Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. * “THE ACTRESS SECRET|AN ANACOSTIA BRIDGE Hew She Kept Young and Fresh Looking. One of the most remarkable women in America {sa popular actress whose name is known all over the world. She is a beautiful and vivacious wom- am, and yet, strange to say, she Is neatly sixty Years of age. In spite of her advanced years, she 43 today as fresh and youthful in appearance as many a woman of thirty. It was in @ recent Inter- view that ske told the secret of her marvelous vi- tality. owe all my health the fact that I am in using a pure stimulant. and vigor," she said, ‘to the habit of occasionally About twenty years ago T was advised to do this by an eminent physician, and I have followed izis advice ever since. When- t ali wouk or run down T find it ts the < I can take in order to get strength and . ‘That is why I manage to keep so young at my age, and never know what It is to have a day's sickness.” ‘or the information of Indies who may wish to follow the example of this fortunate woman it may Be added that Duffy's pure. malt whiskey Is. the stimulant to which she refers. She has for many years been enthustastie in recommending ft, because she knows from her own experienee that It Is pure, healthful and tm img. She has found it unequaled for building up “the system, and thou- sands of other women have testified to the same effect. ‘Thera is, in fact, nothing like Duffy's pure alt for setting the bloc in motion, toning up the ing new life and vigor. or curing or pr CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS. Committee of 06 Making Arrange- ments for the Great Convention. ent Washington” is the name given to the third tent which will be utilized for a meeting place during the convention of Christian Endeavorers in July next. This determination was reached last evening by the committee of "9 at its regular weekly meeting. The other two tents are known respectively as “Tent Williston” and “Tent Endeavor,” the first named after the church in which the first Christian Endeavor so- clety was organized, and the second in honor of the movement itself. These two tents were used for the first time at the con- vention in Eoston last year, but the new tent which will be dedicated to Christian Endeavor purposes next July has been ap- propriately named after the city In which it be used—the capital of the country where the organization is most vigorous. At the meeting of the committee of '96 Jast night Chairman Smith read a letter from Secretary Baer, requesting that twenty churches be named for the holding of the preliminary convention sessions .of Wednesday evening, July $. A discussion of this request brought out the opinion of the committee to the effect that twenty-five of these meetings ought to be held, instead of twenty, and it was decided to suggest this te Mr. Baer. A list of twenty-five ayailable churches was made up and ordered tfansmitted to Mr. Baer. Mr. Fred L. Fishback of the First Con- gregational Society was appointed secretary of the reception committee. Mr. Robison of the finance committee re- ported that satisfactory progress had heen made in the s for convention funds amons the zens. ‘The following appointments were made upon the entertainment committee: Mr. arson of Calvary Baptist ; Rev, F. A. Stier of the M. E. Society, Mr. C. B. rh of the Covenant, J. L. on Temple Memorial Mr. Pierson H. Bri Society and Mr. A. vernon Place M. E. d upon the excursion Winfield of Gu terian Society. Calvary Ba son of the M were appoin Shand, as committee of one, reported the following schedule of com ings to be heid in th tertainment; Marea tration, ‘ation; ce 4, entertainment (se ings of the finance, music, , and smaller committees will be ry. The foregoing Schedule refers to the large auxiliary com- mittee: unt Str ations were read from the Con- M. P. Charch, Foundry M. E. eh, North Pr rian Church and an A. M. E. Church, offering their lifices for the uses of the conven- A change was made last night in the as- signment of the Rhode Island delegation. As formerly arrang Star, the Rhode Island ned to the society cf Mt mt Congregational Church. ‘This delegation, however, has been ira ferred to the Fifteenth Street M. E. Cn h, So @s to be nearer their hotel headquarters, ich have been Secured at the Richmond. meeting of the auxillary music com- mittee will be held tonight at the Mount Vernon M. E. Church, at which the pre- liminary steps will be taken for forming the Jnammoth convention chorus. Taken From Camp. ;. ae * Reddick, as little Thomas Reddick ‘was called, will be seen about the “Camp” no Mere for several years. He is a little colored boy, five years old, and is very small for his age. Atout the “Camp” he was known by all the residents, and he was always at home wherever he stopped. His mother, Lizzie Streets, lived on Wilson Street, and kept such a disorderly place that the p: i nig and arrested her. P ing a disorderly to thirty days in man of th uardians that the boy be turned ever to the rd and seemed as h Agent Parkman as he is own tnother. It matters not n whether he was sent back home or ‘oree institution, for he said all he ‘wanted was “good eatin’.” Jue Miller said he realized that his surroundings in the Camp were unfit for and that he s be sent to a place ald be properly looked after. ed over to Agent Parkman, and his mother left him without a word and did not even kiss him farewell. THE BARS OF HEALTH once down, disease finds an easy em trance. If there is a week spot in the body, dis- ease-germs will find it. They will lodge” right in that spot and unless they are driven out at once, ¥ increase and multiply and grow into seriousness. Weakness is a predisposition to disease. Whether the weakness be local or gen- eral, it is dangerous. Good healthy strength all over the body is the best safeguard against disease. Debility of any kind is a direct invitation to serious sickness. The reason that Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures 98 per cent. of all cases of consumption if taken in the carly stages of the disease, is that it puts the whole body into a hearty, healthy condition. The poisonous tuber- cular matter is thrown off by the tungs, and the pure, rich blood cours- ‘ng through them, quickly stops the <nflammation, heals the broken mem- wanes and makes the Iungs perfectly Yrong and sound. Consumption is marked by wasting away of the bodily Hissues and vice versa. A wasting of the Sesh brings on consumption. Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in- Suees the accumulation of sound, hard, healthy flesh. It increases the appetite and the capacity of the digestive organs for the assimilation of food. It is a puri- fier, a tonic and a erful curative rem- edy, all in one bottle. All who will send their addresses, and twenty-one cents in ba stamps, to cover wrapping, to Vorid's a sa Medical Assocition, Buffalo, N. Y.. will receive mail a book of 1000 Rages which tells all about the “Golden Medical Discovery.” Major Davis’ Plan and Estimate for One at the Most Desirable Point. Bat He Recommends That No Draw Bridge Should Be Placed Between the Navy Yard and the Sea. ‘The report of Major Chas. KE. L. Davis, corps of engineers, in regurd to the proposcd bridge across the Anacostia river, which has been printed in substance in The Star, goes into the details of the char- acter and construction of the proposed structure. ‘The District appropriation bill for the year ending June Sv, 1896, provided the.sum of $3,500 to cnable the Secretary of War to make a survey, plan and ¢sti- mate ef the cost of the construction of a substantial and suitable bridge, with neces- sary approaches from the foot of South Capitol. street or below it at the most available point. across.the Easiera branch. In aceyrdance with this law Major Davis made the necessary surveys. He states i three triai lines of sur- vey were regarded as meeting ful the requirements of the act of Congress, com- mencing as follows: At the foot of South Capitol street at its intersection with ‘I’ str : at the intersection of One-Half street west with U street south, and at the foot cf 1st street t at its intersection “vith the right bulkhead line. Afier giving the results of this survey the report states: “The distance between the bulkhea’ lines being the same on all three of the routes, and the general chai rv of the unda- tions required being that this will be the least expensive route. The One-Halt street line stands next in the order of cost, while the Ist street line, with its long south approach, is the most expensive. In view of the proximity of the Navy Yard briige it does not appear, however, that a bridge from the foot of South Capitel street to Poplar Point would afford any material advantages as agneans of communication, er at least any which would be at all commensurste with the out- lay required for its construction,or that any general public interest would be thu: served. ‘The same view would seem to hold in regard to the One-Haif street line, and jor the same reasons. A bridge at the foct of ist street on the line proposed would open a more .lirect means of com- munication with a section of the District now somewhat cut off by the lower part of the Anacostia river, and afford a con- nection with the city for the future tension of South Capitol street, which will probably be an !mportant line ‘of travel in the future. It will also subserve the in- terests of the United States in the matter of more direct communication with the de- fenses of Washiagton. nis route would therefore seem to be the most advisable one, in the event of the consiruction of the’ proposed brilge. Estimate for One From First Street. Maj. Davis, therefore, submits a plan and estimate for a bridge at the foot of Ist street. He states that provision has been made for two lines of track in the middle of the roadway, to be used by street r ways and teams of heavy loads; for two lines for lighter vehicles, one on eit‘1+r si of the railway tracks, i feur lines of trave way of thirty-two feet. cost the report states, e the over that of a bridge providing oniy for ordinary travel, it is recommended that Congress provide that such incre: be paid for by any street railwa making use of the bridge. A flooriag similar to that on the Benning bridge, namely, one of iron plates, on which a sheet asphalt pave- ment with a concrete base was laid, is rec- ommended. Maj. Davis favors a draw open- ing 156 feet wide, owing to the fact that the propo: bridge will be = the navy yard and the sea, and the Department considers such an opening necessary. In view of the length ard we'ght of the draw, it is desirabie that it should be opened as infrequently as practi- cable, and for this reason it is proposed that the lowest truss member shall be twenty-four feet above low tide, so as to permit the passa; of fairly large tugs, scows and barges under any of the span: Owing to this requirement, together the | that for clear headroom over W street, the grade of the fluor of the brid is fixed at thirty-one fect above low tid>. Maj. Davis estimates that the cost of the bricge Will be $779,130. No Bridge Should Be Built. In conclusion, he makes the following recommendation: “‘The site of the bridge estimated for has been selected on the grounds stated, so- that in case Congress should decide on having the bridge built, it would subserve the best interests both of the public and the [United States, but it is my opinion that no such bridge should ever be permitted to be built. There is no draw- bridge between any navy yard and the sea in the United States, and none sught ever to be allowed, particularly at the capital of & the country. The Washington navy yard and its important proving grounds at In- dian Head shoul always have a clear and unobstructed caannel of communication be- tween them. In fact, no drawbridge ought ever to be permitte over rivers con-ect- ing important inland commercial cities with the sea which can be reached by deep-sea vessels.” STORY OF THE RAID. One of Jameson's Troopers Tells of the Now Famous Foray. A man named O'Dea, one of the men who accompanied Dr. Jameson on his raid into the Transvaal, in South Africa, and who landed at Plymouth, England, from Port Natal Sunday, has been interviewed. He said that the impression among the men of the object of the expedition was the protection ef the women and children in Johannesburg. He belonged to the ad- vance troop and never saw Dr. Jameson again from the time of leaving Mafeking. ‘He supposes that Jameson rode in the middle of the troop. The men hurried for- ward, ing at the rate of ten miles an hour, with not more than five hours’ rest in two days. They were sometimes able to get snatches of sleep on horseback. They had sufficient rations to last them until the evening of the second day. A party of fifty Boers met them and be- gan a desuitory fire upon them, to which ns followers replied. They had sev- eral skirmishes with Boers before reaching Krugersdorp, where the Boers succeeded in enticing Jameson's forces from the shelter- ed hillocks into the open veldt, while they themselves remained under cover. O'Dea expressed his belief that Jameson himself hoisted the white flag. Anyway, if he did not personally hoist it, the flag was raised by his order. When the Jameson party surrendered O'Dea still had ten rounds of ammunition, and many of the others had not exhausted their supply. After the surrender, he said, the men were fairly well treated. They were taken to Pre- toria, where they were corralled on the Pre- toria race course.’ They were allowed a loaf of bread and a quarter of a pound of meat a day for each man. At first he believed that all of the officers of the expedition, and the non-commission- ed officers with the rank and file, were to be shot. He heard afterward that the volksraad had rejected a proposal to shoot them by a majority of two. Eventually the men were taken to Port Natal, where they were free from the moment they went on board the Harlech Castle. O'Dea said it was his intention to visit Boston, Mass., and later to return to the service of the British South Afri¢a Com- pany. In the course of his conversation he alluded to several of his comrades, mention- ing Cawston of New York and Morgan of Montana. Laws Without the President's Signa- ture. The President having failed to return the following bills to’ the houss of Congress in which they originated within the constitu- tiona! limit of ten days, they have become laws without his signature: The act au- thorizing the Arkansas and Choctaw Rail- way Company to operate a railway through the Choctaw nation in the Indian territory; the act granting to the Brainerd and North- ern Minnesota Railway Company a right of way through the Leech Lake Indian reser- vation and the Chippewa Indian reservation. es DEATH OF DR. TOWNSHEND District Health Officer for Fourteen Years, One of the Best Known of Washing- ton’s Citizens—Passed Away This Morning. Dr. Smith Townshend, for fourteen years health officer of the District, distinguished soldier and an unusually popular man dur- ing the late war, died at his residence, 408 Gth street, at 3 o'clock this morning. Since September 29, 1892, when he was stricken with paralysis, Dr. Townshend hed been practically helpless, being almost con- stantly in the care of two servants at his | About 2:45 this morning he called | home. his man servant to his bedside, telling him that he felt very badly. The man attended to him, and leaving him for a moment found him groaning upon his return. The doctor’s nephew, Mr. Charles Townshend, and his niece, Mrs. Alice Ferguson, were hastily called to the sufferer’s bedside. They found him unconscious, and at once sent out for Drs. Poole and Tarkington. Be- fore they arrived, however. Dr. Townshend had passed away, succumbing to a second attack of paralysis. Death was somewhat sudden and unexpected, although the doc- tor had complained yesterday of feeling quite badly, a condition which was at- tributed to the heat. Dr. Townshend will be buried in the family lot at Rock’Creek Church cemetery, although the date of the funeral has not yet beea fixed. % Splendid Army Record. Dr. Townshend was born in Prince George's county, Md., December 1%, 1836. His parents removed. to this city when he was in his teens, and in 1856 he went to lllinois, and three years later to Colorado. At the outbreak of the war he came back to Leavenworth, Kan., and there enlisted as a private in the first Kansas regiment May 29, 1851. At the first battle of the war (Wilson's Creek, Mo.) he was severely wounded. He was honorably discharged because of the wound, but subsequently returned to Illinois, where he assisted in raising the thirty-secohd regiment of Hli- nois infantry. Before his wound had healed he was commissioned first lieutenant in the regiment, and in its first engagement—the battle of Shiloh—he was shot through the body, and was promoted to be captain. He was again wounded at Little Hatchi at Kenesaw mountain, at the of Vicksburg and at Bentonville. He was elected mayor after the battle of Atlanta, commanding his regiment on Sherman's march to the sea. He was elected Heuten- ant colonel, but the law as to the quota of men prevented him from receiving his com- mission as such. He served on the staffs of Gens. Gresham, Giles A. Smith and Bel- knap, participating in twenty-six pitched battles and being wounded six tint’s. After the war he conducted his regiment, which had re-enlisted as a whole, on a march from Louisville, Ky., to Fort Kearney, it having been ordered to Salt Lake. The regiment returned to Fort Leavenworth, where he was mustered out on the same ground where he had originally enlisted. His Life Here. Upon leaving the army Maj. Townshend completed his education at Shurtleff Col- lege. Ilionis, graduating in medicine at the Naticnal Medical College here in 186%, he haying removed here to accept a clerkship in the Treasury Department. He was ap- pointed health officer of the District under the provision of the permanent form of government July 9, 1878, serving as such for fourteen years. After leaving the health office he practiced his profession until stricken with paralysis. He was married to Miss Annie Wise of Virginia in Febru- ary, 1893, but she died quite suddenly of apoplexy the following September. Dr. Townshend was a thirty-second de- gree Mason, and was also a member of the Loyal Legion. At one time he was a mem- ber of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., but is said to have withdrawn from that hody. It is understood that his funeral will he con- eucted under the direction of the Masonic bodies and of the Loyal Legion. —__— DRIVE OUT SILVER MEN. Secretary Carlisle's Advice to the Two Larger Parties. Secretary of the Treasury John G. Car- lisle, at a coaference in New York yester- day with bankers and brokers represent- ing the chamber of commerce committee on financial legislation, made the follow- ing sugzestion as a plan to be pursued by the committee: “Devote all possible efforts to persuading the republicaa and democratic - national conventions to adopt anti-free silver plat- forms, thus forcing the fre2 silver advo- cates into independent action. In discussing his plan, Mr. Carlisle said that, in his opiricn, the chief point to be advocated now by those favoring a gold basis is that a positive declaration on the silver question be made by the dominant parties. He pointed out that the only hope for the silver people is in a straddie by either the democrats or the republicans and urged that the chamber of commerce could do much to ccmpel the adoption of straightforward gold standard planks at both the St. Louis and Chicago conven- tions. ‘This significant declaration from the Sec- retary of the Treasury and possible demo- cratic candidate for the presidency was made at a conference he had at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday with Henry W. Cannon, president of the Chase National Bank; George G. Williams, president of the Chemical National Bank; Isadore Straus, Gustav H. Schwab, Louis Windmuller, John P. Townsend, Henry