Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1896, Page 11

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenna, Cor. 1th Street, by lbe Evening Star Newspaper Company S. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. New York Oiics, 49 Potter Building, = Sa =e ‘The Evening Star ‘s werved to sahscribers im the city hy carriers, oa thelr owa account, at 10 cents F week, or 442. per mouth. toples at the counter cents each. By mall—anrwhere in the United States or Cauada—postage preud--50 cents per quintupls Sheet Star, $1.00 per sear: Entered t t as second-class seall_mattec.) EAM mail abeeript! ons must be pald in advarce. Rates of advertixing 1 application. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1896-FOURTEEN PAGES. Ridiculous! TO IMAGINE ANY BISCUIT EQUAL TO. MASON'S WORLD-RENOWNED CREAM BISCUIT. For Purity, Crispness as the “trol o table complete wit 1 Freshness thi * dovs the horse ears. t them. ‘Try a pound © no idie boast. rpass CREAM BISCUIT. 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Wagon calls, ANTON FISCHER, 906 G St. ap22-Sd CURIOUS OPERATIONS One of the Causes of the Condition of the Baltimore and Ohio, a ITS SHOPS CLOSED UP The Immense Outstanding Obliga- tions of the Road. THE C. AND O. CANAL The excitement produced throughout the country by the expose In The Star of Mon- day last in regard to the disappearance of a large amount of securities from the treas- ury of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has not subsided, and the result of the examination of the company’s af- irs so far by Expert Accountant Little has influenced Mr. Oscar G. Murray, one of the receivers, to say “that there may have been honest mismanagement” during the sriod covered by the ad- ration of President Mayer. admission on the part of Mr. Murray has set many of those who were conversant with B. and O. matters during the years referred to to thinking, and a gentleman who then occupied a high position In the company’s service at the Central building in Baltimore related a day or two ago in ‘alt:more to a Star reporter the followin: were among the causes t the B. and O. to a state and into the hands of re- oon,” said he, “as Mr. Mayer took charge of the B, and O. as president a policy ecenomizing was entered upon. There yes hardly a man in the employ of the com- pan > sort. whose Wages w n some insiances, and they were not few, to less than a dollar a day, and out of ul sum the einploye comipelled to pay a portion to the Relief The repair shops from other were put hort time, the men often being refused ‘on to work more than two days a and this In spite of the fact that cars were, in the nat of events, con- stantly need! rs, and that the com- pany’s shops place to do at the same tme the force of bos was not reduced, were frequent ions whe: welve bosses epartment on duty and at work. Outside Company. anding the limber could be sh ard worked up into cars this for at per ¢ less than they could cn credit from the car nies, Mr. Mayer s : longer the meni ¢ would be tor ¢ Following out this idea of Mr. th Hal ‘ar @ompan. ed. Among its stockholders rt Garrett, e Rob- Latrobe, the then mayor n and McDonatd, prom- nd a number of saltimor i not, how, on as = ready for oper ny's own shops were closed and a large act for new cars given to the former this y for these cars bonds, known as car trust series, and running for twenty ears, were issued, and‘interest at the ate of six per cent annually paid every onths. At the same time hundreds Ss belonging to the B. and O., which led or less repairing ‘to put them into serviceable condition, were al- lowed to stand on, side tracks in almost every big yard owned by the company, while the managers were using cars from other lines, as rapidly as they could pick ihem up, and paying three cents per mile to the owners for thelr service. c arge shipper over the B, and O., y those engaged in the coal trade. t for years it has been a ma’ tical impossibility for him to y ats as he wanted to bring his to eastern markets. If he want- cars to carry coal from the Cumberland, Md., to Washing- altimore, as the case might be, he tunate if he got five. The effect of his was to cause a loss in freight charges to the B. and O. in the aggregate of mil- lions of dollars, and to contribute in no all Gegree to much of the dissatisfaction ich has existed among the miners in that region during the last twenty years by in this way depriving them of the op- portunity to earn a living for themselves and their families, ‘A somewhat different policy was follow- ed in purchasing locometives, though the result has been the same. It was found that the Baldwins of Philadelphia were willing to sell engires to the B. and 0. and take their pay in ten yearly install- ments, the B. and O. giving its notes, bear- Ing