Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1889, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. NOBLE CANDY MAKER. How a Disgraced German Count is Making a Rapid Fortune. Berlin Letter to the New York Tribune. Few names are read oftener on the shop windows of Berlin than the aristocratic one of Carl Maria yon Donan. In the passage, along the Linden, on the Friedrichstrasse, it stands out with the nobiliary particle in bright-red letters, which cannotescapesthe eyes of the passer-by. Below it, in each case, are the words “candy and caramels,” which are now the favori stmeats of the young ladies of Berlin. Car! 4 von Donan, their manu- facturer, contrary to the family, has entered upon the mercantile career with a history which isa strange mixture of brilliancy, downfall and ultimate success, Ten years ago the youngnoblemen, a cadet of one ofthe most potent and distinguished hous: eo aw in the empire, was an officer of the guards in university city of Breslan. Like most of his kind, he lived a fast life, and contracted for which there was but one solnti hy bride. © ma the hand: bank ac The hearts of many fair maidens at faster by the attentions of me nobleman, but when the father’s mmts were examined, before making the fi offer, th were found too small, and the courtesies c . Despair and the threats of exaeting creditors drove him to the daug terofa wealthy Hebrew. Large sums were promised by the old banker, the height of n of his daughter ynt house. Visions t court, and possible appoint- the debts of his prospective son-in-law de- creased, The engagement was published, pr parations were made for the wedding. But | von Donau was selling himself. He made no secret of the fact to his companions, who con- nually chaffed him with his engagement to a ewess, and it irritated him. morning he sat im his room to answer the letter of a friend who had begged him to | | dence, he re ance the girl. He was not a brave man woman he alling her disgraceful and cutting names, and declaring that dire neces- | alone forced him to take a wife so dis- At same time he wrote a billet-doux to his and cheer, and longing for the approach of t nuptial day. But fate dealt rightly with his »pes were interchanged, eived the declaration of love, while the bride read the words which de- nounced her. With tearfal eyes and heavy heart she handed the letter to her old_ father, who determined to prosecute his intended son- The letter was read to his commander and bis vil and entre iny was exposed. Explanations 8 were in vain. He was dismissed onduct unbecoming an offi- ment was broken. bt, out of employment, his rruin seemed imminent. But, as an ama- . he had gained a reputation for making iy which pleased the di determine ring his talent to d opened a little shop in Breslau. me attracted buyers. Parvenues ion of having a nobleman as ner, and his trade increased. He shop and soon established other cities. Success attended His factory was removed to Be fortune assured. He is long since debt and almost as wealthy as the man who publisued his perfidy to the world. utte their ¢ enl branches ever, his in venture. nd his puncing Powderly. DENNY SAYS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CONTROLLED ORDER. ecial to the Philadelphia Times Fx-General Organizer A. G. Denny, dent James Campbell, of the Window- association, others, all members of the Knights of Labor, had a pro- longed dis nounced Powderly for allowing ch to become said that i he Catholic the dictator of the order, ho got Cardinal Gib- 0 salary at Richmond and Indianapo- but this was denied by President Campbell, he knew that Powderly did not want 1,500, and that the present oreed upon him. ting. of which so much has did not take place to-night, da, owing to the refusal of District Master Wor been expect: man Doyle to allow the use of the Knights o or’s hall for this purpose. Barry presented If at the hall about 7:30 o’clock, and as he Barry says some this week at ‘some inthe ¢ It is rumored that Powderly wired Doyle to prevent the meeting, but the latter denies this, soe Making Money Fly. HOW WEALTHY YOUNG NEW YORKERS GET RID OF THEIR CASH. New York Correspondence Philadelphia Press, hed Doyle locked the door. tim speak The amount of money which young men | fied her, but did not recover a dolls spend in New York at times without creating ripple of talk is astonishing. I never get ac- customed to it. town to whom money is a commodity of no more importance than mud. In Delmonico’s, looked four years his own junior— ata table drinking absinthe and smoking cigar- ette: He was dressed in the prevailing mode. His father isone of the many millionaires of the town. and the boy had just got back from a shooting trip in Virginia. Yidn't kill a bird,” he said, petulantly. “Whole trip a dead failure. Took two dogs with me, and one was run over by a train and the other fell ill from eating poison weeds. Probably die. The brace of pups cost me 1,200 in England last year. Then I came back to town.” “What are you going to do next?” I asked. Nothing.” said the youth, _gioomily. “Simply waiting here until I get a check from the gow'ner. Pulled his leg this morning. but it is all gone.” He took « small check book out of his pocket and turned the leaves reminiscently. Then aned over and showed me four checks which he had drawn during the morning. They were as follows: “What do you think of that?” he asked piti- | fally. “Only got throug: thonsand fr had ny © to buy food with when I orning’s work, I got a he gi nor,and if I hadn't ulated things with the utmost nicety I'd have had to have gone without a $2_ luncheon. There was nothing grotesque to him about the checks, and he could not understand the amusing features of the check-book list as viewed from a business man’s standpoint, Nine hundred and ninety-eight dollars for harness, sapphire ring and ladies’ gloves is a sort of a thing that would make an ordinary house- holder start. Before he left the restaurant a