Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1895, Page 3

SPECIAL NOTICES. L 0. 0. F.—FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 12. THE regular meeting of this lodge THIS EVENING Is ostponed until TOMORROW (Friday), at usual Rear Phe Installation of the. officers-elect will be conducted by Bro. F. A. Stler, grand repre- sentative. A full attendance of members is re- quested. By order of the lodge. E. T. PETTIN- GILL, R. S. ite WASHINGTON, D. G., July 3, 1806. Notice—Having this day sold interest in the firm of Taylor, ‘itford & Davis to Mr. Frank V. ‘Tilford, wy connection with said firm ceases from this date. Uy. SAMUEL M. TAYLOR. ROBERT 10 Office Hours: 8 to 10 a 8 to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 10 Sy4-see METRO to 12 m, MASS. AVE. N.W. OLITAN RAILROAD COMPANY, shington, June 24, 1895. Notice ts hereby given that the snnual meeting of stockholders for the election of nine directors of this company wilt be held at this office on WEDNESDAY, JULY. 10, 1805, “Polls open frou 2 to 4 p.m. 8. L. PHILLIPS, Pre 11 P st. WM. J. WILSON, Secy. fA RES- Board by the y the week. Call jg3-1w* aTIET OYADLE DINNER. an hour. We'll sed if you { substun- season. Cooked in our by polite, attentive "I be a good way Pan extra effort to hav brate with us." We. J cok PA. AVE. AND 4% ST. jy8-lod ¥ DURING JULY AND AUGUST THE LOAN OFFIC ef WH. K. Fulton vill be closed at 5. ock p.m., aturilays excepted. H. K. FULTON. Jy2-5t* You know cur object In making all these reduc- ‘This Men's Furnishing stock must be closed pe we will devote all cur time to Shirtmak- velige Shirts, ) Shirts, $1; Shirts, $1.50. T. HALL, 8 er, 008 F st. Jy2-100 and Installed tmproy street n.w. They are construct experimental . to make models for in- for castings. They have both ions and patterns lnrge experience in those specialties, antry and Europe. 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Special — evenings can be reserved for Indies If desired, A merely pominal charge is made for teaching, and even that deducted from the price of a machine 1f you “RAMBLER. All 1895 patterns of Saferies, $106, Tandems, $150. Never so befe fore so cheap. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., mylt-28d _ 1825 14th st. nw. GODFREY Laundry Co. Larger and better equipped than any Jaundry in Washington, : GODFREY Laundry Co.'s DOMESTIC FINISH fs justly celebrated as a LINEN SAVER. Don't be inisled sby_the advertisement of CHINESE GLOSS FINISH by laundrics that bave not the .nachinery to do genuine « DOMESTIC FINISH. Our work on colored shirts and ladies’ waists fs RIGHT, Now 4s the tle to send us your HLANKE Telephone 1223 F GODFREY fel5-0o __Lauodry Co, i Can do satisfactory No Typewriter (i. iat'n food ribbon. The best on the market_is the Webster Non-filling, For sale by Cc Parker, 4625-60 w. Rawmae CURED WiTHOUT THE KNIFE. Cancers Stutarium, 1820 G at. mw, ap8-3mo * CHARLES ALLEN, M. D. Docketed in the Supreme Court. The case of R. M. Yardley, receiver of the Keystone National Bank of Philadelphia, against the Philadelphia clearing house, ap- pealed from the circuit court of appeals, has been docketed in the United States Supreme Court. The case involves the question whether clearing houses can hold securities deposited with them for the set- tlement of daily balances. for the payment of clearing house certificates, such as were issued by the Philadelphia bureau in 1891, and also Whether such an association can hold the checks paid by an insolvent bank before it was closed and left with the clear- ing house for collection. ‘The case originat- ed in the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Penn the decision was against House sclation. It was appeals to the circuit court, where the first decision was reversed. Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and over. comes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea and Feverlshness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL. CAS- TORIA contains no morphine or other sarcotic property. “CASTORIA {s so well adapted to children that I recommeid {t as superior to apy prescription kvown to me” H. A. ARCHER, M.D. 111 So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. ¥. “For seyggal years I have recommenied ‘Casto- ria,’ und shall always continue to do so, as it has fovariably produced eneficial results." EDWIN F. PARDEE, M.D., 125th st, and 7th ave., New York city. THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1895—-TEN PAGES. LOCAL POLITICS Signs of Coming Trouble in the Re- publican Ranks. THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1896 Preparations in Progress by Stal- warts Who Want to Go. INTERESTING HISTORY There are signs in the political atmos- phere that hangs over Washington that the stormy conditions which are characterizing other sections of the country will not be altogether wanting in this vicinity in the near future. So far the District demo- crats have not given any apparent con- sideration to the question of who shall rep- resent them at the next national conven- ticn, but the initiated are well aware that even at this early date a vast amount of thinking is being indulged in, and many people are regarding painful sores with very retentive memories of how they re- ceived the hurts. The republicans, however, or at least the colored members of that party in ihe Dis- trict, are already showing much animation over the subject of who shall be thelr stan- dard bearers in the next convention. There has be2n much mutering an THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. 2 EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. fsobars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an ineh, or Ines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrecs. S! Solld lines are Dotted lines are isotherms de@ areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during pteceding twelve hours. The words “High" and “Low'’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. RAIN NOT PROBABLE. The Weather Man Looks for a Dry Day Tomorroy Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday: For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Marylend and Virginia, q | Cloudy and threatening, but probably with- other evidences of discontent over the] out rain; slight changes in temperature; fact that Messrs. Perry H. Carson and An- drew Gleeson have frequently been dele- gates and alternaies to republican na- uional conventions from this District, and this year the same signs of dissatisfaction are apparent, and some of the opponents of the two men mentioned go even so far iight west to north winds, becoming varia- ble. Rain has fallen along the New Jersey e guif states over the Mississippi and as to say that they will be beaten when the | Missouri valleys. final tug comes. In this connection it will not be found uninteresting to review the conditions which have surrounded the quadrennial activity of the republican local legions. An Interesting Beginning. The first movement of the republicans to secure representation in the republican na- tional convention took place after the aboli- tion of the territorial form of governnient in the District. A call for a mass meeting was issued in September, 187 by Andrew Gleeson and Perry H. Carson, and a latge crowd assembled in Lyceum Hail, as it was then known, or E street between 12th and 13th streets northwest. The object of it was stated by Mr. Carson to be for the purpose of getting the several legislative districts to elect a central committee, which committee was to have charge of making arrangements and seleeting methods by which delegates to the national convention of 1876 were to be elected. A resolution was adopted that each legislative district should elect three representatives to a cen- ral committee. This was carried out and the central committee effected its organization by electing Jerome A. Johnson chairman, and Dr. James L. Bowen secretary. Thereupon The temperature has risen generally throughout the western statcs, and has fallen along the middle Atlantic coast and in the extreme northwest. The Indications are that the western rain area will overspread the Ohio valley and southern states today and toright, sand that unsettled weather and rain will con- tinue along the north Atlintic coast. In this sectian the weather will continue more cr less cloudy, but rain is not antici- pated. The temperature will remain about stationary, Tide Table. Today—Low ; tide, 12:22 p.m.; high tide, 231 a.m. and 6:08 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 0:30 a.m. and 1:14 p.m.; high tide, 6:25 a.m. and 7:02 p.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of ter at S am.: Great Falls, temperature, 73; condi. tion, 1; receiving reservoir, temperature, condition at north connec! condition at south conféction, 1; distributing 1eser- voir, temperature, condition at influent Bate house, 2; effluent gate house, 2. NO OFFICIAL RECOGNITION Lack of Interest in the Celebration of the Day. How the Fourth Was Observed Over Seventy Yerrs Ago, According to an Eye Witness. Outside of the closing of the executive departments and a suspension of business, the only official recognition of the national holiday in this city today was the order- ing out of the Marine Band to assist in the celebration conducted under the aus- a resolution was*offered by Andrew Glee-g pices of the civic patriotic societies. This son empowering and authorizing the dit- ferent legislative districts to elect five dele- gates each to a convention to be held at Lincoln Hall for the purpose of electing two delegates and two alternates to the national republican convention to be held in Cincinnati in the summer of 1876. Not until this time did the aspirants for politi- cal preferment of a national sort commence to exhibit the'r aspiraticns. A Het Fight Wages. But they quickly became numerous and many of them were prominent. Among them were Frederick Douglass, ex-Governor Shepherd, ex-Mayor Sayles J. Bowen, Gen. S. S. Smoot, Prof. A. M. Green, Dr. C. B. sand Mr. A. M. Clapp. The leuten- vho were one y to become leaders were eager in the fray. Carson espoused the cause of Prof. 5 ‘een and ex-Mayor Bowen. Bowen Was committed to the interests of James G. Blaine, while Prof. Green was a devoted champion of Senator Oliver