Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1897, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1897-24 PAGES. | Agents for Vietor Bicyel 909 Penn. Teeth “Talk.” You neg le te will you It talk’ if is of the utmost it teeth to keep best keep them clean and white by + importance using Myrrh & Orris Toothwash «t 25° bottle. Tr contains no ingredients Dentists pre- | a bottle: injurious ty the teeth. eee eee scribe it. Drop in get O’GRAM’S, agth and Pa. ave. and 17th and H sts. ee ee 2 Greate qs $ $50 Bicycles: in the World. 7 ¢ Seewes Having already made a prestige fer_th $ } Admiral” Bicycle for $502 at $50 xperts as the a cle T by CLINE BROS., Ave. The Magnificently Made | “VICTOR,” | In the worid of “wheeldom,” has no rival. Each finished wheel embodies 19 years of experimenting and testing. Stopping at no expense--rejecting all--save that which ‘could help make the Victor--the world’s finest wheel! age me i= Comparisons are helpful to Victors — we invite comparisons. 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TO BE HEARD MONDAY. ed in a Fight at ower House. s Shelton was released on $500 ball and William Brown on $200 by Judge Mil- ler for a hearing Monday on the charge of agsaulting and striking R. W. Smith, an official of the Eckington railway yester- The Men Who Eng: day. ‘The condition of Mr. Smith, who was taken to his home, No. 213 V street northeast, is said to be serious. According to the statements in the case the accused were delivering gasoline from @ wagon at the Eckington power hous when a moving freight car struck their vehicle, causing some of the fluid to be spilled. Shelton, it is said, demanded that Mr. h pay the money value of the loss at once, and the latter told him to make out a bill and present {it at the office of the company today, when the question of payment would be considered. Shelton re- fused to agree to this, and Mr. Smith or- dered him to leave the premises. A difficulty ensued, during which Mr. Smith was ‘struck in the head with a wrencn and knocked down. A number of iren, among whom were Recelver Schoepf, Superintendent Todd and John Mowatt, a car driver, went to Smith’s assistance, and fight followed. During the melee Mr. Schoepf was struck on the head with a brick, Todd with a bar of iron and Mo- watt cn the leg with the same weapon, but none of them seriously injured. Siel- ton and Brown were arrested by Officer Stroman and taken to the elghth precinct station, where they were locked up. Attorney Lewin, counsel for Shelton (Brown not having an attorney), said that Shelton had made a statement’ which he would repeat at the investigation Monday, that he alone was to blame for starting the row, and that Brown had not taken any part in the affair until the fight became general, > Reception to Their Pastor. ‘The lecture room of the new North Cap- itol M. E. Church was filled to its utmost last evening by a large crowd, the occasion being a reception to their new pastor, the Rev. Page Milburn, and family. Speeches of welcome were made by Mr. N. Bunch, Mr. 8. S. Symons, Mr. Maddux and Mr. ‘Theo. Hodes. The pastor responded in a very felicitous address, after which a mu- sical entertainment was given, and the ladies. served ice cream and cake. Among those who were there were Bishop John F. Hurst and the Rey. Dr. Arms, CLEVER YOUNG MEN Private Secretaries to the Members of the Cabinet. TACT AND BRAINY ARE NEEDED + Several Have Had Experience in Public Service. ——— | civib RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS ae T HE PRIVATE SEC- retaries to McKin- jey’s cabinet ovcupy the most cons; and at the same tiine most responsible of- fices for young men in the gift of the fed- eral government. Their friendship anu respect will be court- ed by every one hay- ing intercourse with their chiefs. All offi- cial correspondence addressed to the heads of the executive de- partments passes through their hands and it is left to their discretion to pigeon-hole such letters as they mzy regard as unim- portant. Callers upon cabinet officers must bear inspection by the private secretaries before being admitted to the offices of their chiefs. Unless accompanied by some high official of the government—especially a con- gressman—or by a potent letter of intro- Guction, it is difficult for any officeseeker to get further than the private secretary's cesk. Although always spoken of as “privaie secretaries,” these confidential afds to cab- Inet officers differ as to title in the blue book. Each of those serving the Secretaries of State, Treasury and Navy is classed as Secretary k to Secretary of State, others are properly classed as retaries.”” Several of the new cabinet have suffered some embarrassment due to un- certainty as to their rights, under the new ervice, to appoint new private secr taries not previousiy in the classified serv- Several have either retained their pr; scrs’ private secretaries or have de- 1t ome departments Sof the former ed from the cla: except’ on charges of miscon- mpetency, but if rot wanted in