Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1889, Page 1

& THE EVENING STAR “ PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corver Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompan;, | S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’ ‘Tne Everts Stan is served to subscribers tn he efty by carriera, on their own sccount, st 10 cents per werk. oF 44¢ per mouth. Copies at the counter, 2 | cents each. By j—postawe prepaid—S0 cents & | be ‘fh. one year, #6. six months, 63. tered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.,as ercomd-class mail inatter.) ‘Tae Weekty Sram—published on Friday—@l © year. awe prepaid Six months, 50 cents. ww mail snbaecriptic Be paper sent longer than nening Star. TWO CENTS. ____SPECIAL NOTICES. Tbe beld in Grand Army b ESDA ib WASHINGTON COMMANDERY NO. 1, Knights Templars —The members of the 5 ndery will assemble (in full uniform) at the Asylum, Masonic Temple, on WEDNESDAY, April 17, 1889, at 3 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of attend~ ing the funcrai of our late frater, Sir J. GOLDS- BOROUGH BRUFF. JOHN H. OLCOTT, Eminent Commander, HARLES SHELSE, Recordet it ic ing of this society 1, 1412 Ps viding for voting by teration. There should w trade card and book for issue on the 15th . eCTAL COMMU ° ‘CH LODGE, JAMIN B. PRE: LEY Pret. | Tots Ak ibe lucid ‘at Masoute Temple, a epee | WEDNESDAY, April 17, 1859, at 7:30 p.m. SHARP. ENOCH MARIS & Co.. REAL ESTATE | Work, M. M.dégree. Mombers of other lodges are > u ~~ Awcuts, have removed their office from 617 | fraternally invited. By order of the W. M., tc st. BW. ‘apl3-3t* 16-2 WM. A. GATLEY, Secretary. TO OWNERS OF PROPERTY In pursuance of an act of INKY. (Public, No. 113), f a Zoological Park in the the Commissioners created a << Bre, BEY YOUR Coat, CORE AND woo from: JOHNSON BROTHERS, the leading firm in the District ap16-3m on THE SALVATION ARMY WILL HOLD Be ner first meeting in the new hall, corner | Sthatd © sta; nw. on WEDNESD: AY, April 17, at o'clock p.m. Visiting officers pected to be with | us. Seats are free and all are welcome. = SPECIAL NOTICE | Be ESET OSG necting of the stockholders | om Insurance Company, at their ae on MONDA’ for the purpose of el ing year. Polls open a! ap16,18.20,22,24,26&27 | <, H. B. SMITH, ARTIST. « ashment 1 with the duty of tts fulfiLoen { the Interior, the. President of joners of the District of Col coretary of the Smithsonian Institut: © that they have been “authorize e an inspection of the country . between Mussachusetts avenue ex- y the road Y, April rc of land of not 1 B include # section of the exeek, ax svid “comunission shail deem suitable and te fora Zovlogical Park.” ether give notice that th Largest studio in W @ Portraits from $10 to # Weekly or monthly pay nand Mass, ave. Open until 8 pan, apo-L DESIRE TO THANK MOST HEARTILY wineer Parris and the Fire Depart- b it service rendered hd warehouse, RF HEWLETT, 7 7th st. n.w. RS OF POTOMAC LODGE, Willaasemble at the hall 30 o'clock sharp, 17th ral’ of our late Bro. Col! J. M. Hollingsworth. Members sister lodyes fraternal By order C.F. SHEKELL, Sec Georgetown, D. C. i THE NATIONAL VETERAN CLUB will meet ‘10-NIGHT at Headquarters, 1406 | PSAyS want ave, at 7:50 clock NE. W. WHITAKER, President, VOLUTION IN FINE TAILORING. ‘As this is an age of mercantile reform, I pro- pose to introduce a reform in fine Custom Tai- loring. It is uo secret that the profits in the Tailoring business have been enormous. Most tailors are compelled to quote exorbitant prices to allow for the losses that invariably follow the giving of credit. In the past year I have dem- onstrated to my satisfaction that I can sell from 20 to 30 per cent less than is usually charged by most tailors, and yet make a fair profit. I appreciate the fact that “the nimble sixpence beats the slow shilling.” I sell strictly forcush, do my own cutting, employ only skilled assist- ant tailors, and personally supervise all work as co t tothe payment of ed by the said com- t of the United | approved by the provided that such compen several trac together with » bounds and area. R. HN W_NOBL DNE PRESIDENT OF DISTRICT W. BL WEBB. SECRETARY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, SP. LANGLEY GICAL PARK. om, D. C., April < ¥F GRAVELY & SONS’ FINEST CHEWING BACCO IS STAMPED UN EACH PLUG, SEVEN x TIMES, leaving my establishinent. “BP GRAVELY SUPERIOR” Tam making up Trousers and Suits from the § ARE eu same hich-grade cloths shown by other first- Ne ee ie 1 dike Titian ad pees tes Sesotho cae eee “an third less than they ask. s—2> . $9 Trousers for 86. CITY OR COUNTRY. + 87 W. G. MET IT & CO, ~ «= 99 1110 F st. nw. “ “ 310. QUICK FIRE AND CHE AP, I wish it understood that Iam not endeavor- Se soot nee ing to compete with cheap material, and infe- | Fier-«rad- custom-work, t sive Agents, some distant city. There are no finer Clothes actured