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CLOSE AT 5 P.M, SATURDAYS AT 1 P. * MOSES F st., cor. 11th. | AND SONS, ‘Storage, 22d and M. Storing, Hauling, ing and Packing are spe- cialties with us. Best of service, smallest of charges. We’ve Made Lots * Cuts Right through our Furniture De- partment—taking each line separ- ately and clearing out all surplus stock arid broken lines or rem- nants at prices ridiculously out of proportion with their true value. You can pick up any number of fortunate purchases. Banquet Lamps. We'rs clearing out all those Banquet Lamps with gilt base and bowl and onyx effect column, Parlor Suites. A 3-plece Parlor Suite, with ma- hogany finfsh frame, upholstered in damask—$23 value for. Zi Another 3-plece Purlor Suite, ar- ust design, mahogany finish frames, uphelstered in damask, tn 8 colors—$23 value... W. B. MOSES & SONS. Receiver’s Sale of Fine Groceries. '$6 Whisky 4Only $4.50 gal. —in hali-gallon _ bottles— “Overholt,” “Monticello” and “Stewart Rve”—7 and 8 years old—reduced from $6 to $4.50 |:° per gallon. Best Flour REDUCED. —There Is still left @our—and boarding houses ‘ai fail to grasp the roney. Mmited quantity sd housekeepers, hotels should not portunity to save ie Reduced from $1.50 to 75¢c. doz. 2? Jas. L. Barbour & Son, 612-614 Penna. Ave. Jno. A. Hamilton, Receiver. 16 ont Painless" Extracting —sith pure gas or by = 50C. |r tloh of ZONO to the gums...... Highest class dental operations by experteaced experts at one- half the charze of other first- class dentists, Painless fillings, 7Se. up. Very best teeth, $3. Solid gold crowns, $5. Dental Ass’n, ° Cor. 7th & D Sts. U. my11-38m,30 We Must Vacate Our Store, 13th & F Sts., by Aug. I. nis entire stock must ve be room to put It at he stock Is entirely new, and consists of RLOW FURNITUR: » Surly toom Furniture, Reow Furniture, Hook Cases, China Closets, let Tables, Krust and Trop Otice Furniture, Wardrobes, e of Lace Curtains, Por: Stery Goods, ete. COST oz VALUE will not be considered furing this sale. tre a few illustrations of how the e been cut: . odd Dressers, CE Upholstery Goods, Draperies, Portleres, tte., at LESS THAN COST. This is a chance you should not miss. Lansburgh’s Furniture & Carpet Co., 13th & F Streets. Je15-Sod PRESCRIPTION 4387, FOR Rheumatism. The prescription of one of Washington's oldest and most cmiteat physicians. It Instantly relieves and permaneutly cures RHEUMATISM, NEURAL- GIA, COUT, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO and all aches and pains due to URIC ACID poison. It purifies the blood, stimulates and restores the kidneys, Improves the Dewlth end gives tone and vigor to the entire Price, $1 trial size, 50c. KOLB cor. E. jet-17d ifiercnants, make your ‘Store Cool. H A cool store fs a Folks will sw raw: card.” where {t's coolest. Keep the stora cool by electrictty—by” electrie fans. "Phone us about the cost of tl current. You'll fird it a good tnvest- ment. U.S. Electric Lighting Co., 213 14th St. *Phone 77. Great Reduction in Hair. Sam rare meme aN une er RAM 1,€00 Switches, $3.50, formerly $7.00. Saltches, 2.50, formerly 500. Switches, 6.00, formerlp 10.50. Gray Switches, 8.00, formerly 5.00. Graf Switches, 4.50, formerly 6.50. First class attendants in’ Hairdressing, Sham- poolng, ete. "Dry our “‘Carlette” for retaining curl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. my7-20d Mov- Se Every now. $2.1 neat, sales. Close at 6 p.m. Saturdays, 1 p.m. @ ‘oot orm SSSESSS952 6 PEDOCIS CREASE DH HOIST C7Made of Pure, Distilled Water. @ 3 $ iLow Rates; ‘For Ice. If you use any considerable quantity of Ice you can save MUCH MONEY by sending to us for your daily supply. Blocks of ice—made of pure distilled water—weighing 300 to 315 Ibs. each—only 5oc. gHeurich’s Ice Depot, eCCE 26th and Water Sts. It POCESOS OSL OSOUSE STOO NOODES: Sp em nema na TR RN DISCREET DENTISTS! fp F | ] Our up-to-date methods are not necessarily: rough and painful. Far from it; they are Just the reverse. Our Painleasly Pleasant Ex- tracting—no anaeschetics—ts an aut ilustra- § tion of how we do business. Extracting, 50 2 cents. Artificial Teeth, per set, $8.00. i if Evans’ Dental Parlors, 1217 Penna. Ave. N. W. Jy1s-24d, 4 mer EMRE RIRI Sri ane re Ua a TREN MEN RTI Ask for AND SEE THAT YOU GPT ANTIKOLERINE (Tablets). An Absolute and Tasteless Cure For Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Cholera Morbus and Cholera’ Infantum. All Druggists, 15c¢. a Vial. Jei5- J. T. WALKER SOX: . 204 10TH ST. N.W., CAR- pet Lining, Felts, Fire Brick ard Clay, Asbestos, Puints, Brushes, Lime, Cemeut, two and three: ply Poofing Material. sel Use SHAKER DIGESTIVE COnDTAL, Does not cure all diseases, but it wis “are Dyspepsia or Indigestion. All druggists. m27-w,th -th.s. my 5 wer’s RAT and ROACH PASTE, MOTH and INSECT POWDER. Bu: “everywhere, but only MAUI. 329 N.8th st.,Philade!phia,Pa. —BOOTH'S POCKET INHALER— office, Room 86, Washington Loan and cor. 9th and F ate. J, H. FITCH, tm, ) The peculiar feature of these Stoves ! ne Gas and Gasoline Stoves I sell) is that they sre not the kind 10 give you any trouble or bother! They work right from the time they're bought. See them. All prices. R. M. HARROVER 48 Oth st. nw. Jy13-m,w&f-6 Mrs. A. TH. Cransby of Memphis, Tenn., bad a terribie cancer, which ate two holes in the breas and was pronounesd incurable by the best phys! ¢ians In New York 8. S.S. cured her permanently. THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURB Mand ase that old ‘apd well-tried remedy, ‘Nira, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teethinz. It soothes the child. softens the gum, allays ali pain, cures wind colic snd is the best ‘remedy for diarrboce. 