Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1895, Page 9

a——— SSS THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor, 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, SeH. SKAUFEMANN, Prest. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star ig verved to subscribers tn the eity by carriers, on their own account. at 10 cents (sé week, or 44¢. per uivuth. Copies at the counter cents each. By matl—enywhere in the Luited = nada age preoaid--00 cents per meuth. Btates or Saturday quintuple Sheet Star, §1.00 per years with forelen' postice. aided, $200, 0 > in (Entered at the Post Oifice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail mattee.) FZ-AIl mail abecriptloay must be paid in advarce. tes of advertising made known on application. la RR Re Sous Che # ening = Star : ie 9=20. master of advertising), saps: Jt is cfaimed for the Washinsfon Sfar, and proBaSfp frufSfuflp cfoimed, Bat no offer netwspayer in fe counfrp goes info so farye a ypercenfage of aff fhe Souses tiffin a radius of fwenfp mifes WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Significance of the Erection of Houses on Connecticut Avenue. SOME RECENT NOTABLE CHANGES New Buildings Which Are Being Erected in Various Sections. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE ae es An improvement which has more than a passing interest is being made on thé east side of Connecticut avenue, on the block just north of Rhode Island avenue. Ground has been broken there for the erection of two houses. There fs nothing especially novel either about the design or construc- tion of these dwellings, which are being built for Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell from plans prepared by Hornblower and Mar- shall. They are, however, to be good houses, in keeping with the locality. ‘The rather surprising feature about this im- provement is that they should be houses instead of buildings intended for business purposes. As is well known, the advance of busi- ness along Connecticut avenue has been quite rapid of recent years, and now the northern limit is at M street, where just now, as it happens, the corner property is being built up with a row of buildings de- signed for business purposes. It was gen- erally supposed that the demands of com- mercial life would soon force the building of stores beyond the boundary of M street and that at least the vacant lots in the next block would be occupied for such pur- poses. At one time it was said that negotiations were in progress for the purchase of a lot just this side of the Church of the Cove- nant, where it was proposed to locate a puilding to be used as a grocery store. This plan, however, was not carried out, and as Mrs. Bell is making the improve- ments referred to there remains only one unoccupied lot on the block above M street. There is one lot between the two, which is being improved by Mrs. Bell, and the residence, which is the home of Senator Wolcott of Colorado. 2 Future of the Avenue. It has been noted in this column that Senator Wolcott early chased the lot adjoining his residence, and it is said that it is his intention to erect there an addition to his house, which will serve for library purposes. There is a great deal of speculation as to the future of Connecticut avenue, but it is the belief of men whose opinions are worthy of re- spect that ultimately this avenue will be given up to business. This is practically thé case at present in the section from K street to M street, and especially along the western side. Most of the buildings occupied as stores are one-story structures und some of these are not rented. However, there seems to be a demand for additional facilities. It 1s stated that one of the leading grocers, who has a place on Connecticut avenue, has leased the build- ing which is being erected at the corner of Connecticut avenue and M street, and that he will pay a monthly rent of nearly $160. ‘The old buildings at the southwest corner of Connecticut avenue and L street are being removed, and on this site, as has Deen printed in The Stat, Mr. Charles Rauscher intends to erect a building for his own use. Handsome Residences. What is regarded as another check to the commercial invasion of this avenue was the purchase by Mrs. Washington Mc- Lean of the residence at the northeast corner of Connecticut avenue and K street. Mrs. Bugher, the daughter-in-law of Mrs. McLean, occupies the adjoining residence on Connecticut ayenue. Extensive im- provements and alterations were made in both houses, so that they are now desir- able and handsome modern private resi- dences. This is especially the case with the corner Louse, the appearance of which kas been materially enhanced by the im- provements made. It fs believed that the transformation of Connecticut avenue into a business street will follow along 17th street to H, and al- ready in the block near H street buildings are used fur business purposes. From the corner of 17th and H street® there is a stretch ot some three squares before Ver- mont avenue is reached, where there ts another section which Is rapidly changing into a locality devoted to trade. Some of those who have watched the business de- velopment of Washington are of the opinion that its future progress will be to some extent along the lines indicated. There is room @or expansion on each side, and no doubt in a general way this area will con- tinue to gradually lose its distinction as a Furely residence section. The Week's Record. A healthy improvement is shown by the Fecord of the building inspector for the week ending yesterday. During that pe- riod a total of thirty-ore permits were is- sued for new buildings, aggregating in cost $00,750. They were divided among the Sev- eral sections as follows: Northwest, fourteen permits. Southwest, three permits. Northeast, three permits. Southeast, one permit County, tes permits.. Some Improvements. Plans have been prepared by R. J. Beall, dr., architect, for a three-story house to be erected at 2023 H street northwest. The front will be built of white stone and buff brick and will haye a square bay finished with a balcony at the second story. E. G. Jeffery will erect a residence on Yale street between 12th and 13th streets, from plans prepared by H. A. Campbell, architect. It will be three stories in height, with front-of press brick and stone, and will be 20x65 feet. A two-story dwelling will be erected by James Lawlor on 2d street between G and H streets northwest from plans prepared by J. Germuller, architect. It will be 20x40 feet, with a froni of press brick and stone, The same architect has prepared plans for @ dwelling for John J. Duggan at 5th and L streets northe Plans for a dwelling to be erected for S. €. Smoot on Massachusetts avenue between 9th and 1th st have been prepared by M. Hunter Jc architect. It will be 20x 80 feet, with a front of brown stone and brick. EB. S. Morgan is building a two-story frame dwelling on 11th street, Groolland. A neat brick dwelling, two stories high, with cetlar, is being erected at 605 4th street southe: Wm. Bruce Gray is the ere t |. Bryan the builder and H. Randall the owrer. for the new Epworth M. irch South will shortly be completed. ifice will be one story high, of brick and stone, with yer projections, 100 feet h It wi ve a frontage of 52 Chas. feet by a depth of 56 feet. Edward Wolz ts the architect and J. B. Bursey the builder, J. F. Haskins ts making extensive im- Foverments to the house at the corner of uth Capitol and N streets. An attic story will be added to the main building and a rch added in the rear. J. H. Lane is the uilder. Two two-story brick dwellings are shortly to be erected at 1 and 1429 North Capi- tol street. W. L. Arminger is the owner, Edward Wolz the architect and Jas. Man- uel the builder. A row of seven two-story and cellar brick this season pur-' dwellings will shortly be added to the north- western section. Four of these dwellings Will be erected from 2917 to 2923 ‘Q street, and the remaining three from 1601 to 1607 30th street. E. N. GHpin is the owner, C. B. Keferstein the architect and J. B. Col- Ker the builder. Thomas C. Steward is building for him- self, from plans prepared by Mullett & Co., erchitects, taree brick and stone two-story end basement brick dwellings on Kenyon street, Columbia Heights. Extensive improvements will shortly be made to the dwelling of Mrs. R. H. Town- send, 22 Lafayette Bquare, designed by Carrere & Hastings. They will consist of an addition 29 feet by 16 feet, two stories high, and an addition 18 feet by 22 feet on the other stories. There will be, in addi- tion, general repairs. Charles A. Langley is the builder. The foundation for a brick and stone dwelling on Stoughton street northwest has been laid. There will be a frontage of 20 feet by a depth of. 90 feet. Pompelian brick with Indiana limestone will form the front. Geo. P. Merrill is the owner, Victor Mindeliff the architect, ahd Stewart & Walters the builders. Massachusetts avenue wiil shortly get another handsome improvement in the shape of a fine four-story and attic brick and stone dwelling for Mrs. J. F. Leach. It will be known as 1754 Massachusetts avenue. The front will be 23 feet 4 inches by a depth of 40 feet. Pompelian brick and Indiana limestone will be used in front, re- lieved by a dormer window above the cornice. A. S. Bell of New York is the architect, and Galloway & Son the build- 3. = = BLAINE AND CONKLING. Gall Hamiltoh’s Account of the Cause of the Strained Relations. From Philadelphia Press Review of Life of Blaine. It is needless to rehearse the incidents of the famous Conkling-Fry controversy, so fruitful of fectional strife—the memorable debate which culminated in Blaine’s appal- ling satirical comparison of Conkling to Henry Winter Davis: "The gentleman took it seriously, and it has given his strut ad- ditional pomposity. The resemblance is great, it is striking. Hyperion to a Satyr, Thersites to Hercules, mud to marble, dunghill to diamond, a singed cat to a Bengal tiger, a whining puppy to a roaring lion. Shade of the®mighty Davis, forgive the almest profanation of that jocose satire!" We may note, however, that Mr. Conkling had a previous grievance. At a dinner party given by Hon. Henry C. Dem- ing of Hartford the conversation glanced from the Utica of Mr. Conkling’s home to 4& newspaper which had keen published for a little while by Mr. Deming and his friend Park Benjamin, and which bore for its motto the lines: “No pent-up Utica contracts our powers, But the whole boundless continent is ours.”” A question arose as to their authorship, and the whole company gaily contributed answers. An impression prevailed that it was Barlow. Mr. Conkling offered to bet a basket of champagne that it was from Addison's “Cato.” Mr. Blaine warned him not to make the bet, because he knew the authorship, and that the lines were not from Addison’s “Cato.” Mr. Conkling