Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1886, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDING Northwest Corner Pesnsyivania Ave, and 11th Sta by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres : ‘Tan is served to subscribers in the Ts on their own serount, at ta per yer month. € 2 oni Et hat $2 Ciera at the Post Othe at Waninuton, D.C. Stan_published on Friday—81 a re prepaid. Six months, iy te. gi nhweriptions must be paid im advance; vr than is paid for. nw made known on application _SPEC IAL NOTICES. => IX THE SUPREME Beem Distitich Ur Soret. tees No 10900, Eautty Docket, of the Tail imine ta thie. case, set to. provide for pru of the United States in the Potomar River Flats.” approved August 5. ISAO, is to establish and make clear the tand title of the United States to the land aud Water affected by the iinprovenients of the Fiver or its flats, in ebarse of the Secretary of War which Iaud and’ water in the Dill itself is dewribed | ae being included within the following metes and Teun ‘Bevinning at the southeast corm known as square 2 sixteen and six-tenths (116.6) teet, to" the li Chesapeake and Ohio” Canal bank: thenee a canal bank, parallel to and about ten (10) feet south ‘west of @ row of sycamore trees, south forty-nine de- ktees, fifteen minutes, east (S. 420 15? E.). eleven hun- dred. seventy-four and three-tenths (1174.33) feet to a stake: thence along szid canal bank, parallel to and Pu ten 10) Yet rathwont of sand nw of azcamute foony waa wine ae irty seven tniniites east (5. 3 dred, sixty three ‘stake: ‘thence ire. trees, mouth sixty -fo1 east (8. 649 Os? ED, six bu (0.0) feet to a stak thence ‘alone said canal and trees, north | eighty eiht dere tant (NNN? OA)E). thirter five-tenths (15300.5) feet toa stake canal bank, parallc ‘Shout, tein CH ww of syen! five biandred, tto the east of Seventeen! tieger Aloe sald an wof seventeenth (7th) street. being the west line ues ti ut hundred, 1 3) Feet to a stake th ‘the forming the | we Reservation three Ch. ‘in a. southeasterly sind uml forty-five | ieeasterly line of F the ¢rest of be stivet hundred tn corner of square two §): thence along the northeast Street in the southwest line of square two nd thirty-three (2k3) and. crossing Four- 14th) street and Maryland avenne in the pro- f that line eight hundred, uinety-fourand 4.4) feot to astake near the middle of uth; thence to. the nearest point shore ‘line of | the | Potomac Hive with the shore line. of the . Pot iver to Greenleaf's Point at the southern extren ef the renal Grour chann th rection to the wharf at Giesboro Pint; Thence wrowe the mnain channel of the Potomac River ina westerly direction to the west side of seid chan- uel. thence along the west side of the Virginia channel of said river in a. general northwesterly’ directio Tine of W. hus teenth ‘street the Jowing the meanders of said channel toa point west side of said ‘whieh the ref Easby, east (87 of the south, nine dewrees east (3 vauthwest corner of the ‘said wharf; thence slong the south side of said wharf north seventy-n ~ 9 00" E mat two hundred, sev- 00 ED ‘and eight-tenths (275.8) feet to the west line of the square south of twelve ( slong the southwest line of said square, hy ¥ and five-tenthe (190.5) feet to square. the place of beginn to in the foregoing description Anwcustus vember, IS86, ORDERED sted in the sub- Ject-inatier of this suit within the said m bounds ¢ they are hereby cited and pequited fo appear in ‘on oF befo rd day of January. 1887, This case, tvertiement in th ndin the Washingtot Post, Gwo hews- ished in the! City of Washinzton, in this for three Werks stecessively, beciuuing Om the 2th day of November, 1555 CHARLES P. JAMES, rustic n29-thw Bre © GARDNER, aneartect, = From Springfield, Mass, N ‘BUILDING n6-Im* i <a ses New York W. M. POINDEXTER & CO, ARCHITECTS, Removed to 1505 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Arlington Insurance Company's Building. _n1s-ha < SAMUEL S SHEDD, FINE GAS FIXTURES, LATROBES, RANGES, GRATES, FURNACES, Job Work a Specialty. ocl6 po @.> LUMBER! LUMBER: MAHUGANY, MAPLE, BOARDS. _ FLOORIN! r eS. BENDS: | MOULDIN as west prices. Prompt delivery and correct count at yard gt ners S, STOCK SAND OIL, ‘ts quantities and’ om marci tlt cus: Rooms 4 and 5, K. in ‘Iso. W. Cousox. Ivo. W. Macartney, Member N.Y. Stock Ex. CORSON & MACARTNEY, Bankers and Dealers in Fovernment Bonds, Exchange. Loans. Collections. 1 securities listed ladelphia, Boston ie of Investment Securities. District ican Gell Telephone Stock boughtand sold. an7 ES, Arrestios, tT PAKISIAN” MODES IN FINE FRENCH | RUSSIAN BANGS. E SK r ENGLISH BASI THE ZEPHINE AND SAGAN E Hair Dressius by the mouth. Special attention to at Vets. mod-on Busss Axomoxs, BRASS FENDERS, BRASS FIRE SETS, PORTABLE GRATES. HAYWARD & HUTCHT DN, sa See eit Tix Proor Or Tx, Prvoisa. \c Hair Restorer is the only reliable rot and im existence free from lead, sllphur or grease. Is now for sale by all first-clasw dragwists yen- erally, For two years the public of this and other Cities has asked to have the Electric Hair Restorer jut | ui ‘market,but for ihany Feasons we did Lot Uke pubive will be able to parchase without the ieces: | ity of ¢ month's treatment. Whelewale and retail a¢ | the gerioreof Mra. Dr. J. SEMMES, “Dermatolovist, Lis ternsylvania ave, next door to Palais hoyal. | Goumultation. tree treated. singly or by. the iuouth. Shasta F ey 312 Tru Srurer We would rain call the attention of the Public to the fact that we have on hand now the most complete mock of THT 9 ¥ 585, t+ 388 + "a, £6 6 ; tT oF ¥ Sss8 ature of offering to onr eustomers, weine line of Velocived arrows, and Carty, Shuotlys sks and i] Chairs, hanical Topm iwledestn Se am immense Hine of Doll We Freuch and Wax tention ‘Our assortment of is, from 10e. up to $15. Our deserve your especial at ios ss Fe BB Ss DDD a Sarees cede ae dain iaa Sire sree Setette rotting reveal fmmense Establishment. c have Lought nothitae but desirable Goods, aod the prices we offer thet at are so dow that al) bayers wil! tee] iad that they have called ‘M. SILVERBERG & COS, 312 7th street. | he £oening Star. D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1886. SPECIAL NOTICES. =>, THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Roe tits Cobrrkarive ObciebING vith wt nw. THIS EVENING at 9 otclor Be ont of the Presiilent, GEO. J. JOHNSON. THOS. M. REED, Seereta TICE IS HEREBY MBERS OF “THU CITIZENS AND 4 EFICIAL, ASSOCIATIO: OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA not to pay any more mouey to any one until aotificd hy the Secretary. By onder of the Presitent, tL. SULIVAN. Es = EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION. ASSETS OCTOBER. 1955 $701,576.26. jonthly payments, vee share. ‘$4,000 advanced on eaclt share. tions and payments on the 12th issue of be made daily re to 4:30 p.m; at the office of the Ass« F st. Puupbiets explaining the object and advantages of the association fur: vow application. THOMAS SOMERVILLE, President. JOHN JOY EDSON, Secretary. aw CTION i year OF SEVE) ‘Trustees for the by: ‘ensui holers of the Washiuzton Brick Machi Bill be held'st the office 30) New York ave, fw ND MONDAY OF J) tary Toth, 1S Polis open fron p.m, In purtuanee of the by-laws of said comy "Le HOI a2.3t ce. serves, < OK, m KO Pres't of the Washington Brick Machine Co. YoU ARI ‘spect the ilies, Pickle CORDIALLY ft, ries VITED TO IN- puie-made Pre IN f ex. JOHN H. MAGKUDER, L — €~ NorIc SHIPThe partnership jaune andl style or JOSEPH & J. E dissolved by reasob of the death of Jose; Undersiened, as surviving partner, is uuthorized to set- tle the busitvess of sald tira, 4. EDWARD LIBBEY/ Surviving Partner. The undersiened having purchased the interest of the iate Joseph Libbey in aud to the Lumber and Stock int he late firm of Joseph & Libbey, having added larvely to the said. stock conduet the Lumber business 1 all its 1 iS Water st. Georvetown, D.C. ander DWARD LIBBEY. a2-6t N THE SU! __, TRICT Holding a Special Term as ‘Sta n of Matthew 6. w for Isabell three thousand seven hutidred and forty-six dollars and eleven cents, ($23,746.11), assessed by the Jury herein as the value of parcels Nos. 10, T_and TZ. square dred and thirty-ohe ( 3), and sub-lots lettered at John Kimball, t ‘John Holohan, or thelr lexal represei persons claiming adversely to said 3 W. Tullock, D. 1886, why the prayers of said petition should not be granted and the said money: piidias therein prayed. Provided copy of thie urder be publighed every a \dy excepted) for ten days prior to the said sixteenth da hewspaper published in the Dist Test Jn, Asaistant. ‘of December, in some Piet of Colum > JAM A true copy. RS. at 3, 1886. uisiniens a Louisiana ave- Merchau ts, a STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETE ing of the Stock the o>; ircinia Mar- Mice of B. B. London ATURDAY, the E, President. al-e0: ssi ETS; $71.000,000, RPLUS. $18,000,000. NEW BUSINESS 1885 SECURITY. SECURIT PROMPT PAYMENTS. ‘SU THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY The langest, safest and best company in the Vuited y Hine our plans, look into nur Husiness methods, see the list of our Washinton policy holders and select the best policy m the best company in the worl Tucontestable. Non-forfeitable. JOSEPH BOWES. HA. HALL, BOWES & HALL. Managers for the District of Co- Topsbia and Marsan. 3 ‘Ou can sectre protection to_ your family in case of your death and a competence for yourself 2 yor liv Write for estimates or call at our office for circulars and plans. BOWES & HALL, n30-6¢ 1826 F st. n, = AC FOR ME — HALE FINESHIRTS TO ORDER FROM PHILIP T. HALL. 908 Fst aw. We can prove that we Can make a better SHIRT for the PRICE than those who iuanufacture them in this city, Successor to Thompson's Shirt Factory. n30-Pin Foe— 10, THE POLICY HOLDERS’ OF THE “National Life and Maturity Association. The directors of this association stake their. per sonal reputations upon the fuanclal soundness of the institution, but ag m: ibers seem desirous to exervise thair optic tire from the contract into Nhich they have voluntarily entered, the directors de Sire that every advautaze should be! offered to such that the utmost steetellor equity, without reward. to mere legal rights, Will admit. ‘They, therefore, have fed to extend to all metnbers who desire 10 sur- render to the benefit of persistent members the Tol- us, viz Hi they have paid 8100 or more, 75 per cent of their Payments in cash. if they have paid leas than $100, their actual y- porate Teas @23 for the expense of placing them ou te itirely at the he officers Continue the ery itember who so elects. Tf r desires to continue is payments, th st accept thems and fuloll its contract If ail elect to do so, the askociution bas no alternatty Its present action is based. po abundantly able to discharge every contract into which it has eutered, whatever choice U ise af the option which rests. with them and not with the association. With this explana fhon, the association leaves the matter with its meni rs. Per order of the Bu racceptance of these terms is oteaeh, th and of Directors. AIIO BROWNING, President. > NATIC tal 2s ~ during 1857 and the mst will Ge held at theciub :. REUBSAM, ithe i ~ MR. JOHN, rest Wh e his friends, and also give fre Lin the use of his inventions for the healt Fe gs, BOYD'S DIRECTORY —THE CANVASS ; i*, ei ir Boyd's Dit ry of the District of Co al persons wi ake n. OF whe Tnay con Fok, deceased, Aj Appeal from the Supge::« Mr. HE. Davis geated the death of Sans ved th nt, vs JOHN J ue Courtof the District of Co- f counsel for the appellant, sug- ohn J. Key, the appellee itt ti court for au order, Ut he projer representatives parties: ere ordered by the court that resentativesof the said John J. es aforesaid, shall voluntarily become he first ten days of the eneulus term be entitled to open ‘id om the decree reversed oneoiis: Provided, however. That a copy o nlet shall be printed In’ some newspaper of wel= ‘ulation im the District of Columbia for. three sucenmave weeks, at least sixty days before the besine bing of the termi of the Supreme Court then next eu- JAMES H. McKE: rk Supreme € ‘JNO. MORAN, Pennsylvania ave, Fee OF Kou Mechanics to Attend prompdiy 9 rpsite Ranges Ail of hist & Sext Ligne ‘ Sivelty Firsacees “hn Hootie’ Hus ae fe yyowise goed work sya fal pans elephoue No vorse acre <qp=> SPECIAL NOTICE, ‘GEO. W. LINKIN! Viral Estate in all paris of the District for sale. Kenting and Collectirg of Kent a specialty. Money to Loan ov approved real estate security, novia WOOD FROM BUY YOUR Coal AND JOHNSON BROTHERS. the most extensive ‘haar aah ‘office, 120% ‘cone 2m fa in the Dintrict. say faites Stite Brin sont of New VAR “Cosel Stina. Ofices throughout the city. “Telephone hectivbs, ‘hosphates, i 2 ‘Tout and safewmard seains Stalin, BU AKMACY, “1420 Pennaylvania Totties or ou dsatabt with sata water: * S°% GAS FIXTURES. ‘7: ™ 7 VERY ELEGANT PATTERNS. ” VER Cow PRICES = NEW FENDERS. NEG GNDtkoNs, EF. BROOKS, ect 581 15th at aw. Washington News and Gossip. Advertisers ‘will serve their own purpose best, and at the same time «rently accommodate Tax Srar, if they will send in before noon to-morrow their announcements for the extra large edition of Saturday's paper, the forms of which mst be sent to press much earlier than on the other five days of the week. seubtisne ie arn ‘THE SUPPLEMENT OP THE EVENING STAR to-day contains a full report of the South Wastiington meeting, Jones on Chandler, suit against Gen. Butler, Wilson's story discredited, an African king killed, Andover theology, telegraphic dispatches, etc. The advertisements are classified as follows: Auction Sales, Educational, Ladies’ Goods, Books, Family Supplies, Wood and Coal, Dentistry, House- furnishings, Yrofesstonal, Planos and Organs, Sewing Machines, Financial, Medical, Gentlemen's Goods, Railroads, Potomac Boats, Steamers, Attor- neys, Specialties, The Trade, Undertakers. Goverxwext Recerprs To-pay.—Internal reve- nue, $KH,871; customs, 527, ‘THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY Will, thisafternoon, issue a supplemental order directing the transfer of purchase and care of naval stores and supplies from the different bureaus to the bureau of provi- sions and clothing, in accordance with the policy announced recently. ‘AN Examination IS to be held by the Civil Ser- viee Commission at its rooms in the City Hall, De- cember Sth, to secure “eligible” copyists for tem- Porary appointment in the Signal Office, at a sal- ary of $25 a month. ‘The qualifleations required are good! legible peninanshty and knowledge of the fundamental rules of arithmetic and decimals, ‘Those desiring to compete should apply at once to the commission. Nor Gumy, Bur He Musty'T Do It ANY Morg.—Solicitor McCue has given an optnton that the fac-simile $5 note painted on a block of wood and recently selzed by officers of the secret service in New York is a work of art and not a counterfeit. He suggests, however, In order to avold any possi ble complication which might arise from the cireu- jon of paintings of this kind, that the artist Who painted the note in question be requested to refrain from painting any more, and to employ his talent in another direction, HE Gor $24.09 aND Palp His LAWYERS $24.91.— A letter was received at the Treasury department yesterday from a resident of New York, acknowl edging the receipt of a Treasury draft for $24.09, being the amount of his claim against the Alabama award, and saying that to recover this amount he d pald to the attorneys who had prosecuted the in the sum of $24.91, or eighty-two cents more in the amount of the judgment. He was tn- formed that the departinent was powerless to Ine terfere in the ease, as it Was a matter entirely be- tween himself and his attorneys, ‘Tue HUNGARIAN Antist.—This evening Secretary and Mrs Whitney give a dinner im honor of M. Munkacsy, and to-morrow morning the distin guished artist returns to New York city, where he Will remain until he sails for home. Last evening he dined with the British minister, and Secretary Whitney showed him about Washington to-day. Mrs. Reuterskold and Lieut. Kogers were With them. ‘They called upon the President. at the Whit Honse and afterwards visited the Treasury department. REPRESENTATIVE CLEMENTS Stopped in Loutsville yesterday, en route to this city, and married a wife, whom he will bring to the capital with him, The bride, Miss L. Dulaney, is the sister of the wife of Kepresontative Willis. Mr. Clements {s the man who defeated the Georgia independent, Wa. H. Felton, for Congress. ‘Tue Essex arrived at Colombo, Ceylon, to-day, on her way to China. Naval OxpeRs—Licut. J. B. Murdock, detached from the Dolphin and ordered to duty at the tor- pedo station. Lieut. 6. Blocklinger, ordered tothe hydrographic office. ‘To Stor SMOKING IN. THE TREASURY CORRIDORS.— ecretary of the Treasury has issued a cir- cular calling the attention of the heads of the bu- Teaus aud chiefs of divisions of the department to the rule whieh forbids employes from ‘smoking in any of the corridors or rooms in the butlding, and. directing that the rule be strictly enforced. THE WAYS AND MEANS ComiTTEE Room was opened to-day and made ready for the work of Congress. Col. Morrison, the chairman, has vis- ited the Capitol only once since his arrival in Washington, and then he remained but a short hue DEATH OF Mus. A. P. Cooke.—Mrs. Cooke, the wife of Capt. A. P. Cooke, U.S.N., died Wednesday of typhotd fever at her home tn the Brooklyn navy yard. ‘The fimeral services will take place unis afternoon on board the recruiting ship Vermont, of Which her husband was commander. ‘Two Naw SENATORS will be sworn in on Monday. Senator A. P. Williams, of Calffornia, takes ex- Senator Hearst's seat, having been elected to fill <pired teri of the lai Senator Miller, Ex-Gov. Cheney, of New Hatupshire, Tess by governor w All the seat of the lite Senator Will also present his credentials and) be sworn in. A New SpectaL AGENT.—Spectal Treasury Agent Marcus C. Hanlon has been transferred trom the New York customs district to take charge of the Philadelphia office and take the place of Spectal Agent C. C. Ada et who died tn Philadel phia on Monday last. Maurice F, Holahan has been ‘appoul special agent, and assigned to duty in New York city'In place of Mr. Hanlon, Mr. Holahan ts a ‘Tammany man. ‘NAVAL CoNSOLIDATION.—An order will issue from avy department to-day placing all of the stores on hand at the various navy yards in the custody of the paymaster gener ‘Tur New PENSION BUIDING.—Gen. Meigs, the supervising architect. and engineer of the new Pension building, states in his monthly report to the Secretary of the Interlor that during the month of Noveraber progress has been made in constructing the fourth floor ordered by the law of 4th last. ‘The middie hall, 116 fect square and 150 feet high, has been plastered. ‘The walls of the remainder of the great hall have been plas tered up tothe level of the third floor. Prepara- tons for laying the Ule flooring are in progress. Presidential Postmasters Appointed. ‘The President has appointed the following. named postimasters: Henry Penniman, at Win- throp, Maine, vice Eliot Wood, suspended; Eck- ford Moore, ‘at ‘Trenton, N.J., vice C. il, Skirm, suspended;’ Frank F. Cole, at “Albion, Mich,, vice ‘Martin Haven, suspended. eo ____— War Department Changes. John N. Eile, promoted from class one to class two, surgeon general's office, and Homer Fellows, from $1,009 to class one. Frank D. Lewis, pro- moted from $1,000 to class one, ordnance bureau, George H. McCarthy, of Massachusetts, and Jos. K. Woodruff, of Kentucky, selected as $1,000 clerks, surgeon general's office, The departnicnt | 4s informed of the death of Martin Darnall, a clerk bureau. coe. ‘The Aqueduct Bridge Title. ‘The Department of Justice has not yet rendered an opinion as to the validity of the Aqueduct bridge title, but tt 1s expected that a favorable de- cision Will be rendered In a few days, in time to complete the transfer according to law. ‘Whe New Jersey Legislature. REPRESENTATIVE BUCHANNAN SAYS HE EXPECTS ‘TROUBLE. Representative Buchannan says he expects trouble over the New Jersey legislature. The republicans, he says, are honestly convinced that the democrats have committed a great fraud. If a democrat 1s sent to the Senate, he says, the matter Will'be investigated there ‘betore ‘he Will be per. mitted to take his seat, = gee Congressmen Coming Slowly So Far. BUT THE KUSH WILL NOW BEGIN. Up to noon to-day only seven members of the House, in addition to those already recorded, re- ported thetr arrival at the House post office. “Are not the members unusually late in coming to Washington for this session?” inquired a Stax reporter of Assistant Postmaster Fisher. Of class one, ordnance the yundred mem- bers in the city. ‘They will nearly all be here on ume, Py a Mr. Conkling at the Treasury, NEW YORK POLITICS. ‘What the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle Says NEW YORK STATR DEMOCRATIC BY A PLURALITY— IRRECONCILABLE ELEMENTS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY — CLEVELAND WILL BE RE-ELECTED—TUB PROBABLE TICKETS IN "88. A reporter of Tug Stax to-day had the following interview with Mr. Si. Clair McKelway, editor-in- chief of the Brooklyn Daily Eugle, whois stopping at the Riggs House: Reporter—Mr, McKelway, what 1s the political outlook tn your state? Mr. McKelway—It went democratic in the elec- tons of "82, °83, ’S4, °R5 and °86. ‘The expectation 1s it will do likewise in ‘87 and "88, Reporter—Then you think the state is demo- cratic? Mr. McKelway—By a majority, no. By a plural- ity, yes. ‘The democrats gain from the labor vote. ‘The republicans lose from the prohibition vote. ‘The eccentric quantities are the mugwumps and the stalwarts. ‘They both help the democrats be- cause of the preponderance of the Blaine senti- ment in the republican party. The mugwumps and the stalwarts are as far apart as the ant{podes, except for a moral and a political aversion to Mr. Blaine. His primacy in republicanism makes them democratic ailtes in comm Reporter—What if the republicans drop Blaine? Mr. MeKelway—Then many Blaine republicans will ‘see to it that no other republican proilts by the sacrifice of Blaine, Reporter—All your calculations as to New York hurt