25 cents a bottle. se10-17 LADIES NEVER HA <Y DYSPEPSIA AFTER ‘a wine glass of Angostura Bitters, the genuine of Dr. J. G. B. Stegert & Sons. Ask your druggist. Naked Savages to Go Bicycling. From the St. James Budget. The naked savages of the south Pacific islands are to taste the delights of cycling. Oscar Pomare,prince of the Island of Bora- Bora (one of the largest of the Society group), having been educated in Europe and learned to cycle himself, is returning with a dozen machines, which he intends to introduce among the aristocracy of Bora- Bera, to whom he will set the fashion as a wheelman. Here {s an {dea for the unen- terprising British trader. If the nigyer will not buy our cotton goods and blankets as much as before, and looks askance upon our offers of cheap Bibles and hymn books, perhaps he will buy our machines. If the subject races of mankind were once bitten with the cycling craze, what tons upon tons of ivory and shiploads of ofl and fiber might be obtained in exchange for a few pneumatics! It is, perhaps, unnecessary to fay that Prince Pomare is not taking En- glish machines out with him. His wheels are of the American make. +e+—____ i Church Built of Paving Stones. From the New York Journal. The congregation of the Bay Ridge (Brooklyn) Reformed Church is having erected a handsome edifice at 2d avenue and S0th street. The material being used is old granite paving stones, which makes @ substantial structure and presents an unique appearance. F. 8. Sanford is the chairman of the building committee, A. B. Jennings of New York is the architect. The new church building will cost $50,000. 2+ —__ Just Like Chicago. From the Chicago News. Those perfunctory questions (conversation overheard on the street today): “Whose funeral?’ “John Blank's.” “Why, is he dead?” in some “No, he is just riding in the putting on style.” irprise. carse to be eo Ch Oxford Goes. —There’s no half way business in anythin; certain we clear it out at any had enough of Chocolate Oxfords now for the end. We place the whole Chocolate Oxford stock at your disposal at one price. Shoe is fresh and clean. old in the house. for Foot Form Oxfords’ ' That Were $2.50, $2.75, $3.50 —Remember, FORMS. You know what FOOT FORM means. Philadelphia Shoes made by Phila- A delphia shoemakers—of unimpeach- j able materials. —Don’t confound this low tied Cho- . colate Oxford with the broken lot We can fit your foot in a FOOT FOR} factory shoe women wear. Langlois F & 13th Sts. THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1896>-TWELVE PAGES. »@ ocolate we do. When we say a hoe is to be cleared out— price. We've They’ve done their duty— Every Nothing they’re all FOOT Perfect, easy fit, cS) stylish, well-made Shoes. @ WE HAVE YOUR SIZE. { OXFORD—the most satis- Women's Shoes Only. @ ®@ 6 0) @ @ S 2 Fit any Foot. hoe . MORE CHILDREN. France is Deenying for the Lack of Them. From the London Times. A very remarkable campaign has been started in France, the object being to in- crease the population. The organizers are Dr. Jacques Bertillon, chief of the bureau of statistics of Paris; M. Charles Richet, professor of the faculty of medicine in the same city, and Dr. Javal, member of the Academy of Medicine. For years these men have noticed with regret that the population of France was not increasing proportionately with the population of other countries, and now they come for- ward with what they beleve to be an in- fallible remedy for this evil. That some drastic rernedy is needed they Insist, as otherwise France must soon sink to the rank of a second-rate, or even a third-rate, nation. A hundred years ago the great countries—in~other words, the great powers of Europe contained 98,- €00,000 inhabitants, of whom 26,000,000, or 27 per cent, were residents of France. Today these same countries Contain 300,000,000 inhabitants, of whom $8,000,000, or only 12 per cent, live in France. These figures speak for them- selves, and the obvious conclusion, ac- cording to Dr. Bertillon and his colleagues, is that if the births continue to decrease at the same ominous rate, France, which Was once ore of the most powerful coun- tries in Europe, will soon be one of the weakest. These gentlemen have begun their novel campaign by founding a society, which is styled “The National Alliance for the Re- Nef of the French Population.” The de- tensive measures which they propose to adopt are numerous, but for the immediate present they will confine their attention to three points. First, they will try to get the laws relating to inheritances greatly modified, second, they will try to get ail direct taxes removed from those families which have more than three children; and third, they will try to have the laws relat- ing to succession duties thoroughly re- formed. As it is manifest that the nation’s treasury would be seriously affected by the removal of taxes in the case of ail families which have more than three chil- dren, it is proposed to place a tax of 1- per cent on al: families which are childless or have only one or two chiidren. There is sald to be excellent reasons for these proposed reforms. The larger a man’s family is in France, we are told, the more he is taxed, both directly and indi- rectly, the result being that thrifty parents do not care to have many children. More- over, the parents’ property must be divided among the