Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1898, Page 9

'THE EVENING STAR, ‘SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1898—24 PAGES. WASH. B. WILLIAMS, | Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. Aumnual’ February Clearing Sale. CARPET R-U-G-S At half the price of carpet by the yard. It is surprising what a demand there fs pwadays for Carpet Rugs. We now make all our remnants of carpets up into rugs and at ‘remnant’ prices, charging for the sewing, ete. Just see what large rugs a few dollars will buy pice, here: Tap. Brussels Rug, 8 ft. 9 in. x 8 ft. 3 1, 910 ‘Tap. Brussels Rug, 10 ft. x 8 ft. 3 in. 1 Tap. Brussels Rug, 13 ft. x 8 ft. Wilton Velvet Rug, 11 ft. 4 in. x 8 ft. 3 in. $17 Moquette Rug. 10 ft. 6 in x 10 ft. © in, $22 A good solid oak high-back cane- $1 seat Dining Chair for. aa Wash.B.Williams,7th & D. The Simplex Lamp. Nursery und cooking lamp—medieated steam in- haler—toflet face sprayer—house perfumer and mom . Only $1.50., 4. W..S. THOMPSON, The best line of cutlery . That ever entered Washington is the claim we can substantiate. We have anything from the tiniest Pocketknife to the largest Carving Set And we're old-fashioned in oar notions abou! quality—nothing but the finest steel that Eng- Yand, Germany, Norway, and other countries, as well as our’ own, can give us, is what we handle. “Walford’s,” 477 and gog Pa. Ave. fe18-200 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? lroquois 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 Powerful Manifolder. A typewriter with all the ad- C vantages of the old ima- Tone of their defects. Guaranteed equ:l in every particular to. eny $100 machine er money refunded after ten days’ trial. SEND FOR FREF ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. 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BAUM & CO. at cost. GEORGETO! 'S AMBITION. Wants to Form an Athletic League With Penn and Cornell Georgetown Untversity has proposed a triple athletic meeting between its own team and those of Cornell and the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. The colleges are new corresponding on the subject, and it is probable that the meet will be held a fortnight before the intercollegiate cham- pionship. Franklin Field in Philadelphia is likely to be selected as the place for holding the contests. Georgetown made an effort to errange a similar meeting last year, but opened negotiations too late in the season to succeed. Should Cornell decline to take part in this meeting Pennsylvania and Georgetown will hold a dual set of games. W. A. C. Defeats Fencibles. A championship game of basket ball was played last night at the club house of the Washington Athletic Club between the W. A. C. and the National Fencibles, the for- mer winning by 11 to 3. The goal throwing of Thompson and Mackey of the W. A. C. and excellent team umpire, four of which resulted in goals for the two teams. ‘The line-up: N. F., 3. Field goals for W. A. C.—Mackey, 2; Thompson, 3. Free goals—Mackey, 1. Free goals fér N. F.—Ravensburg, 3. Umpires—Mr. Mc- Glue and Mr. Meyer. Timer—Mr. Hildreth. Scorer—Mr. Phipps. The Queer Wheeimen basket ball team | and Company D, ist Battalion, will @ championship game tonight at the Weak ington Light Infantry Hall. It will be fol- lowed by an informal hop. See + Abandoning a Street. The District Commissioners have inform- ed Chairman Babcock of the House Dis- trict committee that they are unable to pcoras any objection to the abandonment of Cuvier street, as Hou: 6460, for the_relief ‘of Galen ¢ Galen C. Green.” Se age Mr. H. J. Kints, 906 D street southwest, has been informed the District Com- missioners that they are not at present ina consider his offer Bistrice, ga a alte for a contagious bent a a @ con! pital, @ piece of property on “Anaccalin Heights. a Ss Oa a Os a a a ae eM ee te MISS WILLARD'S DEATH COMMENTED ON | Report of Cothmittes ‘on Revision of Bonstitition. a ‘NOTES Of THE SESSIONS There were few delégates ti attendanca at the mormihg’ “session of the con- vention of the National American Wo- man. Suffrag2 Association, which began ‘at W o’ciéck, Jat. the Columbia ‘heater. The d2ath of Miss Frances H. Willard and the dispiriting “weather-appeared to have hada bad effect on: the delegates. There ‘were so few pres2nt that a motion was put and carried providieg that the reading of the greetings from other societies of simi- lar character: in foreign eountries be: de- ferred till Jater- After the secretary, Alice Stone Black- well, had read her report, that of the con- gressional committee was read by Mrs. Ellen Powell Thompson, chairman. Th> report was in part as follows: “Th2 hearings given the convention