interest, for them. At once the finely equipped Mount Clare shops were closed for building purposes, and only enough men retained to do the ordinary repairing “Tt should not ge supposed that the South Baltimore car works received the contracts for all the new cars bought by the B. and O., but It fs a fact that they not only built a great many cars for it, but did a great deal of repair work, which, before those shops were opened, went to Mount Clare. ‘These are but two of the reasons which, it is helieved, have assisted in piling up the enormous debt of the B. and O., and forcing ft into bankruptey, and many others could be mentioned. Whether the public will ever krow the exact truth from official sources cannot as yet be stated.” The Company’s Books. As heretofore stated in The Star, the Bal- timore committee of reorganization is do- ing all in its power to ascertain the precise facts In regard to the financial affairs of the B. and O., and Mr. John K. Cowen, one of the receivers, has assured the committee that it can have a copy of Expert Little’s report as soon as he makes the result of his investigations known. The committee is not, however, satisfied with this promise, and, as heretofore stated !n The Star, wants to make an examination of the company’s condition through an expert employed by them, and here that part of the matter rests at present. An official of the company, who has been in the service for more than forty years, maintained, in taiking with a Star reporter an evening or two ago, that the B. and O.'s books are all right, and will be found upon examination to have been properly kept, but Expert Little said that the books do not show anything, and that if there has been overpayment for goods of any kind or of labor, ete., it will have to be looked for else- where, and, In order to get at all the facts desired by his employers, the New York re- organization committee, he will not only examine Into the afiairs of the Pittsburg and Western, and other acquisitions of the B. and O. heretofore mentioned, but also into those of the Akron and Chicago, Bal- timore ard Ohio Southwestern, Baltimore Beit Line, Metropolitan-Southern, Schuylkill River, East Side railroad, Washington and Western Maryland railroad, Georgetown Ba! Dock, Elevator and Railway Com- pany, Cleveland Terminal and Valley, Staten Island Rapid Transit, Valley of Vir- ginia, Winchester and Potomac, Columbus and Cincinnati Midland, Pittsburg, Cleve- land and Toledo and West Virginia and Pittsburg. Outstanding Obligations. The outstanding obligations of the B. and O., according to the last annual report of the board of directors to the stockholders, amounted to the enormous sum of $181,767,- 208, besides which the company guarantees the bonds of the following companies: B. and O. Southwestern Ist 44's; B. and O. Southwestern Ist consols; Cleveliid Ter- minal and Valley railway, Staten Island Rapld Transit 2d 5's;Valley of Virginia,$41: 000, Ist 6's; Winchester and Potomac, $147, ; Columbus and Cincinnati Mid- land, 41's; Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo, as to Interest, Ist 6's; West Virginia and Pittsburg, as to interest, Ist 5's. Of these amounts the B. aud O. stands as promising to pay $4,000,000, Pittsburis and Connellsville first mortgage, in 1805; $1,000,009, Equipment trust, series B, in 1:00; $200,000 to city of Baltimore, same year; $9,301,512, held by Baring Bros. & Co., Lendon, 1 All these, us will’ be seen, are due within six years, besides Which and before the present J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. held their obligations for $3,000,000, and the London house of the Same firm $6,768,212, neither of which, how- ever, comes due for more than ten Years. The immense floating debt of $16,000,000 ts, of course, not inciuded tn the above statements, which, however, afford ample evidence of the reason why J. P. Morgan & Co. should take so much interest in the B. and 0.’s affairs, as it will be seen that With the exception of the Garretts, they hold the largest single block of the com- pany’s securities. Mr. Spencer’s Position. The action thus far taken by the New York committee of reorganization is regara- ed by those best informed on the subject as only a step in the matter, and it is predict- ed that the almost $:i0,000,000 of indebted- ness will be greatly scaled down when a plan of reorganization is agreed upon. When this period arrives Mr. Samuel Spencer will, it is believed, be named as co-receiver with the present receivers, tak- ing the position of president some’ time later. It is now known that the Garretts wanted Mr. Spencer to be one of the t receivers at the time Messrs, Cowen and Murray were appointed, some time ago, but Mr. Cowen, it is said, objected on the ground that the then vice president, Mr. Murray, had