Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1888, Page 7

b) THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. NO CLEAN SWEEP. A Significant Debate in the House on Civil-Service Reform. REPRESENTATIVE BROWNE DISCOURAGES THE SCRAMBLE FOR OFFICE—~AGAINST MACHINE POLITICS AND IX FAVOR OF ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT ON TEUE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES. The motion made by Mr. Cummings in the Honse yesterday to strike from the legislative bill the appropriation for the civil-service commission was defeated by a vote of 138 to 25. The motion provoked a very hot discus- sion. Mr. Cummings and Mr. Spinola did their best to destroy the power of the commission. Mr. Cummings said that the civil-service commission was undemocratic. He said he believed it favored certain voters of this coun- try at the expense of other voters, and that if the rules of the civil-service com mis- sion were applied to the members of this House not seven-eighths of the members would ever reach the floor again. [Laughter.} Mr. Spinola said that every democrat the House was in sympathy with Mr. Cummings’ motion, and that three-fourths of the re publi- cans agreed with them. DEMOCRATIC DISSENT. Democrats all over the House hastened to their feet to protest against this broad state- ment, but Mr. Spinola held to it im face of their denials. After considerable discussion on the subject Mr. Browne, of Indiana. had something to say, } = the House wanted to listen to him because they h Harrison. When bis time gave out they ex- tended it, and listened with attention. { REPRESENTATIVE BROWNE'S SIGNIFICANT RBE- | MARKS. He said: “I am not willing by my silence to be classed among those who are in favor of a lieved him to stand very close to Mr. | Estate of A. S. Abell. THE INVENTORY FOOTS UP OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. From the Baltimore Sun, To-day. The inventory of the estate of the late A. 8. Abell, founder of the Sun, will be filed in the orphans’ court of Baltimore county this morn- ing. By Mr. Abell’s will the Sun newspaper and everything thereunto belonging and apper- taining was given and beqneathed absolutely to his three sons, Edwin F., George W., and Walter BR. Abell. The legacies, paid and un- paid. under the will, to relatives, connections, friends, employes, charities. and public insti- tutions, amount to over half a million dollars. The rest, residue, and remainder of his estate was given, devised. and bequeathed to his sons in trust to pay the net income of five-gighths parts thereof to his five daughters, and the re- maining three-eighths parts were devised to his three sons, ‘The total appraised and assessed value of the estate is 95.005 765.13. This amount is made up of $1,936,023.05 bonds, $867,394.48 stocks, 354,253.60 furniture and other articles in resi- deuces, 244.126 personal property in the Sun iron building, $29,660 leasehold property, and $2,156,308 real estate, essences naa A Race War in Tennessee. A BLOODY CONFLICT GROWS OUT OF A LAWSUIT BETWEEN A NEGRO AND A WRITE MAN, A special from Jackson, Tenn., says: A dea- perate fight between negroes and whites took place in one of the districts of that county on Friday last. Will Hicks, a negro, sued Peter Brown for a settlement. While Mary Brown, daughter of defendant. was on the witness stand, | Hicks questioned her ina very insulting manner. When her brother Tom interposed and asked Hicks not to insult his sister. the negro swore he would say what he pleased, and knocked young Brown down with a heavy stick. A general fight then ensued, in which sev- eral negroes were stabbed and blood flowed freely. Peter Brown was knocked senseless with a brick, and is probably fatally wounded. partisan civil service. At the last presidential election there were about 11,000,000 votes cast for one candidate and the other. The plurality of the one ig perhaps 100,000, the democratic candidate tering received five and one-half million votes. I do not believe that that elec- tion resulted in disfranchising the whole demo- cratic party. They are still citizens of the United States, pay their taxes, may be called upon to bear arms in support of the govern- ment, share in its burdens and in its responsi- bilities; and 1 am not one of those, sir, who be- lieves that they may not furnish their propor- tion of spittoon-cleaners, of tloor-wipers, of department messengers, and department clerks, their fair proportion of the machinery by which the government is conducted. If the election has established » priuciple in politics every man who is opposed to the execution of that principle in all fairness has been ostracized by the vote. He ought not to be permitted to participate in the government—I mean in any Official relation to the government—or take t in shaping the policy of the government if one has been indorsed by the election. That | olicy ought to be carried out as a policy that a3 been indorsed by the majority of the Ameri- can people. Butthe man that writes at the clerk's desk, the thousands of women who are employed in the departments, have no more to do with shaping the policy of the admin- istration than the boy who follows the plow in yonder field, than the furnaces, in the shops. have nothing to do w is un n who works about r the mills. They hit, and itis unfair. it ad policy to assume that of the American people, bearing the sibilities and burden of American citizen- ship. shall not be permitted to enjoy some of the emoluments of the «mall offices that m: be i tof the President or of the party hy sir. if. we establish the policy many