The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-01
The Forthcoming Charity Ball
at Washington.
r TUESDAY EVENING
Each of the Southern States will
be Represented
BY TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
The Ball Will be Given at the National
Rifles Armory for Benefit of the
Soldiers Home at
Richmond.

Richmond.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Jan. 31.-(Spe-
ciaD-At the forthcoming Charity Ball
to be held here February 4th, there
will be two women representatives
from each of the Southern States. One
of the two named for North Carolina
is Mrs. John l.. AIorehead, of Char
lotte. Mrs. Holmes Conrad and Mrs.
d. Gardiner Tyler will represent Vir-
ginia Among the prominent person
ages will be Mrs. Hole Smith, Mrs.
Herbert, Mrs. Lamont and Mrs. Car
Isle, of the Cabinet. The ball will be
given at the National Rifles Armory,
and will be held under the auspices of
the Southern Relief Society, for the
benefit of the old Soldiers Home at
Richmond The amount Melted last
wear was 81 900, and it is expected that
twice that amount will be cleared this
year. The event is looked forward to
as of the most brilliant of the sea-
son. and even if Governor 0Ferrall and
staff decide not to come, many society
people from both Virginia and North
Carolina will swell the distinguished
company.
The House bill has been fayorably
reported directing the Secretary OF
Agriculture to carry into effect the pro-
visions of the act making appropria-
tons for the purchase and distribu-
ton of valuable seeds and for the
printing and distribution of farmers
bulletins.
Referring to the seating yesterday
of the two Democratic Texas Congress
men, a spirited little scene took place
Wednesday morning in the committee
room of Indiana Johnson, chairman of
Elections Committee No. .. Tarsney's
case was before the committee, and
Tarsney was pacing the floor while
Blocks-of-five Dudley was pleading his
clients cause. During pause in Dud-
ley's talk, johnson exclaimed con-
corning one witness, Owsley by name,
that he was convinced that Owsley was
'|an Internal scoundfel." Tarsney was
amazed, and glancing at Johnson in
an indignant fashion, said: II protest,
Mr.. Chairman, against any such char
acterization in the absence of any evil
dence before the committee to sustain
that remark" He is under indictment
now" retorted Dudley, and Johnson
coming to Dudley's rescue, added,
with woman's impetuosity. "Wel1.
just want to let the committee in fair
ness know how | stood toward 0ws-
ley"
Mr. Elicit, of Virginia, viii in a few
days introduce bill asking for $780,
900 damages for books taken by the
Union soldiers from the Baptist college
at Richmond and distributed TO negro
troops around the city.
At the meeting of the Judiciary
Committee of the House "Wednesday
morning there appeared a room full
of Woman Suffragists, headed by sister
Susan Il. Anthony. Miss Anthony in
troduced the women speakers one by
one, from the different States, and
finally introduced the husband of the
famous Lucy Stone, it don't matter
what his name is. He was over seven
ty, typical Maine looking Yankee,
with stiff semi-circle of whiskers I'M
der his chin, and typically hard, long
unshaven upper lip. In his remarks
he said it was an accepted fact that the
negroes in no Southern State had had
the benefit of pubic schools until the
carpet-baggers first gave it TO them.
THAT is not truel" cried the young
member of the committee from Louis
lana and in voice that woke the
echoes and startled the women, he
leaped from his chair exclaiming, "We
have taxed ourselves millions TO give
the negroes as good an education as
our own children got" The Louisian-
ian was red with rage, and was sec
onded by the Tennessee member, but
both were finally soothed down, while
the women were aghast and sister An
thony was smoothing down Lucy
Stones husband into his seat. For she
was watching the committeeman, and
seemed almost chagrined over this al
most Burchard break. About the only
feminine feature, if any could be femi-
nine, of this whole show that morning
was the appearance of n beautiful
young woman, with perfect Greek fea-
lures, large brown eyes, hair glossy
and dark brown and smoothed down
in an old-fashioned way over head
that was simply an Eyangeline art
study, or Madonna, as you please. She
was tall, not too graceful, simply
dressed, say Is. She was Miss Stetson,
of California, andwa the grand-daugh-
ter of old Lyman Beecher She treat
ed ueF SUBJECT III "A tfdnSceDdGnial way.
as if she had been reading Emerson
deeply, but what she said may GO
the interesting part of her was her evil
dent depth and eloquence other nature.
and what was more interesting, lay
in the language power that seemed
TO have come TO her so naturally from
race Of great orators. 1t may be that
some of the great gifts of Henry Ward
Beecher lay pent up in the heart of
that very girl So beautiful, SO full Of
poetry and dreams, and power to com
mand the intellectual hearing of her
listeners.
X <
A brilliant marriage is announced
for the 18th instant, the young people
being Mr. Beverly Reed nephew of
Judge Culbertson, and Miss Money, the
very beautiful daughter of Senator
elect Money, of Mississippi. Miss Mon
ey is with her parents at the Metropoli-
tan, the home also Of Mr.. Reed. who
fer several years has been clerk TO the
Judiciary Committee of which his