just been brought from the west and made first vice president, ard that it would be treating him unfairly to lay him aside and make Mr. Spencer re- ceiver, Mr. Spencer will, however, it is expected, be appointed co-receiver, | with Mess7s Cowen and Murray, at the proper time, end When the interests of J. P. Morgan require it, In which position he will serve until the road is taken out of the hands of the court and restored to the stoc holders, when he will be the president, provided, of course, he lives. The Garrett people have good reason to have confidence in Mr. Spencer. Ue was a protege of the late Mr. John W. Garrett, who discovered him In the humble position of a rodman in an engincering party in the service of the B. and O., and promoted him from one position to another until. st quent to President Garrett's death he came president of the company. It is frue that he served but a little over one year as such, but his retiracy was not for any sin of omission or commission, and brought ehout because the company heeded meney, which it was supposed M Mayer and his friends could supply. M Spencer's business affairs us president Were conducted with the utmost. fide! h such exactness that he was ai lown his trust at the very moment he ed that his successor was elected, and it is worthy of note that there is no charge of mismanagement of any sort connected with the presid while he was at the helm. Changes Likely. Within the next few days there will be, it is expected, 2 consicerable shaking up of ats of the Baltimore and Ohio. There already Leen some changes among ing the higher places, but thos “sponsibility have good cause to take seats on the anx- is understood that the offic of general superintendent of the lines c of the Ohio ri Thomas Fitzgerald, the incumbent, be giv the place of division superintendent from Baltimere to Keys Mr. Spurrier, who Was promoted from train dispatcher to su- perintendent of the latter division, when Mr. Fitzgerald was made general superin- tendent, will be reduced to train dispatcher, and the present train dispatcher will go back to an engine on the read. In like manner there will be changes in the inter- est of economy and efficiency throughout the system. Whether the few old veterans still maining in the service of the com, having entered it during its earlier history end through their faithfuiness to duty be- came the favorites of President John W. Garrett, will be ailowed to remain in the places now held by them is a question that has so far as can be ascertained not been settled. With almost every previous change of administration attempts have been made to remove some of them, but the fact that they were first given employment by her father and were liked by him has invariably brought Miss Mary E. Garrett to their re- lief and prevented their official decapita- tion. Now, however, it is said that Miss Garrett has been obliged to forego her pleasures in this direction for the sake of protecting her business Interests: that the condition of her health forbids her giving thought to the interests of those who have really been but little more than pensioners of the company, and that if they are to be retained on the pay rolls of the company, it will have to be done through the interces- sion of others than herself. C. and 0. Canal. The future ownership of the Chesapeake ard Ohio canal fs of vital interest to many of the residents of the District of Colum- bia, and this is one of the problems with ch the present management of the Bal- timore and Ohio Railroad Company will have to deal in the near future. It is pretty well known that of all the large sums advanced by the state to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and for which bonds were issued by the state, nearly the entire sum has been charged to the account of profit and loss at the Mary- land treasury department. Attempts have been made from time to time Ly members of the legislature and other influential men in Maryland to ob- tain for the state some remuneration for its practical kindness in going to the relief of the canal company, when but for this action the canal could not have been bullt to Cumberland, but these efforts proved abortive owing to the action of the parties who were then in control of the Baltimore and Ohio road, and who, shortly after it reached Harper's Ferry many years ago, bought up what was known as the 1814 bonds of the company. This fact was apparently entirely lost sight of by every one except the owners of the bonds, until a bill was passed by the Maryland legislature at its session in 1892 empowering the board of public works to sell the state’s interest in the canal. Legal complications were at once instituted by the holders of these bonds. The case final- ly Rena regs the court of appeals of Mary- land, which