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sVS3K$ THE HTENING: TIMES, .WJSDNESOAX, SEPTEMBER 11, 1895. TO !;t) yiMiM TS A MOTH -r: OVER '.3,600 CO TheWashington Times (1IOR.NLNO, EVEXLIW, AND SCXDIT.) OWNED AND ISSUES BT The Washington Times Company. TIMES BOTLDINO. Ecunnrssr Corkkk rtoxSTLVAKiA Avknux akb Tenth Stbmte Telephone Editorial Rooms, 11V Euslness Omcs, 337. frit Msrnlnc or Evening EdltlonOno Cent Sjnnay Edition ..Three Cents. X'onthly by Carrier llcrnlnc and bunday........ Thirty-Are Cents. Evening Thirty Cents. Horning, ) Evening and FuttCextj. Emndajr, j WASHINGTON. D. C, SErTEMBEIt 11. 1893. TIic Times is not responsible for tbe prexervntlon of niniiuKcrlptH sent to or left nt tills office. When ao conipiiiilfd by stamps hucIi mnnu Kcripts will be returned, iiltliour-U any obligation to do ho Is especially disavowed. Subscriber to "Tlie Time" will confer a favor by promptly reporting airy discourtesy of collectors, or neg lect of duty ou tlie purt of carrier. Complaint eltber by mall or In per son will receive prompt attention. Tbe Mornlns Kdltlon should be de livered to all port of tlie city by 0:30 o'clock a. ni.. Including Sunday. Tbe Evening Edition sliould be In tbe bands of subscribers not later than 6:30 p. in. BEATS THEM ALL. THE STAlt AD JUTS IT AT I..AST. Tbe Times Has tbe largest Dully Circulation. It is gratifying to announce tliat for the first timo in twenty years tlie "Star" lias been compelled to withdraw Its claim of having a larger circulation than all tlie other Washington dailies combined. Thi. - It did last Saturday. The -Star" does not acknowledge, however, that Its circula tion is less than Tho Times, although a strict adherence to the truth would neces sitate that admission. Tho aggregate circulation of the "Star" last week was only 17a, 13G, while Tho Times had a bona fide circulation of 212,385, or 30,249 more copies than tho "Star," as will he ictn by the following sworn statement. The net gain of Tlie Times' circulation last week was 8,219. Don't bring your "ad." to The Times If you want lo bury It. Nothing is pub lished except Hie. profitable adM-rtising. District of Columbia, rs: On the ninth day or September, in the vear ot our Lord one Ihousandeisnihundrcd and ni:ict-fie. bcrore me, Ernest CI.. Tlioiiipviu, a notary public in and ror-oid District, personally appeared C. T. Ilicb ardson and made oath in due fnrui of law as lollmvb: CIRCULATION OF THE WASHINGTON TlilES. . MONDAY, iept 2 30,030 TUESDAY, frel.r.3 31,272 WEDNESDAY, Sept 4 31,100 THUItiDAY, bept. 5 30.914 F1UDAY, fepLG 30.890 SATURDAY, bent, 7 34,000 SUNDAY, Sept. 8 23.477 212,383 I solemnly rwear that the above is a correct ttatcment of the daily circulation of The Washington Times fur the week ending September 8, lb3, aril that all the copies were actually rold or mailed for a valuable consideration and delivered to bona fide purchaser?: also that none of them ere relumed or remain in the office undelivered C. T RICHARDSON. Manager of Circulation. Subscribed and rworn to before me, on lie day and vearflrn Serein above wrltteu. ERNEST O. TH01IP80N. Notary Public TIMES DEFEATS THE TUOT.I.EV. The TinieV suit against the trolley trust this morning resulted In an overwhelming victory. Dy agreement with lne prosecuting attorney, the suit was continued for ten days to give the trust time to remove its poles from New York avenue. The at tempt of the Star to secure a postponement of Hie prosecution by publishing a series of promises from President Newbold was un successful, and lnxlead of being recog nized as an anil trolley organ the Star must now, go on record as an advocate of the trust. If any one doubts the hypocrisy of the Star in dealing with the trolley question, that doubt will be dispelled by tlie follow ing editorial, clipped from its Issue of yesterday. -In an argument favoring delay .in removing the poles, the trolley organ said: "But the Commissioners will not, of course, abandon or permit to be sacrificed in court their power. Judicially confirmed at every point, to cut down the Illegal boles at Dleasure or to compel their imme diate removal by Ihe company through an accumulation of prosecutions. Though they will not exercise this power, they can by merely holding it over the head of the company greatly expcdi'.o the work of equipping the Eckington line with an un derground electric sjbtem, which the com pany declares it is arranging to Install." The Tunes believes in deeds and not in promises. It had no faith in tbe pledges ofPresident Newbold, nor In the sincerity of the Star, and for that reason It began a suit lo compel the trolley trust to obey the law. Had the advice of the Star been followed Ihe trust would have maintained Its poles In New York avenue until next summer, at least; and it is doubtful if they would ever have been taken down. As it is, tbeagreementwith theprosccutlngattor ncy may be forfeited, but the public will know where U attach the blamcshnuldsuch a breach of failh occur. Meantime The Times proposes lo con tinue Its fight against public abuses and to maintain Us rcputat.oi as a fearless. Independent newspaper. If the trolley trust fails to keep its promise, or if any corporation, official or element becomes obnoxious or oppressive. The Times will take up the cause of tbe public and com bat the abuse until It has been abated. Let this be distinctly understood. AS A MATTEIl OF CHAIHTT. tn view of the fact that the legal acumen of Ibe District attorney has discovered there exists no law compelling railroads to place ga tcmen and flagmen at erode cross ings la sufficient number to protect the' public from danger -of accident, and In gjTgglClQ Tlew of the quiescent and acquiescent at titude of tbe Commissioners, the thought occurs that citizens might make up a purse for their own protection and for tbe char itable relict of the corporations. The railroad companies are apparently loo poor to supply this protection Even such slight expenditure might take a fen dollars out of tbe profits of some big stock holder and lessen his expenditure in the cafes of the Boulevard des Italleas at Paris or in the casinos at Baden-Baden or at Monte Carlo. Or it might deprive them of a moiety of their high wines or tbe pleasure of one less fast horse or other fast animal. Possibly a long-suffering public has not looked carefully at this phase of the abuse of the unprotected grade crossing. Doubt less the railroad corporations would not object to guards furnished by the people and paid for out of the pockets of the people. On the contrary, they would accept-such charity with delight. If it be not afforded Ihem they will go on killing and maiming rather than spend for guards a-few dollars which the magnates desire to use elsewhere THE TIMES WII.I. GIVE STjrrOlTT. The resolutions adopted by tbe Federa tion of Labor last evening, soliciting the co operation of the city prees in an attempt to eccure tbe enactment of a law providing for the employment of union labor on all public work In the District, should be amended so as to read all Government work In the United States. It is the duty of Con gress lo see that tbe Government gives Union labor the preference on all its public buildings and improvements when outside labor is employed, and to put an end for all time to contract work. The construction of tho postofflec build ing in this city furnishes at least one good reason why contract work should be abol ished, for had the building been erected by day labor greater care would have been taken to protect human life by pro viding against accidents. In excuse for the lamentable sacrifice of workmen to tlie Moloch of greed the contractor said that no large building could bo constructed without, killing three or four men, which, of course, is tho natural result of neglecting lo provide proper safeguards. The Times will gladly aid tlie Federa tion to secure the legislation it demands, and suggests thai its bill be amended lo include the entire country. Now, what other newspapers in the District will aUo support such an effort? Following is the resolution: Resolved, That we solicit the active co operation or the press with our committees in the interest ol the building trades of the District ol Columbia ill their i-fluris to have passed by the incoming Co.igrcss a bill enacting Ihatulllalioruojeoii public build ings and Improveirents, whether skilled or unskilled, must be employed by the day. and no work upo.i any of such buildings and improvements shall be doie by con tract, and thai the Commlss oners shall be required lo pay the maximum rate of wages prevailing in the repeclic trades in the District or Columbia, and limiting the hours or labor to eight hours per day: also u bill Io.oklug to the protection of Dis trict mechanics in the construction of proper scaffolding. STr.IlEOTYPEI) STATESMANSHIP. As regards anything new that appears in the speeches of Sherman, McKInley, Foraker and Iiuslinell at the "opening" of the campaign at Springfield, Ohio, jcslcr day, the utterances of these notables might as well have been written at any time since war disputes and animosities and legislation formed tbe stock in trade of Re publican statesmen. In all the attenuated specchmaklng of jeftenlay there was not onescsitence which gave hope or any more advanced policy In the future of the great Republican party than that which lias been worn thread bare for long years. Not one word was ut tered Hint expressed any new or sincere' convict'on in regard to the encroachments of corporative power or the absolute rule of concentrated and selfishly-used wealth." Not one word that Indicated any appre ciation or understanding of the movement among the vast army of wage-worker3 for leglslat'oa- which will iu greater de gree protect life and limb from the whims and oppression of greedy and brutal employers, or which will gain for them a greater certainty of work at wages which will enable them to live m ore nearly ns human beings ought to live. The eminent speakers seemed to hav no knowledge of corporate abuses which are feeding like vultures upon the very vitals of municipal. Stale and national life. In short, they ignored nearly every thing which should animate the statesman ship of-lhe day, and Pimply bhouted out the stale party shibboleth of other days. YT1IAT ENGLAND. WOULD DO. The United Stales Government will doubtless take very slow steps, or no steps at all, to avenge the outrage perpe trated by officers of the Salvadorean "gov ernment," who by force entered the steamer Cltyof Sydney nndsoughtoul anddragged away Bustamcnte, ens of the leaders of he government overthrown some time since. Possibly the tale of the captain of the steamer may be somewhat exaggerated, but It it be true in its main feature that one who sought rehige in his vessel, under the flag of the United Stales, was taken away against bis will and against the pro test of Ihe officers of the vessel that is all that Is necessary lo provoke the prompt est action. Had an English vessel been so entered and the British flag so Insulted, a British warship would have been ordered at onee to Ihe chief port of Salvador to enforce whatever pecuniary or other considera tion the British government might deem sufficient reparation for Ice wrong. This might seem like bullying, but It is Just what ought to be done to teach a whole some lesson. Most of the Central American repub lics, so-called, and one might place several of the South American In tbe same cate gory, arc but lairs fur political guerrilla factions. There is no patriotism upon any side. "Leading politicians" live by goug ing the people, and In or out of office the factions have but the spirit of guerrillas. While it may not be desirable to absorb them, these "republics"-should be taught at least that they must confine their guerrilla exploits to their own boundaries. ALL FOB FORAKBR. One of tlie most amusing incidents of recent politics is the placing upon the throne of absolute rule In Ohio that spectacular gentleman, Hon. J. B. Foraker. Mr. For aker Is Just as cordially hated now by the leaders of the opposing faction as he has been at any time. Sherman despises him, McKInley both despises and fears him, Bushneu, the candidate for governor. Is simply his tool. It must have been the proudest moment of his life or John Sherman, the great financial secretary of other years and still the Republican oracle of the Benatc, for long years one of the most ambitious of candidates for the nomination for the Presidency, to sit as presiding officer of a ceat political meeting and listen to tho laudation by McKInley of Foraker as the logical and certain successor to Iirice Id the Senate, knowing that McKInley had traded his Bupport In that direction for Forakers support of McKInley for the Presidency. Notwithstanding the flagrant champion ship given by John Sherman throughout his long public life to all that tbe grcut corporations and New York banking auto crats demanded of him, hlsis a mastermind at reasoning, and it seems pitiful indeed that in the closing years of his eventful career he should be brought to the mean position of serving, even by his approving presence, men of such comparatively small caliber as Foraker and McKInley; and, it Is hardly less pitiful to see McKInley, the Napoleon of the Tariff, the abject slave of a politician 111 Foraker. Such Is Ohio politics. STAnVE OUT THE CHINESE. Tbe financial starvation cure seems to be the most peaceful and effective way of driving from the country the Chinese who came here merely to earn what In their own land is a Competency, and then return home to enjoy it. The requebt of the Laundry Workers' Assembly of the Knights of Labor pre sented lost evening at the Federation of Labor, as reported in The Times this morning, points in the direction of this peaceable method of inducing the Chinese to rc-cmlgralc. Its demand is that or ganized labor shall patronize only those laundries which employ Americans ex clusively. This should be not only Ibe policy of organized labor, but that of ev cry one who Is opposed lo underpaid labor and to. tbe presence of a class f foreigners whoso I customs and habits arc such as may not be spoken of and scarcely thought of. All attempts to change the customs of these people, or to convert them to a rea sonable religion, have failed. In the matter of religion this Is the testimony of clergymen nnd other teachers who have devoted years of labor to their en lightenment. Immigrants of other na- r tionalitics speedily become Americans; Chinese rcver do no matter what Ihey may profess. The only good Chinaman is one who stays In China vihcrc others are as bad as be. Tho people of the National Capital should ret an example to the whole country and free the city of the latt China man by withholding the patronage lhat makes their stay profitable to them We will wager something nice that there are as learned and conscientious lawyers ns District Attorney Thomas can claim to lie who would have glen an opinion in regard to tbe law in respect to the protection of grade erodings exactly opposite to that of the honorable district attorney. Where there is a coriwratlon there will always be a municipal attorney l render opinions of a kindly and generous nature. The Ingalls boom has not yet run foul of the rigging of the topmast of Mrs. Lease, and therefore that lady's toisall is still floating alort, and the irrepressible craft is speeding along under every stitch of can vas she can carry. The Star quotes approvingly from a pub lication called "Newgpaperdom" au article entitled, "What Constitutes a Newspaper," and adds lhat nothing but "honestly print ing the news can give iermanent advantage to one paper over another." This doubtless refers to the Star's exploit of last Saturday in so honestly rertlng the yacht race. Is not District Attorney Thomas Just a bit cold blooded when he suggests that the use of eyes and ears is all tbe protection the public needs at the murderous grade crossings? There are Indications that while Cleve land is supposed to be giving his whole mind to destruction of inoffensive fish is quietly throwing a well-hailed hook into Maryland politics to catch and haul in Democrats who would otherwise stay In the swim and support the Gorman ticket How are the mighty fallen when John Sherman Is compelled to fire the first gun of a campaign which is to make strong the fences of "Joe" Torakcr for the Senate and "Billy" .McKInley for the Presidential nomination. One may safely wager that if Foraker be scut to air his theatrical person In the Senate he will do all the talking ror Ohio and Sherman will have to confine himself principally to a policy of profound and amused silence. Is is not a somewhat severe reflection upon the loyalty of Britons that Dunraven should bribe his Valkyrie-sailors to greater exertions by promising each one about $6 a week for the remainder of his life if his yacht wins the cup? Is the free silver movement actually and Irrevocably dead? Boy Orator Bryan has not been in evidence for a fortnight. Well-Known People. Lord Dunraven when on board his yacht affects white flannel trousers, held by a black sash. He is always .pictured as wearing a monocle. King Humbert, of Italy, base. ne of the finest stables in Europe. The King be lieves in the English thoroughbred, and most of his horses are of that strain. The King of the Belgians conferred the Royal Order of the Lion upon Frank Vin cent, the well-known American travelerand explorer. Mr. Vincent received the distinc tion for his work on Africa, and is the only American, thus far, who has beeu so hon ored. a With the death of Mrs.Azenath Turner.at Manchester, N. Y., the last Revolutionary warpensionoftheEmplreStateceoses. She received a pension of $12 a month, but this amount was subsequently increased by spe cial act of Congress to $30. At the time of herdeathMrs. Turner was 89 years old. M. Jean and Edouard de Reszke have been Investing their earnings in Polish landed property. During their recent stay in Poland they have purchased estates near Czentochow. M. Edouard has bought Gar nek, an estate near Pla wna, and his brother is negotiating' for Skrzydlo w, one of the fin est domains In the same district. The Sultan's mother, who rules the harem, is alone allowed to go about unveiled- Gossip of the Day. 8 i "Look at this list of witnesses before tbe grand Juryu" said Mr. Malone, one of Marshal Wilson's assistants, yesterday, as be produced n sheet on which the witnesses had certified their attendance. "That is1 an .'average list. You will sec that out tifi the fourteen witnesses who have been asked to sign their names, only fivo have been able to do so. Five out of fourteen even is a high average." Washington is indeed peculiar to Itself and its many individual characteristics are often a matter of wonderment to tbe visitor. A sign on one of tbe principal streets is one of the odd things which attracts the attention of passers-by. The sign reads: "Hospital for Dolls." We bavehospltals for birds and pet dogs, but when It comes to a hospital fur dolls one has to stop and think. It matters not bow badly a doll may be broken or scratched, one has but to take it to this doll sanitarium and it Is unco more restored to its former beauty. "Have you ever stopped to think." said an a rcblteet to s Times reporter, "what was the immediate cause of the invention of the elevator and Its being put to practi cal use? Wien the big Chicago fire was over and the people began building up the city again, the street cars were causing the new city to be scattered and spread out in every direction. "Something had to be done Immediately to keep the business part of the town con solidated. Old man Hale, who was then building a fireproof four-story building, put in a hydraulic elevator. Well, It was ridiculed all over Ihe country by business men, architects and engineers. He went on Just the same, though, and It wasn't long before tbe people realized that it was going to revolutionize architecture, as well as business houses. "X was one of the first men to ride op in that car, and you should have seen Ihe ex pressions un some of the faces as that piece of floor began to move away from the rest of Ihe ball. We came down all right, though, and no one thinks of danger any more." "I am acquainted with a family," re marked a gentleman this morning, "where there are two sisters who have a variance In weight of approximately 100 pounds. As is often the case, one considered that she had too much avoirdupois and theother longed to grow stouter. The thru lady bought a bicycle iu Ihe hope that the might grow stronger by exercise. The physi cian of the fleshy young lady told her to take to the wheel if she would grow lighter. Now you can tee them most every evening spinning around the city. The larger sister is actually falling of fin weight, while the inial!crone says she is gaining." I "The experience of the herdlc lines has demonstrated that cheap rates will catch the crowd,(and it gives evidence of an un dercurrent of tcntiment that will eventu ally And its way to Congress." This was on expression made to-day by a gentleman closely Identified with large interests in this city. "The president of the Metropolitan Company! publicly stated recently," he continued,, "that the Ninth ttreet line car ries on an average sixteen thousand pas sengers daily., A reduction of two cents in the fare of each passenger wtmld add