Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1896, Page 22

x THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, SE VICEROY LI AND HIS LIFE STORY Sketch of the Distinguished Visitor Who is to Arrive in Washington This Evening. Upon returning from bis journey around the world Generai Grant said he had met in his travels four great men—Lord Bea- consfield, Bismarck, Gambetta and Li Hung Chang. Disraeli and Gembetta are dead. Bismarck is living in retirement in Ger- many, Lt Hung Chang is the directing gen!- us whose intellect sways the destinies uf ore-quarter of the humen race. He will be here in Washington this evening, the repre- sentative of the oldest civilization in the world receiving the hospitality of the youngest and the most advanced. He has come from a visit to the ancient countries of Europe. He has been the guest of mon- archs seated upon crumbling thrones, and he has studied with intense application and quick discernment the methods his hosts are using to ward off the inevitable fall. He has seen legions drawn up in his honor snd has passed through provinces where every able-bodied man wore a uniform. 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 mushroom 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 to 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 and overwhelming as New Orleans. In considering a character like the vice- roy, we must take him from the Chinese point of view. He Is neither a Roman nor a Greek, nor an American, but a China- man. He represents the oldest of civiliza- tions. Behind him are sixty centuries of achievement, industry and renown. His ancestors had a literature, a religion, a science when ours were eating acorns in the woods or followng the deplorable rites of the Druids. He represents the liberal thoughts of a conservative people, but it is a liberalism held down by the traditions of centuries. As a statesman he has ever cHmbed toward the mountain top, and if in climbing the ashes and marl recede and throw him back again the fault is not with him, but with his environments. Japan and China. Further on in his story Mr. Young says: The relations between Japan and China LI HUNG CHA) > fields, and_hi ng distended with a at ng atmesphere which sd—the pure, bracing air 1. He will learn more in his arn in this country about the of the independence interpreter could teach him in a ading of lopaedias and ionaries, and he wi on th which verned. » remark of Gen. Grant was unques- mole t tionably true in its relation to Li Hung Chang. He is a great man, and his achiev- menis will live in Chinese history along with the teachings of Confucius. Like all other great men he rose to his high sta tien by reason of his own inherent qual: ties. He was born in 1822. His father was a farmer and a teacher and Li Hung Chang was an apt and ready scholar. It was but natural for one of his gifts to reap honors 2s thep-devetered’ Rising step by step he at last reached that proudest hon- or of a Chinese scholar, a place in the Han- tin Coll by his. intellectual bril- Nancy the attention of the em- peror alled into the public serv- the ice. W Tae-Ping rebellion broke out in China, inspired by a fanatical set of zealots who started In to destroy the country, Li Hung Chang was intrusted with its suppression. It was in this bloody conflict that the Englishman, “Chinese” Gordon, won the fame that was denied to Ward and Burgeoine, the two Americans, who were every whit as valuable and as active. When this rebellion was put down Li Huns Chang was made the governor of @ province, but suddenly there came an outbreak in Tien-Tsin against the mis- sionaries. He was sent there and: brought about peace in such a way that the frown- ing face of France, that hung ominously hear, was cleared and drawn back. Guardian of the Emperor. In 1860, when he was thirty-eight years old, Li Hung Chang was made viceroy of two provinces. A little later he was made senior guardian of the emperor. After that he was given the yellow jacket and the command of the northern army. Then, in . which culminated in the recent war were ever a source of anxiety to the viceroy. In 1879 there was what was known as the Loo Choo question; namely, the ownership of a Strageling group of islands on the coast of China, ender her suzerainty. They had a kind cf 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 hazy—king taken by the neck and thrown out, the islands of no special impor- tence, except to the innocent inhabitants, outside of naval or military purposes. They