Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. llth St, by The Evening Star N per Company, SH KAUFFM. , Pres’t. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. the Post Office at Washington, D. C., iss mail matter.) il subseriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. =< WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1896—~TWEN' Close at 5 937-93 Peerless “* With September close pected arrival of our new ~ 2] e of goods in every part of they will with such unparal to tempt buyers: ssA Word About YY] ea © Millinery. ‘This millinery department is an im- portant branch of our business. You know our reputation. You know we've won it by keeping our stock abreast of the the fashions. We're making way for fall stock now. Clearing out every- '§ at the smallest of small prices. 3c. 10 dozen Boys’ and Girls’ White Duck Caps 1,000 yards Nos. silk Satin Ribber Worth 10 and 1 our stoc lowers, for from Be. t Fine French Felt all colo Now. Shirt Waists. What's left must go. We have sold all of our 39 to 98e. Waists. remains of the $1 to $4.50 Waiste © gathered together in two lots, and hurry them out at | 58C. For Waists that were ‘$2.00 and $3.50. p.m. Saturdays at 1 p.m. MAYER BROS. & CO., Wind- we're compelled to do some reckless price cutting. Lots MAYER BROS. & CO., BS SS S289 es 9 F St. Bargains. at hand and the daily ex- fall stock urging us on, the store must go. And go Heled bargain prices as these Odd Lots of Suits and Skirts. Duck Suits in white, tan, navy, full skirts, perfect, fit” ting.” Were $2.00 und $3.00. at. Ee = White and Black Check and Tan Covert Dress Skirt | “full flare. Worth $2.50. At SSOSSSOGOH08 SO 68¢.@ $1.23 89c.9 ® Ladies” Black _Brilliantine Dress Skirts, 44% yards wide. Worth $2.00. At. “ Six Imported Worsted Swoat- ers for Tadies, in combina- tion colors. "Were $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00. At.. a Capes. Sean assortment of eearaagy Satin Capes with neck ruffle. a Worth Boon at SOS Q 1 lot of Ladies’ Tan and Brown Cloth Capes, with or without velvet collar. Worth $2 98 $5.00 and $6.00. At Belts and Buckles. ed Silver and Gilt Were 25 and 30 cents, Now Silver Sets, Ee Tan and Black Leather ) Belts. Were 25c. Now..... : Ss Black, = Tan and Gray Leather Belts. Were 50c. At Hosiery and Vests. Ladies’ Ribbed Vests, tan and white, taped. W ~, SN Raw qc. Solid Bice Lisle Hose, lain and d stitch. Were ae = Zee. F Street. | SOOOOGSSO008 DEBATING MONEY Silver Coinage Discussed at a Public Gathering. QUESTIONS FROM A SILVER MAN ee An Address for Sound Dollars by Mr. W. W. Curry. ee MONEY AND PRICES ———— An interesting discussion of the financial question occurred last night at Typographi- ably, No. 2, of L. The main ipants were Mr. E. C. Phelps, in by half of silver coinage, who, as explained by Chairman E. M. Blake, is “a per diem wage worker and has always held rank e toile! The part of the gold was sustained by Mr. W. W Curry of Indiana, who was introduced by Mr. Blake as po: 4g “a national repu- tation, and being honest and sincere in bis convictions. “We have discussed the financial que: tion selves for years,” said ‘and our membership is ally a unit in favor of silver. While m at any time find in our ranks a champion of silver, we are forced to go out- side of our membership to find a supperter of th pld standard.” “As I look over this audience,” said Mr. Phelps, “I do not see the faces of anar- chist pudiators or revolutionists. I si intelligent faces, faces cf men and wome who nk for themselves. Speaking cf sts, when I heard that John Most, the chief of all anarchis for gold, 1 felt our prop had gone from us. When Bourke Cockran, the man who was born in a foreign country, who is not of us, and who never earned a dollar in his life, denounced us, I feared the result. But c P We ¢ when Willie—our own Willie Breckinridge— denied democracy, then I felt there were | three of a kind, John Most, Bourke Cockran and Willle Breckinridge, and that we would not miss them. “I declare that money fs a national insti- tution, ordained by the government for the tse of the people. Money is a manufac- tured commodity, made by machiner, Stop the machinery and you shut up the shop. Money derives its value from th immutable laws of supply and demand. Money measures commodities and com- modities measure money. Who is benetited by high money, ‘dear’ mcney? He who has money to sell, just the same as high prices of wheat benefit the man who has wheat to sell. Shrinkage in values means losses lesses. mean bankruptcies, bankruptcies mean chaos and unemployed men. Mr. Phelps’ Question: “Now, I will close my opening remarks by propounding to the gold advocate a few questions, which I hope he will an- swer: “Has gold or money gone up, and, if so, would an expansion of money or circula- tion revive trade? “Can the price of labor be kept up with the price of the products of labor going aeuat by opening our mints to silver, we would drop to a silver basis, that is, the dollar would be worth no mora than the substance of which it Is made, how are | the owners of the substance, the ‘silver bar to make 48 © on every jollar? ‘as it the increased production of sii- ver that caused it to fall in value? “Would we be in any danger of a flood of foretgn and, if so, what harm could come to rs by it? “Did the coinage act of 1792 operate so | that silver kept gold from the mints and drove it from circul as is claimed? “Did the c age a of 1834 drive silver