hall what is the result? Our elec- tions become A MERE SCRAMBLE FOR sSPor It isa mere question as to who shall hold the offices, who shall be the collectors, the post- clerks, American politics degene- scramble for spoils; and then, if there ion to-day in our politi gret to say there is—it is be one-he of it at} In n € "e38. ace we multiply the offices. Wh: . ces to our henchman and | ¥ provide some ¥ positions for brothers-in-law, or our cousins, ased the namber of offices we > increase the emoluments of eisno public nd for either, r increase the y of the serv- sare created for which there is no Why, a number of years ago—I will when it was, but it was since I have | attempting to represent a constituency upon this foor—I have seen TWO DOORKEEPERS KEEYING A SINGLE DOOR, each having a string tied to the knob, each sittin, ir reading a newspaper | and smoking a When a Representative d the door there was a pull of the dhe passed through. and then there mm of the elbow and the door was d each of those men was rec 5 i a month. Why, Mr. Chairman, every- Ledy here knows we could abolish half the sin connection with this House and with remove our friends from those places. lo not dare to do it; we have not the € in conducting the on mess principles, Why employ more persons to doa cer- ai 2 It is because one is | ther is politics. That is the | ot of civil-service reform, | it by thatname. I am in an civil service; I am in} Jeffersonian test: Is the apable? Bat I would not | as to which of the two n belongs, forty-five years old?” ¥ put, SE SUMS UP. of Indiana—I am not defendigg | »machinery. Iam not defend- | the civil-service rules. Iam et American politics above New York politics, machine | olities if you please, and to | nt administered on true busi- | hess prince! ud { indorse everything that resident Cleveland has so well said on this tub lemn everything that he and ty have do rvice law. the republican side.} uming to execute the sughter and applause on CLEAN SWEEP.” Mr. Springer said, to hear the uished gentleman from Indiana commending the civil-service law and giving sosurance (as he ean probably give such assur- rthan any other gentleman on this ase of his being personally and geo- bically so near to the President-elect) that ‘ the incoming administration an effort, at least, will be made to observe the principles civil-service law. We have heard much in the newspapers since the election about the | Jean sweep” that is to take place immediate- on the inauguration of the incoming Presi- deat. INDIANA POLITICS, From this the debate drifted into Indiana | Politics, ond all the old charges of using money in Mr. Browne made some reference to the resignation of District-Attoruey Sellers, } to statement that he had ‘resigned | because of the failure of the grand jury to indict ‘. Dudley on account of the “block of fives” letter. brought Mr. Bynum to his feet. The jean papers, he said, have published everything that was not true as to Indiana dur- ing the last six weeks, and nothing that was true. (Laughter.} The district-attorney had iven charge of this matter to the deputy who bas conducted the investigation before the 1" and who will continue it if permitted, as hehas been nominated as successor to Mr. Sellers. I venture, however, to say that the republican Senate will not confirm his nomina- tion that he may pursue this investigntion, but | dian domi | sons who steal papers t! The negroes sent tothe city Sunday for am- munition. and are armed with shotguns, and swear that they will not be arrested. Officers went from Jackson Sunday to arrest them. Texas Strikers Disorderly. THE GOVERNOR APPEALED TO TO PREVENT BLOOD- SHED IN ERATH COUNTY. Dispatches from Texas say that the miners of the Texas and Pacific coal company in Erath county have been on strike for a month past, and that they are becoming un- raly, On last Friday night some new men were attacked and badly beaten, and there was a constant firing of guns and pistols between the strikers and the new men nearly all night, but no serious casualties are reportéd. The offices and store house of the company were riddied by bullets. The sheriff and posse was gn the af but the force was inadequate to rotect life and property, and the governor bad een appealed to. At last accounts the sheriffs of adjoming counties had been ordered to the scene of the conflict. anda company of state rangers will probably be sent there. Underrating His Intelligence. From the New York Tribune, ‘The typewriter isa verv useful but not always asafe instrument for cx didates for office. as a certain United States Senator who is a candi- date for re-election this winter can testify. Not long ago he wrote a letter to a member slature of his s' . soliciting his support in the ap- contest. and. as is usual, dictated it apher, by whom it was trans- scribed upon a typewriter. Yesterday morn- ing he received the following reply: “Dear Sim: I have received your letter and when you write to me acain vou need not take read writing as well as you can. “Yours respectful: Perils of Style. From Judge. They do things decorously when they can up in Winnipeg. A lord bishop from the Cana- n visited one of tho established church magnates there recently, and was treated with high ceremony, His grace was fast one morning, and the rector’s voming uneasy, instructed her maid-of- all-work as follows: “Go up to his grace’s door, Bridget, and knock gently, 2nd when the bishop answers say # and quietly {ext 2 Ido, *My lo waits.”” » hostess listened and heard Bridget’s clump, clump, irs, Then a brawny bang 's door and the following: gently from inside)—What