Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 36, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 May 1894 — Page 3

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C. DOAXIÜ, Publlnhop. JASPEIL - - INDIANA THJtüüGII FUiK ago. unions tliuhi' who trod this busy streets of pass homo notice; a man wltn beetUhr' ii lii f. bluck oves and 'jy itfÄ -V n hard redness of ehcek; shoul ders iike Uohin Hood's, "a cloth yard measure from tip to tip," and six feet at least In Iiis boots; a man of might and plwclc It was a pity that, at thirty years of age, this man could not have romemuered had he. desired to do so, one worthy deed, oini honest piece of labor honestly paid for, oven ore kindly deed, such as ordinary men do out of mere good nature every day of their lives. homohow he had come by the namu of Ishmael certainly not by christening. It was the littest name for him that could have been chosen. With a bank robbery on his conscience, if be had one, and the knowledge that all the powers of the police were at work to prove him engaged in it, few men would havo walked down llroadway that day, glittering and lla.shy, with a long cigar in a long1 amber mouthpiece, and n stolen watch in his fob, but he did it He met an acquaintance and said anathema "How are you'.' and" anathema again, his ordinary way of salutation. He Knocked an innocent little Frenchman down for Win:,' in his way and kicked a bootblack for haying: ".Shine your boots?" An 1 just then, way down at his feet, a little voice twiid: 'tl'apa, papa." and two little arms encircled his leg, und, looking down, he saw a toddlin.tr thing In white and blue, with sunny curls and a rosebud mouth, clinging there. ' r.ipa," H said again, and then a tidy nursemaid, all out of breath, came up and caught it and cuddled it and laughed over it The gentleman ain't your' papa," fnul she. "It's the way with her alva.' s: any ilne-lookln' gentleman she will take for her papa." And the girl smiled on Ishmael. and, for a wonder, he did not insult her either by word or look. Something nipped at his heart A great ball seemed to bo in his throat 11c dubbed children "kids," und hated them, but this was not like the children of the dens he frequented. A little feoul pure as when it came from "PAPA I'Al'A Cod, and with all outward purit about it, too fragrant, fresh and white of garb as a lily is of leaf. Such a thing had never touched him before, lie wanted to be kind to it, and he hardly knew how. Ho bent his head a little. "(tive us a kiss," he said, in a gruJT rumble of a voice, and the nurse girl held the baby up to him. "liive the gentleman a French kiss," she said, and Innocence personified did not even know sin in the ilesh when it looked at and touched it The cherub hands caught softly at the man's whiskers, tho angel mouth kissed his two cheeks, one after the other, then Jus mouth. "Say, Mayday.'" cried the girl, and baby said it, and the two wore gone. The man had never had a pure kiss before had never felt a tender emotion, had never loved anyone. On the Instant he loved this baby. Ho walked away very quickly. His heart was troubled, as the waters of the pool when the angel descended Into it He passed the people going home, and asked himself if they had babies at home like that one. 'Til bo respectable. I'll go to foreign parts and start fair. I won't have jail and gallows ahead of me. and I'll have a little kid llko that to call mo daddy." And then two big tears squeezed themselves out of his eyes and rolled down his checks, unconsciously. "I'll go in the steamer," ho said. "I'll change my name. If I'm not nabbed for this bank atTair I'll make my fortune as theso fellows do. I'm their match, I reckon. I'll not havu the gallows ahead of me, as It's like 1 hall if I stay here. And I'll havo littlo kids and an old woman. I will " There was more of it. He could not help swearing, but, I think, had ho known how, he would havo prayed this time instead. Hut just then there camo im his ear a Midden tumult. Men ere Hying past him; a bell was ringing: women woro shrieking. Ho caught i boy and asked him what the row was. "Ilouso afire, and a young one burnup in it," said the boy. And at that Ishmael followed the crowd. Ho had never before cared for anyone's langer. Ho had never felt pity r anyone. Now th thoutrht of that