of cireulation, and. if so, why? Would it be a vi tion of faith or re- pudiation to pay the public debt in silver if we so elect, and, if so, would it have been repu ation any time since 1870 to have so pald the debt? If the bankers could so easily prevent the bond issue which seemed imminent a few days ago. could they not have pre- vented the others? Can’t they force an- other as soon as they like, and, if so, are yeu in favor of perpetuating a system ou cal Hall, under the auspices of Excelsior } had declared | ver by adopting free coinage, ! which makes such a thing possible? If you are not, what is your remedy?” Mr. Curry Against Free Coinage. When Mr. Phelps concluded, Mr. W. W. Curry was introduced. His appear ince Was greeted with applause. He said there was some mlsundefstanding about his presence there. He certainly did not ex- pect to have a set of questions that he had never seen before propounded to him to be answered on the spot. Mr. Curry then began to read a treatise upon money. As Mr. Cucry proceeded he was inter- rupted at intervals by the audience, who dissented from his statements or contro- verted assertions, until it became neces- sary for the chairman to insist upon order. It finally developed that there was a mis- statement of figures, and when Mr. Curry corrected these figures the audience quieted down. Mr. Curry gave a comprehensive review of the history of money, his argument lean- ing toward the gold standard throughout. He said the gold coin, whether the eagle, the sovereign or the Napoleon, was worth a fixed relative sum throughout the world by its intrinsic merit, and that the stamp the government upon it was but a cer- tificate attesting its weight and fineness. Coming down to the question whether the United States shall open its mints to the free and unlimited coinage of silver, he answered it emphatically in the negative. He said it would impose a burden on the | people for which there is no good and suffl- cient reason. The capacity of the mints at present is $40,000,000 a year. If this was in ed to ),000,000 it would cost the government $500,000 a year to coin it. In other words it would cost $1 to coin $120. Why should not the owners of silver be made to bear this expense? He contro- verted tive statement that the free coinage of silver would benefit everybody. For thirteen years, frcm 1862 to 18 he said, the United States did without silver entire- ly. It would be tmpossible, however, to do without iron for that term without relap- sing into barbarism. Sixteen to One. He also asserted that the United States should not coin silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, as proposed. This is not the commercial ratio of the two metals In the markets of the world. Why allow the owners of sliver bullion, whether mine owners or specula- tors, to have 68 cents’ worth of silver | coined into standard dollars and made legal tender for 100 cents? Beside paying $1 in $120 for the coinage, we are asked to allow them a@ profit of 32 cents on every dollar | we manufacture for them. “Should it be said that the free coinage of silver by the United States will advance | the price of silver to 16 to 1, I answer that | this is a gratultous assertion, having no foundation in fact. But admit that it Ge Oo for the sake of argument. To whom would the profit of this increase go? In order to Increase the value of our own silver one dolar, we are asked to gratuitously in- crease the value of the silver of other na- tons, That is generous, but it is not busi- ness.” What ix Wanted. He denied the assumption that the free coinage would give immediate relief to financial troubles. Is there any lack of sil- ver money for any of the purposes of busi- ness or trade? Suppose there was twice as much silver coined and stored as there is now, would the people be any better off? Not a whit, he insisted. It is not the want of silver coin, but the want of business activity, of investment in industrial enterprise, that causes the trou- ble. What is wanted is work and wages, manufactures and commerce. Not more silver blood in the arteries of trade, but @ more rapid circulation of our vast vol- ume of gold and paper money. Suppore the mints were opened to free ccinage. How weuld that help the treasury? The government does not own the minus or the silver in them. If the mints were run day and night coining silver for the owners it would not give the government a dollar more of money, but woulg be an addi- tional expense. What the government ; Wants is more income. The expenses cx- ceed the receipts, and free silver coinage | would not stop its going deeper into debt. The bond issue in three years amounted to $262,315,400 at 4 and 5 per cent interest. Premiums were received amounting to $81, 138,886. The interest will be $344,778,480, so that in order to obtain $203,454,286 we have | incurred a public debt, with interest, of | $607,093,880. The free silver men say’ the debt was created to maintain the gold standard. Not so. It was created first to pay current expenses and make up thé de ficiency revenue; second, {t was created in order to sustain the silver coin at pari: with gold. For thirteen years there was no trouble in carrying the greenbacks and keep up goid, the reserve, but constantly piling up depreciating silver coin; con- stanUy tssuing notes to buy more silver for coinage, a falling market tssuing more silver certificates to be kept at parity drew the treasury to the