Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1897, Page 11

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At 12:15 the consideration of the tariff bill was resumed. The first paragraph of of the wood schedule, relating to hewn timber, etc., was agreed to at 1% cents per cubic foot, the new rate proposed by the committee. When the next paragraph,sawed boards, planks, deals, etc., was reached Mr. Vest said he would later move to place the articles of this paragraph and those of the previous one on the free Tist. Mr. Allison then perfected the proviso re- lating to the addition of the export duty upen saw logs coming from countries pay- ing an export duty, so that the proviso will apply also to “boom sticks and chains used in towing logs.” This amendment was agreed to. Mr. Jones (Ark.) spoke against an addi- tional tax on lumber, referring to the heavy burden it imposed on the people of the west. He said the rates of the bill were the result of a determined and syste- matic effort by the lumbermen, and in this j connection he read a letter from the na- tional lumber convention, issued from an office in Washington, urging that petitions to senators and members be prepared, bear- ing the names of workingmen. This, Mr. Jones declared, was the means by which the high rates were being urged. Mr. Vest said there was not a single item in the bill so utterly indefensible as that increasing the rate on white pine, taking it from the free list and placing it at SB per 1,000 feet. White pine was justly call- ed the “king of coniferous woods,” and yet the clear intent of the framers of this bill was to make the rates absolutely pro- hibitory on this wood. It was due to some extent to a com- bination between the lumber interests of the west and the south, and he had been confronted by this combination during his last canvass. The senator refer to the maner in which the Maine delegation— the ables one in Congress—had succeeded for years in keeping spruce on the dutiable list. It was a credit to their capacity, which they displayed in all directions, se- curing among other things more public buildings than any other state. Mr.Vest declared that the proposed rate on whits pine was in the interest of the “lum- ber barons, who have accumulated millions upon millions’ at the expease of the people. As evidence of this, the senator read a letter from Michigan, giving the names of “Michigan pine kings.” In fervid tones Mr. Vest referred to this added burden on the pour, to whom every penny was almost a doliar and every doliar almost a drop of blood. It was, he said, the most indefen- sible item of the bill; without justification or palifation. Mr. Jones (Ark.) warned his southern as- sociates against the argument that the lumber interests of the south would be STREET LIGHTING. AWARDS Contracts Let by the Commissioners This | Morning. | Additional Electric Lumps Provided for and Where They Are to Go. Were awarded this morning at the spevial session of the board of Commi sioners for lighting the city by electricity for the next fiscal year. The awards were made upon the bids recently submitted. In awarding the contracts the Commissioners merely approved the following recommen- cation of Capt. Burr, the officer in charge of that branch of the service: It is recommended that the bids for elec- tric are lighting be accepted and that con- tracts for this service for the fiscal y en@ing June 30, 1898, be awarded as fol- lews: To the United Stat mpany for furnis than 363 are lamps in the s ington now lighted with ¢lectricity are lamps, and they alone have contuit ires, at a pri To the um. Lighting Compa lamp per an ctriz maintaining y of Washington, wes! y has ander nishing and maintaining three ric are lamps on the north or wsylvania avenue between Madison nd Jackson place, $25 per lamp per For furnish and maintaining » north side two ection of 13th a ) per lamp per an- the tric Power Com- nd maintaining not or more an 140 electric venues in the they alone Potomac 2 prices this ation appropriation, however, ly more than can be used in present service. To be exact, i balance and of $5.0 und numbers about elghts- tical la 4 contest there a tric Company getting ty, 69, ‘while the Potomi Two on H street betw: . four on E between 10th an. + on loth between E and F, one between G and H, four on 1ith if and K, one at corner of 15th ene on 1th between Penn: nd F, one on 14th betw n F and three on 12th between Pennsylvania avenue and G, three on H between 17th and 1Sth. ‘ On Pennsylvania avenue southeast from 2d to lith streets, adjust present lamps and add six new ones. On Pennsylvania avenue ment to Iith street, and add tweive. ylvania avenue, from 17th to ek, adjust present lamps and add from Perce adjust present 1 of the above are to be lighted by the United