Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1896, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. 15 THE EVENING STAR has a Larger Circulation in the Homes af Washington than all the Other Papers ‘of the City Added Together, because it Stands Up Always for the Interests of ALL THE PEOPLE of WASHINGTON; . does not — Strive to Divide the Community into Classes, and Array one ciass Against the others; Contains the Latest and Fuliest Local and General News; and . Surpasses all the Other Papers in the City in the Variety and Excellence of its Literary Features. It Literally Goes Everywhere, and is Read by Everybody. It is, therefore, as an Advertising ‘Medium without a Peer, Whether Cost or Measure of Publicity be Considered. THE GENUINE ANN HOFF'S = MALT EXTRACT. MAKES FLESH AND BLOOD - AVOID SUBSTITUTES COAL FROM CHINA. Celestial Fuel to Compete With Amer- ican Mines. From the San Francisco Chronicle, ‘ China has thrown down the gauatlet to the big coal miners of the Pacific coast and to those of the United States, for that matter. The American bark Colorado, which arrived in port August 27, brought a mixed sample cargo of anthracite and manufactured coal, mined and made in the Tcnquin district. It was consigned to a coal-dealing firm of this city, which Promises to push the Chinese fuel on the coast market at prices greatly. below those which Pennsylvania and Welsh coals of the same character are now bringing. Ex- amining experts have pronounced the Ton- quin coal bed almost inexhaustible. The Chinese article is in the market to stay, it is said, at least.as long as present tariff conditions exist. So far as the trade on this coast is con- cerned, the new coal threatens to deliver the same body blow to Welsh anthracite that the latter did to the New South Wales coal some years ago, or that ihe New South Wales coal previously deliver- ed to the bituminous ccal of this coast. Tonquin, since the Tonquin war, has been under the control of the French, and it is French capital that is now developing its mines, But the land still populated by the Chinese, as before, and it is the cheap Chinese labor that is employed in the mines; hence the extremely low cost of production, which enables the French own- ers of the Tonquin mines to undersell the coal producers of other countries, where labor is better paid. The amount of Chi- nese coal brought by the bark Colorado Was not great, but heavy cargo after cargo will begin to come as soon as it is coaxed by demand. ‘The coal from the Orient is said to be of the finest quality, fully equal to the best Pennsylvania or Welsh coal. A clean range grade of the Pennsylvania and Welsh in- thracite for hovse use is now selling at about $13 a ton, and the Tonquin coal of the same grade can be sold at a good profit at $9 a ton, while Tonquin anthra- cite steam coal will be sold at least $1 a ton under the price which Welsh coal of that grade is now bringing. The use of anthracite for steam purposes is increasing at a rapid rate on this coast, many large plants using it exclusively. The manu- factured coal, which is also being import2d, is something entirely new to this coast. It is made by the Chinese natives from coal dust. The lumps resemble in shape an egg. The coal dust is mixed with a pitchy substance and compressed into that form. The inflammable cement adds com- bustion, and the coal is said to make not only a very hot but a very clean fire. —__+e+___- Middleborough Nowadays. From the Baltimore Sun. The history of Middleborough, Ky., proves that:cities grow; they are not made to order strictly. The site was selected because of the beauty of the site and the scenery around. It was located by money, no thought being given to the natural causes that decide locations and determine growth. The ground was secured and a city ordained by its projectors. Lots on the main street were marked Cown, and seme sold at $500 a front foot. A street railway was laid and operated for awhile. Iron, steel and other works that cost mil- Mons were built. A hotel was erected for @ quarter of a milifon. In all $20,000,000 was laid out by the stockholders in the vain design of building a city. And now the factory works are idle and rusting. Rats alone run the big hotel. The $500-a-foot lots are fronted by grass-grown streets. ‘The weeds run riot over the street rail- way, and Ichabod is inscribed upon Middle- borough. Cities are not made altogether, though human agencies and energies go a long way in shaping their destinies and in- creasing the prosperity of the dwellers therein. ——- cee A Long and Cold Winter. From the Bostoa Transcript. A recent rereading of the “Natural His- tory of Selborne,” by Gilbert White, brought to fresh notice one of his observa- tions concerning weather. Quoting from his notes, Letter LXII, for the vear 177 remarkable for its severe cold, he writes: “The first week in January was ancom- monly wet and drowned with vast rains from every quarter; from whence it may be inferred, as there is great reason to be- Neve is the case, that intense frosts sel- dom take place ti the earth Is perfectly glutted and chiiled with water, and hence dry autumns are seldom followed by vigor- ous winters,” “The autumn preceding January, 1768, was very wet, and particularly the month of September, during which there fell six inches and a half of rain. And the terrible long frost in 1739-40 set in ufter a rainy feason and when the springs were very Hence we may conclude, if White's ob- servations are to be trusted, that, after such a rainy September as this last bas been, we have a long and cold winter be- fore us. - ———_-e-_____ Electricity on Nansen’s Fram. From the London Standard. The Elecktroteknisk Tidsskuft of Chris- tania publishes some interesting particu- lars regarding the use of electricity on the Fram. According to this article the elec- tric light gave great satisfaction, and