Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING ee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCE AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Y101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 1th &t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. RAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Kew York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, cn their own acount, at 10 cents per week, om 44 certs per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail inywhere in the United States or Canada—pestage prepaid—50 cen:s rT menth. * P'Scturluy Qutetupte Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added. $3.€0. Che ye Ug Siar. Pages 11-14. (Entered at the Post Oftice at Washington, D. C., as second-cla. 3 ) call mail Rates of WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1897—FOURTEEN PAGES. If 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. APPEAL OF THE LAITY Representation in the Conferences of the M. E. Church. eg OPINIONS OF PROMINEN? BISHOPS Object of Lay Members Likely to | Be Accomplished. QUESTION AN OLD ONE ication in The Star, a week the views of Bishop Hurst the of lay representation in the ual conference of the Methodist Ep copal Church, the movement has received impetus, vices received by atter in charge are to yr more than thirty-four , the long-wished-for ob- ago, subje af Among thos ar al of the ic and ¢ m will are Bishops All these more this week nnual meeting igh it is not pro then taken of th s that knowl © bishops who many edge y on the subject importance. y Walden's Vie aid Bishop Walden, 1 that I had come al and & stl ch would be promoted and conserved by giving the district stew- ards a seat in the annual conference. The may be called a pri- iti nstituency; has a beth The steward n he is relate copter itien that may be the most needful informa tien a Il church and as te istrict ge. He might properly be- « of his cthee, be given a seat in the age in having Me gent laymen in the a ality Strongly Indorsed. Bishop Fowler said: “The Methodist h is one throvgheut its membership. kening antagonism between is an enemy to the 1 want equel representa- should have it. The change in sr for the laymen slight i not make a perce] shock. tralize antagon- with no rider, and let the oblem w ve heen representation Also of the ad- limitations, to a strong in favor of ral confere! jaymen, conference in the dir ymen i the ge: to the € the vote of the church. 1 1d islative of the au- r the body naturally conservative. S was finally changed to require a two- thirds vote ef the gene and a three- fourths vote of the annual conferences to effect a change. This is, of course, a rather rigid measure, but all measures that be a part of the church law sheuld be matur Personally, I am one of the conservatives, and believe in holding fast to the good things that we have. Our chureh economy by no means entirely developed, and any legitimate movement toward a modification of the economy of the church is not to be regretted. “I have been favorable from the first to this equality, and believe that it would conduce to the peace and harmony of the ehureh. Any church is crippled by an agi- tation t produces a feeling of aliena- tion between ministers and Indulges in Criticivm. A letter has heen received in this city from a leader of the movement, who re- sides in Baltimore, and in the course of his communication he referred to the rules mentioned by Bishop Merrill, as follows: “What are called the ‘restrictive rules were enacted by a small minority of trav- cling preachers of the time, assembled in general conference in 1808. Many affect to believe that these rules were made binding upon ail future general conferences, and the whole church as well, and some high church dignitaries and au- therities to consider them the very nel of the constitution of the M. E. Church, though few of them agree as to r we really have any constitution . other than the book of discipline as role. And although these rules are ve often been conveniently garded, and the particular one rela- the produce of the Methodist Book n always has heen and is, I believe, disregarded without special demur, yet of the millions are estopped of ‘this and rizht of equal representa- nd the church of this benefit because of the operation of one of these rules, con- veniently invoked to prevent it, no change can be made in the composition of the general conference without the consent of two-thirds of the general conference and three-fourths of the members of the an- nual conferences, so it is that cne-fourth, plus one preacher, can defeat the wishes of the entire laity, and three-fourths of the preachers less one—that is to say, less than 4,500 preachers, including supernu- SUP S and ministers en- i ccular pursuits—can de- feat the will of nearly three million lay- men and 13,000 preachers. May we not hope and expect that the voice of a united and aroused laity may be heard and re- spectfully regarded by our clergy, and may be taken at the very ime to concede to the important and rightful privi- we vot Sufficiently Democratic. In the beginning Methodists were sub- Jected to autocratic government, John Wes- ley exercising the autocratic power. While the government has been modified since his day, it has not yet become sufficiently democratic to satisfy men who are .accus- tcmed in political matters to regard with extreme disfavor the rule of a class. American Methodism, from the Baltimore ccnference of 1784 to the Brooklyn confer- erce of 1872, was controlled solely by the ministers. In that year laymen were ad- mitted for the first time to the legislative body, the basis of representation being so vrequal, however, that the ministerial d