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MONDAY, JUNE 11,. 1888-SIX PAGES. ‘2d EDITION Lats Trans o Me Sa DEPEW SAID TO BE OUT. es which have thelr origin n de Drugeist, of Branswick, Me, says “Thave never known Ayer's Sarsi In hundreds of within my Knowledge it has proved a perfect See ae | His Alleged Reasons for Withdrawing. DEPEW oUT bacon THE HACE. m in His Confidence is formed a Western | So a Gene Said to Have Lovis. June 11.—Tue Globe-Democrat pub- Uses the following this morning : Depew will not be a candidate, sly Important declaration is quoted from a Just received trom New York. The jetter is addressed to a gentleman who 1s one of tes at large trom a western state and @ prominent figure in the Chicago coavention, The announcement of Mr. Depew’s ‘onclusion is from a gentleman tn his confidence, ded by the recipient as finally authori letter was shown to the correspon- Democrat yesterday, and Unis 18 f its contents The ex- msition is this: He has inquiry that he 1s not for the party to nominate. je¥es taal he could carry New York, but he record as @ railroad president and corporation lawyer might cost. some North- Having satisied bimseif . Rheumation, Diabetes, and all planation of Mr. Depew’ fled himself by careful pst available maui believes that Di Western electoral votes. 0 thls score he counts himself out of the list. THE NEW YORK VOTE WILL BK DIVIDED. ‘The letter which contains this very interesting DIL Of news also brings the Information that there 4s no likeithood of the New York delegation acting Logether in the support of any one candidate. Assurances had been given Mr. Depew of nearly entire vote of the New York delegation, but now that he will not be before the convention all the present indications are ton on any other man. & MENDELSON CU., Sue Agents, 6 Bor- * narsixa For Wow: YHE GOVERNMENT SERVICE, inst a concentra- itis believed that Sher- man Will get a dozen votes out of New York; that fully as many, and that the re- distributed imparually. HISCORK WILL NOT GET MANY VOTES. get_a few complimentary votes on York delegates, but counted | to f aby Wows im improving her ‘he lesmot: ts sum. tu one hour by a woman of Greshaiu will Ketlection — Pimples— Blackheads— (eo Disgusting —Lover the first ballot from the New itis certain that he will not get the full vote of the state, or anything like tt. tion that’ can be had points to a scattering of the Most of the delegates from that entirely new in national conven- only thirteen of the seventy-two tion four years ago. Six of the Pout Arthur men and six just as ky thirteenth cast the Solitary vote which was given to Bob Lincoln in to be pretty generally understood that Warner Miller, Who 13 One of the New York large, ‘Will be agreed upon by the tee for temporary chairman of ‘ait—Maker Harriet Hubbard Ay The best informa- New York vote. loud for Biaine ou donot hesitate to national com the convention. THE AFFLE KAISER. xion by using the Recainier Cream, provided you avoid all jowe ‘the dauuage caused by con A Report that He is Distinctly Worse Much Pain. e Berlin correspondent of ette telegraphs that the emperor Is distinctly worse and has lately suffered severe pondent also says that a hole rd between the Windpipe and the gullet and Ube taking of food is thereby made dan- ile to make her- Of Kee 2 Park Place. has been disco A REASSURING KEPORT FROM POTSDAM. Porspaw, June 11, forenoon. —Eimperor Frederick ‘The difficulty in swallowing abied him for a few days past has ireiy disappeared. Crown Prince Williain called upon his father at 8 o'clock this morning. ous membrane, that wonderful semi- | Passed a good nignt. fluid envelope surrounding the delicate tissues of th air and food passages, that Catarrh makes its strons- hold. Ouce estabiisbed, it eats into the very vitals, aud renders life but a long-drawn breath of mi ime the sense of bearing, tram His appetite 1s ‘The emperor will Dr. McKenzie, in the presence of Doctors Weg- DISTRICT APPR LATIONS, ‘The Bill reported in the Senate To-day MATERIAL CHANGES MADE BY THE SENATE COMMIT ‘TER ON THE STREET, ‘CLAUSES, In the Senate to-day Mr. Plumb reported from the appropriations commit‘ee the District. appro- Priation bill, The Senate committee have made ‘very material changes in the schedule for the im- provement of streets and avenues. As reported to the Senate the Dill provides for improving streets and avenues instead of the House schedule a3 Genera! schedule—c street southwest and south- east, from Ist street to New Jersey avenue; 7th ‘street northwest, from Q to Boundary; 11th Southeast. from Pennsylvania avenue to Bridge street; Aioeen southwest, from H to Arsenal, and from b street northwest’ to Pennsylvania ave- nue; Brightwood avenue, 7th street exuended, from Grant avenue to Princeton street; street ou the south and west sides of the Treasury De- Partment building, from 15th to Pennsylvania avenue, and removing gates, and for powe and regulating [this is Known as Executive avenue); Pennsylvania avenue southeast, from lth to Bridge street; for ali named above $178,150, Georgetown Schedule—For paving the following streets: 0th, from P' to @: @. trom 2sth vo 3ouny O, from 35th’ to College ‘gate, For grading and regulating the following: ‘kid, from P northward; 34th, from M to N; Prospect avenue, When neces- 3 b r Appropriation for George- schedule, $47 as Northwest scheduie—For paving the following: New York avenue, trom 7th to New Jersey avenue; 15th (west side), ‘from Pennsylvania avenue tO New York avenue; 12th, from R to$;_R, from 7th vo 9th; S, from 7th to 11th; Sti from O to Ruode Island’ avenue; Rhode Island avenue, from Sth to New Jersey avenue; 0, trom 21st to 22d; 22d, from M to P; Boundary, irom 7th to New Jersey ave- hue; @, from Git to New Jersey avenue;. from 17th VO 19th, and from Rhode Island avenue to Vermont aveiiue; 17th, from Q to K; New Ham shire avenue, from Q to RK; Corcoran, from 15th New Hampsiilre avenue, ise for grading and regulating the following: 251 tron & street to New Hamupsnire avenues, {rou 23d to 26th; N, from 3d orth Capitol, ana froin 22d to 24th; in ali, for bortuwest schedule, $25,71 est schedule—For paving the following: ‘Sout G, from 3d to 4g; H, from 1st to id; C, from 12Un to 14th; 13th, from Maryland avenue to Water Street. ’ For grading and regulating the following: 1, from 1st to Water; G, from 3d to Half street; Canal, from B to 1st;'tu all, for southwest sched- ule, $65,006. Soutueast schedule for paving—éth, from E to Virginia avenue; Pennsylvuanta avente, from 8th to Hkh; ¢ from oth to Ths D,, from Sato 6a. for grading and regulating the following: frou let to-2d; 9th, for East Capitol to. Penusyl. Vania avenue; C, from 7th to 11th; south skie of oe oln Square; in ail for southeast schedule, Northeast schedule—For paving: North Capitol from I to