one-half as many more patrons, and the herdic company's success would be du plicated upon a much larger tcale. The street line-that dares first to make the experiment will reap the reward." m Points About Pilgrims. The Misses Earnhardt and Measrs.Thorap son and S. W. Henry, of Salisbury. N. C, Mr. William N. Dearborn, of Storm City, Iowa; Mr. George W. BmithEon, and daugh ter, of Franklin, Tenn.; Mr. John Kiley, of Chicago, and Mr. A Kiersky, of New York, are at the Metropolitan. Mr. P. C. Gilliert and wife, of Dayton, Ohio, and Messrs. E. M. Knapp and J. L. Cobb, manufacturers, of Mansfield,, Mass.; are guests of the National. A party of pleasure seekers consisting of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Fowles. Miss Maggie Piatt and Mr. W. R. Morrison, of Wilming ton, N. C, with Mr. George R. Jacobs, of Boston, and Mr. J. E. Tutelc, of Pensacola, ria., are among the guests of the National. The following New Yorkers are stopping at the Raleigh: Messrs. J. N. Sec, I. Guntz hurger, Curtis Smith, W. W. Worthlngton, T. B. Barry, A. G. Brown, John H. Bacon, Henry D. Watson, A. J. Rose, member of the law firm of Rose A Hess; Frank G. Baton, G. Osborn, Jr., and John W. Walter. Dr. Alfred Sliarne, a well known physi cian of Berlin ,1s at the Raleigh. Judge George H. Durand, of Grand Rap ids, Mich., and Messrs. Isaac and Simon H. 8tern, the well known New York dry goods merchants, are late arrivals at the Shorcbam. Among tlie guests registered at Page's arc: Messrs. Grayson Burruss and A. W. Ray, insurance men, of Richmond, Va., and Philadelphia respectively; Mr. Otto Ma chesburger, of St. Joseph, Mo., and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sedgwick, of New York. Messrs. R. Slater, of Liverpool, and W. H. Longdon, of Cape Town, Africa, tourists, arc guests of the Ebbilt House. The Ebbilt House register numbers the followingamong Its names: Geo rgcAllanson and wlfcnnd Miss Mary Nash, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Ralph Koot-and wife, of Indianapolis, and John C. Warren and wife, of Terre Uaulc, Ind. At the Arlington, are among others, the following: J-11. B. Duffy, Mrs. W. B.Duffy, and Misses C.-nnd H. Duffy, a family party enjoying the sights of the Capital, of Roch ester, N. -Y.; Prof. Beck and two sons. of Brunswick, Germany; F. L. Blgelow, of New Haven, Conn. it Mr. W.-N. Couch, of St. Paul. Minn., and Mr. W. M, Dearborn, of Storm City, Iowa, are stopping at the Metropolitan, on their return West,Xroin the Boston conclave. Mr. Couch. Is a condcluor on the Nort hern Pacific, and runs from St. Paul to Portland, Ore. , "That run is 2,050 miles long," said Mr. Conch, "and "is one of tho longest single routes in the country. It is no flattery to say that everything is in a flourishing condition in the West. Minnesota has never harvested a bigger wheat crop than she is reaping this year. Corn, oats, hay and other farm products are In proportion. The people are not trouMing themselves about politics. Eastern people have gene rally a mistaken idea alwut tbe political views of their Western cousins. "The free silver sentiment has not licen so rampant as it has been painted. It Is entirely local. That Is. where there is a silver mine owner who wants the product of his toll converted into more money he, of course, favors free coina'ge. Those who work with and arc tnnployed by him will naturally cling to his views. But there it ends. The farmer has oVhcr.hings to busy himself." ' She I don't, see bow Mr. Jimson can af ford to dress his wlfesqweH. He Well, from what I know of their home life, I don't see bow fee can afford to refuse. Detroit News.- Sent from Washington. There are indications that a combination; is being formed among 'the Dem6crallc8ena tors who are opposed to President Cleve land, and that a number of obstructions will be placed in hls'way at the coming session in the hope that be will do something which would prove fatal to bis third term ambi tions. There have been several quiet conrerenca of Southern Democrats In Washington dur ing" the summer months, and the probability of Mr. Cle eland's being seriously a candi date for renomlnatlon at tbe national con vention has been discussed from all sides. The conclusion reached at these talks was that the safest and surest way to defeat any such ambition was to show up before the country tlie mistakes and blunders of Mr. Cleveland during his last Administration. The conspirators 'also decided that the most effective exhibition could be made from a Democratic standpoint, and that the .Senate was the proper place to do It. The President bas, therefore, in store for him this winter a carefully prepared scheme of nagging and embarrassment, which he will find hard to withstand, and this petty an noyance from his own party, added to tlie inevitable investigations by the Republi cans of numerous acts of the Administration, threaten to make the coming Congressional session an exceedingly warm one for the Chief Magistrate and bis 'Cabinet officers. J. S. Shriver, In New York Mail and Ex press. As a member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabi net, Mr. Carlisle has been compelled to deny that he bad any Presidential aspira tions, at bast as far as 18UG is concerned. As long as Mr. Cleveland chooses to keep silent la regard to his own ambi tions, thus adding to the belief that he