Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1889, Page 5

Ever Fimen Kyows That weeds must be torn up by the roots, or {Sey will be sure to crop ont again. So itis with diseases which have their origin in de- preved blood. The canseof the complaint must be removed by Ayer's Sarsaparilia, or no perms Rent cure is possible Try it, ©. W. Allen, Druggist, of Branswick, Me, says: “I have never known Ayer’s Sarsaparilla fail to give eatisfaction. In hundreds of cases within my knowledge it has proved s perfect Specific for diseases srising from impurities tp the blood. I regard itasam invaluable spring medicine. AYER’S SARSAPARILLA, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Masa, ‘Sold by all Druggista, Price $1; atx bottles, 85. 30 WORTH $5 A BOTTLE Tas Gesorse JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRAOT is the BEST NUTRITIVE TONIC and most PALATABLE HEALTH BEVERAGE ren, and General Debility. WHA . COLEMAN, OF GLASGOW, SAYS OF IT, Suflering from sn accsel of Linens which had not ouly exDaustion, from inability to approprigte food, i tried be effects of the Genuine Jobunn Hons Malt Extrec ree times @ day. Ite use wes follow: ‘Food, which tofore been alichentary canal unci a are Ww. imitations. N PE, Berlin and Vienna New York Of- JOHANN, HOFF, Beri Shtuinae. Dez IN ITS WORST FORMS WILL YI ELD to the use of Carter's Little Nerve Pills, aided by ; Liver Pils. They not only relieve pres- at distress Sut sire stomach and digestive as. n the ‘WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1889 ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY ‘Will sell the following Lots at CUT PRICES for afew days only to REDUCE STOCK: ‘Imported Ginger Ale. Cantrell & Cochran's, Imported Ginger Ale. Ross’. Domestic Ginger Ale. Wickham & Co. Domestic Ginger Ale. Sundry Brands, Imported Lime Fruit Juice, Imperial. Imported Lime Fruit Jnice. Rose. Imported Lime FruitJuice. Montserrat, Imported Lime Fruit Juice. Jsmaica, Imported Lime Fruit Juice. Gillon & Oo. Suxar-cured Hams. Cassard & Son's. Sugar-cured Hams. Banner Brand. Sugar-cured Hams. Our Genuine Cincinnati, t Bacon. Cincinnati Brand. Now remember—the CUT PRICES on the above are £0r EO ae eer ee een en urine, | tion of brick and stone blocks within the you'll get left. Also remember that when we OUT the ENIFE always goes in to the HILT. ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY, THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, sUGUST 10 1889-TWELVE PAGES, 2d EDITION. Latta Te Si A SERIOUS CHARGE. A Shoemaker Alleged to Have Outraged His Adopted Daughter. ‘Special Dispatch to Tax Evexrne Stan. Lyxcupure, Va., Aug. 10.—Antonio Millette, an Italian shoemaker, was arrested and jailed in Roanoke city several days ago, charged with outraging the person of Mary Sutton, bis adopted daughter, thirteen years of age. She was bound to him in April last in Elizabeth City county by ber grandmother, Mary Jane Galloway, and he carried her to Roanoke soon thereafter, where he has since been working at his trade. The girl’s story of the crime is to the effect that he forced her to submit to his desires shortly after their arrival at Roanoke, since when he bas regularly cohabited with her. The feelings of the community were so ‘but brought on extreme | wrought up by the girl's statement that lynch- ing was feared, to avoid which the prisoner | was brought to this city yesterday and lodged in jail. Subsequent developments, however, seem to leasen the extent of Millette’s guilt, and facts go to prove that the girl is about as bad as the man. Millette us very badly fright- ened and frequently delares in broken accents, “Hang me for noting.” The gir!’s story is be- ing fully investigated by the Roanoke authori- ties, and in the meantime the man will remain in jail here. —_->—— LOSS NOT OVER EIGHT MILLION. Spokane Falls Recovering From the Effects of Its Disastrous Fire. Sroxane Farts, W. T., Aug. 10.—Insurance adjusters representing some 200 companies are here and on the way here, and the work of as- certaining the loss has been in progress several days. After careful overhauling of the burned district it is found that the total losses, includ- ing buildings and stock, will not reach over $5,000,000, while conservative businessmen who are weil acquainted with the city and the amounts involved are of opinion the loss will not exceed $6,000,000. The city council promptly met and extended the fire limits and this had A WHOLESOME EFFECT ON PROPERTY OWNERS, a large number of whom are removing debris and making contracts for the immediate erec- burned district, most of them to be five, six and seven stories high. Bricks are being pro- duced by one company to the number of 120,- 42% NINTH STREET. | 900 a day, and in addition to this the Northern P.S—Our RAID on FLOUR still continues and great bargains are still to be had in that department, OUR THIRD LOT OF NEW MAKEREL sust received TO-DAY. » Somermsea New. LEATHEROID TRUNKS, ‘Very light in weight. STRONGER and MORE* DURABLE than fole Leather, and at HALF THE PRICE, ‘Made and old only at TOPHAM’S ‘Trunk Factory, 2231 Pa. ave. dy22-3m ELIXIR OF OPIUM Isa prepsration of the drug by which its injurious Pacific has given a special rate on brick and other building materials from Tacoma and other points within the territory. It is found that $2,350,000 will be paid in insurance, and it £.¥.¢. | is estimated that fully 26,000,000 will be ex- pended here in buildings during the next two Years, and that the extra work of building and disbursements incident thereto WILL INCREASE THE POPULATION. Several sales of vacant ground within the burned district have been made since the fire at the rate of $1,000 per front foot and strange to say the ground is held at advanced valuation in that part of the city. Numerous represen- tatives of eastern capitalists and investment companies are here offering loans for building. Letters and telegrams are coming in to the same effect from companies having agencies here, and it is believed that every toot of ground within the burned district will be covered by brick and granite walls within the next three years at the outside. ——. FATAL RAILROAD COLLISION. fects are removed, while the valusble medicinal | Three Persons Die and Several Others Properties are retained. It possesses all the sedative, anodyne and antispasmodic powers of Opium, but pro- @uces no sickness of the stomach, no vomiting, no costiveness, no headache. In acute nervous disorders it is an valuable remedy, and is recommended by the best physicians, E FERRETT, Agent, mts 872 Pearl st, New York, Ger Tse Best. THE CONCORD HARNESS LUTZ & BRO, 497 Penn. sve., adjoining National Hotel. ‘Trunks and Satchels of best makes at low prices, apl= Jax 267 919 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, o WE HAVE IN STOCK, ALL TOLD, ABOUT 150 PIECES FRENCH SATINES. WE WANT TO CLOSE | THEM. THE DESIGNS ARE GOOD, THE STYLES EXCELLENT. CLOSING PRICE, 20c. IN SCOTCH AND FRENCH GINGHAMS WE CAN SHOW 150 PIECES OF ALL STYLES AND PRICES. WANT TO CLOSE THEM AND HAVE MARKED | THEM AT PRICES THAT WILL MAKE THEM MOVE RAPIDLY. IT WILL PAY YOU TO CALL AND SEE THEM. 50 PIECES WHITE GOODS. WANT TO CLOSE THEM, FORMER PRICE 20 AND 250. HAVE RE- DUCED THEM TO 12}c. PER YARD. A RARE CHANCE TOGET A GOOD WHITE DRESS FOR A SMALL CONSIDERATION. 60 PIECES ENGLISH DIMITY STRIPES, WHITE GROUNDS WITH SMALL COLORED STRIPES. OFFER THEM FOR 12340. IT WILL PAY ANY SHOPPER TO LOOK ATOUR REMNANT COUNTERS. ALL KINDS OF REM- NANTS AT VERY LOW PRICES WILL BE DIS- Injured. Roonester, N. Y., Aug. 10.—At about 8 o'clock this morning the express train on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad, one anda half hours behind time, ran into a stub train at Forest Lawn station, 9 miles east of Rochester. One young lady,a Miss Perrin, was killed, and nine other passengers were seri- ously injured, The engincer and fireman —— and the former was badly hurt. The aggage and first passenger cars were totally wrecked, and all the injured passengers were in that car. The wounded have just been brought to this city. ; Names of those killed and injured are as fol- lows: Killed—Miss Ella Perrin, aged twenty-three, of St. Johns, Mich, Injured—H. M. Perrin of St. Johns, Mich., head and face bruised and injured internally; Mrs. H. M. Perrin, St. Johns, Mich., collar bone broken and badly bruised. Mr. and Mrs. Per- rin are parents of the young lady killed, but were not informed of her fate, as it was feared the shock might be fatal. Andrew Tiffany of Oswego, injured internally; Mre. Lewis Moore of Gratwick, N.Y., right leg broken; Samuel Brown of Sherman, N.Y., right leg cut off and toes of left foot amputated. The engineer of the east-bound train, John Barker, is badly in- jured. He was taken to his home in Oswego. ‘Miss Mary Hannon of Siskiyou, Ont., right leg broken and face and head badly cut. The fireman of the express train, who was badly injured, died at noon, Jno, Jay of Os- wego, injured in accident at Forest Lawn, died just as he was tal into the hospital. ‘The accident is said to have been caused by the neglect of proper signals. The station agent at Forest Lawn set a flag to stop the west bound express, but it was not seen in time by the engineer. ‘The agent was attending to his duties as tele- graph operator and ticket agent, and had no one to send with a flag. Shi From Wall Street To-day. New Yorg, Aug. 10,11 a.m.—Extreme dull- ness again marked the dealings in the stock market this morning, and while a firm tone existed most of the list was stagnant and unin- teresting throughout. First prices showed only slight changes from last night's fignres, PLAYED ON OUR CENTER COUNTERS FOR THE NEXT FEW Days. IN WHITE GOODS WE HAVE VICTORIA LAWNS. TNDIA LINENS, BOTH PLAIN AND HEM- STITCHED. WELTS, ALL KINDS, BATISTE DE Panis. FRENCH MULLS. ‘NAINSOOK. PLAIN, STRIPED AND PLAIDS. PERSIAN LAWNS. SW138 MUSLINS, PLAIN AND FIGURED. WE HAVE TWENTY PIXCESOF EMBROIDERED SWISS, CONTAINING 44 YARDS, FOR WHIT! DRESSES. HAVE MARKED THEM AWFULLY CHEAP. and the subsequent fluctuations were confined to the smallest fractions except in less than a half dozen shares. The features of the hour were sugar trust, which rose 1¢ per cent to 11034, and Whecling and Lake Frie preferred and Wabash preferred, each of which rose 1 per cent from its opening price. ‘There was a spurt in Burlington and Quincy toward the end of the hour, but it advanced only # fraction. At ll o'clock the market was dull but firm to strong at the best prices reached. Noon.—Money has been eesy at 8 per cent, The stock market still remained dull and stag- g | nant for moststocks after 11 o'clock, but the firmness disappeared and prices generally sagged off, and in many cases were brought down below the opening figures. Sugar trast ABOUT 80 GENTLEMEN'S NEGLIGE SHIRTS | was specially weak, and all the advance of the REDUCED; WANT TO CLOSE THEM, 80 HAVE | previous hour was lost with something in addi- MADE THE PRICE LOW TO MAKE THEM MOVE | tion, but the changes in the others were gen- RAPIDLY. 30 PIE ‘S OUTING CLOTHS, BEAUTIFUL DE- erally small. Oregon Navigation, however, was strong and rose 254 per cent, very light transactions, The market was destitute of fur- SIGNS, AT THE LOW PRICE OF 1234 CENTS PER | ther feature andclosed quiet and heavy, gen- YaRD. ONLY 20DOZ. GENTS PLAITED SILK HOSE erally at slight fractions lower than first prices, ne LEFT; THIS IS THE LAST OF THESE GOODS WE Earthquake Shocks in New York. SHALL HAVE. Axuany, N. ¥., Aug. 10.—North River, Beede CUSTOMERS OWING BILLS WILL PLEASE CALL | House, Schroon Lake, Keene Valley, North AND SETTLE, AS WE ARE COMPELLED TO/ Creek and Chestertown, N.Y., report having CLOSE ALL BOOK ACCOUNTS RELATING TQ OLD | distinctly felt a heavy earthquake shock at BUSINESS BY MIDDLE OF AUGUST, V. M SHUSTER & sOxS, ay26 WOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS YOU C: Carter's Little Liver Piils—tue best liver in the world. Don’t forget this. One pill a dose. T. B. Towszs & Sox DEY GOODS DEALERS, 1316 SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST. Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton, 4c. uit of the Loom Bleached Cotton, jue Flannel for bathing Suits, from 25¢. Sica case ge Cater oe EN gy te Es Gin, hams in Great Variety tor 5, 3,10 ‘thie Job Lot of Ladi Janeu Collars and worth n Towels, 20¢, able Linen, Fast Colors, 250. 