P. Morton. Jerome A. Johnsen led the hosts of Gov. Shepherd and Frederick Douglass, whose motto was to die in the last ditch if need be for President Grant. After a remark- ably spirited contest, which lasted all day, the convention chose ex-Mayor Bowen and Prof. Green as delegates, with Perry H. Carson and Andrew H. Gleason as alter- nates. The Shepherd and Douglass faction bolted the convention and sent Gov. Shep- herd and Frederick Douglass to the con- vention at Cincinnati, where they contested the seats of Bowen and Green, and were defeated. Carson and Conger Fall Oat. In 1880 ex-Mayor Bowen and John F. Cook were elected to go to the convention at Chicago. Bowen still swore allegiance to the plumed knight of Maine, while Mr. Cook was an enthusiastic supporter of Gen. Grant, and now has the distinction of being one of the memorable three hundred and six. In 1884, Robert G. Ingersoll, Professor Gregory, A. M. Clapp, Dr. Adams, Frank B. Conger, Professor Greener, John F. Cook, and others, were in the foreground of the fight. Henry Lacey, now a detec- tive, was a leading spirit in the interests of Mr. Conger. George Miller, the ex-detec- tive, worked unceasingly for his choice, Coli. Ingersoll, and John W. Freeman man- aged the campaign of Col. Perry Carson. A very interesting scramble was the re- sult, and at its conclusion, Messrs. Carson and Conger were announced the choice of the body for delegates to Chicago. There was no contesting delegation in IS84, but there was a very sad falling out betweeen the delegates who did go. Messrs. Carson and Conger covld not agree as to which of them should serve their party as a member of the national committee, and in the fight which inevitably followed. Mr. Carson won. He was appointed on the committee and has been a member ever since. A Hot Fight Waged. The preliminary campaign of 1888 was probably the most bitter and vindictive of any that preceded it. Feeling ran high, and the many candidates and their bench- men were not disposed to give an inch in the way of compromise if it in any way threatened to jeopardize the chances of their leaders for success. The candidates were Frederick Douglass, Judge Shella- barger, Frederick A. Dyson, Perry H. Car- son and Andrew Gleeson. The convention did not surprise any one when it became the scene of wild disorder and confusion. It was expected that such would be the case at a meeting of factions, whose rivalry was so bitter and whose feeling was so intense. The result was that Perry Car- son and Andrew Gleeson were selected as delegates in the face of opposition that seemed almost invincible. The Last Campaign. ‘The campaign of 1892 presented a some- what unprecedented feature, inasmuch as the national republican committee had to step in and use its high authority in set- tlirg a contention between the ‘warring factions of the District republicans. To setile the difficulty the national body ap- pointed Perry H. Carson and A. H. 8. Dayis a committee to call a meeting jointly for the purpose of reorganizing the central committee and thereby insuring a peaceful and satisfactory election. Carson and Davis could not agree as to the methods to be followed in carrying out the wishes of the national committee. Carson fol- lowed in every detail the instructions of the national body, but Mr. Davis called an independent meeting and the fight was again transferred to the national conven- tion. Messrs. Carson and Gleeson were claim- ents on the one side to the rights for seats, while Messrs. Simon Wolf and W. Calvin Chase were the contestants. TNe Minneap- olis convention declared in favor of the seating of Carson and Gleeson. The present summer will doubtless see a great amount of preliminary work on the part of the various republicans who wish to go as delegates to the natignal repute can conyention next year. The claim made that a sufficient strength will be se- cured among the local republicans by the opposition to Messrs. Carson and Gleeson and the men who have been identified with them in managing the party Interests here to accomplish their defeat next year. But those who nave watched the course af po- litical events in this city for the past six- teen years are of the opinion that Messrs. Carson and Gleeson will have another taste of national convention honors next year if they feel so inclined. apparert lack of official recognition is not peculiar to this year, but has been the case for many years past. In the earlier yea of the republic the government took the lead in celebrating its birth, but from and since the war the custom has gradually fallen into disuse, so far as the official representatives of the people are con- cerned, and the celebrating has been done by the citizen in his individual capacit or as a member of some military or organization. Celebrations Years Ago. How the day was observed at the coun capital many years ago is bricfl id in an interesting way by Mrs. Eliza N. Moulder, afterward Mrs. Joseph S. Wil- son of t city, the respected mother of Col, John M. Wilson of the engincer corps)’ in charge of public buildings and grounds. ‘This account is contained in a letter bear- ing date of Washington