Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1896, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 189s-TWELVE PAGES. 7 F st., cor. 11th. | Storage, 22d and M. Everything we sell bears the stamp of perfect workmanship end finish. News From Our Furniture SALE. =—No more persuasive argument is possible than prices like these. They’ii make buyers in * plenty: $25 Parior Suite = $12.50 Goid-Frame 537-50 $13.00 $19.00 T. ables = $1.50 Oak Shakes-= peare Table - $1.09 $22 Chamber Suite $14.45 $32 Chamber Suite $20.94 $55 Chamber Suite $37.48 S10 Dresser= = = $7.69 §18 Cheval Dresser $9.00 $23 [V’h’g Veneer Dresser =~‘ §18 Dressing Table $10.50 Ch ideboard 34¢c. $15.97 $8.95 = $7.19 §23.00 = $31.00 $42.00 roa 8 g i Ut = a Case, oak k Case, oak il-top Desk = Ceuch = durcy Couch duroy Couch Hall Rack $6.75 Oak Halli Rack $14.00 Oak Hail Rack $69.00 w. $114.00 $5.80 $9.25 $16.20 $6.35 §9.90 $16.25 Oooo Oe nm 39 3, 8 > = Ou egn eo OQ § oO w NED See yee ° LA EP PP EM ATA PIN AM I, es ow B. MOSES & SONS AL SS 20 S0-0b oe fleeth Decay ace é particles of food—and minute ‘3. thi —and keeps the teeth White. It hardens the ies the breath. Pleas- . Lottle. We prepare ; it. iw. Thompson, 793 $ es. Pharmacist, isth. CEE to teh-t0 +e a KNEESSI, 425 7th St. You wouldn't thank us for selling you a school trunk for the boy or girl going away to college, that would go to pieces aiter a few miles. None such trunks here. We have a guaran- tee for every trunk we sell. $3 to $5.75—-easy steps between. Strap and name on it free. Trunks repaired. meessi, 425 Seventh St. WE : NEVER SHAKE OUR HEAD At any reasonable proposition. We are here to sell Furniture and Carpets —on CEEDIT. It’s our ambition to arrange the payments to please YOU— and to make you feel that you are as Welcome to this furniture—on easy pay- mects—as you would be for CASH. YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD! We are ready to get up in the NIGHT-if it’s necessary—in order to do you a favor; and {t's just this Principle that has helped us to build this big store—helped us last week to have cur name patnted on the windows of the adjoining building—S17 7th st. Have you seen the new Fall Carpets? We make and lay them FREE! No charge for waste in matching figures. GROGAN’ MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, S17—S19—821—S23 Seventh street nw. = XXRREEXEREER ERE OOOO OOOO. OOOO S J +) dren. GOOO0CE are now wearing—as a protec! clement weather. We sell no SGSEOOE Se Men’s Triple-Sole 3 $2.00 Shoes. Pointed toe, laced shoes, with extension triple soles. Nobby and comfortable. 3 -- gs Police Triple-sole B-oad-tread Beoteh-edge Laced Shoes. ‘Cork-sole Laced and Gaiters, handsomer and better than any we ever sold formerly at $2.50. SUSEGGOE 3 @ 3, 1914 AND 1916 PENNA. AVE. 88929 $10 In Gold And other prizes offered for the best compositions by school chi Full information at ar of our three stores. NEW FALL SHOES!® Your next pair must h&ve heavier soles than the ones you “Reliable” Footwear is made especially for US—from leather of our own selection. We buy Shoes for THREE busy stores. We are our own landlords—these are good reasons why we can sell BETTER shoes—for less money—than Here are some of the new Fall-weight Specialties: WM. HAHN & CO.’S RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, 930 and 932 7th St. - BOSSSSS 9 SSOE0 @ tion against dampness and in- Shoes of uncertain quality. Our our competitors. Men’s $2.50 Hand-made Shoes. On the new stylish Newark"? toe; made of best American calf—have three heavy oak-tanned sole~ Ladies’ $2.50 Cork-Sole Shoes, Best vict kid—hand-sewed welt—nobby pointed toe, in laced and button, stout but flexible soles and invisible cork soles. (ity 233 PENNA. AVE. 8.E. BOSS OHO SHO SO SSS ISOTE SSS SS GOSOSS SSSHSOSSS ©0600 The Best Bargain is the Best Wheel, And it's THE CRAWFORD, a standard high-grade wheel, built for service, and fully guaranteed. Special! Prices for a few Days. We Lave a few wheels taken from our riding school—used from 3 weeks to 3 months—and sample wheels from our subagencles, somewhat woe wern” from fly specks, but “as good as new,” and, in fact, are SELECTED NEW WHEELS, which we offer from 15 to 30 Per Cent Discount. SALES ROOMS cornected with our Riding Acad- emy (the finest in the city), over 9th st. wing, Center market. Instructions free to purchasers of wheeles. se14-28d GAS osts Less = other fuel known—and saves fhe hoatewife's labor by doing the ‘work in half the time. It is also clean and ves no dirt behind.t. seven you decide to use it come here and sce what remarkable bargains we're offering in Gas Stovea aud Ranges. Gas Appliance Exchange, 1424 N. Y. Ave. #e14-284 ee, ~ fs all that is needed, and I guess I cap do that myself. That is what every industrious and economical housekeeper bas to say when an old room is to be made new and fresh. We have the finest line of ready mixed paints and other materials to be found in the city. Prices all right. Geo. F. Muth & Co.’s, 418 7TH ST. %.W. - Successo*s to Geo. Ryneal, Jr. sel4-244, The Middle Weights in LANGLOIS Foot Form Boots Are ready now. The hand- somest, most complete, most worthy Shoes made. Our own exclusive styles. PriceAlways$3.0 SPECIAL. ©, D and B in Misses’ School Shoes. ‘8. i to 2 Langlois Shop, F St., Cor. 13th. Fit Any Woman's Foot, EO Any time you want to know about electric lighting or electric power—the cost of it and the superiority of it over everything else, ’phone us (77). U.S. ELBCTRIC LIGHTING CO., 218 14th st. "Phone 77. u31-208 PRESCRIPTION 