Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1897, Page 11

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Rates of advertising made known on application, INSIDERS | *@s crossed. The train in the lead was 2 | long ons, and the engine was puffing and ! blowing to make the heavy grade this side | of the river, when the extra freight was OUTSIDERS VS, The Fight of Government Printing Office Civil Service Continues. given a safety signal. In order to make this grade the engineer on the extra put on a little more speed, but when he had reached a point near 13% street he noticed part of the other train backing. A coupling had become unfast- ened, and the several cars-were speeding down the grade at a lively rate of speed. An effort was made by the engineer to re- verse his engine and get his train out of the way in time to avoid a collision, Lut the runaway cars were coming too fast for him, and he had to Jump from the engine to save his life. His fireman also jumpel. Charles Neitzy, the brakeman on the ca- More Resolutions Passed by the Op- ponents “f the Present System in the Columbia Union. ‘The third round in the fight between the teiiene Sofambia ype 1} beose, made an effort to apply the brakes, Se ee ee but, finding his efforts were of no avail and Untow, No 10, which: bea w that a collision seerred unayotdable, he got the existence of the civil service regula- {jn the car to save himself from heing tions in the government printing office | crushed by the engine. A crippled man, who was In the caboose, managed to make ast n the regular weekly ee ae = his way to the next car, and escaped in- meeting. and resulted m a victory for the he | Jury. The crash came just after the engi- compositor: who do not hold places in the | necr and’ fireman left their engine They government composing room, and who are | escaped none too soon, for the engine was variously ‘out and “spoils- | thrown from the track, and the escaping pee the winning | Steam would probably have scalded them ig be Bene a) ne eat Gt a eee side of the latter f the first victory | ionger. When the collision occurred the sng se veral weeks ago, when reso- aboose was thrown in the air, and when ions were passed requesting the Pres- re ee on the ground it was completely vernme: ting | demolished. ident to xemoce the ‘government printing | "rarakeman) Neitsy was caught between office from the classitied civil service lst. | i pieces of timber, and it was with con- The printers who under } siderable difficulty that the other trainmen government ausp rescued him in time to save his life. Polize- the ap, tions ¢ men Fugitt and Curry were there to a ist jokbe immediatel the railroad men, and they had the injured the work of the “spoil brakeman taken to the Emergeney Hospi- tegether and p tal. He w y injured, and the doc- the we tors feared h not recover, but this Capitol an morning his condition was much improved. the skies. pate hare to the Preside IN MRS. LAWSOWS HONOR. Again Victorious. Nothing daunted, the “outs gether again last night and prepared m Reception Tendered Her at 19th Street Baptist Church. A reception by the unions of the depart- iders” got to- pesehations: oe) eee ee ae ment work among coiored people of the ehh cil get tbe hlle sly rad etn District W. C. T. U. was tendered Mrs. onholes at the White House. These | Rosetta E. Lawson at the Nineteenth which : eat pas Street Baptist Church Friday evening. 17h after reciting that Procite, | Promptly at 8 o'clock the unions of the Sealea Soe department, led by representatives of the an branch, all attired in white, marched into the church to the music of an organ voluntary, rendered by Miss Jennette Tay- lor, daughter of Rev. J. Anderson Taylor of me Court printing of lated the civil s ition 4efd tting forth thes ident Mc facts rnd p set the order of FP Shiloh Baptist Church. Clev d that Colum Mrs. M. A. Tancil, president of the union { the unlawiul | at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, called the meeting to order. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. Andersen Taylor. A singing by the junior choir of the f. Wm. H. im General on_ th of the Int Richards of How- so urged to ex ty Law School was introduced. ed ii 0 hav overnment tated as the object of the meeting the Ste ames: take = out oe the ron on the part of the friends and co- laborers of Mrs. Lawson to express their tion of the honor conferred upon her by the W. C. T. U. of the District in electing her as one of its three delegates to the national convention, to be held in Buffalo, N. Y., October 29 to November 4, end to manifest their appreciation of the service rendered the community by Mrs. Lawson, through her life-long devotion to and tructic ident and secre were pre resolutions sho! Ki ley and Pre October 15, 1 Presented Today. specifi as regarded as The |. a coup dé bs the “qpotlemen” By it se of temperance. For the re- the resolutions will be in the hands of © of hee aren ESTES President McKinley today, and it ws = aster of cerenori i b the majority last night rmstrong entertained the au- ¢ with a graphophone, and was com- pelled to respond to an encore each time he appeared on the program. Rey. J. A. Johnson, pastor of the Metro- politan A. M. Church, was the orator of the evening. His address elicited much applause. Prof. J. T. Layton of the public schools sang several solos, and there was anot nd special meeting of on was to be at once, which would take action verse to that taken last night, jority of the m favor of the retention of law in the printing office. meeting w: 5 ht and signed by the geod music supplied by the choir, under ve names. at the | Mr. J. T. Walker's direction. otlier b = Ne Letters were read by Miss Ella M. Bos- ten, secretary, from Mrs. Rooker T. Wash- ington, Mrs. Victoria Farle Matthews of New York and Mrs. Arthur S. Gray, presi- dent of the Berean Y, who was prevented from attending on account of illness. Mrs. B. K. Eruce was present and spoke eartiest terms of the object of the mee! ig. ‘Testimonials were also given by Rev. Walter H. Brooks, Rev. Geo. W. Moore, Rey. A. P. Miller, Mrs. Emma F. Shelton, recording secretary of the District unions, and others. Among the guests were Prof. John M Langston and family, Mrs. Arthur Lan; ston of Si. Louis, Prof. and Mrs. Kelly Miller, Miss Louise S. Weightman, District corresponding secretary; Mrs. E.’ A. Duf- reques! pu inue the present time s he table by a heavy majorit > NION MISSION. printer to , Was laid CENTRAL U Thirteenth Anniversary Celebrated by Elaborate Services Yesterday. The thirteenth anniversary of the Cen- tral Union Mission was celebrated yester- ere was practically a continuous unul almost 10 p.m., enthusiasm was at all times ed among the officers, the work- ers, the converts and their friends ficid and daughter, Miss Ida A. Gibbs, Mr. maeiecec ace te ttiern Tene Chas. F. M. Brown, chairman. citizens’ Gunton Temple Memorial Church, 14th ana | f9mmittee; Lawyer ‘Thos. L. Jones, Mr. Ellis W. Browne and others. executive committee consisted of A. Tancil, chairman; Mrs. A. S. chairman; Miss E. M. Boston, y:; Mrs. B. A. Chase, treasurer: E. A. Duffield, Mrs. L. E. Hawkins, R st ne E. D. dent of the mission, delivered @ discourse from the text: “Go ye out into the highways and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” The | Mrs. Fannie W. Taylor, Mrs. H. A. Kine theme was “City Mission Work. Mr. | Mrs. B. K. Brace, Prof. W. H. Richards, explained that the object of the | Mrs. Oliver White and Mrs. L. W. Queen. Central Union Mission was to spread the The collection will be used to defray the ly among those n what are expenses of the delegate to the world’s d the neglected parts of | Convention at Toronto as an observer, and i a numt of incidents | to the national at Buffalo, as delegate. tending to show that the id done een great good, and that man families in FOUR SCORE YEARS. every part of Washington. s well as nu- siding in other 1 by what they eard either at the mission or some conducted under its aus- ic Was by the mission sin- Havell as director. was a ph. in the afternooi & on Lou! Celebration of Sist Anniversary of Mount Zion Church. The eishty-first anniversary of Mt. Zion M. E. Church was celebrated yesterday. The order of exercises for the day em- braced a sunrise prayer meeting, led by Mr. Henry Bowles; Sunday school at a.m., Mr. R. S. Parrott, superintendent; regular morning service at 11 a.m., with sermon by Rev. J. H. Griffith; general class meet- ing from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m., under the di- rection of Messrs. Perry Barnes, Henry Bowles and Sandy Wiliiams. cpworth League rally at 4 p. m, at which Rey. J. Albert Johnson, D. D., pas tor of the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, delivered a sermon; evening service at gers, The ing hy buildi being ex- Foster and Andrews of the Treasury Depart- uch of whom expressed his great » at hearing the testimenies eting s es Would You Know Why Alice G. Kimball; * Professor Percy 8. a ‘ rk Valley There,” Mr 30 p. m., sermon ‘by Rev. Ernest Lyon, ve The mission t. composed of | D. D., paster of John Wesley Church, Bal- Mr. George W. Wheeler, Mr. George W. | timore. a ichael brothers, ren- At the meeting of the Epworth League jons. ‘The singers} the history of the church was read by # full orchestra, | Miss H. H. Beason. The junior choir, un- a cornet, trom the d . ‘The or- Kimball, | ing service the musical program was in © Kraft. charge of the senior choir, under the direc- tion of Prof. Parrott. At each service a collection was taken up ur the interest of the parsonage build- ing fund. afternoon mong the do: rom one person of $100. After the meeting closed, lunch was served to the work nd others, and at 6 "cioe! went to Market rice was held, and ace to the First Congregationa! Churen, © the anniversary celebration was concluded. service fons being ———— WAS A SUCCESS. Work of the House-to-House Canvass- ers Completed. The house-to-house canvass begun in the District Saturday, as stated in The Star, won auditorium and galleries were crowd- to their utmost ca: bmitted The city. reports were anticipated in The Star was successfully finished that night by the Saturday. acne, Judge 1.| BOfe than 2,000 workers who were inter- Among any pr were Judge I. 5 5 acd G Kimball, Rev. George O. Little of As. | eed tn it. Over 150,000 rpcecosn sembly Church, Rev. Alexander Mackay. | PY the heads of the several districts, ex- Smith, Rev. A.W. Pitzer. The annual meeting of those entitled to vete in the election of officers will take place this evening at the mission building. —_— RAILROAD COLLISION. Dr. J. G. Butler and Rev. Dr. | tending an invitation to attend services some Sunday morning, were distributed. ‘These were given only to those who stated they were not in the habit of attending church, orders being not to distribute them to present active workers. Few rebuffs were met with, and these were overcome, in the majority of cases, even the elderly ladies who visited the “Division” being most kindly treated. Chinese canvassers were employed to visit the Chinese auarter, being equipped for the work through the Christian educa- tion received at Calvary Baptist Sunday school. One session will be given over to reports on the practical value of the work at the coming convention of the Sunday School Association here. A gathering of the can- vassers may be held directly at the con- clusion of the work, which, it is thought, will be entirely finished by Tuesday. —— Golden Anniversary. The fiftieth anniversary of the establish- ment in Maryland of the first boarding school for young ladies by the school Sis- ters of Notre Dame was observed last veek with appropriate ceremonies at the Coliege of Notre Dame, Charles street, Bal- timore. Srakeman Neitzy Injured and Engine and Caboose Wrecked. There was a rear end collision on the Bal- timore and Potomac railroad tracks yest dey morning about 5:40 o'clock near the Maryland avenue and 18% street crossing, which resulted in the wrecking of a ca- boose and engine and the serious injury of Charles Neitzy, a brakeman. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show figured in the collision, and while the cowboys, In- dians and others were somewhat fright- ened, none of thein was hurt. Several horses belonging to the show were slightly injured. Saturday's performance of the show at Quantico was the last of the sea- son, and the animals were on their way to inter quarters in Connecticut. Regular freight train No. 116 came up from the south, and was only a short distance sheaa of the extra tram when the Long bridge a ection of Mr. Leon Wheeler, at this service. At the regular morn: DRINK AND ITS EVILS Abstracts from Sermons Delivered on the Subject Yesterday. OBSERVANCE OF TEMPERANCE SUNDAY Suggestions by Washington Pas- tors in Interest of Moral Reform. CHURCH AGAINST SALOON gee eee In many of the churches throughout the District yesterday was observed as ‘“‘Tem- perance Sunday,” and the sermons and ad- dresses had reference to the drink habit and drink traffic, or one or the other of these subjects, an invitation to this effect* having been sent out by the Anti-Saloon League, as mentioned in The Star of Sat- urday. The fqllowing are verbatim quotations from a number of representative speak- ers of different denominations who pre- sented their views on various phases of the practical questions involved: ‘Am I My Brother’s Keeper?” At Vermont Avenue Christian Church Rev. F. D. Power, D.D., the pastor, in the course of a sermon from the above text, said: “The devastation, sorrow, want and crime wrought by the liquor business I see every day among my neighbors. Do not we owe it to God, our fellows and our- selves that we put forth our best efforts to check this fearful work of desolation? May we not only withhold our signatures from applications for license, but arouse others to do this, circulate protests against the issuing of such licenses and work vith those who oppose this satanic business? “If we have power in any degree to check this murderous work and do not ex- ercise it, are we not to that extent sharing with the Cains who commit the deed? And if the rum seller comes up before God to confront his victims, and the question is put: ‘What is this which thou hast done?’ and he brings in his trembling fingers the license, duly approved by the authorities of the District of Columbia, as his plea for justification, and boldly places it before the eye of the Judge, what will we have ta say, who have made his diabolical traffic possible, either by cur apathy or positive heip? Friends Agree. Rev. John J. Cornell of Baltimore spoke at the Friends’ meeting house on I street. “In attempting,” he sald, “to eradicate an evil so radical as that of the use of al- coholic liquors as a beverage, we have to take Into consideration the causes from which the evil had its source and still has its sustenance.” He cited as two of these the widespread idea that such beverages are “stimulating, and hence healthful,” and their use in the treatment of many forms of disease, and then gave some in- teresting facts «nd statements from emi- nent scientists te show that alcohol “never a stimulant, but always a narcotic, end that it is ‘not only unnecessary, but positively harmful in the treatment of dis- ease.” e In conclusion, he advocated “crystalizing Public sentiment against the liquor traffic” by combining the efforts of all the teinper- ance forces, and recommended for such alliance the Anti-Saloon League. At_the Friends’ meeting (Orthodox), in the Y. M. C. A. rooms, on New York ave- nue, at 11 a.m., Prof. Robert B. Warder said, in part: “In consideration of the ruinous effects of alcoholic liquors, including wine and cider, Friends believe im total abstinence from their use, except for mechanical or med- icinal purposes. The effect of example in leading others astray should determine the course of those who may think that mod- erate indulgence would be harmless for themselves. We further believe it wrong to contribute to our great national evil by importation, manufacture or sale of intoxi- cants and by the rental of property or sale of produce for such purposes. This is es- sentially the present position of the church; and while membership may be forfeited by continued violation in any respect, Chris- tian consideration is extended toward any members that may fall below this stand- ard. Active temperance work among those about us, both preventive and reformatory, is also recognized as the duty of the church.” Methodist Sentiments. At Mt. Vernon Place M. E. Church South Rev. J. W. Duffey, the pastor, after speak- ing of the evil of the saloon, said: “We cannot stop it by denouncing it, nor by whining against it, nor by high license; but by putting men in office who will en- force our laws and who will themselves be enforced by a healthful public sentiment— that sentiment which has driven the evil from the sideboard,driven it behind screens, driven it from respectable neighborhoods, stamped it with high tax and low dishonor and branded it as the most infamous traf- fic that ever cursed the race. If all Chris- tians were fully enlisted in this cause and fired with a heroic purpose to hew down this monster, the saloon would soon go. Meanwhile we must get the liquor demon out of the individual and the gospel angel into hima, and so make every man to be a temperance organization in himself.” At Foundry M. E. Church Rev. Lucien Clark, D. D., who, like Dr. Duffey, is one of our new pastors, preached at his even- ing service on “Pulling down Strongholds,” and said, in part: “The gospel and strong drink are direct- ly antagonistic to each other. There can be no peace, no compromise between them. But some will say, this 1s a question for politicians, political economists and legis- lutors. What has the church to do with it? We answer: It is the busifess of the church to pull down the strongholds of sin and to destroy the works of the devil. This is a stronghold of sin, a work of the devil. “What can the church do in this reform? 1. It can arouse men, and especially Chris- tians, from the apathy which is painfully apparent. 2. It can show the evil of moder- ate drinking. 3. It can fortify children and young people against the evils of intemper- ance, and equip them for successful war- fare agdinst this foe of God and man. 4. It can secure better legislation. : “What right has the church to meddl with legislation? It is the legitimate busi- ness of the church to utter its voice and exert its influence to the uttermost against every social and practical abomination. This voice must come from ecclesiastical organizations, conferences and councils, from the pulpit, the religious press and individual Christians, and must give no un- certain sound. Not long since an attempt was made in Louisiana to secure an exten- sion of the charter of the infamous lottery *cheme, which for ten years had cursed that state and the whole nation. Had the church kept silent doubtless this iniquitous attenipt would have succeedied. Some years ago a law was enacted by the legis- lature of New Jersey race-track gambling. Had the Christian press and Fulpit altogether held its peace the law would have gone into effect. But the thunders of the gospel defeated the pur- pose of the wicked. These were political questions. They were also moral and re-' ligious questions. The legalization of the’ rum traffic is a similar question. ar- tillery of the gospel must be turned on this ebomination until it shall cease.” Congregational Advice. Rev. S. M. Newman, D.D., at the First Congregational Church, said, in part: “I desire to join with other pastors today in calling attention to the close of the “1i- out the entire country, cense year” for saloons, on October 31 next. We are all familiar with the gigantic bur- den of crime and suffering which is im- posed upon the community by the saloun. We know to some extemt only the hideous misery in families amd individual lives through this evil, but: the fullness of it surpasses our definite conception. The members of this church ought, because of their love for human welfare, to do all in their power to-lessen.:these burdens and sufferings. Will you not be ready and prompt to help at whatever point near your home the question of getting a license is raised? Throw your influence into the scale of truth and right.’ Regrets Frem Some. The pastor, Rev. A. Thomas G. Apple, of the Grace Reformed Churck, expressing re- gret at his inability te preach on temper- ance on the day appointed, said: “The saloon must got’—but by the resist- less power of am honest, unselfish, law- abiding public sentiment, that will that it stays gone. As a public menaz ought to be averted; as a public tempta- tion, it ought to be removed; as a public nuisance, it ought to be abated.” Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smith, D.D., rec- ter of St. John’s Protestant’ Episcopal Caurch, had arranged to preach on the sub- ject October 10, and on that day delivered two discourses on temperance, in the morn- ing at St. John’s and at St. Michael's in the evening. Representative Colored Pastors. At Metropolitan A. M. E. Chuch, Rev. J. A. Johnson, the pastor, preaching from the text, Romans, xv:1-3—“We, then, that are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of :he weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not Himself”’—said: “The government restricts the sale of cer- tain poisons to druggists; then only to be sold upon the prescription of competent authority; but permits the sale of other poisons, ruinous and deadly, in public sa loons, to any and all, except small children; and this license, this legalized bane to good citizenship, not only makes the weak weaker, but is daily increasing the number of weak ones in society. It is manifestly not for the good of society that these places should exist. The strong ought, therefore, to remove this source of tempta- tion from the weak, and’ thus build up the weak.” Rev. Francis J. Grimke, D.D., at Fif- teenth Street Presbyterian Church, refer- ring with approval to the work of the Anti- Saloon League in reducing the number of saloons in this District, said, in part: “The mission of this organization wili not be completed until not one is left to curse our city and menace our homes with the blighting influence of intemperance. “Do you say that this is too much to hope for? That the thing, though desirable, is impossible of achievement? Then I bid you think of how firmly slavery was intrenched in this country years ago. It had every- thing back of it—wealth and power and in- fluence and respectability; but :it went down, all the same, and it went down be- cause God was in the anti-slavery move- ment.-And I believe He is In the gri temperance moyement, and if we wiil do our part, if we will but arm ourselves with the invincible spirit which inspired Garri- son’s noble utterance—T am in earnest; I will not excuse, I will not equiveeate, I will not retreat a single inch, and 1 will be heard’—victory is sure to perch upon our banne Waste of the Liquor Traffic. At the Calvary Baptist @hureh the Rev. Dr. Greene spoke to a Targe congregation’ on “Phe Waste of the Liquor Traffic,” tak— ing for his text, Psalm 1a7:3: “And they that wasted us required of us mirth.” By way of introduction Dr. Gtéene said: “The season of the year has come when this gigantic evil seeks, the consent of our citizens to another twelve months of its unnecessary and awful work. It is to con- tinue only with our cdnsent. Before that is given I wish to raisemy voice in pro- test and entreaty. It is ithe vital question of the hour. It has direétly and indirectly more to do with the future of our homes and our country than amy question before the public. It is vitally ¢omnected with the problems of finance, motality, health and labor. Its record is written in waste and iskonor; in tears and bleed.” ‘The preacher then praceeded to discuss the subject under three heads: First, the financial waste; second, tthe moral wast third, the physical and mental waste. Such waste continued would at last destroy the finer qualities and possibilities of life here and hereafter. No one of us ought to be partners in such a consummation. The Suloon, How to Gets Rid of It. Rev. Alex. Kent of the People’s Churen preached from this theme and said: “Leaders in the temperance movement say, Prohibit the traffic! But while victory on this line waits, the saloon grows daily in power and now dominates the politics of all our large cities. We have begun at the wrong end. If we would prohibit the traffic, we must first kill the saloon. “I don’t mean reform it or lessen the number, It is not reformable. The more respectable ycu make it*the more danger- ous it becomes. The smaller the number the greater the business and profits of those that remain, and the mere attractive and seductive they become. “People are not ready for prohibition. 1 believe they are ready to wipe out the saloon if the temperance people wouid lead thém in that direction. The results already effected by the Gothembure’s method in Sweden and Norway, and by the state control method in South + Carolina point out clearly the way to success. Re- move the element of personal, state and national” profit from the business. Let liquors be sold by government agents at cost, and never consumed on the premises. Let the sale be divorced from amusements of every sort, and take place only in day- light. Let sales be only for cash, with no ‘chalking up’ awaiting pay day. “This will remove all the enticements and seductions row afforded by the saloon. It will put an end to treating, that most pro- lific source’ of drunkenness, and utterly destroy the whisky rings which are the curse of every municipality. in the land. And, what is most important to many, it will not bé in the nature of sumptuary leg- islation, and will not ‘interfere with any cre’s personal rights or liberties in the matter of; drinking. Aad to his stringent legislation. in regard to drunkenness, then we may be ready for national prohibi- tieon.. * so - Tuken to New York. The body. of Miss Maud Gardiner Badg- ley, the young woman who committed sul- cide Friday morning {by . jumping from Cabin John, bridge, was sent to Stoharie, N. Y., Saturday night for interment. Ser- vices over the remains, at J. W. Lee's un- dertaking ‘establishment, were conducted by the Rev. Mr. W , assistant rector of Epiphany Church. young.. woman's body was accompanied tp New York by her mother anda relative of the family. Home Missionary Society. * The sixteenth annual convention of the ‘Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which begins Wednesday: in Fayette Street M. E. Church, Baltimore, and will con: fbr @ne week,: will take to that city a number ofthe most earnest workers in the qpuse fram Wash- ington, as well as others representing the membership of the denomination through- untry- ‘The convention wilt bp composed of about two hundred ng ing ina very small grown until it is thorized connectio lethodist Episcopal Churc! ives its appro- priate recognition ‘important factor in the Seem of abdiowtieye from church aut ities, beginning the quarteriy each pastoral charge, and ext United COINING THE METALS Annual Report of the Director of the | Mint. BIG DEPOSITS OF GOLD AND SILVER Production of This Country Gom- pared With Others. THE GOVERNMENT'S PROFIT The annual report of Director of the Mint Preston to the Secretary of the Treasury covers the operations of the mints and as- say offices, together with statistics relative to the production, coinage and monetary condition of this country and other coun- tries. The report is for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897. The value of gold deposited at the mints and assay offices during the year was $12),- . Of this amount $87,003,237.71 were original deposits, and $42,102,162. re-deposits. The original deposits were as follows: Domestic bullion Mutilated and uncurrent mestic coin do- Old plate and jewelry. 248 C6 The coinage value of silver bullion re- ceived during the year was $9,725,022.26: of this amount $),47 6 were original de- posits, and the remainder, $254,398.90, re- deposits. The original deposits were as fol- lo Domestic bullion....... Uncurrent domestic coin. Foreign material. Old plate and jewelry. The purchases of sil jary sliver coinage aggregated 259,248.60 fine ounces, costing $171,455.42. The face value of uncurrent domestic goll coin received at the mints and assay offices was $1,025,121: of this amouat $62%,- 751 was transferred from the treasury for recoinage, and the remainder, $401,370, was deposited by individuals, the total coinage value of which was $1,015,314.41. Coinage of Gold and Silver. 1,799 16 56,018 OF 940,272 OS 0s: er bullion for subsid- The coinage was as follows: Gold, $71 64H silver dollar: ary silver, $3,124,085.65; minor, $984,500.59. The silver dollars coined vere from sil- ver bullion on hand, purchased under the act of July 14, 1800. The total coinage of silver dollars trom bullion purchased under the act, from August 13, 1890, the date the law took effect, to July 1, 1897 GS,748,477 pieces, containing 5%, ounces of fine silver, costing $51 giving a seigniorage of $17,21¢ 5 Of the subsidiary silver coinage, $3,042,- 489.80 were coined from uncurrent silver ccin transferred from the treasury for re- ecinage, and $81,595°85 from bullion pur- chased under the provisions of the law for that purpose. On the latter the seignicrage Was $42,322.74, The Silver Balances. The balance of silver bullion on hand at the mints for the coinage of silver dollars and subsidiary silver coins, July 1, 1897, was: Purchased under act of 1890, 11 461.95 ounces, valued at $104,336,312.48; for subsidiary silver coinage, 1,348, ounces, ued at $1,641,090.37. At United States assay office, New York, for payment of deposits in fine bars, $505,098.51 ounces, valued at $512,786.28, Including the balances on hand at the mints July 1, 1878, the net seigniorage on the coinage of silver, from that date to June 30, 1897, was $84,822,821.70. Minor Coinage and Bars. Of the minor coins manufactured during the year $586,063.06 were from new ma- terial and $398,446.53 from old and uncur- rent minor coins transferred from the treasury for recoinage. There were also transferred from the treasury to the mint at Philadelphia $80,825 in minor coins for reissue. The total amount of minor coins outstanding July 1, 1897, was $26,160,739.90. The value of the gold and silver bars manufactured at the mints and assay of- fices ‘during the fiscal year was $61,109,- 861.12, as follows: Gold, $54,511,109.82: si Ver, $6,598,751.30. Silver Quotations. The highest quotation for silver, 0.925, in the London market, during the year, was 314% pence, equal to $0.69051 per ounce, fine, United States money; the lowest quotation was 27% pence, equal to $0.60357. The aver- age quotation for the year was 2) 9-16 pence, equal to $0.64794 per ounce, fine. At the average price of silver for the year the commercial value between gold and silver was 1 to 31.94; at the average price of silver for the year $1 would purchase 741.65 grains, equivalent to 1.54 ounces, The net imports of gold were $44,009,841 as against $78,004,612 net exports for the previous fiscal year. The net exports of silver were $32,636,835, ag q2eAinst $33,202,258 for the fiscal year The director of the mint reviews the de- cline of silver since 1873, and attributes the decline to the great increase in production. Production of Gold and Silver. The production of gold and silver in this country, compared with that of the re- mainder of the world, shows the great mineral resources of the United States. The product of gold in this country for the calendar year 1896 was $53,088,000. The en- tire product of the world for the same period is estimated to have been $204,596,- 600. This country, therefore, produced something over one-fourth of the gold of the world. ‘The commercial value of the silver output of this country for the same period, esti- mating at the average price per ounce, was $39,655,000, and the coinage value $76,06),- 236. The commercial value of the world’s product of silver was $100,406,800; its coin- age value, $215,242,700. It is therefore seen that this country produced about one-third of the silver of the world. The immense amount of the precious metals used in the industrial arts is of in- terest. For the calendar year 1806 $11,- 395,034 in gold was used in this country for ‘this purpose, and $10,204,273 in silver. The amount used in the industrial arts was one- fifth of the product of this country. The director of the mint makes strenuous and effective efforts to distinguish our gold Production from that of the balance of the world. He recently set on foot plans by which a correct record will be kept of the gold which comes from the Klondike coun- try. He thinks he will be able to keep trace. of every dollar’s worth which makes its way into this country. He will know what was taken out of American territory and what was taken from Canadian territory. The World’s Coinage. The total world’s coinage was $195,s08,- 517. Our mints turned out $71,646,705. ‘The gold coinage of this country was over one- third the total of the world. The world’s sliver coinage was $153,395,740. Because of the immense silver coinage of preceding years the silver coinage of this country was only about one-sixth of the total. Big Piles of Money. ‘The stock of gold and silver in this coun- try is @ goodly proportion of that of the _ world. - +The total stock of gold and silver in the is to have been $1,330,780,323, as follows: Gold, $696,270,542; silver, $634,500,781. The total metallic stock and uncovered paper of the world, compiled from the ia 1, 1897: Gold, $4.359,000,000; Tull legal-ten- der silver, $3,615,800,000; limited tender sil- Ver, $652,500,000. Total metallic ‘K, $5,- 627,900,000; uncovered paper, $2,569,200,000. Total, $11,197,100,000. —" HIS FAREWELL DISCOURSE. Archbishop Keane's Last Sermon Prior to Departure for Rome. The farewell sermon of Archbishop Keane, previcus to his departure from Washington for Rome, was delivered 4 terday morning at St. Paul's Catholic Chureh, corner of 15th and V streets north- west, before an audience which filled all the pews, and for many it was necess.iry to place chairs in the atsles. The distinguished prelate selected as his theme “The privilege as well as duty of every person to become a Christian,” and, in part, said: “When 1 was bishop of Richmond a gentieman called on me for the purpose of conversing on this subject. He prefaced his remarks by saying, ‘Bishop, 1 want to tel! you that I am not a Catholic, bui 1 want you to tell me the motive you have tor living a Christian life. “My answer to him was, as I say to you o continued the speaker, ‘I know that God created me through iove. 1 know He hus~made for me a pathway of love leading to His kingdom of love. A life of love is at my disposal, and I would be fool- ish, indeed, did I not live that sort of a life. “There are some people wiio think chat the sole reason they ought to live a Chi tian life is to keep out of heil. Hell is not in God's plan. There are some perscas who, when asked why they would w weddifig garment if they au ed th riage feast that God has provided, a: which He invites all mankind, would reply: “Because I do not want to be c : “The reason ought to be be wants us to do so. In the beginning God Was all alone; infinite in love, beauty a happiness.” Atter speaking eloquently of the various acts in the creation, Archbishop Keane ‘The welding together of spirit maticr s consummated by the creation of man. This was God's crowning work, aud He thereby wedded divinity to humanity. “To the wedding feast of tis marriage of divinity with humanity all are invite 1. If we accept the invitation, ail will be glorified. We can all, if we wish, share in the blessing accruing from the rriage of humanity to divinity. and be Christians if we desire, but we should also remember that God either coerces any one to be a Christian in cpil of himself, nor does He drive any one into Kell, in spite of him. here are some people who si afflicted with a sori of a spiritual en this subject, d claim to im God has made a few per and all the rest for damnation. said just the revers aid. ‘I have come that they life and might have it more “There. is no limit to the ki the call. These are our opportur responsibi Ss. When we realize We can io god Gou i Savior ight hi: undantiy. hip or to Sand them cne is almost tempted to say to God, ‘Why | did You ness?" not make me a slave to We must be clothed with t: ich, St. Paul says, simply to put on Christ, and how fuviish are they who will not do t After the close of the exercis bishop Keane held a reception the house, adjoining the church. ‘the reception, which it was at first planned should last but one hour, continued by reason of the great number of pe ent for two hours, during which hun- dreds of friends not only grasped the late by the hand, but wished him a s tura to Rome, while many regrets were ex- pressed that he felt it to be his duty to again leave this country. Archbishop Keane will leave the Friday next. Meanwhile he has a nv of engagements to fill. ——.__ Dangerous Crossings. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Thursday evening about 7 o'clock, a 7th street car going north and a G street car going west collided. The cable car A been at a standstill for the accommodation of passengers, and was only just starting up. Had it been going at full speed, the scene would have been a terrible one. As it was, the accident was sufficient to caus serious injury to a delicate person fright and jar. I beg permission to make an earnest p through your columns for the protect! of life and limb of our citizens. Should the present haphazard, hit-or- miss style of crossing tracks be allowed? Should it continue to be the case that the lives and safety of the people, while trav- eling on street cars, shall depend on the degree of inexperience or indifference or stupidity of a driver or motorman? Or should the proper authorities not only make the strictest regulation in the matte but insist on their strictest enforcement, so that such an occurrence as that of Thurs- day evening would be an ee 00d by on Ss Annual Meeting of Damrosch Society. The Damrosch Society held its annual meeting last Wednesday at its new quar- ters in the Sanders and Stayman establish- ment on F street. The report of the presi- dent, Dr. D. H. Riggs, showed a saticfac- tory state of affairs, but he urged continued effort on the high plane adopted. The re- ports of the other officers showed a like condition in their respective departmen‘s, that of the treasurer, particularly, as a snug balance was reported. A new board of governors was elected for the ensuing year, composed of Mr. George S. Cooper, president; Mr. George P. Tuck- er, vice president; Mr. James G. Traylor, secretary; Mr. Otto J. J. Luebkert, treas- urer, and Mr. Clarence E. Latimer, librar- jan, with Mr. Edmund A. Varela and Dr. D. H. Riggs, as additional members. Mr. Varela was re-elected director, and the society has secured the services of Mr. Archibald Olmstead, the well-known pianist, as accompanist. New members were elected, aad several applications are now on the way. Altogether, the pros- pects are very enccuraging for a good sea- son. ——~—__—. Meeting of Spiritualists. Delegates to the annual convention of the National Association of Spiritualists, which commences in this city tomorrow morning, began to arrive today. The headquarters of the association will be at the E»bitt House, but the sessions of the convention will be held in Masonic Hall. it is stated that the reports will show that during the past year the association has or- ganized branches in forty-five local cities and towns, and state associations have been in Maine, Ohi New Yo Texan, Rhode Island and Miso} uri, The 4 Ports will also show, it is learned, that the Spiritualists now have about 650 local so- cieties in America, and that there are over 150,000 bona fide members of Spiritualists’ i in the country. Over 350 speakers id platform mediums are constantly em- ployed upon the public rostrums. Nation: —_-—_—_ Order for New Bids. SOUND MONEY IS THE ISSUE Maryland Republicans Direct Their Fire at Gorman’s Financial Straddle. Their Arguments Have Been Eftective in Keeping Up Divi in Ranks of Democracy. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, M4., October 17, 1897. ‘The most formidable weapon in the hands of the republicans in the campaign in this state is the fear of free silver, which still lurks in the minds of the vast army of democrats, many of whom voted the publican presidential ticket last year the first time in their lives. This ap hension is being continually fanned by publican oratory, Senator re- for re- re- Gorman’s and two-faced financial plank is sub. to merciless analy on the hustings. The artifice of that plank to re nuine silver sentiment an in the ¢ rty at the same time to cajole the sound money men who are 4 ed with the failure of the Lowndes-Wellington regime to meas up to the pledges wh ante- dated the election of ISt5, has been held up to the light the opening of the fight, and the respo x upon the voters this ris being daily brought home to the ny who wou clad ier are thus compelled tion. An Effective Argument e argument that is particulariy effee- is the fact that while the levisiative tickets in the three city districts are ly made up of sound money men, the coun- ty tickets are composed c re of silv ites, and that at the nominating coaven- throughout the state an amount free coinage sentum t has n ed that appease to “the eau The ould be alm 1 for the sight the recent s nomination of Mr. fur state » 18 a conspicuy: Bett was w convention the most demc uflic ent to administered ate conve William from Pr nple of this, to the Chicago ; Bryan and was one of ste “regu on the J. Frank e senate in r enthusiast e ven- rmi- for sound enthusi Talby wolest body Mr. Turn r men in t known as » coinag fere the voters be; ruled struggling other detail= of the mone: nting, ate senate nomt- ne . is an + silver man: in ch ° Corrico, who has just renom is a silver man, whil populis' named for the house ef d ates in Caroline; Mr. John F. Dawson, the nom for the senate, is suspected of a leaning ra while nominees for the ho: are 0 out- spoken: the Allegeny county convention indorsed the Chicago convention, and adopt- ed a free coinage plank, and the bulk of the remaining county nominees, if elected, would not hesitate to vote for a free sil- ver senator. Source of Republican Strength. This argument, regarded from a republi- can standpoint, is most opportune, and con- stitutes that party's chief source of strength, It is doubiful if the old German- asin bug-a-boo would alor ly effective this year. Independent demo- crats appear to incline toward their old party, and were it not for the retention of prove especial- the free sil warning, many of them would be apt to swallow their abhorenc of the old democratic ring. As it is, Henry ‘Miam-s, the democratic mayoralty nomi- in Baltimore, bas a very fair show of cing elected, and many the straws which two years ago pointed toward the impending republican lands now indi- cate the democratic mu- nicipal ticket. Many well-known republicans privately mit this, and it is an open secret that the sitk-stocking element of that party in Balti- more would feel rather gratined than other- wisé at Malster’s dete The republican leaders are much more concerned in the suc of the legislative tickets than of Mr. Malster as mayor of Baltimore, and the best energies of the workers are de- voted to that part of the ticket. The re- publicans are “hard up,” and their poverty is strikingly illustrated by the falling off in the negro registration and the number of “independent movements,” which would never be allowed to exist uncer more pros- Pperous conditions The democrats, on the other hand, are well provided with funds, and money is being sent out to the counties in amounts that cannot fail to stimulate democratic enthusiasm. Parties Working Hard. Both parties are working hard and the campaign is growing more spirited daily. The wisdom of the election of State Sen- ater Scott as chairman of the republican state committee is becoming more and more apparent in his shrewd, capable conduct of the fight, and the important republican meetings have been large. paStenTRG mC Dupont Circle Shrabbery. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I have never experienced a deeper sense of indignation, nor a keener feeling of loss and injury, than on coming back to the city and finding Dupont Circle in its present muti- lated condition. It had come to be a place of rare beauty, urder the cultivated taste and fostering care of those who have had charge of it, and every one who lived in its neighborhood took pride and satisfaction in it, not only as a source of pleasure and refreshment, but as something exceptionar and wholly different from the common- place of the other parks of the city. The combination of trees, dense shade and the large variety of flowering shrubs permitted to develop naturally gave a result that was a charm and delight to every one who be- held it. Then comes a military gentleman, who, apparently on the theory that there was an enemy masked somewhere behind it who must be uncovered, proceeds to hack and ruin it in the most savage fash- jon. Most of the shrubs have been up- rooted and cast out, and the few left have been chopped and slashed into military reg- j Ularity, in utter disregard of their natural forms. The glory of the place has de- parted, and all this ruthless, senseless havoc has been worked on the piea that evil-minded persons resorted to the place. It may be so, but I have passed through it Jo! these many years, at all hours of the day and night, and have never seen any- thing improper there; we have watchmen _— police for protection againat such nes. Let the dwellers near other circles and squares look to it, lest if there be any par- ticularly charming little nooks or rare and exquisite shrubs in them, they, too, be de- stroyed. DUPONT CIRCLE. ere ‘When Will It Be Finisheat ‘To the Editor of The Bvening Star: