Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1896, Page 16

18 THE EVENING STAR, ( FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. LOCAL MENTION. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. Academy of Music.—Murray and Mack in “Finnegan's Courtship.” Bijou TheaterDan Sherman's Comedy Company. Grand Opera House.—“A Lion’s Heart.” Kernan’s Lyceum _ Theater. — Hyde's Comedians and Helene Mora. Lafayette Square Opera House.—DeWolf Hopper in “El Capitan.” New National Theater.—Miss Lillian wis and Mr. Lawrence Hanley in “An ynocent Sinner.” 14th and V streets northwest.—Dog and Pony Show. — EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Steamer Macalester for Mount Vernon, Marshall Hall and intermediate land- ings at 10 a.m. Steamer Washington for Norfolk and Fortress Monroe at 7 p.m. Steamer Arrowsmith for Piney Point and river landings at 6 p.m. Steamer Wakefield for Colonial Beach and river landings at 7 a.m. OM THE ART 7 HAVE MASTERED THE of eerpee cieenitia: ‘We know how—we have all facilities—to make soiled carpets fresh as new. Empire Carpet Cleaning Wks., @31-5 Mass. ave. E. B. Stumph, Mar. Johnston's Saturday’s Prices. Page 7. ATTENTION, HOUSEKEEPERS!! ‘We'd like you to remember that we cat serve you just as fine quality ane Sere Meats on Monday, Wednesday and Friday as on “market days.” And note this also— “No one can or ever has, or ever will, sell Meats than we do.” vet. KEANE, Stalls 35-51 Center mkt. Se AS AND OIL HEATERS. . Shedd & Bre., 432 9th si. n.w. > —— New York Roast Beef and Steaks go to Joba R. Kelly, 0th st. wing Center Mar- ket. Boston Corned Beef a specialty. CITY AND DISTRICT. shee as Fell From a Bicycle. William Lott of 130 H street southwest fell from a bicycle yesterday afternoon, and sustained a badly lacerated wound beneath the left eye. After treatment at the Emer- gency Hospital Lott was able to go to his home. — School Was Closed. Owing to the cold weather and the fact that the furnaces were not in working or- der, the Wallach School building was closed yesterday, and the pupils enjoyed an unexpected holiday. —_— > Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—Cari B. Apple and Anna S. Main; J. T. Edmund Rollins of this city and Mary E. Granger of Anacostia, D. C. Colored—Frank Morris and Alice Anderson; James W. Branch and Mary A. Harris; Charley Kent and Annie Eagan; James E. Carter and Ida M. Carter. ——— Quarterly Expenditures. The following allotments for the cur- rent quarter of the fiscal year have been approved: Cleaning and repairing sewers and basins, $12,000; replacing obstructed sewers, 36,000: main and pipe sewers, $6,000; suburban ers, $5,000; automatic siphons, $200; Brookland sewer, $000; Rock creek and B street intercepting ‘sewer, $1,200; 15th and F streets, portion of Eas- by’s Point sewer, $500; assessment and per- mit work, sewers, $10.1). ‘An allotment of $6,500 for use In the cur- rent quarter of the fiscal year from ap- propriation for parking commission was also approved. —__—_ Dr. Stafford’s Lecture. The lecture of the Rev. Dr. D. J. Stafford at the New Gonzaga College Hall next Sun- day night on “The Catholic Church, Our Age and Country,” wiil be one of the chief events of the week. Dr. Stafford is so well known in Washington, and his powers of oratory are appreciated to such an extent here, that the mere mention of his name as a speaker Is sufficient to crowd most any edifice, but his subject at the coming lec- ture, so appropriate to the time and events which have taken place, will lend addi- tional force to his appearance. Dr. Staf- ford has been heard in Washington on a ood many subjects, but it is doubtful if e could have chosen a more fitting one than he did to present next Sunday night. His force of oratory and his characteristics of speech and delivery are so well known that {t is safe to say that the new hall will be just as crowded as the other houses in which he has lectured have been. ge Masonic Incorporation. The Sovereign College of Allied Masonic Degrees for North America was incor- porated today by articles filed by C. W. Newton of Jacksonville, Il.; Jolin (. Jones, vhicago. Ill.; J. S. Fortune, Virginia, and ter Lucas. D. D.; D. F. Seville, John N. ‘adams and O. R. King of this objects of the orza be to have ju’ Ark-Mariner, Secret-M Constantine, Knights Three Kings, Knights of Christian-Mark, Knights of Holy Sepulchre, Holy and Mlustrious Order of the Cross, and such other degr s the college may add from time to time Knights of Bal - courage the members of the college he the reseerching of Masonic information: to dif- fuse charity, and to do all other acts for the advancement and progress of the col- lege as the faculty mzy s time to time. fit to do from -—_—.