is really anxious to be nominated for a third term, loyalty to bis chief demanded a de nial of his owli ambitions from Secretary CarlUle, at least as long as he remains in tire Presidenf's Cabinet. Secretary Car lisle has no anxiety to leave the Cabinet, for he likes the position of Secretary of tlie Treasury very well and the salary that ac companies it. Tlie telegram from Kentucky that Mrs. Carlisle had admitted in a letter to a friend that her husband was a Presidential can didate was rather surprising, because It has generally been assumed that she was too discreet to say anything on the subject. It Is to be expected that a denial will fol low the publication of that story, and though tbe denial may be correct, as far as the writing of that particular letter Is concerned, it will remain a fact that Mrs. CarVrlc at least desires that her husband should be a candidate for the Presidency. It has been presumed for some time that tlie President desired Carlisle to enter the fight, and it is presumed he will. If he wins it will Improve bis chances forr the Presidential nomination. Albert Hal stead, lu Cincinnati Commercial Ga zette. The Senatorial Toker Club, which has for years exerted a potent influcnccin national legislation, will continue lo do business at the old stnad next winter, with perhaps an additional memlier on the roster. Tlie club consists of Senators Quay and Cameron, of Pennsylvania; Tfclcott, of Colorado; Jones, of A rkansa; Brlce, of Ohio; Hale, of Maine; Vest, of Missouri; Jones, of Nevada, and Aldrlch, of Rhode Island, with Gorman, of Maryland, as honorary member. Next win ter Elk-Ins. of West Virginia, wm be taken into fiilowshlo. When he was alive. I'luinb or Kansas tvionccd to the ciuo. The favorite meeting place of the Senato rial club Is Chamberlain's, though ses sions are held occasionally at members" houses when conditions are right. Club sessions are not held regularly, but by pre arrangement. When the "boys" feel like sjttlnginforauhour or two they easily get a game, and when the legislative business of the day Is over an adjournment to Cham berlain's Is a process quick and simple of accomplishment. No Senator who Is not f Inanejjlly able to stand a pretty stiff seige of liard luck In a gaiiM where the limit is tlie celling, is allowed in, the club. "Pikers" and white-chip players are distinctly out of theirelemcnt In that high-flyiagcircle. The fate of half of the bills before Con gress Is decided at the sittings or the Se-n-ate poker club. The members are power ful factors In party councils, and every one or ihem has a great personal "pnll"' besides. A third or the Senators are un der personal obligations to Cameron, while uay and Gormanand Aldrlch and the two Joneses and all the rest of 'em have loyal friends in and outside the ranks of their own parties. Nothing important can hap pen that tliey are not consulted about and their advice sought. It is rare, indeed, that members of the poker club split up in active antagonism on the floor of.the Senate. When one or more of them has a measure he wants actloa on that some or his associates cannot sup port they usn3"y content themselves with a silent vote or a convenient pair, under cover of which they can absent them selves. Such Is the power or good fellow shipthe freemasonry of the card table. Senator "Steve"' Elkins noturally belongs to the Senate roker club. He Is rich as Croesus, game to the core and withal he Is expected to figure largely in imrortant legislation next winter as well as in po litical manipulation. W. U. Nicholas In Chicago Post. Interesting and BrieF- Nall-blting, according lo a French doctor, ishcredilary. Almost oue-thirdof theFrcnch school children bite their nails, and the girls are worse than the boys. By the use of mechanical devices now cm ployed 11 Is said that a workman can make lhe""bodies" for 400 hats a day. By the hand process he could only prepare four or five. Tbe oldest building in the world that has. been uninterruptedly used for church pur poses Is St. Martin's Cathedral at Canter bury, England. The tending was originally erected for a church and has been regularly used ns a pUicc for religious gatherings for more lhan 1 ,500 years. In California it has been found that peach stones burn as well as the best coal and give out more beat In proportion lo weight. The stones taken out of the fruit that Is tinned or dried are collected and sold at the rateof 3 pounds per ion. A statue In bronze of a catamount is to be erected on a granite pedestal lo mark the site of the old tavern at Bennington, Vt., In which were held the councils of mihtary and State officers in Revolution ary days. Tbe Cincinnati Art Museum recently came Into possession of a study head by Marie Bashklrtseff. It is that of a woman, evi dently a gypsy, and Is heavy and dull, lack ing even a line or trace of refinement. The Immense general yield of apple trees in Kentucky this year is something wonderful Trees that have not bome in years ore' loaded down. A surprising case is on a farm near Danville, where an old tree known to have been planiVd more than 100 years ago by immigrants from the Carolinas Is full of fine, large red ap ples. William Waldorf Astor and Milan, cc- KlngofBervia.aresaidtobrgTeatchumSf. POUTS 01 APPEMCITIS Sffise Fallici&s Exposed i Surgeons ol Great leEowi Seeds of Tomatoes and Crapes Have