Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1896, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, -1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE BILL PASSED Agreement Reached as to Appropri- ations for the District. a THE ELECTRIC §©LIGHT CLAUSE —_ + Charities to Continue as Now for Another Year. es MR. GROUT ON THE TUNNEL Shorily after 4 o'clock yesterday afier- noon Mr. ‘Teller presented to the Senate the fal conference report on the District appropriation bill, announcing @ complete agreement between the two houses. This was precisely along the line indicated in last evening’s Star. The electric light trouble was compromised so as to give both companies the right to use conduits ide the city notwithstanding the recent on of the Supreme Court of the Dis- ‘The following paragraph was insert- trict. ed to take the place ef the original Senate amendment 99, and the Pitney amendment adopted by the House the’ other evening. “Provided, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, under such reasonable restrictions as they may pre- seribe, authorize any existing electric ght company having overhead wires to main- tain and use for a period of eight months, nd no longer, its existing poles and over- 1 wires west of Rock creek, in places * of the existing fire limits of the eu ity of shington and of the District of Columbia: and any such overhead wire system may be extended west of Rock creck and outside of said fire limits, to continue only for the said period of eight ronths; and at the end of said period all right or authority hereby conferred shall cease. And the said Commissioners may also authorize any such existing electric light company to construct and use, under such regulations as the Commissioners may fix, condults for the reception of ex- isting overhead wires within the territory formerly known as Georgetown, and to extend the same by an aggregate of not more than one and a quarter miles of con- duit in the same territory. And the United States Electric Lighting Company may ex- tend its underground conduits and wires and within the said limits, to Mount Pleasant and Wash- on and Columbia Heights, under such regulations as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may prescribe.” The House agreed to permit the Senate strike out, by amendment No. 100, that h inserted in the bill by the House requiring a reduction in the price of ele tricity for light or power purposes to per cent of the prices January 1, 1596. ‘The Charities Amendment. ‘The House agreed to all the Senate amendments as to charities down to and including No. 191, which struck out the blanket provision inserted by the House appropriating $94,700 for the general charity east of Rock creek, fire fund and substituting therefor substan- tally the old schedule of specific appro- priations. In the amendment No. 195, ap- propriating $30,000 for the Columbia Hos- pital for Women, the House agreed to all - of the Senate amendments except the pro- vision that no part of the money appro- priated for charities shall be paid for the purpose of maintaining or aiding any chureh or religious denomination, that dec- jaration having veen embodied in another Pa in graph of the bill. This provision was the form of the following paragraph, ried separately before the Senate providing for a joint select amendment committee ‘by declared to be the policy of the United States to make no appropriation of money or prop- erty for the purpose of founding, main- taining, or aiding by payment for services, expenses, or otherwise, any church or re- igious denomination or any tnstitution or society which is under sectarian or eccles- fastical control. And it is hereby enacted that from and after the 30th day of June, no money appropriated for charitable s in the District of Columbia shail @ to ary church or religious denom- ination or to any institution or society which is under tarian or ecclesiastical control. The F accepted the Senate provision for a joint committee to investigate the question of local charities with some minor emendments, including within the scope of the commissien’s inquiry certain matters suggested by the addition of the declara- tion of policy just quoted. The last few lines of the amendment were stricken out, and in their stead the following paragraph as inserte “Said committee is author- 1 to sit during the recess and the neces- y expenses of the committee, including cal and stenog! ic work, ghall be out of the contingent fund“of the paid Senate and House of Representatives joint- ly committee. Mr. Vest's Objection. Before a vote was taken in the Senate on agreeing to this report, Mr. Vest an- nounced his opposition to the charities pro- vision as agreed upon in conference. He objected to as being absolutely inhuman that provision which stated that under no circumstances after June 30, 1807, shall there be any provision for any hospital or to on the certificate of the chairman of the any asylum or Institution under the control er connected with the church. He spoke feelingly of the possibilities arising from such a provision, citing the contingency of @ church becoming unable to maintain an ¢rphan asylum or @ hespital, and he drew the picture of the charges of such institu- tions being turned into the streets. ‘The debate was drifting off Into a discus- sion of the firancial question, when Mr. Teller brought it back and made a brief statement in regard to the charities scned- ule, after which the report was concurred tn. In the Houre of Representatives the in- troduction of qhe report gave rise to a lergthy partisar debate, in which speeches were made by Representatives Grout, Lin- ton, Cannon. yers, Dockery and Dingley. With the exception of Messrs. Grout and Linton all of these speakers withheld their remarks for revision. Mr. Grout made a brief explanation of the cor ference report and said that the bill as finelly passed was much larger than the bill for the last two years, being indeed the largest Dis- trict bill ever passed by the two houses, yet Mr. Grout thought that the conferees had succeeded in keeping the bill within reasonable limits. As it went over to the Senate from the House it carrled $%,418,- 960.39, to which the Senate added $1860,- 7.08. Of this amount of increase put on the Senate that body ytelded In con- 4 and the House yielded ”, leaving an aggregate of appro- priations in the bill of $5.05,082.48. The Aqueduct Tunnel. Mr. Grout made an explanation as fol- lows converning the striking out of the provision for the completion of the aque- Guct tunnel: ow, one word about an item which was stricken from the bill and which has been a subject of much criticism in an- other place as well as in the public prints of the city. I refer to the proposal to re- sume work on what jg known as the Ly- decker tunnel, upon which there has here- toforé been expended, as gertlemen may generally know (though some may not), Fetween two and three million dollars, to bring water from the reservoir above Georgetown to the new reservoir up by the Soldiers’ Home, which is still empty, car- rying the water through an underground cond in some places 170 feet beneath the surface. “Well, it was abandoned five or six years after the expenditure of this large sum of money, not only as an impracticable scheme, but because there was a wicked waste of money in conducting the work, on account of certain frauds which were discovered. Recently a board of engineers has examined this tunnel, and they recom- mend that an appropriation be made b: which it ts believed it can be made avail- able for use. That report, however, was not submitted to the House committee on appropriations. The proposition was put in or the bill in the Senate. In fact, it was too late for the House committee to act upon It. We had, therefore, no invest!