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The Washington times., 1894-10-21
THE GOLDEN CROSS
The Examination for a Silver. mounted
Gayel Has Begun.


The Examination for a Silver. mounted
Gavel Has Begun.
Mount Vernon Commandery received one
application for membership and elected one
candidate to membership on Monday evening
last. The Office of warder of the inner gate
was declared vacant, and Miss Florence Lu-
genbeel was elected to that Office and in
stalled by Deputy Grand Commander C. G..
Harrison. Interesting remarks. under the
good OF the order. were made by Noble Com
mander Main. N. L. Yenable, David Gran
mer, and others.
Trinity Commandery meets on Tuesday
evening, and viii confer the degrees.
Grand Commanner Perry and the officers
Of the grand cOmmandery officially visited
AnacOstia COmmandery on Wednesday even
ing last. There was large attendance of
members and visitors. The grand commander
examined the officers as to their duties and
their knowledge of the secret work. and ex-
pressed himself as highly pleased with their
proficiency. Miss Adelaide Payne, OF Good
wiz Commandery. gave a reading, "Our
Traveller Parson, in her usual pleasing man
nae and the choir OF National Commandery
sang several choruses with fine effect.
Anacostia CQpmandery received three ap-
plications for Membership at its last meeting
Past Grand Commanders John \. Ehre,
DIR. $. j. GrOOt, ana Mrs. Martha j. Peabody
judges to award the prize of a silver mounted
gayel 10 that commandery whose officers
snail give the best rendition Of the secret work
Of the order and the best exemplification of
their duty as officers, began their Iabors at
Anacostia Commandery on Wednesday even
ing last.
The date Of the grand visitation to Capital
Commandery has been changed to Saturday,
27th. At the last meeting interesting speeches
were made by Mrs. Martha J. Peabody and
O. j. Hallman.
The grand commander has changed the
date of the grand visitation of Meridian Com
mandery to Friday 26th.
Knight T. J. Putnam. of Anacostia Com
mandery, received a big pie and neat
crayon of himself eating pie at the grand
visitation on Wednesday evening last.
ST. Johns Commandery meets On Saturday
evening next and is preparing for active
work
National Commandery appeared in full
force st the grand visitation to Anacostia
Commandery and paid particular attention to
the grand commanders examination of the
officers.
The grand visitation of Columbia Com
mandery will take place on Tuesday evening
next ct Melford's Hall, corner Eighth and l
streets northeast.
Goodwill Commandery meets tomorrow
evening. A number of important subjects
will be considered.
National Commandery will confer the de-
Frees tomorrow evening On several candi-
dates.
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from the shoulders. These garments when
not in use are compactly folded intothe shape
of belts to be carried around the waist, one
over each shoulder or in any other way that
belt can be used. To these belts are attached
the cartridges, the haversack. and canteen.
The combined weight of the whole equipment
is said to be less than the weight of the haver-
sack strap, canteen strap. and the belt plate,
which last Col. Rice discards. The water
proof garments can be worn by man in his
shirt sleeves, with his blouse or over his over
coat, and they save the cost of a cape to the
oyercoat. They will probably be issued to the
National Guard at the same time as the new
modified Krag-Jorgenson rife recently
adopted for tha Army
The following named men of Company G,
Third Battalion. have been examined by the
battalion examining board and found COM
petent have been recommended for appoint
ment as non-commissoned officers
Josiah Carr, sergeant; Solomon Carr. lr.,
sergeant Walter NJ. Burgess, corporal; Joshua
Carr, corporal, Simon Hughes. corporal.
The mention in this column last Sunday OF
the vacancy on the non-eommissioned staff
of the Third Battalion has brought our several
applicants for the position. 1t is understood
that the appointment will not be made at this
time.
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Notes from the Commands.

