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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
war AGAINST THE TURK
Prediction Made in a Sermon to
District Knights Templar.
Rev. II. p. Williams, of Trinity p. e.
Church, Says the Time Is Coming
When Swords VIII BE Drawn
Against Religious Intolerance in
the East - The Negro Problem.

In the course Of his sermon last night
to the Knights Templar, Rev. Richard
Pardee Williams, pastor of the fashionable
Trinity Episcopal Church, predicted that
Christian peoples must again take up the
sword in religious war against the
arch-usurper, the unspeakable Turk. :"
The prediction. coming now when the re-
lations between the Government and the
Porte are strained, created much interest
among his hearers.
The occasion was the Ascension Day ser
vice under the auspices Of the five District
Communicates, Knights Templar. The as
cension of the Lord into heaven is cele-
brated with peculiar solemnities by the
order According to the theological calen-
dar the day fell upon Thursday last, but
owing to the presence in the city then OF
SO many Shriners, it was decided to post
pone the event until last evening Wash
ington, Columbia, Potomac. DeMolay, and
Orient commandery each participated, es-
corted by bands.
In full regalia with drawn swords and
banners flying the knights, to the number
Of about 400, marched from their hall to
the Trinity Episcopal Church, where the
service was held. The entire central Sec
ton of the auditorium had been reserved
for the visitors and they filled it COM
pleteIy. Rev. R. 2. Williams. who COM
bInes the positions of pastor to Trinity
Church and associate prelate to Washing
ton Comandery. No 1, conducted the cere-
mony. He was assisted by Rev. F. Duncan
Jaudon. associate prelate of Columbia
Coumandery. who read the lessons.
Rev. Mr.. Williams spoke on Truth"
with his text from | Esdras iv:41: And
all the people then shouted and said,
Great ia truth and mighty above all
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the offending diplomat. While foreign re,
resentatives do talk with officials of Ii
State Department about matters affecting
their government pending in Congress, the
conversations are always strictly informal
and are never begun by the ambassador or
minister, unless he is sure that he will
not give offence. Even then he will be on
delicate ground. for reference to pending
legislation is supposed to be strictly ia
bcoed. and could be used by the State De-
partment as justification for request for
the recall of the amdassadoror minister
While Lord Pauncefote may have been men
to the State Department, the non-recogni-
ton of the Clayton Buiwer treaty, in the
Nicaraguan Canal bills now before Con-
gress he did not do so formally. or in
writing. and none Of the officials OF the
State Department will admit that the sub
ject has ever been mentioned by the am
bassador. 80. r.
The most recent case of a foreign repre-
sentative giving offence by attempting to
influence legislation was that OF Lorin NJ.
Thurston, Minister from Hawaii. While
the acute cause of Mr.. Thurston's recall
was the complaint of the Government that
he had given out a letter. rejecting on the
Hawaiian policy Of the Cleveland Admin
istration, he had seriously offended Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Gresham, then Secre-
tary of State, by an active participation
in the attempt to induce Congress to ignore
Mr.. Cleveland's recommendations concern
ing Hawaii.
Esterhazy, Russian Minister TO the
United States, was recalled on the COM
paint OF this Government that he had
written letter to newspaper with the
intention of influencing action on a matter
pending in Congress. Minister WI, how
ever, appears to be the first foreign rep
resentative who ever went before a COM
mittee of Congress to argue the side Of his
Government in pending legislative meas
ure. While this may possibly result in
action by the State Department, there will
probably be no complaint against him for
attending the sessions OF the House while
the Chinese matter was under considera-
ton. That constituted no offence. Mr..
WI is so universally respected and ad
mired that there is little danger that his
child-like and bland breach OF etiquette
will cause resentment in any quarter.
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The Senate will today resume consid-
Grafton of the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill. which will be the order Of business
until disposed of. The bill will probably go
through. practically as reported from the
committee There are one or two items
which will cause discussion, among them
a matter affecting the District This is the
committee amendment providing for the
purchase of land for the Government Hos
pital for the Insane. The bill will not be
passed before "Wednesday.
AT the close of the regular morning bust
ness today, MIR. Wellington will address
the Senate on the Teller resolution offer
ing sympathy to the Beers, and praying for
a speedy conclusion to the war in South
Africa.
One hour will then be given to Mr.. Gal
linger, from the Committee on Pensions,
for the passage Of a large number Of PEN
sion bills.
The Clark case will be called up on We'd
nesday by Mr.. Chandler, who will move
to proceed with the immediate considera-
tion Of the much delayed matter.
The Spooner Philippine resolution is still
the unfinished business before the Sen
ate and is being used to block all and
any legislation under the ban OF the major
ity leaders. So long this bill retains
its place as the unfinished business. the
unanimous consent agreement is neces-
sary to get any other matter before the
body, and as announced by Mr.. Spooner
last week he is not in any hurry TO have
q vote on the bill, but is using it to prevent
a vote on the Nicaragua Canal bill. Mr..
Morgan is industriously bringing this mat
ter before the Senate at every opportunity
and delivers remarks upon it no matter
what may be the business under consider
alton. His outspoken statements made
last week have had good effect and his
persistency may force the matter before
the Senate so that some action will be
taken.
Little time will be lost between now
and the date set for adjournment and bills
are being rushed through without much
objection. The Senate will meet at IL a.
m, during the balance of the session, and
night sessions will soon be in order. The
Military Academy Appropriation bill will
be the next in order and the General De-
fciency bill will then be disposed of.
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FIGHT OVER A FORTUNE.

An Aged Couple Go to Law About
Property I'm New York.
NEW YORK, May 27.-Charles Simpson.
DID, broken down. moneyiess. not long out
of prison and unable to get work any
where. sued his wife yesterday for the
little fortune which he says they made
together by forty years Of saving, and
which she now claims as entirely her own.
For nearly forty years Simpson kept a
Furnishing book store at 81 Centre Street.
His wife assisted him. They were thrifty
and saved money. Simpson says he gave
all the money to his wife and she put 1t
in the savings bank They opened the
store in 1860. and by 1878, Simpson says,
they had $4,000 They then decided that
the best thing they could do would be to
invest their money in real estate. They
bought house in Monroe Street for $780,.
600, which is said to be much more valua-
BILE now. Title to the property was taken
in Mrs. Simpsons name. Later, as their
savings grew, they bought other property,
including house in the Twenty-sixth
Ward Brooklyn.
Their first trouble came in 1894. Agents
Of a society arrested the ole nan for
selling improper literature. He mad,
hard fight, In which his wife assisted,
but he was convicted and sent 10 prisoI.
The first thing Simpson did when he
was released was to hurry home to his
wife. She slammed the door in his face.
he says, and refused to give him cent.
telling him the property was all in her
name and she intended to keep 1t.
Simpson says he waited, thinking she
might relent. but she did not. Yesterday
he brought suit to compel her to reconvey
to him all the real estate she holds and
to give an accounting OF his book business
which he says was fourishing when he
was sent to prison. She sold the business.
he says. and should have received a large
sum for it. He asked for an injunction to
prevent her from selling the real estate
while the suit is pending
Mrs. Simpson denies that the property
belongs to her husband. She says she
saved the money with which it was
bought ,..5-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
THE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY.

Programme of the Graduating Exer-
cises of the Various schools.
The programme in connection with the
closing exercises of the Columbia Uni
versity, beginning this evening, is as fol-
lows:
Commencement exercises Of the medic al
school and the dental school. Address by
w. F. r. Phillips, NJ. D., National Theatre.
Tomorrow evening. p. m.-Commence-
ment of the law school and the school OF
comparative jurisprudence and diplomacy.
Address by Mr.. John W. Grtggs, LII. d..
United States Attorney General, National
Theatre.
Wednesday, May 80, 8 p. m.-Commence-
ment OF the college. the scientific school,
and the school of graduate studies. Ad-
dress by Commander Richard Wainwright,
u. s. NJ. National Theatre.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
MILK FAMINE OVER.
New York Dnirymen Easily Dispos
Of Their Surplus.

new York Dafrymen Easily Dispos,
of Their Surplus.
NEW YORK. May 27.-Danger of a mill
famine is over, at least for the present
President Murphy's inspectors have re-
ported to the board of health that there 1.
plenty of milk in the market at present
prices.
But all this does not mean that the
farmer has given up the idea Of ultimatel,
conducting retail business of great mag.
nitude in this city," said James L. Ben
nett, counsel to the Five States Milk Pro-
ducers' Association, yesterday. I'VE are
negotiating with capitalists to form COM
pany in which the farmers themselves will
take stock
Farmers have received support from
Albany, where State Commissioner oil
Agriculture Wieting has announced him.
self In their favor. He thinks there should
be an organization of the milk trade In the
cities by milk companies. The distribu-
ton OF milk, he says, is too costly under
the present system.
"A company, If managed with any
SKILL" said the commissioner, could af-
ford to sell the milk at a lower price and
at the same time pay the farmer more.
Such a concern would make a contract
Win a farmer 10 TAKE JUST SO mucn OF his
milk and no more. In the summer the
farmers flood the market with milk and
lower the general rate. A big company
with the farmers behind 1t would regulate
this matter"
Superintendent Rogers, Of the Borden
Milk Company, said:
1T is ell well enough to say that the
business should be concentrated and one
wagon go through this street and another
through that but that is easier said than
done. Twenty different wagons go through
some streets and each driver represents an
antipathy to change on the part Of some
customer"
President William Wright of the Con-
solidated Milk Exchange, said:
THE Milk Exchange fixes the price Of
milk at the best figures obtainable. We
have no interest in keeping the price
down. II we fix 1t too low the butter and
cheese factories profit by 1t. The price
regulates itself by the law Of supply and
demand"
The committee OF the Milk Dealers As
ISOLATION has held daily meetings at IL st.
Marks Place during the recent effort to
limit the milk supply. 1t now believes
that the emergency has passed and has ad-
1ourned to the call of the chairman
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
TRUTHS EASILY pIGEsrED.
Concerning n Method of Curing Dys-
pepsin md Stomach Troubles.

Dyspepsia and Indigestion are considered
incurable by many people who do not real
ize the advance made in modern medical
science. and because by the old methods
and remedies a cure was rarely, if ever
obtained
Dyspepsia is now cured as readily as
any other disease
What the 6yspeptic wants is abundant
nutrition. which means plenty Of good,
wholesome. well-cooked food and some
thing to assist the weak stomach to digest
it. This is exactly the purpose for which
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are adapted and
this is the method by which they cure the
worst cases Of Dyspepsia, in other words
the patient eats plenty of wholesome food
and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets digest it
for him. In this way the system is nour-
ished and the overworked stomach rested,
because the tablets will digest the food
whether the stomach works or not. One
of the tablets will digest 5000 grains of
meat or eggs.
Your druggist will tell you that Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets is a remedy sold on Its
merits and is the purest, safest, and cheap
est remedy sold for stomach troubles. and
every trial makes one more friend for this
excellent preparation.
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own worship, but that you should secure
the same immunity for these who kneel
before the same God and proclaim the
name of the same Redeemer.
I'VE have been told that we fight nc
longer with the sword against an earthly
foe. There is some truth in that. but II
is only a half truth. / look forward t.
the time when we shall have to draw ouI
swords against religious intolerance and
oppression, just as our ancestors enlisted
under the banner of the Cross for the re-
lief of their suffering fellow-Christians
in the Far East. The conditions which
aroused their enthusiasm and added fuel
to the flames of their ardor even now
exist in the East, where the profession of
Christianity is attended with great dan
gers. and the holy places Of our fsi:a
are in the possession Of the unspeakable
Turk. the arch-consp irator. whom, for mo-
tives Of policy, Christian Europe dare rot
expel to the wastes Of Asia whence he
came.
And nearer home there are conditions
which may in the future lead to the neces-
sity for unsheathing the blade to protect
the principles OF freedom Of worship.
Where then, Sir knights. shall We be
found? No one should don the insignia OF
Christian knighthood who is not prepared
at all hazards to initiate that splendid ex-
ample of self=sacrifice and chivalry which
once made the name OF Knight Templar
the proudest title on earth"
Mr.. Williams also touched upon the
negro problem. We are told" he said.
that we are to protect innocence and
virtue Are We ready to defend with our
hearts blood women and children from
the cowardly and brutal conduct Of beasts
in human form? We have seen how d
nation. busy in the arts Of peace, enjoying
the blessings of plenty and prosperity
rushed with one accord into a bloody con-
flct to satisfy a sentiment Of sympathy
with an oppressed and down-trodden peo-
pie We know how spontaneous was the
response to the call of humanity.
Shall we admit that those who are
bound by no such chivalric obliga-
lions as unite US, are more sensitive
to the cry OF the weak and the pleas Of the
suffering than we whose ancestry per-
formed such deeds of glory and stained
with their life blood the places sacred in
our divine Masters life?'
Ali Ferrouh Bey. the Turkish Minister
to America. and Ahmed Pacha. the Turk
ish admiral, now in the city, were shown
a report Of Rev Mr. Williams reference
to possible war with the Sultan. They
read the article with a great deal of ap-
parent surprise. but would say nothing for
publication regarding 1t.
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THE MARTIN CoURT-MARTIaL.
Army officer Accused of IrreEularl
ties en-, IT. Acconnfs

Army officer Accused of IrreEulari-
ties I'm His Accounts.
NEW YORK, May 27.-The hearing of
of Lieut.. Edward H. Martin, of the Fifth
United States Artillery. was resumed at
Fort Hamilton yesterday. The testimony
of the witnesses called by the prosecution
was devoted principally to the account
system Of Martin while he was acting as
teen at Fort Hancock.
Surgeon Porter of Fort Hancock, who
succeeded Lieutenant Martin as treasurer
of the exchange and canteen, said the lat
ter was requested to turn over to him
funds he had on hand and in compliance
gave him a check for 81, 700.32 drawn on a
trust company of Manhattan. The check,
when presented for payment, was found to
be worthless. Martin, when informed of
the matter. made good the amount.
Lieutenant Hentz, of Fort Hancock, the
next witness, said he knew the defendant
and had seen the records of the exchange
which were produced at a meeting OF the
post council on February %. At that time
he was acting as adjutant at Fort Han
cock and the records had to pass through
his hands. He found it necessary to ask
Lieutenant Martin for an explanation as
to the accounts Of the exchange for the
quarter ending March 81, as there had
been found discrepancy in bill of the
Kruger Brewing Company. The bill
called for $3.50 and, according to Lieuten-
ant Martins accounts, $3.50 had been paid.
Frank Spencer Young, cashier of the
trust company, was the last witness of the
day. He said that the defendant had COM
municated with him by telephone on April
q, three days before the check was pre-
scented. He could not recall exactly the
language used, but 1t was in regard to
large check which was to be cashed. When
the check was rendered for payment he
consulted Mr.. Grant, secretary of the
company, in regard to the matter, and it
was decided to return it as worthless
Lieutenant Martin. he said. deposited
the funds of the exchange with the COM
pany and had informed him that he was
going to make deposit to cover the
check. The check was not paid when pre-
sented because there were not enough
funds on hand to meet it. In answer to
question of Lieut.. Col Tully McCrea, who
presided, as to what amount of money
was to Lieutenant Martins credit when
the check was offered for payment, Mr..
Young said there was not more than $50,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

Speeches on Trusts Likely TO BE the
Feature This Week.
There will be a closing rush Of bills in
the House this week, though 1t is likely
that speeches on the subject OF trusts
will be the feature of the time. The first
thing in the matter OF trusts to come up
will be the joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution. and after
this there will be taken up the House bill
amending the antitrust law. 1t is be-
ieyed that the committee substitute for
the Grout Oleomargarine bill and the Anti
Canteen bill will be called up in the House
during the week.
The Alaska Code bill will be passed to-
day or tomorrow. and the conference re-
port on the District Appropriation bill will
then be presented.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
CAPTURED A couNTERFE1TER.
Officers Watch an Aged Man Make
Bogus Money.

TOWANDA, Pa.-aMay 27-Secret Service
Operative Flynn and Deputy Marshal Hol-
len yesterday brought to Towanda the
supposed chief of-the counterfeiting gang
which has been flooding this section with
bogus dollars and 5o-cent pieces for the
past two years.
The prisoner is Louis Ruger, seventy
three years old. OF Tuscarora township,
and he was caught in the act OF making
the coins. The entire outfit OF molds,
melting pots, metal. etc, was taken. In
addition to several coins just off the molds
and too hot to handle. The officers were
concealed in the woods a few rods from
Ruger's place OF operations for an hour
and watched the prisoner coin the money.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
FOOD FOR THE FLAMES.
A Fire Mt the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing.


Fire. which resulted in loss estimated
at $4,000 and which destroyed several
frame sheds and other property, broke out
about Z O'Clock yesterday morning in the
frame buildings attached to the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. The origin OF
the fire is undetermined, and may suit
in an investigation by the authorities.
A Waterman employed on the premises
discovered the blaze and turned in an
alarm from box 1872, corner Fourteenth
and B Streets southwest. Three COM
panies of the Fire Department responded
and kept the fire confined to the sheds
where 1t originated. Bicycles stored in
the sheds ard other small property were
promptly removed by the fremen and
police But little coal was stored in the
sheds at the time and no apparent damage
resulted from the blaze to the machinery
about the burned structures.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
LONG WAIT FOR A BRIDE.
An Ohio Man Wins After n Court
ahIp Of SeVenty-one YcarH.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, May 27.-The re-
markable devotion Of August Croft, a
Morrow County farmer, eighty-six years
old. to Miss Kate Putnam, eighty eight
years old. is at last to be rewarded.
After a courtship OF seventy one years,
Miss Putnam has consented to become his
wife and the wedding is to take place
tomorrow at the brides home in South
Bloomfield. The couple were born and
reared on adjoining farms, and at fifteen
and seventeen were ardent lovers.
They drifted apart. but kept up a cor
respondence. On January 9. 1900. they
were formally engaged. They have de-
clared that no person under sixty years
Of age can attend the ceremony.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
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SPEED OF THE w1ND-sPL1TrER.
Railway Records Broken by Adams
Cigar-Shnued TrRin.
euresthroat and lung


BALTIMORE, Nd. May 27.-The cigar
shaped. air-splitting train on its second
trial trip between Baltimore and WASH
ington yesterday beat all records on this
division of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road.
With six cars and a light fifty-six-ton
locomotive. the run Of forty miles was
made in thirty-seven minutes thirty Sec
onds. an average speed Of seventy-eght
miles an hour. This included the slowing
up on two miles Of tracks within the
environs OF Baltimore and similar dis
lance in the suburbs Of Washington.
Inventor Adams Is still confident Of his
air-splitting device enabling a train to
make 100 miles an hour with 10 omotive
that can haul an ordinary train at a speed
Of fifty miles an hour.
The best previous record on the Balti-
more and Ohio Washington branch was by
the special train that carried the late Vice
President Hobart to the inaugural cere-
monies at Washington, that run being
made in thirty-eight minutes.
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
VOICE RESTORED WHEN DYING.
a Woman, Long Mute, Utters Words
of Farewell.

NORRISTOWN, Pa, May 27.-In the re-
turn Of her power Of speech, Mrs. Mary
Mcbride, of Bridgeport, realized the wish
Of years, as her life was ebbing away.
Seven years ago her husband was killed
on the railroad, and the shock Of the
fatility rendered her speechless. All these
years she has been mute.
Friday. as her family gathered about
her bedside TO take the last farewell. they
were startled by hearing their mother call
them each by name. She then conversed
with them. and for a time the return of
her long-lost faculty seemed to buoy her
up. In less than twenty -four hours, how
ever, death stilled her tongue forever.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28

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