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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
LETTER FROM THE POPE
important Ruling Regarding Cbo,.
OF Church by Parfshfoners

Important Ruling Regarding Cbo,..
OF Church by Parfshfoner..
CHICAGO. May 22.-Information wys o,,-
tanned today that Rome has iust trans-
mitted to the Catholic Church in The
United States the most significant ru,in.
OF recent years bearing on ecclesiastical
matters in America.
The decision. which has reference to nar-
ishes made up OF foreigners, is literally as
follows:
l. Children born In America of foreipn
parents, whose native language is not the
english, are not obliged, when of age
10 become members Of the parish to which
their parents belong, but they have the
right to join parish In which the languaee
OF the country-that is. English-is tsed.
Catholics not born in America. hut
knowing the English language, have the
right OF becoming members Of the parish
IN which English is In use, and they cannot
ne compelled to submit themselves TO the
Jurisdiction of the rector OF a church built
tor people who continue to speak the lam
guage OF a foreign country"
The evident purpose Of Rome is to make
English the language of the American
cnurch as speedily AS possible. and thus
to encourage the development Of a spirit of
more perfect union among the members Of
the Catholic faith. Parishes in which
foreign language Is used are tolerated as
temporary institutions. which will disap-
pear as soon as the conditions making their
erection expedient will have passed away
The present ruling IL perfectly consistent
with the general policy adopted and follow
ed by Leo XIII.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
BELT FULL OF DIAMONDS
Two Wealthy Men Of St. Louis Arrested for
Smuggling.
Custom House Inspectors Found $4,000
Worth of Property Concealed
ON Their Persons.

NEW YORK, May 2.-Richard NJ.
Scruggs. St. Louis millionaire, and E.
G. Langhorne of the same city were ar
rested by custom house inspectors as they
stepped off the steamer st. Paul ON Its
arrival from Southampton today. They
were arrested when they made their dec
laration, as IL warning had been telegraph
e6 when they left Southampton. The
charge against them is smuggling, and
the inspectors, when they searched Lang
hcrne, found belt containing diamonds,
jewelry and watches. Similar articles were
found In Mr.. Scruggs' pockets Some val
liable lace was also captured. The cap
tured stuff Is estimated roughly to be
worth 5000. Mr.. Scruggs declared for
himself and Langhorne to the amount of
S2J dutiable property.
Il guess its all right remarked Mr..
Scruggs, smilingly, as he handed his dec
laration to the inspector.
No, 1t is not all right" said the officer
why, what's the trouble?'' asked
Scruggs, still smiling.
I'VE will have to search you and your
coripanion." was the inspectors reply.
Search me"' exclaimed Mr.. Scruggs.
What do you mean? Do you dare insult
me? am respected citizen of this coun-
try, and you insult me at your peril. You
are impertinent."
Il can't help that" replied the inspec-
tor I will have to search you
Mr.. Scruggs threatened and then plead
ed, but the search was made.
The two men waived examination before
Commissioner Shields and were held in
$3.50 bail. 1t was learned that Scruggs
and Langhorne went to England to sell
the patent on a calculating machine and
got $2O0.OO0 for it.
Scruggs' explanation is that he bought
the Jeweiry for the teachers of the st.
Louis Sunday School Union, of which he
IS the president, and that he was told in
England that they were not dutiable Mr.
Langhorne is his secretary. Scruggs saws
that 1t was Langhorne who declared for
tne two that there was nothing more than
80 worth of dutiable goods.
Scruggs Is the head of big ST. Louis
dry goods house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
RECEIPTS FALLING OF
Presbyterian Ministerial Relief Fund Gradu.
ally Growing Less.
Instead of Increasing With Member
ship, Donations to the Fund Have
Continued to Decrease.