Lieut.. Sabin, inspector of rifle practice,
Fifth Battalion, has applied for twenty days
leave of absence. He will visit his home in
Wisconsin during this time.
Private Clarence E. Bright. Company A,
Fifth Battalion. (Emmet Guard), has been
honorably discharged.
Sergt Newton j. Lillard, Company A,
Campbell Light Infantry, has been honora-
bly, discharged
Company B, Fifth Battalion, Columbian
Zouaves), has lost several men during the
last week. Among them are 'Privates Maui
rice CoOney, Samuel Il. Johnston. Edward II.
Reed ard Joseph R. Wise, all honorably dis
charged. The arrangements for the Zouave
drill team are being completed, and the boys
of this company expect TO have uniforms in
the near future The innovation will attract
much interest among all the members OF the
Guard.
The Second Regiment will have the first
regmental dance of the season next Friday
evening. 1t should be held Tuesday evening,
but has been postponed until Friday to give
Gov. WertZ and staff, Of New Jersey, an op-
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portunity to see what the District Guard can
do. II is expected that this distinguished
party will be present that evening The Off
GERS are making arrangements for music and
the battalion adjutants are busy sending out
notices of the change Everybody VIII be
disappointed if the attendance Is not large.
One of the best schools of officers the Fifth
Battalion ever held was that Of last Monday
night. At this school the announcement OF
prizes was made: 4 cup Tor the best drilled
company, medal for the best drilled man.
and medal for the man making the best
score at rifle practice. The officers of the
Fifth have six duty nights each month, but
this hard work seems only to increase their
zeal
The resignation of First Lieut. II. a.
Blandv, Company D. Second Battalion. and
First Lieut.. Frederick Dalton, Company d,
Fifth Battalion, have been accepted.
The following officers have passed the brig
ade examining board: First Lieut. Charles j.
Good, for captain Company Z, Fourth Bat
talon; Sergeant William T. Wood. for second
lieutenant Company B, Sixth Battalion: Ser
geant Benz. II. Streeks. for captain Company
C, Sixth Battalion, and Charles II. Danforth
for first lieutenant Company B, Fourth Bat
TALON.
Company B, Fourth Battalion Columbian
ZouaVes), were entertained by the officers on
Tuesday night. Major Campbell was sum-
moned to quell mutinv but found it harder
to escape the hospitality of the company than
anything else.
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Local Workingmen Discuss the En-
ployment of Foreign Labor.
A CONTRACTOR CRITICISED
Plenty of Local Men Want Work, Say the
Labor Bodies-Bakers' Drivers After a
Uniform scale-Electrical Workers and
Their Beneficiary Work-Typos Meet
MEETINGS FOR THIS WEEK.
SUNDAY. ocroBEa q.


Columbia Typographical Union, No. 1O1-Ty-
biographical Temple
l. A 48o5, Knights of Labor, Musicans-Elks
Hall, Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue
LA. 23S9, Knights ofLabor, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Hall, Four-and-a-half street and Pennsylvania
avenue
MONDAY, OCTOBER %
L. A. 1914, Knights of Labor, Plasterers-Plas-
ters' Hall
L. A. l748, Knights of Labor, Carpenters
Typographical Temple.
L. A. 1916, knights of Labor, Bakers Drivers
Bunch's Hall, 3l4 Eighth street northwest
L. U. l90, Carpenters and Joiners Union-K
Of p. Hall, 425 Twelfth strees northwest.
Labor Day Conference ommittee-Bricklay-
ers Hail. Seventh and streets
TUESDAY, OCTOBER %
Federation of Labor-Plasterers' Hail. Four
and-a-half street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Building Trades Council - Typographical
Temple.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81
L. U. No l, Carpenters and Joiners-Typo-
graphical Temple. Important business.
l. q. 26, Electrical Workers-ElectricaI Work
ers Hail. Twelfth and streets.
L. a. No. 2O3l, K. of l., Tin and sheetiron
Workers-Plasterers' Han
THURSDAY, OCTOBER %.
stonemasons' Union-McMemamin's Hall, 129
Pennsylvania avenue
District Assembly, No. &C, K. of L-PIasterers'
Hall
Fresco Painters-Han, Seventh street north
west
FRIDAY, OCTOBER %
Eccentric Association of Steam Engineers
Bunch's Hall, 314 Eighth street northwest
Bricklayers' Union-Brcklayers' Hall, Seventh
and L streets
Carpenters CounciI-Typographic Temple
Bakers and COnfectioners International Union
Hall, Seventh street northwest.
Stonecutters' Association-Red Mems Hall, Go
B street.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81
Cigarmakers' Union, No. 1IO-HaII 787 Seventh
street northwest.
l. =. 1870, X. of l., Tailors-PIasterers' Hall
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At the Circus.

The keeper was walking along by the ele-
phant leading the kangaroo and the elephant
stopped blowing dust into the tigers cage In
order to address a few remarks to sae
kangaroo.
sob, sayr' he called to that marsupisl,
"what's that thing you've hitched onto youzs
self? -
The kangaroo looked at his tail moE@z9
and then took a squint at the elsphaaS's
trunk.
That's all right he chsttered; ''thae'B ng
trunk wear it there so won't tread GA
it." and the royal Bengal tiger rolled ever AL
howled-Hamilton (0Rt.) Times.
The Washington times., 1894-10-21

George C. Whiting Lodge, No. %, win con-
fer the lrst degree on Thursday evening.
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Washington Chapter will confer the Royal
Arch on Thursday evening.
The Washington times., 1894-10-21

The death Of Sir f. H. Barbarin on Wednes-
day last was n greatshock 10 his many friends
in the Masonic fraternity, where he was
widely known AMI universally respected. The
loss to Potomac Commandery is especially
great as he was their beloved eminent COM
mander and the warm friend of every Sir
knight of the organization. His funeral oc-
CURED on Friday at 4 clock p. N. Services
were held at the house. al the conclusion of
which the remains We're escorted to Oak Hill
Cemetery by Potomac Commandery. No. 8,
where the Temp!ar burial service was con-
Quoted by the cOmmanGery
The most elaborate grand visitation cele-
bration that has taken place this season oc-
curred on Wednesday evening last, when
Washington Centennial Lodge, No IA, was
visited. Particular attention WAS paid to the
decorations OF the iOdEe-room, which were
very elegant and reflect great credit upon
Past Master John III. Small. who had charge
OF the matter. A pleasant feature OF the even
ing was the reception rendered 10y the bretn-
rem OF the lodge and their ladies to the most
wCrsnipiul grand master aud his officers at
the conclusion Of the Official visit.
The Knights Templar are all preparing for
the trienniai conelaye in Boston next August.
Columbia Comnandery intends TO be remem-
bered on this occasion, and has appointed
committee TO prepare suitable badge for
exchange hA NiF AA4BLts. lEe committee
consists OF Sirs George Gibson, J. Harry Cum
ningham. aud T. A. Butts. Thursday even
Ing this commandery attended a reception Of
Many Commandery. No. %. of Phila6 elphia.
Full Iempiar uniform was worn. A number
Of ladies accompanied the Sir knights. The
party left IN the afternoon at 3 o'clock and re-
turned the next day. At the conclaye Friday
night the order OF knight of Malta was con-
ferred, Sir Robert L. Constant as prior. The
Red ross yrnn wa "a l1D iapU Fprral Eminent
Sir Frank II. Thomas rs sovereign master.
Sir J. j. narrower as conductor, Sir Henry
J. Small as master Of ceremonies The COM
mandery has accepted an invitation TO attend
divine service this evening as the guest of
De 1Iolay Commandery.
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PARAGONS FOR POLICEMEN
That Is Nhat the Department Re-
quires Of Applicants.
IT IS A LIFE FULL OF TRIALS

Wearers of the Blue and Brass Seem to Have
an Easy Vocation, bat the Service Is Very
Exaeting-The Metropolitan Police Hon.
est. Faithful, and Courageous,
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Washington Commanderv. No. 2. will con-
fer the orders OF the Templar and of Malta on
Wednesday evening.
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AMONG SECRET SOCIETIES
Matters Of Interest TO Brethren Who
Meet en- the Quiet.
SOVEREIGN GRANDLODGE GAINS

The wonderful Growth Of Odd Fellowship in
Certain Parts Of the United States Grand
Visitstions IL Eany orders-other Items
Of Fraternal Interest.
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Potomac Chapter viii confer the Royal Arch
Tuesday evening.
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Hiram Chapter win transact routine bust
ness Monday evening.
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gree on Friday. the 26th. committee is
now arranging the details Of the grand vista
ton on the 29th instant.
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Mr. James A. Power, member Of Columbia
Typographical Union. No. 101, has been elected
general organizer for Ohio. Pennsylvania, Del
aware, Maryland, and District OF Columbia In
that territory there are 1900 members of the
Typographical Union. From the reports at
the general convention, held this month. the
roll-call of unions showed that the total men,
bership aggregates over 33, 600.
The regular monthly meeting Of Columbia
Union will be held to-day. The delegates to
the recent international convention are now
back and are expected to make their reports
to the union There are other matters deeply
interesting to the craft that will be brought
up before the meeting
The Washington times., 1894-10-21

Masonic meetings for next week arc as fol-
lows: Monday evening-Dawson Lodge, No.
IG. Stansbury Lodge. No. p; Arminius
Lodge No. %; Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 3.
and Hiram Chapter. No. 10.
Tuesday evening. Federal Lodge. No. ],
Acacia Lodge. No. 1S. De Molay Command
cry. no. q. Potomac Chapter, No. s, Robert
dc Bruce. Council Of Kadosh.
Wednesday evening, Washington Com
nandery, No. l.
Thursday evening. New Jerusalem Lodge.
No. 8, Harmony Lodge, No. II. George G.
Whiting Lodge, No. u, Washington Chapter,
no. ?
Friday e7ening, Hope Lodge, No. 20, st.
5obn's Lodge, No. il, Mount Horeb Chapter,
30. z, Eureka Chapter, NO. 4
stGnsbuFy Lodge, No. a, win confer the
EE1s degree Monday, the 22d. A special COM
T7Lnicstion has been called Tor the third de-
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Right Worsbipful Brother ". n. Shryock
grand treasurer Of the Grand Lodge Of Mary
land, who is so pleasantly known TO Washing
ton Masons. is very III at his residence in
Baltimore. Mrs. Shryock, who has been vis-
fling in Brightwood, was telegraphed ior on
Tuesday last to start at once for home.
The Washington times., 1894-10-21

Eminent Commander Martin O'Connor OF
De MoIay Commandery was the happiest Tenn
plar in the city last Tuesday over the magni-
fcent success Of the annual inspection OF his
commandery.
The Washington times., 1894-10-21

Brother r. W. Best, of stansbury Lodge.
No. "a, has been selected as worshipful master
OF the new lodge which it is proposed to es-
tabisn al TakOma Park
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-19
THEY AGREE TO DISAGREE.

The result of the weeks work of the
conference committee on the tariff bill
is that the Senate conferees and the
House conferees are as far apart as ever
on the six most important schedules of
the bill, namely sugar, scoal, iron, cot
ton, woolens and metals. Neither side
has been willing to bulge a HAIR, and
the result is a decision to report the dis
ageement back to the two houses, and
ask further Instructions These instruc-
lions will be. it is generally believed, Tor
both sides to stick Then there will be
another period of wrangling, and again
irreconcilab BILE disagreement will have
to be reported. Then will come the
backing down stage of the game, and
where the backing down will be hardly
admits of doubt 1t will be in the
House, because German and Brice are in
position to compel the House to choose
between no bill and the Senate bill. The
manly course would be for the House
to choose no bill, rather than bill
radically different from the one it passed
and violative of all the principles laid
down IN the Democratic platform. But
the House will not take that course. The
Democratic members OF 1t dare not ac-
cept the consequence, (which would be a
substantial admission that the Demo
cratic party was utterly unable to deal
with the tariff, that it was so split up
into factions on the subject that it could
agree to no measure whatever. What the
House will do is to accept the Senate
bill. trusting that the public may be
deIuded into regarding it as an intelii-
gent measure of tariff reform in con :
sonance with the Chicago platform. The
representatives will make up wry faces
over it, but they will swallow it all the
same
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-19
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Either the Populists of Cumberland
county are very backward in coming
forward or else there are very few of
them, for their county and district con-
ventions hardly contained enough to fill
the nominations and nobody appeared to
know OF any reserve back of them to draw
from. All the gentlemen were perfectly
sure that they were right and that in
the end they must triumph though none
of them wished to hazard his reputation
as a prophet by setting any definite
period within which this certain victory
is to come. Judging from appearances
yesterday the new party is destined to
create only the faintest kind of ripple
in politics this fall. However, Mr. James
Il. Campion, who was nominated for
represent alive to Congress, may if he
bestirs himself, have the pleasure of SEQ
ing his name printed on the official ball
lot, and several other gentlemen nomi-
mated for county offices may enjoy a
similar satisfaction.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-19
BLACK DEATH"
The Victim Very Quickly succumbs TO a
Horrible Fate.
(From the Chicago Record

(From the Chicago Record.)
1t is fact strangely indicative of the
unchanging conditions of things in GER
tain oriental countries that the pestilence
which has been rayaging China is, in
the minds of those best competent to
judge, identical with the plague and the
"black death" which ragged in Europe
in the middle ages. and concerning
which the earliest historical reference is
over 1900 years old. The disease, which
is terrible in its infectiousness, is more
closely allied to typhus than to any other
malady known to the civilized world :;
but no typhus equals it either in the
horror of its sufferings or the rapidity
with which it does it's work. The VIC
tim of it succumbs very quickly after
exposure, and III majority of cases
dies in three days. The attendant symp-
toms and suTferlngS are quite as hideous
as history and tradition have painted
them.
Whatever other facts the doctors have
failed to ascertain concerning this strange
scourge of the orient it is pretty def
niJely settled that it is essentially filth
disease arising from total disregard of
all sanitary conditions. The countries
which it visits are generally those hav
ing the foulest cities and the filthiest
residents. And even in such places the
plague RACES fiercest in the unclean
quarters and leaves the decent portions
comparatively free. Some cities in
southern Russia, Constantlnople in
Turkey, Cairo in Egypt and the >ilthier
towns OF China have been the sites where
the epidemic has been most disastrous.
The present visitation of the pestilence
seems to be deadlipst in Hong Kong and
Canton, and it is the commerce from
these places that the quarantine officials
of the civilized world will watch with
most care,
Fortunately, however, the danger of
importing the scourge is almost nil
The dreaded celebrity of it's progress
is it's one virtue, and the chances of a
ship carrying the infection through a
weeks journey without discovery are
consequently not worth considering !.
The infected passengers could not sur
vive the trip.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-19

The Boston Globe calls upon the New
England Senators and Representatives
to use their influence for free coal. Most
of these Senators and Representatives
are Republicans, so the Globe has appar-
emily come to the conclusion that free
coal cannot be had without Repub lican
assistance. Two years ago according
to the Globe and other New England
Democratic organs, all that was necessa-
ry to secure free coal and iron for New
England was to elect Democratic adj
ministration. The Globe knows now
more than it did.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-19

The cholera has broken out again in
the East in yirulent form. The disease
is spreading with alarming rapidity
in Russia. On Saturday in st. Peters
burg alone 21s fresh cases and 60 deaths
were reported. The plague is also extend
ing itself throughout the Chinese empire.
but the authorities are srippressing the
number of deaths as the authorities in
certain European cities have done. In
Canton 10000 people are said to have
fallen victims to the epidemic. America
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-19

The President has signed the bill adj
uniting o tab as State, but she will
not be actually member of the Union
until her constitution is submitted to
the people and ratified, and the Presi-
dent has decided that it conforms to the
otsof Congress providing for her admis-
sion. The constitution will not be sub
naitted until November, 1895. That will
be time enough however, to enable her
to take part in the next Presidential
election.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-19

1t is rot surprising that Debs preferred
to go to Jail rather than give bonds In
jail he can keep himself away from the
interviewer, and what is still more impor.
tant for his peace of mind, away from
the thousands of laboring men who are
out of jobs because they trusted his lead.
ership. 1t can't be pleasure for Debs
to meet any of these men just now and
an imperative engagement with the State
will furnish an excellent excuse for keep.
ing out of their way.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-19

Gov. Matthews, of Indiana. announces
that he will be candidate for the
United States Senate to succeed Voor-
hees. If we must have a Democrat from
thews in preference to demagogue Voor
bees. During the recent strikes Mat
thews acted with promptitude and decis-
ion. and his conduct was in refreshing
contrast to Voorh cess whiting on all
important questions.