Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1896, Page 12

a 12 ——————————— CUBA IN THE SENATE The Galleries Cleared During Mr. Morgan’s Speech. Two SECRET SESSIONS WERE HELD —————— Lively Time in the House Over a Contested Election Case. SWORN IN RTIN Mr. Blanchard (La.) was on the floor of the Senate today for the first time since the recent sensational contest in Louisiana, in which he gave way to ex-Governor Mc- Erery. Amendments to the joint resolution for the reorganization of the Northern Pacific railroad were offered by Mr. Mitchell (Ore.) and Mr. Nelson (Minn.), providing that the new company shall be liable on the land warranties of the old company and also for injuries to persons and prcperties. Mr. Morgan's Cgmpetitor Resolution. Morgan (Ala.} asked for action on his resolution requesting the President for in- formation as to the capture of the Com- petitor by a Spanish warship and the ecndemnation to death of United States citizens; whether demand has been made on Spain, and in particular whether a demand has been made for the release of the United Si cltizers. The Se! id that while the case Was one of great gravity, involving the unwarranted coné tion to death of Ame 1 t no Information was available except t n press reports and rumor. ne executive branch had not given the slightest information on the sub- ject Mr. Morgan read the statute re- quiring the President to make a demand for the release of an American citizen. urged that {t was the duty of the r the Constituticn to keep ised on the state of the articular on. foreign affair: Of late a courteous custom has arisen to gdcpt resolutions making requests on the President for information, but this did not relieve the Pre: t from the duty of giving full i tion. And it was only of late day Morgan said, that this failure of t tién to Cong tive to give informa- 1 grown up. Sharp Reply te a Question. When some question was raised by M Sherman as to the propriety of . fror- gan’s Making public use of the testimnoy of Mr. Lawrence before the committee on foreign relations the Alabama Senator sharply rejoined that there should be ro $uch concealment and hiding of facts from the country. Mr. Morgan said the testimony of Law- rence, who was present at the Competitor trials at Havana, showed the grossly ir- regular character of the proceedings. “And yet,” declared the Senator, “the dent pays no more attention to the ject than though it had been the slaughter of some poor negro or mulatto in the Cuban army.” Mr. Morgan sald he did not want Congress to Jeave Washington, thus committing to the President the whole authority to demand or withhold a demand for the release of American citizens, to Fecognize or withhold recognition of ‘bel- ligereney. is reminded Mr. Morgan that the € testimony had shown that the American on trial at Havana had not un- erstood any of the proceedings, which Were conducted in Spanish. The Trial Was in Spanish. “Yes,” Mr. Morgan continued, *the tes- timony of Mr. Lawrence shows that the entire trial was in the Spanish language. When the American prisoner was told to stand up he said,‘I do not understand what you have been saying. How am I to an- r you? A brief explanation was made. nthe sentence of death w: don that American citize S. r ional groans and shrieks were heard from the stricken caun- try, telling us of the terrible buichery go- g on there. But so far as authentic and ial information was concerned, it was hel received several letters ; with the seals broken, tailing the conditions prevailing. Beforé adjourned it should know from ent what the situation in Cuba rit ts true that hundreds of men i ¢ small room; whether zens are to meet death Mr. Mc n said he for the o: of Pres dent; Was an American characteristic to be proud of their government. But this Was a government of law, not of private w The Py is enjoined to execute ted he had incompatible with the ough section 2W1 of the nen a demand was made of an Ame tigen that ti shall, as soo municated by th lared that every day of ement of the American prisoners ana wes a day of American dis- not know what would come of ay and ction. Possibly in the end ni nS Wo} be so humbled as io sue to Spain for pardon. But Congress, which was th war power, should not leave with uthorizing that power to be used if necessary. “In the t that those American pri gners are not released and delivered to th President,” Mr. Morgan, “we ould ay 1 ships of war c jent to secu: thetr rel Phe Galle Cleared. As ¥ A Morgan closed Mr. Sherman rose quickly and stated that the proceedings Were of such a character as to come with- in Senate rule 3 requiring secrecy. Thece- upon the presiding officer, Mr. Platt, rected the galleries to be cl doors clered. Rule 25, covering business Fequiring secrecy, is seldom invoked, be- ing different from the rule governing or- dinary executive sessions. Opened and Closed Again. At 1 o'clock the Senate doors were open- €d, but before the spectators had secured their seats in the galleries, another order to close the doors was made. 1 the doors opened a number of Sen- re on thelr feet. Mr. Morgan had making a speech during the secret n, but at 1 o'clock. when the usual hour closed, Mr. Lodge moved to up the immigration bill. The doors roversy oc- curred as to the propriety of taking Mr. Me from the floor. Mr. Hill moved to go back to secret session. Mr. Harris ask- ed unanimous consent that Mr. Morgan be given the floor, and this was earnestly sec- onded by Mr. Morrill. Thereupon the doors were again closed. The Immigration Bill. At 1:15 the open session was resumed and Mr. Lodge moved to take up the immigra- tion bill On a yea and Senators refrained from voting, breaking a quorum. The vote was 23 to 8 or 14 short of a quorum. A call of the Senate disclosed forty-eight take were opened and a sharp c Senators present, more than a quorum, maki it evident that a filibuster was in progress. Mr. Hill and Mr. Harriz urged that the bill should not be pressed in the absence of Mr. Gibson of Maryland, Who has taken 9 Jpacta part in opposing the bill. Mr. ge said Mr. Gibson was perfectly aware ‘the bull would come up and if it was to be considered at this session it must be done & once. Anoth cc Aflother call of the Senate disclosed 47 sent, Or 16 Sehators present and not vot- 1. On an lanation hy Mr. that if once, ra gocitrmenict Hina aes roll call on Mr. Lodge's motion @ absence of a Voting quorum, usiness Mr, Morgan’s Amendment. off an t that OVE 2.2 See THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. should not apply