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HE MORNING- TIMES, a?HURSSibT",,..APJHL 30, 1896.
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ELYSEES S&ION OPEN
American Artists Are Well and
Creditably Represented.
EXHIBIT OF A HIGHER TONE
Fuvorutolo Criticism Paused on the
.Excellence of the Paintings Done
by People From This Side Guessen
ut tho Medal Pulmlng. Some ot
the Striking YVorfcH.
FAris, April 29. The official opening of
Ihe Champs El ysccs salon look pluc ctoda y.
The American contributions are more nu
merous than last year and fully equal to the
former exhibits in point of excellence.
The following notes, taken rrom a private
lnnpectlon of the works by a representative
sf the United Press, describes the most
prominent of the exhibits:
Mr. Sig. J. Cautfman of Philadelphia ex
hibits a large water color view of the
picturesque ullage or Mar&ahnes at low
title r'Mcrsaliues Ma roe Basse.") The re
ceding sea. which at high tide cover.- almost
ip to the walls of the houses in the left
Dftheplcture.lcaves only occasional puddles
of water, wherein are reflected the heavy
clouds overhead. The cottages arc re
markably well rendered.
Two cattle pictures by Edwin D. Con
sell, from Brookljn, arc certain to attract
tvery artist's attention. "La Mare,"
Tlic Marsh) shows three cows standing
In the cool water of the foreground, while
the remainder of the herd are scattered
about the meadow and under the tall trees
to the left. The other, "Nesle-la Ynllee."
represents a woman driving her cow and
Dock of geese" through a field bordered
with shady tree. The village church stands
out in the background.
TWO SCENES FROM BURKS.
The life of Robert Burns has furnished
Charles Neberer, from St. Louis, with the
Inspiration for two very beautiful pictures.
One illustrates the poem to the "Mountain
Daisy." The artist has chosen a gray
frosty April morning. Burns, at the
plough. In the immediate foreground, has
Just stopped his horses. Sligthly leaning
against the plough-handle, he is wrapped
In contemplation of the daisy. In the
distance to the left is shown his farm
house at Mossgjel. The second canvas
represents Burns and Highland Mary,"
Illustrating the lines:
"Dow sweetly bloomed the gay green blrk,
Bow rich the "hawthorne blossom.
, As underneath their fragrant shade
I clapped her to my bosom."
They are seated against a tree on the
hanks of a stream at Montgomery. High
land Mary's eyes are gazing upward into
Burns', as he places his right arm around
her and clasps her left hand In his. The
dlstanccislightedbythesun.theroreground
being depicted in low tones. Mr. Neberer
deserves to be congratulated most heartily.
Daniel Ridgway Knight, from Philadel
phia, who is hors coucours. contributes "La
Bergere." lTlie Shepherdess), which is cou
ildered by ail wlio have seen it to be one or
the artist's best productions. The shep
herdess, whols standing upright, resting on
.her staff, is gazing meditatively at the
river to her right. Her head, like most of
Mr. Knight's rustic models, is full of charac
ter and individuality, and the whole figure
16 very strong In effect. Her dark hair
and t he brown collar of the rough coat she
Is wearing cut against the light sky which
fades into a pearly tint in the distance. In
the foreground the dry weeds and early
fjiring grass form a delicate harmony of
color.
1 IK THE ALHAMBRA.
H. Humphrey Moore, an American pupil
of Gerome. who has much of that master's
power of realistically rendering the life and
color of the orient, exlilblts a powerful
deplctmentof Sauton (mentioned in Irving's
History of Granada), exclaiming In the
presence of the Sultan Muley Aben HaBsan
In the Alhambra; ""Woe! "Woe! "Woe to
Granada! Its hourof desolation approaches!
The ruins of Zahara will fall upon our heads!
My spirit tells me that the end of the empire
la at hand!" The sultan, cloaked and tur
baned, is reclining on a vast divan, his feet
on brilliant rugs, his eyes fixed on the aged
eer. whoseshrivelled arms arc outstretched
In Imprecation. Santon'6 strong features,
hoary beard and semi-nude form, .kneeling
before the sovereign, contrast remarkably
with the sensual, fearsome appearance of
Muley Abcn Hassan. The work Is cata
logued "Muley Aben Hassan! Tu Perdrus
Grenade!" (Muley Aben Hassan! Thou
wilt lose GranaOal")
"En Detresse" (In Distress) Is a strik
ing marine by "William E. Xorton from
"Boston. A bark in mldocenn at night
Is partly dismantled and sinking. Her rail
and boats, with the exception of one on
the forward house, have been washed
away. Some of the crew are working at
the pumps, while others signal for assist
ance with rockets and blue lights. The
red port light shows abreast the main
rigging, the fore rigging having been car
ried away In the gale, which is still blow
ing Black squalls arc piling up to windward,
obscuring the moon, whose light shines
upon the mottled upper strata of clouds
and upon the distant sea. A scene of
greater desolation Is hardly imaginable.
