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The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
TIE SOCIAL WORLD

President and Mrs. Harrison wore on.
teitained at dinner last evening by
Colonel and Mrs j. II. Goddard of
Providence, at ihoir home in this citv.
corner of Sixteenth and X streets. The
floral decorations were very elaborate.
The other guests present were Senator
and Mrs Sherman. Senator and Mrs
Aldrich, Senator and Mrs. Pavne. Jus.
iice and Mrs. Field, Mrs Worthinrton
and Mrs. William s. GroesbeclI of New
York The house was elaboratelv
decorated with plants aud flowers. The
centre piece was of iacqucminot roses,
and the corsage bouquets of orchids
Among the numerous entertainments
this evening which will be marked ms
the cnycst of the week will be a dinner
party by Colonel John Hay to Hon.
Whitclaw Reid, which will be followed
by large reception after 10 O'Clock at
the residence of the Vice President.
Secretary and Mrs. Window, General
and Mrs. Nicholas Anderson and DR..
ard Mrs. Loring will also give dinner
parties.
Mr.. II. b. +. Macfarland entertained
party of sixteen gentlemen ut supper
last evening.
Representative and Mrs. Outhwaite
gave "a card party last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beall gave a
dinner Of forty covers on Thursday
evening to their guest, Miss Mamie
jackson Of Tennessee.
Mrs. Wanamaker was not at home to
callers yesterday, but took advantage of
the fine afternoon to enjoy drive with
the Postmaster General.
Mrs Logan gave dinner last even
ing in honor of Bishop Newman. Tho
other guests were DR.. and Mrs. Corey,
Senator and Mrs. Stanford, Representa-.
tive and Mrs. Spinola, Mr.. and Mrs.
Emory. Mr.. and Mrs. Tallmadge, Cap.
tain Lemon, Major and Mrs. Tucker.
Minister Phelps gave q dinner in
honor of Prince Herbert Bismarck al
his residence in Berlin on Friday even.
ing.
Mrs. Alfred de Castro gave an after
noon tea yesterday at her home in New
York to the prima donna, Nine. Albani.
Among the guests present were Mrs
Grover Cleveland, Mrs. William G.
Whitney and Mrs. Lloyd Brice
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
4 PERSONAL TRIUMPH.
General Crooks Last Great Service to
the Country.

From TIE ChicdGo Tribune.
Almost the last and certainly one OF
the most important services which the
late General Crook performed for his
country was the opening up to settle
ment of the great Sioux Reservation in
South Dakota. The first attempts, as
will be remembered, were failures. The
commissioners were confronted not
alone by the jealousies and suspicious of
the Indians, which are always strong,
but by the still more potent Influences
Of the cattlemen and squawmen, who
had not only ingratiated themselves
with them by valuable presents. but had
succeeded in convincing them that Con-
gress could not legally open up the
reservation; that If 1t did the Supreme
Court would set 1t aside, and that they
could get better figures for their lands
than the Government offered.
The situation appeared hopeless un-
til General Crook took the matter in
hand. He knew the Indian chiefs per-
sonally. They had had many tough
experience with him. He was hard
fighter and more than once he had
whipped them and administered severe
punishment. They had respect
which amounted almost to awe for the
great fighter, against whom they could
never prevail, and, more than this, they
had confidence in him. He had never
made them a promise which had not
been kept. They implicitly believed
all he told them, for he had always
kept his word with them.
When he met the chiefs, therefore, he
selected the most intelligent of them.
particularly those who could read, and
laborcd with them individually. He
convinced them that the Government
would deal fairly by them, that the cat
tlemen and squawmen were only con
cealing selfish and ulterior motives uu-
der their pretended regard for Indian
welfare, and that it was for the best in
terests both of themselves and their
children that they should accept the
Governments offer, break, up their
tribal relations, take up lands in sew
crafty, and apply the money they would
receive for their lands to the educa-
tiOn of their children.
One by one he gained them over, and
the influential chiefs brought in the
others, and thus, by his quiet, but re-
solute policy, his wonderful knowledge
of Indian character, and the respect
and confidence he had inspired in them.
he succeeded in opening up 10000
square miles OF territory to white settle,
ment, and preparing the way for rail
roads into the Black Hills. II was a
personal triumph for General Crook,
and il is doubtful whether any other
man could have overcome the scruples
Of the Indians and induced them vol
uutarily to part with their lands.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
PERSONAL.

