Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1895, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 ——————— NEW CENTRAL BODY Federation of Labor Organizations Have Important Plans. VIEWS OF VICE PRESIDENT DUNCAN To Continue the Campaign for the Eight-Hour Law. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE As soon after the beginning of the new year as the necessary arrangements can be made a conference of the representatives of the different trades unions in Washington already affitiated with the American Federa- tion of Labor will be held in this city, for the purpose of arranging for the immediate for- mation of a central body under the A. F. of L., and it is expected by those best able to know that long hefore warm weather comes nearly every trade union organization in the District of Columbia will be an affiliated part of the new central body. This information was given yesterday by Vice President James Duncan of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor to a Star reporter who visited him at his office in Baltimore. Mr. Duncan further sald: “The executive council of the American Federation of Labor, during the session of the recent New York convention of the order, in the matter of the formation of a central body of the A. F. of L., in Wash- ington, us already foreshadowed in The Star, to be afilliated with the A. F. of L., ordered that Vice President Duncan should have full power to act, and to complete the organization and formation of such a body. They also directed him to proceed with the necessary work as soon after January 1, 1898, as will be agreeable to the members of the trades unions In Washington. “The formation of such a body is consid- ered by the executive council as very neces- sary to the expansien and welfare of the labor movement, not only in the District of Columbia, but to the whole country as well, imasmuch as when such a body shall be formed trades unions all over the country can, through representatives selected from all parts of the United States, urge the pas- sage by Congress of such legislation as shall be of interest to their brother workers throughout the land, and at the same tinfe have an instrument of expression in Wash- ington for grievances in far-off points, through such a central body, while it will be in clese alliance with the two houses of Con- gress and the different departments of the general government. “It is fully expected that the formation of such a central body will give a boom to trade interests in tae District of Columbia, such as has never heretofore been experienced, and the joining together of all bodies in- terested in trade affairs with the common purpose in view of reduction of hours and tn- crease of wages, together with a consider- able increase of beneficial features, so close- ly allied to most trade conditions, have the effect of welding the movement together in Washington on such a progressive and satis- factory basis as has not heretofore been proverbial of central bodies in this locality, while at the same time the organizations known as mixed assemblies can then meet for the discussion and propagation of eco- nomic reform without interfering with or treading upon trade lines or disputes. “This will be a decided gain to wage earn- ers in the District of Columbia, and ‘it is thought will bring the peace among trade bedies there which they nave long sought | fer, but never found, owing to the fact that men outside of the trades had a great voice in forming the policy of the trades locally constituted, and in many instances pre- vented that full expression of views of trade affairs. which can only be had on the floor of a trale union and by the men actively engaged in their trade callings.” Work Accomplished. Speaking of the work accomplished at the late convention of the American Federation of Labor in New York, which was, in his opinion, the most harmonious ever held by the order, Mr. Duncan said: “The most notable and immediate feature will be found to be in the successful manner in which the convention settled many long- standing trade disputes, for never in the his- tory of the body were so many trades or local differences healed as was proverbial of the convention just ended. “Principal among these settled may be mentioned the contest which had existed for eighteen months between two national factions of the Painters’ Union, one part of which, with headquarters in Baltimore, J. T. Elliott, general secretary, held a cot yention in Cleveland, Ohio, during Decem- ber, 1894, the other, with headquarters in Lafayette, Ind., J. West McKinney, general secretary, held a convention in Buffalo in August, ISM. Both bodies claimed to be the original national organization. “A resolution was adopted by the conven- tion which will, for the future, make both bedies one under the constitution and man- agement of the body, whose headquarters are in Baltimore. The other faction ac- cepted the committee's report,and graceful- jy withdrew all opposition to the recognition of the Kaitimore faction, and thus ended one of the most bitter trade disputes that or- ganized labor has had to contend with in many years. “The long-standing clash between the metal polishers and buffers and the brass workers’ metal polishers and buffers was also solved by the same committee. An ar- rangement was reached whereby all differ- ences were dropped, and all branches of the trad» will form under one head, to be known as the Brass and Metal Workers’ National Union. The effect of this will bo that in a short time the organization will be divided into two parts under one head —the polishers and buffers in one, and the brass workers in another. “The bitter tight which had raged in Chi- cago for many months between the trade and labor assembly and the trade and labor congress was also settled by an amalgama- tion. Part of the arrangement in this case will debar a man of any trade from being recognized as a delegate In the new assem- bly unless he fs employed in the business of his trade, the idea being to prevent a mem- ber of any of the affiliated bodies, who, for the time being, might be filling a political Position from being recognized In the cen- tral body as a bona fide representative of is craft. “A dispute between the National Tin and Sheet Iron Workers and a large local union in New York city not affiliated therewith Was also settled by the convention. “The action of the convention in indorsing the attitude of the New York Housesmiths' Union in the then existing strike had a freat deal to do with hostilities being sus- Pended and a compromise reached betweon the Iron I sue of w York city and the How miths’ Unien, whereby the huuse- smiths’ organization remained intact and an uniform wage rate recognized by the league. Eight-Hour Law. “An important resolution was offered and adopted by the convention demanding of the executive council the immediate intro- duction into Congress of an amendment to the existing eight-hour law, passed by Con- gress in 1885. The amendment will, if passed, make the emergency clause in the present law so clearly defined as to what is really meant by it that It will not be possible in the future to compel men to work more than eight hours per day on federal work, to sult the whim of a con- tractor when the law calls for eight hours, and said contractor violates {t through the so-called emergency clause, as was so will- fully and flagrantly done In Washington on the work in connection with the Easby Point sewer and the government printing office. “The amendment will also provide that the law shall be so changed that all fed- eral work wherever performed, whether where it Is to be used or otherwise, shall be executed at not more than eight hours’ werk In any twenty-four hours. This lat- ter clause will make it impossible for any Attorney General, Secretary of the Treas- ury or President of the United States to allow contractors to carry large contracts for great federal buildings like the Wash- ington post office away to distant quarries, end then compel citizens to work nine hours or moro under the plea that the law | @ces not apply, because the work was not | being performed on the lot where the building, when completed, would be in use. }. “This was made necessary owing to the | @evere and a eee decision rendered on | the existing eight-hour law by Attorneys General Miller and Olney, and @pparently supported by both Presidents Harrison and Cleveland, although Secretary Carlisle freely admitted that in his opinion the contractors, so acting, were clearly in vio- lation of the principle of the eight-hour law. The Franchise. “A resolution was also passed by the con- vention, taking strong grounds against the. curtailment of the elective franchise, in any state in the Union, for illiteracy, until after such state shall have provided free and compulsory education to every healthy male and female child, the convention claiming that it was unjust to debar any one from the exercise of the voting privil- ege because they were unable to read when any opportunity had never been given to such persons to secure the necessary edu- cation. “In so far as the policy of the organiza- tion {s concerned for 1896 and its effects upon 1897, the eight-hour question will be given predominance by all trade councils. ‘The executive councii has been directed to watch events, and when any trade affiliated with the A. F. of LL. shall show evidertte and give proof of its ability to enter into an eight-hour campaign, the machinery of the A. F. of L. will be tendered it for the furtherance of that reform.” >—-— MOONSHINER OF FACT. Hlicit Whisky Business Presented in a New Light. From Lippineott’s. He Is neither a bandit nor a highwayman, a disturber of the peace, nor, in respect to formularies other than the revenue statutes, a law breaker. Least of all, perhaps, is he a desperado. Within a month of this pres- ent writing, a traveler on one of the Ten- nessee railways entered the smoking car of the train. In the rear seat sat an officer in charge of a “covey” of moonshiners flushed by him on the mountain the night before. Ther: were twelve in the party; they had ye without resistance to one maf; and —most singular circumstance of all, in the scuth—the deputy had not found it neces- sary to put them in irons. At their trial, the members of this party will doubtless plead guilty to a man, though a Kittle hard swearing would clear probably half of them; they will beg for mercy or for light sentences; and those of them who promise amendment will most likely never be again brought in on the same charge, for the mountaineer is prone to keep his prom- ises, amendatory or otherwise. A’ yenerable judge, in whom judicial se- verity is tempered by a generous admixture of loving Kindness and mercy, and whose humane decisions have made his name a word to conjure with among the dwellers In the waste places, telis a story which em- phasizes the promise-iecping trait in the mountain character. A hardened sinner of the stills, whose first and second offenses were already recorded against him, was once again brought to book by the vigilance of the revenue men. As an old offender, who had neither promised nor repented, it was likely to go hard with him; and he begged earnestly, not for liberty, but for a commutation of his sentence which would send him to jail instead of the peninten- tiary, promising that so long as the judge remained upon the bench he wouid neither make nor meddle with illicit whisky. He won his case, and was sent to jail for a term of eleven months. This was in summer, and six months later, when the first snows began to powder the bleak sum- mits of Chilhowee, the judge received a let- ter from the convict. 