Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 128, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1899 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, (lOND AY, MAY 8,. 1899. 3

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established 1833. I o! Agents for Batterlck Patterns. We are selling the Finest Ribbons you Ever saw at 3c. 5c 14c and 19c Thootandi of ynrdx Trent Saturday and thousands more yards are ready for you to-dny. Last vreek you were paying twice or three times aa much for Ribbons like these Pettis Dry Goods Co The Best Things " . In this world are the products of hard ' j .worlc Princess PATENT flour is one of the few "best things" among the many food products offered the housewife. Unexcelled, and every package guaranteed. BLANTON WILLING CO. 3 All the year round the masses find the best values In shoes. at the second largest shoe store la ths world. 22, 24, 26 and 2S East Washlazton St T.17NTRT Dr-A-E- BUCHANAN liJjll 1101 32-33 When Building AMUSEMENTS. Hiss Odette Tyler and her husband. Mr. IfacLean, who have been part of the Tyler-MaoLean-Hanford Shakspeare combination this season, will be with Frohman next season. Miss Tyler will have the leading rola In "Phroso ' and MacLean will be in the cast. - Sousa Is to have a theater In New York next year. E. R. Reynolds, who backed the Russell-Fbx-De Angells combination and has been Interested In several of the Sousa ventures, has obtained an option on the famous Koater & Bill's. Music Hall at 10,000 a year ana it win do cnangea to sousa s Theater, where his band and operas will occupy the season and have a permanent New York home. Grace George, the prominent young- act ress who has made a hit in New York this season In the French farces at the Man hattan and who recently became the wif a of W. A. Brady, has received an offer to play Esther In Klaw & Erlanger's produc tion or uen-tiur" nexj. season. Numerous stories are being told In theat rical circles about the Intentions of Mrs. T. Benton Leiter, the niece of Mr. Levi Z. Leiter, of Chicago, who recently announced her determination to so on the stage and who is now on a visit to New York. Mrs. Leiter. who Is much more practical than the usual beginner in the dramatic profession. repudiates these interesting bits of gossip and declares she has absolutely no an nouncements to make about her plans. Rene Strettl will compose the music for "Papa's Wife," the musical comedy in which Miss Anna Held will star next season. .Her Majesty's Grenadier Guards Band has consented to come to America shortly for a brief tour under .Edmund Gerson'a manage ment. About the proposed new theater in Cin cinnati as a permanent home for the Nell stock company in that city.Leander Rich ardson says In the New York Telegraph: "The contemplated theater will probably finish Cincinnati altogether as a show town. It is about the toughest proposition on the map under existing circumstances, and Just one more setback will make it the star stop ping place on the aeatn trail." May Irwin's real and true name Is Bedella Haines. She is the widow of the late Dr. J. W. Haines, one time of Waynesville, O., when he was a Quaker village doctor before he married Miss Irwin. They separated and MLss Irwin worked some time as a dress maker in Scranton. Pa., before she returned to the stage and made her hit. jonn w. jsnam a octoroons win open a three days' engagement at the Park this afternoon, presenting for the first time here a new musical comedy entitled "The Tenderloin Coons." Edna May Wants Divorce. NEW YORK. May 7.-Edna May has begun an action for divorce against her hus band, Fred Titus, after numerous false alarms. Ever since Edna May, as the par ticular star In "The Belle of New York," became the great success In London, word has come to this city from time to time that she contemplated bringing divorce proceedings against her husband, the bicycle rider. On the other hand. It has been as often rumored that Titus had on his part certain Intentions to enter the courts as a complainant In a divorce suit against his wife. When It was announced Friday that Titus and his ulster, Sylvia Thorne, expected to sail for England, and that he In tended to begin an action for a limited divorce, the result of which, should he be successful, would be to prevent Mrs. Titusbetter known as Edna May from marrying again either In England or America, mat ters were brought to a crisis. Howe & Hummel, attorneys for Edna May, lost no time In serving Titus with summons and complaint In the action for full divorce. Had Fred Titus begun his suit first, on arounds of desertion, it is said he would have brought in the name of Mrs. Titus's most Ders stent admirer in Lonaon. Mr. Henry Sheppard Hart Cavendish, a cousin of the Duke of uevonsnire. cavenaisn, ai though nnlv twentv-three years old. has re cently made a most daring exploration of Somaliland. in Africa. He has a largo private fortune, and will come into a large estate throuch his father. Edna May's success began when she was cast for the part of Violet Gray, the Salva tion Army girl in ' The none or -v.ew ork. If she succeeded In America she took Lon don by storm. Rich gifts ere showered en her. She received jewels that are worth a fortune. At her flat in St. Ermyn's Man sions she gives dinners to which invitations are eaeerlv sousht. Fred Titus has been abroad once to see Us wife since she left America, na titan t tav long, for it has been, said that he wasn't made anv too welcome. Edna May is the daughter of E. C. Tetty. a letter carrier of Syracuse. She came to New York to study for the stage wnen she was sixteen years old. She met Fred Titus, then a bicyclist In the heyday of hi success, with the hour record just behind Mm. After their marriage she continued her tinging and dancing Ies.on occasional ly substituting in a church choir. Her debut was made in a small part in "Santa Ma Ha," et Htnumer.'tein's. Then she joined White's Vareical-Comedy Company, and then the rhnnii of 'The Belle of New York." His star disappointed Mr. Lederer at the Isst minute. Looking up and down the ehorui for a substitute he discovered Edna May. He never bad occasion to find his star afterward. Tin Murphy Alarmingly 111. OGHKOSH, Wis., May ".The condition ef Tim Murphy, the comedian, is alarming to-night. His temperature ,s 102 and his lungs are much orer, A Chicago physician r.xs been teiegrapnea xor