children, and if the children are numerous and the property small, the d:sastrous results can easily be foreseen. In other countries the law of entail is maintained pretty rigidly, and though its operation seems hardly equitable or nat- ural as regdrds younger chiidren, it cer- tainly seems to act in some degree as a preventive of depopulation. “Remove all burdensome taxes from fruit: ful families,” say the members of the Na- tional Alliance, ‘‘and let Frenchwomen and Frenchmen know that, even from a monetary point of view, it will be fortunate for them to have many children. Then, as the national treasury must be supported, let us tax those parents who have few or no children. Parents who have no children or only one or two children may reasonably be required to contribute a goodly quota toward the support of the state, whereas {t is improper and unjust to expect any support from those parents who have to provide for numerous children. Do this, and France will soon become, as she was in the past, one of the greatest powers in Europe; fail to do this, and France will soon sink to the level of Denmark, Bel- gium or Holland.” ‘The members of the alliance intend to hold several public meetings and to publish several pamphlets setting forth their views. They offer membership to all who care to assist them, Irrespective of creed or political opinions. Many persons throughout France haveglready announced their adhesion to the program of the al- liance, and it is confidently expected that in the near future the neceseary bills in regard to succession duties and the aboll- tion of taxes will be presented to the French legislature. What the result will be cannot be foretold, but Dr. Bertillon and his colleagues are confident that their ap- peal to Frerch patriotism will not be in vain. : Others, however, who know nothing about statistics, but who profess to know a good deal about human nature, maintain that this crusade will produce little result for the reason that the opposing forces are not mainly economical, but are the result of old-time habits and ways of thinking, against which it will be imposeible to suc- cessfully combat. Taxes and succession duties, say these critics, have nothing to do with the question. French families are small, because such has long been the cus- tom in France, and thisecustom no laws or regulations can do away with. They point out many moral and other reasons for this custom, on which it is not necessary here to lay stress. Ons ingenious critic main- tains that French women become go in- ‘oxicated with love and admiration for the iat child that they never care to have any more. He writes with some bitterness on the subject, and even goes so far as to say that a French women, as soon as she becomes a mother, gradually loses her love if her husband, and becomes a slave to BaP E tne circumstances, according to him, the husband and wife tacitly agree to live separate lives, the inevitable re- sult being that the family tie is sundered. However this may be, al Ing men in agree the evil exists, and, while some of them are satisfied that it cannot be eradicated, there is not one who ie not satisfied that the National Alliance jaa step in the right direction ELLIS RESPONSIBLE Held for the Grand Jury as the Cause of Morgan's Death. LIC STABBING AFFRAY' SATURDAY NIGHT 1, ae Testimony Giver, at the Inquest Held This’ Morning. THE PRISONER’S MANNER Fred Morgan, a fifteen-year-old colored boy, got into an altercatton with a colored clam man by the name of Wm. Ellis near the O street market Saturday evening about 11 o'clock. Blows passed, and then the boy started to run. He was pursued up 7th street by Ellis. The street was crowded at the time with people returning from market, [and Morgan dodged through the crowd. He was soon overtaken, and Ellis struck him in the back with a knife, which he had picked up from his clam cart. During his flight Morgan had turned, and was retracing his footsteps when he was overtaken, only a short distance from the cart. Morgan turned and struck the older man fairly in the face, breaking his nose. ‘Then it was that Ellis stabbed him. 5 Morgan staggered a few feet after being stabbed, and then he fell to the ground. An ambulance was summoned, and he was taken to Freedmen’s Hospital. Nothing could be done to save his life, and he died before morning. 3 Ellis was arrested shortly after, near the U street station, by Policeman Edward Murphy. He said that he was on his way to give himself up, although hé did not know that Ellis’ injuries would prove fatal. Still, he realized that the police would be after him, and that escape was out of the question. He has been arrested before, but never for a serious offense, usually for crap- shooting, and he seems to be greatly dis- tressed over the affair. He claimed that he only used his knife in self-defense, and bad no intention of serieusly injuring his victim. The Coroner's Inquest. Coroner Hammett held an inquest this morning over the body of young Morgan at the second precinct station house. The Jury was composed of William Reitz, Henry E. Bergman, Fred W. Bouse, Chas. Plitt, M. C. Gallaher and J. A. Thrift. Ellis, the man under arrest, is an under- sized negro not much larger than a six- teen-year-old colored boy. He was present at the inquest this morning and seemed utterly unnerved by what had occurred. There were tears in his eyes and apparent- ly he was on the verge of collapse all the ume. The first witness was a young colored man named George Colston. He