point where it was compelled to issue bonds to buy gold or let the whole sflver currency collapse. To add more silver to this already over- burdened treasury would only end in bank- ruptcy. S More Silver Than Other Nations. “We are told that gold monometallism has locked fast prosperity in a paralysis of hard times; that to stop the fall of Prices and restore prosperity we must adopt free coin. No! We now have more silver than any other nation except India and China, and it has not increased prices nor preserved prosperity.” Mr. Curry said it was true the United States car? levy a prohibitive duty on for- eign silver brought to this country, but that would not be free coinage. To pro- Pose to limit coinage in this manner was to abandon the whole ground of vontro- versy. This government should not adopt the free coinage of silver alone, because it is not rich and powerful enough to as- sume the dictatorship of the world. It would be an attempt to carry the silver of the world at 16 to 1, when it is commercial- ly worth only 30 to 1. Mr. Phelps Closes. Mr. Phelps closed the argument. He sald that money is not a commodity unless it has the force of law behind it. The crucial test is whether the owner can make his creditors take it. Referring to the state- ment so often advanced as to the danger of this country retrograding among the nations of the world if the silver basis were adopted, Mr. Phelps said: “Do we stand in danger of becoming Mexicanized or Chinaized by free coinage? Not much. If that were the case, however, it could be just as truthfully held that we are likely to be Egyptianized or Itallanized by the gold standard.” Mr. Phelps said that the money in circulation in India and China is silver. It is higher priced than our silver, and that being the case, who will bring it to this country for coinage when it would involve a loss on every ounce? Beside, if silver did come here, what harm could it do? he asked. He said Mr. Curry had proposed no-remedy for the evils of the bond issue, but had asserted that what the country needs is revenue. “Does he want to go back to McKinley law, then?’ demanded Mr. Phelps. This was met with cries of “Yes, yes,” in some parts of the hail, and equally as vigorous objections of “Never!” in other sections. Mr. Phelps then touched upon the ques- tion of revenue and his argument assumed something of a partisan character in fa- vor of the democratic administration, but he was called to order by some of the au- diefce, who insisted that politics should rot enter into the discussion of silver con- ducted before members of labor unions. At this point several men in the audience manifested a desire to engage in the dis- cussion, and questions and answers were fired back and across the hall regardless of the speaker on the rostrum. Mr. Phelps then closed his address and the chairman declared the meeting adjourned. UNIVERSITY NOTES The catalogue of Howard University is- sued for ‘95-96 announces some important changes in both faculty and the courses. A new feature in the theological department is the establishment of a course of lectures on pastoral work. Those who will lecture are Rev. Teunis 8. Hamlin, D. D.; Rev. E. D. Bailey, Rev. A. W. Pitzer, D. D.; Rev. S. H. Greene, D. D.; Rev. 8. M. Newman, D. D., and Rev. Alexander Crummell, D. D. Prof. Robert B. Warder, A. M., has been appointed instructor in missions In this de- partment. In the preparatory department Prof. Lewis B. Moore, A. M., has been appointed in- structor in mathematics, English and his- tory, to succeed Prof. Clement L. Brum- baugh, A. B. In the normal department Miss Mary L. Jones has been added to the list of in- structors, and will teach United States his- tory and English grammar. The boarding hall committee has also been entirely re- organized. It consists of President Rankin, Miss Esther M. Torry, George M. Lightfoot, Lewis B. Moore and R. S. Foster as secre tary and treasurer. Miss Torry, who so suc- cessfully filled the position of ‘matron last year, will hold the same office this time. Two new courses have been added in the department of medicine, those of histology and ophthalmology, with Drs. Collins Mar- shall and William W. Purnell, respectively, in charge. Dr. Charles I. West has also been added to the faculty as assistant to the chair of anatomy. Among the many recent improvements made at the Freedman’s Hospital by Dr. Williams is the erection of a stable equipped with all facilities for rapid ambulance serv- ice. This change is a great improvement upon the old method, for within one minute from the time the call bell sounds the am- bulance is in readiness to start. Several new study rooms have also been fitted up for the class of trained nurses. Columbian University. Improvements are now being made in the Columbian Medical School. Dr. Shute has recently expended upward of twelve hun- dred dollars for microscopic and anatomical apparatus of the most improved style for the pathological laboratory. Dr. L. W. Glazebrook has been appointed curator of the museum. Columbien has also added several new courses In her medical school. Dr. Foster of the Government Hospital for the Insane will introduce a course on diseases of the brain, Dr. J. W. Bovee will be professor of clinical gynecology and Dr. Randolph B. Carmichael will teach clinical dermatology. Rev. Edward P. Pollard, D. D., Ph. D., who has been appointed to succeed Prof. George Smith in the department of English in the college, Is now studying abroad in order to fit himself more adequately for his new position, the duties of which he will assume on the opening of the new scholas- tie year. Catholic University. The subscription which has been raised by the Ancient Order of Hibernians for the endowment of the Celtic chair at the uni- versity 1s now complete, and will be pre- sented to the university by a delegation in October, during the meeting of the board of directors. Rev. Dr. Henebury, who has been appointed to this chair, ts now study- ing at Leipsic, where there are the oldest and most authentic Gaelic manuscripts in existence. Thence Father Henebury will go to Fretbourg, where he will also study six months. Mgr. Schroeder. who has recently had a private audience with the pope, will sail for America in a few days, in order to pre- side at the Katholiche Verein, which meets in Detroit the latter part of this month. This society proposes to endow the chair of Germantcs in the university, and the meeting is called for the members to re- port the success of their plans. All ad- vance reports show great success, and it is hoped that the subscription will be com- plete before the beginning of the next scho- lastic term. Father J. C. Kerby, who has been ap- pointed to the chair of economics in the school of social sciences, arrived from. Eu- rope last week, and 1s now at his home in the west. Father Kerby is a licentiate of ‘94, and since receiving his diploma at the university has been studying abroad, fit- ting himself for his new position, the duties of which he will most likely assume at the beginning of the new scholastic term. Very Rev. P. J. Garrigan, D. D., vice rec- tor of the university, will leave the latter part of the week for Fitchburg, Mass., to be present at the opening of a convention of religious educators. Dr. Garrigan will read a paper, entitled “Christian Teach- ers.” The exercises cf the convention will be corducted in the Convent of Notre Dame by Mrs. Ellen Burk of New York city and the sisters and ladies engaged in teaching will take a course in the most ad- vanced methods of teaching. —— Deep Sympathy. From tte Indianapolis News. “I went to take a quinine capsule this morning, and the blame thing, just as I got in my mouth, came apart.” “Ah, that was a bitter parting, indeed!” THE NATIONAL GUARD Personnel of the Brigade Rifle Team as Finally Selected. DEPART FOR SEA GIRTSATORDAY NEXT Regimental and Company Repre- sentatives Will Also Go. COMPETITORS FROM GEORGIA Never within the recollection of the oldest officer or enlisted man have matters in the District National Guard been at such a complete standstill. Of course, there Is a burst of energy on the part of those rifie- men who are going to Sea Girt, but other-~ wise evidence of the existence of an or- ganized militia locally 1s sadly lacking. The armory Is to all intents and purposes deserted, drills and company meetings have been suspended, and nothing startling has transpired for many a day. Naturally, interest is focused on the party that departs a weck hence for Jer- sey, to meet the crack shots of that state, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Georgia and several other localities, in friendly though determined strife before the targets. Right here it may be stated that the representa- tives of the District of Columbia National Guard will have no opportunity for pre- liminary practice, either at known dis- tances or skirmishing, on the range at Sea Girt. However, several of the other teams have arranged to go into camp sufficiently early next week to permit of several days’ work endeavoring to locate the bull’s-eyes that are to be banged at during the co: tests. If the District wins, so say those who are familiar with the situation, it will be because of most excellent shooting, and nothing else. Personnel of the Team. The fourteen men who will go to Sea Girt, constituting the brigade team party, as finally selected, are Private S. I. Scott, Private S. B. Wetherald, Sergt. C. W. Dickey, Private George Cook, Capt. J. M. Pollard, Corp. Maurice Appleby, Lieut. C. H, Laird, Capt. James E. Bell, Private E. W. Scott, Private G. W. Albertie, Lieut. A. O. Hutterly, Lieut. F. L. Graham, Lieut. G. B. Young and Col. Cecil Clay. These include the shcoting twelve.and two alternates. Of course, Maj. Harries will captain the team, while, as has been the case for several years past, Lieut. W. P. Vale of the 6th Battalion 1s to act as ad- jutant, and Capt. H. H. Parmenter of the 2d Regiment will not merely pose, but en- gage in hard labor as quartermaster of the detachment. In practice the brigade team has accom- plished very satisfactory work indeed. Thursday last a score of 1084 was made, with two of the regular members absqnt and the team shooting in a hurry at 600 yards in order to catch a train. The ist Regiment team will be selected by Capt. Thomas S, King from the fol- lowing candidates: Private F. N. Welis, Company B, Ist B#ttalion: Private W. E. Colladay, Company B, 2d Battalion; Pri. vate W. E. Crist, Company B, 2d Batta- lion; Private M. P. Brittain, Company A, 2d Battalion; Private John A. Wilkinson, Company C, Ist Battalion; Lieut. L. H. Reichelderfer, adjutant 3d Battalion, and Lieut. A. A. Birney, inspector of rifle prac- tice, Ist Battalion. Captain James E. Bell will choose his team from the following: Col. Cecil Clay, Lieut. Shaw, 5th Battalion; Corporal Wil- cox, Company A, 6th Battalion; Private