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Evening star., 1897-06-05

friends at an open meeting last Monday
evening.
The Thursday night meetings at the Cen
char e,ar uhlSn y, nn MISSION have been placed In
sence OF Mr.. Allen Wood. who is out of
the city. Miss Della Wright is in charge
OF the organ en- the Gospel wagon and
also of the mission organ on Sundays Miss
Josie Sullivan has been appointed TO the
same duty on Monday evenings.
The Christian Endcavorers of the Church
OF the Reformation We're entertained at a
sociable Friday evening at the residence
of Miss Dumont
The Sunday school of Mt Vernon M. E.
Church intends to observe sunday. June
ID, as Children's Gay. ana is making spe-
clal preparations for the occasion The
new pastor Rev. ]. w. Duffey will talk.
part in the exercises.
Rev. A. NJ Hilliker minister I'm charge
OF Epiphany p. E. Chapel. together with
the superintendent of the Sa bbath school
Mr.. Lewis J. Davis. has determined TO
place the school on new and better
basis. and to this end will have regular
meetings 1f the teachers. at which there
will be a discussion OF the lessons and
methods Of work
The Christian Endeavor Society of Ry-
land NJ. E. Church. numbering seventy-fye
members. has elected the following officers
TO serve for year: President. George f.
Barber; secretary, Elbert Z. Todd, and
trasurer, W illiam J. Hail.
The Womens Christian Temperance
SHhoh VI tut 4lSlTlCt columbia, OF which
Mrs. Margaret b. Plat is president. is TO
hold general meeting. Tuesday June H.
at North Capitol M. Z. Church, the session
to last all day.
Bishop John F. Hurst preached In New
York last Sunday
AT the last meeting of The Lutheran Min
listers Association. Rev. Bevere F. Weld
ner gave an interesting account of the
work of English Lutheran in the north
west, particularly i'm Chicago.
The Young Peoples Society Of Chris
tan Endeayor of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church gave an excursion
last evening 20 Indian Head. and by invi-
taticn number Of the local Presbyterian
ministers We're present. ~
Ine work Of the newly organized Chapel
Aid Society of Epiphany Chapel will close
with ali outing on "Wednesday. June q
The Girls Club has also closed a success
full season.
The new rector of Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church. East Washington parish
Rev. Arthur S. Johns. will assume charge
OF his new church tomorrow at the same
time that his successor. Rev. Mr. Packard
takes charge at Christ Church, Rockville
The Southern Methodist Brotherhood OF
MT Vernon Church met Tuesday evening
for business meeting, which was fol-
lowed by an hour of music and other en-
tertainment.
Evening star., 1897-06-05
A POLITICIANS DIsAPPOINTMENr.
Why One Nam Got q Place and An.
other Did Not.
From Chnuncey

From Chnuncey Depew's Montauk Club Speech
Our people, as a people. love Office and
seek 1t with avidity. In party conventions
nominations CO. as a rule with great i'm
partiality to those who have political value
and political sagacity. In appointments,
however. the appointing power, by the
very necessity of the conditions which
surround a President or a governor. I'm
moved largely by personal considerations,
personal acquaintance and the confidence
OF personal contact
Il have had two experiences which
charmingly illustrate this principle. both
Of which occurred when 1 was a young
man. While still in the law Office where
1 had studied after my admission to the
bar L spent two months upon the stump
In the presidential canvass At its close
i sat one night in the Delevan House, at
Albany, with two most successful plat
form orators. who had been three months
and eloquent Gen. Bruce. Well said
Bruce. Jim, what will we getr Nye said:
We have worked too hard to get any,
thing. 1t is the man who sits on the fence
and criticises the worker who demon-
strates his fitness for place Neither of
them got anything by appointment but
Bruce was frequently honored by the vot-
ers Of New York; and Nye. moving to
Nevada, came back to the United States
Senate to give to that state a national
and an international reputation.
After the enactment Of The Internal
revenue laws the able old lawyer with
whom I studied thought It would te a
good idea for me to combine in the firm
politics with law by becoming an assessor
of internal revenue. All other candidates
retired, and the whole power of the state
was put in the hands of the Judge, who
went to Washington. The President said:
This appointment seams perfectly clear.
The support is unanimous. I have heard
something of the services and eloauence OF
this young man, and 1 will make the ap-
pointment.' After some further CONVERSE
tion, he said: BY the way. what counties
are in your district? At the mention of
Westchester. he remarked: Well. I am
very sorry, bit 1 promised that place yes
terday.
''As the party powers in the state and
congressional district had presented no one
but myself. the Judge inquired. To whomr
The president named the man. when the
delegation said, in astonishment, Why, he
is a democrats and has always been, and
vigorously opposed your electionr Yes
said the President, but years ago, though
a perfect stranger, at q western hotel he
cursed a near relative OF mine through an
attack OF the smallpox, when everybody
else ned. and. from the character OF that
service. I think him to be q man who
would properly and faithfully MI this posi-.
tion.' The nominee speedily changed his
politics, and proved to be an efficient ON
GER"
Evening star., 1897-06-05
MONEY FORGED BY A BLACKSMITH
TacOma's Early Currency Wasn'
Pretty, but 1t Went All the Same.
From the Tacoma Ledser.

Tacoma's Early Currency Wasn't
Pretty, but 1t Went All the Same.
From the Tacoma Ledger.
Tacoma once had a mint that coined all
the money In circulation where the city of
destiny now stands, and 1t did not require
the fiat of Uncle Sam, the silver OF Idaho.
or the gold Of California to make the pieces
from Taooma's mint pass current among
the Indians and the few hardy pioneers
that were blazing the path of civilization
through the forest on the shores OF Com
mencement bay.
Back in the early seventies the Tacoma
Mil Company. not being able to handily
secure gold and silver for use in trading
with and paying OF the Indian laborers and
early settlers, hit upon the novel plan of
issuing their own currency, and to this end
set their blacksmith at work to fashion for
them. out of scraps Of iron and brass.
pieces Of money, or rather tokens which
could be used as a circulating medium.
The pieces consisted of 40 and accent iron
tokens and brass 81 pieces. The Accent
pieces were about an inch in diameter. and
the 4o-csnt pieces were about the size Of
the present silver half dollar. The 81 pieces
were oval in shape, about an inch and q
quarter long, An inch wide and a sixteenth
of an inch in thickness. These pieces
were stamped with the figures showing
their value, and readily passed current all
over the country tributary to the mill
Nearly all of this old "milr' coin has
passed away. but few days ago William
Hanson of the Tacoma Mill Company pre-
sented a set of these queer coins to the
Ferry Museum. In his letter he said:
The honesty of the people and the alb
sence of any blacksmith shop save that Of
the company made the use Of this money
possible"
Oregon has long boasted that the "Bea-
ver'' coin, minted at Oregon City in the
early SOS. was the only money minted in
the northwest in the days of the pioneer.
hut here IN Tacoma, long years after Ore
gon's Beaver" mint had become his
torical incident, was a primitive mint that
supplied the coin to furnish the pioneers
and Indians with all of the necessities for
their rough lives. The coins which are still
preserved are roughly made, just such as
any blacksmith with ordinary tools might
make. and as q matter of fact during the
early years Of the mill company's existence
formed practically the local circulating
medium of exchange. When the Indians
who were employed in the mill were paid
for their labor this coin sufficed, as all the
trading they did was with the little store
run in connection with the mill. The iron
and brass pieces WERE Of course, passed
among the Indians in trading with each
other. and as anything in the way Of sup
plies was purchased by them at the mill
store. the pieces were fully as good to
them as II they had borne the government
stamp.
Evening star., 1897-06-05
Michigan's legislature has reduced the
taxes for 1915 by almost 81 .OOO. 600.

Michigans legislature has reduced the
taxes for 1878 by almost 81 ,0OO, 900.
golf ball at Burntisland. England. hit
q passing horse with such force as to XIII
him.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Hanna Of Indiana has
taken his children out Of the public schools
of indianapolis because "the histories now
in use teach that Lee was q greater gem
eral than Grant,
Four generations took part in a christen-
ing at Tockholes, near Darwen. England
recently. While the baby was being bap-
tized his father played the organ, his
grandfather sang as chorister and his
great-grandfather looked on from the
church warden's pew. They had all be-
longed to the same church all their lives.
On verdrs eighty-third birthday the vet
eran composer was seen at S o'clock in the
morning at the weekly market at Piacenxa
with several sheep to sell. He also wished
to buy cow and some vegetable, and 90
spent the entire day, surrounded by FARM
ers and tradesmen. At o'clock in the
evening he invited the whole assemblage
into the inn and gave them fine supper.
A Rhode Island hosiery min marks every
pair Of stockinss 1t turns out, Made In
England"
Evening star., 1897-06-05

Instructors Detailed.
Capts. Constantine Chase, 4th United
States Artillery. Charles H. Heyl, 23d
United States Infantry, and Herbert ].
Slocum, 7th United States Cavalry. having
been detailed by direction Of the Secretary
Of War to attend the encampment of the
National Guard as instructors, will be
obeyed and respected accordingly.
The following details for the camp are
announced: Post quartermaster, Capt. II.
Fl. Parmenter. quartermaster ID Regiment; !;
assistant post quartermaster. First Lieut..
William H. Mellach, Company A, 5th Bat
talon.
be made: Thursday. June 10. provost
guard, Company u, 1st Battalion; Friday,
June II, exterior guard. Company b, Attn
Battalion; provost guard, Company A, sta
Company A, First Separate Battalion:
provost guard, Company c. I'd Battalion.
Sunday. June i13. exterior guard. Company
LIST Battalion; nr9yost g9ard: d: Companies nn
exterior guard. Company 3. lst Separate
Battalion. Tuesday. June IS. exterior
guard Company 3. 9th Bastaion; provost
day. June 18gc exterior guard. Company c,
1st Separate Battalion: provost guard.
Company c. 5tR Battalion. Thursday.
battalion; prSyostsguard. Company D, 9TH
Battalion. Fsdaya June Is. exterior guard.
Company d. LIST Separate Battalion; pro-
vost guard. Company B. 1st Battalion.
During the cAncanpmcnt the brigade will
be subsisted by means of battalion messes.
A large mess tent and kitchen will be
erected for each battalion and provided
with the necessary number Of Bozzacotts
field cooking outfits and necessary amount
Of mess furniture and kitchen utensils.
Fresh meats, vegetables, bread milk and
ice will be issued daily by the post COM
missary. Other subsistence stores will be
issued in bulk three times during the en-
campment.
Each battalion viii be allowed two cooks
at the rate Of $3.50 q day and two assist
ants at the rate of $1.50 a day. Their
Ianles will be reported to the post quarter
master and will be borne on his roll for
payment. Walters. servants and additional
or higher priced cooks may be employed II
desired at the expense Of the mess employ
ing them.
Quartermasters or other officers detailed
for commissary duty, with cooks and em-
ployes. must be sent to camp on the 9th
instant to draw and arrange subsistence
stores. mess furniture and cooking utensils.
and be ready TO serve meals on arrival Of
their commands
II other officer than auartermaster h de-
Evening star., 1897-06-05
Mr.. McNinley's Induction Into Ma
sOnry.
From C5,fcaro Chrnnfcle


sOnry.
From the Chicago Chronicle
About fortnight ago the Masonic lodge
Of Winchester. Va. in which President Nc
Kinley was made a master Mason, invited
him to visit the city as a guest of the
lodge. promising to receive and entertain
him with full honors. Abner Wallahan, a
member Of the lodge. gives an interesting
account of the manner in which the Presi-
dent became attached to the fraternity.
1t was in the spring Of the year 1865. at the
close of the war. when Mckinley was sta
toned at Winchester. He was going
through the hospital in company with the
surgeon in charge, when he noticed that
the surgeon was kind to some wounded
confederate prisoners. After tenderly dress
ing their wounds the surgeon gave the con-
federates some money that they might
procure something which was needed for
their comfort. Mckinley questioned the
surgeon as to the reason for his kindness
to the captives. and was told that 1t was
because they were brother Masons The
young soldier was 80 much impressed with
the incident that he expressed a wish to
join the fraternity, and. q special DISPENSE
ton being obtained for the purpose, he
was at once initiated. passed and raised to
the sublime degree OF a master Mason
In the Winchester lodge.
Evening star., 1897-06-05

George Ebers. the novelist and Egyptol-
ogist, received on the occasion Of his six
tieth birthday a specially printed volume
entitled "Aegyptica," and containing sew
enteen essays by former pupils Of his.
among them six who are professors Of
Egyptology at German universities.
Members Of a Caldwell, Kan. church had
a bee the other day to dig q cyclone cellar
for their pastor.
A Kansas City ticket seller recently took
woman's marriage certificate a. security
for ticket to Cripple Greek.
A Norfolk dog jumped eighty feet from
q beifry the other day and was unhurt.
The Jefferson Club Of Augusta, Ga, has
been formed to celebrate each year the
Fourth of July.
II. c. Barber Of Canton, brother-in Jaw
Of President Mckinley. says that, all re-
ports to the contrary. the President and
Senator Foraker are the best OF friends.
Evening star., 1897-06-05
White Phosphorus In Matches.

from the Cbautauquan.
Matches OF white phosphorus answer,
indeed. to every need. They ignite upon
any surface whatever. without noise, with
out confiagration, without risk of expIc-
sion. Their manufacture Is simple, easy,
inexpensive. Covered with a protecting
varnisn. they defy inclemency. even hu-
midity. The workman of the country as
well as the city. the traveller. the hunter
allured far from inhabited places, is al
ways assured, with matches in his pocket,
CT being able to make fire wherever he
finds himself.
Is any other substance capable of offer
Ing the same advantages? No, assuredly;
there is none which is comparable to 1t.
There Is no substitute for white phosphor-
US.
But it is a poison; 1t threatens workmen
with the gravest dangers; it mutilates and
kills them.
White phosphorus is volatile; it diffuses,
In the atmosphere of workshops where
matches are being made, acrid and irritat-
ing vapors Which darken the air. Pene-
trating into the respiratory passages, the
yapors are slowly absorbed by the sys-
tenn, become fixed In the blood and the It's
sues. and produce there that particular
state which has been designated by the
name phosphorismus.
Evening star., 1897-06-05
Coal Black Water.

In tie rear yard Of Mrs. d. II. Stewards
residence in Rushviile. Ind. 10 . we'll that
10 a curiosity. Unril two years ago Il was
one OF the finest water wells In the neigh
borhocd. and people came from all around
to draw OF its cool, refreshing waters.
Then the water noticeably became affected.
and eventually grew 20 bad a. to b unfit
for use. The well has been practically
abandoned until a few days ago. when Mrs.
Stewart had occasion to pump some Of the
water. The stream that flowed from the
wooden pump was a. black a. Ink and al
most as thick. An examination WAS made
and the contents Of the whole well were
found to be thus colored. No explanation
OF the phenomenon has been given.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-13
SHORTAGE IN MONTANA
THE ADMINISTRATORS FAIL TO Ac-
COUNT FOR FOUR CENTS.
However, They Paid Themselves
More Than the Law of the
State Allows.

The report of Referee Chad A. spauld-
ing, to whom Judge Sydney H. McIntire
submitted the report Of the administration
of the James H. Smith estate in the suit
brought by Mrs. Matte e. Burns to re-
move the administrators, has been filed
and Is, on the whole, favorable to the
defendants, Rev ]. H. Shelton and Mrs.
Mary s. Smith, says the Helena Inde-
pendent The administrators were charg-
ed with misappropriating and embezzling
funds of the estate, but those charges
were not considered by the referee, it
having been his duty to report only on
the accounts or the administrators as
presented in their report The only hing
he criticizes about their administration
is the manner in which they paid them
selves for their services. The admins
traitors have together received $4394g,
when their legal fees would not have
amounted to more than S25S.67, the referee
says.
AS to the accounts of the administrators
which were alleged to have been false,
inaccurate and calculated to defraud the
estate, the referee finds balance against
the administrators of just four cents.
Through clerical errors balance of Sc
cents was found in their favor and a Dal-
ance of 60 cents against them. 4
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-13

"A new trolley system by which the cars
Of a double track road draw the current
from single wire has just been Invented
by Denver man
This invention, in addition to being
cheaper in construction than the double
wire system, has the advantage of reauir-
ing only about one-half the usual num-
Der Of poies--wnIch, from an artistic as
Wen as a business point of view, is an
Important consideration.
Instead of being strung directly over
the center of each track, like the wires
OF the ordinary trolley system, the single
reed wire is suspended above and directly
between the two tracks. 1t differs in
shape from the old style wire in being
broad and fiat, more like metal tape.
The manner in which the electric current
Is taken from the feed wire and carried
TO the cars is, however, the most notice
able characteristic of the new scheme.
The familiar long trolley pole, with its
nerve-racking traveller. is not used, but
In Its place there projects from the TOP
OF the car an upright, firmly secured in
position. Projecting at right angles from
this is a long metal rod bent in the form
OF U. Both ends of this rod are at
tached to the upright, while the closed
end of the U strikes the feed wire; and as
the car moves along it retains that posi-
ton, receiving the current and transmit
ting 1t to the upright, from which it pass
es to the motor beneath the car in the
usual manner.
The comparatively few poles that are
required to support this single feed wire
are placed in diagonal positions on OPP
posite sides of the street. They are spaced
200 feet apart and the wires which sup
port the feed wire are strung upon them
IN a zigzag line. With wires so arranged
1t Is claimed that the strain on the poles
is reduced one-half, while the lateral pull
is balanced one. The weight is also re-
dueed one-half in consequence of which
much lighter poles can be used.
AS the current is taken from the side of
the wire Instead Of from beneath the
trolleys of cars on the different tracks
do not Interfere with each other It is
further claimed that a much higher speed
can be obtained by this system than by
the old method, as there is absolutely
no way in which the trolley can get off
the wires, unless some part of the ap-
paratus breaks-until the motorman re-
leases spring in the top of the car
above his head and allows the trolley to
swing back over the car.
The experiments thus far made with
the single wire have proved very sue
cessful, and a number of western lines
are said to be seriously considering the
advlsability of adopting it.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-13
TENNESSEE coNWcTs TORTURED.
Punishment Administered to Prison.
ers Who Break the Rules.

The grand jury of Hamilton county,
Tenn, has discovered terrible instru-
ment of torture in active operation by the
county workhouse authorities at Daisy,
Tenn, in subduing rebellious prisoners.
By the system in vogue in that state
county convicts are worked in gangs on
the public roads and consequently several
penal settlements or workhouse farms are
scattered throughout the county.
Daisy is at the northern end of Hamil-
ton at the base of Signal mountain. The
''sweatboX" is large, almost air-tight
box, resembling a coffin case about three
feet square by eight or nine feet high.
In the top hangs a large hook to which
was attached block and tackle.
The culprit was handcuffed and his feet
chained together. The fall-block was
hooked to the handouts and he was
drawn to the top of the box by means of
a half-inch grass rope There he was
left hanging till he yielded or became ex-
hausted.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-13
WHAT a eILDED BONE cosra.
Massachusetts State House Gets a
Gold Coat Every Twelve Years.


Many persons have been growilns
lately about the appearance Of Boston.
chief pride, the gilded dome, which used
to crown the city before so many high
buildings were put up and which still
reigns in somewhat diminished majesty
on the summit of Beacon Hill. The dome
Is looking quite dingy and has been so
for some time, but there is no likelihood
that it win be regilded before the work on
the interior has been finished. This urob-
ably win be in less than a year, and al
though 1t has not been definitely decided.
Sergeant -at-Arms Adams is of the opin-
ion that the dome win be regilded as soon
as this work is finished Before that it
would not be worth while, as the work
which is going on in the interior would
be likely to disturb the surface, and even
with what little has already been done
two or three patches Of the gliding have
been knocked Off from the east side.
According to precedent, the dome Is not
due for regilding for a number of years
to come. The last regilding was done in
1883, eight years ago, and from that time
back to the renovation before It was a
much longer period, as the latter took
place in 1874, IA years ago The average
time between regilding is about 70 years.
and has never been less than 10, under
ordinary circumstances, so that in the
natural course Of things nothing would
be done to the dome for at least four
years. The work going on, however, and
the fire which occurred under the dome
awhile ago have made it look so bad that
1t probably will be regilded as soon as
this can be done safely.
The work is one of great deal Of ex-
pense, costing usually about $5OOO OF this
the goldleaf is the principal item, as this
usually costs more than $1,000. In the last
regilding 1872 packages Of the finest leaf
were used. Twenty gallons Of gold siz-
ing were used in putting it on, and there
were S75 days labor in the regilding alone.
Another considerable item is the putting
up and taking down again of the staging
which the men must have to work upon.
This costs nearly $500, and in the last re-
gliding there were used 1872 feet of spruce
and 295 pounds of nails, while SO days
skilled carpentry and So days ordinary la
Dor were used on the staging alone. The
work has to be done with the greatest
care, and the worlSmen all have to be
with a canvas screen to keep
the wind from blowing the goldleaf away.
Boston Transcript.