Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1890, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, APRIL Dost Guve Ur ‘The use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla One bottle may not cure “right off” a complaint of years; permst until s cure iseffected. Asageneral rule improvement fol- Jows shortly after beginning the use of this medicine. With many people the effect is immediately notice- able, but some constitutions are less susceptible to ‘Medicinal infuences than others, and the curative process may, therefore, in such cases be less prompt. Perseverance in using this remedy is sure of its reward st last. Sooner or later the most stubborn blood dis- (eases yield to AYER’S SARSAPARILLA, 5 “Por several years in the spring months I used to be troubled with adrowsy, tired feeling and s dull pain 4m the small of my back, so bad at times as to provent may being able to walk, the least sudden moticn caus- fu me severe distress. Frequently boils and rashes ‘would break out on various parts of the body. By the advice of friends and my family physician I began the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and continued it till the Poison in my blood was thorourhly eradicated.”"—L.W. ENGLISH, Montgomery City, Mo. “My system was all run down; my skin rough and of yellowish hue. I tried various remedies, and while some of them gave me temporary relief none of them did any permanent good. At last I began to take Ayer's ‘Sarsaparilla, continuing it exclusively for a considera- Die time, and am pieased to say that it completely CURED ME I presume my liver was very much out of order and the blood impure in consequence. I feel that I cannot too highly recommend Ayer’s Sarsaparilla to any one S@icted as I was.” MES. N. A. SMITH, Glover, Vt. “For years I suffered from scrofula and blood dis- eases, The doctors’ prescriptions and several so-called Diood purifiers being of no avail, I was at last advised bya friend totry Ayer's Sarssparilla I did so, and pow feel like a new man, being fully restored to Bealth,”—C. ¥. FRINK, Decorah, lowa. o AYER’S SARSAPARILLA, PREPARED BY DR J.C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass. Sold byDruggists. $1, six $5. Worth @5abottle. ap? L You Have CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SCROFULA, (COUGH or COLD, THROAT AFFECTION, WASTING OF FLESH, ‘Or any Disease where the Throat and Lungs are in flamed, Lack of Strength or Nerve Power, you can be ‘Believed and Cured by SCOTT'S EMULSION OF PURE COD LIVER OIL WITH HYPOPHOSPHITES. PALATABLE AS MILK, Ask for Scott's Emulsion, and let no explanation or policitation induce you to accept a substitute. Sold by all Druggists. 226 SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, N. ¥. 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EW AND DIRECT IMPORTATION OF CHINA 'D JAPANESE MATTINGS. 500 Rolis Tasack Fancy (40 yards cach), 94 per roll 600 Rolls White Cores (40 yards each), #4 perroll. 450 Rolls Ningpo White Jointless, 35c. per yard, 300 Rolls Extra Impertal Jointless, 3Uc. per yard. 350 Rolls Extra White Inlaid Seamless, 5c. per yd, 350Rolls Extra Fine Japanese Seamless Fancy, per yard. 100 Rolls Extra Heavy Damask, 50c. per yard. 200 Kolls Extra Eine Yeddo Fancy, 45c. per yard, ~~ =*" aRT SQUARES. About 500 Best 4Ul-wool Ingrain Art Squares, which Swi be sold this week at cost. 275: yards. Reduced to $5. ho Sion & GREAT LADUCEMENTS ARE BEING OFFERED IN CARPETS AND RUGS. BABY CARRIAGES, BABY CARRIAGES. guide, $22.50. 00 Hair Mattrensen 40 pounds, $8.85, Woven Wire tresses, 8:5 each. 1,000 Solid Usk Caned Chairs for bed or diping roows, (200 Oak IMMENSE REDUCTION IN ‘LACE CURTAINS, PORTIERES, DRAPERY AND UPHOLSTERY GOODS. 1.000 yards Real Madras (for decora tive purposes), pn Furuiture Covers made to order. s JULIUS LANSBURGE, 13th and F sts. ANY CASE OF NERVOUSNERS, SLEEPLESS. pees, Weak Stomac! ERE ver Pilla, na port a Cera a Sista tt beta 2d EDITION. Lat rans to Te Si Oil Well Explodes. Surrn’s Frery, Pa., April 4.—At 1:30 o'clock this morning the boiler at the Union Oil Company's well on the Stewart farm in the Hookstown field, exploded. Ollie d # driller, and Ford M. Dawson, tool dresser were at work. Peppard was in the derrick and escaped injury. Dawson was standing near the boiler and his body was found nearly a mile away in a corn field, with the top of his head blown off. The boiler was blown to atoms. ad Good Friday. New Yon, April 4.—Today is being observed almost as a general holiday in the city, all the exchanges, including the Stock, Produce, Con- solidated and Cotton Exchanges being closed. With the exception of the police and law courts nearly all the city departments are closed and services are being held in eburebes and synagogues, this being the feast of the passover this year. ——__.