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Evening star., 1896-11-07


necessity for providing mmodern municipal
home for the District government
Other oitfes have obeen fortunate in re-
ceiving the benefits Of the philanthropfc ef-
founded one of thes noblest collections OF
books In this countsy, formerly known a
! the Ast"r Library. but now merged into the
great institution called the New York Pub.
William B. Astor upward Of @55OOOO and
another John Jacob Astor 100000. The
value Of the total endowment Of the great
Astor Library at this END Of the year 1891
nent part OF the Ne5v York Public Library
the Lenox Library, was built upon dona-
tions by Mr.. James Lenox, aggregatina
100000 In cash, besides books. works OF
The endowment Of the 1Tilden foundation
from the estate of the late Samuel J. TIL
den is over $2,OO0,OOO. Thus the New York
Pun1c Library today represents money
S4,3s5,OO OOo-a sum the mere mention of which
should open the purses of public-spirited
citlzens OF great wealth in every city In
the land.
Other Munifcent Gifts.
The late John Crerar of Chicago gave in
cash by his will over 81, $50, 600 for the
benefit Of the John Crerar Library of that
city. Other bequests will bring the total
amount of this generous gift up to more
than 81. 10000
Chicago has benefited also from the gen.
erosity of Mr.. Walter L, Newberry, who
peg oeaueathed i to the Newberry Library one
half Of his estate, representing today an
endowment Of $2,5lDOOO.
frooabiy the most notable work done
IN thlS direction by any man during his
n1etlme is that accomplished by Mr.. An
drew Carnegie who has given in money
$1.loo,UD for the establishment Of one Of
.ne .e most complete libraries in the world.
Mr Carnegie believes in the education of
the publc along elevating lines. He holds
lhat the eest means of accomplishing this
result Is to place within their reach the
pest DOCKS, the best m>Isic, and the bes:
specimens of art. Therefore the great Car
negie Library in Pittsburg includes music
nan ana an art gallery. 1t is a monument
10 inns mans sagacity, generosity ami
pnllanthropy. In addition to this one in
st'utlon he has made other gifts for the
eTectlon OF libraries, one of which Is at
homestead. costing $4,U.9tD; another at AL
ieshany, costing SOn,UO, and others are
located at Johnstown, Pa, Fairfield, Ohio,
ana Edinburgh, Ayr and Dumferline, Scot
land. ~
Baltimore enjoys the fruits of the benefl-
Gehce ,e OF the late Enoch Pratt. who In
1882 offered the city a library building
costing a quarter of a million and an en-
doWment of $S}3 :I3 on condition that
n.e 1ne CITY create perpetual annuity of $780,
w payable to board of trustees.
other cities have had similar experiences
and their stores of learning are made cor
respondingly more valuable
washington does not at this time expect
10 ENJOY the munificence of a Carnegie
Pratt, As;or or Lenox. But 1t lays before
us us u thousahGs o of people of comparatively
small income, whose aggregated mites can
contribute splenoidly to Il worthy cause
tne opportunity to build up free public
library worthy Of the national capital.
Evening star., 1896-11-07

considered as a supplement Of the educa-
tional system Of the District. 1t Is All off,
cial institution in every sense, and yet one
In which the people have prime interest.
1t is the growth Of a public demand rising
from an utter lack Of local circulating IL
brary facilities. Appeals have been made
to Congress for long time to supply this
deficiency. Unanswerable arguments have
been presented to show that this city had
been sadly neglected in this respect. The
public authorities had always considered
that the Congressional Library constituted
poses, forgetting that this great collection
Of volumes is not available for circulating
purposes, and fs not open at night.
Two years ago the board Of trade took up
public library. which made diligent re-
search into statistics and facts relating to
such institutions in other cities, and in and
out Of season pressed the claims of the Dis
trict for consideration in this particular.
Two reports were made by this committee
to the board of trade, and again and again
its members appeared before the commit
tees of Congress and urged the passage Of
q bill similar to that which received the ap-
proval of the President last June. The agi-
tation was unremtting, Notwithstanding
early disappointments and dscoura gements.
The committee worked not entirely as busi-
ness men, nor as individuals, nor even as
members of the board Of trade. They soon
found that they represented not alone their
own desires and interests, but also those Of
three separate and distinct classes of peo-
pie. These were the children attending the
public schools in the District, who in 1894
aggregated $1,000: the government en-
ployes numbering over 10000. and the
working men of the District, the number
of whom engaged in manufacturing indus
tries alone was shown by the census of
1890 to exceed $1,000 Here were over &c.
900 people Of special classes. many OF them
representing families. whose work required
such attention to business during the day
that library, to be serviceable to them,
must be open at night for consultation or
else placed upon circulating basis in
order that the books might be taken to
their homes.
All Washington Interested.
In addition to these special classes, the
committee labored for many thousands of
other citizens. making a total large enough
to warrant close attention by Congress to
this great subject. Practically all Wash
Evening star., 1896-11-07

lnSton appealed for free public library
through this agency. The labor organiza-
lions supplemented the work of the boa ri
OF trade committee and added their influ-
erce ana arguments to the cause The
various associations Of citizens in the dif
ielent sections of the District passed reso-
iGliohs and encouraged the board of trade
e"nl'ittee 10 continue in the work The
sthool authorities gave the movement their
earnest approval and the parents OF tho
thousands of children who were deprived
OF the benefits of free library facilities
$1,000 Deh1nd the committee I'm every move
mus tne institution today represents the
cuihhhatlon or the hopes of practically tho
chtire population of the District. and il is
10 be expected that the various elements
that contributed to the success Of 1he Grs,
3'aSe' that OF securing the initiatory le pis
iauon. Will now continue to lend a hand in
the succeeding efforts. The fight for iaeis-
latlon Is not yet entirely won. Not only
n nus. .nc appropriations asked for by the
iiissiohers De secured. and on the basis
hiSed ny them. but permission must h.a oh
tanned to transfer to the municipal Hhrarv
CERTAIN books that are now useessly cum
beflng the shelves Of the COnpress;on.l -
brary duplicates of unconvriphted vi
uneS. and perhaps the twenty thous,nd
miscellaneous "olumes now scattered ap,ng
the technical and reference works Of tbe
3epartmental libraries. There arc abo,t
fourteen thousand books of the first class.
so that 1f these efforts are successf,I tbn
llpraIy VIII receive about thirty-four thous
ana books in addition to those that ba,,o
heen already contributed by private fndi-
viduals H"'' ihoi-
The Librnry's Home.
There is another object to be secured
from Congress in this connection. The act
or June provides That said library shall
ne located in some convenient place in tine
city OF Washington. to be designated bv the
commissioners of the District Of Columbia
upon the recommendation of the trustees Of
said library: provided, that in any mimi
cipal building 20 be hereafter erected in
SAID District suitable provision shall be
MADE for said library and reading room
suflcient to accommodate not less than
10000 volumes" ''s'''
Inc library cannot be said to be thor
oughly established until it has obtained q
permanent home 1t is. therefore, to the
cest interests of the library that the pro-
posed municipal building shall be erected at
once ana though the citizens of Washing
.on 90 not as rule. require urging on
.hls score. yet the needs of the library
form an additional reason why every Wash
1ngtonian should this winter neglect M
opportunity to bring before Congress the
Evening star., 1896-11-07
American University,

DR.. BeiIer, the vice chancellor. is maLinp
tour through Pennsylvania in the interest
OF the university
Bishop Hurst Is. at Pittsburg attending
the meetings of the freedmens aid and
board OF church extension committees this
week From Pittsburg he will 90 to De-
1roit to attend the meeting or the general
missionary committee next week, and will
return TO Washington about the 18th in
slant.
The work on the hall of history is pro-
eresslng rapidly. Four blocks of granite
each weighing thirteen tons, were placed
IN position this week
Evening star., 1896-11-07
No Wonder She Left.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
Lady Gn pursuit of a cook)-"Why die
you leave your placer
Cook-"I couldn't stand the dreadful way
the master and the mistress used to quar-
rel, num-.
Lady-"What did they used to quarrel
about?"
Cook-"The way the dinner was cooked,
num-
Evening star., 1896-11-07
Transfers of Real Estate

1hns. f. Waggaman - ~ trustees, to James n
Nicholson lot 80 blk. .. cri'iian Hill; So. 800.
Ldw. ). Morgan q ny. 10 Rebecca A. Wolfe 10.
10. blk. 5. Brookland: $1,000.
Anna NJ Cole to Eunice W. Dickey lot q. ST.
1919: $40.
David H. Gottwals to Julia F. and Mary G. Colt
part lot 20. blk. 43, Homead Manor; $40
VIM. W Mcdonald ct Kei,ecca F. Web
ster, lot % 81. 7j6: $40.
Jno. = Rich g. ux. to Jacob W Collins lot
81. Sl3; $40. y
=. Adde simpson to James II. Meriwether part lot
y, 81 154; $40.
Evening star., 1896-11-07
A Serious Case.

From the New York Weekly.
Mrs. Briske-"Johnny, did the doctor call
while / was out?"
Little Johnny (stopping his play)-"Yes'm
He felt my pulse an looked at my tongue,
and shook his head and said it was very
serious case, and he left this presentation,
and said he'd call again before night"
Mrs. Briske-"Gracious me. 1t wasn't YOU
l sent Him to see; 1t was the baby"
Evening star., 1896-11-07
We. are the people who
quote the lowest prices.
johnson
luattrell,
zH3 Market Space.

However low the prices we quote
you may come with confidence that
they are for articles OF merit. In
ferior goods are dear at any price
such we never sell. Price is not the
test of value-LOW price for SU-
PERIOR GOODS is test.
These bargains for Monday and
all the week:
COlored Dress Goods.
oTHERwisE Es fsfs' THY HEY WoIrL6ST bS HERE ASD
THEN FOR WILL SHOW OUR IEIERMINA.
TI9S fs TO Go sFIs An II rt1s f2NEioS qoWN IN
At 2Sc.
C;c"ss. eornprisns seinch Aiiwool Irmures, sergcs
Novelty CLeviots. Halfwool Plaids, etc.-worth
FROM 2oc- Soc.
AT 30c.
DC yard for telnsh AlwSol Hsnrie.tas and
Is the prevailing price for the above.
At 4oc.
+ec. yard for choice of almost endless variety
Of 3>-inch Rough-efect Novelties; also Shepherd
At 75c.
4
Bicycle Suitings-same others "sc. quality.
At 08c.
esc- ward for 4G-lnch Imported Dress Stuns. in
two-tonei boucIe effects, Real value, sl.25.
At SH.25.
s12o a yard for 52-ir,h Scotch Novelties. in
hcuei" and two-tOne effects. Actual value, Sit
AT II Hc.
12lsC. 4 YARD FOR 2s,INCII BRIGHT COTTON
W0OL ONES THAT SELL FOR i5C.
Black Goods Specials
For the coming week
At 2gc.
25e. a ward for s6-inch Atwood French sergcs
and Ienriettas usual price, 3oc
4ec. for Sgc. MoH1airs.
Meiairs. or The Plain sirians, Rough Effects, stc.
AT Szhc.
s7l4c a yard for 42-nch Black Novelty suitinge.
in the creIon .r1ects-worth sl.2,.
sfM ErKIA lEkS SA ssb u HEArks hEAnh TkSGH at ASn
49C. 6s'C. AMI l9C.
Silk Specials.
6sc. for 87Hc. Duchess.
69r. for Ar-silk Black Satin Duchess. We guar
aptec this TO give satisfactory wear.
At eSc.
"sc- yard for extra heavy 24-ineh Black Fig
Erred Satin puchcss-worth S1.2o: and Sl.3J for
the best grade OF BLACK Figured Duchess. The
prevailing price for the latter is s1.I5.
At SI.OO.
81 a yard for 27-inch extra heavy plain Black
Duchess. qualify we've never before offered fvr
les than $50
zQc. for ST. VelVets.
7Oc q yard Monday and all the
coming week for the SIoo Colored
Silk Nelvets.
32-inch Black Silk Nelours, suit
able for Ladies Capes, Jackets, etc.
at $3.50, So, $3.50 and $3.50 yard
Evening star., 1896-11-07
The Cheerful Idiot.

From the indianapolis Journal.
''I see that they caught the fellow who
broke out of Jail last week." said the
boarder who was looking over the paper.
''Of course" said the Cheerful Idiot. "A
fellow who breaks out Is sure to be spot
ted"
Evening star., 1896-11-07
Blanket Specials.
LOS for $3.50 Blankets

80 pairs OF 1914 White Wool Blankets-Our regu-
lar $3.50 grade-for Monday aEd all the week at
s1.9s pcir.
At S3.zS.
s9.I5 pair for ia White Wool Blankets 4
quality we will not lie enabled to offer for less
than s, when these gone.
WE HAVE LOWER AND HIGHER PRICED
EIA\kETS ALL OF WHICH ARE GOOD VAL
les: BUT THE TWO SPECIALS QUOTED
ARE EXTRAORDINARY VALUES.
SPECIAL EAIasAINS IN COT-rON-FILLED COM
FORTS FROM 9s,'. To $50 EACH.
Ell,EI;IIDWN COMFORTS FROM S4.9S To $40
EACII.
Evening star., 1896-11-07
Furniture.

stock Is equal 20 the
demands Of the need.
We've got the finest
that's III q d Q - and
we've got the lowest
priced that You'll find
1t worth your while
to buy. Our custom
ers know what a COM
plete variety we
show. 1t will pay
, YOU to learn. Twill
save you some worry
|, and some money 10
know.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-03-14
Railroad Aul,Ir..

Santa fr engine W.. 81, in churg" Of
Engineer John llrrb.rrr. il being fitted
with a Houston patent sanding appar
atus which * L. h" operated 10y air. aud
whicI Is the second apparatus ~ this
kind 10 h. made part of the equipment
OF Santa fe locomotives.
TIL" ordinary sanding apparatus in use
On locomotives works automatically by
pressnr" from the amount II sand stored
In the sand tower. but often difficulty II
experienced from stoppagc In the pipes.
In the Houston apparatus compressed
air forces the sand through the pipes, and
does away with all such difficulty
Engine lU9 will also be- equipped with
this apparatus In n few days. and IL Il
prssihle that II will H. intruluc,d nn all
Santa Fe passenger engines. Topeka
journal.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-03-14

Tuf Santa fe county republican pri
marie- we're well and largely attended
and the santa fe county convention. Il
select eight delegates u the republican
convention In this city on the I'D inst.
will fire the first gun 81 the present cam
paign and will be the beginning VI the
end u the present democratic admins,
tratlon In New Mexico.
ONE Of the news items u this week
notes the sale ~ a street railway In Oh,
city Of Mexico Tor t7.000,"m The prin
cipal news about street railways In thl,
country In the last three years has beer
In relation 70 foreclosures, silver stand
ard Mexico seems tO be away aheat
II gold standard CleyelRndVillr. ruebl,
Chieftaln.
lT l. stated from Washington that thu
presidents denial Of the published state
mrnt regarding the position Of the nd
ministra,ion ON the Cuban matter, wa,
intended u BE- n rebuke " Mr, Oiney
who gave out the statement Tor publica
tinn, and II IL rumored that Olney nov
Intends u resign.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-03-14

