Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1890, Page 8

THE LOCAL MENTION. The Weather. YORFCAST TILL EIGHT A.M. FRIDAY. For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. threatening weather and light showers, followed by clearing weather; colder Friday and Saturday; cold wave; winds shifting to westerly, Feit Dasss Scrrs in broadcloth and worsted. Eisean Buos., 7th and E. Fixe Lapres’ Dursses (second-hand) bought and sold. Jusrn’s old stand, 619 D st. n.w. Lapres and children who cannot wear corsets age requested to try our “compromise bodice.” M. C. Warns, 1003 F st. Szx Our Suits. Reduced to $9.90. Eisemax Buos., ith and E. Tue Crearest Fret in the — is Wash- dngton gas light company’s coke. en ecieen aes Exclusive Agents, “TsrattitE aNp Ixprax.”—Lecture by Rev.L Stern at Sth-st. temple tonight. See notice. Bez Ove Scrts. Reduced to $9.90. * Eimemax Buos., 7th and E. Gerstenberg’s Lowling For Watt Parer axp Wixpow Saapes go to BW. Henpensoy’s, 1115 F st. nw. Srx Ou Ovexcoats. Reduced to $9.90, ae Ersextan Bros., 7th and E, Brrore You Buy your carpets and furniture see W. H. Hoeke’s stock and get his prices Szx Our O re. Reduced to $9.90. EnCSPseMAN Buos., 7th ard E, YVisrr the Empire Carpet Cleaning Works, 681-635 Mase. ave. n.w. ‘Telephone 787-2 11s. Keduced to $9.90. Se detail Race Tia, Bry Your Coat. Coke and Wood from Jorx- sox Brotsens, the leading firm im the Dis- trict. Bxx Ova Ovencoats. Reduced to $9.90. os, 7th and E W.S. Fisurn, floris_1425 Pa, ave. B.w. Liveniss in al. shad E:semas Bros. d designs. b and E. CITY AND_DISTRICT. CONDENSED LOCALS. Yesterday afternoon a horse attached to a sartload of coal on the 10th-street wharf backed overboard and with the cart went to the bottom. The horse was owned by Mr. Howard De Atley, and was valued at $230. The acci- | dent was caused by the animal balking and | backing. Yesterday James H. Johnson fell near the | corner of 14th and F streets on the point of a picket of an iron fence, and it made an ugly | wound under his right He was taken to the emergency hospital and attended by Drs. Gill and Ellyson and afterward seut to his home. Yesterday Sergeant Connelly was transferred from the second to the erghth precinct, and Sergeant Dunigan, of the eighth, to the second. Yesterday a dead colored iufant was found in | alley between K and L and 12th and 13th streets northwest. Last night some boys stretched a wire across the pavenient in front 0° No. 50 Myrtle street, and Miss Mary O'Conner, residing at 1006 435 Street southwest, fell over it and had two of her teeth knocked ont. Last evening a fire took place at the residence of Dr. Alexander, No. 2007 L street northwest. | caused by a lighted Christmas tree and about €20 damages resulted. The reception to Dr. Rankin, the new presi- dent of Howard university, has been postponed at his request to the 22d instant on account of the death of ex-President ton. Dr. W. T. Gill of the medical staff of the emergency hospital has resigned. He intends to goto New York, where he will take a clini- cal course. Mrs. Caroline Mitchell, an aged colored Woman, was found dead in bed at the corner of 2d and K streets yesterday by Sergeant Bryan and Private Kamer. The coroner gave a cer- tificate of death from old age. — Arrested in Baltimore. On Christmas day Richard Sanders, who had taped from the work house, Wm. Lee, James Lee, Edward Fisher and George Carter, all colored boys, went to Baltimore where they were arrested as suspicious characters. They gave fictitious names, but after Detective Mahon had identified Sanders and brought him back they owned up totheir true names and through Officer Henry their parents were found and they have all retarned home. — Officers Elected. Excelsior lodge, No. 14, K. of P., have elected the following officers to serve for one year: Heil, P.C.; F. V. Berry, C.C.; A. Jewett, V. H. E. Mockbee, prelate; J. A. Weigie, M. of F. (re-elected); Wm. H. Mohler, M. of E. (re- elected); B. F. Evans, K. of RK. S. (re-elected. A. R. Searl, M. at A.; representatives to Grand lodge, F. T. Scott, H. J. Gasson, A. M. Cronk, | B. F. Evans, J. W. Palmer; orplans’ trustees, W. H. Mobler, A. M. Cronk, W. T. Mockbee. | The clerks’ assembly has ‘elected the follow- ing office: Ww Swinchart; W.F., Geo, Spier: recording secretary, A. H. Hiltz; finan cial secretary and treasurer, George Bartlett; past officer, E. W. Hambleton. THE CHOSEN FRIENDS. Arrangements for the Biennial Meeting of the Supreme Council in This City. The supreme council of the Chosen Friends will hold its biennial meeting in this city, be- ginning on the second Thursday in April. It is expected that about haif of the 45,000 members of the order throughout the country will at- tend the meeting. The sessions will continue through ten days and the members of the local councils have already begun to make prepara- tions for the meeting, which it is expected will be the most largely attended of any that has ever been held in the history of the organiza- tion. A committee, of which Mr. Henry Stras- burger is chairman and which consists of three members from each council, will arrange for a grand entertamment to be held in Lincoln hall while the delegates are in the city. It is pro- posed to erect a large ballin this city for the use of the order anta lot on G street near Epiphany church has been purchased and will no doubt be the site of the new hall if itis decided to go on with such an enterprise. me CHILDREN ABDUCTED. A Divorced Husband Leaves for Parts Unknown With His Daughters. Interest in the sensational divorce suit of Coates versus Coates was renewed in St. Louis yesterday when Mrs. E. 8. Coates received a letter from Dr. Coates, her former husband, announcing thathe had left for parts urknown, taking with him their two children, Emma, aged seven, and Mamie, aged five years. When Mrs. Coates was granted a divorce it was stipu- lated that the father should have the children with him at certain intervals. Dr, Coates came to St. Louis from Montgomery, Mo., shortly be- fore Christmas and sent for his children, Yes- terday morning the mother received a letter from Coates stating that he and the children were hundreds of miles away, and that she would not see them again for four and one-half years. Mrs. Coates is prostrated with grief, Dr. F. H. Coates shot and killed Dr. Keith in St. Louis a couple of years ago. He claimed that the shooting was provoked by Keith's at- tention to his wife. Keith was a man of nearly seventy years of age, and Coates’ assertions were not credited by the friends and acquaint- ances of the old doctor and Mrs. Coates. BATHING CHINA. How the Yellow-Skinned Celestials Care for Their Saffron Bodies. From the Popular Science News. The following is a brief account of the Chi- nese baths, taken from personal observation: ‘There are two outer rooms used for undressing and dreasiz.g: the first and larger is for tho poorer classes, the second for those who con- sider themselves more respectable and who wish tobe more private. As you enter the larger of these rooms, a placard which is hung near the door informs you what the charges are,andaman stands there to receive the money on entrance, Arranged in rows down the middle and around the sides of both rooms are a number of small boxes, or lockers, fur- nished with lock and key, into which the visitors put their clothes, and where they can make sure of them when they return from the bathing room. ‘The bathing room is entered by a smail door at the further end of the building, and is about thirty feet long and twenty wide, the bath oc- eupying the whole space, except a narrow path around the sides. ‘The water is from one foot to eighteen inches deep, and the sides are lined and covered with marble slabs, from which the bathers step into the water, and on which they sit and wash themselves. The establisimentin the afternoon and evening is crowded with vis- itors, and on entering the bath room the first impression is almost insupportable. The hot steam or vapor mects you at the door, filling the eyes and ears, and causing perspiration to run from every pore in the body; it almost darkens the place and the Chinamen seen in this imperfect light, with their brown skins and long tails, sporting’ in the water, render the scene a most ludicrous one to'a foreigner. Those visitors who use the common room only six copper cash; the other class eighteen; but they, in addition, have a cup of tea and a pipe of tobacco from the proprietors. I must mention that one hundred copper cash amount to about nine cents of our money, so that the first class enjoy a hot water bath for about one- halfacent, and the other a bath,a private room, acup of tea anda pipe of tobacco for something less than two cents. From this it will be seen that the Chinese, although far be- hind us in many respects, could give our poorer classes a lesson in cl Shot at Four The schooner Joseph W. Brooks of Baltimore, Capt. Hunt, was found Tuesday night by Capt. Geo, W. Clarke of the Folly, Maryland state fishery force, dredging on Hackett’s Point. The vessel refused to heave to when ordered by Capt. Clarke, who opened fire on the schooner and fired 400 rounds, *She was finaily captured, after being riddled with bullets. No one was hurt. ———@e. New Jersey Pastors Opposed to Betting. The city pastors of Elizabeth, N.J., are mak- ng a Vigorous crusade against the Elizabeth race track, which was opened two months ago _ The Theaters Next Week. Buyov.—Geo. 0. Morris’ spectacular melo- | “A Legal Wrong.” will be the attraction | Bijou theater next week. The plot | Jeals with legal complications which illustrate | how the technicalities of the law may defeat | the real ends of justice. The play was co dwith the purpose of bringing out as | y as possible every dramatic point, and | the result is a very striking production.” The | Stage effects are tuusually pretentious, among | the scenes being the “Deck of the Morning syclone ut sea” and “An island in the xax’s.—The London Specialty company are down for a week's engagementat Kernan’ commencing next Monday evening. The com pany includes Lester and Willams, Sam De- Vere and any number of other well-kuown ar- tists. Sparring will be one of the features of the performance, as there will be an“unknown” who will spar against all comers. —— High School Reunion—Class of ’86. The class of "36 of the high school held a re- Gnion last evening at the residence of Com- missioner Hine, ‘The evening's entertainment | consisted of a musical program, followed by dancing, which was kept up until a late hour. Mass E. V. Brandeuberg began with a piano solo, Miss Burroughs sang “On the Bridge at Midnight,” Mr. L. E. LaFetra sang and Mr. L. P. Whittaker recited : Among those present were Mra. E. P. Mertz, Misses Hine. Burrough, Baxter, Donovan, Bol. Way, Morsell, Boyly. Brandenberg and Messrs. Horton, Bates, McKinney, Fischer, ae La Fetra, Clephane, Redman and Wil- a ———— Marshall P. Wilder. ‘The first public appearance of this celebrated | bumorist in this city, January 10. at the Church of Our Father, will be an interesting event and will be welcomed by hosts of friends, old and aew, who have long desired him to