Mr. Xbrton's other picture, "Marche aux
Poissons-DIeppe" (The Fish Market at
Dieppe) Is a more cheerful subject. A
warm afternoon sun lights up the distant
cliffs and the masts audails of the fishing
boats alongside the quay. It being low
tide only the upper part of the masts and
ails are seen, the lower part being hidden
by the quay, whereon are bustling and
chattering the vendors and purchaser: of
the day's catch.
CARDIFF DOCKS.
Lionel "Walden secures a good place on
Ihe line with a picture or "Cardiff Docks."
It is a study of the peculiar light of a
drizzly, rainy evening between the close
of day and darkness. In the background
she masts of ships stand out against a
ky of a yellow color, tinged with smoke
and mist. A tall chimney rises from a
factory to the right of the canvas, cut by
& cloud of steam which drifts across the
iky in a large white patch. To the left
are truck loads of coal ready to be shipped.
The ecarrold-like structures of the coal,
tips show black through the steam ot an
engine coming round a curve of the rail
road network, which fills the foreground.
Against the general low tone of the pic
ture the electric lights of the docks, the red
and green signal lights of the track and the
headlight of the engine shine brilliantly,
reflecting strongly on the wet rails and
earth.
Mrs. Cecilia E. "Wentworth of New
York, who was recently the recipient
ofadccoratlonfronitheFrencli government,
exhibits two important works. One is the
portrait of 2. Chcllcniel-Lacour, member
or the Academic Francaise and formerly
president or the senate. It is a striking
likeness, the expression of the grayish
blue eyes being reproduced with wonderful
fidelity.
Urs. "Went worth's principal canvas,
though. Is the interior or the ancient Church
ef St. Mary. The dim light or the crepuscle
Heals through a stained glass window onto
the kneeling figure or a lady dressed In the
daintiest Parisian fashion, who has Inter
rupted her round of afternoon calls to pray
before the altar dedicated to St. Anthony
in the quaint .edifice. She wears a blue
velvet dress under a lighter bluecape, edged
with sable mU.enjbroIdered with paseemen
terlc. From beneath a tiny bonnet Oi
black feathers, with a white aigrette and
yeftow flowers, little curls escape ou to the
uplifted forehead.
DEVOTIONS TO ST. ANTHONY.
In the adjoining chapel dedicated to St.
Mary is a woman of humbler station read
ing her prajer book. The treatment of the
twilight, the harmonious arrangement of
the colors and shades of the lady's dress
and the powerful depictment of the church
Interior, with its gray stone walls and
floor. Its columns' and carvings, the white
altar cloth, surmounted by the crucifix,
cloth, the statuette of 8t. Anthony and the
candelabrum whereon tapers lighted by the
faithful arc flickering, combine to make
an exquisite picture. It is entitled "De
votions a St. Antoinc," ("Devotions to St.
Anthony.")
Anne Lawrence Gregory, from New York,
sends a life-sized portrait of a little boy
m a blue sailor suit, seated in an old oak
chair, and a small picture of a woman in a
white gown, seated in the corner of a dl van,
an open book ling in her I.ip.
Edward Grcuct, liom Sail Antonio, Tex..
:s represented by "Nouvelles- Trislrs,"
;"Sad News,") showing a joung woman
renderedsadlypeiiMve by thenews contained
in a letter she holds in her hand. The
picture Is a harmony in violet and yellow.
Ell Harvey, from CiiirinnaU, sends a
lady's portrait and "Le Soir," ("The
Evening,") an autumn effect on the Gorge
d'Appremont, In the torest of Foutain
bleau. Miss Eudora Hereford, from Covington.
Ky.. scores well with "Sommcil d'En
funt" (The Child's Slumber). In a cool,
quiet landscape n woman and her child,
of the Brittany peasanL class. Iia estopped
on their journey through the fields to rest
for a few minutes. The child, overcome
by fatigue, has at once faUen asleep near
its mother's feet. With her hands clasped
round her knees the woman is calmly and
dreamily waiting for the child's slumber
to cease. The canvas very successfully
depicts the expression of sweet and peace
ful abandon on a sleeping child's counte
nance. REMORSE OF JUDAS.
S. L. Landeau, from La Crosse, Wis.,
sends a painting called "The Remorse of
Judas." It is a large canvas represent
ing Judas hurrying aimlessly along, his
tunic torn and dragging after him on the
ground. His gestures reflect his dreadful
mental condition of deep remorse. A
second figure, symbolic of a sorrowful
Christ, follows him as In a vision, with
features rendered to convey sympathy
rather than reproach. Only the very top
of the hillside, crowned with olive trees,
Is illuminated by the setting sun. The rest
of the landscape Is in shadow. The treat
ment of the sky and distant hills harmon
izes with the solemn character of the
subject.
Louis Loeb, from Cleveland, Ohio, has
a full figure of a small blonde boy with
delicate, refined fentures, dressed in rough,
dark blue clothes, holding a large bunch
of blue violets. It is catalogued,"P'tlt
Bonhommeen bleu," (a little chap in blue.)
The same artist's "Etude" is a study
in delicate pink and gray of a joung
woman reading, wearing a pink summer
blouse, her face lit up by a pleasant smile.
"William Seftwlek Dodge, from Virginia,
sends a ceiling decoration for the National
Library of Congress at Washington, en
titled "Ambition." It Is eighteen feet
in diameter and contains about fourteen
figures, some much over life-size. In
the foreground are represented the various
professions of the world striving after
the crown and palm that is ahead of
them, held by a woman, representing
Victory, who Is lending a horse.
DANIEL AND THE LIONS.
H. O. Tanner, whose "Young Sabot
Maker" elicited so much admiration last
year, is again to the front with a large
canvas representing "Daniel In the lion's
den." The prophet Is in n large chamber
of Assyrian brick, on whose walls are
shown friezes of colored lions. Part ot
i gallery or balcony dominates the prison,
from which, supposedly, the king occa
sionally witnessed the sport provided for
his amusement below. Daniel Is leaning
against a projection which serves to give
additional strength to the great walls or
the construction. The moonlight enters
through a window or trap-door oyer his
head, and catches on his folded hands
and richly embroidered robe.
The upper part of the body is in shadow
with the head turned towards the window
above. In the deep shadow arc the
dark bodies of the lions, walking restlessly
up and down, their fiery eyes giving addi
tional terror to the darkness. One Hon is
resting on his haunches near Daniel, part
of his head and paw being in the line
or the moonlight, while in the background
a streak of moonlight catches the back of
another Hon.
Florin n Peixotto from San Francisco, ex
hibits two genre subjects. The larger one
Is entitled " Le Bain de Soldi" (The Sun
Bath). It is simple in composition and
evinces a studied desire to adhere as
clearly to nature as possible in a search far
reposeful movement. A group of old men
are Bitting against, an ancient moss-grown
wall in a warm glow of sunlight, toward
the end of an autumnal day. The falling
leaves are rust-colored and withered, as
much so as the faces of these types of old
Normandy peasants, with threadbare ca
potes, pa tchedblousesandcorduroy trousers
The other tableau, much smaller, though, in
my mind, not less Important, is a study of
mobile facial expression. It is entitled
"Seul" (Alone), and represents an old man
sitting in his deserted little cottage, his
sad thoughts filled with memories of the
past and of his departed helpmeet.
KISMET.
Oh never despair although vouth so fair
Has departed on pinions rosy
For fale won't restore the lamented hair
Nor the scent of the faded posy.
Oh, the sculptured bloom on the coffee urn
The coffee of Java won't sweeten
And the vanished fabric will not return
To the pantaloon seat moth eaten.
The delicate glow or youth's balmy May
Must savor of winter's sorrow
The roast or Uie day before yesterday
Is stew the day ufter tomorrow.
Though he never Is broiled and toasted
Till he's luscious and Juicy ripe,
Still I'm fond or the spry clay pigeon
As T list to his sweet clay pipe.
"Woodland Fancies
TWO POEMS.
From the Persian of Myself.
IRREPARABLE.
Our fondest hopes are bubbles
All set in rosy gold;
"When once they're rudely shattered
They can't be heeled and soled.
Although the grim magician
Performs the wondrous feat
Of making last year's pancake
Of next year's winter wheat.
That very same magician,
Though great his mystic scope,
Can't heel the shattered bubble
Or sole the busted hope.
Tit for Tat.
Servant (from next door) Herr Mayer
sendshls compliments, and would you please
shoot your dog, as It won't let him go to
sleep" r-
Nelghbor Give myrespects to Herf Mayer
and tell him I Eball be much obliged if he
will poison his daughter and burn her
piano Unterhaltungablatt.
RAREST Of LANDMARKS
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Historic "Braddock's Rock," a
Camping Ground in (755.
PATRIOTS WILL PRESERVE IT
Sous of tho devolution Will Comblno
Willi tho Sous of American He volu
tion to Huvo the Hock's nesting
Pluco Mudo Sacred District Com
missioners Asked to Co-operuto.
The efforts of the Sons of the Revolution
to reclaim and preserve "Braddoek Rock"
is meeting with general approval and al
ready steps have been takeu to eslnblsUi
the identity and location or this relic or
colonial warfare.
"Braddoek Rock," according to the
most authentic traditional and historical
evidence, is situated at the base of a little
promontory ou the north bank of the
Potomac River, formerly known as "Camp
Hill," but nowoccupicd by the Uultcd
States observatory grounds, which arc
bounded by E street on the north, the Po
tomac on the south and Tweiity-iifth and
Twenty-third streets on the west ami east,
lespoctivelv.
