Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1896, Page 11

MR. J. MASSEY RHIND'S DESIGN. — = — = = ——EE LABOR’S ETERNAL VIGILANCE Nion-Union Cigars, Music and Other Things. Movement to Remove Knights of La- bor Teachers of Carpentry— ‘arious Labor Matters. The Central Labor Union at its weekly meeting last evening determined by an unanimous vote to ask the District Com- misstoners and board of school trustees to remove three of the teachers of carpenter- ing in the Manual Training Schools, all of whom are prominently identified with the Knights of Labor, and the appointment in their places of three members of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and Local Union No. 190, both of which are effiliated with the Central Labor Unton. President Spohn, who was in the chair, appointed a committee In accordance with the vote, and it was announced that the committee would call on the Commissiun- ers and school trustees in reference to the subject during the present week. The meeting was the most fully attended that has been held since the organization of the Central Labor Union, fifteen unions being represented and each having almost its full quota of delegates present. Secretary Torrens was prevented by ill- ness from attending. and ex-Secretary 7. T. Jenkins was elected secretary pro tem. Communications were read from the secre- tary of the Building Trades Council, au- rouncing the appointment of a committee to co-operate with the committee from the Central Labor Union in reference to the observance of Labor day, and also one to co-operate with which ts to call on the managers of the Columbia and Maryland Electric Railway Company and see if some arrangement not be effected whereby union mechanics can get employment on the improvement. A request from Union No. 1, National Brotherho of Carpenters and Joiners of the United States, for a copy of the con- stitution and by-laws of the C. L. U. was received ard the request granted. Credentials for additional delegates from the steam and hot water fitters were re- ceived and the delegates obligated. Under the call for reports of unions, Del- egate McKay stated that a non-union car- penter who was employed in the K str: merket, and concerning whom complaint was made on that account, is no longer at werk there Non-Union Cigars. Delegate Ely of the Cigar Makers’ Union ecmplained that there are more non-union cigars sold in Washington than in any other city of its gize in the United State: and he urged the delegates to use every ef- fort to promote the us2 of cigars the label of the Cigar Makers’ Union. matter was referred to the delegates from the various organizations, each of whom promised to protect union labor as far as possible. Delegate Dahler, also of the Cigar Mak- ers’ Union, reported the organization of a label league among the trades that use labels for the purpose of maintaining their rights throughout the United States. In this league the printers, bakers, cigar makers, shoemakers and hatters are repre- sented. Delegate William Weber of the Musical League said the members of the league thought it strange that the members of Columbia Typegraphical Union would ac- cept an invitation to go on an excursion, as many of them did last night, on a steam- boat where non-union musicians were em- ployed, and for his own part he considered this action of the printers inconsistent. Delegate Cross of Columbia Typographi- cal Union explained that the musicians complained of were employed by the owner of the boat, but stated that he would call the attention of the printers to the matter at their next meeting. Delegate Canty of the Bricklayers report- ed that his union had indorsed the strike of the steam fitters, and made an appropria- tion to help them. The delegates from the Electrical Work- ers reported that thelr union had withdrawn its representation in the local Federation, and had also indorsed the Steam Fitters strike. A similar report In reference to the strike was submitted by Delegate Webber of the Bakers and Confectioners’ Union. The Bricklayers, Steam Fitters, Electrical Workers, Bakers and Confectioners and Printers announced the appointment by their respective unions of a committee to co-operate with the committee of the Cen- tral Labor Union on Labor day matters. The Strike Situation. Delegate Gant of the steamfitters report- ed that there had been but Ittie change in the strike situation during the past week, but that the prospects ere good for complete success in the near future. Sev- eral more bosses had, he sald, signed the contract, a: more members ef the union have, in consequence, returned to work. The delegates from the galvanized iron and cornice workers reported that the contractor for the galvanized iron work in the new post office was working his men eight hours on the building for reduced pay, after which they had to go into the shop and work an additional hour, “er which, however, they were paid. The del. gates were instructed to have a committee —_— the union’s committee, | appointed from their organization to con- fer with the contractor, and see if a more ‘satisfactory arrangement cannot be effect- ed, and to report the result at the next meeting of the Central Labor Union. The union adopted resolutions indorsing the proposition of Mr. Joel W. Cross and his associates to publish a paper, to be called the Trade Unionist. ———— TO REACH THE ZOO. Citizens Ask Congress to Provide Good Approaches. There has been filed with the District affairs subcommittee of the Houxe commit- tee on appropriations, a petition from citi- zens asking that the item for mainten- ance of the approaches along Kenesaw avenue and Park highway to the Zoo be retained in the District bill. The Commis- sioners recommendea $10,000. The Senate introduced an appropriation of $5,000 to ihe District bill. The petition says: “The importance of the immediate im- provement of Kenesaw avenue and Park highway, and the benefits to citizens of the District, are manifestly wise and ap- Parent. Kenesaw avenue and Park high- way are the most direct, ac. ble and ac- ceptable avenues to the Zoological Park and Rock Creek Park—in fact, the only safe and commanding routes io the parks. “The government has expended on Ken: Saw avenue some $10,000, and now a main sewer is being constructed from the Rock creek sewer to 16th street, thereby fur- nishing sewerage for Mount Pleasant and neighborhecd. The land for Kenesaw ave- nue was dcnated ninety feet wide some years ago, upon the expressed understand- jing that the, District government would immediately improve this avenue to the Zoological Park, and the owner of the land between Kenesaw avenue and Park highway has expressed a_ willingness to donate a roadway ninety feet wide, pro- | vided Kenesaw avenue and Park highway be immediately improved. Kenesaw ave- | nue and Park highway are in conformity to the extension plan of the streets, and when improved will recelve greater com- mendation and secure to the citizens of the District as great, if not greater, bene- fits than any other street improvement. “An examination of the District. map and present plan of streets will show the manifest wisdom and necessity for the immediate improvement of Kenesaw ave- nue and Park highway, as recommended by the District Commisgioners. Therefore, We most earnestly “urge that the full amount recommended by the District Com- missioners be appropriated, as any less sum would be inadequate to perform the work proposed and make these avenues available for public use.” The petition is signed by the following citizens: Heman D. Walbridge, C. A. Bell, J. W. Whelpley, H. L. Cranford, M. A. Ballinger, H. A. Willard, A. P. Fardoen, F. H. Smith & Sons, Gardiner G. Hubbard, Donald McPherson, John B. Wight, B. Henderson, D. G. Swaim, Henry F. Blown, James M. Johnston, Benjamin P. Srvder, Geo. C. Gorham, Beriah Wiikins, Joseph L. Atkins, Charles C. Lancaster, C. B. Tanner, J. C. Churchill, Ellis Spear, John Joy Edson, T. W. Tyrer, A. T.| Brit- ton, L. T. Michener, James W. Somervil Jos K. McCammon, W. W. Dudley, Chapin Brown, L. L. Driggs, J. N. Clapp, Chas. C. Glover, Z. T. Sowers, G. T. Dunlop, Benj. P. Da Mary E. Mann, B. H. Stinemetz, M. G. Seckendorff, W. Riley Deeble, Theo. A. Harding, Arthur Burt, Geo. A. Jordon, Elias Thomas, G. G. Cornwell & Son, Wm H. Saunders, B. P. Mimmack, G. Wm. Mc- Lanahan, Mrs. Alice L. Hill, Isaac Haz- lett Philip E. Chapin, Geo. L. Andrews, J. B. Rawles, Howard Moran, William B. Gurley, T. L. Holbrook, Sam L. Mattingly, Everett Hayden, Walter S. Cox, A. L. Barber. —__. Transfers of Real Estate. Wm. E. Sims to Joseph F. and Leonora D. Marks, lot 38, sq. Yeidore B. Dodgs to Amanda M. Dean, lot A and part lot B, Oak Lawn; $3. Joseph H. Bradiey et al. to Jno. 8. Rich, part original lot 5, sq. 341; $19.0 David G. to Robert Proctor, lot 25, bik. 4, 3310. Lacy J a to Julia L.’ Williams, part original lot 5, section Barry Farm; §. Aaron W. Fetzer et ux. to Ca original lot 2, sq. 922; $10. Noel W. Barksdale and J to Benj. F. Edwards, lot $1,100. Jno. E. Crittenden et ux. to Napoleon J. Smith, lot 54 and part lot 63, sq. 916 Eliza J. Denver et al. to Katharine C. Spalding, lot 37, 4.159; $26,000. : Engene “A. Fowler et ux. to Jams BE Baines, part lot 2, sq. 281; $10. Nancy J. Getty to Michacl M. Iankin, lots 18 to 26, bik. 6, Mt. Pleasant; $10. 2 J. Govern to Jno. G. Holden, lot 26, 35,000. Florence C. Radcliffe to Lollie S. Stealey, lot 100, sq. 157; $10. Walter R. Wilcox et al., trustees, to Charlotte J. Bates, lot 59, sq. 14; $16, Franklin Rives to Mary i. Waters, tract of 51 acres ine John Sherman, trustee, “et Armstrong, lot 18, blk. 42, Ho Chas. J. Govern et al., trusty Barr and Franklin T. Sanner, lot lamblia Heights; 34,049.06. Mu der" et 54. Hudnell 770 D. Judson, part nidrew Wilson, trustees, vik. 5, Avalon Heights: Rives and Ellen it. 8. Spencer dQ Manor; $10. . to Lester “A. » bik. 23, Co- mx. to Ferdinand T. 960; $10. “to Nicholas I. Shea, lot 47, Lammond to W. Morris Lammond, lot 40, sq. 37; 3. — Settlement of a Suit. ‘The svit brought against the Great Falls Electric Railway Company in December last by Langhorne, Allen & Co., contrac- tors, for a balance claimed to be due them for grading, ete., was settled this morning and the case withdrawn, a compromise of the disputed items having been agreed upon by the respective attorneys, Mr. Clar- 4 ence A. Brandenburg, representing the rail- way company, and Mr. John