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Brancb 1722 Penus ave. aplesin QYZEY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW THAT CAz- Beers Littie Liver Pileare aspeeshe for ack heads sche. Only cue pill « dos A wowen can’t stand everyt MrUKr WATER, THE CAUSE OF SO MUCH ILL health. 1¥ made harmless by adding a little Angue- ture Bitters. Manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. siegert @dums. Atal drugsista. rs 2d EDITION. Lalsl Telegrams 10 The Slt Heavy Rains in Texas. Hovstox, Tex., April 24.—For three days continuous rains have failen all over Texas, Rivers and bayous are up and out of their banks. Bridges ave been swept away and travel is delayed. All stock in low lands and canebrakes bas been drowned, but so far no loss of life is reported. The waters are still rising and indications are for more rain, | ge An Impromptu Necktie Party. Sax Avousrine, Texas, April 24—Sim Gar- rett and Jerry Teel, who were in jail oa a charge of attempting to poison Col. John C. Brooks and family,were taken from the jail last night and lynched, Convenient hooks in front ofa butcher shop were converted into an im- promptu gallows. A Railroad Man Found. New Yor«, April 24.—Mr. Benjamin B, New- ton, assistant superintendent of the Philadel- phia and Reading Railway Company, who has been missing from his home, Plainfield, N.J., was found this morning at Smith and McNeill’s Hotel, this city. Newton's brother-in-iaw found him there. The police have been looking for Mr. Newton since yesterday, when a general alarm was sent out from police headquarters. seta The Southwest Stockmen’s Convention. Corrvs Curisti, Tex., April 24.—The South- west Stockmen’s convention to be held here April 30 will be of considerable importance. A refrigerator company, with a capital stock of $300,000, will be organized, with this city as its headquarters, while cold storage houses will be located at New Orleans, St. Louis, Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and other cities, Sables ee In East River. New York, April 24.—The body of an un- known man was found this morning in the East river off 40th street. The man had been drowned and from his description the police think it may be the body of Charles Jackson, who murdered Mamie smith on Tuesday morn- ing last, aud that he may have committed sui- cide, " —— Mrs. Wales’ Handicap. Lowspow, April 24.—The race for the Princess of Wales handicap at Sandown Park today was won by Lord Randolph Churehiil’s black filly L’Abbesse d’ Jouarre. sien ee Parnell’s Thanks. Toroxto, April 24.—The Toronto branch of the Irish National League have received a let- ter from Mr. Parnell, through his secretary, thanking them for their motion of sympathy lately sent to him im reference to the death of Joseph Biggar, —_.—__ Hurt by a Falling Sidewalk. Cacao, April 24.—At a $10,000 fire last night in Perry & Green's picture factory a crowded sidewalk gave way. F. Edwards, aged twelve years, was fatally injured, Two other boys, James Martin and Edward Jennings, had knee bones broken. —__.-— Delayed Justice. Sact Lake City, Uran, April 24.—George Hancock, a later day saint at Provo, hus been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for the murder of the Jones family at Spanish Fork in 1559, a A Million Francs Gone. Bense, April 24.—The council of the canton of Ticino has appointed a committee to inves tigate the recent embezzlement of 1,000,000 franes of the public fund by the treasurer of the canton, aes A Cretan Outrage. Casea, Crete, April 24—A number of Turks abducted a Christian girl from the village of Panaso and she was subsequently outraged by an officer. Chakir Pasha, the governor of Crete, has ordered the arrest und trial of the officer for his crime. ——— The Saxton Bill Passed. ALBANY, +, April 24.—The Senate recalled from the assembly the Saxton ballot reform bill and repassed it, changing it so as to agree with the amended Saxton bill. which was agreed to last Friday by the governor, Mr, Saxton and others, —_-___ A Gypsy’s Pistol. Trenton, N. J., April 24.—Early this morn- ing Noah Palmer, aged 70 years, a member of a band of Gypsies encamped at Morrisville, near here, and who has been on a protracted spree, shot his wife, killing her instantly, dur- ing a quarrel, He then tried to shoot his daughter and shot himself in the back of the head, intlicting @ wound from which the doc- tor says he cannot recover. A Procuress Arrested. Moxtreat, April 24.—A notorious procuress was before the police court yesterday charged with sending girls to other cities tor immoral purposes, Two young men, who were charged with beimg accomplices of the woman, were also in custody. Tuesday night fifteen young girls were shipped to Chicago, but two of them were arrested as they were boarding the train. The evidence at the examination was not sufficient to secure # conviction and all the parties were discharged. It is a well-known fact thata large number of girls are sent out from here for immoral purposes, chiefly to American cities, and the authorities are making strenu- ous efforts to stop the practice. a The Sny Levee Case. Spriortetp, Iut., April 24.