Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1889, Page 6

¥ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D..C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1889. DISTRICT LEGISLATION. A Number of Bills which Passed the House Last Evening. AMONG THEM THE BILL AMENDING THE JURY LaWS—THE BILL TO REGULATE AND LICENSE PAWNBROKERS—THE BILL TO MAINTAIN ORDER AT THE INAUGURATION, ETC. A good batch of District bills were disposed of in the House at last evening's session. The bills passed (most of them without discussion) were: The bill amending the act to levy an assessment on real estate in the District for the purpose of taxation. The bill making an ap- propriation of $10,000 for the survey of a road from the Aqueduct bridge to Mt. Vernon was ext considered. The bill exempting building end mutual loan associations of the District from taxation upon mortgagees, &c., held by them for moneys loaned to their own members, but not, however, exempting their real estate from taxation. The bill making it lawful for the United States treasurer to redeive from in- surance companies incoporated under the laws @f the District such securities necessary to en- able them to transact business. The bill grant- ing Christ church right and title to square south of square No. 1092. The bill to secure the maintenance of public order during the inaug- uration ceremonies. The bill amending the meral jury laws of the District, so as to re- Se the term from three months to one month, end providing. among other requirements, that the shall be taxpayer. The bill to regulate and license wnbrokers in the Dis- trict. The bill providing for a commission of pharmacy and regulating the practice of phar- macy m the District. ‘The bill providing for ‘trial | by jury in the police court. ASSESSMENTS OF REAL ESTATE. The first bill passed related to the assess- «ents of real estate in the District. The pres- ent law ia amended so as to provide for a board of appeal and to correct other evils that have been complained of in the operation of the ex- isting law. The principal amendment ix as follows: “Sec. —. That the collector, the assessor, and the clerk in charge of special sasessments of the District of Columbia shall constitute a board of license and tax appeal, and shall have power to value and make return in e except the year designated for genera iment, of ali property taxable by law not before assessed and valued; to reduce the assessment and valuation of any property assessed as herein | provided, which may have been lessened in value; to increase the assessment and valuation of any property which may have been enhanced in value; and generally to make such correc- tions and additions in previous assessmentsand valuations as may be just and proper, havi in view the actual cash value of the property at | the time of such correction; and any person aggrieved by the assessment of any property. however made, may apply to the said board for an abatement, and if he makes it appear that he is taxed upon an assessment of his property above its cash value. said board shall make a reasonable abatement, and shall certify the same to the auditor, upon whose statement th sum estimated to be due for such abatement shall be paid to said applicant; and the said | board shall have power to hear all applications | for licenses under existing laws, and shall make report of its hearing and of the facts ascer- tamed by such hearing to the Commissioners for their determination; the said board shall hold its sessions at such times as shall be des- ignated, and shall consider the applications presented to them, under regulations to be adopted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and in all matters coming before it for consideratiou shall have power to admin- ister oaths or affirmations, and any person who | shall knowingly mak: false oath or attirma- tion in relation to any matter before said board shall be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction | thereof punished according to law.” THE PROPOSED ROAD TO MOUNT VERNON. The bill appropriating $10,000 for a survey for a national road from the Aqueduct bridge to Mt. Vernon was then passed, after some op- position, with an amendment by Mr. Kilgore. providing that the survey should not commit the government to the purchase of the land along the route. THE BILL AMENDING THE JURY LAWS in the District was fully explained in the report by Mr. {Atkinson,‘’and provoked no debate. | The bill is long and technical. According to | existing law, as shown by the report, jurors in the District of Columbia serve for a term of | * three months. This local provision is unusual | and oppressive and results in the excusing of | the better class of men from jury service. The bill in question is designed to remedy this evil. | It was referred by the committee to the Com- | missioners of the District. who. in turn, re- ferred it to the Supreme Court of the District | of Columbia. The chief justice of this court | says: “‘Inclosed find a copy of the bill relating | to the jury system of the District. We invited the attention of the Bar association to the matter, and its committee, after examination. | has substitute, of which I inclose a | copy. e judges of this court, or all who are able to do so, have examined the substitute and, I am _ instructed to say, indorse it, and recommend its adoption and enactment into a law.” This substitute reduces the term of service to one month, and is recommended, as has been seen, by the bench, the bar, and Dis- triet Commissioners. The various amendments to the statutes pro- vide that “the —— Court in general term shall have power by rule of ¢ t to regulate the period of holding its terms, as also the periods of all the special terms, and to fix the number of such terms, and