Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1897, Page 11

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DETAILS OF THE a AFFAIR The second international convention of the Young Men's Christian Association to be held in the south, the previous one hav- ing met in Atlanta in 1885, and the thirty- second meeting of the organization will begin in Mobile, Ala., on Wednesday of hext week, and its session will continue until and including the foilowmg Sunday. Of those comprising the international committee, which has the general super- vision of the work ef the convention, and incidentally that of most of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the world, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt of Washington is, perhaps, the most widely known. It is feared, however, that the condition of his health will prevent him {rom attending the Mobile convention. The other members of the committce, each prominent in his own locality, end some of them having a national reputa- ticn, are: Lucien C. Warner, chairman; Alfred E. Marling, vice chairman; Frederick B. Schenck, treasurer; John J. McCook, all of New York city; Frederic B. Plait, Brook- lyn; S. H. Biake, Toronto, Ontario; Russell Sturgis, Boston; H. Kirke Porter, Pitts- burg; Wm. McAlpin, neinnati; HE. Lb. Shuey, Dayton, Ohio; Cyrus H. McCormick, Edwin Burritt Smith, Chicago; Joshua Lev- ering, Baltimore. Richard C. Morse of New York is the general secretary. Who Will Be There. It is understood that the convention will comprise about 500 delegat Among those expected to attend are Major Joseph Har- die of Birminghdm, Al. S. McPheeters of St. Louis and G. N. Bierce of Dayton, Ohio, ex-presidents of international con- ventions; Dr. L. C. Warner, A. Marl- ing, C. W. McAlpin, R. R. MeBurn: R. C. of Birmingham, W. S. Herrick, John Richards and F. W. Parker of Chic: Prof. Walter H. Buell of Scranton, F John F. Beek and W. Woods White of At Janta, Rebert M. Smith of Rict sker of Washington and secretaries of state and local tatistics showing the magnificent y and Morse of New York, James Bowron Young Men's Christian A: resented in the bedy are being completed, d will be read at the convention. t official figures prepared show that > the international committee cr- in 1866 the number of assuciatio: reased from {) to 1,448, the inem- r . the Tuild- from 1 to 215, the value of ened from $10,009 to $16,759,800, net value of property from 35,014, which shows a won- ociations rep- and $00,000 to. $i derful growth. The International Committec. The international committee was organ- ized in 1866. Its criginal membership was five, but it has been increased gradually to 42, and there are, in addition, 15 ad- visory members, corresponGing mem- bers in as many states and provinces and 15 trustees who care for all gifts and be- quests of money to be held in trust. > duties of the committee are among othe ke temporary charge of state work, which has suffered disaster; to coun sel state committees about desirab! to be employed, to unite states whica are unable to maintair lual state organi- at to aid in g money t work. to help state committees retaries in emergencies. suge o jons the succi experiene of other state organizations, and to pro- m intellectual te the sp and cal of the a: tions gene receives its instructions from the co: tions, . in fact, is their represen and agent when they are not in sessio The coi lion answers the purp bringing together distinguished repr - f the Young M t for compa: change of view! s of different branches of work a: ns Christian A. ison of me held looking to the development of the work and the extension cf the usefulness of the associations. At the coming con- vertion an € jal effort will be made to in which solit tions been work done. maintain d to send Namber of Delegates. To these conventions go delegat Young Men's Christian Associations all over the United States and Canada. Rep- resentation is based on the number of act- members ef each association. As ciations having one hundred active mem- bers or less are entitled to two delegates, and one additional delegate for each one hurdred members. The maximum number of delegates from one association, how- ever, is ten. Members, corresponding mem- bers and secretaries of the international committee and state secretaries are dele- gates ex-officio. Mr. John R. Mott, who ts the senior col- etary of the international commit- me interested in the Y. M. C. A. work while he was at Cornell University, and he was one of the prime movers in the students’ volunteer movement for foreign missions, which has given nearly one thou- sand men missionary work. For eighteen months Mr. Mott has been traveling abroad, visiting the colleges of Europe, Syria, Egypt, Ceylon, India, Australia, China and Japan, for the purpose of inter- esting the students of those countries in religious work. Mr. Mott is scheduled for an addr on “The Students of the World United.” Mr. L. D. Wishard, who has also visited the important mission stations, will speak on the work for young men in foreign lands. Chancellor J. T. Kirkland of Vanderbilt University will be another speaker, and Bishop Davis Sessums of Louisiana has promised to address the con- vention. Rev. C. L Scofield, D.D., of East Northfield. M well known to Y. M. C. A., have charge of the Bible work, and John P. Hillis will lead the singing. Work of the Association. Few persons unfamiliar with the work- ings of the Y. M. C. A. have any concep- n of the ramification of tts work, Dur- the convention “parlor conferences” of. those interested in special lines of its work will be held in hospitable homes, and will consider subjects Hke the following: Bible sty he kind of Bible teaching needed in associations; best training for 4 teaching. jueational work—Industrial education; ‘e and scope in the association; man- ual training; technical training; equipment; the financial basis, do we giye too much for nothing? = Physical work—Educational gymnastics their place and use in the association. Boys’ work—Association work among boys—why, when, what; purpose and prob- lems of boys’ camps; the boys’ branch as a training school for association work. College work—Infiuence which college as- sociation men should wield in the great wor itrcad work—The railroad department from the standpoint of the corporation, from the standpoint of the employes, from the standpoint of Christian workers. State and provincial work—The interna- tional and the state committees—how they can supplement each other; present day problems—how best solved. Work among colored men. Details of the Convention. The local association in Mobile will offer such entertainment to the delegates as is Possible. Mobile's pleasures, however, are limited. The chief entertainment will be a luncheon, at which all the visiting mem- bers, as well as the delegates, will have an opportunity to meet the members of the local association. This luncheon will be given at Temperance Hall, which is to be the headquarters of the delegates. Speeches of welcome wili be made for the people of Mobile and responses by the offtcers of the convention. The day sessions of the con- vention will be held in Government Street Presbyterian Church, the evening meetings in Princess Hall. The convention will be called to order on the first day by the re- tiring president, H. M. Moore of Boston, or in case of his absence, by one of the vice presidents. Committees on nomination of officers will be appointed. At the evening session the international committee, through its chairman, Dr. L. C. Warner, will present its report. Work of the Convention. Thursday morning will be devoted to the “quiet hour’ service. In the afternoon the president will announce the standing com- mittees, and Bishop Sessums will speak on the religious work of the associations. The athletic work will be discussed by Dr. Lu- ther Gulick of Springfield, Mass. and others. In the evening papers on the extension of the association work north and south will be read by Mr. F. E. Tasker of Washing- ten, D. C., and by others. Friday addresses on educational work will be made by E. L. Shuey of Dayton, Ohio, and Chancellor Kirkland. Rev. J. E. W. Bowen, D.D., of Atlanta, the colored minister who received so many votes for bishop in the last Metho- dist Episcopal congress, will tell of the work done among the colored young men. At night the extensive railroad work of the associations will be presented. This is always a striking feature of the gather- ings. Saturday Mr. Wishard and Mr. Mott will speak on the foreign work. Other topics and speakers are yet to be announced, he convention will close with devotional meetings heid in many churches Sunday morning and a farewell meeting Sunday night. Severs His Relations With the Balti- re and Ohio. General Passenger Agent Chas. O. Scull of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad last evening tendered his resignation of that important position to. Receivers Cowen and Murray, and Will leave the service of the B. and O. Company at the close of business tomorrow. As is well known to the readers of The Star, Mr. Sculi's action is not because of any criticism of his management of his department by his superior officers, or de- sire on their part to get rid of him, but is the result of the appointment of Mr. D. B. Martin, _heretofo: gencral passenger agent of the Big Four, to be manager of passenger traffic of the Baltimore and Ohio. it is understood that Mr. Scull felt that, after having been general passenger agent of the rowd for nearly ten years, during which time his ability to manage the de- partment has been conceded all the great railroad men of the country, he could not afford to become a subordinate, and that, as Mr. Martin would be his superior in