Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1896, Page 3

‘ THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1896—SIXTEEN ywrerat Qtr PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. °96 C.E. Convention Chorus Members, be loyal to the chorus! Attend your izuments faithfully and promptly, thereby turing success. The work’ belug doue is good. Make it wonderful tonight Williston Tent assignments for tonight go to Metropolitan M. E. Church and to the other ieet- ing piaces if the tent is not up. Go to the choir it ‘“SAmnouncement will be faery to Pisce emcrpnio S night about the arrangements for to od pe meeting. CHAS. 8. CLARK, It Chairman asic Committee. K W. © TU. RECEPTION TONIGHT AT 910 F from 6 to 8 m honor of Miss Belle Miss Jessie Ackerman to Miss Mary All friends invited. It WE OFFER SPECIAL BARGAIN "ARMS— large or small Croll Bits or fees are or nd suburban lets. For {alls call 09 LITTLEFIELD & EVANS, 402 6th st. nw. Jyl0-3t SPIRITUALISM.—MES. LEIDY OF PHILADEL- on aoe FRIDAY NIGHT, Wonn's Hall, ‘6th ‘st. uw. Will give private sittings for one week at 728 10th st. p.w. bese HE UNDERSIGNED HARDWARE DEALERS ee ‘to close their respective piaces of business at four o'clock on SATURDAYS during the months Yuly amt August. Pyaties 5. LaMpip, 2 FP. MAY & CO. 3 LinscHseibens 6 KOBERT BOYD, H.SCHNEIDER'S § . J D 3 Ge SSiNBIpEI's & 8 F_A.SCHNEIDER. ow. paTE. Sy3-f,.2m TAKE AN HOUR'S OUTING AND VISIT CLEVE- land Park. The handsomest and choicest of Washington's suburbs. Sy THE PUBLIC: To Piven to warn the public that T have no agents or peddlers going to private residences buying old, gold apd silver. % ERD. LUEWENSTEIN, Bayer of Old Gold and silver SIF G BU Bw. opp. patent office. J¥7-6t SMOKE TEST APPLIED TO YOUR PLUMBING = em will show its defects. Delay may mean ‘kness in your household. Attend to it at once. Applied Ue me, onty. WILLIAM KOCH, Sauitary Plumber, 724 13th st. n.w. ‘Phone 505. OF ELECTION OF DIRECTORS he Naticnal Union Ins. Co. o¢ Washington will beheld at the office of the Company on 3ONDAY, Jaly 13, 1896. Polls open frow 2 pau, NOBLE D. LARNEI, See. Jy3-8t Ee TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Utfice of Controller of the Currency, Washington, June 30, 1806. WHEREAS. bs satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been wade to appear lie Itiggs National Bank of Washington, in the city of Washington and Distric: of °. has complied with all the provisions of ates of the United States, required to be ied with before an association shall be au- » comizence the business of banklug; *KE I, Janes H. Eckels, Con- Currency, do hereby certify. that Bank of Washington, D. Washington, and District of ized to commence the bust- provided in section fifty-one ine of the Revised Statutes th Columbia, ness of fs 3 hundred and sixt of the United States. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness my band and seal of office this thirtieth day of June, 1806 (Seal) JAMES H. ECKELS, Controller of the Currency: Ss1-60t No. 5,016. SPECIAL CASH PRICES From now on will prevail Im bigh-grade bicycles, as our fixing the price of 1896 “RAMBLERS” is Bound to bring competitors tw that figure, or be- low tt. Until further notice RAMBLERS, late "86 patterns, etther In black or colored enamels, Will be soldat EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS, CASH! When scla on installments a slight adv-nce wili be wade on above price. Buying RAMBLERS at this new price is Hke piexing up money, and the rider thar has not yet made selection of a new mount will do well ‘to inspect our line. We also sell the best $7o wicel in this city, and only ask or it. Both men's and women's patterns In Stock, and prompt delivery cam be made. Re- member, the new wheels we sell have the quar antee ef 17 years’ experience of whecl-bulding back of them, and a reputation for good worl that counts for something. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., dyl-tf 1325-27 14th st. p.w.—429-31 loth st. now. DENISTRI DONE ON WEEKLY AND MONTULY installments, STUBBLEFIELD, D.D.S., Mertz bidg., 11th and F sts. NTAL WROUGHT iKON RAILINGS, Grilles, Gates, Hinges and Escutcheons, Window juards, ete. tect your property. No eharge for sketches and estimates. Ve rovght Iron Gas ete. ete. J. BH. Fistures, Andirons, Sende1 CORNING, Tile Sixop. Seyozb 13: st. fed the ‘Columbia""— the standard of the world for wheels. ‘The greatness of bla. that other makers strive to make their wheels CO. Snare ‘Brittain, “Manages. a. Hare er. 452 Penn. ‘ave fest : You'll soon be Going Away? If the ¢ thing above cnother that while you" at home it is save you the trouble of u kind you Wish by havii it E 1y size—and shape—in BOX PAPER a ENVELOPES—plain white and de! tints, TF Prices are always lowest here. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., Popular-Priced Stationers. (Just above ave.). Jy10-14d HE T never disappoint Depends on the Printer— Lawyers ard patent attoracys know from dearly bought experience how dif- ficult it is to find a printer who turna out sathetaetory BRIEP work. Let us try and see what we can do. We're confi- dent we can please you. Lawyers’ Briets, Le. for 30 coples. Byron S. Adams, 512 11th st. Jylo-14a Painters Who Pay Cash For thelr Paints will effect a biz saving by trading here. Compare our cash prices with those you've been paying, and you'll quickly see how you can save money in buying your Pulnts from us. No better qualities—answhere. Let us estimate on the glass work of your Chas. E. Hodgkin, 913 th. Paints, Offs, Builders’ Hardware, Glaes, Jyo- 16d If You’ve Been Sick —you need a tonic to help you to quick recovery. Tharp's Old Reliable Berke- ley wilt make you mend. rapidly. Take a little before breakfast. ors: recommend it. $1 James Tharp, 812 F St. Sy8-100 ‘The U. S. mall steamer makes trips to salt water every Saturday evening at 