Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1889, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STARK BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave, and 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. BH. RAUFFMANN, Pres't. Fvextxe Stan is served to subscribers in dy carriers, on ther own arcount, at 10 cents eft week. or 44c. per month. Copies at the counter, enta each. By mail; prepad—50 cents s month. one year, 86; six months, $3. [Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D.C. as - class nail waatter } Tue Weexty Sran—published on Friday—81 © ser postawe prepaid. Six months, 50 cents. S#7-All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance; Paper seut louser than is paid for. f advertising made known on application. ; [Von T4—No. 13,004. 1 The WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1889. nening Star. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. : NOTICE TO OWNEKS OF PROPERTY Be atari cron” Ta pursuance of an act of SPECIAL NOTICES. G. C. ESHER. LATE OF THE FIRM OF Esher & Taylor, building-stone contractor, Congress appr h 2. ISS#, (Public, No. 113), | is now located on N. 4th f ut of a Zovlovical Park in the | with a full stock of the rscreated by | cheerfully given. All work promptly and satisfs with ¢ ¥ of its fultilment, | torily executed. f the 1 vr, the President of poe Galea @q=>_G00D FRIDAY WILL BE OBSERVED seo ee Eke aetens patbention | a Foundry Methodist Episcopal church by FSP tho isee been “authorised | Special services at &p.m., tucluding the Holy Con fea Nadpection of thecountry | BUbION, Services conducted by the pastor, feecn ‘Massachusetts avenue ex. | George Elliott. Members of the church and congre- ter ‘aid creck is crossed by the road | €ation, and strangers invited. Jending west fr Brightwood (commouly known as — N 1S) and H'sts. n.w e Stifitary Head, aud to select from that district of goumey cocks smact nd of not less than one hh ‘shall include a section of the n shail deem suitable and e=~> ST, PAUL'S E: Bs ta, con tits pastor—Services ‘to-night at 7:45 and to-morrow morning, Good Friday, at 11 o'clock, Confirmation and communion services on Sunday morning at 11. Sunday school anniversary in the evening. Rev. G. A Brandelle, of the Swedish Lutheran church, Denver, Col, will assist at the Good Friday services to-morrow and Speak in the Swedish languaze. The Swedes and Scandinavians in the city are especially invited to be preseut, 1 .¢ act declares: cause to be made s showing the local ¥ and charact ch parcel of private * rsuch purposs, with the names inseribed thereon, and the ded in the public rec- ; aud from and after parcels of land em~ pall be held aa con: ct tothe payment of ined by the said com= Ved by the President of the United ‘compensation be accepted several parcels of land.” => I. 0,0. AGENENU ENCAMPMENT No. 4.—Patriarchs will please assemble in special session TO-MORKOW, Friday evening, to make eos for the funeral 6° ite Patri- arch, Charles W. Morgan. .. Wil. P. ALLAN, Scribe. (ap18-24) Chief Pat r 1. 0. 0. F—HARMONY LODGE No. 9. Br olticken Sad incrgbere walt neetint 0. F- ball Sth st. southeast, on FRIDAY EVENING, 19th inst., n selectinur sich a site, of a pre- S; | to make’ arrangements for the fune raged Sonn ma ~ Tend which Brother, Chas W Morgan, PG. WM-W.MILLA { real estate situated on ‘M.P. ALLAN. Ree. Sec. (ap. cs S. 8. SHEDD & BRO. ARTISTIC GAS FIXTURES. alf aimile on either side, r pd Military n the Smithson lay 1. 180, a statement of the low: , Wiuch they will agree to sell, fo sae aimed above, theiz several tracts of land ed portions of them, t with of the same as to met pounds and area. 6ET. JE THE INTERIOR, KETARY OF TH ee eee PRESIDENT OF DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS, SPECIAL DESIGNS SUBMITTED. _apls_ <a>, WOOD-BU ‘best quality, ered promptly by __ 432 9thst. uw. NT LUMP LIME, OF THE for building purposes, deliv- JAS. H. McGiLL, COMMISSIONERS OF THE 2 Al Suithsoman Institutton, Washington, D. € 1880 J. G. Traylor, Acting Clerk. 11,13,16815 => CAUTION. GRAVELY & SOX to 914 G st. now. | THE UNDERSIGNED BEG LEAVE TO Se ramctnce that they have, this loth day of April, formed a copartuership for the transaction of @ general Heal Estate, Loan and Insurance Business, Under the firm naine of PLANT & ‘ Pith offices at the corner of 2 id New York ave, nw. it Company Building). palveres epee CONTRO. H_ PLANT, Jn. B. F S) FINEST CHEWING TOBACCO IS STAMPED ON EACH PLUG, SEVEN TIMES, “B, F. GRAVELY SUE _ap18.3tt WM TURPIN. HERS ARE. IMITATIONS q=> SEE OUR BLACK CHEVIOT SUITS - ALL OTHERS ARE IMITATION: <7 in mage cage = fs fect ip A and SPECIAL NOTICE Workmanship. Price $13. to $20. weer «ing of the stockholders | _SPRANSY, 44 7th xt. a ‘Corcuran Fire ‘Insurauce Company, at thelr THE PROTEST ENTERED BY ME pine directors fo = Kee ae oor Me MCCLELLAND, ual Consett John Kitz is authorized to otiset 3 LAY pay all debts o in, Keeler, w Secretary. y.and pay all debts of the late ‘ S. CAPPS, and MMUTATION TICKETS 1t* MERDIC PHAETON CO. bave n 10th and C sts s.e. and 1 E i ¢ at ow for ost lave No. 1; CLHUESDAY) evening at 4 tendanee requested. t HE ‘Con G. H, CLI is payable on the ders of record } e Treasurer of the Company, | treet northwest, Washington, D.C. | books will be closed from the izth to | April, 1b We have at our ottice a mamuiver of letters inachines having been stolen from different he numbers of such machines are Liable to be | destroyed betore being offered for sale, and purchasers of thein lay themselves liable to undergo great incon- venicuceif they are traced up and found in their pos: sion. Anyone, other than the undersizned, represent- N | ing ‘themselves as agents for the Cauzraph in the e pis entess for Shirts | District of Columbia are imposing on the public. Par- vb. TW Fst 1. 