____ OBJECTING TO A RAILROAD. Property Owners Who Oppose the Cross Town Project. The Commissioners this afternoon gave a hearing to those persons who object to the Passage of the bill incorporating the Crose- town Railrogd Company. Commissioner Hine was in New York, but Commissioners Douglass and Robert heard the objections. When Commissioner Douglass called the hearing to order the board room was crowded. Mr. Stafford announced that he appeared for the railroad. ir. Wm. E. Curtis was the first to speak. He called attention to the fact that he had recently erected a dwelling on the triangle at the corner of 8 street and Connecticut avenue, He said if this charter was granted it would put him in a pocket, so to speak. The people in that locality, he said, had plenty of railroad facilities, He thought the P street road could cover the distance proposed by this road by a slight extension. The proper thing to do, he continued, was to run the Metropoli- tan railroad along P srrect to connect with the 9th street line. ; David L. Barry spoke in behalf of residents on S street and presented a petition against a road along this street. M. Stafford cailed at- tention to the fact that the matter before the Commissioners was an amendment to the present bill. They had already submitted an adverse report on the bill xud were now called upon to consider the amendment. Some dis- cussion arose as to this statement and the com- munication of the House committee was read. Other objectors spoke. Thoy were all unan- imous in the statement that the road was not needed. The hearing was in progress when THe Stan's report closed. RECIPROCITY THE TARIFF. The Pan-American Congress and the Tariff Puzzle. The publication of the scheme for develop- ing reciprocity with South American countries as a result of the Pan-American congress which has been in session in Washington during the past winter has precipitated the revelation of a plan, which is now being talked of in the House and Senate, by which the pan-American Congress is to solve one of the chief difficulties of the republican party in the distussion of the tariff question. The American delegates to the congress have been sounding the members of the Senate recently to learn. as far as pos- sible, with what reception a reciprocity treaty would meet at the hands of the Senate, The result has been altogether favorable and as aconsequence the republican members of the ways and means committee before handing in the bills prepared by them restored the duty which they had originally agreed to place on hides, but which the New England members bad persuaded them toremove. Since the bill was anuounced, it has been freely predicted that the New England republicans would not vote for it in its present form, and the confidence of the majority of the ways and means com- mittee hes created surprise. It now develops that (so far as can be learned on unofticial au- thority) an understaning has been had with Mr. Blaine by which the President at the reqnest of the State Department will recommend to the Senate a treaty of reciprocity with the Argen- tine Republic and any other South American country wh'-h may wish to negotiate such a treaty. In fact it is not at all certain that the treaty with the Argen- tine Republic may not have been negotiated before this and that it is not ready for trans- | mittal to the Senate whenever Mr. Blaine may consider the subject ripe, New England Con- gressmen say the negotiation and ratification of such a treaty would be a complete offset to the duty which has been placed on hides in the McKinley bill; that it would mean practically free wool. Leading members of the Senate committee on finance, before whom this proposition was laid by a reporter, said, that 3 agreed to it would undoubtedly answer all of the objections to the McKinley bill which could possibly be raised by the New England people. ‘ The pendency of this proposition probably accounts for the quiet attitude of the New Eng- land members and for the confidence of Mr. McKinley and his colleagues. Sent to the Reform School. Charlie Russell, a colored boy, was a pris- oner in the Police Court this morning and said he left home because his mother threatened to whip him. Agent Sweeney of the Chil- dren’s Aid Society said the twelve- year-old prisoner was on the avenue the other day carrying a seven-shooter. He once got the boy a good place, but he stole something and lost the situation, Charlie was sentenced to the reform school. Govensuext Recerrrs Topar.—Internal revenue, $288,914; customs, $496,087. Grant a Teetotaler. Gen. O. O. Howard attended a Methodist conference meeting in New York Tuesday night and talked about Gen. Grant. He said that Gen. Grant told him he never drank, The general, the speaker said, however, wouldn't join a temperance union, despite the fact that it might prove to the public that he was temperate. “If they don’t say that I drink,” he said, “they might perhaps say something worse.” Pade eT An Ice Trust Formed in Chicago. An ice trust has been formed by Chicago dealers and prices were advanced Tuesday 25 to 50 per cent over the figures current at this time a year ago. The crop is said to be 1,000,000 tons short of the usual requirements, and the supply is practically allin the hands of the trust. Over one-third of the firms and companies in the business last year are now out of ice, Further advance in price is med before June 1. ———_—_—_.20—___ The Compte de Paris. A lady who has just returned from an exten- sive trip into the interior of Mexico states that at Monterey on Sunday last she saw the compte and comptess of Paris, They were traveling strictly incognito, but had a tremendous reti- nue and much baggage. They are supposed to have landed at Vera Cruz. 4 a oo Train Ran Away, Fireman Killed. A Baltimore Sun special tells of a serious ac- cident toa train bound from Cumberland for Harrison, on the Mineville branch of the West Virginia Central railroad. The train was luck- ily a freighter. On the steep grade the engi- neer lost control and it ran away. Every car and the locomotive left the track at a short curve near Sharp's station, making a complete wreck of every! Just before the cars left the track the engineer, Edward Li tt, and and Fireman Z. A. MeAbee