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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-11

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-11
FOR SALE OR RENT

FOE RENT.
The evening times., 1895-12-11
MR.. McBRIDE's ADDRESS.

President Mcbride, of the Federation OF
Labor, made an excellent address to the
delegates who are meeting in annual con-
veniion at New York, and the excellence is
largely embodied in his Recommendation,
for political action. The weak point, how
ever, is that the president of the Federation
could only suggest voting upon the old lines,
in support OF that candidate who could
promise most i'll support of those reforms
which are merely palliative, and in no way
permanent.
Mr.. Mcbride apparently has not yet
reached that degree OF informa ton which
compels him to understand that separate
and distinct action alone will give the wage
workers that representation which will
impress upon the whole people the aims and
determination Of the exploited class that
the means Of production and distribution,
national, State and municipal, shall be
owned by all, and not 10y few individuals.
The experiment Independence upon coerc-
ing members Of the old parties to vote
for labor reform merely in the interests of
their own re- election, has been tried for
long years, and failure has marked every
siep. Revolutions in politics are not ac-
complished by such means. Distinct and
separate action, led by men who have con-
yictions and courage, uninfluenced by per-
sonal considerations OF honor or profit, is
the one way that Will lead to political
success or advancement OF that ciuss which
Mr. Mcbride FRANKLY admits 10 in n cond;
ton Of economical and political sia very.
The evening times., 1895-12-11
Something Foreign.

The Strasburg monument Just erected
at Hasle is in memory OF the friendly help
given by switzerland to besiegcd Strasburg
during the Franco-Gcrnian war, when Gen.
Werder granted permission for non-combat- t.
ants to take refuge and accept the hospi-
tality Offered them by Switzerland. The
monument is by the sculptor RarlhOldi.
The preparatory works FOR another great
Russian railway engineering task has Just
been commenced in the Caucasus. This is
the long-projected junction of the rail-
way at Vladikavkns with the tran S.
Caucasian system at Tifiis.
Tie Orleans family bought In all the real
property OF the late Conlte de Paris which
was liquida ted recently. The Due d Orleans
has bought the chateau and woods of Eu
for 600 900, the Due d'Aumale the cha
teau OF Amboise. the Due de Monfpensier
the chateau OF Autonne for E16 900.
By a recent ministerial order in Russia
those Jews living in the interior who have
been members of a first-class guild for five
years are permitted to retain a permanent
domiciie in the places OF their present habi-
tation, and this privilege will descend to
their children.
The Carnavalet Museum in Paris has re-
Gently obtained possession OF an Invaluable
historic document in the shape of curious
picture representing the Pont Neuf at the
height of its celebrity in the seventeenth
century.
The evening times., 1895-12-11
MR.. BaRRETTs EFFORT.

With his first attempt II spread himself
Mr.. Willie Barrett OF Massachusetts has
practically convinced the country that
make a poor statesman.
Mr.. Willie Barrett has evidently forgot
ten the fate Of Mr.. George Freddie VIII
fans and Mr.. Sherman Hoar, whose youth
ful Bay State chapeauX, while they were
In Congress, were talked through so as
siduously that nothing was left OF those
head pieces but shreds and patches.
Mr.. Barrett should know that no matter
how criminal Mr.. Bayard may be in his
Anglophobia or partisanship, while fill
ing a position that should make him the
embodiment OF patriotism and bipartisan
breadth, he is not the real culprit He
gets his devotion to monarchic ins stitutions
from his Presidential godfather. His love
of British institutions is doubtless prompt
ed by an impulse similar to that of Presi-
dent Cleveland when he attempted to
destroy the Hawaiian Republic and re-
store a bestial queen to the throne, and
which has prevented him from giving even
whisper of a suggestion of sympathy
for the struggling patriots in Cuba.
OF course, all these things are trivial.
They do not make even a ripple upon the
steady stream of thought in the direction
Of the parliament Of man and federation
OF the world. But IL Mr.. Barrett must
aBathematize some one in the effort to
make himself ridiculous he should go TO
the headquarters of moDarchic sympathy.
The evening times., 1895-12-11
Official Oddities.

