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10 a THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. VIGEROY LY AND HIS LIFE STORY Sketch of the Distinguished Visitor Who is to Arrive in Washington This Evening. junk is a home. It has slouched up and down the Chinese coast, children coming, children going, youth and old age clinging to their junk in a parasitic fashion, like the mushrcom engendered under a tree. ‘There are the ruins of the French cathe- dral, sacked in 1870, for which China paid severe damuges, and one of the conse- quences of the sacking and the massacre, the summcns of the viceroy to Tien Tsin (0 see that order was maintained. Below swarm the evidences and results of west- ern’ enterprise—the huge, panting machines of aggressive western energy, steamers heaped with cotton and cloth and oil, wharves streaming with trade, as turbu- lent asd everwhelming as New Orleans. In considering a character like the vice- we must take him from the Chinese of view. He is neither a Roman nor eek, nor an American, but a China- He represents the oldest of clviliza- Behind him are sixty centuries of industry and renown. His Upon returning from his journey around the world General Grant said he had met in bis travels four great men—Lord Bea- consfield, rck, Gambetta and Li Hung Chang. Disraeli and Gimbetta are dead. Bismarck is living in retirement in Ger- many, Li Hung Chang is the directing geni- us whose intellect sways the destinies of ore-quarter of the humen race. He will be ere in Washington this evening, the repre- in the man. tions. achievement, ancestors had a literature, a religion, a sentat of the oldest civilization science when ours were eating acorns in world receiving the hospitality of the] the woods or followng the deplorable rites youngest and the most advanced. He has | Of the Druids. He represents the liberal thoughts of a conservative people, but it is a Kberalism held down by the traditions of centuries. As a statesman he has ever climbed toward the mountain top, and if in climbing the ashes and marl recede and throw hita back again the fault is not with him, but with his environments. Japan and China, come from a to the ancient countries of Europe. He has been the guest of m ted upon crumbling thrones, and studied with intense application and discernment the methods his hests ing to ward off the inevitable fall. has seen legions drawn up in his honor and has passed through provinces whe every able-bodied man wore a un’ Further on in his story Mr. Young says: The relations between Japan and China ch culminated tn the recent war were source of anxiety to the viceroy. In was what was known as the Loo ly, the ownership of a aggling group of islands on the coast of China, ender her suzerainty. They had a nd ¢f sovereign, who paid a modest trib- ute, and then did about what he pleased. Japan sought to make them an active, in- tegral part of her empire. The whole af- fair was nazy—king taken by the neck and throwa out, the islands of no special impor- ence, except to the innocent imhabitants, outside of naval or military purposes. They hurg like a fringe upon the skirts of the celestial empire, and China was sensitive Gen. in its a great n ¢ remark Grant was unque to Li Hang achiet true other great men he ticn by reason of hi ties. He wi was a farmer Chang was was but_y al Grant was passing through apan the viceroy requested him bject to the attention of the as faithfully complied with, , as will be found in our dip- Was a settlement honorable to both countries and. an, adjournment of the , Which came in its own unhappy time. this incident—that of a private gen- n adjusting an angry international spnte—one of the greatest triumphs of Grant's fllustrious career. The suggestion from L! Hung Chang. var was bad enough. It roy’s desire to attack < the em- to the public serv- ‘ing ret n broke i by a fanatical started in to destroy or and was ¢ When the in China, out t never the v: Hung Chang was intrusted | tipan. I remember a dinner given by the az It was in this bloo: viceroy to Ito, the present Japanese pre- Use tie es CUE mier, and the earnest, affectionate, almost won the fame that was denied to soliciting interest with which the viceroy Gebated every question between China and Japan—the hope that the nations could come into the old family circle. Ito was never a demonstrative man—rath- ak geoine,.the two whit as valuable and rebellion was put dow ang was made the governor of Ame Cs but suddenly there came an | er a surging, undemonstrative intellect: de- outbre = Tien-Tsin aeains the mis- | cisive, direct, kindly, prompt, audacious— sue & ee te pena et and when I knew him not the dominant out peace in vay that the frown- | 200 .w Em y ROW th ¢ ing face of F that hung: ominously | owe: ‘Bat new seovenns: the: pelley, Tot A n. Th? best answer that the count could give to the viceroy was that he should com? and see Japan and confer with the near, was cleared and drawn back. Guardian of the Emperor. In 18%), when he was thirty-eight years| cmperor. I pressed the viceroy to accept Bs Ew Hurts Onde wanna <ieesae the invitation. You could move the ava- a EE ats Crane wines mantle: wicerox OF |) icne i uterioh (ho slaciecaemansvetottad two provir A litule later he made senior guardian of the em After that he was given the y jacket and the command of the northern army. Then, iz: thought that if the viceroy had accepted the courtesy of Ito there would have been war between China and Japan. ‘The Tonquin war, which resulted so dis- LI HUNG CHANG’s AELLUW JACK inister