Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avauue, Cor. 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Com 8. H. EAUFFMANN: } Pree't. New York Ofice, 49 Potter Puilding. The Evening § served to subscribers In the 7 at 10 cents ‘anada—pestaze prepald—30 cen’ Qcintuple n postage added, eet Star, $1 per sear, with 0. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. as second-clt. 3 mail matter.) mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. dvertising made known on application. soeeezeateateefozenteotenreageeseezens ee pata Che pening Star. Pages 11-14, —=3 Advertising is not an expense. The Star is the It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. recognized household and family journal of WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1897—F eeeesensenteatentengencencenceaceae ees eM engenroeetee enon " sa Neoaae rao od sot tetotts SoS ates reeaees Ses oteonononeon LEER EERE EOE EOE D OME LADLE EE See Tee f OO) S stone of Our Success Is rieleenetetecenetetn ath WA > COURTEEN PAGES. ium. The Madrid Mandolin Orchestra Will Render Sweet Music. The Corner= Qa CIRE.D Our Watch- word Is Seetostestecteeteteten Seeded } ‘sReliable.” JACOB CASTELBERG, Founder. On November 10, 1846—just 51 years ago—Jacob Castelberg, the founder of the National Jewelry Company, established himself in busi- ness at 126 North Gay street, Baltimore, Md. In January, 1872, he inaugurated the system of selling Jewelry on credit. He is the pioneer of the jewelry credit business of the country, just as the late Motel Cas- telberg of London, England, was.the pioneer of the installment business for the entire world. He was the first to extend credit to the rich and poor alike, about 1805. On November 10, 1897 (tomorrow) we celebrate our 51st Anniver- sary in, business. We are in the prime of our business life—just at the milestone of half,a century and one. Our watcneord has at all timesbeen **RELIABLE.”’ Grand Opening Tomorrow, Wednesday Evening, November 10. We extend a cordial invitation to our patrons and the citizens of the rict of Columbia and surroundings to visit our establishment and Dis help us celebrate. A Chrysanthemum for Every Lady. A Boutonniere for Every Gentleman. establishment in America. All Purchases ade Here During These Four Days Will Be Subject to a Special Discount of 15 Per Cent From Marked Prices. This discount means a saving of really $35 on cvery $100—thus giv- ing the Combine High-profit Cash Jewelers a knockout blow. We have fought them to a standstill. Their claim that you have to pay for credit On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week only ve shall make the most stupendous offer ever made by any reliable has been undermined and honey-combed thoroughly, with the positive proof that even at our regular prices we sell at least 20 per cent under their lowest figures. We offer this discount that everybody will be able to get a reliable token of our celebration. Every article in the establish- ment is marked in plain figures. A child can purchase as cheaply and as well as a man and with the same safety. Again we say, visit us Wednesday evening. "Twill surely repa Mines of Diamonds to delight you. The bowers of flowers wii nature’s charm to the display. Any honest man or woman can buy DIAMONDS, WATCHES and JEWELRY of us without publicity—on the following terms: $10 worth, $15 worth, $25 worth, $50 worth, $75 worth, $1.00 down, 50c. weekly. $1.50 down, 75c. weekly. $2.50 down, 75c. weekly. $5.00 down, $1.60 weekly. $7.50 down, $1.50 weekly. the National Capital, and has val as an advertising med- Our establishments have gone forward in public favor eyery year. We built our business rightly—strongly—set it firmly on the safe founda- tion of “religbility’—with credit as the corner stone—the key that opens the way to every honest man or woman to enjoy the refinements and comforts that come of having the Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry they need or fancy without feeling the hard hand of “cash” barring their way. CASTELBERG’S NATIONAL JEWELRY COMPANY, > 1103 Pa. Ave., esenentngnnsededetatatntatadeadeapiadeseengegegengedotogetetedetodetoteteseseseteds ebeetetetednted stot aa a $100 worth, $10.00 down, $2.00 weekly. Goods delivered on first payment. A guarantee accompanies every money will be cheerfully refunded. You are privileged to select anything and it will be reserved on pay- ment of a small deposit. star orice, Balt. Store, Sestestesdondendendendontonsenitesrsrars Seeded tee eleeteledenledeteededteee dee article sold that if not satisfactory 108 North Eutaw St. DEATH TRAPS THE TOPIC| Characterization of Grade Crossings by Northeast Citizens’ Asscciation. Discussion of Subject at Meeting Last Night—President Tucker Appoints anding Committees. s meeting of the Northeast | izens’ Association, Presi- | a r, in calling the meeting to- reminded the members that two occurred fe crossings aid he had re- a conversation with ftngtneer ck, and had learned trom ja the grade cross- aking of SS . President Tucker said that had they resulted from smallpox there would have been an outery, and the bealth officer would have been called upon plic. do something about the from this cause?” he said, of the © reason that it prov grade crossings. taken a firm and will continue to rade-crossing feature hoped the section will uards are as er prize and ngeme but t gnless’ there the ury he new of taree members who would with- w from such a coramtttea President Tucker's Suggestion. President Tucker said the metter ought 13 be put in shape to attract attention atout the time of the opening of Cs: <3, for he said the question 9f getting the grade crossings on the Penns railroad would come up early in the session. If general interest in the question is aroused, he thought the Baltimore and Ohio road would be anxious to keep pace with the Pennsylvania company. The ques- tion was diecussed at length and the esso- af decided to leave the matter of a prize to a committ of thre ee z Pr dent Tucker, as chairman of the committee on proposed legislation by Con- er said he had noticed that the Jibra- rian of the Congressional Library had con- cluded to recommend the opening of the library at night. This association, ne said, had adopted a resolution which recommend- ing of the library Sunday as , and he said he intended to resolution to the front as soon as Congr: meets. Commiitees for Ensuing Year. President Tucker announced committees for the ensuing year as follows: Executive committee—Evan H. 1; J. B. Burke, H. H. Martin, S.Sow- c n final Tucker, chairmg = erbutts, N. L. King, J. R. Colvin, E. Dal- rymple, A. H. F. Holsten, E. W. Kirby, M.D., and W. J. Frizzell. , Committee on steam railroads—W. J. Frizzell, chairman; A. H. F. Holsten, N. Cowsill, W. O. Miller, E. J. Collins, M. M. Rouzer, Geo. Killeen, B. J. O'Brien, ates Pp. W. Smith, M. L. Smith, Aschenbach and Wm. McGrath. Committee on streets, avenues and all . H. Martin, chairman; W. R. Car’ werbutts, Jacob Frech, . Kirby, : Loring Chappell, C. D. json, A. C. , W. G. Dunne, Geo. B. Rose and A. Glance H. Frear. ittee on water, light and sewers— . Holsten, chairman; F. R. Gunson, lvin, chairman; Wm. O. Miller, , B. Ostman, J. Hollander, W. W. Higgs and W. G. Dunne. Committee on as! nts and appor- onment of appropriations—N. L. Kini man: Albert Robinson, J. B. Burke, Arthur Cowsill, Geo. P. Davis, , H. W. Wells and L. K. Man ttee on public parks and spaces— ERC n, chairman; Wm. O. Miller, J. P. Rudy, J. B. Burke, W. J. Frizzell, Robt. S. Trimble, T. L. Gardner, Meyer S. Cohen “4 M. C. Connelly. “Committee on. schools—Ellis Dalrymple, chairman; W. H. Martin, W. O. Milier, J. Millard, G. B. Rose, M. A. Custis, M.D. W. B. Patterson, B. P. Entriken and J. A. Moyer. Committee on public conveyances—J. B. Purke, chairman: N. L. King, P. W. Smith, W. G. Fow B. Rese, B. F. Striker, HI. L. Baldwin, jr., Geo. P. Davis and J. P. ee on proposed legislation by Con- » H. Tucker, chairman; Dr. E. let, Rev. Cornelius Gillespie, B. ymour, Geo. P. Davis, Rev. John A. Arthur Cowsill and J. H. Lewis. Committee on sanitary affairs—E. W. Kir- y, M.D., chairman; M. A. Custis, M.D., B. Street, M.D., A. B. Clark, W. R. Car- 38" Xhen, ALD. L. D. Walter, M.D., cS. Cohen, M. C. Connelly and G. H. Aschenbach. Committee on police and fire department— S. Sowerbutts, chairman; J. H. Hughes, Wm. Donaldson, D. K. Hackman, A. Ost- man. C. Gigbel, Chas. A. Pike and T. A. Perry. There was a brief discussion of the work intended to be acomplished this year, and the meeting adjeurned. —_.>_— Another Delay for Luctgert. The second trial of Adolph L. Luetgert for the murder of his wife will not begin for two weeks at least, and maybe six weeks. The state was ready to open the trial in Chicago yesterauy, as agreed, but the defense was unprepa! Luetgert was furious when he learned this. He swore vigorously and demanded to see his at- torneys at once, [FOR DISTRICT SUFFRAGE Central Labor Union Makes Demand for the Right to Vote. Election of Delegate and Alternate to American Federation of Labor— Litigation Over a Charter. The Central Labor Union at its weekly ™eeting last evening elected Mr. William Silver delegate and Mr. A. J. Keane alter- nate to the annual convention of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, which meets in Nashville, Tenn., next month. The attend- ance at the meeting was very large. President Milford Spohn occupied the chair, and Messrs. J. J. Crowley and Jarvis B. Mouiden ‘were secretary and assistant, respectively. ‘The question of demanding suffrage in the District was discussed at much length. Among those who spoke on the subject. were President Spohn of the union, Presi- dent William Silver of the Building Trades Council, Messrs. C. F. Sudsworth, J. M. Kreiter, A. J. Keane, Richard Lanis, Wil- lam Maghan and Norman Sprague, at the cenclusion of which resolutions were adopted setting forth that, “as political conditions exist in the District of Columbia which deny the right of citizenship and cutrages the cardinal principle of this re- public; that residents are political aliens, end under the existing government are reduced to the condition of subjects de- | pendent upon the will and whim of an appointed triumvirate, which, by virtue of its tenure, is not responsible to the people; that every department of our District gov- ernment is controllel by officials who hold place and power without our consent, and that taxes are imposed and laws enacted for our government in violation of that principle for which our fathers struggled and transmitted to us an heirloom—the right of representation and the consent of the governed in ail matters affecting the life, liberty and property of the citizen. “Without the franchise we are powerless to enforce any demand for the general gcod; petitions are unheeded and griev- ances are unredressed. Therefore, believ-, ing that we of right should be free and en- Joy all the rights and privileges of other citizens, helpless to secure the rights en- joyed by other citizens, we appeal to those of the great industrial brotherhood to aid us in our efforts to secure the franchise.” To this end “the delegate from the Cen- tral Labor Union” was “instructed to bring this matter to the attention of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, and in behalf of. this organization request that the represen- tatives of organized labor anq all tenifal bodies throughout the @6lntry petition their respective representatives in Congress to favor legislation which will secure to the residents of the District of Columbia the rights and privileges of American citizen- ship.” It was stated that a copy of the resolu- .tions will be given to the delegate to the convention named, with instructions to ask that body to indorse them. Bakers and Drivers. Delegate Weber stated that at a special meeting of the Bakers’ Assembly, K. of L., it had determined to support drivers ig their refusal to de- liver bread from thoge. bakeries in which members of Union No. 118 are employed. Delegate Yoos of the .Brewery Workers’ Union reported that committees from the K. of L. had visited the; several -breweries and demanded that the brewers join Gam- brinus Assembly. Mr. Yoos aiso reported that a suit would be institute@ in the proper court for the recovery of the charter of Brewery Workers’ Union No. 118, which, it was alleged, was taken from the hall in which the meetings of the union are held in a surreptitious manner by enemies of the American Federation -of Labor. Delegate Maghan had:read a letter which was sent to the mangger. of the Albert brewery from the secrétary’ of the Eccen- tric Association of Engineers, K. of L., re- questing that he discharge the union engi- neer employed by him and put in his place a member of Eccentric tion. Delegate Brett of the Steamfitters stated that a union of steamfitters’ heipers will be organized at a meeting to be held Wednes- day evening. President Gompers Indorsed. Delegate Silver was néquésted to vote at the annual convention of the A. F. of L. for the re-election of ,President Gompers and Secretary Frank ‘Morrison, respect- ively. “} y. \ The delegate from the Bakers and Con- fectioners’ Union stated that a member of that union had been discharged, as alieged, at the demand of Bakers’ Assembly, K. of A special committee was appointed to call on the manager, referred to and de- mand that the man discharged be rein- stated. The credentials of William-Roach as a delegate from Bricklayers’ Union were re- ceived, and Mr. Roach was admitted and obligated. ——e CLERKS AS NOTARIES. Commissioners Will Not Interfere With Existing Arrangements, Several days ago Charles H. Raub of 1240 New Hampshire: avenue complained to the Commissioners because he was charged a’ notary fee of 25 cents in the office of the excise board for notarial serv- ices. In his letter of complaint he urged that the practice be stopped. Investigation on the part of the Com- missioners at the time developed the fact that there are several notaries in the Dis- trict building, as in*other departments, who have proved to be of great conve- nience to the work of the office in the exe- cution of contracts. As is the rule in other departments, it is stated,—these notaries have been permitted to charge the regular fee for services. No complaint has ever been made before, thoge requiring the aid ef @ notary being of the opportunity (0 employ such an offices without having to leave the building. siderable Bee: of this kind is dor@ fa the. excise One of the-clerks holds ® commission as notary, and as e tition must be y dealers as.a mattet of Convenience. At first it was thought the ice would. be stopped, but the Co: aft er attorney. for the that no wrong is ill be permitted ided the work with their regu- consultation with District, are con; being done, and cit to employ their required does not intk¥ Jar office duties. . |JUSTICE FOR JACK TAR Secretary Long Will Plead for Legisla- tion. Should Be Put on the Same Footing as Enlisted Men of the Army. Secretary Long in his first annual report to Congress will make an earnest plea for legislation that will put the enlisted force of the navy on the same footing as the en- listed forces of the army in the matter of retirements, and also in the matter of mere nominal desertions at the close of the war. That the navy had been discriminated against in these matters was brought to the Secretary’s attention by Judge Advo- cate General Lemly, with a view to secur- ing remedial legislation. In a recent re- port he made the following statement of the case: Judge Advocate Lemley’s View. “By the act approved September 30, 1890, amending the act of February 14, 1885, it is provided: “That when an enlisted man has served as such thirty years in the United States army or marine corps, either as private or non-commissioned officer, or both, he shaii, by application to the President, be placed on the retired list hereby created, with the rank held by him at the date of retirement, and he shall receive thereafter 75 per cen- tum of the pay and allowances of the rank upon which he was retired: Provided, That if said enlisted man had war service with the army in the field, or in the navy or marine corps in active service, either as volunteer or regular, during the war of the rebellion, such war service shall be computed as double time in computing the thirty years necessary to entitle him to be retired.” “The provision of law above quoted is by its terms expressly limited to the army and marine corps, and has no application to the navy. This is to be regretted, inas- much as the certainty of provision for old age by an honorable retirement is a power- ful inducement to good men to enter and, having entered, to remain in the service; and, moreover, it is not just that legisla- tion should thus discriminate against the sailors serving on our ships of war. “There appears to be no valid reason why the enlisted force of the navy should not be placed on the same footing in he par- ticular as that of the ar and marine Howie Pe et oe of thf cbranter woul, in my opinion, be of great benefit to the service, inasmuch as the hope of such reward would prove an incentive to the men to make gdod records, and their gen- eral efficiency and value to the service would thereby be greatly enhanced. The Charge of Desertion. “The offense of desertion has always been regarded by military and naval authorities as particularly odious, and the punish- ments, forfeltures and disqualifications to which deserters render themselves Hable are severe. Under existing law the Secre- remove a charge of desertion standing upon | against the name of an enlisted | tne record ‘ss it appears conclusively that rge has been erroneously entered tained. The history of this country, vever, offers a somewhat anomalous ex- ample of what might be called technical desertion on a large scale, unattended by the circumstances which cause cdium to attach io the offense. In the spring of 1 a very considerable number of volunteers, who had rendered faithful service during the critical period of the war, realizing upon the conclusion of active hostilities that their duties were practically over, and that the purposes for which they had enlisted had been honor- orably fuliilled, and being impatient to re- sume the pursuits of civil life, and having in very many cases received leave of ab- sence pending discharge, returned to th homes without awaiting the formal di bandment of the national forces. It thu: happened that during the months of May, June and July, 1865, while the federal armies and ileets were being reduced from a war to a peace footing, thousands of vet- eran soldiers, sailors and marines who had faithfully performed their duty throughout the whole or a considerable portion of the war, left the service withcut the formality of a discharge. “The rigor of military law and usage re- quired that the mark of desertion be en- tered opposite the names of those persons Who had so absented themselves from their regiments, stations or vessels without due authority, and they were accordingly mark- ed as deserters. In later years, upon mak- ing application for pension, endeavoring to secure tunicipal employment, or seeking admission to veterzn organizations or be- nevolent societies, such men were surprised to learn that their failure to obtain regular discharge from the army or navy, as the case might be, had left @ stain upon their records which stood in the way of success. “Recognizing the equities of this class of descrters, Congress, August 14, 1888, passed “An act to relieve certain appointed or en- Msted men of the navy and Marine Corps from the charge of desertion,’ which act conferred upen the Secretary of the Navy the power, in his discretion, to remove the charge in cases where it appeared that the applicant had deserted after May 1, 1865, provided he had rendered faithful service for a period of at least six months prior to that date. The beneficial provisions of this act were, however, limited to five years from the date of its approval, and, accord- ingly, ceased to operative August 14, 18. Since that date the department has been compelled to decline to take action upon all applications for relief received from the class of persons for whose benefit the act was intended, but who did not for- ward their papers in time. Many cases thus rejected are in all essential features as meritorious as those in which favorable action had been taken during the life of the act. Navy Discriminated Against. “By the act of March 2, 188%, entitled ‘An act for vhe relief cf certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico,’ the Secretary of War was empowered to grant relief in meritori- ous cases falling within the category above mentioned, and on March 2, 1895, Congress removed all limitaticns of time within which applications for relief may be re- ceived and acted upon by the Secretary of War in cases of soldiers thus nominally, but not equitably, charged with desertion. No ee extension has, however, been present state of the law, who left their is tary of:the Navy.is without authority to spring and summer of 1865 may be and are of desertion, while ally deserving are denied relief. of ith a ‘ore, that attention | be invited to this subjec the enzetment of such legislation as will | extend to men who served faithfully in the |nmavy and Marine Corps until the close of the war the priviies specting the re- moval from their records of the mark of desertion enjo' by men who rendered service in the In my judgment, this n act making the pros Visions of the act of August 14, ISs8, on this subject: perm: - nent Postmaster Could Not Secure a Place Elsewhere. A special to the Baltimore Americaa from Richmond, Va., says: A novei question to decide for or against an omutbus in the middle of the road as a United States post office was presented to Judge Paul, sit- tng in the United States court at don. W: Thomas Payne, postmaster Pilot post office, Montgomery county, com- plained that the owners of all the lands within a radius of one mile of his office had refused to rent or sell a site on which to keep his office. He procured an omnibus, which he placed in the road and uses as his office. B. M. Guerrant sued out in the county court a writ of unlawful detainer, but Judge Paul, on the peution of Post- master Payne, issued a temporary injunc- tion restraining Guerrant and the deputy sheriff from interfering with the postmas- ter and his omnibus post offi ch is located on a post road of the United States. A rule has been issued against the parties, requiring them to appear the court and show cause, if any, why the temporary injunction should not be per- at petuated. + 0+ EX-SENATOR DIXON DEAD. Had Represented Rhode 1 Both Houses of Congre: Ex-United States Senator Nathan Fel- lows Dixon died at his home in Westerly, R. I, last night, after an illness of about three weeks. Nathan Fellows Dixon of Westerly was born at Westerly, R. I, August 28, 1847; was prepared for college at Westerly and Phillips Academy, Andover; was graduated from Brown University in 1869; studic@ law under his father, Nathan F. Dixon, and at the Albany Law School; was ad- mitted to practice in New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut in 1871; was ap- pointed United States district attorney for the district of Rhode Island by President Grant in 1877 and reappointed in 1881; was elected state senator from the town-of - Westerly in 1885, and successively up to. and including 1889; was elected to the: Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy occasioned by the election of Jonathan, Chace to the United States Senate, and was elected April 1 1889, to the United States Senate as a republican, to succeed, Jonathan Chace, His term of service expired March 3, 1895. ——— An Impossible Combination. From the Cleveland Leader. “Dauber can’t be much of an artist.”* “Why?” 4 2 2 “He seems to be @ good business man.* -