to persons “arriving from the Island of Cuba.” Having secured the right of way for the immigration bill, Mr. Lodge agreed to al- low it to be laid aside temporarily, and Mr. Mitchell spoke on his resolution Sr the election of Senators by vote of the péople. The measure was supported also by Mr. Perkins of California. THE HOUSE. The House today waited fifteen minutes for the appearance of a quorum. In order to circumvent Mr. Kem (Neb.), who has been blocking all unanimous consent legis- lation for over two woeks, Mr. Henderson (owa), from the committee on rules, today presented a special’order making tomorrow individual suspension day. The rule was adopted without division. There has been @ tremendous pressure from members for recognition to pass bills of local importance and this order will give them opportu- nity. Removals and Appointmen: Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) called up his reso- lution requesting the President and the several cabinet officers for a detailed state- ent of the removals from office since March 3, 1898, and the appointments since that date, together with the number of ox- soldiers who have been appoinzed, pro- moted, reduced or removed. There was some goodthumored fencing over the resolution. Mr. Grosvenor de- manded the previous question, and refused to yleld to Mr. Dockery (Mo.), who wanted to offer an amendment to extend the reso- lution so as to go back to March 3, 1889, and take In the last administration. Mr. Dockery suggested that unless his amendment were adopted the resolution might be suspected of partisanship. Mr. Grosvenor laughingly expressed his amazement at such a suggestion. Mr. MeMillan (Tenn.) recalled a rumor that the civil service law had been sus- pended under the last administration to permit the removal of 2,100 democratic pos- tal clerks. When the previous question was demanded he demanded the ayes and noes, saying that ff members could not indulge in debate, perhaps meditation would sub- serve their purpose. The resolution was adopted, 147—48. The Martin-Lockhart Case. The vote was then taken on the contested clection case of Martin against Lockhart, from the seventh North Carolina districc, which was debated yesterday. The subres- elution declaring Lockhart entitled to the seat was first voted on. ‘The resolution was lost—5S-155—where- upon Mr. Bailey (Tex.) moved to recommit. On_a rising vote the motion was defeated— 30-79. Mr. Bailey made the point of no quorum, which Mr. Payne (N. Y.), who was in the chair, promptly overruled. Mr. Bzt- ley appealed from the decision s+ the chair, but the chair refused ¢5 entertain the ap. peal. Thg vezublicans applauded Mr. Payne’s action, and Mr. Bailey called for the ayes and nays, angrily protesting that meen had denied a constitutional priv- Mr. Martin Takes the Oath. The motion to recommit was defeated, 51-148. A remarkable scene followed. During the progress of this vote the demo- crats had, with the exception of Mr. Bail- - and a few others, quietly left the hall ‘or the purpose of breaking a quorum. When the vote was taken on the main question—the resolution declaring Mr. Mar- tin entitled to the seat—but five democrats were in the hail. The rising vote resuli- ed, 113-5. Mr. Bailey made the point of no quorum, but Mr. Payne, who was stlil in the chair, overruled the point, and declare the motion adopted. Mr. Bailey attempted to contest the formal motion to reconsider and lay on the table, but was overruled in the same manner. He called on the vacant chairs to testify to the absence of a quorum, but to no avail. He then changed his tactics, and moved an adjournment. The chalr declined to entertain the motion or an appeal from his decision, and Mr. Martin came forward and took’ the oath. As the new member walked back to his seat Mr. Bailey shouted, disgustedly: “Call the next case on the docket.” The Rinaker-Downing Cane. After Mr. Mercer (Neb.) had asked unan- imous consent for the consideration of a bill appropriating $200,000 for 2 trans-Mis- sissipp! international exposition, and Mr. Kem had objected to the request, Mr. Moody (Mass.) called up the contested elec- tion case of Rinaker against Downing, from the sixteenth Illinols district. This is the case which was recommitted two Weeks ago with instructions to the com- mittee to recount the ballots in the district. Mr. McMillin protested. The decision in this case, he sald, had only been reached an hour before, and he asked a reasonable time for the preparation of a minority re- port. ———-e-_____ ‘To Distribute Appropriation Bills. Senator Proctor today introduced a reso- lution providing for the distribution ef the appropriation bills ameng the various com- mittees of the Senate in accordance with the plan embraced in the resolution which was under consideration at the beginning of the present session. It is not intended that the resolution shall be considered during the present ses- sion, but its introduction at this time 1s taken to mean that there will be a renewal of the effort at the beginning of the next session to have the appropriation bills dis- tributed. ——__+ e+ ______ Army Orders. Capt. Selden A. Day, fifth artillery, has been granted leave of absence for six months with permission to go abroad. Post Chaplain Ivory H. B. Headley has been ordered to duty at Fort Yates, N. D., and Post Chaplain Sewell N. Pilchard has been ordered to duty at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Licuts. Hunter Liggett and John A. Gur- fifth infantry, have been detailed to nd the encampment of the Georgia volunteers, at Griffin, Ga., from the 9th to t nstant. - O. J. Scott, twenty-fifth infantr: a granted two months’ leave of ab- ut. George W. Goode, first cavalry, has detailed as professor of military '$ at the Missouri Military been selence and tac’ Academy, Mexico, Mo., relieving Lieut. B. S. Walker, eighth infantry, who is ordered to join his company. ————_+« German Woolen Indastries, A most Instructive report upon German woolen industries has been contributed to the State Department by United States Consul Monoghan at Chemnits, showing not only the magnitude of those industries, but the means by which the German mer- chants have so successfully increased their export trade at the exp2ase of their power- ful rivals, including the United States. Among other things, che consul says tie Germans are convinced that their moderate protective system has been the means not only of giving them the home market, but of securing markets in other countries. ee ee Court-Martial at the Barracks. A