Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1898, Page 11

— THE EVENING STAR. Bins lierenin ach PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Penusyivania Avaaus, Cor, 11th 8t, by The Evening Star Ne r Com s CAUFFMANN 1 Pest! Few York Ofice. 49 Potter Building, The Evening Star is served te subscribers fo the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents 44 cects per monta. Copies at the nts each. By mail—anywhere in the ‘es or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents Qcintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with age added, $3.00. at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. cnd-cla. s mail matter.) 7 All mall subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. fc re (Entered as sec ak WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1898-FOURTEEN “PAGES. . WILL DOWN BUTLER genes L. C, Bateman Says the Populist Leader’s Day is Past. ——— SAYS BRYAN IS A POLITICAL FAKE Middle-of-the-Road Faction Will Nominate Wharton Barker. REFERENDUM IN OPERATION oe Special Correspo.dence of The Evening Sta ‘TON, Me., February 8, 1898. ieman of this city, who is one of the members of the national committee of the populist party, is now outspoken in his on to Senator Butler, who is the n of that committee. At the time of th tional convention of the populist party held in St. Louis, in 1896, Mr. Bate- span was chiefly instrumental in having ator Butler elected chairman of the na- tional committee. At a meeting held at the Lindell Hotel Senator Butler's forces were led by Mr. Bateman, and, after a long Struggle, Senator Butler was elected chair- man by three majority. Mr. Bateman’s change of feeling toward Senator Butler is al of the feelings of many in the popu- st party. Bateman was asked by the cor- dent of The Star what the populists .d to do in relation to the proposed fu- with the dem He said: ue situation, so far as the populists are -d. is rapidly clearing. The fusion country has been ver before di by iis leaders. They have fu: Alien, a over io the his they no fauit. Butler Called a Benedict Arnold. Nebrask. oF in democrats compleiel: had a right to do, and we find gerton, irman Butler, however, has proven » be the Benedict Arnold of the ery move he has made since he airman of the national com- n made to advance his own 1 interest. His treachery has been most unblushing kind. He wants to “1 to the United States Senate he cannot be without the aid of democrats in North Carolina. For that et lick-spittle The news he and Jones are manifesto advising on in the approaching congres- s. Jones he man who in- d Senate bill to issue $500,- worth of = to retire the nbacks with. A nice man for populists fuse with, isn't he? sutler’s course is run. A majority of the alist’ national committee are already st him, and he will shortly be de- i from the chairmanship. In order to ake r us that about to issue a joint ete fus assurance doubly sure, we shall ait until most of the states have heid ir gubernatorial conventions. In these nventions new national committeemen will be chosen to take the places of all tesion members. This method of electing members of the rational committee was edopted at the St. Louis convention. Wherever the genuine populists are in the lead they will pull down every fusionist elect a new man who is a middle-of- -reader. Thi e can do in every state cept Kansas, Nebraska and the silver States, so called. W: know exactly how nd, and by the first week in June srall have four-fifths of the national cemmittee ready for aggressive action. Butler will be made to walk the plank without a moment's hesitation.” “Will Butler be re-elected to the Senate?” Populists Will Crucify Butler. ‘No. The rank and file of our party are bitter enough to crucify him. Never was @ man so thoroughly hated and despised as h2 ts. Even the democrats have re- Jected him in Nerth Carolina, and now there are none so mean as to do him honor. me I was the man who presented But- ler’s rame to our national committee as chairman. He was elect2d by only three majority after more than a dozen votes had been taken. It is the only political life of which I am heartily But, thark God, we will soon pull him down frem that position which he has disgraced. we “The rec2nt meeting of the reorganiza- tion committee in St. Louis was unani- pendent action and an early fonal convention for our party. No more fusion for them. This feeling 1s re- echoed by the rank and fil> all-over the y. The committee did not deem it e to call a national convention at that but left the date to b2 fixed by the and file of the party. convention shall be ar, May, or Feb- little doubt that July ar will be fixed upon. Nine-tenths will vote for that date, accord- present indications. This is so a method of deciding the even the fusionists the point. It is the