Ridout the contractors. MR, NIEHAUS’ MODEL THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. GUNS ON VELVET Drill of the Batteries at Washing- ton Barracks, THE GREEN FIELD ALL A-WAIRL Brilliant Work by Officers, Men and Beasts. A BRAVE SHOW Threateningly cloudy skies and a zephyr from the southeast combined to discourage a great many Washingtonians from attend- ance at the Washington barracks yester- day afternoon, where there were presented the aggregated attractiveness of a light battery drill, a band concert, a review of the foot batteries and a dress parade. The clouds and the occasional raindrops kept away hundreds of interested people who fully intended, weather permitting, to be of the spectators; the zephyr from the southeast, laden with insistent odor con- tributed gratuitously by the Buzzard’s Point soap factory—to say nothing of the perfumes wafted from the nearby James Creek sewer and the more distant Anacos- tla marshes—was a continuing annoyance. But, in spite of the natural and artificial drawbacks, there was a crowd present; a good-natured crowd that would not be frightened by a trifle of moisture, and that even joked about the mephitic qualities “Trot” with which the atmosphere was overbur- dened; a crowd that wondered why some- body hadn't said something long ago about light battery drills and other pleasing fea- tures of existence at the barracks; a crowd that will be on hand again when Capt. Lancaster's battery returns from Getty: burg, where it is due next Saturday morn- ing. And the Band Played. First on the program was a concert®by the band of the fourth artillery. The bar- recks is headquarters for the fourth, and it is a militery axlom—paraphrased from Scripture—that where headquarters is there will the band be also. A good band, too, !s this particular orgenization which follows the leadership of Prof. Buglione; much im- Trovec since it arrived here, and apparently en the high way to well-dressed success in all that is musicianly and martial. Lots of folks failed to hear the concert yesterday; “Halt!” some of them failed to arrive in time—the cencert commencing at 4—while others sat around in the vicinity of the drill ground, far away from the band and from every- thing else except the soap factory stench waves, awaiting the coming of light bat- tery C, third artillery. Promptly on time—at 4:30—the battery put in an appearance, with the veteran Cspt. James M. Lancaster at its head. The cther officers were First. Lieuts. W. E. Birkhimer and John K. Cree and Second Lieut. Archibald Campbell. If any of the visitors expected a full dress show the: “Battery, Ready! sere disappointed, for the battery was evidently out for a first-class imitation of fness, and had therefore left its f in the quarters. Men and horses looked fit to start in on Spain, provided only that sufficient time would be needed to exchange the blan!: cartridges in the chests for am- munition of a more deadly character. Peace With Plenty. ‘The horses were, perhaps, a trifle too fat, but the errer—if it is one—is on the right side, for while it is comparatively easy to make a fat horse thin in any kind of a campaign, it is frequently more than difti- cult to put a sufficiency of adipose tissue upon the framework of an animal on serv- ice in the field. ‘Therefore, it must be plac- ed to the credit of Capt. Lancaster that his horses displayed every evidence of being liberally fed and well cared for otherwise: not for a moment were any of them slug- gish or unwilling, nor was there any symp- tom of greenness. Capt. Lancaster's judg- ment was all right when he did most of the work at a trot or walk; what little of galloping was done showed conclusively that the drill ground was too slippery. because of the recent rains—for those dash- ing pezformances which are so thrillingly attractive. But the wet clay soil did not affect the smartness of the drill. The men were agile as cats, and with a few minor exceptions—easily to be shut out by a month of drill—comrined to put up a first- class exhibition. Drill is the Image of War. The firings interested the crowd more than any other feature. When the first of these —by piece—was about to take place there was a gencral movement for safety and on the part of a few much nervousness and stopping of ears. A score or so of children screamed a little When No. 2 was fired— the friction primer on No. 1 missed—but the youngsters scon became accustumed to the roar and even pretended to enjoy it. For half a minute or so immediately after the battery had fired one round the specta- ters could see nothigg but smoke. Then succeeded a picture—or a succession of Pictures—as the clouds dispersed and the statuesque figures of the men, with all the accompanying paraphernalia’ of artillery war, became slowly visible. But the smoke did not contribute only to the artistic ef- fects; it was valuable as a disinfectant to those who were to leeward of the battery; it overcame, for a brief season, the depress- ing exhalations from the ‘D tory and its health-destroying associates:— A slight increase in,the rainfall, which Promised to become hepvy, compelled Capt. Lancaster to cut short his program, but the crowd would not te itself to be dis- couraged; much of;.it went down to the parade ground to witness review and dress parade. Then the jshowers ceased. Snappy Dogs of War. The battalion of féot batteries never ap- peared to better advantage. Four compa- nies participated. Battery M was officered by Capt. Fuger and-Liéuts, Alexander and Gilmore; battery G by Capt. Ennis and Lieuts. H. R. Anderson and G. C. Heiner; battery I by Capt. Constantine Chase and —— “Action Ren. Lieut. Wheeler, and battery A_by Capt. Howe and Lieut. King. Adjt. Strong ad. justed the alignments and than Capt. Fu. ger presented the battalion to Maj. Rawles, | the post commander, for review. The in- spection was perfunctory, so to speak—it Was never intended to be any more; had it been otherwise, it would probably have failed to discover any shortcomings, for every man and all the equipment seemed to be as near perfection as possible. Headed by the band, the battalion marched past in column of platoons in that solid fashion which is looked for, and not often in vain, in troops of the regular service. The dress parade came next, with its sim- plified manual. The entire ceremony was excellently done. The execution of the manual was snappy and clean cut; in Capt. ase’s company a little mor? snappy than In any other of the batteries. It was all fine, however, and most creditable to the entire command. “A brave show," said one old gentleman who had watched the entire p dings from 4:30 until the band played “The Star Spangled Banner,” and the colors were hauled down. : THE SHERMAN STATUE Committee to Meet Tomorrow to Decide the Competition of the Designs. Reproductions of the Models Submit- ted by Messrs. Rhind and Bartlett Together With Their Statements, The national Sherman monument com- mittee will meet in this city tomorrow for the purpose of deciding the competition pf designs for a monuntent to the hero of the “march to the sea” The committee consists of Secretary Lamont, Major Gen- eral Miles and the following named tlemen, representing the Society of the Army of the Tennessee: General G. M. Dodge of New York,:Col. J. P. Howe of St. Louis, Gens J. W. Noble of St. Louls, Col. D.. Db. Henderson «of Dubuyue, Col: Au- gustus Jacobson of Chisago and: Cel. Cor- nelius Cadle of Cindmnati. The designs: in’ compétition are four in number, being the work of Mr. J. Massey Rhind of New York, Mr. P. W. Bartlett of Paris, Mr. Carl Rofl Smith of Chicago and Mr. Chas. H. Nichats of New York. These designs were select the twenty-six originally entered into com tition for this work.’ The selection w made by the monument commitice men- tioned above, with the aid of a committee York, consisting of Olin Warncr, Bruce Three of the designs select ition, namely, those Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Niehaas, were recom- mended by the art committee, which s lected the design submitted py Mr. Part- ridge of New as also entitled to the 31,000 awarded to each of tne four most meritorious designs. The monument com- mittee did not t the judsment of the art committee, however, in the case of Mr. Partridge, and substituted ihe design of Mr. Carl Rohl Smith as one of the to receive the $1,000 award, and to be elab- orated for a final competition to determine Which of them should be selected for the monument. ‘The models of these designs have been on exhibition at’ 1704 G street for the past week, and have attracted considerable at- tention from persons interested in works of art,.as well as those specialiy interested in perpetuating the memory of the hero of Atlanta. The: designs have been al- ready described in The Star, and those of Mr. Smith and Mr. Niehaus have been illustrated in its columns. ‘Today's issue contains views of the proposed statue as designed by Mr. Rhind and by Mr. Bart- lett. Mr. Rhind says, in regard to his design, that he has striven particularly to carry out the wishes expressed by the statue committee In regard to “the grasp of the 1 for the final f Mr. Rhind, charac: and individuality of General Sherman,” and therefore has devoted himself to the production of “a simple, strong and effective accompaniment, in gianite, to a rugged, realistic reproduc- tion, in bronze, of General Sherman.” The extreme simplicity of his desizn, he says, is due to the fact that it was Studied in relation to the beautiful jonic order of the treasury building, opposite which it is intended to be erected. The design submitted by Mr. Bartlett is striking in its orfginality, and the bold- ness of its architectural treatment. The well construction for the pedestal is some- thing altogether novel in this country. ‘The equestrian statue shows General Sher- man at the age of forty-five years, during his march to the sea. He wears a military hat, the ai ay, because that is one of the’ distinguishing’ features of United States army uniform, The two figures on the sides of the pedestal are “Courage” and “Thought,” the two :ost prominent qualities of Sherman, according to the artist. seo: Musical Instruments. ‘The Commissioners have amended sec- tion 3, article 8, of the police regulations by substituting the following: “No musical instrument of any sort shall be played in any places mentioned in sec- tion 1 of article 8 of these regulations