than I h and to sum up I you elegant stylish patterns, first-class ud a perfect anship, a fashionable cut, lat prices ec aoted by auy other If you want your Clothes by call early in the week. G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, Expert in Trousers and Cash Tailor, Double Store, cor. Sth and F sts. n.w. A. DODSON, THE BARBER, r the Y. 3. an be found Sthaud F sts, in Lis new id be pleased to have Lis customers aa — EASTER NECKWEAR TH cA. ASCOTS, FOUR-IN-HAND, TECKS, AND PUFFS. | 1 | | New goods for the Easter occasion. No old patterns CEL M. BRYAN, Preside LES G. BEEBE, Treas 1 apo-L: marching to a new tune Such neck dresmngs can ouly be seen in our stock, EASTER GLOVES, Kid Gloves in Tan and Gold-Tan Shades, suitable for Spring wear. WAISTCOATS. 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JOY EDSON, Sec’y. apl3 r= FIRST CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING = ‘ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED 1540. 1215 PENNA AVE atin « Orvesnzenen & Buo., DECOKATIVE ART ROOMS, 514 9th street n.w., Respectfully cail the attention of ladies to the new and oy Ora Eas er bist. latest styles in Decorative Eunbroidery, known as Bo- SUBSCRIPHION 10 Tite EIGHTH 188Uz man Work. We are now showing desixus in Scarfs, oF ; Squares, Matts, Pillow Shazos, Doylies, on some of our | 5) p erie Baw limen Ducking, io Beven, Bissched, end Un-| " ipid-im GEO. W. KING, Secretary. leached 7 5 57 Eiitand Frult Covers. at 0, ana 508 &: =e mandi MELEE swt and Pruit Covers, at 250, : is essen Bee = In 2 SRTMEN VERY om Tir CHEAPEST 10 THE PINES: Tne CHUICEST VMOBUCHIOSS OFTHE CORCORAN BUILDING. OFF. U. & TREASURY. g GAS FIXTURES. NEWEST STYLES. F STREET. RS F st. STEEL, IRON. NEW ANTIQUE BRASS, ko. HE BEST NEW YOKK MANUFACTORY. givin CoMPriitioN MEL. LUWESE PRICES, ‘Sk Table Kunners, 9. Doyties & match. $4 per dozen. ‘Thread. he Bargaron T! ® Bobion Bussung, 72 inches wide, st 60e. yard. S OPPENHEIMER & BRO, ‘514 Uth street northwest. MiBie ey the Now Home Sewing Machines Washington News and Gossip. Index to Advertisements, o AMTUSFEMENTS.. EYS. WRAWANWAL eer tt ty WIIAMAAMs FAMILY SUPPLIES. FINANCIAL..... FOR SALE (Hovses) FOR SALE (Lots). FOR SALE (MrsceLLanxnous! N LADIES’ GOODS LOCAL MENTION,, LOST AND rele MARRIAGES, MEDICAL, MISCELLANEOUS MONEY TO LOAN. NOTARIES PUBLI | |S | sPrcraLrr SUBURBA: SUMMER ki a NTED (Boarp). rED (HELP), WANTED (Srrvations) WANTED (Miscen. WOOD AND COAL . Goverymest Rec revenue, $188,208; customs, $7. Cor. THos, F, ilitary secr turned to the ci retary Proctor, has re- ent to Chicago about ‘amily here. Recommenpep For Promottoxs.—The records of the naval examining board hay to the President for his ac the following ofticers, reec Commander B, Giunior grade) T and R. M. been jon in the eas nmended for . Cromwell, Lie 3, Moses L. Wooc gns James H. Glen- oO pro- cuts, Yoo — *. Paymaster E. N. Warresovsr has been or- dered to perform the duties of officer of Y until’ a regular pay r is de- tuiled for that vessel. Tue Navy Depanrweyt has received no infor- mation concerning the reported collision be- tween the Enterprise and the German | man-of- of Port Said during a sand storm. | To-Day's Boy Orrenins aggregated $178, 500 as follows: coupon 43<8, 29,000 at 108; reg- istered 434s, $2,000, 250,000, 35,000, $112,500, all at 108, Mason Greex Ciay Gooptor, paymaster of the United States marine corps, has been or- dered to pay United States marines at Norfolk, Va., Brooklyn, N. ¥. and Boston. Mass. Secretary Tracy left Washington for New York this morning. ‘The commissioner ed that Dr, Alvah T, 1 convicted, on the sth Perscry axp Forcen' of pensions has been adv Harrington was tried instant, in the United States court at Indian- apolis, Ind., for perjury in the pension claim of Elizabeth Margaret and Terrence Carmody, who were indicted for forging evi- dence and filing fidavits in the pension claim of Margaret Carmody, have pleaded guilty in the United States court for the district of Connecticnt, and were sentenced each to pay @ fine of $200 and costs, which were paid. Promotions 1x THE ORDNANCE DePaRtTMENT.— The Secretary of War has approved the recom- mendtion of the board of ex. to examine ners appointed ‘ants for two vacancies in the ment of the army. The fi ’ put throu str amination and the name vud Lieut. E ward B. pp! parte ordnance de; Babbitt, fifth artillery, was sent to the secret for promotion to one of the vacant first li@itenantcies. Upon the recommendation of Gen. Benét, chief of ordnance, the will be reconvened for the pazpuse of exatin- ing the papers of the other four candidates again; as it is thought that any of them is qual- ified for transfer from the line. t Diruman.