Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1896, Page 2

2 ne ce & THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, LATE NEWS BY WIRE Professor Elliott Describes His Expe- rience in Somaliland. WHERE WHITE MEN HAD NEVER BEEN ——> The Expedition Not Troubled by Natives. HE? SUFFERED —_>__—_ INTENSE ixited. 1896, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, November 14.—Professor D. G. Elliott, the feader of the Field Columbian Museum of Chicago expedition, with Mr. c. E. Akeby, the head of the taxidermist department of the museum, left Souih- ampton today by the St. Louis, on their re- turn to America, after a most successful expedition into Somaliland, whither they went in March last for the purpose of mak- Ing a natural history collection for the museum. In conversation with a representative of the Associated Press, Professor Elliott satd: “We left Berbera at the end of April, with # caravan, consisting of sixty-eight men, all armed with Sniders and Winchesters, and -six camels, which were afterward In- creased to ninety-eight. Our intention was to explore certain districts of Somaliland between Berbera and the river Chibele. During our stay in Africa we made three distinct expeditions from the coast. The first was to the west of Berbera to the bari plains, and the range of the Golis. his journey inland, which was undertaken expressly for the purpose of getting wild s. occupied three weeks. e second was to the south of Berbera via Mandera and the Jerato pass of the Golis range to the south of the Toyo plain. This trip lasted six weeks, and was em- barked upon because we wanted to get spe of aine’s haartebeest and Clarke’s antelope, both of which are ex- tremely rare, and of which very few speci- mens have ever come to Europe. “The third expedition lasted over two months. This time we went from Berbera and crossed the Hand desert by a route dis- covered by me over the Maredleh plain to @ point twenty miles from Milmil. “Altogether, we were in the interior s months, and returned ¢o Aden at the be- ginning of October.” regarding the character of the sited, the professor said: rge portion of the districts visited quite unknown to and certainly had never been tra a naturalist before. The whole ceuntry olutely a waterless desert. True, Ss some kind of stuff with which to assuage our thirst, but the only water to be got is from the pools left by the rains sging beneath the parched river beds. the mixture procurable is thick and yellow. of the consistency of pea soup. the pools are the resort of cattle and and their condition may be better d than described. We had to estab- guard over every pool we reached, prevent its defilement, but often the water was so bad that even our mules re- fused to drink it. Despite this and other difficulties, we managed to keep in good health. 1 had no trouble with my caravan. head man was the most competent in Africa. ilis name was Dualla Indris. He had been eight years with Stanley and had previously traveled with Count Teleki and Dr. Donaldson Smith.” “Had vou any trouble with the natives “No we were so well armed that we w never attacked. not friendly My e ‘The Orgadan people were but they Gid not proceed to Lestile measures. One tribe of Midgans, ermed with bows and poisoned arrows, were looting and raiding in our nelghber- Lcod, but althouga quite close, they did not molest us. “The ntry Was so unsettled by reason of the Abyssinian raids that the large num- bers of natives jolred my caravan for pro- tion and follewed in wy wake. The Abyssinians, Iam happy to say, w not meet. They were ahead of us raid- ing in the valleys, and w rd rumors of the atrocities, but fortunately for us we not come across them. The heat during our journey was almost beyond endurance, and often I thought w should succumb to apoplexy. Such tem perature I have never encountered befor wo medical thermometers registered their highest, ard there the mercury re- mained. The heat in these regions Is + intense that even natives try: to cro: the desert in the daytime frequently sw The nearest shave the expedition had was in the case of Mr. Akely, who w riously attacked by a wounded 3 which was only vanquished by Mr. Akely literally suffocating the beast by kneeling on his lung. Mr. Akely had, however, four- teen wounds on his arm and right hand. He got all right, though, in a week.” Asked as to the results of his expedi- tion, Prof. Elliott sa! “I have otherwise a very large collection, chiefly of the large mammals, probably the most complete ever brought oat of any country by one party. No less than fifty- eight cases and barrels were shipped direct from Aden to Chicago, where they will ar- rive at the end of November. I obtained, moreover, over 300 specimens of birds, fish, insects and reptiles. pard, Distance From London to Brighton Made im Four Hours. LONDON, November n enormous gathering of peovle, including the Dake of Teck and Princes Edward and Herman of Saxe-Weimar, witnessed the start to- day from the Hotel Metropole of about sixty motor cars and cycles under the aus- Pices “of the Motor Car Club in an inaugu- ral Journey from Londoa to Brighton, this being the date when the new highways act comes into force. The start was pre- ceded by a breakfast at the Metropole, which the chairman, amid !oud tore up the red flag, which, ac- cording to the law, it has hitherto ben necessary to have carried in front of roid motors. A number of the motor cars are electrics, others belong to the Britannia’s company system and to the Great Wheeless Car- riage Cempany. The British motor synd’- cate was tepresented by over a duzen cars and vans, and the Pennington carriage, an American invention, also entered vehicles. The start was made from the hotel at 130 a.m. Luncheon was served en route at Reigate, and upon arrival at Brighton a dinner was served at the hotel Metropole there. A race of exciting proportion was ant!- cipated. The police arrangements for the race were perfect, and the event attracted widespread attention. The first motor which reached Three Bridges knocked down a little girl and she was taken to the. hospital seriously in- sured. ‘The Duryea motor (American) was the first to arrive at Brighton, reaching that Place in four hours. ——— IN McKINLEY’S STATE. Plorality 51,109 by ie Officinl Cou COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 14.—McKin- ley’s plurality in Oho is 51,109. All parties except the republicans and democrats failed to cast 1 per cent of the total vote, and cannot be placed on the bai- lot at the next election except by a petition of 1 per cent of the voters. Heretofore the prohibitionists and populists were able to cast more than 1 per cent of the vote. ee To He Hanged for Wife Murder. NEW YORK, November 14.—David Wil- son (colored) ,convicted of wife murder, was today sentenced at Morristown, N. J., to be hanged on December 16, The crime for which Wilson was condemned was commitied on June 3 of this year. ————— Seriously Injured. Charles Linsinmeier, forty-five yerrs old, a resident of Prince George's county, Md., was seriously injured in 2 runaway acci- dent aw Good ‘Hope Hill this morning. He was thrown from his wagon and sustained @ broken“né€e.“fi addition to severe cuts about the face. The injured man was taken to Providence Hospital by the police. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the. circulation, sworn to is a bona fide one. It 1s easily possible for ‘a news- paper with an elastic conscience tg swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive advere tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, Judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper, and is be- Heved to be fully five times that of our afternoon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, November 7, 1896. 34,108. MONDAY, November 9, 1896. TUESDAY, November 10, 1896. WEDNESDAY, November 11, 1896... THURSDAY, November 12, 1896. FRIDAY, November 18, 1896, Total. Daily average....... I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Tesents on!y the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, November 18, 189¢—that is, the number of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies 80 counted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. 3. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this fourteenth day of November, A. D. 1596. JESSE W. RAWLINGS, Notary Public, D. C. HAND STREET SWEEPING. What the Superintendent Has to Say About the Experiment. In a special report to the District Com- missioners Superintendent McKenzie of the street cleaning department gives his views in regard to the experiment of cleaning the streets by hand instead of by machines. He states that he has been unable to re- duce the cost per 1,000 yards to the con- tract price for machine cleaning. He recommends that the experiment be con- tinued. The actual cost per 1,000 yards for clean- ing F and G streets from 5th to 15th street northwest by hand since October 12 is given in the report as 52% cents. “The experi- he says, “has shown that it is just as easy to sweep the block pavement by hand as it is to sweep the asphalt. It would cost from 30 to 33 cents per 1,000 square yards to clean all the city streets by hand.” He thinks it would be advisable to sweep at least a portion of the asphalt streets by hand, and he estimates that if one-third of the total concreted area was swept by hand and the remaining two-thirds by ma- chine, it would cost $25 less per day to clean the two-thirds by machines than it would cost to clean the other third by hand. Further, he estimates that if the whole city was cleaned by hand it would cost the District $115.50 more per day than by the present method at 24% cents per 1,000 yards. Major Davin’ Views. Major A. H. S. Davis,ex-superintendent of the street sweeping department, was asked by a Star man what he tnought of the proposition of sweeping our streets by hand. “I am decidedly in favor of it,” he replied. “And the work should be done by the city authorities and not by contract.” Asked if the advantage of hand cleaning ever that done by machinery, would com- pensate for the additional cost, he said: “Unquestionably, if a cleaner condition of streets is a desideratum. The superiority of hand sweeping over machine sweeping, as every one must see who gives thought to the matter, lies chiefly in the fact that the hand broom may be pushed over a very @irty spot several times in succession, or until it is clean, while the machine broom can pass over but once, and there are thousands of depressions and other irregu- la?ities in all pavements that can only be reached and properly cleaned by careful hand sweeping. “The question of a slight additional ex- pense should not be a factor with the Coin- missi¢ners, when considering the advisabil- ity of making hand sweeping the rule and not the exveption, Every citizen twith whom I have talked on the subject favors the project. What all most desire is clean- er streets. But, really, I believe hand cleaning can be done as cheaply as ma- chine cleaning. Many streets and sections of streets are swept from day to day that do not need sweeping, but they are on the schedules, and the contractor would be censured if he did not go through the form. If the work were done by hand, dis- cretion and good judgment would omit such sections and pass on to dirtier ones.” — ‘THE NEXT CAMPAIGN. Both Parties. Will Establish Perma- nent Headquarters Here. It is regarded as practically settled that the republicans will establish permanent headquarters in Washington for the r: tional executive committee. It is as- asserted that Mr. Hanna has made that decision. It is the intention of Chairman Jones to establish the demggratic national executive committee here permanently. The pros- pects are therefore that the work of the next campaign will go steadily and quietly on from this point. eee Republicans Give Up South Dakota. A special to the New York Herald from Sioux Falls, 8S. D., says: The republicans have surrendered the state to the Bryan electors by about 400 majority, but do not give up the state officers, although they are willing to admit that the state ticket ran ahead of the electoral in all Bryan strong- holds. _——+e-—_______ Ex-Lieut. Bauers Killed. CHICAGO, November 14.—Ex-Lieut. Chas. E. Bauers of the United States navy. was noone down and killed by a cable car to- lay. — An Old Chief Retires. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November 14.—In a reorganization of the fire department to- day the resignation of J. H. Webster as chief was accepted, and Assistant Chief ‘Thomas F. Barrett was made his successor. Webster has been in the department since 1860, and since 1872 has been assistant chief and chief. - ———e Equal to 615,000 Full Moons. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. Many people suppose that moonlight pos- sesses great potency and has a wonderful influence on or over animate and inanimate things on our planet. Such persons should remember that moonlight is only reflected” sunlight, and that the quality and quantity of th? light thus reflected are not what is sererally imagined. !n fact, it-is a truth which has often been demonstrated by the speculative astronomers that it would take 618,000 full moons to afford an amount dt light equal to that emitted by the sun: and, furthermore, there is only sky space for 75,000 such dists. % It has been noted that somé"tiéat comes frcm moonlight. However, it ig in.quantt ties so small that it cannot be measured by ordinary instruments. Flammerion. says‘| that the amount of heat emitted by a full moon while at the zenith cannot. be ‘more than one eight-thousandth of the amount that the sun supplies when standing on ‘the meridian on a favorable day in July. Such being the case, it is really surprismg that | intelligent people should consider that. the moon has such a wonderful “influencé”’ over terrestrial affairs. ADMITTED AT LAST An Agreement Reached Between ; Great Britain and. This Country, VENEZUELA BOUNDARY ARBITRATION The Paper Effective as a Treaty and Signed in Washington. TERMS OF THE DOCUMENT It 4s finally admitted at the State De- partment that an agreement has been reached by the United States and Great Britain for the arbitration of the boundary dispute between Great Britain and Vene- zuela and that the said agreement was sign- ed in this city on the 12th instant by Sec- retary Olney on behalf of the United States and by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador, on behalf of Great Britain. The instrument is not a treaty, but is as effective as one, inasmuch as it practically fixes all the essential features of the actual treaty, which is between Great Britain and Venezuela—the two countries directly con- cernéd. No Further Action by This Country. The United States and Great Britain have concluded their negotiations for the settle- ment of this troublesome boundary ques- tion, and the actual conclusion of the treaty now rests entirely with the Vene- zuelan government, from which no oppo- sition 1s anticipated, in view of the fact that it has been striving for this end for the past forty years. No further action ts required of this government, it is said, and as the United States is not a signatory party to the actual treaty the United States Senate will not be called upon to consider that document. The United States has act- ed as the best friend of Venezuela in this matter and has paved the way for an hon- orable adjustment of the long-pending dif- ferences between that country and Great Britain. According to information secretly given out by the officials of the State Depart- ment to intimate friends, but withheld from the press generally up to this time, the details of the Anglo-American agree- ment are substantially as have appeared in the columns of The Star and first made public by the Associated Press. Terms of the Agrecment. The agreement is a short business like ducument and sets forth clearly the method of arbitration and the position of the United States in the matter. It bears the title: “Heads of a proposed treaty between Venezuela and Great Britain, for the set- tlement of the Venezuelan boundary ques- tion, as agreed upon between Great Britain and the United States.’ The heads referred to dre four in num- ber. The first provides for the appoint- ment of an arbitral tribunal, to determine the boundery line between Great Britain and the republic of Venezuela. The second head provides for the appotnt- ment of this tribunal to consist of two members, to be nominated by the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; two members to te nominated by the Bri- tish supreme court of justice, and the fifth to be a jurist, to be selected by the other four; in the event of their failure to agree, the fifth member Is to be selected by the King of Sweden and Norway. He is to be the president of the tribunal. The arbi- trators to.be nominated by the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and Great Britain, and may be judges of the sald courts. The third head directs the arbitrators to Investigate all the facts necessaty to de- cide the controversy as to the extent of the territory known to the United Netherlands and the kingdom of Spain at the date of the acquisition of British Guiara by Great Britain, The fourth head provides that the arbi- trators shall ascertain all the facts nece: sary to arrive at a proper decision, and be governed in their findings by three short rules, the most important of which pro- vides that adverse holdings or proscription for a period of fifty years shall make good title; that the arbitrators may give effect to the rights of settlers and that in e: tablishing facts the ordinary rules of law shall prevail. Final and Conclusive. As already stated, this agreement bears date of November 12, 1896, and is signed by Secretary Olney and Ambassador Paunce- fote. It is regarded as final and conclusive so far as the two signatory parties are concerned and it will be the basis of the actual treaty of arbitration to be concluded between Great Britain and Venezuela. Cer- tain other provisions are necessary to the conclision >f the treaty, however, such as relate to method of prccedure, time and place of meeting, limits as to time of de- cision, compensation of the arbitrators, ex- penses of the tribunal, &c. The United States will assist in the consideration of these details, but the perties to the treaty will be expected to finally determine these questions for themselves. Official Statement in London. The following semi-official statement of the Venezuelan question was issued in Lon- don last evening: “Misapprehensions appear to exist as to the nature of the arrangements reached between the United States, Great Britain and Venezuela. Having preferred to leave the negotiations in the hands of the United States, Great Britain agreed with the Unit- ed States on the conditions of the arbitra- ticn. An actual treaty for this purpose will be concluded between Great