Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1896, Page 13

FRE Re THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 PRESIDENT THANKED Colored Methodists Send Him Ex- pressions of Gratitude. WR. TAYLOR T0 CARRY THE MESSAGE ——— Bishop Petty’s Address on the Con- dition of the Race. CONFERENCE ——— At last night's meeting of the Philadel- phia and Baltimore conference of the Zion A. M. E. Church, whose annual session, a3 stated in The Star of last evening. began at Metropolitan Wesley €hurch at noon H. J. Taylor, the recorder of by a unanimous vote, esterday, C. was requestes to convey to President Cleveland the ex- pression of the respect of the members of the conference for his disposition to deal jestly without regard to color and the wish of the entire membership of the body that he may be blessed in his high and ex- station.” dent occurred just previous to the nment of the conference for the even- seyeral speeches were made 6n matters connected with the opening of Among those who spoke was ylor and as many of those nt were his old familiar friends of rs’ standing he talked to them in tional manner. _ Prof. etary of Zion Church, a eretary of the conference, wed Mr. Taylor very briefly. said he had on several oc t Cleveland at the White House, > sr had cach time extended to \ hearty weleome, and the impression © mind of the speaker was that veland desired to do exact justice y citizen of the United States, er white or black. der Taylor Delegated. ion of Rev. J. S. Cowles, the 1bout to vote to send a com- ‘ident of the United States jew and pay their re- Pa Recorder speets to him, when Mr. Taylor suggested that Dr. Howard Day was well thought of by the President, and would be a proper me. Dr. a rose to say he was ways of pay t to the trate of the nation, as he high: osition to deal just re to color, but, in the city and join his fami tts, and the conference is he moved, and the motion Mr. Taylor be requested ent and inform him of » ministers toward him, in Ma » conferen 1 for the night ses- sion at So Bishop Petty presiding. Devotional e ‘ises were conducted by Reys. 5. 3. Wales and Dr. Fisher. Bishop was presented to the conference by » Hood the conclusion of the introductory h Bishop Petty made an address, re- Viewing the work accomplished during the past f tion He also called the atten- the ministers and laymen of the to the recommendations of the ‘al conference in regard to the finan- cial affairs of the church, and said: “As citizens of America we ought to be thankful for the many national blessings enjoyed. We have peace at home and a friendly relation exists between our gov- ernment and all nations. While almost every other nation is represented upon some field of battle, I feel that I bespeak your Sentiments w en I say that I am in deep sympathy with the Armenians, the aborig- * the Congo Free States, the Pre- ns, the Venezuelans, and last, but not least, the heroic, liberty-loving insurgents of Cuba. The Black Race Rising. “It is phenomenal that the black world is lifting up its head with a shielded right arm just at this time, everywhere against tyranny and oppression, save the ebony- hued sons of America, and we offer as a Protest our manhood against money. Our condition as American citizens is one of i environments. No people on earth » risen as rapidly as we have within the thirty years. None have undergone ions. None have suffered more time of so-called peace. No race has to hope for and no race more to fear. \ttitude of the white citizens of the not the same as that of some years he better class of Anglo-Americans ertain 2 hearty good will for all worthy citizens. In the north and south f ass is trying to encourage and race. Their sentiment is growing greatly in favor of the negro, but the atti- tude of the laboring classes, which come in ompetition with the negro, is not improv- ing. We are growing stronger numerically, ¥. morally, socially, materially he essential elements of a great and in all people Election Qualifications Stimalating. “Tam pe : e@ that our po- litical attitude is changing for the better. Wat we really need cn this line ts fewer ignorant and mi led politicians and a few more wise and discreet negro states- he educational qualifications of a “nas required now in Missi sth Carolina for electoral franchisement simply been, and will be, an impetus creating new life and vigor in the schvol rooms of the negro. They will strive as men. never before to beccme freeholders, and to prepare themselves Breat respon: that w intellectually for the bilities of citizenship, hence ich intended to be an impedi- ty us will prove a great blessing. something good growing out enactment of southern legislation iscriminate agairst and limit the rights the negro. Under our present financial plan I think “e may expect a rapid growth of the church. All that ts needed is loyalty and devotion. We live in an age of progress. The general conference at its recent meet- ing saw the necessity of making more bishops and taking under her fostering care four more institutions, in order to educate the youth on a scale commensurate with the age. These. with the worn-out preach- e widows and missionaries, must be rted. As Christian ministers and lay- it fs your duty to look well to temper- reforras, and the best way to do it is ‘he moral atmosphere is Let us have a_ higher in all of our social gatherings. not moral Be thou an example to the youth.” Ealtimore, cn behalf of the 3 of the Zion A. M. E. churches in rict of Columbia, made an address to which Rey. J. H. McMul- Louisville, Ky., responded. Mr. E. vis, supermtendent of the Sunday school of John Wesley Church, extended a heariy greeting to the members of the hee on behalf of the Sunday schools of the District, and Rev. Logan Johnson Fesponded for the conference M rtie Brooks Lewis, who was an- nounced to speak along the same fine for the Varick Christian Endeavor societies, Was unavoidably absent, and Rev. J. BE. Colbert, pastor of Metropolitan Wesley Church, took her place. The concluding ress was by Mr. C. H. J. Taylor. uring the afternoon session Bishop made an address, during which he 1 the great pleasure’ which, he Said, it gave him to visit the Philadelphia id Baltimore conference, which comprises the largest body of ministers of any Zion a —. conference in the world. ‘CURSTONS. Those Indian Head trips Friday and Saturday evenings via steamer Macalester are as popular as ever this season, and as there will be a moon, three-quarters full, this Friday and Saturday, the boat will doubtless carry an unusually large number of young peopie who are fond of looking ut on the water in the shimmering, sil- very moonlight and wondering what the will waves are saying. The Macalester will leave her wharf at 6:30 p.m., as usual, stopping at Marshall Hall both ways, and ‘¢ who desire to dance can do so, as Schroeder’s popular band will furnish good music on the new pavilion until the return of the Macalester from Indian Head