Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES THE EPISCOPALIANS ——EE Primary Diocesan Convention to Meet Tomorrow. HEN ra) OF FOR BISHOP Parliamentary and Legal Questions to Arise. —— ONFERENCE TONIGHT Few religious bodies have ever met in this city in which so much local interest has been felt as there is in the gathering of Episcopal clergy and laymen which be- ins its sessions tomorrow at St. Andrew's Church as the primary convention of the new diocese of Washington. ‘The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church which met at the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church a couple of years ago, it is true, had before it for considera- tion the famous Briggs heresy case, which attuacted national attention, but there was no subject discussed on the floor that so vitally affected a large section of the com- munity as the principal matter of business that will come before the diocesan conven- ticn in the election of a bishop to preside over the church here. Although the newest dlocese in the country, the general feeling is that it will not be many years before the diocese of Washington comes to be recog- nized as one of the most important in the United States. The establishment of the Episcopal Cathedral in this city will lend to its dignity, and the very fact of this city being the capital of the nation has led churchmen gererally to the feeling that one of the ablest men in the church should be secured to preside over the destinies of the new charge. Tonight's Conference. The conference of the delegates to the con- vention which will be held at Trinity Church tonight is expected to have an important effect upon the deliberations of the body which meets in regular session tomorrow. So far there has been no general interchange ot views among the gentlemen who will compose the convention upon the important questions to be presented to it other than in the way of casual conversation, brief correspondence, or meetings of a few of the delegates who have appeared to have made utp their minds as to what course should be Dr. Elliot. pursued in epproaching the matters that will come up for corsideration. Tonight's conference, however, will be of a general character, and the attendance will not be confined to ary one set of delegates holding similar views on the subject, but will be in the nature of a preliminary gathering of all the members of the convention, and when it is concluded, it is thought, it will be easy for all concerned to understand pre- cisely what is the sentiment of their col- leagues regarding the business before them. ‘The matter to be considered tonight, as set cut in the call for the conference, is the wisdom of introducing into the organic law of the new diocese the following features: 1. The laity to be represented on the stand- ing committee. 2. The laity to have a concurrent vote with the clergy in the election of a bishop, the two orders balloting separately. %. The election of a bishop to be deter- mined by a majority of the votes of the clergy and a majority of the votes of the laity. It is sald that probably no religious body of its character was ever confronted with such Celicate questions as that which will ccnvene here tomorrow. Might Invalidate the Election. A vast amount of responsibility will rest upcn the delegates, because an error of Judgment in determining the questions aris- ing may affect the validity of the election of a bishop, which is to follow after they are disposed of. The present organic law of the Episcopal Church provides that when a law affecting the diocese is sought to be changed, the proposition embracing it must be made at a diocesan convention which Is posed of delegates from each of the parishes in the diocese, and that it must then b submitted to each parish for sep- arate action, When the parishes have ¢ rressed their desires on the subject of the change or changes proposed, the must be reported to another dioc vention, which may approve or disappro of the matter as it sees fit. A number of the delegates believe that the new diocese has the power to enact organic e laws for its own government at once, and declare that majority rule should be adopted in place of the two-thirds rule prescribed by the Maryland constitution. A great many others, however, who are con- scientiously desirous of doing only that which will receive the approval of the high- er bodies of the copal Church, while they do not object to the majority rule in any sense, are opposed to the convention tampering with the law as {t stands, be- cause of the possibility that such action might be afterward declared invalid. it fs recalled that when the diocesan convention met in this city last spring and had to determine the question of dividing the diocese of Maryland into two dioceses rumors were rife for many days preceding the convening of the body that its mem- bers were torn into sundry factions by the widely diverging views held upon the sub- ject they were to consider. It was de- clared with positiveness that almost ‘or- ed of autherity that the Washington dele- gates were all at sea regarding the qnes- tion of division, and the delegates from Baltimore