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---4-nTI.-wV),efS"--!-; JSf-r$r-Jgi&?t .hi' Jfr THE MOBOTGTIKES, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, joo. IE WASHINGTON TIMES (Mocnikc, Evening and Sunday), OWNED AND ISSUED BY THE WASHINGTON TIMES COMPANY, TIMES BUILDING. EotrrnwrsT ConxKn Pennsylvania ave nue and Tenth Btkeet. Tcleiihoue Editorial Rooms. 433. Business Oflico, air. Price Morning or Evenlug.Editlon. One Cent Sunday Edition ......Three Cents ITnr-tlily. ly Carrier Jklnrnln aud Sunday.. ...Thlrty-flvc Cents Evening. .Thirty Cents Morning. "I Evening and- FlITY CENT3 fannday. I j BY MAIL. POSTAGE PBEPA1D. Horn Inc. Eveniosr and Sunday.... iOo Morning und Sunday S5o llTcuIni; und Sunday S5o "WASHINGTON. D. C. AFRIL21. 1690. Canter In its most ambitiouu moments THE TIMES did not a year ago think it would in so short a time conquer its contemporaries in the race for circulation. To equal them, to secure to it self an equal number of readers, would have been glory enough for one year. But, when it looks away back in the distance and sees its principal rival sans ambi tion, sans enterprise, but with just enough breath left in its wasted, weary and wishy-wa6hy body to repeat, over and over, "I've got the biggest; I've got the biggest!" then only dees the co- , lossal degree of its conquest dawn upon THE TIMES. The circulation of THE TIMES during the pa6t week, a sworn statement of which is appended, shows another gratifying gain. , Advertisers who use its columns " reach from ten thousand to fifteen thousand more readers daily than possible through any other daily paper published In the District of Columbia. Circulation books open to all. The circulation of The Times for the week ended April 10, 1SUU, -vviis ls follows; Monduy, April 13 ".. 30,429 TpcHday, April 14 30,431 "Wednesday, April 15 43,402 Tuursduy, April Hi 44,053 Friday, April 17 43,000 Saturday, April 18 43.45G Sunday, April 10 20,040 Total 281,580 1 solemnly swear tlmt the above ls correct tutunieut of the dully cir culation of THE "WASHINGTON" TIMES for the week ended April 10, 1890, and that all tho copies wore actually sold or mulled for a valuable consideration und delivered to bona Xldo purchasers or bubscrlbers; uIho" that nono of tliem wero returned or remain In the office undelivered. J. MILTON YOUNG. Cashier. Subscribed and Hworn to before mo thts 20tU day of April, -A. D. 1800. .EltNEST G. TUOMI'SOX, .Notary Public i- Twelve Hours Ago. If you miss any news In the morning edition look in the list belo.w. "What you're looking for was probably printed li yesterday evening's edition, and us The Times never repeats you'll have to take both editions to get all the news as quick us it hap pens. DRINKS' FOR HIS HEALTH Unique Excuse Offered Judge Kimball by a prisoner. WAKES REPLY TO BOUTELLE Cutmit Treasurer Pierra Answers the Congressman's Charges. ADEPT AMONG THE LOWLY Ttieotopliist Leader to Be Taken From . the Rank and File. UV.RGE LIST OF SPEAKERS First National Congress of Religious Education. PROUD OF THEIR BLUE BLOOD Daughters of Patriotic Sires to Cele brate iu New York Today. NEW BILL TO BE DRAWN Eckiugton and Belt Lines' Future Under Discussion. CYCLERS TO HAVE PEACE L. A. W. and A A. U. Trouble Said to Have Been Settled. TALENT FAVOR BEN BRUSH Dwycr's Kentucky Derby Entry Has Plenty of Friends. CRACKS ARE IN FINE SHAPE Thoroughbreds Given Plenty of Exercise Dunug Fine Weather. SENATORS' GOOD SHOWING Indications Are That There Is to Be Some Team Work Done. CHURCH GOERS PROTEST Effort by Northeast Citizens to Defeat a Liquor Lieeuse. FAILED TO HIDE THE CRIME Body of Enos Lawrence Discovered in a Michigan Elver. BAILORS OF THE SEWERS Cleaners Start on Their Spring Cruise Through Tunnels. DID NOT DENY THE CHARGE Edvrard North Pleaded Guilty to Con ducting a Poker Room. GAVE A LIGHT SENTENCE Judge Cole Acts in an Oleomargarine Case. CALLED IT A PLAIN 8TEAL New Utah Seuator Describes a Bill . Before the Senate. AUTONOMY NOT FOR CUBA Spain Will Grant Neither .That Nor Tariff Revision. IN FAVOR OF SOUND MONEY Federation of Lalior no Longer De mands Free Coinage. 8ECRETARY MORTON WEARY Dull Routine of Departmental Work Irk some to Him. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS Pord Theater Commission Will Report Separate Belief Bills. KINDLY ACT REMEMBERED J. Spencer Miller of Media, Pa., Falls Heir to h Fortune. MASSING AGAWJST SILVER Active Campaign Begun 'by Friends of Sound Money. Winning In a Arbitration The eternal sheathing of the sabre and the perpetual silence of the belching cannon ls the object of the peace congress which Is in session In Washington today. Rep resentatives of every- territorial quarter of the country have gathered to protest against ruthless human sacrifice to the god of war, and insist upon a rational fraternal arbitration. The movement is timely at a period of almost universal unrest and is naturally spontaneous in the face of the uuspeakab!e cruelties in the bellicose orient, in Dark Africa, in our neighbor Cuba. The dis ciples of peace and no needless slaughter have vivid object lessons on all aides to poiut the Justification of their crusade. The object of their work is not alone the consummation of the Divine wish, but it ls likewise the answer to au universal human supplication for deliverance from the remaining vestige of an ancient and medieval barbarity. War Is the necessity of pride on one side or willful error on the other. The panacea of the peacemakers Is a tribunal of ar bitration. This realization, If