Never Been Found Symp toms of the Disease. (Philadelphia Press.) Appendicitis has excited . JCh popular interest recently that many fallacies have arisen with regard lo certain features of the trouble. For some time surgeons have been studying carefully all phases of the disease, and tbe result of their observation bas exploded a number of false theories. It was thought that grape and tomato seeds produced appendicitis, and latterly people have been Somewhat chary about eating either the fruit or the vegetable, for fear of being afflicted with appendicitis. Several days ago Dr. Hunter McGuire, one of the ablest surgeons In tn e South, read a paper on the subject before the Virginia Medical Association. In all tbe operations that be had performed he said that he had never seen a single grape, tomato, or cherTy seed. He also said that appendicitis could be cured without tbe use of thtr knife. The opinion of Dr. McGuire Is sustained by the observations of Philadelphia surgeons. Sir. Orville Uorwitz has bad many cases of appendicitis under bis care, and, speak ing on the subject yesterday, said sub stantially: "I have sever found any grape or tomato seed in tbe cases of appendicitis treated by me. I have discovered, row ever, that appendicitis has resulted from feces Impaction. There was one case of a date seed, but In nearly all the cases there was no foreign substance. So it may be stated that there are many popular fal lacies regarding tbe disease. Undoubtedly the origin of appendicitis Is due to a spe cific germ. "Now, generally speaking, the symptoms of appendicitis are a swelling of the right side of the abdomen, a doughy tu mor, fever, vomiting and nausea. It is not necessary lo operate on all tbe cases. Where the membranee of the appendix is only inriamed tbe patient can be cured without the use or the knife. But let me say in this connection that appendicitis is apt to return to the sufferer. So. In all such cases. It pays to operate after the patient has recovi-red, to prevent a rcpiti tion of the trouble. When, however, an abscess bas formed, then it is imperative to perform an operation at tbe proper time. "When there Is no abscess the patient may recover wjthout having an operation, but when there is an abscess the patient will probably die unless there is nn opera tion. It is therefore wise to obtain sur gical relief in the early stage of tbe trouble. Frequently the abscess raptures into the peritoneum. Most cases of appendicitis recover when there has been proper treat ment." Dr. John Crawford also stated that he had never seen any grape or tomato seeds. He added that appendicitis might result from a severe bruise, or from a foreign substance becoming lodged in II. e ap pendix. Tlie appendix bas no Important function to perform. HER LAST SUITOR. From Boston Courier. Belinda Warren was a disappointed wom an. Her sole aim In life had been mar riage, and she had not attained it. And so it was she had reached the age or forty five, with wintry-looking curls and a lined forehead, and was still a maiden lady. There was one man of her acquaintance. Sir David Daniel Warnnston. wto was her particular ideal, and she did not yet despair or enthralling him. True, he was twenty years ben-Junior, but that was nothing nowadays. So she twisted her hair Into a wonderful frlsure and went to receive "Dear Sir Daniel," whose interesting conversations were such a delight to her he must "stop to a cosy cup of tea." And he pressed her hand and talked about her niece. Miss lllcclie Warren, and asked how long she would be away surely they would cot stop arter April, and they were well into March now, and what sort of a place was Cannes? And when he got Lome and was turn ing over the papers In his porketbook hr remembered the photograi-h Belinda had given him, and he stuck It absently upside down on his mantelpiece and drew back the little silk curtains that covered a por celain portrait on an easel, and gazed into the smiling face with enraptured admira tion. She was such ajmerrylittlecoqi-ette! She had put him off when he wojhl have spoken, gone away to the jouib withor even telling him she -was going. And jet who bat himself could call the lovely blush to her cheeks and the light -to her eyes? So be-lioped, and so he longed, and went again and again to Belinda for any scraps or news she could give him. And when she started for Cannes he went to see her off, trjlng to makeup bis mind to send Blanche a message, and e-nded only in pressing Belinda's band and asking for her address. But when she arrived at tbclr hotel he found to her consternation they had left for Nice; she arranged lo stay a few nights at Cannes, to get over the ratigues of her Journey. And it was well she did. for the morning she was leaving the post brought a letter that made her hands tremble to open. It was addressed to "Miss B. Warren," and she thought it was so arfectlng of him to have reir.emlH.Ted tlie Initial of her Christian name! Yes, snrc enough, it "Was an offer of marriage from Sir Daniel Warrington, ard she smiled over the exaggeration. "You seem to ha ve been a way a I if e-ti me." "You dear old thingl What's his name? And what shall I wear at tbe wedding?" exclaimed Blanche. - "But, Blanche I haven't accepted him yet. Would you help me to write the let ter?" That was delicious, and the merry girl penned a passionate