Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1897, Page 11

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MEETING HELD ne Open Criticism of the Attorney for the District. NEEDS OF THE SECTIQN ‘Th first business meeting of the North- east Washington Citizens’ Association In ‘Temple Hall was held last night, and there was a general discussion of the needs of the northeast section. Since the association has moved to its new qvarters more than two dozen new members have been admit- ted. In opening the meeting President Tucker said ne was glad to welecme the members of the association to their new home, and he was only sorry that the attendance was not large enough to fill the hall. Before calling for the reperts of committees Pres ident Tucker spoke of the entertainment given by the association last month, which proved a great success. Letters of regret from a number of people were read, among them one from Commissioner Wight. Among other things Mr. Wight wrot “Your association has occsston to congratu- late itself, I think, on the good work it has accomplished in your section of the city. I had the pleasure of living in that neign- borhood for thirteen years, and know som thing of the necessities, the efforts, the dis- couragements and the successes of your work, and I trust that you may be still more successful in the future in securing wnat is needed for the improvement of that part of the city.” This letter, the president said, was w ten before Mr. Wight’s nomination, but he 1 received what he considered a much strongcr letter since his confirmation. These letters, he remarked, show that Mr. Wight knows the needs of Northeast Washington, and that ne is thoroughly in accord with the work of tne association. On motion of Dr. Kirby, resolutions of re- gret were adopted concerning the death of Mr. nous Ss, who was a member of the ion. ‘The Call of Committees. Under the call of committees, Chairman zell of the railroad committee was fi He read an editorial printed in The ra few days ago upon the needs of the District, and Chairman Frizzell said he was glad to be able to say that The Star | aiw brought the grade crossing qu | tion to the front. After reading the editor- I he read a report made by the commit- as follows: he committee etfally reports on steam railroads re- that, about two weel 0, the District Commissioners revok lice regulation requiring steam Ic to stop before crossing the rapid transit street railways. The only reason for this action, so far as your committee an learn, was because the Commi joners had made the reguiation merely for the purpose of having a judicial determination of their right to make and enforce such regulations, When ihe regulatio: was first made, in iter part of 1805, your committee had eonfidence in the sincerity of the Com: ioners, and at once set about the enforce- nt of the regulations. An engineer on 2 of the roads was arrested and tried victed in the Police Court. Tie 1 companies appealed the cases until eurt of Appeals finally passed upon contentions, affirming the judg- of the lower courts In favor of the strict government. Thereupon the Com- missioners summarily revoked the regula- ion, leaving the conditions worse than be- Joption of the regulation. We also regret to have to report to you } that in the cases of the three engineers ar- in May, 189%, for violating the d ulation, all of whem had been convicted Police Court upon the testimony of ubers of your committee, and after our ‘at and continuous effort to have the for the District prosecute the the Criminal Court on the 26th of st month quashed all the proceedings merely to get the cases off the calendar, Attorney Thomas never having been ready ute them when called. account of the unsettled condition of the commissionerships during the past few Months, your committee has been unable to ny attention in the office. But now, with a new board of Commissioners, fully organized, in all of whom we have the full- €st confidence, we will renew our efforts to have the laws enforced. But here we may remark that our only fear of success lies {n our want of confidence In the legal depart- ment of the District government. We think that, with a reorganization of this depar:- ment, the welfare of all parts of our Dis- trict would be better served.” Attacks Mr. Thomas. Chairman Frizzell said he had been ad- vised that if the Northeast Association took some action for the removal of the attorney for the District other associations would follow. “Who pays member. “The people of the District,” responded Mr. Frizzell. “They pay him $4,000 a year for attending to his private practice.” Chairman Martin of the street committee Was not present, but President Tucker said that he (Martin) had written a letter to the Commissioners asking that the E and G street crossings of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad shall be improved, and he said the railroad company has’ been ordered to make the repairs. Chairman Holstein of the committee on water, lights and sewers said that, through the efforts of the association, H street is now lighted by electricity, and he said the Commissioners had ordered three artesian wells for the northeast seetion. President Tucker said he felt proud of the fact that the association had won so great a victory as to get H street lighted by electrieity. He called attention to what had been done in the matter of driving the Baltimore and Ohio company off of reser- 2 tl men the attorney?” inquired a vation 225, at Delaware avenue and H street. When Mr. Smith was Secretary of the Interior, he said, he gave an order in the matter. Secretary Francis refused a three months’ extension of the time given for the company to abandon the reserva- tion, and, although the time has long since expired, the company's tracks and other property are still on the reservation. The president said he had called the matter to the attention of Secretary Bliss, and the Jatter has the papers in the case in his hands, advising himself of the facts. Mr. Tucker thex called attention to a number of items in the appropriation bill. While the section had not been neglected as it had been the year before, he regret- ted that an item for the erection of a new - | school building had been stricken from the bill. The northeast section, he said, is the only section in which half-day schools are held in the fourth and fifth grades. ~ Capt. Binck’s Interest. He was glad that Engineer Commissioner Black {s taking a lively interest in rail- road matters, and has, on several occa- sons, expressed a desire to ascertain all he could upon the question. Recently, he satd, he drove over the northeast section with Capt. Black and Capt. Beach, and | pointed’ out to them all the needs of the seetion. He called their attention more particularly to the condition of the Balti- more and Ohio railroad tracks, including the grade crossings and the places where the tracks are seyeral feet above grade. This, he said, has been the means of de- feating several attempts to improve streets, and money appropriated for this purpose had to be turned into the treasury. Major J. B. Burke, vice president of the association, created some surprise when he arose and said he thought it was about time the association had ceased putting it- self in the hght of antagonizing or fighting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. So far as he was concerned, he thought members of the board of trade were laugh- ing in their sleeves at the action of this association. He thought that if the au- thorities wanted these things done they would accomplish them. Railroad Work. “I'm afraid the railroad company has reached some of our inbers as it tried to reach me,” said Mr. Frizzell, “but I am not going to be personal. One of the attorneys for the company came to me during the time the company was being an- tagonized and asked me my price, and I told him that my pocket was sewed up.” “If the company is reaching any of our members I regret it very much, indeed, and .I certainly cannot approve of what President Tucker here interposed. He did not believe Major Burke had been reached, but insisted that he was mistaken, Major Burke was again given the floor, and during the course of his remarks he spoke of the action of the Coinmissioners in repealing the railroad regulation men- tioned in the report, and said that had it not been for certain interests growing out of this repeal, Commissioner Ross would probably not have been confirmed. Mr. Frizzell responded that Maj. Burke was merely talking against time, and he did not know what he was talking about. The record, he adced, skows that Commis- sioners Powell and Truesdell voted for the repeal, while Commissioner Ross voted against it. Maj. Burke had no more comments to make, and the association listened to Mr. Loring Chappell, who said he thought the time had come when the association should say something good for the northzast sec- tion. The rortheast is not the bad place it has been said to be, he remarked, and he thought it was time the association should invite people to buy and build hones in this section. He felt that the board of trade is not fighting the northeast vection, and the sentiments of the board have been against any further encroachments by the railroad company. and favorable to the in- terests of the people. They- Want a Transfer System. Mr. Rose moved that a committee be ap- pointed to wait on the Columbia Railroad Company and request its managenent to make some arrangements to transfer with one of the herdic companies. If this cannot be done, he desired the committee to make an effort to have a route of herdics estab- lished out H street or M street. Mr. Frizzell favored the resolution, an’! stated his reasons therefor. He said he ur- derstood that the railroad company pai.l the old herdic company a good sum t) abindon the H street route. : The resolution adopted. : On motion of Mr. Carver, the association voted favorably on a resolution havi Florida avenue between M and 15¢h streets and 1th street vetw Hani H streets sprinkled at least twice a day. 3 Mr. Frizzell called attention to the trou- ble experienced in turning in an alarm for a recent fire, ond sald there should be mcre keys held by citizens. These keys, he said, are not given out indis>riminatel) but are given to citizens upon application. He hoped the people in Northeast Washing- tcn would procure more keys. President Tucker approved the suggestion and referred to the fire at Smith's lumber yard, which, he said, would not have done 80 much damage had it not been for the de'ay in turning in an alarm. The subject of fire-alarm boxes and keys proved an in- teresting ore, and several of the members signified their intention of supplying them- selves with keys. Short addresses were made by some of the new members befor: the meeting adjourned. _— THE FORESTRY ORDER, Senate Amendment to the Sundry Civf! Bill in the House. : The general debate on the sundry civil aj: propriation bill in the House of Represe tarives was closed shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the amendment were considered separately under the fivé minute rule. The amendments striking ov the paragraph relating to the public buil? ing; at Topeka and for removing Cape Se? Blas light station, Florida, to Black's I land, were agreed to. Mr. Wheeler (Ala.) used a pro forma’ amendment to refer rather sensationally t “the very important admission” made in «1 interview by “the distinguished chairmra of the ways and means committee, Mr. Dingley, to the effect that the real purpose of the tariff bill was to create a surplus at impound the greenbacks. “I made no such statement,” interrupted Mr. Dingley. The amendments providing for an in spector and assistant for the Islands of St ‘aul and St. George, Alaska, and making appropriations for the protection of the sa! mon fisheries of Alaska immediately avai: able were concurred in. When the amendment relating to the for est reservations was reached Mr. Hartman of Montana moved concurrence. Mr. Lacey moved concurrence with amendments providing for the suspension of Mr. Cleveland's executive order unt!! March 1, 1808, when the order, as it may modified shall go into effect, and substitu ing what is known as the McRae Dill fut the provision permitting the use by bora fide settlers of timber and stone on such. reservations. Mr. Lacey said he had no d9- sire to oppose western interests, but Me pointed out that perhaps the people of tHe west needed to be protected from thent- selves. He cited the case of the Adirondack mountains in New York. The state author- ities of New York were now seeking to buy buck thousands of acres given away. The western forests should be preserved. © Mr. Shafroth (Col.) argued earnestly for the adoption of the Senate amendment, es- pecially for that portion of it allowing miners and prospectors free use of timber. ee Bell (Col.) argued along the same Mnes. Mr. Jones (Wash.) declared that his state was more vitally interested in the revoce- fon of Mr. Cleveland's forest reserve order shan any other state. The land reserved, Mr. Jones said, ineluded whole villages, aud im one county alone covered 46,000 mintig claims. Until the order was revoked s*t- ters could not cut a stick of timber ‘or any purpose without violating the law. It was agreed to take a vote on the perd- ing preposition at 1 o'clock today. The President’s message transmitting the xeport of the board of contro} of the wort.’s Yair exposition was read and at 5 o'clo:k, under the special order, the House took a ecess until noon today. Prevention of Collisions. Mr. Payne of New York, after failing secure consent in the House for the c° sideration of the Senate bill to prevent lisions upon harbors, rivers and inl: waters, introduced in the House yesteriiy a resolution providing for its considerat)n under a special order. Proposed Tariff Commission. Representative Fowler of New Jer=}y yesterday introduced in the House a lll for the creation of a tariff commission to inveStigate federal taxation; to recomm<'d changes and to adjust inequalities of *, isting law. The bill provides for a cotn- mission of seven members, at a salary of $7,000 per annum, with a term of oftive tach of twenty-one years. The comnis- sion shall, under the terms of the Will, make annual reports to the President, ‘nd It is given power, with the written [p- proval of the President, to suspend ‘uy tax on imports in whole or part. ~ eee It matters little what it is that you wnt —whether a situation or a servant a “want” ad. in The Star will reach ‘he pergon who can fill your need, 4 WANT TO PLAY SOON Parliamentarian Chess Gommittee De- sire an Early Date for the Match. —_-— THE GAME IN THEHOOSE OF COMMONS Congressional Objections to Taking Part.” THE PROBABLE CONTESTANTS The committee*¢fthe house of commons is desirous of an early date for playing the chess match. by cable with the Ameri- can House of Representatives. The Eng- lishmen have picked their team and are ready to play. Any one conversant with the facts would expect &s much. There has been a chess club in the house of com- mons for years. A room is set apart for its convenience. and the members have played together and know who are their best players. As long as April, 1888, Steinitz in his pub- Nation, the International Chess Maga- zine, quoted from Scotsman as follows: “Chess has become one of the institu- tions of the house of commons. Sincé the introduction of the board to the smoking room many stiff games have been fought every night. Gladstontans challenge Union- ists, and Parneliites come within the chess circle. On Tuesday Mr. Bradlaugh and Mr. Henniker Heaton were the center of a group of interested observers, and still stranger conjunctions have often been seen actoss the board. The players are now be- coming fastidious. Two weeks ago they were delighted to have a movable board; on Tuesday night they were agitating for a fully equipped table. A petition in reg- ular parliamentary form has been pre- pared, and to it one hundred signatures have already been attached. In this doc- ument, the defects of the existing arrange- ments are gravely enumerated, and the chief commissioner of works is requested to furnish forthwith all that the players desire.” Mr. Henniker Heaton, mentioned above, is conducting the correspondence concern- ing the match on behalf of the English- |men. He is not one of their regular team, but fs named as an assistant to Mr. John Parnell. ; ‘The team of the English house of com- mons recently played a practice match with a picked team from the press gallery, and won by the seore of to 2%. Mr. H. Plunkett won from B. F. Bussy of the Glasgow Herald; Mr. Parnell lost to Mr. Amphiett of the Press Association; Mr. Strouss won from J. G. Turner of the Lon- con Times; Mr. A. Jones won from Mr. Broadribb of the Times; Mr. Cosmo Bouser lost to H. Y. Bussey of the Morning Post; Mr. Seton Kerr won from Mr. McCrae of the Liverpool. Courter, and Mr. McKenna drew with Mr. Heald of the Times. Many of the members of the house of commons are gentlemen of leisure, who have time to devote to sports and games. Besides, there are nearly .twice as many members in the lower branch of parliament as there are iy the most numerous body of Congress, _ The representatives in the American Con- Sresss are mostly men of professions, who practice their professions in addition to attending to their congressional duties. If they play chess, {t is only occasionally and without ntuch deep thought or study of the gamé. There is no one.among the members who has ever been a distinguished player. Besides, some of the congressmen who are believed to play a fairly good game, do not care to participate in the coming match for fear of the effect it may have on their constituents, believing that should it be- come known that they are devoting their time to playing chess, it will hurt them in the future. Chess Players in’ Congress. After inquiry it was ascertained that the following congressmen play chess, vi Richmond Pearson of Asheville, N.C.; ROC. Shannon of New York city; Joseph Wheeler of Alabama, D. A. De Armond of Butler, Mo.; Levin I. Handy of! Delaware, C. A Swanson of Chatham, Va.; R. G. Cousins of ‘Tipton, Iowa; D. B. Henderson of Dubuque, Iowa; W. T. Foote, jr., of Port Henry, N. £.; DeK. C. Graffenreid of Texas, C. B. Beach of Cleveland, Ohio;John F. Shafroth of Colorado, R. W. Parker of Newark, N. J.; A. Meyer of -New Orleans and John S. Williams of Yazoo, Miss. Some of these-members have brushed the dust off their men and boards, and have commenced to practice for the match. The most of those whose names are mentioned have not given the matter any thought. General Henderson is quite ill at his home in Iowa. He comes from the same place as cid Paulsen, a-celebrated player, and may be a strong player. While two of the players were talking about the preposed match John F. Shafroth of Denver, Cok, intimated that he played the game, though he had not played for seventeen years. He was desirous of trying his hand, and suggested an immediate trial. A board was obtained, and the two mem- bers went at it. Mr. Shafroth played very cautiously at first, and showed surprise at some of the moves made. In about ten moves, however, his opponent realized that he was in a tangle, and shortly thereafter resigned. A second game was started, his opponent using more care this time, the re- sult being the same, though longer delayed. In the third game Mr, Shafroth purposely gave his antagonist a chance to win, which was at once accepted. : After the sitting Mr. Shafroth said he used to be president of the Denver Chess Club, ag well as its best play- er. He was absent from the city at one time, and when he returned he found that a stranger, some one from the east, haq beaten all the Denver players. So it was propored ihat Mr. Shafroth should meet him. They met and Mr. Shafroth won one out of thirteen. He says he threw away his board and has not played ‘since until now. The incident narrated happened seventeen years ago.’ Another member who erable ability as a play Handy of Delaware.“ @ frequent visttor at tha Washington Chess Club sinee the cable ch was proposed, and has met several df-the strong local players, with Bpecess. He lost to Messrs. Gwyer and ¥. B, Walter, but came out ahead with Messrs. Hanna and Mar-. tin. Mr. Handy hag-me$ the good players of Delaware, though never played a match at chess. With Mr. W. J. Ferris of Newcastle, who is probably; the best. player in Delaware, he played three games, win- ning one ahd losing two. Mr. R. C. De Graffenreid of Longview, Tex., is another congressman who has shown considerable ‘strength, He is not a book player, and is sald to be the best nat-~ ural player of all those mentioned. The Probable. Team. From indications, the,Ameriecan team will be chosen from Messrs. Pearson, Shannon, Wheeler, Handy, h, Be Graffenreid, Bodine and De Armond 2 The Englishmen, ag) has -already been stated, favor playing:the match on five tables, with. ts \to ‘the player at each tabl Bi are not in favor of having ‘8 tothe tables, as it. will be difficult’ to ure the requisite number of con; . have suffi- cient knowledge of the game. . Pillsbury Wanied as Coach. Mr. Pearson, the chairmap of the con- sressional committee, ig at Asheville, N. C. In his absence Messrs. Shangon and Handy of the committee..séquested, Mr. John D, shown consid- ris Mr. Levin I. Handy has been Elwell of Brooklyn, who is in Wasizgton, te telegraph Harry N. Pillsbury, the chum- pion chess player. to come here to_coi the American team for the match. This is set for the 17th instant, but it may be post- poned for a week to allow of a little longer practice. When here it is expected that Pillsbury will give an exhibition of blind- fold chess play, playing eight games simul- taneously, for the benefit of the prize fund of the ladies’ international chess tourna- ment, which will take place at the Hotel Cecil in London in June. —_— WILL PLAY MALE WHISTERS Mrs. Hawley’s Team to Play the Baltimore Olub. High Praise for Play in the Philadel- phia Congress—Notes of the Local Organizations, Already the women whisters have com- menced to line up against the men and this week Mrs. Hawley’s team will play the strorg Baltimore team, composed of Beverly Smith, Harvey McCay, with Bal- timore’s crptain, and one other player not yet decided upon. Foster, Otis and Work and many other whist authorities are comparing favorably the play of the woman's convention with that of the men at Milwaukee, and several plays can be cited as examples of strong plays. Mrs. DuBarry’s thirteen cards, with hearts trump, were composed of queen of hearts, ace, jack and five small spades, ace and a spot in diamonds, and a king and two spots in clubs. She led the queen of hearts, trumps, held the trick, and the second lead was a small spade. putting her partner in the lead, who exhausted the trumps, enabling her to bring in the spades, gaining four tricks above all other players, many of whom opened the play with the ace of spades. Mrs. Charles Field and Mrs. Conrad M. Gilbert were the two players who won the tricks from that strong combination, Beverly Smith and Harvey McCay, by the false opening of a deuce, which always proclaims four of the suit, when she only had two. In the practice match Mrs. Hawley made a beautiful underplay, which elicited the praise of her partner, Walter H. Barney, president of the A. W. L., who remarked if he was in convention he would move that whenever his partner made a brilliant play like that, her partner be allowed to em- brace her. Mrs. Hawley quickly retorted, “I should amend that motion that every married man should have his wife as a partner.” Mrs. MacCrae and Mrs, Earle, who were the pair who substituted so as to enable the n.atch to be played off in the woman's pair contest, beat the winners ot the trophy five ‘tricks, and winning more matches. Their score did not count as they were not eligible for the final. There were missed from the Washington delegation at Philadelphia Miss Elizabeth King’s team, whose strong play against ali comers attests them worth: Mrs. Davis, another of the s! ington whist players, with Mrs. } a partner, made a brilliant showin woman's pair contest, being only two tr behind the leaders in their section. Capital Club's Compass Whist. The C. Bi. C.’s compass whist match brought cut some beautiful whist, and re- minded one of the old-time activity of the club preparatory to a contest. Fogg and MacComb headed the strong pairs, and showed what stroke these two are pulling. Fogg is a brainy player, not given to tak- ing flyers and quite conservative, being sat- isfied with one trick on a hand. MacComb has been known for years as 4 steady, safe, reliable partner. The score follows: N. and S, Fogg and McCom! Quackenbush & Henry and Williams. Young and Stephens. Cooper aud Mey The Baltimore E. and W. and Walbrook will the C. Bi. C. and C. A. C., twenty players a side, Saturday, the 22d instant. play McCay and Miss Goldsborough played brilliant whist in defeating Baker and his wife, both of whom have top score in the Brooklyn clubs; also Milton C. Work and Mrs. Toulmin,’ who are considered the strongest pair in Philadelphia. Briton and Cole are sizing up well with all-around play, and judging by their score are taking everything coming their way. They will be the second four competing Saturday night with the C. A. C., w Lowe and Barrick, Quackenbush and h will constitute the first four. This is a practice match for the “benefit of each club, and all the rigor of tourna- mert play will govern, save the exclusion from the room of non-players. The C. A. C. has whist every afternoon after four, and at night. Beden and Talia- ferro have not yet shown all their paces, and they will stand much higher in the es- timation of the whist contingent after they have been in a few more matches, as they are both strong players. Swearingzen is a player of the greatest. promise, and his daring finesses, and bold, aggressive game, will place him in the front rank. Davis still adheres the conventional game, and is a conservative player, a good reader of the cards, and with a little Gash will prove a strong partner. Jackson's game is improving very mucn, and shows a high order of whist. c. A. C, Line of Play. The different clubs of ‘the country have asked the play of the C. A. C., and the first portion reads very much like the iong suit game, from which it vartes consider- ably. “With sufficient strength in trumps (fcur or more) and a long suit (four or more) shape the initial play to bring in that long suit. If very strong in trumps lead them first. If not very strong firsi lead your suit, to see how they lay, then signal for trumps or lead them at the first opportunity. On the contrary, if you are weak in trumps (three small ones or less) end your long suit has four or five with only one honer not the ace, you cannot hcpe as the first proposition to bring it in. Do rot lead it, rather lead jack, ten or nine from a short suit and wait. Partner will recognize lead as top of nothing, and finesse or play according to his own hand. The combination leads of Foster’s eleven rujes will always tell you if partner is leading from strength or weakness. “A good whist player needs no trump sig- nal to tell him the location of the strength in trumps. The initial play of the adver- sary, the skirmishing for position, a few pickets advanced tell where the battle will wage fiercest, and although the inform- atcry game will allow you to read cor- rectly the last three or four cards, and give opportunities for the petit and grand coup (1, ‘e., if everybody promises not to play false cards), it does not offer the ad- vantages to the strong player, who, thrown upon his whist experience -and resources, will draw as correct inferences as the book automaton. “When to force your partner by rule, as Duvall suggests, not to force when he dis- cards a five spot or above voluntarily, will always be impracticable, as you do not al- ways hold as low as a five spot in the sult. The same maybe said in regard to the fineeses. No. rule.can govern them. Any surgeon can amputate a limb, but it is the discriminating surgeon: who knows when to cut.” ee Stamping Qut Hog Cholera. ‘The Secretary of Agriculture has received the necessary authority from the gover- nors of Iowa and Tennessee to permit him to proceed with experiments for stamping out hog cholera from within those states. < te If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has whet you wish, yoa will get an answer, A QUIET LITTLE MAN Governor Pingree Has Proved to Bea Disappointment to Friends. SCARCELY PEEPED SINCE INAUGURAL He is Expected to Explode a Mes- sage Soon on Taxation. MICHIGAN POLITICAL GOSSIP Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 9, 1897. The session of the legislature will close about June 1. It has been an exceedingly tame and uneventful session thus far, and unless Gov. Pingree breaks out in a new ard unexpected spot it will continue so to the end, and will probably do so anyway, regardless of what the governor may do. The governor has been a disappointment to his friends and admirers. It was ex- pected that when he mounted the throne he would turn things upside down and generally smash all the old usages and tra- ditions of the state house. But instead of being a smasher, the governor has been a real nice, quiet little man, and has scarce- ly peeped since his Inaugural message. The lawmakers were in considerable awe of his honor when they first assembled, but as the session stretched out this feel- ing pessed off, and now the inost insig- nificant member of the lower house does not hesitate to play horse with his honor If the spirit moves. It is true, Gov. Pin- gree has been hanuicapped by a tegislature adverse to his views, but even those who were his stanch friends early in the game are among those who oppose him now. The defcat of Capt. Stewart, Pingree’s candidate for mayor of Detroit, had much to do with the change in sentiment and the overcoming of the awe that Pingrce’ name inspired, but repeated and well-d rected attacks by the anti-Pingree mu- chine ail over the state went even farther. Taxation Message Expected. Gov. Pingree will, it is announced, ful- mirate a long message on the question of taxation of railroads and corporations be- fore the final adjournment, but the expio- sion has already been anticipated and dis- counted. The message, however, will be Pingree’s text for future operations, and it may cut considerabie ice before another election comes aro’ As things stand now Pingree would have very little chance to win the next republican nomination for a second term, and under any circum- stances his road to a renomination wiil be a hard cne. The federal machine is against him, and this means that a great majority of the postmacters and other office holders about the sta.e will be arrayed in opposi- tion to his nomination. Pingree’s only de- pendence will be upon what he call: pecple,” and his taxation message wi! his first step to reach them. He will prob- ably call a special session of the legislature next winter to consider the taxation ques- tion exclusively, and will cndeavor to make more capital then. His opponents in his own party, however, will be pretty weil prepared for any move he may make, and will have it discounted long in advance. Political Booms Developed. The session, aside from the depressing influence it has seemed to have had upon Governor Pingree, has developed compara- tively little of political significance. No partisan enactments have been passed of any consequence or importance, and the only really substantial boom brought to light has been that of Lieutenant Governor Thomas B. Dunstan, who may go in for the first place on the ticket next year. He has been a popular presiding officer, and has favored the federal machine side of the republican controversy as against Pin- gree. He has made many friends and is Hable to attain considerable prominence ir the future political history of the state. He has been mentioned both for governor and for senator, to succeed Senator Bur- rows, whose term will expire in 1899. The only member of either house who has de- veloped booms, aside from Speaker W. D. Gordon, who wants the congressional nom- ination next year as successor to Con- gressman Crump in the tenth district, is Representative R. D. Graham of this city, who, like Mr. Dunstan, would like to be Michigan’s next governor. Graham has been at the head of the “farmers’ club, as the members of the legislature from the rural districts are called, and has been active in promoting legislation which will please the farmers. His boom, however, is not very pronounced, and he will have dif- ficulty in making the politicians believe there is anything to it. Other candidates who have announced themselves for gubernatorial honors for next year are Attorney General Fred A. Maynard of this city, Col. A. T. Bliss of Saginaw, who was defeated in convention by Pingree last summer, and James O'Don- nell of Jackson, another of the defeated of last summer. Col. Bliss has been elected commander of the Michigan Grand Army, and will use that as a lever to lift himself into political prominence again. The early announcements indicate the opposition which Pingree will have to a second term, but Pingree will keep on sawing wood, and if the republicans refuse him a renomina- tion he will go in as an independent can- didate, running on a platform of his own. Senator Burrows’ Troubles. Senator Burrows will have no easy row to hoe to secure a re-election. The most formidable opposition to him will arise from the lumber tariff. The Huron shore lumbermen like Albert Pack, Arthur Hill, ex-Governor John T. Rich, Secretary of War Russell A, Alger and others equally prominent and influential in Michigan poli- ties are opposed to the $2 tariff on Cana- dian lumber, while over on the western side of the state the sentiment is almost solid for the high tax. Burrows owed his election largely to the efforts of the Blod- getts of this city, the Cummers of Cadil- Jac and other wealthy lumbermen, and they demand that he support the $2 tariff proposition, and he is doing it. The Huron shore lumbermen will fight Burrows to a finish if the $2 tariff goes through, and his position is really very perplexing. That he will not have a clear field for re-election is apparent from the number of candidates already suggested, more than a year in advance of any possible action in the mat- ter. Lieutenant Governor Dunstan and ex- Congressman Samuel L. Stephenson of Merominee are mentioned from the upper peninsula. John Patton, jr., of this city, whe served a brief term by appointment of Governor Rich, and Thomas J. O’Bricn of this city are both possibilities, and Con- gressman William Alden Smith, also of this city; would be a willing victim, al- though he will-not enter into a canvass for the honor. The fight against Burrows can be said to have already begun, but it is too early for the opposition to have -lone anything like centering on a candidate. Thy distribution of the federal patronage in this part of the state will more or less affect Burrows’ interests, and he will have mor? than one knotty problem on his hands before the distribution is completed. REVENUE LOOKED FOR. Assistant Secretary Howell -Amended Tariff Bi Assistant Secretary Howell of the Treas- ury Department has no doubt that the tar- iff bill as reported to the Senate will yield sufficient revenue for the needs of the gov- ernment. “While the total revenue which it }« estimated certain schedules will yield,” he: says, “is leas “than the amount esti- m the mated under the same schedules in the House bill, we will have as an offset §10,- 000,000 from the duty on tea and $15,000,000 from the increased tax on beer. I have some doubt whether the increased rate of duty on prepared opium will result in in- creasing the revenue. With a duty of $@ per pound there is not sufficient y for the smuggler to induce him to engage in such hazardous enterprises. It may be that a duty of $8 a pound is not so high as to encourage smuggling, and that we will have no difficulty in collecting it.” BAPTISTS LEAVE FOR HOME Well Pleased With Their Reception by Wil- mington People. The Convention Next Year W I Meef?, in Norfolk, Va., Early The Southern Baptist convention, which has been in session at Wilmington, for several days past, adjourned at 6 0 last evening. The people of Wilmington of all denominations strove to entertain the sreat body in a way befitting its import- ance and succeeded most admirably if the words of appreciation and satisfaction as uttered by the visitors mean anything. The convention will meet in Norfolk, Va., next year on the Friday before the secong Sunday in May. The introductory sermon will be delivered by Rey. B. S. Whitman, D. D., president of the Columbian Universi- ty of Washington, 1. C., or by his altern-- ate, Rev. J. J. Taylor, D. D., of Mobile, Ala. Norfolk's claims were most vigor- ously pressed by Rey. Dr. M. B. Wharton and Dr. J. J. Hall. Bristol, Tenn., and ‘Tampa, Fla., also extended invitat and Eristol counted several of the committee on time and place among its supporters. Dr. Lansing Burrows, D. D., of Augusta, Ga., was re-elected statistical secr tary of the convention. He will be a: din gathering information by the Sunday school board. On request of the North Pacific Coast Baptist convention, made through Its rep- resentative, Dr. W. H. Sherman, a com- onsisting of Dr. I. T. Tichenor, Dr. McDonald and Dr. Geo. Gibson of u, Was appointed to confer with the > Mission Society looking to the satis- factory closing of a controversy between that society and the North Pacific conven- tion. Under the order of report on woman's work, J. O. Rust of Tennessee, Dr. M. B. Wharton of Virginia, Dr. J. M. Frost of Tenne and Dr. M. Vann, colored, of Tennessee made short addresses. The re- port on the foreign mission board evoked a lively di: ion, in which the follow participate J. H. Eager of Florence, Italy; Rev. Tatum of Shanghai, Chi- na; Rev. J. K. Pace of Mi Dr. H. C,H. Winsion G. Brougiton of A. Tupper of Maryland, Dr of Virginia, and Dr. L. to establish a mission in Palestine, with headquarters at Jerusalem, under the control of the convention, was pass A respectful hearing was given Dr. S. D. Jordan, colored, secretary of the colored national Baptist’ convention, who spoke on missions in Africa. A resolution was passed tendering the sympathy of the convention to Dr J. B. Hawthorne of Nashville, who was kept from the convention by illness, The fifteen minutes just before adjourn- ment were consumed by the de exchanging views and experienc journing the convention, President Harold- son congratulated the members upon the highly satisfactory session that had Leen enjoyed. The Woman's Missionary Union was in session from 9:30 a.m. till 1 p.m. Reports from the central committees in the District of Columbia, Alabama and Arkansas were received and discussed, Recommendations of the Sunday school board, presented through i Dr. J. M. Frost of Tennessee, were r and, with some amendments, adopted election of officers resulted in the choice of Miss Fannie E. S. Heck, president; Miss Annie W. Armstrong, corresponding secre- Miss Nellie Martien, record: and Mrs. Wm. C. Lowndes At a meeting of the board of trus the Southern Bapiist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., the following were chosen to fill vacancies on the board: J. W. Millard, Baltimore; J. H. Tucker, Asheville; W. W. Landrum and E. L. Con- nally, Atlanta; Charles H. Ryland, Rich- mond, and D. M. Ramsey, Charleston. Rev. B, L. Whitman, D.D. ton, D. C., and Rey. Louisville, K last night on and “Chri: paneer ees NAVAL CADETSHIPS. Promising Young Men Selected to Ga to Annapolis. Cadetships at the Naval Academy have been bestowed on the following young men: A. J. Brubaker of Kipple, Pa.; Damis At- alternate kins, Arcadia, La., Terry. Socorro, N. M. wee Link, Silver City, N.M. Kelly D. Alsep, Shaw, Mtss.; Charles L. Bruff, High- land Falls, ¥., with Francis W. Mastin of Pierremont, N.Y., as alternate; Waiter Davis, Salem, Ohio; W. E. McGehee, Litule City, Miss., alternate; Leroy Brooks, Wyo- ming, Ohio, with G. K. Elliott, Cincinnati, Ohio, as alternate; Rufus F. Zogbaum, New York city; Theo. D. Fisher, Farmirgton, Mo.; Elwood Devine, ton, Mass., with George W. Davidson, Brockton, Magss., as alternate; C. V. Bo- gert, Bogota, N.J., with Wallace Bertholf, Hackensack, N.J.. as alternate; H. C, Richardson, Shamokin, Pa., with B. E. Rogers, Danville, Pa., as alternate; Jas. Cc. Kress, Lock Haven, Pa.; George F. Neal, Rnea Springs, Tenn.; D. J. Sowers, Bedford, lowa; 8. R. Price, Versailles, Mo.; Cc. E. Holley, Marquette, Mich., with Claude A. Anderson, Houghton, Mich., as alter- nate. John B. ———_-+-e- Relief for Suffering India. Ex-Senator H. W. Blair of New Hamp- shire called on the President and then on Secretary Long and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt today in reference to the imme- diate shipment of relief supplies to the starving poor in India, and he was in- formed that no time would be lost in ex- ecuting the expressed wish of Congress in the matter. In explanation of the situa- tion Mr. Blair submitted a letter he re- ceived this morning from Mr. Louis Klopsch, publisher of the Christian Herald. “Our India relief movement,” says Mr. Klopsch, “is broadening out tremendously, and we should have another ship at once, with capacity of five thousand tons at least. England offers us all facilities re- quired, but we would prefer to send corn contributed by American people under the American flag. One ship now loading at San Francisco. Secretary of Navy already advised that we are ready to immediately load at New York the ship recently granted us, and now still-another huge cargo is in sight. Can we get another American ship, or must we accept offer of English govern- ment? This charity will represent nearly one million dollars by the time it reaches India, and it would be a great pity to ask English government to help transport it. Please see Secretary of Navy once and ascertain prospect of qwickly getting an- other vessel from American government.” New Minister From Pera. It is reported that Dr. Victor Equiguren will be appointed minister to the United States from Peru. a. “Want” ads. in The Star pay becausq they, bring answers,