Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1889, Page 5

ee s THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APRID 24, 1889 Asers am Vreor Benders the hair soft, pliant and glossy, pro- motes efresh growth, and cures ernptive dis eases of the scalp. Mary A. Jackson, Salem, ‘Mass., writes: “I have used Ayer’s Hair Vigor for a number of years, and it has always grven me satisfaction. It is an excellent dressing, prevents the hair from turning gray, insures its vigorots growth, and keeps the scalp white and clean.” “Several months ago my hair commenced falling out, and in a few weeks I was almost bald. Ibought a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and, after using only part of ft, my head was covered with a heavy growth of hwr.—Thomas Munday, Sharon Grove, Ky. AYER'S HAIR VIGOR, Prepared by Dr. J. ©. Ayer & Co., Lowell, ‘Mass. Sold by Druswists and Perfumers. __Ja23 WONDERFUL CARLSBAD SPRINGS. At the Ninth International Medical Congress, Dr. A. ZL. A. Toboldt, of the University of Penn¢ylvania, read ‘Speper stating that out of thirty cases treated with the @enuine imported Powdered Carlsbad Sprudel Salt for chronic constipation, hypochondria, disease of the liv- er and Kidneys, jaundice, adiposis, diabetes, dropsy from valvular heart disease, dyspepsia, catarrhal in- flammation of the stomach, ulcer of the stomach or spleen, children with marasmus, gout, rheumatism of the joints, gravel. ete, twenty-six were entirely cured, three much improved, and one not treated long enough. Average time of treatment, four weeks. ‘The Carisbed Sprudel Salt (powder form), is an ex- cellent Aperient Lazative and Diuretic. It clears the tomplextom, puriter the Blood. It is easily soluble, pleasant to take and permanent inaction. Thegenuine product of the Carlsbad Springs is exported in round bottles. Each bottle comes in « light blue paper car- toon, and has the signature “EISNER & MENDLE- SON CO.,” sole agents, 6 Barclay street, New Yerk, ‘on every bottle. One bottle mailed upon receipt of Ove Dollar. Dr. Toboldt’s lectures mailed free upon application. aul-m,wat GQCRATCHED 28 YEARS. x If Thad known of the Cuticcna Remeptes twenty- eight years ago, it would have saved me $200.00 (two hundred dollars), and an immense amount of suffering. My disease (Psoriasis) commenced on my head inaspot not larger than acent. It spread rapidly all over my body and got under my nails. The scales would drop off of meall the time, and my suffering was endless, «4 without relief. One thousand dollars would not pt me to have this disease over again. Iam a poor au, but feel rich to be relieved of what some of the doctors smd was leprosy, some ring-worm, psoriasis, etc. I wok * * * and * * * Sarsaparillas over one year andahalf, but no cure. I went to twoor three doctors, and uo cure. I cannot praise the Cuti- Una Remeptes too much. They have made my skin as clear and free from scales asa baby’s. All I used of them was three boxes of Cetrctna, and three bottles of CuricuRa RESOLVENT, and two cakes of CUTICURA Soar. If you had been here and said you would have cured me for 8200.00, you would have had the money. I look like the picture in your book of Psoriasis (pic- ture number two, “How to Cure Skin Diseases”), but now I am as clear y person ever was. Through force of habit I rub my hands over my arms and legs | to scratch once in a while, but co no purpose. Iam all | well. [scratched twenty-eight years, and it got to bea | Kind of second nature to me. I thank you a thousand | times. Any one who reads this may write to me and I ‘will answer it. DENNIS DOWNING, Waterbury, Vt. Sold everywhere. Price, CUTIcuRA, 50c.; Soar, 25c.; REsoLveNT, #1. Prepared by the Potten DRvG axD Catexicat. Conroratios, Boston, Mass. Send for jow to Cure Skin Diseases. ap23,24,26,27 SCOTT'S EMULSION CURES CONSUMPTION. SCROFULA, BRONCHITIS} COUGHS. cOLDs. WASTING DISEASES. ‘WONDERFUL FLESH PRODUCER. ‘Many have gained one pound per day by its use. _ Scott's Emulsion is not a secret remedy. It con- tains the stimulating properties of the Hypophos- phites and pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, the po- tency of both being largely increased. It 8 used by Physicans all over the world. PALATABLE AS MILK. Sold by all Druggists. £19 SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, “(PIER DINNER TAKE ONE OF A tle Liver Prils and you will be free f of food from the stoinach. Try them and be con- | vineed. NEW COLORS—LATEST DESIGNS From Youmans and Kuox, N. ¥,,and Henry Heath, London. Just opened—a large stock of Umbrellaa, THE “LA TOSCA” FOR LADIES, From #4 to $15. G97- Furs received ou storage and insured against | @amage by moth and fire. B. H. STINEMETZ & SONS, apl2 1237 Penna. ave. Fostex Kw Groves, WITH NEW IMPROVED LACING, $1.00 PER PAIR UPWARD. Fitted to the Hand. A Glove having no superior in Fit, Styles or reliabil- tty. The only Glove that will fit all size wrists. No Buttons to come off. No Button-holes to fix. ‘The most convenient Glove made. If yon try one pair you cannot do without them. 3. C. HUTCHINSON, 907 Pennsylyania Avenue. ASE OF NE RVOUS aS. ese, Weak stomach, indigestion, dyt is sure in Carter's Little Liver Pills. Servs Srvizs Is Has. DUNLAP'S FIFTH AVENUE STYLE SILK AND DERBY HATS NOW READY. Just received an Importation of FRENCH SOFT HATS, light in weight. LA TOSCA UMBRELLAS and CANES for Ladies. WILLETT & RUOFF, 905 Pennsylvania ave. SLEEP! spepsia, relief mabe? Sowerarse N Ew. LEATHEROID TRUNES. Very light in weight STRONGER and MORE DURABLE than Sole Leather, and at HALF THE PRICE. Made and sold only at TOPHAM'S ‘Trunk Factory, 1231 Pa. ave. mh? Mes M. J. Hes, 1909 F STREET NORTHWEST, Invites attention to her ,arge and well-selected stock ot FINE MILLINERY | For Ladies and Children. Exact Parisian Fashions are always shown. Mrs HUNT gives her personal attention to special | Gesigms for ber patroua, ap6_ [SE wasmaxctos ‘CTURAL IRON AND BRIDGE KS. EDWARD L. DENT, M. E., Proprietor. The best facilities in the city for all kinds of Iron | ‘Work. Stee! Beams. Angles, &c, a) ways in stoc! Fine (tuamental Cast and Wrought Iron works : and veneral machine work done in | at short notice. he District of Columbis for the tem of Anchors and Pro- ‘ater sts. Ti Con Si wad W ities, 1413 G st. uw. Tel 4 res ‘a Washington, D. DENSE WYERS. TEACHERS, AND « ae Nahation ives but little exercise, | ter's Little Liver Pills for torpid liver | ‘ ‘Try them. mda teh theateneece ate the appetite and Keep the ave ©: order they @ eee eae nate Beaes e You Caxxor Bex EXCEPT IN BOTTLES WITH BUFF WRAPPERS. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. THEY CANNOT BE AS oop. THEY MAY BE DANGEROUS. POND's EXTRACT 2d EDITION. Last Tera to The Sur LIFE IN A NEW LAND. Various Incidents of the Rapid Settle- ment of Oklahoma. Sr. Lovts, April 24.—The following items are taken from various Oklahoma correspond- ence: About three miles west of Guthrie there was a duel between a man who had been sleep- ing in the brush for the last two or three weeks and another man who came through on the first train. It is said that the man who had been hiding in_ order to jump the claim, ordered his rival off, and on his refusal to levelled a — and fired three bullets into his ody. Over in the new town of Noble Deputy Martin says the scenes were the most exciting GOT T R SECOND WIND. The Place-Hunters Rally in Force To- Day. OUTPOURING OF ANXIOUS ONES AT THE WHITE HOUSE—BUT DOORKEEPER LOEFFLER HOLDS THE FORT BRAVELY—NOT MANY SUCCEEDED IN OUTFLANKING HIM—FORTUNATE CALLERS. The office-seekers are in full possession of their second wind now, and they stormed the ite House this morning in such a vigorous manner that the attendants were completely surprised. Never since the first week immedi- ately following President Harrison's inaugura- tion has there been such an outpouring of anxious ones. It was really too crowded for comfort at times. The hungry and thirsty dotted the stairway with their persons; they filled the corridors upstairs and occupied all the available room in Col. Crook's office. NOT ENOUGH CHAIRS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ‘CROWD. In some extreme instances three able-bodied men sat on two chairs, and then when the sup- ply of chairs wasfound to be insufficient to meet the demand the center table was called in- heever witnessed. Texas cowboys and half-"| to requisition as asettee, while longing eyes breeds mounted on the fleetest ponies that could be procured, started on a dead run with Win- chesters in their hands, Their horses were urged to the greatest possible ed and equal interest in the chase. ese men were employed by a wealthy Texas cowboy, and within a Sow hourentiex nace they had their own government organized, a mayor and city officers elected, and new town 1,500 inhabitants, s At the town meeting in Guthrie yesterday it was resolved to make all town lots 25x140, all streets 80 feet and all alleys 20. A motion to resurvey all lots streets and apportion them among bona-fide settlers was carried. This was designed to dislodge com- nies which have put employes on several ots. The Oklahoma hardware company had twelve lots reserved, but relin- quished six to avoid trouble. Town officers are to be elected this evening. The city now covers three sections, or six times the reserved town- ey | site. Speculation in lots is already high. Several have changed hands two or three times al- ready. Many are held at $1,000 each, and some have sold for . —— Another Office for Col. Lamont. New Yonk, April 24.—Col. Dan’l Lamont was to-day elected secretary of the New York Loan and Improvement company in place of Wm. H. Rockwell, resigned. ———— Obtained Over $12,000 by Fraud. Attentown, April 24.—Ex-Burgess Philip Storm of Catasauqua was arrested last evening ona capias charging him with having assisted in defrauding the Catasauqua manufacturing company out of = ‘A capias has also been issued for the arrest of Jno. W. Hopkins, the present burgess of Catasauqua, but he can- not be found. a Mrs. Cleveland’s Summer Home. New Beprorp, Mass., April 24.—Mrs, Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife of ex-president Cleve- land, who made so many warm friends in Marion two years ago, when she sojourned there for the summer, is again to take up her residence there, having leased the cottage of Rey. Perey Brown, eS The Brooklyn Reaches New York. New York, April 24.—The United States steamship Brooklyn, which came home from the Asiatic station under sail in consequence of the breaking of her shaft, arrived off Sandy Hook atnoon to-day. She is being towed in. The United States steamer Essex from the Asiatic squadron, arrived here this morning. mutes tae Her Cargo on Fire. Avcktanp, N. Z., April 24.—The steamer Mariposa, Capt. Hayward, hence April 22, for San Francisco, returned to this port with the flax in her forehold on fire. The flames were quenched and she will proceed for her destina- tion thisafternoon. The fire did little damage. ———__ Taxation of Canadian Cars. Orrawa, Ont., April 24.—The minister of customs was yesterday shown a dispatch from Washington having reference to the proposed imposition of a duty on Canadian cars in use in the United States. He said he thought the state- ment that there are 3,000 Canadian cars in constant use on United States roads must apply to cars which are kept constantly in the United States, and not to those that pass in and out of that country. The practice is when cars are brought into Canada and taken into the United States they are not returned, as they should be. Making them pay duty will put a stop to this practice, which has prevailed for a long time. fae eee Telegraphic Briefs. At the meeting of Union Pacitic stockholders in Boston to-day the old board of directors was re-elected. Parnell’s case against the London Times in the Irish courts has been abandoned. New York state Masons are observing to- asa jubil¢e day to commemorate the oblite tion of the debt on the New York Masonic temple. Patrick Carroll, whojumped from the Brook- lyn bridge last evening, is pronounced out of danger. The explosion in a colliery at Durham, Eng- land, to-day, killed five persons, —————_—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL The New York Stock Market. y The following are the opening and closing pricesof the New tock Mark t,4s reported by special wire to C d Macartney, 1419 F street. Name. Ateh Bell Tel Can. Sout! C.B.&Q Kan. & 7 Lake Shore. ach 7 |_97 ° Union Pac... 08, 370%, Wabash 10’ 3 abi oO Bo ———_—_ Washington Stock Exchange. ‘The following changes from yesterday's quota- tions on the Washington Stock Exchange are noted to-day: DC. >. Railro: columbia Railroad 32 asked. North Capitol and 40 asked. Washington Gas, asked. National Union Insurance, 19% asked. Riggs Insurance, 8 bid, |. Masonic Hall bonds. 106% bid, 111 asked. Washington Market stock, 16 bid, 18% cond. National Bank, 151% bid, 15 reat Falls Ice, 159 bid. Real Estate Title Insurance, 116%'bid, 119 asked. Chesa- peake and Potomaé Telephone Company, 823; bid, 82% asked. Electric Light ' Com- Washington Gas- mpany bonds, séres B, 1244 bid, 126% . Columbia National Bank ‘stock, 134 bid. = on and Georgetown Railroad stock, 240 ked. Som- lumbia Title 6 asked. 40 bid, ——_.—__ Baltimore Markets. BALTIMOR —Cotton quiet and firm idling, 1 ady and inactive. Wheat athern, active and firmer; Fultz, 904100; Longberry, 91al01; western, dull and steady: No. 2 winter red, spot, S18: April. Sx; May M4: June, Sta8sy; July, Sdasti;. Corn—south- ern, active and firmer; white, 40a43%; yellow, 40n43 3g: west ; mixed spot, 43%; April, 4: june, 415041 box. southerf and Pennsylvani asked. Kye, dull 5 ull and easy — prime to choice timothy, 1 Provisions dull and steady. Butter quiet easy — western packed, 18a20; best roll, 14017; creamery, 216. Eggs, dull and easy, 11. Petro- leum, eaxy—refined, 6.75. Coffee, dull and easy —Rio cargoes, fair, 18018. Sugar, firm—A soft, 8a8%; ‘copper, quiet and steady; refined 13ai3%. Whisky, dull and steady, 110. "Freights to Liverpool per’ steamer, dull and nominal— cotton, 30 cents per 100’pounds; flour, 138.64. grain, per bushel, 33d. Cork for orders, 38.3d.a is.6d.” “Kecelpts—ttour, 4,000 barrels; wheat, 8,000 bushels; corn, 40,000 bushels; oats, 4,000 bushels; rye, 600 bushels. Shipments—flour, 18,000 bar- rels; corn, 51,000 bushels. Sales—wheat, 32,000 bushels; corn, 38,000 bushels. BALTIMORE, April 24. — Virginia ten-forties, 355499024: do. threes. 66%: Baltimore and Ohio stock, ; Northern Central stock, 75a76; Cin- cinnati, Washington and Baltimore firsts, 98: do. seconds, 4853%q; do. threes, 26 asked; consoli- Gated Georgia bonds, 112%; do. stock, 45046. Chicago Markets. CHICAGO, —_— 1:15 p. m. (close).—Wheat, 4 80%; July, 78. Ee \—cash, 7 sj a, Ne; July, Corn, ‘July gon 103 era dae Ja Bae ae steady— 5.85. were cast on the tightly-closed features of the folding-bedstead which decorates one corner of the room. Doorkeeper Loeffler was a very busy man, probably the most thoroughly en- gaged man in the house with the exception of the President. He did his utmost to serve out even-handed justice to all, but his best ef- forts failed of appreciation in quite a number of instances and many a riotous seeker after salary felt sure that if the veteran ‘“Charlie” was only out of the way for five minutes the President would not be so difficult of access, THE EMPIRE STATE used up a little more than its fair share of the President's attention, for no sooner had Senator Evarts released the chief executive than he was seized k by Senator Hiscock. And this was not |, for Representatives Farquhar and Sawyer each had something to say, and they did not leave the library until they had said it at least once. Senator Hawley anda party of friends, and Senator Blair, the latter dallying with a La Tosca cane,represented New England and gave such advice as they thought necessary for the good of a number of their constituents. SENATOR SPOONER’S ‘‘GOOD-BYE” CALL. Senator Spooner, who sails for Europe on the Etruria on Friday, dropped in while en route for New York to say good-bye and to commend to the President's consideration the republicans who reside in the state of Wisconsin. The Senator thinks that the administration can find no better office-filling material than Wisconsin furnishes. COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. It is but rarely that Senator Allison calls at the White House, but he was there to-day. He ‘ay very long, but it is rumored that the “finishing touches to the a -Gov. Stone, of Iowa, whom he wants to se «ppointed commissioner of the general land offi:e. The commission will, it is said, be issued it. a day or two. Nebraska had an advocate in the person of Senator Manderson. ‘The Senator has a post-of- fice fight on his hands in Omaha, but it is fully expected that the administration will relieve him of that annoyance in a few days. As chair- man of the Senate committee on printing, he is interested in the struggle for THE PUBLIC PRINTERSHTP, and he would like to see the selection made as soon as possible. ‘There are lots of others who are anxious about that printing office appointment. Representative E. B. Taylor and Representa- tive Grosvenor pleaded Ohio’s cause to-day, while Representatives Harmer, Bingham, Ke ley, and Darlington prayed that Pennsylvania, and especially Philadelphia, be not forgotten. AN OBNOXIOUS POSTMASTER. Kansas had two good friends on the ground— Representatives Perkins and Anderson. The former had a few friends with him and was doing the best in his power to persuade the President to chop off the head of a postmaster whose polities were as obnoxious as his term was long. Mr. Perkins said he could not com- plain of neglect, for he had yesterday secured the appointment of fourteen’good constituents as employes in the railway mail service. Never- theless he was anxious to see a new postmaster replace the one whose scalp he was after, TPE PRESIDENT SLOW BUT SURE. Representative Anderson was rather se- cretive about the business which brought him, but he expressed himself _ freely in relation to what he regards as the unreasonable conduct of those blaming the administration for moving slowly. The Presi- dent's deliberation was one of tlie best features of his make-up; he was properly careful and the best evidence as to the good sense of such a course would be found in the fact that none of his appointments had been m Senator Stockbridge introduced some ) gan people to the President and Senator Hig- gins talked about Delaware appointments, Other congressional callers were Repre tives Brewer and Tay: Senator Bruce and ex-iep: THE AMERICAN FORESTRY CONGR! Ex-Goy. Warmouth, of Louisiana; Treasurer Houston, and Gov. Beaver were also in the library, The latter was present as president of the American Forestry congress. and he wanted the President to promise him and the congress which he represented that he would say some- thing nice, something encouraging about for- estry in his message to Congress. The department of Virginia, resented by Henry de B. Clay, 8; Edgar Allan, of Richmond, and H. B. Nichols. the veteran to be cared for, and rumor has it that at least one of the trio is after something. OTHERS WHO SAW THE PRESIDE were Joseph Scott Fullerton, of St. Louis; B. F. s. G. A. R., was | Harnest, Kokomo, Ind.; Jno. H. Burford, Craw- | fordsville, Ind.; D. L. Sleeper, Athens, Ohio; Rev. W. Randolph, Indiana; Isaac Marston, Detroit, Mich.; Daniel Macauley, Joshua K. Brown, Columbus, Ohio, and Sidney Perham, Paris, Me. Ex-Representative Brady, of introduced Messrs. Y. the Loudoun Telephone, and P. O'Con- nor, of tsmouth. They — were delegates to the Chicago convention, and as soon asthe President said he was glad to see them they discusexd the political situation in Vir- ginia. The conversation was not short and it ‘was very interesting. ‘THE BIG MAJORITY FAILED TO SEE THE PRESIDENT A tremendous number of, people failed to see the President at all. Doorkeeper Loeffler said it was the biggest crowd he had ever been called upon to deal with since he went on duty at the White House. The callers averaged more than two a minute from 10 o'clock until 1. Among those who failed to get in were ex- Senator Lewis, of Virginia, tall, suave, and dig- nified as ever; Dr. Gilman, who was postmaster at Richmond under Presidents Garfield and Arthur, and Mr. Stuart Lindsay, also of Vir- ginia, AT THE REGULAR PUBLIC RECEPTION about five hundred people shook hands with the President, a number of them being persons who had failed to secure admission to the library. ‘THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO NEW YORK. The details of the arrangements for the Pres- ident’s trip to Elizabethport, en route for New York, have been finally ar- ranged. A special train will be provided by the Pennsylvania railroad company, and in this train will be ample accommodations for the President and his family, the members of the cabinet and the judges of the Supreme Court. The train will leave the depot at 1 o'clock Monday morning and is ex- ected to arrive at Elizabeth at 8 o'clock. ere the party will be entertained at break- fast by Koy. Green, of ‘New. Jersey, the train will then start for Elizabethport, leaving at 9:30c. m. The return trip will be completed at 9 p. on Wednesday next. paboneer Virginia, Brown, of Rear Apmmat Guernanpi, commanding the North Atlantic station, reports to the Navy de- partment, under date of April 11, | that he left Cape Haytien in the | Galena on the 3d instant, visited St. Mare, Gonaive: St. Nicholas Mole and Port-au-Prince, arriving at the latter place on the 10th instant; sailed again on the 11th for St. Marc, where he expected to find the Ossi- pee, and would return in company with that vessel again to Cape Haytion, Mr. C. M. Oopex, who has been in charge of the Washington end of the California Associ- ated Press, left last night to commence his du- ties, as a special rent for the general land office in ashin, Territory. Mr. Chas. H. Gray takes up the California As- sociated Press work here, and leaves the Wash- ington bureau of the St. Paul Pioneer Press for Seed ar tek eke 3 Onell. will ‘snnosed “ae a lino of to'hin stocks oalined Laat a ete of Newport | ALL QUIET IN OKLAHOMA, Mail Arrangements for the New City of Guthrie. Secretary Noble to-day received a dispatch’ from an inspector in Oklahomd stating that’ everything was quiet there. First Assistant Postmaster-General Clarkson to-day received a dispatch from Assistant Su- perintendent Christian, of the railway mail service, at Guthrie, Oklahoma, stating: Have Santa Fe railroad instructed to deliver mail here. I am paying one dollar a day for delivery to 10,000 people now here. Post- master Flynn is here. Will turn over the of- fice to him as soon as his commission arrives, ee line commenced run- ning to Lisbon from here yesterday. They will carry mail from Guthrie to Lisbon daily each way at rate of $2,000 per year; no time specified. I will make tempot ar- rangements at that price. We have a ge amount of Lisbon here now.” HE MUST KNOW IT ALL. The Qualifications Required to Earn a Salary of $750 a Year. The United States government, through the civil service commission, is hunting all over the United Statés for a computer. The govern- ment wants a man who knows all about analyt- ical geometrf and légarithms and the semi- parameter of the minor axis, That is all he need know, so the government offers him a sal- ary of $750 a year, with a chance éf promotion to 900, If he were competent to copy letters into a book, or write briefs on jackets, it would not pay him to apply for this place, as he might go in and get a clerkship that would pay him from $1,200 to $1,800 a year. Civil Service Commissioner Lyman almost despairs of filling this place of computer. The vacancy is in the Nautical Almanae office and the appointee will have to compute occultations and make up ephemeris tables. Mr. Lyman ha’ applied to college professors and others for lists of young men who might be tempted by the offer of,2750 a year, but so far has had no success, Thé col- lege boy, when he looks over the ground, likely to prefer a messenger’s place. There one advautage the place has and that is that it is permanent. Computers are so hard to get that heads of bureaus do not remove them from oftice recklessly. Mr. Lyman told a Star reporter thatthe poor pay of such employes who are required to have knowledge of the higher mathematics, as cop- trasted with the compensation of ordinary clerks, is one result of the long continuance of the system of appointments through litical favor. It is hardly necessary to say that Mr. Lyman is a civil- e reformer. The offices, which the ordinary political worker could fill, were provided with comfortable salaries. The ordinary political worker does not trouble him- self about the parameter of the minor axis. The computer never amounted to much in politics, and hence he was given a salary that taxed his ability to the utmost in computing howhecould make it cover his expenses. Some time ago the ordnance bureau of the Navy department called for a clerk, who, be- sides ordinary clerical qualification in return for his #900 a year, had to compute the center of gravity of all the new guns so as to deter- mine where to place the trunnions, READING THEIR FACES. How the President Judges the Qualifi- tions of Office-Seekers. President Harrison is a physiognomist, He has much confidence, it is said, in his ability to read character through the expressions of the human face. While the throng of eager office- seekers pressupon him and pour their argu- ments into his ear, fondly hoping to convince the court by an ex parte statement of their cases, the President is carefully reading their countenances, In this way he forms an idea of the men he has to deal with. Mr. Harrison has been a Senator himself and knows how it is with them in this matter of en- dorsement. He knows how they are cajoled or coerced into recommending parties for ap- ointment of whom they know little or have ittle confidence in. He consults the congress- men of his party, but has almost as much con- fidence in Ms own judgment of human nature asin their recommendations. When he has. studied a man’s face and cross-questioned him, if the impression made is not favorable it would take a great