said that he was coming from market wher he saw the occurrence. A young man or boy whom he did not know was throwing stones at Ellis, who was running away at the time. Colston testified that he was the owner of the clam stand and had left Ellis in charge while he went into the market. The knife was a Very sharp bread knife and belonged to him. He did not see the cutting. . + Result of the Autopsy. Dr. Glazebrook, the deputy coroner, testi- fied as to the autopsy {that he made upon Mcrgan at the hospital this morning. He found four cuts in‘ the clothing, all in the back, but only oné penetrated the body. That cut through the plural cavity and one of the man’s ribs was severed and the next was cut almost through. The knife went completely through thé left lung and the wound was at least six inches deep, George Warner testified that he saw Ellis make a lunge at Morgen, but did not see any blows pass, and did not see Morgan strike Ellis. : Dr. Glazebrook wes recalled and stated tkat he had examined the prisoner, but did not find that he Had had his nose broken or had suffered any other injury. Dr. W. A. Jack, a physician at Freed- men’s Hospital, gave testimony as to Mor- gan’s wound and his death. Alice Ellis testified that she saw Ellis cut Morgan. After the latter fell Ellis cut at him again, and when some people pulled him off he ‘said that Morgan had becn throwing stones at him. Ellis stayed around several minutes before he started to run down 7th street. E. C. Peach, a buckster, testified that the prisoner had worked for him for five or six years, when he was able to work, but he was in had health and subject to fits. Peach said that Morgan formerly worked for him, too, but was discharged for strik- ing a horse. The following day Morgan and his “gang’’ made an attack on the driver and on Ellis. Ellis testified against Mergan in the Police Court, and Morgan threatened then to “fix” him for it. This was only a couple of weeks ago, or a little more, and Morgan was sent to jail for tif- teen days. Ellis was a quiet, tractable fel- low, while Morgan was quite the reverse. Charles H. Gaines, colored, testified to seeing the men fighting with their fists be- fore the stabbing occurred. Harry Schooie, colored, testified that he saw Morgan when he first came up to the clam cart. Morgan threatened to do Ellis up, and then drew off and hit him in the face. Ellis picked up the knife from the stand. Morgan also had as knife in_his hand. Morgan, he said, clinched with Ellis, and then the latter cut him. Other witnesses gave similar testimony, differing only in minor details. The Jury's Verdict. The jury returned a verdict holding Ellis responsible for Morgan's death, and the prisoner was remanded to jail to await the action of the grand jury. ——— CHRISTIANITY IN ARMENIA. What It Has Accomplished—Relief Still Needed for the Unfortunates, At All Souls’ Church yesterday morning Rev. Angelo Hall preached on the theme, “The Cause of Christianity in Armenta.” He said that some honestly disapprove cf fcreign missions, and then gave as his opinioa that the uprising of the Armenians was largely due to the influence of foreign missionaries. But, he said, “our American missionaries have, by the Inspiration of their example, caused reforms in the Armenian Church, and have even caused the Sultan to establish Mohammedan schools to keep abreast of the Christians. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. No doubt this Armenian trouble can he traced to our missionaries, just as the sor- 1ows of the Christians whose bodies were used as torches by’ Neto could be traced to Jesus Chriet. {8 -¥10 “It matters little wKether we attribute this trouble to the ferocity of the Turk or to the growth of @hristianity which arous- ed his jealousy ef dtirm. The world is bound to move on ‘'whéther we stand back ard consider how #t méves or help to move it. Mohammedan berb&rity must some day pass sway. Some addy the Sultan’s op- Pressed and benighte® Mohammedan. sub- jects will go ove#sto the cause of Chris- tianity.”” aioe He told of the gteafwork of relief that had been done ant! ofwhat more was im- Peratively neededsto Nelp the unfortunate Armenians and keep tem from starvation, and he urged that subscriptions still be made and forwarted through the regular chanrels. ciied 1 Marridge Licens: Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: 7 White—Frauklin J. Fastnaught and East- er M. Bowie. Colored—Peter Jones and Hattie Jones. —>__. Naturally Interested. From the Chicago Evening Post. “I'd like to see "em bar me from a restau- rant,” said the girl in bloomers, “Would you fight?” asked the girl in a street gown. “Td carry the case to the highest court in the land,” returned the girl in bloomers, “I wieh you would,” replied the girl :n the street gown, “Why, would you like to wear bloomers, toog” “Oh, no; I'd wear tights. I’m in the the- atrical line, and I hate to change my clothes between the matinee and the even- ing performance Saturdays.” TAMINOSIAN'’S TOOTH|AFRO-AMERICANS it The Specifica- Starr Parson: tions. Quite a novel sult at law was filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia today when Ezekiel Taminostan, a lecturer for and in the interests of the Armenians and the Armenian cause, brought a sult against Dr. Starr Parsons, a local dentist, to recover damages, itemized as follows: “Malpractice, $5,000; slander, $5,000; false arrest and imprisonment, $10,000; total, $20,000," It is set forth in the declaration that Dr. Parsons, who is mentioned