Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1900, Page 13

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Miustrate Egyptian, Assyrian, Roman and Sara- eenie Art, Archftecture, Manners aad Customs, lanations dally at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Admission: Adults, 50c.; children, 2c. ‘The Lecture and Assyrian Halls or the entire eight Fills will be available to Iterary or his- torical clubs for evening lectures, receptions, ete. e2-tb, 8, tu, 601,30 GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM Tammany’s Wave of Reform Seems to Be Receding, BIG GAMBLERS RUNNING AGAIN Delegates to the Ecumenical Con- ference Beginning to Come In. SCHEME TO BENEFIT WOMEN ——— Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 28, 1900. The wave of reform has just swept over this city, has reached its height and has already commenced to recede. Nobody ever expected that it would amount to anything. Tammany Hall has been playing a game of bluff, bluster and brag, and be it said to the credit of Tammany Hall it has been playing the gamo exceedingly well. The only re- form movement that has ever occurred in this city that has produced any lasting re- sults had its origin in the sensational ex- pose made by Dr. Parkhurst and its culmi- nation in the election of Mayor Strong. It is true that the sirict enforcement of the Raines Sunday closing law by the Roose- velt police commissioners caused thousands of intelligent Germans to leave the republ can party and join with Tammany Hall in the election of Mayor Van Wyck. Looking at the Strong administration now in the light of history It can be seen that the cru- sade inaugurated by Parkhurst has been productive of lasting benefits. Take the matter of the cleaning of the streets; true, they are bad enough and dirty enough now- every one knows, but since the re- of Waring, when the streets were y Hall has been compelled by public opinion to make a pretense of keeping the strevis So in the matters pertaining to the s morals. It {s all a pretense—Tam- many Hall knows it 1s only a pretense, the people know that it is only a pretense, and, what Is more, the Tammany Hall leaders know that the people know that they are ending. This double-dealing, this 3 , makes of Greater New York a sort of civic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Dui ing the past fortnight New York has been posing as a sort of good Dr. Jekyll. The city has been trying to array itself in fault- less attire, has been lifting a glossy beaver hat to the world, has been wearing a flow- er in the buttonhole, has been saying to all comers, “What a great and good man I am.” Reformation Was Short-Lived. But the reformation has been short-lived. Already over the countenance of the hypo- critical Father Knickerbocker is stealing an expression that indicates the change from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde, and in an- other fortnight the hands of the city will again be reeking with sin and crime and shame, As long as Tammany Hall remains in power there will never be any sort of re- form unless that reform means money _in the pockets of the leaders. When @e churches can afford to pay more money to Croker for the p of having the div closed than the dives can pay for the privi- lege of running, then, and not until then, will vice be banished from the city. It is all a gime really cleaned for the first time, Tamma Matter of dollars and cents so far as the Tammany Hall leaders are concerned. When Croker was interested in the rac tracks in the suburbs of the city not a pool reom allowed to run in the city of New York. There w: omething in it for Croker,” provided he could ‘p the pool rooms closed. Men anxious to place a be on the horses were driven to the track: thereby putting money in the hand of the “bess.” Now that Croker has trans ferred his racing Interests from New York d and there ts “nothing in it for it 1s arrant non roo If the church pe: 31,000,000 as a cash fund to among the Tammany Hall lea > distributed they can keep the pool rooms and the gambling hou: d for three months, unless the “followers ’ raise their ante. But as long a. leaders are a lowed $3,000,000 a as ake off from the pool rooms it 1s foolish to imagine that these places will remain closed. Dives Flourish Under Jammany. As for the dives, there never kas b en 2 minute under the present administration when they have not been strictly “in it.” Take the of Ackron, the proprietor of the Tivolt, the worst dive in the city of New York, an 11 ion. It was the beast of this man that he had a “pull,” e could not touch him, that uprising of th forces the ex- posures of was pro- tected by t cau: the downfall of 1 1 and the ineom- ing of the ch trong thought they And the + anti-Strong d. . when the drawn, many old-time demo i men in Tammeny H may be found. : man: Hall q ons are open on t have to patronize them € don’t care if the pool rooms and the ambling houses are oper men who are fools enough to go there ought t money anyhow: of vice flourish i n keep a we line on b and we do ob plac Z nbute money to Tammany Halli.’ when Tammany Hall was convicted by D: Parkhurst taking this tribute from places where vice and crime flourished these me bolted and voted the ublican reform ticket. Hence it happened that Ackron‘s brazen and defiant notes startled the good people of New York. Can {t be possible that Tammany Hall ts again taking this “plood money?” they inquired. Some there were who Were even confident th: reform under Tammany was possible. They thought the tiger had been taught a valuable le son four y And the tiger been taught a = lesson. Four years go Tammany Hall would have been bold h and brazen enough to laugh at the of law and order, But the remem- of the advent of the Sirong admini. on 1 precisely parallel s fresh In the minds of the Tammany lead- ers. Four years ago they would break her than bend; te ay they are all agreed ad that break, S are once the old though ome of the little fellows have been squeez- ed out by reason of the recent reformation movement. The present policy of the Van Wyck administration seems to be to at- tempt to give the city a clean bill of health so far a8 the morals of the communily are concerned. Mayor Van Wyck, who kept under cover during the crusade, has now come to the front with the ment that there is 590 times as much drunkenness in any large Europeau city as in New York, that there are 500 times as many gambling houses in the cities on the other side of the Atlantic as in New York. that there are co times as iy abandoned women on the streets of European capitals as can be found in Greater New York. Inasmuch as the bureau of vital statistics estimates the number of abandoned women in the city at £0,000 it would seem that the mayor is either off om his mathematics or else that London, Paris and Berlin and other large cities of Europe each have in the neighbor- hood of 40,000,000 women of the class and character of the women who haunt the Ti- voli and the other dens of vice in the Ten- derloin of New York city. To Promote Legislation for Women. Plans are maturing for the organization by Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake and Mrs. Victoria C. Whitney of a national legisla- tive association, the object of which shall be to promote legislation for the benefit of women. Ever since Mrs. Blake's defeat for the presidency of the Woman’s Na- tional Suffrage Association by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt it has been said that the suffragists would be rent in twain by the factional bitterness engendered in that con- test and a new organization started with Mrs. Blake at the head. It was also said that Mrs. Blake would secede from the na- tional association. Secession she denies positively, and she says that although the new organization was forming, it in no way conflicted with the suffrage assoclation, and that she meant to take great pains not to antagonize that body, of which she would remain a stanch member and officer. The legislative work which she Is desirous of accomplishing has been wholly eliminated from the program of the National Suffrage Association, as neither Miss Susan B. An- thony nor Mrs. Catt has any interest In it, and Mrs. Blake was unable to maintain it under their administration. In spite of Mrs. Blake's assertion, suffragists all over the country have known that the new organiza- tion would come and many persist in re- garding it as a rival to the old organization. The adherents of Mrs. Blake feel keenly her defeat for the presidency at the conven- tion in Washington, and many of them are of the opinion that it was the personal feel- ing which Miss Anthony is said to have against Mrs. Blake which defeated her. The Ecumenical Conference. Distinguished delegates to the ecumenical missionary conference, which is to be held in this city next month, are already arriv- ing. Among those from abroad who reached town last week was Dr. August Schreiber of the Rhenish Missionary Socie- ty, who has been laboring {n Sumatra, where, during his seven years’ stay, he has transiated almost the whole of the New Testament into the native tongue, in addi- tion to his other work, Another arrival was the Rev. W. D. Cou- sins, M. A., of Oxford, England, late of Madagascar, the principal reviser of the Malagassy Bible. He is very hopeful of the future of Protestant mis the various features of the conference will be the missionary exhibit. Presenting to the eye, so far as possible, many phases of the missionary problem, it will combine a and museum, ‘in. which will be shown books, Bibles in English language and many other languages, charts, pictures, mode's, curios in the best workmanship, ob- jects Of religious worship—idols and fet- iches. A corporation has been formed to secre the continuance of this exhibit as a permanent fllustration of missionary en- deavor. President. McKinley will deliver the address of welcome at the opening ses- sion of the conference in Carnegie Hall on April 21, and ex-President Benjamin Harri- son will’ preside. ——.