Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1896, Page 15

AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & OO., AUCTIONEERS. (Successors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Co.) ? CHANCERY SALB OF VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDB OF FUUR- TEENTH STREET OPPOSITE FRANKLIN PARK, BEING PKEMISES NO. 916. By virtue of @ decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed on the ith day 9¢ March, £.D. 1896, in'cause of Irwin et al. vs. Ridenour ‘et al., No. 16859, in equity, the under- signed trustees will offer for sale, at public suc- tion, front of the premises, on MONDAY, the EIGHTEENTH DAY of MAY, A.D. 1896, at HALF- PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P.M that certain parcel of lend situate In the city of Washingion, District of Columbia, Known as and being the north balf (%) of the ot numbered twenty (20) in the square num- bered two hundred and eighteen 2ily feet frent by 90 feet deep to a public aliey, with the improvements thereon, consisting of a four (4) story brick residence, and all of the rights, ways, ease- ments, privileges snd appurtenances ‘to the same Delonging. TERMS OF SALE: One-third (1-3) of the pur- e money to be paid in cash within fifteen (15) om the day of sale, and the residue in three 3) equal installnients in one (1), two (2) and three & years from the day of salg: to be represented by the purchaser's notes, bearing interest from the day of sale at the rate of 6 per cent per annum until paid, payable semi-annually, whic’ h notes to be secured by a deed of trust on the same property, in the usual form, ard a policy of insurance on the buildings and improvements thereon, satisfactory to the undersigned; or the purebaser or purchasers all cash, at his, her or their electio be complied with within fifteen (15) da; of sale, and all conveyancing and re- at the purchaser's cost. $250 deposit cn ance of bid. JAMES S. EDWARDS, 500 5th st. n.w. WM. HERBERT SMITH, 416 Sth st. n.w. ‘CE A. BRANDENBUR! 412 Sth st. nw. ‘Trustees. SS. OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED ESTATE IN THE CITY OF WASH- INGTON. of a deed of trust, duly recorded among cords of the Distriet of Columbia, in folio 100 & all sell at publ MAY, 1896, AT FIVE tain parcels of ground in William ain lots in square M46, as per plat recorded in of said District, in Liber ms of sale: Oue- ual payments, at xble semi-inn purchaser or p sh, residue in two ‘© years, 6 per cent secured by the hasers, and deed of trust Ne property, or all cash,” at Durchaser or purchasers. $50 deposit om each lot. All conveyancing, ete., at purchasers’ cost. Terms to be complied with in fiiteen Serves the right to readvertiae and sell at defaulting Purchaser or purchas-rs’ cost_and risk. CHARLES H. CRAG ‘321 4% st. S CK LLING (WITH BRICK STA- It). KNOWN AS NO. SIS H , duly recorded in seq, one of the land bla, and at the re- by. we, the under- cl in * MAY, A.D. 1896, AT HALF- LOCK P.M., all that’ certain piece nd and premises known and distin- being lot numbered fifty-eight (58), ndiv of certain lots in hundred and eleven (911), as d in the office of the surveyor for the District of Columbia, in Liber nineteen (19), folio twelve (12), with imp S thereon, being a 3-story brick store and dwelling (with brick stable 1), known as No. S18 H street nort of sale: One-third of the pur to be paid in cash, - in one and from the day of sale, with interest at the rat six per ce num, pa semi-annually, def. 1 pay ser, 2 ted by notes of ¥ deed of trust on the at the option of the pur- 2) required at the time of A deposit of as to be complied with in fifteen days from day of s herwise the trustees reserve the right to resell at the risk and cost of defaulting hase . after five days’ advertisement in some on, D.C. All at the cost of the K HUME, Trustee. W. CHAPPEL, Trustee. SUTTON & . AUSTIONEERS. ors to Katelitfe, Darr & THREE TWO-STORY published conveyanein, pure my SALE OF S-BRICK “HOUSES BATH, ALL MODERN 10, ND 1214 € ST. ue of a deed of t, duly recorded in Ne. 1802, folio 413 et seq., one of the ian xecords for the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the under- er tr will offer for sale, by public _auc- of the premises, ‘on SATURDAY, NTKENTH DAY of MAY, A.D. 1896, at HALF T FIVE O'CLOC! . the ‘following deseribed real situate in the city of Washington, District mbia, to wi of original jot 3, in 1040,” being part of sald lot south recorded in the office ct, in Book 2), page in lots 11, 12 and’ 12 of ndivision, ‘as recorded in ok 20, page 103, together rights, ete. nird- cash, ‘the balance in one und h interest from the day of sale ut er annum, secured by deed of trust on ¥ sold, or all cash, at the option of the ‘A deposit of $100 required on each puse at the time of sale. If the terms of sie are not complied with in fifteen days from the day of sale the trustees reserve the right to resell the preperty at the risk and cost of the default- ing purchaser, after five days’ advertisement of sceh resale in’ some newspaper published in Wash- ington, D.C. All conveyancing and recording at tbe cost of the purchas: ‘_F. GAMPBELL, ‘DS. DUNALDSON, ‘Trustees. LIF) & CO. AUCTIONEERS. uccessors to Ratelitfe, Darr & Co.) SALE OF A DESIRABLE TWO-STORY ‘T BRICK DWELLING, NO. K STREET NORTHWEST. By virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded in Liber No. 1813, at follo 18 et seq., one of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at the Fequest of the party secured thereby, the under- signed trustees will offer for sale by He auction, in front of the TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY A. D. 1896, AT SHALF-PAST FOUR M., the following described land and prem ituate In the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and desig- nated ss lot numbered thirty-five (35), in A. P. Faidon’s subdivision of lots in square numbered feventy-three (73), as per plat recorded In Liber 12, folio 141, of the records of the office of the sur- veyor of the District of Columbia, situate in the city of Washington, D. C., together with all the improvements, rights, ete. Terms: One-third cash, the balance In one and two years with interest from the day of sale at 6 per cent per annum, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash at the option of the purchaser. “A deposit of $200 required at the time of sale. If the terms of sale are not compiled with s from the day of sale the trustees re- right to resell the property at the risk f the defaulting purchaser after 5 days’ nt of such resale in some newspaper lied in Washington, D. C. AN conveyancing and recording at the cost of the purchaser. A. P. PARDON, W. T. HARRIS, myt+-dkds ‘Trustees. WALTER B. WILLIAMS, Auctioneer. MRUSTEE'S SALE OF ELEGANT RESIDEN 1761_& STREEY NORTHWEST, WASHINGTO) D.¢. On WEDNESDAY, Y THIRTEENTH, A. D. at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., 1806, premises, the undersigned, as ing trustee under a deed of trust dated February 27, 1895, re- corded in Liber No. 1996, at folio 104 et seq., of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at request of the party secured thereby, will sell at public auction lot nineteen (19) in Thomas J. Fisher and William Sharon's subdivision of square FP, 199. as per plat ceconted in Book No. 12, tollo 71, in the office of the surveyor of sald District, With the improvements, cousisting of the rew and elegant residen No. 1761 R street northwest, in ington, D. C. ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purehase money in cash of which $300 must be deposited with the trustee at {me of sale, and the balance in two equal installments, payable at one and two years from day of sale,’ with interest at 6 per centum per anzum, payable semi-annually, secured by first trust upon'the property, or all cash, at purchaser's option, If terms are not complied ‘with in twenty days from day of sale right is reserved to resell at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser on five Wass" public advertisement. All ‘conveyancing ana Teeording at purchaser's cost. the city of W myl-d&ds © @ SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. SALE OF A TWO-STORY FRAME LING, NO. 162) ELEVENTH STREET EST, WASHINGTON, D. ©. By virtue of a’ deed of trust, dated Angus! 1804, nd recorded in Liber 1930, folio 441 et seq. of ti il records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured, we will’ sell, public auction, in frent of the SALURDAY, MAY SIX’ PIVE O'CLOCK P. ses. im the eity of Washington, D. ©., to wit: .o Daniel S. Harkness’ subdivision cf 6, as said subdivision is recorded in the the surveyor of D. C., in Book B, page Improvements cunsist of a two-story frame “dwelling, No. 1629 11th street northwest. Terms made known at sale. WHITEFIELD McKINLAY, Trustee, mv5-dts 986 F st. nw. “DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. WRUSTEES’ SALE OF THREE FRAME HOUSES, NOS. 1357-1359-1361 K STREET SOUTHEAST. By virtue of a certain deed of trust recorded tn 1589, follo 16 et seq., one of the land rec- ‘ords of the District of Columbia, we shall cell at lie sale, in front of the premises, on SATUR- AY, THB SIXTEENTH DAY OF’ MAY, A.D. 1306, AT SIX O'CLOCK P.M., the west forty-seven G7 feet front be the depth of one hundred and two feet six inches (102’ 6”) of lot twenty-four (24), in square ten hundred and forty-seven (1047), together with the improvements thereon. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance In one and two years at 6 per cent interest Ber, Sune. pay ‘able ‘semi-annually, or all cash. Fifteen days al Jowed the purchaser to complete the transfer. $100 SMeposit required at time ISAAC L. JOHNSON, ALEXANDER ABRAHAM, ‘Trustees. myo t&de AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. CHANCERY SALE OF SOME OF THE BEST PROP- ERTIES IN THE BUSINESS Paki OF WASH- By virtue of a decree passed “by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in equity cause No. 16727, the undersigned trustees will fell, at the times" hereinunder mentioned, in front of’ tbe Fespective preinises, the followlig described real «state of the late Samuel Kirby. ‘The character and location of these properties weake this sale unusua‘ly important and attractive, and afford a rarely occurring opportunity for sure and highly productive investments: Ou MONDAY, the EIGHTEENTH DAY of MAY, AD. (1896, beginning “at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK, P.M., the ‘following parcels, in the or- r stated: ‘Two-tory brick building, couthwest corner 8th and D streets northwest, fronts 25 feet on 8th and 50 feet on D street, being part of lot 10, “Wfwo-story brick building, No. 808 D at. part ‘o-story bricl ing, Ni DLW of lot 9, square 408, fronting 22%4 feet by -lepth of 25 feet. Purchaser to have the privilege of the next below stated parcel at the salne price. ‘Two-story brick eae No. 806 D st. n.w., Part of lot Y, square 408, froncing 22% feet by epth of 25 feet. ‘our-story and attic brick war2house, Nos, 316 and 318 8th street northwest, belag parts of lots 9 and 10, square 408, front 30 feet, rear 45 feet, depth 9 feet, containing 3,525 square feet. On TUESDAY, the NINETEENTH DAY of MAY, A-D. 1886, beginning at HALF-PAST FOUI O'CLOCK P.M., the following parcels, snecessively: ‘Two-story brick building, No. 411 Sth street porthwest, being all of lot 6, square 431; front 51 feet, rear 26 feet, depth 1041-3, containing 4,581 square feet. ‘Two-story and attic frame building, No, 413 8th Street northwest, being south half of lot 6, square 25% feet by depth of 1041-3 feei, 16 square feet. are all business loeations, improved and productive, and further information about any of them can be had from any of the undersigned, or at the office of Duncanson Bros., 9th and D streets, near to all said properties. On WEDNESDAY, the ‘TWENTIGCH DAY of MAY, A.D. 1806, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., will be offered the twin three-story aml besement brick dwellings, Nos. 907 and 9 E street northwest, being parts of lot 3, square 377, each having a front of 12 feet ny the depth of 159 feet. ‘These houses and thelr site afford a par- ticularly choice investment, and a purchaser will have the privilege of one or both parcels. ‘Terms of sale, as prescribed by deci One- ci ‘ash, balance in two equal at ne and two years, with Interest at 6 per cunt per annum, payable semi-anvually, the property sold, or all at option of pur- chaser. Deposit at time of sale of $200 upon each of the parcels on E sti of $500 on wach of the other parcels. at f purchaser. any sale be not ed with in fifteen days from day of sale, s have the right to resell at risk and cost of iting purchaser. L. CABELL. WILLIAMSON, 472 La. ave. n.w. all secured upon J. HOLDSWORTH GORDO! 330 4% st. a. CHARLES F. BEN!AMI 70 Corcoran building. Trustees. DUNCANSON BROS., Aucts. my5-déds M. B. LATIMER & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1229 and 1231'G st. SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE, NG THE FOUR-STORY BRICK BUILDING AS JOYCE'S CARRIAGE FACTORY MBERED 412-414-416 FOURTEENTH NORTHWEST. To close the estate of the late Andrew J. Joyce I will sell, at public auction, in front of the prem- ises, on FRIDAY, MAY FIFTEENTH (15TH), 1896, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., all of lots num- bered thirteen (13), fourteen (14) and the north half of lot numbered fifteen (15), in square num- ered two hundred and twenty-seven (227), with the improvements thereon, being the four-story brick building Known 1s Joyce's Carriage Factory, Terms day of sale. M. B. LATIMER & ©9., Aucts, ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF TWO TWO-STORY BRICK ELLINGS, WITH STORES, NOS, 1853 AND 1855 SEV ‘TH STREET, CORNER OF T STREET NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C. By virtue of a deed of ‘trust, dated goth July, 1895, and duly recorded In Liber 2047, follo 1 et seq., land records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured, we will’ sell, at public auction, In front of the premises, on SATURDAY, MAY SIXTEENTH, 1890, AT FIVE LOCK P.M., the following land and premises, in the city of Washington, D. C., to wit: All of lots numbered sixty-seven (67) and slaty-eight (68), in Barbour & Meyer's subdivision of lots in square 441, as per plat recorded In Liber 10, follo 129, of the’ records of the office of the surveyor of the Dis- trict of Columbia, Improved by two two-stocy brick stores, with dwellings above, being Nos. 1853 and 1855 7th street, corner T street northwest, Washington, D. C. Terms: One-ffth cash, balance in one, two, three and four years, with interest, payable semi-aunu- ally, and secured by a deed of trust on the prop- erty, or all cash, A deposit of $200 will be re- quired at sale. All conveyancing and recording at cost of purchaser. Terms to be compiled with in fifteen days, or the property may be resold at cost of defaulting purchaser, after such public notice as may be deemed necessary by the trustees. JOHN C. CHANEY, LEWIs J. DFT, my5-10t® Trustees. ©. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTS., 1407 @ ST. STEE AND EXECUTOR'S SALE, TO CLOSE ESTATE, OF VERY VALUABLE BUILD- ING SITES, ON WYOMING AND KALORAMA AVENUES, “WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.” Under and by virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in Equity No. 15528, and as executor of the estate of John B, deceased, the under-named will ‘sell, at auction, in front of the respective prop- erties, on THURSDAY, ‘THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY 'OF MAY, 1896, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P lot numbered 99, Presbrey et al. subdivision, ki as Washington Heights; said lot fronting fifty (50) feet on Wyoming venue, one bundred feet west of Cepnecticut avenue extended, by. a depth of one hundred and sixty-five (165) feet. ALSO, Immediately after the above, lots 50 and 51, same subdivision situate ou Kalorama avenue, di- rectly opposite ‘‘Tanglebunk,” the residence of Parker Mann, said lots having a frontage of 50 and 46.8, total, 96.8 feet, same depth as above, and wiil'be sold separately or as an entirety. ‘Terms of sale: 1-3 (of which. $100 deposit on cach lot will de required at time of sale) cash, Delunce in one and two years, secured on property vold. Interest on deferred payments at 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, or all cash, at ception of ‘purchaser. Ten (10) days allowed to comply with terms of sale, otherwise the rigit reserved to resell at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser or purchasers. EDWARD H. BRECKINRIDGE, ‘Trustee ard Executor, estate of John B. Taylor. ap30-d&ds W. 0. BECKENBAUGH, AUCTIONEER, Baltimore, itd. RECEIVER'S SALE OF VALUABLE MOUNTAIN RESORT, HOTEL PROPERTY AND REAL, ES- ‘TATE AT LOCH LYNN HEIGHTS, OPPOSITE MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, ON B. AND 0. R.R., IY GARRETT CO., MD., ON THE PREM- ISFS, ‘THURSDAY, MAY "TWENTY-FIRST, 1896, AT TEN O'CLOCK A.M. cty is eituated between Deer Park and consists of a large, elegant and newly summer hotel on the crest of the Alle- gheny mountains, contairing 100 rooms, with all qedern conveniences. For particulars apply to the urdertigned, the auctioneer, or J. 3. SOMMERVILLE, Receiver, ap28-3w ‘Wheeling, W.’ Va. FRANCE AND BRAZIL. Much Anxiety Regarding the Re: of the Boundary Dispute. The Politique Coloniale of Paris says that it learns that the position of the French in the disputed territory of Guinia is increasingly precarious, owing to the support the squatters receive from the Brazilian government. More Brazilians are said to be entering the country in dis- pute, and much anxiety is experienced in consequence at Cayenne. ee eS American Bicycles in Germany. The Germans have just begun to appre- clate the merits of the American bicycle, and Uniied States Consul Mason at Frankfort has contributed a long report to the State Department, explaining how the American machine came to gain the su- premacy over the English models so ex- tensively copied in Germany. He tells how the American makers may introduce their machines to the best advantage, and gives much information as to the pecullarities of German taste that must be consulted to in- sure the success of any effort to induce the Germans to use the foreign wheel. —————+-e+—__ The Appropriation Fell Short. Twenty special agents of the general land office have been ordered suspended from May 16 to June 30, inclusive, on account of the inadequate appropriation for the cur- rent fiscal year. They are as follows: John L. Anderson of Georgia, Marsh Atkinson, Tennessee; Alfred Bone, Indiana; John B. Breathitt, Missouri; Clayton G. Coleman, New Mexico; George B. Dickinson, Florida; Edward W. Dixon, Washington; James M. Farrell, Ohio; Albert L. Gray, Wisconsin; Frank J. Parke, West Virginia; William F. Landers, West Virginia; Charles H. Ma- Ginnis, Minnesota; William W. Miller, Sout! Carolina; Richard W. Newton, Georgia Richard R. Poe, Arkansas; Samuel R. Poite- vent, Louisiana; John L. Root, Mississippi; William D. Sadler, Arkansas; John A. Tur- ley, Tennessee, and Frederick W. Worden, Michigan. ——__+2+_____- Another Expedition to Cuba. Preparations are sald to be under way in Newark, N. J., to send a fillbustering party: to Cuba. It is stated from 75 to 100 men have been already listed, most of whom are war veterans. For some time the work of enlisting mn has gone on, and some of those who have undertaken to go to Cuba are residents of New York city. The move will be made in the near future. The steamer which ts tn convey the party will carry a large stock ‘of arms and ammunition, and it was rumored would sail from Perth Am- at boy. At that place, however, inquiry failed | state having a ciaim for money to elicit any information in regard to proposed expedition. Sin ce te EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES Complete Civilization is a Slow and Pain- fal Prooess, 5 A Colored Educator Argues in Favor of Practical, Everyday Training for the Colored Youth of Today. To the itor of The Evening Star: It seems to me that either we do not know just what our condition is or, know- ing it, lack either the truthfulness or the courage to admit the real situation. There is no race on the face of the earth that has successfully jumped from the depths of ignorance, degradation—all the evils en- gendered and developed by slavery—to the heights reached by the most highly civiliz- ed people. Those heights must be attained by successive steps, consequently the up- building of a race or nation is necessarily slow work. ‘The work aow done by the colored boy or the colored girl, excepting the small number who obtain schools, receives poor pay because it is poor work. The chief thought of our teachers, superintendent, trustees and parents should be, how can we bring about ar improvement of this work? How can our labor be made effec- tive? My answer is, by giving it intelli- gent guidance. Let our boys and girls re- ceive intelligent instruction in the various trades, and in ten yéars’ time the colored people will have made wonderful advance- ment along the lines which produce real character, without which no race can be successful. Let the industrial instructors of our youth be persons who will show them the way of truth, honesty, order, po- liteness, neatness, &c. From what I have heard of the very free use of translators, I think Cicero and Virgil are patent de- velopers of dishonesty and untruthfulness— necessarily so among pupils without in- herent literary tendencies, whose chief ob- ject in attending school is to be graduated. People who never heard of Homer and Virgil must live in houses and wear clothes just the same as the enraptured collegi- ates. Who is going to build the houses and build them so well that persons ex- amining the work will want ‘o employ the builder? The reison why the majority of colored workmen are forced to do “small jobs” is because jobbing is their limit. They have not had systematic, thorough training, and never will have it until they have sense enough to realize the deplorable condition in which they are found today. The caddest thing about the whole busi- ness is that with all our boasted develop- ment