is it? (loudly from outside)—My God! BC Bridget Come to breakfast! It's a-waitin’! soe Poor Treatment. From Life. Cousin Alice (in Academy of Design)—“I was just admiring your picture, Byzantine. Its theme, color, and treatment are absolutely perfect.” Byzantine Smith (bitterly)—“I don’t think much of its treatment. Look where they've hung it!” Pera sieN SSla eet For the Newspaper Thieving Fiend. From the New York Sporting World. A folded sheet-iron newspaper (imitation). designed for those prowling and dishonest per- delight by all honest newsdealers. The paper contains a rat-trap attachment and a buzz-saw, which is worked by concealed machinery, duly and properly wound up iu the morning. A tramp or dishonest person pouncing on the iron jaws of the rat-trap ciosé over the hand of the thief, and the sew gets in its fine work with maniac, a eee Too Lively for Flies. From the Buriington Free Press. Your mother ever take you hand, Willie?” Willig Bly: There ain't . though, you bet! Mr. Ganretr to Lea s rett left the Miller mansion at Ringwood, N. J., yesterday, and boarded a train for Morristown, where, it ‘is said, she went to inspect a place supposed to be suitable for Mr. Garrett in which to spend the winter. The family bave made preparations to move, and evidently will not stay at Ringwood much longer. Mr. Gar- rett’s condition is unchanged. coed Tue Caase Home.—The will of Hester Ann Chase Kidout, of the colonial family of Chase, who died recently in Annapolis, Md., was ad- mitted to probate in that city yesterday. Among her bequests is the home of her ancestors, in which she died, and the furniture, to establish a home for destitute, aged and infirm women. ‘The house ison Maryland avenue, Annapolis, of ample proportions, with spacious grounds, and was built in 1770 by Judge Chase, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, The institution is to be called the Chase home. eee Tar. Disa Swaxr Caxat Sorp.—The his toric Dismal swamp canal, with all its rights, privileges, franchises, &c., was sold at auction | im Norlolk, Va., yesterday, for $43,000. Peters, receiver of the Exchange national bank, ‘which had @ large claim against the property, was the purchase — ‘see Liesy Patsox.—Mr. Hallowell, an architect, of Washii has been here for some time past making such drawings and specifications of the Libby prison as will enable the workmen to preserve its present supearance aud strue- ture. He has an office in the building, and has made good progress in his work. ‘The removal will be begun early iu the spring. A tall fence has been built on the Dock and Cary street fronts of the old prison, and all who now enter it have to pay an admission fee.—Richmond (Va.) Dispatch. ne “Did that lady buy anything?” asked the {omelet of his new boy, as the lady in question ft the store, apparently in a temper. “She did not, She asked me for an old-gold breastpin, and Iasked her if she took this store for a junk-shop. Then she went out,”—Jevelers? Will reject his name in order to have some other man appointed who wants nothing done im the matter Mr. Steele—Does the gentleman state that is either honest or capable? Mr. Bail Mr. Bynum—Both. Mr. Steele—When did you arrive at that con- ¢lusion? have never questioned his Mr. Bynum—I honesty or ability. e r. Steele—You looks pretty tough citisen? fie oo Mr. Bynum—Mr. Bailey is man of honesty and ability. =" ———-+ee____ __ Stranger—‘I hear this is a great section for fox hunting.” Oak Tree Inn Host—“Yes, siree; parties ee city Rey aes come in grand style, too; been coming og “Is n't there danger that ‘Jou will run oat of foxes?” “Nota bit. We are still the fox begun with.*— Philadelphia Becors i Sticking to Business—Little Boy (at toy- store window)—‘‘Mamma, won't you buy me a top?” Mamma (meditatively)—‘It will soon be too cold to spin tops.” “Well, then, buy me a double-ripper sled and some new skates, and we'll let the top go.”—New York Weekly. A widower married a second time, and his choice was a wealthy lady about fifty years of age. When the bride and bridegroom re- turned home from the wedding the husband, introducing the wife to his children. said: Sag Fao ebildren, kiss this lady’s hand. She the new mother I promised to bring you.” After a look at the new mother, wabrahinenaser ; “Pa, you have been fooled, She ain't new at — Texas Siftis Fresh — wh Deemee ‘What is your name, Waitress—Pearl.” . Second Drummer—‘“Ah! are you the pearl of Waitress "No, Tam the: - ; Lam the pearl before swine, ite from one of the | the trouble to get your letter printed, for I can | | the warlike intentions, | expects to astonish the astronomical FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. The overwhelming victory of the radicals in Servia may cause the abdication of King Mi- lan, as they are opposed to him. Dom Pedro, emperor of Brazil, has been ev- jozing, very good health since he returned urope. Lieut. Wissman, the African explorer, disbe- lieves the story of Stanley's capture on the and os the raes could not Mave en an Dij issman's proposed e: ion for Emin Bes relief will, of course, be post- ned until definite information of the fate of e explorers is received. There are more than twenty Russian princes who are entitled to be styled grand duke. There are five grand dukes Nicholas, three grand dukes Michael and two grand dukes Alexis, Sergius, George, Alexander and Constantine. Lord Wolseley is confined.to his bed at his new residence, the Ranger’s Lodge, Greenwich park, by a sharp attack of fever. The report is revived in London that William Henry Smith, government leader in the house of commons, will soon be