___ a North Carolina Voters Going Home. The North Carolina Colored Republican Club at a meeting held last night received reports from the republican managers In the state and took steps to assist voters in going home to cast their ballots. The sec- retary will be at the headquarters, 023 F Street northwest, every day to fill out cer- tifleates for those who wish to secure re- duced rates. —_— Silver Meeting in South Washington. The Southwest Washington Bryan and Sewall Club was addressed last night by Col. Wm. Dickson and Col. Thurman of Virginia, and songs were sung by Mr. W. T. Whelan. There was a large crowd in attendance and much enthus'‘asm was shown. a Carroll Institute Chooses Officers. At the annual election of officers and members of the board of directors of Car- roll Institute, held yesterday, a very large vote was polled and the result was awaited with much Interest. The successful can- idates were: Nathaniel T. Taylor, presi- dent; Henry W. Sohon, vice president; Dr. Alfred D. Wilkinson, secretary;, James..B. Shea, treasurer; William F.: Downey, Michael A. Keane, Francis Miller and Nich= glas H. Shea, members of the board of di- Fectors. The beard of directors tonsists of twelve members. The officers of the in- Btitute are included in the list. The re- maining four hold over in office each year. This time they are Messrs. Edward J. Han- nan, William L. Soleau, John J. Dolan and Edward J. Walsh. a The President’s Trip. The yacht Oneida, with President Cleve- land on board, arrived at Greenwich, Conn., at midnight Tuesday. He went ashore and proceeded to Mr. Benedict's home at Indian Harbor, where Mrs. Cleveland and the children were. At 9 o’clcck that night the President returned to the yacht. President Cleveland arrived in New York last night. He was accompanied by Dr. Bryant, his family physician, and by Private Secretary Thurber. Mr. Cleveland entered a carriage and was driven to Dr. Bryant’s home, on West 36th street, where he dined. a $1.25 To Baltimore and Re- $1.25 turn via Pennsylvania Railroad. Tickets will be sold Saturday and Sunday, October 10th and Uth, and will re valid for return passage until Monday, Octover 12th. Good on any train.—Adyt. SS Quality Tells, Price Sells. Those popular 5-Ib. boxes finest creamery butter at $1.25 are too low to stay. Jas. F. Oyster, 900 Pa. ave., and Center mkt.—Adv. SALVATION ARMY ENTERPRISE Plans for Forming a Naval Brigade for Coast . Work. Commander Booth-Tucker’s “Shelter” Scheme Meets With Disapproval in New York. It is understood that Brigadier Alice Lewis, founder of the naval branch of the Salvation Army in Great Britain and Ire- land, who has come to the United States to organize @ similar branch of the service in connection with the plans of Commander Booth-Tucker, will soon visit Washington and try to persuade President Cleveland to give her a gunboat as a nucleus for the Salvation Navy. It is stated that in the event of President Cleveland declining to comply with this Yrequest Commander Booth-Tucker will try to raise a fund for the purchast of some ocean going steam- ship, which will be converted into a cruiser, d sailed from port to port along the At- jantic coast. The plan is sald to be to have the cruiser painted blue and to fly the flag of the Salvation Army. This novel enterprise is sald to be the re- sult of long thought on the part of the ener- getic commander, who has for many years considered the subject of the best means of saving the souls of those who follow the sea for a living, it being expected that the unique nature of the scheme would attract to the ship a large number of sailors who could rot be induced to attend a religious service held in a church or similar building. A Change of Plan. Mention has been made In The Star that it was the intention of Commander Booth- Tucker to start here in the near future a “shelter,” provided a certain number of mercy boxes were taken in the District, thus insuring a small, but certain, support for the enterprise, and Capt. Fryer, wio has charge of that division of the service in the United States, was expected to come on from New York to inaugurate the scheme. Within the past day or two, ac- cording to a letter received here, the plans of Commander Booth-Tucker, who con- templated the establishment of a similar institution In New York, has received quite a check, and !t is not yet known whether or not the action taken there will cause the commander to reconsider his former determination as regards the “shel- ter” in Washington. “The Salvation Army,” says the letter, “has had in New York for some time past a lodging house for poor and unemployed, but not under the plan as proposed by Commander Booth-Tucker, and Tuesday last a house, based on lines laid down by him, was opened for women. This 1s ar- ranged to accommodate 108 lodgers. The Work Started. “Commander Booth-Tucker has leased a large building, and regular religious ser-. vices will be held on the ground floor. The rest of the building will be devoted to the lodgings and a bath room. It is proposed to erect a kitchen ir the basement, and to provide all those who apply for lodgings with a meal. As yet, arrangements have not been made for putting the lodgers to work. so that if they do not possess the necessary 10 cents for a bed they cannot now work for it. This will be arranged for later on. “Hardly had the building been opened to the purpose for which it is intended to be used before the vagrancy comntittee of New York, which is composed of members of various charitable organizations, called on Commander Booth-Tucker at his head- quarters, and protested against the estab- lishment of the large number of lodging houses he had planned to establish In that city during the next couple of months. The members of the vagrancy committee in- formed the commander that their visit was only intended as a conference, but that if he persisted in opening more lodging houses under his plan they would feel obliged to make an attack on the scheme, as they be- lieved it was an injury to the city, rather than a good. “The committee further urged that the plans of Commander Booth-Tucker would, if carried out, nullify all the work of that committee for the last two years, and would do more to encourage vagrancy than anything that has been done for many years. The cheap lodging houses, the com- mitiee said, were a curse instead of a ben- fit to the poor man. It was said that im- mediately after the cheap lodging houses were established there would be a tremen- dous influx of vagrants from the outlying districts, and that the small sum required to pay for a night's lodging could easily be begged or stolen during the day. If they could get this small sum their idleness would be assured, and !f they could not beg or steal it a very small amount of work would secure it for them. Further Objections. “The present plan of the committee, which was adopted, after much thought, was, the committee sald, just the thing that was needed. It provided labor for a man for two or three days, and also served as a la- bor exchange, where those who wanted la- borers could apply and get whatever help they wanted. If a man called there too of- ten and showed signs of being an habitual Vagrant he was arrested and sent to the workhouse, where labor was provided for nim. In this way a useless character was taken off the streets and placed where he could neither beg nor steal for his lodging. “Commander Booth-Tucker defended his plan before the committee and stated that according to his scheme every unfortunate man who happened to be out of work this winter wou!d be able to get shelter without running the risk of being sent to the workhouse, and without associating with some of the low characters to be found in the cheap lodging houses referred to by the committee. To injure the trade of these houses as much as possible he intended, he said, to invade their territory. It was hi intention to make the lodging houses se! supporting. He promised, however, to take what the committee had said into consider- ation and to let them know hts declsion in a very few days.” ed District Assembly. The regular weekly meeting of District Assembly. No. 66, Knights of Labor, which was held last evening, was attended by the delegates from thirty-one local assemblies. A request by the delegates from tke Bakers’ Drivers’ Assembly, that the Dis- trict Assembly indorse their protest against the delivery of bread on Sunday, led to a lengthy discuss'on, and it was finally agreed that a committee, representing the Bakers’ Drivers’ Assembly and the Bakers’ and Confectioners’ Union respectively should wait on the bakery proprietors and ask them not to take orders for delivery on that day. The financial secretary made a report, ac- cording to which it was stated the District Assembly was entitled to two delegates to the General Assembly of the order. es Transfers of Real Estate. Edwin D. Farnham et ux. to the Uited Banking and Bullding Co., lots 10 and 12, bik. 11, Trinidad; $3,000. David K. Meredith et ux. to Frederick Whalen, part lot 21, sq. 926; $3,200. Charles G. Allen to Lizsie C. Glescking, lot 36, sq. T54; $10. Ernest A. A. Dunn to Robert Reyburn, lots 21 to 24, aq. 32; $10.° Clayton E. Emig et ux. to T. Edward Drongold, lots 7 and 8, bik. 11, White Haven; $2,250. Myra A. Oder to Anna H. Baum and John W. Oder, part original lot 10, sq. 757; $333.33. « y. Oder et ux. to same, same property; Rebert Reyburn et ux. to Ernest A. A. Dunn, part original lot 6, aq. 0; $10. Wm. H. Sholes et al., trustees, to Wm. T. Law- ton, part lots 25 and 168, sq. 1213; $3,240. Schafhirt et ux. to Alice F. Scharf, lot Go, sq. 271; $2,900. Wm. E. Schneider et ux. to Charles E. Munroe, lot 101, sq. 153; $5. pine, Washington Loan and Trust Co.. trustee, to as N. Lamont, . rt lot 40, wy. 24 Petworth addition; $2,100. ee ey iegemgs, Me Jones to Cora Berliner, lot 45, aa. “Furmann J. Shadd et ux. to Annie Harrod, lot 76, section 8, Barry Farm; $23, ee Miss Van Hocke of Brussels has sued for breach of promise, claiming $10,000, Cap- tain Lothaire, who was recently acquitted of the charge of murder in hanging the British trader, StoKes, in the Congo Free state. > The Inventor of Carame! Velsti, has the reputation of making the first and finest caramels in the country! 