city, July 11, 1s24— seventy-one years ago—written by Mrs. Wilson to hér uncle, Mr. Peter G. Uhler, at that time residizg in Philadelphia. It is as foilo Seventy Years Ago. “The Fourth of July has never been so much celebrated in this city as this last time. The procession was very interesting. It formed at the south of the President's house and proceeded thence to the Capitol. Col. Brearley, the marshal of the day, ap- peared at the head of it on horseback. He, with the other marshals, was distinguished by a crimson sash. The band of the marine corps came next, playing patriotic airs. Presently afterward appeared the plain and simple chariot of the President, where he sat, attended by George Hay, esq. came an open landau, in which were seated his secretaries, Mr. Adamsyand Mr. Cal- houn. ‘Then followed the foreign ministers resident here. These were followed by the Grand Lodge and the members of the sev- eral Masonic lodges of the city, all distin- guished by blue scarfs, aprons, &c. After them came the president, professors and students of the Columbian College, followed by the Washington Benevolent Society,with a large green flag at their head, a gold harp and wearing a green ribbon at the breast. In a car drawn by an elegant gray horse was seated one of the scholars of Mr. Mc- Leod’s school, appropriately attired with wreath, banners, &c., representing the God- dess of*Columbia. In another car, drawn by two gray horses, were two young girls, representing Liberty and Independence, with a copy of the Declaration displayed. Then followed a beautiful cavalcade of girls and boys from the same academy. Phe next part of the procession was the Typo- graphical Society, at the head of which was seen a press, arched over with ever- green, worked by pressmen in uniform and continually throwing out Declarations of Independence, which were distributed among the spectators. Then appeared a smith’s shop upon wheels, containing a forge and anvil, at which several hands dressed in white were employed in making the ham- mers ring and urging the fire with a huge bellows. This is not the description of half of it, but my memory fails me in the rest, and I must stop.” Severe Storms in Germany. A dispatch to the Standard from Ber- lin says that after four days of excessive heat, severe thunder storms have occurred in varfous parts of Germany. Numerous reports have been received from Silesia and the Rhine districts of fatalities ard burn- ings of barns and farm produce by light- ning. During the drought the fires were exceecingly destructive. Half of the vil- lage of Oberkail, near Treves, stroyed. The lower parts of Vienna ere flooded. The storm has destroyed the en- tire vine crop about the Viennese sub- urbs, Simmering, Grinzing end Nussdorf. “Did anyone speak?""—Life. = = Next | was de-/| 2 PLEASURES OF THE FOURTH. Most People Nowadays Go on Pienics or Excursions. With ‘the recurrence of each Independ- ence day the fact becomes more and more spparent that the American people who reside in cities are becoming ultra prac- tical in the observance of the anniversary. It is not so very long ago that the Fourth of July was a day of parades and patriotic celebration to the exclusion of everything else. Militiamen appeared early,eattired in the trappings of war, and made their way through a crackling of firecrackers to their armories. Bands, drum corps and buglers made the morning musical, and when the procession was finally formed and started to traverse a gixen. route leading to the spot sclected for the exercises of the day the streets were. syre to be crowded with citizens, young anq old, werly adding to chet eee &ive the occasion its ‘The same créstds; or people very much like them, exist iniWashington at present, and are every pyhif, as loyal and patriotic as their predecgssorg were, but somehow or otner their tases “lon't tun in tive same direction at this ume of year. Neither are they in town today. The early trains on stent and electric Ss carried thous ands to Se ae or favorite places while the boats thousands “mare down the river. A great throng went, @ Bay Ridge, and River View and Hall attracted un- sually The little ones took their torpedoes th them and the big o1 i magazines, ahd so the comfort by the dt nd with unallowed de ht by the former, for locality has nothing to do @itsthe celebration w the young are. seonceane noise is louc and continuous. It has core, therefore to be the Ameri- yle, in this nelghborhecd at least, to the hot « " on the Glorious Fourth ¥ in cooler and more novel place @ man has a family of children the ins tion of economy is fre- quently behind his desire to tale the ho hold cut of town. At the resorts so plenti- ishington there are al- ions provided for hoii- _ Thus amuseinent ard fresh alr are combined In a cheap and attainable form, and t is no lack of patriotic inspira~ tien, either, for wt the resorts alluded to there is invariably an excellent display of fireworks when right falls, whieh give the little cnes more pleasure than they could possibly secure from a private display at home. So the Fourth of July has become the great cece sion for outings on the part