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THE WASHXtfOTOlSr TIMES, TTTESDAT, APRIL 16, 1S95. ansbur 98c. Hnlw yi e e Order by mail if you 420, 422, 424, 0 It's the missing link to home comfort the kind of credit we cive never costs anybody a penny it's our "business brlnger" a n d It Is as free as air! We tell you that our prices areas low as any cash prices you can find and we've marked everything in plain figures so you can make your own comparisons. Tell us that you will pay a little something weekly or monthly and there Isn't a wagon around the place that's big enough to hold what you can buy- Don't ever think about any such things as notes and Inter estwe've rubbed them out don't like 'em they're UNNECESSARY- Come In and get all the Furniture Matting Carpets Baby C a r r I a g es Refrigerators you want we'll fix the pay ments to suit YOU. MAMMOTH 819 CREDIT 821 BOUSE, 823 Between H and S 'PS H.I. Sts. Have your collars starched la tho old way vUen jou can have tUocr "done with ooft, pliatae iMrtKm-bolee. ' Our'sjs-tno only place. -TelKiBn Steam Laundry, Mto4S9 CStX W. UNDERTAKERS. ticjiols uo XV Undertakers and Embalmers, TeDn. are. and 3d st. ee.; 'Phono 7C1-3, Capitol Hilt liroHipt attention; reasonable termc. fjmWTS UNDERTAKING ESTABLISH Y v went, 1VS7 Tenth street northwest. Specla attention to embalming. Open day and night Phone, 788. mr5-3mo J WILLIAM LEE; UNDERTAKER. SSS Pennsylvania arenuo northwest. First 3a service. I'honeJSsS. Jat-Omo DIED. ASH On Sunday, April 14,1895,at6:45 o'clock n. ra.. CatberiueAnn Ash. Funeral from the residence of herson, John W. Afilrj Gil Sixth fet reel southwest, to-day at 3 o'clock. Friends and relativesinvlted to attend. CRUMPTON On April 12, 1E95. at his late reskhnioe, 1421 First street southwest, Charlie Crumpton. Funeral will take place from his late resi dence tojday at 1 o'clock p. m. HAWKE On Sunday, April 14, 1895, at 8:30 a. m., Ann Hawke, xeliot of Thomas : Hawke. Funeral from the residence of her niece, Mrs. Charles Miller, 420 Eighth street southeast, to-day at 2:30 o'clock. Rela tives and friends leepectfully invited to at tend. Kindly omit flowers. HEKNING-On Saturday.April 13, 1895, at 9:45 p. m., James Henning, agedseventy eigat years. Funeral from his late residence, 1201 New Hampshire avenue to-day at 2:30 p. m. KURTZ On Saturday.April 13, 1895, at 2 a. ra., Alwtaa, youngest daugbtcrof Louis Kurtz, bt., in the nineteenth year of her life. Funeral from the rosidence of her father, No. 517 "Whitney avenue northwest, to-day at 1:80 p. ra. Relatives and friends respect fully invited to attend. LISTON On April 14, 1895, atl o'clock a. tn.t John Liston, aged 6ixty years. Funeral from the lesidence of his sister, Mrs. Costollo, 4& H street northeast, to-day at2:30p. ra. Relativesaudfriendsinviledto attend. TURPI: On April 15, 1895, at 8:30 p. m., at the residence of her father. No. 1409 Twenty-ninth street northwest, Octavia O. Turpin, wife of S. B. Turpin and daughter of George T. and Rebecca Wood ward. Notice of funeral hereafter. Imliotmeiit Ijy tho Grand Jury. Indictments were returned by the grand jury yesterday as follows: Larceny, Wm. Williams, Edward Desmond, alias John Dempsey, alias Jack Dempsey; housebreak ing, same parties. (JROGAN'S This Percale Wrap perismade up in an ele gant assortment of stripes and figures. Light and Dark. Tight fitting to the waist. Plaited back, full front, Circular yoke back and front, finished with embroidered scallop. Balloon sleeves, turn over collar. Good width and length. All sizes from 32 to 46. s live out of town. 426 7tli St.- BEEF PRICES YJILLFALL. Secretary -Morton Relieves the Tigbt .Mar ker by Admitting -Mexican Cattle. Secretary Morton said yesterday that there -was nothing new in the matter or the higher pricea for beet. The Secretary said that there was a shortage of about 270,000 head of cattle, and that the short corn and grass crops in previous years had something to do with the rise. It is expected that Dr. Salmon, who is making the investigation, will go to Chicago before his report Is complete. At present the department is receiving reports from its agents In various parts of the country. Dr. Salmon recommended yesterday to the Secretary the admission of Mexican cattle into the United States under strin gent regulations calculated to insure a rigid inspection of all cattle admitted. It is hoped by this means to check the tendency to excessive prices to the con sumer without injuriously affecting the interests of the beef producers. In ac cordance with these recommendations .Secretary Morton issued the required order. Daily Record of Deaths. Burial permits for the twehty-four hours ending at 3 o'clock yesterday were issued from the health office as follows: "White MaryE.Wllllams.slxty-twoyears; Martha A. Bury, sixty-eight years; Betsy B. Bright, eighty-six years; Honora Hig gins, eighty-six years; Eliza Boyer, forty seven years; Susan S. McCaulcy, seventy five years; Anna M. Carpenter, eeveuty two years; Julia K. Fanning, ten years; Walter L. Nicholson, sixty-nine years; Alviua Kurtz, eighteen years; James Hou sing, seventy-eight years; Arthur M. Bag sbaw, twenty-two years; Charles F. lie Dermott, forty-two 3-ears; John Listen, sixty years; Francis H. Baxter, thirty-two years; Charles G. Dcggcs, three years; Ru fiue Schneider, forty-nine years; Allen Bates, eleven months; Conrad Vost, forty seven years: John Gear, twenty-eight years; Ami Hawke, ninety years; Catha ine Ash , sixty-nine years; Annie E. Dough erty, four years, and Kate Fitzgerald, forty-eight years. Colored Elijah Elsie, forty-six years; Augustus Dixon, two years; Ray Coutcs, two and one-half years; Susan Harris, forty eight years; Frederlch Adams, seventy five years; Henderson Sorrell, sixty years;' Sylvia A. Ilalcy, forty-three years;'Pen jainin Lanum, ejghfy-f6ur years; Isabel Gordon, oiks year; Alice Arms, one year; Mary J2. 'Strothcr, four months; Francis Sitnrhs, ten months; Lewis Robinson, forty years. o t Marriage Licenses. Licenses to marry were issued yesterday to the following: John L. Lee and Mary M. Holton. James C. McGuire and Anno Howard Rundlett. George H. Wright and Mary A. Shannon. John W. Murphy and Margaret Tudgo James Courtney and Maggie Dyer. Arthur Merrill Hood, of Indianapolis, and Alice Burgcs Johnson. Edward Lee Tippelt and Ada Lee Owens, of Prince George's county, Ta. Ferdt Simmons and Annie Penny. Frank Washington and Henrietta Brent. Eben Eveleth Whiting and Frances Cox. John Harris and Annie Andrews, both of Rich mond, Ta. William E. Fletcher and Essa E.Ford. both of Richmond, Va. Samuel Johnson and Sophia Rowles. Edward F. Abner and Mane M E. Vorlaonder. Fred LjFishback and Mabel Colomau. Jamea L. Dickey, jr., and Katie Cox McQuorter, both of Atlanta, Ga. i O E Funeral of Charles MoDermott. The funeral services over the remains of the late Charles F. McDermott, who died suddenly at his desk in the War Depart ment on Saturday last, were held in tho chapel in Oak Hill Cemetery yesterdav aft ernoon. The chapel was well filled'with friends of the deceased, among whom were the Sons of the Revolution and the Brother liood of St. Andrew, of which organizations Mr. McDermott was a member. Tho pall bearers were Mr. W. M. Davis, of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew; Mr. Albion K. Partis, of the Sons of the Revolution; Mr. George V. Balch, Mr. David E. Holmes and Mr. Wni. M. Poindexter. a o Sold an Unsound Chicken. John E. Purccll, a poultry dealer in the Eastern market, -was in Judge Kim ball's court yesterday charged by Inspector Hoover, of the health department, with selling an unsound chicken. Mr. Purcell declared that the chicken was sold by mis take, but Judge Kimball evidently thought that 6uch mistakes should not occur, and he fined Mr. Purcell S20. e - Wrenched His Leg. Charles Lane, fourteen years of age, of Franklin street, Baltimore, who Is visit ing relatives In. this city, went to the White Lot yesterday to roll eggs and play about the green. While climbing about the large iron fence he slipped and one of his legs was badly wrenched and sprained. Police man Archambault sent the 1 ad to the Emer gency Hospital, where he was treated. ( 9 lilr Thirty Days for a Ride. Mr. D. Pratt Wright, who was arrested Sunday night for refusing to pay hack hire, was In Judge Kimball's court yesterday, and as he did not have the wherewithal to pay the demands of the hackman he was sentenced to thirty days In the workhouse. His friends will proba&ly get him out today. THF WtWCBEN' m MM i Efifi ROUIflfii-- JtHHi !TS imm m mm BiSUs! Hufi! 581 LUIS ISuLLBlIU JBHi Picturesque Demonstration of It On the White House Lot. CHILDREN WERE THE ARTISTS Thoy Eollod Hon Frnit, Themselves, and Evory thing' and Everybody Within Beach. Likewise Thoy Howled, Yelled, Bcroamod and Shriokod, Danced, Jumped, Ban and Sprawled, and Played Very High Jinks. Tho velvety green sward of the sunny side of tho White Lot all day yesterday was simply and literally out of sight. It was tho biggest Easter Monday the egg-rolling brigades have had in years. Tho guard at the west