Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1890, Page 6

_ i | THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON.. D. C., TUESDAY, Treasury Clerks Necd Not Swear to an Objectionable Imputation Any More. A landmark has been removed from the of- Aicial life of the Treasury clerk, after an exist- ence of nearly sizyears, This morning Gen. Nettieton, acting secretary of the Treasury, ordered that hereafter the clerks applying for the time spent at home during sickness asa part of the distinctive ~‘sick leave” shall not be obliged to swear that the sickness was “‘not the Fesuit of excessive use of intoxicating liquors, Or of other improper conduct.” as has been the rule since Secretary Manning’s term office. The words following the word “result” lave always been objectionable to the majority of the clerks and complaints have frequently been made that there was an unnecessary implication im such a rule. All ef- forts to induce a change, _ however, have been unavailing until now. The objec- tionable phrase 1s to be omitted from the blunk certificate aud one of @ less insinuating character inserted. A GOOD THRASHING Is What a Tough Got From a Peace: able Man—A Fine tn Court. Last evening an intoxicated man staggered jato Tue Srar office and crowded against Mr. J. F. Donald of Pittsburg, who was standing at the counter attending to some business, The fumes of bad whisky were more than Mr. Don- ald could stand and he made room for tie | is known as the conduit syste THE ECKINGTON RAILROAD. The Work of Extension Along G Street Begun—Cars to Run at New Year. The work of laying the rails for the exten sion of the Eckington Electric railroad has be- gun and gangs of men are employed on G street preparing the road bed. The construc- tion of this part of the road will be of the same substantial character as that which is the feature of the main road. Anew departure inthe method of construction will be laying the rails on a base of concrete. There will, of course, be wooden sleepers laid at the usual intervals and their ends will rest upon and be partly sunk in the concrete. When the wood decays the level of the road bed will not be disturbed, as the rails rests in the concrete. It is expected that cars will be running on the Mew addition on the Ist of January. ELECTRIC STORAGE THE MOTIVE POWER. Electric storage will be the motive power em- ployed. Col. Truesdell, the president of the road, states that an effort was made to secure a system by underground wires, but the experi- ments made in this line have not as yet reached a stage where the entire practical H of what as been demonstrated. The storage battery cars will, however, be used, and there will be a continu- ous railway line from the Catholic University and Glenwood cemetery to 15th and G streets, sivacttee headin » SENTENCED FOR THIEVING. James Wright Sentenced to Two Years in Albany Penitentiary. A colored man, James Wright, formerly in intoxicated citizen, The latter, however, wanted to be near Mr. Donald, who was compelled to use force to free himself from the rough-looking man, who claimed Boston as his placo of residence. After breaking his umbrella over | the mtrnder’s head Mr. Donald walked | hurriedly aloug the avenue and turned the | corner of 10th street to go north. The intoxi-! cated man, who had a whisky bottle in b hand, followed and when Mr. Donaid entered th s office of the National Cash Register Com- | pany the drunken man buried the bottle | through the window, but it did not strike Mr. Donald. It was evident that Mr. Donald could not get away without a fight and he waded in with sleeves up and gave the man a thrashing that would have done credit to John L. Sullivan, Ly this time a large crowd had assembled and cries of “police” and “murder” attracted the attention of Policeman Boyce, who captured the rough after a long chase. ‘The latter, who gave his name as Frank Wil- liains, resisted arrest, but he did not succeed | isoner told Judge Miller today that he iere from Boston a week ago to get a job his the work yon wanted to do?” ! had beén drinking a couple of days | night I was crazy.” i an Boyce said that the prisoner had arlier in the evening. cgressive now,” ve thei what | A fine of $20 they want, they want to fight.” or sixty days was imposed. LETTER CARRIERS ON WHEELS. The Bicycle Corps of the City Post Of- fice Force Attracting Attention. Visitors in Washington nowadays appear to be very much interested at sight of the lotter carriers mounted on bicycles aud fitting hither and yon with their little bags firmly strapped to the handle bars of their machines. This is really not a new sight in this city, though it is only recently that any considerable number of the carriers have been placed atop of two wheels. For several years past some of the more enterprising among them have been riders and supplied their wheels to the public service at their own expens Not quite two years ago the experi- ment of placmg collectors on wheels was tried and with great success. An allow- ance of 75 a year per man was made for the purchase and care of machines and a number of tricycles were introduced. The success of the scheme was assured from the start, al- though it soon became evident that bicycles | were the more convenient and offered a greater | number of advantages. The system of making an annual allowance has now been discontin- ued and this fall a number of bicycles were bought outright and put to work on the lst of November. BICYCLI DISPLACE THE ONE-HORSE CARTS. Bicycles have almost entirely displaced the one-horse carts for collectors, except in the suburbs and in the heart of the business sec- tion, where the collections are too heavy for the wheelmen. There are now in all twenty- four mounted collectors and the hours of duty are from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., the force of men be- ing divided up into two reliefs, so that no one, of course, has to work all that time. A bicycle is cheaper than a cart and horse both at the out- set aud ever afterward, and some of the men are said to prefer pushing to driving. There are always some men who do not like horses and these are pleased with the innovation. ‘This satisfaction is not universal, however, for some men are only too glad to have the chance to drive and care for ahorse. They would rather drive than push. MOUNTED MEN MORE EFFICIENT. Not all the work of collection, however, is | done by mounted men for on certain of their trips the regular letter carriers collect as they go. But as compared with collectors on foot the mounted men are much the more valuabie. | It hus been the experience at the Washington Post office that two men on wheels can do the work of three men on foot. ‘The