Mr., Walter p. Phillips of New York.
general manager of the United Press, is
visiting Washington. He is stopping
ut Chamberlin's.
Count Victor Folliot Crenneville, sec
retary of the Austrian Legation, has
gone to the "Faderland" ON leave of
absence.
Judge Robert Earle of the New York
Court of Appeals and Mrs. Earle, who
have been at the Arlington few days,
and Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Schoonmaker and Mrs. Schoonmaker
have gone on visit to Old Point Com
fort.
The oldest living physician is William
Salmon of England
State Treasurer Archer of Maryland
was not as straight as an arrow.
The Princess Of Wales takes q lively
interest in hammered brasswork, an art
which is taught at her school in Sand
ringham,
Tamagno, the tenor, wa. a baggage
porter before his remarkable 20 Wers
Were discovered. lie can now carry an
audience easier than lie can carry
trunk.
Jay Gould has ordered his big steam
yacht into commission next spring and
will 60 a-sailing like the bold Captain
Kidd. He will, of course, keep sharp
lookout for kidnappers. Perhaps he Is
going on bridal cruise.
NJ. Eiffel, builder of the famous
tower at Paris, considers the Bridge of
Forth q wonderful engineering struct-
ure. Mr. G. w Snalley will now
have little regard Tor NJ. Eifrel's mental
status.
William f. Gladstone encourages ris-
ing artists of all kinds. He has pro
missed to attend concert which Miss
Josephine Simon, the young American
singer, is to give in London in May.
lie has more than once expressed warm
admiration for Miss Simon voice
Yam Phou Lee, the ChinamaR who
was graduated at Yale College and soon
afterwards married a wealthy New
Haven girl. recently went to San Fran
cisco 10 engage in business, He did not
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
THE SERVICE PENSION BILL.
An Interesting Array ot Figures show
Ing Its PrUbabte Coat.

Ing Its Probable Cost.
An interesting array of agurcs has
been prepared by Pension Commissioner
Raum, in answer to an inquiry by
Chairman Morrill, of the House Invalid
Pensions Committee. Mr.. Morrill,
wished TO learn what would he the
probable cost of the passage
oi what is known as the SerV-
ice Pension bill. In Commissioner
Raum's statement the total number of
survivors now on the pension rolls is
given as 373, 1902, and the number not on
the rolls rs S12 ,097. General Rnum Us.
Inmates that the cost of the proposed
pension service for the fiscal year 1891,
would be Sl2,62j, $40.
The Commissioner thinks that the
following claims would probably be al
lowed under sections and of the bill
l01 1884 pending invalid claims, 3S $50
pending widows claims, 43, ,931 rejected
invalid claims. 81 ,122 probable number
Of new applications; total, 253, 053
claims at SO6 per annum, 1914, ,379, ass,
62 80 pensioners under 62 years, now
on rolls at less than IS per month, who
will probably be increased s3.67 per
month, 81, ijJ, no. These amounts, to-
gether with the cost Of proposed service
pensions as given above, will make the
total appropriation required $39, 161 1916.
General Raum says that very inn
portant question 10 consider in cOnnec-
tion with the cost of the bill is the
greatly increased death-rate Of one
third of the survivors of the Army. He
estimates that during the next six years
at least 100000 of the survivors of the
war will die; that during the next
twelve years at least 45O 900 will have
died, and that during the next eighteen
years at least 720, 900 will have died.
He adds that every provision of the
bill commends itself, to his Judgment,
as wise and just, and it seems to him
that 1t will not impose burden upon
the country of which the people will
pOmploin
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
AGAINST SUNDAY GAMES.
Church Forces Complaining Against
. the Syracuse Team.


Church Forces Complaining Against
the Syracuse Team.
SYRACUSE, March 20. - Oswego
County has taken the alarm against
the playing Of Sunday ball games by
the Syracuse American Association Club
at Three Rivers, in that county, and it
is understood that the churches in that
county will cooperate with the church
people in Onondaga County. The
Phoenix Register, published in a town
only mile or so from Three Rivers.
quotes the penal code and says: "A
word to the wise may prevent annoying
complications.
President Frazer says that he shall
continue to make arrangements for
Sunday games. He points out that for
the past three years on Onondaga Lake,
in both Onondaga and Oswego counties,
there have been dozens of summer re-
sorts running, that thousands of people
are carried thither every Sunday and
that many amateur clubs play games on
grounds on the lakeside. In his opin-
ion the District Attorneys of Onon-
daga and Oswego counties will hardly
try to enforce the law against him
without also including the other amuse.
ment schemes,
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
WASHINGTON, MARCH 30, 1890.
rnr rENNsYLvNNlN rnoeR\MME

