Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1896, Page 9

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A Cargo Transferred to a Supposed Cuban Blockade Runner. Correspondence of The Evening Star. LINTON, Dade county, Fla., November 13, 1896. stpposed to consist of muni- tions of war was transferred from an American schooner to a vessel supposed to be a Cuban blockade runner off the south- east coast of Florfda two- hours before Sunset today. One of the curious features of this filibuster act is that the United States cruiser Raleigh bore down on the American transport, hove to, spoke her and passed on. A report of the affair has been forwarded to the Treasury Department from Captain Andrews, keepet of Zion House of Refuge, seventeen miles south of, Palm Beach, Dade county, Fla On that part of the Florida coast the western edge of the gulf stream flows northwa bout six miles east of the beach. South-bound steamers for Key West and Galveston lay their courses be- tween the beach and the northward cur- rent, but rarely does a sailing craft venture so close in shore. A cargo Weanesday morning strollers along the Strand and dwellers on the palmetto ridge that parallels the coast line sighted a sail off to the northeast, fifteen miles to sea- ward. She was in the gulf stream and headed southwest. This was so unusual that every available glass and a score of eyes were leveled at her. Steadily she came toward the shore. She developed into a four-masted schooner. Before her hull rose above the horizon she took in her topsails and her flying and outer jibs. When her hull became visible her lines told her to be of Yankee build of about 1,600 tons. She was deep-freighted and Sailed slowly under her reduced canvas. At noon of Wednesday she hove to two miles off the shore and nearly abeam of Zion’ House of Refuge. Captain Andrews signaled the stranger, but she did not answer. She carried no flag and her name boards had been removed from her quar- ters. The settlers along the coast were full of conjecture as to the business that brought the unknown craft to anchor in such an unusual place. Thursday evening black smoke and yellow funnels came up from the northeast. It was the Raleigh. She was looking for filibusters. She had Stopped at Palm Beach and made inquiries of the cusiom officer there. He had seen nothing suspicious. Then she proceeded south to take @. peep pon the keys. ‘When off Zion she sighted the schooner riding at anchor and steamed within a mile of her. Captain Andrews watched the affair. He saw the Raleigh signal the schooner, but did not see the latter answer the cruiser. Anyhow, the Raleigh steam- ed south without further inquiry. Soon she passed from view, Friday noon smoke rose above the west- ern horizon and announced the approach of a steamer from the direction of Bimini, one of the Bahamas. Directly there was activity on board the Schooner. Sail was made and she steered eastward. The steamer was schooner rig- ged and answered to descriptions of the Three Friends. They met and hove to about five miles to sea. A transfer of cargo was being effected. Smoke came from the northeast. A Key West mer- chant steamer was coming down. ‘The steamer supposed to be the Three Friends took fright and bore away toward Bimini. She returred to the schooner when ine Key West steamer had disappeared. After the transfer had been accomplished the steamer headed south and the schooner stood away to the northeast. as The Newsboys’ Home. ‘The trustees and ladies of the Newsboys and Children’s Aid Society begia imme- diately their enlarged work for the news- boys in the new gymnasium of the “George Maulsby Memorial Home,” 230 C street northwest. “The boys are waiting ‘m- patiently to come,” said a member of the board to a Star reporter today. “The work to pe done is so great, the good to be ac- complished so important, and the needa so urgent, no time is to be lost to complete the arrangements. ‘The gymnasium is finished and is every way adapted to its end. The great and immediate need is for the apparatus for the gymnasium and the furnishing of the hall. Other needs are for the dormitory. A room can be fur- nished for one child for $18. Several ‘me- Morial beds’ have already been taken, but there is demand for many more.” The managers are seeking contributions, and request that they be sent to Mr. J. B. Wight, 1410 G street northwest, or to Mrs. I. F. Macfarland, 1727 F street ncrth- west. _————— Garbage Complaints, Complaints of the non-collection of Barbase are being received at the health office. Five householders made requests for a call from the collector, and this morning there were four complaints re- ceived. In several cases complaint is made that garbage has not been collected for @ week, and in one case it was stated that the garbage had been put on the sidewalk mear the curbstone, but so far as the garbage collector is concerned this extra precaution amounted to nothing. es = Drink a cup for breakfast—you'll feel the good of it all day long. STATISTICS OF THE UNEMPLOYED. e © Per Cent of the Working Popn- Intion Idle Continually. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, in charge of the eleventh census, has sent to the Secretary of the Interior a specia report on the statistics of occupations. it shows for the first time.in census work. the number of colored persons engaged in each occupation separate and distinet from the native and foreign white elements of the population, and other hitherto uncompiled figures. The most interesting feature of the report relates to the question of the unemployed. Similar data relative to the unemployed were collected at the census of 1$30, but were not compiled, so that this is the first time in the federal census that in- formation of this character has been pre- sented in connection with the statistics cf occupations, derived fromeanswers mae on the population edule. These figures simply show the aggregate number of per- sons unemployed for different lengths of and to a very considerable extent, probably, at different times during the cen- sus year. There were $1 persons ten years of age and over engaged in gainful occupa- tions in 1800, of whom 1N,821.000 were malk and 3,914, femal were unemployed at their principal oceupations during some part of the census year ending May 1890. Of the whole number of persons ‘so unem- ployed, 1,818,865 were unemployed from one to three months: 1. 1¥ from four to six months, anil from seven to twelv menth equivalent, approximately ersons unemployed at their pation for the entire twelve menths, and this number would represent 5.01 per cent of the total number of persons engaged in gainful occupations in 1N% Divided as to sex, the approximate number of males unemployed at their principal oc- cupation for the entire census year was 972,000, representing 5.16 per cent of the whoie number of males at work, while the approximate number of females unemploy- ed at their principal occupation during the same period was 187,672, representing 4.28 ber cent of the whole number of femaics at work. +2 SPECIAL OFFICER GREEN. He Finds Hiwself om the Wrong Side of the Bars. John M. Green, cclored, a special police- man, who has been in the employ of the Baltimore and Qhio Railroad Company at the depot and the freight yard in this city for ten years past, and who has frequentiy appeared in the Police Court as prosecuting witness against vagrants and coal thieves, was in the dock this afternoon as prisoner. Green was charged with carrying a loaded revolver and a blackjack, and also with disorderly conduct: Judging from the tes- timony presented, Green's conduct las: evening was far wors> than that of any Person he eyer arrested. Green boarced a North Capitol street car of the Eckington line at Ist and G streets last evening, so the driver stated, and at ence proceeded to take charge of the con- veyance. He stopped the horses time and again, indulging in violent and profane language as a®@ accompaniment, much to the distress of a lady passenger. The driver finally requested Green to pay his fare, but he refused, saying: “I'm running this car.” ‘the driver called to a policeman, and the latter advised Green to pay his tare and thereby avi trouble. The man produced a doiiar biil and demanded change, which Was promptly supplied by the driver. He refused to turn over the dollar, however, and was placed under arrest. While await. ing the arrival of the patrol wagon a crowd of fully 400 persons assembled, and Green entertained them with the vilest language ever uttered, so witnesses declared. prisoner thrust a ioaded revolver in the face of the policeman while at the patrol box, and the biackjack and a Pair of nip- bers were taken from him. “He was crazy drunk,” sald the police- ber that it was necessary for nen a ‘or him to the dungeon.” “® '© Telegate “When does your commission as special policeman expire?” asked the court of Green. “It will expire today, if I can bring it about,” volunteered Lieut. Kelly of the sixth precinct, suggestively. “I think it will run out in about two years,” answered Green. The defendant admitted that he had been drinking and was disorderly, but denied that he refused to pay. He claimed, also, that being a special policeman, he possessed the rigkt to carry the weapons. “I have held time and again,’ Miller, in disposing of the case, “that when off duty special policemen haye no more right to carry weapons than private citi- zens. Green, you were not on duty last night. On the contrary, you were beastly intoxicated, and it’s a wonder you are not here charged with murder. With that pistol you would have killed anybody that crossed your path last night, had you the slightest excuse. You can pay a fine of 0 for carrying the weapons, and $10 addi- tional for disorderly conduct — eS Left for Albany. The following District convicts left for the Albary penitentiary last night, in charge of Warden Leonard, to serve the sentences recently imposed upon them in the District Criminal courts: Clifford J. Dewey, larceny, one year and one day; Morgen Tucker, housebreaking, five years; Samuel betters, housebreaking, three years; John Thomas, assault to kill, seven yoars; Frederick Hawkins, assault to kill, five years; Fred Colbert, alias Coleman, second offense petit larceny, one year and one day; Wm. H., alias Henry, Moore, sec- ond offense petit larceny, three years; Rich- ard Brown, larceny from person, five years; Charles Ponsy, larceny from person, three wears; Robert Burnett, larceny from per- fon, three years. said Judge THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1896-14 PAGES. A MUNICIPAL BUILDING Text of the Board of Trade Committee's lin The Proposed Structure in Judiciary Square — Appropriation Recommended. The report of the board of trade commit- tee on public buildings, just submitted, says: “We believe that the time has now ar- rived when the board of trade should co- operate with our people generally to se- cure an appropriation for a building, to be erected upon Judiciary Square, for the accormodation of the courts of the Dis- trict and all municipal offices. “The fact that members of Congress were unable to secure appropriations for federal buildings in the states of the Union has, during the rast few years, militated against the success of the District in seek- ing an appropriation for a municipal butid- ing. It is believed that in the near future this obstacle may disappear, and that Con- gress may be induced to look favorably upon a gufficient -appropriation to begin the proposed building. “It is well known that courts of the Dis- trict are inadequately provided for in the present court building. The Court of Ap- peals is especially restricted ty the quar- ters assigned to it; and the older parts of the city hall are entirely unfit for the pur- poses for which they are used, and all of the building is overcrowded. The >ost of buildings used for the federal courts in the leading cities of the United States was as follows: New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore . San Francisco. Pittsburg Detroit . Milwaukee Louisville Omaha . Kansas City. 1,200,000,00 “It is true that the first floors of these bulldings are in many instances used for post offices, but’the buildings are not so used to the extent that the proposed build- ing here would be devoted to municipal purposes. “Your committee are unanimous in the opinicn that the site occupied by the city Aall, on Judiciary Square, should be se- lected for the new building; and that the wings of such new building should be con- structed adjacent to the present building, in such a manner as not to interfere with the necessary sessions of the courts, until such time as that the completion of a part of the new bullling will permit the re- mcval of some part of the old building. Your committee beHeve that the building to be assigned to the courts, whiie adjacent to the proposed municipal building, need not be so connected therewith as to cause confusion or inconvenience to the courts reason of the great number of people $9,057,417.88 6,115,144.56 7, 178.28 nicipal purposes alone—in other 4 your committee favor two separate, ad- joining buildings, to constitute, archit2ctur- , one building, one part for the courts for the’ municipality, at a total cost not to exceed $2,540),000. “Your committee report that no location has been considere-l by the people of the District of Columtia which has met with such unanimity of public approval as has the proposed site upon Judiciary Square. The new and enlarged building will not further impair the use of the magnificent reservation known as Judiciary Square as one of the parks of the capital. “In other leading cities of the Union the eost of buildings for municipal purposs alone has beer us follows: Philadelph! San Fra Baltimore New Orleans. 5 Chicago 1,716,380 Cincinnati : 1,400,149 When the fact 1s considered that the pro- posed building for the District is to be used for all of the federal courts, inciuding the Court of Appeals, and the new munic pal library, it cannot be claimed that the estimate of cost is excessive. It must be led as discreditable that a community AM) souls is without a municipal ng of its own, especially in view of the fact that the homeless municipality is in many respects a most important ad- jJunct to the federal government. lis fire department protects the federal buildings, its police force guards the homes of Sena- ters and members of the House of Repre- ntatives and the Capitol building; its wealth department seeks to secure proper sanitary conditions for federal officials and their families, 1nd for ali permanent ar temporary residents; its public schools are free to ail who may reside in the District even for a brief period of time; and all the public works conducted under ite care tend to the advantage and security and the healthfulness uf the many citizens of the stetes of the Union, who are here as federal officials or as visitors to the capt- tal. Z “Your committee, therefore, recommend that the appropriation of $100,000 estimated for by the Commissioners of the Dis*r:ct of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 3, 1898, for the purpoze of beginning the erection of a new municipal building ard court house, should have the hearty sup- port and co-operation of the board of trade; and they believe that, with the help of the infivential press of the District, and of our people generally, we may confi t- ly expect that Congress may see its way clear to enable our people to begin this most important and long delayed enter- prise.”