be- fore the committee of the House and Sen- ate Tuesday, the 15th, were of unusual in- terest. The presentation before’ th2 select committee of: the Senate was from a philo- sophical standpoint, and that before the judiciary committee from an_ historical view, each sp2aker presenting a special phase of the subject. Of the Senate com- mittze only Senators Berry, the chairman, of Arkansas, and Mallory. of.Florida were present, but by the courtesy of th> chair- man a quorum was made by securing the presence of Senators Cannon of Utah and Teller of Colozado. “Of the House committee fourteen of tha fifteen were present: to disten to the history of woman suffrage for fifty years. : “It would seem: that thes> ‘arguments must. appear to any unprejudiced mind comprehensive and conclusive, and touch the chord of justice in the hearts of these men. During two years nearly >very mem- ber of Congress has been either written to or personal interviews have been had, and not a small number have declar2d they were ready to vote for the amendment when opportunity should be given. A large number hold the opinion that when a ma- jority of women in any one stat>-express the desire for suffrage, the men of the state will grant it. “We wish also to report to you th high esteem very generally expressed for ihe women of the national association. “We continue to urge strongly upon the state pr2sidents their co-operation with the congressional commitiee by sending me- morials to Congress and by writing letters to their awn “congressmen on the vital question. To enable the members of th> District Suffrage Association to keep in torch with this work with Congress and to ascertain facts and furnish information to Congress when desirable, Mrs. Clara B. Colby has beett £ppointed chairman of the congr2ssional committee. In this capacity she sends the Woman's Tribune regularly, free of charge, to every senator and mem- ber. We deem it very tmportant that coi gressional wark he push3d during this ses- sion, even though the press of work seems great in that body.” Invited to Visit Quaker City. Mrs. Amanda Deyo of Philadelphia ex- tended a second ‘invitation to the dele- gates of the convention to visit the Qua- ker city and attend there the sessions of ithe Peace Association to be held Monday. ‘She referred touchingly to the late war, and 4poke $f “the beautiful boys in blue and the beautiful boys in gray” in a man- ner which was calculated to touch the hearts of the hearers. She spoke of the great good she thought would result from the Philadgabia.mecting. .and she was connace that ‘all of the delegates who could would attend. Her remarks were greeted with applause. Mrs. Richard “Anders of Boston made the announcement Of the emblem, in form of a wreath, for the funeral tomorrow of Mis Willard, in New York, sent by the N: tional American Women Suffrage Associa- tion convention. The wreath will be com- posed of southern leaves, viofets and lilies of the valley. There will also be a band of yellow ribbon, the color of the association. The wreath will contain miniatures of the prominent women of the association, in- cluding those of Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and others. Miss Anthony made a strong plea for the press bureau of the association, and. made an equally strong plea to have Mrs. Ida H. Harper of New York placed at the head of it. Mrs. Harper declared she had had won- derful success with the press in California, and thought she could make as great a one in the east. She said she would like to make an experiment of the bureau be- fore taking it as a permanency. A motion was made and carried that Mrs. Harper be put in charge of this work. Some discussion followed as to whether this would not interfere with the rights of Miss Cassidy, who has already some- thing to do with the press work of the association. It was explained, however, that the rights and duties of one would not entrench on those of the others. The matter of organizing the bureau will be in the hands of the business committee. Mrs. Richmond Heard. Mrs. Cora V. L. Richmond, vice president of the National Spiritualists’ Association, was introduced to the convention as a fraternal delegate from Chicago. Mrs. Richmond said that the first speech Miss Anthony ever heard delivered hy a woman was an address by Lucy Stone. The men- tion of her name created applause. Mrs. Richmond said when a child of eight years she had heard Miss Stone speak and had been entranced by her sweet voice and persuasive manner. From that time, Mrs. Richmond said, she had been given tne idea of working for the rights of women. In conclusion, she spoke of the “risen disciple,” Miss Willard, and quoted a num- ber of lines of poetry appropriate to the oc- casion. Revision of the Constitution. When she had finished the matter of the report of the committee on the revision of the constitution was taken up. Rev. Anna Shaw stated that she, with Miss Alice Stone Blackwell and Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, had been named a subcommittee of the business committee to look into the metter of arranging the change of the con- stitution. It was moved and adopted that the two-minute. rule in the discussion of the proposedych#nges be enforced, and that no delegate should speak but once. "The article ywere taken up separately. Miss Clay erie ate made a motion that section 1 of urtfcle VI of the constitution, which reads as follows, be made a by-law: “This asstttatfon shall hold an aanual convention @f seegularly elected delegates for the elesttin2of officers and the trans- action of business. An annuadl: meeting ghall be held in Washington, D. C., during the first sessicn of each Congress.’ This was a pied. Section 7 bf the constitution, reading: “Any state ivoriién suffrage association may become auxiliar¥ to the National American Woman Suffrage}Association,” was changed to read “Eggh,state woman suffrage asso- ciation.” yo od” “4 Mrs. Lillig;gaevereux Blake spoke -in re- gard to having definite time fixed for the holding of the:gonvention. She stated that there wes up:prevision made for the date, general custem heaving made it in the mid- dle of the winter. She thought the middle of winter should be abandoned in favor of October. _The matter was postponed unt}! it came up-under the head of regular busi- ness. Miss Anthony took occasion here to speak to Mrs. Clara Colby on what she thought was an interruption of business. She said she did not deem it right for Mrs. Colby to stay out of the business meeting as a d There were frequent calls on “Madame President” the session, and tt was ohe of the most lively of the ccnveation, notwi! -« the t that it promised to bevtame at start. After the reading’of. the ution and by- laws 4 motion was made and carried that they be adopted <as.a whole. Mrs. Blake made a motion that the next arnual meeting of the association be held in October. She said it would be much bet- ter from every point of view, as the dele- gates could travel much better. Mrs. Harper thought the matter should be de- cid2d by the business committee, as had been the choice of the place of holding the ccnvention. The matter was discussed to some exteat, and Mrs. De Witt of New Jer- sey thought the busin>ss committee could be left to pass upon this. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton was of the opinion that according to the constitution, as dues had to be paid January 1, it was utterly Impossible and impracticable to hold the next convention in October, though it might be possible at some later date. Miss Anthony said, in order to simplify the matter, it would be a good plan to hoid @ conference in Omaha next fall, when the exposition would be in continuance. Greetings From Afar. Greetings were read from the Frederika Bremer Society of Stockholm, the Verein Jugendschutz of Berlin, Society for Women Suffrage in Holland, Dominion Suffrage Association of Canada, the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies of England. There was a letter from the Union to Pro- mote Women’s Rightsein Finland. Lady Aberdeen sent a message regretting her in- a@pility to be present, and one was received from Mrs. Priscilla Bright McLaren and others. The maiter of where the next convention will be held was left to the business com- Martha A. B. Conine. mittee, to be decided on later. It may go te California or Grand Rapids, Mich. An effort_was to have been made to provide that Washington should not have the an- nual convention every two years. Miss Anthony was opposed to this. She does not think that the convention is held here often erough. It was found that under the con- stitution this could not be changed, and nething was done, so the capital will have the suffragists every two years. Miss Anthony is suffering from a_ bad ccld, and will hardly be able to attend the funeral of Miss Willard tomorrow. A com- mittee from the association, to be named later, will go tonight, it was stated. Received at the White House. President McKinley received the officers and delegates to the national suffrage con- vention in the east room of the White House at 1 o'clock yesterday. A barricade of chairs and couches was formed around the door of the east room leading into the corridor, and between these the President stood as the nearly 300 peuple filed past. ‘The President first received his old friend, Mrs. Harriet