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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02

A Report of the Net Profits Made Last
Evening.

Evening.
large and interesting meeting of the
Old Guard was held last evening at their
armory, G. A. r. Hall, Capt. ]. NJ. Edgar
presiding. The executive committee report
ed that while they were not ready to render
a full and complete statement of the results
Of the late fair, yet the net profits could
safely be placed at 81 500. The corps was
congratulated upon the success of the un-
dertaking. the general satisfaction express
ed by those who attended. the patronage
extended and the uniform kindness Of the
merchants in responding to calls for dona-
lions. Comrade A. s. Taber lieutenant and
inspector, rendered his resignation as a
member Of the corps, on account of the
multiplicity Of duties which would engross
his attention. The resignation was ac-
cepted with regret. The vacancy will be
filled at the next meeting.
The committee who went to Pittsburg
Pa, to secure quarters during the @. A. r.
encampment next September reported that
ample and commodious quarters adjacent
to the Grand Park in Allegheny City had
been secured. within twenty minutes
march of national headquarters in Pitts
burg. The Mount Pleasant Zouave Bugle
and Drum Corps of forty pieces, T. c.
Churchill director, was selected to accom-
pany the corps upon that occasion. Reso-
buttons appropriate to the death of Com
rade Charles Sayer were adopted and his
name ordered to be called at each roll
call A communication from Charles F.
Henderson, United States Senator, was
read, accepting his election as a contrfbut-
ing honorary member.
Edwin Phillips, late private. company
B. third New Jersey volunteers, was elected
an active member, and the Applicant of
James Reed and Edwin A. Harradon for
active membership referred to the recruiting
committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02

There will be a meeting Of the California
State Association Thursday evening, May
3. at 919 F street northwest, to which all
Californians are invited.
The dead body of a colored infant was
found yesterday on a lot near oath and K
streets.
Last evening there was slight fire in the
house of John c. Williams, No. 81 LIST
street southeast The flames were ex-
tinguished by Policeman Kramer
Judge Cox yesterday afternoon signed a
decree divorcing William b. Pollard from
Mary Pollard, on the ground Of willful de-
sertion and abandonment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
Some Interesting Statistics Furnished
by the Commissioner Of Labor.

oy the commissioner Of Labor.
Commissioner of Labor Carroll d. Wright
has submitted his ninth annual report. deal
ing with building and loan associations in
the United States. Vermont which has but
one association, is the only state not in
cluded in tie report. The total number OF
associations in the country is shown TO be
s.sSs. Of which 5,5es are local and 24o ma
tional
The total number OF shareholders is LA.
125 of which 9l96l4 are male. The aver
age number Of shareholders for each asso-
cation il 30l. The number of shareholder
who are borrowers is 5,4l1, or - Ia per
cent There are Is. 255 So shares held OF
which lO,3Sl.u31 are In local ana the re-
mainder IN national organizations. The av-
erage number of shares held per sharehold-
er is 4 1-2. The total net assets are $780,
66d ,594, of which S4l3,22s are In local or
ganizations.
The net assets per shareholder average
over S25I. The average value of shares is
S4, and the total profits $50, 664, il6, OF
which SI4, 402. 9S are from the local organi-
cations. The average amount of loans is
A,l2o. with LIB in the local organiza-
tons The number of homes acquired
through the associations is 30. SOB in the
local and 23,932 in the national. making a
total of BATES. The different methods OF
distributing profits, paying premiums. with
drawing shares and laws of the different
states are described in the six chapters
which constitute the report. The average
age OF the associations is a little over six
years. The figures SHOW" says the re-
port, that the building and loan associa-
tons of the country are entirely modern in
situations and have reached their great pro-
portions within the last ten or fifteen years
This, in connection with the fact that they
have net assets OF over S4J0oDOOoO has
made total profits of more than $50 600 Opp,
helped to secure probably over 100000
homes. and are semi-banking institutions,
conducted by ordinary men unframed as
bankers, shows conclusively the strong hold
which building and loan associations have
taken on the public"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02

The King of Servia has issued a ukase an
nulling the measures Of the former regents
of the Skuptschina against ex-King Milan
and Queen Natalie, on the ground that
these measures were unconstitutional. The
king restores his parents to constitutional
rights as members of the royal house
In fight with thieves at Missouri VAL
ley. Iowa, recently, the city marshal was
killed and two other persons badly wound
ed.
Judge Newman of Atlanta, Ga, has re-
fused to remove Receiver Glover of the
Marietta and North Georgia road, and also
refused to postpone the sale of the road
Thomas L. Lucas, aged fifteen years.
died of lockjaw in Providence. r. l., ten
days after he ran a nail in his foot. His
brother died in the same manner two years
ago.
Lorenzo Craraglio has been held for trial
at jefferson Market, New York, on the
charge of swindling Luke Cappio by Sc
curing from him the sum of 500 on a
trunk which he claimed contained $4,000
When the trunk was opened it was found
to be filled with building bricks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02

ticing In Illinois, after which time he re-
moved to Evansville. Ind, to fill the chair
of professor OF anatomy In the medical coll
lege, resigning this position in 1873 to &C.
cept an appointment as acting assistant
surgeon Of the U. s. A, in the department
OF the Platte. The doctor has been sur
geon of the Union Pacific railroad, FISH
commissioner Of the state. secretary of the
State Academy of Sciences, Arts and Let
tiers, Is a member of the Mormon Civic So
cieties and has been connected with the
National Guard since its establishment He
Is now resident of Cheyenne Wyo, hav-
ing resided In that city since he quit the
u. 8. army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02
DID NOT LIKE THE DOCTOR.
Ran From a Footpad to n still More
Merctless Physician.

From the Chicago Herald.
One night a clubman, who may be named
Goodman without missing his nature very
much, was on his way to a Furnished
room home on the north side when a curl
Gus series Of adventures was encountered.
Crossing the Clark street bridge somewhere
about midnight he noticed a man ahead of
him standing and leaning over the rail- Be
hind him came another man, walking his
own gait and apparently in no hurry to
reach his destination. Goodman thought of
footpads. but as he never had been held up
he tried to forget the danger.
But 1t would not be forgotten. The lean
ing figure Strengthened up as he neared 1t
and the man behind approached with q
quicker pace.
Hold on there. Give upr' commanded
the man in front.
Hit him hard, Jimmy" said the man be-
hind.
Goodman could not get forward nor back,
and his escape on all sides was cut OF. No
other pedestrian was in sight, and no pla-
tCon of police marched strongly into view
as they should when virtue is imperiled.
Goodman is not fighting man, so he con-
sidered a partial surrender. But he is a
prudent and ''forehanded" man, so he
concluded not to yield up all his money.
What do you fellows want?" he de-
manded.
Your money and your watch"
WELL" running his hand in his trousers
pocket and fishing out So. "here's my mon
ey; take 1t. don't want a row."
Give up everything. Amt you got any
more than that?" The tone was scornful
and brutal 1t stung the freeman in him,
and instantly. like a flash, he struck one
swift but unframed blow at the footpad's
jaw.
I've got that much more" he calculated,
R111 rfrarr =
Both blows reached, and the fellow went
down, his handful Of silver scattering to
the bridge floor and rolling off in the river.
But the rascal behind. against whom no
guard could be made, sprang forward and
swept a fierce blow with slungshot The
vicious weapon caught Goodman on the
cheek, cutting cash and staggering him.
but not knocking him down. He stumbled
forward. yelled, gained his footing and sped
like deer across the viaduct and down in
to the better peopled portion Of North Clark
street
The robbers did not follow him, and, while
regretting the blood which flowed from a
cash in his face. he congratulated himself
on a watch and a roll untouched by the
heather.
Calling a cab. he got in and was driven to
a physician whose sign he remembered. The
doctor had gone to bed, but he rose at the
call Of duty, lighted his office. put Goodman
in the chair and dressed his wound in about
five minutes. 1t needed no stitches. Only
three Strips OF surgeon 3 plaster ana q wac
of absorbent cotton were required.
But his bill was so.
''What?" demanded the victim out of all
patience with his fortune.
Ten dollars" said the doctor calmly.
Goodman paid 1t, and then in a fever Of
hurry gathered his hat and coat and start
ed swiftly to the door.
Where are you going?' asked the doctor
curiously.
Back to the bridge" said Goodman with
deep feeling. You're d sight big
ger robber than the two 1 escaped from"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02