* ,The report is signed by Thos. Somerville, A A. Thomas, Geo. Gibson, E. G. Schafer ard John W. Ross, members of the com- mittee. $14,000,000 —_—+—_ Washington Gindden on Bimetalliam. Washington Gladd-n In the Springfela Republican. Your opinion that bimetallism has r ceived its coup de grace in the recent ele: tion somewhat astonishes me. The St. Louis platform stands distinctly commit- ted to international bimetallism; the main- tenance of the gold standard is declared to be cnly provisional. It is quite true that many of the arguments of republican ora- tors and journalists looked toward the permanent establishment of a single stand- ard; but the party is not bound by the arguments of its‘ orators, and it ouglit to be bound by the clear pledges of its plat- form. Mr. Hanna himself is your w:tness that the western states were carried by convincing the voters that the republican party was committed to international bi- metallism, and would do its utmost to se- cure it. I, myself, know quite a number of voters who supported McKinley on the strergth of those pledges, and would never have voted for him nor any other man on the gold platform adopted at Indianapolis. That the country has pronounced in favor of a single gold standard is rot the fact, as I understand it; and I can hardly bring myself to believe that Mr.-McKinley and bis party can be guilty of deliberately turn- ing their backs on all their most solemn promises. If this administration does not exhaust the resources of diplomacy in en- deavoring to secure the remonetization of silver it can count on a reaction within two years that will sweep it from power. + —___se. Visited by Grand Officers. The members of Analostan Council, Royal Arcanum, turned out in large numbers at their meeting last night to welcome the officers of the grand body, who were there to pay them’an official visit. Aaron Rosen- thal, regent of Analostan Council, wel- comed the grand officers and visitors in an appropriate address. The council was found to be in prosperous condition, and is rapidly increasing in membership, five ap- Plications for membership being received and four candidates initiated, the work being conducted by the grand officers, with Grand Regent Edward B. Eynon. in the chair. Last night's initiations make Ana- lostan’s membership nine-nine, eighteen candidates being initiated so far this year. Under “good of the order,” Dr. Thomas Calver, grand warden, entertained those present with an address on “The Benefits of the Order and the Duty of the Mem- bers; George H. Casper, representative to the supreme council from this jurisdic- tion, gave an interesting talk on the statis- tics of the order, the membership of which is now 188,506. Short speeches were also made by Philip Walker, grand vice regent; Benjamin White, ‘grand treasurer, and Claude R. Zappone, grand orator. “T have been using Dr. Bull tor some ‘time, Te cared. say” baby ote vere Yad EP se batege pete Beas of acing is Mrs, ‘Thomas Hinton, Centreville, N. 5. 7,000 to 8,000 was 21,130 majority Ba THE SOUTH ON, BIMETALLISM eS bis Views of Results, oY . 9) be Jee coed Aavice Given® to, the “Democratic Party by Various Au- thertites. 7) From the Savannah News, © ca For years the ,silyer agitation has kept the whole country dneasy. Capitalists haveinvested thelr mohey with the greatest caution, because uf the fear that free sil- ver cottage might be adopted and the cur- rency depreciated to a silver basis. They now krow that the silver question has been practically settled and that it is not prob- able that it will ever again be a great political issue. Therefore, they will put out their money, either in loans or new en- terprises, with entire confidence. that the money of the courtry will be kept as guod as the best there is‘in the world. What McKtinley’s Election Menns. From the Gaiveston Daily News, It means that the American people have decided to destroy all sectional lines and that no party can ever hope to win in this eountry by viclous appeals to class pre- judice and to the baser instincts of human nature. It means that the doctrine cf dis- content and discouragement will not be en- dured longer. It means law, order and Peace. It means prosperity and progress. It fs a death blow to the riotous’ scheme of conquest and spoliation upon which the desperate politicians decided at Chicago to go before the country. The credit and henor of the nation must be protected. Property rights and contracis must be re- spected. The laws must be obeyed. It means a new hope and a new life for the younger or comparatively undeveloped States of the Union, including Texas, in which investments of capital are needed and Invited. It is well for these staies so severe a rebuke has be2n adminisiered to the politics by which thelr progress was retarded. It means a restoration of confi- dence and a reawakening of business the country over. We are not yet ready to betake ourselves to reckless experiments and dangerous crazes lke those by which we have been so seriously threatened. We Lave made this fact known in an emphatic manner about which there can be no mis-. take. Taere is to be no premium on gold doilars in the United States. all. of our dollars are io be equal and as good as the test money on earth. The nightmare is over, and the sun of a new day is now shining in our faces. Let us unite regard- less of former differences and disagree- ments in a patriotic devotion to our coun- try and in efforts to keep our place in tne front rank of a progressive world. The Thing for the Party to Do. Fram, the, Mucoy Ga.) Tehranh..y a+. The thing that must be done Is to get tive lines. In no other way can it retrieve its character and regain the confidence of useful work. government. In that capacity it has been of enormous benefit. coming a radical par rience of te last va it will be destroyed. Plain Lessons. From the Jacksonville (Fia.) Citizen, and if the expe- The party that is beaten at an election is not obliged to ‘bear the responsibility éarrying’ its’ measures: through Congre: Butt is charged: with a responsibility tof another sort. It should study. the lesson that has been taught :by the voters of the nation. It should-conés{der what course it cide wherein it haa erred, and wherein it should make improvement, The democrat! form was adopted until the day of e it lost ground steadily. - Moreover, this lo: was deserved, for principles alone render a party worthy’ of suctess. The party should learn that it must again enter into a fusion movement. party as to a nation. The democrats had ‘for Yédrs denounced the populist: party and: ; list principles. They had for years taught the péople that “populism was a’ Suddenly to form, a union with the populists for the support of a common candidate could not but of- pulist dangerous organization. fend all conservativ “Give From the New York Post. The demand of the democratic press in members of the party. “We look upon free silver com: age as a dead issue," says the Savannah News. laid: in its grave along with the greenback issue.” As for the future ccurse of the democratic party, the News “Js confident the party will never adopt a pla:form like ¢, Chicage,one again, and we seriously q strumental in making it.” Of the about “doing the thing all over agaii Mobile Register says that “the repetitior. will scarcely be seriousiy attempze 4 as “what the people most want now is a rest; and we feel sure that when they get it, it will be at such a price that they will valu it too greatly to permit them: es easily to. be led off into agitation a second time.” The Jacksonville Citizen says that “people may talk about carrying on the ccntest, but every sensible man knows that it is ended.” It sees “only one course epen tor the democratic party,” which iz thus de- fines: “The fight was a foolish une, and to pre- pese its continuance would be nothing short of madness. The party must turn its back upon the unwise leaders who have brought disaster upon it. It must return to the safer path laid out hy its founders. That is the moral of the el When the newspapers which felt. con- strained by local conditions 10 give the Chicago nominee a nominal: support. talk in this strain, everybody can see that an attempt to renew the silver agtiation would fail for.lack of organs. Disgusted With Bryanism. Fiom the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. The disgust of democrats with the Bryan talk the Pepulite combine was most thoroughiy dem- onstrated in the three southern cities of Loulsville, Baltimore and New Orleans. In the last named city onty 23,000 went to the pelis out of a regfsterd& vote of 63,000. In Louisville the usual democratic majority of wed to a McKinley jore gave Cleveland Kinley 32,201, a 53,421 votes, which the total vote of the and Senator Mor- hi victory 6f 12,000. Balt! a change in four years is about one-fou: state. Yet Mr. gan predicted on foi whelming Bryan ‘maj The truth is thaf’ t where refused to reéo; vention and candidates-as democratic, and expressed thelr candegmation at the polls or by remaining as home. Ready to Welgomg Better Times. From the Augusta (Gap Chronicle. ‘The verdict in the case has been render- ity in Maryland. democrats every- ed, and all must powsto it. The people have ceclared thefr be! road to national prospérity is through the republican party and the gold standard, and have called Mr. William McKinley to the presidential chair. as “the advance agent of prosperity,” and pecple of all classes are ready to welcome better times, No demccrat wiil refuse pros- perity simply because it ccmes through re- publican channels, and we propose to throw no obstacles in the way of restored con- fidence and commercial activity. that the surest He has been chosen On the Historic Battlefield. From Judge. “What a noble hero he must have been exclaimed the young lady from the board- ing school. “I shall ask him about his deeds of valor.” She did ask him and found he had gone through the battle not once only, but many times. He was one of the guides. Leading Journals on the Eleotion the demndécratté party; asprotiptly and defin- itely as possible, back to the old conserva- the people and make itself capable of doing In the past it has represented the conservative thought and feeling of the country—the opposition to centralization of It is Incapable’ of ‘be- gn be persisted in that.ia imposed vpon the victorious. one of formulating a poticy.of government and should adopt for ‘the fyiture. Iteshould de- ;barty should learn from the result of the late election that here- after it must stand by its principles. it made a surernder of those principles at Chicago, and from the day that the plat- tion ayer En- | tangling alliances” are. as dangegous..to,a, the south now fs that the silverites, give Us a rest,” ‘ft will never be resorrseted; it! is stion whether it will ever again accept! as leaders the men who. w2xe chiefly in-: lay night an over- ize the Chicago con- Chapman and Mrs. Mary G. executrixes. V. Deckman. Lanham, a well-known young man, died at the home of her sister on North &:. Asaph street funeral will take place tomorrow. ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Moods of Improved Fire Alarm and Engine The Example Last Night—Tried to Own the Town—Local Notes of General Interest. Last night shortly before 11 o'clock fire broke out in an unoccupied frame dwelling on Patrick street, just south of Duke. Tae Columbia engine went to the scene, but did not go ihto service, the fire being extin- guished by buckets. The fire is supposed to have been of an incendiary origin. The Hydration engine in responding to the alarm broke down while crossing the tracks of the electric railway company on King street and could not, of course, go into service. Three things of great importance to the city were demonstrated most clearly by last night's fire. In the first place, the need of a complete and absolutely reliable fire alarm eervice, with direct connection with the engine. The system now in vogue, which is, of course, better than none, is that the perren discovering the fire, in or- der to turn in an alarm, should run to the nearest telephone, send in the alarm to the central office, and the central office then phones the alarm to the engine houses, making, as a matter of course, several minutes’ delay, which is oftentimes the cause of serious damage. Last might tie general alarm was not sounded for some five or six minutes after the police whistles were blown and the cry of “fire” was heard; and the alarm of the Columbia Fire Company was not rung until several minutes later. As the Alex- endria fire department is almost entirely a yoluntary one, it is most important that these alarms be rung promptly to get the members out. A complete fire alarm sys- tem would, it is said, help matters greatly. Then, again, the Hydraulion engine broke wn, leaving only one engine, the Colum- bla, in service. This has occurred several tim of late, one or the other engine breaking down; and at the Chemical Com- peny’s fire both for a time being out of service. It is said that the city is doing itself a serious damage by not providing itself with a third engine, even if that en- gine be kept as a relief and not be put into actual service, though the necessity is seen by all. In a few weeks now the new Hy- draulion engine house will have been com- pleted, and this will cavse that engine to move from the business portion of the city, leaving it entirely without fire protection. ‘The Hydraulion is now located where it can best protect the business portion of the city and its shipping interests, but in a ort while it will be moved to within a few squares of the Columbia engine house, thus putting both engines almost in the heart of the city. ‘The Hydraulion engine, as stated, broke down in going to the fire, on King street between Washington and Columbus, caused Ly the left hind wheel catching in the track of the Electric Raflway Company. The company does not use groove rails 1 the city, consequently it is with much trou- ble that vehicles are able to cross it. In cities much smaller than Alexandria it is id that the avthorities will not allow anything but groove rail to be used in con. structing street railways, and the query of Alexandrians is “Why do not the city fathers compel the railway company to use srouve rail in passing through the ci Chrixtian Endeavor Society. ‘The fall meeting of the Christian En- deavor Society of northern Virginia w convene in the Methodist Protestan: Church Saturday morning next. It will be opened at 9:45 o'clock, with a service of praise by the Baliston Society, followed at 10 o'clock by devotional exercises by the Arlington Endeavor Society, after which Rey. Frank Benson, pastor of the M. P. Church, in this city, will make an ad- dress of welcome. This will be responded H. O. Cornwell. After singing tions by the choir the busines. or consideration will be taken up -rnoon session will be as follow p.m., address by Dr. Jenkins, hrist end the Church;” musi ndeavor as aSoul Winne Church; 2:20 p.m. hristian to Sigr 4 p.m andeavor Fellowship,” Lewinsville: music, Arlington; 2:50 p.m., question box and open arliament, led by Rev. Dr. Mason; 3:20 p. m., collection; pri ‘ocial intercourse ihe evening session the program will bé continued as follows: Praise service, 7 p.m.: p.m., address by Dr. W. C. ‘Alex- ander, “Some of the advantages of Chr Endeavor: 8:15 p.m., consecration . led by Prof. H. F. Tow izpah benediction. Invitations have been sent to the mem- bers of Epworth League of this city and Del Ray to take part in the exercises. Swindled a Brother Chinama: Moy Two, a Washington Chinese iaundry- man, was arrested by Officer Atkinson yes- terday, charged with having obtained a $20 gold plece from Sam Sing, a King street laundryman. It appears that about three weeks ago Sam Sing went to Washington, and while there he met Moy Two. Shortly afterward Moy Two left and came to Alex- andria, and went to Sam Sing’s place and told Sam's wife that her husband had sent him after $20. She gave him the money, and he left, and Sam entered a civil suit against Moy for the morey. When the case came up for trial before Justice Pel- ten this morning Mr. John Green, counsel for Sam Sing, moved that the case be re- moved to the corporation court. While the case was in progress Sam, upon the advice of his counsel, secured a criminal warrant from 'Squire Beach, hence the arrest. The case will come up for trial tonight at 7 o'clock at the station house. _ Thought They Owned the Town. Harvey Ross, John Williams and Milton Thomas, three Washington negroes, at- tempted to take possession of the city last night. Officer Beach happened to come across them, and their disorder was of short order, for they were soon placed be- hind the bars at the station house. The colored republicans gave a cake walk and ball at Odd Fellows’ Hall, on South Colum- bus strect, last night in honor of McKin- ley’s election. A large crowd of negroes game from Washington: to join with their Alexandria brethren in celebrating. Among them were the three named above. After filling up with gin and other concoctions they proceeded to ‘do up” the town. Ofi- cer Beach had considerable trouble in land- ing them at the station house. This morn- ang athsy: were fined $ each, which ‘they paid, p.m., Police Court. Eight prisoners were in the docket this morning. Mayor Thompson disposed of them as follows: Richard Burnett, charge, abusive language toward Officer Knight, fined $10, in default of which he went to Jail for twenty days; James Johnson and Thomas Burns, charge, suspicious charac- ters, ordered to leave the city; Harvey Ross, John Willams and Milton’ Thomas, colored, charge, drunk and disorderly, fined $5 each; Maggie O’Brien, one of the demi- monde, charge, vagrancy, sent to the w: rk- house for ninety days; Lewis Carrington, colored, charge, drunk ‘and disorderly cun- duct, case continued until tonight to ob- tain additional evidence. Wills Probated. The will of the late Mrs. Mary D. Greg- ory was admitted to probate in the corpora- tion court yesterday, with Mrs. Julia G. Powell as Samuel W. Deckman qualified as admin- istrator on the estate of his late wife, lda Mrs. Mary Makeley qualified as adminis- tratrix on the estate of her husband, the late Wesley Makeley. Deaths Yesterday. Mrs. Ada Lanham, wife of Mr. Ww. G. yesterday of consumption. Her Mrs. Eliza Swain, wife of Mr. George Swain, an old and respected citizen, died at her residence, corner of Lee and Wolfe streets, yesterday afternoon. She was in her seventy-third year. Working Hours Reduced. A new schedule of working hours has been rut into effect in the machine shops of the Southern Railway Company in this clty. In the future work will only con- tinue for nine hours per day, instead of ten hcurs, as heretofore. Direct Importation. The barkentine Hattie G. Dixon arrived there yesterday from Concepcion. South America, with a cargo of 500 tons of bone, censigned to Capt. Herbert Bryant. The vessel was ninety days making the trip. This is the first direct importation from a {creign country which has reached this city for a number of years. Where is Mr. Travers? The absence from his home of Mr. Alonzo Travers 1s causing his family much alarm. Several days ago he went away without Stating: where he was going, and nothing as since been heard of him. Mr. Travers’ absence is sald to be caused by financial troubles. It is thought that he will shortly return. Chesapeake Presbytery. There will be a session of the Chesapeake Presbytery in the Second Presbyterian Church tonight, at which the request of Rev. T. H. Rice for release, in order to go to Atlanta, will be presented. The public 1s invited to attend. Mr. Rice will preach his farewell sermon Scnday, and will probably take charge of His Atlanta church December 1 j Young People’s Union, The regular monthly meeting of the Young People’s Union of the Second Pres- byterian Church will be held Thursday evening next. An interesting program will be rendered, consisting of singing, recita- tions, ete. Brevities. Rev. Berryman Green, rector of Christ Church, has gone to Norfolk to attend the church congress, Mr. Frank Slaymaker has been appointed collector for the Alexandria Water Com- pany. Mr. George W. Jamison conducted the services in the railroad reading rooms last night. A large number of tickets have been sold for the German Lutheran concert tonight. The Woman's Auxiliary to R. E. Le Camp, Confederate Veterans, will give an oyster supper tonight. The rumor that there are a large num- ber of cuses of diphtheria in this city :s not true. Belle Haven Council, Junior Order U. A. M., held a regular meeting last night. a a, Youthful Depravity. Youthful depravity of a revolting nature was brought to light in the Police Court this afternoon when John Randolph and Walter Jcnes, the latter known as “Big Six,” two very small colored boys, were arraigned for a heinous assault on a white girl, a mere toddling baby. The testimony of a large number of wit- nesses, which was of a nature unfit for publication, was submitted, and Judge Mil- ler sent Kandolph to the reform scl:ool dyring minority, and directed that “Bix Six” spend six months a Failed te In the divorce case of against John Brown, Brown was allowed $15 a month alimony during the pendency of the suit, Judge Hagner today ordered the marshal to at- rest the defendant and contine him in jail unui the further order of the court unless he pays the alimony in arrears, $15, by o'clock this afternoon. The man’s attor- ney, Mr. F. R. Keys, stated that he has ad- vised bis client to obcy the court's order, but that the defendant has for some reason failed to do so. Brown is said to be an employe of the Adams Express Company and his wife bases’ her petition for divo: on the ground of alleged cruelty. She is represented by Attorney R. Newton Don- aldson. Slizabeth Brown in which Mrs. Drove Into an Electric Car. Considefable excitement was created 02 treet between 9th and 19th this morning 1 10 o'clock by a collision between a Ii rriage, owned by Mrs. Beil, and drtven by a white coachman, and the trailer of a i . driven by moxor ins were brougtii halt and a big crowd assembled. Mrs. he carriage, but was un- The vehicie suffered a badly hed wheel. ‘The nt Was caused by the driver of the riage attempting to turn out from a bugsy. driven by George Burgess, and in doing so ie ran his vehicle into the slip of trailer. to Beli occupied hurt. shaft and a wre =a Make Drens-! Women who are in the habit of making their owr clothes and find it obtain a perfect fit, will appreciate a new dressmaking heip in the nature of a fitied dress waist lining. The “Ideal” linings, as they are called, are made to tit any normal figure, and by securing the proper size it is possible to, secure a snug fit by simply taking up or letting out a few baste steams. 