Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1896, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1896-14... PAGES. 3 SPECIAL NOTICES. CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.—I HAVE THIS DAY associated with me as an equal partner Mr. Sam- uel A. Drury, who for the past ten years has been with me, and who during that period has shown bimself possessed of excellent business qualifications, good judgment and great ability. The firm name will be Arms & Drury, and the business will be continued at No. $10 F st. n.w., where I have been located for twenty-one years. JOHN TAYLOR ARMS. Washington, D. C., November 16, 1896. nol6-it* TALISM.—J. H. ALTEMUS WILL HOLD ety mecting THIS (Tucsday) EVENING, November 17, Woun's Hall, 721 6th st. n.w. Edgar Emer- got, Masonic Temple, Sundays during November. rh MEMBERS OF GARFIELD POST, G. A. R. requested to attend the funcral of Comrade Geo. J. P. Wood on WEDNESDAY, November 18, at 2 p.m. Services at Foundry E aoe a - DW. 4 lenwood - — LEWIS MUNDHEIM, Commander. NADAB—MEMBERS OF CENTEN- No. 4, Sons of Jonadab, are request- e. ed to meet at the ball, 623 La. ave., THIS (Tues- day) EVENING at 7 ‘o'clock, to make arrange- ments for the funeral of our late brother, George i. P. Wood. JOHN I BUNCH, W. €.; D. F. BROWN, rding Secretary. it FOR RENT— POULTRY PLANT AT TWINING CITY, D.C. 1 brooder house, 100 ft. long and 12 ft. wide, with wire-covered peus outside, 15 pens in- side.” Hot water system. No. 2 brooder house ts 45 ft. long by 13 ft. wide, low and very warm; 2 sectional brooders ‘that Will accommodate 600 ebickens, and the house will hold as many more. 2 small duck, house and duck pond. and ben bouses enough for 300 grown fowls. ce warm for fh= ‘business: plenty of good water at the door of the brooder houses. And 4-room house within 50 yards of the whole system, Also 3 Prairie State ineutators, 2 of them holding 400 eggs each. and one holds 300 eggs. ‘These are situated in a nice damp cellar, 18x24 ft., and plenty of room for more incubators. The whele system ts Prairie State, the best in use. | For further information call 712 12th st. n.w. uol7-3t OYSTERS, BROILED LIVE LO! 3 ALL KINDS. oars colea. aaa oe ed in most tempting style. ‘und ‘eerved_ in inost” temp! : re making a specialt) STEAMED OYSTERS this season. Just added a new steaming plant—that cooks oysters most dell- clously. No party too large fer us to serve quickly. a ieee ‘Drop in after the theater. rrerz REUTERS HOTEL AND. IESTAURANT. COR. 4% ST. AND PENNA. AVE. nol7-16a ALAS. B., SOUTHERN JURISDICTION OF THE United States—The regular meeting of Mithras Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, will be held at the Cathedral of the Rite, No. 1007 G TUESDAY, November 17, 1806, at p.m. Work, 14th degree. order of V. M. W. H. 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Hodgkin, 913 7th. nol7-164 NO EXCUSE NOW For not buring a Bicycle, @s to make room for 1897 RAMBLERS, expceted soon, we shall offer all patterns of 1896 RAMBLERS, ‘singles, in black or colors, at the unexpectedly low figure of SIXTY DOLLARS NET CASH. On time sales a slight advance will be asked. We do not claim that the “I twenty dollars better than the ‘96, but ! more up-to-date and improved where¥er pos- sible to make improvements; and as our 1807 price has been set at EIGHTY LARS: what Wheela we have left on band must be sacrificed. Medium grade and “auction wheel the same class as 196 RAMBLEES,. and we. think the cyeling public will appreciate the chances we are giving them on genuine bargalas.,. Gormully & Jeffery Mfg.Co., 14th st. nw. 429-31 10th st. b.w. —Imitated— Hygienic Ice. _ ogee —PUREST—HARDEST—BEST.— Our Service Includes Every Section of the Ci and Mount Pleasant. Our Rates are Low. And we ask is a trial by YOU. ais’ THE HYGIENIC ICE COMPAN Works, 15th and Ene. Office, 1423 F st. nw. 12 Having A Run on Diaries. Sold them briskly during last week. ‘The nearness of Thankagiving reminds many to start keeping Diaries. Naturally th come to us. They know they'll find just what Diary they wish. ‘The right size and shape and wice on everythi quality. en tia ee Stationery tine is THE Lo" = r pia Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., FOPULAR-PRICED STATIONERS. nol6-14d A —is sure to be read every time. Let your winter advertising be Persona] 1 that form. “Use Letter rfectly as to render detection Impossible. ipient is un- our patent typewriter circulars, which 1m- der the impression the letter is a personal one—and he isn’t enlightened until he gets itate typewriting so through reading it. See us about it. BYRON 8. ADAMS, “prompt printer,” 512 11th st. nol6-14d Winter’s Wintry Blasts— —are freighted with rheumatism, colds, coug! ‘dozen ills which play sad havoc with health. If with Tharp’s Old For. rp" Reliable berkeley” Whisky, which enriches the blood and renders the admission of disease impoesi- ble, $1 qt. Absolutely pure. Sold only by JAS. THARP, 812 F si nol4-10d Discharges for Political Opinion. To the Editor of The Evening Stai Very reluctantly I recur to the subject of “Violations of the Civil Service Law” once more, in view of Mr. F. L. Siddons’ com- munication of Saturday evening. To start with, I respectfully decline my friend Sid- dons’ invitation to discuss ancient history. I-prefer to deal with questions of the living present. As to whether I am a civil service reformer for republicans only, Mr. Siddons —and every one else, for that matter—is at liberty to draw his own conclusions. I confess to feeling a very warm interest in the hundreds of worthy men and women who have suffered at the hands of the pres- ent administration for opinion’s sake, and it is my settled purpose to exert what in- fluence I may possess—be that much or be it little—on their behalf. To dismiss or to reduce them without just cause was wrong. In my judgment, it is possible to right that wrong without violating the spirit of the elvil service law. The number of those dis- missed is not so very large but that the vacancies occurring In the ordinary way will be suffictent to oe for them. As to those who profited by the reduction of worthy republican clerks, they cannot just- ly complain if they are not permitted long- er to profit by the perpetration of a wrong, but are placed back to where they were in 1898. Suck action cannot be termed a viola- tion of the spirit of the civil service law, for the persons promoted were not pro- moted because they were more meritorious than those reduced, but because they were more aceptable to the party in power. The above are my views on the subject discussed. I had stated them before, thought, clearly and explicitly. If any oth- er gentleman desires to ask me questions concerning them, I -hope he will do so by mail. So far as I am concerned, the “inci. dent is closed.” AUGUST DONATH. GOSSIP FROM CANTON Howthe President-Elect Keeps Away Unwelcome Visitors, PROSPECPIVE LEGISLATION TALKED OF Probabilities as to Cabinet Positions Naturally Thought Of. A PROCESS OF EXCLUSION, Correspondence of The Evening Star. CANTON, Ohio, November 14, 1806. Maj. McKinley knows how to keep peo- ple away when he doesn’t -want to see them. Pilgrims from a distance were in uncertainty for a week, because if they came-here the President-elect was likely to be in Cleveland and not eastly accessi- ble for. private. conferences, .But he did not goto Cleveland. Now when the’ pil- grims conclude to make their intended visits they may come and find he is in the city by Lake Erle, though his inten- tions can be quickly altered and he may remain at home. I do not mean from this that the doors of the McKinley home are less hospitably open than they were before the election or the nomination. Anybody who strolls up North Market street, if he is a stranger, will easily find the house. The grassless lawn trodden smooth and hard as a race course marks it for all comers. ‘The stran- ger may enter without bidding and may have the privilege of shaking the hand of the President-elect and telling how glad he is that the country made the choice it did. If the visitor has been there in the past the chances are that he will be recognized and he is likely to secure an extra minute's ‘talk. The same courtesy and simplicity that have marked Maj. Mc- Kinley’s course since he retired to Can- ton from the governorship at Columbus are still observed. Undesirable Visitors. But there was @ class of visitors whose presence was not desired in too great num- bers so socn, and they have stayed away either because of the confusion of bocat- ing the major or because they felt that they would be more welcome if they came later. These were the local leaders who carried their counties or districts and. who are apt to think that the incoming Presi- dent is waiting for them to come and tell bim how they did it, while incidentally they let him know what they want. A vast number of letters have been received, telling how these things were done. Before Private Secretary Boyle -filed@ the letters: away many of them were read by Maj. McKinley, for he took a keen interest dur-' ing the campaign in the local conditions in various parts of the country, and he was not averse to learning the details of the result. Possibly some of the letters have been filed with the major’s personal memo- randum, which will show in the future that the writers acted sensibly im not posting, off to Canton. Naturally the leaders in the republican party are not coming to the city of, the, successful candidate: without an intima- tion that their presence is desired... Mark Hanna and the major’s cousin, Gen. Us- borne, will be the medium through which these intimations are likely to be made. As the time approaches for the opening of Congress, Senators and Representatives may be expected to drop in without cere- mony. Maj. McKinley’s anxiety to be in- formed of the exact possibilities of- tarift and financial legislation will relieve the Congressmen and the other visitors from the suspicion that they have come to try. the seats at the cabinet board. The proba- bility is that the majority of the mem- bers of his cabinet will greet the major in Washington rather than in Canton. Prospective Legislation. Prospective legislation is unquestionably occupying the mind of the President-elect more than the cabinet at present. He Is watching public sentiment and when the Congressmen begin to come in they will be asked to give their views freely. ‘Ihe few visitors of consequence who have been here have talked on the tariff and nothing else. I have formed the impression that whatever apparent advances may be made with the Dingley bill, Maj. McKinley shares the belief of its author and of other lead- ing members of Congress that the meas- ure cannot be passed in‘ 4’ shape which will be satisfactory to the republican party. And it is the republican party which the new administration expects to satisfy in its tariff legislation with such incidental satisfaction to the late allies among the gold standard democrats as. may come from currency reform and. 00d, gov- ernment. x Z Maj. McKinley talks on the-subject with his habitval ceution to those who enjoy his confidence. If Serator Sherman ‘should succeed in giving life to the Dingley bil} and getting substantial amendments adopt- ed there will be nothing to stand in the way of the incoming administration ac- cepting it. The Ohio Senator ‘may even be given the moral support of ‘the new President in seeking to have it adopted, But if this fails Maj. McKinley will. be neither surprised nor’ disappointed.”>‘His long congressional experience stands him instead. He will be ready to call an ex- tra session of Congress in March to enact a general tariff bill, which will insure larger revenues. The reciprocity plans which Mr. Hopkins’ subcommittee have been engaged on are certain to be a part of any general tariff bill. Cabinet Gossip. While legislation is the uppermost topic with the people who are most closely as- sociated with Maj. McKinley, it is impos- sible to forget that a cabinet must be put together. The beginning seems to be by a process of exclusion. There is much diffi- culty in guessing who will be in the cabi- net. There is an approach to positive as- sertion in the statements that some folks will not be in it. This is not a reflection on them. It is simply the recognition of conditions which exist. Some of the men are harmed by indiscreet friends, while others will be handsomely cared for in respon- sible offices. Nobody is likely to get boomed into McKinley’s cabinet. Z Mentioned, but Probably Not in It. Complimentary mention is made at times of Representative Robert R. Hitt of Illi- nois and of John Hay of Ohio for the State Department. Mr. Hitt enjoys the personal friendship of Maj. McKinley, but he will not be asked into the cabinet on that, ac- count, hat he will be asked to do will be to uphold the administration’s foreign pol- icy in Congress. John Hay is sure to be identified with -the McKinley. administra- tion, but rather as minister to Great Brit- ain or France than as Secretary of State. His accomplishments are held in high re- gard by Maj. McKinley, but in the make- up of the cabinet political considerations wilt weigh heavily, and Mr. Hay has been outside the current of public affairs. After his visit the other day it was sald he had Castoria For Infants and Children. ’ CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. : ASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION. CASTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC. CASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBLES. CASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The use of ‘Castoria’ is so universal and its ‘merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to indorse it.- Few are the intelli. gent families who do not keep Castoria within — om pr . GARLOS MARTYN, DD, ° _ EXPLANATORY NOTH: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Soltd lines are ico » bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten dezrees. Shaded areas are regions where: rain or ‘snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. Tue gwords ‘High’? and ‘Low’ show location of -8feas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. _ CLOUDY -WEDNESDAY. Warmer Weather Tonight, but Cooler Tomorrow Night. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday—For the: District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- land, fair tonight, followed by increasing cloudiness Wednesday; warmer tonight, cooler Wednesday or Wednesday nigh southwesterly winds, becoming northerly. For Virginia and North Carolina, fair to- night; Wednesday fair in eastern portions, Increasing cloudiness and possibly showers in extreme western portions; warmer in the Interior tonight; southerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— An area of high pressure covers the south Atlantic and gulf states. The depression, central Monday morning in western Minne~ sota, has moved rapidly to the lower Saint Lawrence valley. The pressure continues high over the upper Missouri valley and has extended’ eastward into the lake regions and the middle Missisaipp! valley. ‘The temperatures have fallen from 20 de- grees to 40 degrees in the upper Missouri valley, and the cold wave is extending east- ward into the lake regions. : The pressure continues relatively low on the middle Rocky mountain plateau and north Pacific coast. The barometer has fallen in New England and risen generally in the upper lake region, the upper Missis- sippi and Missouri valleys. ‘The temperature is higher in-New Eng- land and generally east of the Mississippi river. The weather has been fair in all districts, except im the northern Rocky mountain plateau, where light snows have occurred. ‘The weather will continue fair in the mid- dle and south Atlantic states, and threaten- ing weather tonight, with showers of light snows Wednesday, is indicated for northern New England, the Ohio and lower Missis- sippi valleys. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 11:47 a.m. High tide, 5:18 a.m. and 5:42 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 0:24 a.m. and 12:28 p.m. High tide, 6:02 a.m. and 6:24 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 6:45; sets, 4:45. Moon sets, 5:09 a.m. The City Lights. All gas lamps are lighted tonight by 5:38 P.m.; extinguishing is begun at 6:10 am. Public are lamps are lighted at 5.53 p.m. and extinguished at 5:55 a.m, Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 43; 2 p.m., 76; m&ximum,, 7 39. only to indicate his preference whether to be ambassador to London or to Paris. ‘ For some reason, Henry Clay Evans of ‘Tennessee is not placed by those in the in- ner circle on the list of eligibles, though he influential friends, who would like to see his desire to be Postmaster General gratified. Mr: Evans is likely to receive recognition in some other manner. William Warner of Missouri is in the same cate- gory. If Missouri had not disappointed ex- pectations and given such a heavy demo- ¢ratic majority, he might have filled in the breach between R. C. Kerens and Chaun- cey I. Filley; but there would be no politics in bestowing a cabinet position on the state now. A similar consideration oper- ates against Cyrus Leland, jr., of Kansas, who was down for Secretary of Agricul- ture. He will be well provided for, but the attempt will hardly be made to wean the southwest from populism by gifts of cabl- net offices. If Henry C. Payne does not beceme Postmaster General, ex-Gov. W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin seems to be a prom- ising possibility for the Department of Ag- riculture. Of course, there never was a chance that Senator John M. Thurston would be a inember of the cabinet, when his selection would mean a populist Senator from Ne- braska. This objection does not hold as to ex-Senator C. F. Manderson, but there is no disposition to lcok for cabinet mate- rial in Mr. Bryan's state. “Farmer” Allerton. A picturesque canvass is being made for “Farmer” Samuel W. Allerton of Chicago. He is a stock shipper, bank stock owner, gold miner and a few other things, but he prides himself on his farms. He likes poll- tics, and was one of the original McKinley men in Illinois. Nevertheless, he will not be boomed into the cabinet. Reports are heard here of quiet movements in behalf of Robert T. Lincoln, but they are not given much credence. If Maj. McKinley's administration asks Mr. Lincoln to re-enter public life it will be in some other than a cabinet position. Gov. W. O. Bradley of Kentucky is also ,counted among those who fall victims to the process of exclusion. He is looked on as a tremendous political force in the south, and, notwithstanding that he yielded his state to McKinley only in extremity, he is held in kindly regard. But there is a legal question whether the lieutenant gov- ernor who would succeed him would be en- titled to the full four-year term or whether under the Kentucky constitution a new election would be necessary next year. Gov. Bradley’s friends say the lieutenant governor would serve the full four years’ term, yet Maj. McKinley would hardly want to raise a controversy by causing a vacancy in the governorship. He is more apt to assume that, having a good, strong governor, he will not deprive the Kentucky republicans of the man they chose. There are others who are coming within this process of exclusion in cabinet making, but I forbear further mention for the pres- ent. ‘HAS, M. PEPPER. si! ATOR ALDRICH’S OPINION. Doesn’t Look for Financial or Tariff Legislation in the Coming Session. In response to a request, Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island has telegraphed his opinion of the probability of tariff or financial legis- lation to the New York World as follo’ In answer to your questions I will say that in my judgment it will hardly be pos- sible to secure the adoption of any satisfac- tory financial or revenue legislation at the approaching second session of the Fifty- fourth Congress. My reasons are these: First—With a free silver majority in the Senate it must be evident that no remedial financial legisla- tion that would satisfy the advocates of sound money can be adopted. Second—In the Senate, of eighty-nine members, there are thirty-nine democrats, six populists and the six silver Senators who supported Mr. Bryan—or fifty-one Sen- ators in all who have been and are likely to be, with a very few possible exceptions, opposed to the Dingley bill or to any reve- nue legislation that would have the ap- proval of the thirty-eight republican Sen- ators. The possibility of securing an adjustment of the differences between Senators on this question is so remote that I believe it may be safely assumed that any attempt to pass a tariff or revenue bill or even to enter upon its serious consideration at this ses- sion would be unsuccessful. In this connection it should be remem- bered that the session will contain barely fifty working days, and that the considera- tion of. the appropriation and other neces- sary bills will absorb every available day. The question of the precise character of the legislation on these two great subjects that should be adopted at the first session of the Fifty-fifth Congress is by far the most important one with which the mem- bers of that Congress will have to deal. ‘The future of the republican party may depend largely upon the measure of wis- dcm shown by the responsible majority in its treatment of this question. The details of party policy in this respect can only be decided upon and announced after the most careful consideration and fullest consulta- tion. In the meantime, in a general way, the obligations and purposes of the party are fully understood. It should not be forgotten by those sup- ters of the President-elect who have Reretofore differed from us on the tariff question that republicans are protectionists by the explicit pledges of platform and candidates and by the traditional policy of the party, and as such are bound by every consideration of fidelity to the American people to apply their principles to any changes which may be made in revenue laws. No amendments to our tariff laws, how- ever, should be made unless necessary to cure defects or to provide the requisite rev- enue. ie task of amendments should be en- tered upon in a spirit of true conservatism and with a determination to make the needed changes. as.soon as possible, and in @ manner which will create the least dis- turbance to business interests, NELSON W. ALDRICH. “THE CUBAN STRUGGLE. Odds Against Which the Patriots Are Fighting for Their Freedom. To the Editor of The Evening Star: How heroically and against what fearful odda :therCukan.patsicts are ‘maintaining their war for independence can only be realized ‘by a comparison with our own struggle with Great Britain. The popula- tion of the Unfted Colonies during the rev- olutionary war has been estimated at about 3,000,000. The present population of Cuba is given at about 1,500,000. As at least a half million’ of these are, Spanjards, who are either non-combatantg or ane actually assisting Spain, it will be seem-that the population of the colonies in rebellion against Great Britain was about three times the present population of Cuba {n rebellion against Spain. 3 » The following extract ‘from the corre- spondence of John Adams, written in De- cember, 1809, will be read with. jnterest,.as showing, the forces agains§ which our revo- lutionary forefathers contended, .He says: “Great Britain in our revolutionary war never had in North America, including thé Canadas, at any one time-morg than five ard twenty thousand men. .Dyring some part of the war I thought they. had forty thousand; but upon examining their most authentic documents and memorials, I have long settled an opinion thi v - ceeded twenty-five thousgaditey wee Mr. Sparks, who takes ;bis figures from the State Paper office, . gives .the ‘number ore exactly as follows for the years Wi June, 1777...... 20,057 August, 1780... 27,913 August, 1778... 34,064 May, 1781. 28,127 May, 1779. 27,008 Jtine, 1782. 39,029. Or an average of not quite 30,000 men for each of the years named.- On the other hand, I have never seen the number of Spanish troops in Cuba stated at iess than <00,000, to say nothing of the fifteen or twenty thousand Spanish-Cuban volunteers or 'militia:' To properly appreciate, there, fore, the enormous disparity between the number of troops sent by Great Britain-.to subjugaie America and the number sent by Spain to conquer the Cuban pattiots we should contrast the figures as follows: Cuban patriot population Spanish troops. American patriot population. British troops... + 30,000 But historians have everywhere conceded that.withouc the assistance of France the American patriots would have faited~'in their struggle for independence. .W then, would have been the ane ms Great» Britain’ sent against her colonies in rebellion 600,000 troops? This would have been the number our forefathers would have had to contend against, and that, too, without the aid of France, if we contrast the situation in Cuba today with that of the American colonies during the “révolu- tion. -dt- is, moreover,» to be remembered that the British troops were armed with flintlock’ muskets, “tit ‘which respect they were in no way superior to our own people. On the cther hand, the Spanish infantry of today are armed with the best modern rapid-fire breach-loading guns, to oppose which twenty-five per cent of the Cubans have nothing better than the machete. That these men, insignificant in numbers, Peorly armed, bare-footed and ragged, are al adverse circumstances to ‘put up a fight” and maintain it for two years against such unprecedented odds is one of the marvels of patriotic effort. For- getting the ald we received from France in the achievement of our own independence, and without which we could not have achieved it, we are fond of “pointing with pride” to our revolutionery struggle. How much more, then, may the liberty-loving world point to the Cuban patriots and ex- claim “Here indeed are heroes!” Are we worthy of our inheritance so long as we refuse to extend the like helping hand to Cuba that France did to our ancestors? “The truly brave Nenomithes) behold the brave oppressed with Are touched with a desire to shield ana save. FRANKLIN H. MACKEY. see The English Hackney. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Some ill-informed writer for the press in- fers the decadence of the-English hackney in the United States from, its; diminished representation at the annual, show in pro- gress last week in New Youk.. That writer forgets to note that the.entries for the show could nct be made later than the 17th of October, in the white*heatof a presi- dential campaign in which most hackney owners were deeply interested; that purely bred hackneys are nearly all ‘ae at points far distant from New Yor in¥‘that there was a general falling off in'entries from the south, west and northwest; *whtlé Dr. Webh, always heretofore one of*the principal ex. hibitors of hackneys, did not xexhibit this year because of recent aftiigtion jn his fam- ‘The last year has shoW#h a,'farked in- crease in the demand for the ills hack- ney, evidenced by importdtions of extreme- which are regatded’as the best’ for family carriages and light vehicles. These high prices are remarkable wifen compared with the low ones of trotters and racers for the last two or three years, The high comparative standing of the hackney is shown by the premiums offered at the national show: Hackneys, $500; thorough- breds, Morgan bred, $100, and French coach, When we consider the cost of exhibiting a hackney stallion at the New York show, the wonder is that so many in- cur it. The following estimate is a practi- cal one: Transportation, $40; entry, $25; box, $29; groom, $59; feed, $5; insurande, $10; total, $150, without including cost of ‘train- ing and equipments. None but rich men can afford this, and many of them won't do it in the height of'a’ presidential omen. In point of-fact, the haekney p: f the show was nearly as good as usu: Next year it will be larger than ever. W. TELLS FATAL STABBING|CONDE a Parlor Social in South )JOHN MINOR IN THE MORGUE Turner Gives Himself Up and Claims Self-Defense. HIS STORY Jvdge Miller has frequently remarked that when all the pistols, razors and knives have been aestroyed and when. bricks and stones are no longer used for paving pur- poses there will be fewer murders. In mak- ing these remarks the judge has always made due allowance for coal ofl lamps, stove lifters and cooking utensils. Last .night Frank, alias “Barrel,” Turner, had one of the little penknives apoken of by the court, and this accounts for the presence of Jobn Minor’s body in the morgue to- day. “ A “parlor social,” given at the house of John Green, No. 466 L street southwest, attracted a crowd of colored people of both sexes, and this social gathering is r2spon- sible for the death of Minor and the in- carceration. John Green, at whose house the affair was given, is an elderly colored man. He did not give the party, but per- mitted the use of his house by members of a South Washington club. The musi- clans were on hand early in the evening, and the mandolins, guitars and other in- struments made music ta which the col ored couples did the light fantastic. Every- body was happy, and there was nothing to cause any unpleasantness, although those who were enjoying the dance felt a little disappointed because of the failure of the singers to appear and render a few selections considered choice by such an assemblege. The Cutting. It was after 10 o'clock when a party cf colored men who had been invited to sing appeared in the neighborhood and stood on the sidewalk humming the various tunes before they. got ready to enter. ““Bar- rel” Turner was in the party. John Minor was in the house and he opened the door when he heard a noise outsige. He went out on the sidewalk, and after a few words with the party in general and Turner in particular he returned to the house. But he did not remain in there many minutes before he reappeared. and figured in_ what proved to be his last struggle for life. A single cut across his throat severed an artery and he was then unable to make any.funther resistaiice. He started in the direction of the nearest tree, evidently thinking he would take hold of the box and steady himself, but before he reached the tree he fell to the pavement, his head resting over the curbstone, and the blood flowed from the gaping wound into the gutter. “Barrel” Turner had fled, but the police were not pat to the necessity of searching for him, for he went directly to the fourth precinct station and surrendered. He told the station clerk that he had cut a man and had come to get locked up. There was blood on his hand, which he exhibited to the clerk, and in explanation of his act, which he claimed was in ‘self-defense, he said he thought he had inflicted a bad wound. Indeed, he seemed to realize that the wound might prove fatal, but he thought he had acted in self-defense, and id not fear a full investigation. Screams of “Murder” had attracted a large crowd to the scene of the homicide, among them Detective Horne. “ ‘Barrel’ Turner gave it to him that time,” the detective heard one of the party say, and he proceeded to make an investi- gation. He knew both participants. The dead man he had known as a fighter, while Turner, so far as he knew, had been in trouble only because of crap games. He also lear: ed something of fhe trouble. His information was that Minor was door- keeper at the social gathering, and that when he had had trouble with Turner he went in the house and ihen returned to the strect, as if he had armed himself for a fight. ‘The men clinched, and after a wrestle the fatal wound was inflicted. The police patrol wagon from the fourth precinct was on hand in a short time, and the dying man was soon on the way to the Emergency Hospital. The work of remov- ing him from the wagon to the hospital was hastily done, but when the reception ‘tovitt’ was reached a glance at the form gn the stretcher showed the physicians that life ‘was extinct. Then the body was removed to the morgue. This morning the prisoner, who is nine- teen years old, was taken to police head- quarters, where he was measured, and later he was photographed for the gallery. Prisoner's Story. In conversation with a Star reporter, he -said he had never been arrested before, ex- cept for crap-shooting, and that previous to last night’s meeting he had never had any.trauble with Minor. He was invited to sing at the social, he said, and about 10 o'clock he went there with about a dozen friends. They were standing on the pave- ment, he said, when Minor came to the dcor and asked: ‘‘Who rapped at this door? Did you?” ‘rTirner said he answered that he did not, wkereupon the man at the door threatened to smash him in the mouth. Minor wenc in the heuse, but returned in a few minutes and renewed the trouble. “He grabbed me by the throat,” said the prisoner, ‘“‘and when he saw he could not drag me down the street he knocked me down” and fell on me. While he had me down I cut up at him with my penknife.” -The knife, he said, te threw away just after he used it. Inquest Ordered. Coroner Hammett viewed the body today and decided to hold an inquest at the sixth precinct station tomorrow at noon. In the meantime the prisoner will be held in the police station in order to have him present at the inquest. an Not in Need of A: To the Editor of The Evening Star: I read the following in the University News of Saturday’s paper as part of the Howard items: “A collection was taken Monday for the relief of the only surviving daughter of old John Brown, who is in straigtened circumstances. She resides in Texas.” ‘There is either a copious misrep- resentation to your reporter or some one has been cheating the Howard students. John Brown’s living daughters are four in number. They all reside in California and have done so for a number of years. Ruth (Mrs. Thompson) lives in Pasadena, Los Angeles county; Annie (Mrs. Adams) re- sides at Petralia, Humboldt county; Sarah and Buen live in Santa Clara county. Only one is unmarried, and there are a large number of children, extending to a third generation. There are two sons still living —Jason, who resides near his sister Ruth, and Salmon, who lives in the state of Washington. They are both men in ad- vanced years. No one of these families is well-to-do; neither are they soliciting re- lief. They are modest, self-supporting and self-respecting. RICHARD J. HINTO) Author “John Brown and His Times.” a Transfers of Real Estate. Friendship and Mt. Airy—Jno. M. Barry to Mary ©. Agnew, lot 1, bik. 3; $10. No. 1511 26th street northwest—James P. Dade to Charlotte A. Jones, south half lot 91, sq. 1264; $700. ~ Eleventh and I streets southeast—Albert R. Hines et ux. to Andrew D, and Elizabeth T. Mauger, lot 42, oq. 995; $10. Florida avenue between 24 and 3d streets north- est_Ray B. Middangh to Gabrielle M. Jacobs, 10: ‘Tirteenth ‘street southwest between B irtee et een B and © street % ., Drescher et ux. to Michael Burke, original lot 20, sq. 264; $10. Michael Burke et ux. have ‘conveyed same prop- to Annie Drescher; $10. th n.w. bet. ’M and N_ sts.—Harry Martin to Geo. 'V. Davis, part original lot 12, sq. 116, frovting 16 feet ou doth s . Ist st. s.w. bet. D and E sts.—Carl Bike et ux. to Lycurgus Ackiss, lot H, sy. 688, 17 feet on Ist et.5 b. ‘Kentucky ave. and E st. s.e.—Eugene Carusi and le . Browne, trustees, to M Loeb, lots Jee, Baa Be ae" east or 1082; geal, Great devastation hds been caused by floods in Bosnia. A rescue party of thir- teen persons has been drowned near Sera- NSED LOCALS Peter Thies, a cook on the boat, ler~ day libeled the oyster sloop Billy Williams, claiming $19 wages. The vessel is at the lth street wharf, and is said to hail from Baltimore, her captain being James Dod- son. William Liovd was convicted in Criminal Court No. 2 yesterday afternoon of forgery, and was remanded to jail to await sen- tence. It is claimed that the defendant se- cura] $30 from Wm. W. Werntz on a check purporting to have been signed by E. W. Albaugh of Baltimore. There was a fire scare in the “zoo” last night about 7 o'clock, caused by the burn- ing of some leaves and brush. A local alarm of fire .was sent in, and No. 2 chemi- cal engine responded. Other than what was intended there was no damage done. John Perry, a small colored boy, was in the Police Court’ today, because he played spy sheep, a game that varies but slightly from hide and seek, yesterday on 14% street southeast. He was arrested by Policeman Latchford for disorderly conduct. The boy had been locked up all night, and the court ruled that he had been sufficiently punished. ‘William Moran was arrested last night on Rhode Island avenue by Policeman Sweet. A dangerous knife was found in his possession. In the Police Court today the man was sentenced to fifteen days in the workhouse. John Webster,-who lives at 918 2d street southeast, met with a painful accident last night. He was at work coupling cars on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad, when his hand was caught between the cars. Two fingers were badly mashed and may have to be amputated. He was sent to Providence Hospital for treatment. This morning a few minutes after 12 o'clock some violator of the law turned in an alarm from the keyless box at th and F streets. Before the fire department or police could reach the place the individual who had turned in the alarm had disap- peared. Judge Cox has granted Franey Reich a divorce from Otto Reich, on the grounds of desertion and cruelty, endangering the life and health of the wife. William Johnson jumped from a moving train yesterday between Baltimore and this city and received several cuts on his head. His wounds were dressed at the Emer- gency Hospital, 4nd later he went to the municipal lodging- house, where he epent the night. He said that he was on his way from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. As.the result of a row arising out of a game of cards played in the vicinity ot the Aqueduct bridge yesterday Charles Alexander, colored, was treated at the Emergency Hospital for a contused wound of the face. He said that he had been hit by a stone during the quarrel. A Thanksgiving dinner for the poor is what the Central Union Mission desires to | provide next week. Supplies und contri- butions with which to purchase turkeys and other seasonable dishes are now being collected by committees appointed by the mission for that purpose. It is desired to have suffictent food to provide dinners for 300 worthy families. A granolithic sidewalk .is being laid on the east side of 14th street from K strect north. At, the, same time new curbing is being set. The roadway on L street be- tween 13th and 14th is being resurfaced, with a slight change of grade. Four arrests were made in Georgetown yesterday. Two of them, a outcher a a laborer, were locked up to get sober, while the others, a female servant and a laborer, were charged with disorderly con- duct. “ 3 Harry Bell -was arrested last evening for riding a bicycle without a light, Wil- liam Severson was taken into custody for having no bell on his wheel. and Koy W. Horton was overtaken by a policeman while scorching. The trio forfcited col- laterals today in the Police Court. The three food inspectors of the health department made’ a number vf condemna- tions yesterday. Among ‘the contemna- tions were 45 pounds of beef, 38 pounds of pork, 21 rabbits, 22 birds, #0 dozen eggs, 6 bunches of fish and 8 bushels of fruits and vegetables. here arrived at the river front yesterday 1,706 bunches of fish, 10 carp, 7,000 Clams and 6,100 bushels of oysters. Inspector Harris condemned 31 bunches of tush and 200. clams. —>—__ Senator Sherm: Congratulations. Senator John Sherman of Ohio has just written Maj. McKinley: “I am rather late in expressing to you my hearty congratulations for your elec- tion as President of the United States, but they are none the least sincere crd hearty. The greatest beneficiaries of the result of the election are the people of the United States, for they have escaped a real danger in the threatened eiection of Bryan and the socialistic ideas he rep- resented. Yow wilt enter upon your great office with the most hopeful promises of success, and I confidently believe you will meet. and perform your important cuties to the satisfaction of the conservative peo- ple of the United States.” Will Support Hitt. W. O. Lamonte of Chicago ‘has an- nounced he will be for Representative Hitt as the successor of ‘Senator Palmer. La- monte was elected.to the legisjature from the district in which resides Martin B. Madden, one of the leading Chicago as- pirants for the senatorship.. The announce- ment caused much surprise, as Lamonte was generally supposed to be a thick and thin supporter of Madden. EET Musical Notes. The Sunday Night Music Club played at the residence of Miss Elsa Ulke, and studied the orchestral numbers of the pro- gram of the Boston Orchestra concert pre- Paratory to hearing it on Thursday night more profitably than would be possible without such preparation. The composi- tions were Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, Weber's “Invitation to the Dance,” the “Don Juan Overture,” and Bach’s “Passa- caglia.” In addition, Miss Reichenbach sang Cujus Animam and the “Waltz Song” from Gounod's “Romeo and Juliette,” with violin obligato by Mr. Lovy. There will be a pianoforte recital next Friday evening by pupils of Prof. Charles Haydn Chase, at his music rooms, for which cards have been issued. Those as- sisting will be Misses Tressa Thomas, Clara Stuart, Sarah M. Wastell, Miss Mae Curtis, Miss Katie B. Bowbeer, Misses Harriet F. Ganiere, Mabel Gheen, Annie L. Clarke, Messrs. Paul Leavens, Fred. E. Godfrey, Holle Homrighaus and Allan M. D. Schierf. The program promises to be interesting, which will include compositions of Bach, Liszt, Chopi, Wagner, Schumann, Meyer- beer, Auber, Geibel, Wilson, Seeboeck and Strelezki. These recitals are given by pu- pils of Prof. Chase every three months, and as this is the first recital this season, it will no doubt show a vast improvement seceseseecescecsccecseceses “Give me the Luxuries 3 of life and I will do without q its necessities,” Lothrop Motley. Both a luxury and—when said John you know it thoroughly—a PPOPPPPOESESESOSSOD necessity is 199 bOHO49 Liebig Company’s Extract or Beer Yet it is as economical as it é is delightful. Useful in so ; many ways that all well or- 3 dered homes keep it handy é on the shelf. 3 SESOESPEESOEELE OEE FOSS EFL? INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. SOF DEEDS. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. 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The rogra: school by Corelli, Mozart, Handel and Beethove: Mrs. Shir-Cuer will sing an ig ogee 1 Pensieroso,” by Handel. This first time in Washington that citals of this character for violin and plano have been given publicly, and, judging from the subscription list at Droop & Sons, r. Rakemann meets with much encour. Promiges to be a success, n the first and last numbers of the ro- &éram of the first concert by the Wash. ington String Orchestra, the “Corona- the Spanish dances, be accompanied by the vlanos. Mrs. H. Clay sing Alabieff's “Russian Nightingale,” and the aria from Verdi's sts ‘raviata.” The numbers assicned to Mrs. Lent are a “Concert. Mazurka” {Three Meditations,” Liszt's “Twelfth Hungarian Professor J. W. Bischoff will be the ao companist. 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