hung like a fringe upon the skirts of the celestial empire, and China was sensitive to their possession by another power. As General Grant was passing through China to Japan the viceroy requested him to bring the subject to the attention of the mikado. This was faithfully complied with, ond the resuit, as will be found in our dip- Icmatic history, was a settlement honorable to both countries and ar adjournment of the war, which came tn its own unhappy ‘time. I deem this incident—that of a private gen- tleman adjusting an angry international dispnte—one of the greatest triumphs of Grant's illustrious career. The suggestion came from Li Hung Chang. The Japanece war was bad enough. It was never the viceroy’s desire to attack Japan. I remember a dinner given by the viceroy to Ito, the present Japanese pre- mier, and the earnest, affectionate, almost soliciting interest with which the viceroy debated every question between China and Japan—the hope that the nations could come into the old family circte. °"' Ito was never a demonstrative man—rath- er a surging, undemonstrattve intellect; de- cisive, direct, kindly, prompt, audacious— and when I knew him not the dominant powe- that now governs the policy of Japan. Th> best answer that the count could give to the viceroy was that he should come and see Japan and confer with the emperor. I pressed the viceroy to accept the invitation. You could move the ava- lanche, but not the glacier. I have often thought that if the viceroy had accepted the courtesy of Ito there would have been ro war between China and Japan. The Tonquin war, which resulted so dis- == LI HUNG CHANG'’S wanes leu wWw JACKET. turn, he was made prime minister and min- ister of foreign affairs, an he comes to the United States as the special ambassador of the Emperor of China. Ex-Minister Young's Comment. In a recent erticle Mr. John Russell Young, ex-minister to China, has this to say: The viceroy at home sits in his modest palace, a mass of straggling one-storied houses, dingy because of the want of paint. ; The palace trends toward a bend in the river. There are rushing tides, a forest of masts, rice beats, resembling the vessel upon which Nelson was shot into immortai fame, bringing the tribute rice from the rovinces. These are not alone junks, but jomes of three generations, perhaps. The astrously for France, was an event in Li Hung Chanrg’s career. France attempted an alliance with Japan, which the viceroy, with the aid of the United States, prevent- ed. Then she attempted to secure suprem- ecy 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 fighting the rebels within and foes from without, Li Hung Chang has been set by the secret and treacherous enemies who worked by stealth and conspiracy. He has been accused of being the enemy of the Tartar dynasty, which has ruled China so long, but he has overcome his traduce: ore and all. Twice he has been disgrac by his emperor, once in 1870, after the Tien-Tsin massacre, and a year ago, after the Japanese administered 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 and unnecessary death of Chinese Gordon in the Soudan ‘has thrown: arcund his memory the glamor of mysti- cism, and in 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- scn. 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 library 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- perlal forces, becoming a Meutenant 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 was 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 custcms. It was a Chinese war, fought by Chinese soldiers, victory achieved, when it came at last, by Chinese valor. The inct- 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 terrjs that Li should give to an enemy. If the viceroy had not taken the heads of the captive rebel princes he would have disobeyed the commands of the em- peror end lost his own. se 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 and remove the impres- sion that in the Tae-Ping rebellion Gordon Was the master spirit, the viceroy a pup- pet. The difference between the two men was distinct—Gordon, a dreamer, a ever floating in the clouds throwing creeds aside as and believing himself under God Way, that way, translating his impulses, into the di comn God governing his life; affectionate, high- tempered, swift to action, a stone ‘out of the sling when duty called; a law unto himself, the law an expression of vanit because that law meant the will of Go: whimsical, as when he suddenly threw up a high office in India; high , as when he refused money from China for his mil tary servi supremely brave when th Preme hour came. Li is a ruler of me: An Intensely practical man. As a soldicr stern, unrelenting; severe in disciplin knowing hum: tubborn in arg ment: m on, with a high, sweeping temper, so rarely seen in orlent— als; abrupt, straightforward, at times al- Mest to the verge of rudeness, a scholar of the highest rank and a poet; given to humor, with a touch of gentleness in his eyes; instant, even anticipatory, in courtesies, but always going to the heart of a question: 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 and esteem.” Progressive Statesmanship. During his long incumbency as governor genera], 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 ironclads 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 lines, 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 introduce modern appliances and improvements into, his own province, and to awaken the government to the importance of introducing them throughout the empire. His memorials on ail 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 corservative, but there !s no conservative party. He may be a liberal or progressive, but there is no liberal 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 small 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 the Chinese system. He died a decade ago, full of years end honors, but before goirg 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. - i 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 between the viceroy and the general, On his tour around the world the PTEMBER: 8, 1896-TWELVE PAGES, latter was the guest of Li Hung Chang, who ordered royaithonees to be paid him on his artival. Mr. Wounj thus describes the qeeting of the tvfo L. There was & culous interest in the meet- ing. The. viceroyas.‘soon as he knew of Grant’s arrival tm!Chinese waters, had sent orders that ‘he ‘should*‘have royal honors. As the man-of-War passed up the Peiho river the troops!were jparaded and every fort fired twenty-6ne ns. The junks wére ablaze: with-bunting.7The gunboats man- ned yards. ‘The canndn, the flags, the col- ore, the banks: 6f thd’river lined with a dense multitude; blewded into a picture ‘worthy of the ‘Rentusilot Turner. As the man-of-war approached Tien-Tsin the vice Tegal yacht 4pproached. Grant’ advanced and, greeting the viceroy, they sat on the quarter deck. Thtre Was the dense back- ground of Chinese officials; the less dense, but none the less 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 into the viceroy’s character. They were friends, he said; they would be in aceord.The stars had said it. They Were born in the same year, 1822. Grant had commanded the army which had sup- preseed the southern rebellion, Li had com- manded- the ‘army which had suppressed the Tae-Ping rebellion. Yes, they were in accerd. And how strange that Grant's il- Justrious opponent, like himself,was named ee. 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— @ superb vessel—and as we steamed up to the viceregal palace the banks of the river were lined with troops at a pr , 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 nas since been extended to nis family. His Recent Journey. ‘The coronation of the young emperor and empress at the ancient capital of all the Russias was one of the greatest functions 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- perlal famfly, and there was no subject ¢ cept Li Hung Chang sufficiently well known, or’ who ‘had fil a station suffi- clently impottant, to entitle him to this ‘exalted ylaeé! Hence, in°spite-of his ad- vancing years, he was sclected. His hon- ors and “Wédérations wéFe 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 ent his country and his “august mas- and the conjectures which n to tne-world by the journalists reporters of the day cover every con- ceivi question which might arise be- tween’ China and foreign nations. So much is certain. After attending ‘coronation, partinipating in its ceremo' and attracting almost as much atte as the emperor amd empress whom he went to henor, he has made the tour of the chief countries of Eurgpe, and is now on his way back to Peking, where he will arrive ward the end of October. He will hav led completely und the earth fron the west, covered something over thirty nd miles by sea and traversed the richest countries of & and Amet- and have seen their chief citi He have conferred with emperors, kings, idents, prime ministers, seorctaries of tatesmen, «warriors and lesser digni- nd men of note impossible to name ate. He hag.everywhere been re- 1 with the greatest respect and con- sideration. Crack troops and military or- ganizations have, passed in review before him, and each kurgpean power has vied with the other in showsng him how potent it is for war and how rich it is 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 mist of the seas and the greatest Asiatic power in ex. istence. Lt is surmised that he talked with his Russian hosts abcut the Trans-Siberian railroad .and its connection with Chinese railroads yet to be built, if not about the and commercial relations of Russia, China and Japan. It fs reported that he asked Lord Salis- bury to consent to the increase of the on merchandise imported into China cent, as fixed by the present treatie: 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 an effort, help will come from on high. Let ithere be the ‘will,and heaven, which ¢ares alike for us all, will not forsake you; thus & metion-inay- eoiitrol its‘own destihy!” Political Information and Statistics. 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 congressional districts in the jast congressional election, state election returns for 1592 and 1894, 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. — 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 Balt!- 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 has pach isbursed in benefits during the past, two years. There are nearly 5,000 members,’and the present re- serve fund is abdut $200,000. ee Naval,Moyements, The Atlantic syuadfon, under Admiral Bunce, has sailéd from Tomkinsville for Fisher's Island spund.;;The vessels to par- ticipate in the drilis there are the Raleigh, New York, Indiatia, Maine, Texas and Co- lumbla. The Majsachisetts will not join the fleet, having’ goné to Newport to be fitted with a torpfuo outfit. The Bennington has arrived at Port An- geles. The Newark hes sailed for Key prieat to relieve the Montgomery of patrol uty. Se Uniform ;Rank, K. of L. The ist regiment of the Uniform 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 ed in the city and many more in the surrounding towns, What the uniform-and styles, if any, will be has not been decidéd 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 @ constitutional place, WHEN THE. SCALP 18 Afnorumep, OR SHINY. no preparation. will, rest afr; in oie, ‘cases "iralt's “Haiy’ Renewer “will stare a growth. z SUBURBAN NEWS ected to return from Lovettsville, Va., where she has been the guest of her cousin, Miss Lillian Filler. ‘Miss F. Marean will leave Satmday for # lengthy Visit to California. Miss Maud Jorden of Washington is the guest of Miss Gass, ‘Miss Rosa SuHivan, who bas been visiting in Brookland, has retrrned home. She was accom- panled by Miss Fannie McGrane of Baltimore, who will remain aa her gucst. ‘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. Lord. There will be a novel feature in a Japanese bazaar. Mr. Fred. Johnson has returned from a pleasant outing at Atlentic City, N.J. Dr. Franklin T. Howe and his daughter Marle re- tured yesterday from a lengthy visit to North Falmouth, Mass., and New York. Mrs, Howe and Miss Mary Helew Howe are still in New York. Mrs. H. M. Woodward and children have returned from @ month's vacation at Colton's Point. cate, Charles, G.. Loren and family are’ til tn peper county, Virginia, where they will remain fudefinitely, n a WASHINGTON GROVE. The young ladies and gentlemen of the Grove te- cently held a meeting in the cottage of Mr. Win. Mayse and formed an crganization known as the Young People's Association. The object of the as- soclation is to build a chapel at the Grove, the site of which shail be selected by the trustees. At a meeting held Monday the treasurer reported nearly $200 had been raised, while the members were re- (uested to solicit donations as well as new mem- bers. ‘The officers of the assuciation areas fol- lows: Miss Ella Stinemetz, president; Mr. Cor- nelius Cisscl, first vice president; Mr. Wm. J. Falmer, second vice president; Miss Lucy Merriam, secretary; Miss Grace Altschu, treasurer. There is a proposed plan on part of the trustees to erect a force Hotel Park and supply the have already bee resident M. Peck and submitted to the committee. Mrs. M. D. Peck is quite sick ut her cottage on Grove avenue. Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Ritter hay a visit to friends In Brookline, Mrs. Frances Ober and daught sige on Sth avenue. Mr. Clinton James, who has b Hotel Alvauy,” bus returned to city. Mrs. Wm. Lewis and daughter, are visiting friends at “Fern Villa. jis Henry Le Strang, who hus been quite Is 5 Mrs. Lewis D. Wilson and daughter are guests of Mrs. Percy Hughes. Miss’ Mabel Perry 4ias returned to ber home tn Boston, after a pleasant sojourn with her aunt, Mrs. Wu. H. Allen. Mrs. Win. De Shiclds and little ones are visiting friends at Manassas, Va. A very enjoyable plenic, c H. Allen, was given at High Rock, and rowing were indulged in, in addi Mghtful repast. Among those present wei Lena Edwards, Meta Altsenu, Mabel Perr returned from and Ni hay opened summering at his home in the Miss Eleanor, x, . Games oa de- Loc Laura ‘and Alice Potberry and tie Rearick, und Messrs. Hi Altsehu, Normon Boyer, ‘Jesse Wilson, Jr., Melville Lindsey and Donald ‘a Mrs. E. I. Boyer and sons have returned from a Visit to friends in Hyattstown, — + — HERNDON. * club was organized Monday evening in Central Hall, ard the following officers were chosen, L. Detwiler, president; F. M. Van Dy sident; Dr. B. B. 1 ~ Taylor, capt W. Yai held next sen, . treasurer; Win. ten first Ui A meet ve. uchard, his . AL Howar hree 66 and Jolin MeKeen at Ault’s Ferry, ou the as returned from his © a supper in low, will yn today. go to avor meeting aney led on jan Knouse, a She is visit- pect to Miss Li member, was one of the few absent. ing in Baltimore. Mrs. Grover of Flint street suffered a severe fall yesterd:y. She was descending the stairs with two small buckets, when she was tripped by her ching ta the carpet. Her forehead just r right eye was badly cut by one of the : She received se painful bruises also. Mr. W. V. Cox left this morning for an extend- visit to relatives in New Jersey. He will y stay for two or three we Mra. Cox children will during Mr. Cox's absence be the guests of her mother, M G. Ene Mrs. ©. T. Gregory of Wasbington is staying with Mrs. Jane McElwee of Flint street. Mr. aud Mrs. Join W. Keene end their son Ray have revarned from their cottage at Colouial Beach, ‘Their early return was caused by the Mllness of their daughter, Mrs. Edoa Bush Messrs. Harry and Claude turned from Colonial Beach. Mr. and Mrs. George Perkins of Washington are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willian Thomas of Flint street. They have Just returned from their wedding tour through the southern states. Be SAS HYATTSVILLE. Clayton have re- The Tierney Volunteer Fire Company held its regular monthly meeting last night at its hall, on Maryland avenue, with President Tierney tn 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, con- sisting of Messrs. Brooke Hunter, Geo. Murkward, Archie Wells, Maj. Tierney and Frank Hickey, was appointed te 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 visitors. McFarland and Duffy were the battery for the Hyattsvilles, and St slager and Nichols were the battery for the Stars, The game took place on the Hyattsville base bali grounds, 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 iu Town Hall last evening and discussed several features of work pertaining to the campaign. A registration committee, consisting of Daniel John- son, Lurdette 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 Imst Tuesday night at the office of Justice Garr, on Johnson avenue. The road committee was authorized and directed to cut through the street of what is known as Phillips avenue, back of the residence of Mr. E. F. Gib- bons, 60 as to divert the water from Franklin street into the culvert. ‘The committee was also authorized to gravel and put in order Franklin street west of its junction with Maryland avenue, and Maryland avenue north of said junction. Misses Bertram Challic® and Sadie Rittenhouse of Washington are the guests of Miss Julia Kearney. At a regular mecting of the county commission- ers Tuesday, with @ full board in attendanc the following orders were pass: That Edward G. Emack superintend the construction of the fron bridge to be built over the Little Paint branch near School 2, in nsville district; also the iron bridge over the Northwest branch near E attsvi at 5 per cent of construction of same That George W. Hopkins be vuthorized to bulld a bridge over Clarke's branch in Bewle district at supervisor's 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 Iast Tuceday, with a full board in attendance, the fol- lowing ‘orders were passed: That the’ buildiag ccmmittee at Seabrooke be authorized to build the school house at thet place, if in thelr judgment the work can be done as well and cheaper by tlemselves than by centract. In