400. a b. at either store, 620 9th or 1408% G n.w. —Advertisement. REACHING OUT TO BALTIMORE. Washington Company to Run a Skating Rink in That City. ‘The Washington Ice Palace Company, which has control of the ice palace at Con- vention Hall in this city, has secured the North Avenue Skating Rink in Baltimore, which has been leased to that company for a term of five years. The two rinks will be run in conjunction. It is said that about $40,000 in all will be spent by the new management in improve- ments on the building, the erection of a new plant and other necessary details, which will make the rink one of the finest in the world. Among the improvements to the rink proper will be a gallery for spec- tators; a ladies’ reception room inclosed with glass will be added, that will allow spectators to view the skaters without com- ing in direct contact with the cold air in the rink, and a change of the musicians’ stand will be made. The adjoining building has been leased for the purpose of fitting up a ladies’ restaurant. Adjoining the restau- rant will be six bowling alleys,fitted up after the pattern of the Newport ten-pin alleys. A_twenty-five-foot lot adjoining the rink on the west has been leased, and it is the company’s intention to put up a building for ice manufacture and storage, which will be used during the months when the rink is not in operation for commercial pur- poses. This improvement will cost in the neighborhood of $25,000, the improvements to the rink proper $15,000; prop ageregating about The rink in Baltimore will be opened No- vember 11 under the new management, and the one in this city at Convention Hali will follow suit on the evening of Novem- ber 12. Special attractions, such as fancy skaters, competing hockey teams and the like, will alternate between the two rinks during the season. —>—___ DEFICIT IN ACCOUNTS. ‘The Sum Made Good and the Govern- ment Suffers No Loss. A discrepancy has been discovered in the accounts of Dr. A. C. Patterson, one of the staff of physicians at St. Elizabeth Hospital for the Insane. It has been ascertained, af- ter a careful examination of the books, that the shortage amounts to between $15,000 and $16,000. In addition to his professional duties as e physician at the hospital, Dr. Patterson acted as confidential financial clerk to the superintendent, Dr. W. W. God- ding. It is in the accounts of which he had charge in the latter capacity that the discrepancy has been discovered. Dr. God- ding, in conversation with a Star reporter today, frankly acknowledged that there was such a deficit, but, he added, ‘the amount has been made good and the government will not lose a cent in the matter. “There is not, and has not been,” he continued, “‘any discrepancy in my official accounts with the government. The money which was missing was part of a trust fund, belonging to patients at the hospital, deposited with me, and for which I.was the agent. Of course, I am just as responsible for this fund as I am for the government appropriations, but the accounts for dis- bursements of the money did not go through the same official channels as the government accounts. Consequently, the matter is a personal one between me and my confidential clerk. It has been adjust- ed to my satisfaction, and the government is not connected with it, so far as any financial loss is concerned. “My accounts are all correct and are, of course, open to official examination or in- vestigation.” Dr. Godding said further that Dr. Patter- son has beoa in ill-health for several months and has been absent from the city nearly all the summer on sick leave, and is sull absent. It was while he was away that the discrepancy was discovered. ee MR. KALBFUS RETIRES. Will Not Act Further as a Second for Mr. Hutchins, Mr. Thomas B. Kalbfus, who was se- lected by Mr. Stfilson Hutchins to repre- sent him in making the arrangement for his proposed joint debate with Mr. Henry E. Davis, has withdrawn from all participa- tion in the affair. Mr. Kalbfus gives his reasons fcr this action in a letter he wrote yesterday evening to Mr. C. V. Gates. Mr. Kalbfus stated in his letter that he did not have any degire to have any further connection with the matter, and that this desire vas increased by a perusal of Mr. Gates’ letter of yesterday, “which; Mr. Kalbfus writes, ‘contains misstatemenis so gross that I could not have any further conference whatever with you on any sub- ject. Fortunately, there was a witness present who can testify to the grossest of your inaccuracies, to use no harsher term.” In conclusion, Mr. Kalbfus says: “Should Mr. Davis appoint some one else to act for him I would be willing to arrange the matter substantially on the terms he de- sires. Should he prefer to continue you as his representative, I know Mr. Hutchins will appoint some one else, as he is willing to waive almost anything to gratify Mr. Davis in his new-born zeal to attack the faith of which he wag once so brilliant an exponent.” —— SHE WAS RESCUED. Attempted Suicide by Drowning a Failure. The lake in the Soldiers’ Home grounds, in which so many cld soldiers have sought relief from tnis world’s troubles, came near er.ding the life of Miss Sally McKenny yes- terday afternoon. She is twenty-three years old, and lives with her mother on Steuben street. What had caused her to become tired of life is not known, but she drank some whisky before she went to the lake. When she went to the water’s edge she saw no one about to rescue her, and with a splash she went beneath the sur- face of the cold water. But Frank Watrous