—Iu the federal court here yesterday Judges Gresham and Allen heard arguments in the ‘‘Sny levee case.” ‘The legislature in 1871 authorized the building of the levee, which extends from Hannibal, Mo., to Quincy, ll, and the commissioners proceeded to the issuance of bonds. The question of the constitutionality of the law was raised on the collection of an assessment, and the Illinois su- preme court decided it unconstitutional. Work was then abandoned and the water over- flowed the adjacent lands im 1876, doing much damage. In the meantime bonds to the amount of $500,000 had been issued and were bought in by Francis Palms of Detroit, who, as an innocent holder, now brings action to recover the amount from the tenants and owners of the adjacent lands, About 800 farm- ers are interested in the suit, as adjacent prop- erty owners, who resist the suit. portant : The Last of Michigan’s War Debt. Laxsitxe, Micu., April 24.—On Thursday, May 1, the last of Michigan's bonded debt, amounting to $239,000, will mature and the bonds will be ealled in and paid from the sink- ing fund. The bonds issued for war purposes aggregated #2,255,400. About one-haif were ayable at the pleasure of the state and were [ecg since retired. The remaining balf are payable May 1, 1890. Efforts have been made to retire ali these and save the interest, but they commanded so high a premium that all could not be secured until maturity. ——— Stanley at a Ball. Bavssers, April 24—The ball given last night in eid of the African Society, which was attended by the king and queen and Mr. Stan ley, was a brilliant one. Among the other prominent personsat the ball were the Countess of Flanders, sister-in-law of the king; the members of the Belgian ministry and all the leading diplomats in Brussels. Carnot Today. Panis, April 24.—President Carnot has ar- rived at Villefranche on his return from the Island of Corsi: nicer eet Blown Through the Walls. Furst, Micu., April 24.—The large boiler at Coke Brothers’ tile and brick factory, six miles east of this city, exploded about 10 o'clock yes- terday morning with disastrous effects, Fred, an eighteen-vear-old son of Henry Cook, was scalded so badly that he died within two hours. The other victims were George Baldwin aged eighteen years, and Edward Parcell, | another lad about the same age. Young Bald- win's injuries are so bad that recovery is doubt- ful. The explo — ly and with- vat warnil e brick engine room was badly demolished and the three injured lads were blown through the walls. ae manne The Queen’s Girls. Beaux, April 24.— Empress Frederick, daughter of Queen Victoria, and Princess Vic- toria and Margaret, granddaughters of the jneen, arrived at Darmstadt today. They were pany at the railway station by the pm § duke of Hesse and his family and were driven to the ducal palace, where they met Queen Vic- teria. DOWN IN THE COAL MINES, The Strike of the Connellsville Miners Begins Today. CoxsELisvitte, Pa., April 24.—Today the thirty days’ notice given by the Connellsville coal miners and coke workers of the Smithton district expired, and the strike bringing out over 1,000 men is on, The demand of the strikers is for the recog- nition of the Columbus scale of pri for min- ing at all mines in the district. 75 cents per ton. The present price ranges from 40 to 62 cents per ton. The strikers are well organ- ized and a protracted struggle is anticipated, ——— Schooner Hit. Viseyanp Havex, Mass., April 24.—The four-masted schooner Bronson, from Norfolk for Boston with coal, was run into on the 23d, off the Shinnecook light by British steamer Lepanto from Boston for Antwerp via Balti- more and was badly hurt. The damage to the res sare is notknown. The Brouson will prob- ably tow to her destination. Sa en A Jailbreaker Caught. Bostox, April 24.—Henry Sargent, who es- caped from the jail at Salem, N. Y., January 2 while awaiting sentence for horse stealing, is at the city — ital here with two bullet wounds in his left le which he received yesterday while resi ig arrest, suas een A Partner in Canada. Cutcaco, April 24.—G. F. Churchill, man- aging partner of Gifford & Churchill, dealers in etchings, engravings, &c., according to a story published this morning, has been missing | for some time and is believed to be in Canada, Mr, Gifford, who is a well-known operator on the board of trade, alleges that his deal with Churchill has cost him about $8,000, ——————— A Costly Fire. Lonpox, April 24.—A fire broke out in the oil refineries at Bank Side, London, last night and caused damage amounting to £120,000. =e Comb Factory Burned. Briperrort, Conn., April 24.—A fire broke out inthe factory of the Shelton Comb Com- pany at Shelton about 1 o'clock this morning, causing a loss of €50,000. The fire spread rapidly and made an almost clean sweep. The Housatonic Brass Company and the Lafayette House were burned out. Mrs, Slicer, who occupied a tenement, was badly burned and died half an hour after be- ing taken out. a What Did the Two Congressmen See? New Yorx, April 24.—Congressmen Owen and Stump of the sub congressional committee ou immigration went on a sight-seeing tour through Mott, Mulberry and other streets and alleys in the Italian quarter last night, but just what they think of the so-called dives and dens they visited they would not say. Perhaps later on they may speak of the night’s ramble. Roepe ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. ‘The following are the opening and closin; the Kew York Stock Market, se reported 2 tres Prices of ck Mi a M ¥ special cC. 80. | 24 C. &O. 1st p'd! 6. DL. &W...i2: De. Canal |. D.& KioGr..| 2 o%lock m.: D. C. 8.5 8. Electric Light, 2d $1,000 at 11534: $1,000 at 11534. Columbia National Bank, 30 at 183; 10 at 183; 10 at 183. Capitol and North © street ra! Arlington Insuran Insurance, 100 at 4 100 at 5%. 