Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1895, Page 8

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Best grades Coa} and Wood for ily trade. abl Tf you suffer from foomeness of the bowels Dr. Angostura Fitters will surely cure you. AMERICAN SHOES. The Effort to Introduce Them in Ire- land a Failure. United States Corsul Taney, at Belfast, Treland, reports to the State Department that the recent effort to introduce Amer- ican shoes into that ‘market has proved a failure. “The boot and shoe men,” says Mr. Taney, “who have had any experience with American goods admit that for qual- ity and price they compare very favorably with the home-made article, but the main drawback is the difference’in style. The majority of the people require a larger Shoe than they do in the states, and they are accustomed to a’ more substantial- looking: article, with a broad heel, thick soles, short vamp and box toe. In order that the objections may be overcome, American manufecturers who desire to ex- tend their export trade upon a sound foundation should famillarize themselves with the wants of the trade before under- taking to supply the article. In time the prejudice of the people may be overcome by judicious management, just as the op- Position to mary other Ameriean articles which once prevailed is now barely per- ceptible.” —__+-e CAPT. SUMNER’S SENTENCE. Believed to Be Suspension for About Onc Year. The proceedings and findings of the court-martial in the case of Capt. Sumner of the Columbia, tried for negligence in docking his ship at Southampton, have reached the Navy Department. The offi- clals of the department refuse to state the nature of the verdict In advance of its ap- Froval by the Secretary, but It is surmised that the accused has been found guilty, and sentenced to suspension for about one year, with loss of numbers in his grade during that time. = A Business-Like Proposul. From the Boston Herald, “A good story is told of an English min- ister, who lived about seventy years ago,” said Uncle Dave. ‘We may call him Smith, and he was a bachelor. He resisted many persuasions to marry, which his friends were constantly making, until he had reached a tolerably ripe age, and he him- self began to feel the need of, or, at least, began to have new ideas of, the comfort of being nursed with woman's gentle care. Shortly after entering one of the circuits a ~ maiden lady, also of ripe years, was strong- * ly recommended to him, and his friends again urged that he would better get mar- ried, reprerenting that the lady named would not refuse to accept him, notwith- standing his eccentricities. “Do you think tho’?’ said the dominie, for he had a very perceptible lisp. “Then I'll_go and thee her." “He was as good as his word.- His ring at the door bell was answered by the serv- ng maid.- ‘Ith Mith P. within?’ briskly but calmly asked the lover. ‘Yes, sir; will you kindly walk in?’ ‘No, I thank you. Be kind enough to thay to Mith P. that I with to thpeak to fer a moment.’ Miss P. appear- ed and repcated the invitation to walk in. ‘No, thank you. I'll thoon explain my bitheneth. I'm the new Methodith preach- er. I'm unmarried. My friends think I'd better marry. They recommend you for a wife. Have you any objection?” “Why, really, Mr. Sm—' “There, don't anther now. Will call thith day week for your reply. Good day.' “On that day he appeared at the door of Miss P.'s residence. It was promptly open- yy the lady herself. ‘Walk in, Mr. Smith.” ‘Cannot, madam. I have rot time. Start on my circuit in talf an hour. Is your an- ther ready, ma'am? “Oh, do walk in, Mr. Smith.” “Can't Indeed, ma'am. Pleath anther me. Yeth or no? “Well, Mr. Smith, it is a very serious matter. I should not like to get cut of the way of Providence— “<I perfectly understand you, Mith P. We will be married thith day week. I will call at thith hour. Pleath be ready ma’am.” “He called on that day week at that hour. She was ready. They were married, and lived happily several years.” A Puzzled Mixsissippl Farmer. From the Jackson News, Last spriag Jake Ehrman was reading 2 magazine and he saw an advertisement ot some very fine corn seed. It was some kind of a “wonder,” or “Smith's prolific,” or something of the sort. But that's neither here nor there. It guaranteed that each stalk wouid produce five well-developed ears of corn and two nubbins; thit each stalk would furnish two bundles of fodder, and that after the corn and fodder were gathered, a considerable pile of sheckles could be made by selling the stalks for fire wood. Now, everybody knows that Jake always has »n ey to the main chance, and as he thought of that wonderful corn, visions of wads of “long green” to be derived from the sale of It floated before his eyes. So he invested In a bushel or so of seed. When the seed came it looked very much like any other corn, but Jake had faith. He had teu acres of the best land on his place prepared in the most scientific man- ner and highly fertilized. Then he planted the corn. It ¢ame up nicely and grew wonderfully fast. It just kept on growing, and ts still at it. In regard to the fodder and size of the stalks the predictions of the advertisement seem to be fulfilled. But the funny thing about it is, there isn’t an ear of corn in the whele ten acres. Not a one. The corn all went to stalk and leaves. One of the stalks is at Brown Brothers’ stable. It ts eighteen feet high and looks something like a fishing pole with leaves on it. But, what puzzles Jake, is how the seedmen managed to get the seed of the corn, when that variety don’t have ears on it. see eee Chicago Iden of Poker nnd Charlies Lamb. From the Chicaxo Tribune. Charles Lamb, it will be remembered, sat up all night playing poker with Miller, who was very untidy. As daylight streamed into the rocm through the shutters Lamb caught sight of Miller’s remarkably dirty hands. “Miller,” said the wit, “if dirt were trumps, what hards you'd hol E ALL EYES ON UTAH National Significance of the Political Fight in Progress. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SENATORSHIP Fair Woman May Settle the Ques- tions Under Consideration. LIVELY TIMES AHEAD Correspondence of The Evening Star. SALT LAKE CITY, September 5, 1895. Nobody in Washington need be surprised to see the well-known face of George Q. Cannon make its appearance in the United States Senate, wnen the Utah Senators are called after the state is admitted and her new Senators elected. The preparations for the election of a legislature which ts to choose United States Senators is now the chief topic here. Gubernatoriar candi- dates, senatorial candidates, legislative can- didates, aspirants for sudgeships an‘l other state offices are plentiful and active. All state officers are to be chosen at the No- vember election, and the legislature then elected will be called tegether probably as soon as the President issues his proclama- tion admitting the state, and the struggle for the senatorships begun. The fuct that each party has strong hope of capturing the legislature has produced a large and growing crop of candidates for the United States Senate. On the democratic side the Most prominent arg ex-Delegates Caine ard Rawlins. Both these men did the ter- ritory excellent service in Congress, and have a very strong personal as well as po- Htieal following. Of course, the railroad interests are not idle, and the Union Pacific candidate for the Senate on the democratic side is P. L. Williams, who has been the attorney of that road here. On the republi- can side there are more candidutes, and consequently less harmony. One of the strongest and most highly respected of the republican candidates is C. W. Ben- nett, formerly of Chicago, but for many Years a leading and active republican here. He is a “Gentile,” or non-Mormon. Judge Goodwin, the editor of the Tribune, for- merly of Nevada, but a dozen years a resident here, is also a candidate. He is not popular with the Mormons, having fired hot shot into their ranks for years; be- sides, he is making a very bitter fight against Col. Trumbo, who in his candidacy for the Senate has a cons:derable following. Arthur Thomas is also anothcr prom- iment candidate. Frank J. Cannon, who is the receutly electel delegate, is also an avowed candidate. He is a son of George Q. Cannon, the real head of the Mormon Church. In addition to these there is a well-defined belief that George Q. Cannon himself would like a seat in the Senate. He remembers, apparently not with bit- terness, but with a very distinct recollec- tion, the fact that he was refused a seat In the Housg because of polygamy, and it {s believed that he would like to round out his career with a term in the Senate, now that polygamy is a thing of the past. And it is not improbabie, as it now appears, that if the lex ture is republican Frank J. Cannon may step aside anl trans‘er to his father uae Mormon ang other support he has, and elect him. Points on Cannon's Candidacy. To those who remember Mr. @annon’s afhliations with the democrats, the sugges- tion that he may come to Washington as @ republican Senator may seem a little strange. Other things being equal, how- ever, it is natural that the Mormons should cast their lot with the republicans. They are naturally proteciionists. That great Principle was the one upon which they built up thelr prosperous community, and its prosperity in the midst of this desert has been something wonderful. Not only so, but there are other reasons why they szem likely to favor the republican party. The recent democratic legislation taking the tariff off of wool was a serious blow to them, for Utah is a great sheep and wool producing country, There was, prior to the removal of the duty on wool, no more re- lable investment here than a large flock of sheep. It was so much so that men could depend with accuracy upon always getting ready returns from investments in this line, more safe and ready than any other. But the removal of the duty on wool changed all that, and has strengthened re- Publicanism at the same time. Then, too, the repeal of the bounty on sugar was a serious blow to the Mormons. They had established a beet sugar industry, and just got it on a paying basis, and with prospect of great success, when the democratic Con- gress swooped down upon them and took the bounty away. Now sugar, by reason of the overproduction abroad, is cheaper than ever known, and they get no bounty on what they produce. This is embarrass- ing to the people whose hundreds of thous- ands of dollars were put into the beet sugar factory, and on the farmers who had look- ed forward to profit from the production of sugar beets. Beside this, the three leading men of the church, William Woodruff, Jo- seph Smith and George . Cannon, are re- publican in sentiment. The first two are outspoken republicans, and it is understood that Mr. Cannon’s sympathies and views are with the republicans, although he sat on the democratic side when a delegate in Congress. Going even further back, it is asserted that the first Joseph Smith was a protectiontst, and his writings on this sub- lect have been made use of to align the Mormons with the republican party in for- mer elections. The Mormon Question. It is not surprising, therefore, that the one question which is being asked with much anxiety here is as to the attitude of the leaders of the Mormon community, In regard to national politics. The fact that nearly two-thirds of the voters of Utah— three-fifths at least—are Mormons, or sub- ject to Mormon influence, makes this an important question. Not only so, but the Mormon influence extends far outside of Utah. There are Mormon communities all through ihe adjoining states and terri- tories. The Mormons are especially an agricultural. people, and when they have in the past found a fertile spot unoccupicd in any of the adjoining territory their policy has been to occupy it. Little bands of young men and women have been sent out, year by year, to “occupy the lend, and have done so, persistently, faithfully. The result {s that there are thousands of Mormon votes today in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. Not enough to control those states and prospective states directly, but sufficient in nearly all of them to hold the balance of power between the two great parties, to give to elther one with whom they may de- cide to cast their lot the control of the state In which they are located. The im- portance, therefore, of the attitude of the Mormons. as a body, with ‘elation to na- tional politics cannot be over estimated. While having a membership in their church organization of some 400,U00, it is so dis- tributed that, if swung as a body, it can control the senatorships of probably five states. That power which can control the election of ten United States Senators with- in the next two or four years