to alter the same from time to time as public convenience may ire.” * * * “No person shall be com- petent to act as a juror unless he be a citizen of the United States, a resident of the District | otf Columbia, a tax-payer, over twenty-one and | under sixty-1 avie felony or misdemeanor involving moral _turpi- tude. And the Commissioners of, the District of Columbia shall furnish to the officers or per- sons who are authorized to make the list of | jurors for service in the Supreme Court of the | istrict of Columbia, within twenty days after | this act shall take effect. and thereafter at least once a year, a list containing the names of the male tax-payers of said District.” * * * “The term of service of jurors drawn for service in the Supreme Court of the District | of Cotumbia holding a special term as a Circuit | Court, or to serve as petit jurors in the special term as a Criminal Court, shall begin on the first Tuesday in each and every month in which jury trials shall be had and (subject to the provisions of section } thorizing the Georgetown and Tenleytown rail- road so as to permit the track to be laid within the limits of the roadway. The act when passed originally was amended 80 as to hibit this. In explanation of the necessity for the occu- oy of the road, Mr. Rowell said that “when ny people, small scribe to, say, a hundred dollars’ worth of the stock, quite a large number of them, subscribed for the entire stock, and the large land-owners along the line of the road did not succeed in — any of it. There no power to con- mn the land, and the holders are un- willing to grant the right of way because of not being able to get any of the stock. They lost the opportunity of building the road them- selves, although they were prepared for it, and this act aepl ‘neans Ps amendment of the charter to enabble the company to build it upon the right of way of the present road, but entirely outside of the improved limits.” Mr. Richardson and Mr. Kilgore thought the country people might object to the road and so made a point of no quorum against the bill, which then had to be withdrawn. THE BILL REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY provides for a commission of pharmacy and for Proper registration, and fixes stringent rules for the sale of drugs, providing fines, &c., for violations of the law. It makes every registered harmacist responsible for the quality of all Trugs, chemicals, and medicines he moy sell or dispense, with the exception of those sold in the original packages of the manufacturer, and also those known as “patent medicines;” and should he knowingly, intentionally, and frand- ulently adulterate, or cause to be adulterated, such drugs, chemicals, or medical preparations, orshould he knowingiy manufacture, sell, or dispense any medicine from damaged material or of an inferior quality, representing said medicine to be of quality, or should he fraudulently label any medicine deficient in strength according to the United States Pharma- cope@ia, by a name official in said pharma- copeia; or should he falsely or fraudulently represent by label, written or printed, that any medicine is made by authority of and to repre- sent any formula in any certain book of form- ule; or should he falsely and fraudulently represent by label, printed or written, that any certain medicine contains given quantities by weight or measure of certain ingredients, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thercof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding #100, and in addition thereto his name shall be stricken from the register. It is provided that the commissioners of pharmacy shall, within sixty days after the we of this act, prescribe and publish certain general rules for the arrangement of pharmacies, as to the storage of poisonous medicines, so as to pre- vent as far as possible a dangerous error by the accidental substitution of one medi any pharmacy refuse or neglect to comply with sai conviction he shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense. A list of poisons is given that it shall be un- lawful to retail. —_—___ HOW THEY SCARED FOLKS. Some of the Old Boys Tell of the Pleasures of Youth. From the Atlanta Cot A group of old-timers were talking together yesterday at the court-house corner. They were talking about how they had been scared as boys by the grave-yards and ghosts of long time ago. “Well, sir,” said one of the group, his eyes twinkling at the recollection, “there's a swamp in Fayette county they call ‘the Haunted Swamp’ to this day because we fixed up a scarecrow there one night about '54, and scared some negroes nearly to death. I remember they were coming back from a frolic about 2 o'clock, all of ‘em together, because they were scared, anyhow. We rigged upa pole fifteen or twenty feet long, and covered it with white cloth, Then for a head we hollowed out a great big pumpkin with the eyes and mouth cut out. and a candie inside. They were within twenty feet of it before they sawit. I never saw folks scared so before or since.” “Yes.” said another old gentleman, “I re- member mighty well. But the Dumb Bulls— they will make any manrun. Take a hollow blackgum log. eight to sixteen inches in diame- ter, and saw out a length of about twelve tosix- teen inches. That makes a cylinder, hollowed out smooth inside, andthe thinner the better. tretch a rawhide tight like a drumhead over one end. Make an awl hole and run a string through the drumhead, tying a knot in the end so it can't slip through entirely. Then take some English rosin and rosin the string thor- oughly and the thumb and foretinger of your right hand. You hold that Dumb Bull in your left arm and pull the string, allowing it to slip between your thu md forefinger. Its the most unearthly combination of groans and tution