DR.. NJ. c. Barkwel, chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions. was born in Perry
county, Ind, where he attended school and
worked on a farm until 1859, when he en-
tered college. He remained at college until
1861 The civil war coming on, he entered
the Union army and served with his regi-
ment on detached duty until the fall of
1853 when he received his honorable dis
charge Returning to his home, he again
entered college. taking up the course where
he had left off. After completing his studies
in college he took up the practice of medi-
cine and graduated at the Miami Medical
College in 1867.
DR.. Barkweu then spent two years prao-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02
THE MARY WASHINGTON MONUMENT
The President Will Participate I'm thu
URveiling Ceremonies.

Unless something unforeseen prevents,
the President will participate in the cere-
monies attending the unwilling of the Mary
Washington monument at Fredericksburg,
Va, on the 10th instant. He will make the
trip in a special train, and will not be able
to devote more than one day to the occa-
sion. His plan is to leave here early on the
morning of the 10th instant, and leave
Fredericksburg the same afternoon. so as to
be in Washington again early in the even
ing. He has declined the urgent invitation
to remain over for the Masonic banquet,
which concludes the official program. Sew
eral members of the cabinet will accom-
pany the President, but Mrs. Cleveland will
probably not go. Secretary Herbert has
ordered a portion of the Marine Band to
Fredericksburg for this occasion. and the
War Department has loaned flags and bunt-
ing for decorative purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02
Peace Jubilee of Army Societies.

The Society Of the Army of the Potomac
has not yet acted on the invitation from the
mayor and council of Fredericksburg to
hold Its next meeting in that city. There is
doubt as to the hotel accommodations of
the historic town. Meanwhile an effort is
being made to bring the society of the army
of the Potomac to Washington to meet the
Society of the Army of Northern Virginia
in a peace jubilee in April OF next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02
The Rosslyn Baptist Church.

At a council held at the First Baptist
Church of Rosslyn, Va, on the Both ultimo,
composed Of pastors and delegates from the
several Baptist churches of this city and
vicinity, Theodore Williams. who has been
in charge Of the church as temporary pas
tor having passed the examination for his
ordination, was unanimously ordained as a
regular minister of the Gospel and will con-
tinue in charge of the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02
The Cattle Market.

At the cattle market at the Washington
Union stock yard, at Benning, yesterday
eighty-two cattle were on the market. and
sold as follows: Best sold from 3 I-2c to
&c. per pound; good sold from &c. to 3 lac
per pound; medium sold from l-4c 10 Sc
per pound. Two hundred and twenty-one
sheep and lambs up and sold-sheep, from
1-2c. to &C. per pound; lambs. from &C. to
Lie per pound. Cows with calves sold
from SIS to $40 each. State OF the market
good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02

From Newspaperdom.

From NevspaperdOm.
Washington Evening Star is pre-eminent-
iy peculiar to itself: 1t enjoys the distinc-
ton of having the largest local circulation
of any newspaper in the world in proper.
ton to the population Of the city wherein
published: 1t carries the largest number
Of daily commercial advertisements
(changed daily Of any newspaper in Amer
lea, and probably has the best-established
bureau of local advertising writing Of
any paper in the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02

Nicholas Monsurrat. vice president and
general manager of the Cleveland, Akron
and Columbus railroad. has resigned to
take effect June L
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02

DF. FTtU. W. Hyer8.
Maj. Fred. W. Byers, Monroe, Wis, sur
geon, Wisconsin National Guard is chair
man of the committee on neurology. He
served as sergeant, ninety-sixth Illinois in
fantry, during the war. He is vice COM
mander of the Wisconsin Commandery,
Loyal Legion. U. s.; past medical director,
G. A. R.; surgeon, 1. c. r. R., and member
National Association of Railway Surgeons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02
PETERS, Bill Not Approved.
Permits to Build.

The following building permits were is
sued today: William E. Paxton. one frame
dwelling, Tenleytown, to cost about $500.
C. M. Townsend. seven brick dwellings,
246O to 2473 Howard University subdivision,
Brightwood avenue, to cost $4,000. c.
Wood, one frame dwelling, South Brook
land 14th street, to cost 81 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02

The report Of the inspector Of buildings fol
the month Of April shows during that period
a total Of ninety-eight permits granted fol
new buildings.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-07-20
Platinum.

The discovery of deposits of platinum
in this country would be as welcome as
the finding of diamond mine. At pres
emit the metal costs nearly half as much
as gold, having risen greatly in price
within the last three years, 1t is abso-
lutely indispensable for many purposes,
being noncorrosive and resisting acids
1t is used for chemical apparatus, scien-
t'fic instruments and incandescent
lamps There is some platinum in the
beach sands of Oregon, but not enough
to nay for mining. Small quantities of
it have been discovered recently in the
copper mines of Canada, where it occurs
in a new combination with arsenic.
Two-thirds Of the worlds supply of
platinum comes from two Siberian mines
in the Ural mountains. The metal is OBJ
tanned there as a by product of gold
mining. The mining is done by scooping
holes in the ground to depth of about
Is feet and then burrowlng, rat fashion,
in all directions Twenty nine hundred
carloads of earth are required to yield Is
pounds of platinum. The biggest nugget
ever found was about the size Of tum-
bier. Now the gold is getting scarce, and
the laborers have been drawn off to build
the great transsiberian railway. Hence
the increased cost of platinum, which,
unless new deposits are found, is like
ly never to be cheaper than it Is at pres
emit. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-07-20
The Way Out.

An amusing story is told about the
construction of telegraph line from
Bagdad, in Asia Minor, to the Persian
capital of Teheran. The frontier line
between Turkey and Persia was so in
definable that tract of no less than / 7
miles of land over which the telegraph
would have to be carried was in dispute
each of the two countries claiming the
right to its possession. Now, the engi-
neering stores supplied to the Turkish
government differed from those supplied
to the Persian government. The former
had wooden telegraph poles; the latter
iron ones The Persian government, in
their jealous hatred of the Turks, fear
ed that if wooden poles were erected
across the disputed territory, posterity
would regard them as proof that the ter
ritory was Turkish. On the other hand,
the Turks objected to iron poles being
used lest in the far future they should
be adduced by Persia as evidence that
the land was hers. The way the super
intendent of the work contrived to get
out of the difficulty did credit to his in
genuity and resource. He set up first a
wooden pole, then an iron one, then an
other wooden, then an iron again, and
so on, alternating wood and iron for
the whole IL miles. Bow Bells
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-07-20
PHEMoNTTIoNs OF DEATH.
folders Who Have Gone Into Certain Bat
ties Perfectly Conscious of Their Fate.

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ties Perfectly Conscious of Their Fate.
Soldiers had strange premonitions OF
death before going into battle during
the war;" said an old soldier. IT could
not tell you how many times have seen
my comrades foretell their DEATH They
seemed to feel it was coming and went
into battle fully prepared to meet their
end. So common was this, and SO regu-
larly did death follow when foretold, that
I often heard officers upbraiding their
men for speaking Of DEATH remarking:
"A man never speaks of fear of death
without death following shortly after
It's like the smallpox; the one that
breads 1t most is sure to be the first VIC
tim. But the officers were reasoning
backward. In all the cases, saw the pre-
diction of death was caused by an in
ward feeling, telling that his end was
near.
1T wasn't fear, for I remember Boss
Mcclellan, as we used to call him, who
came from Butler county. He had been
brave soldier, serving his full three
years, never once failing in his duty.
The day before his three years were up
he went into the battle Of the Wilder
ness. He was so pale and oareworn and
lacked so much the usual vigor with
which he entered battle that some of
his friends remarked how changed he
was. He looked like ghost and was
trembling all over. They asked him
what was the matter. Why, he re-
piled, my three years are up tomorrow,
but II never see my service out. I will
be killed in this battle-that know.
'His friends tried to cheer him up,
betting him that it was only morbid
fancy, but no amount of talk could en-
liven him. He went into the battle and
was among the first to fall, being hit
squarely in the forehead. I also remem-.
Der John Dunbar sitting eating crackers
with an officer before campfire on the
eve of battle. He had sad expression
when he turned, and breaking the
cracker in his fingers said in contem-
plative manner, We'll, boys, this is my
last night on earth. In the dim fire.
light saw the big tears we'll up as the
officer inquired what he meant I'll be
shot tomorrow sure. The officer, see
ing how deeply the man was affected,
placed his hand upon his shoulder and
said: Brace up, John. Don't be fool
ish. Men of Ohio don't talk like that.
But this only made the soldier break
down. In the battle next day he was
killed among the first. 1 could give you
an indefinite number of such instances,
which show that soldiers really had
death foretold to them, but these are
sufficient. To me it was most solemn
moment when heard man say he was
going to be killed. 1t invariably turned
out that way. "-Exchange.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-07-20
FRENCH ART OF TODAY.
Only the Genius of the People Keeps 1t
From Hopeless Debasement.

Only the Genius of the People Keeps
From Hopeless Debasement.
For years all the art roads have led tt
Paris. 1t is today the center of the ar
world, model of taste, skill and knowl
edge as well as hotbed of eccentrici
ties, mannerisms stilted affectations
and small trickeries. It takes in the
world, takes credit for all its virtues
and is saddled with all its vices 1t is
ruled by the quips and cranks of what
at times seems outrageous fortune; it is
magnified and belittled; it is over
praised and underpraised; it seems to be
rising to lofty heights at times and then
again to be sinking into the mire. 1t is
at once the best and the worst art CEN
ter in the world, crucible where all
elements mix, all become alleged, and
yet all average up respectable grade
of amalgam. That which keeps it from
hopeless debasement is the art genius of
the French people Has that art genius
ever reached is apogee? Has it fulfilled
its mission and voiced the finer feelings
Of France, as painting once did In Italy
and Spain? Did we accept the exhibit
at the Worlds fair as a criterion we
might think her day was about finished.
that her artists had said all there was
for them to say, but the representation
was inadequate.
The French stand sponsor for all the
academic emptiness displayed there, for
all the studio recitation, IL the exag-
gerated realism, all the tawdry senti-
ment, and yet at heart they have little
sympathy with them. The academic
was foisted upon them early in life by
the example of Italy and the misdirect-
ed energy of royalty. Poussin or Lebrun
was no more French in thought or meth
cd than Corneille. The monarchy I'D
held the academic because it smacked
of heroism and the empire because it
fostered the military spirit, but the re-
public has barely tolerated it, and the
radicals have always hated it. 1t is the
bette notr of French art, against which
there has been long series of revolu-
tions. Why, if not that it fails to repre-
sent the French? They are fond enough
of talking about such loyalists as Pous-
sin, David. Ingres and Cabanel, but the
men they love are the rebels, Vatican.
Fragonard, Delacroix, Millet Corot,
Courbet. The vivacious, the decorative,
the emotional, the sentimental, the posi-
tive-all these they love because they
are national characteristics, but the
mock heroic, the grandiloquent, the
bombastic, have been more the result of
foreign imitation than the outcrop of
French feeling John c. Van Dyke in
Century