give oue of | his delightful evenings here. The musical part of the program wili be furnished by the club, | somposed of Messrs. Herndon Morsell, Henry { Xander, Herman Rakeman and Paul Miersch, The sale of reserved reats at Metzerott's begin today. resem cee As Issvraxce Bos». Equitable Life Assurance Society has for a number of years written more assurance annu- ally, and held a lar company, and the figures published in another column show a handsome advance over those of the preceding ‘The Society now offers sbond which under one contract combines an investment with life assurance. It is state: that by this combination a variety of benefits are secured which will undoubtedly render the bond attractive, both to young men who are sble to lay up small sums from year to year, and to men of wealth who have surplus income wo invest. a Fast Trarxs to New Youk.—The Baltimore md Ohio trains to Philadelphia and New York wre the fastest in the country. The equipment @ superior, the roadway excellent and the service punctual, No extra fares are charged tor fast ime. bad as alii As Inrortayt trustees’ sale of improved property on N street, West Washington, takes tomorrow afternoon at 4:30, being house jo. 3327 and large grounds. The attention of Private buyers and speculators is called to this a New Conyzctios to Asnapotis, Mp., via Bantimone axp Potomac Rartnoap.—The pas- wenger department of the Pennsylvania rail- toad announces. that, commencing January 1 the connection for Annapolis, Md., by train leaving the 6th street station at 9 am., will be resumed daily, except Sunday. . | nursing of a French girl through a case of | do so no more and to leave town, left the fol- | §]Harbeson Hickman, the wealthiest man in | Sus It is claimed that the | home in Lewes, f surplus than any other | and has just closed for the winter. Real estate in the vicinity of the track has gone up in value, but the city’s morals have been contaminated, they say. and undermined by the betting mania, “Father Gessner of St. Patrick's church gave his congregation a straightforward dis- course on the matter. He pictured the betting ring and shouted: ‘Five to three Cortland wins! Seven to three on Oregon.” His hearers laughed at the sally. Dr. Hempshall and other Prostestant pastors are supporting the priest in his agitations, - es Miss Kate Drexel as a Nurse. Miss Kate Drexel, now Sister Catherine of the Order of Mercy, had her first experience yes- terday in the work she has chosen. She is now at the Mercy hospital in Pittsburg, and yester- day a man was brought in who had been blown up bya natural-gus explosion. He was horribly burned from the waist up and was suffering in- | teusely. Sister Catherine stood at the toot of | the bed and watched the doctors dress his wounds, then took her place by his bedside to watch him during the night and minister to his wants. Her only previous experience was the blood poisoning. A Deaf Mute’s Confession. A deaf mute arrested in Pottsville, Pa.. for at- tempting suicide and let go on his promise to lowing peculiar letter with the police: “I am | siucerely sorry for all my sins. I often told | many lies. I did not pay many saloon keepers | tor liquor, and also played tricks on them. I have often troubled my faimly by fighting with them. I have often stole whisky and money from my mother and family, I often stole the leather and sold it for whisky. Loften had a bad habit of bumming for whisky. I have | neglected praying morning and night for se eral years. [stole my brother's $3 and spent it for whisky. I was often earsing and quar- reling with my parents. I broke the tem ance pledge two times. Iforget many sins. <ieon told lies about some people. 1 was often lazy.” aoe aes Delaware’s Dead Millionaire. ex county, Delaware, died Tuesday at his aged seventy-one years, His estate was valued at 31,000,000, A widow and | four children survive him, pat oi o~~ | Protecting a Prince. H t is rumored in London that Sir Charles | Russell has given up his brief for Lord Euston | in the libel action connected with the Cleveland | Street scandal and accepted one from the prince | of Wales. He will watch the case on behalf of | Albert Victor, whose name has been persist- | ently dragzed into the affair. It is evidently Lord Euston’s tactics to cripple Editor Parke by heaping up costs by means of legal motions al, EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., MONTANA SENATORSHIPS. Wilbur F. Sanders Elected—A Sketch of His Career. The republicans of the Montana senate and house met in joint session at noon yesterday to ballot for United States Senators. Col. W. F. Sanders was elected unanimously on the first ballot. For the second Senator the first ballot stood: Mantle, 11; Rickards, 11; Leavitt, 8; Hersh, 4; Power, 3, andCarpenter, 1. The joint session was then dissolved until today. fo The democratic house and five senators met at noon for a joint session, but no quorum was present. The informal ballots taken for United States Senators indicate the choice of W. A. Clark of Butte and Martin Maginnis of Helena, THE NEW SENATOR. Wilbur Fiss Sanders was born in Catteraugus county, N.Y., in 1834. In 1854 began the study of law at Amron, Ohio, was admitted to the bar. in 1856 and became associated with his uncle, ex-Gov. Edgerton. He married Harriet P. Fenn of Talmage, Ohio, in 1858. He entered the Union army on the breaking out of the re- bellion and served with bravery and distinetion until 1863, when he resigned, owing to ill- health and returned to Ohio, His former law partner having been appointed chief justice of daho Col. Sanders was persuaded to start for the territory, where he arrived after many hard- ships. The party reached Bannock in Septem- ber, 1863, where they stopped and the colonel engaged in the practice of law. In the winter he moved to Virginia City. Here he prosecuted and secured the conviction and execution of the notorious murderer George Ines, In 1865-6 he visited this city to reprosent the claims of miners. In 1868 he removed to Helena and was clected a commissioner to take such steps as were necessary toward holding a constitu- tional convention in 1869. He was elected a member of the legislature in 1872, 1874, 1876 and 1878 and was nominated for Delegate to Congress in 1864, 1867, 1880 and 1886, ees A NEW HAMPSHIRE HOTEL, The Proprietor Was Deputy Sheriff and He Allowed No Competition. From the New York Tribune. “There are hotels, and there are hotels,” said the story teller, “but I think that if a unique hotel competition were started I could enter one which would outstrip every rival in fifteen minutes. I entered a little town in New Hamp- shire once just about dark. I found an old hackman who could not conceal his astonish- ment at seeing a stranger in the town, After asking me where I came from, how long I was going to stay and where I wanted to go, he dumped me into an old carriage and started to drive up the street at a slow walk, the windows, the sides and the seats of the vehicle rattling and creaking and straining uneasily. “When we pulled up in front of the little hotel, which had a tremendously big name, he let me open the hack door and drag out my own light baggage, sitting calmly on his seat all the while. Fifteen cents was his charge, and after paying it I went into the hotel. The frout room was combination office, candy and cigar store, smoking and reading room, and from the little counter ran up a nickel-plated soda fountain, ‘The room was about 10x12. There was nobody in it, but » dinner bell lay on the candy showease ‘and a placard invited guests ‘to ring the bell for the proprietor.’ “Trang the bell once, but its voice was so cracked and hoarse and gruff that I dropped it inalarm. After coughing and shuffling my feet loudly for ten or fifteen minutes in the hope of raising some one, I screwed my cour- age up and rang the bell again—this time vig- orousiy, After another wait a little man in his shirt sleeves and with slippered feet came in, and without a word went to the diminutive soda fountain, hunted around under the ooun- ter for a glass, and finding it proceeded to draw a glass of beer from the fountain, “Oh, I don't want beer,’ I said, room. “This seemed to surprise him greatly, but he went down under the counter again and this time came up with a book. ‘This is the regis- ter,’ he said. ‘Put your name down on it,’ as if he wanted a guarantee of good faith. “While I was registering eight days awa} from any one clse, the landlord seized the bell and, waving it over his head and all around him, made such a din that it nearly split my ea Evidently he wanted something, but failing to get it in this way he opened a side window aud began to bawl: ‘Joe. Joe; where are you?’ In due course of time ‘Joe’ a) peared. He was about twelve years old anda sight to behold, ae come up froma well which he had been digging. “This gentleman.’ said mine host, ‘wants a room,’ He went down under the counter for a third time, and this time brought forth a key with a big tag to it. ‘Show him No. 9,’ he said, “I noticed the Ue of beer standing un- touched, and asked him if prohibition wasn't in force in this town. “I'm deputy sheriff.’ he said, with a jerk of his hea “Them’s my handcuffs,’ pointing to a pair hanging on the soda fountain, ‘and I don’t allow no competition in this village.” “There were no lights in the halls, but we found No. 9 up one flight of stairs, and the boy tried to unlock the door, but it wouldn’t un- lock, We tried to shake it open, but that wouldn't do. Finally a terrified woman’s voice wanted to know what the trouble was, ‘*+We want this room,’ cried the boy. *+You can't have it,’ she said, ‘it’s mine." “So the boy yelled down stairs: ‘George, No. 's taken,” " the landlord cried back. ‘Take any room you ean find,’ “We found one easily enough, for No. 9 was the only one taken. When I paid my bill the y there was an odd five cents on it, “What's that for?’ I asked. "s for the beer,’ said the hotel pro- prictor in a deputy-sheriff voice. “The town, well, it’s not sixty miles away ipl gag = The New Reporter. From an Exchange. ‘The new reporter, a young man whose grad- uating essay, entitled “The Unseen Forces of Moral Philosophy,” had been highly compli- meated by the professor of botany, took a seat near the city editor's desk, “I am delighted,” said he, speaking to the city editor, “to think that I have so easily and with so little delay found the work for which Iam so well fitted. How do you like my sketch, ‘Walraven St. Boirre?’ ” “It is magnificent,” the city editor answered, as he took out a manuseript. ‘Your diction is delightful and your style is captivating, and in nearly every line there is a geutle but’ strong rebuke to the blunt and commonplace writer. “My dear sir,” exclaimed the reporter, “you charm me.” “For instance,” said the city editor, taking tice of the reporter's enthusiasm, ‘you a Walraven located in this portion of the ry. Year do you like the way I express it?” “IT am delighted. Some writers—old Pink- ‘I want a from Bosto! that Walraven settled in this part of the coun- try.” X08, Isee. He doesn't understand rhetoric very well, does he?” “Oh, no; not at all, Here is another excellent point.” said the city editor, turning the leaves of the manuserij “You say that Walraven weut to a hardware establishment and pro- cured 4 rifle.” ‘hat’s good, isn’t it?” “First-class. Old Pinkney would have aaid that he went to a hardware store and bought a rite.” . ‘That's because he is rather low in his man- ner of expression, isn’t it?” “Assuredly; and, again, you say that Wal- raven partook of refreshments.” “How docs that strike you?” “Way up.” “What would Pinkney have said?” “Oh, in his vulgar Way he would have said that Walraven ate supper or luncheon or some- thing of that sort.” “LT wonder that he does not learn better,” said the reporter. “It seems that he should. By the way, wo | cannot afford to use this sketch, It is too high for our readers.” “What mast I do with it?” “Bring it out in pamphlet form and sell it on the campus.” “That's a good idea; I'll do it, Shall I go out | now and write some: 2 “No; old Pinkney is covering the ground pretty well. You may go out to the county and other expensive processes. soe Got Even With the Family. An authenticated copy of a strange will has been received in Cincinnati from Campbell county, Ky. It is the will of Isabella 8. Brown, and disposes of about $80,000 worth of prop- erty. Testatrix leaves the income of her estate to her three sisters for their life, subject to the payment of certain legacies, ‘Testatrix says she does not leave her family a penny because for years “I have been the vic- tum at their bands of cruel and malignant per- secution and slanders, by which they strove to rob me of my good name and fair reputation. Thi» I do, not revengefully, but in fear of God and from @ womanly sense of duty,” = . Non J et, Geeie en Now Jersey, died at terday after a brief ines, hae asylum, though.” “To write up the abuses of the institution? |0; to stay there till we send for you. Good 00 Boston’s Statue to Farragut. A special committee of the Boston city coun- cil has awarded to Mr. Henry Hudson Kitson a contract to erecta bronze statue of heroic size to Admiral Farragut in that town to cost $22,500. Designs of statues to Grant and Sheridan were rejected, N by. eens The Bottom Dropping Out, The ground at the south end of the Lehigh Valley railroad shops, Wilkesbarre, Pa., began sinking yesterday and over an urea of 100 feet ney out there, for instance—would have said | TEXAN OUTLAWS SHOT DEAD. Two Desperado Brothers Combat in the a. ”? with a Sheriff’s Posse. A special from Uvalde, Texas, to the Phila- delphia Press says news has been received there Of a desperate encounter in the bad lands, the result of @ recent raid. Three years ago the Odell brothers, Tom and William, were out- laws. One of them was wanted for horse theft and the other for murder. They were typical Texans, born in the saddle, hard riders, good shots and thoroughly acquainted with the un- settled country to which they betook them- selves, The several attempts to capture them resulted in failure. The pursuers were gener- ally outridden, outmaneuvered and outshot. A week ago two members of the state rangers obtained information of the whereabouts of the Odells. They went to Barksdale and there ob- tained the ald of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Perry, who, in turn, summoned a posse of citizens, ‘The party, numbering ten men, rode the greater part of the night and ran into the cam of the tives a little after sunrise. Th horses of the Odelis were staked some distance from the camp and one of the brothers had i cast aside his blankets and stood pre | is eves and yawning when the posse dashe into the camp. The outlaws sprang to their arms and met the demand for surrender with the sharp crack of their guns. The posse were comparatively well sheltered. but the criminals were not nor did they seek so much as a sap- ling behind which to crouch. They fought it out in ‘the open.” The combat lasted some minutes. Will Odell was the first to fall, with a bullet through the lungs. As he fell and rolled over he was struck in the head and instantly killed. His brother had au arm broken, bat he continued in some way to use bis rifle with one hand until struck a half dozen times, when he turned to flee, A ball through the shoulder and another which shattered his spine stopped him. He, too, lived but a short time. The bodies were viewed by a justice of the peace who lived ten miles away and were buried where they fell. ‘The posse were held entirely blameless, The rangers have reported the affair to the adjutant general of the state, but have ag yet heard nothing from the department. -—0e. THE DOG AND THE BABY. One of a Fashionable Womai in Trouble. From the Brooklyn Citizen. She sat in the Long Island depot and fondled a dude dog, while the nurse girl carried a little human member of the family. The dude dog’s hair was banged over its forehead and all it wanted wasa pair of knee breeches and a butter-cracker hat to be mistaken for a lawn tennis player looking for some girls to have a game. Its tail was shaved off almost up to the terminus, where there was a miniature duster that give it the appearance ofa putty-blower with afeather stuck in the end. The clerk opened the window with a bang and the fash- ionably dressed lady turned to purchase her ticket, leaving the dog on the floor, Two horny-handed sons of toil entered the waiting room bearing a trunk the size of acanal boat. They evidently mistook the dude dog for a door inat, for they placed the trunk on its outer edge. A man who stood beside the lady at the ticket window remarked: “Be hnvins, Oi do be thinking that wan av yer family’s in trouble!” | "she thought he referred to the baby and took | no notice of the remark, Suddenly there was | scream from the nurse girl. She let the baby | fall and burried to the rescue. The lady turned and took in the situation at aglance. Then she swooned, She kept on fainting to the time of the arrival of the train sadliben revived long enough to berate the nurse her care- lessness, When they took the dog from under the trunk the poor little fellow looked for all the world like a surrogate’s seal and his tail wasn't fat enough for a paper cutter. The station hands hauled the forgotten baby into the train just as the latter was moving off, and it was clapped down on » seat and spanked until it looked like the Fourth of July, — -se0 May in December. The Hudson river above Albany, N.Y., is still open, being the second season since 1830 when it was not closed by January 1. In 1831-2 the closing occurred January 2. Ice harvesters are apprehensive that they will havo no ice this season, Near New Haven, Conn., on New Year day quantities of trailing arbutus were gathered on Wintergreen hill, near the town. Many of the plants have been carried to homes and potted, Arbutus was never known to bloom this early in that vicinity, —— see ’s Family Comfort in Dress. From the Housekceper's Weekly. Woman suffers an amount of martyrdom in dress which would be heroism in a nobler cause; but which, as itis, is merely a waste of good material, While we are approaching the time when comfort will be the first desid- eratum—or, at least, fondly imagine we are— we have not reached it, so long as the favor- ite street wraps, for instance, are the “shoulder capes” strapped so tightly around the tigure that it is impossible to raise the arms without unfastening the cape, and the mantles of vari- ous sorts whose sleeves—if sleeves they may be called—are so madé that the arms will o no higher than the neck without jisarranging the “set” of the garment, and it is ‘impossible to arrange a stray lock or veil, or hold on to the strap ina car; or, for the matter of that, to even Bold one’s arm down without the cousciousness that by 0 doing we cut an ugly picture from behind. It is hardly to be wondered at that men, whose only absurdity in dress, the starched shirt, is slowly fading away, should look with a sort of contemptuous pity on a sex which will so ham- er itself, when it has the con: ent ulster of Newmurket, or the flowing-sleeved wrap, as an alternative from these aforementioned mis- erics, ee A Revengeful Sicilian. A Sicilian named Vita, in Rome, yesterday threw a bomb into the midst of the parliament- ary deputation returning from its visit to the king in the quirinal, The fuse was extin- guished before the explosion and .the man, on being taken before the judge, said he had at- tempted to destroy the deputation because of injustice done him by the government, James Nolan, for thirty-two years a popular member of the Boston museum company, be- came demented, and by the advice of his physi- cian bas been placed in the McLean asylum, Ac In'Tux Broce Accumulating in the joints is believed to be the cause of rheumatism, from which so many suffer at this seanon. Hood's Sarsaparilla has had wonderful success in curing this complamt. It neutralizes the acidity of the Liood and restores the vital fluid to healthy cun- dition. If you suffer from rheumatism try Hood's Sarsaparilla, “I have been suffering from an acute attack of rheumatism induced by a severe sprain of a once dis- located ankle joint. gmé bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla restored circulation, cleansed the blood and relieved ‘the pain so that sae nearly well again, L. I, HUNT, Springfield, Mo.” HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA Sold by all druggists. $1; six for 85. Prepared only by C. 1, HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass, 100 DOSES ONE DOLLAR. 2 H EREDITARY Howors Easily cured in childhood by the CUTICURA REME- DIES, the purest and best of all humor cures. Skin, scalp, and blood diseases, with loss of hair, are speed- ily, permanently, and economically cured in early life, thus avoiding years of torture, disficuration, and men- talas wellus physical suffering, Parents, remember this, and do your duty. 10 ~ Sux ELVET: ESS Sree’ EES IEE w F008 DOUBLE WHITE WOOL BLANKET: TRICO CLOTH DKESS GOODS, wide douvle fold, MERUT OF THE LOOM CSTTON, yard wid B60. aes CLOTH DkESS GOODS, yard ands ait w " BLACK FRENCH SILK! yuality, special coat bargains, 41, 4125, soe S bite isEST QuatIiy LonsD Ae INE PR NCH DRESS GOODS, band, ‘double width, SU! SIL KIETPA CASH! SERGE, fue ARAL Gd Sin sere agra wit iaiak Seg ~ MARKET SPACE. yrs a sii Auhieryrer eae cena eh =. # Gran. Sugar, 8. c., with orders only. Patent Process Flour, $1.75 4 bbl. Finest Coffees and Teas in the city. Java and Mocha. roasted, Ib. Finest Creamery Butter, 30c. Ib. Extra Fine Burbank Potatoes; cot fair Standard brands Canned Corns and Tomatoes. “Sun-Rise” Chop Tea, 50c. Ib. Guaranteed best 50c. Tea in America, Door Mats, 10 per cent discount on price. Brooms—sweeping—Toy and Whisk. Ham, Bacon and ‘d; best quality. _ can save you money. 'e are live grocerymen. 1t* M. & P. Merzorn, 417 7th st. n.w. Calendars! Calendars! Calendars! To be given away with every 25c. worth of Tea or Coffee. Do not fail to obtain one. Re- member our stores. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, 501 and 503 7th street northwest, 1620 14th street, 3104 M street, Georgetown; 225 gores_in the United States, Pure goods sold only. Best Granulated Sugar, 7cents per pound. Checks given with every 25 cents worth of Tea or Coffee. Handsome resents given away with every pound of Thea Nectar Tea or A. and P. Baking Powder, oods delivered free to any Punctuality our motto. every other day. N. H. Bowman, Manager, All rt of the city. Fresh goods received ja2-st Barga’ Furs. We have a large supply of Shoulder Capes in all the Fashionable Furs, at reduced prices. Seal Skin Capes, Jackets and Sacques, at lower prices than any other city. Witterr & Rvorr, d30-1W 905 Penna, avenue, Who would dio with croup when he can buy Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup for 25 cents and live? 4 A Cup of Pure Tea is deligtful and re- freshing. Such Teas can be obtained of us and at most reasonable prices, 1t* M. & P. Merzorn, 417 7th st. nw. Wilbor’s Pure Cod Liver Oil and Phos- phates cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Brouchitis, Debility, Wasting Dis- eases and Ser®fulous Humors, Get the genuine article. The great popu- larity of Wilbor’s Compound of Cod Liver Oil and Phosphates” bas induced some unprin- cipled persons to attempt to palm off a simple article of their own manufacture; but any per- son who is suffering from Coughs, Colds or Consumption should be careful. where they purchase this article. ‘The results of its use are its best recommendations; and the proprivtor has ample evidence on file of its great success in Pulmonary Complaints. The phosphates pussess a most marvelous healing power, as combined with the Pure Cod Liver Oil by Dr. Wilbor. It is regularly prescribed by the medical faculty, Sold by A.B. Wizsor, Chemist, Boston, and all druggists, d31-e0-3t Phillips’ Digestible Cocoa Does not distress and adds flesh and weight. 2 Ten-year Old Kentucky Bourbon and Sour Mash and all grades of Rye Whiskies at lowest prices at Wu.tige’s Sample Rooms and Liquor Store, 1320 Pa. ave., opp. National theater, d23-10* The Best Value to be Had, Fine Old Rye Whis! .. qt. bottle; Box 2 for 50, 2GER, 417 7th st. n.w. Sudden Changes of Weather cause Throat Diseases, “There is no more effectual remedy for Coughs, Colds, é&c., than Buowy’s Buoncutan Trocies. Sold only in Bozes. Price 25 cts, d3l-eo3t&ak For Cheap, Quick Fire Buy Washington Gas Company's Coke. a7-3m Jouxsox Bros, Agents, OUIs KUD! y 1804 Penusy] French Tabie d’lote Di claretand coffee. Fir WEMONT HOUSE- th 30 cents, including ished Rooms.d 1} lia* MINUTES’ WALK TO Fost Uffice, Pension and Capitol, European 5 IVE seneral Government Printing Offices and und American at low rates. ¢ Patent and IBBITT HOUSR WASHINGTON, D. C, WINTER RESORTS. __ re New EVERETT, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. ACCOMMODATION FOR 1,000 GUESTS. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS, *Jal-livo Ovencoars Asp Su:rrs FOR MEN AND BOYS CAN BE BOUGHT FOR LESS THAN COST OP MANUFACTURE at the GREAT CLOSING OUT SALE of WEYL'S ONE-PRICE CLUTHING HOUSE, 311 7TH ST., ABOVE PENNA, AVE. ENTIRE STOCK MUST BE CLOSED OUT BY FEBRUARY 1, For improved and eco- nomic cookery. Use it for Soups, Sauces, Made Dishes (Game, Fish, &c.), Aspic or Meat Jelly. Keeps per- fectly in all climatee for any length of time and is Lexie COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF cheaper and of finer flavor ‘than any other stock. Ps MEAT. ‘Oue pound equal to forty pounds of lean beef of the 431-tu,th,1m value of about $7.50. G, 2. ures, TAILOR, 414 Sthet.ow. Twenty Per Cext DISCOUNT ON ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOKS © FoR NEW YEAR'S. CHAPMAN & TAYLOR, d12-20t 915 PENNA AVE. Gaxrs Surrs Scouren AND PRESSED FOR ; Pants, 25c.; Vests, 250, Altering and Pn tay yg gy | Gehv Delephowe cal 4a at aw, aus 1229 Sid st. West Washutom Ger Tu Bausr. THE CONCORD HARNESS. LUTZ & BRO, 407 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel. Horee Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices. pl? Taz Exezsorzza, | Serene tae AMEBICAN EXNERGIZER MFG, CO., del0-Jm* “ — SS (PRE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, Dew. FREE GERMAN LECTURE FRIDAY, JANUAKY 3. AT 7.30 © at 1015 14st nv, tescond house trou Hamilton Prof. A, SCHLENTH! i wild Was olsen wats LL 80088 Mosic watt MONDAY, JANUARY 13, GRAND DDD woo DD FE oo oS & D D a & Cc 8 Ss Fenn Bop Exe coo a a CONCERT. Miss MARIE DECCA will be assisted by MISS MAUD POWELL, Violinist; Miss AMY HARE, And others, =— Tickets et Metzerott’s, 1110 F st. ja2-2e" Ai Atvei's araxp OF NEXT WEEK J.C. DUFF COMIC OPERA COMPANY “In the Latest Comic Opera Success," PAOLA, PAOLA, PaoLta, PAOLA, PAOLA, By Authors of “Erminie.™ Orignal Cast, Augmented Orchestra, ‘No advance in Price. Sale of Seats now in progress, a jae Ni W NATIONAL THEATER Every Evening, Wednesday and Saturday Matinees, WILSON BARRETT, ‘Miss Eastlake, And Complete London Company, including Mr. George Barrett, This (Thursday) evening last time of BEN-MY-CHRi Friday Night (by request)—HAMLET, Saturday 3 Version of Evening Pri Matinee Prie General Adm January 6—W! in “Roger La Hont Je XE NEXT WEEK NEW NATIONAL THEATER, THE EMINENT WILLIAM THT ERE RRR HRI If ghSg 85s : : MM ow MMM MMM MM MoM ER. S NEW WASHINGTON THEATER, th st. south of Pennsylvania avenue, ‘The Palace Vaudeville Theater of America, Matinees Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. RICH AND HARKIS’ AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SPECIALTY CO. Next weeck—-LONDON SPECIALTY CO. eo Free to Young Men, J LLLE loman Description of Indian life, Uenization, simeing of Tudian so dau woman and her husband, chi in tull Indian cc Foxes will be pre ehureh, corer 10 rt 41590, at 7 pan, Adimssioi rs) M