008 F S wishing the protection of the Caligraph Cotapany their purchases should buy from their authorized NEWMAN & SUN, General Authorized Awents for the Caligraph, M. E. CHURCH, MASSA- Soe? va ‘chmsetts a tween 9th and 10th sts. n. KE RYE WHISKY. # . C. Herbert Richardson, pastor Passion Week: USSELL | Thursday, § p.m., Rev. Geo. Ethott; Friday, § p.m, | Communion service. All invited. apls-3t > -| NEW MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP HAVE EQUES, | $B ~arrived. JOHN H. MAGEUDER, 1417 New gi Utho- | York ave. and 1122 Connecticut ave | THE DRUGGIS i supplied with | Water of Waukesha, Wisconsin, | DEK, 1417 New Yorkave. |" 7" | “apli-at_ -. LENT Is ABOUT OVER. CALL AT Bem ESS BRYAN & BRO, 608 Pennsylvania avenue, apl7-3t For the fiuest Easter H: =>, BU Beers YIFICATES OF oth curities. = apl AND GROCEKS ¢ thesda Mineral Spring by JOHN H. MAGRU- li and D strecis (Post Building). IGHT, QUICK FIRE AND CHEAP, 5 N FUEL boy Washington Gas Light JOHNSON INGSLEY BRU.'S CREAMERY CO. WILE SELL YOU THE BEST MILK. CREAM, DULTER, BUTTERMILK AND COTTAGE CHEESE, & YOUR COAL, COKE AND WOOD JOHNSON BROTHERS, Guaranteed Pure terated. the feading firm in the District, apl6-3in_ i => TB. SMITH, ARTIST. ean be repaired and repainted, “S> Larkest studio in Washington. Free-hand ne time, but fs be pushed as | Crayor Portraits from 810 to @75. Call and see spect- 8 iu Ward's | mens. Weekly or monthly payments taken if desired, $8. ay p9-12 for the p a Studio 6th anc Open until 8 p jor the prese Oth as Open us and none can | * -- EASTER NECKWEAR. : e aoe! : ad pani - will soon take th ‘iin the meantine the | ASCOTS, FOUR. Culy the very best pro- © want to gain cun- ua by words. HAND, TECKS, AND PUFFS. ‘New goods for the Easter occasion. marching to a new tune only Le seen in our stoc! EASTER GLOVES. Kid Gloves in Tan and Gold-Tan Shades, suitable for Spring wear. Noold patterns Such neck dressings can Kex.. A wagon passed i the following in- 1 Nebraska; nobbed in Missourt; WAISTCOATS. Nothing so pleasing in a gentleman's attire. PIN STRIPES aud PLAIDS are desirable, Doubtless you have noticed these in our windows, Bali LAH( MY OR BUST!” with H. F. WOODARD & CO., SHIRT MAKERS, git up and t thar, stay I Soon head the list of 2 vou should learn. If at first your tut and try again. Have VICTOR E. ADLER’S S89. | Polls wil TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE Wiis aii et of Columbia im FRANCIS B, MO the Bur Men. : = = NoTIC UNION PLUMBERS, F-s> i i ‘You are hereby at P wraska, uutil ft fe trot api s-6t =» GENERAL TAXES DUE PRIOR TO JULY Rs 1, 1888, can be settled AT A DISCOUNT, ALLEN C. CLARK, 605 F through Lh. we | apla-2we » 83.87, 34, | 5 XE OF REMOVAL. | ines NOTICE OF REMOVAL. EY BROTHERS mers at their new office, No. 1333 itt’ House, after apl3-Lw -THREE Suits Fs inclus: A SUIT NEW ISSUE OF STOCK. s— THE 17TH i EQUITABLE | CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, i PRICE $1.00 FE. ADL begptmecige® Subscription books will be opened April 16 for the . pasecuasetts ava | seventeenth Issue of Stock. ‘eatuiicdiae a s are 922.50 per month. — — #1,000 is advanced on each share. le provides 4 good system for making uthiy savings of small amounts, realizing ble and sure profits, and also advances money tw its members, upon advantageous terms, to purchase Property Pamphlets explaining the object and benefits of the Association furnished upon application, | Office hours, trom Yam, to 4:30 pan. Guwany Reoveen Pruces IN CHILDREN’S LONG CoaTS. PRICES AS FULLOWS Orginal Price § ROAR OF S1OCk. $1,000 ADVANCED ON EACH SHAK: GILBELT, Pres't. MAYHEW PLATER, Treas, Iii GEU. W. KING, Secretary. ae “WL 8ON wasn.” i 4¥MUDUCT OF THE WILSON DISTILLERY, HIGHSPIRE, DAUPHIN CO, PA. ‘Thiscetenrated Whisky, most carefully and slowly yeasted, mashed. fermented. and distilled from the in- valuable bealth-«iving Chalybeate waters aud choice small «rain Rye, peculiar to the renowned mountain districts of Penusylvauia and Maryland. and ripened im heated warehouses, sea-voyaged and aged m the warm salt air of Bermuda. The oxides of iron and ar bumologous saits found in the waters trom which this Whisky is distilled render this Whisky invaluable end Unequaled asa tonic aud rejuvebator ty iuuse ip eed of strength, vitality, aud vigor, See certificate of Prof, Toury, of the Baltimore Med- teal College: “IT IS PURE, FREE FROM FUSEL OIL, AND CAN THEREFORE BE SAFELY RECOMMENDED FOR MEDICINAL USE. 11S HIGH COLOK 18 DUE TO THE ARON PKESENT. i “Wai. F. TONRY, Ph. D., Chemist” Ask your Grocer for WILSON WHISKY. ‘THE ULMAN GOLDSBOROUGH CO,. ) 10.00 RERSSS SSCS CORARALEREAATOCAS mt ett tt td i tt tt tk tt e 1 1 1 1 Be peaetri me 14 ‘This sale begins Saturday morning, April 13. Pa- rents ail themselves of this rare opportunity, as these woods are all strictly first-class, and prices cut te reduce stuck, mM 10.00 WM. H. McKNEW, Successor to RH. Taylor, Distillers, ap6-tomy4 Baltimore, Ma. ¥G3 Pennsylvania ave, 3 _ E. F. BROO! 4 UR ENORMOUS 8° 38 Col ng to our new store, 422 Oth st. x ERY D! 7! PER CENT DIsCOUNT on all is to movi I allow 2 scat il start new store with full line of new | — JOHN © LITTLE, ow. 128 7 IN EV! ‘MEN’ FROM THk CHEAPEST 10 THE HINES, THE bees tty IONS O1 | CORCORAN BUILDING, OPP. U. 8 TREASURY. will be lad to, see their | Washington News and Gossip. Index to