was so sure that he persisted in the bet. The lines are by Jonathan M. Sewall, in an “Epilogue to Cato,” written’ for the Boy Street Theater in Portsmouth, N. H. Mr. Conkling sent the basket of champagne, but took his discomfiture so much to heart as to insinuate that Mr. Blaine had been reading up for it; and when Mr. Blaine made a feast and invited all the company to drink the champagne, Mr. Conkling did not attend. : Gail Hamilton assures us that on the side of Mr. Blaine there was no feud whatever between him and Mr. Conkling. On one of the many occasions when he was approach- ed by friends of Mr. Conkling in the cause of reconciliation, he closed with the propo- ition: “If you will assure me of Mr. Conk- ling’s acceptance I will without any other preliminary iuvite him and Mrs. Conkling to the best dinner I can proffer to the best company I can gather in Washington.” This was after he had been made Speaker and had established his home with its usual hospitalities in Washington, The gentle- men withdrew, but the desired assurance was never given and the proffered table was never spread. On another and similar occasion he re- plied that he would “far rather be Mr. Conkling’s friend than foe, and I can say with entire candor that I never felt toward him any of the rancor of an enemy.” Dur- ing the presidential campaign of 1884 re- newed efforts were made by loyal republi- cans toward friendly intercourse in the“m- terests of political co-operation. Again Mr. Blaine responded, as always, with assur- ances of good will. He reiterated his read- iness to resume friendly relations and to disavow any intention of imputing dishon- or to Mr. Conkling, but added: “To do so now would subject me to the imputation of improper motives, but when the election is over, whichever way it may end, I would be glad as a step to reconciliation to make that disavowal in any way that would be agreeable to Mr. Conkling, assuming. of course, that he feels ready to make similar disavowal respecting myself.” The recon- ciliation went no further. ——__+e+_____ FIELD OF THE FLAG. Hawaii's Star Would Make Old Glory Shine in Symmetrical Perfection. From the San Francisco Chronicle. The forty-four stars now in the field of the American flag present a very jagged appearance. There does not seem to be any way to arrange them in equal rows; all sorts of forms and arrangements have been adopted by flagm2kers. Perhaps some uni- form plan of placing the stars would be settled upon if it were not that every one expects the number will be shortly in- creased. No change can be made, however, until 1896, as the law requires that additional stars shall be added only on the Fourth of July succeeding the admission of new states. In all probability Utah and New Mexico will be admitted next winter, which will increase the stars in the field to forty- six. But even then there will be almost the same irregularity, though the field will be mcre nearly filled up and will appear less jeeged than new. 3 Z Forty-eight stars could be arranged so as to present a perfectly regular appearance, and it is not improbable that that number may be reached before long. Oklahoma, a bcoming territory, is asking admission, and Arizona has long had pretensions tg state- 00d. With the admission of those four organ- ized territories the national domain will be exhausted unless the Indian country 1s to be absorbed or admitted as an Indian state. There fs, of course, Alaska, but that region can hardly be considered as a possible state. It might be added to our extreme northwestern state, or even to California, as there Is mo constitutional obstacle to is. An {deal number of stars for arrangement in the field of the flag would be forty-nine. Up, down and diagonally there would be Tcws of seven, the mystic number. It is quite possible that there may be forty-nine states before the end of the century. The civilized Indians in the In- dian territory may ask and obtain admis- sicn or the American colonies in the Ha- waiian islands may come in. It is true that they are now maintaining an independent republic, but they constantly avow their purpose to ask admission to the Union. The Atlantic City Disaster. The Atlantic City city council, at a spe- cial meeting yesterday afternoon, ordered an Inyestigation-of the recent Casino dis- aster. The matter was placed in the hands of the committee on protection of prop- erty, which will meet on next Monday afternoon. Frederick Klaproth of Camden, the band musician who was so terribly injured, re- gained consciousness, but his chances for recovery have not improved. The other in- jured are doing nicely, and all will recover. |GOING TO BOSTON The Templars’, Coming Pilgrimage to the Hub. WASHINGTON COMMANDERIES ‘GONG To Attend the Triennial Conclave in a Body. NEXT MONTH’S EVENT SS For the first time in the history of the Knights Templar of the District of Colum- bia they will attend a triennial-conclave in a body; that is to say, while each com- mandery will act in a measure independent- ly they will leave Washington together as a battalion, and travel by the same train to the bay state capital. Each command- ery will have its own quarters at the “hub,” and, except during the grand pa- rade, will not be together. In jurisdictions where a grand commandery has been es- tablished there is a recognized authority to decide all matters of controversy that may arise, but there being no such organization in the District of