5 o'clock, stopping at Piney Point, St. George's Island, Point Lookout and the summer resorts on and near Chesapeake bay. The boat is lighted with electricity, and is cool, com- fortable and fast. ‘Tomorrow will be another of the family days at River View, started by Capt. E. S. Randall expressly for the benefit of the children. The grounds at River View be- long to the children on Saturday until the last boat comes down. The chute and the other amusements on the View grounds will be fn full operation for the amusement of the young people. The Christian Endeavor- ers, Sho wish a pleasant sail, should take this trip. Meals are served in the cafe at the View. The regular excursions on Saturdays to Chapel Point, the historical summer resort on the Maryland shore of the Potomac, about sixty miles below this city, will be resumed tomorrow by the steamer Harry Randall, which will leave the River View wharf at 7 a.m. This js one of the most pleasant excursions of the season out of Washington. You have a cool and de- lightful ride of 125 miles on the beautiful Potomac, are landed at Chapel Poiht in time to enjoy for several hours the free salt water bathing, crabbing and fishing, and are brought home again by 10° p.m. These excursions will give the Christian Endeavor visitors to this city an excellent opportunity to see the Potomac river and its many points by daylight. Washington Division, No. 1, U. R.. K. P., will give a family excursion to Colonial Beach tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock on the steamer Jane Moseley. Tickets may be ob- tained from the members of the committee in charge of the outing, or at the boat, and children will be taken down for half price. ‘This will afford a number of the knights and their friends an opportunity to spend the best part of the evening on the water and the sreater part of Sunday at the Beach, where the hot weather of the city is a; ably left behind. eel ——— Death of Wm. Hershiser. William A. Hershiser, thirty-third degree, M. P. sovereign grand commander of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Ac- cepted Scottish Rite for the United States of America, thet territories and depend- enctes, died in Columbus, Ohio, thie morn- ing. The funeral will be held Sunday ai 2 o'clock p.m. By his death Maj. W. Bayliss, thirty-third degree, of this city, lieutenant grand commander, succeeds to the office until the annual meeting of the Supreme Council, in October next. 2 $1.25 to Baltimore and Return To- day via B. and 0. R. R—Advt. ACTION OF KNIGHTS Fighting Back at the Metropolitan Railroad. need WILL NOT USE THE LINE More Letters to and From Members of Congress. THE DISCHARGED MEN The executive board of*the Street Rail- way Assembly met late yesterday afternoon and by an unanimous vote adopted a pre- amble and resolution requesting the Dis- trict Assembly No. 66, Knights of Labor, to place the Metropolitan Railway Company on the unfair list. The action of the local assembly was later indorsed by the central body, with the proviso made at the request of Mr. F. M. Dent, chairman of the ex- ecutive board of the Railway Assembly, that they should not go into effect until the day after the adjournment of the Christian Endeavor convention. The pre- amble and resolutions are as follows: “Whereas, the Metropolitan Street Rail- way Company of Washington, D. C., has deliberately discriminated against and dis- charged their employes for no other reason than their active membership in aslabor or- ganization, and “Whereas, no satisfactory reply or ex- planation has been received to our request for a hearing or reinstatement, except a published document, which practically ad- mits every charge we have made against the company, and “Whereas, we are in possession of and have produced affidavits and other in- formation in support of our contention, therefore, be it “Resolved, that we, the Knights of Labor of the District of Columbia, condemn the action of President Phillips and the Metro- litan Railroad Company as harsh, tyran- nical and subversive of the rights of American citizens. “Resolved, that we hereby pledge our- selves to refrain from patronizing the cars of the said railroad or any business con- cern by which the said road is in any way assisted or upheld in its antagonism tto union labor. “Resolved, that we call upon all members of organized labor in the District of Colum- bia, and every friend and believer in the rights of citizens to freely join any organt- zation for the betterment of their condi- tion, to aid us in teaching this road our contempt for such practices, and be It further “Resolved, that we shall henceforward oppose the granting of any public privi- Jeges to any quasi-public corporation un- less that corporation is willing to concede justice and fair treatment to its em- Ployes.”” The action of the Local Assembly and the District Assembly, as above stated, is the culmination of the troubles which have, as already stated in The Star, existed be- tween the Metropolitan Railroad Company and the officers and members of the execu- tive board of the Local Assembly for ten days past, and which culmnated in the dis- charge of twelve employes from its service by the railroad company. The re-election at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Metropolitan Com- pany Wednesday of the old board of direc- tors has convinced the discharged men that there is but small chance that they will be reinstated in their former places and they are quietly getting ready for a fight with the company, which it is felt can no longer be delayed if the principles of the Knights of Labor are to be maintained in the District of Columbia. It is understood that Mr. James Trainor, one of the discharged employes of the road, has received a very flattering offer from an old friend to take charge of the plantation of the latter in Alabama, and