at 9:30, ‘Those who go to Marshall Hall on any of | the earlier boats are privileged to take the trip to Indian Head and to return on any of tHe regular steamers. A special feature at the hall is an elegant full-course din- ner, wh.ch is served at a popular price. The pilots and engineers of Washington made their annual pilgrimage to River View Tuesday, and, notwithstanding the bad weather, a large crowd partook of the enjoyment of the day. While there were no special attractions provided for the trip, those who went down found ample to occupy their time, while nearly every one in the party enjoyed “shooting the chute! The return was made at a seasonable hour, and the rain did not seem to affect the spir- its of the excursionists in the least. Encampment 69, U. V. L., will give its annual excursion’ to Marshall Hall this evening on the steamer Macalester. The cemmittee in charge have spared no efforts to make the affair cne of the best of the season. An excellent program will be ren- Gered at the grounds. Miss Elsie Lower, assisted by others, in the rele of fancy nee; X Ray Bixley, as musical tramp; Chas. Fitzgerald, In comic scng; Franklin and Loveless, in their specialty of song and dance: the Madrid Qvartet, in Castil- lian airs; Wm. Price, the monologue art- ist: Goldwin Patton, in recitations; Mamie B. Smith, the sweet soloist; Lena G. Shep- herd, Nellie Bishop, Thos. ¥.. Jones, Mary J. Naylpr_and others will perform to the delight of their numerous admirers. Schroe- er’s Band and J. B. Henderson Drum Corps will furnish the music on the boat. It -vill be an outing of pleasure and enjoy- rent. A trip which bids fair to be one of the most popular of all summer trips this sum- mer is that to New York by sea via Nor- folk. Travel has already increased by this route to such an extent that in many cases it was found necessary to engage state rooms severaf days in advance. The New- port News, Norfolk and Washington of the Norfolk and Washington line, one of which leaves the 7th street wharf every evening at 7 o'clock, are first-class in every respect. The state rooms snd saloons are luxurious in their appointments and conducive to comfort, and the dining room, which is a la carte, is provided with the best to be found in Washington and Norfolk. Boats reach Norfolk at 7:30 the following morning, where connections are made with the Old Dominion Steamship Company's steamers, and, after a twenty hours’ delightful sea voyage, passengers find themselves in the metropolis. Those desiring to spend a few days at Chamberlin’s new hotel or the Hygeia at Old Point Comfort will be grant- ed that privilege. One of the most potent factors in the early and successful opening of this sea- son at Colonial Beach 1s the placing upon the route of the fast and commodious steamer John Svivester by the Chesapeake and Potomac Steamboat Ccmpany. This vessel has a record as one of the fastest steamers In the country, and since her appearance on the Potomac, May %), has fully sustained her reputation, being now conceded the fastest excursion boat on the river, making the run of seventy miles to Colonial Beach in four hours, and is the only excursion boat now or ever quick running easily under natural draft and without forcing and endangering ma- ckinery and boilers. The Sylvester is the only exclusively excursion boat run- ning to the lower Potomac, having no state rooms, thus eliminating an objcc- tionable feature on day boats and allow- ing all the space for elegantly appointed, light and cool saloons, handsomely fur- nished parlors for family parties and a large salccn fitted with every comfort for the exclusive use of ladies and children. Its orchestra, under Professor Esputa (formerly of the Marine Band), is the larg- est on the river, and the concerts and dancing music on the dancing deck are urexcelled. The company in securing the exclusive control of the only excursion dock ut the Beach, and at which no other boat can iand, thus protecting its passengers from freight or other disagreeable features, and having the fastest boat on the river, has so far landed its passengers sooner than any other line, and in time to secure the best and earliest accommodations and service at the hotels and bathing pavilion. The John Syivester leaves the Ciyde dock, foot of 7th street, daily (except Mon- day) at 9 a.m. and Saturdays at 6 p.m. The excursion of the Confederate Veter- ans’ Association, which was scheduled for yesterday, was postponed on account of the threatening weather until August 7. ——.___ LOYAL SCANDINAVIANS. on this route able to make this time, They Form an Extensive and Inter- esting Element of Western Fopulation Mulison (Wis.) Letter in New York Post. The Scardinavians of southern Wisconsin celebrated at Stoughton last week the Norwegian independence day. The proper date was May 17, but as that fell on Sun- ey the actual observance was on Monday, the 18th. Stoughton is the center of Nor- wegian life, of Norwegian thought, per- Faps of politics, too, for the state of Wis- ccnsin. It is a very Mecca for the de- scendants of Gamel Norge. A visit to Steughton is the nearest thing to a visit to Norway. Yet the celebration was unique because while the event commemor- ated was wholly Norwegian, the program was typically American. The first thing to attract attention was the American flag, and the stars and stripes were to be seen everywhere, while not a Norwegian flag was in sight. The crowd was a most order- ly one. And what was still more remark- able, though all the Norsemen had the rep- utation of being mighty at the wine and beer casks, their descendants m America are most abstemious. At Stoughton during the celebration not a drunken man was seen during the day and very few were drunk at night. In the parade at the head of the line marched a militia sergeant cerrying the American flag, and that was the cnly flag in the procession. There were several addresses. The first was by the principal of the high school, a young man with a German name, but a native American. His excellent speech was Amer- ican through and through. He was ad- dressing Norwegians, but he referred to Norway only twice. He was an uncom- promising American, who believed that our own history furnishes plenty of instances of valor and virtue without forcing us to fall back upon the history of Europe for illustrations. The second speaker, a young man noted as a local orator, made a comic address in a peculiar dialect, a dialect which bears toward the literary Norwegian a relation somewhat similar to that which the Yankee dialect bears to literary En- glish. The correspondent expressed sur- prise that he had not talked in “literary Norwegian.” “He couldn't,” a college friend, a Norwegian, replied. “In this dia- lect any mistakes in Norwegian that he makes are not noticed. He is a good orator in English, but not in Norwegian. There are a very few Norwegian-Americans who pessess at the same time ability as speak- ers and a éémplete command