Advertisements, _ AMUSEMENTS. ATTORN' AUCTION SALES | BOARDING. es BOOKS AND STATIONER BUSINESS CHAN: FOR RENT (Ovrices)... FOR RENT (Stores). FOR SALE (Houses), FOR SALE (Lors). FOR SALE (MisceLLaNzous). GENTLEMEN'S GOODS .. HOTELS. LADIES’ GOuDS ENTI NEW PUBLICATIONS, NOTARIES PUBLI OCEAN STEAMERS POTOMAC RIVER Bo. PIANOS AND ORGANS, PERSONAL. PRINTERS . RATEROADS, si TICES.. SPECIALTIES .... SUBURBAN PROPE; SUMMER RESOR’ WANTED (Hetp). WANTED (Houses), WANTED (Rooms) , ANTED (Srrvari¢ ANTED (Misc! WOOD AND COAL Ww Ww, Tue U. 8. S. Kearsara iled from Fort Monroe for New York this morning. Mr. Inwiy B. Livros has resigned his po: tion as principal clerk of the supervising archi- tect's office, Treasury department, and will re- sume the practice of law. as follows: 129; coupon 4s, $19,000, 2209 and $ $30,000 at 108, Post-Orrices oN Ocean VessELS. Sachse, secretary of the imperial German po office, in a letter to the Postmaster-General, dated Berlin, March 6, proposes the establish- ment jointly by the United States and Germ registered 4s, 35, . at | registered 454s, + 500, at 108; coupon 4! of sea post~ es on the vessels plying between the United States and German ports which carry the mails. The suggestion is mud postal clerks, similar employed jointly by | the ribution ocean, so that when the mail arrives at the port of destination it will have been distributed for all the large distributing offices either in Germany or the United this service, Mr. Saches comput about 245,000 per annum, which, to try, will be 322,500 per annum, The matter is now in the hands of the Postmaster-General, | who is giving it consideration, | fp railway mail the two governments for | he mail while crossing the | Tue Correnr Issve or Tue WeExcy Stan. is- sued to-day, will be found a very interesting | number. It contains all the important foreign domestic. and local news of the past week and is just thing for sending to friends out of the city. It can be had in wrappers ready for mail- ing at the counter of the business office at 3 | cents percopy. Price per annum. £1.00, with | & premium to every subscriber, Sample copies | sent free upon application. For Rertmement.—It having been ascer- tained that Lieut, Jno. W. Hageman, United tates navy, is unable to appear before the re tiring board at Washington, the medical o cers of the board have been or¢ dd to Read- ing, Pa., to examine into his physical condi- tion, A 1 Marine Onper.—The commandant of the marine corps has been instructed to detail a | marine guafd for the Chicago, which is to | i i hip at the centennial celebration April 30, | —A naval general | | A Nava Court-Manrrat court-martial has be ordered to convene at + Portsmouth, N. H. Vy-yard on 22d inst., | for the trial of enlisted persons, The court | | will be composed of Commander M. Mil- | ler, Commanders i y and Edwin AL Morgan Wm. . 8 . Joseph A J. AK. Pateh will act as RT-MARTIAL.— Turk Boox C court-martial in the case of Lieut.-( az Book, charged with leaving his command with- out authority, has been dissol | stood at the } r Book guilty his fent be very L ing, probably, of a temporary | duty. <. It is under- t that while Com- technically hit, consist aspension from Pensoxan.— rot Penna, E. E Thorne, Chas. E, Quackenbush, J. L. Adams and A. M, Leeb of New York, Gen. Hastings of Bellefont, , and Col. Potter of Philadelphia, are at the Riggs.— Emery and J. N. God- | dard of New York r’s.—M. B. | Goff of Penna., Geo. H. Gowdy and L. Wuot- | bain of Amsterdag., ‘Holland; | Hulse, and Jeff Chandler of St, Grant Young of Boston and Wm. Y. {and Chas. L. Finbush of New York, are at | | Willards.——Dr. J. W. Combs of Hous j Texas; T. J. Latham of Memphis, H. Schuber of Panama, W. Leander Garey,and J. W. Sa- j Jas. Warren | ouis, Fred, | Reynolds | yin York, H. of Providence, and W. B. Lowden of Hempstgad. are at the Arlington.--— . Beh I. Jones of . Wormley’s - —T. 8, Steeie of Hartford, John R. Thomas of Portland, Me.. Philip H. Amindowe | New York. J. R. Grossmans'of Boston and | M. Fisher Wright of the navy it the Arno. | E.D. Griggs, J. Calisher. G. H. Kendall, | G. W. Brum and Hon. Alex. McDonald of New Warner Stork of Baltimore, W Farlowe of Cambridge, Mass... I of Londdh, Randolph of Platntield, N. J., | Alexander Winchell of Aun Arbor, J. McGregor of Sait Lake City. James S, Kay of Pittsburg and Charles B. Smith of Parkersburg are at the Ebbitt.——Whitelaw Reid, D. O. Mills and Wm. H. Swan of New York, J. A. Laforme and Win, T. Connelly of Boston, Jas, A. Renwick of Flushing, N. Y., and Gen, Collis of Philadel- phia are at the Normandie.—-J. J. Paygsley of Hillsboro’. Ohio, James Kneale of New Orleans and Irwin Hilton of Bosion are at the St, James, Free Passes and Railroad Commissions. The interstate commerce commission has sent notices to the officers of all the principal | railroad companies in the middle and eastern states, including the Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Grand Trunk roads, direct- | ing them to appear before the commission on | the 3d of May next, “and set forth the persons and classes of persons, if any, to whom each of them have issued free passes or free transpor- tation to persons other than its own officers or employes and the offigers and employes of other railroad companies, and all the condi- tions and limitations connected therewith in each instance, and how they do this branch of business.” ‘The commission has also ordered the officers of all the roads centering at Chicago to ap) on the = May next, ne e et what com- upon ie ie of nger Uskets, and how this busines is