Kirk, Company B, 6th_ Battalion; Lieut. Jacobs, adjutant, 4th Battalion; ‘Private Bell, Company B. 6th Battalion: Sergeant McClain, Company A, 6th Battalion: Pri- vate Groome, Company A, 6th Battalion Sergeant Davenport, Company B, 5th Bat- talfon, and Private Whitacre, Company A, 6th Battalion. Company A and Company B, 6th Battalion, will each send a team, they having won in the competition for transportation to Sea Girt Wednesday last. The Ist Separate Company and the 2a Sep- arate Company will also send a team aplece at the expense of the respective organiza- ticns, The Engineer Corps will be repre- sented by _a regimental tea while Com- pany A, Engineer Corps, will dispatch a team. The majority of the Engineers, both regimental and company, are a!so on the brigade team. 4 Facilities for Practice. A special effort will be made to accom- modate all the teams in the way of facili- ties for practice next week at Ordway, al- though one of the reguiar days for known distance firing, Friday next, will be set apart for skirmishing. A liberal issuance of ammunition will also be made. The locker house at the range is now practically ready for use, and those desiring to rent spaces may do so without further delay. It is absolutely essential that all persons going to Sea Girt should attend the meet- ing to be held in the lecture room of the armory at 8 o'clock this evening. All teams must then be reported and all names made known to the team quartermaster. Ques- tions will be answered and announcements in regard to the equipment that is to be carried and the like made. The party will leave for Sea Girt Satur- day afternoon, August 29, at 12:15 o'clock by the Pennsylvania railroad, and will reach Sea Girt in time for supper. Quite a number of ladies will be included in the party. They will te Asbury Park. eelinr rs es Georgia on the Way. Among the dangerous competitors’ the District sharpshooters will meet at Sea Girt are the cream of Georgia’s National Guard, a group of riflemen from Savannah, who are going to Jersey with the detcr- mination to capture the Hilton trophy or die in the attempt. These Georgians are far from being strangers to Maj. Harries and his corps of experts. They walked away last year with the-interstate match and the “Soldier of Marathon” and caused the District contingent something that bor- dered on heart disease in the Hilton trophy match. Several of the local marksmen also brushed up against the Georgians in the matches held in connection with the Savannah interstate drill last May, and in speaking of them ‘remarks of a flippant nature are seldom heard. The Georgia team has been hard and constantly at work since early spring and no doubt will give a most excellent account of itself dur- ing the first week of September. The Georgia team held its final practice shoot on the Avondale ray ige Tuesday last, and today the members agile from Savan. nah for New York. The men are reported to be all in fine trim, aud their work on the range has been’ exceptionally good. Those they left behing are convinced that if the Georgians keep up the records they have made prior to departure they cannot fail to return to Savannah without several of the most valuable prizes offered by the New Jersey State Rifle Association, and the Savannah people have just that much confidence in them, they gay, to believe that they are going to do it. The party that sailed today included Capt. George T. Cann, Capt. J. C. Postell, Capt. A. S. Eichberg, Lieut, F. C. Wilson, Sergt. W. G. Harrison, Sergt. Thomas Hunter, Corp. Fred Myers, jr., Corp. George Freeman, Sergt. Wright Hunter and Privates E. C. Mercer, R. C. Fetzer, dr., W. G. Austin, H. B. Wilson, G. 8. Rich- mond, J. D. Miller and J. G. Nelson. The team captain, Capt. W. W. Williamson, is at present at Saratoga, but will meet his men in New York and accompany them to Sea Girt. ‘The Georgia team will have four days’ Practice at Sea Girt before the matches begin, and it is reported that they intend to make good use of every.moment of the time. A Team From Atlanta, A team from the Governor's Horse Guards of Atlanta will als> endeavor to make its presence felt at Sea Girt. The team will consist of Capt. J. S. Dozier, Sergt. W. G. Brown, Quartermaster Geo. M. Shope, Corp. A. G. Ballard and Privates B. R. Padgett, F. W. Benteen, L. J. Daniel, W. P. Walker and William Lycett. These men have been practicing on their own range at Lakewood for about four months, and, it is reported, have made some very creditable scores. “At a recent shoot, af- ter it had rained all morning, and the grounds were covered with mud and were otherwise in bad condition, fourteen men out of twenty-four made a score of twen- ty-five or over out of a possible 35, at 200 and 300 yards. This is considered in At- Janta to be very fine shooting, lowering by a large majority any previous scores made by the same men. The expenses of this team are to be met by the company, and the riflemen have not been limited. ‘Dhey intend to travel in style and grasp j every advaniage, thereby hoping to be in perfect trim when the contests open. F. W. Benteen is said to he the best shot on the team. He holds the company medal and several others. Dr. W. G. Brown Is also reported to be an excellent marks- man. If honest effort counts Atlanta will not be ashamed of the work of her repre- sentative team in the coming competitions. —_—— IN. THE CHURCHES Several plans for new work have been mapped out by the general secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, Mr. W. N. Multer. Among these will be the formation of a woman's auxiliary to the ¥. M. C. A. In many cities these aux- iliaries have assumed entire charge of ihe buildings, and while it is not proposed that the Washington auxiliary will undertake work on such a large scale, the directors of the association think that the touch of feminine hands here and there about the building will certainly result in a decided improvement. Heretofore in those Y. M. C. A. affairs in which the presence of la- dies was desired committees were hastily appointed, but when the auxiliary is form- ed it fs thought that all events requiring the attention of ladies can be systemat- ically arranged and carried out. ‘The social end of life at the Y. M. C. A. is to receive a good deal of attention this coming fall and winter. It is planned to have a reception for the general public every month and a reception to the mem- bers of the association every other week. Rev. Dr. George &. Patch, pastor of the Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church, in a recent letter to his congrega- tion states that he feels nearly as well us he ever has and that all traces of the stroke of paralysis with which he was at- tacked in March have disappeared com- pletely. He is now at Wernersville, in the mountains of Pennsylvania, and he will remain there until cool weather return: The services at Mount Vernon Methodist Church South Dr. in the absence of the pas Canter, are being conducted by the assistant minister, Rev. J. W. Beall. Rev. Mr. Beall has succeeded in placing the West Washington mission of the church upon such a good footing that a change to larger quarters is being dis- cussed. Mr. Beall has had entire charge of the services at the mission. The new organ of Fifteenth Street Meth- odist Church is now in place. It cost about $3,0) and is in keeping with the general tone of the main auditorium in which it is located. Dr. Van Arsdale, the pastor of the church, contemplates ‘a public re- cital, at which the organ will be fully tested, some time during next month. The Sunday evening services, which have heen in charge of the Epworth League chapter of the church during July and Au- gust, will be resumed by the pastor the first’ Sunday in September. The pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Rev. Joseph T. Kelly, is summer- ing on the Maine ccast, where his father-in- law has a cottage. Mr, Kelly will return to Washington in about three weeks, and in the meantime services at Fourth Churca are being conducted by the Rev. Mr. Bry- ant of Mt. Clemens, Mich., editor of the Michigan Presbyterian. ‘The Methodist Union will meet during the early part of September to consider the methods to bo used in raising the §% necessary to pay off the debts on North Capitol Church. The financial condition of the church caused some anxiety the early Fart of this summer, but clear water seems now to be ahead. Rev. C. L. Pate, the pastor of the church, has not taken any Vacation this summer, but remained in the city to collect what funds he could to re- lieve the church. In this matter he has been comparatively successful. Dr. Talmage of the First. Presbyterian Church recently spent a few days at Moun- {ain Lake Park. He is now at East Hamp- ton, L. I. When he returns he is expected to conduct several services in the open air with the Gospel mission wagon of the Cen- tral Union Mission on Market space. The niusic at St. Paul’s Protestant Epis- copal Church is being rendered this month by one of the guilds of the parish Chapter of Praise. The vested choir of the church are now enjoying their vacation of a month. Services at the Church of the Reforma. tion this month and a part of next hav: been and will be conducted on Sundays by the Rev. L. M. Kuhns in the morning, and by the Christian Endeavor Society of the church in the evening. Dr. Parson, the pastor, is at Brooklyne, on the coast of Maine, with his family, and will return in about three weeks. The annual meeting of the eastern branch of the Maryland synod of the Lutheran Church may be held ear- Her this year than last. Pastor E. Hez Swem of the Second Bap- tist Church, corner of Virginia avenue and 4th street southeast, is preaching a series of Sunday evening sermons on “Much About Marriage; or Bachelors and Spin- sters.”” From present indications, it looks very much as if there will be a strong effort made to have the international Epworth League convention of 1890 held in Wash- ington. The movement for this convention was begun at the Harrisburg convention lust June, and since then the matter has been thoroughly discussed in a large num- ber of the Washington district chapters. In none of the chapters in which the mat- ter has been discussed have there been un- favorable reports, whilo most all have re- corded distinct votes in the affirmative. President Tasker has divided the work of preparing for the campaign which must be made at Toronto next June dy starting two committees to work. One of these committees, headed by Frank T. Israel as chairman, is now at work trying to make the local delegation to Toronto as large as pessible, while the other committee, with President Tasker as chairman, is taking in charge the matter of the campaign amongst the chapters as to whether they wish to entertain the convention. Tuesday of this week there a Sunday school institute held at the Presbyterian Church of Falls Church. The sessions con- tinued all day and during the evening, and were well attended, many people com- ing from a distance. A’number of workers in the Washington Sunday school conven- tion, with which the Alexandria county urion is allied, occupied numbers on the program, amongst them being President Pierson H. Bristow and D. Percy Hickling. Dr. Thomas Chalmers Easton of the Eastern Presbyterian Church expects to leave the latter part of this month for the Pacific coast, and will not preach again at his church until the second Sunday of Oc- tober. While away he will visit his son, who is a student in a California university. Mrs. and Miss Easton are spending this month on the Blue Ridge mountains. The ladies of the Keller Memorial Church tendered the congregation and its friends a lawn party on the grounds surrounding the church, on 9th street northeast, Wednes- day evening of this week. The affair was gotten up under the auspices of the Ladies’ Ald Society. Rev. C. H. Crawford of New Orleans, La., ig in the city, and is expected to de- liver an address tomorrow afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. Mr. W. H. H. Smith has re- sumed charge of the Sunday teachers’ class of the association. tor, TY PAGES. Everybody ewants tthe best their means will afford. you buy. As Housefurnishe the givers of the b that is made. 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Our credentials are — CARPETS BEDDING = ae i a Ss as Sos GORSUCH CHURCH Plans for Remodeling the South Washington Meeting House. HISTORY OF THE --— Started as a Sunday School, Then Became a Mission. A SUCCESSFUL HISTORY —__-+—_—— Soon after the close of the Baltimore con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held last March, the congregation of Gor- such Church of this city decided to begin arrangements looking to the erection of a new house of worship. Last week a con- tract was let for the remodeling of the present structure. While there will be no corner-stone laying or other ceremony in- cident to the beginning of a new church, still, to all intents and purposes, the re- modeled structure of Gorsuch will be pra tically new. as of the old structure there will be only portions of the two side wal left remaining. The contractor broke ground this week, and expects to have the church ready for dedication by the middle of October. About the year 1850 Mr. George I. Hall as 4 inted a class leader by Rev. J. 8. Gorsush who waa then stationed at Ri land Church. Mr. Hall held his first cl in the rhood of 42 and L stree ‘s present location of the church, at the home of Mrs. Gill, and here the met regularly for some time, but moved to the residenc of and Prather. The little band afterward of continued to grow, and in the same year they moved into the frame schovl house where now Greenleaf School. Here a Sabbath Was organized, with George W. ¢ superintendent and G e Hall as as ant. The church was recognized as a mi: sion of R: d, and the following minister: who served successively as r church, had supervis . Gorsuch, John Hedges, N. Alfred Griffith, W. F. Speake and W. C. Steel. An Organization Formed. In 1 the organization, having gained sufficient strength, withdrew from Ryland to become a separate station, with Rev. J. H. Ryland as pastor. Previous to thi: in 1850, a building site was purchased and the present brick structure erected, being named after the Rev. J. 8. Gol ich. The church now began an ac‘ istence, and in 1857 Rev. Henry Sipes was appointed pastor, and was reappointed in 1858. Dur- ing the war the organization had a hard struggle, and at one time their pastor re- tired, leaving the church without a head, so that the official body engaged R i Vv. Leech, who is the present pastor of Grace Church of this city, to take charge of Gorsuch. During the pastorate of Rev. J._N. Davis, 186 the building was re- paired, and again in 1868 the congregation further expended $1,900, The church has had a great deal to contend against, but everything secms to be clear ahead now. ‘Vhe congregation is lai many new members ha’ added, and the social attended. One of the oldest members of the church is Mr. W. R. Hunt, who has n the faith- ful superintendent of the Sunday schooi continuously since 1869. The congregation has strong working senior and junior Ep- worth Leagues, the Junior League being the largest in the Baltimore conference. During the nearly fifty years of the hk tery of the church he following hi: ng recently meetings are served it as_pastors: Revs. J. S. Gorsuch, J. Hedges, N. Schlosson, Alfred Griffith, W. F. Speake ar of Ryland), H. W. C. 'Sieel (as pasto Sipes, J. H. M. Lemon, J. H, Cornelius, J. W. Hoover, G. V. Leech, | N. Davis, W. H. Laney, G. W. Hobbs, J. 8. James, W. C. Mullen, J. W. Moore, J. Bender, J. A. McLaren, J. C. Starr and W. M. Osborn. The Present Pastor. The present pastor, Rev. W. H. Richard- son, is just twenty-eight years of age, hav- ing been born in Washington in 1868. The fomily of Mr. Richardson removed from this city to Baltimore, and in 1876 removed again to MeDonough county, Illinois, where, at the age of twelve, the future pastor of Gorsuch was converted, and join- ed the Methodist Church. At the age of eighteen he entered Hedding College, Abingdor, TIL, completing the course and graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1893. In his Junior vear he won the theo- logical prize over thirty-three contestant: and in May, 1893, he was clected