gen- eral regret was expressed when, in May, 1895, Lieutenant Sverdrup and Mr. Nord- ahl decided that it must be dispensed with, owing partiy to the wearing out of the gearing of the cog wheel in the wind mill, which worked the dynamo, after the vessel had entered the ice, and partly to the fact that portions of the apparatus were re- quired for making snow shoes and runners. Mr. Nordahl took advantage of every puff of wind to ioad the accumulators, so that they were kept constantly charged, and until May of last year the electric light was always available. In the severe cold the accumulators froze right through, but the acid-blended ice proved an excellent electrolyte, and the frost did not interfere with the working of the accumulators. On festive occasions Nordahl suspended an arc lamp in the saloon, which gave such an excellent light that Dr. Nansen frequently used it when painting or photographing. When the two explorers left the ship the arc lamp was run up to the top of the mainmast as a farewell greeting. The rigging was so thickly coated with ice that it had to be broken to pieces before the lamp could be fastened: to the ratlines. Electricity was also used for other rur- poses besides lighting, the mining shots which set the Fram free from the grip of the ice being fired by means of a cable at- tached to six Leclanche cells. The entire electric insulation worked admirably. ——___+ e+ ____ A Snake Up a Tree. From the Shamokin (Pa.) Dispatch. Jeremiah Coyle of Homesville had an en- counter with a ‘large blacksnake on the mountain above Frog Hollow yesterday. He was out for chestnuts, and started to climb a tree laden with tempting looking burrs. Half way up he was startled by see- ing the snake not three feet away, swinging to and fro from a slender branch, and evi- cently preparing to spring. Coyle braced himself in a notch of the tree, and hurled the hatchet he carried at the swinging rep- tile with deadly accuracy, severing the head from the writhing body. ——_+ee+______ An Automatic Fishing Rod. From New Ideas. A Chicago genius was recently granted a patent on an automatic fishing rod.. This great labor saving device consists of a rod and holder cocked and poised upon a strong spring. In thig position it may be left upon the shore by itself, after the owner has taited the hook and cast it into the water. ‘When a fish seizes the bait the tug it gives the line opens the trigger and the fish ts jerked ashore and landed high and dry by the uncoiling of the spring. This invention at once removes fishing from the list of it nothing laborious occupations and makes but pastime. THE MONEY QUESTION Further Expreesions Upon It by Oorrespond- ents of The Star. Reference to the Effect of the Paper Money Issues During the War of the Rebellion. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: Anent the claim of the gold standard papers, including Harper’s Weekly, that the wages of the workmen will not rise with a rise of prices when the latter Is caused by an increase in the money of the country, will you kindly publish the follow- ing extract from Hurper’s Weekly of May 9, 1868. The then editor of that journal was discussing the financial prospect of that day and replying to the arguments of those who contended ‘against the large increase of paper money, “greenbacks.” The article proceeds: “After a year’s trial of the system an impartial judge must decide that it Fas worked well, and that the incidental evils which it has involved bear no proportion whatever to the benefits which it has conferred. It has increased the cost of living, and the market value of all articles of use, necessity and luxury. But it has simultaneously increased, and-to a much greater extent, the capacity of consumers to pay for these articles. If the poor man pays more for his tea and his sugar and his- coffee and his clothes, bis labor commands much higher wages, and al} the articles he produces, by agricultural or mechanical labor, fetch a higher price. Never has there been a time when labor was in so great demand throughout the country as now; never a time when vn industrious, frugal man could live etter on his wages, and save more, notwith- standing the high orice of all articles of consumption. ‘nis lively market for all Kinds of labor springs directly from the effect of the issues of paper money, which, coursing through the country like summer rains through parched fields, have given new life to the land, developed agriculture and industry, generated enterprise in re- gions which were dormant and enormously increased production and traffic.” The question aaturally suggests itself: If such an effect was caused by an increase in the paper money of the country would not a still more beneticial effect result from an increase in the coined money of the country by opening the mints to the free and unlimited coinage of gold and sil- ver? FRANKLIN H. MACKEY. Inconsistencies of the Campaign. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: Permit me to occupy a small portion of your space to call attention to one of the most important of the many inconsisten- cles of this campaign. It is frequently asserted that the value of the money unit is determined solely by the market value of the metal of whicn it is composed, and that this is regulated by the same laws that govern all other commodities. Cou- pled with this assertion very often is the statement that the present iow prices are due to increased transportation facilities, labor-saving machinery and other modern commercial and industrial devices. If the first of these propositions be true—if the value of a standard doliar is simply the commodity value of the gold of which it is composed, jJetermined as the values of all other commodities are determined, then some other reason than that assigned must be sought for the prevalent low prices. If, on the other hand, these prices are due to decreased cost of production (which in- cludes increased transportation facilities), then the first proposition must be abai doned. For gold, our present sole stand- ard money metal, has shared with other commodities the advantages of cheapened processes of production and greater facili- ties for transportation to market, and should, therefore, be also lowered thereby in value. But if gold had been lowered in value proportionately with other commadi- ties, then no more and no less of it would be required than formerly in exchange for other commodities, and prices would, ccn- sequently, have remained level. -One or the other of these irreconcilable hypothe- ses must be abandoned. Either the low prices of today are not due to modern in- vention, or the money metal does not de- rive its value solely from those laws which govern the values of other commodities. That modern invention has cheapened the cost, as measured in labor, of all commodi- ties, including the money metals, is so yal- pable a fact that it can hardly be disputed. That the value of the money unit has rot kept pace with this decline is shown by its increased purchasing power, or, in other words, the lower prices of all commodi- ties except gold. Hence, we are unavoida- bly driven to the conclusion that the value of the money unit is not determined solely —and perhaps primarily—by the same laws that govern the values of commodittes gen- erally. And the fact that the value of gold bullion has not declined in the mar- kets of the world with the values of other commodities shows that instead of the value of the coin being determined by the value of the bullion, the converse is true, viz.: That the valu of the bullion is de- termined by the value of the coin, the latter being, as we have seen, subject to special laws applicable only to money. Of course this is merely a 5rief s-ate- ment in general terms of a very broad question. It is not intended as an argu- ment, but simply as a suggestion to those to whom, perhaps, the matter has not thus presented itself. H. W. 0. Inflated Claims. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: It is reported by the democrats fn Ham- iiton, Va., that a Bryan, Sewall and Rixey Club of 129 members has been formed. The veters in the whole precinct only number 160. ‘The McKinley and Palmer men claim moré than half of them. The Loudoun democrats like to brag. When Bryan was nominated, in Hamilton they claimed that fifty republicans in that precinct were go- ing to vote for him, but they have never shown up. In Leesburg they organized a Bryan club, and claimed that there also fifty republicans had joinetl it, when only three that had generally voted with the democrats were all that they could name. Tkey remind me of the following frog story: A boy asked a hotel keeper if he wanted any frogs" ee oA es. Keeper—‘No! What do I want with so many? Bring me a bushel.” In course of time the boy brought him ter pairs, when the keeper, in anger, said: “Where is the bushel I ordered?” Boy—From the noise they made I theught that there were more than ten car loads, but these are all that I could get. There ain’t no more.” The democrats are claiming New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and after a while they will claim Canada, with Eng- land thrown in. GOLD. Loudoun, October 22. A Flag Day Suggestion. ‘To the Editor of The Bvening Star: It is evident that the suggestion of Mr. Hanna tha’ the American flag should be displayed generally on the 3ist instant by republicans greatly excited the popocrats. ‘This excitement was caused by the fear that such display would be evidence of the strength of Major McKinley with the peo- ple, and, to prevent its effect, the popo- crats promptly ordered a similar display. It is, I believe, unlawful to mark the flag with any device for advertising or other purpose. This is as it should be. It has been suggested that in connection with the flag (but not on it) a distinctive color be used to indicate the McKinley banner. But instead of this permit me to Fropose that where the flag is displayed on @ staff the emblem of the republican party—the American eagle—be on its tip. Such staffs as bear not the eagle should have the spear head gilded. When the heads are round, or of other shape, gilt can also be used. When swung cn a@ cord @ gilt one can be used. - INO. J, BURROWS. flation During War Time. From Carlisle's Chicago Speech, April 15. “Congress, early in the year 1862, inaugu- rateé the policy of issuing legal-tender paper. gold was driven out of circulation,- specie payments were suspended, the cur- rency began at once to depreciate, and before the close of the year the paper dollar was worth less than 76 cents in gold. From the time the ieprectation began the prices of commodities and the wages of labor were paid in paper currency, and the injurious effect upon the interests of the laboring man is clearly shown in the report referred to. “In 1882 the wages of labor, paid in de- preciated paper, were less than 3 per cent higher in paper than when pata in gold, but the prices of the 223 ‘articles used by the laborers andsdther people in the main- tenarce of their families were nearly 18 per cent higher than they were when paid in gold; in 1863 ‘th wages of Iabor paid in depreciated papdi!‘ worth’ 6) cents on the dollar were 10:12 per cent higher than when paid in gag, but the prices of the articles tke laborer had to buy with his wages were nearly 49 per cent higher; in 1864 the wages’‘of labor paid in depre- elated paper doWars worth 40 cents each lad advanced 254-2 per cent, but the prices of the nagessaries of life had ad- vanced 90 1-2 per ent; in 1865 wages paid in paper currency worth 63 cents on the dollar had advatited 43 per cent above the rates previdtsly paid in gold, or its equivalent, but ‘the prices of commodities had advanced nearly 117 per cent—that is to say, had more: than doubled; and in 1898 wages paid-in a currency, worth 71 cents on the dollar had advanced a frac- tion more than 52.per cent from the pre- vious rates in gold or its equivalent, but the price. of commodities had advanced 90 per cent. “The rise in the rates of wages never cor- responded with the rise in the prices of other things until the year 1869, four years after the close of the war, when the value of our currency was 71 cents on the dol- lar, and it was quite certain that no fur- ther depreciation would occur. In 1860 this country was oa a gold basis and had been on that basis for many years, under the operation of the acts of 1834 and 1837. Wages were then paid in gold, or its equiv- alent, and by reducing the wages paid in a depreciated currency to a gold basis, and comparing them with the rates paid in gold in 1860, we shall have another demon- stration of the injurious effects. of cheap money on the interests of the laborer. On this basis the laborer received 76 cents and 2 mills in 1863, instead of the ‘gold dollar he received in 1900; in 1864 he recelved 80 cents and 8 mills instead of a gold dollar, and in 1865 he received 66 cents and 2 mills Instead of a gold dollar. “In other words, the wages of labor, measured by gold, as they were in 1960, when we had a sound currency, had fallen about 24 per cent in 1863, more than 19 ver cent in 1864, and nearly 44 per cent in 1865, when we had a depreciated currency; and, gentiemen, the force of this illustra- tion is greatly augmented by the facts that these reductions in the rates of wages occurred at a time when sever3P thousand laborers had been withdrawn from the field of competition, when the gcvernment was engaged in the prosecution of a great war and was expending money lavishly for all kinds of supplies. for the army and navy, and when the prices of all the pro- ducis of labor had largely increased. Sure- ly, if there ever can be a time when an abundance of cheap money will increase the wages and improve the condition of laboring men these results ought to have been accomplished under the combination of favorable circumstances existing, es- recially in the great centers of industry, from 1861 to 1865, and yet there has been ne other period in our history when the rates of wages fell so rapidly or so low.” —+04¢ PRESIDENT ELIOT’S ERROR. . Interesting Correspondence on the Subject of the Irish in Ameriea. In the Atlantic Monthly for October President Charles W. Elfot of Harvard University had an article entitled ‘Five American Contributions to Civilization,” in which he enumerated the races which had sent repregentatives to this country and who had done yeoman service in laying its foundation and bringing about its liberty, but failed to mention the Irish in any par- ticular. Upon reading the contribution Mr. J. D. O'Connell, the well-known Irish- American of thig city, who is connected with the bureau of statistics as chief of the miscellaneous division, made a reply to it in a letter to President Eliot, which was given very prominent place in the. New York Sun of Sunday, October 18, and is made a feature of the Irish World of cur- rent issue. In the beginning of his letter Mr. O'Connell said; “I think it is very well known that the Irish furnished a larger proportion of soldiers to the American cause in the revelution than all the En- glish, Seotch, Dutch, Germans, French, Portuguese ani Swedes than in the colonies combined. If I am correct in this state- mert, I think your omission to mention the Irish as an element of mixture of peoples in the colonies at that time is somewhat strange, when you have mentioned so many other nationalities.%: Mr. O'Connell went on at length to show the benefits which! colonial and free Amer- ica has received from the Irish; and quot- qd many authors in support-of his views. Prof. Eliot, in a letter written to Mr. O'Connell, from Harvard University, ac- inc wlences, his omission. He wrote as fol- lows: “I am obliged to you for your letter of October 7, about my omission to mention the Irish among the important immigra- tions of the last century to America. I shall have to confess that I omitted them because I did not know that they were an important element in the population of the colonies in the eighteenth century. Your definition of Irishmen, however, would hardly, I think, be generally accepted. Most ethnologists would desire to distin- guish between the Irish and the Scotch- Irish, and in this century it seems to me that the distinction between the Scotch- Irish and the Irish is very important, the Scotch-Irish being mainly Protestant and the Irish proper being mainly Catholic. “You are doubtless aware that in the eighteenth century most of the American colonies were distinctly unfriendly to Ro- man Catholics. “My ignorance about the early Irish im- migration is doubtless due to provincialism, The Massachusetts of the seventeenth and eight: .th centuries was the creation of Englsn Puritans and Independents. The Massachusetts of the nineteenth century, however, is quite another thing. It has welcomed many thousands of Irishmen, and they have generally proved very useful citizens. I am sorry that I did not add the Irish to my enumeration of immigrants in the last century.” : ee INDICTMENTS RETURNED. Grand Jury Acts on a Number of Cases. The following indictments were returned by the grand jury this afternoon: Isaiah Price, assault with intent to kill; Thomas Butler, Lewis Contee, alias Tanzie Moore, larcery of @ $20 bicycle from John J. Pitt- man, and also the larceny of a $100 bicycle from Arthur A. Snyder; Morgan Tucker, breaking into the Convent of Visitation, Georgetown; Wm. Hughes, Thomas Mor- ton, Thomas Brown and Babe Brown, breaking into the store of James Sewell; John Thomas, assault with intent to kill Jennie Hunter; William Stonestreet, as- sault with intent to kill Francis J. Dim- mick; William, allas Henry Dickson, sec- ond offense of petit larceny; Samuel Bet- ters, breaking into, the house of Francis A. Wahler; Harvey A. Smith, larceny of $100 bicycle from Alfred A. Smith & Co.; George Stockham, alias Wright, larceny of a $50 bicycle from Henry W. Higham; Richard Dorsey, second offense of petit larceny; John Frazier, theft of $3,75 from Joseph L. Davis; Charles Pousy and Robt. Burnett, theft of pocketbook from Frank Hayck; Herry Shay and William Johnson, theft of $1.50 from Charles Matthews; John Towles and AnntéGrammer, adultery; El- sie Tibbs, assault ,with intent to kill Leon- ard Randolph, and Christopher C., alias Columbus, alias Lum Fearson, murder of John L. Ford the 7th of last August. The first eleven: defendants were ar- raigned, and all. pleaded not guilty ex- cept Price. He pleaded guilty of simple are ult, and w: senterced to ten days In jail. el REED aT ST. LOUIS. The Speaker Addressed Two Large Gatherings. Speaker Reed went to St. Louis yester- day ard was thé’ guest of Congressman Charles F. Joy. ,At ncon he held a re- ception and later; he drove to the McKin- ley Club headquarters, where elaborate preparations had been made to receive him. A crowd of more’ than 5,000 blocked the streets about the hall, which was also thronged. The speaker was enthusiasti- cally received. He said that he had traveled from Maine through the eastern and middle states, and now he was getting into the middie west. Everywhere he met the same en- thusiasm. It meant, he added, that the business men were thoroughly aroused and that the result in November was assure. The speaker said that the proposals of free silver at ratio of 16 to 1 had stag- nated business and paralyzed industry. It meant a victory for the republican ticket, he concluded.. Later, Mr. Reed went over to East St. Louis, where he spoke at lergth to a large crowd of workingmen and business men. RECEIVER'S CERTIFICATES | . Eckington Bondholders Are Determined to Prevent Their Issuance. A Majority Oppowes the Recommenda- tions of the Committee in the’ Report Recently Made. Public interest in the complicated affairs’ of the Belt line and the Eckington and Sol- diers’ Home Railroad companies continues to increase, while the discussion of them in counting rooms and business offices grows more animated. The consensus of the sentiment held regarding these proper- ties Is to the effect that it has been the in- tention of those who secured their control several years ago to wreck them beyond redemption by ordinary means, in order that those engaged in the operation could eventually find themselves in complete pos- Session of the valuable franchises owned by the companies without the expenditure of anything more than the -persistent energy required to make them valueless. ‘This is the opinion of conservative men as well as those who are radical in their views, because it is said that no other solution of the problem can account for the neglect of the roads since they have passed into the control of capitalists who are known to have an unlimited supply of money bchind them which could have easily ie oops the modernizing and lent of the pri capitalists been so inches rage Working Without Co-Operation. The public is well aware that the bond- holders and the stockholders of the re- | spective companies have recently awaken- ed to a realization of their qwn affairs, and are taking measures to protect their large and substantial interests in them. There dcea not, however, seem to be any sort of co-operatéon between these bondholders and stockholders in approaching the sub- ject so much to their common interest. They have so far acted independently of each other, and apparently have been only seeking their own self-preservation in the premises. It will be remembered that the bondhold- ers of both the Eckington and Belt com- panies recently held meetings to consider what action should be taken regarding the request of Receiver W. Kesley Schoepf to be given authority to issue recetver’s cer- titicates in order to experiment with the Porter system of compressed air motors on the respective lines. Both sets of bond- holders appointed special committees to ex- amine into the subject and to report there- on to their respective bodies. The Belt Line committee recommended the appoint- ment of a co-receiver with Mr. Schoepf. The Eckington Report. The Eckington committee reported in favor of the removal of Mr. Schoepf as re- ceiver and the appointment of some one else in his place, and at the same time recommended that the request for receiv- er’s certificates should be granted by the court in crder that it might be determined whether or not the compressed air system was advisable to be used in the improve- ment of the facilities of the company. The portion of the report relating to this phase of the question was as follows: “2. Inasmuch as the road appears now not to be paying its operating expenses, it would be best to authorize the issuing of receiver's certificates for the purpose of meeting such expenses. “3. Certificates should be authorized to pay for the plant to which allusion is above made to the extent of not exceeding $5,000. “4. In vidw of the fact that the act of Congress requires a compressed-air motor to be tried, we have made diligent inquiry, to such extent as we have been able, as to the status of the matter in respect to fur- nishing these motors, and our information is, and we think it may be safely relied upon, that the ten motors that have been contracted for are in such a state of for- wardness of construction that, in a very short time, possibly within two weeks, one or more of them can be placed on the road and the test begun, and the others could be supplied shortly thereafter. “These motors will cost nothing unless they are a success, and we understand that to be a commercial as well as a mechanical success. If they are a success, they would have to be paid for at a cost in the neigh- borhood of $00,000. There are no means to pay for them, in the event of success, ex- cept by the issuance of receiver's certifi- cates; and as rapid transit is essential to the prosperity of the road, and as Con- gress has required that this motor shall be tested and used if successful, it is our opinion that, from a business standpoint, it is best to authorize the issuance of re- ceiver’s certificates to pay for the ten mo- tors above referred to when it is ascer- tained that they are a mechanical d. commercial success. Of course, provision should be made that no certificates ,shall be issued until this success is demon- strated. In conclusion, the report, which was signed by Mr. R. A. Johnson, as chairman; Mr. Henry A. Willard and Mr. 8. W. Wood- ward, read as follows: “We do not think that at present there stould be any recognition of a purpose hereafter to issue receiver's certificates for the purpose of completing the equipment, as above indicated. “Looking at this matter from a purely business standpoint, it seems to us that the course above suggested would be for the best interests of the bondholders, and would also be just to the stockholders and creditors of the company.” Vigorous Attitude of the Majority. The bonds of the Eckington road amount to $200,000; are redeemable in 1901 or soon- er, at the option of the company, and bear interest at 6 per cent, payable semi-an- nually, six months’ interest being due De- cember 1 next. The interest has always been paid, heretofore, and the bonds are quoted in the local market at 94. The majority of the holders of these bonds do not agree with the report of their committee, save only in the particular where it recommends the appointment of another receiver than Mr. Schoepf. It can be authoritatively stated that the holders of over half of the $200,000 worth of bonds have decided to fight the issuance of re- ceiver’s certificates for the purpose of ex- perimenting with compressed air to the bit- ter end, and that the trustees, which are the American Security and Trust Com- pany and the Washington Loan and Trust Company, have been authorized to employ counsel to contest in the courts any request of Receiver Schoepf for any such author- ity. This action, it will be readily seen, adds a new phase to the already compli- cated conditions of the case, and !t is prob- able that the developments of the next day or two will add additional features of an even more mteresting character. The Eckington bondholders will meet again next Wednesday to further consider the matter. —EO— NOT HIS WORK. Did Not Bulld Ebeneser Church. Mr. J. H. Hill, whose name was used in The Star yesterday, upon the authority of Rev. M. W. Clair, in connection with the ccnstruction of Ebenezer Church, said to- day: “In yesterday’s issue of The Star there appeared an article in regard to the col- lapse of the Ebenezer Church, in which it was stated that the church was built by me. I have lived in the District of Colum- bia for the past thirty years, and this is the first time my ability as a mechanic has been assailed. I was not the contractor for any part of the building until after the building was roofed and closed in and the basement completed. The building com- mittee of the church at that time, W. H. Brown, jr., Benj. Gant, O. O'Neil, A. Perry and J. H. Hill, contracted with Mr. Hunton Williams, white, for the erection of the building. The brick work was done by Mr. Daniel Green. In 1873 I furnished the money and completed the inside of the building. The contract with Mr. Hunton Williams was made about three years pre- vious to the time I completed the inside.” =e Georgia Southern Election. _ MACON, Ga., October 23.—At a meeting of the directors of the Georgia Southern railroad, held kere, the old officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: Samuel Spencer, president; William Check- ly Shaw, vice president. It was determined to erect freight depots and make other im- provements. Mr. J. H. Hill Sen This is the way it looks to the women who dg their washing in the old-fashioned way. dread it—and no wonder. because they won't use Pearline. Use Pearline—use it just as directed—soak, boil and rinse the clothes—and the wash-tub won't be a bugbear. over it enough for that. $/ work—no inhaling of fetid steam— no wearing rubbing—no torn clothes —nothing but economy. Peddlers and some unscrupulous grorers tell you ‘‘this is as good as” or ‘‘the same sag in ged BECK i, never sends you something in place of Pearline, be honest—send i¢ Gack. They All You won't have to be No hard will as Pearline.” IT’S FALSE—Pearline is never peddled, and if a-4 grocer PERHAPS THEY WERE SHORT. But Young Ladies Were Not Forb' den to Wear Them. The officials of the bureau of engraving and printing were very much amused to- CONKLING COACHED STETS' He Gave the Manager a Tip as to the Ethics of Co-Respondents. From the New York Evening Sun. An interesting incident in the life of the day over the story which appeared in aj late John Stetson, the millionaire theatrical New York paper this morning to the effect that the propriety of short skirts for young womer who ride bicycles had been brought to ‘the attention of Mr. Claude M. John- son, the chief of the bureau, and that he had ruled them out of order. Of the young women who assist in the work of printing paper money and bonds there are in the neighborhood of a hundred who ride wheels, and many of them are’ expert riders. The lower corridor of the building is filled with bicycles during working hours, and for many wheeling is @ great convenience, as it enables them to live at a distance from the bureau and Yet lose little time in getting to and fro in the morning and afternoon. According to the special dispatch from this city some envious critic entered a com- plaint with the chief on the ground that Some. of the young ladies wore skirts #0 shert as