Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 189¢—TWELVE PAGES. $3 A MONTH sNoTuer SHARP CUT Dr. McCoy Waives All Per- sonal Fees, DURING MONTH OF SEPTEMBER For This Month, but Only for This Month, He Will Allow All to Place Themselves Under Trentment at the Nominal Rate of $3 a2 Month Until Cured—This Offer Made So That Those Who Have Felt That They Could Not Be Treated, Knowing Doctor McCoy’s Fees, May Not Be Deprived of the Benefits of the Wo: derful Treatment That is Attra sing the Attention of the Whole N: tion—The Offer Positively Limited to Those Applying During Septem- bee. MANY WHO HAVE VISITED THE OFFICES OF DOCTORS MecoY > COWDEN DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE FELT THEY COULD OT AVFORD THE MONEY NECESSARY FOR THE TREATMENT. MANY ALSO HAVE BEEN KEPT AWAY BECAUSE OF THE ERAL KNOWLEDGE THAT DocTOR McCoy's FEES ARE HIGH—NECESSARILY MADE SO BY THE GREAT DEMANDS UPON HIS TIME AND SKILL. WHEN 1 TIONAL PRA IS PLAN TO < OPPOR- TUNITY TO OBTAIN T ‘EFITS OF HIS TEEATMENT WHICH H cH FOR THE THOUSANDS AND OF THOUSANDS OF THE SICK AND THE DEAF IN OTHER IT IS STILL DOCTOR McCoy's PUR- 8 TO De THIS, AND WEILE HE DOES NOT 0) REDUCE HIS F WILL NOT DO ‘ACT HE WILL FOR THE TIME BEING SH IT ALTO . AND GIVI oR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER HIS VICES, HARGING ONLY FOR THE MEDICINES, MAKING A UNIFORM RATE OF $3 A MONTH. THIS KATE WILL ONLY BE GIVEN DURING SEPTEMBRE, AND WILL APPLY TO OLD AND SEW PATIE ALIKE, AND WILL B AIN- TAINED UNTIL A CURE IS EFFECTED; THAT r ALL ON SW PATIENTS BEFORE OCTOBER 1, TIENTS Now WHO REN WILL BE AT THE MONTH. THIS AY AND THOS DISES WHO APPLY AND ALL PA- UNDER TREATMENT W BEFORE OCTOBER 1, TREATED UNTIL CURED UNIFORM RATE OF 33 A ES TO THOSE WHO ARE DEAF 2 WHO AR® SUFFERING FROM ALL Ss WITH XCEPTION, IT APPLIES ONLY THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND THOSE APPLYING AFTER OCTOBER 1 WILL BE CHARGED THE REGULAR FEE. NO SUCH OP- PORTUNITY TO OBTAIN THE SERVICES OF THE MOST SKILLFUL PHYSICIAN WHO LIVES TO- DAY WAS EVER BEFORE OFFERED, AND IT NEVER WILL RE OFFERED AGAIN. AFTER OC- TORER 1 DecrOR MeCOY WILL ACCEPT NO NEW PATIENTS EXCEPT ON PAYMENT OF HIS REGULAR F le to Dr. » Etter, 21 O st. n.w., testifies | | MeCoy's skill in curing deaf- Louise Eller, twelve years old. Her feacber vent ber home couldn't hear. Of deafness we © Street Northwest, mother says: “‘Loulse’s from school because she We feared that to the misfortunes to he added these of an uncul- fared vind, shut out from all the useful and beau- tiful things that education gives. She became deaf last April, and could! only hear slightly with her left ear. I first noticed It because she did not a@uswer when I spoke to her, and I had to repeat questions two or three times before I could make her understend. She could not hear oriinary con- Yersation at all. Buzzing noises in her head caused her to complain constantly. “I was advised by Mrs. Miller, who had been Inch heneited by them, to take Loulse to Doctors MeCoy and Cowden. I did so, and they have com- Pletely restered her hearing and stopped the buz- zing nolses. We feel that a most terrible misfor- tune has been Mfted from us and our daughter."* McCoySystem of Medicine 715 13th Street Northwest. Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. 9 to 12 a.m.,1 toS p.m. 6 to § p.m.,daily. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m COPIES OF DOCTOR McCOY'S MONOGRAPH ON DEAFNESS WILL BE MAILED ON APPLICA- ®luN TO THCSB DIRECTLY INTERESTED IN THE CURE OF THIS CONDITION. =— Office Hoor: CHINESE FREE MASONS. Chinatown Happy Eating Food Brought From Beyond the Pacific. Chinatown’ was almost deserted today and business was practically suspended. In front of several of the places of business were Chinese flags and streamers floating to the breeze. Curtains were drawn in some of the establishments, and two or three celestials took the place of the usual seore or more. In the language of the ce- lestials, they were having a “heap good time.” Abcut noon they were all at the house of the Chinese minister, and at 5 o'clock this afternoon they will sit down to a real Chinese dinner in the Chinese restaurant at No. 314 Pennsylvania avenue, over the Queng Sang Lung Company’s store. All this good time is not because of Lt Hung Chang’s visit, but because of the meeting of the members of the Gee Kong Hong. or Chinese Free Masons. There are @ number of visiting Chinamen here at- tending this meeting, and it is said that others will come tomorrow and Sunday. Then there will be a big dinner Sunday night, and the meeting will close on Tues- day with another dinner. Local Chinamen look forward to these dinners with much delight, for it is a time when they enjoy themselves to the fullest extent, for the food furnished is mostly from China. eee Forged Requests for Passes. General Passenger Agent H. A. Riddle of the Cumberland Valley ratlroad, which ex- tends from Hagerstown, Md., to Harris- burg. Pa., is experiencing a strange sort of trouble. A short time ago the Chicago and Alton Company had a man arrested and convicted of presenting a forged request for free transportation on account of *the Cumberland Valley, the same to all intents and purposes having been signed by Its general passenger agent. Since then it has been ascertained that other forged requests for passes have been presented at other points, and Mr. Riddle has felt forced to notify all companies that no free transpor- tation for his company will be requested over his name, at the same time canceling any such requests that may be outstanding over his signature. Seaboard Air Line Reduces Passenger Rates to Different Points. VICE PRESIDENT Sf. JOHN TALKS What He Thinks of the Dissolution of the Injunction. A LETTER FROM MR. MORGAN Another decisive step was today taken in the rate war between the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern Railway companies by the former filing notice with the inter- state commerce commission of a further reduction of passenger rates to competitive points on the latter’s system. Commencing Monday next, the fare be- tween Washington and Norfolk, Ports- mouth, Old Point Comfort and Richmond, Va., via Baltimore, and with choice of either the James river or Bay Line routes, as may suit the passenger, will be $2.50 to Wilmington, Del., good for five days, $3.05; Philadelphia and return, good for ten days, $5.50; New York and return, $9.50, or, via Old Dominion Steamship Company, good for ten days, $14, or limited second class, $5.75; Boston, one way by rail, $12.05, or Sound, $10.55; Atlanta, $9, as against $18.70, the regular fare heretofore, while there has been a corresponding reduction to most of the other leading southern cities. The Southern had not up to a late hour filed any additional schedules to those filed with the interstate commerce commission Wednesday, and the status of affairs was as stated by authority that Commissioner Haines of the Southern Freight Association has been authorized by the latter to make such rates between competitive points as he may in his judgment deem best. Vice President St. John Talks. Vice President St. John of the Seaboard Air Line, who was in the city late yester- day, authorized a Star reporter to quote him as follows in regard to the decision of Judge Simonton in dissolving the injunc- tion proceedings instituted against it by the Port Royal and Augusta road “The injunction case brought by Receiver Averill of the Port Royal and Augusta rail- road, undoubtedly at the solicitation of its probable future owner, the Southern rail- way, who desired to find some means of enjoining a solvent and prosperous rail- road (the Seaboard Air Line) from making reduced rates in its own protection, and also of enjoining itself against making an 8 per cent reduction, which it voted. for and demanded in the Southern States Freight Association, together with the Port Royal and Augusta railroad, which voted by proxy, but which it was never intended to put into effect, has come to an end, and the victory ts with the Seaboard and the people, notwithstanding the efforts of the Southern’s attorneys and those who argued them from their standpoint in favor of a permanent injunction against a solvent railroad’s controlling its own property in its own way and in the interest of its own- ers and the people whom it serves through- out the south. “No one for a moment could have serious- ly belfeved that the decision would have been otherwise than as rendered. We live under a republican form of government, and not under a monarchial form, and a decision other than that rendered by Judge imonton seems impossible. “In discussing the temporary injunction, the judge himself states that he finds that his limited jurisdiction stops him at the very threshold from the temptation of en- tering upon a discussion of the ingeresting points avolved, &c. “The Same conditions exist now as at the time the temporary injunction was first is- sued. The Southern continues its effort to destroy the revenues and prospects of the Bay Line and the Seaboard Air Line by maintaining a line of steamers upon the Chesapeake. which it can never nope to operate but at a heavy loss, while at tke same time causing very great loss to ex- isting lines upon the bay, who have offered to handle the business on the same equal terms for which they handle it for all other lines, and yet they will not assent. “They try to threw the gauzy veil ovar the eyes of the people by asserting that it is necessary for them to handle their busi- ness in steamers owned by themselves, even at great loss in revenue to their stock and bondholders, undoubtedly arguing that the losses on the bay amount to but little wken distributed over the Southern rail- way mileage in comparison with the injury they will inflict upon the Bay Line and Seaboard Air Line. f£ the people will only rest easy while that process is going on, and when the money of their bankers permits the con- trol of the Norfolk and Western railroad, the Merchants’ and Miners’ and possibly the Old Dominion Steamship ~ompanies, with the Bay Line and the Se. oard Air Line as a possibility, ft might then be in position to devote additional time and at- tention to state governments, and the peo- ple would be within its possible control.” What Mr. Morgan Says. For some reason, which to those who are ecnversant with railroad affairs seems un- explainable, a report has gained currency that Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan does not ap- prove the present attitude of the Southern in the Seaboard matter, and a letter of In- quiry sent to New York brought today the following letter from Mr. Morgan: “I am at all times disposed to discounte- prance the building of unnecessary com- petitive lines of railway, and I think those err who assume that there has been any such building in the case of the Southern railway. “The old Richmond and Danville system recognized mary years ago the impos- sibility of conducting its coastwise and export business satisfactorily through West Pcint, which is a most inconvenient and ursuitable place for the terminus of a large tem of railways. ‘Then, as now, the natural terminus of the system seemed to be Norfolk, and the Richmend and Danville company made a large investment in the stock of the Nor- folk and Carolina railroad, or rather of the predecessor company (of which I forget the name), and it would undoubtedly have ccmpleted arrangements to make Norfolk its terminus had it not been checked by financial difficulties. of the things we had distinctly in mind at the time of the Richmond and Danville reorganization was to make Nor- folk the terminus. If, tn order to reach Nerfolk, it had been necessary for us ta parallel the Seaboard Air Line from Ra- leigh to Portsmouth (as has been charged by the Seaboard people), those in charge of the Southern Railway Company would indeed have hesitated, but the Southern Railway Company reaches Norfolk without having built a foot of railway. “It uses the