Over the rock in 1775 passed the. flower
or .England's soldiery, headed by the il
lustrious general who met his death at
the battle of Fort Diiquesiie, and by the
father of his country, then a Virginia
militia colonel, and in a few dajs to be
come Biaddock's uid-de-CMtnp. And when
the Capitol of the Nation w.is threatened
111 1814, this same. hill, on which the old
observatory now stands, -was occupied by
the patriots, who marched rrcm it towards
Bladeusburg lor the defense of the city.
CREDIBILITY OF Till: LEGEND.
In itself there is nothing particularly in
teresting or attractive about the rock,
and but for the fact that It was theie Gen.
Braddoek, leading his troops In this land
ing ou the morning of April 14, 1735, it
may have remained theie till doom's day
unnoticed and forgotten.
As a milestone, marking the progress of
the colonists in their warlare against the
savage aborigines, it is, however, sur
rounded with a pieturesqiieuess intensely
attractive and interesting, not alone to the
Sons of the Reolutiun, but to all Ameri
cans. Uiidci these circumstances, situated
as it is now, half hidden by the undergrowth
and surrounded by dumpings of tin cans
and debris of all kinds, it is none the less
dear, as the spot where the defenders of
Anglo-Snxou supremacy once found a rest:
ing place.
It has been stated in regard to the
credibility or the legend that Braddoek
landed on this rock, that to have done
so would have beeu contrary to an un
written rule or war, wbjch is to alwnjs
cross a river when jou come to it. As
Braddock's destination was Rock Creek,,
on the other Bide or which was George
town, it is thought thut he would have
landed up the creek.
At that time, however, the coor.trj on
both shies of the creek wa very low and
marshy, having been filled in since. Then,
too, there were two bridges that crossed
the creek, not far lrom the mouth, and a
road through the timherlnnd led almost
directly from this lull. The rock afforded
a firm and comenlcnl landing, the hill a
magnificent spot for a camp, and the road
to be traversed from there led directly
on their intended line of march. In view
of these facts it is not improbable that the
soldierly foresight of the commander led
him to choose this spot for a lauding.
POSITION SEEMS CHANGED.
Braddoek Rock, 'Which, .since that mem
.orable night, has weathered the btorms of
more than a century and a quarter. Is now
on the "inland," the river at that point
Braddock's Rock.
having filled by constant washings from the
shore and the dumping or refuse. The
rock is about seven teet m height, ten feet
in length and eight feet in width and weighs
several tons.
Prof. G. Brown Goode has lately written
a letter to the District Commissioners in
which he suggests, ir land around and
adjacent to the rock is to be transformed
into a public park that a portion of the
6pace might be devoted to a small artificial
lake, which should occupy the former posi
tion of the northern part or the Potomao
at that point. Then, he says, the rock
and the adjacent banks could be restored
to the condition in which they were before
the river receded.
In the meantime if the area around the
rock were enclosed Prof. Goode is or the
opinion thai the rock and its immediate sur
roundings would, on account or the associa
tions, become objects of general interest,
not only to the residents or the city, but
also to visitors from all parts of the country.
Beviewiug this subject from an historical
standpoint, Prof. Goode says the general
impression that Gen. Braddoek marched
from Alexandria to "Winchester, Va., is er
roneous. As a matter of fact, he said,
there were two regiments of British sol
diers landed at Hampton, which later pro
ceeded to Alexandria. There they di
vided, the Fort-fourtb Regiment, under
command of Gen. Braddock.going westward
from Alexandria, landing at Camp Hill,
and on the day following disembarked from
what has ever sluce been known as "Brad
dock's.Rock." LANDED UP THE RIVER.
Leaving here at an early hour, the troops
lauded at a point higher up the river, and
from there marched a distance of about
fifteen miles to Owens' Ordinary, near the
present site of Rockville, Md.
The inarch was continued for three days,
at the end of which time they arrived at
Frederick and went into camp. Gen. Brad
dock, however, did not accompany the
troops on this march to Frederick.
On leaving Camp Hill he returned to Alex
andria, where a conrcrence was held with
the governors or New York, Pennsylvania.
Maryland and Virginia for the purpose of
discussing the best wayn" providing means
to carry on the war against the Indians.
This action on the part of the governors
being necessary, because England had re
fused to bear any part or the expense of sus
taining the army, thus throwing the whole
burden on the colonists.
Immediately after the adjournment of the
conference Gen. Braddoek hastened to join
his troops at Frederick, traveling over the
Bameroutea8they. AfewdayslaterGeorge
"Washington, at that time an officer of the
colonial forces, was appointed aid-de-camp
to Braddoek, and folio wed on as fast as pos
sible to Fredrick.
In the meantime the Forty-eighth Regi
ment, which had been left at Alexandria
by Gen. Braddoek, had been ordered to
Winchester, Va. On the march they passed
through what is now known as Centerville,
and still farther on through "William's
Gap," In the Bl&e Ridge Mountains. The
route traveled on this march is to this
day known as "Braddock's road." It Is
the movement of this section orthe English
army that bus led to the belief that Gen.