McAbee ounded, also Conductor Bank, Flagmen Jona woun ¥ ol THE WORLD’s FAIR. The Senate Committee to Investigate the Chicago Subscriptions. ACTION TAKEN AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING TO- DAY — OPPOSITION FROM CHICAGO TO THE DANIEL AMENDMENT—A THOROUGH INQUIRY INTO THE FINANCIAL QUESTION PROPOSED, The Senate committee on the world’s fair was in session several hours today. ‘There were thirteen of the fifteen members present. The Dill as passed the House was read in full, to- gether with Senator Daniel's amendment pro- Posing that suitable ceremonies be held at Washington October 12, 1892, in connection With the unveiling of a statue of Christopher Columbus, the opening of the world’s fair at Chicago to follow. THE SUBSCRIPTIONS, When this had been copcluded Chairman Hiscock raised the question of the quality of the subscriptions to the five-milllon- dollar guaranty fund. Senator Farwell, representing Chicago’s interests on the committee stated that Mr. Lapman Gage, chairman of the finance committee, had Sag before the World’s Fair committee of e House and testified that 98 per cent. of the subscriptions could be collected in cash, and he, Senator Farwell) had asked Mr. Gage to make the same statement to Senator Hiscock as chairman of the Senate committee. He supposed this had been dono and that the statement would be satisfactory to the committee. Benator Hiscock said he could not use astatement made in that way as evidence before the committee. A SUBCOMMITTEE APPOINTED. It was finally decided to refer the considera- tion of the subscriptions to a subcommittee, consisting of Senators Hiscock, Hawley, Wilson of Iowa, Gray and Daniel, to report within a week. SENDING TO CHICAGO FOR DOCUMENTS. After a consultation with the mémbers of the subcommittee Senator Farwell telegraphed to Mr. Gage at Chicago to send to Chairman Hiscock the following: 1, A certified copy of articles of incorpora- tion of the world’s fair exposition, with a list of directors to be chosen today. 2. A list of 1,000 of the largest subscribers to the guaranty fund, together with the amounts they subscribed, 3. The number of subscribers of less than 100 and of the number from $100 to $500, 4. The plan proposed for increasing the guaranty fund and what has been done to carry atout, ° 5. A statement signed by Messrs. Gage, Doane, O'Dell and Wirt Dexter, as to the re- sponsibility of the signers of the subscription fund and the probability of collecting the amounts suvscribeJ. THE DANIEL'S AMENDMENT. Considerable attention, it is stated, was paid to Senator Danicl’s amendment providing for a celebration in this city and in New Yoyk har- bor, prior to the opening of the exposition in Chicago, This plan, it is said, meets with con- siderable resistance from the Chicago men, who consider that the carrying out of such a program would detract considerably from the Proceedings at Chicago. No definite conclu- sions, it is stated, were reached today. CHICAGO MEN UNEASY. The Chicago folks are made very uneasy by the development of opposition to them in the Senate committee. The meeting began at 10 0’clock and lasted until 2, All the members were present except Stanford and Ransom. It was decided on the start that the _ principal proposition had better be disposed of before taking up the Daniel amendment. This course was followed. The committee adjourned until 10:30 o'clock Thursday. CAPITOL TOPICS. ALIENS IN THE NAVY. The committee on naval affairs today directed a favorable report on the McAdoo bill to pre- vent the enlistment of aliens in the navy. The Dill prohibits the enlistment of aliens who are not naturalized or who have not declared in- tention, and also prohibits the re-enlistment of the aliens in the navy at present unless they become naturalized. Admiral Porter has written to the committee saying that we are enlisting as seamen twenty foreigners to one American, and he points out the danger of the service liable to arise from the predominance of aliens. Mr. McAdoo says thatif the difti- culty at Samoa had resulted in actual hostilities Bismarck would have claimed a very large per- centage of the seamen on board the American squaaron, and that the result might have been extremely disastrous, Mr. McAdoo says there is no doubt about the bill passing the House. THE ADMISSION OF IDAHO, The bill for the admission of Idaho was passed in the House yesterday by a vote of 129 to 1. A quorum not voting, Speaker Reed counted a quorum. The democrats expect to carry the case to the courts to settle the ques- tion of the Speaker's right to count e quorum if the bill is passed by the Senate and signed by the President, NOTES. The services in memory of the late Samuel S. Cox of New York were postponed from last evening until 1 o'clock April 19. Representative H. Clay Evans (Tenn.) is con- fined to his rooms, threatened with an attack of typhoid fever. Representative J. D. Taylor (Ohio), who has been ill for some time, has recovered sufti- ciently to be able to leave the city for a visit to Fortress Monroe. In reporting back adversely to the House the bill establishing a load line for vessels on the great lakes the committee on merchant ma- rine and fisheries gives various reasons why it is of opinion that it ought not to pass, DISTRICT GOVERNMENT, NO PAVEMENT FOR ROAD STREET. A request from a citizen that Road street be paved has been refused by the Commissioners on the ground that the schedule for the im- provement of streets for 1891 has already been made out. The estimated cost of paving this roadway from 28th to 32d streets is $22,500. MISCELLANEOUS, Inspector of Fuel Wm, M. Dove during March inspected, weighed and measured 570 tons of coal. -- Real Estate Matters. 