Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1898, Page 7

‘THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898-14. PAGES. | WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. Annual February. Clearing Sale. Rich & Expensive |} CARPETS CHEAP. We have just matched up some of — handscmest Rugs you ever saw from remnants of the richest and meat expensive Velvet Mo- idles Brussels, nal? Guette Carpets. ‘They will goat just hal the lowest regalar selling prices by the yard: 8 ft. 9 in x8 ft. 3 510 1 $20 Tap. Bressels Rug, 13 ft. x § ft. 3 S15 Tap. Brussels Rug, $15 Tap. Brussels Rug, 10 ft. x 8 ft. 3 in. Wilton Velvet Rug, 11 ft. 4 im. x 8 ft. 3 im. $17 Moquette Rug, 10 ft. 6 in x 10 ft. © in. $22 $1 Draperies Flying. oak high-back cane- A good solid seat Dining Chatr for. ‘The tesfpony se = a Draperies are fal ying ai per cent discount. Have you bought all you need? Wash.B. Williams, 7th & D. aes 19 LBS. OF FAT. DR. EDISON'S OBESITY PILLS AND REDUCING TABLETS REDUCED CHARLES H. PERRY OF URY DE PARTMENT FIFTBEN POUNDS. SAMPLES FREE REMEDIES ABSOLUTELY PURE AND SAFE. CURE PERMANENT. Free advice about obesity or any disease at Loring & Co.'s New York or Chicago Medical De- Partirent. Letters addressed by ladies to Mra. Dr. Say 3. Hears, ‘whe bes charge y Department. will be opened answered by Mrs. Henry or her chief assistant. charles H. Perry, for 25 years a govern- and now connected with the U. S. bas this to say about his experi- ence with Dr.’ Edison's Obexity Remedies: 1311 I ST. N.E., WASHINGTON, D. €. January 2, LORING & © ew York, Boston and Chicago. Gentiemen: I have been using Dr. Edison's Ovesity Pills and Reducing Tablets six weeks, and have reduced my weight 19 pounds. Before taking your preparations 1 was troubled very much with sbcriness of breath, liver troubles and constipa- tic. I have been entirely relieved of all of these ailwects. This letter you are privileged to use, aud I trust it will benefit others. Yours very truly, CHARLES H. PERRY. Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills and Reducing Tablets are perfectiy harmless, and strengthen and invig- orate all who use them. Keducing Tablets, $2.00 box. Obesity Pills, $1.50 a bottle; 3 bottles, $4 enough for ove treatment. Obesity Is sometimes caused, and is usually ac- ccmpanied by, catarrh of the stomach and bowel: or other digestive derangements and by rheuma- tism and hesrt disease. Loring’s Gorurkiller Dyspepsia Tablets, 60 cents & box. Lori Germ-killer Rheumatism Tablets, 50 box. vm-Killer Laxative Tublets, 50 cents & bo Loring"s Germ-killer Heart Tablets, $2.00 a box. EF Special remedies for BIG, FAT MEN. We send free our new ecition of “HOW TO OBESITY,” fifty portraits and numercus ‘The information it contains is z oR IT, . Alexandria, carry a full All leading retail druggists K of all our goods. geods in ste bout obesity, rupture ny other cs New York or Chi Medical . ‘all o- write. We forward goods iy. No printing on our envelopes. LORING 3 . No. 3 Hamilton place, Boston, W. 22d st., New York city: Nos ve., Chicago, Tl. fe3-th.s ttt Fat Folks, Attention. A complete line of Loring’s Obes- ity Preparations and Flesh-produc- ing Medicines at Mertz’s Pharmacy, iith and F. Youw’ll own a good razor If you buy one here! Our method is the most unique and honest way of selling Razors. We guarantee your purchase te be @ perfect Razor. Allow you to take Razor after Razer heme and try them—till you are ex- actly suited. Our best is the Jubilee at $2.50. Others from 75e. up. “Walford’s,” 477 and gog Pa. Ave. fel6-204 The Noiseless Iroquois. The absolute silence of the Iroquois wheel is but one of its virtues. Yet it is one that proves conclusively how perfectly it is built. No rattling, no clicking, no jarring—the Iroquois glides along as silently as a shadow. Would any but a perfect wheel? Iroquois Cycle Co., 810 14th St. N. W. $40 SAVED ‘Typewriter at a reasonable price, $60. WELLINGTON TYPEWRITER No. 2 Quick, Clean Printing and Accurate Alignment. A Pewerful Manifolder. A typewriter with al’ the ad- eo ——*_ vantages of the old ma- chines and none of their defects. Guaranteed equal 4m every particular to eny $100 machine cr money refunded after ten days’ trial. SEND FOR FREF ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. THE WILLIAMS MFG. CO., LTD., BOX 