- gation of the matter. The amendment of the Senate called for some $600,000 appro- priation now, and involved the total ex- penditure of nearly $900,000. Wanted to Investigate. ‘w, Mr. Speaker, for one I want to “Ne n | say for myself,-and I also speak the senti- ments of my associates in that conference, I felt unwilling to enter upon an expendi- ture of that sum until we could take the matter more carefully under consideration; could, in short, talk it over with the gentle- men who made this report, and ask them certain questions touching, first, if you please, the practicability of clearing out the silt that would certainly form in the tunnel and yet keep up the supply of water to those dependent on the tunnel for water. I do not say that the scheme is an imprac- ticable one; but my mind was not clear. I wanted the information I have indicated: aiso information on other points. It may be all right; I do not know. I want a chance, before I consent to this expendi- ture, to ask these gentlemen who recom- mend the completion of the tunnel about several important matters connected with it; and all your conferees were of the same opinion. We wanted more informa- tion upon the subject, and we resisted this item, which was stricken out of the bill in the conference. When I know more about it I may be for it first and last. Con- gress has been soundly berated by the District press for not having entered on the scheme, and now before we take it up again I think we should be sure it is the best way to furnish an additional supply of water. “I will also say, in further explanation, that your conferees were not clear but that the present supply of water is fully equal to the immediate necessities of the city. Water Supply Enough. “The fact is, at the time this tunnel was abandoned, or soon after, and to take the place, in part at least, of this tunnel, some six or seven hundred thousand dollars was appropriated for a high-pressure service on Capitol Hill, which is but just completed. It was also said that the dam at the Great Falls was not high enough to supply the aqueduct with all the water it would carry, and that it should be increased in height. An appropriation was accordingly made for that purpose, and the dam was raised. It was also ascertained that the aqueduct was about one-fourth full of a silt sedi- ment; an appropriation of $14,000 was made in the last appropriation bill to clean it cut. That work is now about completed, and when the increase@volume of water is turned into the aqueduct by reason of the raised dam at Great Falls, and when the aqueduct is thoroughly cleaned out, it is estimated that the supply of water will be increased 25 per cent, and your con- ferees were not at all certain but the in- creased supply would meet all the demands for some time to come. Not having full information on this paint we put in a pro- vision calling on the Secretary to investi- gate and report on the subject. “Mr. Speaker, there ts another considera- tion in this connection: Sewers should go ahead of an increased water supply in this as in every city, for which we have liberal- ly provided in this bill. When we get the sewers under way we will then be sure to have plenty of water. “As to the charities, I will say that after fully considering the sectarian question in- volved your conferees finally concluded to agree to the same limitation attached to the Indian appropriation bill as to sec- tarian schools; and principally for the rea- son that the House had already agreed to that provision.” Mr. Linton’s Congratulations. Mr. Linton congratulated Congress and the people of the country upon the out- come of the acrimonious controversy over the sectarian question. He believed that the enactment of the provisions on the In- dian and District appropriation bills would effectually put a stop to the agitation at the Capitol, and will _.1se a better feel- ing among the citizens. The other speeches that followed were of a political character. So much time was consumed that finally Mr. Richardson moved to adjourn, but on appeals being made to him, he withdrew the motion, and, without a division, the conference report was agreed to, thus final- ly passing the bill. The bili was enrolled rapidly, and the signatures of the two presiding officers were announced at the evening session. + e-+_____ THE NATIONAL SAENGERFEST. It Har B_c« Disappointing as Re- wards Attendance. Ten thousand persons filled the exposition auditorium at Pittsburg Tuesday night, in attendance upon the Saengerfest concert. There was a matinee concert in the after- noon. The feature of the matinee was the rendition of three patriotic songs by a choir of 3,000 children from the public schools of Pittsburg and Allegheny. They sang under the direction of Professor Mc- Cargo of Pittsburg, beginning with “Amer- ica,” then “Our Fair Land Forever” and the ‘Watch on the Rhine.” The children had been trained but three weeks, yet their rendition was splendid, and never to be forgotten. In the chorus >%f the second song cecurs the line “The flag that never lost a star.” As this bar was sung the children moved flags, with which each one had been provided, converting the stage upon which they stood into a crater of color, from which pealed forth the fresh ices of boys and girls from ten to thir- vot teen years old. The honors at the night concert were carried off by A. L. Guille, the French singer, and Katharine Lohse Klafsky. +o+-—_____ A Story About Bourke. Richard V. Oulaban in the Brooklyn Eagle. Capt. John G. Bourke of the army, who died in a Philadelphia hospital Monday, and whose remains were interred in the Arlington National cemetery today, was a man of considerable talent and wide pop- ularity. His lterary work and archaeolog- ical and anthropological researches made him known in the book world, while his record as an Indian fighter gained him an enviable reputation among his army com- rades. He was one of the representatives of the government on the tour throughout the country given the delegates to the P. American congress, and during the journey became greatly attached to three of the newspaper men who accompanied the party. Last week, while on his way to Philadelphia to undergo the operation which resulted in his death, he stopped over in New York to see one of the news- paper men referred to. Capt. Bourke told him that he had no hope of surviving the operation, and had come merely to request that the newspaper man and his two jour- nalistic colleagues of the Pan-American trip would attend his