Columbia the organiza- tions drift along, trusting to that natural courtesy and fraternal-feeling which should always govern to prevent any clashing. A friendly rivalry exist and possibly a tinge of jealousy may arise occasionally,but such things have been manifest only at long in- tervals. In matters of precedence it has keen the custom to allow the oldest com- mandery to take the lead, this right falling to the others in the’order of the date of their organization. Washington Commandertes. Washington Commandery, No. 1, is the eldest in the District of Columbia. It was. established more than seventy years ago end has continued its conclaves without in- terruption from that time until the present. It has born upon its rolls many of the most eminent Masons of the country. Benjamin B. French, who served as grand master of Templars of the United States, was long one of its honored members. Gen. Albert Pike, the most famous Mason of modern times; Albert G. Mackey, Charles F. Stans- bury, George C. Whiting and others, who hve been recognized as Masonic giants, leng since passed to their last home, have gathered at its altar. This commandery is distinguished above every other in the country by being the only one named in the constitution of the grand encampment of the United States, which is permitted to vary from what is known as the standard uniform. The members of Washington Commandery.wear what is known as the “black uniform.” This uniform, howeyer, is worn in other jurisdictions wheré a grand commandery is established and has the right to prescribe a uniform for its subordinates, but no other commandery immediately subservient to the grand en- campment of the United States can wear it. At the triennial conclave of 1871 Washing- ton Commandery, being determined to ad- here to the uniform which it had been proud to wear nearly a half a century, had its charter arrested by the grand encamp- rrent, but even this severe discipline could not coerce its members. At the next tri- ennia] conclave held at New Orleans in 1874 its influence was sufficient to secure a revocation of the former action, and the commandery was restored to all the rights and privileges it had formerly enjoyed, be- sides which there was inserted in the con- stitution of the grand encampment a pro- vision thatWashington Commandery should thereafter be permitted to wear its black uniform without a question being raised against it. . Columbia Commandery, No. 2, was organ- ized during the late civil war. It, too, had the honor to knight eminent gentlemen. President Garfield, while a nfember, of Con- gress from Ohio, received the orders in this commandery. Columbia has an active membership and is well officered. As do all the other commanderies in the District, except Washington, No. 1, Columbia wears what is known as the standard uniform. Potomac Commandery, No. 3, and De Mo- lay Commandery, No. 4, remain to be men- tioned. They were organized, as their re- spective numbers indicate, after Columbia Commandery. Potomac is located in Georgetown, and is, of Course, largely com- posed of residents of that section of the District. It is growing in membership and influence very rapidly. De Molay Com- mandery is one of the few mounted organ- izations in the United States. It always makes a handsome showing whenever it appears in public and its members are en- thusiastic in everything that pertains to the organization. Washington, Columbia and De Molay hold their conclaves in the Masonic Temple, while Potomac, as noted above,meets in the Masonic Hall at George- town. There is some talk of the estab- lishment of still another commandery, which will hold its meetings on Capitol Hill in the new building recently com- pleted by Naval Lodge, No. 4, F. A. A. M. All told, the Templars of the District of Columbia number about 1,500 swords. Washington and Columbia have each be- tween five and six hundred members, while the next strongest is De Molay, which has a membership of between two and three hundred. Joint Action. As before stated there has never before the present year been anything like united action among the various commanderies. Each according to its by-laws has singled out a day on which to make its annual pilgrimage to attend religious worship, and but a few months ago a movement was inaugurated to select one day in the year upon which all the commanderies should go to church in a body. Ascension day was chosen, which was the day that had been observed by Washington Command- ery, and hereafter all will celebrate that sacred anniversary. The proposed pilgrim- age to Boston as a battalion is also an- other step in the direction of united ac- tion. The four commanderies, in accord- ance with the action of the joint commit- tee, will leave Sunday, August 25, at 10 o'clock a.m., over the Baltimore.and Ohio road, and at Jersey City will take the steamer Connecticut of the Providence line, to Providence, R. I., whence the journey will be completed by rail to Boston. Be- cause of the fact that the day of depart- ure is on Sunday no parade nor public demonstration will take place in this city. On arriving at Boston on Monday, each commandery will go to its respective ho- tel and rest until the following morning, when the grand parade takes place. Each will do its best to make a good showing in the big procession. Washington Com- mandery, No. 1, will have at its head the Mount Pleasant Field Band, under the di- rection of