Braddoek went lulD,?'.y,l,ely from Alexan
dria to Winchester, Va. ) ,n ' "
twice trod rJrorr it. .
Following these nov.eniqtjo, the two
sections of the arniy, irHtf plain 'to be
seen that Gen. Braddoek not only onee,
on the 14tli of April, 1755, but in all
probability a second lln)5I2?ien'lie fol
lowed his troops to Winchester by lhe
same route, again landed, at Camp Hill
and onee more trod upon the now Iambus
,. 3U to
L'Ctli
Hut to follow the fortimes'of Braddoek
and his troops a little larther. He re-
maincd n't Frederick some days waiting
for a road to be cut through the forest to '
Cumberland, but this not being practicable
he turned southward, crossed the Potomac
at Conecoleaguc, and joined the Forty-,
eighth Regiment at Winchester. From there
the combined forces moved westwaard to
G reat Meadows, where Gen. Braddoek
was fatally wounded and Ids troops com
pletely routed.
This little bit of the history of the
French and Indian war establishes bejond
a doubt the location of the exact spot at
which Gen. Uraddock disembarked April
14, 1753. Farther than this, in the report
of the Washington Astronomical Observa
tory made In 1871, In referring to the
Uraddock rock, it is stated thatit was from
ttiis point that Gen. Braddoek marched to
ward Fort Duquesne. Col. Peter Force,
an antiquarian, not mauy ears dead, had
repeatedly pointed out this particular rock
as the plate where Uraddock, had landed.
OTHER RELICS PRESERVED.
This famous rock is no doubt the only
known relic of RevoluntiOtiary or colonial
days which has not been saciedly pre
served and reverentially, guarded, and it
Is eminently proper that the suggestions
and wishes of the Sons of the Revolution
should be carried out In this respect. The"
reclaiming or this ruinous rock and giving
it its proper place among the interesting
points or places connected with colonial
warrare would be an act In which all
Americans would be glad to take u part.
Besides this It would be the means of
opening up as a public park what could be
made one of the most hcautiltil points along
the Potomac In the vicinity or Washington.
As (suggested by Prof. Goode, the old out
Hues of the river could be reconstructed,
making itnotonlylnterestlngfromahlstori
cal standpoint, but also beautiful to the eye.
and for these reason an objective jwintor
interest to ull visitors to the National Cap
ital. GOOD HOOKS' HAD FrATUHES.
Library Association Criticises Some
Government Publications.
House bill No. 8237, framed by F. A.
Crandall, superintendent of public docu
ments, and introduced by Congressman Ier
kins, or Iowa, was the topicor 'discus
sion at the meeting or the fMiington
Library Association, held at-" umblan
University last evening. Dr. Cyrus Adler,
president or the association, presided and
Secretary F 11. Parsons kept the records.
Previous to the discussion; ot the bill
Miss A. R. Hnsse, an expert cataloguer at
the Government Printing Office, read a
lengthy essay on "Some, bad features of
good books," in which the pointed out the
errors and defects for which the printers
and binders were to a. certain extent
resiKMisiblc in the printing and binding
of the public documents,. She referred to
the paging of title pajjes, overcrowding
of title pages, the illustration, and other
errors. o . -'
MiiS IIase expressed the hope that the
hill, which was framed to'rduoe the cost,
Increase the value, a tid simplify tne methods
of publication of the public documents fur
nished to designated depository libraries,
would become a law. J "
The discussion on the bjll; brought up
many speakers. Mr. Crandall defended
the bill, and said it would,, aid the libra
rians ery materially hi classifying public
documents. Mr. T L. Cole maintained the
double dating of a volume, but favored
the bill because it reduced the inconven
iences to a minimum. Mr. J. G. Ames
favored the single dating on volumes. Mr.
Henderson Presnnll and Capt. II. L. Prince
spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr. Owen cited his experiences with
binders, and spoke of Suite records and
how kept. The secretary read a letter
from ex-President Spofford of the associa
tion, in which he said' the bill was a
long step in the right direction. No one
spoke against the bill, but all rather com
mended it and desired its passage.
Wns Systematically Bobbed.
Mr. Kelley Miller, of No. 430 Coinage
street northwest, reported at the Eighth
prccinctstation yesterday that some person
had entered the chicken house and shed in
the rear of his residence, at different
times during the past mouth and robbed it
of a quantity of eggs, butter, preserves, and
coal. '
Efo Did Not Stt.w iWood.
Theodore Janney is e'mplo'ycd by James
G. Bo we as a wood saicl. He made a
mistake yesterday and clrrafyiece out of his
baud instead of the .slick. His wounds
were dressed at ProviggncegHospltal.
Dog Slow HiBiClrlcUens.
