or toward the close of a close, sultry day. There is the awful darkness and the oppressive stillness, and if not obscured with dust the dark, whirl- ing monster, vibrating like the trunk of a huge angry elephant, licks the earth here and there, picking up everything in its path. The terrible force of the storm is, Prof. Biglow says, not well understood, but is supposed to be generated by the mixing of air currents of radically different tempera- tures, and the consequent rapid expansion and contraction. It is possible that elec- tricity "plays a part, but the prcfessor is inclined to look upon the electrical display observed in tornado clouds as an effect rather than a cause. As to this, all is speculation; there are innumerable theories, but none are generally accepted. The ex- ploding of houses in tornadoes is said to be due to the rarefaction of the atmosphere without the walls, and the consequent enormous pressure of that contfined within. An American Product. The land tornado, or as it is popularly called, the western cyclone, is essentially an American product. Not even a tariff is necessary to enable the home product to drive the inferior European article out of the market. The great Mississippi basin is the favorite habitat of the untamed cy- clone, for it is there the northers from the snow reaches of Calgary and the balmy ‘inds of the gulf meet and strive, for mas- tery. In Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, the Da- kotas and Mlinois_the cyclone is a frequent visitant, while Missouri, Minnesota, Wis- consin and the entire Ohio valley know something of the destroyer. No part of the United States is entirely free from the tor- nado. Washingtonians will remember the storm which unroofed Metzerott’s Hall and did considerable damage throughout the city.The memory of the tragic bush meeting of last summer is still fresh in the minds of Virginians. New England, New York and Pennsylvania all have souvenirs of this unwelcome visitor. The tornado is, however, comparatively uncommon east oj the Alleghanies, and the scientist whe would wish to study it in its vigorous na- tive state would do well to move beyoné the Mississippl. Opposing currents are more numerous in the spring time when the temperature is changing rapidly, and hence this is the best season for the cyclone; but portions of the prairies are superheated later in the season, giving rise to destructive storma far into August. Seemingly More Frequent. Prof. Biglow thinks that the cyclone is no more common now than in former years, the greater seeming frequency be- ing due to the fact that storms are now more generally reported. The weather bu- reau has been collecting data of land tornadoes for a number of years, but has not yet been able to apply it very satis- factorily. The professor is confident, how- ever, that the tornado will be explained in time and predicted definitely enough to aid people in escaping its fury. There are some strange freaks attributed to tornadoes. The professor told of seeing the bark of a tree like the back of a porcu- pine, stuck full of straws, driven into it by the force of the storm. Others tell of beams driven through oak trees, and loco- motives blown from the track. It is not uncommon to have whole houses carried away. and distributed in debris for miles along-the path of the storm. The tornado, wherever found, the pro- fessor said, is due to the same causes. The water spout and revolving storm of the West Indies and the tornado of the Indian ocean are both maelstroms of air set to eddying by the meeting of contending cur- rents. The reason why the prairies of the west are devoted to the storm demon more than elsewhere is that there the warrin, north wind and the south wind find a mos! unobstructed, convenient battle ground. —————— The Slaughter of Elephants. From the London Daily News. In Berlin a number of African travel- ers, colonjal politicians and scientific men have formed a “committee for the purpose of taming and preserving the African ele- phant.” It is computed, according to sta- tistical data of the exports of ivory, that no fewer than from 50,000 to 60,000 ele- phants are killed every year. The commit- tee say, that being so, the time is not far distant when the last elephant in Africa will have cisappeared. With such prospect im view, the com- mittee have decided to put a stop to this mischievous slaughter. By taming and maintaining the last representatives of a fast-dying-out animal world the commit- tee hope to preserve unimpared the enor- mous power the elephant is known to pos- sess, So that he may be of still further use to mankind. The German Colonial Com- pany have already devoted a large sum of money to this purpose, and now the colonial department of the foreign office has augmented this sum by granting @ liberal allowance,