DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - NEWSPAPERS - Washington Post January 26, 1906 Miscellaneous --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- This file is part of the DCGenWeb Archives Project: http://www.usgwarchives.net/dc/dcfiles.htm ********************************************* http://www.usgwarchives.net/dc/dcfiles.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************* Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives Project by: Barbara & Dave (Barbara-dave@adelphia.net) ------------------------------------------------------------ Section 2, Page 1 DISCUSS TRADE METHODS Expanded Metal Companies' Association Holds Annual Meeting. Capt. J. S. Sewall, of the United States Army, Talks on "The Re-enforcement of Concrete." The Expanded Metal Companies' Association held its annual meeting at the New Willard yesterday afternoon. This association is composed of the independently capitalized companies of the United States, which are interested in the manufacture of expanded metal. Their annual meetings are taken up in comparing notes and discussing ways and means of advancing the uses of their products. The address of the day was made by Capt. J. S. Sewall, of the United States army, who spoke on "The Re-enforcement of Concrete." After this address the members indulged in an open discussion of the subject, and a number of opinions from leading engineers of the country were listened to with much interest. C. W. Summerville, of the building inspector's office, then told some interesting experiments which had come to his notice in the use of re-enforced concrete. This material is made by the introduction of steel into the concrete and its increased value is attested by the fact that more tonnage of expanded metal is used in this material than in any other way. Re-enforced concrete was invented by J. F. Golding, of this city, several years ago. The meeting this morning will be taken up in disposing of business matters which may come up and the election of officers for the coming year. The place of the next convention and the publications to be issued by the society will also be decided upon at this morning's session. ==================================== Installation of Officers. The installation of officers of the Ladies' Auxiliary, No. 4, of William B. Cushing Camp, No. 30, Sons of Veterans, was held Wednesday evening at their hall, 314 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. The occasion was also somewhat in the nature of a "house warming," it being the first meeting of the auxiliary in their new hall. The auxiliary was presented with a beautiful silk flag for the altar, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Davis. Another feature of the evening was the presentation of a gold medal by Comrade Northcott, to Mrs. Charles S. Davis, for having brought in the largest number of members during the year. ==================================== ELECTION BY LUMBERMEN. Russe, of Memphis, Chosen President by the Exporters. The National Lumber Exporters' Association closed its sixth annual convention at the New Willard yesterday. Officers were elected as follows: President, W. H. Russe, Memphis; first vice president, J. L. Alcock, Baltimore; second vice president, G. M. Spiegle, Philadelphia; treasurer, Richard W. Price, Baltimore; secretary and traffic manager, Edward M. Terry, New York. The association placed itself on record as in favor of reciprocity between this country and foreign, nations, and in favor of the Groscup plan of regulation of freight rates in the United States. Most of the delegates left for their homes on the night trains. ==================================== WATCHMEN WILL FIGHT. Claim There Is Animus Behind Bill Introduced in Congress. Believing there is animosity behind the Congress bill designed to abolish, night watchman, members of the Night Watchman's Association have started a fight. to defeat the measure. They say a petition setting forth their need is being signed by business men and citizens to present to the proper authorities. At a meeting of the organization Wednesday afternoon at 516 Ninth street northwest, James P. Cockran, Benjamin F. Klopfer and Mosby Williams made speeches. They expressed the belief that the bill, which will call for their resignations, can be defeated if all the special officers will assist in their fight. Page 2 BASED ON CHILD PRIDE. Wilson L. Gill Tells of Success of Public School System. Child pride, encouraged by self-government in the schools, is the basis of the successful public school system, said Wilson L. Gill, before the Washington School City Federation, at the Public Library last night. "The idea," said Mr. Gill, "originated about fifteen years ago, when civic interest pointed to decay. The idea of inculcating interest among school children was adopted when the pride of pupils was tested. Teachers set apart wards as city councils, allowing the little ones to elect mayors, judges, clerks, and other officers, and formulate laws. ============================== Elders' Union