answer, not delighted solely in the fun of it, for a sudden wistful feeling came over her that she would like to have written herself like that to "Now, then, dear, for his name?" But with an old maid's love of mystery, Belinda caught up Blanche's letter and went away to copy it. Sir Daniel Warrin;-3a wondered at the cramped, curious, old-fashioned writing of his beloved, but be kissed tbe living words, and began a dally, hourly letter to her. Tlieste epistles were-read alond to Blanche.andshealwayspcnncdthcanswers. When Warrington reached the hotel at Nice he found tbe Warrens had gone for an expedition, bat Hiss Blanche Warren was In. He sent np bis card and waited In nervous anxiety. But she did not keep him long in suspense. The door opened and she came dancing toward him with blooming cheeks and sunny eyes and a glad welcome in lier voice. glorious of you to comet- she said AMUSEMENTS. BASEBALL National Park. WASHINGTON vs. PHILADELPHIA. Game called at 4:15 o'clock p. m. ST. PAUL'S LAWI FETE. GROUNDS ADJOLVING THE RECTORY, FDA TEESra AND O STREETS N. W. EveryEvening; from 6 to IIP. M. Admission..... ..10c Season tickets ...... .23c Ryan's Fljlac Bones on Grounds Sept 9 to 1 NEW NATIONAL TIIEATJJR. Every Evening tad Wed. nd Ssf. Mats COOLED BY ELECTRIC FANS A Unanimous Bit EMILY BRNGKER In the Now York and London Success. ' OUR FLAT. wSUPrinrose & Westl-SLs A C.IDEMY Prices -Se. COc, Tic and COO. Yiea. and Sat. Mats, 15c and McKoserred, The Ladies' Favorite Sweet - Singer, LAST f MATINEE SATURDAY ATS. BEiEltVED SEVTS. Andrew Mack, In the Beautlf ni Irish Comedy MYLES ARO0N, Introdnersr M& Hack's own iOc ORCHESTRA SC BALCONY. BMNG THE CHILDHE.N TO BE ME AND SEE THE IltlsU MADRIGAL BOIS. sireei songs, especially vi it ten for this play .Maffcio ay tnrn." "1 ixre ion. "lm lronc rm Irian," -Cooler's Woddlnc.'' "The Art of Mat ing LoTe," "My Sweetheart." "An Irish Lad's Wooing," and 'Jtact's swln e tong.- Next Week PETER F. DA1LEY. BIJOU THEATER. Hatlnees, Tuesday and Saturday. Under New 3!anaement Entirely Refitted Everything new LUTE ENGAGEMENT. Tho Weiriwind of Farce Comedy, THE NOSS JOLLITY COMPANY, la their Fantastic, Burlesque, Musical Comedy, THE KODAK. In three tnap shots an attraction of unusual excellence, headed by LITTLE ELSIE LOWER, The Danclcf? ban beam. Washington's l'opalarFarorite, MR. CHARLES T. ALDRICH. The Oricinal Tramp. Ilnnary Hawkins. Till". LASSAKDS, European NoTelties, direct from London an J I'aris, la their "Country School" act 25c. Admission First Floor. 25c. TTEIcNAN'S LYCEUM TUEATEK. AL. REEVE'S BIG SHOW, iAcrnn.o I IMTU l M The Armless Wonder. Ull I nrtlX, An AbsMute Novelty. The Armless Wonder. next week:- The 20th Century Maids. Grand Opera HoUsb. EDWARD H. ALLEN, Manaeer. EEK OF SEPTEMBER 9. 21alinees Wednesday and Saturday. A Grand Production of The Black Crook 200 People on the Stage Prices, S1.S0. St.OO, 75c reserved. 50a and 25c admission. Nc-ct Week "OLD GLORY." at last. "I can't believe it is true, but I knew you loveel me,, only I wanted to prove it, and that's why I wouldn't let you speak that nisht; but I have wished and nisbcU and wished you hadcloneso." "But, love, we have had our letters." "Letters! What letters:" "There,"' he said, with equal aston ishment, taking a little bundle from his breast pocket and putting them In her hands. She gazed stupidly at her Aunt Belinda's writing, recognized her own sentences, and then she burst into a mad langh. - "She ntver would tell me his name. You von have been making love to Aunt Be linda. Oh, what shall I do?" How they ever gut over the cmliarrass ment history docs tiot slate. But poor Be linda was said to have asked one favor of Blanche that she might keep Sir Daniel Warrington's love letters unlil after the marriage. "It has been the o' romance of my life," she said. "Never mind it it was all a stu pid mistake on my part; I had the enjoy ment while the delusion lasted." FIVE LIES OF HISTORY, The African king, Trcstcr John, had no existence. There never was such a person as Pops Joan, tbe so-called female pontiff. rccahontas did not rave the life of John Smith. It has been ascertained that this worthy man was the most ablebcdicd prevaricator of his century. Cromwell and Hampden did not at tempt to rail to America Just Lefore the ontbre-ak of the English revolution. A number of their fnerds did, but they had no thought of gong. Queen Eleanor did not tuck the poteen -from her hnnband's wounds, ns she did not accompany him on the expedition dur ing which the incident Is alleged to hai taken place. JV Hereditary Vostofflco. Tho office of postmaster of Vienna, the capital of tbe Austrian empire, was created by Emprcia Marie Theresa over 100 years ago, and has since remained her hereditary ago, and has since remained hereditary and calabic a queer institution In our time and day, although no queerer than the hereitary succession or monarch's. The postmaster of Vienna has to furnish all the vehicles neces eesaryfortheservlccandthcdriversthcreot arc In his personal employ. At present he employs 340 drivers, blacksmiths, eta, ami C30 horses are under bis whips. She nus to LuusU. 'When he hies him home loaded with liquor. Though his wife is a terrible kiquor. And he angers her much. His excuses are Each She can seldom If eversntquor. Detroit Tribune). 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