and min-| astrously for France, was an event in Li xe comes to the | Hung Chang's career. France attempted bassador of | an alliance with Japan, which the viceroy, with the aid of the United States, prevent: ed. Then she attempted to securé suprem- acy in Chinese commerce by taking the Chinese merchant fleet trading along the Chinese coast. Li Hung Chang quietly transferred the thirty-four steamers to the American flag. While nghting the rebels within gnd foes from without, Li Hung Chang has been be- set by the secret and treacherous enemies 1 in the | who worked by stealth and conspiracy. He tides, a forest of | has been accused of being the enemy of the resembiing the vessel) Tartar dynasty, which has ruled China so Ison was shot into immorial| long, but he has overcome his traducers, ng the tribute rice from the | one and all. Twice he has been disgraced ‘These are not alone junks, but| by his emperor, once in 1870, after the turn, he wos made prime ister of foreign affairs, an United States as the spec the Emperor of China. Ex-Minister Young’s Comment. In a recent erticle Mr. John Rus: eu! Young, ex-minister to China, has this to| Bay: 3 The vicersy at home sits In his modest palace, a mass of straggling one-storied | houses, dingy because of the want of paint Dhe palace tre river. toward a bi re rushin There rovinces. Romes of three gengrations, perhaps. The Tien-Tsin massacre, and a year ago, after the Japanese admin‘stered their crushing defeats to the Chinese, but each time his titles and honors and powers were restored to him more ample than before. Even in those tWo brief interruptions to his active service for his country he was still re- garded as the dominant personality in the great empire. English historians have given Chinese Gordon the glory and the credit for ‘suppressing the Tae-Ping re- bellion. The genius that directed and the hand that moved the forces that accom- plished the result belonged to Li Hung Chang. In the article by Mr. John Russell Young, quoted above, he treats this subject in a graphic and interesting manner: The deplorable anf unnecessary death of Chinese Gordon in the Soudan has thrown around his memory the glamor of mysti- cism, and tn the absence of available heroes, our English friends have given him a pin- nacle of greatness equal to that of Nelson. The bent of Gordon’s mind toward theo- logical disquisitions has attracted tho inter- est shown in Havelock and Stonewall Jack- son, Out of this has grown the impression, now almost historical, that the suppression of the Tae-Ping rebellion was due to the genius of Gordon. His name has reached the immortality of romance. He lives in romance as the sup- pressor of the Tae-Ping rebellion. Other names disappear. Ward and Burgeoine, the two Americans who rendered valuable services, are forgotten, and the fact that Li Hung Chang, the Chinese commander, had any part in the business is unknown. Gordon, as a young captain of engineers, about twenty-six, son of a British general, took part in the invasion of China in 1860, assisted in the carture of Peking and in the wanton destruction of the Summer Palace, the worst bit of business in the way of making an empire since the burning of our national Capito! and public Hbrary by Ad- miral Cockburn in 1814. Having finished the Summer Palace, Gordon went to Shang- hai to save the European settlement from the Tae-Ping rebels. At the request of Li Hung Chang, he was attached to the im- Perial forces, becoming a lieutenant colonel and mandarin, and taking with him into the Chinese service a couple of hundred Englishmen and other aliens, beachcomb- ers, waifs, stray sheep, fugitives from jus- tice, adventurers and’ representatives of that strange jumble of human nature found on the shores of Asia. The war ran on for a couple of years. It wes hardly a war—rather an amicable bit of throat-cutting—“armies adjourning hostilities during a battle that dinner might be served,” and other quaint neighborly custems. It was a Chinese war, fought by Chinese soldiers, victory achieved, when {t came at last, by Chinese valor. ‘The inci- dent of the execution of the Wang princes by the order of Li, and Gordon rushing around with a pistol to shoot Li for his “treackery,” has been much written about, until it already has attained the dignity of a romance. The fact was that Gordon was never In command of the army of Li —never in a position to make stipulations as to the terms that Id should give to an enemy. If the viceroy had not taken the Ss of the captive rebel princes he would disobeyed the commands of the em- peror end lost his own. A Ruler of Men. “I have dwelt upon the episode,” con- tinued Mr. Young, “not to be unjust to a memorable man, but to show his relations to Li Hung Chang ai remove the impr sion that in the Tae-Ping rebeliion Gordon Was the master spirit, the viceroy a pup- pet. The difference between the two men Was distinct—Gordon, a dreamer, a mystic, ever floating in the of theologtes, throwing creeds a: e as 0: and believing himself under G Way, that way, translating h his impulses, into the direct command of God governing his life: affectionate, high- tempered, swift to action, a stane out of sling when duty called: a law unto , the law an expression of vanity, that law t the will of God; ly threw up a emotions, mili- the supreme hour ruler of men. An intensely As a soldicr stern, unrel in discipline, know stubborn in argu: ment; ma ion, with a high, sweeping temper, so rarely sven in orient abrupt, straightforward, at times al- to the verge of rudeness, a scholar