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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23

Detroit City Officials Here on a Visit of In
spection.


The people of Detroit have pretty good
opinion of their city. which ought 10 be con-
CURED in by others. At least this is what
thlrty-seven men at the National think. The
delegation is headed by Mayor ii. s. Pingree
and consists of the board of aldermen, presi-
dent of the board of public works and the
heads of the different city departments They
are on what the economical man calls a
''junket" and what others term a tour Of in
spection."
I've are going to spend ten or twelve days.
said Mayor Pingree this morning. visiting the
different large cities of the east just 10 see what
improvements they have made. making. are
going to make and what they should have made
if they haven't. We will absorb all this knowl
edge. and when it percoiates out in Detroit on,
fair city will be the gamer. We mean to prof
by the experiences Of others and observe theii
improvements.
Yesterday being holiday we PLAYED hooky
! Today we are going to get down to work ant
| inspect Washington, especially the conduit sys
| tenn. for we are going to place all our wire
| under ground. We will examine your cable An,
electric roads and everything else your cit!
| officials will show us. We all admire Washing
ton. and visit to the city elevates our ideas OF
municipal improvements. We intend to prof
/ by some of your experiments We will expen'
! $500. 900 for new school houses and $500. 900 70
an electric plant OF our own. We 60 from her
to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Bos
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
Pernsy,yan,a Railroad Promotions.

The following promotions OF executive OF
fcers of the Pennsylvania railroad have been
announced John 7. Green made second
vice president. vice J. y. Dubarry, deceased;
General Manager Chas. +. Pugh was made third
vice president; S. n. Provost now general su-
perintendent of transportation, was made gen
eral manager; J. p. Hutchinson. superintendent
of the Maryland division of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore railroad. was made
general superintendent of transportation; Jos.
L. Richards, now assistant chief engineer. was
made engineer of maintenance of way, a new
office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
Generating Ex-Secrstary Thompson.

Judge Patterson, Congressman from Tennes-
see, one of the Panama committee,
who has been at Terre Haute; Ind,
to examine Col. Thompon, ssaid. before
returning to Washington Tuesday: Il
believe from the evidence SO far in hand that
whatever may have been done by the bankers
and others in connection with the American
committee. Col. Thompson was honest in all the
transactions he figured in. and if there was any,
thing crooked he was not in it. His makeup il
not that of jobber, but won't say there were
not jobs and crookedness and great extrava-
gance on this side of the water"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
A. A I

All the organs of the body are reused to
healthy, vigorous action by DR.. Pierce's
the iver-and that's the key to the whole
system. You have pure blood or poisonous
blood, Just as your liver chooses The blood
controls the health, the liver controls the
blood, the Discovery" controls the liver.
Take this remedy in time, when you feel
dull, languid, and tout Of sorts" and you
can prevent disease from coming. Take it
in any disease that depends on the liver or
the blood, and you'll have positive cure.
For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Biliousness |;
Bronchial, Throat, and Lung affections; ev-
cry form Ct Scrofula, even Consumption Tor
Lung-scrofuln) in its earlier stages; and for
the most stubborn Skin and Scalp Diseases,
its the only remedy 20 unfailing and effective
that it can be guaranteed. II L doesn't bens-
ct or cure, you have your money back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
Michigan Republican Convention,


The republican state convention met at De-
troit yesterday. Secretary Bates of the state
central committee, in calling the convention to
order. said he was glad to be able to congratu-
late the republicans OF Michigan on having since
the last Congress, wrested control Of its affairs
from the democrats Justice Booker was unan-
imously renominated as candidate for supreme
justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
A Sometime millionaire Dies a Pauper

A Sometime millionaire Dies n Pauper.
John Lowrie. an old member Of the produce
exchange, has died in New York hospital
John Lowrie was born in Germany ffty-eight
years ago, and came to this country when a
young man. He began business as a grain
broker, joined the New York produce exchange
and for years was remarkably successful in his
venture. At one time he was reputed worth
$4,000, 600. Through unfortunate ventures
which he made in late years he lost all his prop
erty and died . pauper. His only relative IN
this country, 30 far as known, 10 . niece IN New
Orleans. He was never married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
THE RED CROSS SOCIETY.
A Tract of Land In Indiana Donated for a
Home.

