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“99 FHE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTORER °3,. 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 7 o in 1858 and the logical Seminary in HOTELS. RAILROADS. a, charge at Fayetteville for nine years was compélied to reajgn ot account of his STATE'S ATTORNEY SWITZER| HOTEL POCKET GUIDE FREE. throat. In January, BS, he was called to = tersburg, hig prbgent charge. He was AKEN ME HIS FRIENDS. elected secretary of the Maryland synod in, E HOME BY one es oie tice, SSS below, 1880, ‘which office hg “has held end filled SS address (cad stamp) very: acceptably * CORNELIUS ECKHARDT! | One of Hlinois’ Most Prominent and the + onored Men Suffers From | HOTEL TARIFF BUREAU, Nu TF HE. YOHURGHE S| aeieics usisea ieee (68 Fitth Ave.. New York. |The Seventy-Seventh Annual Con- «.., Vention of This Body. IMPORTANT GATHERING OF LUTHERANS UNYAD! JANOS, The World’s a8 Best Natural Aperient Water. Colleagues and Fellow Citi- | 96 Legent St., London. f wet moe spe Mee ae a lb ds melon Arerona Pan: E. P., Buropcan) ganization and | Wednesday cventitg) of this week in Co- rity and Public Spirit- ANY, N.Y. Years’ Success in U.S. $/*°" Oe ur data She e's Cre <n sri bo i 25 S i of the Leading Officers. | Va.,"'the Rev. JohmW. Kincheloe: wax-or- From the Journal, Macomb, Ml. BOSTON, Mase. ealitienge checked frve for passengers, holding first- dajned.to the Baptibtministry. Rev. C. C.| Tucodore B. Switzer Is the wenlor member of th: Meatior, pastor of the:Fifth Church of this] law firm of Switzer & Breeden of Macomb, UL, Bieyches, 2% conte each, . Kt. PHILLIPS, T-LOOKLY. . Gen. Pass. Agent. G. E ABBOTT, G Gen, Manager. Highest Reputation all Over the World. _ CAUTION: None genuine without the signature of the firm “Andreas Saxlehner,”’ On the Label. mb21-ent,26t Setnteeeeteteteebeetetetetes Septet eee eee ttle RESIDENT VETERANS Men Who Are at the Head of the Local Encampments. WELCOME 10 UNION VETERAN LEGION Prominent in the Hospitalities to Be Extended Next Month. CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS The three encampments of the Union Vat- eran Legion in this city, with a membersh!p of between 400 and 300, will play an im- portant part in entertaining the old soldiers who w.li attend the annual reunion to be held here October 14, 15 and 16. Special funds are being raised by each of these encampments to the end that nothing may be left undone in the way of hospitality extended the visitors. c Kelly, Purman and Pierson, who Ge at the head of the local encam>ments, Will to a considerable extent be charged With the duty of making their associates in the legion feel at home during their it to Washington. They are well-known citizens of this eity and went to their coun- try's assistanee in the hour of its ex- tremity. Cel. Luke Kelly, colonel of Encampment No. «9, was born in Morgan county, Va., now West Virginia, March 14, 1844. Upon the death of his father in 1818 he removed his mother to Providence, R. I. When en years old, June 6, 1861, he was red into the service of the United es in Company B, 2d Regiment, Rhode ni Volunteers, the first three years regi- ment from that state. He participated With his regiment fn all the battles of the He resigned and enlisted October 2, 1861, and December 6 was made a second leu- tenant in the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer In- ‘At the battle of Shiloh Col. Purman was shot through the left arm above the elbow about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, declined to leave the field, having his arm bandaged vy a fellow Heutenant, and he continued to lead his company as the high- est officer remaining fit for duty. His reg- iment had the honor of occupying a pos'- tion near the left during the entire day of April 6. In the afternoon they fought in the historic ‘Hornet's Nest.” Subsequent to the wound in his arm Col. Purman received five shots through his At about 5 o’clock he was struck in the lumbar region by a fragment of shell, fracturing two lumbar vertebrae and exposing the spinal cord, the piece of shell breaking through whence he himself removed it. promoted to be a first Heutenant for gal- lantry on the field. Walking on two canes, he rejoined his regiment at Corinth, Miss., September 28, 1862, in time to participate in the battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, . He remained in the fight until ex- hausted and unable to kecp with his regi- ment, when General McArthur ordered him to the rear. When the regiment started south, being unable to march, he resigned. Purman was chosen’ principal of at Lancaster, the abdominal Lancaster Academy, in the spring of 1863. He resigned this po- sition, having been elected county super- of public schools for wes subsequently and held this office for four years. During the summer of 1864 he had a furlough from the county commissioners, been appointed major of the 41st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, he served in this ca- pacity through their term of service, from May 8 until September 20. The 41st was a “one hundred days” regiment. service he took part in repelling Gen. For- assault on Memphis. For eight yeers, from 1868 to 1876, Col. Purman was professor of English language and literature in the State Normal