8. F. Linn has purchased of Catharine W. Linn for $9,000 part White Haven and part lot 9, square 990, on 11th between B and C streets southeast, Savanmmb G. Allen has bought of W. A. Stew- art for $4,000 sub 43, square 812, 15 by 50 feet on E between 4th and 5th streets northwest. Alice A. Stewart has bought for $4,500 of Amelia A. Lane sub 51, square 618, fronting 18 feeton New York avenue, running through to N street, between North Capitol and lst streets northwest. L. b. Thomson has bought for 87.750 of Elizabeth B. Thomson, t 8, square 347, fronting 23}¢ feet on 11th street between E and F streets northwest. a The Cherokee Lands, Chief Mayes of the Cherokee nation, who has been in Washington for several weeks past, has returned to the Indian territory for the pur- pose, it is said, of calling a meeting of the Cherokee council to take some action relative to the terms and conditions upon which they will cede their surplus lands to the govern- ment. It is expected that the commis- sion appointed to conduct these negotiations with The Cherokees and the other tribes owning lands west of the will leave jp cen oe within a short tii to resume their duties, hence Chief Mayes’ hasty return. It is stated that the Indians will strongly insist upon the government surrender- ing its right to settle friendly tribes on the ter- ritory east of the 96th parallel, as in the event of its acquiring all of the Indian lands in the territory west of that line the remaining lands will be wholly inadequate for the maintenance of the tribes which would be located thereon. within ite present reservation limit cee Minister Adams Coming Home. Robert Adems, the American minister to Brazil, sailed from Liverpool on the Majestic Wednesday. He spoke kindly of his sojourn in Rio, but said he was tired of the post and did FF. . f- 4, 1890-TWELVE PAGES. A MILK, INSPECTOR NEEDED. GIRLS’ REFORM SCHOOL. WHO SHOT MRS. BARNETT? Our Defective Laws in Relation to Food Major Moore Thinks There Should be | Her Son in the Police Court—He is to Adulteration, ' ‘ — EVEN WHERE THE LAWS ARE CLEAR AND DRFI- NITE THERE I8 NO OFFICIAL TO DETECT VIOLA- ‘TIONS OF THEM AND PROSECUTE OFFENDERS— ‘THE SALE OF SKIMMED MILK. ‘ Chief Clerk McGinn of the Health Office said to a Sra reporter this morning that there should be an inspector of milk for the Disttict. To attend to even half a dozen cases a week, he said,would require the entire attention of one man on account of the various and complicated acts that have to be performed in order to comply with the provisions of existing laws, ‘Thete should also be a chemist appointed, he says, to look after violations of the food adul- teration act, The present inspector of asphalt and concrete, he said, lends what assistance in that direction he can to the health office, but to Properly look after the work would require the attention of a person who has not a dozen other things to attend to. THE HEALTH OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. In the annual report of Health Officer Townshend made two years ago, under the head of recommendations he said: ‘I have heretofore called the attention of the com- missioners to the urgent necessity for provid- ing this office with the service of a competent chemist. This need has been keenly felt during the past year. “In my letter of April 10 I called attention to the current reports relative to adulteration of food and drink in this city, and stated in terms as strong as ible the necessity for having the entire time of a competent, reliable auplyst at the disposal of the department, There is hardly a board of health or health de- partment in any city with a population over 2,500 not seopeey provided with such assist- ance. Prof. Richardson, who is employed as inspector of asphalt and cement under the ngineer department, and who has been doing a small amount of emergency work for us, in- formed me that it would only be possible for him to give a portion of one day in tl® week to any work of ours, confining his analysis to six samples, and further that, after July 1 his time would be much more occupied by his legiti- mate duties. In view of these facts I trust that the Commissioners will urge upon the at- tention of the committees in Congress the par- ariount importance ot providing for the service of such an official to be attached to this depart- ment.” THE LAW PASSED AT THE LAST SESSION. One of the bills passed by the last Congress was in reference to food adulterations, but thus far no prosecutions havo been instituted under that Jaw, section 6 of which reads as follows: “That no perce shall, with the intent that the same may e sold in its altered state without notice, sub- tract from any article of food any part of it so as to affeot injuriously its quality, substance or nature, and no person shail seli any article so altered without making disclosure of the alter- ation, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding 3100.” Section 11 of the act provides ‘“‘that the analy- sis provided for in this act shall be under the control of the Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the ‘Treas- ary.” Section 12 provides the manner in which cases are to be instituted under the act, as fol- lows: “That any purchaser of an article of food or of a drug in the said District shall be enti- tled to have such article analyzed