conducted, and on the 8th of May to expiain the business of trackage and car mileage. The schooner John Feeney, at Lewes, Del., reports that on April 10 she saw a three-master burning 130 miles south southeast of Cape Hat- teras, | partie | haa to be the birth-pla | encouragement from this administration. on, | Hubbard | W IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS. Controller of the Currency—Internal Revenue Collector for This District, Etc. The President made the following appoint- ments to-day: Edward 8. Lacey, of Michigan, to be control- ler of the currency, Timothy Guy Phelps to be collector of cus- toms for the district of San Francisco, Cali- fornia. e F. Snowden Hili, to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Maryland. The Dis- trict of Columbia isincluded in the district of Maryland. E: ‘presentative Robert Smalls will be ap- ointed, probably to-day, to’ the United States Sip collectorship at Beaufort, 8. C. HARRISON’S SOUTHERN POLICY. Letters from the South Endorsing it Understood there. SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS WHO FAVOR IGNORING THE COLOR QUESTION AND DRAWING THE PARTY LINES ON PROTECTION—A SAMPLE LETTER FROM ALABAMA AND ONE FROM FLORIDA, It is understood that in appointing the post- master at Birmingham, Ala., President Harri- son will recognize the new organization of re- publicans by the selection of Huston, their can- didate, This will be in accordance with what has been declared will be his policy in the uth, throwing overboard those leaders who are republicans for revenue only. The diseus- sion of this matter has aroused considerable excitement in the south, apparently, and a great many letters, mostly endorsing the Presi- dent's policy, as it is understood to be, have n received at the White House and by s here from their friends in the south. In aletter received here yesterday from a lawyer at Birmingham it is stated that the matter is being very actively discussed there, and that ided sentiment in favor of r question as an issue and lines on protection, As an enter they expect Birming- ring wing the part: active industrial gressive republican party, composed of. pr gressive business men who have other ambitions beyond that of getting Federal office. A LETTER FROM FLORIDA, The President has received a letter from John G. Long, of St. Augustine, Fla., a promi- nent life resident of the south, who says: “I beg to express my hearty approbation of your southern policy as indicated by recent ut- terances and actions, Four years respite from carpet-bag ring methods and dictation in the south have shown a decided tendency toward | democratic disintegration and most’ hopetul signs of republican life and activity upon a broader and more substantial foundation, The further manipulation of republican organiza- tions by selfish and unscrupulous politicians and political no other purpose than to e an be made impossibie y a wise bestowal of the Federal patronage in the southern states. The republican party in the south needs new men, new methods, new blood, new lite, The doctrine of a protective tariff will then take the plece of race _proble nd social ostracism on account of the ger” willbe a thing of the past. It is not necessary to ignore the colored man or to ex- clude him from office to accomplish so desirable anend. He isin uo way responsible for the rut condition of this unhappy section. He s followed his “‘carpet-bag” white brothers with blind, implicit faith, through long years of political reverses, deceived and betrayed and outraged by friend and foe alike. I bespeak for im the fullest measure of sympathy and You ere pow confronted by an army of chronic ‘mossbacks,” ex-Federal office holders from the | south who represent nothing but the bitter uories of the past. anxious to be reinstated. r respective localities to command thet degree of contidence and respect so casential to success, AN INVENTED CORRESPONDENCE. That Alleged to Have Taken Place About Cuba. On inquiry at the State department to-day Tur Star learned that the alleged correspond- ence between the cretary of State and the uish government in regard to Cuban affairs as uo foundation in fact. The correspond- ence has been floating through the press for some ten days past, and’ the outline of it was given in the Post’ this morning, It is simply the invention of some one whose name is not known at the Depart THE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION, The Commissioners Discover That Mr. Webb Authorized the Sale of Barrels. Commissioner Wheatley has about completed inquiry into alieged abuses at the Wash- ington asylum, He told a Srar reporter to-day that he wanted to examine Mr. Stoutenburgh, the intendant, further on one point. The tes- timony taken will fill 200 type-written pages, It is contlicting in many points. Mr. Wheatley spoke of it to-day asa “prob- | lem” and said he would submit the whole testi- mony taken‘to the board of Commissioners and let them solve the problem, One of the Com- missioners has been a witness in the case. That is Mr. Webb, whose testimony was taken by Mr. Wheatley, in regard to the sale of the bar- rels, bones und refuse. There is something singular about the disposal of old barrels, When Mr. MeGuigan’s charges were published Mr, Stoutenburgh published a general denial and vted that he had disposed of no old property except in the regular wav through the property cle Nothing seemed to be known atthe District building about it at all, The property clerk thought all materials sold by MI noted in Mr. Stouten- ‘gh’s reports, but