and some other parts of Mary- land came down to Washington expecting to see a disorganized and discontented set ef Washingtorians and to find before them Dr. Lindsay. tedious and difficult work in settling the question at issue. A conference similar to that which will be held tonight was held just preceding the convention last sprin and when the delegates got to- gether and talked over the matter of di- ing the diocese it was found that little iction existed, and before the con- ference adjourned even this had been sat- torily overcome. It is hoped by many that tonight's gathering may have much the same effect upon the convention that begirs tomorrow. It is prot that if a strong minority appears in favor of chan ing the organic law the whole question will yustponed for a 1 convention to con- but at the present writing the im- sion seems to prevail in well-informed arters that the convention will proceed to the election of a bishop under the two- thirds rule, and that all controversial mat- ters will be either smoothly settled or post- voned fur a future convention to settle. It is usually pessible in advance of a con- vention to make a reasonably good guess as to the outcome of an election, but in the present case it is anything but an easy task to say who stands the best chance of being chosen as the first bishop of Washington. Three local ministers and one other who was formerly here and is well known in this city have been prominently mentioned in connection with the new office. They are Rey. Dr. R. H. McKim, rector of the Dr. Mackay-Smith. Church of the Epiphany; Rev. Dr. John H. Eliot, rector of the Church of the Ascen- sion; Rey. Dr. Mackay Smith, rector of St. John’s, and Rev. Dr. John S. Lindsay, now the rector of §t. Paul's Church, Boston, but formerly of St. John’s Church, George- town. In addition to these, some promi- nence has been given recently to the name of Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, the rector of Trinity Church, New York city. While the names of these five ministers are about the only ones mentioned in ad- vance of the conventton, it is not at all cer- tain that any one of them can receive the two-thirds vote of the clergy and laity which is necessary to an election if the Maryland rule prevails. In the opinion of a number of active churchmen who have taken a deep interest in the coming con- vention it is more than likely that the choice will fall upon a “dark hors: In case the two-thirds rule prevails, however, the convention might adjourn without electing a bishop. In that event the standing committee would be the exec- utive head of the diocese, though it would probably call upon the bishop of some hear-by diocese to perform the necessary functions of a bishop during the interim, pee as the rite of confirmation and the like. Of the three local ministers who are men- tioned as possibie candidates, all are so weil known that little need be said of them now. They are the rectors of three of the wealth- jest and most influential churches in the city, and it is generally agreed that any one of them would make an acceptable bishop. Dr. Elliot and Dr. McKim are both southern men and the latter was rector of Christ Chureh, Alexandria, at one time, and after- ward was rector of a church in New Or- leans. Dr, Elliot has been the rector of the Church of the Ascension ever since it was first Luiit and has taken a prominent place in local matters at different times. He is a slender, scholarly looking man with very considerable dignity and grace of manner. All three men are in the prime of life. which is a good deal in their favor, for the estab- lishmeft of a new diocese is by no means an task. Dr. Mackay Smith is generally regarded as one of the finest pulpit orators in the city. He is a man of independent means outside of his salary, and it is said (hat all that he receives from his church he ut once tu:ns back to be used for chur -h purposes. Dr. McKim is als» general, upposed to be i ded as some- y at first, he ideal will pitality It is, probable that the new diocese will be able to pay its bishop a salary ef abcut $5,000, but he will not be provided, for the present at least, with an eriscopal residence, as is done in most of the older diocese Rey. Dr. Lindsay was born in Virginia and educated at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, at the University of Virginia and at the Episcopal Theological Seminary will be in a position where be expected of him in the w and entertainment. of Virginia. His first parish was in his na- tive state, followed by a charge in Wash- ington. While here he was chaplain of the House of Representatives of the Forty- eighth Congress. Subsequently he was call- ed to a parish in Connecticut, and in 1889 he went to Boston as rector of St. Paul's, suc- ceeding the Rev. Dr. Courtney, who had Leen called to the bishopric of Nova Scotia. Dr, Lindsay was elected, while in W ington, to the bishopric of Easton. in Mary land, but the office was declined. Sybse- quently he was elected assistant bishop of Alabama, and this, too, was declined. Dr. Lindsay was a deputy from Massachusetis to the general conference at the last ses- sion at