K; C, from 6th to 8th; 7h, froma B to D; Massachusetts avenue, from Gui to sth; Maryland avenue, from 6th to Boundary, including inversec- tion; Sth, trom East Capitol to Massachusetts av- enué; 11¢b, from North Carolina avenue to Massa- chusétts avenue; F, from North Capitol to 3d. For grading and regulating the following: C, trora 8th to 11th; G, from 2d toGuh; B, from Lith to 14th; 34, from E'to H; 2d, from 'F to H; 9th, from B tO Meryaue avenue; in all tor northeast schedule, 59,768, ‘Tbe total inerease for the streets and avenues scheduled 1s $299,902.65, As It passed the House the bill appropriated for this purpose $457,776. AS Feported to the Senate it appropriates $737,678.65. OTHER IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS are as follows: To defray the expenses of collect- ing assessments on real estate, $15,000; two additional clerks are provided for the collector's office at $1,200; an ap- ropriation of $2,000 is provided for collectin y distraintjand sale of overdue personal taxes,an ail fees are to be turned into the treas' au: topsies and inquests, increased from $500 to $700; expenses under markets, increased trom $400 to 3600. ‘All the House schedule for the replacement of wooden pavements was stricken out except for avd Street southeast from 7th to 9th and rom Pennsylvania avenue to 8th. ‘The House provision lltniting the contract price for making and repairing concrete and asphalt Pavement to $2 per square yard Was increased to ulty of swell. taiut- | ener, Krause and Bardelben, Yesterday inserted @ new ‘sliver canula, MAIL CAR MURDER. Sinciair Stabbed by Se! sloughing and death, IL sec Baxcor, Mr., June 1. mystery of the ly being cleared uj lerks have made Iv is rumored that the lwo mal: statements, but the rumors cannot be substan- A. ayes 1s reported to have said that a sudden rrel came up between about the handling of sowe mail at Waterville, and both men were exceedingly angry. ames Were called by each man and bIOWs fol- linus and Sin AL CURE conrists of one bottle of one box CATARKMAL SOLVENT, and one IMPRoveD INHALER, neatly wrapped in one | ‘That this was the case, scratches on the face of the dead man and upon Sellins’ face would seem They were quareing tn front of the sorting table, IN A FIT OF UNGOVERNABLE KAGE, Sellins: seed a large knife which Was used by ‘K in cutling twine and made a plunge at Jerry Sinclair, buryimg It deep his breast. Blood spurted from the wound in a Sinclair was unconscious in a few moments. ‘They Look hum over to the mail bay down, After the train started, Sellins threw the kulfe away, and this afternoon it was found. Hayes Sa the stabbing plainiy, but It occurred so quickly that he Was powerless to act in the "This ts believed to be the story which Hayes whl tell in court. Ii is also Said Chat Sellins confessed this morn- ing to the marshal that he bad committed the deed in self-defense. He is said to have said that Sinclair had been drinking, and wuen the qi walked the whole length of the car and attacked ‘Sihelair weighed over 200, while Sellins weighed but 150 and Was afraid of him. Sellins is much broken down. Another Prussian Minister Resigns. BERLIN, Jupe 11.—It ts stated that Herr Scholz, Prussian’ minister of finance, has resigned bis ee eee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. ‘The following are the opening and cl ‘New York Stock Market, as re wire to Corsou and Macartney. 1419 in the side of all the new Books, bow many have you time toget ae eee ot timore Markets, RE, Mp., June 11 —Virginis new threes, eee teres Sane Mate aoe BALTIMORE, Mp,, June 11. — Cotton quiet and paco superiative patent, 5.63; southern, dull aud nominal 06: Western, quiet and spot, BORON : ‘August, 90a905 Southern, quiet an 90 abO4: July, WOaIOS aay ‘ado. westeru mixed, " Liz for prime. v1 nomiualprime to choice western, 17.008i7.50, hanged. BUtter fru, re: 0, Baws, steady, 145015. Provisions stemdy and cepts wry moderate, 19 | Petroleunt steady” refined (7 copper refined’ unchanged. ‘eights to Liverpool per steamer fd. HOUr per tou, Oe. ! rain, 150,000" bushels; ‘corn, ‘5 Chicago Markets, CHICAGO, Jus. Jue 11. 11 a m—The enormous $2.25 per square yard. For repairs of paveinents, increased from $85,000 to$100,000, and contracts for repairs may be made for a period not to exceed five Years. For permit work, increased from $40,000 to $100,000. For current work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, increased from $35,000 to $40,000, For cur- rent work of repairs on county and sudurban streets and roads, from ¢30,000 Lo $45,000, In the House provision for the extension of 18th street extended to Columbia road in a straight line, the words “straigut line” are sticken out, as it Was ascertained that would add largely to the cost. ‘The item of $10,000 to extend 16th street beyond Boundary, and tuat to extend Chapin street, and that to grade and pave 14th street to Wayland Seminary were stricken out, also the item to im- prove Stoughton street; for the pavement of Pom. eroy street increased from $3,500 to $7,000. An appropriation of $26,000 is inserted to grade and ave 14th street extended from Boundary to Eve Place, also one of $1,000 to grade 13th street from Clifton avenue north. ‘The House item of $10,000 for the condemnation of streets, roads and alleys is stricken out. For surveys of the District increased from $5,000 to $10,000, An item of $2,000 is inserted to repair the retaining Wall of the M-street bridge, and the con- ‘rol of tue bridge is transferred from the War De- partment to the Commissioners, For cleaning sewers and basins, increased from 30,000 to $35,000; for main and pipe sewers, from 000 to 70,000; for suburban sewers, from $30,000 to $35,000; for sprinkling, sweeping and cleaning streets, from $70,000 $85,000; for lighting streets, increased from $100,000 to $110,000; the price of gas to remain the satne, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ‘The total appropriation 1s increased from $842,195 to $1,001,236. Among the changes are the following: In the first school division two new ‘school buildings are provided for instead of one, a8 in the Honse bill. In the second division one new building is pro- vided for; in the third division two buildi ip. stead of one; in the fourth division one new bulld- ing; in the fifth two, instead of one. The appro- riation for school ‘buildings 1s increased from 000 to $350,000. ‘The appropriation forthe two new county school buildings is increased from $10,000 to $12,000. POLICE. Under the head of Metropolitan police the salary of the major — and superintendent 1s increased from $2,600 to $3,300. Increases of force are made as follows: One additional lieutenant, at $1,:320; sgnbnacooe ‘al $1,140 each; privates of the first class inervas trom 115 to 145, at $900 each; of the second class