Hentz, J. Ken- nedy Tod and Charles Stewart Smith. All are members of a special commit- tee an financial legislation, appointed by the chamber of commerce nearly a year ago, to wage war against free silver. A Secret Conference. The conference was held in secret in Sec- retary Carlisle’s room. It lasted an hour and a half. No time was lost in discussing what the present Congress may or may not do. Mr. Carlisle first asked about the possibility of further drainage of the re- serve. He was told that the conditions are favorable for preventing big exportations of the yellow metal, and that if crops are good, there may be even an influx of gold. The chief danger, it was pointed out, is In the money market, and it was argued that the bankers will so control it that danger will be averted. The reccnt bond issue was discussed, and it was evident from Mr. Carlisle's conversation that the sees is anxious to avoid another issue. Then the flranciers branched off into a discussion of what the chamber of com- merce financial committee has done’ and intends to do. Tkis committee was ap- Pointed as a result of a resolution intro- duced by Gustav H. Schwab. ° Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: John M. Baker .and Amelia Seitz; John F. Genus and Emma Turner; William H. Mars of this city and Belle B. Morris of Virginia; Charlies W. Wheeler and Mary E. Clark; William Thompson of this city and Rebecca Bruce of Dentsville, Md.; Dabney Maddox and Julia Powell, both of Cheriottesville, Va.; Samuel B. ‘Thompson akd Lizzie L. Caldwell both of Cincinnati, Ohio; Louis M. Carroll and Carrie V. Conrad; Charles Thompson and Madeline Curtis. NOTABLE j} -ABSENTEES Some Who Will Not Attend the Chicago Se - Prominent Denrocrats Who Will Be Misued—Old-Thhe Leaders Who Will Have Other Busines: While there is promise that the Chicago ecnvention will be,one of very great inter- est, announcements‘ already made show that a number of men who have given color and consequence to the proceedings of past conventions of the democratic party will not be in evidence on that occasion. Some will be absent for one reason, and some for another, but all are known to be laboring under the disgruntlement and discourage- ment which seem to afflict the democracy in every section of tne country. Richard Croker Will Be Absent. To begin with, Richard Croker will not be present. He has gone to England to race his horses, and will not return until Au- gust. He was a picturesque figure at Chi- cago four years ago—this grim, bearded, stocky, silent man, who marched at the head of the Tammany tigers, and fought so hard against the inevitable. The galleries surveyed him with the liveliest concern, and he played to them with very fine Bowery effects. His entrances and his exits were capitally managed, and if every other part of the anti-Cleveland crusade had been so well played as Tammany’s was, the result might have been different. Who will march at the head of Tammany this year? Bourke Cockran is Shelved. Nor will Bourke Cockran attend. © Mr. Cockran has been laid on the shelf by this same Mr. Croker. Four years ago they were like brothers. They scemed to be in- dispensable to each other, as also to the success of Tammany Hall. When a battle was to be planned, Mr. Croker was the man; when a speech was to be made, or a magazine article written in the interest of the Hall, Mr, Cockran was the man. But now there is war between them. Mr. Cock- ran could not today secure the humblest favor from the organization, of which he Was at one time the pride and oratorical ornament. He possesses exceptional power over a popular audience. His exhaustless vocabulary, the great carrying power of his voice, his Irish readiness of reply, and his cayerness and earnestness, all combine to steer him straight to the heart of the listener. He captured the convention of 1892, although he did not sway its decis- ion. His protest against the renomination of Mr. Cleveland was very generally pro- nounced the oratorical gem of the occasion. Who will be Tammany'’s gem-maker this year? Sulzer? Sulzer after Cockran, the New Yorkers say, is like seltzer after champagne. Watterson Going Abroad. Then there is Henry Watterson, who has withdrawn from politics, and is to sail in April for Europe, to be gone until after the November elections. This is regarded as a distinct loss to the gaiety of the party. Mr. Watterson has always managed to get a great deal of fun out of politics, and at the same time to contribute to the entertain- ment of others. He has laid down as much law, and probably ‘had as little of it, ex- ecuted, as any leader of his caliber in the country. He speaks And writes with equal ease and felicity. He can construct a plate form of his own, ar pull to pieces that of the other fellow, with a surprising amount of entertaining ingenuity. Mr. Watterson has attended every ‘national convention of his party since 1879, and upon every one left some impr f his individuality. But theme convention seefes which have known him so often and so