egates outnumbered the lay more than two to one. This inequa ntation continu and until it ed and equal Tepreseniation 1s accorded is certain it that there will be discontent. The movement in favor of lay representa- rly as 1821, and it took * years of agitation to secure any con- from the ministry. The failure to epresentation caus ces- . Which resulted in the organization in of the Methodi tant Church, representation to aid that the opposition with which of the ministers resisted the appeal of the laity for representation in the gen- conference is not to be at all com- pared. so intense and bitter was it, with the opposition made today to the ‘move- ment for equal representation. eading Topic in 1824, Lay delegation was a leading topic of fon at the general conference of and again in 1 and in 1840. In IS4 and 1848 the subject was lost sight some of because of the overshadewing import- ance of the issues resulting in the sep- tration of the church south. But in every xeneral confers stion of cor was a mat e, from 1848 to 1872, the ded representation to the of more or less discus- sicn. Some of the advocates they eve of the that all movement that is needed ir object is to convince their ls ial brethren much in earnest in the matter, and the thing asked for is right and It will be urged that in the Pre Chur s the laymea ve had in the general assembly equal representation with the ministers, and it has created no dissatisfaction and giv rise to no demand for a change. In th national council of the Congregationa churches the laity have equal representa- tion with the ministry, and the last mod- erator of that body was a layman—Nelson Dingley of Maine. In the Baptist Church that the ty are that pr byterian 786, it could be found in lative and ref ndum to the ferences thus constituted.” Bishop McCabe Dissents. hop McCabe does not take kindly an favored by hi named. He said to four colleagues ‘I do not think it abov would be helpful to the church at all. As to equal lay repre ntat‘on In the general nthusiast in favor of If tt comes, I will take but this proposition to all eur me tary interests in the {laymen fills me with alarm. No first-class busiress m . lawyer, me manufacturer could afford to ac Iam no Loe 4 a hun- unscathed. Men not be accepted in t of £4 have recently hat preachers know Ss and that laymen are of mi rs of the church. ‘The Annual Conferen: I p Merrill said: “No chu ery is more dependent on the that of the Meth intimate h machin- laity than scopal Church. It de- is no mination. T of equal re; entation in annual con- e, as there is no representation at It is not a delegated body, but the | the conference, by a process af proba- examination. They are mem- is no del no repre- in a xen se. The the interests of the : conference is not a law- making b S No power as such, so there is no sutati n Of the general Gifferent view fs taken. It leiegated body, about the only one ef which we know anything since the first on of laymen. I have believed the woull come when the church would demand representation of laymen in the general conference equal in number to the ministry. I am satisfied that such an equality should be brought about, and that the churea is willing and ready for such a move, and that it will come. The last general conference was favorable to this action. ‘The Law of 1512. “In 1808 a law was made to go into ef- fest in 1812, by which no modiileation could be made in the law of the church without the consent of all ministers, which would tary af- there is also no discrimination against the laity. er LIBERAL CHARITY BEQUESTS. George Pullman Also Provided Liberally for Family. 1 to the New York Herald from ays: The will of George M. Pull- man will be probated on Wednesday, pro- Vided the clerks in the office of the Pull- man company can finish itemizing his Verlous holdings by that time. It 1s ex- pected that his property will schedule not less than $25,000,000, The will covers five sheets of legal cap, written on both sides. The wording is compzratively simple, and the bulk of his estate is left to the widow. The next largest share, it is said, will be inherited by Mrs. Frank O. Lowden, the favorite daughter of Mr. Pullman. The two sons, George M. and Walter Sanger, are reported t) have been provided for in ‘an allowance estimated at between $2,000 and $5,000 a io be paid to them for a certain zih of time, when, if the sons merit it, in the opinion of the executors and of*the members of the family, they will be given a jump sum. Mrs. Frank J. Carolan of San Francisco, , the eldest daughter of Mr. Pullman; been left, according to report, about 10,000, ill, it is said, provides liberally for establishment of scholarships in the versity of Chicago. President Harper and Mr Pullman had ‘several talks about is matter, snd it fs known Mr. Pullman ked te endow the university. r. Pullman was always interested in the Chicago Orchestra, and it is belleved he provided in some manner for it. Several cLirities have been remembered, and old servants and employes of the family are rot forgotten. Robert T. Lincoin told me tonight the public wou'd be astonished at the Iherality | of the public Ecquests, but he said he could not give particulars or amounts. A director of the Pullman Palace Car Company sald an election for president would occur as soon as Marshall Field re- turned from Europe. The first choice of the directors is Norman B. Ream, one of The the the executors. If he will not accept, Rob- ert T. Lincoln is favored. It is said Mr. Lincoln would willingly accept, as this would take him out of the list of political eligibles. He dislikes nothing so much as being continually mentioned for office, ap- peintive or elective. ——+e~+—______ It matters little what it