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soft mouth that had touched Ills heart made him quiver with the thought that a little. Mini like that was In mich awful danger; made him pnnniso himself to .save It, if hu had the power; made him call thetn iill cowards for standing there, staring and ahouting and doing nothing. Tito engines hud not yet come, and this house, all in Harnes in side, belched forth lire from its many windows, as though they had been the mouths of the fabled dragon. Amt in the midst of the crowd aglrl. restrained by kindly hands, struggled and screamed: "Let me go! Lot me go! They left her in my cure. She's burning to'death up there. I'd rather die than face them. Let me, go!" And Ishmael heard the voice and saw the face of the nurse-mtild who had held the baby up to kiss htm. "Js it the little kid you had along of you'.1" ho asked, clntcnlng the girl's shoulder with his big hand. "Tout little critter say?" "Yes, yes," cried thogirl, "mako them let me go. She's atop of the house, back in tho nursery. Oh, intike them let me go!" "You stay here," said Ishmael. "I'll go myself, and I'll bring her out or never como at all." And with theso words Ishmael dashed into tho building, already a furnace of red flame. A shout

zw, i m TilOT KNELT POW.V. arose as lie did so a cry between a scream of horror and a roar of applause. Xo one expected to see thu man come out of that blazing pit alive. Thu engine came rattling up. The firemen fixed their ladders to the windows and ran up them, and were driven back again scorched and faint Nothing alive could bo within, they said. Hut suddenly, on tho blazing parapet, appears a figure holding a, burden in his arms. He looks downward at tho ladders, which could not reach him, then backward at the Humes. Then he dropped, clinging by one hand to thu hot ledge, swung there a moment, and dropped upon the ladder. The crowd had thought to see hint dashed to pieces on the street, and had stretched up their hands involuntarily, as though to catch him; but homo were on the ladder, and they did their best for him. Even they were in great danger, but good angels watched over them. The bundle that he held so fast, wrapped In a wet blanket, was seized by one man; two others held him in their arms and brought him down. Tho girl rushed forward screaming, and those who held tho blanket unwound its folds. Out of it peeped a littlo Hushed baby face a head of rumpled curls. Half smothored, but unhurt, Trot held her tiny arms toward her nurse, and cried in baby fashion to be taken by her. No harm had come to Trot, but what of her preserver, Ishmael? He lay thero with his head upon a fireman's knees. A doctor had his hand upon his heart His eyes were closed; his hair singed; üis eyebrows whitened; his flash clothes one "mass of tinder; his very boot" shriveled and scrolled away from hit burnt feet; the hand that had held the littlo burden and clung to tho molten roof lodge so bravely was ono mass ol blistered burns. Like one dead he lay for awhile, hut at last his eyes opened. He looked at the faces about him, all kindly, pitiful, full of sympathy, and felt that for once he was a friend among friends. lie heard men call him brave, and heard women sob. A new life had dawned upon him he, Ishmael, was a hero. He had often been stared at by a crown before, as he stood at the prisoner's bar, but a host of kindly eyes had never thus turned upon hint He did not feel much pain, but ho knew that the end was at hand. He was dying dying just as he had begun to see what life might be; yet, after all, he was happy. "It's no use, pals." ho said faintly to those busy about him. "I've swallowed fire! I'm a dead man! Where's tho little kid? I want her." They brought her to him. Tho innocent thing had neither fear nor dread, but she came solemnly, and her great eyes dilated as she looked at him. T)it up," she said, softly, and patted him "dit up." "Kiss him, Trot," said the girl, sobbing. "Ho took you out of the fire. Oh! poor, poor followl Kiss him, Trot" Aud Trot knelt down and took the singed black whiskers once more in her hands and holding thetn apart gave the dying Ishmael her protty "French kisses," one for csch cheek and one for tho mouth, llo drew her to him. "1 want her arms about my neck," bo said, faintly. "Cuddle him, Trot," said tho girl. And Trot sat down and wound her tiny arms around the great throat and put her ohcok closedown to hl., and ho whispered ao softly that no one but this innocent baby heard him. "(iood-by, little kid. I might have had something rougher around my scrag when I died. If tho prison chaplains are right may bo we'll moot again. I wish I'd had a littlo kid llko you. I might have been another man." Ills hands dropped away from Trot'" waist with theso words. "Man's asloop," said Trot And Ishmael was asleep, indeed. Tho sleep that knows no waking had como upon him in Trot's Innocent ana II lay there dead, N. Y. Jiavro.

A CALAMITY HOYL, SiatiUon'l IVirrntjr l'alnver mi tho Hecalift or J'roK-ctloti. To tho republican of Indiana in convention assembled ex-l'mildont Harrison said: "Our people Ircatnu w rich" under the benign operation of republican tariff laws, "labor wes bo universally employed at good wages, that men ceased to appreciate tho danger and the disaster that was involved in un abandonment of protection principles." Yes-, "our people" became rich. The beneficiaries of tho protective tariff became rich. They waxed fat, and lubricated tho republican machine with their fatness to their own great advantage, flut did tho people become rich? Did they become rich collectively or in proportion to their numbers faster under thu republican system of commercial and industrial restriction and bondage than they did under the democratic system of comparative freedom? The census returns tell a different btory. They show the true valuation of nil real and personal property in millions of dollar (000,000 omitted) in the years named, the increase per cent, tho value of property per capita and tho increase per capita, as follows:

True val- incrcaso Voluo per Incrcao uatlon. lx.T cent canlix lwr cat). lx.T cent 18M 1 7,131 e 8j8 1K0 Iö.l'fl 1SM.49 6U M.bS IBM 3J,Cdi 83.0? T8J M.70 1N-0 43.151! 4S. 14 TO ll.M lbW Ci.Uj.' O.Oi I.C3J I'i.li While it is truo that these figures are not conclusive, it is also true that so far as they are trustworthy they show a vastly greater percentage of increase, both in aggregate wealth aud wealth per capita, during tho low tariff decade from 1850 to 1SU0, than in any of the following high tariff decades. If we should multo allowance for the exaggeration of wealth in 1S70, duo to depreciation of tho currency, the difference would be still more striking. The increase of wealth per head of population in the avcrugo for tho three decades of protection was not much, if any, more than one-third as great per cent as It was during tho decade of comparatively free trade. "Labor was so fully employed at good wages" under protection, says Mr. Harrison. That gentleman is old enough to know that thero was com paratively little discontent among working people during the so-called free trade period. He is old enough to know that the strike evil and the tramp disease are almost wholly developments under republican tariff protection. Without directly referring to tht Coxcy craze Mr. Harrison strongly encourages it He lays the industrial de-' pression from which the country is tilowly recovering entirely to the prospective reduction of the tariff. He tells tho people that ihey owe their prosperity not to their crvi intelligence, skill and industry, bat Vd government He tells them that the government is the source of prosperity when it is in the bauds of his narty and the source of adversity when it is in tho hands of another party. He tells them that "the cause of this present disastrous depression" is to be found "in the attempt to wipe out protection legislation aud to substitute for it the doctrines of a revenue tariff." Congress, he tells them. Is to blame, and in bo doing ho encourages them to organize their "peace armies" and march on Washington and demand that congress restore prosperity. His teaching is calculated still further to undermine the self-reliance of the American people and to inculcate tho belief that they are dependent upon government It is calculated to incite the people to make utterly unreasonable demands aud enforce them by violence. Aud yet ho talks glibly about "calm and temperate discussion of great public questions!" This "calm and temperate" ex-prcs-Ideut would have people believe that tho existing depression is altogether due to the prospect of some little relief from tariff burdens and exactions, llut ho knows perfectly well that no panic ever occurred that was not followed by depression more or less bevere and i prolonged. lie knows that there was neither panic nor depression until near the end of last June, although rcducVion of tho tariff was just as well assured nearly eight months before as ii has been at any time since. Ho knows that tho panic originated in fear of a collapse to the silver basts under the operation of an act passed by a republican congress nnd signed by his own hand. Ho knows that there was a panic in 13"3 which was quite as disastrous ns that of 1S0I5, and which was followed by a distressing industrial depi 'ssUm continuing for a period of five long years. Ho knows that that panic occurred soon after the republicans had won a presidential election by an overwhelming majority, and when there was no possibility of any tariff reduction for at least four years. And yet, knowing all theso things, Mr. Harrison utterly ignores them, aud Keeks to make people believe that tho ranic of 1893 and the depression followiag wcro wholly due to tho attempt to wipe out tariff legislation. The truth of the matter is that tho depression, which had its origin in the silver scare brought on by republican legislation. has been ade more severe by the beneficiaries of protection from sol fish motives, and Is now being prolonged and deepened by republican filibusters in tho senate who are actuated by like motives. And the "calm and temperate" ex-president sees fit to encourage both in their unatriotio course Chicago Herald. It is reassuring to note that rflany ofth o pension cranks in tho country are being brought to book for their offenses. It Is a little difficult to reconcile tho fact that republican organs deny tho existence of pension frauds, yet applaud tho punishment of these men who have been doing nothing but a fraudulent business for years. Detroit Frco lVe-ss. The Indiana republicans patriotically denounce the "hauling down the American flag at Hawaii," despite the fact that tho good republican president who "disavowed" tho action of .kit minister in raisin It, was pmes4 la Um onvention. N. Y. Pott

A CHANGE NEEDED.

Secretary (arl!ln KU Jrortli tu Tart 1'elley of t!ia Democrat. Secretary of the Tretisury Carlisle has authorize;! tho following statement in reply to nr. inquiry by nu Associated I'ress reporter as to whether It wore true that he had taken part in the conferences which It has been bald wcro being held for the purpose of agreeing upon certain amendments to the pending tariff bill: "I havo.had no conference upon this subject with anybody except tho democratic members of tho benate commit teo on finance, and therefore cannot state of my own personal knowledge what has occurred in any other conferences that Biay havo taken place. It is true that an effort is being mado to agree upon such changes in tho pending bill as will secure for it tho united and active support of all the democrats in tho senate. Tho indications now are tkat this support can and will ba secured without making radical changes in tho rates of duty or muterial alteram tions in tho form or structure of the, taaiff pchedulcs . they were pasised by the house of representatives. In fact, I regard most of the changes now under consideration as quite unimportant, while the remainder are not of such a character as substantially t4 affect the merits of the bill as a measure for the reformation of the worst features of existing legislation upon this subject I do not think we ought to permit differences of opinion upoa mere matters uf detail, or in regard to small increases or reduction of rates in tho bill as it now stands, to prevent the redemption of our pledges to the people, and therefore I am in favor of scci'ring, If posslblo without any surrender of principle, and without abandoning any part of tho democratic policj of tariff reform, kucIi mutual concca sions upon these points as will consoli date our strength und pass the mea&uri at the carllost possible date. So far at the proposed amendments relate tt duties upon important articles of ton sumption now 'subject to duty, the rates suggested as tho basis for adjust incut arc all much lower than in the present law, while there are only a few instances in which they are higher that in the bill reported by the senate comBiittce. 'I5y far the mo-it important singh articlo upon winch a change of duty u now proposed is sugar, raw anu re fined, and it is strenuously contended by persons interested in the production of this article that the specific rates al ready in the bill ai reported by the Kenatejeominittce are higher than tho ad valorem rates which it is now proposed to insert "Whether this is cor rect or not depends on tho price of sugar in the foreign markets from time to time, and therefore it is not possible to mako an exactly accurate statement upon the subject; but lam satisfied that the difference, if any, between the specific rates heretofore pro posed and the ad valorem rate now un der consideration is so small as to bo of no material consequence ciiuer way. t . i . At any rate, 1 think that differences of opinion upon this question, which have always been troublesome and vex atious, should not be allowed to defeat tho passage of tho tariff bill, and I be lieve this is tho opinion of all intelli gent and sincere advocates of revenue reform. "The repeal of the McKinley act aad the substitution of a more just and equitable measure in its place are of vital Importance to tho prosperity of tho country, and tho pcoplo have right to expect that all who aro really in favor of a reduction of tariff taxa tion will make such reasonable concessions to each other's views as will certaiuly accomplish these results. If the country is to wait for tariff reform until a measure i devised which is en tirely acceptable in all its parts to ovcry senator and representative whose vote is necessary to pass it our prom ises will never bo kept" MR. HAHRISON'S ERROR. Tbii Kntur.it Itrault of Taxing Itbor t llf-ueilt Capital. Ex-President Harrison in a public reference to tho Coxcy army 8U3's: "I bellove that If the republican policies of administration had not been threat ened we uhould not havo witnessed this sail, almost appalling manifestation." It Is by such utterunces as this that the cx-president makes it almost Impossible for intelligent men to preserve that re spect for him that his position in life entitles him to. Ever since tho McKinley bill became effective tho industrial distress through' out tho country has been Increasing. Xcany two years ago the discontent, incident to it took the fori of riot and murder at Pittsburgh. Pa., and, thougu the strikers wcro htibducd by military force and worlnngmeniu other sections were restrained by fear of similar treatment, tho condition proceeded from bad to worse, until it finally dis closed to Coscy tho method which tin ex-president deprecate in such solemn terms. Hut the change of policies of admin istration from republican to democratic is not responsible for it It is the natural aud logical result of taxing poor and patient people to the extent of hundreds of millions annually that the favored few in tho sugar trust, the steel combine and tho organizations oi aggregated capital might multiply their millions and continue to control elections by bribery and corruption. Kansas City Times. The meanness of tho tactic bj which Mr. Heed won Iiis vindication in tho quorum-counting business ßhould not eucapa attention. Ho filibustered persistently over petty affairs and deliberately stopped tho courso of tin house, with no great public issuo at stake, for merely selfish reasons largely personal to himself, lie ami his party have not gained In the respect of the people by such n. course. Hut the dem ocrats, unablo to maintain a quorum with a great majority to draw from how eontcmntiblo they appear! Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.) -Tho Pennsylvania riots are the direct results of Mclvlnloylsm. Tnrifl laws that protect capitalists in tho im' portatlon of chea labor always pro duce such results., x. wouu.

MA1IY WASHINGTON

Dedication of tho Monument to tho Mother of tho First President, Krarnl iy t lie Women of Autrrlra Upon tlu Cltwlt- Hull of Ilm Old Dominion I liferent lug Ceieniiilile tout Ailtlrt-mira. A OI'.n.VT DAY FOU KHKDKIflCKSIIUItO. Fni:i)KuiCKSi!i'i:o. Va., May 11. The Weather being propitious, there was nothing in the way of a most successful celebration of the event to which patriotic women, and the people of Virginia particularly, have looked forward to for so many months the dedication of the monument to Mary Wash ington, the mother of the first presi dent TIIK V18ITOKS. From un early hour visitors have been arriving at this ancient city, where so many memories of Washington have been centered for a hundred years. From Itlchniond there came Gov. O'Ferrall and a large number of distinguished military visitors, and every part of the state contributed its quota. From the national capital a special train brought President Cleveland, Secre tary and Mrs. Grcsham, feecretary and Mrs. Carlisle. Secretary and Miss Morton, Secretary and Mrs. I.amont, Postmaster-General Hissell, Private Secretary and Mrs. Thurber and many distinguished men in public life. This train arrived about 10:!!0 a. m., and was met at the station by a committee who escorted the special guests to the Mary Washington house, where an in formal lunch was tendered to Presi dent Cleveland, followed by a recep tion on the old porch of the mansion. Tim rnocF.ssioK, including various patriotic societies and benevolent orders, companies of the state militia, the governors staff, and representative ladies on horse back, was then formed and proceeded to the monument, where a grand stand to accommodate 400 guests had been erected. On Washington avenue in front of the stand nearly 10,000 people were massed. TUB CKItKMONIKS commenced with prayer by Ilev. .lames 1. Smith, followed by a brief address by A, P. Howe, mayor of Fredericks burg. Gov. OTorrall followed with an impassioned address of welcome on the part of the state of Virginia, which was frequently interrupted with applause, and in an eloquent perora tlon, presented the president of the United States. For several minutes the enthusiasm which erected the president was without bounds. When the cheering finally subsided, Presi dent Cleveland said : riiKSiPKST ci.r.vr.r.ANn's srr.txH. Gov. OTeuiuu,, Mit Ma von asu Feixow Citizens I sneak for those who nre to-day creeled an tho official guests of Vlrpfnla and Fredericksburg, when Icturn sincere thanks for tho hearty welcome that has been extend ed to us In behalf of Iwth the state and city Our annrcclntiou of the warmth of your re ccpllmi Is not dltntnlshud by the thought that In the light or tho highest meaning belonging to this occasion, thero arc no guests here. We havo assembled on ctjual terms to worship at a sacred national shrine. NOT1IINO CAN BK MOUC IMPORTANT to those who have assumed the responsibility of self-government than the cultivation ana stimulation among themselves of sentiments which ennoble and elevate and strengthen hu manlty. As a clear and wholesome stream hi ait have Its flow from a pure roun tain head, so muvt a clean aad beaeflcent popular government have Its source In I'UKK AND MORAI.LT HEALTHY HEX. This purity and thin moral health are In noth ing better exemplified than in a love and revcrenco for motherhood. Tho man who said ho cared not who made the people's laws If he could write their song?, might have said with more truth that he could gauge the strength and honor of a people, and their fitness for elf-government. If ho knew the depths and steadfastness of their IAVE FOU THEIIl MOTH EU. I bollevo that he who thinks It brave and manly to outgrow his earlier devotion for his mother Is, more than he who has no music In hlmclf, tit for treason, stratagems and spoils, nnd should not be trusted. I.et us recall today as conclusive proof of tho close relations between Amen can greatness nnd a lasting love ami reverenco for our mothers Tim ritocn declaiiation or ceoiigk Wash ington. "All I am f owe to my mother," and let us not forget that when his glory was greatest and when the plaudits of his countrymen were loudest, ho valued more than these tho bless ing and approval of his aged mother. While these exercises can not fall to Inspire us anew with reverenco for American motherhood, wo will remember that wo aro hero to do honor to tho woman who gave to our nation ITS OltUATKST ASP II EST CITIZEN. nnd that wo have tho privilege of participating In tho dedication of a monument erected by the women of our land lu loving anil enduring testimony to tho virtues of the mother of Washington. Let us bo proud to-day that the nobility of this wotnau exacted from a distin guished foreigner the admission: ,-If such nro the matrons of America, slio may well boast of Illustrious sons:" and that Lafayette, who had fought with her son. roll AJIEIItCAN INDEPENDENCE. declared after lit had received her blessing: "I have seen the only Kornau matron living ut this day." Hemcmberlng theso things. let us leave this place with our lovo of country strengthened. with a higher estimate of tho value of Amer ican citizenship, and with a prayer to God that our nconte may hold fast to sentiment that grows out of a lovo and reverence for American motherhood. TIIHllK WAS ANOTHKR OUTIIUIIST of enthusiusm when the president fin ished and gave way to the masonic so cieties, who performed the dedicatory ceremonies. Senator John W. Daniel, the orator of the day, was then intro duced by President Cleveland. HKXATOIt DAMKIS OltATION'. Senator Daniel, In his oration, paid a graceful tribute to Mrs. White and the Indies of the Mary Washington Mono ment association, whose pious hands had reared "The first monument on earth erected by women to a woman This Mono represents two ideals womanly excellence and patriotic duty. Von hnvo reared this beautiful obelisk to one who was "the light of tho dwelling" In a plain rural colonial home. Hor history hovers around It SIiq was wife, mother and widow, KHK NL'IISED A IIEIIO AT IIKIt llltKAST. At her kneo she trained to the lovo and fear of Cod and to tho kingly virtues, honor, truth and valor, tho Hon of tho trtlro that gave to America liberty nnd Independence, This Is her title to renown. It Is enough. Hut for tho light that streamed from tho deeds of she bore wo would doubtless never havo heard THE NAXK or MAIIY WASHINGTON, and tho grass that grew upon this grave had not been disturbed by curious footsteps or rev ercutlal bands Hut it docs hot follow that she

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fame- Her urtuo's were tiol created: they were only discovered by tha warvcliHM wr of her Illustrious son. THIS MEMOIIIAl. might indeed tu due to her ber ause of who she Has. but it Is far more due to her because of what she was. it is in hor own rl,'lu, and as the typo of her hex, her ix-oplo aud berrace, tkatHlua deserves this tribute stone. Thero were tea thousand Mary Washingtons among the mothers of the revolution, and la honoring i.er wi: iioNou tiii: mothkhuood or iieiioic days and heroic men, It was In hla character, all sufficient In every emergency, that was dis played tho ovcrtowcrlng grcatneis of Oeorgo Hshlugtoti, and it Is not doubted that this character was toned and shaped by his mother's hand. Tho prlnu'plos which ho applied to a nation were simple and elementary truths which she llrnt Imprinted uttou his mind In tho discipline of homo. UK TKACKP TIIK HISTOIIY of the mother of Washington from her birth on the öüth of November, 17015, at the plantation home of her father, Col. Joseph Hall, in Lancaster county, Va., on the banks of the Happahannock, where the river broadens as it blends into the Che&apcake bay, through all the eveutual years of her life down to her death at her home in Fredericksburg, on the U5th of August, rt."M and closed an eloquent peroration by say ing: ONCE AOAIN THE MAY TIME HltEAKS with Its sunshine. Its verdure and Its blossoms. over the land whoso hills and plains wero shaken and whose homes wero shattered by the thunders of war, but no more do the long lines come gleaming on to tho deadly fray; no more Is heard 'the nolso of the captains and the shouting:' no more are seen the garment rolled In blood. YET HISTOKY HKPEATS ITSEI.K, and a mighty host again Is marshaled upon these plains. Manhood Ed womanhood and childhood are here, the people havo come from far and wide: the old masonic lodge of which Washington was a member, and tho volunteer soldiery nro gathered here, and our noblo chief magistrato and commander-in-chief who tills tho scat of Washington and Jackson, they arc all here to lift up THE PU1IE IDEALS OP THE 1IEPUHI.I0. and to imbibe and Impress the lessons of this consecrated day. "I prophesy," says Thomas Carlyle, "that tho world will onco more Iwcomo sincere, a believing world, with many heroes In it. a heroic world. It will then be a victorious1 world, never till then." I-'lrcstde lessons and tho mothers' love must make It so; sincere behoving, heroic, victorious. IN SCENES LIKE THIS are tokens of f ulilllmcnt of tho prophet's vision. Patriotism, kneeling by this good woman's grave invokes Its Inspiration and prays God's blessing on tho land of Washington. A brief address by Mr. Lawrence Washington, a lineal descendant of the mother of the first president, closed the programme at the monument. j After Senator Daniel's oration 5ov. O'Ferrall presented, on behalf of the Mary Washington association of Fredericksburg, a set of engrossed resolutions to Mrs. Waite, expressing thanks to the national association for the completion of the monument thk rm:sitjv:NT hoi.ps a hf.ceptiox. President Cleveland held a reception after the exercises at the Mary Washington house shaking hands with several thousand persons. While thu president was holding his reception most of the other distinquished guests were entertained at a masonic banquet at the opera house given by the lodge in which George Washington was made a mason. At this banquet, which began at o'clock the principal speaker was VICK-PKESIPENT BTKVE.V80N. A poem in honor of the occasion was read by the author, George Alfred Townsend. THE MONUMENT. The monument to the mother of Washington, unveiled to-day, is aa obelisk of white marble, fifty feet high. Its base consists of three courses, the upper one bevelled and surrounded by a die bearing the simple inscription : MARY, THE MOTHER or WASHINGTON. t A cap surmounts tho die, and from this rises the beautiful white shaft. The site is at the edge of a beautiful plateau an. I near the two gray boul ders upon which the patriot s mother was accustomed to hit for hours daily with her knitting. A DETERMINED OFFICER I'Hta Twenty-! Vgly Tramps Who Had Hoarded Trum to Flight. Cincinnati, May 11. A gang, of twenty-six desperate trampsattempted to capture a Hig Four passenger train ut Lockland nbout '.):') o'clock Wednesday night. When train No. S, bound for Columbus, pulled out of the Cin cinnati yards, shortly after 8 o'clock. the platforms of the baggage and mail cars were crowed with trumps. As tho train sped on its way the hobos became more free and climbed onto tho engine tender. When the train reached the Lockland station the engineer stopped the train. The conductor and brakemen started to put off the intruders, but thev refused to leave the cars aud drew knives, ready to fight After ten minutes delay Officer John W. Glllman reached the i-ecne and ordered the men to leave, but they refused. Then I'll make you," said Officer Glllman, drawing his six-shooter and leveling it nt the supposed leader of the gang. The move was unexpected, and after a few dissenting curses tho twenty-six men slowly got off the cars and walked away. TEN THOUSAND KILLED. Fearful Loss of Mfo lr an Knrtliciuake In Venezuela. Cakacas, May 11. A terrible earthquake took place in Venezuela on April IS. The cities of Merlda, LaGnnlllns, Chiguara and San Juan, situated in the northwest of the republic in the region of the Andes, aro reported as having been totally destroyed by a fierce shock at 11 o'clock on the night of April Ü8. Many villages wore wiped out Tho full details of the catastrophe will bo learned slowly, but It is probable that 10,000 people have perished, and it 1 certain that the greatest suffering prevails In the places visited by the earth I nuakc.