from 140 to 160, at $1,080 each; station-keepers increased ‘from 17° to 19 at 9 laborers at #480 each, in- sad of 8; 5 patrol wagon drivers at’ $360 each, instead of 4; for repairs of stations, in- creased from $2,400 to $4,000; for purchase of a lot and erection thereon of a station house in Uhe northeast section of the city, $15,600. FIRE DEPARTMENT. For the fire department, nine foremen at $1,000 each are provided for instead of eight; eight engineers at $1,000 each, instead of seven; eight firemen at $840 each, instead of seven; ten hostlers, $840 each, instead of nine; sixty-two privates, at $800 each, instead of sixty); four watchmen, it $000 each, ‘Instead of turee} for purchase of hose, increased from $3,000 to $5,000; for a new engine ‘house in the southeast section Of the city, $10,500; bose carriage tor same, $700; furnishing uew chgine-house, $1,500; one expert repair man at $960 is provided for the fire-alarm telegraph service. UNDERGROUND WIRES. ‘The House provision to require that all tele- graph, telephone and electric wires shall be placed underground | and. she appropriation $36,000 for that pur is stricken Out, and Lhe appropriation eee gt formed that the wires are being placed under- ground as rapidly as possible, ‘MISCKLLANROUS. For a new boller for the Industrial Home and to restock the greenhouses, $1,500. An appropriation of $2,500 1s inserted to enable the Commissioners {0 furatsh food and lodging to indigent males and An appropriation of $5,000 is inserted for the st. Rose Industrial Scuool; also .000 for the erec- Uon of a ward for colored four in the Wash- ington ‘Hospital for Foundli ‘appropriation for the <152 cars, caused decidedly lower vrices for that grain. July opeued % lower, heat opened spiri somewhat lower, ‘Thirty-three thousand at Sate ard, Si7%, abort ribs, ‘The Washington Stock Exchange. ‘The following changes, from Saturday's quotations, hanwe are uoted to-day! ; coupons, 106" PLasten is equally effective ua rheumatism, lumbago and backache. wn the Washingt Metropolitan Kauroad stock, | Washington Gas, 40 bid, 404 asked. | "National: Metropolitan 1 Second | National asked. Great Falls Ice, 120 bid. Tnsurance, 118 bid, ‘Penn. T Company, 34% bid. 34 aaked. ‘Chesapeake and, Po- as whiteand ae radiant as pol- asbed Porcelab, and coptains no ingredient that is bo pts halen ‘The race for the grand prize of Paris for 1 francs was run Sunday and was won lengths by Pierre Donon’s chestnut colt Stuat Le Destrier, out of Stockhausen, Mr. It Crowberry was second. MeBride, the defaulting postmaster, of Lt ton, Mont., whose shortage wilt reach’ $600 or has not been caught. ‘The new ovean steamship City of built at Roche's yard, Chester, Steamship Company, was aft dispatch has been recetved in New York city A New Gov ‘an invitation to address Pa., for the from Gov. Hill B southwest to supply the Bureau of and Printing with water, the money to out “of te ‘Treasury and paid out of the water fund. Mr. Plumb gave notice that he would call up the bill to-morrow. District in Congress, A JURY POR THE POLICE COURT. Senator Harris to-day introduced in the Senate 4 bill providing for a jury for the Police Court and pe eT br the Poilce court» ; oan caret mace sab ernes ok ee Seren na hapolis over a Smile course Saturday afternoon, between crews of the Adama aud’ ilcbmond bind yg of the Atlanta won in twenty-two ‘The business portion of Chesley, Ont., burned Sal 5 loss n'a ball game Si ‘Mass, between the Cupper and Athletic clubs Saturday. afternoon, ‘dead in the seventh inning walle in thé ‘act of throwing @ runner out at ‘Wiille Allen and George Chapman were “playing Bat Boy you mast be. Clara said that after you left last night she nearly died laughing.”— ‘The Epoch. “30 me Sa a te ‘ap ‘am happy to say, DISTRICT DAY IN THE HOUSE. Continued From the First Page. ‘The Dill besides olloe-matrons makes ‘appropnations tor edding ‘additional Story to first precinct station 3; for additions to stations in third and fifth precincts, ARREARS OF TAXES. ‘The House then passed the following Senate Tesolution: That the provisions of the act of Con- greas entitled “An act relating to arrears of taxes in the District of Columbia,” approved March 3, 1687, be, and the same ia eS nd co ail spocfal assessments’ dus ‘the Duatrice of Columbia, and which may be paid onor before ‘November 1, 1888. GEORGETOWN AND TENLEYTOWN RAILROAD COMPANY ‘The House then went again into committee of ‘the whole and took up for consideration the bill to incorporate the Georgetown and Tenleytown Rail- way Co. of the District of Columbia, unit, Baine opposed the Dillon the. ground that incorporators Ww: to Dulld this. road #0 as to. Increase'the value y they owned and desired to sell in lots, r. O'Neill (Pa.) favored this Dill, and street ratl- Toads in general. He took the that such Toads were in the interest of public convenience, and he said he saw, no reason why franchises jould not be grant roads anywhere in Oe Beit pees anes saan ba r. Butter wort e bill as to meet a public necessity, but in the taverest of & Private speculation. It was all right for these gentlemen co promote ‘the enterprise in thetr own terest, but Congress should not forget publtc needs. ‘The road was not needed, and being built before It Was required the charge for fare would be fixed at a higher rate than it ought to be, He thought elght tickets for 25 cents would be a fair Mr. O'Neill contended that the building of rail- roads in this way extended and built up the city. He cited the 14th and 7th street roads as examples. ‘This proposed road would be a convenience to the people along the line. ‘THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE PROSRCT. ‘The subject of the construction of a memorial bridge across the Povomac to connect Washington ‘with Arlington has not been mentioned in the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds for several weeks, and it is now deemed quite probable that the matter will go over to the next session of Congress, ‘There will be no opportunity for vvusideration of this measure until after the Chicago convention, and it 1s thought that the press of appropriation bills and other important Measures will throw the bridge subject over For a New Form of Government. THE BILL INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE TO-DAY. In the Senate to-day Mr. Farwell introduced a bill, recommended by the executive committee of the Citizens’ Committee of One Hundred, to provide for a permanent form of gov- ernment for the District of Columbia, It provides for one commissioner and fifteen coun- cilimen, appotnted by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and prescribes all the de- talls for a municipal government. This Dill was prepared by the executive com- mittee of the Committee of One Hundred. Senator Farwell presented a memorial signed by R.Fendall, chairman, and his collegues of the citi- zens’ executive committee,recommending the pas- ‘Sage of the Dill. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP, ‘Tue U. 8. 8, Yantic has been ordered to join the North Atlantic squadron at Hampton Roads. She is now lying at Port-au-Prince. VioLations oF THE PENSIONS Law.—The Com- missioner of Pensions has been advised that James Cooley was indicted, on the 7th instant, by the U. S. grand Jury at Toleda, Ohio, for falsely personat- ing a Government oMcer in Hardin County, Obio, He will be tried on the 26th instant He has also been informed that John Lon Taylor, of Chicago, TiL, has been arrested for a Violation of une at- torhey law in the case of Louls Bremer, an insane Pensioner. He was released on a otd of $1,200 for appearance at a contin hela on the 19th instant. — Commovore ScHLEY has gone to Newport for the purpose of presenting the Batley gold medal to the apprentice boy who bas shown the greatest im- provement during the past year, He will be gone about a piosg 4 during bis absence bis duties as chief of the Bureau of juipment and Recruiting wiil be performed by Chief Constructor Nelson, by order of the President. END OF THE SELFRIDGE CovRT.—The Selfridge court-martial adjourned to-day at noon, having signed the record of the proceedings and findings, ahd transmitted them to the Secretary, who at once sent them to Judge Advocate ‘General Remey for consideration. It seews to be conceded that the only question for decision ‘Was that of the sufficiency of Capt, Selfridge’s pre- cautions in firing at the targets, and itis thought Uhat that was more a matter of common sense than of naval law. The sessions of the court were greatly shortened by the admission of the testi- tony given before the Japanese Court of inquiry, which over a mont! INDIAN COMMISSIONER ATKINS has returned from New York, where he was supervising the opening of the bids for Indian supplies, Extending the National Museum, PROSPECTS OF AN APPROPRIATION FOR A NEW BUILD- ING AT THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS. ‘There was no quorum present at the meeting of the Senate committee on public buuidings and grounds to-day, hence no business could be trans- acted. The proposed extension of the National Museum by the construction of another building on the West side of the Smithsonian was di: informally. Plans for the proposed Dutlding have been filed’ with the committee. The projected Dullding will conform in exterior appearance and construction to the existing National Museum structure, except that it will be one-story higher and Will contain two exhibition floors iastead of one. It 1g estimated that the bullJing will cost $500,000, and in view of the rapidiy-increasing de- Mand for space the members of the committee present to-day decided that the appropriation ‘Ought to be made at this session of Congress, It is probable that, at the frst ineeting atuended by a quorum a bill to appropriate the money necessary ordered favorably reported. Will be SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS FOR STATIONERY.—Ballan- tyne & Son, Easton & Rupp, J. C. Parker, Wi- coff, Seamens & Beneaict, Rider & Addison, F. A. Schmidt, E. Morrison, and J. J, Chapman, of this city, are ‘among the successful bidders for furnish Ing’ stationery for the War Department for tue coming fiscal year. VIEWS OF THE COTTON BAGGING MAKERA. ‘Tne Senate subcommittee on the tariff today heard the views of the cotton bagging makers on the tariff. ‘The committee was told that the cot- ton-bagging manufactories had been established with imported machinery, upon which a duty of 40 per cent had been paid, and that the capaclty of these establishments was now fully 100 per cent in advance of the demand for bagging, A re- duction of present rates could be endured only in case Jute butts were made free. The competition 4n India on bagging 1s so fierce, however, that if 1t Were made free, as proposed by the Mills bill, the factones would suffer speedy ruin. It was further Tepresented ‘that there is no demand from the ers for free bagging, inasmuch as Es well as the iron hooping on cotton balests afl Welghed and paid for as cotton, and the planter in this way receives more for the bagging than he pays for it, Sherman’s Strength. HOW A FRIEND OF HIS FIGURES IT. A friend of Senator Sherman in this city has prepared a list of the delegates to the Chicago convention. He states that of the entire number, there are 340 delegates who will vote for Sherman. He agserts that Sherman 1s sure of this number of Yotes in any event, and that with this show of strength the addit seventy-two Votes needed will undoubtedly be secured. ‘spectal examiner, to General Land Office as At $1,400. Promotion: Miss Jennle A. Hay- “Gta feel" Survey Mesiguation: C. Clarkson verneule, of New Jersey, Lopograpier at $1,800. Sales of Heal Estate.: McCauley has for $22,800, of J. uh, a oa on Parts of the Country to be Relencsed. ‘The President has pardoned Geo. Hough, of the District of Columbia, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced November 29, 1884, to five years at hard labor in the Albany penitentiary. The Prest- dent sayson the application: “The sentence of ‘this convict has nearly expired, and the condition Of those suill living of his family and the mistor ‘tunes that have afl cted him since his conviction have excited my sympathy.” He has granted a pardon to Geo. L. Weber, Mon- tana, convicted of murder in the second degree ‘and Sentenced November 3, 1883, to twenty years’ imprisonment. The President says: “This con- Vict seems to be utterly friendless and a stranger, But litue can be learned of the circumstances of the offense of which he was chargea. I ain satis- fied that he had but little chance for a defense, His letters indicate that. his mind is weak, to say the least of it, Tain told that he has been a good prisoner, and I am satisfied that 1f his mind is un- alanced he would be harmless at large.” A pardon is granted Frank James, allas Hether- ton, convicted in the district of New Jersey of counterfeit coln, and sentenced October 3, 1887, {0 three years of labor and $500 fine, Pardons have also been grantad to George Smith, western district of Arkansas, convicted of larceny and introducing spirituous’ liquor in the Indian ‘Territory, aud sentenced to one year’s imprison- ent on éach charge and $50 fine; John Bishop, nnesota, selling whisky to In- dians, and sentenced October 7, 1887, to “thirty days’ imprisonment ahd $00 fine; Jno. i. Barnes, district of Utah, un- lawful cohabitation, sentenced April 30, 1888, tO three months’ imprisonment and $300 fine: John Sevier, a Cherokee Indian, western district Arkan- Sas, inanslaughter, sentence Zial Riggs, Utab, bigamy; Barney C. shirey, eastern district Arkansas, destroying ietiers, &c., DY Durning a post-omce of which master, sentenced, November 7, 1887, to one yeal W. P. "McConnell, district of Montana, counter: feiting, sentenced’ May, 1886, to two and a halt a imprisonment; aud Kicey D. Jones, Utah, igainy. Tn the case of Jno. Q. Adams, western district of Missouri, ‘selling wuisky to" Indians, Sentenced March, 1888, to six months’ imprison: ment, the President commutes the sentence to four inonths, ——.