IHE PENNSYLNANIA PROGRAMME
The programme arranged for the
Democrats Of Pennsylvania by the Hon.
William L. Scott, and published In TuG
CRITIC some days ago, does not appear
to meet with that hearty welcome that
Mr. Scott no doubt fancied it would
when lie prepared It, For Instance, ex-
Congressman Sowdcn growIs very
emphatic grow as follows
II is very evident that hc Scott, is more
interested in the selection of the national
delegates for 1899 than in the nomination
and election Of a Democratic Governor It
is strangely incOnsistens for US TO Ienouuce
monopoies and trusts while we accept for
our leaders such men as Mr.. Scott and
6ther'brainless millionaircs and monopo-
lists who are at the head of the coal and
other gigantic combines aud trusts in this
state, which so vitally affect the pockets of
the people, and which arc so bitterly con
demned in our party platforms. We can
never hope to win until we rise up and un-
load these tyrannical aud undemOcratic
bosses and supplaut them by wise. honest,
capable, conservative and uuseldsh' Demo
cratic leadership.
The New York .S"a paper which
fails to admire Mr.. Scott as Mr.. Scotts
friends think he deserves to be all
mired, says;
II Is true that Mr.. Scott IS at present en-
gagged in an attempt to defeat the nomina-
ticn for Governor of Pennsylvania OF that
tried and true Democrat, the Hon. William
A. Wallace Of Clcartield.
Scott doesn't care puch Of coal dust
whether the Democracy elects Il Governor
i'll Pennsylvania this year or not. What he
wants is 10 control the party organization
in the state, with view to sending his
own men as delegates to the Democratic
National Convention in 1899, to vote for
Cleveland and a repetition Of the Scott.
Cleveland experiment of 1883
Mr.. Scott's programme, as published
in THE Critic, certainly contemplates
sending delegation of Democrats from
Pennsylvania to the Democratic Ma
donal Convention in 1892 that will sup
!. port solldly that solid citizen ex Presi
dent Grover Cleveland. But his pro
sramme also includes his own candi-
dacy for the Lower House OF the Penn
sylvania Legislature and his election to
The United States Senate, provided ne
can secure the return of a Democratic
Legislature. Mr.. SCOTS programme,
as heretofore outlined in THE CRrrGc,
did not ignore those who fail to recog-
nize him as the Moses of the Keystone
Democrats. To appease these Mr..
Scott generously and maguanimously
set ex-senator William A. Wallace
down on the programme as the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor this
year.
Dir. Scott doesn't want the earth.
Two-thirds Of it will do him.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
TIE GROSS Murnrr rRtAL.
An Effort WIN he Made to Reach a
Verdict To- Night

An Effort WIN he Made to Reach a
Verdict Tonight.
The trial of w. d. Cross for the muir
der of bis wife, Hattie Cross, was con.
tinued in the Criminal Court to-day,
and an effort will be made to
close IL to night so that the jury will
not have TO remain locked mp over
Sunday. \ number Of witnesses,
including Nathan Cohen, Josephine
Williams, Ellen Norback nud
Charles G. Kinney were placed on the
stand In behalf Of the defense. They
mainly gave evidence in support of the
suicide theory. One Of the women
stated that she had seen the deceased
flourish a revolver on the goth of July
previous and make certain threats in
connection with her married life, but
then the record shows that her mar
riagesdid not take place until the 25th.
Cross, the defendant, told his story
on the stand. He claimed that he and
his wife left the house and when near
the corner Of c street he jumped on a
street car. and about that time he heard
the shot and went back to see what
the matter was He found Hattie lying
on the ground, and at this time two men
came up and he asked them to assist
him. They would not, however and he
left her there and went home and
told her mother what had occurred and
went from there to his fathers aud so to
the market to look after the fish. There
will be some rebuttal testimony put il
this afternoon and then the arguments
will be begun.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
NEED OF A MERCHANT FLEET.
1t Would be a Royal Road to Prof +
able Foreign Trade.

