Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1897, Page 11

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WEDNESDAY,*JUNE 9, 1897—-FOURTEEN PAGES. from Be offic: of pubfication. THE SCHOOL TRUSTEES Business Transacted at the Meeting of the Board Yesterday. The Normal School Location Discuss- ed—Compulsery Attendance Law Amendments—Other Matters. A regular meeting of «he board of trus- tees of public schools was held at the Franklin building last evening. There were Present Messrs. Whelpley (in the chair), Harries, Hazen, Wilson, Witmer, Shadd. Bruce, Cornish and Barnard, and Mrs. Stowell. g A communication was read from Mr. W. W. Stone, president of the Lincoln Monu- ment League of San Francisco, in refer- ence to the establishment of a “Lincoln day” in the public schools, for the inculca- tion of lessons of patriotism, etc. Mrs. Stowell said she thought the idea a good ore, and on her motion the letter was re- ferred to the committee on text books. Report Called For. »munication was received from the Commissioners, requesting tne d to submit, on or before July 30, 1897, of the transactions of the board e fiscal year ended June 30, 1807. d that said report cover the ns of the board and matters of in- terest or importance connected therewith, ommendations as to improvement rment in the service, together with ment of expected operations duriag succeeding school year. ‘The also requested to submit to the Cemmissioners, on or before August 31 next, a detailed estimate of the amount that will be required for the conduet of the > school system for the fiscal year to It is suggested that this de out with care and in de- and that it be accompanied by full explanations. The communication was re- ferred to the committee on ways and means. Mr. Joseph F. James of 16th street and Kenesaw avenue made application for ap- Ptintment as a teacher in the graded He said he possessed a certificate the commissioners of public the state board of education of d desired to know if it would not cepted by the board as sufficient for ue of a teacher's certificate to him. The Uhio certificate was issued in 1880. On motion of Mr. Wilson, the secretary was instructed to inform Mr. James that the acceptance of the Ohio certificate would be contrary to the established rules for the appointment of teachers in the public schools of the District. A proposition from Miss Alice L. Mo- quet to furnish the board with copies of her pcem on “Old Glory” was referred to the committee on text books. The poem is dedicated to Mrs. P. B. Heart, and was ‘itten in honor of “Flag day.” nal Educational Association. The secretary read a communication from Dr. H. L. Getz of Marshalltown, Towa, president of the department of §chool administration of the National Edu- cational Association for School Boards,call- ing the board's attention to the second national convention of schoo! boards (de- partment of school administration, N. E. A.). of the United States, to be held at Mil- waukee July S and 9. “The foremost men now serving.” Dr. Getz says, “and who have won distinc through their labors on boards of education, will treat the most important topics affecting the management } of practical school affairs. A general dis- | cussion by representatives from all parts of the country will follow each address. It is urged that boards of education give this matter careful official consideration, send- ing at least one delegate—at the expense of the District, if necessary—a precedent which has been established in two or three states that have organized state school board associations. Several programs are inclosed for the members of your board. Half-fare railroad rates from all parts of the United States have been arranged for. Hotel accommodations can be provided for in advance by writing to the secretary. Will you kindly read this letter to your board at the next regular meeting, and early notify the secretary of school ad- ministration department of N. E. A. of its action?” This letter was placed on file. Its read- ing resulted in a brief but interesting dis- cussion as to the best plan of having the National Educational Association hold its annual convention for 1898 in this city. Mr. Whelpley said that the matter had been brought to his notice by a railroad man. While he naturally favored the roposition, he didn't see what the school Eeara could ao in the premises, except ito pass a resolution inviting the ‘association to mect here. He thought it a matter that could be best dealt with by the board of trade, and he thought it should be brought to the attention of that body. The Next Convention Here. Superintendent Powell, being asked for information on the subject, said that some gentlemen had been to see him on the sub- ject of having the next convention of the educational association held in this city. An effort was being made, he said, to bring about that result. He regarded it a most praiseworthy movement, and thought that the citizens should give it every possible aid and encouragement. it was desired that the school board should issue a formal invitation for the organization to meet here next year, after which the District Commissioners and the board of trade and the business men generally could take it up, and he thought they could be counted on to lend valuable aid to the movement. Mr. Witmer moved that the superintend- ent be authorized to prepare an invitation to the National Edt* ational Association to hold its next meeting “n this city, and to extend the invitation in the name of the school board. Mr. Barnard suggested that Superintend- ent Powell be detailed to represent the board at the Milwaukee meeting. Mr. Witmer accepted the suggestion as an amendment to his motion. Superintendent Powell said he had_in- tended to attend the convention at Mil- waukee. He would, however, be much more pleased to go as the delegate of the school beard than to go merely on his own re- sponsibility in a purely private capacity. Mr. Witmer’s motion was then adopted unanimously. Miss Marguerite