funeral. “J don’t want any generals with me in the journey to Arlington,” he sald, “but I de want you fellows. I’ve two last re- quests only to make. One is that I be buried in my uniform and the other that you three boys be with me when the bugler sounds taps.”” And so it came to pass that three humble pencti-pushers watched the body of their gallant friend lowered into its grave today, and none there mourned more deeply than they. Capt. Bourke had many stories to tell of his adventures, and he always told them well. The way he outgeneraled the Mex- ican government was one of his favorites, and he used to chuckle in telling it. He was stationed with his troops along the Mexican border at one time, and as there wasn’t much to do, he made a little jour- ney into Mexico in search of archaeologi- cal remains. He was fortunate enough to find the ruins of an Aztec village, and had prepared for an intellectual treat, when a detachment of Mexican soldiers came upon him and directed him to return to his side of the border. Capt. Bourke could do noth- ing but obey, for he knew he had no au- thority to cross the boundary line, armed and in uniform, except in pursuit of hos- tile Indians, an agreement between the two governments giving reciprocal advantages in that regard. A few days later Capt Bourke and his men saw three hostiles, and away the troop went in pursuit. The Indians passed over the border and made directly for the ruins Capt. Bourke had in- spected. Here, however, the trail was lost, and the vaptain decided that his men and horses needed a rest after their hard rid- ing. For several days he regaled himself to the utmost among stones and monu- ments of bygone times, unmolested by the Mexican troops, for he was clearly within the international agreement, and then marched back to the border. The point in the story lies in the fact that the three hostiles had been hired by Capt. Bourke to assist him in his intention to make a full investigation of the ruins, and when he re- turned to camp on the American side of the Rio Grande they were there to receive him with extended palms and greedy eyes. President of Washburne College. The trustees of Washburne College at Topeka have elected George M. Hor- rick president, to succeed Peter Mc- Vicar, who was compelled to resign be- cause of sickness. Mr. Horrick was for several years western secretary of the Congregational Educational Society, with headquarters at Chicago. AT HOME AND ABROAD Good Women Discuss the Needs of - Methodist Missions. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THEIR SUPFOR? Other Business Transacted at the Annual Meeting. NEXT YEAR’S WORK The annual meeting of the woman’s board of home and foreign missions of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church South, which began Saturday last at Mount Vernon Place Church, closed at noon today, and adjourn- ed to meet in Birmingham, Ala., in June, 1897. ‘The proceedings of the final session were very interesting. At the suggestion of Miss M. L. Gibson-of Kansas City, and indorsed by Miss Belle L. Bennett of Kentucky, the members of the board enthusiastically pledged themselves to secure 100,000 mem- bers for the missionary society, and to raise $100,000 for the missionary cause dur- ing the year. Bishop Hurst of the M. E. Church was introduced to the board, and he made an address, expressing his regret that the board had not been able to arrange for a visit to the site of the American University, and urged the members of the board to project great things for God. Shortly after Bishop Hurst closed his ad- dress he was presented by Mrs. Wightman with an autograph letter written by John Wesley in 1789, one year before his death. The bishop accepted the valuable gift, and assured Mrs. Wightman that he would de- posit the letter in the archives of the American University. Mrs. Trueheart made an address, in which she stated that her feelings were wounded when last evening Mrs. Swindell made her speech in advocacy of the separation of the offices of secretary for home and for- eign affairs respectively. Mrs. Swindell rose to a question of per- sonal privilege, and said that she meant nothing personal to Mrs. Trueheart in her remarks, but that in carrying on the work of the church, the woman was nothing and the chureh everything. Rev. Dr. Swindell made a few remarks, and after singing an appropriate selection and the pronouncing of the benediction, President Wightman declared the annual meeting at an end. The most strenuous'efforts were made on the’part of many of the members to com- plete the business which called them to-, gether last evening, as many of the ladies, some of whom live in the far south, are anxious to reach their homes before Sun- day, but it was found impossible to do so. Despite the hurry of business last night the board found time to adopt, by a unani- mous vote, a letter to Bishop Hurst of the M. E. Church, which read as follows: “It would afford the woman's board of missions profound gratification to visit, under your conduct, the site for the Amer!- can University, and, while standing upon that sacred sward, to unite In singing our national anthem, with a prayer to the God of Nations that our beloved land may ever be the synonym of faith, freedom and fed- ere ‘ion. e would be glad to identify the spot where the college for scientific temperance instruction will rear its pure front; we covet to gather where the college for missionaries is to be builded, and from that mount of vision behold the trained and well-equipped army issuing thence to the peaceful con- quest of the world. “Through the pressure of business we must forego the great pleasure, but assure you of our joy that this magnificent ideal is already crystallizing in beautiful reality, and we pray that in fulfilling the weighty responsibility resting upon you, you will have the co-operation of all lovers of the Gospel and its Divine Author, and be en- dued with amplitude of blessing by the Holy Spirit.” Appropriations for Minsionn. The devotional services of the evenings were conducted by Rev. Dr. I. W. Canter, pastor of Mt. Vernon Place Church, and after the transaction of some routine busi- ness Mrs. 8. C. Trueheart read the report of the missionary committee. The appro- priations, as finally agreed upon, were Chine, $27,050; Mexico, $37,950; Brazil, $1 20; Indian territory, $6,150; contingent ex- penses, $6,000; to assist in paying the sala- ries of three ladies in Japan, $1,500; total, $93,800. Mrs. Wightman urged the delegates to use their best endeavors to raise a special fund of $26,000 to be used in the extension of the work in the foreign field, and pledges for the greater part of that amount were made by those present. When the report of a special committee appointed to consider the official relations of Mrs. 8. ©. Trueheart, the acting secre- tary for foreign affairs, was submitted, it was found to contain a recommendation that Mrs. Trueheart, who was elected sec- retary for home affairs at the last meeting of the general conference, be empowered to act alto as secretary for foreign affairs until the quadrennial election in 1893, An Objection Rained. Mrs. Swindell of the North Carolina con- ference raised quite a breeze by asserting that the action of the committee was un- constitutional, and that it was the duty of the board to elect a secretary for foreign affairs to succeed Mrs. McGavock, who died since the last annual meeting of the board, and whose piace has since been filied by Mrs. Trueheart. Mrs. Swindell sald further that she had consulted Bishop Wilson,who wrote the constitution for the government of the mission board, and also an eminent judge, and both declared that the board must elect a secretary to succeed Mrs. Mc- Gavock at this meeting. Miss Gibson, principal of the Scarritt Bible and Training School, Kansas City, said she consulted Bishop Hendrix on the subject before she came to the meeting of the board, and he informed her that it was clearly within the province of the board to empower Mrs. Trueheart to continue to act as foreign secretary while holding the of- fice of secretary for home affairs. By this time it was quite evident that the board intended to adopt the report of the committee, and, foreseeing this, Mrs. Swin- dell agsin took the floor and said: “I want the recording secretary to put it down in big letters that there 1s one member cf the woman's board who has the courage of her convictions and who will not see the con- stitution of her missionary society violated without entering her protest.” No one else showing a desire to speak on the subject, the chair called for a vote on the report, and {t was adopted with but one dissenting vote—that of Mrs. Swindell. Missionary Work in Japan. During the discussion of the report it was developed that the woman’s board had long desired to take up the missionary work in Japan, and that it was the wish of the general board, which is composed of the board of bishops and some of the lead- ing general officers of the church, that they should do so, but in view of the fact that the appropriations for the ensuing missionary year were largely in excess of the sum appropriated for any one year for a long time and far in advance of what the receipts have been during any preceding twelve on eas it was considéred out of the power of the woman’s board to comply with the request of the general board at this time. A committee, consisting mainly of the executive officers of the woman's board, was, however, appointed to confer with the general board previous to the next an- nual meeting of the former, and see {f the matter can be arranged so as to take ef- fect immediately, subsequent to the meet- ing of the woman's board at Birmingham, Ala., in 1807. One of the reasons advanced by Mrs. Trueheart for desiring to take up the Japan work was stated by her to be, “Our brothers (meaning the bishops and’ other members of the general board) are good to us, and we want to be good to them when- ever we can.” 3 Birmingham Chosen. President Wightman called for nomina- tions for the place of meeting next year. Mrs. Brandon of the North Alabama con- ference rominate] Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Swindell named Raleigh. Mrs. Bran- don promised the members that if they selected her oity the delegates to the a nual meeting of the board “would have one of the prettiest churches in the south- land to hold their sessions in, and would be entertained with, queenly hospitality.” Mrs. Swindell spoke;in warm terms of tho desirableness of Raleigh, and Miss Belle Bennett of Kentucky, in a very humor us speech, suggest: 2) ¥eanktort as a suitable Place. There waseertainly, she said, great need there for mission work. New Orleans and several other ‘tities were also suggest- ed, but Birmingham feceived the largest vote, more than enough to secure the prize, and this vote was later made unanimous. Mrs. A. W. Wilh of Baltimore, chair- man of the commitiée on resolutions, read the committee’s report, which was unant- mously adopted, ' tefidering the thanks of the board to the official board of Mt. Ver- non Place Church‘atid the members there- of for their hospitality; to Judge Campbell of the State Department for arranging with the Chinese'minister for a reception to the members of ;the board, and to the minister for granting’ the same, an act, as stated in the repéft, ‘which is regarded by the board as an’evént of special signifi- cance; to Bishop’ A’ W. Wilson. for the sermon delivered by him before the board Sunday last; to the California lady, who, while requiring that her name be kept se- cret, presented the board, through Mrs. J. P. Campbell, a missionary, who has re- cently returned from China, with a set of diamonds, valued at $500, which are to be sold and the money deposited with the treasurer of the board as a nucleus for a fund to establish the McGaroch Institute at Shanghai, China, as a memorial to the late Mrs. McGaroch; to The Star, for the reports published daily of the proceedings of the board and incidents relating there- to, and to several persons who alded the board in various ways. At the day meetipg the board,.upon mo- tion of Miss Belle Bennett of Kentucky, adopted a resolution “that it was the sense of the board that ea¢h conference in’ the connection of the \M. E. Church South ought to make an effort to support at least one missionary, either in the home or for- eign field.” ; Mexican Missions Provided For. The report of the subcommittee on the Mexicar missions occupied the greater por- tion of the morning session, but was edopt- ed without a negative vote. The principal eppropriations were as follcws: Mexican border conference missions, $18,015; north- ern Mexican conference missions, $8,550; central Mexican conference, $11,010. Miss Nannie EB. Holding, assistant secretary of the board, was requested in the report to compile a careful statement of the value of the board’s property in Mexico, and of the depts remaining thereon, for the infurma- tion of the members, A resolution was adopted “that the money appropriated’ for the purchase of property in Guadalayarro, and which was to have been paid in yearly installments of $1,000 each, be completed at once by the payment of the remaining $3.00." Mrs. C. Price Brown of Los Angeles, Cal., was elected organizer to exterd the interests of the board on the Pacific coasz. The report of the finarce committee, which was adopted, recommerded that the president of the board be allcwed $200 for expenses in presenting the work of the board before various public and other gath- erings; that the office of secretary of for- eign missions be made a salaried pcsition at $1,200) a year; also that the eccupunt of the place be allowed an additional $250 for performing the duties of secretary for home affairs and $25) for office expenses. A number of other appropriations of in- terest only to the members of the board were made. ——— RAPID PAPER MAKING. A Chunk of Timber Converted Into a Newspnper im Short Order. How rapid strides the manufacture of paper has recently taken in Germany will best be illustrated by the following report by the Grafenauer (Bavaria) Anzeiger: On April 17, 186, an experiment was under- taken at the papgr mill of Elsenthal, near Grafenau, to determine the time taken to convert wood, at that: time standing in the forest, into paper, at the same time produc- ing a newspaper’ complete and ready for mailing. Notary Bott,,in Grafenau, records the following appertaining to the matter: “I proceeded, accompanied by two manu- facturers, Arthur and Curt Menzel, to the state forest, situated near Frauenberg, close by the paper mill. There, at 7:35 in the morning, three trees were, cut down and conveyed to the paper mill.’ Here the trees were cut into short pieces by a circular saw, deprived \of’ their outer bark by an- other machine and split by a splitting ma- chine. The wood ‘was then sent to the planishing mill, where five machines were in readiness tov receive it. After this had been done, it -was given to another ma- chine, which, in conjunétion with other material, prepared it Yor the paper ma- chine proper. This process completed, the fluid matter ccntained in aforementioned machine was put in an iron vat, and then the paper machine began to operate. At 9:34 I received the first perfect sheet of Paper, completing the process from hewing the trees in the wood to the presentation of the first complete sheet in one hour and fifty-nine minutes. “With a few sheets of this paper I went by carriage, accompanted by Messrs. Men- zel, to the printing establishment of Mr. Charles Morsal, at Grafenau, which is situated about two miles from the paper mill at Elsenthal. At 10 o'clock i was in possession of No. 32 of the Grafenauer An- zeiger (Advertiser), dated April 18, 1896. It therefore took a period of two hours and twenty-five minutes to convert wood, which was In its natural condition at 7:35 in the mornigg, into a complete newspaper.” —+0- A DOG TO SING. New York Central Engineer Claims He Accomplished the Feat. From the 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. John -Porter, a New York Central en- gineer, has a dog that he is teaching to sing. Roger, the dog, has been trained to perform every time a member of the Por- ter family opens the piano. In showing off the other day he kept time to the accom- paniment. His style of singing was by yelping in,time to the notes played on tho instrument. When it ran soft and low, his voice sank almost to a growl; when the notes rose in loud strains Roger pointed his nose to the ceiling and sang a wild, long wail of pathos in such treble as was never heard. When it was all over and the last note of the music had sounded, he wagged his tail and walked around to each one of the company for congratulations. It was several months ago that the Por- ters first learned that they had gheltered this musical prodigy, and they and their neighbors have been having infinite amuse- ment with him ever since. By dint of all the practice they have given him, Roger has improved vastly. He has learned songs and can distinguish from the first few notes of the accompaniment what selec- tion is expected of him, and he sings them with all the feeling that a dog could have, and vastly more than some people seem capable of. There is only one thing that will stop him in the middle of a song, and that is to be laughed at. If he is laughed at he stops short, goes back under the plano and stares cohtemptuously at the ill- mannered people until they go away and leave him. WHEN THE TEMPEST SWIRLS. The Big Modesn §Steel-Ribbed Bulld- ings Comparatively Safe. From the Chicago Recor@, While there were, no typical “sky- scraper” buildings actually in the path of the tornado at St. Louis, the pressure of two buildings of “Chicago construction” afforded an interesting test of the endur- ance of edifices of this kind. The bulld- ings were practigally uninjured. As to how they would have fared if they had been in the'centér of the disturbance there is no way of khowing, but the evi- ence indicates that so far as any human handiwork may: resist elemental up- heavals, the sky-screpers can do it. The people occupying the*tall buildings in Chi- cago may rest reesonably assured ‘that so far as the improbable event of a Chicago tornado {s concerned, they run no more danger than they would if in smaller build- ings or on the ground. The construction is such as to make the entire building one united column of steel, sufficiently pliant to yield slightly to wind pressure and almost Impossible to break. As an actual fact, the tornado-resisting qualities of any structure can never be fully ascertained, because there is no knowing what power a storm may develop. A tornado sufficiently strong to drive enor- mous blocks of stone out of a bridge and upset locomotives could probably damage anything which stood in its way. Pee Sey geen ea The celebration of the golden jubilee of Archbishop Hider was begun at Cincinnati ‘Tuesday. = ACADEMIC HONORS Commencement Exercises at the Convent of the Visitation. PREMIOMS AND MEDALS AWARDED Those Who Have Shown Profi- ciency in Their Studies. A GOOD PROGRAM ——— The Academy of the Visitation, Connecti. cut avenue, will soon celebrate its golden Jubilee. Today was the forty-sixth annual distribution of premiums, and the scene in the music hall this morning was the at- tractive picture with which all the friends of this institution of learning are so long familiar. The platform, with the pianos and harps, set amid palms and flowering Plants, the pyramids of crowns, and premiums, with here and there gold and silver medals shining, were incidental at- tractions, but the young ladies and little girls themselves made a large part of the beauty of the picture. Some of the older pupils were on the stage, and the others sat on white-covered benches in front of it. Rev. Father Lee, rector of St. Mat- thew's Church; Rev. Dr. Stafford, Rev. Charles M. Bart and other clergymen were present on the platform. The entrance march, “Marche Slave,” Tschaikowsky, was played by Misses Bertha Carroll, Re gina Elliot, Edith Brown and Adele’ Gib- son. A delightful program of vocal and instrumental music, interspersed by the awards of premiums, followed. The Program. It consisted of chorus, “The Hermit’s Harp,” F. Abt; “La Belle au Bois Dor- mant,” ballet, Tschaikowsky; pianos, Miss- es Edith Grimes, Margaret Devine, Dolores Morton and A. Gibson; “Meditation,” Geo. A. Mietzke; violin, Miss Bertha Lucas; harps, Misses R. Elliot and Clara Ross pianos, Misses E. Grimes and B. Carroll; song, “Bternemente,” A. Moscheromi, Miss Angela Small; harp, Miss R. Eiliot; violin, Miss B.“Lucas; “Valse Brillante,” quartet, Moszowskt; pianos, Misses Carrie Gibson, 3B. Carroll, 'E. Brown and D. Morton; vocal quartet, “La Carita,” G. Rossini, Misses A. Gibson, G. Smali, A. Small and Josie Foertsch; plano, Miss E. Grimes; original essay, “On the Christian Home,” by Miss E. Brown; read by Miss Marie Webster; harp solo, “Fantaisie Op. 35," Parish Al- vars, Miss Clara Ross; song, “The Two Languages,” P. Henrion, Miss G. Small; harp, Miss C. Ross; junior chorus, ‘’Tam- bourine March,” Treolar, Misses Blanche Harbin and Nannie Gibson; harps, Misses C. Ross and R. Elliot; Coronation Ode, G. Hoffman; piano, Miss B. Carroll; march, Schubert; pianos, Misses Emma Clark, May Harvey, N. Gibson and B. Harbin. Premiums Awarded. Premiums and medals were awarded as follows: Senior department—First class, Miss Edith Brown—Firsi premiums, En- glish studies, composition, Hterature, his- tery, plain and ornamenial penmanship; second premium, ecclesiastical history. ‘ond class, Miss Josie Fcerisch—First premiums, English studies, literature, his- tory, German, ornamental per msnship and vocal music; second premiums, cor:posi- Ucn and elocution; third premivms, arith- metic, algebra and penmanship. Miss Marie Webster—First premiums, Christian doc- trine, English rtudies, composition, litera- ture,history, arithmetic and algebra; second premiums, elocution, bookkeeping, French, plain and ornamental penmanship. Miss Dolores Morton—First premiums, comp2- sition, literatare, history —bcokkeeping, French and piano; second premiums, glish studies and arithmetic; third pre- mium, elocution. Miss Florence Coiford First’ premiums, Christian doctrine, giish, bookkeeping, arithmetic, algebra and French studies of the fifth class; third pre- miuns, literature and history. Miss Edith Grimes—First premiums, French, Latin, ornamental penmanship, piano and china painting; second premiums, Christlen doc- tring, bookkeeping and penmanship; third premiums, English, arithmetic and elgebra. Miss Ethel Colford—First premiums, Chri tian doctrine, English, bookkeeping and French in the fifth class; second premiums, arithmetic, algebra and penmanship; third premiums, literature and history. Miss Carrie Gibson—Firat premiums, water col- ors and piano; second premiums, arithme- tic, algebra, ornamental penmanship and French studies in the fourth class; third premiums, Christian doctrine, composition, Iterature, history, elocution and book- keeping. Miss Genevieve Small—First pre- mium, vocal music; second premium, elo- cution; third premium, Christian doctrine. Miss Adele Gibson—Firet premium, piano; second premiums, composition, elocution, vocal music and painting in water colors; third premiums, Christian doctrine, arith- metic, algebra and special English stud- les. Miss Regina Elliot—First premium, harp; second premiums, Christian doctrine and élocution; third premlum, bookkeeping. Miss Emma Clark—Third premiums, clocu- tion, bookkeeping, French in the class f beginners and vocal music. Miss May Harvey—A premium for having given per- fect satisfaction in all her studies during the short time she has been in the acad- emy. Miss Margaret Devine—First _pre- mium, piano. Miss Bertha Carroll—First premium, piano. ‘Third class, Miss Mildred Williams—First premiums, literature, history, arithmetic and object drawing; second premiums, com- pesition, elocution and Latin; third pre- miums, English studies. Miss Sarah Devine —First’ premiums, history and literature; second premiums, Christlan doctrine and object drawing; third premiums, English studies, composition, elocution and arith- metic. Miss Clara Ross—First premium, penmanship; second peminias: Christian doctrine, English studies, composition, elo- cuticn and arithmetic. Miss Frances Jones —First premiums, literature and history; second premiums, Christian doctrine and elocution; third ‘premiums, English and arithmetic. Miss Marie-Louise Green—Sec- ond premium, Christian doctrine; third pre- miums, English studies, literature, history, elocution and French in the fifth’ class. Division of the third class, Miss Clair Kirby—Second premiums, Christian doc- trine, English studies, composition, elocu- tion, arithmetic, penmanship and French in the fourth class. Miss Mary Sheridan—Sec- ond premium—English and Christian doc- trine. Miss Marian Reeves—Second pre- miums, Christian doctrine, English and arfthmetic; third premium, composition. Miss Isabel Boyd—Second premiums, sacred history and elocution; third premiums, com- position, Iterature and history. Miss Con- suelo Yznaga—First premium, composition; second premium, Christian doctrine. Miss Cordelia Gross—Third premiums, Christian doctrine, English studies and arithmetic. Miss Rosamond Niles—Third premium, French. Intermediate Departments. Fcurth class and division—Miss Fanny Harkness—Firet premiums, Christian doc- trine, English studies, compositian, arith- metic and penmanship; second premium, French studies; third premium, reading. Miss Blanche Harbin—First premiums, Christian doctrine, English studies, arith- metic and French; second premium, com- position; third premiums, reading and iano. Miss Genevieve Davis—First prem- lums, Christian doctrine, English and French; second premium, composition; third premiums, arithmetic and reading. Miss Annie Murray—First premiums, Christian doctrine, English and arithmetic; second Bremiums, French and reading. Miss Juliet Ayers—First premiums, English and com- pogition; second premiums, French and reading; third premiums, penmanship and object drawing. Miss Katie Whitesell— First premiums, Christian doctrine and English; second premiums, composition, arithmetic and penmanship; third premium, reading. Miss Nannie Gibson—First prem- iums, English and piano; second prem- tum, Christian doctrine; third premiums, arithmetic, penmanship, reading and French. Miss Gertrude Gensler—First prem- jum, English; second premiums, Christian doctrine, composition, German, reading and piano; third premium, penmanship. Miss Marle Dissell—Second premium, English; third premiums, Christian doctrine and penmanship. Miss Lucy Powell—Second premium, Bnglish; third premiums, reading and object drawing. Miss Bessie Marmion —Second premiums, Christian doctrine and reading. Miss Mabel Markriter—Second premium, Christian dootrine. Elementary Department. Fifth class and division—Miss Eleanor Gibson: First premium, Christian doctrine; second premiums, English, French and composition, third premium, arithmetic. Miss Edith Callaghan: First premium, arithmetic; second premiums, reading and French; third premiums, English and com- Position. Miss Blise Heiskell: First pre- mium, penmanship; second premiums, Eng- lish, French and composition; third pre- mium, arithmetic. Miss Edith Miller: First premium, Christian doctrine; second pre- miums, French and penmanship; third pre- mium, English. Miss Anna Handy: Sec- ond premium, Christian doctrine; third pre- miums, English, French, arithmetic and composition. Miss Kathleen Ewing: Third premiums, English, French, arithmetic and composition. Miss Maud Fickling: Second premium, penmanship; third premiums, Coristian doctrine, English, arithmetic and French. Miss Helen Handy: Second pre- mium, Christian doctrine; third premiums, English and penmanship. Primary Department. Sixth class—Miss Gertrude Davis: First premiums, English, dictation, reading and French. Miss Eleanor Handy: First pre- miums, dictation and French. Miss Mary Fickling: First premium, arithmetic; third premium, French. Miss Flora Manning: First premium, arithmetic; third premium, English. Miss Lillian Manning: Third pre- mium, English. Miss Joan Reeves: First premium, reading. Miss Mary Ward: First premium, Christian doctrine. Miss Eleanor Wrigh Second premiums, English and reading: third premium, French. Seventh class—Mis: Barbara Handy: Third premium, penmanship. Division of the seventh class—Miss Court- ney Collins: First premiums, spelling and reading. Miss Marie Fischer: Third pre- mium, arithmetic. Miss Nina Lopper: Third premium, penmanship. Miss Mary Reilly: Third premium, penmanship. Academic Honors. Sentor circle—The first honors, consisting of a crown and gold medal for excellence of conduct, conferred on Miss Edith Brown. The second honors were conferred on Misses Josie Foertsch, Ethel Colford, Marie Webster, Dolores Morton, Florence Colford, Edith Grimes and Carrie Gibson. Junior circle—The first honors were con- ferred on Miss Edith Callaghan. The :ec- ond honors were conferred on Misses Fannie Harkness, Mabel Markriter, Gertrude Davis, Mary Ward, Edith Miller, Gertrade Gensler, Blanche Harbin, Bessie’ Marmion, Genevieve Davis, Maud Fickling, Mary Dis- sell, Katie Whitesell and Nannie Gibson. Honorably mentioned: Misses May Harvey and Eleanor Wright. A crown conferred on Miss Mary Reilly, for being the smallest “ittle girl” in the school. Medals Awarded. Christian doctrine—in the senlor depart- ment, Misses Dolores Morton and Josie Foertsch being equal in merit, the medal was dvawn by Miss Dolores Morion. The other medal was presented by Mr. Foertsch. In the intermediate department the medal is awarded to Miss Juliet Ayers. In the elementary department, Misses Kathleen Ewing, Edith Callaghan and Elsie Heiskeii being equal in merit, the medal was drawn by Miss Kath!cen’ Ew- ing. The other medals are presented by the parents. In the primary department the medal is awarded to Miss Gertrude Davis. History, lterature and composition—In the second class of history, literature and composition, Misses Genevieve Small and Edith Grimes being equal in merit, the medal was drawn by Miss Genevieve Small. The other medal. is presented by Mr. Grimes. In the third class of history and litera- ture the medal is awarded to Miss Clara Ross. In the division of the third class of his- tory and literature, Misses Clair Kirby and Consuelo Yznaga betng equal in merit, the medul was drawn by Miss Clair Kirby. The other medal ts presented by Mr. Yznaga. In the fourth class of history the medal is awarded to Miss Gertrude Gensler. French converation—In the first. class, Misses Dolores Morton and Marie Webster eing equal in merit, the medal was drawn by Miss Dolores Mcrton; in the fifth class, Misses Consuelo Yznag& and Fannie Hark- ness being equal in merit, the medal was drawn by Miss Consuelo Yznaga; the other medal is presented by Mr. Harkness; in the sixth class the medal ts awarded to Miss Elise Helskell; in the class for beginners, Misses Blanche Harbin and Edith Grimes being equal in merit, the medal was drawn by Miss Blanche Harbin; the other medal is presented by Mr. Grimes; a medal for improvement in German is awarded to Miss Jesie Foertseh. Music—In the eecond class harp the medal is awarded to Miss Clara Ress. Drawing and painting—A medal for oil painting is awarded to Miss Angela Smail; a medal for object drawing is awarded to Miss Genevieve Small; in the senior depart- ment a medal for polite and amiable de- Lortment is awarded to Miss Josie Fcertsch; in the it termediate department a medal for polite ard amiable deportment is awarded to Miss Fannie Harkness. ———— HE WAS Lost. An Intoxicated Man Tries Hard to Locate His Domicile. From the San Francisco Post. If any one had told him he Was drunk he would not have resented it, but would have made an effort to maintain his equilibrium and dignity long enough to explain that he was only a little oozy-woozy. He realized that he lived at 206 Irvington street and that his residence wae on the right-hand side as he wobbled along homeward. The uncertain light of early dawn, combined with the blear in his eyes rendered it neces- sery for him to stop in front of every house and gravely brace himself against the rail- ings until he could focus his eyesight on the number. Finally he identified his house, but after arguing with himself for a couple of utes he came to the conclusion that he was just woozy enough to make mistakes pos- ‘ble, so to be absolutely certain ie bal- anced himself against the front fence and studied the number on the transom. In- stead of 206 he saw 300. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, but the number had not changed. It was still 509. Then he won- dered how it happened that he had got on the wrong side of the street and three blocks too far out, made a zigzag across the street and started back, but before he had walked three blocks he came to the end of the street. The weary pilgrim was bewildered. He coulin’t understand it, but getting his di- rections, shaped his course out the street on the right slde and kept on until he came to 609 again. He studied it from every possible point of view, even trying to stand on his head to read it, but it perversely re- mained 509. : Utterly bewildered, he sat down on the steps and waited till a policeman came along. “I'm losht,” he explained. ter 206 Irvington street.” “This is the place right here, the officer. “Can't be. Thish is “No, it ain't; it's 206; but the transom is turned’ over. The lost was found. ee A Curious Camp Stove. From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. An Aroostook, Me. woodsman, E. B. White, has a curious and unique arrange- ment for cooking food over an open fire, which he calle a camp range. It consists of a three-fourths-inch iron gas pipe, eighteen inches long, hammered to a point at one end and plugged with metal, through which there are three small holes, each of a size fit to hold the end of a wire, say, three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. Loops are made of wire, into which skii- lets, pails, pans or other tapering cooking utensils are sitt®d snugly.. A washer of sheet iron fits over the end of the gas pipe and is prevented from slipping clear down by a snug metal wristband. The washer serves to brace the wires. The gas pipe is driven Into the ground &nd red embers and coals placed about it. The food is cooked easily and quickly. A coffee pot hanger is also used, it being bent up, so that the long coffee pot will swing clear of the fire. Had White cared to do so, he might have made a snug sum of money by patenting and sell- ing his handy contrivance. — ewe Bloomers Might Hi From the Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Mae Netting of Lebanon, Ind., the authoress, who has contributed many ar- ticles to the press denouncing the bloomer, caught her skirts on her wheel while bicy- cling this afternoon and was thrown vio- lently to the street. She will probably die of her injuries. “I wanter go deciared ‘© Saved Her. FREE SILVER BEATEN Action of the Maryland Democratic Convention. SOUND MONEY PLATFORM ADOPTED Major Stewart's Substitute Tabled by a Large Majority. DELEGATES-AT-LARGECIIOSEN After The Star’s report of the Maryland democratic convention at Baltimore closed yesterday the committee on resolutions re- ported, 4he {plowing platform, favoring the tingle or gold standard of money: “The campaign upon which we are now about to enter involves no merely local or state issues, and hence all that the demo- crats of Maryland are-at this time really concerned in is to mske known with em- phasis and distinctness their attitude upon the national questions which are to be dis- cussed and settled in our approaching presidential struggle; in the hope that without regard to past differences all who believe in the principles of the party will heartily unite in a vigorous’ and her- monious effort to preserve our people from the evils of McKinleyism and to restore our state to its true place in the demo- cratic column. “Our position upon the question of tariff reform 1s so well and thoroughly known that nothing more is needed from us on this eub- ject than a clear declaration of our stead- fest belief in this article of our political faith ax set forth in the Chicego platform of 1892, leaving to the coming national demo- cratic convention such further declaration upon this important subject as its wisdom shall deem proper, and contenting ourselves with the expression of our satisfaction that under the vigorous administration of Presi Gent Cleveland, who has at all times cour- ageously maintained the public credit, and by the patriotic and judictous action of a democratic Congress, the country has been exiricated from so many of the evils put upon it by the ill-advised and disas rous policy of the republicans. “Ordinarily in advance of the assembling of the representatives of the whole party in national convention, the framing of the declaration of party principles might well be left to them, but the overshadowing im- portance at this time of the financial ques- tion makes it incumbent upon us to speak With no uncertain sound upon this sutject in order that the deliberate views of our people may exert the just Influence to which they are entitled, and our delegates may be encouraged and strengthened in strenuously advocating their adoption as a part of our party platform. “Belleving that the true Interests of the people require that the earnings of agri- culture and trade and the wages of labor should be paid in money that is intrinsic- ally worth tn all the markets of the world what it purports to be worth, we demand the maintenance of the existing gold stand- ard of value, and further, that the govern- ment shall keep all its obligations, at all times redeemable und payable in m of the greatest intrinsic value and the of highest standard adopted by the civilized nations of the world; and we, therefore, resolutely oppose the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratto of 16 to 1 “The safety of the masses of the people can only be found in a sound and honest currency, and it Is because we perceiy that the hope of relief held up to them by the advocates of free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio nearly, if not -qutte, twice the real value of silver bullion, will assuredly prove delusive, that, true to the history and traditions of our party. dee clare our hostility to a policy so fatal, in the absence of an enlightened interna- tional agreement regulating the whole sub- ject, to the early establishment of which agreement we believe the efforts of the government should be steadily directed.” Free Silver Substitute. Free silver was strenuously advocated in a minority report from five members of the committee which had drafted the platform. It offered by them as a substitute for the sound money plank in the majority re- port, and was presented to the conv+ntion by Maj. William E. Stewart of Talbot county, as follow: “In firm confidence of the beneficence of the principles of Jefferson, Jackson and true democracy, the democrats of Maryland, in slate convention assembled, do first, de- clare that we @re in full accord and hearty sympathy with our brethren, the farmers and working men of these United States, and demand the restoration of the free coinage of silver as it existed pfior to the iniquitous legislation of 18 when, by the publican votes, 1t was demonetized: and We construe the financial planks tn the platform of the last national democratic convention to mean the free, unlimited and independent coinage of gold and si er at the coinage ratio of 16 to 1, as fixed by Patriotic democrats in Congress and ap- proved by Andrew Jackson. We indorse the President's action n many respec but we do not agree with the President when he denounces the action of democratic Senators and members of the House of Representatives. “We agree with the President in his mes- sage in regard to the Monroe doctri ie. “We demand revenue sufficient for support of the government.” This minority report as at first drafted in committee denounced the President for his position with regard to the Cuban revo- lution, and the President and Secretary Car- Isle for issuing bonds in time of peace. These clauses were stricken out before the report was presented by Major Stewart. In addition to Major Stewart the commit- teemen who signed the minority report were Dent Downing of Prince George's, Thomas T. Owen, Charles; R. W. Jones, Kent, and Thomas B. Turner, Calvert. After remarks by Major Stewart, J. Frank Terner and D. A. Lynch, Col. Baughman moved to lay the substitute on the table, and demanded the previous question on the majority report. The vote was then taken, resulting in S77 yeas to 2% ni , and the free silver platform was dead. The sound money platform was then adopted. Delegates-at-Large. The following delegates-at-large to the national convention at Chicago July 7 were elected: John E. Hurst, Major Richard M. the Venable of Baltimore, Charles C. Homer of Baltimere, John P. Poe of Baltimore, General John Gill of Baltimore coun Edwin Wartield of Howard count ©. Crothers of Cecil county, Marion ¢ Smith of Kent county. For electors-at-larg there wer nominations, and the selection was 5 acclamation. Col. John Walter Smith nomi nated Mr. Purnell, and Mr. Julian F, Jones proposed Mr. Randolph Barton. = Aci ean see Prefers an Easy Chair to a Wheel. From the Chicago Tribune. There is a man somewhere in town who evidently looks upon the pleasures of « cling as a delusion and a snare. He it was Who inserted the following ad. in yester- day’s Tribune: WiLL CHANGE i} H-GRADE SAPETY upholstered sefa or easy chair. This modest little ad. suggests a train cf conjecture as long strect cable, with the Li thrown in. "Wes the man's ambition by the inspiring sight of the swiftly-movi: thousands of riders who bowl alung the well-paved boulevards and through the parks? Did he succumb to the fascination, to the temptation, and buy a wheel? Did he trundle it home rather than trust it to the tender mercies of an expressman, take it out in the alley as the shades night were falling, try to ride ft, and did it_buck? Did he gersist in trying to learn to ride until he was a mass of black and blue bruises from crown to heel? Then, in a spirit of irony that is beautiful in its power of penetration, did he offer to trade the bike off for most any old thing in the way of upholstered furniture on which he might repose at ease and recover from the effects of a folly that strikes both youth and old age and is as wide as the world in the swath it cuts? soe Just What He Needed. From the Chicago Daily Tritune. “Stand back!” exclaimed’ the friend of the man who was down on the ground. “Stand back and give him air’ And the bystanders accommodatingly stood back, while the man who was down on the ground calmly went on pumping up his rear tire.