4387, FOR Rheumatism. ‘The prescription of one of Washington's oldest and mest eminent physicians. It instantly relieves and permanently cures RHEUMATISM, NEURAT- GIA, GOUT, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO and all aches andl ‘pains due to URIC ACID poison. It purifies the blood, stimulates aud restores the kidneys, improves the liealth and gives tone and vigor to the entire system. Price, §1 ner bottle; trial size, 50c. KOLB THARMACY, 435 7th st. n.w., cor. BE.’ se9-17d Maurer's RAT and ROACH PASTE, MOTH and INSECT POWDER. Boy it everywhere, Dat only | MAUR- DR’S,329 N.Sth st., Philadelphia,Pa. apl-156t WALKER SONS, 204 10TH ST. N.W., CAR- JN Lining. Felts, Fire Brick and Ciay, Asbestos, ints, Brushes, Lime, Cement, two and three- ply Roofing Matertal. ‘sel NO ONE KNOWS BETTER THAN THOSE WHO | have used Carter's Little Liver Pills what relief - a I have given when taken for dyspepsia, dizzi- 1 dap alien res oes, tin fate aldey constipation ad Gabdered RXEXERESEKESEREREERRS stomach. sel2 Painless Extracting = pure gas or by applica- tlon of ZONO to the gums...... Highest class dental operations '° by experienced experts at one- bsif the charge of other frst- Cisse dentists. C7 Out-of-town yatients supplied with artificial teeth in one visit. U S Dental Ass’n, eo Cor. 7th & D Sts. aul? 80,tf N BITTERS IS KNOWN ALL OVER ns. Dr. Siegert's is the only genuine. At all Srorzists. — Sue for Damages. Chas. W. C. Nielson and his wife today ertered sult against Dr. Thos. Mallan, each claiming $5,000 damages for alleged ignorant, negligent and unskillful treat- ment of Mrs, Neilson. The husband's claim is based upon the alleged loss of his wife's services. Attorneys Tracy L. Jeffords and A. A. Birney represent the plaintiffs. eS Small Slase. A defective flue caused a fire last even- ing at house 1735 Oregon avenue. No. 9 engine company responded to a local alarm and extinguished the blaze, the damage amounting to $200. The house is cwned and occupied by Peter Lomax. RELIC OF BARBARIC AGES What a Big User of Silver Says of the White Metal, Price Has Gone Down From Cverpro- duction—The Miners the Only Ones to Benefit From Free Coinage. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. CANTON, Ohio, September 12, 1896. Before Canton became known throughcut the civilized world as the home of the next President it was known to almost as wide an extent as the city wherein was located @ great watch works, employing hundreds of the most skilled mechanics, and sending to all parts of the world thousands of busy little timepieces every week. The head of this concern is Mr. Kohn C. Dueber. At times Mr. Dueber has been no mean rival of the United States mints in the matter of the consumption of silver. There is proba- bly no buyer of silver bullion in.the United States who has found it so necessary dur- ing the last thirty years to keep in such close touch with the silver market as Mr. Dueber. He is one of the beat informed men on the currency issue in this region. I called on him this morning and asked him to tell me something about silver; something “on the inside.” A Relic of Barbaric Ages. “Silver,” he said, “is a relic of: the bar- baric ages, and the actual cause of all this silver agitation is to be found in the fect that there has been an overpro@sciion of silver in this country” ¥ asked Mr. JDue- ber to go inte detail. “Well,” he said, “a very 5% years ago silver spoons, buckles, ewelry of all kinds, and watch cases were heavily plated, and a great deal of silver Was used; now, however, it is changed. We find a nickel combination more satisfactory for our watch cases here, and hundreds of jewelers who manufacture spoon and jewel- ry of all kinds are putting a light plate on it. It is all lighter in weight. A great many articles that were formerly manufactured of silver are now made of aluminum; s!umi- num has made terrible inroads into the sil- ver market. The amount of silver used for all these purposes only a few ycars ago compares very favorably with the amount of silver used for meney, although it would be impossible to give exact figures. The Market for Silver Diminishing. “Now, this great market for silver that existed a few years ago has been rapidly diminishing, and the silver production has been increasing. Take the great lead in- dustry of the country. We have to have paint, and we have to have numberless things for which lead is used. An immense amount of silver is taken from this lead. ‘There are the immense lead smelting works around Pittsburg. Last year the freight alone on all of the lead ore refined in Pitts- burg amounted to $322,000, and out of this was derived 9,000,165 ounces of fine silver. This, what I might call the silver industry of the lead works, is a by-product with them, Just ag the saving and placing on the mar- ket of coke is a by-product with a great many gas companies throughout the coun- try. These lead people can afford to sell their silver cheaper even than the silver miners, and they, of course, could, to a cer- tain extent, regulate the price of silver. So, you see, silver has become cheaper and the demand for it has greatly decreased. We don’t need it at all. It takes the gov- ernment stamp to make it money, and we might just as conveniently put that govern- ment stamp on copper, fron or any other etal; it would be just as good money. Silver is a relic of the barbaric ages and we have no more use for it in this country, either as money or for the other thousands of purposes to which jewelers used to put It. The Real