200 at Graphophone, 100 at Government Bonds— bid, 104 asked. bid, 104 2 bid, 1224, bid, 124 8.4398, 1891, registered, . 4368, 1591, coupon, asked. U.S. 4s, registered, 107, sked. U.S. 4s, coupons, 123 anker District ot Columbia Bonds—Per imp. 68, I8¥L, coin, 1033 bid, 1045 asked. Per imp. 73, ASL. currency, 104 bid. Market stock 73, isv2, currency. 105 bid. 20-year fund, 68, 1se2, gold, 104 bid. 20-year fund, 5s, 1890, gold, 112 ‘bid, 118 asked. Water stock, 7s, 901, currency, 131 bid. 30-year fund, ts. gold, 1902, 124 bid." Water stock, 7s, currency, 1903, 135 bid, 140 asked. 35s, 1yz4) fund, currency, 122 bid, 123 asked. Misvelianeous Bonds—U. 8 Electric Light bonds, Ist. 6s, 100 bid. U.S. Electric Light bonds, 2d Gs, 116% vid, 117 asked. Washington and George- town Kailroad, 10-40, 63, 105 bid. Wash- ington and Georgetown Convertible bonds, 6s, 175 bid. 210 asked. Masonic Hall Association’ 5s, 18¥5, 108 bid, 110 asked. Washington Market Company Ist mortgage, 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market company bonds, imp. 6s. 116 bid, 120 asked. Washington Light Infantry first mort bonds, 6s, 103 bid. Washing- Light Infantry bonds, 2d 7s, 1904, 100 bid, 10239 asked. Washington Gas Light onyeny V ash- bonds, series A, 68, 120 bid, 121 asked. ingwn Gas Light Company bonds, series B, 6s, 121 bid. iygienic Ice company, lst mortgage, bid, 1043 asked. National bank Stocks—Hank of Washington, 405 bid, 455 asked. Bank of Kepub! n> bid. Metropolitan, 255 bid, 267 asked. Central, 0 bid. Second, 184 bid." Farmers and Mechanics, 158 bid, 200 asked, Citifens, 165 bid, 150 asked: Columbia, 182% bid, 184 asked. Capital, 118 bid. West End, 93 bid. Traders, 04 bid, US asked. Lincoln, 72 bid. iroad Stucks— Washington and Georgetown, 275 bid, Metropolitan, 170 bid. Columbia, 73 bid, 78 asked. Capitol and North O Street, 69 bid, 72 asked. Eckington and Soldiers’ Home,70 bid. Georgetown and Tenallytown, 49 bid, 53 usked. Brightwood, 40 bid, 60 asked. insurance Stocks—Firemens, 44 bid. Franklin, 57 bid. Metropolitan.)$3 bid, 00 asked. National Union, 20% bid, 22 asked. Arlington, 195 bid, 205 asked. Coreuran, 64 bid, 68 asked) Colum- 18 bid. 19 asked. German-American, 180 bid. Potoinac, 88 bid, M4 asked. Riggs, 82, bid, 93 asked. "Peoples, 5% bid, 57; asked. Title Insurance Stocks—Reul Estate Title, 125 bid, 135 asked, Columbia Tile, 6% bid, 7 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks—Washington Gas, 434 bid, 44 asked.” Georgetown Gas, 48 bid. U.S. Electric Light, 113 bid, 115 ‘Telephone Stucks—Ponnsyivania, 25 vid. Chesa- peake and Potomac, 74 bid, 75 asked. Aimerican Graphophone Company, 1% bid, 13% asked. Miscellaneous Stocks— Washington Market Com- ‘8 bid. Washington Brick Machine Com- 350 bid. Great Falls Ice Company, 210 5 asked, Bull Run Panorama, 23 asked. ‘National Safe Deposit Company, Washington Safe Deposit Company, 4 140 asked. National ‘ly, raphic, 20 bid, 35 askeds Mergenthaler, 14 bid) 25 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, % bid, 1 asked. Wash- ington Loan and Trust Company, 3%, bid, asked. American Security and Trust ‘Company, 4936 Did, 51 asked, Lincoln Hall, 80 bid, 100 asked. "Hygienic Ice Company, 40 bid. ———— asked. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 24.—-Cottou quiet—middling, ny. our’ flat and unchanged — Howard d western super, 2.00a7.50; do. extra, do. do. family,’ 4.00a4.60; City mills, Ss, extra, 4.37a4.62; winter wheat patent. ring, do. do., 5.1045.50; x : extr Wheat—southern firm; Fults, 88a95; ' Longberry, eamer No. 2 red, 853a87 i! 2 winter red, ‘spot, sx! April, 804; May, 0 asked; July, 87 asked. “Corn— southern fairly active and’ firm: white, 43a46; yer western spot firm, future easy; mixed April, 41a41\; May, 40% 0405; y, Cotas —— 41; grad demaud—prime to choice, 58060. Hay rime to choice timothy, '13.50@14.00. " Provis- jons quiet, steady and unchanged—mess pork, old 12.75, new 13.50; bulk meats, loose shoulders, 54; long clear and clear rib sides, 6\; sugar: pickled shoulders, 6%; sugar-cured sinoked shoul- ders, 74; hams, 'large 10al4; small 11 yalzig; lard, refined 7%, crude 6a6%. Butter fairly active and unchanged—western ladie, 12a1:; creamery, 18419. Eggs quiet—western, 12. Coffee quiet and’ dull—Rio- car, fair, 19%. Sugar strong and active—A soft, 6%. Copper quiet—re- fined, 124813, Whisky firm—1.00a110. Freights fo Liverpool per steamer nominal—cotton 40c. four per ton fn sacks, 20s.a22s; grain per bushel, 3a. Cork for orders—34.a3s.3d. Keceipts—fiour. 7,334 barrels; wheat, 16,000 bushels; corn, 68,000 Dushels: oats, 11,000 bushels; rye, 4,000 bushels, Ship-ments—flour, 4.245 barrels; Aacvonaal 2,000 busbels; corn, 132,000 bushels. ‘whi 7,000 bushels; ‘corm. 43,000 bushels, a BALTIMOKE, April 24.—Virginia consols, 41; jo. 19.40's, 36; do. threes, 663g; Baltimore and Unio stock, 9840100; Northern Central stock. 68; Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore firsts, 101; consolidated gas bonds, 113}a114; do. stock, 40 849%. Chicago Markets. CHICAGO, April 24 (closing).