of the multitude in the national capital, and a glance at the quiet streets today was gcod evidence of how widely the custom is being followed. The Veteran Volunteer Firemen. The Veteran Volunteer Firemen celebrat- Thu: | ed the day in a general way only and not with a set program. The engine house and museum at the corner of H and 1th streets was thrown open and many of the boy: dropped in during the day to sit awhile and exchange reminiscences. The old machine was polished until it shone again and was ‘the object of admiration by the visitors who came in at intervals. There is now on exhibition in the engine house the old fire bell that formerly hung in the Northern, Liberty engine house and whose cla! tones tonians of earlier years to fir it has served a term at calling worshiper: to chureh, but is now on the retired list of bells, and sounds only when one of the “boys” gives it an affectionate tap to re- call the tone which used to set his ears tingling. — Capt. Chase's Detail. Capt. George F. Chase, third cavalry, has been detalled to attend the encamp- ment of the first regiment of infantry, National Guard of Misseuri, at Moberly, commencing July 7. INDEX TO ADVER' ‘AMUSEMENTS. AUCTION SALES BOARDING . BUSINESS CHANCES. RRR RRR EATER AAO TRAM ARAARARTR OKA ATH ARR ERE RRO SHARE FINANCIAL FOR CHANGE. FOR RENT (Flats) For FOR FOR FOR FOR RENT (Storey) FOK KENT (Warehouses) FOR SALE (Bicyoles) FOR, SALE (Housed) FOR SALE (Lots).2... FOR SALE (Miscellaneots).. HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS: LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUND. MARRIAGES ..... MANICURE MEDIOAL MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN. OGEAN TRAY! eS OFFICIAL NOTICES. PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROFESSIONAL PROPOSALS . RAILROADS . SPECIAL NOTICES. STEAM CARPET CLEANING. STORAGE . a SUBURBAN PROPERTY. SUMMER RESORTS... UNDERTAKERS . WANTED (Board) WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Lots). WANTED (Miscellaneous) W4NTED (Rooms). WANTED (Situations). FREEDOM'S BIRTHDAY (Continued from First Page.) the Sons of the Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution, I feel that I owe you a brief explanation as to the pur- pose and aims of the two societies. 1 have been repeatedly asked what is the differ- ence between the Society of the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. But after some years of experience in one, and great familiarity with the other, I am unable to answer the question. “f have been told that there is some- thing more American in the one than in the other; but, barring the puerile play upon words, I cannot find that there is any material difference at all. When one ship was ready to put to sea, she seemed too small to carry all the memories of the past, and all the hopes of the future, born of those old revolutionary times, and so a sister ship was launched. The one was christened ‘The Sons of the Revolution,” and the other, ‘The Sons of the American Révolution, and today they are two ships in one squadron, whose joint mission is to defend the citadels of American free- dom, to preserve that heritage of honor transmitted to us by our forefathers, ‘To foster true patriotism and love of coun- try, and to ald in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.’ “And so, whatever the differences be- tween the two societies may be, you find us this morning standing together at the base of Washingtcn’s monument just as our forefathe: tood, shoulder to shoul- der, at Washington's command. “A year ago today one of our most dis- tinguished leaders said, in substance, that the efferts of our two societies were not to show that our aims and aspirations fed only on the past, or to prove that we were pigmies that must needs climb upon other men’s shoulders to be seen, but that we had aims and aspirations of our own, and that our object was to make of this great country a monument worthy of the foun- dation our forefathers laid—a monument that in the years to come nations from afar will stand and gaze upon in awe- struck wonder, and all the world will say of them, and us, ‘The fathers builded better than they knew.” “But in this ease I feel by contrast a pigmy, indeed, and am glad to throw my mantle of office upon the broad shoul- ders of General Joseph Cabell Breckin- ridge.” . Gen. Breckinridge as Chairman. In assuming the duties placed upon him Gen, Breckinridge paid an eloquent tribute to the work that both societies are doing in the matter of fostering patriotism in all ranks of life, but especially among the young The Marine Band played as an overture “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,” and then Rey. Dr. John H. Elliott, rector of the Church of the Ascension and also a member of the Sons of the Revolution, pronounced an earnest invocation, in which he asked a fervent biessing upon our fair land and upon all her people. ‘The Declaration of Independence was then read by Mr. Barry Bulkley, whose ringing tones and eloquent voice gave an added beauty to the words, which all Americans love so well and with which they are all supposed to be so familiar—but usually are