Home.
Dr. Joseph Garduer of Indiana has donated
a valuable tract of land in that state to the Red
Cross Society. The land. which is offered a
home for the national society, is 1872 acres, or
more than one square mile in area, and contains
within its limits village, post office, barns,
tenant houses, orchards. forests, including
groves of sugar maple; quarters Of the famous
Bedford Oolitic stone, a beautiful river 'front.'
age of one mile and springs of excellent water.
trunk line of railway passes through it. three
other lines of railway are near it, making it
easily accessible for shipping purposes to all
parts of the country.
For speedy transit it leaves little to be de-
sired 1t is three hours from Louisville, four
hours from Cincinnati, four hours from Indian
apolis, six hours from st. Louis and seven
hours from Chicago.
In letter to Miss Clara Barton, president
American National Red Cross, on the subject Of
his donation Dr. Gardner says:
| ~ feel that your acceptance Of this trust will
be a continuing benevolence until great calam-
tiles shall cease to visit the earth; and my judg-
ment leads me to desire that whatever ante
mortem offering am able to dedicate to the
stricken Of the world shall be under your super
vision. The tract of land | have the pleasure
of offering to you for the home Of the National
| Red Cross is of more than one square mile In
area or, specifically, 1872 acres. though not I'M
proved to the standard of excellence that could
| wish for.
Perhaps other benevolent persons may dis
cover that they may surely and economically
assist in erecting such educational charitable
| or phiianthropic edifices you will observe
the need of, for which abundant ma terial Of
both wood and stone are on the grounds, anG
also assist in stocking lite stables, parks an6
pastures. to meet the steady demands Of benevo
lence or Of emergencies.
"Should your other friends, such as know you
work for stricken humanity and believe in you
methods Of benevoence, and their name i
legion, desire to find place where their owl
benev oience may reach through all generations
i feel assured they will. of their abundance
gladly appropriate portion to aid the gentl
dews Of heaven to bring forth plenteous har
vests of happiness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
THE CLOSING ARGUMENT.
Louisville Tobacco Works Bur

Louisville Tobacco Works Burned.
The factory OF the Harry Weissinger To-
baeco Company, on Floyd street. Louisville,
was completely destroyed by fire Tuesday
afternoon. The loss is estimated at $3.50, 900,
with an insurance Of about Si45, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
HE NfAx

Or woman who complains these days about uncom-
tortsbe footwear doesn't get much sympathy. -Four
Eve years az0 such complaints mlght have been
entitled to sou1e consideration but that before
Ms-srs. wn>on carr II t.a F street northwest had
located IN OCr midst They have wrOu<ht zrest
revolution footwear and 10 not De acquainted with
the merits Of their famous So 20 shoe Il 70 srgue
yourself behind the times Any one who has ever
xorr pair 81 these comfortable shoes couldn't he
bril<l any other Kind Just be~4uss they are
eOgJOTtabls not after vou have worn them OUTPUT
from the nrst moment you put them They are
n4de for lailes. we'll and NAY be had In q
variety II shap-~-broad, medium narrow toe-bu,
there Is solid comfort in every pair They made
With glaze hni>h for ladies' and. besides all the com
fort they srvicesble shoes for the price
made Try pair the next time you buy. and
shen they udt. you Will md yourself goina
blocks %; o: yOgr way. necessary. ~ &c; snoths
pair. fel3u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
How Ir LOOKS To Ne


1 don't understand why 50 many people viii con
tend over the price e g or 5oc. article and IN
creditNno. that's not the word-iasfaiiment No
credit aboutit ask the same dealer to lend you Soc
and you Will fpd out. They Always pay about 80 per
cent more than our price for cash never saw the
dag when would pay % for six foot Dining Table
People say want the table. &c and hsve only fsw
oth-r next week and save o. certainly gould not
raise Is. / could not a ord 70 give some dsaier
No one can prosper ~ long ~ they pay % Tor ~.
They esn make big shew for vhus but pay day
must come, and many times ne sccds .Is esissd.
beds and With bitter tears watch the hands that drag
their bsds away HOY much better 70 pay - you 70.
and essafy slow and feel that no matter who
knocks ct door do not fesr the collector. Re-
Don't step minute. rssd my prices snd maze your
o. 50 solid osf sidebosrd. e7:95; very nice opes.
t12 50 70 s.: kpring Roller Shsdss. ne 6ft Cur
e5; Common Kitchen chairs, darh, - ca. Purs
& nSss f asss s.: SAa .sa ' sesi "a s.s
Ne cssr Mans s2o 600 worth Of new ezssp quick
sailing Foods. but ws can she's them We only 81
you % come and -
H. O. GRAsrY.
Furniture. csrpsss. China. olsss. TN wars. BE-.
,s,o.,a IS SSs E. = fs e" ei 81 ..aa
cesss esSe n.ss xS1 .,s,. o.; aeuss, sasa
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23

President Harrison's Welcome Home.
The committee on arrangements for the re-
ception to be rendered ex-President Harrison
on his return to indianapolis for residence has
decided, in Difference to requests from
the President, to make the affair as informal as
possible The President will arrive about noon
of March 6 and a few of the members of the
committee will meet him at point on the road
a short distance from the city. At the depot
others Of the committee and the members OF
the different committees. well as the civic
a nd II tary organizations that desire. will meet
the train. At O'Clock public reception will
be held at the state house. Gov. Matthews will
make brief address, to which the President
Will doubtless respond. The public will be re-
ceived after these ceremonies in the governor )
parlors. The state and public buildings, as well
| as the stores and private residences, will dis
play bunting and flags in honor of the event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23

p-eure. Colds Coughs. Sore Throat Group Influenza.
ghoopinx Conxh. Bronchitis and Asthma certain
cure for Consumption in hrst stages and a relief
in advanced stages rse at You will see the
.,e.uent eject after taking the first dose Sold bT
dealers everyueers Large bottles 80 cents and 81.
p4-tu. th6s6n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
FACIAL BlEMlsIES PERMA-
EENTlY CURED.

cordial invitation extended the isdes 60 attend
NINE YALE's BEAUTY LECTURE at AlbAughs
Opera House on Tuesday afternoon. February "a 90
230 This lecture h free particular and VII
prove Of the most Interesting entertainments evss
offered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
WOMEN.

NINE. YALE has lectured In sn the PRINCIPAL cities
Of the world and entertained by Royalty and the
celebrities of the world She 10 peculiar type %
Besuty-cultivatsd through her art. She guarantees
20 make any woman beautiful by her marvellous
tenn The costume be worn by MADAME fAL1
10 the latest production by worth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-23
BEAUTY Gyl1 TURE.

Too much cannot be said in praise Of NINE YALE's
work for ser, for through her wonderful discov-
erie. women Of 40. 30 and 90 restored 70 youth
again.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-08
NO PUBLIC

Life, in a recent editorial, defends the
memory of the late Frederick l.. Ames
against newspaper criticism, growing out of
the fact that Mr.. Ames left no provision in
his will for public requests:
A good deal of fault is found by some of
the Boston papers with the late Frederick
l.. Ames. because he left no public requests.
Tn Boston Herald finds cause for deep re-
greet in the fact that IA man so rich, so able
and so much respected rs Nh. Ames,
''Should show so little interest in the com
munity that had helped him to become what
he was, as not to give it the least consider
alton when he came to dispose of his
fortune"
IL seems fairly doubtful whether the Her
AIDS regret is not largely misplaced. There
was very little criticism of the use that Mr..
Ames made IF his money while he lived. He
was accounted one of the most freely and
wisely liberal men of his day. 1t has even
been said that he was the most generous
giver in proportion to his means in New
England. 1t is true that he handed down
his fortune TO his children, but he handed
down his WI sentiments and his own eX-
ample along with it. Mr.. Ames' income in
his own hands did Il vast deal of good. Are
his critics prepared to say that in his chill
drens' hands its benefiCent uses will rot con
tinue! Unless there are grounds for such a
suggestion, it seems something of an i'm
pcrtinence to make it.
1t Is a thing of the cOmmOneSt occurrence
when great fortunes change hands to CON
slider all that is not left to public uses n pub
lie loss and to forget that the same oDpOrtu-
mites for benevOlencc and usefulness that
the testators had are open to their heirs.
Money does not cease to earn interest when
it passes from the father to son, neither
does the interest necessarily cease to be
wisely used. Amy one who has watched the
course of great fortunes, split up by will,
must know that in very many cases Il larger
proportion of the total income is spent for
benevolent uses after the distribution than
before.
Life has no disposition to discourage rich
men from making large public requests.
Great good is constantly being done by
wealth so bestowed. Mr.. Ame5 might very
possibly have left public requests if he had
died less unexpectedly. Butt is armOrc just
to judge a man by what he does with money
Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-08