234e, Setines redced to 20e. Zoe. Satines, reduced to Lée Cheilies that were cheap at 10e. we are Flannel suitines 1g yards wide, All Wool,, ret Carubrie for Lining, de. 4 {i Drawer spool Cotton Cabinets for sale. at Te. :42 this morning. The inhabitants were badly frightened, a An Attempt to Kill an Editor. Lovisvitzz, Ky., Aug. 10.—John Proctor, who murdered Wade Purcell at Mount Vernon, 919 PENN. AVE, x.w. | Ky., last Monday, attempted to kill Editor W. R. Cress of the Mountain Signal yester- day. Cress was en nis way to the 4 depot when Proctor, who was supposed tobe under guard, met him and, thrusting a pistol into his face, ordered him to get down on his knees. . Cress ran and Proctor fired a shot at him bat missed. Proctor was at once placed in jail. The reason for his assault was that Cress had denounced him in his paper for the Purcell murder. —____ Treasury Department Changes. ‘The following-named persons have received appointments under amended rule 10, civil service rules, viz: W. W. Lish of Pennsylvania to class 1, in the office of the second auditor; §. A. Swaile of South Carolina to class 1, in the office of the A TALK WITH HON. 8. 8. COX. He Thinks Washington and Montana Territories Will Go Democratic. Alittleman with short gray whiskers and eyes that sparkled with good humor as he talked, was surrounded by » group in the Riggs house this afternoon, and there was a great See mae ie UA nee The little man was Hon. 8,8. Cox and he was talking in his brightest off-hand way about his trip in the great northwest. ‘He had just come in from Yellowstone Park, looking as brown as a berry and as young as he hasatany time during the past twenty years. In the power and the sense of humor and the philosophy of good fellowship he has got ahead of the Brown-Sequard elixir of life. He is enthusiastic over his reception in the territories whose admission into the Union his action accomplished iast winter. He is enthusiastic over the beauties of Yellow stone park, for the preservation of which he ington Nerritory. oid THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY. “They are,” he said, “as if you had taken the cream of New York, of Washington, of Buf- falo, of all the citios of the east—the brightest boys of the family and sent them out with plenty of wit, plenty of en’ rise and kets full of money. ‘They are then brightest people in the world, They have got the grit and ‘the money. They have the money right in their hands and know how to use it. ‘They bave ten million to rebuild Seattle, and it is at work. There is the sound of the hammer and the ring of the chisel on the stone. ‘They are alive. Fire can’t burn those people out. I saw Spokane Falls in its beauty Saturday evening. They wanted me to stay over until Monday to speak in the opera house and I could not and we re- gretted it, Sunday the terrible fire broke out there. But they'll build it up. A PROPHECY. He said he did not talk politics out there. He was not on that mission. He was out there to see the people of both partis, But I saw and thought and took account of things, “Nothing can prevent Washin: from going democratic, Yaa not go to Mon- tana, so I know nothing about that.” THE WORLD’ FAIR—IF NEW YORK DOESN’? GET IT WASHINGTON WILL. Turning from his very entertaining talk of the west he referred to the world’s fair. “The people in New York are at work on the world’s fair. “This isa great thing. I telegraphed Mayor Grant to stir up something for Seattle and Spokane Falls, but I suppose all his attention is taken up by the fair.” Blt it be in New York?” Taz Stan msn as “They have got the money and can have the fair if they want it. If they see their mone: —— they have plenty of it and wi end ii Oraey can have the fair if they are ready to spend the money for it. No other city but Washington has any show to get it. It lies be- tween Washington and New York. If New York does not get it Washington will. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The New a —— Market. “ followii ing cl ces, WE Rew York Stock Market car rapgred by opeetad wire to Corson aud Macartney, 1419 F street. © || xem. |o | 37M N.Y. &N.E.. a, Bene Washington Stock Exchange. Following are today’s quotations at close of regular call: Government Bonds—U. S. 438, registered, 10536 bid. U.S. 43¢8, 1891, coupon. '100}6 bid. " U.S. 4s, reaistered, 127%" bid. U. $." 48, ‘coupon, 27% bid, District‘of Columbia Bonds—Per imp. 63, 1891, coin, 105% bid, 105% asked. Por imp. 7, 1891, currency, 1107 bid, 108 asked. Mar: ket stocks, 1892, currency, 107 year fund, 6s, 1892, coin, 106 bid. 5 p. c., 1890) coin! 111 bid. Water 73, 1901, currency, 142% Did, 40-year fund, 6s, 1902 coin, 123° bid.” 3-658, 1924, fund, ‘cur: rency, 12% bid, ‘Miscollancous Bonds—U. 8. Electric Light bonds Ist, Gs, 100 bid. U. S. Electric Light ponds, 2dF8s. 106 bid. Washington and Georgetown Railroad, 10-40 Gs, 106 bid. Washington Market ‘company ‘Ist mortgage, 65, 110 bid, Washington Light Infantry first’ mort- gage bonds, 6s, 1004, 108 asked. Wash- ington Light Infantry bonds, 2d 7s, 1904, 75 bid. Washington Gas Light Company bonds, series A, 6s, 123 bid. Washington Gas Light Company bonds, series B. 63. 123 bid. National Bank Stocks — Bank of Washington, 380 bid. Bank of Kepublic. 225 bid, 235 asked Central, 240 bid. Second, 177 bid. Farmers and Mechanics,175 bid. Citizens, 130 bid. Columbia, 146 bid. Railroad Stocks—Metropolitan. 139 asked. Co- lumbia. 55. bi Capitol and North O street, Insurance Stocks—Firemens, 40 bid, Franklin, 40 bid. Metropolitan, 74 bid, 80 asked. Na- tional Union, 20 bid." Arlington, 170 bid. Ger- man-Amevican, 185 bid. Potomac, 92 bid. Riggs, 8 bid, 9 asked.’ National Typographic, 30 bid, 45 asked. Mergenthaler, 20 bid, 323¢ Gas and Electric Light Stock. 44 bid, 45 asked. Georgetown Gas, 46 U. 8. Electric Light, 92 bid, 9534 asked. matic Gun Carriage, 1 bid, 14 asked. Telephone Stocks—Yennsylvania, 23 bid, 30 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac 85% ‘bid. American Graphophone Company, 21 bid, 2234 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks—Washington Market Com- pany, 16 bid. Washington Brick Machine Company, 280 bid. Great Falls Ice Company, 168 bid, 180 asked. Columbia Title Insurance Company, 6% bid. National Safe Deposit Company, 300 asked. cx Sadr Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.—Cotton dull—middling, 110113. Flour, fairly active andsteady. Wheat —southern firm; Fultz, 8Ua87; Longberry, 81a88; No. 2, 8; steamer, 82; western weak; No. 2 win- ter red, spot, 8:39(a837;; August, 8314; September, 824;; sales; October, 83 asked: December, 844 Corn—southern dull; white, 4749; yellow, western weak: mixed, spot, 444 asked; Au- gust, 434% asked; September, 42%43. Oats’ fal demand — southern and Pennsylvania, tern white, 3%a35%: western mixed, 20a: a No. 2 white, : graded No, 2 mixed, oo Rye quiet, 50a52. Hay, old — prime to choice timothy, 16,00a17.00. Provisions dull. Butter—iancy firm; others steady. Chicago Markets. CHICAGO, Aug. 10 (opening).—Wheat—August, 75%, September, 75%; October. 77%. Corn— August, 3544; September, 35%: October, 35%; De- cember, 35%;- Oats — August, 204; September, 204. Pork — September, 10.00; October, 10.35. Lard—September, 5.45; October, 6.40. Short ribs September, 5.4234. CHICAGO, Aug. 10 (closing). — Wheat—August, 75%: September, 75%; December 77%. Corn— August, September, 35; October, 35; De- cemt %. Oats — August, 197%; September, 2045; Ovtol 2035; December, 20% Pork—Au- be! v st, 10.57%; September, 10.573; October, 10.3734. fard— August, 6.40: September, 6.42%; October, 6.40; December, 6.0734. Short ribs—August, 5.40; September, 5.4334; October, 5.4234. Col. Curry’s Tragic Death. A Norfolk special to the Baltimore American says in reference to the sudden death of Col, James Curry, a well-known and popular officer of the army, fora number of years commis- sary of subsistence at Fortress Monroe, which was briefly mentioned in yesterday's Stak, that the colonel on Thursday afternoon fell from the second story of his residence on Mill creek, near Fortress Monroe, and broke his neck, Col, Curry was a native of Ireland, sixty-five years of age, and entered the United States service from Virginia as a private, rising by merit to the rank of colonel of volunteers. At the close of the war he was ret the army with the rank of brevet lieutenant, and assigned to the fourth regiment of artillery, and stationed at Fortress Monroe, where he served for years, I twill be remembered that his wife and one of his children were drowned some years sf and that afterward a son of his was killed by the accidental discharge of ashotgun. He was married, and leaves a widow and three on, Charge of Housebreaking. This morning in the Police Court, Judge Mills, a colored man, Smith Williams, who had | Gen. Bree! HOW SILVER SPRING WAS DISCOVERED—MR, BLAIR RETIRES FROM THE GLOBE AND GETTLES AT SIL- YER GPRING—INCIDENTS OF HIS COUNTRY LIFE— “OLD DICK” ON THE DRED SOOTT DECISION. In the fall of 1840 Francis P. Bisir, sr., was riding one afternoon out 7th street road with his wife and daughter. The latter was seated carelessly with her foot out of the stirrup, more interested in talk than in managing her horse, They had arrived at the spot where the little church called by the irreverent “Battle Abbey” now stands, on the site of Fort Stevens, when the animal, realizing his opportunity, perhaps, jumped to one side, leaving his rider uninjured and seated very comforte- bly in the sand, The horse, freed of his burden, started on a run and was caught by Mr. Blair in the nearly two miles away, nears sort small ley, from which flowed a fine body of water, now known ss Silver Spring. Mr. Blair was so impressed by the natural beauty of the surroundings and the purity of the water that he often revisited the spot. At Sep vas —S red e organ of the democratic party during Jackson peti! inate dmibistrations The ma’ rous opposition during Ia) Garrison-Tylor Sei foe but on the return of democratic ascendency it became ap- ent, to use Mr. Blair’s own words, that ‘esident Polk had gone over body and soul to the Calhoun, disunion, faction of the party—a concession he had to make in fact to secure his own election, There was then no longer room in the councils of the democratic party for one of Gen, Jackson’s personal adherents and a bitter opponent to every scheme of nulli- coe Mr. ir thereupon abandoned the AND RETIRED TO SILVER SPRING in the fond hope of passing his old age free from political strife. He was led to choose the place, where he afterward acquired about a thousand acres of land, not only because of the natural charms before alluded to, but mainly because he concluded that it wag the most healthy country outside and near_ to Washing- ton—being on the ridge that divides the waters of the Potomac and Eastern branch and nearly equi-distant between them. He cae the matter careful thought in his many ri dur- ing a number of years and finally selected this epot as high, at least 300 feet above the tide, yet not overhanging any large body of water or low lands, and only six miles, as a crow flies, from the White House. A youth spent at Frankfort, on the Kentucky river, and the there of two children had given him a lively dread of the unhealthy effect of bodies of fresh water and marshy land in this latitude, 80 he avoided the e-stricken plains between Washington and Baltimore, as well as the rich hilis that Gheane Sercerats and the river, ehoosing instead the poor soil, but pure air and water he found in the healthy pines due north of the city, NOTABLE VISITORS TO SILVER SPRING, Naturally Mr. Blair had but little to do with President Polk, but during this administration Mr. Buchanan was frequently at Silver Spring. When he became President, however, he had succeeded in every sense to Mr. Polk’s position and was no longer friendly to Mr. Blair, who by that time bad lashed him with many a savage article. President Pierce was, however, very friendly and often rode out to Silver Spring on a handsome black horse, of which he was exceedingly fond. This relation was main- tained until the repeal of the Missouri compro- mise became the question of the day. Gen. Jackson and Mr. Clay, antipodes ever in politics but both true lovers of their country, regarded the Missouri Soe as the only means of preserving peace between the north and south on the slavery question, Mr. Blair, though ever a delicate man, survived them, but was always as intent as they could have been in o posing the rash tendency to overthrow this great barrier between the fanatics of the two sections, WHAT MR. BLAIR SAID TO FRANK PIERCE. Aconversation that took place between him and Mr, Pierce at the Spring is distinctly re- membered, “Mr, President,” he said, “if you do not cease from this game of leapfrog with Dougias you will plunge the whole nation into the deep waters of tribulation, and if you sign this repeal of the Missouri compromise you will not have the following of @ corporal's ‘uard in the nextconvention.” But Mr, Pierce lid sign the repeal, and the very spot where they then stood was used not many years later asasheltered place to put the confederate wounded at the time of Early’s raid, so the old spring literally ran blood, and one soldier, it is said, was killed there bya shell from Fort Stevens as he stood waiting for a drink, It is unnecessary to say that Mr, Pierce and his fine black horse were never seen again at pled Spring after the talk, of which this was a par' he clouds of civil war then gathered fast, and the old house became in turn the rallying place of the leaders of THE YOUNG REPUBLICAN PARTY. In the words of Senator Trumbull, “It was the only private house of any note in or near Washington where we were then sure of a welcome.” The call for the Pittsburg convention was written there by Mr. Blair, as well as the ad- dress to the country issued by that convention, Sumner was carried there after he was struck in the Senate chamber, and it is said that the unwillingness of his old friend, Mrs, Blair, to speak to him after the war cut him not a little. She explained it by saying that she had nursed him when stricken down because of his friend- ship for the Union, but that his oppressive measures after the war, notably such an idle one as the civil rights act, showed him to be more of a politician and less of a patriot; that he was fomenting bad feeling and ha‘ himself, in effect, become the leader of dis- union. BLAIR AND RIVES WITH THE RIFLE. Mr. Blair and his partner in the Globe, Mr. Rives, were both fine rifle shots, the former being also much devoted to deer hunting. A fine pair of horns are now at Silver Spring, once borne by a noble buck, doubtless the last of his tribe, killed by Mr, Blair at Mt. Vernon. In his seventy-eighth year shot two out of three deer seen in one hunt in the Allegha- nies, onthe ground once familiar to his old triend, Meshach Browning, the famous hunter of western Maryland, A SILVER SPRING “UNCLE REMUS.” There was a fine collection of rifles at Silver Spring, kept in excellent order by “Old Dick,” a little old black man and sort ot Uncle Remus, whose main occupations were working his own garden by day and mending shoes at night, yet who was “‘so pressed for time” that he never ate his meals with the other servants, but dropped into the kitchen whenever convenient and doubtless at such opportune moments as greatly contributed to his own satisfaction. It being announced to him by his master shortly after the Dred Scott decision, “Dick, Judge Tawney decided the other day that you are not man,” the old fellow took it in ——s Rood faith asa judgment of the court personal to himself. and after some cogitation exclaimed: “Well, den, inde name of Gord, what is 1?” There was so much point and pathos in the question that Dick ie noted on the strength of it, . Nancy Jones, famous for loyalty of nature and rice cakes; Henry Lemon, an able dis- courser on politics and religion, who always disagreed with his master, yet drove the car- riage faithfully over roads none of the best for forty-five years—these two, with old Dick, stood out as THREE REMARKABLE COLORED PEOPLE, different in every respect from the ordinary slaves, and by no means the least interesting features of the establishment. It was gen- erally conceded, however, that “old man Blair's” niggers were a set and that he had to hire other servi to wait on them, MR. BLAIR AS A PEACE-MAKER. During the formation of the republican party there was ® sort of preliminary civil war | 44 will among the politicians, of which the attack on Sumner in for which, happily, shooting, need, as their differences were, small effort, amical Curtis of New = ani settle WATCHERS AT ADLERS’S BEDSIDE |A JEALOUS HUSBAND'S DEED. They Thought He Was Dying at Mid-| Cruel Assault on His Young Wife—A| Measures Recommended For Prevent- night Last Night, but He Rallied. Trip to Baltimore and a Missing Ring. ing Obstructions of the Waterway, ‘The watchers at the bedside of Maurice Adler Yesterday afternoon, a few minutes after 4 thought the end had come just about midnight, | o'clock, two small boys ran out of house No. Dr. Wagmer was so well satisfied with the con-| 302 E street northwest, from whence the dition of the patient up to that time that he de- | screams of a woman were heard. They ran to cided to go to bed. He went upstairs and had | police headquarters and informed the officers barely composed himself for slumber when he | that a man was killing his wife in that house, was called down ina hurry. Mr. Henry Adier, | Detective Carter and Oiicer Slack at once ran the sick man's father, had noticed # sudden | to the residence, about which quite » crowd change in the breathing of his son. had gathered. Rapidly pushing their way There was no warning, no intimation, | through the throng the officers rushed up to » that a change was going to take place before it | room in the third story of the building, in came, The was labored | which they found s woman and a man, the for- and for awhile it looked as though all that had | mer sobbing bitterly and the latter in a fit of been done had been of no real effect and that} rage. The woman exclaimed: “Don't let him deat must eoon claim the sufferer. the heavy breathing was con- but it : treatment hit me again.” The irate man, advancing to the officers,asked what business they had there. ‘and in a little more than an| ™2® PARTIES IN THE CASE—THE WIFE's STORY. hour Adler was once more inaconditionwhich,| The parties were Harry E. Myers, ® if no better, was cert#inly not much worse than that previous to the attack. SINCE THE OPERATION conductor, and his wife, a young lady of Baltimore whom he married last Octo- ber. Mrs, Myers told the officers her story, of yesterday Adler has slept almost continn- | stating that her husband was of a jealous and ously, and it is, so say the nurses, more nearly @ natural sleep than any he has enjoyed since the shooting, and when he wakes he is perfec willing to take the nourishment which is offere him, One of the i tion is noticeable y, and that is the almost o head but it is evident that he is not as much bothered with itas he was a couple of —_ ago. The rigidity of the muscles of the neck has been relaxed a little and the result is a decided diminution in the suffering. Once only to-day has the wounded man complained of pain, and that he said was in his left arm. 4 VERY GLIGHT CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. Drs. Lincoln, Bayne, J. Ford Thompson, Mc- Blair and Wagner examined the patient this morning and afterward consulted as to his con- dition. They felt assured that the ope- ration has not shortened his existence but they agreed that it was too soon to say whether or not it had been of any material benefit to him. The arms and legs were care- fally examined to see if the rigidity had relaxed to any extent. A {change for the better—a slight improvement—was noted on leasing results of the opera- | kicking of pain. Occasionally Adler | she went to Baltimore for. an uncomfortable feeling in his | statements. ionate disposition, and that she, having een to Baltimore yesterday, he charged her with infidelity, which charge she stoutly denied. — Sore —— _— a attac! “ed — rowing her on cor and beating her ani g her in the stomach. Myers asked her to tell the whole story—what He dented her Officer Slack took ny tee the sixth precinct station, where he was locked up. Mr. Carter, secing that Mrs. Myers needed medical atten- tion, sent for Dr. Tarkington, who found that ebe was badly bruised and probably internally injured, ‘MYERS’ STATEMENT. Myers at the station denied his wife's state- ments and asserted that she was excited, and said that she had given him cause to be angry, but he hoped that he had not hurt her. Mrs. rs was in “Baltimore to see her rents on Tuesday, and on her return said she Baa seen Edward Brown, to whom, it is stated, she had at one time been engaged to be mar- ried. When she retarned Myers missed a ring from her finger and this, it is stated, led to the quarrel. In the Police Court this morning the case the left side but there was no apparent im-| was continued, Mrs. Myers being unable to ap- provement on the right, At 6 o'clock yesterday evening Adler's tem- perature was 103 2-10; pear. Mrs. Myers, it was ascertained late this morn- at midnight it was 101! ing, was not badly injured aud her husband G10, and by 9 a.m. today it was 101 410. ‘There | was released on $20 collateral, as — n a steady falling in the pulse. Yester- day evening it was 150, at midnight it was 132 and this morning at 9 it was 130. With the ex- ception of that hour of relapse early this morn- ing there has been but little variation in the respiration during the past twenty-four hours, it =e} generally in the immediate neigh- borhood of 20. THE NOISES FROM THE STREET— especially numerous and aggravating on Sat- urday—bothered Adler a little this af- ternoon, so the front door was shut. This, coupled with the fact that all the outside window blinds on the house were closed dead. on in about the same condition as he has day. ee WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. FATAL END OF A SPREE, Death of Samuel Huntress from Con- cussion of the Brain. HIS WAGON UPSET WHILE HE WAS TUSSELING WITH HIS EMPLOYE AND RE ROLLS UPON MIS HEAD—RUMORS OF MURDER—STATEMENT OF AN EYE WITNESS. “Coal oil, coal oil,” was the recently familiar ery of Samuel Huntress as he drove his wagon ve rise to a rumor that Adler was | through the streets and supplied families with Ge is not dead, however, and at 3 p.m. | that illuminating fluid, His sharp, shrill voice nm | will be heard no more, for death has sealed his lips in a manner that will cause an official in- vestigation. Yesterday morning Huntress left his home, Eaanty Crostxe.—The Post Office department | No. 3225 10th street, in company with James H. closed today at noon instead of at 3 o'clock, as | Combs, whom he employs. All day long they has been the rule for the past few weeks, Tho | drove about the streets and when their cus- patent office was closed today at 3 o'clock, and | tomers had been served they started off “to this order will continue in force for the remain- | enjoy themselves.” Before 3 o'clock both men der of the heated term. were under the influence of liquor and then Treasurer Huston has rented, through J.| they started for home. All went well until R. Hertford, the Berliner mansion on Colum- | they reached the entrance to Blagden’s alley, bia road near 14th street, in Mount Pleasant, Lircr. Borxnaw of the sixth infantry, Mrs, O. E. Burnham of this city, was honorably mentioned in an official order by Gen. A. McD. in which the stable is situated, in the rear of a! the Huntress home. A safe start was made by the team into the alley, but the men, from some unexplained cause, were then puiling and haul- ing at each other, and during their drunken McCook for having reached a distinguished | altercation the reins were tightened in such a Position in the class atthe infantry and cay- | manner as to misguide the faithful horse, which alry school. Lieut. Burnham wrote one of the prize essays, ae Goxz To Sanarocsa.— Treasurer Huston leaves the city this afternoon to attend the meeting of the national republican league ex- ecutive committee to be held next Tuesday at se Springs. He will be absent abouta weel District Pexstoxs.—The following-named pensions have been granted to citizens of the District of Columbia: Original invalid—Dorsey M. McPherson, Increase—Wm, H. Proctor, George Miller, John Connelly, J. F. Harden- parr, Peter Faulkner, Wm. H. Whiting, San- ford Bradbury, John Sheridan. Reissue— Joseph Werth. Isternat Revexve Orricers APPporntEep.— The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed had brought them that far toward home without their assistance, and the wagon ran against the house and was upset. HUNTRESS’ FATAL FALL. The men were too drunk to help themselves. The old saying that a drunken man never gets hurt did not prove true. Huntress was thrown to the cobblestones on his head. Several col- ored men, including Rufus Green and Robert Parker, went to the assistance of the drunken men, They found Huntress in an unconscious condition and his assistant with a coal oil bar- relacross his neck. The barrel was rolled off him and he was assisted to his feet. He then staggered to the stable, where he fell on the hay and went tosleep. Huntress was carried into the house. Itwes not thought that his injuries were of aserious nature, but his stupid condi- tion was partly attributed to the result of whisky. Dr. J. B. Johnson was sent for and dressed the following internal revenue officers: Store- | the injured man’s head, giving it as his opinion po J, Wagner, J. K. Patterson, Jno, Lauer, G. Meyer, Wm. F. &; Ts0N, Thomas Sheehan, Dudley Se- ree, Louis Parker, Andrew McCormack, that Huntress was suffering from concussion of the brain and that his injuries would probably prove fatal. It was about 3:30 o'clock when the accident occurred and the injured man died A. M. Earle, Isaac J. Sterling, John P. Willard. | #* 6:15. Gaugers—Wm. Q. Morton, Buckner Board, Wm. C. Edmonston, Geo. Brinkworth, Chas. ps Storekeeper and gauger—Jas, H. 6. A FALSE RUMOR, Policeman Jennings found Combs sleeping on the hay in the stable and he arrested him for intoxication, After be was locked upa ‘Tae Navat Ixsrecrion Boanp, of which | Tumor was started to the effect that Combs had Rear Admiral Jouett is president, will the U.S.S. Lancaster at New York on the 14th instant, struck Huntress on the head with an oil cup and the namesof Rufus Green and Robert Parker were given as witnesses. STATEMENT OF AN EYE WITNESS, Mr. B. F. Perens, stenographer to Secretary| When a Stan reporter questioned Parker Tracy, returned this morning from a month's | this morning he denied the statement that he trip to Maine. Cneprrep To THE ConscieNce Fuxp.—An en- velope containing a five-dollar bill was received saw Combs strike Huntress, He said that when the wagon entered the alley the men were pull- ing ateach other. Combs. he said, fell irom the seat into the wagon and he saw Huntress by the Secretary of the Treasury yesterday, | strike at him. When the wagon upset Parker and as there was nothing to indicate its pur-| said that he helped pick Huntress up and roil jose it was credited to the conscience fund, | the barrel off Combs’ neck. he postmark showed that it came from New York, COMBS’ STATEMENT, ‘When seen in his cell by a Sran reporter, Mrs. Dumont of Capitol Hill, wife of Super- | Combs denied that he had struck Huntress. He vising Inspector General Dumont, who has | Seemed grestly affected over the death of his been confined to her bed since June 22 with a | ¢mployer. fractured hip, expects to get pep during the coming week. This will gratifyiny news to her many friends here an elsewhere. Miss Belle Dumont, who has been in constant attendance on her mother day and night during her tedious affliction, will start next Thursday for Pequot Beach. New London harbor, for a two or three weeks’ visit for the benefit of the sea air and much needed rest. She will be accompanied from Jersey City, N. J., by the Misses Biederhaus of that city. Navat Caper Apporstep.—Allen Pendleton Whittemore has been appointed a cadet at the naval academy from St. Louis, Mo., eighth district, Naparaa Vessers General Dumont has received » report from Supervising tor McMaster of the New York a He said that they were both drunk, and when the wagon upset they both fell out. Coroner Patterson viewed the body and will hold an inquest tomorrow. Deputy Coroner Schaeffer will make an autopsy this afternoon. The iy of Huntress will be taken to Tan- mouth, N.HL, for burial. ——_—_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. me INSPECTOR OF STREETS. . A. Beuter has been appointed an inspector of streets at $3.50 per day. NEW SCHOOL HOUSES. The building inspector has notified the Com- missioners thatit will be necessarg to have a superintendent appointed to take charge of the following school houses now in course of erec- tion: Bennings, white; Bennings, colored; the Nor Uxpzm Ixsrrcror | Hillsdale and the one on Good Hope hill.” He Grxzzat Dvmont.—Supervising Inspector | recommends for Lu the position Mr. Samuel MISCELLANEOUS. The Commissioners today forwarded to the Wise. e explosion of L. F. Crock- | treasurer of the United States the check for launch at Buffalo on August | $250 presented by Which four persons lost their lives. | Lothrop for the Messrs, Woodward and firemen’s relief fund in recog- er's Ith, b Gen, Dumont stated today that the steam ves- | nition of the fireman's efforts at the late fire at sel inspection service has no jurisdiction over | their store. htha launches. In his last annual report he attenticn to this and recommended that = such vessels be placed under the control of the service, In his next annual the explosion of Mr. Crocker’s th ent in favor of naptha pels under 1 his bureau, ae 6 —_—_———_—_ Personxat.—C. W. Tenn of Chicago, W. Bea- | north A streets ton of New York, H. Silsbee of Michigan and T. Ww. of Boston, R. Norris of Pittsburg, T. Walter of Ohio, J. and J. Davis of itt. —Major Commissioner Hine has returned from New granted Jas, L. wt he will use | Parsons, the contractor, thirty days’ extension h as a fur- — the addition to the high school. petition owners on 3d street between East i demned 5 THE J. CANAL, Captain Lusk today wrote to caling bs stetion tte Seno rok can i | cause tional deposits. In conclusion he says that the canal @redged out just as soon as funds obtained for the purpose, but in order vent present damage recommends the and issuance of the accompanying order: “That hereafter no person or pile any stone, brick, sand or maternal within 12 feet of the edge of either wall James Creek canal, and all ms are forbidden to cast or dro —— of any kind in said canal, ree, lying be fastened by a line at each end, and no vessel in any case be allowed to be athwart or in any way obstruct the channel of said canal.” He recommends that if the order is approved the police be notified to see that ite provisions it I ai sv ss. bi ——~—_—_—_ Tut Orv Forks’ Concert Assoctation will give a family excursion to Colonial Beach on hursday text on the steamer Jane Moseley, There will be singing on the boat and good salt water bathing at the beach. Tur Covostan Brace Union Omarnt Anso- cares — ‘ive an excursjon e Colonial Beach on the Jane Moseley next Wednesday, the boat leaving at 9 a.m. » bony The bond in the caso of the estate of Cath- erine Frederichs, in the Pobate Court proceed- ono $7,000, not $700 as heretofore pub- e —_. Concerning the Weather. Local conditions caused a severe thunder storm yesterday afternoon and last night to bear out tLe signal office predictions of yester- day morning. Today these conditions still hover over the city and may give still more rain this evening, but the oatlook is good for a fair Sunday, ‘The little storm flurry that pre- vailed over Texas has disappeared, and the only disturbance on the weather map is in the northern New England region. Last night's shower was quite sharp, about an inch of rain falling after 8 o'clock. Almost as much fell before that hour, giving the day @ record only commensurate with what seems to be the general average of excessive moisture, tne - Range of the Thermometer Today. The following were the readings at the sig- nal office today: 8a.m., 73; 2 p.m., 78; maxi- mum, 7! inimum, 69, DIED. BELT. On Saturday morning, August TRUEMAN, the oldest son of Annie Gan neman Belt and grandson of the late Vuveral from his mother's residence, 3129 P Monday August 12 at 4 ck p.m. Interment i. Relatives and fi sas resp inv |, (Baltimore Bun please copy. BIRCH. On Saturday, Aucust 10, 1889, et $0. Mrs, JANE. LLIZA BIRCH, beloved wife of Almond Birch, in ber seventy-third year. Faneral from inte residenes, Palle Chureh, od , August 12,et10:50aum. Intermentat os Bene . Grafton DALY, On Friday, A MAGGIE 2. youngest st @, 1889, at 12 p.m. A child of John ‘3. and Daly, awed four years «ix mouths and eleven days, Funeral from her late residence, 1 367 C street eouthe West, Sunday, August 11, at 3-30 pan. Helatives and friends are rexpectfully invited to attend. wd { RALD. On Aucust @, LS8®, MARY the beloved wife of William PYtagerald { vacrick and Mary Crown, born the 23d SS ‘Her tuncral will take place from her Iste corner of Delaware avenue, and E street southwest, morning at & o\clock. and proceed to wi Monday Dominic's church. where requiem tess will be oaie prated for the repose of her soul. Prien 4 alives are reapectfuily invited to attend the faperal 2° HOXLE. On August & 1880, at Barnewville, Nout romery county, Md, at 9:30 am, Wi & OX LE of Washington, D.C, Faperal will take place Sunday morning st 10 g’clock at the Presbyterian church st Boyds Mouteomery county, Md. Friends and relatives are rosy ectiully invited.” (City and sdjacent county ~~ pers please copy J LINDSEY, On August 8, 1889, MARGARET W, LINDSEY, the beloved wife ‘of Samuel Lindsey, aged Bity-two years, Death's crue! dart has pierced our hearte And bowed us down with grief; And beneath the silent sod ‘Our darling mother sleeps. Theld the white hands folded They locked almost as if the ord ey looked almost aa Bad the promised given Test. By Hee Curepagx, Her funers) will take Seca we Sra eens southwest, and Proceed to St Mary*s church, Alexandria, Va. MAYN. On Saturday morning Ancust 10, 1889, 5:1) ovlorks MALY &, MALN, beloved deaghter of ZT. and C. 0, Mayn, ecventoen years and thi teen days, Is there s sorrow greater than thin, Knowing that we press our last kiss; Bear away cently our darling to rest, O! Father of Heaven to Thee we entrust. by Ben Susren. Funeral from her parents’ residence, 497 G street southwest, on Monday, August 12, at 10 o'clock a.m. Friends abd relatives are respectfully iuvited to at tend. [ Frederick, Md, papers please copy. } * PUMPHREY. On Friday, August 9, 1889, at viLiALAM T. beloved Sou of Aguee stad “Us bres. ral from. F.ith Baptist church Monday, Aueust 2 pas, Kelatives and tricuds respecthully tne } Friday, August ©, 1889, at 4 o'clock t iltnvon, wasch abe bers with Cease USAN SLATER, born at Arli Isoz, aged elghiy-seven years y MLE. church, corner Eleventh Folock ° August 11,'at 3 invited toatiend. ss BKPAPSHC - Ou the morning of Ai 1 1SHG, at 4 o'clock a.n., EMMA J beloved oe Charles A. Sporshott, cdcet daughter of Edward Ealover Lawarus, aged torty Years abd four months. Shed not for ber the bitter tear, . Nor give the heart to vain regret; Tip bal he Ske’ tla lies Je gems Uhat tilled it sparkles yet, By lien Sisren, respectfully invited to a reaidence. Kosalynu, Va = Relatives friends are tend the fune at ber late TAYLOR. vidsy, August @, 1S60, 10°45, 8. the teioved dadghter of Mrs Sareh inves parted tls lite at her late residence, 1116 Ketrest, aged twenty-three years tour months, Asleep in Jesus. blessed sleep, From which uone ever wake to weep. By Hex Mormes. Friends and relatives are invited to at tend the funeral from it. t chi Fourth and L streets, Sunday, August 11, 1889, ‘SHOMPSON. On August 10, 1859,at 4 o'clock a. Miss ELLEANOK THOMPSON, formerly of thie cry Dat lately of Mont twomery county, Md., aged seventy- seven years. BI : Frichds are nested to meet at the Mrs. Laudvoiew bd Tenth street northeast et 8 bebbsth afteruoun the 11] Ub. aud from thenes t the chapel st Oak Hill, where the services Place at 4 o'clock. TOLSON, On Thu , August 8, at 1 pangs TOLSUS Ta Aue seventy Otte pete ot suse. wal f1 Gorsuch cb Fe Half and Lostrocts ecuthwers Duuday, August Li ees =. Helatives end ineuds respectfully —P TURNER. 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