—Secretary Blaine ram announcing the death xed for | of United Stutes Consui Dithmar, at Breslau, PRESTON 8. SMITH, | Clerk. PostTMasTER- Wa MAKER | the Post-Office department for appointment as | post-office inspector be sent to the civil service commission. | _ Br aw order of President Cleveland the em- | 0 it to be | tect, through a | ployes of the railway mail service were | placed under the civil service law to take effect March 15. President Harrison, at the request of the civil service commission, modified the ori nal order extending the time to May 1. | date, it is now understood, will remain as fi: After May 1 no one will be given a pos in the railway mail service without first having passed the examination prescribed by the com- mission. President Harrison, it is said, will so {amend the order of President Cl | allow old employes within that period to be re- instated. Men now in the service will not have to pass the examination, Persoxat.—John B. Corliss of Detroit, G. N. Lyman of Milwaukee, H. T. Chittenden of Columbus, 0., and Henry C. Adams, Col. Cyrus B. Comstock, and Wm. Morris of New York ere at the Arlington.——J. B. McAdams of Kansas tity, W. H. Bigelow of Boston, and Kk. E Whitefield | of San Francisco are at the St. | James.——Senator Vance is said to suffer much | from nervousness of late.——W. C. Locherty, | Jas, Gowdy, W. H. Loomis, and Henry Ward of | New York, John Mcllhenny of Philadelphia, | and H. A.’Walls of Bridgeport, Conn.. are at Willard’s—Edward N. Wright of Philadel- hia is at Welcker’s.—Albert A. Nicholson of leveland, Gen. and Mrs. Parke of West Point, and Henry Aitkins of Pittsburg are at Worm: ley’. —James R. Stanley of Ohio and Wm. H las of New York are at the Arno.—A. W. Marshall of New York, J.'T. Billings of Clay Center, Kan., James Hawley of Providence, RL. E. 8. Dean of ‘Tipton, Iowa, J. B. McMal- lan of Picton, Ontario, M. E. Rice of Boston, Mass, and D. T. Patterson of Pittsburg are at the Riggs.—0. G. McCall, F. Forbes, F. W. Colwell of New York, Hon. 'H. L. Morey of Hamilton, 0., R. Douglas of Greensboro’, N. C., Capt.’ Goodale of the army, Jas. L. Mur- dock of Charleston, &. C., Wm. Hubbell Fisher of Cincinnati, and’B, H.’ Wright of Memphis are at the Ebbitt.——W. H. Waddell of Lexing- ton, Va., and W. J. Walker of Atlanta are at the’ Metropolitan.—Theodore Morrison of London, Theodore C, Wallace of New York, and J. H. Millard of Omaha are at the Normandie. Bringing Home the Survivors. Lieut. Jno. C. Wilson, of the wrecked Van- alia, has telegraphed to the Navy department from Sydney that he has chartered the steamer Rockton for the purpose of trans) the shipwrecked sailors to the United States, The Rockton is due in San Francisco on 16th May. Rossexrxs.—Wm. Moon, watchman at the ‘Tremont house, reports stolen from his room ee, $19.25 in cash.——Sarah Hill reports obtained from her by faise pretenses a new worsted dress.——M. C. Stone reports stolen from 430 9th street rday a oalety bicycle. ——Mesars. Webb & report the larceny of some copper pans, ———— to has | | issued an order that all applications on file in | Bann, judge-advocate and | £ i | | le c publican side. sent | | charge of her, was disabled. | preee if board | |The Policy Our Co: TWO APPOINTMENTS TO-DAY. One of Them a New Solicitor of the Treasury. The President got back from his short sail down the river yesterday feeling refreshed. Early this morning the effect of the respite was evidenced in two appointments, which were on the hooks, before the usual morning callers be- gan to arrive. They were: William P, Hepburn, of Iowa, to be solicitor of the Treasury. William H. Whiteman, of New Mexico, asso- ciate justice of the supreme court of the terri- tory of New Mexico. ‘This early start gave the office-seekers hopes of more to come later in the day. The appointment of Mr. Hepburn gives especial satisfaction to a great many people | During his three terms in the House he was re- rded as one of the strongest men on the re- He was an able lawyer and a strong debater, though he did not talk often, and was very popular with his party. The | most violent antagonism he provoked was the it of his opposition to the river and harbor ropriation. He was the most active enemy at bill had, and never ceased to make war on every opportunity. He has been judge of a court, was a soldier with good record during the war, has since the war been a strong spirit in Iowa politics, and was a member of the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses. THE DISABLED PINTA, Commander Book’s Testimony Before the Court-Martial. Can a commander order himself to proceed | all the way from Alaska to Washingtoz without violating the regulations? That is the question with which a naval court-martial is wrestiing in «room in the civil engineer's office at the navy-yard, It is conceded by all the authori- ties that a commander is permitted to order himself away from his vessel for a period of not more than one week on duty, but the judge- advocate questions the right of Lieut. Com- mander George M, Book to order himself from Sitka simply because the boilers of his vessel, the Pinta, were valueless except for old iron, ‘The court is posed of Rear Admiral David B. Harmo: pt. Jos, 8. Sker- tt, Capt, Oscar F. Stanton, Capt. Leslie A. Beardslee, Capt. T. O. Selfridge, Capt. Francis . Bunce, Commander Philip iH. Cooper, Com- mander Yates Sterling, and Commander Wm, 4. Hoff, with Lieut. Philip Garst as judge advo- cate, Lieut. Philip Wainright is counsel for the accused. Commodore Walker testified yesterday after- noon that the accused left his ship without first securing the permission @f the Navy depart- ment, and ex-Goy. Swineford, of Alaska, stated that the Pinta afforded no protection to the people of Alaska, because she was entirely dis- vd. He had needed the services of the during the past winter, but could not get nm because of her disability, nginecr-in-Chief George W. Melville told the court what he knew about the needs of the Pinta, as reported to him. THE PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY. This morning the court met at 10:30 and for nearly an hour listened to the reading of pre- vious procecdings and other matters of interest. The court-room was then cleared so as to allow untrammeled discussion as to the admissi- ty of certain documentary evidence and the bili formulation of a decision as to who should put | it in, When the doors were reopened the first wit- for the day was called. It was Max Spratt, collector of the port of Sitka, Alaska, He recognized the accused, Witness said he Was obliged to call for the services of the Pinta in 1887 to preventea threatened out- break of natives at the mouth the Unuk river. The presence of the vessel was necessary to the safety of the citizens at that time and the necessity for the presence of a muan-of-war was just a8 apparent now. Quite a number of white American citizens are en- gaged in the salmon-canning industry on Bur- rongh’s bay, into which the Unuk ‘and two other rivers flow, STATEMENT OF THE ACCUSED OFFICER. The accused was then sworn. He testified that the after-boiler of the Pinta, when he took The Pinta’s bot- very foul, and the commander who d witness wrote to the department spring for permission to beach vessel so that she might be cleansed. The cleansing process would result in an increased speed of 2 or 3knots per hour, Witness assumed com- mand on January lof the present year, and shortly mi asimiler application to the i a ved bo answer. He then told the sto: his cudeavors to have the boilers repaired or replaced by new ones, and at 12:30 the court took a recess until 1:1 AT THE AFTERNOON SESSION the examinetion of the accused was continued without bringing out anything novel or start- ling. .A number of papers—correspondence be- tween the accused and the Navy department— were identified by J. W. Higgins, a clerk in the detail office of the Navy depurtment, The case will be argued to-morrow, and a tom was y of | conclusion will probably be reached before the evening. Progress is somewhat w. because the court has no ste- nographer, and the judge-advocate is com- pelled to take the testimony in long-hand, During the long intervals thus created the members of the court chat over bygone days, and refer pro to such achievements as king the old sailing ship —, which drew 17 7-foot channel. “A most wonderful affair, which never can be explained, court adjourns im the j sir.” mimissioners Will Uphold. The American delegates to the Samoan con- | ference at Berlin are now on their way to meet the other parties to the conference. Before their departure they had conferred fully with the Secretary of State and received all neces- sary instructions as to the attitude to be main- tained in the conference by this country, his attitude has already been fully exposed, It wilt not differ materially under this adminis- tration from what it was held to be under the last, though there will probably be more prompt ess and energy in the policy. The disposition ot the individual commissioners and of Con- «ress toward the subject has. been clearly set forth. There is no interest in Samoa, perhaps, which is in itself of sufficient importance ie the United States to desire a war over, but it is of as much importance to this government as to Germany, aud the latter’ country must find it to their interest to have a peaceful settlement of the affair. Our commissioners WILL INSIST UPON THE AUTONOMY OF SAMOA and the absolute non-interference by Germany in the nation’s affairs. The only interference that will be tolerated wil) be that of the three powers, by mutual consent, to restore order among the natives and to place them upon a peaceful and prosperous footing, and the offices in this direction cannot be suchas to in- volve force, or, in fact, to in any way disregard the independence of the Samoan government, The existing legitimate government must be re- cognize, and the commis¢ion will not consent to any