body decided that the canal had become the property of these same bondholders, and that if they would pro- vide the money to place the canal in a condition for traffic (the canal having been completely wrecked by a flood of a few years before) and pay the interest on the 1844 bonds in future, they could retain it. This condition was accepted by the bond- holders, principal among whom are Miss Mary E. Garrett, various clients of Mr. John K. Cowen, now one of the receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio, and a few other Baltimore capitalists. The disasters which have recently happened to the Baltimore and Ohio, and affected in a financial way all those who are the bondholders men- ticned, has created the impression in well- informed circles that they may not be able to meet these payments when they next become due, and there is a growing belief that in order to keep the canal from going into the hands of any parties antagonistic to the Baltimore and Ohio, {t will be neces- sary for J. P. Morgan & Co. or some other great banking house to supply the money necessary for that purpose. There would, it 1s thought, be no difficulty in the state of Maryland disposing of its tonds in the Chesapeake and Ohio Ceo to the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg company, provided that the latter cou! gain entire control of the canal line, whic! would be the case in the event of the state o8 Maryland foreclosing its interest there- re- pany,who, BY ELECTRIC POWER Building the Railroad Between This City and Baltimore, A STAR REPORTER GOES 8VER THE ROAD It is Expected to Be: Finished by Next Spring. ooo FROM CITY .ro city Work on the new electric road which will eventually add another connecting link be- tween the cities of Washington and Buaiti- more is being rapidly pushed forward, and within a year at the outside cars will be spinning over the forty miles of track at a rate which will bring tle two cities nearer together by ten or fifteen minutes. Col. Douglass, the president of the new read, and Mr. W. K. Schoepf, the vice president and general manager, are satis. fled that when the road is in active oper- ation expregs trains will make the distauce in about thirty minutes. In addition to the express trains there are to be frequent and rapid locals, which will prove the greatest essing to the suburban villages which are row dependent upon the trains on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road. To a cértain extent the new elec- tric road covers the same territory as ihe Baltimore and Ohio between Washington and the metropolis of Maryland, and taps practically the same suburban towns and Subdivisions. With trains every fifteen min- utes during the morning and afternoon, when trafic is particularly heavy, bringing their passengers directly into the heart of the city, the: attractiveness of Ife in the suburbs will be greatly enhanced. The new road, as generally known, has absorbed the city lines of the Eckington end Soldiers’ Home road, and by means of its tracks ft will be able to bring its paskengers into the business sections of the construction of the new road has been carried through under a number of different charters and names, but all of these have been consolidated into one, and by a recent act of the Maryland legisla- ture the new road has heen given the title ef the Maryland ard Columbia railroad. Up to the present time considerable delay has Veen caused by the difficulty the road hag met with at times in securing a right of way. Many of these obstacles have now been overcome, and in a number of cases where the owners of property have becn ob- durate the matter has left to the courts for a final decision, and it is gen- erally believed that the work will not be hindered to any extent in the future. Work of Grading. The road runs by way of Laurel, and the work of grading has been practically com- pleted as far as that tcwn. At the other end the werk between Paltimore and Ell- cott City is In on even more advanced state. en Laurel and Ellicott City not yet been laid out, for th on that the exact route it is to follow has not yet he finitely decided. That is a cc ratively short stretch of roud, and as there are no great engineering diffi- culties to meet, the work there can be rap- ly pushed td completiogewhen ft fs once arted, So far no raits bave been laid at any place along the Mne, but when the roadbed is once in condition it will not take mor_ than a few weeks to put down the track: and erect the poles for the trol- ley wires It is the intention of thd promoters of the road to make the construction second to no road jo the corntry, steam or electric. There will be a do track throughout, with the grades as low and the curves as light ascanj ibly be madq@ The tracks are to be laid with a ballast