Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1889, Page 6

CROWDS IN MILWAUKEE. Everything Ready for the G. A. R. En- campment. Immense crowds reached Milwaukee last night by every train and thereare not less than 100,000 strangers in the city. About 50,000 of them are veterans, distributed among the pumerous suburban camps. Ramsom Post of St. Louis arrival in the afternoon, accompanied by the arsenal! band. but Gen. Sherman was not along. The latter arrived at 8 o’clock last night and was escorted to his hotel by the executive council ina body. By request the bands re- frained from playing “Marching Through Georgia.” Thousands of people lined the short route to the hotel and a scene amounting to an ovation ensued as they cheered and threw up their hats, When the carriage reached the Plankinton house the general was saluted with & shower of bouquets, Last night the old Iron brigade held a re- union at Elks’ hall, the chief feature being an address by Gen. F. 8. , its old commander. "The Sons of Veterans held a camp fire at West Side Turner hall. presided over by Commander- in-Chief Warner. and speeches were made by William J. Kershaw, Gov. Hoard, Gen. Alger, Gen. Rusk, Past Commander Rea, Charity Rusk Craig, national president of the Woman's relie! corps, The encampment proper opens today, when a grand parade will take place. It is ex- pected that 40,000 men will be in line. ‘The grand reviewing stand, which is located on Grand avenue near Eleventh street, will be cceupied by Gen. Sherman, Gov. Foraker, Secretary Rusk, ex-Gov. Alger, Gen. Mander- son and several hundreds of other notable soldiers and dignitaries. Gen. Warner will review the procession with his staff from horse- back near the end of the march. The proces- sion will start about 10 o'clock. This evening the chief meeting of the week will take place at the West Side Turner hall. Department Commander A. G. Weissert will preside at this gathering andan address of welcome to the soldiers on bebalf of Wisconsin will be made by W. D. Hoard, governor of the state, which will be answered by Commander- in-chief Werner. Mayor T. H. Brown will de- liver the address of welcome on behalf of the city and this will be responded to by Corporal Tanner, commissioner of pensions. soe Case Against Justice Field Dismissed. District Attorney White appeared before Justice of the Peace Swain at Stockton, Cal., yesterday and moved to dismiss the warrant issued against Justice Stephen J. Field, charg- ing him with being a party tothe killing of David 8. Terry, and which had been sworn out by Mrs. Sarah Althea Terry. This action of the district attorney was based on a letter of the attorney general of the state to the district at- torney directing that such course should be followed. ooo The President’s Outing. The President attended to no official busi- mess at Deer Park yesterday, devoting his whole morning to his large correspondence. In the afternoon he went for ashort drive, ac- companied by Mrs. Harrison, Baby McKee, and Miss McKee. Gov. Jackson and wife, Senator Gorman and Mrs. Gorman, Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Kee, Mr. and Mrs. Elkins, ex-Senator and Mrs. Davis left Decr Park this morning in the Presi- dent's private car Baltimore for Keyser, where they were transferred to Mr. Davis’ car, the West Virginia, in which they started on a tour of inspection over the West Virginia Central railroad. They will return today. +o Death of Gen. 1. F. Shepard. Gen. Isaac F. Shepard died at his residence in Bellingham, Mass., Sunday, aged seventy- three years, He was born in South Natick, educated at Leicester academy and Harvard, taught school in Boston twelve years, was also connected with the press, and published a yolume of poems, which elicited praise from Longfellow. He was a member of the legisia- ture in 1859. He commanded the Boston City Guards for some years, and in 1861 was made senior aid-de-camp to Gen. Lyon. After Lyon was killed Shepard was made colonel of the third Missouri infantry, and in 1363 was pro- moted to the rank of brigadier-general. After the war he reentered journalism as managing editor of the Missouri Democrat, He was also chairman of the republican state central com- mittee and in 1570 was appointed adjutant-gen- eral of Missouri, which ottice he resigned when appointed by Grant as appraiser at St. Louis, Four years later he was made consul to China and served as such under Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur. He was a 32d degree Mason and a prominent Knight Templar. He bought a farm near Bellingham two years ago and had resided there in poor health since that time. The funeral will take place at Ashland on Thursday and will be pi se A Cloudburst in North Carolina. Acloudburst over Rockingham, N.C., and vicinity destroyed the dams of the following mills at and near that place: The Pee Dee, the Roberdee, the Great Falls, the Midway and the Ledbelters. The machinery on the first floor of the Pee Dee and the Great Falls mills are considerably damaged, as is also the Mid- way building. The damage now estimated at ¥100,000. Five hundred hands are thrown out of employment. The railroad track of the Carolina for 15 miles is more or less torn up, and there are several washouts on the Pal- metto road from Cheram to Hamlet. ses A Philadelphia Sewer Bursts. The bursting of a sewer, due to recent heavy rains, caused damage in the fifteenth and twenty-ninth wards of Philadelphia yesterday, estimated at $100,000. Streets were torn up and washed out, cellars flooded, foundations and walls weakened and shattered, and stocks of goods ruined. Many persons narrowly es caped drowning and the inhabitants of the dis- trict are fearful of further disaster. Eleven Men Were Injured. News was received in Lincoln, Neb., last night that a construction train was wrecked late Saturday night on the Burlington and Mis- souri railway near Pine Ridge tunnel, about 350 miles northwest of that city, The train was running backwards and two cars were thrown from the track bya plank; Elev men were more or less injured, nearly all of tl wounds consisting of broken legs and dislo- cated ankles. One or two of the injured men are thought to be in a serious condition. T! road upon which the accident occurred is the — extension from Lincoln to the Black bo — eee Severe Shocks of Earthquake. Severe shocks of earthquake were felt through- out Greece yesterday and serious damage is re- ported from several towns, In many of the towns the inhabitants passed the night in the open air, fearing that their dwellings were un- safe. The greatest damage was done at Etali- con, where nearly half the houses were so much shaken up that they aro no longer habitable, Killed by a Falling Tree. Jas. A. Paramore of St. Louis, a Yale sopho- more, aged eighteen, who was on a trip through the northwest wit members of his family, was accidentally killed while visiting a lumber camp near Hot Springs, W. T. The other mem- bers of the party had gone into the woods, le ing James sitting on a stump. While they Were absent he was caught by a falling tree and his Lody horribly mangled, Pao Bax River, Great Werx.—On Tuesday, Wed- nesday, Thursday and Friday, Al 27, 28, 29 and 30, the great Aune Arundel County agri- cultural fair will be held at Bay Ridge. Pawnee Bill’s Wild West show will also give perform- ances on these dates. These attractions, with the fine Naval Academy band concerts in the afternoon, will no doubt be the meansof bring- ing thousands of visitors from Washington on the dates mentioned. For schedule of trains see time table in another column. Drowned While Bathing. Mr. E. H. Bowman of Chicago was drowned while bathing off Scituate Beach yesterday morning. Mr. Bowman was thirty = of age, s member of the law firm of ashbburn & Bowman of Chicago, and a» ite of the Harvard law school and of the preening pe He came east to id @ short vacation was with friends atthe Hume Rock house. i HH i THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. THE GREAT LONDON STRIKE. Shipping Business Completely Para- lyzed.—A Vain Attempt at Arbitration. The strike which was begun by the London dock laborers and which subsequently spread to the carmen,has now extended to the Thames iron workers, and the gas stokers threaten to join forces with the strikers. There is also talk of compelling laborers in all the trades to quit work and force matters to an issue at once, The iron workers’ strike adds 7,000 to the number of the unemployed. The men are as yet quite orderly. The shipping business is tely paralyzed and mail steamers are leaving without cargoes, ‘The tin platers at Bermondsey, a suburb of London, have joined the strikers. In Rother- hithe, the shipbuilding district of London,pro- cessions of are marching continually, but up to the present time the men seem to be Mai wuers have begun suits against the Commercial dock company, claiming dam- ages for detention of their vessels. The com- pany, however, claim that the act of parliament granting them a charter precludes force- aeeat of any claims for damages owing to strikes. The strikes is gaining new adherents hourly. Eight thousand sailors and firemen and 2,; dock men at Isle of Dogs, where several large docks are located, have gone out. The author- ities have become apprehensive of trouble and are holding the military in readiness to sup- press an outbreak should it occur. The coal porters at King’s Cross have also joined in the strike. A conference took place Yesterday between the dock managers and dele- gates from the striking laborers, but it was without result, In consequence of the strike, thousands of tons of mutton are rotting, it being impossible to find men to handle the stock. 4 The committee of the strikers declines to allow even perishable articles to be unloaded. Coal is at double the usual price. All produce isadvancing. The biscuit factories are stop- ping for want of flour, MOTHER AND BABE KILLED. Probably a Double Murder Brought to Light in Virginia. A Fredericksburg special to the Baltimore American says: King George county is consid- erably exercised over what is supposed to be a double murder, which was brought to light in that county last Saturday evening by the finding of to bodies in @ horribly mutilated condition. The discovery was made by Thomas Minor on his farm, “Pop Castle,” near Lamb’s creek, about fifty yards from the main road. Mr. Minor was riding along, when his attention was brought to an object a few feet ahead of his horse. Alighting, he found the bodies of a young woman andan infant, One of the lower limbs of the woman was gone, while the other was hanging in a hole of water, partially cov- ered with flesh. The remainder of the bod was lying on some boards and around the nec! Was a piece of ribbon, to which was attached akey. Near by was a small skull, a number of omall bones, several pieces of the child’s cloth- ing and female apparel. J.E. Mason, com- monwealth’s attorney for the county, was _im- mediately notified. “County Coroner ‘Dr. T. F. Ninde summoned a jury of inquest, whose in- vestigation revealed the fact that the deceased was Annie Rawlett and her four-months-old infant of that county. A verdict was rendered that Annie Rawlett and her infant came to their deaths by some person or persons unknown to the jury. She was identified by the clothing found, as it corresponds with the clothes worn by both when last seen. The key also fitted the lock to her trunk. Miss Rawlett and her child left the house of Mr. Cowan, her stepfather, about seven weeks ago, and had not since been seen. She was an orphan, and aged about thirty-five years. Considerable excitement prevails over the mysterious affair,and numerous rumors are afloat. By some persons it is thought that mother and child wers murdered, while others think that they wandered into the ravine along the creek and were drowned. How long they had been dead is unknown, and the terrible condition of their bodies is attributabie to the dogs and birds of prer. ————+ee: Gladstone on Turkish Atrocities. Mr. Gladstone writes to the London Daily News on the subject of the atrocities practiced by the Turks upon the Christians in Armenia, He commends that paper for bringing to light some years ago the facts about the Bulgarian atrocities and says: “We are entitled by treaty to demand that the sultan suppress these out- rages and punish the guilty miscreants,” Assaulted Her Nurse Girl. At Atlantic City, N. J., Mrs. Victoria Hamil- ton, wife of R. H. Hamilton, who is said to be a grandson of Alexander Hamilton and son of Gen, Schuyler Hamilton of New York, was ar- rested yesterday for a murderous assault on her nurse girl, Mary O'Donnell. She seriously cut the girl with a Mexican dagger. The latter is lying at the point of death, while Mrs. Ham- ilton is held without bail to await her injuries. What led to the affray isnot yet known. Mr. Hamilton is detained as a witness. The wounded woman was intoxicated. She raved violently and accused Mrs. Hamilton of having been a disreputable woman. Mr Hamilton's clothing was cut and torn and the defense will pocnors be that he was attacked by the woman before Mrs. Hamilton attacked her. a gee O’Brien and Gilhooly Convicted. The trial of Mr. William O’Brien and Mr. James Gilhooly, members of parliament, on the charge of speaking ata proclaimed ‘meet- ing at Cloualkilty,was concluded at Cork yester- day. Mr. O’Brien was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment and Mr. Gilhooly to six weeks, both without hard labor. At the ex- iration of these terms of sentence each must urnish bonds to keep the peace for six months, and in the event of their failing 6o to do two months’ imprisonment additional is imposed upon each by the terms of the sen- tence. O'brien and Gilhooly were taken from the court room to the Cork jail under a mili- tary escort. They were loudly cheered by the crowds which had assembled all along the route to the prison. Mr. O'Brien declined to enter an appeal and remains in the Cork jail to serve out his term. Mr. Gilhooly, however, appealed from the a in his own case was released on pending a decision, ——— Charges Against a Chinese Consul. The San Francisco Chronicle states that Leon Hang Tsang,Chinese consul general in that city, is to be made defendant in a suit foran account- ing in the United States court here on com- plaint of Moy Bock Hing, contractor, from Portland. Ore. The consul had charge of the distribution of moneys paid by the United States government to recompense sufferers by the riot and fires at Rock Springs, Seattle, Eureka, Truckee, Redding and other points, amounti: to $400,000, It 1s claimed that an unexpen balance of $300,000 is unaccounted for and that the facts have been laid before the em- peror of China. ——_——<oo.—____ A Robber Gang to be Broken Up. The gang of robbers which has been operat- ing so exteusively in Greene county, Pa., and Wetzel county, W. Va., since 1875 is at last ina fair way to be broken up. Charles Gorby, a suspected Greene county man arrested last Fri- day, has made a confession covering fourteen years’ operations of the gang and including nearly one hundred robberies of live stock, grain, flour, farming machinery, &c., and six arrests have already been made with many others to follow. The headquarters of the gang is in Greene county, Pa. soe Mrs. Harrison at Nantucket. From the St. Louis Republic. Nantucket is smiling at a little adventure of Mrs. Harrison at that place. There is a little store at Nantucket where they sell odd baskets of odd shapes, and it is the custom with visit- other day, and, looking over the baskets, asked the! old woman who sttends the store and who is of herself » character worth went isthe price of this basket?” holding on‘ Miarked on the bottom,” was the terse re- Fj rf i i f j i Fi ut i z f E i i i i E & A MODERN SAMSON. The Hercules Who is Astonishing the Public in London. ‘From the Pall Mall Gazette. ‘There are many Delilahs, but only one Sam- son, and he is performing at the Royal Aquar- ium at present, where his feats of strength are certainly of an original and marvelous char- acter. The spectator as he watches feels that itis better to be friendly with such a man; with a blow of his fist he breaks an iron chain that will bear a pressure of 3,000 pounds. With his two hands grasping a short chain of 2,500 pounds ascertained pressure, he makes ® momentary effort and pulls the iron chain to bits, and in what seems the most won- derful feat—namely, fastening two tight iron chain bracelets or armlets round his bi- ceps—the tator may view the process from beginning to end. One hears the ty peo take a long breath, sees the muscles of arm growing bigger and bigger, the cords of his neck swelling with the sustained effort, his face crimsoning, and then, in the silence, those nearest the stage can hear a curious little sun- dering snap; it is the doubls chain armlet that has broken and that the next second falls ring- ing to the floor. When Samson's fist is clenched and he is ready to strike the measurement of his upper arm round biceps and triceps is 193¢ inches, which, we may casually remark, is con- sidered a tolerable waist for a young lady. Among some of his minor feats—if such dis- plays can be called minor—Samson took a penny piece from one of the audience and at one trial bent it with his fingers as one may bend a railroad ticket, held it up to view for a second and then deliberately broke it in half and returned the pieces to the owner. A very little practice will convince amateurs of the hopelessness of breaking pennies with finger and thumb. The strong man next bent a four- foot iron gas pipe round his neck and cheer- fully straightened it again by repeated blows ou his left arm, such arm being for the nonce a species of anvil. Fourteen men came upon the stage, by invitation, to pull against him, but Samson, not deeming them enough or sizing up their athletic capabilities. with a professional eye, expressed a wish for four more. These men he divided into nine a side, the two sides nearly the width of a man’s stretch apart, and each side being provided with and grasping a strong and lengthy iron rod. Before placing himself be- tween them, Sampson stimulated their ardor by promising £100 to them if he failed to move them, and apparently there was a grateful de- termination on the men’s faces to win the pour- boire. Then there was ashort, sharp struggle; the men held their ground for a brief space, were pulled together and the next moment thrust apart, and finally swaying as they went, were carried away by the intensity of one straining man in their midst, Samson is man of thirty-one, of French origin, a native of Alsace-Lorraine. He comes to us from America, and this is his first appear- auce in England. At fifteen years of age he entered the circus ranz as ‘an athlete and pulled against horses and elephants, at eigh- teen he commenced to wrestle and from that time to the present he has left untried no means whereby he can maintain, train and do- velop his extraordinar: ‘ength, tee. TO BLOW UP A JAIL, Matricide Latimer Heads a Scheme to Destroy Michigan Penitentiary. A Jackson (Mich.) special to the Philadelphia Press says: Irving Latimer, the dude who murdered his mother last January in order to possess himself of her little property and was in April sentenced to prison for life, is in soli- tary confinement again and there is reason to believe that he will remain there for an indefi- nite period. When Latimer was first received at the prison he made such loud professions as to the perfect life he proposed to lead that the authorities at once grew suspicious of him and a watch was set on his every movement. Six weeks ago Warden Hatch began to believe that his suspicions were well grounded and the young man was kept under stricter surveillance than ever. Not only was Latimer kept con- stantly under the eye of trusty guards, but the visoners with whom he associated were sub- Jectea to like espionage, and on Friday a choreman was seen to pick up something near the north wall of the prison. He was not interfered with at the time, and when oppor- tunity presentei itself he transferred the package to Latimer. The latter secreted it in his cell Friday night. Saturday morning the youthfu! mur- derer was surprised to learn that somebody else would attend to his prison duties, and immediately thereafter Warde> Hatch and three deputies entered Latimer’s cell. The prisoner was muffed and a search of the cell was begun. Thatsearch resulted in the find- ing of a package of Hercules powder sufficient in quantity to blow up the prison. Latimer, always cool and calculating, showed not the least excitement when the discovery was made, Neither would he affirm nor deny that he knew anything of a pee to destroy the prison, and the warden sent him to the solitary cell to refresh his memory or break his temper. The powder was thrown over the walls by one of Latimer’s friends. The question is, who? A woman, who evinced a deep interest in the youth when he was on trial, has been here within the past month, and her actions will be investigated, though it is possible that her visit and the plot were merely coincidental. Some of the prisoners believe or affect to be- lieve that discharged convicts are at the bot- tom of the affuir. It is suggested that they in- terested Latimer on the inside and his friends on the outside, and that the purpose was to blow up a portion of the walls just about the time work was knocked off some evening, when a grand rush would be made and some of the 800 prisoners, among them the plotters, would gain liberty. For weeks Latimer has manifested a deep concern about money matters, which, under the circumstances, was considered singular. The plot to destroy the prison was not hatched in Latimer’s brain. For years the managers of the place have known that such ascheme would be worked when chauce favored, but it was not until Latimer came that a cool-headed villain could be secured to manage the details, The imperturbable young man carries all the at- tributes needed for the work, and he was en- listed in the scheme as soon as he was declared “QO. K.” by older prison birds, Warden Hatch believes that Latimer will tell all he knows of the conspiracy within forty-eight hours, ————- ee $2.50—Wasuinoton To Lunar Cave axp Re- TURN—$2,0.—Train will leave Baltimore and Potomac station for the above occasion Wednes- day, August 28, at 8:30 a. m., returning to the city at 9:15 p.m, via Piedment Air Line (Manas- sas branch) ond Shenanfloah valley railway, The most attractive excursion of the season at the most popular price. The cost is insignifi, cant in comparison with the pleasure tobe had. The magnificent Luray caverns illuminated with electric lights, the beautiful scenery of the famous Shenandoah valley, the historic scenes of some of the most stirring feats of arms of the civil war viewed en route, all invite toa summer day's outing under circumstances of pleasure, comfort and profit. The beautifully appointed Luray inn will provide dinner at the moderate cost of 75 cents, Avoid the rush and wecure good places by early application for tickets, Parlor car accommodation timited. Tickets on sale at ticket office 1300 Pennsylva- nia avenue, Baltimore and Potomac railroad passenger station and at ticket offices in Alex- andria and Manassas.—Adot, ~=ceraaicianienirs A Startling Proposition. From the Boston Advertiser, . The statement that married women in Iowa have all the legal rights that are possessed by their husbands brings up a scene that oc- curred in the committee on judiciary while the legislature was in session. Before the commit- tee there appeared one day a lady, young and not unprepossessing, to argue in behalf of a bill which proposed to grant more common law freedom to wives in making civil contracte. In the discussion which fol- lowed the argument the fair disputant put forth the proposition that if,a husband were incapac- itated m working the wife should be responsible for his maintenance. This col blooded assertion fell on the committee like s Hg gE e RUINING THE SEAL FISHERIES: Canadian Marauders in Behring Sea Ex- terminating the Rookeries. A Butlant, Vt, special to the New York World Wanderer, sent from Victoria for that purpose. “These Canadian marauders have greatly in- Feeney" etd De. Melstrey tae weet rears,” . Me! “The num! x the islands we estimate at nearly one- loes, are practically ex: “The recent dispatch from Victoria about the three British men-of-war going to the fish- eries is all bosh. The men-of-war are reported at Port Simpson and Juneau. These places are a thousand miles from Behring sea, and the movements of the men-of-war sim) ly indi- cate that they are on their way back to Vittoria, The Canadian sealers ha ish government has not done this shows con- clusively that it does not pro to interfere, “The interests of England in Alaska are ex- actly opposite to those of Canada. England derivesa larger revenue from the seal fisheries than does the United States. The value that is added to the skins by the process of dressing is more than the original cost of the skins. All that additional cost goes into the pockets of English workingmen. This is well understood by the English government. I do not think England back up Canada to the detriment of her own interests, There are several thousand workmen in London who seal skins, and the British have millions of dollars invested in the business, If the seal monopoly is broken up these workmen will be thrown out of employ- ment and the capital invested will have to be placed elsewhere. I do not think any of the Canadian sealers will resist the revenue cutter Rush. They have no force, while the Rush is well armed. She has gatling oe and @ swivel gun and is better equipped than ever before. Capt. Shepard, who is in command, is one of the best officers in the revenue marine service, and can be relied upon to carry out the orders of our government.” Dr. McIntyre has been in the service of the Alaska commercial company for ten or fifteen years. He Yer tof the year in Alaska and part in ermont E ENGINEERS. Chief Arthur Consulting With Mem- bers of the Order. P.M. Arthur, the head of the locomotive engineers, who arrived in Minneapolis Saturday morning says his visit to the northwest is not significant, He is there, so he says, to meet the Brotherhood of Engineers in a purely social way. Engineers from pointsa hundred miles from 8t. Paul and Minneapolis will come in to greet the chief. Mr. Arthur is not at all disturbed by the statements that there are severa: gentlemen who areafter his position. He admi's defeat in the “Q” strike, of course, but says the brotherhood will not suffer to any great extent by defent in a just cause. He says the strike must have cost the Burtington 7,000,000, and he says the effects of it are still shown in the financial statements of the roud. Thirty-three new divisions have been added to the order the past vear and the local disbursements are from $10,000 to $12.000 a year. The benefit association has distribursed #2,878°169. He says the men who participated in the “Q” strike are scattered all over the country. Some of them have not yet secured work. ———se______. Thousands of Lives Lost. The steamer Oceanic arrived at San Fran- cisco Sunday from Kong Hong and Yo- kohama, bringing advices to August 10 of further details of the bursting of the Yel- low river embankments. in the province of Shantung, July 22, state that the destruction is widespread. The breach in the river is over 2,000 feet in length, and a swift current t through, flooding to a depth of 12 fe large extent of the country lying a jacent. Many houses were washed away, and a dispatch from Chefoo states that the number of persons drowned is too great to be counted. ‘en districts are already sub- merged. and it is feared many more in the low-! ying | country south will suffer a similar fate. The latest advices concerning the earth- quake at Kumamota, July 28, place the num- ber of killed at eighteen and the wounded at nineteen, Fifty-two dwellings were demol- ished. A telegram on the 30th of July states that fifty-three shocks had been experienced and that they continued to be felt. sos Conybeare’s Loathsome Dungeon. A London cable special to the Philadelphia Press says: ‘An effort was made in parliament this week to secure the transfer of Mr. Cony- beare from Londonderry jail to better quar- ters. Conybeare, who represented a division of Cornwall in parliament, is undergoing » sentence of six months in the Londonderry jail for — participatmg in the plan of campaign. of which he has served two months already. He has been afflicted with a disease contracted in his celh and he is covered with vermin; still he will make no ap- peal for relief, and his colleagues in parliament are obliged to interfere on his behalf, against his will, in debate. Upon Conybeare’s removal last evening, Balfour said in reply to questions from the Irish members, at he had no idea how Conybeare became aftlicted, but supposed the last occupant ofthe cell must have left the parasites, When Balfour was asked who was the last occupant of the cell he responded Father McFadden, a piece of gratuitous black- guardism, since the jail has been crowded all the summer, ‘and the Gweedore riest, who is a gentleman of high culture and abitren | was released in May. Balfour has romised, however, to have the jail inspected y & competent sanitary engineer. ————eee—___—_—__ Harrassed by Witches. Aremarkable case is that of Samuel Arm- strong of Wapello, Ia, He is eighty-two years of age, owns property to the value of $250,000 and is insane, being so violent at times that it becomes necessary to confine him. For many years he was a success- ful and prominent contractor in Cincinnati, Ohio, “where he accummulated a for- tune. Fifteen or Meda 2 years his mind began to fail and peal drifted into insanity. Dur- ing the time this infirmity was growing on him he was induced to transfer his Avondale es- tate toan unprincipled rascal, who, it is said, did not render him the smallest compensation for it. This property was contested 1 by Mr. Armstrong’s heir. The sale of the contested Ill Used Until She Became Insane, A horrible case of parontal brutality is re ported from Mason City, W. Va. Miss Minnie Offenheimer was » beautiful fanllil ; F 5 ‘i i | i : ‘ait : HY fi al a TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1889. Broop Hoxozs Boils, pimples, blotches on the skin, eruptions, &e., evidence the fact that the blood is not in 8 good condi- tion. These symptoms result from the effort of nature to throw off the impurities, in which she should be es- sisted by SWIFT'S SPECIFIC. This will remedy the disturbance, and bring speedy and permanent relief by forcing out the poison, and will build up the eystem from the first dose. After recovery from a severe attack of congestion of the brain and stomach, my little son had a number of bad ulcers and running sores to come on his head and body, which lasted for four years. I tried all the doc- tors and many remedies which were recommended by other parties, but the sores still grew worse, until I did not expect him to recover. My friends were confi- ent that if the sores healed it would kill him Ia length quit all other trestment and put him on SWIFT'S SPECIFIC, and less than three bottles cured ‘him sound and well, and he is today a sound and healthy child. 8. & 8. also cured a soreon another of my children, B. J. McKINNEY, Woodbury, Texas. ‘Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. aoe AUCTION SALES. To-me ROW. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. PECIAL SALE OF CROCKERY, 18% WEBAESDAL. AUGUST TWENTT-EIGHTE. al N O'CLOCI * thin sales i ay sell without reacive” th we. craten ‘Assorted ee *UHHOMAS DOWLING, Auct. J) UNCANSON BiOS. Auctioneers. ASSIGNEE’S SALE OF FINE FANCY AND STAPLE ROCERIES, WINES, WHISKIZ ABRANDIES. REGIS’ FIREPROOF SAF fg hae ou CONTENTS OF STORE No 1408 MORNING, AUGUS' NTY- = ng TEN alsa will 14th ot, aw. the entire FLOUR SUG. E TEAS Of FF SURUPS CANDLES, STARCH, $0. FIVE FANCY GROCERIES AND SPICES, BROOMS, TUBS, ‘SH. ES AN! SI CORDIALS WHISKY DY, GIN, ROM, CASH REGISTER, SHOW Uo «agian AND FIREPROOF SAFE, AWNING AXD POSTS, ETC., usually found to in a first-class family 3 The sbove will first be offered asa whole and ife satisfactory bid is not obtained in tail. au24-3t rypuomas DOWLING, Auctioneer. VERY VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON THIRD STREET BETWEEN R AND 8 STREETS NORTHWEST AT AUCTION, On WEDNESDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-EIGHT, 1889, at FIVE O'CLOC in front : M., it of the prem: i sell the north 21 feet front of original Lot 43. in square 551, running back 14546 feet to au alley wi 85" feet wide, ‘Terms: 91,000 cash, balance in one and two years, with intereet and sectzed Oya desd of teeat oe tas property. or all cash. All conveyancing and record~ at purchaser's cost. A deposit of § will be re- q@ ‘at time of sale. au2l d&ds THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer, FUTURE DAYs. JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers ‘OCK OF GROCERIES AND LIQUORS, COMPRIS- ING IN PaRT TEAS, FLO’ ‘Sprces STARCH, CANDLES, TOILET AND LAUNDRY SOAPS, CANNED iD GOODS, SALT, PICKLES AND CHOW CHOW, CIGARS AND TO- ELLIES AND PRESERVES, WOOD Wane” NiREoA BLACKING. CLOTHES Aig, DaNteas BRUSHES, WHISKIES, GIN, ETC., ETC, sia A ER AND SHELVING, SHOW OC: TEA OUND SPICE CADDI! COFFEE LE AGALES On FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, A.D. 1889. BEGINNING AT 10 O'CLOCK, we will ‘sell at our SALESKOOMS, 91H and D STS. N.W.,a large and ——, assortment of Staple Groceries, the fo coorcios ofa SEC te ee tion, DUNCANSON BKOS., Auctioneers, : BT MAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES’ SALE 0) VALUABLE LOT AND DWELLING HOUSE No, 1600 SIXTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST. day of August, 1868, aud day secoeted heehee Be an 1330, folio 346, one ‘of the land records of the Dis: bg) of Columbia, and at sr request of the holder of ry ired, ‘sell at public auction, in front of the premises, to heat bidder. on THURSDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBEK, A.D. 1889, "at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. that certain ice or parcel of land) lying and being in the city of vi lumbia, and bein known ‘ashington, District of and described upon the ground plat or of th eaidcity as lot numbered one in John B. Turton’ subdivision of square numbered 179, beginning the southeast coruer of said lot and ‘square and run- ning thence wes: along the north side of Q street 110 feet to the east line of an alley 10 feet wide, thence north with the ea-t line of the said alley 34 feet to the Borthwest corner of the said lot, thence ‘east 110 feet to the west line of Sixieonth stteet west, aud thence eouth 34 feet to the beginuing. The said lot is aT eee by a handsome brick dwell- house with all the usual modern convenience. sale: Fifteen thousund dollars (815,000) of the purchase money in cash on the day le or within ten (10) days