of Nor- wegian. The committee of arrangements tried to get Prof. O. of the state univer- y, “Why was we young Nor- wesians are Americans now, and we feel that these foreign holidays ought to be dis- continued. We don’t like to do anything that tends to make us a separate class among other Americans.” All in all, the Norwegian holiday seems to have been a thoroughly American affair. Java Reptiles. From tke New York World. Two years ago an English officer visiting on the island of Java had a craze for making a collection of reptiles, and, with a sixteen-year-old boy, wandered about, utterly heedless of the warnings of the na- tives. One day when he was roaming these corridors he saw dimly in one of the cham- bers a yellow glimmer. Quickly walking up, he prodded the yellow mass with his cane, and, suddenly as a flash, with a leap like a tiger, a big Bari snake, the most ag- gressive of all the Java snakes, had him in his grasp. The reptile’s fangs were buried in his shoulder, and the deadly coil, strong as steel, was about his body. He would have been killed if his compaion had not struck the snake back of the head, sever- ing the backbone. As it was, the two men both indulged in a spell of fever, and the officer's arm was useless ever after his ex- perience. The snake was black and yellow, fifteen feet long, and could have killed a horse. A hunter gunning near a river one day saw some wild hogs come down to drink. A python seized a full-grown one, three feet high at the shoulder, and threw two coils about his body. The hog simply flat- tened out, and in a minute was a strip of meat—nothing more. The snake was shot, and found to be twelve feet long and seven inches through, yet it crushed the bones of its victim as though they were paper. A man who has in his possession the loin- cloth and jumper of a coolie who was swallowed by a boa constrictor says the cloths were knotted so tightly that they seem to have been done by hand. The only part of the coolie’s body found was the lower jaw bone, all the rest having been digested by the big snake. RAILROAD MATTERS Contracts Rear for the New B, and 0. Locomotives. COAL SAVED BY COMPOUND ENGINES Honors in Store for Well-Known Passenger Officials. THE FAST FREIGHT —————— General Manager Greene of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad Company a day or two ago awarded a contract for twenty locomotives to tke Baldwin locomotive works cf Philadelphia. This completes the awarding of contracts for the seventy-five engines which the court recently author- ized the receivers to purchase. Of those to be built by the Baldwins, one- half will be for the passenger department and the others for the freight department, and the former will be of the ten-whe2l type, with driving wheels six and a half feet in diameter, while the group of twenty will be the largest in use cn the road. The Richmond, Va., Iccomotive works are now building twenty-five freight locomo- tives for the Baltimore and Ohio, the Cooke lecomctiv: works are building ten and the Pittsburg locomotive works twenty. The manegement of the firs? named works has received an order from the Big Four compary, Cleveland, Cincin- nati, Chicago and St. Louis railroad, to convert sixty of the largest locomotives of the latter from simple to compound en- sines as rapidly as the work can be done in the shops. Saven 400 Tons 2 Year. It is stated that the “Big Four” has been making experfments for several years, and has found that tne ccmpeund principle, as applied in the Richmond works, insures a saving of about 400 tons of coal a year, without loss of power or extra expense. This is said by railroad men to be the greatest revolution ir locomotive building for a number of years. The position of terminal agent at Balti- more has been created by the rmceivers of the Baltimere and Ohio Railrcad Company and Mr. George H. Campbeil, a railway man of great experience, his been put in charge of the department. He will have the superintendence of all the freight agents in and about Baltimore, who have heretofore reported to General Superinten- dent Fitzgerald. His beadquarters will be at Camden station. Completing the New Station. The new erd handsome passenger sta- tion of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company near the north end of the Belt line tunnnel in Baltimore is almost com- pleted, and will, it is expected, be put into service in the course of a few days. The | new derot is equipped with every modern device for the comfort of the traveling public, and while not so large as some some other railroad stations in this sec- tion of the country, is superior in many respects to most of them. The depot will be known as Mount Royal station, and after it is opened to the public Cumden station will be abardoned so far as through traftic is corcerned, and only local trains between Warhington and Baltimore and other points within a hundred of miles of Baltimore will have their terminus there. The fast freight service of the Baltimore and Ohio to the west via Washington, which, as already stated in The Star, was iraugurated a few weeks ago, has been so stccessful that it has been extended to Cleveland and other lake points. The ser- vice has heretofore been limited to Colum- bus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and St. Louis. Mr. Scull to Be Promoted. Within the past few days the report has been revived that Mr. Charles O. Scull, who for some years has been general passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio, is to be promoted in the near future to the position of passenger traffic manager,an office which will be created for him. It is further re- ported that after Mr. Scull assumes his new duties there will be two general pas- senger agents for the system, one of whom, presumably Mr. James M. Schryver, now assistant general passenger agent at Balti- more, will have charge of the business east of the Ohio river, while the lines west of that line will be placed under Mr. John M. Cheeseborough, who now has charge of Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern business only. SCOLDING WOMEN. Formerly a Greater Pest in England Than at the Present Day. From the Philado!plia Public Ledger. Formerly the “common _ scold”—the woman who made her neighbors’ lives in- tolerable with her raging temper, her bit- ter tongue, her slanders and calumnies— was found everywhere. Laws were pass- ed recognizing her as one kind of crim- inal. There were two forms of punish- ment by which she was repressed or de- terred or cowed into gentleness, viz., the ducking stool and the brank. The duck- ing stool assumed various shapes, but it generally consisted of a chair on cne end of a beam, which rested on a bar so as to make a see-saw. Sometimes the chair was hung from the beam by a chain. The culprit being tied on the chair the other end of the beam went up and the chair went down into the water, sousing the woman completely. They did this three times, after