Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1889, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. CITY AND DISTRICT. (@ The way to advertise is to put your ammouncement where it will be seen by the people you want to reach. Tue Star reaches everybody in Washington, and all advertise- tisements in its columns are regularly and carefully read by all members of the house- bold. THE OLD GUARDS’ TRIP. Preparations for the Departure for Mil- waukee Tomorrow. There was a meeting of the Old Guard last night, and the orders for the trip to Milwaukee were promulgated by Capt. Edgar. In accord- ance with these the command will assembly at atthe armory at So’clock tomorrow evening im fatigue uniform and shakos, with fatigue caps suspended from the waist belt; knapsacks will be carried, in which will be packed epau- lettes, dress coats neatly folded, and other necessary clothing. Blankets will be rolled and strapped on knapsacks. Each comrade will be required to wear the corps’ emblem and the G. A. R. badge. The line will be formed at 9 o'clock sharp, and, with the drum corps, will move by way of Pennslyvania avenue to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad depot, leaving the city at 9:30 p.m. ‘The train will be ran as a “special” and arrive at Milwankee on the morming of the 26th, where the headquarters of the and the department will be at Campbell's Hall, No 514 Grand avenne. On Wednesday, August 28, 1889, the corps will act as the escort to Commander-in-chief William Warner and staff from their hotel to the encampment building. i Quartermaster J.C. 8. Burger, assisted by comrades A. H. Van Dusen and George C. Harris, committee on transportation, will have exclusive control of all the necessary arrange- ments for the trip. The guard will leave Milwaukee for home on Saturday the 3ist inst. ‘The command was last night notified by tele- graph that it has been assigned a pdgition in the representation of the naval battle, which will be given in Milwaukee next week. Comrade C. B. Payer had made every ar- rangemeut to go on the trip asa private, but last night he was promoted and he is now a corporsl. The command will take at least forty- two members along. ood A SQUALL ON THE RIVER. A Steamboat Shaken Up by a Sudden and Sharp Blow. About 6 o'clock last evening a terrific wind and rain storm passed over the river about 45 miles from this city. The wind was so strong that trees were blown down along the river and considerable damage was done to barns and outbuildings. The storm centered about Smith’s point and played havoe at Clifton Beach. The steamer Arrowsmith, with several hundred ex- cursionists on board, was ready to leave the wharf When the storm came. The water was rough and the boat rolled considerably. The steamer was dashed against the wharf and sev- eral panes of glass were broken. The crash of the glass frightened many passengers and a panic was only averted by the coolness of the Ofticers. Many persons on the boat were made sick by the rough river. Brandy and wine were in great demand for awhile. On the beach the storm did considerable damage. The dining room was partly unroofed and the flying horses were sent some distance from where they were located. Besides the breaking of the glass the boat was not injured. The steamer Jane Moseley encountered the storm a few miles below Smith's Point. There was a large crowd on board. The boat was not affected by the wind and the passengers hardly knew that there was anything going on outside except a heavy rainfall. Sealer Sears The Normal School Graduates, To the Editor of Tur Evestxe Stan: Are they entitled by law to fill all vacancies in the ranks of teachers in the public schools That they are is claimed for them under the legislative assembly act of June 23, 1873. At that date there were 133 public schools in Wash- ington city, of which 8 were of the eighth ade. There was no high school. The pub- school systems of the levy court, George- town and Washington city. were distinct, and each system was under the control of a board of trustees. In these circumstances the act was passed “for the city of Wasbinzton” only. In effect it authorized the city board ‘to establish a@ normal school, with one teacher, in the Franklin building” for “advanced pupils who are to become teachers in the public schools of said city,” provided that no expense shall be incurred beyond aggregate of teachers’ salaries for 1874. The act was temporary and expired under the operation of itsown proviso in or before 1876, when the aggregate of teachers’ salaries exceeded that for 1874. Normal instruction is now given in three buildings instead of one; to graduates of two high schools, not to “advanced pupils” in the eight lower grades; by six teach- érs, uot by one only; and the expense is iti ex- cess of the teachers’ salaries for 1874 and is several times as much as that authorized in the actof 1873. Besides, the graduates are not limited to Washington city in their appoint- ments, but teach anywhere in the District. The school is not governed by acity