—Wheat—May, 8834; June, july, 8635. Corn—May, 323@ June, 32%;' July, 33%. Oats—May, 24%; June, 244! en Pork—Ma % Su 10; July start in a few days onan extensive tour of in- jong the al stations in Arizona, ° CAPITOL COMMITTEE WORK, Two Bills Against Convict Labor—Other _ Matters of Interest, The House committee on labor today author- ized a favorable report on a bill forbidding the employment upcn any building, house or other structure that belongs to or is Being con- structed for or by the government of any person who has been convicted of crime and sentenced to imprison- ment in any prison, penitentiary, jail or other nal or reformatory institution and punish- ing by fine or imprisonment any officer or agent of the United States or any contractor with the government of the United States or subcontractor who may violate the provisions of the act, s The committee also authorized a favorable report on a bill making it unlawful for any agent or officer of the United States to purchase supplies for the use of the army or navy or other government department or other mate- rials to be used in the erection, construction or completion of public buildings when the sup- plies or materials are, in whole or in part, the product of convict labor. THE PACIFIC RAILROADS’ BILL. The House committee on Pacific railroads today completed the detailed consideration of the pending bill to secure the refunding of the indebtedness of the Pacific railroads to the government, The amendments made this morning are of small importance, being in- tended principally to make clearer the Principles of the measure, with the exception of one extending from seventy-five to one hundred years, the period pera] which the Central Pacific Company may extend the life of their first mortgage bonds in the event of refunding. Chairman Dalzeli will prepare a new bill, embodying all of the amendments made by the committee in the measure just finished, and will submit it to the full committee at its next meeting for ap- proval. PROJECTILES FOR THROWING LIFE LINES. An animated hearing was held by the Sen- ate commerce committee today upon the bill to repeal the law of last session whjch requires steamboats to carry projectiles for throwing life lines to another vessel or to shore. The passage of the bill was urged by ex-Senator Conger, representing —_the Vessel Owners’ Association of the Great Lakes; J. A. Dumont, supervising inspector general of steamboats; D. D. C. Mink, representing the Atlantic coast line steamers, and Hepry Wil iams of Baltimore. 8. L Kimball, superintend- ent of the life-saving service, advocated amend- ing the bill, but not its repeal. The makers of the projectiles and their agents were present, but were not able to present their side of the case for lack of time, but will be permitted to file written arguments to be printed for the use of the committee. “ FOR ADOPTION OF THE METRIC SYSTEM, Prof. Mendenhall of the coast survey made an argument before the ways and means com- mittee today in favor of changing the method of computing tariff dues from pounds and yards to the metric system. He held that the change would simplify the collection of the revenues, reduce the amount of labor involved in calculating duties and in other ways benefit the service. One of his poimts was that nearly all of our imports come to this country invoiced under the metric system, which involved the translation of the units into our own standards. BISMARCK AT HOME, The Plain House on His Fine Estate, Friedrichsruhe, From the London Star. Friedrichsruhe, the second of the two estates Presented to the German chancellor by a grate- ful sovereign and country, cost about £170,000, which was set apart for the purpose by K: Wilhelm I out of the French war indemnity, Varzin, the gift of which dates immediately after the German-Austrian war, cost but a third ofthatamount, The title of Duke of Lauren- burg is suggested by the fact that the estate is situated in the duchy on which in 1864 the then Count von Bismarck tried his “prentice hand” at annexation, ‘The gates of the demesne are but a short dis- tance from the station of the same name on the line between Berlin and Hamburg. There is nothing monumental or architecturally grand about the house itself, The two wings, built at right angles, of which it consists, are ex- ternally as bare of ornament as a barrack. A magnificent lawn, thickly dotted with cente- narian trees, leads to the frontentrance. An enormous tract of meadow land extends be- hind the house as far as the eye can reach, where it joins the Sachsenwald (Saxon forest), Not a flower or parterre anywhere, and deep, deep silence reigns around. The Sica pity of the interior is in thorough keeping with the bareness of the exterior The enormous hall is hke a couple of hospita wards thrown into one, with whitewashed walls, without a stucco cornice or a center orna- ment on the ceilings, a few gigantic antlers here and there, half a dozen wooden chairs, and a table without a tablecloth. On the table are a white earthen ware inkstand, a couple of pens, the holders of which seemed to have been fashioned out of bits of a five-barred gate— they are so clumsy and long—and a blotter without blotting paper. Prince Bismarck dis- trusts blotting paper. He himself never uses it and as he knows that in his hurry a visitor may write a communication intended for him only and still leave a copy of it on the innocent pink sheet, the modern substitute for pounce pow- der is rigorously excluded from the hall, DECORATIONS OF THE ROOMS, But if the walls and ceilings are bare, not so the floor,which is thickly carpeted everywhere, Passing through the hall one enters a second, somewhat less freezing, which leads to theroom where the chancellor transacts his business with less familiar callers, The first thing that strikes the visitor is a