state sec- retary of the Ii!ino!s Intercollegiate Proni Bition Asseciation. In the following yes he was appointed president of the associa tion, and during his term of office lecturer for the National Association. All this time he was fitting himself for the legal profession, but feeling it his duty to preach he applied for and received a l- cense in February, 1895, and in March of the same year entered the Baltimore con- ference. His first charge was Great Falls circuit, East Baltimore district, which charge h€ served one year. At the last ses+ sion of the conference Mr. Richardson was assigned to Gaithersburg, Washington dis trict, but by order of the presiding bishop House & Herrmann, Liberal Furnishers, 4N. E. Corner 7th and | Streets. ZB Pa a ae a a i Re a ee ORGANIZATION | \fi architect and John Degges the buik Owen Donnelly will put up a tw | press brick dwelling with flat tin root ‘hesteatenteatestesteatesateateatictea DM Dealeatetestests PesteatratretesdeDeateatiatetestesrateatesteate rere testeeMeeMatestestecde Meares Pee | was transferred to Gorsuch Church, Wash- Jington. In June last his alma mater con- | ferred upon him the master’s degree. Rev Mr. Richards Pp he youngest Metho: astor in W on is yet ene of its brightest, and ¥ he has succeeded in infusing life int Gorsych Church will undoubtedly make his way in the ministry. The officers of th Stewords, W. R. Hunt, George Z S. H. Ramby, John 8. ‘Powers, J rich, W. H. Tra *. Ruff, Miss Crump and Mi J. Mallor the from John F. Akers, Hunt, G. 8. H. Ramby. J. S. Powers; class | JS. Powers and Fanny Ramby; ¢ ter, W. R. Hent; 1 of the Epworth League, D.C! Smithson, ard superintendent of the Junior League, Mi ela Crump, The Charch Stractare. The old church is located on the south- west corner of 44 and L streets south- west 4 st. The lot upon which j it stands y feet wide d seventy-five fect d The contractor has begun work on the foundations. This has been dered necessary because the remod structure will be not only ten fe than the old one, but will also lar under it. ‘© xecomplish this latter | Purpose the upper walls will have to be shered up and new foundations laid. The principal feature of the front of the re- me d structure will be a tower at the northeast corner, which will end in an open turret surmounted by a belfry. This bel- fry and the upper portions ; p to be treated entirely in § fhe other cor of the building, on #2 street, will be without feature, although there will stained window quite near it center of the front the plans prov a larg@ window, seventeen feet hig eleven and a half feet wide, the lower tion being divided into ree small Got wirdows, while the upper half is so ar- rarged as to have three rose windows, with the largest one in the rating the upper and lower portions of window will be a band of ¥ numented with mei words “Gorsuch Church.” the edi the arch of no particular st changed to a dist The entire new tr other of the edifice will be of red brick, 1 with stone. The main er through the tower. There a double do with a ro: facing ‘ne on 4 street. On and a few feet to the west of there will be mailer entrance to allow an exit when people are into church, Other Arrangeme: The present chureh is only one height, and as this portion of # be changed in any way. rly all the ices of the congregat will be held ther The doors open into a vestibule, whi turn opens into the auditorium. preaches to the entrances will be flights of steps made of cement all the walls are to be gone over paired wherever a hey w thoroughly painted, wood wo: well, and also fresc latest design having low ut tory will in ot v spac will incre auditorium P excavation carried to ermit of a within, underneath the chi a depth of seven feet good-sized furnace Altogether the impreve will result In making Gor church. frem a new drew the plans an work is Mr. William J. Palmer. itect who srvising the AMONG THE BUILDERS. Very Few Permits Taken Out During the Week. In the buildirg line the past week might be classed among the record breakers. Be- yond the granting of authority to make a number of comparativel for the er not a s a building the cticn of a few small str e permit for the const f any import was inspector of s. During r but permits have , While up to August record was 2S4. However, there al ments. Mr. Nath iid. the heen of last year to be a few el Meck to build has a rear brick the apartment house ol 13th street rorthwest. The new ure will b t by 48 feet 4 inches, three In the ba but not for dition will be builder. H.C. erect a two-story brick dwelling at tories s , Withat ‘ment will be a carriage table use. The cost of the ad- $7,000, C. A. Campbell is the roof 10u: Lybrand has secured a permit to Massachusetts avenue southeast. Hyd lic press brick is the material to b The house will have a half m, of slate and tin. It water and cost $1,000 used. nsard roof 1Zih street southes latorbe and cost $2 Richard is the architect, while the owner wil look after the matter of bui it to build a two-story and ment press brick dwelling with fiat tin roof at 20 Sth street noriheast, ni to John Sim: and cost $3,040). architect and O J. T. D. Pyles will soon be; struction of a store and priv 11 7th street southeast. brick with fiat tin height, with a cellar. pected to cost $ W. J. Palmer. are the builders. It will be h st. Richard n Dennelly Rotiwell the h con- Stable at It will be of pre roof, two The buildi: x) and was designed by illiam Yost & Brother