__ FITTINGS ON THE SUMNER fons. Among REPRESENTATIVE DRIGGS PRO- TESTS AGAINST EXTRAVAGANCE, Chairman Hull Does Not Believe That There Has Been Recklessness in Expenditures. During the consideration of the army bill in the House yesterday, when the para- graph appropriating $450,000 for building military telegraph and cable lines in Alaska was reached, Mr. Moody (Mass.) offered an amendment, which was adopted, requiring all commercial receipts over the lines should be accounted for and covered into the treasury. Mr. Fitzgerald (Mass.) offered an amend- ment to pay to the heirs of officers and en- Usted men In the regular army who have died In the service since January 1, 1898, two months’ extra pay. The amendment went out on a point of order. Mr. Mahon (Pa.) moved to strike from the provision empowering the S y of War to employ and assign the clerks ngers (158 in number) in his de- the words “employ and.” The purpose was to prevent the Secretary from mploying clerks from outside the pale of the civil service. The amendment was adopted. Mr. Ash (Wis.), on behalf of the commit- ed an amendment to reduce th ion fer travel allowance to en ted men on discharge from $3,000,000 to 00,000, and to provide for the commuta- t the rate of 4 cents a mile. Ash € ined that discharge mileage now computed under an old statute din 1812, by which, for instance, a would allowed WS to travel 6 to Washington, where- fare would be but $77. (iL) made a point of order amendment, which was sus- é ‘The Fittings of the Sumner. Speaking to a pro forma amendment, Mr. Driggs (N.¥.) called attention to a new: Paper article describing the luxurious fit- tings of the transport Sumner, which, he sald, was remodeled at enormous cost. Mr. Driggs said the enormity of the extrava- nce in the fitting of the ship was beyond ence. An $8,000 silver service had been aced in her, hi id, with cut-glass tum- blers which cost 75 cents aplece. The pala- tial furnishings of the Sumner were such as could be found nowhere except upon a millionaire’s asted the con- dition of this transport with those employed by the government when the soldiers were be! nt out to fight their country's b: tles during the Spanish war. Mr. Driggs said he proposed to introduce a resolution to investigate the extravagance in fitting up the Sumner. Mr. Hull said the other side was now oc- cupying a strange position. During the war the complaint was that the transports were not good enough; now the complaint was that our soldiers were to be treated too well. Mr. Hull eulogized our transport sys- tem, which, he said, was the best in the world. If there was reckless extravagance in fitting out the transports, Mr. Hull said, this Information could be obtained at the War Department. But he predicted if the information was called for it would be found that while the troopships had been fitted up splendidly there had been no reck- lessness In the expenditures. Mr. Driggs said his only desire was to criticise unjustifiable extravagance. Mr. Cannon (Ill) contributed to the de- bate a eulogy of the quartermaster general of the army, who, he was convinced, would not be guilty of undue extravagance. Mr. Lentz (Qhio) offered an amendment providing that no part of the money appro- priated for the pay of the army should be son of any member of Congress ad secured his appointment since the ruction of the battle ship Maine. It ruled out on @ point of order. curring to the newspaper article read by Mr. Driggs. Mr. Wheeler (Ky.) deliv- ered an app gainst extravagance. If it was unpatriotic to protest against that, he said, he was willing to take the respon: sibility of being unpatriotic. Mr. Cochran (Mo.) also inveighed against profligacy in expenditures. Without completing the consideration of the bill the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was agreed to, and at 5:10 p.m. the House adjourned, ————— Each Paid a Fine. Benjamin Hart and his wife, Amelia Hart, who were convicted in the Police Court several days ago of failing to properly con- duct their house on Pennsylvania avenue, Were fined _by the court yesterday. The wife paid $50 and the husband $25. tion of miles Mr the MAN OF INFLUENCE Potent Power Major Runcie Exerted for Cuba’s Good. A SKETCH «OF = BIS © CAREER From His Ideas the New Laws of the Island Will Rise. DEVOTION TO GENERAL WOOD (Copyright, 1900, by J. D. Whelpley.) Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HAVANA, March 21, 1900. Secondary only to the American control, as represented by Governor Wood, has been the influence of James E. Runcie in Cuban affairs. His name ts harmdly known in the United States in connection with the gov- ernment of Cuba, but it is not an exaggera- tion to say that in nearly all matters con- cerning the present civil government of the island and the laying of the foundations for the hoped-for republic his mentality and personality have been.the strongest guiding and controlling influence. He held no offi- cial position, he drew no salary from the island treasury, ostensibly he wicided no authority. His relations to Governor Wood were of purely personal character, and yet no man as prime minister to the ruling power of a kingdom of equal size ever swayed its destinies more effectually. The man himself is a most interesting character. His first and only controlling princip!e is loyalty to Leonard Wood. He gives him a love and admiration which comes to few men in these days. He be- lieves he owes his life to him, and, such being the case, that Governor Wood has the first and only call upon his energies and upon such talents as he may possess. For- tunately for the governor of Cuba, the tal- ents of James Runele are of no mean order, and they lie in a direction which made them of incalculable value to the man who was attempting to reconstruct the social, legal, commercial and political sys- tems of a million and a half people. How He Met Leonard Wood. Major Runcie, as he is now called, grad- uated from West Point in the class of 187). His keen, analytical mind led him to the front rank of the mathematicians and he was retained at the point as an instructor in that branch for several years. Later he served with the line at various stations, but generally in California. His for staff duty was quickly recognized and he served the department for several yea in that capacity. By an accident he severely injured, and in 1893 was ret from the army for physical disability s as a result of this accident that he Leonard Wood, then an army sur; ie Major Runeie claims that Dr. Wood saved his life on that occasion and that it was entirely due to his skill and interest that he did not die instead of ving to be re- tired. After leaving the army Major Runcie commenced the practice of law in San Frah- cisco. He was succeseful {ff building up a profitable busin but it was not long be- fore his health again necessitated a serious and difficult surgical operation. Dr. Wood was then in Washington, and it was to him that Runele went. ‘This ‘cemented the friendship of the two men to even a mo! marked degree, and Runele stood ready from that time to devote his life to the service of Leonard Wood should the latter ask it. eneral Counsel to Governor. $s during his convalescence in Wash- ington that the war with Spain commence’, and Runcie immediately volunteered his services. He was made a major in a vo! unteer regiment from Ohio, His regiment Went to Tampa, but never got farther than that during war. After he Ss mus- tered out and before he had time to return to the Pac’ ee t Leonard Wood, then a brigadier g al in command at Santiago, sent for him to come there and give him the benefit of his legal knowledge. Runcic went, for, according to his ci i, he could do nothing else. When Brigadier General Wood went to Washington he left Major Runeie in Santiago as his personal repre- ntative. When Major General Wood came to Ha he cabled Major Runcte to meet him here, and Major Runcle cam: Major Runcie's ‘position, if he may have n said to have had one, was that of be general counsel to the governor. With him General Wood taiked over all questions which arose. To him were referred all legal matte diplomas who which h mitny questions of pclicy and and he s the only American reform ¢omm ead by the go’ He was there @ personal represet 4 of the powers that be. He served on the commission to revise the laws, the commi: sion on taxation, the board of prisons, the board of pardons and also acted in hi: pacity as general adviser to the Ame: authorities. His one dominant and all sorbing purpose in all his work was to help Governor Wood by helping to make the resent administration {n Cuba a succes h personal devotion and such adapta- bility for the work in hand are rarely met. Major Runcie is slight of frame, but gives the impression of wiry physique, one of those who are found in the lead when men £ more imposing build have given up the struggle. He has keen dark eyes, a face full of intel a nd a mind w in flashes, accurate, analytic His tongue fs read: and he a fluent pen. His knowledge of law comprehens He ks Spanish flu- ently and reads {t even better. He has made a thoreugh study of the Spanish law of Cuba, and what {is more, has achieved a comprehensive view of its system, purpose, defects and good points. He comprehends the Cuban nature thoroughly, {ts strength and its weakness. He fs one of those who believes that Cuba needs the United States more than the United States necds Cuba. He says any man is a fool who will at- tempt at this time to set a limit to the probable occupation of the island by the American: A Peculiar Faenlty. In number he represented; but one-fifth of the reform commissions Row at work. In influence, representing as he did, the American government, he constituted a ma- y. In the rtports of these commis- s his ideas will prevail. It will be from conception of the needs of Cuba that will spring the new schemo of laws and taxation in the fsland, which is to be the feundation of the new republic. His meth- are positive, and at times seem auto- c, but he has a peculiar faculty for distinguishing between