ts one that the politiclans will not negh The Democratic Standpoint. While the democrats recognize the fact that there is a tendency in the direction of republicanism in the views and surround- irgs of the Mcrmons, they do not concede that the republicans are going to carry the coming election, or that the Mormons are I'kely te cast their lot with that party, as a class, They call attention to the fact that the early republican platform classed polygamy and slavery as “twin relics of barbarism,” that the republican party orig- inated the legislation under which the Mor- mons were not only compelled to give up polygamy, but under which many hard- ships were endured, and that the republi- cars time after time refused admittance of Utah as a state, even opposing it in the last Congress. They also point out the fact that until the last election there has been little evidence of republican strength in the territorial elections. Not only so, but there are many strong and prominent Mormons clcsely Identified with the democratic party. ‘The fight which Delegate Caine, as a demo- crat, made for the Mormons while in Con- ress Strengthened the party here, and that which Delegate Rawlins, who is not a Mor- men, but a democrat, made in last Con- 11, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. giegs, strengthened the democrats mate- rially with the Mormons as a mass. It will be remembered that Mr. Rawlins made a sharp and vigorous reply to the speech of Congressman Morse of Massachusetts, who had attacked the Mormons in the discussion of the bill for the admission of Utah. This has endeared Rawlins very much to the Mormons, and strengthened the democrats accordingly. There are others who believe, too, that the influence of the Mormons will be cast in favor of a democratic legislature at the coming election for the sake of mak- ing sure that President Cleveland will issue the proclamation admitting the state, in cese the enabling act is adopted, as it doubtless will be. Curious Phase of Woman’s Suffrage. Woman suffrage is to cut quite an im- Portant féature in the coming election in Utah, and might prove quite a serfous fac- tor in the admission of the territory as a state, and in the admission of Senators to seats in the Senate. The situation is a somewhat complicated and interesting one. Women formerly voted in Utah, but they were disfranchised severei years ago, for the purpose of making the control of polyg- amy less difficult, for all the Mormon women voted in the interests of polygamy. When the constitution for the proposed new state was framed it provided that women should have the right to vote in the new state—should have all the rights that men have, in voting, holding office, ete. This new constitution is to be voted upon at the November election, and at the same time the voters are to vote for offi- cers, a governor, members of the legisla- ture, etc., who are to assume the duties of the offices, provided the constitution is adopted and the President issues his procla~ mation making Utah a state. Curiously, it is assumed that the women have the right to vote at the election at which the Proposed constitution is to be voted upon. It is only that constitution which makes them voters if adopted, yet it is assumed that they may vote, not only on its ado) tion, but also for members of the legisla- ture, governor and other state officers, at the approaching November election. This Proposition, strange as it seems, has been submitted to the court of the territory, en United States court, and the democratic judge has decided in favor of the women. The case has been eppealed, for the sake of a final decision before the election. to the highest territorial court, and the deci- sion is now awaited with much interest. Meantime, the women are registering and preparing to vote. What the effect of this may be, either on President Cleveland’s proclamation admitting the state, or on the reception of the Senators elected by a legis- lature chosen by the aid of women’s votes under these peculiar circumstances, is hard to say. It might result in a contest of the seats of the Senators, in case either party see any advantage to be gained by it, Neither Party is Confident. To say that either of the great parties is confident of securing control of the legis- lature of Utah, and the subsequent elec- tion of United States Senators from here, would be inaccurate. To say that both are hcpeful would be true. On the whole, the democrats exhibit more confidence than do the republicans. The fact that the re- publicans have not been accustomed ta success here, except in last fall's election, adds to the confidence of the democrats, while the current belief that the vote of the Mormon women will be adverse to the republicans is another important factor in the conclusions which are reached. Be- side, all Utah is for free silver, and while there has been little in recent democratic history to encourage the silver people, there is a feeling among the friends of sil- ver that if either of the great parties Is to do anything for them their only hope is in the democracy. In addition to this, there ig aparently mote bitterness among the republicans, and more strife over the local offices and local matters. One of the most strongly-marked features of this condition grows out of the candidacy of Col. Isaac ‘Trumbo for the United States Senate. Mr. Trumbo is a native of Utah, of Mormon descent. He was formerly a resident here, but a decade or so ago transferred his res!