A dog found Its wdf iuto the chicken
house of Mr. John "W. Eangston, living near
FourthandTrumblestreetsridrth west, Tues
day night and succeeded In'killlng twenty
two chickens and three'hens. . .
.Mr :
bulcldo of anrtJEx-Mayor.
Newburg, N. Y., April fC9.-Ex-Mayor
Abram S. Cassedy, a lawyer well known
throughout the State, Bhot himself this
afternoon in the region of the heart and
will die. He had suffered from ill-health
several months and is supposed to have
been mentally deranged.
Boware.
Oh the witchery of her eyesl
Tempting yes, ,
Laughing eyes!
Laughing when her heart e'en cries,
Never known to moralize,
Sometimes sad, yet ever wise,
Ready e'er to sympathize
But 'tis only in her eyes.
Oh the couquctry of her eyest " .-
Shocking eyes,
Mocklug eyes! " x
Mocking when your heart replies
To herlow and tender sl.ghs
Sometimes sad, yet ever wise
Why should man so highly prize
Two such sinful, living lies!
From Truth.
PRi THEC0L0R LIHE
Charges Against the Colored
School Trustees.
Fblack fighting yellow
Muss Meetlnjc of Colored People De
mands Invtiwtlgutlon of tho Public
Schools Some Specific Churges
Wade Congress Asked to Inter
vene Grnvo Accusations.
The block four hundred of Washington
asserted "itself In contradistinction to the
yellow four hundred at a very lively mass
meeting, which was held last night at
the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. The
substance of the cause, of disagreement be
tween these two classes or the colored
people has heretofore been given in The
Times.
There was a very large crowd in at
tendance, and the meeting was addressed
by some or the ablest men or the colored
race In the District.
The speakers handled a very delicate
question avllh agood deal or tact, and at
limes with an effervescence or humor, taut
the question was evidently one or great
moment and seriousness to the black iieople
The meeting closed with a resolution, look
ing to the appointment or a committee to
look Into the conduct and administration
of the colored public schools, with special
reference to the colored trustees, and the
supervising principals. This committee will
ask for a Congressional Investigation."
The great point at issue berore the meet
ing was' the discrimination against black
boys and girls in ravor or yellow boys and
girls; that the latter were the pets ot
Jteachcre, and that when the black boys
and girls were graduated they could not
find employment; while jellow girls were
employedas teacliersand yellow boys could
find employment In stores and offices.
YELLOWS WERE FAVORITES.
One speaker gave an Illustration of how
the well cared for youth were petted and
coddled by the teachers, while the little
black boy, if ill dressed, was tabooed and
considered as something not to be touched
by the dainty school teachers or the yellow
Tour hundred.
The Commissioners were attacked, the
purchase of school lots at exorbitant prices
was attacked, and In fine the lack or
suftragc was attacked as possibly the root
or all the evils, and the restoration or it
the only remedy.
The meeting was opened by Mr. O. C.
Black, who, in explaining its purpose, said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, this meeting has
been called solely in the interest of the
working people or this' district. For over
thirty j cars the management of our public
schools has been In the control of one
class of people, and they have so used the
powers delegated to them, as to think them
selves the masters of the people ami not
their servants. It has come to such a de
plorable condition that the honest man who
works the streets, or the honest woman,
wholaborsatthe wasbtuborin the kitchen,
whose complexion is not white with
powder or whose hair is not flaxen, is not
to be considered in the distribution of the
public 'patronage. We are disappointed,
we arc chagrined, and we are here to strike
a blow at the tyrants who for thirty years
have kept the working classes in degrada
tion." ATTACKED SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
The speaker then made an apology for
tle absence of some of the speakers. He
contlnuedliis address by saying that the
colored people had made repeated demands
for a change of the trustees of the colored
schools, but no satisfactory answer was
given by the white people in authority.
He said that there were many instances
of wrong doing of which he meutioned
the purchase of the Slater school lands
at $1.10 a root when the real price was 30
cents a foot.
Somebody, he sfel, had made more than
$1,000 out or that job. There wasrobbcry
golng on and that was why there could
be no relier. Then he mentioned the
Ivy City school, where $6GG was paid Tor
lots that were worth only $400. Then
there was the Fifteenth street seLool,
southeast, for which the land was purchased
at 73 cents a root when its real value
was 33 cents a foot. In all of these
eases he said that adjoining lots or near
at hand and just as good, could have been
bought for the figures he named as the real
value.
"This thing T tell you." said Mr. Black,
"must go to Congrpss. ror we haven't had
any relief rrom bur rulers. And that Is
not all; they don't admit that 'our black
children arc bright and they arc not ad
vanced fairly as they ought to be. Oh! they
tell us, you don't belong to the four hundred;
but I tell you, yes we do; we belong to the
fiva hundred, the six hundred."
A voice: "Yes. sir; we're a million.
IN THE SAME STRAIN.
Mr. L. G. Moore, a black man, spoke on
the 6ame line, only more strongly. He
said that he believed that he was the black
est man In the audience, but he didn't be
lieve in drawing the color line because he
did not know but what he might have some
octoroon, catoroon or mistaroou relations.
The simon pure blacks were, however, to
be credited with the emancipation ot the
race.
"It was they who telegraphed to God
Almighty and were the beginning of the
fight that gave them Abraham Lincoln.
The colored people were, however, gradu
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ally drifting apart; and it was for thb
reason that the hewers of wcod and the
drawers of water the women were here
crying for justice to their children. He
said he had studied the question of the
colored schools. He kue-w there ivas dis
crimination, but the black people were
partly to blame for it."
He said in conclusion that be was aware
of the way the blacks were treated; that
they could get not employment, either aa
teachers, or in any other intellectual pur
suits, while the yellow people were taken
care of from the little girl pp.
PASSED RESOLUTIONS.
The chairman here appointed a com
mlttecon resolutions who, retiring, brought
In the folio wlug, which was read and in
dorsed: "Whereas, the object of civilized govern
ment should be to becure the greatest good
to the greatest number, to promote the
general welfare, and to secure the bless
ings or liberty to a people and its posterity
and
"Whereas, theChrlstlanand welldisposed
white people of this country, realizing the
great Injustice imposed upon the colored -people
by holding them in slavery for more
than two hundred years, and working as
near as possible to repair the injury by
relieving said people iu its aforesaid condi
tion, hi assuming the duties or freemen and
caucus, by donations and liberal govern
mental appropriations in money to secure
the needed objects of education and,
"Whereas, divers or those who have
been placed in charge, and whose duty It
is, unduas been to administer the func
tions or trustees and supervising principals
of life colored schools or the District ot
Columbia, have railed to administer their
office to the interest of all the people;
therefore, be it
"Resolved, That it is the sense and
deliberate judgment of this meeting that
their conduct and administration of said
orrices be inquired Into by a committee or
Congress:"
The committee was composed of O. C.
Black. T. L. Jones, Rev G. W. Lee, J.
M. Foster, J. W. M. Stewart, and W. G.
Tyler. ,
Mr. J. R. Pollard moved the adoption
or the resolutions, and they were carried
almost unanimously.
ENTEKTAINKD TOE BIBLE CLASS.
Enjoyable Social Affulr Given at First
Congregational Church.
The reception and social tendered the
Bible classes and other religious societies
of the First Congregational Church last
evening by the Business Men's Bible class
of that church was a social success. There
were present nearly 300 ladies and gen
tlemen, many of the latter being promi
nent in literary, professional, business and
official circles in the city.
The Bible class, consisting of about
forty members, assisted ttie reception com
mittee. Messrs. Elphonzo Youngs, chair
man; A. S. Parham and E. P. Craig, in
receiving the guests and caring for their
comrort and entertainment. Arteran hour
or more or social chat the guests were en
tertained with a carefully selected pro
graru,or vocal and instrumental music, short,
Interesting and humorous speeches.
The exerdees of the evening were pre
sided over by Mr. Justice Brewer of the
United States Supreme Court.
Dr. Newman, spoke very interestingly
of the subject of Bible study, and called
special attention to the necessity of class
work. Mr. U. H. Warner also made an
interesting address.
A rcw remarks were made by Rev.-Ross
M. Fishburn. formerly assistant pastor of
the church, but now of the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church.
During the evening an enjoyable musical
and literary program was rendered.
After the musical and literary part of
theentertainmentrefreshments were served
under the direction ot Mr. Elphonzo Youngs
by the following young ladies:
Miss Grace Johnson. Miss Bajly. MKs
Flora Johnson, Misses Lambom, Misses
Pond. Miss Sue Buckingham, MUs Louise
Browning. Miss Lizzie Caywood, Miss
Bertha Simonds, Misses Rugg, Miss Ding
man, Miss Carr, Miss Ahern, Miss Fulton.
Xlnth Street Curs :Nev Fender.
The Ninth street electric cars have a
new fender on trial. It is larger than the
clumsy looking appratus or ropes and rods
that has been doing service and Is neater
and more business-like In appearance.
It Is made of broad thin strips of steel
apparently running in lengths parallel to
the -tracks and bent so as to form a spring
upon which anybody struck by the car
would alight.
Portland Canal Survey.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations has made a favorable report on an
amendment to the sundry civil bill ap
propriating $3,300 for a survey or the
Portland canal. The canal Is the southern
limit or the territory or Alaska, and Is iu
dispute to a certain extent in the boundary
controversy net ween this government and
Great Britain.
Kcninvnl ot Canadian Indians.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations has made a favorable report on an
amendment to the sundry civil bill
appropriating So.riOO to enable the Presi
dent, by theuse of the arm yor otherwise, to
remove from Montana and deliver to Cana
dian authorities at the boundary line, the
Canadian refugee Cree Indians, who some
time ago fled from that countrv.
Locked tho Jury Up.
The jurors in the homicide case of Samuel
Patterson and William Books, placed on
trial In Judge Cole's court yesterday for
the murder of Lewis Dade, were locked
up for the night at 5 o'clock in the after
noon. The trial will be continued at
10 o'clock this morning.
BASHFUL SUITORS.
OS THEM ,Q . AQ JIN TO, MAK3
iWEPT UT FLUME!
Continued from First Page.
wind veered around to the east, driving
the course or the conflagration to the more
sparcely built-up residence district and the
fire died out, leaving the high school build
ing, the only one of any size, remaining in.
the camp. The list ot business houses de
stroyed includes every firm of any size in
the city. Many residences were also swept
away.
When it was realized that the fire would
now die out. the people who had raced to
the hills began a wild scramble to flncl
quarters for the night. Special trains bore
hundreds to Victor, Florence and Colorado
Springs by the Midland Terminal route.
Others went later tonight.
There are two dead and several in
jured as a result of the Palace Hotel
explosion. An unknown man was shot by
a policeman while looting a burring build
ing. One ot the dead men has oeen Iden
tified as a man named Griffith, who
worked at Gold King, and another as J.
W. Crigger.
George Leyden was so badly injured
that he will die. Others seriously hurt
are: E. H. Smith, John Evans, Larry
Maroney, E. Broadway, George Young
s'one. one or the Rose brothers or Rose
& Leddy. druggists. G.E. Youngstone, John m
Krelger. E. toradley. Gene Leyden.
Later Five thieves were shot In town
touightand two In Poverty Gulch. Twentjr
Tive riremeu were Injured during the day.
The ruius are stili blazing riercely. Peo
ple have sought reruge in box cars, samp
ling works and shaft hcises. Two train
loads have gone to Victor and one to
Gillett.
WEST CHIPPLE CHEETv, TOO.
Fire Breaks Out In it PIuc- Composed
of Scuttered Honst.
Cripple Creek, Colo.. April 2& Fire
has broken out in West Cripple Creek
late touight.
As the place is composed largely of
scattered cabius and cottages It id believed
the blaze will not be very serious.
Sleeping on the Hills.
Denver, Colo., April 20. A telephone
message from Altrnau, on Bull Hill, lata
tonight states that nine persons are re
ported killed; some by the blowing up of '
a hardware store and others in tho Palace
Hotel explosion. Many serious casual
ties are reported. Hundreds of people
are sleeping out on the cold hills or axa
grouped about bon fires.
LQWTOTHEBEED BOOM
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at the meetings of the various Congres
sional delegations, turned out to be over
whelmingly antl-McKlnley, the ticket be
ing eelected by Totes ranging from 18
to C and 19 to 3.
The McKlnleyltes are compelled to ndmlt
that under theinfluence of Sena tor Cullom's
arguments and pleadings some of the in
structed delegates are getting restive and
Inclined to break away. This was clearly
evidenced todayin the case of the delegation
from Sangamon county, Senator Cullom'i
home. It had been give ironclad McKlnley
Instructions but nevertheless by a vote or
32 to 2G, it sent a Cullom delegate to the
committee on national delegates.
The McKiuley men protested and on &
partial verification or the vote, reduced
the majority to two, but David Littler, one
ot the Senator's closest friends, was la
the chair anil adjourned the meeting berore
the certification could Le completed and the
remainder of the business completed.
Much of the same methods marked the close
Dt the first day's session of the Stat
convention.
Another Dead Infant Found.
Ofricer Scramlin. or the Fourth predno,
found a dead infant at the corner or H and
Canal streets last night. He brought 11
to the station house and the coroner wtU
be notified this morning.
Assaulted His -Wife.
Edward Thompson, colored, had troublo
with his wife last night a r.d because he was
so brutal as to strike her he is behlndh
bars at the first precinct station.
The Greutest Clothing Sale at M.
Dyrenforth & Co.'s.
The retail clothlngstorc of M. Dyrenforth
& Co..lS5 Market street.Newark. N. J., has
been closed, and their splendid stock of
spring clothing has been removed to their
establishment. 621 Pennsylvania avenue,
under the Metropolitan Hotel, where it will
be sacrificed at one-half actual value. The
sale begins this morning at & o'clock and
will continue nntil every garment has been
dipoed of. Such a slaughter sale of
spring and summer clothing In the be
ginning of the season is unprecedented, and
there is no doubt that their store will be
packed to the doors during Its continuance.
This stock or clothing Is of Dyrenforth A
Co.'s own manufacture, and that means a
guaranty or complete satisfaction to the
multitude of people in Washington who are
their patrons. Every suit will be sold
with their guaranteefornt.style and-wear.
This stock or clothing is complete this morn
ing in all sizes, anil those who avail them
selves of this buying opportunity will have
first choice from a magniriccnt assortment.
On another page will be round an announce
ment of this sale. It will prove Interesting
reading to every one.
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