Holds Annual Meeting. Several amendments to the constitution and by-laws of the Elders' Union of Washington were adopted at. the concluding session of the annual meeting Wednesday night, one of which puts all elders who have been regularly ordained on the same footing with members, whether in active service or not. The following officers were elected: Thomas F. Sargent, president; R. L. Ewing, vice president; Capt. W. M. Somerville, secretary; W. M. Terrell, treasurer. The executive committee is as follows: Judge Stanton J. Peelle, W. H. H. Smith, Lawrence O. Mallory, Ben F. Brockett, O. B. Brown, George H. Brown, C. H. Carrington, A. B. Gordon, J. B. Lenten, and Samuel F. Rynex. ============================== FEIGNS ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. Woman Seeks to Evade Arrest by Pretending Self-destruction. When Margaret Loveless, alias Adel Ray, was awakened early yesterday morning by two policemen, who called to arrest her, she fled from the officers and locked herself in a bathroom. Upon breaking open the door the policemen found her lying on the floor with a bottle labeled "laudanum" by her side. She was removed, to the Emergency Hospital, where it was found she had taken none of the poison. Mrs. Julia H. Lyles, of 710 Eighth street northwest, said the woman came to her house and secured, $20 from her Wednesday, on the pretense that Mrs. Lyle's husband had been arrested and had sent for the money as security for his release. A charge of obtaining money under false pretenses was made against her. She said she would rather die than suffer arrest and gave that as a reason for her attempted suicide. The woman lives at 427 1-2 H street northwest. ============================== WEST IS INVESTIGATING. Woman Said to Have Been Ill-treated by a Policeman. Commissioner West has ordered Maj. Sylvester to investigate the alleged ill-treatment of Mrs. H. W. Howgate by a policeman. Mrs. Howgate fell from a car at Eleventh and G streets last Friday. She is the widow of Capt. Howgate. According to Mrs. Hough, a friend, who made the complaint to Commissioner West, Mrs. Howgate was allowed to lie on the sidewalk nearly an hour, while a crowd surrounded her, before she was removed in an ambulance. It was also alleged that she was annoyed because of the insolence of a hack driver, and the refusal of a physician at the Emergency Hospital to send her to her home until he got $5. Commissioner West has asked Supt. Wilson, of the District charities board, of the right of the surgeon to make such a charge. ============================== MRS. QUIGGLE RECOVERED. Is Discharged from Hospital - Shot by Her Husband. Mrs. W. J. Quiggle, whose husband killed himself after shooting her twice in the breast last November, was discharged yesterday from the Emergency Hospital as almost recovered. She will make her home temporarily at 923 G streets southeast. Mrs. Quiggle and her husband attended a theater a few hours before the shooting, which occurred on the eighth floor of the Brunswick apartment house, near Thirteenth and I streets. The couple had retired when Quiggle suddenly leaped from the bed and shouted: "I am going to kill you and myself." Before his wife could escape he took a pistol from a bureau drawer, and after shooting her, turned the weapon upon himself. Insanity is the only reason the police were ever able to assign for Quiggle's bloody deed. ============================== Building Permits. Inspector Ashford yesterday issued the following building permits: To William H. Hall for two-story frame dwelling at 1229 Girard street; builder, Walter C. Brashears; estimated cost. $2,300. To M. F. Ruppert for three-story brick dwelling at 2219 Water street northwest; estimated coat. $2,500. To P. J. Nee for three-story brick dwelling at 1341 Girard street; architect, A. P. Clark; builders, Piper & Kenyon; estimated cost, $13,000. ============================== Surgeons Remove Man's Eye. B. C. Hughes, of Travillah, Md., is a. patient at the Episcopal Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, where physicians yesterday removed one of his eyes. Hughes was accidentally shot while hunting: with a party of friends in North Carolina a few days ago. A charge of birdshot struck him in the face, and one of his eyes was so badly injured that physicians found it necessary to remove the optic. ============================== BRIDEGROOM HAS FIVE NAMES. Henry James Frank Cain Allen Prather Gets Marriage License. "My name Is Henry James Frank Cain Allen Prather because my mother favored all of them and couldn't make a selection from the list." Prather made this statement when he applied for a marriage license, and the clerk, Frank L. Williams, of the District Supreme Court, asked his name. "How old are you?" asked the clerk. "I am twenty-two years old, and come from Atlanta, Ga.," he replied. "Have you been carrying that load of names all these years?" "Yes, sir." "Are you going to force them upon a wife?" "Well, she said that she would bear half my troubles." The future Mrs. Henry James Frank Cain Allen