States company. The Potomac company gets the following new ones: _Five on 4% street between D and Missou- ri avenue. Ore at the corner of Sth and Massachu- setts avenue. One on Pennsylvania avenue between 15th and Matson place. Eleven on M street between Rock creek and New Hampshire avenue. yivania j STRUGGLE. OVER A LICENSE Arguments Heard For and Against Appli- cation of Daniel Neligan. Place of Business is at the Interna- tional Athletic Club«House on Condalt Road. A large number of interested @itizens met | In the office of the excise board this morh- ing at 11 o'clock, to hear the arguments | pro and con in the case of the application of Daniel W. Neligan for a retail liquor license at the International Athletic Club on the Conduit road. There was a strong opposition to the license. Attorney Shoemaker conducted ; the case of the protestants. He referred to the dangers surrounding the suburban road bourses, which were constant temptadons to the young. Reference was made to the organizations | tepresented at the hearing. They were | Present to lend their personal protest to the | granting of the license. | Rev. Dr. Johrson of the Metropolitan M. E. Church was the next speaker. He spoke of the good of athletics. The grant- ing of a license at the International Park would be a most dangerous thing. ‘Ine pas.ors of the city, for whom he spoke, implored the board to reject the applica, tion. A protest from 4,000 Epworth Leaguers and signed by President Duherst against the applicaticn was read. Detriment to the Young. Mrs. La Fetra sald the issuance of this license would be a great detriment to the young people of this city. The rescue work i ch she had been so long engaged Was accomplishing much, and gave her an gpportunity to sce the evils of such places. She oped the application would be re- E. Emig, president of the poke forcibly against the . To grant the liquor license would be a menace to society and a temp- tation to the sons and caughters, thousands of whom used that beautiful Conduit read as a bicycle path. It not to be expect- led that the pl: wovld make for itself a record ity. It was the duty of the excis as the guardians of the city, to make it as difficult as possible for cung to be tempted. She hoped the ¢ would not iss | Mr. Scherrer, a resident in the neighbor- 'hecd. spoke against the application. This clesed the case for the protestants. The Defense. Mr. James Sullivan read an affidavit from J. C. Hurst, which gave the place a bad name, and endeavored to refute it by an affidavit from the steward of the club, setting forth the geod character of the place. Mr. J. P. Clark closed for the applicant. He said the former reputation of the place, | even though it were bad, which he strenu. | ously denied, should not be considered in conncetion with the present application. He read a letter from Mr. Stilson Hutch- | ins, In which he expressed the belief that the letter denouncing the park was dic- tated Ly malice, and the statemenis should not be relied upon, The applicant made a statement rebut- ting the testimony that had been given against the place. After some desultory remarks on both sides the hearing closed. Se Jurors to Be Paid Monday. The sum of $12,000 having been allottea to Marshal Wilson out of the sundry civil appropriation bill, which was approved yesterday, the marshal will pay Monday. the jurors who served in the Circuit and Criminal courts during April and May, as Well as the members of the present grand jvry. The marshal is, however, still with- out funds with which to pay the employes of his office, and is also unable to cover the running expenses of the office. —-—>—__ Durrant has talked a post-mortem speech into a phonograph, which his father is to sell after his execution. Clayton benefited by the:exclusiaa of Canadian lum- ber. He read a letter from an American lumterman cn the border, saying the re- sult of the rates would be to compel the Canadians to reduce the price of their lum- ber, and it eventrally would come into the United States cheaper than at present. Mr. McLaurin (S.C.), who recently € tered the Senate made his initial speech criticising the rates of the wood scheduk ing they were not designed to benetit any southern industry, and that if there was anything of the kind it was merely incidental. Mr. Vest’s Amendment, Mr. Vest moved an amendment excepting white pine from the operation of the para- greph. Mr. Bacon of Georgia expressed his dif- ference with Mr. Vest. The latter, he said, had pointed out rates increased 100 per cent, while in this schedule the aver- age ad valorem was below 20 per cent. That being the case Mr. Bagon asserted that Mr. Vest’s statement that this was the most uajustifiable feature of the bill was not warranted. “I regard it as the most reasonable feat- ure of the whole bill,” declared Mr. Bacon. “I regard the schedule as a proper one, ir- respective of the party from which it comes.” Mr. Bacon went on to state that he was not a protectionist. But the stern necessi- ties of the government required a tariff, and a high tariff. He was not speaking for a@ protective tariff, but he believed that wren it became necessary to impose reve- nue duties, then it was essential to make the rates uniform as far as practicable. If the southern lumber interests asked him to support a rate simply for the sake of protection, he would not do it. But when they asked that the revenue duties be in proportion to the revenue duties on other articles, he regarded that just, and he weuld support it. Less than 20 per cent was not a protective duty, he asserted. In front of his home ran trains freighted with southern lumber, frefghted to the north- west, and this industry would be struck down without this legitimate revenue tariff. He had received a telegram, he said, say- ing that every man, woman and child was looking to the success of the lumber sohed- ule. Mr. Bacon argued against the imposition of taxes on finished products, while the raw products were left on the free list. Why, he asked Mr. Vest, should the drops of blood to which the Missouri senator had referred be drawn in the benefit of the producer of the finished product and not the raw product? A Lively Colloquy. Mr. Vest rather lightly said he under- steod that the web and woof of the sena- tor’s (Bacon) statement to be that he fa- vored a revenue tariff, but not a pro- tective tariff. “Not only the web and woof, but the whole garment,” responded Mr. Bacon. Mr. Vest asked Mr. Bacon to explain why it. was that these rates were absolutely prohibitory. Mr. Bacon vaid that average duties be- lew 20 per cent could not be vrohibitory. He added that he had spoken et some length because he found himseif differing from some of his democratic asso-iates. He had not in any way abandoned the view that a correct duty is a reveaue duty, and in this connection he referred Mr. Vest to the duties imposed by the Wilson act, framed in part by him. Mr. Vest said he entered his protest against any statements that the Wilson act established a precedent for the demo- cratic varty. That bill, he declared, was passed under duress, with the President and the Secretary of the Treasury urging that a tariff bill was absoluicly necessary. “If the senator was called uyon to frame a revenue tariff bill,” interposed Mr. Ba- con, “what would he consider the lowest average rate?” “That would depend on the requirements of The government,” answered Mr. Vest. “Would it be 25 per cent?” persisted Mr. Bacon. Mr. Vest thought it might be if the expenditures of the government were brought within reAsonable Umits, “Could it be 20 per cent?” pursued Mr. Bacon. Mr. Vest said no conjectural per cent couJa be fixed without aay information on the requirements of government, The senator udded as to the Wilson bill that the three features in which pride was taken Were free salt, free lumber and free: wool. ‘And I am sorry that a member of; my party—he has the right and I do not}. criticise him for exercising it—I'um sorry that a member of my party should be ready to take onecof those articles out of the free list and put a duty on it.” Mr. Bacon answered that the senator from Missouri ne2d feel no solicitude as to the altitude of Equality in the ution cf taxation was a fundameutal tenet of the democratic party and he st on that. . that fundamental principle of democracy. Mr. Clay's, Maiden Speech. Mr. Clay, (Ga.) followed Mr. Bacon, speaking for the fftst thme since he enter- ed the Senate, He expressed himself em- Phatically against free trade and in favor of a tariff sufficient to Carry on the govern- ment, economically administer2d. And in levying this tariff he held there should be strict equality in its impositions. Mr. Clay criticised the sugar schedule as especially objectionable‘as calculated to in- crease the cost to thé consumer. Under the Senate bill the cost of sugar would, he said, be not less than $4.64 per hundred pounds, an advantage to the refiner of 58 cents on the hundred pounds. The price to the consumer would be in- creased to the extent of £1.20 per cwt. This profit would go to the sugar trust, which should become the scandal of the nation. He said the bounly system was responsible for this trust, and that no po- litical party could stand under the odium the legislation would produce. Mr. Clay also criticised the proposition to Place a duty on tea. He claimed there was now held in the United States. 