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Evening star., 1893-11-20
Mr.. Renshav's statemept.

To the Editor OF The Evening Star:
My attention has been called to an article
recently published in The Evening Star.
giving the proceedings of directors meet
ing of the United States Electric Lighting
Company and stating that had been Drop
ped as general manager.
1 have always deprecated the obtruding
of the company's affairs upon the public
but, inasmuch as A. A. Thomas and GER
tain associates of his have given the pri-
vate minutes of directors meeting to the
press for publication. the truth will be best
subserVed by stating the facts. l know
The Evening Star has always accorded a
fair hearing to both sides of a controversy
Months ago. as a director and general
manager of the company, | protested Wig
orously against what l believed to be the
unla wful acts of A. A. Thomas and re-
Gently, have endeavored to assist some of
the stockholders in their efforts to
remove him. announced that un-
der conditions whatever would
/ remain a single day with the COM
pany unless he was removed at the annual
election, and when the company retained
him L not dropped. but removed myself
A. NJ. RENSHAW.
Evening star., 1893-11-20
MISS GARLAND's DEATH.
Her Own Testimony That There Was
No Love Affair or Unba ppiness at Home

The Dallas News publishes a letter
written by Iona Oakley Gorham, a class
mate and intimate friend OF Miss Daisy
Garland, whose sad death by her own
hand recently greatly shocked and grieved
her friends. Miss Gcrham's letter is in
teresting as it quotes from one addressed to
her by Miss Garland the day before her
death. Miss Gorham wrote to the News
from Chicago as follows:
There was no love affair."" as some Of the
papers said, nor ''unhappiness at home" in
the sad and tragic affair. The following is
quoted from a letter from her written to
me the day before she died:
Il think, dear, you would understand this
terrible lethargy into which 1 have fallen
better than any one. You always under
stood me exactly. L am in just such
state as 1 was our last year at school, be-
fore the final examination. The moments
with you were very bright, but otherwise
1 was wretched. You remember IT all. /
could not arouse myself enough to study,
at the last. though my ambition and the
wish to crafty my father urged me on.
1 failed simply because l could not exert
myself. ] am nervous and just want to be
let alone. They wanted me to go to West
Point for graduation week. chaperoned
by Mrs. Col. Wilson. Think how lovely.
1 really made a violent effort to go. to
please papa, and because 1 knew 1 would
regret not taking the trip, but just could
not go. / do not understand why l feel
so, with youth, position, health papa, with
his usual good sense, has nearly established
my health again, with tonics, &c.) and sur
rounded by loving friends. who do every
thing for me. l feel myself a perfect little
migrate that l cannot be bright and gay
for their sakes But cannot stir. ! simply
exist.
Papa and every one is so kind and con-
siderate, even more 50 than usual / have
even ceased to care for music, and You
know how 1 used to love it. Cummins has
succeeded so well in his music. a thing that
at one time l would have been wild with
delight over. There Is no love affair and
unhappiness at home thank heaven as the
papers and so many people suggested when
1 went to Baltimore You will be glad of
that, l am sure.
"She was a very brilliant girl, and her wit
and personal magnetism were marvellous,
but she failed on mathematics. There were
thirteen of us in the graduates room at
Norwood College, Washington. 1 came last,
but did not take the full course. She with
drew from the school as soon as she knew
she would not receive her diploma being
as she said then, the thirteenth. She left
home two months ago to enter a convent.
but the sister superior persuaded her to give
up the idea, or, at least, to reconsider il
and write to her brother, which she did Ii
hurts US, her friends, to have II said there
was a love affair or a secret. The idea is
absurd. She was oversensitive and allowed
religious matters to prey upon her mind,
which, coupled with a very delicate constf-
tuition, made her undoubtedly temporarily
insane.
There was a mistake about her age. She
Is twenty-three years old, not thirty, and
was by several months the youngest girl in
her class"
Evening star., 1893-11-20
THE TITLE TO PROPERTY,
Records In the Assessors once Can
Only BE Changed Twice n Year,

The opinion Of the attorney for the Dis
trict wds recently requested by the Com
mssioners to settle dispute over a record
OF title to some property in the tax books
1t appears from the records that the spe-
cial assessment office in preparing an as
sessment followed the records of the as
SCISSORS office as to the name OF the party
holding title. Later it was developed thai
another party claimed title to the property
and copy of the bill was served on her.
AS soon as the service was acknowledged
by the latter she applied to the Commits
sioners for an order directing the assessor
to change the records in the assessors Of
flee.
In view of the facts Mr. Thomas is of the
opinion that the record of the assessment
cannot be changed. He cites the law
Whlch provides that on or before the first
Monday of July and January in every year
correct list of the transfers of real prop
erty in the city shall be made to the as
SCISSOR by the recorder of deeds during the
next preceding half year far as can be
ascertained by the records Of his office
The assessor. says Mr.. Thomas, is author
lied to change the record twice yearly
to correspond with this list of transfers
but not otherwise, except to correct a cleri-
cal error.
Evening star., 1893-11-20
MIDDIES AND CADETS.
Great Interest Felt in the Coming
Foot Ball Game.