of the highest rank and a poet: given to hemor, with a touch of gentleness in his instant, even anticipatory, in his es, but always going to the heart lion: never under illusions; keen, watchful, with a memory like steel, going ever to his purpose. I can imagine no stronger contrast than that between two such characters as those of Gordon and Li Hung Chang. And perhaps in this contrast we find the groundwork of their friendship und esteem.” Progressive Statesmanship. During his long incumbency as governor general, or viceroy, as he was generally styled by foreigners, he became the open and avowed advocate of the construction of railroads, the purchase of foreign-built fronclads and gunboats, the erection of modern fortifications, the use of foreign cannon, and the introduction of modern military science, Instruction, organization and firearms. He also built telegraph Hnes, which are managed by Danish experts, established ‘a school to instruct the operators, opened and equipped coal mines cn the European. plan, built the first railroad in the empire to carry the product to Tien-Tsin and the fleet, founded a military and naval acad- emy, endowed a modern hospital, fitted up arsenals, machine shops and cotton mills with foreign machinery, and generally did all that he dared do to !ntroduce modern appliances and improvements into his own province, and to awaken the government to the importance of introducing them throughout the empire. His memorials, gn all these subjects, and especially on the origin, introduction and advantages of railroads, abound in the wisdom of a great mind, and are set forth in terms which ought to have aroused a government steeped in the densest ignorance and con- servatism. Practically they fell stillborn, for while they were received, read and re- ferred, the influence of the censors, or “‘all- controling court,” aided by the conserva- tive officials of the other great boards, was so great that it was impossible to secure the adoption of a progressive policy on the part of the throne, without which no ade- quate measures could be carried into effect. Whatever was done was done by Li Hung Chang, on his own responsibility, almost, as it were, with the bowstring about his neck. During this period of his most active life his yamen, or official residence, on the northern bank of the Peiho at Tien-Tsin, was the actual center of all the progress there was in China, and Li himself was the hope and leader of all, whether native or foreign, who sincerely desired to see China throw off the old, adopt the new, and take her place among the nations of the world. No Parties in China. There are no parties in China: The throne and its occupant, whether man or woman, are supreme. All are below, and tremble at its power. A man may be a conservative, but there is no conservative arty. He may be a liberal or progressive, ut there is no Mberal party. There are no newspapers for the masses. The Peking Gazette, which is the oldest journal in the world, is an official publication, which con- tains nothing but such memorials, rescripts and edicts as the government chooses to make public to the official classes and lit- erati, and hence it is almost impossible to establish a liberal propaganda. New ideas are looked upon askance and travel but slowly. An official of progressive views is sure to be regarded with suspicion, how- ever powerful he may be, and the higher the place he holds the more certain it is that some one who would like to supersede him will keep constantly on his track in hopes of catching him tripping. In spite of all this the viceroy has had his triumphs, and not the least of these was the conversion of the late Tso Tsung Tang, who had been always opposed to foreigners and foreign methods in every- thing. He was a great scholar and also a great general. Throughout a long and useful career he was a boll, resolute and outspoken adviser of the throne, and was always a hero and favorite with the con- servatives. He had military talents of a high order, used Krepp guns and improved mall arms, but would not employ the ‘western barbarians,” for whom he had a flerce contempt. He was withal an honest man, and a most loyal subject, who thor- oughly believed in dhe inese system. He died a decade ago, full of years end horcrs, but before going over to the ma- jority addressed a ‘‘dying memorial’ to the throne, in which he indirectly bore the highest testimony to the superior wisdom of his friend Li Hung Chang, the great Chinese exponent of progress. 1 Hung Chang and Grant. Li Hung Chang placed a wreath upon Gordon’s monument in London. He also placed a@ wreath upon the grave of Grant at Riverside Park. There was intimate friendship bétween the viceroy and the general, On his tour around the world the latter was the of Li Hung Chang, who ordered ors to be paid him on Pis arrival. Mr. ¥ thus describes the meeting of the two men. There was a. Surioup interest in the meet- ing. The vicetby, gf-soon as he knew of Grant's arrival Inece waters, had sent orders that ‘he”shotjd have royal honors. As the man-oftwar passed up the Peiho river the troops wése paraded and every fort fired twenfy-on; puns. The junks were ablaze with bunting, The gunboats man- ned yards. Th¢ canjion, the flags, the col- ors, the banks’ of the river lined with a dense multitu nded into a picture worthy of thé;genlus of Turner. As the man-of-war approached Tien-Tsin the vice regal yacht approached. Grant advanced and, greeting the viceroy, they:sat on the quarter deck. There was the dense back- ground of Chinese