elevated to the peer- age. The government is said to be disgusted with his bungling in his present position. Charles A. Dana. editor of the New York Sun, had an audience with the pope at Rome yes- terday. The London Chronicle's Paris correspondent says that Mr. Blaine is freely mentioned as the successor of Mr. McLane, United States minis- ter to France. The Honorable Artillery company of London, the oldest military body in the world, has been disbanded. The Prince of Wales had become discontented with the manner in which the finances of the organization were managedand also with the lack of discipline. The Prince of Wales and others sent in their resignations and forwarded a complaint of the condition of the company to the queen. Her majesty withdrew the company’s warrant, end the effect of her action is to dissolve the company as a military ody. «Monsignor Kirby telegraphs to Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, from Rome, that the story that the pope refused to bless reliquaries sent to him by an Irish priest is an impudent fabrication. A parliamentary election was held in the Col- chester division yesterday to fill the seat made vacant by the death of Mr. Trotter. Mr. Brooks, the conservative candidate, received 2,123 votes, and Mr, Gurdon, Gladstonian, 1,639. In the last election the conservative candidate received 1,996 and the liberal 1,701. -o- Want Indian Territory Opened. INDIANS THEMSELVES SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OPEN- ING IT AT THE BAXTER SPRINGS CONVENTION. The Indian territory convention met at Bax- ter Springs, Kans., yesterday, and passed reso- lutions favoring the immediate opening of the entire Indian territory to white settlers and the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians, Many Indians present came out strongly in favor of allotment of lands, of the individual responsibilitics of citizenship, and the protec- tion of the general government. Ex-Gov. Crit- tenden, of Missouri. was elected permanent chairman of the convention. The sentiment of the convention was in favor of giving the Indians all their lands, if necessary, but to divide them in reveralty, make them citizens of the United States, and to make the Indian territory one of the statesof the union. A demand is made upon the general government to permit all railroads to rup through that ter- ritory. Bombarded by Legitime. THE TOWN OF CAPE HAYTI DESTROYED BY HAYTIAN MEN-OF-WAB. The steamship Saginaw, which arrived in New York yesterday from Hayti, brought news of the bombardment of Cape Hayti on the morning of December 5 by four of Gen. Legi- time’s men-of-war, The vessels’ guns were fired with blank cartridges to give notice of The foreign consuls in the city sent out a petition to the commander of the ect, asking time to get out of the city. They were giveu thirty-six hours to evacuate, The’ people fled to the hills. taking all the pos- sessions they could conveniently carry. They loaded their effects on the backs of mules. Th y of mules being Kimited to § ous prices were paid to con load of the more valuable ealthy residents to a place of safety. after daybreak on the second da rival of the fleet, the Haytian o Shortly atter the ar- cers trained their guns on the town. aud the bombardment commenced, The frail bamboo hovels of the poorcr people went down ‘ike grass, but the stone structures stood the fire weil. Despite the warning they had received to leave the town, many of the residents clung to their hab- itations, ‘In fact it was impossible to remove many of the sick in the city within the time allotted by Leitime. White flags floated over houses in which sick persons were. The Sagi- naw’s passengers say Legitime is losing the ccnfidence of the people —— ew Two Powenrvt AsTRoNomIcAL INSTRUMENTS. rof. John A. Brashear, of Allegheny City, Pa., " world by two telespectroscopes which he has just com- pleted for Prof. Lewis Swift. of the Warner observatory at Rochester, N. Y.. and W. R. | Brooks, of the Smith observatory at Geneva, at do not belong to | features added is for use in observin, them, is an innovation that will be hailed with | drogen flames which extend for great | beyond the sun’s su ‘They are the largest instraments of the ad ever constructed. One of the additional the h iktances On the new instru- e. | ment the position of both observer and spec- | troscope are permanent. | hg | newspaper sets the machinery in motion; the | Certain parts of this ‘instrament are illuminated by a tiny electric t of three-candie power. There is also an attachment for photographing the spectrum of the sun and stars, It was Prof. Brashear who | made the grand apectroscope for the Lick ob- the most discouraging effect ou the klepto- | Augustus Treadwell, amusing himself with | Willie Bly, while waiting for his sister—“Does | Chien W. HL. | to take it down and rebuild it in Chicago so as | servatory in Californi start for Winnemucca, Nev., where on January 1a large gathering of astronomers will ob- serve the total eclipse of the sun. sos Acevstne a Jupol ‘here waa a sensation in the hearing of the Welch bribery case in Chicago yesterday. A. S. Trude, the counsel ch and also for the street railway com- pany, said, in reference to the course of Judge | pail in the case, as follows: ‘Hawes had an interested motive. He wanted to be nominated for governor, and while he was indirectly at work in the grand-jury room upstairs trying to get these men indicted, he was interviewing George R. Davis downstairs, There is no man in town who haunts the newsp2per offices or is a greater bore than Judge Hawes. Why, sir, George Jeffrey, in the times of Charles II, wasn’t more infamous than Judge Hawes, who sent his opinion to the grand jury to influence that jury to indict Weich and others. Think of that, and then he sent six copies of his opin- ion to the newspapers.” Judge Hawes has nothing to say as to Trude’s charges. — soe Yo-night be will Aw Americas Trotrer Asroan.