FOR THE SUMMER GOWNS

.OVCL IDEAS HCIG DISPLAYED IS TIIC LOCAL SHOPS. Planes Take hr Lead Silks for Shirt AValsts nelt and Neck Ribbons. Among the Indianapolis retailers for the past two weeks business has been excellent. The weather has been propitious and the class of goods cold has been of a much higher average than last year. Some very novel and effective Ideas are being shown in the new wash skirts and suits, and in this department In all the shops there is a general air of activity and bustle. Pique takes the lead the white ground forms a good basis upon which to effect attractive results, both by embroidered designs and by colored trimmings. A very pretty white pique, with three graduating rows of insertion In the back and forming three bow knots in the front, sells for $17.50; another very handsome one, embroidered in white braid, in serpentine design, with insertion separating the panels, retails at $12.50. A tan pique, or a light castor, with the new tunic overdress. pointed in the back, with two rows of em broidery Insertion and an edging of the em broidery around the bottom, is considered cheap at $17.50. A suit of light blue pique and shirt waist to match, with the insertion forming Van Dyke points, both in the skirt and waist, is entirely new and sells for $22.50. This same style, with the waist and skirt come In various delicate colors, such as blue, pink and In white, and some with the tunic overdress, or the plain eel Ekirt, trimmed in Insertion and embroidery, sell at different prices. The separate skirts can also be purchased at various prices from $8 upward. Other wash dresses of organdies and swiss, etc, are cut and slashed, the spaces being filled In with richly-de signed embroideries or a similar color and weight as tho goods themselves. The garnitures with which some of the elegant new gowns are being trimmed are becoming heavier and heavier and lovely corsage arrangements of delicately wrought ribbons, laces and Jetted beads, or crystal and tur quoise effects, are on view. Others are of gold and steel flitter or pearls, and many other equally attractive combinations. These dainty trimmings sell at various prices. A very handsome one shown at one of the stores, and one of the newest, is of grey chenille embroidered on black brussels net, interspersed with steel flitter and Jewels, sells for $30. The garniture is made to trim a pointed apron-front skirt, the cor sage garniture also being pointed. Another one or pearl and flitter steel and crystal beads, embroidered on white net, would make a handsome garniture for an evening waist. A lovely trimming shown is fashioned of heavy cream gros grain, with a cream lace insertion, the silk being emDroiaerea in steel and old hlue tinsel, with a floral design of yellow and cream chenille, amber flitter and jewels. This trim ming costs Sid a yard, and Is used In some cases for the whole bodice. Another is of white brussels net with an insertion of white gros grain, the edges of the insertion being eagea witn vioiet cnemiie ana gilt tinsel, in terspersed with butterflies in various colors. This piece is worth $13.50 a yard. Black Brussels net embroidered in flitter comes al ready shaped in skirts, with a circular nounce six yards round and an apron front, which comes separate. The corsage is also embroidered in the flitter jet and the sleeves come plain brussels net. The entire dress win sell for $-9. . Some novelty silks appropriate for shirt waists come in black duchess with national blue stripe, another of French erev eros grain ground, with alternating black satin stripes, sen ror the same price, namely, $2.25 a yard. A pretty pattern silk dress is shown in corn-flower blue liberty, with a white scroll desitrn and broken Invisible. hemstitched effect; another broche taffeta, with violet satin stripe, sells for $1.85 a yard. A handsome heavy national blue satin, with a white corded pekln stripe, sells for $2.75 a yard; other novelties range in price from $1.25 a yard to three. In light-weight wor steds tnere are many pretty and new things shown; lovely berege pattern dresses of fif teen yaras, in various colors, sell for $22. A broadcloth pattern dress of gray, embroidered in a darker shade of cloth, intended for a tunic skirt, the bodice also embroidered, sells for $22. A light fawn berege, with silk embroidered fleur-de-lis design, costs for the pattern $22.50; others of the same material, with crepon stripe and other effects, come at the same price. same new ribbon for belts and neck ribbon Just received by one of the stores, and something also very pretty la all the bright shades, is caller Chevalier Bayard. It has a heavy corded effect and comes in various wiatns; tne belt width sells for 89 cents, the narrower width for 80 cents. Something equally new comes with a Dresden center. wun cora-sinpea eages, and used a great deal for the new stock miffs. . It selL for m cents a yard, and It takes two yards to make a puff tie. They are made free of charge to persons buying ribbon at the store wnere tney are displayed. Printed warp taffetas, with bayadere corded effect, sell, the various widths, for 50, 69 and 75 cents a yard. A ribbon for trimming summer desses, in all shades and combinations, gathers by a cord woven in the ribbon, either on the edge or in the center, and sells ior ana narrower wiaths for 50 cents a bolt, or 10 cents a yard. A new silk which is becoming quite popular for summer dresses is called Shanghai, and sells for 63 cents a vard. I t comoc in all the new color combinations. Art and Craft In Keedlework. To the Bdltor of ths Indianapolis Journal: The delightful domestic handicraft, that of the needle, is to be exhibited at the Propylaeum this week. There Is no work so and craft are dissociated. There Is no conbadly paid as that of the needle when art dltlon of greater material safety, no occu pation which affords more certainty of fair Income than that of the needle, when art and craft are associated. Arts and crafts are not mentioned in the "Song of the Shirt." There is no art which may be more democratic than that of the needle. It Is the art of the home, of the mother. It may be the great universal art. On the other hand, there Is no art so greatly trifled with, none more neglected. Think of the part which the needle, of necessity, takes in daily life, of its capacity for artistic expression In both useful and decorative ways, as in gar ments, or in the pictorl. art as repre sented by many of the' at needle pictures and, records of the ' .d. Of 4he latter many were the cret ions of the fuedal times. The chateau on the hilltop surrounded a beautiful domestic life even when there was danger or war on the outside. The needle records, the great tapestries, the beautiful costumes of that time grew out of this isolation or practical self-Imprison ment and art surroundings. How much more delightful It would be to wear a beautiful costume designed, cut and executed by one's self than to give the order, stand like a dummy to have it fitted and wear it with no more of the spirit of creation or handicraft than a dummy. The only really happy people in the world are those who do something and see the results of their work the artist, the artisan, the skilled workman, the engineer, the profes sional and business men, all doers and creators. There is no high enjoyment In the mere possession of a costume or anything else. One cannot buy happiness in a costume any more than he can In anything else. A young woman with artUtlc training came Into our home one Sunday afternoon wearing a costume which she had designed in color and form, had cut and executed. She never showed any more satisfaction In her art of the easel than In this beautiful production. There was the satisfaction of creation, of possession and of more besides. The handicraft cf the needle 1 essentially a part of the home. All women who have ever ewr1 have tried to make some-thing beautiful and, whatever the result, whether it were beauty or not. the psychological impression has been the same. She has tried to make the beautiful thing, and as often has thought she has done it. Among women are not counted the greatest number of the world's great painters and sculptors, but In her artthat distinctively hers there is what "touches more sides of life and is possibly more influential than the great superior arts of the easel and the chisel. Hers Is 'the universal art. It Is exercised by practically all womea, at ail