Schooi In 1877 he entered a competitive exe mination, ordered by Gen. Carl Schurz, then Secretary of the Interior, and, as a result of that examination, he was appointed to a position in the United States patent cffice, and on successive ex- aminatioi.s, under civil service, he passed from one grade to another, attaining the position of a first assistant examiner. Dur- ing his service in the patent office Col. Pur- man has taken, successively, jumbian University Law School, the degrees of LL. B. and LL. M. Col. W. T. Pierson. Pierson, colonel of Encampment whose fifty years of active fe have made but slight inroads upon his youthful appearance, was born in Easton, Taibet county, Md.. and educated at Easton and Washington College, in that state. He enlisted in the Union army at Cincinnati, Ohio, Augu county. He During this at Platteville, Wis. in the Co- 20, 1862, as private ADDRESSES AND REPORTS —— The seventy-seventh annual convention of the Maryland synod of the Lutheran Church (general synod) will be held this coming week at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Cumberland, Md., Rev. T. J. Yost, pastor. Gov. Lowndes of Maryland is ex- pected to deliver the address of welcome. The first session, devoted entirely to the synodical sermon and the holy communion, is set for Thursday evening. The synodical sermon will be preached by the president, Rev. O. C. Roth, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Md., after which, as- sisted by a number of other ministers, he will administer the sacrament of the Lord’s supper to the delegates in attendance. On Friday morning, at 9 o'clock, the reguiar business sessions will open. After singing, reading of the Scriptures and prayer, the roll will be called, and the lay delegates will present their certificates of election. The business sessions will continue pos- sibly through four days, excluding Sunday, of course. The evening addresses will be delivered on the following subjects: ‘‘Bene- ficlary Education,” by Rev. George S. Bowers of Hagerstown, Md., a brother of Rev. John C. Bowers, pastor of St. Mark's Church, this city, with Rev. M. L. Beard as alternate; “Home Missions,” by Rev. Charles Reinewald, with Rev. W. E. Par- son, D. D., of this city as alternate; “For- eign Missions,” Rev. S. A. Hedges, with Rev. C. R. Trowbridge as alternate; “Church Extension,” by Rev. Charles M. Eyster, with Rev. H. H. Weber, general secretary of the board of church extension, general synod, as alternate, and the or- dination sermon, by Rev. J. H. isarb, with Rev. Luther Kuhiman as alternate. These speakers were appointed at the last convention of the synod held in Bal- timore. The business of the convention will embrace reports of various commit- tees, parochial reports and reports on the state of the church, election of delegates to the general synod, which meets next year in Mansfield, Onlo; report on che Publication house, orphans’ home, deacon- ess home, Home for the Aged, located here Rev. 0. C, Roth, President Maryland Synod. in Washington; adm'ssion of applicants for licensure and ordination, reports on literary and theological institutions, di- rectors of the theological seminary and election to fill vacancies in board of d!- was gs follows: Ordination sermon. Rev. Dr. Lake of Virg:nid; prayer of drdination, Rev. R. R. West of Brookland Church: charge to the candidate, Rev. BE. Hez Swem ‘of Second Church; charge to the chutch, Rey. W. S.‘O. Thomas; pastor of Gay Street Church, West Washington, and presentatfon’ of a Bible to’ the’ yoank ‘min- ster, Rev. Dr,.Butlér of Alexandrja,.. Rev. Mr. Kincheloe is a Virginian by birth, but has resided in this city for the past two or three_years. He has been until recently a member of the Second Church of this city. Reve-M: “Ross Fishburn ‘of: the Mount .Pleagant Congregational Church occupied his pulpit last Sunday, after an absénée of five weeks, All his vacation. was spent in Pennsylvania, and included a stay in the Blue mountains and visits to his own and his wife's former home. Mr. and Mrs. Fish- burp also made. several ¢xtenled. bicycle tours, riding from Chambersburg to Gettys- burg-and from Lancaster to Philadelphia. While at his old home Mr. Fishburn part.c- ipated in a jubilee service which marked the fiftieth anniversary of father’s or- dination to the minis Rev. Father Mackin, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Church, is now able to be out, after his recent severe illness w.th typhoid fever. He has not, however, regained suffi- clent strength to take full charge of the parish. Last| Monday evening the Methodist Union of the District held a meeting for the first time in several months. The ques- tion of the debt on North Capitol Methodist Episcopal Church came up for discuss.on. The union has assumed a portion of the debt on the church, and is making arrange- ments in regard to its payment. The pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Rev. E. Hez Swem, expects soon to hold a feries of special mestings in his church. Cardinal Gibbons has appeinted Rev. J. J. Dougherty, who resigned the pastorate of St. Stephen’s Church on account of ill- healtn, as pastor emeritus of the parish. Father Dougherty, since being relieved from his active work at the church, is steadily improving in health, and it is hoped that he inay ultimately be able to take up the duties again. Twelfth Street Methodist Church opened a mission for colored p2ople on 16th street southeast. The mission was forma ly dedicated Sunday evening week at 3 o'clock by the pastor of Twelfth Street Chur Rev. W. G.-Cassard, who was assiste¢ Revs. I. L. Thomas, W. H. Brooks, C. A. Leftwitch and M. ‘Ww. “A Sunday schocl has been established in connection with the mission, with the following off- cers: Superimtendent,~ James H. Alle treasurer, Mrs. C, A: Williams; assis superintendent, Jahn F. May, and secre- tary, Mrs. Byrd Bobb. “The mission is lo- cated on 1th street southeast between D and E streets. Mr. W. H. H. Smith has resumed charge of the Bible clas# at the Young Men's Christian Associafion,” It meets every Sat- GREE evening. ani ring the absence of Mr. Smith was taught by General Secre- tary W. N. Multer. fs) iit The Brotherhood of St. Andrew of the District has decided t& take up work amon; the boys’ chapters of the order, of which there are several tf this city. A’committee has ‘Leen appointed by President Barnabus Bryan, as follows: Messrs, Rolla P. Currie, 8. K. Burehe Camp, W. B. Dent and P. D. Mies BU) ev. John H. Eliott! S.T/D., rector of the eaurcr of the Pr sion, has returned me from Eutopé. He std not en. best of health while away. pene Ofticers have beén efected by the Sunday #chool of St. Paul's Churen, corner of end V streets northwest, as follows: P: ident, Charles, AL Din; yice president Andrew Sheridan, secretary, Miss Louise Dr. naves, Pink Pills are si or six boxes for $2. in Philadelphi ca some basis of union. This meeting ha which will n the Presbyterian Christian sionery Union since last June was held. The first portion of the evi - Yoted to mapping out work to be done dur- ing the coming six months. After that there were addr the union, Rev. prot @ist Episcopal Church. Dr. Johnsion, pastor, has prepares, the largest in his present charg Christian Missionary Society of Maryland to commence next Mondes through the lith, at Reckvill Christian Church of that place, of whic the Rev. C. She day is to be devo sociation, whi number of minis Rev. E. B. Bagby, “The Pa: fi ate,” all of Wa given to the | to the women’: & cal churches who will tak Miss L. S. Weightman, Mr: ton, Mrs. Emma ces E. Parker. The close with a Chr. corn -elty, presided. Thi program of exercises: |.2d wil this fall (1806) clove a trliliant four years’ term a8 state's attorney for McDonough county, UL Yeurs ago he was severely injured by a fall from a howe, sustaining a burt in the right side ip the Yegion of the sc! tie merve, leaving this portion of his anatomy w and susceptible to disease. When last February's term of circuit court came on he found himself, from close tpplication to nfs business sadly run down; in fact, he was on the very verge of uervous prostration, Mr. Switzer told the Daily Jourtal reporter that while laid up, with uo possible signs or prospect of relief from bis fan ily physician, he read a testimonial wherein llinns’ Pink Pils for Pale People bad cur a case parallel with bis own, and he immed/ately made up his mind to try the remedy. ~ He sent for a package and commenced their use immcdintely According to direction, with the result that be be- gan rapidly to mend, and was soon attending to kis business once mor Dr. Williaws’ Pink Pils contain, in a condensed form, all the element y to give new lif and richness to the Diocd und restore shattered ers, or WIM Le pt of price, 50 cents a Lox, y aire never sold in bulk Wilhans’ Medi gent post patd on rec: y the 109), by udd © Company, Schenee cil and the United Synod of the South Lu- theran Churche: to hold a meeting this fall for tne purpose cf deciding however, been declared off for reason> it be made public. Yesterday evening the first meeting of deavor Mis- ng was ¢ es by the president ci W. C. Alexander, D.D.. . Hamlin, D.D. to be a reception ot tan Metho- and by Kev. Teunis Tomorrow there tioners in the Metrop class of thirty- A missicn band has been orgazized froin amcng the beys and girls of Grace Ke- formed Church to hel senior society. It is under the Mrs. pastor. » the work of the rge cf A: Thomas G. Apple, the wife of the The Christian Endeavor Society of th: Luther Memorial Church gave a social last Thursday evening, the first of the s son. The ninetcenth annual mecting of the Delaware and the District of Columbia and} Md., at the wn is p or. The firs o the Ministerial As- a papers will be read by rs, among whom will b or and the dren. Rev. W. J. Wright, Reach Men;" Rev. D. Po nition, and The ladies of lo part will b Cc. W. Sh timere and Mrs. Fran. ession on October 24 will be devoted day schools, whe. brief addresses wii delivered by Mess: B.S. Steele, H. Suer and B. Bagby, all of Weshington. The convenzion is to 1 Endeavof session The people of Grace Baptist Church have prevailed upon their pastor, Rev. A. F And evening relative to his recent travels i Europe. cn, to talk to them next Frid. The tent of Evangelist Wright at th: roof 4% and L streets southwest was totally destroyed by the storm this week NEW YORK. NLEBEC, Canada. drand Hotel, E.P., $ ~The Denison, A. SEY CITY, N. J..Hotel Washington, E.1°..$1.50 LENDON,Enz.De Vere Hotel ) De Vere Gardens. 