1t Would be a Royal Road to a Profit
able Foreign Trade.
From the Black Diamond.
The wonderful revival in the indus
tries of the Old World, and the conse-
quent increase in the consumption Of,
and the attendant demand for, coal
has.brought very vividly before us the
disabilities under which we labor in
lacking merchant fleet. Just now it
would be something beyond price, a
veritable royal road to sure and
profitable foreign trade. England has
been annually supplying France and
the Mediterranean ports with millions
Of tons of coal, but now England wants
her coal for home consumption, and
France is reported to be making an
attempt to meet the demand on the
Mediterranean, although she has
hitherto not been able to supply her
own demand.
With the spirit that moved King
Richard on Bosworth Field, when he
shouted: "A horse, horse, my king
dom for horse!' the American coal
operator, with no market for his sur.
plus production, might well be par
doned for singing for ship. The
great difficulty in Europe is to get q
footing for foreign commodity, but
once that footing has been obtained
the conservative forces of European
character offer pretty sure foundation
on which to build up q permanent
trade. The Mediterranean coal market
is going begging, and, with ready IA
cilities of transport, there appears to be
no reason why we should not be able to
get in and "hold the fort"
If any other country seizes the dis
carded mantle, we shall have our cul-
pable indifference and medieval ship
ping laws TO thank for the pleasing
fact. The ostrick-like policy of bury
ing our head in our own mud and clos
ing our eyes to the world beyond, has
shut us out of foreign markets. rem,
dered us defenseless on the sea, and
placed us in position of dependence
on other lands for the transportation of
our exports. This is American,
and II is plcayune. We must possess q
foreign trade, but we can only secure il
by possessing merchant fleet Now is
the golden opportunity, VIII it be
graspcd or lost
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
ANU SEMENTS.
uErnninfe. -


That Pa,llton and Jacobowsky' 5
comic opera "Erminie" has lost none
of its popularity with the people of
Washington was fully demonstrated
by the large audience which packed
Albaughs Grand Opera House last
evening, when Rudolph Aronson's s
Opera Company presented this spark
ling bit Of wit and music, after an ab-
sence Of two years. All the songs
which have made "Erminie 50 great q
favorite still retain their hold upon
public favor. The pranks of RaceHReS
and Codedua are always new. Age
does not seem to have obscured, but
rather TO have brought out in bolder re-
lief, the merits of this opera.
Miss Pauline Hall, who sang the role
of EFnjRie, is no stranger here, but is
well known because of her rich and
melodious voice. Her singing last night
was greeted with the heartiest applause.
The Good night" song was repeated
upon its being enthusiastically called
for by the audience. Miss Georgia
DENIM made sweet and cunning"
JdC0tt6. Her solo in the first act re-
ceived the honor of triple encore.
This lady's popularity has grown during
every night of the engagement and she
will always be sure Of warm reception
in Washington
The two thieves, Mr.. j. Z. Powers as
Cddedur and Mr.. j. G. Stevens as
Rarennes, created good deal of
laughter, as they always do. Mr.. G..
j. Campbell as Eugene Marcel was in
splendid trim. His voice has been
greatly improved since his last appear
ance here. The other parts were all
well taken. Mr.. AronsOn has staged
this piece, as it well deserves, with
beautiful scenery from the hands of
Parker and Hoyt. "Erminie" will be
presented again tonight.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
HILL In 4 nIIOIE -

No man in public life gets into
holes oftener than Governor David
Bennett Hill of New York. No man in
pnblfc life gets out of these'"holes"
with greater ease and facility than he.
The Republican members Of the New
York Legislature spend weary weeks
and months in preparing hole for
the Governor, and when they get him
into one they laugh with ghoulish gIee.
But presently the laugh travels to the
otser side Of the Republican face, the
Governor emerges from the hole and
pulls the hole out with him.
The latest hole in the Gubernatorial
path was the one dug by Sheriff Flack $
misdoing and subsequent conviction,
ard resignation of his office. Flack
was Tammanyite. A number of his
employees, also Tammanyite ties, have been
Indicted for corrupt practices. The
Governor is favorite of Tammany
Hah. His enemies chuckled and said;
THE Governor is in a hole now,
sure enough. He can't get out of it
this time"
But when these people learned that
the Governor had appointed as Sheriff
General Daniel Edgar Sickles, one of
The veteran heroes of the war, they
quit chuckling so suddenly that they
nearly paralyzed the muscles of their
faces.
General Sickles' appoin n.ment is a
happy solution of an ugly problem. 1t
is as good in its way as that of General
Raum as Pension Commissioner. Gen.
eral Sickles was always a Democrat ex-
cept for short time during and after the
war. He is an adherent of Tammany
and a member of its general committee
Thus has the Governor leaped lightly
and triumphantly from another hole.
The appointment is pleasing to Tam
many and eminently satisfactory TO all
the citizens of New York, regardless Of
politics.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
MARY KNEW,

Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
Ii strayed away one summer day
Where lambs should never go.
Then Mary sat her quickly down,
And tears streamed from her eyes:
She never found the lamb because
She did not advertise.
And Mary had brother John
Who kept a village store;
lie sat down aud smoked his pipe
And watched the open door
And as the people passed along
And did not stop to buy,
John still sat down and smoked his pipe
And blinked his sleepy eye,
And so the sheriff closed him out,
But still he fingered near
And Mary came TO drop with him
\ sympathetic tear.
GLOW is II, sister, can you tell
why the other merchants here
Sell all their goods so readily
Aud thrive from year to year,
Remembering her own bad luck
The little maid replies
"These other fellows get there, Johu,
Because they ADVERTISE
-Ne,e Hacea Rsgi,ten
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
\ POLITICAL CONVERT.
Felix Craycratt, the Correspondent
Joins the Republicans