screaks and whistles a man ever listened to. It | would seare a dead mule.” “That's so,” said the old man from Henry. “A dumb bull is hard to beat. Next to the damb bull comes the rattle trap. You fix a cog wheel on a stick and arrange around it a frame so fixed that a stiff wooden tongue just touches the cogs. Then by revolving the frame, the tongue jumps from one cog to another—rattle! rattle! rattle! Dogs—my Lord—it beats a tin can all to pieces.” “Horse whistles—you remember asked another of the group. Everybody remembered. “Well, then, we used to go cow hunting after school with those horse whistles. A cow that won't run from a horse whistle is a dead cow. I started to say shi t bé dens, but I remem- ber an old deaf cow that couldn't hear it thun- der. One day we slipped up behind her and ES that whistle to sromniie. It was « week efore they found her, over here in Campbell county, thirty miles away. The best way to make horse whistles was to take a piece of white pine about an inch square and six inches ‘Then mal he edge being an inch across, a: s p, but as sharp and thin as you could make it. Bore a hole through the thick part and pass a string through. ‘The other end of the string is around a stick and the whistle ought to be ebont a yard from the stick, Set your stick in motion and get that whistle revolving. ome folks say it sounds sorter like the w blowing, but it didn’t sound that way to me soe ee Hard-Coal Trade. ‘THE DEALERS MAY hee THE COMPANIES TO RE- ck PRICES. A Philadelphia special to the Baltimore i : The hard-coal trade is still almost stagnant, and to-day there were ramors them?” 407) shall terminate on the Monday preceding the first Tuesday of the following month except when the jury shall be discharged by the cour: at an earlier day. The term of service of grand | jurors in the special term as a criminal court shall begin with each term of that court as tixed from time to time by the Supreme Court | of the District of Columbia in general term, | and shall end with such term, unless the jury | shall sooner be discharged by the court. At least ten days before the first Tuesday in each month when jury trials are to be had the clerk shall publicly break the seal of the jury box and proceed to draw therefrom the ‘names of twenty-six persons to serve as jurors in such circuit court, and of twenty-six other persons to serve as petit jurors in such criminal court, | and at least ten days before the commencement | of each special term held as a criminal court | the names of twenty-three persons required to serve as grand jurors in such criminal court shall be drawn in like manner. fies Cees It shall be the duty of the marshal of the Dis- trict, at least five days before the beginning of the term of service for which a jury has been | selected, as provided by law, to notify each | person drawn by serving on him a notice in| writing of his selection as a juror of the court | he is to attend, and of the day and hour he is | toappear. That any person who shall have been regularly drawn as juror, and shall there- upon have served as a juror for the period of twenty days or more, shall be exempt from r service asa juror in the District of Columbia for the period of one year from the Deginning of his said term of service, but nothing herein contained shall render such juror ineligible toserve asa juror during said year: Provided, however, at nO person shall competent to serve asa juror for two con- secutive terms.” PREVIOUSLY PASSED BY THE SENATE. The bill providing for police magistrates and trial by jury, and the bill for extra police for the imauguration have been passed by the Benate. THE POLICE MAGISTRATES BILL, together with the committee amendments, which were adopted last night, has been pub- lished in Tux Stax within a few days. THE PAWNBROKERS’ BILL Feduces the license to #100 and also the rate of interest they may demand, and which, among other requirements, provides that articles un- redeemed at the expiration of a year shall, after being duly advertised, be put up for sale at public auction. Section seven provides: That no pawnbroker shall ask, demand, or receive any greater rate of interest than 24 per cent per annum upon any loan not exce sum of $25, or more than 12 per pend 9 Bum upon any loan exceeding the sum of under the penalty of $100 for every such of- THE GEORGETOWN ASD TENLEYTOWN RAILROAD. An attempt was made to amend the act au- that the wholesale dealers would try to force | the companies to make reductions in prices. A | prominent official of the Reading coal and iron company said that ke doubted whether the dealers contemplated such that it would be use : “The coal trade is quiet just now.owing greatly to the long-continued mild weather. The trouble is in warm weather the demand for domestic sizes falls off considerably and stocks accumulate rapi: The only remedy for this state of affairs is to restrict the output, and this bas been done large coal companies and several of the individual producers, The Lehigh coal and navigation company shut down its thirteen collieries last week, and they opened a few of them this week to get out coal fi racts and supply the engines of the road. have shut down all the collieries we » possibly spare, and we shall keep them closed until we find that we can use more coal than we now produce. I think that a few weeks of cold weather would start us going all right again. No concessions in prices have been made, and none will be made. A few in- dividual producers have made concessions in some instances, but that has not changed the situation. This will be a good coal year, not- withstanding the late mild weather. and we will mine and sell more coal than jast year, while our expense will be much smaller, oo A bill has been introduced in the Nebraska legislature