Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1890, Page 6

MAS. ORE. SOCIAL MATTERS, Well-Kaown People Keturning to Wa ington—Personal Notes. | Mrs, Harrison was joined in Baltimore yes-| terduy by Mrs. Dimmick and the two ladies returned to the city and the White House toda: | Ward McAlli > tl THE. EVENING SHOOTING STARS. The Barttelot family has discovered that Stanley was loaded. DUST TO DUST. Men cremated must remind us, They bmve reached the end of time, And their ashes only bind us To the fact that they are lime, | COMPENSATION, “Can you learn to love mo, sweetheart?” And she, smiling, answered, “No.” Then she smiled again and twittered: “Cause I learned to, long ago.” The loud style of trousers seems to bo plaid out, SILVER BULLION. Wife: “My dear, isn't it « silver king they call a bulionaire?” Husbund—capriciously: “Really, my darling, I thougit it was 0 cattie king.” ister’s book js utterly without honor in its own set, There are 469 pages in it, Last evenings Mrs. Harrison avsixted Mist Mary | Garrett to receive a company of mvited guests | in her pain’ home in Baltimore. Fifteen | huncred sent out ani the Supper was | Miss Clara! r ' . Dr. M d Mrs. Ho 8 the g will not leave ihe cits | after Thanksgiving aud intends going on | mber 1 ! ustico Futler and Miss Mildred Fuller ; York | rri- | ; daughter, Mise 4 Dr. Leopard of X tice Field or November 18, at 4 clock. | Miss Kate Batcheller arrived in tho city to-: day with her father, Gen. ¢ Batehe!'cr, who is ® his final instructions | frum the State Department before leaving for his post at Lisbon. Miss Batcbelicr. while in the city, will the guestof Mrs, Gen. Me- Reever at No. 15083 Hstreet. She expects to be here on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Jerome Ubi returned to the city today from New York. where be has been for the past fortnight. Mr. Ubl will remain in the city for ten days, and ten he will return to New York. | The engagement of Mr. Pearl Andrews and | Miss Januey has been announc Mrs. Jun- ner and her daughters have taken a house for the season in Jeiferson place. | Senator and Mrs. McPherson are in the city and expect to occupy their own house, No. 1014 Vermont avenue. on Monday. aator and Mrs. Cockrell and family are in their heme. No. 1514 fi street. Mrs. and Miss Walthall are also back in the city and at their residence, No. 1714 Rhode Is- | land avenue, Dr. and Mra. Jobn F. Reed of Norfolk spent some days in the city this week, the guests of Ar. and Mrs. Crenshaw of 19th street. Mrs. and Miss Woods, the widow and dangh- ter of the late Justice Woods of the Supreme Court, returned to the city from their summer- ing at Martha's Vineyard and other places, but ate again left the city to spend the winter in Chattanooga, Tena., with Gen. Warner, who is Mrs. Woods’ brother. Gen. and Mrs. N. L.. Anderson have retarned from Pomfret and Mrs. Anderson is in better health than she has enjoyed for many years, Minister and Mrs. Romero have returned from Europe and are located in the legation for the winter. Senator and Mrs, Blackburn and the Misses Biackburn are located for the winter at the Ebbitt House. Mrs. Blackburn and daughters spent the summer on the Macinac islands in Lake Superior. Miss Blackburn accompanied the Senator to Long Branch,where he went for aseason during the session. Lieut. I. M. G. Brown is convalescing from & setere attack of rheumatism from which he has been suffering for two weeks, Sir Julian and Lady Pauncefote and the | Misses Pauncefote are settled for the sea- son at the British legation. They were all greatly pleased with their summer surround- mgs at Manchester-by-the-sea, and have many cbarming recollections of the country. ‘Miss Kauffmann entertamed a number of young ladies at luncheon yesterday afternoon at her home, 1421 Massachusetts avenue. Those who were present were Miss Kent, Miss Alberta Kent. Mrs. Stanley Prowa, Miss Mary Hough, Mra. Frank Brown, Mrs. Jackson, Miss Noyes, Miss Prall, Miss Beveridge, Miss Chambers and Mrs. Hibbs. Mr. A. L. Barber sailed for home on the Majestic Wednesday. Mrs. Barber has gone to York. Pa, em route to New York to meet Mr. Barber. “They will return the last of next Week. Miss Leonore Collamer, 2405 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, bas returned home after a Stay of several months in Europe. Mr. Chester V. Dolph, son of the Oregon Sen- ator, lately sailed from New York for China, where he will enter the Imperial College at Pekin. Mr. Dolph is a young man of fine tal- ents and bas long entertained a passion for the Study of oriental language and literature. Miss Frida B. Kondrup has returned from New York, where she was the guest of Mra. | Gen. Green. ‘The first of the Capital Bicycle Club's season series of germans took place last night under enjoyable circumstances. Dancing was begun at 9 o'clock and continued, with an intermis- sion, until midnight, five figures being danced, ‘The german was led by Mr. G. A. Lyon, assisted by Miss J. E. Jones. There were about forty ladies and gentlemen present, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Allen, Mr. and Mra, J. Mek. Borden, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lou- telle, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Demaray, Mr. and Mrs. Duane E. Fox, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Hanna, | Mr: and Mrs. b. 'H. Stinemetz, jr.. Misses | Graves, McGowan, Bolway, Katydid Jones, | Smith, Houston, ‘Schneider, Bentley. Hills, | Stearns, Hendley, Messrs. Eugene Byrnes, W. 8. Dodge, J. G. Falck. B. 8. Graves, 8. P. Hol-! hagsworth. R.V. La Dow, C.D. Remsbnrg, F. | H. Stephens, J. L. Wirt, Dr. Geo. B. Weich, Dr. W. D. Wirt Commodore W. H. Shock, U.S.N., and Miss Shock left the city today for New York. Miss Sallie A. Shreve bas gone to Philadel- phia to visit ber sister, Mrs. E. K. Fitzsim-} mons, Carda are out for the wedding of Mr. Thos. M. Harvey and Miss Katie B. Kraus, which takes place Wednesday eve: instant, at Holy Tru Chureb, % Washington. They will reside at No. 524 4th street north- east. } Mrs. F. F. Whitehead and daughter, Miss Christopher, hve returned to the city from New York city after spending the summer at | Mackinack, Chicago, an other pointa i Mr. Wm. B. Gurley will give « reception to | the Young Men's Christian Asscciation at his | residence, 1401 iGth street. on Monday even- ing from 8 to Io’clock. The invitations are | to men only, and tt is expected that the gath- ering will result in a better acquaintance among the members of the association. Miss Daisy Moore is entertaining for a few | days Miss Smith of England, an ackuowledzed belle of Loudon society, whom she met while | abroad this summer. Mrs. Larnuam and Master Ralph have taken | rooms at 1538 I street for the winter. i Mr. Harry H. Smith, journal clerk of the! House of Representatives, and daughter re-{ turned last evening from an extended western | trip, going as far as Salt Lake City, very much | improved im health, Mr. and Mra, Seiuth ure | housekeeping at No. 1513 O street northwest. | Col, and Mrs. Perry S. Heath have returned | from their visit to Indiana and are at the | Ebvitt House, Mr. Wm. F. Snyder, manager of the English | Cables and Western Union Company at North Sydney, Cape Breton. with his bride, is visit- | ing bis brother, Mr. Benjamin P. Snyder, | president of the National savings Bank. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bobanon of Chicago are nding their honeymoon in the city and are si the Willard. The friends of Mrs. Anne Graffam will be | glad to know that she is able to be out alter a serious illness of several weeks. Miss Emma J. White of Attica, N. Y., is visiting her brother, J. Gailford White, of this | city. Cards are ont for the marriage of Miss Lizzie Moore of Charlottesville to Mr. Fred H. Schnei- der of Alexandria, The wedding will take place in Charlottesville on the 26th instant. Miss Maud Jennings of Chicago, IIl., is visit- ing her friend, Miss Ella Crystal, 324 East Cap- tol street, Mrs. Belknap, widow of Gen. Belknap, has woved from 1020 Vermont avenue to 1415 20th wiscey | i 1 Mr. Blaine is not the idle of his party. Washington's 400 docs not belong to the first water. It is much stronger. The barbers of Washington will answer the f' Sunday question, “What wball we do to be shaved?” by keeping open shop. Now that it is ail over some distinguished wit refers to it with tears in his yes as the Lottiecana Losery, Mrs. Belva Lockwood favors reciprocity. Naturally she would, being a woman. A TRUE BILE. ‘There's a young minister in this town who is | courting a giri in one of our suburban ad- juncts, Her name is Katherine and she has a sister Grace, He went out to see her one day last week and her father very kindly invited the young man to tea. “Will you say grace.” asked the old gentlo- man when they had seated themselves at the table. “I—I—beg your pardon,” stammered tho minister, blushing violently; hadn't thought of saying Grace, It was Katherine I was after.” AN IGHUAELITE. Sanday School Teacher: “Now, children, an Ismaelite is 4 man whose hand is against every man’s and every man’s hand is against kim.” Johnnie—innocently: “Teacher, what's tho difference between « poker player and an Ish- muaelit —<ee——__—_____ KOCH’S LYMPH, The Cure for Consumption Which the Medical World is Discussing. In an article in this week's German Medical Weekly Prof. Koch describes the effects of his new cure for consumption. The article is en- titled. “Further Communications on the Cure of Tuberculosis and Experiments which Dr. Libbertz and Staff Surgeon Pru! Performed Relating Thereto Under Trof. Koch's Direc- tion.” In this article Prof. Koch says that he is as yet unprepared to indicate the source from which the curative matter is derived. Neither is he rendy to explain the method of prepara- tion, The reason he gives is that tho experi- mental work has not yet been brought to com- pletiom He states, however, that the curative lymph itself can now be obtained from Dr. Libbertz, whose address is No. 28 Lueneburger strasse, Berlin. The lymph is described as con- sisting of a brownish transparent liquid, It is PROF, | so prepared as to be proof agaiust deteriora- tion, When taken into the stomach the curative matter proves to have no effect. It must be spplied subcutaneously by means of a valvcless syringe. When the curative matter is applied toa paticnt the usual course is to inject it under the skin of the back, between the shoulder blades, aud in proximity to the loins. A general and a local reaction followed the application of the lymph. as Prof, Koch found on experimenting upon himself. ‘The general reaction consi fever, which usually begins with shivering; the temperature of the body rises to over 39 (102.2 Fahr.), and in some instances even to 41 centigrade (105.8 Fabr.) The patient is not much affected by the attack imduced by the fiuid, and after itis over feels comparatively well; even better, in fact, than before the in- jection. In the second or local reaction, in a few hours after an injection of the fluid has been made under the skin of the back, the lupus sores begin toswell and redden, During the fever the swelling and reddening of the sores increase until fiuully the lupus tissue assumes, iu places, a dark brown tiut and a necrotic con- dition, Prof. Koch expresses the belief that his remedy will certamly prove acure for incipient phthisis. Whether, however, the cure will be tinal and definite hae not, he says, been clear! proved. Further experiments and continued use of the remedy will be necessary to deter- mine this question. The curative properties of the new remed; Prof. Koch declares, are of still greater i portance for diagnosis. What the fluid kills is not the tubercular bacillus, but the tubercular tissue. This fact indicates the well-defined limits which the efficacy of the remedy will be able to reach. In other words, it can only in- fiuence living tuberculous tissue. It has no effect whatever upon dead tissue, such as de- — cascous miatter, necrotic bones and the ike. Patients with pronounced tuberculosis of the lungs have proved far more susceptible to the remedy than those suffering with surgical tubercular affections, Consumptives with !arge cavities in their lungs will probably only expe- Tience beuetit from the new remedy in excep- tional cases, though most cases show temporary improvement. Prof. Koch deprecates the mechanical and indiscriminate application of the remedy. He holds that it would be preferable that the treat- ment should be applied iu suitable institutions where careful observation would be possible. In ail cases Prof. Koch emphasizes tue neces sity of early treatment Only in incipient of an attack of | stages of disease, he declares, can the remedy fully develop ite efficacy. ~ eee —___ ALEXANDRIA, Reported for Tue EVENING Stan. A Wroe-Awake Evenine.—Alexandria was wide awake last might. mack Tent, LO.L, and other temperance advocates came down from Washington on the last ferry boat and uniting with their brethren bere held an inter- & meeting at the First Presbyterian bh. Peabody Hall was occupied by an auditory interested in the second lecture of Prof. Feilowes on “Physiognomy.” ‘The Alex- andria Musical Association made Sarepta Hall lively, and Armory Hall was bright with Good Tempiars’ fair, while McBurne: echoed all night long ‘to the step of “ dancers: danciug in time” at the hop of the Friday | Night Club. Clement's Lodge of Good ‘Tempiars was also down from Wash sit to the fair, and during the e streets were gay with music. ‘Tue Mvsicace.—The- opening of the season of the Alexandria Musical Association by its twenty-third complimentary rehearsal filled Sarepta Hall last mght. Georgetown talent gave large assistance on th Miss 5. uce of that city rendered “Love's Old Sweat * “Beauty's Eyes” and other selections, aud Mr. Edwara Waterbury of Georgetown gave a flute solo from Meyerbeer’s ‘‘Kiobert” as well as asolo on the cornet. The band gave severai selections and the orchestra rendered | favorites from Ferrazzi, Debrne and Bailey, ‘There were many encores, Conrouastion Court.—At the corporation court, Judge Norton, Eugene D. Carusi and Walter W. Ludlow bave been granted certin- cates of good Cay tt oy tie make ap- ication to circuit jor ‘to prac- Hee law. G. Hatley Norton bas been admitted to the bar of the court. De have been made in Taliaferro .&. Kramer, Page agt. t. Kramer, Macrae and Violett Pm ene ae Serene declined — jor as ins! oysters.——Judge Nor- ton has eciened Dr. W. R. Purvis, C. C. Car- lin and G. W. Moore to iuspect the jail.—W. G. MeCuen and Alexander Shain, charged with peddling clocks, &c., without license, have a, STAR:- WASHINGTON,- BD, C.; SATURDAY, OUR DEFECTIVE MARRIAGE LAW. Views of a Prominent Minister—The Need of Legislation by Congress. ‘The ministers in this city have of late de- voted = good deal of attention to the question of marriage licenses in the District and of the marriage law in general as it holds here. The question of its defects is by no means anew one, but was brought prominently forward at the recent mecting of the Pastors’ Alliance. At that meeting a committee was appointed, with Rev. Dr. John H. Elliott of Ascension Church as chairman, to examine into the matter and to draw up a now and more satisfactory law to be Presented to Congress at an early date. THE WHOLE SYSTEM UNSETTLED AND UNSATISPAO- Torr. In speaking of the matter today a prominent minister of the city said to a Stax reporter: “The whole system of issuing marriage licenses in the District is in a most unsettled and unsatisfactory condition. ay one with a dollar in bis pocket can procure a license. Now, the main object of licensing is to furnish record of marriages, but as it wmow it makes uo record at all, for a license is no evidence of & marriage, for the young woman in question may back out or any one of a number of cir- cumstances might prevent the marriage from taking place. ‘The license is no record until it has been filled out by the officiating minister end returned to the clerk of the court, No PENALTY IMPOSED. “But,” he continued, “there is no penalty for a failure to return a notice of the marriage and asa matter of fact the%greatest looseness exists at this point. Ministers muvt make re- turns to the registrar of the health office, and there is a proper penalty for failure to do so, but this penalty is rarely imposed. In fact. I know that there are a good many min- isters who do not know that this is required of them, and penalties amounting to thousands of ‘do!lars have accumulated Against them, if the registrar did but kuow it. ‘This record of the registrar is only for the of making statistics and I don’t think would be legal proof of « marriage. As things now are the only proof of most of the marriages is to be found in church records, and any oue who kuows how church records are usually kept will understand how uncertain they are, ANOTHER DEFECT. “Another trouble is that the licenses bid any properly ordained minister to marry the couple | vidi i ; ee ee ee ees othe | from which the affairs concerning your inter- marriage, This is wrong, for it casts the bur- den of responsibility upon the minister, who is not a legal officer, cannot administer an oath and has no way of finding whether there is any impediment. If there is the couple are sure to lie to him and he is none the wiser. All legal questions ought to be settled before the license is issued, MINISTERIAL SHYSTERS, “There ought to be kept a register of minis- ters who are legally entitled to perform the marriage ceremony, just as a register of physi- cians is kept. This would avoid all danger of ministerial shysters, There are a numbor of such in this city, and besides there are a num- ber of clerks in the departments who have been regularly practicing ministers at one time, and the question at once arises as to their pres- ent right to perform ministerial duties, You see there are ~ number of sources from which legal trouble might ariso. a8 TO THE New Law. “In the new law there ought to be embodied asystem of single registration. ‘The license should be furnished with proper blanks to be filled out and returned to the clerk of the court by the minister, and an adequate penalty should be imposed for failure on their part to make such returns. This should constitute a legal record and the registrar of the health office might get his tai ‘om it, “The present marriage laws are ina chaotic state. They are both uncertain and inade- quate. Every minister should understand the marriage law and yet I doubt if any two law- yers can agree upon it. Whom may a minister legally unite in marriage? Iam sure I do not know. For instance, in the matter of age the old Maryland statute holds that the man must be twenty-one years of age and the woman six- teen. But does that statute stillhola? I never marry girls under eighteen and yet I doubt if I could be prosecuted for tying the knot around a girl of sixteen. MAY A MAN MARRY HIS GRANDMOTHER? “A man may not marry his grandmother,” he continued, “but his deceased wife's sister is an eligible party. So the Maryland statute holds, for it holds to the canonical and prayer book lists of forbidden relatives, with the exception of the sister-in-law. But these lists are so extensi and take in so many relatives that if the statute holds in its entirety cases of illegal marriages occur with alarm- ing regularity. But if the law does not hold good in fall it cannot holdin part, and a man may marry his grandmother and incest is legal, So far as I know these statutes have never been repealed nor superseded. MIXED MARRIAGES, “According to these statutes mixed marriages are forbidden, and yet two cases of miscegena tion were reported last year and no one knows how many more may have occurred. There are many other doubtful features about the laws as they are now understood, and I think every onc will agree that in so important a matter as this everything should be plain sail- ing and tl lawyers and ministers should know what is and what is not legal.” ———— JUVENILE THIEVES. One Dismissed and Three Sent to Jail for Six Months, ‘The case of Daniel Newton, Owen Jones, John Perry and William Smith, charged with the larceny of a card case containing a gold watch from Mrs. Commodore Meade, as published in yesterday's Stax, was calied in the Police Court this morning. The defendants are small col- ored boys, the youngest being but eight years old. The larceny was committed on Highland Terrace Friday afternoon of last week. Mrs. Meade was walking along the terrace when a boy snatched the case from her hand. Then the thief was joined by three or four other boys and they ran off. Later in the evening one of the prisoners sold the watch to a young man named Morgan Brown for 25 cents. Brown said he thought it was a toy watch whon he bought it, Judge Miller questioned the prisoners, and all except Jones made some admission. ey charged that a boy named West, who is now in the work house, stole the watch and gave it to | one of them to sell.’ Jones, who is only eight years old, was dismissed. “So far as the other boys are concerned,” said the judge, “the only question is as to the punishment. It is a question of adult punish- ment to eight-year-old prisoners, In any other city there would be a place of punishment be- side the jail) The Reform School won't have them because that institution is filled and the only place to send them to is the juil,” pt Perry and Swith were given six months each, i THEY STOLE THE BICYCLEs, Two Young Men Arrested in Richmond and Brought Back. Detective Raff returned from Richmond yes- terday afternoon with Philip, alias Peter Ferris, and John Harcourt, the young men who hired bicycles from Atwater and offered them for sale in Richmond. The prisoners are uice looking young men and this is probably their first offense. They were attired in flannel shirts and suits of clothes that showed that they had been traveling about the coun- try. Ferris is from New York and Harcourt came from Boston, They hired the bicycles |® week ago and were throe days on the road between here and Richmond. It was through of roaming country, and they vgoe om they would stake on the bicycles and turn back toward homes that they had left, } and you have again crogsed the sea and are j People who engage in it or | ence to quiet the excitement, .. BUFFALO BILL’S INDIANS. They Have a Private Talk With Com- missioner Belt. NO COMPLAINT TO MAKE OF THEIR TREATMENT WHILE IN THE SHOW BUSINESS—MRB. BELT'S AD- DRESS—OTHERS MAKE REMARKS—A CALL UFOR ‘THE PRESIDERT.< A file of Indians passed into the Atlantic building, on F street, this morning. They wore blankets and their faces were touched up with red and yellow paint, and their clothes were trimmed with beads, They, however, carried nO weapons and their appearance was merely Picturesque .and not war like. They were on their way to the office of the Indian commissioner to te!l Mr. Belt, the acting com- missioner, how they had been treated daring their two years’ trip in Europe with the Wild West Show. They were a fine-looking set of people, and the elevator man looked over the stalwart group and decided that while fifteen | People of average size and weight was a load that eight of these men would bo all that he could take up at one time. So the thirty-nine men and one woman were shot up stairs in sec- tious. They were shown into a large room, where Mr. Belt received them, PRIVATE TALK WITH MR. BELT. It was decided that tho Indians should have an opportunity of telling Mr. Belt privately whether the contract made with them had been carried out and whether they had any com- plaints. So everybody was invited to step out of the room and ‘the Indians were lett sloue with Mr. Belt, his stenographer and his inter- preter, who isa pupilin the Carlisle Indian school and came on for the purpose of rendcr- ing the Sioux language into English on this occasion, Mr. Belt addressed the Indians as follo MK, BELT'S ADDRESS. : My Friends: I am glad to see you today. You belong to the great Sioux tribe. You left Pine Ridge agency, in South Dakota, more than @ year ago, journeyed many miles through this iund, crossed the great water and visited many countries and cities on its other shore. You have wandered about a greal deal. have seen many things and Places, wonderful, beautiful and otherwise, uow back in your own country, in the capital ofthe nation having guardianship and care over you, and in the office of Indian affairs, este and welfare are moro immediately con- ducted and directed. You have been engaged in the exhibitior show business, Much bas been written and said us to the demoralizing effects of such busi- ness upon the Indians who are engaged init, It is not considered very elevating or hi pra morally or otherwise, to the most civilized who wit- ness the performances, I believe that which is not good for the white man is not good for Indian aud what is bad and Ee for the white man is also bad for tho Indi have never witnessed one of your exhibitions, nor do I know how you have been treated and used by the people who have had youin charge, They have brought you here, they say, tu afford the department having the charge of you the opportunity to sce and bear for itself your condition and for that purpose I have arranged to mect you today; that I may see with own eyes how you appear; hear with my own ears from your own lips how you have been treated; whether the contracts made with you have been faith- fully carried out, and anything else that you may want to say to me. I desire to hear from all who wish to talk. Ihave had Capt. Pratt send down here one of the pupils of your own tribe, now attending the Carlisle school, to in- terpret to you what I say and to interpret to me what you say, I want you to feel free to speak your minds as to your treatmen: Who will speak first?” THE INDIANS MAKE NO COMPLAINTS. The Indians then one at atime spoke and told the commissioner that the contract had been carried out; that they had been well treated, had received their pay, and in fact ha had nothing to find fault with. ir. Belt finding that the Indians had no com- plaints directed the doors to be opened and the rest of the examination, which was very brief, was conducted in public. The Indians, however, only had good words to say of their manner of life and their troat- ment,and so Mr, Belt brought the examination toaclose. He told them in parting that if they had been ill treated and that if the contracts made with them and approved by the Indian department had not been carried out they had concealed the facts from him, He told them of the religious excitement among the members of their tribe on the res- ervation, and expressed tho hope that when they returned home they would use their influ- Mr. Salisbury, the vice president of the Wild West Show Company. then made a br: address, and the Indians, after giving an dian yell for Mr, Belt, filed out of the room. 4 CALL ON THE PRESIDENT. Tho’ Indians called on the President at 1 o'clock, and this evening they will loave for the west. The Indians will go directly to ther reservations, There is no doubt but that the Indians would be willing to enter into new contracts to go into the show business, At present there is an order of the Secretary of the Interior prohib- iting their doing so, The plans for the next season are, therefore, somewhat uncertain, A BILL FOR DENTISTRY. Mr. Parker Says the Work Was Not Done at His Instance. In the Circuit Court, Judge Montgomery, this morning the case of Angustus M, Brown against G. Thomas Parker was argued on mo- tion for judgment. Brown, with whom the defendant charges his wife was ina compromising position Septem- ber 3, filed a suit against defendant for $144 for professional services (dentistry) for the wife. ‘he defendant files a plea that the work was not done at his instance and request and was “not necessaries of life.” and that ho is therefore not responsible. Messrs, Lewin and Rapley appear for complainant and Mesars, Fields ans Bell for the defendant, ———_ The Bridegroom Has Disappeared. On Thursday night at the residence of Rev. H, Bailey, tho well-known colored Baptist minister, 1111 R etreet northwest, there wasa party of sixteon or seventeen guests who had been invited to witness the nuptials of Sam Chapman, a likely young colored man of twenty-one, and Ellen Poindexter, a girl of eighteen. The groom was impceunious, 80 the bride furnished the money tor the | cense out of her hard-earneds savings and he also got ¢5 from-her and a sash worth as much more. It is known that he got the license, but he did not show up with it, and there is much indig- nation feit as to his conduct. Chapman comes from Orange county, Va., but lived adjoining at 1108, “He was with his allianced till 10 o'clock Thursday ‘morning and, incom- the court pany, with his brother, started to fouse and procured a license, He then re- turned to her house and saying he did not have his money borrowed #5, promising to pay her in the afternoon. With his brother he then left, and in the evening word was received that he had left the city. —_——___. Secretary Rusk’s Loss. When the Agricultural Department closed today the official career of O. D. Lu Dow came toanend, Moro than thirteen years ago Mr. La Dow entered the department as private secretary to Commissioner Le Duc and he has oceupied the private secretary's desk ever since, He is the only privato secretary the de- partment has known. There were but thirty- six people in the department when Mr, La Dow went in and the entire appropriation was but 275,000; now the employes number more than 860 and the appropriation for the current year exceeds 21,700,000. Five divisions have grown to fourtee: n. Shortly after 3 o'clock the employes of the department assembied in the library and there ited until an boppircac ag in, Then . Richard Walker, speci ent in charge of ‘the ailk maden pleasent end brief’ at. dress, after which he, on behalf of those ont, presented their tap eorign 3 friend with a valuable gold watch and cham. A general bandshaking farewell followed Mr. La Dow's re- sponse, and many were the regrets expressed at the necessary severance of most friendly re- of Mr. La bim a let- terms of xovilus ER 45;- 1890-SIXTEE PAGES, Various Terms of Punishment Pro-| Highest of all in Leavening Power—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. nounced iu the Criminal Court. In the Criminal Court, Chief Justice .Bing- ham, a namber of sentences were pronounced Asa Banks, colored, convicted of the larceny of $4.20 worth of copper from the United ‘States, was sentenced to pay a fine of €25. Arthur Dyson, colored, convicted on the 7th instant of an assault with intent to kill Charles Holmes, was sentenced to two years in the Penitentiary at Albany. Dyson stated thal he was under sixteen yearg old, but his looks be- lied his statement, and in consideration of his youth the court imposed the minimum pun- = tn lowai col e instant of hortesteling. trom Zola Duges, ees sentenced to the Reform School during his some question as to the his mother and others stating minority. There was defendant's age, he was now in hig sixteenth year, but the date given would make him but fourteen years old. An scar on the nose gave him a somewhat older look. The court gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubt. In the case of Leno B, Curtis, alias Nathaniel Sykes, convicted on thé 12th instant of the lar- ceny of a bicycle from John T. Parsons, Gen. Carrington filed a motion for anew trial. lie claimed that the evidence did not eupport the verdict and that there was evidence sufficient at least to raise a reasonable doubt as to his nity. He remarked that it was a peculiarly 'd case, in which two parties had become im- paired in mind because of their lovo aftairs. The court said that there was no testunony to support the theory of insanity and noted the fact that onoof the aftianced’s letters requested. money to buy adress forthe wedding, the time having been fixed, and it was probably this that led to the commission of the crime. It was an act of weaknows, but did not show in- sanity. The motion was overruled, Gen. Carrington noted an exception, statin; that he would take the ease to the Gener Term. He then moved that the defendant bo admitted to bail pending action, The court took this motion under advisement, The motion for a new trial in the ease of the colored woman, Lizzie Williams, alias Eliza Fry, convicted October 31 of larceny from the person of Otto Kleinheim, » young German, was argued by Mr. Joseph Shillington for the defendant and Assistant District Attorney Armes for the government, Scie oer cee EE LOCAL FOOT BALL A Tie Yesterday—a Close and Exciting Game Expected Next Saturday. ‘The interest taken in foot ball in this city, so far from waning, seems to be on the increase, and almost daily some game of more or less interest is played in one or another of the local grounds, What promises to be the closest and most exciting gume of the scason is booked for next Saturday at Capitol Park, wheb the strong eleven from Lafayette College will play the Columbia Athletic Club team. Great interest is taken in this game and it is probable that a large crowd will turn out tosee these twoteams chase the inflated rubber around the field and fall on it at every opportunity, with or with- out cause, Some time ago it would have beon aforegone conclusion that the college team would go homo the victors, but the C.A.C. eleven has made such rapid progress in the sport of late and is playing such asharp and even brillian; game that noone can say who ll win vext Saturday until the game is over. The Emersons played a team from the Co- Inmbian University yesterday afternoon on the grounds corner K street and New Hampshire avenue. The result was a tie, 4-4, a touch- down being made by each team. The game was cleverly played and full of interesting points, though the feature of the game, per- haps, was the tackling of Butterworth of the Emersons. A TAILOR’ -sUlcIDE. Frank Chelmenski Ends His Life by a Pistol Bullet. Frank Chelmenski, who lived at 1003 South Carolina avenue southeast, committed suicide last evening by shooting himself in the mouth. The deceased was a tailor by trade and used the front room of his house as his workshop, and with his wife occupied the rest of the house. His wife was in the yard when she heard the report of the pistol, and she found him lying on his back and the pistol in his hand still pointed to his mouth. Dr, Patter- son, the coroner, gave a certificate of death by suicide, ‘The deceased wag a native of Poland, a stout, heavy-built man of about 180 pounds, and was regarded asa steady man in bis habits, He had been in this cous ut eight years and lived in Harrisburg tff about eghteen months ago, when he came hére and since worked for N. Horn, Mertz and others, but a few days ago he opened business for himself. The only Fenson tbatcan be assigned is depression of spirits from business troubles, Mrs. Rexford’s Will. The will of the late Sarah M. Rexford was filed today. She leaves $25 to Kate Collins for kind services; directs the executor to have ® monument costing not over $800 placed over her grave, and to invest $100, the intercst of which is to be applied to the care of the fam- ily burial lot at Brattleboro’, Vt. Sbe gives the remainder of her estate to her mother, Olive M. Rexford, for life, ard at her death $500 to her sister, Janette Strong, and the balance to her sister, Harriet T. Stearns, of Brattleboro’. Auction Sales of Real Estate. Thomas Dowling, auctioneer, has sold at public sale a lot 273¢ by 130 feet on the cast side of 32d street above Q street to J. J. Cal- lahan for 75 cents per square foot. Ratcliffe, Darr & Co., auctioneers, have sold at public sale alley lot 46, square 749, fronting 16 feet 33g inches by 54 feet 5 inches to F. Junghaus for 20 cents per square foot; also alley lots 58 and 59, in same square, to M. Horan for 30 cents per square foot. Duncanson Bros., auctioneers, have sold at public gule lot on Zist street between N and O streets, 20 by 100 fect, to Charles J. Crompton for 21.70 per square foot; also lot on B street between 6th aud 7th strects southwest, 25 by 80 feet, improved by @ small frame house. to Yet- tic Hoffenmaicr for %4,550; also a three-story brick house atthe southeast corner of 17th street and Rhode Island avenue to C. M. Bar- rick for $11,200. a A Rafd by the Poltce, This morning about 2 o'clock Sergeant Shil- ling, with a squad of officers, raided the house of prostitution at No, 1222 D street and marched fifteen persous to the first precinct station. Tho proprietress, Lula DGurke, was charged with keeping a bawdy house, and the men and women were registered ag witnesses, ‘The former left 2100 collateral for her appear- ance and the witnesses deposited $10 each for their appearance. When the case was called in the Police Court this afternoon Lawyer Closs suggested that the rosecuting officer was satisiied with a fine of The judge thought that that amount was no more than a sort of license, and in the absence of the prosecuting officer he waé not willing to accept that amount of fine, A postponement was then asked and one of the men caught in the house sajd that he could not be in attendance, as he was employed on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. le wasa brother of the proprietress and he registered as George Platt. ‘the court subsequently im- posed a fined of $75 in tha case and the defend- ant paid the bill Death of Gen. John C. Starkweather, Gen. John C. Starkweather, formerly of Wis- consin, but for the past fourteen years a resi- dent of this city, died carly this morning after a lingering illnesa, He was surrotnded mi Louisa Hallett, daughter of Wm. Paxton Hallett, a noted New York lawyer, an children, a!l her and -four. a BOOKS OF THE WEEK. THE EVIDENCE OF CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE: being the Ely Lectures for 1800. By Lewrs FRENCH STRARNS, Professor of Christian ‘The- ology in Bangor Theological Seminary. New York: Charies Scribner's Sous. Washington: Brentano's. | IN SCRIPTURE LANDS: New Views of Sacred | Places. By EDWAKD L. Witsox. With 150 | Illustrations from Original Photographs by the author. New York: Charlies Scrivners Sons. Washington: Brentano's. ELECTRICITY IN DAILY LIFE: A Popular Ac count of the Applications of Electricity to Every Day Uses. With 125 Tlustrations, New York: Charles Scribner's Sous. Wasb- ington: Brentano's. OUR DESTINY: The Influence of Nationaliem on Morais and Keligion. By LavKENCE GROS- author of “The Co-operative Com- lc., etc. oston: Lee & Shep- ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A History. By Joux G. NICOLAY and JOHN Hay. In Ten Volumes. ith Numerous Maps, Portraits and otuer l- lustrations. New York: The Century Co. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, and the Struggle of | Frotestantism for Existence. By ©. RK. L. | FLSTcner, M.A. Sons, Washington: W. H. Morrison. CO-OPERATIV COMMONWEALTH: An 1 Socialism. by Lackence Grox- uthor of “Our Destiny,’ Boston: Lee & Shepard, MISSING—A YOUNG GIRL. By Frorexce Wan- N, thor of “The House on the Marsh,” | Ww York:-United States Book Co, MUSIC AND CULTURE. Comprising a number of Lectures and Essays. By Kaki Mexz, Sus. Philadelphia: Theodore Prosser. FOR A SOLDIER. By Jonn Straxer K, author of “Lootles’ Baby,” etc. New York: United States Book Co. WORK WHILE YE HAVE THE LIGHT. From the Russian of Count Lor ToLstoL New York: United States Book Ca. | HEAKT OF GOLD. By L. G. “A Girl of the People,” United States Book Co. SOCIOLOGY. Popular Lectures and Discussions before the Brooklyn Ethical Association. Bos- ton: James H. West. BY WHOSE HAND? and BY A HAIK’S BREADTH. By Epiru Sessions TUPPER. New York: United States Book Co. PAPEKS OF THE SOCIATION. Putnam's Sons. FAMOUS OR INFAMOUS. A Novel. By BERTHA THoMas. New York: United States Book Co. THE ROMANCE OF MARRIAGE. By Count LyoL¥ Totstol, Chicago: Laird & Lee. AMERICAN HISTORICAL AS- Detober, 1890. New York: G. P. ALL AROUND THE YEAR 1891. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Washington: J. C. Parker. PIERRE ET JEAN (Peter and John), By GUY DE Mavrassant, Chicago: Laird & Lee. LIFE ANovel. By WiLLiAM W. WHEELER, New York: American News Co. THE LEGEND OF LLAM, and Other Bitsot Verse. By Henny Russet Waray. THE GOLDEN KEY. By Gongs MacDonaLp. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. ALAS! By Raopa Brovantox, New York: United ‘States Book Co. ——_e@e_____ ANACOSTIA, Mr. Geo. M. Henault denies thathe gave a boom for Hill for President in his recent speech, as Cleveland is his choice, The Anacostia bazar will commence on Tues- day next, November 18, and from the exten- ve arrangements being made, promises to be uccess. James A. Sample, M. W. G. M., bas been invited to open the bazar at 7:30 p.m. — An epidemic of typhoid fever is said to be raging in Clermontviile, Ohio, and out of eighty-nine cases twenty-five have proved fatal. Tice Youn Cuorce, SWIFT'S SPECIFIC 8. 8 8. CONTAINS NO MERCURY OB POISON OF ANY KIND. IT 16 PURELY VEGETABLE AND PERFECTLY HARMLESS, YET IT 18 THE ONLY PER- MANENT CURE FOR CON- TAGIOUS BLOOD POISON. AND THE KESULTS OF MERCTRY, EVEN IN THE HANDS OF A SKILLFUL PHYSICIAN, ABE TO BE DREADED. IN THE HANDS OF THE POPULACE IT BECOMES: EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS; AND WHEN COMPOUNDED INTO NOSTRUMS BY IGNORANT HANDS IT BECOMES FATAL | Books on Blood and Skin Diseases free. 2_ THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. Canrers. ‘We have just received another line of English Wilton and Velvet Carpet Rugs, in beautiful designs, a> the 0.6 by 9, 12 by 9, 13.6 by 10, 14 by 11, 15 by 12. Having purchased these xoods before the advance we are prepared to offer them at the old HOOK, BHO. QHIRTS! SHIRTS! SHIRTS!—NOW 18 THE TIME Or bus Bhirte: and the Branch Baltimore Stet Puce tory is the place to buy them We are selling the Crescent Shirt, made of kood Muslin Linen bosoms, for 58 cents: 6 tor 83.40. Our Vineible bhirt, made of Wamsutta Muslin ana finest Lineu bosoms, 86 cents; 6 for $5. These Shirts are tuadefull to tue aneasure, and are c bought at any price. Gur Old-time ‘Shirts, au favorite opentront, pieated bosoms, all sizes, Sl each. | Afulland complete ue of Cudecwear at prices that | Pill axtonish you. Don't fail to vail at the Branch | itimore shirt Factors, under the management v1 BELLCRY aut JOS. H. IRELAND, Bat Oth st ww (near New York avo.) nli-st Fu Foorwean You need not consume much time in looking for | what you want in Shoes, either for street or dress wear. Our stock has been made to meet your require- menta, MEN'S SHOES, made of Patent Lesther, Kangaroo ‘and Calf stock, All the latest styles. 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