Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1896, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1896—TEN PAGES. a Elgin 37% Cycles —are to the top notch of bicycle Section. “They're the product of the ros, Bigin Watch Co. that Means wre best. Catalogue free. Scond-band wheels in splendid con- dition for from $10 to $60. onn. Ave. Cycle Co., 1110-1112 Conn. Ave. SIAR es TARA he home & officel —can be kept delightfully cool during this bor weather by putting iu electric fans apd Incardescent fights—to use instead of the it s gas. The cost of the elec- is very little compared with the comfert derived. ‘Phone us about it. i } (U. S. Electric Lighting Co 213 14th St. ’Phone 77. Jy28-20d a e : mine swan to OF OF 3 tote oe oe $When You {Go Away ¢ —take a bottle of LISTER'S DENTIFRICE with you. It , Gaseht decay—removes_ tar- tar—whitens the teeth—hard- ens the gums—perfumes the bh breath. The most delightful preparation known. 25c. bottle. = Thompson, 7°3 3 . PHARMACIST, !5th. vo 40 4> 2 6 3¢ ve 7e- During the Summer— *“Mantellos’” $2 Doz. Just think of having 12 perfect likencsses = of you self, the baby or other members of OF Th: during the summer enly now's the time to secure sittings. HH. Stalee, 1107 F St., Ww. Sacce.or to M BL Brady, au5-16d Great Reduction In Hair. 1,€00 Switches, $3.50, formerly $7.00. Switches, 2.50, formerly 6 00. Switehe formerly 10.50. Gray Swit: hes, formerly 5.00. Gray Switches, formerly 6.50. x % First class attendants in’ Hairdressing, pooing, ete. ‘Try our “Curette” for retaining curl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. myT 200 2 Wade & Butcher Razors. Torrey Razor Strops. $2.00 W. & B. Razor, hollow ground 1.50 W. & BT 1 Four # zor, hollow ground. sided Torres ug ng Very complete lin Stone Hones, siz s B. & 8. Clip at lowest pri 7th st. ee Jy21-174 YOU'LL BE SORRY 2 the broken pieces rac, etc, TEMISH’S FAM- mends everything jet a bottle now— » 1325 F ST. Ww aud 14d BURCHE! Our lower than ever before. Every article im stock at a price to meet tke approval of all. One Samer eran ae Mi Ove Pri stationery, office fixtures and supplies im the city. John C. Parker, 617-19 7th St. N. W. an3-16 Winter Prices On Summier pocgEN S!! We'll cut the price below cost reen Door and Window in the house! our 90c.—first-rate quality Doors go If prices Uke that don’t clear ‘em out— pert on earth will. L I ,Hopkins-————_933, Se 3) iGOLD CROWN, § De Com: to us before it 1s too late, and per- haps we can save that tooth. Our Crown Work 1s the best in the Capital. This method restores unseemly teeth to original perfec- tion. Up-to-date methods. ;Evans’ Dental Parlors, i217 Penna. Ave. N. W. ant-244 C J A NNN omar aga 08° a MRR ‘CHEAPER’ (GAS. has had the effect of increasing the bumber ef users of GAS as a summer fi Under the new law there is a great saving for housewives who cook the meals with GAS. kg, CH Bid Bo better place to buy as Stove or Range than here, for tees are lowest. ‘Gas Appliance Exchange, ° 21424 New York Ave. N.W.? 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GEORGES & SON, $to5 2 : t Specialists, B= to 12. Uy28-6a) 1115 Pa. ave. b : ii : o8 SOOS OS OSS O9OOGSSO00SSS 00000080 the “Odds Ends" Tables ont ttar Seventy: Street Store. * Bargains For Quick hoe Buyers Don’t let any kind of weather keep you away from the “Odds and Ends” Tables at our Main Store tomorrow! They are piled high with the greatest feast of bargains we have offered this season. Here’s just a hint of what’s in store for you: At 25c. Men's Black and Brown Bileycle Leggins. o— ESESSSECHSC HOS BEC ES OOSHSE | } Ladies’ White Linen Oxford Ties— Reduced from $2.50—Small Sizes, Boys’ and Child's $1 ‘Tennis Slippers— Sizes 6 to 11 only. At 5oc. Child's $1.25 “Monument” Kid Solar-tip Butron—5 to 6% only. Child's $1.25 Tan Best Goat Laced and Button—Sizes 5 to 7%. Ledies’ $2 and £2.00 Best Tan Leather Jullets—Small. Sises, At 75c. Misses’ and Ladies’ and $1.50 Hand-sews Nearly all Sizes, Spring-heel $1.25 ed Tan Sendais— Ladies’ $1 ‘Tan and Bi $2 and $2.50 Common-sense, ‘Oxford ‘Ties—Sizes 1 to 3%44 8) IE Boys’ $1.50 and $2 Tan and Black and High Shoes— Sizes 11 to 13, 4 to 5%, At $1.50. Men's Fine and Stylish Hand-made ‘Tan $3 and $4 Laced Shoes 4 Nearly all Sizes and Shapes— A, Band € widths. Wm. Hahn & Co.’s RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 930 and 982 Seventh st. n.w. 1914 and 1916 Pa. ave. n.w. 2 8 @SOOOSO0S880050008 @ It 233 Pa. ave. s.e. 8 5@S ©598 680800 geceee soso CF Nothing “cheap” at Pyles’ but the pric *Flour Price :Cut for 10 Days. <o wonder the “‘dull season" has rked by lively selling—when 3 have been made Phee MES F od to $3.50 BbL. STAR OF EAST" reduced to $450 bbIL =“Perfection” Tea, -Only sec. Ib. ® None other equals it for ICED TEA. 3 Cream Cheese........10¢. Ib. > Pure Lard..... = 7c; Ib. * Compound Lard. 5c. Ib. Pe POSH’ J. T. D. Pyles, [412 4th st. we. and Md. ave. ne. FIVE | STORES. |}! | Cor. 3a 18 71 SVE OVHSY A DELIGHTFUL PLACE FOR WHEELMEN —te rest and enjoy good ICE CREAM and ICES after their evening spin fs at ice —— cream ssloon. Electric fans—no odor of cooking —prempt, polite attendants. Best Eceommodatiers’ for bey 719 flavors eve day. PEACH CREAM ta _partict larly de! us FUSSELLS, 1427 N. Y. Ave. euG-th,s,t,14 % SSeS /Your Saliow Complexion —is very lkely the result of bad di- gestion. For a bright and rosy com- jexion eat our }OSTON BROWN READ—it’s the most healthfal, nu- tritiows and delicious bread made. C7 Delivered fresh from oven at any time. 5, 10 and 15c. loaf. Write or telephone 235. Krafft’s Bakery, 0%, $i" Si. \ Gilolcy BREAD, CARES AND PASTRY. It won't take more than a glance to convince of the value of this Beat quality fine 10-wire Tapestry