dangerous and ad- yantageous antagonism. This is the char- acteristic which made his services of such t value to Governor Wood, for Major Runefe viewed all things from’ the stand- point of their influence upon the present position and the future reputation of his friend and chief, the American governor of the island. To him was referred not long ago a deli- cate question of precedent. The United States government bought some land near Havana for the use of the quartermaster’s department. The question arose as to where the title should fest. It was not de- sired, nor was ft considered politic, to con- vey it to the United States direct, as it in- volved land which commanded some of the fortifications of the hatbor. Major Runcle promptly solved the aim- culty by recommending that the deeds should convey the-land to the governor general of Cuba as an official and not as an individual. It was the wisest and the most diplomatic thing to do. It implied a temporary occupancy, yet the title was Pour SPRING OPENING PAGES. enly afterncon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Asso- ciated Press, It is there- fore the only one in which the rencer can find th news of th rectly transmit- ted by telegraph, up to the moment of going ta press, Wonder what Mertz will say today? Preparations Jor Easter Should have timely thought. Pay a visit to our MODERN TAILOR- ING EMPORIUM—vwe want you to note our beautiful and large display of spring woolens. Such a wealth of exquisite fabrics, the world’s bright- est ideas—all that’s new and beautiful— AND Do you know we are wonderfully well equipped to serve you to your en- tire satisfaction? Our new method of cutting insures PRECISE FITTING garments far excelling all previous efforts. Fail not to come. (DSevts ans CDSerts, — Washington’s Leading Tailors, 906 and 908 F St. Baltimore Store, 6 East Baltimore St. SPRING OPENING ALL THIS WEEK. | SPRING OPENING ALL THIS WEEK. ALL THIS good forever if need be. It involved no difficulty in lapsing the same if Cuba should cease to have an American governor. The suggestion was characteristic of the man, and a slight indication of how useful he is to the governor in charge, upon whom will fall the blame or praise for what may happen in the future as a result of what is done now. His Strength and Weakness. “Major Runcie’s strength, and, at the same time, his weakness, is his unquestioning be- Net in Leonard Wood. It leads him at times into prejudice against others. He ts impatient of those who stand in the way of the governor, has no time for those who cause the latter trouble, and Is bitter, even to vindictiveness, {n his criticism of such persons. It inclines him to the theory that nothing good has been done in Cuba except it came from Wood, and that noth- ing was possible of accomplishment in Cuba until Wood was given full swing over the entire island. He 1s more or less right in this, but the feeling has recently caused him a few uncomfortable moments, for he so expressed himself in November when Ml at Santiago and before General Wood given the command of the island. His expressions were only recently published in an American magazine, and much to his discomfiture and surprise were placed over s signature. he article is typical of the man, though his usual diplomacy miscar- ried for once, and he paid the penalty by ending his career in Cuba. The importance warranted was not attached to the article by the American public, for it is not gen- erally known that the author was a most potent factor in the present scheme for the political regeneration of Cuba. = = ee. THE DISTRICT BRANCH. Prisoners Arraigned Today Before Judge Scott in Police Court. An elderly colored man, Who answered to the name of Albert Cloyd, was a prisoner in the District branch of the Police Court this morning. The charge against him was vagrancy, and while he evidently did not understand the nature of it, he said, “I ain't guilty,” when the clerk asked the usual question. ‘This old man's stepdaughter made com- plaint to me," said Policeman Ricketts, “and early this morning I found him sleep- ing at the lime ktln on 27th street. His daughter says he seldom takes a bath, and on account of his condition she is unable to get washing to do.” ‘The officer said he thought the old man’s mind is affected. “Commit him for examination, in order that his mental condition maybe deter- mined,” said Judge Scott. “I presume the workhouse officials will see to his condition in other respects.” Three neatly dressed young men, whose names were given as Thomas Rhodes, John B. Updegroye and James Allen, appeared-in the dock on a charge of vagrancy. “This morning about 2 o'clock, liceman Bryarly, “I found them enjoying a camp fire On the railroad near Eckington. They seemed to have no particular business about this section, and I brought them in.” “Me and John Updegrove belong in Ha- gerstown,” said Rhodes. “I went to Alex- andria to see my sister and John went with ie “Who is your sister?” “Lillie Forsyth, wife of John Forsyth, a printer.” S “Did you find her?" “No, sir.”” He said he and his friend were on their way home last night, and, becoming tired, they stopped and started a fire. “i saw the fire near the railroad track,” sald Allen, “and I stopped to get warm.” “What were you doing out there?” Judge Scott inquired. “I'm from Philadelphia,” the prisoner ex- plained, “and last night I was on my way to Pittsbur: The court released the defendants on their personal bonds. “I was only crying when the policeman arrested me."’ said Irene Smith, against whom there was a charge of profanity. “The officer says you were profane and boisterous,” the court told her. “\What have you to Say about that?’ “I don't swear,"’ she answered. beat me, and I was crying.” The penalty imposed was a fine of $5 or two weeks on the farm. “Guilty,” answered Moses Robinson, col- ored, who was arraigned for profanity. “He's an old timer,” remarked Prosecut- ing Attorney Pugh. “Ten dollars,” was all that the court -sald. Harry Stone, Joseph Lewis and Harry Watts Were in court as alleged vagrants. They arrived at Benning yesterday on a freight train. “We came from Baltimore,” said one of the defendants, “and were on our way.to Norfolk to enlist in the navy. We saw an advertisement in a Baltimore paper that four thousand recruits are wanted.” The men said they did not intend to re- main here, and the court released them aid Po- “A man DINNER IN HIS HONOR. Prof. Worcester Special Guest Social Function. The Washington members of the Psi Up- silon fraternity were the hosts at a dinner last night at the Ebbitt House, given in honor of Prof. Dean C. Worcester of the Philippine commission. The private dining room of the hotel was elaborately decorated with flags and flowers, the settings and ap- pointments of the function being almost perfect in detail. Mr. J. H. McGowan pre- sided as toastmaster, and first called upon Prof. Worcester for a few remarks. The professor spoke of the people and the con- ditions in the Philippine Islands, saying the natives were ignorant as a class, but quick to learn. Their present low position, he declared, was due to the bad example given them by the Spaniards. They might, he said further, be just as easilf influenced for the good, and in this connection Prof. Worcester spoke of the great respect the Filipinos had for the late General Lawton, and the hold the general had upon the people of the islands with whom he had been thrown in contact. The Filipinos had been badly neglected in many ways, es- pecially in education, there being but one teacher for 4,000 people. On account of the defects he set forth, he claimed the people were not suited at present for self- government, but in time would be. Dr. Frank S. Bourns, former health offi- cer at Manila, who made a tour of the ts- lands with Prof. Worcester ten years before the Spanish-American war, also spoke. There were other speakers among the guests present, who were: Judge J. H. Mc- Gowan, Senator Hawley, Dr. E. M. Gal- laudet, Judge A. C. Gear, Mr. A. P. Greely, Mr. Ralph W. Lee, Prof. W. F. Wilcox, Mr. Charles R. Dean, Mr. A. C. Wright, Mr. Geo. P. Whittlesey, Prof. H. E. Sawyer, Prof. Geo. S. Cummings, Mr. J. Kennedy Stout, Mr. Charles W. Smiley, Mr. M. M. Judson, Mr. Ensell, Mr. A. R. Serven and Judge Luther W. Smith. _— JOINT DEBATE. at Alliance Between Great Britain and the United States. Saturday next the Oakwood Debating Club of Eckington and the Young Men’ Literary Association of Capitol Hill will hold a Joint debate in the latter organiza- tion's room, in Baum’s Hall, southeast cor- ner of 4th and East Capitol streets. The subject to be discussed is “That the United States and Great Britain Should Enter Into an Offensive and Defensive Alliance.” The debaters will be, on the affirmative, repre- senting the ¥. M. L. A, W. G. MacNulty and W. H. Lawton; on the negative, repre- senting the Oakwood Club, W. L. Bowie and H. Anton Heitmuller. The rest of the program will include: “A Dispasstonate Review of the Boer-English Difiiculties,” by E. C. Palmer, jr.; a paper on “The Effects of the Crusades Upon the World's History,” by W. A. Kemper; a hu- morous selection by E. Clarence Poston; a selected reading by A. C. Bergh, and a Se- lected poem by W. C. Thom. W. A. Morris, C. H. Gray and J. J. Horri- gan of the Forum Debating Club of North- east Washington will serve as judges for the debate. Ladies will be welcome at this meeting. The association is arranging for another debate a week later, April 7, with the Forum Club, the subject’ for discussion to be “Trusts.” —_+_—_. Lodge of Sorrow. Columbia Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite Masons, held a lodge of sorrow at Hamline Church last night in memory of dead members, the lst of the departed be- ing as follows: William P. Cole, R. F. Cardelle, 32; Samuel P. Keller, 32; R. R. Lewis, 32; C. H. Saunders, 14; E. A. Wil- son, 14; Arthur I. Flagg, 14; James W. Brady, 32; John H. Ferer, 32; W. H. My: 32; G. A. Jordon, 32; Frederick Freund, 32; William Pittis, 32; W. L. Trimbly, 32, and Jesse R. Sherwood, 