gate, through which the tide of tote flowed and reflowed for tho most part, said that there had not How They Gamboled on the Green. been such egg-rolling, high rolling and general rolling on the grounds certainly for eleven years. And It looked eo from the west gate. All tho evidences were visible from the high ground there of a bawling, scream ing, squalling success. The disappointment of last year possibly increased tho crowd this year. The chubby-cheeked battalions that rolled and hustled and rustled through the gates four lengths ahead of the nurses didu't seem to care whether the President was "agin " music or rot. Every boy and girl, more or less, had a -wind instrument of some kind, from a screaming baloon or a talking doll to a natural organ, and when they let them loose, which was all the time, music just shattered the atmosphere. Anyhow, there were perhaps a thousand good things there, just old enough to be pushed along by the nurses, who wouldn't have known the difference between a brass band and a leather collar around a dog's neck. They slept on their bottles and beneath the carriage shades, all through the babel on the hill. Maybe the others were disap pointed, but they didn't say so. GRASS WAS OUT O'SIGIIT. It is not a trope to say that the grass was out of sight. It was simply covered with a mob of campers from the fi3h pond to the rear wall of the Executive Mansion. It looked as if it were going to rain about twenty times during the day, and tho haste to get the last bit of enjoyment out of it before the rain made the fun fast and furious. At any given time within the six hours of this al fresco festival everything In the way of games in vogce was in progress. Holler skating, rope tripping, rope dancing, swinging, baseball, football, balloon blowing, balloon ascensions, toucher, Lit tle SaUIe Walker, egg-rolling, child rolling, nurse rolling, mamma rolling, papa rolling, in fact, everything rolling up, rolling down, and let loose every now and then like the uncoil of a wire spring. There were a half dozen or more photog raphers at work on the thing, but what they "got" must look very funny. They certainly got a blaze of red. Perhaps it was an accident, perhaps it is the color in fashion, but JJiree out of every five of the children were dressed in red; red hats, red skirts, red waists, red toques, red ribbons, red sashes, red cheeks, red noses, red everything, just as it is in special editions or the Times. No prettier bccno could be imagined than was there in the tender flesh yesterday, cover ing tho slopes, the plots, and tho crests of tho mounds in the gardens. IT WAS A DRAW GAME. It is an open qu stlon whether the chil dren roll the eggs or the eggs the children; and you can't settle that question by ocular observation. It was, yesterday, a draw game. There were two special features of the observance which were not on the pro gramme. A colored boy jumped n rabbit away down below the fish pond and there was a race, with buunie against the field, odds about 10,000 to one. The talent won. Another colored boy captured the rabbit and he was the blggestman on the lot. He was nearly torn to pieces with his prize. The route that followed him to the west gate would have gratified the ambition of Scipio Africanus, Junior. The children fought and screamed and kicked and got away from their nnrses like a stampede of wild colts and fillies, all to follow this new Pied Piper of Hame lln. But he got away safely with his prize. In the race across the greep . several dainty hats went afloat in the fish pond, and then there was a chorus of mingled laughter and wailing till they were fished out. This was not all that got into the fish pond egg shells, "chunks" of banana, and other things from which the nymphaea and her gold-finned 6istecs will have acute gastritis and dyspepsia this morning. Another grand event was the discovery that the Cleveland children were at one of the wlndowain the tallpalaceof themodern Caesars. Then there was another rush in that direction, and there they were, peeping down on tho multitude, Esther and Ruth, and Marguerite Blssell, Master TJhl as knight attendant, and two nurses as super numeraries. Two of the glrlB amused the crowd by t butting their heads together, a la Punch XT4, sKTy. 1 and Judy, and when Baby Esther, In arms, blew a kiss down to the boys and girls below, there was an cmeute, so .to Bpeak, of responsive kisses and fluttered handker chiefs. "And there's Mrs. Cleveland, too," said An enthusiastic baby-pusher, 'and that excited the crowd, again. There was more fluttering of kerchiefs, tbe broadest kind of smiling, and other demonstrations for the first lady in tho land; but, alas, it was sadly discovered that the "plaueus, popull" was poured out on one of the governesses. However, any American citizen is entitled to what admiration she can command. As' the executive children couldn't stay there at the window all afternoon the crowd dispersed in duo time It is, perhaps, not an exaggeration to believe that 00,000 full-sized eggs were consumed by tho red-robed riatcra during the day, exclusive of dried figs, ,bananas, bread and butter, and cdndensed milk in rubber-stopper bottles. ( A. groat many of the banqueters, of course, had to be carried off the field, just as they were car ried on it. If any 'of them slept unsoundiyiast night it could,,vcry well tyj charged up to the rolling and pitching of the eggs, forBu'rton, in his "Anatomy of Mclancholyi" luis,. this to remark: They do say that a certain compound of egges, harde boiled, with other things do tli produce a feeling akin to sea-sickness In tho night." y ' The President's two children, Ruth and Esther, came in from the country to wit ness the egg rolling ppectacle, and with the little Miss Bissell and Master TJhl, watched tho other children from the south portico of the White House. KELLIE BLY'S BEST "SCOOP." The Famous Newspaper Reporter MarriPc to a Septuagenarian and Millionaire New York, April 15. Nellie Ely, who is, one of the best-known newspaper women in the country, is no longer Miss Elizabeth Cochran. Her, name, is now Mrs. Jlobert Beaman. Her husband is one of the directors of the Mcrcliants' Exchange National Bank and a milllonaireseveraltimesover. HelivesatNo 1 5 West Thirty-seventh street and is nearly seventy years old. In business and financial circles ho is quite as well known as his wife is to devotees of the Suuday news papers. The reports of theirmarriagewhich came from Chicago, were quite correct. It oc curred on April D at the rectory of the Church of the Epiphany in Ashland avenuo of that cily. Rev. Theodore M. Morrisou performed the ceremony. The contracting parlies had met at a dinner in the Auditorium Hotel two weeks before, and concoived an instant attachment. Mrs. Seaman was seen last night by a re porter, and. said: "I cannot deny the rumor. Iwas marrlod to Mr. Seaman in Chicago. He left the fol lowing day for New York. Owing to my business affairs and to hi?, we both desired to keep it a secret for a time. It is his w ish as soon as arrangements are complete to make a formal announcement of the wedding. Sickness in my own family also caused us to delay its publication." Miss Cochran edited her first newspaper work on tho Pittsburg D'spatcli when she was fifteen years old. She has been en gaged in similar work in New Xork for nbqnt eight years, and has become famous for' the sensational character of her con txlbutions to newspaper literature. One of her first exploits was to faininsan Ity and getherself incarcerated in theBlack well's Island Asylum for the purpose of describing her experiences. Her trip around' the world in seventy-two days in 1890 gave her considerable notoriety. est O ga A ristol Shot Ills ilcdielnc. St. Paul, Minn., April 15. Charles "Weber, ox-chief of police, and a pioneer settler, was found dead in his bed to-day at his residence. Death came from a pistol shot fired by his own hand a few minutes before, the result, it is believed, of sickness and severe pains in the bead from which he had been suffering for several days. j O - ' Goodwin to ho Trledo-day. Wm. I. Goodwin, the man who was nr icsted by Policeman Mulvey, of the Sixth precinct. Saturday night for-insulting two young girl's on the street, w,as charged In Judge Kimball's court yesterday with dis orderly couduct and his caso continued until- to-day. He was released on $50 col lateral. . - " Stole tho Staffs of ,Clfe. William Taylor ,was charged in Judge Miller's court yesterday1 with" larceny of one sack of .flour, tvro cans! of peas, tsro buckets of preserves, and, two cans of peaches from George F.; Brown. He demanded a jury trial and was committed to jail hi default of $100 bonds, Y. M. C. A. business School Compli r mentcd by International Committee. Closing-Exercises Held in tho Gymnasium. '- Interesting Exhibits of "Work Bono by tho Students. Theclosingexcrclsesof the business school of. tho..iYoung Men's Christian Associa tlouwereheldlastcvenlnginthegymnasium of tho a&oclation building, on New York avenue. A very large crowd gathered to encour age the young men ad boys, who through the winter months have labored hard and unceasingly to profit by tho advantages that have been afforded them by the asso ciation. Secretary Pugh in a Fhort address con gratulated the pupils of the school upon the excellent work done, and stated that tho international committee had notified, him that the average made by the students in the Washington association is the high est made in any association In the country. The parlors were used as exhibition rooms, jWhere the work done by the stu dents was displayed. The mechanical drawings were particularly interesting, and tho work done In this branch by A. W. Brown and A. B. Russ was accorded the .highest praise. In stenography and typewriting A. W. Bayard was considered to be the most proficient, and Master W. L. Miller, a lad only thirteen years old, displayed, consid ering his age, the most creditable exhibit in bookkeeping, stenography and typewrit ing. The exercises in the gymnasium consisted of a musical programme, furnished by the association orchestra, under the leadership or Prof. E. A. Lovey, and selections by Messrs. R. A. Holden and Irving O.Ball. Mr. Charles W. Needhani addressed the students upon tho value of education. Mr. Needham spoke at length upon tho great and practical benefit the Young Men's Christian Association had been to the young men of the ,city, and said that Its work had been felt in almost every walk of life. BORNE TO CHICAGO. Loving Friends Accompany the Remains of tho Late Editor Scott. New York, April 15. The casket con taining .Mr. Scott's remains was removed from tho Holland House at 4 o'clock and taken in a hearso to tho Grand Central depot, where it was placed in the baggage compartment ofthebuffetcaratthe forward end of the train. At tho top and surrounding the box con taining the coffin were many floral pieces. Apipng these were a handsome tribute from the American Newspaper Publishers Association of Easter lilies and a wreath of violets and ivy. The-funeral party left the hotel in two carriages, and on reaching tho depot went directly to the special car at the rear end of the train. A few friends assembled on the platform to witness the departure of the train and to bid Mrs. Scott good-bye. Among these were: Mrs, Melville E. Stone and son, Mr. Herbert Gunnison, of tho Brooklyn Eagle; Mr. C. J. Murphy, and Mr. and Mrs. Kohlsaar. The train, which left at 4:30, will arrive in Chicago on Tuesday evening, when arrangements for tho funeral will bo made. STILL FOR THE RIGHT. 'Gladstone Deplores His Feebleness but -Will Speak for Armenia. London, April 15. Mr. Gladstone to-day received at Hawarden the deputation of 'the Armenian refugees who recently arrived in London from the scene o,f the massacre. He expressed his deep sympathy with the Armenians and said that, unfortunately, the Turk was an old offender. The danger of the situation, he declared, was that useful action might ceases owing to the Turks promises of reform, which were not worth the breath spent in theirutterance. The Sultan should not havo a penny's worth of credit for promises which were not actually performed. Mr. Gladstone added that he was now eighty-five years old, and no longer had the same keenness of sight as in the past, but as long as he could use his voice it would be used in the cause of humanity. Cutting Rates Southward. New York, April 15. Eastern Passenger Agent Ironmonger, of the Seaboard Air Line, announces a cut in first-class pas senger fares from New York, Boston, Phil adelphia andall Eastern points to the South. The following rates from New York went into effect to-day: To Atlanta, Ga., $12; to Charlotte, N. C, $12; Macon, Ga., $14.63; Augusta, Ga., $14.40, with cor responding reductions to all proiminent points. lttenr.tnre of 1ho Fourth FnciMvp. Poughkeepsle, N. Y., April 15. Davis, thefourtli of the fivemen who escapedfrom Matteavan asylum, was caught near Wap piogers Falls to-day. A man. suppofd to be Perry, wa3 seen with Davis by Williams' wife, who sent her husband to search for them. He dis appeared behind a knoll a moment after the woman saw him, and a strict search is ndw being made for him. "C3 O ? Incendiarism In Indian Territory. Tahlequah, I. T., April 15. This morn ing at 1 o'clock an incendiary fire was started in the livery barn of J. W. Watson, and before the flames could be checked two whole blocks Including eighteen busi ness houses, four residences and about fifteen off'ces. were destroyed. The total loss is estimated at $200,000, covered by perhapslOpercent.insurauce. cs