1t is said that no objection will be offered
at either the War or the Navy Department
to the foot ball contest at Annapolis on the
I'd proximo between the middies and the
West Pointers. Army and navy officers
here are taking deep interest in the con-
test. The Army and Navy Club will have
a special train to Annapolis for the game.
The betting is about even. but it is believed
by the time the game comes off the West
Pointers will be slight favorites, owing to
their greater weight and advantage of age.
The naval cadets are practicing daily and
will undoubtedly put up a strong game.
They have beaten some of the best colleges
this season and have held the University
of Pennsylvania down to II points and
Princeton to "A. Lehigh. which beat West
Point Is to o. could only score II points TO
the cadets g.
Washington girls are getting their class
colors out and preparing to fiaunt them at
Annapolis.
Evening star., 1893-11-20
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR BRookLAND
Mr. Thomas Thinks Certain Property
Can BE Assessed for Water.


A water service for Brookland is In sight
For some time the engineer department
has been wrestling with the details of a
large water main to supply that suburb
and the final move will shortly be made
Several days ago the matter came before
the board of Commissioners. and it was de-
cided to get the legal advice of the attorney
for the District upon several important
questions before it was finally settled.
These. are the questions they desired en-
lightment upon:
IF water main be laid on Michigan
avenue adjoining the grounds OF the Sol
diers' Home. are these grounds assessable
for a depth of 100 feet the same as any
other real estate or would it be held that
they are exempted under the head Of the
Soldiers Home and grounds actually occu-
pied by such buildings?
Gould the assessment be levied upon the
grounds OF the Catholic University abuttinK
on Michigan avenue?
Gould it be levied upon the grounds OF
the Glenwood cemetery abutting on said
avenue?
IF a main is laid on Lincoln avenue can
Prospect Hin cemetery be assessor"
In passing upon these questions Attorney
Thomas says:
In answer to the above questions have
the honor to say that section s of the act
OF Congress approved March 3, 1877, for the
support of the government Of the District
for the fiscal year ending June 80 1873 and
for other purposes, commonly called the
tax law, is the one to which Capt Derby
refers. That section defines what property
shall be exempted from taxation under the
act. But this act relates to general taxa
ton. and not to assessments for improve
ments or to assessments to de-
fray the cost and expenses Of
laying water mains. There is a well de-
fined distinction between general taxes and
assessments, the differences being that the
former is a burden charge put upon
persons or property for public uses whereas
a local assessment is charge imposed by
way of reimbursement for a benefit con-
ferred, and IL is almost generally
held that exemption from taxation
does not extend to assessments for i'm
provements. For these reasons I am OF
opinion that section Of the tax law of
March 3. 1877, does not apply to ASSESS
ments for laying water mains OF course
property belonging to the general govern
ment Is not liable to taxation or assess
ment
Evening star., 1893-11-20
The College Boys Won.

The Maryland Agricultural College fcoS
ball team added another TO their list OF vfo-
tories Saturday afternoon by winning the
game from the Orient Club OF this c1ty.
The score was 16 to 9. the Maryland
Agricultural College scoring three touch
downs and two goals. and the Or1ents one
touchdown and one goal. The game was
played on the Maryland Agricultural Cola
lege grounds, and was q hard-fought conc
test, both teams doing excellent playfnA
The playing OF Davis and Brock for the
visitors, and OF Harrison, Streakler. GtehA
ell and Sherman was especially nna
Evening star., 1893-11-20
Recent Episcopal Church COnxress