general court-martial has been ap- pointed to meet at Washington barracks, D. C., as soon as practicable, for the trial of such persons as may be properly brought before it. The detail of the court is Capts. Frederick Fuger, fourth artillery; Walter Howe, fourth artillery, and Frank R. Keefer, assistant surgeon, and Lieute. Geo. L. Anderson, fourth artillery; William P. Stone, fourth artillery; John’ C. Gilmore, jr., fourth artillery; Walter 3. Alexander, fourth artillery, judge advocate. ——__-e—___. The Marquette Statue. No action will be taken by the House library committee during the present ses- sion on the Senate resolution providing for the acceptance by Congress of the Pere Marquette statue now in the Statuary Hall of the Capitol. The early close of the ses- sion, together with the fact that the com- mittee desires to present a thorough report op the practices governing such cases, are oe reasons assigned for deferring actjon. iome of tho Wisconsin members predict that the legislature of that state may dur- ing its coming meeting adopt a resolution requesting the return of the statue. Shot to Save His Mother. y. A. Baker, ¢x-county commissioner of Ward county, N. D., was shot and killed Tuesday evening by his son, William, a boy seventeen years of age, at his Tench, enty miles no f not, jt EAS rnd te LOCAL ARTISTS They Protest Against the Sherman Monument Award, CONGRESS AID 10 BE INVOKED A Letter to General Dodge by the National Society’s President. MR. SMITH’S DENIAL At an adjourned meeting of the Washing- ton Society of Sculptors yesterday after- noon a committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Dunbar, Amateis and Gibbs, re- ported a series of resolutions protesting against the action of the Sherman monu- ment commission in ignoring the recom- mendations of the art committee of the Nationa] Sculpture Society in the matter of the award of the contract for the erection of the Sherman statue to Carl Rohl Smith ot Chicago. The resolutions recite that the selection of Mr. Smith's design was the result of favoritism, in support of which assertion it is stated that although the art committee, which passed on the various designs, placed Mr. Smith’s design No, 10 in a list of twenty-three designs, the monu- ment committee, of which General Dodge of New York is chairman, made the design No. 4 in the order of merit and subsequent- ly gave it the first place in favor. ‘The resolutions also provide for the collection cf evidence during the summer for presenia- tion to Congress at the next session asking for @ reconsideration of the question as to the design for the statue. Prof. Amatels of the Sculpture Soclety is a strong advocate of a new law to govern the selection and erection of public monu- ments. He thinks that the selection should be made in each case by a separate com- mittee of seven members, to be appointed as follows: Three by the competing sculp- tors, three by the Secretary of War and the seventh member to be appointed by the other six. In this way he thinks favoritism will be prevented and true artistic resuits accomplished. 2 A Protest From the Artists’ Soetciy. ‘The Society of Weshingion Artists has drawn up the following protest, to be sent to Congress: The undersigned members of the Society of Waskington Artists and their associates, members of the National Sculptors’ So- clety, respectfully urge your honorable body to request the Honorable Scoretary of War to suspend the execution of the pro- besed contract with Mr. Carl Rohl-Smith tor the construction of the Sherman monu- ment until the next session of Congress, in order that the method of awarding the contract may be investigated. We ask this more confidently as Congress has appropriated $80,000 toward the statue, while only $16,000 has been contributed by the Army of the Tennessee, and it is cur bellef, as well as the conviction of artists generally, that both branches of your hon- orable body should be represented in the commission authorized to inspect designs and award the contract. We also respectfully present the following memorial, which contains the facts we think mcst appropriate to be considered in suppert of this petition: “The Society of Washington Artists have heard with surprise and chagrin the decision of the committee of the Society of the Army ot the Tennessee in regard to the proposed monument to be erected to the memory of the late General William g Sherman in Washington, D. C., In direct opposition to the finding of the jury composed of the leading artists of the United States. “The committee of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee in representing to the sculptors entering this competition that a jury of artists from the National Sculptors’ Society would assist {n judging the models have misrepresented thelr intentions tq the competitors and have acted in an unfair manner toward the competitors and have shrown a partiality which now proclaims it a competition in name only. The com- mittee of the Army of the Tennessee in re- fusing to accept the judgment of the jury of artists from the National Sculptors’ So- ciety have subjected to great indignity and humiliation the aforesaid jury of the Na- tonal Sculptors’ Society and the whole art- istic fraternity of the country by throwing out one of the four models selected by the committee of artists and by substituting therefore the model by Carl Rohl Smith, adjudged the tenth in the order of merit, said model in the final competition recelv- ing the award, “The committee of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee have deprived the city of Washington and the country of the best work submitted. Therefore, in the name of posterity and in the real interesis of art, we, the Society of Washington Artists, do hereby most emphatically pro- test against the action of the said com- mittee of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee and pronounce it a flagrant in- Justice to all competitors.” The Society of Washington Artists have retained Messrs. Joseph J. McNally and Mr. J. Walter Wheatley to aid them in the legal phases which the difficulty pre- sents, and another meeting of the com- miltee will take place tomorrow for fur- ther action. The National Society's Letter. As already shown in The Star, the Na- tional Sculpture Society of New York is making a vigorous effort to secure a recon- sideration of the action whereby Carl Rohl Smith's design of the Sherman statue was accepted by the national commission. The Sculpture Society is represented in the matter by a committee of sculptors and architects, composed of Messrs. St. Gau- dens, J. Q. A. Ward, Olin Warner, D. C. French, Bruce Price and Charles Post. The sentiment of the society on this ques- tion is shown in a letter written by Mr. J. Q. A. Ward, its president, to Gen. G. M. Dodge, president of the Sherman monu- ment commission, and also president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessce, by which the Smith design was selected. Jn this letter Mr. Ward explains the or- ganization and objects of the Sculpture So- ciety, and says that It was glad to be able to assist the monument commission in the consideration of the various designs for the statue, adding that it is not usual for busy sculptors to give their time without. re- muneration to work upon such a matter. ‘Then Mr. Ward enumerates the things these gentlemen did. This was to select from among the designs the two which were notably better than the others; “sec- end, to advise your committee to hold a second competition, limited to these two sculptors; third, as you had provided to award four money prizes, they gave two of these to the two sculptors whose designs they selected for further competition and two to the authors of the design third and fourth in merit.” a Surprised at the Award. Mr. Ward declares that it was with great surprise that the society “learned that the award had been finally made to one of the sculptors who was not selected or in any Way distinguished or even named by the committee of experts, and whose model in the first~competition was not considered worthy of consideration. The artists who entered the second competition expected their work would be submitted to expert cpinion. The public had a right to expect that expert advice, once asked, should be followed. ‘The world of artists, who hoped that, in your committee's action, a step would be taken toward @ reasonable and honest treatment of their work, have a right to feel, and do feel, that a backward step has been taken. "The discourtesy shown to this society ahd the extraordinary rebef inilicted upon the artists who made the journey to Washington are of slight importance compared to these public con- siderations.” Mr. Ward concludes with a formal protest against the action of the monument com- mission, and says the society will take every means of appealing to the public +o judge between them. The members of the society will not speak individually of the matter, but, ac- cording to the New York Herald, they do not discourage the inference that the rea- son why Mr. Smith's design was chosen was because he had several warm friends sat the monument committee, and that the isposition was to have the work done by (Bie eo in preference to one 7m New York. | Denial of Rohl-Smith. From the Chicago Tribune. Carl Rohl-Smith, the Chicago sculptor, who carrigd off the prize in the competli- tion for the Gen. Skerman statue, to be erected in Wastirgton, is in nowise dis- turbed by the threatened protest of the National Sculpture Society. He indignant- ly denies the charge that favoritism was shown him by tha Dodge committee, and says the outcry raised in New York over his success is due solely to sectional jeal- ousy in the professicn. He declares that he has never had a “pull” in Washington, and has had no one working there in his interest. That such action should be taken by the New York artists, or even talked about, he thinks a reflection against them, rather than a mat- ters that should demand attention on his part. “Favoritism!” exclaimed Mr. Smith. “The charge is not less a libel than an insult. I have had no assistance of any form or shape in securirg the contract for the mon- ument. I simply put in my design the same as the rest of the artists, and was content to stand the same chances. My plans were accepted, and I have no hesita- tion in saying that, so far as I am con- cerned, the decision was based on merit and merit alone. I mean by that I resort- ed to no tricks and sought no one’s influ- ence. I defy any one to adduce a single scrap of evidence to the contrary. “TheArsinuation is made that I got the prize throvgh the friendship of Gen.Dodge. It 1s also said I got the contract for the Iowa state monument in the same way. Both statements xre wholly without foun- dation. I never met Gen. Dodge till a year after I had been accorded the contract for the Iowa state mcnument, and that was once when Gen.Dodge was passing through Chicago, ard I met him at the old Grand Pacific Hotel. The only bust of Gen. Dodge I ever made was for the monument I have been speaking about, und I did not know for months after I had gotten the contract that Gen. Dedge was to be one of the gen- erals to be represented on the work. 1 then got his portrait, and that was my first Introduction to him. “Of course I hive been in Washington on the matter, as have the other artists wh: entered the competition. I returned fror: there yesterday morning. But to Say that 1s simply to say that I did just as the others did. That there has been much bit- ter feeling and profersional jealousy over the competition everybody knows. It has cropped out time and again, and this last step in the matter is no surprise to me or to many another who has followed the progress of the award. “If the New York artists sce fit to rule me out or file a protest it {s their privilege, and I am quite willing they should do so. I will say this, however, they will do the: selves mcre harm by so doi»g than they will me. I entered the tists with the others, and jf the award had been adverse to me I should have taken it gracefully—as grace- fully as I could. My plans were chosen with three others cut of twenty-six, and from these four mine were again chosen. That is all there is about tt. ‘i “T think the time has gone by when New York can claim everything, or when fo membors of the National Sculntuzé Soctety can dictate to the cenntry what it should or what tt shall have in the way of art works. That apparently 1s what some of the artists in New York would like. “I should rather not be quoted on the dispute at all, for it seems to me a ques- tion for the Committeemen to fight out. I have taken part in no log rolling, and I would rather not be pulled into the wran- gle. If the members of the National Sculp- ture Scciety want to they can. That they should feel scre is netural. That they should want to vent their spite is perhaps just as natural." —_—_—__+-e+__ IMPRISONED HIGH IN AIR. Details of What Happened When the Ferris Wheel Got Stuck. From the London Times, May 23. Up to midday yesterday a