is that you ant—whether a situation or a servant—a want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. CONVENTION ECHOES Meeting of Brotherhood of St. Andrew at Epiphany Church. BISHOP SATTERLEE PRESIDING OFFICER Addresses Reflecting Influences of the International Gathering. THE FRATERNAL RELATIONS <= An “echo” meeting of the international convention of the Brotherhood of St. An- Grew, which took place last week at Buf- felo, N. ¥., was incld last evening in the Church of the Epiphany. Bishop Satterlee presided, and prayers were said by Rev. Dr. McKim, rector of the parish. In his opening remarks Bishop Satterlee referred to the beneflt which re- sulted to the brotherhood in New York from the ecao meetings held in that city following the convention in Washington in 184. The bishop stated that among other lessons he had learned at the Buffalo con- vention was that the brotherhood has drawn the clergy and° laity closer to- gether. Rev. Dr. Johns, rector of Christ Church, Navy Yard, said the Buffato convention had demonstrated to him that the mem- bers of the brotherhood from the United States, and from England and Canada, and from ‘the entire English-speaking world, were brethren indeed. He was also im- pressed with the fact that men were be- ing drawn closer together, emphasis most of the convention put on individu the individual responsibility resting on each member of the brotherhood. — An- other lesson the practical, concise nature of the address given there. He be- lieved that the eyes of the world were on that convention and that pages had been written for the conquering cf this world for Christ. Dr. McKim’s Address. The bishop then in a very happy way in- troduced Dr. McKim, who said that in France the idea was prevalent that Chris- tianity was a manufactured religion for the use of women, but he believed that the recent convention was a brilliant proof of the fallacy of such an idea. Twelve hun- dred young men met together to spend five days of prayer and study of the great re- ligion of Christ Jesus—animated with one idea, one desire, one purpose—the promo- tion’ of the cause of Jesus Christ. The St. Andrew's convention was a conven- tion suis generis, without canon and laws. but assembled to learn how to live among men. He was impressed with the fact that that vast body of men was panting for a ason of devotion. He especially em- ized the three quiet hours conducted by Canon Gare. it not,” he asked, “important and encouraging to see so many men with- out party heat and party spirit touching the and elbow to elbow in devotion?’ They were all anxious to gain such a knowledge of the Messiah that they could go out and ef- fectually bring in their wandering brothers to the feet of the Messiah. It demonstrated the activity of the laity, of the rank and file in the great Christlan warfare, who had not left it to the offi- cers alone to fight the great battle of Christianity. Could anything, he contin- ued, be more impressive than St. Pau Cathedral filled to the doors with men, and men only, in the service of prepara- tion for the holy communton? Standing there repeating as one voice the Apostles’ Creed, then lowly kneeling in the audible confession of sin. He closed with an earn- est appeal for humility, prayer and earnest Christian manliness in life. The Early Communion. The bishop then called upon Mr. Fred. Evans, secretary of the local council, who testified to the deep impression made on him by the corporate communion at 6:30 in the morning, and also the fact that brother- heod men should be Christian gentlemen in every walk of life, quoting Principal Parkin of Upper Canada College, Toronto, on the influence in the home exercised by the boys. Mr. P. B. Pierce of Epiphany Chapter spoke and in part said: “I feel like Moses must have felt when he came down from the mount. I feel that I have seen visions—real visions of an army of doctors, lawyers and business men, pressing on, on, cn for Jesus. What was more impressive than an Indlan standing up and telling in broken English, how he | had been saved by Christ? The spirit of the convention was that throughout this whole land young men were scattered ready to testify for Jusus. Mr. Curry of the Ascension Chapter spoke briefly. He earnestly hoped that this echo meeting would result in an awakening among the brotherhood to active brotherhood life and work. He felt that a number of the men did not un- derstand that service meant suffering. He impressed upon those who had attended the convention their great responsibility in enthusing others by the results in them- selves; by increased work and more earnest prayer, urging them to keep the Ten Com- mandments in spirit, as well as letter. An inconsistent Christian was a strong argu- ment in the hands of skeptics against Christianity. If we are to be strong in the work, we must wrestle with men, come in contact with men. Appeal to Outsiders. At the conclusion of the speaking, Bishop Satterlee made a very earnest appeal to the men present to unite with the brother- hood, but advised them that only brave, courageous men who would stand up for Christ were wanted; that there was no place in the ranks for those who were we -kneed or cowardly. Mention was made by several speakers of a season of corporate communion, and, in conversation with a Star reporter, one of the delegates to the convention sai “One of the most interesting incidents connected with the convention fe the ce!