Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1890, Page 6

THE ‘EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER CITY AND DISTRICT. & Tur Evesive Star more than three-fourths of the population of the city in which it ix printed who are able to read. This record cannot be matched by that of Me worid? MAKING THE MOST OF THE SNow. Gay Scenes on the Whitened Streets of the City. MERRY SLEIGHING PARTIES ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE—ALL KINDS OF VEHICLES ON RU: NERS—TRE LIVERYMEN AND THEIR HARVEST— SMALL DOYS SLIDING DOWN HILL. “Plear the sleders with the bells — Silver beils! What 2 wor'd of ‘nerriment ietr melody fortells! ‘That is what Washington has been listening nd toiay. Theavenue especial th the eri«p mnsie some equipages. For a city which sees us little sleizhing as Washington it is wonderful the number of sleigh of all descriptions which turnout here on the slightest provocation. t that the provocan vening was ay means, and other rain ceased presented almost . Uptoa late he ht possessor of a entter was not the o wenjoy the fun. IMPROVISED FOR THE OCCASION. Every possible vehicle which coald be pressed into service was furnished with a pair of run- ners and a steed of some description and started on its triumphal march loaded down with happy humanity. One energetic man had a large-sized dry goods box, filled with straw d pair of wooden runners. In eupand down the avenue calm dignity befitting four horses snd a This morning the display has bee and the jingle of the couch. continued belis | has been continuous. The single-horse cutter | mixts predeminates among the sleighs, although many hand-ome outtte with double teams are ween several fitted up in the Russian style, with three horses abreast. A CARNIVAL. This'afternoon Pennsylvania avenue will pre- sent an especially gala appearance, as, unles« the sun gets in its deadly work, an old-time car- Sleizhs of every posible a lavish purse Gr a fertile t will be seen and the me will follow che ridiculous in rapid sue- THE MAPPY LIVERYMEN. arvest for the livery + to any extent g harvested the snow, but they have | '¢ man who wanted to little whirl. Prices have | e from +4 to £10 per hour and as well as private parties, have | reised their ingenuity in rigging runners oiher vehicles. If the snow i ir prospect, tomorrow | emore sleighs om the streets than the | city has ever seen. THE ROY AND M18 SLED. »y and the middle-sized bos, and has been singing this snow had the | ome in the holidays & posi Today every street in Washington which has an inclination has its own little army of coasters, and from the big double runner to the little bob sled all are engaged im the sport. Collisions are nothing to this army of merry-| makers and the more tumbling around in the snew there is the greater the fun. As soon as night falls the small boy's big brother will borrow his sled and with some lady, whose cheeks have gained a brighter or the exercise, will coast down the hills ntent. WHY IF 18 PLEASANT. “The beauty of sleighing,” said a young man toa Sran reporter, “is the excitement. You are rather a pleasant, mild ment which adds a zest young man joked anxiously at the sun, which was already pouring it« rays down with sufti- cient warmth to commence the melting pro- ces, the sport,” ONE LIVERY XA¥ C0: “Sleighing was excellent last night and this aid a livery stable keeper to a Sra “Thad plenty of sleighs, but 1 was nothing like equal to the sup- ply. The only way 1 count for it is the | wearcity of money. ber the time continued the liveryman, “when I tock in $300 ina day, hiring sleighs 3 and there were people wait | the teams to come ii. Now the teams have to | Wait hours for the persous to come in.” AREANOEMENTS FOR THE CARNIVAL. insion w2s obtained from the Commis- cai thin mierhing ty 1x © thely. the ctor of the carnival on the avenue this n, to allow fast driving on the avenue. Conmaissioners were in favor of suspend- eguiations relating to fast driving. ited such suspension only between the 43) and 520 and to the south of the avenue. President Hurt of the Wash. ington and Railroad Com- ary was communicated with a [oN promised “to change the | transfer ion during that time to the north sade of ithe avenue. Quite a considerable sum slized from collections, and it has been © prizes—one of £25 for test tarnout, #15 for the best equipped =10 for the most comical. Messrs. E. ( iv of the Opera Glass, J. E. Jones of Tu: K. Walmsley of the Critic will be the ‘ded to offer thre the £ and TION PROBLEM. It is Solved Today and Cars Are Running Near Schedule Time. ‘The local problem of how to “get there” ia rapidly becoming an easier one to solve than it has been for a couple of days past. The street ears are runniag more regularly and with less Gifficulty as the snow melts so that the doubling the has been abandoned asa usel-s¢ meawire. The climax of the difficulty of self-transportation was reached yesterday morning, when schedules were thrown to the winds and came to be of no elemental importance. Trips that ordi- uarily took half an hour were ofter the of consuming from one to three hours ‘Yo get from the Navy Yard to Georgetown wax gh to occupy a inan for a day, while to get from Capitol Hill out into Mount Pleasant was ‘an impossibility. All pointe on 7th street were comparatively free from the pre- blockade, as the snow scemed to have oF no effect upon the cable. The sanshine this morning soon brought order out of thix chaos, although there was plenty yet to be done. ‘the schedules, « little Lit "Vatiered to be sure, but. better than no at inte force again, and e regularity in the run- THE TRANSPO cules at all. were « something I ty that the ordinary times for travel- ing would not be doubled. Fined for Selling Liquor to Soldiers. The case of Michacl Garvey, the saloon keeper on the 7th street road who was recently charged with selling liquor to inmates ef Sol- , was called for trial in the Police Court this mornis A. Peit, an inmate of the Home, testi- fied that he hud purchased liquor in the de- fendant's place day after day. He always paid Tor the and one time he sold the de- aid uum cash for the drinks,” said ¥ money ran out und then my clothes P cho has charge of the ving sold any liquor to Pelt. devin tat he had reccived any elothes from elt John Bord. another soldier, gave evidence fot the defense. ge Miller called attention to the ordi- ¢ cars, ax well as a reasonable degree | TALKING OF RAILKOAD RATES. A PAPER PRESENTED BY PROF. TAYSSIO—THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY—PRIZES AWARDED FOR ESSAY$—THE GROWTH OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOcTATION. Railroad topics occupied the attention of the members of the American Economie Associa tion at the session which was openetl this morning a: 10 o'clock. The time had been ad- signed to the committee on transportation, of which Prof. Edmund J. James ischairman, and reveral papers were read on varions phases of gement and expenditure. Prof. occupied the chair and ees. directed Thirty he minutes were allowed a and in the discussion h as a rule followed the reading of a er the mited to five minutes each. The ttentive one, if not e in st hi took part to s ch the views advs proceedings with prompt: to whi e received. ve for future stions which the cht out from the Anoticeable feature of this of scientists is the fact a large. proportion are young men, and when the nota- reers in many instances are taken into ration the ‘association may Isy claim very properly to the attractive quality of draw- ing to ita large number of the bright young minds of the country. Several ladies were present and seemed to be interested in the pa- | pers and in the discussions, which to a large | extent were technical in character. SECRETARY ELY'S REPORT. discussion bro nt. Pp sthering | snteh | more. read his annual report. He stated that | the association had continued to grow and had | never before been in such a prosperous con- dition. He quoted statistics to show the growth | of membership. In 1886 the number of mem- bers on the list was 182; at the | present time the members and subscribers | numbered 635. ‘The report stated that an ex- | amination of the lists would show that the | quality of the membership was of a high order. |Itissife to say, he thought, that the associa- fon ixat the present time known by econo- all countries and is recognized as the scientific economic association of the United States, PRISES FOR ESSAYS. He stated that the prize for the best essay on immigration had been awarded to Mr. Richard | D. Lang of Baltimore. Since the Philadelphia meeting a prize of 100, established by Mrs. doku A. Chanler (Amelie Rives), has been di- Vided between Miss Clare de Graffenried and Mr.W. Willoughby for the best essay on“ Labor. 00 for the firs upon Earners and second best has been offered a the essa hax the be the te erty in the United States. 200 have been offered for essiys on the hous- jing of the poor in American cities. Compe- tition és open to all. ‘the report recomniended of the policy of offer: THE TREASURERS REPORT. The treasurer's report submitted, by Edw: R. A. Seligman of New York. the treasurer, showed a larger eash balance than in previous reports and an increase in the assets. THE THEVRY OF RAILROAD RATES. The first paper read by Prof. F. W. v of railway rates, and ion of the practi rging wi ic will bear.” Prof. Taussig concluded that the key to the situation | y in the fact that by far the greater part of a ilway's expenses are joint—that is, are meurred, not each we separately for every bit of but jointl for the traffic as hole. “Every | batch of freight. of course, must pay at least | as much as the separate expenses which are in- curred in handling and transporting it alone, but these separate expenses are small’ in com= parison with the other expenses, like fixed charges, maintenance of way, signaling ex- nees, which serve for the whole of the traftic. How much of these joint expenses will be got back from the rates on any particular traffic must depend on Low great a charge that traftic will bear: that is, on the character of the de- mand for its transportatior. The apparent and real discriminations in railway rates, the classi- fication of freight, higher charges on shorter hauls, special rates, commutation rates, party rates—all these were not the result of rallw monopoly or of arbitrary discrimination by railway managers, but arose naturally and almost inevitably from the peculiar conditions ler which railway transportation wes car- ried on. The practice of charging what the trattic beara would appear, and indeed has ap- peared. under government ownership as well as under private ownerthip. Moreover, it probably serves in the thain and in the long run to bring about that in which the public is most interested—the most effective utilization of y capital for the benefit of the com- ¢ paper also contained some criti- cism of other theories in regard to rail rates and a discussion of their proper pisee the general economic theory of vaiue and price. P*U’pon the conclusion of the reading of this Paper there was an interesting discussion. Hon. Geo. H. Ely of Cleveland and Prof. Edmund J. James of Philadelphia, who we d papers at this session, have not yet arrived ir the city. As there were no other pay rogram to be read the convention adjourned shortly after 12 o'clock. At the session this evening the committee on statistics, Hon. Carroll D. Wright, chairman, will have the floor. ee: DISTRICT RIDGES OVE: THE CANAL. The files of the Commissioners’ office are full of protests from the residents of Georgetown complaining of the bridges over the Chesa- peake and Ohio canal at East Market Space and jarket street, Georgetown. The question at issue was whether the Commissioners had the right to keep these bridges in repair. Col. Robert think» that the keeping of the bridge over the canal in repair was outside of the ju- Tisdietion of the Commissioners. Recently the Commixsioners caused these bridges to be Ticaded, as they were in an unsafe condition. ‘The matter way referred to the attorney for an opinion es to whether the Commissioners have to put these bridges in repair and if x have whether they may spend public | money in making such repairs. ‘The attorney for the Dittrict today submitted bis opinion and held that there is no authority conferred upon the Commisioners to expend public monies for that purpose, D THE RUILDING REGULATIONS. ago the building inspector in a letter to the Commissioners called attention to & complaint he had recently received request- ing the vacation of a wooden stable, The | jaestion wax this: After a permit is issued un- der seetion 11 of the building regulations tyr | the erection of a wooden stable ud the shed | completed afterward ocenpied as a stable can | the inspector of building to be vacated, | or, in other words, do the building regulations | control the cccupany of building after it is | completed? ‘The building inspector enlled at- | tention to the fact that this was a very impor- y Dig trict aud in his opinion, which was rendered to- day on tke case, he ns + The question of unlawful occupancy of conversion from one kind of ocen; to another not contemplated by the permit is for the court to determine, the same as any other alleged violation of the build- ng regulations, and mast be treated in the same way. ‘THE LE DROIT PARK ABSTRACT. Ina letter to the Commissioners today Mr. B. H. Warner expresses regret at the suspen- sion of the execution of the order to remove the obstruction across Lim Droit um street in Le k and states that the interests of the auty both require a north and south | thoroughfare “between 7th street aud Lincoln J avenue und rays he trusts the Commis.ioners will help in establishing the thoroughfare. INTRRENT ON WATER STOCK RONDS. | Inorder that the treasurer of the United States may be enabled to pay the interest fall- ing due on the water stock bonds of the Dis- trict of Columbia which fall due on the lst of y the United States has written « letter to the Commissioners request- ing that they will cause the sum of $12,915 to ¥o deposited to the ¢redit of the appropriation for t end sinking fund for the funded debt of trict of Columbia for the fiscal year end- June 30, i891, as required by the act of line Part nd nance which maker it an offense to sell or fur- nish liquor te seklers and imposed @ fine of 260. Au appeal was noted. shuns ‘To Ald the Poor. ‘Mrs. B. sends ¢1 to Tux Sram office for the Denesit of the poor of the District. and Edward R. Before the reading of the paper was begun | the secretary, Prof. Richard T. Ely of Balti-| i Toussig, whose subject was “A Contribution to | | the Theory of Railroad Rates.” WHAT IS GOING ON ABROAD. read every day by | The Topic Discussed by the Economists To- | Topics of the Day in London and Paris and Other Foreign Capitals. pickexs’ “oLD cUBiostrr sHoP” s00X TO BE DESTROYED—PROSPECTS OF PEACE AND GOOD WILT, AMONG THE NATIONS—AMERICAN WHEEL~ MEN KONORED IN NAPLES. Dunlap’s Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. Lownow, Dec. 27.—"The Old Curiosity Shop,” which every man, woman and child all the English-speaking world over knows by repute, is the next of the celebrated building which is | doomed todestruction. It is situated in Fetter | lane, which derives its name not from mana- | cles or other restraining implements, but from | the beggars who used to be the most prominent | features of the neighborhood and were called |‘ faiters. ‘The student of Shakespeare and of | the writers generally about that time will re- I several instances in which the old word is oP aries Dickens in his early days | used to visit the house im order to borrow books from what was at that time» library. | ‘The old tenant, Mrs, Huines, who has leased the | shop for over sixty years and bas now reached | the patrivrehal age’ of eighty-six, has a lively recollection of the novelist’s visits and tells many stories of him. | But the name of Dickens is not the only one | of importance which is associated with that of Fetter lane, for two eclebrated brothera lived there, one of whom is remembered by every | reader of the history of the turbulent times of | Oliver Cromwell as a prominent member‘of | parliament of that time. These were Praise God Barebones, the member in question, and ; Damned Barebones, while John Dryden’ also lived for a time in one of the houses there. ‘THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE. ‘The period when the church preaches peace, charity and good will on earth always gives a fillip to certain papers which indulge in a re- trospect of the year from the peace point of view and cast about to determine what the | chances are for the preservation of that peace | until the time comes when the church can again Preach ite usual lesson. The Berlin papers haye, naturally enough, been among the first to examine the chances, and. everybody will be delighted to know that the majority of the papers of that city agree in recognizing the fet that there is an sured prospect of pence for a long time to come. The National Zeitung m the course of an ex- ceedingly interesting article says: “We are keeping Christmas this year in greater equa- nimity and quietude than we have done for sev- eral years past. ‘Strong and ready as are the armies that guard the peace of Europe, there is no sound of arms and ho cries of war to disturb the calm of the festal season. International politics have fallen into the background. ‘The countries are everywhere busy mastering their internal difi- culties and euring their internal evils. he dangers with which the policy of the United States threaten the industry of the ex- port of Europe have diverted the thoughts ‘of all from certain political combinations and have showed the common nature of the numer- r i jury to which might 8 of this continent. too, in spite ¢ distrust and hostility which separates rent nations, has helped to demon- strate the indestructible brotherhood of men, 3 the freedom and universality of le AYPATRS IX ROME. me, both yesterday and today, bore a most brilliant and interesting aspect. ‘There was a constent passing to and from the Quirinal and the Vatiean of gala equipages and carriages conveying ambassadors and ministers repre- ing the various governments, as well as the tical authori representative to Italian unity and to the head of the church. ‘ihe cuirassiers in their smart uniforms at the Quirinal and the Swiss guards in thelr Raphaelite and picturesque tuines were kept equally busy in the tirin; operation of presenting arms all day long at the Vatican, His holiness Pope Leo XIII, in replying to the congratulatory addresses which were show- ered on him, complained that he waa not the temporal as well as the spiritual sovercign at the Quirinal. His majesty King Umberto was equally engaged in replying to the congratu- latory addresses which were addressed to him. In the course of his speeches he dwelt espe- cially upon the prospects for the prolonged peace of Europe which would dawn with the new year. HONORING AMERICAN WHEELMEN. The Veiocipede Club of Naples during the week gave a dinner in honor of two American brothers of the wheel, Mr. Sachleben of Hlinois and Mr. Allen of St. Lonic, who are engaged in the pleasant pastime of making a novel tour around the world on their bicycles. ‘Their holiday, which it will be remembered is to exiend over a period of two years and a half, has already been auspicionsly etarted. They have traveled through France and are now engaged in going through Italy. ‘They cover, asurule, from forty to fifty miles every day, and ax ‘a consequence have plenty of time for making observations of the ¢renery through which they pass, as well as of the people among whom ‘they are thrown. They are prepared for contretemps, for each of them carries as a protection for himself and his iron steed a bulldog of the newest pattern, warranted to bark seven times in very quick time and capable of doing a great deal of de- struction with neatness and dispatch. This bulldog is czrried ina convenient and handy pocket’ and is a very pretty ‘imen of the gunmaker's ert. Up to the pres ent, however, the call for its serviecs has been very limited, but in antici f the more dangerous parts of their journey through the less civilized parts of Europe and of Asia they have determined to carry repeating rifles with them, which will be shipped to them when they reach Constantinople. ‘The alveady left Naples for Toggia, which eighty miles off. Thence they will go to Brindisi and from there they “will sal for Corin, after riding through which they will | visit Gre« Thence they will go through Turkestan, India, China and Japan and from the reahus of the mikado they will return to their native western hoes, with which, it is safe to say, they will not remain contented and from which they wili most likely issue a book of travels to be called, “W ing Round the World.” x GoRSTP IX PARIS. Paris is still living on the memory of its latest cause celebre. Its phenomenal winter, its skating, sleighing, fetes a la g] the other novelties are not sufticient to make Paris forget her bloody recitals of the past week. ‘The true Parisian is tender-heartcd, but he is a great lover of the sanguinary. Eyraud and Gabrielle have wound theme! about the heart of Paris, and while their sto: are green in the minds of Frenchracn they will furnish fun and pastime to the crowd.“ And the manner of utilizing their fragrant memory at this moment is by making and selling along the boulevards miniature metal trunks which are supposed to resemble the particular chest in which those merry stranglers placed the body of that quondam lover whose amorous tetnperament was the key note upon which Gabrielle played her death air and got herself into the galley and her accomplice un- der the gui ut even this bit of real- isa is outdone by a tradesman in Lyons, who hus actually surpassed all previous records for gruesomeness in his great holiday surprise to the towns people by sending through the streets the ¥ le conveyance, covered with his busi nest Sign: ng the body of Goute from where he was removed” to the ditch where he was thrown. ‘The French are a great people to rise to the oc- casion. ee Increasing the Tariff in Spain. ‘The decree iestted recently by the Spanish minister of finance, declaring that Spain must | follow the protection movement in America by | increasing the duties on many imports, is dis- cussed in Madrid on all side ‘There are many who approve of the step taken by the govern- ment, but there are otuers who do not look upon the move with favor. ‘The following are wo examples of the severity of ihe new tariff: the duty on brood mares has been increased from 20 shillings a head to £5 i0 shillings, while the duty on wheat flour has been in- creased from 18 shillings to £56 shillings. © see A Great Steel Plant in Tennessee. Acconsolidation of iron, coal and railroad bonded interests has been made at Bristol, ‘Tenn., which will result in the building of a steel plant in bristol equal toany in the United States. The new syndicate has a capital of $10,000,000. It is said that Hou. Abram 8. Hewitt has a large interest in the corporation. The following corporations ure to. be consoli- dsted in the new company: ‘The Bristol, Elizu- bethton and North Carolina Railroad Company, with sixty-cight miles of road constroction; the Doe Mountains Mining and Manufacturing Company, the South Hristol Land and Ine ake aM bt, Binet | iene eae cts man & | and Iron OW ‘weres of fem in hatters ' material, at 177 Greene | lands: the snees boat Coeapem the Pioneer © flea bE ame moprthe liabili- toa Ph te balding ane bine farenee Stone. filed se rg Company, w ~— ties $456,165; nominal assets, 9705,092, and in Weet Bristol, and the Ironton Now Jersey actual assets, $437,309. ‘Steel Company. that Eyrand ‘and Gabrielle used in | A VIEW IN THE BAD LANDS. THE INDIAN WAR. Advices Received That Indicate a Prompt Settlement of the Troubles. A special from Pine Ridge says one battalion of the seventh cavalry with two Hotchkiss guns .anda pack train has just left for Woanded Knee, about thirty miles away. The Indian council in the Bad Landa decided in favor of the hostiles returning to the agency. ‘They are now all on their way in. Perhaps fifteen or twenty may slip away, but the authorities feel that the Indian war has ended. At least they express great satisfaction at the news brought in by the couriers. There is still danger of serious trouble in case an attempt is made to disarm the hostiles. Unless this is done all the Indians will be at their agencies within three or four days. Another special says: Four battalions of the seventh cavalry started from here today to as- sist Col. Henry in his effort to capture the In- dians who cxcaped from Col. Sumner. A Rapid City special states that seven lodges of hostiles are now on the way to the ageney and 4 still larger number are expected to join em. Gen. Miles, who has been waiting for several days past to hear the result of the friendly mis- sion of the Pine Ridge Indians to the hostile camps in the Bad Lands, yesterday received word from Gen. Brooke that couriers in from his emissaries reported the hostiles ready and about to come in. Several small parties are already moving into the agency and the balky Indians are expected there within a day or two. Word has also been received that Big Foot and his followers, who have been missing since their escape ‘from Col. Sumner, have been found on the Porcupine creck, moving toward Pine Ridge. No details are given, but Big Foot has certainly evaded for several days all the force in search of him. ‘THE BAD Laxps. The Bad Lands, where Big Foot and his band have taken refuge, were described recently in ‘Tue Stan. There are bits of this land scattered all through the plains of the west, but perhaps the portions best known are along the upper Missouri. The lands in question are located in North Dakota along the Little Missouri river. They form veritable desert, which is devoid of trees, grasa or vegetation of any kind except, haps, a fringe along the banks of the river. he formation® is peculiar, consisting of soft rock, which has been worn’ into deep gulches and ravines by the action of the water. On the level places, where this soft, rocky sub- stance has been washed, it is almost impossible to travel either in dry or wet weather. Animals or men in trying. to pass over sink into the dust or mud, ax the case may be,and practically there seems to be no bottom to the soft. yie ing mass. The name is a literal translation of the French name mifuvaise terre and is as_ap- propriate as any that could be selected. ‘They sre bad lands and nothing else. | Something similar is seen in the cases of farm lands whic! have been exhausted by successive crops and their abandonment. The water in making its way along the natural drainage washes out (Pav gulches, which are constantly becoming leeper. In ‘the course of years the face o such lands presents a succession of ravines and high eliffs. ‘The western Bad Lands are made much more impassable by reason of the charaeter of the soil, as it might be termed, which is, as has been stated, composed of soft rocks, which are rotted and which crumble at the touch, washed by water. GEORGETOWN GAS BILLS. Objection Made’ to the Deductions by the District Auditor, The president of the Georgetown Gaslight Company has written a letter to the Commis- sioners calling attention to the injustice done in the matter of deductions for street lighting. He says that on the 23d of this month he called on the auditor with reference to the bills due his company for street lighting for the months of July, August, September and November and was astonished to find that the bills for July and August had been reduced from $736.66 for each month to less than half this amount, the deduction alleged to be a penalty of 2 cents an hour for non-lighting during the two months named. Mr. Leetch says that such a reduction ix an injustice to the company and explains the cause of non-lighting by referring to a letter of his dated July 10, 1890, in which he requested permission to shorten the hours of street light- ing until such time as a new style of gas retorts could be put in the company’s works. He says he received a letter from the en- gineer department stating that the letter would receive attention and that shortly after mailing his letter and before the receipt of the one from the engineer department the superin- tendent of street lamps called upon hin., and after the matte: was explained made an indorse- ment on the back of the schedule for July that “from and after this date, if neces- light at 8:30 p.m. and extinguish at 12 m., g, light at8 p.m.” Mr. Leetch says that with this understanding the schee was so carrie: out from July 10 until August 25, when found necessary. He asks upon what Principie the District government deducts rou bills due « Penalty of 2 cents per hour as per full schedule time, and while he does not wish to be understood as asking the District government to remit all of the penalty for lost time, he thinks a fair calculation of lost time should be charged. He askw the privilege of appearing before the Commissioners in case his explanation is not full enough. SENTENCES, Prisoners in the Criminal Court Plead and Some Are Punished. In the Criminal Court, Chief Justice Bing- ham, today the following were arraigned and plead not guilt Wm. Racks, violating policy law; Lemuel Gibbs, do.; Benjamin Warfield, perjury—false swearing in the case of Daniel Mahoney for selling liquo= without license on November 25; Wm. Nally, grand larceny of $210 from Jumes Horan November 21. Robert Lane, a colored boy, indicted for indictment. Craven to drive a cart, and was in September and October last sent with £49 and $30 to pay Jumes E. Rose, and brought back receipts, but it was found that he had not paid the money nor had Koxe given the receipts. He was sen- tenced to fifte Albany penitentiary. Walter Johnson, a colored boy who said he was aged fifteen years, plead guilty to housebreak- ing in entering the dwelling of 2. A. Carr on the 27th of November. in through the window about 5 o'clock in the evening, but was caught by Officer Hatton be- fore he got anything. The court in considera- tion of ‘his age and its inability to send him to the reform "school sentenced him to ten montis in jail. Joxeph Simms, alias Roy Simms, and Yank McLaughlin, alias Audrew Mullin, indicted for housebreaking and larceny of watches, rings, diamonds, ée., valued at £7,170, from Frank Hoffa on October 11, plead not guilty. ‘They after pleading they were asked if they had counsel, McLaughlin replied that his courtsel was Col. Cook and Simms that Mr. Lips- comb was his counsel. In the case of W. tery tickets. Mr. A. B. Williams filed a motion to quash the indictment because it failx to de- scribe the ticket; doe Louisiana lottery 7 daly authorized’ by the state of Louisiana and the sale is not within the prohibition of the statute; that the act eannot be held to apply to tickets authorized to be sold by the law of ‘one of the states, and any act punishing a citizen for such act is unconstitutional and void and the indictment is void in law, ‘The case of Fritz Herzog,convicted in the Po- lice Court for permitting gaming table on prem- ies, in which « plea and demurrer are filed, was argued by Mr. Arma for the government ‘and Mr. Lipscomb for the defendant. Reclary of defendant is that the Police Court had no power to hear the care without the intervention of a jury nor to require him to Dring the case to thiscourt. The government demurred on the ground that on one of ihe matters of law to be argued involves two distinct issues: that the plea ix uncertain and argumentative and it is hot competent to submi: the case here by a plea to the jurisdiction of the Police Court. ‘the chief justice certiiied the questions in- volved to the General erm to be p ewe in the first instance. eee The Case Was Dismissed. A letter evidently written by a female was that two gentlemen (giving their names and ad- dresses) had been in Jamics White's saloon on Sunday end they were called as witnesses against White today. Their evidence did not the cuse was dismissed. Sete ts Real Estate Matters, W. H. Barnes hax t for $4,250.83 of H. Wise Gurnett lot 3, square 88, 98.5 ‘by 98.6, cor- ner of D and 22d streets. A.C. Peale et al. have bought of J. 0. John- fees toe Seats mb al So 68, 08 fo 88 96 to 82 juare 1051, in nce itih street botwiven Gand'H streets, northeast” W. E. Wright has pd Bg nme 4 Pieters 1051, Tlorecbe sours nertanaet ‘sold the ssme to J. M. Stockett for same amount, Charleston Phosphate Works Burned.” ‘The Edisto Phosphate and Fertilizer about three miles from Charleston, 8.C., fap Lows about $200,000, fully covered false pretences,plead guilty to one count in the | Lane was employed by D. F.| months’ imprisonment in the | He stated that he went | each listened attentively to the indictment und | Gould, for selling lot-| not allege that the | Hegal; that the lottery is | received by Muj. Moore a few days ago stating | support the infurmution given in the letter and Pubs ALEXANDRIA. THE INQUEST TODAY. body of John Wright at Demaine’s under- { taking establishment on King’ street examined some witnesses yesterday and then adjourned until this morning, when the testimony having been completed a verdict of death by pistol shot from the hand of Frank Scarce in thia city on the 25th of December, 18. The autopsy disclosed the ball in the rear lobe of the brain, on the left side. Scarce will remain in jail until « habeas corpus or the grand jury's indicts ment calls him out. THE CHRISTMAS DINNER, 4 meeting of ladies interested in the holiday dinner to be given during the present season to “destitute mothers and children” was held at Paff's Hall this afternoon and arrangements made to give the dinner next weck at the Alex- ria Light Infantry Armory and to provide “delicacies of the season” to be sent to the homes of those unable to come. THE OLD STUDENTS’ BANQUET. Hotel Fleischmann, on Cameron street, will be the scene of the banquet and reunion of Old Students’ Society of St. John’s Academy next Tuesday night. Among those from abroad who have signified their intention to be present are a number of Washingtonia: COLD BUT MERPY. The snow and sleet, although rendering the walking disagreeable, for the ice bids defi- ance to the shovel, is made to serve the pleasures of the sleigh-riders, and last night when the full moon and the electric light made a combine, but almost eet daylight up again on King street, the carriage way was full of dash- ing sleighs and the air merry with their bells. NOTES. Mr. J. T. Nalls has bought for #550 two building lote, one on Pendleton near Alfred and the other on the corner of Prince s and Payne street.—The mayor has almost settled up with Christmas drunks disorders and has netted some $50 for the city treasury.— Among the lads wounded by Christmas fire- works were three sons of Martin Power, one of the sons of Mr. Eugene Poole and the son of Mr, Randolph Spitall. None of the cases are serious. ——— GEORGETOWN. SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION. The children of the Lutheran Church, $24 | and Q streets, had their Christmas celebration | last night. Each child was presented with a box of candies and a toy. A MASONIC INSTALLATION. The following officers of Potomac R. A. Chap- | ter, No. 8, F.A.A.3L, were'installed on Wednes- day evening: Dr. Appleby, M. E. H. pries | Frank Davis, E. king; C. H. Graham. E. scribe | Frank Thomas, E. captain of host; J. | sojourner; M. Licty, R. A. captaii | ner, G. M-1V.; J. Middleton, G. | Cornwell, G. M.3V.; C. N. Allison, sentinel. THE GEORGETOWN ASSEMBLY. The second assembly of the season given by the Georgetown Assembly last night at Linthi- | cum Institute was a decided success. POLICE;COURT MATTERS. Izell Brooks and Charlie Foster, colored men who live on “Ierring Hill,” were prisoners in the Police Court today. They were charged With disturbing the quiet of the town and also | with an assault Will Smith. The assvult occurred yesterday morning when Smith went | ton grocery store to get some salt. For the assault the prisoners were fined $10 or thirty days eneh and for being disorderly they were fined half that amount. Louis Dudley and Joseph McCarty, two of the young men who were concerned inthe row near the Free bridge the other day when Walter | Beach, a Virginian, was injured about the face | by stones thrown by these young men and others, were tried in the Police Court today and fined $20 or sixty dayseach. McCarty was also | fined £5 for being disorderly. DEATH OF MRS. MARY C. GURLEY. | Mrs. Mary C. Gurley, widow of Revere W. | Gurley and daughter of the late Rev. R. R. Gurley, died at her home, 3055 Q street, this | morning, in her fifty-second year. drmdi era Onr Trust Companies. Agrent many people are continually inquir- | ing as to how they shall avail themeelves of the | benefits of these new organizations which are operating under the act of Congress approved Oct.1, 1890. "These companies, as is well known, ‘act as trustees, executors, administrators, re- eeivers and perform all other kindred fiduciary duties. Their services can be secured in a gen- eral way by simply naming thew in legal papers under the advice of good, legal counsel. {You can either consult your own attorney with regard to the powers of the Washington Loan and Trast Company or call at its ottice, | whero all information will be furnished by the | officers. ‘This company, as is well known, has upon its | board of tors many of our most promi- {nent and a Dusiness men, and the | great adyantage of patroni & corporation of this character is to have iw permanent and co-operative supervision of your affairs and | those who are to get the benefit of your estate. ‘this company pays interest on balances and also on all trust fends left with it for invest- tent. All trust funds are, however, arate from its regular business, ) Yation Army meeting last night and he used languago that would have been more suitable in low bar room. For using that language ‘olice today and Judge eb. 4 err werick Bank of San Antonio, Tex., doors yesterday afters heavy run that three” weeks. Sam Maverick, sole the bank and its business, made an as- OC alt Se prepetty, coal sud poresuel, sonst are foted up at 8,100 4 i t. ‘made him z FE ile if 27, The inquest held by Coroner Purvis upon the | 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. POSSIBLY A WESTERN MAN In Place of Hill or Cleveland—W. R. Morri- son Spoken of. The chances are that the anti-Cleveland democrats will be forced to abandon Gov. Hill as their champion before the national conven- tion of ‘92and take up with another. They have held Hill up as an ideal democrat, at the same time contrasting him with Cleveland, until the country, having had some time in which to study and compare the democracy of both men, seems to have pretty generally con- ‘cluded that that of Cleveland is good enough for modern uses. Gov. Hilt has lost strength by the comparison, and, being put forward as an antagonist of the ex-President, he has made enough enemies to render him a very uncertain champion. So that some who have long been friendly to him are convinced that he is not now available and they ere at this time discuse- ing the selection of another man with whom to oppose Mr. Cleveland in the convention. In the light of the Inst election many of them are of the opinion that the man brought forward as their candidate must be a tariit reformer. A number of names had been suggested at one time or another, but thetbne which has taken the strongest hold is that of William R. Morri- son. At present the matter is entirely informal—a mere subject of discussion among a number of anti-Cleveiand democrats—but it will probabl, lead to some concert of action. "The idea ie that the fight in New York may injure Cleve- land and Hill both and that a western man may come in with a chance of success MR. MORRISON AND MR. CLEVELAND. Morrison holds most of the principles main- tained by Cleveland, but during the latter's -term differed with him on the application of the civil service reform principle, and on some other things relating to the methods of admin- istration. He is not a violent anti-civil service reformer, but believes with many others of his party that a democratic administration should recognize democrats in all matters of appoint- ment. After he was defeated for Congress be was appointed by Mr. Cleveland on_ the inter- ; Stale commerce commission, but before that be had considerable dificnlty ‘about having re- movals and appointments made upon his recommendation. His relations with Mr. Cleveland were not strained, but he was among the Congressmen who were “kicking” about the deliberation of the President in making removals during the first two years of bis j term. He is also sy d to have a grievance |in the fact that Mr. Cleveland delayed his tariff message until the formation of that legis- lation had been transferred to another chair- man of the ways and means commitice. Mr. Morrison got no assistance for hix tariff bill | from Mr. Cleveland. ‘Those who have sug- gested his name think they have struck upon @ happy idex. They think that Morrison's being a’ western man and a tariff reform without being too much of a civil ser former, will make him a strong antagonist to Mr. Cleveland. ‘HIS PRESENT RETIREMENT. Bince his appointment to the interstate com- merce commission he has dropped out of poli- tics and has not been kept before the people as much as he was as chairman of the wa: | means committee and leader of the dem Houre. He is being made of his name on the ement in his favor should develo} | any fair proportions he would. undoub’ gratified and would not refuse the candidacs He has led an extremely quiet life during the past two or three years. ‘The labors of the com mission are somewhat confining, and, relieved from the necessity of coming in’ daily contact with man men, he has not kept in the con- wal _atmorphere since his retirement House, ax most ex-members do who remain in Washington. He has probably not | been to the Capitol building more. than two or | three times, if at all, since his retirement. He | spends most of his time at work. Going to and | from the commission headquarters he is al- | ways alone. He ix never seen on a street cor- | ner chatting and meeting acquaintances. He | seldom does more than bow and pass on. His j habit of reticence has grown upon him, He has not the knack of keeping himself before | the public, but is a man of marked ability and | is said to be dissatistied with his present position. ’¥ Not now know of the use that i uiet, but if into be ER RE FING! In Favor Among the Orientals—Mre. W. B. Astor's Collection. From the New York Star. ‘The finger ring is not alone a woman's pos- session, as any casual observer must confess. The great glaring settings of red, green and white, the resplendent clusters of diamonds which form a striking feature of many men's hands, render it certain that woman has no exclusive right in the finger ring as she has in the necklace, the bracelet and the brooch and the earrings. And why should she, when from time immemorial kings and their male subjects have eported the bauble? ‘The art lavished on the construction of the ornament by the artisans of today scarcely equals that practiced by the jeweler of two hundred years ago. ‘The designs and mountings of rings in Queen Elizabeth's time have not been excelled in later days, owing, doubtless, to the limited scope for inven tion offered by the circular form and necessary light body of ‘the metal. But few collections of rings exist in this coun- try. We are too busy forging fortunes to de- vote time and attention to gathering up relics. In Europe, however, much interest centers in the collections. A ‘superb cabinet, known as the Londesboro, is the best in Great Britain, It contains numerous rings of early English and some few of Roman times, Private hands, however, possess most of the finger treasures of England's great dead. In France such relics pass by a kind of gravitation into the keeping of the government. In England itis just the contrary. Noble houses preserve their treas- ures anid to this day some of the choicest of old mementoes are possessed by humble persons, descendants of those to whom the treasures originally belonged. Signet rings were at an early day adopted as evidence both of nobility and authority. ‘Shen they soon gained a com- mercial value and every leading tradesman had his mark upon his hand that it might be used when required as his signature. Aring possessing a strong claim to notice purports to be the scal ring of William Shakes- peare and was found March 16, 1810, by a Ie- Lorer's wife in the till close ailjoining Strat. ford-on-Avon churchyard. Rings were at Shakespeare's time an clmost necessary part of the outst of a gentleman; they indi rank and character by their style or devices. Hence the wills and ‘inventories of the era abound with notices of rings, many persons wearing them in profusion, us may be ‘seen in portraits inted at this time. ‘The Germans particn- iy delighted in them and wore them upon many fingers and upon different joints of the fingers, the forcfinger especially, a whimsical custom still kept by their descendants. ‘The ladies even wreathed them in the bands of their head dresses. At the commencement of the present cen- tury harlequin rings were very much in . At the present time a simple gold band is fa- vored, with immense settings of diamond mixed with rubies or turquoise. For ladies the rings are shown in all sorts, colorsand sizes. Per- fect masses of diamonds, made up to represent petals of different flowers, are quite the style, yut very costly. ‘Mrs. “Kendal has among her collection of rings, given her by royalty, a “‘gimmal” ring. It parts into three hoops, ‘secured on a pivot, the toothed edge of the central forming an ornamental center to the ring having two hearts in the middle. A hand is affixed to the side of the upper and lower hoop, the fingers slightly raised so. that when the hoops are brought together they link in galir and. close over the ‘hetrts,vecaring all firmly. On the forefinger of the Hon. Chm Depew may be seen an odd ring which has been often commented upon. Itis one of those mystic German rings which was given him by one of the nobility when abroad. Com three separate bands it parts middJe when the fingers are bent. atly in the the outside is perfectly plain and is vet with ruby and am- ethyxt. resi stones a epri opens and discovers the surface covered” with magical signs and names of spirits. Ars. Wm. Astor's collection of is the taut hits in do | Eeesseeenee i Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Reval Baking Powder ‘S PICKANIND ES. What Christmas Brought te the Comedian’s Little Black Trainbearers. From the Philacelphia Proms Christmas day brought a deal of happiness to little ones all over the, land, but it is doubt- ful if any were more jubilant than “Jess” and “John,” the two small colored boys who act us trainbearers to Francis Wilson in “The Merry Monarch.” These little fellowsare from Wash- ington, where Mr. Wilson discovered them dancing in the streets. Their parents gave their assent to their engagement for Mr. Wil son’s company and every week checks for salary are sent to the mothers and a certain amount of spending money is handed to the boys. They are cared for by a colored sttend- ant. When the “Merry Monarch” was first roduced in New York Mr. Gerry's society for | Protection of children summoned Mr. Wil- | son to answer a complaint that he was employ- ing children under the lawful age in hae per- formances, but the investigution elicited the fact that the boys were not performing any in- Jurions work, ‘and that their condition was much bettered by the eng nt. On Christmas day Mr. Bemish, the mester carpenter ¢ Wilson company, gave boys cach ‘a silver watch. Mr. Wilton ‘gave | them money enough to keep their little stom- ach’s ina chronic state of cramp for a month. Miss Jansen, Miss Moore, Miss Lyford and the other principals showered a wonderful variety of toys and games upon them and the members | of the chorus cach presented them with some- thing. ‘Their dressing room at the Chestnut looked like a nursery Thursday afternoon. Steam engines, woolly dogs, dominoes, musical | boxes and other cherished gifts lay around in the greatest profusion and confusion. —— ‘The Sort of Clerks Women Like, From the Baltimore News, | It is a fact that it pays retailers in certain | lines of business to employ handsome and or- namental male clerks just as much as itis prof- itable for confectionery stores to present the smiles of a pretty girl with every box of bon bons. We may soar as high as we will in our philosophy yet the vulgar trath remains that in the hundreds of thousands of women shop- era in New York there is a large class that en- Joy being waited upon bya good-looking man. A merchant who deals in’ varions charming and delicate articles intended for feminine use | 8 discussing this point recently. | "said he, “f always employ good-look- ing clerks. It took me a long time, however, | to find out just what sort of good looks I re- | quired. When I was at first advised to get some handsome men into my «tore Least about to find a fine lot of strong-featured and athletic chaps — fellows that would be conspicuous anywhere for their muscular beauty and fineness of countenance—but not only did I find this a | most difticult task, but the few examples I could | secure ecmed to have no attractions for the Indies at all. “Finally a friend put me on to the fact that Imust employ an entirely different order of fellows, 1 must get alot of white-faced, slim- waisted, perfumed and soft-voiced chaps, who could look unutterable things. | Hlemmbnannaeeertoas { Chicago's New University. | The organization committee of the new uni- versity of Chicago submitteed their report last evening to a meeting of the trustees of the in- stitution. The scheme embodies the ideas of Prof. Harper of Yale, who is expected to be the president of the university. The plan was aan. The effect of this action ines to be far-reaching in view not only of the methods introduced, but by reaeon of the extraordinary financial backing they will have, owing to the largeness of the endowments provided for the university by John D. Rockefeller and others. Came to Laugh, but Remained to Mourn, The proposed happy Christmas celebration of the golden wedding of Mr.and Mrs. Robt! Evans, sr.. parents of Robt. Evans, jr., of Min- neapolis, has become one of mourning instead. ‘The mother died suddenly on Wednesday. and Mrs. Evans had been stopping with rela- tives in Owatonna, Minn., for several months, ad it was in that city Mra. Evans died. The remains were brought to Minneapolis Thurs- | day, the funeral occurring yesterday morning | from the son's residence. “There are eleven | children who came from various points to cele- | brate the anniversary, but are left to moan instead. Lymph for Florida. 1 Dr. F. F. Smith of St. Augustine, Fla., cables from Berlin the information that he will rail | for the United States January 4, with a liberal supply of lymph from Dr. Koch's laboratory, which will bo placed at the disposal of the | Physicians in Alicin, Hospital, ‘St’ Augustine and will also be used in private practice. This will be the first importation of Dr. Koch's remedy into Florida. Brazil Encouraging Immigration. The text of what purports to be a secret Bra- zilian decree for the encouragement of immi- gration has just been published. "The decree appears to have been issued June 29, 1890, and bears the signatures of President Fonsoca and Senor Gliceria, It contains forty-nine articles. It promises that immigration agents shall be id 120 francs for every adult they send to Brazil and 60 francs for every child landed. Aw additional premium of 100,000 francs is offered to any company landing’ 1.000 immigrants in Brazil in one year. In addition immigrants are promised substantial advantages, contin- gent upon their signing before embarkation a declaration as to the handicraft they intend to | practice. The Courier complains that emi- | grants sailing for Brazil from German ports | are never asked to sign any declaration, and says that therefore when they reach Bragil they are in the position of outlaws, and, having no rights, are forced to enter into contracts whic Practically convert them into slaves. Pittsburg Counterfelters Committed. Mazzio Mazzaltina and Alia Robisca, the two Italians arrested in Pittsburg Thursday night for passing counterfeit silver dollars, and whove arrest led to he capture of a number of | others, were given a hearing before United | States Commissioner McCandless yesterday afternoon. Nothing of importance was devel- oped at the hearing and they were committed to jail in default of $1,000 each. Two informa- | Coventry, Conn., Thursday night the horse of | became unmanageable and ran away. turning a sharp corner Mr. and Mrs. Green were thrown out, Mr. Green died ‘The Baltimore and Ohio Labor Dispute. The grievance committee of the employes of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were yesterday agoin at the Central building in Balti- and conference with i | sistent and open confession [and returned, for a xb RUSSIA AND HER NINILISTS, An Incident In the Career of the Leader Mendelsohn. The first man to whom the Paris police turned in their search for the murderer of the Russian general, Scliverskoff, was Stanislaus Mendels- sohn, the acknowledged head of the Polish rev- olutionary party in France. He is a cousin of the composer Mendelwobn-Bartholdy and a grand-nephew of the Berlin philosopher, Moses Mendelwobn, says the New York Sun, Although not known in France as the leader of the Paris nihilists, for that person has kept his identity secret from all without the move- ment, his control of the Polish revolution has long indicated that if not himself mander-in-chief, he was very near to him, He is birth place, Mendelssobn is thirty-three years old. lied medicine in Warsaw, but was driven from home befo course for complicity in soctal: cratic intrigues against gove He lived a few years in Aust auffering fines and imprison Kuma, hid timilar penalties tor similar Je brought up eventually in Parin ars ago, with » comfortable little received from his family, and the determination to agitate in a foreign land for revolution at home. His property, generosity and life of adven- ture at once gave him prestige among his fel- low countrymen, and he increased his popalar- ity by entertaining at his table in his villa in the Fonteney-anx-Roses the nate of his political thus Hy unoppowed groups into ixts of Paris are carefully according to birthplace, social tend ‘The moment the police, men were dispatched to Mendels- sohn’s villa to place him under arrest, The result, > ther Mendelwoha acknowledged laughing! knew Padiewski, wh . der, had often helpe 2 ; sheltered him. Kecently, howe seohn said. he lost sight of knew nothing of the m the murder. It was certain beyond all doubt. thy Mendelssohn was lying when he suid he knew nothing of the planning of the mur, Af be himself did not plan it, it is that he encouraged ‘the planning of it and urged that it be executed, ax it wax executed shortly after the aunouncement in Paris of farcical. y that he senten to death of Sophie G: Mendei * conpilicity could not be. pros or even legally presumed, ao he was released to ntinue his work of propagating with word and purse the doctrines of violent cmancipa- tion in Russia el mcncaieiii Burning of the Steamer Shanghai. According to advices received at London the steamship Shanghai recently caught fire at sea and issupposed to have become a total loss. The disaster is understood to have occurred near Wu Hu, a treaty port of the Chinese prov- ince of Ngan-Hoei, on the Yang-Tse-Kiong, about fifty miles above Nanking. ‘Ihe crew, consisting of about sixty natives, together with several European officers, are supposed to bave met their death, either in the flames or, subse- quently, by drowning, while attempting to es cape from the burning vessel. pibiencneinstaiaies: Envoy O'Connor in Richmond. T. P. O'Connor visited points of interest in Richmond, Va., yesterday. He called on Bishop Van Deviver and made an address at Cathedral Hall last evening, where « reception was held He was entertained at supper last night by Thomas Nelson Page. The governor and the mayor of the city were present. Today be will be dined by Wyndam R. Meredith. Abused His Employer's Gonfidence. Daniel W. Talcott, head bookkeeper in the employ of H.W. Sage & Co., lumber dealers, was arrested last evening in Albany, N.Y.. on a charge of embezzlement. The exact amount of his thefts is not yet known, but it is be- lieved that it will ran high up into the thou- sands, After & Co.'s confidential clerk, Jos. B. Abbott, who killed himself on Dec ber 3, had been caught at stealing from the firm an expert was employed to examine the books, and thus Talcott’: dishonesty wax dix- covered. Talcott and Abbott oper: lusion. “Their operations were. fa the fact that the firm trusted both blank checks, signed, in the bo hands for business purposes. ‘Th ‘out and cashed and the money be pocketed aud charged to some fictitious expenditure. Tal- cott is elderly and had always been thought to be the soul of honor. fitted sible A Niece of Napoleon Dead. Mrs. Chariotte Benton, aged about seventy years, died in Richfield Springs,N.¥.,on Thare- of Josep Mra, Birchall Not Acable dispatch received from England the other day stated that Mrs. Birchall, the widow of Reginald Birchall, was engaged to be mar- Tied toan old college friend of ber late has band, who was generally understood to be Ar- thur Leetham of Montreal, who was with Birchall to the last moment before he was ex- ecuted. The dispatch further stated that Mr. Stevenson, Mrs. Birchall’s father, had resigned the superintendeney of the Northwestern rail Way, owing to the notoriety caused by the cane. Both these statements caused a great deal of surprise and comment in iontreal, but yester- day Mr. Leetham publicly denied ‘their truth. 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