3, PLATISBURG, N.Y. no80-t,th.s, 197,28 Trehing Sealp, Diseases tr s Falling Hair, Oily Skin and Sealp cd and permi ntly cured by pi ns with practical experience, at the John H. Woodbury Institute, 127 W. 424 st.. N. Send 20 cents for sample 3 weeks’ use of Woodbury’: 1 Cream, Facial Powder Bathing your eyes in warm water only gives temporary relief. Te aA \Opticians,“131 1” Fst. fell 284 Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IX HUMAN HAIR Bair Switches at Great 00 Switches reduced te }.00 Switches reduced to 00 Switches reduced to Gray and White Hair reduced in same proportion. lime. Siccardi, m1 oe = met to Palais Royal. Private rooms bairdressing, shampooi and ayelne. pasts Arg terms to suit YOU. :5 1-50 ~wrappers,49°- 5 Bet. 10 & 11 o’clk. 10 o'clock tomorrow we shall sell those indies’ fine ece-lined flannilette wrappers for which are values that you'll find elsewhere at $1 and $1.50. Lined waist— full skirt—tastefally trimmed—ruffies over shoulder and about the yoke. Commencing at morning | he 19°- vests, 9°: Bet. 10 & 11 o’clk. Promptly at 10 o'clock on the third floor we shall pat on sale a lot and girls’ merino ve mecks—at 9c. They” of boss" with silk-stitched been 19¢. 75°: shirts, 19¢- Bet. 10 & 11 o’clk. Beginning at 10 o'clock we shall offer the balance of a lot of men’s fancy per- cale besom shirts with white muslin bodies for 19p., which originally sold for T5e. Not all sizes—but nearly, 35° caps, 9°: Bet. 10 & 12 o’clk. Between 10 and 12 o'clock tomorrow we shall seil boss’ and men's winter caps, with slide bands to keep the ears warm, for 9c. Thes’re the last of a lot which originally sold for 35c. and 50c. Bet. 11 & 12 o’clk. A lot of men's good gloria umbrellas on sale at 11 o'clock, and until 12 you may have them for 39c. They're the it 75c. umbrella made, e+ Sogondentoegetontesdont ot Sonfeogonteete when price was right. of winter weights go tomer: $4] -49 for suits which sold up to $5. A really remarkable offering—a lot of imcetemteceteete tnt & navy bine and fancy mixed all-wool reefer = i me trimmed with wide Hercuk z 1 tastefully braid trimmed—suits which sold up to $5—go at $1.49. Bi value of your lite. Seeetort Lesoncor * Cy ted a 4. 4 2 : Hecht's special Friday selling. HOUR SALES. Extraordinary selling will be done between certain hours tomorrow. The fame of Hecht’s hour sales has spread until the mere mention of the words isa signal for a quick and big response. No matter how little this store sells, it extends $4 tea gowns, 51-98: '75¢-umbrellas,39°-|52 bike pants, 79° Special values in boys’ clothing. In many instances we have bought special odd lots of makers These together with our own broken stock ow at remarkably low prices. Hecht & Company, 515 7th St. = the privilege of easy payments and makes the $6 coats, $1-98- Bet. 11 & 12 o’clk. A lot of ladies’ black kersey jacket: mace om the vet made, newest style, and well originally’ sol too—whiel for $6 and more--will be put on sale between 11 and 12 o'clock at $1.98 each. Not many, #0 be here promptly. 19°: vests, 9¢- Bet. 11 & 12 o’clk. A lot of ladies’ derby ribbed vests with tape run necks—the regular 19c. value everywhere—will be offered for 9c. tween the hours of 11 and 12. Bet. 11 & 12 o’cik. A smell lot of ladies’ cashmere tea itefully garments— be pat on sale 15° collars, 5°- Bet. 2 & 3 o’clk. The regular 15e. Mnen collars for la- dies—in all styles—will be sold tomorrow between the hours of 2 and 3 for 5c. each. 15°: hose, 7I4¢- Bet. 3 & os 2 At 3 o'clock we shall put on sale a lot of ladies’ fancy top and fast black bot- tom hose at 7%c. puir. There are ull sizes and a variety of patterus, and they have been 18c. Bet. 3 & 5 o’clk. : On the fourth floor, in the men’s de- ¥ partment, at, 3 o'clock, a lot of men's @ cheviot bicycle pants, which sold for $2, : will go on ‘sale at 79. Lot may not last 2 hours, so be pronipt. $D-98 for boys’ suits which sold upto $8. Lot of boys’ suilor blouse suits; so! black, with red braid and black’ brat some red ones trimmed with black br lars trimmed with wide Hercules braid, hoice cf the lot—and not any of them sold for less than §5, and many not Jess than $8—for $2.98, dedototetetectnetetene STRIPPED OFF THE STAMPS The Case of Joseph Wilkins and Howard Butler Set for Hearing. Attempt to Compromise