remarkabl> scene was witnessed in the grounds of the India and Ceylon exhibition, Earl's court, on account of the sudden stoppage late the previous evening of the great wheel. Among the crowd which thronged the exhibition grounds were many friends and rclatives of the unfortunate persons, who, on Thurs- day night, ascended by means of the wheel into midair, and there remained for some sixteeu hours. During Thursday evening the wheel went rcund as usual, and it was not until short- ly before 9 o'clock in the evering that the machinery got out of gear. At this time the cars contained almost their full com- plement of passengers, and it was esti- mated that the number of imprisoned per- sons was 300. Of course, these cccupying the lower cars were speedily liberated. At the usual hour the exhibition was closed, and all except friends and reletives of the people in the cars were ordered cut of the grounds. During the night two of the co:npany’s employes—old sailors—climped round the rim of the wheel and su:cecded In convey- irg refreshment to the prisoners, who by this time were in a cold and famished state. Many of the occupants of the cars were brought down by means of chairs, and appeared none the worse for their de- tention. It was early discovered by the Inanegement that the accident was due to one of the cogwheels which connect the chain of the wheel with the ergine house becoming tn some way out of order. The passengers, some sixty or seventy in number, were liberated at midday yester- day, when, at last, the engineers, who had been engaged upon the work all the night, repaired the cog, and the great wheel was thus able to revolve. The prisoners, before leaving for their homes, were served with breakfast at the expense of the company. The machinery is row once more in proper werking order. H. G. Raikes, the secretary»of the rat Wheel Company, stated to a corre- dent that he was not in a position to say definicely what caused the wheol to cease revolving. They were going to have an inquiry, He further stated that the wheel was finally made to revolve by work- ing the single gear. - -s0s Piazza Farnishings, From the New York Evening Post. Forest green, so fashionable in all kinds of furniture, is also used for painting Piazza chairs; so that if yours have grown shabby and need repainting, cover one or two with a coat of enamel paint in forest green, which Is a dark green with a bluish cast. These chairs look well with others of white or scarlet. Piazzas are sometimes furnished with a certain color scheme. One piazza that is very pretty now, but will probably not look so well by midsummer, has a white hammock, green and white piazza chairs, cushions ‘covered with pale- green linen and dark-green corduroy, and a matting rug of pale sage color. The spreads on the little tables aro of green denims, and the plants are in white jardi- nieres, The other plants massed in the corners and out-of-the-way places are scar- let geraniums in green jardinieres. A plazga with tropical color is nearly all in orange and black. Scariet and white is also an effective color scheme for the piazza of a country house. When a med- ley of colors is used, the Hast India cottons are used for the table covers and some of. the pillows. Small white and colored ham- mocks for children are shown, the most coprauent being attached to a stout stand- ard, go that the hammock may be swung very low and placed anywhere on a plazza or under trees without other support. ——_—+e+ Short Stories for the Sick. From the New York ‘Post. A good way to prepare short stories for the use of invalids is to cut them from magazines for which you have no further use, and mount them on strips of stout muslin or cheesecloth, with a gocd paste or mucilage. Cut’ the muslin wide enough for one or two jcolumns. The story can then be Pole and unrolled without the fatigue of lifting a heavy book. Tle with a rubber band or band of ribbon and print the name of the stdry on the outside of the rolls, : ae A Costly Palm. From the Philadelphia Record. A palm which is said to have cost $30,000 was recently imported by Miss Gould and placed in her conservatory, at Tarrytown. One of the New York papers prints & de- scription of the plant, which ig of the species Ravenala Madagascarienses, from the forests of Mydagascar. A much finer specimen of this palm, howsver, is owhed by Richard Y. Cook of this city, and may be geen at his Lansdowne residence. Mr. Cook has owned it for many year@. It was imported from Madagascar in 1 8. tx now thirty feet in height, and ts probably oue hundred years old. When in bloom it bears from three to five flowers of enormous size. Mr. Cook is disposed to doubt the orted cost of Miss uld's plant, for, ile they are very valuable, they ma} be imported at a much smaller figure, al. though it would be difficult to transport one as large as hers is reputed to be. DISTRICT. AFFAIRS ‘The Anti-Saloon League Argues Before the Board for Incorporation. Policeman Sedgwick Gives Up His Uniform—Other News Interest- ing to Taxpayers, Representatives of the Anti-Saloon League appeared before the Commissioners this morning to urge a favorable report upon the bill now under consideration, which has for its object the incorporation of the Anti-Saloon League. The features of this bill, together with the report of the attorney for the District, have heretofore been printed in The Star. The representa- tives of the league present included its president, James L. Ewin; Vice President Mrs. Clinton Smith, Secretary Jesse C. Suter, Attorney A. E. Shoemaker and Mrs. H. A. Gillenwater, Col. J. H. Vinal and An- drew Wilson, members of the league. The opening remarks were made by President Jas. L. Ewin, who explained the objects of the league, ‘and the great good accom- plished by it. He read the opinion of the attorney upon the bill by sections, and took iseue with that official on several points. He maintained the present bill was not un- usual in any of {ts provisions. It was no broader than the act Incorporating the Hu- mane Society. Attorney Shoemaker safd the bill was not radical in any particular. It was drafte upon similar laws in other states. Thi league at the present time was hampered in {ts work. It was impossible to bring a man into court for violations of the liquor law under the present system, unless the information was satisfactory to the attor- ney for the District. Mr. Andrew Wilson presented a brief, in which he argued that the saloon should be limited as much as may be by legitimate means. Continuing, he said: “The attorney for the District, in his opinion, states that the legislation proposed by the bill, if it should become a law, wiil be a substantial repeal on the subject of the liquor traffic. It will be obse: v a that there is nothing which contradicts the present law, but which supplements and aids only in the enforcement of the law. I respectfully submit that 1 am unable to see how an act looking to the petter enforc ment of the law can be construed to repeal the law it assists in enforcing, He then argued for the ©) by sections. Policeman Scdgwick Resigns. ¥ an Sedgwick is now an ordinary citizen. Sedgwick recently attracted notice by preferring sensational charges against his sergeant and a number of officers, claiming that they had frequented bar rooms and drank at the fire of the Wash- ington Brick Company's works. Sedgwick, according to his own state- ment, voluntarily resigned. It is said, how- ever, that a big bundle of charges were pending against him. The resignation was promptly accepted. He visited the District building this morning and had a conference with Maj. Moore and the Commissioners. He stated to a reporter of The Star that the whole affair was a conspiracy to et rid of him. Ever since he won his case he- fore the police trial board, he claimed, the ring had been at work to get rid of ‘him. It was true that he owed some people money, and he did not want to be hauled up before the trial board every week for that, so he resigned. He wanted to say, however, to the Commissioners that the ring had done the work and men had been scouring the city to find out who he was indebted to. This afternoon Sedgwick presented a let- ter to Commissioner ‘Truesdell asking leave to withdraw his resignation, on the grounds that he had been tricked’ and in- timidated into presenting the same. Com- inissioner Truesdell stated it was too late to file such a paper, as the resignation had been accepted. Sedgwick insisted upon fil- irg the papor, and the Ccmmissioner ac- cepted it. There is no chance whatever of his reinstatement. Resignations and Appointments. The Commissioners have accepted the resignation of Private N. E. Sedgwick of the police force. The resignation of George M. Godfrey as resident student at the Washington Hos- pital has been accepted. The resignation of H. H. Brown, patrol driver in the police department, has been accepted. J. Banks Nicholson’ has been appointed to fill the vacancy. The Commissioners have removed Private Robert R. Burns of the District of Colum- bia fire department, and appointed William T. Tyser to fill the Vacancy. Orders Issued, The Commissioners have issued the fol- lowing order: That perntission 1s hereby granted the contractor for the collection and removal of garbage to pick bones from the garbage while bemg transferred from the carts to the scow on condition that he pay to the District one-half of the amount resulting from the sale of the bones thus obtained, either by direct payment or by reduction of the amount due on the contract. That the Beit Railway Company is here- by directed to at once repair its roaagbed on B street southwest between 12th and 11th streets. Regulating Speed. Within a short time It is expected the speed of bicycles within and without the city will be regulated by police regulations. Further, an amendment will be passed prohibiting the carrying of children on bicycles. The matter is now before the Commissioners, and the proposed ameni- at ment regarding speed limit is place: twelve miles per hour between int streets and fifteen miles per hou: the city. An opportunity will be given those who desire to protest against this amendment. Will Investigate. Complaint has been made as to the large number of garbage receptacles injured or destroyed by garbage collectors, but the attention of the health department has not been called to any individual case in which this is ajleged to have happened. Under such circumstances the health department 1s, of course, powerless to act, but if com- plaints are received from the aggrieved parties, reporting injury to any particular receptacle on any particular da: partment will be glad to invest matter, and take such action as may be proper —_>_,—_ THE COURTS. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Alice B. Faunce; Edwin 8. Faunce appointed administrator, bond $1,- G00, bonded and qualified. In re De Witt P. Giilam et al.; petition for appointment of guardian filed. In re Samuel J. Steinber- er et al.; Carrie Beers appointed guar- fan, bond $400. In re Louisa H. Treiber et al.; Ernest F. Treiber appointed guar- dian, bond $1,000. Estate of Tenia Steinber- ger; Carrie Beers eppointed administratrix, bond $100. Estate of James Henning; anal nctice naming Friday, July 10, for settling estate. Estate of Sarah C. Wilcox; will admitted to probate and letters of admin- istration c.t.a. issued to John Ridout, bond 000. Fittate of Della Covey; Helen M. Coe ap- pointed administratrix; bond, $400. Estate of Thomas H. Trott; order appointing Cath- erine M. Trott administratrix; bond, $100. Estate of Wm. McBeth; will admitted to robate and letters testamentary granted fo°ranny McBeth; bond, $00. Estate of Samuel H. Ellis; do. to Harry H. and Sam- uel 8. Ellis; bond, $300. Estate of Charles Stewart; affidavits filed and order of publi- cation. Estate of Osceola C. Green; leave to executors to sell stocks at public sale granted. Estate of Tucker Beverly; order for sale of personalty. Estate of Rosa Beverly; do. Estate of Alex. Bliss; will admitted to probate and letters testamen- tary granted to W. J. A. Bliss; bond, $1,000. Estate of Katherine Hilgard; order allow- tng investment of funds. Estate of Michael Briel; petition for probate of will and or © of publication. Estate of Catherine §, Bates; petition for probate of will filed. Estate of Mary E. Jones; Evelyn B. Jones appointed edministratrix; bond, 3800. In re . H. Miles, guardian; rule to show cause, state of Elise D. Sautter; order author- iain private sale of pérsonalty. Estat, of fsaao Johnson; petition for Probate o Will and citation issued. In re Washington oan and Trust Company, guardian to EH. Shillnburg et al.; petition of Fidelity and Deposit Company and exhibits filed. ‘The new resort, Mt. Vernon Park, opens Qunday. Take electric cars at 14th and Pa. dve—Advt, ————=—==— NEW WONDERS OF SLECTRICITY. Edison and Tesla About to Astonish the World With Recent Discoveries. The Electrical Review {n its last issue an- ‘nounced by authority that Nikola Tesla had perfected his vacuum tube system of elec- tric lighting without wires, the posstbili- ties of which he first brought to public no- tice about five years ago in a lecture before the American Institute of Electrical En- gineers. This light 1s whiter, more bril- Mant and more intenre than the arc light, and is produced with a much smaller amount of electrical energy. A laboratory photograph has been made by means of this light with an exposure of only two seconds. The detail in the photograph is remarkably fine. Tesla further states that his apparatus has been greatly simplified, and that he will soon have it ready for practical use. Working on different lines Thomas A. Edison has, according to the Electrical Re- view, succeeded in developing a new kind of electric lamp or vacuum tube, by means of which the Roentgen X rays are turned into pure, white light. Edison’s new lamp is an ordinary Crookes tube, coated on the interior surface with crystals of a new fluorescing substance, which he has dis- covered, similar to tungstate of calcium. The X rays, in passing through this coat- ing of crystals, are changed to ight. Very little heat is generated, and nearly the whole of the electrical energy expended is transformed into light. The new lamp is used in place of the Crookes tube with the ordinary X ray ap- paratus. Mr. Edison believes that there are great possibilities in his discovery, and he is now at work getting his apparatus into commercial form. He expects that be fore long he will so develop It that it ma be used with high economy on an ordinar: incande: uit. The Electrical Re- view says editorially: “We cannot hesitate to express our posi- tive conviction that the introduction of a more perefect illuminant is near at hand. Bird Dogs Training Each Other. From Forest and Stream. We all know how few and far between the good dogs are, whether good, bad cr indifferent trainers have had them in hand. Not one out of a hundred is so well train- ed that he has sense of his cwn. It may be possfble that we may be training our hunting dogs wrong. Those dogs that 1 trained perfectly had no sense of their own, and those that I half trained h more sense, were better jira 4:°Ts, but ach of t bad *emé caniie idiosyneracy hat brevznt him down below the level cf e desirable dog. The truth of the matter !s that trainin deadens the dog’s mind. It becomes auto: matic, and when a novel dilemma ari it has no reasoning faculties with which to meet the emergency. 1am half inclined to belie: to train a dog is to let him 1 superiors, that is, from the best dogs pos- le. This is a slower process, but it ex- des any sort of human inte far as my gone, it takes at least two old dog to train or teach a young one. hat the way arn from his He learns in this manner to point, back, re trieve and range, and no other dog’ can range like the self-taught or dog-taught ranger. He goes like the wind and hunts for birds every minute, with an eye sing! to find them. To have a man tcach a do: is like having a phonograph teach a chili The best dogs for hunting purposes are those which are thinkers Up in the Adiroadack mountains pups are taught to run deer by turning them loose with an old hound. An old hunter likes to show the youngsters how to handle @ gun accurately and carefully. The old hound delights in an opportunity to show the young ones how to find end follow a cold, warm or hot trail. ‘There are dog- taught hounds in the Adirondacks that will follow a trail as well as any in the world. 0+ Velasquez. From the Nineteenth Century. Like Rembrandt, he gradually worked up to the masterly and summary handling that distinguishes his later style through an early period, which was -haracterized by great precision and some hardness Indeed, {t may be laid down as a geners law in painting (a law to which I should like to call the attention of my friends, the impressionists) that the only way to ar- rive at a really masterly sketchiness is to do a great deal of preliminary work in a very precise and careful style. Even when the method of Velasquez was most rapid and summary, it never degenerated into carele: indeed, he was one of the few court painters who have been able to regist the deterforating influences of h surroundings. Holbein was «nother, but they were no doubt both of them men of very exceptional character. These surroundings, however, althoug they did not degrade the man, doubtedly endangered his reputation as painter, for the constant demand for re plicas of his ro: his setting up a w replicas were produced by his assistants. Although he ne r did carete: work him- self, yet he mac nself responsible fo @ great deal of work that was done by ir ferior hands. It this question of th workshop that makes it so eno; ficuit to be sure of the genuine ted work of the master. ly exhibited about forty p z, but I think most y that not more than six or of them at the outside are by his ha’ That Velasquez, when he he the» at ctures assigned chance, could manage a p as well even as the great 1 can be seen from the of the surrender of Brec ed “The Lances,” of wh poor copy at the New Galle se. In Due Form. Yrom the Troy Times. In a New England paper the other day occurred a novelty in advertising. It was as follows, except that the names are here omitted Notice, is to certify that wife, — » has day left my bed an: rd without 2 : tion whatever and that I fort son from trusting her on my I shall pay no debts of her after this date. (May God in His i wisdom have mercy upon her.) — — Vt. February 1 - A Meteorite That Paid a Mortgage. From St. Nicholas, Another illustration of meteorites may uses to which be put before their real character is known is afforded by those of Kiowa county, Kansas. They fell on a prairie, where rocks were scarce and val- ueble, and the farmers of the vicinity found meteorites convenient for holding down haystacks, stable roofs or covers to rain barrels, For such purposes they might have been used for a long time had not the wife of one of the farmers become convinced that there was something unusual about them, and called an expert to examine them! He at once recognized their nature, and the enterprising woman finally sold hers for enough to pay off a heavy mort- age upon the farm. A Temperance Move in Saxony. From Chambers’ Journal. In Saxony there is a town of 1,750 inhabi- tants, in which persons who have not paid taxes for three years are not allowed to frequent public houses, and landlords are liable to penalties for serving them. A list of the names of 116 persons who have not paid taxes since 1801 is exhibited at the inns. The tax defaulters set an example of sobriety, anyhow, to their law-abiding brethren. She Knew Better. Frem Puck. Josiah—“Here’s a sketch of Doctor Pow- derpill in the Shady Valley Echo. It says he has a big library, and that he's 2 regu- lar bibliomantac.” Maria—“‘Well, now, that ain't eo! I know he don’t go to church very much; but he Delleves in the Bible, for he told me so him- self.” see Wonderful. From Life. “Is Spinner an expert bicycle rider?” “J should say so. He ran over four men tact yyeek, and the police didn’t catch him once.” : ————_+ e+ —____ ‘The fie who originated serials must have peen author who was looking for some fay to keep women from raading the last c apter of novel frst-hite, —[== A NEW DISCOVERY BY THE SHAKERS. For more than a bundred years the Mount Leba- Don Shakers have studied the cultivation of me- dicinal plants apd sought to extract from them thelr healing essences. ‘Thetr labor has not been spent in vain. They have made a @iscovery that will prove a blessing to mankind. It consists of a cordial that causes immediate relief in cases of tn- digestion, The importance of this discovery will be apparent whea we realize that nearly nine tenths of our sufferings are caused by dyspepsia or indigestion. Nearly every person you meet bas this digestive trouble in some of its varied forms sick headache, distress after eating. pain and fullness in the chest after cating, palpitation of the beart, cte., are but symptoms of tnitigestion, To relieve these sufferiugs Las been the stady of the Shakers, She re the Shaker Digestive Cordial has such an immediate and salu- tary effect is that it causes the food eaten to be sted, for it is undigested ivod that causes the ress. The Cordial causes the food to be di- gested before there is time for it to ferment and sour on the stomach, W h and vigor to the feeble ht and cheerfal, and m and they have succeeded. n the food Js so digested body, kes makes one feel b gain in flesh. The Digestive Cordial ‘s so prompt in its action t the very first dose will have a perceptibly fa- result. It gives immediate relief. vers druzgict has been sent a supply andsome Donkey Puzzle Books, und a copy n @ for the asking. It cells all about the Well as Laxol, the new castor oll Try a twerty-tive-cent bottle of Digestive Cordial and see what It will do for soa. of our r SCIEN re HORTICULTURE, Artificial Fog as a Protection for nge Trees. From the Ja ‘Times-Union, The serious injury inflicted on the fornia orange crop rei ently by frost has naturally had the effect of bringing out a large number of plans for the future pro- tection of the orange groves in Californjs. One inventor asser Cali- coptizenuy that any crange toc: cen bé fully protected against the Severest frost that the state is ever likely to be visited by. ate His plan is to cre- an artificial fog, which overhangs the trecs, and keeps them from harm. It is a familiar fact that there is no danger from rost on a cloudy right; the clouds pre- vent the rapid radiation of heat from the eurth, and thus serve as a sort of bl A fog, which is an earth clo same chard is underlaid that carry wetci. are perpendicular height of forty feet At the top of t e which making 1 of small mnected with which rise to ir. rip in th two run 100 to every ten acres, are clone nozzles,” which discharge the water ina fine spray in an upward dire When the water is turned on the air ts said to be charged with a fine fog-like mist. ‘The turning on is done either automatically or by an electrical arrangement, which is actuated when the thermometer runs down to freezing point, or by the watchman, is awakened by ‘the sounding of an a attached to a thermostat whenever th becomes cold enough for che orc! need its man of mist. It is within a few minutes of the turning on of the water in the pipes and spray no: the mist fills the air to a height of f« five feet, and any breeze drifts it like a bank of fog. on English Children as Gift-Takers. ld Frederic York Times, ry American man must remember the shock of surprise with which he first en- countered in an English novel the notic of a schoolboy, a gentleman's son, taking money ay a gift from his paren and guests. Nothing could gn to the American ide in New than stil that, an it is Neithe: nor boys could submitted thought without But here the feeling, or at , is quite different. A hard- werking man, who lives up to the last ty of a meager professional tncot give a hasf-sovereign tip to the son of a nd or acquaintance year, and the boy will pocket ather will, at the most, look the { used to think that this had its explanation in the and children w not unit y Be a tond here in America, and that the father cared less than an American father would care for the ¢ gon. On the that" the in Ife long past the sts an youth would be expr and shift for himself. And, i vider one gets the plainer itis that any and every attempt to do ted ing modificatic glish child La wa 1 child of the his Is by no me people. Thi rob the Not I alone ; it is a unive tind him 1 i judg: upon music seems imiration, to and it have is cer- e first unique zained the wir tain that mus order, int grandeur, have Jus’ tions with which m eoked upon H likened to nc exclusively marshes and swar such is Hur ari: ond time as it mented its minor scale wit fourth; its wild and tor Yet, neither of these given the world whose tional mu form, may still Hungarians. is too mu s in Bohemi so in Hun too much fire. Probably no othe ality can play mui trum as can Hungarians; but, ex sodic genres, the Hungarian ever do more than give surpris provisators or successful imitators of Germans. erat see A Tiny Infant. From the Philadelphia Times, On May 16 Bertha Preto was admitted to the Samaritan Hospital. Three days later she gave birth to a child, the tiniest of mortals, weighing only one pound and three-quarters. The average weight of newly-bi bales is between seven and elght pounds. The attaches of the institu- tion all take particular pride in the little one, and it has been named after the nurse. A College Boy's Photog®aph Frame. From the New York Evening Post. A photograph frame, or rather three frames, made for the den of a college boy, @re suspended one below the other from the same blue ribbon. They are of water color paper, tinted blue, and lettered at the side with gold letters that etraggle down the sides of the framgs, and are their only decoration. A glass covers the entire frame. The lettering on the first reads, 2 mmer Girl,” on the second frame “Another Summet, Anothe> The third frame says, “There Are jome Others,”