board but by a District one. It differs from the school author- ized in 1873, im every point, locality, pupils, teachers, expenditures, territory to be supplied and government. it is the creation of the District trustees and not of a city board. The act of 1873 does not apply to it. That act, with many other enactments of an early day, has been made obsolete and repealed by the legislation into existence of many things in- consistent with it. It lies buried deep in the same grave with city and levy court ds, With laws requiring separate accounts of taxa- tion and expenditure for the county and each Of the two cities, or special assessments for street improvements, or relating to Tiber creek wharves, or apportioning the school fund between white and colored children, or forbidding the trustees to organize schools in excess of a certain proportion to the number of pupils in the preceding year, or requiring a certain sum for the benetit of schools to be paid by the Baltimore and Potomac railroad company for its privileges on @ public reserva- tion. If itcould be revived and rejuvenated by some elixir it is too small Present use. The phrase, ‘The graduates of this school shall have preference in all cases when ap- pointments of teachers for the public schools are to be made.” is the identical provision in force in several of the states, but it has never been held equivalent tothe phrase, “All va- eancies shall be filled with graduates until their number is exhausted.” It means that in mak- is appointments the graduates shall be first considered, and, if better qualified than other candidates, shall be appointed. Thishas been the interpretation from 1873 to the pres- enttime. Any interpretation forcing the ap- Yointment of an incompetent person as her would greatly injure the schools, A New York law provides that preference shall be given to ex-soldiers in appointments to minor offices. Suppose a veteran with two cork legs applies for the post of messenger, Tmaust it be given tohim? Or one without hands applies to be appointed recording clerk, has he the legal right to it? The main rule in in- terpreting statutes is to use common sense. If I aw correctly informed none of the high sehool teachers are graduates of the local nor- mal Are they all to be turned out to make Foom for the young graduates? ——— aan Stone Cutting on the Streets. ‘Fo the Editor of Tax Eventxe Stan: By what right do the Commissioners grant Permits to stone cutters to cut and trim stone on the public streets to the destruction of pri- vate property? There are some fifteen stone cutters engaged all day in such work one block each way from the corner of 2d and C streets southeast. The fine grit from the stones fills the houses opposite, ruining the furniture, hanging», pictures, &c.. from which it cannot be removed without cutting the surface with which it comes in contact. And this is tor private work and will probably go on over a heat whom it is done have over feet of vacant and narrow for Lawren. THE TENTS ON THE BEACH. The Camp of the ingtonians W. L, I. Corps—Wash- at Atlantic City. Correspondence of Tux Evaxrxe Stam Attaxtic Crrr, August 22. The lawn in the rear of the United States} PLATFORM ADOPTED—SLEMP FOR LIEUTENANT | vearg hotel has again assumed the military appear- ance it has worn for the last three years about this time in the season, and in three more days the tents that have been so rapidly put up by the advance guard of the Washington Light Infantry company will be alive with Washing- ton’s jovial soldier laddies and their host of accompanying friends and admirers, Last Saturday night Sergeant Major E. 8. Brandt, Color Sergeant H. Y. Brooke, Corporals D. W. Zantzinger, J. R. Sutton and H. L. Birming- ham and Private J. C. Speer arrived, in charge of the forty-three tents which the infantry will occupy for nine days from next Sunday, and to- day everything is in readiness for the arrival of the corps, with such a vim and ener; hi the sextet worked, The tents whic these gentlemen occupy is tastily and neatly fitted up, the piece de resistance being Corporal Zantzinger’s pillow sham. It is of filmy lace and linen and in its center is the letter Z, artist- ily embroidered by some fair sisterly fingers, The other five warriors are in nowise jealous, however, but tenderly regard “scratch my backs,” &c., while Mr. Brandt si; happily Vevery time he puts on his worsted slippers. The corps may feel assured of a Lage, hal come not only from the large number of Wash. ingtonians who are here but from the citizens, for it may be safely asserted that no organization is more popular, Peon 8 and individually, in Atlantic City than the Wash- ington Light Infantry corps. AN ACCIDENT. ag There are any amount of Washingtonian here and one meets them at every turn on the beach, the board walk and the avenues, Quite a serious accident happened to the little son of Mr. Will Acker, who, with his charming wife and their two children, are at the Continental. The little fellow with his nurse was enjoying a whirl on the merry-go-round, when his attend- ant missed her footing, falling heavily to the floor, carrying him with her. The maid es- caped with a bruise or two, but the little boy fell on his head. His uncle, Dr. George Acker, who is at the Colonnade, was quickly in attend- ance and restored consciousness, and today the youngster is feeling considerably improved, rand Mrs. Schooley and Miss Katie Frye reached here Saturday from Cape May, and the latter is still here at the Shirley as brown as a berry from her summer outing. Mr. Widney, the well known singer, and Miss Shell of the ‘Treasury department are also at the Shirley. Atlantic City has worked a great cure in the person of Mr. Brewer of the second assistant | eapage general's office. For three months e has been suffering acutely from nervous prostration, being entirely incapacitated for duty. He came here a week or so ago and now expects to be able to return to his official desk very shortly, so rapidly has he recuperated, ‘The well-known newspaper man, Joe Y. Potts, accompanied by his father, isat the Leland. Mr. Potts, senior, knew this spot years ago, when there were but two buildings on the site of Atlantic City, and he teems with reminis- cences at once int and interesting. Messrs. Cook Flenner, Ed. Wilson and Joe Grady have been getting sunburnt and healthy during the past few days, and Mr. Gus Brill is at the Metropolitan when not breasting the breakers. Mrs. Rimby of Philadelphia, formerly Miss Annie Faunce of Washington, and her niece, Miss Kate Steuart of F street southwest, are enjoying themselves at the Stoddart. At the Atlanta the recent arrivals from Wash- ington are Mrs. J. W. Pitney and her little daughter, Miss Mamie Larman and Mrs. Eu- gene Carusi, child and nurse. Mr. John Dickson is at the Delaware, and his brother, Wm. Dickson, with his family, will be He is Nominated for Governor of Vir- ginia by Acclamation. old GOVERNOR AND LUBTY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. | at one After the report of Tax Stan closed yesterday the Virginia republican convention at Norfolk met in the evening and was. rapped to order by | War as @ captain of artillery in Temporary Chairman Wood, who called for the TT bo ticket report of the committee on credentials, which contesting delegations—York, Portsmouth and | the republican Elizabeth City. Only the Mahone delegates were admitted to seats from York and Ports- mouth, and the other contested seats were divided between Mahone and anti-Mahone del- PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. F. 8. Blair presented the report on perma- be the candidate Slemp of Lee the is considered. and in 8G NO WORKMEN IN JOHNSTOWN. nent organization, which was adopted: Chair- | The Furnaces Forced to Shut Down— man, George E. Bowden of the second district; vice presidents—first district, W. N. Ashlie; second, R. E. Banks; third, E. D. Waddill, j fourth, Stith Bolling; fifth, J. H. Johnston; sixth, Dr. J. T. King; seventh, J. T. Newma! eighth, W. C. Elam; ninth, H. W. Holderwa; tenth, W.S. Franklin; at large, F. 8. and A. N. Dickinson; secretary, Asa Petersburg; assistant secretaries—W. W. Evans, Petersburg; OC. L. Saunders, Norfolk, and L. 8. | dred Walker, Shenandoah; sergeants-at-arms, N. G. Reed and J. J. McMahon of Norfolk and Ports- mout! Mr. Bowden made a brief speech on taking the chair and introduced Hon. W. C. Elam, chairman of the committee on platform and resolutions, who submitted the platform, which was greeted with great applause, which some- times became tumultuous. MAHONE NOMINATED. Col. Lamb then nominated Gen. Mahone for governor in a brilliant speech, closing by say- ing that the people of the state wanted a gov- ernor in sympathy with the administration, a governor who would uphold the rights of the colored people, a governor who, though loyal to the Union, still loved his old contederate comrades, a governor who would give an ad- ministration second to no other state in the Union. When he called Gen. Mahone’s name the audience rose en masse and there was the aiereg cheering, while the band played “Dixie,” The nomination was seconded by S. Brown Allen of Augusta in a spirited 7 Other seconding speeches were made by R. A. Paul, colored, of Richmond, who said ‘he formerly had been a kicker, but now would say, “Lead on, master, I will follow;” A. W. Harris, col- ored, of Dinwiddie, Warren Lurty of Rocking- ham, H. P. Gray of Rockingham, and E. W. Hubbard of Buckingham. On motion Gen. Mahone was declared the nominee by acclamation and the audience arose, cheering vociferously. Col. Lamb of Norfolk and Mr. Hubbard of Buckingham were ap- ointed acommittee to notify the general of is nomination. The committee returned with the general in twenty minu‘ which was the occasion of another outburst and ovation. After music Mr. H. C. Wood presented the general as the next governor of Virginia. GEN. MAHONE ACCEPTS. Gen. Mahone gracefully acknowledged the high honor conferred by his party and, in ac- cepting the trust, said he had. never yet re- fused to obey the will of his party. He would