the Philadel- phio Oleomargarine Prosecution Wili Hardly Be Successful. United States marshal’s officers are en- gaged in serving subpoenas upon the wit- nesses for the prosecution in the case against Joseph Wilkins and Howard Butler a member and an employe, respectively, of the local firm of Wilkins & Co., oleomar- garine dealers. This case has attracted much attention. Wilkins and Butler, it is charged by Special Agents Bowen, Van Horn and Cole of the internal revenue office, were discovered early one Sunday morning in a warehouse in Philadelphia re- moving the internal revenue stamps and other distinguishing marks required by law to be placed on oleomargarine from a num- ber of packages containing oleomargarine. ‘The special agents of the Treasury De- partment caught the men, so they have claimed, and will testify, in the act of scraping off the stamps with iron imple- ments, and confiscated the implements, which contained the names of the destroyed stamps. The Philadelphia grand jury re- turned an indictment against Wilkins and Butler, and from that time Wilkins made most vigorous efforts to escape prosecution in the present case, as he has escaped it many times before, by paying a sum of money into the internal revenue bureau of the Treasury Department as a compro- mise. So Far Unsuccessful. Up to the present time, however, Wiikins bas beea unsuccessful. Ia November last he offered the sum of $7,000 to the Treas- ury Department if the treasury officials would agree to drop the prosecution against him in Philadelphia, as well as the Prosecutions pending against himself and nis brother in the District of Columbia, for violations of the oleemargarine laws. The internal revenue bureau heartily fav- ored the acceptance of the $7,000 from Wil- kins, and the oificiais of the Treasury De- partment superior to the commissioner of internal revenue acquiesced in the latter's views. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, who had familiarized himself with the constant ‘m- positions on the public by oleo: dealers, and who was particularly w avainted witn the facts in the Wilkins case, interposed a vigorous objection to the acceptance of any compromise whatever, and Attorney General McKenna, who was then at the head of the Department of Jus- tice, declined to agree to the recommenda- tions of the Treasury Department. Raised the Offer $1,000. A short time ago, while Secretary Wilson Was absent from Washingten, and when the new Attorney General had just taken his official seat, representatives of Mr. Wil- kins made another att»mpt to have the Prosecutions in Philadelphia and in this city dropped by increasing the offer to $8,- coo. In view of the position taken by the Secretary of Agriculture, who was sup- ported in it by President McKinley, it is not thought probabl> that this last attempt to secure a compromise will be any more successful than the former ones. The trial of Wilkins and Butler in Phila- delphia is set for February 23, and the wit- nesses summoned for the prosecution from this city include Special Agents Bowen, Van Horn and Cole of the internal revenue bureau; Dr. Crampton, the chemist of the bureau, and Messrs. Carr, Brown and Plummer, former employes of Wilkins & Co. ie —~ Eckington Bondholders. A meeting of the bondholders of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company was held today at the office of the American Security and ‘Trust Company. It is understood a decision was reached to appoint a committee to confer with the trustees to determine what action should be taken at the hearing Monday next in ccurt on the petition of a creditor of the road, asking the court to direct the sale of the property. "$3. 85 $3.85 $3.85 | $3.85 We've of $3.85 pair. know its worth. Cork SoLeE SALE. Langlois $5 and $6 Cork Soe Boots for A aoe inaugurated a clearance sale of all of our $5 and $6 Cork-Sole Boots at the uniform price $3.85 $3.85 genuine $3.85 Come and investigate—no fakes here. It is your favorite boot—you $3.85 When you call we'll tell you why you will only have to pay $3. 85. $3.85 hoe hop. 3/AFTER FHE alecussed: .. | How ‘to Recaro” and BALLOT Proceedings of Annual Convention of Womah Suffragists. REPORTS OF PROGRESS’ IN SEATES | Resolutions a Sioa Stating De- mands of the Convention. SKETCHES OF MEMBERS There was.a stage full of representative women of the ited States at the Co- lumbia Theater this morning, when the first session of the National American Wo- man Suffrage Association convention be- gan. There were two men among the num- ber, Mr. Henry Stone Blackwell of Boston and Rev. Frederick A. Hinckley of Boston. The latter was conspicuous by reason of his white hair and general venerable as- pect. He took ah active part in the pro- ceedings. . Miss Anthony was as lively as ever in announcing the work of the day, and was as untiring as ever in her determination to hold the delegates in line for full suffrage. Mrs. James Bennett of Kentucky, chair- man of ihe federal suffrage committee of th association, read the report of that committee. A brief had previously been prepared by Mrs. Bennett upon receipt of a note from Senator Hoar of Massachu- setts, saying that this would be considered by the judiciary committze of the Senate. Legislation Next Topic. The report of the legislative committee was next read by Lillie Devereux Blake, chairman. It contained reports of the work done in th2 various states during the year. Progres sin Virginia. Mrs. Ona Langhorne of Virginia rose and stated to the convention that both branches of the Virginia legislature had passed a law allowing women to act as notaries public in the old dominion. This created great applause. Last session the Virginia senate fought measures to allow women in the state asylums as physicians, or to license women lawyers. At the suggestion of the business com- mittee, Miss Anthony stated that it was deemed an excellent piace to hold a national bazaar for the benefit of the as- sociation. Alice Stone Blackwell of Bos- ton made the statement that a state as- sociation bazaar had been held last year in Boston, with excellent success. More than $3,200 was cleared. Miss Anthony thcught that as this was only a state af- fair, a national one would be much more successful. A motion was put before the convention to hoid the proposed bazaar, and li was carried. It will be held in the fail, in either Chicago or New York. Next followed the most important work of the session. This was the report of the committee cn resolutions, reading them, and a discussionon them by the delegates. The Committee. The names of inose appa committee wore as follows: ida H. Harp¢r, (alifornia, chairman; Henry B. Blackwell! Massachusetts, sec- retary; Emily B-Ketcham, Michigan; Car- oline E. Merrick, Louisiana; Elizabeth Ba- con Walling, Delaware; N. L. Cronkhite, Nebraska; Louise Tyier, Colorado; Wini- ired Burriff Downard, lowa; Mary N. Van- divert, Missouri; Minola Graham Sexton, New Jersey; DE Mgrion L. Woodward, Mzssachuseits rT, “Bessie Park Haines, Minnesota; &: Bennett, Kentucky; Jene Campbell, Pennsylvania lunnah J. Bailey, Maine, Helen de Lendrecie, North Dekota; Jennie RobbtMaher, Kansas; Rev. ed on the Henrietta G. Moore, Ohio; Mrs. Frank L. Hubbard, Illinois; Mary E. Moore, Mary- lard; Belva A. yood, District of Co- lumpia. the resolutions was American Woman Suf- , at this, its thirticth an- celebrates the sem{-centen- nual meeting, nial anniversary of the first woman's rights ccnvention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, N. Y., and reaffirms every principle then and there enunciated. We count the gains of fifty years: Woman's position revolution- ized in the home, in society, in the church and in the state; public sentiment changed, customs modified, industries opened, co- education established, laws amended, eco- nomic independence partially secured and equal suffrage a recognized subject of legis- lation. “Sixty years ago women voted nowhere in the world; today Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho have established equal suffrage for women and have already in the Con- gress of the United States vight senators nd seven representatives with women con- tituents. Kansas has granted women mu- nicipal suffrage, and twenty-eight states have made wemen voters in sckool clec- tions, This movement is not confined to the United States; in Great Britain and her colonies women now have municipal and county suffrage, while New Zealand and South Australia h abolished all political distinctions of s Resolutions Adopted. The resolutions were also adopted with slight changes, as follows: “We hereby express our profound appre- ciation of the prophetic vision, advanced thought and moral courage of the pioneera in this movement for equality of rights, and our sincere gratitude for their half century of toil and endurance to secure for women the privileges they now enjoy, and*to make the way easier for those who are to complete the work. ‘We, their suc- cessors a thousand-fold multiplied, stand pledged to unceasing effort until ‘women have all the rights and privileges which be- long equally to every citizen of a republic. “In every state we demand for women citizens equality with male citizens in the exercise of the elective franchise, upon sucn terms and conditions as the men impose upon themselves. “We appeal to Congress to submit a six- teenth amendment to the United States Constitution, thereby enabling the citizens of each state to carry this question of wo- man suffrage before its legislature for set- tlement. “We will aid, so far as practicable, every state campaign for woman suffrage; but we urgently recommend our auxiliary state so- cleties t6 effect * ugh county organiza- tion before petitioning their legislatures for a state constitutional amendment.” “The good results of woman suffrage in Wyoming since 1860 have caused its adop- ticn successively by the three adjoining states, and we earnestly request th} citi- zens of these fdar free states to make a special effort to secure th women ih the stktde conti own. ¥ esate + We demand fes:«noethers equal custody and control. of their. minor children, and for wives and widwwa-an equal’ use and in- heritance of prapexty, oa “We demand foxsmothers equal custody women on all Deaeds,,of, education, of pub- He. schools and g¢plizges, boards of health, and in the manage nt of ajl public insti- tuticns, and fer theif employment as phy- sicians for women and children im all hos- pitals and asylums, and as’ police matrons in_ all prisons, f tories: and station houses... | “This association limits its efforts exclu- sively to securi franchise for is to their wal -rights for women, and we appzal. ‘co-operation to the whole American, Repple.” ; : Mrs, Bennett's Statement. Some mincr regoNifions were offered and lost. The one of M¥s. Jamas ,Bennett of Kentucky, in regard to the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution, was voted down. . One a - At the afternoon session, which began at 2 o'clock-instead<of 2:30, In the Metzerott buildir.g, instead the. theater, owing to uLexpected circumstances, a ‘‘work confer- erce” was held. The following topics ware * 1 State ». discussion followed. © At a meeting late’ the executive co: credentials commi tested Missouri di the action ‘of’ the afternoon of ; At’ the afternooti session’ yesterday the committee report on congressional work Cc Bai i hi has Kate Brownlee Sherwood, ention. Assoc! general speech. admirable and = impartiality. thony has selected thorough; Anthony, 0 a was presented by Mrs. Mariana W. Chap- man. Night Session. The attendance at the night's session was as large as those of previous evenings. Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker of Connec- ticut, the tenth child of the Beecher house- hold, spoke on “United States Citizenship.” Mrs. Caroline Miller of Maryland, one of the pioneers South of Mason and Dixon's line, made a short address, in which she told of the work accomplished. She was followed by Dr. Clara Marshall, dean of the Woman's College, Philadelphia,who made a most interesting address, in which she told of her struggles and. those of her sisters for professional recognition in the medical calling. . Rey. of Unity Church, Cleveland, Ohio, on “The Ministry of Religion as a Calling. Rev. Anna Shaw and Rev. Antoinetie Brown Blackwell also spoke. Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskell, assistant at- tcrney general of Montsna. about whose rcrrantic courtship and marriege a story has already appeared in The Star, was the corcluding speaker. Representative of Beecher Housch Isabella Beecher Hooker was born at Litchfield, Conn., in 1822. She was the tenth child in the famous Beecher house- hold, and ten years the junior of the author of “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” While yet a young woman she became deeply interest- ed in the cause to which she has since de- voted so much of her time and energy, the enfranchisement of women. In 1841 she married John Hooker. a direct descendant of the founder of Hartford. When Mr. and Mrs. Hooker celebrated their golden wed- ding, in 1891, they did it on a magnificent scale, “because,” said Mrs. Hooker, “we e been such radical reformers, yet have lived and loved and worked together, it seemed we should say a word of encourage- ment to the younger generation, who must soon take our place.” Mrs. Hooker was perhaps the most inter- esting character of the woman’s world’s fair board, the newspapers at that time al- most daily calling to mind the early proverb that the people of the United States were composed of saints and sinners and the Beecher family. It is said of Mrs. Hooker that, as a public speaker, as an intellectual woman, as the champion of ‘woman's right: as a wife, a mother and a grand- mother, has been and is a success. An Old-Line Suftragist. Antoinette Louisa Brown, one of the ardent old-line suffragists, was born in New York in 1825. She graduated from the Oberlin terary department in 1847, and took a three years’ theological course of study in the Theological Seminary. She first gave public lectures in 1846, in Michi- gan, and began to preach in 1848. Spent over two years as lecturer and preacher; settled in South Butler, N. Y., in 1852; was ordained as preacher by the Congregational Orthodox Church, and a council called by the church in 1853, being the first woman ever regularly ordained, the first to perform the marriage ceremony (in 1853) and firs’ to be authorized to administer the sacra ment. She is now a Unitarian and has written a number of books connected with the topics of her profession. She is mar- ried ‘to Samuel C. Blackwell and has five children. She is still in vigorous health. Inspired by Misa Anthony. Sarah Clay Benhet of Kentucky, the chair- man of the federal suffrage committee of the National AmericanWoman Suffrage Associa- tion, when asked to give some of the salient points of her life replied by saying: “I was born an equal rights person, but I was not a suffragist, and did not realize that the possession of the ballot by women could se- cure them an equal protection of our laws with men, in life, liberty and property, un- tl about 1880, when Miss Susan B. Anthony enabled me to perceive that the possession of the ballot by black men had lifted them out of the cotton fields of our southern states, and seated them in the United States Senate to help white men to make the laws which govern the people of this country.” Dr. Florence Buck, one of the ministers Martha Hughes Cannon. Martha Hughes Cannon, born in Wales, went to Utah when a child. She received an indifferent education up to the age of fourteen years, then taught an infant School of thirty pupils for one year. She werked in a Deseret printing offic? for sub- sequent five years, and earned enough money to take a course in medicine and surgery, graduating in Ann Harbor in 1830. er she took a full cours? in the Na- ional School of Elocution and Oratory, in Fhiladelphia, and also graduated from the avxiliary department of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. Returning to Utah, she was resident physician of the Deser2t Hospital for three years. She mar- ned Angus M. Cannon in 1885, and subse- quent'y visited Europe for two years. She has a son and a daughter. Since women gained franchise in Utah she has taken an active part in political management, has served on state boards and was elected to the state senate in 1896. She is now en- gaged in the general practice of medicine in Salt Lake City. Member of College Faculty. Frances Stewart Mosher, A.M., is an ezstern woman by birth, and was educated at Mt. Holyoke College. She is a member of the faculty of Hillsdale College, where sh2 is teacher of French and history. She is an extensive traveler, and enjoyed a residence of seven years in France and Germany while her husband was United States consul at Nic> and Sonneburg. She traveled extensively in Europe from Ire- land to Russia, and from the North Cape to the top of Vesuvius. She was elected recording secretary of th> national Council of women at the recent session in Nash- ville, Tenn. Convention Notes. Suffragists are by no means emancipated from big hats. There are several immense ones worn by delegates. There is much annoyance from women who want to visit and sit in the back of the room and who audibly discuss every- thing. Miss Anthony and Mrs. Catt have tried in vain to suppress the nuisance. Two young men. almost hidden under big chrysanthemums of yellow, act as pages of the convention. Tt was announced from the platform this morning that the bill allowing women to act as notaries public has passed both heuses of the Virginia legislature, and that it will undoubteély be signed by the gov- ernor. Mrs. Orra Loughorne, one cf the dclightful representatives from Virginia was much pleased to be able to make t announcement. She says that it is the very first state office opened to women in Vir- ginia. Mrs. Mary Seymour Howell of New York says that although Susan B. Anthony and Clara ton are classed with criminals and idiots, under the law New York state honors these women, and has dgcided to perpetuate their faces in imperivhable slone fu the great western stairway of t! capitol at Albany. Busts of two other men, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mollie Fitchers, will keep them company. Arrested for Offering to Vote. Miss Anthony enjoys the distinction of being the woman who, thirty years ago, insisted on voting in New York, and was arrested. Ske wes tried before the su- Preme court, and the acount of the trial filled a big book. She was called the “pris- oner at the bar” by the judge, and seems to have talkcd all she wanted to, despfte the judge's stern commands to hold her tongue. She was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and to imprisonment. She. never paid the fine and never went to prison. “They didn't dare to enforce the law,” Miss Anthony declares, defiantly. Mrs. Julia Sadler Holmes of New York city, one of the charming lecturers of the suffragists, is called “Serena” by her friends, and her sweet face and crown of srcw white hair make it quite apropos. That the suffragists do pay some atten- tion to dress been ie ye during the convention. Many of the ladies appear in evening dress and without bonnets at the night sessions, and very elegant gowns are worn during the day. Mrs. lee past na- tional president of the W. R. C., is in at- tendance upon the conv One of the unique characters of the con- vention is Mrs. Miller of Maryland.~ She is tall and slender and angular, a Quakeress in bearing, but eminently fin Rg siecle in methods of KANSAS PACIFIC SAL Senator Thurston Defends the Ad- ministration. A GOOD PIECE OF FINARCIERING | Bankruptcy Bill Taken Up by the House. AMENDMENTS AGREED TO Mr. Thurston (Neb.) presented in the Senate today a joint resolution providing for a commission tg supervise the col- lection of a fund among all the schools and colleges of the United States for the pur- pose of erecting a monument to Gen. La- fayette in the city of Paris, France, the same to be preser.ted to the government of France and unveiled and dedicated on the Fourth of July, 1100. Mr. Turpie’s resolution declaring that the sale of the Kansas Pacific ought not to be confirmed unless the government re- ceived nei only the principal, but also the interest of its cleim, was laid before the Senate, and Mr. Thurston resumed his remarks upon it. He pointed out that the sntire debt of the Union Pacific railroad, which inclujcd the Kansas Pecific branch, to the government was about $70,000,000. The sales of the main and branch lines would return to the government $65,000,000, or 1 per cent cf the road’s ind2btedness to the United States. This, Mr. Thurston held, was a piece of good financiering on the part of the presi- dent, who, he said, was better tuformed upon the value of the roai and all the de- tails baaring upon that value than any other official of the government, in Con- éress or out. ze pornt+i ou: that if the sale of the Kansas Pacilic were not con- firmed, the President woud have no alter- native but to redeem the first mortgage bonds, and thus, instead of having in the treasury more than ¥6,700.000 as a result of the sale, the government would have to invest about $7,000,000 more in casn to re- aeem the first mortgaxe bonds, and would thon have on its hands a property that was of so little value, as sompared with what some senators imagined that no: a single one of the great railroads centering in Kansas City taought enough of it to ven- ture a bid upoi: it at ihe sale yesterday. Mr. Thurston regarded the settlement ef- fected by the administration of the whole Pacfic railroad business as eminently sat- itfactory—a far better settlement, better by nearly $20,000,000, than that proposed to have heen made by the Cleveland ad- ministration. This business is in the hands of the President, and the country may well be satisfied with the discretion, the bi ness sagacity, the judgment. and the states- manship of William McKinley. Replying to Mr. Thurston, Mr. Harris (Kan.) read a telegram he had receivea last night from Topeka, Kan., as follows: “Government lien sold here. ‘Special mes- senger sent to St. Louis to have Sanborn approve sale in the morning.” Mr. Harris said he did not know whai practical effect the passage of the pending resolution might have, but it was eviden that the purchasers were manifesting re markable haste to secure the confirmation. of the sale. Remarks in favor of the resdlution were made by Mr. Rawlins, Utah, and in op- pcsition by Mr. Gear of Iowa. While Mr. Warren of Wyoming was speaking the mcrning hour expired and the resolution, its privilege having been lost, went to the calendar. Mr. Gorman (Md.) suggested that the Cerbett case be voted upon Monday, Feb- ruary 28, at 3 p.m. This was agreed to. The Corbett case was temporarily laid aside, and Mr. Turpie moved to tak> up his resolution relating to the Kansas Pa_ cilic sale. The motion was agreed to—i4—23. The detailed vote was as follows Yeas—Allen, Bate, Berry, Canncn, ler, Chilton, Clark, Clay, Davis, Herris, Heitfeld, Kenney, Kyle, fallory, Mantle, Martin, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Nelson, Pasco, Perkins, Pettizrew. Pettus, Rawlins, h, Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner, Turpie, Vest—34. Nays—Carter, Cullom, Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Frye, Gallinger, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hoar, Lodge, McBride, Mc. Millan, Mason, Morrill, Plait (Conn.), Pro: ter, = Sewell, Stewart, Thurston, War- ren—23. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House today proceeded with the de- bate on the bankruptcy bill. Mr. Moody (Mass.) was the first speaker. He spoke in favor of the bill. During the progress of the debate the Senate amendments to the deficiency ap- Propriation bill providing for court fees Were agreed to. Mr. Settle (Ky.) followed Mr. Moody in ofposition to the bankruptcy bill. LOCAL LEGISLATION Many District Measures Brought to the Senate's Attention. Two Manual Training Schools Pro- posed by Senator McMi n—A President's Residence. A number of measures for the District of Columbia were brought to the attention of the Senate today. Mr. McLaurin introduced, by request, a bill to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to grant permits to the Batcheler Tube Company of the Dis- trict of Columbia to excavate the streets of the city for the purpose of putting down preumatic tubes, beginning at the govern- ment printing office and running to the Capitol, via New Jersey avenue and such other streets as may give the most direct and practicable line; also from the Balti- mcre and Potomac railroad station, via Pennsylvania avenue to the new city post office. Manvel Training Schools. Mr. McMillan gave notice of an amend- ment to the District of Columbia appropria- tion bil’ which he would offer in the Senate appropriating $150,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of a building thereon to be used as @ manual training school for white pupils in the District of Columbia; also appropriating $100,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of a building thereon to be used as a manual training school for colored children. Mr. McMillan also gave notice of an amendment to the same bill providing for the electric lighting of 14th street, from Florida avenue to Whitney avenue. Mr. Gallinger gave notice of an amend ment to the District of Columbia appropria- tion bill, providing that all registered phy- sicians shall be entitl2d to the privilege of attending private ey Mr. McMillan and Mr. Gallinger were referred to the Senat2 commitiee on the District of Co- lumbia. 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