Minneapolis, as well as to the pre- ceding session. He is now president of the standing committee of the Massachusetts diccese. Other Candidates. ‘Two other men have been mentioned as candidates for the bishopric within the past two or three da3s. They are Rev. Dr. Wm. E. Vibbert of New York and Rey. Dr. J. H. Johrson of Detroit. They are both regarded as typical high church men, and now on the eve of the convention It begins to look _as though there might be a test of Dr. R. H. McKim. strength during the tween the high chu’ factions. The former minorit but a Star r understand this afternoor ty is by no means as 31 thought. This question of the relative strength of the two factions Is likely to come up when the convention considers whether or nut it comes into being under the constitution of Maryland, or whether it is free to adopt its own course of procedure. It is said that te high church men will command a suffl- cient number of votes to act as the party of obstruction if they see fit. In other words, with a two-thirds vote necessary to a choice, they can, it is claimed, muster up at least’a third, and can prevent the elec- tion of any candidate whom they do not see fit to favor. Minority Candidates. A prominent minister said to a Star re- porter this afternoon that the names of the three men, Dr. Lindsay, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Vibbert had been fixed upon in a cau- cus of the minority held last evening, and that in his opinion they were likely to fight for one of the three to the end. Which will receive their support in convention wil: probably depend upon which one seems likely to command the greatest number of yotes from the other factiog in case of a compromise. With one thing and an- other the sessions which begin tomor- row will be fraught with a good deal of inter It is more than likely that a merry parfiamentary war will be started when it comes to the election of a standing committee, for it is then that the question Whether a two-thirds vote or a majority vote is needed. This will probably precipi- tate the question of the constitution. ——— Unsound Mind A colored man named William H. West was a prisoner in the Police Court today because he was found loitering about Ben- ning last night. Policeman Boland arrested the man because he had no means of sup- port and he also thought the man was of unsound mind. His conduct in court this morning indicated that his mind is probably affected. Judge Kimball managed to get from him the fact that he is from Mary land, and that he came from Montgomery county. It is thought that he came here on a farm wagon and got lost when he started to walk home. He was held for examina- tion. next few days be- nd the low church is, of course. in the porter Was given to hat the minori- all as is generally ss Two highwaymen, armed with pistols, held up Augustus Dominico, a cigar manu- facturer, on Cranberry street, near Willow, New York, at 5:40 yesterday morning and robbed him of $20, LIBRARY NEEDS Special Report From Mr. Spofford Sent to Congress. A PLAN OF REORGANIZATION —_-_ +. Bureau of Copyrights and the Ar- rangement of the Books. + NEW BUILDING THE A special report from Mr. A. R. Spofford, the Iibrarian of Congress, made in accord- ance with a provision in the legislative, ex- ecutive and judicial appropriation bill which became a law last March, was presented to the Senate this afternoon. The librarian was required to make at the next regular session of Congress “a full report touching a complete recrganization ot the Library of Congress and whether a separation of the law library from the remaining portion Is desirable in view of the completion of the rew lbrary building.” The report sets forth in some detail as is stated for the information of Congress the facts involved in the growth of the Hbrary from 70,000 volumes in 1864 to 725,000 in 1895, j during which period the library has been under the charge of Mr. Spofford. He re- fers to the enactment of the statute of 1870, which changed the system of copyrights, so that all the original records of copyrights in all the states were transferred to Wash- ington and all records of copyright entry were from that time kept in the office of the Mbrariar of Congress. He said that this measure, while a great step in the direction of improved and efh- cient working of the copyright system, brought the librarian of Congress greatly in- creased labor and responsibilities. It added to the duties of the librarian, previously limited to the*library itself, an extens bureau of details. Il this increase duties, as well as the adfitions m: library, were interfered with by the neces- sity of occupying the narrow and alread: overcrowded space set apart for the library. The report refers to the earnest appeals made to Congress for additional room, be: ning in 1872. He states that during the few years the number of new publications of all kinds actually received has reached from 000 Lo nearly 100,060 an The report sets forth a ha plan of o be carried out when the y is installed in the new building. he report refers to the ample room pro- vided in the new building the copy- ed right publications and to the space allo to the various features of the as the reading recm and the facilities for handling the books expediticusly. Librarian's Many Duties. The report then discusses the subject of the reorganization of the force employed in the library, and gives a brief summary of the extent of the duties involved in the administration of the library and the copy right department. “The librarian,” the re- port states, “is charged with two wholly distinct functions. One as librarian of Con- gress, the other as register of copyrights. In the first capacity he must act as the custodian, the protector, the eniarger and, to a considerable extent, the interpreter of the great collection ccnfided to his charge. His daily duties involve the direction of all assistants, the furnishing of books and in- formation to Congress and to readers fre- quenting the library, the special researches incident to that duty, the increase of the library through the searching of anction catalogues and other book lists, the orders sent to agents or booksellers in the United States and in Europe, the acknowledgment of all books and pamphlets presented, the otders or receivals of subscriptions to many periodicals, the adjustment and pay- ment of bills and of salaries, the answering of numerous letters of inquiry on many subjects, of constant applications for em- ployment, the supervision of the cata- logue system of the library, the final re- vision of titles and the decision of doubt- ful cases, the arrangement or rearrange- ment ef portions of the library, constantl going on, the selection of books, pam phlets and pertodicals for binding’ or re- pairs, the scrutiny of all title letterings re- turned from the bindery, to correct errors, the purchase of stationery consumed, the provision of reom for outside storage of the library overflow, the time consumed in personal interviews and in extending the courtesies of the library to foreigners and other visitors, and a multiplicity of other details too numerous for mention here. Add to this the records of books drawn out and returned by both houses of Con- gress and other officials entitled to that privilege, with the constant vigilance re- quired to protect the collection from de pletion through violation of its by-lay and some idea may be fermed of the ried functions of ‘he Ubrarian charged with all these responsibilities. “The other branch of the librarian’s du- ties, the sistry of all copyrights granted to citizens of the United States and to for- elgrers, requires an additional amount of daily labor which is by itseif sufficient to employ all the time and energies of ene man, however willing or competent he may be. He is required to deal dsily with a correspondence amounting to 40,000 to oco letters a year, to read and dictate re- plies to all inquiries submitted, to keep flaily record of all fees received and to turn them Into the treasury without re- bate, annually to make entry of about 40,000 publications by their titles, to sign with his own hand copyright certificates for at least half that number, to keep up constantly an index of copyright entries by authors and publisners and by sub, (though not prescribed by law), to recelve for deposit nearly 100,600 copyright publi- cations of all classes every year, to siamp, register and file away all this mass of ma- terial, which must also be credited in the copyright ledgers and upon the index, to sign receipts for all such publications when requested, to furnish certified copies under seal of numerous entries where required by parties to suits involving copyright prop- erty, to produce for examination the orig- inal. publication deposited, to devote time to judicial examinations, cross-examina- tions and affidavits whenever his testimony is required, to institute dally searches in his records and in those of the District courts in order to fix the time of expira- tion of all copyrights, to prepare and to - print @ constantly increasing series of forms of instruction and information to applicants for copyright, to determine daily, in a large proportion of the applica- tions, whether the article presented is or is not a lawful subject of copyright, to furnish weekly to the printer a full cata- logue of the publications deposited, to as- sign to each assistant in the copyright bu- reau his special labor, and so to organize the work as to reduce its arrears to a min- imum, to take personally upon himself in many cases the examination of records and transcripts to avoid mistakes, and to re- spond to all comers seeking information as to any of the manifold questions in- volved in copyright. ll this multifaricus labor has been per- formed by the librarian (however imperfect- ly in some portions) for twenty-five years past, with a force of assistants quite inad. equate to the task, and in the midst of ob- structions arising from want of room for its performance, which ts believed to be without a parallel in the business of the government. Register of Copyrights. “Under all the disadvantages in the way of prompt and thorough service that this library has done so much fer the informa- tion of Congress an@ the public, and to forward the interests of all seeking to