Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1889, Page 6

—— THE EtENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., WED: FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. Joe Donohue, of Ne skating contest at Hamburg yesterday, beating Yon Pzschin, the Russion, for the champion- ship of the world. Edmund Yates hears that the new number of the Quarterly Review is to contain an article on the earty life of Lord Beaconsfield, in which there will be found some facts never yet made ablie. They are of a very interesting descrip- ion and will tend to throw much additional light on the career and character of a states- n who still remains to a great extent the ‘Asian Mystery.” A pedestrian named Green, of Southampton, England, yesterday, began an attempt to walk 5,100 miles in 100 days with the object of beat- ing Weston’s record of 5,000 miles, Mr. Homans, an American, well known in Parisian society, died Tuesday from a heart affection. The contributions from America to the Na- tional League during the past two weeks amounted to £2,000. According to the Paris Illustre the loss in Panama Canal stock seems to have been dis- tributed in such a way as not to involve the small investors in irredeemable ruin on account of their widespread observance of the maxim which forbids the putting of all eggs in one + basket. hares in the canal were regarded, es- jally by domestic servants, as little better neers tickets of which one was enough The king of Holland is better. He was up for a short time yesterday and was able to trans- act business. While on a shooting excursion at Buckow Tuesday Em William having by accident htly wounded a citizen of Berlin, who was looking on at the sport, expressed his deep re- gret for the occurrence, and begged the victim of his misdirected aim to pay him a visit as soon as he recovered from his wounds. Capt. Patourel, formerly private secretary to the Marquis of Normandy, will soon marry Miss Blanche Eckley, daughter of the late Arthur Eckley. of Boston. Confirmation has béen received in London of the news that the Bishops of Tirnova, Varna and Vrantza, were from their beds by gendarmes and summarily marched outside the walls of Sofia, where they were left shivering in the biting not wind. Because of this violent treatment of the bishops it is believed that a “holy war” will be declared against Prince Ferdinand. A house in the Quartier Bellemai at Mar- seilles, inhabited by Italians, collapsed _yester- day. Seven of the occupants were killed and nine injured. The building had been under- mined by floods. The judicial council of the Panama canal company declares that inasmuch as the com- pany is not a commercial organization, but a civic one, it cannot be declared bankrupt. The amount of the first issue by the Banque Paris- ienne of the new shares will be 30,000,000 francs. The czar has received notice that the shah of Persia will start on his visit to St. Petersburg March 23. Snowstorms are reported throughout eastern Europe. Railways are blocked in Galicia and Roumania, At the Union Gun club, at Hendon, England, yesterday, Capt. Brewer, the famous American shot, was backed for #1,000 to kill 60 birds out of 100 off a thirty-five yards mark. It was a difficult task for the best marksman, yet the captain was successful. He stopped 19 of the first 25; 41 out of 50; 56 out of 75, and 60—the required number—at the 8ist round. Prince Bismarck made nine short speeches in the reichstag yesterday, and the fact is taken to indicate anxiety on his part to avoid annoying England. The Geffeken and Morier affairs were not referred to. Since his return to Berlin Prince Bismarck, who appears to be nervous and excited. has been constantly oc- eupied. He has had three interviews with the emperor. Crowds lined the route from the chancellor's palace to the reichstag. The car- Fiage in which Prince Bismarck was seated was constantly blocked in, its progress by the surg- ing masses of enthusiastic people, and at one time was nearly overturned. A Brassels dispatch says the Mouvement Geographique steamer Stanley has probably brought news of Stanley from Stanley Falls to Leopoldville. The steamer left the falls for Stanley Pool on September 30 with Lieut. Kerkhoven and the vanguard of an expedition charged with forming a camp on the banks of the Aruwhimi. A dispatch relative to Stanley left Banana on December 17. 