Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1898, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1898-14 PACES. THE POLLUTED WATER Filter Beds Resommended for Its Im- provement. : REPORT OF SURGEON GEN, STERNBERG Study of the Cause of High Typhoid Fever Rate. : Friday for Remnants-- =-AT== PERRY’S. Gold dust is worth more than saw dust—diamond chips are worth more than slivers of glass. And so there are stocks of which the remnants are MOST worthful. With every- thing in this store of the very choicest character—the odds and ends, and broken lots, and short lengths must be of the same degree of excellence. Precedent tells you that we are reckless when it comes to cutting remnants. Tomorrow is our regular remnant day. You will find the way to big savings outlined below. e 2 S - 2 i 2 2 A COMMISSION FAVORED In compliarce with Senate_resolution of January 10, eeking for his opinion concern- ing the pollution of Potomac river water, Surgeon Gereral George M. Sternberg of the army has made a report, in which he says: “It is evident that further investigations will be needed to determine with accuracy how far the large typhoid fever mortality rate of Washington is due to pollution of its water surply, and also to determine in. a definite marntr what ig the best method of improving the quality of the Potomac water, from a sanitary point of view. So far as I am able to judge at present the most reliable and practicable method of attaining the object in view would be the construction of filter beds similar to those in use for purifying the water supply of London, Silks. A small lot of Fancy Silks, out of which yoa will get lengths long enough to serve you for waists and skirts; they are ‘all good. colors and are a bunching Ch hee egal ues, fora choice at.. Other remnants of Black and Colored Silks that are at similar great reduc- tions. Organdies. Short lengths of Sheer Plaid and Stri White _Organdics REDUCED ‘go a from 12%e. and 15e. to....... - aye. Silk Mufflers. ‘These are all Brocade Silk Mufflers and handling— are slightly soiled from $2.50 ones-REDUCED to.... $1-50- Velvets. Choice of a lot of $1.50 Silk Plushes, $1.50 ones-REDUCED to.... $1.00. 5 da 2 tf 2k i fk fi hs a fi Sk the i te tt tao desirable shades and reliable $Srayd. Hamburg and other European qualities—REDUCED to... ay $1.75 ones-REDUCED to.... $1.25. cities, and at Lawrence, Mass., in this ’ country. Before entering upon an under- Short lke h of Mais Vel- ve KEDUCED from $i.bovo $i ayd. CE eS taking of such importance and cost it would, in my opinion, be judicious for the Congress of the United States to appoint a commission, to consist of sanitary and en- .gineering experts, to investigate the whole subject, with authority to visit Europe for the purpose of witnessing the practical workings of filtering basins now in use, to make experiments if necesary and to esti- mate the cest of a filtering basin suitable for the purification of the water supply of }the city of Washington Typhoid Fever in Washington. Regarding the spread of typhold fever in this city, Gen. Sternberg says: “The history of typhoid fever in Wash- ington, until the past year, showed a steady Gloves. 4-button Reynier Glace Gloves, in Cream, with Black brode— $1.25 apr. REDUCED from $2 to.... 8gc. a pr. 98c. a pr. Men's Fowne’s Gloves, In sizes 7%, 8 @_ 9 — REDUCED fr el -c: wn $1.50a pr. Domestics. Callcoes, in dark colors—RE- DUCED from 6c. to..- 4c.a yd. Skort, Sate a bs in new col- ors—REDUC ‘rom ae. Y — oc. a yd. RS 4-button Glace Gloves—RE- DUCED from $1.50 to...... 4-button Suede Gloves—RE- DUCED from $1.50 to...... Jewelry. Pearl Cuff Buttons. patent lever — REI from 45¢e. t with UCE! 15c.a pr. Silver. Hat Markets EEDCCEE increase in the mortality rate. This is Umbrellas. from Ze to .. w+- EOC. shown by an apperded chart taken from wi? siiver ictaneed hasiios™: go oe ee nee a CE coca | porte ora nell neniiinvomcec tora the Oiacist S = i seceseeeene SOC: a REDUCED from $3 to. wees $2.50 for 1897 shows that the sanitary measures inaugurated have at last been effective in arresting this steady increase and that there was a notable diminution in the number of deaths from typhoid fever and otker zymotic diseaces. I quote from his report as follows: “The most important feature in the de- crease in the number of deaths from zymotic diseases is the diminution in the number of fatal cases of typhoid fever and diarrhceal diseases. And while malarial fever itself cannot be properly classed with such diseases, the extreme rarity of fatal cases of this disease in this climate, in the practice of many of the best informed a a a sSeegvegresoageteadeedenaseasvesresoaseseatiesoaseageageoseageageaeagegogeoreageneeateegegeagvaseeghasiaseaseeseaseageaseeseseaseesteseeseeseageageadeaengeatvasenseadoateaseesseaseatontoeseesetgeeseegeege Ladies’ 26-inch Best Silk Gloria Um- brellas.” with Unique mountings—— gy REDUCED from $1.50 to.....-.. P1-29 Baskets & Fancy Goods. 1 Fancy Scrap Basket DUCED from $1.98 to . Blankets. 1 Pink Cheese Cloth Comfort, just a lit- tle smiled — REDUCED from $1 G9c- 2 Marsetiles Spreads, size 9-4— REDUCED from $2.25 t i $1.75 1 Small Fancy Basket, with cover—REDUCED from 25c! to'..... LOC. 3_Ash_ Recelvers, tand: REDUCED from 25c. to... -. 5: Celluloid Manteure —RE- DUCED from $1.50 to . *. 8c. Sets. ’ z physicians, renders it not unlikely that Men’s Furnishings. Trimmings. many of the deaths reported as due to it 6 Faney Bosom Shirts, sizes 14% and 10 yards of Black Ribbon were in reality due to typhoid fever. So 44 — REDUCED from Sve. Fringe — REDUCED from that the apparent decrease in malarial to. 25¢c. $1.85 to 50c. a yd. fever may be considered in this connection. The decrease was as follows: 7 Madras Bosom Shirts, open front and eit cults to match—RE- oc Po of Colored Moss DUCED from 75e. to... Pagt eo RE 0 ing—REDUCED from 6be. Tv. ; yphotd fever. ie 5e.ayd. Diarrhoeal diseases. Malarial fever. 5 pleces of Norfolk and New Brunewick Yeol Shirts and Drawers; the Shi Totals “While it is not safe to base conclusions upon this improvement in the death rate for a single year, yet it coincides with the closing of a very considerable number of surface wells; with the replacement of a Se. Sea yd. Short lengths of Best Grade of Dress- Fancy Dress Goods. > makers’ Cambric—REDUCED = very considerable number of box privies scipe “REDUCED fom $1 Rote . 2c. a yd. with running closets, and the proper drain- ee ee aye. age of the premises; and with a closer seat 2, supervision of the milk supply, is very sug- CF ee Peale Hoe POSES Notions. gestive of some relation of cause and effect, Ren ' = and possibly justifies us in expecting fur- leces: Jod rol ther improvement in the future. The pres- checks REDUCED trom 37hc.ayd. and Drab REDUCED. fmetce_ White ent diminution in the typhold fever death - ae Be. to, -» 5c. ea. rate is especially satisfactory, a: wei . increased continuously since 1857. The «Surety Hooks and | Eyes, with the death rate from this disease during the Black Good: ee gigs a box: past year (0.58 per 1,000) is the lowest since jac 'S. sae 1881, and is considerably lower than the =] ve 4 the past twenty-two rears: % yards of Crepon Grenadine — RE- ee \oe ‘aoe Ic.a doz. re for the pi wenty y D from $27.50 piece to. % yards of Zibeline-REDUCED from $6.13 for the remnant to Comparison With Other Cities. “As compared with other cities in this country and abroad, the sanitary condi- tion of Washington, as judged by the ty- $4 $1.60 Ribbons. 7 pieces of Number 1 Gros Grain Rib- bon — REDUC 4 yards of Mozambique—Rl DUCED from $4 for the plece to. from 18¢. c. pie phoid fever locality, is far from being ge BoC ere creditable. This is shown by an appended es yenasee of Fence Taffeta Rib- table, which I take from the recent work Ladies’ Wai mite (1896) of Prof. Wm. P. Mason (‘Water 2 Bh os Red. Flannel REDUCED down a0e:t0:- 10. a Yd. Suppy.” considered principally from a sani- 6 N: ine. Black ai Ss BS + Watsts, made Sepp egg Geen ee es ie ea: Laie taniaiabowarthatiin anistlofsnts= White Tinen oti REDUCED to. o: 3c. 2 yd. four American cities there are but six hav. from $1.75 to ... Ene 1.29 ing a higher typhoid mortality than Wash- gia Se i Es ee ington, and that our rate is more than four 8 Navy Blue and Black Flannel Shirt See ee kOe aya: times that of London and Hamburg, and sha yoke and em- Bishop sleeves and more than seven times that of Breslau, Berlin or Rotterdam, all of which cities are supplied with filtered river water. “No doubt the high typhoid fever mortal- ity rate in this city is in part due to other causes besides pollution of the water sup- ply, and it is difficult to estimate the exact value of each factor. In the report of Dr. os Kober, already referred to, the following }, | statement is made: “‘Of the 421 infected houses, 261 had sewer connections, 152 had privies, 2 had cesspools, 4 had surface privies or sinks, and 2 had no privies. A census taken in 1893 showed the presence in round num- bers of 43,000 houses in the city and 7,00 in the county, with 8,959 box privies within the city limits and 5,133 in the county. Since that time it is safe to estimate from the building permits that 2,000 additional dwellings have been built and more sewer connections have been made. No official records are kept as to the exact number of Stationery. Snow Flake Linen Paper — RE- DUCED from 15c. to ... ae Ladies’ Jackets. 4 Navy Blue and Black Kersey Jack- ets. with dy front, double stitched seams, velvet collar and a ee with able silk REDUCED from S= E 5-75, 7 Tan Melton Jackets, made with fly front. double stitched seams, velvet col- lar and lined all through with changea- bis taffeta silk—REDUCED from > $12 to .. eases Fancy boxes of Pay from 29. to. 1 box of Colored Crayons—NOW.. Leather Goods. 4 Real Seal Combination Pocket Books, with heavy silver trimmings—RE- $1 0. DUCED from $4.25 to. o BEG 1 Steel-eolored Combination Pocket Book, with sterling silyer mountings— 8c REDUCED from $2.25 to. = . Ladies’ Suits. 1 Fancy Mixed Suit, made with box jacket, fastening on fly, balf Uned with 1 Black Moroceo Combination Pocket box privies now in service, but judging silk; skirt cut on the ery newest pat- Book, with Tan lining—REDUCED ge from the statement of the Odoriess Bx- (ae ey Coe ae : cavating Company, the number within the SECED from $15 to .+----..-- ueaeeee city limits has probably decreased to about 7,000, with an increase to about 6,000 in the suburbs, making a total of 13,000 box privies now in use in the District. This Ladies’ Capes. Druggists’ Sundries. port — RED! = leaves 39,000 houses supplied with sewer 3 Wise «Capen, eels 25 toca sme gi 1.35 and HB to, 75S connections and 13,000 houses with box handsomely jetted and trimmed around privies and ordinary makeshifts, and it is collar and down front with marten thet eee ee tee aes: Cela OR a noteworthy fact that while ‘the 30,000 Mined all through with heavy $6. oO REDUCED from 10c. to. . © houses with sewer connections contributed satin—REDUCED from $11 to - 5 owas Put Basen“ ouc<cne 261-of the typhoid fever houses, the 13,000 to Ze. REDUCED to..... ~ Ige. houses supplied with makeshifts furnished 160 infected houses. Map III shows the distribution of box privies in 1893. The role they play as factors in soil, water and air pollution is best judged by the fact that during the fiscal year ending June 30, Upholsteries. 6 pairs of Novelty Net Curtains, with Hosiery. lace edge a insertion—RE- = DUCED trem $5 to. . $2. 4 pairs of Ladies’ Mixed Lisle Thread 1805, the sanitary inspectors reported to ad Hoes. since 83 and 39¢. a pr. Your office 4.372 box privies as “full,” 736 Last 8 — per ypr ne eae, Co feet, - Fei ee ras biel ge oo hae ilip.- mount: on ia rol o lat Sed ese xes, even ere re no tre REDUCED from 0c. to..--.--39C* eee te ee See, wells, are still a source of danger, in so far © 12hc. apr. as they favor the transmission of germs by means of infected files, nor can the possi- bility be ignored that these organisms in leaky or overflowing boxes may reach the upper layer of the soll and with pulverized dust gain access to the system. It has been DUCED from 19. to. Flannels. Remnants of the finest Printed French Flannels—REDUCED Merino Underwear. Ge. to Jer. Ribbed Maco Cotton Vests and roven over and over again that while the Pants, slightly fleeced; White and Nat- Pate of typhoid fever diminished after the Remnants of Fancy Plaid and Striped erak- REDUCED, from We Q0 :ea0n. introduction of a good water supply, the eat eee Se ane ad: % effects are still more marked when com- Sag tierrg te es Fast Black Cashmere Pantellas (stock- bined with a good system of sewers.’ Remnants of French Challis, good ings and drawers combined), sizes 8%, 9 Northwest's Low Typhoid Rate. lengths-REDUCED from We. to . and 9%—-REDUCED from §2.85 10 eeeeee ..374¢. a yd. PERRY’S, NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” 75¢- “When we compare the typhoid fever mortality rate in that section of this city Established 1840, ‘elepbone Committed to Reform School. Philip Baker, Joseph Smith and William Johnscn, small colored boys, were today sent to the reform schcol by Judge Scott, the charge being that they were without hemes. The evidence showed that the boys nam- ed have on several occasions turned in false alarms from keyless boxes in the center of the city. Chief Parris testified that in responding to one of these No. 6 truck was to the extent of #5. The boys admitted that they had pull- ed the boxes on different occasions, and also said they had attempted to rob the show case of Mr. F. W. Ernst. man was sent to jail for ninety days. Later Judge Scott was informed by Lawyer Hewlett, counsel for the Jones woman, that she has an infant four months of age very il. ‘The court directed that an investigation of the matter be made. If the woman's statement {s found to be true, a change in the sentence will where the houses all, or nearly all, have sewer connections (fhe northwest section) with the mortality im those where a of the houses have no sewer connections and con- ditions exist such ferred to in the above extract from Dr. Kober’s report, we find a marked Cr ges As a matter of fact, the rate In thé mobthwest section is as low as that of of the foreign cities above referred to whichfare supplied with filtered river water. This is shown by the following table, whiob I take from Dr. Ko- ber’s valuable report, heretofore mentioned: “Of the 143 deat among residents of the District of Columbia, 14 occurred in persons who had contracteg the disease at summer resorts, lea¥ing-a balance of 1s deaths to be accounted for, and these deaths were distributed as follows: a 5s. 8233 ae PE | XN RE gre 3582 ES 23 Bectim” =f | HE BSS So \eustl e385 £28 |23E2 2 fe sen Hae ES aw" a 6,328 34 | 5.20 27,417 a 1.76 74,408 29 , Yow | 8 | ges 31,950 27 44 1 (ee Ree ‘A mortality rate in the northwest sec- tion of 1.71 per 10,000 inhabitants does not indicate very dangerous contamination of the water supply, which is the same in this section as in other portions of the city. But in estimating the value of the several factors which go to make up a rate of 4.8 per 10,000 for the whole city for five months we must not overlook the fact ‘that many of the residents of the northwest section use Potomac water which has been boiled or filtered by means of a domestic filter, while others drink only the various bottled spring waters which are extensively sold to the wealthy residents of the city.” Pollution of the Potomac. Researches recently made under the di- rection of the geological survey by Mr. F. H. Newell, hydrographer, show the fol- lowing sources of pollution of the Potomac river water: “On the headwaters of the north branch of the river are eighteen sawmills, dis- charging their sawdust directly into the stream. Besides these are several tanner- ies pouring effluents directly into the wa- ter, and at one of these the refuse tan bark is placed where it will be washed away. Numerous mines also contribute coal dust and drainage waters heavily charged with iron and other mineral mat- ter in solution. At Luke, Md., a small vil- lage about thirty miles above Cumber- land, is located a large paper mill with a capacity of more than 100 tons of paper per day. This is made from wood, disin- tegrated by chemicals and heat, the refuse being discharged into Potomac river at the rate of over 100,000 gallons per day. Below this mill is the town of Piedmont, W. Va., contributing offal to the stream. On the opposite side, at tl town of West- ernport, Georges creek débouches, bring- ing in the drainage from several thickly settled communities and about twenty coal mines. These waters are exceedingly bad, although apparently clean. At Heyser are a number of factories, including a tannery and a woolen mill, each with its character- istic effluent. At Cumberland the drain- age water from several mines and the re- fuse from a paper mill, brewery, distillery, cement mill, tannery, dye works and gas works is brought in by Wills creek. Below the mouth of this stream is a tight dam raising the waters of ‘the Potomac and ponding them for nearly’three miles. This relatively dead water Teeeives all of the pollution above noted, together with the sewage of Cumberlan@, @ city of 15,000 in- chabitants. About 400‘yairds above the dam is the intake of the’ Cumberland water works, supplying a fluid whose qualities have long been a cattse of extreme dissat- isfaction. ~ OF 24 “The south branch’efthe Potomac and other tributaries down te Harper's Ferry, the junction of the Shenandoah,were found to be relatively cleah; the only cause of Pollution of note being »deveral tanneries. In the Shenandoah valley are also a num- ber of tanneries and small manufactories, with drainage fro: agricultural towns. At Harper’ erry are pulp mills, on each on the Potoimaé and Shenandoah. Below Harper’s Ferry: are no pollutions of consequence dewn to,,the intakes of the Washington water works,” Means of Purification. Gen. Sternberg says; “Evidently, the water of the Potomac below the dam above referred to (below Wills creek) is polluted to such an extent as to be entirely unfit for domestic use. Partial purification occurs before this pol- luted water reaches the mains for distri- bution to the residents of this city through the following agencies: (a) Dilution, (b) ox- idation, (c) sedimentation. That these agencies do not suffice to purify the water so far as visible impurities are concerned, which rend>r it more or less turbid or opal- escent, is evident to those who use it. “The more injurious chemical impurities are no doubt rendered harmless by dilution and oxidation before the water polluted by the sewage of Cumberland and other towns mentioned reaches the consumers in this city. But there is no reason to believ2 that the same agencies suffice for the complete destruction of pathogenic bacteria con- tained in the sewag> of these towns, al- though dilution, oxidation and sedimenta- tion no doubt cause a very considerable diminution in the numbers of these inju- rious micro organisms. “Observations made by bacteriologists in this city show the almost constant pres- ene? of certain bacteria, the presence of which is satisfactory evidence of contami- nation by fecal matters of man or the lower animals. Fecal contamination of a stream, the water of which is used for drinking purposes, is always an indication of possible danger. In Cumberland and Washington. “Typhoid fever prevatisd as an epidemic in Cumberland during the winter of 1859, and an increased number of deaths from this disease was noted In the city of Wash- ington during the prevalence of this epi- demic. With reference to this, I quote from the excellent report made by Dr. George M. Kober, special sanitary inspector, to the health officer of the District, Decem- ber 2, 1895. “Typhoid fever at Crmberland and its possible relation to the increase of the dis- in the District in 1889-90. study of the typhoid fever epidemic which prevailed in the above city from De- cember, 1889, until the spring of 1890 shows that the disease was not present until the discharges from a case of typhoid fever living ‘on one of the little runs which emp- ties into the Potomac about 300 feet above the pumping station found their_way into the city water supply. Dr. W. W. Wiley of Cumberland wrote me June 25, 1890: “This epidemic first appeared in a youny man who returned from Ohio quite {ll about the 10th of December, 1889. The case terminated fatally on the 20th of the same month The next case appeared January 10, 1890, and since then we have had about 485 cases. Our population is 12,000. Every case but one caa Pete to the use of our river water. I af not aware of any case occurring just below Cumberland, as no one used the wateby<but I am informed that several cuses ovtusred at Hancock, which is thirty -miled=.below Cumberland, and which could be ttatdd to the drinking of the river water. *,%.% “The records of your fee show that ty- pkoid fever prevailed to unusual extent in this city from December, 1889, to April 30, 1890, a3 the deathssfor these months from typhoid fever ed to seventy- four, as compa: with forty-two for the corresponding month¥-°6f the previous yea T ca Benitartons in vallagaria of the world look upon the typhol ver mortality of a city as the best indexasf its sanitary condi- tion, and it has beew: repeatedly demon- strated that the introg@ectgon of a pure wa- ter supply or the il mn of a sewage- luted water. togethgr. with the introduc- tion of tem of séwers, has a notable effect, diminishing the BREACH IS WIDENING Silver and Gold-Democrats of New York Irreconcilable. TWO STATE TICKETS ARE PROBABLE Senator Murphy's Re-ElectionJeop- ardized by the Factional Fight. STRENGTH OF THE BRYANITES ee Spectal Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 26, 1898. It now begins to look as if there would be two democratic candidates for governor in New York state next fall. The split be- tween the followers of Richard Croker and the followers of William Jennings Bryan is growing hourly. The Bryanites openly assert that they will not for a moment tolerate the failure to indorse the Chicago platform st the next state convention. Richari Croker, Perry Belmont, ex-Senator David B. Hill, Senator Murphy and a host of democratic leaders an@ would-be leaders are agreed, nc matter what their differences may be corcerning candidates or minor party policies, that speech is silver and silence golden. The meetings of the Bryanites of the state in this city have been secret and in the main neither politicians nor newspapers have been able to ascertain what has been going on. Tammany Hall has been more interested in a division of the “spoils of office” than in the movements of the gang of irrepressibles and irresponsibles. The men who are behind the movement are members of the ill-starred Thomas Jeffer- son democracy, of which the late Henry George was the leader, and the leading bimetallists and Bryanites in the other sections of the state. Plan of the Bryanites. It is the intention of these “bolters and kickers” to call a state convention to be held twenty-four hours after the regular democratic convention. In case a man like Perry Belmont is nominated for governor— in the event that the next state democratic convention renounces or denounces the Chi- cago platform, immediate action will be taken by the friends of Bryan concerning the candidates and the platform. It is probable tnat the “powers that be” in the democratic party of the state will decide to make the campaign on state issues, ignor- ing completely national political matters. This would probably answer, save for the fact that a state legislature is to be se- lected which will name the successor to Senator Murphy. Ex-Senator Hill and Richard Croker might agree to refer the matter of the political bias or leaning of the congressional candidates to the con- gressional ccnventions, allowing the prin- ciple of “home rule’ to obtain. In that event a cardidate might be for “free sil- yer’ in one district or for the “gold stand- ard” in another district, his political poli- cies depending upon his personal views and the resolutions adopted by the different congressional conventions. But how the democratic machine can straddle in a mat- ter like the selecticn of members of the legislature who will select the United States senator it is impossible to even imagine. ‘The Bryanites announce that they will nominate free silver candidates for mem- bers of the legislature in the event that the regulars will not do what they consid- er the fair thing by them. Menace to Marphy’s Ambition. ‘This, it is beheved, will be a serious blow to Senator Murphy, who will need every Gemocratic vote that can be secured in the state in case he has hopes of being returned to the Senate. The fear of Sen- ator Murphy that democratic dissensions nay endanger his position is one of the reasons why the senior senator from New York state has been so anxious to arrange & treaty of peace or at least a truce be- tween Hill and Croker. The political ne- cessities of Murphy, it is now quite gen- erally admitted, will form a bridge be- tween Hill and Croker. As for the Bryan- ites, Murphy is adopting the old-time pol- icy of the politicians of crossing that bridge when he comes to it. That he will come to it pretty soon is known to those who have charge of’ the Bryanite forces in this state. The free silver men have nothing in par- ticular against Murphy, as he is believed to have been the only prominent man in New York who loyally supported Bryan in the last campaign, but they say they will him to “run with the hares and hunt with the hounds;” that there will be no compromise so far as the platform to be adopted by the next convention is concerned. And Murphy must stand or fall with the platform, they say. Other candidates, state, congressional, legislative, county and town, must also stand or fall with the Chicago platform, it is asserted. New York vs. the Nation. As matters now stand, it is apparent that a contest must come sooner or later between the democracy of New York state and the democracy of the nation. In one way it will resolve itself into a test of strength between the followers of Croker and the followers of Bryan. In another way it resolves itself into a question whether the platform of the democracy of the nation, as adopted at Chicago, shall govern New York state or whether a plat- form framed by the democracy of New York state shall govern. The state committee of the democratic party in New York is for gold. There has never been a moment since the Chicago convention. that individually the gold standard members of the committee did not outnumber the free silver members. This is apparent in every move made by this state committee during the last two years and a half. In Saratoga at the con- yention of June, 1696, the state committee forced the adoption of a gold plank almost identical with the plank adopted the week Previous at the national republican conven- tion at St. Louis. In September, at the Buffalo convention, the state committee bent like a sapling before the storm to prevent being uprooted and consented to the indorsement of the Chicago platform. But they took eternal revenge on the free silver_men by forcing the nomination of John Boyd Thacher, a gold standard demo- crat. When Thacher refused to bend he went down before another storm of demo- ctatic indignation, and the state committee nominated a Watertown judge of neutral opinions- upon financial topics. The com- mittee again took eternal revenge upon the free silver men by refusing to allow their chairman to resign, though he was running on the state ticket against the dummy, which they had rigged up to head the state ticket. This refusal to expel or to allow to resign from the state committee men who were candidates on an opposing state ticket (the national or gold standard democracy of Indianapolis convention) is probably unprecedented in the history of American politics. The next session of the state committee was held last fall when a candidate for the judge of the state court of appeals was considered. At this time the state committee did not say a word Contention of the Silver Men. The Bryanites insist that the course of the state democratic committee demon- afternoon beforé calling their convention. They are now engaged in the preparation of an address which will attack the : Hu ie ee is ABIGMONEY MAKER Sure Dividend-Payer. Eight Per Cent Preferred Stock at Par With a Bonus of Share for Share of the Common Stock. Unless the reader has heard of the Pillow Inhaler, an invention that cures Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma, Colds. Throat and Lung troubles, we want him to think ove moment before answering the fcllowing quection. In apite of all the douches, powders, spreys, snuffs, salves, little band-in- halers, nostrums, patent medicines, and so forth— Do You Know of Anything That Will Cure Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma, Hay Fever, Throat and Lung Troubles? 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To Fight in Convention. The Bryanites also announce that they will carry their fight to the floor of the next national democratic convention. They claim that the democrats of the wes. and south will be only too glad to “turn down” Tammany, and that between delegates who indorsed the Chicago platform and dele- gates who ignored or denounced the Chi- cago platform there will be no choice; that the members of the democratic party are the men who stand squarely upon the Chi- cago platform. It will be remembered that the last national democratic convention re- jected the gold standard democratic dele- gation from Nebraska and admitted the free silver democratic delegation of Bryan, thereby making his nomination possible for reasons, as the New York Bryanites assert, far less important. In case a contesting delegation of free silver men 1s sent from New York to the national convention in 1900, it is believed that they will have the Lecture at Carrol on the Great Irish Liberat On the complimentary course of’ lec- tures at the Carroll Institute tonight Rev. Wm. T. McGuirl of Brooklyn will lecture on “Daniel O'Connell.” Father McGuirl is the president of the Catholic Young Men's National Union, representing upward of 200 societies throughout the country. In view of the fact that the twenty-fourth &nnual convention of the union will be held in Washington next summer, the visit of Father McGuirl is of special interest. A number of representative Catholic gen- tlemen met in the library of this institute last evening in conference with President McGuirl over the coming convention. — Charged With Vagrancy. Beulah Mudd, a good-looking but poorly dressed young woman, carrying an infant in her arms, was in Judge Kimball's court this morning charged with vagrancy. Offi- cer Wilson of the Humane Society was also interested in the case, and he asked that the child be turned over to the board of children’s guardians. The young woman embraced and kissed her illegitimate off- spring as she listened to Judge Kimball make an order taking her child from her. Beulah, who is only -nineteen years old. promised that if given an opportunity to reform she would go to work and lead a better life. “I'm not disposed to make a record against this girl,” Judge Kimball said, and the charge was ‘nolle prossed. The girl was found in her mother’s house several nights ago, when the police made a raid. Her mother was sent to jail on a charge of keeping a dis derly house sev- eral days ago. Officer Wilson told Judge Kimball that the mother's young children were also taken from her. eect SS Court Takes a Recess. There was no session of the trial of Rev. Gilbert F. Williams at St. Mark's Pro- Cathedral Church this morning. The court adjourned yesterday afternoon until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, in order to al- low Rev. Mr. Poindexter of Charles county, Maryland, who is a member of the court, to go to Port Tobacco to attend the funeral of one of his parishioners. Tomorrow morning the evidence of several witnesses, chiefly members of the vestry of Christ Church, Navy Yard, will be taken, they having been summoned by the prosecution. Only one witness had been examined ye terday when the cOurt adjourned, and th testimony was of a minor nature, simply being to fix dates as to certain events and report as to conversations held with Mr. Williams and letters received from him. ns Electric Light Falls. A meeting was intended to be held at Emrich’s Hotel last night by the Anti- Civil Service League, but the electric light failed. No regular meeting was held, but the league informally discussed the pro- gress of the movement against civil serv- ice throughout the country. The next sympathy if not the open support of Mr. Bryan and the Bryanites all over the coun- try. —_—.—_—_ An Erring Son. An aged man visited the Police Court this morning and got a eat near the dock, In order that he might be near the prison- ers. Without asking permission to do so he walked over to the cage and conversed with a young man, who proved to be his son. The young man had been arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and had given his name as Zach. Downing. 'm innocent of the charge,” was his re- sponse when arraigned. iS “Downing was pretty full last night, said the officer who arrested him, “and he attended a colored ball in the O street arm- ory. He did not use any profane language but he walked around the hall, sat in wom- en’s laps 2nd hugged them. nything else?” When he got outside he staggered along the sidewalk and knocked against several wome! “I wasn’t drunk last night,” said Dow ing, “but I had taken a couple of drinks.” “Do you want to say anything young man’s father was asked. “Only that I came down to get him out,” was the father’s response. “Has he ever been in trouble before?” ‘Yes, your honor,”” was the father’s an- swer, “and I don’t know how many times I've paid fines for him.”” A fine of $10 was imposed. es Memorial to Irish Patriots. A call has been sent out by Representa- tive Rowland B. Mahany for a meeting to prepare for a memorial to the Irish patriots of a century ago. He says in the call: “Feeling assured that it would be emi- nently fitting to have Mr. John Daly of Limerick, now touring this country in be- half of the ‘98’ movement, in this, the cap- ital city, of our own free land, present on that occasion, it gives me great personal pleasure to invite you to attend a meeting for that purpose, to be held at the Union Veteran Legion's Hall, 910 Pennsylvania avenue, Thursday evening, January ~7, at 8 o'clock.” ——— meeting will be held February 18 at Mac- Stole Peck Coal. cabee Hall, on 9th between E and F streets, and a program of music and Sallie Brett, a colored girl, aged about sixteen years, today pleaded guilty before Judge Scott of stealing a peck of coal, velued at 6 cents, from the Washington Gas Light Company, and, in default of the payment of a fine of $5, was sent to jail for fifteen cays. ————.__. Admits the Charge. Amelia Williams, colored, was today sent to jail for six months, in default of $100 fi by Judge Scott, for keeping a cvetecty house: She admitted the charge. Give her time, and almost every soap-using woman will come around to the use of Pearline. The soap- ~using habit is strong, to be sure. After, all these some women can’t put it aside without doubting and re g- speeches will be arranged. —— Valuable Overcoat Stolen. Some thief who knew a good thing when he saw it helped himself to A. H. Lewis’ overcoat, which was temporarily uncared for in an uptown newspaper office, about 10 o'clock last night. The coat was a new one, and $85 is the value placed upon it by its owner. Complaint of the theft was made to the police as soon as the coat was missed.