SCHnuL hN1MLNATLnNS-


One of the prospective changes in pub
lie school methods throughout the conn
try relates to stated examinations, the
value OF which in school work has be-
come a debatable question in educational
circles. Examinations were dropped in
the Utica schools last year and the sys-
TEN has also been abolished in Cleve.
land, where the pupils title to promotion
will rest upon the quality of the daily
recitations throughout the term. A
movement has been inaugurated in
Philadelphia looking to the abolish
ment of stated examinations, and has
the support of the press of that city, as
we'll as of many parents. 1t is urged
against the system that the mechanical
drudgcry of the examinations, in many
instances conducted under conditions
that SAVIOR much of cruelty, never did
and never can give an accurate knOwl-
edge of the worth of the pupil. The pc
culiar constitution of the child, saws one
advocate of abandoning the system, has
much to do with success on examination
day. a nervous, timid, shrinking child
cannot be expected to make a good dis
play of learning on such a crucial occa-
casion. No allowance is made for this
personal factor. Moreover, the burden
of the old-fashioncd system is great for
teachers to carry. 1t is the most irk-
some function they perform.
The advocates of doing away with
stated examinations insist that the daily
recitation work and the term average
are the only proper tests of the pupils
requirements, because he is then work.
ing under more normal conditions than
on examination day, whose Importance
has been dinned in his ears and whose
terrors have become magnitied by weeks
of trembling preparation" 1.-THE PERM
cious system of crowding study for ex-
animation" says one of the opponents Of
that plan, rendered all the more OBJ
noXious when the child has lost many
school sessions by reason of illness, or
absence enforced by other causes, is the
dubious road to advancement forced
upon the little victim. Memorized les
sons Tor the occasion are forgotten al
most as soon as learned. The mind as
we'll as the body is dwarfed and stunted
by the oid-fogy method" This is put
ting the case strongly, but probably few
who are familiar with the system of
stated examinations will question it's
general accuracy.
OF course there is something to be
said IN the other side. but the weight
of argument seems to be decidedly with
the advocates of abolishing the old
fashioned method. At any rate there
can be no doubt that if the question
were submitted for decision to the par
ents of the pupils they would be found
everywhere practically unanimous in
favor Of doing away with stated exami-
nations.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-08
LAWLEssNEss Nv THE soUTH

There have been two significant de-
l%iverances recently by prominent south
ern men in regard to the lawlessness in
the south evidenced by the increasing
number of lynchings. One of these
was by the chief justice of the state of
Georgia, who, in an address before the
bar association, protested very strongly
against the practice of lynching. The
other delivcrance was by Governor
Tillman of South Carolina, who said
that the question of lynch law is getting
to be a very serious one, and while he
thought there are some cases in which
it is proper" he was of the opinion that
lat least some case will come where the
evidence will he so insufficient that pub
lie sentiment will demand so severe a
punishment for the lynchers that lynch
ings Will have to be stopped" 1t is
hardly necessary to say that there
have been many such cases in the
south, and having occurred only a
short time ago in one of the
Carolinas, yet so far as known no
serious attempt has been made to appre-
bend and punish any of the l~ynchers.
But ut any rate these utterances by
southern men who speak with some
authority are interesting as showing
that there is an intelligent sentiment in
that section which condemns this form
of crime, from which it is possible to
derive the assurance that in course of
time public sentiment there will put an
end To it.
Few people have any correct idea as
to the extent to which the crime of
lynching is practiced in the south. For
several years a record of lynchings has
been kept by the Chicago Tribune, and a
short time ago that paper stated that
there were 236 persons lynched last
year, of whom 200 were lynched in the
southern states, and of the latter num-
Der l60 We're negroes. This year there
have been l42 persons lynched, of whom
10 were lynched in the south, 10 OF
them negroes. This is certainly a ter
rible record, we'll worthy the attention
of the better element of the southern
people with a view to checking the
growth OF this form of crime, nor does
the mere statement Of the statistics
of lyuching convey fully to the mind the
horrible character OF this practice. As
was said not long since by a southern
Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-08

paper, the mere taking OF the life Of
their victim has ceased to satisfy the
men who go with a multitude to commit
murder. That has become n tame pro-
ceeding. The man, or the boy. in their
hands must writhe and bleed and choke
in agony now before the avengers will
consent to his death and begin the work
of mutilation. Some of the more recent
lynchings in the south have been of the
most brutal, barbarous and cruel nature
"a reproach to the country and to civ
ilization. Nothing else could be ex-
pected from the federation of this form
OF crime and the immu-
nifty enjoyed by those who commit them.
The natural tendency is to brutallzc the
people. As the record shows, lynch
ings have not been confined to the south
and they are to be equally condemned
wherever they occur. but the b~arbarism
of .hese crimes in the south is without
parallel.
1t is an unfortunate fact that there
are a%pologists for this form of crime in
The south, some of whom are intelligent
men, but the evidence that the men who
are in power are beginning to realize
the gravity of this reign of lynch law is
rcassuring. 1t may be no easy task to
bring public opinion up to a certain
standard in this matter, but it is one
that should be undertaken and presis-
tcntly prosecuted.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-08
TAXING UNITED STATES LEGACIES.

TAXING UNITED STATES BEGACfES.
The old question of the extent of state
sovereignty under our federal system is
arising once more in the eastern courts,
this time in connection with the adminis-
tration of an inheritance tax law. Gen
eral Cullum, whose will was pro-
batcd in the state of New
York, left, among his other be-
quests, the sum of $25O,00O to the gov
eminent of the United States for a me-
mortal hall to be built at West Point.
The bequest, after having been reduced
to $4,000 by the discovery that the
estate was not as large as originally an
ticipated, was assessed for So, 155 under
the New York state laA imposing a tax
upon transfers of property by will. The
United States, of course, resisted the
payment of this tax on the ground that
the assessors had exceeded their au-
thority III attempting to tax property of
the federal government. But the surro-
gates court did not appreciate the con-
tention of the counsel for tho United
States and saw no objection to the col
lection of the tax. In so deciding it
holds the sovereignty of the state of
New York higher than that of the fed
eral government and it makes the latter
subject to the former in matters of tax
alton.
1t is doubtful that the decision will be
sustained upon appeal. 1t was long g
held by Chief Justice Marshall in the
famous case of McCulloch against Mary
land that the instrumentalities of the
federal government are not subject to
state taxation. The power to tax is the
power to destroy, and if the state can
take $S.755 of the legacy left to the
United States it may legally take it all.
The absurdity of giving a state
authority to levy a tax upon the prop
erty of the federal government becomes
more apparent when we try to imagine
the proceedings that would ensue should
the United States refuse to liquidate
the claim. The state of New York
would be absolutely powerless to collect
the tax. The United States is nom
suable without its own consent and it
would be foolish to consent to a diminu-
ton of its own legacy. Should a state
court persist in giving judgment to the
state there would still be no way of en-
forcing the decree. If an exception is
to be made to the rule of exemption
from taxation of United States property
in the case of the inheritance tax, there
is nc reason for the further maintenance
of the rule in respect to other modes of
taxation. 1t is simply a revival of the
old safe sovereignty controversy and
all the presidents and practice are OPP
posed to the assumption by a state OF
any such power of taxation over the
federal government.