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8 THE NATIONS PROMENADE. PENNSYLVANIA AVEWUE, WHERE STATESMEN ARE SEISM DAILY. History of the Great Street—lnter entinK Points Abont Wtwhisgtoa’a Thorough fares—Congressmen and Scholars Who Attract Attention for Their Peculiarities—Other Mat ters of Special Interest. Washington, Jan. 15.—A stranger at the national capital need not go around hunting the lions of official life in _ the Senate chamber and supreme court room, the executive mansian and cabinet homes —for a walk along Pennsylvania avenue, any fine day during a session of congress, will show him plenty of them. Especially near the opening and closing hours of each day’s session, when me legislators are hieing themselves ca.pitolward, or returning to their haunts in the fashion able northwest, is this Appian way of our country thronged with pedestrians and elegant equipages—with the brains and beauty, the social as we-H as the political leaders of Washington • Not only Is Pennsylvania avenue at all times a favorite driveway, but the citizens have a habit of turning out, en masse, at certain hours and strolling between the white house and the capitol; when at every step of the historic mile you may meet men and women whose names are household words —statesmen, multPniil lionaires, geniuses of all sorts, slffhlug lights in art, science and literature. First, a word about this grandest promt enade in America. The streets of Wash- | ington are of greater width, uniformly, than those of any other city In the world, and though there are many cities much larger than this “of magnificent dis tances,” not one has so much asphalt pavement. Washington’s 280 miles of streets and avenues cover a little more than 2,560 acres, (about two-thirds of Its whole area), and are now nearly all pav ed from end to end with Trinidad as phalt; never any dust, or mud, or special crossings to bother about, but smooth as a house-floor and kept as clean. It is impossible to crowd them, except on very rare occasions, and then only two or three streets will be temporarily con gested. Pennsylvania avenue, the great central thoroughfare, is four and one half miles long and 160 feet wide. Be ginning at Rock Creek, in Georgetown— the oldest part of Washington, which was once a separate village—|t runs past the state and treasury departments, the white house and President’s grounds, Corcoran art gallery and splendid new post office; past parks and reservations with their fountains and statuary, through the entire length of the best business quarter; then winds up the hill surmounted by the capitol, and its beautiful grounds and the most magnifi cent library building in the world, and on to its terminus on the banks of the Anacostia river. About 100 years ago, shortly after the seat of the United States government was removed from Philadelphia to Washing ton, a road was cut through the alder bushes, from Georgetown to Capitol Hill. It was made for the purpose of accom modating the procession incident to the laying of the corner-stone of the national state house, and over it passed George Washington, the central figure of the oc casion, in the full paraphernalia of his Masonic dignity, with the other great men of the time. This was the beginning of what is now Pennsylvania- avenue, the most historical street in the country. It may well be called the promenade of statesmen. Over it has passed to his Inauguration every President since Washington. Tradition** and mem ories hover around it of Jefferson and Jackson, Taylor, Webster, Clay, Lincoln, Douglass, and all the greatest fnen of the republic; the tramp of armies going to battle, and the grandest military review the world has ever seen when Grant dis banded his victorious troops after the fall of the confederacy. After a time the street was rudely drained and provided with a walk on the north side, made from the clippings of stones employed in the construction of the new buildings. During Jefferson’s ad-t ministration it was laid out in three road ways from the capitol to the white house, like Unter den Linden, at Berlin, and he personally superintended the planting of four rows of Lombardy poplars along each curbstone and equi-distant down the middle. A quarter of a century later the south side was paved; but still the cen tral driveway was deep In clouds of dust al) summer, and In the winter and spring was full of mud holes, which often be came axle deep, while the side streets was almost impassable beds of red clay, worked by hoofs and wheels into stiff mortar. John Randolph used to call Penn sylvania avenue “the great ( Shlrbonian bog.” and diseant upon the dangers of a trip over it, in the lumbering old stage coach, with seats on top, called the “Roy al George,” which conveyed the legislat ors of those days from the capitol to the Union hotel in Georgetown, where most of them “put up.” It la related that Dan iel Webster and a friend once undertook to go to Georgetown in a hackney coach, to attend u dinner party. Three times the vehicle stuck In the mud on Pennsyl vania avenue, and the driver was compel led to carry his passengers, one by one, on his back, to the sidewalk, where they stood until the empty carriage could be pulled out. Webster was no light weight, and years afterward ho used to laugh about the Incident and his feafs that the driver would drop him in the mud and spoil his dress suit. About 1845 the avenue was Traded and macadamised by Robert E. so, then a young officer in the army. The poplars were cut down; elms, ma ples and “trees of heaven" were planted and lamps act at intervals. Georgetown began to lose caste In the face of these glories, and the distinguished law-maavrs deserted her and took rooms over the shops that bordered the great Washing ton boulevard. It remained for Gov. Shep herd and Hallet Kllbourn, during the last twenty years or so, to inaugurate the radi cal Improvements which have made Wash ington the most beautiful city in America I and Its streets the best in the world. True, as George Parsons Lathrop says: “Tha trail of the boss is over it all; but It Is a picturesque trail and excellent In its results.” They removed whole blocks of buildings an<l graded to such an enor mous extent that some houses are left below the level of the new streeets. so that their chimney tops just touch the side walks, while others look as If standing on stilts, stranded high and dry on banks of slippery clay, to be reached by long, steep stairways, like unto the ladder cf Jacob's drcam. They also beautified a thousand parka and reservations large and small, and planted 150.600 trees—elms, tu lips. buttonwood, cottonwood, ash, ma ple and nogundo—which have flourisned apace under judicious care, so that now in whatever direction you look, a long, wide vista, overar*'had by trees on either aide, stretches beyond the limits of vision. Truly we are justlflsd m tha pride which nil good Americans fee) in their stately capitol. Evolved from the malarious bog that borders the Potomac, •a St. Petersburg, the lmi>erial residence of the autocrat of al] the Rus sia*. rose from the morasses of the Neva, at the will of tha Pater the Grvaj. Wash- Sort on wears distinctly the air of a cap ital which has riscsi to the emergency and fulfilled the expectations oi those early dreamers who. before the first atone was lai the little stream that has since Jpencuverted to the city's sewerage, the lA*>AfttoeUcving tha: a great et than »om- day adorn its banka. Was!<Wo3 this special charm at*ove all oihs in the United States —that while JifW> -nft, Philadelphia, vbl- cago, San Franciaco, despite their numer ous points of other than commercial In terest, are all work-a-day cities, the “MaieLen Capital”’ as it has been called, shows a gayer disposition and her self chiefly to sc<cial pleasure. It is the difference between the “settled” matron and the flirtatious maiden. To gain quote Lathrep: “To the outsider the difference is as between flirtation and friendship. You nxay like, you may love, the particu lar big. local capital where you live and do business, but you approach Washing ton with a sense of its being something piquant and novel, with which you may trifle and entangle yourself in a make believe attachment, having all the stimu lus and none of the draw-backs of a steady devotion.” Let us Join the moving throng on Penn sylvania avenue this bright winter after noon. About 4 p. m., the hour when con gress is supposed to “let out,” everybody’s face is turned eastward in the promenade —to meet rhe legislators on their way downtown. Though a stranger in the courts of the nation, you do not need to be told that the round-faced man, sitting on the front of the open cable car, though a cool, stiff breeze is blowing, is Speaker Reed. His cariciitures in the daily papers have so hopelessly given him away that he who runs may read him every time, under any disguise. And then, nobody but a man from the Arctic regions of Maine would choose ssuch a breezy perch on a mid-winter days Speaker Reed and Col. Robert Ingersodl look near enough alike to be twin brothers—both of the middle aged-baby type* whq would make excel lent models for cherubs, barring the ab sence of wings and the presence of legs. The other night, at a fashionable theater, Mr. Reed occupied a prominent place in a proscenium box; but for once his cherubic countenance was* overcast with gloom. It was all on accotmt of a too zealous laun dryman and a low-cut vest. Above the luw-cut abomination the shirt-front, starched stiff as a shingle, bulged like a balloon, and rode higher and higher, until one momentarily expected to see the hem of the garment in evidence. What reader of the masculine persusion has not some time been similarly afflicted, when there wa»s no chance foV the single pull which would set matters straight? A greater contrast cannot well be imagined than in those two southern congressmen walking side by side—Turner of Georgia and Wheefler of Alabama. The former is slow, delibeirate, sluggish and heavy, surveying the world with owl-like mien; the latter a perfect Jack-in-the-box, worked on spring® Mr. Wheeler is so small in statue that he is almost lost In the crowd, and one wo*nders how he ever came to be fam ous as a great cavalry leader—unless his very inability to keep quiet forced him into action. He rushes at conclusions* as at everything else, with ner vous, uncontrollable haste, stroking his unkempt beard while urging a knotty point till all is blue. He is an arden.t a silver democrat as his chum, Mr. Tur her, is In favor of gold, and the two is always I quarreling about it. * No, t'he gentleman head, with the smooth face and Napoleonic cast of countenance not the President-elect, as you n right reasonably suppose, but Congressman Charles N. Fowler, from New Jersey. That marked resemblance to the French tarnpe ror, and Maj. McKinley is 'the. one trial of Mr. Fowler’s life. Wherever he goes now days, office seekers persue him, cranks gaze at him with speculathwri. in their eyes and occasionally small boys cheer htsn or children give him flowers. Says he: “T’he other day I was crossing the ferry into New York. A man. who had been staring at me for some time fin ally plucked up courage to approach and ask In awed tones, ‘Are you iM'aJ. Mc- Kinley?’ ‘No indeed,’ I was glad t<» reply. ’Well, I thought it was queer, said the man, ’you are McKinley’s image, but I couldn’t understand how he could, get here without his coming being announced by the newspapers.' ” Yonder comes an oddly-assorted couple, Delegate Flynn from Oklahoma and Rep resentative Grow of Pennsylvania. Mr. Flynn is one of the youngest members of the House, not yet 34, and looks much younger, while Mr. Grow is one of the old est, having served in congress some thir teen years before Flynn was born. . Speak ing of the younger members, th ft* son of the late ex-Speaker Crisp is the youngest —about 26, though looking hard’ty 19. He is slim, boyish in manners and extremely retiring—in marked contrast every way to his stately, gray-haired colleagues. When he was sworn in, a fortnight ago, the roster of congressmen was complete for the first time in the his tory of the present House—37s members. Ajnong other popular young congressmen Is William A. Smith, from the Grand Rapids, (Mich.) district. On the Senate side, Mr. Marian Butler of North Carolina is called the “Populist Baby.” He was not quite 32 years of age when he entered that august body, “where angels fear to* tread.” Next to him in point of youthfulness comes Mr. Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania, who will be about 36 when he takqs his seat in the upper house on the 4th of March, next. Senator Cannon, from the new state of Utah, was born in 1559 and became United States senator in 18! Ki. Senator Pritchard of North Carolina was born In 1857. Sen ator-elect I’enrose comes of good old Quaker stock, from the city of Brotherly Love, where they care a good deal more who your great grandfather was than to know the exact amount of your bank ac count. He is a handsome young giant, six feet tall and unmarried. It is said that he is not particularly partial to the gentler sex, but prefers athletic s;>orts, or a quiet game of whist with masculine friends, to any pettlcoufied divinities that ever were born. He is somewhat eccen tric in his drets, wearing a sack coat of unusual length and a bread-brimmed, belt crowned silk hat. of a fashion in vogue before the war. Mayb£ fit is a "war-loom.” as a certain rich but ignorant society lady calls her husband’s sword. Brigham. HOW VIRGIN MARY KEPT HOUSE. Lied For Years After the Cruaiflxton of Christ tn a Fine Country Dwell ing Near Ephewna. Washington, Jan. 15.—The house tn which the Virgin Mary lived after the death &f I Christ has been found. Its discovery was not unexpected; for at intervals since its disappearance six centuries ago, it <J>as been thought that trace had been made to it. The house Is in ruins, but there is enough of it left to show the rooms occu pied by the Virgin, and to indicate what must have been the routine. The Roman Catholic University here at Washington has received news of it from the Fathers of the Order of Laxarua, to whom belongs the credit of finding it. It is known that the Virgin Mary, after I the death of Christ, went with St. John. | “the dcciple whom Jesus loved.” to I sus, and there dwelt for the remainder of | her life. A house was built for her, and | she was supported, it is believed, by fol lowers of her religion, who reverenced her | as the then living head of their beliefs. For 500 years after her death there were well-kept records of her doings in Ephesus. Such literature as there was abounded with references to her and her ways. She | was called "the Good Lady” and “the Di vine," And that she devoted herself to good deeds there was abundant proof un til her death. I In this ttre* there wny. unfort unAtc* ■ ly. no record of her house. All mention ten as possible for consultation and prayer. ! The second room answered as a sittlng ! room. for there are the ruins of settees | arovnd the »*U. In the middle is a large THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) THURSDAY. JANUARY 21.185 X. RED ROUGH HANDS Itching, scaly, bleeding palms, shapeless nails, and painful finger ends, pimples, blackheads, oily, mothy skin, dry, thin, and falling hair, itch ing, scaly scalps, all yield quickly to warm baths with Cuticura Soap, and gentle anointings with CDticura (ointment), the great skin cure, (yticura la sold throughout the world. Pottbb Drug akd Chbm. Corf., Sole Props., Boston. ear- “ How to Produce Soft, White Hands,” free. ITPUINQ UIIMnDQ Instantly relieved by llunlNu nUIYIunO coucubaiumkdibb. round basin, which must have been a fountain, and here the weary travellers were offered the refreshments of the times. They rested, bathed their feet and partook of olives, flgs and wine. The third room is the most interesting of all. It was the place of prayer of the Virgin. It now stands the best preserved of any of the house. The people passing it pause to reverence it, and it has become a shrine that is perpetually worshipped. Nothing remains in the ruins except a standing cross and a broken bench. The nouse was lighted from the top. It was only one story high. < The sleeping-room of the Virgin was severe simplicity Itself. There was a long, low bed. This still stands in place. It was a stone shelf on one side of the room. Opposite it there was a stone set tle, and at one end a rude table might have been a place of worship. The room on the left of the house was what we would call the kitchen. Here the Virgin lived unattended save by those whom she befriended; and here she cook ed her simple meals and administered to such of her daily wants as were absolute necessities. The tales of her, drawn re luctantly from the country folk, as told to them generation after generation, say mat she often had large gatherings of per sons, most of whom were needy. All fol lowers of the faith gathered there on her birthday. This is still observed by the country folk, who make the Virgin’s birth of its location was destroyed by a curious fatality of accident. One writer, Daglio mene, who acted as the posthumous biographer of the Virgin, went to the trouble of describing the house accurately. He told each door and window and made a wood-picture of the oratory where she prayed every hour in the day. At one place the’manuscript of Daglio mene was torn off, and only loose scraps of it remained for what must have been several hundred pages. When the story is again taken up it is engaged in a de scription of the garden of the Virgin, in which grew flgs and olives, surrounded by a tall border or hedge of laurels. The torn off places would have located the house, but, alas! they were gone! Last September, while reading his relig ious books with renewed fervor, looking toward another anniversary of the birth of Christ, one of the Lazarist fathers dis covered an old book which gave the loca tion of the home of the Virgin more close ly than any other. The good father re solved to investigate, and, taking with him five scientific men, he started out from the ruined city of Ephesus to hunt down the location of the house. After search it was found. It is situ ated upon a tllickly wooded plateau, thte hill of the nightingales, about eight miles from any village, and so well isolated through these years that the people who live in the town beyond knew not of it. The hill covers a territory of ten square miles, and the woods people, although they knew from generation to generation that the house was reverenced, have kept it a secret. It is said they feared the estab lishment of a shrine and the taking away of their woodlands. To the surprise of the Lazarus fathers it was found that the people on the hill have the firmest belief in the house of the Virgin, and have guarded the secret to the extent of cultivating the tall trees around it lest the place became known and of his toric interest. One of the roads leading to the hill is called the Gate of the Virgin be cause it ivas along this road that Mary travelled to Ephesus weekly on errands of mercy; and there is a spread ing grove of oak trees called the Woods of the Virgin, because here she daily admin istered to the sick. The house is a fine one, even in its ruins. It was known that St. John built a home for the Virgin and modelled it after the gymnasium at Athens, one of the finest public buildings of the day, but it was not supposed that such a handsome structure could have been erected so far from a town. The house is built upon the Romen scheme of three sub-divisions. A room is in the middle and one at each side of it. A vestibule leads into the middle room. The middle section is again divided, making it three rooms deep. The first is an ante-chamber, where guests assembled. Here it is thought the apostles met as of •day their principal midsummer holiday, The cooking utensils of the Virgin were found in the ruins of the kitchen. They consisted of two large flat stones, a jug, large mugs of a peculiar reddish composi tion and flat that resembleour composition of tin. They were stroner, however, and were neither brittle nor flexible. A hollowed out stone.stained with dark sub stance, must have been the lamp used in those days. The discovery of the home of the Virgin may lead to the establishment of another Mecca, or a shrine of healing like Lourdes. It is found that the persons dwelling there have health to a marvelous degree. Albert Cameron. A HI MAN Bl TCHF.R. The Slayer of the Colton Family Im on Trial in Louisiana. New Orleans, La., Jan. 19.—John John son, the negro, who butchered the Colton family of five persons. near Tickfaw, Tangipahoa parish, in September last, and who has ever since been confined in the parish prison in this city, was taken to Amite City this morning to stand his trial. Johnson is one of the most remarkable prisoners, who was ever confined in the parish prison. He speaks of his crime as it it was an every day occurrence, and w'hile he does not rea.ize the enormity of the offense, he knows that he will be un ceremoniously hanged for what he has done. He is a fair type of the country negro. He 19 18 years old. of a low order of intelligence, and is very black. It has been expected that he would be lynched the moment he was taken to Tangipahoa parish. A special from Amite City to the Daily States says: John Johnson, In charge of a deputy sheriff, arrived here safe and well on the 9:10 a. tn. trait*. There was no demonstration on the trip here, though at several stations crowds were waiting to see him. A large crowd awaited him here. He was rushed off to the court house where he was arraigned. Three lawyers were appointed to defend him. He plead ed not guilty to the five indictments for murder. His case is assigned for Friday. He will remain here until tried. He implicates a white man. THE U. S. M. BLOOMER GIRL. BICYCLES AND COSTUMES FOR ITS COUNTRY POSTMISTRESSES. Mnfle Nece»Rary by Special Delivery Letters—A Thonsnnd Pretty Girls in Bine Uniforms Speeding; With the Mail Bags—Postmistress Locks Up and Speeds With “Rlght-of- Way.” New York, Jan. 15.—“ We are contem plating the adoption of a uniform,” said one of the highest officials of the general postoffice, “for our women postmasters— our postmisstresses. “This is brought about and rendered necessary by the introduction of the ‘special delivery letter’ which is now a distiiwt and important feature of our pos tal work. “In the large cities, where there are let ter-carriers, there is one squad appointed for the work of the special letters. These carriers take the letters as they come in to the sub-stations and deliver them. They go on foot, as the routes are short and the trip is quickly made. But in the smaller post offices there is no provision made for the special delivery letter. "Recently a special letter was mailed to a remote post office in Virginia. The post mistress there received the letter, noted its special delivery stamp, and set about having it’ delivered. Its destination was a country house two miles distant. It lay along the road where Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson happened to be visiting, and as she had plenty of mail, one of her servants was asked to carry it along. The letter was delivered to him. He took it home, and after his noonday dinner put it in his pocket, went for an errand up the road and Anally delivered the letter, some three hours late. The postmistress explained that there was no other way of sending the letter. If she had trusted it to the uncer tain mercies of a village boy it might never have reached its destination. “Telegrams, on the other hand, are dif ferently managed. The telegraph station is in the railroad depot and the ticket agent works the machine. Telegrams are easily sent by some of the hangers-on cf the depot. “There are upward of a thousand post mistresses in the United States. They are in the smallest of hamlets, where the pos tal revenue is not worth more than a hun dred dollars a year, but the letters must be attended to just as carefully. The mail is small, not enough to pay a man for at tending to it, yet very easily managed by a woman in connection with her house hold cares. Miss Louise Imogen Guiney found it easy to be postmistress and a lit terateur at the same time. But that was before the special delivery letter became so common. “Our solution of the difficulty is to pro vide the postmistress with means of get ting around the country rapidly. With a bicycle she could cover Ave miles of coun try in half an hour, if she were even an ordinary cycllenne, and be back to her post within an hour from leaving. Most of the distances are two or three miles, too long and slow for walking, but very acces sible with a bicycle. “Country postoffices can be closed at any tlmc,-»e long as Slot locked at mail hours or long enough to arouse the impa tience'of the villagers. And the postmis tress, upon receiving a letter decorated with the long blue stamp, could lock her door, mount her wheel and ride away to deliver the letter. In this way she could make her postoffice very important and eventually lead to more business and an increase of pay. “The matter of the bycicle is one easily arranged. There have been so many bought by the different departments of public service that the purchase of the few needed for the country postmistresses would be nothing remarkable. But the complication arises in the matter of dress. “The postmistresses do not now dress in uniform. As they need not go outside of their postoffice there is no necessity for it. But as soon as they become carriers this is changed. They need some distinguishing mark. moi "The United States mail is a thing that cannot be delayed. It takes precedence over everything except the Are engine, and perhaps over that. A thorough test case of the right of way between the United States mail and the Are department has never been brought up to the satisfaction of either party. But the mail has prece dence over every other branch of traffic upon the public highways. “The bicycle postmistresses would And a uniform very helpful in the delivery of special letters. Going upon a bicydle along any road, they would be helped and not hindered by the wearing of the blue. The well-known color, with its touches of black braiding, would proclaim the errand of the rider and all would turn out to make way before her. “Tn many localities there is still a pre judice against the bicyclist. The cad on casters takes up too much space. He is in the way. His bell and his light frighteq horses; he himself has an unpleasant way of skirting one’s wheels at danger of get ting caught in its revolutions. Few drivers make room for the ’cyclist; none turn out for him . The United States mail, as carried by the bicycle postmistress, would arouse in terest and create respect. People would stand still to see her go by; horses would pull out for her; the best places on the road would open to her; paths would be smoothed in anticipation of her coming and front gates would unlock as she approached. The promptness with which she could deliver the mall would convince all of the policy in making her way easy. “The uniform proposed is a loose bloom er costume, with straight coat. This could be made of the material used for letter oarrier suits and decorated in a similar way. The uniform could be provided at a low price to all postmistresses. “The matter of bloomers is not absolute ly arbitrary and could be waved in case of great prejudice against it. But those who want to ride rapidly favor the bloomer cos tume. and the postmistress would And her self not at all conspicuous in It. The fact that she need not parade in public in the costume would be a point in its favor. It could be used exclusively for the delivery of the special letters. A small mail-bag would be strapped across the shoulders. “The bicycle special delivery was sug gested to us,” said the postal official, “in a letter written by the postmistress of a Maine post office. On communicating with others we found universal approval.” Grant Eldredge. WEILER GOES TO WAR. He I.eaves Havana For the Field Escorted by His Guards. Havana. Jan. 19.—Captain General Wey ler, accompanied by his staff, started for the field at 8 o'clock this morning. The general took a carriage from the palace to the outskirts of the city, where he mounted a horse and rode in the direction of San Jose de La Lajas, to the south east of Havana. He was escorted by sev eral regiments of cavalry and a body guard of negro troops recently drafted into service. fpxq B? M’SS* ■ 'A ■ «■ POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening Strength and healthfulness. Assures the food against alum and all forms of adul teration common to the cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., N. Y. INCIDENTS OF THE CUBAN AVAR. A Long Suppressed Report Causes Suspicion—Rebels Storm a Town. Havana, Jan. 19.—The newspapers here now give incomplete details of an attack made by the rebels upon Tapaste in the province of Havana. The fight occurred on Jan. 10, and the fact that the news of the engagement has been so long suppress ed is taken to indicate a Spanish defeat. The newspapers state, under government permission, that when- the insurgents at tacked the town the residents took refuge in a church. The Spanish defended the place for four hours, until the rebels re tired. No mention is made of losses upon either side. Further details are at hand of the re cent rebel attack upon Placetas, in the province of Santa Clara The rebels en tered the town from different directions. They crossed the line of forts and attack ed several houses. Later there was fierce fighting in the streets, which lasted for three hours, when the rebels were driven out of the town. The insurgents left six of their number dead in the streets. The garrison had sixteen men wounded. One woman resident was killed and three male citizens and a child was wounded. Nine teen persons in the town have been arrest ed on the charge of having been implicated in the attack. LEE'S BIRTHDAY ABROAD. Made the Occasion of Confederate Veteran Reunions and Speeches. Richmond, Va., Jan. 19.—Gen. R. E. Lee’s birthday was more generally cele brated throughout Virginia to-day than ever before. In this city, the banks, busi ness houses, schools, state and municipal offices were closed. At the soldiers’ home a salute was fired and the Howitzers fired a salute at the foot of the Lee monument. To-night, Lee camp held a camp fire, at which addresses were made by well known speakers. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 19.—Gen. R. E. Lee’s birthday, which was made a legal holiday m this state last year, was cele brated appropriately here to-day by the closing of all the state and municipal buildings. At night, a mass meeting was held under the auspices of the Daughters of the Confederacy, at which appropriate addresses were made. Baltimore, Jan. 19.—Gen. Lee’s birthday was celebrated to-night by the Maryland society of the army and navy of the con federate states. Those who fought be neath the tattered stars and bats confederacy to the number of 175 sat down to a banquet at the Carrollton hotel. Among the guests, most of whom re sponded to toasts, were Senator J. H. Berry of Arkansas, Gen. Hunter of Vir ginia, Congressman W. A. Jones, D. G. Tyler and Samuel Wilson of Virginia, Robert Neill of Arkansas, George C. Pen dleton and Joseph Abbott of Texas. IN HONOR OF THE LEADER. Confederate Veterans Honor the Birthday of General Lee. New York, Jan. 19.—The Confederate Veteran Camp of New York gave their seventh annual banquet in honor of the memory of Gen. Robert E. Lee to-night at the St. Denis hotel. There was a large attendance. The toasts were: Gen. Robert E. Lee—Responded to by Comrade J. B. Wilkinson. The American Soldier—By Capt. William Henry White of the Old Guard. The Ex-Confederate—By Marion J. Ver dery. The Press—By Joseph Howard, Jr. Women—By Rev. Dr. David H. Greer. The decorations were very handsome and consisted of fiags and banners upon which were the coats-or-anns of the southern states under New York. The picture of Lee was hung at the head of the room, and surrounded by the camp flags and guidons. TRYING TO BEAT THE COURTS. Parties Who Will Not Pay For Dl voree May Be Tried For Bigamy. Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 19.—Hundreds of eastern people who secured divorces in Oklahoma have slipped out of the territory without paying the costs. A section of the Oklahoma law little known provides that no divorce granted in the territory shall be valid unless the costs are all paid, and when a divorce is granted it becomes effective for either party only when the costs have been fully satisfied, no matter against whom assess ed. Hundreds of such decrees on the court record will soon be called and as the ma jority of the parties have since been mar ried. it will leave them guilty of bigamy and open to criminal prosecution. BRYAN’S UNOSTENTATIOUS TOUR. He Begins His Lectures in Texan. Traveling Quietly. New Orleans, La., Jan. 19.—William J. Bryan arrived here this morning via the Illinois Central railroad and was driven to the Southern Pacific depot in a closed car riage and left immediately for Houston, Tex. He is scheduled to lecture on free silver. He will also visit Austin and other points in Texas before returning to Nebraska. During his trip he will complete the work on his book. He is accompanied only by his private secretary, and as no one here knew of his coming there was no demonstration. Not a half persons knew of his being here until after he had gone. The Situation in Idaho. Boise, Idaho. Jan. 19.—Three ballots were taken in the Idaho legislature to-day for United States senator. The populists left Claggett and centered on Walton, Dubois holding the vote of the silver republicans, while the democrats favored Lewis and Nelsons, populists, alternately. The first two ballots were: Walton, 28, Dubois, 25; Lewis, 14. The third ballot resulted: Walton, 38; Dubois, 25; Nelson, 16. No choice. ENGLAND FOR ARBITRATION. THE TEMPER OF THAT GOVERN- MENT IS PLAINLY EXHIBITED. The Queen Recommends the Settle ment of International Questions l>y Judicial ’ Means—The Premier Indorses It and Parliament Ap plauds the Sentiment—Speech of Her Majesty in Opening Parlia ment—Foreign Policy Outlined. Many Domestic Reforms Recom mended. London, Jan. 19.—Parliament reassem bled to-day, and the members of the House of Commons, as usual, proceeded to the House of Lords to hear the reading of the queen’s speech, which was read by the lord chancellor, as follows: “My Lords and Gentlemen: My relations with all other powers continue to be of a friendly character. The appalling mas sacres which have taken place in Con stantinople and other parts of the Otto man dominions have called for the special attention of the powers signatory to the treaty of Paris. Papers will be laid before you showing the considerations which in duced the powers to make the present con- ! dition of the Ottoman empire the subject of special consultation by the representa- | tives of the powers at Constantinople. Conferences of the six ambassadors to the porte are still proceeding. “The action undertaken by t*he khedive j of Egypt against the khalifa, with my ap proval and assistance, has been entirely successful. His forces, supported by my officers and troops, have won back the fer tile provinces of Dongola to civilization by the operations which were conducted with remarkable skill, and the way has b'een opened for further advance whenever such a step is judged to be desirable. “My government have discussed wit.h the United States as a friend of Venezuela the terms under which the pending ques tions of dispute in the frontier ’between that republic and British Guiana may be equitably submitted to arbitration. An ar rangement has been arrived at with that government which will, I trust, effect an adjustment of the existing controversies without exposing to risk the interests of any colonists who have established their rights in the disputed territory. “It is with much gratification that I have concluded a treaty for general arbi tration with the President of the United States, by which, I trust, that all the dif ferences that may arise between us will be peacefully adjusted. I hope that this agreement may have further value in com mending to other powers the consideration of the principle by which the danger of war may be notably abated.” The queen then says that the rebellion in Matabeleland has been repressed by the steadfastness and courage of the settlers, reinforced by her troops and volunteers both of English and Dutch races. She has appointed a commission to investigate the causes, and, if possible, suggest the means of ameliorating the depressed condition of the sugar industry in the West Indian col onies, and her government is making every effort to mitigate the suffering and lessen the distress caused by the famine in India. The government has been directed to take the most stringent measures for the eradication of the pestilence in Bombay and Kasachee. « “The rebellion in Matabeleland and Mashonaland has been repressed by the steadfastness and courage of the settlers, reinforced by my troops and volunteers, both of the English and Dutch races. I deplore the loss of valuable lives which these operations have entailed. The depressed condition of the sugar in dustry in the West Indian colonies has seriously affected their prosperity. I have appointed a commission to investigate the causes, and if possible, to suggest means of amelioration. It was with much regret and with feel ings of deepest sympathy that I have heard that owing to the failure of the autumn rains scarcity and famine affect a large portion of India. “My government in thait country is mak ing every effort to mitigate the suffering and lessen the calamity by the develop ment of railways and irrigation works. The forethought given through a long series of years to the preparation of the most effective arrangements for alleviat ing the distress caused by the famine, make their task more hopeful than in the case of previous visitations. My people throughout my dominions, at home and in India, have been invited to second with their liberality the exertions of the government. Papers showing the ex tent of the famine and the measures taken to relieve the suffering, will be laid before you. “A plague has also made its appearance in Bombay and Kurachee and, knowing that despite the precautions adopted by the local authorities, it shows no signs of decrease, I have directed my govern ment to take the most stringent measures for the eradication of the pestilence. “Gentlemen of the House of Commons: The estimates of the year will be laid be fore you. While desirous of guarding against undue expenditure, I have felt that the present condition of the world will not permit you to depart from the spirit of prudent foresight in which you have during recent years provided for the de fense of the empire. "My Lords and Gentlemen: A measure for the promotion of primary education by securing the maintenace of voluntary schools will be laid before you, and if time permits, you will be invited to consider further proposals for educational legisla tion. “It is desirable to make better provi sion for the compensation of working peo ple who suffer accidents, and a bill with tha*t object in view will be submitted to you. “Your consent will be asked to provis ions which, in the judgment of the mili tary authorities, are required for the effi ciency of the military defences of the em pire. “A bill will also be submitted to you to improve the arrangements for the water supply of the metropolis. "In order to promote the interests of ag riculture, Which are of paramount im portance in Ireland, you will be asked to consider a bill to establish a board of ag riculture, and further executive proposals will be brought before you, if the time at your disposal is sufficient for the purpose. “Bills admitting the evidence of accus ed persons, amending the law in respect of bills of sale and the registration of land, for revising the acts in respect of the for mation of limited companies, an amend ment to the agricultural holdings act in Great Britain, the exclueiom of goods manufactured in prisons in other coun tries, the establishment of reformatories for inebriates and for amending the exist ing procedure in respect of private bills coming from Scotland and Ireland have been prepared. “I heartily commend your important de liberations to the guidance of Almighty God.’ On other matters he congratulated Lord Salisbury upon the success of his negotia tions with the United States. In regard to Turkey, he said, he felt impelled to ask if the treaty of Berlin was dead. The benches of the House of Commons were crowded with members and the gal leries were packed with privileged sr»ecta tors. Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, Joseph Chamberlain, sec retary of state for the colonies, and Sir William Harcourt, the leader of the oppo sition in the House, were greeted with prolonged cheers as they entered the chamber. After the queen's speech had been read by the speaker, Viscount Folkestone, member for the south division of Wilt ., shire, moved the address in reply to the, speech from th© throne, and in the course of his remarks referred to the approach ing completion of the sixtieth year of the reign of her majesty, Queen Victoria, and expressed hope that the event, as unique* in the annals of the country, would ba beflttingly celebrated. Sir William Harcourt said that the most important as well as the most satisfactory statement contained in the queen’s* speech was the reference made to the re lations between Great Britain and the United States. He heartily congratulated the government upon the conclusion of the differences regarding Venezuela and gave then unstinted praise for the general ar bitration treaty which was recently sign ed by the British ambassador at Wash ington and the American Secretary of State. Sir William’s remarks were re ceived with cheers. Continuing, he said that there could not. be a better celebration of the sixtieth year of her majesty’s reign than that her government should be among the first of the nations to set the example of settling differences by arbitration. He denounced the Nile campaign, and asked the gov* ernment to justify their Egyptian policy. In regard to Armenia he was glad to hear that the government had abandoned hos tility to Russia in the matter. Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the treas ury and government leader in the house, made a speech, in which he spoke of the Anglo-American arbitration treaty in terms similar to those employed by Prime Minister Salisbury in the House of Lords, and his references to the subject were greeted with cheers. Treating of other matters that would come before the house, Mr. Balfour inti mated that the government would at a future date deal with the question of the .financial relation between Great Britain. ind Ireland. In the meantime he feit it n ecessary to say that there were large n latters which the former commission had been bound to investigate, but which it ha id refused to do. The government would, therefore, take measures to effect su ch an investigation, and would short ly announce the terms upon which th® investigating body would be appointed. He als>o intimated that the government wovtld afford a chance for the House to debute the subject after the debate in itnsvzer to the address in reply to the queen’s speech ahd been finished and be fetre Che budget should be taken up. The Hem. Edward Blake, liberal, member for the sa'ith division of Longford, according ly witi drew a motion regarding the Irish taxation question which he had proposed as art ai"nendment to the address. There was an unusually large attend ance of p eers at the opening of the House of Lords,’ which met at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The lately appointed arch bishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Frederick Temple, and the recently cre ated bishop of London, the Rt. Rev. Man dell Creighton, took the prescribed oath as members of the upper chamber. The Prince of W.ales and the Duke of Cam bridge occupied a cross bench, and th® galleries were filled with the wives and daughter® of peers. United States Ambassador Bayard and Mrs. Bayard occupied seats in the diplo matic gallery. After the lord chancellor, Lord Salis bury, had read the speech from the throne the customary address in reply to th® speech was moved by the Marquis of Bath, who was attlreal in the uniform of an officer of the yeonnen of the guards. The motion was seconded by Lord Ken yon. The Earl of Kimberly, who was yester day chosen as the leadelr of the liberals in the House of Lords, in the place of Lord Rosebery, resigned, said he deeply re gretted that Lord Rosebery was no longer the leader of the liberal party. Prime Minister Salisbury said he regret ted Lord Rosebery’s retirement from th® leadership of tbe liberal party for the mo ment. He paid a high tribute to Lord Rosebery’s patriotic policy, as shown in his speech upon the oci'jaslon of his re tirement, and then proceeded to defend the consistent policy of the conservative party The government, he declared, had not iihitated the anti-Rnsslan policy of 1878 It was the Crimean war that initi ated It, but the powers were now gener ally agreed thsut if reforms were not granted in Armenia remedial pressure would be applied to the eu’Atan by the rest of Europe. There were but slightly differ ent wordings, he said, in the communica tiotn of the powers in regard to the way it 1 should be done, but all of tfirem were con- fl vineed that unless the sultaji should intro- ■ duce genuine and effective; reforms th® ■ worst must follow. ■ In regard to the Nile campaign the pre- ■ mier said that Dongola was taken because it was on the route to Khartoum, which ■ nlace must eventually be taken from the I Dervisflhes. He repeated that It was the intention of 1 the British government to r'-conquer thek I Soudan for Egypt. In regard to theK J treaty <>f arbitration just concluded wi<h > the United States, he said he could npt sneak fully on the subject, because the . agreement had not yet been ratified. Still, he would say that the people must not think that they were living in the miner ial dispensation. He hoped, however, that something would be done to diminish the risk of war. He would not say that! the treaty would remove the greatest risks] of war or restrain a Napoleon or a Bls-| marck, butt the policy with the United! | States was full of an infinite number of “mall differences, which, sometimes an-1 gered, caused irritation and enmity. The formation of a tribunal of arbitration; would settle these differences, would pre-j vent such and stop the two nations, who understand each other so well, that unless) they are friends they are almost certain 1 to be enemies. Another advantage would be derived from the treaty in this respect: A minis ter dealing with a subject involving the honor of hia counry or which some per sons claim involves its honor,has to think how to furnish an account of the transac tions which will Booth® the jingoes. Ar bitration would be a bulwark for euch a minister, for it would be impossible to say he had trifled with the honor of th® country if ho he had submitted the matter to the decision of an impartial tri bunal. , Lord Salisbury pictured the nations groaning under excessive armaments, and declared that the government believed the measure they t had taken was valuable in that it would r lead to the gradual disap pearance of vast armanents before the growth of the tendency to substitute ju dicial decisions for the coarse arbitrament of war. This would be something to look back upon. In conclusion Lord Salisbury said: “I hope that the effort, small as it is, will be so successful that others more extensive and more successful will be made.” The prime minister was heartily cheer ed when he finished his speech. Lord Castletown, liberal, gave notice that he would raise the question of the financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland. The address in reply to the queen’s speech was then adopted and the House adjourned. The Election in Utah. Salt Lake City, Jan. 19.—The first ballot in the Utah state legis lature for United States senator taken this afternoon resulted as follow®: Thatch er, dem., 19; Rawlins, dem., 18; Hender son, detn., Ift; Lawrence, pop., 4; Brown, rep., 3; scattering. 2. Necessary to choice, 32. The supporters of the three highest can didates are very determined, and a some what bitter feeling exists between the Thatcher and Rawlins forces. New Hampshire’s Vote. Concord, N. H., Jan. 19.—The’vote for United States senator was as follows: In the Senate, J. H. Gallinger, 21; Hosa W. Parker, 2; in the house, Galilnger, 2C7; Parker. 53 a.