the reports were found to no reference to such material. ag reporter investigated the matter, finding the men whe were in the habit of pur- chasing the barrels and not finding any account of their rendered to the auditor or ce lector, Mr. We tley began to investigate it going over tHe same ground that THe Srar re- porter had traversed. ‘The tacts obtained, so far asaSrar reporter could learn, were the same as published in Tux Star. Now, after all this trouble, it turns ont, in some way, that Mr, Webb authorized the sale of this old material without the rendition of an account. In his testimony, it is understood, he stated that he was informed by Mr. Stoutenburgh of this practice permitted by former Commis- sioners. and he told Mr. Stoutenburgh to do as he had been accustomed to. If Mr. Webb had recollected this or spoken of it earlier, Mr. Wheatley might have been saved considerable trouble, —>_-—_ The Superintendent of the Census. Mr. Robert P. Porter, who has been appointed superintendent of the census, was one of the chief assistants of Gen, Francis A. Walker in the work of the tenth census, having charge of economic statistics, He served, also, on the tariff commission of 1882, He is about forty- five rs old and of English birth, though be esided nearly all his life in*this country. He is a journalist by occupation and well known in this city, where ‘he served for some years as @ correspondent. He then weut abroad for a syndicate of newspapers and furnished a series of articles upon the condition of the laboring classes of Europe. In bp7 ee with ex- Postmaster-General Hatton, Congressman West, of New York, and others, he established the New York Press, of which he is now editor. ie @P A recently published work on “The Artof Advertising” says: “A point which will afford reliable information as to the value of a publi- cation as an advertising medium is the close- ness with which the publisher adheres to his advertising rates.” Tux Sra invariably holds to its rates; and, what is of greater importance to the advertiser, it charges everybody the same price for the same service, This few papers do! » of an industrial, pro- [ THE OUTLOOK IN OKLAHOMA. Apprehensions Regarding the Situation— Guarded Instructions to the Military. It is very apparent here that officers of the army are filled with the liveliest apprehension regarding the opening of Oklahoma, The Sec- retary of War has authorized the statement that the government is fully aware of the situ- ation and has arranged to take all proper steps to prevent trouble. It is known that the sub- ject has formed the main topic for discussion at recent cabinet meetings and that the At- torney-General has been called upon to decide the question as to the authority of the War de- department to act in case of strife, bloodshed, or violence in the newly-opened country. The instructions sent to the commandant of the troops in Oklahoma as a result of the opinion rendered by the Atttorney-General were extremcly guarded. They age understood to direct the army officers to assist in the main- tenarce of law, but to carefully observe the regulations defining their authority and leave arrests for violations of law to the marshals, The President might, in case of serious dis- turbance, declare martial law over the terri- tory, but this could not be done in advance of a breach of the peace, and the machinery of government would, it is feared, be too slow- moving to meet the great emergency which may arise. The only army regulation on the subject provides for interference by the troops in an emergency only in case of interruption to the carriage of the mail, or assaults upon United States property, but under a some- what strained construction it may form the reason assigned for the use of troops to pre- vent or restrain rioting or bloodshed in the territory. 6" Upon the basis of price per line per 1,000 circulation, the advertising rates of Tar Eves- NG Star are only about half as high as thoseof other Washington papers. But cheapness is not the only merit, Its service is better than any other paper in the city can possibly givet Maj. Raymond Replies to the Criticisms made at the East Washington Meeting. A Star reporter asked Engineer Commis- sioner Raymond’ to-day whether he had any- thing to say regarding the criticisms upon the Commissioners for their manner of preparing the schedule for street improvements made at the meeting of the East Washington Citizens? association on Monday evening. Major Ray- mond said: “The statements of Mr, Weller are untrue, and he must have known it, for he has evi- dently examined the appropriation bill care- full It is not true, as he states, that it rested with the Commissioners to apportion the amount of reduction in the estimates. On the contrary, the bill provides specifically the amount to be expended in each section, and the Commissioners have no more control over these amounts than Mr. Weller has, and are not responsible for the percentages of reduction in any way whatever, So far as reductions in the general schedule are rned, these were made without any refer- e to sections, for streets are put upon this edule only when their improvement is con- d desirable for the efit of through . and uot for local benetit. The sched- ules were prepared in my offi sonal direction, were submitted by me to the board, and after careful examination and full ! discussion, were adopted = by tthe board exactly in accordance with my recom- mendations, The board has shown no haste to apportion the money. They acted on the schedule because I . and I sub- mitted it becanse it in order to prepare advertisementa and specifications which myolve much labor, with a view to contracts when the money is available. Any new board will find no difficulty in modifying the schedules at any time between now and the Ist of July, It is, however, not very probable that the schedule will be changed if I remain Engineer Commissioner, unless I consent to it. Che charge of unjust discrimination is ridicu- lous. Why should discriminate? I have no interests of any kind whatever in any part of the city. So long as I have charge of the prep- aration of the schedule, I shall recommend that, so far as the law allows, the funds be al- lotted to the best advantage of the city, re- garded asa whole, and without reference to the interests of “any particular section. .I do not think ita matter of any importance that this or that section should get what it may happen to consider its share. I would like to see the sectional schedules abolished and have everything put on the general schedule.” DELAWARE AVENUE FENCE. The Case Against the Baltimore and Po- tomac Railroad Company. JUDGE MILLER SAYS THEIR FENCE ON DELAWARE AVENUE IS AN ILLEGAL OBSTRUCTION OF A STREET, BUT THE QUESTION I8 WHETHER M'KEEVER IS THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. This morning, in the Police Court, Mr, Shil- lington, attorney for the District, called Judge | Miller's attention to the cases against Superin- tendent McKeever, of the Baltimore and Po- tomaé railroad company, growing out of the charges made against the railroad company by Messrs. Dwyer and Parker. Mr. Shillington said that one case was brought under section 3 of article 8 of the police regulations, and the other was brought under an act in Webb's Di- gest of March 26, 1864. The information, he explained, charged that the defendant placed and caused to be placed and allowed to remain in and upon Delaware avenue a certain obstruc- tion to travel, to: wit, a fence; which said ob- struction interrupts the free passage of said Delaware avenue. * Messrs, Fergusson and McKenny appeared for the defendant and plead not guilty, THE TESTIMONY, Patrick Sullivan, who resides on E street, be- tween 2d and 3d streets southwest, testified that the fence enclosing the railroad tracks along Virginia avenue continue, with a break at the intersection of Deluware avenue. In answer to Mr. Shillington’s inquiries wit- ness said that Delaware avenue was not yet im- proved, but there are some beautiful houses on that avenue north of Virginia avenue. There is no gate at the Delaware avenue crossing. STOPPING THE MARCH OF IMPROVEMENTS. Mr, Shillington remarked that Delaware ave- nue is in the schedule for next year and is to be concreted as far south as Virginia avenue. If this obstauction was not there he thought the ee would have been continued fur- er. Mesers. Parker and Dwyer and Lieut. Vernon gave testimony concerning the obstruction.’ THE DEFENDANT TESTIFIED that he held the position of trainmaster, and not that of superintendent of the railroad. He said that he had no authority to erect or tear down a fence. He said that he was in charge of the affairs of the company in this city. “8 answer to Mr. Shillington’s inquiries, de- fendant said that he would keep and maintain what is already erected. [he superintendent, he said. an office in Wilmington. The super- eg Sundy, he said, had charge of such wor! . JUDGE MILLER SAID that if there was no question as to location of Delaware avenue, the fence in question was undoubtedly an obstruction and some one was guilty. The matter was taken under consid- eration until Saturday, when the court will determine whether Mr. McKeever is respon- sible or not. ees Tue Race yor Coxsvursurrs.—In about ten than two hundred will be inted matter fo Shen up, are on his case with » under my per- | Telegrams to The Star. FIRST BLOOD IN OKLAHOMA. A Boomer Killed in a Quarrel Over Land. —— j TWO TRAINS HURLED FROM THE TRACK O SENSATIONAL SUICIDE IN OHICAGO. . KILLED IN REMOVING THE WIRES. | are horritic —_o—— | Fatal Accident in New York To-Day. see, WHIRLED OVER THE BANK. Frightful Accident to an E: the Pitisburg and Lake Erie. | PrrrspurG, Pa., April 13.—A disastrous wreck occurred at Coraopolis, Pa., on the Pittsburg | and Lake Erie railway about 9 o'clock last ev ing. As the express was speeding along at a thirty-five-mile-an-hour rate, the locomotive | jumped the track while passing a switch, drag. ging the baggage, mail, smoker and thr coaches after it, the whole train except the } sleeper being thrown over the bank, tarning two times in the descent. Mail Agent Black- more and a number of passengers susiained | slight injuries, but no one was seriously hurt The bagxag: aght fire almost as soon the train left the rails, but the flames were quickly extinguished by water from the ditch, A special train was sent to the scene of the a cident at once, aud the passengers brought to this city at an'early hour this morning. —— HURLED FROM A GREAT HEIGHT, One Man Killed and Another Badly In- Jured in Taking Down the Wires. New York. April 18.—The removal of the electric wires and poles on 6th avenue thi morning was attended by an unfortunate acci- | | dent whereby Michael Early, unmarried, aged | | thirty of Brooklyn, « lineman employed by the department of public works, and Hugi | Reilly, aged thirty-one, a married man with a | wife and three children, living at No. 338 East | 40th street, were both dragged from a window jot the t story of 357 ue jby a rope to a Early bemg ins killed | seriously injured, men are both linemen jin the “bureau aces, and were | j engaged in la slid along th. and pulling beth m body wus picked up wat was being cut | |. Wh | » bottom the throwing the top out vn from the window, Eariy's | N A TERRIBLY-CRUSHED CONDITION, and was removed to the 30th-street police sta- tion, while Reilly was taken to the New York hos- | pital, Both bones of the left leg were fc be broken below the knee. Several of the smaller | bones of the right foot were also fractured, addition to this there was a severe contusion he back and a lacerated scalp wound. surgeon believes there isa possibility of the | spine having been fractured. If this is so the | | the chances for his recovegy are not good. The | j accident took place at 9:15 this morning and | j | | cansed great excitement in the neighborhood. | After the removal of the body of the dead man, j and the departure of the ambulance with his | comrade. the work of removing the wires went ;Onasusual. Other gangs continued the work | that was being prosecuted on adway veste: day, the company’s gangs keeping ahead of the | mayor's men and trying to save their wires as | tar as possible. > A SUCCESS. LIFE NOT So He Put an of Morphine. Curcaco. April 18—A gentleman who has | been stopping at the Hotel Richelieu since | | April 10, and was registered as Sidney Walters, | committed suicide last night in his room by | taking morphine. Mr, Walters has speut money \y and made many friends since his arrival H hotel, and there has been nothing in his avior to indicate intention of suicide, A sician was immediately summoned, but ters was too far gone. It is said that a tel. egram was received at the hotel from Walters’ wife dated Cleveland. immediately notitied of her husband's death. HE NOTIFIED A PITTSBURG FRIEND. | The young man notified a lady in Pittsburg of his intended self-destruction. At least he must have done so, Mr. Carlson received a a patch from the lady about three hours atter | Walter's death asking if the young man had couunitted suicide. This would indicate that the young man ha | | nctitied the lady, Mrs. Erman, of his intention, | | and she,thinking it no idle threat, had wired for | information. | THE WIFE'S TESTIIONY. | At the inguest this morning, Mrs, Walters, | iwho was notified last night to come | to Chicago, took the stand. and testitie She said that she had been married to | | Walters about six mouths, was an Englishman and a London newspaper man of considerable prominence. She did not know | whether or not he was related to John Walters, the well-known London newspaper man. Since he had been in Chicago she had received three letters from her husband, in one of which he | said he was tired of living and wanted to die. He could not make a success of life. She d not think at that time, however, that his in- tentions were serious, WHAT IS KNOWN OF THE SUICIDE IN CLEVELAND. [ Cueveraxp, April 18.—J. Sydm Walters | came to this city from Pittsburg about two | months ago, where he was engaged as adver- tising solicitor for 4 historical publishing com- pany. Here he has been engaged in the same business until about a week ago, whea | he left this city for Chicago. | Some years ago he was employed in Chicago in can- vassing for portraits and the sale of the history of Chicago, and previous to that time he was connected with Reid, Murdock & Fisher and with the — Grocers’ lator, local ~ publication. His wife’ was formerly Malvina Reimer, a vocalist, who has lately been singing at St. Paul. It is believed Walters was weil coynected in England where he was an officer in the army, Bassilavat on ec ANOTHER ILLUSIVE HOPE. The Alsatia Knows Nothing of the Miss- ing Danmark. New Your, April 18.—The stereotyped reply, “No news,” was given all inquiries about the unfortunate paesengers and crew of the Dan- mark by the agents of the Thingvalla line this morning. At other points the same ignorance prevails, The Alsatia, of the Anchor line, from Gibral- tar April 1, reached this port to-day. Her off- cers had seen no trace of the lost vessel nor of her passengers, |, WHY MR. EDYE IS HOPEFUL, Mr. Edye, of the agents of the Thingvalla line, jing and ¢ | be pretty safely assumed that Oklahom press on |f THE FIRST BLOOD SPILLED. One Boomer Kills Another in a Fight Over Oktahoma Land. Wrenrra, Kay., April 18.—The first serious affray among the boomers occurred yesterday about 10 miles north of Kiowa. Two boomers claimed a certain quarter section, and one, named George Kramer, undertook to put the other, Charles Heidke, off the land. Both men drew revolvers, and Kramer was shot and in- stantly killed, Heidke was shot through the grom and may die, AN OLD BOOMER MISSING, Oklahoma Harry Hill, one of the oldest boomers in Kansas, left for the territory from this city last Friday and has not since beem heard from. He was expected to return Sun- day, and his diappearanée is most mysterious, ane we heard of bim was from Purcell. He left that village Sunday evening, saying that he would ride over to OklahomatCity: Monday noon his dog was found shot through the A reward of 8600 hos been offered for the dis covery, and this reward will be greatly im creased, ALL THE BOOMERS WALKING ARSENALS. Ankansas Cry, Kaws., April 18.