not. After the singing of ‘America’ by the embled multitude Mr. Henry E. Davis was introduced as a man who needed no introduction to a Washington audience. Nor did he, for as soon as his attractive face appeared at the front of the platform he was greeted with rcunds of applause. Mr. Davis was the principal speaker of the morning, and his address was a re- markably well-conce:ved and well-executed piece of oratory. Mr. Davis’ Adar In his address Mr. Davis said: “Speaking humanly, and with regard solely to mundane affairs, there are in the tory of man two days entitled to be call- distinctively great. The first is that day on which, on the border of the great German ferest, our patriot Teutonic an- cestor, the great Hermann, met and over- threw the glittering and reputed unconquer- able Roman legions under the trained and al of Varus. Had Hermann failed, would have changed the face of history and have made impossible those free institutions an@ that free de- velopment which are at once our heritage and our glorious possession. The event of that great day stayed the expansion of the Roman empire, until then unhingered in its spread, and saved invio- late this virgin soil in which the principles under whose influence we now live had their seed, their growth and, ultimately, their development to the point of this full fruition of which today we are the bene- ficiaries. This was as long ago as the year # of our era. Speaking roundly, twenty centuries ago. “The other great day {fs the one we cele- brate—commoniy called the birthday of , but in fact the day of its arriving at maturity. As in the case of the indi- vidual man, those qualities which are in- nate in him do not manifest themselves in their practical yigor until his maturity, whether attained sooner or later,calls them forth in full assertion, so @n the case of mankind the principles which underlay. hu- n society and the association of man- under government, did not assert themselves and become a living force until the later day. “Reflect for a moment on the course of human history. Fetichism, superstition and awe of authority, with their inevitable degradation and slavishness, had for ages held the minds and hearts of men in bond- age. The dull movement of man toward the higher civilization had been as the plodding of the olough boy following his furrow, with eyes to the ground and in utter unappreciation, Indeed, Ignorance, of the glorious arch ‘of heaven above him. “Of a sudden there rang upon the air that inestimable soune given forth when ‘the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world.’’ Then were the ey of men iifted heavenward and the glorious horizon of liberty burst upon their view. It was, of a truth, as though scales which before had obstructed the view and impeded even the thoughts of men, had been stricken from their eyes—and, lo! the earth, which before had been but half seen through the enveloping, dreary, dis- heartening mist, seemed clear, and bright, and beautiful, and hopeful. How It Came About. “And how did this come about? A band of the true-hearted assembled in those bit- ter days which tried men’s souls, struck thelr thoughts deep into the problem of human social life, and evolved the grand notion, to be set forth in the noble, burn- ing words which you have just heard; that the great Creator of men had made all free and equal, and endowed them with certain rights which there was no gain- saying—the rights including life and the pursuit of happiness, and, above all else, the right of Hbert; the right to think with@t regard to existing and accepted conditions; the right to act without regard to those conditions; the right, in short, to be men, free to declare themselves as such and to live in that separate and inde- pendent station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them.” “Do you ever stop to think what this meant to those men and what it means to us? Reflect a moment. The idea of the divine right of kings as familiar and as sacred at that time as the idea of re- ligion itself, the idea of an all-observing, all-geverning, all-judging Creator. To run counter to this idea was, in common ac- ceptation, scarcely less sacrilegious than to deny the existence and supervision of God himself. “But there was kindled to flame in the hearts of those brave, and conscious, and reliant men a spark as divine as that of a new revelation direct from the Creator himself. In a flash there broke upon the world and upon mankind a new light—a light bespeaking for the men, not only of that time but of all time, assurance of a dearer and a higher and a nobler life than had as yet been even dreamed of. The old ideas and the old forms were shattered as by a giant's blow. The old darkness was dispelled as by the lightning’s flash. The old slavery of mind and heart was stricken down as by the stroke of some irresistible swordsman, sent by Providence itself to cut esunder forever the old knots of ig- norance, the old mesh of superstition, the old web of subservierce and slavery. Thenceforth man, who had been wandering in the valley of the shadow of civic death, saw with illumined eyes that civil land- seape