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12 The Shakers’ Ideas of Medi- cine. Nowadays whes a man gpes to hig doctor he is vsually tok? that he has some unheard-of disease with a long mame, and when he leaves the office he doeg sot know whether it ts St. Vitas Dance or conumption that is gradually undermining his health. It is therefore refreshing to talk with the Shak- ers, for thefr very si Heity commanis confidence and respect, and we have the further satisfaction of knowing that they have devoted themselves to the st of disease and its cure for more than a Lundred years. ‘The venerable oid man whom the writer saw was lad to diseuss his pet subject. He sald that strange as it might seem, very few doctors realized that three-quarters of the most prevalent disvses were all attributable to faulty digestion. He then went on to say that a child of average intelligence knows that putrid meat or decaying ables are poisonous, and must be avoided, and yet these same foods, even if taken into the Stomach In the freshest possible condition, soon deco:npose unless digested and absorbed. In ‘only too vege ch cases the resultiv poisons enter the when aches and pains, weakness and de- bility soon follow as a natura quence. It was recognition of this that led the Shakers their energies to the perfection of a ich would stimulate the digestive or- sist them to perform their proper work. symptom of disordered digestion Is loss and th gestive Cordial is ficient In supplying any deficiency in . at the same time it relfeves all dis- Furthermore, as was carefully nerable friend, it ts absolutely system, 1 con: to devote product vw of appetite, baker T wonderfull ter eating. ined by our vi etter evidence of the Shakers’ confidence in it wuld not be found than fn the fact that they have 1G-cent sample bottles In the hands of all sts, assured that If once tried it will produce immediace and marked benest that It will be continued. SOME DOWN-ES PAUPERS, A Debate in the Town Meeting at Dennysville Literally From the Lewiston Journal. L. Sprague—“I believe that we should not pay Dan Phinney’s house rent. I am a taxpayer, but I carnot wear a white shirt or a watch, or ride around in a gypsy cart. There are three men there, and I don’t think we ought to pay his house rent.” Alfred Kilby—“I don't see how we can get clear of paying Dan's house rent. Be- fore he lived in this house he was out of town and causing the town great expense. When he came here there was no place to put him in town. Mr. Lincoln said he would build him a house. He built a rather more expensive house than I thought he was going to build, and Dan has added an ell, making it quite a respectable place in fact, too good for Dan. if we couid get a piece of land and build Dan some kind of a shanty we could get rid of paying this rent. It is only $20 a year, and we cannot ask Mr. Lincoln to take less. He would not if we asked him. Dan is and will not work, only just to get along, and that is all. He keeps a horse to ride with, of e. Then there is Mrs. Irving. We $12 a year for her house. There is no ace for her in Dennysville, and the people «lo not want her here. She runs her house and runs it well. I had a place I thought of putting her on, but the neighbors said t did not want her there, and so she Stays where she is. Then, there is Fred. Ward's family. He ts lazy, and will not work. He has a large family, and is now living in Trescott. His wife came over here for help this winter, and crie], as she always does cry when you do not do as she wants you to. They have cost the town #21 this year. As it happened, when on the I saw- the overseer of the poor at ‘ott. He said that they came to him for things to the amount of $20. He finally let her have a little of everything that she wanted, to the amount of $ or $6, and I think she got along very cheaply, for she has a large family.” P. E. Vose—“I am one of the taxpayers, and I think we had better let well enough alone, as far as Dan and Belle are con- cerned. As to Dan, we get along with him where he is at the expense of $20, but he Will cost more just so surely as he is wrested from that place.” J. D. Allen—“I should like to ask if Mr. Phinney has a life certificate as a mem ber? If so, I think we had better give him a hous Alfred Kilby—“I am not sure, but I think it is safe to say that he has.” E. Sprague—“I move that we see Charles Hobart and ask him if we can buy Sal Seal and build him a house there.” oted to raise money for the ringin; the bell at noon, $35. mere Se Voted that we raise $40 for the town library. Reported. JOURNALISTIC PAY A CENTURY AGO. What Some Literary Lights Received for Their Work. From the National Review. Coleridge took at times an exaggerated v:ew of his services to the Morning Chron- icle. His surprising statement that Stuart in 1800 offered him £2,000 a year if he would devote himself to journalism, that he de- clined on the ground that he would not give up “the reading of old folios” for twenty times £2,000, and that he consider- ed any pay beyond £350 as a real evil, is cbviously impossible. Stuart probably tried to spur his indolent contributor by saying that his services would be worth some such sum if they could be made regular. But the statement is only worth notice here in illustration of the state of the literary market at the time. Southey acknowl- edges bis gratitude for the guinea a week which he received us Stuart's “laureate.” Poetry, by the way, appears to have been more in demand then than at the present day. Both Perry and Stuart's elder broth- er offered to employ Burns; and Coleridge, Southey, Campbell and Moore all publishe. poems in the n Apers. hand at “jokes.” “Sixpence a Joke,” he says—“and It was thought pretty high, too —was Dan Stuart's settled remuneration in these cases,” and no paragraph was to ex- ceed geven lines. In a letter of 1808 Lamb seys that he has given up his “two guincas @ week” from the Post. ‘The high-water mark of a Journalist's earnings at the end of the last centry is probably marked by the achievement of Mackintosh, who earned 10 guineas in a week. “No paper could stand itl” ex- claimed the proprietor, and the bargain had to be revised. A few years later, how- ever, we are told that Sterling, the father of Carlyle’s friend, was receiving the sum which Coleridge supposed himself to have refused, namely, £2,000 a year for writing leading articles in the Times. Stuart, it would seem, In the earlier period was pay- ing the fair value of their wares to Cole- ridge, Southey and their like; but in the days of Scott and Byron the price of pop- ular writing was going up by leaps and bounds. - The Hodcarriers’ Quickstep. From the Chicago Record. e A North Side man tells this story. Last week he stood in front of his uncompleted flat buildmg and chafed ard worried as he saw the poky laborers go about their work as if the place wasn’t to be turned over during the first week In May. * The men who carried in the brick and tiling from the street were especially an- noying to the owner of the buffaing. hey moved about at a sleepy and turtle-like pace and did not appear to be worried in the least, when their slowness was the cause of delay on the inside work. While the North Side man was watching them tai aie ee Talia with a Datel organ ross the eS srinding out a ively marcy. ba a een playing for severdl minutes defore the North Side man observed the marvel- ous effect of the musio on the men who were carrying the brick. They came out of the building like clrous horses in a grand entree, hurriedly filled their hods ang ‘then marched back into the building at double quick, stepping high. The owner of the building went across the street and gave the Italian a quarter, in return for ‘which he played lively tunes for a half hour. During that half hour the laborers did a half day's work. Next day the owner ran across another Italian and sent him ovér to the corner to play. The laborers didn’t know what a mean trick had been played on them. Lamb tried his | ELECTRIC COMPANIES ——_-_—_ What the Majority of the Senate Committee Report. THEY FAVOR THE POTOMAC EXTENSIONS Think the Equities of the Case Demand This Legislation. THEIR REVIEW OF THE FACTS Senator Harris has submitted to the Sen- ate the report. of the majority of the Dis- trict committee on the bill to extend the lines of the Potomac Electric Light and Power Ccmpany, which was recently fa- vorably considered. The minority report, signed by Senators Gallinger, Hansbrough and Baker, had already been submitted, and has been noted at length in The Star. It is the usual custom for the views of the majority to be presented first, but in this case the regular order has been reversed. The majority, report recites the history of the Potomac and United States com- panies, and says: “So far as the committee {s advised, the performance of the United States com- pany in furnishing the lights contracted for has been entirely satisfactory.” It is stated at some length that the Po- tomac company has fixtures over about eighteen miles of streets and roads, and that the wires are so connected as to sup- ply current to five different street rail- way companies. Of Interest to Anacostia. The report continues: “Finding that not only had the original lines of thé Potomac company, but also the original lines of the United States Electric Lighting Company been built solely upon authority of the Commissioners, and finding that the said Cemmissioners still considered (as shown in the exercise of that authority by grant- img the Arizona avenue permit), that they had such right and were dispcsed to ex- ercise it whenever a fair public interest seemed to be subserved, positive contrac: was ‘made on or about November 13, 1895 with the Eckington Railway Company for the supplying of power to its lines as soon as our wires in and about Georgetown could be connected with their wires in Eckington. The result would have been the shutting down of the power station sull run by the Eckington Railway Com- pany, and in which is located the engine and dynamo used in connection with the Eckington lighting plant, and supplying light along a number of the sireets of Eck- ington and to a number of the houses of that suburb. “Centemplatirg thus the complete clos- ure of that power station, and desiring to obtain the existing lighting business and lines of distribution ccnnected with the Eckirgton lighting plant, the Potomac Light and Power Company purchased the same from its owner, Col. Truesdell, this purchase having been effected on or about November 29, 1st Meanwhile permits for the extension of the Potomac company’s nes across Cleveland Park had been ask- ed, the owners of the property in that sub. urb havirg ccntracted with this company for the building of such line and the light- ing of the streets at their expense, and presuming that the hcvses then in ex! ence, and others under contract, could 0 tain electric light from the line thus estab- shed. The dateg of the several Cleveland Park permits were as follows: December 9, 1895, and December 10, 1895. He ving thus gotien permits to reach the Rock Creek road, and having under dis- cussion with the subordirate engineer offl- cers the best route along which a pole line should be bulit to reach Eckington, con- tracts were then made with the Cramp Ship end Engine Building Company (De- cember 15, 1895,) for a very splendid steam outfit, and with the Ger eral Electric Com- pany (December 28, 1895,) for an absolutely modern electrical outfit, which, with the ew dynamo then in operation, and which is also of very modern make, would con- stitute a station of about 2,500 horse-power capacity. Individual Permits. “Among the individual permits obtained, one dated November 26, 1895, permitted the connection of their existing lines in George- town with a certain stable on M street, the proprietor thereof having given an or- der for the electric lighting of his place. Another individual permit covered the con- struction underground across M street at the head of the Aqueduct bridge of a short conduit, say fifty feet in length, which should connect their existing wires with the wires which they had placed, after an understanding with the Commissioners. on the Aqueduct bridge, for the purpose of lighting the same electrically, since gas- lighting is unsatisfactory, the lights being frequently blown out in seasons of high wind. While in the act of making the two ecnnections just named—that is, the stable and the one just named, and under per- mits obtained from the same authority which had issued all the permits of like character in the District of Columbia—they were enjoined from ee the work by proceedings instituted, one in the name of the United States Electric Lighting Com- pany, the other in the name of certain citi- zens described as taxpayers, and alleging misappropriation of funds by reason of the electric lighting of the bridge as ordered | by the Ccmmissioners. During the pen- dency of these two injunctions a permit, dated December 10, 1895, was issued giving a route finally decided upon by the en- gineer department of the District of Co- lumbia, along which wires might be erect- ed for connecting Eckington with the Cleveland Park wires. “While this line was being constructed, on 11th of January, 186, a third injunction was served upon them restraining the com- pletion of the work; said injunction being obtained in the name of certain persons named as property holders, one of the per- sons being A. A. Thomas, president of the United States Electric Lighting Company. And the committee !s informed that the at- torney for the United States Electric Light- ing Company pressed all three suite just described. On trial the three were merged as to results, and the decision rendered February 4, 1896, by Judge Bingham was substantially to the effect that no permits such as those granted by the Commission- ers were valid unless previous general au- thority for such construction had been ob- tained from Congress. Since the rendering of the decision it has, of course, been im- possible to continue the work of line con- struction on the street. It has likewise been impossible to even connect parties whose residences or stores are within a few feet of lires which have been in ex- istence for years, since to reach across the sidewalk, either overhead or underground, would involve the issuance of a permit in ike character to those determined by Judge Bingham as being invalid. The whole property of the Potomac company, in so far as it consisted of structures in the public highways, was thus declared open to attack by any citizen alleging them to be a public nuisance, since they Were not constructed according to proper authority. ° The Court's Decision. “It is not for us to question the wisdom of the decision, nor was it probably, on the other hand, the part of the judge to consider the actual wrong done in estab- lishing the technical rule upon which the court acted. The hardship remains in this —that an authority unquestioned for four- teen years, an authority believed to be (api by those exercising it and those act- ing under it, an authority under which large sums of money had been invested in a legitimate enterprise, was suddenly de- clared to be veid. “The bill now before the Senate corrects the wrong done in equity, and permits that reasonable uee, beneficial alike to public and private interests, to which a plant like that now so nearly completed was intend- ed a ought to be put. . “Your committee should add that even after the rendition of this decision the work in the station was not permitted to stop, for the follow! Teagon: Potomac company had been substantiall: informed that without congressional ac- tion they could not reach the vailways, except those above mentioned as now be- ing connected, yet to stop the work meant an immediate and certain loss by the fail- ure of the company to carry out and per- form its contracts that involve large spe- cial work and large amounts. “The rights given to the Potémac Com- TAG While the/ THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. pany in this bill are meager, yet large enough, doubtless, to permit the wathsfac- tory operation of its électric lines within the Mmited Serettoty marked out in the Lill. It will permit the execution of a con- traet which latterly has been prepared, awatting only spon authority from Con- ress, and which provides for the supply- ing to the Capttal Traction Compary ‘pow- er from the station built by this eompany, The contract with the Eckington Railway Company lapsed by reason of our inability to reach them, Dut there is Httle or no question of their readiness at any moment to revive such contract, carrying as it does a benefit direct and immediate to their operations. “The extension of these lines to Ecking- ‘ten will also permit the revival of the lighting of the streets of that district, “which are now in darkness, and which it may be possible, even if appropriation be made therefor at ordinary rates, to con- tinue to light from the small plant now running in Eckington. While the Ecking- ton Railway Company is desirous of shut- ting down its plant, yet today the Potomac company is depending upon the Eckington ecmpany for the continuing of the lighting business in that part of the city. It is not clear that in @ plant so small, and operated chiefly for railway purposes, it could ever become permanently prbfitable to light the streets and-private houses in Eckington now depending wholly upon electricity (or oil as an alternative) for illumination. “It will be noted that the bill as prepared gives the right to a conduit, for power purposes only, to be built across the north- western portion of the city to the pump- ing station on U street. if this company is permitted to reach this pumping station it can supplant the steam power with elec- tric power that can save to the District about one-third of the operating expenses of this plant. “Attention is directed to the fact that the class of business chiefly to be done in the operations of this bill is one not here- tofore attempted by the United States Company or any other company In this District. It is, in the opinion of the com- mittee, important, since, as is well known, the suburban electric railways have In but few instances been able to earn operating expenses, the chief drawback being the expenses of the station. Of Interest to Anacostia, “The committee is informed that agree- ments have been made between parties in- terested in the Potomac Company and par- ties interested in the Anacostia Company, during the months past, for furnishing said railroad company with electric power. “In view of the fact that the Potomac Company has incurred large expense in the establishment of a first-class plaat, and in the running of wires in the country dls- tricts outside of the city limits for the pur- pese of furnishing power to suburban rail- ways and lights to country houses, under authority that the District Commissioners and the Potomac Company confidently be- lieved they had the right to give to said company, and the fact that this bill does not give authority to the Potomac Com- pany to invade any part of the territory within the city of Washington now occu- pied by the United States Company, and the additional fact that the suburban rail- ways and the residences in the country will be greatly benefited, the first by obtaining their power more cheaply than they can Froduce it, and the second by obtaining electric lights, of which up to this time they have been deprived, the committee does not hesitate to recommend the passage of the bill.” ee ee IMPORTANT CAPTURE. Man Wanted Here for a Bold Bur- glary. Detectives Hagan and Poler tn Balti- more made an ftmportant capture early Wednesday, and the burglar whom they have in custody !s wanted here for bur- glarizing the Army Dispensary, No. 1814 G street, where he managed to get to- gether considerable valuable property be- longing to Captain Guy L. Edie. This rob- bery was committed Sunday night, and the property taken included two watches, a revolver, some clothing and surgical tn- struments. The prisoner has made a full confession of this burglary, and most of the property has been recovered. In ad- dition to this he has confessed to a rob- bery in Georgetown and one in another section of the city. Three big burglaries were committed in Baltimore last week. On successive nights the houses of W. H. Stembler, No. 1905 West Baltimore strect, and Milton Elgin, No. 1923 on the same ‘street, were two of the places robbed. When ‘taken to the police station and locked up the prisoner claimed that he was innocent of any wrongdoing. He admitted his fdentity, saying his name {s Albert Burroughs. He is an Englishman and came to Baltimore as a sailor on the British steamship Bel- gian King. Frem one of the houses a pair of su penders had been taken, and Detective Hagan opening the Englishman's vest, took hold of the suspenders, when the prisoner showed the first signs of weakening by say- ing: ‘You’v2 got me.” But he would say no more until the de- tective exhibited a cheap ring he had taken in part payment for a valuable diamond ring he had stolen. Then the prisoner sald he would tell all, and made a confession. He would not say, however, where he had disposed of some of the valuable property he had stolen from the Baltimore houses. The Baltimore officers have three cases of burglary on him, while Detectives Boyd and Helan, who heard his confession yes- terday, have one and perhaps three cases on him here. It now transpires that the Englishman was in Baltimore last Febru- ary, at the time several extensive bur- glaries were committed. These burglaries, the officers are satisfied, were committed by Burroughs, and they feel satisfied that he tcok most of the plunder, especially the watches and diamonds, to England. Burroughs says he will plead guilty to the charges, and when he serves his sen- nee he will return to England, to remain ere, ———.___ UPSET THE VERDICT. Two Jurors Who Withdrew Their Assent in Court. When the case of Mary Connor against the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company closed yesterday afternoon in Circuit Court No. 2, Judge McComas in- formed the jury that they could, when they reached it, seal up their verdict and hand it into court this morning. After de- liberating some time a verdict was reached. The foreman of the jury sealed it up in an envelope, and this morning, in answer to Clerk Buhrman’s formal inquiry, he stated that the jury had agreed, and handed the envelope to the cierk. The verdict was for the company, at least it so read, but, upon a polling of the jury, at the request of Mrs. Connor's counsel, Messrs. Randall Hagner and W. M. Lewin, Jurors Andrew Oehman and Michael McCormick denied that it was their verdict, explaining to Judge Mc- Comas that they assented to it last even- ing that they might escape being longer locked up in the jury room. Judge McComas thereupon directed the clerk to enter a disagreement of the jury. He made no comment upon the action of Messrs. Oehman and McCormick, but subsequently discharged them from fur- ther service as jurors. The sult was one in which tho plaintiff claimed $10,000 damages because of injuries alleged to have been received by her Feb- ruary 20, 1894, by being thrown from a car at Ist street and Pennsylvania avenua, Mrs. Connor claims that a woman, whose name and residence she does not know, was on the car and saw the accident. —__ Four Divorces. Four divorces were granted by Judge Cox this afternoon. Lillie D. from William Windsor, Ellie H. from Martin Stiner, Catherine from Harry Theodore McGlue and Harriet BH. from Jerse W. Sisson. Mrs. Windsor filed her petition December 11, 1895, Mrs. Stiner filing hers March 19, 1895, and Mrs. McGlue hers eras 1895, the papers in the three cases being withheld from publication. Mrs. Sisson filed her petition May 17, 1895, stating they were married at Provi- dence, R. L., September 18, 1889, her maiden name being Ashfcrd. She charged that her husband deserted and abandoned her at Westerly, R. I., August 80, 1893. She also asked for permission to resume her maiden name. ———._. Reason. From Harper's Weekly. “Fer goodness’ sake! what be yer painten of the. old cow fer, Silas?” “The militia are to have target practice in the next lot ter day. Bill Jones got six- teen dollars fer f cow of his they killed last year. Now, I don’t need thé old cow, and I do need $16.” WANT TRACKS > Commissioners’ Pieference as to the Pennsylvania Railroad. DETAILS OF THEIR PLAN ee Have Objections to the Depressed RAISED Tracks Proposition. 23 > OTHER DISTRICT MATTERS Within a few days now, the Commiesion- ers will report to Congress their views upon the bill to abolish grade crossings along the line of the Baltimore and Poto- mac Railroad Company, in the District of Columbia. It has been definitely determined by the Commissioners to submit two reports. One will be for a depressed system, according to the wishes of the railroad, and the other, will be for an elevated system, in accordance with the wishes of the Commis- sicrers. It has lately developed that the Commissioners all favored an elevated sys- tem, believing that in such construction alone the vexed problem in South Washing- ton can be satisfactorily settled. In any event, the bill prepared by Sena- tor McMillan ‘will be substituted by two other bills of the Commissicners, embrac- Ing both systems ag explained above. It is well known that the railroad officials do not look with favor upon an elevation of its tracks. Indeed, the chief engineer of the road in consultation with the Engi- neer Commissioner stated that his com- pany would under no circumstances con- sider a viaduct plan, For a time this state- ment had the effect of deflecting the pur- pose of the authorities. ‘They had already favored a viaduct plan, but recognizing the power of the railroad and alive to the necessity for some improvement in exist- ing condition they determined to work out the depressed plan. This was done after many consultations with the railroad oftl- cials, and the bill, as agreed to, differs only in a few non-essential points from the plan which Is satisfactory to the railroad’ When the Engineer Commissioner sub- mitted his report upon the depressed sys- tem to the Commissioners general discus- sion ensued upon the merits of the over- head system as opposed to the depressed plan. It was recalled that previous boards of Commissioners had favored an overhead viaduct; in fact, that one of the Commis- sioners at least was present who had ap- proved such a plan. In the discussion which followed it was agreed that no mat- ter what kind of a report the Dill under consideration called for, {t was the duty of the Commissioners to recommend the plan vhich they considered best for relieving outh Washington of its railroad bugaboo. The elevated plan was brought into being then, and it was unanimously agreed to submit with their report upon the MeMil- jan bill a substitute bill providing for an elevated viaduct. A The matter was referred to Capt. Fie- beger, and he immediately set to work drafting a bill setting forth the features desired, It is this bill which the Commis- sloners will recommend, for they believe an overhead system is the best under all conlitions for solving the railroad problem. Streets will be left open to travel, the ex- pense of changing grades necessary in a depressed system wifl be obviated. Provisions of the Bill. The bill which will/‘be recommended to Congress requires the railroad company to elevate its tracks 6n' Maryland avenue, Virginia avenue, Canal street and K street to the grades edopted’ by the Commission- ers. The grade sheets show that 7th, 6th, 44, 2d, Ist streets, Delaware avenue and 1f street west, South Capitol street and New Jersey avenue shall be carried under the elevated tracks without change of grade, and that 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 1 and F Streets east and 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th and Water streets west shall be carried under the railroad by changing their grades somewhat, s A good arrangement 1s made where streets intersect with the viaduct. A space the width of the roadway and two side- walks 1s required. There will be some ex- ceptions; for instance, on Maryland ave- nue, Delaware avenue, South Capitol street and New Jersey avenue but fifty feet will be required between the abutments. The railrcad at *hese places will cross the street at the proper elevation by girders spanning the street. The most important feature of the new bill is the removal of the tracks of the rail- road from B street, and the relocation of the depot. Under the elevated system cer- tain strects will be closed to traffic. They are D, G, E and H; Ist and Half streets east, Sth street west 13th and 13% streets between D and E streets south, Maryland avenue between 12th street west and a line drawn from the northwest corner of square 267 to the southwest corner of the same square. To carry out the improvements incident to a reconstruction of the road as recom- mended the ratiroad is authorized to pur- chase squares 410, 434, 464 and 493. These are the main features of the new bill which the Commissioners believe will forever solve the problem of grade cross- ings in South Washington. ‘The Star has heretofore published the features of the bill providing for a depression of the tracks. Diet Kitchen. Mrs. S. S, Fuller of the Associated Charl- ties had a conference with Health Officer Woodward today concerning the establish- ment and maintenance of a diet kitchen for the benefit of the poor who necd special diet. It was explained that a kitchen on a small scale had been opened at 616 B street southeast during the latter part of April, and had been a great success, She ex. plained, however, that there was a lack of money on hand to continue the good work, and desired to get the public interested in the matter. Already she had rocelved calls from a number of patients too poor to pur- chase the necessary and proper food, and had taken care of their wants, ‘The health officer commended the work earnestly, and said it filled a long-felt want, Numerous poor people die each year because when they get sick they are unable to receive the proper nourishment. The diet kitchen fk, ed the bill exactly. Bicycle Stands, Merchants all over the city are supply- ing themselves with bicycle stands, in order to accommodate their customers who come awheel. Unless the authorities wink the other eye, all of them will be ordered off, for according to an opinion of the at- torney for the District, they are obstruc- tions to the street, and the authorities jave no power to authorize or permit them. The matter was brought to the at- tention of the Commissioners several days ago by a prominent merchant, who desired to know the law on the subject. As the stands are portable, and can be removed each night, and are:great conveniences, it is eee that the Commissioners will not order them off the sidewalks. a GRATEFUL ANACOSTIANS. Floral Tributcs Presented to the Di trict Chairmen, The Anacostia Citizens’ Association today presented Chairman Babcock and the mem- bers of the House District committee with a magnificent floral tribute in appreciation of the committee's interest in affording possible‘rapid transit to Anacostia through the passage of the Capital railway bill. There was placed on the desk of Senator MeMillan this morning a magnificent basket of roses and other exquisite llowers, standing nearly three feet In height, with a card attached to the handle bearing the inscripticn: ‘Senator James McMillan, chairman District committee, from the Anacostia Citizens’ Association, G. L. Havenner, president.” This floral offering was a token of the regard in which Sena- tor McMillan is held by the people of this suburb, who feel indebted to him for his kindly ‘Interest in them in assisting in se- curing for them the rapid transit street railroad bill. —_—_—_—_-e+____ . No Dearth Here, From Harper's Bazar. “If you had a few ruins,” said Lord Noodleby to Miss Nooyork, “your country would be more interesting.” m “Ob, we have enough,” replied the fair American. “There are always three or four of you traveling here.” : All the States Exoept New England to Send Delegates to the Convention. The Power Teller Will Have if He Leavers the- Republican Party— Some Optnions Given. At the headquarters of the “National Stiver Organization” in this city it is stated that state conventions of the silver party have been called in Colorado, Kan- sas, Iowa, Oregon and Missouri, and that within a few days a number of other states will call their conventions. Every state in the Union, it 1s said, has been organized from headquarters here, except in New England, and all these states will send delegates to the national convention, to be held at St. Louis on the same date as the populist convention. Gen. Warner, chairman of the silver party executive committee, is traveling through the west, getting things in shape and raising funds for the campaign. He is said to be highly pleased with the outlook for silver. At the headquarters here Dr. Mott is active, and professes to find every- thing going to suit his ideas. A. S. Dulin, one of the managers of the sliver campaign In Pennsylvania, {s in the city. He says that the independent silver forces are being rapidly organized there, and that their state convention will be held about the 1st of July. There is said to be an overwhelming sentiment in Penn- sylvania among the silverites for Teller for President, and the delegation from that state will probably be heart and soul for him. The Power Teller Will Have. Among the silver men of all parties the impression {is growing that Teller is going to be the Warwick in the silver fight In November. If he leaves the re- publican party, it is not decided to what party he will throw his influence. If the democratic nominee ts for silver, and Teller believes in him, he can have him indorsed by the silver men and populists, or he can do much to this end. In other words, the admiration for Teller has grown to such an extent that almost anything he may ad- vise will be accepted. If he does not have falth in the democratic nominee, he can hold millions of silver votes away from the nominee. Tillman, it is said, will also be another big factor. With the independent silver men Teller will be powerful, while with the populists there is great confidence in Tillman, If the Chicago convention de- cides for silver, Tillman will ask his popu- Ust friends to support the ticket. It looks as If between these two men and the other silver leaders there would be brought about a union of all the silver forces under the democratic banner, but this is said not to be assured by any means. Representative Howard, populist, says he doesn't believe the populists would indorse a democratic silver nominee, although he doesn’t know what the condftion of affairs will be when the populist convention meets in July. While all populista, he says, are for silver, the party is in favor of a return to the principles of Jackson—the abolition of national banks. A prominent official of the silver party here, in answer to a quesion as to whether that party would support a democratic silver nominee, said: “If the man is uni- versally known to be for silver, and there is nothing of a see-saw nature i ord, he will be the next Preside: there is the least doubt about him he as well hang up his fiddle. The people of the country will not trust any man they do not know to be for silver. ‘Nhey don’t want anybody else to vouch for him. Compelied to Support It. Populist and silver party politicians do not talk much on this feature of the ques- tion. They are hopeful that the silver men will not control at Chicago, as that will give them the chance they long for. ‘The disin- terested politicians, however, say that all the silver parties will be forced to support the democratic ticket, if it Is for the white metal. They will have to support.{t or go Gown, is the way the matter is viewed. Their voters will desert them and go to the democrats. Senator Butler is one of the populist leaders who won't say anything on this subject. "Senator Stewart's vohubility never extends to this topic, and Senator Stewart 1s one of the prime movers of the silver party. Garbage Troubles. For some time past the contractor for removing the garbage of the city has been airing his woes before the Commissioners. His latest ts that the crematory at the foot cf South Capitol street is not doing the werk {ts inventor represented it would, and that the entiqvated scow system hal to be resorted to. Ncw comes in the in- vertor of the cremstory and the man who has built the plant and has immediate su- pervision of it. It is true, he says, that the crematory dces not burn seventy-five tons of garbage per day. But it is also true, he says, that the plant can take care of the garbage of the city, 1f the contractor treats him fairly. He complains that the crematory does not receive a pound of gar- bege until 1 o'clock, and then the wagons come piling in and stall the furnace. He says that in all other cities where his crematory Is in operation the garbage com- mences to arrive about 9 o'clock in the morning. Some time ago he appeared be- fore the Commissioners and stated that he was ready to enter into an arrange- ment with the authorities to destroy fifty tens of garbage per day. The contractor assured him of his willingness to help him out. The first day, he says, he received sixty-five tons, and then the amount grad- ually fell off. The contractor, it is said, profits very materially out of every ton of garbage the crematory cannot handle. According to his centract with the owner of the furnace the latter is to receive 28 cents per ton for every ton of garbage destroyed. It is much cheaper to ship the garbage down the river in scows and dump it overboard. The con- tractor is now talking of paying the owner of the crematory a proportionate amount for the crematory on a basis of what it destroys and what it was represented it would take care of. The drivers of the col- lection carts are protesting against the wages the contractor pays, namely, $1 per day, which is helping to further confuse a complicated situation. ae A Historic Cannon’s Unmerited Fate. From the San Francisco Call. Almost the only relic in existence of the battery that was established in this city during the Mexican war is an old cannon that fs at present doing duty as a curb stone fender. At the time the battery was constructed it was on the edge of the bay, and near where the corner of Broadway and Sansome street now is. * When peace was declared the battery was dismantled, and all the material of any use was carried away. For some rea- scn one cannon was left behind, carriage and all. There appeared to be nothing the matter with ft, and it was even used sev- eral times to fire Fourth of July salutes. As the years went by the carriage was moved away, and the carnon remained ly- ing on the ground for a long time. When Battery street was cut through it received its name from the old fort, and the cannon was rolled down to the edge of the curb as a reminder of the old days. How long it lay there is a question that nobody can answer, for those who might have done so are all dead. At any rate, it is known that a patriotic drayman con- cluded that the cannon should be taken care of. He got a number of volunteers, and when the curb store was put in the crowd carried it to the corner and poked its muzzle down into a hole. It has re- mained there ever since. The portion of it that is visible appears to be in a good state of preservation, but the chances are that the other end of it is only a big lump of rust. ———_-e+—___ He Renrembered. From the Indienapolis Journal. “Is this hot enough for you?” Satan. - “Pusty warm,” admitted the newly ar- rived oldest inhabitant, “but I remember some fifty years ago, when it was so durn hot that—” The attendant imps, at signal, seized him and shoved him down seven stories nearer the bottom which isn’t there. asked SILVER ORGANIZATION| A LIV ———_o—____ Struggle Between Gold and Silver Democrats in Ohio. THE LEADERS (ON BOTH SIDES Office Holders Are Timid and Are Ho'ding Back. FAITH IN BRICE A lively fight is reported to be on be- tween the gold men and the silver men in Ohio. The advantage so far is slightly with the silver men, but it is recalled that at the start the silver men had the best of it last year, and yet at the state convention the gold democrats won out. Mr. Brice came with a rush at the close, and wrote the platform and named the ticket. He is @ very busy man again this year, and he may repeat that success. Leaders on Both Sides. The gold men are well led. Mr. Brice is, of course, in command. He is both an amiable and a capable man, and he works without flurry or friction. ‘Those who stand with him are ex-Congressman Tom Johnson, ex-Congressman Outhwaite, Vir- gil P. Kline, M. E. Ingalls and Lawrence T. Neil. The combination is regarded as a very strong one. The silver leaders are John R. McLean, working through the leading newspaper of the state; Allen W. Thurman, John W. Bookwalter and ex- Gov. Campbell. They are men of experi- ence and influence, and are exerting them- selves in silver’s ‘behalf. The, convention is a full month off, but no grass will be permitted to grow under the feet of either side. Third Term Agitation, It is said that the agitation of the third term question is proving troublesome to the cause of sound money. The buck democrats do not take kindly to the sug- gestion. The gold men in the interior of the state are finding it difficult to combat the assertion of the silver men that the whole sound money movement in the party has for its object the renomination of Mr. Cleveland. The effect of this is said to be to chill into Indifference many men who otherwise might become active against the free coinage proposition. Officeholders Timid. It is asserted, too, that the office holders in the state are showing some timidity this year. Last year the silver men complained of their activity—charged, indced, that the state convention was run by them. A list of those in attendance was prepared and published, and a copy sent to the White House. - No notice, however, was ever taken of it. But, for some reason, the office holders now are holding back. It may be because of the stir raised over the result in Michigan, which their brethren in that state were charged with having bossed and executed. At any rate, they have not as yet been in evidence, and it makes a dif- ference. Some of ihe most capable of the Ohio democrats are in fe: olfice, and when they fail to interest themselves in local contests the effect is noticeable. Waiting for the Attorney General. It is suggested that these men may Le awaiting the initictive of Attorney General Harmon, Mr. Smith throws himself into the Georgia campaign for sound money delegates to Chicago, and Mr. Carlisle, by letters, into the Kentucky campaign. May not Mr. Harmon, with equal propriety, start the ball rolling in Ohio? if he decides to do £0, the fight, it is promised, will become \ery much mere interesting. Mr. Harmon lives at Cincinnati, and that is where the Mcl.can lailuence is strong. Can the At- rorney General carry his own town on the adminisiration’s issue? Some cf the gold mien would be very glad to have him try. Another Disadvantage. Still another disadvantage under which the gold men in Ohio are laboriny is that Lefore their convention is held the demo- crats of the neighboring states of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky will have acted. The present prospect 1s that potn IMlincis and Indiana will declare for free silver, and that Kentucky may do likewise. This ts having a depressing effect in Ohio, aud if the actual performance is according to Promise the difficulties of the gold men will be increased. Faith in Mr. Brice. But the fight ts on, the gold men are in earnest, and the faith in Mr. Brice's leader- ship is high among his followers. He wot! against heavy odds last year. Docs hi right hand still possess its cunning? Se READY FOR TRIAL, Cocking Taken Buck to the Char County Jail. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LA PLATA, Charles county, Md., May 22. —Joseph Cocking is now im jail at Port To- bacco, awaiting trial, which will probably take place next week, for the alleged mur- der of his wife and sister-in-law, Miss Daisy Miller, at Hill Top a month ago. He w brought back to the county from the Bal- timcre jail, where he has been for safe keeping, and last night he was lodged in jail. Sheriff Wade and Deputy Sheriff Med- ley brought him down on the evening train from Baltimore, and there was a large crowd at the station to see him, but the officers, with their prisoner, remained on the train until they reached Port Tobacco station, two miles below, and they were met at the depot by another deputy and driven to Port Tobacco. Instead of going direct to jail, the party went to the sheriff's house, and had supper, and afterward Cock- ing was taken over to the dilapidated lit- tle brick structure called a jail, and was made as comfortable as possible in the cell in which the Everett murderers were con- fired twenty years ago, when the people of the county were even more excited than they were when they first learned of what had taken place at the Cocking house last month. When Cocking reached jail he seemed greatly relieved from the mental strain un- der which he has been laboring since it was thought necessary to take him to Bal- timore to save him from “Judge Lynch, and he expressed himself as being better satisfied among his old neighbors and friends than he was in Baltimore. His quarters are not quite 4d pleasant as they were in Baltimore, but at any rate he is glad to get back. Then, too, he anticipates an early trial, and as ne seems confident of an acquittal he thinks he will return to his business. He was also anxious to see his children, and it is likely that Mrs. Miller, bis mother-in-law, will call with the chil- dren this afternoon. Judge Briscoe arrived here yesterday af- ternoon, the other judges having reached here several days ago. Cocking was to have been in court yesterday, but for some reason the sheriff did not go for him until yesterday morning and so his arraignment had to be delayed until today. His plea wil! be “not guilty,” and tne prisoner will, it is thought, ask for a trial by jury. Until he is arraigned this afternoon it is not known whether or not Cocking’s counsel will ask to hive the case removed from here to an- other county. The feeling against the removal of the case from here is very strong, principally because of the expense which would be in. curred. Murder trials have been very ex- pensive in the county of recent years, and the removal of the case from here would cost more than the county can afford to pay at this time, and.some of the citizens here, 2t is thought, would favor summary action rather than’ have the case removed and the extra large debt incurred. es The Economy of It. From the Chieago Tribune. “It seems to me, Billiger,” said Mrs. Me- Swat, “it wovld be a waste of money to buy a tandem when we have two bicycles just like a woman,” retorted Mr. on’t you see, Lobelia, that when we go out riding with it at night we need only one lantern?” ELY. 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At Edmond, twen were demolished and two rerscns, Harve Rich and his daughter, were killed At White Kazic, thirty miles no: cyclones formed within the spac hour and swept toward the Osa; welve houses were demolished, and forts or fifty head of stock were killed in the vicinity of White Eagle. to says: rspout ing , three of one country. At Black Bear, John Rodgers and wife were killed by falling timbers, while a farmer named White was killed, and all the members of his family injur y their house being biown down on them. «At Cushing five persons were killed. They are: Harris McIntyre and daughter; Julia and Jennie Wilmer, Peter Davis and son, Frank Davis. ‘The storm came up from the south and traveled north, where it collided with an- other storm coming from the west. It is reported that $75,000 damage was done to property and stock in the Osage country. Several are reported lost, but the particu- lars are hard to obtain at this hour. Eight cyclones have occured within a radius of fifty miles in this section within five di Relief will be sent tg sufferers in Payne county. — A CREMATORY ORDERED. One to Be Erected on the Old Ob- servatory Site. It was authoritatively stated this after- noon at the Commissioners’ office that or- ders had been given to the garbage con- tractor to make preparations immediately to put in a Smith crematory on the ob- servatory site. Recently the Commission- ers directed Health Officer Woodward to preceed to Philadelyhia, where the Smith system of crematioa is in operation, to ex- amine the plant and report if it performed the work satisfactori This was done, and Dr. Woodward's re- port ts entirely favorably to the Smith cre- mator’ The ovide another crematory, ‘commissioners have been forced to in view of the fact that the present crematory cannot burn all the garbage of the city, and the scow system is bad. It is understood the crematory will be erected within sixty days. —— FLASH INTO EXISTE How Daubigny Studied a Door Ail Day to Paint a Picture. From the Chicago Times-Herald. Charles Noel Flagg of New York, who is now painting a few portraits in Chicago, tells interesting stories of bohemian life in Paris in the ” “I was at Honfleur one summer,” said Mr. Flagg, “when the Daubignys—father and scn—were there. I have always thought Daubigny the strongest and sanest land- scape painter in the Barbizon group, and it was interesting to see how he worked and how he taught his ecn. This son was a man of brilliart talent, who died soon after, unfortur ately. He would take an enormous cenvas out into the field and cover it in an hour and a half—this was to get composi- tion, massing of light and shade, etc. then his father would come and criti Some of these big swift things were shown in the ealon afterward. The painters used to contribute in one way or another i> the fine old inn where we stopped, and the land- lord wanted young Daubigny to paint the panel of a certain door. At last the painter promised to do it the next morning. I re- solved to see that thing done, so 1 got up before dawn, planted myself in the old dining room at a good point of view, and pretended to sketch from the window. Pretty soon young Daubigny came down, professed to be not in the least disturbed by me; so I stayed. He sat down in front of the door and looked at it hard for an hour or so. Then he got up and viewed it from different angles. Then he gazed at it from the end of the room. Then he sat down again. The hours came and went and still he was studying that door, with scarce- ly a pause for meals. By afternoon I was nearly wild; if he didn’t open his paint box soon I would smash the door. At last, at the begirning of twilight, presto!—the thing was done. I never knew how—I was too ex- cited to see. All in a minute a few lMght- nings flashed out from him, and there was the miracle! And breathlessly I realized that he had been painting that picture all day.” — ee She Had Her Hands Fall. From the Detroit Free Press. Apropos of the facility with which wo- men can adapt themselves to circum- stances, a little woman boarded a street car with two babies in her care, one in her arms, the other by the hand. She also car- ried a satchel, a bunch of wild flowers she had evidently gathered that morning, her pocketbook, and, as there was only one seat for the trio, she took the other baby in her arms, and held both dur ride. But the piece-de-resistance w door key, which she held, like some faithful Bruno, between her teeth. Nor did she re- linguish it through the entire trip, dut car- ried it with the air of one who had a place for everything, and everything in its place.