first time in the history of th wiss principle of the re introduced into thie management of a political party. Losses are powerless under this method. ‘The rank and file decid: the matter for themsely Will Nominate Wharton Barker. “Who will be nominated, you ask. Let me tell you a story. The democrats have been preaching to us for two years how necessary it 1s for us to be patriotic and rise above party. Perhaps you have no- ticed that every time we have risen above the party a democrat has oceupied the driver's seat. Well, we have become so thoroughly imbued with the idea of rising above party that we are going to do it You will observe that even > teaching has not been entirely on us. We shall nominate Wharton Barker, the editor ef the Philadelphia American. ‘The Gemocrats and their assistants, Hke But- ler and Allen, would be delighted to have the middle-of-the-road men nominate an old-time agitator like ‘Tom Watson or Igna- tius Donnelly. We all love and honor Tom Watson. He is one of God's noblemen—true as steel, and a thorough populist. But we realize that should we nominate him the fight would come between the two old par- ties, as usual. The fusionists would then go over in £ body to the democrats. Oh, ho, the Butler-Jones faction will not see us get our feet into that trap, however skilfully it may be laid. With Wharton Barker for our candidate we shall have risen so far above party that even the dem- ocratic schemers will come to a realizing sense that we are apt students. You are goirg to see one of the biggest upheavals in this country the coming year that was ever witnessed. Bryan ts a back number, and the proces- ion has left him far behind. It is doubt- ful if even the democrats again nominate him. They certainly will not do so unless he becomes the abject tool of Wall street. Then they would nominate him simply as a decoy duck. That he would be perfectly willing to play his part is more than evi- dent. He is the biggest political fake of the century.” —.__. Alexander Claremont, who carried Uncle Sam’s mail on foot from Green Bay, Wis., to Chicago, sixty-six years ago, is dead, eged ninety-seven. ENOCH PRATT'S WILL| One Provision Causing Excitement in the Maryland Legislature. Conditions of the Bequest to the Trustees of the Sheppard ~ Asylum. Spectal Correspondence of The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, February 9, 1898. The most interesting contest over a mat- ter of legislation that has been fought be- fore the Maryland genera! assembly for many a day is now being wag2¢ before the judiciary committee of the house of delegates on the bill passed by the senate to authorize the trustees of the Sheppard Asylum to change its corporate title to the “trustees of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital,” and thereby qualify for the acceptance of the bequest of $2,000,000 left them upon that cordition by the late Enoch Pratt. In case the legislature de- clines to authorize the change of title the bequest, by the terms of Mr. Pratt's will, reverts to certain of his nephews and nieces living in Massachusetts, and the trustees of the asylum, who have expressed their readiness to accept the trust, will be “relieved” of the increeved responsibility imposed on them by the management of such liberally extended resources. ci The question is one that has aroused the most intense interest throughout the te, and is being followed with the clos- est scrutiny by the general public. - The widely known eccentricities of the late Mr. t, the size of the bequest,the alternative which makes distant relatives the bene- ficiaries in the event of the failure of the assembly to allow the coupling of his name with Moses Sheppard's, the activity of the nd the appearance of “philan- thropic” objectors, who declare that their protests are based upon their “reverence for the dead”—that 1s, for the late Mr. Sheppard—combine to keep public Interest at the highest tension, and the matter is the subject of more argument, corre- spondence and publication than any ques- tion tha s demanded the attention of Maryland legislators for a number of years. Bills Introdaced. Bills to enable the trustees to accept the bequest were introduced simultaneously in the state senate and the house of delegates. ‘The senate bill was speedily reported fa- vorably by the judiciary committee of the body, and was passed. The house bill is still in the hands of the judiciary commit- tee, where the senate bill also Hes, which committee granted a hearing to the repre- sentatives of those favoring and objecting tothe acceptance of the bequest on Tues- day, and will hear further argument Fri- day. Tne matter has inspired a vast variety of speculation and comment, and even in the thick of the senatorial fight occasional ru- mors of what the Pratt heirs were prepared $0 “put