Capt. J. C. Churchill. Colum- bia Commandery has engaged the Boston Germania Band, while Potomac Command- ery will be headed by the United States Cavalry Band from Fort Myer. De Molay, being mounted, will not require any musjc. Representatives to the Grand En- campment. In the grand encampment each command- ery from the District of Columbia will be represented by its first three officers—the commander, generalissimo and the captain general. They are as follows: From Wash- ington Commandery, Alexander H. Holt, Samuel C. Thompson, George H. Walker; from Columbia Commandery, Frank H. Thomas, Robert E. Constant, Bennett A. Allen; from Potomac Commandery, W: ster Vinson, William F. Hunt, S. M. Yeat- man, and from De Molay Commandery, William T. Galliher, James M. Ford and P. B. Otterback. If there were a grand commandery in the District of Columbia it would, of course, be represented in the grand encampment, and the Templars of the jurisdiction would have more votes and possibly greater in- fluence in Templar affairs in general, but there is decided opposition on the part of a large proportion of the Templars of the District. They aver that nothing is to be gained by such a step and considerable money is saved each year to the local mem- bership by avoiding the expenses attend- ant upon the maintenance of a Grand Commandery. It is urged, however, that with such an organization the Templars of the District would become equal in influ- ence and importance to the various state organizations, whereas ‘when a subordinate commandery is -itself represented in the grand encampment its influerce is not great. It is further said that there are a number of jurisdictions in this country whose total membership is much less than that of the District of Columbia, and yet, through their respective grand command- eries, they have more votes and are ac- corded more attention than the command- eries immediately subordinate to the grand encampment. The Mystic Shrine. Monday and Tuesday the 2d and 3d of September, beginning the week following the Templars’ triennial conclave, the Im- perial Council for North America of the Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will meet in annual session at Nantasket Bench, a short distance from Boston, and many of the. Templars who wear “the claws” will stay over to participate in the fes- tivities of that event. It is probable that the various temples of the country will be well represented, and Almas Temple of this city expects to make a creditable showing. The representatives from Almas Temple to the Imperial Council this year are Harrison Dingman, George H. Walker, Harry Standiford and Frank H. Thomas. A big parade of Shriners on Monday even- ing Is one of the features of the program. The order, while limited in membership to those who have attained the degree of Knight. Templar, or the thirty-second de- gree of the Scottish Rite, is more largely composed of Knights Templar, and it is therefore reasonable to suppose that there will be a large gathering at Nantasket. —_—__ BEFORE HE WAS SENATOR. An Incident in the Career of Senator Teller of Colorado. It was many years ago in Gilpin county, Col., so the story ran, a3 related to a Star writer, and Senator Teller, not Senator then, was a leading citizen of those parts. It was in the earlier days of the Colorado silver excitement. Mining operations were going on upon every hillside and along every gulch. Teller was in the thick of it. While there was a great deal of silver min- ing, there wasn’t much law, but the den- izens of those regions were a very earnest set, and maintained reasonable order and a degree of safety to both life and property by that prompt method of justice known as lynch law. One day a Mexican was caught fobbing the sluice boxes. It was not the first time this Mexican had betrayed this sluice box weakness. In fact, he had a very bad rec- ord in Gilpin county, and the public had long before come to a con@usion that the world would be better off without him. So, taken as he was in the very act, it was readily decided to be the proper thing to hang him. = ‘Teller took a prominent part in the de- bate which preceded the Mexican’s string- ing up. He said he very ‘much regretted the stern necessity which suggested the suspension of this Mexftan, but, like the rest, he was vigorously in favor of it. He saw no safety in anything else. To let him go was to encourage others of the same sort, and these sluice boy. depredations were certain to finally lead to killings, in which honest men might get the worst of it. So a rope was brought and arrangements were arrived at for choking the life out of the Mexican. A pinon tree, nicely arranged for a gallows, was selected, and everything was made ready to shove the robber into eternity. At this crisis, Teller, who was a man_ of profound religious convictions, called a halt in the proceedings to give the condemned a chance to pray. The Mexican declined to avail himself of this advantage, so Teller offered up a prayer in his place. It was a very honest petition, and Teller’ asked forgiveness for the Mexican from on high, and urged that all punishment in his case hereafter might be averted. Then they swung him off. After the lynching, Tom Bowen, who was Present, and who was afterward in Con- gress from Colorado, came up to the com- ing Senator, and said: “Old man, that was a great prayer you put up. That Mexican ought to have felt flattered, and would if he had understood