Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1897, Page 11

. THE EVENING STAR. a PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, “3 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th &t., by ing Ne Com; Te Ere S AUFYMANN Presa New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ileal The Evening Star ts served te subscribers in the etty by ers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents per we ‘nh. Copies at the counter nta each ail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid —50 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. —= parts Che pening Siar. Pages 11-14. QPrinters’ In& (fhe fittle shoot: master of advertising), saps: Jf ts claimed for te Washingfon Stor, and proBabfp frutStuffp cfaimed, taf no offer newspaper in f6e counfrp gocs info 60 farge @ pvercenfage of aff f6e Gouses tiffin a radius of ftvenfp mifes (Entered at th» Post Office at Wasbingtoa, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) FA mail subscriptions mi Rates of advertising made known on t be paid in advance. plieath WASHINGTON, D. 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If we never washed our eyes, ) and when diseased never treated them, should we be surprised at losing them? Why then should we expect the teeth to withstand every possible neglect? ‘Evans’ Dental Parlors, 4a 1300 F stow. aes Oo ee Great Reduction _ In Hair. $2.50, formerly, $6. $5.00. formerly’ $10. .00, formerly $5.00. witches, $4.59, formerly $6. tendants in Hairdressing, Shampooing, ete. Imperial Hair Regenerator for restoring gray hair. Never falls. ‘Try our “Curlette” for retaining carl. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. 16-20e Gray First class’ at eae ere | How About aNew, Spring Harness? If we cannot furnish you with just what you = Want in the way ef a trap, surrey or coach Harness—deperd upon it—you'll not be able to get .t enywhere. We have Harness— honest-made Concord = Harness—in every style and at prices to suit you. LUTZ & CO., 497 Penna. Ave. mR STN Let us shed light on your hall INuminating Puzzle. A myried of picturesque and quai Hail Lanterns make it a light task to solve the question. Nght our ballways.”* J. H. Corning’s “THe Stop’—620-22 13th st. ap20-1id = Sea ee Owners of Dwellings. OTHIXG ADDS 80 MUCH TO : the desirability of a house in the eyes of a tenant as electric light. It gives the house a medern, up. geiommanmnm soomnmm to-date appearance that nothing else can give. No owner can afford to Jet bis houses Me vacant when such a us about electric lighting at . at once. Glad U. S. Electric Lighting Co., 213 14th st. vw. "Phowe. 77. Apl4-20a —~ ANT wear ‘shoes without our ‘sclentitie tions to your feet or No pain in, the worst cases Foot |. GEORGES & SON, 1115 Pa. ah S to 6 p.m. Sundays, 9 to 12. THE GOVERNMENT WINS First of the Famous Hat Trimmings Suits Decided. Many Millions at Stake in the Suit— While Small the Decision Will Probably Settle Many. Others. The Meyer & Dickinson hat trimmings suit, which has been on trial for over two weeks past, before Judge Dallis, in the United States circuit court, in Philadelphia, yesterday ended in‘a verdic: for the de- fendant. The suit was brought ly the iirm against John Cadwalader as collector of the Port, to recover from the United States a difference of 30 per cent in customs duties. The plaintiffs contended that the merchan- dise in question, which consisted of silks, ribbons, gauzes, etc., were hat trimmings and were dutiable at 20 per cent. The United States, however, required the goods to be liquidated at 5) per cent on the ground that their chief use was for dresses and to ornament dresses. : The Plaintiffs Claim. The action was instituted to recover a gross sum alleged to be the excess of duties collected by the government on various ar- ticles of merchandise, consisting wholly or partly of silk, imported at various and widely different times, over and above what should have been demanded under the tariff schedules as they existed at the time of importation. The government through its appraisers held the merchandise” to be dress goods and so collected the prescribed rate of 50 per cent ad valorem. The plain- tiffs afterward protested, claiming them to have been hat trimmings for the making and trimming of ladies’ hats and bonnets, therefore liable only to a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem, and they sued to recover the difference of 30 per cent. This was the issue—a question of fact as to which class the gcods properiy belonged—one of adap- tation, chief use: but it was complicated also by questions of law, for the revenue act of March, 1883, came in, and others arose in connection as to dates of promul- gation. The goods consisted of thirteen classes— cotton backed velvet ribbons, binding rih- bons, plain satin, back velvet ribbons, gui- pure xauzes, silk and woo! crepe, silk cre- pons, crepe lisse, silk crepe, cotton back satins of certain widths and values, plain cotton back velvet, chappe velvets, colored; chappe velvets, black; cotten back plush. Yesterday, after counsel had concluded their arguments, Judge Dallas charged the jury, and at 12 o'clock the jury retired to @eliberate upon a verdict. A recess was taken from 1 until 2 o'clock, and at the latter hour the verdict for the defendant was rendered. A Question of Great Moment. Measured by a money standard probably no more important case Was ever tried in the United States. More momentous cases have been determined, in so far as they affected great questions of human rights, giving direction to the current of civiliza- tion itself perhaps, but probably none in which so large an amount of money was indirectly involved. In the case just de- cided the sum claimed was only ‘about $8.000, yet it was but one of more than three thousand cases, upon the final de- termination of which yesterday’s result must exert a controlling influence, involv- ing in all an enormous sum, variously es- timated, including cost and interest, from fifty-five to seventy millions of dollars. The importance of this first suit, inas- much as it was in some sense a test case and trial of strength, to which both par- ties through organized forces lent their best efforts, makes a resume of the con- troversy interesting. The correspondence had—the reports made, orders promulgated, recalled and modified, during the eleven years through which the cause has _pro- gressed; in short, what may be styled the literature of the controversy—would fill ponderous volumes. —_—_+e+____ SHOT CHEROKEE BILL’S CAPTOR. Exciting Scenes at Fort Gibson, L. T., Yesterday. Ike Rogers, the man who captured Craw- ford Goldsby, alias Cherokee Bill, came to Fort Gibson, I. T., on the 10:30 a.m. train yesterday, and had only alighted on the platform when he was shot by Clarence Goldsby, a brother of the desperado. Not less than 200 persons were on the depot platform when the shooting occurred. The first ball took effect in Rogers’ body. Then the people crowded away and Goldsby fired three shots from a six- shooter into Rogers’ head. He then picked up Rogers’ Winchesier rifle and ran under the car to the other side. There were fifty shots exchanged between him and the crowd, only one ball taking effect, it strik- ing a colored man in the face and inflicting a painful but not fatal wound. The Cherokee Freedmen’s payment has been going on, and not less than 5,000 peo- ple are camped at Fort Gibson. Rogers was a Cherokee negro, and has been con- sidered a peaceful citizen. Clarence Golds- by, who did the shooting, is about twenty- one years old, and has always been con- sidered a peaceful, inoffensive boy. ——— +04 KNIGHTS OF. PYTHIAS. Mecting of the Supreme Assembly at Indianapolis. ‘The Supreme Assembly of the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias, met at Indian- apolis yesterday. It is composed of P. T. Colgrove, supreme chancellor, of Hastings, Mich.; James 8. Carnahan, major general, of this city, and a long Hst of brigadier generals. In addition to ‘these, R. L. C. White, supreme keeper of records and seals, of Nashville; Lee I. Brand, chief of staff, of Chicago. and W. D. Kennedy, recorder of the supreme tribunal of Chicago, are in attendance. The auditing committee went over the books of the major general. and:-reported them to be correct. The expenses of the rank were $20,000, and the membership shows a gain of 5,000 members. ., ——-- 000 Death of Billy Birch. Billy Birch, the old-time minstrel, died at his home in New York yesterday after- noon of paralysis of the brain ‘and”chronic Bright's disease. He haq been very. ill for over a month. Birch had an eventful life. He made a fortune in the minstrel, business, when he was one of the combination of Birch, Wambold and Backus, and: lostvit-all in speculating in stocks. Birch was born at Utica, N. ¥., in Feb- ruary, 1831. He gave early evidence of talent in the amusement line, being only thirteen years old when he took the bones end at a minstrel show and rattled his way to local fame. This was with a combina- tion that appeared in New Hartford, N. Y. Birch then followed the road and played at one-night stands for six years. Then he settled down for a long term with the Fellows organization in New York city. were the palmy days of minstrelsy, and George Christy and his partner (Wood) had two halls in that — at which they THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Representative Sayers’ Plan to Settle the Flood Problem. Representative Sayers of Texas, who was chairman of the appropriations com- mittce in the last democratic Congress, and has had much experience in dealings with government works, suggests a plan for a zomprehensive settlement of the Missis- sirpi river probtem. Mr. Sayers would have the United States government invite the engineers of the world to consider the problem of control- ling the Mississippi river and to present plans for a perraanent system, so that the government might adopt the ideas of the best engineering talent. For this purpose he suggests that u competition might be brought about by an offer of prizes, per- haps $50,000) for the plan which should be considered best, and $25,000 for the second best, inducements sufficient to attract the most skillful ergineers of the world, those who have dealt with such works as the Suez canal and the dykes of Holland. No- tices of the competition would be pub- lished in the principal cities of Europe, in India, Australia, Japan and every other country. Competitors would be instructed to disregard the local interests of cities and to present plans for permanently es- tablishing and controlling the channels of the Mississippi and its suburbs on the basis of the welfare of the entire Missis- sipni valley. The decision of the competition would be in the hands of a commission of engi- neers selected from the Engineer Corps of the army and from civil life. By this plan, Mr. Sayers believes, the government could Secure the ideas of the best engineers of the world, who might be induced by the offer of a large reward to personally study the great river and the possibilities of con- trolling it. Any system of works which would stand the supreme test would jus- tify great expenditure, he thinks, and some system different from the present attempts to control the river, he believes, must inevitably be adopted sooner or later. —_———___-e—_______ THE CHARITIES INQUIRY. Workings of Some of the Institutions Explained. After The Star’s report of the charities investigation closed yesterday Mr. Hackett of St. John’s Church Orphanage continued his remarks. In answer to a question of the appro- Ppriateness of governmental aid to private charitable institutions Mr. Hackett held, as a general proposition, tha: the public Was compensated for its expenditure by the good which was done to the public and so- ciety in caring for and reclaiming these children. St. Rose’s Industrial School was repre- sented by Sister Mariana, was described briefly_the work which this institution is doing in training young girls in industrial pursuits. She said there are some children eovea who dq not belong to the Catholio faith. St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum was represented by its president and treasurer, Rey. Father Gloyd of-St..Patrick’s Church. He said St. Joseph's Asylum was a link in a system of charitable institutions, begin- ning with St. Ann’s Infant Asylum. There the fouridlings are taken in from the streets and kept until they are six years of age. Then the girls are sent to St. Vincent's and the boys to St. Joseph’s. At fourteen years of age the girls are sent to St. Rose’s In-" dustrial School and the boys are provided with homes. The Newsboys’ and Children’s Ald So- ciety was represented by the vice president f the board of trustees, Dr. T. S. Childs. le sketched the history of the institution and the accommodation which it furnishes to the poor children that frequent it. He said it was absolutely non-sectarian and conducted without reference to race or color. -2e-_—. Army Orders. Lieut. Wm. H. Hay, 10th Cavalry, has been detailed as professor of military science at the Pennsylvania Military Col- lege, Chester, Pa., as the relief of Lieut. G. McK. Williamson, 8th Cavalry, who has been ordered to join his troop. Capt. James N. Morgan, 24th Infantry, has been retired, with the rank of major. Maj. F. H. Hathaway, quartermaster, has been relieved from the operation of the orders making him chief quartermaster of the Department of the Platte, and he has been granted leave of absence for four months. Maj. Charles R. Barnett, quartermaster, has been relieved from duty at Cheyenne, Wyo., and ordered to duty at Jefferson- ville, Ind. First Lieut. R. M. Blatchford, 11th In- fantry, has been ordered to Fort Leaven- worth, Kan., for examination for promo- tion. Leaves of absence have been granted as follows:. Lieut. Ralph Harrison, 2d Cavalry, for two months; Lieut. U. G. Alexander, 13th Infantry, for four months; Lieut. F. H. Sargent, &th Infantry, for two months; Lieut. J. T. Thompson, ordnance depart- ment, for fourteen days; Capt. O. R. Mitch- am, ordnance department, fer four months, with permission to go abroad; Lieut. R. B. Bryan, 2d Cavalry, for two months; Lieut. E, L. Phillips, 6th Cavalry, for two months. ‘The following transfers have been made in_the 24th Infantry: First Lieut. Jozeph D. Leitch, pany B to Company A. First Lieut. John H. Wholley, pany A to Company B. Anxious for Beet Sugar Seed. The Agricultural Department is being importuned from all parts of the couitry for beet sugar seed. In view of the unsat- isfactory prices received for staple crops during the past few years, and the pros- pective increase in the duty on sugar, farmers in all sections of the Union evi- dently intended to experiment with beet sugar culture. Heretofore beet sugar growing has been confined almost exclu- sively to Nebraska, Kansas and California. The Agricultural Department has sent beet seeds this spring to about thirty states and territories. The demand comes from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, the Da- kotas, Texas, New Mexico, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Tennessee, Ken- tucky and Virginia. There have also been requests from Pennsylvania and New York. A Nebraska sugar refining company do- nated five tons of beet seed to the denart- ment, ‘and the department purchased two tons additional. The supply is about ex- hausted, but the demand continues. If successful, the industry will probably be developed in many of the states in which experiments are made this year, supplant- ing corn and wheat. from Com- from Com- —_——_—— Bicycles in Victoria. Victoria last year imported bicycles valued at $1,478,715, according to United States Consul Geheral Maratta at Mel- bourne. The wheels sell at prices ranging from $58 to $145, and American bicycles are favorites. It is the practice of some deal- ers to sell wheels on time payment for the exact amount of the monthly suburban railway tickets, so that the buyer at the end of a certain time seems to obtain his bicycle free of cost. All of the leading American wheels re represented by agencies in Australia, and there is com- plaint that the trade is overdone, receiving 85 per cent more bicycles in proportion to population than any other country. —_——-o-—_____ Geld Production in Australia. Australia has this year reached the 100,- 000,000-ounce line in her production of gold. that fs, she has already, since 2851, pro- duced that amount of gold, and the yield ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Nomination. Primaries Bring Out the Voters Today. TRIAL OF THE ALLEGED RAVISHER Marriage -Bells and ‘Other Social Items of Interest. GENERAL LOCAL NOTES Evening Star Bureau, ~ -No. 529 King st., Bell Telephone No. 106, ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21, 1897. The battie of the’ ballots is on in Alex- dndria today, and from sunrise the friends and promoters of good government have been straining every nerve for supremacy The primary,has been an exceptionally large one and many voters who have here- tofire taken little or no interest in politics have appeared at the polis, both to work and to vote, and all feel confident that ere the sun goes down George L. Simpson, the Leople’s candidate, will be elected mayor of the city of Alexandria by a large majority. Many prominent republicans, knowing that they would have no candidate in the fleid, have gone into the democratic primary in erder that théy may ‘have the pleasure of casting a vote against the “ring.” All day long carriages, omnibuses and other ve- hicies have beon going up and down the streets carrying voters to the polls. ‘he results in the various wards and the, grand total will be announced from The Evening Star bureau, No. 529 King strect, as iast as the votes are counted. Ravisher to Be Tried Friday. At Fairfax Court House yesterday, as stated in The Star, a special grand jury was summoned by Judge Lipscombe, who is presiding oyer the, county court for Judge Chichester, who is ill, and after a few minutes’ deliberation they brought in a true bill on the indictment of James Lewis, the negro, charged with brutally ravishing Mrs. lda Reidel. Judge Lips- combe assigned Mesmes. R. E. Thornton ard C. Vernon Ford, two prominent young aitorneys of the Fairfax bar, to defend Lewis, and the triak was fixed for Friday morning next ut 11 ofdock. The people cf Fatf€ux are determined that Lewis shaN havea fair and imparttai trial, but they say it must be a speedy one. It is believed: from: the horrible story told by Mrs. 'Reldel.before the grand jury and her complete identification of Lewis, whom she picked from six negroes in the Fairfax jail, whom she had not seen be- fore, that Lewis will-be convicted quickly, and as the penalty im the state of Vir- ginia for rape is, death, that he will be hung in short order. / Married Kast Night. Miss Ada Cogan and Mr. Wm. T. Davis were married at the M4, E, Church South last night before a,largegathering of friends. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. T. Willidms, the rector. The ush- ers were Messrs. Charles A. Cogan, George H. Hulfish, Thomes* Hulfish and Milton Watkins. After the ceremony supper was served at the residence of the bride’s mother, on Upper King street. Among thcse present were Mr. John Davis and family, Miss Ella Robertson, Miss Demiss, Mr. Pyles.and:family, Miss Evans, Mrs. Thomas Jones-and family, Mr. E. F. Pal- mer and family, and others of Washington; Miss Shoutz, Mr..and Mrs. Worth Hultish, and others of this city. Charter Granted. A charter was granted in the corporation ccurt yesterday; Judge J. K. M. Norton presiding, to the Washington Sanitary Im- provement Company, with a capital stock of $500,000. The objects of the company, as set forth in the charter, are to provide sanitary dwellings, etc. Miss Henderson's Funeral. The funeral of the late Miss Jane Hen- derson, whose death was mentioned in The Star, took.-place this afternoon, and was attended by a large. number of the friends of the deceased. The interment was pri- vate. Police Court. In the police ‘court this morning the fol- lowing cases Were disposed of: Charles Tyler, Charles. Lair, Baltimore, Richard Washington and Doc Baltimore, arrested by Officers Knight and Wilkinson, charged with gambling, fined $2 each; Dan Sullivan, charged with drunkenness and cruelly treating his wife, was sent to jail for ten days. Ivan ‘illiams, who shot Noah Green in the arm, was -sent to jail for investigation, + The New York Trip. The 34 Regiment Drum Corps-has volun- teered to go to New York with the Alex- andria Light Infantry, without charge, and 4 purse. is being raised to pay its ex- penses. ‘ Daughters of the Confederacy. The Grand Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy in Virginia will meet here tomorrow at 11 am. A reception will be given in thelr honor by the 17th Virginia Regiment, United Daughters of the Con- federacy, in the evening, from 8 to 11 o’clock. The Mary Custis Lee Chapter, U. D. C.; Lee Camp,-Confederate Veterans; Ann Lee Memorial Association, Ladies’ Auxiliary of Lee Camp, and the Sons of Veterans are invited to attend. General and Personal Notes. The following vestrymen have been elect- ed by the congregation of Grace Episcopal Church: Messrs. A. W, Deahl, F. ‘T. King, George Darley, W. Hi-Van Fleck, Charles King, C. N, Moore an@:H. B. Ramey. Park Agnew will eriter on his duties as collector of revenue Maly 1. J.J. Jamieson and H; K. Field have gone to Richmond on Royal Arcanum business. The McKinley ClutNo. 1 will hold a meeting tonight. The Alexandria Infantry will at- Knights of Pythias’ fair Friday tend the mene y supcessful musical and ere Was & Very stiecess! m! an literary entertainment, in Trinity M.- E. Sunday school last ni = el = Miss Ida Adams ia/-visiting friends in Baltimore. _~ aS Miss Nela Fowle ig the guest of Mrs, J.T. Beckham, ‘There was-az ngof the Young Men's Socal ae last ‘night. - Lodge; 1, O, 0. F., held a-regular | Bis! meeting last night. —_>+— st National Geographic Society. ‘The lectur2 before the National Geograph- ie Society Friday evening of this week, in the Congregational Church, corner of 10th and G streets, will be by Dr. T. C. Men- denhall, who is well known in this city as the former dent of the coast and io a 3 vcr hn pe oe ne DISMISSED GIRLS, The Effort to Get Reinstateme the Bureau of Engraving. There was a large and interesting meet- ing of the McKinley and Hobart Club of the District of Columbia held at Israel Church last night, with Mr. R. D. Ruffin, president, in the chair, and Mr. D. J. Ed- wards, secretary, to hear the report of the committee appointed to wait upon thc Sec- retary of the Treasury in reference to the reinstatement of the colored girls that were dismissed from the bureau of engraving and printing, and to ask ‘or the removal of the chief of the bureau, Johnson. The chairman made a statement in bebalf of the committee as follows: By an engage- ment made with the Sec-etary of the Treas- ury by Senator Chandler, the committee called on Friday morning, leaving with the Secretary a statement of facts and a report of the civil service commission setting forth that they could arrive at no other conclu- sion than that the girls were dismissed for no vuther reason than because of color. The statement set forth that it was a wrong done to the race. The Secretary stated to the committee that the matter would be in- vestigated at once and justice done to the cause. The committee called Monday for a report and the Secretary said the matter was referred to his private secretary, upon whom the committee called, and was toll that the matter had been thoroughly inves tigated, and to leave with the appointing cleric at cnce all of the names of the girls that they asked to have reinstated. ‘The meeting was ably addressed by Re Dr. Laws, Mr. John W. Freeman and M Jennie Morris, one of the young ladies nilssed. Forty-one names of those chat were dismissed were handed to the presi- dent of the meeting to be filed with the ap- peinting clerk today. A copy cf a letter frcm chief of the bu- reau, Johnson, dated September 12, 180%, was read, which was addressed to the then Secretary, Carlisle, askirg permission to re- move the colored girls from the bureau of printing and engraving, and stating that by so doing a better class of white girls weuld ert-r the cexamirations, whcess stand- ing would be much higher than the present ones. A resolution was unanimously passed thanking The Evening Star for the impar- tiai manner in which it has published the proceedings of the club in the fight for equai justice to all citizens alike. Se MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Resolutions Adopted by the American F, of L. Executive Council. The executive council of the American Federation of Labor transacted a large amount of business yesterday afternoon af- ter The Star’s report of the proceedings closed. The council declared strongly against the practice which it claimed now exists in some industries of working over- time, beyond the established hours of la- ber, particularly in these times when so many unemployed are struggling for an op- pertunity to work. The practice vas char- acterized as an instigator to base selfish- ness, a radical violation of union princi- ples that tended to set back the general movement for the eight-hour work day. Resolutions were adopted empowering President Gompers to use such means as he may deem best to secure the thorough organization of the workers in the gas sec- tions of Indiana and Ohio; requesting Vice President McGuire to visit the convention of textile workers at Philadelphia on May 3 and. Vice, President O'Connell: to attend the annual conventior of musicians, which will Begin fii Mansas City on the'6th of game month; recommending that a unifor- mity of dues should prevail in the organi- zations and that the traveling cards of the members of the American Federation of Labor should be accepted by the affiliated unions without tne payment of entraace or initlation fees; insisting upon the enact- ment of laws in the interest of labor, par- ticularly the eight-hour law; opposing the bill which authorizes the corporal punish- ment of seamen and directing that an effort be made by the proper persons to secure for seamen better treatment while upon the seas and in coastwise trade, and to get for them prompt payment of their wages, and urging an amendment to the anti-trust law to exempt labor organizations from any application of the law. ; A proposition for the organization of jn- venile workers ard the issuance to them of charters was referred to the affiliated cen- tral bodies of the various locelities affected. Orders were adopted that the aid of the Amer‘can Federation of Labor be extended in the organization of @he national union of paper makers and several other indus- tries, and appropriations made to carry on the work connected therewith. Also. thai an effort be made to secure the adjustment of the differences between various corpora- ticns and their respective employes. —_.__ ~ Oriental Society. The annual meeting of the American Ori- ental Society will be held at Baltimore to- morrow and remain in session Friday and Saturday, with Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, pres- ident of Johns Hopkins University, as pre- siding officer. A number of interesting pa- pers will be read by prominent literary men. The program is as follows: Rev. S. J. Carr, Catholic University of America, “On a Hitherto Unknown Treatise of Thomas of Edesssa on the Nativity of Our Lord.” Dr. Cryus Adler, United States National Mu- seum, “A Proposed Catalogue of Egyptian Papyri aud Monuments.” Prof. Richard Gottheel, Columbian University, “Persian Influences in Arabia.’’ Prof. Paul Haupt, Johns Hopkins University, ‘The Pronuncia- tion of Hebrew.” Mr. Hirshberg, Johns Hopkins University, “The Brahma Somaj Movement in India.” Prof. Morris Jostron, jr., University of Pennsylvania, “Nebopolassor and the Temple of the Sun- God at Sippi.” Prof. E. W. Hopkins, Yale University, “Notes From India—Buddha’s Wooly Hair.” Rev. Robert J. Law, Colum- bia University, “On Some Babylonian Tem- ple Records in the Library of Columbia University.” Prof. H. Oertel, Yale Univer- sity, “Did Sayana Know the Jaiminiya Brahmana?” Prof. Henry P. Smith, Lake- wood, N. Y., “Was Mahommed’s Impulse Received From Christian or Jewish Sources?” Dr. G. A. Reisner, Howard Uni- versity, “Old Babylonian System of Weights and Measures.” Prof. C. R. Lauman, How- ard University, “The Discovery of the Birthplace of Buddha.” Dr. Gilman will entertain the society at luncheon on Fri- day. —>- Easter Anniversary. ‘The Easter anniversary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Baltimore Conference M. E. Church will be held io- morrow at Metropolitan M. E. Church, Rev. Hugh Johnston, D. D., pastor, 4% and C_ streets -northwest. % Three sessions will be held. At the morn- ing meeting the program comprises: Con- secration service, led by Mrs. William Bur- ris; vocal solo, Miss Mattie Gray; address- es, “Paying What We Owe,” Mrs. B. F. noon session will consist of a Bible reading by Miss Lena Foss; vocal solo, Mrs. Olin = eo snares pret zee to India,” irs. vy. Lorin “encourage- ment half hour” will be led by Mrs. Sarah D. La Fetra. 4 ‘The evening meeting, which will begin at 7:30 o'clock, will have as a prelude a service, and after prayer by IN THE WORKMEN'S WORLD Meotings of the Building Trades Council and Federation of Labor. Both Bodies the Alleged Employment of N. Unton Help in the District. Consider Instances of The Building Trades Council at its weekly meeting last evening, President William Silver in the chair, confirmed the action of the committee having charge of the settlement of pending troubles between the organization and Mr. Stilson Hutchins, and In view of the fact that Mr. Hutchins had signed an agreement which is satisfac- tory to the Building Trades Council, an entry in the records was made that the in- cident was regarded as closed. The special committee appointed to see Capt. Blake in reference to the employ- ment of union painters on his steamer work reported that he said he was favor- able to the employment of uaion labor, and the committee was directed to submit to him a Building Trades Council contract for his signature. The committee which was directed to call on the Secretary of War in reference to the employment of cheaf? and incompe- tent labor in the construction of the sea wall along the river front reported having seen the Secretary, and that the latter said that he knew nothing of the alleged com- plaints, but he requested that the commit- tee would send him a written statement of the grievance, and that he would refer the commumcation to Maj. Allen, who has charge of the improvement, for a report thereon, A complaint was filed that a prominent baker is employing non-union labor-in the construction of some houses which he is having built in Mcunt Pleasant, and the grievance committee was instructed to call upon him and enter a protest against his so doing. The committee having the matter in charge reported that the Pope Manufac- turing Company, which is erecting a plant on 14th street near I street northwest, had refused to recognize union labor, and the secretary was directed to communicate with the management and ask that this be changed and union men be given the work, and aiso to inform the proper parties that if they refuse to do so the Building Trades Council will take further action in the premises. Delegates from the Hod Carriers were admitted and obligated. Federation of Labor. The meeting last evening of the local Federation of Labor was. attended by the represcntatives of twenty-four organiza- ticns. ~ The contract committee reported that they had received assurances from the proper perties that in the building of the new synagogue none but union men who are residents of Washington would be giv- en employment. The committee having charge of the agi- tation of the movement for the closing of the shoe stores in the city at 6 p.m. re- ported that encouraging progress was be- ing made. A resolution was adopted pledg- ;ing the support of the federation to all dealers who will close at the hour named. ‘Ht was stated that the subject will be brought officially before all the local organ- izations and the members urged to do their buying before 6 o’clock in the evening. A report was submitted by the carpenters that the names of most of those heretofore on the unfair list have been taken off and that in consequence that lst has been greatly reduced. Announcement was rade that a mass meeting in the interest of labor organiza- tions will be held at the labor bureau Sun- day evening next. National President John C. Newman of Chicago, who is in the city on business, attended the meeting last evening of Local Union, No. 16, of Engincers’ National Union ard made some appropriate remarks to those rresent. President Joseph P. McCrink occupied the chair. Much important business was trans- écted. After adjournment a banquet w served in honor of Mr. Newman, at which several speeches were made. ee omnes AGAINST INTOXICATION. Agitation Among Officials for a New Law. It is stated that some of the police offi- cials are to agitate the question of hav- ing Congress enact a law to punish per- sons for drunkenness. Such laws are in force in nearly every large city in the country, ard a police official speaking to a Star reporter today said he thought such a law shculd be in operation here. In Georgetown, where the police have been annoyed so much by these drunken men, they have adopted the plan of arresting them end locking them up. Three weeks ago Policen.an Brown, who is stationed at the free bridge, announced that all the in- toxicated people coming over from Vir- ginia might expect to get arrested. The first Sunday ‘half a dozen victims got locked up and about the same number suf- fered the next Sunday. Last Sunday, how- ever, those who went across the river and got intoxicated, the police think, remained there until they got sober, for not an ar- rest was irade. - It is the intention of the police now to put the seme rule in operation in another Fart of Georgetown, where intoxicated peo- ple come from the country places. Almost every Sunday, the police say, a number of people in a disgraceful state of intoxica- tion come from up the river where drink- ing places are kept open, and those who fail to have themselves fully under con- trol the pclice say they are going to ar- rest. —_— Laid to Rest. The remzins of Mrs. Virginia Fayman were buried Monday at Glenwocd after the funeral obsequies at her late residence, No. 421 2d street rortheast. -She was the widow of Georgeg H. Fayman, an efli- cient secret service man during and sub- sequent to the war, and for some years an officer of the jail; and in girlhood was a Miss Hoye, the daughter of a well-known tailor of the olden time. She was a lady of many fine-traits of character and in her long and painful sickness was patient ang resigned.regretting only parting with earth- ly friends, while rejoicing at the prospect of meeting those who had gone before. Her only son, Thomas, was killed in a railroad collision at Benning some years ago, when lerk. 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