i Booton's Snbvfay Knocked Out. Boston, April 15. The Boston subway received a blow in the legislature to-day, when the house voted 98 to 72 to order to a third reading tho bill repealing tho law relating to the construction of subways In the city of Boston. Still Made of Iron. Berlin. April 15. There is absolutely no truth Tu the sensational story circulated In the United States, by a news agency, to the effect that Prince Blsmarr.k i Kcrionslv i HI. The Prince is Well in honlMi -inrl re ceived a deputation atFriedrlshrhueto-day, Churchman's League Will Labor For Legislation. PRESENT LAW IS INEFFECTIVE Penalty for Laboring On tho lord's Day Two Hundred Pound3 of Tobacco Ban ning of Bakerios 0a Sunday 0ns of tho Is3ues to Ba Eaised A Bill to Eo Pre pared and a Bsgular Campaign Begun Observance of tho Sabbath as a day of rest is the shibboleth with which the Church men's League, or the District, proposes to conduct a campaign before tho next Con gress. Legislation is to be asked that will cure tho defects in the present laws, and prohibit the opening of confectioner ies, bakeries, cigar stores, and fruit stands on Sunday. Provision Is to be made, also, for the discontinuance of all Blmilar secular occu pations on that day, exception being made only of such business as Is necessary. Tho only Sunday law In force in tho Dis trict, governing tho salo of cigars, fruits, bakers' goods, and other merchandise on the Sabbath, Is an Indefinite provision of an act of the Maryland Assembly that dates back to the year 1723. So says the attorney for the District in an opinion filed yestorday -vWth the Commissioners. That law makes it un lawful to "labor" on the Lord's Day, except in cases of charity, and Imposes a fine of two hundred pounds of tobacco for each offense. I AN OLD CORPORATION LAW. The latest law, Mr. Thomas says, that forbade the keeping open on Sunday of any place of business excepting apothecaries for the dispensing of medicines, and pre scribing a fine for violations, was an enact ment by the corporation of Washington adopted in 1SG4. Upon a test cae being presented, the Supreme Court held that the ordinance was invalid because of the absence of tho written approval of the mayor. The movement for the enforcement of Suuday observance, it Is stated, took definite shape several months before the expiration of the last Congress. It was expected then that legislation to cover the running of bakeries, the keeping open of cigar stores and confectioneries and other similar establishments would be secured at the last Eession, but for fomo reason the plans were not carried out. It is understood that the question of wages to baker Journeymen enters inci dentally into the coming contest, but the principal effort will be to abolish their Sunday work, along with other prohibi tive measures. In opposition to this it is urged by those who are not in favor of the movement that Monday trade can only be supplied by running the bakeries on Sunday, but this is offset by the statement that Sunday cus tomers use bread that is baked on Friday, and that Monday's consumption can be provided for by baking on Saturday. EXPOSED TO TEMPTATION. As it Is now the bakers are for the most part idle on Saturday at a time when the saloons are running, and the agitators of the Sunday movement contend that by working on Saturday there can be rest on Sunday and avoidance of temptation. Under tho direction of the Churchmen's League, of which the Rev. Randolph H. McKim Is chairman, a bUl is to be pre pared with ample provisions against the desecration of the Sabbath, and a copy is to be furnished to every Protestant and Catholic clergyman In the District. A meeting will then be called to consist of the minister and two laymen from each church, and to bo held at a time and place to be mutually agreed upon, when means forconductingthecampaign will be discussed. The Young Men's Christian Association, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Christian Endeavorers, the Epworth Leagues and other church societies and those in sympathy with them, are said to be interested, and will join hands with the Churchman's League in the effort to secure the desired legislation, and it is understood that organizations that are already closed by la won Sunday will aid themovement. KJ 3 g" DEATH OF WRS. Yf. S. JVARTHUR. Wifo of the Ex-President of Endeavor Union Suddenly Passes Away. Mrs. Mary- L. MeArthur, wife of Walter S. McArtbur, ex-president of the District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union and a prominent Y. M. C. A. man, died sud denly at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. McArtbur was in Chicago at the time, but the sad news was telegraphed him and he left immediately for Washington. Mrs. MeArthur had been sick but a short time and the attack was believed not to be serious. The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Mrs. McArtbur was well known In Christian Endeavor circles and was ex tremely popular with those who knew her. She was of a bright, cheerful disposition and by her death the Christian Endeavorers lose one of their most earnest and valuable co-laborers. Mrs. McArtbur has been married about five years and was a member of Assembly's Presbyteriau Church. O to WEST EXD NEWS AND GOSSIP. At the usual meetlogof theKing'sDaugh ters of the Georgetown Baptist church, Saturday night, the annual report was read and It was stated by the secretary thatdur ing the past winter about $200 had been contributed by the association for the alle viation of sufferings of the poor. The meet ing was held at the home of Mrs. Stem, No. 3141 M street, which will be used in the future as a general headquarters. Walter Norrls, a small lad, residing on Grace street, fell into the canal Suuday night and was rescued in thb nick of time by a mule driver. The following loaded barges are reported to be en route from Cumberland to George town, consigned to Meredith, Winship and Company: A.H. Dondcn, 119.04; No. 109, 11S.09, and-George A. McHeny, 119,19. For othor points: Amelia Moza, D. M. Shupp, Charlie and Nellie, A. V. Nondy, A. IT. Berdt and George McCadwell. Barges that have cleared Georgetown are the Consolidation, No. 12, P. Agnew, C. F. Bealc, Consolidation, No. 14, G. M. WInsbip, C. Darrow, n. C. Winship, No. 120, Judge Alvey, No. 114, No. 12S, Plough Boy and W. T. Conlehan. The West Washington Social Clan, com posed of several young ladies and gentle men, has been organized on Georgetown Heights. At the first meeting of the "clan" the following oficor3 were elected, to serve six months: Mr. T. Arundel, president; Miss Minnie Canter, vice president; Mr. Lewis Mitchell, secretary, and Mr. A. B. Kaiser, treasurer. The club will meet every fortnight at the cottage of Mr. and Mra. Lake. Those of the West End children who failed to spend the day in the White Lot repaired to the green slopes ot Georgetown Heights and Fort Myer. Thelow temperature and fitful inclemency, however, made the young folks leave the green and spend. Easter in their homes. Simon R.Lindsey, a canal boatman, yes terday found It necessary to shoot a pet cat, which, it appeared, had an attack of acute rabies. For an hour the animal rushed up and down the towpath near the Chain bridge, and, meeting her master, Lindsey, fastened its teetli in his trousers leg. When he did succeed In making the animal re lease ii hold it ran on the deck of a boat and clawed and bit at everything. a a Sl.25. To Uultimoro and Return. $1.25. Tho Pennsylvania Railroad will sell Saturday.April 20th, and Sunday, the 21st, good returning until Monday, the 22d, ex cursion tickets to Baltimore at rate of S1.25. EMRICH. WE ENJOY IT, One of the real pleas ures of our daily business life is to note the num- f ber of people who come f here price our goods f go elsewhere, then re- f turn, convinced not only t that our quotations are f lower than anywhere v else, but that our goods ? are equal to, and fre- f quently better than the $ best. We receive daily f shipments of the choicest f in every department, and f guarantee everything f fresh and palatable. It f pays to trade with f I THE EMRICH J BEEF CO. Q 3IALN MARKET lC0C-13ri C2d St (Telephone 3 17.) BRANCH MARKETS: m 1713 14th st. nir. Slst and K sts. rnr. SOSd 14th St. nx Sd and led. aTO. nir. 6th and 11 sta. mr. 5th. and I sts. nw. EQ57 it st nw. 4th and I sta rnr. 20th st. and Pa. ave. nw. ldth st. and N. Y. ave. nw. tg ccc CROP REPORTS CRITICISED. Secretary Morton Answers Questions ot National Board of Trade Delegates. The methods of gathering government crop statistics were discussed, criticised, and defended at a meeting yesterday of delegates from the National Board ot Trade in. the Interstate Commerce Commission rooms. Secretary Morton, who was present, said that it was a matter between two great classes the producers and consumers. What was needed in order to get accurate statistics was an annual crop census, upon which approximate facts of crop acreage could be obtained. Ho had discussed the matter with the President, and he had believed that It wa3 the only way. He believed that the annual crop census could be taken through the Internal Revenue Bureau. He assured the membera present that the Agricultural Depart ment was anxious to co-operate with them in Improving the crop reports. Mr. Robinson said that farmers were the main source of information. A suggestion was made that doctors and lawyers ba used as agents. Mr. Stone, of Chicago, said that be believed county bankers would be the best men possible for agents as they would want to give a conservative estimate of the crop3. The proposition ot Mr. Stone was attacked by several members. Secretary Morton suggested that if a banker held mortgages on several tracts of land all over the country, he would certainly report good crops oa these lands. Mr.Davis suggested thatthe reportsshould come from township assessors, who would report to the county auditors who should report direct to the Agricultural Department. Mr. B. A. Snow, formerly assistant statistician of the Department, said such a method had been tried ten years ago. The systems of assessors were so different in the various States that their reports would be simply a crazy patchwork. In answer to an inquiry by Mr. Ray, Mr. Robinson said he was not sure whether the agentsin the various counties were known to one another. In some instances he supposed they were. He also said that the Depart ment changed agents if they were found sending incorrect reports. Papers were read by B. W. Snow, B. F. Howard and J. B. Brown. Mr. Snow, who was .formerly assistant statistician ot tho Department, said instead of 2,000 scattered re tii rns, each pretending to represent a wiwle county, there should be 50,000. These reportera should be farmers. Another corps should be organized from among local millers in each county, and still anot he r from local gram dealers. Mr. Brown inhispapersaid the government crop reports once were accepted as accurate but they now fejl flat. The conference will reassemble to-day to listen to a plan of improvement to be pre sented by a special committee of the delegates. HOP OF THE CORCORAlt CADETS Large Crowd at the Twenty-ninth Com plimentary Ball ot the Organization. The twenty-ninth complimentary hop of theCorcoranCadetCorpswasgreatlyenjoyed by a large attendance at the National kEifles' armory last evening. The executive committee was composed of Lieut. C. A. Myer, Lieut. L. Prosise, Sergt. W. E. Thompson, Sergt. F. M. Collins. Sergt. W.H. Smith and Cadet J. H. GunnelL Capt. E.C.Edwardsacted as masterof ceremonies. Among the guests were: Mr. and Mra. Hunt, Mrs. Porter, Mr. Johnson, Miss Hodges, Mr. Chapman, Miss Lawman, Mr. Lowcraft, Miss Ryan, Miss Essex, MiS3 Loftus, Miss Dobbs, Miss Curran, Miss Cunningham, Mr. Fletcher, Miss Springman, Mr. A. Gawler, Miss Pond, Miss Kultz, Mr. Adams, Miss Eva Anderson, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Xander, Mr. SIsson, Mr. Grayson, Miss McGluo, Mr. Scott, Miss Bradekup, Mr. W. L. Hoover, Miss Rose West, Mr. Hoolder, Miss Higgerson, Dr. Foster, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Prosise, Mr. H. S. Gardiner, Miss Carter, Mr. Bradford, Mr. Fank Stump, Miss Burke, Miss Newton, Mr. Ed. Gasch, Miss McCarty, Miss Alice Trudell. Mr. H. Barr, Mrs. Larkin, Miss Annie Gorman, Mr. Has3, Miss Arth and others. Confessed to a. Murder. Rutland, Vt., April 15. The trial of Henry Harris for the murder ot Henry Demiilo Lawrence, came to a sudden termi nation this morning. Albert Brown, a State witness, confessed that bis father and himself killed Lawrence at their home and that Harris knew uothing ot it. Harris was at once acquitted and released. Brown's father and mother who witnessed the murder arc dead. Now for a Rise in Sugar. New York, April 15. President Havo meyer, ot tho American Sugar Company, announces that all the idle refineries of the company started up thi3 morning. From this time on he anticipates a continued large demand for sugars. Tho question of advancing sugar prices will, he says depend upon tho condition of the foreign markets. Snllie's Guilt Cost Her, $250. Sallie Williams, of No. 909 Eleventh, street northwest, whose house was raided Sunday afternoon by the First precinct po lice, was charged In Judge Kimball's court yesterday with keeping an unlicensed bar. She pleaded guilty and was fined $250 or sixty days in jail. Welcome Weather in a Dry State. Des Moines, Iowa, April 15. There has been a steady downpour ot rain now for twelve hours and the fall still continues. It already measures oua and one-halt inches and is the hnavlaat rajn in a. -v