ara Walter Talbott, who were walking through the groun were attracted to the leke, and they succeeded in rescuing her. She was unconscious when taken from the water. After Dr. Nichols of the home had rendered medical aid the young womaa was sent to Freedman’s Hospital. She now regrets what she did, and the doctors think she will recover. Seg FROM HER STANDPOINT. Session of the Woman’s American Protective Assuciation. The Supreme Ccuncil of the Woman's American Protective Association, now holding its annual convention at the Ho- tel Vendome, has over one hundréd dele- gates in attendance. The annual address of the president, Mrs. Oostdyke, was delivered in executive ses- sion and only such parts as were approved by the press committee were made public. A considerable part of it was devoted to the republican platform adopted at St. Louis, but Mrs. Oostdyke’s uterances in this respect were not given out. Much of yesterday was spent in consid- ering matters of amendment in the organ- ization. Ss Epworth Lengue. At the last meeting of the board of con- trol of the District Epworth League it was decided to co-operate with Friendship Chapter of Alexandria in a rally there the evening of the 2ist instant. Whitefield Chapter of Lanhams, Md., was admitted to membership. Mr. E. W. Williams severed his connection with the local organization, expecting to remove to Wilksbarre, Pa., to engage in the practice of law. This evening’s mass meeting of the league will be held in the Fifteenth Street M. E. Church, corner of R street. The program will be under the auspices of the literary department, the subject of the evening be- ing “An Evening With Methodism.” Ad- dresses by Methodist divines will be made on several phases of the subject, including “Its Founders,” “Its Progress,” “Its Ddéc- trines.” A symposium will follow on the question, “Why Am I a Methodist?” —__ Looking for a Pastor. A special meetirg of the vestry of Trin- ity Episcopal Church was held last even- ing, at which the letter from Rev. Alex- ander Mackay-Smith, declining the call to the rectorship of that church, was read. The substance of the letter has heretofore been published in The Star. There was genuine regret expressed that Trinity could not secure the services of Dr.Mackay-Smith. The chairman of the board was instructed to invite several clergymen from out of ‘town to occupy the pulpit successive Sun- days. ST. ANDREW BROTHERHOOD Extensive Armngements Being Wiade for the Annual Convention. Growth of the Society Since Its For- mation—Great Good It Has Accomplished. Extensive arrangements are being made for the eleventh annual convention of the Brotherhood of St. ‘Andrew, which will be composed of delegates from every sec- tion of the country and which will be held at Pittsburg October 15, 16 and 17. The indications are that the approaching convention will ve the largest and most important ever held in the history of the organization. The Brotfterhood of St. An- drew was organized twelve years ago in St. James parish, Chicago, by a Bible class for young men, taught by James L. Houghteling, who has ever since been hon- ored with the office of its president. A drunken, dilapidated old outcast presented himself one day to the rector of the parish and asked help. The rector gave him substantial aid, but he repeated his visit again and again, and as there secmed to be no improvement in his morals the busy rector was anxious to hand the cas3 over to some one else. In looking around for help in the matter he found that about all he could do with him was to commit him to the care of Mr. Houghteling’s Bible class, in the hope that they could effect a reformaticn. The class took up the work, but did not make a success of it, as the old tramp died finally in jail at the con- clusion of a drunken debauch. He had lived long enough, however, to inspire the young men with a desire to do something practical, and to mingle good works with Bible study. Growth of the Society. A society was formed, under the name of the “Brotherhood of St. Andrew,” and from this small beginning has grown up the magnificent work of the national or- ganization. The brotherhood ts confined exclusively to the Protestant Episcopal Church, and is known wherever that church exists throughout the country. Its present membership in the United States is about 15,000, and it is growing with a rapidity which is remarkable. It 1s ex- pected that at no distant day every rarish in that church will have a chapter of the brotherhood in active operation. The society has been organized for direct personal work, and its rules are exceedingly simple. The constitution explains the ob- ject of the association thus: ‘The sole ob- ject of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew is the spread of Christ's kingdom among young men, and to this end every man de- siring to become a member thereof must pledge himself to obey the rules of the brotherhood so long as he shall be a mem- ber. These rules are two: The rule of prayer and the rule of service. The rule of prayer 1s to pray daily for the spread of Christ’s kingdom among young men and for God's blessing upon the labors of the brotherhood. The rule of service is to make an earnest effort each week to bring at least one young man within hearing of the gospel of Jesus Christ, as set forth In the services of the church and in young men’s Bible classes.” One of the most remarkable things in its history is the firmness with which it has resisted all efforts to divert its simple pur- pose or make it in eny*sense a social club or beneficial society, or anything but that which its name impliés. From so small a beginning the brotherhood has now in good standing x) members in nearly 1,000 chapters scattered ‘over the length and breadth of this land, with a branch of sev- eral thousand members in Canada and an- other in Scotland. Great Good ‘Actomplished. Working upon these Hines the brotherhood has accomplished incalculable good, and seems to be entering a field of usefulness almost illimitable. Its real work is done in the I6cal chapters, which are maintained in connection with the various churches. Any church destririg to-xfo'so may establish a chapter with the eonsent of the rector of the parish.. If at any time he finds rea- son to withdrew his approval the chapter ceases to exist. A local council is organ- ized from representativesof the local chap- ters. This council is really an advisory board, and meets monthly for consultation in regard to the interest of the work in the district it covers. In this way the work is thoroughly organized and at the same time kept completely under the control of the church, which {s a safeguard against any possible departure from the church. ‘The work of the brotherhood is carried on outside the parishes. several missionaries are supported in the foreign field and are doing good service. A feature of the opera- tions of the soclety 1s its work in colleges. Large numbers of students in the promi- nent universities and colleges of the United States have been gathered into the ranks of the brotherhood, and are zealously en- gaged in bringing their unconverted friends {nto the church. This department promises to become one of the most important and far-reaching of all operations of the brotherhood. At the last annual convention, which was held in Louisville September 25-29 of last year, both Canada and Scotland as well as the United States were represented, and among the delegates were also numbered three full-blooded Sioux Indians, one a son of the famous chief, Sitting Bull. The badge of the brotherhood is a red St. Andrew's cross, woven in the lapel of a member's coat, or a red enamel and gold pin of the same design. Hospitality committees are at work everywhere, not only to make people welcome at church services, but to render the smallest de- tails of service to men who are strangers for their comfort and safety. Some Classes of Work. Brotherhood boarding houses are main- tained many brotherhood lay readers main- tain the services of the church in the city and country missions. Foreign missions are aided by the brotherhood and visiting committees are represented in thousands of homes of sickness and need, hospitals, reformatories and prisons. As preliminary to the convention a “quiet day service” will be hell October 14, after- noon and evening, in Calvary Church, East End. Many of the convention delegates will be present and participate. The busi- ness meetings of the convention will be held in Trinity Church, 6th avenue, and the session of the convention proper in the music hall of the Pittsburg Carnegie free bbrary. Among the distinguished dele- gates who are expected to be present are Henry Lloyd, the well-known labor leader of Boston, Mass.; Witiam C. Sturgis of Christ Church Chapter, New Haven, Conn., who is in many ways the leader of young men in convention; W. R. Stirling of the Chicago rolling mill; Robert E. Speer, mis- sionary of the organization, and also an English bishop, together with many Ameri- can bishops and clergy. Every part of the United States willvbe represented, and it is seldom a body: of men so distingushed by their services td the church and state is convened in any city. The convention will!be the greatest and most important gathering of the church dignitaries and laity !that Pittsburg has ever held, with the possible exception of the Presbyterian and United Presbyterian general assemblies last*summer. —_——— CASES TRANSFERRED. Civil Causes Will Be Tried in the Criminal Court. For the next few days Judge Cole, sit- ting in Criminal Gouft No. 1, will hear civil cases. Therefore, appeal cases from 50 to 70, both inclusive, and also No. 30, have been assigned'to his court, This consideration of civil cases is due to the fact that there are at present no criminal cases ready for trial. There are, however, a large number of accus2d peo- ple in jail and on bail awaiting the action of the grand jury, and criminal business will be resumed by Judge Cole as soon as indictments are returned. ‘This is expected to occur within the next or #0. BABY’S SKIN AND SCALP Cleansed, purified and beautined by CUTICURA SOAP, greatest of skin purifiers and beautifiers, as well reat and sweetest of toilet and nursery Gai eure for pimples and biackbeads, -be- the only preventive of tion and clog- ‘of the:pores, the cause of most tions. Sold everywhere. STRUCK THE RABBI. Mr. Stein Angered Because His Son Wi Married. Rabbi Jacob Samuels and officers of the Jewish Synagogue at 6th and G streets were in Judge Miller’s court this morning to tell the court of an alleged assault commit- ted on the rabbi by Abraham Stein, a 7th’ street storekeeper. The affair happened last Saturday during services, and was the result of an ill feeling on the part of Mr. Stein because his parson had married his (8tein’s) grown son without his knowledge or consent. “Mr. Stein struck me in the mouth and almost knocked me down,” said Rabbi Samuels. “He struck me so hard that it made me sick.” “What made him strike you?” the court inguired. ; “Judge,” answered the prosecuting wit- ness, “I married his son, who is twenty- two years old. He told me he didn’t want to work for his father any longer, and he was going to work for himself. He got the license in Alexandria, and I went over there and married him.” Lawyer Foster, for the defendant, en- deavored to show on cross-examination that the blow was accidental, but failed. “I extended him my hand to pay him the honor that I pay my people,” said the rabbi, “‘and he took me by one hand and struck me with the other.” Mr. Isaac Levy, vice president of the congregation, said that the blow was in- filcted witnout a word being said. The blow, he thought, was hard enough to kill an ordinary person. He said he wanted to strike Mr. Stein, but he refrained from do- ing so. When he saw the blood drawn from Rabbi Samuels by the blow he grabbed Mr. Stein and prevented further trouble. Witnesses told the court that when the holy scroll was taken out Mr. Stein was one of the seven men called up to the biessing, but he refused to respond. It was when the services were nearly over and Rabbi Samuels called him up to shake Fands with him that the alleged assault was committed. Mr. Stein told the court that his son had been married without a license obtained here and without his being present at the ceremony. This grieved him very much, and would continue to grieve him all his life. He declared that the blow was accidental, and resulted from his effort to keep from shaking hands. Judge Miller told him he thought his tem- per got the better of him, and fined him $20 and cost —_.>—_—_. EPWORTH LEAGUE. Regular Monthly Meeting and the Business Transacted. The regular monthly meeting of the board of control of the Washington District Ep- worth League, composed of representatives from each chapter, was held Tuesday even- ing at Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, with President Fred. E. Tasker presiding. The membership cf the league now com- prises about thirty-five chapters, this num- ber being made up last evening by the ad- mission of a chapter recently »rganized at Lanhams, Md. The third vice president of the league, in charge of the literary de- partment, submitted a program for a mass meeting, to be held Friday evening, the 9th of this month, in the auditorium of the new Fifteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Chureh. The program which was adopted is as follows: Song service, conducted by Fourth Vice President William J. Paimer, and devotional exercises, by the pastor of the church, Rev. W. W. Van Arsdale. The subject of the evening is to be “An Evening With Methodism,” and the topics and speakers under this head are as fullows: First, “Its Founders,” Rev. W. H. Rich- ardson, pastor of Gorsuch Church; second, “Its Doctrines,” Rev. W. G. Cassard, pas- tor of Twelfth Street Church; third, “Its Progress,” Rev. Stowell L. Bryant, pastor of St. Paul’s Church. This is to be follow- " symposium on “Why The exercises during the evening will be in charge of Mrs. H. B. Moulton. The board also discussed at length the ccming annual convention, which is to be held, beginning Friday evening, November 13, at Metropolitan Church. At the open- ing service on that evening there is to be an address by the Rev. Madison Swavener of Cincinnati, Ohio, superintendeat of the City Extension Society of that city. The matter of the Toronto convention will then be taken up, and after that there will be @ reception to the league and its friends. Saturday morning from 10 to 12 will be devoted to discussicns of the temperance and mission questions and Saturday after- noon there are to be simultaneous depart- mental conferences. Saturday night will be devoted to business entirely. The fol- lowing Sunday the annual sermon is to be preached at Metropolitan Church by Rey. Mr. Swavener. In the afternoon at the same place the annual rally of the Juniog Epworth League is to occur. The iast ses- sion of the convention will be on Sunday evening, at which there will be a conse- eration service, corducted by one of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, thouga which one it is to be has not been decided upon. The league has increased somewhat in membership since the last convention and everything points to a large attendance at the coming one. 2 ———— Etiquette of “Notes.” From the Philadelphia Telegraph. There is an etiquette about everything, even about the way a woman ought to write her notes. Considering all things, it is per- haps as well that woman should read, mark and inwardly digest the laws that ought to rule her conduct when she “takes up the pen.” Two things, above all others, betray the inelegant or unaccustomed let- ter writer. If she be guilty of neglecting the margin at each side of the page, or if she so far forgets her precepts as to add a P. S., she is forever doomed. Society is exact in details, and society declares such omission or commission to be the unpar- donable sin. The note, to be correct, must be written upon paper of medium size, preferably clean white, and must be clear and distinct. The monogram is stamped on the paper, or the crest, if one have the right; but upon the inside of the flap of the envelope must be the address. When the writer has borne all these facts in mind, and has signed her unabbreviated name, she may rest content. ——_+-e+. Wm. C. O'Neil, the nominee of the demo- cratic party for Congress in the thirty-sec- ond New York district has withdrawn, and Chas. Rung has been nominated instead. The British India Steam Navigation Com- pany possesses the largest fleet in the world. It numbers 102 vessels, representing a gross tonnage of 285. The Peninsular and Oriental Company comes next with 83 vessels, totaling 221,239 gross tonnage. 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B.* 99-174 AGAINST THE SALOON The Father Mathew Society Led Last Night's . . Meeting. Earnest Address by Rev. Mr. Walker on the Practical Methods of Oppos- ing Licenses in This City. The fifth of the revival meetings under the auspices of the District Anti-Saloon League was well attended last evening at Foundry Church. The Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society conducted the first part of the service, Mr. P. A. Byrne, president of the society, presiding. A brief address was made by Rev. Father Smith of the Marist College, Brookland. He spoke vigorously of the effect of the saloon on public and private life, and appealed to those present to be doing something to- ward the suppression of the worst enemy of social life. Said Mr. Smith, “be destruc- tive of what is evil, but constructive of what is good.” On the platform were Rev. Rumsey Smith, presiding elder of the vice. “Christian Endeavor, Its Purposes, Its Limitations,” will be the topic of a short address by Mr. Shand. Mr. W. H. Pennell will speak on the topic, Field, for Society Co-operation.” Judge Anson 8, Taylor, as permanent presiding officer, will then introduce the principal speaker of the evening, Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, pastor of the Western Presbyterian Church, thi city. — Benefit to Mrs. Gebicke. The benefit which was given last night, at Odd Fellows’ Hall, southeast, for the family of the late Louis Gebicke, the mem- ber of the Marine Band who was found dead near the Conduit road a short time ago, under the auspices of the Easterm Athletic Club, was a distinct success. The principal feature of the entertainment wea the Marine Band, under the leadership of Professor Fanciulli, which rendered several selections in fine style, and also gave the music for the dancing which followed the rendition of the program. A number of well-known local artists participated in the benefit, among them Mrs. T. G. Hill, Charles Naecker, Al. Maddox, Fred Becks ert, Morris Haines, Joseph Burroughs, Mis M. Koontz, L. Larsen, Tom Wilkinson, jr.§ Chrissie Sproesser, Miss Blanche Ryley, Mrs. M. Colclazer, Miss Cecilia Fenti and the Delmonte Trio. The dance which was given after the close of the program lasted until a tate hour, — Methodist Church, and Rev. Father Burke of the Paulist Fathefs. Mrs. Clinton Smith, the second vice presi- dent of the District Anti-Saloon League, presided during the latter part of the even- ing. Mrs. Smith made a few remarke, and then introduced as the speaker of the even- ing, Rev. Hugh K. Walker, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of Baltimore. Mr. Walker took as his theme, “The Place of the Nation’s Capital in the National Crusade.” The speaker said he believed in crusades. He cited instances in the past history of various nations where the cru- sades played an important part in the ad- vancement of civilization. Local option, he urged, was not enough. “I wish we might have state prohibition instead of local 0) tion, and national prohibition behind It, said the speaker. Figures were quoted to show that the prohibition idea was increas- ing, and an earnest appeal was made to the workers present to renew their efforts and take courage. A glowing tribute was paid to the work of the Father Mathew So- ciety and of Bishop Keane. Speaking of the position which Washing- ton city should hold in the national cru- sade, Mr. Walker said the residents of Washington could, if they would, reduce by a large number the saloons in the city. No satoon, he claimed, had any right to be located on a square where Christian peo- ple lived, and he argued that the citizens nearby should not allow one to exiet there. 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