Point. “Now comes the point: Who Is injured by this decrease in demand and decrease in Brice and overproduction of silver? Why, the owners of the silver mines in the west. These men have sprung this balloon on us; they want tc sell what they have got, and they want to get the best price on it. They’re the only men that lose under these circumstances if they can’t get their silver on the market, get it used and increased. Why, who blames them? These silver mine owners are very wealthy and they have a combine or trust; they can afford to corner the supply of silver and regulate the out- put and fix the price. The farmer can’t do that; the farmer has to sell his wheat at once, and that fixes the price on it, don’t it? Eut, you see, the silver mine owner has Toney enough to jive on, and he can hold his supply back until by skillful maneuver- ing, such as he is back of now, he can create a demand for his product. That is the long and short cf it. The silver miners control the market absolutely; there are orly three places in New York where I can buy silver. These silver barons would be tke only people benefited by free coinage. They are the only people hurt by the ab- sence of free coinage; they have been pre- raring, working and scheming for this free ccinage of silver ever since the lead men got te producing cheaper silver and ever since the demand for silver began to de- crease and it began to go out of date. There is only one thing that ts going to help the people of this country, and that is to get work, lots of work, everybody go to work. The people don’t want to learn to steal, they want to learn to work and save their money.” oe She Was Stabbed. Celia Makal, a colored woman, was stab- bed in the back about 6 o'clock last even- ing while in the vicinity of her home, 606 Freeman's alley. The injured woman was taken to Freedman’s Hospital in the sec- ond precinct patrol wagon fer treatment. No arrest has been made, as the woman and her family would neither prosecute nor give the police ary information in regard to the case. > Mr. Ross Returns. After a pleasant visit to his old home in Illinois, Commissioner John W. Ross, look- ing the picture of health, returned to his duties at the District building today. ENOCH PRATT'S CAREER Baltimore's Well-Known Philanthropist Said to Bo Dyihg. aay Started as a Clerk and When He Got Money He Tried to Do Good ‘With It. Special Correspondence ‘of The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Ma., September 13, 1806. Mr. Enoch Pratt, the founder of the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore, and who is said to be the oldest living bank president in the United States, 1s critically ill with ailments incident to old age, and the announcement of his death at any time would not be a surprise to his family and friends. Mr. Pratt on the 10th instant reached the ripe age of eighty-elght years. Mr. Pratt has always been 80 averse to nctoriety that no history of his life has ever been published. The account which follows was, however, obtained from a gentleman who has long been acquainted with the eminent financier, and the facts stated were given by Mr. Pratt himself to the gentleman referred to in conversations which took place from time to time. “Mr. Pratt,” said the informant of The Star reporter, “was born in North Middle- boro’,Mass., in 1908,and was the son of Isaac and Naomi Keith Pratt. His father’s rec- ord and that of his ancestors is well known in the north. He graduated at the Bridge- water Academy at the age of fifteen. He was a bright, energetic boy, characterized by hopefulness and firm resolves, and in- spired by an honest and fearless ambition. Even two weeks before he closed his term at the academy he wrote a second letter to an intimate friend of his family in Boston to obtain for him as goon as possible a good place in a wholesale dry goods house. Began as a Clerk. “A position was soon secured for him in a first-class house in Boston, where he re- mained until he was twenty-one years of age. In this place he had the benefits of the old-fashioned training in business pe- culiar to Boston. His unexceptionable hab- its and tireless application to business; his quick perception of what was right and what was wrong, and his undeviating in- tegrity; the simplicity of his methods and his unbounded confidence in the value of common sense, and in the results of legiti- mate industry, gave him an early reputa- tion for sound judgment of far greater value than the possession of money. “In 1831 Mr. Pratt removed to Baltimore and established himself as a commission merchant. He founded the wholesale fron houses of Pratt & Keith and Enoch Pratt & Brother, which consisted, until the death of Mr. Henry Janes a few years ago, of Enoch Pratt and Henry Janes. No firms were ever more successful, though much of the time of Mr. Pratt’ has for many years been given to industrial enterprises of a public nature and to financial institu- tions. Held Important Offices. “Mr. Pratt has been director and presi- dent of the National Farmers and Planters’ Bank for about fifty-five years, was the first president of the Baltimore Clearing House Association, and served as such for many years, retirmg about one year ago, after having positively declined to be again re-elected; has been vice president and a member of the board of directors of the Philadelphis, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company for more than thirty- seven years; is one of the largest holders of the stock of the Seaboard Air Line Rail- road