- dence to San-Francisco, where he is said to have accumulated considerable wealth. When he saw that Utah was about to come in as a state he returned. took the most prominent and costly residence of the city, known as the ‘Amelia palace,” and an- nounced himself as a candidate for the United States Senate. He spends money lavishly, and is said to represent or to have some sort of business relation with the great Central Pacific railroad interest. His candidacy has awakened bitter hostili- ty, especially on the part of the only repub- lican paper of the city, whose editor, Judge Goodwin, is looked upon as a senatorial aspirant. This paper, the Tribune, while the only republican organ of the city, is somewhat out of harmony, not alone with the Trumbo followers, but with many of the republicans, thus adding to the compli- cations of the situation. The Women Will Settle It. It is clearly in the power of the Mormon leaders to determine whether Utah shall be republican or democratic at the coming election. They will tell you that it prob- ably lies in the hands of the women of the territory to determine the result of this election, and that the tendency among the women is toward democracy. It was the republicans who took the right to vote away from them some years ago, and it is. a democratic judge who recently decided that the women: should have the right to vote in the coming election. So, it Is as- sumed that the woman's yote may earry the new state for the democrats, and re- sult in_the election ef democratic United States Senators, But there can be no doubt of the power of the Mormon leaders to in fluence the votes ef the women. if they choose to do so, and to influence the votes of a large proportion of the men in the chureh also. No organization known to this country at the present day has been kept so thoroughly in the control of its leaders, and while there is something of a weakening of the sharply drawn lines since the disappearance of polygamy the control of the leaders is still almost absolute. This is especially ‘true with the women. There are probably 15,000 women in Utah who were plural wives, end who were put away by order of the new dispensation, which required each polygamous husband to take as his legal wife the one he first married, but to continue to support and care for the others. A beautiful “home” was erected by the church for such of the discarded wives as might need public care, but nobody has needed its shelter, so completely and thor- oughly have these men cared for and sup- Ported their ex-wives. They have given them homes, supported and cared for them, and done aJ] they could in their vehalf, and the women have loyally lived single, none of them remarrying. Those who have need- ed additional alc have had it from the church. That it is just as easy for the leaders of the church to maintain dis- cipline among both sexes as it ever was is quite apparent. The only question is whether they want to do so, and if so, on which side their decision will fall. National Importance of the Issue. With the party control of the United States Senate depending to a great extent at least upon the two additional votes which Utah will furnish when she becomes a state, it is not surprising that attention is turning from all parts of the country to this point, and the election which is to take place here in November. While the efec- ticn of Seaators does not take place at that time, the legislature which is to be chosen at that time will elect two United States Senators. The United States Senate, as matters stand today, has forty-two republi- cans, and if Dupont gets his seat will have forty-three. The democrats have thirty- seven certainly, and if you covnt Irby, Till- man and Butler with them they would have forty. The populists nave five, or, if you count Irby, Tillman and Butler with them, they have eight. The Senate, which has now eighty-eight members, will have ninety when Utah is admitted and her Senators seated. If those two Senators are republi- can and Dupont gets his seat, the republi- cans will have exactly one-half of the mem- bership, and with a probability that Jones of Nevada would vote with them on party questions generally, thus giving absolute control. If the Utah Senators are demo- cratic, a combination of the thirty-nine democrats with the populists, most of whom are inclined to co-operate with the demo- crats, would give that party control, and enable it to block any party legislation which the republican House might send to the Senate during the existence of the next Congress. So it ts not surprising that the attention of the politicians in all parts of the cvuntry ts being turned tn this direc- tion. ‘Two things are very clear. One is that the new Senators from Utah will not be populists; the other is that they will be free silver men. _——— Accidental Denth. The corontr’s jury that investigated yes- terday the death of Henry Williams found a verdict “‘that Henry Williams came to his death frem a pistol shot wound. The pistol was in the hands of William Tag- gart, and the said jury find that it was purely an accident, and that -ve attach no blame to William Taggart.” FEDERATION: OF LABOR Members Went the fewspapers to Aid in Securing ‘Eegislation. a Other Interesting aid Important B: mess Transacted gt the Meet- ing Last Night. —__ From the moment” that President Mc- Hugh let fall the gavel which called the Federation of Labor’to ‘order at its meet- ing last night to the adoption of the motion to adjourn the proceedings were full of in- terest. First in importance, perhaps, was the action taken in reference to the resolution adopted at a recent meeting of the Build- ing Trades Council by a unanimous vote, so-. liciting the active co-operation of the press of the city with the legislative committees of the federation toward securing some badly needed legislation at the hands of the incoming Congress. The subject was discussed in all its bear- ings, and it was the sentiment of all who expressed themselves on the subject that the continued aid of the newspapers was much to be desired. The following resolu- tion was passed without a dissenting voice, ell voting aye: Resolved, That we solicit the active co- operation of the press with our committee in the interest of the building trades of the District of Columbia in their efforts to have passed by the incoming Congress a bill enacting that all labor done on public buildings and improvements, whether skilled or unskilled, must be employed by the day, and no work upon any of such Public buildings and improvements shall be done by contract, and that the Commis- sioners shall be required to pay the max- imum rate of wages prevailing in the re- spective trades in the Disirict of Columbia, and limiting the hours of labor to eight hours per day; also a bill looking to the protection of District mechanics in the con- Struction of proper scaffolding. Stage Employes Complain. Something of a breeze was created by the complaint of the delegates from the As- sembly of Theatrical Stage Employes that, while it has now been about a year since they were locked out of Allen’s Opera House on account of the avowal of their union principles, during which time they have had no work in that line, and although they have frequently complained to the federation of the condition in which they