__ HOLDING HIS OWN Physicians More jon ‘To-Day. There has been littie or no change in General Sheridan’s condition since Saturday afternoon, al- though the absence of the heart failure for so long period has given the physicians hope that per haps thetr patient may have a chance for bis Ute, Bulletins succeeded each other throughout the night and during yesterday, but gave no indica- Uons of any favorable or unfavorable changes, al- though his syinptoms were more encouraging, At 8 O'clock last night there was a consultation of all six physiclans, Dr. Pepper coming trom Philadel phia for the purpose, aud the following bulletin was issued, signed by ail of them: “General Sheridan's condition continues at least 48 favorable as it has been for three days past, ‘The respiration 1s stili irregular. The cough and expectoration are less, ‘The heart action 1s Im- proved. The nervous force holds out well and his inind tsclear, ‘There 1s no present indication of any serious complications Impending. His appear- ance is better, and he expresses himself as feeling hopeful of recovery.” Dr. Pepper, on being interviewed on his return to Philadeipiita ast night, said that the general's chances of restoration to comparative health, on the Whole, seem greater now than at any previous time, ‘There had been, he sald, a most Sutistac~ tory Improvement in the ueart’s {uction, It having ‘been sustained for four days without any fallure, and 1ts force slowly increasing. THE MORNING BULLETIN. At @ o'clock Unis morning the following bulletin, signed by the four army surgeons in attendance, was issued: “Gen. Sheridan has had a fatrly good night, coughing but littie aud expectorating without dit Beulty, ‘The pulse indicates satisfactory heurt ac- Uon. The breathing 1s still irregular, ‘The 1m- Provement in the appetite continues.” THE AFTERNOON BULLETIN. The following bulletin, signed by Drs. O’Retlly ‘and Yarrow, was issued at 2 o'clock: “General Sheridan has passed a comfortable morning. He has @ fair pulse, less irregularity of respiration, nd has a growing appetite.” Gen. Sheridan's attendants think that his con- dition to-day 1s more favorable than at any time ‘since last ‘Fhursday. About 3 o'clock Dr. Yarrow left Gen. Sheridan's house, aud Dr. O'Reilly was the only one left with the patient, ‘There was no change in the general's Condition, and everything seemed quiet and fa- orable, +o —____ LAWN TENNIS AT BALTIMORE, Drawings for the Tournament of the 8. L. 'f. A. which Bezins To-morrow, ‘The drawings for the second annual tournament of the Southern Lawn Tennis Association, which ‘will begin to-morrow morning on the grounds at Mount Washington, were maae to-day at the office of the secretary, Mr. Chas. L. McCawley. The re- ‘sult 1s as follows: Singies—Preliminary round— Bye, McCawley; Browne va J. E. Smit White vs, Webrhane; Goodfellow vs. Metcall Davidson vs. LeMoyne; Post va Chilton; Pennington vs. Pope; bye, A. H. Smith, In the second round the first bye will play with the win- ner of Brown vs, J. E. Smith, and the winners in the other games will play in successive order, ‘The winner of the final will Mr. Bonsal for the championship of the S. L. T. A. and the silver pitcher he now holds, which must be won three seasons. The first jag! in the aos is a silver cup, in addition to the cup now held by Bonsal. ‘The second prize 18 to be selected, and the third prize 1s a racket. ‘The drawings tor the doubles are as follows: Preliminary round, Post and McLane vs, Chilton and Goodfellow; Neison and Nicholson vs. Bonsal and Le Moyne; MeCawiey and Pope vs.J. E. Smith and er; Davidson and Metcalf vs. Brown and ‘Steele, In the second round the winners ot the first will play the winners ot the second, and those of the tuird the fourth, The next round will be the final. The first prize 1s a pair of silver bowls to be Won two successive seasons, and 13 now held by Messrs, Bonsal and LeMoyne.’ ‘The second prize 1s Uo be selected, and the third prize is two rackets. With two exceptions ail the players entered for the tournament are either from this city or Balti- more, Messrs. J. E. Sunith aud A. H. Smith have entered the singles from the Wilmington (DeL) Field Club. Mr. J. E. smith has also entered ue doubles with a pariner whose name is not known. Mr. Rowan Stevens, who entered the singles, has decided not to play and has withdrawn his name, ‘Mount Washington, where the wurnament is to be held, is a station on the Northern Central Katl- road about 6 miles from Baltimore. Piay will be- gio to-morrow after Cue arrival of the 10:15 rain Trom Baltimore, Many Of the Washington players: and their friends wiil leave in the morning on the o'clock train from the Baliimore and Potomac depot, which will connect with tae 10:15 train at Baiuumore. A Baby Attacked by Hats, THE LITTLE ONE'S ARM BADLY TORN DURING THE ABSENCE OF 178 MOTHER. Olvin Graves, a colored child six months old, Was left asleep in the third story of No. 522 26th Street Friday morning by its mother, who went out to work. Suortly after persons living in the house heard the child screaming. They were un- able togetin the room, as the door was locked, ‘The mother soon returned and found that the child had been attacked by rats. Its right arm ‘was bitten in several places, two or three pieces of flesh being toro away. Dr. Neale dressed the wounds, and the child 13 jetting along nicely, Joun BagRetr Acguitrép.—To-day in the Crimi- nal Court the case oi John Barrett for destroying private property wus cried, Mr. Shillington prose- cuting, and Mr. A. B, Williams for the defendant. It was in proof that the defendant was engaged in an altereation and fell or struck a glass in a win- dow. Mr. Williams made the point that the law Of May 5, 1! did not contemplate punishment for accidents, but the act must ve with an intent. After a long ‘discussion the court sustained the Point, and & verdict of not gulity was found, a ‘Two CHARGES OF ASSAULT AGAINeT 4 Boy.—Sat- urday Officer Redgrave arrested Kaward jam, seventeen years old, on a charge of Wpdecenlly, adgpulting anctber boy named Josepa Bpeclat offer Morgan tO astist ‘tn, ‘and upos their areival'at the Station an addivional Of assaulting the special officer was placed against him. ‘The boy was reieased on $25 culiateral, To. day in the the Police Court the case was continued until Wednesday. Ra THE THERMOMETER.—The following were thereadings at the Signal Omice to-day? 7's ie lation becomes availabie, The esti- The commission of Henry 8. Davis, an additional EF. 1 street, complained of the |: qo treet residence, and asked that it ‘tree in iront of his Solari’ had nothing to do with it, and that the Empire Ciub was in Possession, and Mr. Solari was not ‘court said that clubs had a right to ong. usual objects of such, Dut ho right to attempt Ti this was a regular bona fide club without any’ purpose to assist ‘Solart the Must acquit, It Was a question of good faith, Af Solari Was Dot connected with the elub Le should be acquitted. A verdict of not found. In the case of Samuel Gi day bar, a plea of guilty was entered. wate acon ‘The Decay ef the Signal Service, The meteorological work of the Signal Omice Degan in 1870, when an appropriation of $15,000 Was made for it. Instead of $15,000 a year, the meteorological work of the Signal Office now costs $900,000, and has cost as much as $1,000,000. In eighteen years, and with such liberal expenditures Of money, this service ought to have increased, not only in the extent of iis operations, as it has | done enormously, but in the character of its Weather predictions. But such luprovement has | L least, not to Lie extent thet It ‘The pubic have found this | Out, and, being more critical than formerly, as they bave a right to be, complain when they sulfer ‘@ failure « peace, but when a war is “on” he becomes a “war correspondent,” and is Ukely to turn up in the Soudan, the Transvaal or the Balkans. But there Was a time when he was not known, He sent ictures to exhibitions, to be sure, and good ones, ut bo Ohe pald any particular attention to them. about them. One day he con- uure of a lady in evasion of the law. ceived an idea, “He painted Diack sitting on a bright red & vivid yellow background. ‘The effect was just a Friends who saw it in process of Production expostuiated with him, and asked ing to do with it. They were ‘When he announced that he Was going to sena it to the exhibition. They labored with bum, put in vain, TI that the critics Would “wipe the with 1, “They can’t do that without mentioning ine,” said Frank, quietly, “and they've never even Jo the exhibition the picture Went. IU Killed everything within 20 feet on eliuer Side of It. You couidn’t uelp looking at it. It sim- ply knocked you down and heid you there, The ¢ritics got into a towering passion over it, They wrote whole columns about it, exhausted the English language In abusing it. They ridiculed the committee that permitted it to be hung. They had squibs and gibes about it, but every time ‘spoke of IU Lhey tnentioned Frank Millet. denly Decaime the best-known artist'in town. Somebody, because of the stir it had made, bougat Ue pictur’ at a good price, and removed it to tue seclusion of his own home.’ bition came off Frank had another picture ready, he Of a very different sort, and very better than others Which had been exhibited be- lore, The critics had much to say about it, and easure the marked improvement” had made, “an evidence,” as they modesuly put it, “of the value of criticism, even though severe, 6 a young Of them never saw that Frank pelled thelr attention by a clever trick, Children’s Dress. ‘From the Leeds Mercury. A sensible note of warning 1s sounded by the Lancet on the subject of children’s dress, Sum- mer has come, and during Warm Weather children are allowed to play and come home from play under very risky conditions of catching chills or “The whole rationale of children’s dress ts that the warmch should be evenly distributed. It 1s at once irrational and unsale to leave the neck, aris, anda part of the chest exposed while the Waruith of Une lower portions of the body Is main tained With winter precautions,” As a matter of common seuse, quite apart trom medical ing, why suould childrea at any part ot U go about with any part of tue body exposed? It canwot be good for children aay moi aduits, Yet in winter children are With their legs bare and red with col parents hugging the delusion that ‘this makes them hardy. “Soin summer; the clothing liguter than in winter, but no part of the body should be neglected, and the Warmer Ube clothing 4s in immediate contact with Ube body, insteud of being worn outside, the beite = toe What he was simply astoun: done that ye ot been made; Ought to have’ been. the ictious to While the percentage of successful indications in 1883. Was 80.1, 1t Was in 1887 only 73%, for the fact that predictions are‘now made tuirty-two hours in advance, instead of twenty- four, as forme: Red Hair and White Horses. ORIGIN OF THE POPULAR SUPERSTITION 48 TO THEIR From American Notes and Queriea, The popular Jest about the necessary contiguity Of red-headed girls and white horses ts by no means modern, though in Its recent revival it has Swept over Lhe CounLTY asa novelty, Some of us Temember that our grandfathers used jocularly to assert 1 to the wondering ears of youth as a well- attested fact, In all likelihood the saying took its origin in the old English game called sometimes the “game of the road,” but more often “ups and 18 sull a favorite among children eat Britain. One ‘When the next exi- arust.” And # majority had simply and traveling salesmen in party takes te “up” side of the sureet or road, the otuer the “down,” Counting one for every ordihary OF a White horse (a piebald count ing 8s white) until a certain buuaber agreed upon Fries Off Une Victory, Dut a red-headed wouan Or a donkey wins the gate at once, Anotuer explanation refers the phrase to a Of Ireland superstition that the sight of a red- headed girl brings Mi-lucs to the beholder Unless he retrace his steps to the starting poiut; but if he meets a Wuile horse at any siage On his buck- Ward progress the spell 18 ipso facto averted. 1n the midiand counties of Enginnd, on the other | and, 10 is lil-luck to meet a Wulte horse witho it spitting at 1. In Wextord an odd cure for whoop- ing cough 18 suggested by current superstitions. ¢ patient trudges along Uhe road until be meets @ plebaid horse, and shouts out to “the rider: “Hello, man on the plebaid horse, what 1s good for ‘the wiooping cough?” and no matter how absurd suggested he will vertaiuly be cured. Ju Scotland Lo dream of a white horse forvells Lue ‘coming of a letter, ‘The prejudice against red hair 1s as wi and deep-rooted us it 1s unaccountable, assigns reddish hair to both Absalom and Judas. ‘Thus Rosalind (complaining of ber husband's var- dines) petushiy exclalms: “His own uair ts of dis ‘and is answered by Celia: ‘Marston, also, “Lever Uougat r for young and old. Personification of the Rainbow. From the Popular Setentific Monthly. ‘The rainbow 1s one of the atmospheric phenom- ena that have been most generally personified. People of almost every part of the world have made of ita living and terrible monster whose most venal offense 1s that of drinking up the ‘waters of springs and ponds, This belief is found among the Burmese, Zulus, Indians of W: ‘Vernitory, ancient Mexicans and Finns, and exists popular fancies of the Siavs and Ger- mans, and some of the French Zulus and whe Karens of Burman i ‘that the Talnbow spreads sickness and death. “The Karens, ‘say to thelr children: “The wh to drink; do not play for fear harm may come to yout” ' Very singularly, Yoo, Une street boys in Volynia run away, crying, “Run, it will drink you up!” In Dahomey, we “Danb,” which insures Greeks hold it to be a bei severe hero; they say that any one who jumps change sex at once; but this saying, Which 18 also current in Alsace, 1s only a picturesque way of indicating the impossipilicy transforming @ man into a woman, ora woman into a man, ‘The Dellans offered cakes to the raln- bow, and the Peruvians put its image on the w: of tiielr temples. ‘considered pearance on the sea a favorable presage: the earth its influence was pernicious id from its view. It was personified by a viper. a ns Wit in Quotation. From the Home Journal. ‘Few forms of wit are more amusing to most per- sons than that which consists of the witty use of quotations, A quotation may be apt, yet not witty; but it is impossible for a witty quotation not to be apt. Nowriter ever succeeded in making use of so many witty quotations as Barham, of ‘Ingolasvy Legends” fame. Hood perhaps comes Sand maby examples can be found to the nerhgso ‘Suita, ‘Theodore Hook, Byron ‘Curran, the brilliant Irish advocate, also wade use Of many witty quotations, good quotations and a knowledge of the instances in Which certain uncommon words or phrases have been used are frequently of much service, Thus, When an advocae was against the use of the word “minstrel,” {ing that before his client, couid be called by that tat es Ss Sues ther, U ‘hep What about Sir Walter Scow’s *Lay ven by an American banker a few cafsago somebody asked, Lord Houghton If be ib anotuer of your Amerie “now, there 1s anot aise’ which make 1t'so dilflcult to unaerstand sembiing color!” “somew nat browner than Juday’.” 4n bis “Insauate Countess,” say: by his red beard he would prove a Judas; bere aim T bought and sold.” But Lenorado de Vinci, it may be noted in pass- ing, paints Judas with black hair in fresco, “The ‘Lost Judgment.” ‘The Horse Minds H Every one has noticed, wile driving, how rarely a horse steps on a stone even when going very rapidly, A writer in Golden Days quotes an oid cavalryman as saying that a horse never steps ou man intentionally. Itis a standing order with cavalry tuat should a man become dismounted, he must lie down and be perfectly still, If he does so the entirecompany will pass over him, and he ‘Will not be injured. A horse notices where be is and ts on the lookout for a firm foundation put his foot on, It 18 an instinct with him, step over a prostrate man. ‘The in- juries cauised by a runaway horse are nearly always inflicted by the animal knocking down, and not by his stepping on them, The Mud Bath of Las Vegas, ‘From the Atlanta Constitution. ‘When it comes to genuine cures Las Vegas can When they see on¢ rainbow has come i but just and over a rainbow Will mixing prairie loam with the hot mineral water. Bose, mouth, eyes and ears are left uncovered, fe bait am bout, after which ‘is dirty coating wi A shower bath of tbe hot water s then @ plunge in a tank of it; after which comes te massage by a hour's siesta—the patient, sheet, in @ room the temperaiure of which is afver this another rubbing. Itrheumatisi survives this treatment long the patieut’s only hope for A “Peeping Tom” From the San Francisco Chronicle, Norman Vickery Was shot in santa Clara Tues- day uight by fourteen-year-old Frank Jenkins. Vickery was found peeping under the curtain into the room where Jenkin's sister was preparing to retire, ‘The ball entered under the left shoulder rofessional; half ap , Wrapped in a Telief lies in suicide, term it must; “Ske nis duck rare. of which ‘AB Orang~wood cape The Will be exhibited in opposition to the Thu bandana. and Montana delegatio Join the excursion at Granger, Wyo., apd the ‘Nevada delegation at Reno, Nev Patrick Ford, in a long letter to the 7) @eciares that Wblican SUCCESS Ww 4 Blaine is doubtful, and insists that Mr. Biaino MUSt be Rominated without regard to hits with @rawal from the candida: ‘The Irish-American and Cleveland Protective Union was organized in New York last night, with Joho Deyoy as president, It ts stated that the Western Union Telegraph Co. alone bandied and transmitted over ils wires Lews growing directly out of the democratic Rational convention in St. Louis last week to The Aggregate amount Of 2,151,7¥1 words, ‘A Baltimore Sun special irom FP" ‘The indications are (hac the Peansy lv ton to Chicago Will be divided Becwern Sl: Abd Gresbat, with a majority for Sb most aristocratic political organization, Tesolution Saturday might recotmending Gresham for the nomination, Mr. Blaine Boous T.C. Crawford’ to the New York Word Mr. Blaine has engaged passage for aimseli aod family to return to the United States on the steamer Trave, of line, to sail rman Lloyd lin from Southampton on the 19h of Bext Jul Passage Momes An Egyptian Baby. Carter Harrisou in the Chicago Mail I watched a child of avout two and a-aif years enjoying a crust of bread. There were about It a swarm of Mies, and I do not exaggerate when i say two oF three dozen were on its face at one Lime, tn Patches as big as half a dollar, about Che eyes and Mouth, It would screw upitseyes when they threatened to goin. 1 thought some must have gone Ito Hts mouth with the bread. It did no nat all ani Tsaw a sleep the street whow cts, 10s ears. seen men Ualkin gether while about their f pparently wi Owners of the faces 1 askea he could stand it. “Mash: bother me,” Was his reply. This bold, and he seems Mies woutd ti foreigner means w He has, too, remarkably p keeps tem keen and sharp ®h 2 Uonal walks over European counvenancrs. It was | probably the knowledy | made these people prou | them off. They found tt to bear the infliction and all the religious and seui-religi and usages of the people of the word probal had thelr origin tn some material benent cow was hard to raise in India. ‘ihe MOSC Recessary—s0 Lhe Wise priesthood made he Sacred, and thus preserved her. Hogs’ flesh was subject to diseases in nd Syria, 80 the bog (ras Made religiously Unclean aud infested with ot thts quality which soe — Killed while Sorting Leucrs, A POSTAL CLERK MURDERED ON A TRAIN. A terrible tragedy occurred late Saturday night, resulting In (he death of Jeremiah G. sinclair | Ossipee, N. H., postal clerk on the Banjcor and Bos. ton nigat run, The detatls are shrouded in mys tery. Sinclair