for the supurcenion ot bucket-sho) ont mpeg ay any trading im grain, stocks, bonds, or other articles unl the actual delivery of property, and providing heavy penalties for violation. George Haggeman, who was arrested a few days since on « charge of horse stealing and incendiarism, was taken from the Colfax county jailat Schuyler, Neb., by a mob some time during Monday night an hanged to a tree in the court-yard. Fireman Dominick Marion, who was crushed to death under the walls of the Arlington hotel fn Buffalo Saturday, was to have been married in March to pretty Rachel Smith. The - pa pone eames insane. i ohn W. Cowdrey, who had extensive! yertised himself as a faith-cure sclentist ane added ess accompanied by at West Haven, Conn., Monday night from a stroke of apoplexy, with which he was at- tacked —- his lecture, in which he had 8 = y, nes oe ea of death. At Cramp’ ry yest “ommodore Fitzhugh, Commander 4 Chief F; neer Kutz and Naval C Robert_W. | Steele began their inspection of the v. | gunboat Lorktown. pigs In New York Judge Wallace, in the U. - gait court qeaiceee, tontaest at th telephone com Wallace — tel fringement The Joshua than Mason. icine for an- | | other; and should the proprictor or owner of | rules after thirty days’ notification, upon | ANOTHER DESERT DISAPPEARING What Explorers Have Recently Found in the Interior of Australia. From the New York Sun. The Australian desert which was once sup- posed to cover the larger part of the interior of | that continent is going the way of all the other deserts that have failed to stand the test of ex+ ploration. Just as the early explorers of the’ African coasts filled all the regions that bad not been visited with uninhabitable wastes, so a great part of inner Australia has been repre- sented as utterly valueless to man. The faith in this illimitable desert was somewhat shaken in 1872, when Giles found Amadeous Lake, 200 miles long, at its geographical center; and the few explorers who have since visited inner Australia have whittled off great sections of the desert and put forests and streams where only sand was supposed to be. Sir Samuel Davenport, in an address at Ade- laide @ short time ago, said that the recent travels of Messrs. Lin and Tietkens had proven that inner A ia was by no means a Saharan waste, and though now uninhabited, it was capable of supporting a large popula- tion. They found not only wide regions cov- ered with luxuriant grass, but also mineral deposits that are certain to attract attention. Almost in the geographical center of the con- tinent Tietkens found several large rivers head waters were on the northern slopes of mountain ranges. The rivers flowed north, and as far as he traced them he found a great freceg large and valuable timber along their 8. Lindsay's investigation between 18 degrees and 24 degrees south latitude resulted in some surprising discoveries. In the McDonnell range of mountains he found garnets and rubies and abundant indications that mining in this region for precious stones will be highly rofitable. On Tennant’s creek he found gold- aring quartz in abundance, and he brought home stories of almost boundless pasture lands, of water in abundance, and of deep, blue lakes, one of which,some 300 milesjnorth of Amadeous lake, is of large and as yet unknown extent. His exploration covered’ a region extending several hundred miles north and south; and both east and west of his route stretches a vast | and wholly unknown region that gives promise of being equally inviting. The great railroad which is to extend across the continent from north to south, through the eastern part of the country once supposed to be # desert, will much facilitate the work of exploration; and although inner Australia has been sadly neglected by travelers, it will not be many years before the last of her geograph- ical secrets is revealed. This railroad is now m operation for 600 miles north of Adelaide. Track laying is pushing steadily on and the line is growing southward also from Port Dar- win, its northern terminus, An exploring party has just been sent ont by the Geographi- cal society of Australasia to more fully explore the region, of which our first accounts have been go unexpectedly gratifying. coe The Position of Women in America. Prof. James Bryce. A European cannot spend an evening in an American drawing-room without perceiving that the attitude of men and women is not that with which he is familiar at home. The aver- age European man has usually a slight sense of condescension when he talks toa woman on serious subjects. Even if she is his superior in intellect, in character, in ial rank, he thinks that as a man he is her superior, and, consciously or unconsciously, talks down to her. She is too much accustomed to this to resent it, unless it becomes tastelessly palpable. Such a notion does not cross an American's mind. He talks to a woman just as he would to aman, of course with more deference of manner, and with a proper regard to the topics likely to interest her, but giving her his in- tellectual best, addressing her as a person whose opinion is understood by both to be worth as much as his own, Similarly, an American lady does not expect to have conver- sation made’ toher. Itis justas much her duty or pleasure to lead it as the man’s is, and more often than not she takes the burden from him, darting along with a gay vivacity which puts to shame his slower wits. It need hardly be said that in all cases where the two sexes come into competition for com- fort, the provision is made first for women. In railroads the end car of the train, being that farthest removed from the smoke of the loco- motive, is reserved for them (though men ac- companying a lady are allowed to enter it), and at hotels their sitting-room is the best and sometimes the