new system is a success and has evidently come to stay. ——— Gen. Albert A. Pike Recovering. Gen. Albert A. Pike, the venerable grand commander of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasoury and pro-| vineial grand master of the Royal Order ef Scotland for the United States, has been seriously ill for several weeks past | and confined to his bed at his home, the | Seottish Rite Temple. corner 3d and E streets. | He has suffered a partial paralysis of the throat end was threatened with paralysis of the stomach. His physicians, Dra. Stanton and | Morgan, have treated the case with great) success and he is now consid:red | out of danger. At the temple | house today a Srax reporter who cailed there was told by the general's son, Capt. Pike, that | Gen. Pike 1s on a fair road to recovery and that results were hoped for in case he mits no indiscretion to retard his recovery. n. Pike isa very old mun and this improve- ment in bis condition is considered quite re- | markable, since he was at deuth’s door for quite awhile eae The Parker Divorce Case. | In the case of G. Thomas Parker against | Ellen M. Parker the complainant has by T. M. Fields and A. H. Bell filed an amended bill. In this he states that the marriage was on October | 10, 1885, and they lived together till September | 1 last, at which time he learned that defendant j was not and had not for some time previously | been couducting herself as a true and chasti wife. He reiterates the statements charging hus wife with infidelity, alleging various occa-| sions when she met Gustavus Kk. Brown, ! ——w Paid Dear for His Whisky. A colored boy named Charles [landford plead guilty in the Police Court today to al charge of stealing five pints of whisky from J. A. Humphries and Judge Miller ned him €2! for each pint. ——_—_. Fighting Women. Carrie Green and Mabel Waters today ap- peared in the Police Court to settle « fight that | oceurred Friday night. Carrie’s face appeared | as though she bad been kicked by a mule. but she only claimed that Mabel’s fist did the dam- age. Mabel denied the charge and claimed | that Carrie fell on the floor and injured her face on a cuspidor. She claimed that she! pulled Carrie away from her friend “Mack,” &s she called George McCallum, because, she said, Carrie had her hand im “‘Mack’s” pocket. Lawyer Nauck, who appeared for the de- fendant, argued that she must have been in- jared by the tall, but Judge Miller wanted to now how the woman’s eyes wore both injured. “if the wounds were inflicted in that way,” aid the Judge, “she must have fallen on the jinn Mabei was fined €20. — Forbes Taken to Baltimore. Ernest Forbes, the colored youth who was under arrest at Annapolis, Md., on a charge of assaulting Bertha Phipps, has been secrotly removed to Baltimore, where he will be safe from lynchers and secure from release. A new grand jury will be drawn ina few days, when Forbes will be indicted and immediately tried. A great deal of bad blood exists between the whites and the blacks at Annapolis. ‘The latter iook upon Forbes sou and him innoce: in, | Messrs. E. E. Downham, M. B. Harlow, Prank H the employment of E. H. Little, was tried in the Criminal Court, Chief Justice Bingham, to- day for the larceny of a pocket book with $160 and a diamond ring September 17 from Mr. Litile. Maj. J. McD. Carrington appeared for the defendant. It was testified that Mr. Little lost his pocket book in his buggy; thai defendant offered to sell the ring at Hoffa's, and that Mr. Conradi told him to wait while he took the ring to a jewoler, and then ran to police head- quarters and Detectives Horne and Mahon ar- rested him. Wright took the stand and testified that ho found the pocket book and that it contained, beside the ring, but 865. ‘The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and Major Carrington said the prisoner had virtu- ally confessed what he bad done and he asked the court to be lenient. ‘The court sentenced him to two years in the Albany penitentiary. Referring to conflicting statements made by the prisoner the court said he was satisfied that the prisoner haa sworn falsely. Otherwise he would have made the sentence as low as possible. He had for the | purpose of mitigating the punishment sworn to what was false. a AN OUTLAW’S ROMANCE, Newberry, the Train Robber, Caught by the Detectives While Courting. William A. Newberry, who was recently ar- rested at Front Royal, Va, as stated in Tae Star, for complicity in the robbery of a train at Salem, N. D., last June, betrsyed himself through his love. After the Salem robbery he went to*Texas. Tho chief post office inspector gained information that he had resumed corre- spondence with a young lady named Shackel- ford, living near Marshall, Va. After a time Inspector Watkins received inforiation that Newberry proposed to visit his old home near Warrenton, which is but a short distance from Marshall. As quickly as possible he went to Marshall and at once located his man. He thon telegraphed to Chief Inspector Rathbone to send him assistance to effect Ni y's “He is a dangerous man,” he wired, * require vigorous treatment.” Inspectors Naylor and Tfoy, two of tho most experienced men on the force, were dispatched to Watkins’ aid. They were armed with re- volvers and instructed to use them if neces sary. Last Saturday afternoon they came upon Newberry walking through an open field. In- spector Watkins stepped up to him, and, touch- ing him on the shoulder, told him that he was wanted for the Saiem train robbery. Realizing that numbers were against him he offered no resistance and consented to go with Inspector Watkins to Fargo without a requisition, He left Washington Sunday night. Newberry is the nephew of Wm. E. Newberry, recently elected to Congress from Chicago. * It is.expected that Newberry’s friends, who are highly connected, will do everything in their power to make his punishment as light as possible, but the evidence ix against him so strong that he will probably be sentenced for a long time. Reported for Tue EVENING STAR. Mount Verxox Avenve.—Mr. M. B. Harlow, the city treasurer, who originated the Mount Vernon avenue enterprise, says that the new executive committee of the Mount Vernon Ave- nue Association will leave no stone unturned to have at least a portion of the avenue opened atan early day. After the road has been laid out and the land for it in Alexandria county ac- quired by donation or condemnation aid will be asked, at the rate of #2,000 per mile, of Alexandria county. $12,000 having been ob- tained in this way, the corporation of Alexan- dria will be asked to assist to the amount of 000, which it is authorized to do by the Mount Vernon avenue charter. ‘This $25,000 was supposed to be required to be used on Washington street, but it may be used any- where that the corporation of Alexandr votes to use it. Committees will be constantly at the Capitol to urge Congress to pay the claim of 120,000 assigned by the state of Virginia to the association and, al- though this claim has now riscn to about $800,000 by interest, a compromise for $100,000 will, if need be, be accepted, After the line as a plain roadway is completed to Alexandria the work bezun will be pushed, but it is thought that when this much is done further aid from the United States may be deemed cert: ume, F. A. Reed, Park Agnew and J. R Caton of Alexandria and £. W. Fox of Wash- ington are the executive committee. ConPoxation Covrt.—‘rhe corporation court, Judge Norton, is still in session. Mr. G. Had ley Norton has received a certificate of the court to authorize two circuit judges to grant him a license to practice law in this common- weulth. On the probate side of the court J. €. Creighton has been appointed guardian of IL. Creighton. Nores.—Champion Castle, Kni Golden Eagle, will pay a visit to. Washington tonight and pi fe in the anniversary lebration of Monarch Castle of that cit Over 21.600 has been realized by the infirmary fair, and this amount will be largely augmented by the presentation of “Mrs, Jarloy’s Wax hts of the Works” at the opera house tonight—The Alexandria = Musical —Assoclation _will open its season by a compliment- ary concert next Friday ‘evening.— | Spring Park, on the edge of this city, is to be laid out into city lots and improved for dwell- ing sites by the syndicate which has purchased it——The mayor has fined Rickard Parker, colored, £40 for an assault on John Wright, colored.—The ales of lots at Northwest Al- exandria began this afternoon. Vehicles ran all day between the grounds and the intersce- tion of King and Washington strects and also between the local depot aud the grounds, Auction Sules of Real Estate. Duncanson Bros., auctioneers, have sold at public sale a three-story brick house 464 Louisiana avenue, the lot being 31 feet 10 inet by 140 feet, to 8. H. Walker for $17,200. Also a three-story brick house 1531 Columbia street to Dr. H. E. Woodbury for $5,550. Also two two-story brick houses, fronting 28 fee 4th street between G and H streets northy to A. Lehrends for 26,100, Also a small brick house at the corner of Sth end D streets south- east, the lot being 15x75 feet, to Florence D. | McAuliffe for $2,855, | Kiatcliffe, Darr & Co., auctioneers, have sold at public sale seven lots fronting 85.92 feet on K street and 53.99 ieet on Delaware avenue southwest, to A. D. Hazen for $272.50 each; also a two-story brick house, 2313 H street northwest, the lot being 17 feet 6 inches by 130 feet, to D. G. Burtwell tor $3,500, ae A Disagreeably Persistent Shadow. Viscount d’Abzac, consul general of France, called with his counsel at the Tombs police court in New York yesterday to learn whether some measures could not be taken to secure him protection from Justin Gregoire, a Frenchman, who has been threat- enmg to kill him. Gregoire, who was formerly a French artillery officer, insists that the consul general is bound to support him or secure him employment. He was ar- rested some days ago and sent to Bellevue Hospital to be examined as to his sanity. The consul understood that he had been pro- nounced sane and he asked that Gregoire be placed under bonds to keep the peace. The consul learned that the physicians at Bellevue intend to examine Gregoire further. He said he would pay Gregoire’s pasrare and also the expenses of an attendant for ifhe can be forced or induced to go back to France, AMUSEMENTS. ALRavon’s.—The largest and finest which has been seen in Albaugh’s this season tended the first presentation last night in this city of Mr. Clyde Fitch’s play, “Beau Brum- mell,” by Mr. Richard Mansfield and his excel- lent company. If there had never been a Beau Brummell Mr. Mansfield could no doubt have created one, so elaborate is he in his own character and so skillful is he in the art of | Simulation. Mr. Mansfield is thoroughly con- yersant with good form as society knows it, and he puts into the role of the Betu a savoir faire which makes of the character something more than a mere dramatic outline of which the man himself is no part. In this lies a naturalness and ease and perfection attainable only under exactly similar conditions and which should result in the creation of a permunent stage figure. Next to the Beau is Mr. W. J. Ferguson as Mort:mer, his valet,an excellent part excollently well don albeit not quite in Mr. Ferguson's registe The Prince of Weles of ‘Mr. Harkins and tl Reginald Courtney of Mr. Sternroyd were weil taken and as was also Mr. Crompton’s Oliver Vincent, Tne Mariana of Miss Cameron was as gentle and swect and tender as woman ever is aud as Miss Cameron is particularly capable of presenting. Not less praiseworthy were the other ladies of the cast, but the peculiar inter- est converged about Miss Ethel Chase Sprague, who, as Kathleen, maid to Mariana, makes her initial appearance before her own home audience. ‘The part is small, as it should be for one so new in her work, bi he does that easily and gracefully and with a promise of much beyond, backed as it is by industry, cour- age, culture and capability. Tho play was well received, although it is not one to call forth noisy demonstration, Its wit ts almost too | fino and its beauties aro liable tobe lost by a | careless audience. Again tonight and on Wed- nesday a card matinee with “Prince Karl” as the play. Natroxat.—Once upona time—however that’s -all right, and Lotta, the inimitable, is just as bright and young and chipper and lively and kicky as she was severalteen years ago and is | getting younger every day. Last night at the National in “Musette,” which is not a kid itself. she had a rousing big audience, which laughed and applatded and was sorry when tho play Was over. Lotta is not only an actress, but she is a business woman as well and she has grouped about her such artists as Will 8. Rising, Mr. {and Mrs. George Broderick, Walter Allen, { 1 Helen Dayne, Adelaide Colton, Harry brown, Lionel Bland and Frank Rolloston, who as actors and singers have a double capacity of pleasing and can make of even the oldest plays interesting and delightful performances, c pable of renewal at alltimes. Last night Mr. Walter Allen and Mr. and Mrs. George Brod- erick, who are personally known to very many people in Washington and always popular, wero | Feceived with especial pleasure. ‘The whole play was as cheerful as sunbeam in January and the audience was in perfect spirit and har- | mony with it. Hannis’—‘The Blue and Gray” is the name ofthe military drama presented at Harris’ Bijou this week. The audienco last night was large and appreciative. The action isiaid dur- ing the war and the play is simple and con- sistent in plot and full of thrilling situations and tableaux. The audience was one of the largest that Harris’ has entertained for some ‘time. Mork Stanley, the northern officer, E.L. | Suader was excellent. He shared the applause | with Miss Lisle Leigh, who, as Ruth Peyton.was | charming. Milt G. Barlow, in the part of Uncle | Josh, an aged negro. gave a clever pic | character acting. Miss Lotta Williams, | Suva,made a delightful maidand enlivened the performance considerably by her songs and dances. George Morton, as the confederate captain, and L. P, Carroll, as Fugin, were excel- lent in their respective parts. The play is put jon the stage in first-class manner and the | scenery 18 very good. Again tonight. | Kenway's.—Kernan’e was crowded last night | With an enthusiastic audience, comprising among its numbers a large portion of the sport- ing element of the city. The announcement that George Dixon, the clever little colored ban- | tam weight, who lays claim to the hght-weight championship of the world, was responsible for the increased attendance. He appeared in connection with the American Four Specialty | Company, which comprises among its numbers | fome of the best vaudeville actors in the pro- fession, The wonder{ul somersault dogs of l’rof. Burke were the finest ever seen here. Miss | Bessie Gilbert, the cornetist, performed with | ease upon this difficult instrument; Lotta Gil- | son. an old favorite here, sang some catchy songs and Boggessen, the human corkscrew, tied himself into intricate knots. The perform. | ance concluded with a clever sparring exhibi- tion between George Dixon and Jack Williams of Boston, Tonight Dixon will mect Lee Damerin, one of the local colored exponents of the manly art. —_-- THE COURTS, Equity Count—Judae James. Today—Aplonia Heller, alleged lunatic; writ directed to issue. Taylor agt. Taylor; testi- mony ordered taken by M. N. Richardson, ex- ecutor. Wright agt. Bensinger; leave to amend and tme to plead extended » Glaab ngt. Kendric; George Glaab appointed trustee. See eee THE REVOLT IN HONDURAS, Central America Unable to Keep Quiet Any Longer. The revolution, which has been gaining head- | Way since the conclasion of the war between Salvador and Guatemala, has broken out in Honduras, Taguciguaipa is in a state of seige, telegraphic communication direct with the cap- ital has been interrupted and jt is believed that | the wires have becn cut. The Salvador go | ernment have received several dispatches in regard to the affair. One is to the effect that on Friday last a part of tho garrison of Taguci- galpa revolted and under the leadership of | Gen. Longino Sanchez took possession after | hard fighting of the capitol building and | arsenal. Since then street skirmishing bas | been of daily occurrence and Sanchez and his forces now have President Luis Bogrun sur- rounded in one of the wards of the city and it is believed that he will be forced to surrender, unless other garrisons arrive at the scene of the revolt within two or three days. Tho gar- | risons of inspection on the Salvadorian and | Nicaraguan frontiers are being pushed toward | the capital by forced marches, only enough soldiers being left behind to prevent, if possi- ble, uprisings. AID FOR SANCHEZ. jSeveral other army men are hurrying with heir forces to aid Sanchez. It is believed the revolution will become general and that Bogran | will be forced, if not captured, to leave the { country. The garrisons now on the way to | help Bogran may revolt, as general discontent | prevails among them, which is. only kept. in | check by the officers in command. Bogran has been regarded us the tool of Barillas, and has | successfully bankrupted the country. If Bogran | falls there 1s a possibility that the country will, | by common consent. be divided between Guate- mala, Saivador and Nicaragu: Presidents Sacaza and Ezeta have increased their frontier garrisons and have instructed their commanders not to allow any armed force to gather for the purpose of invading Honduras, ‘They wil! maintain a strict neutrality in the present interual strife. Private advices from tho city of Guatemala | just received here put a grave aspect upon the revolution in Honduras, It is believed that Barillas will attempt to aid hisoldally, Bogran, and in doing so will precipitate a general war | in Central America, The greatest uneasiness I is in Guatemala, and the movements of | Barillas are watched with suspicion. Minister | Mizner has been sending long dispatches to his government. TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER AT THE CAPITAL. | The New York #eruld’s San Salvador special | says: President Ezeta in an interview yester- | day fully confirmed the reported revolution in | Tegucigalpa and said that the slaughter in the | taking of the state building and arsenal was very heavy. Ezeta said he would remain neutral, but could not allow Barrillas to in- terfere in the troubles there. The present affair remained for its people alone to solve, and Guatamela must keep aloof. Ezeta ex- pressed the hope that the revolution would soon be over and depreeated a general war in Central America, which would possibly follow if Barrillas attempted to interfere in the present strife. —se0——__—_ Double Train Robbery by One Man. Two night trains on the Georgia railroad were robbed Sunday night. The Southern Ex- press Company takes no way packages, it being a through run, and the messengers sleep on cots in the express car, The train.leaving Au- gusta was robbed. Messenger Ficklen is a heavy loser, as a telegram from Atlanta says his packages amounted to $12,000. He was asleep on cot in his car and the robber must entered the door next to the engine. His was in his vest t, which hung on @ wall One pac — into the safe and lay le. aes oe NOVEMBER 11. 1890—TEN PAGES. HIS RAID UPON WANAMAKER. audience |The Postmaster General Too Strong and Gould Cannot Crush Him. Special to the New York Times. Puraprireta, Nov. 10.—The panicky condi- tion of the stock market in New York was sharply reflected here and the street was in a high state of excitement all day. The story that Gould was striving to infare Postmaster General Wanamaker by crippling Reading was used here as well as in New York. Whatever may be the truth as regards Mr. Gould, it can be stated as a fact that while Mr. Wanamaker's holdings of Reading are large, every dollar of i he owns is paid for in full. Tho mere gambling decline in the price of the stock to 14 means nothing to Mr. Wanamaker or any other bone-fide owner. A leading banker, speaking of the story about Gould and Wana- maker, said: “The secret of the Reading matter is that Mr. Gould is out gunning for Mr. Wanamaker, and has struck at him very hard as one of the heav- iest holders of Reading stock. isut he has mii calculated or been misinformed of Mr. Wana- maker's strength. Mr. Wanamaker can have all the monoy he wants, and can stand the racket as long as Mr. Gould can. I think that an inti- mation to that effect has been conveyed to Mr. Gould from quarters he cannot question, and this, along with some results of his move that he had not counted upon, has aroused his sec- ond sober thought. and I believe he is now sup- porting the market. But Mr. Vanderbilt had come to its resene already. ‘The move ngainst r. Wanamaker through Reading is a mistake. he Postmaster General is too strong, aud Mr, Gould cannot crush hin sess DRAINED OF THEIR GOLD. South America Draws the Precious Metal From the Banks. On June 19 the six greatest banks of England, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Nether- lands and Belgium held an aggregate of £116.- 913,775 of gold, On November 6 they held only £103,443,910, a decrease of £13,469,865, or over $67,000,000. This decrease of gold has been almost entirely inthe three great banks of England, France and Germany, viz: Bank of England, over £2,000,000, or say $10,000,000; Bank of France, nearly £5,000,000, or $25,000,- 000, and Bank of Germany, nearly £7,000,000, or eny £35,000,000. Where this vast amount of money has gone is difficult to say. but a largo part has gone to South America, and just now the strain upon the Bank of England for further amounts to go there and to Spain to support the credit of English enterprises in those coun- tries is the canse of the advance in the Bank of England rate on Friday, ‘Tho object in faising the rate, of course, is to make the rates of interestso high in London that it will discourage speculators from buying foreign securities, deter promoters of for- eign enterprises ‘from borrowing money or gold to send out of the country, and also, on the other hand, to draw money in gold from any other countrics where rates of interest are lower than in Lon- don. ‘The fact that money has becn much lower in Paris for some months past than in London has encouraged the belief that gold could be drawn from there to London, but the Bank of France, which now holds only 1.190,- 000,000 francs of gold, or say $239.000,000, against 1,316,700,000 francs, or say €363,000,000, at the end of June, refuses to sell any more gold or part with it in loans or any other way. cee WESLEY BALCH’S SUICIDE. To Hide the Disgrace of Failure the Well-Kfown Turfman Shoots Himself. Rather than face tho disgraco of a failure, with indebtedness between $200,000 and $300,000 which could not be met, Wesley P. Balch, one -known turfmen in the United Statcs, ife yesterday afternoon in his private office on Devonshire street, Boston. There was agreat scnsation on the street when the news was known, for Mr. Balch stood high fh busi- ness as well as sporting circles, When Mr. Balch parted from his wife in the morning he gaveherno hint of what was coming. He passed several fricnds and smiled and nodded pleasantly. Atthe office he appeared in the same joyful mood and the office boy, with whom he spent his last hours, says that his employer showed not tho _ slightest sign of impending trouble. appearing, if possi- ble, more jovial than usual. ‘Lhe office boy went to dinner at 12:30. and three-quarters of an hour later a mufiled pistol shot sounded through the corridors. When the office boy returned the door was locked. It was burst open and an awful scene confronted the in- vestigators, Mr. Balch was sitting on the floor in front of the washstand with his right hand still clutching the revolver and two ragged wounds in the head, which marked the passage of the bullet. His head was resting on his breast and the blood covered his clothing. An investigation disclosed the fact that his debts were so far beyond his resources that he could sec no way of meeting them. One hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars of his indebt- edness will come from the pockets of four men, Very little of this was represented by security, and will prove a total loss to those who hold Mr. Balch’s notes. He made his rep- utation on the big stallion races. ‘The first of these important events was in 1883, In Sep- tember, 1889, in connection with Charles H. Thayer, he gave the big race which was con- tested by Nelson, Aicryon, Pilot Kno nd two other stallions of lesser fame and which ended in the suspension of Nelson and Alcryon on charges of crookedness, It is said that he cleared $10,000 by the race in 1889. He was a man of very nervans temperament, easily de- pressed in spirits and was subject at times to tits of melancholy. At such times he went on prolonged debauches, disappearing for days and weeks, his whereabouts being unknown even to his intimate friends, i . Two Big Pensions. One of the biggest pension allowances made to disabled private soldiers of the war of the rebellion has recently been secured by John Jones of the town of Richfield, N. ¥. Jones belonged to a New York regiment of volun- tecrs. He claimed a pension on the ground that at the battle of Chancellorsvilie the ex- plosion of muskets or cannon caused inflam- mation of his e: which has since terminated in total blindness. He is allowed $72 a month during life, with $15,806.47 back pay. ‘A pension allowance only a trifle less in amount has been awarded to another blind veteran of the ranks—Henry Wrighter of the town of Windsor, N. Y. He served in a Penn- sylyania regiment, and while on a long march suffered a sunstroke, which caused total blind- ness. He has been awarded $15,750 arrears and $72 month, The veteray has a passion for horses and his first move after getting the check for his back pay was to pay $5,500 for a farm and then to stock it with twenty-two horses aud fourtecn sets of harness at a cost of nearly as much more. Scrutinizing Election Expenses. It is going to be very intercating to examine the sworn affidavits of the candidates for ofices in New York state. Supplementary to the new ballot Inw is what is known as “the corrupt practices’ act,” which provides that every can- didate must make a sworn statement of his ex- penses during the campaign. It must be a de- tailed statement. must show every separate payment of money and state the purpose, It 18 almost exactly like the English law, and the general opinion was, when it was passed, that 1 would make bribery a very risky proceeding. So far the uffidavits come in very slowly and they indicate that trifling amounts only were spent for printing and legitimate campaign ex- penses by the candidates who have already re- ported, "None of the candidates for the higher ofices on either ticket has yet filed his affidavit, but when those of the successfal Tammany candidates are handed in a very close scrutiny of them will follow. 20 — South Dakota’s Capital. Although Pierre claims to have won the con- test for the permanent capital in South Dakota by a majority of about 9,000, and many of that city’s opponents concede as much, the other contestant for the honor does not yield anything as is evident from the following Huron special: “Of the senators in the new legislature the republicans have elected enough to give them & majority of three over all opposition in that y, being twenty-four republicans to twenty-one dembcrats and independents. In the honse there will be a tie vote if the demo- crats and isidependents unite against the repub- licans. There are three contests which are be- lieved to be rather favorable to therepublicans, This would give them a majority on joint ballot and insure the election of Senator Moody to himsclf, Governor Mellette’s vote will exceed that of Loucks, ind., by 7,000 and that of Taylor, dem., by 12,000, It is very probable that the tal question will go to the courts for settlement.” FIGHTING OVER A CQRPSE. A Disgraceful Wrangle Over the Pay- ment of Life Insurance. A Pueblo, Col., special to the News says: The names of W. A. Jiméson and Mra Jime- eon and Tom Tayler aré on every one’s lips. Four years ago fifteen conductors on the Rio Grande wero lgid off by a change in the man- “gement, which rendered their services un- necessary. Among them was W. A. Jimeson. Jimeson bade his wife and four-year-old good- bye and went to Texas to secure work. Soon after he left Mra, Jimeson became very friendly with Tom Taylor, superintendent of bridges and buildings of the Denver and Rio Gran do. Sho obtained a decd to their bome on Ab- riendo avenue, mortgaged the property for $1,300 and left with Taylor on a trip to the northwest, visiting Seattle, Tacoma and other ey returning after a few months. Jimeson ard of it and returned with the intention of shooting the man who had betrayed him, [le did not fiud him and the affair broke up the family and Jimeson reterned to Texas, and re- lations between Taylor and the woman con- tinued. Last Saturday Jimeson was killed at Claren- don, Tex., by the cars, and bis body brought here for burial and was taken in charge by the Order of Railway Condugtors and Masonic fraternity. The guilty wife asked that the body | be taken to her house, but it Avas refused. After much pleading with one of the leading Masons the woman was given an order on the undertakers for the body, which she desired to havo remain in her house but one night. The undertakers got the corpse and were half way to Mrs, Jimeson’s house when the conductora found out what was going on and by quick work stopped the hearse and ordered it back. After some controversy the hearse turned around and again placed the coftin in the Masonic Teiple. Yhen the woman found this out she vowed that she would replevin the body. Mr. Jimeson car- ried $2,500 insurance with the Order of liail- way Conductors and $5,000 with the Masons, When the first trouble occurred-he changed the papers from his wife to his daughter, By holding the body of the deceased in her house over night she could get control of this aur A ‘The two societies swore that the moneys should go to the child when she becomes of age and if she replevins the body they will swear out a warrant charging her with adultery, Dike i Foreign Topics of Interest. The leading conservative London newspapers comment on the withdrawal of the appeal for funds by the American committees on the Irish faminc as a confession that no famine exists and there is no real fear of any want that can- not be met by local and imperial authority. ‘They say that the Parneilites overreach them- selves in creating the apprehension of famine, and are now compelled to virtually acknowledge that they have been duping the public at home and abroad, ‘The feeling of discontent in Belgium is by nomeans confined to Brussels, but is quite general throughout the country, and agitators are everywhere urging the people to concerted acts of violence. At a village called Gent- brugge recently a crowd endeavored to rescue a deserter whom the police were arresting, and the latter were compelled iu self defense to fire on the rioters. Collisions between the people and the authorities have also occurred at sev- eral other places, Great anxiety prevails in the larger cities. A Berlin dispatch says that it is understood there that the tour of the Russian czarewitch is not altogether non-political in its objects. The young prince is accompanied by M. Onou, foralong time dragoman to the Russian em- bassy at Constantinople and familiar with eastern languages and the methods of oriental courts, and who, it is believed, will act in some respects as an envoy of the czar in the inter- ests of Russia. Duncan, the aged ex-editor of Matrimonial News, against whom Miss Knowles obtaincd a verdict of $50,000 for breach of promise of marriage, has been compelled by the bank- rupt court to disgorge 40.000 in money and about $10,000 in jewglry. Miss Knowles is the ouly creditor. ‘The Seamen's Union has issued instructions to its members not to ship on any vessels with members of the Seamen and Tradesmen’s Union, recently organized, with headquarters at Cardiff. The latter is looked upon as prac- tically an organization in the interest of em- ployers, A free-labor association has been formed at Southampton, consisting of workmen and em- ployers. It is an outgrowth of the recent strike at that port, and the chief object is to insure the entire treedom of labor. Over 1,000 workmen have already joined the associa- tion. The Count of Paris has senta present of 60,000 francs to the pope by his daughter, the Princevs Helene,who is on a visit to Rome for the purpose of ‘rendering her devoirs to his holiness, Extensive strikes of shoemakers are in progress at Erfurt, Saxony, and Piermasens, Bavaria. The dispnte is over a question of oe and hours, Upward of 2,800 persons are idle. . Bancroft, the actor, has offered to give $5,000 to the fund which is being raised by Gen. Looth of the Salvation Army for the re- demption of the masses, provided ninety-nine other subscriptions of an equal amount are made, Lord Randolph Churchill is about to start on a journey to the south of France, where he will spend some time on account of his health. He wiil not be present during the autumn session of parliament, ‘The Countess of Jersey and the Countess of Roseberry have both been quite ill and now re- lapses are announced ia both cases. ‘The con- dition of the invalids causes great anxiety to their friends, ‘The Marseilles chamber of commerce has ap- pointed a committee of sixty-six to influence French legislation, as much as possible, in the dircetion of light duties on imports, The tradesmen of Waterford, Ireland, have etitioned Lord Wolseley to establish a military eadquarters in that city instead of Kiljenny. Lord Wolseley is continuing his inspection of troops and fortifications throughout Ireiand. Harrowing accounts have been received of the insane Grand Duke Nicholas, now confined at Aluptka in the Crimea, During one of his violent fits he nearly strangled an attendant who tried to calm him and the man’s re- covery is doubtful. he physicians admit that there is no prospect of saving the life of the grand duke, who is rapidly becoming a phys- jeal wreck, ‘The premises of Truth in Fleet street, Lon- don, were destroyed by fire yesterday, A duel has been arranged between M. Deroulde and M. Laguerre, as tho result of a row in the lobby of the French chamber of deputies, Godard, the famous French aeronaut, is dead. ‘The death is announced of Count Maurice Esterhasy, formerly Austrian minister to the vatican, A bloody conflict arose at Ottensen, a suburb of Hamburg, yesterday between the strikinz glassblowers and thres hundred Polish biack- legs. Revolvers were freely used, and one man was killed and many were injured. Alarge number of arrests were made, A portion of the roof of a house in course of erection in Prague yesterday collapsod, de- molishing a scaffold upon which a number of men were working. Five dead workmen and six injured ones have becn extricated from the ruins. Others ar ll buried in the debris, Work of the Ballot Box. ‘The official count of Allegheny county, Pa. shows © majority for Stewart (rep.) for Con- gress over Craig (dom.) of 2,661. This gives Stewart a majority of thirty-four in the district (the twenty-fourth) over Craig, whose election has heretofore been claimed. The district in 1888 gave Ray (rep.) 4338 majority. The delt- gation from the state in the next Congress will consist of cighteen republicans and ten democrats, a democratic gain of three. Official returns from but seven counties in Indiana, and unofficial returns from those seven give Matthews (dem.) for secretary of # ate che oflelal pest in the first congressional e district of Llinois, Ey (dem.) gained 222 votes in two wards, ratio, if kept up, would elect him over the present incumbent, Congressman Abner Taylor. ——— ‘What Must be Taught in Germany. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. §. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Reval ABSOLUTELY PURE THE SNELL FAMILY QUARREL. An Interview With the Daughter-in- ‘Law of the Murdered Millionaire. A great sensation has been caused in Chi- cago by the startling letter written by Mra. A. J. Snell in regard to the murder of her father- in-law three years ago, and in which she strongly intimates that A. J. Stone, the son-in- law of the dead man, who has taken such a prominent part in the pursuit of Tascott, has abandoned the pursuit for some mysterious reason. In another interview yesterday Mra. Sneil said: “I bave no doubt in my mind that if my bus- band and myself set out to catch the murderer we wil be successful. On the morning of the murder, when Mr. Snell and myself were at the house with the rest of the family, Mr. Stone never came near us. I saw him ata distance several times hurrying from place to place. When I first saw himI did not know him. He had ona new suit of clothes and it Baking Powder AUCTION SALES. | TD ESCANSON BROS, Auctioncers, ‘Oth and Dete nw. EXECUTORS RALR OF VALUABLE IMPROVED Rv AL TESTATE. KNOWN AN NO. 1324 MA-SA- CUsriTTrs AaVeNt THWhsT, BEING SUB LOT CIN SQUA Qu THURSDAY “AFTERNOON, = NOVEMBI <TH, at HALD-PAS POUR C’CLOCK, inches by © house im « fect exebt dre} and forty teet. Lh ellis im the city, if ‘with in eXeCULore Pewn changed his appearance so much that I had to look «second ume before I recognized him. I thotght it strange that be did not come to us, but I said nothing at the time. “One evening when I was walking down Bishop court 1 beard a man walking rapidly behind me. {glanced to see who it was, and did not recognize the person, Then a voice said, ‘Hello.’ It was Mr. Stone. I said: ‘Gracious, it is singular I did not know you at aglance. I have to look at you twice now be- fore I recognize you, you are so changed. “You sid that Mr. Stone and Mr. Snell had quarreled?” “Yes, they had had words, and Mr. Snell had made up his mind to dissolve their partnership the foilowing spring. In fact, Mr. Snell had already made arrangements with a young man to take care of his business, “Did Mr. Snell make a wil “I know he said he was going to make one; but no will was found after the murder.” “Was the division of the property between the heirs amicably arranged?” “When it was first talked of Mr. McCrae,who was then in the family, said he would never consent to Mrs, Stone receiving anything. He said she did not belong to the family; that she had never been legally adopted by Mr. Snell, and that she was entitled to no bequest. In the end Mr. McCrea won, however.” nell reyeated her declaration that Tas- cott was under cover in Chicago, and that the investigation she proposes to mstitute would re- veal a family scandal, seas N! SOUND AND LIGHT. Wonderful Discovery Recently Made With the Solar Spectrum. A wonderful discovery has been attracting the attention of scientists, says the Chicago Mail. A beam of sunlight is made to pass through a prism £0 as to produce the solar spectrum or rainbow. A disk, having slits or openings cut in it, is made to revolve and the colored light of the rainbow is made to break through it and fall on silk, wool or other ma- terial contained in a glass vessel As the colored lights fall upon it sounds will be given by the different parts of the spectrum, and there will be silence in other parts, If the vessel contains red worsted and the green light flashes upon it loud sounds will be given. Only feeble sounds will be heard when the red and blue parts of the rainbow fall upon the vessel, and other colors make no sound at all. coe — A New Word in Fashion. Luncher is a verb newly added to the vocab- ulary of high life, says London Jruth. It often appears on printed invitation cards. Ono is | asked to “luncher” in the afternoon “from 3 to | 5.” In this case ‘the lunch” means simply an at home, where there isto be a refreshment buffet and champagne, When one is asked to “luncher” at, say, 1 or half-past, it means a dinner—less the soup, with champagne, and at the first course shell fish. Swallowed Up by Mother Earth. A Springfield (Ohio) special to the Now York Herald says: John Shersmidt, a local sports- | man, while hunting on Daniel Baker's farm, north of hero, yesterday, stepped on toa little | knoll, when the ground gave way and he was precipitated into a cave eighteen feet deep and twenty fect square. He was imprisoned in itaday. His cries attracted the attention of a passing dog. whose strange demonstrations brought peopie near by to the scene. A pick, shovel and trowel covered with rust were found in the cave, How they got there is a mystery. Cured of Consumption. Prof. Koch of Berlin has dismissed as com- pletely cured several of the patients whom he has been treating for consumption, in-law, Dr. Pfuhl, promises that the method of treatment willbe made public within three weeks, He says that the method is not exactly of the nature of inoculation, He asserts that it cures lupus quickly and surely. Political ‘“Bosses”” Disarmed. The democratic city committee of Philadel- phia at a meeting last night expelled Peter Monros and Wm. McMullen, the democratic leaders in the third and fourth wards, for alleged treachery to the party at the recent election. These wards are democratic strong- holds and form a part of the third congres- sional district, in which Congressman Richard ‘aux ran against Wm. McAleer, the regular democratic nominee, and suffered defeat. The fourth ward, which ordinarily shows a demo- cratic majority of 1,800, gave only 55 plurality for Pattison for governor, whereas McAleer had a majority of 1,831, McMullen is charged with being responsible for this discrepancy. Monroc is said to have exerted the same influ- ence on the vote in the third ward. 208 Co-operation the Best Remedy. A meeting of the Liberty and Property De- fense League was held in London yesterday. at which Mr. David Dudley Fieid presided. Mr. Field delivered an address on “The functions of the state.” He said that the state ought not to provide work for the people, nor furnish them with bread, clothes, houses or land. Of all means to reconcile the conflict between capi- tal and labor, nothing, in Mr. Field's opinion, was comparable to co-operation. He did not believe that the socialist theories, which are now menacing and disturbing society, would ever be gencrally accepted. Society might be fiercely shaken, but it t would not f: Strange Interruption of a Mass. A lively scene occurred in St. Peter's Catholic Church at Saratoga, N. ¥., Sunday. During the celebration of high mass the pastor, Rev. Father John McMenomy, went down the middle aisle demanding payment of pew rent, He talked loudly and severely to several prominent members aud ordered the church choir to stop and the mass changed from a high to low one, Nearly the entire congre- gation rose and left the ehurcb. It is thought the matter wall be carried to the bishop. THE WOMEN OF AMERICA ARE THE LARGEST CONSUMERS OF 8.8.8. IT NEVER FAILS TO RESTORE BROKEN DOWN HEALTH WHEN CAUSED BY IMPOVERISHED BLOOD OR THE CARES OF THE HOUSEHOLD. OVER TEN THOUSAND OF THE BEST WOMEN OF THE COUNTRY TESTIFY TO THIS, ‘Don’t fail to send for our book on blood dis~ eases. Mailed froe, SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga, Ollatuth « 9 His son- | JOSEPHINE HEMENW n1l-d&ds a fQPHONAS DOWLING. Auctior VERY VALUARLE THREF-STO’ BRICK DWELLIN PRESSED | BAMrsHIRE TION TO BLTT ¥ AND CELLAR WN-STONE AND VENUE 3 LE PAL third cash; years, with notes bear deed of trust All conveyancing sud chaser’s cost, deposit required at Line of vale, THOMAS DOWLING, nll-d&as Auctioneer, Wenn WILLIAMS & CO. Auctioneers, ROSEWOOD CASE PIA’ Low SUITE ii ISTERED NUL Z Fe UPHOLSTERED IN TENSION TABL SHELVES, | SILV JDENCANSON Battos., Auctioneers, SPLENDID BUILDING LOT ON TENTH STREET BELWEEN M DN SIRE! NORTHWES' On MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER SEVEN- TEENTH, 1500, at FORLY-PIVE MINUTES PASE FOUR O'CLOCK, we will sell, by order of the heirs, to close an estate, - wot rty 1s situated in one of the and for buliding purposes cauno Rest locations ‘This v1 of this city trust of chuser, Conve; Publisiied in W datie good and By o: of the re. nii-dkds '" DUNCANSON BROS, Anctioneors NSON BEUS., Auctioneers, E'S SALE OF AMPROVED PROPERTY, ‘No. G1¥ SIXTH STKLLT NOKTHEADT, WASHINGTON, D. iy virtue of a certain deed of da: Sud at the request of the party sec’ public auction, in frout uf the 1 | DAY, the TWENTY--2 COND D. j AD. 18 1 | the tollowae described pretiaine vn, D.C the south: ‘¢ tront by the depth of lot ni Suntree W.Curriden, Cabner 8. tug adepih of seveuty- ¥» towether with the ine opuon. A depos: | wale: all convey w and recording at pr rclianer Cost. “Teras of wale to be complied with tu ten days from day O88 AIA HLON ASHFORD.) n31-cod CH. WILLIAMSON, ‘5 Trusters. DAeeys Pe tine orric i 1311 D st. JOB, bs | SHOW PRINTING. The Lx: turns out Good Work at Short Latest Improved Machinery and then guaranteed. wits GILL & WALLACE FKACLICAL bUOK AND JOB PRINTERS, Frvicssioned 1 rita a Si ecualty. . at. Ab duspection invited. (Ok AND JOB PRINTL Fa Stock OF FOREIG! INGS RECEIVED, MIRE FIRST-CLASS TAILORING ARE VITED TO INSPECT, ALLGARMENTS CUT BY Hi. D. BARK, 1111 PA AVE, ARE GUAR- ANTEED TO BE OF THE CORRECT STYLE. ol Go To Tur Ricur Pisce FOR YOUR CLOTHING. When you want to buy an OVERCOAT go tos Cloth ing House, Dou't go to a store where Overcoat, Dresses, China Were, Toilet Sets aud Patent Medicines are ail Jumbled together. It takes time, thought and special attention to sell Clothivg to the public at our BED-ROCK PRICES. Only a first-class Clothing House who makes a of Clothing can do it. Our Clothing is made rig bt at our own factories, where the best skilied cutters and tail ors are employed. You get good Clothing cheap whem dealing with us, and our one great specialty is OVEM- cuaTs, JUST NOW Our grand line of $6, $10 and @15 OVERCOATS Are interesting every onc. We know they are the best value in Washington, and that's the reason we're push- jaye them to the front, Our $10 and $12 garments are equal to suy that merchant tailors charge @2U to $28 for. Made from good, substantial iabrics and lined and trunmed to give the wearer satisfaction in every weuse of the word. THE OVERCOATS We offer you are strictly tailor made from English Kerecys and Meltons and Auburn Meltons, Verumbo Chinchillas, Plain, Blue, Black aud Brown Beavers and Cheviots, Double-warp Csssimeres, &c. Some are cloth lived and others lined with good farmer satin and satin sleeve lining. Come along and take your eboice at $10, €12 and $15. Sail right in if you want ‘an Uvercost and buy it direct at headquarters, NEW YORK ONE-PRICE CLOTHING HOUSER 311 7TH 8ST. BW. 017-328 ‘WASHINGTOS, D.C, gS a a, "Pax Jats Powsns Conran, 515 7TH ST. N.W., WASHINGTOS, D.C, .