from whose shores neither the stream of the old Jordan nor the cold flood of death itself could fright him. The Glorious Day. “What a glorious day that was! How pregnant with meaning and how potent in influence! Bach one of you has witnessed the familiar sight of a boy, standing by a quiet pond, throw into its center a tiny pebble. The eye is attracted by the dis- turbance made by the falling of the stone at the point at which it strikes the water, end some of those who look on see little or nothing else. But the careful observer notices that the pebble causes first a dis- turbance at the center, and then a series of ripples, noving from that center, until at the furthest edge of the pond those ripples break in influence upon that point. “It has been so with our day. The set- ting forth of the great truth lying in the hearts of those who made this day for us came upon the world with as rude and startling a disturbance of the even surface of human society as the stone thrown into the pond. The majority of the onlookers regarded in startled surprise only the dis- turbance created at the moment, but the thoughtful have watched its effects since, to see that all mankind, like the edges of the pond, have felt its Influence and its effects. To this very moment, in every Part of our world, that influence and those ieee are manifesting themselves. At this moment the whole civilized world reads and hears the stirring words in which that glorious truth was set forth with an awe and reverence second only to that accorded to divinity itself. ‘And with good reason. Revert with me to the day on which this great event Or- curred. For genarations men had sub- mitted to being governed by one man, claiming his prerogative as by divine right. Freedom as we know it and enjoy its blessings was so strange a thing as to its vi mention seem a_ heresy. Day by day, and year by year, the sub- servience of society to this condition was so uniform and universal as to make dull the*very aspirations and jnnate prompt- irgs of the souls of men. At once, as by a divine command, those who made our day for us, breasted the high tide of this conception, and what {is more, they beat it back. In those ringing words and with the dauntless hearts behind those words j they beat back this tide and forever de- stroyed the old order, proclaiming liberty throughout our land and deriving for all natione and for all lands that every gov- ernment ‘derives its just powers from the corsent of the governed,’ and that no gov- errment is right or endurable that is not ‘of the people, by the people and for the pecple.’ “What just pride, then, is ours to claim descent from th2 noble band, the Immortal few, who struck this great principle from the dull and seemingly dead rock of their accepted conditions, and who pledged in its support their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. Nay, who gave of what they pledged, both lives and fortunes, sav- ing that sacred honor only by making good the pledge of it for their cause and ours and the world’s. The World's Cause. “I say the woerld’s—and is it not so? In what part of earth are the glorious words which you have heard today not read and cherished? Even an English historian has ivstly said of them that they should be written in gold on the nursery walls of every prince. And in the last place on earth in which you would expect to hear of them they have been heard, under condi- ticns at once pathetic and soul-stirring. “You all know the story of Russia and its Siberian horrors. It has been told you by a fellow townsman of ours in language destined long to burn in the hearts and minds vf all to whom it has become known. In a Russian Prison. “In one of those dread Russian prisons there were confined, each in a solitary cell, a number of political prisoners, so-called— men who had dared to turn their faces up- ward toward their God, and claim that freedom which He meant for them, and to which their right was as good as the czar’s title to his throne; nay, better, for no czar has a title to a throne, as no king has. ‘These innocent men were so cribbed and cabined that seemingly nothing from the outer world could get to any one of them. Nor could they by any possibility which Russien vigilance could see have access to er communication with one another. “But ‘no shackle can bind a free man’s heart, though the iron eat into his very soul. No gag can still a free man’s tongue. ‘Those Russian guards thought that they had their prisoners in a durance so close that, of a truth, they might be said to be dead to the world. “But into the heart of each of them had been instilled a life principle. They had read the glorious words which you have heard today, and they had felt their mighty — influenc Slowly, painfully, in deepest secrecy, these undaunted men had worked out a code of communication by means of signals, and had perfected a sys- tem of transportation hy means of the soil es and drains of their hideous home. degrees, in anticipation of the anni- versary of our day, they had scraped to- gether tiny fragments of colored rags, and had formulated a salutation to be given in their code. “The day