0 —— The Tall Hat and the ’Cycle. From the New York Telegram. The ‘cyclers of Washington are deep in the discussion of a matter of dress. It is whether it is good form to wear a silk hat while riding a bieyele. There isa good deal in this. Asa question of dignity it docs not much matter whether one wears a tall hat or a derby when he takes a “header,” but when this peculiar maneuver, which never can be executed grace- fully, say those who have practiced it, does take place, the ears are safer if one wears the eof headgear. A man with bis hat to his lips will try in vain to ap- erned and as though that is the fers to wear that article. Begin- ners on the bicyele, if ambitious, should be allowed to wear a well-padded skull-cap. From an wsthetic point of view there is much to be said for the tall hat in connection with the bieycle. The perpendicularity of its lines, distressing to the artistic eye in other situa- tions, relieves the circularity of the machine. It not only pleases the eye in this manner, but by ite suggestion of afunnel of a steamer it adds an element of association which some critics have declared to be one of the most effective in composition of a decorative order. There is one thing the wheelmen overlook, | pressed uj however. It is decidedly bad form to wear the tall hat anywhere with a sack or cutaway coat. Few ‘cyclers care to urge their steeds of steel while their own attire consists in part of a long frock coat, and of course an evening dress coat is not advisable on the ‘cycle. Thus it may be seen that much may be said on both sides of this interesting discussion. a It Was a Glass Eye. From the Chicago News. “Just as the eclipse began yesterday after- noon a number of people on Madison and Clark streets stopped and vainly attempted to look the sun in the face. Several expressed aloud their wish for a smoked glass through which to observe the rare event. A little red-headed man, clad in a blanket overcoat and a villainous expression of countenance, stepped up. “Smoked glasses,” he sneered; ‘‘all you have to do is to cover one eye with your hand and look at the sun with the other.” H One man tried it. One look, lasting about a second. was enough for him. He was satisfied it couldn't be done, so he turned tothe red- headed stranger and said: “Til bet #5 you can't look straigift at the sun while I count twenty.” “T'll go you; make it a tenner,” was the reply ashe ed a wad of national obligations. ‘The money was put up in the hands of a by- — — = oe ed rer toy his eye with his exposed the right to the full glare of the sun. eo “One, two, three, four,” counted his oppo- to run down the face of the er, which rendered his already vil- Jainous facial expression viler still. But it was | a that he was going to win his bet, and other fellow saw it. He stopped counting and began to chat with another stranger. “Go on with your count,” yelled the little man as the tears followed each other rapidly down his cheek. “You go to thunder,” was the quiet answer; “I'm no sucker, and there's plenty of time be- tween nou and suanet to count the rest of that twenty. » you thought you were smart, didn’t you?" dos hg reached out for the two $10 bills. while the little man danced and swore, still desperately keeping his eye on the sun. “But you can take your blamed old glass eye to another corner. I was on you from the word go. The little man was last seen trying to work the same game, with a time-limit clause ap- on a crowd at the corner of Halsted M ———-+oe_______ Mr. Rupert’s Matter-of-Fact Courtship. ‘From the Chicago Tribune. For some time Miss Minnie Ralston, a pretty little lady of Middleport, Ohio, has been cor- with » Mr. Rupert, of Pompeii, Mich., whom she had never seen. He had pro- posed marriage in his letters, and was to have been here New Year's day, but did not arrive HOW ELECTRICITY DUPES. The Ignorant Believe Anything Can Be Done With It. erties From the New York Mail and Express, The expose of Freund's electrical sugar re- fining process has created a panic among cer- tain floating speculators who oftentimes have more credulity than money. A Mail and Ex- press reporter asked a wealthy speculator at the Fifth Avenue hotel, who is opposed to all secret processes, how he accounted for such blind faith on the part of the stockholders of Freund's humbug. He said: ““The very men- tion of electricity to men who have no scien- tific knowledge of it is a bait to their credulity and cupidity. If Edison should say he could convert dirt into rubies or diamonds by means of electricity he would find moneyed men to back him. They would think it possible for electricity to do any- thing. because so much has already been done with it. Freund knew the value of electricity to draw yee So many men have made for- tunes of late through electrical inventions, he found everything propitious to launch ‘his ‘igantic humbug. If any of the stockholders faa gone to Edison, who is not a visionary, but practical in all he does, he could have ex- plained to them in two minutes the utter im- ibility of electricity