ty an ip we. ke. by an ID sof their people, ESMERISM, HYPNOTISM ILLUSTRATIONS civen by Prof. CARPENTEl. at WILLARD HALL EVEMY NIGHT. Admission, 25 and 50 cents, 21-120 L288 aste wat ‘THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. SARASATE D'ALBERT GRAND CONCERT, Under the direction of Messrs. Henry E, Abbey and Maurice Grau. ONLY GRAND CONCERT To be given in this City. THE GREATEST LIVING MUSICIANS, PABLO DE SARASATE, ‘The Distinguished Violin Virtuoso, EUGEN D ALBERT, ‘The Eminent Pianist and Composer Assisted by MME. BERTHA MARK, The Famous Pisnste. OTTO GOLDSMIDT, Accompanist, Prices—$2. $1.50, #1 aud 75c. Seats on sale at Droop’s. Monday, January 6. Steinway Piano used. jal-8t Aided by a Competent Comedy Company, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOSEPH BROOKS, Ina New Four-act Comedy illustrative of Social, Political aid Diptouine Lite in Washington, By David D. Lioyd and Sydney Rosenfield, Next week—DUFF jal bee BIJOU TH WEEK OF DECEMBER 30. Matinecs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, $0 GRAND NEW YEAR'S MATINEE. The Great Kealistic Enghish Drama, ALONE IN LONDON, Presenting Miss E ‘cast. Next week—“A LEGAL WRONG." (HUCKCH OF OUR FATHER, Cc Cor. of 13th und L'sts. n.w. MAKSHALL P. WILDER, Friday, January 10, 1890, at 8 o'clock. Admission. Reserved Seats, 1118 F st. n.w., dal 0 Cents, cents extra, at Metzerott & Co's, after January 2,1890. d31-10t KL KLESQUE Matinees Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and 5 Admission st night, 10, 2u, 30 and 50 cents. Matinees, 10, 20 aud 30 ceuts, 430-6t* DONGH'S CRCHESTRA— MUSIC FOR RECEP. tien, Private Parties, Germans, &c., can be ob- iuined by applying to. DONCH, 608 Ht. uw, _Orders Peceive prompt attention. azse HE CYCLERIES. 1406 N.Y, AVE. WILL GUAR. ‘Teac to lade ‘the Psycho Safety Bi- ies ‘Special hours for LAD. nie aes cycle for #1. & Gren welts, Lancest riding school iu U.S amyl __ STAGE EXCURSIONS. [NGTON—FAST STAGE LINE AT 2:30 nn, Fare 906. ro ve through ‘Leaves THE WEBSIER, 513 1Sthet aw, | Ac epv. nena ah mamas | ME pores oe rp seen Soa EAU RES ¥. Ss AY AA v AA VY. aa _M MM oo XN ON bd MMMM oo NNN > EYE &2 eu MMM “oo § RR = Cold weather at last, which brings the greatest SACRIFICE SALE or CLOAKS WHICH WE HAVE EVER INAUGURATED. You may think that the winter is nearly over and that you can make the wrap you have now do fcr the Balance of the season. But that's « mistake. We haven't started to have winter yet, and when it comes we think it willcometo stay, Well, and suppose ¥@ Won't have any more cold weather, don't you think that the enormous sacrifice will pay you to purchase now? Most every merchant who wishes to diapose of hie stock advertises—the main point is WHICH ADVER- TISEMENT IS BACKED UP WITH FACTS, and Which brings the most money in your pocket. YOU ARE TO JUDGE. ‘Therefore we kindly ask you to pay usa visit, We say no more except what we SA BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING AND TER- MINATES POSITIVELY SATUMDAY NIGHT. markets, with Bell Sleeves, FOKMER PRICE SACKIFICE PRICE. LoT Two. Ladies’ Striped Ragians, in Blue, Gray and Black. Strictly Ajl-wool, FORMER PR SACKIFICE PRICE. LOT THREE. Only 8 few of this lot Newmarkets, with Half Cape, ‘Tailor Made. FORMER PRICE. SACKIFICE PRICE”. LOT FOUR. 18 Newmarkets, perfect fitting, in Navy, Green, Brown and Garnet, FOKMER PRICE SACKIFICE PRG) Lor FIVE, 25 Ladies’ Short Jackets, tailor made strictly All- wool English Corkscrew. Colors Navy and Blick. FORMER PRICE. SACKIFICE PRICE. LOT SIX. 17 Berlin All-wool Beaver Cloth Jackets, in Black, Navy and Green, LOU SEVE! 15 Ladies’ Imported Jackets, braided and Astrachan trimmed. All the latest shades. | FokMER PRIc! | SACKIFI THE BALANCE OF OUR STOCK OF LADIES’ CLOAKS AND SUITS AT 20 PEK CENT DISCOUNT. Children’s Cloaks und Suits Greatly Keduced. One lot of Ladies’ Best Print Wrappers WORT# BBR B BBB B POPULAR SHOPPING PLACE, 431 SEVENTH STREET, Noors 20 Pm Cexr Repvcrox. SPECIAL BARGAINS, HOSE, in Solid ora, comprising the muuch Jose han the reruler LOSING OUT OUR ENTIRE ck—“onyx dy hewest combinations, retail prices. We ARE C: sick, 3 Wor FANCY STRIP! a —E COTTON HOSE prices, &% 8 3 00 UU WH TTT gS, The reductions vary from $2.50 to @15 on each Suit, We have selected a few from the line and give below a general description with redwerd price Mixed Cloth, velvet panels, velvet Vest, Cuffs and Collar, reduced to $15. Silk Mixed Striped Cloth, tailor finish, reduced te LISLE LEIGH end an unexcelled | #20. Brown Trico, trimmed with>Hercules braid, re duced to #20. Very Fine Mixed Cloth, velvet and button trimmed, reduced to #20. Very Desirable Mixed Cloth, velvet panel vest, col- Jar and cuffs, and fancy cloth straps, reduced to #20. Navy Blue Serge, passamentene trimmed, reduced to 820. Brown Trico, elegantly braided, reduced to $22.50. Havana Brown Senge, reduced to $22. Gray Ladies’ Cloth, velvet side with cloth velvet vest, collar and cuffs, reduced to $22.50. Bordered Brown Serge, pattern suit, reduced te ‘Cadet Blue Cloth, braid trimmed, reduced to $22.50, Dark Green Cawel's Heir, plush panel, reveres duced to $25. Dark Olive Green Cloth, pattern suit, reduced to €25, Apple Green Henrietta, waist aud skirt elaburately trimmed with rows of narrow ribbon, reduced to 28.50. Tmported Costume, eilkand Passamenterie trimmed, reduced to 630. Entire stock of Children's Suits below cost, ‘WM. H. McKNEW, Guccessor to BR H Taylor, 430 ‘933 Penn eve Norwrrasraxprso'T'ac M mp Wearuex Raa ee miss aaa STINEMETZ & SONS, 428 (1237 Penn ave., throuch to 13th ot Per Ditionda sevens. oF Storie gos