republicanism? Mr. MeKelw: What was a repubit- ean party in New York state has become a nest of warring and irrecone!l ons. Reporter—What abo nd and the democ- President suits the New democracy. ‘They know he ts sure, even if heisslow. He has shown the party that reform 4s better than reprisal; that a long lease of power 4s better than a short revel of spotls; that the arty has become the national tnstrumentallty for high and lasting purposes. Of New York's repre- sentatives in the government, Cleveland, Man- ning, Whitney, MeCde, Jordan, And Falrehild and others, New York 1s proud. Reporter—What of 'Ss? Mr. McKelway—I think the tickets may be cle} ¥ ine and Harrison, rnor ol New Yo: demoer M carry New Yor! and the country. and will hold all we gained tn 1884, “and Hill will draw back tato fine many who Went off from us in 184. Besides thousands who then voted reluctantly for Blaine will in 1888 vote for Cleveland because they sce he has done well and not iil by the country.” Nr. Cleveland has secured the reformers and reassured the business men in the last two years, He will thoroughly reingratiate himself with the demo- eratic rank and file in the next two years. They See that his way has been the best way. — soe The Interstate Commerce Bill. THE CONFEREES AT WORK TO-DAY. Senators Cullom, Platt and Harris and Represen- tatives Reagan, Crisp and Weaver (Neb.), con- ferees on the interstate commerce bill, resumed their labors at 10 a.m. today. They have the Cullom bill, passed by the Senate, and the Reagan bill passed by the House, before them, and are going through and comparing them by sections. Sena tor Cullom said to a Srax reporter that It was too early yet to foreshadow the action of the con. ferees or to even say whether or not a bill would be agreed upon, ~~~. 900. Gen. Miles Still in Town. AND LIKELY TO REMAIN HERE UNTIL, HIS THIRTY DAYS’ LEAVE HAS EXPIRED, It was published in a New York paper yesterday that Gen, Miles suddenly left Washington night before last for his post In the department of Art- zona because he was privately Informed by a prom- Anent army officer that 1t would be weil for him to return to his post. It was intimated that his ene- mies at the department, who are Jealous of the fame he has wrested from Gen. Crook, would make trouble for him 1c he remained, on the ground that he should be attending to his duties on the fron- Wer instead of Idiing ut Washington. ‘The~ publi- cation also stated that Gen. Miles intended “stay- ing here fourmonths. Gen. Miles ts still in Wash- Ington, and it fs stated at Ure Ebbitt house, where he Is stopping, that he has given uo intimation of his Inteution to leave, Ivis stated at the War de. partment that Gen. Miles was pertectiy justifed in taking thirty days’ leave on ils own. fesponsi- Dillty, and that he could undoubtedly obtain per mission for an extension If he so desired, An ot ticer of hls rank can aliow any of those under hitn to take Ubirty days’ leave, and he 18 at liberty to take such a leave himself, 1f he Js satisfied that his absence will cause no theonventence, He came here on a leave of that leazth, and has not yet ex- hausted it. In his visits to the War departnent, the last of which was yesterday afternoon, he has not intimated that he would cuit his leave Short or ‘that he Would desire an extension. Mrs. Miles in- tends spending the winter here, ds she “dd. last year, Her daughter Is at school in Baltimore and She desires to be near her. - +o The North Carolina Senatorship. A-PROMINENT DEMOCRAT OF THAT STATE SAYS SENATOR RANSOM WILL BE HIS OWN SUCCESSOR IF HE LIVES. ‘The report that Minister Jarvis has returned from Brazil to lay the foundation of a contest against Senator Rinsom for the seat in the Senate now occupted by the latter 1s dented by friends of Doth parties, A leading democrat of North Caro- Una who took an active part in the recent canvass Sald to a Stak reporter: “There 18 no truth inthe report. In the first place, papers outside of the state have made a Inistuke as to When the senatorial election will occur. The legislature which must elect Rausom’s Suecessor Will hot be chosen until the fall Of TB8S, Ransom’s term will expire in’ March, 1889. Thi legislature Just elected has noting to do with the cholee of a Senator. As to Governor Jarvis, he would not run against, Ransom. He has sald’ so. Butit would not make any matertal differenc anyhow. Ransom will be re-elected if he lives till then.” 08s. The Sundry Civil Bin. MR, RANDALL EXPECTS TO FINISH IT TO-DAY. Representative Randall sald to a Stax reporter “I think we will finish the sundry civil bill to-day, and have tt ready to report to the gen- eral committee on Monday. It will require, per- haps, a coup! 's for the general committee to consider 1 have It ready to report to Congress within several days.” Major Powell, of the geoiogteal survey, and su- periutendent borne, of the coast survey, were efore the sub-c.anmittee to-day, ‘The McHride-Wilber Assault, AN INDEFINITE CONTINUANCE IN THE POLICE COURT. To-day in the Police Court Prosecuting Attorney Lavender called Judge Snell’s attention to the case of James D. McBride, charged with assaulting James M. Wilber, in the Kellogg building in Au- gust last, and sald he had received a note from Mr. Wilber, who says that the physicians in New York had been unable to do anything for his and that he had come back to submit to an operation. Mr. Lavender said that since he re- ceived that note he had learned that Mr, Wilber’s eye had been removed, and that he would order a warrant for mayhem to be sworn out. Under the ¢lrcumstances he would ask that the ease be con- tinued indefinitely, watch was done. ‘Trouble for a School Board. A FATHER REFUSES TO HAVE HIS CHILDREN VAC CINATED. At New Brunswick, N.J., Isaac Bartle has ere- | ated a furor by obtaining a writ of mandamus to compel the board of education to allow his boys to attend the public schools, The board made a rule that all pupils in the school must be refused admittance unless vaccinated. Bartle ts opposed ! to vaccination and refused to have the operations formed on his children. He issues the writ to st the legality of the rule. ‘The meeting of the board at which 1t was served with this writ was @ particularly lively one, since Bartle has another quarrel over a son who was suspended from school for bad conduct. ‘The law forbids teachers to flog scholars, and their only resource when the chile dren are “bad” is to suspend them, Bartle pro- tested that the suspension of his boy was ileal and an examination showed that the youth hia posted hitnseif on the spanking question and knew that if he was naughty the only effect would be a Vacation. As he detests study and did not wish to attend school, be misbehaved himself in order to get suspended. Besides this the board ts engag- Ing in a personal quarrel betweea two members, ‘one of whom charges the other with making sales {to the board through one of his relatives, by which he makes a neat httle pront. ‘The President’s Wife From the New York Sun, To-day. ‘Mrs, Grover Cleveland came to town on Tuesday to buy some Christmas gilts for the President and her friends. Not even the reporters knew that she was here until Yesterday, She 1s stopping at the house ef a friend. | She will return to Wash- ton on Saturday, after cousin, Ben Folsom, off for Engi in New York. THE APPROACHING SESSION. Probability that. the Tariff Revision Will at Once Come to the Fore. Active preparations are beng made for the open- nz of Congress on Monday. Members are coming inrapidiy. Over a hundred are now in the city. ‘The business of the House will open with a quiet fencing between the Morrison and Randall fac- tions. It is the full determination of Mr. Morrison ‘and the Speaker to make some active tariff reform emonstrations, and Mr, Randall 1s as earnestly Working to prevent ft. It ts believed that Mr. Ran- all ts determined that waatever ts done with the tariff will be by the Fiftieth Congress, and with him as chairman of the ways and means commit- tee. The tari reformers declare that Mr. Ran- all's friends are already setting up pins to put him in Mtr. Morrison's place and to put. the. tariit question tn his hands in the Fiftieth Congress. THE PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE ON THE TARIFF. Speaker Carlisle has not been at. the Capitol yet and has not been recetving visitors, He and Mr. Morrison, however, have had several conferences 8g to the order of business tn the House, and par- teularly with regard to the tari, It [fs practi- cally settled between them that vigorous effort should be made to get the tariff. before the House, Much depends upon what position the President age, Efforts are to come out strong he do so it is votes would be Kes on the question in his mes ing inade to get him and should a number for revision, belleved that influenced, unde the qi more attention to the so-cal Teatures, or the Hewitt part of the proposition, though Showing that the revenues should be re: ced, “The effort will be to have the President eBlarge upon thts all the attet Congress to 1i particularly. If they succeed in thls Mr. Morrison will probably begin to agitate the question the second week of Congress. THE PROGRAM FOR MONDAY. On Monday there will probably be no call of states or cominittees, The comuittee to walt on the President will be appointed as soon as the House assembles, and the Presidenv’s message he read, Afler that the death oi Representa. Beach and Arnot will probably be announced nd an adjournment taken, Mr. Randall's appropriations committee ts hard Work, ind will be ready to occupy the House almost as soon as it 1 The District of Co- Tuimbia bill can be made ready within 24 hours, pil tt 48 ex that the sundry elvil Dill will be ready on ay. ot -se0 - ——_ ‘The New Jersey Senatorship. MR, M’ADOO THINKS GOV. APBETT WILL SUCCEED MR, SEWELL. Representative McAdoo, of New Jersey, in con- versatfion with a Stax reporter today, sald he “the difficulty with the democrats,” he continued, is that the state 1s shamefully gerrymandered In favor of the republicans. The state senate 1s uM outrage under the constitution. ‘The old td Of territorlal representation prevails. A county WIth 100,000 population hasthe same representa {on asone with twounlllions, Each sendsa senator, ‘Phe Sand-hill counties are republican and are controlled by the ratiroads entirely. When Twas a member of the assembly I got through a bill to. submit a constitutional atnendiment to change the representation to accord with modern fdeas, but the senate wonld not pass It, continue in control of the senate they Vote to destro the ‘AN not amen, and if the ats could get c of both houses of the legislature they could tear itup.” Mr. McAdoo thinks that Gen. Abbett will besent to tte senate as Gen. ee ‘soe ‘whe Harmony Cemetery. MR. JOHN H. BROOKS SAYS THE PROPOSED EXTENSION Is IMPERATIVELY DEMANDED. Mr. John H. Brooks, s Harmony society, has written an answer to the re- cent letter of the Commissioners to the soclety, in which the Commisstoners state their purpose to execute the law, as they understood it, which would prevent the soclety from using for cemetery purposes ground purchased by them adjoining the farmoniai burkul ground. Mr. Brooks questions Successor. Theworrectness of the Coumisstoners’ views of the law, and says SUCh a construction 18 an extraor- sit in the power of the Com- missioners to deny the rights of burtal within the Annis of the District of Columbta, even though no private or public Interest is involved, He adds: ‘rhe soclety has not asked for the official or per- sonal sympathy or assistance of the Commission- ers todo any act in violation of law. We do not W Of any act done, or contemplated to be done, he society that fs in violation of existing law ntagonistic of any of 1S provisions, We rec- ognize the fact that Uns community is governed by law, and that the duty 1s tinposed upon the Commissioners in part to see that the laws are faithfully executed, We are alsomindful that the citizens of Unis District have rights, and that Penalties imposed upew then for a Yolation of jaw are detertutacd by courts of competent juris- diction, We hope, a no cause for tle ce Of the society's vic jaw-ablding eltizens, to give minissioners to make coinplaint any law, nor that we shail have caiise to dezeid the rights of citizen nip agalust the en Of executive ass minption Of power.” Mz. Brooks Says the need of adattional ground for burlal pu ored peuple ts finperative, and that if the use of the “additional “ground” purchased for burial purposesis prevented there 1s not left to the colored people any place for Une burial of their dead, Se W. D. McFarland, 1 Miss Mary Oulahan, y wk on the evening Jay, the Ist Instant, at the residence of the bride's sitter, Mrs. J. W. Sanderson, 638 A stvet southeast, the Rev, J. M. Donohue per- forming the ceremony. Only the Telatives and in- Umate friends of the contracting partles were pres- ent. After the ceremony the newly wedded couple Jeit on tour through the north, followed by the 00d Wishes of the assembled company. petren Leie jal purposes for the cole MCFARLAND-OULAHAN. the well-known te were (i of Wedne Attempt to Wreck a Schoo! SCREANT TURNS OFF THE WATER FROM A BOLLER—DISCOVERED JUST IN TIME, A telegram from Lowell, Mass, December 2, says: What was undoubtedly a most dastardly at tempt on the part of some unknown person to re- venge himself for a petty spite by endangering the ilves or innocent school children was dis covered to-day. John Cochrane, the janitor of the Weed street primary school building, found that there was not a drop of water in the boilers, connected with th» steam heating apparatus, He at once turacd on the water, and none to0 soon, for the fire under the boiler had been left burding throughout the night. Inv fon showed that Soine person or persons had effected an entrance to the building durihg the night by breaking a window opened the fauicet_of the Doller, so that all the wate sewer, Had not the janitor chanced to look at his steam gatige Just when he did it would have only been The question Of a lew inoments before the school house and its occupants would have been blown to atoms. twas near the hour for opening the School, the scholans were beginning to arrive, and the catastrophe wouid undoubtedly have been at- tended by a terrible list o fatalities, there being over one hundred young children of both sexes in attendance, Iv is thougiit that 1t was the work of Some one who felt aggrieved because Mr. Cochrane had been given the’ janitorship of the school house, which was made ready for occupancy only about'a fortnight ago. nn ee Charlie ‘Tong Sing Pardoned. GOV. ABBETT SETS THE STEWARD OF THE JEANNETTE FREE, It ts learned that the governor of New. Jersey has pardoned Charles ‘Tong Sing, who was sentenced to seven Years’ imprisonment in j January, 1885, for an assault in Newark. He wii be remembered as the Chinese stewnd of the Jeannecte expedition and ‘we one of the few survivors. He also belonged ty the Thetis, on the Greeiy relief expedition. “At one Ume he Was proprietor of a here. He always maintained his innocence of the assault for Which he was convicted, claining that two of his compantons committed ft, but that he was the only one arrested, His excellent record while he was In the navy enlisted the sym] of naval fliers tn is Belial, and tt was upon the urgent recommendation of ‘Lieut. Danenhower, Chief En- incer Melville and ovhers of the Jeannette ex} on that the governor of New Jersey granted. pardon. It is understood that Chief Engineer Mel- Wile, was, enisous that Tong, Sing bea member of his proposed arctic expedition. ees SOME M1 xhaust plpe of the ran out into the ym jopened, to 42, which again caused, @ panic. The ‘Strauss bad ntion | had no doubt that the democrats have a majority | in the legislature and will elect the Senator, | As the republicans | ading to ie basement, and had then | NCERTAINTY No Chief Named Yet—urs. Charlotte A Smith an Applicant. ‘The police department passed another day to- day ina state of uncertainty as to its future head, as the Commissioners have not yet appointed a major and superintendent. It 1s probable no ap. ointments will be announced until after the com- Mitte of ten appointed by Mr. Riggs walt upon the Commissioners on behalf of Lieuts. Arnold and Kelly. ‘This committee, it 18 expected, will call on the Commissioners to-morrow. Letters have been received at the District bufld~ ings from Frank Hume, W. W. Burdette and W. W. McCullough urging’ the appointment of Capt. Austin as chief of police. A letter has also been Tecelved from Mrs. Charlotte Sinlty applying tor the place. Mr. Amos Webster, formerly resister of wills, 18 mentioned for the place. capt. Austin 1s still contined to his home by sickness, and Lieu s acting as Chief of Police. “Capt. Austin Is Unreatened with conges. Uon of the lungs, and was so Last might that the sietans would allow no visitors to see hia, He as reported 2s better to-d, ampiy veriiied this morning, and although ap- parently it 1s considerably warmer than yesterday the temperature remains about. the same, The maxtinum velocit{ of the wind to-day has been only sixteen miles an hour, a decrease of twelve The coid wave, though still em- tory east of the Rocky me This thorning in Northe and Port Gary th ‘below the ireezin, meant Freeh potut and Minnesota and at aperature is but t z point, In this etty was 32 dezrees, lions for today are thai will be a fail of 9 degrees Unis afternoon, ter at midnight. considerable devia | extends to the cens | De r Milwaukee and below Keokuk, and then takes a northwesterly course. All through the affected tenitory the weather §s fair, with the exception that in the Lake Supe. | tor régions there have been siizht (alls Of snow. | Itis predicted by the clerk at tie signal service j that by Tuesday Washiigton wil experience | warmer weather With, possibis, a ttle suow. ———_ ses The District Commissioners’ Report. IT WAS NEARLY COMPLETED TO-DA ‘The District Commissioners expect to present | their annuai report to the Presi department, ewe WEARING A STOLEN Dress.—Annie Broadus, 17 year old colored gfrl, Was in the dock before Judge Shell yesterday. charged with stealing a dress. ‘The testimony introduced Was insult to conviet and the © against her Wa missed. Later In the day Otlicer_ Lee rearres Annie on a charge of stealing a dr Frances Koy], and recovered the dress from a awnshop. This morning while in a cell at Police ‘Court It was discovered t ring: the dress she had been, and a iu was taken trom her and given to its owner, Later in the morning Anuie was brousht before the judge and was tried ior ste. | dress. ‘She was sentenced to 6 moaths in jall. Wiis Finep.—The will of the Ford, Tiled to-day, provides for the paytaent debts and funeral expenses; also for the funeral expenses of ils brother, and leaves io his datz ter, Mary Keane, the tuterest of $1,000 for his wite non, with power to sell for the beneiit Of iis family. —— Affairs in West Washington. ASSOCIATED CHARITIES. — A regular monthly meeting of the first subdivision Of Associated be present dally at the 0: jor 10a. m. and p. cast-off clothing and distribute the same to the children of the poor, as Well as assist int uUles of the office, "Mrs. Amanda R. Ap) between the hours a signed ager of the fit district. BUILDING ASSOCIATION. —The sixty-elghth monthly meeting of the Fourteenth Buliding association was held Last night at G dend of 10 per cent was declared. Li.—Mr. A. B. Jackson is confined to bis re; chooner Lizzie Regan js of Wheat for Hartley ange yesterday at Sac, hin Coating 07 tee formed ek ereek last night. Harris, “colored, charged with eursiig wearing on’ M street, Was fined $5 in the Poltce Court to-day. Charl Gaskins, charged with disturbing the quiet of the town, forfeited 3% collateral. TEMPERATURE AND CONDITI 1,200 t Sold on “e OF WATER AT7 A.M. Great Falls, temperature, 32; con tition, 6. Re ceiving tur, 40; condition north connection, 5; condition ai South ¢ tion, 5. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 3 condition at taiivent gate house, 5; condition eftluent gate dignant. LATIVES HELD TELE- A telegram to the N. Times from Boston, Dee. 28 Speculation was rife and a good deal of indigt insinuated by a Washington special of Gils morn- Ing, and affecting Justices Loweil and Gray. latter is now in Washington, but Judge Lowell, who retired from the bench some time ago, has this to say concerning his family’s connection with: Bell telephone stock: “Tnever knew that my brother held any Beil telephone stock until the’ pres fact came out throug! Which we had con gation. Of course nown that he or any Felatives of inlue Were interested in tie stock I should have been most giad to decline hearing the ease. I received my salary, of course, and should be glad to be relieved of Uhat or any other case. AS for myseif I never hed anything to do with the stock, never held 2 share, and know little about this Bell telephone matter anyway, except that T am master in the controversy bewween the Bell Telephoue company and the Western Union, I have never seen the evidence in the great Pan Electric case, and only kuow of it as I have from UUme to time seen it discussed in the newspapers, Thave always said, and I adhere to to the state- ‘ment, that there is nothing wrong In the course adopted by Nr. Garland. “He siuply turned the ‘case over to the solicitor general, as I might in this ease of inine Inve turned it over to Judge Nelson, and as I should have done had I sup} my rela- ‘tives were interested in the Beil stock.” 48 TO JUDGE GRAY. Continuing he said: “Now, as to Judge Gray. I see by the published statements that all his rela- ‘Uves, two brothers and two sisters, were holders of Bell stock. AShe1s himself on the bench at ‘the present time, perhaps he would not care tosay a word about the matter, ButJ will say this: ‘have no doubt that he is “in exactly the same pre- dicament as myself, and that he was in ignorance of stock being held in his family. In regard to this long list of supposed. relatives holding stock Zwill say that some of them are not relatives at ‘ull, and in other cases the relationship 1s very re- mnsie, "The article in question contained a long sist, of Judge Gray, who are interested in Bell cousin, No, 227 Beacon sureets” Ths lady troiks cousiny No, 277 Ibeacon surest Tis La fs'nde tn. the slightest related W Bradiee, cousin, No. 14 Mariboroug! {oo can'claim no relat to Judge Gray, “Branets Peabody, cousin, "fs not a’ rela we, Aun E. Gray, Geoige Gainer, George A. Gardner, Jolin L, atid Joh L. Gardner, Jr, are in- deed “connected but’the re. g i : 5 3, ii : a: a7 tains, and extending to and Ineiuding the Atlante | and Gnif states, ts gradually passing off into the Allantic. oniy for some data to be sujplied by the engineer dug Mrs, Koyi's jdard’s hall, When a divi- | tion was felt here in Boston over the charges | ‘The | Telegrams to The Star. THE BLIZZARD ON THE LAKES. Three Colored Men Lynched in Texas. LONDON’S ARISTOCRATIC SCANDAL JIM CUMMINGS SHOOTS AN OFFICER a THE TURNERS AND THE ANARCHISTS. Western Knights Object to Paying the Assessment. ——. REGISTERED AS JIM CUMMINGS, Ke Shoots a Policeman Who ‘Tried to Arrest Him and Exeapes, cmreago, De A special to the Times trom | Parsons, Kanyas says: A stranger registered at | the Centropolls Wednesday evening as “sim Cum- Inings,” and soon went to supper, When he came 1 he’ put on the Landlord's hat and departed, Po. Leeman Kiser was put on hs track and arrested: 1 rthe depot. ‘They had walked a short dis- tance When the mn sup ind” tied The Wounded and the the tracks, stat)» | stop hit, by itot man ts dying. HE WANTS TO COMPROMISE. ets, Dee. —The Gabe De Hi has received a letter trom “im the Adams express PObber, Wl 7 bet chased around. the ives, and promises. 0 retien olen HC they Will let Inia go An st. me NA. pis tired by dete $25,000 of the sum peaes _ THE BLIZZARD ON THE LAKES, Fears for Missing Vessely—Terrific perience of the Lake Forest. Cmtcaco, Dec, R—Anxiety tn marine eireles about ety of safl and steam vessels waich | were probably exposed to Wednesday night's 1 gale has be by thelr fallure to , and Some, it is feared, have bgen lost. The cxptaln of the ‘schooner Lake Forest, n d trom the storm early yesterday Inorning Wand almost helpless, Says it was a territic ‘The Lake Forest Was about forty miles out st before her were runati | mountatns high | Toad jess than tive sail, ibs und stay until the vessel was WUtle amt ; Salls went, one better thin a | leeward at a rate | to destruction in a few murs, “but our saflors are all brave’ fel aptain mvs, and By ba Work they managed to rig up enough’ head sail to give US a slant toward the west shore. Even then | We were not out of danger. The vessel. rolled worse than ever and finally ber deck load went bY he board, nearly carrying two sailors with It, Every sea'that boarded us froze about us soon as it touched the decks, and it was not long before we were over ‘The men endured more hardships and suffering last night than they ever will a if they live to beone and daughter, and on the death of” the wife to the | hundred y ne Wind was Lit and Fdaughter the 1 absoitiely—the balance of | as we all ha caviest clotting to the real and personaity to his Wite and dangater | insure sufety Joad, as joint tenants ——The Will of Win. Crimmins | every blast seemed to p mar provides for ls burial, and leaves tits pers! row.” The Forest. was covered with tee frou: her estate to his wife and the realestate to W. Han- | cross-trees down when she arrived. WESTERN KNIGHTS PROTEST. They Object to Paying the Recent As= sessment for the Defense Fund. Cuicaco, Dec. 3—The Daily Ners thls morning Charities was heid yesterday aftern H The ant - 7" Secretary's omice, With the president, | say he action of the general assembly of the Moore, in the chidr. Among those prisent were | Kuightset Labor in levying an assessment of Mrs F. Le Moor, Nes. Angeline twenty-five cents upon all. the members of the nney, Mrs. Ju ) der is betng commented upon by the leading Misses Annie and Martha Davidson, | local knights. The circular tssued by Mr. Pow v. Dr, Beles, Pay Director Thos. | derly ordering Cie collection of. the assessment 18 H. Looker, U.S. N., B. T. Jaaney, Jos. W. Davis | being read in the local assembiles. SF ral have and John M. Waters. The secretury reported tat | decided to pay. the amount under protest. and since the weather had become cold ppl pthers have concluded to ignore the 1aandate tor for fuel, groceries and clothing had very ma | the present. Every assembly: pays a recular tax, ally Inéreased, and that it was. very. imporcant | which fs accumulated in what fs known as tie de> that membersilp dues inatonce. | fense fund. In many cases, especially inthe Thet annual statement, showing | mixed assembites, large sums have accrued. These but amount of funds on hand, Miss | assemblies object to Deing assessed when money, Delzell was elected assistant secretary, who will | collected for de urposes 1s lying idle in the | banks. ‘The local and espec most emphatically to the mandate, chitmiing that Chicago and the entire West have been wronged by the general j board, not only in the stock Yards strike, but in the recent rafiroad strike on the Southwestern ‘They claim that the western knights are sked to support castern strikes, and are refused assistance when in trouble, but ed 19 am Unconditional surrender tn a'case Where the general order Was not asked or expected to render financial ald. TO DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMENT. $6 Baived to A Pension Check for $3,000. St. Lovts, Mo., Dec. 3—An attempt was made | recently to defraud the United States government ont of $2,994 at the sub-treasury here. A few days | ago the Merchants’ bank presented for payme ja pension check for $3,000. The check Ww: Gratwa in favor of Robert” Spencer, was regularly signed by Penston As W. Glick, at Topeka, Kas. Tt had ted tn the | onal Bank at Kansas: lection through the Ni Whe rehaints’ bank it was presented to the paxlag-tell Doliced that someting Was Wrong with it, He reported the matter to the hier, wha, after ex- amining the check, returned it dishonored. Mr. Edwards then wrote to Mr. Glick, and yesterday received a reply stating that the amount of the check was originally $6. ‘The case wus reported to the pension examitiers, who at once notified Gen. Chase,of the pension | bureau a and aiso Pension Cominis- sioner Black, The maiter will be Investigated by ‘the Kansas City bank, which ts the loser, Cauned by a Careless Smoker. COTTON WORTH $25,000 BURNED BY A FIRE SET BY "A CIGAR STUMP. Yorr, Dec. 3.—A Tire broke out this morn- the lighter ‘Ino, which was recetving a Tgo of cotton at pier 29, East river. AS Soon as vessel Was discovered to be on fire she cut adrift from the dock so as to save the housands of bales of cotton stored there. The re vemeyer Was sent for, but succeeded in saving very Itttle of the cotton’on the lighter. The Ino had 295 bales of cotton on board, which. was belng shipped by the Metropolitan Steamship company to the Nashua Manufacturing company, of New Hampshire, ‘The fre was caused by womé | one throwing a lighted clgar stump in among: cotton, After the fire was extinguished the ves- sel Was towed up the river and beached. The loss 4s estimated at €25,000 on the cotton and $10,000 to the vessel, fully’ covered by insurance. hi rai och ‘To Kill the Codling Moth. HOW APPLE KAISERS CAN GREATLY INCREASE THR VALUE OF THEIR CROP. Catcago, Dec, 3—A News special from — field, Ill, Says: ‘The state atomologst Prot 8 Forbes, Says in a bulletin just ssued, that elabor- ate experlinents made in the apple orchards with arsenical polsons, show Uat an average of at least 70 per cent of the apples now destroyed or injured by the coding moth may be saved to. by one or two Sprayings With Paris green madein arly spring, while the fruit is not than hazelnut. ‘Taking one year with codling inoth 1s found to. infest about j the apples which set on the trees, and Teasonable allowance It is estimated that t eral use of the spraying metbod must a | ing to the state nthe increased vaine or ‘of at least $1,500,000 annually. the application would be the benefit to the trees ahd the from the destruction of il z g EY Bs fe i i é i Hf 4 a4 Ey ft i a perat says this | MY LORD WAS IN THE PARLOR While Chicf Shaw and My Lady Made Love in the Dining-Reom. Loxpox, Dec. &—In the Campbell divorce case to-day O'Neill, Lord Colin's man servant, on cross» examination repeated his declaration of yesterday ‘that looking through « keyhole in the dining-room ho my the plaindllt ang Chiet, Shaw ta ‘3 cone poomising position, Colin ¢ witness Sald, was ih the drawing-room, Whilst Chiet Shaw and plaintiff were on this occasion tn the dining. Tom. Asked if he did not know that there wore aps over the keyholes in the @ining-room door, Witness said he did not, Elizabeth Evang a house maid for Lady ™! testified that during the Easter holidays tn 1 Lady Colin Campbell occupied bedroom. No. 3%, at Leigh court, and that the Duke of Marlborough oocupted No. 37. city THREW MER SLIPPERS AT THE DUKE Witness saw Lady Colin once, while tn the em tral hall of Leigh court, take Off one of her slip- pers and throw it at’ the duke. Both went to Leigh court on the same day, and they left_on the same day also, Whilst Lady Colin was at Leigh fourt she appeared to be robust, and Went OUL Om Jong Walks In a!l kinds of weather—in snow, rain or mud—with Dr. Bind It was "only after plaints return “to London that appeared to be il. Witness remembered eoceasion in April, 18k Gen. Butler drawing room with Lady Colin when lied. Lady Colin came out and sald notat home, Her hair at the time was disarranged and her face was flushed, When Lord Colin came home Lady Colin went to her Ded= oom, and Gen, Butler came down stairs and let himscif out of the house, — NEGROES LYNCHED, Another Chapter in the Election Troms dies in Washington County, Texas. CurcaGo, Dec. —A spectal tothe Times from Brenham, Texas, says: At an early hour yester= day morning an armed mob came to town, over Powered the jailer and took out Shea Feldner, Alfred Jones ‘and Eplraim Jones, three of the oes implicated in the Killing of Dewees Bolt welitn's store {i tls Couns, on tive night of ped them. It ‘was so quickly done thit the town Was not aroused. The bodies of the three men were tound bangiag to a tee im the morning. “It was thought the feeling against the ‘men had subsided so that further trouble Would not occur, and Sheriff Dever had brought them back from Houston, whither they had been sent for safe keeplug. “Tiiere ts any of the perpetrators. Its feared the unfortunate oo currence will again cause race prejudice ahd raly® pollcal excitement very high, MIZE’S FAMILY Giving up AN Their Property to save Kim From the Penitentiary, Cuicaco, Dec, 3.—Estimates last night of the de faication of Theodore 8, Mize, cashter for the ntl Honalre eoal merchant, Ames, make the matter Worse than at first stated, the amount being now dat $112,000, ‘The developments reveal a Stile of affulrs sad in the extreme, a whole family the recklessness of A Son Who has ired father from amu almost to the rutned by nee of the embezzier, s very birthright and son from the penitent to Mr. Ames were led for all the property Tated,and Theodore , Mize, jointly with his I signed away all right and tive to the share of the father’s property that would revert to hia, } by the provisions of the father’s will,already made, ‘The brother of Mize, Who is in Atchison, Kan. asd came Lo his assistance, —— Brutal Murder in Maine. ONE LUMBERMAN BEATEN TO DEATH RY ANOTHER, CHEKRYFIELD, ME, Dec. 3—John Dorr, of Deo lots, was killed In ington ester day ‘aiternoon Laughiin,of Alex g together logging, arose between thei and Mo- assaulted Dorr and gave him a beating, sed Dorr tostart Tor home. After he minutes McLaughiln followed and beat him to death on the road. ‘The murderer then fled and has not yet been arrested. Dorr Was a single man and Was twenty-one years of age, —— Ashore in Vineyard Sound. A DISTRESSED SCHOONER WHICH CANNOT BE ASSISTED, Vineyard HAVES, Mass., Dec. 2—An unknown three-masted schooner has been ashore on L'Hotn- medieu shoal, Vineyard sound, since yesterday, With signals for assistance flythg. Owing to the | northwest gale which fs prevailing no assistance | can reach her. ‘The sea is breaking over her and she ts covered with tee. Ivts believed that she is the Willian T, Donnelly, Capt, Bassett, from Bale ‘Umore for Boston, mal. FRIENDS OF A MURDERED MAN TERRIBLY CUT THB MURDERER, Cnicaco, Dec. 3—A Timex special from Peters: burg, Va.,’says: In an affray in Pitt county, North, a, ‘between Thomas Smith and John Dennh ler shot and killed the former. Friends Siuith assaulted Dennts and cut him nearly to death with a large kulfe, At 4s not thought nls can recover, —__ Fire in an Indiana Town. Cmrcaco, Dec. 2—A Timex spectal from Jasper, Indy, save: Are at English, crawiord. county? } Yesterday morniug,commenced in Conrad’shotel. Ajoining burned wext, the flames then ross the street and burned all the butld~ ‘he Of the Red River Cattle company, near Cimarron, as to Walch of | them was in change of the ranche during the ab- | sence of the foreman, Warteube attempted to discharge Alley, and after a few bitter words both, men drew their revolvers and fired, Alley was through, klided Instantly, and Wartenbe was shot the right breast. Killed Hier Husband With am Axe. Cucaso, Dec. 3.—A Times special from Helena, Ark. says: Lavina Brown, the wife of Jackson Brown, living near Trenton, Ark., had some words with hha about a trivial matter” yesterday morn- lng While at breakfast. ‘The husband did not pay any more attention to the occurrence, and Was sitting down fondiing his children, when his wife went to the woud pile, picked up ‘an axe, slipped up to her husband, aud almost severed “ad from his body. ‘The Woman made no attempt to j Excape, and 48 now in custody. ‘The parties © From Wall Street To-Day. Xew Youk,Dec. 3.—The opening at the change Was Strong and active this morn a i over ae coments ert gures Fanging froin Be per cent generally, but West Point, New find! and Union Pacific were each % lower, ‘Tike improvement at the opening continued in the early dealt ‘West Point advancing 24 and Pacific Mail 1 per cent, both of which lost" part of Unis advance later, whtle New England and the Wabashes became strong. Prices in the general | list were firm, but after a slight recession from the | best pricesthe market became steady. St. Lake Shore, Pacific Mail, Union Pacific, Jemey ‘Central und ‘New England, were the proniinently active stocks, and at 11 olock the market 1s com> paratively quiet and steady. Hands, Feet and Faces Fresen. TERRIBLE SUFFERING OF THE CREW OF 4 RIVER ‘sTeaMEn, Z rousti isk frozen hands, Ang on the boat at Pearl Isle, ali day ‘Tuesday and Wednesday, during zard, and became 80 badly frozen ‘that sent by rail to Uhis city, with instructions: ply for admission at the Marine hospital. their number are in such a serious condition their hands and feet will have to be amputated, He 8 i E