well will know him no more forever. He himself has said it. Gorman is Out of It. Mr. Gorman anndutices that, contrary to his custom, he will take no part in candi- date making this year. And this will be a loss. The Maryland Senator is a very shrewd man, and pulls wires with the Best of them. Great interest has always attach- ed to his maneuvers at national conv tions, and the galleries have been accus tomed to train their glasses on the smooth and imperturbable man carrying, as was thought, the vote of his state in his insid pocket. Four years,ago Mr. Gorman was a presidential quantity. He was the hope of the anti-Cleveland people, and all of his moves were examined with marked curios- ity. But the scheme failed—largely, it has been charged, because of Mr. Gorman’s surprising lack of assertion at the critical moment—and today he is out of it, and content to confine himself to the humdrum of his senatorial duties. Who is it that mourns for Gorman now? Opportunity for Youngsters. But, of course, even with so many of the old actors left out, the play will go on. The opportunity for the aspiring youngsters is all the more alluring. Reputations great- er than those that have gone before may be made at Chicago next summer, and this in itseif will lend interest to the con- vention. Political observers will all be present to note the new men and appraise the more promising ones for the future. Charged With Sealing. “There was a change in the weather last night,” said James Brown, who was a pris- oner in the Police Court, “and I went out and got some coal. Now I don’t need it.” Brown was accused of having stolen two bushels of coal from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and he entered a plea of guilty to the charge. Judge Miller was told of the circumstances under which the arrest was made, and a fine of $5 or fifteen days was imposed. Joseph “Burley and Joseph Miller, col- ored, were before the court for alleged theft. It was charged that they stole a lap robe belonging to Mrs. Ida Newcombe, and they demanded a jury trial. In another case Burley was charged with the theft of a blanket and whip from James Chamber- lain. He plead guilty to the charge and the court gave him sixty days. Charles Fleet and Harry Thomas, also colored, were charged with having stolen a lap robe from Mr. Eschrich. They were convicted and sentenced to jail for two months. A young colored man named George Mas- sey was trfed on a charge of larceny from the person, it being charged that he picked the pocket of Miss Susie Schooler of a pocket book containing $1. Witnesses were heard, and the court held the defendant in $500 security for the grand jury. pees Ticats Cunningham is Wanted. Precinct Detective Sutton, who made the investigation and arrests in the case of the men charged with attempting to defraud Mrs. Judge Lindsey of Gainesville, Texas, a few days ago, by sending her a bogus tele- gram, as published jn;The Star at the time, has received a letten from the New Orleans authorities concerning John J. Cunningham, who is now in jajl. An the letter the chief of police stated that Gunningham is wanted there on a charge similar to that upon which he was arrested here. A picture of the pris- oner was inclosed, and, should he be ex: onerated here, the New Orleans authorities will send a requisitien; for him. —e—- Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee havé'heen filed as follows: Elijah Edmonston ¢f, x. to Helen N. Mer- riam, lot 40, sq. 77a; $10. Henry C. Morgan et ux. to C. Emmett Phelps, lot 78, sq. 988; $500. Same toWaine, lot 152, sq. 1015; $10. Wm. H. CanfpHll et ux. to W. B. Warnes, lot 142, 84,800; $10. Catherine Parker to Henrietta J. Ruppert, lots 55 and 70, sq. 669, and tits 60, 61, 62, sq. 620; $1,000. Henrietta "Ruppert to Geo. C. Meigs, lot 44, block ‘1, Bloomingdale; $10. Mattie E. Roberts 10 Effie F. Doremus, part lots 31 to 34, sq. 518; $10. James A. Taliaferro to Wm. C, Campbell, lots 138 and 142, sq. 860; $10. —— Death of Engineer Robinson. Mr. George Robinson, engineer at the White House, died at his residence, 715 11th street, last night, after an illness of two weeks with pneumonia. He had improved so much a few days ago that his ultimate Tecovery was fully expected. Consequently the news of his death was a great shock and surprise to his friends. Mr. Robinson is a native of Indiana and began his service in the White House under President Harri- gon, by whom he was brought to this city. |* He was but thirty-five years of age at the time of his death. A wife and one child sur- vive him. He was an efficient employe and ‘was very popular with all Ris associates. COLUMBIA KINDERGARTEN What Has Been Done by the Association Since Its Organization. Effect of the Work Done by the One Model School and the Free Lecture Courses. ‘The annual meeting of the Columbia Kin- dergarten Association will be held at 4 o'clock next Thursday in the small hall at Columbian University. All who are at all interested in kindergarten work are invited to attend, as well as the members of the as- sociation. This association was formed at a meeting held during the month of March, 1894, by a number of philanthropic ladies and gentlemen, who were appreciative of the value of kindergartea work and its beneficial results. This meeting is well re- membered, and the association, which is now in such a flourishing condition, is mere- ly the growth of the movement started at that time. The first purpose of the essocia- tion was to secure the adoption of first-class Kindergarten schools as part of the public schools. In order to do this the examples in other cities were pointed out, and the as- seciation strove to maintain kindergartens of its own tn order to show the practical results of the work. The association has also, by nieans of lectures, endzavored to bring the idea before the public mind, and has labored incessantly for two years to further its object. The assistance of a few generous givers was all that the association had to work with, and plans will be submit- ted at the coming meeting for the purpose of securing wider support, and more ex- tended means of aid. During most of the time it has carried on one model school at first in private quarters and latterly in an unused room in some public school building, the school at pres- eut being in the Buchanan building on E street between 13th and 14th, where every school day Miss Rosalie Ioor, a most com- petent kindergartener, teaches thirty or forty of th> young children of the neighbor- hood. The work done in the association's model school has received the approval of Superintendent Powell and of all the other officers and teachers of the public schools who have observed it, and in itself has been of incalculable benefit to the children attending. Besides the model school the association has conducted free lecture courses, a series of twenty lectures, by kin- dergarteners of this city and elsewhere, in- uding some of the most successful in the United States, and which was opened by an address from Commissioner Harris, being row in progress Saturday mornings at the Columbian University. Nothing but a lack of means has limited the success of the as- sociation, which has to depend, of course, entirely upon private contributions, as it receives no aid from public funds. It has raised its income partly from entertain- ments and partly by subscription, and is now appealing to the public in both ways. The present officers of the assciation are Mrs. John G. Walker, president; Carroll D. Wright, first vice president; Mr. B. Pick- man Mann, recording secretary; Mrs. Saml. E. Stevens, corresponding secretary; Mr. Henry B. F. Macfarland, treasurer, and an executive committee, comprising besides those mentioned, Dr. William Harris, Mrs. Lucius Tuckerman, Mrs. F. E. Chad- wick, Mrs. L. S. Doolittle, Mrs. John Crop- per, Mr. jon Wolf and Dr. H. N. Hail- mann. Interesting addresses will be made at the annual meeting on Thursday, when it is hoped the membership of the associa- tion will be increased, with a corresponding increase of incom — THE CUBAN DEBATE. Mr. Morgan’s Speech — Mr. Substitute Resolution. In continuation of his speech in the Sen- ate on the Cuban resolution yesterday after- noon after The Star’s report closed Mr. Morgan said the atrocities of the Spanish forces in controlling the Cubans were al- most without parallel in history. In the last war not only had 13,000 Cubans been killed in battle, but 44,000 prisoners hai been put to death. It was a most sho>k- Ing holocaust. The Senator said he had paused in wonderment to think the United States had stood silently by at this awful slaughter of 44,000 prisoners, instead of moving, sword in hand, and driving the Spaniards from the island. Mr. Frye askel if this wonderful, shock- ing statement was historical. Mr. Morgan replied that it was nistory, deliberately written by a Spaniard, appear- ing in the American Encyclopedia, under the title “Cuba.” The present war, said Mr. Morgan, was but a renewal of the former one. Gen. Gomez had returned to his command, and Cisnero, the insurgent presiient, returned to his task. The United States could go no further in its forbear- ance without a stain on its honor. It was the imperative duty of today to declare a state of war existing. The great body of the native Cubans cre in favor of the insurrection, although the bloody code of Weyler holds them in sub- jection. Spain has sent to the 2ontlict up to this time sixty-one war vessels, 110,000 men, and has 80,000 volunteers for garrison duty. And yet this vast force cannot keep Gen. Gomez from hearing the morning ard evening guns of Havana. Mr. Morgan said no one could doubt, without impeaching our own consuls, that the mass of Cubans were in sympathy with Gomez and Maceo, and that in the end the Cubans were certain to achieve their liberty. ‘The Senator said the adoption of this resolution would not only apply to this rebellion, but also to the next, and the next—for they would continue to come— and would be notice to Spain that bellizer- ency would be accorded to these struggling for their freedom. Mr. Morgan spoke until 5:15, without concluding his speech. Mr. White's Substitute. Mr. White offered a substitute for the pending resolution, as follows: “Resolved, That the Senate contemplates with solicitude and profound regret the suf- ferings and destruction accompanying ihe civil conflict now in progress in Cuba. While the United States have not interfered, and will not, unless their vital interests so de- mand, interfere with existing colonies and dependences of any European government on this hemisphere, nevertheless, our peo- ple have never disguised, and do not row conceal, their sympathy for all those who struggle patriotically, as do the Cubans now in revolt, to exercise, maintain and preserve the right of self-government. Nor can we ignore our exceptional and close relations to Cuba by reason of geographi cal proximity, and our consequent grave interest in all questions affecting the con- trol or well-being of that island. We ar- dently hope that the executive department to whose investigation and care our d:plo- matic relations have been committed will at aa early date find the facts to be such as to warrant the recognition sf the bel- ligerency of those who are maintaining themselves in Cuba in armed opposition to Spain, and that the influence and offices of the United States may be prudently, peacefully and effectively exerted to the end that Cuba may be enabled to establish @ permanent government of her own choice.” White's o- The Beer Boycott. In compliance with a request from the Icecal brewers, as made in a circular from the latter, Carpenters’ Union, No. 1, has appeinted a committee to hear the side ef the brewers in the pending beer trouble, and a report to the full union is expected at an early day. ~ OR.CHASES Blood“Nerve Food : Yourse Weighs teroge: TAKING See For Weak and Run-Down People from Childhood to Old Age. WHAT IT IS! 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It’s only a few, comparatively, We're not complaining. There are millions of women who have seized on Pearline’s way of washing—elad to save their labor, time, clothes, and money with it. Most women don’t need much urging when they fully understand all the help that comes with Pearline. # Wo SSReamias, Bad Cooking Males I Nie Is recognized as the most perfect cooking apparatus yet produced. It is made of malleable iron and cold-rolled ade seete ase dorfoatenteate consenteate dSeieaceasoeseaboaseeseesengeaseeceate ate BOARD OF TRADE MEETING. The Subjects of Health and Szxnita- tion Will Be Discussed Tonight. The health and sanitation of the city will be discussed this evening at a meeting of the board of trade at the change, beginning at 7:30. Addr be made by Dr. W. W. Johnston, Gen. Stern- b , Surgeon general, U. S. A.; Surgeon <inyoun of the marine hospital service and Dr. Samuel C. Busey.. The principal topics considered will be the improvement and ex- tension of the water supply, provision for an adequate ‘tem of sewage dispo: the reclamation of the flats along the Ana- river or Eastern branch. The ad- s will be fully illustrated by the use of charts and lantern. A special invitation Is extended to those of the public inter to attend this meeting. —_ Junk Licenses. This afterncon in the Police Court Sam- uel C. Raub, dealer in old bottles, was given a hearing on a charge of being an unlicensed junk dealer, it being charged that he violated the provision of law re- quiring a license for dealers in second- hand personal property. There was a jury trial in the case, which was brought to get a decision as to whether or not the law applied to such a case. Judge Miller held that the law did apply, but he thought the law should be explicit enough to enumerate the articles. A verdict of guilty was returned, but the defendant was not fined. He said he would comply with the law, and the case ended. aes Gladness Comes wie a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is, everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on which it acts. Itis therefore all-important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured bythe California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep- utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxa- tives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended tothe most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. Grateful—Comforting. Epps’s Cocoa. th igh wriedge a thorvugh know! of the natural witch gcvera the operations of disestion aaa matte tion, and by a careful application of the fine prop- erties of well-sclected Cocoa Mr. has provided for ur breakfast aid supper a delicately favored bererage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. Jt is by the jedicicus use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually bullt up guiil streng eucagh, to resist every tendency of die. euse. Hundreds of suotle maladies are’ floati arcund us ready to attack Wherever there Is a weal int. 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