were placed by their own action, their complaints have been practically ignored by the federation, which has not accorded to the matter anything like the considera- tion the subject is, in their opinion, entitled to. The delegates also asked that the at- tention of the various organizations repre- sented in the federation be called by their respective delegates to the matter. A number of speeches were made on the subject, and the speakers generally con- ceded that the federation has been censur- able for its course in the matter, and the representatives of the theatrical employes were assured that they could depend upon better treatment for the future. The theatrical employes also reported that the interior work on the new Lafayette Square Opera House 2$ being done by non- union men, and they’asked that the name of Mr. Albaugh, the manager, be placed cn the unfair st. The*federation declined to grant this, but appointed a special com- mittee to call on Mr. ‘Afbaugh and see if he will not give his work’ to union men. The committee on lapor bureau reported that they have not yet completed the de- talls for the management of the bureau. It was also stated that'‘some subscriptions have been received. "Me members of the federation were reaifested to bring the matter to the attentign’ of their respective organizations, and to ‘request their co- operation in making tye enterprise a suc- cess. : Agalnst Prof. Fanctulli. The plasterers repogted unofficially that at their last meeting they passed resolu- tions declaring that ‘#0 long as Prof. Fan- ciulli is leader of the Marine Band they. will not employ fhe bang; also requesting all labor organizations to.indorse their action In the matter and’ further declar- ing that as members of a society of or- ganized labor they seriously object to Prof. Fanciulli as the leader of the band and pledgiig themselves to do all in. their power to induce the Secretary of the Navy to remove Prof. Fanciulli from the place he now occupies and to give the position to some ‘one who is more in sympathy with organized labor. The cigar makers reported that they have recently been making an active cam- paign against non-union made cigars; a large number of local organizations having been visited and the matter explained to the members. As r result a large num- ber of members of the societies of organ- ized labor have pledged themselves to not patronize any tobacconist who docs not sell cigars made by union men. The dele- gates also distributed a card, bearing the names of thirty-three manufacturers in Washington and two in Alexandria, who employ union men exclusively and asked that they be patronized by the members of the federation. The Laundry Workers. A communication was read from the Laundry Workers’ Assembly, asking that the members of organized labor societies shall exclusively patronize laundries which employ American labor. It was ordered that in future the con- | tract committee of the federation act in conjunction with the similar committee of D. A., Nu. 66, in the matter of making con- tracts which are of interest to both organi- zations. The newly elected delegates from the Bricklayers’ Union, laundry workers, elec- trical workers and stage employes were admitted and obligated. The meeting ¢alled for last night to take steps looking toward securing a repre- sentative of organized labor in the board of school trustees was so poorly attended that no attempt was made to transact any busi- ness. Building Trades’ Council, Owing to the fact that the members gen- erally were unaware of the fact that the place of meeting of Building Trades’ Coun- efl had been changed from Typographical Temple to Costello's Hall, the attendance was smaller than usual. In the absence of both the president and vice president, Mr. Willlam Silver of the Granite Cutters’ Union was called to the chair. The recent- ly elected delegates from Bricklayers’ Union and Painters’ Assembly were ad- mitted and obl'gated. The council approv- ed the action of the federation in placing the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home ratlway and its branches on the unfair list, and passed a resolution réquesting all affiliated trades to take similar action. Naval Veterans’ Election The Naval Veterans’ Association at Louisville last pight elected officers for the ensuing year. The time and place for the next annual meéiing was left to the discretion of the néwly elected officers. The following were .the offizers elected: Rear admiral, Samuel-Aiman of New York; commodore, BE. C, Farquhar, Zanesville, Ohio; captain, George /Fritschner, Louts- ville; cémmander, W. J. Ferguson, Phila- delphia, lieutenant commander, E. D. Bliss, Brooklyn; senior lieutenant, D. B. Unday, Rockford, I; junior. Neutenant, James Stanley, New York; fleet surgeon, Thomas G. Henry, Cincinnatf; paymaster, E. F. Dustin, Providence, Ri; fleet engineer, C. Seavy, Chicag judge advocate, Gen. Charles’ Cawley, Chicago; chaplain, Rev. A. S. McWilliams, Detroit. ‘There was a great deal of complaint made by the comrades or shipmates, owing to the fact that the date and place for-hold- ing the next encampment was left to the newly elected admiral. —— os ——— Marriage Licenses, Murrlage licenses Rave been issued to the following: Frank Simpson of Linden, Md., and Grace Jones of this city; Hugi M. Cline and Anna Hines; William Boggett and Elizabeth Haslett, both of Alexandria, Va.; Geo. A. Haines and Laura V. Mat- thews, both of Staunton, Va.; Charles R. Chichester and Vasht! E. Hubbard; Claude F. Moyer and Jennie V. Anderson; John F. Ross and Mary C. Palmer; William M. Walles and Ida A. Bartlett; James Payne and Annie Chiek. AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA e UNIFIED ITALY Hearing in the Oase of the Stolen Gambling | Ita Twenty-fifth Anniversary to Be Osle- Machines. Nelson Released on Bail—Other Inter- esting Notes From Down the River. The preliminary hearing of John C. Nel- son, charged with robbing the county court house on North Columbus street of a lot of gambling parephernalia, which was taken at his place opposite Georgetown in @ raid some weeks ago, came up at noon yesterday before Justice Joseph S. Beach and lasted until after 3 o'clock. Mr. John H. Green represented the prisoner and Com- Mmonwealth’s Attorney Marbury conducted the prosecution. Fifteen witnesses were ex- amined, the stuff captured at the second raid on Nelson & Foster's place was