- ebration early one morning of the holy communion, in which 1,400 men participat- ed. Apart from the service the time re- quired was fifty-five minutes. ‘There was no confusion, no crowding, and the entire celebration was dignified and impressive. The manner in which this not easy result Was attained is instructive. “Each man was furnished in advance with a very small card. These cards were distributed at registration headquarters, so that there was no distribution in the church of anything which might look like a circular. On one side »f the card were printed instructions. Men were told not to leave their seats to go to the chancel rail until beckoned to do so by the verger. They were tuld not to leave the church after communing until the entire service had concluded. They were asked not to stare about the church or watch the com- municants, but to remain upon thelr knees while others were partaking. In order to give men something to do while on their knees the reverse side of the ecard bore suggestions for private prayer -the man’s own self, his family, his parish and rector, his brotherhood chapter, missions, the dio- cese, the church, the spread of Christ’s Kingdom among men. Lord Bishop the Celebrant. “The celebrant was the lord bishop of Rochester, England, and he hai eight as- sistante—four for the patens and four for the chalices. At each end of the altar ra‘l was stationed a verger. A verger was also at each end of the altar steps. Other ver- gers were placed at heads of aisles, at di- viding rows of seats in trensepts, etc., in order to avoid the necessity of compeliii them to move about. These vergers s0 stationed were not those who had seated the great congregation, but were others seated in advance at or near the places where they were to serve. In this way all confusion from Stationing of vergers during the service was prevented. Arranged in Advance. “Details of which men should be beckoned first, which others ‘were to follow and what should be done wnder certain contin- gencies—all these details were arranged in advance. The two lines were formed quict- ly. There was never a break in the line. Each man was told by the verger at the altar rail just when to retire, and chose at the altar steps kept the retiring line free from the advancing one. In fifty-five min- utes every man in the church had com- municated. There had been almost no staring about the church. Almost every man remained on his knees the entire time, and practically all observed the injunction not to leave the church. “In connection with the latter, it should be remembered that it was for forty-nine of every fifty of the men, probably, a fast- ing communion, and the hour was near 9 before the service was concluded. During the singing of the Gloria in Exceisis, at the very close, there were not only the same men in the rear seats who were in them at the opening, but the same men were kneeling in the aisles, the latter nec- essary because the church in which the service was held does not contain 1,400 seats.” —— TO OPEN THE BIDS New Plant of the United States Electric Lighting Company. Bids will be opened this afternoon at 4 o'clock by the United States Electric Light- ing Company for the construction of the superstructure of its new station to be located at the corner of 14th and B streets ncrthwest. The bids are exclusive of the foundation, which was recently finished at a cost of $25,000, and it is estimated they will aver- age from $70,000 to $75,000. The designs call for a handsome building, extending the whole length of B street between 14th and 131 streets, a distance of about 250 feet, with a depth on the last named street of 131 feet. Two pavilions, twenty-eight feet square and sixty-four feet high, occupy the two corners, and connecting them is the front of the building, pierced by thirteen win- dows, nine and a half feet wide by twenty- five feet high, affording ample light end making bright and cheerful the large en- gine room, seventy-three feet wide, extend- ing along the entire B street front. Au Imposing Switehboard. Installed at the 14th’street end, and ex- tending the full width of the engine room, will be the switchboard operating the en- tire service of the company, comprising the low tension, arc and alternating sys tems and the large storage battery. The switchboard is to be made from Rutland marble, highly finished, and. containing the latest and finest instruments and appli- ances known to the electrical art. The electric storage battery will contain 150 cells, capable of running the entire plant during certain periods, or enabling it to curry easily any unexpected demand, such as the darkness due to a sudden storm, or an accident to any portion of the machin- ery. Large engines of the horizontal tandem e mpound condensing type, guaranteed to give the maximum power with the mini- mum amount of steam, will furnish the necessary power for operating the dyna- mos, which are of the direct connected type, that is, directly attached to the shaft- ing of the engines themselves, without any intermediate belting. Ingenious Mechanical Methods. Belting is not, however, altogether dis- pensed with, as the arc light machines will be operated from a line of shafting, located in the basement, connected with two of the engines operating the direct connected low- tension generators, either one of the two engines being capable of carrying the en- tire load. The arc machines may be thrown in or out of service as required, by means of the shafting, by steel clutches fi feet In diameter. This arrangement eco- nomically provides for the operating of both the high and low-tension systems from one engine during the period of light- est load. Spanning the engine room is an crane of twenty-five tons lifting capacity and seventy-two feet span, capable of pick- ing up its heavy load and depositing it In any portion of the rcom in a few moments. Separated from the engine room by a massive brick wall, plerced only by the steam pipes and tightly closing fire-proof docrs, is the boiler room, forty-six feet wide. Huge steel water tube safety boilers, guaranteed to give the most steain with the least coal, supply the necessary steam required. Before the waste gases of combustion are allowed to escape up the steel smoke stacks they are obliged to traverse the fuel ecoaomizers, con tang, the feed water, and affording upward of 10,000 square feet of heating surface each, thus heating the feed water from its ordinary temperature to the highest degree possible. This fuel economizer will be the first to be operated in Washington. Another feature of the design is the ab- sence of all auxiliary engines and other wasteful steam consumers. Everything which cannot be driven by the economically running main steam units will be operated by electricity. Fireproof in Construction. It has been the aim to have the building as fireproof as possible. The floors will therefore all be of iron beams, arched with brick, and covered with a cement and stone fioor of ornamental design. The roof will consist of iron rafters, filled with cemented terra-cotta book tiles, and covered with either a gravel or slag coating. The only wood-work about the building will be the window sashes and outside doors. Only a little over one-half of ihe con- templated building will be»erected at the present time, as the remainder of the site is now occupied by the:present station of the company. Upon ihe completion of the new plant the entire service will be transferred to it, as tke portion to be built will have a@_capacity 20 per cent greater than the old.’ With the transfer the old station will graduaiiy be disman- tled and the new one extended so as to in- clude the present site. The company, how- ever, has purchased all the surrounding property, and can quadruple, when neces- sary, the present new plant, affording an output of 500,000 incandescent lamps, or its equivalent in other forms of electrical ap- plication. Complete Supervision. With the completion of the new station, which it is hoped to have in operation within the next few weeks, as all the con- tracts for machinery, boilers and apparatus were awarded some time since, the company will, it is claimed, have a scientific and prac- tical plant second to none in the country. It will be equipped throughout- with auto- matic coal scales, hot and cold water me- ters and electrical reco: apparatus, ete., in order to afford the gmost cdmplete re- ‘ports and systematic r ffom the op- erating force, ‘thereby abting: the closest supervision. to be exerc! over the cost of production and distribution, and requiring the highest intelligence and efficiency from the employes. : The building committee consists of Presi- dent A. A. Thomas and Messrs. Seymour W. Tulloch, James L. Norris and John Cammack. Messrs. Chicago are the su; Mr, Erskine M. Sunderland of this the architect, electric | WORKERS IN COUNCIL Weekly Meeting of Central Labor Union Last Evening. INTERNECINE WARFARE CONDEMNED Musicians to Combine Against Army and Navy Bands. COMPLAINT OF INJUSTICE ee The regular weekly mecting last evening of the Central Labor Union was attended by nearly all the delegates. President Mil- ford Spohn occupied the chair, and Messrs. J. J. Crowley and F. C. Sudsmith served as secretary and assistant, respectively. A resolution in reference to tie attitude of District Assembly, No. 66, Knights of Labor, toward the trades uniors of the Dis- trict was adopted, which was to the effect that “the attempt of D. A., No. 66, Knights of Labor, to involve the organized labor of the District in an internecine warfare is deprecated by this body, as we only recog- nize peaceable, honest and legitimate meth- ods in the settlement of labor difficulties.” A communication was read from the Fort Wayne Trades and Labor Council, re- questing to be furnished with the name of “some gocd woman organizer of labor and personal worker among women in the cause of organized laber.”. The communi- cation wes filed, and the request referred to the Lady Bookhinders’ Association. In reply to a requ from Secretary Crowley that the brewery managers of the District meet a committee from the Central Labor Union, to sign the contract of the Brewery Workers’ Union, No. 118, a letter wes read, signed by C. Heurich, president, for the Heurich Brewing Com- pany; Albert Carry, president of the Se an tional Capital Brewing Company, Harry Williams, manager of tne W ton Brewing Company, stating tha letter of July 30, 1897, we were advised by District Assembly, No. 66, that Gam- brinus Assembly, K. of L., No. 117, is still a legitimate, existing assembly, affillating with District Assembly, No. 66;” also that “we tre in receipt of a letter from the executive board of District Assembly, No. 66, requesting a hearing in their behalf. Under the circumstances, we are oblig2d to say that as long as there are in exist- ence two Gambrinus organizations we can not give to either an exclusive contract, and until their differences are settled we are compelled to remain neutral.” Regarded as Evasive. The reply was considered, it was an- neunced, as evasive, and it was maintained that there are not two Gambrinus as- semblies in existence, the Brewery Work- ers’ Union being an entirely distinct or- ganization; that it was formed under a charter from the national union, and is af- filiated with the American Federation of Labor. It was also stated that no practi- cal brewery worker belongs to Gambrinus Assembly. It was decided that a copy of the Brewery Workers’ Union contract be forwarded to the brewery managers, with the request that the latter sign the same, and return to the secretary of the Cer:tral Labor Union by Monday evening neat. : A letter was read from a local news- paper proprietor declaring as false a re- port that he had a non-union engineer in his employ. The union directed Secretary Crowley to inform the proprietor of the facts in the case, with the name of the party heretofore referred to, and the kind of work he has been doing. The call of President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor for the an- al convention of the order (heretofo lished in The Star) was read, and it was decided to hold an election for dele- e and alternate two weeks hence, nom- inations to be made at the next meeting of the Central Labor Union. Im Line With Central Body. The engineers, electrical workers, bak- e drivers, Carpenters No. 190 and ma- chinists reported that their several organ- izations had indorsed all the boycotts here- tofore imposed by the Central Labor Union. The delegates from the Bakers’ Drive Union stated that they had met with con- siderable opposition in organizing from the Knights of Labor; that committees had called on dealers and had threatened to boycott them if they patronized those bak- ers who emplcyed union drivers. The com- mittee on organization was directed to pre- pare a circular to be sent to grocers and others, asking them to recognize the dri ers associated with the Central Labor Union, and also pledging the support of the allied organizations to those who recognize the union drivers. In this connection the special committee which was appointed at the last megting to call on a certain baker who was employing union drivers, reported that he was not only willing for his drivers to join the union, but was anxious to have them do so, and that In the matter of their application he would not interfere; that they were at liberty to unite with any legitimate organi- zation they might select. The Musicians. The delegate from Columbia Musical Pro- tective Association made a statement in reference to the condition of affairs among the musicians in the District, as follows: “For some time past it has been evident to some of the prominent musicians of the city that among those of their calling there was conelderable discord, and there have been frequent efforts made to secure that harmony which is not only necessary from a musical standpoint, but which is requi- sité for stable and efficient organization. “For some years the musicians of the city have maintained two organizations—Co- lumb!a Musicians’ Protective Assoclation and the Musicians’ Assembly, 4308, K. of L. The former is a union organization holding a charter from the N. F. of M., and allied with the A. F. of L. Neither of these or- ganizations, it is sald, has the interests of the musician at heart to the extent de- sired and they have for some time been regarded by a large per cent of the most efficient musicians as only nominal organi- zations. As a result a much larger propor- tion of the best talent remained outside of these organizations, or dissatisfied with the methods of the very few who controlled them the members have permitted their membership to lapse, thus placing them- selves virtually with the unorganized. As stated, efforts are being made to combine all the efficient musicians of the city, and secure an organization which will in future maintain a scale of prices which will pro- tect the interests of all concerned. “Among the local fraternity belonging to the National Federation there is serious objection to army and navy bands filling private engagements. This is regarded as an. injustice toward the civilian musician, who in many instances depends upon his calling for a livelihood. 2 “The national organization has repeatedly protested against the employment of these bands, and has declared them ineligible to membership in any local; that no member of the federation shall employ them or play with them under penalty of expul- sion. The Breach Widened. “While there is considerable opposition to the employment ofthese bands, both wittin ard without the organization, the fact that members of the Marine Band belong to the Knights of Labor, and are supported by Musical Assembly 43808, has tended to widen the breach between the two factions. It is said, however, that within the assgmbly there is a sentiment oppered to affiliation with enlisted musicians, and upon this issue it is proba- ble that past differences may be forgotten and a union of all elements consummate with the object of fur? of ering the interests he resident civilian musicians. ith but few exceptions those interested in the Columbia Protection Association. are favorable to reorganization with those of the other element upon a basis of the mutual interests of the resident civilian musicians. This kas been practically di cided upon, and preliminary steps have been taken’ to accomplish the purpose de- sired. mes are being secured of all those who desire a new order of things in this locality. The asserably as now constituted must remain neutral and passively submit to the conditions which have prevailed in the past. It is sald that being composed largely of members cf the Marine Band, it cannot declere against the competition of enlisted musicians, or the employment of non-resident musicians to fill engagements to the injury of resident members.” ——— THE WEDDERBURN CASE. Arguments Before Court Upon Motion for Writ of Mandamas. Judge Cole at 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon heard the petition of Patent Attorney John Wedderburn for a writ of mandamus against the Secretary of the Interior, com- manding the Secretary to rescind his ap- preval of the recommendation of the com- missioner of patents, and then give Mr. Wedderburn an opportunity to show cause why he should not be disbarred from practicing before the Interior Department. The case was argued by Law Clerk M. BE. McGrath on behalf of the Secretary, Mr. Wedderburn being represented by Attorneys R. Ross Perry and Jere M. Wilson. The arguments were technical ones, Mr. Mc- Grath contending that the petition should be denied because the Secretary had, he submitted, acted wholly within his lawful retion, and the court was, therefore, ithout jurisdiction to interfere in the ter. On the other hand, Mr. Wedderburn's counsel argued that the Secretary had not dene his full duty in the matter until ne had given Mr. Wedderburn an opportunity to be heard before nis disbarrment was completed. Judge Cole took the papers in the case and reserved his decision. — WILL ASK AN EXTENSION. Central Pacific Bonds January 1, 1898. On the 1st of next January over $15,000,000 of the first morigage bonds of the Central Pacific railroad will fall due, and an effort is now being made by the company to induce the holders of the securities to accept an extension on the bonds for a term of years. The banking house of Speyer & Company of 30 Broad street, New York, has been en- gaged to handle the entire matter for the company, and holders of the bonds are ask- ed to present their holdings for extersion at their office in the east H. E. Huntington said in all probability the entire issue, or the greater part of it, would be extended. Those among the bond- holders who In: ing thelr money when it ever, can ve it by depositing their bonds with Speyer & Coni- pany. It is thought there is money enough in the company’s sinking fund for the re- demption of first mortgage bonds to can- cel all bonds that are offered for redemp- tion. The sinking fund now approximates $10,000,000, WILL LEAVE THE CHURCH. Fall Due Prof. Shields of Princeton Piqued at Adverse Criticism. The Rev. Dr. Charles W. Shields, pro- fesscr of the harmony of science and re- vealed religion in Princeton University,yes- terday authorized the statement that, in consequerce of the “unjust, unconstitu- tional and defamatory action” of certain presbyteries and synods, involving his g004 rame, he has decided, for his own per- sonal protection, to separate himself from the Presbyterian Church, in a constitutional manner, with the least possible delay. Professor Shields’ action is due, it lieved, to the adverse criticism incurred by his signiag the petition of property-holders for a liquor license for the Princeton Inn, and to the attitude assumed by various gcverning bodies of the church toward him in consequence. ————__+e+_____ Benefit of the Church, A cantata entitled “Under the Palms,” was rendered by a quartet and chorus of thirty voices at Mt. Olivet M. P. Church, Ballston, Va., Tuesday evening last, under the direction of Mr.Robert E. Croson and Mr. Wm. Ball. Miss Eva Whitford of Washington, with Miss Annette Veitch, so- prano; Mr. Robt. Croson, tenor, and Mr. Ed Croson, bass, composed the quartet. Ac- companist, Miss Maud Ball. The cantata was listened to by a large and appreciative audience. An oyster supper was served in the old church building after the concert. be- The proceeds were for the benefit of the church organ fund. ——EE To Enjoin J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. All the members of the banking firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. are respondents in a suit begun in the supreme court by Charles Austin Bates of New York, yester- dey, who thrcugh his attorneys asked for an injunction against Mr. Morgan and his partners. Tne suit involves $2,000,000 of stock of the General Electric Railroad Com- pany of Chicago. The injunction asked for is to restrain the defendants from trans- ferring the stock, which, Mr. Bates says, is his property. ————_+-e+—____ Foot Ball Player Seriously Tl. Eugene D. Fellows, jr, a West Point appointee from Scranton, Pa., and left end of the school of the Lackawanna foot ball Cleven, has for two days been lying delirious and critically il from the effects of injuries received in a game Wednesday at West Pittston and overexertion in a game Saturday at Honesdal Se ees Wedding in English High Life. Captain C. E. Stacey was married in St. George's Church, Hanover square, London, yesterday, to Miss Alice Maud, daughter of the late Lord Alfred Henry Paget. A large and fashionable assem- blage witnessed the ceremony, among those present being William C. Whitney, ex- Secretary of the United States Navy, and Mrs. Whitney, Mr. Arthur Paget and Mrs. Paget, the Earl and Countess of Essex, the Earl of Carrington and Princess Vic- tor Hohenlohe. The wedding presents numbered over 300. —_+-o+.____ Steamer Miami Launched. The steel steamshipMiami was successfully launched from Cramp’s ship yards at noon Saturday. Quite a large party from New York and some visitors from southern cities witnessed the launch. As the vessel left the ways she was christened “Miami” by Miss Julia Russell Parsons of New York. The steamship will ply between Miami, Fla., and Nassau, N. P. re Refused a Writ for Cracmer. The United States Supreme Court has refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Henry Craemer, who is un- der sentence of death for murder in the state of Washington, affirming the deci- ston of the Washington circuit court in refusing to interfere. —_—__--- If you want anything, try an ad. in Tha Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. BUSINESS PROSPECTS An Interesting Conversation With Mr. Henry B. Plant. PEOPLE NOW BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES The Favored State of Florida and Lesson of the Freeze. NEW TOBACCO INDUSTRY Mr. Henry B. Plant, whose railroad lines traverse thousands of the most fertile miles of the south: whose steamships traverse the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic, and who has virtually develop- ed the resources of the western part of Florida, spent yesterday in Washington. He arrived in the morning on his spetial car at the Pennsylvania depot from the south, accompan among others, by Vice President R. G. Erwin, Third Vice Pr: dent F G. Brown, Passenger Traffic Man- ager B. W. Wrenn and Gene Superin- tendert Bradford Dunham of the Plaat system, who remained over to attend their meeting today with the represeuta:ty the Atlantic Coast Line, Richmond, ericksburg and Potomac and Florida Coast Line companies, rega win traffic to Florida. Mr. Plant paid a to President McKinley in comp: with | Judge John D. Long, member of the na- tional republican committee from Florid: and had a very pleasant chat. He i a Star reporter in his priv with the greeting Where have I seen you before “At the Tampa Bay Hotel, Janua 1895, when we looked over the d in the park, wrought by the freeze, turned the report “So it was, he “That was a sad sight. turned from a summer in the orient. responded, cordially. I have just re- I went in May and did not return until the last of September. I needed the rest, co 1 went and enjoyed a most celightful sum- mer. I have been spending a week in Florida.” Relieving in Themselves Again, “How do you regard the outlook in @ business way?” inquired the reporter. ‘Well, I have not been long in the coun- try,” responded Mr. Plant, “but I have seen and heard enough to convince mo that business is picking vp. Men are be- ginning to believe in themselves «aia, is a great thing, you know—belief in self. I think idle labor is going to be employed, because will seck chan- for sensible inv nt. I feel sure will be return to good hat did you find in Flori is coming aid Mr. Plant. ‘ou see, tho: le freezes we had affected two cl those who had their everything invested in the state and who had to sta e who had but a part of their holdings there and could get away.” The Secret of Recuperat “Those who had to stay had to live,” continued Mr. Plant, “and to lve they were compelled to raise their own food. ‘They had never done so before. It was a remarkable fact, but before the frecze the people of Florida exported everything they raised and imported everything they con- sumed. While these people were raising the mears to live they saw that the orange trees were sprouting again, so they went to work to help them along, and where the orchards were small and the work was not too stupendous they set about cutting away the dead timber. South of Orange lake, then, in five or six years, there will be as big a crop of cranges as’ there ever was, and south of Tampa there will be a good crop this year. But the people of Florida will not sit on their porches any more and watch the oran; grow for the market. They have learned a lesson of self-helpfulness that they will never for- get. Tampa is growing rapidly, 1,” said the reporter, n't know Tampa,” ré I under- sti ‘ou woul ponded Mr. Plant. “It is spreading all over. The growth to the south is wonderful. We have built a harbor at old mpa bay, and it is now the port of Tampa. All our steamships arrive and depart there. We ave built two wharves filled with rth three-quarters of a mile out in the water. We had trestles onece, you know, but the insects rotted the timbers so fast that we built the wharves. Any ocean amer afloat can lay by them and receive or dis- charge cargo. Cigar factories continue to be built. ‘You remarked just now about your sur- prise at seing those new ones out in the scrub near Ybor City on your last trip down. Well, there are more of them. You know, we have great hopes of our new in- gustry, the tobacco crop, in Florida.” The Tobacco-Gro: = Im try. “I was going to ask you how the tobacco grown in Florida compared with that grown in Cuba,” the reporter remarked. “As to that I cannot tell,” answered Mr. Plant. “You see, the matter of tobacco judgment is largely a matter of taste. I was told by one of the proprietors of a very large cigar factory which handled a good grade of Havana tobacco exciusively, that they tried the Florida tobacco end sent out the cigars. It is a lighter tobacco than the Cuban, not so dark or strong. They sent out afterward cigars made of the Havana tobacco, and their customers. sent back requests for the lighter and less strongly flavored cigars. That m give you an opportunity to judge between the two tobaccos. A party of Cubans has set- tied in southern Florida on the west coast, and they are raising tobacco. They also intend to dry and cure it in such a manner that the leaves will be good for cigar wrap- pers, thin, you know, and pliable. “The pineapples and oranges are promis- ing great returns in southern Flor and the tomatoes are highly profitable. yes,” said Mr. Plant, in conclusion, * ida is coming along, and it never } lovelier than it does now. But t its rated that way every time you go back to it” Mr. Plant is looking remarkably well, and despite his years, which are denoted by his snowy hair and mustache, he is almost agile in his activity, and his men- tality was never more robust and vigorous. His trip to the orient did him a world of good. “I just went with mysel he said. good- humeredly, when the reporter was leaving, “and while I'm not a very interestin panion, I got on along very well. Mr. Plant went to New York las: night. es A PROSPERITY PARADE. Joyful Woolgrowers Have a Novel Demonstration at Cadiz. A special from Cadiz, Ohio, to the Phila- delphia Press says: The most novel street parade ever seen here paraded today. It was democratic farmers delivering to Welch & Carnahan upward of 30,000 pounds of wool, for which they had been ‘30 cents, the promise of a year ago that if McKinley were elected this price ticket for the first time and the promise was made good. The wagons were dec-