broke. In an instant that salu- tation broke upon the startlea ears of the astounded guards; in the same instant there flashed before the eyes of those guards tiny imitations of our glorious flag, made from thos ‘aps of rag—and Russian authority G trembled at the sound and sight. Those poor wretches could not see one an- other—they could not see one another's Kittle flags—they could not exchange a glance of the eye—they could not feel a grasp of the hand. All that they could do they did. Silently, bravely, even hopefully, they indulged for the moment the intoxi- cation of a breath as of free air, and with grateful tears they awaited almost with happiness the cruel punishment which they krew was to follow upon their act. “Considering the full meaning of the day and its far reaching and immortal influence, our fathers, who caused its great news to be announced by the old liberty bell, might justly have chosen for that bell even a greater worth than they did. “Proclaim literty throughout the land,’ they bade it. Throughout all lands, they might truly have said. Could they have anticipated the words of England's last laments, how aptly might they have given their bidding to the bell in those words: “Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring out the false, ring in the tri Ring in redress to all mankind. Mr. John Goode Speaks. When Mr. Davis had concluded and the applause had subsided the band played the “Star Spangled Banner,” after which Mr. John Goode of Virginia was introduced by Gen. Breckinridge to deliver an address. Mr. Goode spoke of the fact that they were ail gathered there, and there were gatherings all over the country, today,shar- ing in the gratitude for the glorious history of our own nation and in the joy of the prospect of its increased greatness in the future. We have many days in our calen- dar, said the speaker, worthy of our re- spect and emblematic of great things ac- complished in the past, but not such an- other day as this. We have many statues of many people, but there are none so full for us of the memories of the revolution as the statues of Washington and La- fayette. So it was eminently proper that they should hold their meeting at the foot of one of these statues and take up their line of march afterward to the statue of the other. Mr. Goode spoke eloquently of the mem- ory of the young Lafayette, who was but a captain of dragoons when he heard that the Americans had adopted the declara- tion of their independence, and he decided to throw in his lot with theirs. There was kindled in his heart a spark that never could be excinguished. Notwithstanding the appeals of his fair young wife, he came to this country and offered his services to the Continental Congress. Before he was twenty years of age he held the position of major general, and at all times had the fullest confidence of Gen. Washington and was an honored member of. his military family. At the end of eighteen months of unselfish service the young Frenchman returned to his native country, and went before the ministry with an appeal that they would send aid to the struggling young republic. It was largely as a result of his exertions ‘that the army of Rochambeau and the fleet of Count de Grasse were sent out. The surrender of Gen. 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The amount of sediment is so great that in | flowing to consumers in this city through the conduit, the mains and the pipes there is not sufficient time for it to settle, and the result is that every faucet in town has been giving out, for several days past, @ Mquid that is repugnantly yellow, and full of matter foreign to water such as the senses of taste and sight demand. ‘There is consequently very wide discon- tent among the citizens of Washington, who are convinced that they pay rac +h water rates to insure a pure an CBficient supply of the article in question, and The Star is in receipt of several com- munications on the subject. One corre- spondent rays: “Again we are deluged with an ollo of mud and water, principally imud, which is wholly unfit for either culi- rary cr washing purposes, not to mention drinking. I again ask, ‘Isn't it time the government had ceased this mud-slinging under guise of furnishing water to the poor, long-suffering taxpayers?’ The pres- ent influx is really unfit to wash in, and virtually encourages the bibacious habit. ‘There is no doubt that a very consider- able number of Washington people will heree that the Potomac water. now being furnished is not fit for domestic or per- sonal purposes. It should be generally known, however, that there is very little cr no danger to health by the use of the water for drinking purposes in its present state. Chemical analyses of the Potomac iver water, after it passes through the reservoirs, mains and pipes, have abun- dantly shown that it contains even in its muddy state no bacteria or germs danger- ous to health, and that the few micro- organisms found in it are harmless and innocuous. The offensive appearance of the water to the eye may bs removed if one cares to take a little trouble. 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