you. I couldn't help but think, however, that there was a certain amount of sar- casm in it. It struck me that you displayed a fashion of insolent effrontery in urging the admission to heaven of a Mexican who; you had already condemned as not good enough for Gilpin county, Col. However, it was a great petition, and ought to go a long way toward getting the Mexican through the great white gate.” panei Tie HIGH PRICES FOR PAINTINGS. The Sale of the Collection of James Price in London. London Letter in New York Tribune. The event of the week, so far as the world of art and society is concerned, has been the sale of the James Price collection. The ninety-one pictures reaHzed the pro- digious sum of £87,000, or about $435,000—a sum almost equal to that which was brought in 1892 by the wonderful collection of Lord Dudley, with its masterpieces of Raphael, Cuyp, Hobbema and the masters whose place has been assured ‘by time. As to the quality of the Price pictures, it can be thus summarized: Two beautiful mas- terpieces by Gainsborough; six or eight second-rate Sir Joshuas; by Romney, one beautiful, but very slight sketch, and three or four pretty, but by no means first-rate, finisked pictures; an excellent yppne! some good Beecheys; by the great fer, three good examples and three very much the reverse; among the former the beauti- ful and luminous early picture “Mortlake,” which was naturally yery much admired when it appeared at the Old Masters last winter; the fine, but rather too clean, sea Piece, “Helvoetsluys,” and the stormy “Val d'Aosta.” The prices realized by these showed an enormous advance; for whereas, in 1863, at the celebrated’ Bicknell sale, where large sums, according to the stand- ard of that day, were paid for Turner's pictures, the ‘‘Helvoetsluys” brought 1,600 guineas, it realized exactly four times that amount, or 6,400 guineas, on Saturday. The “Mortlake” sold for 5,200, the ‘Val d’ Aosta” for 4,000 and the two Venetian pictures, which are now little better than wrecks, brought 2,800 guineas each, prices which may fairly be called monstrous. The cli- max of absurdity, however, was reached when Romney's pretty sketch of Lady Hamilton was put up; a head so slightly painted that when, five or six years ago, it was offered to a well-known amateur for £140, he declined it as being altogether too inconsiderable. In an ordinary sale at the present day it might have brought £500, for it is certainly a very pretty thing; but on Saturday, amid the amazement of the room, it ‘went up by leaps and bounds to the sum of 2,030 guineas. The Reynoldses all sold for 30 to 4@ per cent above their estimated value. = The one picture which cannot fairly be called dear, though it fetched a “record price” far beyond what had been expected, was_Gainsborough’s pontrait of Lady Mul- grave. The price paid ~vas 10,000 guineas. ————$§<oe___—_ “whe Heat of Political Excitement. - Sir William Harcourt' and wife while re- turning. from a political meeting in a car- riage were vigorou: pelted with cabbage stalks and rubbish while passing through @ rough suburb of ‘Derby. The two -vere hit, but were not injured. The London Daily News says that Lady Harcourt was literally covered with dirt and filth, which hesmirched her garments and went down her neck. iy LABOR DAY PARADE Committees to Confer About It Next Monday. MANY FINE FEATORES PROMISED Something About the Origin of the *Workingman’s Holiday. SANCTIONED BY LAW > Committees appointed by the numerous societies of organized labor in Washington to confer with the joint committee on La- bor day from the Federation of Labor and District. Assembly, No. 66, Knights of La- bor, will hold their first meeting at Typo- graphical Temple Monday evening next. The favorable responses received from the societies which were invited to send dele- gates to the conference by the committee having charge of the mutter gives the as- surance that there will be a large attend- ance, while the interest felt in the ranks of organized labor generelly renders it cer- tain that the utmost enthusiasm and har- mony will prevail. It is understood that already enough so- cleties have signified their intention to have floats in the parade to make it cer- tain that there will be not less than one hundred of these instructive examples of progress in the line. Prominent among those who have assured the committee of willingness to co-operate in making the pa- rade a success is Chief Claude M. Johnson of the bureau of engraving and printing, who, it is understood, will let the plate printers have a plate press to operate while the line is in motion, and it is stated thet various other leading mer who are em- ployers of organized labcr will loan such implements of their respective trades and occupations as may be desired. The Origin of Labor Day. The origin of Labor day ‘s interesting, but its actual birthplace is somewhat in doubt, as the members of organized labor societies in both New York and Balti- more claim that the honor belongs to each. Those who believe that the {dea that the laboring men of the United States ought to have one day in the year as their own peculiar holiday, in which they could feel that there was one common interest among them all, originated in the first named city, say that the first parade of societies composed exclusively of laboring men took place in the great business metropolls, back in the seventies. The day continued to be kept by members of organized labor each year, the number constantly increas- ing of those participating, and in a few years it was determined by some of the leaders there to make an attempt to legal- ize the day. But little tronble was found in getting the legislature of the state of New York to accede to the wishes of the promoters of the enterprise. From this the movement spread until Labor day be- came a legal holiday in m the states of the Union before Con ‘took any action in the matter. The latter, how- ever, in compliance with the united voice of organized labor in this city, early last year passed a bill, which was approved by the President and became a law, mak- ing the day a legal holiday, and thus giv- ing a national character to Labor day. The labor advocates’ who believe that Baltimore mechanics are justly entitled to the honor of inaugurating the movement, which has grown to such great propor- tions, say that the first parade of organ- ized labor societies took place in the monu- menial city in 1881, On that occasion there were but six so- eleties which participated. The day not being a legal holiday and most of those in the ranks of workingmen were uncertain as to what position their abstaining from work on the occasion might give them with their bosses, many of them continued at their respective employments. Suppressing the Red Flag. ‘When Labor day arrived the following year it was found that the number of so- cleties participating had largely increased. Unfortunately, however, several of the so- cleties in which the foreign element pre- dominated by a big majority carried red flags, indicating that they were believers in. anarchism. The excitement occasioned ‘by this action was intense, and the news- papers of the clty were emphatic in their comments, and the citizens, generally, loud in their criticisms that the red flag of an- archism ought never to be allowed to float in Baltimore. It was generally understood, however, that the managers of the parade had no previous knowledge that the of- tensive flags would be shown. Months passed away before the strained relations caused by these incidents were adjusted, and when arrangements for the Labor day parade of 1883 were made the committee in charge especially stipulated that on the ocasion of the parade the American flag, and that only, should be displayed in the procession, nor was any society to be allowed to participate a ma- jority of whose members were known to believe in the doctrines of anarchism. When Labor day arrived the parade was formed in the center of the city, and after being reviewed by the governor of the state, mayor of the city and other high public officials, started for the general rendezvous, at the Eastern Schuetzen Park, where a great public meeting was to be held. With bands playing and American flags floating in the breeze, the procession wended its way. to the park, and had @ro- ceeded nearly two-thirds of the distance when by some means a red flag was got- ten into the parade. The existerce of the flag was almost immediately noticed by one of the aids to the chief marshal, who reported the fact to his chief. The latter at once ordered the parade to bo halted, and the bearer of the objectionable flag was ordered, with all who believed in the doctrines it symbolized, to leave the ranks. After a little parleying about one hundred men stated that they were adherents of the red flag, but objected to leaving the ranks, because they were also workingmen. ‘We are,” their spokesman continued, ited together under tho red flag of anarchism, by liberty, equality and social- ism.” Finding, however, that the chief marshal was: firm in requiring that his orders be obeyed they reluctantly com- plied and returned to their headquarters. Sirce then no attempts to carry an obnox- icus flag in a parade in that city have been made. The movement to have the Maryland le; islature constitute Labor day a legal holi- day began soon after this, but the efforts were not successful for several years. Finally, however, the lawmakers became convinced that this request of the mem- bers of organized labor was a just one and the bill was passed and subsequently signed by the governor. In the District. The parade of the District labor organiza- tions last year was a great success. 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One would hardly seek in droughty, burned Kansas an Englishman nobleman, and es- pecially a nobleman who has forsaken his ancestral home for the sake of saving the souls of those who are here trying to save their bodies. And yet he is here, in the per- son of Sir Robert Norville, a jolly, little, round-bodied man, who, having circled the globe nine times, has deemed-it his mission to labor with this people as a minister in the Christian Church or Church of the Dis- ciples. Sir Robert Norville has undertaken ‘he education of some twelve hundred girls in addition to his other self-imposed duties, advancing the money that is necessary to carry them through the church school in Illinois, where he sends them. He does not make a gift of the money, merely loaning it, to be.paid back as the recipients of his generosity can find the means in later years. He usually exacts one-fourth the first year after -the education of the girls is completed, and one-fourth yearly there- after. This money is.then used again for the same purpose. Incidentally, he aids in building up weak churches, a work that he finds most difti- cult at this time