Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1890, Page 9

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CASH DISCOUNT allowed on all accounts settled ia. 30 daa, PR GROGAX, ell-sm 739 and 741 7tb st. ow. Ds Lorre ‘Was resumed his practice and removed bis office to ‘his residence, 1411 K 8ST. 5.0. EARLY MANIFESTATIONS OF CONSUMPTION. If & persom bas an obstinate cough. which com- menced without any obvious cause, a cough which is at fret dry and hacking, and subsequently attended tor a time with frothy or mucilaginous-looking expec- loration, accompanied by wandering pains sbout the chest and loss of flesh, even to aslight extent, he isin all probebility consumptive. If, besides, there be Leemoptysis or spitting of blood, even to the amount ot adrachm, the probability is increased to almosta certainty. If, in addition to these symptoms, the breathing becomes harsh, burried and deep inspire- tons evoke a few clicks of @ dry and cracking sound, or if the voice becomes permanently weak and hoarse, there can be little doubt that the person is suffering from Ifa person, free from dysentery, and who has not re- sided im tropical climates, suffers from obstinate diar- thee, which goes on mouth after month, with alight Teaission oF intermission, even though there be no cough, be i» most likely consumptive Should this diarzLuse be followed by cheat symptoms of the alight- st amount, the existence of consumption is an ab- solute certainty. If ® young adult, not to enervating habits and uot leading & jute life, without clear cause steadily loses weight, be is, in aii probability, consumptive, though no chest symp- toms should have appeared. When such, however, manifest themselves additionally the establishment of consumption is almposta fized fact. In ail cases where any of the manifestations described make thei appearance we should advise ab unmediate examins- thon of the chest aud s prumpt resort t ayppropriate treatment Atan early stage of consumption a radical cure can Le frequently effected, and health placed upon a firm tnd permanent footing, while with every step in ad- Yauce «Lich the disease is allowed to take the chapees tora perfect recovery diminish correspondingly. Our dcacers must bear in mind that the most skillful and eficient treatment can do Bo more than tomakesound evs usetul se much of the lunge as is presentat the ‘tie when the progress of consumption becomes sus- Jeuded. No meanson earth can replace the lun tis- sue w Lich bas Leen destroyed by the ulcerated pro- eas. Tbe earlier, therefore, consumption is sttended | P! Me the Letter are the chances iur satisiactosy results DR LIGHTHILL, For thirty years specialist for the eureot CATARRH, DEAFNESS, ASTHMA And diseases of the Zak, NOSE, THROAT AND LUNGS (Ofice Hours from § a.m. until 12, and from 3toS p.m ase Ger Taz Bust LUTZ & BRO, 457 Pen. ave, adjoining National Hotel, Horee Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices, ‘Telephone cali “152. ea ” ARMY REFORM FAVORED. Important Recommendations of the Seo- retary of War “‘for Good of Service.” 4 CHANCE FOR PRIVATES TO CLIMB UP AND BETTER PAY FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FAVORED —REORGANIZATION OF THE ARME—THE ANNUAL ESTIMATES. In the line of the more domestic matters per- taining tothe army Secretary Proctor in his annual report notes several interesting facts In the effort to reduce the evil of desertions the Secretary would hke to have something done to make the service more attractive, and among other things he recommends that the Pay of non-commissioned officers be increased. INCREASED PAY FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, He says: ‘The pay of second lieutenant is €116.67 per month, that of a first sergeant only $22, and unfortunately this difference in ay largely regulates the actual distance be- Treen thir relative pontions.. That distance is too great. The individual elements of the army are separated by too large a gsp for the best interests of either. The pay of a non- commissioned officer is but little more thana private, and the chance to rise above that po- sition very slight, There is little inducement for a bright and energetic man, in a country of so great possibilities as ours, to either seek or to desire to remain in the military service. It would be astep in the right direction to in- crease somewhat the pay of the non-commis- sioned officers, that every man who enters the service may findin 1t the possibility of a mod- est future,” PROMOTION FOR PRIVATES, Further, he proposes to oil the machinery by which enlisted men may climb into the higher grades. He therefore remarks: ‘“‘Any enlisted man of two years’ service, who isa citizen of the United States, should, under certain fixed rules, be permitted to compete for s commis- sion. By this means the operation of the law would be made absolutely impersonal, and every man entering the army would be im- pressed with the fact that he had an exact and even chance for a commission. This informa- tion extensively disseminated would, it is hoped, further recommend the army to desir- able men. With your spproval ‘8 bill embody- ing the st stions of the department, with respect to this matter, will be submitted to Congress at an early date.” THE ARMY “FOUR HUNDRED.” The Secretary talks freely about the army's “four hundred,” meaning the limited retired list’ He thinks there shouid be some legisla- tion that will open up the limited list to other ofticers, by transferring some of the “four dred” to the unlimited list, and thus relie’ the army of ite large stock of officers who at present are useless to the service and prevent Promotion. ARMY REORGANIZATION FAVORED, The Secretary approves of the change of the army organization to the ‘three battalion for- mation,” and asks for legislation on the sub- ject im order that the system may be made uniform. He reports that up to date forty-five books of the rebellion records had been distributed up to June 30. Seven more had been stereo- typed and twelve indexed, bringing the official accounts up to the end of 1863. MILITARY SIGNALING. He notes the growing attention throughout the army to the matter of military signaling, and says that it is evident that the division of the weather work from the signal bureau will result beneficially to both. During the past year 393 line officers, representing for the first time in many years every regiment of the line, have been un instruction ag well as 1,500 enlisted men, It has been the policy to concentrate troops at larger posts as rapidly as possible, and six- teen posts have thus been abandoned and the reservations turned over to the Interior Depart- ment for private use by the people. During the year forty-two pout traders have been disarmed of their licenses, two new ones being granted, leaving but thirty-four in the service. The Secretary recommends legislation that will allow the detail of seventy-five officers for the purpose of giving military instruction at col- eges, this being at least one for every million of inhabitants at the last census. ‘THE ESTIMATES. The estimates of the department for the next fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, are as follows: Salaries and contingent expenses. $2,074,430.00 Military establishment; support of the army and Military Academy, 26,160,991.77 Public works. . 10,709, 288.93 4,805,226.07 Total...... 43,749,936,77 “THE PRESIDENTS’” AGREEMENT Jay Gould Writes a Letter on the West- erh Railroad Question. Mr. Jay Gould has written the following letter on the railroad question to the editor of the New York Sun: Sir: I have read with much interest your re- cent articles in reference to the railway sit- uation west of Chicago and St. Lows. A group of roads known as the western and south- western systems traverses the most fertile and most rapidly developing territory of the United States, The stock and bonds in these proper- ties are held by thousands of investors in N York and New England and the eastern states, and upon the prosperity of the roads many small investors depend. Something over eighteen months ago, dur- ing a period of great dey ion, the great banking houses, Messrs, Drexel, Morgan & Co., Mesars. Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Messrs. Brown Bros., invited the presidents of these roads to meet at Mr. Morgan's residence. The ing was the formation of the so-called ‘presidents’ agreement,” and it may interest you to know the difference in the ne! earnings of this group of roads as between the rates which were established and maintained for several months after that reement and the rates that have prevailed under the loose and disorganized state of affairs that has ex- isted since the agreement was broken, each road looking out for itself. I estimate the totai number of tons moved one mile oat this group of roads to be 16,000,000, 000. auditor of one of these roads has furnished me a stutement showing the difference between the rates under the ‘presidents’ agreement” and the present rates, which amounts tos decrease of 1 4-10 mills per ton per mile. Applying this difference of 1 4-10 mills to the 16,000,000,000 gross annual tons, one mile gives tartling figure of €22,400,- 000 annual decrease in the net earnings of this system of roads as between their operation under the “presidents’ agreement” and the loose methods now onapey ? Under this condition of things it is hoped that the bankers can be induced to call the dents together again, with the assurance it they have the whole mass of investors be- hind them, (Signed) ——_—_ Congressman Harmer’s Big Majority. To the Editor of the Evexixe Stan: : In looking over the result of the recent elec- tion in Pennsylvania the independent voters adhered to their favorites as persistently as they struck at their enemies, so that im the case of some candidates, politics, in 8 partisan sense, entered very little into their choice. This was remarkably shown in the fifth congressional district of Pennsylvania. Hon. rs ee Harmer. — i eee ae dis- for nearly twenty years, received a v not often accorded to @ candidate which of yd self must be exceedingly gratifying to him, as it was to his many warm, personal friends in this city, for whose local interests Mr. Harmer's Jar Goutp. ems The Sheridan and Logan Statues. “No action,” says Secretary Proctor in his THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA. |APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY. Proposing a Thoroughly Equipped Ex- | Rev. Clarence E. Woodman’s Interesting to Explore It. and Instructive Lecture, ‘The Secretary of War in his annual report calls attention to the advisability of further | ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA WERE KNOW To THE and more complete explorations of the interior of Alaska, about which but little is known. The Secretary says: “Three or four reconnoissances have been made by officers of the army through portions of the territory and the courses of several of its great navigable rivers have thus been de- termined, These expeditions, however, were inadequately prepared for the work of explora- tion, the journeys were necessarily made in very great haste and were confined to the rivers. No systematic exploration of the in- terior bas ever been attempted by the govern- Dili of aineee ee ere Franti exact and trustworthy informa- concerning this territory I have approved s position to ® thoroughly ipped expedition to e Ee tion and survey arduous and be cheerfully un and by the men and with,in a fair prospect of im resul! that « sufficient appropriation be made by Congress for c: the plan into effect,” THE PROSPEROUS SOUTH. The Business of that Section Not Af- fected by the Recent Financial Flurries, Mr. E. Kurtz Johnson, president of the Citi- zens’ National Bank, has received a letter from the Goldsboro’ Lumber Company, @ business correspondent at Goldsboro’, N.C. The letter was to the effect that while the money centers of the country might be in a panicky state the south generally isin afar more prosperous condi- tion than usual, The letter goes on to say: Financially matters in this section are easy. The largest harvested ever bag are bein known. Prices of cotton until the last fow days , and farmers have been free vancing business and have carried over balances year by year for the farmers who could rege out because of si crops say that the farmers have paid up in current running accounts for tho resent year and a large reentage ave pald up also Valances with accumulated interest and have now enough this year's crop to carry them through mext year on a cash basis, Wha is true of this section is largely true of other sections of this and other states. It may be a matter of interest to know at least that one section of the country—the south Atlantic states—is in a good financial condition and will not be compelled to draw to any material ex- tent on the money centers for means to Pay op erating expenses for the next year as has been the case for several years past.” pial sor nl sal THE GERMAN ORPHAN ASYLUM. Annual Meeting and Election—Union of German-American Societies. The board of directors of the German Orphan Asylum held its annual meeting at Faber's cafe, The delegates from the differ- enit organizations were as follows: From the Washington Schuetzen Verein, R. Springs- guth; Butchers’ Benevolent Association, George J. Bessler; Germanis Maennerchor, Charles G. Rogier; Association ‘‘Bavaria,” Frank Wiegand; Ladies’ Aid Society, Mrs. George L. Botach; Ladies’ Sewing Society, Mrs. Emma Poesche. Officers were elected as follows: Charles Graff, president; Anton Eberly, vice president; Reinhold Springsguth, secretary, re-elected; John L. Vogt, treasurer, re-elected; Gustav Hartig, financial secretary. Messrs. Anton Eberly, James J. Appich and Louis Kettler were appointed to it the directors of the asylum inthe movement now on foot looking to the union of all German- —— societies into one general organiza- jon, Messrs. J. Jose, Charles G. Rogier and Gus- tav Hartig were also appointed to assist the Ladies’ Sewing Society in the dramatic enter- tainment to be given at Willard Hall on the 10th of December next for the benefit of the asylum. The secretary's report showed that the balance on hand with the receipts amounted to $6,654.15, the disbursements to 5,239.70, leaving an available cash surplus of $1,414.45 in the hands of the treasurer. — ANACOSTIA. ‘Tux Masowtc Farr.— w Masonic hall is scene of activity in preparation for the ten days’ that opens tomorrow. The booths will be in charge of pretty girls in Pretty costumes. and everybody expects a pretty happy time, Among the articles to iven as prizes are a buggy, lor set, elegant dstead, with wire ana hair mattresses and downy pillows; a pisno, cook stove and other valuable household goods. Cauncu Matrens.—The Presbyterian Sunday school now meets in the new hall and has an attendance of about seventy scholars, A Chris- tian Endeavor Society is soon to be organized among the young people of the society. Tho next undertaking of the church society will be the erection of a building of their own.— Macedonia Baptist Church, Hillsdale, had a big meeting yesterday at 3 p.m., when the Sons and Daughters of Liberty turned out in a body, wearing their elaborate regalia, Rev. Harr: — , preached to them. The Aid Society of the church has just elected new officers and is in a very prosperous condition. Pxrsonat.—Mra, J. H. Dony aiid daughter are home from an extended visit among rela- tives in Wisconsin.—G.C.R,, J. C. Lee, spoke tos Rechabite meeting in Georgetown last night.——Mrs. E. B. Russell is still sick at her home on Valley street. pee Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Walter E. Wright to Fannie F. Dunnington, sub 44, sq. 965; @1,800, C, Green to G. E. Green, w, pt. lot 20, Girls’ Portion; ¢@—. Kathe- rine Chase to 8. Ross et al., in trust, blks, 6 to 8, Edgewood (Metropolis View); ¢@—. Thomas Coleston to James B. Sewall, sub 35, bik 10, Meridian Hill; $600, Thomas W. Sanner to Ri, A. Scaggs. pt. 22, sq. 447; €3,000. Eveline Abell to George E. Curry, two-thirds interest lots 522 to 526, Uniontown; ¢—. G. E. Curry to H. M. Chase, same property: 1,000, Eliza Gaines to K. H. Gaines, lot 24, 1, Barry Farm; @—. A. W. Gidde 5 aq. 155; &—. Mary J. Snowden to C. W. Hearns, lot 34, block 7, Ivy City; @850. L.A. Conner to L. A. Con- ner, jr., lot 186, C. B.'s sub Mt Pleasant; ¢—. J. A. Duvall to D. A. Offutt, sub 157, sq. 861; $3,700. N. Calver to W. Calvor, two-thirds interest lot D, sq. 761; @—-. E. B. Hughes to 2. G. Schnerger, sub 16, aq. 944; $2,000. Mas, Juzus Wreax, November 19, ——_>— Invitation te Dillon add O’Brien. Fifteen members of the T. M. Healy branch of the Irish National League were yesterday delegated to invite to this city Messrs Dillon, O'Brien and the other members of the Irish liamentary party now in the United States. ‘he applications of several persons desirous to becomes members were favorably reported. —_—— Local Foot Ball Notes. The foot ball teams from Georgetown Uni- versity and Swarthmore played a match game at Capitol Park Saturday afternoon, which re- sulted in a victory for the Swarthmore team by @ecore of 20 to 0. Mr. E. M. Harvey of the University of Pennsylvania acted as referee and Mr. Grant Burroughs, C. A. C., umpire. rge crowd on the grounds wn College Saturday afternoon to the team from Co- in the first half neither wo was more lucky and the game Closed with the store'6 to.0 in their fever ate ae lt bey Oficers Elected. Officers and directors of the Homeopathic GREEKS OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS aGo—GAL- ‘VaNI'S WIFE WAS THE REAL DISCOVERER OF GALVANISM—EXPERINENTS OF OTHERS, The last public lecture at the Catholic Uni- versity was by Rev. Clarence E. Woodman, Ph. D., C.8.P., who spoke on the more familiar ap- Plications of electricity in the household. Something about electrical phenomena, he said, was known to the Greeks more than 2,000 years ago. They found that a resinous substance castup on theshores of the Mediterranean would, when rubbed, attract light bodies, like thread, lint, bitsof paper. * * * The name of this substance, which we call amber, was elektron; and hence that property of attrac- tion which was developed in it by friction camo to be called electricity. At the beginning of the seventeenth century one of Elizabeth's assde| aber: prassosed tne" peesiioy gnauter am! © pecu! a As far as we know the first electrical ‘msohine, pro rly so-called, was made by Otto von ke of Magdeburg in 1680. ‘is machine consisted of asmall sphere of sulphur, which was mounted on an axie and turned with a crank. When the dry hand was pressed against the sulphur globe while in rapid rotation it was noticed that the latter seemed to give light and to emit at the same time a peculiar hissing or crackling sound. The lecturer referred to Newton's experi- mentsand tothe discovery which made the name of Benjamin Franklin immortal. INDEBTED TO A WOMAN, For the electric battery as we have it today, he said, we are probably indebted, as indeed we are for most of the good things in this world, toa woman. On September 20, 1786, the wife of Galvani, s distinguished physician of Bologna, finding herself in a feeble state of health, decided to treat herself to a nourishing broth made of frog’s legs. As no rigid line seems to have been drawn in Galvani’s household be- tween the culinary and the philosophical de- | aecteapers some of these frogs’ legs happened be Ving. near an electrical machine with which the doctor was experimenting, and his wife noticed that whenever a spark passed to them from the ie the muscles would at once contract, as though thrown into strong convulsions. It was afterward found that whenever the muscles aud nerves of the frogs’ lege were touched by pieces of two diss metals, the legs would contract as before. Galvani ae that the animal was itselsf the source of the electricity and that tho piece, of metal acted only as conductors. But Volta & professor in the University of Padua; who had been much interested in Galvani’s discuv- ery, proved that the origin of the electricity that moved the frogs’ legs was not in the legs themselves but in the metals which touched them. This led to the construction of the voltaic pile, the first form of battery. Dr. Woodman described in great detail the method of working the various forms of elec- tric batteries, with their successive improve- ments, distinguishing particularly botween the closed-circuit batteries, such as are used in the telegraph and telephone, and the open-circuit, which is more suitable for electric bells and other household uses. PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY. Having thus described the source of the electric current he went on to speak of the methods of applying 1t to practical use, After Davy’s experiments in 1806 there was nothing of importance learned until 1808, when Oersted of Copenhagen announced that the conducting wire of a voltaic circuit acts upon ® magnetic needle, and that the needle tends to set itself at right angles with tho wire car- bead the current, This was a discovery of e utmost importance and a French scientist, Ampere, set about inv. ting its laws, He observed that whenever a wire through which acurrent of electricity was passing was held over and parallel with a magnetic needle which was free to move, if s current was moving toward the north the north-seeking pole of the magnet was deflected toward the west, and that the angular displacement de- mnded upon the strength of the current, ‘hence originated the galvanometer, the basis of all exact meastrement Everybody knows what a et is and what are its properties. Nicander relatos that amon; the shepherds of Mt. Ida was one name Magnes, who noticed that theiron tip of his shepherd's crook adhered to certain of the roc! Some have supposed that the name magnet is derived from the name of this shepherd But it is generally believed that the term comes from the ancient city of Mag- nesia, in Asia Minor, near which that peculiar ore of iron was found, now called magnetite by mineralogists, and lodestone in popular speech. Sir ear Newton is said to have had in his finger ring @ small lodestone, weighing only three grains, which would lift 760 grains, be | 250 times its own weight, If « steel rod is rubbed upon such a natural magnet it becomes iteelf a magnet, and it is with this form that most of us are familiar. The most plausible theory of the nature of such permanent mag- nets as we have been describing is that of the French academician, Ampere. This theory as- sumes that every molecule of a magnetizable body is surrounded with an ever circulating current, that these currents revolve around the molecules of the body in every possible direc- tion, so that they ordinarily neutralize each other; that by the actof magnetization these currents are made to circulate more or less in the same direction; that the completeness of the magnetisation is measured by the com- pleteness with which those currents are made to circulate; that the resultantof all these mole- cular circulations is the same as if one current circulated completely uround the magnet like awire spiral,and that in softiron these cur- rents remain circulating hwy fi as long as the magnetizing force is present, but that in bard steel they remain permanently so circulating. THEORY SUPPORTED BY FACTS, Ampere’s theory is supported by some re- markable facts. In 1825 Wm. Spurgeon of Woolwich, England, discovered that if a wire were wound around a piece of softiron and the current of electricity were sent through the wire the soft iron would become a true magnet, but would retain its magnetization only while the current was passing. Magnet- ism developed in this way was called electro- magnetism and lies ct the very foundation of the most important applications of electricity in modern life. The iron so wound with wire was called an electro-magnet. Sturgeon’s was made by winding bare copper wire upon the iron rods; but in 1830 our own Prof. Henry insulated the coils of wire by covering them with silk thread and was the first to produce really —— magnets. His great magnet was a bar of iron weighing fifty-nine pounds. On this were placed twenty-six coils of insp- lated wire having an aggregate length of 728 feet. This apparatus was found able to sus- tain a weight of over a ton, 2,500 pounds. Itis now in the museum of Yale College. It makes no difference how far the magnet is from the battory. When once the circuit of the battery is completed and «current is made to circu- late around the iron cores of the magnet the latter will at once respond and draw to itself, by its attractive power, any piece of iron which is near enough to it to feel its influence and is free to move. This piece of iron is technically called an armature. To this armature it is easy to fasten a hammer which will hit the edge of a bell, reicase a spring or set clock work in motion, + To Act as Judges. ‘There will be an individual competitive drill at the armory of the Alexandria Light Infantry this evening and Capts. Edwards aud Domer of the Seay eae consented to act a judges. go delegation from company | of the second will go down to ‘Aletaniria: on the 8:05 train to see the drill. Found Dead in Bed. A dispatch from Roanoke, Va., says Charles H. Hurlbut of t his city, traveling agent for the Detroit Free Press, was found dead in bed yes- terday morning at the Read House, iu Roanoke, Va, by # room-mate, Cause of death un- parecer it is supposed to be due to heart yal Pena) SEER At a recent meeting of the general commit- tee of arrangements having in cl the G.A. R national encampment tc be held in Detroit in 1891 it was decided that the reunion shall be Free Dispensary Association was elected last | held the week commencing Augast 3. in several Toronto churches with Birchall's life and last Friday,was found “The pips’ mill of the irom foundry of the Crane Bros, v0 the oxtout of abess ‘Wied in twenty’ave minutos irae in ja * MainodSn Eplacopel “Chores consiedey: tee Corea The work. THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM. A Special Committee on Its Way to the Chas. B. Reade, assistant sergeant-at-arms of the United States Senate, arrived in Chicago Yesterday with the joint committee of Congress on immigration and naturalization, of which Committee upon the part of the Senate is the Hon, Wm.E. Chandler of New Hampshire,chair- man, and upon the part of the House of Repre- sentatives the Hon. W. B. Owen of Indiana, chairman. By a concurrent resolution of Con- gress of March 12,1889, this committee on naturalization of the Senate and the committee ‘upon the same of the United States House of Representatives were authorized to investigate the of immigration generally, and with it the question of naturalization and the ps ery of business interests in the United States by foreign syndicates. THE IMMIGRATION STATION, ‘The first business which this committee had in hand was the establishment of an immigra- tion station in New York, which station was to take the place of Castle Garden, and for this purpose the full odmmittee visited New York and personally looked at the various sites thereabouts, which resulted in the establishing of an immi, tstation upon Ellis Island. Sub- sequently thie committee visited Chicago, Cin- emmnati, St. and Detroit and obtained testimony upon gencral matters entrusted to ‘THE ORINESE QUESTION. At a meeting of the committee during the last sossion of Congress » subcommittee was appointed to take testimony on the Pacific coast upon the subject of Chinese immigration ‘nd upon such other matters which might come within the scope of the resolution. For the purpose of obtaining such information the committee are now en route west. Ge the part of the Senato is Senator Squire of Washington, chairman, and upon the part of the House is Mr. Lehlbach of New Jersey. Mr. Brewer of Michigan and Mr. Stump of land. Last evening the committee re- sumed their journey westward via the Chicago and Northwestern and Union Pacific railroads. At Spokane Falls the first meeting will be held. From there the committee will proceed to Seattle, Port Townsend, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. The committee ex- age to finish their investigations in order to back in this city by December 20. A Much Condemned Committee. The officers of the Emin relief committee are very much irritated by the flood of scath- ing condemnation which is being poured upon theix management of tho recent African ex- peditien. There isa genuine feeling of in- dighetion among the British public because of the disgrace brought upon the nation by the acts of the men employed by the committee. Barttelot is now excused on the ground of in- sanity. Itis possible that the plea insanity will eventually be brought forward on Jame- son's behalf, for his atrocious conduct, forei to what was thought to be the man’s nature by those who knew him at home. Some critics ae ® moral in this deplorable affair by dwell- 1% upon the essentually vulgar purpose of the whole enterprise. The pretense that the pur- pose of the expedition was to relieve Emin is sneered at by those commentors as a pious fraud, and they declare the real object of the syndicate of capitalists known as the Emin relief commit- tee to be the gobling up of ivory and the con- fiscation of territory in the equatorial province if possible. —_—— «00. __. __ A Fuel Famine. A fuel famine is feared in Nebraska on account of the lack of cars to transport coal from the Union Pacific mines in Wyoming to points in that state, Already a number of towns have reported that the coal supply has been exhausted and no more could be secured, In case of severe weather or a heavy fall of enow great suffering would ensue, as many of the towns in t! late are entirely dependent on the Union ifie for coal. ee A Scourge of Fever. Aterrible epidemic of typhoid fever has broken out at Clermontville, in Clermont county, Ohio, and a panic has seized the popu- lation of the little village. There are only about 200 inhabitants and forty persons are sick in bed with the disease. The little grave- yard on the hill daily has added to its silent oc- cupants, As usual the fever attacks the young men and women more than the old. This type of the fever appears to be more malignant than any before heard of in Ohio, some of its victims succumbing after four or five days’ illness, Many people are closing out their business and fleeing for their lives. Dr. Probat, secretary of the state board of health, went to Clermont- ville yesterday. see Fatal Jump From a Window. Sidney Kerngood, bookkeeper for Thomas R. Wingrove, died at the Baltimore City Hospital yesterday morning from injuries received by jumping from « third-story window to escape arrest. Kerngood was of slender build and about twenty years of age, Since last Thurs- day he had been stopping at » boarding house kept by Mrs. Minor. His apartment was on the third floor in the rear. Saturday afternoon Mr. Wingrove says he sent Kerngood to collect a bill of $20.60, Kerngood failed to return, Mr. Wingrove called at pees headquarters and the matter was turned over to Detective Pontier. ‘The detective went upstairs and rapped at Kerngood’s door. Kerngood an- swered and was told that some one wished to see him, He did not open the door. and in about five minutes Detective Pontier found Kerngood on the ground below his window dressed in nothing but his underclothes and shoes covered with blood and apparently dead. Joe Davidson Acquitted. The trial of the colebrated Joe Davidson for the murder of Ed Campbell of Hazard last No- vember was concluded Saturday at Winchester. Ky., aftera trialof ten days, The jury re- turned a verdict of not guilty. The evidence was conclusive as to the killing, but the court instructed the jury that the prisoner hada right to skill Campbell in defense of his brother, Honry Davidson, who, with others of the French faction. was besieged in the resi- dence of Jesse Fields, the jailer of Perry county. It was proved that the deceased, at the time ho was killed, was firing into the house from a commanding position on a neighboring hill. Most of the participants of the Perry county war who were imprisoned were ypaterday released on bail. 13 SS The Signal Was Not Seen. The evidence of survivors of the wrecked cruiser Serpent goes to show that the light of the Villago lighthouse had not been seen by the lookout on the Serpent, although the light is usually visible for fourteen miles, It is be- lieved that the Serpent's compass was affected dived iron in the reef, and that astronomical vations were impossible, owing to the bad state of the weather. A Spanish gun boat which recently passed the scene of the disaster found no trace of the Serpent, A body washed ashore is supposed to be that of the commander of the Serpent. "oe P resident Forsyth’s Murderers. Luther A, Hall, Wright Lancaster, J. M. Lancaster, Jas, Moore, Chas, Clements, Richard Lowrey and Andrew J. Renau, now deceased, wore indicted by the grand jury in the United States district court at Macon, Ga, Saturday for conspiracy in the murder of J. C. Forsyth, president of the Normandale Lumber Com; at Nor mandale on the 7th of October. oad is the man who was lynched by an armed mob as Forsyth’s assassin the day ir the murder, Hall is a notorious attorney of county, who is now vielen the : = court for re r e SF A soma taa eed ont ss Brewer, the who killed several men in race riote at Jessup last the oficers and Atlanta were robbed last Sunday night of express matter. Saturday night's train on the game road almost met the same fate. Above Messina‘a man entered the express car and commanded Messenger Corput to open the safe. Corput says he refused to comply, where- ‘upon the robber fired upon him, the ball pass- his hat. Corput returned the shot says he thinks he hit the robber, as there fear he fired the robber fnped trom the tense Detectives and eflcials Visited the soene, bat ay The cogtnle'c he grout long occurred is ER Bop Seo OAL allied ll lh et cn te lh Sn tel il shin Bch A At Li aot oda dE A nln Ro DD RE Bh EAR BE Er ed ld AR El hh dl < A BERLINER’S PHOTOGRAPH. He Got Baron Rothschild to Press the Ro Batton for Him and He Has the Pictures. From the New York Sun, ‘The fact that Baron Albert Rothschild wields the camera has just become known to the con- tinental publie through an amusing incident of his late summer travels in north Italy. He was out early one August morning in hie knicker- bockers and pitched helmet and with the famil- iar little black case swung from his shoulder. Just as he was preparing to take a picture of a winding mountain path before him a fat Ber- liner and his wife dropped from a sideway into the perspective. “ah, Mr. ," shouted the Ber- liner in Prussian dialect. “You are just the man we were looking for. We wish our por- traits with this colossal nd. Douss good job and there will be something extra in it for you.” The baron in embarrassment ¢: that he was a lan and knew little about doin, its. The Berliner pro- tested against bit of modesty, bd phic fashion he presented his expansive t for the ture, The baron prom- job” in return for liberal pay, C.O.D., went on his way. The Berliner and his wife went back to Ber- lin without having heard from him. They were just about giving up all ideas of ever learni what had become of their renga are an their half crown when a dozen cabinet photo- graphs came in a ‘age marked Vienna, On the bit of otherwise blank pasteboard just be- low each picture was the ears signature in Proper photographic style: “Rothschild.” In an accompaning note, “Baron Albert Roths- child hoped that his work would be satisfactory and regretted that a pressure of business had prevented him from delivering the pictures sooner.” ee Cigar Almost Causes His Death. Victoria Riviere, a French chemist, narrowly escaped death by cremation at Salem, M yesterday. He was at work preparing a mi: ture in which bisulphide of carbon and benzine aro the principal ingredients, when a spark from a cigar he was smoking dropped into th compound, and in an instant there was an plosion, the liquid fiving in flaming shects all over the room. Riviere's back and neck are shockingly blistered and ali the hair is burned off the back of his head, He came from Wil- mington, Del. ee A Close Call for the Train. The midnight express train on the Lehigh Valley railroad at Wilkesbarre, Pa, at 2:10 yesterday morning did not arrive until 11 o'clock. An axle on the tank car next to the engine broke near Tunkhannock and caused ® wreck. The trucks were torn from the baggage car and the first passenger coach. At = time = ~~ a train was going at aslow rate of speed The passengers were badly frightened and shaken up, but no one was hurt. Had the accident occurred fifty feet further on the cars would in all probability have rolled down a steep embankment and tho result would have been more serious, a SAS Thinks He is Rube Burrows. Tobe Jackson, colored, was yesterday ar- rested at Birmingham, Ala., charged with con- spiring to rob and murder a railroad contractor who was going out with €3,000 to pay off his men. Jackson had formed a band of negroes, some of whom gave the officers information which led to Jackson's arrest. To the negroes he wanted to join him Jackson declared he im- herited the spirit of Rube Burrows, the dead train robber, and if they would join him they could steal loads of money and would never be caught. He and his band have been robbing freight cars in the railroad yards and com- mitting several highway robberies. acta eaeatstaseeaneat Mrs. Bateman’s Diamonds Found. Mrs. Arthur E. Bateman of New York city was much put out on Wednesday last when she missed two diamond bracelets, worth #12,000, which had been ina drawer in her room, to which only herself and her French maid, Louise Lachot, had access, The maid was ar- rested and when Mrs. Bateman went to Tuxedo Park two days since two detectives were placed in charge ot the house. Yesterday the detec- tives found the bracelets behind a curtain ina room on the third floor of the house. i How He Avoided a Will. Elias Friend, one of the largest merchants of Milwaukee, Wis., who died a few days ago, did not leave any will. A-short time before his death he deeded to his only son, Jacob E. Friend, all the real estate of which he was pos- sessed, with the exception of the homestead property on Cass street, on which is an ele- gant mansion, richly furnished. This home- stead, with all its contents, was deeded to his wife. His personal property was so as- signed to hisson and his widow that the estate will not require to be probated. It is under- stood that the property amounts to #1,000,000 or more. —————+e+____ Vacancies Unfilled Since the War. Surgeon General Browne in his annual re- port to the Secretary of the Navy takes occa- sion to comment with regret upon the fact that vacancies which have existed in the medical corps of the navy since to civil war are yet unfilled and that Congress has failed “to adopt the department's suggestion looking to the impovement of the condition and pay of assistant surgeons, Although a medical ex- amining board was convened at Mare Island, Cal, but two candidates for appointment as assistant surgeons appeared and the board was discontinued. = Germany Looks for Peace. The German emperor gave a reception to the president and vice presidents of the Prus- sian diet on Saturday. Ina speech the em- peror referred to the heavy work before the diet and said that he hoped that an early un- derstanding regarding bills would be reached. He was confident that the members would de- vote their energies to thatend. He gave fur- ther assurance that the outlook warranted the decided belief that peace would be maintained. His recent visits to fore’ sovereigns were solely designed to ‘ific tenden- ent = remmag oan he ref roam ng om of the German navy as vei 4 — = — aoe in Germany he bai and need not go fore’ i The president id pe ty sie Be a vend ward received by the empress, ————-eo_____ A Roman Catholic Law About Marriage. A telegram from Ottawa, Ont., November 15, says: Considerable comment has been created by a statement recently confirmed that in Catholic, by occupation a traveling acrobat, was tried for stealing fura, He called his wi also a Roman Cat , a8 & witness. He clai that as they were married by s Protestant min- ister at Three Rivers she was not is ife, but as she swore [; . The prisoner was convicted for having received stolen From this it is argued that the court the mar- e judge, however, does not appear ve entero into any consideration of the prisoner's statement. He the declaration of the witness without The woman was bound to HEH] HH He Sit pi ge if i HE [ We bave Just opened a line of W AND NOBBY BOBES, A novel apd handsome line braided tm Bisck. Gradvated Pula Dots im Astrachan . besa tiful colors, ‘Seroll designs appliqued im Velvet ané ‘Astrabhan. ‘These Robes excel in beauty and style eng that we have ever placed on our counters, ‘The material ts fine seree and the colors ar ‘the richest and leading of the season. We ave the larwest and moet varied stock of ‘Robes in the city, ranging trom 86 to 630. LANSBURGH & BBO. (Read below.) sccm enti esrnRnRAERSTNEEIIR, FASQIONABLE FURS. ‘We are lance consumers, benes we can quote you correct prices. Our Furs are only first quality. Wedo ‘Bot handle the cheap furs at sll. Shoddy furs are no good at any price, Our stock ‘was purchased carly, as we usually do. Therefore we know we can save you money on these goods, Come in and see what we aro doing. It will pay you, we know. We make mention of several of our best ‘values, which is impossible for us to dupli- ate today: Genuine Persian Lamb Muffs, best finish 85, $10 and S13 each. London Dyed Sealskin Muffe st $13, 615, S18, $20 and $25. First quality. ‘Real Badger Muffs. 84 to $13. Cape Seal Mufls, best lining. @2, $2.74, ‘BS and 85. Gray and Black Astrechan Mufe 88a Compare any €1.50 Muff in the city with, these, Astrachan Cloth Capea, in Black and Gray, for $3, 84.50, 85, 86 and 69. Wool Seal Capes, with large collar and Pointed fronts, $15 and 622.50. Monkey Capes, with genuine seal collar, $23.50 and #27.50, Nutria Capes with rolling collar ané pointed front. 622.50. Genuine Seal Caves, with Pervian lamb, scble and other trimming, from @60 up to #100. Feather Collars in all colors. Only $1.98. Genuine Ostrich Feather Boas for @18 and Bsa. LANSBURGH & BRO (Continue reading below.) ‘We control for Washington acute little ar Fangement—an Oxidized Metal Memorandum Tablet with Com- bination Stamp Box. 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