to offend a strict idea of pro- priety. The result was that the chief is- sued an order yesterday forbidding the girls to come to the office in abbre- viated costume, although he had no objection- to bicycling itself. The dis- patch went on to say: “All the employes affected formed in line and marched to Mr. Johnson's cffice to protest. One of the best looking of the girls was put forward as spokesman, and: she argued at length on the inconvenience of long skirts and the freedom of short ones. Her arguments were convincing, for, after taking the mat- ter under consideration for an hour or so, Mr. Johnson had the objectionable order rescinded. The girls are, of course, greatly pleased with their victory, and now even bloomers are talked of as a possibility Mr. Johnson saii to a Star reporter this morning that the story was a very pretty and a very funny ore, of the sort that correspondents for out-of-town papers are likely to send out about this time of year. Unfortunately there was not a word of truth in it. “It is a fact,” the chief admitted, “that a lady did come to me and expre’s her Personal opinion that some of the skirts worn were too short. I told her that I hai not seen any bicycle skirts that struck me as too short, and that even if I had I would have nardly taken any official no- tice of them. It is perfectly absurd” to say that I ever issued. a ukase prescrib- ing how long or how short the young wo- mea’s skirts should be.’ When complaint was made to me I gave the person to un- derstand that I did not consider it any of my business.” ———_—_ What He Got. A box of empty beer bottles, two black bottles and a demijohn figured in an alleged speak-easy case tried in the Police Cou! this afternoon. William Coleman, a col- oréd resident of Jackson alley, was the de- fendant, and he was complained against by Precinct Detective Hartigan. Three col- ored men appeared as witnesses for the District, and told of Sunday visits to the alleged drinking place. “I was in there,” said one witness, “and the fret time I got whisky.” “What did you get the second time?” “And what else did you get the third time?” “A bottle of beer.” “And then what did you do?” “I went to church.” “Puts nim in spiritual humor,” remarke@ Mr. Carrington. When the District side had been heard Mr. Carrington called a number of wit- nesses, and the jury returned a verdict of acquittal. —— ‘Two Wills Filed. The will of the late James E. Clarke, whose estate is said to be valued at about $1,000,000, was filed today. The instrument is dated February 11,-1896, and makes the widow of the testator, Rosanna W. Clarke, sole and absolute beneficiary, also naming” Mrs. Clarke as executrix. ‘The will of the late Otis C. Wightedated September 24, 1804, was also filed today. To John B. Wight, a son, a gold-headed cene and a Phi Beta Kappa medal are given, and to Lioyd B. Wight, a son, a similar cane and a pocket compass. The residue of the estate is given to Mary Os- good Wight, a daughter, the two sons being appointed executors of the estate. a Ces Information From Democratic Clubs. “We have sent out to all the democratic campaign clubs requests for information regarding the former politics of club mem- bers, and in a few days will expect to have full returns, allowing us to judge of the number of republicans, prohibitionists, etc., who have come into our clubs,” sald Sena- tor Faulkner today. “The results have been surprising, and when the returns have been tabulated, as they soon will be, the result will be astonishing. It is surprising to see the great number of people coming to our ranks, regardless of fcrmer political alli- ances. The returns we have so far re- ceived are exceedingly encouraging.” —————-_2-_____ Indicted for Murder. “Lum” Fearson, who killed John L. Ford in Georgetown, last August, was today in- dicted for murder. It is said that Fearson, who is a well-known character, shot Ford the 7th of that month in a quarrel over a woman. Young Ford lingered for three days, dying the 19th of August. Fearson will be arraigned in a few days, and bis trial will probably take place next month. Ses Sent to the Penitentiary. John Kelly, a middle-aged white man,was sentenced today to three years in the Al- bany penitentiary by Judge Cole, on a charge of housebreaking. While intoxicat- ed Kelly broke into the house of Mary M. Cross, the’ 13th of last August, and he pleaded guflty to the charge. ——.__ Admitted to Practice. Mr. John M. Coit and Mr. Charlies E. Thomas, both of South Carolina, were to- day admitted to the bar of the Court of Ap- peals, on motion of Mr. J. Altheus Johrson. A Florida iw Unconstitutional. The following telegram was received yes- terday by the officials of the American Missionary Association at Boston: “Opange Park, Fla., October 22. “To Dr. A. F. Beard, jubilee meeting A. M. A., Boston: “Sheats law this day declared unconsti- tutional and void. Will write. ““Signed) REV. I. 8S. PERRY.” The Sheats law was passed by the Flor- ida legislature on recommendation of W. H. Sheats, state superintendent of public instruction. It provided that it should ve a penal offense for white persons and ne; to be instructed or boarded within the same building, or taught in the same class or_at the same time by the same teachers. The association had decided to carry the case to the Supreme Court of the United States if necessary. ——_——+ee _ Cattle Importation Prohibited. United States Consul Eckford at Kings- ton reports to the State Department that the Jamaican authorities have issued an order prohibiting the importation unti! further notice of cattle and animals from the United States, Central and South Amer- ica, the Leeward Islands, South Africa, and Australia. - manager, ts recalled by the article in Evening Sun of October &, headed “Ethics of Co-respondents.” It happened several years ago, when Mr. Stetson found himself named as co-respondent in a suit for éi- vorce brought by a New York-man against his wife. On the day before Mr. Stetson was ¢x- pected to testify in the case he was one of @ party of friends who took a sail down the bay on a yacht. Roscoe Conkling, although not connected with the case in question, was one of the party, and there made the acquaintance of Mr. Stet The conversation touched upon the divorce case, and Mr. Conkling began to question the co-respondent. “Now, when the lawyers ask you tomor- row whether you ever had any relatio with this woman, what'll you say?" o#k the jurist. “I'll say, ‘No,’ reptied the Boston man. “Then,” continued Mr. Coakling, “they will ask you if you would admit tne in- timacy if you ever had any. What'll you say then?’ Mr. Stetson thought a moment, and then replied: “I'd say, ‘No. 'No, you wouldn't,” said Mr. Conkling. ‘What would I say?’ asked Stetson, “You would say: "Never having be @ position of that kind, I caanot say.” When Mr. Stetson took the witness stand the next day he testified exactly as Mr. Conkling had said he would. This was the beginning of a long friendship between the two men. n in An Ass Not Without Reason. From the Westintuster Gazette. Some interesting comparisons have re- cently been made by a German savant in what he terms the psychology of animals. He says: “It has often been pointed out that a donkey is not half as stupid as he is popularly believed to be. Less well known is the fact that a horse is far less gifted than he has the reputation for. Wherever you go you can observe that a horse is a tolerably intelligent, good, timid creature, which learns with difficulty when young, and not at all when old. A donkey, on the other hand, is above all things an individuality; a headstrong fellow, who knows, with lightning quickness, what his master wants him to do and frequently does exactly the opposite. “The elephant, standing in the furthest corner of his house, notices a small piece of sugar at the other end, and appropriates it without delay. But this is less asionisn- ing than when the donkey, being stroked on the back by a visitor, turns round and pushes his head under the stranger's hand, because, for some reason or other, he finds it more agreeable to have his head stroked than his back. The donkey, in this case, acts on a sudden and a very logical idea, while the elephant acts only as a result of much experienc: a Strange Timidity in Horses. From the London Spectatur, Young horses can be led up to a sack lying on the ground and induced to pass it by letting them smell it and find out that it really is a sack, and not the Protean thing, whatever it may be, which illusion conjures up for them. Once the writer saw a very quick and pretty instance of experiment by touch made by a frightened pony. It was being driven as a leader in a pony tandem, and stepped short in front of where the rails of a steam tramway crossed the road. It first smelled the near rail and then quickly gave it two taps with tts hoof. After this it was satisfied and crossed the line. On the other hand, a donkey always tried to jump the shadows of tree trunks on the read, though a similar experiment of touch would have shown that these were as unreal as the tram rail was substantial. Lastly, no horse which has once knocked its head against the top of a stable door- way seems quite able to get rid of the il- lusion that there sits up in the top of all doorways an invisible something which will hit again next time he goes through. Hence, the troublesome, and sometimes in- curable, habit of horses “Jibbing” taken out of the stable. This is an obvious instance of the disad- vantage at which most animals stand in regard to means of physical experiments. The horse, for instance, needs only feel the lintel to find out that it is fixed and does not move, and is not alive and wait- ing to hit him. But except his lips, which are sensitive, ghe has no member with which he can make the experiment. lx- cept the gelephant and the monkey, most of the “higher” animals suffer from this lack of the means of experiment. The wonder is, not that they suffer from illu- sions, but that they make so few mis- takes. when From the Philadelphia Record, Three cases of “moonblink” occurred on the British steamship Acanthv reached Philadelphia the other day. After the low-lying hills fringing the shores of Batavia faded from view on the after- neon of July 14 for eighty days her crew of sixty-six officers d seamen saw no land, sighted no vessel and encountered no storm. Among the crew are three seamen who, during the run across the Indian ocean, suffered terribly from sudden blind- ness at right, the result of that strange disease of the eyes prevalent in the tropics, and known to the sailors as “‘moonblink.” One bright, moonlight night, while the Acanthus was steaming across the Indian ocean, one of them finding iis berth in the forecastle too uncomforta»ly hot, wen? outy and lay upon the deck. The moon was nearir.g her fvll, and shone almost directly overhead. When the watch was changed at midnight he was awakened and was horrified to find himself blind. At first the captain thought the man might be shamming to avoid going on duty, but an investigation was made, and it was found were wide open. The cai diagnosed as a case of “mvonblink,” and the captain cautioned his men against run- ning such risks. When day began to break sight began to return, and by sunrise he nothing unusual had happened. Ali of that day the case formed the chief topic of conversation, ond when night came two more men determined to test the effect of the moon. After a two in the full glare of the moon both men were awakened totally blind. An order from the captain prevented any+ further experimenting in that line daring the rest of the vo: ch, value that is sent FREE on appli- great on appii- a little book a 3 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. uu Bev ra §