32. Sovereign Grand Commander Bayliss con- ducted the ceremonies, and was assisted by thirty-two members of the lodge and the Hamline choir. es Service of the Durkers. The first communion service of the Dun- ker congregation in the new meeting house, North Carolina avenue and 4th street, was held Tuesday night. The ceremonies were conducted by Rev. I. J. Rosenberg, the Dun- ker evangelist of Covington, Ohio, and Rey. Albert Hollinger, the pastor. The service included the foot washing, th> Lord’s sup- per, the salutation with the kiss and the extension of the right hand of fellowship. in accordance with the injunctions of the Gospel, SANDSTONE CONSTRUCTION. Material Popular Sixty Years Ago Not Now Uned. It is well known that the original Capitol building, the President's hous», the city hell, the original patent office and the old treasury building are built of free or sand- stone, much of which came from the nelgh- borhood of Aquia Creek, Va. Comparative- ly few are aware, however, that the era of more durable material in the construc tion of the public buildings commenced about sixty years ago. For this change is the nation, in a large measure, indebted to Zadock Pratt of New York, who served several terms in the House of Representatives subsequent to 1836. He was chairman of the committee on public buildings and grounds, and dur- ing his service the erection of { e treasury building in place of that destroyed by fire was in progress, the material being brick and sandstone. The Post Offi Depart- ment building had been burned in 1835, and the erection of a new building was project- ed, an appropriation being made therefor in 1859, The question as to the substitu- tion of marble or granite in Meu of sand- stone, which had before been used, was considered by the committee and a report was made that all public buildings here- after to be erected “shall be constructed of the hardest and most durable materials, either marble or granite.” Though this report was not adopted the appropriation bill for the new General Post office building carried a proviso that “the exterior walls shall be such as the Presi- dent of the United States shall direct.” Mr. Van Buren decided on marble, and the sandstone age in public edifices was ended. In this report the committee says that “due caution hi: not been used hereto fore in the choice of the materials selected * * * From some cause or other * * © nearly all the public structures are com- posed of a loose, friable and porous sand- stone, which, from {ts fragile conformation, its tendency to absorb water and also to receive Injury from the weather, fs, per- haps, the worst material for building in the world, without being recommended by any consideration of superior cheapness to com- pensate in any adequate degree for its in- feriority.” This sandstone, it was claimed, absorbs over seventy-three pounds of water in fif- teen cubic feet (a ton), and marble or gran- ite has little or no absorbent qualities. A building erected of sandstone will never be thoroughly dry, and requires a coat of paint to secure its utility for any length of time, and it will only lessen, not prevent, absorp- tion, and the cost of painting !s consider- able. The old part of the treasury and patent office buildings were t Structures to be erected, granite has been. as stated, materia of our public buildings for about sixty years. ———— Entertained by Lincoin Corps. No. 13. Lincoln Corps, No. 13, Department of Maryland, entertained Mrs. Julia Mason Layton in Baltimore last evening. Tea was served at 6 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Job, past department president; Mrs. L. O. Buchta was guest of honor, with Mrs. Lay ton. At 8 o'clock they repaired to the post hall on Saratoga street, where a large crowd was assembled. Dushane Corps was present in a body, together with several department officers. Mrs. Layton gave a short talk on the work and progress of the order. Music enlivened the occasion. Ices and fruit were served at the close, and at 10:45 Mrs. Layton was escorted to the depot on her return home. ———— Mayor Phelan on the Plague. The following dispatch, received by the District Commissioners from James D. Phelan, the mayor of San Francisco, is self- explanatory: tern papers just received refer to sporadic case of bubonic plague in San Francisco. The board of health reported such a case on March 6, twenty Sinc> then our Chinatown has_ be oughly Inspected and disinfected. No othe case has appeared. All persons now fre visit the district, as usual. On account of the vigilance and efficiency of our he department and federal quarantine no future danger. Please give t local press as an act of justice Francisco.” ——— Alleged Bogus Tickets. The police are looking for a young man who has been selling alleged bogus theater tickets about the city. The tickets were sold last week for the May Irwin perform- ances at the New National Theater this week. A number of people bought the tickets and were not aware that they had been swindled until they went to the theater.