se- cure or to verify copyright records, is often remarked upon with'surprise. But there have been times when the utterly insuffi- cient force, and the pressure upon the li- brarian of official work which could not be postponed or neglect has led to arrears in accounts which were deeply regretted. He shrinks from no responsibility in this or in any other matter, and while candidly admitting a sense of Humiliation that any errors should be laid’ to his. charge, he claims with equal candor that while he may have erred in constructing too Hber- ally certain provisions of law, he is free from any conscious wrongdoing. ix months ago he suggested to the ac- counting officers of the Treasury Depart- ment his purpose to urge upon the atten- tion of Congress the importance of separat- ing the functions of rex ister of copyrights trom those of the {libfarian of Congress, in order to promptitide and_ efficiency of service. The san’ recommendation is made in the annual report of the auditor, and is enforced by many considerations of much weight. The appointment of a suita- bly qualified register of copyrights, who should be a bonded officer, to have charge of the entire business of copyrights, and of the clerical force employed therein, would relieve the librarian from an immense bu- reau of detail, and enable him to devote his energies to the tasks immediately belong- ing to library interests. The impending re- moval to the new building, and the steady and continued increase of the copyright brsiness, with the incident labor, empha- sizes this apparent necessity. Yet the re- lief should not be deferred until the com- pletion of the building, now more than a year hence. The interest of the lbrary Service and of Congress would be promoted by an immediate provision for such an officer, with the increase in the clerical fcrce embodied in the estimates of the librarian submitted to Congress. The regis- ter of copyrignts should be a skilled officer, with special knowledge of copyright law and judicial decisions thereunder, and “his ccmpensation should be such as to secure the best efficient service of an -expert. Three additional copyright clerks are re- quired to carry on the eurrent work with Gue efficiency, and to keep the important and essential indexes up to date. “The extensive business of the copyright office shouid be organized into several di- visions, embracing, (1) Administration (in which a bookkeeper and cashier should be employed, under the register); (@) corre- spondence; (3) records; (4) index system; ) files; (6) mails and stamping; (7) prepara- tion of copyright catalogue; (8) revision of all work. “Congress will scarcely grudge the pro- vision asked for to place the system of na- tional and international ‘copyright on a footing of the highest efficiency, when. it considers the fact that the system pays into the treasury average fees of $50,000 annual- ly, besides bringing into the library of the government, free of cost, a wealth of pub- lications in literature, science and art which it wouid require much more than that sum annually to purchase.”’ The Divisions Suggested. The repcrt further svggests that Con- gress consider the subject of the care of the new liorary building. Mr. Spofford is of the opinion that the force of skilled g.neers and electricians, with watchmen, firemen and other employes, should be in charge of 2 superintendent of the building and not of the librarian. He states that an estimaie for this service for such portion of the fiscal year 18-17 as the occupation of the new building by the library may re- quire has already been rendered to Con- gress through the treasury. “Respecting the general question of re- nization of the entire library service, the report continues, “it may be gathered from what has been laid before Congress that the following departments or divisions pe manus ») works of art, bipdips de Necords, G) maps (6) catalogue artment, (5) G) superin- nt, office ht ach of these divisions should have a npetent head, and the saleries of those din each should be graduated in emplo proportion to experience, capacity and re- ty. Minor divisions, especially in partment of printed books, will be necessary, but into details of tion of duties among those oh in various ns of knowledge the Lrarian will not now eater, in view of length of 2 The re the nur stonal Libre the distribu Uy skilled te sures in regard to in the Congr as compared with some other great libraries. In regard to the expedi- en of removing the law library to the new building Mr. Spofford states that as long as the Supreime- Court continues its sessions in the Capitol he believes that the convenience of that tribunal, as well as of Congress, will be best subserved by con- tinuing the law library in its present loca- tion, or perhaps accommodating it in one of the upper halls to be vacated. As to the disposition which will be made of the room made vacant when the removal of the li- brary is effected, the report states that it is su ed that a working referenc? library of from ten to twenty thousand volumes pent usefully be left in the central library aul. —__.