Carpet, made by Stith, Stiuson & Roxbury. Always sold for 0c. For v8, Ge. yard. The Houghton Ce. 4 F ST. NOW. an6-204 oe eee = Aho ‘SI, 425 7th street. TEN OFF ‘TRUNKS —and Here goods of every gort—nothing is. withheld. We guarantee our prices low- est. Whin we take 10 per cent. more off they're ao much lower that you caubol af ford tu buy elsewhere. Our $5.75 Trunk is worth $7.50. ‘Take 10 per cent off its price, and it’s $5.17. Name on it and @ strong strap free. Less for trunk repairing than usually. Street. a eo nS you offer. a few di AAA LAN (Kneessi, 425 7th aud-28d LF A party of artists availed themselves of the special inducement offered by this house, to the 24, equipped with a full supply of excellent Artists. materials and utensils, left the city for a few weeks’ sketching. Come in and let us supply you in the same line. eo. F. Muth & Co., 418 7TH SY. N.W.. SUCCESSORS TO GEO. RYNEAL, JR. ~~ Reoma Pure Rye Whisky Is distilled especi for medicinal and is highly recome by i, lending poyetcinns for its mediclual virtses. Sold only quart bottles, $1.25 each. REEVES, POOLE & CO., wy1S-3m.14 1200 F st. nw. J.T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH ST. N.W., CAR- f Lining, Felts, Fire Brick and Clay, ‘Asbestos, Petnts. Brushes,” Lime, Cement, twe ‘and three- eel ply Booting Material. Waitham Watches ARE THE MOST RELIABLE Sold by all Retail Jewelers. A Word TIMEKEEPERS, del-tukib 3s THE WORLD OF: SOCIETY Oabinet Plans for Recreation and Rest. Recent Weddings and Announcements of Future Events—Per- sonal Notes. Secretary and Mrs. Carlisig will leave tomorrow to visit President and Mrs. Cleveland at Gray Gables. The trip from this city will be made on the lighthouse tender Maple. At Tompkinsville, Staten Island, the party will be transferred to the lighthouse tender Mistletoe, and thence preceed up the coast to the President's summer home. Secretary and Miss Herbert and Post- master General and Mrs. Wilson will sail on the St. Louis August 12, and will be absent about six weeks or two months. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., are enjoying an ideal honeymoon at Sara- toga. Their cottage suite is on the second floor, and although the piazza in front is a public promenade they are not an- noyed by the curious. Like a good many of the cottagers, they have their meals served in their apartments, but they do not keep themselves secluded by any means. They enjoy a daily drive and a stroll along Broadway, with a saunter through Congress Spring Park, but they do not attract attention, and, in fact, but few people recognize them. It is under- stood to be their plan to remain in Sara- toga for some time. Mr. Vanderbilt shows but very slight traces of his recent illness. A cable message was received yesterday, announcing the death at Deanville, France, of Paul, the youngest son of the Comte and Ccmtesse Ludovic de la Forest Divonne. The Comtesse Divonne was Miss Florence Audenried, daughter of the late General Audenried, U.S. A., and her marriage to the count in Washington in January, 1891, was one of the events of that season. Mr. and Mrs. Van Reypen and family of this. city were in Paris yesterday. Col. John Hay, with his daughter, re- turned yesterday from Europe. Mrs. Louis P. Seibold and Miss May L. Seibold are visiting friends at Niagara Falls, after which they will go to Philadel- phia, New York and Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Riggs are at York Harber, Me. Mrs. Francis L.Smith is at White Sulphur Springs. Mrs. R. B. McKnew is at Hamilton, Va. Mrs. C. W. Henderson has gone to Dou- bling Gap, White Sulphur Springs. Senator Gorman spent last evening at €hase with Mr. and Mrs. Wilton J. Lam- bert, and left this morning for New York, en route to Saratoga, where he will spend the remainder of the season. Mr. and Mrs. Lambert left this morning for Deer Park, where they will remain dur- ing August. Miss May Belle Whitesell, daughter of Major Dan Whiteseil, and Col. G. B. Rath- fon of Buffalo were married yesterday at the residence of the bride’s parents by Rev. Father O'Connell. Only a small party of relatives and a few personal friends were present. The bride is well known in local musical circles, and lately has been the so- Prano at St. Mary's Church. Col. and Mrs. Rathfon have gone on a northern trip, prior to taking possession of thelr home in Buf- falo. Rev. Geo. G. Markham and wife have gone to Asbury Park for this month. The twenty-first birthday of Mr. James Magruder was celebrated by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. W. Magruder, Sunday last by a gathering of friends at their home, Halpin’s Station, Md. Over one hundred relatives and friends sat down to enjoy the sumptuous repast that was spread beneath the branches of stately and magnificent oaks. Vocal and instrumental music was also enjoyed. Some of those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Downs, Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Miss Ellen Bounds, Mr. Jno. Nalley and wife, Mr. Gus. Miss Maud Nalley, Mr. F. L. Floyd, la Nalley, Mr. Joseph Bloomer, Mr. Frank Keys, Mr. Jas. L. Magruder, Miss Josie Nalley, Mr. Leon Marcean and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, Miss Gertie Nalley, Mr. Edward Schaffer, Miss Bertie Poose and Miss Annie Bloomer. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Fielding Lawson announce the marriage of their daughter Florence Fielding, to Assistant Engineer Urban Tigner Holmes, U. 8. N., Monday, August 3. The ceremony took place at the bride's home, and, owing to a recent family bereavement, was private. The couple went to New York, and contemplate an extended tour west and south. They will be at home after October 1, Annapolis, Md. Mrs. A. J. Schafhirt, accompanied by her daughters, Mrs. R. Stauf and children and Mrs. Frederick Schafhirt and son, are now at Asbury Park for August, having spent July at Atlantic City. Before returning to Washington they will visit New York city and Niagara Falls, Mrs. Isaac Gans and little Arthur Gans are summering at Virginia Beach. Mr. and Mrs. James Heath Dodge have sent out cards for the marriage of their daughter, Lille Randolph, to Dr. Martin Worthington Goldsborough, son of Capt. | W. Goldsborough, United States navy,Wed- nesday, August 19, at 12 o'clock, at St. John’s Church, Georgetown. ‘The marriage of Miss Isabelle Ream ana Mr. Montgomery Jackson of Petersburg, Va., took place at St. Andrew’s Church at 5 o'clock yesterday, Rev. Dr. Perry officlat- ing. The lovely bride was gowned in white silk muslin over white silk, wore a dainty white hat and carried a shower bouquet of bride’s roses. She was attended by her sister Frances, who wore a becoming gown of white organdie over buttercup silk and a white hat. She carried a bouquet of Mare- chal de Neil roses. The bride entered the church with her cousin, Mr. G. Thomas Dunlop, who gave her away. Dr. Leigh of Petersburg acted as best man. Dr. Smyser of Boston, Mr. Boisseau of Petersburg, Mr. H. Gion Hopkins and Mr. Renn were ush- ers. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have gone for a few weeks’ trip north before returning to Petersburg, which they intend making their future home. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Caldwell have gone to Sherrard, W. Va., for a month’s vaca- tion. Miss Lulu Nicholls and Miss Louisa J. Stone of New York are visiting Miss Hat- tie E. Austin, at her home, 1428 $ street. Mrs. Gussie Degruit, Misses Maggie C. Grace and Emily C. Grady of Washington are at Colonial Beach for a few weeks. The marriage of Miss Agnes E. Keck to Mr. Harry C. Kestler of Philadelphia, Pa., was solemnized at the Church of the Holy Name by Rev. Father Kervick Tuesday and was witnessed by a large number of friends. After a reception at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Keck, 1105 Florida avenue northeast, the couple left on the 10 o'clock train for Phil- adelphia, their future home. The bride re- ceived a number-of handsome presents from friends in this city and Philadelphia. Mrs. Julia Mason Layton and hér son Turner will leave today to. spend this month near the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains, Middleburgh, Va. Miss Mazie Hobbs of 1107 10th street has gone to Cedar Grove to spend her vacation with her aunt, Mrs. Watkins. Mrs. Walter W. Ludlow and daughter Phoebe are at Lake Kenka, Penn Yan, N. Y., for this month. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Garden, accompanied Pe their son Alex, have gone to Atlantic y- Mrs. Ella Knode and daughter, Miss Lot- ta Knode, left Monday for Norfolk, where they are visiting relatives. Mr. George Voneiff and family will leave tomorrow for Atlantic City for three weeks. They will stop at the Clever House. Miss Polly Sickels of Washington is at the Stockton Hotel, Cape May. ——— Reduced to the Ranks. Sergt. Patrick Costello, Troop E, 6th Cav- airy, having been convicted by court-mar- tial, convened at Fort Myer, of drunken- ress on duty, has been reduced to the ranks and ordered to forfelt $10 per month of his pay for a period of six months. ———-e+___ Getting Instractions. Mr, MacGrane Coxe, the newly appointed ministe to Guatemala and Honduras, is recelving his final instructions at the State gloat | prior to departing for his post in a few s. MRS. HICKS-LORD. DEAD "Ras alle —— as : Her Erratic Early Wife and the Strange Second, Marriage to the Octogenarian Minlionaire Lora. NEW YORK, August 6—Mrs. Anetta Hicks-bord, who-wes fin her day one of the most natable figurgs ta New York society, died at her residence in this city last night, aged ‘sixty-seven Years, Day Mrs. Hicks-Lord was descended. an her mother’s side from a’ titled English family and was related-to Gen. . Robert’ Schenck, once United States minister to Great Britain. Her father, Unico Peter Wilkens, ‘married: Adeline“ Sehenck, -whose family had a great deal of property along Fishkill river. The couple went to Guiana, and there Anetta was. born. Subsequently the Wilkens family returned to this state, mak- ing their home at Matteawan, where Anet- ta grew to womanhood. At twenty-five she was married to Thomas Hicks, a wealthy merchant ef twice as many years a8 her own. Her marriage settlement included considerable property? at Toledo, Ohio, and eisewhere, which, when Mr. Hicks failed a few years later, ‘gave his wife an income sufficient for the maintenance of poth until the husband died. The widow’s fortune was increased by inheritances fram,.rela- tives in Holland, so that she was able to entertain most lavishly, her receptions Leing among the most noteworthy of the period in..New York. Then the. widowed Mrs. Hicks went to England, and as a rela- tlve of the United States minister was pre- gented to Queen Victoria. She set up an~establishment in London which was as celebrated in its way as had been her New York*home. Admiral Alden, United States navy, gave her the unusual distinctton of taking her on board the flag- ship of the Mediterranean squadron to Al- exandria, and thence on board the frigate Wachusetts to Joppa. Thence she proceed- ed to Jerusalem, with an escort of sixty United States sailors. On the return to Alexandria the Wachusett tried to enter the port of Ale: lain the night with- out a pilot, and h hole knocked in her bottom. * 5 After Mrs. Hicks had returned to Amer- ica, Thomas Lord, an octogenarian dry goods merchant, with a fortune of $6,000,- 000, paid suit to her, but she refused him and went to Europe for a season. Her ab- sence did not cool Mr. Lord’s ardor, and he renewed his suit with better success. When she came back to New York in 1877 they were married. The six children of Mr. Lord thereupon obtained a writ de lunatico inquirendo and sought to have: the mar- riage set aside, on the ground of the men- tal incapacity of Mr. Lord. rie The couple, however, so completely, se- cluded themselves ‘in’ the wife's home, in 14th street, that for months detectives were unable to reach them. The fight of the younger Lords was finally abandoned. A year later Mr. Lord died, and, after a proper season of mourning, his widow re-entered society; her entertainments taking on even gteater magnificence than those of. her earlier career. Recently her health falled and she traveled. extensively. She alee de- voted much of her thought and money to religion. A few years ago fier fortune was estimated at $3,000,000, not taking into ac- count magnificent cpllections of plate, rubles and cameos. A Mrs, aicks Lora fdled at twenty minutes before 11 o'clock last night, at her home, No. 32 Washingtog ‘Square South. She had been suffering from paralysis of the brain for four gears. She began to sink at 8 o'clock last night, and her. physician and sister, Mrs. Townsand, were immediate- ly summoned. They were at her hd when she died. eee bei PULLMAN CALLED HOME. He Is Largely Interested in the Dia- mond Mateh Collapse. CHICAGO, August 6—The Moore Broth- rs will not ‘take the public nor even the rank and file of the stock ‘exchange into their confidence. The subcommittee ap- pointed by the governing committee of the stock exchange held a session that lasted frcm 1 until nearly’5 o'clock, and after agreeing not 10 give out any information relative to the confessions they had heard, adjourred subject to the call .f the chair- man. This means that they will probably not meet again today, nor press the ‘Moores for a showing of documentary proof of their ccneition, and that they will have nothing tangible to report to the govern- ing committee of the exchange, which will hold a meeting at noon today for the ex- press purpose of hearing what the Moores have to say about themselves. The cnly thing tangible about the future of the big tangle that could be learned last right was that the Chicago agents of George M. Pullman, who, like Mr. Ar- mour, is known to be carrying, an enor- mous line of Diamond Match stock as col- lateral security for money advaased to the Moores, had wired him to return to the city as quickly as possible. Mr. Puilman is expedted to be here before Saturday. —— MEXICAN RAILROADS. The Government Encouraging - Their Development Generously. MEXICO CITY, August 6.—Raiway construction in various parts of the re- Public ts actively going on and imports cf English railway material, principally steel rails, are increasing. The policy of the government 1s now directed to the de- velopment and completion in the ‘most es- sential parts of the present rajlway sys- tem, the greatest lack of facilities being in southern’ Mexico and along’ the: west coast, which is agriculturally and mineral- ly the richest portion of the republic. The government in granting modifications: of railway concessions, allows on portions not subveationed rates which fully: compen- sate in the opinion’ of railway men the profit to be derived from the’suishiies. The most profitable raiway in the country to- day is the Mexican Northern, operating in the Sierra Moja fhining region, which has subvention, but iz allowed to chatge rates, having no competition, and 1s doing an ex- cellent business. Representations are being made to the Sovernment by the chambers of commerce of the cities on the west coast stating thi the ertire section from Sonora south is lacking in transportation facilities and prayirg that measures be taken to supply the went and give life and impetus to the rich, but undeveloped country. —>—— FELL 1,000 FEET. | Phil. Abbott's Body Lying on a Glacier Beyond Reach. VICTORIA, B. C., August 6.—Particulars have been received of the fatal accident ¢o Philip Abbott, assistant solicitor of the Wisconsin Centraf raiiWey; while he was attempting the asgent. of Mount Lefroy near Laggan, on the,main line of the Canadian Pacific raliroad. Monday a party, tonStsting of Prof. Fay and Messrs. Littles Ahott and Thompson, all of the Appalachian Club ‘Boston, Started from Laggen:toyattempt the ascent of Mount. Lefroy, when about eight miles frcm the’ station. ““Mir°*Abbott fell over Brecinice about. 1,09 feet high. His body is lying on a glacier, and {ts recovery is very dificult: ..A-force-ef-railway men, provided with ladders and are endeavoring to recover ‘the ‘body, #ha When this is dene tt will be sent to Bogggn:for burial. f —_ + Crogs Hart. 4 PARKERSBURG, W. Va., August 6.—The crop. bulletin issued by the state weather bureau gives a discouraging outlook for farmers and business men depending on them. It gives a report’by counties of the damage by the recent cloudbursts, high waters, etc. Great damage waa done in the counties in the Ohio valley. -Wheat and oats are sprouting in the stacks, and po- tatoes are rotting in the ground. In Ran- eae county alone the damage is estimated at $100,000 to the farmers. ——.___. Leprosy in Mexico. MEXICO CITY, August 6—Complaint is made that Chinese immigration on the west coast is introducing leprosy, and it is also stated that Chinamen are. marrying the women of the lower classes. in Mormon colonies are prospering, owing to frugal and energetic business management. REPUDIATING CIVIL SERVICE the Ohicago Convention in ‘Mz. Bryan and ; Full Accord. A Brutal Scheme Based Upon False- hood and Without Regard for the Public Interest. From Harper's Weekly. The democratic-populist convention re- cently held at Chicago, after having advo- cated the repudiation of just obligations, af- ter having denied the binding force of con- tracts, after having struck a blow at the authority of the Supreme Court, also turned its hand, quite consistently, we admit, against that reform which has done so. much to increase the efficiency and to ele- vate the morals of the public service that every good citizen has become its friend and advocate. The ravage of the public service is part of the scheme of general spoliation. The civil service clause in the Chicago platform reads thus: “We are op- posed to life tenure in the public service. We favor appointments based upon merit, fixed terms of office, and such an adminis- tration of the civil service laws as will af- ford equal opportunities to all citizens of ascertained fitness.” If there were any doubt as to what this means, Mr. Bryan himself, in his famous speech in the con- vention, furnished the explanatory com: ment. “They complain,” said he, “about the plank which declares against the life tenure in office. What we oppose in that plank is the life tenure that is being built up in Washington which excludes from participation in the benefits the humbler members of our society.” ‘The platform as well as the explanatory speech accuses the reformed system of things which do not exist, with the evident purpose of making it odious, to the end of subverting it. The accusation is twofold: First, that the merit system in practice has established life tenure in office; and second- ly, that it does not furnish equal oportuni- ties to all citizens of ascertained fitness, or, in the language of Mr. Bryan, that it “ex- cludes the humbler members of our socie- ty.” Both charges are absolutely unfound- ed. They are the charges which from the very beginning of civil service reform have been used by spoils politicians to excite prejudice in the popular mind against a re- form which threatened to do away with their nefarious trade. It ts neither the atm nor is it the effect of the reformed system to establish life tenure in the official places it contvols. It is not life tenure but merit tenure that it contemplates. It demands that the public servant shall be secure in his place, not so long as he lives, but so long as he is able to do his duty and does it, and as his general character and conduct are fitting his station. This is merit tenure. The tenure is to cease as soon as the merit ceases. The charge brought by the Chicago platform and by Mr. Bryan 1s, therefore, false. 2 4 what do they propose to substitute? opined terms of office.” ‘The meaning: ts, of course, that they not only will preserve the fixed terms of office where they already exist, as in most of the so-called presiden- tial appointments, but introduce them where they do not exist, as in the clerical force of the departmental service. Every well-tn- formed man knows that the enactment of the law first establishing fixed terms of office—the so-called four-years-term law— was instigated by President Monroe's Secre- tary of the Treasury, Crawford, under the pretense that it would serve to enforce the accountability of officers handling public money, but that his real purpose was to build up an office-holders’ machine to serve his ambition for the presidency. The bill was signed by Monroe without considera- tion in the dying hour of his adminjstration. Thomas Jefferson, whom Mr. Bryan is so fond of quoting—not always correctly, how- ever—addressed to James Madison a letter in which he called this act “the mischievous law vacating every four years nearly all the executive offices of the government;” and with characteristic foresight he thus described its inevitable effects: “It saps the constitutional and salutary functions of the President, and introduces a principle of in- trigue and corruption which will soon leaven the mass, not only of Senators, but of citi- zens. it will keep in constant excitement all the hungry cormorants for office, render them, as well as those in place, sycophants to their Senators; engage them in eternal intrigues to turn out one and put in another, in cabals to swap with, and make of them, what all executive directories become, mere sinks of corruption and faction.” To all of which Madison assented. They spoke wise- ly. There has been hardly anything more deleterious to the efficiency as well as to the honesty of the public service, and more de- moralizing in its effects upon our whole political life, as this law, which, by estab- lishing the system of fixed terms of office, encouraged frequent changes, stimulated the greed of the “hungry cormorants” for place, turned Congress into an assembly of patronage-brokers and spolls-mongers, and our eleciton campaigns into scrambles for plunder. And this system, according to the Chicago convention and Mr. Bryan, ts not only to be preserved so far as it unfortunately ex- ists, but it 1s to be extended over the whole service, especially that part of it which is now governed by the civil service law and enjoys happy exemption from the barba- rous ravages of party warfare. The gov- ernment departments are now,on the whole, admirably organized and manned. A large majority of their force owe their places to merit tested by competitive examination and a term of probation, and have received their appointments without regard to party connection. The standard of character, ability and efficiency among them is higher than ever before. To break up this system and to substitute for it one of fixed terms, with all its demoralizing tendencies, is an idea worthy of a vandal. That a political Party