had Just finished piling mali bags in the car, and the mgnal to start had been given. When Ube couductor ordered the train stopped, h Was doue aiter it had tw length of > posta nreuage and must b Temoved, Several persons rusiied ito Un | found Sinclair lying on the bags in a pool of blood. He was placed in an owntbus and carried to th Penobscot Exchange, where he boarded. Ob reac ing the place the mah Was dead, and It 1s supposed that be was dead when placed in the omutvus, ‘The body Was taken to an undertaker Uo be pr red for burial, When it was found Last, Insteud of resuiting froin hemorrhage, deat had resulied | from a wound in the breast made WIth some sharp | instrument,“ appareatiy’ doublendged, cutting | through bis jumper and shirt, and pentraung tt breast Just Deiow the left collar bone Lo Che dept Of four inches. A large artery was severed and death tnust have eusued almost immediately. The only persons known Uo have veen With Sinclair in the car were Postal Clerks 0. G. Selion, of Mass chusetts, and 8. Lyman Hayes, who ted run for years with Sinclair, Uhe iatier having Deeb ou Ue Toad fourteen years, “They have been arrested, ses ‘The Application of 1, From the New York Bobby (visiiing his Aunt Minerva, of whom b 4s very fond)—“Tnere’s a good deal of Vone Ww Us piece of meat, aunty Aunt Minerva (spinsten—“The nearer une bone the sweeter the ‘eat, bovby Bobby—"Is tat What makes you so sweet, aunty.” Slept Through it Al, York Trit There was a vouclilug scene at Bireciona the other day at the birthday reception of the king of Spain, His majesty exercived Une royal prerocae ve of falling fast asleep on Lis uur all the creain Of Lis subjects and Lue repre tives of foreign nats 4 in courtier Wity to kiss his hand. Me was dressed in waite ef, and Sat On his motber's rigit lewd in th artus Of @ very resplendent wurse fu vol t-eubrold= ered crimson-Velvel robes. AL Lue queen's feet suk the little princess of the Asturias, Lue Once baby a Maria Teresa, and aristocratic, military, naval, sc and political—was U ‘sent their ainbassadors, ARREST OF 4 BICYC Henry Long, pastor of Currie, at Tracy, Minn., Was arrested for riding his bicycie on le street, lust Work. ‘This Is tum second arrest of the kind (hat hax teen wade sine ‘the wise men of the Village of Tracy gol Logether and enacted the law prohibiling the riding ot Ui- cycles on the public sireets. see Unpen Maxtiat Law.—Verpianck’s Point, on the Hudson, is wader martial law. A detachinent of Uurty Pinkerton detectives in uniform are sta Uoned there under tue command of a Captain and Ueutenant. ‘The cause of this state of aiTalrs Is labor troubles. The Might is drected against Ro dermond’s brick-yards, see - James Brown Porfex Cuanckp winn Biacn- Marl.—Jawes Brown Potter was arrested in New York last night on a charge of blackmail lar- ceny, preferred by Burnham Kighy, an arcst, Poulér followed his Wile wo Rigby’s ‘studio last RIghL, and after a struggie was arrested on Kez Uy com nd, pray, What do you mean by “rare?” ane. pre vecent piped out from the otber end Of the tabie: “We mean by ‘rare’, my lord, what Dryden meant when be wrote, “oast me quickly egg, and see that it be rare.” ‘Every one Matters himself that he understands the Euglisn language if only he can express his thoughts with tolerable clearness. But tals is a popular error. Lord Houghton should Lave known Pitt the word ‘rare,’ ih Ube sense of underdone, requently used in Elizabethan Literatur: blade, passing through both luogs, and lodged under the right arm. Vickery got « clubbing about a year and a half ago for Steven's room under sliilar circumstances. Vick- ery diea at the infirmary at 5 o'clock This ‘Ab inquest Will be held to-morrow, but Will not ve prosecuted, ay bis act Was justiflable, eeping into Mrs, Robert Bicycutxo iv ENGLaxp.—There were seven start- ers in the 25-mlle bicycle race for the Champion Stakes at Leicester, England, Saturday. ‘Wood of Leicester won by 6 1uches in seventy-nine minutes thirty seconds, Kuapp, an American, was Crocker, also an American, and three others fell in a heap, but none of Ubem were seri- injured. i ‘A fellow-scholar of bis, on ‘The rector, afver a what siuilar manner, “A substantive.” fuse, thought it worth wile to é lilan), “If they bind me ‘be weak and be as another man.” Lockhart’s admirable biography will ber that there are also several other similar ‘of Scott and all of these are character. ‘and illustrative of bis fertility of A istic, ingenious resource. ns, naturally think an 48 Beggs i = | 3 H i i i ? E [ i t tf i i ee 5 , G E i # | i i # i ® i 8 i i i HA ! i i ! oH aH i i i i E i I BF i H f ft | i i E Hy d il i = é {t | f | Fi i £ it i 2 i | if ‘ & Hi i ii H ; i j i z & i Hi 1 i ; ! g FE eg i i iH it 1 a fl os ii ge 8 ! Hi 5 te ha # laint. ‘The artist says Potter ts # Urok down business man, to whow be had given em Ployment as a collector, He clatms that Power embezzied some of Une money ted, Potter alleges Ubat ls wife Inspired the artist to make Uhis charge in order to get hin Out of the Way. ‘The police think that, minus tue tragic Nnale case resembles the roent Haic ‘The parties menuoned are nut tue husvaud. as BALCOM. (On Sunday, June 10, I8SS, at 7.30 o'clock 8, ui, ELIAS EVERITT BALOUM, weed fitiy seven years, ten iuonthis, and wixtecn days at No. 14 4th street sutheast, at 6 fo-day. Interment at Providence, KI. flowers. (New hork Herald plese copy’) BAUMANN. On June 10, SKA, at MAKIA AGNES BAUMANN. iu Alex . Va, at the residence of ber dinwbter, airs. Barbars 3 Maiumer, wy the fifty wixth year of Lot age Notice of burial to-m.trow . CLARK. On Sate %, 1888, DESSIE CONKLING, wate of hark aPupgal from Trinity ¥. “church, Monday, Sune pat 4 o'clock pan. (wi ‘Howanda), Peupsylvania, payers please copy.) GANNON. ELIZABETH AGNPS, beloved dancht-r of Martin and M.ry Ganuon, on Sunday, June 1G, I8sB, o'clock p.m, aged wighiecn jour eit hs and ffteen days. Funeral from her parents’ residence, No. 1910 street hortlwest, Wedpedsay, June 13). at 3 o'clock Pan, Services @t St. Matthew's church and frieuds are reepecifuily iuvited to attend, - HESSLER. On saturday. June , INNS, HENRY HESOLER beloved ecu ot Willlats wud Kyte H-sure, and grandson of Heury and Josephine hoch, iu lus fourteenth year. A precious one from us hes ‘Wulce we loved ix etilled, A place is vacant in uur home Which wever cats be filed Gove bur not torwotien. By Him Avwr. wperal will take place Tueday moraine at oiocs from bis pereuts’ residence, Nor tOt? E Rorthwert."Tumnee to nt. Mary's church, were hick douse wil be aaid for the repose of lu nol. “Fricuds‘ot ihe fanully are respectfully suvited to attend. ‘on Jon» 10, 188K, MARIE EXMA, on y ud Zune buechy, aged Ve mvt ‘The little crib isempty now, ‘The littie clothes laid by, A mother’s bope,s father's Indeath'ycoldermdcth ie” = Mana, | |