converting raw sugar into refined, clarified sugar. The man who is a secret, as a rule, fears the light. A shrewd detective could have saved these gullible stock- holders their money if the; simply put him to guard and report the movements of Freund. I make ita rule never to invest in any enterprise unless I know everything about it. I have kept out of electricity because I know nothing about it.” “Were you every solicited to go into a secret enterprise?” “Yes, several times, butI refused. Once a thin, pale man came into my office and said he wanted to speak to me alone. I told him that Idid not care if my private secretary heard him. He objected and the secretary retired. Then I heard an extraordinary tale which I shall relate briefly. He declared that he had w process which would produce a liquid force greater than steam or any known force. Three drops of the liquid would run an engine from New York to San Francisco. A bottle full would blow up Manhattan Island. I said that he had undoubtedly found the force that Keely was looking for. He said Keely’s force, known as etheric molecular force, was child’s play compared to his liquid. He wanted me to sub- scribe for so many thousand shares and and be president of the company. I asked him how he made his liquid.” That was to be a secret with him, and to come to me when he died. For years, he said, he worked in achemical laboratory, and one time by mistake he mixed some liquids. The mixture proved, upon experiment, to be more powerful than dynamite. With one drop he shattered a large iron anvil. The last state- ment was enough for me. I told him there was too much force in the world already, and so got ridof him, Ihave had many schemes as wild as that offered to me to go into that had no secret attached to them. There was Tom Nichols’ bicycle railroad, invented by Boynton, of Massachusetts. Nichols used to have models made of bicycle cars and roll them back and forth in hisroom. There was one track on the ground and one above the cars, Nichols claimed the cars would miles per hour. I told him the would have their breaths taken away rapid motion. I never took any stock in snap inventions, and never shall.” ——~e Japanese Interviewers. HOW THEY WAYLAY AND PUMP THE UNSUSPECTING EUROPEAN. From the Manchester (England) Examiner. The watchdogs of civilization sleep with one eye open in Japan, and it is fast becoming true that “‘there’s not a foot where man may dwell” but the interviewer dwells there too. Four in- terviewers for the vernacular press called upon me before I had been forty-eight hours on Japanese soil, and when I succumbed, after vainly Pleading privilege, it, was to find that the ciocbucintod Japanese had simply taken the American system of interviewing and re- duced it to its simplest terms, not to say ad absurdum. With him interviewing is strict business from the start, like pulling a tooth or boring a hole, and he wastes no time like his transpacific archetype over pleasant introduc- tory remarks about the weather or your voyage. The operation is as follows: You receive a card bearing a series of cabalistic marks, and uncertain whether your visitor is a minister of state or a guide in want of agob you go down stairs and discover a dapper little gentleman, in appearance about nineteen, dressed in fault less foreign fashion. tennis shoes, flannel trou- sers, white waistcoat, blue coat, flowing neck- tie, spectacles, and pith helmet, and speaking English with the accuracy and’ impressiveness of a copybook. “Good morning. Are you Mr. Blank?” “Good morning. I am.” “I am the reporter of the So-and-so newspaper, of Tokio. Will you permit me to interview you?” “With pleasure.” The interviewer then ‘takes a seat, produces a notebook and pencil and be- gins with the directness of a census-taker, “How old are you and where were you born?” And when I tell him that I was born of poor but respectable parents in the year one, let us say, he gravely commits the unfamiliar phrase to paper. “How long will you sta} ow long since you started?—where ha been?—what is the circulation of your how do you like Japan?—what do th of Japan in England?—what is it expected will become of Coi will there be war between England and Russia?—will Ireland get home rule?”