—If the beare neral get-up of the men who have arrived here thus far go for anything, it may after of many The streets of Arkansas City h men, each one of whom ge walking aree Every man regards his neigh- bor with dist: Everybody that arrives here and takes in the warlike appearance of the sur- roundings begins straightway to look out for the authorities, and most well-disposed settlers 1 to hear that in Oklahoma there is scarcely any law other than that of the strong hand. “Already there has been formed an or- Sauization called the Oklahoma league, whose object is to protect, by force if necessary, what claim to be their mghts. The members cted their is as far back as fif- . and now claim toown them by an will have to be @ un the members of the league whose tract he claims, the opening days will be the bloody contlicts, are filled w INDIANS GETTING ALARMED, Arkansas Crrv, Kax., April 18,—Four bun- dred and thirty-seven families arrived here yesterday in wagons and at least 1,000 persons by the railroads, Trains from the south brought quite anumber of Pawnee and Otwe ndians from the reservation south of this city. seems to just hate dawned upon them thas the settling of 100.000 people in the heart of the territory will t breaking up of their tribal’ rela are storing up Weapons with which to protect themselves from the imvaders. A leader of the Pawnees said: “Our peop! «© white people on the Arkansas river will rob us of our homes; but should the yand move upon the land sold to the government by the Creeks and Seminoles, there will be no trouble.” Gnraxp Rarrps, Micu., April 18.—The Chicago express, on the Chicago and West Michigan railroad, was wrecked while running thirty miles an hour, near Grandville, last night, Some one had opened a switch, and before Engineer Garney could check its speed, the locomotive was off the track, bumping over ties. leaping an eight-foot cattle guard and landing on its side, The engineer and fireman j dand escaped uninjured, The baggage smoker and locomotive were totally A large number of passengers were joard, but the party were im the rear coach, the torward trucksot which only left the tracks, There is no clue to the train-wreckers. = YOUNG SWIF HANGED. He Slept Well Last Night and Was Composed to the Last. Hantroxp, Coys., April 18.—John H. Swift, the murderer who paid the penalty of his crime on the scaffold to-day, maintained a cool and unconcerned demeanor. In response to a query by a reporter, who called upon him at an early hour this morning, Swift said he was feeling ry well; in fact he never felt better in bis ‘«. His mother and sister took an affection- ate farewell of him =. night. They left the jaii about 10 o'cloc rom that hour until) midnight the convicted man's time was -eme ployed in consultation with his spiritual ad- viser, the Rev, Father Corcoran. Swift re- tired shortly after mee ae interrupt- edlyand peacefullyuntil long after daylight.Soon after 7 o'clock Father Corcoran, accompanied by another priest, returned to the jail. The last rites were administered to the condemned and shortly afterward he sat down to break- fast. He ate heartil Permission to witness the execution was re- stricted to the representatives of the press and officers of the law, THE FINAL SCENE. The gallows stood not over one hundred feet from the condemned man’s cell, where two cler- gymen were administering the last consolations | of religion, On the gallery were about fifty representatives of the press, while in the corri- dor were d duputies and other specta- he little procession left the cell, the sheriff. Then came the condemned may between the two priests, while aties followed. Swift looked quite pale ed firmly. When on the scaffold the priests offered prayer. ‘The prisoners legs were then pinione — it 10: A the black cap was slipped over hishead and the drop instantly fell. There was no rebound of the body, but it fell like a dead weight to the extreme let of the rope. The legs were spasmodically drawn up three times.aud there was a slight twitching of the hands and then the body hung motion- less, THE STORY OF HIS CRIME. Swift was married when only nineteen years old to a woman two years older than he, but his idle and dissipated habits soon forced his wife to leave him, On July 7, 1887, while in a saloon where he had been employed as a piano- ayer, he expressed an intention of killing bis and displayed a revolver. A few hours later he met her returning from the shop whore she worked, asked her to live with him, and, upon her "refusing and turning to run away, fired the fatal shot, She lived only jong enough to make a brief ante-mortem statement, Swift was tried in the superior court, found guilty of murder in the first degree. tenced to be hanged April 5, 1589, was carried to the supreme court on apy This court, by unanimous vote of the ju contirmed the sentenee of the lower court, Swift then petitioned the legislature for a com- mutation to imprisonment for life. A resolution muking the commutation passed both branches, but was vetoed by Governor Bulkeley, who reprieved Swift for two weeks. The senate passed the resolution over the veto, but the Pease sustained the veto. Since that time ineffectual ciforts have been made to pass a resolution referring the matter to the board of pardons. ; The sister of the condemned man has labored. earnestly with the legislature in behalf of her brother. > A BAG OF GOLD MISSING. Mysterious Disappearance of $15,000 Mrxweaporrs, Mrxy., April 18.—The Journals the night-clerk in charge, received from the train arriving at 1:45 a.m. yesterday four sacks of specie, two of which contained $15,000 each in gold, and two $500 each in silver. money was consigned to the first nations! bank i of this city by the Northern Pacific railroad ex- to the door of the express is positive that he then carried all specie in the vault and turned Half an hour later, in checking up. he discovered that one of the bags of gold He at once noti-