have preferred that some one else should have been nominated, but in accepting the nomina- tion he felt that it meant no faltering or short- coming, but a fearless and resolute discharge of his duty. He felt assured by the earnest work of the convention that it expected every man to do his duty and relieve the old com- monwealth of Virginia of bourbon supremacy. here tomorrow. Judge and Mrs. Lothrop and Miss Mamie Lo- throp are still enjoying the surf. OTHER WASHINGTONIANS, Wm. H. Manogue is at the Colonnade. Mr. John B. McCarthy, Senator Stanford's private secretary, and the Misses Larner are at the Shelburne. Misses Edith and Mamie Owens of H street are in the breakers every day. The water has been “perfectly splendid” for the past few days and the weather all that could be desired, although yesterday and today were rather sultry in the early afternoon. Great eparations are being made to make the In- Antry’s stay a pleasant one, and many private entertainments will be given in their honor in addition to the numerous public affairs, B.C. O.~ Sees ee From Washington Grove. Wasuinetox Grove, Aug. 23. The morning train yesterday brought a num- ber of visitors to the grove anda good many more came in vehicles in the afternoon. Rev. Harry France at the morning service preached from the text, ‘Create in me a clean heart, O God.” A large audience listened to the after- noon sermon by Dr. Naylor of Hamline church. Young people’s meeting at 6:30 was under the direction of Mr. Harvey. Dr. Van Meter preached last evening, anc the sermon of this morning was delivered by Rev. William Riley. Rev. McKendree Hammack preaches in the afternoon, and Rey. Mr. Gill from Frederick tonight. What might have been a serious accident oe ere yesterday evening. A young lady, in attempting to cross the railroad track slipped and fell not more than two feet from the engine of approaching train. and was dragged away just in time to save her life. She passed behind a train which had just gone by and did not see the other coming. The tax collector will be at the office of the financial committee today at 2 p. m. to collect the taxes for 1890. Mr. Wm. Palmer, a well-known tenor of ——— is a great acquisition to the choir ere. Misses Annie Meredith, Mamie Frankland and Mary Meredith are visiting Mrs. J. R. Mickle on Fourth avenue. Mrs Mary Sioussa is visiting Mrs. Murphy on Fourth avenue. Mr. G. W. Pollock aud his daughter Lola have arrived incamp. They have been summering near “Luray Caves.” Mr. Allen E. Wilson spent the day yesterday in the grove with his father Mr. Henry M. Wilson. Miss Clara Barton was here from the city yesterda ‘Among those from the county were Rev. Mr ‘Teagarden, Mr, Israel Warfield, Rev. W. 8. Thomas and brother and Miss Rosalie Boui and R. L. Mackall and wife. G.A.R. Excursion To MinwavKer.—The Old Guard and the Department of the Potomac have arranged with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for a special train to Milwaukee on the occasion of the twenty-third national encamp- ment, for which a low rate of fare for the round trip has been made. The special train will leave Baltimore and Ohio depot 9:30 p.m. August 24. running through to Milwaukee with- out change, arriving on the morning of the 26th. Tickets will also be good going on all regular trains from the 23d to orth inclusive. The G.A.R. respectfully invite their friends to join them on this grand excursion. For tick- ets, a space and general information apply to Jobn C. 8. Burger, A. H. Van Deusen and George C. Harris, committee, at G.A.R. hall, 1412 Pennsylvania avenue, 7 to 9 Pe. or for information to Baltimore and Ohio et offices, 1351 and 619 Pennsylvania avenue, and at Baltimore and Ohio depot. = A Man 118 Years Old. An Ottawa, Ont., special to the Philadelphia Press says: The town of Wincheste miles from this city, claims the oldest inhabi- tant of the dominion. His name is John Page, a native of Sussex, England, where he was born in July, 1771, or five years before the Declara- tion of Independence. At an early age he ran away to sea, but was subsequently recovered d bound as a ship's apprentice to a Capt. Harvey, in the merchant service, and while still in his i He alluded to the several interests affecting the state and suggested that the policy of protect- ing her industries and the settlement of the debt question be urged upon the people on every court green, hile democrats wish to let the tariff question drop it shall be pressed on ever court green in the commonwealth. The question, he said, is whether foreigners shall sell in this market without a license; whether the harbor of Norfolk shali be de- nuded of American shipping; whether the great mineral resources of the southwest shal! be developed. The speaker expressed his thanks to the convention, and in asking the hearty co-operation of the people predicted victory, and left them to the completion of the work for which they assembled, THE PLATFORM. The platform declares faith in the adminis- tration and ih the principles of the national republican party, with earnest