Norfolk and Carolina road, in which, as already stated, it has for years been a large stockholder, and for the shert intervening distance from its own line uses the tracks of the Atlantic coast line. The Seabord Air Line. “Not only has it not in anyway paralleled the Seaboard Air Line, but, under the ar- rangemeat by which it uses the Coast Line tracks and those of the Norfolk and Caro- lina railroad, it does not, either directly or indirectly, divert any business from the Seaboard, as by said contracts it 1s prohib- ited from doing any local business east of Selma, which 1s the junction point with the Coast Line tracks. “Tt may possibly be said that while this is so, it nevertheless gathers up business from the neighborhood of Raleigh, but it can easily be pointed that business of this character cannot in anyway be considered as new to the Southern railway, which GAIL BORDEN EAGLE BRAND CONDENSED MILK Send for that little book, “ Hreaith;” great value to mothers, Sent ** N.Y. Condensed Milk Co, ‘71 Hudson Street, New York for years has moved it over the Mecklen- burg line to Richmond and York river. “In addition to stating that Norfolk is the natural terminus of the system, as mentioned above, I may also say that freight can be moved much more cheaply over the low-grade line from Greensboro’ to that point than over the high-grade line from Greensboro’ northeast to West Point. “This matter was carefully looked into before a decision to use Norfolk was reach- ed, and one of the controlling reasons for going there was the economy of moving freight. The Starting of the Steambont Line. “As to the steamboat line: The Rich- mcnd and Danville Company has for years controlled a steamboat line on Chesapeake bay. It owned. and the Southern still owns extensive terminals in Baltimore. So long as the traffic of the Southern railway was hauled to West Point, the steamers ran from that place to Baltimore. Now that a large part of the traffic is turned to Nor- folk, scme of its steamers must naturally be started from there for Baltimore. It would be useless to run all the steamers to West Point, now that the traffic which the Southern used to move wa that point is turned to Norfolk, to which change, as I understand, the Seaboard at first made No opposition and, on the contrary, pro- posed that it should be accomplished by the use of its tracks, an offer which would have been accepted had not the Southern, as already stated, inherited a large stock ownership in the Norfolk and Carolina. “From all that I can learn there is no dissatisfaction by any other competitor of the Southern Railway Company regarding its action m this matter; it being generally recognized that the change of the steam- boat line to Norfolk was the necessary consequence of the adoption of that point as a terminus. “Whatever differences have existed in late years between the Seaboard systen and that of the Richmond and Danville arose from the fact that the Seaboard Air Line, which was theretofore a local :om- pany in Virginia and North Carolina, de- liberately set to work in the year 18) and paralleled the Richmond and Danville all the way to Atlanta. At that time the to- tal lifes of the Seaboard were about 650 miles, including all branches. “This paralleling involved the construc- tion of 277 miles of new main line, and its only possible result was to secure business which theretofore had belonged to the Richmond and Danville. Since this was done the Richmond and Danville and Southern have really maintained a very pessive attitude, seeking simply to develop business which remained to them; to bring about means of hauling it with the utmost economy, and to put themselves in a posi- tion where they could defend themselves if further attacked. “The Southern has at all times sought to maintain rates, and when the Seaboard @ year or two ago cut passenger rates in two the Southern did not follow, but rig- idly maintained the old rates. “There seems to be an impression on the part of some of the general officers of the Seaboard that the general officers of the Southern are inimical to the first_named company. Such is not the case. The de- sire of President Spencer 1s to cultivate the most friendly relations with the Sea- board, and, for my own part (although not an officer or director), 1 am ready to do anything to promote the same end.” Sa FREIGHT BUSINESS. B. AND O. Result of the Efforts Made to Secure the Traffic. Hardly a day elapses that some evidence !s not developed that Receiver Oscar G. Murray of the Baltimore and Ohio is using all the means at his command or that money can secure to attract every class of freight that can be transported to the lines of the road under his supervision. Mr. Murray early in his administration of his present trust gathered around him at Baltimore some of the very best freight men that could be obtained, not only from the Big Four, of which he was one of the vice presidents previous to going to the B. and O., but also from other roads, main- ly in the west, and as soon as a plan of campaign could be arranged these subordl- nates started out to “hustle” business for therr new line, and in this they have suc- ceeded to a degree that has caused con- siderable surprise among the officials of some of the other trunk lines. Within the last day or two word has been received here that the millers of the great northwest, especially those belonging to the “Head of the Lakes’’ Association, have become greatly interested in schemes for their financial benefit which have been arranged by Mr. Murray. The erection of bulidings for the free storage of flour at varicus important points on the KB. and O. by the company promises to greatly increase the freight revenue of the line. A letter received here from Mr. L. R. Wilson, secretary of the Head of the Lakes Association, says, after referring to the advantages which the millers enjoy by shipping their product over the Baltimore and Ohio to eastern points: “During the season of navigation last year