attainable, ls a benizen worth praying for, and work lng. for. ft General Weyler's it now looks as If the chief material evidence of Weyler's generalship would not accomplish its purpose as a military ex pedient. The troclia or strong line has been fairly effective in keeping the forces of Maceo In the western province, but, meanwhile, what of the rest of the Island? Made desperate by the persistence witli which small detachment? of the insurgents ended the vigilance of thetrocha, Weyler summoned additional forces from every part of Cuba, until the flower of the Spanish regulars is massed In this merely defensive line. It was expected, of course, that Maceo would show fight. . He didn't do it; he ls too good a general. He merely holds his force of 15,000 men in threatening attitude, and Weyler, while doubtless recog nizing the failure of his movement as an effective military operation is evidently at a loss to better dispose his force under the circumstances. He probably suspects, too, that Maceo has no desire to do aught but distract attention of the military force Proposed Pensi The question whether a pension is a bounty or a vested right has been dis cussed in and out of Congress so much and so often that nothing remains to be said on either side, yet it is probable that the convictions of neither of the parlies tothe dispute have lieen changed or shaken by the arguments of the other. The friends of the vested right idea, however, have got their views crystallized in the bill intro duced by Representative Pickler, and this measure is ardently supported by the Grand Army of the Republic, which for years has been trying to secure such action. Opposi tion to the principle embodied in the bill is much less violent than it used to be and it is believed that the measure will pass without encountering serious difficulties. The Pickler bill Is in the line of legisla tion calculated to place the pensioner be yond the whims of bureau officials, or the malice of personal enemies. It provides that a pension bball not be cut off save where positive proof is adduced showing It to have been secured by fraud, and in the investigation of the case the pensioner is to be permitted to confront his accuser or accusers. At present a pensioner is left in the dark us to who is the person that charges him or her with fraud, and the whole proceedings by which the retention. Quite a Pictu Wasulngtonlans will regard with favor the proposition embodied in Senator Can non's Joint resolution to construct near this city a landscape representation of the United States, on the scale of one foot to the mile, which shall show the chief physical features of the country. It Is a decidedly novel and picturesque idea and one which happily ls not difficult of execu tion nor requires a great deal of expense. Moreover, the place where this miniature of Uncle Sam's domains can be appropri ately put up, or down, whichever you please, Is right at hand. Potomac Park, for that, of course, will ba the name of the park to be laid out on the fiats, is the very spot for It. In preparing the flats for the park the plans could be so arranged as to locate the map near one end and have the water there represent the Gulf of Mexico, while the water on the north and south sides would do service for the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Lakes could be provided as tuefac similes of the Great Lakes on the northwestern boundaries of the United Through Underground Washington. The city sewer inspectors are pursuing their spring and summer subterranean cruise through the arteries of the city's refuse. The experience of the men who find their pittance for bread in so vile and nauseous an undertaking is as repulsive and horrible as the suggestion Implies. Only the virile pen of Victor Hugo has dared dip iu the polluted liquid ot.a city's sewers. Desirous of sending Jean Val Jcau through the most awful trial human sense could endure he sent him into the mouth of a sewer aud through its reeking length. It seems almost Incredible that men are found who will endure the foul odors of the vile solutions. But the work is a 8 PAGES 50 Cents a v -ss 24 PAGES t& TDOi TDttffll sj. By Carrier. 5 EVERY -.:-- or War? Perhaps this ls wishing too much. The millennium Is conceivable ia the abstract but it is not of mortal making in the concrete. There are necessary evils. Is war one of them? Is the menace of an -Minamcnt, finger to trigger, match to fuse, the most effective enforcement of peace? Has the old-fashioned disciplinary theory of the spared rod and spoiled boy fallen behind the possible enlargement to Inter national appilcalipn? Universal peace would be uead blow to the jingos. Those who see no strength In a foreign policy that docs not extend terms In one hand and a declaration of war in the other, look with resentment upon the peace movement. They confound peace with inactivity. War is the triumph of might, peace and arbitration the con quest of right. Is there a choice? Thc-most brilliant Americans of all states, professions aud creeds join in this appeal -oMivr,sal civilization torelegate carnage, to darkness of the past and to concur in an international board of arbitration which shall be a final tribunal for the resort of all nation to the preservation of life, right and peace. Immediate Problem. of Spain wliile Gomez, Jose Maceo and the others commit successful ravages in every other province of the Island. Simultaneous with this sore trial of Weyler comes the revivals of the Spanish declarations of readiness to treat for peace on grounds which do not imply too much consideration for Cuban consequence' or too great sacrifice of the monarchical dignity. The two great racts of tlie Spanish troehannd Spanish concession may have no "necessary connection," but there are those who smpect otherwise. Spain, it is true, professes to feel" no cause for dis couragement over the situation in her rebellious Island. The queen regent, in her speech from the throne, will express sentlmentsof firmness and non-compromise. But the somewhat eager-willingness of the mother country to grant some concessions on the laying down of rebel arms, gives rise to the suspicion that the Spanish cause, if In her own eyes just, is at least not strong. on Legislation. or loss of his pension arc determined, are entirely ex parte. AH this is illogical, In congruous, unjust and rcpellant to the American idea of fair play. Instances arc known of pensioners being subjected to endless annoyance by ill disposed neighbors, who made charges which finally proved to have no foundation whatever, and many a poor fellow or poor widow has been put to considerable and unnecessary expense to disprove these groundless accusations. The Pickler bill, therefore, contemplates nothing mqre than Justice in securing the pensioner in un disturbed enjoyment of his stipend. It would be well If coupled with this pro posed legislation there could be some method looking to the simplification of Deregula tions and rules with which the passage of a claim through the Pension Bureau Is hampered. The convolutions of Dickens' famous Circumlocution Office were nothing compared to the red tape that literaliy entwlnes every claim for a pension in its course through that bureau. How not to do it seems to be the rule that governs there. Mr. Pickler might employ some of his surplus energy In the gigantic task of cleaning that Augean stable of its accumu lated obstructions. resque Park. States, and even Niagara Falls need not be lacking. A system of miniature water ways might show the principal rivers at least; ornamental trees the great forest sections, Yoscmite Park, and the great mountain chains could be easily constructed and the great cities indicated by miniatures of their leading architectural features. In brief, Senator Cannon's idea could be executed with comparative ease and at comparatively little expense. It will be readily seen how great an at traction so unique a landscape would be, and al60 how useful It would prove as a practical lesson in geography. It would at the same time subserve an ornamental as well as a useful purpose. The lover of the aesthetics as well as the utilitarian ought to be delighted with it. The Senator from Utah has not indicated any particular location for hlB project, but lie can hardly feci otherwise than grateful to The Times for pointing out to him the place, as ideally appropriate for Us execution, as will be Potomac Tark. necessity for the public safety and the public health. The whole Intricate sub stratum of cylindrical avenues must be carefully traversed three or four times a year. This is one of the exigencies of modern life. The trips are not made without peril. The channels are absolutely black, there Is continued danger in introducing-exposed light to the mortified atmosphere of the sewers and the gases arising from the heavy bosom of the" foul stream.It seems impossible that men can endure it, but the exciting and unpleasant but neces sary adventure is never abandoned for lack of men willing to undertake it. EVERY 12 HOU RS fe Month. SUNDAY. IN AID OF THEIR LIBRARY Success ,of Inbor Bureau's Enter tainment .t Misonio Temple. Ball Boom Grand with a Lovely As- - numbly Dp. Kent's Pructlcal Ad-' dress Music aud Comedy. A merrier or more gracious assemblage has seldom gathered in Masonic Temple than that which filled Its ball room last cvenlug, the occasion being the entertain meat in aid oftthe Workingmen's Labor Bureau and -Library. More than fifteeu hundred people rallied to the support pf the enterprise, which Is" now the greWlnotlve with the working: ili.T: of the city- aud to the realization of which they rir'e taihdlug their be3t energies. Out ofthelhost'nleasliw evidences of the L ultimate success-of the undertaking to equip me uiijeau witn a worthy uurary is the lively interest manifested in it by the ladles of foecity. These lent a special grace and charm to the attendance. The weather, too,, accommodated itself with becoming complaisance to the dancing tea" tare or the 'program so that all things considered tmjre was nothing wanting to make the evjjhfnja one of unqualified suc cess. The m'onej-changers also said that financially Qierpiwas ample reason for congratulation? Tilt- labor leaders were on the floor in numbers, an.oug them being Messrs. Mc? Hu?,-!, Simmons. Potter, Hayes, Worden, O'Doa, Doley, Maiden, Wilder, Clements, Keep and otlie'rs. Among the guests was Rev. Dr. Alexander Kent, pastor of the People's Church, whose eloquent lauguage has often been heard and forcibly in causes similar to that of last evening. Dr. Kent liatLbeen selected to deliver the inaugural address and while his address was appropriately short It was full of "pith and moment." The speech tvas preceded by an enlivening overture by the Musical Assembly band. Dr. Kent spoke first of the object of the gathering, the efforts heretofore made in this direction, and the evident material assistance of the present entertainment, lie complimented the appreciation of the workingmen or the value of such an edu cational and refining institution as the proposed library, and to the material gain to the workingmen of other clties-in which libraries had been established. He referred specifically to the library and its kindred educational branches of the London Institute, In which the scope of the library idea had been enlarged into practical institutional aSd polytechnic work. Such a result was not Impossible here. United action could accomplish a great deal if the 7,000 or more laboring men worked toward ouc design harmo niously. Dr. Kent illustrated the possibilities of the future by showing how magnificent church buildings were erected by congre gations of less than 2,000 members. What could not be done, he said, by the work ingmen if they donated only their "idle days." The labor on such an institution would not be an clement of cost as it is on buildings put up for other purposes and Tor which workingmen must be paid. Dr. Kent's sentiments and suggestions were as usual on practical lines. The address could not fail df making a substantial impression. The- program ivas composed of Lcsides the items noted, some fancy dancing by Miss Dollie Brandon, whistling solos by Alias Constance Mary Hurworth, whose specialty has already been commented on, ami a farce called "Slasher and Crabber," the title being particularly descriptive of the explosive quality of itshumor. The star periormcrs were Mrs. Jean Lockwood, Aliss Lizzie Magic, Mr. William H. Baker, Mr. Eddie Magie, Mr. William H. Conlev, Mr. William P. Rider and Mr. William B. Crowd I. The iiiece was well acted. Aliss Ethel Diggs, who was not on the official program, placed quite charmingly some selections on the violin. The second part of the program was ble enouirh to he ncrfnrmwl hv th whnlu house. It wjss, o.f course, the dance, ) wmen woumuup a mosi ueugnirui even ing, where money am .time were spent in a laudable and-practicaikLUSc. Trie' work-" iugmen", to say nothing of their lovely force In reserve, tfielr lady friends, have demonstrated that notliing succeeds like success. TO LOBBY THE CONVENTION'. Manufacturers of Philadelphia Will Urge Protection. Philadelphia, April 20. At a meeting of the Alanuracturers Club this evenin? James Pollock introduced the following preamble and resolution, which was adopted: "Whereas, The matter or most vital importance to the mauuractures at this time i3 the increasing or tarriff" protection to home industries; and "Whereas. Influences of certain kinds are being exerted to have this question put into a secondary position, asserting that "Protection cau wait" be by the Manuracturers' Club. "Resolved, That the president or the club be directed to appoint a committee or rift eon members to visit St. Louis at the time of the meeting of the National Re publican Convention and to appear before the committee on platform tor the pur pose of obtaining a ringing declaration upon the subject of ample protection to A merican industries." KBUGEIl'S HE PLY COMING. Tone Is Friendly but Does !Not Ad vance Negotiations. London, April 20. The Times will to morrow publLsh a dispatch rrom Pretoria, the capital or the Transvaal, saying that the reply of President Kruger to the in vitation to visit England to dUcuss matters pertaining to the Transvaal extended to him by Air. Chamberlain, the British co lonial secretary some months ago, has been dispatched. The tone of the reply is friendly and conciliatoty, but does not advance the negotiations. Air. Kruger repeats that the president cannot ask the Volksraad to allow him to go to London until the basis of discussion is Eettled. He hopes for a satisfactory settlement of the questions at issue, but says the Transvaal caunot admit any right on the part or a foreign power to interfere with her Internal arfairs. The republic, he adds, relies upon its inde pendence of foreign control in domestic matters in accordance with the conven tion of 1884.. More Traction Company -Evasion. Editor Times: The Capital Traction Company now asks Congress Tor additional franchises while it has failed eutlrely to carry out the provisions of law of an important franchise granted August 23, 18U4. This particular provision required the Washington and Georgetown Railway Company, now the Capital Traction Com pany, to extend its line to the Aqueduct Bridge and operate the said extension not later than August 23, 1&95, and after tiie latter date to cease entirely from switching cars on SI street. There is not now nor has been for months past anv difficulty in completing and operating the extension referred to. The company 1s erecting an enormous station at the end of thebridge, but the cars can be and should be run to the bridge as required by law, and the building finished arterward. The continued switching of cars on M street In violation or law should be looked into by the Commissioners or the District of Columbia. PRO BONO PUBLICO. Canvas of McKJnloy Delegates. Meadvllle, Pa., April 20. The Repub lican return Judges of Crawrord county met here this arteruoon to canvass the vote or Saturday's primary election. The couuty is carried ry McKlnley delegate although the Qifoy majority iu Erie county gives Quay the'ifistrict., Tiie vote was as follows: McKnileVklelegates, Jesse Moorei 3,708; W. J.Hatrd, 3,613; Quay delegates, WilllamH. Andrews, 3,e4.G;LewlsStreuber, 3,235. . ri-llitrd Murder Trial Begun. Uirt.mona.'Va.'! -April 20. The trial or M :ry , bcrneHi', charged along with wm iitivi Maruole' and Pokey Barnes with the n aider drMrs. .Lucy Jane Pollard in L's.. riburgon June 14 last, commenced at F.-'ijTiv'"e 1od:ry. The only witness ex-Moi-.pimorariSlhehusbandoftbemurdered W'.m!.: Hetestifie'd to having differences wi'li tvo of tiie Thompsons on the. morn ing on which thf crime-waB committed. PRESBYTERIANS TO MEET Spring Session of the Chesapeake Begins This Afternoon, Tomorrow- n-.Speclul Meeting of, the Wushlnjfton Presbytery "YIH Con vene ut Clifton, Vu. This week will contain two cvcnt3 of much interest to Presbyterians. This evening the spring meeting of the Presbytery of the Chesapeake will begin at the Central Presbyterian Church, corner of Third and I streets. Tiie presbytery is connected with the Presbyterian Church South, and includes 'the territory between the illue Ridge and the bay, and the Po tomac and the Rappahannock Rivers. The Ltmrai uuurcn or mis city is the only Southern Presbyterian Church in Wash ington, sssscaea l'he prcbytery will meet this afternoon at dt o'clock for the purposes of organiza tion and the transaction of business of a preliminary nature. At 8 o'clock the for mal public opening will occur, and Rev. Theron Rice or the Second Church, Alex andria, will deliver the sermon, at the re questor the retiring moderator. Business sessions will be held Wednesday morning and afternoon, a recess" being taken for luncheon, which will be served at the resi dence of Airs. Olivia Smith by the ladies or the Central Church. The other occasion is the assembling or the presbytery or Washington in special tr.ccrir-jc at Clifton,, Va., tomorrow to so' tie ft difficulty which has arisen there :! 'ieronce to the amount of salary to be I-a'd to their pastor-elect, Rev. W. H E.tv.-aidt. It seems that the session of the Clifton Church, accepting the case of Rev. Dr. Talmage in the matter or the call to the latter from the First Presbyterian Church of this city as a lawful precedent, specified no definite sum as salary, and, as stated yesterday by a high authority in the prea bytery, the latter did not consider the call in order, and to emphasize this opinion lias determined that a call cannot be regarded as having the weight intended unless a stipulated sum to be paid the pastor shall be stated in the document. It is not anticipated that there will be any serious obstacles Iu the way of the Clifton church complying with the wishes of the presbytery in thi3 regard, but unless they do conscent, the installation of Rev. W. II. Edwards, which has been arranged to take place on the afternoon of that day, wlllnotoccur. A committeeappoiuted to confer with the session or the Clifton church has been in communication with the latter on the subject, and tho impression prevails that by the time the presbytery assembles everything connected with the entire mutter will be adjusted hanr.on. iously. BEV. CLEVELAND'S FAHEVTELL. President's Brother Preaches a Be markable Sermon. Watertown, N. Y., April 20. Rev. William N. Cleveland preached his farewell sermon to the Presbyterians at Chaumont Sunday. Although the presbytery In dissolving the pastoral relations made it to take effect July 1. Mr. Cleveland would not consent to remain. He preached a remarkable sermon to a large congregation. In the course of his address he said: "Perhaps I may be allowed to speak personally here today. Let mo tell you, dear friends, that I do not regret my six years' stay and work In Chaumontas anyway a reproach. True, the pariah is, as has been said, small, remote and obscure. Tiie emolument, though not so slight as some times, yet has not been large. True. also. I have failed of a good im pression in too many hearts, as the present situation indicates. True, also, I have been esteemed by some not according to the high standpoint of our text, but by the rule or worldly partisanship and personal prejudice; yet. in spite or all, I am complacent and thankful that I have been enabled to preach a positive gospel for so long to so many willing minds. CAN BESIST THE MATABELES. Captain Dnncnn Expresses Ills Con fidence at Buluwuyo. London, April 20. The Times will to morrow publish a dispatch from Atafeking, dated yesterday, saying that Capt. Duncan telephones from Buluwayo. that he is confident that he wilt be able to resist an attack by the rebellious Aiatabeles. The most he fears is treachery on the part or the natives within the town. Be considers the Laager Impregnable, owing to the forts that have been constructed, the dynamite mines that have been laid In the suburbs and the barbed wire that ha.s boon stretched in every direction about the town. A dispatch adds that a force or Boers, estimated to number more than 1.500 men, are at a point within twenty-five miles of Aiufekhig. Their ostensible purpose Is said to be to prevent the .spread ot rinder pest among the cattle, but the real reason . f their being there is thatthey Tear another rri.l will be made Into the Transvaal owing to the gathering of British troops at Aiateking. m Cotton Oil Company All Bight. New York, April 20. In reply to a report that the American Cotton Oil Com pany was in bad condition, that it would probably pass its dividends aud that the retirement of EdwanI D. Adams and former president, Thomas R. Chaney, Indicated serious dissensions in the management. President Oeorge Austin Morrison today said that the business of the company suf fered iu common with general business recently, but the company has earned a full dividend on the jierferred slock and have the cash to pay it. Headded that the outlook for the trade is improving? Bieyclo Baggage Bill Signed. Albany, N. 1'.. April 20. Assemblyman Armstrong's bicycle baggage bill was signed by Gov. Alortoti today. It is regarded as one of the most important measures of legislation which has yet been enacted In the Interest of the 100,000 wheelmen or this State. By the bill bicycles arc hereby declared to be baggage, and shall be transported as baggage for passengers by railroad corporations and subject to the same liabilities. The act takes effect immediately. For Stealing a Bicycle. Frank Jordan, a colored schoolboy, fif teen years old, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Policeman Heller and locked up at the First precinct station for the grand larceny of a bicycle from the repair shop of Doremus &. Just, No. 414 Eleventh street northwest. When taken into custody Jordan denied that Jic had stolen the machine, claiming to have bought it from a man named Thomas. -Will Meet In I'eorlu. Chicago, April 20. The DcmoeraticState Central Committee selected Peoria as the place and June 23 us the date for holding the Democratic State convention. The call was Issued on the basis of the vote cast In the Presidential election of 1892, which Is a victory for the gold element, as it gives Cook county a larger representation than under the vote of 1804. Texas Lilly "Whites Convene. Houston, Tex., April 20. The reform, or "lily white" Republicans, held their State convention here today and selected the following delegates to the St. Louis con vention: C. N. Love, colored; W. B. Slos son, II. F. Aiackgregor and J. B. Schruitz. They were not instructed. To Issue .Receivers Certificates. Baltimore, April 20. Rumors that the receivers of the Baltimore und Ohip Railroad would shortly make application to the United States court for authority to issue five millions of receiver's certificates were current here tonight London Banff Suspends. London, April 20. The suspension Is announced of the London and Universal Bank,limilcd,withofficcsatNo.449Stnind. Charing Cross. The solicitors of the con cern write to the newspapers that the creditors will be paid in full. The amount of the liabilities Is not staled. PLAY OF ANCESTRY YS. CASH I "The Two Escutcheons" Well Ke- ceived at the National fExcelslor ,Tr." at the Lufayetto . Fully Up to Bice's Standard Good Bills ut the Other Houses. Sydney Rosenreld brought another or his dramatic projections to Washington last night. He poses not as the exclusive author, though he is absolute owner, but lie Is responsible for the translation and 'colloquial embellishments." He has An glicized the. comedy, not In the sense that one Is supposed to in transposing Indecent French Into uttcrable Enirlish. but in changing heavy Teutonic Into the breezy vernacular. Though late In reaching the capital, "The Two Escutcheons; or, Chicago in Berlin." was the precursor or the Rosen feld re naissance in this year or grace. Daly first produced it and everbody conceded Its cleverness but Rehan. She did In her mind and heart, but she concealed the Tact be cause she was too mature Tor the role or a real, real young woman. Edy the Chapman is now the interpreter or Rehan's part. Air. Rosenfeld produced "The House or Cards." We have seea that and found a great deal in it to enjoy and commend. Sydney merely touched up this clever farce, but much credit is due hUu for It is always the last stroke that counts In a work of art. The end is .ot yet, for "A Divorce Colony" and "A Fashionable Physician' are said to be waiting auspicious time Tor teal life. The Rosenfeld arm is stretched out Tor fame and lucre. He has a measure of both and is deserving or a larger share. As for "The Two Escutcheons," it proved a diverting entertainment of a light char acter. Mr. Rosenreld studiously avoids offending any sense of proprieties, aud he and the original German authors have not found is necessary to stoop to even casual double entendre or obnoxious women with indiscreetly flirtatious dispositions to raise many geuulueiy hearty luughs. The story Is simplicity itself. It may be told in a dozen Hues, but the suggestion t-i the structural scheme is mllniie ami has never been ingeniously realized upon. It seems that a young Cnlcago widow. Mr. Stevenson, is chaperoning: Alixs Mary Fostor, daughter or Tnomas Foster, meat packer, or her native city, iu Berlin. The girl and Rudolph, son of Baron Von Wetten gen, a man oi uwrwiituunug ancestry, uit desperately in love and marry. The Chi cago father appears. It is a Berun es cutcheon, emblazoned with ancestry.against u Chicago escutcheon, emblazoned wui nog and casn. The entanglement, situation and sequel are as amusing as the simple narra tive suggests. The writing is better than the acting. Many of the scenes display a Tine seii.se or humor and stamp the piece as a comedy of finished structure and positive though delicate humor. There were several good bits or acting by the generally even cast. The best woric was divided between Aliss Chapman as Airs. Stevenson; Vincent Serrano as young Rudolph; and Mr. George Backus as Capt. von Vmck, penmlesa but wlllmg to retrieve. Air. Backus has a nice sense or humor and managed to carry fresh lire into each of the scenes in which he entered. Aliss Louise Aluldener, who played the Baroness von Wettingen, and Miss Rose Barruigton as Ma ry Fojter were stf feriug from severe hoarseness and didn't do themselves jus tice. Mr. Charles Craig appeared for the first time as Foster or Chicago. He is a fine actor of character parts and he will pres ently recognize that he is making his present characterization too broad. No American, of Chicago or elsewhere, attains to the wealth or celebrity or this Foster without rubbing off a veneer of the refine ment which his natural associations would bring him. He was. however, iu a broad rough way very amusing and a roil Tor the Baron von Wettingen of Robert F. Cotton. The audience enjoyed themselves and laughed appreciatively at the many good points. Miss Chapman was the recipient or a superb basket or American Beanty roscs. The fans were in operation and kept the temperature down to a comrort ablc degree. E. E. Rice, the apostle or fair femininity and the man who believes in giving the people what they want regardless of principles hi the abstract and cash in the. concrete, gave Washington his latest bur Ivsqiie salad last night under the title "Excelsior Jr." There was full measure, .for the people didn't turn their steps away rrom the white portals or the LaTayette Square Opera House until half past eleven. "Excelsior Jr." is as good as the best of its predecessors, no better. Tor Rice seems to have realized the limit or the pos sibilities of this style of entertainment. He combines fun, music song, color, form, varietv. motibn. ballet and vaudeville in a kaleidescoplc melange that consutr.es the interest and drives away weariness like a shadow before a calcium. Three pages of the Latayette Square program were not enough to enumerate the many prominent perrorraers, the musical numbers, the specialties, and Uie scenic changes. The old legend or the brave and per sistent boy who planted his standard on the mountain top has teen seized upon to title and a vague pretext tor the ruthless eccentricities or the burlesque librettist. "Excelsior. Jr.." Is a decadent. His grand father made tiie famous personally con ducted tramp up the mountain, not he-. He is a oung man about town. There was such a bewilderment of features that it is hard to secure a footing from which ts wade out and explain the performs. t.-e Fav Tcmpletou's return wjs '.otnaunni upon". She comes rejuvenated and a per fect fashion plate In the various up-to-iate swell hero. Little Arthur Dunn, who walks like a corkscrew and talks to chunks, made the largest share of the fun. Dunn talked a little, sung a little, and played the piano a la Padercwski, with a door mat for a wig. in a fashion that captivated tic audience. Alatt Ott and Thomas Kierns as sisted in the merriment respectively as Ben Bolt, who was driven from home by the hand organs and the mountain guide. Seymour Hess made a hit as an imitator of Chevalier. andD.L. Don as Evaline held thecciiterofthe stage a eonsld;rable time. Aliss Irene Perry and Aliss Aiarie Cahill did all sorts of things besides looking pretty to command them to the approval of the audience. The leaders, however, or the petticoat brigade, it the ladies will pardon sorllppant an allusion, were Yvctte Violetteand Deyo. YidTette distinguished herself by a marvel ous reproduction of the voice, gesture;, manner and songs of Yvctte Guilberr. It was all very clever, but the moat admirable and perfect part of the imitation wa when, at the end of the songs, she gathered a foKl in her skirt and uu nov n.m. ur run but riouted, fawtikc. off the stage. The marvelous Gullbert skip wo reproduced to an absolute perfection. Oeyo danced a couple or solos and proved herseir a graceful and vivacious premiere- The music of "Excelsior, Jr." is not at any time tedious and very often the composers have struck an air that forces itself Into the ear as a dainty morsel that will hum and whistle easily. The ballets were well danced and the scenery was very elaborate and beautiful. John Braham directed the orchestra. Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb .with her company or American Liliputians and hiel-K;i'-vaudevilies, opened their Eea&on at Allen's Oiivra nouse wmi u. piuim.! - ...... a to disiilay lo advantage Uie talents or the girted little people in the cast. "The Two Rivals," a breezy sketch in one act, served as a background for the musical and tcrnsichorean specialties of Mrs. Thumb in a blue brocade Louis Quinze costume, assisted by Count and Baron Alagrl in faultless evening array. Harry Helms, towering Guiilver-like over these Liliputians. followed with a display of magic and jugglery that seemingly defied the laws of reason and gravitation. He. in turn, was out-marvelea by tiny Jennie Qulgley. who, under a judicious spell of mesmerism administered bv Mme. Traznnr. stood suspended in mid-air with the rigid jji.iumuy ui a uuti. There were many children in the au dience aud they evidenced their appro bation in hilarious applause and laugpter when Jlme. Carlinl bounded with her dogs ou the stage. As the lithe, record breakiug creatures leaped over the tables, chairs, aud baskets plied on top of each other the enthusiasm mounted with thn furniture until the laughter became bois- teroussnouis mat grew louder aud merrier when a frisky brown pup circled around the stage with the affectation nr ti Fuller, accompatiied by a stolid monkey wl,ISf ol,lf nllrirm -rso h.. lAn.11 uess with which he refused to perform. The Olio Of 8011 CS and ri.inn h XHoo Jennie Qulgley,- Miss Annie Nelson and Capt. George Lalbte were cleverly given, while the concluding illuslonary act or the "Enchanted. Statue," with its swift changes or costumes and -colored lights showed Count and Countess MagrI (Airs. Thumb) and Baron Magri to be possessed or dram atic and lyric lalentof mow than orrllnnrv degree. "McKenna's riirtatlona" was the plar served to the patrons or the Academy of Music last night. The play Is a more or less up-to date- farce coraedv, presented by a It's naluralforamantothink he can buy a better Shoe for $4 than for S3. But every rule has Its exceotion. And our $3 shoes are the exception to the $4 rule. Our $3 grade costs us every penny as much as anybody else pays for their $4 line. Results are what you want to judge by not prices and we guarantee our $3 Shoes will give you the usual S4 worth of satisfaction. If they don't you get your $3 back. There's an army of men in Washington who keep on wearIngourS3shoesyearafter year. Isn't it fairer for us to mark 'em S3 than to mark 'em $4 and sell 'em for S3? Some folks call that bargain ing. Saks and Company Pa. Ave. and 7th St. "Saks' Corner." Qoldenberg's, 928 7th 706 K St. Just now there are some very unusual reductions in the Linen Department. In a weekorsowo shall have to vacate the entire IC Street Annex, and we are anx ious to dispose of a much mer chandise in this part of the store as possible. Plain Linen Doylies, reduced from 50c. dozen to 3c each. Al!-Linen. Colored Border Doy lies, 16 by 16 inchcs.reducedrrom 85c. dozen to 5c each. All-Linen Huck Towels, plain white and colored borders, re duced from 12 l-2cto gc each. Extra size, all-linen Huck Tow el, plain hemmed and fringed, white and colored borders; re duced from 17c. to i2jc each. COdnch, hair-bleached Tabla Damask; reducedfrom SOc-to 39c a yard. 18-inch Glass Toweling all pure linen; reduced rroml2 l-2o a yard. Linen Damask Tray Cloth, 13x 26inches;reducedfrom2lc.to i2c each. Goldenberg's, 928 7th 706 K St. good company led by Edgar Selden. the author-actor and the originator of Timothy McKenna. the leading part. Its fun U unending and the clean .natural sort not de pending upon vulgarity or exaggerated horse play to help out the humors of an amusingly complicated plot. Ample opportunity is afforded for the introduction of specialties ia the shape of songs, dances and dialect interpolations.. The young ladies of the company are pretty and sing and dance well and ma terially aided in making the play go off in a refreshing manner Timothy AicKenna.a rich contractor, the part originated by Edgar Selden. has lost none or Its mirth provoking powers since he first presented it. As Alichael Ryan, the retired milkman. Frank J. Keenan was very clever. James Bankscn.as Tim AfcKeona..ir..and Edward Conrov as a lawyer, and Emmett Conroy as McQuirk.the hod carrier, was repeatedly appiauaea tor uieir enoris. Daniel Barrett as Catherine OTJonnell In make-up was one of the features of tiie cast and he was well received. Miss Caroline Wolfe was pleasing with several new songs which were well ren dered. Miss Klttie Hill as Alary Ellen Ryan, wire or Alichael and a victim of circum stances, looked and acted well her part. As McKenna"' sister ia law. Anaatasla McGovern. Jennie Learned was among-the leading characters. Among others who added to the- run or the play were Aiisses Rose Clarke. Annie Clarke. Bets Stanley and Aiabel Colyb. all pretty girls whose songs and dances, were pleasingly rendered. There was nothing backnumberish about Harris Aiorris" "Twentieth Century Maids" last night at Kcrnan's Lyceum Theater. On theothcr hand they wcreseveraldecadea iu advance of the present year of grace. The performance opened with an original and unique conception of the coming fe male in the one-act comedy entitled "The Girl Bachelor's Stag.'. The scene rep resented the interior of a club room oc cupied by the advance maidens. Their ideals of bachelor life surpassed the most vivid conception of the holder sex. John T. Hanson as Zcb. the Yankee clod hopper, is a most eccentric comediun. and his droll vlt greatly amused the large audience. Harry Emerson and Annie Carter In their comic little sketch entitled "Don't Notice It," were favorites at a high figure Leila Trimble, the American nightin gale, rendered a number of her latest vocal successes, and received an ovation. Clarice Terry, the modern Venus, assisted by a trio of the "maids.' appeared" in living productions of twenty famous paintings and works of plastic art. Their poes were most gracerul. Each setting was introduced by Aliss Teddy Pasquelena. re citing appropriate verses before the pre sentation of each figure. The hit of the evening was when Nettie De Coursey renderpd her latesC "Won't 7ou Alarry Me." The applause was loud and prolonged and the audience Insisted upon her reappearance after the opening of the next scoue. In this appeared Coakley and AicLain. the old Washington ravorites.in their humorous Ethiopian sketch and buck and wing dances. The sketch is one of the nioRt clever things of its kind seen Tor a long time, and as executed by these clever artists was side splitting. The buck and wing dancing was simply perfect and some of the intricate steps brought down the house. This team was easily the star attraction of the show. The program concluded with the humor ous burlesque entitled "Too Much Tril by." in which Harry Morris, himselfi a Slang "Valley, and Leila Trimble as Tril bee. were the lending characters. Tho hypnotic effects were highly amusing, a was also thelett-rooted model. Site Salted Htm. "Will you be mine;" he demanded. "You ask much," she faltered. "I know it, but' His countenance kindled with enthusi asm as he spoke. "I adore large people." Pick Me Up. HIh Suspicion. She I wonder what I ever married youv for, anyway? He I guess it was. to get even with your; first husbandforbelngsmartenoughtodie. Indianapolis Journal. V I- "Vi ;Jj"k4 fcilSjissiLf "'Z- 3J- ia-S--