approval of its policy of a protective tariff. which favors and renders necessary the repeal of the existing onerous war taxes on tobacco and fruit brandies and an endorsement of the Biuir educational bill, It declares for civii and political equality, and clearly presents the various local issues, placing the party on the side of progress and | improvement, pledging the party to correct the | evils fostered by the democrats, It declares | that the success of the party depends upon “the alleviance of all Virginia republicans, the cordial recognition due it from its national allies and the righteousness of its cause,” and asks for the supportof the community. ‘be- cause it made suffrage free and always respects and defends the popular will and the ballot box, which the democrat oligarchy despises and de- frauds; because, as our constitution, laws and history attest, it is the original author, restorer and ever-ready champion of our free school system, now deprived of free books by the hereditary foes of popular education and elevation; because it is the zealous friend of | the insane poor, whom it rescues from the jails and ' poor houses, to which the democratic authorities consign them, and whose females it shields, east and west, from violence and debauchery; because it lightens the burdens of the taxpayers and practices an economy in striking contrast with the extravagance which in the last five years has squandered on the mere administration of government $1,500,000 in excess of what four years of republican administration have de- monstrated to be necessary therefor; because its 80,000 ex-confederate fathers and sons for- cibly tell the disabled ex-contederates, or the widow or orphans of a dead confederate sol- dier, that sympathy or succor for each and all of them can surely be found in its ranks; be- cause it favors the rights and demands of honest labor, whose wrongs as against convict labor, imported pauper and contract laber, un- just exactions im taxes and road work, combi- nations of unscrupulous capital, unfair laws, i judi decisions,” and because its “being squarely ‘on the right of many other local issues. It recommends unlimited coinage of silver; ledges the party to protect the oyster beds; lenies that the success of the party endangers the social order and civilization of the state, de- claring their aim to be to insure ‘‘only the secu- rity of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all dwellers in the Old Dominion, and that | all shall be allowed to exercise their political, civil and religious relations in accordance with the highest civilization of the age.” It pledges the party to settle the debt question to the advantage of the people of the state without giving them additional burdens. At the conclusion of the reading and adop- tion of the platform a resolution was adopted appointing committee of ten to take steps to uge the present plan of party organization. Gen. Mahone was appointed on this committee. The number of members of the state central committee was changed from three to five trom each congressional district, ‘THE CANDIDATES. Gen. William Mahone, the republican nomi- nee for governor of Virginia, was born in Southampton county in 1827 and was educated | at the Virginia military institute. Up to the outbreak of the war he ae in railroad surveying. In 1861 he entere confederate service and was made colonel of the sixth V: ginia regiment. In March, 1864, he was com- missioued brigadier general, and in the follow- ing August he was raised to the rank of major bos cag He subsequently led a division in 'scorps and surrendered with Gen. Lee 3E 3 i nd Hi i i of of eo t f Hi } The Health of the Town. The scarcity of men is being felt in Johns- town, Pa, Only three of the six furnaces of the Cambria iron company are in operation, caused Biers | PY ® scarcity of coke, and by the fact that not rg, | Cnough men can be secured to keep the fur- naces moving. It is stated that several hun- more unskiiled laborers will be required to work the furnaces. It is probable that be- fore long the same excuse may close the other three furnaces. The Johnson company, too, is short of workmen, It advertised yesterday for fifty laborers and for skilled workmen to be employed in the switch works at Moxham. The scarcity of workmen is not limited to laborers, however, contactors and builders find it dif- ficult to hire as many skilled workmen as they need, though wages in most de; ents have advanced 50 per cent since the flood. It is thought the workmen fear the sanitary condition of the town, but all the physicians express the opinion that there is little if any more sickness in the town now than formerly at this time of the year: tt though the sani- tary condition of the town is not what it should be it is still as good as in most other places and certainly not such as to warrant the belief that an epidemic in the near future is amon, the probabilities. Dr. Lee of the state boar of health, b les concurring in these opinions, says the condition of the town inside of a week, 