there were 11,000,000 barrels of flour shipped from lake ports to seaboard via lake and rail, every barrel of which was carried by rail from lower lake ports. A water route from the head of the great lakes to the sea- board via the Erie canal, and the creation of an equipment on the latter with satis- factory terminals, at Buffalo and New York, in the hands of responsible parties, who ‘can issue an undisputed through bili of lading, will, we are sure, command suc- cess. “The entire lack of any organized sys- tem of transfer and storage facilities among the canal men at Buffalo, and the impossibility of receiving a satisfactory bill of lading, has been one of the prin- cipal drawbacks to canal shipments. “The principal drawback, however, has been the entire absence of any storage facilites In New York harbor and But- falo. “The railroads have owned and controlled all the free storage in New York, and, with their immense facilities, have been able to entirely control the traffic. “That they fully appreciate the value of practical free storage for a limited time 1s conclvsively shown by the fact that the Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania and Chesapeake and Ohio are all adding very largely to their facilities In that direc- tion. “Large flour sheds have this year been built at Fairport and Erle, on Lake Erie, and the facilities at Newport News in- creased, and unless New York soon realizes the necessity of an export and flour bus- iness from the west and provides facilities for it which will compete with other ports, she will be left high and dry as a port. “A very much larger proportion of our shipments than ever before are this year going via Montreal (where we already have an all-water route), Newport News, Philadelphia end Baltimore. An extensive flour dealer said to a Star reporter that so far as New York was concerned there was not only an absence of free storage facilities for flour arriving there by canal, but the railroads give at least twenty days’ free storage, while the flour must be immediately unloaded from the boats, or demurrage accrues from de- tention of the boats. The same dealer said that Mr. Erastus Wiman is trying to organize a company for the systematic operation of the Erie canal, with the view of attracting the flour ‘trade from the northwest to Now York, as suggested by the millers could be done. —.__. A BOY’S MANIA FOR BICYCLES. Harvey Smith in Trouble for Taking Other Folks’ Wheels. Harvey Smith, a colored boy who is only fourteen years old, is anxious to possess a bicycle. He has the bicycle craze so bad that he takes wheels that belong to others and then, when he becomes tired or fright- ered, he disposes of them. Several times he has been in trouble, and now he Is lke- ly to be sent to the reform school. Detective Rhodes arrested him two days ago because it was charged he hired a wheel belonging to Alfred Smith and then sold it. The wheel was in good condi- tion, and when Harvey went to look for a purchaser he thought he found no difficulty in finding one in the person of a young colored ma” named John Gray, but he now realizes that the latter wus only acting for the owner of the wheel, although at the time he did not know to whom the wheel belonged. But Smith wanted to sell the wheel for $10, and, being something of a wheelman himself, Gray was certain that there was something wrong. He therefore n.ade the purchase and paid 10 cents on account. Then he informed the detectives. The result was that Smith got arrested. When the case was heard in the Police Court to- day Judge Kimball was told that the boy’s mother wanted him sent to the reform school, but this the court said would have to be done in the Criminal Court. ‘The case was sent to the grand jury, and the boy was held in default of $300 security. THEY STILL, LINGER. Washingtonians Who Are Enjoying a Stay at Atlagitic City. Special Correspondence of The' Evening Star. ATLANTIC CITY, September 2, 1896. ‘The days of the hokey-pokey man are over, and the time of *eckoning has come. Hotel proprietors almost without exception are satisfied with the teturns for this sea- scn, notwithstanding »dt is presidential year, which is always considered an off year. It is true that the:crowds have gone home, but there are sti] sufficient people here to insure a most, prosperous Septem- ber for the many hotejs;that have decided to remain open during the entire month. The weather is delightful, and the bathing is better now than at any other time this season. t Many improvements will be made before the next season rolls rcund. The City Park, which has long been neglected, will now be laid out, and will be one of the most magnificent of its kind in the world. The park faces the ocean, and is rectangular in shape, being a bleck in each direction, with a drive running around it. On this plot of ground it is intended to expend at least $50,000, which should easily place it amorg the leading small parks in the world. In addition to this, it is expected that all the strects will be paved, thus making driving a pleasure, and taking away much of the unpleasantness of wet weather traveling. The present condition ef the streets in wet weather is simply abominable. ‘The Espanade will then without a doubt be completed, and there will probably be a direct and continuous walk from the Inlet to the Sea View Excursion House. Many sanitary arrangements, which are found necessary, will be enforced, and Atlantic City will’ be, if possible, an even more healthy abode for the many thousands of visitors who annually sojourn at this city- by-the-sea. A great number of hotels will either rebuild or be so greatly enlarged that they Will resemble entirely new hos- telries, before another year has passed. The proprietors of the Grand Atlantic coi template adding a hundred more rooms; Hotel Koopman will have an additional sixty-flve rooms added, and the proprietor of the De Ville intends making his hotel just as large again. These are just a few of those who have signified their intention of rebuilding during the winter and early spring in order to be ready for the Lenten season. The season of the sportsmen 1s now upon us. Numerous excursions are being planned. The meadows are alive with the succulent mud hens. Snipe and other bay birds are also plentiful, affording good shooting. The season opened September 1, and will last about two months. Fishing and sailing continue to be the favorite pas- times of a very large number of people Many prominent Washingtonians still lin- ger by the boundless deep, loath to leave, and have engaged their rooms for the en- tire month of September. Many of the owners of beach-front prop- erties are going to expend many thousands of Uollars in renovating their places, and it is expected that the season of 197 will show more improvements than ever be- fore. Many new cottages have been and are being erected, thus helping to swell the cot- tage settlement. It is rumored, and not without some foundation, that the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company is instituting negotiations for the purchase of Schaufler's garden, intending to transform it into a magnificent elevated terminus for their road in this city, which, would be an im- mense improvement to, the city. An act is now pending in council for an electric road on South Carolina avenye via Arctic ave- nue to Vermont avenue,,and thence to the inlet. This would greatly, benefit the Arctic avenue residents, but, itis claimed it will depreciate the value af the South Carolina avenue property. The outcome of this question is eagerly watched by many. Very many places.of, amusement have closed for the season, but, by far the greater number are still open; Next Thursday the annual colored picnic gakes place, and {t is expected there will beat least 5,000 of our darker-skinned brethren, and sisters pres- ent. Many people are prolonging their stay merely to witness this event. The commit- tee have already secyred a corner in the watermelon market, and it is expected that there will be Hyely times down here for the next week, o The list of the arrivalg at the different hotels shows that there are still a great number of Washingtonians in our midst and quite a number.of rooms are reserved for many more. ‘The list of late arrivals contain the names of the following: Amole—A. D.-Whittington, Boscobel—D. S. Turpe, W. EK Weefley, W. jahan. Chalfonte—Capt. C. T. Smith. Champlaine—Mrs. Col. H. A. Selegston, Mrs. C. Hood, Mrs. M. Dunlap, A. D. Briggs. Cordova—C. H. Randall and wife, Miss B. Randall, C. Baker, Mrs. I. W. Wheth- ingston, Miss Taber, Dr. G. T. Johnson, Gen. L. G. Estes, Mrs. AL W. Weed. Chester Inn—A. Schwartz and wife, Miss Schwartz, C. W. Holmes. Garden—T. A. Clayton, G. C. Wedder- burn. Grand Atlantic—w. Hannarg, J. I. Pierce. Galen Hall—H. 8. Merrill. Haddon Hall—R. H. Hood, B. S. Turner, R. Boyle and wife, Miss M. Boyle. Idaho—J. P. Barker, E. H. Bond and wife, Miss M. A. Bond, Miss E. R. Bond, R. H. Bond. Kenderton—A. J. Sanderson,'J. C. Taylor and wife. Osborne—E, J, Murphy, 8, F. Thomas and wife. Traymore—W. G. Waggaman, W. Wagga- man. Dennis—E. W. Bryn, D. I. Murphy, H. O. Wilson. Pennhurst—Mrs. N. G. Allabach, G. W. Moss. i Rudolf—R. Goldschmid, A. G. Wolf. Wellington—H. C. Wilson, P. H. Walker and wife, Mrs. M. J. Martin, Miss G. Mar- tin, Miss E. Barrie, Mrs. C. E, Walker, H. Parry. Victoria—M. J. O'Donnell, N. Hopper, M. F. Egan, C. Egan. ae Wetherill—G. S. Coleman, M. E. Budler, L. C. Kellogg. Waverly—Mrs. C. D. Nichols, Mrs. F. D. Chambers, Miss E. Chambers, Miss D. Chambers. Luray—I. L. Adams, R. M. Paxton, J. Ballanger and maid. Algonquin—6. E. Bailey, J. W. Orr, J. W. Biieton, R. T. Brook. rkeley—W. Berens, jr., A. P. Carrington. an is Berkshire Inn—W. F, Hart. Delaware City—Mrs. H. Pfister. Hoffman—C, Eaby. Whittier—W. Lamborn. Wiltshire—R. T. Brook, R. T. Heston. Albemarle—G. M. Rea. DeVilleA. 8. Alrood, E. Easch. San Marcos—H. King: Tudor Hall—Miss J. F. Hay. Kenilworth Inn—Mrs,.M. Hallohan, R. G. Barnwell and wife, F. M. Sulp, Miss A. A. Hallahan, T. W. Dalton, J. R. Bailey and wife, Z. B. Osbornes, and family, R. 8. Cain, R. B. Lest, B.|R. Bussom and wife, Miss C. Johnson, Miss Johnson, Miss H. Doylas. a 4 Lelande—L. W. Bowles. . Portland—€. J. Bell; Bu Ker, Dr. P. @. Young, zB. O. Mitchells chaufler’s—A. Bu: ¥ Miss Lincoln. Seniesa Se Charles—W: G. Smith. tickney—Mrs, E. Kubél and daughter, L. M. Estabrook and mother. n ee Ramsdell Nominatea jn New Hamy- shire. George A. Ramsdell~f Nassau was nom- inated for governor by avelamation by the New Hampshire republican convention at Concord yesterday afternoon. The plat- form, which was vhanimously approved, indorses the nationa¥ republican platform. Before the manifestations of approval of the platform had subsided the choice of the convention for governor, Mr. Ramsdell, was conducted to the platform. He ac- cepted the nomination tn‘a brief speech, after which the convention adjourned. —+e- Wisconsin Democratic Ticket. The Wisconsin democratic state conven- tion reconvened at Milwaukee yesterday morning to complete the state ticket. A sensational incident was the displacement of Rublee A. Cole (silverite), who had been chosen by the convention for Meutenant governor in obedience to the fusion com- mittee plan, and the substitution of Hora- tio H, Heard for the place. Wm. F. Pier- stcft of Middleton was named for state treasurer, C. M. Butt of Viroqua for sec- retary of state and N. I. Weed of Oshkosh for attorney general. C. F. F. Calk of Barron was nominated for railroad com- missioner and Francis Cleary of Waukesha for superintendent of public instruction. W. Joynes, W. M. Jorss, C. .W. D. Clark, jr, Burchard, BEER AND THE BICYCLE GIRL. Mrs. La Fetra Thanks The Star for Its Alarm Bell: To the Editor of The Evening Star: I think all right-minded people who be- eve that “prevention is better than cure” and that “formation is better than reform- sation” should thank you for giving such thorough publicity to the matter