Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1896, Page 11

y The Evening Star’s Almanac for’96«. contains 416 pages of solid reading matter! Tells all about the local government, making it of special interest to every citizen of the District. Contains more information than any other Almanac printed. You need it for reference - every day. A mine of useful facts worth their | weight in gold)! Get it from any newsdealer, or at “OUR GHAUNCEY'S” FAME Mr. Dew Says. the News ves Mae I fr Hi The Genial Orator is the Reporter's Friend Under All Conditions, He Does Not Eat at Public Dinners, and is Careful of His Digestion. Chauncey M. Depew once said, “Fame lies in making yourself agree- able to newspaper men.” There is no man in public life sq affable and courteous to newspaper men as Chauncey M. Depew. There is unquestionably no reason of policy why Mr. Depew should make himself agreeable to reporters; he does it simply because he is thoughtful of the newspaper men, and a gentleman by instinct—which all men in public life may be, though they do not all give the reporters a chance to find it out. In his home life Mr. Depew is one of the most gracious and charming of men. He is a great lover of do- mestic life, and spends all the time at home that the many demands on his time will permit him. An example of Mr. Depew’s cour- tesy to newspaper men was afforded in an incident at Carnegie Music Hall in New Yorkin the course of the great Columbian celebration. Mr. Depew was to speak, and a re- porter of one of the New York pa- pers who was sent to his house to get a copy of his address found that he had already left the house, and was told that he was to speak ex- temporaneously. The reporter was due at another. meeting at the same hour as that of Mr. Depew’s address; and he was in a quandary. Hurrying around to the music hall, he succeeded in ¢atch- ing Mr. Depew as he entered the stage door, and stated his wants. The orator said he hardly knew as yet what he would say, but offered to give the reporter an outline of the address as he would ptobably deliver it, and in an ante room, while the orchestra was playing an overture, he dictated the outline of an eloquent speech, which 15 minutes later was being applauded by 7,000 people. The reporter “covered” his other as- signment, and from that day he was a warm admirer of Chauncey M. Depew. Many persons have wondered how Chauncey M. Depew can attend so many dinners—he has been known to speak at three in one evening— and still retain a good digestion. The secret of this is that he sel- dom, if ever, eats at the banquets which he attends, but almost invari- ably dines at home before starting out. 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No need for them to K that ‘way. ‘Insist upon your washwoman { Weaver, Kengla& Co.’ “Laundry & Borax’ S=0=a=p=s —and you will never have any but the very whitest ‘These and cleanest of clothes, refined — A TTT |Lots of People |Prefer A Powde . —Instead of a if for White’s Dentine, Onfy imparts 20c. Bottle. it, .la7ting perfume 13th and Pa. ave. Two Drug Stores, }3tn 203 3-27 fel-28a ES TTS SCT REPAIRING F CLOCKS Fas long been & specialty o ours. 3 Here are men—t IY familia: with cvery detail of the work—who do nothing el fact but repair Watches and fe warrant ARL PETERSEN, 427 7th st. fel-24d THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. HONOR. TO THOMAS PAINE A Free Thinkers’ Meeting Pays a Tribute ~. to Him. Speeches Eulogizing the Work of the Author of the “Age of Reason” and Assailing His Critics. Fully 200 people assembled in Metzerott’s Hall yesterday afternoon to participate in the celebration of the birthday anniversary of Thomas Paine. The stage was respfend- ent with the national colors, and on a smal] stand wrapped in the flag rested a gilded bust of Paine. W. A. Croffut pre- sided, and on the stage were S. P. Putnam of Boston, M. Pechin, ©. C. Carter, F. B. Woodbury, secretary of the National Spirit- ualists’ Association, and D. W. Groh. Mr. Croffut opened the exercises by exhibiting the shoe buckles and spectacles of Paine. Mr. Croffut also exhibited among the relics his own mother’s Bible, which she had given him and on her deathbed made him promise to read. He said he hada read it and in the light of modern science could not accept it. Mr. Croffut sald if in the dim and misty beyond he should meet his mother again he believed she would have become enlightened as to the Bible and would say: “You were right, my son. The audience was in a lively and respon- sive mood and applauded sharply every glittering bit of skepticism uttered by the speakers. Ingersoll’s raillery about the Bible was again and again the occasion for lavghter aud applause. Mr. F. B. Woodbury, on behalf of the splritualists, welcomed Mr. Putnam to the city, and the latter was then introduced, and made the leading addreas of the afternoon. He said that the audience was not gathered together to celebrate ‘Thomas I'aine, but the principles for which he stood. -He declared that Paine was not.an infidel, that he be- leved in God and Mil universal revelation. The speaker then took up the Bible and iterated the time-worn criticisms