up” to defeat the bill, and to what length the trustees were prepared to go to secure the bequest, relieved the acrimony of the contest. In fact, in these tumors the alleged “inducements” to be offered occa- sionally reached such proportions that any one accepting the reports at their face value would have been justified in the supposition that the heirs and the trustees were at an auction, and the vote of the assembly would go to the highest bidder. While many of the reports of this charac- ter were so extravagant as to manifest at once their absurdity, the belief has become very general throughout the state, that each side will exert all the influence in its power to gain its point, and any member of the assembly who votes against the bill must expect te have his action subjected to an abundance of gratuitous analysis and comment. Public Sentiment. That public sentiment is strongly in favor of accepting the bequest is unmis- takable and many of the legislators, who, under ordinary conditions would vote as they chose, acknowledge that they could never satisfactorily explain a negative vote to their constituents, They appre- ciate that those who vote against the bill will be objects of suspicion (however un- just), and that if the measure {s defeated, that great popular indignation will be manifested. While the popular judgment is decidedly in favor of the passage of the bill, there is a marked tendency to criticise the con- ditions upon which the acceptance of the bequest deyends. The late Mr. Pratt’s reputation for aggressive prudence, and his invariable habit of getting an equiva- lent for all his services, does not tend to endear his memory and his determination to insure the official perpetuation of his rame by hyphenating it to the title of the irstitution founded by Moses Sheppard, has been roundly criticised, and infuses additional life in the protests that have appeared from time to time since the con- troversy became general. The contending parties have enlist2d some ef the best Icgal talent in the state cn their respective sides. The interasts of the heirs are looked after by Col. Charles Marshall, Mr. W. Irvine Cross, law part- ner of John K. Cowen, and ex-Attor- ney General John P. Poe. In addition sev- eral avowedly unattached free lances have espoused their cause, and are setting forth reasons why the offer shouid be rejected in paid advertisements, at 25 cents a line. The trustees have engaged ex-Gov. W'! liam Pinkney Whyte and Mr. Francis T Homer, and City Soliciter Thomas I. El- lictt of Baltimor2 appeared before the com- milttee Tuesday to present resolutions passed by the mayor and city council on urging the passage of the bill. Arguments of the Opposition. The chief arguments of the opposition, apart from their declarations that respect for tha memory of Moses Sheppard should not permit the engrafting of another name in the title of the institution he founded, is that observance of the conditions im- posed by Mr. Pratt—‘‘the erection of such other buildings or building as will accom- modate not l2ss than two hundred addi- tional inmates,” who are to be received “at very low charges or absolutely free’’-- will not be in accordance with the original design of Moses Skeppard, who wished to found a “small and 2xpensive” asylum. It js claimed that the curative and experi- mental institution, as conceived by Mr. Sheppard, will deteriorate {nto a mere “mad house,” a “second Bay View,” and that the object of the original founder—to restore to sanity the mentally deranged— will be absorbed into an additional place of retention for the hopelessly insane. The trustees, on the other hand, contend that the spirit of Moses Sheppard's wishes will be strictly observed, and that respect for and obedience to the minor conditions Imposed by Mr. Pratt will not invalidate the methods that have been followed in accordance with Mr. Sheppard’s instruc- tions. ‘They declare that it was never the wish of the founder that the asylum should re- main for all time a small institution, and that his reason for establishing it as such Was because of the Hmitations of his means. He is quoted in a letter to Mr. Benjamin F. Taylor as saying: “In hep 3 our good works we should do what we and leave the coming age to manage for itself. So rapid are the changes in the character of men, and.ialso in the state of things, that a testator would in many in- a a —— have =e a differ- ent dispos! of property.” The statement of Mr. Pratt, “I do not wish to alter the operations and manage- ment in the working of the said asylum as now carried on,” is further cited in sup- port of their contention. The Sheppard Asylum. The original charter of the Sheppard Asylum was granted at the January ses- sion of the assembly in 1853, and ts the & oldest charter of any largely endowed in- stitution In the