4 Broudweik do |Kensington Palace, W. do Prince of Wales do) Sp'c’lly recommendest Fifth Avenue Hotel, A.P.. §% ‘The Majestic, E. ‘The Gerard, E. (L. L. Toddy The Vendome, EP. . B. Barry) St. Cloud Hotel, E.P. do. Wavis & Fostery Hotel do, (E11th ty Alvert—st. Stepbe ‘Lhe Grosvenor, At Balmoral, A.P.,$3 8p 3.50 wy ~) Hot. Haaoves act House, Al ~The Aldine Hotel, A.L’., $3.0. cuisine ia Musadelplla.) 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ALL SCHEDULE. camer Potomac leaves st. wharf every ay at 4 p.m. for river landings and Maltime: Cassenger accommoda dons stric t class, Ele: ft must be ROWSMITH, . for Colonial feanardtow a, senger station, Springs, and at Charlotte with Pullman Sleep Texas, via Moutzomers, MOD ce Schedule in effect June 14, 196. All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania pas- 8:00 A.M.—Dally.—Lo-al for Danville. Connects at Manassas for Strasburg, daily, except Sunday, and at Lyochbure with the Norfolk rm | Western, daily, ard with the Chesapeake aud Ohio dally for aral Bridge aud Clifton Forge. 11:15 A.M.—Daily. THE UNITED STATES FAST MAIL. Carries Pulle.an Buffet Sleepers, New York and Wesbington to Jacksonville, uniting at Salis- Wury with Pullman Sleeper for ‘Asheville and Mot €.; Knoxville and Chattanooga, Teun., for Augusta, ceper Washington t» Galveston, Pullman Buffet 3 Orleans and Houston, and Palman Slecyer New York to Birmingham vis. Charlotte and A.lanta. 4:01 P.M.—Local for Front Royal, Riverton and Strasburg, Gaily, except Sunday. 4.51 P.M.—Daiiy.—Local for Charlottesville. 10:43 P.Mi.—Dalls.— WASHINGTON AND SOUTA- WESTERN “VESTIRU: LIMITED, composed ‘of Pullman Vestibuled Sleepers, Dining’ Cars and Day Peaches, Pullman Sleepers’ New York to. Asbe- ville and Hot Springs, a York to Tampa, , Savcnnah and sew to Memphix, via Birm New’ York to New Oricans, via Atlanta gemery. Vestiiuled Day Goach Washing At. lsnta. ‘Southern Railway Dining Car Greensboro” to AINS OX WASHINGT ION Teave Washington ged 4245 pam. dally. excep days only for Round pt Sunday. for Leeshurg. Ternden, “Iteturning, arr s 200 p.m. daily, and 8:00 p. yt Sunday, from Round’ Hill, 7-06 #. pt Suiday, from Herndon, ‘8:34 a Sunday, from Leesburg. rough trains from the sowh arrive at Wash- ington, 6:42 a.m. 2:20 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. dafly. Mataseas Division, 10:00 a.m. daily, except Sun- day, and 8:40 a.in. daily from Charloticsvil ickets, Sleeping Car reservation and suforma- tion furnished at Mfices, 511 and 1300 Pennsylvania, avenne, and at Pennsylvania railroad passenger station. DIVIS- < AND O10 da W. H. GREEN, General Supt. J. M. CULL, Traffic Manager. W. A. TURK. Gen. Pass, Agent. L. §&. BROWX, Gen. Agent Pass. Dept. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. ‘HROUGH THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN AMERICA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING Cans. sTa- TION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect May 17, 1896. 2:20 P.M. DAILY—Cincinuati and St. Louis vtal—Sodd “train for C.nclumati. Pulluian siecy io Curchipati, Lexiuztoz, Louisville, and St. Louis without clwnge. Connects at Cev- uugton, Va.» for Hot Spriugs. "Parlor wath 16 Chicago. 11:37 P.M. DAILY—F. F. V. Limited Solid train fur “Cincinnati. Pullman sleepers ty Ciucinnati, {eaington and Low.sville without change. lull Win comp2rtiment car to Virginia Hot Spriaze, wituout change, Tuesdays, Thursdays aud Saturdaye. Dally connection for the ‘Springs. Observation cur. Sleepers Cincluatt to and St. Louis. 10:57 A.M. EXCEPT SUNDAY—Via Riclaaond for Old Point and Norfolk. Only rail Line. 2:20 P.M. DAILY —For Gordonsville, Charlottes- a Steudfn apd for Kichmond, daily, except Sunday. Ieservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio officer, 513 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenue, 1110 F “t. mW., and at the station. i, W. FULLER, RORO-ESE General Passenger Agent. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Station corner of 6th and B streets, In effect September 20, 189 A. M. WEEK DAYS, PITTSBURC Varlor and Dining Cars tsburg. 9 AM. PENNS) LVANIA Pullman nd Uleervation Cars Sieepluz, Dining. yeouge. iarrideurg to Chicago, Cincim . Indianapolis, Louls, Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet Parlor to Ma 3AM. NE.—Pullman Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car Harrisburg: Pittsburg. CUICAC ) AND ST. LOUL PRE to Harrisburg. eer end Dining Cars Larrisburg to St Louis, incinnatl, Lewisville and Chi 10 PM. WESTERN EX! ing Car to Ch Dining Car_to Dyer; treasurer, Frank Herron, and libra Mr. Wright has, how+ver, besa so 5s George's Island an, Miss Mary O'Driscoll, cezsful with his revivals that a church ci | ‘vinico rivers: t school begins its gall session comorrow. | the Disciples 1s io he organized tomorre rectors. appointment of speakers for next year, time and place for next meeting, etc. “ai w Car. PACIFIC EXPRESS.—Pulliuan Sicep- Eight of the Luthern churches of this | Last evening the choir of the church was|in Mecha Hall, corner of and 4. he Car to Pittsbu city belong to the Maryland synod, and | ‘organized and several voices adde streets couthwest. Rev. Mr. Wright is <4 S35 — ndaigua, Rechester and the delegates elected to represent ‘these | John Traynor was appointed direc preach in the morning at 11, and in the P3074 M for churches are: Revs. S. Domer, D. }).; J. G.