Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1897, Page 11

_—— THE EVENING STAR. . _——_—— PUBLISHED DAILY £<CEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St., by i Cor he Song Serer Few York Ofice, 49 Potter Euilding. ‘The Evening ris served to subeeribers ty the city t on their own a-count, at 10 cents certs per month. Copies at the By mail- anywhere in the ates or Canada—pestage prepald—0 cents day & intuple Sheet foreign post: added. the Post Star, $1 per year, with ‘ashington, D. C., pa: The Fen o & I, Star. Pages 11-14. ter.) ns must be pall in advance. tion. as second-cla. 3 ms TF All mail subserip: Rates of advertising made known on app CURING THE TOBACCO CROP Methods Are Outlined in Bulletin From De- partment of Agriculture. Suggestions as to Degrecs of Heat Required and the Manner of Preparing Lent. “Methods of a bulle ney, of Curing Tobacco” is the citle n just prepared by Milton Wait- chief of the division of soils of the itural Department. The bulletin is i especially apprepriate just at this period, as the tobacco growers are nexrly ready to cut, house and cure their crops. Interesting informatiog is co! ined in the mpklet regarding the meth- in vogue in Virginia, Maryland, North South Carolina and Tennessee. The © grown in Maryland and on the iis of Virginia and North Caro- s used both for manufacturing pur- and for other trade. Tobacco has been ple article of produce in Virginia and Maryland since the very earliest colo- niai times, and it forms a very interesting part of the history of the development tne iwo states. Large quantities were formerly sent to France, Holland and Fel- gium, and it was highly thought of for pipe Smoking in our domestic trade. It is a pright, mild and sweet-flavored tobacco for pipe smoking. In recent years, ho eS ever. White Burley has been comi into gr vor for the same purpose that the M and and Virginia tobacco was formerly used for. The very much larger yield of White Burley has lowered the price of the Maryland and Virginia tobac- cos almost below the point of profitable production. Process of Curing. The process ef curing these tobaccos is essentially as follows: When rips stalks are cut and split aid on the ground to w trung on sucks, four or six nd the sticks are hung on a Within entilated barn, nd cured without the use of curing t be gradual to produce a good and color. This is regulated by the tor door: ording to the tempe lengthwise and They are then ture and the humidity of tae air. The crop sually be cured in six weeks. The are stripped from the sialk during the winter, graded as and bright, medium and dark |! > are tied jnto hands and bulked or a shorf time, after which they are prized into hogsheads. The crop through a certain amount of fermentation in the bulk, and it must be exa sionally to see that th not run woo high. Whe ppens af the tobacco is in good condition when it is put down, the bulk is turned over and a new one built up. In Virginia, however, where certain moditie used to suc ter to the tob: ods, however, ago. there are districts meiheds have been Th eco. and are not ized now as they were a few years as p Bright Yellow Variety. The bright yellow tobacco of southern Virginia, North and Sovth Carolina, and east T is grown upon a certain type of very sandy soil. The planting is usually done from the 1th of May to the ith of June. The plant is topped to from eight to twelve leaves, depending upon the vigor of the plant and the character of the son. The e vigorous the plant and the wetter the season the more leaves can be left on to mature. The plant is regularly suckerea every week if need be. There are various methods of harvesting the cro Sometimes the entire stalk is cut, as with other tobaccos, usually only those which appear to be being taken and the others being lefi maiure further. At other times the leaves are picked off as they mature and the rest of the plant is allowed to ripen further. The second method has tage from the fact that the leaves of a plant de not ripen at the same time. There is less waste and the leaves are all gathered ata the same stage ef maturity. The plant should be thoroughly ripe when cut to give the finest texture and the If the whole plant is cut, ad onto a stick, or, if the leaves only are stripped as they ripen, they are & on a string or wire and attached to The leaves are sorted to a certain > field. keeping those of a uni- i ripeness together as much When cut, the tobacco is car- to the barn without exposure a decided advan- one t sun or without allowing it to wilt or to lie upon the ground. The tobacco barns are ht, with fines v a short distance from the ning to ‘im: which built next to t is he furt . In early days barns were built of logs, with the cracks y stopped with mud or clay so The from them perfectly tight. usually small, averaging ma ther on a p ut 1 nzer fr r of diffe state tely 2 nd into the tobacco are stiff and the heat rited days are nzec zs hile the lea equally the space. Three a barn, and it takes from two to three cords of wood. It re- quires very careful juc nd careful to ecnre this ht tobacco The least i or wrong nle to reduce 2 barn of the fi 70 to @ inferior grade. rules oan be given, but the in must be preferably ef some person who has the method. When the eter is formation through ex- perienc e ection kill in fire ng on a nd is caref: > at the level with tehed same time the . nd frequently st be increased but it must never on any ked. It must never be use sweating. The fir. curing is to maintain a tem - of SY degrees or *) degrees until is yeliowed properly. ‘This re« ighteen to thirly-six hours, ¥ i) very carefully mai d. After yellowing the heat is rai: legrees or 10 degrees at . and held ai each stage for or hours, until it has degrees or tegrees, h for several until the leaf is thoroughly cured. this the etalk hus to be cured by rai. ing the temperature to 1) degrees to 173 rees, by stages of 5 degrees to 10 de- : per hour, and keeping the tempera- ture at this point until the stalk is thor- oughly cured. Dampness Injures Color. After the drying the barn is opened and the fires go out, and after thirty-six hours the leaf is usually in order for removal. It should not be exposed to very damp weather, as this is supposed to injure the color; but if the air outside is too dry, a little wet straw may be thrown over the flues in order to slightly moisten the at- mosphere of the barn. The tobacco is then taken down and bulked on the sticks in WASHINGTON, D. ©, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1897_FOURTEEN PAGES days to straighten out the leaves and im- prove the appearance. It is then rehung, being crowded very close to prevent injury as far as possible from atmospheric changes, or it may be bulked down per- manently to keep it in order for stripping. ‘The leaves are stripped from the stem and tied into hands after being sorted into six or eight grades of wrappers, fillers and nokers. The tobacco is then bulked down and left for one or two months, when the color hecomes fixed and the slight greenish tinge which was left on removal from the barn is removed. The color is then no longer subject to change. Much of the to- bacco is carried loose to the warehouse and sold in the open market. Some of it is packed in small hogsheads and shipped. It is said to be very necessary to grade the tobacco properly according to the char- acter of the leaf and its color.’ ae GOVERNOR'S WIFE ON TRIAL. piles. It is left in this way for a Mrs. Atkinson of West Virginia Charged With Forgery. A special to .the Philadelphia Press from Glenville, W. Va., says: Inter- est in the trial of Governor Atkinson's wife cr. a charge of forgery was intense from beginning to end. From early morning un- til late at night the court house was com- pletely surrounded by a cordon of vehicles belonging to the first families of this sec- ticn. Many of the poorer people who did ret want to pay hotel bills brought their Iunches with them, and they pienicked in the grass during the recess. One of the principal witnesses for the prosecution, Camden Summers, grandson cf the iate G. D. Camden, Governor Atkinson's predecessor as husband of the defendant, whose name is alleged to have been forged, occupied the stand all day. His testimony was direct and given unhesitatingly. Dur- ing much of the time he identified bundles of receipts and letters signed by “G. D. Camden, per Myra, his wife.” The cross-examination was sharp and in- tended to be confusing, but Summers has passed through it all without being shaken om any vital points. He will resume the stand tomorrow morning. The trial has been progressing very slowly on account of the stubborn resistance made by the de- fense, which <ontests every step of the Way. Mrs. Atkinson was cheerful during the trial today, though the evidence against her was strong. She seems to be sure of ker acquittal and calmly bids her friends to wait for her side of the case before passing individual judgment. Her case re- ceived a blow today, however, when the grand jury, which, this term, is made up of high-class citizens, listened to testimony bearing on the crime charged ainst Mr: Atkinson, and at the conclusion indicte Joshua P. Owens, charged with being ac- e ‘ory to the forgeries said to have been cemmitted. eee ADOPTS GOLD STANDARD. Sharp Fight Over the Question and Narrow Margin in Victory. A New York Herald special from Lima, Peru, yesterday says: After a discussion which continued several days, the chamber of deputies of Peru tonight adopted the gold standard by a majority of one vote. The plan for a gold standard was sent to the chamber some time ago, after it had been approved by the president and cabi- net. The cabinet believed that this was the cniy possible solution of the financial troubles which beset Peru on every side. There was a long fight over the question in the chamber, the government support- ets arraigning themselves unanimously in favor of the gold standard. The narrow margin of their victory shows how persis ently the question was contested. PERU TITMARY IS INSANE, Young Man Who Confessed He Mur- dered Bookseller Wilson. ‘The mysterious prisoner who surrendered himself to the Philadelphia police on Mon- day night and confessed to the murder of Bookseller William C. Wilson has turned out to be a demented young man, irrespon- sible fer his actions. His story, according to his mother, is all imagination. His name is Harry Titmary, and at the time Wilson murdered he was playing cards with four companions, who verify the mother's Statement. The police investigated thoroughly the confession of the prisoner, including a search of the spot where the watch of the murdered man was said to have been hid- den. He will probably be discharged to- morrow. ooo —_______ GEN. CRESPO VERY ILL. Venezuelan President Unable to Per- form Duties of His Office. ecial to the New York Herald trom Caracis, Venezuela, Wednesday says: President Joaquin Crespo is da ngerously il and grave re felt for his recovery. His condition is so serious that the vice ent, Senor Alvarez, is temporarily seting as’ president of the republic. eee a civil servic jon announces on October amination will 1 in this city and other places, to ish an eligible r ster, from which a may be made to fill a vacancy in * pesition of assistant draftsman in the u of steam engineering, Navy Depart- ment, at a@ salary of $1,000 per annum. Per- ns desiring to enter the examination should write to the commission for appli- cation blanks. fhe civil service commission announces that the examination which was announced to be held October 11 for the promotion of subordinate employes in the departments Washington, to the grade of clerk, has been postponed to Monday, November 1. Loeal Pensions. Pensions have been granted as follow: District of Columtia—John W. Graulee 5 Lyman Austin Littlefield, George Lloyd, that, be George E. Sherwood, United States Sol- diers’ Home; John Walker, William Earp, William H. Honn, Cornelius Johnson, Caro- line E Clarke, Margaret Dean. Maryland—Israel Reidel, Williamsport; Francis B. Murray, Hagerstown; Edith A. Biggs, Mountain Lake Park; Katherine E. Meeth, Baltimore; John H. England, Bal- timore; Mary V. Beck, Brunswick; Wm. Louden, Jarboesville; Hezekiah Green, Pleasant Walk; Adam Stadermann, Aber- < Daniel Boston, Jessups; James M. Skidmor. rostburg. Virgini: icorge Wilser, Eastviile; minor ; of Henry Moore, Norfolk; Whielden Cash, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth Cit: Henry Haddock, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City: James M. Larcombe, Pho ; bus; Jane E. Hunt, Fredericksburg; Thos. Ford, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City. —— Uragaay’s Meat Products, Consul Schramm of Montevideo has sent to the State Department an elaborate re- port upon the meat products of Uruguay. The principal meat product ‘!s# tasajo ; Gerked beef), which is exported to Cuba, Brazil and the West Indies. Fifty per cent of the nourishing qualities of the beef is extrated by the process which makes tasajo. Eight nundred and sixty- nine thousand five hundred cattle were slaughtered for this purpose during the past year. About 200,000 head were slaugh- tered for the manufacture of a beef. ex- tract. The consul says the extract’ pos- sesses no nourishing qualities whatever, and is at most a strong stimulant, all the nourishing properties of the meat being lost !n the process of manufacture by chemicals. ——_-e-_____ If you want anything, try an ad. in Th? Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. : THE GERMANS’ DAY Elaborate Program Provided for the Anniversary Celebration. UNDER AUSPICES OF CENTRAL VEREIN Patriotic Addresses, Good Music, Banquet and Ball. AN ALLEGORICAL TABLEAU Germaa dey, now enthusiastically cele- brated every year througnout the United States, was commemorated by the German- Americans of the District of Columbia at the National Rifles’ Armory last night, with appropriate and patriotic exercises, wit- nessed by hundreds of delighted Teutons and their friends. The exercises were held under the auspices of the German Central Verein. The day marks the anniversary of the landing of the first German colony in the new world, and the history their descend- ants and the race in general has made in this ccuntry. The first Germans were land- ed at Germantown, Fa. ‘The committees in charge of the prepara- tions had done their werk well, and every- thing ran smoothly and satisfactorily. The hall was beautifuly decorated with German and American flags, and the stage was adorned with pot plants and garlands. A large number of the survivors of the Sth battalion, D. C. V., were present and excited the admiration of the young Ger- man-Americans. The flags of the 8th Bat- talion were swung in the hall and the vet- erans had seats of honor. President Saur's Speech. President Saur of the German Central Verein, in a brief speech, spoke of the sig- nificance of the occasion, and extended a hearty welcome. An allegorical tableau was next in or- der, Charles W. Doell representing Franz Daniel Pastorius, leader of the first Ger- man band; Miss Clara Worch represent- irg “Germania,” Miss Sophia Escher Co- lumbia, and Miss Sophia Fritch Liberty. The tableau was attractive, and the work of those taking part was heartily ap- plauted. The participants were becomingly attired. The Opening Oration. William L. Elterich, vice president of the Central Verein, delivered the opening oration, speaking in German. His clear enunciation and pleasant delivery are al- way attractive, and his speech was re- ceived with demonstraticns of pleast In his remarks he said: Since the first commemorative celebra- tion, on the 6th day of October, 1883, this day has been festively observed annually in German-American circles, in order to honer the memory of the founding of the first German colony on American soil, at #ermantown, under Franz Daniel Pas- torius, in the year 1683. Thus it is one of the fundamental principles of the German Central Verein of Washington to annually festively celebrate the 6th day of October as German day, and I judge from the large number of Americans descended from other European stock than the German here as- sembled that they also honor the day when Germans first landed from the Concord, and thus show their appreciation of Ger- man thrift, honesty and patriotism. Opposition to Slavery. It is hardly necessary to go into the de- tails of this notable historical event. Every Pupil within the scope of our glorious sys- tem of free public schools is or ought to be familiar with them. But one point in the history of Pastorius’ early pioneers I must call to the memory of all those pres- ent. Coming from a land of despotism, surrounded by the eternal forest and coi stant dangers, they entered already in 1688 a solemn protest against the inhuman nature of slavery, now so happily forever and ever abolished. And from that time or until the day the immortal Abraham Lin. coln issued the proclamation of emancipa- tion Germars have been in the front ranks of those who fought this obnoxious in- stitution, and would do so again if ever called upon; now happily an impossibility. A century after the first landing we find Germans in the ranks, as well as in the military council, of the pater patriae, the glorious George Washington. Need I re- mind my hearers of Muehlenberg, of Steu- ben, of DeKaib, Herkhimer and of the thousands of unknown heroes whose bodies enrich the battlefields of the revolution? Look another century further, when civil war devastated this magnificent republic, rapidly gaining the front rank among the nations of the world. Among these flags grouped there together by artistic hand you will see one borne by the gallant Ger- man Turners of this city, who were among the very first to protect the capital against the rebel hands, and you will see another