it is probable that Mr. Trainor will accept. Before entering the service of the Metropoll- tan Railroad Company Mr. Trainor was a successful farmer, and it is believed he would again be equally as fortunate. It is also stated that Mr. F. M. Dent to- day received the offer of a place in Wash- ington at much greater pay than he was able to earn as @ motor man, and he will also, it is understood, accept the position. Sent to Congressmen. The general executive board of the Knights of Labor has prepared a supple- mental statement to that printed exclu- sively in The Star of Tuesday, relative to the pending troubles between the Metropol- tan company and its discharged employes, and a copy of both has been sent to each member of Congress. The paper, after re- ferring to the above statement, is as fol- lows “We have gone into the matter at this length to show to every member: of the United States Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, as well as to our own members, the justice of our position, apd until the Metropolitan road grants just and fair treatment to its men, as heretofore out- lined, we shall ask Congress not to grant any privileges or extension of franchises already enjoyed. “Every Senator and Representative has constituents by the thousands amung the wage-workers and farmers, who will and do sympathize with the wronged employes of the Metropolitan Railway Company, and the tenor of the letters so far received is sufficient to show that a radical change must take place in the policy of the com- pany before the next session of Congress, or it will go into effect very shortly after it convenes. “‘We believe that our propositions are rea- sonable, and ff any of them are considered arbitrary or excessive we stand willing to submit them to any impartial tribunal for adjudication. None of the questions in dis- pute is so grave as to make the most timid employer hesitate over their discussion, We feel that only a stubborn and mulish dis- Inclination to recognize any union of men can be at the bottom of Mr. Phillips’ re- fusal to squarely meet the issues presented. “We commend this statement to the care- ful consideration of our national legislators more particularly, and would urge those who have not done so to write at once in no uncertain language, and give this com- pany to understand just what it may ex- pect from a continuance of the present un- just discrimination.” More Letters. Letters continue to be received from Congressmen. “Senator Perkins wrote as follows from San Francisco: “I would be glad to serve you, or your friends, but being so far dis- tant from the seat of action, and knowing nothing about the merits of the case or the names of the parties to whom you refer, I do not see how I can do anything until I return to Washington, when, if you will give me the names, I- will try and use my influence to have them reinstated, provid- ing they are worthy and capable.” Representative Grove L. Johnson, at Sac- ramento, Cal., wrote: “I have no right to interfere in the pri- vate affairs of your company. Yet, as a member of Congress I have a voice in, the enactment of legislation governing your company and all other railway companies in the District of Columbia, hence it is not inappropriate for me to address you in this matter. If your company has discharg>d men solely because of their membershi in the order of the Knights of Labor think that you have treated said employes | improperly and have ignored the plain pro- visions of the and the wishes of the Congress of the United States. The right to join any legal organtzation that appeals to his judgment is sacred to ev, man, rich poor. No corporation or individual has the legal right to interfere with such ¢onduct on the part of its or his employes. If your company has taken such action 1 most respectfully request of you to change it and to reinstate the’men that have been thus dismissed by you. If any man has been d'smissed by your company fof such cause and is not reinstated it will undoubt- edly be the a of Congress to investigate the metter and to repair the wrong done to the individual, and to punish the cor- poration that has interfered with the in- alienadle rigkts of the people. I trust that I have been misinformed and that your action in this matter can be fully explain- ed.” Representative Dayton of West Virginia wrote: “Yours of June 25 came to hand while I was away from home. I suppose by this we eh 3 tn Imes of equal temperatury, Jrawn for each: ten degrees. Shaded. areas. are regions snow has fallen during “preceding twelve hours, The words “High” and “Low” show locatioa ‘Small arrows fly with the wind areas of high and ow harometer. ear ~30.3 @ Partly Cloudy’ ache © Croudy EXPLANATORY NOTE: Obesrvations taken at 8 a.m.,%5th meridian thre. Sol!a }ines are 180° bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted.tines are aotherma, or where rain or ot time some adjustment of the difficulties of your people with the Metropolitan Street Railway Company has been accomplished. If it has not, and there is any way I can ald you to secure the reinstatement of the men, I will be very glad to do so, although I personally am not acquainted with Mr. Phillips or any officer of the road.” —————— THE BICYCLE PARADE. Arrangements Announced for Saturday Evening Display. At a meeting last night of wheelmen in- terested in the project of arranging for to- morrow night a bicycle parade in honor of visiting Christian Endeavor riders, held at 510 11th street, details were arranged and mutters relating to the decorations to be carried ané route and place and manner of assembly were discussed. At the request of W. H. Henshaw, the projector of the enterprise, he was allowed to decline the pesition of chief marshal, and to that responsibility R. R. Revill of the Eastern Athletic Club was called, and he was given authority to