Company and its ally, the Old Bay Line of steamers; is the owner of a very large interest in the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Transportation Company, a director of the Savings Bank of Baltimore and of numerous other institutions. “With an expanding heart, beyond tho selfish calls of the mere ambition for Rain, he has ever manifested a decy interest in the cause of education, réligion, reform and charity and in public improvements. He has exrended much time and money in sepporting such institutions, and always with a cheerful spirit. His Charitable Work. “He is now president of the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, at Cheltenham, Prince George's county, Md., and of the Maryland School for the Deaf and Dumb, at Frederick, which was started by his energy and means, and but for his liberality and per- severance the institution at Cheltenham would not have been established. He saw with deep concern that there were numer- ous colored children swarming the streets of- Baltimore, homeless and friendless and abandoned to grow up in idleness and vice, and he donated 730 acres of his farm prop- erty as a site, and with the aid of a few kindred spirits the institution was estab- lished. “Mr. Pratt has lived to see more than 2,000 poor colored children made happy and prepared to be useful members of society by their attendance at the school at Chei- tenham. He has always taken a lively in- terest in the Maryland Insiitution for. the Promotion of the Mechanical Arts, and has made it some costly gifts. “As the treasurer of the Peabody Insti- tute Mr. Pratt was highly complimented by the late George Peabody, its founder, as one of the ablest financiers he had ever krown, An Office of Public Trust. “In 1877 Mr. Pratt, though a republican, was unanimously elected by a democratic council one of the two finance commis- sioners of the city of Baltimore, a post of great honor and responsibilty, and he was re-elected year after year, until he, a few years ago, declined on account of advanc- ing years to serve any longer. “While serving as finance commissioner his services proved to be invaluable in the management of the financial affairs of the city, and his withdrawal from office was attended with many marks of regret on the part of the mayor and city council. “Although Mr. Pratt has always been an acute observer of men and events and until his present illness took a lively and in- telligent interest in politics and legisla- tion, particularly when the general wel- fare was involved, he never manifested any desire for office. “He has been approached to be a candi- date for Congress, for governor of the state and for mayor of the city and for other offices, but he has declined all posi- tions that give mere distinction or honor and with but few opportunities for useful- ness. He is ever prompt to be useful, but he is opposed to the mere display of pride. “In regard to Mr. Pratt's religious views it may be said that he belongs to the pro- gressive school. He is an eclectic, believing in the rule of God and finding good in all things. He is an active member of the Unitarian Society of Baltimore, but he locks for a man’s religion in his deeds, The Free Library. “In 1883 Mr. Pratt gave notice to the city government of Baltimore of his pur- pose to establish a'free tirculating library, to be called the Evioch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City, on ceftain conditions of- co-operation on the part,of the city, which were promptly and offictally accepted. He proposed to spend:-$1,000,000. He proceeded at once to erect sititable buildings for the Ubrary and its four branches, and they were completed amd conveyed to the city July, 1883. Thesesbuildings were planned and erected underbis personal supervision at a cost of $300,000. Ze “In addition to these ihuildings, he gave his check for $833,333.33 to the city July 1, 1888, for a permanent & per cent endow- ment of $50,000, payablei quarterly, forever, making the grandototal sof $1,133,333.33. “The library was opened to the public January 4, 1886, with imposing ceremonies, and ever since that day the library has been immensely popular with all classes of citizens, and in the interval 5,000,000 vol- umes have been circulated. “But in favoring his adopted city Mr. Pratt did not forget his native state of Massachusetts. .In 1867 he endowed an academy in Nerth Middleboro’ with the sum of $30,000 and made it free to all chil- dren within a certain distance. In 1: when the Congregational Church of Litient was burned, he aided the congregation to rebuild and presented them with a fine cicck and bell for the new edifice. Other noble acts might be enumerated, but to do so would require a volume. “Mr. Pratt's domestic relations have al- ways been of the happiest character. He was married August 1, 1837, to Miss Maria Louisa Hyde, whose paternal ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Massa- chusetts, while on the mother’s side she was descended from a German family which located in Baltimore more than 150 years ago. They are childless.” THE MARLBORO’ FAIR|STILL IN THE WesT An Attraction of Autumn in Old Prince George’s County. SOME FEATORES OF THE COMING EVENT A Grand Barbecue and an Exciting Tournament Promised. eee EXHIBITS AND RACES Correspondence of The Evening Star. UPPER MARLBORO’, Md., Sept. 13, 1896. Few agricultural fairs given’ in the coun- try have become so widely known for their attractive features and genuine merit as the annual exhibition of the Agricultural Fair Association of Prince George's county, which occurs each autumn at Upper Marl- boro’, Ifd. It is patronized, not only by the residents of the vicinity, but also by many, visitors from all over the state and from Virginia, as well as by great crowds from V/eshington. The announcement of its recurrence this year on the 29th and 30th of this month and the Ist and 2d of October will therefore be hailed with much Pleasure by those who have enjeyed it in the past and will present an excellent opportunity for strangers to such things to become acquainted with such a decided- ly interesting feature of country life. There have been many recent improvements in the fair grounds. A new exhibition hal! of commcedious proportions has been erect- ed, as well as a new building for restau- rant and dining purposes, while the regula- tion half-rile race track, level and with easy turns, has been resurfaced and made easier for the going of the horses. A grandstand, with a seating capacity of 1,500, gives an excellent view of the track and assures comfortable enjoyment of the exciting sport. Signs Pointing to Success, The preparations for the fair this year have been completed, and the books of the secretary, Mr. William G. Brooke of Upper Marlboro’, already show that the exhibits in all the premium classes will be large and of a better character than ever before, while the entries in the various trotting, running and jumping races are numerous and asstre large fields and close B. in the live stock department, whi cludes classes of thoroughbred Clydesdales, driving, draft, saddle and standard tred horses, hackneys and Perch- erons, the premiums are many and larger than those usually offered at such fairs, and in cattle class, all the registered grades, es well as fat cattle and oxen, the conditions to attract competition are equal- ly attractive. The same generous rule is followed with sheep, hogs and poultry, of which latter the exhibit promises to be un- usually fine. For farm and home products there are many substantial premiums of- fered, as well as special prizes of value. The race program is as follows: First cay—First race, , pace, $256 second ra’ 34, trot, $250; third race, } mile heats, running, southern Maryland horses, $100; fourth race, 5-b-mile heats, running, £100. Second day—First race, 2:20, trot, $25 second race, 2:27, trot, $250; ‘Third rac 3-4-mile heats, running, $125; steeplechase, $125. Third day—First race, trot or pace, 2 in 3, open to horses owned in soutierh Maryland prior to March 1, 1888, with no record, $100; second race, 6-§-mile heats, running south- ern Mcryland horses, $100; state champion- Ship tournament, $100. fourth race, second race, ; third race, #-4- mile heats, running, $125; fourth race, stee- plechase, $125. Barbecre by Washington Butchers, The second day, September 30, will doubt- less be notable for the number of Wash- ingtonians present, as its main feature will be a grand barbecue given by the courtesy and under the supervision of the butchers of the Center Market in Washington. Mr. John H. Buscher will be in charge, and his associates will be Messrs. A. J. Riley, A. Hurley, Thomas Keane and Charles Ebel, These experts will roast whole three oxen, weighing 1,600 pounds each, and when the feast is ready all will be invited to par- ticipate. There will be an attractive fea- ture the next day, Thursday, October 1, in the shape of a championship tournament, open to sir knights residing in any part of the stete. The large prizes, which are $50, 25, $15 and $10, in addition to a silver cup, which must be won three times to become the property of a knight, will doubtless in- spire many of the best riders and tilters in the state to compete. There will be three arches 2nd three tilts for each knight, and the queen of beauty and her three maids of honor will be crowned at night at a cor- eration ball to be given in the town hall. All knights must ride in costume, and the entries will close September 24. Officers of the Organization. An interesting pamphlet, containing de- tailed information of everything pertaining to the fair, has been prepared and issued, and Secretary Brooke is busy mailing cop- jes to th desirous of them. The chief officers of the association are: Richard 8S. Hill, president; Elisha E. Berr: vice president; Francis W. Hill, treasurer; William G. Brooke, secretary, and Thos. J. Grant, assistant secretary. The board of directors consists of these “gentlemen and Messrs. Louis A. Griffith, Phil. W. Chew, John T. Ballinger, Henry M. Mur- ray, Aug. T. Brooke, James P. Ryan, Geo. Zurhorst and Edward E. Perkins. The numerous committees are composed of prominent men of the county, and the members of the advisory board are leading citizens of St. Mary's, Calvert, Charles and Anne Arundel counties and Baltimore and Washington cities, the representatives of the latter being John H. Gheen, chairman, and Messrs. John R. Kelly, C. B. Osborne, M. C. Stone, W. O. Morrison, Harry Lan: dale, M. G. McCormick, John Dugan, Ed- ward J. Daw, Joseph H. Bradley, John Ho- gan and Dr. L. L. Friederick. The fair grounds comprise one hundred acres, within a quarter of a mile of the center of the town of Upper Marlboro’, and as they are situated on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad, visitors who come by the cars are landed at the entrance from the regular e1:d special trains, which latter will Tun from Washington, Baltimore and Pope’s Creek. All children will be admitted free on the first and last days of the fair. SS BLUE AND GRAY. Confederate