of beer drirking in connection with a certain class of bicycling. I have become so accustomed to the well-known phrase “I am a lady” by women who are more or less under the influence of beer or some other intoxicant, or of opium or some cther drug, when they have applied to me for help, that I realize about how much value should be attached to such a declaration. I believe that there is not a better agency anywhere for recruiting the inmates of the houses in the Division, nor a more fruitful source of burdening beyond endurance our soul- saving Florence Crittenden Hope and Help Mission, than this same beer garden and similar places in this and other cities, which ‘Young Ludy” so pitifully defends. If she were my daughter I would feel that she was in imminent danger, If not lost to hope. What are the parents of- theze young people of Washington doing to protect their sons and daughters from gcing headlong into this vortex of ruin? The warning, the command, sould come from fathers and mothers while yet their children are within the scope of pareatal discipline, and the whole soul-sickening business of beer and its attendant evil influences should be forever shut out from the home. Young people should be warn- ed against these things as deadly vipers. Call us who are White Ribboners and Purity Workers extremists if you will, but drunkards and prostitutes are not manu- factured, in my experience, by total ab- stainers, and this is the only safe road for our young people to travel. The bicycle—otherwise innocent and healthful—should not now be made a pre- text tor all sorts of questionable outings and recreations which may lead to the tuin of health and character and home itself. Thanks to The Star for the alarm bells, SARAH D. LA FETRA, President Florence Critfenden Hope and Help Mission. A Question for Men Riders. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I have read with much interest the let- ters in Tae Evening Star anent the drink- ing of liquors by ladies while out riding the wheel. To those who have given any thought to the matter the subject is very grave. The best ones who can judge of the harm are the men riders. Put this question siraight to them: “Would you allow your daughter to go out riding, stop at drinking places and drink until a late hour?” The answer is obvious. I have been told by friends of mine that they have seen young girls so tipsy at these places that they could not ride their wheels. This not at one place, but at many road houses. I agree with Mr. David Bangs that “if your beer garden friends are men they will, In most every case, behind your back, speak slightingly of you * * * and give out an impression of you to other men at which your parents and you would blush.” That has the right ring, for it is true. The acquaintances of these girls will go out riding with them, drink with them, but should they marry them would they allow it then? J think not. Individually, I believe that beer drinking, if done rightly, is not harmful, but carried to the excess to which we Americans are addicted, with our free and easy manner, ig wrong. Our German friends, with no thought of wrong, will go to beer gardens with their families, from the oldest to the youngest, and sit there by the hour, drink- ing beer and enjoying themselves; but would any German parents allow their daughter to visit these places in company with, In many cases, mere acquaintances, and stay out late at night and drink and “have a good time?” They would not. From all I can learn—and my knowledge is derived from bicycle riders—I believe it to be wrong for girls to drink liquor while out riding the wheel, and that many a one goes to ruin who does so. W. J. M. An Answer to “Doctor To the Editor of The Evening Star: I have been to the garden referred to by Dr. M. A. several times with ladies, and have not yet seen the proceedings as he describes, nor has any one else. He says he saw among the several hundred pecple a few who were of very bad char- acter. He must have been personally ac- quainted with them or he would never have krown them, as the manager is very par- ticular and never allows these bad char- acters to remain in the garden if they hap- pen to slip in and misbehave themselves. You will find a few of them at any public Place, at the best theaters, at concerts and on excursions. As long as they be- have themselves they can't be kept out. This garden is in the open air, and the smoke from cigars, &c., ascends as quickly as it does on the streets. Those who are opposed to smoking should not go where it is. He also speaks of men talking loud and vulgar. This is unjust to the manage- ment, as any one who has been there knows. Let the “doctor” go there and try it and he will see how soon he will be stopped. I think that such good people as the “doctor” should stay at home and not let their friends induce or entice them to enter such places. But I guess the “doc- tor” has been there before. J. B. eS Checks Upon Collectors. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Without desiring to express any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the late col- lector of fines in the Police Court, it is hoped that some improved methods of ac- counting will be adopted, not only in the Police Court, but in case of all government officers who collect from many different in- dividuals fees, fines, taxes, etc., for deposit. To avoid all temptation, no system of collecting should exist without a complete and satisfactory check. A receipt may be given to each individual paying fees, fines, costs or taxes, but no one collects all those receipts together, so as to charge the ag- gregate against the officer. Every officer has to make periodical returns, but are these returns always promptly compared with the proper books or dockets? If checked only against the collector's own books, how easy it would be to falsify the books! If the cOllector’s books are checked against those of some independent officer who keeps a record of all collections, there is a possibility of collusion in order to make the books agree. These remarks r@fer to all public collectors (by whatever name known) in general, and not to any particular offi- cers. In the postal and internal revenue serv- ices correct accounting is assured by the stamp system, which is the best of all, and that system should be extended to every officer who could conveniently use it. Another check system ts that of num- bered and countersigned duplicate receipts. Under this system numbered duplicate re- ceipts in blank would be issued to the col- lecting officer. When a collection is made he would sign the duplicate receipts and the person paying would countersign to verify the amount. All the blanks, unused and used (except the duplicates given out to payers), would have to be accounted for, and turned in with the accounts at certain short intervals. The blazk receipts could be engraved and printed in such a way as to prevent sub- stitution, or changing of amounts, or other” alterations, without barefaced forgery or counterfeiting, and the use of the par- ticular form of receipt could not be avoid- ed as soon as the public learns what is re- quired. Any evasion would at once create suspicion. Besides, the officer could not be certain as to whether any particular payer is or is not a “spotter.” THOMAS W. GILMER. Se Conferences in West Virginia, Four separate conferences between the democratic and populist committees were held at Clarksburg, W. Va., yesterday, and all of them have thus far been fruitless. The populists demand one place on the state ticket, but the democratic commit- tee can not give this unless some demo- cratic candidate voluntarily withdraws. The populists will not accept the demo- cratic proposition to give two electors in return for the indorsement of the whole democratic ticket. ee oe Little Wheelman Kicked by a Horse. ‘Thomas Roda, ten years old, was riding a bicycle near his home, No. 607 H street nertheast, this morning, and he rode against a horse belonging to Mr. Charles B. Grace. The animal did not seem to appreciate the flank movement made by the cyclist, and began kicking, with the result that the little boy’s leg was frac- tured. A physician was called to attend him, and he was afterward sent to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. A” Women Who Make The World Better, The Suggestion of Doctor Oliver Wendel! Holmes. A Truth for Women to Ponder On! Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who was a pot, @ wit end a doctor all in one, said mans wise and witty things which seem to grow wittier and wiser the more you think about them. One of his say- ings which has Seen repented a good deal, was the remark that any disease fs curable If you take ft tm time, but some cases have to be taken in hind two hundred years abead. The serious trath that underlies this funny remark is that everything we do today has an effect upon tomorrow, and upon mext week, and next year, and next century. It will not be “all the same a hundred years hence.” Whatevor is done today will have a con- tinually widening effect on future generations. den Medical Discovery.’ I would have ars, with the bl s though my back would lreak. lor Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre- ines and, thanks Pi for the result medicines could do contined TE scarcely w rd to know wha’ taking. Gladly and w them all was Doc RV. Bi Tam health thai Miss A\ Ky., write and’ your medicine for my fall of 1894 1 had an atta , my nerves amd stomach terribly shocked. Bot sleep at all. Had no appetite t What food T forced down, my stomach retain, Twas discours former disposition secined to have left taken tieatment from twe of the most physiciins of the state. They pronounced my case dyspepsia, ard neuralgia of the stomach and bowels, T took medicine from them five months, and patent medicines with no benefit. I was worse at rs fe the end of five months than I was at the = ning. Some of my sympt headache, back- ache, sore and py |. alsery and weight in my bowels, tion, At times my bowels would burt so U could not walk or stand on my fe-t. Twas not able to do anything. I took to my bed and felt that if I did not get some relief T could not Hve tong. My flesh was all low ing me. At that time I could not have weighed 100 pounds. 1 had heard of Doctor Pierce's med- feines, but had no fa'th in them, as I supposed THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRAL What men and women do and what they are, in- fiuences ell who com after them; acd more par- Ucularly thelr immediate descendants. When @ thoughtful woman considers this fact seriously it brings her face to face with a great responsibility and also a great privilege. It ts the woman's privilege to rear the men who shall gcvern the world and she also bas the power to largely determine their character. It ix well srid that “the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” A mother gives her own character to her children, She does this in riaring und in training them. And even before t ought into the world she impresses Ui own virtues ard her own failings, Strength and her own weak MOTHER ‘The responsibility of imparting ber own best and most desirable + felt keenly by every good woman who Lop become a mot Oaly selfish and heartless Ww are indi othe influences which | surroun their expected offspring. Such women are in the niitority, forturately for humanity. Th nen look pon wi struggle the largest possible tn cheerfulness and vigorous It is the duty of every prospective mot wird ber her husband and ber offspri avail herself of every mexns toward insuring her own health, comfort and tranquility of mind during her time of trial. It ouzht not to be a time of discouragement and foreboding, and it need not be if Nature's laws are followed. Nature never intended that woman in fulfilling ber grandest duty toward the race should suffer exceedingly and Dee dlesnly. WHAT SCIENCE DOES FOR MOTHE Every woman ought to know how much enligut- ened medical sciense has done to relieve motner- hood of needless and unnatural trials; every womat should know how wonderfully Dc Pierce's Fa- verite Prescription eases and shortens the period of confinement and of labor; ma parturition atsolutely free from danger and comparatively fre from pain; provides the mother with recuperative ergy and vitality, and Insures the secretion of abundant healthy nourishment for the child. The “Favorite Prescription” directly: strengthens and imparts elastict to the ergeis con cerned in parturith invigorates and renews the entire reproductive system; reinforces the most delicate and important nerve centers against fatigue and exhaustion, thus fortifying and building up the constitutional vitality and po The “Favorite Prescript * should be taken be- fore corfinement—the earlier during gestation the better—to insure the most favorable conditions for both mother and child. The “Prescription” is the friend of mothers and the benefactor of their chil- dren; it supplies p stamina and equipoise—a sound be nd tranquil mind. EVERY WOMAN'S FRIEND. The “Prescription” is the friend of wo and under all conditions. It every critical period of their it brings health and strength to the delicate feminine or- ganism in place of disease and weakness. If all women knew the value of the “Favorite Prese tion” such a thing ag ‘female complaints be almost unheard of. ‘The “Prescription” pletely allays inflammation and congestion, checks all unnatural draivs and heals ulcerations, endows the ligaments with strength and elasticity to cor- rect misplacement of internal organs, as “‘prolap- sus” and kindred affections, in the natural way, restoring a normal condition of the organs both in their position, structure and functfons. AN EMINENT PHYSICIAN. For nearly thirty years Dr. R. V. Pierce has been chief consulting physician to the Invalid’s Hotel and Surgical institute of Buffalo, N. . with his staff of specialists, he has sucee treated, either by personal consultation mail, more than two hundred and fifty th ceses of women's ailments. He has devoted the best years of his Ife to the study and relief of the diseases peculiar to women. He has attained the highest eminence in his profession as an author on medical subjects and a@ specialist In women’s diseases. Ilis books have had a greater sale than those of any other medical author Ilving. His Common Sense Medical Ad viser has had a sale of more than six hundred and elgbty th: usand : ‘No other physician In the world has been so eue- cessful in the treatment of the special lass « complaints for which the “Favorite Prescription is designe and no other medicine has ever given such universal relief te womankind. There are not three cases in a hundred where it falls to effect a permarent core. Its sales exceed the com- Dined sales of all other medicines: for women. (0 NEED OF EMBARRASSMENT. Modest women sbrink from the stereotyped “‘tex- amination” and. ‘local treatment,” with all its embarrassments and discomforts and its large per- certage of utter failures. ‘This wonder-working “Prescription” which ac- ccmplishes Its purpose in an agroeable, perfectly natural ard thorbaghly aclentife manner is a boon end a blessing to modest. sensitive women, [AL TREATMENT. There sre sone cases of severe and long-standing ailments which tequire special treatment, and ‘n such rare instances, where prompt relief and cw do not fellow the use of “Favorite Prescription, Dr, Pierce will send, free to any woman who will write -him the particulars of her case, se: and fatherly professional advice for home-treatment, which will enable her to cure herself if her case ts curable. And carefully kept records show that there are not three cases in a hundred which are not curable. ‘Any woman who has come almost to believe that her physical sufferings are a necessity of her sex which must be endured through "fe, may change her whole view of life and put herself on the roa to health and streng:h by a trial of Dr. Pierce’ Favorite Prescription, which every druggist keeps on hand. It should be remembered that this rem- edy is the prescription of a regularly graduated physician of wide eaperience and having a_ thor- ough knowledg+ of medicine and feminine physl- ology and pathology. =e its Rinapproachably successful record, the “Favorite Prescription” has a superior claim to confidence over any remedy which a profit-secking druggist may attempt to substitute for it. ‘Mrs. Jno. H. Jones of Peely, Luzerne Co., Pa., writes: “Having derived so much benefit from using leas than two bottles of Dr. Plerce’s Favorite Preseripticn, I deem it my duty to vake known for the beaefit of others who may suffer as I did. “IT am the mother of eight children, all of whom died at birth, except my Inst, a boy, who was ‘born October 27, 1895, and 1s strong and healthy. although the physician was present in the house i did not require his uid. About the first pert of September 1 purchased two bottles of your ‘Favorite Prescription,” and only used a part of the second bottle, and ‘I can truthfully say, that St worked onders In my case, as it relieved me of almost all the sufferings which I bad experienced on re- vious occasions. Therefore, I heartily recommend Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to all who are to become mothe-s, for I believe that, if given a fair trial, what it ‘has done for me it will do for others.”” ‘Mrs. Laura B, McCallan of Newport, Lincoln Go., writes: “I take great pleasure in express ing my gratitude for your family remedies. The doctors here could do me no good. Their medicines were killing me.I consulted Dr. Plerce :.nd he Wrote me to use Dr. Plerce’s Favorite Prescription mental on always reg would or BIS THE | tried w MAND THAT RULES THE WORLD. they were Like all other patent medicines—but 2 decided them, At this time * to your specialists also" to obwerze the directions gh ustouishing. was fourte Tam feeling in my life. 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