times, under all circumstances. It Is con

stant. There is little of it which has not at least associated the idea of beauty and attractiveness. Art is not art alone for what it is, but for what It does. The art of the savage Is relatively as great In so far as it impresses him as the art of more civilized times. But some one says: "This exhibition at the Propylaeum is industrial." with the Idea that industrial carries nothing more than technical with it. That Is not true. It takes no more material and labor to do the fimp amount o? beautiful work than to do the same amount that is ugly. Beautiful garments are not made by material and labor alone. The same material and labor may make an ugly thing or it may make what is beautiful. It is a question of direc tion, a question of color or form, or both. It takes no more labor to make a beautiful form than an ugly one. It takes no more labor to combine colors harmoniously than inharmoniously. It is the union of the craft sense and the art sense which yields value. In an Industrial training school, be it for sewing or other work, the two cannot stand apart. . In the teaching of sewing In our public schools, as In other educational work, we are followers, not leaders. This exhibition is for the teaching of the people as well as for teaching the teachers. It is for show ing the people to comprehend and the teach ers to teach. Aside from the relation or the needle to costumes useful and beautiful, few of us know of the decorative and pictorial possibilities of the needle. The supremely great work of that kind which is being done at this time is by the Chinese ana Japanese. There is no one to compete with them In this class of work. No one attempts it. All other artistic needleworkers know that their work is relatively Inferior. In the old chateaus In the valley of the Loire one finds great rooms and nails with walls entirely covered with the ancient art or the needle. This, together with the portieres, table tapestries, the coverings and decorations of the beds are the heritages of a great artistic past. It is family and domestic work of the ladles of the house hold. Many of their costumes, made in the Rame way. now find place as art treasures in the great museums. Will many of the costumes of our own time survive through hundreds of years because of their excellence In art and handicraft? LOUIS H. GIBSON. Indianapolis, May 7. R. BAND ALL IN RED. Somebody Got an Impression that It Was Godfrey's. During the temporary lull In the downpour of rain yesterday afternoon there was a scene of great excitement at the monument. It began when somebody chanced to observe a young man in a brilliant red uniform engaged In animated conversation with the monument custodian. Somebody told somebody else that the military person was a member of Dan Godfrey's British Guards Band, which Is to give concerts today and to-night at Tomllnson Hall, and vouchsafed the information that the members of the band w eve going to have their pictures taken in a group cn the steps of the great Indiana monument. The news traveled fast and ii: a short time there was a good-sized crowd on hand to witness the taking of the photograph. ' Sure enough, soon there appeared upon the scene a company of military persons all decked out In brilliant red uniforms like their advance courier, and all carrying musical instruments of the brass band kind. There was no doubt of It now it was God frey's band and it was going to Immortalize itself and the monument by having its picture taken while standing at the base of the beautiful memorial shaft. The hearts of the spectators swelled with pride. Here was a party of Englishmen doing homage to American enterprise and American art. Some of the people were so deeply touched that they tried to edge up on the steps alongside the band, so that they might be in the picture too, and thus pay their tribute to the noteworthy event, in fact, the patriotism of some of he bystanders was roused to such an extent that the custodian had much difficulty in keeping them outside the range or tho camera. The photographer appeared to know Ms business well. He lost no time in arranging the members of the band in plctar-rsiue positions ana then, miast the aeath-like i .ence of the multitude and the lalcied -eathing of the musicians, he waved his .,and impressively, gave the rubber bulo a hearty - squeeze -and the picture was taken. The spectators waxed enthusiastic. "Flay something play, .somcihluc!" They cried, rapturously. They knew that they were asking a tremendous ;jvot for who ever heard of a concert band on tour play ing ior noimng in the street? hut somehow they felt that the general good-fellowshlo or tne occasion maae sucn a request per missible, 'rne nana seemed to think so. too It began to play at once. It played as a oana nas seldom played before. The most noteworthy feature of the playing was the Independence of each and every player, a great patriotic American quality. Jf any one ot tne musician! naa been at all con scious of the presence of any of the other musicians he forgot it before two measures had been played. Th trombone player stood right next to the cornet player, but he never knew it. Ho had troubles of his own to look after and he didn't worry about any body else's. One or two of the band were left behind at the first Quarter post. but by good hard work, and a harmv run of luck, they got pretty well up with the Duncn at xne nnisn. The crowd of eager amusement teekers dispersed very oulckly. At the contusion of the harmonic outburst one of the musi cians turned to the monument custodian, who was about the only person In sight besides the members of the bajid. and mm"You see w organized only a few weeks ago and this is. the first time we ev payea in public. I expect before long we'll have the finest amateur band in Indiannoils. There's no telling what we'll be doing in a little while longer." And the custodian agreea witn mm. , PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Anderson Post Relief Corps will give social at Shover's Hall this evening. The Sorosis Club will meet with Mrs. i-ierson, tjo rorin juenuian street, to-morrow. Mrs. A. P. Stanton will observe her usual Monday at home to-day for Mrs. Almux Malor and Mrs. William R. TMrh ar vit. Ing at Greensburg, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Cumback, jr. "Ye Deestrict Skule" will be given at anover s nan to-morrow night In aid of the iigrim congregational Church. James Edward Mitchell, a young artist of the Chicago University of Art, 13 visiting ma num. .inrs. jamea r. smun, in Morton iace. The Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae Club will meet with Mrs. Lockridge, No. 143 rortn Alabama street, next Saturday after noon. The marriage of Miss Mabfd Phares anrt Rev. C. I. Truby, of Fowler, Ind., will occur at the bride s home, 94S North Illinois street, Thursday evening. - Washington Post of - Saturdav: Mrs. It. M. G. Brown was the hostess at a very attractive tea yesterday afternoon, . when x eariy zw guests were invited to meet Mrs. Robert Mclvee, daughter of former Presi dent Harrison, and one of the most Inter esting and attractive women ever in the executive mansion. Mrs. McKce Is a lifelong friend of her hostess of yesterday, and a majority of the large company present to meet her were old and valued acquaintances, Mrs. McKce is accompanied by her two children. Benjamin Jiarrlson and Mary lodge -Mctvt-e. The tormer is the "Baby McKeo" of his grandfather's administration. though now a manly boy or twelve years. He was present yesterday to see his moth ers friends. Mrs. JIcKee, who retains all the charm of manner and much of the youthful prettlness which made her such a valuable assistant to her father during his term as President, was gowned In white Fllk muslin. Mrs. Brown was assisted in wel coming her guests by her mother. Mrs. Henry Davis; her sister, Mrs. Arthur I"e, who arrived from Virginia on Thursday; Mrs. Charles H. Campbell. Mrs. William T. Harris. Mrs. Charles . Ayres. Miss Ashford and the Misses Owen. Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Harris did the honors of the tea room, which was very prettily decorated In rink and white sweet peas, and lighted by delicately snaaea wax tapers. Washington Tt. nnd I. Officer. In the report yesterday of the expert's examination Into the affairs of the Wash ington Building and Loan Association, it was stated that W. W. Hubbard and H. F. Ilackedorn were at present, respectively. president and secretary or the association. This was an error. D. B. Holman and F. M. Warner, respectively, hold those posi tions now. Messrs. Hubbard and Hackedorn were in office Jan. 1, but wre connected with the association but a short time in that capacity. The Colored Odd Fellovrs. The three Indianapolis lodges of the col ored Odd Fellows of America celebrated the fifty-sixth anniversary of the order yes terday. Beginning at $ o'clock In the afternoon there was a parade through the

Drinclnal down-town streets, followed by a

service at the Vermont-street A. M. E. Church, Rev. Adam Wakefield, pastor of the Blackford-street Church, preached a sermon, and addresses were made by Grand Master Gabriel Jones and Master of Ceremonies Samuel Grey. A musical programme was furnished by the regular choir of the Vermont-street Church. The congregation was very large, there being about 1,500 peo ple present. The Brotnernooa itana ana the uniform Order, under the command of Major Gardner, took part In the parade and the new juvenile branch of the order, composed of boys from twelve to eagnteen, turned out lor the first time. THE HULL MILITIA BILL William F. Coston Here to ee the Governor About It. William F. Coston, one of the patentees and the manufacturer of the Coston signal lights, is at the Dcnison House, with his wife and daughter. He Is here to get an expression of opinion from Governor Mount on the Hull bill for a National Guard, which will come up for action in Congress at the next session. At the national military convention, at Tampa, Feb. 8, a few of the States were not represented. Mr. Coston was a delegate at large, and he was depu tized to call on the Governors of the States net represented at the convention and get their opinions as to' the National Guard proposition. On call of the' chairman, General Butterfleld, the convention will reassemble. It is the intention that the convention shall voice the approval of all the States for the Hull army bill. After the conven tion adjourned Mr. Coston was for three weeks a guest of the Mexican government, and the result of his visit was that that government decided to organize a life-saving service on its seacoast. Mr. Coston went to San Francisco from Mexico and enlisted the sympathies of the Goverror of California for the Hull bill. He visited several other Western States, and is now on his way back to hl3 home, at New York. The Coston lights are used In the French, Italian, Dutch and Danish navies and in the United States revenue-marine, life-saving and army services. The navy. Mr. Coston sayg, is infringing on his patents, and he has a claim against the government on file in the Court of Claims. During the Span ish-American war the transports used the Coston lights. The Coston signal system consists in the use of white, red and green lights, according to a numerical code. It was Invented by the father of Mr. Coston, and was used throughout the civil war. Mr. Coston's mother patented the system after her husband s death, and made some im provements on it. Mr. Coston invented a f)ercussion arrangement ior discharging the ight cartridges. An Abusive Drunken Man Whipped. Early yesterday morning William Conover, a housemover, and his brother, Clark, 555 West Washington street, went to their stable to put up a team and found David Stewart, a well-known character In police circles, asleep in the stall. He was drunk and. after being awakened, became abusive. A fight was started. Stewart was badly beaten. The police were called and the three men were arrested by Patrolmen Jackson and Gunsolus. Books for Township and County. The books which are to be prescribed by Auditor of State Hart for the use of county and township officers, are now being ar ranged. Letters were written to nearly fifty townshlD trustees asking for samples of the books they use and ror any suggestions tney might make as to the arrangement or the new books. Replies were received from all and many valuable suggestions were re ceived. The books will be sent out by June L Strickland Slated as Insane. Mrs. Anne Cox, living at 504 West Mar ket street, complained to the police that Harry Strickland, a relative, living; with herhad for several days been, acting in a peculiar . manner, destroying furniture. dishes and threatening to kill her and other members of the family. Uicycie .police iioitz and Strelt went to the place ana round Strickland brandishing: a-Iarge club. He was sent to the station and slated as Insane. A MARKET IX CUBA. A Curious Bedlam in Which Every thing Is Sold by the Littles. Philadelphia Inquirer. The entire absence of what we call green grocery stores early becomes apparent to the visitor. There are small shops in which can be bought teas ami sugar and articles of that class, but for fresh vegetables it is necessary to apply at the market. The latter institution really torms the center of Industry of each city. It is the financial barometer arid the visible prftof of the progress of all trade. From early morning until late 8t night it is occupied by the petty mercnants ana tne prospective customers. The lower middle class and the bottom strata of municipal society fre quent the main street market or one of its branches and exchange the gossip or tne day. It is a thriving beehive that Is never empty; and the money changing hands in the course of twenty-four hours la no In considerable sum. One can pass through the entrance and emerge again full clothed, fed and satisfied. There are stalls offering for sale flsh. boots, cane-bottom chairs, walking sticks, medicine and lottery tickets. Cheek by Jowl will be found a Jewelry booth carrying a valuable stock, and one displaying ten ba nanas at three cents the lot. Each Cuban market is a bedlam of noises that class of uproar expected from a horde of shrill-voiced negroes, negresses and ex citable half-whites. There are drunken oeoole. shouting servants and babies. The conversation of the strange visitor must, perforce, be carried on through the medium of gesticulations, and it is difficult to make one's meaning plain een then. There are policemen about and wardens or tne market, hut thev make no effort to quell the constantly arising disturbances except under danger of riot. Probably one or tne most peculiar customs noticeable In the Cuban markets is the extremely small purchases small in quantity made by the lower class of na tives. Small goura cups noiamg scarcely more than a tablespoonful are used In measuring rice, flour, beans and peas. Cab bages are, cut In wedges tne size or a cigar, turnips Into eighths, squashes Into minute chunks, and onions In halves. Potatoes are sold by number. It Is no uncommon tnmg to see a woman buy a piece of meat weighing a couple of ounces, then pass through the market, purchasing a tablespoonful of vegetables here and a piece of garlic there, and finally, aft er an hour or gossip, aepart witn iooa products worth 6 or C cents. An odd feature of the markets is the temporary restaurants found In every nook and corner. They do not occupy staus. out are conducted wherever a bit of space can bo secured. As the solo equipments consist of a small charcoal brazier,, a frying pan and a wicker basket, not much room is required. Thft proprietor is generally an ancient black dame one of tho toothless, mumbling kind sometimes found in the South. The menu Is not extensive, rarely exceeding three articles fried plantains, tortillas, or corn pancakes, and frljoles. a. black bean. There aro no disne,. no cutlery, no napkins. The beans and cakes are sold together, and the cake acts as a plate for the beans. The fried plantains are served in husks and are eaten much as a banana, the husk being peed off by degrees. A breakfast of this class, consisting of two portions of cakes and beans and three plantains, is sold for 3 cents. There are fried flsh stands and places where Jerked meat is the p!ece de resistance, but they are reserved for those who earn a day's wage or who have money left them. There is a tradition In the Santiago market that a man from Jamaica once started an eating p!ac with real tables and plates, but only the oldest frequenters tell it. New York Special. Just as the first crash of thunder announced the arrival of the storm last night a hansom dashed up to the entrance of the Fifth-avenue Hotel and a tall woman with a great deal of red hair rushed into the hotel followed by her maid. Once in the drawing room the woman said to her maid: "For heaven's sake go down to the desk and tell them I want an inside room for half an hour. I'd rather have one In the cellar, for this thunder and lightning scares me almost to death." Seated on a lounge in the middle of the room was another red-haired woman, who also seemed to be at the point of collapse. As soon as they discovered their mutual red-headedness they almost fell on , each other's necks. "Come and sit down here, madam, said the little woman, "for I guess I'm Just as scared as you are. No one but a red-haired woman can appreciate what another redhaired woman suffers In a thunder storm." "It is the only thing in the world that I'm afraid of." said the tall woman. T can tlways teil when a storm's coming hours before It arrives Just by tha way ray half acts."

COST OF THIRD SESSION

SIMMAIIY OF APPROPRIATIONS IS A TOTAL OF $074,n.S 1,022. There Wan a Curtailing of Expendi tures from Second Session Amounting to 21S270,5D3. WASHINGTON. May 7. The volume relating to appropriations, new offices, etc., required by law to be prepared and published at the end of each session of Congress, under the direction of the committees on appropriations of the Senate and House, has been completed for the third session of the Fifty-fifth Congress by Mr. Thomas P. Cleaves and Mr. James C. Courts, chief clerks, respectively, of those committees. A summary of the appropriations shows the grand total of $C7i,9Sl,2. The details by bills are as follows: Agricultural ,.. $3,772,022 Army iiyiuiuuiiv; ........ ............... .... District of Columbia 1.714,534 6.S34.534 7,540,775 23,415. Ml 575,774 Fortmcations Indian Legislative Military Academy i ....... ravai 4S,Oj9,970 Pension .,...,.,. ,.4 145,233,830 Postoffice 105.64,133 River and harbors Sundry civil 16.U91.S42 49.C5s5.i31 25,055 ,jC3 Delciency appropriations Miscellaneous appropriations, including $2O.000.uuG to carry out treaty obligations with Spain 2S.7i4.50O Permanent appropriations 12S.678.220 In addition to the specific appropriations contracts are authorized to be entered into for Increase of the naval establishment and for. various public works throughout the country requiring future appropriations by Congress in the aggregate sum of 577,017,274 These contracts cover three new battle ships, three armored cruisers and six pro tected cruisers, to cost, including armor and armament. S44,lC4,o0o: river and harbor im provements. S23,SV6,325: public buildings invarious States, $S,163,450. The new ollices and employments speclfl cally authorized are 49,669 in number, at an annual cost of J12.150.S67, and those abolished or omitted are 852 In number, at an annual comiensatlon of $$43,371, a net In crease of 48.817. at a cost of Jll.307.4iW. Of this increase '38.315 In number are for the military establishment Under the act in creasing the efficiency of the army, and 9.572 are for the naval establishment, at an aggregate cost" for both of $10.39$ leaving the executive departments and all other branches of the" public service 930 new offices, at an annual cost of $909,270, A comparison of the total appropriations of the third session of the Fifty-ntth Con gress for ISoO of $674,981,022 with those of the second session for 1S99 of $833,231,615 shows a reduction in favor. of the third session of $218,200.3. MILES GUILTY. (Concluded from First Pa Be.) as saying that be had "overwhelming evi dence that the beef was treated with chem icals to preserve.it, and that he had affi davits from men arho saw the beef under going the embalming process." . The court notes the denial which General Miles made on this part of the conversation as it was printed In the New Ycrk Herald, but prints the charge as a part of the alle gatlonss saying on this point: "The testimony of both Mr. Reld and Mr. Berry, of the New York Times, agrees In the verity of the Interview as reported by the former. and this Is found in the Herald clipping, The court does not, therefore, ignore this paragraph, but treats it as a part of the alle gations which are under Investigation." Summing up the results of the investlga tlons of the chemists employed by the court, the court says: "The contents of all the cases, which consisted of boiled rather than roast beef, were found to be perfectly sweet, with an odor of cooked meat. The beef, in nearly all the cans, appeared to have been softened by exposure to heat,' but appar ently without injurious effect as to Its quail ty. Apart from this the meat contents were found to be in a good state of preservation in every case. No trace of preservative acids were found in any of the cans. There is no testimony to the effect that any of the canned fresh beef supplied to the subsistence department since April 25, l&S, has been chemically treated or subjected to the action i of preservatives of any kind. save that small quantities of common ealt have been added as seasoning to the product of certain packers." Detailing the numerous Investigations made of the keeping quality of the canned fresh beef, the court concludes that "in no case did the number of swelled or tainted cans discovered greatly exceed In amount l per cent, oi tne entire number exam ined." - Several pages of the report are devoted to the consideration of allegatlonr made by General Miles that the refrigerated beef was treated with preservatives, but the statement is made on the threshold of this question that "but little testimony was submitted by him in support of this contention." The Inference drawn by the court from the absence of such testimony is adverse to the existence of the practice alleged to prevail by the major general commanding. Attention is then called to the fact that the testimony bearing on the chemicalization of the beef deals with it only at the time of its issuance to the troops, and an analysis of this testimony Is made with the result of showing "considerable difference of view as to the substances used and the mode of their application." DR. DALY CORNERED. Considerable attention is given to Dr. Daly's testimony concerning the refrigerated beef on the transport Panama and also to his report concerning the beef supplied to the iraraunes stationed at Chlckamauga. Referring to the doctor's analysis of residuum from beef secured on the transport, the court calls attention to the fact that he approved the finding of the board of survey and that notwithstanding there were other medical officers on board, no reference was made by him to his wuspicion that the meat had been chemically treated. Referring to this and to another incident, the court says: . "The testimony shows that the beef treated by the Powell process, which was declared by Dr. Daly to contain boracic and salicylic acid, was in fact treated by fumigation and the material employed contained neither boric nor salicylic acids. The beef from which the broth was made on the Panama has not been positively identified as refrigerated beef end the connection between the residuum of the sample taken from the ship's cauldron and that analyzed by Dr. Clark has not been established to the satisfaction of the court." A chapter of the report Is devoted to the consideration of the cause of the sickness in the army in the Santiago campaign, but "the court finds it impossible to conclude that either the canned fresh beef or refrigerated beef appeared to any appreciable extent as causes of Intestinal disease." Speaking of the . ration as a whole, the court says: "As to the effects of the food supply, having regard to both sufficiency and quality, it seems to te clearly established that the army ration as supplied, without modification, to the troops serving in the West Indies, was by no means well adapted for use in a tropical climate. If this be truo, the unfitness of the ration should have manifested Itself by Its failure to keep the troops, who subsisted on It, In the best possible condition for service in hot climates. This, In the opinion of the court. Is fully established In evidence. The insufficiency of the food supply In Cuba and the irregularity attending' on Its distribution, due primarily to a marked deficiency in transportation facilities and the condition of the weather and the roads, - appeared, to seme

extent, as causes of disease among the troops who were thus Insufficiently and irregularly subsisted."

WITNESSES DID NOT APPEAR. The report closes with the following state ment: "The court, with a deep sense of the responsibilities devolving on it, has labored zealously to bring out the truth and believes that It has fully covered all the matters referred to it for investigation, and that the calling of more witnesses from the large number suggested by the major general commanding, including all those who have taken part In the operations of the war. would only have resulted in additional testi mony on the same llnes as those pursued, without throwing .further light on the -questions Involved. Several witnesses who were duly subpoenaed to appear before the court did not obey the summons. Some of these were called at the instance of the major general commanding, others at the instance cf Ihe court. Having knowledge of the fact that the statutes did not make it possible to punish witnesses who refuse to testify be fore a court-martial or court of inquiry, the court took no steps to compel their attendance." i The document is signed by J. F. Wade, major general United States volunteers, president; George B. Davis, lieutenant colonel, deputy Judge advocate general, recorder. The foregoing report, having been submitted with the proceedings to the President, the following are the orders thereon: "Executive Mansion, "Washington, D. C, May 6. 1S99. "The findings of the court of inquiry are approved. WILLIAM M'KINLET." "The court of Inquiry, of which Major General James F. Wade, United States volunteers, is president, is hereby dissolved. By order of the acting secretary of war. "H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General." MILES MAKES NO COMMENT. General Miles, when asked to-night whether he had any comment to make on the beef report, replied that he had read it. "But I have nothing to say," he added, "either about the report, the method of testimony, or the conclusions reached." "Does that mean that so far as you are concerned you will let the matter rest where the report leaves it?" asked the reporter. "I have nothing to say," replied Gen. Miles. TEN THOUSAND. (Concluded from First Fnise.) extermination of all foreigners, without epprlsement or compassion, does not indicate the existence of such a will. There is no indication that it has the power, it is composed of the Tagals, who are only a minority of the inhabitants of the island of Luzon, and still a smaller minority of the inhabitants of the archipelago. The government of the Tagals in the Philippines would not be self-government: it would be an oligarchy. "For these reasons it appears clear to me that the United States cannot escape the responsibilities of sovereignty in tse Philippine archipelago, until under its fostering care a government is recognized both able and willing to furnish that protection to the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, for which governments are organized among men. "Let me add that It Is my conviction, which events from day to day have only confirmed, that it Is the purpose of the present administration to discharge these responsibilities and to fulfill the obligations which thes' Involve. -Nor do I see any reason to doubt the official declarations, constantly repeated by the administration. I quote now from Secretary Long's address in Boston May 1. disavowing 'any purpose anywhere to subjugate or reduce these Islands to vassalage, or make these people slaves or deprive them of any rights -w hich are enjoyed by our own territorials at home.' " The following resolutions were read by General John C. Black and adopted unanimously at all of the meetings: "First We recognize that a condition of war prevails In the Philippine Islands between the government of the United States and certain men who are in Insurrection against the lawful authority of the United States. We believe that such condition of insurrection has arisen from a course of events which, when once instituted, has moved in irresistible sequence to the present situation; that this course of events began with the barbarities practiced by the Spanish government toward the inhabitants of the Island of Cuba. These barbarities wero continued by the Spanish authorities in epite of our protestations and entreaties through a series of years for an amelioration of these dreadful conditions, and Anally culminated in the destruction of our war vessel, the Maine, in the harbor of Havana. Every step which followed has been inevitably sequent of the preceding events war between the two nations, the success of the American arms and the consequences which attach to the conquest of an armed foe. Among these consequences were the occupation of the Philippine Islands by the American naval and military forces and the substitution during the remainder of the war of a sovereignty of the conqueror for that of the conquered. In the Philippine islands, with tho exception of a single year, Spanish sovereignty has been complete since the sixteenth century. Spain collected the taxes, held the fortifications, appointed all the civil officers, Spanish viceroys. Spanish Judges, Spanish courts administered the laws which were proclaimed by the Spanish Governor and enforced by the Spanish army and navy. The sudden destruction of this sovereignty compelled the substitution of the sovereignty of the conqueror, xo other government In the archipelago was competent to receive the authority surren dered by Spain. Our government had. to ac cept and assume the responsibilities of the situation and execute the duties devolved upon it by the change In the administration of .the laws. The only alternative was to surrender the Island to anarchy or to foreign and selfish Intervention. Neither course was compatible with duty or with the dictates of humanity. Therefore, after the conquest In the harbor of Manila, it was Incumbent on our government to protect life and property throughout the archipelago. STORY OF INSURRECTION. "We recognize and declare the facts to be that from the 13th day of August, 1S9S. until the 4th day of February. 1SD9, peace pre vailed in Manila under the protection of American arms; that on the day last named an insurgent force assailed our army In Its fortifications and encampments under the cover of darkness, and by this act of ag gresslon inaugurated hostilities, the first result of which was Intended to be wholesale massacre and the destruction of property within the citv. "We recite with sorrow the fact that the chief encouragement extended to the Insur gents has been from some or our misguided fellnw-ritizens. and to them must b ascribed much of the bloodshed and ruin which has followed. "We further declare that the government of the United States has sought by every honorable way to secure cessation or hns tllities as evidenced by the appointment of a commission fully authorized to treat with the insurgents and to offer them peace and amnesty, and by the action of our military and naval authorities, who have at all times been rendy to protect those who would sur render their arms and cease their warfare against the government of the Lnlted States. "We point to the fact that these efforts of peace have been contumaciously rejected by the insurgents until It became manifest even to them that tney were waging a honeless war. "Second We declare our belief In the high honor and Just action of our army and navy in the Philippine islands. ve Relieve that our government has taken every step that it should take to secure peace and order. Wo believe that the administration repre sentlng the government has highly and fully dlrcharged its duty In the premises. We consider It our part to share the bur dens of the government rather than to em barrass its elTorts and thus prolong the con flict of arms. "Third We know that this very hour our soldiers In arms are race to face with an armed foe; and until the close of hostilities we know only our country. Its army and navy and Its executive. We pledge to them while our flag shall be In battle our unfal terlne support. "Fourth We as Americans take rrid In the achievements of our army and navy, both in the war with Spain and in the present military operations in the Island of Luzon The heroism of officers and men alike has shed renewed luster on American arms. The cause In which they have fought was and Is a Just one. They are now fighting for the security of the lives of peaceable noncombatants throughout the archipelago, and in Just reprisal for an unprovoked attack. We heueve mat tne tenaing or seditious nppeais to the American troops, engaged in nostui ties, is an act of treasonable character, and that every appeal to them to abandon their colors or disregard their duty as soldiers merits the lasting condemnation cf every iit'.tr'ot. Fifth The government of the TTnited State thr-lild b and we bellve wi'l be. irua to 111 principle in ths disposition cf

A Monster Sale of Short Ends and Remnants of Silks Opens This Mornins:

fi. P.Wassonfe For WEDDING PRESENTS; In Solid Gold, Heavy Solid Silver, fina China and rich Cut Glass at WH0LE3ALU PRICES, see all questions that may arise In the future in our relationship with tho people of the Philippine Islands. "Sixth We regard the great Issue of the hour to be the success or our country ta the performance of the duty which it ovr to civilization. Until this is assured unVi armed Insurrection has ceased we have n terms to offer but the American terms ox unconditional surrender." The Germans Protest. TOLEDO. O.. May 7. The German-Amer icans of thia city teld a monster mass meeting at Germania Hall this afternoon to protest against the proposed British-American alliance. Speeches were made by the leading Germans of the city and strong resolu tions were adopted. The main addresses of the afternoon wvre made by the chairman, Fred Ritter. Peter Mettler, Hon. ChrU Schneider and other prominent Germans. Before the meeting was over a division arso end there was a heated discussion, In which many of those present' Indulged, and the object of the meeting was lost sight of. many leaving the hall. When the vote came to sustain the United States government on the Samoan question the vote was 333 to 1 against the government. THE C0GHLAN INCIDENT. Real Offenders in Such Cases the Kaa Who Slakes Statements Public Washington Special In New York Post The suggestion, at the end of Secretary Long's announcement the other day concerning the reprimand of Captain Coghian, that something more was in store, has kept public curiosity agog, and the Navy Depart ment is pestered with inqluries when th further punishment is to be administered. and whet its character will be. It is fairly safe to predict now that nothing more will be done to make Captain Coghian uncomfortable. A person high In authority In the administration made the significant com ment the otter day that the attention paid to recent verbal outbreaks, and the dispo sition to give them importance aslraerr tional incidents, had been a llttrr"tfvfcrdoi.. "After all," eaid the dignitary, "the person to blame in these affairs is not the one who makes the offending remark, but tha one who gives it to the world. If the occurrences of the last fortnight are to set tho pace for the future treatment of careless comments by public officers, we shall have to put our military and civil servants under a special censorship, extending even to their , private correspondence and conversations. Generals and admirals are no less human than other people, and although their education is supposed to Include some ecrioua ctudles in self-discipline, they do, and will continue to, say things to their friends which they would not care to have published, and which any one with a proper sense of the amenities would not repeat to the world at large. If an officer seen fit to write, as Rear Admiral Kautz did. to a relative in the same jocular terms he wouia use in talking across a rrivato dinner fable, it seems to me it is the fault ot the relative and not of the admiral If the matter comes cut inopportunely, and to keep reprimanding or admonishing our public servants for such things would place our governmenfln the position of Interfering In the doroestVs

affairs of its employes e"S y must soon cross the bounds of popular toif eration. Sometimes the fault in such caset passes beyond the friend who betrays confldence, fend lodges with the newspaper which, for the sake of a sensation U S to print matter which t knows will get the principal actor or speaker, and possibly tha country, into serious trouble. While Ihis is true, It is also true that our government has set an examp'o of "fl,lvenes to criticism which estops it from finding fault when other governments arerilpmed.to cavil at the freedom of American speech The celebrated Murchisorv letter which caused the recall of Ird Sackvllle from the head of the British legation in Washington eleven years ago. and the Dupuy de Lome letter, which was made all the more Impressive by the fact that our relations with Spain were already strained to such a point that the slightest clash was liable to bring on war, are cases In Pint- Th retirement of the late Rear Admiral Meade under a cloud becauso of a severe personal criticism passed upon the administration rhows how pueh things are treated, even when they deal wholly with American affairs and are not liable to embroil us with other nations. Yet it is undoubtedly safe to say that not a week goe- by without some public man's putting it into the power cr friends or the press to do his reputation great damage. Sometimes this takes the torm of criticism of superior?, sometimes of conduct which it would not do to have publicly described. The instances where thee matters do leak out do not always Indicate conclous bad faith, but are often the result of inexperience in dealing with public affairs. , . It Is a notable fact, for example, that a member of the Cabinet who Is represented in the Washington dispatches as prefcrrix not to speak about thin or that matter nci it is !n a delicate situation, goes to New York or Boston, and suddenly figure In the local columns of the newspapers there as saying some very startling things. The secret of this apparent Incongruity is not that he has changed hU purpose, but that he has changed his environment. In W ashington n has been accustomed to speak his mind freelv among his friends, ail of whom are famliiar with official etiquette and the rule of confidence; but when, among perrons not thus trained, he speaks with equal freedom, somebody in the party will be very liable to blurt the whole thing out an hour afterward. Captain Coghian or Rear Admiral Kautz might have s?ld what be pleased about Germany and the Germans In this city, and the facts he mentioned might have

oeen spreaa on me pnniu nvoru lairr, uuv not with his name attached that would have been considered a gross breach of faith. It Is the same way with acts as with words. An attorney general tthose talents were universally admired In the habit, during his term here, of drinking ocrailon ally to excess, and wa n night pkkfd up in the gutter by a policeman who did not recognize his face, carried to a police etatlon, and locked up with the common "drunks." As he wa g lng through th corridor on the way to h cell, he passed a newspaper writer who had ben InterViewing a person locked up iher on nuplclon. and was recognized. The writer went at once to the omcr in ch-rie of the station, confidentially informed him of the discovery", and" volunteered to take the attorney general to his home tn a closed cu3 so that his family end the Nation should ppared the disgrace whlrh must follow It the facts should happen to come out, Tha Intoxicated man was brought out of tha cell and put into the vehicle, the driver wcls detained -at the station, and the write? mounted the box hlnvself. so as to cannna tha pecret to the possession of as few persons as possible. The attorney ger.erri'o family regarded the incident as so riiuch r matter of course that they ne?r eveQ thanked his cusiodUn. much kii rtin i bur ted the cost of the cab. . j