thereafter, and the in two equal installments, payable ‘within one and two ears from the day of respectively, with inter-st thereon at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum from said date, and secured by a first deed of trust on the Property sold, oF all of the purchase money may in cash Within ten (10) days after the day of aue. All conveyancing and recording at the cost. A deposit of 500 will be Property issold. If terms of sale, are With within ten (10) days after the day of sale, th “ustee reserves the right to property at the Cost and risk of defeulting purchaser after Ave (2) days’ noti: eazU-dts JOHN GOODE, Trastes, auz6-dts (THOMAS DOWLING, aucuoneer. LEG_ DINING T, NOT BI = TION BUOK CASE SECRETARY, SUPERB AL AN. FiLLOws HALK AND’ HUSK Ma’ ° AND BOLSTERS, STALE AN CAKPETS, CHAIR, WAT. ANTIQUE HALL FINE REFRIGERA’ ICE CHEST, HURSDAY Mi AUGUST TWENTY. xftre 1889, commencing st TEN O'CLOCK. at T7135 “Uea strest ewe twill soll the tone Tees re are all of the finest character, nearly new, and splendid condition, Cara pees the door. ‘Terms cash, OMAS DOWLING, u24-4t Auctioneer. YW tig SALE OF A VALU: fectr ABLE ‘TORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, NO. 81: STREET SOUTHWEST. giants liber No. 1193, 42 Fecdrds “of the District of Coluinbia, and at the luest of the holder of the note we sell at public auction, in front of to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY the THIKTY: FIKST DAY OF AUGUST, A.D. 1880, at FIVE "CLOCK P.M... that certains ‘of laud situate in the city of Washington, in sald District, and known as lot numbered thirty-eight (38), of Abram F. Pert of, ‘nurs wamberel tear “bandeel act yuare uz! uine (400), a subdivision being rr No, 15, page S2., The said lot is inproved by « near w ry we avenie: "Terme ct oer rd of the day of vale, or within ten dayy thereafter, Ualance in two two years after dato of sale, respectively. at the rate of ix per oat apbuu sold, oF all of the purchase mnoney may be raid Sore yithin tea. days" after the day of sale. oy Of'9100 will bet required when the reonere is after the day of sale the ‘Trustees reserve the right to Fesell the property at the cost and Fisk of the deceultc ing purchaser after fi it MEDICAL, &. ADIes WHO, MEQUIKE GH SEEVICES OF AN Physician It x i, Aa Fark Pisce ne. bet, Wand © 1108 and ith sts.n.e, only. Remedy 85, aul: D* LEON, coat SETS Clem aceon can be 7s 464 C st, os Eeceouat ahs READ AND BE WISE. Sim end free any bour xe Mille Seba, nN RAILROADS. Buarrmonz Axo Or nee EE, expres Vestibuled Limited ex- Press 220 am. and express 8.40: For ’ ‘and princy Se ee eT eee eet and Local tions t10,30a m ebenetes ner pee sa week days, 4:00, 5:00, 6:40, 7: Tmiinutesh, “Goad. «11:00, 30 10, ‘y. inutes) 230. 4:35, no 2 730, 30, 6:30, timore for Washington, wee 7:15, 720, 3:00 « 45 minutes) am. 1: te stations, t7:00 p.m, burch train leaves Washington on Sunday at 1:15 D.m., stopping at all stat Metropolitan Brauch. am, TS:00, T4530 p v 40. a.m. Louis daily 3:50 Pan. ; from Pittsburg 7.10 au. aud Bleep: on the 10:30 pin, open at 9:00 pn Fee's 0 rem: train hone soe sean co Eanes OO For Pi hia, Newark, Wilmingt “heater, 78,00, 19:30, *12:06 aan., 0, °7 08 ‘m. ste points, between Baltimore and et Mouday for and‘ checkea from hotels and by Union Transfer Co. on orders left at bicket offices, 619 aud 1391 Pennsylvania venue and CHAS. 0. SC Gen. Pasa Aut 3. T. ODELL, General Manager. IEDMONT AIR LINE. Schedule in effect Jane 30, 1889. 8:30 a m.—East Tenuessce Mail, day for Warren- ton, Gordonsville, Charlottesville, Lyncnbure, ad gations between Ale oy x, Losnol dy27 ndria an uel burg, Loanoke, ristol, Knoxville, Chattanoowa and Memphis. Pull: man Sleeper Wasiingtou to Memphis. 11:24 8. m.—Fast mail daily tor Warrenton, Char- Jottesville, Stations Chesapeake and Wuio ‘Koute, Lynchburg, Kocky Mount, Danville and Stations between Lynciburx and Danville, Greensboro’, tial bh, Asheville, ta, Birnuncham, Moutgo: ‘Texas and California, "Pullmau si Atlanta, parlor cars Atlanta to Mo: Sleepers Montgomery to New Orleans. Pul Sleeper msboro’ to Columbia and Augusta. Pull jan Sleepers Washington to Ciucinnati Via C. aud, 4:15 p. m.—Daily, except Sun for Manassas, Signabuty and ntetaediate sation Anne 25 p. m.—! ly Via Lynchburg, sto] and at ‘tan an Vonivae poor oe u to connecting thence for ail Arkaumas porte, aslington to New Urieune: ae 9:40 p.m.—Western Express, daily for Manassas, Cuipeyer, Orange, Charlottesville, Staunton, Louis: by ‘innati, Pullanan Vestibule train Washington: ¢ o pergond with al slee i i tur Lousvilie. D.3n.“southern Express daly for Leet bare Danville, Ca Asheville, ar! tte, Soe Al Atiants, Montgomery New Urieans, ind California, Pullman Vestivule Car Washington to = 3 via —-4 Monte = eo jeeper ion to Birmingham, Ala., via A! i and Georgia Pacine Railway. ‘Trains on Washington and Obio division leave Wash- ington 9-00 a.m. SL ezomt Ss Gaily; arrive Round Hill 1 returning leave Kound Hill am. daily 12 P.m. duly except Sunday, arriving Washington 8.1 nu. and 2:53 p.m. (Abrough trains from the South via Charlotte, Dan. ville and Lynchburg arrive in Washington 6:03 a.m. $n 713 pay. via bury at 6:03 ‘a, Charlotte, Columbia, Aurusta, ry. Now | Crivaus 20 t Tennessee, Bristol and Lynch- ..and 10:40 pin; via Chesapeake 8nd Obio route ‘and Charlottesville at 2-35 p.m. and 7:23 pam and 6:53 am ‘Strasburg local’ at :i1s ‘Tickets, sleeping-car reservation and information formshed, and taneces Checked at office, 1300 Peun- sylvania avenue, and at Puss ‘nis Kailroad, ith and B stree i sexy JAS. L. LAYLOR, Gen, Pass. Agent. \HE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE TO THE NOLIH, WES AND SOCTHWEST. DOUBLE i NDID SCENERY, STEEL HAULS, 0 RQUUPMEN'T, TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGT Ish CORNER OF SIXTH AND B STKE Yowse ETS, AS FOL i, . ¥KOM STATION, For Pittsburg and the West, Chicago Limited E: | be me es Limi xpress: man Vestibuled Cars at 9:50 atu daily, Fast Line, 9:50 am. daily to Cinciuatl and St. Lows, ‘With Sleepius Cars irom Pittsvurg to « lucibuel, abu UUTK to St. Louis: daily, except Saturday, fo Chicago, with Sleeping Car Aitooua. to Chic Western Express, at 7: p.m. daily, with Sleeping Cars Wasiaugton to Chicago aud’ St. Louis, con- necting daily ut Harrisburg with through Sleepers for Louisvilleand Memphis, Pacitie txpresa, 10-00 p.m. daily, jor Pittsburg aud the. West, with i eeper to Pittsburg, and Pittsbu to Licasco. BALIIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD Kane, Cauanusigua, Kocuester and Niagara Falls daily, except munday. 