which they let her go. Such stools belonged to nearly every parish; like the stocks, and the pillory, they formed part of the furniture of jus- tice. For instance, about London. There wus one on Bankside with which they ducked the wives of the players. There was one at Ratcliffe, one at Kingston-on- Thames, and there was one which stood till the beginning of this century beside the great pond or reservoir of the Green Park. Apparently the chair and the cold bath did not completely destroy the female ten- dency to scold, for it was found necessary to invent another punishment, which was extensively adopted, although not author- ized by the law. This was the “brank” or “scold bridle,” which consisted of a small cage formed by iron hoops to fit the head, with a piece of iron, which pressed the tongue and formed the gag. Thus adorn- ed the scold was elther led or carried about the town for all the world to see. Sometimes she was placed on a high scaffold. The brank was used in some places down to the beginning of the cen- tury. Its disuse, its disappearance, the universal oblivion of the punishment, make one incline to the belief that the scold has also disappeared. However, such is not the case. The disease or in- firmity of scolding still exists, but in a much milder form. The mildness of the modern form is mainly due to the im- proved conditions of life. Two hundred years ago the village household was insufficiently fed, the qual- ity as weil as the quantity of the food was bad, work was hard, men were rough, husbands beat their wives habitually; in cold weather they were thiniy clad; in hot weather their clothes were too thick. If there was any indulgence possible it took the form of beer. Ten did not exist. Children, hungry and cold, cried all day and all night; everything combined to ex- asperate a woman. What wonder if, from time to time, she lost control of her- self and became copiously eloquent over her wrongs? Things have greatly im- proved. The husband no longer—or very seldom—beats his wife; the food has be- come cheap, wages have gone up; luxu- ries, formerly unattainable, have become necessaries; the scold is dying out of the land, because there is so little to scold about. eee To Make Both Ends Meet. From the Chicago Tribune. Long had he struggled. Time and again he had felt tempted to give up the fight, but the inborn stubbornness of the man pre- vented a weak surrender. It was a common fight, a sordid struggle to make both ends meet. *Alas!” he cried, “I am too fat.” It was too true. Never again would he be the contortionist he had been. EDUCATION IN CUBA t Jose Angula Says That. His Oountrymen Are Not Ignorant. ———a A Compulsory System is in Vogue on the Island—They’Are Competent a to Govern Themselves, fn 1 Jose Angula is a pattiotic young Cuban who recently graduated from the law de- partment of Howard University. His in- tention is to return to his home at Havana, after the insurgents have won a final vic- tory, and practice law. In the meantime he will remain in this country and work as hard as he can for Cuba libre, sending a large portion of his earning to aid the cause. Mr. Angula talks entertainingly on var- fous Cuban affairs, but on none more than the educational system in vogue in that country. Speaking on this subject to a Star reporter, he said: “There are many Americans who are un- der the impression that should the strug- gle for liberty end in Cuba’s triumph, with the destiny of the country in the hands of its own people, the Cubans would prove themselves unable to properly govern the Sreat republic for which they are fighting, because they are ignorant. This is a mis- take. A compulsory educational system is in force on the island now. No person un- der the jurisdiction of Spain is allowed to raise a child without giving it an educa- tion, and if the mother or father are un- able to send their children to school, the children are taken from their parents and given to some one who is able to send them. Again, if a child attending school in Cuba or under any Spanish jurisdiction is absent from school one week, and the mother or father is unable to give a lawful excuse, they (the parents) are put in prison and allowed nothing but bread and water for forty-eight hours. Thus you see that Cubans are given comparatively good elu- cations. While the education received is not as high as in this country, it is very good, considering the fact that the coun- try 1s so oppressed otherwise.” Talking of the matter of taxation, Mr. Angula said that if a lawyer or doctor be- gins the practice of the profession he has selected and hangs out his sign, he must pay a special tax of fifty cents a letter on each letter that the sign contains. “This,” said he, “will give you an idea of the way the Spaniards tax everything and everybody.” Mr. Angula argues that the people of Cuba are as capable as the people of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Central America, Venezuela and Mexico to govern themselves. e countries, he says, have succeeded wonder- fully since they attained their liberty, “and,” he added, “I belleve the people of Cuba would make greater progress than has been made by any other small republic. The good-hearted people of this country,” he continued, “would be very much sur- prised and indignant if they knew of the heavy yoke which the Cubans have been wearing for countless ages. The Cuban soldiers are more successful each day, from what I learn by letters. Gen. Maceo and Gen. Gomez have not yet attempted to cross the trocha. I can assure you when- ever they attempt it they will make a suc- cess of it. “The peopie of Cuba are fully capable of Properly governing their own country from an educational standpoint, as well as from any other point of view, and they will yet govern their country. Spain cannot stand much longer.” — “HONEYMOON? FLATS. An Apariment House in Chicago Where Happiness Always Dwells. From the Bostoa Evening nscript. The “Honeymoon Flats” contain more in- nocent happiness than any other domiciie in Chicago. All its tenants are young mar- ried couples. It is the-dovecote of eighteen blooming brides at present, and when they all put their pretty heads out of the windows at once they,present to the vision a bouquet of loveliness that is unsurpassed. Even the street cars stop to permit the passengers to enjoy the Beauty of the spec- tacle. This clysium of phe“hewly wedded stands at Francisco an@ Walnuy streets. It is a rather pretentious building of cream-color- ed brick, 150 feet long by 100 feet wide, and two and one-half stories in height. It incloses a ccol Court or plaza, in which all the flower beda re in fe, form of hearts or “Cupid's bow.” Most of the flowers in the beds are of bleeding hearts, columbine, narcissus, heliotrope and the blushing red rose. A fountain sends a delicate shaft of water into the air. At night the garden is illuminated by four tall lamp posts, with a little Cupid on top of each. The robin red- breasts, the blue jays and the sparrows come into this court to bill and coo, too. In the windows of the ‘Honeymoon Flats” are statuettes of such subjects as Romeo and Juliet, Cupid and Psyche, Hec- tor and Andromache, Paris and Helen. The pictures which adorn the rooms are chiefly shepherds and shepherdesses mak- ing love in the summer fields. Canary birds hang in the windows and sing of love all day long. All the bells in the vicinity sound like wedding bells. Whenever they ring people in the neighborhood say: “Some one is go- ing to move into the ‘Honeymoon Flats.’ ” Near by stands the Alfred Tennyson public school, which suggests Locksley Hall to the happy tenants. The ‘Honeymoon Flats” are the property of a real estate dealer of a practical turn of mind, though he allows his tenants to have their own sentiments. He decided to rent his apartment house at Francisco and Walnut streets to families without chil- Gren. Now, families that have been mar- ried ten or fifteen years either have off- spring or have borrowed or adopted chil- dren. So only young couples just from the ministers were received as tenants, and thus it came about that the ‘Honeymoon Flats” contain so many brides. The youngest bride in the building is only eighteen years old, a beautiful blonde. Others are nineteen and twenty, and the eldest is not more than twenty-two. The building is divided into small apartments of four rooms each, like doll houses, and in these the young brides play at house- keeping. They visit back and forth, chat- ter like birds, borrow cooking recipes, and ask such questions as “How long do you bake cake?” “How long do’ you broil steak?” “How do you ,make biscuits?” Eighteen newly wedded ‘couples thus try the experiments of housekeeping in one house. They get along harmoniously to- gether, and when the young women ex- haust their domestic knowledge they go to two old couples who live in the adjoining houses and act as philosophers and guides for the young people. The brides who are already established in the house make all the rules as to the admission of new tenants. The only quali- fications required are that they shall be good tempered and handsome. The most recently wedded pair in the “Honeymoon Flats” daf¢ their nuptials from three Weeks ago. None,has been married a year. Many are in the third month of their honeymoon. Two of the couples go out bicycling together. Two of the most be- witching of the brides wear a sort of zouave costume when out for exercise a- wheel. 7 The rule of the landlord prohibiting chil- dren In the flats under any. circumstances 1s already arousing discussion among the tenants. Some threaten to leave within the next three or four years, .at the very least, unless the rule ts rescinded. It is believed that children born ig jthe “Honeymoon Flats” will be considered naturalized and will be allowed to remain. The brides visit among themselves a great deal. Some of them eloped and they compare stories of cruel parents, rope ladders and daring filghts to Milwaukee. Disputes are created in this elysium only when the brides try to outrival one another in praising their husbands. In the older part of the “Honeymoon Flats,” facing Walnut street, dwell the eighteen newly wedded couples. In the new part™of the building, just completed, in Francisco street, lives one bridal pair, and three more couples recently at the altar are about to move in. The new ad- dition will offer flats for twenty-four more tenants. Young men who expect to be married next week or next month call and engage flats in advance, saying, “I am not married yet. Don't say anything about is.”” o-—____ Why Not? From the Pittsburg Telegraph. “I wish Prof, Langley would hurry and get his flying machine perfected.” “Why? ai) Want to visit some of my castles in the AN ANIMATED SCENE The Object Leszon to Christian En- deavorers Last Night. ACTIVITY AT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH Committees All Rehearsing Their Duties to Delegates. SOME OF THE FEATURES ee When delegates to the fifteenth interna- tional Christian Endeavor convention, which meets here three weeks from today, arrive in the city they will be met at the station by one committee of local Endeav- orera and escorted to their church head- quarters by another committee. There they will be 1¢gistered, given an official badge and copy of the official program and map of the city, assigned to boarding places and, firally, escorted personally to their temporary homes. Last night the whole operation as it will be gone through with in July was rehears- ed at the Calvary Baptist Sunday school house by the members of the local union. The members of the reception, entertain- ment and registration ecmmittees of the local societies represented themselves to be the visiting delegates, while the Calvary society’s members, assisted by the mem- bers of the central committees of the three convention bodies who will have most to do with tke delegates themselves, acted in the capacity of hests. Real instruction was given in a metter of vital importance to a large proportion of convention workers. Meeting the Supposed Delega’ As soon as the make-believe visiting del- egates arrived at the Goor of the Sunday school house, which, for the purpose of last night’s meeting, wes regarded as one cf the railroad stations, they were met and cordially greeted by members of the sta- tion section of the central reception com- consisting of Ella M. C! . T. Elliott, Anna P. Sh aries Cobarth, M. H, Neill,Christene Poggensee, Stella Drane, Jennie Furmage, R. B. Burnham, Mas Jenks, Florence Shuffle, L. D. Clark, Jen- nie Rugg.A. D. Spangler, Mrs. M. ‘orth and G. P. Bohrer. The supposed visitors had all previously been provided with registration blanks, and were supposed to have filled them out prior to their arrival at the’ church, just as the real visitore will be provided through their excursion manzgers with registration car and will have them filled out before they arrive in the city. Such, however, as had not performed this duty beforehand, were given instruction in the matter by the sta- tion section. After being met at the station, the mas- querading visitors were conducted to their church headquarters, where they were to register. But before they were shown to the registraticn tables, however, they dis- covered a parcel room right at the entrance to the church, where hats, umbrellas and grips were properly checked and cared for. To make the object lesson more real in all its phases, a large number of the attend- ants last night came with satchels and bundles, just as if arriving from a journey. The Registration Tables. The march was again taken up toward the registration tables, in charge of Chairman W. F. Stowell of the convention registra- tion committee, about which there was a dense crowd of visitors, eager to have their names recorded and to receive the official map of the city and copy of the provisional program. No badges were given out, for it is the desire of the committee of '96 to keep their design a profound secret until the con- vention time actually arrives; neither were the official programs distributed, because they have not yet been prepared for the printer. But the local Endeavorers recetved for the first time a glimpse of the official map, which has been prepared by the print- ing committee, the first copies of which have been received in their finished state from the printer, and these useful souvenirs were liberally distributed. When the delegates had registered and been given maps and programs, they next proceeded to the entertainment booths, where home assignments were supposed to be made. Chairman Shand and the mem- bers of his central committee had charge, and questioned the delegates as to the char- acter of accommodations they desired, and then endeavored to fill their wants out of the supply of places which the two can- vasses of the city has disclosed. Some in search of accommodations were assigned to the Executive Mansion, which was said to be especially convenient to the convention tents, or to the monument, in whose favor it was stated that the rooms were high up above the heat and dust of the city Next in order was the piloting of the as- signed delegates to their newly-bargained- for homes. The church section of the re- ception committee was charged with this duty, Miss Anna J. Bell and her as being plied with all sorts of questions as to the route delegates should take to reach their homes. An Animated Scene. The scene presented in the Sunday school rooms was a brilliant and animated one. Hundreds of summer girls and their escorts were moving about between the different tables, being registered, securing quarters, asking questions about the city and its points of interest from the occupants of thé information booths, or making pleasant acquaintances among those who were act- ing as their hosts. The trimming of the rooms themselves was a model for the mem- bers of the decorations committees of other churches. The pillars in the center were completely wrapped with the national col- ors; Washington ‘3 flags were displayed over gas jets, tacked upon the walis, grace- fully grouped above doorways and at other available spots, while the Pennsylvania col- ors and state badge and flag w much in evidence, for Penns be entertained by the Calvary Church while the convention is in session. One room for reception purposes was specially fitted up with couches, easy chairs, writing desk and other conveniences, and wholly decorated with Pennsylvania golors. One feature of the arrangements at last night's object lesson was a post office, in charge of Miss Carrie G. Ayer, where mail for the visitors was received and distributed. There was a table also for the display of literature and the sale of convention badge flags and guide books. A most amusing feature of the exercise was the presence pf two would-be Oklahoma gates, “Mrs. and Miss Simpkins,” whose unique dress and quaint manners attracted considerable attention. Chairman Smith's Friendly Criticism. When the Endeavorers in attendance at the meeting had passed through the var- fous stages of instruction as to the manner of receiving and properly caring for the city’s visitors in July, they were invited upstairs to the audience room, where a friendly criticism of the evening's exercise was made by Chairman W. H. H. Smith of the committee of '96. He emphasized the necessity of continuous attendance at church headquarters during all the days and perhaps through the first night of the convention season, and urged the members of the committees to be thoughtless of their own comfort and pleasure in the ef- fort to show to the visitors every courtesy. He explained at some length a plan by which the process of registration could be very much simplified and expedited, a plan by which all the work would be done with- out the stroke of a pen and as fast asthe delegates could lay down their cards and receive in return the badge, map and pro- gram. Calvary Sunday school house can seat a large number of persons, but it was inade- quate in its accommodations for all the} Endeavorers who sought to attend the meeting last evening. And those who went were only a portion of the*workers inter- ested in the fast-approaching convention, for in other sections of the city four thous- and chorus members were rehearsing their hymns and anthems preparatory to the great sessions. Next week two chorus re- hearsals will be held, Tuesday and Friday evenings, the Friday rehearsal being the final one preparatory to the public re- hearsals to be given the week following. Tomorrow night the annual meeting of the local Christian Endeavor Union will be held in the Gunton Temple Memorial Pres- byterian Church, corner of 14th and R streets. The program includes the election of officers for the year beginning in the fall, together with three short addresses en “Convention Necessities.” Rev. Dr. 8. M. Newman will speak on “Hospitality,” Rev. Dr, ‘T. 8. Hamlin’s subject is “Faith. fulness,” and Rev. Dr. 8. H. Greene wil conclude with a talk on “Spirituality. Singing will be assisted by a portion of the convention chorus, and Miss Florence Mc- Nelly will sing a solo. ———___. WOMAN AS A GOLFER. How the Game May Hel mon: From the St. James Gazett An experienced petson—experienced both in golf and in matrimony—of my acquaint- arce gives this piece of advice to bache- lors: “Never,” he says, “marry a woman until you have played a round of golf with 1 or, better still, watched her unob- served during the varying fortunes of a competition.” Place yourself inconspicu- cusly by the sii: of some first-class bunker on the ladies’ course, and the disclosures will be invaluable to your tuture life. A wcman will show you a good deal of her character during three minutes in a bad bunker. A round of golf is altogether such an excellent allegory of the game of fe tnat I feel convinced that a woman who can pass creditably through the or- deal of a public golfing competition has certain useful gifts of character and tem- rerament. In the days to come, when fem- inine conscription becomes the law of the jand, I should certainly, if I were com- manding officer of the forces, select. my senerals from among the golfing amazons of the day. Frivolity apart, what are the powers and capabilities of ladies on the golf links? Let us be bold and touch a question full of delicacy and over which as a rule, many loose and inaccurate no- tions still prevail. How does the game of “scratch lady’’—may the inelegant term be rdoned—compare with that of the “scratch” man, Well, in tre first place, everything de- bends upon the course over which the sup- posed trial game of comparison would be played; but, generally speaking, the odds to be given or recived would be in inverse ratio to the length, not necessarily the diffi- culty, of the ccurse; and at” Sandwich, where, for instance, the driving “carry” is extreme, it would probably be found that the best lady player in her highest form could safety in a maten receive “a half” from the average man at scratch. Now, wherein lies this discrepancy between the relative games of man and woman? Un- doubtedly the answer will be not in the short game, nor necessarily in the driving the tee. but in the wear and tear of ay through the green. And with apolo- to the late lady champloness, who stands undoubtelly at the head of all her English and Irish compeers—of the Scote representatives of the game we have, un fortunately, been given little chance of judging—I venture tae opinion that it was precisely in the length and strength of her driving through the green that her supe- tiority was shown. On the question as to whether this weakness in a woman’s game could be remadied by more frequent pliy on courses where long driving through th2 green is a necessity, I would rather not discuss, nor even consider. As things are at present constituted, that blessed and ackaowledged “half” between me and the girl who is now horcred as my partner on the links of life—yes, that sand bunker is responsible—is my =cle remaining source of authority and power; and may heaven defend me from the day when my wife shall learn hard hitting throuzh the green. There is, however, a good deal more than ‘the mere playing of the game which deserves ccnsideration; and, in a competition over a long course, involving the continuous physical and mental—to say nothing of the moral—strain of perhaps two hard rounds a day for four or five consecutive days, it will be not always the best player who secures the victory, but she to whom nature has given, in addition to the average proportion of skill, cool nerves and indomitcble will, and plenty of stamina, physical hardihood and endur- ance. But the new woman seems capable of evolutior. and devclopment in any given direction, and for my part, I do not grudge her the pains and tribulations of a golfing education. It ought to improve her char- acter and temper as well as her physique. = WERE HIS TEXT. in Matri- bogs A Chicago Clergym: the Fidelity of Man's From the ago Daily Tribune. The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones preached his annual humane sermon at Oakland Music Hall (All Souls’ Church) yesterday morn- ing, taking for his subject “Dogs’ Faithful- ness.” Among other things he instanced the following achievements of dogs made in history and in song: “Perhaps the most developed skill and conscience in the canine worlds is found among sheep dogs. One of these belonging to a Cumberland farmer, on the idle at.d cruel bet of the master, took a flock of sheep from Cumberland to Liverpool, a dis- tance of over 100 miles. The master won the wager, but lost the dog, who died soon after the feat was accomplished. “Idstone, in his book on the dog, tells of a Fifeshire dog driving a flock of sheep seventeen miles, returning at intervals to bring along her whelps, which she had brought into the world on her way. “What of that Pompeiian dog who was found stretched over the body of its young master? He wore a coliar upon which was inscribed the heroic story that he saved the life of his young master three times—once from the sea, once from robbers and one! from the wolves. “Coming to the sublime fidelity of the Newfoundland dog and the St. Bernard, I have time for but two illustrations: The Newfoundland dog who in 178) escaped to the shore from a shipwreck off Yarmouth with the captain’s pocket book in his mouth. He kept it until he had picked a man whom he could trust, and to him he offered up his precious burden. “The story of old Barri, the great St. Bernard whose stuffed body is the attrac- tion of the Berne Museum,has gone around the world—he who had been the means of rescuing forty-two persons from death on Alpine heights and then fell a victim to his benevolence, being killed by a traveler who mistook his preserver for a wolf. “Turn through English poetry in search of dogs, and by what a delightful company you find yourself surrounded. Beginning with poor Tom’s curs in ‘Lear,’ we find Burns’ ‘Two Dogs.’ Cowper's ‘Dog Beau,’ Wordsworth’s ‘Little Music’ and that otker dog of Wordsworth who was found in the neighborhood of his master’s skeleton, who had lost his life three months before. A sadder fate awalted the faithful dog of the geographer Mitchell, who lost his life in the Alleghenies, and the dead body of his faithful dog was found months afterward, lying near the body of his master. “Mary Howitt has given us the story of ‘Keeper; Mrs. Browning her faithful little dcg ‘Flush; Timothy Titcomb hi and Mrs. Barbauld, Sir Walter Scott, Sigourney, Thomas Campbell, Lewis Mor- ris have all had their dogs. Matthew Ar- nold_has given us ‘Geist’s Grave’ and ‘Kai- ser Dead,’ while Trowbridge has given us ‘Roger, the Faithful Vagabond,’ and Hans Breitman tells us that the’ one thing ‘aboudt dat dog dat’s not for sale, ‘tis the vag of dat dog’s tail.’ Robert Browning had his dog “Tray,” which suggests Stephen Foster's ‘Old Dog Tray. “We cannot take leave of these dogs of literature without noticing the two grand- est of them all—Argus, the faithful hound of Odysseus, who, neglected and dying on the dung heap, alone of all the waiting friends in Ithaca, recognizes his master in his own personality, and then, after twenty years’ waiting, died; and the great dog of the Hindu epic, the Mahabhrata. The dos followed the prince after all his human companions had fallen out by the way, clear up to the gates of heaven, and there when the great god Indra refused the dog admission the prince refused to enter with- out him.’ Talks About ithful Friend ge ———— A Moorish Legend. From La Monde Pittoresque. A certain sultan one morning commanded his prime minister to take a census of all the stupid people in his empire, and let him have the correct list. The vizier set to work, and at the head of the list, which was a very long one, he placed the name of his sovereign. The latter happened to be in a good humor, and merely inquired how he came to merit that distinction. the minister replied, “I have en- a on the list because only two days ago you intrusted large sums of money, for the alleged purpose of buying horses abroad, to a couple of men who are entire strangers, and who will never come back again.” “Is that your opinion? But suppose they do “Then I will erase your name, and place theirs at the head of the list.” MURDER OF THE SHAH Official Report From the American Minister in Persia, MANY DETAILS NOT BEFORE GIVEN Sympathy of the President Was Promptly Expressed. es ASSASSIN A FANATIC poner gers Sie Mr. Alex. McDonaid, United States min- ister to Persia, has made an official report to the Secretary of State in regard to the assassination of the Shah of Persia, which contains many interesting details not in- cluded in the telegraphic accounts of the event. At the time of his telegram an- nouncing the assassination, he says, there was such a confusion of reports in circula- tion