Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1897-12 PAGES. OLDEST INHABITANTS aad Setting a Good Example for Younger Patriots. HONORING THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY ——_+-—_ An Address by Mr. Benjamin P. Davis. THE OTHER EXERCISES ——— The t Inhabitants’ Association of the Di of Columbia celebrated Inde- pendence day by followirg {ts immemorial custom of holding its annual meeting and then having the Declaration of Independ- -e read and a patriotic ad iress delivered. e Despite the heat, quite a large number of members attended the meeting today, which was presided over by President John Marbury, jr. Mr. Allison Nailor reading the Declaration of Independence, and Mr. Benjamin P. Davis delivering a brief a dress. The annual election was held, the proposition et historian was re- to e a ferred to a special con:mittee, and then th ociation adjourned, after partaking collation. ; 3 The meeting was held in the association's room in the Corcoran building, Jsth and F streets, done of the first matters transacted was the election of the follow- ing officers to serve during the ensuing r: President, John Marbury, Jr.; vi presidents, Noble D. Larner, William E en, F. W. Brandenburg, J. W. Clark, 4 T.’ Clark, KR. horn, F. <ern, Philip May, A a ilor, J. Wright, A. H. Ragan re ing secretary Maguire; cor br T. Howa' ther, and marshal, sponding Secret ent aths rciation: announced Marbury feelingly a the following tien te the fact no historian. He that such a body, such a rich and shculd not hav varied of information, such an ¢ to whom they might fur- sh much data, and by whom it could be in sui form. Mr. n We so regretted that the A ion had never provided such an official. He said the wciation should not be merely admiration s fore 1 move Mr. J. Hison Cutts | ons to re- the ussocia- | with meetin EStry of Wolf, » next ‘Treasurer 1 reported ation are in nciation tcok . when Mr. All | for the purpose o ution of Independence, a most impre: manner, Hy app 1 during asion of the reading. Davis Address. President Marbury next introduced the orator of the day, Mr. Benjamin P. Davis, explaining that he is from that cradle of the D Lir Mr. liberty, the “Old Bay State.” Mr. Davis was enthusiastically received, and his brief remarks were most favorably heard. He explained that hitherto he had more fre- quently addressed young people, endeavor- ing to instill in them patriotism and teach them good citizenship, He remarked that rpose in addressing tt knew too well that none nd none more versed He referred to the ociation in meeting on holidays, and of its ef- in the hearts of both the ng the lessons of patriotism. Davis said that while cn many a plat- today there will be groaning and Tecause of the condition of the he nevertheless believed that the | of the country have cause for con- | people atulation in fact exist, gerous or al to the happiness or welfare of the la: The people of this country, he claimed, live in the mest favored and prosperous country on earth, and they are, therefore, wate > be congratulated. words of those who built this puntry, si Mr. Davis, were liberty and union. Liberty was no new sentiment to them, for they had received it as a heritage from their fathe land to creat and enjoy it, and who wer should exist forever. liberty which embraced every ht, liberty of opinion, of the pres fon,liberty every whe And when it was abridged or sought to be denied in one of the colonies every other determined that It it was a colony rose up to preserve and defend it. That liberty is today more firmly e lish an ever before in the history of the coun Another secret of thi said Mr. De is its i and forever fixed. Ther south. nor a solid north, for in the wo is today no solid or east or west, ds of that matchless orator, , “We are Americans all.’ mstitution of the land has stood not test of time, but also every other and ne Tr Was so strong as It is to- Hence. the nation was never so strong. so firm tablished as it is today, e recent visit through the south- ern states as evidencing the spirit of loyalty and lism which pervades country. At every point the stopped, he remarked, great crowds gath sirous of seeing and paying homage to the head of the nation, and single disrespectful word was utter: ot an unkind one made by any one in the thousands who gathered about the chief utive, he being received “rywhere with marks of honor, cordial- said Mr. Davis In concIn- foundations of the country ty and union—and so long a3 and they will exist forever, he E country will be safe. Ther - remarked, the country should re- for the lives of its people have sant places and rich {s their Swapping Reminisences, Upon the conclusion of Mr. Davis’ r marks, Mr. J. Madtson Cutts remarked that while Mr. Davis* dence here is not quite long h to make him eligible to membership, he desired to move that he be made an honorary member. The motion was unanimously carried, as was one re- turning to Mr. Natlor and thanks of he association for the pleasure d the members today. exchange of reminiscences between mbers of the association followed, which it transpired that two of resent, Mr. William Beron and Mr. u, had seen Lafayette on his ountry more than sixty years ago, Mr. Solomon J. Fague stating that h; en Charles Carroll of Carrollton lay the corner stone of the Baltimore and Onto railroad. After “America” had been sung the members of the assoctation enjoyed a 5 those 2 visit to this repast, adjournment being had after all present had heartily joined in singing “Auld Lang Syne.” Among those present were Ardrew Bar- Wiam Beron, J. T. Boi a . Sebastian Bi W. D.C non J. Fugue, Wek Jacks ner, T. F. bury. jr. R. L. Martin, Philip May, . Mullan, Allison > T. M, Noonan, Jos. Prather, A. Ho Ragan, D: R. Reily, J. Vethmeyer, J. A. Wineberger, B. C. Wright, Simon Wolf and W. H. Williams. who had come to this} ot| and at all times. | to Mr. Davis the | BAYARD TALKS ON FINANCE Late Ambassador to England Discusses the Currency Question. At a Philadelphia Patriotic Meeting He Warns His Hearers Against Unsound Money Views. PHILADELPHIA, July 5.—The one hun- dred and twenty-first anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence was celebrated today in front of Independ- ence Hall. The celebration was under the auspices of the Society of the War of 1812 of Pennsylvania. The ceremonies consisted of an address by Mayor Warwick, reading of the Declaration of Independence and singing by school children. Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, late ambassador to England, was the orator of the day. Mr. Bayard préfaced his address with a brief history of the country from the time of George Washington up to the present day. He said: “When we cease to remember George Washington we shall be in peril, for if he is to be forgotten and his precepts and ex- ample cease to guide us and be our ani- mated rule of action toward each other, our best hopes ror our country’s glory and the perpetuity of free institutions under republican iorm of government will have faded inco doubtful and unreliable exist- ence.” The speaker, in referring to the Declara- tion of American Independence, said: American Revolution Justified. er was the Declaration of American Independence in 1776 justified before God and man as it is by the relations and con- dition of the two English-speaking na- tions which exist today. Never was the United States so ereat or powerful in ma- terial wealth and resources, never so srandly independent, and never was the of Great Britain so mighty, so strong in all the constituents of civilized power. “And, thanks be to God, never were the international retations between the people of the two countries in a clearer atmos- phere of unmistakable mutual good under- standing and more free from ignorant sus- picion or hostile intent than on this one hundred and twenty-first anniversary of American independence. Mr. Bayard concluded as follows Cloud nm Secial Horiz. ay there is in the minds of thinking men in this country a widespread and Vague uncasiness on a question which cas:s its shadow over the outlook of bnsinc beclouds the atmosphere of hope and enterprise: pital is one form of property and is sensitive, and strinks and withers when its cynfidence is weakened. Such apprehen- ons, everywhere, vague and unidefin chill the energ: ir of men and cheek th enterprise, and labor waits for capital to regain its courage and smooth away the objections and danger which imped= em- ploy and to bring the energies of in- | divi into co-operative action. And | y labor is waitin, fering 4 | v and worn faces and hollow amid mutterings of ean be relieved for t not Seem much that * les o the bus Caused by Fina “Is it not the unc as to what ma joubt as to the ulls the edge of enterprise r with the pale cast of thought ness of our country. Appr rtainty in men's minds be done with the currency of the country, which is the very basis of commer tal and industrial life and rons through every artery of the body politic? A derangement of the currency of a coun- try is like unto a po!soning of the iife blood of a man, and no greater danger can await | us. A discrdered currency will confuse moralize every transaction in life, 4 nd small, from the payment of the da s of laber to the financial arrange: ments to carry out the vastest enterprise No contract can be safely agreed upon, lono b ine can be safely conducted ler it, and no fabric of the savings of in- dustry or accumulations of capital built upon it or prosper in its comps “To embark the business and contr a country upon a currency which i firmly anchored upon a sta sure of value is to Insur to every member of soc ‘o_elections are now pending, but the time for decision approaches with !evit- able certainty, and from‘a full heart and all earnestness and sincere aff jure my fellow countrymen, casting ast all other differences of opinion to reject the nostrums and delusive remedies which in seasons of popular distress or excitement induce the foolish and impious belief ir. the power of any government to create values by statute.” —_—— HOVEY ILL. Suffering From Nervous Exhaustion at Hix Old Home in Hlinois. NORMAL, IIL, July 5.—Gen. Charles E. Hovey of Washington, D. C., is lying «rit- feally ill at the home of his brother-in-law. John F. Cook, president of the Illinois State Normal Universtt Gen. Hovey was the first president of the Normal University, from {ts organization in 1857 to 1861, when he went to the war as colonel of the 2d Iltnois Regiment. He + pout seventy years of age. He came here two weeks ago from Washington to attend the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the university. He was ill when he arrived, and was barely able to appear at the celebration. ; He is suffering from general debility end nervous exhaustion. He is a prominent member of the bar at Washington and the father of Richard Hovey, the poet. Eight Drowned in Lake Michigan. CHICAGO, July Eight people were drowned in Lake Michigan yesterday while bathing at various points along the beé The dead are: R. Cummings. Harry on. E. AL Rider, sixteen years old. John Sodeman, Sullivan. John Sprawka. George Wall. Unidentified man. ume! DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. enator Cullom has introduced a Dill in the Senate authorizing interested persons to intervene in the equity cause of the United States against Morris and others, | row pending in the District Supreme Court, ‘and to share in the awards made by the j ccurt. |_ The United States treasurer has submit- ted to Congre in accordance with the terms of the highway act, a copy of the , decree of the Supreme Court of the District in re subdivision known as Dennison and Leighton subdivision of a part of Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains. SA Sa Eaamination for Division Chief. The civil service commission announces that July 15 an examination will be held at Washington and other large cities where there are applicants to fill a va- cancy in the position of chief of the divi- sion of post office supplies in the Post Office Department, the saiary of which is $2,000 per annum. Persons desiring to be exam- ined should write to the civil service com- mission for an application blank. SS ersonal Mention, Secretaries Gage and Sherman remained away from their departments today, but Secretary Long went to his office for awhile, attending to some personal cor- 1espondence. Secretary Alger is in New York. Rev. Robt. ©. Gongue of the diocese of {not | streets. | himself; Connecticut, who has been visiting his father, the Rev. T. O. Tongue, during his illness, has returned to ais work in Con- necticut. ae The Oregon at Sentite. The battle ship Oregon has arrived at Seattle, Wash. ee It matters little what it Is that you want whether a situation or a servant want” ad. 