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
The church congress in the United States
Is modelled after similar institution of the
sape name in the Church of England, which
enjoys the cordial and active support of the
two archbishops, and, believe, of the entire
bench of bishops in the kingdom.
Its object Is to afford an arena in which
the living questions of the day, whether in
theology or ecclesiastical order or social de-
velopment, may be freely discussed by men
of diverse opinions. 1t is the aim of those
who control its arrangements to select
speakers who shall best represent the chief
divisions of sentiment upon the matters un-
der discussion. Our conviction is that truth
is always the gamer in the end by full
and free debate.
Hence the divergence of sentiment at the
church congresses is not strange 1t is the
necessary result of the principle on which
they are constituted. Moreover there is no
liked proportion observed between the size
or influence of any particular school of
thought and the number of speakers ap-
pointed to represent it, The weakest party
may have just as large representation in the
debate as the strongest. No vote is taken;
no canons are passed: no resolutions adopted
The sole aim is free discussion.
Thus in the discussion of the question
whether the Protestant Episcopal Church
should support missions in Roman Cath
olic countries those who oppose such a
policy were represented by three speakers
against four of the other opinionI al
though they are only very small minor
ity in the church.
OF course 1t is impossible to provide
against such eccentric ebullitions as that
OF the clergyman who On Friday last de-
clared his belief that his Protestant
Church is much nearer to the Roman
Catholic Church than she is to her Pro-
testant sisters, together with other equal
ly preposterous opinions. But those who
heard Bishop Doane's crushing reply, in
which he magnificently vindicated the
Protestant character of the church and
administered a scathing rebuke to the man
who had dared to cast contempt on his
own church, will feel that even such PAIN
full exhibitions have their uses
The newspaper reports unfortunately
convey a quite erroneous impression of
the discussion. They make DIR. Hall Har-
rfson advocate what he strenuously Op-
posed. They give great prominence to the
denial of the Protestant character of the
church by an obscure individual while
scarcely word is reported of the able
speeches of Bishop Coke and Bishop Doane
in reply. Nor do they make any record
of the Whirlwind of applause with which
the great audience of clergymen and lay
men hailed the latters vindication of the
church from the aspersions of the speak
er just alluded to.
Nov. ls. RANDOLPH H. McKIM.
Evening star., 1893-11-20

F.. Elger OF 413 26th street northwest was
taken suddenly I'll at the pound on Saturday
afternoon.
The second precinct officers have a fine
bottle-green three-ply cloth cape found at
New York avenue and 4th street Saturday.
The Ohio National Bank has filed a Judg
ment creditors bill against John E. Car
penter and others.
The case against VIM. PLACER. charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
terses has been nolle pressed.
On Saturday afternoon the daughter OF
Dr.. Crook had her pOcketbook snatched on
Virginia avenue between 9th and 10th
streets, but the thief dropped IL
Evening star., 1893-11-20

ton Is not known. but be he Allen. Blake.
Mckencle or Burt, Butterworth will be the
cnolce Hence we Yale stronger ba ck
OF the line. The Yale style of game will be
quite as good as in former years and the
frinceton game consequently cannot sur
pass it. Both teams will have some fine
tricks. But summing up from the above
comparison 1t is impossible to see anything
but tale victory. IT will be close con-
test, tnoush, be sure of that, and Yale will
have TO put her best men in the field to
make sure Of the game
W r RITII.
Evening star., 1893-11-20
No Fight I'm Florida.

Governor Mitchell OF Florida referring -
the reports OF arrangements being made fog
James J. Corbett and Charles Mitchell %
fight at Jacksonville says he will issue .
proclamation directing every sheriff to do
his utmost to prevent the fight coming or
I'm Florida and appealing TO the people In
the several counties to cooperate with the
sher1fYs in saving them and their STATE
from such q disgrace"
Evening star., 1893-11-20

THE Market News" q new weekly publ
cation devoted its name implies chiefly
to the interests of market dealers. has
made its appearance. Ii is published by the
Market News Publishing Company, con-
sisting of Messrs. Charles Cox, James ID.
Shirley and w. L. Myern-
Evening star., 1893-11-20
CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES.
Fhe washington Conference of Con
sreg"tional Churches to Meet To