no case to render the school commissioners Hable for more than $500. That the contract be awarded to J. W. Bond & Co. of Baltimore to furnish books for one year on the bid mide today at 20% per cent off wholesale prices, and to deliver the books free of charge to any and all points in the connty when ord 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, ond the board serves the right to close same at any time af the 15th of April, 1897. That John M. Duvall be 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 her right arm in two places. —_—-+—_— FALLS CHURCH. Mr. Brunson Buxton, president of the Y. P. 8. ©. B. of this place, left today to join bis parents at Shanandale Springs, W. Va. ‘Miss Clara Jewell has gone to Atlantic City. Miss Eloise Kaiser of Washington, D. ©., 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, Willlam Y. Swig- gett at Maxwelton cottage. Mrs. Cora Clagett is visiting frlends in Mont- gomery county, Nd. Mrs. T. M. ‘Talbott and little son, Master Philtp, went to Rockville, Md., this week. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Beever of a eS who have been occupying Miss Belle 's house on Columbia street during the summer, are now boarding with Miss Sue Riddle on Washington street. ‘A public lawn fete and dance was “Bloomingdale,” the home of Mr. J. W. near Bast Fails Church, Tuestay nigiit. Mrs, Lee, Mrs. Croggins nd daugater and Miss Croggins of Washington, D. C., were the guests of Mrs. George W. Mankin yesterday. Mr. Gregor Noetzel and femily, who have been summering rear West Falls Church, moved back to their home in —— yesterday. Mr, Arthur Garner of Washington, D. C., is the guest of his aunts, Misses Exuma aud Margie Gar- ner, at their home on Columb ttreet. Miss Isabell K. Eskridge, second matron of the Lculse Home, Washington, D. C., was in town yes- terday to meke crrangements about repairing and in:proving ber cott on Forbes street. Mr. B. V. Crit len has gone to Ripon, W. Va., rents. to visit Lis George Callahan and family, who have been oc- cupying the Northrup cottage, have moved onto 8 farm, near Chain bridge. Mr, Sauemuelle: Miss Mary Harvey of Washington, D. C., is the «st of Mrs. M.-L. Chamblain at West Falls “ure. ‘Mrs. Lucy Payne, who has been spending the summer at West Falls Church in one of the cot- tages belonging, to Mr. Hamblin, moved to Wash- C., ‘Tuesday. ‘Newlon 1s spending a few days with Samuel It. Newlon. aes Seino ES SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. Officers Elected for the Year at Sara- toga. The American Social Science Association at Saratoga, N. Y., 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 prest- ents, Francis Wayland,New Haven,Conn.; Daniel C. Gilman, Baltimore; William J. Harris, John Eaton Carroll, Mrs. Caroline H. Dall, D. Wright, Washington; Mrs. John EB. Lodge, Boston; Lucy Hale Brown, Brooklyn; Samuel W. Dike, Auburndale, Mass.; H. L. Wayland, Philadelphia; An- drew D. White, Ithaca; R. A. Holland, St. Louis; Charies A. Peabody, Grace P. Hol- brook Curtis of New York, Henry 1B. Ba- ker, Lansirg, Mich. T. 3. San- born, Anson I ps Stokes, Directors and department officers were also elected. ‘w Hampshire Democrats. Vice Chairman John T. Amey called the ew Hampshire democratic convention to order yesterd The report of the commit- tee on permanent organization was adopt- ed. W. A. J. Giles of Concord offered a resolution indorsing the national platform id nominee, but it was ruled out of order d Chairman Nash, who had been escort- ed to the platform by a committee, was formally presented to the convention. Mr. Nash delivered an address, in which he called upon the convention to stand by the democracy. The committee on resolutions then pre- sented its report. It was as follow “We, tae democracy of New Hampshire, in dele; ssembled, recog in the a al conven held in Chicago on the 7th of July last, as authority for party action on all politi subjects th » platform stated, hereby adopt the convention and pledge support of William and Arthur Sewall, the candida lent and Vice President declared for a well- e law, bused upon the prin- of local option, ‘and arraigned the of applause, of th and & motion to send gre convention to William J. E h with enth the adm jost. ‘yan went asm. A resolution in- uistration of President Then the platform was After a sharp debate Barry Bingham an- nounced w ‘awal of the gold men from the conver nd they left the hall. Col. Hen Lancaster was numi- for & by acclamation. The ig electoral ticket was placed in nomination in the same map r: William Cc. Hutchir ne; orge N. Bingham, Littlejohn; Gilman Clough, Manchester; an J. Jameson, Antrim. After listening to a speech of acceptance from Col. Kent, the convention adjourned. a ope. = Disastrous Fire at Elmira, N. Y. Fire last night at E! a, N. ¥., de- stroyed J. W. Carroll's and the F. T. Car- roll Company's clothing stores, and dam- aged J. Richardson & Co.'s big shoe fac- } Huston, La{ tory and the stores of J. W. France & Swarthout, Callahan, clothing, and Kelly & Hough Shoe Company. The fire was caused by a gas explosion in the Carroll block, ind the total loss will reach $125, F. T. Carroll Clothing Company’s los: be $85,000, while the loss on the Wyck will reach $15,000. Three firemen were in- Jured, none fatally. ——--___ Hartford Ticket Completed. Charles Phelps of Rockville was nomi- nated for secretary of state by acclamation by the Connecticut republican convention yesterday at Hartford; C. W. Grossyvenor of Promfret was nominated for treasurer, B. P. Mead for controller and the following for presidential elector: George Pope, Martford; Gardner Hall, Willington; James Graham, Orange; George I. Allen, Middle- tewn; George A. Hammond, Putham, and J. Deming Perkins, Litchfield. Adjourned sine die. jeweler: John ————_+e+_____ AUCTION SALES UF REAL ESTATE, &c Today. ©. G. Sloan & Co. Aucts., 1407 G st. nw.— Brightwood Park, D. C., bufiding lot. Sale ‘Thurs- September 3, at 4 o'clock p.m. Chas. G. uck and Oscar Nauck, trustees. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave nw. endall st. between Gallaudet st. and Capitol » Ivy City, D. C., dwelling. Sale Thursday, September 8, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Leonard ©. Batley and John A. Pierre, trustees. Tomorrow. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave. n.w. —Barry Farm subdivision near Sheridan ave., dwell- ing. Sale Friday, September 4, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Leonard C. Bailey and John A. Pierre, trustees AUCTION SALES. FUTURE Days, Cc. G. SLOAN & CO., Au ‘tioncers, 1407 G st PETS 'AND_ it CURTATD CHINA AND AND TABLE LINEN, v KITCHEN FURNITURE, &., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER FIFTH, 1806, AT TEN A.M.. within our sales rooms, 1407 G st will sell the contents of two private residences, to which we invite general attention. ALS 60 Upholstered Cots. ‘& 0O., Auctioneers, RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & CO., AUCTIONEERS. (Successors to Ratclifie, Darr & Co.) DESIRABLE TH! BER, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P vill offer for sale, by public auction, iu front of the prewises, LOT 48, SQUARE Fronting 18 feet by al depth of akong an alley, with private. alle sale should coiumand the uttention of par seurch of a desirable home or an investment. situated in one of the best sections of the sout east. Terms very Mberal and stated at the time of sule. $200 required upon acceptance of ‘id. au28-dkds RATCLIFFE, SULTON & CO., Aucts, THOMAS E. WAGGAMAN, AUCTIONEER, 917 F aw. SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED ERTY ON THIRTEENTH STREET NEAR FLORA AVENUE NORTHWEST. By virtue of a deed of trust to the undersizn dated October 20, 1894, and recorded in Liber folio 19, of the land records of the District of Co- lumbia,':nd by written direction of the holder of the note secured thereby, default having taken place in the payment of the interest due upon sald note, we will offer for sale, at pcblic au front of the premises, on SATURDA BER 5, 1896, at FIVE O'CLOCK P ing real estate in the city of hington, D.C., viz.: Lot 47 in the subdivision made by Carrington and Hughes of iots in square 224. ‘Terms of cale: Cash. If the ter plied with in ten days the right is reserved to re- Sell at the risk and cost of the defaulting pur Sharer, after nach restvertionnent an the trustees ‘proper. leposit of $200 will be required at the time of eaic. All conveyancing nnd record- ing at the cost of the purchaser. aS SA ‘Trustees. are not_com- au29-codkds AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOO: RATCLIFFE SUTTON & CO.. AUCTIONEERS, Guccessors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Co.) TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FRAME HOUSE ON KEN- DALL STuRET BETWEEN GALLAUDET STREET AND CAPITOL AVENUE, IVY CITY, By virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded tn Liber Ne 2047, folio 139 et seq, one of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at the Fequest of tue party secured thereby, the under- signed trustees will offer for sale by public sucth in fron” of the premises, ON THURSDAY, THI DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1896, AT TIAL] PAST FOUR O'CLOCK’ P-M., the ‘following a scribed land and premises, sliuated in the county of Washington District of Columbia, and 4-signated as lot nine (9), in vlock five 4). In Ivy Cit, cording to the recorded subdivision thercof in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, together with all the Improvements, rights, de. ‘rms: One-tird cash, the balance in on. and two yeara, with Interest at six per cent per aanu, secured by deed of trust on the all cash, at the option of the purchaser. of $100) required on acceptance of bid terms of sale are not complied with In fifteen da from the day the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of th defaulting purchaser, e days’ ment of sueb rule ‘in some newspaper pu in Washingten, D.C. AM conveyancing cording at the cost of the purchaser, BAILEY, LEONARD C JOHN A. PIERRE, ‘Trustees. TOMORROW. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & ©O., A' Successors to Ratcliffe, Darr & € TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A FRAME HOUSE, IN TARRY FARM SUBDIVISION, NEAR SHEKI- DAN AVEXU! By virtue of a deed of trust, duly Liber No. 2088, folio 828 et seq., one records for the District of Coluinbla, request of the party sccured the signed, tristees, will offer for sal f the premises AY OF § PAST FOUR « described land and premises, of Washington, District of Col rated us lot mimbered six (6), in se five @), in the subdivision ‘of Barry Evans and trustees of . aio called St. Elizabeth, accord of said subdivision on file fa the offie« Neyor of sald Distelet in Liber “Levy . Aid tot co oS. recorded in Howard, hicd cash, the telance tn one and two years, with Interest’ from the di wale at eeat per anum, secured by of trast property sold, or all cash the option of the purchaser. A deposit of ed upon ace of bid. If the ter: complied with in 15 trustees reserve t the risk and cost & days’ advertisement paper published in W: ancing and recording a LEONARL JOHN A. F _8u24-d&ds FUTURE DAY F VALUABLE LOT IN AL PP OSTREET BETWEEN 3 S, GBORGETOWS a deed of trust, duly: re AND 3770 By virtue « r No. 1482, 4 141, in Win. 19 and 120, Distriv H. Mar in in Louk Gov, : One-third jul busts le, for which t from day red by deed ¢ . and se will be pure ment JOHN W. 1 IRVING WILLi -eod&ds . SLOAN & and ai premi EENTID DAY OL PAST POUR CLOCK | reserve the richt to resell tt at the risk and cost of the defaniting pr J.3.1 ED > PROPERTY, 37 myuest WIM sell, g.eund in the city of Washingt f Columbia, known as Jot nue (49) in Cabot's subdivision of kyu six hundred and Hy-seven a plat of said subdivision, as the sim ‘d Mn the office af the surveyor fer the District abla in subdivision bouk marked N. Ko at ms of sal balance in two equal instal e and two wea from day of sale, hes se nelly at the rate of six and secured by deed of trust on th: or all cash, at th Berit of two hundred at the time of # cost of purch plied with tn ten days reserve the right to resell at risk an faulting purchaser. ALEXANDUR I BELL GEORGE H. PLAN’ BR ALE OF X 727 FOURTH STREET ROOMS AND ALL MODER By virtue of a ; tie city C., together with the improveim ‘Terms of sale: third cash, bal and two years, at 6 per_cent Interest per payable semi-annually. $100 required at ea CHARLES F. BENJAMIN, WM. H. DUNCANSON, sel -d&as C. G. SLOAN & ©O., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 VALUABLA 73 EiGi BUSINESS 1 STREET Inder and by virtue of a decree of the Sup: Court of the Dist eighth day of Ma 16830, wherein the Alfred Michards Erick ie complainant and Fravk J. N femlants, we, the andersi quired by said mey Sn cash Foe third of th ance in on . secured bey ds F All cash at the optic of $200 Vfl be required Terins of gale to be from day of sale, otherwise ve the right to resell at risk sud Iting purchaser. AM conveyancing an at the cost of the purc! ERNES HENRY F. WOODA tz, butldit WILLIAM C. PRENT 4 with fn ten tratees Te- of de- 511 /AS DOWLING & CO.,AUCTS E'S SALE OF TWO-STORY DWELLING AT CONGKES virtue of a deed and duly recor one of the land and at the request of will well, at qutlte TENTH, he following rt : in block Longnecker’s addition to Congress Heights, together With Inprovements. Terms cash, Terms of sale to be complied with days, or the property will be resold at risk of de pare $100 4 AM conveyancing and re- a AND TRUST ©O., Trustee, for the party secured, HE By 1895,