pro- duced in court and an effort made to prove that it was the same stuff which had been stored in the old court house, but none of the witnesses could positively identify it. The evidence against Nelson is purely cir- cumstantial, though some of ft appears quite conclusive. Justice Beach bailed the prisoner in the sum of $500 for his appear- ance before the grand jury. Articles Recovered. Some weeks ago Lieut. Smith was noti- fied by Miss Ewing, on upper Prince street, of the loss of a fine violin. He found it for her in a few days and tried to discover who the thief could be. Yesterday he was noti- fied of the loss of a silver card receiver, which they had just missed, and the Heu- tenant soon had that in his possession. He suspected a negro boy employed at the house and his suspicions are evidently well founded, as the boy has skipped. He will be arrested on sight. Brought Home for Burial. The body of Mrs. Nettie Lockehead, who died of typhoid fever in Washington sev- eral days ago, was brought here yesterday and interred. She was a sister of Mr. Geo. Petty of this city, and had many friends here, who recollect her before her marriage and removal to Washington. Spoken of for Congre: It is said that ex-Mayor Herry Strauss will make a fight for the congressional romipration. Should Mr. Meredith decline a ret omination, the friends of Mr. R. Walton Mccre of Fairfax will prees him for the po- sition, but Mr. Strauss is very ambitious, and should tke rumor be true, there is but Uttle doubt that he will make a desperate struggle. Mayor’s Court. Mayor Thempson had a slim docket be- fcre him this morning, only two cases com- ing up for trial. Doc Baltimore, a negro bootblack, was charged by Harry McIntosh, a baggage wagon driver, with disorderly conduct and interfering with his affairs. he was fined $1. Edward Julius and An. drew Jackson (both colored) were charged by Frank Bell with assaulting him at a camp meeting at Franconia. They were turned over to the county authorities. Notes. Mr. James R. Caton has returned from a trip through the north. Mrs. William Wood of South St. Asaph street is reported fll. Mr. William Wod of upper King street lost a little daughter last night with typhoid fever. ‘he county authorities have expended about $2,000 putting the roads in order in the past month. William Bryant, a negro who escaped from the chain gang in this city several weeks ago, is reported to have been killed by a train near Pittsburg recently. It is understood that Private Charles H. Appich of the Light Infantry will be ap- pointed quartermaster sergeant, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. W. H. F. Beckham. The next session of the Virginia Theo- Jogical Seminary will begin on the. 26th inst. Students will begin to arrive in a few days. The rumor that the third regiment of Virginia volunteers will accompany Gov- ernor O’Ferrall to the Atlanta exposition on Virginia day, October 23, cannot be veri- fied. —__ _—_ THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS. Mr. Thomas’ Opinion as to the Rule Regarding Watchmen. The attorney for the District, to whom was referred the resolution of the North- east Washington Citizens’ Association for a legal expression of the Commissfoners’ powers to compel the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to maintain watchmen at all its crossings, holds in an opinion rendered yesterday afternoon that the Commissioners are powerless in the mat- ter. His opinion in full is as follows: “I have considered the resolution of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Associa- tion, that you require the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to ‘keep compe- tent watchmen at all its grade crossings all the time,’ which you referred to me for opinion whether or not you may require this company to keep watchmen at any or all of its highway crossings. “As a general rule, in the absence of statutory requirements, a railroad com- pany is not bound to keep flagmen at high- way crossings. “A traveler upon a highway, when ap- proaching a railway crossing, ought to make use of his senses of sight and hear- ing to avoid collision. The tracks of a railroad intersecting a highway at grade is itself a warning and a proclamation of danger, which the traveler should heed. He must exercise care commensurate with the impending danger at a crossing. “A railroad company is bound to use every reasonable precaution to prevent in- jury to travelers on the highway. “The only pretense of authority for such a police regulation would be section 2 of the joint resolution of Congress, February 26, 1892 (7 Stat., 894), authorizing the Commissioners to make police regulations for the protection of life and limb. But the Supreme Court of this District has rendered that source of power very doubt- ful by holding (in re Sullivan, 21 Dist. Col. Rep., 139,) that the reference in the joint resolution to the act of Congress of Janu- ary 26, 1887 (2d Stat., 359), has the effect to make the classes of regulations provided for by that act illustrations of what is meant in the resolutions by regulations. In other words, that the regulations made under section 2 of the joint resolution must be of the classes provided for in the act of 1887. As railroad crossings were not provided for jn the latter act, the joint resolution, as long as Sullivan’s case stands unreversed, cannot be relied upon as sup- porting a regulation requiring steam rail- road companies to have flagmen at their grade crossings. “In my judgment, you cannot require the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to aoe watchmen at any or all of its cross- ngs.” = —_—.