of nine inches of crushed stone. The rails, which have al- 16: been ordered, are to be elghty-five pounds to the foot within the District limits and seventy-five pounds. to the feot out- side. They are to be sixty feet in length, double the usual length, thus giving added sclidity and firmness. The ties are of the best white oak or Georgla pine,to be set two fect apart from center to center, so that more than 200,000 will be required. The officers of the road, it is said, in few, if any, Instances have given contracts to the lowest bidders, preferring!to have the work done In a thoroughly satisfactory manner. The cost per mile will, it is understood, be fully $20,000, bringing the total cost well up toward $1,000,000. With ‘the rolling stock, power houses, terminals and stations, the road, when completed, will represent an outlay of betwoen $2,000,000 and $8,000,000. The Electrical Equipment. The electrical features of the road, the company claims, will represent the very Jatest.improvemenis In that form of con- struction. Besides its regular electrical en- gineer, Mr. F. M. Huff, the company has taken the advice of two of the mest famous electricians in the country, professors in Johns Hopkins University. When com- pleted, it is believed that the road will be the finest and best equipped electric road in the world. Tt ig not the intention of the company to confine the road solely to the transportation of passengers, but freight will also be handled. Arrangements are being made with the Paltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvanta roads to handle their cars. The tracks of the Maryland and Co- lumbia road are to be of the standard gauge, heavy enough to handle steam cars, and in point of fact the rolling stock of the new rcad will not be much lighter than that used on steam railroad lines. The cars will necessarily be of heavy construction to make possible such speed as is contemplat- ed. The motors are to be of the latest and mest approved pattern, and will embody many improvements. The passenger cars, it is understood, will not .differ matertally from those in use on the principal steam roads of the country. With the rapid devel- opment of electric railways, the opinion pre- vails that the line from this city io Bal- timore is but the first section of a line which will ultimately connect the-cities of Washington and New York. Ret the line hy; * The power for the road will be furnished | from two power houses, one of which is to be built at Paine creek, and the other at Hichester. The former will furnish the power for this end of the road, and the lat- ter fer the Baltimore end and the branch Ime which takes in Catonsville, one of Bal- Ge. fashionaable suburb, an@ Ellicott y. Along the Line. A day or two ago a Star reporter, in company with Mr. Maurice Talty, one of the contractors, drove over the route of the new road as far as Laurel. All things considered, the work is in a very forward state, and would seem to bear out the prom- ise made by the officers of the company that by next spring at the latest cars will be running between the two cities. The lne of the electric road bears off to the west of the Baltimore and Ohio, pass- ing underneath the tracks of the Metropoli- tan branch. where the latter crosses the line of Rhode Island avemwe extended to the Tortheast. The culyert igea heautiful piece of masonry, and the Mrements of the Baltimore and Ohio have necessarily been lived up to in every: particular. Within the District of Coltmbia the line of the new road has been made to conform to the established grades, but outside the line hills have been. cut/through and hol- lows filled, regardless of expense, and in a manner that would satisfy the most ex- acting engineer. Within the ten miles of the road for which Mr, Talty is the con- tractor more than 400,000 cubic yards of excavation and fifting have been com- pleted. All thut is now: left to do along the greater part of the line is to smooth off the surface and lay the stone ballast. For months past a big crusher has been at work, so that at a point just heyond where the road passes under the Metropolitan branch there is a pile of thousands of yards of broken granite, ready to be placed in position when necded. Removing Hills, As a rule, the work of grading has been comparatively simple, although 2 number of big hills had to be cut through. From one more than fifty thousand cu’ rds of earth have been removed and carted on to be tised in filling hollows beyond. A big which has a steam shovel, one hundred is easily wor! possible, and has greatly facilitated the work of excavation. In one of the hills that had to be dug through, however, the earth was so hard that the steam shovel was useless, and every foot of ground had to be dug out with a pick. It was so full of iron ore