Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1888, Page 7

a ie sey, Ba * wou iol THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1888. UNDER COVER OF NIGHT. TO VISIT NEW YORK. THE PEACE OF EUROPE. The Reckless Work in the Tunnel—Mr. | Gen. Harrison Will Go, but the Time | Emperor Willfam Confident of Preserve Samuel B. Kendall’s Statement. Samuel B. Kendall. one of th. xendall brothers, who was engaged on the brickwork of the tunnel, and whose disclosures led to the present investigation, has been absent from the eity, and his testimony has not been taken by the court of inquiry. He has written out and given to a Stag reporter an interesting statement of his experiences in tix 1 follows: In the capacity of a bricklayer I co:iaenced work in the spring of 1887 at the Howard uni- versity shaft, where I worked about ten weeks. The packing, so far as I could see, was built mostly dry. Very few spaces were left over the key of the arch. I worked in the same year for a few weeks at Champlain avenue shaft west. Lucas was both inspector and foreman. The packing done bere was 90 per cent dry, and many cavities were left over the arch; im fact. very little stonework was ever carried to the roof of excavation. I worked probably ten weeks afterward at Cham- plain “avenue east and Howard uni- Yersity shafts, when the work was sus- pended. ‘owing to luck ‘of | appropriation. was Sey by Sub-contractor Palmer. and commenced work at Champlain avenue shaft June 12, of the present year. The stone- masons had the sidewalls advanced beyond the bi work 200 feet, and Palmer was anxious to have the brickwork caught up. He (Palmer employed three bricklayers to work by day an one at night’ The day bricklayers’ business was to get as many arches to the key op 28 rick- up. ble, while the business of the so! layer who worked at night was to key them Lucas was inspector and Michael McNamara was foreman for the day shift. Thos. O’Brien was foreman and inspector for the night shift. The day force, exclusive of the bricklayers, numbered about twelve laborers, three of whom did packing. The night force consisted of about half as many men. This night gang did some of the SHODDIEST WoRK ever done in the tunnel, It mattered not how many arches the day gang built to the key, or how much packing there was left to be done, the night gang would always complete it. On one occasion the night gang keyed up and eked, or pretended to have done 80, fifty-six Sos of arch in a gle night. Lucas, the day inspector, insisted upon having work done, and Palmer was constantly com- plaining of the small quantity of work done by the day gang. He would inform the men in bantering tones of the large amount of work that the other gangs were doing, and thus in- cite them to greater exertions. The day shift could not do enough to please Palmer. It was impossible to e material into the tunnel rapidly enough to do the amount of work that Palmer required. In order that the men might have more opportunity to hurry the work, the bricklaying force was reduced and I was sent to Rock ereek shaft. I worked at this shaft with another bricklayer by the name of Frank Thompson. There was no necessity for a night gang here as the —— was easily kept up with the brick work. e@ inspector was very indifferent as to how the work should be done. He appeared to be more satisfied with a large quantity of shoddy work than a small — of good work. imer When Sub-contractor Alpe him- self here he would invariably call the inspector aside, converse with him, and then leave. Our working orders came from the government in- spector. Between the inspector and Palmer there seemingly existed an understanding, which was not present or observable in the case of the day inspector at the Champlain ave- nue shaft. One would allow the work to be done inacareless, reckless manner, caring nothing forthe quality of the work, having seemingly nothing at heart excepting the inter- ests of the sub-contractors, the one aim being to push the work for all it was worth, let the consequences be what they might. In this the inspector and Palmer were great friends, while the day inspector at Champlain avenue could not get — with Palmer. They frequently had words about the work. I remained but a few days at Rock creek, when I returned to Champlain avenue. The day shift was not get- ting enough arches tothe key for the night gang to slaughter. They WANTED MORE WORK DONE, so I was sent to assist in getting more arches tothe key. Having worked for about three weeks, it came my turn to work nights. The first night we completed work at 12 o'clock, after working six hours. The work was done ina reckless manner, and many places were left unpacked. At 12 o'clock ‘O'Brien told me to fill up the night's work at pointing. The other hands, excepting two, were laid off. ‘These two were kept to get material ahead for use the next day. 6 other nights were a re- petition of ne except one _ night, when O’Brien not come, Inspec- tor Lucas taking his place, Palmer sent a boss this night, which was the only time the night gang had a foreman other than the inspector. After six weeks of labor I was sent to Howard shaft. The packing at this section was very heavy, being in the neighbor- hood of six feet. juently we were in- structed to build the walls of the arch thicker, and three rings of brick were laid to weer i worked The first day I @ pleasure for him to go to creek. as they were completing about three arches a day, or 42 feet of arch. Palmer de- manded that our gang should complete the same amount of arch, notwithstan the three rings of brick and 6 feet of packing over the arch. Palmer came around several times aday. He knew how the work was Poy on, After working a few days, O’Brien, the tor, was put in charge over the day shift. the night gang being stopped. O’Brien was the only boss we bad; Palmer came every morning and left his orders with him (who seemed to take more interest in the sub-contractors than im the government he Tepresented). | Palmer would come along and if O'Brien was on the scaffold he would call him to one side, and they wouid laugh, talk and amuse each other for hours. Chief Inspector Kirlin, who had been visiting us about once a day, finally made his visits fewer, and we would not see him for two or three days ata stretch. He must have had some idea how things were progressing— that there was NO BOSS OUTSIDE THE INSPECTOR, and yet he left the work to the mercy of Sub- Contractor Palmer and Inspector O’Brien. Consequently the work was done in a reckless manner. Now and then the dry packing was covered up with « few pails of cement and the top of the ches were left unpacked except Has Not Been Fixed. Indianapolis Special to the 8. ¥. World. | _ About the going to New York and the visit of | Viee President-elect M here there is a pretty mystery. I had y @ palpable expla- nation of allthe assertion and counter-assertion up to that poi It came from a reliable source, too. the first place,” said my in- formant, “the World was right in saying point | blank that the general was going to New York, | and his trip was merely postponed. The reason for that postponement is a nice one, but Gen- | eral Harrison doesn’t admit he is going. He | simply is silent, as you know; 80 when, by and | by, he does get ready to go, it will come as a new proposition from him. The truth is, Har- rison is trying to dodge something. When they asked him to New York to “discuss meas- ures” he saw it meant rather a discussion of men. The nasty mess that is brewing in New York he has an eye on. Now, an unpleasant feature of the New York situation is Tom Platt. MR. PLATT ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT. “Ina few days there is to be an election of officers in the United States express company, and Mr. Platt’s re-election to the presidency of | the company is probable. He is on pins to | know what Harrison intends doing with him. He wants to know what to do about the accept- ance of the New York trust. There are certain ositions the law wouldn't let him fill if he Kept that job. An effort has been made in more ways than one to get Gen. Harrison to show his hand in regard to New York, or to give some inkling of what the attitude was to be, but he won't. That isthe reason he stays - | away from New York. He will let some people there wrestle with uncertainties and take their chances. To the proposition to have Mr. Mor- ton come here, bringing some of the big | four with him, Gen. Harrison has given a very cold reception. He wants to see Mr. Mor- ton, and that right badly. and the visit has been under consideration for some time, but he doesn’t want the wranglers to come in Morton's train; he doesn’t want the New York squabbles brought here overland to be forced upon his consideration or fought out in his back parlor. So he defers inviting Mr. Morton, who of course must stay away until he is invited. “Gen, ison’s excuse is that he is having natural gas put in his house, but a better reason would be that he fears having a more combus- tible material brought in until after Mr. Platt has determined what he shall be about the ex- press company. They will have difficult work fetting Gen, Harrison to show his hand to any- He is going to arrange the political quantities to suit himself and in his own time. —— 2 oo———_—_ A HISTORY OF NIAGARA. The Past and Future of the Great Cat- aract. From the New York Tribune. Professor Julius Pohlman, ex-president of the Buffalo society of natural sciences, has made a thorough research into the geological and sci- entific history of Niagara Falls, with special reference to the time occupied by natural changes in the cataract, their nature, effect, and probable future character. He has pre- pared a paper embodying all these points, which will be found interesting reading. Be- low is given an abstract of the report. The Scientific survey of the falls was made in 1842, by Prof. James Hall. the state geol of, New York, knowledge dates from his maps. Prof. Hall then gave the height of the American fall as 167 feet, and of the Horseshoe fall as 158 feet, counting the elevations from the water's edge on October 4, 1842, and he admits that this starting point can from four to twenty feet with the rise and fall of the water below the falls. He gave the width of the American fall as 600 feet and that of the Horseshoe fall a8 1,800 feet. The Lake survey went over the ground again in 1875, and in these thirty-three years the southernmost point of the Horseshoe fall had receded 160 feet, while in the brink of the American fall differences of forty feet were ap- parent. When the American association for the ad- vancement of science met here in 1836 the sec- tion of Seology’ decided to make Niagara the blem of the session. and for that purpose f. Woodward, of Washington, and some of his assistants surveyed the brink of the falis again. They found an average recession for the whole face of the falls of about two and one-half feet per annum, but as the central parts of the curve, where the water is deepest, retreated faster than the edges, the southern- most point of the Horseshoe fall was found to have traveled south about 200 feet since 1875, or about 360 feet since 1842, nearly nine fect every year. In view of such rapid changes it seems hi: bable that the older pictures of the , Which always place the Horseshoe falls considerably nearer than they are to-day, are practically, or at least partially. correct. If the rate of retrocession remains during the next 500 years as it has been for the last forty- five — the inner edge of the Horseshoe fall will have to the east of Goat island. and as the line of deepest water is near the Cana- dian shore all the waters of the river will pass over the Horseshoe fall, obliterating the Amer- ican fall entirely and transforming Goat Island pr pts ago 3 oe smaller islands 4 , Luna, jin, ete., will pear as iittle hilltops. a ee The fall will then, per! torday heosipe the present ent of fifty feet over the rapids will be added to the height of the cataract, minus the number of feet needed to give the necessary current to the river be- low, which at present is fifteen feet to the mile. Considering that even now the Horseshoe fall no longer recedes south but more east than south, which recession will be more easterly Yet in the course of time, it will have to travel about five miles in that direction before the eee gree which now occupies the lower of the face of the fall, is under water, and the retrocession by means of undermining is stopped. For at present the changes that take place are due to the fact that the up- E eighty. feet of the face is formed of a ‘4 limestone, while the lower eighty feet is composed of soft, easily crumbling shale, hich the spray can wash away with ease to uch an extent that the overlying limestones lose their support, break off and tumble down with a corresponding change in the appear- ance of the edge of the falls. Then the changes will be accomplished simply by the eroding power of the water and the falls will remain near the northern end of Grand Island for a practically unlimited time. We thus see that after the falls of to-day have receded, Pethaps three-quarters of a mile, there will only one fall; when that one fall has trav- be higher than that a few bulkhead walls would be built here and there. O’Brien was absent one day and another inspector took his place. ned up in the morning and new inspector when Chief Kirlin would On this particular day he left his orders with Wm. Coates, a packer, o to the ab- nce of O'Brien, his foreman. en Palmer turned in the eveniug he evidently was not pleased with the eas of the work. No arch had been keyed up, as the packing was very h One of the ‘men informed him ‘red in an off-handed manner, saying there would be less hands at work to-morrow and much more work done. Inspector O'Brien re- turned to duty next day, and Palmer’s predic- om that there would more work done was verified, fer, several arches were keyed — that day. Palmer was \y present when sham walls were builtoverthearchea, ‘The work ntinually grew worse and things were car- ried on witha high hand. We had about 200 feet of lining to build some distance west of the shaft. ‘The last day's work on this was rather a singular one. On this day informed the imspector, who was boss, that he wanted us to make a finish of a space 50 or 60 fect in Jength. The packing was heavy, and if it had been done properly it would have taken three days. We reed till 9 o'clock that night to finish this piece of work. O’Brien was present during its completion and Palmer occasionally Visited us to see how it progressed. The spaces over the key of the arch were left unpacked with the exception of a couple of sham walls, After we worked in this way we were laid off for a few days until there was something ahead so that the work could be rushed. 2 afterward worked at Champlain avenue and Hegk ercek. and the work done at both places was about the same as elsewhere. Palmer wanted to puta stone mason to lay brick at one time, batt ob- T 11 I quitted the work, ected. On Septembe: ing disgusted the way it was carried on.” deeds: Se Sces raz Loxe Braycu Cuaxrrav “Suit has been begun by Mra, Hen- of Actor Frank T. against Tayleure in order to have the nulled. Until this is done she asks gciver be appointed to take charge elled east and south four miles more and reaches Grand Island, it will again be divided into an American and a Canadian cataract, this time separated by Grand Island, and, like the falls of to-day, the western branch will carry the largest amount of water, will recede faster and be the lower of the two in height. The hope of finally having the falls at Buffalo must be abandoned, for from that point of Grand Island to the city of Buffalo only rapids can exist on account of the nature of the underly- = which is soft. the retrocession of the falls of Niagara began in what may be called, geographically, the most recent period, the time necessary for it to arrive at ite present site has had a very important upon the question of the age of man on erican continent. As long as it was considered necessary to claim several hundred thousand | years for the age of Ni alone, the age of the human race to computed at Lag og half a million of years; no matter how little such high figures with other discoveries, the rocky gorge of the Niagara always presented an insurmount- able obstacle against any reduction of time. Bat since we have discovered that after all the work of excavation could have been accom- plished in perhaps three thousand years, our computation of the age of the human race has settled down to reasonable to the beds of sand and oldest human implements ¢ age of perhaps ousand to sixty thou- d'ycars, end an claim that all he facta so far collected agree well with the latter figure. ing It with the Aid of His Friends. In his speech opening the German reichstag | to execute his grandfather's precious legacy with reference to social and political legisla tion. He did not indulge the