appoint his alds and conduct the parade after his own ideas. The committee decided to divide the pa- rade into four divisions. First is to come the Eastern Athletic Club and mounted members of the Morton Cadets, to act as escort to the second division, composed wholly of Christian Endeavor riders. F. E. Pratt, secretary of the United Wheelmen, was appointed marshal of the first division, with Dr. W. W. Alleger as first aid, while W. H. Henshaw was chosen to look after the Interests of the Christian Endeavorers, J. H. Johreon, jr., and Frank H. Edmunds agsisting. The third division will be composed of organized clubs of the city. Willlam Get- tinger, marshal, and D. W. Gregory, aid, will be in charge. The last division will consist o7 unattached local riders, in charge of G. W. Evans, marshal, who was author- ized to select as many aids as he consid- ered necessary. ‘The first division will assemble on Penn- sylvania avenue east of Washington circle promptly at 8 o'clock. The second division will form on the avenue just west of the circle. Mr. Henshaw proposed to distribute to this division a number of Chinese lan- terns gratis. Twenty-third street south of the circle will be the formation point for the third division, and the fourth will as- semble on New Hampshire avenue. Charles H. Grace of the Eastern Athletic Club has been appointed pacemaker for the parade, the route of which will be down Pennsylvania avenue to the Peace monu- ment, countermarching as far as 17th street, then turning south and riding once around the site of the convention's greatest meeting places, there disbanding. Mr. Henshaw, marshal of the Christian Enéeavor division, disclaims any intention of antagonizing the bicycle parade announc- ed for Tuesday evening, and for which the convention bicycle committee, under the di- rection of J. G. Muir, is making arrange- ments for the comfort of visiting C. E. riders who intend to participate. Mr. Hen- shaw says that his sole reason for promot- ing the demonstration tomorrow evening is because many wheelmen and wheelwomen among the visitors will not remain in the city after Monday night, and that ff a bicycle parade is to be given for their spe- cial benefit, in his opinion, it should be held while a majority of the delegates are in the city. Marshal R. R. Revill has directed the members of the Eastern Athletic Club to assemble at the club house, 909 Sth street southeast, Saturday evening at 7 o'clock sharp, in order to participate in the bicycle parade. The members will wear the Cc’ uniform and carry lanterns. ‘The committee of Washington wheelmen extends, through the newspapers, to the Christian Endeavorers who are wheelmen a cordial invitation to participate in the icycle parade tomorrow evening. The point of rendezvous will be Washington Circle, 22d street and Pennsylvania avenue, and a reception committee is to be on hand to assign cyclists to positions in line. Everybody is requested to be on hand not later than 7:30 p.m. — ‘WISCONSIN. the Washingtonians from Wisconsin do not easily forget their old friends, and all day they have been coming to the E Street Baptist Church to glence over the register and see if there is any one they know from the home state. This morning the visiting delegates went in a body to the junior workers’ meeting, where the junior super- intendent of their state, Miss Nettle E. Harrington of Janesville, read a paper on “The Relation of Juniors to the Older So- ciety.” On Saturday, the great open-air day, the delegates from the badger state plan to take a delightful excurston, They are to meet at the church headquarters at 1 o'clock and to visit en masse Mt. Vernon, Arlington and Alexandria. Mr. EB. J. Bullock of Milwaukee has the affair in charge, and wishes every one to turn out, in order that they may have the jolliest kind of a time. These excursions are one of the most pleasant features of the social life of the delegates, and they will probably enjoy themselves immensely; that is, if the weather bureau relents and gives them pleasant weather. a= ais A New Church Started. Around a small platform erected in the center of the lot on Columbia road just west of 14th street. a body of Congrega- tionalists, representing many states, wit- ressed the breaking of the ground for the new Mt. Pleasant Congregationat €hurch, to be erected there. The pastor of the church, Rev. M. Ross Fishburn, presided, and Introduced Rev. S. N. Brown of this city, who asked the invocation, after which Dr. Rankin’s hymn, “To the Great Builder, God," was sung by the audience. Rev. Chas. H. Small of Hudson, Ohio, former pastor of the church, in the course of a prayer, asked that the success which is meetiag Rev. Mr. Fishburn in his work, might be continued. Other speakers were Rev. 8S. M. Newman, D. D., on the part of Yocal Congregationalists; Rev. Jas. L. Hill ef Salem, Mass., National Congregational- ists, and Rev. W. H. Towers of Manchester, England, International Congregationalism The exercises were closed by Rev. Dr. Clark, president of the United C. B. Society, formally planting a spade for the first time into the soil to be consecrated to religion, and being followed by the ministers present in the order named, and by more than a hundred of the audience. —.