should contemplate such a thing is hardly conceivable, except upon the suppo. sition that in it the greed of spoil has killed every consideration of the public interest. Certainly the second charge browsht by the platform and the candidate cannot serve as a palliation for so brutal a scheme. That charge is that the existing system does not “afford equal facilities to all citi- zens,” and that, as Mr. Bryan says, it “ex- cludes the humbler members of society.” This second charge is as flagrantly false as the first. Just the contrary is the truth. Under the spoils system appointment to Public place depended upon the favor of some influential politician. Under the mer- it system the son of the hodcarrier has cx- actly the same rights and privileges as the son of the millionaire. He does not need the favor or influence of anybody. The chances of the two in the competitive test are exactly the same. Whether rich or Poor, the best man wins and gets the prize. It has been said by the spoils politicians that the examinations are s0 conducted as to give college-bred men a decisive advan- tage. This, too,.is false. Of the :aany thousands of winners of places by com- Fetitive examination in the federal service the college-bred men count hardly 10 per cent, and outside of the departments re- quiring scientific knowledge hardly 6 per cent. The merit system is, therefore, cm- Phatically the people's system. It repre- sents the true democratic idea in the pub- lc service. And this is what the populist- democratic party and Mr. Bryan would de- stroy. ——— Fought Over a Protracted Meeting. GREENVILLE, Ky., August 6.—Yester- day afternoon two farmers, Tom Hall and Terry James, became involved in a dimfi- culty over a discussion about a protracted meeting held in the neighborhood. They came to blows and both pulled their knives. Terry James was stabbed five times, and died this morning. Hall is cut in seven dif- ferent places and cannot live through the day. The men fought in the broiling hot sun, and were alone when the fight occur- red, no witnesses being present. Sees Emperor Wilhelm’s Malady. WILHELMHOE, August 6—Emperor William is suffering from a slight catarrh of the throat and has been compelled to abandon his journey to Wessel, Ruhrort d Essen. The empress, accompanied by Prince Henry of Prussia, will carry out the Program. ——— Utica Won. LONDON, August 6—Mr. Sibary'’s Eau Gallie (Utica), formerly owned by Richard Croker, won the Preston handicap at starters, Brighton today from eleven ———_—_ Santa Ana’s Daughter Dead. MEXICO CITY, August 6—Senora Guada- loupe Santa Ana de Castro, daughter- of President Santa Ana, who led the Mexican armies in war with the United States, is dead in this city. . at 4N RAILROAD CIRCLES] ' More Ooal Oars for the B. and 0. to Accom- modate the Traffic From Mines. ‘The Damage by Recent Storms—Other Matters of Interest as to Digercat Roads. Judge Goff of the United States circult court at Baltimore has authorized Receiv- ers Cowen and Murray of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to sign agreements providing for the crossing of the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio system by electric roads. The receivers in their petition ask- ing for this authority stated that they have prepared a form of agreement by which all the cost of constructing and maintain- ing the crossings and all liability for in- juries happening at such crossings will be borne by the electric companies. The agree- ments should be entered into, the petition also stated, for places where grade cross- ings cannot be avoided. Receivers Cowen and Murray were also authorized by Judge Goff to carry out an agreement with the Consolidation Coal Company for building 200 coal cars and leasing them to the Baltimore and Ohi ‘The agreement was entered into last April and Is to run for ten years. It provided that the coal company should build 2 coal cars which are to be used exclusively for the output of its mines. A mileage tax of 6 milis for each mile run by the cars is to be paid by the raiiroad company, and they are to be repaired at the expense of the coal company. The cars are to become the property of the railroad company when the payments for mileage, plus 5 per cent i: terest, equals the first cost of the cars and the repait bills, plus 5 per cent interest. For one year after the cars become the property of the railroad company they are to be run for the exclusive use of the coal company. The petition of the receivers stated that the cars are now in use and that they are necessary for the transporta- tion of the coal company’s product. Damage From Recent Floods. General Manager Greene of the Baltimore and and Ohio estimates the damage by the recent floods to the roads in West Virginia at $40,000. He states that washouts of road bed, displacement of culverts, washing away of trestle works and damages to ‘bridges make up the less. Much annoyance was caused at bridge 23 on the Parkersburg branch, fifty miles east of Grafton. A new steel bridge is on the ground there, and false work had been erected preparatory to putting it in place. The first flood swept this work away, and succeeding floods dis- placed it twice again, after it had been re- constructed. Blockades of trai were caused each time. The work was again put in place Friday, and the line was opened for traffic. At Littleton, between Grafton and Wheeling, fifty-eight miles west of the former city, a bridge was lifted off its abutments and swung around on the bank. Trestle work was promptly put in its place, and trains are now running there as usual. Electric Railway Crossings. ‘The Norfolk end Western Railroad Com- pany has notified its employes at Hagers- town not to allow the Hagerstown Street Railway Company to build a crossing over the N. and W. at the boulevard. It is understood that the Norfolk and Western company wants the electric railway com- pany to sign an agreement. by which the latter company will assume all liabilities for damages by reason of accidents which may occur at this crossing, and this the electric company refuses to do. The electric company at the last session of the Mary- land legislature secured the power to con- demn property for crossings, and it is un- derstood they will proceed to take advan- tage of this privilege. The Norfolk and Western Saturday haul- ed through Hagerstown to Pnilaielphia a solid train load of Pocahontas coal, con- sisting of 85 Otons, for the Messrs. Cramp, ship builders, who will use it to test the engines on government ships. ‘The Chesapeake and Ohio the third week in July earned $185,102.08, an increase over the corresponding week of last year of 96,169.80. The Louisville and Nashville for the same week of this year suffered a decrease in receipts of $11,500. Pittsburg and Connellsville Road. Gen. Orland Smith, president of the Pitts- burg and Connellsville Railroad Company, whose line is more generally know as the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, yesterday filed a petition before Judge Goff of the United States circuit court at Baltimore, asking that Receivers Cowen and Murray be au- thorized to issue receivers’ certificates to the amount of $650,000 on the property of the Pittsburg and Connellsville corporation. The purpose for which it is proposed to issue the certificates is to provide better- ments, which are, in the judgment of the receivers, absolutely necessary to enable the company to transact the business offer- ing to it. The case will come up for argu- ment before Judge Goff Monday next, and it is anticipated that the request of the re- ceivers will be promptly granted by the court. The certificates if issued will bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent per an- num. General Smith in his petition also states “that the Pittsburg and Connells- ville Railroad Company has no cash capi- tal to do the work, and that the earnings are not sufficient, ‘but that by expending $650,000 the work can be so advanced that it can be finished out of the earnings.” It is further claimed that if the road can be made self-sustaining by the expenditure of the sum named the work cught to be done. It is stated that Receivers Cowen and Murray consider the improvement of such importance that they thought the net earn- ings should be used for the purpose. Also that Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan and other representatives of the bondholders of the Toad were consulted, and that they approve the application for the issuance of the cer- sificates. é Noten. Mr. Samuel G. Hatch, who wis general passenger agent of the Chesapeake Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company until that road was purchased by the Illinois Central at foreclosure sale about a week ago, has been appcinted division passen- ger agent of the Illinois Central, with headquarters at Cincinnati. By the opening of the Delaware river bridge. the Pennsylvania lines have be- come the only all-rail line to Atlantic City and the seashore. All trains departing frem and arriving at the Broad street sta- tion, Philadelphia. ‘The annual report of the Chicago and Northwestern road, which will be ready for distribution in a few days, shows that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1806, the net receipts were so satisfactory that the lockholders were paid 9% per ceat divi- dend on the common stock, after allowing 7 per cent dividend on the preferred stock. This dces not include $425,000 earned by the Tremont and Elkhorn Valiey road and other western lines operated by the north- western, and there has b2en written off in bonds and other debts coming due, and in surplus accounts, a total of $35,000,000. ——>.__. To Go Through ¢ Malls. An agrcement has been entered into he- tween the United States and Newfound- land to admit to the mails passing between the two countries samples of liquids, fatty substances and powders not prohibited from transmission in the domestic mails of either country. Transfers of Real Estate. Augustus Burgdorf et ux. to Moses W. original lots 3, 4, 5, oq. 1133; part original ot 15, eq. 368; $10. to Geo. C. Grocner, part vote 30 sod og 447; $2,800. ‘Walter I. grtna ig Henry ©. Norris, lot 70, SAN FRANCISCO, Avgust 6—James A. Campbell, a Honolulu millionaire, who dis- appeared Monday, returned last-night with @ bullet hole through his hat and an ex- citing tale about an adventure with rob- let went through his hat and Campbell was robbed and kept prisoner two days. When released last night he was given a nickel for car fare. GAVETY AT CAPE MA Washiagtonia Correspandence of The Brening Star CAPE MAY, N. J., August 6, 1896. The gayety here does not abate. The crowds still remain. The dance goes mer- rily on, and everybody ts passing an enjoy- able vacation. The children’s Japanese party Hall was popular and a su son of benefits has arrived, dancing master and estra leader ts com- ing in for his share of testimonials in the Way of full dress balls. Miss N. MacMillan and Mrs. W. P. Cutter were among recent arrivals at thé Baltimore Inn. Washingtontans at the Ebbitt are T. W. Howard, Miss F! ce E. Howard, Mra, Frank Strong, Miss Strong, Mr. and Mrs. J. Easby Smith and J. J Dr. G. H. Beardsley, m the navy, and Mrs, Beards! the Brexton. Mrs. Clarence Moore and Clarence Moore, jr., are here for the month of August. Archbishop John J. Kain of St. Louis ts staying at the Lafayette. Cardinal Gibbons, accompanied by Bishop Foley of Detroit, is staying at the cottage of Mr. C. Thomas, having arrived Tuesday evening. Mrs. Anna M. Graffin and Miss Ethel Graf- fin are staying at the Wyoming Mrs. T M. Hall and John E. Hall are among the guests at the Carlton, Cape May Point. Miss Grace G. Andrews, Miss Bessie An- drews and G. W. Andrews are also stnying at the Carlton. int 1+ Sothern ts a guest at the Baltimore nn. Miss H. E. Richardson has apartments at the Elberon. Col. Malcolm Seaton is among W: tonians at Cape May Point Mrs. J. A. Spriggs, Mrs. W. A. Warner, T. W. Bradley and Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Me- Callum are guests at the Star Villa Miss Connelly and Miss A. Connelly are guest at the Colonial. y are guests at ning Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Crossman and the Misses Crossman a’ ra brief stay, W. W. Poultney & ying at the Ebbitt. United States Marshal and Mrs. A. A. Wil- son and their daughter, Mrs. L. Davis, are at the Stockton for August. Mrs. Louis Belrose is sojourning at the Carlton, Cape May Point. Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Clark are staying here, Charles H. Cramp, the great ship builder, is @ guest at the Stockton. Col. W. B. Shaw, the Washington corre- spondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Mrs. Shaw are staying at Congress Hall. Dr. Max Kuhmerker is staying at a Perry Street cottage. Miss M. KE. Waters and Miss Myra Waters of Laurel are located at the Brexton Miss Grace E. Clara, Miss Anna B. Adams and Miss Julia L. Gregory are here for a long sojourn. Mrs. Allen McLane and Mrs. R. H. Clarke are staying at the Windsor for two weeks. Paymaster and Mrs. Frank C. Cosby arg on their annual visit, being Star ry guests, John T. Harris and Charles A. Fiske are guests of the Oriole. Miss Grace Silvers has joined the Wyom- ing colony. Mrs. Theodore Divings and Mrs. Charles Chrisolin are guests at the Elberon. Eligibility to the Fire Department. The Commissioners today amended the rule governing the eligibility of persons te membership in the fire department. The rule was heretofore known as No. 11, and as amended reads as follows “Persons to be eligible to membership in the fire department must be citizens of the United States, over twenty-three (now twenty-one) and not over thirty-five yeare ef age, shall weigh not less than 150 pounda (mow 145) and be not less than 5 feet & inches in height «now 5 feet 7 inches) and a citizen of the District of Columbia for at least two (now one) years preceding the date of their application, posses: of a good moral character and found physically competent to perform the duties of a fire- man by the board of surgeons of this de- partment, and never have been convicted of an infamous crime. — A Resort for Wheelmen. A new wayfaring place for the bicyclists of Washington was opened last evening on Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, near the Sligo. The name of the new resort is Cycle Cottage, and it is under the management of Mr. James J. Martin, who is an enthust- astic wheelman himself. The ride to the Lew resort is a delightful one over excellent roads and just long enough to get up a good appetite. Cycle Cottage is a two-story frame house, fitted out in bright colors, and fitted up in the most comfortable style. Wide porches run around two sides of the house. ——— West Virginia wheat is nearly ruined by rains. MARRIED. HOOVER—BEATTIE. In Baltimore, Md. M6, by the Kev. L. F. Zinkban, CH HOOVER end LAURA E. BEATTL Washington, D. C. et 1896, at 7 Mi ervick, HAKRY Rev. EX’ of Philadelphia, of this city. and AGNES —— ~ --se0-- DIisD. GGS. On Wednesday, 1896, at { Otto pny ELLEN CAICTER, $n the seve sixth year of her age, widew of the Inte W iam Breuton Boggs, pay director, U. 8. N Relatives and frieuds invited tr attend the funeral on Saturda: 4 o'clock, from her Inte residenc barton’ avenue, West Wasiington ODERICK. The remains of NORA FRANCES BRORODERICK wil be removed from the. yaull at Mt. Olivet cemetery on Friday, August 7, 1806, at 9 o'clock, and laid in their last resting ce. August 5, “May she rest in peace.” August 5, 1596, af infant daughter of as. 1120 North Capital t 5 v'clock pm. * street, Friday, August thersburg, Md. on August LEY. At G: Pe 20 ame ANN ARIA DULE Wife of EE. Gilmore Duley, aged “Uhre years, Frese! tm Gockville, MA, ya- lowe of heart disease, Notice of funeral tomorrow. WER. On Thursday, August 6, 1896, at 4 ork a.m, AGNES, beloved wife of Auten Moeller, aged sixty-eight years. Funeral from he: ». 24 K street Requiem mass at St. # 0 clock, Kelatives and friends are respectfully Invited ta attend. 2 MURPHY. On Wednesday. LIAM W., busband of the late Mary } % Netice of fuveral hereafter. bd PAYNE. SuAdenly, Wednesday, August 5, 1896, at #:30 p.m., WM. T. PAYNE, tn he siity-second PfAr,ot his age, beloved Yushand of Priscilla, ne. Funeral will t.ke place Friday, at 4 p.m, from the family residence, 3013 Dumoarton ternent private. (Baltimore, Ale Church papers please copy.) PREINKERT. Saddenly, on ‘Thursday, 1896, at 1:15 a.m., AUGUSTA H.'M. KERT (nee Heitwuller), August 5, 1806, WIL- 6, is FREIN- beloved wife of Jobe P. Preinkert, at her residence, 1615 10th street August Borthwest. im the thirty-fourth year of ber age. Notice of funeral hereafter. RICHARDS. At Stillwater, N. ¥., August 4, 1896, MARY F.. wife of Zalmon rds of Washing- ton, D.C Interment at Darien, Conn. . Funeral Sill take place from his late residence, 146 Gros coust vortheast, Friday, August Friends and relatives are invited to attend. Im Memoriam. HORAN. In loving remembrince of MICHAEL M. HORAN, who died one your ago today, August 6, 1895. 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