—__ THE COURTS. Court of Appeals—Present the Chief Jus- tice, Mr. Justice Merris and Mr. Justice Shepa Nos. 465 to 469—Pryor agt. McIntire et al.; Brown agt. same; Ackerman az Southey et al. agt. same; Hayne ei same; argument commenced by ¥. 1. 3 key for appellants and continued by Er Totten for appelleg. No. 482--Maxruder azt. Belt; judgment reversed, with costs, and cause remanded; opinion by Mr. Chief Jus- tice Alvey. No 460—Follansbee ct al. axt. Follanslee et al.; decree affirmed; costs to be paid out of assets in hands of trustees; pinion by Mr. Justice Shepard. No. 475— Straus agt. Hensay; judgment reversed with and cause remande: by Mr. Chief Justice Alvey. No. agt. Ford et al.; judgment all cosis; opinion by Mr. Justice Morris. und 50—Herrell & Co. . Donovan ¢ and Johnson agt, Donovan et al.; judg- ment atlivmed, with costs; opinion by Mr. Justice Morris. Equity Court No. 1.—Chief Justice Bingharn Freeland agt. Irving; time to take testi- mcny limited to thirty days. Littlefield agt. Manogue; pro confesso against Defendants Padgett and Fickling granted, Kelpy agt. Kelpy; testimony before Chas. W. Stetson, examiner ordered taken. Ryan agt. O'Brien; reference to auditor ordered. Sul- livan agt. Mace; Thos. M. Carr imittes party complainant. Woodard ag Wil- liams; pro confesso against Defendant Moulter granted. Cireutt Court No. 1—Judge Bradley. opinion | Horn agt. Paradise; defendant called and judgment for piainuff. Hyatt agt. Pettit ordered on stet lendar. Wm. a D. M. Ramsdell; verdict for plaintitt for one cent damas: Huntér agt, Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Co.; s n from calendar as settled. Gotts- chalk Co. agt. Marshall, judgment by de- fault. Clark agt. Phillips; do. Dorsey agt. District of Columbia et al.; judgment in certiorari, Circuit Court No, 2—Judge McComas. Rathbone agt. Hamilton; appeal bond fixed at $500. Walter agt. Richardson; fiat on sci fa. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge Cole. A. Kahn & Co. agt. Voigt & Haas; judg- ment on verdict. Young agt. Strachar; verdict for plaintiff for $257 Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cox. United States agt. Thaddeus Bellows, em- bs defendant arraigned, plea guilty, sentence jail three months. ‘United States agt. Chas. Mobbley, larceny from the person: recognizarge, $500, taken, with Patrick ard Catherine McCarthy sureties. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Chas. N, Larner; executor bond- ed and qualtfied. Estate of Géo. W. Joyce; petition for probate gf will filed. Estate of Jane E. Tuite, proof of pul-lication. Ree al aes ‘Tomorrow’s St; Asaph Entries, First racgy seven furldn; Laurella, Lena H., Van Dyke, Baylér, Pink H., Jack Mur- ay, Westover, Solomon, The General, Fernwood, Prather, Martel, 100, Second race, five ‘and a half furlongs, maidens, all ages, selling—Georgie R., King of Hea 110; Bloodstone, Balmoral, By Gorden, Billy Leggings, Clovis, Scataway. Gold Fly, Biue Bonnet, 102; Genesee H, Muliaghmcre, 05. Third race, six and a quarter furlongs, selling—Doe Birch, 109; Hippcna, 103; Ched- dar, Remorse, Fidget, Lento, Jewsharp, Waywayorda, Red Star, Pickaway, Blue Bird, Gaiety, 100, Fourth race, six furlongs, selling—Venus- berg, Red Cross, Minnie S., Saginaw, Nemo, Margucrite II, 110; Mohawk, Bob Miller, Tralee, Velvet Rose, Jim Donlen, Brogan, 100. Fifth race, mile—Devisee, “Andrew D., Chief Jstice, Longshanks, Paymaster, Marksman, Hammie, 105; Luke Richards, Dr. Helmuth, Goy. Fifer, All Night, 102. Sixth race, six and a half furlongs, selling —Miss Tristan, Mote, 109; Billy Boy, Joe Mack, 107; Bronston, Dr. Johnson, 104; Miss Agnes, Patti, 99; Hazel, 94; Monitoress, 89. THE SLACK CHILDREN ee Affidavits Made at the Injunction Proceedings a: ATTACKS ON MRS. SLACK Barry Bulkley Tells of a Dinner Party. THE WIFE’S STATEMENT —_.—__—_ The contest over the custody of the chil- dren of the late Wm. H. Slack, two girls of tender age, was again before the court today, ‘he petition of the Httle ones’ grand- father, Wm. B. Slack, for an injunction restraining all parties from seeking by legal proceedings here or elsewhere to dis- turb Mrs. Addie Slack Perrine’s possession of the children, being brought up before Judge Hagner in Equity Court No. 2 this morning. Az heretofore stated in The Star. the peti- tion for the injunciion recited the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Slack had separated several months previous to his death, last October, and also the fact that hy the pro- visions of his will, made July 12, 1895, his entire estate’ was left to his sister, Mrs. Perrine, in trust for the children until they married or reached the age of twenty-one years, Mrs. Perrine being also appointed by the will the guardian of her nieces. ‘Accompanying the petition for tie in- junction were a number of exhibiis, includ- ing the records of the legal proceedings Ja New Jersey, where Mrs. Slack sought to “Tf they're Rich’s shoes they're proper.” Wintry weather ootwear —for ladies. There are no Shors so per- feetly suitable for cold, wet weather as Deerskin “College” Shoes— Mave thick soles and are absolutely rproof, A new shipment just re- tes the full line of sizes and lasts—AA to E. . $2. s“Smart,” (sensible ladies —ought to wear our 20th Century Shoes. Tatlor-uade im effect, and awfully “smart? lookiag when worn with iailor- 2 gowns. Those of deerskin are ab- for street wear. We have Just received a new shape, with @ nediun: toe, for these who yrefer thein to the poinzed. $3 and $4. recover possession of her childr and where she was finally awarded the custody of them, Tut not until after the Perrines had removed the little ones out of the juris- diction of the New Jersey courts to this city. In the hearing today the petition and exhibits were read by counsel for the Perrines, Messrs. Carlisle and Johnson and Jere M. Wilson. One of the papers read was an affidavit of a servant woman in the Slack family, who testified that Mrs. Slack early in 184 drove her husband from the house, applying a profane epithet to him. This woman, the nurse of the children, also swore that upon one occas‘on late in April, 1894, Mrs.Slack took Mr. Barry lulk- ley, a teacher in the Emerson Institute, to her bed room, where they remained, ac- cording to the woman, until 3 o'clock in the morning, the door of the bed room being locked. © Mr. Bulkley Explain The testimony of Mr. Bulkley, introduced by counsel for Mrs. Slack, Messrs. A. S. Worthington and Geo. E. Hamilton, was also read to the court. It was to the ef- fect that after a dinner at Harvey's siven by Mrs. Slack, April 30, 1894, to Mr. E. 5. McCalmont, a Miss Morrison and elf, a great deal of wine was drunk, and that a number of mint juleps were also druni when the party rep: 1, after the dinner, to Mrs. Slack’s res’ There, Mr. Bulk- ley stated, he w: and Hquors to s' a extent that he stag- gered into a bed room upstairs. He became dead to the world there, and upon awekening found himselt lying upon a lounge in the room, learning from Mrs. Slack that he was in her bed room. He apologized to her well as he could, he stated, and subsequently inquired of Mr. McCalmont if it would not be best for him to apologize to her husband. Mr. McCalmont thought not, however, because of the estrangement be- tween Mr. and Mrs. Slack. In h tion it appeared that Mr. Bulkley was sep- arated from his wife, but. in answer to the direct question of M jack's counsel he re- plied that, as God his witness, he had not at any time been guilty of improper con- duct with her, nor had she at any time acted improperly. After these affidavits had been read to Judge Hagner the record of the proceedings in the New Jersey courts was read, also the answer of Mrs. Perrine, in which she denied the jurisdiction of the New Jersey cour: Tn her answer Mrs. Perrine also claimed that until her brother's will was set aside she wi under its provisions, and ler the la of the District, the sole and legal custodian and guardian of the children, and that right could not be disturbed by elther Injunction or habeas corpus proceed- ings. o Mrs, Slack's Answer. The answer of Mrs. Slack was next read by her counsel, in which she states that she supported her husband and family, and that she settled upon him the income from $32,000 besides giving him at one time $15,000 to enter business. Frequent quar- rels occurred between them, she said, Le- cause of his addiction to drink and because of his neglect of herself and children. They finally separated in March, 184, and she subsequently allowed the children to visit him in New Jersey, their father promis- ing in return that they should be returned to her, But they never have been al- lowed to return to her. Mrs. Slack then referred to the effort made by her in New Jersey recently to gain possession of her children, stating that after the Perrines had taken them out of that jurisdiction she Was not only there awarded the custody of them until they both reach the age of twenty-one years, but warrants for the ar- rest of the Perrines for commitment to jail were issued by the New Jersey court for contempt. ‘The decision of the New Jersey court, de- clared Mrs. Slack, is conclusive in the mat- ter, and that she is, therefore, entitled to the custody of her children and to'a dismis- sal of the petition fer an injunction re- straining her from seeking here to obtain Pp ion of them by writ of habeas cor- pus. She not only denied the charges of immorality, indecent language and bad tem- per, saying that they have been made to poison the minds of her children against her, but also charged that the Perrines are not proper persons to have the custody of the children, saying that she has always been a kind, affectionate and devote: mother, Mrs. Siack stated that she is worth about $100,000, and therefore is well able to provide for her children. Attached to her answer was the testimony taken on her behalf in the proceedings in New Jer- sey, in which Mrs. Gen. Sheridan, Lieut. Geo. P. Colvocorreseer of the navy, Dr. S. S. Adams, Mrs. Amanda T. Beiknap, Mrs. Rucker, Miss Anna H. Easton and other people ‘well-known here testified that in their opinion Mrs. Slack was a devoied mother and a woman of the highest char- acter, jich’s ons, ich’s ons, 1002 F Street. it J. H. Chesley & Co., 1004 PSt and 522 1 roth St. Your Coal. Get a “Victory” Automatic Fireproof Ash Sifter. 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