such indemnity being demanded of Mataafa for the killing of German sailors in battle as will give the Germans a claim upon the island. NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR GERMANY. In other words Germany must be content to occupy the same relation with the Samoans that is occupied by this country and by England. In view of the fact that the Pango-Pango har- bor is about the only one in that vicinity of much value, and the United States has control of it by treaty right, there will doubtless be a snes discussion tee tas coped an rhaps an attempt ma} ry Goran commissioners to ute the validity of the treaty, or at least an to secure equal rights with America in the harbor. The American commissioners are well informed on the question at issue, and will be sus tained by the State it in to we claim to be cblishea’ tale our of eu opted for an adopted Telegrams to The Star. DOWN COME POLES AND WIRES. Axemen Busy in New York Streets. A SET-BAOK TO ENGLISH LIBERALS. ANOTHER DARING ROBBERY IN COLORADO. Sickening Double Tragedy in Buffalo. MR. GOSCHEN’S BUDGET SPEECH. Some Curious Social Studies on the Changes in the Revenue. ‘Special Cable Dispatch to Tax EVENING STAR. i Lonpox, April 16.—Goschen’s deficit is ex- actly two millions. His budget was as un- eventful as I predicted, but there is a signifi- | cant tendency toward progressive taxation in his imposing an extra duty of one ner cent on fortunes above £10,000. Goschen represents the extreme anti-socialistic school, but is be- coming a socialist in spite of himself. There Were some curious social studies in his speech. He attributes the declin revenue from wine to the habit of smoking cigarettes immdiately | after dinner, the increase in the use of cocoa | to its being advertised better than coffee and the want of the usual increase in tea to the growing popularity of Indian teas which draw much stronger than Chinese teas. ecevenibite= coh LIBERALS FEEL BLUE. Greatly Disappointed by Young Bright’s Big Majority in Birmingham Special Cable Dispatch to Tax EVENING Stan. | Loxpox, April 16.—The Birmingham union- ist majority of 3,000 bitterly disappoints the liberals. Even the tories did not expect more than 2,000. John Bright in 1885 polled 5500. ‘That means that half the Birmingham liberals are still unionists. Nobody imagined Cham berlain was so strong. The Gladstonians hope Birmingham is a “Gideon's _fleece,”—“dry upon the fivece only and there was dew on ail | the ground.” | a | ¥YORK’S OVERHEAD WIRES. The Work of Tearing Them Down Begun with a Will To-day. NEW New York, April 16.—It was expected that Commissioner of Public Works Smith would, early this morning, send out a force of men to clear some of the streets of telegraph wires, i accordance with the order handed down by Judge Wallace last week, but at 10:30 nothing | had been done in that direction. In reply to a | question by a reporter, the commissioner said he had not yet received any word from the mayor, and until he did no steps could be taken, As soon as instructions arrive the work will begin. ‘The commissioner has three gangs of men armed with sharp axes and rippers and can work them day and night if it is thought neces- sary. The appropriation for the removal of street encumbrances is $5.000, and that will pay for removing many poles and wires, In the subway district, from which all poles and wires will be removed, there are 2,000 lamp-posts. When the electric lights were put into operation the lanterns or globes were taken off the posts, and now only 500 of them are immediately available for use. But Super- intendent McCormick, of the burean of lamps and gas, thinks that a sufficient number of gas- lights will be ready to illuminate the streets fairly with the help of the moon ata late hour. ‘The Brush and United States electric light companies had men at work yesterday ener- Hl getically pulling cabies through subways and | reeliug up aerial wires to save them from t ruthless workmen of the city. E. A. Lesl: general manager of the Manhattan “electric ight company. has notified the board of elec- trical control that his company now has oper- ating in the subways 24.240 fect of cable. The Work of Destruction Begun. Shortly after 10:30 o'clock L. G. Read, in the employ of Lawyer J. M. Bowers. of the board of electrical control, handed the mayor's secre- tary, Crain, a certified copy of Judge Wallace's order dissolving the injunction procured by the Weetern Union telegraph company against the mayor and the board of electrical control. Mn Crain at once sent the order to the department of public works, That department was expect- ing the order, and in anticipation thereof had alarge force of axmen and laborers on hand, Hundreds of people gathered in the vicin Union square and 1th street, in which locs the work of cutting down ‘the poles was in- augurated. The pole cutters were divided into two gangs. One gang attacked the poles on one side of the street while the other gang paid its respects to those on the opposite side. Another corps of axmen were sent along 6th avenue to clean taat thoroughfare of the obnoxious timbers. This party began its work at 23d street and intend to level all poles on the avenue up to 58th street. THE MAYOR'S ORDER, Secretary Crain sent the following order to the commissioner of public works, with a copy of Judge Wallace's decision: “April 16, 1889. “Hon. D, Lowber Smith, ‘Commissioner of Public Works: “Sir: You are hereby directed to remove forthwith from the streets and avenues named poles and wires, also named below, in accord- ance with chapter 716 of the laws of 1887, to it: First—On 6th avenue, from 23d street to 58th street, all poles and wires except the wires of the Western telegraph company upon the elevated railroad structure. “Second—On Broadway, from 14th street to 45th street, all poles and wires except the fire department line. “Third—On 23d street, from 6th avenue to Broadway, all poles and wires, “Fourth—On 25th street, from 6th avenue to Broadway, all poles and wires. “Fifth—On 42d street, from 6th avenue to Madison avenue, all poles and wires except a = on the southeast corner of 58th street and ith avenue. “And you are further directed to take up the removal of said poles and wires as described in the following order: Beginning on Broadway at the intersection of 14th street, and to con- tinue up Broadway to 23d street. then on 23d street from Broadway to 6th avenue, then on Broadway from 23d street to 25th street, then on 25th t from Madison avenue, the poles and 58th street from 6th avehue to 4th lls are being cut down every half hour. A gang on the west side of Broadway have al- ready cleared the Tiffany block. Commissioners Gibbens, negra coming dig Jack | the other and pr THE RUSH FOR OKLAHOMA. Queer Characters in the Restless Mob that is Gathering at Kansas City. Kansas Crry, Mo., April 16.—The gathering rush of people bound for Oklahoma was very apparent here last night. ‘Trains from all points were crowded with would-be settlers, and the Santa Fe road is rushing forward all its available rolling stock for use on its Indian territory branch. At the head of one party of Missourians at the depot to-day was a man who would have been considered insane had it not been for the trust and obedience he exacted from his hardy followers. He was tall, lank, dressed in rough, worn clothing, and had a thin, shrewd face and a scrubby chin whisker. Over his pantaloons and stuffed in at the top of his boots he wore a sensational pair of overalls made of bunting, stamped with small American flags. He carried a long Brown rifle of the ancient but accurate ball-and-patch pat- tern, and around his waist were strapped A BRACE OF CANNON-CALIBRED NAVIES and a large knife. The leader's name was Daniel Geutis, and his little company had been organized in Davis county, Mo. Gentis visited Okiahoma a short time ago, and returned last week to escort his friends, The company was thoroughly, armed and will certainly frighten the timid and provoke the bold. When asked if he was looking for trouble in Oklahoma, Gentis said: ~I aint lost any, but I’ve got somebody else's property in that line.” Gentis explained his tri-colored pantaloons by saying: ‘There used to be ‘red legs’ on this border, and now I'm going to show some red, white and blue legs.” He and his party are bound for some secretly located spot west of Lisbon. They are but sam- ples of the characters of persons who will join in the rush. LAND SHARKS SEEKINGSTHEIR FREY. The land sharks are on hand. Qne concern with flaming banners is selling town lots in Ok- lahoma City, Tex., aspoton the map of the pan-handle of Texas, touching the western tip of Oklahoma. hese so-called lots are sold for 2 apiece, with an additional cha recording the deed. Next de is trying to dispose of lots in the promising city of New Okiaho said to be ending to be upona proposed line of railway. The touters of these two insti- tutions stand at their doors and roundly de- nounce each other as frauds and imposters. Both manage to ply a good trac Meanwhile the most rigid rules of exclusion are being maintained in the territory. there are rumors rife that certain favored ones have already been permitted to enter the tract and are hidden n Guthrie and other points of settlement, ‘ihis will bear close gation. CAPT, COOPER READY FOR THE RUSH. Capt. Cooper. who, with Capt. Couch, has | inherited the leadership vacated by the late original “Boomer” Payne, arrived in the city last night to arrange for the prompt movement f his trains, He says tl > ia, where his bran h of the self-sty Hi 3 ahoma colony is rallying. inclined to be secret about his pl . emphatically he docs not propose to be left. In reply to questions about bis history he first went into Oklahoma in 1866 have ever since longed to settle there. made several trips with Capt. Pa many times was driven out by th movement I have been similarly connected | but the cowboy did h with the opening of other sections of the man of fine phy tall, straight as an arrow, and wei; two hundred pounds. The Emporia Oklahoma colony, of which Capt. Cooper is at the head, is an old organization, and numbers about 20,000, who intend to locate around Guthrie station. QUEER COLONIZATION METHODS. Derorr, Micg., April 16.—George Partello, a ranchman of Kansas, whose family resides in Detroit, opened an office in a saloon in this city yesterday for the purpose of booming Okla- | homa homesteads in the Indian Territory. Mr. Partello explains that the homesteader pays #2 and fills out an application for his choice of the lots on the plot. ‘This application Mr. Part signs, and upon its being presented at the Oklahoma office the homesteader will receive a deed for the lot. Mr. Partello says there are scores of agents selling lots from the same plot, and in case the same lot is chosen by more than one party there will be trouble. Quite a number of lots have been sold here, — Mr. Partello expects to return with a large colony. — SHE FOUGHT HARD FOR LIFE. But Dominguez was Mad with Jealousy and Butchered Her with a Razor. Burrato, N. ¥., April 16.—Anothez tragedy, even more terrible in its atrocity than the Kemmeler murder, occurred this morning in the Barker block on Seneca street. About 7:30 Thomas Dominguez cut his wife’s throat with a razor and then cut hisown. Both died almost instantly. The woman's body was found at the toot of the back stairs leading to a little court in the rear of the block. A great bloody gash ran across her throat almost from ear to ear, ‘The jugular vein was cut clear through and THE HEAD ALMOST SEVERED from the body. A slash from the weapon that had cut her throat had made a deep cut from her right temple downward across the cheek- bone. Another slash was on her chin. The thumb-knuckle and palm of her right hand were deeply cut, and the thumb of her left | hand was cut almost through, indicating that she had grasped her assailants weapon and it had been drawn through herclutch. Thero had been A DESPERATE FIGHT FOR LIFE, and she had only succumbed when death came. On her face was an expression of horror, grimly frozen in death. The floor of the kitchen of the apartments oc- cupied by the family was almost covered with blood. Over ina corner, to the right of the stove, was a pool of it that somebody had un- successfully tried to clean away. Drops and blotches of blood in profusion led in a wide patch to the large bed-room, and here the body of the chief actor in the frightfnl scene was found. It lay prone upon the face, which was buried in « pool of blood, and in the throat was a deep gash. ‘A CHILD WHO SAW THE TRAGEDY, A splash of blood lay near the window which looked out upon the yard, and near this, right beneath the window, lay a keen-edged razor with a broken handle. The man was dressed only in his shirt, pantaloons, and boots. He was heavily built and powerful. On the bed in the bed-room sat two little children, Carmen jealousy. Dominguez was a Spaniard and a musician, but has not worked for a year. He has been sick and was at the hospital, He re- turned home only a few days ago. His wife 0 miles south of | Yet} ‘investi- e captain is in the prime of life, and is a ique, being six feet two inches A FIGHT FOR OIL LAND. Rioting in the Wild Cat Region of Alle« gheny County, Pa. Prrrssvaa, April 16.—A riot, growing out of Allegheny county yesterday. oil company, said to be backed by the Standard oil company, and the firm of H. E. Wilson & Co., had e: in a contest fora land lease ot sixty-five crea. Wesley Webber, gesisted y twelve laborers, held the ground from o'clock on Sunday ev until yesterday afternoon at 4:30, Raye so two com- panies with fifty laborers forced the thirteen men into the woods. Picks, spades and clubs were used as weapons and some of the men re- ceived painful injuries. To make the rout complete the victors hitehed horses to the der- ricks which had been erected by Weber's party and pulled them into the creek. The defeated party will probably apply to the courts for an injunction. ——— THE MEMORY OF LINCOLN. Sparrneriexp, Inrs., April 16.—The twenty- fourth anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln was observed here yesterday with ser- vices at the monument and tomb, under the auspices of the Lincoln Memorial league. Tele= grams of regret at not being able to partici- | pate, and referring in eloquent terms to the | seer) dead, were read from President Har- rison, ex-President Hayes, Gen. Lew Wallace, Gen, W. T. Sherman, Robert T. Lincoln, Geo, Wm. Curtis and Hannibal Hamlin. The tomb wi rofusely decorated with flowers and wreaths, Mrs. President Harrison ren oy! a handsome floral pillow, while a wreath magnolia leaves, taken from a tree planted by Geo. Washington, was sent the Mt. Vernon. During the holding of the ex- ercises at the tomb the bells of churches and fire department were tolled. — EVICTED TENANTS RETURN. Curious State of Affairs on the Olpherd Estate in Ireland. Lowpox, April 16.—A singular and hitherto unheard-of state of affairs exists with regard to the status of the Olpherd evictees. Notwith- standing the tremendous fight made by the po- lice in the successfal effort to throw these poor devils out upon the roadside, and the presumed impossibility of their return withcut the con- | Seut of the landlord, everyone of the evicted | tenants has returned to his former home and | resumed his defiance of the bailiff sand the con- | stabulary. The police are doubtful about their authority to interfere with the self-reinstated tenants, and consequently the latter are really more secure in possession of their holdings, for | the present at least, than they were before they were ejected. ——__-— LIKE THE DENVER ROBBERY. Another Colorado Bank Relieved of Cash by a Daring Outlaw. Cuevesxe, Wyo. Tex., April 16.—A man | dressed in a cowboy's garb rode into the vil- lage of Grove, Col., yesterday morning and hitched his horse in front of the Commercial j bank. He then entered the bank, walked di- rectly tothe window of Cashier C. C. Smith, pointed a revolver at the cashier's head and | coolly ordered him to hand out all of the cash insight. There were 700 in view. The cash- ier counted $500 handed the amount out to the man, who seemed satistied and profusely thanked’ the cashier, whom he kept covered with the revolver. Seeing a rifle behind the he has forty cars at | cashier the cowboy ordered it handed out to ‘ led him, butt first. is and the desperado then, after standing the . but says | rifle against the wall, slipped quickly out of The cashier obeyed this order the building, remounted his horse and gallo, | rapidly away. The cashier ran into the street nd | a8 soon as be could and fired several shots at Ihave | the robber, but none of them took effect, and >, but as|he made good his escape, A posse of twelve liers, In | has since started in pursuit, There were six addition to being a pioneer in the Oklahoma | ersons in the bank at the time of the robbery, work so quietly and so | expeditiously that he attracted no attention. ——_—_ Only Two of the Six will Hang. Four Suirs, Arx., April 16.—Of the six men ghing over | found guilty of murder by the United States court here last November, and sentenced to bang, April 19, only two will be executed on | the day set. William Woods was pardoned by the President; Heury and Brasheare were respited until June 28, and Steve Russell's sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life. The two who suffer the death penalty | next Friday are Malachi Allen and Joe Mills, | The former is a young Chickasaw negro, who | killed two men while at church in Chickasaw | Nation, one Sunday in the fall of 1887, and | Mills killed John Windy in the Cherokee Na- | tion, in December, 1887. Both men have jou | ners church, and say they are pre ie. ——__ Fifteen Freight Cars Smashed Up. Narervittx, Int., April 16.—A wreck oc- curred on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy | at Eola station yesterday afternoon, By the | breaking of a journal on a freight, fifteen cars were thrown trom the track and badly damaged, No ote was hurt. The road was blocked for several hours, slimes An Absurd Filibustering Story. Los Anceves, Cat., April 16.—Well-informed | partics here pronounce the stories sent out from this city regarding a proposed filibustering ex- pedition into Lower California pure inventions, No such movement has taken shape or ever | been talked of seriously, — Murdered His Aged Wife. Forr Wavye, Ixp.,April 16.—In Perry town- | ship, 15 miles north of here, John Barrett and | his wife, aged, respectively, seventy-four and seventy, quarreled over a trifting matter yes- terday morning. He seized poker and beat her over the head, fatally injuring her. Bar- rett was arrested. He says he does not remem- ber of having committed the deed. ——— pecan Dull Trade Causes a Failure. Srovx Crry, Iowa, April 16.—The wholesale drygoods and notions firm of Kimberly, Wilson & Co, failed here yesterday. Chattel mortgages were filed to secure ferred agere- gating $22,000, and a attach. ments were sued out for unsecured claims. De« pression in business on account wpm ime winter trade is given as the cause for the jure. eens The Trial Trip of the Charleston. San Francisco, April 16.—On Friday nex$ the new United States cruiser Charleston will in all probability make the first trial of her engines. She has been aed and on trip. Steam was got up ip was no hitch in the workings. Her trial Ly B her machinery was run for a on Friday will be made without maste, which have not yet been Charles Goodall will ha