EAGLE LAKE. Ind, May 22.-The Pres
byterian general assembly today was
opened with devotional exercises, led by
DR.. Samuel T. Studdiford of Trenton, N. ].
among the papers referred to appropriate
committees were four on organization of
presbyterian churches north and south The
regular order of the morning was the re-
port OF the board of ministerial relief,
which in outline was as follows:
Inc receipts last year were s1GO $50, and
the expenditures SIS, ,264. While the per-
manent fund is now large, amounting to
1,o1l,IS3, IT was still the Judgment of the
board that it should be very largely in
creased, and the contributions from
churches and individuals should also he
.hena sheay increased from year to year, for
OF appilcations for aid, and the aid granted
should In many cases be much larger than
me amounts now given for the support of
tnose under the care of the board
was painful to notice that since the
centennial fund was raised I'm 1855 the col
iecuons from the churches and Sahbatb n
eN senools mad been gradually falling off In
onIr e. tney n raised s9s922 and in 1ss6-97
ohiy $'4.O5l, decrease of S24S3l in nine
years Many of the church sessions think
tnat because the board had a large perma-
nent Iund 1t did not need annual colIec-
Luis u,ois from the churches, and the figures
N~' ~ NC d tOO prevalent opinion.
ne showing was all the worse since in
1898 there were reported but 72207I COM
munlcants, and in 1896 there were 943 Zig.
Wnile the church was more than one
icufth larger than nine years ago, the COL
lections were more than one-fourth less
AND what made the showing appear still
worse was that in 1883 but 5G4 families
were under the care of the board. and last
year they had S35. The average gifts of
communicants had fallen from l3 cents
each to about ~ cents each.
Ihe entire cash receipts from all sources
iEciuding interest, were sl97, ,395, a little less
tnan per cent of the sum being used for
the expense of administration The board
was compelled to report an Indebtedness of
s2g;SlI due to the permanent fund"
Inc report was presented by Governor
James A. Mount of Indiana, Law commits
sicner to the assembly. After reviewing
the work OF the year, the committee recon-
mended approval of a change of rule. by
Wnlch iegacies will be expended for cur-
rent work instead of being invested In a
permanent fund. Efforts We're recommend
ed 10 increase contributions to this chari-
tapie work. The selection of Dr. Beniamin
L. Agnew of Philadelphia as secretary of
the Doard was approved. The interests of
the BOARD were presented to the assembly
oy recently elected Secretary Agnew. The
remaining hour devoted to the subject was
occupied by a number of speakers. who
presented the matter from various points
OF view.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
ARMY AND NAVY.
Current Notes of Interest REGARDING
the Service.

the Service.
Commander r. B. Bradford has been de-
tached from command of the Montgomery
and granted leave of absence for one
month Commander G. A. Converse, now
on duty at the Newport torpedo station,
las been ordered to command the Mont
gomery. Lieut. Commander R. Clover has
been ordered to examination for promotion.
Patrick ]. Kane mas been appointed acting
boatswain.
Prof. w. W. Hendrickson has been de-
tached from duty director Of. the Nau-
tical Almanac and ordered to duty at the
Naval Academy. Prof. VIM. Hardness sue
ceeds him as director of the Nautical AL
manac.
Capt. 1. P. Ware, assistant surgeon. has
been relieved from duty at Madison bar
racks, New York, and ordered to duty at
Fort Grant, Arizona.
Capt: E. E. Hardin, 7th Infantry, has
teen detailed to attend the encampment
Of the National Guard Of New York at
Lieuts. Hunter ,Leggett and John W.
Heavey, 9th Infantry, have been detailed
to attend the encampment of the Georgia
Volunteers at Griffin, Ga, June to II
Lieut.. F. L. Parker. 9Th Cavalry, has been
ordered to duty at West Point, NY.
Lieut.. VIII 7. May, 18th Infantry, has
been ordered to relieve Lieut., T. NJ. Defrees
5th Infantry, of duty with the National
Maj! E.. F. Gardner. surgeon, has been
granted three months leave, and the leave
of Lieut.. George w. Cole, .7th Cavalry, has
been extended two months.
The following assignments Of officers to
regiments are announced:
Col. Henry c. Cook, to the 5th Infantry;
Lieut.. Col. August H. Banbridge. to the
4th Infantry; Maj. Richard l. Eskridge, to
the 10th Infartry: Capt. Arthur c. Ducat,
to the 24th Infantry. Company K: Capt.
Stephen OConnor, to the 23d Infantry,
Company II; First Lieut.. Henry G. Lyon.
to the 24th Infantry, Company D; First
Lieut.. George D. Moore, to the I'D In
fantry. Company G; Second Lieut.. Ira L.
Reeves. to the 18th Infantry, Company E,
Columbus barracks, Ohio; Second Lieut..
edward s. Walton, to the 18th Infantry,
Company D. Fort Bliss, Texas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
FOUND IN A MOUND.
Remains of Female DiscOvered h
Explorers Near Point Pleasant,

Explorers Near Point Pleasant.
POINT PLEASANT, W. Va, May 22-
There are quite a number of mounds in
this vicinity and they are attracting the
attention of explorers. AT Central City
there is very large mound near the CEN
ter of the town, while at Kellogg are three
located near the river bank. Numerous
others are scattered about the vicinity of
Ceredo.
Franklin S. Cooley of Kellogg has Just
completed the exploration of one of the
mounds there. In the center at the depth
OF eight feet with the head toward the
north was found a perfect skeleton of an
adult female five feet and FIVE inches long
She had been wrapped in the skin of an
animal, and above and below were ashes
and charcoal and burnt earth over an inch
thick The skin was similar in appear
ance to gelatine and dissolved on exposure
Around the shoulders and extending down
TO and across the abdomen was a double
string of ivory beads and around the neck
a string of what appeared to be pearls
Ihe former were in good state of preser-
walton except where crossing the abdomen,
where they crumbled. The string now is
about five feet long and has about 400
beads. The pearls unfortunately went to
dust, and but about a dozen were saved
They range in size from millet seed to a
large pea among those that crumbled
were some considerably larger.
The head was wrapped with the same
material as the body, but has the appear
ance of being finer texture. similar to
isinglass, and was in a good state A
thorough and minute search failed to find
any trace Of woven fiber or cloth, the cloth
ing having apparently having been all of
skins.
There was nothing else found except a
clipping from a flint implement. There
were ashes and charcoal every few inches,
showing that fires had been lighted from
time to time as the mound was building.
The teeth are perfect and beautiful; the
head is symmetrical. and it may be pre-
sumed the owner was handsome. That she
was beloved and of influence may be in
ferred from the size of the mound that
formed her tomb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
GOT LITTLE CASH.

Burglars Loot the Post ONCE at
Hyattsville, Nd, This Morning.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HYATTSvILLE. Nd, May pa daring
burglary occurred at this place at an early
hour this morning. The post office was
broken into between the hours of IL
O'Clock midnight and o'clock this morn
ing, and considerable number of postare
stamps. as well as q quantity of cigars.
tobacco and miscellaneous articles. Were
secured.
An entrance was effected through a side
window of the store
The cash drawer was broken open and its
contents taken. which. however Fortunate
~, only amounted to q small sum Of
money. The post ONCE authorities were
potiaed as soon rs the robbery was dis
scesered. and the inspectors are nov at
work upon THE case :
Mr. 0eDrge Tire. Df. Webs, suceessor a.
ipcstznAsfer. had only recently been an
;rninted ~ President Mc4ldnley. and It was
the intention to move the oiice To his store.
Which ad5oins tha4 g n. WealA, tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
LADD's BODY RECOVERED.
Remains of the Oregon Millionaire
Which Were Stolen Monday.

hCluaAhb tne Ofe&On M1ll1Onu1Ee,
Which Were Stolen Monday.
PORTLAND, Ore, May 22.-The body of
the late millionaire banker, w. s. Ladd,
which was stolen from the grave last
Monday night, has been recovered, and
Daniel G. McGone a middle-agcd farmer,
living near Oregon City. and Charles Mont
gomery, young man, who also resides
Lear Oregon City. are under arrest.
Montgomery has made a confession i'm
plicating McGone and two other men, who
are yet at large. After Montgomery had
made his confession he took the officers
to the spot where the body was buried.
This was on McGone's farm, one mile and
half from Oregon City, on the William
ette river.
The body was found practically in the
same condition as when removed from the
grave The principal clue leading to the
arrest Of the men and the recovery of the
body was drawing knife with which the
casket was opened and which was left at
the grave. blacksmith at Milwaukee
made the knife. and when It was shown to
MIN by detectives he Immediately recos-
nlzed IL as the one he had made for Mo
Gone short time before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
TO REPRESENT THE ARMY.
Gen. Miles Instructcd to BE Present q
the Queens Jubilee.

Gen. Miles Instructcd to BE Present mt
the Queen's Jubilee.
By direction OF the President Secretary
Alger today sent a cable message to Major
General Miles. commanding the army, who
is now at Constantinople. instructing him
to arrange his affairs SO as to enable him
to be In London not later than June Is to
represent the United States army at the
ceremonies in honor Of the sixtieth enni-
versary Of Queen victoria's accession to
the british throne.
General Miles went to the Levant to make
personal observations CT the condition and
operations Of the armies of Turkey and
Greece, and. 1t Is understood at the War
Department that he started from Constan-
tinople this morning to join The Turkish
army near the southern horder Of Thessaly
1t Is expected that he will be able to COM
plete his researches at .he respective mill
tary headquarters in time to enable him to
comply with his amended instructions. AS
has been already stated In The Star, the
United States navy. will be represented at
the queens jubilee by Admiral Miller ON
the arniorcd cruiser Brooklyn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
ARRIVAL OF CAPT. HEYL.
VIII Be the Adjutant General of tn,
District National Guard,

VIII BE the Adjutant General of the
District National Guard.
Captain c. H. Heyl of the 2sd Infantry.
who succeeds Captain Theodore Mosher
OF the 22d Infantry as adjutant general
OF the militia of the District Of Columbia.
has arrived here. preparatory to assuming
his new duties. His regiment fs stationed at
Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio, Texas,
and he has just arrived from that post.
He is stopping at 34O6 U street. He report
ed to the adjutant general of the army
at the War Department today and arranged
to relieve Captain Mosher IN a few days
during the June encampment at Fort
Washington.
Captain H. J. Slocum of the 7th Cavalry,
stationed at Fort Bayard.g n. M, who has
trict militia. viii also repert here for duty
in few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
RED MEN ELECT OFFICERS.
Great Council of Virginia Concludes
It's Work at staunton.

Great Council of Virginia Conclude,
It's Work at StnuntOn.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
STAUNTON, Va, May pat an early
hour yesterday morning the Great Council
OF Virginia Red Men adjourned sine die
after two days session. Mex. year Hamp
ton Will be the place of meeting
Ine great officers elected are: Sachem
"A. L.. CaiVert' Roanoke; prophet, J. w. Bac.
chus, Norfolk; senior and Junior Sycamore
respectively, c. w. Adams. Newport News
ana q: A: Tabb. Portsmouth; chief of rec
ords, Ira 1. Holt, Norfolk; keeper of wam-
pun. 1. M Gillian, Petersburg.
nspresentatives to Grand Council to meet
at Philadelphia, j. w Bacchus and n y
WISE, RICHMOND; trustees, C. e. Wells
Manchester: c. E. Hill, Richmond. and p
a. - fePworth, Norfolk; sannap, e. R. Sti.
ares. a-yncnburg; misheLewa. J. E. Coles
Norfolk; guard of wigwam, S. S. Lee. e,ar,
Oh forest, J. L. Wilson, Chinchoteaone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22

Congress of Technical Education.
The international congress OF technical
education will be held this year IN London
from June Is to 1s. The Duke of Devon
shire will be president and Sir John Gcrst
vice president OF the congress The Brit
United States government to send dele
gates. This Il the fourth meeting of the
congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
THE STAR ny MAI.

Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed ID
them to any address In the United
States or Canada, by ordering # at
this office. in person or by letter.
Terms: l3 cents per week; Is cents
Tor two weeks. or so cents per
month. Invariably in advance. Sub
scribers changing their address from
one Post-office to another should
give the last address as well as thA
rew one. /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
BRYANT'S STORY DIsCREDIrED.
his statement discriminating Pastor
Gibson VIII Not HeIp Durranf.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. May 2o-Abso-
luteIy no credence is given by either police
pubic or press to the sworn statement of
W. T. Bryant Of the Colorado soldiers
nome, In which he seeks to implicate Pas
tor Gibson In the murder of Blanche La
mont. 1t Is supposed he Is either demented
or a crank with abnormal thirst for no.
toriety.
Governor Budd Is quoted as having said
that he would not interfere until sufficient
new testimony was adduced to warrant
court In giving the murderer Durrant
new trial or setting him free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
DUKE CHALLENGES WEST.
ihteresffnE Bout Expected Betwe
Well-Matched Puxs.

DOut EXpected Befween
Well-Matched PuEs.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
RICHMOND. Va, May 22-George H
Duke, weight 165 pounds, of Detroit
Mich, has challenged w. c. West. whose
weight Is also 165 pounds. and who lives in
Richmond, to fight him to a finish for a
purse Of $500. Vests friends think him
ehtireiy capable of upholding his side in
this match, and are eager and willing tn
back him, 1t is said. The challenge has not
yet been accepted. NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
OKLAHOMA AND STATEHOOD.
Proposed 10 Unite With the India,
Territory.

governor Cassius N. Barnes of Oklahoma
esiied on Secretary Bliss today before Ieav-
ing ior Guthrie Governor Barnes, In
speaking TO Star reporter regarding the
ADMISSION OF Oklahoma into the Union as
q state saao the prevailing idea in the
sferrffory now is to delay Admission unt,,
oktAhoma and the Indian territory can
come into the Union as a single state. This
ne thought. could be accomplished In n
for Guthrie tomorrow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
SPECIAL SESSION CALLED.
Texas Legislature Adjourned Withou,
Passfng Appropriation Bills.