'n The Star will reach the per- son who can fill your need. UNCLE SAMUEL'S DAY Tts Celebration, Begun Saturday, Will Wind Up Tonight. BURST OF PATRIOTIC FIRE IN PROSPECT Incidents Gathered From the Public Thoroughfares. Scenes and THE SMALL BOY AND HIS PA ——— A Chinaman, who had just arrived in this country, and did not, of course, know the customs, gravely asked his countrymen this morning what great Mandarin was dead. In China it is the accustomed funeral regulation which requires firecrack- ers to be set off, and they are exploded at the burial services. The greater the dead man the larger the number of crackers censumed. So it is no wonder that the slant-eyed newcomer to the canita! thought that the funeral of some great man, almost as great as Li Hung Chang, was taking place, judging from the many explosions of fire- works which assailed his ears. If the party the follower of Confucius had asked the question had been one who was apt or well up in the history of the United Si S, they might have answered that it was really a funeral, but the ob- Ject_ whose obsequies were being thus at- tended to had died July 4, 1776, and its hame was British Oppression. It is not alone a funeral which is being celebrated today, from the Chinese standpoint, or any other, but a birth aiso, the nascence cf the glorious liberty which is one of the at- tributes of this free country. ‘The celebration of the day of Independ- ence was to take place today, yesterday being a “dies non’ in congressional lance, but it really commenced Satu continued through yesterday on the sl. it were, is still continuing today, and will have its culmination tonight. Police Regulations Not in It. pite of the police regnlations of the ct the eagle flapped his wings re- peatedly and screamed through last night, at intervals early this morning and all through the day. night there were i about the city, like s picket line. At mid- night the firing me &: I, and die down gradually until early this morning, when the bird of freedom and the sun d each other, as they have done for past one hundred and twenty-cne are accustomed to nce to do so this morning, un- were inmates of an institution r the deaf, or had spentea long service in a boiler yard. The small boy went to bed carly last evening, in order to be up with the eany bird of liberty, and he did overs! himself. More's the p: those thought who are fond of spend part of the morning in slumber. and the cracker formed a combination which could not be beaten anyway. Though leep late ne the late ri have grumbled som what, unless were wholly without patriotism they submitted to the inevitable with the rem “Oh, well, it » Fourth, and we ought to be glad ‘there is such a day to be cele- brated. It comes only once a year.” Sneakers Did Their Prettiest. ‘Then the speakers did the best thing pos- sible—rose and dressed and went out on the street to assist the small boy in his celebration, an object lesson in how to be a true patriot—without applying for a gov- ernment position, The effects of this joint celebration were very visible on the avenue and side streets, long before the sun was up high in the heavens. It is a long way off yet to In- dian summer, but there was certainly a haze in the atmosphere. It was, however, from the gunpowder smoke, the scent of which overcame strongly that of the as phalt. The pavement was carpeted for the time being with scraps of red, white, green and other colored paper, the remnants of the thousands of crackers which had been rending the air with their explosions for hours, and were still continuing to-do so. Although there were many people out of tewn today, there were still many on the All the departments being closed brought the clerks out. V AM the mu and steamboat lines raa special excursions, which took out of town hundreds of persons bent on cele- rating the Fourth in sylvan retreats, by ream and dell. The Votari sorts of celebraticns could be si iu the mornin, ng alon their children by hands, lunch baskets on their arms, and iclous. looking bundles, o4d of shaps, with stick: poking out through ths pap It was easy to guess what tnese wer WILL Resemble Cloth of Gold. From the many persons seen scurrying along the avenue with these kinds of bundles under their arms, the sky in and around Washington will be illuminated in a manner tonight such as has never hefore been witnessed. The firmament will doubt- less resemble a field of the cloth of gold. The street railway Ines running to sub- urban resorts were well patronized toda: The excursionists flocked on the ca: their boxes and baskets, and the carried thousands out of the city not care to ery far away, could return easily at night, in time to assist In giving the sky its glow of sold. ‘eday was a holiday, above all others, for bicyclists. They appeared on the scene early, in full wheel costume, alone, tandem and in groups. They cculd be noticed eariy, pedaling down the avenue, their counte- smiling, with, in many instances, pacl Ps attached to their wheels, as if they contemplated going to some cool, dy nook, eating a lunch and remaining nti! time t» return to the city for a late dinner. The Fourth is one of the greatest ceys in the history of the country. Stay-at-homes, grave and reverend house- f with gray hair and beards, or haven faces, in which the lines of cure had been temporarily lessened, could be seen on the avenue today, with a plece of “punk” in one hand and a bunch of fire- crackers In the other, dancing with gice, end throwing the crackers under one anz other's feet. Little Wille aid not have hear so much fun on this account. Sly Old Dog. “Let father set them off, my boy,” he* Was told, “you might hurt yourself.” Willie had a suspicion that it was not so much the fear that he might get hurt as it was his father's wish to Go the trick but he was ferced to submit, Willie was. A young fellow who lives in Washington celebrated in a novel manner last night, It was a case of patriotism and box of fire- works at the rate of forty miles an hour. He took the box over to Baltimore in the afternoon, thinking perhaps the authorities there were less lax than here. He found tncy were rot, and boarded the F. F. V. train, which leaves Baltimore at 9:30. From the time the train left the statfon until it arrived at the 6th street station, he let off his fireworks from the car win. cow. He held the bunches of crackers in his hands out of the window of the “smoker,” shot Roman candles from it, and even stuck a rocket out and touched it off. Then he threw bunches of crackers on the floor, and set them off, to the amuse- ment of some and discomfiture of others of the occupants of the cars. He had some “giant