In n number " places during the winter
just past. and at mnst " ,hese places
preparations Tor active work during the
coming season ARE already we'll advanced.
The accounts ~ the discoveries In Qur'-
ton are not fairy stories. The alleged
llud- are not located nj far away aud
'ntccr--ihl" paints, which cannot hr
/ reached, frt the rutlsr-" ~ verifying III"
uiptt~. hut are all at paints accessible
. lN established roads aud what II more
Important from u lral Ioin, II view.
/ the nu-t valuable u them are convenient
h. Albuquerque.
| The latest new uvli ~ Importance ~
I IN the laifunr mountains the huge darn
tna-- that l'"iu- w -o prominently IN the
southwest AMI ~ plain view from all
part ~ albuquerque.
Ihs district ha- i~rn known fut many
wears. tut ~" discovery ~ gold there
Cripple ,t,p.k region. the couutr, ha,
lr"u tralul-"l over Nv ptn-p"ct"t- ever
sine" The lt,l \mrticau immigration To-
M country. but thr veins. with whlrh
thr camp j. SCANNED, every few hundred
feet, show uuthlug At the surface but
small Particle 81 gal"na and hrnc" ~"
universal verdict ~ pru-I"ctots has been.
nothing tut little lead
Taking uur vt these veins. short tiur
ago -"u" Nhupu"rIu" par,ts- under
to-k 90 ANrlup lead mlur believing
that ~ sinking shaft thry would hnI
enough lead IT, paw fur working. They
iid not iini lead. but they dii tub tuck
that carried gold and -o rich that 1t ~
tuni.hrd them. Other parties frum here
then uair claims IA the sam" vicinity
here l. NATURAL, gu-i heal ~ excite
m"ut over thr matter. and u great deal NJ
work viii be- i"ur ~ the camp during
The coming -rd,uu All subsequent tr-t-
ha," served 1" confirm the first rrprrt ut
gold IA paying quantities. AMI th"-" Who
have visited thu district are Nrr, conn
lent that tt viii -ruu make itself known
~ "tl" 81 the richest CAMPS ~ Ia" -outh
west
| Equally encouraging rpurt- haN" h,"n
received from several other districts. and
the man who wants to Try hl- luck III
the mines can reach ANY unr 1T half n
io1rn g,"d CAMPS, b, daN'- drive from
| ilhugucrlur.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-03-14
DtSItiItT COZ ri.


Marian" ArmIj" Acquitted 1T the ,rIm-
at nisam,.
The trial ~ Mariana Armijo. which con
stunned the time " the court all la, sat
urday. was concluded aud sent Ia the Jury
after being ont about half an hour. re-
turned n verdict 81 not guilty.
The testimony Developed the fact that
Mariana WAS married a. n certain clara
Wallace in the month ~ March, 1854. and
lived with her up to the fall ~ lSg91. when
he returned Ia New Mexico. Father Car.
lus rer~onr testified that on Christmas
day ~ lSoi. Mariana. In company with
hiS first wife. Lola Chavez de- Luna, came
Ia him, and Zach said that they had de-.
termined Ia live together again ~ hlI4.
band and wife, hut lnasnuchas the Cath.
oil church d0es moi rrcogniz" divorces. h.
did not perform n marriage ceremony.
In his charge Ia the jury the court in.
s,ruct,d In effect that II the Jury believed
that the defendant AMI Lola iha,rS lie,
Luna presented themselves before the
priest. aud there In his presence agreed Ia
again become husband aud wife that that
constituted "A marriage, notwithstanding
there was 10 actual marriage ceremony
performed.
IL IL not necessary Ia SAY that. under
the circumstances, the verdict Was a great
surprise a. the public.
The ease II the nited States ~ Jnr.
giana v. tie Stone was dismissed this
morning. and ~ TuE CITIZEN gees Ia
press the casr of the United States ". u.
u, Spencer, indicted for timber trrspas4.
i on trial, The defendant II represented
lay Hon. vt, Morrison ~ Santa fr.
On the territorial side 0f the court, the
motion docket was called this morning.
aiid ~ the eases sci Tor disposition un this
day there was not AN attorney appeared.
This did not deter the Judge from pro
ceeilng with the call. AMI every motion
and demurrer set for argument for this
day wIlI O,"rTiIlh.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-03-14
IO>IfW>S SbW Ni\I'o

hill now pending IN congress Iur
amending the public lands laws, has one
paragraph which irnmrdiatrl! Interests
all settlers on the public domain IN New
Mexico, II j. a. follows
In case II contest " tn the mineral ~
agricultural character of land the t,sti.
mony and prurfs may hr taken under
such notice and regulations ~ the com
missioner Of the general land oilirr may
prescribe, provided that the presence al
rock IN place ~ ~ drpn~itS hearing gold
silver, clnnalaf ~ other mineral shall H.
regarded n pflma iacie evidence that IA,
land containing the sam" l. mineral III
character prov lded. further, that IN IN
Nrstigating the character NJ land, with Il
view NJ asrrftainlng whether II j. NOR,
valuable fuT mineral than Tor agTicultur
al puTpo+rs, evidence may hr taken al
mineral discovered aud developed ada
cent 10 such land. proof If which shall
be corruloratiye evidence that the Ian,
ia question IL mineral In character; pro
Nidrd further, that when the land i
proved to he within n we'll defined min
rTai helt II shalt he dTmrd prima fact,
evidence u the mineral character u sai'
| land"
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-03-14
REVOLUTIONS or rororr~a.

II Il claimed by soms prominent east.
cru Journals that congress by not send.
ing concurrent" Resolutions " the pre,l.
dent violates the constitution.
II tina, IL the case. then congr ees has
been violating the constitution for many
years. for 1t has been the unbrokpn rrac.
ticr a. regard concurrent resolutions ~
All expression " opinion on the part "
the i've hulSr- aud they never have l-r;i
submitted to the president
Resolutions which declare that hath
hnua'~ "jniu" IN their passage are sent H.
the executive fut his action, while rrsolu
tions which declare that both houses
concur IN their passage are held not
H. Il" subject tn executive super, isiuu.
N"'"rtlrl"-~, the Language ~ the con-ti.
tut - seems Ia b~ very plain, and Arr /,
NJ sec. = reals ~ follows
Every order, resolution " vote IL
which the concurrence NJ the srnat" aud
the h"us" II representative may h- urc.
'",-arN except ~ u question ~ aiJourn.
m"nt shalt be- presented {" IL" pt"-id.u,
1T the nitei states and before ~" sam,
shall take effect shalt be- approved T.,
HIM. ~ being di>appruHd Nv him. -hilI
b" trpa--'ed by twu.,hitd- ~ the ,"nnt,
hni huu-" IT representatives according
tn the rules aud regulation, prescribed VI
the ca-r ~ hin"
The discussion provoked h> the cuban
fr-nutiuu. ha- invested thu. question
with new Interest, AMI It l. nov r"uclui
rd that th" time has arrived when II
should h'' definitely settled. NrrurilnglN
It ht- hrru referred I" the -rnat' ". ~
little" ~ judiciary f,r Investigation and
frp"u lhr matter has hrru committed
tr SENATOR iIui ~ Massachusetts anj
! llill 81 Nrw l"Tk. AMI III short time IN,
country viii have drci-iun un TIM
matter which l. N special Interest at IN,
present time
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-03-14
AMkNIl me- I,IiiIIksI

III" people of santa fr held an indig.
nation meeting at the court house IN
that city Yesterday afternoon, aud adopt
rd resolutions protesting IN the most Wig.
orous manner against III" proposition
now pending ~ congress IL lrgaliza the
bonds issued by Santa fr county in AID
~ ia" Texas, Santa fr n Northern rail
tuil
II tlr people II santa fr will amend
their resolutions -o IA tn include all the
bonds That ate ought Ia b" lrgalizei b,
the p"ulIng measure. the people ~ the
whole territory viii cheerfully join them
IN the protest,
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-03-14

II ia" ITALIANS IT," ial~lng disturb
anrr al h"u" could tind thrm-cN's sud
irnl, irau,l"It"h H. ~,,m" locality within
i've uih- 81 Mrurl"k and hi- llhyal
warriors a r!,,p. -"l'mu silence would hr
APT I" ru,ur \, usual. Ia" wrong m"I
got Ia Tia front. l,aNlng the tighting men
Al h"mr prepared /" CRITICS" Ia" ensuing
battle ~ safety NJ hong rang" Nar
fraurl 80 Post.
cur san Francisco u.ighhrr -rrlu- I,
h. ~ error ~ I" III" purpn," 4 tlnw wh,
are creating ia" upruar ~ Italy. III,
poupl" Al" not urging the government Il
m,i" vigorous prosecution ui the war
but ate demanding that the whole thing
lr St"pl~d, aud the Italian tr""pS call~,
home. II il not a war pressure, but u de
nnnd Tor prncr. The Italian people rec
ognlzr the fact that Italian soldiers hay,
NJ business IN Africa, aud want then
sent home.