officials; the less dense, but none the fess significant, background of our own. The viceroy studied Grant lcng and curiously. We had tea and wine and cigars. Then came-in that touch of oriental poetry—imagination, _ perhaps— which enters ihito the viceroy’s character. They were friends, he sald; they would be in accord. The stars had said it. They were born-tn the same: year, 1822. Grant hed commanded the army which had sup- reseed the southern rebellion, Li had com- manded the army which had suppressed the Tae-Ping rebellion. Yes, they were in acccrd. And how strange that Grant's fl- lustrious opponent, like himself,was named 2. I well remember the interview, it being my privilege to share in it. The viceroy was then in the splendor of health, age fifty-seven, the embodiment of agility and ability, not, as now, stricken with years and wounds, but a dominant, masterful spirit, tall, quick, decisive, large head, eye keen, looking you directly in the face, and perfect in that courtesy seen nowhere ‘to such a degree as in the east. Grant returned the call the next day and was received with pomp—a guard from the man-of-war. The viceroy sent his yacht— a superb vessel—and as we steamed up to the viceregal palace the banks of the river were lined with troups at a present, cannon firing, and behind the soldiers a dense mul- titude. The ceremony ended by the viceroy asking General Grant to sit with him and be photographed. It was here that the viceroy received Gen. Grant, and won his commendation as one of. the greatest men of the modern world, and laid the foundation of a friend- ship that lasted to the end of the general’s life, and has since been extended to his family. Hix Recent Journey. The coronation of the young emperor and empress at the ancient capital of all the Russias was one of the greatest functfons of the kind that has taken place in. the modern world. It was necessary for every potentate, prince and president, the em- peror of China included, to be represented there In person or by proxy. There was no precedent for selecting a prince of the im- perial family, and there was no subject ex- cept Li Hung Chang. sufficiently well known, or who had filled a station suffi- ciently important, to. entitle +him-4a. thig exalted place; hence, in spite of his ad- vancing years, he was selected: His ben- ors and decorations were given back to him, and, with the title of earl and ‘the high office of ambassador, he was sent forth with his son and a great retinue to represent his country and his “august mas- ter. What his instructions were must remain for the present largely a matter of con- Jecture, and the conjectures which have been given to tne world by the journalists and reporters of the day cover every con- ceiVable question which might arise be- tween Ching and foreign nations, So much is ¢ n. After attending the coronation, participating In its ceremomes, and attracting almost as much attention us the emperor and empress whom he went to honor, he has made the tour of the chief countries of Eitrope, and is now on his way back to Peking, where he will arrive to- ward the end’ of October. He will have traveled completely around the earth from st to west, covered something over thirty thousand miles by sea and land, traversed the richest countries of Europe and Amer- ica, and have seen their chief cities. He will have conferred ‘with emperors, kings, presidents, prime mifnisters, secretaries of state, statesmen, warriors and lesser digni- taries, and men of note impossible to name or enumerate. "He has everywhere been re- ceived with the greatest respect_and con- sideration. Crack troops and mflitary or- ganizations have passed in review before him, and each Butopéan power has’ vied with the other in showing him how potent it is for war and’ how rich {t fs in peace. Great Britain, although somewhat tardy in her welcome, did not fail to exhibit a great fleet of ironclads to impress him with the belief that she is still mistress of the seas and the greatest Asiatic power in ex- istence. It Is surmised that he talked with his Russian hosts about the ‘Trans-Sibefian railroad and its connection with Chinese railroads yet to be built, if not about the diplomatic and commercial relations of Russia, China and Japan. It is reported that he asked Lord Salis- bury to consent to the increase of the duty on merchandise imported into China 5 per cent, as fixed by the present treaties, to 10 per cent ad valorem, not as a matter of bargain, but as a matter of right, and that Lord Salisbury declined because no equiva- lent had been offered to Great Britain in exchange for it. European statesmen probably will not forget that in one of his conversations.with Count Ito during the negotiations of the treaty of peace, Li Hung Chang suggested that “the policy which should rule the Asiatic continent is that we should estab- lish an enduring peace in order to prevent the yellow race of Asia from succumbing to the white race of Europe,” and Count Ito replied: “I indorse your excellency’s views with all my heart,” ‘adding a few mo- ments later: “Heaven is impartial and speeds the right. If China will but make 3h effort,-help. will come from on: high: Let there be the will, and heaven, which cares alike for us all, will not forsdke you; thus a nation muy control its own destiny!” io iar Political Information and Sintistics. Every one interested in politics can find fullest information upon past political events in The Evening Star Almanac. Ta- bles have been prepared with care, showing the vote by corgressional districts in the last congressional, election, state election returns for 1892 and 1804, and the electoral votes from 1789 to 1892, with other valuable statistics. In addition, there is an interest- ing chapter upon the money of the United States. 