deal of argument and very strong influence to make him think favorably of the man for appointment. ‘There is a man now in Washington who is being recommended in the strongest possible manner for a certain very important appointment. While he may be suited for the position there is something in his face and manner that is the reverse of that of the ideal man for this office of dignity. One of his prominent supporters, who is an astute per- son, was quick to recognize that his friend would not make a good impression upon the physiognomist at the White House. He inti mated as much to the candidate, and that gen- tleman, although he has been here since the 4th of March, has never called at the White House nor let the President know of his pres- ence at the capital. Mr. Harrison is an accomplished cross-ex- aminer. He acquired this at the bar, and has quite a reputation in the Indiana courts for the sharpness of his questions, What he can't make out of the candidate’s face he endeavors to learn by cross-questioning his backers, When a Senator or member goes to recommend the appointment of a constituent to some office, Mr. Harrison's first aim is to ascertain, by care- fully put questions, whether or not the Senator ember i lly very anxious about the ; to this, he proceeds to dis- his motive in asking the appointment and whether he really knows the man, All this is done by diplomatic questions, Mr. Harrison remembers what he learns by this examination of the multitudes, A hundred cases are brought to his attention each day, but he seldom knows what he will do in of them until the mo- ment he about toact. He then sends for the pepers ina certain cate. As he reads ovet these is personal impression of the candidates gocs a long ways toward influencing the selection. AT IVY CITY. The Winner of the First Race. There was a very fair attendance at the open- ing of the spring races at Ivy City to-day. The track was in good condition and much interest attached to the contests of the day. The entries for the first race were: Carnot, Duke of Bourbon, Meade, Biggonet, Tipstaff, Tom Hood, Fannie H. and Haramboure. . ‘The winner of the first race was Tipstaff; Haramboure second. Time, 1:03%4. ——-___ Private Secrerary.—Theo, F, Swayze, for- merly chief clerk of the Treasury department, and now a clerk in the public moneys divjsion, has been selected by Assistant Secretary Batch- eller as his private secretary. Mr. M. J. Fennell has been appointed _as- sistant mspector of plumbing, vice Wt. Rey- nolds, resigned. Where Woman Excels. From the Mobile Register. When a woman has a hen to drive into a coop she takes hold of her skirts with both hands, shakes them quietly at the delinquent and says, “Shoo, there!” The hen takes one look at the object to assure herself that it isa woman, and then stalks niajestically into the yee man doesn't do it that way. He goes ou! , Bay ing: “It's singular nobody can drive » hen Da me!” and picking up a stick of wood hurls it at the offending biped and yells, “Get in there, you thief!” The hen immediately loses her reason and dashes to the other end of the yar ‘The man plunges after her. She comes ‘back with her head down, her wings out and followed by a miscellaneous assortment of stove-wood, fruit cans, clinkers, and a very mad man in the rear. Then she skims under the barn and over a fence or two and around the house, back to the coop again, all the while talking as only an excited hen can talk, and all the while followed by things convenient for throwing, and by a man whose coat is on the sawbuck, whose hat on the ground and whose perspiration is lim- itless. By this time the other hens have come out to take a hand in the debate and help dodge missil The man vows that every hen ¢ place shall be sold at once, puts on his hat and coat and goes down town. woman comes out, goes ht to work and eve one of those hens housed and ‘comated taasie ce two minutes, ee A Colon special to the N. Y. World says that President Nunez has published a letter in w) he declares that Colombia will not renew the De Lesséps concession when it expires in 1892, d that the government hopes the United Staton the canal. y & young tly oop g f ti s E & ij i ef ry E g' i f i 3 ji THE DEADLY FEVER. Yellow Jack May Again Get a Foot- hold This Year. A TALK WITH SURGEON-GENERAL HAMTLTON— THE Fras? Case IN FLORIDA THIS SEASON— WHERE IT OCCURRED—BETTER MEANS FOR ITS SUPPRESSION THAN EXISTED LAST YEAR, An Associated Press reporter saw Surgeon- General John B. Hamilton to-day and had a talk with him concerning the case of yellow fever reported at Sanford, Florida, and the possibility of the spread of the orare- currence of the epidemic of last year. Said Dr. Hamilton: “T learned of the ay nce ver at Sanford from two Phere sbevbt ells a special agent who has been traversing the state since the subsidtence of the plague of 158, and from Dr. R. P. Darriel, president of the gtate board of health. This fact shows that there will be no attempt made to conceal the presence of the disease, as was done last year; apd such being the case, the danger is li nced. The fear and panic excited by the owledge that the true condition of affairs is being suppressed, do much more harm, in my judgement, than the fever itself.” AS TO THE PROBABILITIES OF ANOTHER OUTBREAK. «What are the probabilities of another out- break of the disease this year?” “I should not be surprised if there were a considerable number of cases. The fad citied Lion leckoaa ‘or it year. — In plates that were visited. then ere is a large eS m of acclimated resi- dente who have had the fever and are therefore safe, whé can remain to nurse and care for any who are sick, so that the may compari- tively y be easily controlled, BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER TO MEET 17. “Are you Prepared to manage an outbreak should it ocour?” “Yes, much better than ever before. Camp Perry is in ich condition that itcan be put in operation in twenty-four hours. But it will be much better if we do not have to fit up @ refugees’ camp. To do this would tend to create a panic in 51 ding towns, and that is the most difficult, for ustocontrol, Already I have received messages of inquiry, showing an alarmed state of public feeling, for which there is no foundation. Ever since the outbreak of 1883 ended this office has kepta close sanitary surveillance over Florida, trac- ing évery report of the existence of fever, and this casé at Sanford is the only one I have heard of from a reliable —_ source, Since: the epidemic of last year Florida a organized a state board of health by legislaiive enactment, pro- viding heavy penalties for violations of the regulations of the board, and those regulation4, which were aes onthe 6th of this month, are admirably adapted for carrying out the purposes of the act, The board is made effective by the imposition of a tax, the re- ceipts from which are set apart as a fund to be used for the health purposes of the state.” WHERE THE DISEASE HAS APPEARED. “Where is Sanford, the seat of the present | outbreak?” “It is about 100 miles almost directly east of Tampa, in central Florida. I can readily account for the presence of the disease there. It is only 6 miles from Enterpris: across the lakes where the fever raged last year. and there was uninterrupted intercourse | tween the places, After the fever was su dued an attempt was madp to disinte the place, but it was not thorough by any means, nothing like the house to house inspec- tion, and destruction of infected material car- ried on at Jacksonville by this department. But, after the government ceased to pay for | destruction | the’ articles destroyed the ceased—the people would not give up their property unless paid for it—and ina great measure the inspection stopped. Sanford was visited by the yellow fever in 1887, when there were 150 cases there, the presence of which was concealed trom the authorities, That is the thing most to be feared, a suppression of the facts. If publication can only be secured apprehension and terror are allayed and the greater part of the difficulty in controlling the lisease 1s overcome.” seed WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Mr. C. E. Susy, the editor of the West Vir- ginian, is soon to be appointed chief of the stamp division of the bureau of internal reve- nue, vice Hardig Armstrong, resigned, Curya’s Boy Emprxor. he State depart- ment is informed by Minister Denby, at Peking, that the emperor assumed the reins of the Chinese government on the 4th of March last. Secretary Proctor left the noon for his home in Vermont. He will join the presidential party at Elizabeth, N.J.. on Monday morning. Gen. Benet will act as Sec- retary of War in his absen: Movements or U. 8. Vessets.—The U. Essex and Brooklyn arrived to-day at New York. They both came from China, the former by way of the Suezcanal and the Mediterranean, andthe letter by way of Cape Horn, with a broken shaft, Two Optvioxs From Brixauamton.—Assist- ant Secretary Batcheller received two tele- grams this morming from prominent residents of Binghamton, N. One thanked him for his action in the matter of the public building in that city, and the other warned him that it would be dangerous for him to visit that city again, PrrsonaL.—Geo, H. Shields of St. Louis and Rodney C. Ward of Brooklyn, are at the Arno. ——M. Hobbs of Boston and R. A. Peels of New York, are at Wormley’s.——W. J. Connor, H. O. Shepley, J. Howard Ford and R. Elliot of New York, at Welcker’s,—— J. T. Reeves. R. Porter, Wm. Mur: J. Bro’ city this after- ner and J. Philipps of New York, R. M. Leslie of Helena, Mont., and Hon. W. O. Arnold of L. ey >. Rhode Island, are at the Riggs. man, Thos. Cushing, Anson Maltby, Erhart and John Hicks of New York, and Y Burton of Cleveland, are at the Ebbitt. F. Sowers of Ohio, Richard B. Hill, Alex. T. Kent, of the Sporting World; Jno. Buckley and J. Taylor of New York, M. I. Dwyer of Brook- lyn, and G. M. Winans of Newark are at Wil- lard’s.—Benj. Rynkee, of the navy, is at the St. James,_—E. K. Janney of Philadelphia, J. Herman Meyer of Roanoke, Va., J. Edward Hollis of ‘Boston, and ‘A. Hyde of New York are at the Normandie.— W. P. Clyde, W. H. Osborn, 8. T. Dunham and Frank H. Platt of New York, Jno. G. Sears of Oswego. N. ¥., Louis Vicdt of Lockport, N. Y., W. E. Simons of Hartford, Charles A. Shepard of Charleston, 8, C., and E. 8. Aldrich of idence are at the Arlington. 6H No other paper published has anything like half as many readers in the city of Wash- ington as has Tue Evenine Sra, and no other one has yet supported its claims by an affidavit of its circulation, Making the 30th a National Holiday. In his proclamation relative to the 30th of April the Presiddnt, in pursuance of the act of Congress passed on March 2 last, called on the people of the United States to assemble at their Bests of worship and give thanks for the blessing showered on them since Washing- ton’s inauguration. ‘The wording of the proclamation was such as to make the day one of thanksgiving and not “a national holiday,” thus preventing all per diem employes of the government receiving pay for the holiday, though obliged to absent emselves from work. order that all per diem employes of the United States may re- ceive pay for that day the President has issued an amendatory order making the 30th a na- tional holiday. Robbed at the Pistol’s Point. Frnpuay, Outo, April 24.—About 11 o'clock last night four masked men entered the resi- dence of Mrs, Sertell, and at the point of revol- vers compelled the old lady to give up $300, Gaver tat eninge: ‘They took their aes after warning her that if she raised any alarm within an hour her life would Rey the forteit. This she faithfully observed, a half a Soe male rs were asleep in rooms eres Destroyed by Natural Gas. McKeesport, Pa., April 24.—At 1 o'clock this afternoon an explosion of natural gas occurred in the cellar of the Landmark hotel. The hotel En ye oo ‘ov fae cranes THE ASYLUM INQUIRY. How a Physician’s Prescription Covers a Multitude of Doses. = SOME OF PHE ODD FEATURES OF THE RECENT IN- VESTIGATION — THE EFFECT ON A comMis- SIONER'S MIND OF ONE AFFIDAVIT—SOME INTER- ESTING COMPARISONS OF DATES. The reasons for the secret manner in which Commissioner Wheatley conducted his inquiry into the charges against the management of the Washington asylum have not transpired, nor has any explanation been made of the ex- clusion from the hearing of much testimony tending to throw light on some of the charges. Commissioner Wheatley deemed it unadvisable to take the testimony of inmates of the poor- house, preferring, as he says, to rely upon the statements of Mr. Stoutenburgh’s paid subordi- nates, This decision, however, does not appear to have been reached until he had received un- Sworn statesments from inmates of the alms- house and knew their damaging character. The inguiries made by Mr. Wheatley of the witnesses, as shown by the official re- port of the tesfimony, even after it had been carefully edited before being given to the reporters, were not appar- ently very wide reaching. The witnesses were shown Mr. McGuigan’s charges and asked in a general way what they knew about them. The testimony was directed largely to explaining or attempting to disprote statements published in THE Star as the result of its re; rs’ in- quiries into the charges, A MATTER NOT REFERRED TO. One publication in Tae Stan, however, was not referred to anywhere in the testimony. As shown in the published synopsis of the testi- mony, several of the employes testified, not- withstanding the risk they ran in giving such evidence, to having seen the matron under the influe of some intoxicant at different times. The Commissioner sought to break the effect of this testimony by eliciting the fact that at such times the matron was able to walk or to 0 about her business, The Commissioner stated in his report to his colleagues that the charge concerning the matron’s habits was not sustained by the testi- mony. He adds the following to explain the testimony of those employes who obstinately persisted that they had seen her under the in- dluence of something: “There is, however, some testimony appear- ing to sustain the charge, which is counter- balanced by affidavit of physician, showing that, owing to physical causes, the matron has been constrained at times to use opiates by his direction.” THE PHYSICIAN'S AFFIDAVIT. The only affidavit of a physician in testi- mony is one by Dr. Thomas I. Chew, who, how- ever, docs not say that the matron has been constrained “at times” touse opiates by his | direction, All he says on that point is: “In the the fall of 1888 I attended her in a severe at- tack of illness, when it was necessary to give opium.” The Commissioner did not call for the testimony of Dr. Koones, the resident phy- sician. or Dr. Compton, who was stationed at the asylum fora time. A STaR reporter se- cured some testimony in regard to the use of opium or liquor, which the | Commissioner did not bring out on his inquiry. | There were the notes sent by the matron of the asylum asking whisky and laudanum to be sent toher, These notes were sent in the spring and summer of 1887, before the time Dr. Chew found it ne to preseribe opium, In view of the physician’s testimony, which is de- pended upon to clear the matron of the charges, these notes and their dates are interesting, es- pecially the last one, requesting to know whether the doctor had destroyed the orders or not. The notes were signed by Mrs, Stouten- burgh, either with her initials or her full name. ORDERS FOR LAUDANUM AND WHISKY. Some of those without dates read as follows: “Dr. K.: Please send me some laudanum and the bottle of sweet oil. 8.5.” “Dr.: Please send me some laudanum and some vaseline and some camphor, 8.8.” “Dr.: Please give me this bottle of laudanum, “Dr. K.: Please send us some whisky or 8.8.” oones: Please give me this bottle of whisky or brandy for an almshouse patient and asmall bottle of paregoric for my own cought y a little, 5.5." “Dr. Koones: Please send me some lai num, 8. 5. On April 26, 1888, so the doctor's penciled in- dorsement says, the following request from the matron was complied with: “Dr.: Please send me }¢ doz. }<-grain mor- phine powders, s.8.” Asimilar request, filed June 24, is as fol- low r.: Please send me some morphine pow- ders. 8.5.” Eight other orders are dated covering a period of fiiteen days. They are as follows: “Dr.: Please fill this bottle. This was dated July 11, 1587, and on the back was the doctor's indorsement, “6 oz. lauda- num.” Three days later there was another one: “Dr.: Please fill this bottle and give me a dose of headache medicine. 8.” Across the face is written “July 14, 6 oz. of laudanum.” On July 17 this was sent to the dispensar; “Dr.: Please send me a little whisky. 8. The doctor responded by sending the cus- tomary dose—S ounces. On July 18 the scrap of paper bad penciled on “Dr.: Please fill this bottle. 8.5.” “This bottle” was the regular laudanum bottle, but it was not filled because the lauda- num supply had been exhausted, and the show tha‘ ross the face in pencil is ee 10, *87; § 21 the dispensary supplied another dose of laudanum—six onnces—on the .: Please fill this bottle. 8.8.” The medical records between July 21 and 25 seem to be missing, but on the latter date the note read: ““Dr.: Please fill this bottle.—S, 8.” It was the six-ounce laudanum bottle, and it was filled. On July 26 came another request from the matron, accompanied by an explanation: “Dr.: Please send me some whisk to fill up my glycerine bottle.—8. 8 I want doctor's hicoglyphics on the foot of the order | Pf i is pi | ays later another request | himself by tiring his pistol out of the window. , please send me a little | The series of notes is closed with the follow- ing significant one: “Dr, Rawlings, will you tell me are all the notes and orders I have sent to you kept on file or de~ stroyed? Very respectfully, S. Srovrensurcs. These notes were not explained in testimony, but statements were made at the time of their publication that the liquor was used to flavor puddings, and that the opium was used among the inmates or to cure . Stoutenburgh of a headache. Based on the testimony of Dr. Chew, that in the fall of 1888 he had found it necessary to prescribe opium, the Commisstoner, whenever a witness said that he had seen her “that way,” or “under the influence,” or in some other way describe Mrs. Stoutenburgh as being not in a normal state, at once inquired whether the witness knew that Mrs, Stou' urg was taking opiates by direction of a physi HOW ONE PRESCKIPTION GREW. As the testimony proceeded the evidence of Dr. Chew grew in importance in the mind of the Commissioner. Not only was the prescription given in the fall of 1888 spread out so as to ex- tend to all times and to cover both opiates and liquor, but Dr. Chew was multiplied into several physicians. asthe following instance of a question directed to a witness who i in saying he had seen her under the juence of something will show: Mr. Wheatley: ‘It has been developed in evi- dence here that at times Mrs. Stoutenburg has taken opiates or liquor of some character by direction of the physicians?” A. “I no not know anything about that.” One witness even who left the employ of the asylum before Dr. Chew gave the prescription in 1888, and who had seen the matron “under the influence of something,” was asked “Did it ever come to your know: that she was tak- ing opiates or stimulants by direction of her physician?” looking kno in As he did not th into the future to: the time wheu fi eiprscre tion would be given the witness no e of _ and answered the Commissioner nega’ ve tho Commimlonerin his szasination bereees Le the different states, desoribed as dee ioe toxicated,” and “‘under the influence of some- thing.” witness said the matron held her- self up by the door. The damaging effect of wh examiner that she could with. Mr. Stoutenbuargh a = ~ sales could not amount to more than year. Tiere is evidence at the District builds ing that the collector's books are cum! with retarns of smaller amounts than this, and frock the tetoothates tho caytety, Gs re- turn from there is for the sale 2 the year 1856, the amount being THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Excitement in the Neighborhood where the Body was Found. The mysterious murder of a young Woman, which is referred to @t length ob sh- other page, has caused great éxcitement in the neighborhood where the body was found. The colored people of Benning, Burrville and Lincolnville are greatly excited over the tragedy. The spot where the body was found has been visited by hundreds of people. This afternoon the officers had not discovered any clue as to the identity of the woman or she lived. It is the general opinion that THE BODY WAS BROUGHT THERE from some distant place. It was thought that the fact of her shoes having been recen' mended would assist the officers in investigation but there seems to be a scarcity of shoemakers in that locality. There is a shoemaker Benning, but he did not repair the shoes. = % distance above Benning thére is a cobbler shop, but the Proprietor was notin when a Sram reporter called there to-day. Saturday night « wagon was heard on the Sheriff road, but no one sus- pected anything wrong about the vehicle. Fire in Georgetown To-day. This morning, about 11:30 o'clock, a fire 00- curred in Georgetown. It originated in a small one-story building on R street, between 33d and 34th streets, occupied by Mr. Ransom, and spread both ways, destroying two similar buildings or the west and seriously damaging the two-story frame house on the east, owned by Inspector Swindelis of the police force, and occupied by Mra. Mary Jones. It secms that in the house in which the fire originated there were four children at the time, and it is sup- posed that they were plasing with matches and set fire to the bed. While the fire was being extinguished there came a cry of fire from across the street, in the house occupied by Mra, Hall. It was found that the roof was on fire, having canght from a spark from the burning building. It was qiaiy extinguished. The oe gi is estimated at $1,500; partially im- sured. The small house destroyed was owned Charles Trunnell. The loss was to buildings, 400 on those owned by Mr. Trunnell, €800 on nepector Swindell’s property, and several hun- dred dollars on the furmti —>—__—_ A Boy’s Leg Broken. About 10:45 o'clock this morning John Sor- rell, a white boy eight years old, was run over by car 57, of the W. & G. R. R., driven by Jas. Folk, at 7th and E streets southwest, He had his right leg broken in two places. He was carried to Dr, Hammett's office, and thence to his home. os Black Brigands on the Street. Yesterday afternoon Frank Storty, an Italian ice-cream vender, was attacked on New Jersey avenue, near M street, by three colored men— Wm. Moore, John Newton, and James Curtis— and they took about one dollar in change from him. When they ran off they met Wm. Parsley, the driver for the Evergreen dairy, and stopping his wagon helped themselves milk One of them cut at Parsley with a knife and the others stoned him. They next halted the wagon of Mr. Frank Hume, grocer, and robbed it of twenty-five pounds of rice and assaulted Geo. Campbell, the driver. Officer Dan Williams arrested Curtis first, and the others attacked the officers with stones, but Lieutenant Heffner, with the driver, Mr. Morris, went to Officer Williams’ relief and the prisoner was brought to the station, Subsequently the others were arrested. This morning they were charged with dis- orderly conduct, and, pleading guilty, were sentenced to the workhouse. They were also charged as follows: Moore aud Newton with assaulting the officer—New- ton—and for larceny of the rice; Moore for as- saults on George Campbell and Parsley, and Curtis for larceny of hokey-pokey ice cream. from Frank Storty. Moore was given fifteen months, Curtis three months, and Newton nine months, —+———— Marriace Licenses.—Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to John T. Graver and Jennie O. Davis; Charles W. Dunstan and Fannie Davis, both of Richmond, Vv W. W. Acton and Ella Moore; W. Fern- ‘gd Custer county, Mon.,and Agnes M, LOCAL NOTES James Boyd, Patrick Flaherty and Frank Riley were charged in the Police Court _to-da: with an affray in the Globe theater on the It inst. Boyd and Riley were fined €20 each and Flaherty dismissed. Yesterday afternoon a horse bel tos. A. Hughes, of 1252 20th street, fell into an ex- cavation in an alley, between 19th and 20th, M and N streets northwest, and Was so badly in- jured that it had to be killed. ‘The Logan Invincibles, of Maryland, have presented certificates of honorary thembershi: in the organization to Senator Quay, Col. Dud- ley and Gen. John A. J. Creswell. This morning Rudolph Ebersolé at- tempted suicide at Dutch Mary's, on t, near 12th, by suffocation with illuminating gas, but he was resuscitated. Last night August Miller at the house of Beulah Dyles, on D street, near 13th, amused He was arrested by Officers Baily and Nelson and taken to the first precinct station. He left collateral, which was forfeited in Police Court to-day. Patrick Farrell jumpéd bridge yesterday aftérnoon and is now ina critical condition. MARRIED. a BROWNE—PROWATTAIN.. At t's P. gureh, Phulsdeiphta Avril 23, 16% tie ney: AE Ait HOWE, of Washinatots Sek ke PROWATTAIN. of Philadelphia, Pa. SLING—FALCONER. ¢ Bi On April 2 ty the Rev. Geo O, Little, JAMES H. Bie New. ork ity, to MARY L. wis Of Washing- ton, D.C. HILTON—PRILLIPS. On April 23. et St, John's hurch, by the Key, William A. Leonti WARD BANKER STLTON of Now York, 0 i WALBRIDGE PHILLIPS, of this city. city DES—DIXON. At Jac] }.. Ohio, 1abe by bev GE, ‘redteed OS tpiaet Washington, D. C, to NORA D of ducks DI LEWES W; BROWS fn the nerentictl year of sage Funeral to place from his Inte residence, 2 Lastreet, on pe SRR ERIEaT ed Wee | 188! ‘along c. Khanh abl his age. eral his late 2 south- wine An oe ae eae pemren a RGESHEIMER. On April 23, 1889, EDWIN ie HERGESHEIMEK, syed fifty-three yearp, eral service southeast, Thi » April glock, ‘which his friends are invited. R NERVOUS Di Geo HORSFORD'S Kab at 2 Fi TE. Suse, ebd for indigestion. oe Prans Sow. Prans Sour. Pears Sour. 5 J pis ct Staines Cur