among a people struggling with poverty, brought about by repeated crop failures. But a few evenings since he lectured in Uldale, once a prosperous little town of 400 inhabitants, situated in the heart of what has been called the richest county in Kansas. Two years ago there were in Uldale twenty general merchandise stores, and there were all the evidences of prosperity, Today the population of that town numbers barely seventy-five souls, who are the patrons of the one store and the one bake shop remaining. In such an unpromising place Sir Robert Norville found himself booked for a lec- ture, which he delivered to the few remain- ing people, too poor and too dispirited to move away. After his lecture he made an appeal for funds to aid a struggling church, offering to supplement the mite he might receive by the gift of an equal sum. To his /Surprise, he received $15.35, to which he added a like amount, and bestowed the purse upon the struggling church he was aiding. This queer character invariably pays all his own expenses, never accepting a cent in any shape for his personal use. He shuns public notice, saying he is serving his Mas- ter, who has brought him out of severe trials and troubles. For two years his labors have been in the counties comprising what is known as the southern tier, continually passing from ‘one community to another, aiding a church or sending a girl to Illinois to complete her education and prepare herself for a life of self-support. The longing to again circle the globe has come upon him with full force, and he is closing up his work preparatory to another move. This time he will leave Kansas and return to take up Lis task after visiting San Francisco, Australia, England and New York. He says this will be his last trip around the world, which will take him about a year to complete, when he will take up his work in this state again. In appearance he is as poverty-stricken as those among whom he labors, and yet his check at the banks in this city is worth thousands of dollars. He declined to talk of his life in the old country, simply ad- mitting that his family rank high, but in- variably adds that he has held no commu- nication with them for years. It is certain that he receives large remittances directly from London, but little of which is ever ex- pended upon hi DRIVING BACK THE OCEAN. The Gigantic Work of Reclaiming Land in Holland. From the Milwaukee Journal. The people of Holland have undertaken a gigantic work by means of which they ex- pect to recover the larger part of the terri- tory now covered by the Zuyder Zee, the inland sea of the country, and turn it again into a ferfile farming region. It is now just five centuries since the inundation of that part of the Netherlands now covered by the Zuyder Zee was completed, the en- croachments of the sea having been going on for 225 years, previous to which time the territory was covered with forests. By the most stupendous exertions about 350 square miles of country has alread: been recovered by an elaborate dyke s: tem, which has gradually reclaimed section after section that was lost, but the new scheme transcends the previous work in ex- tent and importance. The towns of the re- gion which had become of considerable im- portance as seaports through the bringing of the waters of the ocean to their doors have lost considerable of that importance through the difficulties of navigation and the transfer of the trade to the North Hol- land canal and the Y ship canal, which con- nects the metropolis with the ocean. On this account the remnants of commerce are not worth as much to the towns as the country would be after it Is reclaimed, and therefore there is general acquiescence in the plan to drive the ocean out. On account of the great cost {i will be distributed over a period of thirty-three years, so as to make it less oppressive end to make the benefits gradually bear their share of the expense. A colossal sea wall is first to be built from North Holland to Friesland, shutting out the tides of the ocean. This wall will be 216 feet wide at the base and the top will be seventeen fect above the sea level, while along the inner side and at some distance below the top will be a track wide enough for a wagon road and a railway. After the sea is harred out the inclosed space to be reclaimed will inclose within separate embankments four areas contain- ing in the aggregate 750 square miles. One of these areas will be first drained by pump- ing the water over the embankment, the water finding Its way to the sea through the main channel, and as the shallower portions hecome exposed they will be suc- cessively brought under cultivation. It is calculated that within ten years 25,000 acres can be made annuslly available, and in the end the inland sea will be reduced toa channel about fifteen miles wide, called the Ysselmeer, communicating with the sea by locks at-Wierinzen, with Amster- dam by a branch three miles wide and by another with the mouth of the Yssel. The plan has received the sanction of the gov- ernment, and the engineers pronounce It feasible. —~ 000 How She From Pearson's Weekly. “Mrs. Smith's got a dog that likes ime,” said little Emily, coming home from a visit to her aunt. “How do you know he likes you?” her mother asked. “"Cause he tasted me and then wagged his tail,” answered the little girl. —_———__+2+—___—_ Good Enough of Its Kind. From Tid-Bits. 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