without a permit therefor, previously ob- tained from the major ef police. Ilinerant musicians, including "hand organs, may be permitted by the major. of police to per- form _on their instruments between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. within ‘the mits to be desig- nated in such permit, but not otherwise; and bands accompanying processions shall not play except upen @ permit from the major of police, which permit shall desig- nate the route to be-followed by such pro- cession and the hotrs \within which such playing may be done. No musical instru- ment of any kind shall be played on Sun- day in any of the flacé8 heretofore refer- red to in this section’ éxcept uvon special orders issued by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.” ,, Serr SOTO Marriage Ligenses, Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: John J. Hass of Burffalo, N. ¥., and Elmira M. Ward of this city; George Atkinson and Delia Lewis; Harry H. Hum- ble and Katharine M. Foley; Henry Bell and Catherine Keyser; Powhatan Nash and Della L. Jennings, both of Richmond, Va.; Claud F. Howard of Richmond, Va., and Bessie A. Gillen of Henrico county, Va.; Robert B. Martin and Sarah J. Clator, both of Richmond, Va.; George C. Ehring and Mary S. Trimmer; John H. Har- ris and Alice Lowell; Marcellus J. Owens’ and Nannie B. ‘Green, both of King George's county, Va.; "Wm. Bell and Carrie Chase; John Graff and So- phia Gross; William H. Ricks of Raleigh, N. C., and Annie M. Hyde of this city; Sam’] Dobbins and Lucy Cox; Thomas J. Gleason and Mary Thompson. d-as the best among | four } VIVISECTION REPORT The Arguments For and Against Its Regulations. SENATOR GALLINGER PRESENTS THEM A Bill to Resirict the Practice in the District. ITS PASSAGE URGED Senator Gallinger reported in the Senate today the bill for the regulation of vivisec- tion in the District of Columbia, unani- mously adopted by the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, providing, first, for the use of anaesthetics in all pain- ful experiments on living vertebrate ani- mals, the so-called inoculation experiments, tests of drugs and medicines and cases of recovery from surgical procedure being ex- Pressly exempted from this requirement; second, for the lcensing of all experi- menters by the District Commissioners, ex- cept those who are duly authorized officers of the government of the United States or of that of the District of Columbia; third, for the prohibition of vivisection in the public schools and in exhibitions for the general public; fourth, for the inspection of ail places of experiment by inspectors to be appointed by the President of the United States. Senator Gallinger, who, as 1s well known, is a successful physician, submit- ted with the bill an elaborate and interest ing report, prepared by himself, in which he sets forth the arguments on both sides of the question advanced at the public hearing last month before the Senate com- mittee on the District of Columbia, and in communications to it, and announces the conclusion in vigorous language that vivi- section has been grossly abused in this country, as abroad, and that its regula- tion and restriction, prescribed by parlia- ment in England twenty years ago, are necessary and desirable here. He forth the opposition of many physicians and scientists to any such legislation, and also the advocacy of it by many other phy- siclans, together with many of the leading men and women in the country. “Prob- ably no bill was ever presented to Con- gress,” says the report, “which received the indorsement of so distinguished a list of men and women as this one,” and he cites over a hundred and fifty names of prominent signers of the petition for the bill, headed by Justices Harlan, Brown, 3rewer, White, Peckham and Shiras of th; United States Supreme Court; Justices Cox, Hagner and Cole and ex-Justic of the District Supreme Court; ¢ tice Richardson and Justices Nott and Wel- don of the Court of Claims; Bishop Keane, Bishop Satterlee, Bishop Hurst, Gen. and Mrs. Miles, Mrs. U. 8. Grant, Mrs. Hearst, Mrs. Leiter, Mrs. Dahlgren, Mrs. Shiras, Mrs. Brown, Miss Emma ‘Morton, Mrs. Greely, Mrs, John Davis, Mrs. Teller, Mrs. W. M. Stewart and others. Physicians Differ on the Subject. The report is very long, and yet it interesting throughout, and will excite much attention. It first gives the text of the original McMillan bill, stating that after a hearing before the District Com- missioners it was referred by ihem to a committee, consisting of Surgeon Gener George M. Sternberg, United Statcs arn: Dr. William C. Woodward, hy of the District, and Mr. Henry farlend, “to consider the bil] what modifications, 1f any, were This committee could not land endeavor of the Commi: Doctors Ster mitted isla enact inio law of the modified bi which your committee have unanimous agreed to report, he had prep i to meet the © which had bee: raised to particu: ons of the o inal bill. it is proper to say at the o} that there is a sharp differeac jen among medical men as to the of vivisection. ultra scien ists a: to find in it the of life, and loudly pro coveries alread that hum of opin- value im that th Warrant the the instrumentality of torture and experi- ntation upon the lower animals. On the other multitudes of »iucated, hu- mane jars, who have iearned by ch and large experience the to secure the same deny that any real advances have en made in medical knowledge in the laboratory of the biologist, while at the same time they deprecate and Genounce the eryelties inflicted upon dumb animals by vivisectionists. It was claimed before your committee that surgery of the abdomen has been brought to its present high stand- ard through Vivisection, and yet it is a fact that Dr. Lawson Tait, the greatest ovariotomist in the world, is cn record as saying that “instead of vivisection having in any way advanced abdomial surgery 1( has, on the contrary, retarded it. The Anti-Toxin Seram. “It is also claimed that through vivisection the so-called anti-toxin serum was discov- ered, and that through its use tke mortal- ity from diphtheria has been greatly re- duced. On the other hand, hundreds of the most eminent physicians affirm that the chief value that anti-toxin possesses is the commercial value to those who deal in it, and that it is not yet demonstrated that it has any special curative value in the treat- ment of true diphtheria.” The report quotes medical testimony to this effect, and incidentally intin that the proportion of cures claimed for anti-toxin is largely increasing by counting “old-fashioned sore throat and follicular tonsilitis theria. Extracts are given in thi: tion from papers read by Dr. J ters of the Willard Parker Hospitai of New York in IS, and again before the New York Academy of Medicine on the Zist of this month, in which he atzacked the use of anti-toxin either to cure revent diphtheria. The report continues: ‘Scores of other eminent ph. be quoted who hold the same v: hus conclusively demonstrating that the claims of vivisectionists that they are entitled to the credit of this wonderful discovery will have more force after it has been shown that anti-toxin is of any real value. The writer of this report, who modestly claims to possess a slight degree of medical knowledge, has carefully investigated the subject, and is convinced that anti-toxin is still on’ trial, a view concurred in even by many medical men who believe that its yslue in the treatment of diphtheria will ultimately be proved and accepted, but who naturally are rather skeptical in’ view of the fate that befell Koch's lymph, Brown- Sequard’s elixir of life and many other widely heralded medical “fads.” “And it may be added in this connection that the alarming stories about hydrophobia that the disciples of. Pasteur (vivisectionists) re- late, have, in the opinion of a large part of the medical profession, lttle, if any, foun- dation in fact. Hydrophobia is a disease so rare that many physicians in large prac- tice for a quarter of a ceentury have never seen a case, and yet the Pasteur Institutes are crowded with people bitten by dogs en- tirely free from rabies, and so called sci- ence encourages the humbug.” Prof. Parvin Quoted. The report quotes Prof. Theophilus Par- vin of Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- rhia, in an address before the American Academy of Medicine, May 4, 1891, in which he described a class of vivisectionists, “who seemed seeking useless knowledge, to be lind to the writhing agony, and deaf to the cry of pain of their victims, and who have been guilty of the most damnable cruelty, without the denunciation of the public and the profession that their wicked- ness deserves and demands,” and argued that vivisection should be restricted by law, in which, discussing Koch's lymph and Pesteur's hydrophobia inoculations he said: “It is not beyond the bounds of pos- sibility that before many years the average results from anti-hydrophobie and anti- tuberculous ineculations will be of such an urfavorable character that they will give one of the strongest arguments against vivisection.” “It is instructive says the report, “to recall the fact that this was spoken in 1891, and that the anti-tuberculous inocu- J and the fact can be ascertained absolutel lations of Koch, over which the medical MR. ROHL-SMITH’S MODEL. profession literally lost its head, were long ago relegated to the tomb of forgotten things. Just how soon other of the great triumphs of vivisection will share the same fate time alone can tell.” After stating that all the arguments for and against the bill submitted at the hea: ing, and “the large amount of material” which the advocates of vivisection were permitted to add afterward will be printed as an append:x, the report sayS: “It will be observed that the bill is re- strictive, not prohibitive, and yet the me- morial adopted by the Medical Society of the District of Columbia starts cut with the misleading statement that ‘an effort is be- ing made by certain citizens of this Dis- trict to secure the passage of a bill to pre- vent experiments upon living animals.’ What wonder is it that the same memorial characterizes the. writings of antl-vivisec- tionists as ‘sensational nonsense,’ aud inti- mates that the quotations from the writ- ings of certain physicians are ‘garbled.’ This is neither argument nor fair contro- versy. The lines are clearly drawn be- tween those who believe in the unrestrict- ed torture of the brute creatioa and those who would, so far as possible, protect the horse, the dog and the cat from barbari- Ss, the mere mention of which makes the blood curdle in the veins of every man and woman who is unwilling to make a sacri- fice of human sympathy and human ten- derness on the altar of so-called scient!fic vestigation. . Restrictive Legislation Favored. ‘The report then refers to the many prominent men and women who advocate restrictive legislation, and adis that it is instructive to know that out of 1,239 re- plies from physicians in New York and Massachusetts to an inquiry made by the American Humane Association in 1805 28 were evasive, 243 were in favor of un- limited vivisection, and 963 were in favor of restriction. “This would seem to ef- fectively dispose,” says the veport, “of the charge so freely made that those who ad- vocate the proposed legislaiion are sen- timentalists and sensationalists, and that they are striking a blow at medical free- dom and_ scientific progr ‘The op- ponents of the proposed legislation broadly affrm that it is uncalled for and unneces- sary. They claim that the requirements of the bill are already complied with, and at the same time argue that :ts enactment into law would interfere with, if not entire- ly stop further scientitic researches. It is aifficult to grasp this reasoning, for if the bill contemplates. only what now in practice no harm can pos: the law. From the fact, report, “that great and un: ties are inflicted upon anim countries and in some of the American Union by vivi is reasonable to suppose that th of Columbia is not entirely f abu: if, however, as was ur committce, such is the fact, the en- actment of a law on the sub; will do harm. While if the abuse exists legal restrictions are _imperativ. ly come from ntinues the ry cruel- is in foreign he states of tiontsts it he District from the imed before cniy by such impartial inspection as would be made by the inspectors provided by the bili.” The report then gives at much leng cal and scientific reports, Jes:ribing what it. term evolting cruelties” practiced by vivisectors in this country and abroad. These quotations would secm incredible were they not so well a) nticated. They are given in great detail, with names and dates, and make frightful reading. “Re- yond a doubt,” says the report, “vivisection is grossly abused in the United States. As the humane editor of an American medical journal exclaims: History records some frightful atrocities pecpetrated in the name of religion, but it has remained for the en- | lightenment and humaneness of this cen- tury to stultify themselves by tolerating the abuses of the average physiological laboratory, all conducted in the name of science.” The report gives by way of fur- ther comment Col. Robert G. Ingersoll’s well-known letter, beginning “Vivisection is the inquisition—the hell—of science. All the cruelty which the human, or, rather, the inhuman, heart is capable of inflicting is in this one word. Below this there is no depth.” Probable Next Demand. “Indications multiply,” continues the re- port, “that the next demand in the name of science (that much-abused word) will be that human vivisection shall be permitted.” He quotes among the suggestions that this should be done the text of a bill drawn by Dr. J. S. Pyle of Canton, Ohio, and intro- duced in the Ohio legislature November 38, 1894, providing that condemned criminals in Ohio shail be vivisected under anaes- thetics. “Dr. Pyle,” says the report, “is an ardent advocate of vivisection, and he doubtless thinks, as some of the young physicians of the present day are arguing, that its logical and final result will not be attained until living men, women and chil- dren take the place of the brute creation on the dissecting tables of the human butchers who advocate this murderous scheme.” ter giving an analysis of the commit tee’s bill in detail, Senator Gallinger sa “In concluding this report, it is proper to say that, while the committee was unani- mous in recommending it, the writer of the report can alone be held responsible for its phraseology. Already he has been char- acterized as an enemy to mankind by the ultra-advocates and teachers of vivisection, and he is fully prepared for a deluge of de- runciations from that source, which he has no desire to ask the other members of the committee to share.” 2 ee Fire Department Salaries. ‘The Commissiorers have submitted to Congress a draft of a bill fixing the pay of the members of the fire department of the District of Columbia. It provides for the following salaries: Chief engineer, $2,300; two assistant chief engineers, $1,280, fire marshal, $1,150; clerk, $1,200; foreman, 31, engineers, $1,150; firemen, $966; til- lermen, $66; hostlers, $966; privates, $920; watchmen, $690. The Commissioners say in their judgment the proposed increase is only fair and reasonable, and would tend to increase the efficiency of the fire de- partment. - | h a number of quotations from medi- | | rier. THE LETTER CARRIERS Still Hopeful That Congress Will Increase Their Salaries, What Sceretary Victory of the Na+ tonal Assoc fon Says of the Justice of Their Claim. The letter carriers in this city and throughout the country are still hopeful that something will be done at this session of Congress toward the passage of the bills pending in the House and Senate to increase their salaries, Friends of the car- riers are doing all they can to get considera- tion for the bills, and say there is an as- sured majority for the measures in the House if they could be gotten before that body. Secretary John F. Victory of the Na- tional Association of Letter Carriers said to a Star reporter today: “In the event that meritorious legislation, pending in this Congress, becomes a law, the Post Office Department will at once be- come self-sustaining, and with the regular annual increase of revenue will soon become a certain and permanent source of income to the government. Deducting the cost of the carriage in the mails of government matter from its expenditures, the depart- ment could today show wherein it earns a revenue for the government. The letter carriers—among the hardest worked and poorest paid of government employes—de- serve considerabie of the creait for the present admirable condition of the postal service, and Congress shouid permit them to enjoy more fully the fruits of their good behavior, thetr industry and their faiinful service. The present salary of a letter car not comme! ate with the importance, arduousress of his work, and the risks of his business, “The carriers are cmployed only in citi 8, where, it will be generally admitted, the cost of living“is tre greatest. Their outfit costs about $v a year. In a very great majority of cases they are married and have families. Ihe postmasters expect the arriers to keep them lad in uniform, and the them to maintain and eaucate their families, an their desire is by their mode of life to di nify their position as the most popular und Most useful of government ser and thus meet the expectations of the 2 to whom they are an $ e cf the beneticence of our gov nt nder the act of May 24, 1SSS, their day's work is limited to eight hours, but the law has been construed to mean that their services may be scattered over the entire twenty-four. As a rule, they begin work very early in the morning and, with short and frequent intervals of rest, they usually end their work late in the day. These pe- riods of rest from work, known as ‘swing are ordinarily of no advantage to the car- In some instances as much as eig cen hours elapse from the time the carrier commences his day’s work until he has finished the same. ‘Severe weather may de- lay the railroad train,but nothing interferes to delay the work of the carrier. In the post office Sunday is considered vy: ry much the same as an ordinary work day. The car- riers also have to work on ail holidays. They are among the most trusted servants of the government and rarely abuse the cenfidence reposed in them. As a class they are exceptionally honest and energetic in the performance of their duties, thus mak- ing for the two great aims of the posial service, celerity and certainty. They are exposed to all kinds of weather and to the risks attending frequent travel through the most miserable and gnost dangerous se tios of large cities. If takes a good man to do such work well, and they should get a good man’s salary. Good wages will al- ways command good service, and good service should always command good wages. “For the letter carrier there ts no open evenue of promotion in the postal servic: he has nothing to look forward to but his salary, nor can he grow very old in the service; age unfits him for his iaborious duties. “The knowledge he acquires in the vice 1s of absolutely no use to him in any cther walk of life. The experience of the higher-salaried clerks in the various de- partments may be utilized in private em- ployment. It is not s> with the carrier's experience. In neerly all other branches of the government service employes are granted an annual vacation of thirty da with pay. he carrier's vacation is but fif- teen days. Other employes are allowed thirty days’ annual sick leave. If the car- rier for any cavse loses an hour or a trip, a deduction from his salary is made. Injury from accident while on d compensated for. Other emplo: six and ore half hours a day with half an hevr for lunch—and the limit of their seleries exceeds $2,000, “The system would be benefited by the proposed charge. Under the existing law the salary of the carrier begins w receives appointment as a regular at $000 a year, and can never reach a point beyond $1,000 a year. Before nis appoint- ment as a regular carrier he has to serve as a substitute carrier for several years at asalary of $1 per annum ‘and the pro reta compensation of the carriers whose routes he may be required to serve.’ During this period of substitution carriers earn but a precarions living. “Under the proposed change the begin- rer would have before him the certainty of reaching $19) per month, provided he rendered faithful service, and the certain- ty of retaining that fair salary during good pehavior. “The proposed higher salary would be worth ‘working for, and {t would be a very great inducement to gocd men to enter the service and remain there.” f in no way es work but from 9 to 4, MR, BARTLETT'S DESIGN.