Portland, Ne, claims to have two of the
oldest ex- mayors in the country The
Hon. W. W. Thomas is ninet y-one years
and seven months old, and the Hon. Neal
Dow is just four months younger.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway re-
Gently appeared in a new role at the per
formance given by Stuart Cumberland in
Stockholm. Mr.. Cumberland does not
know Swedish, and his Interpreter failed
to appear; so the king. who is an excellent
linguist. offered his services, and explain
things to the crowded audience with sur.
prising case and fluency.
The youngest State Official in Mississippi
is said to be Milton III. Wood ward, recently
elected treasurer of Winston county He is
twenty one years old.
1t is said that Felix Faure, president of
France. has lost some of his popularity in
his endeayor TO increase 1t. He has been.
ii is hinted. all things to all men. His dem
ocratic methods have been employed to at
tach to his cause the poor and discontented
of the Parisians, while he has at the same
time entertaiaed larger number OF crown ed
heads at the Elysee than any one of his
predecessors.
An Indian known as Chief Bushy Joe died
at Amber. N ich., few ays ago at the
reputed age of one hundred and ten years
He was an expert hunter and ira pper, and
was out in the woods after game almost I'D
to the day he died.
The evening times., 1895-12-11
FOR NEEDED RELIEF.

Congress should no longer neglect the
welfare OF our children. Through lack of
sufficient facilities many of them are pre-.
vented from attending school where they
may he educated and prepared to become
worthy men and women. Elsewhere will
lie found an account of how thousa nds OF
them are annually sent to the workhouse,
to be finally established in a career OF vice
and crime.
Between the ages of seven and sixteen
is the most critical period OF life, so far as
the requirement or vicious habits is con-
cerned. After that time the brai in faculties
are stronger, and there is less danger of
thus becoming subject 10 bad influences.
1t is then the mind is being developed, and
II wrongly directed by contact with per-
sons hardened to sin the effect on the future
cannot be otherwise than disastrous. And
it is in this way that the welfare of nearly
seven thousand of our children is each year
pla ced in jeopardy by sentences to the work
house.
1t is absolutely necessary to have addi-
tional reform schools to prevent this whole
sale booming of girls and boys. Instead of
appropriating money to enrich spectators,
Congress should give ear to the appeals of
the public and provide greater and better
facilities for its protection. We want more
schools, better fire protection, q larger po-
lice force. improved sewerage, better public
lighting a library for the people, and above
all. more reform schools. Money expended
IN these necessities would benefit the gen
erai public; but the passage of a bond bill
would only increase our debt without Civ
ing relief where it Is most needed.
The evening times., 1895-12-11
THE PRESIDENT RECALLED.


1t seems that President Cleveland's hunt
ing junket not only delays the transmits
tum, but also prevents the publicity of Sec
rotary Carlisle's Treasury report. Mem
bcrs of the Cabinet have become alarmed
at this unusual and Unnecessary stoppage
OF public business, and have telegraphed
the President that Cabinet meeting should
be called not latsr than Monday y, to relieve
the situation and allay the growing feeling
that public affairs are being neglected TO
crafty sporting whim.
President Cleveland has established
precedent that deserves public condemna-
ton. His penchant for bunting and Fishing
has become almost mania. and nearly
half bis time is devoted 10 the use OF the
gun a nd the rod. This last excursion is Pc
culiarly unfortunate, inasmuch as ii delays
the transmission TO Congress OF one OF the
most important diplomatic documents OF
the present administration. II true, as re-
ported, that Lord salisbury's reply is an
absolute rejection OF our request for an
putc, then the practica biiity of the Monroe
doctrine is involved and our time-honored
determination that il shall be maintained is
Oh trial
In that event the administration must
either back down from the position taken
by Secretary oncy in his communca ton
to Lord Salisbury or serious complications
will ensue. There can be no half way meas
raven flukes 1t must either be the Monroe
doctrine or not, just as England elects, and
if she persists in enforcing her Venezuelan
demand there Will be something besides
boundary controversy to settle.
The delay in making public Secretary
Carlisle's report. occasioned by the abb
Sence of the President. is not of SO much con-
sequence. The less said about our financial
matters the better il will be for the finan-
cial world and as Mr.. Cleveia nd in his Mes
sage probably outlined the substance of
the report, there Is nothing new to be an
ticpated. The fact that it is being de-
layed to allow the President to work off q
hunting fever is enough TO create feeling
of indisn nation; and the Severe criticism of
this un-Presidentiai conduct by the press
throughou the country is perhaps the chief
reason why the Cabinet is anxious for Mr..
return.
The evening times., 1895-12-11