The Washington Conference of Com
sregatiOnal Churches to Meet To-
morrow.
The Washington conference of the Congre-
gational churches will be held tomorrow at
the Tabernacle Church. 9th and B streets
southwest There will be three sessions
whlch VIII be pleasantly interrupted about
the noon hour by a luncheon, which will be
served by the ladies'. The church where the
meetings will be held has recently been re-
htted ana beautifled. and in addition the
members of the conference will receive a
nearly welcome from the hospitable people
VINO compose the congregation of this
church The conference will be opened at
III CLOCK tomorrow morning with DEVOTION
al service. conducted by Rev. F. A. johnson.
Then various matters of business will he
considered. There will be reports from the
churches and correction of the roll The ses-
sion will be closed with the celebration of
the Lords supper Rev. ]. X Mason and
Rev. c. Fl. Small will officiate
There will be an adjournment for lunch,
ana the afternoon session will be opened at
: O'Clock. Rev. 5. n. Brown will conduct
the devotional exercises. The rest of the
program will be as follows: "The Worlds
FAR, Rev. j. +. Rankin, ID, LID; re-
port from the annual convention of w. H.
NJ. T., connected with the New Jersey as
sociation, Mrs. S. NJ. Newman; report from
meeting of Philadelphia branch of the wom-
ans board, Mrs. c.. II. Small; the Sabbath
School and Publishing Society w. A Dun
can, Phi. D.; the Church Building Society.
Rev. l.. II. Cobb, d. D.; "Pauls Great
Wrong" Rev. T. w. Jones, DID,
The program for the evening session.
winch Will begin at 1:30 comprises the fol-
lowing features:
Praise service, l.. II. Latham The down.
town church for today-in its organization
and methods of work, Rev. 7. NJ Beaden-
kon; in its social features Prof. Richard
Foster. MD; in it's spiritualizing power
Rev }. IL. jenkins; in its relations to the
uptown churches, Deacon G. A. l.. Merri-
held; conclusions. Rev. 8. NJ. Newman DID.
There are fifteen churches belonging TO
the Washington conference, located in
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the
District of Columbia. They are as follows:
The First Congregational Church, the
Hanely Memorial Church. the Canton Con-
gregational Church and the Second Con-
gregational Church, all of Baltimore; the
Frostburg Congregational Church, Frost
burg Md; the Monterey Congregational
Church, Monterey, Pa; the Herndon Con-
gregational and the Falls Church Congre-
gational Churches of Virginia, and the
First Congregational. the Tabernacle Con-
gregational. the Fifth Congregational, the
Mount Pleasant Congregational, the Ply
mouth Congregational, the Peoples Congre-
gational and the Lincoln Memorial Congre-
tional Churches of the District Of Column
bia.
Evening star., 1893-11-20
CoRSoN q MCCARTNEY,
MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE

1919 + ST., Glover building.
Correspondents OF Messrs. Moore 3 Schley. %
Broadway.
Deposits. Exchange. Loans
Railroad stocks and bonds and all securities list
ed on the exchanges OF New YORK, PhnadslphiA,
Boston and Baltimore bought and sold.
A speciality made Of investment securities Dis.
trict Bonds and all local Railroad Gas, InDarAnoo
and Telephone Stock dealt Ia
American Bell Telephone STOCK bought an ssi4.
Evening star., 1893-11-20
For the ChiIdren's Hospital.

St Mary's Guild.an organization of young
ladies near Bethesda, has sent one hun
dred dollars to the ChIldren's Hospital. part
of the proceeds OF a bazaar lately held ~
the ladies OF the guild.
Evening star., 1893-11-20
American Security
and Trust Co.
Capital paid in', 81 $4,000.
Surplus, Sl50,0oo.

You receive interest
You receive interest
On all money de-
posted with this com
pany, and yet no no
tice is required to
withdraw deposits.
Evening star., 1893-11-20
Range of the Thermometer.

The following were the readings of the ther-
mometer at the weather bureau today: a. u..
"a; 2 pm, IL; maximum, AZ; minimum, 80.
Evening star., 1893-11-20

HAVE YOU SEEN
THOSE LORDLY
PADDOCK"
ONERCOATS?
GEORGE SPRANSY,
NO 434 7th sc.
Evening star., 1893-11-20
Aid for the jenkins Family.

The following additional subscriptions for
the benefit of the jenkins family have been
received at The Star office:
Heretofore acknowledged. ................ 81 20
Evening star., 1893-11-20
Own a Home
OF YOUR Own.