large pastel portrait of Lord Beaconstield, with the statesman’s name written underneath in Prince Bismarck’s sprawl- ing hand. Facing it hangs a duplicate of Bon- nat’s famous portrait of Adolphe Thiers, In a corner stands a bronze bust of Count von Moltke who looks as if he had been bonneted by a too enthusiastic admirer, for the laurel crown with which he is coiffe desceuds low down upon his forehead; above this a magnificent like- hess in oil of Prince-Cardinal Hohenlohe. On the mantelpiece on one side is a reproduc- tion of the statue of the grand elector (Fred- erick the Great's grandfather) by Schluter, on the other a plaster cast of an equestrian statue supposed to be the original portrait of Charle- magne. Of furniture in the ordinary sense of the word there is very little. A glazed cabinet, full of carabines and pistols, another full of maps, @ round table and three chairs, and that all, Of course the reception rooms and pri- e apartments of the rest of the family are of a less Spartan character, but in those of the prince himself the ornamental has had to yield absolutely to the useful, INDIFFERENCE TO ART. With the exception of music, Prince Bis- marck is utterly indifferent to art, Some years ago, at an “at home,” a lady reminded Bis- marck that she had been his cicerone duging his early student days in Berlin, **True,” he said; and then he introduced her to his wite and daughter in the following terms: “This is the lady to whom I owe the greater part of my artistic education, for it was in her company that I went to the Berlin Museam—the firat and only time in my life.” With regard to music, he is very fond of listening to it, though, like the great Napoleon, he sings horribly out of out of time. ‘Life is serious and art " he wrote at the back of the well-knowu photograph of Pauline Lucca; and that appar- ently is his reason for not spending muck time in the pursuit of the art, LINGUIST AND READER. Different is 1t with regard to literature. The man is not only a magnficent linguist, albeit he has forgotten his Greek, but is an omniv- orous reader, His own room is absolutely littered with books, novels included. While there are no knick-knacks, no cunningly con- trived shelves or artistically arranged what- nots for the display of porcelain and cloisonne, three or four enormuus, cumbrous mahogany tables almost bend beneath the weight of doc- uments, blue-books, &c. Near th i facing the south, are a huge writ abronze inkstand, » bowl of spouuce: powder, a couple of gigantic quills and perhaps half a ream of toolecap—the chan- cellor detests steel pens—and a chair without a back. In one of the recesses is a more modern writing table, above which es trait of the late emperor. At the other end of the sanctum are several couches and arm chairs andin one corner a bundle of pipes with huge porcelain bowls, On the walls above are the portraits of his wife and children. ‘This is the favorite nook where Bismarck takes his rest, The bed room is never shown to any visitor, but it contains teres 0 Lee of furniture only—an enormous wash stand, 9 small bedstead and a bootjack. There used be & couple of hair brushes “Take them D.C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1890 HAWKINS’ CHANCE FOR LIFE, An Effort Before the Court Today to Save Him From the Gallows. In the Court in General Term—Justices Hag- ner, James and Cox—the case of Benjamin Hawkins, colored, who is under sentence of death to be executed a week from tomorrow, was taken up this afternoon, Messrs. C. A. Elliot and Myer Lewin for the prisoner and Assistant District Attorney Lipscomb for the government. Hawkins, young colored man, was convicted before Judge Bradley May 14 last of the murder of his wife, Cora, the night of March 14, 1889. It appeared in testimony that they had been married six years, but had lived apart for a year; that the wife sent for him to meet her, and he failing tofind her at her brother's went toa parlor social on Virginia avenue between $d and 43g streets and there found her; that they went to a store on 414 street, and as he stated on their return she wanted to go by an alley entrance because she did not want a certain man to see them to- gether. They were seen togo in the alley and a few minutes later she was found dead. The counsel did not deny the killing, but claimed that it was manslaughter, the result of @ quar- rel, aud that the greater offense could not be inferred from the weapon used—a large pocket knife he was in the habit of carrying as adriver, As stated above, Hawkins was con- victed May 14.and on June 1 was sentenced to be hanged on August 30 last, but the counsel having taken exception to the ruling of the court the time was fixed for January 31 last. the had notthen been finally deter- mined, a few weeks ago the President granted a respite in the case and also in that of Lewis Williams to May 2. —s THE DYNAMITE CRUISER, The Vesuvius Likely to Have Another Trial. The question of the acceptance of the new dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, which has been open in the Navy Department for considerably over ® year, is once more be- ing hotly discussed by the Secretary, his law advisers and the builders of the boat, The contractors contend that they have com- plied with all the requirements of the contract andask that the vessel be accepted without further delay. On the other hand the Secretary is not quite satisfied with the horse- power performance of the little cruiser, and is anxious she should be given another trial to test this point. He and Col. Remey, the ju advocate gen- eral of the navy, went over the case carciull; yesterday afternoon, and, it is unders' 5 came toaconclusion, which has not yet re- sulted in anything being made public, however. It is thopght that there will be another trie]. HIS HEAD IN DANGER. Secretary Windom Looking for a Suc- cessor to Chief Bell of the Secret Service. The official head of Chief Bell of the secret service division of the Treasury is in imminent danger. In fact, it has been very loose-jointed as far as prospects of staying on are concerned for some months, It was one of Secretary Windom’s earliest conclusions when he assumed charge of the Treasury Department that he did not care to retain Mr. Bell in that position, and ever since then he has been conducting « still hunt for a man who possessed the __ peculiar combination of a good field de- tective and an efficient administra officer. There were fine detectives at his dis- see by the score, but none who seemed quali- ied to take charge of this important branch of [Spates at spy work. Ex-Chief Brooks, whom ir. Bell succeeded, does not care to return to the post, as he is getting well along in years and does not want to resume the great responsibility attached to the office. A great many names have been presented to the Secre- tary, among them those of Capt, Abbott of Cleveland and Col. Drummond of New York, but the Secretary has as yet made no decision. The office pays $3,500 a year. OLD INDIAN VILLAGES, Remains of Settlements Found by Mr. Proudfit in the District. Mr. S. V. Proudfit in the paper he read be- fore the Anthropological Society descriptive of “A Collection of Stone Implements from the District of Columbia,” presented by him to the Smithsonian Institution, indicated the location of the old Indian village sites and aboriginal workshops* in the District. On a map he showed the eastern shore of the Anacostia was dotted with wigwam-like marks to indicate a village site. The village, Mr. Proudfit said, was old Nacotchtauke, which stretched along the whole eastern shore from the mouth of the Stream up to Bladensburg. A village site is laid down along the eastern bank of the Poto- mac from a short distance above Georgetown to the Little Falls, A small village is marked on the Virginia shore of the Potomac over- looking the Chain Bridge and Little Falls, another at the foot of Analostan Island on the same side of the stream, still another « little further down at the southern end of the Long Bridge (Namaraughquena), one at the mouth of ‘Four-mile Run,” and one at Falls Church on the same stream, TURNED UP BY THE PLOW. With each plowing of the fields Mr. Proudfit said afresh supply of relics is turned up for the collector. The new bridge across the Anacostia at the eastern end of Pennsylvania ayenue leads directly into one of the old camps of Nacotchtauke. in Preparing the grade for the eastern approach to the bridge the surface soil was removed from at least two acres of this camp. ‘he field, a level sandy plain, was first plowed, the loose soil taken up and deposited on the grade and the process repeated. Each time the shovel followed the plow nearly every- thing turned up bythe latter was removed from the field. On one side of the field, how- ever, the work was not carried out to include the full area first laid bare, but was confined within lesser limits, and the same thing occur- ring again two lower terraces were formed, each but a little more than the depth of one plow- ing. Thus the upper terrace is the ory, surface of the ficid, the next lower, the result of the first plowing, and the foot of the terrace the result of the last plowing. The whole depth of the excavation at this point was a little over two feet. An examination showed that the upper terrace carried a large number of relics common to the locaiity, bite of worked quartz, quartzite, arrow heads, &c., the second an equal quantity of the same material, while the bottom, though in less degree, still fur- nished a considerable number of implements, fragments and chips. VILLAGES AND HUNTING CAMPS, In studying the distribution of stoue imple- ments in the District Mr. Proudtit eaid it should be remembered that an Indian village of the Potomac was not a compact assemblage of houses, but scattered dwellings along a water course, with the intervening spaces usu- ally under cultivation, In some instances, however, a ciuster of houses might be found at such points as afforded more than the or- dinary riparian advantages, but usually the dwellings were comparatively isolated. Again the establishment of temporary hunting and fishing stations is to be taken into consider- ation. An examination of any cuitivated field that lies along the Potomac or Anacostia will furnish more or less evidence of temporary oc- cupation, The difference between these p and village sites is readily discernable in the character of the remains as well as in the quantity. ‘The former show flakes and chips of stone, with here and there an implement of the knife and arrow head type,while the latter with its ever-present pottery seems to have left its mark on every stone in the field. The wreck of an old village can never be mistaken for the camp ground of a single season. In addition to the implements found in the vicinity of vil- lages and a camps the occasional arrow head lost in the cl and the greater number spent in battle should not be overlooked. ——aaes Cor. Aurrep L. Hovon, ninth infantry, was today placed on the retired list of the army on account of age. Carr. Wx. Krause, thira infantry, was today retired from active army service on account of disability. Commutation or Sxytznce.—The President has commuted to six months’ actual imprison- ment the sentence of Arthur C, Pomeroy to imprisonment for one and thirty 5 proper purposes. : —e—___ ‘Waxrep rr Noricep m Tux Stan.—Treasurer THE SILVER BILL. The Decision of the Caucus Considered a Victory for Silver Men. The decision of the republican joint caucus committee and of the House caucus on the sil- ver question isa decided victory for the ex- treme silver men. The measure agreed upon is generally regarded as practically equivalent to free coinage of silver. The changes made by the caucus committee make the measure more directly in the interest of the silver men than was the original plan of the Senate, which was opposed by the House coinage committee, who favored the Windom bill. The conservative men say that tne proposi- tion to buy 4,500,000 ounces of silver instead of $4,500,000 worth of silver will encourage a corner on the silver market and may result in the government's having to ¥ enormous prices. The option given the holder of the certificates as to their redemption, they say, gives the silver men, or those who want to make a “corner,” the opportunity to manipu- late the market at their pleasure for specula- tive p By the terms of the bill the vernment must buy four and one-half mil- 10n Ounces at the market price, whatever that may have been made by manipulation, and it may in turn be required to reduce certificates on alow market, All the safeguards that were thrown abont the transaction by the Windom bill for the Protection of the government against combi- nations to put up prices fictitiously, say those who do not approve the caucus bill, are elim- inated from plan adopted. THE CITY POST OFFICE. The Fifth as to Business in the Country— Letter From Postmaster Koss. Postmaster General Wanamaker today for- warded to the Senate committee on public | buildings and grounds a printed copy of his argument before that com- mittee and sent with it a lengthy letter from city postmaster, giving a statement of the business of the office and showing that if the office received credit for all unpaid mat- ter handled it would be the fifth post office as to business in the country. Postmaster Ross points out the fact that the necessities of the situation are not those merely of the people of Washington but very largely also those of the government of the United States, Reasons are given why the entire working force of @ first-class office should labor upon one main floor. The site oe street and Pennsylvania avenue contains 11,464 feet, A suitable site should contain not less than 50,000 feet. The letterconcludes: “If it be the purpose of Congress to purchase ground in the square 380, I respectfully sug- gest that every foot of the said square should be acquired for post office purposes.” DISTRICT GOVERNMENT, PROTEST AGAINST CLOSING A CEMETERY. ‘The Commissioners gave ahearing this after- noon toa committee from the Union Benevo- lent Association, who called to protest against the closing of their cemetery, as ordered by the Commissioners some time ago. LIQUOR LICENSES, The Commissioners issued the following liquor licenses today: Vholesale—Freeland Banks, 1822 E street; Carl Eschinger, 917 26th street; Jacob Eller, 633 N street; Anlona Wiener, 1538 North Capi- tol street. Retail—Daniel Cases, 717 4th street; Cor- nelius Murphy, 739 North Capitol street; Jas, H. and Wm. W. Spillman, 703 23d street; John Eller, 43 N street; Timothy D. Dale, 125 H street northeast, BUILDING PERMITS e@ issued today as follows: John F. Finn, frame building, Sherman avenue; $500. Henry Strong, brick dwelling, 1620 K street; €40,000, J. H. Soble, two brick dwellings, 601 and 603 New Hampshire avenue, with store in one; $3,500. A. B. Hines, brick dwelling, 2311 Vir- ‘inia avenue; $1,000. Mrs. Johanna Kirby, rick dwelling, 215 Virginia avenue southwest; $700, palipes oe eae Real Estate Matters. Mary McKelden has bought for $11,000 of B. H. Warner sub lot 29, square 67, 20 byi55 feet on 2ist street between P and Q streets north- west. T. W. Sidwell has irchased for #7.400 Annie A. Walshe sub lot 34, square 77. 233¢ by 105}¢ feet on 2ist street between H and I streets northwest. Emma L. Starkweather has sold to John E. Beall for $21,000 cash *“Lafone Height,«” a tract of 13 acres on the Linnean Hill road. between “Ingleside” and “Argyle.” Gregory L Ennis has bought for $9,000 of A. H. Brown parte 10 and 11, square 401—front- ing 20 feet on 8th street between L and M streets northwest, —_——.___ THE COURTS. Crmcurr Court—Judae Montgomery. Today—Numetz agt. Trotter; death of plaintiff suggested. Kirk agt. Goldsborough; on trial, Equiry Court—Judae Coz. In re Wm. Barrett: writ de lunatico ordered. Worthington agt. Nailor; KR. Smith appointed guardian ad litem and auditor's report con- firmed. ae Ses RUSSIAN POLITICAL EXILES. Mr. Kennan Says He Can Prove All His Charges Against the System. At a meeting of the Siberian Exile Petition Association in Philadelphia yesterday George Kennan gave his views as to what can be done for the relief of the exiles. The peti- tion which he suggested last fall, he said, promised to be one of the largest ever pre- sented to any ruler. He did not anticipate that it would have any effect in making the ezar acquainted with any new facts, but by showing the intense feeling abroad in relation to the unfortunate exiles it would exert a great moral effect. Every year, he said, the Russian government is sending people to the remotest parte of Siberia by administrative process; that is, without trial, They are notcharged with any crime, but the government is sutisfied that their influence is prejudicial to the circles in which they move, and they are exiled to the arctic parts of ‘the country, or about 5,000 miles from St. Petersburg, for five and ten years. Generally, he said, wives voluntarily accompany their husbands ‘into exile, and by the death of the latter are soon left without means of any kind, If there is any reason why something should not be done to alleviate the miseries of these Lary yd in Siberia, he wished to know what it could be. Mr. Kennan read an affecting letter written a few hours before his execution by Kohan- Bernstein, an exile, to his child, and he thought that such matters should be published in pamphlet form for gratuitous distribution. He suggested also that the movement for the re- lief of exiles could be carried forward in con- nection with that of the petition, saying that _ former would heighten the effect of the titer. The Rev. Dr. McVickar, the chairman of the association, said that the committee at times was met with the objection that the stories of Russian go 4 had n denied, To this Mr. Kennan said that he fell back on the official Russian documents, and if he could not overthrow any reply of the Russian authori- ties to his charges he was willing to sink into obscurity. He was ready, he said, togo before the international prison congress. which is to meet at St. Petersburg, and prove his ascer- tions, if the Russian government would per- mit him to call his witnesses, It was time enough, he added, to defend himself when he was attacked, and he believed his case to be impregnable, MR. W. C. HILL’S BEAR TRACT. FREE COINAGE OF SILVER. Senator Teller Introduces a Substitute for the Jones Bill. Senator Teller today introduced the followe ing bill asa substitute for the Jones silver bill now on the Senate calendar That any person may deposit at any mint or a& say office of the United States either gold or sil- ver bullion, or both, in quantities of not less than five ounces of gold or eighty ounces of silver, and demand and receive coin or coin certifi- cates therefor at the rate of €1 in coin or certifi- cates for 25.8 grains troy woight of standard gold and at the rate of @1 in certificates for 412'g grains of standard silver. That the coin certificates provided for in this act shall be receivable for all taxes and dues to the United States of every description, and shall be « lawful tender for the payment of all debts, public and private. Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause a sufficient number of coin certificates of the varions denominations hereby authorized to be pre- pared and distributed among the U.S. deposi- tories, to enable them to comply with the provi- sions of the act; and the «um of $50.00 ie hereby appropriated toensble him to prepare | and distribute said certificates, Section 3. That this act shall take effect thi days after its passage, th | however, to be immedia Indicting the Indictment. In the Criminal Court, Chief Justice Bing- ham, this afternoon, the government closed ite testimony in the case of Chas. T. Ball, charged with embezzlement from the United States Express Company, which had been on trial for some days. Mr. Cook, for the defendant, moved to take the case from the jury on the ground that the alleged offense is not properly set ous in the indictment, and argued this motion, _ The College of Pharmacy. The following have passed examination im the National College of Pharmacy and will re- ceive their diploma on the 20th of next month: J. L. Alien, M. Donley, R. C. Dickerson, C. BR. Earl, W. 8. Farris, Monte Griffin, C. B. Heiger, R. V. Houston, C. G, MeComus, ( M. H. Price, R. L. Quigley, W. B. Raub, W. Robert Shaw, #8. Ovel Taylor, ¥. J. Tenner, ML W. Waters, J. E. Yeates. ———— Clayton’s Assassin Said to Be Known. A Little Rock special to the Philadelphia Times says that Gov. Eagle of Arkansas has discovered within the past few days, through private agencies, evidence sufficient to convict the man who assassinated John M. Clayton, Gov. Eagle has been quietly at work for months following up a theory regard- ing the terrible crime and it is said that his labors have been amply rewarded. Just why arrest has not been made os a matter at present not understood outside of the executive department. It as _ believed, however, that the ma thought to be the assassin is under coustant surveillance, | Itis claimed that the evidence will be all that is necessary to convince the public that the Assassination was uot of # political natare, ‘The evidence on hand, it is sara, will show that the assassin believed Clayton to be ex-Gov, Powell Clayton and fired the shot, believing that he was about to avenge the death of a relative, whose lite was taken im 1868 by Clay= ton's militia. ee Fenton G, Wells of No. 350 Maine avenue Complains that he was recently robbed of 65 The will of the late Martha Egloff, filed today, leaves her estate to her husband and children, and uames Martha Aman executrix. wok finan Range of the Thermometer Today. 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