25c. per copy. ee Order of Iron Hall. F. D. Somerby of Baltimore was yester- day at Detroit unanimously re-elected su- preme president of the Order of Iron Hall. The other officers chosen are: Supreme secretary, E. C. Perkins of Baltimore; su- preme treasurer, Joseph Harris of Balti- more; medical director, C. H. Baker, M. D., Philadelphia; supreme instructor, M. H. Moore of Albany; supreme counsellor, Her- bert Macintosh of Boston; supreme chap- lain, Dr. M. B. Wilson of Cleveland; su- preme organizer, Thomas Scorah of De- troit. The reports of the supreme officers show that the, organization is flourishing and progressive, and; that over half a mil- lion dollars hag been disbursed in benefits during the past two years. There are nearly 5,000 mambefs, and the present re- serve fund is about $200,000. ——_1-_+ 0+ Naval Movements. The Atlantic,,squadron, under Admiral Bunce, has saéled ‘ftom Tomkinsville for Fisher's Island‘sound. The vessels to par- ticipate in the ‘arillg''there are the Raleigh, New York, Indiana, Maine, Texas and Co- lumbla. The saghusetts will not join the fleet, having sane to Newport to be fitted with a tonpedo:outfit. The Bennington hes arrived at Port An- geles. The Newark;has sailed for Key West to relieve the Montgomery of patrol duty. od > —— Uniform Rank, K. of L. The 1st regiment of the Unfform Rank, Knights of Labor, will be formed at Cleve- land. The Cleveland delegate to the Knights of Labor General Assembly in 1892 urged the establishment of a uniform rank, but that body did not incorporate the idea in the general plan of the order. The matter was left conditional, however, with the district assemblies. The organization of a regiment of the Uniform Rank has long been under way in Cleveland, and 140 members have signed in the city and many more in the surrounding towns, What the uniform and styles, if any, will be has not been decided on. The Cleveland delegates to the next general assembly of the order, which meets at Rochester in November, will urge that the Uniform Rank be given a constitutional place. WHEN THE SCALP 'IS ATROPHIED, OR SHIN¥- bald, no preparation will restore the hair; in all other cases Hall's Heir Kenewer will start a growth. SUBURBAN NEWS BROOKLAND. Miss Sydney Johnson of Hartford street is ex- Pected to return from Lovettsville, Va., where she hae been the guest of her cousin, Miss Lillian Filler, Miss F. Marean will leave Saturday for a lengthy visit. to California. Miss Maud Jordcn of Washington is the guest of Miss Gass, Miss Rosa Sullivan, who has been visiting in Brookland, has retcrned heme. She was accom- panied by Mise Fannie McGrane of Baltimore, who will remain as: her guest. ‘The ladies of the Baptist Church are busy with preparations for the lawn festival to take place tomorrow in the grove of Mr. J. B. Lori. There will be @ novel feature in a Japanese : Mr. Fred. J returned from a pleasant johnson has outing at Atlantic City, N.J. his daughter Marie re- lengthy visit to North Dr. Franklin T. Howe turned yesterday from Falmouth, Mass., and New York. Mrs. Howe and Miss Mary Helen Howe are still in New York. Mrs. H. M. Woodward and children have returned from @ month's vacation at Colton’s Point. Mr. Charles G. Lyzch and family are still in Culpeper connty, Virginia, where they will remain indefinitely. = ‘WASHINGTON GROVE. ‘The young ladies and gentlemen of the Grove re- cently held a meeting in the cottage of Mr. Win. Mayse and formed an organization known as the Young People’s Association. The object of the as- sociation is to build a chapel at the Grove, the site of which shall be selected by the trustees. At a meeting held Monday the treastrer repurted nearly $200 had been raised, while the members were re- quested to solicit donations as well as new mem- bers.’ The officers of the association are as fol- lows: Mies Ella Stinemetz, president; Mr. Cor- nelius Cissel, first vice president; Mr. Wm. J. Falmer, second vice president; Miss Lacy Merriam, secretary; Miss Grace Altschu, treasurer. There {is a proposed plan ‘on the part of the trustees to erect a force pump and windmill in Hotel Park and supply the hotel with water. Bids have already been received by President M. Db. Peck and submitted to the committee. Mrs. M. D. Peck is quite sick at her cottage on Grove avenue. Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Ritter have returned from @ visit to friends in Brookline, Mass., and rs, Frances Ober and daughters hav their cottage on Sth avenue. Mr. Clinton James, who has been summering at are Albany, bas retursed to his home in the city. Mrs. Wm. Lewis and daughter, are visiting friends at ‘Fern Villx.”” Mrs. Henry L. Strang, who has been quite stck, is convalescent. Mrs. Lewis D. Wilson and daughter are guests of Mrs. Percy Hughes. Miss Mabel erry has returned to her home in Boston, after a pleasant sojourn with her aunt, Mrs. Wm. H. Allen, Mrs. Wm. De Shields and little ones are visiting friends at Manassas, V Miss Eleanor, A very enjoyable plenic, chaperoned by Mrs. Win. aumnies H. Allen, was given at High Rock, Monday. and rowing were indulged in, in addition Ughtful repast. Among those preseut were } Lena Ed) Meta Altschu, Mabel Perry, Locker, Fotberrs and Rearick, Altschu, — Normon Boyer, Melville Lindsey and Donald Trac: Mrs. E.R. Boyer and sons have returned from a visit to friends in Hyattstown. > HERNDON. A cycle club wes orgatized Monday evening in Central Hall, e1d the following officers were chosen, Dr. B. L. Detwiler, president; F. M. Van I : vice president; Dr. B. B, Detwiler, treasurer; Win. W. Tuylor, captain; D. C. Mabon first lieute ant; E. W. Yates, second lieu: Aw will be held next Tuesday evening to adopt a stitution, The club starts with a membership of alcut twenty-five. H.W. 5 rons a y rd GL and Jobr MeKeen a at Ault's Ferry, on Un returned from bis 1} xpend September with Mh. Fricads of Mrs. Dr. Kufus Choate of Washington - pained to learn of the recent death of her ber in Lisbon, Me. ‘A child of Mt Al T. 1, died Mond: dies of the M. ‘AL Wiillams” s, two und a half a supper in low. ane nol will go to excursion today. > BRIGHTWOOD. Yesterday's Junior Christian Endeavor was well attended. Miss Lillie Mathaney led the topic “What Are Some of the Joys You pect to Find in Heaven?” Miss Lalilan Know member, was one of the few absent. She is visit ing in Baltimore. Mrs. Grover of Flint street suffered a severe fall yesterdsy. She was descending the stairs with two small buckets, when she was tripped 1 heel caiching 1a the carpet. Her foreb a just abcve her right eye was badly cut by one of the buckets. She received several painful bruises also. Mr. W. V. Cox left this morning for an extend. «d visit’ to relatives in New prebably stay for two or three apd the children will during Mr. be the guests of her mother, Mrs. Mrs. John W. Keene end their son Ray have recurned from their cottage at Colonial Beach, ‘Their early return was caused by the illness of their daughter, Mrs. Edna Bushee. Messrs. Harry and Claude Clayton have re- turned from Colonial Beach. Mr. and Mra. George Perkins of Washington are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willism Thomas of Fitot street. They have just returned from their Wedding tour through the southern states. —_— HYATTSV! ILLE. The Tierney Volunteer Fire Company held its regular monthly meeting last night at its ball, on Maryland avenue, with President Tierney in the chair, Mr. Archie Wells was elected an active member. It was decided to give a literary and musical entertainment for the benefit of the com- pany on the 25th instant, and a committee, cou- sisting of Messrs. Brooke Hunter, Geo. Murkward, Archie Wells, Maj. Tierney and Frank Hickey, was appointed to secure the talent and make the neces- sary arrangements. An exciting game of base ball was played yes- terday evening between the Hyattsville nine and Star team of Washington, the score being 9 to 6 in favor of the visltors. McFarland and Daffy were the battery for the Hyattsvilles, and Stock- slager and Nichols were the battery for the Stars. The game took place on the Hyattsville base ball rounds, in Wine’s Grove, and was witnessed by a large number of people. The McKinley and Hobart Colored Republican Club of Bladensburg held an enthusiastic meeting in Town Hall last evening and discussed several features of work pertaining to the campaign. A registration committee, cousisting of Daniel John- son, Burdette Culley, ‘Chas. Jackson, Walter Hill and N.S. Plummer, was appointed. After map- ping out a plan of work to be carried out, the club Adjourned subject to the call of the president. ‘The board of town commissioners held its regu- lar monthly meeting last Tuesday night at the ofice of Justice Carr, on Johnson avenue. The road committee was authorized and directed to cut throngh the street of what is known as Phillips avenue, back of the residence of Mr. E. F. Gib- bons, so as to divert the water from’ Franklin Street into the culvert. The committce was also authorized to gravel and put in order Franklin street west of its Junction with Maryland avenue, ‘and Maryland avenue north of sald Junction. Misses Bertram Challice and Sadie Rittenhouse of Washington are the guests of Miss Julia Kearney. At a regular meeting of the county commission- ers Tuesday, with a full board tn attendance, the following orders were passed: That Edward G. Bmack superintend the construction of the iron bridge to be built over the Little Paint branch near School No. 2, in Vansville district; also the fron bridge over the Northwest branch ‘near Hy. attsville, at 6 per cent of construction of sau That George W. Hopkins be authorized to build a bridge over Clarke's branch in Bowie district at Tipe sia rates: to be paid out of road and bridge account. That Dr. Richard S. Hill be au thorized to repair the flooring on the two bridges between Upper Marlboro’ and the depot; to be peid out of road and bridge surplus. ‘At a meeting of the school commissioners last ‘Tuesday, with a full board in attendance, the fol- lowing ‘orders were passed: That the’ buildiag ecmmittee at Seabrooke be thorized to build the school house at that place, if im their judgment the work can be done as well and cheaper b themselves than by contract. In no case to ren the school commissioners liable for more than ‘That the contract be awarded to J. W. Bond Co. of Baltimore to furnish books for one year on the bid mede today at 20% per cent cf wholesale prices, and to deliver the books free of charge to any and all points in the county when o1 red In such packages as may be considered necessary. That Bessie McGregor be confirmed as teacher of the Westphalia school. ‘That the schools be open- ed on the 14th of September, und the board re- serves the right to close same at any time af‘er the 15th of April, 1897. That John M. Duvall b appointed trustee’ of public school at Hall's Sta- tion, in place of John C. Jones, resigned. Mrs. Dr. Buck fell from the’ front porch of her residence on Jobnson avenue yesterday and broxe ber right arm in two places. a FALLS CHURCH. Mr. Brunson Burton, president of the ¥. P. 8. ©. B of this place, left today to join his parents at Shanandale Springs, W. Va. Miss Clara Jewell has gone to Atlantic City. Miss Eloise Kaiser of Washington, D. 0., who has been the guest of Miss Anita V. Phillips at “The Maples” for a month, will return home tomor- row. Mr, and Mrs. Alexander P. Eves of Wilmington, Del., have returned to their home after spending two weeks with Maj. and Mrs. William Y. Swig- gett at Maxwelton cottage. Mrs. Cora Clagett 1s visiting friends in Mont- gomery county, Md. Mrs. T. M. ‘Talbott and little 9p Master Philip, went to Rockville, Md., this week. Mr. and Mrs. Beever of Washington, D. ©., who have been occupying Miss Belle-Merrifeld’s beuse on Columbia street during the summer, are now boarding with Miss Sue Riddle on Washington street. : ‘A. public Jawn fete and dance was given at “Bloomingdale,” the home of Mr. J. W. Phillips, near East Falis Church, Tyevlay nigiit. Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Croggins nd daugater and Mise Croggins of Washington, D. C., were the guests of Mrs. George W. Mankin yesterday. Mr. Gregor Noetzel and fenilly, who have been THIS AFTERNOON, RATCLIFFE SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS, @uccessors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Co.) TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FRAME HOvs sume! rear West Falls Church, moved back DALL ST.nET BETWEEN to their howe in Washington pesterday: = STREET AND CAPITOL AVEN Mr. Arthur Garner-of Washington, D. C., is the Dc. guest of his aunis, Misses Emma and Mai ner, at their home on Columbia street. Miss Isabell K. Eskridge, second matron of the Leulse Home, Washington, D. C., was in town yes- By virtue of a deed of trvst, duly recorded Liber No 204%, follo 199. et wesi.. one Of the aad records for the District of Columbia, and at the request of Ce oparty secured thereby, the under- terday to make errangements about repairing and | Signed trustees Will offer for sale hy public auction, improving her cottage na Forbes: erect ad in fron’ of the premises, ON THURSDAY, THIRD Mr. EB. 'V. Crittenden has gone to Ripon, W. Va., | DAY OF SEP 1896, AT MALF- to visit Hs parents. George Callahan and family, who have been oc- copying the Northrup cottage, have moved onto Mr, Saugmueller’s farm, near Chain bridge. = PAST FOUR O°CLOC the “following de- scriled land wna premises, situated fn the — of Washington. District of Columbia, and @-signatad t wine @), im vlock five «), in Ivy City. wee ‘Miss Mary Harvey of Washington, D.C., is the | cording to the recorded subdivision thereof in the guest. of Mrs. M.L. Chamblain at’ West Falls £ the surveyor of th trict of Columbia, Mrs. Lucy Payne, who has been spending the | | Terms: - sh, the by ‘ summer at West Falls Church in one of the cot. | 0 years, with interest at six per cent per secured by deed of trust on the property tages belonging to Mr. Hamblin, moved to Wash b I cash, at the option of th A deposit ing . C., “Puesday. = v Mra. A.C. "Newlon is spending a few days with | of $100 required on a0 “j If the her son, Mr. Samuel R.. Newlon. from the day of sale the trustees reserve SSS to resell the property at the risk and SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. Officers Elected for the Year at Sara- toga. The American Social Science Association at Saratoga, N. ¥., last evening held a Protracted debate on “Immigration and Quarantine,” which was opened by Dr. Stephen Smith of New York city. The following officers were elected for the year: President, James B. Engel, Ann Arbor, Mich.; first vice president, F. J Kingsbury, Waterbury, Conn.; vice presi- ents, Francis Wayland,New Haven,Conn.; defaulting purchaser, after five ment of such resale in some ne in Washingtn, D.C. AM” conve! cording at the cost of the purchase LBOXARD ©." BAILEY, JOUN A. PIERRE, Trustees, an24-d&ds TOMORROW. RATCLIFFE, SUT Succersors to Ratelitt ¢ 00., AUCTS Darr & Co TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A FRAME MOUSE, 1 y¥ FARM SUBDIVISION, NEAK SHEII- DAN AVENU dea in land . and at the the unde . folio e Distr the party so Daniel C. Gilman, Baltimore; William J. wad ae Harris, John Eaton Carroll, Mrs. C: iss H. Dall, D. Wright, Washington Lodge, Boston; Lucy Halk Samuel W. D' Auburnéale, Bumbered six (G), in ect! ss.; H. L. Wayland, Philadelphia; An- in ‘See Guelivision “ar are tn drew D. e, Ithaca! R. A. Holland, St. ei a Louis; Charles A. Peabody, Grace P. Hol- | Priv, iso called StF 8 brook Curtis of New York, Henry B. Ba- | of said subdivis ker, Lansirg, Mich.; secretary, T. B, San- | Yever of sald T alens Court” No, born, Concord, Mass.: treasurer, Anson id Jor contatning Phelps Stokes, New York. Directors and [lem Aapetbes with oR &e. department officers were also elected. New Hampshire Democrats. Vice Chairman John T. Amey called the New Hampshire democratic convention to order yesterday. The report of the commit- tee on permanent organization was ado; ed. W. A. J. Giles of Concord offered a resolution indor: the national platform and n , but it was ruled out of order end Chairman Nash, who had been escort- ed to the platform by a committee, was formally presented to the convention. Mr. Nash delivered an adaress, in which he called upon the convention to stand by democracy. The comm sented It w “We, in delegate cony in the action of al held in Chicago on the 7th of July authority for party action on subjects therein stated, hereb; platform of said convention ourselves to the earnest support of Willi J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall, the candidai-s for President and Vice Pre The platform regulated licens ciple of local the day sell the published in Wa ng und recur ¢ on resolutions then pre- the nation: din the in book adopt th and rins: One-third mide nt th Vin three equal ins in diy of ¥ a well- bascd upon the prin- n part and an Management f he resolutions we ' applause, of the convention to William J threveh with enthusiasm. A resolution in dorsing the admi tration of Pre Cleveland ¥ hen the platform adopted. After a shar: nounced th from the cor Col. Henry Ker nated for gover following electoral nomination in th €. Hutchirs, Keene; George ttlejohn; ‘Gilman | Clough, Nathan J. Jameson, Antrim. After listening toa speech of accept from Col. Kent, the e tion adjour JOHN W. WILLING, IRVING WILLIAMS Trasteos, SLOAN & 00. AverS 1407 Mancliester; Ay ol Disastrous Fire at Elmira, N.Y. Fire last night at Elmira, N. Y., de- stroyed J. W. Carroll's and the F. T. Car- roi! Company's clothing stores, and dam- aged J. Richardson & Co.’s big shoe fac- tory and the stores of J. W. Huston, La | +. France & Swarthout, jewelers; John | Callahan, clothi and K & Hough Shoe Company. The fire was caused by a gas explosion in the und the total loss’ will re FP. T. Carroll Clothing Compar be $85,000, while the loss on the will reach $15,000, Three firemen were in- jured, none fatally ApeUse of in twe the t 8 reserve the right at the risk and cost of the def ——— se2-dkas THOMAS DOWT Hartford Ticket Completed. Charles Phelps of Rockville was nomi- nated for.seeretary of state by acclamation by the Connecticut republican conventiv yesterday at Hartford; C. W. Grossvenor of Promfret was-nominated for treasure r, B. P. Mead for coptroiier and the following for presidential Miartford; wdner Hall, Will Graham, Orange; George I. town: George A. J. Deming sine die. IMPROVED a5 AND 47 ASHING DON, Dy Allen, Middle- Hammond, Pytnam, and Perkins, Litchfield, Adjourned PAST POL in the Jot nun vision of <u: Aity-Sewen, id subdivision, ————_+e+_____ AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c _—— for the Imstrict Today. kel NOK at Sloan & Co, Aucts., c G. 1407 G st. nw.— . balance in two Brightwood Park, D. C., bufiding lot. Sale Thurs- day, September 3, at 4 o'dock p.m. Chas. G. six <0) per auck and Oscar Nauck, trastees. : deed of trust Ratcliffe, utton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave. now. —Kendull between Gallaudet st. and Cap ave., Ivy City, D. C., dwelling. Sale Thursday September 3, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Leonard Bailey and John A. Plerre, trustees. Tomorrow. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave. n.w. —Barry Farm subdivision near Sheridan ave., dwell- n day of the ri at risk aa faulting pureta A BELL GEOR i. sel d&as ing. Sale Friday, September 4, at 4:30 0 p.m. Leonard C. Bailey and John A. Pierre, trustees: = = RCOMS AND A AUCTION SALES. fa FUTURE Days, ©. G. SLOAN & CO. UIRIGHT AND OAK | FOLDIN BINATIO. OAK Ad PARLOR Auctioneers, 1407 G st. per_¢ t per us $100 reguired at <i SUT EUSINI VALUABLE $ STREET m3 ITH TEN -» With will sell the contents of two which We invite general atte ALSO 60 Upholstered Cots. AND AT TWELV wate residences, to tion, Bicycles, Horses, Carriages, Harness. a cash. C. G. SLOAN & C6 me = MBIER, 1896, RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEE Succestors to Katcliffe, Darr & Co) STORY AND BASE- WITH BRO OMS AND ‘T u ¢ TENTH DAY of r FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, public auction, in front of the LOT 48, SQUARE 758, Fronting 18 feet by a d aleng an alley” with, po sale should command the attention of 4 search of a desirable licme or an investment, In situated In one Of the best sections of the’ south: enst. Terms very Mveral and stated at the time of sale. £200 required upon acceptance of Lid. ~M., the follow f° Wash in the to wit: Th hi thereat of orig in Squeire mimbere h the Impoovenc welding BER, at HALF-Pa: Will offer for sale, b; premises, Terms of sale, third of the purchase in one and tw f $200 ms of 2S-dkds RATCLIFF! 2 Woops tz, building, WILLIAM €. PRENTISS vr Mt Trasie 1. awe TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VAL PROPERTY ON ENTH FLORIDA AVENUE NORTHWEST. By virtue of a deed of trust to the undersizne Gated October 20, 1894, and recorded in, Liber 1 folio 19, of the land records of the District of ¢ lumbia,':nd by written direction of the note secured thereby, default place in the payment of the in note, we will offer for sule, front of the premises, on. BER 5, 1896, at FIVE ing real estate in the clty of W ston, 1 viz.: Lot 47 in the subdivision made by Carringtv and Hughes of lots in square 224. ‘Terms of sale: Cash. If the terms are not com plied with in ten days the right is reserved to re sell at the risk and. cost of the tt SLX 10 HIGH STRE'S FRAME Virtue of a deed deserted mar 4a), io togetuer on (8), in block on to Congress Hel with inproverents. ash, Terms of sale to be complied with chaser, after such readvertisement xs the tr property, will be resold at risk think ‘proper. A deposit of $200 will be required purchaser. $100 deposit re- t the time of raie. All conyerancing and record All conveyancing and re- at the cost of the parchaser, THOS, FE. WAGG. INO, W. PILLING. wt. TITLE AND TRUST CO., Trustee, it, Atty. for the party secured. au29-cod&dis