by such analyst and to receive from him a certificate of the result of his analysis, and any health officer, inspector of nuisances or any food in- Spector may procure any sample of food or drug, and if he suspects the same to have been sold to him contrary to any provision of this act he shall submit the same to the Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue to be analyzed, who shall with all convenient speed cause such analysis tobe made and give a certificate to such officer, wherein he shall specify the re- sult of the analysis.” NO MILK DEALERS PROSECUTED. Soon after the bill became a law samples of milk were obtained from dealers for analysis, and it was given out that persons selling im- pure or skimmed milk for the genuiue article would be prosecuted. Whatever the result of the analysis was no milk dealers were prose- cuted, nor have any other violators of the law, except oleomargarine sellers, been called to account, A810 THE SALE OF SKIMMED MILK. Asthe term food is made by the act to in- clade every article used for food or drink by man other than drugs or water it isclaime that the sale of skimmed milk, unlesy the dealer should make known to the customer that the cream had been removed. is prohibited by the law and subjects the dealer to the penalties prescribed by the act. On the other hand it is said that there is some indetiniteness about the law thas would render a successful prosecution under it not without its difficulties. The act does not make especial reference to the sale of milk such as the laws in many states do. In most states the laws require the milk to reach acertam standard and contain acertain per cent of solids, and it is not unusual! in some cities to hear of hundreds of gallons of milk being dumped into a river or sewer because it fails to come up to the standard. Under the local law above quoted it is claimed that the milk men here must furnish the article as it comes from the cow or else make known the fact of its having been skimmed or watered, but there is no person assigned to the duty of milk inspection, as there isin other large cities, ‘There is plenty of law, but noone appointed to see to its enforce- ment, AN OLD LAW STILL IN FORCE. Should the act mentioned above fail to cover 8 case of skimmed or adulterated milk there is alaw which specifically applies to the offense. It is the act of July 30, 1875, section 7 of which provides— “That no person shall offer for sale within the cities of Washington or Georgetown any unwholesome, watered or adulturated milk, or éwill milk or milk from cows kept ‘up and fed on garbage, swill or other deleterious snbstance;| nor shall any person offer for sale within said cities any butter or cheese made from such unwholesome milk, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be pun- ished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty-tive dollars for each and every such offense.” —— Marriage Licenses, Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to John Bonaccorsy and Isabel Hall; Sherman A. Green and Georgiana Owen, both of Crownsville, Md.; Paris W. Busey and Lucy Bowles; James Green and Kate Brown; Liman H. Vaughn and Louisa W. Ellison, both of New Kent county, Va.; W. D. HL Huder and Cora T. Hines; John B. Moore and Helen F, Foland; George Penn and Emma F. Williamson. both of Alexandria, Va.; A. G. Galaten afd Mary G. Lorch; k. W. Collins and Annie A. Myers, both of Baltimore, Md.; Henry Binir of Philadelphia and Mary-J. Shaloe; Harry C. Dick and Myrtle E. Slick, both of Koaring Springs, Pa, —o——— Capers have been appointed to West Point, as follows: Chas. E. Robinson, Lincolnton, ight district, N.C., and Verne Standish War- rimen, Oak Harbor, tenth district, Ohio, with Robert Harper Austin of Sandusky as alternate. circa ace The will of Elizabeth Cook, filed today, leaves $50 to the Union Bethel M. E. Church, small bequests to Cornelia Wiikinson and Sarah Jane Jones and the rest of her estate to her daughters. Leon Sapolio, the colored “vag” who was locked up yesterday, told Judge Miller this morning that he wanted to leave the country. He will not do so just yet, as he was sent to the farm for thirty days. an iiepicliiains THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA’S GIFT. She Presents Her Wedding Dress to the Statue of the Virgin Mary. ‘The Empross of Austria has presented her Such an Institution in This District. The Commissioners in reply to the request of Mr. De Lano, chairman of the subcommittee on the District of Columbia, for an expression of their views on House bill 5967, “‘to provide for the purchase of a and erection of a building for the girls’ reform school,” &c., to- day forwarded the report of Major Moore upon the subject, to whom they referred the matter. In his report Major Moore says: “It is my opinion that there should be in the District of Columbia a reform school for girls, While boys under the age of sixteen who are convicted of crime or misdemeanor may be committed to a reform school provided exclu- sively for them, girls liab.e to punishment by imprisonment must be sent to the work house or jail to grow from bad to worse and to grad- uate incrime, During the fiscal year endin; June 30, 1889, 135 girls under sixteen years an 742 under twenty-one years were taken into cus- tody. Of this number 263 were sent to the work house, 91 committed to'the jail and 241 com- plaints were nolle prossed. These figures do not include gathere who wero transferred to their parents in order that they might be saved from the