—The bay stallion Milton, by smuggler, bred by David H. Blanchard, sold to Mr. Reading in 1886 for $8,000 after he had made a record of 2:30 at Mystic park, was subsequently sent to Europe, and last year he won a road-wagon race, get- ting a record of 2:25. This summer he trotted several races in Germany. One was a 4-mile heat race in harness which he won, and he was also a winner in two races, three in five, to har- ness, in which he made arecord of 2:20. In his last race, 2:4 miles, to harness, with eigh- teen starters, he gave all a handicap and won, He has the fastest record in Europe, Tur Cumpentaxp Coat Trape.—The ship- ments from the mines of the Cumberland coal region for the week ending Saturday, Decem- ber 15, 1883, were 69,909 tons, and for the year to that date were 3,465,844 tons, an increase of 249,300 tons, as compared with the correspond- ing period of 1887. The shipments to the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad and local points for the week were 53,715 tons, and the year 2,449,- 594 tons, a decrease of 115,406 tons, as com- pared with last year. The shipments to the Chesapeake and Ohio canal for the week were 228 tons, and for the year 289,237 tons, an in- crease of 8,417 tons, as compared with last year. The shipments to the Pennsylvania rail- road for the week were 15,969 tons. and for the year 726,653 tons, an increase of 355,990 tons, as compared with last year, Piomace For aN Ixronwen.—Several stu- dents were expelled from Oberlin college on Saturday for drinking and mbling. The students suspected that Frank Wolcott had ex- posed them to the faculty, and on Sunday night he was enticed into a back street, where masked men captured him and treated him to a dose of tar and feathers, Several arrests of students were made Monday. A big row in college ei been stirred up by the fair. ————_-+e+ —____ Saot Wurtz Reaprxe His Brove.—Frederick Weller, who resides near Somerset, Penn., on t, Sunday evening last, while sitting at his hom reading the Bible, was Bey ithe ack “by ‘rson firing a - ritical condition and ‘will Haas & Saree, 1113 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Call attention to their very large assortment of In Novelties of Table, Toilet, and Library Articles in ‘Sterling Silver. WATCHES. ‘Very superior Gold and Silver Watches tor Gentle- men and Ladies, made especially for us in Geneva, Also, a full line of Waltham Watches. DIAMOND JEWELRY In Necklaces, Bracelets, Pendants, and Rings in grest variety and at popular prices. CLOCKS. BRONZES, AND FANCY GOODS Of our own selecting in London, Paris, and Geneva. Of our own importation in three handsome designs of each, 3,4, and 5 lights, At the lowest the 48-20 ‘prices in market. FOR CASH ON OR BEFORE DELIVERY UNTIL CHRISTMAS. THIS DISCOUNT WILL BE ALLOWED ON EVERY ARTICLE IN THIS ESTABLISIIMENT. YOU KNOW EVERYTHING NECFSSARY FOR FURNISHING HOMES FROM CELLAR TO ROOF, EXCEPTING CROCKERY, HARDWARE AND TINWARE, ARE FOR SALE HERE. FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, CARPETS, AND RUGS OF ALL KINDS AND QUALI- TIES, UPHOLSTERY GOODS AND IN- TERIOR DECORATIONS OF ALL THE NEWEST AND BEST DESIGNS. BEDDING OF VARIOUS KINDS, &c., &o, ALL PRICES MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. W. B. MOSES & SON, CORNER 11TH AND F STs. N. W., ais ‘Washington, 0. C. Tae Coxvspavua Sorven: HOW MANY WHO, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, HARASSED THEIR MINDS WITH THE ALL-ABSORBING QUESTION OF THB HOUR, ARE NOW, AFTER TAKING ADVAN- TAGE OF OUR MOST EQUITABLE CREDIT SYSTEM, REPOSING IN THE HAPPY KNOWLEDGE OF A SPEEDY RBALIZATION OF THEIR LONGING DESIRES! BY MEANS OF OUR GENEROUS OFFER THEY HAVE PURCHASED AT THEIR OWN FIGURES AND UPON THEIR OWN TERMS, ONE A HANDSOME RATTAN ROCKER, AN- OTHER A SILK-PLUSH PARLOR SUITE, MANY A FANCY PARLOR CLOCK, AND STILL MORE AN ELABORATELY FINISHED SIDEBOARD, WITH WHICH TO GLADDEN THE HEARTS AND REVIVE THE DROOP- ING SPIRITS OF THOSE DEAR ONES WHO OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE RISEN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING ONLY TO SUFFER THE BITTER STINGS OF DISAPPOINT- MENT AND ENVY, THERE ARE STILL A FEW WHOM WE WILL BE ONLY TOO GLAD TO WELCOME, EXTENDING TO THEM THE FULL BENE- FITS OF OUR CREDIT SYSTEM AS BE- FORE. AND, IN ADDITION, AT STILL GREATER REDUCTIONS ON THE FOLLOW- ING GOODS, WHICH COMPRISE OUR LINE: ROCKERS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, FANCY ‘TABLES, A COMPLETE LINE OF RUGS, LACE CURTAINS, SIDEBOARDS, HALL- RACKS, WALNUT AND OAK EXTENSION- TABLES, TOILET SETS, AND, IN FACT, EVERYTHING FOUND IN A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE-FURNISHING STORE. ‘THERE ARE BUT A FEW MORE DAYS - IN WHICH TO MAKE PURCHASES, AND WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO CALL AND, AFTER EXAMINING OUR EQUITABLE SYSTEM OF DEALING, CONVINCE THEM- SELVES THAT OURS-IS THE MOST PER- FECT EVER PROPOSED TO THE CONSID- ERATION OF MANKIND, HOUSE & HERRMANN'S CASH AND CREDIT FURNITURE AND CARPET HOUSE, 921 AND 923 SEVENTH STREET X.W. at AND 636 MASS. AVE ¥.W, rt A D. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1888 AUCTIUN SALES. THIS EVENING. : OF BRAD, An SHOW-CASES, D. 4 oltad SB PMREY SETHI, Teserve. ‘ial attention is called to this sale So the naies atd'aleo the trade J. BRAD. ADAMS. FOLEY, Auctioneer. ali-lw, rpuomas DOWLING, Auctioneer, ‘Bouthwest corner 11th st. and Pennsylvania ave. inches, ones thence eect to tae place of bseinate Rh ag Oe A DEAD-LETTER OFFICE SALE. interest at the rate of seven (7) per cent from the Catalogue of Articles accumulated in the Dead-Letter | ¢47 of sale, or all cash, ape peg eS Office to be sold at Auction, by order of the Post- posit of 6100 requir ot the, time of calc. If the master-General at the auction rooms of Thomas | ‘Triistce reserves the right to sell at the risk af the ee Dowling, 11th st. and Pennsylvania ave. faulting p eS TE RE ‘The aale will commence on waisaban PONS ¥ TUSutane ore peccataeorte - leale a or a NO. 1417 SIXTH pec garage We will offerforscie Ww tmee Eh ines TEN A.M. and SEVEN P.M. SATORDAY DECEMBER TREN TS TWO TON. wt mate ie whale MENpenE ot. dwell S17 Gea sts taining 10 ‘Terms: Cash on delivery. Enows day ai8-d&dbe a12-7¢ GEO. B HALL. Superintendent. Ti aawaa SHILA Pa — EDUCATIONAL R: E = = — Se HORTHAND IN SIXTEEN SIMPLE LESSO! WEEKS & 00, Ancts,, 637 Louisiana ave, S'Giisees daily, ‘Tuition by mallu emeeiee sour oe ‘opp. City Post Oflice. send for pamphlet. writing facet free of —— charge, Head . EXTENSIVE, COLLECTION | OF |WEEL-REPT |wo ‘ats TOMERISTN. : UARANTEE TO TEACH ANY ONE TO MAKE . edge ; elegant boliday. . PARLOR gd ORK, SIDE | Wikis NOLDS, May Bullding corner 70h aol E a17-1W" ‘NIVERSITY - TRAINED TEACHERS HAVE Feces acs forming st, 8 per month. Also private | jessons. English branc! meriaces, Mathemintic Day and Evening. TEACHERS, 221 F'st. n.w.d) 5-0" INDERGARTEN AND GRADED SCHOOL, NEAR Massachusetts ave, 1127 13th st n. w.” Miases JLLOCK and NOERR, principals. Fourteen ie at Sauter, SoigT oa shies i isthenics ; rn \ Department. a8-1 1D, BLANKETS, 4 SMYRNA RUGS, ENDID MOQUET, y= ON AND TAPESTRY CAR. TAAND ELEVEN O'CLOC AT EARDALADE HAR Ls FIVE ELEGANT SETS OF ESS 'di9-dide PECIAL AUC’ SALE. ne ei .CEMB! 0, 22, 22, at 2:30 P.. MISSES SEY, SP on Beck On Forfeited Picdges,ai 413-1m* Princhals, (CALISTHENTOS_LINTHT re Miss SKEY'S, 201 Penna, ave,, cor. 2d n.w. 3t a ee er Zi Es U town, on Tucedaya and 5:80, Ba ax fame. Sj address 4 4 D NCANSON BROS, Auctioneers. rams. Sg 1, DORSEY, PAIRS LADIFS' AND CHILDREN'S FINE a BOOTS AND 8HOFS.IN KID, LASTING FOX | AY} BOEES. GATLERS, AND PEBBLE GOAT, BUTTON AND wr rey Bag nd LACE, jor beginners, Instructors—A. G. Heaton. EC. Mes: AT AUCTION. Hi . COMMENCIS ck, we STS ‘will sell within our auction rooms the above well as- MMENT PARLE A PARIS LA BONNE 80- sorted stock of fine shoes, to which we invite atteu- | ( cieve? Prof. H. LARROQUE, AML, of Sorvouns on. Uniy.. Paris, second to noue asa thost DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, a18-2t_ | thorougi native teacher. 903 Ist-bew. dsm sPuom as DOWLING, PROVED PROPERTY ON | I TEVENTH STREET, B D STREET AND SOUTH CAROLINA ‘E SOUTHEAST. 5 agg cate ae yen] ENGLISH reuches aud, Mat desired, Address Mrs. A: W., Star office. di-wkeLm TH PEEKSKILL MILITARY ACADEMY, PEEKS- ‘kill-ou-Hudson, New York. Send tur Cutalogue. JOHN N. TILDEN, M. D. pBY,Tirtusof & decree of the Supreme Court of the | 228-col lt | Doc.27, Foaucis Re Carter vs hacheet Ml Cotter etal” | QT. GEORGE'S HALL FOR BOYS ST, GEORGE'S, | the undersigned trustee wili offer tor sule at publ | Maryland. Ungurpecscd, $200 to 8250 « year. | DEGENBLAEWETieta eek at SAUER? | VV seursgron Gonsimv arom Or Most: SC D Yt dD , 1888, at F 4 N IN CONSERY. r ISIC, FOUR O'CLOCK, lot seveuteen 117) of CN. Ringe | WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY. OF MUSIC. St | Tecomded subdivision of Jute wunbered from seven to | Piano, Ora Votes Viol Flate. Cornet, ke. Free | (7 to 1G), tuelus jomas Young's subdivision : C our of origina} Iot mumbered one (1) in satire ul cod | eenaegee. SSD eer. _ ao ie nine hundred and seventy-one (971), forether ry j A ication = Ee eto army. RG ALS FOR EUMATIO GUNS —Ordnance * ington, December 8, 1 ‘this DEC! tic Dyna = “a By wie. ERED Lae AR Gal ia umat — er ne ‘The Land of the Lily and the Rosa, HAMILTON HOTEL, Open from December until May. For circulars, etc., eddress ADIES WHO REQUIRI OF Lom ee ee oar 7 at N, 1105, 2., bet. Band and 12th sta ne. Ladioe only: Meniedy, 6. ase-det THAS NEVER BEEN CO} D THAT Dr. BROTHERS 1s the oldeet-established edeeeae, ing Ladies’ Physician in, thie iy ce ae od Dr. ' Bi a ‘attention 8, ‘oraingle. Forty _Se-dm® AY Ee RESTORED BY her iwoot Dr. BROTHERS’ Inv: id cure ay case of wervous dett Derve-power. It juy Male or female. 900 Bat.s.w. EAD AND BE WISE—DR BRO’ 906 Re Defore ive aud. tiade cath that be Io the dest Established Expert end wil) enarantee a cure in all of meu @ud iuruish weducine, or Hon aud sdvice tree at any hour ecril sworn, SAMUEL C. MILLS. Notary. Pubic Dies of Columbia, this third day “im? R. MOTT'S Ni Dito ees iLrout, nasal, or skin troul in jortycuxbt hours, Price, 3 : DODD'S NERVINE weuki DENTISTRY. PEAWING, AND, PAINTING—INSTRECTION IN the improvements thereon, consisuing uf | A Pevery branch and for 9! ages, pe pty welling Lotne. | THE NATIONAL ACAD ia OF FINE ALTS, 80d E ‘Yerms: cue-third cash; balance in equal install. | st. Call and see the wouderful progress of students, a wpenesrers, fo owt pe wgedayy tap day of | n2l-¢w* sale, and wecured by adeed of trust on the | SROARTER 3 ~ SRATRING GEESE oF all cash, ut option of purchaser, All conveyaucing | Fq JNPERGARTEN NORMAL TRAINING CLASS, and record:ng at cont of purchaser. A deposit of | AS DERGARTES & > Paneer ‘MOOK, PlOorecuired at tine ct sole. iz the terme of sale | 91% Suderland Pace, south of Dayout Circle be not complied with in teu days the Trustee reserves | _*: wa nha! the right to resell the property ut the risk and cost of fhe déteultng: purchuver upon an adv five days. PHARLES A. ELLIOT. Mz *8 ‘ON SEMINARY, 1100~1104-1116 M STREET AND 1128 11TH STREET. | BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG | LADIES AND LITTLE GIKLS j ‘Thorough instruction tn all branches in accordance With the best modern methods. Cou ious pew | school ouilding, heated iy sceun and having abundant | | sunlight and fresh air. For further iutortstion apply | to the Priucipal, Mrs. BLIZABE7 H J. SOMERS.41-Sun ACADEMY OF ‘THE HOLY CROSS. 