retary of State, ete. he private sec tailed new men from their departments. in has en contended private s pinet cannot be di 1 servict their old places may be transferred to other al positions of the same cla The new civil service bitte book, which appeared a day or two ago, gives new light on the matter. It includes the private seerctaries | and confidential clerks of cabinet officers in the ¢ fied se but places them urder the caption “excepted cases,” mean- that they may enter the classified serv- ice, though exempt from examination. It seems reasonable that every cabinet officer should ave the privilege of appointing and selecting his own confidential afd, if he desires. al, however, have’ retained the secretarie predecessors, deem- ing their experie to be of greater value than that of green mer to be in” ai the time when the new duties are as strange to the new chiefs as they would be to the new secretaries Their Salaries, Salaries of cabinet private secretaries diffe That of the Secretary of the Treas- ury the highest—$2,400; of the Sec- ry of the Navy, of the Secre- taries of State, Interior and Agriculture x each ; and of the Attorney General, $1,800, There appears to be no slated po- sition of private secretary to the Secretary of War or the Postmaster General in the ook, although both of these cabinet ularly appoint these assistants average age of the private secre- cabinet is greater ted at the beginning tien, by a little over The taries to the McKinle than of those app of the last administr two being a fraction more than The oldest of the new years, thirty-two years. private secretaries Is E. J. Babcock, who serves in that capacity for Secretary of State Sherman. He is fifty-three years old, having been born in Albany, N. Y., in 184. When gnly seventeen years old he joined the 44th New York Regiment and served in the War for three years. Since the close #f the war he has held various official pdsitiohs, und has acted as private secretary’ to’ Mr. Sherman—with the exception of & briéf interval—for twen- ty years, first Kecoming assoc‘ated with the venerable statesman when he was ap- pointed Secretary’of the Treasury in 187 The dignity of the position of cabinet pri- vate secretary, therefore, is not strange to Mr. Bebcock. Having been so long as- sociated with so’illustrious a man as the distinguished ex‘senator, one-time presi- dential cerdidate and today premier, Mr. Babcock has cultyyates the widest possible acquaintance with public men, and has become a speciafist in the government routine. s To Axsint Mr. Gnge. Frank A. Vandérlip,"private secretary of Secretary of the Treasury Gage, is tnirty- three years of age, Was born in Aurora, Il, and educated i the University of mi- nois. Hi: boyhood was spent on a farm. Later he worked in a machine shop in Aurora and afterward became associated with McEldowney & Co. in the Bank of Chicago Heights. He was for a time man- ager of the investors’ agency, after which, for over six years, he was connected with the Chicago Tribune, most of the time in the capacity of financial editor. For sey- eral years while thus engaged he attend- ed courses in political economy and his- tory at the University of Chicago, under Prof. Von Holtz and other prominent eco- nomic educators. When s¢iected for private secretary to Mr. Gage, Mr. Vanderlip was the associate editor of the Economist, the weekly financial journal of the west, and also had editorial charge of the Bank- ers’ Monthly. Hs training ‘has been of a kind to thoroughly equip him as an au- | thority on finance and political economy. It is difficult to imagine a career whicl: would better fit a young man to become confidential assistant to a Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Vanderlip is man of striking personality. He has a distinguish- ed physiognomy, high forehead, left un- covered by a tall, waving pompadour. He is rather heavily built and is clean-shaven, Newton D. Buker, Secretary to the Postmaster General. with the excention of a long mustache. His chin is prominent and cleft. Since journalists are said to make the best cab- inet private secretaries, Mr. Vanderlip has an advantage over the other young men holding like positions. Mr. Vanderlip has had the advantages of European travel to broaden his experience with men of the world at large. Mr. Mason. Mr. Victor Louts Mason, who was acting private secretary to Secretary of War Al- er, and who has been retained in a con- fidential position, is a Washington boy, having been born in this city twenty-six years ago. He was educated in the public schools and High School of Washington ard in the Columbian University. For the past five years he has been employed as confidential clerk to the board of ordnance and fortifications, War Department, dvr- ing which time he has served directly un- der Lieutenant General Schofield and Maj. neral Miles, the former having been and the latter now being ex-officio presi- dent of the board. Mr. Mason pro- moted by this board three times within eighteen months after his first connection with It. While at college in this city Mr. Mason was president of his pre: dent of his fraternity, the Theta Delta Chi, of which Mr. John Hay, new ambassaor to England, is also a member, and assist- ant editor-in-chief of the college paper. He has been a contributor to magazines and to several newspapers in Washinzton, New York, Boston and other cities. Mr Frederick C. Squire of Detroit was thi week selected by Secretary Alger as Mr. Mason's successor. Mr. Blandford. J. Walter Blandford, private secretary to Attorney General McKenna, has an exten- sive acquaintance among public men. He fs also a native Washingtonian, having been born here thirty-two years ago and educated in the public schools of the city. He afterward became a proficient stenog- rapher, and during the Forty-ninth Con- gress became private secretary to Senator Randall L. Gibson of Louisiana. He was afterward chief clerk to the committee on pensions, Fiftieth Congress; cierk to the select House committee on immigration during the recess of the same Congress, and chief clerk to the committee on pen- sions, Fifty-first Congress. At this time he was graduated at the Georgetown Uni- sity Law School and admitted to He afterward became private secre- to Senator Felton of California, dur- tary ing the latter's service in the Senate. After this he was tendered and accepied the po- sition of private secretary to Attorney Gen- al Olney, and was at the satcer's request transferred to the same position in State Department, when Mr. Olney beceme John Nordhoure, Secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture, premier of the Cleveland cabinet. Mr. Blandford did all of the confidential work in connection with the general treaty of arbitration with Great Britain, and was one of the few who witnessed the signing of the document. He was admitze] to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, upon motion of Mr. Olney. He resigned his position in the Department of State upon the appointment of Mr. Mc- Kinley’s cabinet, and was reappointed 10 his old position in the Department of Jus- tice, because of his valuable experience. He is a stenographer, and his training has, made him peculiarly fitted for the position he now holds. Another Washingtonian. Mr. Lewis Harvie Finney, jr., private secretary to Secretary of the Navy Long, is a Virginian by birth, twenty-nine years of age. He is a young man of refined ap- pearance, a fluent talker, is below the me- dium height, has a broad forehead, a dim- pled chin and wears a mustache. He re- ceived a common school ecucation, and at the age of fifteen went to Richmond, Va., and began life on his own account. Ten years ago he came to Washington to accept @ position in the interstate commerce com- mission, resigning his office later to £0 abroad. He traveled through England, France, Germany, Switzerlan] and Italy, and during his travels collected consider- able data upon the Passion Play, concern- ing which he has delivered several interest- ing lectures. Upon returning to the Unit States he secured a position with F. W. Huidekoper, was afterward appointed pri- vate secretary to Col. J. C. Haskell, who Lewis Harvie Finney, Jr. Secretary to the Secretary of the Navy. succeeded Mr. Huldekoper as president of an iron company. Remaining with Col. Haskell until the fall of 1801, Mr. Finney accepted the appointment as private secre- tary of Assistant Secretarv of the Navy Soley, later to become the private secretary of Secretary of the Navy Herbert, in 1893. Mr. Finney has been retained on account of his experience by Secretary Long. He is a lawyer and graduate of the Columbian University Law School of this city. Mr. Gary’s Assistant. Mr. Newton Dichi Baker, who is the act- ing private secretary of Postmaster Gen- eral Gary, is the son of a prominent phy- sician of Martirsburg, W. Va. and was: 1113 | F St. WALL PAPERS REDUCED Ie. FROM AND 25e 12490. c. TO.. 5 c. WALL PAPERS | REDUCED FRoM | 40c., 50e. AND 600. 1 24 c. = y Soetetetetetetetetetetetedetedetetetedetetetecetececeeceteteceteeeet Rugs, Carpets & Of Mr. Robe Be Sold for Everything in the entire stock song! Come Monday morning! Auction Sales Daily at 10 a.m. mh26-1m_ eee 1 & t eeeseosese @ € been asked in the cash stores Small weekly or monthly pay in matching figures. Parlor Suitrs from $22.50 to $200. Chamber Suites from $13.00 to $1 Good Brussels Carpet, 50c. 817--819--821--823 Between H SOSOHHOHSOGS OOGHOSS ESO OOS SH OHSOOOOOE is a young man of excellent education, ing been graduated at Johns Hopkins | University in 1892, and by the law depari- meni of Washington and Lee Univ two years later. After his graduation law Mr. Baker practiced his profession for two years, until appointed private se« tery to Postmaster General Wilson. has been indefinitely retained by thy Postmaster General because of his val experience, and upon the appointment of his successor purposes to return to the practice of law. He is youthful-looking, has a pleasing expression and manner and wears glasses. Confidential Ald to Mr. Bliss. Forrest Raynor, who has just been ap- pointed private secretary to Secretary of the Interior Bliss, is a Brooklyn man, born in Port Jefferson, N. Y., thirty years ago. He was educated in the public schools and the University of the City of New York. Leaving the latter at the end of his sopho- j more year, he was for two years connect- ed with his father’s business, and later en tered the employ of the Bank of Port Jef- ferson. Remaining here until 1891, he cepted a position in the Fourth National Bank of New York. He later became pri- vate secretary to Cornelius N. Bliss, treas- GREAT REDUCTION WALL PAPER. Stock-taking Sale of Broken Combinations. ‘RICHARD W. HENDERSON, 1113 F STREET. er eee eer Assignee Sale Of the Large Stock of Handsome Turkish, Persian and Indian His Creditors at Public Auction At 1218-1220 F Street, 2 Sales daily 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. rarest and best productions of the old world are yours at what- ever price you choose to bid! Dimes will do dollar duty—goods of the most expensive kind will go to the shrewd ones for a ni HENRY F. WOODARD, Assignee, 1218-1220 F St. Sedededededetetetetetetectecetetetetetetetetectetetectectetetetetntetednt Buy Better —than men. They know the value of furniture — and are quick to see that our credit prices husbands are the ones who appre Kasy Payments. Everything in this big store do without the matting—nor cheat the baby out of a car- riage ride—because cash is scarce! good. We tack all matting down free—make, lay and line all carpet free—no charge for the two or three | Ingrain Carpet from 35e, a pand up 9 Mammoth Grog GIN S credit House, 6 S8OCe SS EEGs SHRESESON born in that city twenty-six years ago. He | cago he pi er Sever oe 1113 F St. Sony WALL PAPERS REDUCED PROM 306. B5e AND RRRAABAL RARE SASS WALL PAPERS REDUCED AND The, FROM Be. ee, Sestontohoedonhosdondendenientententedteetestostoetectoctediog Art Bric-a-Brac ert Grant Will the Benefit of must be disposed of at once The osfecoagenfecgentoagonfateagentesbagoagenontosfegoatoaputontoatventoatentetoaseateentestertencoatpatectntoareceatoeteeind teat Spdebebeetetanetntepeed “ are lower than they've similar qualiti 3ut the ate our fo is within your reach! ments MAKE it so. Don't Your credit is always ards wasted pot Oak Extension Tal Woven Wire $3.50. ings, $1 Seventh St. N.W., and I Streets. 1 the civil service ex. w later appointed as ste; rapher in the division of ornithology, 1 partment of Agriculture, and six n afterward, on account of unusual efficten Was transferred to the Secretary's offi - Stenographer. July 1, 1885, Sec tary Mor- ton appointed him his private re He is a youthfl appearing man, but an unusually strong countenance ona Posting Bt There was quite an inter ting case tr by Justice of the Pesce Oliver DP. Johnso: yesterday afternoon, in which “. Smith «& Son were the complainants an Moxley & Shoemaker, the bill posters, the defendants. Smith & Son erected a reviewing 1 for March 4 on the south side of Pe nnsylva- nia avenue between 13", and 1th streets, and for the consideration of &5 gav> Mox- ley & Sncemaker the right to post bills on the front of it. The bill posters claimed that they were prevented by the inaugural committee from posting bills on the stand. and refused to pay the contra r hence the suit. Maj. Moore was a witn and testified that the police did not pre the posting of the Uills, but Mr. Mec: tion in 1802 has of the inaugural cormiitte> testified to in forming Smith & Son that they had no urer of the republican national commitice during the McKinley campaign last fall, and upon the appointment of Mr. Bliss to the cubine: Mr. Raynor was retained as his confidential man. John Nerdhouse, who has been indefinite- ly retained as private secretary to the Sec- retary of Agriculture, is one of the young- est of the cabinet private secretaries, hav- ing just passed his twenty-sixth birthday He was born in Grand Haven, Mich., at- tended the preparatory department of Hope right to post bills on tne stand. bill posting company test other stands, A rival as to the terms of the contra: Decision in the case was reserved, Justice Johnson taking the matter under consideration, —- > — James Downs, twenty-three years of age, was painfully hurt at noon today while College, Mich., being graduated there at the age of sixteen. He was in the grair bus- {ness in his native city until nineteen years of age, when he went to Chicazo and took @ course in stenography and typewriting at a business college in that city. He worked as a stenographer and typewriter to a pen- sion attorney in Iowa and in two business | houses in Chicago.. While employed in Chi- at work in the freight yard on Virginia avenue between 4% and Sth streets south- west. He was engaged in unloading wire netting from a car, when a large roll of the material fell on his left foot, crushing it severely. Downs was removed to Provi- derce Hospital for treatment in the fourt! precinct patrol wagon. His home is at 417 Gth sireet southwest.