Prather stepped forward and gave her name as Minnie Ashton. She said that she lived at the Portner flats, where the couple will live when they are married. ============================== BAD ELEPHANT IS REFUSED. No Place in National Zoo for "Duke," a Tricky Pachyderm. Bad elephants cannot live at the National Zoo. On account of his reputation, Duke, an African pachyderm, has been refused by the management, and he will have to find a home elsewhere. Jacob Hope, of 35 Ninth street, Philadelphia, offered Duke several days ago. This animal's conduct has been so reprehensible that peaceable animals refuse to live with him. It is said that when he was in the zoo some years ago he used his trunk as a water hose to spray sightseers, and that he terrorized people by his eagerness to step on them. It was feared Duke would teach his pranks to Dunk, the big Indian elephant, whose companion he would be. Many offers are refused by the management of the Zoo of beasts that are considered tricky and dangerous. [above not particularly useful, but since one of my genealogical interests was Elephant keeper at the National Zoo from about 1921 to 1949, I include them] ============================== ROSS SCHOOL IS DEDICATED New Building: Named in Memory of Deceased Commissioner. Several Hundred Children Salute American Flag as It Is Raised on Structure. In the presence of a large attendance of school and District officials and members and officers of the Columbia Heights Citizens' Association, the new John W. Ross School on Harvard street was dedicated yesterday morning. Lee Ross, son of the late John W. Ross, after whom the school was named, was present. A high tribute to the memory of Mr., Ross, who was a District Commissioner,, was paid by Commissioner Macfarland, who said, in part: "My long friendship with Mr. Ross makes it difficult to speak publicly of his character, but I do not need to remind you of his sterling integrity, public spirit, and kindness of heart and charm of manner. In giving his name to this school the Commissioners commemorate his public services and hold them up as an example to pupils who shall be trained for citizenship in this place through many years to come." Superintendent of Public Schools Stuart, in presenting the keys of the building, to Miss Kate Bevard, the principal, mentioned the names of the schools which have been named for District Commissioners, and said the Ross building was named not only for the Commissioner, but for a trustee of the schools. Judge Bundy paid a light tribute to the management of the public school system, saying that as an officer of the Columbia Heights Citizens' Association his duty had many times compelled him to transmit complaints to the District Commissioners, but that he had never made a complaint concerning public schools. He spoke of the good condition of the schools, which, he said, was to a great extent due to the energies of the late Mr. Ross. The pupils of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh grades, after the opening prayer by Rev. R. M. Fishbunne [might be Fishburne], pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, sang a patriotic anthem, and, upon the raising of the American flag, went through a formal flag salute. Dr. Richard Kingsman, chairman of the committee on buildings, repairs, and sanitation, was master of ceremonies, and he introduced the speakers. The building was handsomely decorated for the occasion. The Ross Building is a handsome eight-room brick structure of the most modern type of school architecture. The rooms, of which seven are already occupied by 300 pupils, are light, airy, and commodious. The walls are not plastered, but show the brick formation under a coat of dull Pomperian red. For purposes of ventilation and heating, an electric motor has been installed, in place of a gas engine, to run the fans, and its effectiveness has proven more than satisfactory. Fresh air is admitted from registers at the top of the walls, and is drawn out, near the baseboard. A feature of this building is the low doors, which are without transoms, built this way to aid in heating. ============================== GRANDSONS AS PALLBEARERS. Funeral Services of Mrs. Anne Sheedy to Be Held To-day. Four grandsons will be pallbearers today at the funeral of Mrs. Anne Sheedy, who died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bridget McMahon, 26 I street northeast. The funeral will be held from Mrs. McMahon's residence, at 8:30 o'clock, the services taking place at St,. Aloysius' Church, North Capitol and I streets, and the interment in Mt. Olivet cemetery. Mrs. Sheedy was the widow of Martin Sheedy and was 98 years old. She had lived in the same block on I street for 55 years. ============================== Pleads Insanity for Murder. Epileptic Insanity was yesterday offered as a defense by Mary Graves, a young negro woman on trial in Criminal Court No. 1 for murder, in causing the death of her new born babe, August 2 last, by burying it in an ash heap. The defendant on the witness stand denied all knowledge of the tragedy. Experts testified that the woman is subject to epileptic seizures. The case will go to the jury to-day. Attorneys J. McD. Carrington and S. D. Truitt appeared for the defense, and Assistant United States Attorney Turner for the government. ============================== SHOWS ENDEARING LETTERS. Miss Galvin Tells Jury Daniel Scanlon Promised to Marry Her. Daniel Scanlon was yesterday called on in Circuit Court, No. 1, before Justice Barnard and a jury to answer to a suit for $10,000 damages for alleged breach of promise to marry Miss Sarah Agnes Galvin. The courtroom was crowded throughout the session, many women being present. This is the first case of this character to be heard in the local courts since the trial of the suit of Madeline Pollard against the late Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky. The plaintiff stated that the defendant promised last spring to marry her, and she exhibited several letters of an endearing character, which she had received from him. She had also, she said, .made preparations for her marriage. Mr. Scanlon took the stand in his own defense and strenuously denied ever making the alleged promise, but admitted that he had made several social calls on the young woman, had taken her carriage riding, and had written the letters offered in evidence. The case was adjourned at this point in the testimony until Monday, when it is expected the jury will announce its verdict. Attorneys James A. O'Shea and George H. Calvert represent the fair plaintiff, while the defendant is represented by Attorneys Michael J. Colbert and Michael J Keane. ============================== YOUNG WOMEN INSULTED. President Asked to Investigate Conduct of Soldiers. By direction of the President, an investigation is being made into a charge that last Friday five soldiers of the Fort Myer garrison insulted the daughters of E. L. Jordan, of Ballston, Va., at the terminal of the Aqueduct Bridge, and that Deputy Marshal C. H. Wilbert played the part of a coward in failing to give the young women protection. In his letter to the President, Mr. Jordan accused the soldiers of obstructing his daughters in their attempts to enter the waiting room at the end of. the bridge, and that after they had entered the waiting room one of them sat upon the lap of one of the young women. They appealed to the deputy marshal, but he merely advised them to go inside the room. When a friend interfered in behalf of the young women the soldiers threatened to "do him up." Page 4 WOULD REGULATE SALE OF POISON IN DISTRICT The bill to prevent the indiscriminate sale of poisons and harmful drugs in the District called forth commendation from several local physicians at a hearing before the House District Committee yesterday. Dr. M. G. Motler, of the pharmacy committee of the medical society; Dr. George M. Kober, Robert L. Stone, and Dr. D. Percy Hickling addressed the committee. Accompanying them were Health Officer Woodward, S. L. Hilton, and Frank C. Henry, of the District Retail Drug Association; H. E. Kolusowski, of the National College of Pharmacy, and Dr. Z. T. Sowers. The committee authorized favorable reports on the bills taxing explosives and extending the time for the completion of the Long Bridge to February 12, 1907. Representative Kline advocated compelling all banks in the District to make a report to the Comptroller of the Currency. Representative Wiley's snow and ice bill was declared unconstitutional, and the corporation counsel was requested to prepare a bill that would meet the test. A bill regulating corporations, prepared last summer by Walter C. Clephane, a lawyer of the District,-was introduced by Senator Gallinger. The bill attempts to give a thorough law on corporations to the District. Mr. Clephane took the best features from the various State laws. It regulates publicity and covers the entire subject in great detail. When printed it will be distributed among the members of the District Bar Association for their approval. The bill is ninety-two typewritten pages in length. ========================================================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF. Agricultural Department Employes [sp.] Organize Association. The employes of the Department of Agriculture have organized an Immediate Relief Association, which has for its object the extension of assistance to the families in the event of the death of its members. The organization is somewhat similar to those in existence in other branches of the government service. At meetings held Monday and Tuesday George William Hill, chief of the Division of Publications, was made temporary chairman, and a constitution was submitted and approved, the necessary officers elected, and the organization perfected. The association has the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, and is favored by practically all the officials of the department. The indications are that within the next few weeks it will embrace not less than five or six hundred employes of the department, to which its membership is confined. At the meetings on Monday and Tuesday the following officers were elected: Secretary James Wilson, honorary president; Col. S. R. Burch, vice president; James E. Jones, secretary; A. Zappone, treasurer; George P. McCabe, counsel. The board of directors consists of the following: George William Hill, chairman; S. R. Burch, A. G. Rice, John P. Church, and E. B. Jones. ========================================================== Would Buy Historic Property. Representative Flood, of Virginia, yesterday introduced a bill providing for the purchase of the McLean property and adjacent land at Appomattox, the scene of the surrender of Gen. Lee to Gen. Grant, and to erect tablets thereon in commemoration of the historic event. Page 5 SUBSCRIPTIONS TO CHARITY. Association Is $2,000 Behind Collections Same Time Last Year. Public contributions to the charity funds of the Citizens' Relief Association and Associated Charities were recorded yesterday. The collections of the Associated Charities are $2,000 behind what they were last year. John Jay Edson, treasurer, announces the following contributions toward making up this deficit: P. W. Smith, $5; James S. Henry, $20; George W. Casilear, $l0; Simon Oppenheimer, $5; Mrs. Leech, $2; E. D. Godfrey, $1; Mrs. Harriet de K. Woods, $2.50; H. Zirkin, $l; William H. Baldwin, $20; C. B. Rheem, $10; Mrs. G. W. Harding, $20; Miss Florence Harding, $5; B. H. Warner, $5; Mrs. John Alexander Johnston, $10; David R. McKee, $20. Subscriptions to the Citizens' Relief Association are announced as follows by the treasurer, John F. Wilkins: Mrs. Mary L. Norton, $10; James J. Gordon, $20; Henry Evans, $5. The treasurer of the committee on the prevention of consumption, Rudolph Kauffman, acknowledges the following contributions recently received: Mrs. Mary E. Hood, $1; Anonymous, $5; G. G. C. Simms, $2; Dr. Robert Reyburn, $5; Miss Emily S. Cook, $2.50; Dr. O. O. Goodpasture, $2.50; A. B. Johnson, 50 cents; R. M. McKee, $10; T. C. Dulin, $5; R. L. Pendleton, $2.50; W. O. Ison, $1; Mrs. A. H. Tyson, $1; Law Reporter Printing Company, $5; Mrs. Anna L. Peck, $2.50. ---------------------------------------------------------------- BICYCLISTS COLLIDE. Man Is Seriously Injured, but Boy Escapes Unhurt. In a collision between two bicyclists at Fourteenth and K streets yesterday, Fred Warther, forty years old, of 3130 Fourteenth street, was seriously injured, while Fred Braman, fifteen years old, escaped without bruises. Warther was taken to his home suffering from concussion of the brain. He was turning the corner when the accident occurred, and the boy was riding northward. In falling, Warther struck the pavement on his head. The Braman boy summoned an ambulance and Warther was removed to the Emergency Hospital. ---------------------------------------------------------------- EVIDENCE OP MURDER. Fatal Wounds Found on Body of Virginian Who Died in St. Louis. Richmond. Va., Jan. 25. - The body of. Elmer Haden, the young Virginian who died last Sunday in St. Louis, Mo., arrived at his former home at Palmyra, today. It was in a metallic casket, on the outside of which was a physician's certificate to the effect that he had died of measles, aggravated by pneumonia. Dr. Henry Smith, of Fluvanna, opened the casket on its arrival, and examined the remains. He found a wound on the man's head, caused by a blow with a blunt instrument, and a deep gash in the side of the body, which was evidently made with a knife. The doctor says that either of the wounds were serious enough to have caused death. A brother of the dead man has gone to St. Louis to investigate the case. The family believe the young man may have been murdered. Page 9 INSANE AT WHITE HOUSE. Man Wants to Dispose of President and Find North Pole. Gustave Stadie was arrested at the White House yesterday by Sergt, Horrison, of the White House guard, and taken to the Third precinct. He is believed to be insane. He appeared at the Executive Mansion yesterday and demanded an audience with the President. He refused to make his mission known. At the station Stadie declared he went to the White House to kill the President, after which he was going to start explorations for the north pole. Later he became violent and attempted to escape. After examination by two members of the police board of surgeons, the man was committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane. =========================== BURNS IN SONG AND STORY. Scotchmen Celebrate Anniversary of Their Poet's Birthday. From highlands and lowlands gathered the clans last night at the Hotel Reuter and celebrated with song and story the 147th birthday anniversary of the Scotch poet, Robert Burns. It was the annual banquet of the Caledonian Club, and more than sixty members listened to the bagpipe and joined in the strains of "Auld Lang Syne." The "denner" was unique, in that from the Barlee Bree to the Sonsie Farls all the dishes served were those which would appeal to the epicurean tastes of any son of Killicrankie. The music, and there was lots of it, was composed mostly of melodies set to Burns' poetry, but they sang "Annie Laurie" and "The Campbells Are Comin'." Besides solos by Harry Shackelford, George Meills, William Gardner, and Charles Stanley, Prof. Charlemagne Koehler gave several recitations. Thomas J. Devine imitated the bagpipe on an oboe and gave several selections of the Highland Fling variety. Dr. Thomas Miller acted as toastmaster. Benjamin Irwin responded to the toast, "The Day We Celebrate," and spoke of Robert Burns, portraying his life almost exclusively from the verses of the poet himself. John L. Kennedy, Representative from Nebraska, then gave a toast to "Our President." After him Frank Hosford spoke on "Scottish Americans," and Samuel Milton followed him in response to the toast, "The Press." "The Lassies" was the next toast, and was responded to by Hugh Reid, and Capt. Robert Armour finished the regular toasts by speaking on "Our Adopted Country." Then followed impromptu speeches and stories, while the Caledonians "sat around the table weel content an' stirred about the toddy." =========================== RETIRING JUSTICE HONORED Charles C. Nott Is Given Big Ovation at Bar Reception. His Term of Service the Longest of Any Chief Justice of the United States. The members of the bar of the Court of Claims had as their guests at a reception at Rauscher's last night, Charles C. Nott, the retiring' chief justice; Stanton J. Peelle, chief justice; the associate justices of the Court of Claims, Louis A. Pradt, the retiring Assistant Attorney General, and J. A. Van Orsdel, the Incoming Assistant Attorney General. Addresses were made by each of the distinguished guests. Assistant Attorney General John G. Thompson, who presided, in his introductory remarks said that he wanted the guests to understand that the tables were turned for the evening. "The members of the bar for once would not be the humble ones and at the mercy of the court officials," he said. A number of other good-natured jibes were made by Mr. Thompson, at the expense of the guests, and as a result, the speeches which followed were on the same humorous lines. Justice Nott, who was the guest of honor, has the distinction of having to his credit the longest term of service of any chief justice in the United States. His appointment to the bench was one of the last official acts of President Lincoln. The veteran justice retired from the bench on the 1st of January, after serving forty years, and when he responded to the introduction of Mr. Thompson, he was greeted with an ovation. Justice Nott, in his address, laid particular stress upon the pleasant relations he has had with the members of the bar during his career, and gave an interesting review of the many years he served at the head of the Court of Claims. In closing, he said: "Now that I have stepped down from public life, and possibly out of your lives, my one wish is that you, gentlemen of the bar, will work together hand in hand, and always bear in mind the honorable profession you possess." G. H. Walker, as chairman of the reception committee, stood at the head of the receiving line in the reception room before going into the banquet room, and officiated in the introductions. The guests present were: Representative Gaines, Senator Fulton, Chief Clerk Hopklns, Judge Howry, Mr. Brainerd, Senator Burkett, Senator Carmack, Commissioner Clements, Senator Warren, Assistant Attorney General Van Orsdel, Assistant Attorney General J. G. Thompson, Assistant Attorney General Pradt, Chief Justice Peelle, Chief Justice Nott, Representative Miller, Charles Drake McGuffey, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Representative Lamar, George H. Hollister, of North Dakota; W. O. Hart, of New Orleans; Representative Alexander, Mr. Ames, of St. Paul, Minn. ; Judge Atkinson, District Attorney Baker, Judge Barney, and Judge Booth. Members present were: John S. Duffie, Gen. W. W. Dudley, J. F. Downing, C. W. De Knight, F. W. Collins, H. E. Davis, W. T. S. Curtis, J. B. Cotton, C. F. Consaul, E. F. Colladay, M. A. Coles, John W. Clark, C. W. Clagett, C. M. Carter, C. C. Calhoun, Marion Butler, S. S. Burdett, A. B. Browne, Alex. Britton, Frank S. Bright, Felix Branningan, F. W. Brandenburg, E. C. Brandenburg, John S. Blair, H. P. Blair, L. O. Bailey, J. Hubley Ashton, G. M. Anderson, A. S. Worthington, H. T. Winfield, Mr. Wilbur, B. H. Warner, jr., H. M. Ward, George H. Walker, J. M. Vale, R. K. Tyler, Perry B. Turpin, J. W. Trainer, John M. Thurston, Morven Thompson, John B. Thompson, John H. Taylor, George W. Taylor, James H. Spalding, E. W. Spalding, Cyrus Snyder, Arthur V. Snell, L. B. Smith, Herbert E. Smith, F. L. Siddon, W. W. Scott, W. H. Robinson, W. E. Richardson, J. H. Ralston, S. A. Putman, J. T. Pickett, H. Peyton, C. D. Pennebacker, Stanton G. Peelle, R. L. Owen, F. L. Neubeck, Mr. Mosher, Barry Mohun, Guion Miller, Benjamin Micou, Perry G. Michener, L. T. Michener, Clark McKercher, F. D. McKenney, J. K. McCammon, H. J. May, Simon Lyon, C. C. Lancaster, L. P. Knut, William B. King, G. A. King, C. F. Kincheloe, Crammond Kennedy, Maurice Kelly, C. J. Kapler, John Paul Jones, Mr. Kaiser, J. K. Jones, L. B. Howry, Col. Robert A. Howard, Mr. Holland, J. A. Hicks, Samuel Herrick, Col. Herbert, John J. Hempbill, George C. Hazelton, James H. Hayden, W. E. Harvey, Silas Hare, George E. Hamilton, Frank K. Hackett, E. C. Foster, H. M. Foote, John S. Flannery, F. A. Fenning, F. D. C. Faust, John O. Fay, V. B. Edwards. Page 12 FAITHFUL FIRE HORSE DEAD. Old "Joe" Rushed Chief Belt to 2,200 Alarms in His Time. Old "Joe," or "Warts," the horse used by Chief Belt, of the fire department, for the last thirteen years, is dead. The animal had a remarkable record for fires, having responded to 2,200 alarms with Chief Belt holding the reins. He was purchased November 20, 1892, from John Simmons, of this city, and at that time was six years old. Last year he was retired on what is known in the department parlance as a "horse pension," which enabled him to "feed and keep" without work the rest of his days. In a letter to the Commissioners informing them of the animal's death. Chief Belt says: "Old Joe was a thoroughbred Kentuckian with a record of a mile in 2:29, and one of the most sensible, faithful, obedient and attentive horses that ever responded to a fire call. For thirteen years he had carried me, when I was first assistant chief, to more than 2,000 fire runs. He knew just as well as the men when the alarm sounded, and was as willing to respond to his fourth consecutive alarm as he was to his first. "I thought as much of him almost as I do of my children. He carried me to an alarm sounded at First and M streets southeast, in the awful blizzard of February, 1897, when all other apparatus was unable to reach the fire owing to the condition of the streets. He would respond to an alarm if there were a. thousand soldiers in front of him shooting off their arms." District Veterinarian Robinson said the horse was the oldest one owned by the department, and that during his term of service he never lost a day's work either from sickness or accident. ================================================= WOMAN KILLED HERSELF Mrs. Squiers Gouged Arm with Scissors and Leaped from Window. Could Not Survive Shock of Having Arm Amputated - Her Mind Unbalanced from Religious Fervor. After slashing her arm with a pair of manicure scissors, Mrs. Anne Squiers, forty-nine years old, of Brooke, Stafford County, Va., leaped from a second story window, at the home of Mrs. Owen K. Truitt, 1660 Monroe street northwest, where she was visiting, and died last night at the Garfield Hospital, where physicians had found it necessary to amputate her arm. Mrs. Squiers was too weak to recover from the shock. On the way to the hospital Mrs. Squiers said she tried to kill herself because she had lost her reason on account of religion. Members of the Truitt family were attracted to the rear of the house by the groans of Mrs. Squiers, and she was found unconscious. While the ambulance was on its way to the hospital efforts were made to stop the flow of blood to save the woman's life, and she recovered consciousness. Mrs. Squiers was the wife of William K. Squiers, a well-known resident of Brooke, and had been a devoted church worker. For sometime past her friends had noticed that her mind was unbalanced, but it was not thought her condition was serious. Blood stains about the room at the Truitt home indicated that the woman's task of inflicting the wounds on her arm was a difficult one. She had apparently gone from one side of the room to the other, hacking and gouging her arm with the scissors. ================================================= Bowling Club to Give Dance. A dance under the auspices of the Bureau Bowling Club will be given tonight at Masonic Temple. The affair is in charge of Capt. Helmericks, of the bowling quint, as chairman of the entertainment committee. Many invitations have been sent out and a large attendance is expected. ================================================= LACEY TRIAL MONDAY. Young Man Charged with Manslaughter in Death of Frank Merrill. Jacob Lacey, a young white man, indicted for manslaughter in connection with the killing of Frank A. Merrill, August 2, last, at Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest, will be placed on trial Monday in Criminal Court No. 1 before Justice Wright. The case has been set for trial twice before, but had to be continued because of the absence from this jurisdiction of one of the eyewitnesses to the tragedy. This witness has now returned to the city. Attorneys George P. Hoover and Robert W. Wells will represent the defendant, and Assistant United States Attorney Charles H. Turner will conduct the prosecution. ================================================= ASK MORE CONSIDERATION. Justices of the Peace Want Less Work and More Salary. Justices of the Peace Bundy, Strider, O'Neal and Ferrell have asked the assistance of the Commissioners in obtaining more consideration for their office and in lightening their duties. Judge Bundy, who has been a justice of the peace for many years, said yesterday: "Instead of the small sum of $250 which we receive for office rent, clerk hire, and stationery, we should receive at least $1,000 to cover these expenses." He declared that it was unfair to ask justices of the peace to serve as alternates on the Police Court bench when the judges of that court were absent. Particular stress was laid upon the plea for an increase of $1,000 in salary, which would make the salaries of the justices $3,000 a year. They declared that the honor of their office should place them second only to the Commissioners themselves. The Commissioners promised to give the matter early consideration. ================================================= SCORES THE PASTORS Worldly Negro Preachers Are a Curse, Says Speaker. AVERS SOME OF THEM DRINK Rev. R. B. Robinson, at Opening of Afro-American Congress, Tells His Hearers that "Hell Will Be Full of Negro Ministers Who Are Trying to Deceive Their God" - Soul-saving Congress. "Worldly negro preachers are the curse of the race, especially in the South, and they are the black sheep to be put out of the fold," said Rev. R. B. Robinson yesterday, addressing the first session of the Afro-American Congress of the United States at the Miles M. E. Church. "Shame! shame!" he said. "Instead of talking about Christ and the soul of man, this kind of preacher is running about with sinners, wearing high collars and long coats, and saying what he thinks will best please his friends when he gets into the pulpit." The truth must be told, no matter how it hurts. If the only salvation of the negro is for him to live with Jesus, the minister who is the shepherd should lead him to Jesus. He should walk in the lead as the light of the way. What influence can he have if he drinks with sinners and talks with them on a plane of worldliness? None, absolutely none. "Why is a minister afraid to tell his followers to live moral, sober and Christian lives? Simply because he is not setting the example and is afraid to, or does not have the interest at heart. Soul-saving Congress. "This is a soul-saving congress, and I see in the gathering a large number of ministers, laymen, journalists, and Christian Workers. May God bless you all and arm you with the power of dragging back into the narrow path those who have forgotten their promise, that if God would remove the shackles of slavery they would serve Him all their lives. "The time has come when the only salvation of the negro is for him to live with Christ. He must be educated religiously, morally, and intellectually. "The race should be weeded of its objectionable characters. I fear a great many ministers would go with the trash if the Afro-American race were cleaned out. "There is no greater enemy to the colored people than a leader who does not lead. I say without fear of contradiction that the negro minister who fears to speak the Gospel is responsible for the untoward condition of the race, especially in the South. "Preachers Drink Whisky." "I know of a negro club not many miles from here where liquor and cigars were served about two years ago, and where negro preachers drank as if they were in saloons. A minister of Kentucky who was invited to address this club stopped at my house on his way back home and told me what he had seen. He said he had to do as the Romans did when he was in Rome, but the scenes disgusted him. "Hell will be full of negro ministers who are trying to deceive their God. They are trying to save the high dollar instead of the soul. There should be a waking up. There will be." The Rev. Mr. Robinson is presiding elder of the Virginia Conference and the organizer of the Afro-American Congress. At the session last night addresses were made by Rev. Dr. D. E. Wiseman, Rev, L. M. Jacobs, of New York; Hon. Giles B. Jackson, of Virginia; Rev. H. J. Williams, of Ohio; P. D. Soloman, and W. C. Payne, and Rev. L. E. B. Rosser. Letter of Welcome. Commissioner Macfarland, in a letter of welcome to the congress, said: "I trust this congress may have abundant success. The work planned, I am sure, will be a great benefit to the country. It is very important that the religious ministers should be real ministers of God and wise and faithful servants of the people. The efforts of your association to bring that about by helping in proper training are praiseworthy. In a letter from James L. Ewin, corresponding secretary of the National Anti-Saloon League, the congress was invited to send delegates to the next convention of the league in St. Louis. "I am sure," the secretary wrote, "that the traffic in intoxicating drinks is behind nearly all of the troubles of the colored people of the country, as it is behind the woes of the white citizens. No organization calling itself Christian can afford to overlook this enemy." The following delegates were chosen to represent the congress at the St. Louis convention next December: Rev. James Hillery, Rev. R. B. Robinson, Rev. W. C. Payne, Rev. L. E. B. Rosser, M. L. Robinson, G. W. Edwards, Mrs. Mary L. Brown, Rev. D. L. Price, Mrs. Josie G. Robinson, and Rev. H. J. Williams.