in Teheran that it was difficult to know what to accept and what to reject. Dr. Wishard, the physician of the Ameri- can mission hospital, who had been sum- moned for consultation and attendance, told the minister that the shot had proved fatal, that he had signed the certificate of death and that the body of the shah was then lying at the palace. The government, however, in order to allay public excite- ment, reported that the shah was only Wounded, and that he would soon recover. Although this statement was only partially believed, the minister says. it served to keep down excitement and preserve the normal condition of the city until the garrison could be distributed over the town to preserve order. “This has been happily continued,” says Minister McDonald, “and the course of the business and traffic goes on as usual; and so far as I can gather from reporis and from the appearance of the city, there is no reason to believe or anticipate that these will be interrupted. ¥ considered, the facts of the crime may be briefly stated as follows: On Thursday, the Both of April, it was an- nounced that the shah would pay a visit to the shrine at Shahzadah-Abdul-Azim, situated about six miles south of Teheran, on the site of the ancient city of Rhey, or Rhages. This previous notice gave the as- Sassin time to maiure his plans. Friday be- ing the Mohammedan day of rest, general- ly large numbers availed themselves of the opportunity to pay their devotions at the tomb of the saint. It has always been customary when the shah entered the court of the shrine to turn out the ordinary vis- itors and make it quite private. On this occasion, however, the shah refused his Sanction to this precaution, said he would go In with the people, and gave orders to have his prayer carpet taken into the inner Sanctuary containing the shrine. This was about midday. On the shah eniering the sanctuary, a man standing behind some women, not disguised, ax at first reported, pushed forward and, under the pretext of presenting a petition, fired a revolver at the shah’s heart. One of his attendants rushed forward and took hold of his maj- esty, who after walaing a few paces sat down and expired. “The bedy was immediately brought back to Teheran and an examinauon made by the shah’s European physician, assisted by Dr. Wishard and other European doctors, and, the cause of death being proved, an e>planatory certificate was drawn up and signed. The body is temporarily deposited in a tomb in the large religious theater ad- Joining the palace, where it will remain un- Ul the arrival of the present sheh, when it will be removed to the royal mausoleum at the holy city of Koom,a hundred miles south from Teheran, on the direct highway to Ispahan and Bushire. It is not yet certain when the shah will arrive in Teheran, but it is generally supposed within a very few days, if his health is sufficiently strong to bear the fatigues of a rapid journey from Tabriz, four hundred miles distant. Shocked. “This abominable and detestable crime, for which no justification whatever can be edmitted, has sent a thrill of horror into every heart and cast a glocm over the whole country, which will not be either easily or quickly removed. The late shah was a man of most generous sentiments and active sympathies and had won for himself the lcve and veneration of his people and the respect and esteem of all other nationalities. He was the fourth ruler of is dynasty, and the second to meet his ath at the hands of an i “The criminal, who was ately after firing the fatal lodged in a room near the name is Mohammed Riza, man, in the southeast of F ative of Ker- rsia. He is out middle age, of slight build, and for followed the trade of a small dealer in ‘end-hand goo ago, h and revolutionary principle connection with a numbe ing subversive doctrines and imprison Hi ment about two imbibed socialisti for his rsons hold- tle more than three ‘ Appears, however, to have use: s liberty with more freedom than discretion, for he was after a short time again placed straint; but on the mediation of the high priest of Teheran, the shah’s son-in-law, he was set free, and a sum of money was given him to help him in his trade. He is no doubt a fanatic and it is reported that his mind fs deranged. Up to the present he dentes having any acccmplices, and that both in inception and execution of crime he had no confederates. American Sympathy Expressed. “On the receipt of your telegram of May 1, I went to the palace and expressed to the Sadr Azem, the late shah’s brothers and the assembled ministers, in the name of the President, the government, and the Ameri- can people, their abhorrence of the crime and sincere condolence and sympathy toward the royal family, the ministers and the people. I also called on his imperial highness, the Naib-ex-Suttaneh, the com- mander-in-chief, and the late shah’s only grown-up son, and communicated to him the contents of the message. He was in a most depressed state of mind at the awrul blow which had descended upon him. He told me to convey to the President, govern- ment and people his grateful sense of their Kindness in remembering them in their heavy and unexpected affliction “The vallahd, or crown prince, governor of Tabriz, and also of the province of Azer- baijan, has succeeded to the throne. He was proclaimed on the night of the Ist of May as Muzaffar-ed-din, shah, Kajar, the latter being the name of the tribe from which this dynasty fs desc shah is about forty-three years of age, rather shorter in stature than his father of an amiable and conciliatory disposition, of considerable experience in the conduct of affairs, and favorably inclined toward the development of the resources of the coun- try and close relationship with foreign countries. “At the service for Europeans in the chapel of the American Mission in Teheran held on the evening of May 3 the Rey. J. L. Potter, D. D., the officiating minister, made feeling reference to the virtues, amiability and Kindliness of disposition of the shah, and the gratitude which all felt the protection and liberty of worship whi they enjoyed, and which was greatly duc to the magnanimity and enlightened senti- ments of his late majesty. The late shah took considerable interest in and was a subscriber to the schools of the mission, to which he made a personal visit a little more than five years ago.” ——+ e+ A Paganini Anecdote. Mr. Kuhe, in his “Musical Recollections,” tells a story of Paganini which will bear repeating. A lady oceupying a position in the social world invited him to a dinner party, to which men and women distin- guished in art and literature were bidden. Rightly or *wrongly she expecte that he would consent to play something during the evening. But she reckoned without her guest. When the great man arrived, she discovered that he had not brought his in- strument. “Oh, Signor Paganini!” she ex- claimed reproachfully, “you have not brought your violin. the witty answer; out.”