messenger boy came in and thrust an envelope in his hands. The millionnaire’s son took out th letter, read it with a br grin, and then tossed it over tome. A cheek for four figures was enclosed. along with a slij which was written with a blue pencil, in a cramped, paternal hand: “You'll be dead before I am at the rate you're now living, thank God! Take your maother a bucket of flowers and be home in time for dinner. Check enclosed.” - —— — A Boston Deadlock. STRUGGLE FOR PRECEDENCE IN BoTH BRANCHES traditions of his | Hof Banquier, rose before him, and | ee, filled with words of endearment, yt 23 | be p of paper, on | { , I don't believe that any man | ¢, who works for his living can. There are liter- | b i nds of youngsters floating about | came dejecte | | him of its value. | she would expect in the way of compensation theught he could raise as much as alates of his fair | f | ro SWINDLED BY A GYPSY QUEEN. How a Citizen of Roanoke County, Va., Parted with $10,000. There died last Wednesday, near Salem, Va., Mr. David E. Trout, a well-known and once a well-to-do farmer of Roanoke county, a brother of Hon. Henry 8, Trout, who represented that district in the senate of Virginia from 1882 to 1°96. Mr. Trout owned one of the best farms in the county, lying about midway between Salem and the city of Roanoke, immediately on the Norfolk and Western railroad. Though somewhat reserved and quiet in his manners he was « popufar man and one in whom every one had confidence, the best evidence of which is that he had been elected one of the super- visors of the county during several successive terms, and was chairman of the at the time of his death. He was regular and tem- perate in his habits, a strict church member, and was looked upon as a prudent, industrious and thrifty man, supposed not only to be out of debt, but to have money laid up. In 1877 a gang of strolling gypsies came into Mis neigh- borhood and made an encampment about a mile from his house, and while the men spent their time going around swapping horses, the women occupied themselves in fortune-telling. Matilda T. Worton, the gypsy queen, was one of the gang, though it was not known at the time. ‘MR. TROUT'S SILVER MINE. Three years afterwards, on the 6th day of April,1880,D.E. Trout appeared before one of the courts in Brooklyn, accompanied by Detective John Wren, of Richmond, and the mayor of Newark, N. J., to identify Matilda T. Worton, (who was then confined in the Brooklyn jail on acharge of swindling one William Jessup, of Princeton, Ind., out of $2,250), and who was charged by David E. Trout with swindling him out of $10,000 in greenbacks in the year 1877. Mr. Trout swore positively as to her identity, and proceeded to state that in the year 1877, while the gypsies were encamped near his resi- sived through the post-office at Salem a note or letter signed M. T. Worton, in- forming him that she had discovered on his farm, very near bis house, a silver mine. worth t least a million dollars, and appointing a time | and place where she would meet him and give him further particulars. The meeting was held according to appointment, and she pro- ceeded to give hima further account of this silver mine, which at some former and perhaps remote date had been worked by two Indian chiefs, named Curry and Eash, who died, leav- ing the secret of the existence and value of the mine, aud which she was willing to communi- cate tohim. He PROMISED TO GIVE HER ONE-HALF if she would take him to the place and satisfy To this she replied that all was to have $12,000 in bank-notes that she could see and handle. When he told her that he did not have that much money by him, but 10,000 in a ew days, she said that would be sufficient, and he immediately made a note which, being well indorsed, was discounted by one of the banks in Lynchburg; and a few days afterward he and the gypsy woman met at his own house, where he exhibited the package of bank-notes, which she took into her hands, examined and counted carefully, and returned to him after making various incantations and prayers over it. This was repeated on s rent oc- easions, on the last of which she said to him that everything was working right; that the charm was almost ready to be broken, and that by the naxt time they met THE SPELL WOULD BE BROKEN, and she would be prepared to conduct him to the silver mine, but she must have the pack- age of bank-notes in her hand again. At the time appointed they met at his house in a room where there was a large family Bible on a table and the package of bank notes was presented and placed in the gypsy’s hands, when, after praying over it and getting Mr. Trout to pray over it, she said that everything was right, but he must make a solemn oath on the Bible | that he would not open the package for three satter she left the house, when he could pen it and he would find a paper indicating the precise spot where the silver mine was. Leaving the package in her hands, he turned for a single moment to make oath on the Bible, and immediately turned to her again, when she handed him a package of exactly the same’ size and appearance of the one he had a moment before placed in her hands. She then left the house, charging him not to open the package until the expiration of three days, which he, not suspecting any trick, promised her to do, and kept his promise. But at the end of the three days he opened the package, in which hé found nothing te lips of brown paper resembling bank-notes in size, but that was all, and the whole of his $10,000 was gone. HE DIED POOR AND HOMELESS, Mr. Trout began a search for the woman who had fled, and it was only after three years of & ent inquiry and search, with the aid of a detective and a shrewd lawyer, that he traced her to the Brooklyn jail, where he fully identi- of his He began to go down hill from the he lost his money, pecuniary troubles came ou him, ending in’ his mortgaging his fine and finally being sold out of house and ne. Then his health began to fail; he be- care-worn and died on Wednes- tricken and homeless. ——— —e0___—_ The Tomb of Grant. Gath in the Cincinnati Enquirer. I see the tomb of General Grant is not yet commenced, with $130,000 subscribed to build it. Ihope this money has been collected, for subscriptions are very uncertain after a lapse of years. Iregret that Mrs. Grant did not permit her husband's body to go to Washington city, and I think it not too late at present for her to reconsider the matter and let the sub- scription stand, and let the government eke it out and give Grant a tomb at the capital he | hea ees If they are to build a tomb in New York it should be speedily commenced. If they can collect this 130,000 thére is money enough for a tomb unless somebody runs off with excessive protits, A simple tomb of Grant could be built by having an equestrian statue of him by au American sculptor.and in the base of this statue could be the sepulture. Another way to build this tomb isto put up a plain house of mortuary character, ped gob it have a re- cumbent figure of the general behind glass, Nothing extraordinary can be done in this age. Tombs either have to follow ancient models, or tobe givena cheerfulness consistent with the modern views of fate, death, and so forth, Death is not a great evil or horrifying thing in our time. The great multitude of the people now regard the moral dispensation of hie world as kindly as death is human relief. Such tombs as stand in Westminster Abbey, from the money. di y last poverty | early part of this century, of a terrible death coming out grinning and claiming the hnman being, are not required in our time. We want no skulls and crossbones. It is much better to see over a man’s remains the American flug sculptured than an effigy of death coming up to have his meal. Religion is much better phan it used to be, because there is less hell in it. The grave is more eable, because it is not regarded as such a spiteful thing at last for a poor, worked-out man to lie down and never be awakened. If they want to blow him up with trumpets no doubt he can walk. But in the carving of him dead they can carve the trumpets and we shall take it all for granted. Overruling the Interstate Commission. JUDGE JACKSON SAYS IT CAN ONLY ARBITRATE DIF- FERENCES AND CANNOT ENFORCE ITS DECISION. United States Circuit Judge Jackson, at Lou- isville, Monday, overthrew a decision of the in- FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. The checkers contest in London between Mr. Barker, the American paver, and Mr. Smith has been concluded. score of the game stood: Barker, 5; Smith, 1; drawn 28, Severe weather is reported on the Black sea, During the past fortnight many sail vessels have heen wrecked, aud over oue hunted seat men lost, At a meeting of 7,000 Panama canal share- holders, held at Versailles Monday, M. Mar- tinea: retired engineer of canal com- pany, announced thats portion of the tal required for anew company had been found, M. Gruitch has consented to form a new Servian cabinet. A deputation from the Russian regiment of which Emperor Francis Joseph is honorary ee ee in prem amieeie tae made for the purpose of congra' emperor on the fortieth anniversary of his ap- pointment to the colonelcy. Lord Dufferin arrived in Rome yesterday. He was received by King Humbert in the most cordial manner, « , At a meeting of the Manchester chamber of commerce Monday a resolution was passed de- claring that the resolution which was adopted at a meeting on December 19, to the effect that all goods brought into Great Britain similar to those prodaced in England should pay the same proportion of imperial and local taxation as they would have paidif manufactured in Great Britain, does not represent the views of the whole chamber, which adheres to free trade. Four thousand men have been thrown out of employment by the stoppage of work by two large contractors engaged on the Panama canal. It is expected that the canal company will im- mediately continue the work, re-engaging the discharged workmen. Several Berlin papers, commenting on affairs in Samoa, emphasize the fact of the preponder- ance of German commercial interests over American, and express the hope that the American’ governmgpt will recognize this and stop the intrigues of Americans and facilitate an agreement between the contending parties, which is within the scope of the influence of the United States, Dr. Tanner and Mr. John O'Connor, mem- bers of parliament, were served on Monday with summonses to appear before the Tipperary court to answer charges under the crimes act. Both gentlemen tossed the summonses into the street. They say that they will not attend court, President Carnot, accompanied by Count Von Munster, the German embassador, has gone to Rambouiloit on a hunting expedi- tion. It is stated at Leipsic that Prof. Geffcken was reled@bd on the ground that he was not ac- countable fof his action. The Berlin Reichsan- zeiger says in.connection with the case: “The court held that although the initial inquiry showed sufficient reasons for assuming that Prof. Geffcken had published information which it was necessary for the interests of Ger- many to conceal from foreign countries, the evidence was not sufficient to show that he was aware of the nature of the news.” A Suakim dispatch says the governor-general has issued a manifesto to the tribes inviting them to expel the dervishes, and offering them food and money. Prince Henry, of Battenberg, has been ap- pointed governor of the Isle of Wight, vice Viscount Eversley, deceased. A Paris dispatch to the London Standard says: “The Panama canal difficulty has been tempo- rarily averted, all the contractors having con- sented to receive shares in the Panama railway as a guarantee for sums becoming due to them in the immediate future. M. de Lesseps will be chairman of the company.” — see ‘Another Monte Cristo. COLONEL NORTH, THE NITRATE KING, WONDERFUL BALL IN LONDON, Special Cable