—_- The Suit Dixmisned. In the case of James T. Summers against William A. Richards, in which the com- plainant prayed that the sale of his prop- erty under a deed of trust to secure the payment of a note for $18,000, be restrained, and in which Judge Cox last week granted a temporary restraining order, the court today dissolved the order and dismissed the bill, The complainant charged that Mr. Richards assumed charge of the business, that of dealing in sand, but, by incompe- tent management, seriously crippled it. In his answer to the suit Mr. Richards to- day denied having failed to properly and carefully conduct the business, and charged that but for the bad habits of the complainant himself all would have been well. Every charge made by the com- plainant was denied, and Mr. Albert Sillers, his counsel, joined in the motion of Mr. Richards’ attorneys, Messrs. John C. Fay and W. C. Prentiss, that the restraining order be dissolved and the suit dismissed, ——— The Hat Pin Extracted. Horace White, who had the unusual ex- perience of having a lady's hat pin thrust into his body, is now freed from that un- comfortable bit of steel. Yesterday Dr. Louis Kolipinski found the end of the pin and extracted it. It was thought at first that the withdrawal of the steel might induce internal hemorrhages, but such proved not to be the case, and as soon as the tiny wound heals Mr. White will be as well as ever. brated in This City. A Parade and Banquet by the Italian Residents—Baron Fava to Review the Line. ‘The twenty-fifth anniversary of the unifi- cation of Italy will be celebrated in this city én the 20th instant by the Italian colony. This event will be under the al- rection of the Benevolent Society Unione Fratellanza Italiana, which has invited the Baribaldi Society 2nd the Italian colonists at large to join in making the occasion one worthy of the event, which they regard as of great importance to the glory of their fatherland. Features of the Celebration. A street parade, a reception by the Ital- ian ambassador and a grand banquet in the evening constitute the main features of the celebration. The day will be begun with a parade, which is to form on the southwest corner of Pennsylvania averiue and 9th street at 9 o'clock on the 20th inst, All the members of the Italian colony in this city, numbering, it is said, about 5,000, are invited to be present at the place of forming the parade and to take part in the festivities. They will all be provided with badges. A band of music will be on hand to head the column, which will proceed tc the residence or other place to be desig- nated by Baron Fava, the Italian minister. Baron Fava, on leaving Washington for the summer, gave up the handsome houce tn which he had his residence, and it is not yet known where he will be located on his return. He will reach Washington on the 19th instant and will then make known where he will receive the paraders. Baran Fava will receive the members of the Itallan colony here, and it is expected he will address to them some patriotic remarks fitting to the occasion. The Line of March. The line of march will be from the cor- ner of Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street east to the Peace monument, thence north to Indiana avenue, west via Indiana and Louisiana avenues to 5th street, north to F street, west to 15th street, north to Penn- sylvania avenue, west past the White House, and thence to the place to be desig- rated by the Italian ambagsador for the reception of the paraders. The committee on arrangements is com- of the following: Angelo Ghiselli, president of the Benevolent Society Unione Fratellanza Italiana; F. Sanfellipo, chair- man; F. 8. Gulli, M. Laurenzi, J. Arancio and V. Giovanett). Mr. G. Gatto will act as marshal and Mr. O. Vitali assistant marshal of the parade. A committee will wait upon the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia during the present week to invite them to the banquet to be given on the evening of the 20th instant, and also to take part in the parade, and in case of their acceptance of the latter invitation, carriages will be provided for them, as for all specially invited guests. Others who are to be given special invitations to take part in the festivities are Carlo F. Eysman, Italian consul in this city; Professor R. Fava of Columbian University, son of the Italian ambassador; Maj. Moore, P. Schiaf- fino, Italian consul at Baltimore, and rep- resentatives of the press in this city, as well as of La Stella D’ Italia, the organ of the Italiano colony in Baltimore. Four Italian societies of Baltimore will be rep- resented In the parade by committees, at fellows: Societa Cristoforo Colombo. Benev- olent Society Unione Fratellanza Italiana of Baltimore, Societa F. Crispi, Societa Croce Bianca. The banquet will be given in Freund's Hall by the resident society to the societies of other cities, and specially invited guests. Speeches fitting the occasion will be made, and the event will be made memorable. The officers of the Benevolent Society Unione Fratellanza Italiana, which has taken the lead in celebrating the twenty- fifth anniversary of Italian unification, are A. Ghiselli, president; S. Desio, vice presi- dent; G. Pessagno, corresponding secretary; F. Rallo, financial secretary; A. Pavarini, D. Cristofani, V. Giovanetti, trustees; L. Simi, treasurer; G. Arancio, vice treasurer. —_— . LOWER DEATH RATE. - Reports to the health department for the past week show a <ontinued improvement in the health of the city. The deaths in the week before last were 111 and during last week they numbered 5. The death rate fell from 21.41 to 17.08, and the decrease in mortality amourted to over 14 per cent. The absence of contagious diseases in viru- lent form, which has prevailed during the summer mcnths, was still manifest, there having been but one death from diphtheria and two from whooping cough reported. Otherwise the hygienic conditions of the city present an encouraging pkase so far as to lead to expectation of a healthy fall season. —__—_ ‘Women Marrying Their Juniors. From the New York Times. A late conversation between a number of women chanced to fall upon the common occurrence of women marrying their jun- jors. It was remarked that these mar- riages were almcst invariably happy ones. One of the group ventured the opinion that the reason for this lay in the wisdom gain- ed with years by the wife, and in the knowledge thus attained as to how to man- age her husband. Another thought that a man always wanted his wife to “mother’ him, and was best satisfied when she did, while she was naturally satisfied by his satisfaction. A third was sure that to take care of others was a weman’s true voca- tion and the secret desire of her heart, and that this calling was most entirely en- tered upon when the selfishness of extreme youth was past, and when the husband was younger than herself. Whatever the cause, the fact remains that of all these matches, which do seem to be made in heaven, almost all make a little heaven here below. One of the talkers contributed her quota to the stories of remarkable differences in years between man and wife. A one-time bishop of Maryland, she said, married a woman who had been one of his mother’s bridesmaids, and who- had made his own christening robe. He was so devotedly at- tached to her that, when she died from ex. treme old age, he mourned her memory, with no thought of filling her place all the rest 6f his hfe. Scandal in High Life. From the Chicago Times-Herald. “Have you heard the scandal?” asked the girl in the hammock. “No; what is it?” exclaimed the girl in the reclining chair, interestedly. “One of the regulation divorce cases?” “Oh, no,” returned the girl in the ham~ mock. “It is in the real swagger set." “Norsense.”” iy “Yes, it is. It concerns Reginald Devon- shire.” “You surprise me!’ exclaimed the girl in the chair. “I never heard a breath of scan- dal involving him or his wife.” “I know it,” replied the girl in the ham- mock. “But it has come at last, and it’s such a plebeian affair, too—absolutely com- mon.”