Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-05-23


cd. Dupcnx's Election Sec. Gresham
Japan and China Gail Hamilton
The Ineome TEz, Go.
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1895.
Friday was great day for the small
boy, and for the boy Of larger growth.
The greatest show on earth, the original Bar
mum Combination, now Barnum and Bail.
ey Circus came to town. with tweEty-four
elephants, big and little, but all dirty, ugly
creatures, lions, tigers, camels and the
pres.iest pair Of zebras-woolly horses,
and monkeys by the score. The street.
parade was really fine. The horses mag.
nificent animals with coats like silk. The
Congress OF Nations attractive aswell as
instructive and the clowns for there were
two. had the same old Jokes, at which every
one laugh.
Yes, the circus came, was seen and has
gone leaving Washington poorer by many
thousand dollars and several hundred cats.
for the street gamsns having neither gold
nor silver to worry them use cats as q
circulating medium during circus days.
The lions and ugers have 10 be fed, they
are not fastidious, snd the small boy for
days before the show arrives catches cats
and thus pays his entrance fee.
Every one goes to the circus, grave states
men, learned judges, the man Of war and
the man of peace, all attend, throw dull
care 10 the dogs, and eatpea nuts while
they laugh at the clowns stale jokes.
Not week passes that convention OF
some kind does not meet here, and as the
delegates usually bring their sisters and
their aunts" the city is never without
tourists making the rounds Of the public
buildings, peering into the rooms where
the clerks are and making remarks IL
matters not be they complimentary or
otherwise.
The latest aggregation TO rendezvous here
was the Police Captains Of the country.
A. fine. determined body of men bent on
They agreed 10 use the Bartillion system
for the Identification Of criminals. who in
future had better wear gloves. or thumb
stalls. The thumb il the instrument by
which the guilty are TO be convicted. No
two thumbs have the same lines on the
ball. To prove this cover the thumb with
lamp black and then press il gently on .
bit Of white paper.
The impression of q blood stain thumb
was the means of convicting murderer in
the West An impression was taken ofhis
thumb, the lines Of both impressions mag.
nified and foand TO be Identical.
The Colored Baptists held their annual
meeting here and passed resolutions con.
solida'ing the churches In the District with
aose in Maryland.
Mir. Reed paid flying visit here ostensi-
bly, to see Mr.. Hitt who for weeks has
teen seriously i'll. AS he is an intimate
friend Of the next speaker. and booked for
chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, Mr.. Reed Is much concerned
about him. Mr.. Reeds visit following 20
close upon those OF ex-Secretary Foster,
Mr.. Plat and Gov. Alger has caused no
little speculation.
The election OF Col. Dupont by the dying
Legislature Of Delaware, will raise an in
teresting question when his credentials as
Senator are presented TO the Senate for they
will not be signed by the acting Governor.
Secretary Gresham continues iii and the
Assistant Secretary has 10 attead TO all
foreign matters. Just now there Is much uu-
easiness felt over the situation in Behring
Sea, and at any moment few shots may
he exchanged between the English and
American gun boats cruising there, the one
TO protect and the other TO prevent sealing.
There has been grave misunderstanding
somewhere, and revenue cutter has been
sant In hot haste TO overtake and give
instructions to our ships
| Japan has settled with China to her own
satisfaction now turns to Corea and For.
mosa over which she HOSTS her dag, aad IL
IL said or feared that Hawaii may be en-.
nexed before the United States acts, for
there Is much larger number Of japanese
in the little island than Americans and
English combined.
Gail Hamilton Tor Abigail Dodge) the
well known writer, while visiting Mrs.
James G. Blaine has been stricken with
paralysis. Miss Dodge is cousin of Mrs.
Blaine and was assisting her in preparing
the memoirs Of the "great commoner"
Secretary and hrs. Carlisle Left today
for Memphis, Tenn, to attend the sound
Money Convention where he will make
speech on the financial policy Of the ad-
ministration. From Memphis, he viii 90
% Kentucky where from all accounts they
viii receive him right royalty. for in spite
Of the silver craze. to which the Secretary
il opposed. Kentucky is proud of her H.
lustrious son and viii not fail 10 do him
honor
Asst Secretary Curtis lels today and win
sail on "Wednesday with thirty millioa
bonds for the foreign syndicate. These
binds are the old i've per cent and are to |
run for thirty years. The number Of cou.