45,000,000 pounds of tea. To put the proposed duty on this article would be to add $4,500,000 to the wealth of the tea holders. Summing up, he said the Senate bill would increase the burdens on the peuple to the extent of $2,000,000 on the four arti- cles of sugar, wool, tea and beer. He claimed that the farming interest had beea reglected and called attention to the con- stantly falling prices in farm products. He declared tnat the bill would not give relief to the people, and also asserted that that tariff had been the paramount issue in the last campaign. That issue, he said, had been almost forgotten in the financial question. Now the financial que. ion was apparently lost sight of in the agitation of the tariff. Mr. Pettigrew (S. D.) said he favored Mr. Vests’ amendment omitting white pine from the paragraph. He asked, however, that the paragraph be passed for the pres- ent. DEATH OF HENRY F. BAUER He Expired Unexpectedly, After Very Brief Iiness, The Deceased Was Prominent as Banker and Citizen—Assintant Cash- fer of Lincoln National Bank. Mr. Henry F. Bauer, who had been con- nected with the Lincoln National Bank as paying teller and assistant cashier since its organization, died very unexpect- edly about 5:3@ o'clock this morning at his home, No. 216 9th street southwest, in his forty-sixth year. Mr. Bauer had been complaining of not feeling well for! several ‘months past, but was able to be ‘atuvamt out of doors up to three didysago. !: Laos Was Going ‘to Europe. He had, upon’the adviée of his physician, Dr. Crook, niade “arrdngements for a trip to Europe, and expected to sail from New York on the 24th instant, with Mrs. Bauer and théir little’daugiter, to be absent about three months. Even after Mr. Bauer was ccmpelied to take to his bed those about lim did not regard his condition as se- rious, and in consequence his death was whclly unlooked for by them. No arrangements for the funeral have been made, further than that the services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late residence of the de- ceased by Rev. Dr. Talmage of the First Presbyterian Church and Rev. Dr. Mentzel of the German Lutheran Church, corner of 2oth and G streets northwest. The inter- ment will be made in Oak Hill cemetery. Educated in This City. Mr. Bauer, who was the son of Sophia and the late Georgé Bauer, was born in Washington August 1, 1851. He was edu- cated in this city, graduating with honor at. the Spencerian Business College. In 1869 he entered the service of the Metropoi- itan National Bank as a clerk, remaining there until the organization of the Lincoln National Bank, about seven years ago. Being elected paying teller of the new bank, he accepted and held the office until he was elected assistant cashier, which po- sition he held up to the time of his death. He was a trustee of the First Presbyte- rian Church, and for some months past treasurer of the board. Mrs. Bauer was completely prostrated by her husband's desth. — RECORDS IN DANGER. Recorder Cheatham Wants Protec- tion for His Otfiice. Since assuming the duties of his office, Recorder of Deeds Cheatham has made many needed improvements in the office rooms, repainting and refurnishing them to a very large extent. He proposes to con- tinue the improvements until the entire office is wholly renovated. ‘The recorder’s attention was called short- ly after he entered the office by several well-kaown citizens to the virtually unpro- tected condition of the office records, and he at once commenced an investigation irto the matter. “I find,” said the-recorder to a Star 1e- perter this afternoon, “that the complaint is well founded, and I hope to be able to scon remedy the evil. I was simply astounded to discover that the office rec- o1ds, involving the title to all the real estate of the District, and as much per- soenal property, ig practically unprotected against destractigh Dy fie, “I also discovered at the revenues of the office exceed, the /xpenses by severa! thousand dollars ¢yery year, the excess for the last quarter, fOr iligtance, being $1,300. “Of course, it require an appropria- tion by Congress to vide the necessary fire-proof vault rogms, but I am sure that when I acquaint ‘Congress with thé facts, really startling facts,;"the required funds will be furnished, “In fact, I canngt lerstand why it was not done years ago, for I doubt whether there is any other cit¥ in this country of this or even smaljér sfge where such valu- able and indispen¥abl@ records are in such an unprotected conditfon. Every property owner in the District, should Interest him- self in the mattet; and I am assured that I will receive their “héarty co-operation in securing the nec/3saf¥ appropriation, It cannot be made teo-soon, for, should a fire occur in the cfilee, records would be de- stroyed which could never be replaced, und the title to hundreds of pieces of District property would be clouded “and endan- ——.—— Payments -to Be. Resumed.. ‘The Secretary of the Interior has in- formed the Senate that he had: instructed United States Indian Agent Wisdom to resume the payment of the per capita money due the freedmen of the Cherokee Indfan_ nation. The Secretary also trans- mits uy ir showing inf gad ayments were suspended last spring. wae the result of dissatisfaction with the oR furta*originally amounted to See ee ee an E summer to study the money. question there. senator of his ty. | stcth Eatiot YOUTHFUL ATHLETES High School Cadets to Meet in An- nual Competition FOR THE EVENING STAR TROPHY Boys From the Central Have Al- ready Won It Once. MAY REPEAT THE VICTORY The pupils of the High Schools have as much interest in athietics nowadays as in ‘the competitive drill, and the giris’ basket ball and the boys’ foot ball contests, and consequently the track and field games of the Washington High Schools, next Wed- nesday afternoon, on Georgetown campus, will be a success, both as to the character of the meet and the size and enthusiasm of the audience. This will be the fourth athletic meet, the first being held in November, 1890, on the grounds of the Central High Schoo, by the pupils of that school only; the secund on the old Analostan Island track, June 11, 1392, when the Western High School won the championship, and the games last year, which marked the beginning of athletic meets to be held regularly toward tie close of each school year. The contests each year are strictly school comretitions, to de- termine which of the four schools is en- litled to have possession for a year of the handsome gold-lined silver championship cup, donated by The Livening Star News- paper Company, to be contended for an- nually. % The cup is as pretty and graceful as any ever offered for competition, being nin2- teen and a half inches in height, surmount- ed by a winged wheel symbolizing the bi- cycle race. Engraved upon the body part of it is the finishing scene of a sprinting event. The trophy is artistically propor- tion and is an extremely handsome affair, the lower part, legs and handles being em- bossed with artistic designs. The trophy is to be contested for ai ally until one of the schools manages to obtain it three times, then it will become the property of the successful school. The Central boys won the cup last year with ease and are in fair condition to repeat the victory. The reasons of the Central's superiority are that the number of pupils greatly outnum- bers those of the other schools, that the Central athletes have shown more dis- Position to train conscientiously, and that they have had more cxpericnce. Although young in athletic circles, the Central boys have brougnt honor and pres- tige to their school. The interscholastic mile relay championship for America was won by the school’s relay team last month at the University of Pennsylvania’s ath- letic meet, the Washington boys winning out from the Central High School of Phiia- delphia, the ex-champions, with ease. Th= team was made up of Farrow, Ruff. Stuari, Curtis and Young. Last Monday two of the Central boys won honors in Baltimore in the games of the Maryland Athletic Club. Stuart captured the haif-mile run and Curtiss the high jump. Rules for the Meet. The championship and trophy that goes with it will be won by the school which scores the greatest number of points ac- cording to the following system: The school represented by the winner of each event will be credited with five points, while the second and third men will win three and one points, respectively, for their school. All undergraduates who have attended their respective schools, pursuing three major studies from the Ist of Jan- uary, 97, to the time of the meet. are eligible. The events to be run off are 100- yard run, 220-yard run, 440-yard_ run, 880- yard run, one-mile run, 220-yard hurdles, one-mile bicycle race, two-mile bicycle race, running high jump, running broad jump, pole vault and putting twelve-pound shot. A gold medal will be given to the con- testant winning first place, a silver medal to the one winning second and a bronze one to the one winning third place. The Na- tional Interscholastic Athletic Association rules will govern the meet, except in the marking of points. he officials of the meet have been se- lected as follows: Referee, S. Stinemetz, Columbia Athletic C?ub, Track judges, Mr. Walsh, Georgetown University; Prof. jcyce, Carroll Institute, and Prof. Cross- ley, Columbia Athletic Club. Starter, Bill Fcley, trainer of Georgetown University. Cierk of course, A. Early. Timers, Mr. Fox, Georgetown University; Mr. Wilson, Friends’ Athletic Association, and Mr. Cabrera, Columbia Athletic Club. Field judges, Mr. B. H. Wefers, Georgetown University; Mr. McGirr, Georgetown Uni- versity, and Mr. McCormick. Measurers, Mr. Larrimore and Mr. Speare, Columbia Athletic Club. Scorers, Mr. Beatty, Colum- bian Cellege, and Messrs. J. A. Wefers and Cody, Georgetown University. The meet will be held under the auspices of the High School Athletic Association, composed of two representatives from the Central, Eastern, Western and Business These representatives were elected about the middle of February, and have been werking hard ever since to make the meet a success. The members are as follows: Hyder B. Farrow, chairman; Artley Par- son, secretary; Eugene Wilkins, Amzt Smith, jr., Charlie Taussig, Edgar Berry, Brooke Amiss and George Weaver. Probable Winners. Central’s athletic reputation last year yas made by her track and field team, which was one of the fastest school teams in the United States. As all but four mem- bers returned to school, and as there are some very promising new candidates, the team of ‘97 will in all probability break the records of their predecessors, set a standard in time and distance that will not be excelled for many years, and win out from the teams of the Eastern, West- ern and Business, with a good many points to the good. Hyder B. Farrow of this year’s graduating class is captain of the field and track team, and chairman of the High School Athlecic Association, and it is due to his hustling abilities and his perseverance that such a successful meet is to be pulled off. Farrow holds the High School record for the broad jump, his best performance being 20 feet linch. He is a member of the school's re- lay team, covering a quarter in seconds, and has quite a reputation as a high jumper, In.the 100-yard and 220-yard runs there are several fast men, Young having cov- ered the shorter distance in i 2-5 seconds. Capt. Farrow and Ruff are also fast at the distance, and the former may surprise the crowd and win out. In the 220-yard run all the above mentioned boys are fast, but Ruff is the fleetest. His last year’s record was 24 4-5 seconds, and Trainer Foley expects him to go in about 23 this spring. Ruff is also premier in the quarter-mile run, with a record of 5% seconds. Foley predicts he will run under 52 seconds this year, and says hé ts easily the fastest scholastic quarter-miler in the country. Farrow, Stuart, Curtiss and Young all cover the dist&nce under 55 seconds. Creditable Records. In the half and mile runs, Stuart has the best records, 2.06 for the former and 5.02 for the latter. Stuart has wonderful abili- ties, and is making quite a reputation as a long-distance runner. In the 220-yard hur- dles the school will be represented by Cur- tiss and J. Underwood. Curtiss will _prob- ably win out in about 274-5 seconds; his best previous record is 29 4-5 seconds. - Cur- tlss again comes to the front in the run- ning high jump and pole vault. He has cleared the bar at 5 feet 7 inches in the former, while his best vaulting is 9 feet. Farrow and Raw! are close seconds in the jump, and J. Underwood is developing irto a fair xanlter rel 3 ‘The East2rn boys have been training hard under the coaching of Prof. Crossley at Co- lumbia Athletic Club Park for the last two months, and although the boys are inexpe- rienced they will give the other schools good races and will probably finish secona- in the games. Charlie Zurhorst of the seccnd year ciass is captain of the athletic team. He has been faithful in his efforts to get the hoys. out to t hay set a g00d example, he well in the events Ie whith he is entered. Bob Weaver, who won the-picy- cle race for the schoo! last year, will rep- it and will Credit is as free as air== here--at this store. You needn’t deny your- self a home comfort--for a single minute-- because you don’t happen to have the money . to spare. System’’ is for. Our prices you'll find keeping require. ting trade--but then Matting stock. Which’s the best want to buy one. ey Sosdocestetestentecontete fo welcome to it. a a a ss Sontontoatects ote That’s what our “Equitable Credit Our values’ll stand first in every test. is the only store in Washington where you can get everything homemaking and house- Can’t help but be a convenience to be able to buy all you want and pay as you please--weekly or monthly. No doubt but we’ Laid free. one of our several brands. . par. We can save you some money if you There are just three makes of Baby Car- riages we think are good enough for you. Price doesn’t prove anything, because ours cost the least--and are the best. Don’t hesitate to ask for credit. You’re House & Herrmann, Liberal Furnishers, Cor. 7th and I Streets. sdnnndndadinddiid SHS SSOS SSS SOS IS aed are the lowest. This ve got the Straw Mat- we’ve got the Straw Refrigerator? Either They’re all ona | a strong bid for the honors in both the two and one-mile races. Weaver is a steady and enduring rider, and always puts up a good race. The Eastern has no other ex- perienced athletes to represent it, but the boys who will make their first appear- ance on the track next Wednesday will do all in their power to win the trophy and title of championship for the Capitol Hili school. The Business has very few entries and only one experienced man, George Weaver, a rider of ability and one who has quite a name amorg local sports. Weaver will prove the. hardest man that ‘Weaver from the Eastern will have to contend against, and it looks as if the bicycle races will be between Eustern Weaver and susiness Weaver. The Western boys are under the leader- ship of Charlie Taussig, second Ieutenant of Company H and a member of last year's track ard field team. Taussig is a faithful trainer, and should be heard from in the everts In which he Is entered. Berry and Hudson are two other boys who have had experience in the athletic line. Hudson will enter the broad and high jumps and Berry the short distarce runs. Entries for the Events, The entries for the different events are as follows: One-hundred-yard run—Centrai: Ruff and Farrow. Eastern: Maupin and Zurhorst. Western: Barry and. Taussig. Business: Lundy. Two-hundred-and-twenty-yard run—Cen- tral: Ruff, Young, Alden. Eastern: Maupin, Hilder. Western: Berry and Taussig. Four-hundred-and-forty-yard run —Cen- tral: Ruff, Farrow, Stuart. Eastern: Hil- der, Zurhorst. Western: Taussig, Hoffman. Eight-hundred-and-eighty-yard run-—Cen- tral: Stuart, Craige, Brinkerhoff. Eastern: Parson, Lee, Etzler. Western: Mulligan, Smith, Burford. One-mile_run—Central: Stuart, Wheeler. Eastern: Lee and Etzler. ern: Mulligan, Smith and Burford. Two-hundred-and-twenty-yard _hurdles— Central: Curtiss, Underwood, Kelley. East- ern: Zurhorst, Parson. Western: Lamber- ton, Hudson. Pole vault—Central: Curtiss, Underwood, Kelley. Eastern: Zurhorst, Western: No entry. Business: Lundy. Broad jump—Central: Young, Curtiss, West- Farrow, Curtiss, Wheeler. Western: Hudson, Business: Johannes. High jump—Central: Curtiss, Farrow, Rollins. No entries frém the other schools. Putting twelve-pound shot—Central: Un- derwood, Barnard, Alden. Eastern: Linger and Snell: Western: Borst and Burch. Business: Kimmel. One-mile bicycle race—Central: Plant, ‘fowles, Bogan. Eastern: Weaver, Adams, Smith. Western: Tenney, Janney and Manakee. Business: Weaver, Everett, At- lee. Two-mile bicycle race—Central: Plant, Towles, Bogan. Eastern: Weaver, Smith, Adams. Western: Tenney, Janney, Mana- kee. Business: Weaver, Everett and At- lee. > All Want the Honor. Four cities are asking to be made the place of meeting of the National Educa- tional Association in 1898, ard are making un active campaign for the honor. Omaha, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and this city are in the race for the privilege of enter- taining the guests. The headquarters of the District of Co- lumbia delegation to the convention at Milwaukee will be at the Piankinton House, and an effort is being made to have as many delegates as possible locate there. The policy of the association has been to alternate in their annual meetings between the east and west, and the expressed desire of many teachers to come to Washington iu 1898 will be influential in favor of the selection of this city. Rev. Dr. Whitman, president of Colum- bian Unigersity, has announced that the uniyersity will make a special effort to welcome the educators should the associa- ton come. here. Feseas SS Missing Manager Heard From. C. S. Mengel, the missing manager of the Hotel Jefferson, who left the hotel sud- denly Wednesday, has been heard from. He went from.here to Norfolk, and ye=ter- day he returned the missing bocks and a due bill for $14.50, the amount he says he owes the hotel. In a letter to Treasurer Brenson of the hotel company Mengel justifies his conduct. The fugitive had balarced the books, and an investigation is mow being made. When it was learned ‘that the books had been shipped here from Norfolk Detectives Carter and Gallaher, who have charge of the case, telegraphed the authorities of that city to arrest him. —_——— Frank Carry Missing. The police have been asked to look out for Frank Curry, twenty years old, whose Parents live at No. 104 10th street north- east. Five months ago the young man came here from Leesburg, Va., and last Saturdey he was a witness in the Police ‘Court. He left the court to get his witness Tee and return home, but failed to do either. It is reported that he told a friend that he was going to return to the country. but his father believes he has met with fon! play, which the police think ig not likely. ‘When he left here the young man wore a light suit of clothes, black derby hai and pointed shoes. ——— ‘Wil Filed. of the late Mary Eliza Becker, HARD TIMES FOR UNDERTAKERS, People Live Longer in Hard Times Than When They Are From the Chicago Tribune. It may sound rather strange to say that the hard times affect the undertakers, but such is the case. This is not because people cannot afford to die. There is no economy practiced in that direction. People still dic, and the good die young, as they did in days gone by. “Business has gone to the bowwows,” said a local undertaker. “We are not do- ing anything, comparatively.” “Why is that?” he was asked. “Oh, times are hard, and all business feels the general depression. We feel it the same as the rest. “When times are hard,” the undertaker continued, “people do not die as fast as they do when times are good. This state- ment may sound a bit odd to you, but it ts an absolute fact. Worry kills lots of peo- ple when times are hard, to be sure, but worry is not the friend of the undertaker. Then there are suicides and cases of death from. want and exposure, but there is no money in them. The class of people who bring profit to the undertaker are those who are in Prosperous circumstances. They make money, and they spend it. When they do rot make money they do not spend it. “hen they spend it they die. When they do not spend’ it they live. When hard times begin to pinch these people a little they begin to economize. They do not live so high. They do not eat as rich food. They do not go to the theater so often, and they take fewer chances generally. Men walk instead of taking a cab. They &moke fewer cigars and they buy less whisky. All of these things tend to make them more healthy. They do not ‘run down’ so soon from close application to business. “Unconsciously, they are prolonging their lives, while they are saving their money. They do not live at as rapid a gait, and hence they do not die as rapidly. They find that they can get along without that dol®r luncheon at a down-town restaurant befora they go home, and at noon they find a glass of milk as satisfactory as a ‘small bottle.” Then they say, ‘I must wear this old over- coat this winter,’ and in doing so they un- ccnsciously take more care in Keeping it buttoned up about the neck. They are not taking off a thick puff tie and putting on a small bow and a lighter suit of clothes to go out and spend the evening. “Women especially are benefited by this State of affairs. Where a man ts likely to catch cold once a. woman will catch cold a dczen times. When times are hard they do not attend so many parties. The dress balls that women enjoy so much are the means of the undoing of more of them than any other cause. They take off the thick, warm Street dresses that they wear in the winter, and discard the warm headgear that is donned when Jack Frost comes. Then they put on thin gowns of some hard, cold ma- terial. They wear gowns of this nature cut low in the neck, and to finish off they put @ covering of lace over their heads and sal- ly forth to the opera, the dance—and the grave. “Hard times Tor the people are healthy times, and healthy times are hard times for us. The wholesalers and casket manu a turers are well-nigh discouraged. There is no sale for their goods, and they cannot ferce business with bargain baits or by the offer of prizes and novelties. It 1s no in- ducement to offer a man a chance on a gold watch if he will die and leteyou bury him. “Give the undertaker good times, high living end brilliant social seasons and he will flourish and wax fat, but give him hard times and he will perish, the same as any one else.” ——__+-e-+___ He Sorter Knowed. From the Kansas City Times. You can nearly always bet your money on a boy. Boys know some things better than even the angels. In an important Jaw- suit at Clay Center the other day a twelve- year-old boy was on the stand, and testi- fied that he spent just ten minutes in get- ting a bucket of water for his mother. The question of time was a vital one, and the opposing attorneys tried to rattle the boy. Finally one of them pulled out his watch and proposed to test whether or not the boy knew when ten minutes had elapsed. The opposing attorneys on the boys side of the case strenuously objected to this test, for it is well known that nothing is harder than to sit still and gauge the pass- ing time. The judge ordered the test to be made, however, and after the court rocm clock had been stopped and every chanced removed for the boy to play a j Sneak, the trial commenced. The stillness in the room became oppressive. Every watch was drawn, and the eyes of the mul- titude rested upon the youngster, who chewed gum, swung his foot against the round of his chair, and gazed placidly out over the benches as though the proceedings had mighty little interest for him. Two, four, six minutes passed, and still he made no sign. The attorneys commenced to wor. “Isn't time about up?” asked one of them. “Nope,” sententiously responded the boy, Ped he changed