contaminat- ing influence of the work house or jail. There are but two private institutions here for the care and reformation of evil disposed girls, and neither has legal authority for their detention or receives persons of color, —_$—<>—___ MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD, Real Estate Deals—Improvements— e Court Cases, Etc. Correspondence of Tar EVENING Star. Rocxviiue, April 8. Mr. Alfred Ray, through Messrs, Davidson & Davidson, real estate agents, has sold to Mr. W. S. Harban of Washington 15 acres of land at Forest Glen for £500 per acre, It will be subdivided into building lots, Six new dwelling houses are being erected at Derwood, the proprictors being Messrs, Uriah Ricketts, John Isunogle, Thos, Gardner, Wm. Earnshaw, John Powers and Samuel Vance, Mr. Martin 1. Fisher, a well-known citizen of this county, died this week, in the sixtieth year of his age, Mr. Cooke D. Luckett, real estate agent, has sold to Robt. W. Carter, esq. the fine private residence of Mr ‘ah McCahill for $5,200, During the pr: week the following cases have been disposed of in the circuit court of this county: John Smith of Rockville, selling whisky, guilty; fined $150 and costs; in default of payment he was committed to jail. Frank Marshall, selling whisky, guilty; fined $50 and costs, Alice Page, for attempting to poison the children of Mr. Alfred Smith, found guilty and sent to the house of refuge. P. M. Smith, esq., has bought of Mr. Lloyd Burrows a lot at Gaithersbury for $116.50. Mrs. Lavinia Beall, relict of the late James B. Beall, died at her home near Darnestown on ‘Thursday night, aged seventy-six years, The fishing season on Rock creek opened to- day by a visit of Messre. Cushman Braddock and Carey Kingdon, two disciples of Izak Wal- ton, who succeeded in a few hours in capturing a large number of white fish of large size. Mr. Absalom Beall, a well-known citizen of the county, died at his home near Bealisville on Sunday last, in the eightieth year of his ay ge. Sheriff Fairall, recently appointed in place of Wm. H. Carr, deccased, has located permes nently at Gaithersburg, this county, S.A.M. aes Sa ay WESTERN MARYLAND, Marriages, Divorces and Sensational Elopements—Rallroad Accident. Correspondence of THE EVENING Stan. Hacerstows, Mp., April & Thirty-four marriages during March is the record Washington county has made. There were three divorces during the same period, the last being that of Franklin A. Diggs from his wife, Ella May Diggs. Apropos of this may be mentioned the elopement of Miss Blanche Lamar of this city, a beautiful and vivacious young lady who has just scored her sixteenth year—danghter of Capt. Tom Lamar, the popu- lar conductor who runs the 5:30 p.m. train from Washington to, Hagerstown—with Scott Bowers, 2 dime museum lecturer, a side show attache of Forepaugh’s circus and general sport. The affair has caused a general ripple of excitement mm Hagerstown, and since its oc currence yesterday has been the uppermost topic of conversation. Miss Lamar, or as she is now known, Mrs. Bowers, escaped from her home during Tuesday night, joined Bowers on the street and was driven to Cavetown, where the couple were married. One day last week the clerk of the court here was aroused from his slumbers at 5 o'clock a.m. to issue a marriage license to a young couple giving their names as William H. Alg twenty-one, and Viola Lucas, aged seve: 3 both of Sands, Page county, Va. ‘They had ar- rived here at that hour on tke Shonandoah Valicy railroad train. The license was promptly issued and Rev. Mr, Schmid: of the German Lutheran Church made th; couple manand wife. A half hour afterward the clerk of the cour: received a telegram from the young lady’s father requesting him not to issue the license and to have her detained until further instructions. ‘This was too late, however, ‘The parties had been made man and wife, An accident occurred yesterday evening on the Cumberland Valley railroad which resulted in the death of Mr. Thomas Lightcap, engi- neer, a young unmarried man of this city, the | serious injury of Albert Johnson, fireman, also of Hagerstown, and probable fatal injuries to Mr. Mickey, conductor, of Chambersburg. An engine attached to freight train 21 gave out be- tween Martinsburg and Winchester. An extra was sent from Hagerstown with Lightcap, Johnson and Mickey, the latter as pilot, When nearing their destination the engine left the track and turned over. Johnson was thrown clear of the engine and had his arm broken, while Lighteap and Mickey were caught under the engine and slowly roasted. Lightcap died shortly afterward, At this writing Mickey is ve, but with little hope of his recovery. Hagerstown’s newly elected city council met last evening and organized, It found the city finances in a depleted condition, and proceeded to retrenchment by dispensing with several officials, including James E. 8. Pryor, eity sur- veyor and engineer, who received a salary of $700 per annum. Mr. Wm. Schindel, a retired farmer and a well-known resident of this city, died yester- day, aged sixty-three years, B ——__— Truly a Rapid Growth. From the Patriot and Herald, Wytheville, Va. ‘Tue WasHINGTON Star, one of the best daily papers published in the United States, is to be congratulated upon its rapid growth and in- creasing popularity. In 1885 there were only 20,000 copies of the paper issued daily; now there are over 31,000 copies issued every day, an increase of over 11,000 in four years, Truly arapid growth. In 1885 this paper published only about 41,000 