as “engaged in exercising and carrying on the art, mys- tery and profession of dentistry,” was em- ployed by the plaintif®-to treat, extract and remove in a skillful and careful man- ner one defective front tooth of the plain- tiff’s and to replace it by a new tooth on a bridge.” But, Mr.Taminosian declares, Dr. Parsons negligently, carelessly and unsktll- fully behaved and governed himself in and about the treatment and extraction of the tooth and the construction of the bridge, the result being that the tooth was broken off, leaving the ulcerated prong and root in the jaw. Getting Worse and Worse. “Then,” the plaintiff continue: ‘over and above the diseased and unhealthy prong and root the defendant undertook to con- struct a bridge and introduce a new tooth. But through the negligence and want of skill on the part of the defendant the plain- tiff for a long time, towit, for about two days, suffered great physical and mental suffering and distress and bodily anguish.” By reason of the alleged improper treat- ment, Mr. Taminosian considers himself greatly damnified and injured to the ex- tent of $5,000. Under the head of slander, Mr. Tamin- csian leads off by describing himself as a nan always reputed, esteemed and accept- ed by and among all his neighbors and other govd and worthy citizens person But to be a of good name, fame and credit. Dr. Parsons, “greatly envying the py state and condition of the plaintiff, and contriving and wickedly intending to injure him and to bring him into public scandal,” in the presence of made the following reference, so it is 2e- clared, to Mr. Taminosian: He has per- petrated a fraud upon me. I nave con- sulted the police authorities about him and shall have him arrested for larceny.” By this remark Mr. Taminosian cousiders that he has been further greatly injured and Gamnified in the sum cf an additional © The Worst Blow of ALL For the purpose of ireaking down and destroying his geod name and reputation, Mr. Taminos:an states, !n introducing tite third count of his declaration, Dr. Parsons, July 6, had him arrested for “feloniously stealing, taking and carrying away one re- movable bridge of the value of $18." He was imprisoned in a cell in the Police Court bullding with the prisoners therein contr- ed, explains Mr. Tam‘ncsian, ard after a hearing before Judge Miller, fully acquit- ted of the accusation. The’ arrest caused Mr. Taminosian great suffering, agony and distress of both boly end mind, so he says, ard incidentally he was thereby further injured and damnified in the additional sum of $10,000. Attorney H. B. Taminosian. m0. Moulton represents Mr. JUSTICE FIELD'S CONDITION He Dentes Startling Reports About His Failing Health. Associate Justice Siephen J. Field of the Supreme Court arrived at San Francisco Saturday from Paso Robles in the special train sent for him. In an interview Jus- tice Field said there was no occasion for the sensational statements that have been made about his failing health; that he had left Paso Robles because he had com- pleted the course of treatment there, from which he was much benefited, and that he would remain west for a month to escape the heat of the east, coming directly to Washington early in September. Some of the reports which have been cir- culated in California, and to which Justice Field evidently refers, have been telegraph- ed to the New York Journal, and were re- printed this morning. It is asserted that Justice Field “is trembling on the verge of mental collapse. His once vigorous intel- lect has been shattered. His mental forc which for many yeers he commanded, hav lost thelr power, and the judge, bewildered by the confusion which reigns in his brain, startles those who wish him well by pitiful spectacle of approaching dis: tion. Justice Field may recover, but phy cians must fight the great obstacles that elghty years of active life have raised be- fore them. Absolute quiet and rest may revive and reinvigorate his failing facul- ties, but doctors find the patient stubbornly opposed to their plans.” It 1s also reported that one of the physi. cians who has been in constant attendance upon him and studied his case describes the disease from which the patient is suffering as anaemia, a breaking down of the physi- cal and mental system, resulting in the im- poverishment of his blood and a weaken- ing of his intellectual faculties. The dis- ease is caused primarily by age. The Journal correspondent says: “The pa- tent Insists that he is suffering only from rheumatism in the knee jeints. The physi- clans humor him in the belief, but declare that Justice Field is not distressed through rheumatiggn, but by muscular pains, re- sulting from his anaemic condition.” MADE MR, MILLER MERRY. The Singular Way He Lost His Wheel and How He Got It Back. When Mr. C. A. Miller of No. 1111 H street northwest left his bicycle in front of his houre last Friday afternoon he had no idea that it would be taken before he could return and ride away on it. He had left it thera many times before and no one had troubled it, but Friday was once too often, for when he came out of the house the machine had disappeared. The ioss was reported to the police, but Mr. Miller had no idea that he would ever recover the stolen wheel. In this, however, he was mistaken, for Saturday afternoon Detec- tles Gallaher and Boardman arrested a young man whom they found with the stolen wheel in his possession. Salvador Petrid was the name he gave, and he said he was employed by the District as a lamp- lighter. His