flag, carried with honor by the gallant Sth Battalion, whose few survivors are tonight with us. German Soldiery. German-Americans entered the Union ranks by thousands and thousands; Ger- man-American generals led victorious Union hosts; Sigel, Heckon, Schurz, Oster- haus, Val Gilsa, Steinweher, Weitzel, Blenken, Schimmelpfennig and many others are names that will shine forever in the annals of American valor. Historical re- search has established the fact that in the heat of battle the German-American sol- dier was equal to any, inferior to none, and did not hesitate to die for his adopted country. My time is too short to enter upon all the benefits which America has already re- ceived from German immigration. But let me point with pride to the words spoken by Mr. Andrew D. White, the present American ambassador to Germany, when he some years ago occupied the same ex- alted post and point of observation. He sal t is claimed that in the near future the United States will have a population of one hundred millions. The national character- istics of these will be German solidity, con- sistency and faithfulness; Anglo-Saxon en- ergy and safety; Celtic imagination. Is it nothing that a German element enters such a combination? We in America have been accustomed to speak of England as the mother country; but in the future Germany will be the mother country probably for the greater part of our population.” Descendant of Pastorius. When Mr. Elterich had concluded his re- marks he introduced Mrs. Mary A. Wallace of this city, a iineal descendant of Franz Daniel Pastorius, the original German im- migrant. Pastorius was a jurist and land- ed, with his colony, on the 6th of October, 1683. Mrs. Wallace made a few remarks, congratulatory ‘of the great work done in this country by German-Americans. The next speaker was Mr. Simon Wolf. He spoke in English. His eloquence aroused the big audience, which frequent- ly and heartily applauded him. Mr. Wolf's Address, The addres was as foliows: “His social life wore no ascetic form, He loved all beauty, without fear of harm, And in his veins his Teuton blood ran warm. Strict to himself, of other men no spy, He made his own no circuit-judge to try, The freer conscience of his neighbors by.” John G. Whittier’s Pennsyivaaia- Pilgrim. It cannot be too often told and retold What a powerful influence emizration has had upon the destinies of:the United States. Men and women of all: nationalities and creeds have come here to find noi only refuge, but to build homes in which they could sit under their own vine and jig tree vnmolesied, free 1 happy, and among them there have been none who nave con tributed more to the development of this great nation than the German. From the very first day of this country’s history, up to the present periol, there has been a steady stream of Healthy, vigorous, intelligent, moral and so¢elal manhoo? and Womanhood pouring from the banks of the Rhine into the currents of our nauonal life, and it is not in a spirit of v inglory or boasting that we asscrt that without it the United States today would no: iave the eminent position it has attained. Principles of Liberty. Thus the little band of pioneers who came with their household gods and their ideals of a grander humanity and who settled near Wissihickon’s stream in quaint old Germantown, laid broad and deep the Principles of liberty and self-government which, since that time, have broadered and enlarged our American institutions. These pioneers, who wove their linen and felt no shame, who prayed to their God and felt no fear, who communed with na- ture and rejoiced at its glories and its op- Portunities, were the first American citizens to assert and proclaim that grand and glo- rious spirit of liberty which subsequently found its living interpretation in the State Hall of Philadelphia, and ‘the Independence bell, which rang so merrily the proclama- tion of liberty to all men, Was but ihe faint €cho of that which had already been pro- claimed and announced by the band of German pioneers who had struck cff by church resolution the shackles ‘from the slave and who asserted ’in their quaint Latin and good German that man all the world over should be free and unrestricted; that God made all men, whether white cr black, and that he who would be free must not enslave a fellow-man—glorious words that have sounded throughout all the ages as proclamations of free thought; that have softened the gloom of many a prisoner who had gone to his dcom, and that have for- ever stamped the members of Pastorius and his noble band of German pioneers with a halo of heroism and statesmanship surpassed by none and equaled by few. Treasured ax Heirlooms. And what this little band of patriots was in the early days of American history their followers and brethren ever since have maintained with steadfastness, devotion and loyalty. In every crisis of our coun- try’s history—north and south, east ard west, on the shores of the golden Pacitic, as well as in foreign lands, where they have represented American ‘mstitutions— they have vindicated by their conduct, by their sobriety, by their intéligence, by their manliness and self-respeet, those glo- rious traits they inherited from their fathers and which are héirlooms the world treasures. In this hour of shortsightedness on the part of Americans, “would-be statesmen,” and some of the executive officers of gov- ernment, in regard to the spirit that ani- mates them as to the construction and in- terpretation of the laws governing emi- gration, it is not out of place to recall to these narrow, shallow-pated, would-be pa- triots what emigration has done for the country which they disgrace and what an important factor it has been and how much ith contributed to the development, growth, grandeur, strength and perpetuity of our institutions; that we German-Ameri- cans, in common with all other true and good citizens, do not ask ov seek that, the physically disabled, mentally blind or the immoral bandits of Europe should be per- mitted to land on our shores. Asks for Wise Discrimination. ‘As true cud good Americgn citizens, we do not ask that our land should be flooded with the refi of other lands, but we do claim that the same wise discrimination and just observations of common sense that made it possible for us to be citizens of the United States should be extended to others. There are millions upon millions of idle acres of land still vacant in all parts of the United States that can be tilled and made fruitful. The seaboard cities are gorged with idlers. When new cities and towns spring up in the great uninhabited west, the gorged avenues of the east will be relieved, new life, industry and com- merce will be developed to the discom- fiture of ravens who croak their nativistic “nevermo: from every perch, as if their Leonore”’ was to be the swan song of America’s greatness. We are at the turning point of our na- tion’s career. Greater and greater oppor- tunities are widening the vista of our pos- sibilities. We are no longer children strug- gling for existence, but healthy, robust men, reaching out for the destiny that seems inseparable to this ‘country, and in this direction we need the united support of all citizens, so as to revresent in a loftier sense the elements of our civiliza- tion, ard to bring home to the oppressed of every land the opportunities which we here enjoy and which are so essential to the happiness of mankind. German day should be sacred to ail citi- zens of the United Siates,, and while it is a pleasing memory to those horn in father- land, there is no desire to be arrogant or vainglorious, but simply to inject into the pages of histcry this glowing pictur which, originating in the land of Luthe: fcund its closing apex in the land of Penn. Muxie Was Good. Splend'd music was furnished by the Ideal Mandolin and Guitar Quardett, com- posed of Charles M. Hassebach, C. C. €on- stantine, E. Hoicer and B. F. Reich- menn. The young men were forced to respend to repeated encores, The program was concluded with a flag drill by the juveniles of the Columbia Turn Verein, under Mr. Wimmer. The senior class of the verein also executed a difficult wand drill under Mr. Wimmer's leadership. Songs by the Germania. Maennerchor, Prof. Emil Christiani, director; and the Arion Singing Society, Prof. Emil Holer, director, we greatly enjoyed. Songs of the fatherland and of America were sung. Before the close of the exercises the entire audience joined in singing “My Country, ’Tis of Thee.” A bountiful supper was served at the close of the program, and tlten dancing followed, continuing until a late hour. ‘The program was interspersed with music by Weber's orchestra. The Committees. The committees in charge were as fol- lows: Arrangements—Messrs. W. L, Elterich, M. Glaeser, B. F. Schubert, Gustav Bender, Dr. S. A. Czarra, John Knabe, W. Ruck- daeschel, Henry Leimbach, J- A. Schuerzer, J. A. Aschenbach, Jacob Blatzheim, Emil Wagner, Werner Koch, Ferdinand Mueller, Emil Spahn and Henry ‘Laubaci. Invitation and reeeption—Dr. S. A. Czarra, Anton Eberly;' H: H/ Bergmann, F. W. Helbig, Henry C. Laubach, L. Stiefel, Charles W. Doell, August Schmidt, W Pohimann, John Waldmann, Frank Claudy, A. E. L. Keese, Christian urich, Albert Cary, Anthony Dempff, Albert Abner, Wil- Mam Engel and George Wagner. Refreshments—Charies er, — Fritz Reuter, George J. Bessler, At ist Schwarz, Emil Spahn, Charles Dietz, ‘Jacob Brue; ger, Leo Zwissler and Charleg Gaerner. - Press—Werner Koch, Emanuel Waldeckér, W. L. Elterich, Reginald Schoeder, L. W: Habercom, BE.’ Max Hasselbach, Scott C. Bone, D. L. Selke and Dr. grank T. Howe. Printing—B. F. 8c! Dr. 8S. A. Czarra and Jacob Bilai Floor—Julius Duchring, 4V. Schalble, R. Remont, Conrad. Richter,? Anthony Nau, Max Neubaucr, David and August Nau. 5 ‘Decorations—Messrs. Reby, Gude Bros., Kraemer and Studer, 74. Major Rogers Retired. Major Benjamin H. Rogers of the Infantry has retired, and Capt. Casper Conrad of the 13th Infantry has been pro- 8th H. moted to WITHOUT PRECEDENT International Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. DISTINGUISHED PRELATES AS MEMBERS Delegates Expected From Four Na- tional and Colonial Churches. THE WASHINGTON CHAPTERS ge The first interrational convention of the Brotherhood ef St. Andrew will convene in Buffalo, N. Y., Wednesday of next week and continue in session until the following Sunday, inclusive. The conyention will be composed of from 1,200 to 1,500 delegates, at Ipast 200 of whom will be from Canada. ‘The brotherhood includes branches in the Protestart Episcopal Church in the United States, the Church of England in the Do- minion of Canada, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Church of England in Austra- lia, the Church of England in the West Indies and South American, and in the vererable mother church in England itself. By its constitution the brotherhood ex- ists at the will of the bishops and priests of the churcn in their several dioceses and parishes. heir counsel, therefore, and guidance are, at all times, mcst nece: ry to those who manage the affairs of the trotherhcod and are moet eagerly sought. Magnitude of the Work. The assembling of this convention means an event that is said te be without pre- While veh in cedent in the history ef the church. there have been councils cf the chu many iands and climes. never before, it is believed, have the laymen of the great world-wla ccmmuricn come tegether through their appointed representatives to take counsel ccncerring their duty as lay- men to extend the borders and widen the fellowship of the kingdom of which they are citizens. It means, according to one of those who is taking a great interest in the coming meeting, “the growing recogn!- tion of the fact taught by Savior and apes- tles, that to every member of the church is committed a royal priesthcod—a priesthood which is, indeed, without the special priv- lleges and duties committed to those upen whom the apostolic commission is laid; but none the less a_priesthcod, with duties whose reality no theughtful man can qu tion and whose awful responsibilities may well cause the strongest t6 feel their weak- ness. “It mecns,” said he, “that new oppor- tunities for the work of laymen are beirg constantly opened, and that the leaders of the church everywhere are welcoining the assistance of the men who are looking 10 them for true spiritual leadership and di- rection. “It means that heavier responsibilities are being laid upon the brotherhood in the new world, where the movement first took crganized form. Men who will stand hum- ble and loyally in the rank: h every faculty keen for -use, renéeriag a willing obedience to their leaders in the chureh, are the men who will send the impulse to work throbbing through the life of chiireh- men in many lands, old and new, and will help to keep that impulse strong.” Real Things ef Life. Those who were charged with the prep- aration of the program feli that, in a cer- tain serse, the men who are going to Buf- falo had intrusted them with five days of their valuable time. The committee has, therefore, aimed to prepare a program which should lay emphasis upon the real things of life. It has sought to avoid what is merely superficial, even though it might be, to a certain extent, attractive and use- ful, and to call attention to the fundamen- tal facts and principles upon which each man must rear the structure of his life. The Buffalo program will make large de- mands upon men, because it will call upon them for the hard work of earnest thought. The international committee express con- fidence in the readiness of the men of the brotherhood to respond te such a call as this, and that, therefore, the Buffalo con- vention will register another advance in the upward movement of the brotherhood. Annual Reports Encouraging. The annual reports of the chapter, so far as they have been received by the inter- national committee, are encouraging in character, but few chapters are obliged to confess that they have not at least held their own, while from many comes as- surance of positive progress, These facts are regarded as all the more gratifying when the trying conditions of the last four years are taken into account. It seems certain that four of the six na- tonal and colontal churches in which the Brotherhood ef St. Andrew has been gen- erally organized will be represented at the first international convention. Owing to the obstacles raised by great distances, the brotherhood in Australia and New Z land will have no representatives. It was hoped that the bishop of Ballarat, who re- turns to his diocese via Canada, ‘might be able to vemain for the convention, but pressing duties at home make it necessary fer him to sail from Vancouver the the convention meets. < A Large Attendance. Advices from severai sections of the ccuntry indicate that the convention will be about the size of the Washington co: vention—that is to say, 1,250 men. It is ex- pected that at least eighty delegates wiil represent the cities of Washington and Baitimore. Chicago has seventy-five dele- gates pledged to go, Detroit forty. Pitts- burg expects to need a special train for its delegates; Louisville will have a delegation of at least thirt Philadelphta, probably seventy-five; Now York at least one hun- dred, who will probably be accompanied by fifty more from the neighboring dioceses of Newzrk and Long Island. One delegate, if no more, will represent Colorado; one. Utah; while from the Pacific coast, two are expected from California, with two or three more from Oregon and Washington. Virgin- ja is expected to send thirty-five or more of her representative churchmen, while states further south, the Carolinas, Georgia, Ten- ressee, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, will all_be represented. Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis are each arranging to send large delegations. Toronto expects to send nearly one hundred men, and as many more will probably come from other Canadian cities. day The Program. The convention will be called to order at 10 a.m. Wednesday for the business meet- ings of national councils and of the inier- national committee. From 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. there will be “Quiet Hours” at St. Paul’s Church, with devotions and instructions by Rev. Charles Gore, D.D., canon of West- minster, England. The evening will be devoted to an informal meeting of dele- gates and conference of members of the national council. ‘Thursday morning a charge to the broth- erhood will be delivered by the Right Rev. ‘Wm. D. Walker, D.D., bishop of western New Yerk. The feature of the afternoon session will be an address of welcome by James L. Houghteling, president of the a erhoed sae aires tere which responses Ww: made by appointed repre- See cenires ou: the deoreinies Ji! te Doe minion of Canada, England, Scotland, West Indies and South America. The ad- dresses will be followed by an informal re- pee to delegates by the national coun- dl morning there will be a cor- bration of the communion, ccnducted by Right Rev. Talbot, England, as celebrant, with the assistants: Paul's, Buffalo; Rev. H. Erskine Hill, St. D.D., lord bishop of Rochester, lowing George's, Glasgow, Scotland; Rev. C. H. Coles, secretary of the Brotherhood of St. Ardrew in the West Indies, and Re G. Osborne Troop, St. Martin's, Montreal. Topics for Discussion. ‘The afternoon session will be devoted to a general conference, at which addre s will be delivered on “Boyhood and Its Treatment,” by G. R. Parkin, LL.D., prin- jpal of Upper Canada College, Toronto ‘Manhood and Its Responsibilities,” by Right Rev. Thos. U. Dudley, D.D., bishop of Kentucky, “Employers and Employe: W. R. Sterling of Chicago; “Chapter * Jos. i. Barroll, Chicago ” D. M. Stewart, Montreal; f Boys,” Ewing L. Miller, P! phia; “Home and Foreign Missions, Robt. L. Paddock, secretary Church S: dents’ Missionary Association. In the evening there will be a mass mcet- ing at Music Hall. Right Rev. Thos. E. Dudley, D.D., bishop of Kentucky, will preside, d addresses will be deliv: follows: “The Individual,” Right Rev Baldwin, D.D., lord bishop of Huron Institution.” Kight Rev. Thos. F. Gailor, S.T.D., bishop coadjutor of Tennessee: “Their Mutual Dependence,” Rev. Charles Gore, D.D., canon of Westminster. Saturday's meetings comprise a general coaference, at which the subject will be, “The Brotherhcod Chapter and Its Work.” The opening address will be by N. Ferrar Davidson, president of the brotherhood in the Dominion of Canada, to be followed by gencral discussion from the floor. After a recess the conference will reassem le, when w. Sturgis of New Haven will speak on “What is Prayer?” The lord bishop of Rochester will follow on the theme “What is Service?” and John W. Wood, general secretary of the brotherhood in the United States, will dwell on the topic, “Do We Practice Them?” “Zeal; What 1t is and Whence It Comes,” will form the subject of an address by G. Harry Davis, vice president of the brotherhood in the United States. It is expected that Mr. Davis’ remarks will be followed by short impromptu ad- dresses from persons on the floor, the topic of each of which is expected tobe “How Zeal May Be Sustained and Used.” Evening Mass Meeting. At 8 p.m. of the same day there will be a mass meeting, at which Right Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, D. D., bishop of Missouri, will preside. The subject will be “The Spread of Christ’s Kingdom,” upon which theme addresses will be delivered by John R. Mott, chairman of the executive commit- tee of the students’ volunteer movement; Silas McBee, vice president of the brother- hood in the United States, and Bishop Tuttle. » The Closing Exercises. Sunday morning the anniversary sermon will be preached at St. Paul’s Church by Right Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, D. D., bishop of Albany, followed by a celebration of the holy communion. There will also be morning services in the churches of the city, with sermons by visiting clergy. In the afternoon there will be a mass meeting at Music Hall, the chairman of which will be Right Rev. Henry C. Potter, D. D., hop of New York. The subject will be What Are the Conditions of True Social Progre: upon which addresses will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Gore of Westmin- ster, Mr. Jacob A. Riis of New York and Bishop Potter. The final service will be held in Music Hall, commencing at 7:45 p. m. The chairman will be Geo. C. Thomas of Philadelphia, and addresses will be de- livered on baptism and human equality by Right Rev. J. Philip Du Moulin, D. C. L., lord bishop of Niagara; “The Lord’s Sup- per and Human Brotherhood,” the Right Rev. Edw. S. Talbot, D. D., lord bishop of Rochester; “The Bible and Human Free- dom,” Right Rev. Davis Scssuns, D. D.. bishop of Louisiana. At the the speaking a farewell meeting be led by Mr. Jas. L. Houghteling, president of the brotherhood in the United States. The guests of the convention will be Right Rey. Dr. Talbot, lord bishop of -Rochester, and Rey. Charles Gore of Westminstér. A Young Bishop. The Right Rev. Edw. Stuart Talbot, D. D., lord bishop of Rochester, who is to be the celebrant at the corporate communion, is one of the youngest of the English bishops, both in age and consecration. For several years he was warden of Keble Col- lege, Oxford. He was very popular among all classes of students, and exerted a marked influence, not only over the life of Keble, but of the whole university as well. A few years ago he became vicar of Leeds. ‘This is one of the most imporiant, best-or- ganized and most successful parishes in the Church of England. The parish church is almost a cathedral in itself, while its clergy outnumber the clergy of some of the missionary jurisdictions. As a parish priest Dr. Talbot showed himself to be an able administrator and pastor. When the ancient see of Roches- ter became vacant, a little more than two years ago, Dr. Talbot was appointed to it. The bishopric of Rochester traces its de- scent in an unbroken line from the first bishop Justus, whom St. Augustine con- secrated in A. D. 604. The town of Roche ter is about half way between London and Canterbury, but “by far the largest part of the diocese, so far at least as population is concerned, is within the city of London, comprising the district south of the Thames. It is inhabited almost exclusively by working people, and, in some sections, poverty seems to be its dominant feature. Canon Gore. Canon Gore, who is to speak on several ms at the convention, though a com- paratively young man, has already had a distinguished career. He is recognized as one of England’s feremost theoiogians. He is, however. a practical man of affairs, as well, and takes a deep personal interest in ail phases of present day life. He is a graduate of Oxford, and was for some time a feliow of Trinity College. When, a few years after the death of Dr. Pusey, one of the leaders of the Oxford movement, :t was decided to esiablish a house in Oxford for the purpese of promoting the religious life of the siudents of the university, Rev. Charles Gore was selected asthe first principal. He occupied this position until three years ag». His influence over the undergraduates was most marked, and has left a lasting impression on the men who were in the university during the years ct his residence. About two years ago Dr. Gore was ap- pointed canon of Westminster, as successor to Dr. Farrar, who became Dean of Can- terbury. The scene of his work has, there- fore, been transferred from the vniversity town to the greatest and most cosmopoli- tan city in the world. He has lost none of his influence by the change. He rarely preaches in the great Abbey Church of Westminster, without its being thronged with an attentive congregation. Christian Social Movement. Canon Gore is one of the icaders of the Christian social movement in England, whose object is “to claim for the Christian law the ultimate authority to rute social practice; to study in comn@on how to ap- ply the moral truth and principles of Chris- tianity to the social and economic difficul- ties of the present time; to present Christ in practical life, as the living Master and King, the enemy of wrong and selfishness, the power of righteousness and love.” There is a similar movement in the church in the United States, known as tne Church Social Union, of which the Right Rev. | Tf you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. THE OLDEST INHABITANTS First of a Series of Social Meetings Held Last . Evening. Memories of Washington When It Was a Straggling Vi wo—Briel Addresses a Good Cheer, Last evening marked a departure in the method of conducting meetings of the Old- est Inhabitants’ Association. Some time ago it was determined to inaugurate a plan of having occasional banquets given by the association, at which the enlivening influ- ence of a feast could be made to contribute to the good cheer, at gatherings of the men who knew the capital when it was a strag- sling village, and whose rey and en- terprise did much to make it the beautiful city it is today, and the first of these enter- tainments was given last evening at Freund's, on 10th street between H and I streets. . Nearly fifty members of the association, comprising many of the leading profes- sional and business men of the city, were present. They discussed a splendid menu provided by the caterer, admiré® the artis- tic floral decorations of the iong table about which they gathered, and concluded the evening's entertainment with a number of short speeches. Business Mecting He! Previous to the feast a short business meeting was held, Noble D. Larner, first vice president of the associati and T. F. Maguire acting elected to Caspar and Benj. Reiss w membership. It was decided to have the meeting of the association annually held in the as has be on Washington's birthda: instead of during the day, custom. ning, n the The Guests. The following members sai down to the banquet: W. Beron, Dr. W. Boga Brandenburg, Washington O. Be tian Bauer, James W. Barker, ampsey, J. M. Cutts, John T. © Connor, H. M. Dellinger, R. Kict n, KR. M. A. Fenwick, T. W. Fowler, Solomon J. Fague, Joseph Gawler, W. J. Green, An- thony Gaegler, A. B. Jackson, Dr. J. Howard, Andrew Jackson, W. Kirby, T. H. Langley Noble D. Larner, T. F. 2 Philip May, 3. Mullan, Crosb; H. Regan, Dr. . T. William B.C. Wright Oliver and Moore, 8. Prather, A. Benj. W. Re Wineburger, Thomas ‘s hristian President Marbury T mater. President John Marbury, as toastmuster after the more rabstandal por- tion of the feast had bec dered, and “in introducing the first speaker referred to the action of the association as 2 means of making the meetings more attractive, and hoped it would have the effect of increasing the attendance and in stirring up general interest in the association, Mr. Noble D. Larner was the er introduced. In his remarks tory of the success of the entertainm expressed the hope that the asso would soon get into more commod! ccmfortable quarters than it had be cupying. In introducing Mr. Marbury said he editor of The Star pt cas tle only one tiat cov! alw pon to give good rm sociation’s _ meeting briefly, and was fol Moore and Col. J. The evening's concluded by the Syne, every over the sucei ryved speak- ongratitla- nt he of vas then Auld Lang gratification Prac The Navy Department has advertised for bids for the construction pf the sailing vessels for a practice ship for the cadets at Annapolis. She will be bark rigged, with 1,100 tons displacement, feet long, 27 fect in breadth and a draft of 1612 feet. of sail, spects dynamo Her motive power will be but she will be ed in with steam e! and condi : ment of rapid fire guns every way for a practi o-- Elsasser to Be Given Up. cretary of State has issued his warrant for the surrender to the German authoritics of George Friede h Elsasser, charged with embezzlement of 3,60 marks of public money in Stuttgart, Germany. He waived examination in New York expressed his willingnes to return many for trial. EEE Se oe ee Dredging at Port Royal. The Navy Department has awarded the contract for dredging the channel to the dry dock at Port Reyai to the New Yor ¥ i e cost dredging will be $' pected that when this « large battleships can be Royal. ——— Trial at Washington Barrac A general court-martial has been appoint- ed to meet at the Washington barr: 2 befo! oners as may be order detail for the court is as follows Lewis Smith, Capt. William 1 Constantine Chase, First Lieut. Alexander B. Dyer, First Lieut. Frederick S. Strong, First Lieut. Walter S. Alexander, Second Lieut. John C. Gilmore, jr., judge advocate. All the officers are attached to the 4th Ar- tillery. Caen ee Next Session in Washington. At yesterday's session of the American Society of Municipal Improvemcat, held in Nashville, Tenn., the following officers were elected: Presiient, Harrison Van Dyne, Newark, N. J.; first vice president, L. W. Rundlett, St. Paul, Minn.; second vice president, F. H. Torent third vice president, A. B, ria, Ill.; secretary, D. L. Fulton, Allegben: Pa, and treasurer, John L. Kenned, Nashville. Washington, D. C., was selec’ as the next place of meeting. Colored Some of the colored people of Cape May have become incensed over the refusal cf Principal Lewis of the public Schools to al- low Eva James, a colored graduate of the grammar school last year, to enter the white department high school, because of prcvision having been made to teach taree years of high school studies in the colored department. ——_—-e0 _—____ Cavalry Cannot Go. Secretary Alger has declined to comply with the request for the detail of cavalry troops from Fort Myer, Va., to the fair at Md., on the ground that it military