—these were all among the questions he m me with the relentless persistence of a pile-driver. At last, when I had been compelled to draw liberally upon my imagination for my facts and the note-book of the enemy of traveling man- kind was full, I supposed that the interview was over. Nothing could be further from the in- terviewer’s idea. He settled himself in his chair, resharpened his pencil, produced a new note-book and said: “If anything of interest has ever befallen you upon your travels please give me full information now.” This was too much, and when I said to him as he was going, “If you do me the favor of sending me a copy of the So-and-So containing this interview, wiil you be kind enough to puta mark upon ’it so that Imay know which is the right way up- ward?” I thought a twinkle in his eye showed it was dawning upon him at last that to cross- question a solitary and ill-informed individual be pes the policies of all nations and the details of his own obscure life was really a huge joke. ButIhad my doubts again afterward when sure enough I received an extraordinary look- ing newspaper with “top” solemnly written on one side of it. ——+e0— Sizing Him Up. From the Jeweler's Weekly. Jones (home rather late after a night at the elub)—“By Jove, my dear, I can't find wy watch. Must have left it in my other vest at the office. Do you know where it is?” Mrs. Jones (with forced calmness)—“How should I know, George? I’m no pawnbroker.” Peat RnR ao MS Tastes Turxep ox Derecrives.—Word has reached Charleston, W. Va., that “Bad Anse,” Capt. Hatield and several of their friends, who have become so notorious as participants in the Hatfield-McCoy vendctta, laid a trap for the detectives who were after them, and last Fri- day captured Dan Cunningham, Evans, and another detective, all of Charleston. From what can be leaned the Hatfields put out a spy and coaxed the detectives to acertain point in'the mountains, near their home in Logan county, and when the detectives came along compelled them to surrender. The Hatficlds had procured peace warrants, arrested the de- tectives and took them to Logan court-house, where they are now jailed awaiting bonds to keep the peace. This explains why the Hat- fields were in Logan Court-house two weeks ago to make terms of peace, ——eee- A Micutcay Bayxer Sxtrs.—The village of Evart, Osceola county, Mich., is in a it state of excitement by the discovery t Allen Campbell, proprietor of the bank of Evart, o rege concern, but the only institution of the ind in town, has disappeared. and, itis feared, with the deposits of the bank. Campbell was village treasurer, and there was about $2,300 in village funds on deposit. The township also 1 and several other sur- towns had considerable sums of money left with the concern for safe keeping. Altogether $10,000 at least is involved, The safe has not yet been opened. Campbell is supposed to be in that haven for weary and —— spirits, Canada, His wife is nearly with grief over the situation. | Cleveland. Tius_hastil: Dismissal of the Dudley Case. INSTRUCTIONS OF JUDGE WOODS TO THE INDIAN- APOLIS GRAND JURY. The federal grand jury at Indianapolis yes- terday asked to be conducted before Judge Woods for farther instructions. The foreman asked the court for instructions touching let- ters written with an evident intent to corrupt voters, and requested to know what additional proof, aside from the authorship of such letter or le was necessary to establish a con- jiracy and justify an indictment, Judge Woods instructed the } that in order to make a case of conspiracy it would be neces- sary to prove that some one received a letter advising corrupt action, and that they acted upon the advice so received. his is regarded as a clean and unqualified dismissal of the Pig ncl case from the further consideration of jury. ————+e+______ Who Will Get the Money? A SENSATIONAL CONTEST IN RICHMOND FOR A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS. The death recently, at Richmond, Va., of Mr. W. A. Thomas, a wealthy retired merchant, without a will, will cause a big law-suit. Thomas, who was connected with some of the best peo- ple of Piedmont, Va., left at his death an es- tate valued at a quarter of a million. He was not married but had lived for years with a col- ored woman, who had been his cook. By this woman Thomas had several children. One of these is now grown and married to a well-to-do colored druggist in Richmond. The woman claims that some time before his death, in the SS of witnesses, he gave her the key to e box in bank, containing nearly $200,000, saying this was all for her. The woman also claims that about the same time Mr. Thomas rovided her with a book of a bank where he ‘ad about $18,000, telling her that his money was for her and her children, Thomas left a brother and several nephews, who claim their relative’s property, and have employed counsel to represent them before the courts. tenses Asc faa Against Costly Funerals. A SCRANTON PRIEST PROPOSES A MUCH-NEEDED REFORM. A Scranton, Pa., special to the New York Times says: The Rev. N. J. McManus, one of the veteran priests of the Lackawanna valley, and pastor of the church of the Holy Rosary, in the Providence section of Scranton, has ar- rived at the conclusion, after many years of close observation, that there is need of a radi- cal reform in the costly funerals of the poor. The long processions of carriages that are seen so often at funerals in all the towns and cities of the coal regions represent a great cost im- posed by custom upon those that are least able to afford it, and Father McManus thinks it is time there was a modification of this extrava- gance. He hesitated for some time about speaking publicly on so delicate a matter, but the opportunity was afforded Sunday in an announcement which a parishioner named John Wills, who lost a child a day or two since, de- sired to be made from the altar. Mr. Wills requested the priest to announce that none but the immediate relatives of his family would be expected to appear in car- riages at his child’s funeral, which was to take place in the afternoon, It was his wish that none others should so appear, and he was prompted to make this request by the fact that many of his friends who could ill afford it inti- mated their intention of appearing in carriages in the funeral procggsion. This furnished tJ text for an admirable ser- mon on extravagant funerals, and Father Me- Manus availed himself of the opportunity to express views on the subject that he had long entertained. He earnestly hoped that the request of Mr. Wills would be complied with, since it was prompted by a wish to re- lieve his friends ‘of the tax imposed by custom, It was not necessary to hire a carriage and join the procession of vehicles to the ceme- tery merely because of a costly custom, and those desiring to show their friendship for and sympathy with the bereaved family could do it just as well by attending the services in the church and then walking to the cemetery, if they so desired. . Father McManus expressed the wish that in the future costly funerals would be dispensed with and the simpler methods of sympathizing with the bereavéd family adhered to. His re- marks on this timely subject have attracted a good deal of attention, and will undoubtedly be productive of much good A Violet Era. From the Boston Advertiser. You walk along Beacon street, Common- wealth avenue or any of our well-known thoroughfares where Boston's femininity is wont to appear, and you find that the violet is the flower of all flowers at present. Florists say that their sales of this modest little blos- som are simply enormous and that the roses fairly hide their heads in the craze for violets. The lily of the valley, even, pales before the demand for white violets for bridal bouquets, the bridesmaids in the cases carrying dark blue Parma or Russian violets. At a recent Back Bay wedding all the flowers used in the house decorations were violets, The craze has extended so far that violet perfume is the only proper thing, and the perfumers find the de- mand for it rapidly increasing. Itis a violet era, and the pretty, modest little flower that has so long waited for recognition from exclu- sive circles is now on the top wave of popu- larity. How Lamont Wrote a Famous Phrase. From the N. Y. Mail and Express. The maxim that public office is a public trust is universally attributed to President Cleveland, though nobody remembers on what occasion or in what document he used the words. Imme- diately after Mr. Cleveland was nominated there was a loud call for some account of Grover Cleveland and his services, Colonel Lamont hastily wrote a little sketch of the candidate's career, threw in some of his public addresses, and sent it to the printer. When he was revis- ing the proofs his attention was called to the fact that he had not prepared a title for the pamphlet, and he wrote one that was descrip- tive of the contents. This was too long to go into one line across the top of the title page, d the printer urged the Colonel to give him jort and catchy heading. Colonel Lamont had had some experience writing headlines for the Albany Argus, and‘he promptly wrote, “Public Office Is a Public Trust.” Immediately under this heading was a portrait of Governor christened, the first campaign biography of Mr. Cleveland was given to the public. herever it went it carried the icture of the presidential candidate under the lofty and sonorous sentence: “Public office is a public trust,” and everybody supposed the title was a —— from some official communica- tion of the original of the portrait. But it was not; it was invented—or remembered — by Daniel Lamont at the behest of an impatient boss printer. The pbrase is to be found in “Lalor’s Political Encyclopedia” and in a mag- azine article written by Judge Cooley in 1877, pnt a The Empire Hat. New York Letter to Louisville Courier-Journal. The special girl is just now under a shade. It is oftenest a shade of soft felt and great glossy plumes, It is perched sufficiently well on her head to show the knot at the back and sufii- ciently off her forehead to make the aureole of eurls do their duty. What isit? It is the enormously large empire hat, burdened with nine plumes, and with its brim bent so it suits the face of the wearer; it may be fastened down like a poke bonnet; it may be flared up at one side and the long plumes allowed to touch the cheek on the other, or it may, in an arrogant manner, have its front uplifted, so that in her corporal coat mademoiselle looks the picture of the great general himself, An empire hat is by no means an economical adjunct to one’s toilet, because it must be exactly the same color as the coat, and usually is made to order, so that the brim, while it is wide enough, does not make the small woman look as if she were a blessed taper walking about with an ex- ——— upon her, with which the Hading veils should be worn, for they are as mnch out of place on a round hat ora tas would be a tulle gown at breakfast. ————+e+—_____ “Lave Her Alone,” Said He. From the Toronto Mail. A Roman Catholic priest the other day who was examining a confirmation class in the south of Ireland, asked the question: ‘What is the sacrament of matrimony?” A little girl at jena — ree Se etal of rme! wi souls en’ prepare for another and a better world.” “Good,” nid ‘Pu priest, “the answer f tory.” “Put veer onatalog nee te Thnew $0 the conta she may be right.” 3 ese are the only hats | No Umbrellas, No Rubbers. REASONS WHY GUM OVERSHOES ARE NOT WORN BY SOME MEN IN WET WEATHER. From the New York Sun. The tendency on the part of men to abandon the use of umbrellas and depend on the mack- intosh for protection from rain, has a counter- part in the lately-developed habit of many men togive up the use of rubber overshoes. Un- doubtedly, there are more “rubbers,” “go- loshes,” or “ .” as you prefer to call them, ay gael afew ~egeredy but, all the same, there are thousands of men in New York now who don’t wear who did wear them several years ago. “I don’t wear an overshoe,” says & man who is out in all kinds of weather, “for a9 oe both plans, and I find it healthier to go without them. Six years ego I wore rubbers even ina summer rain, but to-day I won't wear them even in such wet weather as we have had of late. The overshoe1s cumbersome. If you go within doors and wait for even ten minutes or more without taking off the rubber shoe the effect will be unpleasant. You may not have a headache that night, but if for a number of days you cover your leather shoe with the im- pervious rubbers and keep the rubbers on for a length of time the chances are nine out of ten that you will get to feeling dull and have a sick headache. ides, if your overshoe gets cut on the sole while in use it is apt to get full of water or slush and subject your shoe to such a soaking that the leather will | be ruined oryou will have wet feet.” “How do you get along without rubbers?” “ Have good thick-soled shoes, with soft dura- ble uppers. See that the shoe is oiled when new, and once a month afterward. Don't have so much oil put on that it will be hard to pol- ish; in fact, the oil must be used only to make the leather pliable. Wear these shoes on Mon- day if itrains or shines, Have another pair for Tuesday. Have another pair for Wednesday. Then on Thursday wear the first pair, on Fri- day the second, on Saturday the third pair, and then begin all over again. ‘Always have three pairs of shoes in constant use. on’t wear any sie! two days in succession. If it rains, go out ‘eeling that the thick leather will throw off the water; be wise enough to avoid puddles, change your shoes at night and you won't need ru! bers, you won't have colds, you won't have headaches, and you'll be happier in many ways. The heavy-soled shoes may cost a little more than those you are now wearing, but the difference will be saved by the giving up of from three to six pairs of rubber used in a year. Even if the anti-rubber system should cost a trifle more you can afford it, for the mis- erable effect of the rubbers upon the circula- tion of the blood in your feet will be done away with, and that is worth paying for.” gosadeedtcbasbirs 2 hoe Hanes Turkish Superstition About the Dead. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Preparations for the funeral are begun as soon as life is extinct, as the Turks believe in burying the dead as quickly as possible. The eyelids are closed and the lower jaw bandaged; the arms are stretched down the sides and the feet tied together. The priest and his assist- ants are now summoned to wash the corpse. As with us, no matter how a person may have | been kicked and buffeted through life, he is handled very tenderly after all sensibility has departed. The Turks are even more careful of this, because rd lack of tenderness in handlin, a corpse would bring upon them the curse oi the dead man’s soul, coe Evidently by a Sufferer. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. While a Michigan barber was shaving a sup- osed corpse the man came to life again. Where are wane rests that might well raise one from the tomb. —_ee0—___—_ Smartpox at Cornet.—Great excitement prevailed among thé students at Cornell uni- versity yesterday upon learning that Miss Annie F. Moon, a student in the Sage college for women, was suffering ‘from smallpox. President Adams addressed the students in the bene late in the afternoon, and said that ‘iss Moon had been removed from Sage col- lege to an improvised hospital on the university farm. Arrangements have been made to have every student in the university vaccinated. Miss Moon’s home is at Newport, N. Y. She is a very bright student and holds university scholarship. —_——--ee0e—_____ A Newspaper CoRRESPONDENT ATTACKED. A Frederick special to the Baltimore American says: C.F. Kreb, the correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,was sitting in Schley-Bros.’ store on West Patrick street, about 8:15 last night, when he was approached by Thomas M. Wolfe, who pulled a copy of yesterday's Sun out of his pocket, demanding to know if he was responsible for the article regarding the suit for slander docketed Monday, by him, inst W. Nash Young, a deputy clerk in the clerk’s office. Kreb replied in the affirmative; then Wolfe made a pass at him, which he dodged and stepped to the other side of the store, whereupon Wolfe drew a revolver and de- manded a correction of the report in this morning's issue of the Sun, Here Dr. Steiner Schiey and other friends interfered. ee Tre Reaprno Mizu was Weak.—The coroner held an inquest at Reading, Pa.. last evening on the bodies of the sete = ‘sons killed by the collapse of the silk mill during the recent tornado. The jury rendered a verdict “that while the builders udhered perhaps too strictly tothe specitications and a large part of the strength of the building was sacrificed for securing the light necessary for the employes in their tedious work, the building was well adapted for ita purposes, but not of sufficient strength to resist the tremendous force brought to bear on it.” Miss Lillie Schaefer, the last of the victims of the disaster, was buried yester- day. The silk mill is to be rebuilt at once. = ———— Representative BuNNELL's Bank SusPENps. The bank of Representative Frank C. Bun- nell, at Tunkhannock, Pa., has been forced to suspend, owing to an unprecedented run, due towramor that an execution of $40,000 had been issued against the bank, which Mr. Bun- vas unable to meet. The depositors were largely farmers, They became alarmed, and withdrew their deposits. The bank, whose de- sits did not aggregate over $100,000, paid $29,000 in a single y,and then ck its doors. Mr. Bunnell says the depositors will not lose anything. and that the bank will re- open as soon as it bridges over this temporary difficulty. Mir. Bunnell is loyally supported by the business men of Tunkhannock. panne we ade A just completed census of Atlanta gives a popilation of 74,076. LADIES’ GOODS. LAITING, | SMOCKING, | PINKING, BUTTON- Piitlen wioteakirs axcoraiomputted Poae on: P Demorest_Sewin achine $19.50, with all attachments, LUCAS, 908 9th st. n.w. ‘jalo- NS FOR $3 IN PAINTING AND DRAW- 12s G 28 Soci steals pee tee PARIS tical con’ fee ees kee CoP Rd AD nodstn languages. ‘903 Voth stn: jal l-1m' ee ga charge. Head ¥. advantages. Tikaltion Oy ie sake Pe F a cee eum oe st persons. or ATE LESSONS STRICTLY @ONFIDENTIAL to Whose carly education Ficcted or forgotten. | 8. W FLYNN, AM. ey inet eis fc ath cor. Sthand Ksts.nw. jal 133: The Second Term begins FRIDAY, Feb. 1st. ja7-1m 15TH ST. N. W. KERR'S School for ¥. Ladies and Lite Git, RIVATE INSTRUCTION IN LATIN, ENGLISH P Branches, me Nouns of pupll it Address Mrs. A. W., Star office. dl-w&s,2m Ppror, SCHEBL, TEACHER OF PIAN and == ag, 5 734 » 904 M st. HART, Principal. Voice culture and tawell'as ners; 734 12th st. nw. ‘ASHINGTON SCHOOL OF at sight. ‘ular atten’ those wishing to be qu ition nw. Mre. M. 8" ‘Natural sion carefully taught. iG Thoroughly cured. References to patrons. _{a5-1m* ‘STAMMERIN 0, ORGAN to be qualified an Date Sal2-sewime ‘UTION AND VENS PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE. TO THE NORTH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST, DOUBLE TRACK.” SPLENDID SCERE RY. STEEL RAILS. MAGN: ‘ENT EQUIPMENT, TRAINS LEAVE. WASHINGTON. FROM STATION, CORNER SIXTH AND B STREETS, AS FOL? RT STUDEN 3317 Fst. Day, TS’ LEAGUE, SUN and Rventhe classes Draw Oils and Water color from life. G. Heaton. E. wing structors—A. © Mes ser, Pas Gill, W. H. Holmes, and 8. Jerome Uhl ING yurg and the We Chicago Limited Express: Pullman Vestibuied Cars, at 0-30 ame diy Past 5 YncinMati and St. Louis, Cincinnati, G UARANTEE TO TEACH ANY ONE TO MAKE life-size Crayon of dra’ ys ‘xamine ‘imens, a Hey NouDS, May Building, cor. 7th and Este, ‘Portrait in 15 lessons; no kn Rowan ‘C. TOWNSEND, of ition. Correct (deep) breathing Voice Culture, Oratorical and Dramatic Acton at 1347 13 we 13th st, n.w. 431-31 owl T. JOHN'S COLLEG! Eight LEGE. ANNAPOLIS, MD. ents and four courses of st 188 SCHMITT'S KINDERGARTEN AND PRI Class, 401 ary veyance from borthwestern section, teacher accom | Articu- Teading taught the deals © a2v-liae st.n. w. Com lation and speech TOLIN LESSONS.—MR. H. DONCH WILL RE- residence, ceive a limited number of pupils at his 608 H st. n.w. 424-1 fever and we JRAWING AND PAINTING—INSTRUCTION IN Dbranch and for all ages, private or in cl at NATIONAL ACADE} FINE ARTS, 804 E see of students. ‘the wonderful progress Mi“. VERNON SEMINARY, 1100-1104—-1116 M STREET AND 1128 11TH STREET. BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GI Thorough instruction in ‘hes in with the best modern mmodious new ‘school building, heated by steam and having abundant sunlight and fresh air. For er information apply to the Principal, Mrs. E! KTH J.SOMERS.d. pm. daily,except Sunday. “Subdayar’ wm daly. excep y. Buiiday; ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG WAY, AND ALEXAND! “DW. LAND ! DIA “AND WASHEN & ACADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASSA- chusetts ave. —Thorough Musical Cot ‘With daily use of 5 tention ive to harm ry Bee Pastas fine, © ermal PENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, CO! ‘a tablished 1864. nat. o location. jand D. sts. Ww. Tee! Harp, Guitar Pian Pp, m. week daya, For Richmond and the South, and 3:40 p, m. daily, e: Trains leave Alexandna for 8:00, 9:10, 10:15, 11:07 5:10, 6:30, 7. 3 :30, 10:57 a. m. daily, 4 t Sun ous and class-rooms. Superior methods, Full corpsot instructors, Its well-trained, luates are filling msible business and offici positions. enue, and at the Day and it sessions. atten: of young be r the check'ng of men and women. Five courses: The business course; hotels and residemes. juensis course; Practical English; Special Pen- J. BR. WOOD, a Course in ag ‘Tuition Ms (a7) Gen. Pas. Agent. Peeing fap Tenh quarvercor monthly installments, ALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. HENRY OC BPENCER, TL, DB. bene ek jule in effect Dec. 9th. 1888. AVBPENGEID Vice-Principal” "nS Sromctnry comer of New Seraey IANO LESSONS — MISS CLARA HARRISON, Northw baled Fi eiuietabiensapedae, indecent Bost | pee Sa SSP ceca Se ge ey jor le a fo cl ‘8e20-4m" 1294 13thst.nw._ | 11:10 ee =s ut is 407 E. BUSINESS EDUCA’ A retmensin Comme! tabli [ON — BOOK-KEEPING Cakooad pute RCLA BCr — hed 1885, WOO! . Cap. 10 p.m. For Bittsbure and Cleveland. limited ex- press, daily, 8:55 a.m. and express, 9:05 p. For Le ‘and local stations, 10-16 29m, week days, 5,6 40, 7 Y leo BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES. ‘Terms begin now. 723 14th st. nw. _au29 'RIENDS’ SELECT Pints aud 3 2, Ww. ‘THOS. W. SIDWELL. Principal. au29-6m SCHOOL—A PRIMARY, ere for both sexes. IN- WPARTYN'S _ COMMEXCT, COLLEGE AND ‘School of Tel writing, 313.60 sibujocs Su in America.” Spl en comp: 1088 ry nd eucie iurgest snd most cominodions mula fa jovoted to business training. etropo! a 9B. ,Rplication, " Colored stadeute pot, euntticd ig ae FRANCIS G. MARTYN, President. C.K. URNER, t4:35,"and 45:30 pau A.M.C. E,, Principal. col | For, Gathizbary, and intermediate pointa, 19:00 a HARVARD GRADUATE DESIRES PUPILS | "3, call Setornbalinis wen oF A siniy ori mal cases, hie He stations, 17:00 pam, BE: 0019-Gmo _At Sanders & St ROF. SHELDON'S DANCL Apply to MH BTN, $25. iG ACADEMY MONDA’ Ww ‘open for the reception of pupila YS, WED- AYS and SATURDAYS. Call or send for circa. 1004 F st, 23-80, nw. a an. ‘Church train leaves Washincton on Sunday. 5 Fpl, SPP ot all” stations “on” ‘Metropoliian For Frederick, t10:10am, 14:35, t5: San- day Lo a ratte pre icesg ar ‘ot Hagerstown, . : ‘Trains arrive from Chicago dally #236 ae daily 6:30 FAMILY SUPPLIES. P.m. | from Ciucimnati and St, Loui Pittsburg "8:35 am. t HE BEST G: Al 7 Boost Sugar-Cured Small Family Hams, sweet daiey. Lge. Guaranteed to gi refunded. Also a full line choice (Groceries. very cheaj for the cash. d13-3m ‘ Bawa NULATED SUG. ve sat NA ‘944 La ave. n. w. 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