of Inger- soll and others. Little was sald cf Paine except to affirm that he was a great, noble- hearted and good man, who loved humanity and believed in the freedom and equality of men. The greater part of the address was devoted to ridicule of Christianity and the Bible. Ingersoll, he said, a hundred years from now, would be called a Christian. Speaking of the alleged err- ors of the Bible, Mr. Putnam said there were 230,000 errors in it, and it was full of contradictions; much was in it that should not be there, and the morality of those parts of the Bible that were accepted as orthodox was entirely wrong. He con- demned the teachings of Christ which urged men to sell all they had and give it to the Poor, and take no thought of the morrow, saying that it was the ‘luty of man not to | be poor, and to take forethought and make provision for the future. After Mr. Putnam's speech Mr. Groh read resolutions eulogizing Paine and cordemn- ing the intolerance of the day. that denies to him the full measure of honor rightfully his due. During the meeting a collection was taken to pay the rent of the hall, and enough was secured to justify the announcement that there would be a mass meeting in the same Place next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock to protest amainst puritanical Sunday laws in the District of Columbia. DISASTROUS PHILADELPHIA FIRE. Two Million Dollars’ Worth of Prop- erty Destroyed. Chestnut street above Broad, Philadel- phia, was visited early yesterday morning by one of the fiercest fires the city has known for years. The big seven-story building of Charles H. Haseltine, Nos. 1416 and 1418 Chesnut street, and the adjoining five-story structure of the American Bap- tist Publication Society and thesAmerican Baptist Historical Society, No. 1420, were destroyed. The buildings damaged by fire and water and falling walls were the four-story dry gcods house of Homer, Le Bontillier & Co., Nos. 1412 and 1414; the dwelling house 2, owned by the Wistar estate, and the Hotel Lafayette, at Broad and Sansom streets. On either side of the main en- trance to the Haseltine building were the piano warerooms of Hallett & Davis, at 1416, and of Steinway & Co., at 1418. The two Baptist societies lost large and valua- ble collections of paintings, books and curios. The detailed losses have not yet been made up, but a conservative estimate Places the aggregate at close to $2,000,000. It is thought that this is almost fully cov- ered by insurance. There were about 250 guests in the La- fayette Hotel, which is in the rear of the destroyed buildings. While there was con- siderable confusion in the hotel, the guests, barring a few fainting women, kept cool heads, and all were removed in safety. Every other hostelry in the city was thrown open for the reception of the dis- turbed guests. Only the eighth and ninth ficors of the hotel were burned, although the back part of the building from cellar to roof was badly damaged by smoke and water. The Baptist Publication building and stock were valued at $400,009; insured. The Historica] Society lost 10,000 volumes, val- ued at $200,000, and insured for $25,000, The Haseltine building was valued at $300,000 and was fully insured. It was erected in 1888, and the first two floors were “fire-proof.” The loss on paintings on the second floor is between $300,000 and $100,000; uninsured. Among those destroy- ed were two by G. H. Selous, valued at $30,- 000 each, and one by Roberts-Fleury, val- ued at, $10,000. es A GIGANTIC COMBINATION. Coal and Rallroad Trust Said to Rep- resent Two Billions of Capital. ‘The New York World today says: A new trust, greater, richer, stronger, more important than any other trust now in existence, has beea formed and begins actual operations today. 5 Involving thousands of miles of railroad and more than $2,000,000,000 of capital of the Vanderbilts and J. Pierpont Morgan, it is far ahead of the wildest dream of wealth and monopoly which the late Jay Gould ever conceived. J. Pierpont Morgan is the master spirit and originator in the new trust, the magnitude of whose operations makes the profits of a gold ring seem insignificant and trifling. The anthracite coal mining and railroad companies sold last year 46,000,000 tons of coal at an average wholesale price of $3.08. It is proposed by the new trust to raise the price to $4a ton. On decreased production an increased profit of $38,000,000 is assured, and will be divided among cleven companies. The great coal trust begins operations to- day by advancing the price of coal thirty- five cents a ton. This increase is only the first step, but it means over $15,000,000 in- creased cost to consumers and an even greater profit to the trust, as many middle- oe and selling agents are to be dispensed with. : The permanency and success of the trust is not doubted by the most skeptical in Wall street, because the companies which have broken every previous trust agreement are now absolutely controlled by Mr. Morgan or the Vanderbilts. The new trust is a giant, } compared to which the Standard Oil, the sugar, the tobacco, and the leather trusts are mere pigmies. ‘The advance in the price of coal made to- day by the trust is the first step. It is pro- Posed ‘soon to get about ninety cents a tor more for coal than last year’s prices. —+e+____ Justin McCarthy to Retire. Justin McCarthy, it is announced, will re- sign the leadership of the Irish parliament- ary party because of poor health. o+—___ The Christian Endeavor Anniversary, Christian Endeavor societies all over the world yesterday recognized in some man- ter the fifteenth anniversary of the found- ing of the organization. The movement, which began fifteen years ago with one so- clety of fifty-seven members, has spread and grown with such remarkable vigor that it today numbers 2,600,000 members, divided into 43,000 societies, In the societies in this city special exer- cises were held in a number of instances. At the Westminster Presbyterian Church a paper was read by Frederick W. Barnaclo, giving an exhaustive history of the organi- zation and its work in all circles of ape | and in the countries of Europe, Asia ani Africa and the islands of the South Seas. tas the Pacers eeonee: Soe Church epresen: e » Pugh an presen- nee Thomaa W. Phillips made brief ad- resses, ORATORICAL CONTEST. Interest Felt in the Coming Event— Some Contents te Selected. The third annual c of the Epworth League Oratorical Association is to be held in Foundry Church on some evening before the 15th of March, and great interest cen- ters in the event. The%sHapters which will be represented on that occasion are Waugh, Hamltne, Metrépélitan and Trinity. Three young men were the contestants for the honor of representing Hamline Chapter Friday evening at Hi e Chureh: Clyde Reed, who spoke on “iltferia and Its Need;” ©.W.Goodwin, on the subject, “Formation of Character,” and C.°Eder Reed, who de- claimed on “The Growth of a City.” The decision of the judg9s,,in favor of Mr. Goodwin was announced by Prof, C, M. Lacey Sites. The other judges were Rev. Dr. F. D. Power, Dr. iS R. Lane and Miss Ida M. Daly on thought and composition, and Rey. Dr. A. H. Ames, D. D., and Mr. Metzger on delivery. The musical num- bers of the program consisted of a vocal solo by Miss Alice A. M. Kraft, and two organ voluntaries by Raymond W. Moulton. Mr. E. W. Williams, the president of the Epworth League Oratorical Association, presided. Miss Annie E. Wing, who has ckarge of the literary department of Ham- line Chapter, was in charge. At Waugh Church Friday eyenin a large audience greeted the orators of the evening: The following was the program: Cornet solo, Mr. Chas. H. Henney, Miss Sallie Nicholson, accompanist; prayer, Rev. Geo. N. Luccock, D. D.; “American Union," Richard P. Evans; “Character,” Bertha E. Walter; piano solo, Chariot Race,” Prof. F. B,’ Karr; Mission of America,” Harry O. Hin Country,” Prof. Court I. Wood. The judges were, on thought and composition, B. F. Leighton, Prof. A. T. Stewart and Rev. Geo. N. Luccock, D. D.; on delivery, Mrs. Jennie S. Bartlett, Prof. George B. Hall and Mrs. Jessie I. Pierson. The con- test was held under the supervision of the department of literary work, Miss Duanna E. Mitchell, chairman, and Misses Lorena Ambrose, Grace Patten and Lucretia Walk- er and Mr. T. C. Taylor, special committee. There were three competitors at the mect- ing of the Metropolitan Chapter of the Met- repolitan Church Friday evening—Herbert C,Sanford, Frederick W.Moore and Matthew C. Hamilton. Mr. Sanford's oration was en- titled “Unseen Things,” and he was chosen by the board of judg composed of Prof. Jee Davis, Dr. George H. Corey and Lewis H. Campbell. TCH STRICKEN, Seized With Paralysis Just Before His Sunday Service. Rev. George Patch, D.D., the pastor of Gunton Memorial Church, was stricken with paralysis at his home, 13: R street, yesterday morning xbout 10:30 o'clock. For awhile his life was despaired of, but today his cordition seems to have improved con- siderably, and the family and physicians are decidedly hopeful, although still ad- mitting that his illness ts very serious. At the time he was stricken Dr. Patch Was sitting alone in his room on the sec- ond story, the only other person in the house at the time being a maid servant. Mr=. latch was at the church, at the cor- ner of 1ith and R streets, where she was conducting a class in the Sunday school. The doctcr was presumably preparing for church and thinking over the sermon he was to deliver a few minutes later when the maid S startled by a noise in his room, Entering hastily, she discovered him lying on tae floor, where he had fallen from his chair. Aid was summoned, among the first to respond H.. V. Boynton, who lives next door. Dr: ‘orey and McAr- dle were called in and rendered all the sistance in their power. They found that the unfortunate man Was suffering from paralysis of the right side. Later Dr. Busey was in attendance, and has since takan charge of the case. , The news of her husband's taken to Mrs. Patch at the chur. ure was She | hurried home, and was all but prostrated by the sad occurrence. During the ser the congregation were told of whit ha happered to their beloved pastor, and be- fore evening almost every one had called to inquire about him. Among the first w: Dr. ‘Talmage, a personal friend of Dr. Patch. Dr. Patch is a rative of Vermont and is about fifty-nine years of age. He has been actively engaged as a pastor in this city for the last twenty years. He gas preached to his present congregation for fou-t Both at the morning and evening services yesterday the Rev. Dr. Colquitt Pratz, for- merly an Episcopal rector, and now a mem- ker of the congregation, officiated in the pulpit. Dr. Talmage will preach next Sun- day morning. At noon today callers at the house were told that Dr. Patch was resting very com- fortably, and was much better than he was yesterday evening. He is conscious most of the time, and is able to talk enough to make his wants known, and to show that he recognizes those about him. ‘The fact that he still has control of the fingers of his right hand is looked upon as a favorable sign by the physicians in attendance. ud DRIVING. Two Men Are Fined im the Police Court. Policeman Hodges, who is detailed as one of the corer policemen at Pennsylvania avenue atd 7th street, had an exciting chase in a “night line’ hack lagt night about 10 o'clock. A carriage, in charge of a colored man named William Coke, came along and passed over the intersection at a rate of spced faster than a’ walk. A col- ored man nzmed William Clark, who was seated on the vehicle with Coke, was using the whip. The horses were going so fast that Mr. Thomas Milstead, who was cross- ing the avenue at the time, was unable to get out of the way befcre the vehicle knocked him cown and passed over his hip and side. Coke still held the reins and Clark applied the lash. At a breakneck speed the horses went up Sth street until they reached F street, and then one of the animals fell. The horse clid cn the wet concrete for a distance of several yards, but a3 nothing broke to disable the team the horse was soon on ts feet again and the race was resumed. All this time Officer Hodges was follow- ing in the “night re” corriage, but he did not overtake the fugitives until they reach- ed l4th and P streets, Then Loth men were arrested and locked up. ‘This morning the men appeared before Judge Kimball on charges of violating the police regulations in going over the cross- ing at a rafe of speed taster than a walk and fest driving in their efforts to escape arrest. They were fined $15 or forty-five days each. Coke was charged with an assault on Mr. Milstead, but on account of the latter's condition the case had to be continued. Work Among Colored People. “Work Among Our Women” was the sub- ject of an address delivered by Mrs. Jesse Lawson, superintendent of the work among the colored people of the W. C. T. U., be- fore the lyceum of the Second Baptist Church yesterday afternoon. A resolution was passed at yesterday's session request- ing the Commissioners of the District to establish a school where colored children may learn a complete trade. . ——— Overcome by Gas. W. Tgwnsend of 404 Sth street northwest ‘was overcome by gas early yesterday morn- ing in his room at the foregoing number. His condition was discovered by a friend, and the unconscious man was removed to the Emergency Hospital, where, after an heur’s work, Mr. Townsend was considered out of danger. ————— Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Harry B. Easton of this city and Bertha A. Posey of Alexandria, Va.; A. F. Lippard of this city and Elizabeth N. Buchanan of Pittsburg, Pa.; Eugene Van Voorhis of Rochester, N. Y¥., and Allis M. Sherman of this city, [pfant It is a matter of vast Importance to mothers. The of the GAIL BORDEN CONDENSED MILK DISTRICT | APPROPRIATIONS ° Disoussion of the Bill in the House of Representatives Saturday. Mr. De Armond Objects to the Govern- ment Paying Anything Toward the Sinking Fund. After The Star report of the proceedings in the House of Representatives Saturday afternoon closed the appropriations for the metropolitan police force was reached, and, in reply to a question by Mr. Hepburn, Mr. Grout said that in other cities the average detail of policemen is one to each 5) of pcpulation, while here it is but one in 600 of population. He said thai a large part of the force here is kept on special duty, twenty-six officers, for instance, being at the White House, which number, Major Mcore had stated, was twice as large as in fcrmer years. Mr. De Armond Again. When the appropriation of $1,213,947 for interest and sinking fund on the funded Gebt of the District was reached, Mr. De Armond, léng known for his opposition to the interests of the District, offered an amendment providing that all of the above appropriation be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. Mr. Grout made a point of order against the amend- Irent a3 opposed "to existing law, but Mr. De Armond replied by a lengthy argum' in favor of his proposition. He claimed that the act of March 3, 1891, which pro- vided “and the faith of the United States is hereby pledged that the United States will, by proportional appropriations, and by causing to be levied on the property with- in said District such taxes as will do so, previde the revenues necessary to pay the interest on said bonds as the same may be- come due and payable, and create a sink- ing fund for the payment of the same at maturity,” did not pledge the United States to half of the charges. Mr. Grout replied that the phrase “and the faith of the United States is hereby picdged that the United States will by pro- pertional appropriations,” etc., indicated that the United States was to pay its pro- Fortion of the debt. Mr. De Armond’s amendment was finally Passed over until the other portion of the Lill had been disposed of. Temporary Home for Ex-Union Sol- x diers. Mr. Hainer of Nebraska moved to strike out the appropriation of $2,500 for a tem- porary home for ex-Union soldiers and sail- ere, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Hainerethen stated his objections to appro- priations for any institution ovér which the United States had no control, and enumer- ted such institutions named in the Dill which carried appropriations of $81,700. I make no question,” said Mr. Hainer, “but that each of these istitutions for wk‘ch an appropriation is here sought to be made is doing a meritorious work. Some of them are sectarian and others are unsectari- an, but each one of those to which I have called attention is a purely private institu- tion. Their work, while philanthropic, is in the real sense private; they represent no public work. Let this committee under- stand it, these are institutions over which the government has absolutely no control. These institutions, it is true, make reports to the superintendent of charities, but those reports ure rot made under oath. The gov- ernment of the United States, which makes these appropriations, has no right to say what preons shall enter any of these insti- tutions or what persons shall go out of them.’ Mr. Hainer said there were people who objected to some of these appropriations because they were sectarian. General Charitable Institutions. “There are many who recognize,” he said, “thé fact that one of the foundation prin- ciples on which this government is based is that there shall be an absolute divorce of church and state. You cannot have this absolute divorce and at the same time ap- propriate money to sectarian institutions for purely sectarian purposes. “As I said, however, I do not now make point on that. It may not be seemly for me to object to any of these institutions be- cause of their sectarian character. Cer- tainly 1 would not assail one of them for the sole reason it belongs to the Catholic Church, I make no secret, tlemen, of the fact I was born on a foreign shore and born of parents who bclonged to the: Catholic Church. In that church I was baptized. I am not a member, however, of that church or any other.? Mr. Hainer paid a high tribute to the char- itable work of the Catholic Church, but, he said, he contended only that the govern- ment should appropriate money for public purposes, and should make appropriations for no private purposes watever. He said he did not believe the good work of these charitable institutions wouid be interfered with by the government withholding its support. Mr. Wheeler spoke in favor of the char- itable appropriations, and Mr. Cannon sup- perted the appropriaticn for the Old Sol- ders’ Temporary Home. Mr. Grosvenor of Oh!o supported Mr. Hainer’s motion. Mr. Bartlett of New York said the fight on the temporary home for old soldiers showed who the friends of the soldiers wer; this remark being greeted by derisive laughter. Mr. Gibson spoke in favor of the appro- priation for a temporary home for soldiers. 5 o'clock the House adjourned. ——————~o+—___. MR. BUBL EXONERATED. The Eckington Burglar ts Still at Large. Night Superinterdent C. W. Bubb of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home railroad, who was arrested Saturday after he reported that he had bi “held up” by a disguised burglar and robbed of $213, as published in Saturday's Star, was released from cus- tody late in the afternoon, after he had been interviewed by Inspector Hollinberger. As published in Saturday's Star, Mr. Bubb was arrested oa suspicion and held at the 8th street station for some time. It was about 3 o’clock in the afternoon when the suspected man btadquarters, d with the inspector. He told the story of the “hold up” a straightforward manner, and ex- plained how his movements could have heen watched from the outside. When Inspector Hollinberger had heard the man’s story, he was fully convinced of his honesty, ard so informed the railroad officiais. Mr. Bubb was thereupon released, and he returned to work Saturday night. Inspector Hollinberger informed a Star reporter this morning that develop:nents In the case fully convinced him that the sue perintendent was not concerned in the rob- bery, and he has hopes of capturing the robber. A combination of the it stafls of WHEAT, Cond ana wicn Mf \TEE—Buy a Genuine Aunt Jemima’s Self-raising Pancake and if you do it makes the best cakes you ever ate, return the émpty box to your grocer, leave your naine, and the grocer will zel Buy THe RED PACKaGm, . Setentifcally Prepared and Mamata tured only Lv ianafact , “fT. DAVIS MILL O0., St. Joseph, Mo” 0080-w,fémi7w =<: If ALL OTHERS FAIL, CONSULT DR. 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