New York Times. A very remarkable ball was given af the Ho- tel Metropole on Friday night, It was not only remarkable in size and lavish expenditure, the cost being £40,000, but it furthermore punctu- ated strongly the gradual rise of finance in England over the old aristocracy. It was giv- en by Colonel John T. North, familiarly known as the nitrate king. Colonel North is a York- shire boy who went out to South America some twenty years ago and saw an opportunity. To- day he isthe most talked of man in England. He is worth from forty to sixty millions of dol- lars, and lately he has been using his knowl- edge of the stock market to better the fortunes of certain well-known people. Lord Randolph Churchill was the first to benefit from Colonel North’s power, and his profits are variousl: named in tens of thousands. Lord Randolp! arranged a dinner lately, at which Colonel North met the Prince of Wales, and the result is that Wales was given 2,000 ‘shares in a late allotment of new stock, which now stands at 235, making 350,000 for the heir apparent. As the prince has lately been selling off the stock at Sandringham on an economical basis, the money is perhaps timely. These umstances and the extent to which various members of the aristocracy have profit- ed lately in stock ventures lent unusual inter- est to the ball. The colonel, whose delight it is to be lavish, hired everything in the Hotel Metropole that was vacant. he Whitehall suite of ball-rooms, reception rooms, &c., was added to by 100 bed-rooms for country guests. There were 1,400 invitations and 1,400 guests, ranging in the social scale from the old aris- tocracy to popular theatrical people. It was mixed to the last degree, but, being a fancy dress ball. all social lines were lost. Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill ruled the occasion and Arthur Roberts, a grotesque actor of the Avenue theater, made the fun, The whole first floor of the hotel was usedand the refreshment rooms before supper vied with the grand sa- loon itself. Champagne flowed like spring water. All the waiters and hotel employes were in fancy dress at Colonel North’s expense, and mar, be strange in attendance and lavish outlay had been seen in London since a similar ball given by Lord Rothschild. It was generally expected that the Prince of Wales would be there. He did not come, how- ever, and the general opinion was that he is ungrateful. His absence made little difference in the fun, however, and the costumes, ~ooms, and ace ries simply beggared description. Colonel! North was in a Hei VIII costume and took Lady Randolph Churchill, who wore a costume of black lace, covered with dia- monds, and a blazing diamond star in her fore- head. to dinner. Lord Randolph took in North, who was in a pompadour costume, which was also magnificent. The ball lasted until 5:30 a, m., and is the talk of the town. tor Boulanger Almost Certain of Success. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE REPUDIATED BY RE- PUBLICAN JOURNALS, The efforts of the republican wise men’ of Paris to select a candidate to oppose Boulan- ger ‘do not appear to have been attended with much of a success. The Temps regrets the selection of M. Jacques as a candidate, but ad- vises the republicans to support him in order to oppose “‘Boulangist Casarism.” The Liberte opposes both Jacques and Boulanger.” The doctrine of Boulanger, it says, is a dictator- ship, while that of Jacques is anarchy. The Journal des Debats takes the same ground as the Liberte, and advises electors to abstain from voting. p eeetek ¢ socialists was held in Paris Monday night to choose a candidate for the vacant seat inthe department of the Seine. One hundred and ten delegates, representi all the socialist committees injes se girs capi- y GIVES A were present. The meetii mously in favor of Gen. Boi r. This ac- tion, it is believed, insures the return of Gen. r to the chamber of deputies by a great _majority. aghrn iy Oe issued an to the ; than mon %. D. C.. TUE WAR PREFERABLE. Immense Cost of European Armament in the Last Decade. ‘New York Times London Special. Europe enters upon the second decade of her existence under the Berlin treaty with less apprehension of immediate trouble than she has felt in any preceding new year. The chances of international provocation are in- deed for the moment reduced to a minimum. There is, for the time being, internal peace throughout the Balkan states, and the great powers inside the triple alliance find them- selves so evenly balanced against those on the outside that no one sees reason to fear any pre- cipitate tipping of the scales. These ten years of e under the ment of Lord Beaconsfield and Prince Bismarck have not, however, been distinguished by bless- ings which such a long and pacific term might be expected to bring. Every nation in Europe has paid most dearly for the privilege of quiet. Since 1872, when the last elaborate computa- tion of the armies of Europe was made, the- tax-payers of the continent have expended $7,500,000,000 on preparations for a war that has not come, or nearly twice what we at home expended on our four years of civil war. big struggle ten years ago, with results of such asweeping character that a partial dis- armament could have followed, would have been infinitely cheaper and better for Europe than this long nightmare of dread and ruinous | Share me Since 1872 Germany and France ave both more than doubled the actual war strength of their armies, and the total war stren; of the seven continental powers, counting the Balkan states as one, has risen from 6,142,000 to 10,480,000. If we add to this host of trained fighters on a war footing the classes of partially-trained men in the second and final reserves we get an imposing total of 28,000,000 soldiers, all liable to be drawn into the next European war, and now more or less withdrawn from peaceful vocations, at a total annual public cost of $600,000,000. This vast war taxation wrung