resulting from collegiate training, we just strut along w'th our heads high in air, humming an Italian aria, reciting a Latin poem or reading 2 French novel up- side down, and the people—who, thinking that these light and airy things are (as with them) simply the froth upon the champagne, the indication that there is something solid underneath, have left us to work out our own salvation along the lines of common sense—are obliged to call us down from the mystifying clouds sur- roundirg us end hammer into our heads the idea that we must learn to work well, be honest, be clean, be respectful, or some other people, less classical, but more sensi- ble, will take our places, and we shall be left to masticate our Greek grammars and Latin reacers or starve. Nobody who krcws elther the business standing of the colored reople or the at- tainments >f our pupils could ever have claimed tuat the diplomas from a colored | business high school meen any more than the diplomas from a colored academic high school, except that there is some advan- tage in knowing how to make out a bill for the “small jobs” done. The employ- ment of twenty normal pupils each year has not yet solved the question for our academic pupils. What becomes of those who fail to obtain schcols? They, together with the business boys and girls, do cook- ing, waiting or other vcrk as domestics— the only disgrace attendant upon the cook- ing, waitirg, etc., is that generally it is not well done, the graduates who do the work not having ary use for their classics, feel out of their sphere and grow discontented, thereby urfitting themselves for their daily labor. The maintenance of an expensive High School in the District of Columbia, to serve incidentally as an asylum for colored grad- uates of the first, second and third-rate colleges of the country, should not have a feather’s weight in the consideration of this subject. We should think of what is best for the large majority, upon whom, sooner or later, these collegiates must lean for support. Even in classic Boston there has been considerable talk about “chang- ing the course to meet the needs” of the pupils. In 1894 the Rev. Minot Savage de- livered a lecture at All Souls’ Church in this city, during which he dwelt particularly upon this “change” as one of the reforms necessary because so few of the pupils go farther than the work of the eighth grade, and he claimed that stress should be laid upon the things that would help the many poor in their struggle for existence. It is a very pathetic, sometimes an un- satisfactory task to be obliged to ex- plain one’s thoughts after taking the trouble to think and express them; so, i “Member of Class of ’81” will allow me, I will save him the embar- rassment attendant upon such explanation and give in one or two instances my inter- pretation of his words or thoughts. I did not understand him to say that those who “may not do professional work should re- ceive little schooling; far from it. Let pupils receive instruction in well-equipped industrial schools, and they will not be “mentally blind,” or “unable to appre- clate’” God’s best things. Robert Collyer was once a blacksmith. Mazzini was right; but he did not mean that the “degree of education” should te forced beyond the bounds of common sense. He did not ad- vige pouring a pint of education into a gill cup of capacity. If we, comprehendirg the conditicn of the vast majority of the 80,000 colored inhabi- tants of this District, would relegate to the background our personal tastes and desires, we would see the utter absurdity, the gro- tesqueness, the pathos of the situation. This incomprehensible veneration for uncompre- hended Latin, this wholesome contempt for plain Engiish, and this accepting, as an al- ternative, death among the ruins of the Coliseum rather than life in an industrial school, have come home to us; and, instead of receiving the respect for which we look, we meet with derision for our lack of self- respect and hard common sense. We have proved false to our trust; and it is only a question of time when those who, by legis- lation or charity, make it possible for us to recelve education to any extent, will tire of our inability to grasp principles, our in- capacity to think for ourselves, and, in order to save themselves from having to support a horde of classically-inspired tramps, will force us, willy-nilly, into any kind of insti- tution they please, not excluding homes for ir-curable idiots. There is a saving grace in the disposition of the majority of colored people. They are not generally v sensitive about this mat- ter of learning. If circumstances force our academic graduates to be ‘“hewers” and “drawers” they are usually philosophical about it, and drop gracefully into position. Just a little contact with their employers is generally sufficient to convince them that underlying and supporting the advancement of the dominant race is the ability to com- nd situations, to suggest remedies, to Deer heiptulin fact, a broad base of hard ymmon sense. Wwe are not able to imitate successfully that very necessary quality, and if college fledglings do not stop their classical pip- ing, we shall never develop any. Let those who advocate the expenditure of so much time and money on the fqw go into the streets and alleys, visit the masses of our people, and try to learn just how they live, try to estimate their actual scholastic ten- dencies, observe carefully the soil wherein we are seeking to plant much learning; let them do this carnestly, carefully, thorough- ly—then let The Star and its readers have the benefit of their observations and sug- gestions. Let us lay aside our respective predilec- tions and try, like sensible men and women, to think cut what is best for us as a whole before it is too late; let us study the prob- lems of the present guided by the light of the past; let us find out just how other races have struggled along the rugged paths of life, and prepare to do well our work also. Our conditions are different, and the lines of our work will necessarily be different, but the goal is the same. ‘The Star has my deepest respect for the very sensible advice it has given to us, and, although some of us evidently did not un- derstand it fully, it will bear good fruit in due season. ETHIOPIA. — To Adjudicate War Claims. The House committee on war claims has decided to report a bill authorizing any expended the | in suppressing the rebellion to present it to the court of claims for adjudication. THERE IS NO ROYAL ROAD/COLUMBIA #&lGHTS See The Association's Final Decision Regard- ing Street Railways, The Old Officers Re-Eleeted and Other Important Business Transacted —An Open Mecting. ——— At the regular monthly‘ ‘meéting of the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association last evening, President M. A. Ballinger was unanimously re-elected, as was Vice Presi- dent L. P. Williams, Secretary George Simmons and Treasurer Christian G. Schneider. The matter of street railroads in the section was finally disposed of, dol- lar gas was unanimously approved, cheaper and better telephones were asked for, a public meeting decided upon next month and many other matters considered and dis- posed of. The first matter considered was that of cheaper gas rates, Mr. C. M. Campbell call- ing attention to the fact that the House bill providing for dollar gas was, as he thought, likely to be defeated in the Sen- ate by inaction. He offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: Whereas, in the unanswerable report on the subject of gas the Commissioners rec- ommended a net price of 9 cents, and the payment by the gas company into the city treasury of one-half of the company’s profits above 6 per cent on the original stock; and whereas, the House passed a bill with the price raised ¢0 one dollar net, therefore, be it resolved, that this associa- ton express its strongest dissent to the action of certain members of the Senate in seeking to raise the price established by the House, which is already higher than the people should be required to pay, and that we earnestly deplore the evident in- tention on the part of some of those in authority to kill the bill by inaction. Mr. Fowler and Mr. Bundy, from the spe- cial committee on pools of stagnant waier on Kenesaw and Sherman avenues, re- ported that the evils would soon be re- moved. Street Railways. The special committee on the matter of street railroads in the section was then called upon for a report, when Chairman O'Donoghue reported that the committee in endeavoring to practice the golden rule had been compelled to change front on the matter so often that he was compelled to ask for further time. Another member of the committee, Mr. Barr, remarked, how- ever, that he was not a little surprised to hear the statement of the chairman. The committee, as he understood the matter, had agreed upon a report, and he asked that that report be submitted. Mr. O'Far- rell and Mr. Petersen thought that the matter should be dropped, and the latter moved to lay the whole matter on the table. The motion did not prevail, how- ever, and the committee retired in an ef- fort to get together. They were gone some time, and when they returned reported that they unanimously recommended that any cross-town route in the section run north of either of the proposed routes on Kenesaw avenue or Columbia road. Mr. O'Donoghue explained that a route was desired by the peope which would give an entrance to the Zoo and Rock Creek Parks by way of Sherman avenue, Morgan street, Spring road and I7th street. Mr. O'Farrell thought that the committee was endeavoring to dodge the question of street railroads in the section, and he thought that the association should not put itself on record as opposed to street railroads. Mr. Petersen again moved to lay the whole matter on the table, but once more the motion was defeated, and then the report of the committee was adopted. Upen the motion of Mr. A. S. Browne Messrs, Browne, Cotton and Jemison were appointed a committee to confer wita the Capitat Traction Company in the matter of transfers. He stated that until recently the cumpany gave transfers from 14th street to U, and then from U street to down 7th. But that has been stopped, because, as the company claimed, the privilege was greatly abused, as many as 7,000 people making continuous circuits on the line, especially on Sundays. si ° Upon the motion of Mr. Petersen, the president of the association was requested to take the necessary steps to defeat the bill recently introduced in the Senate, pro- posing to grant permission to electric power companies to erect poles and wires in the county. President Ballinger suggested that the next meeting of the association, the first Tuesday in June, be made a public one, when prominent men shall be invited to make brief addresses, refreshments served and ladies specially invited to attend. The suggestion was adopted, and Messrs. Hes- ton, Tanner and O’Donoghue were appoint- ed a committee to make the necessary ar- rangements. Mr. Thos. J. Lasier called attention to the passage by the Senate of a Dill ex- tending the regulations as to party walls to the entire District. He thought the mat- ter unconstitutional, and also inexpedient, and moved that the association disapprove of the bill. Mr. Browne, however, moved as a substitute that the association indorse the bill, and that a copy of the substitute be sent to Congress, and the substitute was unanimously adopted. > Mr. Petersen, calling attention to what he believes is an exorbitant charge for telephones here, the service, he claiming, being far from satisfactory, he and Messrs. Calhoun and Stone were appointed a com- mittee to take steps to secure cheaper rates and better service. Upon the motion of Mr. James Lansburgh @ committee of three was appointed to se- cure the extension of the building regula- tions restricting the erection of buildings higher than the width of the street to Co- lumbla_ Heights. Messrs. Lansburgh, San- ner and Jones were appointed as such com- mittee. A petition being presented asking the association to prevent the further use of the dumps on Sherman avenue, which, it was explained,~ are terribly offensive be- cause of the sickening odors, the association resolved to secure, if possible, the abolish- ment of the evil. After the election of J. C. Parker, Jesse Cc. Ergood, H. H. Jones, E. B. Jones and Harvey Spalding to membership, President Ballinger vacated the chair, and the annual election of officers took place. In returning his thanks for the honor’conferred upon him, President Ballinger spoke of the suc- cess attained by the association in secur- ing city rates for the delivery of telegrams and express matter, the defeat of overhead wires in the section, the successful opposi- tion to the contagious hospital, and remark- ed that the wonderful success of the asso- ciation was due to the fact that its mem- bers worked together, forgetting individual desires. —.__ THE NITRATE KING. Col. North Was Most Popular Among Sportsmen. Col. J. T. North, whose sudden death in London was announced inyesterday’s Ster, was a native of Leeds, and wes his so- briquet of “the nitrate king” to the fact that he acquired great wedith by speculat- ing in nitrate mines in South ‘America. In 1889 Col. North pre¥entéd Kirkstall Abbey and grounds to his native town, and he has also contributed largely to the Leeds Infirmary and the Yorkshire College cf Science. at At the last general dectijn in Great Britain Col. North conducted an exciting campaign, in_ the conservative interest, against Mr. Herbert J. Gladstone, son of the great statesman, for the Honor of rep- resenting West Leeds in the tiduse of com- mons. Col. North was deft “by 96 votes. Col. North was most popular among sportsmen, and the owner,of @ number of fast horses and valuable dogs; and was a friend of the Prince of Wales. * Appeal of Canada’s Premier. Sir Charles Tupper, premier of Canada, made an appeal yesterday to the electors of the dominion over his own signature. He calls upon the electors to exercise their calm judgments and decide batween the conser- vatives and the reformers, The conserve- tives, he says, initiated the present pros- perity of the dominion hy the national policy, and he asks that that policy be main- tained as against the free trade ideas of the liberals. He talked guardedly upon the Manitoba school question, saying that a bur- den had been laid upon him by the privy council, and he hoped that the people would sustain him in doing justice to the Roman Catholic minority. He foreshadowed the ad- mission of New Foundland iato the do- minion, and appealed to the electors to sus- tain a government in whose hands the coun- CLERKS WHO DO NOT PAY The Olamor Said to Have Been Raised in the Interest ef Ten Percenters. The Whole Subject Having Been ‘Thoroughly Gone Over, is Now Finally Closed. The highly interesting discussion that has been participated in for a fortnight by scores of vriters cn botn sides of the ques- tion of collecting debts of department clerks closes with the following communi- cation: “Spot Cash” writes: “In relatfon to the question whether departments should com- pel clerks to pay claims against them, Says an old clerk in the pension office, “it is proper to say that: “1, No man is compelled to give credit, ard if ne has a debtor who does not pay he has himself alone to blame. “2, That it is cftener claims than debts which are sought to be collected through Gepartments, creditors and pretended "cred- itors using fear of discharge to force pay- ment of the false claim. “3. In most jurisdictions wages are ex- empt frcm attachment. ‘4. In most jurisdictions there is a rea- sonable exemption of goods, and credits which are not wages, and the amount ex- empt is greater than any sum ever due to any employe of the government. “5. In most places business men, so long as these in their employ by yielding faith- ful service give quid pro quo, pay not the slightest attention to how the employe ex- pends his money or how much he may go in debt. “6. There have been innumerable cases where men of the highest integrity have been bad financial managers. Clay and Webster are examples. “It is absurd to suppose that an employe could judge one whit better whether an al- leged Invention ts a new end original in- vention; or whether a certain soldier con- tracted his disability in the service and line of duty; or whether a certain blind addre: should be read one way or anotner; or whether the accounts of John Smith were correct or incorrect; or whether a pardon should or should not be granted to a cer- tain applicant for clemency; or whether a given number of barrels of tar would suf- fice for a given purpose; or whether given amount of salt pork and hard tack would suffice for a certain campaign; or what the strength of a given gun would be; or whether a consul were giving sham in- formation in his reports; or whether the seeds that Secretary Morton has just bought are of a left-over crop, because that employe was of such managing skill that he cculd avoid debt; but while the for- mer qvalities are of use to the government, the latter is of no use whatever. It is reither baught nor paid for, and ought not to be exercised by despotism as a rod for those against whom officials are seeking cccasion. “Creditors have ro right to demand that the government be guardian for their in- oe eee and wet nurse for their business skill. “There hav> been, in the past, many of- ficials whose acts regarding claims present- ed against employes were such that the belief was general that they encouraged the making of false claims, and the claims of what are called the ‘ten per cente in order that they might exercise their power against the employe and divide the plunder with the claimant; and the belief is pretty general that the present effort made through the papers, professedly for hone: creditors, is but an attempt to raise a pop- ular clamor through which the Shylocks will again control. It may be unjust, but there is such e. belief.” ‘ Shrewd Suggestion. Another writer says: “About this question of payment of debts by government clerks: The remedy is in the power of the complainant, and was ence stated in the House of Representa- tives by John Randoloh in the following words: ‘Mr. Speaker, I have discovered the Philosopher's stone: Pay as you go.’ In a form two letters longer, but one word shorter, I offer it as a solution of the pres- ent question: Give no -redit. “This means, sell for cash only. Require room rent, boarding money, alll expenses, paid in advance, by the week or month. This is perfectly practiceble, and more hecessary amorg the government clerks than any other variety of Christians. Yeurs, wisely, F. Avcther clerk sends the following con- tribution: “As a government employe, and anu eimcest constant reader and admirer of The Star for a period of sixteen years, free from irdevtedness to you, except for the pleasure and information I have de- rived from its columns; also free from any burden of indebtedness to others, per- mit me, with all the humility and serious- ness that the occasion seems to demand, to remind you that there are others, and that you have given about as much and more, space to the subject of ‘dishonest’ government employes’ as a majority of your clerical readers care to see occupied in that way; especially as the communica. tions, which have appeared in The Star from day to day, both of attack and de- fense, it seems to me, have tad a tendency to keep before the public in a disagreeable light and to cast odium, not upon any par- licular delinquent, but. upon government employes as a class. “By all means, then, either let the com- Plaining creditors, weo have been airing thelr grievances through the medium of your columns, ‘put up’ the rames of the debtors, of whom they coraplain, over their own signatures, or ‘shut up.’ By this course they will display the courage of their con- victions, separate the chaff from the wheat anc relieve your columns of a controversy which is beginning trom its long continu- ance to be regarded with disfavor and some feelirg of resentment by many of your fairly honest government employe readers.” es DOCTOR AND PATIENT. A Point in Professional Ethics Heard in the Courts. From the Philadelphia Ledger. The case of Kitson against Playfair at- tracted a great deal of attention from the English press and public. It turns on a physician's obligation to keep professional secrets. Dr. Playfair was called to attend Mrs. Kitson, who was his sister-in-law. As @ result of what he discovered, or thought he did—for there seems to have been some Coubt on the subject—in the course of his professional ministrations, he warned his wife not to associate with Mrs. Kitson, and also made such representations to Sir James Kitson, his patient's father-in-law, that he cut off her annuity of $2,500 a year. Mrs. Kitson brought suit. Dr. Playfair, in defense, pleaded that he had a right to warn his family against association with people of bad character, but the judge—the well-known Justice Hawkins—lectured him severely, the jury gave Mrs. Kitson $60,000 damages, and the London papers very gen- erally say: “Served him right.” On the other hand, a number of prominent physi- cians, including Sir John Williams, phy- siclan to the royal family, testified that it was within the discretion of any physician, if he deemed it his duty for the protection of his wife or family or the prevention of crime—a contention which Justice Hawk- ins, in charging the jury, characterized as “simply monstrous.” Quite aside from the legal aspect of such a question, however, common sense and a due regard for his business interests ought to teach every physician to keep professional discoveries as inviolably secret as the disclosures of the confessional. That is his duty, to his patient and to himself, and Dr. Playfair’s future experience will doubtless prove to be a@ case in point. He can scarcely expect many clients hereafter, for no patient cares to have his case, if it is nothing more than @ bit of indigestion, talked about by his physician. The rule of this country has been to keep all professional secrets invio- late, and that will probably be the rule in England also, after the severe lesson Dr. Playfair has received. Her Opinion. From the Indianapolis Sentinel. Harry—“I cannot effer you wealth, Ma- rie; my brains are all the fortune I pos- sess." Marie—“Oh, Harry, if you are as badiy off as that, I am afraid papa will never give his consent.” Her Reason. From the Chicago Record. “I think Nell’s ne look exactly like her. Photographs must try had prospered, and would continue to} “Why?” prosper. “She hasn’t shcwn them to a living soul.” 4ed at courts and have been associated To ALL Merchants Who Retail TOBACCO, OFFICE OF BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY. DURHAM, N.C. Dear Sir: You are entitled to receive FREE from your wholesale dealer, WHITE STAR SOAP with all Blackwell's Genuine Durham Smoki Tobacco you buy. One bar a Fi with each 5 soap Free pound, 2 oz., packages. We have notified every whole- sale dealer in the United States that we will supply them with soap to give supply once, and insist on getting your soap. One bar of Soap FREE with each pound you offer. to-day. BLACKWELL’S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY. Hf you have any difficulty in procuring your soap, cut out this notice and send it with order to vour wholesale dealer. 16 0z., 8 OZ., 4 OZ., OF oP GEAUINE DURHAM at buy. p is 2d for a limited time, so order Yours very truly, Se eeaaaand Some Reflections on the Benefit of a Retirement Law. To the Editor of The Evening Sta A government clerk draws the line ot Mr. Tawrey’s concern for the “good of the service” and to get rid of the “superan- nuated clerks” who are retained for the sake of “sweet charity.” I ask if expe! ence, a full knowledge of the work, re- liability, &c., go for nothing? One even prefers a “settled,” reliable, experienced house servant to a yourg, giddy, thouzh | active, one, but whose head is full of the pursuits and pleasures of the world outside of your household, and who hurries impa- tieatly through to enter upon them. So with the servitors of the government. A man or woman of advanced age who is “settled” in mind and body, who plods iently, intent upon the performance of aiding the chief in his work, fully alive to the trust and responsibility im- posed, is rather more to be depended on | than the yourg clerk who is restless and | impatient for the hours to pass that he or | she may enter upon the pleasures and pur- | suits of the world outside the government office. As one of the superannuated clerks | I speak, and whirper that I am over sixty- six years of age, but on the day Mr. Taw- hey was giving vent to his opinions, I will tell you what work I did, that you may judge how useful at least one of the super- annuated may be: From dictaticn I took | forty pages of shorthand notes and wrote them out on the typewriter; copied about twenty-five pages of manuscript, and com- pared as many more pepers, and all be- tween 9 and 4 o'clock. Of course there are some sick and feeble clerks among the young as well as the old, but the average | clerk is healthy, vigorous, full of zeal, and | has a desire to give satisfaction. It would take a doubly refined sieve to sift out the | faithless and unworthy clerks. It is as natural for the young man or woman to be | gay and full of interest in the outside world as it is for the lambs to frisk over tie lowns, or the squirrels to spring from | tree to tree in the sweet spring time; and as equally natural for the old to be sober, quict and intent upoa the duties of life before them and filled with the gravity and responsibility of their tasks. = Will you not, Mr. Editor, advocate an amerdment to the annuity bill, that it go | into effect at once. Surely the paid in for the menth of July secure a fund to begin retiring the feeble and sick clerks, and allow them to seek “green fields and pastures new,” in order to regain life and strength, which the con- fines of a government office will forever deny to them, and not only compel them to drag out a weary existence, but will also impede the progress of the service, by acting as a clog to its wheels, day by day. I, as one of the antiques, could not be benefited by the act at once, because I caa be useful, being healthy and strong: but would gladly contribute the 3 per cent of salary to enable th> government to re- lire the less fortunate clerks, and give them the benefit at once of the graci act of Congress, thereby rendering the service a great benefit, as well as the fecble clerks, and raising the status of Mr.Tawney in the hearts of Kis constituents. While on this subject permit me to say that members of Congress, and others, are in the habit of referring to “govern- ment clerks” as persons of an inferior class, as a species of animals who oc- cupy a lewer scale of human life, while in fact. the majority of them excel in educa- tion, attairments, refinement, birth and lineage many of their critics; and many of | the clerks are descendants of or widows of former members of Congress, of officers of the army and navy and even of Presidents, have traveled the world over, been present. 3 per cent | » 1896, will with the noble of the earth, their misfor- tune being only that they ‘were not left| estates that would save them from the | necessity of earning an honest living for themselves and those dependent upon them. Be careful how you speak of “government cierks,” for you may be trampling upon the best blood of which America can boast and be guilty of ingratitude to your honored forefathers, whose blood runs through their veins, as well as doing a great wrong to those who may possibly come after these same clerks in government places! Therefore give due respect to these work- ers in the public service, and do not refer to them as not entitled to your highest respect and gratitude, as faithful servitors in a common cause, and who are doing yourselves and the land you call your own an honor and a benefit. Clerks are not the only unhappy debtor class, either, but honor and integrity is the rule and not the exception. “Defend the government clerks and you defend a class of persons who are an honor to the land we boast of as the home of the free, the brave and the good, GEORGE. a WHAT DOOLEY Says. International Complications and Our Prowess at Arms Fully Discussed. From the Chicago Post. “Jawn,” said Mr. Dooley, “I suppose this here is th’ mos’ powerful nation on earth.” “It is so,” said Mr. McKenna, “It cud conker anny counthry in th’ wur- ruld, give or take tin poun’s, with or with- out, man an’ money both waitin’.” “Well,” said Mr. McKenna, “we might get the worst of it in the start; but in the end we'd wear them out. You see,” he said, “there’s no country that’s as much of a chopping block as the United States. We're a sort of trial horse. They can go at us and make a monkey of us in the beginning, but when the twenty rounds is up we're there, claimin’ a draw. “I suppose so,” responded Mr. Dooley. “I suppose so; but why ain't we doin’ some- thing? What's all this that’s goin’ on but a punchin’-bag performance? “But, Jawn, I've see a dhrunken man go along th’ road—his name was Hogan—swag- gerin’ with his coat on his ar-rm an’ dhar- in’ anny wan to fight him. An’ whin he got to th’ Widdy Doherty's little candy shop she was standin’ in front with her sleeves tucked up an’ a broom in her han’. He rowled again her, an’ she give him a shove acrost th’ sidewalk. ‘It {ll becomes me,’ he says, ‘fr to raise a han’ against anny woman, an’ her a widdy,’ he says, ‘but I'll take one punch at ye,’ he says. ‘Make no apologies,’ she says. ‘A woman's as good as a dhrunken man,’ she says, ‘anny day,’ she says. An’ she fetched him wan with her broom, an’ a sthreet car run over him, an’ he had to pay Yerkuss f'r breakin’ th’ front truck. He did so. “Now, mind ye, Jawn, I'm an American, an’ I'd give me heart an’ soul an’ this here bar f’r th’ cause, but I put in me kick again followin’ th’ dhrunken man that’s goin’ up an’ down th’ r-road swingin’ his bat an’ lookin’ fr a fight that he don’t want an’ he can’t win. “I don’t mind havin’ a war. I'd as lave as not th’ Ar-rchey road r-run knee deep in th’ blood iv th’ invader. I'd sacrifice anny frind I have on earth rather than see this country overcome or humiliated; but what I kick again is this suspense. I want to find out, Jawn, are we a nation iy fighters or a nation iv foot racers?” ———+-e+—_____ The French excavators at Delphi have unearthed a life-size bronze statue of a bearded man, the largest yet discovered. The date of the work is 500 B. C. | Anacostia who THE ANACOSTIA ROAD. The Proposal to Keep Its Cars From Metropolitan Tracks. Th proposal of the conference commit- tee to sttach to the House bill for a char- ter for the Capital railway a provision barring . treet railway companies from run- ning cars over any underground electric or cable road by a route not specified in the charters of such roads, except by authority of Congress, hereafter to be secured, has aroused among the citizens of Anacostia and those hiving business with that part of the District a strong feeling of alarm ard dismay The principal effect of the arcndment w puld be to stop the Anacostia cars from running through the business bart of the city over the tracks of the Metropolitan Company. This proposition was advanced as an amendmert to House bill 2462, and upon the protests of a large number of citizens of Anacostia and Washington was killed When it came up as a conference amend- ment yesterday, naturally it was a sur- prise. Among those who sent letters to the District committees of the House and Sen- ate in regard to this particular movement against the Anacostia road were William Oscar Roome of the Ohio National Bank, A. Lisner of the Palais Royal, Woodward & Lothrop, Moses & Sons, Thomas W. Smith, Elphonzo Youngs, W. H. Rapley, William D. Campbell and others. Mr. Lis- ner said that between twenty and thirty of his employes lived in Anacostia, and it the amendment prevailed they would be obliged to make two transfers, walk a con- siderable distance, besides ' paying two fares, while now ‘they could come right intc the heart of the city on one fare. Be- | Sides this, a large number of the patrons of the Palais Royal living in Anacostia were able to ride right to the doors of his store, make their purchases and carry their parcels directly home. Woodward & Lothrop also say that the road is of great advantage to their business, both to their employes and to a large number of pa- trons. Moses & Sons protest most earn- estly against the amendment, saying that they have a large number of customers in come to their store over this road directly and conveniently, and, more than this, that the firm has for a long time been in the habit of sending par- cels by the Anacostia cars directly to buy- | ers, the practice being to take the number of the car on which the parcel was placed and telephone it to the customer, who is then able to go to the car offices’ and get his goods. Mr. Pratt of the Lincoln Hail Association and W. H. Rapley, the man- ager of the Academy of Music, both de- clare that the road is of great advantage to the Academy. Theater-goers from An- acostia are able to ride directly to the cor- ner of 9th and E, and Mr. Rapley says that during the height of the season there are usually two or three carloads of people coming every night in these cars. Mr. Elphonzo Youngs, in a letier to Sen- ator McMillan, protests against the pro- posed inhibition, and declares that to every tradesman all street car lines and connec- tions that pass his store are just so much of his stock in trade, and that to him the passage of such an amendment as the one proposed would be a serious loss in pa- tronage. Mr. William D. Campbell, the lumber- man, who has large interests in Anacostia and throughout Washington, sald today that this scheme would do him incalculable harm. He and his employes have a large amount of business with many offices in the heart of the city, and it is a great con- venience and saving to them to reach them directly on one fare and one car from Anaccstia. Thomas W. Smith, the lumberman, who is the largest holder of the first mortgage bonds of the Anacostia road, and is largely interested in Anacostia property, said to- day to a Star reporter: “The passage of this amendment would be the worst thing that could possibly happen to Anacostia. It would take away from us the last leg we have to stand upon. We want rapid tran- sit, and we feel sure that we will have it eventually, but this road is now our best means of communication. It comes di- rectly into the heart of the city, with one fare, and that part of the District has grown visibly since this facility for trans- portation was introduced.” ——— Death of a Mother Superior. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FREDERICK, M4., May 6.—Sister Mary Loretta Hunter, mother superior for many years of the Convent of the Visitation, died there yesterday of paralysis, after a lingering illness. She was born in Balti- more, May 6 ,1820, and entered the convent at Georgetown, D. C., in 1836. She was transferred to Frederick in 1847 and had spent forty-nine years here. She was eight times elected mother superior and was noted for her executive ability and fine in- tellectual qualities. She had great capacity for business and kept the convent school here open during the war period, when most of the schools in the south were closed. ie Sugar Industry in Argentin: In view of the small crop of sugar pro- duced in Cuba last year, United States Minister Buchanan at Buenos Ayres, in a report to the State Department, says the belief has gained ground there that Ar- gentine raw sugar and molasses can be profitably exported to the United States. To illustrate the extent of the sugar in- dustry in that country, the minister sub- mits statistics showing the production by mills and by departments. In one province —Tucuman— thirty-one mills produced 240,- 356,976 pounds of sugar during the nine months of 189% ended December 31, being an increase of 75,172,236 pounds over the corresponding period of 1894. Am Annual. From the Indianapolis Journal. “Mery,” said the elderly farmer, “I "spect you'd better have the doctor in and have me bled, er sumthin’.” “What is the matter weth you, Silas asked his spouse. “I think I am about due to buy another gold brick. I sorter feel it ccmin’ on.” .DEAE-NESS., using the WIL EAR (The wentor) Mr Wilson will. be in jon at Willard’s Ho- May 1 13, 14, from 9 «" for’ the pur- howing and explaining of the drums to »ny ir own or their friends are absolutely invisible. le, and have mo wire o: string for our 140-page book ee. WILSON EAR DRT Y 6, tel, a.m. to 5 p. pore of the mi «ne desiring to bave hesring restored. ‘The; sufe and comfort: attachments. A\ ness. 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