1 the completion of their work, will be very fai, The death rate, which for several days this week was large, is down again and the few re- maining cases of typhoid fever, caused, Dr. Lee thinks, by bad water, have been controlled, oo POSTMASTER LEWIS BOYCOTTED. Compelled to Sell Out His Business Be- cause of the Atlanta Agitation. An Atlanta special to the Philadelphia Press says: The post office sensation in this city has assumed a new phase, that of a business boy- cott. At least that is the story given out by C. H, Chase, the partner of Gen. J. K. Lewis in the rubber business. Gen. Lewis has been for years president of the Atlanta rubber company. As soon as he found himself in a storm because of his appointment of the colored man Penny to. position in the post office, where he would have a white lady as a companion, he suggested to his partners that he was ready to retire from the rubber company. In an interview today Messrs, Chase and Covell announce they have bought out the business of Gen. Lewis. Mr. Chase, when asked about the change, said: “The firm couldn't afford to be boycotted on account of unpopularity of one of its members, and so that member of the firm was asked to seil his share of the business and withdraw.” This marks a new phase and the end of the trouble is hard to foresee. Gen. Lewis is deeply mortified by the drift of public senti- ment against him, but claims it is uawarranted. chido va ans A Supenion Train Service.—The Pennsyl- vania railroad lines to Atlantic City possess all the advantages and all the facilities for safety, speed and comfort. Excursionists to Atlantic City tomorrow by the popular 4 o'clock special will enjoy these facilities. Round trip, $3. Free transfer through Philadelphia. * date cole nants The Crow Chief Murdered. White Horse, the chief of the Crow Indian tribe, has been murdered by an unknown assas- sin and his remains thrown into the Yellow- stone river, where they have just been found. The deed was committed several days ago, as the body was quife decayed when found. The tribe are aroused to high indignation and swear to have revenge. The Indian was shot through the head. White Horse was an Indian who had a fairly good command of the English language, and was well liked by most of the settlers through the country adjacent to the Crow re- serve. Many of the old settlers remember the incident of White Horse entering a church at Buffalo several years ago, during communion service and partaking of ‘the holy bread and wine in such quantity that the minister found himself quite short when administering to’the wants of the balance of the congregation, tor — An Old Lawyer Dead. Abraham Browning, New Jersey's oldest and most famous lawyer, died at his home in Cam- dep yesterday, aged eighty-two years, His father founded the West Jersey ferry at a time when the boats were propelled by a paddle wheel driven by a horse on a treadmill. When the West Jersey ferry company succeeded to the business the family Wiained large propri- etary interests in it. Abraham Browning was educated at the law school of Yale and became the most eminent lawyer of West Jersey. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1844, and subsequently became attorney gencral of the state, serving one term. He was at first a Henry Clay whig and assisted in or- ganizing the republican party, but having been defeated by John C. Ten Eyck ina bitter con- test for the United States ‘Senate, he turned democrat and remained with that party for the last thirty years, but never again became a candidate for office. "ee Shot by a Rejected Suitor. Maud Bortle, the sixteen-year-old daughter of James ©. Bortle, who lives near Oneida, N. Y., was fatally shot by her cousin, Edwin Knowles, last evening. Knowles had been working for Bortle for some time and had fallen in love with Maud, the youngest daughter, who did not reciprocate his affections. Last even- ing Knowles entered Bortl house and after exchanging a few words with Maud he drewa revolver and shot the girl in the head. He then turned the weapon to his temple and pulled the trigger, making a severe scalp wound. The murderer then walked down in the field where the father was at work and told him what he ad done. He then walked 3 miles to Oneida and surrendered himself to Deputy Sheriff Wiles. The girl cannot live. Knowles is thirty- four years old aud is considered to be weak minded, Hangman Berry Wanted to Come Over. Mr. Arthur Berry, whose business it is to go about in her majesty’s dominions hanging peo- ple, is, like Alexander, “weeping for more worlds to conquer.” He complains that there really is no chance for an able hangman to dis- tinguish himself in this country, and so when he heard recently that five murderers were to be hanged in a bunch in New York city he promptly cabled to Gov. Hill offering his serv- ices for £50 and expenses, and at the same time vernor that he would guarantee ‘hat the governor's answer was, - ipa seer goede ations —_+oe—_____ The Rev. L. P. Walters of Morganton, N. C, the réckaship of St TURDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-FOURTH, he nGcarosaias I will sell shove ‘ithth ny salesron eae ‘Terns cash. ‘THOMAS BOWLING, FUTURE DAYs. UNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers, EIVER'S SALE OF HOUSES. DOUBLE WAGON, SARE s sinks og Qn MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST TWENTY- ‘sell on the i, 1 at FOUR 0" .. I will fpreg lege duioe on tbe Hanan od pst ness, Farming Implements, &., &c. cash. Rests CHAS. C, DUNCANSON, Receiver. x Sapo DOWLING, Auctioneer, VERY VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON THIRD STREET BETWEEN B AND 8 STREETS NORTHWEST AT AUCTION, On WEDNESDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-EIGHT, 1889, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. M., 1m front of the prem* the north 21 feet tront of original Lot ‘ o1, running back 1453 feet to an alley rat reece pe a FES . F am, 12: am, 4:00p Branch, 16:45, Pyseem ha Pana for principal siatione aig Portals maton sateect as ‘and way 235 p.m. Foe, Gaithersburg: ard Interuiediate points, °9:008, O35, TLL :2O p. ‘and ‘intermediate stations, 17:00 p.m, train leaves Wi on Sunday at 1:15 at all statous on ML tau Brauch, ers 30 am, 13:00, 4:30 — palance in ed by a deed of trust on the couveyanciug and r.cord- ‘A deposit of $100 will be re- am one? na Cipcinuati and si z1- THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. 5 Pam. ; trom Pittsbure ‘ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. HANDSOME PARLOR SUITE, UPHOLSTERED IN RAW SILK, WALNUT AND OAK CHAMBEK SUITES, EASY “CHAIKS, BOOK SHELV GES TERT ABLES ROCKERS WALNUT r TAL EXTENSION TABLE, WALNUT SIDE- weer] D, WALNUT DINING ROOM CHALKS. : 4 KED IN LEATHER, BLDSiEADS, a oe am. U and $430 p. 1 ath Washiugion, *8:30, ETC. ae AUGUST TWENTY-SIXTH, at TEX : 3 pindbnicnshegeoasines A.A, we shail sell at residence, No. Philadelphia for Ws 1 Nostreet northwest, » geueral assortment of House- eRe ot we 25 N stroct i & general assortine 7 ene. ey eee ee aS ad buyers ‘or Ailahtic City 4:00 and 9:30 am., 12:00 noon T WP om. sundays 4:00 a m., au UU Bok, uy Branch aud Ocean Grove 14-00, 18-00 & << os $8 Sunday abd Sowa: ‘a.m. and wis daily 3:50 210 am. and ‘00 a.m... Vand on all day tratus open at 9:00 pam WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Aucta.__ |HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, TRUSTEES’ SALE OF CHOICE SUBURBAN REAL ESTAT WENTY FIVE FEEL FRONT, ON of a deed rt h 7, 1887, 236, folio 2U2 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, we will sell at public auc. Hon, at the preiises, on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER FOURTH, 1889, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.! 2 foluow. ing-described reai estate, to wit: ibe 2S feet of Tot nuubered eigiit (Sy, in block punubered wig (6), of ‘and Evan's subdivision of Meridian Hull, as the ~ - r saine is of record in the surveyor's office of the District Erutol, Knoxvilie, Casttamoces so Meher ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money in ba ym oe tan Sleeper Li:v4a.m.—Fast mail \y tor Warrenton, cash, balance in two equal payments in six and tweive | lottes on mouths from date of sale, to beat interest ot 6 percent Mille, Stations Chesapeake and Ouio Lynchburg, Kocky Mou . Der aunum, to be secured by deed of trust on said Lot | between ‘Lynchburg at Danita eee eRe or ali cash, at option of the purchaser. A deposit of | eigh, Ascville, Charlottes, Golunbin here, $100 at the ume of sale. It Auabta, Biruingham, Montgomery, New Orleans, of Texus abd Califoruia. "Pullinan siceper New York to Atlanta, parlor cars Atlanta to Mouwomery. Sleepers Montwomery to New Orleans. Sleeper Greensboro’ to Columbia and Aucusta. Pull wan Sleepers Washington to Ciuciuuati vis C- abd Q 4::5 p. m.—Daily, except Sunday, for Manassas, bury and intertnediate stat = Pp. m.—Deily via Lyneubvurg, Bi tanooga.” Pullman Vestioule Sleepers Mempuis, counecting thence for all Arkausas polute, also'W m to New Utieaun, oft B, m—Western "Extreme, daily for Uipe) er, Urange, Cl wttesville, otaun! ville, Cinciuneti Pullauan Vestibule train and 1301 Pennsylvania avenue, and CHAS, 0. BCU. Gen At Ohar- ‘Route, bs’ SALE HREE- BKICK DWELLING HOUSE, NO. 819 © STKEET SUUTHWEST. By virtue of acertain deed of trust, dated the 4th day of August, A.D. 1886, ied it. of the holder of the note thereby secured, we | to Cinciunati with a Puliman sle public suction, in front of the premises, Southern 1x} the highest bidder, ATUKDAY the 1 3 KST DAY OF AUGUST, A.D. 1889, at FIVE r that certain yaece or parcel of laud nau Vestibule Car Washington to t Wasiiugtou, in guid District, aud | New Oricaus, via AUanta and Montgomery. Pullman known as lot nuuibered tuir.y-chht (38), of Abrain F | Sleeper Wasllinetot to Birmingham, Ala.. via Atlante rker a part of, numbered four (409), said subdivision the oltics of the surveyor, book 5, page 82. ‘The said lot is nnproved by @ neurly new three-story brick dwelling house with the usual modern conveniences, ‘Lerms of suie: One-third of the purchase in cash on the day of ~ale, or within ten days thereafter, and the Valance in two equal installmenis, pay able in oue and two years after date of sule, respectively,witu interest at the rate of six per cent pec anuuin irom Ley d b. a first deed of trust on the yurchase money iuay be paid in cusb s’ uiter the day of sale. All conveyauc- Jug wud recordiiue ut the purcaser's cost. A de, onit of $100 will be required when the property is suid. Af iexins of sale are uot compiied with within ten days after the day of sule the irustees reserve the right 10 Teseil tue property at the cost and risk of the detault- ing purchaser after five day a ament, yieSTin B. request of ‘will sel to Vision of | and Georgia Pacinc Railway druius on Washington and Ohio division leave Wash- iugton 9:00 am. daily except Sunday, and 4:4: caily; arrive Round Hill 11: 0 a.m. @ud7 returiing leave Round Hill 6205 ain. dail ws. daly burg at 8:0; 4nd Ohio route 3 pam. apd am. ‘Lickets, sleeping-car reservation and information furn aud Checked at office, 1300 Peuu- sy lvania a ud at Fussenger Statiol, Pennaylve- 6th and B streets. JAS. L. LAYLOR, Gen. Pass, Agent. 1p BY Greaz sup PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE TO THE NOKAH, WES DUUBLe TRACK. STEEL RAILS. ~ ” MAGNIF -, AN EFFECL Soak 01H, 1sny. TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON, FROM STATION, CUMNE OF SIXTH AND STREETS, AS FOL For Fittsburg and the West, Chicago Limited Express of Fuluman Vestvuled Cars at 50 au daily; Fast Lm, daily lo Ciucluwat abd st. Louis, ping Cars irom Pittsburg to iuctuuati, sua Harrisburg to ot. Louis y. except saturday, fo Chicago, with Sleepinx Car Aliooua to Chicago. Western Express, at 7-40 p.m. daily, with Sleepiug Cars Wasuington to Chicago aud Bt. Louis, con- hectiug daily at Harrisburg with through Sleepers pe for ee ~ dupbis. Pacific xpress, 10:00 2 daily, tor Pittsburg and the West, with Mix. M. J. PRANDI, ch burg, and Pitusbure F a {irs. Macriacn ‘hicaxo. Sleeper wale ca = =, A por BALTIMOKE AND cl ‘avods, For Kune, roperty WILLIAM W. GEORGE W. STICKNEY, Ai LADIES’ GOODs. r FRONTS! _FRONTS!! just t tor Summer wyein oe yn io rerry uu, with Sleepuug Car Washington to For Williainspurt, Lock Haven and Eluira at m. uuily, except sunday. FOk eh Ty via. NEW YORK AND T | 00 and 11:40 a. B., 2-50, 4:10, 10% Express of | ullman except Sunday, and 3: Ua N rst-cless Ladies’ and Gents’ work of on. Fiush, Velvet and Everum Dresses. AND CAROLINE LEACH, turmeriy with A. iid Maison Yriese, Paris. ‘w York a every Sere: =a DRY CLEANING ESTAR N iB MENT AND DyEe WOKS, 90g G st. nw. , 3 nts of ids cleanedand co a 1 ped without being ripped. Ladies’ Lvening Dresses & \pecialty, Thirtg-tve years’ experieuces Prices oucrate, _Goods called tor and delivered. sit ARaiOOL GOIENTS MADE UP OR RIPPED dyed # govd mourning blac! 4. FISCHER, 514 ‘$00 G st. Bw. MEDICAL, é2 T, rs Sunday and 11:20 pm. lor Cars, 9:40, 249 p.m with Dui “FOR PHILADELP! Fast Express 5:10 a. m. pang hg Gauly Express 2:10 p.m. dally. Eyt bos ton, without change, 2 5 or Brovkiyn, N.Y... tras deeey City with “boats of rvoalya ‘Aunes, aden rect. trausier street, avoidiug double ferriage across New York city For Uccal Cy aud Fouts on Dewware Division, 1a V- Bs weea aay 0, 11:00 and 11:40 s, m, week ME. 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Se. rice, 1.” Bent ncaled Uy niall. Yor eale at a3 STANDIE OKD'S, cor. Uthand Faw, a . to and trom CAISKILL City Station at 8:50 au. ui wd Hotel, 1 POTOMAC RIVER BOATS, TEAMER JOHN W. THOMPSON POTOMAC ‘Leave 6th- Fc ae si ee TUESDAY we Gth-strest whet? ever ss and THUMSDAY at 6 p.m for Rock Point Galtoae, SARATOGA AND. Lode, Coun Wharves, dunith's Oreck, sna Leave Pijladelphia, 8: bite st above wharves in the day tae ne. a4 Pan. ; Grand Hot ure as far an Noi 5 Fare Below Nomint, 7 eta: eécond-class, 50 ota | fn-__ Ave, Surmtyen C ee to Grund Hotel Station and 10 Phases oe Kaaterskill and Mouutain House), New Xork to well aud Jersey 4 10 Daratoxa. pBAKALUGA AND CATsRiLL ar. " ve E beng ‘25 pin; Hotel Kanterseulloct Leave ‘Arrive Phgnicin 12-59 in; Mount House Staten, 1220 pom Pasa 25 pam. Drawiue-rouus Cars Jersey City to Grasd Hote station ato Phosuicia ‘for Hotel ‘Kesterekill CATSKILL MT. EXPRESS.— am. 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These are CRUCIAL TESTS, which tew papers invite, and which those that boast most are least able to stand. —_—90—— = The esteem in which THE STAR is held by the reading and advertising public is conclusively shown by the fig- ures given below. In the first six months of each of the five years named the average daily cir- Equally significant is the showing tn regard to the advertising patronage of the paper, which is the surest indication of its acknowledged value as a medium of publicity. Thenumber of NEW AD- VERTISEMENTS printed in the col- umns of The Star during the first six months of the years named was as fob lows: Im 1885........0002.c0cecee--19,888 6 1B86........00.-00000e++- 82,820 * 188B..........0000ceee0+--BT,808 « 1G8D...........00cccceee+ BLOTS