1312 MASSA- churetts ave —Thorough Musical Course ou Pisn Pu Technion, Urean, Har), Guitar au Yborcugh bess classes; nlso to vocal. H tat AS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ‘RUSTE! RE : pa ‘XTH AND S'REE RTUWEST, AND ON BELWEEN D AND E' STREETS By virtue of 1S88_ re dail jo. rectal attention given to barony 4i-3m rt of ed 484, bevit, § in K street, ruunt: = | pena CMITHOF FNoLse south 45 fect: theuceim.s <outhwesterly dizection 43 | [J Slanematicn sea tacauaes es chane Neto ject 4 Inches to Nawsachuseite avenue: thence with | ing. @5 per mouth. Civil service end college j guid avenue Dorthwesterly 44 fect: thence Bg moat. o 5:00 “fect to. K street, thence eat 4 Hou, “TEACHER 221 staw. “Sd feet to the - bewinusue : DAINTID AVON AND CHAK. Deo! t coal ILLD. Tern perm Cla: ma. Btudiv, 821 11th ow, Se: | WASHINGTON scHOOL OF FL N A ut of wemives, Lot 75, 0f wae tata 3S oe on N_ AND Gunnell’s eub of squire 405, fronting on 7th We ratory, Od M st uw. Mra. M STE MART. tect 8 inches uy «depth of 120 feet'ton 1b: | ee yce Culture’ aud Natural Pxpressiod alley, with the improvements, consisting of iy ongt RTAMMERING foot paved = fo Thoroughly cured. Kefereuces to patrons. n30-1m ory fraine No. 4227 dey dwelling ) street Routh West, posit of $500 required at known as time of use al im Cael a PENCE! .. C SIN: SOL AE, Cf 7 { lose eat hCG S SNe, Panteet atime ot | GEENCERIAN, BCMENESS CpLLPGE. Con, 77a auciug at purchaser's cost If tering of side are wut | Commodious lulls and ciant-rooms. Superior methods, | couiplied within ten days the property will be resold | Yuli cory sof iustructors. lia well-trajued eredustes are ‘at cost of defaulting purchaser, filling respons.ble busivess and official posticus. arg.atan ROBERT NCTE TS, Trustees, | Day and Licht sessions. “Torgeattendaice UF" yun | -d&d 3 4 en And Women, cours: ‘The business courso, | wa 3 OU! rs ON | Amanuensis course; Practical Englisn; Special Pen: | PS TTERET CELTWEEN ELEC ESTA AND | anslip. Delsarte Couree in Expression. Tuition | weer HEE or T, BEING | fates; by the year, quarter, or monthly installhnenta, | HOUSES NOS. 1112 AND 1114. Putereny time gf sed for Mlastratad circulars, By virtue of « évcree of the Supreme Court of the ee S| HEN . SPENCER, Li A. BRENCER, Vice-Princijal. Di-trict of Columbia, passed in stot John Web- | em ® Mary Webster et al Egy Docket | JMpISS SCHMIT'S KINDERGAKTI: Qo. ZO, I wil offer for sale in: uction, infront | IVE mary Cluss, $01 dd at. now. Converance from of the Pree. AY, DECEMBER | northwestern teacher secompanyiug. AlTIC- | TWENTIETH, 68S, JOCK ¥. the | ULATION aud SPEECH KEADING (augt the Deaf. wen ih ™ B20-Lat aN ee as ee | PIANO LESSONS — MISS CLARA Ha REISON, ed in Squi and eishty-three (O85), fro! . ing feet on F street northeast, in the cit of Washington, and running buck with that width to puilot Wig. Mason, Ny. Kindergarten Syste | the rear Jine of said lot, the same being improved by | fur Dhildren & Specialty. | two two-story frau “houses. we 234 13th et_nw. ne y ety bulk oF as two separate neteon, t» suit purchasers. ‘Terms of sale prescribed by'ssid decree: Que-chird of the purchxse money to be paid in caslt, and the bal- a Y payable with 1 HE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY.—TEE CORCO- rau Scietttitic School opened October 1. Theclasses, ich meet in the eveut « are Opel: w both sexes. For se Geometry a Yroteesor of 31 oO rea >. 7 Rich the'votes of the yurchaser, secured by deed of | trust upon the prem! ld, shall be given. A deposit will be required ane of 850 on each piece of poverty wuld when the &: dof. All taxe * Exoceros, Oratory, Actrxe. ments upon | Lessons in CLASS or PRIVATE In an or more paid out of ths . yperty to be cou- | Of the ubyve strc c MAL: Yeyed upon ratification of sale by the court. Alicon- | JN Col U ND ORY, veyaciiy at purchaser's cost. If terms of sale be not UAW. (hull a blvck eust of City P. 0.0, Wah” coimpled with in seven days from duy of sale, Trustee vel OSua reserves the right to resell the premines at the risk and | and Low to succeed | affords you the opportunity to | Snsived tree of change, aud if without pain by pein-killer applied — luserted, ecluug: ; rut prepared and used on], Tect-niting sets anteed. K R. J. HYATT, DENTIST, Building, cor. ¥th and F sts. erth without pain, with serated sate, pleasant and effectual, _ PROFESSIONAL. meult ber in Love, and 4-4 Di you will be more than satisfied ‘le to merry with best results, Restores lost cs the separated tovether. Removes evil cen, Jalousy. Gives the pervous and dapreaseh & tiet Condition. Tells what you are better fitted iy busiuess, Having Gi tradition, she Lever for ate give 412-20" Wis Yor; Ema Pr. S. GALESKI'S Optical Offices, 925 F st. n.w. by iuberitauce aud ‘satistuction. Glatves adjusted to your eyes as wil be proper to core rect every optical defect, no matter bow seemingly wevere. |, Ulustrated catalogue containing usefu) hints regard- ing the care of tree to any address upon tug the care of our eyes any > iE F. LEWENBERG, M.D. Manager. _ A) RDENNE. THE CELEBRATED PALM- vapt, cab give you your exact panes in full. Toile jusbaud and lover. how to wiu the oue you love. All busivess confden- tial. 1112 Gst. nw. Come and be convinced. d12-Lm* _— CLAY, WONDERFULLY GIFTED CLAIR- Voyant, Astrologer aud Syiritua) Medium, ‘Born Ni re Al ist and Clairvo Chart, ana to her sitters how to hold the aflecuon of hi um, With second sight and veil. Every uidden nigatery te Yealed. hecovers lust or stolen property. Finds den teasures. Gives lucky numbers, Causes speedy Marriages. Brings we} ther. Gives success ip buriness, emoves all tauily troubles and evil in- voiuted by efforts flucuces, Cures sickbess. It dias} Of others, Judge not all alike, a® the Professor can cop- Vinee the nest skeptical. btrungers from other cities ‘Will save Lime and Qisappoituvent by calling on the ouly genuime clairvoyant in Us city, ae be et Where ali owwers tail, and advertises only what he ce stuns, Ue, Lite-rending Uy mail ou - Nawe, jock of uur, dete uf arth, Hours 9 to & Sundays trou 100 8 pau AVE LIFE: All business contdeutiel, Ladies and gen vel SU ceuts each 403 L st, between 4tb and th selé-lew* cost of deiwulting purchaser upou five days’ public notice of such resale in some uewspaper published in Washington, D.C. CHAS, A. ELLIOT, Trustee 406 Sth strest n.w, DUNCANSON BROS. Aucte. asd ‘Terms begin uow. 723 14th at. n. S* SELECT SCHOOL—A PRIMAR’ Hi choc] for both sexes, FPHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, 2. we. SIDWELL, Principal. A BUSINESS UCATION — BOOK-KEEPING Ef Penmanship, Commercial Branches, Type-writing ution ; Lite Scholarship, PrOBTEeR, store’ corner | ¢, 6 WouD" ekcraL st shed 1585, eutirecou- 2 ane tents, conmiating of— Cauned Good ARTANS _ COMMENCIAL COI bul and bottles, My Telemphy and “Type-wetin, aud Spices, eth. W., near Sy. ‘t-Office. ¢ Hixhest ard Business Colfewe iu Aumerica.” ‘splendidly equip- ped. Tbe lurgest end most commodious build) Tie city devoted to business trainite, Catalocues fre Ger Tae Besz. THE CONCORD HARNESS, LUTZ & BRO, 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel, Boree Blankets and Lap Robes in great variety a8 H. INDERCORNS. The oniy sure cure for corns, Stops all En- sures cgudore to the feet. Test Drugeiste Busco BC, Proviei tm, ety on. application, Colored students not. admitted. | PARKER'S GINGER TONIC Tea and Spice Caddies, FhaNdioG. MARTYN, Preadeut GK. UBNEM | Promitecomblnatinet Ginsismelons te superior Elstforn and Counter Scales, ALM.C.E, Principal gel” | tothe eagence of Ginger is the cure of Granite, Colic, Dot 3 le aeeaeae 7 Ni an we he au Sociore uid Shelving, NEW ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR D atrat aud Lune teouldce.” Ue i without delay if jeut Rocks and Block, jou have cy sqatence ctiee, utaias. hen ppode ine oll #: SWITHEN C, SHORTLEDGE'S MEDIA (Pa.)ACADE- | Boe. and $1. whe clean, aud sound aud deserving of the attrition of | MY FOR BOYS sent tree. sels-tjal buyers aud the public generally. Sale positive. us: Casi _div-dta “THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. CONTRACTOR'S SALE OF NINE YOUNG KEN- 1 a UK GOOD WORK HORSES TUCKY MULES, Fo! S6rNEE CEDARS" — A BOARDING AND Da¥ SCHOOL “FOR YOUNG LADIES. REOPENS OCLOBEK 1. sel-Um MISS EAKLE, 1916 35th st_ JA HARVARD GRADUATE DESIRES PUPILS, singly or in small classes. Apply to INE FIN UNG DRIVING SLDic~ WM. H. ‘NAM A.M, N ‘4 ES! y E /ROF. SHELDON'’S DANCING ACADEMY NOW ENGIN, vecewoes. reernyzocars, | ReSSek eer tOahaie tal oe on MONDAY, ‘EMBER TWENTY-FOURTH, | NE! am for circu 1888, comunation tn ELEVEN O'CLOCK A.M., in a Fat. uw. aurs-t front of my sulesrooms, corner Pennsylvania 1ith street venue JOEN CAU aud 110 street northwest, 1 wall sell for 8 well-known D* POND revue eas at 1012 1athet, contractor— te the on jine Kentucky Mules, - fag Younes Driving Horee, Davie wg gon and bide-bet Buggy, FINANCIAL. tock fs in prime condition, all sound, salah wcesecn, gad alae Hiondid opportunity » Burma, ‘eras THOMAS DOWLINO, BANKER AND BROKER, i v-dis Auctioneer. N CA @ an henateleeaed BY NIN: ET, WIT! 5 Orders execu virtue of s decree of te Supreme Court of Senge ted MERRIE ly : a. sei % i a Bed Auer the deen ee en ae eee aut, Ya x UI IN. DECEM TW) l~ terest allowed Hae ee a O tae District of Coli as the part of lots ‘and five (5), im square jueshd. and NO. W. CORSON, . W. MACAR ool Boeinnine at the southwent coruer of sud | *Qenber ROY bloke of O street south nfnety (00) feet: thence orth thirty CORSON & MACARTNEY, Gore aaa eek Meee satiey se | LOVER BUILDING Lato x. w. feet fo the Sbewinning, with the right in com- ‘and Dealers in Government Bonds, Inon of a four-foot alley on the north. Depostta, hihi "Terms of sale; ‘The purchase tobe allcash. | pagDenpelte. 7 Loan Hoe eee See eet eguared at the time the property | on the Exchanges ‘ork, ‘Boston chaser's cont. Ifthe termsof maleare notcomplicd with | “i Bel and sold, within ten digs the Trustee reserves the right to resell, Pplnrestnat securition. Distrigt at the risk of the detaultioe . > UGENE F, ‘Trustee, | *isecican Well Telephone Stock bought and eclady18 DUNCANSON BROS, Aucta, digseevesy X BROS., Auctioneers, NOTARIES PUBLIC. a - See fettid i "25 GRA | Caesinas or vey popapene soaet : INCE. BERL LSAT Yk ae. ncmcotony ON, DPcEMpER TWEN: | toS bmi ial MernsT. a AST FOUR will in trout of the premises, iy Grand National Award of 16,600 francs. QUINA*LAROCHE AN INVIGORATING TONIO, PERUVIAN BARK. IRON, ao [PURE CATALAN WINE. Malaria, indigestion. Fever & gue, Loss of tpl, Bd Hel Ez FOUGERA & OG. for the U. 8. 30 NORTH 2 oe uy. Poor, Foolish Men.