HpRr"prfatfoA HHIs.
AUSTIN. Texas, May 22.-The Texas leg
islature adjourned sine die yesterday after
noon without passing an appropriation bin.
and the governor Immediately issued his
prociamation reeonvening them at noon
today for the purpose Of passing the an
propriations. the fee bill and q fellow serv-
ants bill. the latter being platform de-
mand that was practically killed by the
that begins today will probably cover
twenty days. though the session lust coma
pIeted covered period of something lske
four months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
FIRST TIME AT HIS orlrIcE.

Arrival Of CommissfoSsr of Indian
ARatrs Joncs<
Commissioner Of Indian Afairs Jones
reached the city yesterday. from Chicago
where he has been engaged n opening bids
for Indian supplies He vent to hia ofice
here as Indian commissioner today for the
Arst time since his appointment, having
oualified for his Office In Chicago He xill
leave for New York ON Msnday to he pres
ent at the opening Of bids for Indian sup
plies there on the 18Th instant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22

seeretary Lsngss DspaRf1re.
Secretary Long has gone to New York tos
meet Mrs. Long and famiiJ and brssag then,
10 this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22

2 Mr.. Albert DaIcer waz then swora. lie
was.the privafe secretary Of Puhaic Printed
Benedict IN tie lAst Adn1nistratian- ~
tsssinsd thas she board ef sxanansss 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
sides, and l think great part of my
apathy was due to this. I still felt the

sides. and l think great part of my
apathy was due to this. / still felt the
stunning effects of the blow which her
in her true light. and as l sat. weeping
silently, and seeming to those who watched
me lisle moved l was thinking at least
much of the past, and my love, and her
craft, as of the fate that lay before me.
Although this was presently brought be
fore me, and of all persons by Mrs. Harris.
Mrs. d. would haye let me neither have bit
nor sup in the house, bat the constable in
sisting that the kings prisoner must be
fed, Mrs. Harris, fearful and shaking, was
allowed to bring me some broken victuas.
These set before me, the good soul, instead
of retiring, pottered aimlessly about. and
by and by got behind me: on which l felt
in moment something cold and sharp at
the nape of my neck and started up.
Bursting into food of tears she pumped
down a seat. and l saw that she had
pair of scissors and scrap of my hair in
her hand.
Good Lord.' said
Doubtless the tone in which I spoke be-
trayed me, for the constable man, who was
in charge of me. laughed brutally. Cad,
if he does not think she did 1t out of love-!
he cried, speaking to q friend who was
sitting with him, when the old dame only
wants a charm for the rheumaticS, and
thinks the chance too good to be lost
Then | remembered that the hair Of a
hanged man is in that part held to be SOW
ereign for the rheumatics; and sat down,
feeling cold and faint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
DURING
THE VACATION
SEASON
Doctor Mccoy Gives the
Uniform Rate of So a
Month Till Cured.
This Applies to All Patients
and All Diseases.

ONLY during the srmmer could Doctor Mccoy
possibly make the rate Of 81 month covering
Deafness and all diseases Sine the establish
ment of his national practice In Washington his
patients have 81 constantly number That
he has often seriously considered the ACCESSIBILITY
OF limiting their number and raising Ills fees--
charging a fee somewhat in proportion to the
service rendered
The only reasons which enable
Doctor McCoy Ia give the 81 rate for
the Summer months Rre:
First. because Ii Is the vacation
season. the season when 80 many Of
his regular patients are out of town;
and
Second. because one months trcat-
mcnt In summer, when pnturc I'm
every way aids the ply sI-ian. Is
worth two months Of most careful
treatment during the severe weather
of Fall. Winter md Spring.
Doctor Mc'i"y never departs from his rule Of
giving to each patient never mind how small the
fec paid never mind what the disease same
careful examination and treatment that he gives
TO any other patient, All are treated alik,
readily understood, there is a limit To the number
OF patients whom Doctor Mccoy can treat at any
given time.