claim was that he had bought the wheel from a man on the street about three weeks ago, but the wheel was fuliy identified as Mr. Miller’s property, al- though the maker's plate had been remov- ed. Today the defendant was tried in the Police Court, and a number of the de- fendant’s friends were in court to give evidence in his behalf. The explanation made by the priscner was not sufficient, and the court imposed a fine of $30 or sixty days. ———._—_ Everything Left to Her Children. The late Carolire Burke, by her will, dated April 18, 1896, and filed this after- noon for probate, left her entire estate to her children, Elizabeth Curry, Caroline Storum, Almira McNeal and Charles Ed- ward Garrett. The first named is appoint- ed executrix. a A Baptist Church Incorporated. Articles were filed with the recorder of deeds this afternoon incorporating ‘The Rehoboth Baptist Church of the city of Washington.” The incorporators are: Jef- ferson Clomax, Stephen Nash, Philip Bris- coe, John Golden and Walter Clarke. —— aes Fire Did $1,500 Damage. ‘An alarm of fire was sounded frem nox, 785 about 5 o'clock this morning for fire in the house of Walter Hewitt, on Massa- chusetts avenue extended. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained. Before the firemen arrived at the house the flames gained considerable headway and caused a loss of $1,500. witnesses | The National Federation of Women Assembles Today. MANY FRATERNAL GREETING SPEECHES Mrs. Sprague Tells of the Needs of the Race. SOME OF THE DELEGATES The first arnval convention of the Na- tional Federation of Afro-American Wo- men began this morning at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Rev. Walter H. Brooks, pastor, and will continue for four days. The profuse decorations of bunting, flags, etc., and the little cards placed on staffs in various parts of the edifice gave the Luilding a untque and pleasing appearance. It was originally intended that the con- vention should begin business promptly at 9 a.m., but the intervention of Sunday caused an interruption in the preparations for the meeting of the body, and it was a little after 10 o'clock before the president of the National Federation, who is also chairman of the convention, Mrs. Booke: T. Washington, called the deleghtes to or- der. Devoticnal exercises were conducted by Mrs. Jesse Lawscn of Washington, D.C. The invocaticn was offered by Rev. Dr. Walter H. Brooks, pastor of the church in which the convention is being held. In formally opening the convention, Mrs. Washington said the delegates had come here to work. and it was expected that much that would be of use to the race would be inaugurated during the ensuing four days. Address ot Welcome. Rev. Dr. Brooks delivered a pleasant ad- dress of welcome, saying that it was in- deed a hay py indication, the dawning of a brighter and better day, when the best women of the land unite in one mighty company all their force of character, th intelligence and their active services to lift :p and ennoble the womanhood and, as a consequence, the manhood of the race. He trusted the meeting would be a grand and blessed success, and prayed that after its adjournment its influence might spread to every part of the country and prove a benediction to the race. Mrs. Rosetta Douglass Sprague of Wash- ington, D. C., only daughter of the late Frederick Douglass, replied on the part of the National Federation. It was inspiring, she said, to be assured of the sympathy, co-operation and appre- ciation of the good men of the race, men ready to give words of cheer while they were traveling the rugged path of useful endeavor. The colored women, she said, had been silent observers while their fathers, hus- bands and brothers had been endeavoring lo extricate themselves from the meshes that slavery nad woven around them. The women have, therefore, come to the determination that there is work for them to do—that while silently gazing on the progress cf the men, they have allowed wolden opportunities for their good to slip from them. “We are weary of the false impressions sent broadcast over the land of the colored Woman's inferiority,” -said Mrs. Sprague, “of her lack of virtue and other quauties of noble womanhood. We wish to make it clear to the minds of our fellow-country- men and women that there are no essential elements of character that they deem worthy of cultivating that we do not re- spond to and desire to emulate—that the sterling quai:ties of purity, virtue, benevo- lence and charity are not any more dor- inant in the breasts of the black woman than the white woman. Some Noble Colored Women. “From the log cabins of the south have come forth some of our most heroic women, whese words, acts and deeds are a stimu- jus to us at this hour. We have had such women by the score, women in whose hearts philanthropic impulses have burned with ardor. Whose love for mankind was second only to their love for God. Women who have suffered death rather than be robbed of their virtue. Women who have endured untold misery for the betterment of the condition of their brothers and sis- ters. “While the white race have chronicled deeds of heroism and acts of mercy of the women of pioneer and other days—so we lare pleased to note in the personallty of such women as Phillis Wheatley, Marga- ret Garner, Sojourner Truth and our vener- able friend Harriet Tubman, sterling qual- ities of head, heart and hand, that hold no insignificant place in the annals of heroic womanhood. These and many more that I could