hope that it would be possible to banish from cane. legislation the distress and misery of mankin: It was the daty of the government, however, to alleviate this as far as possible, and b: << institutions to bring about a — ion of the truth that the manifestation of love of one’s neighbor is the duty of the state as a public comment With reference to foreign relations he’ said: foreign powers are “Our relations with Peaceful. My efforts have been unceasing to strengthen this peace. The alliance with Aus- tria and Italy has no other object. To bring, without necessity, the miseries even of a victo- rious war upon Germany would be incompati- ble with my christian faith and my duties to- ward the German le. Actuated thus, I considered it my ‘dudy, ortly after mg acces- sion to the throne, personally to greet not only my allies, but also, and in the first place, the friendly neighboring monarchs, in order to ; seek an understanding with a view to the fulfill- ment of the task that God has set before me of securing to our people the blessings of peace and prosperity, as far as lies in our power. The confidence extended §o me and my policy at all the courts which I have visited tifies the hope that { and my allies and . with God's help, will be ablego preserve the peace of Europe.” When the reichstag settled down to business the budget was presented. It balances at 949,103,907 marks, According to the memo- randa accompanying the naval estimates, sev- eral new war ships will be built. besides those now in course of construction, the additions to comprise four iron-clads, nine smaller armored vessels, seven corvettes, four cruisers, two dis- patch vessels and two torpedo boats. The in- crease in the army expenditures amounts to 7,000,000 marks, mainly for victualing purposes, oe In the Political World. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AND HIS CALLERS—ELEO- bd TION - RETURNS, ETC. Gen. Harrison has set aside the hours from 2 to 4 o'clock of each week day to see callers, so that he may have time left for business and recreation. Every Wednesday evening from8 to 11 o'clock, Gen. and Mrs. Harrison will receive all who may call. Mrs, Harrison will receive her lady friends from 2 to o'clock on each Wednesday. The next election in Virginia will occur on Tuesday after the first Monday in November next. A gbvernor. lieutenant-governor and attorney-general will be elected; also, one-half of the state senators and all‘of the members of the house of delegates. The next legislature will not elect a United States Senator. ‘The official returns of the vote for governor in North Carolina give Fowle, democrat, 13,441 majority over Dockery, republican, ‘The strength of the parties in the legislature will be as follows: In the senate—37 democrats and 13 republicans, In the house—83 democrats, 85 republicans and 2 independents, The official canvass of the vote of Michigan gives Harrison a plurality of 22,966. Total number of votes cast 475,260, an increase of 72,863 over four years ago, divided as follows: Harrison, 236.370; Cleveland, 113.404; Fisk, 20,942; Streeter, 4,542. At @ meeting of citizens in Boston yesterday it was decided to put an independent candi- date for mayor in nomination, and a conven- tion will be called for that purpose. "The South Carolina board of canvassers last evening decided the Elliott-Miller contest in the seventh congressional district in favor of Elliott, democrat, making the delegation from South Carolina solidly democratic. eon Sh oeaticinnsr tS How Does Crow Really Taste ? AN EATER TESTIFIES—OTHER NOVEL ELECTION BETS THAT MUST BE PAID, From the Chicago Tribune, “How did it really taste?” The question was put to Prof, E. L. Morse, the young Harvard man, who paid an election bet by eating a dish of crow in south Chicago Sunday. It was put seriously to the professor es an educated man capable of describing his experience by a gourmet who is not averse to treating his palate toa new sensation when properly recommended. “It has a decided gamy flavor,” said the pro- fessor. ao poms fond of wild meat this will not be a drawback. The flavor, in fact, is not as strong as that of some woodcock or even rail [have eaten. The crow I ate was proba- bly young, as it was tender—nearly as tender as a half-grown grouse. I only speak for one of this age.” “How was it cooked?” “Mine was baked Vs , and served merely with some cress. I disdained to shirk full pay- ment of my wager by a resort to French cook- ing. Besides, when I foundI haditto do, I was really curious to know how the bird tasted. 8o I did not permit it tobe stuffed with spices or disguised by a sauce. I ate crow.” Bie honor bright, can you recommend it?” “That depends,” reflectively answered the professor. ‘You see this bird has so long posed as @ creature of ill-omen, it is blest with So coarse an appetite itself, and tradition and common opinion have so long maligned it, that I couldn't recommend it to one whose palate is much affected by his imagination. But to a man who can sit down to a table oblivious of superstition and ridicule, I should say crow might take its place along with prairie chicken or woodeock on his menu. Ican say for my- self that [should have thought the bird I ate belonged to one of the edible game species, without any suspicion of crow, hadI notknown beforehand what it was. “The crow, then, is not so black as he is painted?” said the’ inquiring epicure, encour- re “By no means, It would not surprise me to see crow take its place some day at Delmonico's or Kinsley’samong the fashionable game dishes, Other birds of its flavor are becoming scarce, except in the wilder parts of the country. The crow, on the other hand, offers tempting facili- ties to market men almost at their doors.” “Well,” philosophized the gourmet as the conversation drew to a close, “stranger things have happened in gastronomy than the one you predict. The jackdaw of Rhéims, in spite of the ban by the priesthood, was once relished by French nobleman. Peacocks and parrots were cooked whole in their plumage in the time of the fastidions Heliogabalus, Nowa- days we have French cooking—more wonderful than anything to which history can point, Ah! there's no telling but what the future may yet do justice to the crow. If we could only get it out of politics, it might not take so long.” wets lecaoen vt sect Pocomoke City’s Misfortune. ALL THE STORES IN TOWN BUT TWO AXD SEV- ERAL RESIDENCES BURNED. Fire in Pocomoke City, Md., yesterday after- noon destroyed Truitt’s drug store, in which it started, an adjoining carriage factory, the post- office, the stores of Townsend & Stevenson, a general store and a confectionery. The next communicated to the large ‘brick block — by H. H. Morrill, boots and shoes; Lloyd, Dryden & Biaine, drug store; E. G. Polk & Co., clothing, boots and shoes; the millinery store of Miss Matheus, general merchandise » Stevens & Matheus’ store; Veasey & Bevine, general mer- Blaine & King, general merchandise; yi & A.B. Davis; millinery store of Mrs. Payne; the brick block of W. M. Dickinson & Son; E.’ Fountain, druggist; another hardware store; th House and the Parker House; the store of Mrs. Schoolfield; residence occupied by M. Steven- son; the residence of Alfred Townsend; resi J. Clark, and a number of ‘other fire was all out, Pec tensa oan He Was Gone. From the Merchant Traveler. yesterday the emperor said he had undertaken Ps Mme. Venturi. She is an , but corresponds with several conti- nent fourmale v3 news] The fate Prof. Richard Proctor left his widow with ho resources, and an effort is being made land to have her and ber children pensioned, in recognition of Mr. Proo- Ateanrioe next Monday, the aniversary of the ‘sun next Mon the ant day the British troops evacuated New York, the American binge run up atthe Bat- tery by, Christ Forbes, a great-grandson of David Van Arsdale, the man who first raised the flag after the departure of the English in A man who was not unknown to forensic fame in Massachusetts when Webster and Choate were the glories of the bar of that com- monwealth stood up before the full bench of the supreme judicial court, in Boston, Wednes- day, and argued with ample power and unim- palred vigor the caso of Prince against the police commissioners. The venerable lawyer was Mr. Bartlett, now nearly ninety years of 2. “Sfion, Andrew Hunter, ono of the oldest and most distinguished lawyers of West Virginia, died at hit idence near Charlestown, yester- day. aged eighty-four years, Sir Richard Webster, the English attorne general, leading counsel for the London Times in its fight with Mr, Parnell, was a noted athlete at Cambridge, and he beat the Oxford men in the one and two mile races, He always knows his case, R. H. Stoddard, the it, is editing the diar: of the late John’ R. Thompson, who was well known as a southern man of letters, In this diary Mr. Thompson relates some interesting lotes of literary London a quarter of a century ago. He speaks of Tennyson as “a uiet, simple man, who smoked @ pipe and ‘ank hot punch with us.” For years after Mr. Thompson's return to America h@ kept the poet supplied with Virginia tobacco, which he pre- ferred to all other, and which he smoked in clay pipes, taking a new pipe for every smoke. EVENING TWINKLES. It is the overworked boiler that causes many accidenta. The man who is forehanded is not neces- sarily a freak. The lantern-jawed man need not necessarily be wicked or light-headed. Asign ed may not be a literary man although he is a man of letters. It is wrong to suppose that “racy journalism” is confined to the sporting papers, Fresno, Cal., packed $1,000,000 worth of raisins this season. That's a crop we raisin’. Mr. Birch is an English sculptor. name- sake has illustrated many « schoolboy with cuts. Probably one reason why the students at Yale believe in free wool is that they hope to get their sheepskins free. Corsets are advertised at fifty cents, and every girlcan have a small waist if she wante it. It will be at a waste of health, however. ‘The statement that an Italian has taken out a patent for making building blocks of corn- corbs fills American inventors with amaize- ment. Duluth people say that that city is growing so rapidly that, sitting down in the suburbs, — e city against the skyline, you can see ago paper wants to see a man on five miles froma balloon. There are sever: men in Washington who could be spared for the experiment. Japt. Small, of Maine, — forty-two Years at sea has not met with a single accident. ‘An insurance company would take Small risk im issuing « policy to him. It is said that the emperor of Germany some- times walks the floor the entire night. Now if it was the Prince of Wales it wouldn’t be so much wonder. He is badly in debt. There are on earth 1,000,000,000 inhabitants. Of these 33,033,083 die every year, 91,854 overy day, 3,730 every hour and 60 every minute, or 1 every second, and yet the undertakers are not PY. ‘ wo Tennessee men went out to fight a duel, one having an ax and the other a scythe, but & stranger came along and suggested a game of re and all shook hands and became good rriends. Under the laws of Canada if you are renting a house and it burns down you are holden to the owner for its full value. [fitis blown down by the wind or carried away by a freshet he must pay you full damages. The gameof hare and hounds has been re- vived at Yale and Princeton. Rather pecu- liarly, this sport, so popular in England, has not been much practiced in this rate Probably it has been knocked out by baseball. Gen. Harrison has been presented with a richly-bound volume containing illustrations of characters taken from Munkaczy’s famous painting, hrist before Pilate.” Perhaps the donor thought this would pilot his way to an Office. A Boston preacher of the transcendental type, preaching last Sunday on “Conscience,” said that every one has an infallible “sense of oughtuess” born in him. What this age needs, how , is more men born with an active “sense of oughtnotness,” Portland, Oreg., must havea delightful climate. The Oregonian says one can take stroll around the city “and see the gardens gay with roses, geraniums, dahlias, fuc! , chr: santhemums of all colors, white, gold, purpl bronze, marigolds, and many other flowers.” The theosophists say of Keely, the motor man, that “his inner self is primordially con- nected, by reason of his direct descent, with that group of Dhyan-Chohans who are called the first-born of ether.” If either of the learned theosophists can translate this Jargon those who have put their money into the “etheric force” would be very glad. Mrs. Anderson, of Portland, Oreg., is the right kind of awoman, She went out shopping the other day, and noticed that a young’ was dogging her steps. Finally he! mai attempt to grab her purse. laid down her bundle, rolled up her sleeves, doubled her fists, and gave the fellow a maul- ing that he will rewember for some time. see. The Land-Purchase Bill. PARNELL WOULD SUPPORT IT IF IT DEALT WITH THE QUESTION OF ARREARS, The debate on the land-purchase bill was re- sumed in the house of commons last night by Mr. Parnell. He declared emphatically that he approved tho bill, but he believed. that it was so designed that, under the present circumstan- n irs. Anderson fire | ces, it would be impossible to put it into effeo- tive operation. He had always held that the creation of a peasant proprietary was the only m of solving the land question. The gov- ernment had not taken up the land question with a view to helping tenants, but at soli- citation of landlords, who, seeing that they could not any longer maintain their ‘ition, wanted to dispose of their property at inflated prices. [“Hear! He: measure showed an entire absence of consideration for the na- tional sentiment. If the government meant well to tenants by the bill, he implored them to insert suitable provisions dealing with tenant’s greatest difficulty. lolph Churehill said the assertion that the was introduced to enable lundlords to sell at inflated prices would not bear exami- nation. The Parnellites knew that inflation did not exist in Ireland, but very much the re- verse. Lord Randolph, wt said he trusted that after the recent es of the re the woul bring up the bat 5 parece early in the future. of tn bi Lpassed the second reading by 8 vote st SEEe t : ; i al ; i lf E, el F i FRE! i i i 5 Be i Fit Bi Hi a i A STUDENT’S VENTURE AT CARDS. He Won $45,000, Had Brain Fever, and Gave the Money to Charity. ; man way one e' to visit one of the fenrerecei os arcane: wes rostag introduced ‘he selected what he =. e be! wi posed was the most establishment n the street. He entered the room, seated himself at one of the tables, and contented himself = simply watching others play. No one m b hada fair t into the game. As soon as he manifested a desire to play, cards were brought, and his opponent allowe: him to win the first game, doubtless for the ip heag of leading him on and inducing him * Pl “a for larger stakes. The second game was played with a little more spirit and he soo! won again. The next bout was enlivened by a strenuous effort of his opponent to win, but that like its jecessors, was destined for the hero of the evening. The first stake of @5 had been doubled at each new game, and the young student began to warm up to his work. Game after game was played in rapid suc- quickly accumu- cession, and the student Notwithstanding the lated a’ small fortune. shrewd manipulations of his opponent, the student never losta game. Other men came along and tried their hand against the young player, but they all met the same fate ae the rst player, and soon left the table completel broken in purse and spirit. As the hours roll by the interest in the young st intense. Games were stopped at r became tables ex- cepting his, and all eyes were fixed uj the man who had vanquished some of the best players of the house, The stakes now ran into the thousands and still the student won. Ten thousand bets were quickly followed by twenties, twenties doubled themselves up into forties, and still the student won. His luck never deserted him, and when he left the paties house instead of $15 he carried in is pockets $45,000, The following morning the student was un- able to leave his bed. His — summoned theft physician, who insisted that the youn man was threatened with a severe attack o! brain fever. To make matters worse the Re tient persisted in telling the doctor about his adventure. The physician then declared that the young man was insane, and so informed his a who were naturally frantic with iris . Later in the day an intimate friend of the family called and was ushered into the pa- tient’s presence in order to test the insanity | theory which the physician had advanced in the morning. The student told his friend the whole story of his night's experience. He graphically described how he went into the gambling house with but a few dollars in his pocket and came out with a moderate fortune. “Now,” he said, as he reached the end of his narrative, ‘the doctor says I am insane; I am not. To prove to you that I know whatI am talking about, I will tell you where to find the mone, And sure enough the a (€45.000) was found where it had been secrete: the night before. After his friend had brgught the pile of greenbacks to the sick man’s bed- side the family were let into the secret, anda more thoroughly astonished household perhaps never gathered under one roof. As soonas the excitement had in a measure subsided the young man said that the ion of the money for one night had been the cause of his fever. He declared that the dollars were not his, and as he did not know to whom they righfully belonged, he gave them to a charita- ble institution. As incredible as this story may appear, every word of it is true, and it hap- pened in Philadelphia during ‘the reign of or William B, Smith, . FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. Copenhagen was brilliantly illuminated last night in honor of the princess of Wales, who, with her daughters, departed for England. ‘The queen of Italy has commanded that the rooms occupied by the German emperor at the quirinal shall remain in exactly the state in which he left them. Gen. Viale, minister of war, stated in the Italian chamber of a that arrangements had been completed for mobilizing the army in the event that it became necessary. ‘The Abbe Crozes, for many years chaplain of the prison of La Roquette, Paris, and the tendant of over fifty-one murderers at the guil- lotine, has just died at an advanced age. A conference of influential Australians and Canadians in London have approved a project for laying a cable from Vancouver to Australia, to touch at Hawaii, Fanning Island, Samoa, Fijii and New Zealand. De Lauessan, in the French chamber of deputies, moved a reduction of the Tonquin army estimates by 1.000,000 francs, M. Floquet intimated that the government would consider an adverse vote as a declaration of a want of confidence. M. De Lanessan withdrew the motion. A novel law point came up before Mr. Jus- tice Butt in the application of a woman to have her marriage with her deceased sister's hus- band declared void. Such marriage is con- trary to the law of England, but Justice Butt surprised the counsel with the opinion that for one of the parties to ask relief from it was in- admissible. In the New South Wales assembly the premier yesterday moved an address to the queen, which was adopted, advising that the office of governor of the colony henceforth be confined to aclass of public men who can be called to assist in the government of the empire, and that the colonial governments be informed of ge ares nominations, e fig harvest this year has been good. The whole crop that practically supplies Euro and America anda great part of Asia is gath- ered from a very limited acreage. The aver- age yield is about 25,000,000 pounds. The fig gardens lie along the valley of the Meander, especially round the ruins of Ephesus. The gathering employs all the population of the neighboring villages, and the subsequent pro- cesses of drying, ent and packing give employment to all creeds and nationalities, Turks and Christians work together side by side, The well-known brand, ‘“Eleme,” means “selected.” Another land to close its doors against Chi- nese immigration is Eastern Siberia. The gov- ernment of the Russian provinces of the Amoor has iyroge 4 restrict the entry of Chinese with tl statement: “The Manchu- rians form an element which is dangerous to the interests of our Russian colonists, as by — Rape lena he sre hare mers and ‘ugality, competition of any fore; 8} tem var pole ary ets is prevented. Tis proposes vy a capitation and income tax “Coreans in “ey nd ape =} Asiatics to the lageet and to i vil of ee creas Ruasian subjects only if they Russians, The appointment of housekeeper at Windsor le, which has become vacant through the 1 Cask of Orockery ana NODosen Fancy Gas Globes. ia ae ee Sor of agentieman who is PENNSYLVANIA AVE, AT ELEVEN A M AND THREE P.M DOWLING, Auctioneer. ING, SIRED Bi PURDY, qr Getkaait ACTH Neen VE M..in front of my salesrooms, 1 wi sorrel fay oy SS aud Sino, at SA ne aide-bar 180, oue NG, UNCAN' TRU 0) SON BROB., Auctioneers, PELE SL PSMERE RIOR COUP! sn Piber “Roe 13800 fase Tite Sear gue ot records of the District of Colum! of the i frobtof streets, on SEEUURIE, DAY OF NOVEMBER A. at ELEVEN 0% KAM the stove’ Jette and mentioned tached to said trust. _nal-st WILLIAM W. BULLEN, Trustee. Dia. and at the thereby, 1 will well at lie ‘wuc- SATURDAY,THE ye Horse, im schedule “A” at- led uest th vEN- D. 1888, QFrce, OF WASHINGTON DANENHOWER, ‘Real Estate aud Insurance Broker, 1115 F Street Northwest, PEREMPTORY SALE OF SEVER VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS ON MASS ACHUBE VE- RSE BETWEEN 1ST AND 2D 8: Ts N EAST. On FRIDAY, the THIRTIETH DAY OF NOVEM. = AT THE iil anh ih aa sate AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. WWAUTEE B WILLIAMS & 00, auctioncers | | (TVHOMAS DOWLING, anctionser. AT MY NEW ART SALESROOMS, 11TH ST. AD TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY- SEVEN, TWENTY-EIGHT, 1888, SaLB POUR OOLOGk EM at tke aa PER, 1888 at’ HALE-PAST FOUR O'CLOOK P. n22-dts Pill ofter for sale in front of the premises, lots uum: | —" dered forty-seven (47), eight (48), forty-nine | (VHANCERY 8A (48), Sfty (SO), htty-one (51), Atty two (52), and Atty THAME HOUSE, Nix three (53), in numbered ‘seven SECOND 81, EST. twenty-three (723), fronting 140 feet by average | By virtue of « of the Supreme ‘of 110 feet, to a 14-foot alley. District of “Col in ‘erie at of sale. A deposit of | 10331, the sielisees Se, Senbaet chavo | eet rat oe ebaser. Terius to be co! wi 5 Say ot sale or property ‘will be resuld at tisk of de- fork clock. R¢ vu ure! rr. Square 3 WASHINGTON DANENHOWER, Agent for Owner. | fronting 2° feet street THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, ees aaaee | eat of to a wide alley. eee two-story Frame being the property VW ALTER B. WILLIAMS & 00,, Auctioneers, ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF STOCK OF GROCERIES, AT AUCTION, Rirasel colt: Cush, on, shaption of o e: i third cash, one-third at COUNTERS, SHELVING, &c., AT - ot GES ne Se aaNet ova ogg eet F ipo, 0 contents ofa | Bot cpeied ith ep roses Four-and. if street southwost, the contents of sai Sgro begs ana ila se Sotea of | SE cmd tig purdhaeer _Bzsat ‘Amigince preemie) > — 1HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. nl7-dte ot ths Ponth abd one taind CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE REAL RSTATE cipgnopgpedbanensag, ——“ehemantargeematced BEING HOUSE NUMBER 10 MASSACHUSETTS | vaLUABLE D AVENUE NOKTHWEST, AND UNIMPROVED | VALUABLE STRENT Drie LOT IN ¥ IN SQUARE 566. STREETS NORTHWI By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the | On “WEDNESDAY. ROWE District of Columbia, passed in Equity Cause, No. | BIG! AT HALF-PasT 71059, 0" et O'Leary et al, I shall’ offer | I shall sell in front of the lot yublic at of eens oD | square nurabered 3 ae Tati at HALE BAST POUR Pow the fal wing | poved ‘oy os tuesecy on bantioet pen a 5 M., the folio a estate, situated in the City of Ws . ip the ay with window, cont District of Columbis, and known as all of lot thirty- | and bath-room with me four (34) and part of lot thirty-five (35), in the sub-di- | the rear, being No. 1227. Vision of squere 626; said part of lot being described ‘This pro; is located, a8 follows, jug for sine at the northeast corner | location, possesses advantages to those in of lot 34 and running thence east @ inches, thence | of iret-clame Test ¥ south $8.00 fect: thence wes 0 ihehes and thence | “Terms of sale: One half cash porth ~~ oa —~ Ao cust ~ 3) ye 4 to, a pie notes rrr beginning, Jot and part of lot proved | Secu ‘8 deed of trust on bya two-story brick dwelling house, No. 10, Masse- | at the option of purchases #2 chusetts avenue northwest. ALz0, ON THE SAME DAY, AT QUARTHR TO FIVE P. M., the east 23. ll 55: 552 square feet. This lot ironts on & 20-fovt alley, in the square boi by F, G, 2d, and 3d streets | TRUSTERS' SALE OF VALUA! northwest, NEAR LE DROIT Py 0! FOCRTE tes Saree tenia Prescribed by the are: One- BETWEEN RK AND BOUNDARY. thi of the purchase mi ¥ in cash, and balance ‘Under and by virtue of a certain ope kee in one and two years, with interest at 6 per cent per | ing dateon the 2d ‘second) day of September, AD. ann to besecured by deed of on property and duly recorded in the 202, © et sold. A deposit of $100 on each piece of property | 8eq., one of the iand records of 0 _ will be required at time of sale. conveyanc st | bia, aud at the request of the party sb Purchaser's cost. If the terms of sale are not complied | we, the w trustees, EDN with in ten days the trustee reserves the rieht to I E) at purchasers’ risk, NEAL T. MURRAY, Pi O n2z-dkds TN feet of lot '15, in square ‘con Alle yanci: aie pocmas DOWLING, taining in ‘tioneer. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. a KNABE. ‘ANO, RARE OLD PY OF wal FURNITURE MADE EY RIne TATE 4 EBKATED MAKER OF THIS CITY: FRANE PIER MIRROR, WITH SLAB HACKET, WALNU" iP SUITE, FINE OLD OIL PAINTINGS. TWO 0! SENATE CHAL EABY CHAIRS. SUITE, PEDESTA! NZE_ MANTI WITH CLOCK ORNAMENTS, CHECKER 1. WALNUT MARBLE-TOP WINE CASE. NUT DINING TABLE, WALNUT MARI SIDEBUAKD, WALNUT BOOKCASE AN x N purel CURTAINS, SINGLE AND DOUBLE CHARLES W. RICH, ROBES, WALNUT SARBLE-TOE SUL n15-dkds MASON N. HICHARDSON, = Trusteos, ‘ 4 a BN ST 8" - FRO nee eh OLSTEE FIRST STREETS SOUTHEAST. FRIGERATORS, FILTER, KIT ITES, &e. Re md ON MONDAY, “" "aT AUCTION. NOVI S35 Tog at TER O'CLOCR comm a °C} . Lee, Non'G0 Fatreet northwest, I will sel reserve as partially mentioned al major portion of which being made by Kirby, whose bd heeds ‘work has always been considered of the best ways E THOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer. virt of < pubiie’s ction i rt of vublic ‘at resi without ‘the TRUSTEES’ SALE DWELLI WEST, By virt city, D.C. ‘Reria of sale: One third cash egual payments in six (6). twelve (1) months, beari: fer sua, Sich depos at purchaser's cost; terms of with in teu day ‘n9-e0 tr-THE AY, NOVEM piase ‘at HALF- n22-d&ds OF A TWO-STORY iG, No. 1824 E STREET . duly recondod hi juest of cauction, ip trout Pisce or in H. A. Koby improvements thereon, in + balance (a2) and int pay t at time of sale; all convey: at tiine of sale; all conveyatcis MAHLON ASHFORD) JAMES H. SMITH § Al SALE IS POSTPONED MBER Tw EYSIRTH, 38 AST FOUR O'CLOCK MAHLON ASHFORD, TAs HL SMirH. JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. Poses FEET OF GRO! Te death of Mrs. Henderson, is one of the best | br b for ree for there is not o1 an juate the housekeeper has excellen’ aot the castle, valuable perquisites and numerous privileges. When. indsor a matter of course. sia gave the h lish queen's gite its in Emperor Nicholas of 000. To the Rereonages,, Visit | Sauydkde OF SEVEN LARGE BI NING ABOUT AN] A’ bearing date in Liber No. land records of the 8. sn square numbered ‘Trustees, BRICK NOKTE- ure ‘&ec.. at ‘haser's cost. TEX B WILLIAMS & ©O. Aneta, the PROFESSIONAL. = ae ARDENNE, THE CELEBRATED P; rs subdi- oyant, cae give you itera thelr in three eighteen terest at the rate of 6 per cent able semi-annually, and secured w sold, or all cash at purchaser’ rs DIN‘ AND ‘STREET UND. SETUATED CORNER THI D STR BLOCH ,PURE CATA = span wee te td get te er the T.8, N.Y.