* “And he was such an aristocrat.” “That's what makes it so extraordinary.” “Married her for her money, too, didn’t he?” “So every one thought.” that’s not so very terrible after It’s not such an uncommon thing in all. the swagger set.” “Oh, but you don’t understand,” explained the girl in the hammock. so unusual except—except- “Except what?” “Why, he is in love with his wife.” “Gracious, how terrible! How can they ever expect to maintain their social position at Newport?” ———__+-e+. Harrison Millard Dead. - Harrison Millard, the composer, died yes- terday ir New York. He wrote over 1,000 songs, the most pcpular of which were “Waiting,” “When the Flowing Tide Comes In,” “Under the Daisies,” and “The Flag of the Sca.” le also composed thirty-five masses for the Catholic Church, He was a veteran of the war. It might not be PROTECT BABY, Dangers Peculiar Early Fall Weather. Extreme Liability to Bad Intes- tinal Trouble, Lactated Food Should Be Used in September, to Child's Digestion Left Weak By Hot Summer. Peril of Sudden Change in Fall to Ordi- nary Diet. Mothers should remember that the baby bad e hari fight through all these hot days and nights of summer, Even if your baby has so far resisted the preva- Jent fatal disorders, cholera infantum and diarrhoea its strength and power of digestion has certainly been much weakened. It will take but little to overturn its stomach and precipitate an attack of the deeaded cholera infantum. This is the history of so many fatalities among infants in September. -Prudent mothers will take the advice of physi- clans and continue to make lactated food baby's regular diet. The carly fall weather is as perilous as the worst month of summer. There are ex- treme changes in temperature; the return home from the seashore or country brings new conditions in baby's surroundings that it is not easily accus- tomed to. Physicians know that the food of chil- dren must be most carefully watched while haby is getting used to fall weather. There is security from diarrhoea and from faulty nutrition in lac- tated food. Bables and young children always de- velop a strong appetite when fed on this best of all infant foods. Lactated food encourages under-fed babies to take a proper amount of nourishment. The difficulty and the prime importance of aroasing such a healthy desire for food has not for an in- stant been left out of sight in the preparation of lactated food. Lactated food solves the problem of keeping very young children well nourished at all seasons. Bables often hecome so weakened by faulty outri- tion that they grow listless, hard!y hold up thelr heads and take little notice of things about them. ‘Time and time again has lactated food been civen to these little pining infants to the immense grati- fication of parents. It takes but a short time for the splendid food to brighten the dull eyes and to make a romping, noley, plump baby, that was but & ttle while before a thin, pitiable, white-faced child and a source of extreme unxiety to its pa- rents. ‘Thousands of homes ate today freed from the @read of cholera infantum and such wasting dis- eases of childhood by Inctated food. Countless mothers now sleep soundly, knowing their precious charges are safe. Lactated food fully meets every need of growing children. It ls a perfect substitute for mother's milk—sngar of milk is the basis of both. Children weaned or deprived of breast ilk grow steadily and keep strong and well on an ex- clusive diet of lactated food. It brings them safely through the teething period and makes them de- velop strong bones and a robust constitution. No mother with a sickly child should delay putting it on a diet of lactated food. It means a vigorous child In the place of a -weakling. Ladies, Attention. Early Fall Sale Of our new end selected Fall Gioeks, Suits, Cloth, Plush and For Capes, lasting until our regu- lar fall opening. We offer all our goods during this sale ai he Hudson Bay 32.42, ss CLOAK . ma MARTIN WOLF, renmeer It ansbeiy had told us that every one of those #: Lounges would be sold before 11 o'clock Monday morning we should have laughed at the idea; but it's a FACT—whole rows of them are walling to be delivered— GONE-every last one of them. In order that you may not be disappointed we have taken 35 High-back Lounges that were reduced to $8 for this week only and cut the Lounges—solld oak frames— beautifully upholstered in a variety of shades. Be quick—or THEY'LL be gone. —— CASH OR High back—bean- titul design—a feast while they last at HS $1.50 (Cost us more than that.) QUR ver Carpets are _bere—one whole double floor full of them— the newest colorings and patterns. Brussels Carpet, 50c. per yard—Ingrain Carpet, 35c. per yard. [ZAI carpet made and laid tree of cost—no charge for waste in matching figures. Get anything you necd—pay when you please—weekly or monthly— no notes—po interest. GROGAN’S Mammoth Credit House, 4, 819-821-823 7th st. n.w., bet. H and I sts g seSS4d Gray Hair A thi of the past when Nattans’ Crystal Dis- covery Fis used. Guaranteed to restore 7 or feded hair to i's natural color in 3 to 1 a positively not a dye. Stops the hair from ing out, arrests dandruff and makes the nicest d for the bair one can use. No potson No ment. No steins. Price, $1. ‘Trial size, KOLB aoe SOLE oo. cet} ST. N.W. Sent, express prepal fo any the conntry on receipt of price. ~ ja26-tf LONDON. 8 . PALMER‘! — FALL MILLINERY PENING, SEPTEMBER 11 AND 12, 1898. Latest styles of Puris and London Hats and Bonnets. se10-2t® 1108 F st. n.w., Washington, D. C.