rank, there was no other course for him to follow except ign. Mr. Scull, who is a native of Pennsy vania, began his railroad life as a clerk, when but a boy, in the office of the Penn- sylvania compeny, which has charge of the Ss a ‘oad =Company’s lines we He showed great adaptab! ering the details of the pi iness, and soon after reaching his majority was appointed chief clerk of th nger department for the Panhandle” division of the Pennsylvania system, as the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago line is called. In 1886 he was invited by the then Gen- eral enger Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio, Mr. C. K. Lord, to become assistant general passenger agent of the latter, which he accepted, and two years later, when President Samuel Sp Mr. Lord third vie neer appointed president, Mr. Scull became general passenger agent. It is un- derstood that Mr. Scuil has recently re- ceived a number of flattering offers from various important :ailroed companies to take service of high rank with them, but that he has as yet made no plans for the future. In response friends, Mr. Scull last evening made following statement relative to his re: nation: My retirement from the service of the Baltimore and Ohio fs entirely voluntary on my part. I have not been asked to re- sign. On the contrary, I have been offered a considerable increase in salary to re- main in my present position. I was unwill- ing, however, to s as a subordinate in a department of which I have for so long been the head, and, therefore, tendered my gnation. I was not prompted to take this step by any feeling of hostility to the gentleman who has been appointed man- ager of passenger traffic, but should have followed the same course if any other gen- tleman whose official rank was no higher than my own had been chosen. “Of course, I feel regret at the breaking of intimate official and business ties of so many years’ standing, but I have every reason to believe that, though I leave the Baltimore and Ohio, the same kindly fee!- ing of mutual good will and respect that has exigted between myself and all my fellow servants, throughout the rank and file of the service, will continue, I am sure I wish the historic old road full meas- ure of success, and hope to see her again occupy the conspicuous financial position she so long held among the great trans- portation lines of the world.” aS Mra, Logan’s Lecture. The Easter week services at the Metro- politan M. E. Church were opened last night with a lecture by Mrs. John A. Logan, who talked on “Seville in Holy Week.” ‘The church was well filled with an interest- ed assemblage, who listened to Mrs. Logan with every mark of attention. Mrs. Logan spoke of the importance of Seville when it was a center of art and literature, and told many Interesting facts about the old city. She gave a graphic description of the sights tand scenes in and around Seville, espectal- ly on the occasion of her visit to it a year ago. Mrs. Logan gave an account of the great Kaster Sunday bull fight, and said that it was no wonder that vice and bru- tality now predominated in Seville under such conditions. It is not a matter of sur- prise, she said, that Spain should lose re- spect In Cuba, and that the Cuban people should not be satisfied with a government not in pace with the age, when one has seen such scenes of brutality and signs of degeneration. The great sacred procession, with its gorgeous floats and images, was described, and the different celebrations in connection with the great feast were graph- fcally depicted. Mrs. Logan sald that the mingling of moral and immoral things was peculiar to the country, and that until this condition of affairs was changed Spain could not hope to be bettered. —————— Election of Officers. At the annual meeting of the board of trustees of Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th street northwest, held last night, the following officers were elected for the year: F. A. Stier, president; J. W. Colley, vice presi- dent; John H. Seiffert, secretary, and An- drew Jackson, W. Fowler and John B. Ward, executive committee, and John A. Shackelford, jani- tor. to numerous requests from the William J. Bryan Speaks of Justice in Government, ALL MEN EQUAL UNDER THE LAW Columbian University Made Reso- nant With Class Yells. REFORMS THAT ARE NEEDED i Wm. J. Bryan*talked for an hour last evening at Columbian University to an audience composed of students and their friends. His subject: was “Good Govern- ment,” and he laid down what he regarded as the salient principles for introducing greater justice in the affairs of men, leav- ing the application of these principles to his auditcrs. : The main hall at the university building was packed to its utmost capacity, although admission was by ticket only. '‘Throngs of alumni visited the university, thinking their past connection with it would secure their admission, but they were turned away and told that only ticket holders could en- ter. Within the hall were assembled the students and their friends. There were many ladies present, and they all joined in uproarious applause when Mr. Bryan made his appearance and frequently during his ddress when he made apt illustrations. The college boys indulged in the familiar yells of their alma mater, but paid close attention to the words of the orator. Al- though the address had been announced to begin at 7:30 o'clock, it was half an hour later when Mr. Bryan arrived in the hall, accompanied by Justices Harlan and Brew- er of the Supreme Court of the United States. A Rousing Reception. Mr. Bryan was given such a reception as only an audience of students could give. Yell after yell was sent echoing through the building, and while they exercised their vocal powers to their full capacity, they pounded the arms of their chairs with writing boards, stamped and clapped their hands. Justice Harlan found it necessary to signal for silence time and again before he was enabled to introduce the speaker of the evening. He said the hour chosen for Mr. Bryan's address was the one usually wiven to considering the subject of torts, but he would surrender his place for the evening to the distinguished Nebraska: who had received over six millions of votes of the American people for the highest office in the land. When he remarked that had a special claim to be called the ilver-tongued orator” the boys aga! broke out with applause, which they re- Goubled as Mr. Bryan’ approached the reading desk He wore the college col- ors in the form of Streamers attached to the lappel of his coat. He looked rather more serious than usual, and his face bore a subdued appearance, and one of his eyes showed traces of his recent accident. In Conversational Tone, He opened his remarks in conversational tone, which he continued throughout his address. He said he never felt like de- clining an invitation to speak to students, though he felt that those of Columbian University had been accustomed to such a high order of excellence his words might be disappointing to them. Such an au- dience, he said, was apt to be rather too erit al to speak to with absolute pleasure. He said his time haa been too pied to permit him to prepare a sp 3 for every occasion. But the subject he would occupy the au- dience with, he said, would naturally inte est every one, as it concerned every on It was a question of government, which, he said, was just what the people make it. He would make no application of the prin- ciples he would speak of, as that would call out partisan feeling. :"I feel this subject must be of es interest to those who are students,” he continued, because students go out to exercise more than ordinary interest and influence in public affairs. I know that some people have an idea that higher e cation and scholarship are not be in public life. I think such an ide at all well founded. an education may be detrimental to a one is by having his s2lf este2:n exces sively educated. A person who has the right idea of education understands that it is intended to make him more useful and to increase his power to do good. If an education tends to make-him feel a super- jority over others {t may separate im is not The only way in which treasurer. F. A. Stier, T.. from the people, because pecple do not think weil of a man who does not think well of them. Your education ought to make you better than you wouid have been without it. It Joes not necessarily make you better than ers. I will go further and say you will find your great- est success when you lose yourseif in your deyotion to some princigie. There is a passage in the Bible which may be turned from its original meaning. If you are all the time trying to save your life in a sel- fish sense you lose your life, whereas if you stand ready to lose your life in some great purpose you find a greater advantag What Government Is. “I think it is essential you should take from college into life prover ideas of what your government is and what it ought to be. Jacksen said there are no necessary evils in government, chat its evils exist only in its abuses. I wish J couid im- press that idea on all people. There are no necessary evils of government and yet when it is proposed to correct the evils of government, persons profiting by its abuse, try to give the Impression that those speaking against the abuses are speaking against the government itself. We can show much more love of country ky at- tempting to eradicate those abuses than in the blind worship of ihe government just as it is in all its details. “But if we commence to study govern- ment we must have some rule to go by. We must have a standard. I believe there is a measure by whieh you can determine what is good in government and what is bad; by which you ~ determine whether a lew is good or bad. ‘I find that rule in the Declaration of Indepentience. It reads that all men are created equal. You say that is old. It is, and so far the Ten Command- ments, and yet we find it necessary to im- press every generatiog.with the force of those Ten Commandments.” All Men Created Equal. Mr. Bryan continued, to say that if any person should dispute that principle of equality he is not in harmony with the goy- ernment under which he lives. “I care not,” he said, “what he calls him- self, what his occupation, what his profes- sions may be. If he ddnies that principle he is not in harmony with: government un- der which he lives. it do not confuse equality before the IaW with equality of possessions or Seo t mistake is often made. When a} m speaks of bc- ing equal before the law some assume he means to level society, tBat all shall nave a common purse, amd tat no one. shall have more of this world’s good than others. Jackson recognized there would be inequal- ities of merits, wealth, cHaracter and abili- ty, but he maint it wes the duty of | government to pr gil citizens whether’ great in possession§ or sifall. He declared that when govern: it attempts to exag- gerate these inequalfties it is abusing its poner! cad He said a good government would neither ult CHARD enable nor permit one citizen to injure ar other, and continued: “You would be surprised,” he said, “to know how many ways injustice can be done by law. The subject of taxation is always with us.” He then continued to say that if one man is made to pay a greater tax than another who has property of equal value the transaction is equivalent to taking the Gifference from the pocket of one man and putting it in the pocket of the other. He thought citizens should contribute to the suppert of the government in accordance with the benefits received, and, speaking of | unequal taxation, sai Taking Property by Legislation. “I can see no difference between taking property on the highway, where there is some risk, and taking it under the safer and more polite form of unjust legislation.” This sentiment was vigorously applauded by the students, He continued to say lar- ceny is larceny no matter what the amount involved, and whether the discrimination in taxation be for large or small amouhts | ¢. the principle was the same. Larceny by law was as dangerous as larceny upon the highway In regard to taxation he said there was a very general feeling that if a man could escape taxation It was all right. In fact, a man could escape taxation without suffer- | ing greatly in the opinion of his friends. “Public justice,” he said, “should be so aroused that public opinion should make it as unpleasant for a man who shirks his duty in time of peace, as it is if he shirks his duty in time of war. Government is as essential in time of peace as in time of war. I know no patriotism more needed in this country today than that patriotism which would make men willing to bear their full share of the expenses of govern- ment.” Again, speaking of the making and execu- tion of laws, Mr. Bryan said: “Not only must the government avoid acts of injustice, but It must prevent in- justice as between individuals. What is the use of contributing to the support of the government if, when you have made your contribution, the governments sits back and allows might instead of right to control.”” ‘ : Control of Corporations. Referring to corporations, Mr. Bryan said the government prevents one person from doing bodily harm to another, yet the inequality in strength between people is not great, so that the stronger are gen- erally not more than twice as strong as the weaker. Yet there is another indi- vidual in the community, known as the “corporation,” which is a hundred or a thousand times as strong as other indi- viduals. If it was the duty of the govern- ment to protect men from injury by men, was it not equally important to prevent this other individual, the corporation, from injuring men, when the corporation has so much more power to do injury? “The government,” he said, “that is not powerful enough to protect the rights of the weakest from the strongest is not a eomplete government, and the government that is powerful enough and yet does not do it is worse than no government. I know when one speaks of corporations he is apt to be said to appeal to prejudice. I am aware of that. But I assert without fear of contradiction by any one that a cor- poration called into existence by law for a public purpose must not be permitted to become greater than the power which cre- ated it’ That corporation brought into existence by law can never be permitted to become greater than the government itself, and when a corporation attempts to be greater than the government it has passed the danger line, and becomes a positive menace to the welfare of the peo- e.”” Pine went on to say that individuals have not only the fear of the law to keep them from infringing on the rights of others, but, as nearly all men believe in a higher law, they have the fear of future punish- ment to check them, while the corporation “4s subjected only to legal restrictions, and has no existence beyond this life, and if it can escape punishment here it has no fear for the future.” Power te Crush Competition. Mr. Bryan spoke of the power of trusts to crush out competition, bringing to bear in the effort a thousand or more times the strength of the individual. Referring to sie Lie ee ARTIST PLASTIC RELIEF. WALL PAPER. PRICES ARE MORE MODERATE THAN EVER. WORKMEN SENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, QPrinfers’ In& fhe fitfle scoot: master of advertising’, 62xp5: Jt ts cfa:m:d for fhe Washing‘or Star, and profabfp frufcuffo cfaim:?, fBaf no offer netspapor in t§e counfrp goes info 60 fary: a vereenfag> of aff f8: Boss:s within a rarus of ftwentp mifzs from fhe offic: of pubficafion. R. W. HENDERSON, OPPOSITE COLUMBIA THEATER. tape: MURAL DECORATIONS. FRESCOMNG ’ancls for ceilings, walls eign Artists. &c.; also painting by Eminent For- Original and reserved designs for special orders. We manufacture our own decorations, thus insuring exclusive- ness of design and economy in its application. Special designs modeled to order. A larger assortment of EXCLU- SIVE designs and colorings from the leading American and tories than ever before. Grading from the inexpensive roc. paper to the ropean fac- genuine stamped silk and satin hang- ings. We "2 5¢: 75. per roll. such a transaction as it-affected the busi- ne: of the individual, he said: “It is as much a taking of your property as if you were met upon the highw dd | fcreibiy made to give up your money He said he felt tistied that would find a way to correct these evils. J might not be his way, but he had faith in for correcting the It might take a long point, but it would pie to devise means abuses cf the trus | time to reach that | come at last. ‘The Constitution, he said, was often urged as against the correction of some abuses, but the Constitution was made by the pco- change of the Constitution and charge a prove it; put he considered that man most | patriotic who should try to make it good where it was bad, rather than to keep it bad. poke of selfishness as an element in ment, and thought it could not be €radicated as an important element in the making and execution of the law. Whe | the Creator placed selfishne | thought He made no mistake. F ishness would see its greatest advantage in just laws, which, while they might pre- ent a man from obtaining wealth by ques- tionable means, would protect his wealth against the greed of oth Men couid leave no better inheritance to their chil- dren than a just government under which they might live. Such an inheritance could not be dissipated by a lawsuit by some di satisfied heir. He told the story he related during the campaign abput the hogs with rings on their noses to show that laws lim- iting men’s avarice and selfishness were not to prevent thrift or accumulations of wealth, but merely to prevent them from destroying more than they use. He be- Neved in men providing themselves with a competercy and hoped conditions wouid be stch that more men could do so. At the conclusion of Mr. Bryan’s address he held an informal reception. The follow- ing committee of studeats, as ushers, were in charge of the hall: Fred C. Handy, chairman; C. E. Miller, F. W. Crist, H. H Lee, J. C. Dabney, W.’H. Robinson, H. T Bright, W. D. McLean, F. P. Warfieid, E. O. Loucks and W. F. Mattingly. After leaving Columbian University Mr. Bryan was escorted by Messrs. Harper, Weedon and Edmonds of the Virginia Dem~ ocratic Association to the Metropolitan Hotel. There for about an hour Mr. Bryan held an informal reception in the parlor, and during that time an immense number of members of the association and other citizens of Washington shook hands with him. —_——.__. More Torpedo Boats Named. Secretary Long has selected names for seven more torpedo boats, as follows: No. 5, building at Baltimore, the “Wins- low,” in honor of Commander Winslow, who commarded the Kearsarge when she sunk the Alabama; No. 12,” building at Portland, Ore., the “Davis,” in honor of Fleet Captain Davis, who commanded the Mississippi squadron in 1862, and was sub- sequently chief of the bureau of naviga- tion; No. 13, also building at Portland, the “Fox,” in honor of the assistant secretary of the navy of that name during the civil war; No. 14, building at Bristol, R. L, the “Morris,” in honor of Commander Morris, who commanded the Cumberland, which was sunk by the Merrimac in Hampton Roads; No. 15, also building at Bristol, the “Talbot,” in honor of the officer of that name who was drowned at Killihihi, Ha- wail, in 1870, after he had made a trip of 1,500 miles in an open boat to get relief for the crew. of the aw, which had been wrecked on Ocean Island; No. 16, building at Bristol, the “Gwin,” in honor of the officer of that name who died from wounds received at Yazoo river in January, 1563; No. 18, the “McKee,” in honor of Lieut. H. W. McKee, who lost his life in an sault on Coreen forts in June, 1871. ——___-e-____— ‘The Dolphin Goes to New York. The Dolphin has been ordered to New York, where she will serve to transport the President and Secretary Long in their review of the Grant naval demonstration. Capt, Chester has been delegated by Sec- retary Long to represent the pave ie ar- ranging the program at New ¥« with the people | It} jple and could be changed by them. | He | said that some mea, profiting by the | abuses, weuld raise a cry against any | | lack of patriotism on these wishing io im- | HENDERSON, 1118 FS EXTRA SALE OF WALL PAPER. the aggregate intelligence of 70,000,000 peo- | 18 jly | at the corner of Pennsyivan | elas relief | OPPOSITE COLUMBIA THEATER. A few thousand rolls in broken combina over from last stock-taking. | they last for less than half the actual cost, to wit., 3c., | ,8c., 10c. and 15c. Some of the papers have sold for ions left Your choice as long as e Written for The WELL-KNOWN HARACTERS. Sporting Men Who FI Than a Half Century Ag The two most noted characters who w residents of Washingion 40 were Jake Dixon both be large owners race Their stables were well known from Orieans to New York, and more j in this vicinity at th old ¢ course, located out Mth t « and immedi. north of Columbian College grounds, also at the Mount Ver- ron course, located near v known as the St. Asaph race tween Four-Mile Run and Alex These two individuals were ners in the famous gaming house avenue Pp basement was occuy of rticu iam tended adr located and 6th sireet. Bill Walker, t restaurant, which was ed by the elite of the cit enators and rey ceeded Wm. Snow, als » establishment mobbe during what was th the great Snow stor s of such a serious na’ United States marshal, ‘T was foreed to summon a pos to disperse the rioters. Snow w of fine personal appearance and the elite of Washington, as well ors from all sections. He w proud, but w' was conside class gentleman. The occasion for the at- tack on his premises was the report which was circulated that he had intima his saloon was not kept for the ment of poor white mechanic gation, though utterly fal far and near, the result being a total ¢ lition of his place of business by the mob. Dixon and Long were continually «di puting as to the quality of their respective race horses, though they sent them to .lif- ferent courses to be entered. They seldom went with them, but at one time they both had entries in a stake race in Baltimore, now the old Canton course. The day be- fore the race a wager was made betwocn them. The earliest source of news at that time was to await the arrival of the Pal- Th was ene The moi that the Ring rated timore Sun. Dixon's entry was b noted gray mare Jim: Long's, his bay cot. When the paper arrived Dixon was the first to scan it. Picking up the paper and looking at the heading of the report of zhe race, which was represented Y showing the white horse in the lead, Dixen, in his exultation, exclaimed that his cray mare had won the race. Dixon n- able to read, and Long's eyesight was fault. Long disputed Dixon's cla still claimed that his colt had won, upon Charles Marble, their colored s¢ was called in to read the result. Looking first at Dixon and then at Long, he ex- claimed: “Massa Jake and Massa Jim, needer one of your tiosses has won de race. Governor Spriggs’ mare w 7; On one occasion during their oecupancy of the noted gambling establishment a very heavy rain storm came on. Jim Long had gone home. the game had ciosed for the night, and there was but one inc ual left besides Dixon. This man stretche out on one of the sofas. Dixon hobbled from one window to the other, looking out on the storm. Having the bank money in his possession, he several times gave ex- pression to his desire to get home. The fellow stretched out on the sofa gave a long yawn, at the same time saying: “Mr. Dixon, if you are afraid to go home by yourself, I will accompany you.” Dixon looked down on the prostrate form, ex- claiming at the same time, “Why, you are the very man I am afraid of. _—- > St. Luke's Men's Guild. The Men's Guild of St. Luke's P. E. Church wiil hold its April public meeting at urished More the-parish hall, corner 15th and Madison \ streets, Thursday evening next. The main feature of the meeting will be a symposium on “The Prees and Pulpit~How They May Be Mutually Helpful.” The subject will be discussed by Rev. A. P. Miller, R. W. Thompson, Rev. W. A. Creditt and BE. E. Cooper. Music will be furnished by U. R. Mapp and others. —_— If yon want anything, try an ad. in Ster. If anybody has what you wish, The you will get an answer.