Tayior Upton of Ohio, whom he greeted with much apparent pleasure, and then Miss Anthony introduced Isa- bella Beecher Hooker. After a few mo- ments’ conve-sation . Upton took her place at the President's left and introduc- ed-each officer and delegate by name and state, ofter: passing comment that would single one from among the rest. Those from Ohio always received an extra hand- shake and word. One small, curly headed boy, son of Mrs. McCullough of Chicago, got a linger- ing hand pressure and a pleasant word or two, the President stooping to reach his youthful visitor's ear. After it was all cver Miss Anthony ex- pressed the pleasure she had in the grace- ful attention of the President to her “girls and boys,” and after a parting hand- shake with his old friends, Mr. McKiniey retired. Convention Notes. Miss Guelma McLean Baker, niece of Miss Anthony, came all the way from Cali- fornia at her aunt's request to lend the cnarm of her young voice to the evening's enjoyment. Sne sang so sweetly that the audience would not be satisfied till she came on again. vulsed the audience by saying that her niece wanted to know whether she should “just bow or sing another song.” “I’m Laura Clay. sure,” Miss Anthony said, “I can’t see what good it would do to bow. Sing.” And she sang. One of the features of a recent evening session was the sale of the huge birthday cake presented to Miss Anthony by Mrs. McLean. The cake was over four feet across and handsomely decorated with pink and white roses and green leaves in sugar, and about the edge were seventy-eight wax candles. Just after the closing exercises the audience was asked to remain, and Miss Mary Hay of New York, who professes to be a Quaker, but who has a gift of speech that makes one believe that silence is not. always golden, came forward on request to act as auctioneer. é " The cake was cut in seventy-eight. sec- tions about the edge, éach one containing a candle and a red and white rose. The first “hunk” of this brought $5, the second $2.50 and the others brought $1 each. In the center were the dates ‘1848—1898,” each date covering a space of six inches. The first brought $25, with the bidding eager. The second brought $10. The re- mainder of the cake was sold in small bits, bringing from 25 cents to $1. The cake brought $130 in clean cash, and quite a lot is left for those to take who were unable to be present, but had expressed a desire to purchase when the cake was divided. ‘There was any amount of fun while the McLean, “admirers,” and “a number of friends” have sent contributions. “We have been handsomely treated by the pregs,” Mrs. Upton, chairman of the press ittee, declares. “The Star is always ‘Then Miss Anthony ‘con-| AT THE WHITE HOUSE ‘The President to Go to Philadelphia Monday. DISCUSSING CIVIL SERVICE REFORM Important Changes, It is Thought, Will Be Made. MINISTER.BRYAN CALLS Several hundred visitors of more or less Political prominence flocked to the White House today. A good many were turned back by an important conference which the President was having with Secretary Leng and Assistant Secretary Day. After this the President saw a number of the visitors. The President and Mrs. McKinley, ac- companied by Secretary Porter, will leave fcr Philadelphia at 12:45 o'clock Monday, the President’ having accepted an invita- tion to address the trustees, faculties and students of the University of Pennsylvania vpon the occasion of University day, Tues- day. The President and wife will be the guests of C. C. Harrison, provost of the university, Tuesday, Washington's birth- day. The address of the President will be Gelivered fn the Academy of Music. A lunch willbe given in honor of the chief executive Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Seth Lew, president of Columbia University cf New York, will be seated with the Presi- dent. Amcng others who have been invited to take part in the ceremonies are the Perintendent of the coast and geodetic survey, director of the geological survey and commissioner of education. The Presi- dent has prepared his address. Had not the disaster to the Maine ce- curred the President would have left bere immediately after returning from Philadcl- phia for a trip to the south with Secretary Blies. He is undecided what he will do now. A good deal will depend on the rews from Havana within the next few days. Discussing the Civil Service. Senators Pritchard, Lodge and Elkins of the civil service committee of the Senate had a conference with the Presilent today by appointment to talk over civil service matters. The President, it is understood, is awaiting with considerable interest the repert to be made by the Senate committee. The committee will get its report ready as speedily as possible. It will be impossible, one of the members said today, to attempt to analyze ali of the testimony in the re- port to be made. Much of this testimony Was unimportant, and only main features are to be covered. The President has been waiting a good while to issue an order 2xempting certain offices from the operations of the civil ser- vice, but he put this off until the agitation of the question was over in Congress. It is thought he will issue this order shortly after th> Senate civil service committee makes its report. He may conclude to make changes not now contemplated, after reading the report of the committee. Pure Food Act Signed. The President has approved the act re- lating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia. The President has also approved the joint reso- lution accepting the invitation of the gov- ert:ment of Norway to take part in an international fisheries exhibition, to be held at the city of Bergen from May to Septem- ber of this year. Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, and Seror Mendonca, the Brazilian minister, called personally upon the President this morning to express the sympathies of their recpective countries at the tragedy to the Maine. Senor Romero enjoys a close per- soral friendship with the President, who likes and admires the Mexican. There is rothing of the frigid diplomatic formality about either in their intercourse, an evi- dence of the friendly relations of the two covntries, as well as the two men. Minister Bryan C: Mr. C. P. Bryan, some time ago appointed minister to Brazil, has arrived here to re- ceive his instructions from the State De- partment before sailing for Rio Janeiro. Mr. Bryan was at the White House today. Mr. Bryan has been requested to wait here until the arrival of Mr. Conger from Bra- zil. Mr. Conger is expected in a few days. He and Mr. Bryan will confer with the State Department. Mr. Bryan will then leave for his post and shortly afterward Mr.. Conger will depart for China as the representative of this country. Pardoned by the President. The President has granted pardons in the following cases: Marion Halderman of Arkansas, convict- ed of larceny. The only result of the par- don is @ restoration to citizenship. Arthur D. Andrews of the southern dis- trict of California, convicted in 1894 of violations of the postal laws and sentenced to three years in prison and to pay a fine of $1,000. The pardon is granted on the ground that since his arrest Andrews has already served longer term than the sen- tence imposed. Jack Wilkinson of the eastern district of Texas, convicted in 1896 of assault with intent to kill. The papers in the case show that the prisoner can live only a short time. This is also the basis for the pardon in the case of Joseph Allred of the eastern district of Missouri, who is under sentence for counterfeiting money, and also in the case of L. 8S. Whitfield of the northern dis- trict of California, also convicted for passing counterfeit money. Pardons were denied in the following cases: Walter A. Milikin and John Jamison, southern district of Ohio, convicted in 1804 of passing counterfeit mone: Herman Hausler of the district of Kansas, em- bezzling letter from the mails. 5 Charles Hubbard, eastern district of Mis- souri, violation of the postal laws. Opposition Expressed by a Large Delegation From Three South: erm States. The: proposition to amend the Consti- tution of the United States so as to au- thorize Congress to regulate the hours of labor in the different states, which has been advancei by Representative Lover- ing of Massachusetts ina joint resolution introduced in the House, is being vigorous- ly opposed by representatives of southern cotton mills. A. delegation of them appeared yester- day before the House committee on ju- diciary. Following is a list of the com- mittees from the different southern states named: guairict, Sonne Or tie eataoel kore laws. REGULATING TIME OF WORK Proposed Constitutional Amendment Con- sidered in Committee. i DPDOODN-99NN090 5 MERTZ'S. —Don't take your prescriptions to a place just because,it is near by. Mistakes are easily made in cotpounding ‘prescriptions unless ‘they're propertly guarded against. \ Think over these pre- cautions and advantages we of- fer: Our pharmacists have a separate room of their own— private to their own use— for compounding prescriptions. They are men of the highest effi- ciency and are never disturbed and never called upon to attend any duties in the store. We offer you the best skill, finest drugs, freshest chemicals. We double check .all; prescriptions, which makes mistakes impossible. OOOO OOS : : : She DODO 300-09 D Abd aside—in most cases we \ MERTZ’S > Modern Pharmacy, _fith-amd-P Sts. § able conditions surrounding labor the same as in New England. He was followed by Mr, J... Walker of prorpanter, Mass., in a speech favoring the ,Then Col. James L. Orr of Piedmont, 8 C., addressed the committee in opposition to the bill. Col. Orr pointed out the great confusion to which such an opening for special legis- lation would lead. “He said that while we all know that the measure is Girected at the cotton mills of the South, it neverthel opened up the way for demands to be made upon Cohgress in every sort of manufac- turing interest. If this was going to be at- tempted why should other interests be omitted? Why not protect the farmer against the encroachments of mercantile and manufacturing competition in the field of labor. He believed that southern ad- vantage consisted more in modest methods of living, modest salaries and closer econo- my than in any advantage of labor condi- tions in the south. He believed that, all things considered, the southern mill opera- tive received more net money for labor than those in the east. = Captain Elliosu A. Smythe of Pelzer next spoke. He thought that the alleged advan- tages of the south in cotton manufacture were largely overestimated, and that much had been said on the subject in New Eng- land for the purpose of constraining legisla- tion in the Massachusetts legislature and to influence Massachusetts labor to accept the proposed reduction in wages now pend- ing there. He said that the southern cot- ton mill companies contributed much to the comfort and to promote the advantage and advancement of the employe in other ws than in wages paid. He said that all the south asked was to be let alone. If per- mitted she would work out her own salva tion in good time and to the satisfaction of her people. Mr. D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N. c., emphasized the remarks of Capt. Smyth relating to the extent of misstatement of the advantages of the south. The people of New England had formerly thought that the south could not successfully compete at all in cotton manufactures. Then there Was a period ti which it was field in New England that the south could make some grades of coarse goods, but could not, with her inefficient labor, go on to fine goods. In both these opinions the peopie of New England had been mistaken. So the pres- ent alarm about the breaking up of New England mills was without a reasonable foundaticn. He gave the names of a num- ber of New England mills whica had in 1897 paid 10 to 20 per cent dividends. He stated that the cotton goods trade in gen- eral was nof in a prosperous condition. He believed that the trouble came, not so much from competition of the two sections os from unsatisfactory general trade condi- tions. He believed that the remedy lay in the direction of improving domestic trade conditions by a revision of the currency sys- tem. He thought that the mills of this country ought to co-operate to bring about the further export of manufactured goods in place of the raw cotton. Col. William Elliott of South Carolina went with the-members to call on President McKinley to pay their respects. Mr. Fitzgerald, Massachusetts, sald he represented the mill operatives of New England: characterized the eleven-hour a day employment as a crime, stigmatized all above 6 per cent in the 10 per ceat divi- dends, which the manufacturers stated the mills paid, as a robbery of the operatives, and said that, with equal conditions of hours, the wage problem would regulate itself. Representative Lovering urged the New Englaha mills were not making money and the wage reduction was nccessary. Representative Wdiker of Massachusetts also spoke. - Charges of Larceny. Charles Edwards, colored, was today held in $1,000 bail for the action of the grand jury by Judge Kimball, for having, as alleged, broken into a house for which William H. Barnes & Co. are agents a week ago, and stealing a mantel mirror valued at also with the larceny of a bucket of preserves yalued at $1.50 from P._H. Sheehy. The records of the Police Court show that Edwards was convicted January 11 1897, of a charge of larceny, for which he was sentenced to thirty days in jal. Variable weather like that of the last week has no terror for * those who use the Pillow-In- haler; because all-night long they bréathe an air which coun- teracts the bad effect of the pre- ceding day and fortifies them against the ills of the one to fol- low. Their hours in bed are hours of comfort and healing. The Pillow-Inhaler provides the, only known means of long- continued inhalation. 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