Wrenn was appointed a temporary teacher at $550 in the fourth dl- vision, vice M. A. Mack. Changes in the sixth division were an- nounced as follows: G. A. Anderson, ap- pointed janiter of the Madison School, vice E. J. Anderson, resigned, E. D. Smoot, ap- pointed janitor of the Langdon Schooi. J. F. Ward was appointed janitor of the new building at 5th and K streets north- east. Com: ory Attendance. Mr. Barnard, from the special committee to which was referred the communication from the District Commftssioners in re- gard to the law requiring the attendance of children in the public schools for at least twelve weeks annually, reported that in the judgment of the committee the said law (section 271 et seq., R. S. D. C.) should be amended so as to provide a penalty for its violation not to exceed $50, collectible in the Police Court, as other penalties and fines are collected for violations of Disirict laws, and that when so amended an ofticer should be -letailed from the police or de- tective force of the District to ascertain and prosecute all cases of violation of the law. It was also recommended that the police department in each precinct be in- structed to render all necessary assistance to such —_ On motion of Dr. Witmer, the report of the committee was adopted as the sense of the board, and the secretary was instract- ed to so notify the District Commissioners. The Normal School Location. Mr. Barnerd laid before the board the recently published opinion of the attorney for the District that there was nothing in the law to prevent the removal of the Normal School from the Franklin building to the Henry building or elsewhere. Mrs. Stowell made a motion that the Nor- the present difficulty will be settied first. ‘There can be no open breach of the treaty without some explanation. ‘When will the negotiations cease? I am sure, J wish they were at an end now, but if the gavernment here delays matters by sending cammunica- tions like the one I reccived today, I am FACING A CRISIS The Hawaiian Government Virtually ‘Sch Py sure I cannot say when they will end. My pulang. She didn't think the Henry Threatened by Japan see a a ee : 5 tr building suitable for the purpose, und fa- cannot get a reasonable a! 42 my re- quest I may go home, an} perhaps some one else will have better suceess. Uf I with- draw, you know what follows. 2 hope it will not reach that point. ft Wwomld be an unpleasant ending to a vegy pleasant s0- Journ in Hawaii.” : ‘ a n such words the Japangsd esenta- tive made a distinctand -positige threat vored keeping the school where it is, as being in the best interests of the system, until @ special building can ve provided for its accommodation. To her mind there were many reasons against making a change and few in support of it. The Franklin building had advantages which would be lacking in the Henry buildivg, JAPANESE COLONIZATION OR HOSTILITY Must Appeal to England if America that unless the peremptary, nds were Pr ae es ae ee ees ie, complied with the exercise,of fogce would ee oe he remuiremmery Sethe Refuses Association. follow. The previous language about “the perp Harries expressed surprise at the treatm thins: “The prea pestbon ce oe ion assumed by Mrs. Stowell, : was contrary to what she had heroofore fairs then is, ‘substantially, pleas aia. wali unqualifiedly complics with the de- mands of Japan, means will pe taken to enforce such compliaace. i The Royalist ‘Independent,”: which Is In thorough sympathy- with .the Japanese in- vaston, because promising restoration of the queen, says: “Do not forget that the friendship of Japun is of more value and importance to the United States than forty Hawaitan Islands. Remember the Corinto incident. In spite of the Monroe doctrine and the jingo howl, the United States ‘al- lowed’ Great Pritain to collect moneys claimed as damages cue British subjects from the rulers of Central America. The Dole government will eveutually pay the indergnity claimed by the Jupanese.” It should here be said that strong as have been the feelings of royalists againsi the “American usurpation” of government, a majority of them are wholly opposed to be- ing overran and taken possession of hy the Japanese. The present developments are bringing to their comprehansion the fact so plainly seen by Americans here. that con- tinued independence is a dream—that of necessity this group must fall Into the pos- session of some strong power. These na- tive royalists are fearning that they have to choose, and that speeilily, whether to belong to Christian or Asiatic civilization. Most Hawaiians will not choose the Asiatic. They would, indeed, of their own accord have cordially accepted the American rule, had not such an outery been made by anti- American Britighers. Hawali in a Tight Place. As the business now stands, Httle Ha- wall is in a tight place, under compulsion to accede to the demands of Japan and to permit unlimited immigration of Astatics, who shall have equal opportunities of ac- quiring citizenship and suffrage with men of European race. The resuit of such com- pliance is a certainty that with Japan's enormous facility in throwing her subjects into Hawaii, a very few years will hope- lessly complete the work of making this a Japanese colony, and entirely obliterating the present wholesome and beneficent rule of Americans. Our only escape from this destructive consequence is in a speedy in- terposition of the power of the United Staies to protect us from the impending flood of Japanese immigration, which we are ourselves, rather late in the day, en- deavoring to arrest. At the time our treaty with Japan was made over twenty years ago by Kalakaua, no thought had arisen of the possibility of the present form of danger from Japan- ese colonization. It was then difficult to procure enough Chinese ‘coolies for the la- bor on the plantations, and the reinforce- ment of laborers from Japan-was extreme- ly desirable. ¥ have -spoken of American interposition as our only escape from pres- ent imminent consequences of Japanese oc- cupancy of Hawail. There ig, indeed, a probable dernier resort, which we should unwillingly be compelled to seek tf America refuses, which we cannot antigipate. That is to apply for British protection and oc- cupancy, which England will be only téo glad to grant, in case the United States decline the office. The Appeal to America. Apparently, however, there is me need of our anticipating so unpleasant @ contin- gercy. We have the strongest imdications that your administration. are heartily dis- posed to apply themselves early @nd earn- estly to the work of protecting and occu- pying Hawali. Their time has now arrived for decisive action. Hawaii has,ngw reach- ed the vartng of the ways, when her des- tiny is to be decided, whether; it. shall be Asiatic or European—whether sheshall be- come a Japanese colony or continue to de- velop as an American one. Que weak gov- ernment has gone to the limit af its ability in meeting the issue presented to it. It now remains to awalt the action of the government of the United States. If they intend to own Hawaii as ther outpost in the Pacific, now is the time to gct decisive- ly and assume possession. led him to understand. The adoption of } HER DESTINY TO BE DECIDED her motion would be a nullification of the action of the board on the subject at its last meeting, where it was decided to have but ene Normal School. Mr. Barnard said he thought it nad been arranged that the Normal Schovl should be established in the Henry building as the best place for it under all the circum- stances, and he was surprised to hear ob- Jections to the plan. Dr. Witmer moved that the subject be referred to the committee on High and Nermal Schools for consideration and re- port, and the motion was seconded by Mr. Barnard. It was adopted by an over- whelming vote, Mrs. Stowell casting the enly vote in the negative. Closing Exercises. Mr. Falck, the secretary, anonunced that the closing exercises of the public schools would take place as follows: Friday, June 18—Colored Normal School exercises in the Magruder School building at 17th and M streets at 19 a.m. Monday, June 21—Business High School in Academy of Music at $ p.m. Tuesday, June 22-—-Normal Franklin building at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 23—High “School (col- ered) in the Academy of Music at 8 p.m. The graded schools of the city will cicse on this day. Thursday, June 24—High School com- mencement in Convention Hall at 8 p.m. SITUATION IN KENTUCKY Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 27, 1897. Since my last letter fuller accounts have transpired, containing important facts as to the nature of the demands made upon this republic by the Japanese government. We have also the substance of the reply made by this government to those de- mands. This was given out on the 24th, and has probably been received by you with the mail of that date. I am able to add to that intelligence some additional points respecting the claims made by Ja- pan. It is learned that the paper drawn up at Tokio and presented to this government by the Japanese minister was far less friendly than the Honolulu public had been led to suppose. It was imperious to a de- gree bordering upon insolence. So it was characterized by a person of high position. It was altogether not such a paper as would have been addressed to any power of reputation. School in Japan's Compla The very serious fact, not yet published here, is privately learned, that the Japan- ese government in this paper directly in- sists that Japanese subjects resident here shall enjoy to the fullest extent all the privileges of denization and franchise pos- sessed by people of European races. This has not been regarded by the Hawailan government as required by any treaty stipulation. What are the precise merits of the contention I am unable to say. The unquestionable fact, however, is that the admission of such a right would speedily become fatal to American influence in Ha- wali, and would bring us under the polit- ee ical control of the Japanese. It is a claim EE Nat Beee ehte Eta. which must be resisted to the last extrem- . ity. As to other items of the Japanese com- plaint, the communication from that gov- ernment intimates that if the Hawailan government has properly interpreted the immigration laws, then those laws are lu derogation of the treaty of 1871. It also charges that the administration of the laws by the Hawaiian government was. arbi- trary and capricious and in violation of prior precedents. Accordingly, Japan asks the Hawailan government to recognize the principle of indemnification in connection with the alleged wrong done to Japanese subjects by the administration of the laws in question. In addition, the Japanese gov- ernment demands an assurance that like action would not again be taken with Jap- anese immigrants coming into Hawaii. We must pay for the wrong we have done to the subjects of Japan; we must guaran- tee that we will never do so again, and, finally, we must completely open to the Japanese the road to Hawaiian citizenship and franchise. Entries All in for the Nomination for Gov- ernor. W. J. Stone the Latest Announcement— Gold Democrats and Republicans Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 7, 1897. The entries to the democratic primaty for June 22 were all booked at midnight Saturday, and there are 175 candidates for the 87 offices. The ticket which was named by the democratic convention on April 22 went into the primary in a body with the full expectation of capturing the offices and the party machinery, which was taken from them by the silver convention held at Frankfort last week. The Music Hall ticket represented the conservative business element, and was put out ahead of the state convention in order that the free silver sentiment might not cause its defeat. This brought on a hot fight, in which the state machine took aides with the local silver men and threw the conservative delegates out of the Frankfort convention and ordered a prim- ary. It was thought the ticket would not go into it, but in order to satisfy the sil- ver men’s sound money candidate for mayor, Mr. Charles D. Jacob, a resolu- tion was put through the convention ignor- ing the silver issue in local races, so the whole Music Hall ticket at once decided to jump in and capture the nominations of which they had been robbed. It goes with- out saying that they will capture sixty of the eighty-seven offices, if not more. Post- master Chas. P. Weaver is the Music Hall candidate for mayor and will defeat ex- Mayor Jacob. Bypam Calls on Watterson. Ex-Congressman Bynum of Indiana, chairman of the national democratic party, was here Saturday and conferred with Henry Watterson, Walter N. Halderman Hawaii's Reply. In the reply to the Japanese complaints and demands, the minister of foreign af- fairs makes no more than a general de- mur to the last item named above. To the cthers he answers In effect: That the im- migration laws of Hawaii are a reasonable exercise of the police powers of the siate, and that they are not in contravention of the treaty, inasmuch as they apply to the subjects of all pcwers alike. That the laws were administered in a justifiable manner, that there was no reversal of any prior precedents, and that the decision of the supreme court denying the right of habeas corpus to the immigrants as not having yet gained residence was a compe- tent and proper determination of their residential rights. This government there- fore contends that the principle of indem- nification does not apply to the case. A KAMEHAMEHA. of the Courler-Journal and State Chair- They also declare that if similar infrac- ey 2 th tions of the immigration law should occur, Q oN e pe acp gp haes age ederycleeai Whe cont [like action to that complained of would | WEATHER CUSED) EL Tae ce toe chek oe eepursue in the com-| necessarily foliow. They will pay no dam- : ing race for clerk of the court of appeals. Shackelford has been nominated on an out and out free silver platform indorsing the Chicago utterance and Joe Blackburn, and this has driven the gold democrats away from his support. It was determined by Mr. Bynum and his conferees to put out a gold democratic candidate for appellate clerk, but to make no organization for the local offices throughout the state. It is probable that the republicans will meet and indorse the gold democratic nominee, ex-State Senator R. H. Elliston, hoping to get a fusion of republicans and gold men for the local republican tickets. It will hardly work, as the gold men are deter- mined to have nothing more to do with the republican party in Kentucky. The ad- ministration of Bradley and the local ad- ministration of Mayor Tod and the A. P. A.’s has caused such a revolt that fusion is well nigh impossible. ~ Another announcement for governor has been formally made. Yesterday in an in- terview ex-Congressman William J. Stone, from the first district, the Gibraltar of Kentucky democracy, announced his can- didacy and in the course of his remarks took occasion to give the one-time leader, P. Watkins Hardin, a severe rap over the cranium. Mr. Stone said that Hardin had been making a tour of Kentucky, osten- sibly In the Interest of a new free silver dally, but in fact he was working for a renomination for governor ard expecting to get ‘t through the paper. Stone will Prove a formidable candidate, as he was rglly the dark horse in the race - when Hardin defeated Cassius M. Clay of Bour- bon county for the nomination in his last race. The probable starters before the gubernatorial convention will be ex-Senator Joe Blackburn, P. Wat Hardin, Chas. J. Bronston, William Goebel, William J. Stone, W. B. Smith, James B. McCreary and a half dozen others. Shackelford ix Expected to Win. It ts confidently expected that Shackel- ford, for appellate court clerk, will carry Kentucky by 25,000 this year. And in case he should do so there will be a great cry of Kentucky reversing herself on the money question, but this can be taken with a pinch of salt. Kentucky will give Shackel- ford this little $4,000 a year sinecure, but will do so because he is not a republican, and not because he is a free stlver demo- crat. ages for what they have done, and they will do the same thing over again on like Condition of the Crops Throughout occasion. the Country, The weather bureau in its report of crop conditions for the week ended June 7 says: ‘The week has be€n unseasonably cool and unfavorable to crop growth throughout the central valleys, lake region, New England and middle Atlantic states. In the southern states the temperature conditions have been more favorable. On the north Pacific coast rain is badly needed. In the southern states corn has made good progress during the week, but throughout the‘central and northern districts the crop: has made but slow growth, owing to abnormally low temperatures. Poor stands “are reported generally from the states of the Ohio val- ley, lake region and New England, and in Wisconsin and South Dakota the crop has sustained injury by frost, some being per- manently damaged in South Dakota. The reports generally indicate that cot- ton has made but slow growth during the week, and that the crop, as a whole, is backward. Some improvement, as com- pared with its condition in the previous week, is reported from Georgia, Arkansas and Louisiana. In northern Rites replant- ing continues and growth has been re- tarded by the cool weather, but in other sections of the state the crop has made fair growth, although damaged to some extent in localities by heavy rains. Japanese Minister’s Comments. Minister H. Shimamura Was duly inter- viewed that evening, and expressed his views with much freedom and plainness. He first stated his surprise that he should not have received the reply of Minister Cooper before he read the substance of it in the evening papers. ‘There seems to have been some mistake in this matter, since the letter of Mr. Cooper was delivered at the Japenese legation at 2:30 p.m., an hour before any paper was Issued. There was tome haste in giving the matter to the public in tme for the steamer mail at 6 o'clock, The minister insisted that the claims of his government were wholly reasonable, and that the Hawaiian government had of. fered no reasonable excuse for the action taken. Japan is acting according to the law of nations. She is not dealing with the board of health, the custom house, or the quarantine officers; the case is one of nation with nation. The United States has been advised of the affair, and if the gov- ernment at Washington believes that the position taken by Japan is right, accord. ing to international law, there will be no interference. As to arbitration, Mr. Shimamura said that in small affairs arbitration. may be allowed, ‘but never where the honor of a nation is at stake. There is no court | Wervecting ni ter wheat is now gen- where cases in international law are tried, pout ioc The only tribunal ts the strong arm, and | ¢T4! {7 the southern states. Some has been 1 it as far north as southern New Jers the strong vessels. Honor is too sacred a | Guy 95° . BD thing to any nation to be played with in | ere ge aya, Will begin in southern Kan- sas in about ten days. ‘The reports affect- eRe es: hea ing this crop are generally Siscranie, out nese immigration tees, sought Japa-| only slight improvement is teported from igration in support of her chief Missouri! and Ohio, i hi industry, and a treaty was made to fur-| heen done bY Pack Wee, Some injury has seer itso hem Hawaii discovers that the | “Abnormally coot weethi Gop varded th, dabanese are competitors, and laws areligrowih of spring Wwheer, cube 2 rest immigration. t of aulte fatisfled, and in order: to avold any pemaned” f0, stias extent by} frost in the nis unders' ng, investigates the status 1 of every emigrant leaving her shores. Every | 4! ‘penrenee snd he slanting tobacco gmisrent who left Yokohama for Hono- | vaneyy Miet st ene aly did 89 according to, the laws of this | been’ “planted: In Coe ee ee fere they left. Bach free ievoor, ws, Pe- | and North Carolina the cron i’ noe aoe amcunt of money required and was eligible | Wauaq>ut more favorable reports are re to land, but the authorities here sald no!” | Ce! ps ee st ero Lmne ale It is news that Japan thus investigates | Missouri. . the status of the emigrants. How, then, happened tt that laborers were brought here under pretended contracts with pian- tations. which had no existence? Ona of them was at the leper settlement at Kalau- papa! As to the free immigrants possess- ing the required sum of money, the most’ careful examination fully sutisfied the au- thorities that they were not in bona fide possession—the money was lent them tem- Porarily by the emigration agents to de- ceive this government. Threats of Force. _ The minister spoke of the United States as standing as a sort of godmother to this republic, but as certain not to justify Ha- wali if she is wrong. Japan has the great- Japan is stgtes ,of the Ohio the nominations already made for the hold-over senators in the general assembly there is nothing to cause Senator Lindsay any uneasiness. In Louisville the men who will be placed on the ticket will undoubted- ly have promised to vote against Black- burn first, last and all the time, or else they will be duly relegated to the rear. No Blackburn hold-over senators will be sent to the next legislature. It now looks as if it would be a long time till Black- burn will have andther chance to get back to the Senate, and Louisville will do all it can to stretch that time indefinitely. oi After a Place im thejNavy. A son of Col. Peter C, Hains, Corps of Engineers of the army, in charge of gov- ernment works in the Maryland district, is an. applicant for appointment as @ssistant Paymaster in the navy. The young man was graduated at the Naval Acadgmy three years ago, but was rejecteg on the firal examination on account of ,ph: dis- abilities, which it is said have been remaved. He has the indorsementsof Sena- tor Wellington and other infiyen! —_>—- y repub-. Grand Jury Indictments. * The following indictments were returned by the grand jury: Frances Hughes, lar- ceny; Kate Vandevere, alias May Winfield, alias Kate Vane, housebreaking; Howard —————. Home Soetety,./ At the quarterly meeting ofthe @Voman's a tee oe Home Res the. District,” at West, do.; Charles Whitley, assault with | the two governments and the encrmous ae h various intent to kill; Leonidas Sch. , Go.; Har- trade beng developed by ‘the two countries. Raa were made, and ex ese was de- ry A. Hellman, do.; Mollie J. 2 “Tf Hawaii can get on without Japanese in by Miss Burdette of; ago, the ceny from the United States, 5 the cane fields, well and good; but of course geenral secretary of the Nethosal ve Calvert, jr., Charles H. Stevenson, Mary- land; Luther S. Cannon, Wayne Adolphus Mitchell, North Carolina: Harry Lincoln Clapp, Massachusetts; Francis W. H. Clay, Bertram Martin Doyle, Kentucky; James M. Fisher, Arthur I. Flagg, Jason Clai- borne Hundley, Henry Morris Marsha Charles W. Parker, Virginia: Justin E. Flannery, Arthur Lewis Flint, William Hill Taylor, William Pinckney Walker, W. Qliver Wise, Ohio: Thomas Newcombe Greer, Noble Moore, Tennessee; Frank Ruthven Hanna, Kansas; Edward J. Hen- ning, Wisconsin; Granby Hillyer, Edward Gaston Russell, Georgia; Wilber Allen Owen, Michigan; Thornton Jenkins Parker, Rhode Island; Francis Mohun Phelps, Con necticut; Aurelian Howard Pinney, low: J. Martin Scranage, Blaine W. Taylor, West Virginia; Henry E. Stauffer, Dela- ware; Benjamin R. Stuart, jr., South Caro- lina; Robert Emmet Wiley, Arkansas. Masters of patent law—Cyrus Nathan Anderson, Mississippi; Frank Parker Davis, Reeve W. Lewis, Cassell Severance, Dis- trict of Columbia; Emerson R. Newell, Connecticut; Horace Greeley Van Everen, New York; John Chalmers Wilson, Mary- land. BIRTH OF COUNTRY’S FLAG COLUMBIAN LAWYERS Degrees Oonferred Upon a Large Number of Graduates. ADDRESS 70 CLASS BY JUSTICE BROWN A Striking Picture Representative of the In- teresting Event. Scene Laid in Home of the Famous Betsy Ross—On Exhibit Woodward & Lothrop's, at Cash Prizes Awarded by Justice Cox of District Supreme Court. Large and increasing crowds are being attracted to the art gallery in Woodward & Lothrop’s Boston House by the original historical painting, “Birth of Our Nation's Flag,” now on exhibition there. The large and striking canvas hangs in an excelient light at the southern end of the apartment, and represents an important episode in the early history of the republic. . The scene pictured is a room in the home of the famous Betsy Rees, or, more prop- erly, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, on Arch street in Philadelphia. The matron, seated in a high-back chair, holds, spread before her, the original American flag. The Distinguished Group. The field of the emblem is held in her left hand and the thirteen stars are arranged in a wreath. Gen. George Washington sits regarding it intently, with his right hand easily extended in an approving gesture. Robert Morris is looking at him earnestly, and standing behind the latter, with his hand resting on the chair in which the great financier is sitting, is George Ross, The artist, Charles H.' Weisgerber, has handled his subject with much ability, and the work has considerable merit from an artistic standpoint. The story told in this strong portrayal is interesting. It is generally accepted as a fact that the idea of the stars and stripes Was originally suggested for use as a na- tional emblem by the coat-of-arms of George Washington. The first flag used by the colonies was the “union jack” of Eng- lend, comined with thirteen alternate red and white stripes, indicating that while ihe colonies were united against England's op- pression, they still acknowledged her sov- ercignty. Committee Appointed. A committee was created by Congress in 1777 to devise a national flag, and Geo. Washingten, Robert Morris and George Ross were appointed as its members. A pencil sketch of the proposed flag was drawn by Washington, and met the ap- proval of colleagues. The legend has it that Betsy Ross had embroidered shirts had greatly ad- work, so when it the drawing repro- Betsy was engaged Washington instrocted her stars six pointed ones, but en's stars were only five- { six-pointed stars were only found in English coats of arms. The argument prevailed, and when the flag was completed the committee called to inspect it. The artist has taken this visit as his inspiration. Flag Formally Adopted. The flag was formally adopted by Con- gress Jure 14, 1777, which resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be “thirteen stripes, alternate red and white,” and that the union be “thirteen stars white, in a blue field.” Two more stripes and two more stars were added when Ver- mont and Kentucky were added to the Unicn, and this fi was float the war of 1s12. ~ ian In 1818, however, the thirteen stripes were re-established, and it was provided that there should be twenty stars in the field, a new star to be added for each new state the 4th of July succeeding its admis- sion to the Union. This provision went into effect July 4, 1518, and the flag thus designed remains the national emblem of the greatest country on earth to this day. House of Betsy Rous. The picture now on exhibition was first shown at the world’s Columbian exposi- tion at Chicago, and attracted great atten- tion. Out of this general notice grew a movement to form an association to raise funds to purchase the old house of Betsy Ross, which stands at No. 239 Arch street, Philadelphia, and preserve it, and to build @ monument to the woman who made the first flag. Accordingly, the Betsy Ross so- ciety was formed, and now has members all over the country. Mr. Weisgerber is himself a member, and the proceeds of the exhibition of his pic- ture is devoted to the fund, which is also benefited by the sale of large and small engravings of the production. A Valuable Lesson. The presence of the picture in Washing- ton at this time is particularly fortunate, as next Monday will be Flag day, and it will serve as a valuable lesson to the school children, who are now studying the history of their country, as well as to adults. Woodward & Lothrop have ad- dressed letters to the principals of the va- rious schools, extending an invitation to all pupils to come and see the “Birth of the Nation's Flag” next Saturday, June 12. ae LIST OF THE BACHELORS There was a brilliant scene witnessed at the New National Theater last evening,the occa- sion being the thirty-second annual com- mencement and tke conferring of degrees upon graduates of the school of law of the Columbian University. As on the previous evening, the deco- rations of the building were magnificent, United States flags and the colors of the university being entwined wherever it was possible to place decorations of that kind. The persons on the platform were largely hidder from view to many in the audience on account of the great profusion of flowers which adorned the front of the stage, and which had been sent there by friends of the graduating class. Above the platform was a huge floral banner inscribed, “C. U. Law School, '97." On the platform, besides Rev. Dr. Whit- man, president of the faculty of the unt- versity, who presided, were Judge Cox of the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court John M. Harlan, former Assistant Attorney General Wil- Mam A. Maury, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States David J. Brewer, District Attorney Henry E. Davis, Commissioner of Patents Benjamin Butterworth, Rev, Dr, J. Haven Richards, president of Georgetown University; Prof. William F, Mattingly and Prof. Tracey L. Jeffords, Prof. William G. Johnson, Prof. Lee Davis Lodge, Prof. Melville Churci Rev. Dr. Muir, Justice Brown and the mem- bers of the graduating class. Music was furnished by the Marine Band, Prof. Fan- clulli, conductor. Justice Brown’s Address. After prayer by Rev. Dr. Muir, the ad- dress to the graduating class was delivered by Justice Brown. The justice’s remarks consisted principally of a review of the progress made by the legal profession dur- ing the last 200 years. He created much amusement among the audience and the students as well, by telling some incidents in the practice of the barristers of the seventeenth century, during which period, he said, the principal requisites for a law- yer to possess were a certificate that he had paid Kis cook, washwoman and a few other menials whatever money he might have owed them, and had also dined a certain number of times at one of the inns courts in London. Up _to about a hundred years ago, Jus- tice Brown said, there were practically no law schoois in England, and the only ap- proach to an institution of that character were those known as the-inns courts. The first law school in this country was, the justice eaid, established in Litchfield, Mass., in 1783, and there for the first half century of our country most of the eminent lawyers of the day were educated. For forty years following its establishment the school was without a competitor. Justice Brown told the graduates that While they might become successful law- yers and yet not possess the gift of elo- quence, it was absolutely essential that the successful lawyer must be a mah of in- tegrity. It was to the possession of the strictest integrity, he said, that such men as Rufus Choate and Lord Erskine were ught after and retained as counsel in st of the important cases which got into the court before which they practiced. A dishonest lawyer would, he said, soon be found out, and so tar from becoming emi!- nent in the profession would be driven out of its ranks. Justice Brown deplored the fact that so many prominent lawyers, not 80 much those of the present day as those who lived forty or fifty years ago, mani- fested supreme contempt for polite litera- ture. In conclusion, Justice Brown urged the graduates to aim to achieve the highest success, ard also to remember that they could not reach that goal unless they had a character that was beyond reproach. These Reccived Degrees. The degrees were conferred by President Whitman on the members of the graduat- ing class, as follows: Bachelor of Laws—Howell Bartle, James Wilson Bevans, John Stidhum Bonebrake, Stephen Duncan Bradley, Frank Walter Brandenburg, John Waggaman Brawner, Bernard John Cain, Joseph A. Dempf, Henry Pelouze Doolittle, Samuel Carroll Ford, Charles A. Johnson, James Benton Lackey, Henry Leonard, George Reiss Linkins, David Pelton Moore, Spencer B. Prentiss, Charles S. Shreve, jr., John J. Snodgrass, Gordon Sowers, John Walton Steward, E. Hume Talbert and Ferdmand Albert Weiller of this city; Maurice Le Roy Alden, Kansas; Robert Lewis Ames, Web- ster S. Ruckman, Michigan: Percy Frank- lin Archer, Otho H. W. Talbott, Joseph Wickes Welsh, Maryland; Francis Moulton Benjamin, Clifford Tichenor Curry, William James Hays, William Martin Smith, War- der Voorhees, Harry O. Weaver, Ohio; Howard Ray Blanchard, Rudolph ee Lewis Henry Machen, Ralph H. Hiddle- berger, Frederick Dillon Riggles, Virginia; Robert Huntington Bosard, North Dakota; Clark Cleland Briggs, Vermont; Harry J. Brown, New Hampshire; Arthur Augustine Buck, Edward Thomas Scully, Massachu- setts; Henry Clay Carlson, James Edwin Jenks, George Washington Peterson, Min- nesota; Join Caywood, Montana: Lindley Daniel Clark, John Hibbett De Witt, Ed- ward Stuyvesant Frith, Frederic Briscoe Goodheart, John Thilman Hendrick, Ten- nessee; Henry A. Conner, Madfson Ralph Jones, California; Willlam Beson Corwin, Samuel Daizell, Claude E. Miller, Augustus Franklin Specht, Pennsylvania; James Louls Consar, Augustus Marion Fulk, Francis Guy Fulk, Arkansas; William Mc- Kissach k, Texas; Fred C. Croxten, William Lewis English, George Jacob Hes- selman, Charles Eugene Phelps, Cyrus Campbell Wells, William Francis Woolard, Iilinois; George Walton Dalzell, L. William Gammon, . LL. New_York; Leon Lamar Dye, Mississippi: Edward J. Henning, Herbert Ccoper Sanford, Wis- consin; Frank Keifer,Wm. H.Lopp,Indiana; John Wilmer Latimer, Harvey Faris Smith, West Vi Dallas Mackay, jr., George Mallison, States navy; Benjamin Martin, jr., South Carolina; Henry Howe McLendon, North Carolina; William Mehn, Louisiana; Elliott Kaye Pennebaker, Kentucky; Samuel Platt, Nevada; Joe Powell Shoup, Iow: iis Award of Prizes. r The competitive prizes were awarded by Judge Cox as follows: First prize, $40, G. W. Peterson, whose theme was “Roman Law and Its Relation to England.” Second prize, $30, L. D. Clark; theme, “Organized Labor Before the Law.” i The Parker prize of $100 for the best ex- amination in the senior class for the degree of bachelor of laws was won by J. W. Welsh, and the Parker prize of $50, for the best examination for the degree of master of laws, by Willlam Allan Owen. F. W. H. Clay and J. T. Hendrick, respectively, won the two prizes, a handsome set of law bcoks each, for excellence in. debate. Harry B. Armes of this city was awarded a cash prize of $25 for the best examina- tion on international law. The contest was cpen to members of the post-graduate. senior and junior classes, and the winner, who graduated from Princeton a few years ago with high honors, was a member of the latter class. The examination was held some time ago, but the result was not known until last night, when Prof. Lodge made the announcement. WORK OF LABOR BODIES Building Trades Council Alleges a Violation of Contract, Fede {ion Memorializes the Presi- dent on Cuban Question—Monster for Washington, and he mired her deft needle was decided to have duced as a real flag, for the duty. to make the Mass Meeting to Be Held. The weekly meeting of the Building Trades Council, held last evening at Elec- trical Workers’- Hall, was well attended. President William Silver was in the chair, and Mr. J. M. Boyce officiated as secretary. The following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, explain themselves: “Whereas, the contractors fcr the stone work on the Albert Carry flats, located at 14th and Binney streets northwest, have violated the Building Trades Council con- tract: First. By attempting to have the granite cut at the quarry, when the contract with the Building Trades Covncil specifically prcvides that all such work shall be done in the District of Columbia, and further specifies that the work must be done by local unicn labor, recognized as such and affiliated with the council. “Second. After a vigorous protest on the Part of this council to said contractors they refrained from having the work of cutting continued at the quarries, but attempt to evade the conditions of the contract by employing outside labor to do the work; tkerefore, “Resolved, That the Building Trades Council condemns the action cf these con- tractors in persistently attempting to vio- late or evade the provisions of the Build- ing Trades Council contract. “Resolved, further, That if such a course is persisted in, the council will use every effort to prevent such contractors from securing work under the Building Trades Council contracts.” < Members Make Statements. Previous to the adoption of the preamble and resolutions, statements relative to the matter were made by several members of the special committee which investigated the subject. It was stated that the inten- ticn of these contractors was to have the stone cut at the quarry in Woodstock, Md., but the matter had been brought to the attention of Mr. Carry, and the contractors were informed that they were violating the agreement made by Mr. Carry with the Building Trades Council, whereupon the contractors brought their men from the quarry at Woodstock to Washington, and they are now cutting the stone in this city. A communication was read from Mr. Carry, relative to the employment in the construction of the improvement, in which he stated he had notified Mr. Duehay, the general contractor, that none but union labor should be employed on the work. It was further stated that the objection to the employment of the Woodstock stone cutters on the job was that they are non- residents, and displace local labor of that craft. The men, however, belong to the Granite Cutters’ Union and their unionism is not questioned. = Sympathy for Cuba, The Federation of Labor, at its weekly meeting last evening, adopted a resolution to petition President McKinley “to issue his proclamation recognizing the Cuban gcverrment as an independent government, and to notify Spain that her treatment of Sa oe will no longer be toler- at ry e government of th: Bates” ie United J. . Fitzgerald, E. M. Blake and M. Hunt were appointed a committee to confer with the representatives of other labor bedies of the District, relative to holding a monster mass meeting at an early day of those who are in sympathy with Cuba. =—— NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Treasurer Roberts, Ausistant Treas- urer Jordan and Many Others. The Senate yesterday confirmed the fol- lowing nominations: 2 John J. DeHaven, to be United States ais- trict judge for the northern district of Cali- fornia; John K. Thompson, to be marshal district of West Virginia; Ellis H. Roberts < New York, to be treasurer of the Unitea tates; Conrad N. Jordan of New York, be assistant treasurer of the United States at New York city; Henry H. Morgan of Lo to be consul at Horgen, Switzcr- land; Carl Bailey Hurst of the District of Columbia, to be consul general at Vienna, Peay i a Brest of Wisconsin, to be a general. ostmasters—Maseac! COMMISSIONER CALHOUN ARRIVES, He Reported to President on Renching the City. W. J. Calhoun of Illinois, the special courier sent to Cuba by President McKin- ley, arrived from New York yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He went immedi- ately to the State Department, where Judge Day, the assistant secretary of state, was awaiting him, and together they pro- ceeded to the White House. They were shown into the cabinet room, where Presi- dent McKinley and Judge Day listened to Mr. Calhoun’s description of the situation in the war-ridden island and to the con- clusions reached by him. Judge Day de- clined to be interviewed on the subject of the conference further than to say it was very interesting. Mr. Calhoun likewise pre- ferred not to talk of the interview further than to say he had reported to the Presi- dent what he had seen and heard. The report of Consul General Lee on the Ruiz case is in the city, having been brought here by Mr. Fishback, the secre- Mr. Calhoun expressed great surprise at the publication of what pur- ported to be Gen. Lee's report. He said the document had been sealed in Consul General Lee's office in the regular official way and delivered to Mr. Fishback, who brought it to New York and to Washing- ton. He was unable to understand how it should have become public. Mr. Calhoun talked with less freedom than characterized his interviews while in New York. He complained that some of these had been exaggerated and had made him say what he had not uttered. The com- ner carefully refrained from express- ing any opinior. as to the probable policy the President in acting on the Cuban question, declaring that he had been to the & island simply to learn facts’and to report Eugene” Sulit a Idaho qitburn what he had seen and heard. This he had Tucker, Nebraska; Pere G. Wallms, Gon- garding’ the Ruts cove Sir. Sane ‘polite: ee re oe ly declined fe what it was. On the Guy wiliott Davis, Charles A. dines "Gol: the Condition ‘of the sultering "Att eris Spee era omert: Loe Medaes, Fhe & and Gen. Lee's firm attitude as an Ameri- . ther, 2 representative Mr. Dare Bees Teer ys, Outh, J, Henpert, Peck similar to those he used in his pub- ner, irees neter went District = —————-o-_____—_ ol! i ae oak ae, eye eee oat Condemned the Civil Service. Grove’ Sidney ley, John _Wesicy Maryland Repablican Club met Mon- Snip, Sokn Gareicld Tucker, New Tae pending apogee ing, Abraam i Seeter, Fgh ‘A. Keanor ax scretary.” There was Mississippi: H. Leroy Brownina3. 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