Why not invest portion Of your weekly
or monthly incomesin the FIDELITY BUILD
ING, LOAN AND INVESTMENT AsSoCIA-
TIoN, where it is not only SAFE. but where
Its earnings will i'm a comparatively short
time enable you to own home OF your own
OCan and investigate.
McGin Binding. sos-s14 C street NV.
Harrison Dingman, President.
NO Alonzo Tweedale, Secretary
Evening star., 1893-11-20

LIFE. TONTINE, ENDOWMENT AND PAIp-rP
policies purchased at a fair discount
EDWARD v BURNS
n11-1m 1907 81. NV
Evening star., 1893-11-20

CAPITAL: ONE MILLION DoILARS
BENJAMIN p. SNYDER President.
CHARLES c. GLOVER, First Vice President.
JAMES NJ. JOHNSTON. Second Vice PresfdesA
THOMAS II. JONES. Third Vice President.
T. FRANCIS RIGGS, Treasurer.
ALBERT L STURTEvANT, Secretary.
JOHN C. WILSON. Trust O1hcer. NH
Evening star., 1893-11-20

Notice.
THE HoDGEN COMMISSION COMPANY
Has opened a branch ofice at
6oo sth St. near of r ct.
Unequaled facilities for spectators and ,o-
vestors 10 deal In stocks. bonds grain and pro-
visions. Best market service. one-sighth comfis-
sion mol lms
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE co. OF N Y
Assets, one hundred and eighty millions. Tie
oldest In the United States The largest in the
world. Writes all approved forms OF life and
Investment policies. Resnits on contracts al
ready matured unequaled by any other COMPANY
Call on or address CRAILE a MORGAN Resi-
dent Managers. 1898 ct. NV. no<- In
Evening star., 1893-11-20

TT SEEMS A POOR ECONOMY
To deny oneself new winter gar
ments, because the times have been
uncomfortable. Materials are good
better perhaps than ever; and IL
they are they last the longer The
apparel Oft proclalms the man; in
fact, e always does. To be I'D to
date Is to succeed the better
Evening star., 1893-11-20
THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT.
SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY
or the District Of Columbia
CORNER 18th ST. AND NEW YORK AVA

Chartered by special act Of Congress
Jan, 1861. and acts Of Oct. 1880 and Feb, iss1
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-19
TURN TO 1T AT ONCE
HAYS HUMOR.

In an abortive attempt to initiate
Mark Twain, Hays, of the Sleepy Eye
Dispatch, throws half column of
sarcastic mud at the business men of
Redwood Falls, because the latter are
attempting to secure railroad service
that will add to the city's sggrandize-
ment, viz, the change of time SO that
half dozen families can return to a
prosperous community, and the Sc
curing of a line of railroad, which,
when it runs into Redwood, will give
the latter an additional one thousand
population. We can see why Hays
attempts to burlesque the action
What is Redwood's gain is Sleepy
Eyes lost, and the ghost at Tracy
still rankles in the breast of Sleepy
Eye citizens. All Redwood desires is
what she is entitled to and the G. &
N. w. road is certainly indebted tt
this city to the extent of the request
that has or will be made.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-19
wAsHBURN SHY.

Senator Washburn was no Davis
man. He undoubtedly preferred to
see the Senator remain at home than
to be returned to Washington. He
realized that the people of the coun-
try will soon demand a Senator, and
that the return of Senator Davis
means that Washburn must go two
years hence. To the person endowed
with the gift of reading between the
lines, the above statement will be con-
sidered very nearly the truth,when he
reads the following interview pub
lished in the New York Press of last
Wednesday:
Senator William Drew Washburn,
of Minnesota, was in town yesterday.
I asked him if he thought the alleged
scheme to prevent Senator Davis re-
election in Minnesota. would be sue
cessful. "Mr. Davis" he said, ire
ceived the caucus nomination the 9TH
er day, and that should settle it. But
l have observed one fact which may
or may not be significant. The Re-
publicans have majority of twenty
four on joint ballot in the Minnesota
Legislature, but they only had three
majority in the caucus,so that twenty
one Republicans must have remained
away from the caucus"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-19

The legislature should pass, with
out hesitation, law placing a heavy
tax on every sleeping car running in
this State. If.there; ever was an. OUT
rage it is the one allowing those COM
panies to pay exhorbitant charges for
a nights rest, and then not paying a
tax on their property. A champion of
such measure will earn the everlast-
ing gratitude of the people of this
State.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-19

The spectacle of an editor setting
himself up as the sponsor of public
morals in this community is certainly
laughable when coupled with the fact
that the same editor could not attend
a recent church social without in
dulging in the contents of a whisky
bottle. It certainly seems ludicrous
to the lover of good principles.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-19

Hitler H. Horton, of Ramsey, is adj
vocating the passage of bill prohib-
iting pools on horse racing except on
race days in Minnesota. Hitler and
Frank Shaw, of the Twin City Jockey
club, use to play the races together
down in Chicago, but they had 2 fall
ing out, and Frank was "forninst'
Hitler at the recent election. Some
one is going to be hurt before the leg
islature adjourns: