Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1890, Page 6

6 CITY AND DISTRICT. © Tre Evexrxo Stan is everywhere recog nized and admitted to be, in every quality, the leading and favorite newspaper of the National Capital, alike in the counting-room, the work- shop, and the family circle. Pretty much everybody in the District reads it regularly. It is therefore much the best advertising medium in the city; and, in proportion to circulation, tis advertising rates ure aiso much the cheapest. THE KITTERY YARD. Mr. Boutelle Makes an Effective Speech in Reply to Mr. Cummings. ‘The resolution calling on the Secretary of the Navy for an explanation of his reasous for increasing the force at Kittery navy yard, in Speaker's Reed's district, was adopted by the House yesterday, as reported by the rules com- mittee. After Imm Stan's report of the pro- ceedings closed, Mr. Boutelle made a vigorous reply to the speech of Mr. Cummings. Keep- ing cool throughout the discussion he made one of the most effective speeches he has ever delivered in the House, and his remarks were received with loud and repeated «pplause on the republican side. He said he was inclined to thing that the offering of the Cummings resulution was founded on a chron- ological crror m regard to the politics of the country. Inthe remarks made and in the newspapers there was a strong implication that somebody had the idea that im Maine and New Hampshire there was a purpose to practice the colomzation method, He suggerted to the atieman om New York that though the elections were generally heid im November the congressioual election in Maine was held in Beptember, so that if there were 10,000 men transferr:d to the Kittery yard under the cer- tificate of the Secretary of the Navy not one of them could vote Tuomas Bb. Reed. [Ap- Pause ou the republican «ide.] The gentiewan trom New York was not the Girst democrat who had run his bead against the coustitution of Maine in an attempt to ex- ecute a politicai maneuver. The whoie ex- ecutive jovernment of Maine had butted Against the coustitution of Maine and has made but peor of it, The constitution ot Maine provided every voter should have a le; r ‘hree mouths at the place where he was to vote, vir. Boutelle proceeded to read Quaid the apptause and laughter of his party Colleagues) s.uilar orders issued under the Cleveland adminis 2. He also attacked that adminis‘ration for its action in discharg- ing Union soldiers trom the Norfolk navy yard and filling their places with ex-confederates, instancing the case of one man who took the oath of « anee on the 15th of the month and received an appointment on the 16th, When he read the resolution he said to him- self and to others that it bore all the ear marks and imperiections of one of Mr. Springer’s gharactertie flukes. [Laughter and applause. e In j to his colleague, the Speak only desired to say that the greatest majority ever cast for Thomas B. Reed was 2.432 over his democratic opponent, and 1,623 round ma- jority im 1888, when the navy’ yard had been packed by a democratic administration. [Loud applanse on repubiican side. } SEND IN YOUR VOTE. 4 Chance to Express Your Sentiments on the Railroad Question. Tur Star calla the attention of its readers, men and women, to the coupon petition printed elsewhere. It asks each of them to read the petition carefully. and, if the requests which it contains meet his or her approval, to sign it, eut it out, and send it by mail to or hand it in at Tne Sran office. The petition is put in such shape that every citizen anxious to protect life and to improve the conditions of railroad occupation can sign it, whether be favors the removal of the station from the mall or not, and whether he is from south, east or northwest Washington. ‘The people of South Washington wil! natur- ally seize with eagerness the opportunity to protest against the surface tracks which un- necessarily obstruct, injure, threaten and kill thom, and agaiust a measure which perpetu- ates the evil conditions that now exist and which is sustained only by the foulest slander of their section, The people of East Washington, suffering like those of South Washington from an unnecessary multiplication of surface tracks and grade crossings and illegal encroach- ments on the part of the railroad which trav- erses their section, will reasonably join with heart, sou!, mind and strength in the move- ment agaiust grade crossings and the Atkin- sou bill. For the evils which South Washing- ton endures are their evils also, and this tight is their fight. Nor will Northwest Washington, though not 8 direct sufferer, be indifferent. The obstruc- tive danger-belt of surface tracks between the river front and the main city endangers the lives of thousands from the northwest as they pass to and from the river on business or pleas- ure. The modern city is a unit, and what injures one section should be felt by all. The public epirit which builds up great cities is based upon this sentiment of common interest, Manslaughter by railroad in two sections of the capital is a concern of the whole city, like the question of a new bridge in the southeast and a Columbus Park in the northwest. The main evil to be remedied in this case is also of general instead of merely local concern because it threatens human life. When murder is to be checked it is not necessary that appeals for aid shall Le addressed to a next-door neighbor. It is sufficient if the cry for assistance comes to the ears of a fellow man. ‘The time is now favorable for securing from the railroad what the people seck. It is asking that its illegal acts be legalized and that valu- able privileges be granted to it. The attention of Congress has been called to its affairs, and that body shows @ disposition to deal fairly With the people. If this opportunity be wasted the chances are that no other so favorable will ever arixe. It will be criminal negligence to fail to act promptly, and will throw upon all to whom the neglected opportunity is attributable achare in the responsibility for future blood- shed at grade crossings In families where more than one adult sig- nature is to be attached the coupon can be cut out and pasted as a beading on a sheet of paper, upon which additional signatures may be Placed. ‘he same course may be pursued in cburches or other organizations, and in cases where volunteer canvassers may desire to col- lect signatures, The labors of the iatter will be giadiy welcomed. They will not be com- He Leaves the Seaside Today With the President. The President yesterday deserted reciproc- ity, Behring sea and Blaine and wandered off down the beach to the Carlton bath houses for the purpose of taking a dip. Mr. and Mrs. McKee and Mrs, Dimmick went with him and the four ontered the water together. The an- chored raft which caused so much danger and excitement Monday had been removed, so the bathing hour was uneventful except for the roughness of the surf and the antics of a big Newfoundland dog. Mr. Biaine with Mrs. Russell watched the bathers from the little opposite Hillyard’s cottage. ‘The day Sale oe quietly at the cottage, the President and Mr. Blaine being for the most part deeply engaged in business, Mr. W. E. Curtis joined their conference in the afternoon, and was for quite atime closeted with Mr. Har- tion and Mr. Blaine im the little reception room, on the first floor of the cottage. Shortly after 5 o'clock Mrs. Harrison ordered the carriage and took Mr. Blaine for a drive toward Cape May. Several people who were waiting on the board walk to see Mrs. Harri- son start on her drive rushed across to the car- riage to shake hands with her. The little in- voluntary reception was a cordial one. Postmaster General Wanamaker called for the President and Mrs. Dimmick and then fol- lowed Mrs. Harrison down the beach drive. At 8:30 in the evening R. T. Hazzard, an ama- teur photographer of Philadelphia, gave an ex- hibition of stereopticon views at the Carltoa House for the special benefit of the President and Mr. Blaine. Mr. Harrison, his entire fam- ily and Mr. Blaine were present. The views were very fine. The President and Mr. Blaine leave ina special car on the 7 o'clock train this morning. r. Harrison's family accompany him, Mra. Harrison, Mrs, Russell B, Harrison and Mre. Dimmick spending the day shopping in Phila- delphia and Mr, and Mrs. McKee going on to New York, Harrison pavilion —ce-— AN ARCHBISHOP SNUBBED. Catholics Said to be Oifended by Prince George’s Declination of an Invitation. A special to the Philadelphia Press says: Prince George of W now in Halifax in command of the warship Thrush, has greatly incensed the Catholic residents of the city by declining an invitation to a dinner which Archbishop O’Brien intended to give in his honor, Whon Prince Arthur. Duke of Con- naught, first visited Halifax he had orders from his royal mother not to accept any invitations except from the government house or the palace of the Catholic archbishop, who at that time was Archbishop Connelly. Prince Arthur attended a grand bail given by the archbishop in his honor, bchininor ss, this act of his predecessor, the present archbishop, O'Brien. thought he could do no less than entertain Prince George. A big dinner party was arranged for the present week, and Prince George invited, but the prince declined to attend. This refusal leaking out, created a great stir in Catholic circles. So great was the openly expressed dia- satisfaction that it reached Prince George's cars, He at once sent a special officer to the Episcopal palace to explain to his grace that the prince had no intention of offending by his refusal. but that he could uot accept any in- vitations during the absence of Admiral Watson from lialifux, but thaton the return of the fiugship Leilerophon to this port he would be happy to accept the archbishops invitation, As Prince George is freely attending dinners with the nebobs of the Halifax Club and at the rogi- mental messes. his excuse does not satisfy the Catholics, who think that a direct snub was intended by the original refusal, — see A PLUCKY COLLEGE MAN. How a Brown University Man Won Fors tune and a Wife, Years ago Benjamin W. Lightburn, a poor young man from Virginia, graduated from Brown University with just £19 in his pocket. He had supported himself in coliege by clean- ing the city lamps and by keeping & boarding house. During his university course he became engaged to Miss Della L. Carpenter of North Main street. They parted till such time as urn could earn money enough to sup- wife. He went to Kansas City with his 19, entered a lawyer's office, saved his earn- ngs. invested in real estate and has become wealthy. He has sent enough money to Miss Carpenter to enable her to obtain an education, ‘The second year he was away he sent her a $500 gold watch and has since presented her with diamonds. Lightburu has now arrived in Providence to claim his bride, who persistently refused to name the wedding day till she had become ‘‘ac- complished.” He is reported to be worth 000,000, The wedding will occur in Old First Baptist Meeting House and President Andrews’ of Brown University, it is said, will officiate. Mr. Lightburn has built an elegant house im Kansas City, to which he will take his bride. soo —_____ COLORED COFFEE RAISERS, A Scheme to Colonize Parts of Mexico With the Black Race. J. Milton Turner left St. Louis for New York yesterday to arrange the details of his plan for colonizing colored people in Mexico. A special to the Philadelphia Press states that he says the plan is being promoted by a firm of coffee dealers in New York who have a capital of about $5,000,000. ‘The purpose of the firm,” he said, “is to put the colored people to raising coffee and sugar. They own about 2,000,000 acres of laud, which will be divided among the colonists. No rental will be charged for the land, aud the firm will furnish means of sup- port tor their employes tili they can get their grounds under cultivation and become solf- sustaiuing. ‘They are willing to spend $200,000 or $300,000 in that way. “The details of the scheme will be scttled August 14. It is believed the movement can be made very beneficial for the colored people. 1 have already received alarge number of apph- cations from those who are anxious to go. It ein strange to some people to know, too, that all these applications are from colored people in the north. About twenty families of Mount Vernon, ind., have applied and more than twice that number from New Jersey are anxious to go.” se THINKS HER TIP TOP, What the British Admiral at Newport Says of the American Girl. A Newport dispatch to the New York Herald, dated August 2, says: “How do you like the American girl?” I asked pensated, however, by the payment of so much | Adwiral Watson on the English flagship Beile- for each name secured; but will work from th promptings of public spirit or for humanity's sake. ‘The petition will be found in another column of Tux Sram, lite Excuastox to Bosrox.—The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets to Boston August 8 to 12, inclusive, ralid for return paxsage until August 20, inclusive, Parties desiring to do so carn have the return iimit extended until September 30 by deposit- ing the return portion of their ticket with the int agent of the terminal roads at Boston. fhe excursion rates from Washington to Bos ton will be as follows: Via New York and Som 1 line steamers, €1 ia all rail in both direc. tious, $10.50, ie £17.00 to Cutcago ax Reruns, v14 B. axv 0. B. R.—On the occasion of the mecting of Patri- archs Militant, 1.0.0.F., at Chicago August 3 to 10. the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will sell excursion tickets to that point August 2 to 6 inciusive at one fare for the round trip. ‘Tickets good returning until August 11. Wash. ington Grand Canton leaves via this line 9:30 p. ts for sale by the committee Hall, 7th street, and at Balt- more and Obio ticket offices, ay ness Attaxtic Crrz asp Retvns, $3.50.—B. & 0. excursion August % Special train leaves B. & O. station 4pm. Tickets good 3 days, $3.50." ——-——__ Tstaxp Pau. Hanven’s Feanr.—The finest pleasure grounds in the country. Music, dan- eing, boat fishing, swings, dying horses, eroquet, &c., &e.. all free. Every Thureday from B. & O. station at 10 am. ‘kets, in cluding reserve seat both directions, @L | * ————__ No confusio t Every ticket entitles the holder to a reserved seat. Round trip $1. Trains leave Baltimore and Ohio station Thursday, August 7, 10 a.m, 9 and 1351 Penn- As Istenestixo Trir.—Ev. Thursday to Harper's Ferry. ton or crowding, Becure seats in advance at sylvania avenue, No extra cliarge, | rophon this afternoon, when the yacht race was all over. “1 think she is tip top. I am not doing any flirting at my time of life, but I think she would be an awfully nice girl to flirt with. She isso vivaciously brilliant, such an excellent couversationalist and has so many various aud varied charms, that if I were only a single man I should succumb at once.” At this point the adiairal sighed, “There were some charm: girls on the Electra yesterday,” he aocunel ‘1 was much struck by their seamanlike behavior. There was hot a sympto.n of seasickness, ‘They are very tylish, too.” At this moment the admiral looked as if he would like to have a bevy of American girls on the quarter deck of the Bellerophon. He has any amount of medals and decorations. He saw service in the Crimean war, but I will bet you mouey that be would be ouly too proud to haul down bis flag to the incomparable and peerless American girl if she ever attacked him. only in command of a squadron, and that he knew nothing about Blaine or the Bebring sea difficulty, He declined most emphatically to talk about seals, but he gave me his private opinion about codfish. He confided to me, under the seal of secrecy, that the American cook was not quite up to the mark when he began to fool with that sovereign of the sea. He had tried a cod’s head and shoulders, as Heid A ‘ankee bey» and had found it a a id a snare. merican mutton, too, thought, was scarcely so fine as it’ ought ay io hed weighed it in the balance and fc it sens wanting. The admiral was rently im with the == which yachting is 4 this country, told of fleet into He had. verseen toeq iteer, Behn handled. admirer me that the ent the An Electric Automaton in the Form of a | A Drummer and Man. George R. Moore of Lowell, Mass., a retired a Dancer Run Away and Now They are Married. Emil Leope and Margery Thompson were mill owner, has constructed an electric man| married by Probate Judge Beverly yesterday that walks about with every appearance of life | at’ Tacoma, Wash. Margery Thompson was and is made to be useful av well as ornamental | one of the petite danseusses of the “Pair of by pushing s perambulator. The chair over | Jacks” Company which recently opened a sea- which he presides is a light wickerwork affair, | son in Tacoma, She was a frechearted maiden like those of a half-grown trotting sulky. There is ® footboard which is used for carrying the batteries which put the propelling power into the electric man’s muscles of wood and steel. The man stands directly behind the chair. If he were flesh and blood he would just come inside the limits as a light-weight sparrer. and as far asall appearances go would be about twenty-five old. He is connected with the chair at about the point at which the aaron diaphragm is popularly supposed to be ‘There is a pushing bar above this, on which his neatly gloved hands rest, but this is more for vanity than utility. He is dressed in the heighth of fashion, being attired in a new suit of gray mixed goods, white shirt with collar and cuffs to match and a soft felt hat. He has ® number of changes of clothing and can be dressed for Fow of July or Christmas weatier justlikeany man. He wears a No. 6 shoe, four wide, and sports a Louis Napoleonic moustache, Met upon any thoroughfare ho would be marked for his general style and dignified bearing. Just at present his com. plexion is a little off color, but he is to ha this treated with the most approved toilet Preparations that the paint pot ean produce, The action of the feet and legs, which the inventor has reached with this machine, is a remarkable imitation of a human being. There is none of the jerky motion that is so com- monly seen in mechanical figures, Each foot, as it leaves the ground, rises naturally on the toe with the same springy motion that is char- acteristic of the graceful walk among men and women. Asin the taking of the foot from the ground so in replacing it at the end of the step the motion is free, from Jog or jar and is entirely natural. The electric man is provided with a six-horse power battery, whichis amply sufficient to en- able him to push the fattest dowager up a hill. It is Mr. Moore's intention to make his elec- tric man polite as well as useful, and to that end his right arm, which is said to have more joints and bones than the corresponding mem- r of the human body, will be so arranged that he cawtaise his hat gracefully as he re- ceives a fare. ——— PERILS OF THE BANKS, Fishermen Who Lose Their Lives in the Dense Atlantic Fogs. The schooner A. E. Whyland, Capt. Peter McAulay, arrived at Gloucester Monday from the Flemish Cape with a fare of 240,000 pounds of codfish and 16,000 pounds of halibut, having been gone from home since April 16. The re- ports which she brings of the fisheries in Ice- land wi ‘8 are discouraging. The Whyland herself lost two of her crew, Martin Foley and Frank Bevel, on June 28. The men visited their trawls and secured a dory load of fish, re- turning to the vessel and unloading. They started for another load when a dense fog sud- denly came in, shutting the men out from their vessel, preventing them from coming on board. The fog continued uninterrupted for three weeks, calm weather prevailing during the period. Every effort possible was made to find the men, but without avail. Capt. McAulay further reports that the schooner Minnesota, now on her way home, also lost two men ina gor at the same time. After rowing about five days and nights, and suffering all the agony of hunger, thirst and exposure which is experienced by fishermen astray on the banks, the Minnesota's men came across a black buoy which was attuched to a | fisherman's trawl. Summoning their exhausted strength they hauled the gear and founda shark on a hook. He wag ripped open and the live flesh eaten to satisty the raving hunger of the men. They were rescued in a short time afterward by schooner Robert J. Edwards in a thoroughly exhaused condition. Everything possible was doue for their comfort, The schooner G. P. Whitman lost two men ina dory during the fog, but afterward recovered them, soo A FINISHED FORGER, An Englishman Who Conducted Prayer Meetings and Stole Money. Charles Ricketts, an aristocratic-looking Englishman of middle age, who wears weil- trimmed mutton-chop whiskers and eye glasses, has been in this country only ten mouths, but he has got along so well that he is now in the | Tombs with a very good prospect of going to state prison for forgory and grand larceny, Ricketts had been in the employ of a large En- glish house as an expert accountant, but for two months after his arrival in New York he did nothing beyond sight-seeing. Last Decem- ber he became a frequent visitor at the Rev. Charles H. Tyndall's Broome Street Mission. He becama a regulamattendant at the mission services and exhorted loudly. The Rey. Mr. Tyndall recommended him to President Dav- idge of the fertilizing company as a good ac- countant, Ricketts secured employment with the company in January last. Fora time the man worked faithfully. Eventuaily, however his appetite for liquor asserted itself and Mr. Davidge discharged him. This was about a month ago. ‘The fertilizing company were unaware they were being made the victims of a forgery uutil July 28, when their cancelled checks drawn on the Seaboard National Bank were returned. Among the number was one for €25, dated July 2and drawn for petty cash. The check was a weil executed forgery. Mr. Davidge notified the police of the Old Slip station and Detective Madden was assigned to the case by Capt. McLaughlin, An expert was called in to examine the checks and ac- counts of the firm. The signatures were well imitated. Four additional checks were pro- nounced fraudulent. Two were for $50 each on the Seaboard National Bank to the order of Charles Ricketts. They were dated July 8 and July 15, respectively. One check for $150 was drawn on the same institution to the order of bearer and regularly signed by the Davidge Fertilizing Company. The fourth check was drawn on Jnly 12 on the Irving National Bank for $50 in favor of Charles Rickets. ‘The police had great difficulty to locate the man. On Friday night they saw a man answer- ing the description of Ricketts leaving a #ulton ferry boat. He did not deny his identity on be- ing addressed and the policemen conveyed him to the Old Slip station, On his person were found a few pool tickets, a bank book with Augusta Grogenheim’s name on the cover and a blank check for $50 made out to Charles Ricketts and drawn on the Sea- board National Bank. He had letters showing that he has a wife and family in England, The Doctors Are Puzzled. Thomas Wickers, a tradesman established at Eastbourne, Eng., has just astonished the med- ical world. Sometime ago he made a curious attempt at suicide by driving four large nails into hishead with s hammer. They pene- trated into bis brain to the extentof three inches and were withdrawn with great diffi- culty, To the amazement of the doctors Wickers has completely recovered from his self-inflcted injuries and is able to attend to his business as he used. The doctors pronounce the case as being umparalleled in medical aunals, Saves cm Aas, Spps A Released P#tsoner’s Plight. ‘The case of a man who has served thirty-two years in prison, and now on his releave is unable to find work or shelter, is receiving wide publicity, His name is Patrick E. Brady, and thirty-two years ago he was sentenced to death for being accessory to the death of a guard in the Clinton prison, He asserted his innocence, end Gov. Hoff- man commuted his sentence to imprisonment for life. Recently Gov. Hill pardoned him and he finds that h« not get work nor admittance to s hospital, though in suffering much from an ulcer on his foot, He walks the streets on his w ot for work. Pee pega rs prisoners’ nd, is working wecure aid that Brady so badly needs, ————ser- To Blow Up the German Emperor. ‘The Paris Siecle has received a cipher dis- patch from St. Petersburg saying that a dyna-| game is the other way.” mite bomb was discovered under the railroad pepe bang ope oped ae his coming Ruscian trip. 4 to | Sentinel, 00 | im; of seventeen until s train wreck threw her into the companionship of Emil Leope. Leope isa San Francisco drummer, selling canned goods. The “Pair of Jacks” Company, after playing in Tacoma, passed on to Seattle, and there Leope rejoined the bewitching little lady and pre- vailed upon her to desert her profession and fly with him. She did so, going to Tacoma last Saturday and proceeding at once to the Ho- Snare, where they registered as manand wife. Meantime in Seattle Miss Mollie Thompson, Marcery’s sister, was invoking the aid of the police to trace her eloping sister. She arrived in Tacoma and went to the Lafayette, where she found them registered. They heard of her resence, however, and left the hotel, going to r. Wolf's residence and Mollie despairing of ever finding them left the city to rejoin her company in Spokane Falls. A telegram from John Thompson, the veteran actor, father of Mrs. Leope, who lives in New York, gives his hearty consent to the wedding and breathes a hearty blessing on the happy couple. Mrs. Leope claims to be two months over eighteen years of age and says threatened proceedings against her husband for abduction would not hold anyway. ———_—@e—_____ A MANIAC USES A KNIFE. Two Chambermaids in a North Adams Hotel Seriously Stabbed. The deed of an evidently insane man startled the occupants of the Mansion House at North Adams, Mass., yesterday afternoon, when two of the chambermaids were seriously stabbed by a man who had stopped in the house over night. Rosanna Gain, aged twenty-one, and Carrie Halberg, aged nineteen, were the vic- tims of the maniac’s frenzy. ‘The perpetrator of the bloody deed is Frank Tiffany, aged fifty-seven, of the firm of Tiffany Brothers, large knitted goods manufacturers of Pennington, Vt., and a member of one of the wealthiest families there. His wife and two children, nine and eleven years, reside in Pennington. He arrived Monday night from Onset bay, where he had been the past few days attending a spiritualistic meeting, which doctrine ne professes. Tiffany claims that they locked him in a dark room,’would give him nothing to eat and guarded him with a re- volver. He said he was obliged to use the knife, as he was entirely surrounded aud had to fight his way out or be killed. = oo — A MYSTERY OF THE SEA. Four Bodies Found in a Wreck Which is Stranded at Long Branch. The mystery increases in connection with the unknown barge which was wrecked at Long Branch two weeks ago. Yesterday morning Phil Reddy was sketching the wreck, when he saw projecting above the water a booted foot. Coroner. Vanderveer was immediately sum- moned. He mounted the barge and looking into the green depth, was astonished to sce the floating corpse of aman ina green jumper. Vanderveer took charge of the wreck, which was then explored and three bodies found. Her name or number cannot be aggertained. She may be the coal barge B 13, which belongs | to Heisley Bros., Newport News, Va. The theory is held that she was the barge struck by the steamship Thingvalla, If that is the case the barge bad toes wnccieloacd ot hee. ‘The names of those on the barge were Capt. Dick Summers, Bob Waters and a man named Fleming. They left Newport News on Saturday afternoon at about 3o’clock. Dick Summers has a wife and three children. Fleming has a child in Baltimore, Waters has a son and four daughters living in the vicinity of Richmond. = oo i HE COULDN’T DROWN, Too Fat to Sink and Almost Too Heavy to Save. Ferdinand Schiffer, a saloon keeper of New York,is the hero of one of the most remarkable occurrences that has ever happened in the me- tropolis, Schiffer is fifty-five years old and weighs 300 pounds, While going home from South Beach Monday evening a lurch of the steamer threw him overboard, After Mr. Schiffer had been in the water for several minutes it suddenly oc- curred to him that he couldn't swim, but with this harrowing thought came the startling dis- covery that he couldn't sink, Mr, Schiffer began to yell lustily for help. The Staten island and Bay Ridge ferry boats and other craft in the bay sailed past him in the distance, but they were too far off for his cries to reach them. In exactly one hour and a half from the time he fell into the water the South Beach steamboat Eliza Hancox passed within a hundred yards of the man in the water, whose cries. were heard by those on board. Ono of the passengers essayed to jump in to the rescue, but Capt. Post, in command of the steamboat, seized him and compelled him to remain where he was, In remarkably quick time, however, the steamer was stopped and a boat lowered. ‘Two of the deck hands then jumped in and the boat was rowed in the dire un of the cries. i im! We've got him!” was sud- stance and shortly after- ward the boat hove in sight. “Why, there are only two men in the boat. Where's the drowning man?” exclaimed the passengers ina breath. No explanation, how- ever, Was necessary, At the stern ot the boat, still quietly floating, his face turned upward with an expression of meek resignation, was the unfortunate Schiffer. The men had tried to get him into the boat, but the task was too much, so a ropewas paxsed under his arms, and in this manner hewas towed astern, about as a floating log might have been towed under similar circumstances, Then came a very serious problem indeed. It was clearly not possible to tow Mr. Schiffer back to the city in the wake of the steamer and the captain was too humane to leave him where he was, but to get 300 pounds of solid humanity aboard the vessel except by means of a gang plank seemed almost impossible, Then the captain was seized with a bright idea, “We'll rig « derrick,” said he, ‘and han! him aboard.” Accordingly, a block and tackle wae rigged onone of the davits and ropes were passed around Mr, Schiffer’s arms and legs. ‘Then, with the order to “Haul away, boys!” a dozen stout and willing hands applied them- xelves to the task, and the ponderous frame of the unfortunate Mz. Schiffer slowly cmerged from the water. Like some huge fish that had been caught Mr. Schiffer’s body was dropped on the deck, where it lay limp and motiouless, “Ach, Gott in Himmel!” was all he could man- age to say and then he lost copciousness, ‘The man’s shirt and underclothing were re- moved, his body aud extremities were vigor- ously Tabbed and restoratives were applied, Under this treatment Mr. Schiffer soon revived and told his story. The Murder of Maggie Draney. John R. Heinzelman, counsel for Harris A. Smiler, who is charged with having killed his sweetheart in April last, has received from Smiler in New York a letter which he turned over to the district attorney's office. It is signed ‘James Malloy,” and says, “I am the man who murdered Maggie Draney. I have confessed all. Hope you will forgive me for all the trouble I have cost you. May God have mercy on me.” Smiler has insisted from the first that he did not shoot Maggie Draney, but that thero was another man im the room, who did shoot he Fs —-—_—_—-+0e_____ ‘aro at Long Branch. Rumors from the inside, carefully guarded on the outside, say the losses of the faro bank at “Phil” Daly's club house at Long Bratch this season have been fully $25,000. “But,” the. individual who brought the information from beyond the milk-white portals of the club baraed to say, “the faro game is not ‘Phil’ Daly's lay out. it belongs, I believe, to Wash- u men, who are simply renters, ‘The reg- ular games of the club are as many, if not more, thousands to the good than ‘the faro Mr. Walsh, oditor of the tenced Ireland, has been sen’ Cashel, to three AUCTION SALES. __THIN AFTERNOON. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ‘RUSTEES’ SALE OF FRAME DWELLING 630 M STREET NOKTHWEST. ee I srtae of deed of trast dated July 18, 2508, 20. in liber 1413, folio of, the land reco: of the District of Columbia, and direction of the par. ties secured ihereby, the wi 1rustees will sell im front of the premises on WEDNESDAY, the SIXTH DaY OF AUGUST, 1800, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., the following described prope: being oft Seale eens i 4 Py oS orth by depth of w feet 10 Inaba, anjornone, pabine Sliey, together with the imjrovemey/ta, Cousisting of & well-buiit frame dweliing No. 630 M street northwest, ‘Terms: Que-Lalf cash, baldace el rel quired at me of sale. ‘The trustecs Fight to resell in tea days at purchaser's cost if terms of sale-are uot compl 0) OLIV 4y25-d&de Over THIN EVENING. GT, CLAIB FECHNER, AUCTIONFER, 611 FENN- SS sylvania ave, under Metropolitan Hotel, selis THIS DAY large lot Pawubroker's Unredeemed Pledves, Gold aud Silver Watches, Genuine Diamonds, Works of Art, erry Opp. City Post ENTIRE EFFECTS @F PRIVATE FAMILY, TO- GETHER WITH A LARGE COLLECTION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS FROM CONSIGNORS, AT AUCTION, FIxST AND SECOND FLOORS OF OUR BALES ROOMS, THURSDAY, SEVENTH AUGUST, TEN AM. SEVERAL WALNUT AND OTHER BFD ROOM SETS, TWENTY ASSORTED SINGLE AND DOUBLE BEDSTEADSIN WALNUT, ASH AND POPLAR; SPRING MATTRESSES, MIRRORS, BEAUTI- FUL PARLOR SUITES, SEVEN NEARLY NEW BRUSSELS AND INGRAIN CARPETS, ASH AND WALNUT BUFFETS, WARDROBES, WALNUT FOLDING BED, HALL RACKS, FANCY TABLES AND CHAIRS, CHINA, GLASS AND CROCKERY, &c., &a ALso, LOT FANCY GOODS, PHOTO FRAMES, PICTURES, __WALL POCKETS, &c. fee. J EALTH DLEPARTME! T 6, 1890. There will be soid at the Pound, corner ot ~ and New ¥. Al ONE up from a st. Kkave., sHURSDAY,AUGUS 1 SEV SLUCK P.M. orth By order of th SAMURL onicer, EINSTEIN, Poundmaster, JRA HEE Dalit & Co. Auctioneers, ‘920 Pennsylvania ave. now. CONSTABLE SALE OF THE ENTIRE OF THE SYKACUSE HOUSE, No, 333 SXLVANIA AVENUE NOKTMWEST, ‘Comprising: . PARLOR SUITES, CHAMBEK SETS, SPRINGS, ~ AND 'BOLSILERS, MATTRESSES, PILLOWS: SIDEBOAKT XLENSION “TABLES, DINING Wakk, BACK ASL, &€", &e NTENTS PENN- UKSDAY MORNING, AUG at TEN O'CLOCK, I will sell ob the premise 0. $53 1iue northwest, ail the Furniture, Bar Colstained in sald premises. A. R. ALLEN, Constable, PARR & CO., Aucta, aut-3t SEU. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, akU THREE THREE-STORY BRICK GS, Nos. 508, 010 AND 512 STKELY NORTHEAST, By virtue of ace ed of trust, duly Liber No, 1413, folio ; et seq., one of the land records of tue District of Coltimbia, and at the request of the party secured thereby, we will well, at public _RATCLIF! rded in auctiol of the Tespective preaises, on THU! AUGUST SEVENTH, 1890, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P. 1), twenty-two (2%) and twenty-t 1ox's subdivision), in square eiht hundred abd tuirty-sour (sod), city of Wasuington, Disicict of Columbia ‘ i. If of the purchane money of cach in Cush and the balance one year Tepresented by purel st at O per ceut pe: annum, pay ¥.und recttred by deed of trust on the y sold, oF all c Terms: One-L property to be after day of sal suite } beari; hi, at op jot Will Lé wold separately ai on each when bid is accep te ry posit require of sale to be tully complied with witlun ten days from and terms day of sale or 1rustec uy detaU.ting pur: aucing, &.. at purch: ill resell at risk and cost of r. All recording, convey- cost, SEA K MOULTON, Trustee, W. E WRIGHT, Trustee, 810 F st. nw. y25-eokds Revers DARK & Co, ‘eTION GUsi ELEVENTH, Soaps, Bine Cmporced and Potted Meuts, Cauuned Goods, Pickies, haue Pepper, Molasses, Mustird, Vine- gar, Demijobns and Jugs, Shoe and scrub Brushes, Scoops, Measures, &e., &¢ Aiso Lance assortment of Wiups, Curry ©: logetuer with a full assortment of Liquors, &., usually found in w first-c store. remo: of sale; to which the attention of the private buyers is called. au§-d KALCLIFFE, DARE & CO, Auctioneers, FR ATCUFFE. DARE & Co. Auctionegrs, ‘920 Pa.'ave, n.w, F WASUIN 8 TWENT: LT AND 60 IW T NORTHWiAT, THURSD TEENTH, 1s. at HAL FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, lot niambered nine :) in Chap- Tecorded subdivision of Jute in Do Vauxhan’s recorded sub- division of original Jot numbered One (L), in square muiuber iorty -three (43) stantial two-story rue lot aud is very a home, investment desirable in every Way, or speculation, ALso, ON THE SAME DAY AND DATE, AT HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P.M, in front of the premises, I will sell at public suction partot Lot numbered fourteen (14) in square num- ), beginning tor the same on onty northeast aud cunning thence south on said Iwenty-fir nineteen (19) tect und six Tight suyles with said depth of said lot, thence worth ou Jotuumbered fourteen (14) ninetecn (19) feet aud six (6) luches, thence east in a straight line to the place of beginning. Fits round is improved by an old Fraime House, in tenautabie repair. ‘The Lot is paruicularly valuavle, ia adesirable locaiion. with a recen| yin the rear and with % With Lot 9 iu squ rtenunt right to the free use of and the alley im the rear of the aid Lot. Both Houses are under rent and are yicldiug an ex- c rotur: erins of sule: One-third of the purchase money im cash, the Dolance in one and two years, evidenced by | the promissory no.es of the purchaser, aud secured by lirst iortgaye or deed of trust on the property suid, Deterred payiuents to bear interest at the rate of G Der cent per annum until paid. : pied with within ten days from male, Otherwise the Trustee will resell at the risk and cost of the de- foulung purchaser, tice, Mn is discre- tion. A deposit of when the property id. e ay examining to be at the coat of the purchaser. The premises nay be iuspected upon application to the Tusteo OF tue Aucticheers, ‘THOMAS M. FIELDS, Trastee, No. 344 D st. u.w., Washiuton, D.C, MEDICAL, &. Duios; ‘The Uldcst Established and only Reliable Ladies’ Physiciau in the City, can be consulted daily, 464 C st.. between 436 and 6th ww. sta. 1h we Prompt treat: t. Consultation strictly confiden- tai. Separate Toons for Ladies, Oitice alway’ open. 3y28-2w? ADIES, WHO REQUIRE THE SERVICES OF A Lons-established aud Ke! ies’ Physician, Bw. be required s aud title aul-d&ds cliabie Lad inay cousult Mrs. Ur, WILSON, 110 Gat. sullation with Ladies ouly, a DE LO8s, 828 NOuTH 157H ST. PHILADEL phia; 20 years experie: pan.. 7 to 10 évenin tuning full partic Teliabie Ladies’ at her reaideuce, 901 to¥ pm; with Ladies dy MNE:,DE FOREST, LONG-ESTABLISHED AND Flip clan can, be commited dauly AD AND BE WISE.—DR. BROTHE W., Py vetore me and we Olutet ERS, 90U BST, Expert biccialietin thiscty, 21a willguarautces cures all cases ot privatediaonses amen and 11 ;cousultee tion and sub “y7-1m* BY Ul in ee ee ee ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS H™ @ viacvelin od, EBOWELE. late Toporanrer, U8. Gop. Sarver [N A. GREENOUG 0. and P. =D JRATUIFE DARK & Co,, Auctioncera, 920 Peunsylvania avenue nw. THURSDAY, AUGUST SEVENTH, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., SALE OF SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE BY AUCTION EXTRAORDINARY. 157 BUILDING LOTS IN THE CHOICEST SECTION OF THE AT THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF THE COLUM- SUBDIVISION OF BOSEDALE, BIA RAILWAY AND F AND E STREET LINE OF HERDIOS. THESE LOTS FRONT ON SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH STREETS EXTENDED, @ALE AND ROSEDALE STREETS, ‘TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION THURSDAY, AUGUST SEVENTH, AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M., DI FRONT OF THE RESPECTIVE #10 MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON BALANCE, WITH PREMISES. TERMS: $25 CASH ON EACH LOT. INTEREST ON THE DEFERRED AMOUNT AT 6 PER CENTUM PER ANNUM 10 FIFTEEN DAYS TO COMPLY WITH TERMS, While this property is truly suburban it has all the Sdvantages of the city, as well as being supplied with | FROM DAY OF SALE, SECURED BY DEED OF TRUST ON THE PROPERTY SOLD, DEPOSIT ON EACH LOT AT SALE. WATER, GAS AND SEWERAGE. Near the factory of the Hygienic Ice Company and immediately on the line of the Columbis railroad which connects at 0th and New York avenue with lines | to Georgetown, Northeast Washington, Boundary and | Oth and 7th streets, Steamboat Wharves, Arsenal and — all places of amusement and Executive Departments, via Fand 9th st. line of the Metropolitan K R., for Also on line of Herdics, which connect with All their ONE FARE. lines throughout the city, making Sseasy of access from this point as from any resi- dence section of the CITY, and easier than fromauy THE HEART OF THE CITY other suburban subdivision in the District in all never before offered Government and Mercantile | Clerks and persons of moderate means to secure build- AN OPPORTUNITY ing sites or to obtain: INVESTMENTS. BUILDING can be done at a comparatively small cost, as FRAME HOUSES MAY BE ERECTED. In short, this opportunity will never again be offered to obtain: such property on such terms and at YOUR OWN PRICES. DATE OF SALE: THURSDAY, avausT % Pists and all informstion can be had by applying @ o'CLOcE P. M., “to the Auctionecra, 020 PENNSYLVANIA AVR 19W. oo om F 8.3 & Ss “oo? E RRR 5 NON TER chy anny re Sea ese es BRR U Sst NXX Ee Ses, Ss, BoBC HS 5 ts Beep uu Ses® tl a NN ss’ HN NYS rrr ess, Poon x + lly fe S8n RLS F Ass, Ol SS a - HGR F se THE EVENING STAR is offered to the pn® oe THE 1UM IN a 0 lic, in good fuith and with conti BEST LOCAL ADVERTISING THE UNITED STATES. In point of may be truthfully said that it is wit fact equal in this respect any where in the wor These averments are borne out by the f given below, which aro ¢ wpiled f sworn weekly statements printed in on euch Monday in the year, and conden from the sworn tat average daly the 4 the year 188 18th of January Briefly stated, the points upon which the above claim is based are these: That } bed in Dus 8 rak on the 1890, 1. The Star has thr Jac ton! 2, The Star's cirentation in Washing- ton is double Ghat “ of any other paper im Washing- the cirea- all the of daily Papers published in the city added to- gether!! 3. Whe Star bas a larger and fuller nied, in proportion to reading and purchases circulation in the city where ing population, than any ot paper im the world!!! 4. The Siar has the largest reguiar and permanent bome lation of any two-cent afternoon pape United States 1111 Few ee ctre In support of these claims and to show the constantly increasing circulation of the paper, attention is invited to the 6. DAILY CIRCULATION IN 1885-85 ISS3. INS6. 1SN7, 20,486 23,388 25,170 24,321 25,594 Isss, Av'ge.22,123 Increase .. 2 Of this remarkable average ager ot 80,090 copies circulated daily, m 1,102 copics are sent out of the c and 1,106 go to suburban places, railway traivs, etc., leaving cireulution in the city proper t PHENOMENAL PRO. PORTION of 922; PER CENT, or AN AGGRE- GATE of 27,8: popies! 21,142 were delivered carriers at the homes of permanent sub scribers. The remaining 6,740 copies represent the sales over the office counter, at the news stands, and by newsboys. But of this latter number a very | large proportion is supplied regu > por manent residents of the city living in lodgings, | &c. (not houscholders), so that its wh tion may be literally said to b circle, in the fan While its aggregate circulation there | fore gives Tne Sran ac position m modern journal sm, the fullness of its home circulation, the extent to which it is relied upon by members of the household, and particu ; the pure | chasing portion of the the marked characterist to which no other 4; published can furnish a par: This is no idle boast on the ity, are of the paper, murnal now rt of the paper. It isa well established fact, demonstrated to the full satisfaction of the sagacious and enter- prising business men of Wasti . who sock and know where to find THE LARGEST MONEY PAip OUT This is proven by the RETURNS FROM THE FOR ADVERTISING, growth of Tax Stan's | Nothing | esteem im which «ny a | public than & constantly for it—day by day, w month, and year by year, dvertising patro: ly illustrate the is held by the increasing demand more by week, month by in the face of ad- verse claims and pretentious competition. ‘The figures following tell the story on this point: NUMBER OF KEW ADVERTISEMANTS “RINTED Et 1S85-S6-S7-$8 oh ‘ 314 2 609 6,107 5.795 ToTat 41,499 45,910 54,03 354,801 €5,529 But it is not alone in numbers that the great increase of advertising is shown. The larger space required for advertisements during the year 1889s compared with that occupied im 1888 is even more striking. The average daily space filled by advertise ments in 1838 was 25.10 columns, or 7779 columus for the year; whereas for the year 1889 the daily average was 29.75 columns, or 9223 columns im the aggregate, being a total gain over the pre vious yearof 1444 columns! And this, it mast be remembered, consisted exclusively of the ordinary everyday business advertising, nothing in the way of tax sales, poll lists, election returns, etc., such as occasionally swell the business of Political organs, being included im its patrom age. In conclusion, it is only necessary to say that, fn proportion to the extent and high charactet Of its circulation, Tux Stax's advertising rates take rank with the very lowest in the country, and to adé, finally, that every statement herein ‘made can be abundantly verified, THE CIB CULATION OF THE PAPEK Is SWORN TO; ITS PRESS AND CIRCULATION ROOMS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND ITS BOOKS ‘MAY BE INSPECTED BY ANY ONE HAVING AN DITEREST IN THEIR EXAMINATION.