Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DalLy EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Pennsylvania Avene, Cor. llth St, by Tee Ba RAcrruane Freee Few York Office, # Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the efty by carriers. on their own account, at 10 cents per we or 44 certs per mouth. jes at the ter 2 cents each. By matl—anywhere in the Enited States or —postage prepaid—60 centa per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign ded, 3 (utered < ‘the Post at Washington, D. C., as second-cla s mail matter. co Al sali subseriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. THE NEGRO IN CRIME It is a Question of Conditions and Not of Race. RECORDS ARE NOT AGAINST HIM Claim That He is Unfairly Treated in the South. ——>+—_—_ A STUDY IN SOCIOLOGY ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: The race problem is just now engaging public attention to an unusual degree. Curiously enough, just as the negro is being eliminated es an effective factor from local and national politics, he is be- coming @ favorite subject for sociological investigation. The treatment of the ques- tion hitherto has been almost wholly spec- ulative; the drift of recent inquiry, how- ever, has assumed a more exact and defi- nite shape. While the painful an-l labor- fous method of the statisticlan is not so fascinating as the speculative process cf “pure reasoning,” the results thus optain- ed are believed to furnish a more reliable basis for the true solution. The criminal propensity of the negro seems to be particularly emphasized just now. A frightful -nass of facts is being coliected and Jamaging inferenzes are be- ing drawn from their unexpluined ugliness. We are told that figures cinnot lie, and yet we know that such facts as the statistical agent collects, unless they «re correctly analyzed and rationally interpreted, are more likely to produce an erroneous im- pression than they are to teacn the truth. A recent unsigned article in the Star pre- sents the pelice records of the District of Columbia, and without giving any weight to the contributing influences, derives con- clusions which are highly damaging to the moral status of the colored citizens of the national capital. I taRe this contribu- tion as typical of the general drift of public discussion on the subject, and will therefore consider the larger question of the negro’s criminal status, of which the local situation ts only an incident. A Comparative Study. The bulletin of the census bureau con- taining the number of prisoners in the United States in 1890 furnishes the most valuable material for the comparative stidy of criminal statistics. The following table is computed on the bests of the facts thts furnished. NUMBER OF PRISONERS IN EVERY 100,000 OF ‘THE POPULATION. Division. Nerth Atlantle South Atiantic. United Stat 825 Of the 82,329 prisoners in 1890, 24.277 be- longed to the negro race. Constituting only 12 per cent of the population, the negro race furnished 29 per cent of the prisoners. If, however, we should accept these facts on their face value, without inquiring into the contributing circum- stances, we shoulé by no means arrive at a true analysis of the situation. Among the causes which contribute to the high relative criminai rating of the ne- gro we must consider the discrepancy in the administration of the law in a large sec- tion of the country. The south has, no doubt, acted as generously, and, all things considered, perhaps as wisely, toward the negroes within her gates as any other civ- ilized portion of the human race would have done under like circumstances. And yet it is a fact, known and acknowledzed by blacks and whites alike,that the laws do not bear with equal severity upon the two races fn the late slave states. In order to establish the truth, we are not permitted to ignore facts, however un- pleasant !t may be to state them. Mr. Lewis H. Blair of Richmond, Va., who boasts of “my southern ancestry, birth, rearing, residence and interest,” and who may be relied on not to slander his native southland, observes: ut are negroes treated unfairly by juries and public opin- ion? Yes, and the experience and observa- tion of every fair-minded man will confirm the assertion. One cardinal proof is that @ white man seldom receives punishment for assault, however brutal, however un- provoked, however cowardly, be it maim- ing. homicide or murder, upoa a negro. Of the numberless instances—running into the thousands—of homicide and murder of blacks by whites, there is no single in- stance of capital punishment, and few, very few, instances of imprisonment beyond a few months in jail or a slight fine.” When we notice the high penal status of the southern negro as compared with that of his white neighbor, tt must not be for- gotten that the unequal application of pun- ishment to crime will account for a large share of the difference. A Leading Cause. ‘The social degradation of the negro is the greatest factor contributive to this alarm- ing criminal record. The negro race con- Stitutes the bottom stratum of society, in which the bulk of punishable crime ts com- mitted the world over. This fact, especial- ly where the race ts found in large num- bers, works the negro a double discredit: he maintains the high criminal average natural to his class and condition; and the fact that he forms the bottom’ stratum elevates his white neighbor to a highor social and moral plane—so that his record is all the more startling when contrasted with that of the mere favored class. We see by the table that the foreigners maintain a mean criminal average letween the negroes and the native whites—a result which we would naturally expect from their relative social status. That the negro has no inherent tendency to crime beyond that of his white fellow. citizen tn like conditions is abundantly proved by the fact that the presence of a large number of negroes in any community does not increase its total criminal everage. It will be noticed that the north Atlantic and western states, where there are com- Daratively few negroes, have a higher gen- eral peral record than the south Atlantic ard south central states, where the neg-oes are in greatest numbers. The following ta. ble will tlustrate this truth more clearly: NUMBER OF PRISONERS TO 100,000 OF POPU- LATION. Northern states. | Southern ef :tes. | Massachuvetts ...| “Bouth Carolina...] 10a New York. | 191 |) Mississippi m1 Kew we ee $corgia 160 ‘olcrado Califoruia | ) Madame” 133 Shine by Comparison. In so far as these figures are determina- tive of conduct, we see that the blacks of South Carolina and Mississippi are better behaved than the whites of Massachusetts and New York; that a white man in Col- orado or California is put to shame by the exemplary conduct of the corn-field negro in Alabama and Georgia. If it be objected that it is unfair to compare the Faral south Part 2. Che Fy ening, Star. Pages 11-14. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, THURSDAY, OOTOBER 28, 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. with the urbane north because of the dif- ference in rigidity of the legal machin- ery, or that a frontier region cannot justly he compared with a well-settled country, the force of the objection is conceded. This concession, however, does not lessen but heightens the argument that crime adheres to circumstances and conditions and not to race and color. It must be conceded, how- ever, that in the north and west, where the legal processes are acknowledgly fair, so far as the negro is concerned, the race makes a far worse showing than it does in the south, where discrimination is claim- ed. Let the following table speak for it self: NUMBER OF NEGRO PRISONERS TO 100,000 OF NEGRO POPULATION. Northern states. | {| Southern states, | ee 1,920" || “Virgh B54 288 154 | es Miss.ssippi : 3 |) Alabama. 309 California } Louisiana 189 The free negro in the north has a crimi- nal record which is two or three timer as great as that of his oppressed brother in the south. This high rating is doubtless due, in part, to the smallness of the num- ber, which is usually favorable to high proportions. It may be said. also, that the negroes of the north are confined mainly to the large cities. where the legal machinery is more complex and exacting than is the case in the free and easy rural districts of the south. Floating Class. The negro has no real industrial raison d@etre in the north, but forms a floating class whose services are required only dur- ing the summer season. In their season cf enforced idleness they mistake liberty for license, and sink into the slums of crime and degradation. It is indeed alarming to contemplate that out of every one thousand negro males in the north Atlantic states, nine are constantly in jaii. Civilization wculd be impossible if this condition of things held true for the community at large. Can the negro thrive in the north? Such criminality must in the end lead to moral and physical decay. But here again let us bear in mind that we are dealing with conditions and not merely with race. In final confirmation of the claim that erime clings to condition and not to race, let us compare the police records of arrest for 1896 of Washington city, one-third of whose population is colored, with those of Boston, where the negro element consti- tutes a negligible fraction. Nine per cent of the entire population were arrested in Beston during the year, against 8 per cent for the nationel capital. There is no list of crime committed by the negroes of Washington that is not paralleled in vile- ness and volume by the corresponding class of whites in Boston. Testimony of the Police. If authority were necessary to prove that crime is nct an attribute of race, and that a large number of negroes in a community will not affect its criminal average, except in so far as they are subjected to unfavor- able conditions, it could be found in the words of the major of the metropolitan Police in his last report: “Those familiar with the conduct of po- lice affairs in this country generally con- tend that there is a constant increase of crime; that it keeps pace with the growing population. While such may be true of the principal cities of the United States, facts and figures support the claim of this department that in this respect the District of Columbia occupies a distinct standing of its own. Its comprehensive moral status is above that of most communities. Were it not for the depredations chargeable to theft, there would be comparatively little ime to chronicle. This offense must al- exist kere, unless through some un- expected agency a complete change should be effected in the social conditions which prevail The abiding place of a large class of idle, illiterate and consequently vicious persons, it is but reasonable that the re- spectable element should be preyed upon to a considerable extent.” This is the tes- timony of the police department of a city containing 90,000 negroes. Could any more be said of Brooklyn or Boston or of any city that does not contain a single negro? KELLY MILLER. ——>——_ WALDORF OF THE SLUMS. Cheap Lodging House Formally Open- ed in New York. “The Waldorf of the Slums,” as the new nine-story hotel erected by Darius O. Mills in Bleeker street between Thomson and Sullivan streets has already des- ignated, was formally opened to the pub- lic yesterday afternoon. Bishop Potter made the upening address. The hotel, which will be known as the Mills Model House No. 1, will be regularly opened for business Mon- day next, November 1. The rates will be uniformly 20 cents a night. This will se- cure a private bed room, with the privi- leges of rooms for reading, writing, smok- ing and games, a free circulating library, hot or cold baths. The hotel will do laundry work for its guests at a very low price, but for unem- ployed men or others desiring it a room has been provided with tubs, hot and cold water and a drying chamber, where any one can wash his own clothes with ease and comfort. A restaurant will be con- ducted in connection with the hotel. Breakfast will cost 10 cents. The hotel is a handsome structure, is provided with baths, elevators, electric iight and steam-heating apparatus. The main corridor, which is as elegant as any of the expensive hotels up town, has a marble tiled floor. The hotel is built on the site of Depau row, once owned by the late A. T. Stewart, and it was there that Charles Dickens, the novelist, was enter- tained by the millionaire merchant. Mr. Mills says the hotel will make money and not a charity. His intention ts to accommodate persons of moderate means. He is building another hotel at the corner of Rivington and Christie streets. ——— eee CASTILLO WAS BETRAYED. Cuban Guide Led Spanish to Him When IL. A dispatch from Havana, Cuba, to the New York Herald says: The outgoing au- thorities have struck a heavy blow at autonomy by permitting the killing of General Castillo. General Castillo was not killed in open fight; he was betrayed by a Cuban guide who was captured Ly the Spantards on last Friday and shot on Mon- Gay morning. It was more satisfactory to shoot him than to treat him as a prisoner of war. Castillo commanded Havana province, and was beloved as an able and brave general by every Cuban under arms. His killing will arouse a desire for revenge that at the present juncture will tend to pre- vent acceptance of any autonomy by the rebels. With an escort of seven men Castillo was lying ill with fever in a secluded spot when the guide betrayed him. The exhibi- tion of his body has aroused indignation, even among General Weyler’s officers. Side by side with him in the morgue was the body of a man who had starved to death. The two presented a plain illustration of General Weyler’s methods of vonducting this wer. A manifesto widely circulated and signed by President Capote and Generals Gomez and Garcia calls upon all Cubans not to accept autonomy. ——_—_—_+e-_____ New Trial for Luctgert. State's Attorney Deneéen of Chicago, Iil., has arranged to plece the second Luetgert trial on the docket for Monday, Novem- ber 8. If more time is desired by the defense making a they will have to secure it by formal request for a continuance. If you want anything, try an ad. in Tha Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. VACATION EXPERIENCES] GEORGE M. PULLMAN’S WILL Members of Washington Library Association Meet and Exchange Ideas, Incidents of the Libraries Visited—Ad- dresses on Topics Familiar—Com- ing Annual Election. After an adjournment from last spring over summer, the members of the Library Ascociation of Washington city assembled last evening in the parlors of the Colum- bian University building, at 15th and H streets, for a specially arranged program of bibliographical experiences. The gath- ering was, too, the first of the regular meetings of the winter, and, although something in the way of routine business was transacted, the evening was devoted mere largely to story-telling, so to speak, the liLrarians relating incidents of inter- est in relation to Mbraries which had been inspected during their respective vacation trips. The parlors were crowded, the attendance being as large, perhaps, as at any meet- ing in the history of the organization, when the president, Mr. William P. Cutter, cpened the regular proceedings and caused @ cessation of the exchange of greetings. After the secretary, Mr. F. H. Parsons, had read the minutes of the last meeting, President Cutter introduced Dr. Charles F. Munroe, dean of the scientific school of Columbian University, and requested that he speak of the course in library science, recently made a part of the curricuium of the school. Outlines the Course. Dr. Munroe explained in detail the meth- ods of instruction proposed, the depart- ment being under the direction of Mr. Ainsworth R. Spofford, with Mr. Hender- son Presnell and Mr. William P. Cutter ss assistants. The course, he stated, includes brary, handwriting, typewriting, cata- loguing, alphabeting, shelf-listing, classifi- cation, practical cataloguing, library econ- omy, order department work, aczession work, mechanical preparation of books for the shelves, registration of borrowers, practical charge of system, binding, rebind- ing, lettering, repairing, reference work, practical library economy, Mbrary admin- istration, stock taking, accounts, statis- tics of readers and reading, care of stp- plies, practical library administration, technique of foreign titles, German, French, Italian and Spanish periodicals, bibliography, indexing, helps to librarian and reader, practical bibliography, history of libraries and the use of a library to the university, the academy, the public school, the citizen, the official. Dr. Cyrus Adier announced the death of Justin Winsor, Hbrarian of Howard University and president of the American Library Association, and moved that a committed be appointed to frame suttabie resolutions expressing the sorrow of the association because of the sad event. The president named as the committee Dr. Ad- ler, Professor Bolton and Mr. Boyden. Short Talks by Members. President Cutter, after statiing that it had been decided to make the initial gath- ering of the season an experience meeting, announced that he would call on the mem- bers in the order that their names ap- peared on the roll alphabetically. Dr. Adier was the first to take the floor. He told of the recent meeting of the Amer- ican Library Association, held in Phila- delphia, and concluded by saying that it 1s practically the duty of all engaged in li- brary work to attend the meetings of the national association, Mr. Boyden, the second speaker, was very brief. He merely said that while Boing through the library with which he is con- nected a few days ago he came across a paper-bound novel,’ bearing the words, in flaring red characters, “Letters from Hell.” For a few moment he was at a loss how to classify the work, but finally thought of @ section marked ‘Future State.” M Edith Ciark described a library in this city conducted by the Society for Home Study of Church History and Holy Scrip- ture. It contains 4,000 volumes, she said, and is located at 1216 N street. The books, ft was explained, circulate throughout the United States. President Cutter, reached on the roll, of a club in Canad. here the members do nothing but fish.” President Cutter sug- gested that even though the librarians of Baltimore hed failed to accept an invita- tion to come to Washington to attend the meetings of the essociation, it might be advisable for the Washingtonians to go to Baltim: President Cutter also devoted some time to a description of the Philadel- phia Museum and Library of Commerce, which assists manufacturers and business men to dispose of their products. It is, he said, a Hbrary for practical purposes, The ugressional Library. Mr. Bernard R. Green, superintendent of the Library of Congress; spoke in detail of the removal of the libra~y from the Capitol to the new building, the arrange- ment of the books in the new building, and the system of transferring books through the conduit, connecting the two buildings. Others who spoke, briefly, were Prof. Bolton, Col. Flint, Mr. Theodore L. Cole, Mr. James W. Cheney and Miss Dye. The hour being late an adjournment was taken to the evening of November 27. At the regular meeting in December the an- nual election of officers of the association will take place. During the ening it was announced that since the last meeting the following had affiliated themselves with the associa- tion: Miss Eva H. Quinn, Miss Blanche Brown, Mr. W. T. Swingle, Mr. D. G. Fair- child, Miss Annie S. Ames, Mr. Allen D. Slauson, Mr. J. M. C. Hansen, Mr. A. P. C. Griffin, Mr. Arthur R. Kimball, Mr. Thorwald Solberg, Mr. Thomas H. Clark. Mr. Hugh A. Morrison, Mr. George Hear. ney and Dr. H. Friedenveld. —— GAVE ENTIRE SATISFACTION. when his name was scribed the library Test of Pneumatic Tubes Between apitol and Library. The test of the means for transporting books between the new library building and the Capitol, made at the lbrary building yesterday, was a complete success. Mr. John Russell Yourg, the librarian, was in the receiving room at the Capitol, having a list of books made out by himself, of which those at the library had not been advised. The name of the first book, Winter's Poems, was written on a slip of paper, placed in the pneumatic tube and sent to Mr. Hutch- eson, in charge of the reading room of the library. The book was received at the Cap- itol in ten minutes. Two other volumes were then sent for, and arrived in exactly eight minutes. A file of the London ‘Times for 1815, the year of the battle of Waterloo, was sent for, and was received at the Capitol in thirteen minutes. When the messenger brought it he said tt missed the “carrier,” or it could have reached its destination in nine minutes. The distance to be traversed by the “‘car- rier” is about 13,000 feet, and the speed is at the rgte of 600 feet a minute. —— Bacchante Settled at Last. Bacchante has at last found a resting place. The statue in bronze which so of- fended Boston’s delicate sense of modesty as to cause her expulsion from the modern Athens now reposes upon her pedestal in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city. Bulk of the Millionaire's Estate Goes Ulti- mately to His Daughters. Two Sons Cut Off With an Annuity of $3,000 Each—Charitable Bequests, George M. Pullman, the. great car builder, by his will filed for probate yesterday in Chicago, left personal property valued at $6,800,000, and real estate valued at $800,000. Of this amount, $1,380,000 is left for public and charitable purposes, and the remainder goes to his widow, children, other rela- tives and faithful servants. Robert T. Lin- coln and Norman B. Ream are named as executors, The two daughters, Mrs. Frank Carolan of San Francisco and Mrs. Frank O, Low- den of Chicago fare better than any others, receiving $1,000,000 each, by specific be- quests, and about $1,230,000 each, which will’ remain after the various other be- quests made are satisfied. Mrs. Pullman, the widow, receives the homestead, valued at $300,000, and $50,000 for current expenses of the household for the coming twelve months. During the remainder of her life she will recefve the income from $1,250,000. Mrs. Lowden will also receive the interest on $100,000, with which she is to maintain the summer home of the family at Thou- sand Islands, known as “Castle Rest,” which property is also given to her. The provision in the will relating to the two sons, George M. Pullman, jr., and San- ger Pullman, is as follows: Inasmuch as neither of my sons has de- veloped such a sense of responsibility as in my judgment is requisite for the wise use of large properties and_ considerable sums of money I am painfully compelled, as I have explicitly stated to them, to limit my testamentary provisions for their bene- fit to trusts producing only such income as I deem reasonable for their support. Accordingly I direct that out of the re- mainder of my estate, after satisfying the provisions hereinbefore made tor my wife and daughters, and with respect to said island and Castle Rest, my executors shall set apart bends, stocks and notes or other securities in two portions, each of such estimated value as will, in the judg- ment of my executors, yield an annual in- come of $3,000, and I give and bequeath said portions separately to the Illinois ‘Trust and Savings Bank, in trust, to receive the tn- come and profits of each portion and of all property substituted therefor, and to ap- ply the net income and profits from the time of my death of one of said portions to the use of my son George M. Pullman, jr., during his life, and of the other of said portions to the use of my son Walter Sanger Pullman during his life; and upon the death of either son leaving issue cf a marriage, the property then held in trust hereunder for each son shall become ab- solutely the property of such issue in equal shares, the child or children of any Ge- ceased child of such son to take the share the parent would have taken if living; otherwise such property shall then become a part of my residuary estate. Other Bequests. Each sister and brother of the testator will receive $50,000, with the exception of one brother receiving: $25,000. Twelve pub- Me institutions are left $130,000 in the ag- Bregate, and the sur “of $1,250,000 is left to found a manual training school in the tewn of Pullman. The will bears the date of September 17, 1897, and was drawn but twenty-elght days before the death of the palace car president. It was witnessed by the vice president, Thomas H. Wicks, end John S. Runnells, attorney for the Pull- man Palace Car Company, who drew it up. eee THE TENNESSEE. ARMY OF enty-Ninth Annual Meeting Con- vened xt Milwaukee Yesterday. The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Army of the Tennessee convened at Milwaukee yesterday. Over 200 members | ere in attendance, prominent among whom are General G. M. Dodge, president of the society; Gereral Wager Swayne, P. T. Sherman, Colonel F. D. Grant, General George D. Ruggles, Major U. L, Swords, Captain John Crane, Colonel Horatio L. King and others. Secretary Hickenlooper made his annual report, showing a loss of the membership in the society of eleven, caused by death. As the death roll was read to the society, the gray-haired veterans and the women present rose in a body and remained stand- in, By @ unanimous vote a resolution was adopted, emphasizing its indorsement of the bill now pending In Congress to establish a national military park to commemorate the campaign, siege and defense of Vicks- burg, and instructing the committee to make every effort to insure the passage of the bill at an early date during the ap- proaching session. The society was formally welcomed to the city last night, when a public mee=ing was held at the Plymouth Congregational Church. Father Thomas Ewing Sherman delivered the annual oration. Due to a Cigarette. A lighted cigarette dropped by a thought- Jess clerk is supposed to have caused the fire which yesterday afternoon practically gutted the white stone building at the corner of 7th and Chestnut streets, St. Louis, occupied by the general offices of the Wabash railroad. Every record in the office of the chief engineer, rights of way, real estate, deeds and surveys of every d scription were destroyed. An officer of the company estimated their loss at $500,000. Statements. place the valuation of the building at $400,000. ‘The Wabash company had occupied new quarters before the fire was under control. Marion Not Worth Repairing. The board of naval officers appointed to examtine the Marion have reported that she is not worth repairing, and should be condemred. She will be given to the Cal- Pe naval militia and stationed at San jego. ———_--e+—___ A New York Embezzler. The Secretary of State has notified the governor of New York that Ambassador Pcrter at Paris has informed him that he has caused the detention under arrest of Fester, the embezzlirg clerk of the New Yerk produce exchange, and that be will be held for the arrival of the officers of New York. ——____. 3 Americans in Cuba Pardoned. Vice Consul General Springer, at Havana, has telegraphed the State Department that the Spanish authorities have pardoned Frank Agremonte and ‘Tomas Julio Saenz, two American citizens who have been im- prisoned at Santiago de Cuba since June, 1895. There-are now probably less than half a dozen Americans held prisoners in Cuba, exclusive of the Competitor’s crew. —_—_——-o.—___—_ Court-Martial at the Barracks. A general court-martial has assembled at the Washington barracks for the trial of a number of enlisted men for various offenses. The court fs composed of the fol- lowing named officerg of the 4th Artille1 Major Lewis Smith, Pig ottiheneoes En- wis, Constantine Chase D Sohn, assistant s1 Sor Lieuts. "Ales ender B. Dyer, tH. Wi Alston aa ton, Adrian a advo- cai tes a4 EXPORTATIONS OF MEAT Important Statistics Supplied in Report of % Dr. J. E. Salmon. Number of Animal Inspections Reaches 26,000,000—Data Regarding Rabies—New Laboratory Needed. The report of Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry, Depart- ment of Agriculture, which Secretary Wil- son is embodying in his annual report, contains much of interest regarding the meat exportations of this country. The re- ade to 26,000,000 inspections annually, since “02, when less than 4,000,000 animals were Port states that an increase has been inspected. All beef and pork exported to Europe, Dr. Salmon states, and a greater part of the pork and other meat products, were in- It is impossi- ble to examine a large amount of meats for interstate trade on account of insuf- spected according to law. ficient appropriations. The work of meat inspection is in operation at 128 abattoirs and packing houses in thirty-three cities. Concerning rabies in connection with his work, Dr. Salmon states that many in- vestigations reported of outbreaks of the disease were made last year and a con- siderable number of tests made of ant- A great variety of opinions, he says, have been expressed concerning the existence of rabies and the extent to which the mal- mals supposed to be affected with it. ady prevaiis in this country. The Pathological Division There are few institutions, he says, which are prepared to make a scientific test of animals supposed to be afflicted with the disease, and consequently the work of the Pathological division in this direction is regarded as cf the greatest importance. A considerable number of individual cases, it is stated, have been discovered in this way, and it has been found that some mys- terlous outbreaks of disease among cat- tle were really attributable to this cause. ‘The ante-mortem inspection of cattle was of 4,242,316; sheep, 6,209,159; ho; Tags or other marks of identi affixed to 14,510,666 Pleces of beef, 5,161,927 carcasses of sheep, 224,556 carcasses of hogs and others, Meat Inspection stamps were placed on more than a million and a half of packages of beef products, nearly 4,000 of mutton, and nearly cluding 120,322 amined. , 15,808,771. ication were of pork, microscopically ex- The number of certificates of inspection of imported products tesued was nearly 29,000 for meat products under ordinary inspection and nearly 8,000 for pork microscopically examined in addition to regular inspec- tion. These certificates covered shipments of nearly 1,200,000 quarters and over 20,- 000,000 pieces of fresh beef; 1,200 carcasses of sheep; nearly: 4,000 carcasses of hogs, more than half a million packages of beef: nearly 4,000 packages of mutton, and about 412,000 packages of pork, of which about 120,000 contained pork microscopically ex- amined. There were sealed over 12,500 cars con- taining inspected meat for shipment to packing houses and other places. The cost, including all expenses incidental to the work, was an average of .91 of a cent @ pound for each ante-mortem inspection. Microscope for Trichinae. In the microscopic examination for trichi- nae over 1,180,000 specimens were examined, more than 500,000 from carcasses and the remaining of pieces. The number of sam- ples found inspected was 13,325, of which about 3,200 were from the carcasses and 10,000 from the pieces of the pork. In round numbers the pounds of pork exported were 44,000,000, of which only something over a million went to coun- tries not requiring certificates of inspec- tion. The pork averaged about 1-4 of a cent per pound for the inspection. The number of inspections of domestic cattle for export was about 900,000; the num- ber tagged was, about 400,000; the number rejected about 1,500. Of domestic sheep the inspections were about 350,000; number rejected, 189. The number of domestic animals exported under the supervision of inspectors con- ted of about 390,000 cattle; 185,000 sheep, 000 horses and 100 mules. The percen- tage of loss in exporting animals this year, the report stated, 1s moderately low, but not as low as in some prevailing years. A uniform low rate is not expected on ac- count of the great variations in conditions of the weather. Shipping Butter to England. Reference is made to the experiments of shipping butter to England and the suc- cessful results noted. The experiments with butter, it is stated, in regard to ter- minal facilities and opportunities for re- frigerating storage during ocean transit, are not what is desired, but it is hoped that better things may be in order. It is suggested that an extension of govern- ment inspection and certificates at present applied to meats and meat products be included to embrace butter and cheese, so that only the best varieties of these may be exported. The recommendation is made to the Sec- retary for a new pathological laboratory, to be fireproof, and also for an experimental station of larger extent, as the und now covered by the station is insufficient. The work of the pathological department is described at some extent in the report and the experiments, it is claimed, have been marked with the greatest of success. It is suggested that the department establish dipping stations for the prevention of Texas fever. —_—>—_—- PLEASING SOCIAL EVENT. Annual Tea Given by Calvary Baptist Sunday School. ‘The annual tea of the officers and teach- ers of Calvary Baptist Sunday school, which was given at the Sunday schocl house last night, was a pronounced suc- cess, and a compliment to the organiza- tion. About 200 of the teachers and substitute teachers assembled in the vestry of the church for social greetings, and after an hour thus spent passed to the banquet rocm. = Here the company was greeted by a pretty scene, which attested the ability of the decoration committee. The prevail- ing colors were red and white, and these were displayed in the lamps and shades, white a profusion of palms reinforced by carnations, dahlias and other flowers gave a tropical aspect to the surroundin: Superintendent P. H. Bristow called the assemblage to order and introduced as the first speaker Mr. E. B. Curtis, who spoke upon the subject, “‘What-a Rambler Heard and Sew.” = Mr. gave his impres- ns Politics, crops and Sunday a work out west. He was followed by Mrs. Annie Hobbs, who spoke of a trip from “The Merrimac to the Ocean Shore.” Mr. M.-M. Shand gave a vivid description of his trip to the Christian Endea: vention ut San Francisco, and paid a tribute to the sturdy Americanism of the People he met. ‘Mies Julia Stickney told of her college days spent at Mt. Hotyoke, and of Mr, Moody’s school at Northfield. Mr. A. Ran- kin Thornton related his experiences as a traveler on a freight train, and Mrs. W. H. Baker spoke of some c! Kanses under the title, “On Ground,” and Mr. H. H. Kimball quarters, and 863,248 7,500,000 of hog Products, in- life as a missionary, and Dr. 8. H. Greene brought the evening to a close by some sketches of his boyhood experiences. The committees having charge of the af- fair were: On decoration—Miss Silvers, Miss Prentiss, Mr. L. D. Bliss and Mrs. Mower. On program—Mr. Bristow and Miss S. E. White. On refreshments—Mrs. Mason, Mrs. J. E. Dawson, Miss Buckingham, Miss Louchs and Miss Stickney. Among those present were Dr. 8. H. Greene, Mrs. Greene, Messrs. P. H. Bris. tow, Geo. H. Judd, W. H. McKnew, M. M. Shand, L. R. Smith, L. D. Bliss, F. C. Bliss, B. F. Gabest, F. H. Stickney,F. L. Stickney, M. W. Gilson, F. W. Vaughn, M. C. Grasty, Cc. C. Adams, H. H. Kimball, H. G. Jacobs, J. E. Dawson, E. G. Mason; Misses Anna J. Bell, Sarah E. White, Ella D. McLau- rin, Kate S. White, Grace Silvers, Bertha Bristow, Stella Tucker, Lillie May Bowen, Marion Everett, Mignonette Buckingham, Mrs. E. G. Mason, Mrs. L. D. Bliss, Mrs. B. H. Bristow, Mrs. Mcwer and Mrs. J. EB. Dawson. ——._—_ ATKINSON CONDEM! LYNCH LAW. Georgia Governor Says Innocent Men Have Been Killed. On the subject of lynching, Gov. Atkin- son of Georgia, in his message to the legis- lature, says: “To adopt lynch law is to put the life of every man in the power of any woman who for any reason might desire his death. I feel more deeply upon this question, be- cause from the best information I can se- cure I believe that during my administra- tion there have been in this state several men lynched who were not guilty of the crimes with which they were charged. “The arresting officer is now clothed with authority to take the life of the assailants when resisting their efforts to take a pris- oner from his custody. This he should be required to do, or the prisoner should be unshackled, armed and given an opportun- ity to defend himself. The knowledge on the ae of the mob that this would be done would deter it from pursuing its lawless Purpose. “I am informed that one man, whom the mob believed to be guilty, was shot down. A question then arose as to his identity, and he was salted down like a hog, shipped to the location of the crime and found to be the wrong man—an innocent man. “Lynch law has not been restricted to cases where the charge was an assault upon a woman. In Texas a man was lynched to suppress his evidence; in Ken- tucky because he was objectionable to the neighborhood, and in Indiana five men were lynched for burglary. In our state in the last three years seven men have been lynched for murder, and one man and one woman because they were suspected of arson. “Even had it been confined to offenses committed upon women it could not have been justified. When such crimes are charged the passion of the people is more deeply stirred than by any other, and the mob is quick to act. “The democratic candidates for the as- sembly went to the people upon a platform adopted by the state convention, which de- plored and denounced lynchings and favor- ed the enactments of such laws as would effectually prevent them. I now ask the men who were elected on this platform to enact into law provisions which will, in d faith, meet the requirements of this leclaratio! ——_—__-+0+ —_—_. PROPOSED BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. There is a Great Opportunity in the Home Market. Mr. Edwin F. Atkins, in the November Forum. The world’s stock of sugar, which on August 1, 1894, was 1,087,766 tons, had in- creased by August 1, 1897, to 1,881,900 tons. In the face of such oversupply and of ruinous prices, the United States—the lar- gest consuming country in the world—pro- Poses to establish the new industry and to produce its own sugar. With the exper- jence of European countries in artificially festering an industry to a point beyond the natural law of supply and demand, is it wise for us to enter upon a similar policy? With the preseat duty, ranging from 80 to 100 per cent, imposed for the purpose of prctecting an industry that does not as yet, to any extent, exist, and with the experience of our past sugar legisla- tion,—duties having been changed with nearly every incoming administration, and varying between two and a quarter cents per pound on centrifugals to free ra’ sugars—will capital be attracted to the new industry? Figures show that our exports to those countries from which we are buying sugar reach the enormous sum of $219,705,65 and an analysis would prove the larger part of these exports to be of agricultural products. The importance of the sugar industry to these countries is Indicated by the fact that of our total imports from them, more than twenty-five per cent is of this article. As the cane-sugar coun- tries have, practically, only the United states and the English markets left to them, they would be involved in utter ruin, if the former should be lost to them. Under these circumstances, they would not be cble to pay us for such purchases as they might wish to make; and the European countries, unable to sell us sugar, would turn their attention largely to the production of such agricultural pro- ducts as they are now taking from us. If our farmers should produce beets at the sacrifice of their market for wheat, corn, beef, pork products, etc., where would be their gain? With wheat at a dollar a bushel, little thought is given to the future. But we should not forget that the present scarcity in Europe is owirg, partly, to the neglect of this industry abroad—to reduced plant- ings resulting from low prices in the past. While sugar sowirgs have increased, the sowings of wheat have been neglected. Now that conditions are reversed, will there not be a tendency abroad to increase the wheat sowings? And will not a policy of extreme protection, to stimulate the pro- duction of sugar in our country, react upon us abroad another year, when, encouraged by present high prices, our production of grain may be excessive and our producers most in need-of foreign markets? These are questions to be carefully con- sidered by both our statesmen and our investors; for, if our proposed beet-sugar industry be fostered to an unnatural growth through continued excessive gov- ernment protection, our foreign commerce may become involved in most serious com- plications, and cur farmers may be obliged to pass through another period of de- pressed prices for their products, such as that from which they are just emerging. eee Electric Progress in Siam. From the London Financial News. The electrical progress of Siam appears from the fact that the king’s palace, some of the temples and the principal streets of Bangkok are already lighted by electricity, and an American engineer has formed a syndicate and taken over the management of the work from the government depart- ment which had been carrying it on. He has obtained from the government a con- ee, Sa ee ee of elect The pre “asec it capital is £6,000 in 100 shares, regist; as SL BP See SS SR ees ‘Where He Said It. From the Chicago Evening Post. “Darling,” he said, “did you tell your father that you were engaged?” “Yes, George, I did,” replied the maidea, but DISTRICT C. E. UNION ee Program of Annual Convention to Open This Evening. GOOD PROSPECT FOR BIG ATTENDANCE Addresses by Visiting and Local Workers of Prominence. CHORUS OF SEVENTY-FIVE ee ey The sixth annual conventior of the Dis- trict of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union will open this evening with special prayer services in a number of the churches. The arrangements for the convention are reported by the board of officers to be complete. President Grant Lect stated last evening that the prospects for larg tended meetings during the convention were excellent. Considerable interest has been manifested among the societies in the work of preparing for the convention, and the program, as arranged, has several new and unique features. Arrange being made for overflow meetings, the attendance at the evening sessions of the convention overt New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Order of Exercises. The program of the convention is as fol- lows, beginning with the special prayer services this evening in the various churches: Friday—7 a.m., early prayer meeting, New York Avenue Pr rian Church, led by Mr. Miles M. Shand; topic, “Our Steward- ship,” 4 o'clock p.m., committee confer- ences, New York Avy e Church, all committees to assemble fifteen minutes in the auditorium Votional exercises, conducted by Re Power; 7:30 p.m., opening mass meeting, President Grant Leet presiding. The exer- cises will consist of song service, devotional exercises, address of welcome, open parlia- ment, “Tenth Legion,” conducted by Miss for for de- F. D. Ella D. McLaurin of Bostom; address, “Systematic and Proportionate Giving,” by Rev. George B. Stewart, D.D., of Harris borg, Pa. Saturday—10°30 a.m.. city evangelization conference, First Congregational Church, Address, Maj. George A. Hilton; open par- lament, conducted by Rev. E. D. Baile, Special invitations to this conference have been extended to pastors, worth Leagues, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, Salva. tion Army. Central Union Mission, W T. U., and kindred organizations evangelistic service, Market spac: Wagon, manned by Christian End: ¥ and Central Union Mission workers Ade dress, Maj. George A. Hilton. At 2:30 pan. the annual junior rally will be held at First Congregational Church, Rey. Ci Butler, president, presiding. The exercises Will include committee work, represented by juniors, appropri; dressed, and an address, “Why We Work for Missions” Miss Laura Wade Rice of Baltimore consecration service, H H. Butler; officers’ conference in New Souk Avenue Presbyterian Church for all oft Sot of societies, conducted by Mr. W. W. :15 p m., closing mass meet- + SONE service, devotional D. exercises, address eg o Tart by Miss Elia of Boston, Mass. ry consecration service, Mr." Hunt presiding. and E. Lawrence Music a Leading Feature. The music of the convention will be a feature. A chorus of seventy-five bas been orgerized for the occasion Page L. Zimmerman, chairman of the music committee of the District Union, and in addition to leading in the congregational singing, the members will ren several anthems, Much interest has been manifeste ested by the members of the chorus in thar work of re. hearsing for the convention, and talk of a rermanent organizat! voices by Mr, he. The sing- ers are known as the ‘07 Local Convention Chorus. The members will be distinguish- ed by unique, star-shaped bad; in four colors, by Mr. A. L. Endeavorer of Mt. Vernon Place . Church. Mr. Page L. Zimmerman, the leader of the chorus, is director of music at the Mt. Vernon M. E. Church, and was one of the musical directors of the mam moth Christian Endeavor Chorus w » designed , an M. E, : h furnished the music for the international convention cf 1896. List of Singers. The members of the chorus are as fol- lows: Soprano—Miss Maud Sterling, Mrs. Nally, Miss Loulse Leeds, Miss Susie Rowe, Miss B. Heiges, Miss L. Dolan, Mrs. J. B. Brown, Mrs. Dottie Heeter, Miss Sadie Guard, Miss Lottie Vanneman, Miss Josie Dobson, Miss Swartwout, Miss M ry An- drews, Miss M. Beamer, Mrs, Charies Heit- inger, Miss Grace Montgomery, Miss Rose Busey, Miss Lille Busey, Miss Anna Bogan, Mrs. W. A. Murray, Miss Trewin, Miss Mag- sie Pentland, Miss Bes How Miss Ei- la Lyman, Miss Virginia Hochkiss, Miss led- na Follin, Mrs, Beard, Miss Cunningham. Aitos—Miss M. idmonston, Miss Georgia Webster, Mrs. W. H. Rand, Mrs. L. Berg- man, Miss Alice Reamer, Miss Sallie Bea- mer, Miss N. Keefer, Miss Blanche Leove- less, Miss M. Louise Sicman, Mrs. R. H. Gunnell, Miss L. A. Sargent, Miss 8. lardel- la, Miss Florence Ball, Mies B. Seitz, Miss Alice Fletcher, Mrs. D. G. Proctor, Miss Viola Shaner. Tenors—Messrs. C. H. Wright, Emii Schneider, J. E. Gant, 8. F. Harper, J. E. Baird, Robert Zimmerman, D. G. Proctcr, R. S. Fontaine, G. W. Thom- as, A. Spelden, Amos Ferris, E. L. Springer, F. A. Springer, Spencer Armstrong, W. A. Springer, F. A. Swartwout, I. P. Tade, George Just. Bassos—Messrs. K. S. Muchi- son, E. B. Blodgett, W. Nally, Ourand, L. E. Merritt, W. G. Eisinger, W. G. Gannon, R. T. Ballard, W. Speiden, Dorsey Foilin, E. Brown, W. Robinson, Clarence Exley, L. C. Bern, R. G. Sutton and John Duffy. The Decorations. ‘The members of the Christian Endeavor Society of the New York Avenue Church have been busy for several days decorat- ing the auditorium of their edifice, where the principal sessions of the convention will be held. When the opening session is called to crder this evening, the delegates will be surrounded by flags and bunting, while over the platform, which will be banked with palms, a handsome set piece in immortelles, with the word, “Welcome,” and the C. E monogram, will be seen. Rev. B. Stewart, D.D., who will make an address this evening at the church named, on the subject of “Systematic and proportionate giving,” is pastor of the Market Square Presbyterian Chusch of Har- risburg, Pa. He will be remembered by local Endeavorers ss the presiding officer of the great junior rally held in Tent Wil- Mston during the international convention