1t is said that quite a tailor-made effect is easily obtainable. A practicai demonstratioh of the virtues of these sitted linings will be made to morrow in the es- tabiishment cf S. Kann & Sth street and Market space. ee fants Abandoned. Two abandoned infants, one white and the other colored, hate been sent to St. iting Easy. during the past twenty-four hours. white baby was found by Policeman Kim- mel on the sidewalk on New Jersey ave- nue, opposite the sixth police station, eari last night. Soon after 6 o'clock the o! cer’s attention ,was atttracted to a bundle, and upon investigation he found the infant, apparently three or four weeks old, wrap- ped in a shawl. In the bundle he also feund some undergarments for the child. Vhere waa nothing in the bundle which would in any way assist the officer in h efforts to asccrtain who had abandoned the infant and who might have been guilty of a more serious crime had not the officer found the infant s0 soon. The colored child, also less than two months old, was found this morning in a Bundle near th botanical garden fence on Ist street. A colored woman named Mary Jones, who made the discovery, turned the child over to the police. Gladness Comes With better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before pro) forts—gentle efforts—pleasant effor rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a Se essy condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. That is wil it is the only remedy with millioxs of families, andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the uine arti- cle, which is manufactw by the Cali- fornia Syrup Co. only and sold by ref- all reputable d If in the See Reed of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one mzy be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in necd of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed here, of verywl Figs stands highest and is 1 pict Gui weatacatpeaneal setmamestoe difficult to , corner of Ann’s Asylum by the sixth precinct officers The Carlsbad. This season of the year is the most,suitable for the use of the well-known Carlsbad Sprudel Salt. Since five centuries it has been acknowledged the medical faculty to be the best and most effective mineral salt for all ailments of the liver, catarrhal affections of the stomach, bile, bile pigment, gallstones, tem- porary and habitual constipation, &c. Millions of people all over the world have been cured by the use of this celebrated spring, and it deserves to be made known to all suffering front above and kindred diseases who have not heard of it or used it before. It acts mildly without pain, and regulates the secretions of the stomach. The genuine imported Carlsbad Spru- del Salt has the signature of Eisner & Mendelson Co., sole agents for the United States, on the neck of every bottle. Office, 152-154 Frauklin Sty New York. BREAK IN A 24-INCH MAIN. Quick Work by the Aqueduct Au- thorities Prevents Much Damage. Water began boiliitg out of the ground at a great rate in the middle of K street be- tween Sth and 9th streets northeast at an early hour last sight, and pretty soon there was a good-sized creck flowing from tt. The police were notified’ by some of the residents in the sparsely settled neighbor- heod, and the former notified Superinten- dent of the Aqueduct Smead, who imme- diately went to the spot, and discovered that the big government main, tweaty-four inches in diameter, had sprung a leak. Mr. Smead and a gang of workmen remained at the point all night, trying for a time to stop the flow of water into the street by pumping, but this being imadequate, the water was turned off at 4th and K and excavating at once begun. This w: completed at an early hour, and ihe main eaposed. An examination showed that ti pipe was cracked around two-thirds of its circumference, the result evi flaw in the iron. The work of p new pipe Was at once begun, ar jain had been cut out ina p feet long, the new piece was fitted in, the water turned on again. No houses were deprived of water, as the small mains in the neighborhood were all sufficient for supply purposes. No damage was done to strcet, owing to the prompt action of ndent Smead. ing in a fter th > about ten te Interested Advice. Yrom the Detroit Free Pros. “Pardon me,” said ‘the new boarder, after the others had left the table, “but I'm _not up in table etiquette, and don't know Just how oranges should be eaten. “Very sparingly, sir; very sparingly, at this time of year,” answ the thrifyy landlady.” — ee = - The hour of approaching BZ; maternity is to thousands (| Bof women the hour of => deadiy peril and almost un- endurable suffering. If a woman will take the right care of her womanly self she can view approachi: motherhoo with perfect equanimity, and without fear of death or shrink- : ing from exces- sive pain. 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