state. The act of incorpor- ation procured declares that “the object and design of the said corporation is here- by declared to be the founding and main- taining of an asylum for the insane, the entire management of which shall be vested in the said trustees.” The advocates of the bill do not devote much attention to the argument of their opponents that respect far the memory of the founder should not allow the associa- tion in the title of another name. They contend that Mr. Sheppard was never par- ticularly anxious to have the asylum named after him, as indicated by his re- mark when the project was first discussed that he “wanted no such enduring monu- ment to his fame.” In the meantime there is every indication here that a “barrel” of money has been opened, and that the lobby will take a Strong hand in the,attempt to defeat the bill. Their policy will be to get as many members as possible to abstain from vot- ing, or to stay away, in order to prevent the measure from securing the necessary votes to pass it. Under the constitution of the state, every bill must have at least 46 votes before it can become a law, no mat- ter how many are present. The votes must be affirmative, and the only danger the: bill rung {s that not enough members may vote for it to fill the requirements of the consti- tution. poe ASSASSINATION OF BARRIOS. News Received Here of the malan Tragedy. Senor Lazo Arriaga, the Guatemalan minister to the United States, received an official cablegram from the minister of foreign affairs of Guatemala yesterday af- ternoon announcing the assassination of President Barrios and the succession to the presidency of First Vice President Manuel Estrada Cebrera. No details whatever were given. ‘The dispatch came from Guatemala City, the capital, where President Barrios lived and the government departments are car- ried on. It added that entire calm prevails. This last assurance, coupled with the im- mediate succession of the first vice presi- dent, in accordance with the constitutional methods of the country, is a special source of gratification to the officials of the Guate- malan legation here, and to some extent al- leviates the shock with which they received the news of the tragedy. The relations be- tween the late president and the Guatema- lan minister to Washington, Senor Lazo Arriaga, were much more than of an offi- cial character. They were close personal frlends, and the death of the president at the hands of an assassin comes as a per- sonal bereavement to the minister. Senor Arriaga said President Barrios was a man of wide attainments and marked executive ability. He was comparatively young, be- ing only forty-two years old. The six years’ term of service for which he was elected terminated March 15 next, but the national congressional assembly already had ex- tended this term for a further four years. ‘The new president, Mr. Cabrera, Is a man of prominence in Guatemala and is one of two chosen by the congress to fill the presi- eency in case of a vacancy. The system of the country is different from that in the United States, there being no vice president elected with the president. The duty of filling the executive chair dtvolves on the congressional branch, and accordingly two vice presidents, first and second, were designated some time ago. They are cligi- ble in the order of their choice. When the excitement of the tragedy has passed a presidential election may be held. ee THAT CANTON SALOON sToRY. Guate- President McK Property cated January 1, 1898. Some of the temperance people of this city are much gratified by the reception by one of them of a letter from Canton, Chio, in reference to President McKinley, which is as follows: “During the last presidential campaign the character of President McKinley was vigorously assailed by temperance speak- ers and writers, in various sections of our land. They alleged that he had leased certain property in Canton, Ohio, that had come into the possession of his wife through inheritance from her father’s es- tate, for saloon purposes. “A careful investigation, which was made by Dr. Smith, editor of the Pittsburg Advocate, disclosed the fact that the lease of said premises could not be annulled by. the act of either the President or his wife until January 1, 1898, when it would ex- pire. “It Is a scurce of great relief to every member of the Methcdist Episcopal Church, in whose communion our worthy chief magistrate and his companion have long been identified, to learn through the same scurce named above that the President, through his agent, Mr. St. John, duly noti- fied the tenant to vacate the premises, which was done. ‘The building will now be torn down or aold.”” ————— Fowls in the Back Yards. To the*Editor of The Evening Star: While the reformer is abroad in the land, let me call his attention to a growing evil in this fair city. It has become a custom of many of our citizens to keep a flock of fowls in their back yards. These are most objectionable, both on hygienic grounds and because of their nolse. I can overlook a number of back yards from my windows, and fowls can be seen in every direction. I know where even a flock of ducks is maintained. In some of these cases the fowls are allowed to roam the public streets and pick up a precarious living the I see a flock of fowls almost daily in the Capitol Park, on the north side. In Delaware avenue, near the park, one can see kens scratching in the street at almost any hour of the day. At night the roosters crow almost incessantly. One starts an- other, and a person who does not sleep soundly is forced to listen all night to the shricks of the noisy birds. Bantams seem to be the favorite brand, and these.are no- toriously the noisiest of the gallinaceous tribe. In the proper season chickens are raised, with the accompaniment of cluck- ing and other noises pertinent to the brvod- ing hen. On Sunday morning one sees negro women killing chickens for dinner, and this operation being performed with a d@ll table knife produces great amusement to the butcher and her admiring friends, who hang out of the neighboring windows and vociferously applaud her efforts. There must be local regulations to meet these nuisances. If so, why do not the police en- force them? I once made a complaint about a raucous rooster, and was told that I must swear out a warrant-and have a Police Court show the next day. We were once so much annoyed by a rooster that we sent an emissary and purchased the beast at high tariff rates, but his place was soon filled, and in his room there is now a flock of ten or more black Spanish fowls, prob- ably awaiting similar purthasers. I am quite sure that one ot permitted to keep a barn yard under his neighbors’ windows Va- in any other city the size of Washington in_the country. MISORNITHIST. February 9, —_—_>—_—_ Disappears With Cash. A colored woman who gave her name as Mary Edwards and her residence as Hills- dale, applied at a house in the ninth pre- cinct for work a few days ago, and was hired to do some washing. She disappeared the same aay with bag rales behind aoe of clothing. racostia police oes notified and are endeavoring to —_——_—_ a A Temperance Meeting. - Ww. C. T. U. will hold a Imesting this evening at 720 o'clock Presbyterian Church, corner North The public in the of the Hour,’ AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA WITH COURTLY POMP Street Improvements Hoped for Under the ‘Amended Gity Cliarter. Authority Given Virginfa Theological Seminary to Confer Degrees—Gen- 2 eral and Personal News. Evening Star Bureav, No. 529 King street (Bell telephone 106), ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 10, 1898. Gov. Tyler has signed the bill introduced in the Virginia legislature amending the 38d section of the charter of the city of Alexandria in regard to street improve- ments. Heretofore whenever the question of street improvements has come up in the city council the 33@ section of the charter as it then stood was brought forth as a “bugbear,” and on this account therevhas always been a delay in action. In fact, it has been decided that under the 33d sec- tion no work of improvement could be suc- cessfully dcre. At a meeting of the city council some weeks ago a resolution was introduced and passed directing the corporation attorney to prepare an amendment to the 33d sec- ticn, so that in the future the work could be carried on as it is dene in other cities. This amendment having been passed by the legislature and signed by the governor, it is now suggested that the city council shall take scme radical steps in the matter of street improvements, as there are many streets in the city sadly in need of repair. ‘There is now before the street committeo a resolution appropriating the $3,088 direct tax refund for repairs to Washington street, and at the last se&sion a resolution was introduced in council appropriating $2,000 for repairs to Princess street, but it is hoped by many that neither of these resolutions will be passed, and that the en- tire amount of the direct tax refund will be put on King street repairs, especially <o as the charter, as amended, provides for the manner in which street improvements can be made, and for the further reason that a number of property holders on King street have signified their willingness to pay their proportion of the expenses. “What Alexandria needs,” said a promi- nent citizea to The Star reporter today, “is a new and complete system of street improvements. All of the principal thor- oughfares of the city should be placed in strictly first-class condition, and then ft would cost but little each year to keep them so.” Chairman Smith of the committee on streets has been very active in the matter of street improvements, but he has not been upheld by the city council, To Confer Degrees. For a number of years past it kas been the desire of the professors at the Virginia Theolcgical Seminary to confer degrees on its graduates, and that wish is now to be gratified. Gov. Tyler has signed a bill granting them this right. It will ‘go into effect at once, and these students who successfully pass the required examina- ticns this session will have the degree of batcheior of divinity conferred on them. Charters Wil Conflict. Senator Mushbach introduced a bill in the Virginia legislature yesterday to inccipor- ate the “Mary Custis Lee Children of the Confederacy.” This bill, it is said, con- flicts with a charter which is held by the “Children of the Confederacy,” which was incorporated May 6, 4807, in the corpora- tion court of the city of Alexandria. Mr. D. Harry Appich is the president. The matter will be brought to the attention of Senator Mushbach. Married Last Evening. Miss Mary E. Peverill of this city and Mr. William T. Slater of Baltimore were married at the parsonage of Christ Church last evening at 6:30 o'clock. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. Berryman Green, and wag. witnessed by the immediate relatives and a few intimate friends of the bride and groom. Mr. and Mrs. Slater will make their home in Baltimore. Ten Days on the “Gang.” Mcses Rowe and Randolph Gregory, the two negroes who were arrested by the Al- exandria police for setaling coal at Alex- exandria police for stealing coal at Alex- Company, were yesterday afternoon tried before Justice Salisbury, who was assisted by ‘Squire Lovejoy. The sentence of the court was ten days in jail, and, as the county has no chain gang, it was ordered that they serve ten days on the chain gang of the city. Lee Moy Causes Commotion. A Chinaman named Lee Moy, yelling lit- erally like a “‘heathen Chinee,” caused con- siderable excitement on King street about 9 o'clock last night. It appears that a num- ber of small boys had been throwing stones into the door of his laundry at the corner of Prince and St. Asaph streets, and he set out to catch them, yelling at every jump. He was unsuccessful in this, how- ever, but did succeed jn attracting a large crowd, The Chinamen: who live in this city appear to be a harmless lot and never bother any one, but they are very much harassed and annoyed by small boys, who think they are having fun. Fined for Disorder. Shortly after 8 o'clock last night there was some little excitement near the corner of King and Alfred streets, caused by a difficulty between Osear Cook and «.rthur Jackson. Jackson claimed that as he was passing Cook struck him with a stick and that he got a cobble stone with which to defend himself. Officer Knight saw Jack- son with the stone and placed him under arrest. Later he arrested Cook and John McKinney: In the police court this morn- ing Cook and Jackson were fined $2.50 each and McKinney was dismissed. Pay the Penalty. For some time past the employes of the Southern Railway Company have been greatly annoyed by a gang of boys who in- fest the freight yards and who secretly send cars adrift. Yesterday afternoon a number of them cut eight flat cars loose on “the ras and as them ee down Pennsyivunia tracks. S nately 10 serious ie was done. Officer Knight succeeded in uring Dallas Ben- zette, Robt. E. J.-C. Drowns and French Jones, who were identified by the railroad authorities as having been in the gang, and this morning Meyor Simpson fined each of them $2.5), or, 4n lieu t! . ten days In the: wogk house. © Brevities. There were twenty-three lodgers at po- lice headquarters last night. ‘There was a meeting of the Old Dominion Boat Club last night. ‘ ‘The funeral of the late Mrs. James T. Finnell took place afternoon. The steamer Belle Haven has resumed her trips on the ferry route. - —.— _ Knocked Senseless, — A disturbance arose in ‘the Garfield Bap- Uist Church during the services Tuesday night. Robert Corbin, who possesses some authority aniong the congregation, attempt- ed to quell the trouble,and was set upon arrested, tut tl Slits ‘will acdress the unton on “he Needs | Seach eae one = 3 oo oe | parties are Miss Lavinia Dempsey Crowned Queen of Holland Dames, SHE WORE A GOLDEN CROWN Gorgeous Pageant Attending the Ceremony Last Night. WASHINGTON REPRESENTED Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, February 9, 1898. Tonight occurred a social function that had been awaited by all the “sets” with great interest. Innumerable gowns had been prepared, and innumerable parties gathered together to visit the Waldorf- Astoria to see Miss Lavinia Dempsey crowned queen of the Holland Dames of the New Netherlands. This ten-thousand- dollar insignia of royalty was placed upon Miss Dempsey’s queenly head in the ball room of New York's newest hotel, and ai- though the invitations are said to have been originally limited to six hundred, it known that at least two thousand were is- sued, so great was the demand for cards. There was a coronation, a dance and a feast. The inctdents of the ceremonies had been carefully rehearsed, to the slightest detail, and were carried out in this order: A coach and four conveyed Miss Dempsey at 8:30 o'clock from the porte-cochere of the St. Cloud to Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Orange tulips adorned ‘the bridles of the four dark horses, while both coachman and footman wore boutonnieres of the same flower. The coach used was one of great age. Tradi- tion says that in it Thomas Jefferson once rode through the streets of this city. Be- fore the royal coach two masters of cere- monies rode in a smaller coach drawn by two horses, these again decorated with orange tulips. Knights nd dames in full court costume of the sixteenth century re- ceived their queen in a vestibule specially set apart. Upstairs in the colonial room, at the left of the ball room entrance, the pro- cession was formed. Composed the Coronation March. At precisely 8:30 o'clock an orchestra of fifteen instruments struck up the corona- tion march, Miss Dempsey’s own composi- tion, and costumed Hollanders, about four score in number, entered the ball room. The decorations of the ball room were chiefly in orange bunting, with standar of Holland and of America numerousiy dis play Streamers of red, white and blue helped to obscure the gilded baleonies and the painted ceiling, and a golden eagle and a United States coat-of-arms capped the climax. The queen's throne, which stood on a slight elevation upen the dais at the south wall of the room, was a newly devised chair of ancient pattern. Its ‘spreading arms, like its foundations, were guded. The upholstery was of orange satin, with a Dutch coat-of-arms upon the back. ‘Three crowns surmounted the back and arms. A canopy of blue and gold rose to a height of nine feet above the throne. Here also ap- peared the coat-of-arms of Holland. The curtains were of orange satin, while behind hung a panel of ermine measuring three yards long by two yards wide. Tropical plants formed the background, and an elec- trician stationed high up among the oppo- site balconies cast over the throne and its surroundings a rainbow of electric light in prismatic colors. When the queen and her court entered the ball room the line of march was, ac- cording to good old Dutch custom, ‘once around the entire hall and then up through the center to the dais upon which stood the throne, The Order of March. The order of march, as rehearsed, was as follows: Two heralds, Master John Johnson and Master W. H. Trafton, led the way. Immediately behind them walked the first master of ceremonies, Sir Knight C. W. Van der Hocgt of Baltimore. These, as well as all who followed, were in ancient court dress. Two knights went before the two dames who preceded Mrs. Joanna C. Mitchell, the directress general of the Na- tional Society of Holland Dames. Mrs. Mitchell carried the queen’s crown, a royal crown of gold with cap of blue, its jeweled arms culminating in a cluster of golden tulips instead of the usual fieurs-de-lis. The crown rested upon a cushion of orange satin. ‘ White satin was the material of Mrs. Mitchell's court robe; her mantle was of ermine. Two chiliren, Master and Miss Thompson, were the pages appointed to carry her train. In the next group, similar- ly introduced by two knights and two dames, appeared the regent of the national society, curtying the royal scepter. The regent Is Mrs. Frank L. Osborne of Chica- go, also regent of the Illinois branch. Her costume was of canary-colored satin with mantle of violet velvet. The court train, four yards long, was borne by two pages. For headdress Mrs. Osborne wore diamond ornaments in the form of a diadem. After the directress general and the regent came the principal group of all. Two knight- marshals, Dr. J. R. Peet and T. Freling- huysen Reed, led, with two dames follow- ing. Then came six ladies of honor to the queen. These were Mrs. Larrabee, Mrs. May Banks Stacey, Mrs. A. Hayes-Smith, Mrs. Frankiyn, Miss Wynkoop-Clark of Brooklyn and Mrs. Mary Wynkoop-Hay of Hagerstown, Md. Before the sovereign walked six flower girls, led by Miss Laura Fosdyck of Montclair, N. J. They carried baskets of tulips, each basket tied with a bow of orange ribbons Now Comes the Queen. The person who walked next in line was Miss Lavinia Dempsey, the queen. Six pages carried the royalfrain, which was eix.yards in length f: the point where it reached the floor. ‘fhe queen's robe was of turquoise blue velvet, the petticoat of cloth of silver being embossed in tulips of orange velvet. Orange satin was chosen for the slippers, which had ond. buckles, large and square, after the old Style. She wore a square-cut bodice, also of turquoise blue velvet, the neck cut “‘semi- low,” with high Catherine de Medici collar in ee silver. The long puffed sleeves of cloth of silver were broken by jeweled meeting white ite! at the wrists. Through a court mantle of orange gauze the shimmer of blue ‘Velvet beneath out- lined delicately and faintly the royal figure. Diamond dust powdered the hair, dressed bigh to suit the requirements of the crown. There was one long necklace of pearls with © "Dempsey and Sir Knight J bee; also the om S ae, QOGOG ;Summer. Nellie B. Van Slingerland of Wash- ngton. After more knights and dames, two marshals, Sir Knight Frank L. Os- berne of Chicago and Sir Knight J. A. Dempsey, escorted the toastmaster of the ccronation banquet, Sir Knight John Bo- gert of Bogota, N. J. Dames and knights, in pairs, formed the remainder of the line. When the procession reached the dais the brief ceremony of coronation immediately took place. The direstress general, few chosen words, placed the cro the he of the queen, and fastened it ther: te stay for the rest of the evening. She spoke on behalf of the dames, while the regent presented the scepter in the name of the knights of the society. When the queen took her place upon the throne, and after courtiers arranged then selves about her the dances began. Two pages, the little Thompsons, opened with a plain minuet, xecompenied by Mozart’s music. The Dutch minuet, which followed, was dat ced on the dais, and the music was a “Wilhelmina Minuet” of the queen's own devising. : ‘The supper was followed by speechmak- ing. After a prayer by the Rev. Dr. David F. Warren of Jersey City, there were six with responses, as follows: : he President of the United States,” Sir ight William L. Strorg. Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands,” Dutch Consul General J. R. Planten. “Early settlement of New Amsterdam by the Dutch,” Rev. William J. Harsha, D. D., of Harlem. “Objects and purposes of fcrming this society,” Sir Knight T. F. Reed. “Influence of the Dutch in Americ President De Vos of the Holland socie “Origin of the Van Westcrvelt famil spoken in Dutch by Sir Knight Van der Hoogt of Baltimore. >— STORY OF HAWAI. Address by Dr. Varnum Before the Unity Club of °73. A meeting of the Unity Club (Incorpor- ated), was held last evening at the St. James Hotel, President H. B. Moulton pre- siding. An address entitled “The Story of Hawaii, and Visits to Her Craters and Vol- canoes,” was delivered by Rev. Dr. Varnum D. Collins. Messrs. Joseph Helelune and James K. Kaulia, of ex-Queen Lil's staff, were present. In addition to the address of Dr. Collins, @ program was rendered as follows: Piano duet, Miss Widdows and Miss Croswell: tenor solo, Mr. Morsell; poem, Mrs. Dora T. Voorhis; piano solo, Miss Beekford; reci- tation, Miss Corinne Hay; soprano solo, Mrs. Croxton; recitation, Mr. Speidell: piano duet, the Misses Widdows and Cros- well; vocal duet, the Misses Holtzclaw. —— GRANT ROAD SCHOOL, Petition Presented for Increase of Its : Facilities. The Rev. Sterling N. Brown, one of the trustees of the public schools, has been re- quested by the parents and guardians of the Grant road school to press before the District Commissioners and Congress the insertion in the District appropriation bill of the item for a new school building for the section. The item was stricken out by the House, but in view of the fact that while there is an enrollment of 156 pupils, there is a seating capacity for but seventy- four. Mr. Brown. will do all he can to secure the appropriation, and feels that the Senate will reinsert the item. BOOKS THE THEME. District Organization Discusses Li- braries of the South. The meeting of the Library Association of the District at the Columbian University last evening was largely attended. A paper on “Tne Libraries of the South” was read by Prof. Stephen J. Weeks, who spoke of tke early collections of books In that sec- tion, and then said that many of the states have passed laws authorizing communities to raise by taxation money to erect library buildings and purchase books. He said the appointment of librarians for political rea- sons was the greatest evil at present. A discussion on the paper followed, and Dr. Bolton spoke about the public library of Aix-Ia-Chapelle. The association elected to membership Misses Cornell and Griffin, and Messrs. J. T. Loomis and Fred D. Woodward. — es Corps Holds Pablic Meeting. Burnside W. R. C., No. 4, held its regu- lar meeting last night in G. A. R. Hall. After a short session the corps adjourned and held a public meeting, which was well attended. During the evening an excellent program was given. 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