from peoples who do not hate each other, who do not want to fight, who ask only for opportunities for peaceful industry and muttal traffic, is a ter- rible burden. “The blood money must be borne, however, for no better reason than that it is still in the power of a few families—the Hohenzollerns, Hapsburgs, Romanoffs, Bour- bons, and Coburgs—to embroil the whole con- tinent with their dynastic intrigues and ambi- tions. It is only when these modern figures of armies and war taxation are studied, figures at which Frederick the Great or Napoleon would have been paralyzed with amazement, that we realize what kingship means, soe “Justice at the Fireside.” From the Minneapolis Tribune. One of the chief sources of domestic unhap- Piness is the humiliation put upon women in relation to money. Not one man ina hundred but regards his money as his own, or doles it out to his family with a sort of mental approval. Not one man out of a hundred who considers it his privilege to criticise the use of money ex- pended on her account but would resent his wife's dictation as to his business schemes or tailor’s bills. Women are accused of being ex- travagant, of not understanding how to expend money. If this were a fact, which a little ob- servation does ndt bear out, it would prove nothing. Money that comes without a sense of responsibility as well as right goes more easily y acquired through definite condi- tions for definite purposes, In short, no wife should be a pensioner on her husband’s charity. No woman should be laced on a lower plane than the servant who 1s paid, without questioning, for service ren- dered. No self-respecting woman should be forced to ask as a favor what is hers by right, and no woman who is so degraded in her own household can long respect herself or the bond- age dignified by the term marriage. If mar- riage, the home and the housekeeping isa part- nership, common leer e forbids that one of the partners shall divide the profits to suit him- self, or sell out the other whenever he inclines. It is a mean man, a small man, that reduces his wife to beggary, that obliges her to ask for the Neate up his mind to give her, or out a #5 bill on his knee, eyes it asa sacrificial lamb, and hands it over grudgingly with an inquiry as to its use and an’ admonition on economy. Why should not married men on fixed sala- ries give their wives a regular allowance, id at stated times, as their own is received? Why should not their be a housekeeper’s fund and clothing allowance as free from his interfer- ence as his business enterprises and business liabilities are from hers? hat is prevent men on fluctuating incomes from paying their wives areasonable per cent? Certainly noth- ing can excuse arich man from making his wife independent by property and revenue therefrom. Domestic economy can never be regulated by law. Justice at the fireside can rise no higher than the sentiment of the man atthe helm. Irresponsibility in money matters should cease early in life. Every small boy and girl should have a gradually increasing allowance, and be taught by ill-judged bargains and petty blunders to huy witha view to their needs. They should be taught that money is to mect our necessities rather than our desires or fan- i Experience is the only teacher. On this Cora Belle Fagan’s Story. SHE SAYS SHE WAS KIDNAPED FROM NEW YORK BY A NEGRO SEVEN YEARS AGO. A Louisville special to the New York Sun says: Cora Belle Fagan, a pretty girl of four- teen, applied last night to the chief of police at New Albany for protection, She said that seven years ago, when but seven years of age, she was playing on’a strect in New York, where she lived, with a number of companions, one of whom was named Eva Slater, and that, dusk ae ~ a unable to find a ome and was kidnay a@ negro. membered nothing = en autil she found her- self in Nashville, where she was confined in an old dilapidated shanty for seven years until last July, when she made her escape. During all the seven years the negro, whom she only knows by the name of Charles, kept her locked up, hever permitting her to go out, and treat- ing her with the greatest brutality. Two weeks ago her captor returned home very much in- toxicated, and while he was unconscious she made her escape and walked from Nashville to Louisville, where she remained for one week, when she went to New Albany. The only per- son besides the playmate, Eva Slater, she re- members is her teacher, Miss Armstrong, who taught a school on 52d street, New York city. A Bank President Swindled. A PRETENDED FARMER EASES HIM OF THREE THOU- 5 SAND DOLLARS, 7 A Frederick, Md., special to the Philadelphia Times says: Joseph D. Baker, one of the wealthiest residents of this county and the president of the Citizens’ bank, was cleverly swindled out of $3,000 yesterday. One of the directors of the bank wanted a desirable farm, and, knowing that Mr. Baker was well posted on the value of landed property in this section, asked him to make the investment for him. A man had called the day previous and had of- fered to sell his farm, located in Leesburg, for . Mr. Baker knew the section well and thought the property cheap. To make certain, | however, he accompanied the sleck-looking farmer to Leesburg. and after looking over the property repaired to the hotel and gave the seller a check for the money. To make certain that there was no trouble about the title, he stipulated that the man should sleep in the same house over night. The latter consented, and the pair retired at about the same hour. During the night, however, the alleged farmer quietly skipped, made his way to this city, and succeeded in disposing of the check. Mr. Baker is just $3,000 out, for the man did not own the farm. He had given a fictitious name. a Who Murchison Really Is. ‘HIS NAME IS OSGOODBY, HIS FATHER IS AN ENGLISH- MAN, AND THEY LIVE AT POMONA, Hl | The mystery as to the real name of Murchi- 4 son, the now-famous correspondent of Lord Sackville, was cleared away Monday, says a dispatch from Los Angeles, and the announce- | ment was made, on the authority of those who | have been in the secret from the first, that George Osgoodby, of Pomona, was the author of the Murchison letter. Mr. Osgoodby is a | native of New York, thirty-four years of age. | His father is an Englishman by birth and re- | sides in Pomona, as does also his brother. | Murchison is the family name and is attached to that of Osgoodby by marriage. sof a To Fight Near New Orleans. ‘THE SULLIVAN-KILRAIN MATCH ARRANGED. The preliminaries of the great fistic en- counter to take place between Sullivan and Kilrain were arranged yesterday at the Rossin house in Toronto. It was agreed that the fight for the Police Gazette diamond belt and 20,000 shall take place within 200 miles of New Orleans, July 8, the final deposit to be posted in April, when the final stake-holder is also to be selected. The referee is to be chosen in the ring. Capt. Cooke, of the Boston Police News,das received a letter signed by four prominent men of El Paso, who offer to deposit 10,000 to have the Sullivan-Kilrain fight to a finish take place there, asking gate privileges and | immunity from molestation, and guaranteein, fist the railroads will make special intimating t rates. ees —— Rapid Advancement. SKETCH OF THE RISE OF THE SPEAKER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE. Templeton in the Hartford Courant, The speaker of the Massachusetts state house of representatives is, next to the governor, the most important political office held in the state. It was at one time considered a step directly SDAY JANUARY 8, 1889. PS SALE OF THE, ESTATE, THE LATE MARY A. DO! : BEING FRAME DWELLINGS “NO. S18 | PST! HWEST AND Nos 1997 AND Iz39 C SOUTHWEST. By virtue of « power ip the will of Mary Ann Dox "il offer for sale st auction mm TUESDal THe Soneh pay dF JANUARY, A.D. 1s80 at FOUR O'CLOCK F front of the su ae corner lot, having & frontage of 24 feet 10 inches om ¥ street and 134 feet S inches on th Breet ALSO ON THE SAME DAY AT HALF-PAST FOUR OC} °K P. M., in front of the premises, the west ‘31 feet 2 inches of original lot 5, in —— num- dered 2: tome by — frame dwellings, Nos 2 C street south west. ‘of sale: One-thind cash and balance in equal Terms py — months from day of tales notes to beat interest and to be secured by deed of t cent © annum or all ‘at option RUSTFE: ALE OF A COMFORTABLE FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, NO. 1102 VI TA AVE- RCE OPPOSITE THE SMITHSONIAN INSTI- TUTE GROUNDS. By virtue of a certain deed of trust recorded in liber No. 1037. fe D2, etweg.,oneot the land re- cords of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured, we will sell at public auction in front of the niser, to the highest bidder, WEDNESDAY, JANCARY NINTH. 1889, at MALY FAST FOUR CLOCK P.M. that pisce situated in Washington city, D. C., and numbered nineteen (10), of Abraham F. Barker’ corded subdivision of part of original square three Lundred and twenty-five by @ substantial and comfortable Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in cash, within ten days from the day of sale:and the balance in two equal payments at one and two y with interest at 6 per cent from the day of sale, and secured by adeed of trust om the property acid, oF all the purchase money may be paid in cash. A deposit of #100 will be required when the property is sold. All conveyancing at the purchaser’ the terms of 's from theday erve the rig sell the prop erty at the cost and risk of the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement in some newspaper printed and publixhed in the said city WILLIAM W. BOARMA. GEORGE C. BOARMA GEO. { Trustees, @28-dkds Ww. 8 108. E. WAGGAMAN, Real Estate Auctioneer. °F VALUABLE LOT, IMPROVED KY FRAME HOUSE, No. 11 EET NORTHWEST t KeG., ia, and at th Will sell. at on SATUR HL ction, + JANUARY XsT FOUR sion of eof wale, balan 18 me 0 at purchaser's opti nveyancing ine at purchaser's cost. If terms are not complied. within 5 from sale, the property will be resold at risk ost of defaulting purchaser, after seven days’ ad- sement in the Evening Star M. CROSS, Trustee. THOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Auctioneer. — jad-d&ds. To AS DOWL EXECUTORS’ SALE VALUABLE IMPROVED ND_UNIMPR ) REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. By virtue of authority in me vested in and under th last will or testament of W. W. W. Wood, of 20, at ndersigned will, on | H DAY OF JANU- K, in front of the at public auction to the highest 4 f AM A ALF-PAST THRE! in front of the premises, sub lot 4, square 5x147, to a thirty-toot alley, improved by a y dwelling with back building a nu rear of lot, being No. 1307 DAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK in front | No. in Olmstead’s recorded of 23 enue between N | Vermout avenue ost erms of sale: One-third in cash; the residue in -@ equal paymeuts, at one, twoand three years after date of sale, for which notes duly secured on the prem- be save, with le 5 at purchaser's cost. A de- posit of $100 will be required on the unimproved Picce and #250 each on the improved property, If the terms of sale be it ied with in te after sale,a resale at the risk and linha th the city of Wash newspaper published in. the eity of Washington. dts THOS, N. WOOD, Executor. the Supreme Court of the trict of Columbia, passed in cause No. 1 + uity, wherein Christopher C. McKenney et al are iainants, and Robert V. McKenney et al. are de- iwi fer for sale at public auction, in front HURSDAY, the SE mmencing parcels of provements thereunto belong- toward the governorship, though that condition of affairs has been brought to an end. The competition to it cannot be so wide as for the governorship, and does not include as many able men, because the ablest men of the state are not elected often to the house of representa- tives, But it is a very considerable honor, and one that very few Massachusetts men would not be proud to attain, It goes this year to a gen- tleman who was scarcely, if at all, a citizen of the state three years ago, who has not been known in our politics more than two years; who has been a member of the house but one year. Mr. William E. Barrett is the best recog nized in journalism by his connection with ing, in the city of Washington and District of Colum- bia, to wit: Parts of ered 14 and 15 in square number for the same on 11th street east. af EAT | Mite theretes tabs te fone —_—aes SALE OF —_— me TRS an See TE Late Foracon Al 1, 1879, for $4,434.53, — District of Columbia. 27-8 Executor of Eatate of Wis: Thomson Wei OME SASSO FASE CAPO STREET BERGEN OC on THURSDAY, THE TEST DAY OF JANU a AL HALE PAST FOUR OCLOCK PMN el cage fag os et : aloo by a dep side alley. A deposit of ‘Terms cash, and to be complied with within 10. from day of ‘aale, or property wil be rescld af righ tts rehaser. WASHINGTON DANENHOWER, THOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer : _ PROPOSALS. _ RCHITECT’S OFFICE, U. 8. Ca‘ ington. D. C., January ‘4 Tash Pros thi JANUARY NOON, for fons bitnminows RK, Architect U. 8. LED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED BY TE cee a aed mc (OON, of TUESDAY, ZANU- Y-SECOND, 189, for the following nection with the coming Inaugurstion ject Harrison wh, ine privilege of the se of the various reserve, ons fronting Pennsylvania avenue from the Treasury Department to the Cs i, and, of thereot uds for seats—the stands’ to conform to all the re quirements of the Inspector af Bu as d to all the requirements of the Decoration in ction with ite ject no permanent damage to the trees or shrubbery, the stands to be removed before March 10 aud aif ‘dem de good to the wat A MEDICAL, &c. N CONTRADICTED THAT OTHERS ts the vertio- gvntidently cousult Dr. BKC Particular attention paid to all ladies, marred or single. Forty years’ e da7-im* MURPRY WILL_T FOR RHEUMA. oF at Indien one Ja7-2t* own homes, Alleviation of pain or two appliances, K.LEON, a The Uldest Established and Only Reliable Ladied? Physician in the City, Can be consulted daily, 464 C st, between 46 and 6th ts. mw. Prompt treatment. Correspondence and tly confidential, Separate rome for Ia tio Ofte iw ADIES WHO REQUIRE THE SERVICES OF AN experienced female physician should co M: Dr. WILSON, Park Place me, bet. Band C go dies ouly. Remedy, 5. n24-Tw* MAN200P RESTORED, BY USING A BOTTLE Mor twoot Dr. BROTHERS’ Invigorating Will cure any case of gervous debility and lom of Berve-power. It imparts vigor to the whole aystem, da3- Ln EAD AND BE WISE—DR. BROTHERS, 906 B ST. 43, Aybzared betore tne and wade oath that be is emt Festatolinl bape pecialist in this city, will guarantee # cure ip all cases of private diseases: hand turuish medicine, or vo change d advice free at any hou sworn before me. by MILLS,» Notary Public, ip and Tolumbia, this third day of July, 1883, Male or female. 906 B «t. #.w. R k. MOTT'S FRENCH POWDERS ARE THE Standard Remedy tor all blood diseases, or skin tre ~s Urinary diseases: Price, #3 per box, RVINE "No. 2 pe by tial FORD'S, cor bthand F mw. F PROFESSIONAL, ___ ROF. CLAY, WONDERFULLY GIFTED CLAIR. voyant, Astrolover and Spiritual Medium, With second sucht and veil Every hidden my Vealed. Recovers lost or stolen 8 den treasures, Gives lucky nunibers, Finds bid. speedy succems by efforts con: t northeast cor- ner of said square, thence sou at a point distant from the northeast corner of the said thence south 16 10-100 feet, thence west 92 66- leet, thence north 16 40-100 fect, thence east {2 66-100 feet to said 11th street and place of Also, parts of original lots 14,15. and 16 in square numbered 97, begining for the same on Lith street east at a point distant 7185-100 feet south from the northeast coe forme noe West #2 6-100 basis boys and girls pretty nearly grown to man’s and woman’s estate, instead of being importunate, wheedling, ‘discontented pen- sioners, will be financiers in a small way. Be- ing treated with respect, they will be inde- pendent in spirit. Being limited in income and having learned that poor judgment is a policy of deprivation, they will study the best use of a dollar. This is the policy on which to formulate the domestic platform; the solution of ail problems of domestic economy. Have done with household beggars; make children self-respecting; teach girls the use of money. Divide with a wife systematically, and the world will cease discussing the extra’ women, ragance of A MIDNIGHT WRESTLE WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED CREATURE IN WOODRUFF. From the Indianapolis News, had a vampire hunt last night,” remarked A. F. Potts, as he took a place in the incoming Woodruff street car this morning. “About 2 o'clock my wife woke me up with the familiar demand in whisper to know what that noise was in the room. she replied, accepting my inter- retation literally, ‘so get =p, instantly before ey Jump xt the baby.” By this time T had myself heard a strange, half-running and ho ping noise upon the floor, and jumped up see a strange creature about the size of a rat, but with a flat, bushy tail seud away under the . gestion fe wife to take the bal suggestion for my wife e 3 and go into the adjoining room and leave ~ to fight the creature alone, met her hearty ap- val, and I was left alone instantly. A happy ought occurred to me to bring up my Gordon setter pup to ic, in the chase. This arming myself with oa A ht it that strange ight of si Eopping past him he seemed to be paralyzed pel et pate the bed and nothing that I could do could and so I was left wise reassured _b; whose instinct I = z, pein, king ‘4 out of slashing at it as it flew past, getting more m: tified and excited at every view of it in the ite ‘suade the dog to come out, lone in the fight not in any- the conduct of the dog on counted for assistance, I the correspondence of several papers, He was an excellent Washington correspondent of the Boston Advertiser, the Springfield Republi- can and other journals three years ago, and he wrote special letters for the Herald of this city afterward. Within the past two years he has devoted himself to the ston Advertiser, and has made a success of editing it and its annex, the Record, so far as to relieve the stockholders from those assessments under which they were suffering. This is an excellent certificate of ability as a newspaper man. But Mr. Bar- rett’s achievements in politics have been much more remarkable. I remember nothing like it since the rapid advance of Mr. John D. Long, and that was considered much too phenome. nal to be repeated. The competition e: countered by Mr. Barrett was very consi able, and it included men who had been mat years longer in the party of the stat and several years longer in the legislature than had he, as well as those who were more familiar with the duty of a presiding officer. He had the active support of the same in- fluences that elected the last speaker of the house, and the lead which he obtained gave him, probably, the favor of the railroad, which can 2 pi turn the scale in an election in our legislature in a doubtful contest. There failed to be a combination against him, perhaps be- cause neither of the other candidates was in- dividually strong enough to command it. A “Virginia Assembly.” A LITERARY ASSOCIATION AFTER THE PLAN OF THE GREEK FESTIVALS, A novel and what may prove a very benefi- cent organization has been formed at Emory and Henry college, near Abingdon, Va. The pian is to inaugurate for the approaching sum- mer, and to continue every summer, an assem- bly somewhat similar to the Chatauquas. The trustees of Emory and Henry college have agreed to turn over to the Assembly Stock company during a month or six weeks of mid- summer the commodious buildings, including the great tabernacle, and its campus of twenty- five acres, for this purpose. e Ktock cor y is an entirely independent organization that of the college and is com; of some of the leading citizens of the state, and will be entirely undenominational. It is to be known as the “Virginia Assembly”—in which the worship of God, and the study of the Bible will be prominent. With this there will be set lectures, addresses, illustrative exer- cises, phical studies, recitations, con- certs, delivered aud conducted by leadin; statesmen, divines, travelers, i nent educators, authors, an Along in the feet, thence south 20 00 feet to a public feet wide, thence east me the line of sais ley feet, thence south 5 feet, thence east 80 66-100 feet to said 11th street east; thence north along said strect 15-100 feet to the pl of beginuing. Also, part of original lot numbered 8, bered 1001, beginning for the sam corner of said lot, thence north along 11th street east feet, thence east 75 83-100 feet. thence south 11 43-100 feet, thence west 79 83-100 feet to 11th street and place 0 inning. Also, part of original lot numbered 8, in square num- pered 1001, becinning for the same 11 43-100 fect north from’ the southwest corner of north 14 330-100 feet, thence east 44 thence south 2 feet, thence east 31 69-100 feet, thence south 1230-100 feet, thence wes! 83-100 feet to 2 it id 11th street east and piace of beginning. ee ee tot numbered gsgere id lot, thence 15-100. feet, ‘And also part of origi numbered 1001; beginning for the same at west corner of said lot, thence sout eust 44.15 feet, thence south 2 fer cr feet, thence north 4.02 feet, thence’ east 41.67 feet to glong said alley 1075 to said 11th street east & public alley, thence north none oes nee age feet and place of bexinn ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in cash, and the balance thereof in two equal instalments at one and two years from day of sule, or all cash atthe option of the purchaser. The deferred _ Inents are to be sec ‘by the promissory notes of t] Ss or purchasers, and deed or deeds of trust on he realestate sold, and shall bear interest from the day of sal the of six (6) Re, cent per payable semi-anuually, $100 will be required on piece of ground as soon as the same is bid —p ys or purchasers shall fail to ermus of sale within 10 days after the day of operty sold to him, her or them will be Sie eir we pst. All at purchaser's cost. PUEDWARD A. NEWMAN, Trustee, hw, WALTER B. WILLIAMS & 0O,, Aucts.” ja5-deas IMPROVED ESIRABLE Dr. 8. G: Optical Offices, fords you the opportunity to have your Ginsees adjusted to your'eyes as wil be proper ta sore Tect every optical’ defect, no matter bow seemingly severe, Illustrated catalogue containing useful hints regard ing the care of our eyes free to any address upon ay- plication. 415-3m_ J. F. LEWENBERG, M. D.. Manager. M*. F. ARDENNE. THE CELEBRATED VE ist and Clairv: chart, and to AIDS TO THE sumpar SCHOOL LESSONS, ” WM. BALLANTYNE & SON, 428 7TH STREET. end _ Delia crs SAS Re eae NUNES TENTH M HALE Past FOUR OCLOCK P M, PNTH at HALE PAST FOUR Oc 3 will sell in front of the premises, the eastern” “* PART OF LOT 15, SQUARE 374, fronting 24 feet 734 inches on I street, with E 10% inc! 30-foot alley, impro: 132 feet 10% hes tos alley. d by a JOHNSON BROTHERS, ‘Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sta, Southwest, * 1515 Tenet, ¥. 1740 Pa ave. nw. 413 10th st. a. w. address Seine electors. In ithe says: ‘“Clericalism is I to the fij ht all malcontents and ens, mies of the republic, for whom Gen. Bonlan- ger is the standard-bearer.” He eek lectors the country from di pow OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT. A Boston special to the Philadelphia Press says: There is the tightest kind of deadlock in both branches of Boston’ city government over the election of presiding officers. Banker Hart, who took the mayor’ i EXTRACT OF MEAT. USE IT FOR SOUPS, BEEF TEA, SAUCES, AXD MADE DISHER Genuine only with facsimile of Baron Lisbig’s SIGNATURE IN BLUE INK ‘Across Labes. (Gold by Storekeepers. Grocers, and Draggista, — LIEBIG’S EXTRACT OF MEAT 0O., L’ta, HH é i 4 iis F Hac i it | £ F ! g