only available public room,lady- | less guests being driven to the bar or the’ hail. | In omnibuses and horse-cars (tram-cars) it was formerly the custom for a gentleman to rise and offer his seat to a lady if there were no va- cant place. This is now less universally done, In New York and Boston (and I think ‘also in San Francisco) I have seen the men keep their seats when ladies entered: and I recollect one occasion when the offer of aseat toa lady was | declined by her, on the ground that as she had chosen to enter a full car she ought to take the consequences. It was (I was told in Bos- ton) a feeling of this kind that had led to the discontinuance of the old courtesy. | When la- dies constantly pressed into the already crowded vehicles, the men, who could not secure the enforcement of the regulations against over- crowding, tried to protect themselves by refus- ing to rise. It is sometimes said that the priv- ileges yielded to American women have dis- posed them to claim as a right what was only a courtesy,and have told unfavorably upon their manners. I know of several in- stances, besides this one of the horse-cars, which might seem to support the criticism, but cannot onthe whole think it well founded. The better bred women do not presume on their sex, and the area of good breeding is always widening. It need hardly be said that the community at | large gains by the softening and restraining in- | fluence which the reverence for womanhood | diffuses. Nothing so quickly incenses the peo- le us any insult offered to.» woman. Wife- eating, and indeed any kind of rough violence offered to women, is far less common am the rndest class than it is in England. | work or work done at the pit-mouth of mines | is seldom or never done by women in Amerie: r who in some parts of Europe finds women performing severe mal libor is revolted by the sight in a way | ye: Among the passengers who sailed for Hong Kong Wed- nesday by the steamer City of New York was a Chinese woman who gave the name of Lee Dai. She attracted consid le attention on account of her physical beauty and the size of her sym- metrical feet. By her side stood a medium- sized white man, perhaps forty years old, whose name was Edgar Holmes, He had long been a resident of Hong Kong, which place he first met Lee Dai. She was at that time but thirteen years of age. This w; three years ago. One morning Holmes arose to seé the Chinese steamer just leaving the dock. When he called to see the little oriental lady he found that she had gone by the steamer. For the first time he learned how deeply he was attached to the little maiden. She had been his especial care, and under his guided hand she had mastered the English language. He remainedat Hong Kong for a year, awaiting her return. But ales! througir the intimidation of the old hag wii brought her over, and of certain Chinese mer- chants here, she was detuined. Holmes fol- lowed her here, only to learn that she had been sent to Panama. Thither he sailed, but was told that she had gone to British Columbia. He then went to Victoria, and still his search was unrewarded, Back to San Francisco he came, and one month ago he found her, a widow ofa Lipo § Chinese merchant. Holmes urged his suit and little Lee Dai_consented to accom- pany him back to Hong Kong, and upon their arrival there they will be made man and wife. —————— Persistent Litigation. MR. JOHN B, ALLEY STILL RESISTS OR. CHESTER SNOW'S CLAIM. A Boston special to the New York Herald says: The litigation in the suit of Chester Snow against John B. Alley for the conversion of Postal Telegraph bonds threatens to be un- ending. After several trials, the result of which had been in each case set aside, Mr, Snow recovered a verdict for $54,375.75. At the recent term of the supreme court Judge Aldrich refused to set the verdict aside. Col. Root. G. Ingersoll, counsel for Mr. Alley, has now filed exceptions to the of Judge Al ‘The exceptions and evidence cover 100 pages of le gal cap, “FIXED” CAPITAL. The Perishable Quality of Nearly All Forms of Investments. ‘Fom the Forum. It is. curious to observe that the only relics of the:great Roman empire which now have any actuabntility among men are the Roman road andithe Roman law; the one, which was con- structed to open the way for conquest, remains an-epen way for commerce; the other remains at the foundation of our civil organization; all else has vanished except Roman literature and art, Of all the forms of capital which at the present day are springing into existence per- haps less will remain even a century hence than now remains of the capital or products of the Roman empire, if we except the opening of the ways. The term “fixed capital” is some- times used to distinguish the less it le forms of capital from those which are but use- ful only for the day; but there is nothing fixed except the lawof change. There are factories in existence which purport to be fifty years old; but within that time the motive power and ali the machinery has changed once, twice, or thrice; where land can be had true economy may now consist in taking down the high building of five or six stories piled one upon another, and in reconstructing the mill only one or two stories above the ground. Who can tell when the next inventor will appear who will destroy all the rolling-stock of the railways? Who can tell how long the people will be satisfied with the present ernde and unscientific methods of constructing dwelling-houses? What useful factor or form of capital exists in a material form to-day that is more than a few years old? What permanent improvement have we made on the face of the land even in. this conntry, modern as it is, except in leveling the hills, piercing the mountains, filling up the valleys, and laying down the ways of commerce? All that we can do is to move something; we can make nothing. And when we have opened the way, laid the rail, and brought the line to the seaboard. Why do we obstruct the dis- tribution of our own product, why do we construct. legal barriers to com- merce with Canada and Mexico, for in- stance, more difficult and costly to’ surmount than any of the heavy grades over or of the tunnels through the mountains? a see After a Registered Letter. AN UNSUSPECTING SW PUT THROUGH A CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION, From the New York Commercial Advertiser. An amusing incident which happened in the New York post-office a short time ago has just | leaked out and is worth relating. Applicants for the service as carriers had been notified to call at the post-office at 10 o'clock on a certain day and undergo a medical examination to de- termine their bodily fitness for the service. Several hundred responded, and as the hour approached for examination the halls and stair- case leading to the examining room were crowded. On the morning in question a Swede had received through the mail a card issued by the registry division notifying him to apply in person at that division for a registered letter which would be delivered to him on proper identification, The Swede saun- faced into the post-office with the card in his hand, and seeing a stream of men ascending the stairs followed it. He was placed in line with the applicants, and after some hours wait- ing, his turn came and he was ushered into the examining room. The doctor was in a hurry and did not question him. He was put on a scales and weight taken, placed under an up- rightand height recorded, his outer clothing removed and his body subjected to a severe thumping; was made to draw long breathsand given further exercise before the examination was finished. “What's your name?” asked the doctor. The Swede handed the card to the doctor in Hello! What's thi “Call the interpreter.” “Mr. Blank, question this man and see what he’s after.” A few minutes’ conversation revealed to the Swede the fact that a mistake had been made. He thought the post-office authoriites very strict, and supposed it was the custom of the country. He was conducted to the proper division, E said the doctor. soe Robbery at Newport. COL, BONAPARTE’S VILLA RANSACKED BY THIEVES. A Newport special to the Baltimore American says: Col. Jerome Bonaparte would hardly ree ognize the interior of his handsome villa here, if he shonld visit it at this time. Some time Monday afternoon or evening thieves broke into the cottage from the rear and completely | ransacked the entire place. They pulled ont all the drawers, threw the furniture around, and, discovering nothing of portable value up- stairs, continued their investigations in the cellar, Here they uriearthed the colonel’'s wine bin, in which he had stored a valuable stock of choice brands, awaiting next season's campaign. This they cleaned ont, and from the number of empty bottles lying about it waa evident that they were determined to carry off inside what they couldn't carry outside. "The loss will be quite heavy, The burglary was Pore A this morning by the broken rear oor. pe as a Mixed the Bodies Up. THE CORPSE OF A PITTSBURG EDITOR SENT TO THE POTTER'S FIELD BY MISTAKE. By a mixing of bodies at the New York morgue the body of Editor Gustave A. F. Friedericks, of the Pittsburg Voiksblatt, was taken from Bellevue hospital to Hart’s Island, | ¢ on ‘Tuesday, for interment in potter's field. It was only by active work of the friends of the dead editor and by telegraphing to the island that the burial there was prevented. Mr. Friedericks was a prominent German of Pitts- burg. Hehad been under treatment at Belle- vue hospital for Bright’s disease, and died in that institution Sunday, The members of the Lincoln branch of the’ Schuetze: city, of which Mr. Friedericks was had made arrangemeats at the hospital to ta charge of the funeral. Wh the unde: called at the hospital Tues¢ the body had been t ity to be buried i ing mistake rende the funeral until. to- been hired and allt burial in th to postpone coaches had Lutheran cemetery. — — hot His Own Hand Off. A MILEMAN ACCUSED OF MUTILATING HIMSELP TO COLLECT ACCIDENT INSUR In September last William Travis, a milk- man of Detroit, insured himself against acci- deyt in the Standard life and accident in- surance company for £5,000. On September 28 he received a gunshot wound in the palm of his left band, which so erated it that am. putation be necess: ‘Travis received 1,633 from company, which was the mount specified for the 103s of a hand, Sev- eral other accident companies had also insured | ‘Travis, and paid him without hesitation. Peter Smelzer, a neighbor of ‘Travis, has made afildavit that Travis purposely shot himself to collect the money, and Travis is now in jail. Smelzerwas to receive a portion of the money for Lees es secret, and upon Travis’ failure to keep his agreement “penched.” pe ; Lilacs in Kebruary. A letter to the editor of the Boston Transcript says: ‘The open weather thus far this winter brings to the mind of one of your readers—an old resitlent—the fact that, when he was living in New York city in the month of February, 1841, lilacs and other early flowers were in full bloom, and so continued until after the inaug- uration of Gen. Harrison. Subsequently there Was more or less cold weather, and in the early part of April, the night previous to the charter (mayoralty) eléction, the severest snow storm ot the winter set in, completely blocking the streets, so that they became impassable. He at the time reaided at Yorkville (79th street) and succeeded in reaching Jones’ Wood (59th street), and there was forced to unharnesg the horses and leave the sleigh by the wayside, As & matter of fact, however, the snow disap- peared before the next night.” ————_—_-6e= — _ A Quartet or ns eo mee Hutch- inson, Kan., speci @ New York World says: The ‘marshal of Great Bend yesterday morning arrested a party of four young elopers from Push Center, the combined ages of whom amounted to fi it years, the boys being aged sixteen and for and the girls fifteen and thirteen: They had takena borse and car- wee the livery stable of the father of one ot boys,and they were en route to Kan- sas City, where they intended to be married. Tangements for the | £ EDUCATIONAL. } TIN, HIGHER MATHEMATICS. BY Mise 3, : ‘Aires fise T, orcall 10am: or 8 pe Be M aot a Persons. prebar Mot vce carefully revised: references 14a Ss SIXTEEN SIMPLE LESSONS. for, pamphlet ‘en cHu cette OA Pe ASTER — OF ARTS. UNIVERSITY assistant, prepares for civil service, West High and Norioal rinal schools FRANK f HALI. FREN K EMATICS A modern languages. 003) 16th stew.” Jal EORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. SSIC_ AND ENT! NT, Ghonoktows COLLEGE, 9. Collegiate and Preparatory Courses. Day Scholars, 850 por year. “Half rm 8100." Boarders, $300. boarders, $100. SECOND SESSION OPENS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4. EXAMINATIONS FOR ENTRANCE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, y to the Presi EE Ene Tet eICHARDS 8. 3. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, G Meai School, $20 H street northwest. Established 1851, G. L. MAGRUDER, M. D., Drax, 815 Vermont avenue, northwest. LAW DEPARTMENT, Georgetown Law School, cor- ner Sixth and F streets northwest. Established 1870. Apply to 8. REV. J. HAVEN: w M. YEATMAN, tary. 3 RICHARDS oo ‘Ructon, puvate gogo a IN LATIN, 7 ranches, fathematics, at house of pu esived, “Adatom Mrs. A.W, Star fice. -Gi-wan.tm ROF. SCHEEL, TEACHER OF PIANO, ORGAN and Singing at sight. Particular attention to be- well as those wishing to be quia ‘es per- st. now. 1 2-s&wlin™ GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. _ G. T. Kes TAILOR H. D. Bux IMPORTER AND TAILOR, Has the honor to inform you that his NEW GOODS have Just arrived. Mr. BARR ‘fits: in his ir. a all garments made 1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. Washington, D.C. ___ HOUSEFURNISHINGS. Wan Pwrns, Daarenizs, £ HOUSE AND FRESCO PAINTING. REX FURNITURE POLISH, A full line of @AS COOKING STOVES On hand and for sale. mb31 WASHINGTON GASLIGHT COMPARY. GPENCERIA’ BUSINESS | COLLEGE, COR. 7TH and D ats.n.w. Founded 1864. Location central ; commodions halis; appointments complete. Moré than 50,000 youre men and women have been trained i in the Spencerian Collezes of America. ight sewsions, ‘Tuition fees, moderate. Five jusiness Course; Shorthand and Typewrit- E * Ray vitios ; ‘mess ine jmite de Paris, Special classes ing classes for adults. 4 Oet-in na) 13th st. naw, IANO LESSONS pupil of Wim. Mason, 8620-5 13th st.nw. JYRAWING AND PAINTING —iNs' every, branch and for all ages, pi \ATIONAL ACADI MY Cal RNA V. BOD! O, HAV. returned from New York, can be engaged for .. A limited number of pupils will also be Address 13329 Wallach Place." jal8-Im* P MUSIC, St, . ‘Twentieth year. violin. Finte. Cornet, &e. LLARD, Director, Jal E'S School for Young Ladies and Little Girls, The Second Term bezins FRIDAY Feb. 1st. _a26-torfe Wis ASHINGTON SCHOOL OF ELOG Oratory, 904 M st. u.w., Mra. HART, Prix sion carefully taught. STAM pal. Voice culture and cured, References to patrons, TION. ‘atural Expres- MERING Thorowchly Jas RT STUDENTS’ LEAGUE, BUILDING 1317 F st. Day and Evening ciasses. Drawing | jal and Painting in Oils and Water color from life. Classes | 5 for beginuers. Instructors—A. G, Heaton, EC. Mes- HE GRE. 2 W, Gill, W. H. Holmes, and 8. Jerome Uhl. PENNSYL' 4{DWARD C. TOW 7" STEEL RAILS. E ‘Teacher of Elocution. ae Correct (deep) breatht Dramatic Action, <1. JOHN'S Ci Eignt depart e Cultur fh st. m, LL NAPOLIS, M uents and four courses of study. parutory school attached. SP) AL, ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE PREPARATION “OF CANDIDATES YOR ‘THE NAVAL ACADEMY, For catalogues, address President a28-3m THOMAS FELL, A. M. ‘T. VERNON SEMINARY, 1100-1104—1116 M STREET AND 1128 11TH STREET. BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE GIRLS. Thorough instruction in all branches in accordance with the best modern methods. Commodions new school building, heated by steam and having abundant qonlieht and théah air, For further inforaation apply 10 the Princ LLIZABETH J.SOMERS.d1-3m CADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS, 1312 MASSA- chusetts ave.—i horougi: ;Course in English and Music on the Piano, with daily"ase of Technicon,Organ, Harp, Guitar and Banjo. Special attention given to harmony and thorough bass classes; also to vocal. sm A BUSINESS EDUCATION- BOO! EEPING,PEN- manship,Commercial Branches, ‘Type-writing, Elo. Cution ; rapid progress, Low rates, Est. 1880." C after 4:30. WOOD'S COMMERCIAL SCHOOL, Jal9-to! ‘Terms begin now, IRIENDS’ SELECT SCHOUL—A PRIMAL termediate, and High Sel. for both sexes 8 5 SIDWELL, Principal, an29-6m THOS. W. SIDV COLLEGE AND pe-Writing, 3 st.n. w., near City Post-Office, ard Business College iu America.” Spiendidiy equip d. ‘The largest und most cominodious bu the city red to business trainins. Cal cn application, Colored | studeuts not FRANCIS G. MARTYN, President. C. K. URNEK A.M. C.E, Principal. ocl HARVARD GRADUATE DESIRES PUPILS, singly or im small classes. Apply to WM. H. PUTNAM, A.M. #e19-6mo _At Sanders & Stayman's, O34 F'st ROF. SHELDON'S DANCING open for the reception of pupils NESDAYS and SATURDAYS. Call lars, 1004 F itted. ACADEMY NOW MONDAYS, WED- or send for circu- PIANOS AT HOFFMAN HOUS ‘ork. “In fact I had never ection with . Director, G. H. my orel . RUK 10th st. aww. 28 ROOM CHOICE Ist of April. SLL Oth st: now. UNEQUALED IN TONE, TOU! ~ AND DURABILI Special attention of “Purchase: “New Artistic Styles,” EST DECORATI 5 D A large assortment, comprising almost every well- wn make in the country, in thorough repair, will be closed out at v Jow ficures. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS: offered bot! mages and in terzna,which will be arranged on EASY. MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS when desired. WM, ENABE & CO, ag Ma it Space. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. Varextixes, 2 Valentine Wilk aind Seti Novelties, Valentine Art Prints, Elegant, Attractive, rohit rm RSELL, BD am aod viernes: af rae ie fein cater tomas aObE a __ PROFESSIONAL. “PROF. CLAY, WONDERFULLY GIFTED ( with in n ines. of others, ji 1 ees ASS CLARA HARRISON, | Pp CHEVREMONT, | tw easy terms: rare and between Ale: Jeans. man Sle A.M. th ch ha “y e Biem! Siveper Gree: trains Washington t .— West He, Charle Sleapers an Pulm: Louisvill Memphis, Littie Rock, Throwed Pullman Sleepers without chai 12:00 P. burg, Danvill Washington to N gomery, | Palin .. Without 2 ‘Trains on Washington and Ohio division ington 8-00 A. M. Dail: except Daily; arrive Round 3 | Returning } P.M. Dail rou villeand Lynchbui 47:35 PM. ; via and 7:35 P.M. ; burg at 11:13 A.M. and 9:40 P.M: via Chi and Ohio route and Sariggecviiie ae Knoxville, Rome, Cale Pullman Sleeper Washi to Coluinbi to Atlanta, 0. ,Foute points Sunda; , ottesy ille - and il 1 jeave Round Hill 6:05 A. Solid ‘f J: also for Lynchburg, Bristol ail southwestern points, | Washington to Memphis —Southern Express je, Raleigh, Asheville, Ci pis, Aiken. Avigusta, “Atlanta. Montgomery, Ne leans, Texas and California. Pullman Vestibule Sleeper New Orieans via Adanta Sleeper Washington to ____RATLROADS. _ IEDMONT AIR LINE Moo Eset Fewn Atal 2M ‘enn Gordonsville, Charlottes ville, nt: : Pullman Sleepers Mont- nd Mann Boudoir Sleepers wi Shreveport, Pullmt ia aud Auguste, Does hot co vs ily, except Sunday, for Manassas, ermcdiate stations." ern Express Dally for Warrenton, ‘Washi: , Chat - Louisvil rains Sunday, 30 A. rains from the South via Charlotte, Dan- arrive in Washi st Tennessee. Strasburg Local at 10:15 A. sleepin sults Ticket furnished, | Low | For Pittsburg and the West, Chicago Limited Express of | ‘Pullman Vestibuled Cars, at 0-50 am, daily; Past Li 0 a.m, daily. to Cincinnati and St. Louis, | ng Cars from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, | daily, except Satur- icao, with Sleeping Car Altooua to Chi- connecting Sleepers mis ress, 10:0 m, and West wit through Sleeper to. Pittsburg and Pitts. nt BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. wndaigna, and Rochester, mn, daily, with Di For Boston without change 2:00 p.m. every day. ; much trains connect at Jer. Brooklyn Annex, affording ton street, avoiding double ‘ork City. shia, 7:20, 8:10, 9:1 2 00. For Brooklyn, N For. day, 4 geet except Sunday. For Anuapoliss 2 u AND ALE: RAILROAD, For Alexandria, 4:3 04 noon ; 237 a. m. Accommodation tor and Trains leave Ak 8:00, 9:10, 9:10 9:2 und 10:42 p Tickets and inforn ner of 13th street and Pennsylvania a’ stution, where ot FS ois 6:40, 8 tn. 4:10 Ds 10am. $1 10:10am: Chure! Fite, stopping at uch. er Preset, + ic car weare IT: Limite Cara, 9:40 a.m, dail: ; . ¥~ all sey City with boats of direct transfer to ferriage across New xa 30, MAGNIFICENT ‘FECT JANUARY 6, 1 a ys ning Car. 9:00, '9: 0, 6:00, 7:40, 8 am. Creek Line, 7:20 a.m. and 4:40 p. 20 and 9:00 a.m., 12: daily, except Sunday. Sundays, mn. ALEXANDRIA | AND FREDERICKSBURG. ma, 501.8 id 11 p.m. tion at Tia’ and ex, focal sta Wi all On maf . 703, and 10. ‘Qumniieo, #25 Pen week days, For Richmond and the South. 4 3:40 p,m. bee = ea be ma hots ti reservation and ition rm “ ease checked a eee, 1300 ng Sylvania avenue, and ut Passenger Station, Peunsylva- nia Railroad, 6th and Bats. JAS. L. TAYLOR, General Passbnger ce Agent. ANIA ROUTE, WEST, AND SOUTH" SPLE TD SC Node Si EXANDRIA AND WASHINGTO: 30. 6:35 #23 the office, lett els avenue and C st. nd Northwest, vestibuled limited ex- o &.Ih.; express, 9:05 ‘St. Louis, express, daily, 3 and jeveland. vestibul press, 9 in. ‘tations between Washington and Balti. 0. 8:30, 1 42h, the Metropolitan Branch, +6:35, mm. for prin ouly? c cipal stations m. 7 oxd ate stations, t7-00 p.m. 1 train leaves Washi on Sunday at 1:15 Stations “on Metopoliing 110:10a.m, 14:35, 15:30pm. Sun- 215 p.m. Hagerstown. +10-10a.m., fs roan ee ad a.m.. and t5:30 daily 8:35, St. Lows = Pittsburg *8:35 am, Dail; atte ium ISB venue, for the checking of | m. led limited ex- daily 6: Soli mBect fe ew Or- and Mont- leave Wash. | 1d 4:45 PM nd 7 Mi | 30 information | RY. IPMENT. AVE WASHINGTON FRos STATION, 2 3 ‘ATION, NER SIXTH AND B STREETS, 43 FOL’ . at 205 & i pF Bre : J # we 5 a rE 83 Fe id A p.m. am.and9:35 7:20, Tike pan, For inte te Philadelphia, 0:30 a4, =S-05 andthe pare an Arains leave adelphia for 3:30, 11:00 am. 4:50, 7:00 p.m. = tExcept Sunday. “Daily. Tou iwy Bagaie called for and’ checked ginces on orders left "st ticker ofBece Pia) W.-M. CLEMENTS, CHAS, 0. 8EUEL,*° In presenting THE EVENING STAR in its new dress and improved form, attention is called to ite Peculiar merits as a news and family paper, as Well as to the extraordinary advantages it affords to advertisers. dligh professional authority—which in this im stance only expresses public sentiment—has de clare that “THERE IS NO BETTER EVENING NEWSPAPER IN “ME UNITED STATES” than Tae Stax But even more than this may be justly claimed for it. In all that relates to the composi- tion of a first-class journal, devoted to news, busi« ness, family and local affsirs, it takes rank with the very best in the world, and in the special qual ities named it is not surpassed by any. 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