| Miss Mary Byrne organtst. reh evening at 7:30, and will be the pastor ot dune nday. For Lock Butler, D-D.; W. EB. Parson, D.D.i A. Hom, | Gross of Oregon arrived ta Washi hureh. He reports twenty-five - W. RIDLEY uispgrt Sotdass. 9:40 PM es righaus, C. H. Butler, Stanley Billheimer, | this week on a visit to his brother, tev. s the result of the recent = = : Y EM. for Willianeport, Rochester, Buffalo a John C. Bowers and D. E. Wiseman, and | Mark S. Gross, who is tss-stant Slain meeting. These, together with t SURES Sete a Peek Gregg tee = Bdge: Col. Luke Kelly. Messrs M. M. Rouzer, George Ryneal, jr., ° at St. Paul's. of the southwest iwi] ng Car Washington to Suspension’ Bridge via Army of the Potomac, from ard including the first battle of Bull Run, July, 1861, to the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. he latter engagement he received a wound ir the right arm which e bone from the elbow to the r joint, the bullet burying itself in east. The arm was amputated at the der the same afteraoon on the battle- ‘The bullet, which could rot be lo- cated at that time, he carried in his body untii the following October, when it was cut out of his side, where it had in the miime made its way and lodged. In ovember, 1864, not yet twenty-one years “t age, he took bis discharge from the rmy and started out to fight as best he guid the battle of life. Honored by His State. Most of the years since the war Col. Kel- ly has lived in Newton county, Mo., where he has been elected to di‘ferent offices of honor and trust by his fellow-citizens. He was chosen assessor of Newton county in 1580 and re-elected in 1882. He was elected county treasurer in 1884 and re-elected in 188s. He also served as City freasurer con- tinuously from 1884 to ISM1. In 1890, while absent from the state attending the nation- al encampment of the G. A. R. at Boston, he was nominated for state senator. which nomination was equivalent to an election, clined, as he wished to devote his whole | time to the real estate business in which | he was then ergaged. In June, 1893, he was appointed an assistant compiler in the war records office, War Department, which position he holds at the present time. Col. Kelly was married in 1875 and fs the father of ten children, all boys, eight of whem are living, the eldest not yet of age, and the youngest but eight months old, He becam> a member of Encampment No. 68 in November, 1804. and his comrades elect- ed him their colonel last December. Cel. David Gray Purman. David Gray Purman, colonel of Encamp- ment No. 2%, was born in Greene ccunty, Pa. He comes of revolutionary blood on both sides of the house. His grandfather. John Purman, was wounded at the battle of Germantown by a bayonet thrust through his chest. He died from the effects of this wound in 1796. His mother was a Burns from Ayrshire. Scotiand. Her father, James, and her uncle. Peter Burns, served seven years, or through the entire revolu- Col. David Gray Purman. tionary war. They suffered the terrible privations of the winter at Valley Forge. Col. Purman graduated from coliege, and Tater took !n course the degree of A.M. Immediately upon leaving college he ac- cepted the principality of Deloney Acad- emy, at Newburgh, Ind., which positicn he resigned during second year in order to accept a p.ace in Hazel Green Insti- tute, Grant county, Wis. Soon afterward he became principal of that Institution. Col. W. J. Pierson. in Company F, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, and served until his final discharge, May 14, 1865. He was wounded May 14, 1862, at Resaca, Ga., while charging Colonel Pierson is a lawyer by profession and, beginning in 1883, traveled for four years as a special agent of the pension In December, 1886, he was called into the office of the commissioner and given charge of the suits and prosecutions arising from the violations of pension laws. February 1, 1896, he was transferred to the office of the Secretary of the Interior, to act as chief of division of pension affairs, then ¢rganized in the Interiar Department. 1895 Colonel Pierson prepared a work of “Precedents for suits, civil and criminal, in connection with the administration of the " which, under the authority | of the Secretary of the Interior, was pub- but on returning home the honor was de-| },shed at the government printing office, in The colonel is a regular con- tributor to various Iterary journals, and has written and published several success- He is a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G. A. R., of Washington. SS A QUEER EXPERIMENT. pension laws,’ Photographing the Splash of a Drop of Mercury. From Knowledge. Prof. Worthington has been-studying a curious phenomenon for twenty years. The splash of a drop occurs in the twinkling of an eye, yet it is an exquisitely regulated phenomenon and one that very illustrates some of the fundamental prop- erties of the fluid. The problem that Prof. Worthington has succeeded in solving is to let a Crop of definite size fall from a fixed height in comparative darkness onto a surface and to illuminate it by a flash of exceedingly short duration at any desired stage, so as to exclude all the stages previous and sub- sequent to those thus selected. The many illustrations in his volume testify to the accuracy and beauty of his work. ‘The curious results of a splash of a drop of mercury from a height of three inches upon a smooth giass plate are particularly interesting... minute rays are shot out in all directions on the surface with marvelous regularity. From the ends of the rays droplets of liquid split off. The liquid subsides in the middie and soon afterward flows into the ‘The ring then divides in such a man- ner as to join up the rays in pairs. Therc- after the whole contracts till the liquid rises in the center, so as to form the begin- ning of the rebound of the drop from the Plate. Immediately the drops at the end of the arms break off, while the central mass rises in a column, itself to break into drops. He photographed no fewer successive stages of the eplas! twenticth of a second, so interval between them w: secon after » Which just falls, than thirty h within the that the average ‘as about the six- hundredth of a second. Remarkable cre the spiashes of water drops falling about sixteen inches into milk, but more beauti- ful are the dome fc fifty-two inches. ——————————— FOR GENERAL DEBILITY ofms when the height is Use Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. Dr. It. D. FAIREX, is almost aiversaliy ‘seen good ‘effects ic in diseases malo orgnny general debility ard pul ow Orleans, La. monary discasege A. D. Albert, Theo. Plitt, A. P. Beatty and Cornelius Eckhardt. Oldest District Synod. The Maryland synod is the oldest district synod belonging to the general synod. It has uyward of seventy pastorates, over a hundred ministers and in the number of. communicants, over 21,000, ranks second, that of west Pennsylvania ranking first, with about 23,54". The synod was organ- ized at Winchester, Va., October 11, 1820, with eleven clerical and seven lay dele- gates. x It is claimed the synod is too large, and of late years there has been some talk of making a division, but as yet nothing definite has been done in this direction, and possibly never will be, as it is difficult to know where and how to make a division, and few, if any, realiy care to leave their old mother synod. It is the custom to elect officers annually. The secretary, Rev. Vic- tor Miller, has been re-elected annually since 1880, the treasurer, Mr. W. H. James of Baltimore, has retained his office since 1874, while the presidency has changed an- nually since 184), the two years prior be- ing filled by Rev. Benjamin Kurtz, D.D. Rev. J. G. Morris, D.D., whose death last year, during the seventy-s:xth convention, caused much sadness in that body, was president first in 1836 and re-eiected in 1837, and since that time held the office six times. The last Washington pastor to hold the office was Rev. W. E. Parson, D.D., pastor of the Church of the Reformation, Rev. Victor Miller, Secretary Maryland Synod. who was president in 1891, when synod met in Hagerstown, Md. The last conven- tion held in this c'ty was in 1890, in Me- mortal Lutheran Church, Rev. J. G. Butler, D.D., pastor. Rev. O. C. Roth, the presiding officer of the seventy-sixth convention, and who, as stated above, will preach the synodical sermon next Thursday evening, Is the pas- tor of Grace Lutheran Church of Batti- rrore, Md., the strongest numerically in that city, having a mémbership of over 800, and a Sunday school of 700. He has served thet. corgregation nearly seven years. He was born at Orefield, Lehigh county, Pa., cn the 27th of January, 1833, graduated from Pennsylvania College in the class of 1878, end entered the ministry in 1880. His first charge was at Silver Run, Md., where he remained two years. From there he was called to Trinity Luth- eran Church, Taneytown, Md., and served that charge six and one-half years, when he took up the work of his present charge. Rev. Mr. Roth is a member of the Deacon- ess Houee Society, a teacher in the Dea- coness Home, one of the directors of the Theological Seminary ct Gettysburg, Pa. and a member of the beard of foreign mis- sions. In his report to the convention he will state that a number of changes have taken plece during the past year, and that, notwithstanding the hard times, the nast has been a very successful year. Seerctary of the Synod. ‘The secretary, Rev. Victor Miller of Lei- teraburg, Md., was born near Clearspring in The eastern conference of the Maryland { Membershiy syned of Lutheran churches, to which churehes of that denomination of th s city belong, will hold its annual fall meeting Tuesday, October at ott City, How- ard county, Md. A ‘program has been pre- pared, as’ follows: Devotional exercis conducted by the presicent, Rev. I. ¢ Burke: business of the conference comes Next, and then “The Pastor's Relation (2) as to his membership in the congregi tion, Kev. L. M. Kuhns, D.D., of Washing ton; (b) as minister and not pastor, Rev. G. H. Slabaugh.- 11 a.m., “The Sabbath ard the Bicycle," Rev. Charles H. Butler of Washington and Rev. I. C. Burke. 3% p.m., “Our Duty Toward Prevent Reform Effort, Rev. Stanley Billheimer of West Washing- t on and G. W. Miller of Baltimore; and at 40 p.m., “How to Stimulate Greater Be- nevolence Among People,” by Revs. Samuel Domer, D.D., of Washington, and A. H. Studebaker, D.D. of Baltimore. Last Tuesday evening the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor of Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church gave an enjoyable trolley ride in a special car to Kensington. At the conclusion of the ride there were a taffy pull and other social features, Rev. D. W. Skellenger of the Sixth Pres- byterian Church has returned to his work here after a rest of two months. Mrs. Ske!- lenger was, however, detained by illness at her father's home in Scranton, Pa. The fever from which she was suffering ie Lroken and she {s now on the road to re- covery. New furnaces are being placed in Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church South. The basement of the church is being car- peted-and otherwise improved. Arrangements have been made to hold a rally day tomorraw at Calvary Baptist Sunday school, Superintendent Pierson H. Bristow has in h's school over 1,500 schol- ers, representing six different departments. Each department is to have exercises of its own and then all will join in listening {o an address by the pastor of the church, Rey. S. H. Greene, D.D. The Methodist Ministers’ Association, held a meeting. Monday morning. at Foundry Church, when Rev. Egerton Ryerson Young cf Toronto, Canada, lectured en “A Cali to Indian M'ssion Work.” Dr. Young is par- ticularly skilled in the use of the Cree syllabic, which is used as a means of com- munication amongst all .be northwest In- dians. He gave a number of interesting Mlustrations, showing how missionaries teach the Bible t) Ifd.ans. ‘There is to be agmeeuzg of the Washing- ton city presbytery xt Monday in the Presbyterian Chur¢h dt Manassas, Va. The sermon will be piteadhed cu the opening night, Monday, by the: retiring moderato Rev. W. J. MeKn’ght,‘and on the following’ day the business of tltfé presbytery will be transacted. It is Frobable that at this ses- sion of the presbytery there will unite with it Rey. Mr. Andrews who ts supplying a church at Falls Church, Va. Last Monday eyening the Christian En- deavor Society of Assémbiy Church held a re Addresses -werg. del.vered by Revs. Howard Wiliur Ennis-and George O. L:ttle end by Miss Bel} At the conclusion of the program there were a number of social features. 30 id Hvangelistic meetings are.to he con- ducted next weck:at the West Washington Mission of MountVernon Methodist Epis- cépal Church South. - They will be in charge of the tor of Mount Vernon Church. Rev. I. W. Cante-, D.D., and his assistant, Rev. J. W. Beall. ‘The Sunday echool of Mount Vernon Church is preparing to hold {ts annual rally day October-18. The super- intengent of the school is F. A. Stfer, and he is cssisted by A. L. Dietrick. The fourth anniversary of the Keller Me- morial Lutheran Cherch and the fifth an- niversary of its Sunday school isto be cetébfatéed’ tomorrow wth ean anniversary d'ecourse by the paztcr of the church, Rev. Charles H. Butler. The annual business meeting of the congr:gaticn is to take placs Wednesday evening, and the same evening a number of the young ladics of the churca are to give a “Church birthday.” Keller Church was crganized by the present pas- tor in a small room near 9th and D streets It was decided at a mecting held in southwe: ue Chri. is a ni Virginia. He was until recently pastor of a Circinnati church. — ¥ lation of France. From the Bostca Transcript. The quinquennial census returns in France, though not yet complete, show some rather curious results. The incre: of popuiation in Paris and other large in- land towns is very slight. In Paris it is only 64,000, Even the important provincial tewns, with the exception of manufactur- ing centers, like Lyons (28,14), Lille (15,- v9), St. Etienne (14,000), Roubaix (0,000), Nancy (9,000), and Tourcoing (8,000), ex- hitit no considerable growth. Rouen even shows a slight decrease, as do Toulouse, Rennes, Laval, Bourges and Perigueux. The ports on the channel and the bay of Biscay apparently are either stationary or declining, whereas the Mediterranean ports are incleasing. Nantes has fallen off from 122,000 inhabitants to 105,000, and St. Na- zaire, which has greater shipping facilities, has increased by only 74. Bordeaux has risen only from 252,000 to 100, and Havre from 116,000 to 117,000. Brest has fallen from 75,000 to 72,00), Calais has a decrease of 500, and Lorient of 795. Bou- logne, Dunkirk, Cherbourg and Rocnetort are nearly stationary. Marseilles, on the other hand, in five years has risen from 403,000 to 447,000, and Toulon from 77,000 to 94,000, or more than 20 per cent. It is cal- culated that Marseilles by 101 will have 550,000 inhabitants, and will displace Lyons —which has row 466,000—as the second city in France. The explanation of this is that nearly all the French colonies have Mai seflles for their civil and Toulon for their milltary outlet. Every merchant going to Tunis, Dahomey or Tongking starts from Marseilles, and every soidier from Toulon, whereas St. Nazaire and other western ports lead to scarecly any French colonies, but chiefly to forcign countries, the trade with which has been crippled by the pro- tectionist system. The Fish Ate His Grass. From the Portland Oregonian. A rancher whose place is on the bottom along the Willamette slough, below Hol- brook Station, was in the city yesterday to find out whether he had any recourse against the United States fish commission for the introduction of carp into the rivers in this section. He says these fish are destroying his meadows by eating his grass and grubbing up the roots. As the water overflows his meadows the carp follow it up in thous- ands, the small ones, weighing about three pounds, pushing their way up where the water is only three inches or so’ in depth, and clearing off all vegetation, so that when the water recedes he will have mud flais in the place of meadows. He says that while looking at the fish eat- ing his grass on Sundays he got so mad that he took off his shoes and stockings and went out into the shailsw water and at- tacked them with a hoc. He siashed a lot of them in two, but when the drove became alarmed and made fer deep water they bvmped their noses against his shins and came near knocking him off his feet, and his ankles are ail black and blue from the thumping he got. As for driving the carp away, he says he might as well have tried to sweep back the rise of the Columbia with a broom. ————_+ e+ New Idea in Saih An Italian sea captain saye that he hac proved by experience that a ship goes faster when her sails are perforated with a number of holes than when they are quite sound. His theory is that the force of the wind cannot: fairly take effect on an 4rflated sail, because of the cushion of im- Washington in thé spring of represénta- | movable air that fills up the hollow. Agency, No. #9 Broadway, agents in Wast ington, D.C until RANDALL. and Manager. OCEAN TRAVEL CANADIAN PACIFIC KAIL Interded eteaiuships sailing vo Japan a» China: EMPRESS OF JAP’. 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Cures without the knife; references can be given; 148 recent cures in this city. sell-3m* DR. GE* 2 COMMISSION! Ss AND NOTA Me for ali CIAL by KH, EVANS. Office Qusement), 1321 Al in vilice, office hours. my) CHARLES S$. BUNDY, COMMISSIONER OF “DEEDS, Of all the States and Territories, 3:7 4% st. uw. ew Equity butiding). R. W. Barker, Funeral Director and Practical Embaimer, Clz 11th st. nw. Residerce on the premises. Telephone call 997. e2-3m ‘Everything strictly fist-class and on the most rea sonable terms. Telephone call 340. fal-tr W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embalmer, 940 F Street Northwest. buled Limited, 3:4 am. and 8:40 p.m ROYAL BLUE “LIN: THE CFFICE OF THE AMMONIATED Canandaigua, Rochester, But- Falls daily, Sleeping Car Wash York and th SAL LIMITE ‘Car Car), snd 11:00 (Dini ion) A.M., 12:45, 3 22 11:3 PM. On Sunda: 9:00, 11:09 (Dining Car fre 3:15, 4:2, 6:40, 10:00 and 1 MM xpress, 7:50 AM. week. wk-lays, 2.01 and 5: Bithoat change, 73 altinere, 6:25, 73 10:30, 11-00 and 11:50 3-4) (4:00 Limited 5. 10:30, 11:00 A.M. 3:40 (4:00 Limited), 4:20, 2 10:00, 10:40 apd 11:85 For Pope's Creek Line, 7:20 A.M. and 4:36 P.M. daily, cxcept Sunday ndays, 9:05 ALM. Por “Annapoils, 7:20, 9:00 AM, 12:15 and 4: PM. ‘except’ Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 A.M. and 4:20 PM. Atlantic Corst Line Express, 4:30 A.M.. 3:46 P.M. daily; Kictmond only, 10:57 A.M. week days; At- lanta’ Specal, via Kichmond ‘and Seabonrd Air 1 240 PM. di Accommodation for Quan- and 4:25 P.M. weck-days, SNECTIONS. re River Bridge, all- = ly; (via Market Street . 16:00 end 11200 AML, 12:45 PLM. week- nd 11:35 PM. daily. May, 11:00 A.M. week-days, 11:35 P.M. ‘icket offices, ccrner Fifteenth and G station, Sixth tnd B stree ‘OST, J. R. Woon, pager. General Passenger Agent, BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedale in effect July 19, 1896. ation corner of New nd C street. rest, Vestibuled Limited ver For Chicago and Northw: trains, 10:00 a.m., 8:05 p.m. For Cincinnati, Louis and Irdianapol p.m.; express, 12:15 night. For Pittsburg nnd Cievelund, express daily, 10:00 For Berkeley’ Spring 3:45 p.m. datly. Special. 12-00"n00n daily, aud rk, Mountain Lake Park nnd Onk- 12:15 a.m., all dally. No Mountain Lake Park Sua- Lexington and Staunton, 12:00 noon. Windester aan way stations, 15:30 p.m. New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham, Chatta- |. Knoxville. Triste! and Roanoke, 10:59 p.m. Sleeping Cars throneh. 3:45 p.m Taltimore, we ‘Sur days. %7:05, x7:10, x12:05, 512:35. 1:00, 13:00, Rod und way points, week days, $:30, 7:05 p.m. Sundays, 9:00 70. or Gaithersburg and way 200, 9:00 a.m., 12:60, 3:00, 4 ‘0G, 11:20 p.in. Sundays, 9 10:15 p.m. For ae Ington ed <a way points, °9:00 <1 1:15 p.m. xpress trains stopping at prin- wil «tations only. 30, $5.20 pte ‘or, Cape May. 10 at. Re PHILADELPHIA. All trains Mamirated with — Neht. For Thiladelnhix, New York, Boston andthe os 0, 7:03, 8:00 Gay xm. Tin 3h, 3:00 (5205 Dining Car), 8:00 Sleeping Car pen at '10:00 . Sundave (7.05. Dining Carl. (9-00 a.m. Car). (12:35, Din Car), 3:00 G20 Dining For Car), 8:00 (42:01 night: Ang Car open for pas- sengers, 10) pm). Thuffet Parlor Care on all dey trains. Fi Atlantic Citr, 1: A.m., 12:00 noon and p.m.. week days. 12:35 p.m, Sundars. cept Sunday. “Pails. $Sunday only. xEapress trains. Ragznge valled fer_and checked from hotels and residences by Tnton Transfer Co. on orders left ticket atfiers. 6} —3 York avenu Tennsrivania aveme n.w., New ‘nnd street_and at Depo’ WM. B. GRFFXF. CHAS 0. SCULL, Gen. Manager. Os1s Gen. Tass, Agt. Carnet Cleaning 2nd Renova' ‘Works and U. 8. Mattress