and win Of the Senator was induced By
eron load had been carried - long as
it could be endured. II that be the fact
the words Of Cameron may be Interpreted
to mean that Senator Quay will find his
old partner arrayed on the side of the
porcine combine which suffered SO disas-
trously last year.
II this be the fact Pennsylvania may be
expected to furnish new political sonsa-
tiOrs in the near future. Quay has hold
upon his people which Will not easily be
shaken, but If the living chief of the
clan Cameron takes hand in the fray
there will at least be an additional in
terest in the manipulations Of Pennsyl-
vaDia politics
The evening times., 1895-12-11
than $40 a week for every such patient

than $40 a week for every such patient
Payment in full or in part may be received
from patients III the second class, and shall
be secured whenever practicable, accord
ing to the means of the patient.
.'AH moneys received from patients for
treatment or support shall be forthwith
turned over to the proper officer of the
District OF Columbia for deposit in the
Treasury Of the United States under such
regulations as the Commissioner OF the
District may prescribe, and said Conmis-
sioDers shall have authority to make and
to change all regulations concerning the
management of the hospital and the sys-
TEN to be pursued therein"
The impression is gaming ground that
the bill will go through. 1t is generally
conceded by Congressman some Of
them are expert judges-that drinking is
disease and should be treated from 4 scien-
tific standpoint.
The especially strong point is the fea-
ture of trying tn cure the regular police
court bum-the man who spends all his
sober moments in the workhouse. If he
could be cured and made a respectable
citizen the chief aim of the bill will have
been accomplished.
The evening times., 1895-12-11

Congress has been asked to go into the
wholesale temperance business.
1t will not join in the moral suasion plan
OF "Biue Ribbon Murphy, or the oath
clad formulas of the secret temperance So
cieties. 1t is 10 go in from the scientific
standpoint.
1t will be asked to build a hospital for the
care and cure OF inebriates in the District
OF Columbia. The bill providing for this
has been introduced in the house by Mr..
Merdeith.
This hospital is TO be erected at once,
if Congress sees fit TO appropriate the
necessary funds. But can any patients
be found in the District? Mr.. Meredith
is mum on the question of necessity.
CURE OF INEBRIATEs.
The bill as introduced authorizes and
directs the Commissioners of the District
to establish and maintain u hospital for
inebriates, for the treatment and cure
of persons suffering from the habituai
excessive use of alcoholic liquors, which
shall be a public Institution OF tie District
OF Columbia and under the control of the
Commissioners.
1t also provides that the officers and en-
pioyes of the hospital shall be as follows:
One medical superintendent, who shall he
paid an annual salary not exceeding one
thousand eight hundred dollars; one hospi-
tai steward, whose annual compensation
shall be q sum not exceeding six hundred
dollars; one male attendant, at an annual
compensation not exceeding four hundred
and eighty dollars. The hospital stewa rd
and the male attendant shall be appointed
as special police officers during their term
of service in said hospital.
One matron, at an annual salary OF not
to exceed $500; one cook, at an annual
compensation not greater than SiSO; one
laundress, at an annual compensation not
exceeding S144; one female servant, at an
annual compensation not greater than
S120. All cinployInents for said service
in said hospital shall be by resolution of
the board of Commissioners, who may at
any time remove any persons 81 employed.
The Commissioners shall have authority
TO lease premises for the nse OF the hospital
for inebriatcs, at an annual rental not ex-
ceeding 81 800, and to expend for furnish
irg and maintenance such sums as may be
necessary a md from time to time be dul Y ap-
propriatcd therefor.
The hospital shall have care of persons
Of the following classes to the extent of its
capacity to receive and treat them:
''Such persons as may be committed TO
said hospital By the police court or criminal
court of the District. and the judges of said
courts shall have power TO commit to said
hospital for a period not to exceed ninety
days any person who may be convicted OF
the habitual excessive use of alcoholic
who might otherwise be arnenable
TO commitment to the workhouse. and any
person SO committed may be at any time dis
from such hospital upon proof
that he has been cured. and the certificate
of the medical superintendent OF said hos
pital may he accepted as evidence In. such
ceedings.
for treatment in said hospital by the Com
niissioners af the District OF Columbia.
PAY FOR TREATMENT.
.Such persons as may Voluntarily apply
for admission In said hospital and pay for
treatment and support therein MT les
The evening times., 1895-12-11
For Country Cousins.

The heaviest horse in New England is said
to be one owned in Somerset, VT, and used
in numbering on the mountains. 1t is
Clydesdale, is five years old. stands eigh-
teen hands high and weighs 2, 100 pounds.
A horse weighing 800 pounds is noticea bly,
big.
Large quantities Of turkeys raised on
Connecticut farms are being shipped to Eu-
rome for Christmas.
An almost perfect cedar tree was dis.
covered buried It q depth of 1T0 feet below
the surface Of the earth near Eureka juno
ton, WASH, by weE-diggers last week.
Large pieces of the trunk and branches were
taken out, and SO well preserved was the
tree that the grain OF the wood was very
plain. The well was dug through soft soil
and soapstone and a little basaitic rock
near The surface.
Some idea of the rate at which Maine for
e5ts are being Converted into paper is had
from the fact that three mills 10 PeDobscot
county turn out train load OF pulp a day,
consisting usually OF from seventeen TO twen.
ty carloads. There are pulp mills al four
other places in fe6obscot county.
An albino partridge, the tips OF its white
feathers tiuted with pink, is the latest
freak brought cat OF the Maine woods.
The evening times., 1895-12-11
SENATOR cAMERoS,s WILL.

One passage in the last will and testa-
meDt OF Senator Don Cameron, whose
-autobiograpiiical obituary has just been
given to the country, is very significant.
The silent Senator declares that he will
he able to serve his friends In more sat
isfactory way as a private citizen than
he has been able to do as Senator.
This remark may be looked at from
two points OF view. Mr.. Cameron has
served his friends to very poor purpose
in the Senate. He could not serve them
LEGS valiantly in private life. 1t may be.
however. that Mr.. Cameron purposes be-
ang moro dangerous In the future than
he ever has been in the past, and that
he may intend to serve his friends by
p0nishing his enemies, who have virtually
driven him from the Senate.
It b said that the self-wrltten obituary
The evening times., 1895-12-11
CLUB OF CHILD ACTORS.
Train for the Stage, But Seldom Gro,
Up in the BUSINESS.


Up in the business.
Boston Cor. New York Press.
THE stage children of Boston have an
organization that scarcely any one but
actors know about. THE Merry Makers
Dramatic Club" is the title of the society,
at Dorothea House. No. l3 Warrcnton
street, right in the heart of the tenement
district, which divides the South End and
the business section OF the city.
1t is unique little association, this
guild of child actors, who are such import ant
adjuncts to the majority of elaborate pro-
ductions. and the boys and girls find it
profitable, too, as many managers are
glad to take adva ntage of the opportunity
TO get the best CHILD talent at short
notice. The little ones do not belle their
title. either, for a nierrier crowd it would
be hard to find.
Occasionally they pr rsduce some light piece
on their own hook. and delight Boston with
a glimpse OF charming ingenuuusness seldom
seen on the adult stage They are always
favOrites am,'ng the great stars who visit
Boston, and one pretty little boy has the
distinction If being kissed by Ellen Terry.
He is the envy of all his associates now.
Il was in a recent performance nf Much
Ado Ahmt Nothing" He was one OF those
diminutfve pages grouped about one end OF
the stage during the bailronm scene.
InOSe III CBirSe VI DoIotied hocst tdhe
excellent care OF the young actors and ac-
iresses. They are not allowed 10 sing,
recite dance or take part In any Perform
ance until it has been approved by thuse in
authority.
1t is also seen that they are not kept
out too late at night, and that they are
not overtaxed in any way. There are
always some arrangements made SO that
the children will never have to return home
alone after evening entert ainments.
Yet with all this training it Is a strange
fact that not many OF these children 60
upon the stage permanently after they
have ceased to be "cbild actors" After
they have passed the age limit Of child
hood they are OF no more valne on the
stage. One afternoon in the week the
children have q social gathering. Then
they invite few friends to Join them,
and they hare great time.
The evening times., 1895-12-11

given the honor to Pittsburg, on account of
accouchement of the Republican party &c
Cured. But not even the eloquence of
Representative Dalzell, splendid rs it was,
giving new evidence OF the Astounding abil-
ity OF that rapidly-advancing young states
man, could becioud the fact that Missouri
Republican line, and that the most ordi-
nary party shrewdness suggests she should
have all the encouragement possible.
st. Louis will mt pack the convention in
the interest of any one candidate, as Chi
cago attempted Ia do in furtherance of the
nomination OF Judge Gresham in 1888.
That was a performance ON the part OF the
Chicago newspapers and local management
which should forever debar that municipal
scattermcDt from securing another ma
tional convention.
The June atmosphere of St Louis Is
balmy. The hotels are respectable. The
hall is quite adequate. / Mississippi water
is bad, the beer is good. Odnrs which might
be offensive are overpowered by the gentle
perfume of malt and Limburger. The
Sundays are not OF the Puritanic, Manhat-
tanese OF Bnstonese kind. NICK inleyism is
not-rampant, Protective tariffisIn fails
like gentle dew from heaven instead of
playing the role of cloudourst
In short, st. Louis is really about the
best choice the Republicans cnuld have
made, and the Democrats Will probably
be forced 10 follow suit To counteract the
party influence OF the presence of the con-
yention.
The evening times., 1895-12-11
Heard by the Louneer.

TN THE lobby a the Cochran last evening
l. Representative Griffin of Eau Claire
Wis, talked about some Interesting things
from the Badger State.
III you want Ia know what the people of
Wisconsin are most Interested in it's the
tariff; you may depend on that. Or course,
they are interested in a sound currency,
bat there are very few silver men in the
State. and there is nothing new at home 10
arouse particular interest In the subject.
But the vast lumber and wool interests
make a protective tariff or supreme in
terest to our people.
mo, 1 cau't say whether Congress viii
attempt a tariff measure during the pres
cot session OF not. l can do anything but
forecast future events. 1t Is my opinion,
however, that a tariff bill viii not be passed.
1 should favor instead a slight revision OF
the present law by certain amendments
which will help us to raise some revenues.
That is the most crying need at present
In local affairs Wisconsin is just now
interested in reaprortionment OF tie leg
islative districts. You see, Wisconsin has
grown northward SO rapidly tnat we have
come to expect rcapportionment every
ten years. Three attempts have been made.
Two of them proved Unconstitutional, and
the other is grossly unsatisfactory"
The evening times., 1895-12-11

THE St. Louis men were a happy lot of
L Western representative citizens last
night.
They assured all who came to congratulate
them that II was Just as they told them"
One member OF the delegation said
I'VE haven't done with our shouting yet
We are going right home and continue our
shouting a nd ma ke sure that our people give
You right royal welcome and the best ac-
commodations which any cit In this country
canOffer 10 a natfonal political convention
'St. Louis is great city. a nd we will show
you next summer that she nea Mt all she
promised"
The evening times., 1895-12-11
Bogus Detective ARRESTED

Policeman Hill of the Eighth precinct last
night arrested VIM. Ellis, the man who has
been representing himself as an enipioye OF
Detective Lacey, and who has been obtain-
ing goods and money on such representa-
fions- When arrested he had four bottles
OF brandy that came from case stolen
few nights ago from Ergood's wine store.
Heis held on suspicion, and Defective Lacey
10 investigating his transactions,
The evening times., 1895-12-11
ONE far Southern Senator last nigh

( me far Southern Senator last night
~ said that If this session Gid an ything.
1t ought TO be TO attend To several inpor-
tant matters right here in Washington.
He said that he was intensely interested in
beautifying the capital. Wliut was more
important. though, he was Interested in
seeing 1t protected.
Dol. u can1assurc You that your attitude on
the question OF additional police protection
has not only attracted the attention of tt,e
people. but it has brought the matter to
the notice OF many members OF Congress,
who had not before thought much about
it." ne said.
Yes, you may put ii down as safe
prediction that something will be done at
this session in the matter that your pa per
is urging