crackers,” which he took on the platform of the rear car, Lasted for Forty Miles. The firsworks lasted until the train had gotten some distance into the city. The last thing he set off was a large firecrack- er, which made a noise like a twenty- rounder The trainmen seemed to enjoy the display, and, when it was finished, swept the debris from the car without complaint. Tonight the Chincse who have their quar- ters on the avenue near 4% street and on the latter street, will take part in the cele- bration of Independence day. They will start in about 6 o'clock and will set off long strings of firecrackers. They hang yards of these from trees, or down the sides of the houses, .and touch a plece of lighted punk to them. These bunches take some time to be fired, and the pig-tailed The boy | } requi: laundrymen stahd around ani watch with an expression of semi-pleasure in their dull countenances. They never under any cir- cumstances get beyond the semi part. From all indications the display of fire- works tonight will be a fine one. Dealers say that they have sold more than ever before, an this is an augur of success for @ good Feyrth celebration. ————— NOX CHANGE EXPECTED. Present WeatQer Conditions May Con- tinue: Several Day “We have weather on holidays just the same as at any other time, and have to look out for it,” said an official at the weather bureau today, when he went over to find out if any rellef from the heat was to be had. Most of the force had gone, but the forecasters were hard at work. Indications are that the same style of Weather will bein fashion for some little time yet. It is really not near so warm as the imaginations of people lead them to believe. Yesterday the mercury touched the ninety mark, which for the Fourth of July is something out of the ordinary. ‘The maximum yesterday was 88 degrees, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The maximum temperature will be just about the same today, so that persons who are contem- plaung @ visit to the arctic regions can af- ferd to wait until hot weather arrives in earnest, ‘The humidity at 8 o'clock this morning registered 8 degrees and the temperature 7% degrees. The lowness of the humidity Was due to the cloudless sky, Old Sol lek- ing up the moisture In short order. At noon the mercury showed 84 degrees. The minimum last night was 68% degrees, or, in round numbers, the thermometer registered *0, which is by no means too warm to make sleeping a comfort. The hottest places in the United States yesterday w-re Parkersburg, W. Va., and Phoenix, Ariz., where the mercury reached the 100-degree mark. It is not so warm in the south and southwest as it has been, the air having been cooled off by thunder storms. In Nashville and Cincinnati y: terday the maximum temperature was degrees. Eastport, Me., to being the coolest’ place States, the maximum reing 60 degrees. The Atlantic coast on the north has not yet been affected by the warm weather to any great exient. it is cooler in New York by several degrees than here, and Philadelphia can claim a lewer me: The probabilities are that the same temperature - will remain tomorrow and next day. It will in all likelihood be partly os k the palm fer in the United temperature there cloudy tomorrow, which will make the humidity greater. > CUTTING OFF RED TAPE. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Doing Away With Circumlocution. Acting Secretary Roosevelt has issued a navy regulation circular the object of which is to do away with the circumlocution re- quired by the present regulations in the matter of requisitions for supplies for ships in commission. The ster general states that under the present regulation all requisitions for suppiies of this character pass through scv- eral hands before being finally acted pon, thus involving delay in the procurement of ys ides additional and un- y clerical work. the present method commanding of ships authorized to submit tions upon general store keepers di- rect for any supplies in store which are ‘or @ direct purchase by pay rs of ships, in advance of approved tions, of supplies, whether in excess of allowance or not, i inion the clenrly evident. Requisitions ot iin store or in excess of al- lowance art'to be forwarded to the bureaus concerned for action when time will permit. Commanding officers of ships not at a navy yard» port are also vested with au- thority to direet purchase in advance of ap- proved requisition of any articles required if in their judgment time will not permit of requisition ‘being made upon the Navy De- partment. The new regulation will enable command- ing officers to Keep their vessels in stch state of efficiency at all times as to be able to respond to any calls made upon them. = Ste SIONS RECENTLY GRANT PE D. Fortunate Applicants From the Dis- trict, Virginia and Maryland. Pensions have been granted as follows: District of Columbia—William Coogan, Robert Harrison, Nelson Booker, William Rodgers, John Nolan, United States Sol- diers’ Home; Elizabeth M, Mueller, Mary A. Parker. Maryland—Jonathan A. Figgs, Finch- ville; Jesse Morris, Belair; Joseph M. Col- lins, Salisbury; John Humphreys, Lona- coning; Marie Biessman, Baltimore; Jane Harps, Baltimore; Julla A. Ellis, Sharps- town; minor of William Brown, Laltimore; Elias Harrison, Glendale; Leveran Steph- ens, Baltimore, Alexander Martin, Baltt- more; David Winters, Bark Hill; Levi Brittman, Habriad; Louisa Gaither, Bowie. Virginia—Theodore Eastwood, Nacional Military Home, Elizabeth y county; Isaiah Whitehouse (dead), Norfolk; Geo. W. Bowles, Columbia; Julia Hopkins, Nor- folk. GRASS FOR LAWNS. A Subject of Much Experimentation by the Agricultural Department. No subject has been more fully tnvesti- gated and dercnstrated by practical ex- perience than the qualities of various classes of lawn grass by the Department of Agriculture. In front of the seed house there is nearly an acre of ground ip which are grown about 500 varieties of grasses and forage plants. There are little beds in some instances only a few feet square and in others stili smaller, showing at least a couple of hundred kinds of lawn grass. Any one can see this exhibit by a visit to the grounds of the Department of Agricul- ture. Every known lawn grass is shown there, the seed or turf having been brought from every quarter of the globe. This ex- periment has demonstrated that the “creep- ing bent,” of all lawn grasses, is the finest. lt is finer than the Kentucky blue grass and grows two or three times as thick. It spreads readily and in full growth resem- bles @ thick mat. It is not generally known by people who make lawns about their houses and especially in this city is hardly ever seen. Only lately it is being called to the attention of seed mea throughout the country, and it is believed that in the near future the creeping bent will be seen wherever householders aim to procure an ideal lawn about their homes, It is a curious fact that this city is re- garded by horticulturalists as having very poor lawns, although so much ground has been set aside for parking purposes. At the Departiment of Agriculture this fact is accounted for begause of the great number of weeds and ccarse grasses that haye been sewn on the lawns here. —_—_———_-e+___ SEVERE STORM IN EUROPE. Hail Does'Great Damage in England and Germany. ‘The appalling havoc of the recent tropi- cal tornadound ‘hailstorm in Essex county, England, has attracted much attention. ‘The storm covered an unprecedented area of a hundred square miles and practically denuded it of thé crops. All kinds of stock were drowned, farm houses were wrecked and hundreds of farmers are on the verge of ruin. Their lasses foot up fully $1,000,000. Hail stones; penetrated slates, tiles and corrugated ircm ‘and killed thousands of head of game. One hailstone picked up measured six and a half inches in circum- ference. Heavy machinery was washed away by the floods, and trains, unable to face the storm, were brought to a stand- still. Travelers saw drowned stock float- ing about in the adjacent fields. Parila- ment has taken up the question of the re- Nef of the sufferers, and it is probable that the lord mayor of London will open a fund to relieve the suffering farmers, A dispatch to the London Standard from Berlin says that a terrific storm ri from Wednesday night until Friday throughout south Germany. Hailstones as jarge as hens’ eggs fell and everything was beaten to the ground. Crops, vines, trees and whole orchards were destroyed, thou- sands of hares and partridges, with other game, were killed and great was done to property and to roofs. The losses are estimated at many millions of marks. ALTGELD ON FINANCE Illinois’ Ex-Governor Preaches Pes- simism to a Brooklyn Audience. PRESENT MONEY SYSTEM AT FAULT Pays His Respects to Last Illinois Legislature in Passing. HENRY GEORGE PRESIDES ee NEW YORK, July 5.—Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld of Illinois addressed about 2,000 people in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, today. The meeting was under the aus- Pices of the Democratic League of Kings county. Henry George presided and in- troduced Mr. Altgeld, who was greeted with hearty applause, which broke out repeat- edly as he proceeded with his address, Speech of Ex-Governor Altgeld. Mr. Altgeld spoke as follows: “Today the most wonderful nation on earth is in distress. Its children are suf- fering, and its foundation stones are slip- ping away. May we not ask the reason why? In the affairs of man, as in nature, there is no fixed status. Everywhere there is motion; there is either growth or there is disintegration. “In the economic and governmental ar- rengements there has been a steafy #d- vancement. All progress and growth had ccme from below; evolution works from the bottom and never from the top. In sc- clety and in government there is constantly forming at the top a crust, which tends to repress all there is beneath, and tends to check progress. Established wrongs and legalized injustice are always imbedded in this crust. Reform is simply an effort to improve a condition or right a wrong, and every reform carried out has to force its way through this crust. “Iam not here to denounce—nothing is idle or so foolish as mere denunciation. accomplishes nothing. On the other to shut our eyes to danger means death.” After reviewing the history of the United States through the times of Hamilton, Jef- ferson, Jackson and Lincoln, Mr. Altgeld sald: During the war gold left tl as it always does in times of r government carried on the war country, . ‘The with paper money, and then sold bon¢ Paper money, being all there in cireniation, became the standard of value amoag people. Prop- erty and labor were sold debts were based on it; business adjusted itself to it. A bushel of wheat sold for ¢2, and all other property in proportion. When the government sold bonds it received zot specie, but paper money, and at times it took over two dollars of this money to bry one of specie. A thousand-dollar bond cost on the average $9 in specie. Thus the bondholder got 12 per cent interest 9n all specie invested. The Resumption Pertod. “When the war was over an effort was made to reduce the volume of paper to a specie basis, and thus greatly mcrease the value of bonds. The farming and produc- ing classes could not stand the contraction which followed. They could no longer buy, and when they ceased buying tne mills of nda a, America ceased running and business Ss paralyzed. The panic of 1873 was born, and caused more ruin and misery than the civil war. The war devastated the south; the panic paralyzed the republic. “I will not enter upon a general discus- sion of the money question, but will say that every great abuse is intertwined with it, and you cannot ignore it; for it fixes the limitations on enterprise and mate prosperity. Has it ever occurred to you that the industry and energy of the human form this world into a arden If not hampered by money? There must ultimately come a system of finance nge that will have a philosophic sis, and will not restrict human e| ut until this does come we must de the retroaction of the bimetallic s it formerly existed in our country, because it was the best thus far given to the world. “After the civil war it was found that our industrial and commercial institutions were undergoing a change. The spirit of concentration and enlargement, which is haping the civilization of the century, was everywhere actice. Little shops gave way to great factories; little stores to great establisnments; little railroads to great lines. Evgrywhere there was consolidation, and legislation was passed by nearly all the states to further the formation of cor- porations. In one sense this movement was beneficial; it tended to cheapen pro- duction, and in many ways increased the convenience of the public, and I believe that it is yet destined to be a blessing to the world. But it brought with it unfore- seen evils, for which the world had made no preparation. Alleges Universal Corruption. “The universal corruption that is today destroying our country comes from the concentration of capital, and the alarming aspect 1s that it is practiced by men who talk patriotism, and who stand high in the estimation of the public. It is idle to talk about purifying the government, so long as men of influence and position offer vast sums to corrupt it. Cut off the hand that offers a bribe, and you will end corruption. We must devise some way of removing overwhelming temptations on the one hand, and of distributing among all men the benefits and advantages flowing from the process of concentration. As power never limits Itself, we must find a method of bing it." * “In no country and in no age have the higher courts been on the side of the peo- ple or of liberty. They are everywhere the exponents and defenders of that force whieh for the time being dominates the land. “You ask, ‘what shall we do? The exi- gencies must be met as they arise. The great purpose is to restore the basic prin- ciples of the fathers and to reserve the present destructive policies; to meet the new needs of the times; to end the corrupt reign of the dollar, and substitute the voice of tke citizen; to have the government control the corporations, instead of having the corporations run the government; to restore a financial system under which’ the world had prospered, and which will not paralyze America for the benefit of Eng- land; to prevent the federal courts from becoming mere conveniences for concen trated wealth; to do justice to the hand that tolis; to end monopolies, whether of money, land, products or privilege. In Screens Purpose is to maintain free goy- mt among men, and mak progress possible. ones “The first thing nece: manhood; to have con maintain them. Dout and colorless men ar which the abuses possible. “I say our country must be rescued by the democrats. But be not decetved. Lob- byists and corruptionists who debauch leg- islatures, or pollute the stream of justice, are not democrats. So-called leaders who use their position in their party to assist corporations in getting an unfair advantage over the public are not democrats. Hinois’ Carnival of Debauchery. “In Illinois we have just had a carnival of official debauchery, such as the world has rarely seen. The living have been rob- bed; the unborn have been defrauded of their rights and saddled with unjust bur- dens; public property, privileges and fran- chises, worth untold millions, have been given to monopolies, numerous acts strik- ing down liberty have been passed, and the pee are helpless. Had corruption burned fty cities a free people would have rebullt them in ten years, but the destruction of republican institutions blasts the ho| ot man and must increase the sorrows of the world. Look where you will the condi- tions are the same. They are the leziti- mate harvest of that poisonous seed that was sown broadcast last fall. The people see that they were misled, and I do not be- lieve that even a special providence cculd soon again unite all of the forces that ‘worked together in the last campaign. Dis- integration is already at work in the ranks of the enemy. “In every state the people are aroused; they see their condition growing worse; they see the hope of their children disap- pearing; they see poverty hanging over the future; they see the black flag of hunger floating over some of the richest sections cf God's earth, and they are crying for jus- ssary is to assert our victions, and dare to ble-headed platforms e the instruments by of the times are made tice. My friends, that cry will free the American: people. Even if we should be borne down again and again, the voice of humanity will arise from the dust, and drive the money changers out of the tem- ple, and the traitors out of the land. The Benedict Arnold of 1780 sleeps on English soll. Let the Benedict Arnolds of this age make their graves beside him.” eee ee CONSUL AT MANNHEIM. Distinguished Career of the New Aj Pointee, Dr. W. J. Hoffman of This City Dr. Walter J. Hoffman, who has just been confirmed as consul to Mannheim,Ger- many, expects to leave for his post in a few days. Dr. Hoffman is a well-known citizen of Washington, in a business well as a scientific way, having been for several years a director of the Firemen’s Insurance Company, and interested in sev- eral other enterprises. He has had a dis- tinguished career, After graduating from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadel- phia in 1866, he practiced his profession until the summer of 1870, when at the out- break of the Franco-Prussian war, he re- ceived a commission as sufgeon in the Prussian army, and was assigned to the 7th Army Corps, located near Metz. He was decorated by Emperor William I for his distinguished services, and after his re- turn to America was appointed acting as- sistant surgeon in the United States army and naturalist to the expedition for the ex- ploration of Nevada and Arizona. In the spring of 1873 Dr. Hoffman was detailed to acecompany the 7th Cavalry, of which Gen, Custer Was in command, and was later transferred to the 22d Infantry, of which Gen. Stanley was then the colonel. In the autumn of 1877 he was placed in charge of ethnological and mineralogical materials of the United States geological survey, in which position he continued un- til the organization of the bureau of eth- nology, ir 1879, when he was appointed as- sistant ethnologist there. Dr. Hoffman has become regarded throughout the scientific world as one of the most eminent living ethnologists, and his numerous papers, says and books are recognized everywhere as authorities. Dr. Hoffman has made special investiga- tion with the organization (existing among all tribes of Indians in some form or other) usually denominated the Grand Medicine Society, and for this purpose, as well as for the collection of anthropomorphic and ; other ethnologic data, has visited most of the aboriginal tribes of the United States and the northwest coast of America. In IS81 he visited Mandans, Hidatsa and Ari- kara, to study the sign lauguage, picto- graphs and secret society of the Arikara. In I8s2 he made a trip to the California and Nevada tribes and all known localities abounding in pictographs, gathered vocal ularles of Smuwitsh (Santa Barbara), Ka- wiah (at Tulle River), ete. In 188% he vi ited Ottawa, near Mackinaw, Mich., Mdewakantawan, at Mendota, Minn., stu- dying pictographs and linguistics, ete. In IS¥4 he studied the tribes