Felix Craycrait, the Correspondent,
Joins the Republicans.
Felix Cracraft. the well. CORE
spondent, has completely Topped over
to the Republican party, and is now q
devoted follower of the Hon. Matthew
Stanley Quay. Up to a few months
ago Felix was q rabid Randall Demo
crat, but he has changed front
because, he says, he will not
train with any party that can
only boast of one man and that man
Grover Cleveland-who is fitted for the
Presidency. To-day Senator Quay met
Cracraft for the first time since he form
ally Joined the Pennsylvania Republi-
can Association. The Senator quietly
remarked:
Felix, what do you know for the
the good of the order?"
Felix gave a salaam something after
the fashion of Hughey Dougherty in
his great imitation of the colored
lodgeman, and then whispered the
countersign in the Senator's ear.
That will do, Felix" said Senator
Quay. "You are now full.tledged
member of the G. o. r. l salute you.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
OFFICE OF
WOODWARD s. LoTHRoP,
Corner nth and f sts. IL. W.

AS limited the past few
evenings, our Grand An
nual Spring Opening will
occur. next week, beginning
Monday, March 81. 1t will
be an Exhibit" we'll worth
seeing. The elimination, as
it were, of months of thought
and busy preparation. A
display Of the new seasons
choicest productions, search
ed for and secured under
the most favorable condi-
tions. We have raised the
standard Of quality and
shall show you a class of
merchandise superior to that
of any formersprin seasons,
and yet the familiar low
prices will prevail. 1t is a
victory--a trade victory, of
which we are Justly proud,
We invite you to participate
in our good fortune. Both
goods and prices are in your
favor. The former on ac-
count of their exceeding
beauty and adaptiveness and
the latter on account of
their exceptional reason
ableness.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
! MATTER FOR INvEsrIGArIoN

\ MATTER FOR INNEsTIGATIoS.
If the charges that certain Federal
officers In Missouri have been guilty of
Joining hands with spectators to com
pei destitute Indians TO trade off valu
able pine lands for pittance in pro.
visions and supplies be found true,
these officials should be promptly re-.
moved from office and be punished to
the full extent of the law. The charges
are mentioned in 2 dispatch elsewhere
printed, and are made publicly under
the name of the accuser. A delegation
from the Indians, who live in North
Wisconsin, will, the dispatch says,
visit THIS city to confer with the Presi.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29
The Arlington.
THE ARLINGTON" "
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
March 6, 1890.

Ny DEAR Dir. LIGHTHuL:
II gives me great pleasure TO state
that you effected a remarkable cure Of
deafness and discharge from the ears in
the case OF my cousin, Marcus G..
Roessle, and that the cure has proved as
permanent as it was radical. / feel sure
that without your skillful aid my cousin
would have been a deaf man all his
life. Knowing of other cases in which
you have been equally successful, l
cheerfullY give you leave to refer to me
at any time, and hope that your prac-
tice in Washington will prove distin-
guished success.
Yours, truly, T. f. RoEssLE.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29

like his surroundings there aud is now
back In New Haven
Prince Bismarck is still TO be adj
dressed IS Serene Higness." This is
reasonable Bismarck Is six feet four
inches in heipht and as serene as a
midsummer afternoon.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29

SENATOR EvARTs must look to his
laurels. Editor Kearny of the San
Bernardino tCal.) Courier, in a recent
editorial, penned sentence of los lines
Of BREWER in length. He is entitled to
a wood, pulp medal.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29

lT is EXPECTED now that the two
wings of the Farmers Alliance in Ar
kansas will flop together. 1t is thought
they will indorse the Union Labor party
apa put out a complete State ticket at
the coming election.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-29

DIED.
R0SS.-On March %. 1890, at 3:2l a, m..
William ii. ID, Ross, only son of Alexander
and Jane Ross aud beloved brother of Mrs
t. NJ Rudd, In tile 2Sth year Of his age.
Past his suffering past his pain,
Cease TO weep, for tears are vain;
Calm the tumnlt of thy breast,
For he who suffered is at rest.
None knew him but TO love him: none
named him but to praise.
Funeral services Sunday at p. IN. from
his late residence, Az Ninth street southwest
10 attend.