Veterans to Rench Here Tomorrow Morning. The members of the Pickett-Buchanan Camp, Confederate Veterans, of Richmond will arrive in this city tomorrow morning by the 11:45 train. They will be met by the Confederate Veterans’ Association of this city, who will gather at the depot at 11:30. The ex-confederates will participate in the reunion of the blue and gray in this city tomorrow, and will then proceed with the Philadelphia brigade to Antietam, where on Thursday the Philadelphia organization will unycil their battlefield monument. The order of cxercises at the national campfire in this city tomorrow evening, which co: mences at 7:30 o'clock, reads as follow: Pennsylvania and Gettysburg, Gen. D. H. Hastings, governor of Pennsylvania; Ameri- can Valor, Col. A.K. McClure, Philadelphi: poem (written for the occasion), Mrs. Vir- inia Frazer Boyle, Tennessee; Philadel- phia, Geo. Hawkes, and Grand Army of the Republic, Gen. Ivan N. Walker, Indiana. ees He Has Disappeared. The police of the first precinct are in- vestigating the strange disappearance of Gcnzelli Smith, who formerly: conducted a lunch stard at the corner of 13% and D streets, and who has net been seen since June 6 last. At an early hour in the morn- ing of the Cay mentioned a policeman dis- covered the lunch room to be on fire. The door was forced, and the proprietor, who was asleep, was awakened and carried out- ide. During the excitement Smith moved away in the crcv-d, and no trace of him has been found. His friends think that the man be- came Cemented because of the loss of his property. Relatives in Italy have made in- quiries in regard to him. The Girl Who Was Lost for Thirteen Years, Her Grandmother Tells Her of the Search Made to Find Her— ted Here. Lilian Zenobla Daley, the colored girl who was kidnaped from here thirieen years ago, and who has turned up in San Francisco, as published exclusively in The Star several days ago, las not returned home, and these bours of suspense are as days to the child's grerdmother-; Mrs. Rachel Moore, who lives at No. 1332 5th street northwest. Mrs. Mcore is very anx- lous that her grandchild should return home, but she is unable to defray the ex- penses of the long journey. Friends of the elderly lady have suggested that members of the colored churches might assist her, as che is a Christian woman and has scores of friends of both colors in the city. To a Star reporter who called Mrs. Moore told the story of the loss of the child and of the long search that has been made for her. She is now living in hopes of again seeing her grandchild, and she feels cer- Lillian Daley. tain that as her prayer has been partly an- swered some means will be provided where- by the loved one will find her way home. When she received the news confirming the report of the finding of her grandchild Mrs. Moore addressed to the child a levter, inclosing a copy of her photograph taken only a few weeks before she was taken away by Mrs. Butler, alias Cooper. The letter, which the child has received, reads as fellows: “My Dear Granddaughter: Words cannot express the joy and comfort it brings to our hearts, after thirteen years of sorrow, to hear of our poor little Lillie once more. My dear child, it was right from your grandma’s door you were stolen by a wo- man known as Emma Butler-Cooper, or Swann, she having married Frederick Swann before leaving Washington. This woman came to my house, asked me to al- low you to go to the depot to see her hus- band off, as he was going to some of the watering places for the summer. I asked her if she was going with him, and she said she was not, as Frederick had not de- cided exactly where he was going, but when he got settled he would send for her, and she would go. I then asked her how 1 she would be gone with Lillie, and she said not over an hour, but her hour has proved to be over thirteen years of sorrow and grief to us all. “I saw several ministers of the different States, told to them the story of our lost child, and they made anxious inquiries through their congregations for you, but without success. Your mother worked and traveled from place to place until her money was exhausted and her health failed. Then she gave up in despair, never expect- ing to see her child again. Words cannot express the gratitude and thanks we owe to that gentleman who has taken so much interest in our lost child. I trust that God, in His infinite power, will shield him all through his life and at last heaven will be his home. Yes, my dear child, you were right, you had two sisters by the names of Nettle and Racnel, who are still with me, who, with the rest of the family, shed many tears of joy since we have heard from you, and we trust that God will keep you under His care and protection until We meet again. ‘I must close now. All join me in much love and kisses for our long-lost chiid. “From your devoted zrandma, “MES. RACHEL MOORE.” Speaking about the chiid, Mrs, Moore said she was unusually bright when sie Was taken away. Although so young, she could read and write and could make up a bed and clean the house as well as if sie had been a full-grown woman. The grand- mother thinks the child's statement to Private Detective Lucas, who has taken so active an interest, was very remarkable. “She stated things that Mrs. Butier could bot possibly have told her, for she did not knew them.” Lillian was mistaken in her statement that her mother is a white woman, for al- though “very light, she ts really colored. When the child's father died the mother was left with no means with which to care for the children, and her health was so bad that she went away to work, and it was while she was away that Mrs. Butler,whose former name was Swann, went away with Lilian. This proved a severe shock to both the mother and grandmother, and soon after- ward Mrs. Daley started out in an effort to find the child. She would work at one Place long enough to save some money and vould then go to another city. This she did for several years, and it now transpires that she was in Chicago while Walter But- Jer and his wife lived there and had Lillian with them. When Walter Butler married Emma Swann in this city thirteen years ago, and went west, he was told that Lillian was the widow's child, and he believed it. After the death of his wife Butler remained in Chi- cago for awhile, and then took Lillian to San Francisco, where she continued to live with his people until the private detective interested himself in ler with the result stated. —_.—__ CHARGED WITH THEFT. A Young Man Who Wanted to Pawn a Watch. Detectives Hartigan and Proctor this af- ternoon placed under arrest a young man giving the name of William Johnson, who was endeavoring to pawn a gold watch, which was stolen from the wife of Mr. C. H. Ellis, 310 East Capitol street, Febru- ary 25 last. Johnson was very indignant when taken to detective headquarters. He claimed to have been employed as steward on the yachts of Banker Seligman and George Gould, and offered to pay the detectives $500 if they found any record that the watch in question was stolen. The record, however, was promptly located. Johnson grew very excited and violent, and it was necessary to sit him down rather forcibly in a chair. He declared that the watch was given him this after- noon by Miss Kate Ross of 1318 15th street, where he has been boarding. He wanted money, he said, and therefore tried to pawn the timepiece. When searched a pawn ticket for a watch deposited with a broker in Jersey City was found on the prisoner. He says he is now in the Pullman service, and the detectives think that while on a trip Johnson pawn- ed the watch there. A telegram was sent to the Jersey City authorities in regard to the matter. Johnson was locked up at the sixth pre- cinct station, SS Transfers of Renl Estate. Henry H. Jacobs et ux. to J. Wm. McKinley, part lot 7, bik. 84, Columbia Heights; $10,509, Wm. J. Dante to J. Hénry McCauley, part lot 1, bik. 3, Le Droit Park; $10. Paul A. Hines et ux. to Chas. H. Clark, part lots 2 and 3, 8g. 527; $5. Daniel M. Goodacre et ux. to Amanda R. Cope- land, part lot 6, sq. 348; $10. Frank T. Browning et ux. to John H, Nolan, lot 26, sq. 151; $10. to Junius J. Pittman, lots 36 Carrie E. Thayer and 37, sq. 748; $10. Join’. Arms et al. to Elkanah N. Waters, lot 1, Long Meadows; $800, Leo S. Bailey’ et al., trustees, to Albert C. Bradford, lot 9, tik. 5, Ivy’City; $525. Joseph 'L. Dailey et’ ux. to Maurice Fitzgerald, sq. = same propel Maurice lots I Fitzgerald et 23 and 24, al. to Jos. J. Kelley, part seq. 588; $1. _— john Miller et ux. to David Murphy, part orig- ina! lot 15, sq. 404; $7,110. ats L. Riley to Marie L. Johnston, lot 78, eq. ; $10. W. Preston Williamson, trustee, to Boyd L. Me- Enight, lots 80 to 88, sq. 652; $1,300. SNANERS AZD DICTORS TALK TOGETHER, In bis able work entitied “LONGEVITY,” pub- Ushed a few years ago, Dr. John Gardner of Eng- land predicts that a VEGHTABLE AGENT will yet be found that shall so retani those changes that bring about oid age as to prolong human life be- youd its prosent limit. Acting, perhaps, upon the impulse produced by this thought, many eiminent physicians have called from time to time upon the Shakers of Mt. Leba- fon to inquire of them concerning the secrets of medicinal pients, in which these since minded and God-fenring people rre kp nd all other men. y told what they had Jearned, and in return recelved from their visitors much veluable iufounation 2 it disease; which they at once made practical use of. The most important point was that if a genuine and certain remedy cculd be found for ‘indigestion end dyspepsia, and the allinents growing out of it, a long step would ve taken in the right direction, Old said these physicians, Legins in failure of the digestion, and #0 do most diseases at any and all periods of Efe. ‘Lhe result of these consultations was the @ covery by the Shakers of the desired specific, made wholly from herbs, and now kuown as th ker Digestive Cordial. Its action is magical and worthy of {8 origin, Where there ts distress after eating, bearthurn, Sick headache. bad taste in the mouth, Mliousness, Weakness 2nd weariness, cold hands and fect, aver- sion to food, nervousness, or any other symptom of dsepepsin, the Cordixd will prove its curative vir- tues, Belind it is the reputation of a poople who have never defrauded or deceived their feliow men. In order to test whetber this remedy ts adapted to your case, at practically mo cost, you may pro- cure @ trial bottle for ten cents of nlmost any dragglst. TROUBLES IN BOTH PARTIES Unhappy Condition of Republicans and Dem- ocrats in the Hoosier State. ‘The Formcr Scem to Have the Best o8 it—The Latter Lost a Golden Opportunity. Spectal Correspondence of The Evening Star, INDIANAPOLIS, September 12, 1896. The amount of unhappiness that is just now troubling the breasts of the politicians of all shades in Indiana would be laughatle if 1t were not so serious with them, the St. Louis convention the rep: this state were divided into two decidedly hostiie camps. The McKinley men made the most noise, but the largest amount of deviltry was done by the Harrison men. The Mcixinley men got control of the party committee, and since then there has been trouble, trouble. The committee undertook to ignore both Harrison and his most inti- mate friends. Repeated mectings of the party were called, but the leading Harrison men were never invited to be present. After McKinley was nominated the Harrison men found that they would have to stir them- selves or the state would slide over to the democracy. The McKinley men made the astounding discovery that they would have to call upon the Harrison men or be without local speakers to take part in the campaign. The situation now is: With the exception of one or two ell the local speakers engaged in campaign work are Harrison men, A few weeks ago the committee made another disagreeable discovery, and that was if it Was to get any money to meet bills and de- fray the expenses it must be obiained from the Harrison men, the McKinley men being almos: altogether found among those who did not give to campaign work. The Question of Patronage. The Harrison men are just now engaged in twitting their opponents over the stt% tion. Another cause of trouble ¢s over who is to controlethe patronage of the state when ZacKinley goes to the White House. air. Gowdy was one of the most ardent of the McKinley men, and the most urgent in pushing his claims in this state, and for some time it was sed he would be the chief dispenser of patronage in the hoped for good day Then C. W. Fairbanks loomed up as the nearest and dearest friend of the Ohio statesman. Things were in a lurmoil prior to the meeting of the state convention, and the instructions for McKin- ley were in danger of being sidetrack when Mr. Perry 8. Heath put in an appear. ance as the personal representative of Me- Kinley, managed to bring order out of chaos, and senj the resolutions through the convention with an unanimity that amazed that wing of the party. He is now one of the active men at the Chicago headquarters, and it is thought will have much to say about the distribution of patronage. In this condition of affairs those who are after places are in a quandary, not knowing at whose shrine to bow. Democrats in Rad § The democratic organization is in hardly any better shape.” Jealousies, backbitings and plots have been the dominating feat- ures. The chairman was a sound money man; the majority of the committee are for silver. Either through the apathy of the chairman or the dissensions caused by the fight waged against him by the silver- ites, but ttle work has been done by the committee. Just now the republeans seem to have the best of the matter in the state and are much more hopeful and confident than the democrats. A leading republican, who has taken an active part in all the cam- paigns in the siate since 1870 and who is now actively stumping for McKinley, thus sizes up the situation: he democrats of Indiana have lost a golden opportunity. They had it in their power to have carried the state and gain- ed a majority of the Congressmen, but they could not see it, and went ahcad trusting to blind luck. ‘The republican dis- sensons gave them an excellent tunity. Our committee had committe blunder after another and had mad: Before icans of many of the most effective workérs lukewarm. Then, too, free silver had a strong fol- Jowing among the republicans, esp 3 in the farming districts, and if'a vote had been taken immediately on the heels of the St. Louis convention the state would have gone for free silver by at least 25,000 majority. Without Political Sk “The leaders of the free silver movement were wholly without political skill; they were of that class who believe in the ox- goad and bludgeon, and instead of trying to keep thé gold men in the party lines did eversthing to drive them out, even before the Chicago convention. By the time that convention met the party in this state was practically disrupted, but even then, had the convention shown any wis- dom’ the state would have been sure for Bryan. Had it contented itself with sim- ply declaring for free silver. they would have held to them all the republicans of the state who believe in that doctrine, but the republicans could not and would not give their adherence to the anarchistle sentiments put forth. I have noticed what Mr. Babcock has said about the free silver tide having been stemmed by the republi- can Congressmen, but Mr. Babcock knows very little about the matter. So far as the republicans are concerned, the senti- ment died for this campaign when they began to understand the real meaning of the Chicago platform. Sound money among the democrats has been fed by the actions of the silverites, and now that ihe populists have also divided, the chance for democratic success in Indiana has gone.” The above tells the whole story as well as columns. The republicans are united for McKinley to defeat Bryan, not from any great adherenece to McKinley him- self or to the doctrine of protection. That doctrine has totally disappeared from "he campaign. ——>—_—_. The Field Monument Fand. The effort being made in this city to se- cure subscriptions for the Eugene Field monument fund is meeting with success. Advices from Chicago state that Mrs. Field is deeply affected by the sympathy shown in this city. Copies of the volume “Field Flowers” are at Veerhoff’s gallery, on F street, and today and all the week a copy of this volume is given to each subscriber to the monument fund. As well known. half of the fund goes to the family of the poet.