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The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
Established 1899.
o. BURNSTINE LOAN OFFICE,

3S1 Penn. Ave. NV.
Gold and silver watches, diamonds,
jewelry, pistols, guns, mechanical
tools, ladies and gentlemen's wearing
Old gold and silver bought.
Unredeemed pledges for sale.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
,2nd NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT
G.. A. K.

OF Cincinnati, Ohio-September 9Th to
10th, 1898. Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road.
For this occasion tickets will be sold
at the low rate of ONE FARE for the
ROUND TRIP from all points on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad east of
Plttsburg, Parkersburg and Wheeling,
inclusive, good good going on Sep.
tember 5rd and 4th, ahd good return
ing not earlier than September 5th.
nor later than September 18th, except
by depoSiting ticket with Joint Agent
al Cincinnati. between September 5tb
and 9th Inclusive, and on payment of
fee of Twenty-Five (25) cents, when re-
turn limit may be extended to leave
Cincinnati, to and including October
2nd, 1898.
Owing to the great patriotic wave
aWeeping the country at the present
time, great interest will be manifested
at this meeting. Rolid Vestibuled
Trains of elegant coaches, Pullman
Sleeping Cars, Observation Cars and
splendid Dining Car Service. Three
through trains daily from New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
lngton, and two from P1ttsburg.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28

The exercises Of the Wayland Semin-
a~v we're held AT the Metropolitan
BAPTIST Church last "Wednesday even
ing. in the presence of a large and
Distinguished audience.
There will be memorial services in
cident to Decoration Day at Universe
~ Park Temple, corner of 9th and
Irumbull Streets, n. W., on Sunday
evening, May 20, at 7:3o. Mr.. Robert
n Terrell wall deliver a brief address
on Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, of the
,sth Massachusetts Colored Nolun-
teers. The Choir will render special
music.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
''a'e OF Ohio, City Of Toledo. /

''a'e OF Ohio, City Of Toledo, SIS
r. Lucas County.
\. :NANh ]. CHENEY makes oath that
; > 7 NE me senior partner of the firm of
H. !, - heney q Co, doing business in
s;S- y CIll OF Toledo, County and State
H. E5ls'esaid, and that said firm will paw
escL - sum One Hundred Dollars for
cson 1.n and every case of Catarrh that
Ca,asL,o C.,,oI De cured by the use of Halls
Sn FRANK ]. CHENEY.
, Gmolh ,n, 10 before me and subscribed
cem5aPL nj presence, this 9Th day of De-
sr,- A, w. GLEASON.
- Notary Public.
y AZ a1S atarrh Cure it taken internal.
hue Iu acts directly on the blood and
Or teSt;.u sg$ surfaces Of the system. Send
: FseSIumnonials, free.
g. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
''0 oy Druggists, 75c.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE

Tramps picked up and sent down.
A colored judge TO fill a summer
vacation.
Frauds exposed TO the world.
Col. Carson at the head of a regi-
ment of immunes.
Some men bold enough and honest
enough TO tell the truth.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
1T is RUMORED.

DemaS will be made colonel.
The President will do his duty.
The democratic party will fight nc
matter how the war goes.
DR.. Shadd may be appointed sur
geon if he wants il.
DR.. Curtis has uniformed the work
in the Freedmen's hospital.
The trained nurse school will be
reduced.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW.

fJudge kimball bill will reach all
trampS.
What will the self-constituted lead
ers give away next.
If the property of the negroes is in
sured.
What will become of negro leader
ship.
How many colored men will be in
cluded immunes.
If the Secretary of War knows the
fraud he is dealing with.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28
CITY BREVITIES.
A fashionable buffet is Moore and
Prioleau.

A fashionable buffet is Moore and
Prioleau.
The household of Ruth gave a social
at the residence of Nj and Mrs. Tohn-
son, last week.
Capt. ]. w. LYONS has moved to
1913, 18th street nortbwes AT which
place MS family will reside.
Miss Bessie Calvin and Mr.. William
Dent Edmondson, were married on
last tuesday evening. They will leave
the city shortly for Cape May to be
gone some time.
estlmony in the divorce suit of Mrs.
" L. Koston has been completed and
the case has been submitted.
There will be 100 discharges made
in the Pension Office next month.
There were crowds at Camp Alger,
on last Sunday afternoon. AMONG
some who visited the camp were: DR.
u CLAYTON, Editor Cooper, Capts,
BROOKS, Merridith, Beckley and sever
al others.
X X. Washington was charged with
dlsorderly conduct and threats in the
Police Court on Thursday, LAWYER r
n. Terrell defended him. Judge Scott
dismissed the case,
here is a movement on foot to have
lustice Z. M. Hewlett appointed on
the bench TO act during the vacation
OF Judges kimball and Scott.
Mrs. Gertie Payne, sister to Miss
Emma r. U. Merritt, who has been
quite III at her home, SO Q street, n.
W., has somewhat improved.
The Washington bee., 1898-05-28

While in South Washington don't
fail TO call in and see Edward Fl ynn o
Harmony lodge, K. P. He is a grea
boy and will entertain you well.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05

Men who have had the widest ex-
perience in war are just those who
utter the strongest peace sentiments.
Lieut. Gen. Schofeld in his Forty
Six Years in the Army" dissents from
the opinion that occasional wars are
necessary to keep up the fires OF pa
triotism." True patriotism is like a
hre on the family hearth. giving light
and warmth to the domestic circle.
Spurious patriotism blazes up like a
bonfire. a center OF temporary excite
ment. but It soon dies out. The steady
fame OF real devotion to country burns
in peace no less than in war. Were
there to be no more sound of battle. or
sight OF garments rolled in blood, dis
interested and enduring affection for
the land OF ones birth or adoption
would do its perfect work
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
rEARooMs IN HOTELS.
Latsst Addition to the Big Hostelries
Are Becoming Popular

Latest Addition to the Big HosteIries
Are Becoming Popular.
Tearooms are features OF several of
of late they are being introduced at a
few of the fashionable hotels. In New
York particularly some of the big ho-
tells have seen the remunerative posi-
bilities of tearoom policy, and have
let it be known that between certain
hours certain apartments are dedicat-
cd to the cup Chocolate. light ices
and dainty cakes are also to be had.
and already the scheme has prospered
amazingly. Smart women were not
slow to perceive Its advantages, while
for the woman who would like to be
smart 1t was equally attractive. Young
girls in twos and threes. and with es-
corts, are often to be seen, the place
for some reason or other being one
OF the few where it is not considered
out of the way for an unchaperoned
girl to be seen with man. 1t is a
charming way to entertain ones
friends when one wishes to do so mel
ther elaborately nor expensively, for.
although only the smartest hotels have
adopted the scheme. an afternoons
outlay all told is very light. 1t is a
delightful place to take ones out-of-
town friends and relatives. as they
have got the impression that they are
being treated much more pretentiously
than they actually are. Like good
many other things, the tearoom seems
to have had no stability on its own
account, but attached to something
else 1t has thrived.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
A PILE OF SCRAP IRON
TERRIBLE CONDITION OF THE
MAINE.
II L. Declared That Her Keel Rs.ss on
Her Deck showing where the kxplosion
Came From.

New York, Feb. 2S.-A special to tn,
Journal from Key West this mornin.
says:
1.-The Maine can never he raised, ant
the United States will be prudent il the
contract to raise the Maine is cancelled
The ship has now sunk fifteen feet il
the mud and slime Of Havana harbor
and her bow IL tangled mass OF
fragments Of armOr plate, twisted iror
and wreckage. The rupture In hel
plates extends from bow to stern. Ir
the graphic language Of the men whc
described her condition to me, she is
split wide open from end to end
1.-The damage aft Is below the water
line, and IL such as to render II i'm
possible ever to font her She Is rapid
ly disappearing below the waters OF
the bay. and In n few weeks all thai
will remain to mark the place where
she sunk will be the danger bouy over
her twisted and distorted hull.
''The keel of the Maine is blown up,
ward from the bottom and rests upon
the deck of the boat. Her plates for
ward are nll blown inbOard from the
starbonrd side. The damage came from
without. and is plainly shown In the
condition OF the plates. The tangled
and horribly wrecked condition of the
ship above the magazine is from an
explosion OF powder on board, and
shows It's upward force. The effects
below show the force was all exerted
inwardly from without.
The man who made this statement
said to-day: Within short time |
will make affidavit to these facts.
cant speak at this time, but the people
OF the United States should know the
Maine was wrecked intentionally by
the Spanish. wish you to make these
statements for me. guarding me as
much az possible. When the oppOr-
tunity arrives, will prove every state
men; have made as to the Intentional
destruction of the Maine
NO examination OF the outside of
the boat forward has been possible.
The broken mass of steel lies too deep
In the mud and is too shattered to
show anything The condition is per-
fcctly apparent from the inside, how
ever
When asked IL there was a hole
showing where the explosion had taken
place. he said: It's all holes. Great
jagged masses OF plates are torn COM
pletely from the bottom and arr forced
In board The ship was not sunk by
the explosion OF the magazine, but
from The first explosion. This was suf-
ficient to have sunk her In three
minutes."'
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
EAGER FOR WAR.
Army and Navy Omcers Anxioas for .
Scrap.

Chicago, Feb. GA special from
Washington to the Record says:
The most ardent jingoes In Washing
ton are the officers Of the army and
navy, particularly the latter, who are
any other nation for that matter. ard.
since the disaster to the Maine have
had their natural belligerence excited
by . thirst for vengeance. Notwith-
standing the newspaper reports. the
prevailing impression among naval Of
ficers still is that the ship was de-
stroyed by accident. except among the
members Of the construction bureau,
who built the Maine, and therefore are
confident that nothing could have gone
wrong inside OF her, and one or two
others, who have especial theories to
account for the catastrophe: but there
isn't man under the roof of the navy
building, unless 1t be Secretary Long,
who does not yearn for war. This bel
llgerent spirit Is encouraged by the
contractors for projectiles. ordnance,
ammunition and other supplies. who
have thronged the department since
the destruction of the Maine, anxious
to furnish all the fighting material
that can be paid for and assist the
correspondents of sensational newspa-
pers In manufacturing canards and
scare news to stir up an excitement
throughout the country and influence
Congress to vote additional appropria-
tons.
There Is no story too improbable for
these men TO invent and circulate One
of the New York papers to-day gives
the details OF plan of war which was
adopted mt conference of the Presi-
dent, Secretary Alger. General Miles.
Secretary Long and various admirals
and generals who have not been in
Washington for weeks. The materials
for this story were obtained at a coun-
ell Of war held around bottle at the
Army and Navy club by a reporter and
a few navy suhalterns of fertile imag-
nation. But this is the sort of news
that certain papers seem to want. and
it Is easy for them TO get it.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
COLA CONVICTED.
Most spsad Year /. rr.ss. 80 P.y 80.

Most Dpsnd Year N frasoa 80 Pay ., ,oos
Eraaes.
Paris, Feb. AN. Zola was found
guilty on all charges to-day and waa
sentenced 10 one years imprisonment
and to pay nne Of 1900 francs.
N. Perreux, manager Of the Aurore
in which paper II. lola published his
charges against the conduct Of the Es-
terhazy court martial, was condemned
to four months imprisonment and ia
pay 5000 francs fine.
The jury found Zola guilty as
charged in all the counts Of the indic,.
ment anu declared that there were no
eItenuating circumstances.
NJ. Zola, on hearing the verdict. said
'"They are cannibals."
Frantic bravos greeted the an.
nouncement Of Zola's sentence and in.
tense excitement followed. NJ. Laborie,
NJ. Perreux and some others presen,
embraced NJ. Zola.
There was extreme tension in court
while the jury and the public was on
tenterhooks until the verdict was rem
derel.
Then the people burs, out into tre-
mendous applause.
In the meanwhile all the approaches
~ the uihlb ue JuStiCP 0du D6efi
cleared, the police commissary charged
with the safety Of NJ. Zola having de-
clared that he could not guarantee the
latter's safety until the streets were in
thorough control Of the police. Excep-
uonal measures were taken as the pub
lie emerged from the AssIzes Court.
Outside the building there was terrific
cheering, especially upon the appear
ance of the officers who have figured
In the trial. They were almost carried
in triumph. as shouts Of Death to the
Jews" resounded on all sides.
A number of violent fights ensued
and a police secretary was slightly in
jured.
The mob seemed to be delirious,
shrieking cheers for the army and
bowling down the Jews with fiercaness.
NJ. Zola emerged from the court at
1880 p. M, and his appearance was the
signal for tumultuous denunciations
and insults and shouts of Down with
Zsla," Death to Zola" The crowd
made a mad rush after his carriage,
but strong bulwark Of police inter
vened and saved him from the fury Of
his denunciators.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
L. Champagne. bad Voyage.

dalifax, ~ s.. Feb. 2s.-The three
hundred and odd passengers on board
the French liner La Champagne will
rest more soundly tonight than they
have for ten days.
Since Thursday two weeks ago, half
of which time they have drifted on the
Atlantic, three days and nights have
been filled with anxiety for their per-
sonal safety. but tonight they sleep
in pence and comfort. safe in the har-
bor of Halifax, their fears and cares
on account of danger being dissipate ted
by the happy knowledge that they are
no longer at the mercy of the stormy
ocean. After drifting for five days on
the Newfoundland banks with her en-
gines disabled and the screw shaft
shattered, the great Boston bound
freighter Roman from Liverpool came
along, picked her up and brought her
into Halifax without further mishap
OF consequence.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
ON A BURNING SHIP.
Terrible Experience of Weasel Loaded
With Explosives.

Boston, Feb. 2S.-The British steam
er Legislator. Captain Tenant, bound
from Liverpool for Colon was burned
at sea February 10Th. in latitude 81 q
north and longitude 44.1O west. The
fire broke OUT on February 18th and
burned 1ercely for three days, during
which time Fireman Thomas Roberts
was burned 10 death. Second Officer
James Bateman and Seaman William
Angel We're drowned by the capsizing
Of boat. Third officer Martin and
Chief Steward John Gaffney went
adrift in another boat and Chief Cook
Fred L. Lee. craZed with fearful burns,
jumped overheard The rest of the
crew OF thirty men. with two passen-
gers, DIR. William T.. Mortimer and
wife OF London. We're rescued by the
fruit steamer Flowergate and brought
to this port. arriving here to-day. Four
Of the crew, Chief Engineer John
Throughear. Second Engineer John
Holden, Fourth Engineer Robert Milin,
and Seaman Charles Ibblitson, were
SO severely Injured that they were
taken to the Marine hospital upon ar
rivinc at this port. Holden Is not ex-
pected to live.
The suffering of those who survived
the fearful three days In which they
were tossed about by the waves while
explosion after explosion threatened to
send the fire-eaten steamer to the bot
tom. makes a tale seldom equalled in
the annals Of the merchant marine.
The Legislator left Liverpool on Feb
ruary 9Th with n miscellaneous cargo.
including phosphate. cotton goods and
precussion caps. for Colon and Cen
tral American ports.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
Fiiibusteru Landed in Cuba.

Key West. Feb. 2S.-Nine Cubaps
who were picked up in a rowboat of
Bahia Honda Ton the north coast Of
the province of Pinar del Riol were
landed here to-day by the steamer City
Of Key West. They are the leaders of
q big filibustering expedition which
has just landed in Cuba. They are:
General Nunez. Captain John O'Brien.
Cartaya. Carrillo. Pugluchi and four
others. The junta's representatives
say another big expedition has landed
safely in Cuba. This is said to be
OBrien's biggest and best expedition.
General Nunez. Captain O'Brien and
their companions sailed on the Mas
cote tonight for Tampa.
The expedition, which started from
near Jacksonville, landed in the prov
ince Of Pinar del Rio and Santiago de
Cuba
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
pEcuLlARlTlEs oFAppLEcRors.
Orchard. All Go on Strike In Certain
Years.

Orchards All Go Strike In Certain
Years.
When the apple crop Is short the
scarcity is always likely to affect prices
most late in the winter says the Clsye-
land Leader. Now the picking of the
russets and Baldwins has only 1us.
ceased, where there were any to pick,
and yet apples cost about three times
as much in Cleveland as fruit did one
year ago. This. 1t is true, is an ex-
treme instance of the difference be-
tween an 'off" season for orchards,
and one which was very much "on." The
crop is unusually deficient this year,
even for time when no great yield
could be expected, and the abundance
of orchards broke all records In their
lavish yield. Still, the rise Of 300 per
cent in the price of the most staple fruit
Of the United States and OF many other
countries in the temperate zone is so
great as to be a reproach to modern
horticulture. So great a change from
one year to another should not be pos
sible. 1t is always up and down in the
apple market. One year brings a good
crop and the next small yield, with
hopeless persistency of alteration. It
Is not a question of climates. because
in any country where apples are grown
there will be single orchards of separ
ate trees in nearly barren orchards that
bear all the fruit which could ever be
expected Of them. while all around
there are empty boughs. The trouble
appears to be the habit of bearing al
ternate years. with nearly all the or
chards keeping the same seasons of rest
and activity. 1t ought to be possible
for science and skill to change this
uniformity of habit into more equal
division of favors between the years.
That would give the apple growers
much greater profits, and the consum-
ers, who are virtually the whole popu-
lation when apples are cheap and abun-
dant. would have much better supplies
OF wholesome and useful food. Such
reform in fruit culture would be wor-
thy Of the highest ambition. 1t hardly
seems possible. II It is not beyond
human power it ought to be brought
about, for the general good and to the
great profit of the men who learn how
to make apple trees bear in the of
years and rest. if they must be, in the
years of plenty.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS.
A Large Number of Delegates In Atten
dance at the Third Convention.

uAuc6 NJ tho Inif0 IOnventiOhs
Cleveland, o., Feb. 24.-Every In
coming train throughout last night and
to-day brought large numbers OF dele
gates and visitors to the city to attend
the third International convention OF
the students volunteer movement Sew
erNl large delegations arrived on spe-
ciM trains during the early hours of
| the day.
Secretary Mott called the convention
to order in a few words. and then in
troduced Rev. DIR. F. B. Myers Of Lon
don, England, who conducted q prayer
service which lasted throughout the af-
ternOOn session.
Upon the platform were more than
100 leaders, representing all the Prot
estant denominations Of North America
and among the delegates we're students
from nearly every college In North
Amsr1n, professors from over 100 col
legee and missionaries from tWunty
xeathen lands. ~
At t0-nisht's meeting held in 0ray's
Armory, there was an audience Of g.
500 persons. The address of welcome
was delivered by Bishop Leonard Of
Cleveland. ]. b. Stevenson, a member
Of the executive committee, responded
70 the welcome. The principal address
was made by Rev. DR.. D. J. Burrsll Of
New York. who discussed the differ
ence between the Christian and nom
Christian religion. and said that the
latter was sufficient to save the world.
The meeting at Euclid Avenue Bap-
tist Church was in some respects an
overflow gathering. There was an ad-
dress by DIR. Grace N. Kimball, the Ar
men1an missionary, who talked about
the horrors Of that land and the Turk
ish masacres and Rev. 8. NJ. swsrner,
missionary in Arabia, talked about
the saving Of souls in that land.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
New. From Havana.

Havana, Feb. 24.-The United States
court Of inquiry into the loss Of the
Maine met at 10 o'clock this morning
and examined DR.. Honsberger, Pay
master Ray and Chief Engineer Howell
of the battle ship. There was n re-
cess ordered at noon and it lasted until
1:8O p. m. Several witnesses, whoss
names are not now obtainable, wera
examined during the afternoon.
The Right Arm, Of the Merritt 4
Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Com
pany, IL moored about 200 yards from
the poop of the Maine. The wrecking
tug looks powerful enough to move a
mountain; 1t Is reported that she is no,
supplied. owing TO her hurried depar-
ture for this port, with all the appara-
tus she needs for the work which ID
before her.
Captain Magee, the captain Of the
Right Arm. has reported to Captain
Sigsbee. rs ordered by the Navy De
partment, and will act under Captain
Sigsbee's orders, which are not yet
formulated, or At least not made
known.
A strong wind made the harbor
rough to-day and added to the difiicul.
ties Of the divers, as the electric lights
are worked from a battery on board
the lighthouse tender Mangrove, 200
yards distant.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05

While the war pension OF this coun-
try has reached an enormous figure, 1t
1t the casualty pension, generally pre-
ventable and always inglorious One
OF the noble six hundred" the only
American survivor OF the Light Br-
gade which charged at Balaklava, lives
In Chicago. Not long ago he won a
verdict o! thousand dollars from the
city for injuries due to a defective
sidewalk. Granted that 1t is more
glorious to fall on the field OF battle;
the defective sidewalk or the unguard-
ed grade-crossing offers greater re-
muneration.
The Meeker herald., 1898-03-05
WILLIAM NJ. sInozRLY DEAD.
rhs Ph,ladeIphi. Editor and Banker Dsrst
. Mood vessel After = Fit Of Coughing.

fhe Philadelphis Editor and Banker DaFst
. Mood vessel After Fit Of Coughing.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Feb. 28.-William
II. Siprlerly died suddenly at his resi-
dence, 1901 Locust street, yesterday
afternoon. Heart disease was the I'M
mediate cause of death. Mr.. Singerly
had been suffering for about ten days
from a cold and had remained at home
since last Wednesday. although his Ill
disposition was in 10 way serious.
While sitting In his bedroom smoking
n cigar he was seized with II violent
tit Of coughing and Immediately after
wards fell over dead. In the room at
the time were Mr.. Singerly's grand
daughter. Miss Mabel Singerly Mere
dith, and two servants. His sOn-ln-
law, James S. Mccartney, had left II
few moments before the sudden end
came, leaving Mr.. Singerly apparent
ly In good health, apart from his sligb,
cold.
The physicians say they had fre-
quently cautioned Mr. Singerly that
his heart was weak as a result Of ex-
cessive smoking. and of late his Gus
ION was to take dry smoke" To-
day. however. his cigar was lighted.
and It is thought that the smoke
brought on the coughing spell, the Sc
verify of which ruptured n vessel OF
the heart.
Mr.. Singerly leaves daughter, Mrs
T.. Singerly Balch, who is at present
touring in Europe.
William NJ. Singerly was proprietor
of the Record Publishing Company,
president of the Chestnut Street M
tional Bank and the Chestnut Street
Savings Fund and Trust Company,
which recently collapsed. and presi-
dent of the Singerly Pulp and Paper
Mill. He was member OF the Fair
mount Park commission. and until
lately the treasurer, and trustee Of
the Philadelphia Commercial Museum.