advertisements yearly; now it is publishing over 65,000. eee CAUGHT AT LAST, A Bank Messenger Found in Honduras Who Took $41,000 Two Years Ago. Edmund Sturgis Crawford has been ar- rested at Santa Barbara, Spanish Honduras, for the theft of a package in 1838, containing 41,000 in transit from the American Exchange National Bank in New York to the Adams Ex- ny office. The was ad- wee, RPS, Wa Bede nee Washington, A large portion of the money was fee in Crawford’ General Passenger Agent J. R. Wood of the Pennsylvania railroad has been made chairman of the trunk lines commission, i it of successor Weerce sree iatlie, mime rinibiay semndt girls taken from houses of ill repute or | from the streets engaged in lewdness | be Examined as to His Sanity. Mrs. Julia Barnett, who was shot in the neck Wednesday morning, is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances, and her re- covery is not thought impossible. She was getting along very nicely this afternoon. Mrs. Barnett’s son Cornelius was taken to the Police Court this afternoon and charged with the assault on his mother. The prisoner was brought before the court, but he had nothing to say. Policeman William Riley suggested that the prisoner was insane and also told thé court that his mother was in the hospital and unable to appear. THE CASE POSTPONED TILL TUESDAY. Under the circumstances Judge Miller said he would postpone the case until Tuesday and in the meantime the accused could be ex- | amined as to his mental condition. Although | Mrs. Barnett had never varied from her first | statement that she was shot by a 0, | = the = assert -—" the farther | the; in ve re RE o~ os convinced that Bar eeneeel not the negro did the shooting. One officer recalls an instance when he was called to the | house to protect the woman from violence at the hands of her son. The policemen also say that Mrs, Barnett now has a black eye which her son is responsible for. The colored man, James Harrison, whom Mrs, Barnett accuses of having shot her, has not yet been arrested. The officers learned that he came here froma place near Lynch- burg, Va., and it is thought that he may have gone back there, ies Prince George’s County Teachers. The Teachers‘Association of Prince George's county met yesterday in the Georgetown Law | College building, with W. C. Tippett in the | chair, Miss Perrie acting as secretary. The | first paper before the association was from B. | C. Pritheard of Laurel. His subject was: “How | to make teaching attractive.” The best method | of teaching decimal and common fractions was | discussed by Mr. Elbert Dent, A paper on eeds of our public schools,” by Mr. J. Lee Claggett of Upper Marlboro’, was received with | much favor by the association, Miss Gibbons | described her method of teaching spelling. | Miss Wallis explained the Kent county method | | of conducting teachers’ associations, An inter- ‘esting lecture was given by Prof. Thomas Concrad of the Agricultural College contrasting the present with former methods of teaching. Wm. T. Neale and Roger I. Manning debated | the question: “Resolved, that the teacher exer- cises a greater influence than the parent in | forming the cbaracter of the young.” Resolu- | tions offered by Miss Sue Young were adopted | expressing regret for the proposed change in | the principalship of the state normal school of Baltimore. =n Connecting the Thirty-Inch Mains. The work of putting ina new cross section ‘on the 30-inch main at 18th and K streets to connect with the new 30-inch main along L street northwest was done last night, About 8 o'clock the pressures in that section of the | city were reduced so as to expedite the work, | but it was not until 11:30 that the water in the pipe had subsided sufticiently to allow the con- nections to be made. Capt. Lusk and Col. | Elliott superintended the work. A large crowd of spectators stayed around the work until early this morning. The connection was not made until 2:30 o'clock this morning. A Weppixe Axnivensary CeELepratep.—Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stangier were given a very happy surprise Wednesday night at their home on Monroe street by about thirty of their Ana- costia neighbors and Washington friends, the occasion being the first anniversary of the wed- ding of the host and hostess, ‘he hours from |8p.m. to 2 in the morning were passed with vocal and instrumental music and social ggmes |and amusements, including dancing. Mr. | Henry Stangier, a brother of the host, who 1s | ventriloquist, d to the pleasure of the oc- | casion. Several very pretty and useful presents were received and refreshments were served. | Among the guests present were J. J. Murphy jand family, Mr. Thomas Gr iy | Emma Robey and others of this village, Mr. nd Mrs, Newton, Mr. Dobbins, Mr. Jones and | Miss Fitzgerald of Washington. Nores.—ihe Anacostia Lodge, Knights of | Pythias, held an interesting session in their castle last night. New members are received jat nearly every mecting.—John A. Logan | Post and Relief Corps, G.A.R., have arranged | to attend the Lincoln Post fair in a body one | night next week.—Mr. J. J, Murphy's deliv- | ory horse took a lively run yesterday with a | load of fish, but no serious damage was done. | — Mr. E. B. Russell is now sole proprietor of | the new weekly, the News, Mr, Redfield having withdrawn from the firm. Mr. Russell has oe the house and store room of Mr. | Watson Tolson on Monroe street near Pleasant, and will immediately remove his office from the Pyles block to the new quarters, thus caus- ing the paper todropa stitch and not appear | again till next week.——Miss Bridget Downey, who nearly severed the fingers of one hand re- | cently, is doing nicely and will recover the use | of the injured members. Col. A. B. Frisbie has pluns for a $2,000 residence on Jef- | ferson street. Work will begin m a few days.—— | J. A. Watson, one of our pharmacists, will put an M. D, annex to his name as soon as the ex- | aminations close in the Georgetown Medical | College. J. Chambers Hill, a pathologist at St. | Elizabeth Hospital, will also compicte the | course and may go west to freeze up with the |country. There are several other medics from this side of the branch. Mr. Arthur McLean of this village, who has been connected with | Washington papers for the past two years, has resigned from the repertorial staff of the Post. ——Miss Cora McLean is visiting friends near Baltimore and while there will take part in amateur theatricals.—Master Harry Halleck, who was left an orphan by his mother’s recent death, has gone to New York to make his home with relatives there. His elder brother (Bert) will secure employment and remain here. Good Friday wus recognized today by a holiday in the public schools and services in some of the churches. a THE COURTS. Cimcuit Cocrr—Juilge Montgomery. Yesterday—Stauf & Sous agt. Stone; judgment by Gefault. Whitecotton agt. B. & P. and B ‘& O. Railroad Companies; jury respited. Equity Count—Judge Coz. Yesterday—Ferguson agt. Ferguson et al.; ro confesso as to Andrew and Sarah Fergusan. Eon agt. McKee and Latrobe agt. same; commission to take testimony in Little Rock ordered to issue. Walker agt. Walker; testi- mony ordered taken before Examiner John Cruikshank. Carat Court—Chief Justice Bingham, Yesterday—Simeon Mabry, petit larceny; re- cognizance forfeited. Daniel Williams, house- breaking; guilty. Richard Chew, housebreak- ing; not guilty. Richard Meany and Edward Cunningham, assaulting officer; both plead guilty; ninety days in jail each. det eR NOT ALLOWED TO RESIGN, Maryland’s State Treasurer Must Re- main Till He is Dismissed. Governor Jackson asked Attorney-General White for an opinion upon the question of the acceptance of the resignation of State Treasurer Archer. The attorney-general re- plied: “While the acceptance of the resignation will, in my judgement, not affect the relation of the treasurer to the state, nor impair the obligation of his surities, yet, as the legis- lative committee is invested with the duty of ascertaining the condition of the state funds in his keeping, and instructed upon proper f to make charges against him of mal- Fronance or misay of the funds, as the case may be, order that the constitu- tional mode of vacating the office under such circumstances shall be exercised, I do not Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 27, 1889. Real Baki GEORGETOWN, Ixcarasep Water Presstne.—The pressure of the water on the low service was tested this morning by Foreman Kurtz of Engine Com- pany No. 5, who informed a Sra reporter that re on that service since the laying of the 48-inch water mains bas increased from 8 te 10 pounds, PERATURE axD Coxprriox or Warten at 7 A.M.—Great Falls—temperature, 54; condi- tion, 36. Receiving reservoir temperature, 50; condition at north connection, 30; condition at south connection, 24 Distributing reservoir — temperature, 51. Condition at infinent gate house, 24; condition at effluent gate house, 14, ~ Miss Patten’s Team Runs Away. Although the races were postponed on ae count of rain there was an interesting race in one heat on F street while the clouds were slopping over at 11:30 today. Miss Patten of 2122 Massachusetts avenue, accompanied by Mrs, McLean, was in her carriage at the Boston store, corner of llth and I’, when the pole be- came partly detached from the carriage, letting the whiffletrees mand the horses’ heels at every step, while the carriage swayed about the street, endanger: everything insight. The spirited team was driven by John Sherron, who kept his seat till a dayton wagon was crashed into near the Ebbitt House, and the team topped with the assistance of the ce and office seekers on the street, The ladies were shghtly scratched, but not seriously hurt nor at ali scared, althbugh their lives had been am imm- minent peril, ‘aniline K. of P. Hall Association. The Knights of Pythias Hall Association, for the purpose of purchase or erection of build- ings for K. of P. meetings, has, by R. Good- heart, G. W. Heisley, N. Bunch, P. Neuhaus and Harry Coggins, filed a certificate of incor- poration. The capital stock is to be one thou- sand shares of #25 each. —_— Range of the Thermometer Today. ‘The following were the readings at the sig- nal office today: 8a ; 2pm, 61; maxi mum. 62 inimaMm, DIED. ALLEN. The remains of OLIVER ALLEN will be removed from vault, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, for burial Sunday Tam. F dl, = BYRNS. | On Ape 800, in 4 Maen., Me, JEREMIAH BYRNS, father of Dr. Wa. 'F. Byron of his city. = CARROLL. On April 4, 1890, the residence of her som, Chas (Carroll, 2 east. Mr MARY E., wife of Jox'G, ty-third year of her age Notice of fuperal hereaiter, CRONIN. On ‘Thursday, April 3, 1890, af "i RICHARD AC CBUMIN, ©? “PTH 3 1690, et 2pm Funeral irom St. Matthew's Church Sunday at 2:20 and friends invited. ° SLAY On April 4, 180, at twenty min- utes past 6 kam. JOHN A. DE LA VEKGNE, in the seven ry naive of Ariaenia, a the past thirty years a E st. north- ia. 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