name whose strength of character is an example to us, are from the log cabins of the south. “Our wants are numerous. We want homes in which purity can be taught, not hovels that are police court feeders; we want industrial schools where labor of all kunds is taught, girls to become skilled in the trade: Want the dram shops closed; we want the pool rooms and gambling dens of every v: riety swept out of existence; we want kin- dergartens largely established; we want reform schools for our girls in’such citie where the conscience of the white « - Uan {s not elastic enough to take in negro child. These and many more are ut Wants we want gratified. Your words of welcome, your gracious greeting cheering us on in our endeavor is an inspiration for us to work with a will and a determina- tion worthy of our cause. “Our pregress depends in the united strength of both men and women—the wo- men alone nor the men alone can do the work. We have so fully realized that fact by witnessing the work of our men with the women in the rear. “This is indeed the women’s era, and we are coming.” Other Fraternal Greetings. Fraternal greetings wefe extended on the part of the Zion A. M. E. Church by Mrs. Victoria E. Matthews for the bishops; the American Missionary Association, by Mrs. Ella Shepherd Moore of Nashville, Tenn.; “The Woman's Christian Temperance Unior,” by Mrs. Lucy Tkurman of Jack- son, Mich.; “The Sojourner Truth Home,” by Miss Mattie R. Bowen of Washington, D. C.; “Tie Anti-Lynching Committee” of Great Britain, Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett of Chicago. Mrs. Barnett, who before her marriegy was Miss Ida Wells, and who traveled throughout the greater part of the United States and Europe lecturing in op- position to lynchings in the south, told of the objects and purpcses of the organiza- tion whose greetings she brought to the convention, and said it had on its rolls the names of men and women of all grades of society in England, and they had been able by agitation to create such a sentiment in this country that it was no trouble what- ever tc get inserted in the platform of the St. Louts convention a paragraph condemn- ing lynching. The greetings of the “National League of Afro-American Wome! were extended by Mrs. Ida D Bailey of Washington. A tele- gram of congratulation was read from Mrs. M. F. Pitts of the St. Louis Orphan Asy- lum, aad a letter from Mrs. Edna B. Che- ney, president of the Woman's Hospital Association of Boston; T. Thomas Fortune, and the venerable Rev. Dr. Crummell of Washington. Mrs. J. W. Cromweli spoke very brietiy concerning the work of the Colored Y. M. C. A. of Washington, and Miss M. L. Jordan, that of the Woman's Relief Corps. Addresses were also made by several others. The report of the credentials committee was then read, and it showed that sixty- seven clubs belong to the federation, which have send fifty-four delegates. ‘The largest delegations came from the Woman's Era Club of Boston, the Woman's Loyal Union of New York and the Woman's Club of At- Janta, Ga. Reports of clubs were presented by Mrs. 8B. K. Bruce, who made report of the work of the woman's auxiliary in connection with thé colored exhibit at the Atlanta exposition and the congress of colored wo- men at Atlanta, which had fifty-five dele- gates from twenty-five states. A glorious tribute was paid to the untir- ing labors of the secretary of the Atlanta congress, Mrs. Rosetta E. Lawson. By special request, the report of the Tus- Kegee Woman’s Club was reid by Mrs. enabling our boys and | we! Lawson, and it “gave a very glowing ac- count of the work among negro women in the black belt of Alabama. ‘he report in- cluded a general report of twelve affiliated colored women's clubs in bama’ under the Tuskegee club, and showed that. much was being done by the colored people them- selves to improve the condition of the race. Upon completing the program the con- vention took a recess until $ p.m., when it will reassemble in executive committee, but the session will not be open to the public. This Evening’s Sexston. This evening at 7:30 o'clock, the session will be opened with devotional exercises, in which the music will be rendered by a chorus of 100 voices under the direction of Prof. J. 'T. Layton. Following the religious portion of the proceedings an address of welcome to the city will be delivered by President Ross of the board of District Commissioners. The rest of the exercises will be as heretofore published in The Sta Among those present this xnorning “Wai the venerable Harriet Tabm.n of Auburn, N. ¥., one of the former proprietors-of the old “underground railroad,” by which slaves were assisted to run away from their owners in the south. Mrs. Tubman is now eighty-five years of age. In addition to the celebrity she acquired in conne>tion with the anti-slavery movement, she is noted as being the founder of ihe first col- ored orphan asylum in the United States. The officers of the convention are: Presi dent, Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Tuske- gee, Ala.; vice presidents, Mrs. Mary Dick- erson, Newport, R. 1: Mrs. Helen Crum, Charleston, 8. Mrs. Ella L. Maham- met, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Mabel Garner, New York; recording secretary, Miss L. C, Carter, New Bedford, Ma: correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. U. A. Ridley, Brookline Mass.; treasurer, Mrs. Libbie C. Anthon: Jefferson City, Mo.; chairman of executive mimittee, Mrs. Victoria Matthews, New Some of. the Delegates. The delegates as reported are as fol- lows: Alabama—Mrs. 8. A. Christian, Miss M. Agnes Jenkins, Miss Kate V. de Jamette, Mrs. E. C. Wilson, Miss Cornelia Bowen, Mrs. M. A. Dillard, Mrs. B. T. Washington, i ¢, Miss Anna Davis 1. Clarkson,Mrs. M. . L. Wells Washington, Mrs. South Carolina—Mrs. J. P. Dart, Miss Hattie Marshail, Miss Marion K. Birnie, Miss Ellen E. Sanders. jeorgia—Mrs, D. T. Howard, Mrs. M. E. Ford. as nois—Mrs, I. Wells Barnett, Mrs. Julia 4. McDonald, Mrs. W. H. Davis, Miss L. M. Carter. s—Mrs. J. H. Young, Mrs. C. C. Smith, Mrs. liza Gardner, Mrs. A Mrs. Ruth Turner, M M. E. | Sulis, Miss J. Scarborough, Mrs. XN. Tt. reemen, Miss A. M. Barbacde Lewis, Miss Adelaide *. Bona, Jasper Gibbs, Mrs. J. . Mrs. T. H. 1 Mrs. M. Anthony, Mrs Pitts, Mrs. Celia H. A. Hunt, Mrs. A. . Catherine Maxwell, Mrs. , Mrs. R. J. Jeffrey, Mrs. J son, Mrs. E. E. Williams, Miss E. D. Spen- s. T. Thomas Fortune. ska—Mrs. Laura M. Craig, Mrs. LL. vania—Mrs. Rebecca T. Aldridge, Mrs. Gertrude L. Brooks, Rhode Island—Mrs. Mary M. Dicke . Miss Margaret Kinlock, Mrs. Hamuah Greene. Mrs. Mrs. F. P. Cooper, M FP. WL, Williamson, Mrs. Julia Hoo«s, Miss Can- non. Virginia—Mrs. Rosa D. Bows: . Mise M. L. Chiles, Miss Susie E. Bdwards, Mrs, Gertrude A. Jones. Washington, D. C.—Mrs. B. K. Bruc Mrs. R. E. Lawson, Mrs. A. G. Gray, Miss Louise Early Hawkins. - >—— Paying Too Much for Principle. From the Chicago Post. He looked at his commutation ticket and Swore softly to himself, “What's the matier?” inquired his wife “I put @ postage stamp tn my pock+t,” he replied, “and it's stuck to my commuta- tion ticket. “Oh, well, the ticket’s still good, isn’t it?” she asked. “Good!” he exclaimed. “Of « . it's gcod, but you don’t suppose I'm going to furnish a soulless corporation like a rail- rezd company with postage stamps, ¢o you? You don't imagine I'll submit to a tax of two cents for buying the licket? You don't seem to grasp the situation. I'm the onc who has the kick coming, rot the | railroad company.” “I don’t believe I'd bother John.” she said pleasant ductor will accept the tcke “You'd pay the company a rying you,” he interrupted, “but Iw It's the principle of the thing that I « to, not the paltry financial considerar ‘Can't you get the Stamp off | knif?” she asked. | “Certainly,” he replied, sarc. jean cut it out with a knife Scissors ,or it might be done with | 4 chisel, but you forget that 1 wa’ | the ticket. The railroad company jing enough out of me when I ride, paying the regular rate of “fa: ‘Then soak :t off,” she suggested, | "Now, you're beginning to have a | glimmer of sense,” he returned. “£ | you would get to my plenty of time It wa stwo hours later that she asked im how long he tuiended to leave th acer ittle fought ea if I gave you nat Ucket in soak. at mackerei!” he cried, and after he { had looked at what was left o fthe ticket and done a little figuring, he adds. wo j dollars end thirty cents for a iwo-pent stamp. It isn’t worth it.” — ees Man Versus Woman. William Edward Hartpole Le Physically, men have the indisputable superiority, in strength, and women in beauty. Intellectually, a certain inferiority of the female sex can hardly be denied, when we remember how almost exclusively the foremost places in every department of sci- ence, Mterature and art have been occupied by men, how infinitesimally small is the number of women who have shown in any form the highest order of genius, how many of the greatest men have ach ved their greatness in defiance of the most advers: circumstances, and how compleiely wor have failed in obtaining the first posit even in music or painting, for the cultiv tion of which their circumstances wouid appear most propitious. 5 to find a female Raphael or a female Handel as a female Shakespeare or Newton. Morally, the general superiority of women over men is, I think, unquertionable. If we take the somewhat coarse and inadequs criterion of police statistics, we find th while the male and femaie populations are nearly the same in number, the crimes com- mitted by men are usually rather more than five times as numerous as those committed by women. Self-sacrifice is the most con- spicuous element of a virtuous and religious character, and it is certainly far less eom- mon among men than among women, whose whole lives are usually spent in yielding to the will and consulting the pleasures of another. There are two great departments of virtue—the impuisive, or that) which springs spontaneously from the emotions. and the deliberative, or that which is p formed in obedience to the sense of dut and in both of these I ima@ine women are superior to men. Their sensibility is gra er; they are more chaste, both in thoug! and act; more tender to the erring, more compassionate to the suffering, more aff. tionate to all about them. From the Atchison Glot How the girls like to fool the people! When a girl has a couple of new shirt waists and a few dollars saved up she packs them into a grip and goes off on a lark, telling that she is going east to com- plete a course in music or art, while as a matter of fact she goes to visit kin. —+e- Doesn't Always Werk. From the West Medford Windiill. “Wot nonsense growd up people talk,” ruminated little Willie. “Pa told me other day that knowledge is power. It may be so w'en you're growd up, but it don't work with us fellers. W'y, only the other day Ragsy, the bootblack, came to our school for the first time in his life, an’ he hadn't been there two hours “fore he licked every boy In the school.”