Britain and Venezuela. But the previous agreement outlining the treaty’s main provisos has already been made between Great Britain and the United States, and removes the prospects of any difficulty between Venez- vela and Great Britain in regard to the terms of the treaty. “The decision of the arbitration court is not expected until twelve months. “Anent the term of years mentioned in the agreement, it is admitted here that there are practically no settlers on either side of the disputed line who have been there for over a decade.” aS See IMMIGRATION REPORT. The Alien Population Not Growing in Undue Proportion The commissioner gencral of immigration in his annual report shows that during the last fiscal year the arrivals of immigrants in this country aggregated 67, of whom 340,468 were landed and 2,79 were debar- red and deported at the expense of the various steamship lines by which they came. Of those deported 773 were found to be under contract to perform labor in the United States, made prior to their arival, and 2,023 ‘were returned as be- longing to other prohibited classes. With some exceptions, the report states, the physical characteristics of the year's immigration were those of a hardy, sound laboring class. The amount, of’ money brought into the country by “immigrants was at least $4,017,318, and probably was largely in excess of these figures. ‘The statistics at hand, the commissioner general states, do not justify the con- clusion that our alien population 1s grow- ing in, undue proportions. A comparison of the figures for the past year, 343,267, with the average annual immigration for the fiscal years, 435,085, dis- he says, “‘a decrease of 91,818, or over 21 percent. Such data as I have been able to obtain as to the number of thosc who annually return to their own country; though approximate only, lead me to doubt seriously that there has been any material increase in our foreign-born~ population since 1893." es a5 More Cases. ‘The noon mall brought to the health of fice reports of four additional cases of diphtheria, making a total of six cases re- ported today. Two of these cases are in otte of the infected houses where one of thé Peabody children is sick. The others are in the northwest secticn of the city. One of the private schools in which there has been two cases of the disease has been |The Hopeless THE OASE OF CUBA HoRtion-ef Spain—Th les of Thig Souptery Henry Norman tn Cesmogolis. It is again asserted positively that be- fore the end of theryear President Cleve- land will take acti amounting to the recognition of the /Cuban insurgents as belligerents. If he does not do 80, he will leave “the measure of popularity to be gained by this step for the administration which succeeds him, -That the United States would do so sooner or later I have never had any doubt. Five months ago I said here: “The end of Spanish dominion in Cuba is at hand."’"Since then the situa- tion of Spain has grown steadily worse. She has dispatched altogether no less than 160,000 men since February, 1895, 80 per cent of whom, according to the special correspondent of..the, London Times, the best authority we haye had upon this mat- ter, were “levies of raw recruits caught up fresh from the plough-tail.” A month ago 11,000 men were.under treatment in hos- pitals in Cuba, and very large numbers sick without medical treatment of any kind whatever, The Effort to Raise Funds. A new loan of forty millions sterling is speken of in Spain, but it seems improb- able that she could raise so large a sum withcut the assistence of some other pow- er. If this should prove to be France, in return for Spanish assistance In the mat- ter of Mordcco, the spark would be set to a very dangerous train. During the next twelve montha the correspondent I have quoted calculates that £21,400,000 will have to be spent. by Spain in suppressing the rebellion. Another rebellion has broken out in the Philippines, and considerable numbers of troops have heen dispatched thither. Certainly Spain is. making the most patriotic efforts to hold on to the remnants of her once great empire, but the efforts must almost necessarily be in vain. Filibustering expeditions from the United States keep the .Cuban insurgents fairly supplied with weapons and ammuni- tion, and they have several times lately inflicted bad defeats upon the Spanish troops. I do not think the end can be very far cif. Recognition of Belligerents. This question of the recognition of bel- ligerents: is a very nice one. A definition of the circumstances under which it is proper was given by Sir William Harcourt in one of his ‘‘Historicus” letters, and has been frequently quoted: with approval in works on international law. He wrote: “As far as any practical rule can be de- duced from historical examples, it seems to be this. When a sovereign state, from exhaustion or any other cause, has vir- tually and substantially abandoned the struggle for supremacy, It has no right to complain if a foreign state treat the inde- pendence of its former subjects as de facto established, nor can it prolong its sover- eignty by a mere paper assertion of right. When, onthe other pand, the contest is not absolutely or permanently decided, a recognition of tke inghoate independence of the insurgents by a foreign state is a hostile act toward the sovereign state, which the latter is entitled to resent as a breach of neutrality amd friendship.” An Actiof Hostility. According to thi8/definition, the American recognition of thé’Cuban “insurgents would be a distinct act of hostility to Spain. Not- withstanding this:thene 1s a good deal ‘to be said on the other side, When in 1823 it was believed that, France intended to take possession of Cuba, the Secretary of State reported (I take the ‘following quotations from an _ Iinteresting/monograph by- Mr. Amos S. Hershey of the Indiana State Uni- versity) that the Island was ‘‘a natural ap- pendage to the North American ¢ontinent,” and proceeded to glve a number of reasons why Cuba ha@-“an importance:in the sum of our national interests witk which that of no other foreign territory can be com- pared, and little inferior to that which binds the different members of this Union together.” In 1848 President Polk author- ized a direct proposa! to Spain for the pur- chase of Cuba for as high a sum as twenty millions sterling. Spain considered the offer “a national indignity.” In 1452 Eng- land and France proposed a tripartite agreement to the effect that no-one of them would ever attempt to obtain exclu- sive control over the {sland, but the Ameri- can reply was that the President “‘consid- ered the condition of that island as mainly an American question.” In 1834 it was pro- posed to offer twenty-four millions sterling to Spain for Cuba and: threaten force “if Spain, dead to the voice of her own interest and actuated by stubborn pride and a false sense of honor,” should refuse to sell Cuka to the United States, but this manifesto Was not approved by: the President. Amer- ican policy toward Cyba, therefore, has been plainly on record for three-quarters of a century. Commercial Relations. The United States buys from Cuba over six-sevenths of her. sugar; two-thirds of her tobacco and néarly one-half of her ci- gars, while one-third of Cuban imports comes fromthe United States. Many American citizens are domiciled in Cuba, and a large amount of American capital is invested there. Also, motives of humanity count for a good deal, since the control of Spain has been crvel dnd unjust, and the welfare of the island itself has been the last thing considered in Madrid. There exists in Cuba a republic founded upon a declaration of independence, with a pro- vislonal constitution. For nearly two years the insurgent army has more than held its own, and its discipline and habits are at least not inferior to those of the Spanish troops. All these circumstances combine in American eyes to justify recognition of belligerency, and to do in 1806 what Presi- dent Grant refused to do in 1875. The in- surgent. cause weuld undoubtedly profit vastly from the moral effect of such recog- nition, although from the point of view of international law the tsland would be rather worse off thap at present, as she would come under direct responsibility .to the United States for injury to American rights or property. Recognition,” Then Annexation. Recognition, ‘however, would in various ways be the beginning of thé end, and it is impossible to suppose that Spain would make an armed attack ‘upon the United States on behalf of an island which she {s not abie to wrest from her own rebellious subjects. If América, chooses to accept the vast und incalculable responsibilities which ultimate possession ‘would, lay upon her, other nations ought $0 be glad, for the colonial rule of Spain da altogether behind contemporary civiljzatign. Sea Art Museums adil Thetr Endowmen From the Boston Evgatng ‘fran ript. In the seventeenth annual report of the trustees of the Arg.Ingtitute of Chicago we find some significayt figures as to the value of buildings, groynds gn collections, the cost of maintenappe, ine endowment, in- come, etc., compared with similar items in the accounts of. the osher great art mu- seums of this country,, It is estimated that the value of the ee of art belonging to Responsiit «~ w-arbi= the Art Institute {s approximately $660,000. The cost of the bpildigg has been $698,000. The land 1s considgres fo be worth not less than $1,600,000. Fe loyn collection now on Mew are believed to bg worth about F00.- 000. The amount 6i.cash subscriptions pai in since 187 is $379,000, The Art Institute has not a dollar of endSwment. There is 2 debt of $78,000 on the: buliding, and of $127, 500 for the Demidoff pictures, and more than $75,000 has been paid in Interest on the floating and bonded debt. The Art In= stitute’ reteives no aid from the state or city. Nevertheless by!.cconomical manage- ment it is’ ordinarily able to-pay its run- ning expenses of maintenance... The Metro- politan Museum of New York has collec- tions estimated at a-salue of eight and a has an endowmeat , year it received a grant of $05,000 from ‘the park départment, “In Boston, the Museum of FineArts has ‘now an.. endowment» of. $18,000. In. Cinelnnati, the Art .Muscums-has. an endowment of $635,000. The Pennsylvania. Academy of Fine Arts, in Philadelthia, has an endow- ment: of ‘$27,000. The new Carnegie Art Museum -in- Pittsburg°Has an “income of $50,000 a year to be expended in the pur- chase of works of art.” ’ y 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. EPWORTH LEAGUE Sixth Annual Oonvention of the Local Organization, SERONG WORDS ON TEMPERANCE Addresses by Well-Known Divines and Laymen. AFTERNOON AND EVENING gee The sixth annual convention of Washing- ton District Epworth League, Baltimore cenference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which began last evening at Met- ropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church, 4% street northwest, was continued today. The exercises were opened at 10 a.m. with Rey. T. J. Clark, district first vice president, presiding, in the absence of Mr. T. J. Layton, whe was taken suddenly ill, and Mr. F. J. Israel was secretary. After devotional exercises by Rev. J. W. Beall, pastor of Georgetown Mission of Mount Vernon M. E. Church South, Re Dr. E. O. Eldridge, pastor of Waugh M. Chfrch, Washington, made an address on “The Foe We Fight.” He gave members of the church generally @ severe scoring for their lack of interest in the temperance cause. In part. Dr. El- dridge said: “The day of victory will have come when the church and society shall have been possessed of a mighty conviction that Uquor drinking in every form is evil, and only evil. We are abundantly able this very time to possess this goodly land for temperance and sobriety if only we were to understand fully that this is the great ref- ormation, and that the world’s salvation will never be an accomplishment until this shall come. “It is a Christian civilization and a Chris- tian community that tolerates the un- speakable saloon. The perpetuity of our government depends not upon gold and sil- ver, and bank notes, and real estate, but upon the integrity and sobriety of its in- dividual citizenship. “The cause of temperance or prohibition has wonderfully advanced, but it still re- quires the long pull and the steady pull of all at it and always at it. The white in cur flag, standing as a symbol of national purity, will only be at its normal value when we shall be the land of the sober as well as the home of the brave. May the church and 8oclety speedily get off of the fence and down on the side of God Al- mighty in this conflict.” At the conclusion of Dr. Eldridge’s ad- dress, Miss Lillie Stewart of Dumbarton Chapter sang a solo called “Not Ashamed of Jesus.” Good Citizenship. Ex-Judge H. B. Moulton of Hamline Chapter made an address on “Good Citizen- ship.” He contrasted the rights of the citizen in the United States with those of subjects of governments in foreign coun- tries, much to the better showing of the fermer, and urged that the proper guide for the attainment of the true dignity of citizenship was the Bible. Continuing, Judge Moulton said that “if our national legislators were guided by the instructions of the Bible, there would not be a high license law for the District of Columbia on the statute books, and if the majority of cur Congressmen had the fear of God in their hearts they would so legislate that not a man, woman or child in the District could sell the stuff that debases men and causes crime.” He urged the members of the Epworth League to stand and press steadily forward in the cause, as it was from their ranks the great army must come that would eventu- ally drive the whole liquor business from our shores.”” ‘The benediction was pronounced by Rev. ¢. O. Cook, pastor of Fletcher M. E. Church, and immediately afterward a “mis- sionary rally” was begun. Home Missions. Devotional exercises were conducted by Rey. John L. Walsh, pastor of Douglas M. E. Church, folowing which Mrs. Clara Roach of Hamline Church spoke on “Home Missions.”” “Foreign Missions” was the th intended address by Rev. Dr. W. R. Strick- len, pastor of Hamline Church, but a mes- sage from him, which was received by the chair, stated that he had been unexpected- ly called to Baltimore, and kis place was taken by Rev. Hugh Johnston, D. D., pastor of Metropolitan Church. The benediction was pronounced, after singing on the part of the audience, by Rev. Mr. Thomas, pastor of Asbury Church. Afternoon Sessions. Upen reassembling this afternoon depart- ment conferences were begun in the main auditorium, with Mrs. H. B. Moulton, third vice president, presiding, while simultan- ecusly the mercy. and help department be- gan exercises in the lecture room, with Mrs. M. M. Mitchell, district second vice president, in the chair. In the former, devotional services were cecnducted by Rev. L. I. McDougle, pastor of Alexandria M. E, Church. Addresses were made on “Reading Cir- cles; Are They Advisable,” by Mr. Mark A, Watson of Hamline Chapter; on “Other Literary Work,” by Miss Amy L. May of Dougias Chapter, and “Interest, How to Create and Maintain it,” by, Miss Martha S. Haines of Metropolitan Chapter. Dur- ing intervals between the addresses gen- erai discussion on the subject treated took place by those disposed in the audience. The program observed in the exercises corducted in the lecture room by the mercy and help departimeut was Scripture reading by Miss Mary Tuthill of Metro- politan Chapter; prayer by Rev. W. G. Cas- rd, pastor of Twelfth Street M. E. ‘rurch; addresses on ‘‘Value of the Mercy and Help Department to the Church,” by Rev. E. Olin Eldridge, pastor of Waugh Chrreh; “Does Material Relief Result in Spiritual Good,” Miss Parepa Walker of Bethesda, Md., Chapter; “Compensation of Mercy and Help Work,” Mrs. R. M. Moore of Kensingtcn Chipter. There were also a solo by Miss Ida O'Neal of Hamline Chap- ter and a duet by the Misses Nellie All- press_and Carrie Reiffe of Fletcher Chap- ter. The closing prayer was by Rev. W. W. Van Arsdale of Fifieenth Street M. E. Church. At 3 p.m. both departments above named adjourted, and their places were taken by the spiritual, treasurers, social secretaries and presidents’ departments, respectively and successively. The business meeting, during which offi- cers will be elected for the ensuing year, will begin at 7 p.m. The convention will close its annual ses- sion tomorrow. ———e TO PREVENT IMPOSITION. Emergency Hospital Executive Com- mittee Takes Action. The executive committee of the Emer- gency Hospital met yesterday evening at the institution and a large amount of rou- tine matter was transacted. Before ad jcurnment a committee, consisting of Col. Henry F. Blount, Dr. Swann M. Burnett and W. C. Whittemore, was appointed to | take into consideration and report back to the executive committee what steps can be taken to protect the dispensary from im- position dn the part of those who are able to pay for medicines and treatment. It is possible that some arrangement will be made with the Associated Charities by which necessary information regarding the merits of applicants for assistance can be obiained. eee Sree Divorce Case. : Judge Cox today disposed of the divor: case of Sarah Ward Ellis against Ebenczer Ellis, filed the 17th of last July, by grant-.| ing the husband a divorce on his cross bill, in which Mr. Ellis charged his wife with desertion. eS eee Gov. Atkinsom Withdraws. Governor Atkinson's withdrawal from the “senatorial race was announced in the dem- ocratic caucus which met at Atlanta, Ga., yesterday. A letter from his friends to the governor was read, and Mr. Mekirim ‘of Savannah stated that he was authorized to inform the general assembly that the gov--| 47 ernor was out of the race. @ FROM SECRETARY TO JUDGE Me, Herbert's Selection for a Judicial Posi- tion Virtually Decided On. He May Be Chief Justice of the Court of Claims or the Successor of Judge Walter Cox. It is generally understood that Secretary Herbert is to be given a judicial appoint- ment before many weeks elapse, but opin- ions differ as to whether he will be made chief justice of the Court of Claims to fill a vacancy, or whether he will succeed Judge Cox on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. If the wishes of the people of the District are followed in this matter, the distin- guished Alabamian will be assigned to the Court of Claims, which is a national body, rather than to the District Supreme Court, which is regarded as a local institution. Under “home rule” principles, Judge Cox’s successor should be selected from the bar of the District, which offers an excel- lent field for such a choice. It is not likely that any change will be made at the Navy Department until Secretary Herbert com- pletes his dnnual report, upon which he is now hard at work. Assistant Secretary McAdco is mentioned as Secretary Her- bert’s most likely successor in the event of the latter’s transfer to the bench. HIS MEMORY WAS TREACHEROUS. And Pluyed a Lewiston Man a Mean Trick After a Sober Night Of. From the Lewiston Journal. = I should hate to tell you which one of them it was, but it happened on the night of the McGillicuddy banquet. The man himself told me about it as follows: “My memory isn’t very good, and I had several things on my mind. When I went out Tuesday night I intended to come home early, but I dropped into the spread at the Hotel Atwood, and it was past 2 a.m. when I struck my doorstep. You ought to have seen me sneak up to the front door and fumble for my key. I reckon that no one ever did a slicker job than I did. I hadn't been out so late for months, but I got into the hallway without making any noise and Sat down on the stairs and removed my shoes. I learned that when i was court- ing my wife. Why, I have done slicker jobs in getting out of her house and into mine without waking either of the families than Spike Hennessy ever did in his palm- jest days of burglary. I went upstairs to the chamber door and pushed on it. It creaked some, but it gave way and i was in. I expected to hear some one ray: ‘Will, is that you? but no ane did, al- though I fancied I heard the soft breathing of my wife. I didn’t light the gas. Not I. I slipped off my clothes, decided not to wind my watch for fear of its click, found my robe de nuit, slipped into it, and edged around t> my side of the bad. Then I calinly and steadily and deftly slipped in. “I was alone! “She was gone! “And then I remembered that she had been away two days, and I had known it all the time, if I had only stopped to think.” “Sober?” “Certainly I was. I hadn't drunk a thing but spring water and Worcestershire sauce.” WHEN GIRLS SHOULD MARRY, Only When Qualified to Be Cooks and Housceepers, From the Pittsbury Dispateh. A girl should marry when she is capable of understanding and fulfilling the duties of a true wife and thorough housekeeper, and never before. No matter how old she may be, if she ts not capable of managing a house in every department of it she is not old enough to get married. When she promises to take the position of wife and homemaker, the man who holds her prom- ise has every right to suppose that she knows herself competent to fulfill it. If she proves to be i-competent or unwilling he has good reason to consider himself cheated. No matter how plain the home may be, if it is in accordance with the husband's means and he finds it neatly kept and the meals (no matter now simple) serv- ed from shining dishes and clean table linen, that husband will leave his home with loving words and thoughts and look ahead with eagerness to the time when he can return, Let a girl play the plano and acquire ev- ery accomplishment within her power, the more the better, for every one will be that much more power to be used in making a happy home. At the same time, if she cannot go into the kitchen, if necessary, and cheerfully prepare just as good a meal as any one could with the same material, and serve it neatly after it is prepared, she had better defer her marriage until she learns. If girls would thoroughly fit them- selves for the position of intelligent house- keepers before they marry there would be fewer discontented, unhappy wives and more happy homes. — Rather a Warm Discussion. DETROIT, Mich., November 14.—Rather a warm discussion is in progress in to- day’s meeting of the general missionary committee of the M. E. Church over the question of admitiing the Wesleyan Meth- odists in Germany to the M. E. Church body. Bishop Foss averred that the En- glish Wesleyan general conference is very willing to get rid of the German Wesleyan body as being too expensive. He warmly oppssed admitting them. —_——. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Pneumatic Gun Carriage. 100 at 17 cents; 100 at 17% cents; 100 at 17 cents; 100 at 17 cents. Lanston Monotyp at District of Columbia Ba bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 110 Wid. Water stock 7s, 1901, ‘x. 110 bid. Water stock 7s, 1903, 3.658, funding, currency, 106 letropolitan Railroad 3s, 108 bid. Metropolitan Rallroad couv. 68, 116 bid, 120 asked. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of in: debtedness, 117 bid. it Railroad 5s, 80 asked. Eckington ‘Ratload 6s, 9% asked. Columbia. Rail- road 6s, 113 asked. Washington Gas is Gs, series A, 112 bid. Washington Gas Company Gs, serles B, 112 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Tele. phone Gs, 102 bid. American Security and Trust bs, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust 5a, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist Ge, 109 bid. Washington Market mpany imp. Gs, 109 bid. Washington Market Company éxt. 6s, 10% bid. “Masonic Hall Associa- thon 3s, 103 bid. : National Bang Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 275 ©.—20-vear fund 5s, 103 bid. Bank of the Republic, 240 bid. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 300 asked. 270° bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 178 bid. Second, 120 bid, 138 ed. Citizens’. 120 bid. Columbia, 120° bid. pital, 114 vid.” West End, 103 bid, 110 asked. Traders’, 103 asked. Lincoln, 99 bid, 108 asked. Otto, 95 athe SS : Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Safe od 118 bid, 125 asked. Washin , 119 bid, 125 asked. Am can Security and.Trust, 137 bid, 145 asked. Wash- ton Safe Deposit, 50 bid. itroad _Stocks.—Capital Traction Company, 57 5 asked. bid, 65 asked. Metropolitan, 107 bid, 1 Belt. 13 asked. pln 13 Columbia, 50 bid. Belt, Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, asked. 4z. bid, 48 asked. etown Gas, 40 bid. U.S. Electric Light, 92 ed. “Insurance Stccks.—Firemen’s, 33 bid. Franklin, bid. Metropolitan, @ iid.” Arlington, 125. bid! rman-American, 160 bid. National Unio, 9 bid, Rigzs, 73% 14 asked. Columbia, 11 bid, 14 asked. Lid. _ People’s, bid, 6 asked. Lincoln, 8 bid, 9 asked. Comimerctal, “4% bid. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 115 Columbia Ti 8 asked. Washington Ti- Title, 10 asked. r |. 38 bid. Chesa- American Amerieia Grapho- Preumatle Gun Car- Tiage, 15 bid, .30 asked. Miscelliinec : “Bonds.—Merg -ntl id, 132 asked. Lanston “M tou Market Lincoln Hai eee Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New Yerk stock exchange, cerrespondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Th: mann & Co, New York. ovo we Usahtw GRAIN, ‘Open. Low. Close. Wheat Dee S04, By OT May ad 4 OK Corn-Doe. Bik Bi 2514 May Dy A oat Vats—Dec. bs ig é 22 22! 7. 7.35 8. 8200 R22 4.27 4. 4.22 4.47 5 4.42 45 390 392 3.99 3.90 4.12 4.12 4.10 410 ITTON. High. Tow. Close. iz 76S 7.67 im 7% F. 788 7S 7S Te 796 Tez FINANCE AND TRADE Higher Prices Abroad Prompted Do- mestic Advanoes, GOOD SHOWING OF BANK STATEMENT Gain of Over Twelve Millions Dur- ing the Week. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS eS SE Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 14.—Higher pr: and increased activity in the London mar- ket prompted advances varying from 1-4 to 5-8 per cent during the opening hour this morning. In a majority of instances early prices were the best recorded for the day The volume of business was small, and + flected considerable difference of opinion as to the natural tendency of prices. No pressure to sell was apparent from any source, but the buying was equal to sus- taining prices only, not improving them. The overthrow of the market's sidedness may be classified among really desirable events of the week. P: fessional operations in the short account will eventually furnish valuable assistance to an advancing movement based on a more general recognition of the signiticance of recent events, Declines should continue to attract patient investors nothwithstan- ing the repetition of Cuban war scares, anil the predictions of hostile legislation this winter. There is no doubt that attempts of the latter character will be made from time to time, but the trust stocks are Hke- ly to be the only ones directly influenced thereby. An attack on this class of securities would raturally be followed by a sympathetic de- cline in the general list, but shrewd opera- tors are not likely to miss the significan. of the movement. The cautious investment of savings which has been going on during the week indicates very clearly that ap- prehension outside of Wall vtreet is re ed to a minimum. The figures submitted by the Manhattan railway to the state's authorities at Albany corroborate the unfavorable semt-official showings previously made. The surplus after charges, excluding dividends, ix ported to be $147,742 for the quarter eMing September 30, an amount equal to a deficit of over $300,000 after payment of the usual dividend at the present rate. ‘This surplus compares with one of only 362,000, for the same period of 18%, and, on the surface, appears to be favorabl-, but, owing to the discontinuance of action, in- terest charges connected with the funding of the 7 per cent loan, the reverse is really true. The mysterious treatment of the consoli- dation scheme by prominent interests con- nected with the management, coupled with the figures submitted, suggests the employ ment of manipulation rather than fac in sustaining the price of the stock. There can be no doubting the fact that for private reasons the stock fs being firmly held in the neighborhood of par. As the present fashion is to discount the future and ignore the present, prevailing quotations may be taken as representing value to be added during the future period of prosperity assured to all business en- terprises. In practical financial circles the one- the relative strength of the general market ecneeded to be the real reason for sustat: ed values in certain instances in which a: verse surface conditions are reported. The bank staterrent reflects an unusually strong and improving financial condition. The total gain in lawful money for the week has been $12,673,000, two-thirds of which is in specie. This increase reflects the return of hoard- ed gold. An increase of $3,228,000 tn loans is reported, and indicates the increasing Mberality of money lenders now that <he money loaned is certain to be repaid in finds of equal value. The increase in this item, coupled with the foregoing increas. ing in cash holdings, increases the total deposits $15,919,900. Of the total increase in cash, $8,693,525 is carried to the reserve fund, increasing the surplus above legal requirements to about $23,500,000, Easier money rates are practically as- sured by this showing of the associated banks, and organized efforts to advance prices need no longer be postponed because of an unsympathetic money market. Un- less the amateur war rumors of the past week crystallize around some tangible foundation there would sem to be little ma- terial for any noteworthy decline in prices. The market will work both ways within narrow limits, perhaps, for some time to come, but the recessions should be the least consequential of its fluctuations. ———— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, aa reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. Open. High. 120 123g American Sugar. American Sugar, American Tobacco. 88H American Cotton Oll-2> 2... oo. ey «164 Bis Chicago Gas... cc. M. & st. Paul... CM, & St Pam, Pd... Chicago. R. 1. & Pacitic. Den. & Rio Grande, Ptd_ American Spirits. Genei : iinois Central. : Laclide Gas. Lake Shore Lousville & Nashville. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elev: Michigan Central Missouri Pacitl National Lead Go.. 221 National Lead Co., Pfd.. w Jersey Central... New York Central. Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, Pfd North American. Ont. & Western. Pacific Mat! Phila. & Read Puliman P. ©. Southern Ry., Pfd. Phila. Traction. ‘Texas Pacifi ‘Jenn. Cowl an Union Pacific. U.S. Leatner, pia Wabash, Pra. Wheeling & L. Erie... Wheeling’ L. Erie,Prd. Western Union Tel... Sliver Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, | November westera super,’ $2. do. family. $4.25 ‘3 barrels. O1%4; December, S95 a No. 2 red, 85% asked 16,000 "bushels ; -pot and 90; May, 90a mm quiet and ecember, Dew DWyars BOya30%: Febraary, steamer recelpta, xpOrts, 5 3 Stock, 1 7.000 bushels—southern White, corn, ats steady — 2 red, No. 2 “mixed,” 23u23%—receipts, 71.0 xports, 28.49% bushels; stock, 1,708 Kye firm—No. 2 nearby, 48045; western, S. 2,966 bushels: exports, 14 bushels: 281 bushels. Hay firmer—choice timo. thy, "$13.502814.00. ‘Grain’ freights and sugar uncheoged. Butter, aad and checse frm, unchanged. Whisky un hang, Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers, per cents, obs cents, coupon of i: