Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1897, Page 11

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PLANKED SHAD ELOQUENCE Ne eee The high esteem in which the hospitality of the Washington board of trade is held was testified to by the larze number of distinguished guests who braved the rain storm Saturday to attend their annual din- ner of planked shad at Marshall Hall. The Washington board cf trade is one thing finite that can successfully compete with the elements. The shad dinner had been looked forward to with pleasant anticipa- ion by every one fortunate enough to have an invitation. Two hours before the time for the steamer to sail it began to rain and there was a persistent and spiteful downpour the rest of the afternoon. The hosts felt that their guests might be kept away by the rain, and thought cf post- poning the dinner, but before 1.30 o'clock, when the party was to have staried, more than 200 gentlemen had assembled ready to take the boat. In recognition of this high compliment, the committee abandoned all thovght of postponing the trip. Prab- ably ro other entertainment and no other hosts could have brought so many persons out in the drenching rain, and the hoard of trade had a right to’ feel comulimented. The Start Down the River. On account of the weather, which would destroy the outdoor pleasures of Marshall Hall, there was no hurry about sailing. {| Lunch was served on the steamer while } | she lay at the wharf, and it Was about 3 o'clock before they started down the river. The board of trade had in mind io show }}the senators and representatives who >| were their guest something of the condition of the Anacostia flats, which it is desired Congress should take some steps to improve by removing. Therefcre, the party first sailed up the eastern branch as far.as the navy yard, and the statesmen viewed the soggy ex- panse through the rain-spattered windews | of the cabin, after which the stoamer pro- p | ceeded di river. >| A more enjoyable occasion couli bardly | ne conceived of. No one seamed to con- p ‘ider ey the absence of su ne nor to {| feel that fair weather was needed 10 eed A large number of the pleasant cnoagh to sit on kk and view the river and mov- ‘cape in the light of a nll gray y," while others played cards. or chatled in the comfortable cabin. The Plunked Shad Dinner, They arrived at Marshall Hall in time to see the fires built and the shad spread be- fore the coals. The guests had to wait only long enough to make themselves at home about the place before iinner was served. All then had a chance to enjoy the most delicious clam chowder and planked shad that the taste of man could crave. Dinner was served in the dining hall, which was just large enough to seat the party comfortably. Hac it been a fair day the number of guests would nave Leen greater and the tables would have been spread in the open grounds. A representa- tive and distinguished party ef men were as- sembled and the speaking that followed the dinner was of extraordinarily high order. There being a definite time when the boat should start on the homeward trip, and eakers to hear from, President announced in advanze that speeches would be limited to five minutes. Few speakers encroached upon tne time limit and all had much to say that was to t ing KIDNEY ' disorders, » matter whether their case of the incipient or chroni¢ stage Il find in the use of this @ POSITIVELY PURE TABLE ¢ WATER Blackistone Island & Mineral Water—a surprisingly spe ¢ é ¢ ¢ 4 4 -dy means of regaining sound z the point. The Specchmaking. President Woodward catled first upon Mr. $ 4 John B. Wight, secretary of the board of ¢ trade, and soen to be District Commission- 4 er. In introducing the speaking, Mr. Wood- ward said: “Gentlemen of the Board of Trade and Citizens of the United States: We do net know whether you are here because you Seco 4| like the rd of trade or ‘the shadbuke | more, but after today we are inclined. to think it is the board of traie. The shad 4| may rave been better before, but I am ¢| told by the gentleman on my rtght (Mr. | | Ross) that they were never better than are today. The board of trade of ashington a great institution, and it s been singularly honored in the past tew day? by the appointment by the President of our secretary, Mr. John B. Wight, as Commissioner of the District.” Mr. John B. Wight. $ ealth in the affected organs. A 4| Mr. Wight explained very briefly the re- Piatorc : ves its 7 | lations of the board of trade to the city of trial of a day or two proves its » , eer 7 i ° "* | | Washington and to Congress. He sald that Aged aren % | he was perfectly sure that Congress was 4 ts abe voles. 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(aren oo an ene wee ar al or toward section, but with a sin- e to advance the best interests community. The board of ad, and he wis sure never 'k anything that was wrong. Jent Woodward introd each. of succeeding speckers with appropriate arks, showing himself i9 be an ad- mrable toastmaster. Senator Hawley. Senator Hawley, who was the second speaker, said that the city of Washington should be the model of the world. In every respect it should be made to excel other cities, and every citizen of the United States should take a pride in its ex:ellence. y respects, he said, there had not < much done as should have been. He thought especially that our schsol sys- tem, as good as {t is, would bear great im- provement. The people of the District were deprived of the right to vote, and thus to direct their own government, but he want- ed to suggest that they did not know how much they were blessed by that being so. “We are your guardians,” he said.--"You are our children. We are your fathers and your mothers. While Washington has a great deal, it needs more. We want you to have the best system of sewerage in the World; the best possible of public schvols: we ought to be a modei to the world in cur sanitary laws and the general character of cur residences, school houses and churches. We ought to have it so that peopie who come here would say: “[his Is absolutely perfect. This is the new Jerusaiem.’ You are here as the representative city of the United States, and we are all your friends.” Senator Clark. Senator Clark of Wyoming was next called upon. He said that he had known of many mean things being done, but of none meaner than this of asking him to } | foliow an old after-dinner campaigner ‘like weow we b = _ | Senator Hawley. “The first declamation I 518 roth st—'Phone } | ever delivered as a boy at school,” he said, Tog2. It p | “as one of Senator Hawiley’s after-dinner speeches. I won't say what effect it had b | on — teacher. “I don’t know what other congressmen eo ! here may think about Washington,” he | sata, ut I know what I think. I like it mighty well. I am going to stay here as long as I can. I haven't any personal in- terests or personal business that calls me elsewhere. But I want to urge this board to ask Congress for one more fire engine, and I'll tell you why. Every time I go away from home my house gets afire. I have been away three times since I came here, and every time there has been a fire. The last time was when the rink burned, and that night my house got afire, too. “My wife, who has supreme faith in everything in Washington, turned in a fire alarm, and then turned to with the neighbors and put out the fire. In half or three-fourths of an hour a patrol wagon came rolling up and a fireman came in and inquired: “‘Have you a fire here, madam? *« ‘We had one, sir,’ said my wife, ‘but we put it out.” “The fireman replied: ‘Well, madam, the truth is we tried to get here, but all but two of the engines are down at the other fire!’ ” Rev. Dr. Hamlin. . Rev. Dr. Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, took issue with Senator Hawley about the public schools in the city of Washington not being as ‘good as they ought to be. He said that they were the best of any city in the country. It was, he said, a subject in which he was greatly interested, and he had made a study of the Washington schools, and was satisfied that they were not equaled. He then turned his attention to the question of the improvement of the flats, and said he would recommend to the attention of those present the flats at the other end of the Capitol. This brought Senator Hawley to his feet again. “If I were in the Senate,” he said, “I would ask to reply to the gentleman. (Laughter.) I think I will say a few words, anyway,” he continued. “As to our schools, 1 want to say there are not enough seats for the children in the school houses al- ready built. As to flats—at the Capitol—I want to say that this country has the best Constitution, is the best governed, and has the best legislators of any country in the world.” Capt. Black. Captain Black, the Engineer Commission- er of the District, began his remarks with a story to excuse the absence of details in speaking of the need of improving the Ana- costia flats. He said that it was of the greatest importance to the health of the city that these flats should be removed. The empyings of the sewers, he said, were deposited there, and there was not suffi- cient current to carry the refuse. away. The result was that it was a festering, ; disease-breeding spot. The removal of these flats, he said, was a simple proposition. It could be easily done at comparatively small cost. He described how this might be done. Capt. Bench. Captain Beach, assistant to Captain Black as Engineer Commissioner, went more into detail as to the condition of the flats and the reason for their condition, but suggested that these flats were not a nice thing to talk about immediately after eat- ing. Representative Linney of North Carolina asked the board of trade to help secure the repeal of the civil service law. ‘“Washing- ten,"” he said, “should be’ the greatest city of the world, because the American people, upon whose shoulders this city rests, is the grandest people of the world. Now I want to make a trade with this board of trade. You have given us, presumably, your shad for our votes. Now I want you, in exchange for our votes, to give us of your boundless intellect, your strong influence in helping General Grosvenor to repeal the civil service law. “I ask you to do this, not only because I desire to make General Grosvenor the greatest man in the werld next to Wash- ington, but because I want to confer addi- tional power and liberty upon the people of these United States, to whom this great city belongs.”” Gen. Grosvenor. Representative Grosvenor was then called on. “When I first came to Congress,” he said, “the Potomac flats were in the same condition as those of the Anacostia river now are, and I want to suggest to the new Engineer Commissioner how, by a similar system of congressional legerdemain, the impiovement of the Anacostia flats may be brought about. Get an appropriation for it under the guise of a river and harbor im- provement. That is what we did with thé Potomac flats. I remember in the early days we had a new member on the river and harbor committee who doubted wheth- er, under the Constitution, the rivers and harbors of the country could be improved by Congress. When we came to the item for the Potomac flats, he was very inquisi- tive, and wanted to know about that har- bor. We told him that at that time it was harboring a vast amount of vermin, ya- grants and malaria. , “In the last Congress we had the proud satisfaction of dedicating that magnificent piece of land to the adornment of the city of Washington. “When the ‘flats’ at the other end of the Capitol, of whom we have heard here to- night, shall disentangle themselves enough to fill ‘up their committees and do busi- ness—" “How about yours, General?” interposed Senator Clark. “Oh, we do business when we want to,” was the quick retort. General Grosvenor spoke at some length of the needs of Washington, advocat! ‘ing the most liberal iraprovements. A better water supply, he said, was greatly needed. “An- other thing,” he said, “before I retire from Congress I want to see in Washington a great public library for the use of the peo- ple of the city of Washingtion. It is 2 shame that there is not such a library here. We have the Congressional Library, but it is not available to the people, and cannot be made to secve the place of a public library such as every other city but Wash- ington has. Mr. Geo. W. Rouzer. Mr. Geo. W. Rouzer, correspondent of the New York Herald, responded for the news- paper men in an appropriate speech, saying that he was sure the newspaper men sta- tioned in Washington would always be glad to lend their assistance for the good of the capital city of the nation. Representative Newlands. Representative Newlands spoke of the beautification of Washington, insisting that there was much to be done in that direc- tion, and that Washington had a right to much more than It got out of Congress. “I have looked into the question of tax- ation,” he said, “and F insist that every- thing this city asks for it asks as a matter of right, and not of charity.” “I am a friend of Washington. I want to see Cot provide for a competition of architects to the end that all our pubiic building, school, fire engine houses, all, however inferior their use, shall be models. None of us are pleased with the architec- tural appearance of Pennsylvania avenue. The south side of the avenue should be ap- propriated by the government and heid for public buildings. What a magnificent ave- nue it would be, lined with bulldings in the Grecian style of architecture, with their colonnades, stretching from the treasury to the Capitol. “Our parks, too, while they are magnifi- cen@, offer hardly any facilities for the recreation of our children. The pupils of our schools are playing in the streets, in danger of their lives: Every school build- ing should have ample grounds around it. In one reservation in this city, three school buildings are crowded together, where there should be only one. In laying out the fu- ture Washington every school should be located ean a sufficient reservation that might laid out as a park, beautifying the city, as well as affording the children ample room for recreation.” Representative Dolliver. Representative Dolliver made a happy speech, calling attention to Representative “It was a statesman of-many years ago, when Washington could’ not compare in beauty with what it is mow, who said he would have it provided so that once at least in the earlier years of every boy and girl in the United Statea they should be brought, at the public expense, if neces- sary, to Washington, that they might have irstilled into their hearts a sense of the splendor of this great republic.” Representative Walker. Representative Walker spoke ironically of the plea of poverty ‘of the country. He said: ¢ “I suppose the trouble about improving the Anacostia flats will be that the country is poor, exceedingly poor. We hear that in Ccngress every day. I think Congress, in its ideas of the development of the capital, doesn’t come up to the idea of the average citizen of the country. The people of the ccuntry haven't any patience with what goes under the head of economy. Pennsyl. vania avenue ought to ‘be lined with gov- ernment buildings, of the finest architec- ture, its whole length, on both sides. We could spend $8,000,000 on; public buildings and save money in taxing the people. We are paying now: 10 and 20 per cent on the cost of miserable old buildings in which we stow away government employes. I want to say to the board of trade, you don’t be- gin to ask enough of Congress. The whole of Pennsylvania avenue will be needed in the next fifty years, and both sides of it ought to be condemned and become govern- ment property within the next two years. The avenue ought to be raised, too, at least six feet. The time will come when every man in the country will say that it was a mistake if this is not done.” Representative Landis. Representative Landis of Indiana made a brief speech, and then proposed, as clos- ing. the toasts, that ,all’ assembled stand and drink to “George Washington, the matchless and illustrious American states- man, after whom this great city was named.” The arrangements for the excursion and dinner were directed by a committee, con- sisting of Thomas W. Smith, chairman; Emmons S. Smith, Frank B. Noyes, Tracy L. Jeffords, Clarence F. Norment, 3. 8. Shedd and John B. Wight, the secretary of the board. ; Some of Those Present. Among those present were Senators Haw- ley and Clark, Representatives Richardson,* Hunter, Ellis, Curtis,, Brewster, Grosve- nor, Linney, Dolliver, Dorr, Walker of Mas- sachusetts, William H. King, J. F. Lacey, John J. Lentz, John Lamb, Archibald Ly- brand, R. W. Miers, David Miekison, War- ren Miller, 8. Brundidge, jr., George N. Davison, Walter Evang, Charles B. Lan- dis, P. |B. Low, Edwin R. Ridgely, John H. Stephens, George W. ‘Taylor, Michael Griffin, F, C. Tate and Francis Newlands. Judges Charles“. Howry and Stanton J. Peélle, Mr. John W. Ross, Capt. Lansing H. Beach, Capt. David: D. Gaillard, Capt. W. M. Black, Surgeon General Sternberg, 8. W. Woodward, John B. Wight, Thomas W. Smith, Frank B. Noyes, Samuel 8. Shedd, Tracy L. Jefforas, J. C. Sprigg, El- lis Spear, Philip T. Hall, A. 8. Caywood, Seaton Perry, T. L. Holbrook, Thomas Somerville, Emmons 8. Smith, William A. Wimsatt, W. J. Frizzell Frank Hume, Dr. H. L. E. Johnson, “Maj. H. B. Briscoe, Dantel Murray, W. F. Roberts, H. A. Gris- wold, Arthur Cowsill, W: Riley Deeble, A. M. McLachlen, Josiah Millard, Charles B. Church, W. H. Butler, R: M. Harper, 8. T. G. Morsell, R. H. Dana, W. A.’ H. Church, E. G. Scheffer, Jom Miller, Chas. 4. Largly, Edward Graves. RW. Mallory J. F. Manning, Richard Wt ‘Tyler;Robert G. Rutherford, T. A. Lambeft, H. Randall Webb, W. C. Dodge, N. G: Ordway, John Mitchell, jr., Randall Hagner, F. B. Pyle, J. B.’Duncklee, A. M. Lothrop, George W. Drew, Thomas B. Walker, Noble J. Walk- sr, Henry_K.- Willard, Hegry W. eed. 2: T. Janney, Job Barnard, Matthew Trimble, Prof. Thomas Wilson, George Harries, Ar- thur Copeland, H. L. West, J. C. Corts, Charles Moore, F. H. Bright and Rev. Dr. Teunis 8. Hamlin. George W. Rouzer, A. J. Halford, C. 8. Snow, 8. }- Corn- well, J. C. Yost, George W. Mc- Lanahan, Charles B. Fonda, Austin P. Brown, J. H. Hopkins; Dr. I. 8. Stone, James B. Lambie, Matthew G. Emery, E. 8. Davis, W. O. Roome, #. B. Chamberlain, Geerge C. Gorham, Jules Demonet, O. W. White, W. S. Hoge, John Joy Edson, John B. Cotton, Charles J. Ball, Henry B. Look- er, Daniel Fraser, Edwin N. Gray, John C. Parker, Dr. Joseph Taber Johnson and D. R. McKee. . eee “CAPT” RIOUX’S CASE. — Representative Corliss Thinks ‘Was Improperly Induced to Resig! Representative Corliss of Michigan nas filed with the Secretary of the Treasury papers intended to show that “Captain” Rioux was improperly caused to resign his pogition as master of, the United States light house tender at Detroit. It is repre- sented that “Captain’’ Rioux was for twenty-seven years on the light house ten- der, first as a sailor, and later promoted to be master; that during many years that he was master there had néver been any com- plaint of any sort against him, and that just before the close of Mr. Cleveland's ad- ministration he was induced to resign. The statement made is that Commander Folger of the light house board notified “Capt.” Rioux shortly before the close of the last administration that he.would have to stand a civil service examination to prove his fit- ness for_the position that he had filled ap- parently to the satisfaction of the service for many years, and that if he did not think he could pass the examination he had better resign, to sdve himself from the humiliation of failure end dismissal. It is represented that he was thus induced to resign, and that there, as since been no examination such‘ as fe was notified of. Mr. Corliss is trying’ to secure “Capt.” Rioux’s reinstatement,’ on the ground of the efficiency of his service, and his resig- nation having been procured through al- leged misrepresentation. PROPOSED UNION. A Committee Appointed by the Sons of the American Revolution. At the recent meeting 6f the Sons of the American Revolution at, Cleveland a com- mittee consisting of J,:M. Richardson of Ohio, E. J. Hill of Connecticut, S. E. Gross of Illinois, Geo, H. Shields of Missouri and ‘Nathan Warren of Massachusetts was ap- pointed to confen with a committee of the Sons of the Revolution rélative to the pro- posed union of the two-organizations. If the committees agree upon a plan of unton the Sons of the American Revolution will meet in Cincinnati October 12 to consider the report. A permanent committee of thirteen was appointed to appeal to the: national Con- tase Prevent the use.of the American who fought in the war of 1812, them revolutionary soldiers; are buried. Officers were elected: ag follows: Presi- dent, General Edwin 8.,Barrett of Massa- chusetts; vice General Robert Anderson of California, ‘Whitehead of New Jersey, James Richardson of Ohio, 8. E, Gress of Mlinoie and J. C. Breckt: secretary of Washi Hill me ork; Wwe % torian Henry. au et New York: chap- THE MONITOR PURITAN| SPALDING ON THE ‘RACK MARYLAND ‘Captain Bartlett's Report on Her Excellent | President of the Defunct Globe Savings Behavior at Sea. She Stood the Rough Weather of Cape Hatteras in Good Form—Up to Date Except Her Machinery. The Puritan, lately returned to New York after @ short cruise te Charleston, 8. C., is an iron, double-turreted, low-freeboard monitor of 6.000 tons displacement and eighteen feet draft of water. Her construc- tion was commenced at the Delaware river iron shipbuilding yard at Chester, under the administration of Secretary Robeson, twenty-two years ago. The form and gen- eral dimensions of the hull proper, except the armor, remain the same as the original design, but numerous and _ successive changes have been made in every other particular. The aim of the department during the long, unavoidable delay over her construction, was to keep the designs for completion of the ship up to date, and in- sure that, as finally completed, she should be an effective addition to our naval force. The ship as originally designed, embodied no radical departure from the Ericsson monitors built during the war, except that instead of the single bottom and overhang- ing armor shelf common to those vessels, she has a double bottom extending up to the armor shelf and nearly the entire length of the hull. The design contem- plated eliminated side and turret armor, as no facilities existed then or for many years after for producing solid armor plates in this country. The turrets were to have been of the original Ericsson type, entirely above the main deck and support- ed on a central apindle when revolving. Notwithstanding the changes in the hull and fittings the machinery has been leit as originally designed and constructed. The machinery is of an obsolete type, about three times heavier for the powe indicated than would be constructed today. In every other respect the ship as finally completed is fully up to date, and one of ‘our most efficient fighting ships. Notwith- standing the numerous changes, the ef- fect of all of them has been so well consid- ered that when the ship was commissioned on the 10th day of last December she floated within one-half an inch of her de- signed draft. She carries a water-line belt of armor fourteen Inches thick, tapering’ to six inches at the stem and stern. In place of the originally designed armament, con- sisting of but four 15-inch smooth-bore guns, she carries four 12-inch breech-load- ing rifles in Hichborn barbette turrets, six 4-inch rapid-fire guns and ten machine guns. That the ship is a success in every way is well demonstrated by Capt. Bartlett's recent report from Raleigh, N. C., from which the following is quoted: “By 6 o'clock it was blowing a fresh northeast- erly gale with a heavy sea, and although the ship behaved admirably, roiling easily and rising buoyantly. * * ¢ “as I have already stated, the ship be- haved admirably in the heavy sea off Hat- teras. Her roll is not quick, and she re- covers easily and without straining. As was to be expected, while pitching very little, she takes great quantities of water on board, the waves dashing violently against the turrets and superstructure and throwing spray over the pilot house and bridges. In. my judgment, ft would be pos- sible to fight the guns in almost -.any weather, though not without taking water through the tupret ports. In moderate weather she would afford a reasonably steady gun platform, owing to her steadi- ness and slowness of roll. Today I in- spected the vessel, and notwithstanding the heavy weather of yesterday, with the exception of slight leaks around the armor shelf, which were in existence when she went into commission, and a very slight leak in the executive officer's state room at the base of the superstructure, I could find no defects.” This splendid indorsement of the ship's sea-going and fighting qualities fully offsets the unsupported contention of the opponents of the monitor type 07 ves- sel that they are useful only in perfectly smooth water. ———___-e—___ BIKE BEAT THE TRAIN. Lawrence Long of Perth Amboy Saves -a Life Thereby. Lawrence Long of the firm of Burke & Long, grocers, of Perth Amboy, N. J., made use of his bicycle yesterday to rescue a child from being ground to death under an approaching train. Long had been out for a spin on his wheel and was on his way home, when he heard the rumble of a train coming down the grade. He moved along slowly to let the train pass, but, looking ahead, saw a small child on the track, looking with wonder at the approaching train. In an instant Long calculated the distance between himseif and the child and between the child and the train. Bending low over the handle bar he started on his errand of life saving. The engineer saw the little one, and blew his whistle to alarm her. It looked as if the engine would win, but, putting on an extra spurt, Long dashed over the crossing just a few yards bs a8 of the pilot of the engine. The train hands were hanging over the cars with blanched faces. ‘When Long passed in front of the engine he caught the child in his arms. The train- men burst into a yell of delight. ‘The momentum of the bicycle was so great that Long could not manage it, and it dashed into a gutter—man, child and bi- cycle in a mix-up. The child was a little frightened and ran off home. The bicycle also came out of the affair without a scratch, but Long is painfully injured about the legs. CELEBRATES ITS ANNIVERSARY. Ceremonies at Old Trinity Church of New York Will Last a Week. Trinity Church in New York city has begun the celebration of the bi-centennial of its foundation, and will continue the celebration throughout the week. Trinity today includes nine chapels, in addition to the parish church, a large number of in- dustrial schools, a hospital, a number of guilds, clubs and parish associations. The church was a scene of splendor, and was crowded to the doors, The celebration began at 7:30 o'clock, the usual Sunday morning services being performed. At 10 o’clock the rector, Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, preached a historical sermon. ‘The solemn communion services were ‘then conducted, while the grand organ played one of Beethoven's symphonies. The recessional hymn, “Sing with All the Sons of Glory” closed the services. represen- | Bank of Chicago Testifies, He Tells the Senate Investigating Committee How He Hypothecated the State University Bonds. President Charles W. Spalding of the de- funct Globe Savjngs Bank of Chicago was on the reck before the senate investigating committee in Chicago all day Saturday. On the stand he acknowledged that he had hypothecated the endowment bonds of the State University, and that he had done it with the advice of his lawyer, John W. Lanehart, now dead, and after con- sulting with President Buckingham of the Northwestern National Benk. But what was still more startling was the evidence of Mr. Hartian that the hypothecating of the endowment bonds was with the knowi- edge and by arrangement with a irustee, James E. Armstrong. Spalding was asked about the singuls profitable investments that he had made for Miss Sarah Louise Ervine, and he made such explanations as he could. He smiled as he gave this part of his testimony. Sen- ator Berry, the chairman of the committee, did most of the questioning. Miss Edvine’s Investments. Q. You gave Miss Ervine the property which she conveyed to the assignee? A. I did. That is, I didn’t give her any prop- erty. I invested her money for this prop- erty, and they worked it out of me. Q. Where did she get that money? A. In } the first place, by*her own exertion. She came to me as a stenographer, and ed five years. Q. What did you pay her? A. About $10 or $15 a week. She lived at ho: Q. Out of that how much did A. She saved a few hundred doi took it and laid it out and in her. She was living at how . two years after she came fo vs she accumulated a few hundred dollars, w I invested. Spalding left the stand a wearicd man, who had told much, but who had harmed his cause—if that were possible—by the things he,did not reveal. For trem the first he took the position only that he had done no wrong, but that his bank was souné from the day of its starting until a short time ago. History of the Bank. Spalding testified “that the bank was in- corporated in 1890, with a capi $200,000, fully paid in cash. Nearly onc- half of the stock was owned in-the east, mainly in New Hampshire.. The bank did | a very prosperous bust io the first two years, and it was summit of its prosperity May 8, 1 From May 8 the tieposits were reduced, and the hard times culminated June bark, From that tim Di to go out until the following & when the turn was reached, 2 menced increasing. The ga until July or September of this last year, and we had nearly regained the amount which we had dropped in the pa 1893."" ‘Then Bank Examiner Jones from-Springfield, and was surprised to find the bank surplus was only $9,000. Spalding said the &# per cent assessment would have saved the bank, but as the eastern bond- holders would not have it he wen? cut to his country club to think it over. Further during the examination Spalding admitted that May 8, 1893, when the as- sets were $935,000, the bank was liable for all this except a surpius of $10,000, and that if the bank had closed on that day it would have been just $10,000 ahead. However, of these assets there were $38,000 in Idaho Canal Company’s bonds, which were not salable, and a large amount of the Red Oak, Investment Company's paper, for which there was also no demand. The matter of the cash and bonds of the State University,-amounting to $00,000, was not touched upon. ———— ASKS FAIR PI hat came up BUNDY y. The Colored Boy Who Has Been Se- lected for a Naval Cadetship. R. C. Bundy, the colored boy whom Rep- resentative Shattuc of Cincinnati has ap- pointed a cadet at the Naval Academ a resident of that city. He is less than eighteen years old. His father is an itine ant preacher. Bundy is not a full-blooded negro, but a mulatto, light in color and g00d leoking. Before his admission to the academ| young Bundy. will have to pass the usual examination. His friends say that he will have no trouble in doing this, and as Rep- resentative Shattuc refuses to consider the withirawal of the young man’s name, noth- ing but this final test stands between him and admission to the academy. Bundy has written a statement of his case for publication, in which, after giving his personal ‘history and telling how he se- cured the appointment as a result of com- petitive examination, he says: “Phe world is fast advancing to a place where the mind and mental capabilities of a man will supersede the color of his skin and the prejudice against him. Annapolis is educating and training America’s best youths, and I don’t think that they are so far biased by a narrow mind and a de- flected conscience as to overstep the bounds ef common decency and gentlemanliness. This is a government of the peopic, by the people an@ for the people. Annapolis is a government school. Sheuld she then close her doors on aay of America’s loyal sons who seek to educate themselves that they may defend the Constitution by which they are protected? “Sq far as social equality is concerned, I do not demand it and do not expect to get it. Therefore, if they treat me a littie coli on that score I will not be disappointed. All I ask is that they give me what I earn by my own intellectual efforts. I expect to | be just as any other newcomer. That I will not object to as long as it is not brutal. I intend to go to the academy in September, and if I am successful in get- ting in say. ten ot action will be to treat m all as gentlemen, and I s} the same of them.” pal expect ERIS FOR AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY. img Trades of Newark, N. Threaten a General Strike. Over two hundred plumbers, gasfitters H. Smith, Printers’ Ink (Be. fittfe scGook: master of adverfising), saps: Jt is claimed for fe WasGingfon Stor, and profabfp truthsuffp cfoimed, {Bat no offer newsonper in fhe counfrp goes info 60 farse Q@ percenfag> of aff fBe Bouses toiftin a radius of fwenfp mifer from f6e office of pufficafion, JUDICIARY SRO Seats on the Bench to Be Filled This ¥ear, —_-_—--_—__ ELECTIONS 10 BE HELD IN NOVEMBER a ela iaoces Candidates Being Considered for the Nomination. oe TH EIGHT CIRCUITS ene ees IN Correspondence of The Evening § BALTIMORE, May 1, 1897. The election of several judges of the cir- cuit courts in Maryland takes place this year, and, while the contests for the nom- inations for the general assembly and other important loca! offices are attracting the most attention now, the judicial nomina- tions are considered by the more cons erva- ar. tive voters to be of vastly more im ortance than those for any other p ors on the fed into seven judicial circuits outside of the city of Baltimore, which latter forms the etghth circuit The first circuit comprises the counties of Worcester, Wicomico, Some Dorchester the judges th “hold-overs” for various periods. The Second Cireult. In the ond circuit the terms of the three jud, expire next November. The republicans have strong hopes of this circuit, and the lates of prominence at are several for the nomin while Chief Judge < d himself ations Russum h- al gent nation Mull Senator Ch: Attorney . and Mr. Haines ¢ n ral in each of the five coun Tal has Me Wm. R. Martin, Sz Oswal man and Maj. art. Quecn Anne’s county Treasurer Edwin H. Brown, man John B. Brown and ex P. B. Hoppe s tes Senator Geot has Mr. Henry R. ember of the house of dele; unty has the present ass > judge, Frederick Stu who, although only sixty-one years oid, already been on the bench for two terms, or thir u” E » Senator John 8. W pre enator, Charles C. Crothers of Cecil, are also said to be candidates. Third, Fourth and Pitth Circutts. In the third and fourth cirtuits — the judges’ terms do not expire for several years, There will be no judicial election in“ these circuits this year. In the fifth circuit, compose’ of Carroll, Howard and Anne Arundel counties, in- cumbents are Chief Judge Charles B. R erts, and tes 1. T. Jones and Jamcs Rivell, Judges Roberts Rivell ha al years of their te unexpired. Jones, however, will his fifteen years In No- eded that he will be re- fe republicans will prot "s Attorney Jos. D. The s The sixth circu 1 of Mont- gomery and E The pres- ent judiciary is composed of Chief Judge James McSherry, who is also chief judge of the court of appeals, and As James B. Henderson and John A. all cf whom are democrats. ‘The whcse term es this h, and, he has rv limit of seventy years, he nomina’ Who the democrais will nom- inate is uncertain. The leading republican candidates are Representative Milton G. Urner and Mr. John C. Moiter, beth of Frederick, to the candidate is conceded by The Seventh Circuit. The seventh circuit ig composed counties of Prince George's, vert and St. Ma: The judges now the bench are Chicf John P. Bris ocrat, and J. Parran Crane and Georg Merrick, republicans, associates. J Briscoe's term will not expire until i, but successors to both Judges Merrick and Crane must be chosen this year. The re- Charl publican candidates in the id are: Messrs. Gcorge C. Merrick and F. Snow- den Hill of Prince George’s, State's At- torrey Adrian Posey of Charles,” and Mr. E. B. Abell of St. Mary's. . The democratic candidates are Messrs. C. C. Magruder and Charies Stanley of Prince George's, and B. F. Camalier of St. Mary's. The Baltimore Circuit. The eighth, or the Baltimore city circuit, has a judicial system different from the rest of the state. In this city the judges form what is called the supreme bench, composed of eight members, of whom five, Chief Judge Henry D. Harlan, and Asso- clates J. Upshur Dennis, D. G. Wright, P. L. Wickes, and Albert Ritchie, are demo- crats, and Charles E. Phelps, Henry Stock- bridge, jr., and John J. Dobler are republi- cans. This year a successor to Judge Phelps will be chosen, and an associate, who will be addea to the bench by an act of the last gencral assembly. Judge Phelps will be renominated by the republicans without opposition, and probably he may be indersed by the dem- ocrats, as he has already been indorsed by the unanimous voice of the bar, irre- spective of party. Fer the adaitional judge a leading dem- cratic candidate is Alexander H. Robert- son, who was their candidate for judge last year, but was defeated by Henry Stockbridge. The republican candidate will be Robert who recently resigned tie and steamfitters have gone on strike in | chairmarship of the board of supervisors Newark, N. J., because the Master Piumb- | °f €lections, provided he will ers’ Association refused to accede to demand for an eight-hour day at the rate of wages as is now paid for nine hours. About two hundred tin workers will quit work, unless the same demands which have been made upon their bosses are acceded to. ides, about two hundred painters have given their bores similar notice for the same reason. The anticipated strike of carpenters will not occur, as the District Council of Jour- meymen and the Master Carpenters’ ciation have signed an agreement for the Dutchess Cou: ai take the lace. Mr. Smith has been. considered as the | g possible nominee for mayor, but recently same | he has ayuounced that he will not accept the latter honor. — JUROR F..W. VANDERBILT. ¥, N. ¥., Farmers Have im Unexpected Pleasure. ‘When the list of the names of the jury- men drawn to serve at the next session of the county court of Dutchess county, New York, to begin May 18, was published a few 'S age the farmers were astonished be whey thew