1t was a simple-heart- ed petition for a “furlough” of ten days, pathetic and eloquent in its primitive Eng- lish and quaint misspelling. Would the Judge let him off for just ten days? Winter was coming on, and the wife and children were alone in the cabin on the mountain, with no one to make provision for their wants. He would not overstay the time, and he would “certain shore’ come back and surrender himself. His petition was granted, and, true to his word, the mountaineer returned on the tenth day and gave himself up to the sher- iff. He served the remainder of his sen- tence, and after his release kept his pledge so long as the judge remained on the bench. —see- THE INSULT WIPED ovT. A Little Explanation Was All That Was Required. From the San Francisco Post. A middle-aged colered man was saunter- ing along Kearny street yesterday when a young, flashily dressed man, who might have bee: anything from a waiter up to a palace car porter, tapped him on the shoulder and inquired: “Ain't youh name Givens?” “Yes, sah; dat’s my hind name, sho enough,” resporded the elder. “My be- front name is Andrew Jackson Clay.” “Yoah just de man I wanted ter see. “Yo' sholy hes de best ob me, young man.” “Well, if I ain't got de best o’ you dis minute, I recken I will hab de nex’,” he thrust aside the proffered hand. don’ "member me, do yo’, Give! “No, I sholy don’t, but yo’ be: close ble— name? “My name used to be George Washington Favers, but hit’s Trouble new. Dat's what my name _ is—Trouble. See?” And he shook his fist under the older man’s nose. “Why, yo’ ain't little George Washington Favers?” he exclaimed in a conciliatory tone. “No, sah; I'se big George Washington Favers now. When I was little George Washington Favers, about fo’teen years ago, yo’ insulted me, an’ I'm goin’ ter Hck yo’. Now, yo’ hear me a talkin’ fe insult yo’? Ni I_kain’t b’lieve it. “Yes, yo’ did. Yo" cast ‘flections on my folks. Dat's what yo’ done.” “Me cast ‘flections on yo’ folks?” “Dat’s what yo’ done. Yo’ said my gran’. mother wuz no gentleman. Dat’s what yo’ said, an’ yo’ better commence preparin’ yo'self ter take it back.” “Ye, ha, ha. Ccse dat’s what I said. Why, how in de roun’ wurrel could yo’ gran’mother be a gentleman when she wuz a lady, and one of de fines’ ol’ ladies what ever lived?” “Say, Andie, was dat what yo’ meant?” “Hit sholy wuz.” “I reckon de drinks is on me, Andie—an’ I been a wastin’ my breff a cussin’ "bout dat fer fo’teen years. What'll yo’ have?” e+ UNPROFITABLE SALOONS. ° a mighty zemblance to a man lookin’ fer trou- 3 what yo’ does. What's yoah 0, sah; I never done It. The Chicago Brewers Will Shut Up 1,700 of Them, From the Chicago News. Chicago brewers are tired of being saloon keepers, and have decided that, after Janu- ary 1, there will be 1,700 less saloons in the city than at present. Those that remain must pay a third or a half more for beer than is being paid now. In consequence of this decision there is general alarm among salcon keepers whose licenses are owned and whose rents are paid by the brewers, and 2,000 or more of them are wondering who will have to go to work. ‘The leading brewers of the city have held several secret meetings of late, at which it was practically decided to raise the price of beer on the Ist of January. Comparisons of receipts and expenses have shown that the clese competition in Chicago has been a losing game, und the brewers have decided to retrench. For several years past it has been the policy of the brewers to establish saloons wherever there was a prospect of selling enough beer to make a paying investment. Competition has been so close that one brewery would establish a saloon in the neighborhood where {t was known there would be little or no return, simply to pre- vent some other brewer from securing a foothold in that territory. It is said that the breweries have lost money, and many ambitious saloon keepers have sunk their savings in a losing business. In their recent meetings the brewers have decided, so it is said, that there are too many saloons in the city, and they have decided to lop off a large number of them, belleving that those that remain will be able to do as tauch business as was formerly done, and that with less expense. One proprietor, when spoken to, admitted that an advance in price was contemplated. He sald the Brewers’ Association has agreed, with the exception of one man, who Is not a Chicago brewer, to advance the price from $4 to $5 a Darrel. The dropping of 1,700 saloons will mean serious loss to the revenue of the city. present each saloon in the city pays @ cense of $500 a year. ———_—_+e+____ Liked the New Plan. From the New York Weekly. Mrs. De Fadd—‘“The latest fashion is to have the piano built into the wall,” Mr. De Fadd (wearily)—‘Well, sensible. Let’s wall up ours,” that's MAY COME HEREIHER FORTUNE|MEMBERS IN TOWN Talk of Moving Cigar Makers’ Na- tional Headquarters to This City. VICE PRESIDENT WCOD'S PREFERENCES An Organization That Has Disbursed Millions of Dollars. ITS INTERESTING HISTORY A movement is on foot to remove the headquarters of the International Cigar Makers’ Union, which at present are lo- cated In Chicago, to this city. If the movement is successful, it will be | largely due to the influence of Vice Presi- dent James Wood of Binghamton, N. Y., who has been in Washington for some days Past in the interest of the organization, of which he is one of the leading officers. In conversation with a Star reporter Mr. Wood said that he had visited all the prin- cipal cities, as well as smaller towns in the United States, and had found none that seemed to be so well suited to all the pur- peses for which the union was organized as Washington. Whether Mr. Wood shall be successful in having the headquarters of the International Cigar Makers’ Union established here or not he is, he said, so charmed with Washington, its people and its environments, that he has about de- termined to make this his future home. The International Cigar Makers’ Union is regarded by all trade union organizations on this continent as a model of good tinan- cial management, and as an evidence of what can be accomplished by thorough dis- cipline. The union dates its existence from June 21, 1864, when representatives from local unions in thirteen or fourteen of the states, situated between Illinois and the Atlantic coast, met in Baltimore, and formed the nucleus of what has since become one of the strongest societies ix? the world. Prior to that event, said Vice President Wood to a Star reporter, the cigar makers of the United States were regarded by a large portion of the population as being anything but a desirable class of citizens. This was owing to the smail wages they received, the long hours they were compelled work, and the fact that it was invariably the case that if a cigar maker had a wife and children he compelled them to assist him in the factory. It was unreasonable to blame the poor man for doing this, as he was compelled to do so in order to eke out a _ meager existence. This was the state of affairs for many years previous to the as- sembling of the convention in Baltimore, in 1864. It is true that for some time prior to this the cigar makers were organized into isolated unions, but this system of organization had proved valueless as far as bettering the condition of the cigar makers was concerned. The First Convention. Early in 1864 Adolph Strasser, a Hun- garian living in New Haven, Conn., who had given the subject of the condition of the craft much serious attention, but who was too poor to travel from city to city and explain to the various unions his plans for benefiting the trade, sent to each union a circular asking them to send delegates to a convention to be held in Baltimore, whose object should be to discuss the ad- visability of combining the entire mem- of the craft throughout the United States into one organization. The conven- tion met, Strasser explained his plans, which were adopted unanimously, and Strasser was elected vresident, a position which he held until he retired voluntarily, fourteen years later. During this period the headquarters of the union were in New York city, but in 1870 they were removed to Chicago, where. they have since re- mained. At first the dues were placed at 25 cents per month, but it was soon found that they were too low and inadequate to cope with the existing conditions, one of which was that they were able to pay members but $3 a week in the case of a strike or lockout. The aim was to place the union on a good financial basis as soon as the membership could be cducated up to that point, and from time to time the dues were increased from 25 cents a month to what they are ut present--25 vents a week. Millions Disbursed. The results accomplished under the suc- cessive raising of dues far exceeded the most sanguine expectations of those who advocazed them. But, while they were, as Stated, from time to time increased, the benefits were also increased. In 1890 the traveling benefit was instituted. Under this the man who is out of work and de- sires to go to another city to seek employ- ment can get an advance from his local union of sufficient funds to pay his rail- road fare and 50 cents besides, which amount he has to return at the rate of ten per cent of his weekly earnings until the entire amount is refunded. In IS81 a sick and death benefit was created, under the terms of which a man entitled thereto can draw five dollars per week for thirteen weeks. If out of work a member is en- titled to three dollars per week for twenty- six weeks, while the death benefit ranges from fifty to five hundred and fifty dollars, according to the length of time a man has been connected with the organization. Since the organization of the international union there have been paid out from the general treasury the following sums: Strike benefits, $57 ; sick benefits, $781,975.51; death, $287 ; traveling, $548,756.84; out of work, $3: 5 making a total of $2, 40, The following will illustrate what, it is claimed, has been achieved in almost every large city: At the time of the organization of the local union in Chicago, less than twenty years ago, the members of the craft were receiving from a dollar and a half to $5 per thousand for making cigars, and were compelled to take their wages in cigars. For these they had to pay their employer from 5 to 10 per cent more than he sold similar cigars for to the trade, and at the same time they had to sell their goods from 5 to 10 per cent less than the manufacturer. Nor was this the worst, for those who took their cigars charged them from 10 to 15 per cent more for the goods wanted by the cigar makers than if they had had the cash to pay with. Now the cigar makers of that city are receiving $7.50 per thousand for the same class of cigars which they formerly made for a dollar and a half, and from $12 to $18 per thousand for the $5 kind. They also get their pay in United States currency, and work but eight hours per day, whereas be- fore the union was formed they not only got very much less pay, but worked from twelve to fifteen hours per day. Conditioa of the Union. There are now 384 local unions, located in every section of this country and Canada, having a total membership of more than 32,000 members, and an excess of $500,000 in bonds in the national treasury. It is stated that the average yearly earnings of each member of th union {s $624, while It is claimed those of his non-union brother rare- ly exceeds $228. Mr. Wood has recently completed, under an appointment from the bureau of labor statistics of the state of New York, a thor- ough investigation of the condition of the tenement house cigar makers of the city of New York, and in his report to the bureau he makes strong representations of the un- wholesome conditions surrounding these workers. Vice President Wood was born in Sidney, Australia, about thirty years ago. He was sent to Canada to be educated for a priest, but, his sight failing him, he left college and took a position in a cigar factory, where he learned the business. After coming to the United States, he developed into a publia speaker, and since then his services have been constantly in demand. He is an able and forcible speaker, and of handsome per- sonal appearance. ——— The Disgrace of the Family. From the Indianapolis Journal. The Sympathizer—“I know it’s sad to have had an uncle serve five years in pris- on, but J would not take jt to heart.” rhe Jieepen =. Wouldnit eh? It make: me sick to think of the ole chump stayin liggenbiler’s there that time, when BI daddy" rea ut before 4 lone two months | Unusually vivacious tempermament An Ohio Girl Tells How She Found It. OVERHEARD 3N THE CARS rat Some women, says “ty;\Daily Commercial, have found a fortune in thefrUtaces, while others have found a fortune in thely figures. But more inter- esting and profitable thaa the experiences of these fs that of the Ohio gitl who actually found a fortune in her ear. ‘This young ledy has bepn a resident of the Ruck- eye state for fifteen gears. Her present home 1s in Cincinnati, where she ranks as one of the mest successful musicians and voice trainers in the entire west. Her personal attractiveness and ave, combined with her accomplishments, yalned for her an en- vinble social position. Td lok at her bright, rosy, girlish face one would suppose that her life had been one of perpetual sunshiae, and that she had nm known a moment's unhappiness. No one would for an instant surmise that this same gicl had for nearly two years been the victim of a [> tormentor that came near blasting ber life and robbing her of her reason. Her life presents one of those cxses whert present appearances fall to give an insight inte past experiences. It was during an entertainment at the College of Music in which she took part, that she contracted What she then regurded us a slight cold. I took no notice of it at urst, said the young lady re- TELLING THE REPORTER ABOUT HER FOR- TUNE. cently, to a Commercial reporter, but in about a week mall red spots appeared on my face, and so disfigured me that I lost my pupils, one by one. ‘Their mothers, fearing contaxion, di not want them to come in contact with m A nery- ous, racking cough robbed me of fleep and appe- tite, and each of four different physicians who. were called in gave a different opinion ss to what my trouble was. Eczema, blood porsoning, lung and a complication of disorders were among Its of their dingnoses. My suffering was and I began wasting away to a mere shadow. Dreading the solicitude and sympathy which I could plainly read on the faces of my friends, I secretly changed my boarding place. When they found my new address I decided, by the advice of two physicians, to go to a private suuiterium in Indiana. My journey in the cars, continued the young Iady,, was a terrible ordeal, for, aside from my phygiral sufferings, I saw that, although £ wore a veil, the passengers avoided the seats near me, and fetween my coughing spells I could not but hear ‘mt they talked about my hopeless condition and ‘Histienred face. “Besides the horrible skin disease, she’s got con- sumption, and {t's gojng to kill her, poor thing. It almost killed my alstery?’ remarked a lady, 1p an audible whtsper, t» her companion across the alsl I shuddered as 1 thus beard my doom pronounced by ca Ups and didn't have enough hope left to pay more than a passing notice to the name of the « ery which te lady sald had saved her sister's Lif Thad mét with so many disappoint- ments that I almost courted death, and it was a rellef to get within the sheltering walls of the Sunitarfum and hear the eucouraging words of the proprietor and his attegdas.ts: But all my hope vanished when, after eight Weeks’ treatment. I was asked fom the addresses of nly relatives and friends. 1 knew then that these doctors also considered my case hopeless, The mental ugony f esdured brought my journey on the cara back t¢ me with vivid distin and suddenly the name of the “Discovery talkative passenger mextioned as having saved her sister's life began ringing in my ears. mehow I could not drive tt from my mind, and by an almost superhuman impulse I was impelled to secretly send a note for a bottle of it, which I took according to directions. The first few days it had no apparent effect on my case, except It relieved my cough somewhat and the soreness on my lungs. The second bottle gtve me more strength, and the eruption on my skin began to dis- appear. I sent out for three more bottles, and by the time I had taken them I felt almost well. I knew it was against the rules of the Institution for patients to take any medicines except those prescribed there, and I called the chief physician to my room, showed him that I had left his own medicine untouched for weeks, and told him that I had broken the rules and taken Dr. Pierce's Goiden Medical Dis ery, Which saved my life after five different doctors had failed. .My cure Is a matter of record, und I cheerfully consent to its publication as a token of gratitude to Dr. Plerce amd his wonderful “Discovery,” and In order that other women may be rescued from agonizing suf- fering and untimely death. I have resumed giving lessons, and, s you can see with your own eyes, added the young lady to the reporter, my skin ts smooth and clear and my health ts perfect, If I had not heard those two young women discussing my case in the cars I would not be here today, telling you of my wonderful recovery. My hearing that conversatioa proved a fortune to me. When Dr. Plerce of Buffalo, N. Y., Ushed the first edition of “hi@ work, pub- ‘The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, he — an- nounced that after 680,000 ropies had been sold at the regular price—$1.50 per coy the profit on which would re- pay him for the great amount of labor and money expended in producing It, be would dis- tribute the next half million free. As tl number of copies has al: been sold, he is now distributing, absolutely free, 500,000 copies of this most complete, interesting and valuable common- sense medical work ever published —the reciplent only being re- quired to mail to him, at the T cour: above nddress, this Mttle COU- | No. 182. ‘UMBER with twenty-cne o— le - cent stamps to cover cost of mailing only, and the book will be sent post-paid, It is a veritable medical Ubrary, complete In one great volume, It contains over 1,000 pages and more than 300 illustrations. The Free Edition ts precisely the same as those heretofore sold at $1.50 except only that the books are bound in strong manilla paper covers instead of cloth. If French cloth-covered, embossed and gold- stamped covers are desfred, send 10 cents extra— 81 cents fn all, to cover only the postage and the extra cost of that more’durable and beautiful style of binding. Send NOW, before all are given away. They are golng uff rapidly. _————— BIG CORN YEAR IN ILLINOIS. Yicld cf 6,925,000 Acres is 207,425,0.~ Bushels. From the Chicago Tribune, The Illinois department of agricult has received from crop correspond throughout the state reports showing the shortage in the wheat crop this yea| more than compensated for by the mense yield of corn, which has been ceeded but four times—in 1873, 187’ and 1888. On the reported area of 6, acres 267,125,000 bushels were produce: average of thirty-nine bushels per Both the largest area and the largest were in the northern division of the 125,870,000 bushels being produced ¢, 042,000 acres, or forty-one bushels per In central Illinois 2,850,000 acres prc 111,545,000 bushels, or thirty-nine b per acre, while on an area of 1,032,0 wouthern Illinois produced but 30, bushels, an average of but twen bushels per acre. The large yield | the price of corn, which averaged centa per bushel on December, uniform throughout the state, Had th sold at this price the @ lave received $57,740. which $23,158,000 would have gone t ern Illinois, $22,986,000 to central and $6,596,000 to the southern diy the state. Where Senators and Representatives Are Located. THE STAR'S CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY | Where Congressmen Will Reside During the Session. AN UP-TO-DATE LIST The following is a list of Senators and Reprecentatives in the city and their ad- dresses, so far as can be obtained: Senators. Allen, W. V., Neb., 1336 Vt. ave. n.w. Allison, Iowa, Portland. Bacon, Ga., 924 14th st. Baker, Lucien, Kans., 1742 Q street. Bate, Wm. B., Tenn., Ebbitt. Berry, Ark., Metropolitan. Blackburn, J. C. S., Kentucky, Page's. Brice, C. S., Ohio, 1611 H street. Burrows, J. h., 1404 Mass. avenue. Butler, Marton, N. C., 1711 Q street. Caffery, Donelson, La., 1334 19th st. Call, Wilkinson, Fla., 1903 N st. nw. Cameron, Don, Pa., 21 Lafayette square. Carter, Thos. H., Mont., 1432 Stoughton st. Chandler, W. E., N. H., 1421 I street. Chiiton, H., Texas, The Elsmere. Clark, C. D., Wyo., 1533 T st. nw. Cockrell, F. M., Mo., 1518 R street. “Culiom, 8. M., IIL, 1413 Mass. avenue. Virginia, Cairo. is, Mina., 1428 Ma husetts ave. Dubois, F, T., Idaho, 1230 13th street. Elkins, W, Va.. 1437 R. I. ave. Faulkner, Chas. W. Va., Page's. Frye, W. P., M Hamilton. Gallinger, J. H. N.H., The Elsmere. Gear, J. H., Iowa, Purtiand. sipp!, Varnum. id, Shorcham. 2 K street. 1421 K st. nw. 1901 [6th street.. . D., Page's Hotel. 18 Ist street ne. 741 G street. fayette square, chusetts, 1417 K. ., S.C. 436 M st. HW ugene, Mair Hansbrough, H. C. lass: M y, Kentucky, Cochran. Lodge, Messachvsetis, 1765 Mass. ave. Mantle, Lee, Montana, Page's. Martin, Va., Cairo, McBride, Oregon, 1624 Riggs place. McMillan, James, Mich., 1114 Vt. avenue, Mi Q., Texas, 1746 S street. i i, John H., Oregon, Chamberlin’s. Mitchell, J. L., Wis., 32 B street northeast. Morgan, Alabama. 315 449. Morrill, J. S., Vt., 1 Thomas circle. Murphy, Edward, N, Y., 1701 K st. n.w. Nelsen, <., Minn., 222 N. J. ave. 8.0. Paimer, Illirois, Elsmere. Pasco, 8., Florida, Metropolitan. Petter, W. A., Kans., Oxford. Perkins, Geo. C, Cal., Normandie. Pettigrew, S. D., 1750'Q st. nw. Platt, Conn., Arlington. Pritchard J. C., N.C., Ebbitt. Proctor, Vermont, Page's. Pugh, Ala., 1333 R st. Roach, W. . D., 1541 F st. nw. Sewell, W. J., New Jersey, Normandie, Sherman, John, Otto, 1K Shoup, Idaho, Normandie. Smith, J. mes, New Jersey, Arlington. Stewart, W. M., Nevada, § Dupont tircle. Squire, W. C., Washington, Normandie. Telier, Colorado, 1431 R. I. ave. Tillman, B. R., S. C., Cochran. ‘Thurston, Nebraska, 1014 Mass. ave. ‘Turpic, David, Indiara, 1 B st. nw. Vilas, W. F., Wisconsin, Arno. Vest, G. G., Mo., 1204 P street. Voorhees, Indiana, 1323 N. H. ave. Walthall, Miss., Page's. Warren, Wyoming, 3725 Q. Wetmore, Rhode Island. 1014 Vt. ave. Wilson, J. L., Washington, Cairo. White, Stephen M., Cal., Normandie. Wolcott, Cclorado, 1221 Conn. ave. Representatives. Abbott, Jo., Texas, Anderson. Acheson, E. F., Pa., 217 N. Capitol st. Adams, R., jr, Pa, Albany. Aitken, D. D., Mich., 407 C street s.e. Aldrich, J. F., Ill, 1401 Stoughton street. Alien, J. M., Miss.. Page’s. Anderson, W. C., Tenn., 412 6th st. n.w. Andrews, Wm. ebr., 635 Md. ave. me. Apsley, L. D., Mass., 1752 Q street. Arnold, W. C., Pa., Hotel Varnum * Arnold, W. O., R. L, Riggs. Avery, John, Mich., 201 N. Capitol st. Babcock, J. W., Wis, 11 B street n.w. Bailey, J. W., Texas, Riggs. Baker, H. M., N. H., 1411 F street n.w. “Baker, Wm., Kansas, 210 5th st. ne. Baker, W. B., Md., 312 Ind. ave. n.w. Bankhead, J. H., Ala.. 105 Md. ave. ne. Barham, J. A., Cal., Ebbitt House. Barney, 8. S., Wis., 229 New Jersey av. se. Barrett, W. E., Mass., 1014 15th st. n.w. Barthold, R., Missouri, Congressional. Bartlett, C. L., Ga., Cairo Flats. Bartlett, Franklin, N. ¥., 1502 2uth st. nw. Beach, C. B., Ohio, Shoreham. Bell, C. K., UL, National. Bell, J. C., Colo., 1324 I street. Belknap, H. R., ill, Ebbitt (contestant). Bennett, Chas. G. ¥., Shoreham, Berry, A. 8., Ky., 1435 K’st. nw. Bingham, H. H.. Pa., Albany. Bishop, R. P., Mich., Congressional Black, J. C. G., Ga., Riggs. Black, F. S., N. Y., Hamilton, Blue, R. W., Kansas, 200 8. Cap." st. Boutelle, C. A. Me. Hamilton. s, W. W., California, Bancroft. r, H. C., New York, Shoreham, rick, C., Kansas, Elsmere. Bromwell, J. H., Ohio, 1347 Q street. Brosius, M., Pa., 134 I st. Brown, Foster V., Tenn., Fredonia. Brumm, C. N., Pa., Willard’s, Buck, C. F., La., 1101 K street. 1, Evpitt. Burrell, , 633 Md. avenue ne, Burton, T. E., Ohio, Hotel Everett. Burton, Ci Mo East Capitol street. Calderhead, W. ansas, 213 N. Cap. st. Galson, D. G., Ky., Ebbitt. 2 Cannon, J. G., iL; Normandie. Cannon, F. J., Utah, Shoreham, Catchings, T. C., Miss... 1722 Q. Catron, Thos. B., N. Mex., Fredonia, Chickering, C. A., .<. ¥., Hamilton, Clark, S. M., Iowa, Ebbitt. Clarke, R. H., Ala., 4 B street ne, Clark, C. N., Iowa, TB nw. Glardy, J. D., Kentucky, Varnum, Cobb, J. E., Ala., Arno. Cobb, Seth L., Mo., Normandie. Cockrell A. M., Tex., 27 M st. now, Codding, Pa., 834 13th ‘st. now. Connelly, A. J.. l., Shoreham, Cook, E. D., Mi., Willard’s. Cooper, C. M., Florida, 1743 Q street, Cooper, H. A., Wis., Willard’s, Gooper, S. B., Texas, Metropolitan, Cook, S. A., Wis., 1415 Mass. ave, Corliss, John B., Mich., Cochran, Cousins, R. G., Towa, Shoreham, Cowen, J. K,, Md., Wi S street. x, N.N., Tenn., Varnum. Gouin, W.H., Texas, Riggs. Crisp, C. F., Ga., Metropolitan. Crowley, Miles, Texas, Riggs. Crowther, Geo. C., Mo., 223 A s.e, Crump, R. O., Mich., 201 N. Capitol st. Curtis, Chas., Kansas, 1314 15th street. Curtis, G. W., Iowa, Normandie, Curtis, N. M., N. ¥.. 2113 Pa. avenue nw, Daizell, John, Pa., 1605 N. H. avenue. Danford, L., Ohlo, Oxford. Dayton, A. G., West Va., 220 3d st. ne Denney, Walter M., Miss.. Varnum, Lewitt, F. B., Ohio, 620 R. TL. ave, I ingley, N., Maine, Hamilton, *-Sekery, A. M., Mo., Willard’s, liver, J. P., Jowa, Hamilton, olittie, W. H., Wash., Willard’s, vener, W. Va., Willard’s, wning, F. B., Il, 512 M n.w, faper, W. F., Mass., 1601 K st, dy, F, M., Mun, 201 A st. s.e, lett, Trazewell, Va., Cairo. Nott, Wm., 8. C., 1224 15th street nw, ligy W. R., Oregon, 1918 I st. ‘dr +r, C. J., Pa., Metropolitan, a... Walter, Ky., Normandie, S.irchild, B. L., N. ¥., Shoreham, tris, G. W., Ing., A 8.€, nton, J. Js, io, 910 I st. n.w. gerald, J. » Masg., Shoreham cher, “,_N. ¥., Cairo, lynn, D. T., Okla., ith st. ow, Minn., Page's, N. ¥., Shoreham, wier, C. N,, N. J., Cairo, oa a. eer Nomnaaale: ‘amble, ., 8. Dak., Norman 55, NJ, Willard’s 412 6th st. n.w. Albany. ~ N. ¥., Hamilton. Griffin, M., Wis., Hotel Cochran, Griswold, M., Pa., Portland. Grosvenor, C. H., Ohio, Cochran. Grout, W. W., Vt., Arlington. Grow, Gelusha A., Pa., Willard’a Hadley, W. F. L., Ill, Cochran. Hagar, A. L., Iowa, the Portland. Hainer, E. J., Neb., Riggs. Hall, U. 8., Mo., Cairo. Hanly, J. F., Ind., Willard’s. Hardy, A. M., Ind., Buckingham. Harme! Pa., 1602 K st. Harris, -» Ohio, 220 North Cap, st. Harrison, Geo. P., Ala., Riggs. Hart, J. J., Pa., 1807 19th st. Hartman, C. 8., Mont., 1734 R st. n.w. Hatch, J. A., Ind., Ebbitt. Heatwoie, J. P., Minn., Cairo Flats. Heiner, D. B., Pa., 243 North Capitol Heminway, J. A., Ind., 212 N. Capitol st. Henderson, D. B., Iowa, Normandie. Hendrix, J. K., Ky., 1908 Sunderland pl. Cc. 1817 16th st. n.w. Henry, E. r Hepburn, W. P., Io’ Hern.an, B., Oregon, 1? . Hicks, J. D., Pa., Willard’s. Hilborn, 3. G., Cal., Hamilton House. 1421 K st. Gibson, H. R., Tenn., Gillett, F. H., Mass., o Hitt, R. R21 1507 K st. nw. Hooker, W. B. Y., Bancroft Hotel, Hopkins, A. Hiinois, Willard’s. Howe, J. R., N. Y., 20S Ma. ave. ne. Howell, B. F., N. J., Normandie. Huff, G. F., Pa., 1315 16th st. Hulick, George W., Ohio, Varnum. Hubbard, J. D., Mo.. Congressional. Huling, J. H., W. Va., Willard’s. Huil, J. A. T.) Jowa, Portiand. Hurley, D: N, Hyde, 8. C.. Was Jenkins, John J., Johnson, G. L., Cal., Cochran Hotel. Johnson, H. U.; Ind.. 810 12th nw. Johnson, M. N., N. D., 238 Md. ave. ne. Jo; 1 Neb., 628 C st. n.e Kerr, W. S., Ohio, Fredonia. Kirkpatrick, §. S., Kans..1378 Harvard st. .. Mass., Riggs. Vermont ave. J. F., I Latimer, A.C. S.C Lawson, T. G., Ga., Layten, F. C., Ohio, Lefever, J., New York, Arlington. hty, J. D., Ind., Willard’s. enring, John, Pa., 831 18th st. n.w. Ga., Cairo Flats. Ill, 1412 Park st, Mt P. s, J. W., Ky., Ebbitt. Loud, Albany. 1101 K nw. 201 N. Capitol st. 22 Mass. ave. 5. etropolitan. Livingston, L. F.. Ga., 220 N. J. ave. nw. Lockhart, J. A., S. C., Metropolitan. Long, C.L, Kans., 2815 1ith st. u.w. Loudenslager, H. C., N. J., Willard’s. Maddox, W. J., Ga., Metropolitan. Maguire, J. G, Cal, 1017 15th st. n.w. Mahany, R. B., New York, the Albany. on, T. M., Pa, 1326 I at. Marsh, B. F., Illinois, Willard’s. McCall, J. Tenn., Fredonia. * McCall, S. W., Mass., Eckington Hotel. McCleary, J. T., Minn 4 “6th st. McClure, A. S., Ohio, 1921 16th street. McCreary, J. B., Ky., Shoreham. McClellan, G. B., N.'¥., 1445 BR. I. ave. McCormick, R. C., N. ¥., Shoreham. McCulloch, P. D., Ark., Fredonia. McDearmon, J. C., Tenn., National. McEwans, Thos., N. J., 1326 I street. McLaurin, J. L., S. C., 1912 Sunderland pl. MeMillin, Benton, Tenn., 26 14th st. n.w. McRae, T. C., Ark., 930 K street. Mercer, D, H., Neb., 1435 K st. nw. Meyer, Ad., La., 1700 Q st. nw. Meiklejohn, G. D., Nebraska, Hotel Page. Miles, J. W., Md., 250 Del. ave. n.e. Mill, Robt., Ark. 210 A st. ne. Miller, O. L., Kan., 1528 1 st. nw. Miller, Warren, W. Va., National. Milliken, S. E., Me., 920 14th st. nw. Milnes, ‘A, Michigan, Vendome. Miner, H.'C., N. Y., 1340 Sth street. Minor, E. 8. Mondell, F. W., Wyoming, Willard’s. Money, H. D.,”Miss., Metropolitan. Moses, C. L., Ga., 940 P st. n.w. Moody, W. H., Mass., Raleigh. Mozley, N. A., Mo., Congressional. Morse. ©. A., Mass., Cochran. Murphy, E. J., IIL, Rhode Island ave. Murphy, N. O., Ariz., Arlington. Neil, Robt., Ark., 210 A st. ne. Newlands, , Nev., 234 N. J. ave. nw. Noonan, G. H., Texas, 621 Bast Capitol st Northway, S. Ohio, Bancroft. O'Dell, B.B. , 1409 16th street. Ogden, H. W., La, Metropolitan. Otey, P. J.. Va., Oxford. Otjen, T., Wis. 227 N. J. ave. se. Overstreet, Jesse, Ind., 242 N. Capitol st. Parker, R.W., N. J., Shoreham. Patterson, Josiah, Tenn., Cairo. Payne, S.'E., N. ¥., Normandie. Pearson, R.,N. C., Shoreham Hotel. Pendleton, Geo. C., Tex., 909 N. ¥. ave. Perkins, G. D., Iowa, Hamilton. Phillips, T. W., Pa., Pickler, J. A.. S. D. Pitney, Poole, T. L.. N. ¥., 6 Iowa circle. Powers, H. H., Vt, Riggs. Prince, G. W., Ill, 629 Md. ave. ne. Pugh, 'S. J., Ky., 6 Iowa Circle. Quigg, L. E., NY., Snorsham. Ray, G. W., N. ¥., Willard’s. Reed, Thomas B... Maine, the Shoreham. Reeves, Walter, Ill, Varnum. Reyburn, J. 8., Pa., 1301 Conn. ave. Richardson, J. D., Tenn., 1103 Gth st. n.w. Robbins, G. A., Ala., Arno Hotel. Robinson, J. 708 R. I. ave. nw. Robertson, -, La., Metropolitan. Royse, L. . Ind., Ebbitt. Ga., Mu. Vernon, Conn., Hamilton. Sauerhering, E., Wis., Oxford. Sayers, J. D., Texas, Riggs. Scranton, J. a., Pa.. Shoreham. Settle, Thos., North Carolina, Albany. Shanon, R. C., New York Shoreham. Shaw, J. North Carolina Metropolitan. Sherman, J. S., N. Y., Cairo. Shuford, A. C., N.C., Metropolitan. Simpkins, John, Ma Albany. Skinner, H., N. C., Ebbitt. Smith, W. -. 1435 K st. now. Smith, G. W. 918 1ith st. n.w. Snover, H. G., Mich., 603 N. C. ave. se Southard, J. H., Ohio, Varnum. Sorg, P. J., Ohio, Arlington. Spalding, Geo., Mich., 128 A st. n.e. Sparkman, S. M., Fla., Metropolitan. Spencer, J. G., Miks., 157 D st. s.e. Sperry, N. D., Conn., Buckingham. Stahle, J. A., Pa., Willard’s. Stokes, J. N.C., 921 1 st. nw. Strode, J’ B., Nebraska, Willard’s, Strait, T. J., 8. C., Lincoln. Stahle, Jas. A. Pa., 1224 8 st. nw. Steele, G. W., Ind., Ebbitt. Stephenson, 8. M., Mich., Ebbitt. Stewart, J. F., N. J.. Normandie. Stone, W. A., Pa.. L. M. Strowd, W Swarson, C. A., Va.. 1716 Q st. Taft, Chas. P., Ohio, 1311 K. Talbert, W. J., S.C., National. Tarsney, J. C., Mo., Willard’s. ) C street n.w. , Minn.. Bancroft Hotel Ohio 1263 Roanoke st. Terry, W. L.. Ark., Metropolitan. Thomas, H. F., Mich., 201 East Cupitol st. Towne, C. A., Minn., 1301 N northwest. Tracey, J. P., Mo.. 215 East Cap. st. Tracewell, Ind., Hamilton. Treloir, W. M., Mo., 215 Bast Cap. st. Tucker, H. 8. G.. Va.. 1329 M nw. H. G., Ga, Riggs. . 1710 G nw. Tyler, D. ‘a., 211 East Capitol st. Underwood, O. W., Ala., 1126 Conn. ave. Updegraff, Thos., iowa, 201 East Capitol. Van Voorhis, H. C., Ohio, Eckington Hotel. Wellington, G. L., Md., Willard’s. Walker, Jas. H., Mass., Shoreham. Walker, J. A. Va. Walsh, J. J.. N. Y., National. Wanger, A. P., Pa., 220 N. J. ave. se. Warner, V., Til, Cairo Flats. Washington, J. E., Tenn., 2013 Hillyer pL Watson, D. K., Ohio, Hamilton. Watson, J. E., Ind., 208 Md. ave. ne, Wellington, Geo. L., Md., Wilard’s. Wheeler, J., Ala., The Grafton. Williams, J. S., Miss., 100 Ist st. n.w. Willis, J..S., Delaware, 154 A st. nie, Wilson, Geo. W., Ohio, Varnum. Wilson, Edgar, Idaho, 453 M st. n.w, Wilson, F. H.,'N. ¥., Normandie. Wilson, J. S., South Carolina, Ebbitt. Wood, Benson, Ul, Ebbitt, Woodman, C. W., Ill, Congressional. na £ a z B by Q > Woodward, F. A:, N.C., Metropolitan, Woomer, E. M., Pa., Hamilton. Wright, A. B., Mass., Riggs. All in the Proces: From the Chicago Record. Mr. Nuwed—“I see they’ve given you but- terine for butter.” _ Mrs. Nuwed—“Oh, yes—I’ve just got straightened out on that subject.” “Got what?” “Why, the grocer tells me they're just the same, only butter is milked from the cow and butterine is taken from her after she’g butchered!” About fifty colored pop of Cumberland, Md., last night organized @ military sl any, to ory ae the Lowndes Guar honor of Gov. Lown THE EVENING STAR hasa Larger Circulation in the Homes of Washington than all the Other Papers of the City Added Together, because it Stands Up Always for the Interests of ALL THE PEOPLE of WASHINGTON; does not Strive to Divide the Community . into Classes, and’ Array one class. 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