Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1889, Page 1

Soy ey r, the "TAB G. PAYNE, Auditor. {au8-10t) 4. DR. EDITH JE DENTIST, HAS Her Oftice to. brim Ex: + Lith st. n.w., ‘ebeent from the city during the month of Attest—B. F. COLE, Secretary. CITIZENS’ ITABLE BUILDING AS- BOCIATION bx IRGETOWN, D.C. wr Si per share per month. Maximum = Tnterest allowed on. with: annum. eesiption to the Sixth WM. H. MANOGUB, Pyemure font te 5 ‘ANTON, a THOS. DOWLING. {TTENTION, LAND OWNERS! i Homestead Land E oof Lande in (or ands in ity of Wanhicg agen sultable for Subdivision. con’ full information as podinend Peallition, &e. Proposals should be = . W. LANGVOIDT, it, 510 L st. cet abovecorpeuy every MONDAY EVEN: corn = Reieirientnira nase eve. su6-5t* = EW STORE. NEW GOODS. ‘WOOD MANTELS. SLATE MANTELS. TILES AND GRATES. M. ROCHE, 490 LOUISIANA AVE. »1-3m" | Low ‘THE MORGAN STEAM LAUNDRY CO. (Incorporated ) Directors F. HOOD, PLINEY M HOCGH, SR areonaM, I W. MORGAN, DAVID D. STONE. John W. Morgau, Manager, respectfully makes known to the public that, witn «reatly increased facili- ties for Laundry business, he is vow prepared to do the best work si popular prices, Filtered water used, orders promptly executed very wagons to Paris of ae cata BA? tb steal. Telepuone, 430-3 COMMUTATION TIC! books containins 100 tickets, transferable, on all lines oi the Herdic Coaches, fur sale at the Ecmapang's usices, T0th aud C sta sc and 112 Et Ts. Penna. ave. nw. : Moc. CHis' 1101 F st nw, A J SCHAFLIRT, North Capitol and Hat BT SCHOLL, Zist and G si Price. 83.70. Je18-2m - _ > REMOVED— Bers 8 Sromwell has removed his office | jase and residence from 1138 to 1147 Connecticut avenue. Telephone cail 40. '20-lin* NET PRICES, BUT THE LOWEST. ‘Gas Fixtures and Lamps, Good Assortment. Chandeliers, Kochester Lamps, &c. ©. A. MUDDIMAN, 1206 F st, > SPECIAL SALE OF PANTALOOSS ‘Periect in ‘St, perfect in style, thoro sewed with silk, equal to custoiu made. We close at 6 puin,, Saturday excepted. a aud GEORGE SPRANSY, 434 7th st. nw. BE} NERAL CONTRACTOR Stable Floors Laid with TO MEMPERS OF THE ROCHDALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY: The executiv: mmitree has concluded contracts two large dealers to furnish meinvers with coal gnd wood for the year ending June 30, 189U. Mein- bere shoud lose ug time in calling on soine ope of thove named belo: btain prices and conditions, se ‘mast be In Wands ot — mary ops before EMBER 17, 188: lewbers not in possession a z Card (green) aud Book running to April, abo. are potentitica toany advantages oF informa tion ‘these or other contracts, Trade Cards Books sad ail information can be ob- fo : LONGLEY, President, 806 Ast.n.e., Agr. Dept. Sader nosSON Vice Pres’t, AG. O.. War Dept. oda HARSHA, Sec'j. 909 Hat nw. U.S. Treas. REHOEF, 94011 st.n.w.. Bureau Statistics AWCETT. G03 Mass. avo. De. 4th AUd Sr 88 Teal Boon and at 4 p.m. each day at cigar store, 70: stnw. ‘order of the comitvee. 3. W. HARSHA, Resi Secretary. JOHN W. REYNOLDS, ARTIST, BEGS Res and Art Parlors ts G08 11th et pw, frst r, Where he Will be pleased to see his friends and ‘Pastel Portraits a specialty. Cc. MOTORS—BEST IN THE es Cc. AN ‘market. rn fee “5 - | <A &e. Few fans T2238 CW. MESSNER. Age. dy18-Im FREEHAND CBAYON PORTRAITS made and delivered st once om payment. of ‘1 per week. Prices $10 to 875. HB. 8! artist, ‘6th and Mass. cor. Open until $ p.m. jyl0-5 THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COM- PANY, Corner — st. and New York ave. eer 1 smpplereee rer or of all moderate. \e 3e19-2m Bee NG TON sare Derosit co 916 Pa. avenue. Storage Devartments all above eround. my4-4m CERTIFICATES OF STOCK, UES St other securitien. Commercial fino 3y20-1m 2 A. G. GEDNEY, sae senior Oth and D streets (Post building.) (ORDAS, 611 N STREET N.W..GEN- MS Peomractet tall kind of srielal stone ogee pavement; houses a: dry and durable. tyS1-toz0au* Bea FBESH BANANA AND KEY WaST CHAMPAGNE WINES, x usar aly yh AS RU! Importer Wi Brandies {ais Peanayivauia 01.25 11! 91.2511! 25 WILL BUY 100 FT. OF BOARDS!!! aT SIXTH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. ¥.W. ‘These boards are bright, well eswed,inch thick end any width and length used. LIBBEY, BITTINGER & MILLER, 763m Dealers in Lumber and Mill Work. DECIDED BARGAINS MAY BE HAD IN SLs oe ka peepee eee aan P.T. , Sairtmaker, successor to late J. W. Amer (R: H. EQUITABLE TIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION. “EQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 F 8T. ASSETS $1,044,781.37. for ahares in the 279 eee ‘the Association are furnished upon application. Ofice hours, from 9 & m. to4:30p.m. On the first ‘Wednesday in each month the office will be open from Seseea sm Advances will be made promptly BAT eelock. ‘THOMAS SOMERVILLE, Pres't, THO. JOY EDSON. Sec’y. ray8? Now Is Taz Toa ‘To heve your Furnace cleaned, your Range re- patzed, your Tin Roof painted and repaired. ‘We do all these things to your satisfaction. BAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, 424 Oth ot ‘Whe also make the open fire-place and its ar- ‘Matte weetment » apecial study. my25 ud | the District of Che ening Star. Vo. T5—No. 14,000. Pitti FOR SALE (Lors).... FOR SALE (MIscELLANROUS).. tet t i POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PIANOS AND ORGANS, FETT ETET TET Government Reczrpts To-pay.—Internal rev- enue, $700,430; customs, $700,604. Restoxep.—Carlos E. Dexter of Michigan, a Post office inspector, has resigned, Secretary axp Mars. Nosuz, left this after- noon for Richfield Springs, N.Y. The Secre- tary expects to be absent from the city about three weeks. His private secretary, Mr. Horton Pope, will leave on Sunday for the same place and will spend his vacation with the Secretary. AssisTanT SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR Bus- SEY will leave to-night for New York and the west and will be absent three weeks. First As- sistant Secretary Chandler will be acting secre- tary during the absence of Secretary Noble. Spgorat Acents.—Henry Brace of Pennsyl- vania and Cyrus A. Mosier of Washington territory have been appointed special agents of the general land ee in fraudulent land entry cases. ene Se a A Cuance or Recervine CLerx.—Henry H. Haines of Ohio has been appointed receiving clerk of the general land office, vice ©. N. Doug Tue U.S.8. Lancaster lately detached as flag ship of the European station arrived at New York yesterday from Funchal, Maderia, in command of Capt. Theo. F. Kane. She left Maderia July 13. e Lancaster has been ab- sent from the United States on foreign duty for nearly eight years. She carried three hun- dred and sixty-seven officers and men and ten guns, At 11:65 a.m., while coming up the bay, she gronnded on Fiynn’s knoll, but came off without assistance at 12:06. She has been brought home to receive extensive repairs. Suppex Dzata or Con. Cymry.—Col. James Curry, US°K™ ied sudderily’ at his residence et Fortress Monroe last night. Tae Exectric Licut Plant at tHe Wasuixe- tow Nav Yanp.—The contract for establishing an electric light plant in the Washington navy yard has been awarded to the Brush electric company of Cleveland, Obio, for $13,795. The bid of the Schuyler company of Middletown, Conn., was somewhat lower than this figure, but they proposed furnishing an engine of in- ferior e to that offered by the hh peo- ple, and the bid of the latter was in other ways more satisfactory. Work will be begun at the yard at once. Tae U.S.S. Avtiance has been ordered out of commission at the Norfolk navy yard, and » board, of which Capt. A. P. Cooke is senior member, has been ordered to survey her. Tue Accident To Tue CrvIsER Bostoy.—An official survey is to be made of the new cruiser Boston, recently injured in her collisions with rock and vessel. The survey will be carried on by a board of which Capt. L. A. Beardalee is senior member. Commopore Gzo. Brown arrived in the city this morning from Norfolk to attend the meet- ing of the board to examine Capt. Skerrett for promotion. Navan Onpers.—Lieut. E. D. Bostiek or- dered to duty at the Washington navy yard. Assistant Engineer Josiah S. McKean ordered to the Galena, 15th instant. Ensign John H. Shipley detached from the torpedo station and ordered to the Wabash. Paymaster J. B. Red- field detached from the Monocacy and ordered to return home and report his arrival. Pabt Assistant Engineer Win. N. Little detached from the Galena, 15th instant, and ordered to duty at the naval academy. Post Orrick DeranTMENT APPOINTMENTS.— James O'Donnell of the District of Columbia has been appointed engineer at the Post Office department at ¢1,400 and William P. Carson of lumbia has been appointed watchman in the same department. Ex-Arronnex General Gartanp has been appointed resident attorney of the Northern Pacific railroad company at a salary, it is said, of $25,000. Tue Bros ron ras Foun Tuas for the navy, one of which is to be for the Washington yard, have been referred toa board of which Capt. Meade, the commandant of the Washington yard, is president. Asthis yardis in urgent need of a tug at once the board will probably recommend the purchase of one at once. WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1889. Washington News and Gossip, | ™HE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. |'Telegrams to The Star. Col. Wilson’s Report of Improvements for Comfort and Safety of Visitors. Col. John M. Wilson’s monthly report of oper- ations under him as commissioner of public buildings and grounds shows a fiourishing con- dition of things in the city parks. The Wash- ington monument, he says, has been main- tained in excellent condition. a large closet constructed in the west alcove of the lower floor, and the entire wood and iron work below the 90-foot platform, as well as the elevator car, has been repainted. AN ELECTRIC ANNUNCIATOR has been placed in the elevator car and con- nected with the engine room and the upper and lower floors of the monument. This was ren- dered as in case of accident in the A SWITCHMEN’S STRIKE. PROF. LONGFELLOW'S EXPERIMENTS He Successfully Tries Dr. Brown- Sequard’s Method. GENERAL LONDON NEWS. Trial Heats by Oarsmen on levator nor Tw Foie ape el 01 a Oo m ves were ced at the 490-foot land to prevent Calumet Lake. the cal from chafing the tie over 130,000 PROFLE Go TO THE TOP. During the month 6,906 persons rode to the top in the car and 2,473 walked up, making a total since July1 of 9,379, anda total since October 9, 1 the date of opening, of 181,250. The pit age. the grounds a ceatoued the month and is now nearly completed. THAT WARSAW EPIDEMIC. BROWN-SEQUARD’S DISCOVERY. It is Successfully Tried on Two Old The old road north of themonument, nolonger cinnatd in a of a Pade broken u} oe otis an © gra’ for future use. Curcaao, Aug. 9.—A special from Gincinnati new road, feet wide, was excavated around the shaft. The work of graveling the main |**Y8: Dr. Robert Longfellow, professor of road from 14th street near the bureau to B street near the carp ponds was nearly com- pleted. IN THE SMITHSONIAN GROUNDS 1,7593¢ square yards of aspbalt pavement was laid east and west of the national museum, and an asphalt walk laid from the road entrance dermatology in the Cincinnati college of medi- cine and surgery, conducted a series of experi- ments yesterday with Brown-Sequard’s discov- ery. Tests were made on s dozen subjects, The first two patients were Thomas an Englishman, Rfty-five years old, and Fielden Weir, a colored ex-slave, seventy years ae the o Tth-street a isis the museum oe pest a = a ae ig Heer = bent g- About 3 tons of was gathered from the reservations and stored in the nurserios for peer oy mevrpe oe va neg aeaiaaiae tg <— both subjects returned in the « they The > aera French Cook. ire olga fea eu his ne Some of the New York papers publish a story | nation wit as as telegraphed from this city to the effect that Mar- rineaticg ee Be quis de Chambrun is about to bring suitagainst | Squally as noticeable, He wi oor tans President Harrison in behalf of Mme. Pelonard, late French cook at the White house, for wages during the summer season after her dismissal, claiming that when she was employed by Mr. Harrison it was under contract iy the year. As is the custom at the White house the French cook’s services were 4 with when the President and his family went away for the summer. It may be that the cook has some notion of pages suit for wages, and has imparted the fact for publication to some of her associates. There is no authority for the story from any other source that could be learned of. Marquis dc Chambrun is out of the city, and has been for some time; but his son, who represents the firm, said to s Stan reporter today that he had heard nothing of such a suit and that he conld oar “mtn: that his father had nothing to do i It,has always been the custom at the White House to employ the French cook for the Season, as it is in other big establishments, and in the summer their services have been dis- pensed with. Grant employed a French cook only on certain occasions. Hayes, Arthur and Cleveland had French cooks to whom they paid $100 per month. They were always discharged at the beginning of the summer season. The President has to Bey the wages of his cook out o! own and it is customary to employ him only Then wanted. Military Cadets Appointed. The following have been appointed cadets at the military academy: Robert Sewell of Cam- den, N.J., 1st district; Thos. B. Henley of Rusbville, Ind., 6th district; M. B. Gore of Gainesboro’, Tenn., 4th district; Wm. H. Couch of Pamplin City, Va.,and Chas. D. Forrer of Mossy Creek, Va., 10th district, Alternates— Geo. Thos, Patterson of North Platte, Neb.; 3d district, and Allen P. Brown of Schuyler, alternate; Wm. Bond Johnston of New Brigh- ton, N.Y., Ist district, and Jas, ©, Hallock of Moriches, N.Y., alternate; Wm. Barkley of Chanute, Kan., 3d district; Walter P, Pillsbur: of Oskaloosa, Iowa, 6th district; Edmund J. Timberlake, jr. of Lexington, Tenn., 8th dis- ee rn pein and stiffness had left his limbs, Both experiments were pro- > Longf TF 4 this morning thet in rr. fellow reports this m: all the cases to whom he jstered the fluid Feertey the effects were si: except one, at was in the case of Ss old, in fall health and in no need of a tonic. He experienced slight sickness, He further that the old colored man whose rheu- matism was completely cured last night says that he still retains his restored strength and that his family and friends regard his cure as little short of a miracle. ——>—__ THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Its Membership Said to Be Greatly De- creasing. Cyicaco, Aug. 9.—The forthcoming number of The Knights of Labor will say: “The general master workman stated that the present mem- bership of the Knights of Labor was about 215,000. In connection with that statement it is interesting to note that the report of the Minneapolis convention shows a total member- ship in good standing of 259,000. and that D. A. No. 1 of Philadelphia had 2,314 members; it has since lay and returned its charter. Assem- over the country have returned their charters di the last few months and the i those still in existence has fallen off until the order today has less than 100,000 members in good standing.” Pie ete eats CROOKEDNESS SUSPECTED. Treasurer Brown Anxiously Wanted to Make Explanation. Boston, Aug. 9.—A Providence, R..1., special to the Herald says: Itwas reported here last night, and from a source whicu gives the asser- tion much color of credence, that Treasurer Gideon H. Brown, before he vanished from Boston, issued a block of the Riverside and ict: 7 Oswego mills paper and that he holds the pro- ry at hes eer este ec ned oer Mov | ceedar ‘There was also a report that big blocks alternate; all for September, 1889. Hobert ra peli placed in bank here on Saturday Sorpee of Quakertown, Pa., 7th district, and Fred, G. Stritzinger of Norristown, alternate; Richard W. Cunningham of Savannah, Ga., Ist district, and Jas. J. McEvilly of Helena, Mont, for June, 1890. Why They Will Not Elect Him. Members of the Grand Army of the Republic in this city say that even should he wish it, Commissioner Tanner could not be elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army and they instance the failure of Maj. Warner to achieve election two years ago when the encampment was held in 8t Louis. Maj. Warner was acan- didate for commander-in-chief, but was told that as long as he held political position—he was then a member of Congress from Missouri— he could not be elected. A year ago Maj. Warner was elected commander-in-chief on the Fiedge that he would retire from Congress, le refused a- renomination and what was re- garded as a certainty of re-election to Con- gress in pursuance of his promise to the Grand Army. —_——_,— Smuggling on the Florida Coast. Surgeon General Hamilton has referred to the Treasury department a letter received by him from Mr. 8.0. Cobb, ex-mayor of Pen- secols, Fla., in which he charges that smug- gling is being carried on along the Florida coast to a large event. He says that the smug- glers could be caught at any hour of the day if an effort were made. The customs officer in this region has, in Mr. Cobb's words, but ‘‘one tub for 600 miles of coast,” and she is forced, = her draft, to keep out of gunshot distan of at least nine of ten of the smugglers’ The Three Americas Exposition. The following explains itself: Tznurtory or Morrana, Executive Orrice, Herena, Aug. 3, 1889, Axzx. D. Axvenrson, Secretary, Washington: Deur Sir: Referring to yours of July 221 shall_be Uyeges to act asa member of your board an The dispatch further says thet a statement made by Treasurer Brown last November to local banks set forth that the company had a surplus of $300,000, and adds: “In view of this statement the attachments of Juliad created amazement. Lest night, it is said, a cursory examination of the company’s books did not show any such surplus, and Brown’s es have added to the suspicion thet there has been crookedness, e air is full of rumors of a shortage and the treasurer’s explanation is sought for.” NOTHING DANGEROUS. A Mysterious Parcel Addressed to President Harrison. New Yorx, Aug. 9.—A Tribune special from Boston says that one of the teams of the Bos- ton city parcel delivery company was stopped on the street Wednesday by an unknown man, who handed the driver a small parcel ad- dressed to “President Harrison, Hotel Ven- dome.” The driver took the package, but be- fore its delivery it was examined by the super- intendent of the parcel company. The pack- age was found to contain two pieces of thin board, several matches and a book bearing the startling title of “Dynamite Cartridge,” there was nothing dangerous in the parcel, and it was afterward delivered to the hotel, ee Fire in a Brass Foundry. Sarem, Mass., Aug. 9.—A fire that started in Godsland’s brass foundry early this morning destroyed the foundry building, which was new and uninsured, and gutted the large wooden blocks owned by Zina Goodell and ilton & Baleomb. Daniel Driscoll, shoes, loses nearly his entire stock, worth 3,000; insured for $2,500. J. W. Woodbury, stitching room, esti- mates his Joss at $6,000; partially insured. E, B. Everson, stitching room, loss $5,000; W. J. Godsland, brass founder, loss total; partial: insured. Hamilton & Balcomb, loss on build. ing, €3,500; insured for $2,500. Zina Goodell, loss on building, $5,000, ae RE From Wall Street To-day. New York, Aug 9, 11 a.m.—The London mar- ket had recovered from its weakness and prices at that center were fully up to our figures of last evening, while first A Rival to the Mississippi River. The recent great flood in the Potomac river forms the subject of considerable study just at present on the part of Prof. McGee of the geological survey, who has recently made some interesting calculations as tothe amount of water disc] d by that t natural artery. He ome ae the Sr cbesrvatien, Grexi falls, Little falls, and the Chain bridge, and | There that the meximum discharge at the two ic feet a second. one-third times as ‘was an extraordinary calmin the government i aa | | if i G : i H eli if lI ES fi CLOSE OF THE COKE STRIKE. Some Hungarians, However, go on a Raid. Prrrssvaa, Pa., Aug. 9.—Private dispatches from the Connellsville coke region report a gang of 400 drunken Hungarian coke workers onaraid. They do not seem to understand that the strike was settled in their favor, and this morning started out to close up the works in tion. They first marched to Moore- and drove the men out and then went the Alice works, where they also forced sere ota They are still on the path, when last heard from were on Cxtcago, Aug. 9.—Cloudy threatening weath- er, with a decidedly murky, sticky atmosphere, marks the second day of the national regatta. ‘There was little or no wind, however, and the surface of Lake Calumet was almost as smooth as glass, The arrivals of spectators at Pull- man were not numerous. An immense crowd is expected this The first event of this morning was the second trial heat of senior le, and it re- sulted in favor of E. L. Kilby of the Ottam owe, boat club, with Donahue of Nautilus an a winner of Sire peices dnc —— The other partici; were Ryan o! ‘oront Tibany, Buckley of Bradford, an pepe nieep and Cor- The second race between the following junior fours was rowed on time: Union boatclub, Chi- ter rowingolub, Toceato, Gad Argousut rowing ur Fo’ ial ), aN ut ro’ club, Toronto, ' The Unions won by halt the Argonaut Time, 7 its being secon: The third race, junior singles, was won by —- by ‘ae Eaton of the Excelsior . No Fourth rece—second heat, junior singles, won by Lee Covett of the Columbia club of an? Pa., by half a length. Time, The fifth and last race of the morning was the junior four-oars, aa ae Valley amateur association, jnarters of a mile and return. Chicago; Iroquois Dost club, Chicago, Atletis . a9is boat , Chi 5 letic club, Aurora, IL; crew, No. 1, Chi- ; Minnesota club, St. Paul; Argonaut club of Toronto, and Pullman, No. 2, Chicago. The Unions came in first by half a length in 9:54. The Minnesota club was second. a THE GOELET CUP. Yachts Contend at Newport in a Very Heavy Sea. Newport, R.L, Aug. 9.—Wind and weather are favorable for the Goelet cup race today. The sky is partly clouded and the wind south- west with @ good racing breeze. The race promises to be @ quick one and should finish by 8 o'clock. ae leave the efor i Gj Brenton’s reef it ship. The Block Island course will probably be chosen, which will give & beat to windward, then arun before the wind with a half sheet on the last leg. The lower end of the island is lined with and spectators. Moeler dnp pee wore ote wholesale breeze om the 8.8.W. The yachts keep over as they come out of the harbor. ciple: first gun was fired at 10:41, the second at 10:50, the third at 10:593¢. Itis the Block Island course. The sea is very heavy, breakii over all the yachts, and many of them are going out. It is difficult to tell the order of start, but the Montauk, Gitisna and Constella- tion are believed to lead the schooners, THE START. 11:30 a.m.—The yachts started on the star- board tack and got over the line all in a bunch. Itis getting hazy and difficult to distinguish the — Sloops Titania and Katrina crossed the line in the order mentioned. 11:45 a.m.—The Grayling is leading with the Constellation gaining on her and the Sachem coming up behind. Both have passed the Sea Fox, 12 m.—The Grayling is still , with the Sachem second and the Constellat third. Of the sloops the Katrina is ahead. 12: .m.—The Sachem has passed the Gray- e haze is ‘and it is clouding over fast. The relative positions of the yachta re- main unchanged, —>___ A Receiver for a Railroad. TepranaPouis, Ixp., Aug. 9,—The Indianapo- lis, Decatur and Western railroad is again in court, The property was placed in the hands of the trustees—R. B. F. Pierce of this city and Benj. A. Sands of New York—two weeks ago in porter ae ® provision of the mortgage. e road led to operating expenses and interest on the ponds, ‘he antl mort- gage bondholders, as a regult of the recent fore- closure proceedings, are in possession of the property. The first mortgage is for $1,800,000, earing 7 per cent, The semi-annual interest— $63, been defaulted. The trustees ap- peared before Judge Woods yesterday and re- pay all expenses, and thet Ligeti in the tte expenses, and t! 6 stat ain wos likely to ensue, Ji Woods ap- pointed Mr. Pierce receiver. we ror 's affairs may be adjusted without sale. if the interest on the first mortgage is scaled down to 5 percent the second mortgage bondholders say ney can continue to operate it. The road has lost probably 35 per cent of its formor rev- enues because of the interstate commerce law. Emperor William Satisfied. Loxpon, Aug. 9.—It is officially announced that Emperor William, when departing from Osborne, expressed to the queen his utmost pleasure with his reception in England. He also expressed the hope that the queen, re- lin sponding to his strong would return his visit by coming to Berlin. padi OSE Shot by His Business Partner. Curcaco. Aug. 9.—A man named Kennedy, living at the corner of Butterfield and 36th | me streets, was shot and instantly killed about 10 o'clock this morning. by his partner in bi whose name could not be learned. The men quarreled about some business ions, pre tt aaa A Failure in St. Paul. is due to the collapse of the Prosser motor, it} nag having proved im-ocssible to operate it. Curcaco, Aug. 9.—Fire in the printing estab- lishment of John Anderson & Co., 183 to 187 Hen Renee seek Serer bees keeles Sale caused a about In- pcinen hoe $25,000. of books if ul aFE : I i tT H HI aE Hil i TWO CENTS. A FIGHT IN A CAR. Forty or Fifty Log Sailors Engage ina Bloody Affray. Cutcaeo, Aug. 9.—A terrific fight occurred im one of the second-class coaches of an Omaha train yesterday morning, which was partici- pated in by forty or fifty “log sailors.” The sides and floor of the car were bespattered with blood, seats were broken and windows smashed. filled whisky flasks, fought with articles within reach, their “‘corks” yf each Many of were quite ly in- —_——_—_ THE INCORPORATIONS CRAZE. It is at its Flood in Germany—A Rem- iniscence of 1872. Lonxpon, Aug. 9.—The “‘incorporations” craze in Germany is at its flood and no enterprise is too absurd, no project too hazy to frighten off the professional projectors cf new companies. The conservative press and long-headed busi- ness men warn the public against over indul- gence in intoxicating shares and point out that ssimilar spree in 1872 was followed by years of commercial inewen In this con- Berlin,which the Germans if they bre wice;wll wi are wise, make a note of. SECURITIES GENT TO A JUNE SHOP. Before the office of a large banking house in that city yesterday morninga large covered furniture van backed up tothe sidewalk and was quay loaded up with bundles of papers. The bundles consiste: + cag gc ogee in companies organized during it craze. which broke out in 1872. They had been packed ewayin the cellar for years, and now these “securities,” which in their day had been bought and sold at « valuation of millions upon ions of marks, were carted off to the junk shop. It is surmised that the cellar is cleared atthis time to make room for some of the equally valuable securities of 1889, which are being ground out by the enterprising pro- Jectors. 4 SWINDLER SENTENCED. A man has just been sentenced in Hamburg to two years’ imprisonment for larceny whose genius deserves better things, and if he had only turned his attention to stock companies his ——— would undoubtedly have landed him safely a millionaire. His custom was to advertise for men to fill some responsible posi- tion abroad. To his applicants,who were num- erous, he explained that a health certificate froma physician was necessary. He accom- ied each victim to the office of the nearest loctor, and while the deluded fools, stri to the skin, were being carefully cssasinel ry the unsuspecting doctor in an adjoining room he leisurely selected such of the man’s clothes and their contents as he desired and quietly walked away. A public swimming bath has just been opened at Stuttgart which cost the snug little sum of 360,000 marks. A rather novel adjunct to this institution is a bath for dogs, fitted up in elab- orate style and at large expense, and intended for canines of all classes, —_+—_ A SUPERINTENDENT SHOCKED. He Receives Nine Hundred Volts With- out Serious Results. Srevsenvitte, Oro, Aug. 9.—A. G. Davis, superintendent of the Steubenville electric rail- way, had an experience yesterday with s direct Edison current that should be an argument for the opponents of the proposed execution of criminals by electricity. The electric railway is provided ‘with the Sprague system of motors, the power being furnished by an Edison ma- chine of nine hundred voltage. The trolley wire broke and one end fell to the street. The electrician being absent Davis undertook to re- pee the damage himself by using insulated is. The pliers were dull and he had some difficulty in cutting the wire, but suddenly it parted and he received the full force of the nine-hundred-volt current. It knocked him to the ground and rendered him unconscious, He was soon relieved and beyond considerable nervous prostration is uninjured. Other em- ployes of railway have received shocks in a milder form and all assert ir fearlessness of coming into contact with the supposed deadly current. It leaves some of them quaimish at the stomach, but nothing serious has resulted. —— eereae ALIVE AND IN MEXICO. A Hartford Defaulter Who Was Re- ported Dead. Saw Francisco, Aug. 9.—The Chronicle claims to have discovered that Thomas F. Plunkett, who mysteriously disappeared from Hartford, Conn., on August 28, 1888, and whose sup- posed death in Mexico was telegraphed over the country from Hartford the 17th of last April, is today alive and is a resident of the city of Mexico, Atthe time of his disa; ae til rear — = ford = aufacturing com and late: t showed that he was a Gefeulter to the tam of about $300,000. The Chronicle says that several ie istarsstam seni ae % one 3 re- a thereof is bamed 4 Arthur. Robert who was a follower and lieutenant ip the Ri: rebellion of a few years since, — THAT WARSAW EPIDEMIC. Not as Serious as Reported—Bad Water the Cause. Sraixerrecp, Aug. 9.—Dr. Starkweather. act-| creditors ing secretary of the state board of health, re- turned yesterday from Warsaw, where he has partly due to the contamination of the water supply resul! from the heavy rain fall. During June and July they had 16.7 mches of rain. In the same period last At the request of the police inspector, who Hofele in charge, Prisoner was manded until tomorrow. ma poemninine SOO 9 Cutcaco, Aug. 9.—There is a strike on the Northwestern road. The eleven one-armed night ewitchmen employed on the road between Western avenue and 40th street struck last and within five minutes thereafter the whole ne, ee ne Ole Aided by the the fire soon communicated itself to the adjoining in which were located the jewelry store of Charles pair, and for awhile it seemed hole square was doomed. The fire department was rendered powerless and assist- - =< Chicago and the World’s Fair. Cu1caco, Aug. 9.—The local committees are pushing the arrangements for the world's exposition with resistless energy, and it would #eem a foregone conclusion that Chicago will have the exposition here if the determination and push of the excellent committee's ap- Pointed can compass it. At headquarters an army of clerks is busy preparing the initial work for these committees, and by next week the most im it committee of all—the press committee—will have another array of cierks in the field, whose work will be especially directed at the newspapers throughout the land and who are expected to be so effectually bombarded that they will all fall in line and advocate in tones of thunder the claims of the Garden City. —_—_—_. Still Hunting for “Jack the Peeper.” Exizaseru, N. J., Aug. 9.—It is believed that “Jack the Peeper,” the mysterious individual who has been terrorizing the women of Eliza- beth for some time past, is responsible for the death of Mrs. John McCarthy, who died a few days ago, Her house was invaded by the “peeper” about two weeks ago, and the in- mates were all badly frightened. Mrs. Me- Carthy was lying very sick at the time, and the shock she received caused a rejapse, from which she was unable to recover. ‘Lhe police are vow making extraordinary efforts to dis- cover the identity of the mysterious offender. — A Mexican Eutoenational Press Exposi- jon. Crrr or Mexico, Aug. 9.—The action of the Press association of this city in declaring their intention to hold an international exposition im 1892 in Mexico excites much interest. The co- operation of the government will be necessary, however, to insure success. It is believed that if Mexico is the first to come forward with an ap- Pfopriation for the exposition New York aud ‘ashington will waive their claims in favor of this city. ae A Sugar Trust Scheme. San Francisco, Aug. 9.—Reports are in cir- culation here that the American sugar trust has about completed negotiations with an English- German ty to get the sugar markets of the world under one supreme control. The scheme includes the bonding for a short term all the principal sugar plantations of Cuba, the Phillipine Islands, Java and Mauritius, which would place the main sources of the raw supply under the control of the syndicate. No Change in the Ultnots ‘Mining Situa- tion. Sparse Vater, Int., Aug. 9.—The miners here do not think that the miners at Streator, others than those working for the Coal Rua coal company, will go to work at the 72%¢-cent- a-ton rate agreed upon by the arbitration com- mittee in Chicago. There is no change here im the situation. The miners are as deter- mined as ever to have their demands conceded. pepcandpesecte Chinese Swarming Into Mexico. Cuicaco, Aug. 9.—A special from San Fran- tisco says: The Chinese are swarming in by every Hong Kong steamer bound for Mexico. No less t! came a week ago and sixteen arrived last ‘ht, all destined for Mazatlan and Panama. They are reshipped here without landing, but once in Mexico there is no diffi- cul smuggling them over the southern border. It is much cheaper to run coolies into California by Mexico than by British Columbi as the Dominion government collects a bi tax of $50, whereas Mexico welcomes them. —>—_—_ A Table Glass Ware Trust. New Yorx, Aug. special from Pittsburg says a gigantic “trust” to control the manu- facture of table glass ware is being organized, and that the Principal factories of Pennsyl- yania, Ohio and West Virginia will be included in the combiration. The headquarters will be in Pittsburg and all of the manufacturers of that city are said to have joined the com- bination. A Chicago Policeman Shot. Catcaco, Aug. 9.—At 8 o'clock this morning while Officer Adam Freyer of Desplaines-street station was traveling his beat he was shot and instantly killed at the corner of Harrison and Clinton streets. Officer Halligan of the 12th- street station was at the corner of Harrison and Jefferson streets when he heard two shots fired in rapid guccession, He ran to the corner of Clinton and Harrison streets and A Wild Engine’s Fatal Work. Sours Berarenem, Pa., Aug. 9.—At4 o'clock this morning a wild engine dashed into a ca- boose lying ons siding of the Lehigh railroad at Penn Haven In the car, which was reduced to were Conductor Otto Sandersand Brakeman Garren and i E leit | lea iF i