that it was found profitable to cart it to Muirkirk to be smelted. Farther along the Ine a big plow, operated by six horses, was in use in the work of grading. The road runs through some of the pret- test country between here and Laurél, and its existence will doubtless result in ope: ing up a number of new suburbs. While the express trains are to be run between the two big cities with as few stops as po: sible, it is the intention of the company to run as many local and way trains at th and at the Baltimore end of the line as the traffic calls for. Ground is now being cleared creek, jus’ capacity of m the earth t Paine Mege sta- re the other side of tion, for the big power house which to be built at that point. A substanti iron bridge is to be built across the cre and masons are engaged in big stone buttresse The foundations are being of ten feet below the a big steam pump being used to keep the Water out while the great granite sto: are being put in place. The creck Is to b widened and straightencd at this point above the bridge, and a stone dam is to be built that will make an artificial lak with a depth of seven feet, to furnis water fgr the power house. = & APPROV Kk, yuilding the which will support it. laid at a depth face of the stream, THE PROGRESS, Incrense of Manual Training tles Would Be Very Desirable. To the Editor of Th: Evening Star: I desire to express my thanks to The Star for taking up the question of indus- trial training in our public schools. The question Is of the first importance to all the people, and especially to the colored people, because of the well-known social and industrial restrictions which heds them in. If ever they escape these restric- Uons, it will be by learning to be trained and skillful wage earners in the industrial I speak for the mv hool and the college ar and de ‘hool. The high lent insti- tutions, those who the advan lectual cultu no doubt to ¢ ive the subject the | of the tt a more pract now afforded by our public It is g ng to Know, as " ne sehcol boar should re he m avail ch the brings. Y unbiased mii to shou would b try on is a long way be in the country of 30,04) inhabitants! 1 have no fault whatever to find trustees of schools. They ha all they could do with the appropri that have been doled out to th $10,000 a year for manual Washington, with 41,000 pupils! But if The Star will take up the matter and urge it to a conclusion, I am sure will not be long before our manuai tra: department will be on a par with the bes in the country. ANDREW F. HILYER. To the Editor of ‘The Evening Star: Like “Member of Class 'S1," I desire to thank The Star fer its editorial in favor of industrial schcols for colored children. Certainly every one must s¢e that a schoo! in which these people could learn complete trades would be an effectual means of ele. vating the race. But “let each have h own.” It would be but the other extreme to try te force all colored children 1 trade schools, to the entire neglect of higher education. The same variety in education that is gcod for one set of American citizens is good for another. It is only because now and then, with and without advantages, people of color have climbed high the ladder of intelle tual ascent that colored people have been able to refute in any degree the imputa- tion of natural inferiority. That there is among this people money, no science, no art, no literature, true. But that there are no “tendencies in these directions, one need not go beyond the narrow limits of Washington to prove false. What more than the embryonic stage along these lines could be expected of any race in thir! years? The majority of those who “groan under the heavy pressure” of the present High School system, and turn from school in di: gust, do so because the colored people, common with other American people, hav sharea the opinion that a college educatio: while not fitting a man to practice law or medicine, is all sufficient to prepare him for the most important of professions— teaching. Professional skill is required to make « High School pupil love his work, as well as it is to make the little ones in the first grade interested and happy. Let us have trade schools, but, I repeat, suum cuigue. GEORGIANA R. SIMPSON. ——_— Fifty-Four-Cent Gas, ° To the Editor of The Evenlug Star: The dollar gus controversy should not erd without a settlement on the doilar basis. The gas company is standing in its own light by combating this reasonable demand of the izens for two reasons: First, the gas consumers would now rest satisfied with the price of gas, fixed by law, at one dollar per 1,000 feet, and would accept that price as a satisfactory ending of the long contention for years 4o come, while if the subject is left open by the proposed compromise the final cut will be far below that figure. Secondly, the gas company will receive more revenue from Gellar gas than from the present price of $1.25 in the enormously increased use of gas, both for illuminating purposes and culindry uses. At one dollar people will usé gas light freely, instead of economical- ly, as at present, and do away with the dan- gerous oil lamps so much used by people in moderate circumstances. It will also, for a long time, prevent the general use of elec- tricity by the wealthier classes. But the great increase in the use of gas for cook- ing will at once be felt. Gas stoves are very cheap and most convenient. During half the year gas stoves would be largely uged in Washington, instead of the hot coal stove. In towns of the class of Washington in England the price of gas docs not exceed 28. 8d., or fifty-four cents per 1,000 feet. My English friends tell me that they get eight per cent dividends on their gas stocks, and that their companies extend their gas mains yearly into the thinly settled suburbs, to keep down their surplus. Gas stocks are at a high premium in Eng- land. On the same basis dollar gas will roduce 15 per cent dividends in Wash- Ington. trict regulations should provide honest quailty and measurement of gas. Now, the lority of intelligent oltisens believe firm- ly that they pay a high price for low-grade gas, on a high-grade méasurement. Congress will secure to Washington pure gas—honestly measured—at one dol- lar per thousand, everybody will be satis- fjed, and the gas company will wax fat. Let us have no compromise. CITIZEN. no Sfar, claimed, 1Baf no offer newspaper tm f§e counfre coe info 60 fare a percenfase of aff fhe Souses tiffin a radius of fwenfp mifes from fBe office of pufficafion, ————— Qrinfers’ Inf, cle fitffe |ecBoo! master of advertising), saps: Jf is cfaimed for the Wassinsfor and profaffp fruf$fuffp TILLMAN’S TRIP. Politicians Discussing His Recep-| | tion in Different States. TRIBUTE PAID HIM BY FARMERS) : He is a Novelty and Catches the People’s Fancy. DISCONTENT THE —_>—___ CAUSE The politicians are discussing Tillman's western trip, and the w he met with. He spoke to larg: : and was lovdly applauded at every meet-| ing. His arraigninent of the administra-| |? tion was severe. His language was that of an agitator s-eking to arouse the people to | |* a sense of great injury and to the redress of a great wre e repeated, in part, the substance of the speech he made in thc nate here, and those who heard him or t occasion have no difficulty in under- nding his influerce over a popular audi- ce in sympathy with his vie The Territory Visited. The territory visited by Mr. Tillman is to be classed with the best in the United Su At Lexington, Ky., he was at th home of Henry Clay, of John C. Breckin- ridge and of James B. Beck. It is a city of refinesnent, ard where the people are pros- percus and though At Owensboro’, ame state, he addressedgan audien tomed to the best of stump orato! ssourl he spoke to the people of Be ton aid Frank biair and Vest, and in Den- ver he faced one of the most and progr opulations in t ntative of Color ties, and Mr. cott is a sam- Senator ste Mr. Teile ececeee es We | Are Funny About a whole lot of things! —it’s our way—we can’t help it! For instance: We tack FREE Matting down ers charge 5c. yard and Gc. yard. We make and lay all Car- pet Free; don't even charge for the waste occasioned in matching figures. We accept your prom- ise to pay—just as willingly as we would so much cash. We don’t ask you to sign a note—or pay a penny of interest. Our credit prices are low- See eevee er than the lowest cash prices elsewhere. 1 You are welcome to a aby Carriage—a roll of Matting—a_Refrigerator— | a Parlor Suite or a Bed Room Suite—pay the Dill weekly or monthly. Grogan’s MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSR, NZI—N2S Seventh street nw. [XEREEEEEEERERER ERR EES e in his ed. and had his farmers came lor nforks in their ha as farmers a tribute e paying Set the Politic All of this has set the pc ‘ Is popular discontent so ¢ communi $s old and well 1 those that have been mentioned can 1 jusel to applaud the most bitter of he orators of the day? And does their ap: with his ms Thinking. ink- that SLESOD- form AY wr the $ PB : “s Flat-can Salmon... $1.68 doz. orators of the stamp of Mr. Til . $2.50 doz. for a following and applause whe: = BS nouncing the administration and $ -% t ominate the money powe: Pd s Wherein His Power Lies. > sited pris” > eo ; om 2 czar, cd from $4 to.. n opinion at one time A , 5 a ee Iman would not be effective as a 3 All Wooden Ware below cost. al figure. The objection urged to Ji & was that he wi gressive, too 2 AL IDO Psp too in h h. The people, it | 7 on, was predicted, would not stand such S Pen-s vem: ults as he was accus sd renia. Avenue. med to on, Re for Jas. L. Barbour & Son. Still Deeper. Hotels, and Pri- i II | Baily’s Cism Juice. Va. Mock Claret... 3.00 doz. 1.65 doz. I 2 Lite Label Soups. DOMTEROOHOODODSIDESOSOONIOOESODE MOS ECDSERREDEREE: those with whom he differed. But t . been some re mn of this juder $ 2000 oe en now that the man's power lies in | 22 =*#**8*44¢6%* £4220888 e measure in this very marked and He is a nov- in rtion of himself. catches the peopl onientedness. He make being a regulation 0} He appeals to the ma ngth of his charge that th faney ssary suitably to describe them, his fisure of using a pitchfork t of the way th e insists are imical to the best interests of the peopl Tillman's admirers, who expect hi to cut a very important figure fn th’ : campaign, are already calling him and Ready, Junior, A Real Fireproof Roof. To the Editor of The Evening St If the House committee of which Mr. ken is chairman, which fs now con- jering the new post office roof, will take a trip to the attic of the War, State and Navy Department building, sald committee | $ will see a roof which is absolutely fireproof S th M and incombustible. It is not made of tile and I believe will be found to be ligh in weight than the wooden monstrosity that overtops and threatens with future destruction The Star building and other buildings in that locality. The W., 8. end N. D. roof is a mansara, the sloping sides of which are covered with slate. Each slate shingle is held in place by two stove bolts. Said stove bolts are secured in place by angle-iron strips, fast- ened to the fron framework of the roof. Very simple and effective, and affording a very simple and easy method for repairs. By taking off a couple of nuts or burs the slate is released from its fastenings; slide the slate down, and the bolts can be re- moved and slate removed altogether. Re- verse operation replaces new slate. A five minutes’ study of the S., W. and N. D. roof will give the congressional committee more practical knowledge in fireproof roof build- ing than half a day’s cross-examination of an architect appointed for political reasons, who is already committed by his own ac- tions to the defense of the wooden ab- surdity that overshadows the new post office building. Ww. a JAMES EPs & ful—Comforting. ’s Cocoa. Grat Ep wwe Which . It is ty t now: Made simpfy with boiling water or milk, d only in baitjound tins, by grocers, labeled ns: 0¢5-8.1n,tu.9m will be infused irto the system, and strength and vigor restored by the use of Hop Bitters. 4f soa have 20 appetite this ts Just What you should take to restore It. The greatest known remedy for dye Tepsia, Diliousness, liver troubles, neural- sia, constipation and afl spring ecmplaints For Sale in Wesbington by E. P. MERTZ, F and 11th Sts. Debit and Credit. To the Editor of Th> Eventog Star: From the numerous complaints you re- celve upon the subject of the “Debtor Clerks” one might be led to suppose that the government employes by virtue of the'r being such are delinquent in the payment of their “honest debts.” Is one’s character necessarily changed because one is employ- ed under the government? I think not, and I venture to assert that there are quite as many “dead beats" outside the departments as there are inside. Seemingly all the complaints come from tradesmen who have been bitten, who clamor for what they call justice, while the ills of Which they com- plain are the legitimate result of a too eager scrambling for trade. The remedy Hes in their own hands if they wish to apply it. There ts te my knowledge no law compell- ing tradesmen or any one to sell goods on FS OPDOOP IID DOOD: 3 ¢Scientific Opticians, 2 aprs-2sa Bessene Your Money bd —and dissipate the Viessings—GOOD EB Eoing to inexperienced perent opticians. 7 We'll atest of all SIGHT—by exes free the PROPER as low as $1 vous McAllister & Co., 1311 FSt.. AOSsoeegseresassag. credit, and if they do so it is surely at their own risk, and to ask for legislation on such a subject when there is such a simple rem- edy available 1s most too absurd. ‘Wholesale houses throughout the land as- sume business risks daily, and why a re- taller of wares should have exceptions made in his favor I fail to understand. Credit, at best, 1s a bad thing, but certainly the cred- itor has no right to blame any one but him- self if he will assume bad risks. Like whole- sale houses the retaller should first satisfy himself that the risk is reasonably good be fore he gives credit, if he gives it at all. Once given, and he loses, he should at least be manly enough to bear his losses arising therefrom without raising a how! like unto that of the big boy who allowed the cat to lick the butter from his bread. C.T.F. The California Corset Fits, Wears and is Comfortable. 18 NOT SOLD IN STORES. Send for Descriptive Catalogue. California Corset Co., bwin BROOKLYN, N.X.