—__ Am Assignment. William D. Clark and Rufus P. Clark, trading as Wm. D. Clark & Co., in dry goods, at S11 Market space, toJay mad assignment for the benefit of their credit- ors to Clement W. Howard. The assets, exclusive of Mr. Rufus P. Clark’s equity of redemption in premises 943 R strect, are Placed at $56,000, the stock in trade being valued at $40,000 and the bills receivable and open accounts at $16,000. The Mabtili- ties are estimated to be $61,561.57. a es Convicted of Adultery. Wm. H. Henson and Laura Jennifer, a young colored man and woman, were con- victed in Criminal Court No. 1 yesterday of adultry under the Edmunds or Utah act. Judge Cole sentenced them to ninety days each in -he Albany penitentiary. fub | Jate Judge Advocate General Jaseph Holt READING FOR SATURDAY. Some of the Good Things in To- morrow’s Star. Saturday's Star will be found unusually interesting, as may be judged from the fol- lowing partial list of special features: A FLYING MARCH (Illustrated). The noted American humorist, W. L. Alden, gives a laughable account of a new Darius Green. CALLED STYLETTES (Illustrated). A Newport observer of the prevailing fashions tells about some of the new wrinkles. LIFE IN VIENNA (Iftustrated). Pen pictures of the gay Austrian capital, with its great park for the enjoyment of the people. THE RAJAH'S HEIRLOOM (ilustrated). An oriental tale by H. G. Wells, author of “The Time Machine” and other populur novels. The Rajah arouses the curiosity. of his subjects by importing a burglar- proof safe. YOUNG LOBSTERS (Mlustrated). An account of Uncle Sam's great hatching operations at Wood's Holl and the lob- ster output. THE HIGHEST OFFICE, Frank G. Carpenter tells what it costs to get to the White House, and how much it costs to live there, SHORT STORY PAGE, Bright and interesting sketches and stories, some from the pen of M. Quad, the humorist, continue to make attract- ive this feature of Saturday's Star, FIRST CAPITAL CIty. A visit to the ancient.aity of Coro, Ven- ezuela, which was established nearly four hurdred years ago. BEFORE THE STEAMBOAT. Life on the Mississippi. river in the :pic- turesque period before steam came to be & power on land and water. GOWNS AT. THE RACES. Notes of what was worp by the fashion- ables at a recent face meeting in Eng- land. Lat ed BICYCLING IN SPAIN. ; Good roads were féund,as well as hospi- tality enjoyed,, whlevwheeling through historic scenes. a eis . WORLD OF SPORTS. + es All the latest news and gossip about out- door and in-door sports. + ae MAL PROCEEDINGS. : o Legal Moves in the Famous Holt ; Will Case. «Judge ,Cole, presiding in- the » Probate’ Court, today madg the formal. order- re-i fusing to probate the alleged, wiil of the of.February 7, 1873, the writing which the’ Jury. in ,the Circult Court last month de-! clared was not the will of the dvcensed.: On behalf of thé beneficiaries under the, al-, leged- wit, Mr. J. J. Darlington noted. an, appealto the Court of Appeals,: whereupon Mr. A. 8S. Worthington, for the heirs-at- law, asked that the supersedeas. bond -be} fixed” at. $175,000... Mr. Darlington. com- plained that so large a bond was uncalled’ for, and Judge Cole finally. Axpd it -at $5,000.. Mr. Darlington, stated that with the assistance of the other side he thought the case could be heard and disposed of not later than November next by the ap- Dellate court. ——___ Two Arrests. This afternoon fn the Capitol precinct Detectiv2 Hartigan and Capitol Policeman Sinnett arrested twa alleged pickpockets, who gave their names as George Sheridan and David Rogers, who say they belong in Cincinnati. They were in the House wing of the Capitol and Sheridan, it is alleged, had his hand in the pocket of Mrs. Shell- enbach, one of the visiting Endeavorers. Mrs. Shellenbach, it is alleged, grabbed ‘Sheridan's arm and made an outcry, which attracted the attention of the officers, and they soon had the young men in custody. Both prisoners admit they are strangers in the city, and although they claim to be from the same city, they deny that they are acquainted and also deny that they were together before the alleged attempt at robbery was made, although the offi- cers claim that they were seen together. They were taken to different stations and locked up. Later in the afternoon they were taken to police headquarters and measured. When their pictures had been taken for the gallery they were returned to the station and will be taken to court tomorrow morning. a Metropolitan Officers. A meeting of the newly re-elected board of directors of the Metropolitan railway was held on Wednesday for the purpose of electing officers. The':regult was as fol- lows: President, 8.4L" Hlips; vice presi- dent, A. A. “Wilson seer, ary, G. B. Cole- man; treasurer, W.J. Wilson. The board of directora is as:felanwse8.:L. Phillips, R. D. Weaver, A. A, _¥ilsom John Cammack, C. B. Crumwell, C.,R. Spence, W. B. Gur- sirnémgs Brown. ss ys Golaén‘ Has. Meridian Commafffery”. at its meeting next Friday evening,. will confer the initia- tory degree upon «two isandidates, after which the neewly elected officers will be in- stalled. It is expested quite a number of distinguished visiting knights and ladies will be present. The grand commander of the state of New xorg ast Vice Grand Commander Lady Reto New York city, who is stopping with Knight and Lady Maddox, 145 C. street northeast, will be Present. A hearty welcome is extended to all visiting knights and ladies who may be in the city.--The commandery meets in Soclety Temple Hall, corner 5th and G Streets northwest, third floor. tose a < Thos. E. Murphy. Mr. Thos. Edward Murphy, a speaker at Central Hall this evening, is the son of the famous Francis Murphy, founder of the Blue Ribbon Gospel Temperance move- ment. At the age of twenty he read law and afterward joined his father in the temperance work. In the early eighties he visited Engiand,. and-remained there three years, speaking in all the principal cities of that country: with the most grat- ifying results. In Ireland during the’ of fourteen months 150,000 peo- ple signed the pledge at his meetings. He is an ardent Christian Endeavorer and is one of the convention speakers. Declaration of Principles at Chi- cago. ACTION ON THE ISSUES OF THE DAY The Money Question is Pro- nounced Paramount. A TARIFF FOR REVENUE —————— The following is the democratic platform 8a agreed upon yesterday at Chicago: We, the democrats of the Urited States, ii national convention assembled, do re- affirm our allegiance to those great ess2n- tial principles of justice and liberty upon which our institutions are founded, and which the democratic party has advocated from Jefferson’s tims to our own—fr2elom ‘of speech, freedom of tiie press, freedm cf conscience, the preservation of personal rights, the equality of all’ citizens before the law and the faithful observance of constitttional limitations. State Rights. During all these years the democratic party has resisted the tendency of selfish interests to the centralizatioa of govern- mental power and steadfastly maintained the integrity of the dual scheme of gov- ernment established by the founders of this republic of republics. Under its guid- ance and teachings the great principle of local self-government has found its best expression in the maintenance of the rights of the states and its assertion of the neces- sity of confining the general government to the exercise of the powers granted by the Censtitution of the United States. Civil and Religious Liberty. The Constitution of the United States guarantees to every citizen the rights of civil and religious Ilberty. The democratic party has always been the exponent of political liberty and religious freedom, and it renews its obligations ard reaffirms the devotion to these fundamental principles ot the Constitution. Money Question. Recognizing that the money question is piramount to all others at this time, we irvite attention to the fact that the fed- eral Constitution names silver and gold to- gether as the money metals of the United States, and that the first coinage law pass- ed by Congress under the Constitution made the silver dollar the monetary unit and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio based upon the silver unit. Free Silver Coinage. We declare that the act of 1873 demone- tizing silver without the knowledge or ap- proval of the American people has result in the appreciation of geld and a corre- sponding fall in the prices of éommoditics produced by the people. We are unalteratly opposed to monomet- allism, which has locked fast the prosper- ity of an industrial people in the paraiysis of hard times. Gold monometallism is a British pol.cy, and its adoption had brought other nations into financial servitude to London. It is not only un-American, but anti-American, and it can be fastened on the United States only by the stifling of that spirit and love of liberty which pro- claimed our political independe:ce in 1776 and won in the war of the revolution. We demand the free and unlimited coin- age of both gold and silver at :he present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender equally with &cld for all debts, public and priyate, and we favor such legislation as prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by private con- tract. = We are opposed to the policy and prac- tice of surrendering to the holders of the obiigations of the United States the option reserved by law to the government of re- deeming such obligation in either silver coin or gold coin. We ure opposed to the issuing of interest- hearing bonds of the United States in times of peace, and condemn the trafficking with banking syndicates which, in ex- change for bonds and enormous profit to themselves, supply the federal treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometallism. Natfonal Bank Notes Opposed. Congress alone has power to coin -and issue money, and President Jackson de- clared that this power could not be dele- gated to corporations ‘or to individuals. We therefore denounce the issuance of notes as money for national banks as in derogation of the Constitution, and we demand that all paper which is made legal tender for public and private debts, or which is receivable for dues to the United States, shall be issued by the government of the United States end shall be redeema- ble in coin, Tariff for Revenne. ‘We hold that tariff duties should ve levied for purposes of revenue, such duties to be so adjusted as to operate equally throughout the country, and not discrim- inate between class or section, and that taxation should be limited by the needs of the government, honestly and eccnomically administered, We denounce as disturbing to business the republican threat to restore the McKinley law, which has been twice cendemned by the people in national elec- ticns, and which, enacted under false pleas of protection to home industry, proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies, enriched the few at the expense of the many, restricted trade and deprived the producers of the great American staples of access to their natural markets. Until the money question ts settled, we are opposed to any agitation for further. changes in our tariff laws, except such as are necessary to meet the deficit in revenue caused by the adverse decision of the Supreme Court en the income tax. But for this decision by the Supreme Court there would be no deti- cit in the revenues under the law passed by a democratic Congress, In strict pur- suance of the uniform decisions of that court for nearly one hundred years, that court having in that decision sustained constitutional objections to its enactment, which had previously been overruled by the ablest judges who have ever sat on that bench. We declare that it is the duty of Con- gress to use all the constitutional power which remains after that decision, or which may come from its reversal by the court, as it may hereafter be constituted, so that the burdens of taxation may be equall and impartially lsid to the end that wealt! may bear its due proportion of the ex- penses of the government. Pauper Immigration. We hold that the most efficient way of protecting American labor is to prevent the importation of foreign pauper labor to compete with it in the home market, and that the value of the home market to our American farmers and arti8ans is greatly reduced by a vicious monetary system, which depresses the prices of their pro- ducts below the cost of production, and thus deprives them of the means of pur- chasing the products of our home manu- factories. The absorption of wealth by the few, the consolidation of ovr leading railroad and the formation of trusts and pools require a stricter control by the fed- eral government of those arteries of com- merce. We demand the enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce commis- sion, and such restrictions and guarantees in the control of railroads as will protect the people from robbery and oppression. Republican Extravagance. ‘We denounce the profligate waste of the money wrung from the people by oppres- sive taxation, and the lavish. appropria- tions of recent republican Congresses, which have kept taxes high while the labor that pays them is unemployed, and the pro- ducts of the people's toil are depressed in price till,they no longer repay the cost of productien. We demand a return to that simplicity and economy which befits a dem- ocratic government, and a reduction in the number of useless offices, the salaries of which drain the substance of the people. We denounce arbitrary interference by federal authorities in local affairs as a vio- Baw Page Page Page Page -Page Page Page Page Page Page -Page Page Page Page cette FOR SALB (Houses). FOR SALB (Lots). FOR SALE (Miscellaneous). HORSES AND VEHICLES. MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN. OCEAN TRAVEL... OFFICIAL NOTICES, STEAM CARPET CLEANING. SUBURBAN PROPERT! SUMMER RESORTS. UNDERTAKERS. WANTED (Help), WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Misvellzno_s). WANTED (Situations). 4 7 4 5 6 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 5 a 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 2 4 4 ry 4 4 4 4 THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMG iS and Loan E BUILD Association it E Withdraral cf at auy Ume after one year; 6 per cent interest; shares mature in elghty-six (6) mon:ls; jar value, $100.00. Real estate sold to mea.bers on small Se Wim. Oxcar Roone, Prest,, cashier Bank, Warh., D.C. Jas. Scott, Treas., cashier Na” cfechanica’ , Baito., a Wash. office, 615 E nw. Lewis Mundbeiu. lation of the Constitution of the United States and a crime against free institu- tions, and we especially object to govern- ment by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression, by which federal judges, in contempt of the laws of the states and rights of citizens, become at once legislators, judges and execution- ers, and we approve the bill passed at the last session of the United States Senate and now pending in the House of Repre- sentatives relative to contempts in federal courts and providing for trials by jury in certain cases of contempt. Pacific Railway Debt. No discrimination should be indulged by the government of the United States in favor of any of its debtors. We approve of the refusal of the Fifty-third Congress to pass the Pacific railroad funding bill, and denounce the effort of the present republi- can Congress to enact a similar measure. Arbitrating Labor Disputes. We are in favor of the arbitration of dif- ferences between employers engaged in in- terstate commerce and their employes, and recommend such legislation as is necessary to carry cut this principle. Pensions. Recognizing the just claims of desery- ing Union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule of the present commissioner of pe: sions that no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the pension roll, and the fact of enlistment and service should be deem- ed conclusive evidence against disease and disability before enlistment. Admission of Territories. We favor the admission of the territories of New Mexico and Arizona in the Union as states, and we favor the early admis- s:0n of all the territories having the neces- sary population and resources to entitle them to statehood, and while they remain territories we hold that the officials ap- pointgd to administer the government of any territory, together with the District of Columbia and Alaska, should be bona fide residents of the territory or District in which their duties are to be performed. The democratic party believes in home rule, and that all public lands of the United States should be appropriated to the establishment of free nomes for Amer- ican citizens. We recommend that the territory of Alaska be granted a delegate in Congress, and that the general jand and timber laws of the United States be extended to said territory, - Cuba, We extend our sympathy to the people of Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and independence. We are opposed to life tenure in the pub- lic service. We favor appointments based Upon merit, fixed terms of office and such an administration of the civil service laws as will afford equal opportunities to all citi- zens of ascertained fitness. ' "No ‘Third Term. We declare it to be the unwritten law of this republic, established by custom and the usage of one hundred years and sanc- tioned by the example of the greatest and wisest of those. wha founded and have maintained our government, that no man should be eligible for a third term of the presidential cffice. The federal government should care for and improve the Mississipp! river and cther great waterways of the republic, so as to Secure for the interior states easy And cheap transportation to tide water. When any waterway of the republic is of suffi- cient Importance to demand aid of the gov- ernment, such aid should be extended up- on a definite plan of continuous work rntil permanent improvement is secured. Confiding in the justice of our cause and the necessity of its success at the polls, we submit the- foregoing declaration of prin- ciple and purpose to the considerate judg- ment of the American people. We invite the support of ull citizens who approve them and who desire to have them made effective through legislation for the relief of the people and the restoration of the country’s prosperity. ——.__. Hotel Arrivals. Normandie—A. G. Morse, New York; R. T. Gurney, St. Louis, Mo. Ebbitt—W. J. Hollier, New Orleans, La. E. H. Bank, Chicago, IIL; A. N. Keignwin, Wilmington, Del.; D. W. Brown, New York. Arlivgton—H. C. Baileigh, Cleveland, Ohio; L. W. Destler, Phiiadelphia, Pa.; Dr. W. Rathenan, Berlin, Germany; T. P. Bos- com, Boston, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hawley, New York. Riggs—F. M. Rains, Cincinnati, Ohio; A. W. Keelor and J. H. Scribner, Philad phia, Pa.; J. R. DuBerry, Grenada, Miss. ; J. L. Vancer:, Gallipolis, Ohio. Shorebam—A. Krell, jr., and wife, Cincin- nati, Ohio; C. B. F. Burton, East Orange, N. J.; v. Maye, New York. Oxford—J. F. Hartman, Altoona, Pa.; G. B. Stewart, Harrisburg, Pa. Wulard’s—J. Tray, Detroit, Mich.; D. H. Dixon, Memphis, Tenn.; W. L. Seeley, Ot- tawa, lll.; J. C. Howard, Duluth, Minn.; G. A. Cumming, Brightins, Mass. Raleigh—A. J. Dunton, Philadelphia; W. W. Smith, New York; Wm. J. Hendricks, Kentucky; J. W. Meaker, Chicago; H. P. Coulter, Philadelphia, . 8. Stairs, New Ycrk; J. C. Whitney, Baltimore, Md.: J. G. Steeley and wife, Dayton, Ohio; W. C. Tay- lor, Chicago; H. E. Queen, Kentucky; E. D. Harrington and A. J. McGaughan, Phil- adelphia; F. P. Brown, Pittsburg; Josiah Patterson, Tennessee; KF. W. Musson, Chi- cago. ——— Robert Johnscn, colored, twenty-two years old, was struck by a train near Quan- tico yesterday and severely injured. He was brought herc and taken to Providence Hospital for treatment. — = FREE TO WATCHES, KNIV! PIPES and other valuai coupons with MAIL POUCH TOBACCO. San hte eee aS -aunce) package. NS EXPLALN SECURE THE ABOVE. (now on sale) containing no coupons wilt be accepted as trated cai ie gi tion of all artici=s; tells BROS. TOBACCO CO., Wh2eli: Z iy Bm, w, te ==. ALL! RAZ! PICTUI St Lore Va. FINANCIAL. NOTICE HOLDERS OF THE WaASH- AND TRUST COMPANY. TO STOCK! INGTON LOAN ‘TNO, be mailed to all’ stockholders The books for transfer of Washington, D. C., July 10, 1896. _ syi0,1aa STORE YOUR SILVERWARE fo our fire and barginr-proot vaults. We insure it against acy dome, FOR $1 WELL cRATEs ste your BICYCLE. Trunks stored, 2c. per month; hauled, Be called for, crated and shipped, Fire-proof Warehouse Am.Security &TrustCo. I 49 » sth St- Phone 463. Washington Safe Deposit Co. AND Storage Warehouse, 916 PENN. AVE. Safe Deposit Boxes, $2.50 per annum. Fire-preof Storage Rocms, new and tidy, $2 por mcnth, Trunks, Bores, Barrels ocd Bundles stored at cheapest rates. Furniture carefully bundled and safety guaran- teed without extra Entie butiding al Telephone 243. Architecture! Our offic fs equipped with —— that tends to make the busines: ——— tecture perfect. F.B.Pyle, Architect 85-86 Loan and Trust bldg." 789. toe dg. "Phcne 1789. ay7-8t AN INVESTMENT THAT WIL. PAY RETTOR than the best of Savings Banks—A 11 leveland Park. er iy OMBce, G10 14th wt. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, Of the District of Columbia. CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE, Chartered by special et of Congress, Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1892, CAPITAL: ONE MILLION DOLLARS. SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Rents safes inside burglar-proof vaults at $5 per annum upvaerd. Securities, Jewelry, silverware and valuables of el! kinds in owner's package, truuk or case taken on deposit at moderate cort. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received from TEN CENTS upward, ani interest allowed on $5 and above. Locns money on ral estate nnd collateral fectrity. Sells first-class real estate and other securities in sums of $500 and uptwurd, ‘TRUST DEPARTMENT ‘This company Is a legal depository for court and trust funds, and acts os administrator, executor, receiver, ‘ansignee, and executes trusts of all kinds. Wills prepared by @ competent attorney in daily attendance. OFFICERS. BENJAMIN P. SNYDER. + First Vice President Second Vice President ‘Third Viee President GEORGE HOWARD ALBERT L. STURTE' S Secretary CHARLES E. NYMAN.. Jel sistant Secretary $1 Starts an Account With Us. And we receive deposits anywhere from $1 up to $2,000. It's the men and women who work salary—that we wow Wish to address notion that large sums are matntain a bauk account is fs 0 savinge benefit. 1 on The matter of busi ® thousand. The @ simple watter—a in of Ww questions—and your ture—ts all that's needed. Union Savings Bank, 1222 F ST. . IyP-28a a. J. Hodgen & Co., BROKERS AND DEALERS. STOCKS, COTT.)N, GRAIN AND IROVISIONS, Rodins 10 apd 11. Corcoran bldg., cor. 15th and F sts., and 605 7th st. n.w. OFFICES. Philadelphia, Beltimore and Washington. deso.aette Silsby & Company, Office, 618 15th st. n.w., Natioral Metropolitia Brnk building. Telephone 805. W. B. Hibbs & Co., Members New York Stock Exchange, 1421 F Street. mbl9 Corres) ts of LADENBURG, THALMANN & CO. Gc8-16a New York. G. T. HAVENNER, ROOMS $ AND 11, ATLANTIC BUILDING (EMBER WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHA! Real Estate & Stock Broker Direct Wires New York and Chicago. ; Commission on Wheat, 1-16. Telephone 453. Jel3-21d CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK 1 F ag 419 Fst. ‘er Correspondents of “Messrs. Moore &” Scnles, roadway, and Dealers in Government Bonds. se Bavds” and all securities a Ratiroad. St + aa Imore bought jalty made of investment securities. Dis trict bonds ‘and all local apd all Balicoed, Gas, Tesmnace “Aperican Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. at 5 Per Cent. . on first-class D. C. . No unreasonable HEISKELL & McLERAN, ev to08 Money Loaned in sums to suit ity. No pense to ap22-tt real ex: nm