8:14.10. fe, Cais..duieun aud hochester daily; for But. faloand ..iayara daily. excevt Saturday, 10-00 p, mn, with Sleepuux Car Washinton to koches For Williamsport, Lock Haven and Elinira at . dn. daily, except pode . FOk PHIGADLLPHIA NS -W YORE AND THE EAST, 7:20, 9:00, 11:00 and 11:40 Am. 2:00, 4:10, 1 4 11:20 p.m. On Sunda: mm. 2:50, 0:00 and 1 Express of juliman « Cars, 9:40 a.m daily, except Sunday, aud 3:45 p.m. dally, with Duns FOR PHILADELPHIA ONLY. Fast Express 5:10 « m. week days, aud 8:10 p.m dally. Express 2:10 Dm. dally, Accom. 6 p.m 0 p. m. every lo ail through trains ‘ccumect at boats of Brovslyn Annex, atlurd- direct trauster tw Fulton strech a daw double ferriage across New York city. cca Ci aud Fouts ol Dewware Division, 1:47 p.m. week days. For Atlaniie City & 00; "11:00 and 11:40 a. m. week ye. Ov deily For Balti 2 & 0 p. mn. : For Po 20 am and 4:40 p.m. daily, For Anuapo! 20 and 9:00 am., 12:05, 4:20and 8:00 p.m. ‘daily, except Sunday. Bande vod a.m., 4:10 p.m ALLAANVKIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL PAL MAD ALEXANDAIA AND WASHINGTON aud 11:37 p. 10:07 am, 2 r E ay Accoumodation for Quantico, 7:45 a.m. and 4:55 p.m week days, 7:45 a.m. suudays, 2 and tue south, 4:50, iu. daily, except Sunday. for aud 6:21 p. ‘rains leave Alexandrix tur W. 15, 14:07 a ie 0, 10 ATSEILL MOUNTAIN: SALATOGA, Ou and atter SUNDAY, June West shore Kailrosd will run to and from the serey Cit is clos by D Daily, except Sut y Biatiun or the Peunayl we CuBRecUoRs Will fast tase. to Fhenicia (Gor and Mountain House), New ork tw Cald- 10 Surutoga. CATSKILL MT. SPECIAL — only, arriving 10:50 p. Drawing Hoom Gare New York to Graud Hotel Station ‘and to cia (for Hotel Keaterskili aud Mountain Jersey Cit Statin forall northern ce Bacwage checked THE EVENING STAR ts a PAPER OF TO-DAY, not of YESTERDAY nor of LAST WEEK. It prints ALL THE NEWS, Local, Domestic and LONG IN ADVANCE OF THE MORN. ING PAPERS. This is conspicuously true of all classes of news, but especially so in regard to Local News and District Affairs. THE STAR has a very much LARGER and BETTER force of LOCAL RE- PORTERS and SPECIAL WRITERS than any other paper in Washington ever thought of employing, and ITS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND PRINTING FACILITIES ARE MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS POWER- FUL AND RAPID AS THOSE OF ANY OTHER WASHINGTON PAPER. Itis therefore able to print each day a full report of every transaction of public ine | terest occurring in the District up te the very hour of going to press. 303, By the free use of the OCEAN CABLES for REGULAR AND SPECIAL DIS- PATCHES, and with the difference of time in its favor, it is also able to give its readers every afternoon the news of the WHOLE EASTERN HEMISPHERE for the entire day, and up to 12 o’clock midnight, thus leaving literally nothing in the way of news from Hurope, Asia, and Africa for the morning papers. Equally docs THE STAR lead all its contemporaries in the publication of the NEWS OF OUR OWN COUNTRY, Receiving the regular dispatches of both News Associations; with alert and enterprising special telegraphic cor- respondents at all important points; and with wires leading directly from its own office to the general network of telegraph system touching every city, town and hamlet in the United States and Terri- tories, it is enabled to receive and print atonce a full report of every event of consequence occurring during the day anywhere between the Atlantic and Pa- cific Oceans. —-0:. @ NOTE THE RESULT: 29 THE STAR HAS MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR SUBSCRIGERS and MORE THAN FIVE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR READERS AS ANY OTHER DAILY | PAPER IN WASHINGTON, It is de- | lvered regularly by careful carriers at the HOMES OF THE PEOPLE, AFTER | THE BUSTLE AND WORRY OF THE SAY ARE OVER, and it Is thus read | leisurely and thoroughly by EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. They know that it prints all the news, and has only the interests of the people of the District in view, with no partisan measures to advocate, and no private schemes to forward. They know it, in short, tobe THE PEOPLE’S PAPER, and nothing else. Asan ADVERTISING | MEDIUM it is, therefore, ABSO- LUTELY WITHOUT A RIVAL. It is in fact worth more as a means of reach- ing the public THAN ALL THE OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN THE CITY TOGETHER. Furthermore, in proportion to the re- turns it gives its patrons, ITS ADVER- TISING RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST UN THE CITY. —e—— In conclusion, the public should bear in mind this one significant fact: THE STAK does not rely upon empty boasts to impress the public. ITS CIRCULA- TION IS SWORN TO; its PRESS- ROOM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; and its BOOKS MAY BE INSPECTED by any one having an interest in their examination. These are CRUCIAL TESTs, which tew papers invite, and which those that boast most are least able to stand. —o:— © The esteem in which THE STAB 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- culation of the paper was: