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The times., 1897-05-21
CUBA'S ANONYMOUS ENEMY.
An Insulting Unknow n Letter-Writer
Hard at Work,


Mrs. Clara Bell Brown, who took a promi-
nent part in the Cuban mass meeting at
the Columbia Theater last Sunday night,
has received since that meeting several
not pleased with the course she took.
These communications are all anonymous
and do not trouble the lady to any great
extent, except that she would be very
much pleased to discover their source.
There is no clew except the tone Of the
letters themselves to indicate this. IL is
thought, however, that they are from
either joker or .pro-Spanish fanatic
gone mad
The following, received by Mrs Brown
on the day after the mass meeting, is
sample. of the collection:
washington, May 4.
ITO Mrs. Clara Bell Brown, Woman's
National CUBAN League.
Madam: / have seen your vile efforts
in this mornings papers. l advise you
and the rest OF the Yankee Ame rican
shoddy people, TO mind their own busi-
ness. l hope all of the monarchies OF
this world will unite TO put this internal.
bastard, and Illegal government and coUn-
try under their feet. Today, thank God,
they are beating you financially and
commercially at every point. l hope
every American who goes to Cuba will
be shot or banished from the country and
every half-breed negro. and every rene
gadc Spaniard who is III rebellion toward
Spain will be exterminated. Also
all damnabie Americans found in the
dominions OF Spain. You will never live
to see Cuba a despicable Republic like unto
this country. / only want TO live 70
see your shores invaded by the combined
naYies and armies of all the mOnaFcnies
of Europe. who will reduce your coast
cities &c ashes and make Of IL bowling
wilderness Thank God, that viii be
the fate Of a nation which was settled
by ell the conyicts, thieves, and criminals
of Old England l spit upon you all, 3nd
all other groveling Americans with seorn
and contempt
From a British Subject, therefore
MoHaIchist."
The times., 1897-05-21
Boys Clothing
Department.

6 Ail-wool Bicycle Suits, unIined coats;
some have golf cuffs. Sizes Z, .. 10, Ii
and 10. Reduced from SO. 90, $500, and
81 90 to So 30 each.
4 Atwood Mediu!n-weight Suits, navy
blue and Scotch mixtures Sizes 3, 4,
and o. Reduced from 81. 80 and $500 to
SI.y5 each.
10 AIl-wooi Very Fine Imported Cheviot
Suits, medium weight. Sizes 8, 4, o and
o. Reduced from S6O 90 TO Sd 20 each
very fine DOubie-breasted Suits, double
seats aud knees Sizes Z, ; and 10
Reduced from SO 90 to So 25 each.
10 Atwood Suits. Sizes 4, 7. 10, IL,
IA andl5 Reduced to 81 80 each.
IL Straw Hats. Sizes o, Is, Z and
7l-S. Reduced from soc. to z 1-2c each
Sd floor.
The times., 1897-05-21
Baptist Young Peoples Union

There will be a meeting OF the District
OF Columbia baptist Young Peoples Union
tonight at the Metropolitan Baptist Church,
Sixth and A streets northeast Addresses
Will be made by the pastor, Rev. q. :.
williams. aud by the Rev Howard Wayne
Smith, pastor Fulton A venue Baptist Church
Baltimore. Md. Plans for the coming inter
national BAPTIST Young Peoples Union cun-
vention at Chattanooga, in July, will be
announced This is expected To be the
largest gathering of Baptists ever held,
and the District of Columbia expects to be
represented by a large delegation Tine
Official route win be via the Southern Rail
road The rate for the round trip will be
SIT. so.
The times., 1897-05-21
CAN NOW CARE FOR THE SICK.
Seventeen Young Ladies ReceiS
DinfnInaS NurSpS

Seventeen Young Ladies Receive
Diplomas as Nurses.
The graduation exercises OF the training
school for nurses of the Garfield Memorial
Hospital were held there yesterday after
noon
The address to the graduates was de-
livered by Dir. Henry n. Hurd, superin-
tendent of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Of
Baltimore
The following are the graduates Eliza
II. Allen, Emily S. Bates, Mary L. Rausk:tt,
Virginia Blunt, Zelma a. r. Davis, Mary c.
Cannon, Gertrude Gardner, Josephine p.
Lalor, Mabel Loucks, Helen n. MackrilIe,
Irene L. Mahan, Lucy p Millikin, Florence
NJ. Morris, Florence L. Rice, Margaret Van
s Rice, Sarah Washington, Mary E.
Wickes.
The times., 1897-05-21
Circulation Statement.
WASHINGTON. FRIDAY, MAY 81.
The speaker and the President.

The Senate passed the Morgan resolution
granting belhgereBt rights to the Cuban
patriots by an oveTw helming ma jority yes
terday, and the measure now goes TO
Speaker Reed, the solitary survivor Of tie
House of Representatives..
act of justice, and, through Senator Hanna,
his personal representative on the floor of
the Senate. cast his vote against it.
Two things now remain to be seen VIII
Speaker Reed dare to kill the resolution in
the House? IEit passes him, viii the Presi-
dent dare to veto it?
The country waits
The times., 1897-05-21
THE CHAPEL AT WEST POINT
Attorney General McKenna's Opinion
Adverse TO Its Construction.

Attorney General McKelna yesterday
rendered an opinion to the effect that
Secretary AlGer cannot legally grant yer
mission 10 anyone to erect a church ON The
military reservation at West Point
This opinion was brought about through
the controversy over the proposed erection
OF a $50, 600 Catholic church on the Mill
tary Academy grounds. Permission was
given the Catholics to do this by Secretary '
Lamont day or two before his term Of
office expired, and ahoHt four weeks ago
Secretary Alger practically indorsed the
act OF his predecessor.
Many Protestants have objected to the
building of this church, and the contru-
versy that followed resulted in the opinion
of the Attorney General, who holds that
individuals cannot erect private buildings
on public reservations.
The times., 1897-05-21

Although an armistice has been de-
attacked the Greeks at Lamia, and that the
latter are in retreat toward Thermopylae
The voice, or even the name of Great
Britain has not been heard in the matter
Of settlement for about ten days. The
Lion has been Kicked into silence.
The times., 1897-05-21
ITALY THREATENS REPRISALS.
Should the Dingiey Bill Pass Anne ri
can Imports VIII suffer.

Rome, May 20-Replying TO an inter
pellation in the Chamber OF Deputies today
as to the attitude OF the government in
regard TO the Dingiey tariff bill passed
by the United States House of Represen-
tatiyes, Marquis Visconti, minister OF for
eign affairs, said that Italy did not wish
to make any reprisals, but If the United
States government persisted in main
tanning the attitude it had assumed, Italy
would defend herself by adopting similar
tariff measures affecting certain American
imports.
The times., 1897-05-21
Brothers Fatal Quarrel.

Buffalo, N. T., May 2o.-Samuel Will
Jams, fifty years old, ship carpenter, was
shot and instantly killed today by his
brother, Alonzo. A quarrel over a woman
led to the tragedy. Samuel Williams for
six months past has lived with n woman
whom he claimed as his wife. His brother
called at their rooms yesterday and took
the woman to Niagara Falls, and, 1T is
said, married her. AlonZo is under arrest
The times., 1897-05-21

II is constitutionally unlawful for the
Sultan to surrender foot, even a foot OF
his territory. unless he is obliged by force
of arms TO do so. This is really useful
to the consideration OF the Greeks
The times., 1897-05-21
Misses
Department.

lOGrass Lawn and PeTcaie Blouse Waists.
Sizes 4, 6 a nd = years. Reduced from Z &C.
and = 90 to 3Sc- each.
s Misses AIl-wooi Dresses. Sizes 3, 10
and IL years. Braid trimmed. Reduced
from S5T5 TO 81 so each.
10 Children Fancy Lawn and Percale
House Waists, plain and embroidery tim
me,l Sizes TO years. Reduced from
81 80 to S5c. each.
8 Lightweight Cloth Refers. Sizes A
and 10 years Reduced from 81. 90 to S3.75
each.
ID
The times., 1897-05-21
carpenters, Unions Combine.

The Brotherhood of Carpenters Union,
No. 190 met last evening at No. $50 Mas
sachusetts avenue. The most important
matter considered was the rules to be
adopted by the four carpenters organiza-
tiuns, to effect combination for working
purposes What action was taken was not
officially stated, but it was learned that
the union had indorsed the rules as agreed
to at the last conference Of the delegates
from the four organizations.
The times., 1897-05-21

The Japanese Marquis Ito has arrived
at Vancouver. He declares that japan
would not take the Hawaiian islands as
a gift. For diplomacy and veracity the
marquis is worthy OF being an American
Assistant Secretary of State
The times., 1897-05-21

Yesterday the work of denolisliing the
Tombs prison. one of the most noted public
buildingsi in New York, was begun. Greater
New York Will indulge In a larger aud
oostlier structure, adapted to its growth
ia population aad wickedness
The times., 1897-05-21

The New York Tribune says Senator
Quay is MT, and does not enjoy max
ing speeches. This is news, ifitis true, and
it also throws light on the unusually
his speeches for the good of the country.
The times., 1897-05-21
The Coal Trust Inquiry.

Albany, N. Y. May 20.-The inquiry into
the coal trust, I'm order that the Attorney
General may determine whether such q
combine exists before beginning proceed
ings against it, was to have commenced
today, hutta adjournment was taken urtil
Tuesday, June / F. at 10 a. m
The times., 1897-05-21
Presentation to Mr.. Lipscomb.

The employees of the certificate division
Of the Pension Bureau yesterday pre-
seDted Mr.. John Mclean Lipscombr their
late chief with IA handsome gold finger
ring, set with an alrnandine. on the occa-
sion of his severance with the Pension
Bureau. The testimonial was subscribed
to by nearly all of the eig ghty-rive employees
of the division.
The times., 1897-05-21
McKINLEY,s NASHVILLE TRIP.
The President to Visit the Tennessee
Exhibition June IL.

The President yesterday gave out the
Information that he viii go TO the Nash
vile Exposition on OHIO day, June 2
The trip 10 Philadelphia on June viii
probably be made, but no official ac-
ceptance OF the invitation has yet been
made
The times., 1897-05-21

Mr Wanamaker thinks Mr.. Mckinley is
not a success as drummer, but he must
remember that no sample of prosperity
was shown. Perhaps it has come, OILY
we don't know it when we see it.
The times., 1897-05-21
"Coin" Harvey to Lecture.

Louisville, KY, May 20. The Democrats
are arranging with Coin Harvey to lee
ture in Louisville next week. tits said the
friends of sound money will, II possible,
induce ex-Spcretary John G Carlisle To
come down and answer Harvey.
The times., 1897-05-21

OF tie fourteen votes cast against the
Morgan resolution in the Senate yesterda Y
one came from Mr.. White of California and
one from Mr. Caffery OF Louisiana This
is a Democrat and a half
The times., 1897-05-21
Suit
Department.

= thrown LinenSuitS, embroidery trimmed
$500 each.
3 White Imported Pfque Suits sizes
81, "a aud AZ. Reduced from Sl2 90 10
S675 each.
Navy Blue Serge Suit. Size SO. Lined
throughout with taITeta silk. Reduced from
S2S. 30 to S12. 90
5 fine siik-lined EtOn Suits. Sizes 80,
40 and AZ. Reduced fTom S21.OO TO
$1,000 each.
l Black MOhair Suit, silk-iined jacket and
plain skirt Reduced from $50 90 to
SS.T5.
/ Dark Green Corduroy Waist. Size 81.
Reduced from So 90 to : 80.
black BrOcaded SIX Waists. Sizes
"a and 3S Reduced from 80. 90 20 $500
each.
Sd floor
The times., 1897-05-21
Park officials, Convention.

Louisville. KY, May 20-The conven-
tion of public park officials of the United
States met In the Gait House parlors this
afternoon. Philadelphia or New York viii
probably be chosen as the next place OF
meeting.
The times., 1897-05-21
In Memory of the Confederacy.

Montgomery, Ala, May 20.-Tbis after
noon the Daughters of the Confederacy
placed on the spot at the capitol where
jefferson Davis stood when he took the
oath as president of the Confederacy, a
silver star, Gen. John B. Gordon made
the address
The times., 1897-05-21
ROMEYN COURT-MARTIAL.
Papers in the Case Received by
Secretary Alger.

Secretary Aiger calIedat the White House
yesterday with the papers in the Rofneyn
case, which have been submitted u him.
Secretary Afgsr viii render his decision and
the case viii then go TO the President for
final action.
1t is understood that he will probably
act immediately. as in the regular course
Capt. Romeyn would be placed on the re-
tired list on tlIeai st of next month
The times., 1897-05-21

The Admiuistra ton party in the Senate
consists apparently of Messrs. Allison, Bur
rows, Fairbanks, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Haw-
ley, Hoar, spooner, wellington, WetInore
and Wilson. Iti is well to understand this
The times., 1897-05-21
Hotel Damaged by Fire.

Meridian, Miss, May 20.-The Southern
Hotel was damagedto the extent Of $780,
600 by fire this morning. There was n
panic. but no lives were lost.
The times., 1897-05-21

The Hon Joseph W Bailey rose to the
occasion yesterday and did his duty brayely
and we'll He will find that the country
will thank him for it
The times., 1897-05-21
Big Fire in Toronto.

Toronto, Ont. May 20.-The John Eaton
Gompany's big departmental store was de-
stroyed by fire this morning. The loss is
estimated at $250,000.
The times., 1897-05-21

Do you kno,g that yott can hare the Morn
ing, Epeniag and Sunday Times delivered at
yo,r residence for fifty cents q month?
The times., 1897-05-21
Cotton Factor N,mocks Fails.

Raleigh, N. c., May 2O-R NJ Nimocks,
cotton factor, has failed with liabilities
of 100000 and assets about the same.
The times., 1897-05-21

The Hon. Marcus A. Hanna voted NO
It vas his swan song.
The times., 1897-05-21
A GOvERNMENT DEFEAT.

Prussiau Lower House Rejects a
Measure Aimed at Socialists.
Berlin May 20.-The committee of the
Prussjan lower house, TO which the measure
was referred, rejected today the first and
third clauses OF tue government bill to
amend the law governing associations di-
recting the police to dissolve meetings of
assocatiors which contravene the criminal
laws and endanger the safety of the state.
The times., 1897-05-21
STREET CAR BOYCOTT RAISED.
knights of Labor Remove the Ban
From the MetropoIitan.

District Assembly, No. Sc, knights OF
Labor, metlast evening at PIasterers' Hall.
1t was learned after adjournment that
the assembly had raised the boycottplaced
on the Metropolitan Electric Street Rail
way nearly two years ago.
The matter has been under adyisement
for some time, but 1t was only within
the last few days that the agreement was
reached, which resulted in the lifting OF
the bOycOtt
The times., 1897-05-21
SI.25 the set.
25C each.
Mems
Department.

I9 Mems White Duck Vests, with col
Ored figured and striped designs. Sizes
SO, "a, 80, 81 So ana 4u Reduced from
81 90, 81 90, md So 80 10 . &C. each
/ , Mems Madras Negligee : hlrIs, Man
haitian make. collars ana cuffs attached
size 10 Reduced from 81 90 and $500
TO 81 90 each.
II Boys Laundered COlored Negligee
Shirts, with collars and cuffs attached
sizes l3 IL and Ia Reduced from 75c-
Ia 50c. each.
IA BOYS White Cotton Night Shirts,
IL and 13-inCh collars Reduced from
Soc to 3 for soc.
LIST floor
The times., 1897-05-21

$500 yards Court Royal Printed Pique,
black and navy grounds, stripes and polka
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-26
DR.. H0RNBl,OWER OBJECTS.
Petitions the Street andsWater BOARD
on the Track Elevation Maltar.

The Street and Water Commissioners
met yesterday afternoon and cleared up
a lot of old business. George T. Bouton,
the clerk, is under the weather. His du-
ties will be performed for a few days by
his assistant. Ira w. Startup.
A letter was sent to the Board by Sec
rotary Nevin, which he received from
DR.. T. R. Hornblower. The Doctor asks
permission to appeal against the propos-
ed plan of track elevation adopted by the
Erie Railroad. The Doctor will be heard
on February /, when there is to be a
public hearing In the assembly room of
the new City Hall.
Petitions were received for the con-
structon of a sewer in Sherman avenue
and the improvement of Lincoln street,
between the Boulevard and Germania
avenue ~
James Cassidy was appointed inspector
of the proposed construction of a sewer
in Bentley avenu Edward F'reel, a coal
passer at Bellevifle, was dismissed.
The final map of the Prospect street
sewer wa confirmed, there being no OBJ
jections.
H.. c. Garfield sent a letter to the
Board to the effect that the city has
taken some land of his in opening Sea
View avenue. The letter was referred to
Corporation Counsel Blair.
Specifications for the furnishing of cast
iron water pipe as submitted by Engineer
RuggleS were copied.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-26
WHAT NEWARK OWES
The city's Financial Condition
Reyiewed-New and Old
Debt.

III r.rr
TIE gross permanent bonded indebted
ness of the city OF Newark on January l,
1897. was $13,77s,0oO.l and the amount inthe
sinking fund was 50, 49,, 652. IS, making the
net permanent debt of the city $40, 1885,
S47.12. which Is s271. 337.46 less than the
net debt or January /. 1896, which reduc-
ton would have been .s100. 900 greater but
fer the issue Of bonds In that amount for
a permanent Improvement, the new High
School. tFe M:sssA 80
During the three years Srom January /,
1894, to January ], 1897, a-totaI reduction
of SS7S, 1858. 30swas e~ffectedains the net debt
of the city, which Will cover THE 100000
sof bonds to be issued in the near future
to provide for the erection CT the new
High School, Free Public library, and
City Hospital. These will cost $500, 900,
but 100000 of bonds, as stated, have al
ready been issuedysL2Thns the debt re-
ductions of the lastpst three years will
more than provide for the erection of
these three new buildings. and the per-
centage of city debt will be less, owing
to the increase of taxable valuations.
It may also be noted tha during the
last two years a much larger sum than
usual. was. issued in bonds for public
school construction account. which is
also permanent Improvement.
The debt of Newark is far within the
limit of Is percent. of taxable valuations
prescribed by law. The following table
gives the percentage of recent years.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-26
DON'T WANT SPRING ELECTIONS

1AO8r q lAAktN8 kLGOmo
!, mmtttee Appointed.
The Minkakwa Clubs members wish to
abolish spring elections, because they are
needlessly expensive. they say. This was
the result Of a long discussion at last
nights meeting, when that gallant vet
eran n enthusiastic orator, Major w. H.
Armstrong moved that sIkey', G~oldenhorn
be requested to introduce a measure to
that effect in the Legislature.
A few of the members had some doubts
whether or not the proposed abolition of
the spring elections did nor conflict with
the Charter. One gentleman insisted that
CONSTITUTIONAL questions were involved
and raked up a lot of obi ections which
were promptly removed and the vote was
practically unanimous.
The Journal in Its characteristfcally
reckless and idiotic wayshas talked of war
to the knife with the League Stub and
its asinine reporter limited of ructiens in
the club meeting last night. The Minkak-
wa cit didn't even. refer to their inn
petuous neighbor and have long since de-
cided to ignore them.
When the foregoing discussion finished
a committee was appointed to make the
arrangements for the annual dinner. It
IS as follows:-James K Hutchinson. w.
Il. Armstrong, E. Fry, Withheld C. Dunn,
man, 8. Leach and Charles Merker. These
gentlemen will meet on Thursday evenin.
The dinner will be probably held in two
weeks time in the Columbia Hall.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-26
PITzPATRI1K's DEATH.
Found Dead In the Hall of a Hous.
Near His Own.

ahbe WV -
Thomas Fitzpatrick, fifty years old. a
we'll known resident. Of Hoboken, living at
No. 50 Adam street, was found dead in the
hallway on the second floor of the tene-
ment house, No. g., two doors from his
home, at 3:25 o'clock this morning. HIS
head was badly cut and his arm fractured.
The body was found by Policeman Bar
rrow and Schneider. It was at first be-
lieved by the police that the case was a
murder and Sergeant MarneIl made inqui-
ries among the tenants.
Mrs. Mary Kelly, who lives on the Sec
ond floor, said h was awakened early in
the morning by somebody walking in the
hall. She listened and heard the person
knock at one of the doors. Then she heard
the person called Culinary, let me in.'
There was no answer and the person call
ed again. The next momen she heard
something fall heavily in the a and
all was still. AS the night was cold, Mrs
Kelly did not get out of bed to see what
it was.
the second door and Mrs. Gutjen on the
first floor also said they had been awaken
ed by the noise.
1t is believed that Fitzpatrick, while on
his way home got into the wrong house
and while trying to. find his rooms fell
down the stairs. He lives on the second
floor of No. So and he probably thought
that he was on The second floor of his
own house. His 'wife's name is Mary and
she is the person he was cabling for.
Fitzpatrick was an old resident of Ho-
boken. For many years he kept a butcher
shop in the Fourth ward. He also opened
a saloon at First and Grand streets. which
he ran until a year ago. The body was
removed to the. N[orgue. /.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-26
I NOVELS OF PURPOSE
Miss EafrAntfTeils What They Arr
fte ana who Wrote Them.

Miss Louise Grace Farrant lectured yes
terday afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
A. J. Newbury, No. 81 Clifton place, on
Novels Of Purpose This is the third
of a series of; lectures on the Develop
,ment Of the Novel; Miss Farrant said:-
Purpose novels and novels of problem
are difficult matters for consideration
For while there are very few works of
fiction written with an avowed purpose
yet there seems to be some sort of a pur-
pose underlying them ALL Certainly this
age seems to give. rise to the novel of
purpose aadssthe novel of problem, es-
pecialIy the latter, although some of our
new writer's ate going back to the: Dumas
novel and it's like For tan Stanley
Weynan and Anthony Hope are giving
US the historical novel in its first stage,
yet ven theysare not as entirely free
from the past and the present as was the
In the early days Of fiction, novels were
written as Mr.. Crawford claims they
light. Almost everybody assumes that a
book Y have a purpose n people are
incorrfgible in their habit of inQufring
what its effect is likely to be. Whether
mind of the author, the book he writes
must present some philosophy of life,
moral, immoral, or, like Midsummer
Nights Dream. unmoral But the real
purpose novel is written with az definite
aim In the mind of the writer. and the
reader is not long left in doubt as to what
the purpose is. Naturally the first purpose
novel that suggests itself to an American
mind is Mrs. Harriet Beecher' Stoves
Uncle Toms Cabin. 1t is seldom that
a purpose novel is able to accomplish so
successfully, as did this one, that at which
IT. aims. Alton Locke, a purpose novel
written by Charles Kingsley, is remark
ably strong"
$ Miss Farrant mentfOned among writers
of purpose novels, Charles Reade, George
Eliot, Wilkie Collins, Miss Muloch,
Charles Dickens. Walter Besant and Mrs.
Deland.
Miss Farrant said iii closing:-"We have
examined thus scnrsorily the few novels
of purpose which have occurred to us
and nave found them almost invariably
to be weaker than other works Of fiction
produced by their authors. When a move
list undertakes to sit in Judgment upon
his characters for the purpose of Illus
trating some moral lesson with which he
has no feedsto concern himself, he readily
breaks athe mystic web of Illusion and
destroys the charm which binds us to his
side. The supreme artistic value of
Henry Esmond was that Thackeray sank
himself out of sight. The novelist must
either Justify, or condemn,