of Vancouver's Island, B. C., Washington, Oregon, Call- fornia and ada, especially their pic- tography, sign language and tattooing. In ISS7-18W) he made Visits to the Ojibwa of Minnesota, to study their Grand Mc ritual and initiation, and in 189 visited the Menomini of Wisconsin and to study their ritual He ts an honorary curator of the Catho- Me University of America, and a member of nearly all the leading scientific societies in this country and Europe. ++ THE PRESIDENT’S FLAG. It is Proposed to Raise It Over the White House. Flying from the ton of the White House today is a big flag of the United States, and in this fact is a story. It will b= re- membered thai for years the flag which ilies over the executive mansion has been hauled down each time the President went and put back upon his return. It has never fluttered in the breeze except when he was in the clty. This has been done since President McKiniey has been in the White House. The flag duly taken down when the President left the city last Friday, but was put up today from patriotic motives. After today ! will not be seen until the President re- turns. He is scheduled to reach the city tomorrow afternoon, too late for the reg- ular cabinet meeting, which will probably be postponed unill the regular ting on Friday, and tog late to receive visitors. The Navy Department is going to sug- sest to the President the advisubility of using his personal flag to denote his pres- ence in the © The navy people refer to the fact that they are the only ones who have observed the ter. proprieties < The Presic 1 now except when he goes on board a naval vessel. On bis recent tri down the river the presidential flag flew from the Dolphin alongside the flag of the nation. The laws of this country require that a reguiation flag of the United State fly from every public building ev in the week. The navy peo urge that this law is unintentionally broken in the arrangement, which has so loug prevailed, that the White House flag shall be hauled down when the President is away. of his own flag the President ca: pre’ even a slight evasion of the law. The proposition is that the big flag be allowed to fly from the roof of the executive man- sion at all times, while the President's flag be swung to the breeze from dver the en- trance to the White House or froin the iz porch. Wher the President goes away his flag will be taken down and the other will remain. The President's flag is about half the size of the regulation eps e body of the flag is blue. In the center is an eagle, exactly like that cn a half dollar. The eugle is embro'dered in white. The arrows and olive branch are worked in similar ma- terial, and the stars are arranged above the bird. The shield on the breast of the eagle is worked in red, thus giving the na- tional colors-red, white and blue-and forming a beautiful flag. In every other country of the world the personal flag of the president or ruler flics from his official so in the republic: countries. by use as well a3 in other —__+e-______ DOMESTIC TEA CULTURE. Prices Being Paid for the American Product. Most people will be surprised to learn that tea growing is a successful industry in this country, and that the highest prices are being paid for the American product of this popular beverage. Secretary Wilson of the Department Agriculture lately requested William Saun- ders, the veteran horticulturist of his de- partment, to visit the tea farm of Chas. W. Shepard at Summerville, S.C., and report upon what he should see there. Seventeen years ago Mr. Saunders prepared an er- ticle on “Tea Culture as a Probable Ame ican Industry,” which was mainly intended to answer requests coming from ail parts of the country as to the status ot tea cal- ture in the United States. For twenty years previous tea plants had been annually dis- tributed in varied quantities, the ouly pur- pose at that time being to encourage the culture of tea plants for domestic purposes in a limited way. The cost of labor and de- ficiency of rainfall were the main obstacles in the way of making tea culture success- ful commercially. The tea farm visited by Mr. Saunders is gently undulating and the soil is mainiy a sandy loam, and he found the tea farm to be under perfect cultivation. The labor question had been settled by Dr. Shepard by building a school house on his farm, in- viting the people of the surrounding coun- try to send their children there for instruc- ticn, and in the intervals of the school term he employs the scholars, under pay, to pick tea. Dr. Shepard has procured tea plants from all quarters of the globe, has experimented extensively with them and bas beer so greatly encouraged that he de- clared that were he twenty years younger he would plant 500 acres as rapidly as he cculd procure the plants. His experiments with the tea plant have been so thorough and successful that Mr. Saunders has rec- ommended that some arrangement should be made whereby he could impart his knowledge to others, and for this purpose he advises the establishmert of a school where the veteran tea grower could in- struct young men, so that they might un- dertake the work of developing the tea in- dustry in this country. The tea frem Dr. Shepard's farm sells for $1 per pound, is cf a high quality, and it is believed tnat his success establishes the fact that tey can be grown in this country so as to be com- mercially successful. = —-—_—__—_-e—_. "Honors to Premier Laurier. EDINBURGH, July 5.—The freedom of the city of Edinburgh will be conferred up- on the premier of Canada, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, next week. Highest and BALTIMORE POLITICS aparece Revolt of the Citizens Against Domi- nation of Bosses. ee eee UPRISING AGAINST WELLINS0N Discussing His Break With B. H. Warner. ss MALSTER MOV THE 1ENT Corresponience of The Evening Star, BALTIMORE M4., July 3, 189 Between the eccentricities of Senator Wellington in Washington and the white- hot republican campaign for the Baltimore Mayoralty nomination local _politiclans have been in a turmoil of exc ment that has rarely been reached in ular cam- paigns, and politics have become the domi- nant topic of conversation among men of all classes, Senator Wellirgton’s break with Mr. B. H. Warner of Washington has greatly sur- prised all Marylanders who recall the al- nest simultarecus ay pearance of Mr. War- ner In Anrapolis year and the election of Mr. Wellingten as Senator Gibson's suc- cessor, and his fricnds are fairly aghast at his course. His political what they z au crponents are delighted at his fresh display of making as much political capital cut of the matter as possible. Those tc whom the nt of the meeting in the mmittee room and the ns especially appeal jar democrats, and they contain their elation at the bequest of such abundant and entirely un- looked for meterial for their campaign covsider re They feel that the Marburg and Hennig- havsen e| the ignoring of the Mary- land corgressi delegation and matters that listinguished the si r of jun! r senator ha er ough to sood their frequ Uons that “Gorman is not in the sam | with the duke as a boss,” of course, they welcome expressions, ially from a person like ner, to refleet which may be upon the means effect of (his brush also tinds an echo § the admirers of Congressman Mudd, who resent oclation of his name with the colloquy, aud who are up in arms at the suggestion swung around from Col. Mulliken, for whom Voted, to Wellington durir for senator, for any other than bec: he of the party would be best through the €lection ef the lat The maiter has been taken up by the Malster and Supplee men with the great- est avidity, and they feel that it will con- ute to working public sentiment to such legree that Mr. Marburg’s chances of nomination will become slimmer and slim- mer as the time for holding the party pri- maries draws near. Maister Stock Adtancea. Malster stock has gone up with a bound on account of the recent remarkable meet- ing and demonstration in his behalf held in the Holiday pt Theater and on the city hall plaza. Despite the suffocating heat, the size of the crowd and the enthu- slasm manifested would have done credit to a gathering at the close of a campaign, and the spontaneous outpouring is regarded by the Malster men as being highly sig- nificant Mr. Malster, in speaking of the meeting, said to The Star correspondent: “T account for the remarkable enthusiasm of the crowd last night on the theory that the people look upon me as their own candi- date, as a representative of a growing movement, which iz arraigned against the assumption of tie party dictators, and that they turned out in large numbers +o as to manifest their determination not to be treated like slaves, and because they hoped that ihe effect of their enthusiasm might even yet check the doubtful « of the ma. look on the tribute, but whatever may be the outcome of this fight, it will always be a satisfa>- tion to have been identified with those who believe in trying to preve: under foot of popular rights, ing of the interferen Senator We Mr. Wellington ts wrong in his sta that the members of the House from his state will back him in his fight against the ccnfirmation of Mr. Warner. Four of the Maryland delegation, namely, Messrs. Bar ber, Baker, McDonald and McIntire, are known to be friendly to Mr. Warner's con firmation, and three of the members re- ferred to, Messrs. Baker, McIntire and Barber, were in Baltimore yesterday, and all were emphatic in their statemenis that they did not intend to recede from their in- dorsement. The relations between Senator Welling- ton and all his colleagues are very much strained, to put the case mildly, except per- haps Dr. Booze. Mr. McIntire and the sen- ator are almost at the freezing point, so cold have they become in their intercourse roth- with each other. Dr. Barber is on the verge of revolt because of the collector- ship of internal revenue, and Mr. Baker has been restless under the dictation of the Allegany man for some time. Even Gov. Lowndes has recently shown signs of re- bellion, and in several important instances has been known to disregard the edicts of Mr. Wellington, so far as the appointment of certain state officials is concerned. Oth- ers of influence have also openly revolted, among whom may be counted Sheriff Ste- phen R. Mason of Baltimore city, ex-Post Office Inspector William T. Henderson, Po- lice Commissioner W. W. Johnson whom have heretofore ranked as co. ers with the senator in the machine. Rank and File in Open Revolt. The truth is the rank and file of the re- publican party in the city and state are in open revolt against bossism of all sorts. For_over a generation the republicans and independents here have been battling to overthrow Senator Gorman, Mr. I. Free- man Rasin and the old democratic bosses of the machine. They have been alarmed at the prospect of a similar organization in their own party, and they do not intend to submit to it. No sooner had they de- feated and turned out the old crowd than Mr. Wellington and his followers under- took to set up a similar machine on the ruins of the other. The only difference that the new one was labeled “republica: and was even worse and more arrogant than the Gorman-Rasin organization. Fortunately for the people, the attempt has been unskillfully managed from the start. The first defeat it encountered was when the state committee met on June 2 and prevented the completion of the plan of the bosses to manipulate the primaries and nominate men for office whom the people do not want. The plan was frus- trated, and when the primaries are held, unless all the usual signs fail, the machine here will be completely demolished and nothing will be left of it but a hopeless wreck. Conservative party men, who have been followers of Mr. Wellington up to the present time, are beginning to realize this, and every day witnesses men of prom- inence repudiating the whole business and going over to those, who, under the lead of Mr. Malster and his friends, are deter- mined to take charge of the party before it is made total wreck by the folly of those who are now in charge. Even Chairman Stone of the city com- mittee is becoming alarmed at the outlook, and is said to be taking in sail, preparatory to the rising storm which will soon burst and overwhelm the present organization. ‘The republicans of Maryland are not used to such performances as those of their sen- ator, and they will not submit to them. They are in revolt already, and the dis- graceful performances at Washington bid fair to result in such an expression of pub- lic indignation as will cause even Mr. Well- ington to stop for a time and consider whether he has not gone too far. England Acquires New Possessions. LONDON, July 5.—A special dispatch from Sydney, N. 8. W., says that the Brit- ish warship Wallaroo has hosted the inion jack on Russell, Bellona and Stuart Is:ands, belonging to the Solomon group. ———— There is a leaky water main at 3ist and Q streets.