Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1891, Page 12

12 THE HORSE MARKET. Where Equine Property Changes Hands Under the Hammer. SHOWING OFF GOOD POINTS. ‘Fhe Auctioneer and His Ways—The Track on Which Animals Are Exercised—Buying a Pig in s Poke—A Motley Gathering of Men and Animals. IRTY DOLLARS, forty dollars, going, going—why, gentlemen, that horse is @heap at twice that money. He is perfectly sound all but one eye, and if he only had that eye back again you would cali him » bargain at three times the sum. Forty dollars, going, going, gone, and if you don’t find him just as Fepresented bring him back before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and we will gladly refund you the money. These words fell upon the listening ear of a Braz reporter on exploration bent one morn- ing recently, and words like unto these may be heard by any one who will take a trip to the horse market any Tuesday, Thursday or Satur- day morning when a sale is taking place. A horse fair in Washington? Why, certainly | there is, and some day mayhap another Rosa Bonbeur will paint a picture of it and sell it for | s large sum of money. tion and not a prophec: Washington horse market,’ while it is a vet lively and prosperous institution, is by n means « picturesque one. Still it is interest- ing and well repays a visit from the curious, even though it does not resemble the scene in the famous French picture of the horse fair. This is only a sugges- READY YOR THE AUCTIONEER. however, for the | acts simply as a middleman, and the auctioneer really know but little about the merits or hie- tory of the articles they are called upon to dis- pose of. If there are any glaring defects in the beast the auctioneer announces it, but, as a Fale, the purchaser le buying bie pig in oke, and uni a eye Premarkably good knowledge of orseflesh he in taking his chances. It is something in the nature of a lottery, of course,as every horse sale is, but the men who are conducting the sale could have but littie interest in misrepre- senting the quadrupeds intrusted to their care, and the would-be purchaser is sure of as fair treatment as he could ask for. Many horses are disposed of, too, at private sale, and the place is asort of general exchange for horee- But the auetioneer’s voice again rises in gen- tle. plaintive tones above the noise and confu- “Well, gentlemen, if you are all through bidding on the horse suppose we have a try at that cow over yonder. Here, boys, trot out | that heifer. Gentlemen, that cow is warranted ive milk, and what am I offered for her? e a bid to start things, for you can’t go far without a starter. Try again; now, what will | you give for that large and elegantcow? Once What, not a bid? Then it's no sale and, you may take her back again.” The crowd of buyers at a sale of this sort is made up of all sorta and conditions of men, but | most of ther have about them the air of men “as knows hawses.” Many of them carry whips in their hands and look like cab drivers or ex- | pressmen on the lookout for bargains. They | discuss the animals quite freely, but the great- est good nature prevails and chafing is quite | the proper caper with the audience as well as with the auctioneer. At these sales from forty to a hundred horses are disposed of every week. Curiously enough it sometimes happens that the same horse ap- ears again and again before the auctioneer | | sale. Occasionally he has spruced up a bit during the interim and sells for more than he did the time before, but it must be admitted that as a rule he shows a marked depreciation in value as time goes on and he soon gets to be & “sad relic of departed worth.” pac lie ates COMMON 5: | to | Mal SE IN WINTER. Some of the Fruitful Causes of Coughs, Colds, Chills and the Like. It requires a good deal of intelligence and jcare to avoid sickness arising from sudden variations of temperature, says a writer in the Stowed away asit is among the big whole-| sale stores south of the avenue. one ix not likely to stumble upon the horse bazaar unless he ison the lookout for something in the equine way. and then it is easy enough to find one’s way there, for nothing but horse is talked of or thought about in ti mmediate neigh: borhood. a y dent. but she it of place, and is sold "off ed to her owner. Horses of all sorts are there to be bad, from the more or less noble animal whose days of usefulness asa car horse are gone and who is some farmer, or a cart y up to first-rate horses, for’ one reason oF another must be disposed of by their owners, | who are either in a hurry for their cash or who | do not care to go through the trials and delays of a private sale. i On any morning when a sale is in progress | the bazaar is a busy place. Thevisitor, thread- | ing his way into the building through the maze | of carriages and wagons around the doorway, | finds himself in a large room where all is noise | and bustle. Up in one corner is the auc-| tioneer’s box and from that point of vantage | he hawks his equestrian wares in most approved style. In the center of the room is a motley collection of vehicles, which, in their turn, will | find their way to the highest bidder. All sorts of traps on wheels are there, from a second- | hand sulky to a third-hand hansom cab, but they only form the background for the livelier | and more interesting scene. Around in the | corners of the room and all 3 mount the auction block, or more properly speaking, to be driven around in front of Mr. | rated upon and to tind out in short order how much of « hole in the money market their worth is likely to make. In some cases a horse must feel pretty cheap, for “everything goes, and itis the exception and not the rule to withdraw an animal when the sum reached is nothis real value. Asa result of this bargains are frequently to be had by the knowing ones. For instance, a farmer not long ago bought » staved-up city horse for #11. which, with rest and care, came around «o well that he was af- terward sold at the same place for $ Young untried colt sold there for €: anda quarter, as the horsemen say, and has | since into one of the crack trotters of this city.and changed hands a while back for the tidy sum of 23,500. But you cannot do that sort of thing often.and their best days are over for most of the horses. just Anetioneer, to hear their good points elabo- | from iew York Sun. Unless great care is taken to keep the body at something like an even temperature mischief is very apt to result, and a good deal of it comes from the injudi cious use of outer clothing. Some have preju- dicea against overshoes, especially rub- bers, and yet in slushy days nothing but rub- bers will keep the feet dry. Others get into trouble by being too indolent to remove their | rubbers i and subsequently become chilled. The com- mon-sense rule is to wear rubbers when they are needed and not to begrudge the time and trouble necessary to take them off when they are not needed. and wraps, while conducive to nd health, are also the cause of much illness arising from’ perspiration and chills. The sensible course is to have garments suitable to various degrees of temperature and to be care- ful to wear them at suitable timer. One who has much walking to do needs less clothing than one who rides. A skater has no need of big ulster to keep him warm; but if he is going sleighing he can hardly get buffalo robes enongh. Shoveling snow is hot work in the coldest weather. People do themselves much harm by wearing heavy outer garments in the house. Men are too lazy to take off their overcoats, and women, for various reasons, keep on their furs in church or theater. ‘The result is that when they go out they get chilled and start on the high road to bronchitis or pneumonia. Too much care cannot be taken to accommodate the clothing to the temperature: to take off outer clothing at once upon entering the house, unless the house happens to be as cold as out of ‘The changes of temperature are so sudden that both comfort and health are promoted by the porseasion and use of garments of various thicknesses as they may be required. There are warm days in winter when the heaviest winter clothing is not only uncomfortable, but unhealthy, because of the danger of excessive perspiration and subsequent chills. Outer garments should be made so as to be easily re- moved. Ladies have heretofore experienced much inconvenience from overheating in furs and heavy wraps at the beginning and end of the season, but fashion has lately come to the Feseue with short coats and capes for the milder wintry weather. Reefing jackets have performed similar service for men: Many persons suffer inconvenience and ill- ness from wearing too heavy underclothi e safer course is to put on extra clothing the outside, so that it may be readily re- | moved as occasion requires. A good d sicknesg comes in the winter from injudicious dressing for social events. Both men and women put on evening costumes which are less warm than those they habitually wear during the day. Then they fail to make up the difference in their outside wraps, and when they emerge from heated rooms after an evening's dancing they have laid the founda- tion for all sorts of pulmonary troubles. Medical men agree almost unanimously that in this climate flannel underwear is almost sb- solutely essential to health. Those who wear it daily should change it at night. It is better to wear just enough clothing to keep the body comfortably warm under all circumstances, and to spare no pains to adjust the clothing to the circumstances with promptuess. There is an old proverb that a man who sits with his back to a dranght sits with his face to the grave. Any one who isin a perspiring state and site in a draught in that state may be cer- tain to pay the penalty in a very short time in peing and aches. Unless carefully used heavy outer garments wil responsible for muc! sickness. —_—_+e-—____ CASSIUS M. CLAY'S HOAX. How as » College Student He Diverted Travel to the Sea Shore. A New York Times correspondent at New Haven gives some interesting reminiscences told by Capt. Elizur Thompson. the venerable keeper of the light house at the entrance of New Haven harbor. One of the stories which the captain ever delights in telling to visitors, ‘Aroand the outside edge of the inclosure is a dirt the horses are put for the benefit of the It is a pretty small track, colored men who manage the rat on ae much stvle as they ride bareback around the seat of honor in the wago: into service to show w aaa tga out of the get a of “go out e it it oes mate the crowd in the quarters to keep from nat pe%; there, Jim,” shouts the do you mean by whipping ike that? He's too hig treated in that way. he continues to the hie words with a long in his hands and brandishes Toffered for that beauty? sound in every way. His ta to sell him because he is a he is too lively for him.” low figure the bidding goes advances until. as a rule, where in the neighborhood CENUEE Hite rt al ef i i F H f E H fi i i i Bas. it 7 é i i e of it : i says the correspondent, and there are thou- | Sands who have heard it, is in regard to a hoax that Cassius M. Clay perpetrated on the people of New Haven when he wasa student at Yale. | Clay, like a majority of the students at that | time, was fond of spending his leisure hours at Kemp & Hardy's restaurant, close to the light | house, where shore dinners and excellent liquors | were dispensed. One day the proprietors of | the restaurant complained that trade was dull, nd in response the future statesman inquired why the place was not better advertised. The discussion of the matter resulted in Clay's de- termination to show what couid be done by calling the attention of the public to the shore resort. Accordingly, on the following day, the peo- | ple of New. wen were astonished” Apt in the papers the account of a capture of an im- mense whale in the harbor—so faith by the papers and had all the’ up- | pearance of a truthful account. There was no lack of visitors to the light house lors, so that their feet perspire, | THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, THE STORY OF A MANACLED SKELETON. It ts All That Remains of a Bed Gambler of ‘San Jose. From the Stockton Record. On the 18th instant the Stockton Independent Published an account of the finding of a skele- ton in the bottom of « shaft at Murphy's, Cal- averas county, the forearms of which bore handcuffs and the connecting chain. There are but three persons living who can explain the mystery attached to the handcuffed skele- ton. ‘Two of the three will assuredly never do 80; therefore, in order, if possible, to relieve my mind of the burden of years, I will relate some of the facts connected therewith. In 1865 a gentleman and his wife purchased a handsome residence on Santa Clara street, in the city of San Jose. They had plenty of means and moved in the best society. The gentle- man’s business called him to San Francisco quite often. There lived next door to their Tesidence @ policeman. The gentleman and wife seemed happy and contented, and no cloud was known toever have darkened the sunshine of their household. On Monday morning, after the gentleman had taken his departure for San Francisco, the policeman saw @ well-known gambler talking to the wife at the rear gate, and was much surprised. Tuesday evening the gentleman returned and found his home deserted, and a note from his wife stating that she had left him forever. For some hours the husband was completely prostrated. Next morning he the Policeman to come to him and asked whether he could and would keep a secret. On receiving the assurance of the policeman the husband told his trouble and was directed by the officer to keep quiet and remain inside the house. The eman went and hunted for the gambler, but he was nowhere to be found. After quietly making inquiry in places which the gambler frequented he | that he had hired « horse and bugay, stating that he would be gone some days. ‘The policeman returned and told the gentleman what he had learned and what he thought of the matter. The gen- tleman went and saw his wife's brother, wh lived not far from his residence, and told him all. ‘They soon decided what to do, and with a trusted friend and policeman were soon on their way toward Livermore valley. At Washington Corners they learned that a ntleman and a boy had passed there in a Baggy very carly that mording The pursuing ty pushed on across the mountains into the Ban Jenga valley and learned that they had crossed the ferry on the San Joaquin river. Here they lost track of the buggy: but about noon next day learned that sucha couple had been seen at Farmington. The pursuers lost as little time as possible in reaching Parming- ton, and there learned that the man inquired the way to Sonora. But the party could not find the buggy tracks on the Sonora rond and did not think the gambler would tell his desti- nation, andso they took the road to Angels Camp, where they learned that the couple were but an hour ahead of them. They hired fresh horses at the Angels livery stable and hastened the pursuit. Just as darkness was setting in and Murphy's in sight four horsemen dashed up to the bi and with drawn revolvers commanded a halt. The gambler was told to get out of the bugg: the policeman placed a pair of handcuffs on hii his boy companion proved tobe the fleeing wife in male attire; the brother got into the bi with his sister: the policeman walked down the road a short distance toward Angels, leading the horses, and the buggy followed. In about an hour the husband and friend returned, but | no one asked what had become of the gambler. ‘The pursuing party, increased by the addition, of the woman in ‘aale attire, arrived Inte at Angels and stopped over night’ at the hotel, all registering under fictitious names. A few da: thereafter they all returned to San Jose. T! husband went to San Francisco and thence east, where he died in less than a year. About two years thereafter wife was courted by an ex-governor, but later on mar- tied a wealthy banker of San Francisco and to- day is one of the most attractive women of her age in the city. This brief sketch will, in a measure, solve a mystery which it would be neither wise nor po- lite to fully disclose by giving further particu- lars and names, as all. the responsible parties but two—the handcuffed skeleton and the be- traved husband—are still alive, respected and well-known citizens of central California. WHAT WE CHEW AND SMOKE. An Expert's Description of the Contents of a Cigar and a Plug. Joseph H. Bisbie, revenue collector of North Carolina, says the Chicago Tribune, at one time was tobacco manufacturer, knows = good cigar when he sees it and what he says about the weed is not at all pleasant information to the smoker. “Do you know what a cigar contains?” said Mr. Bisbie. as he took his memorandum book from his pocket and read the following: “Valerie, acetic, butyric, formic, proprionic, prussic and carbolic acids, creosote, ammonia, sulphureted hydrogen, pyridene, virtdine, pico- line and rubidine. isn't that enough to make a man stop smok- ing?" said the collector. “All those acids are found in a pure cigar. What then must be found in the adulterated article? Connoisseurs imagine the little freckles that are frequently seen on cigars indicate a superior quality of leaf. I want to dispel that idea. “The pure natural leaf in its yellow hue is undoubtedly the finest tobacco in the market. But so many accidents conspire to render the finest leaves scarce that eyen the natural leaf is, imitated. Coarse leaves are bleached by the use of chlorine to the yellow color of the nat- ural leaf, and sulphuric acid properly diluted will produce the little freckles you so often see. So don’t ever be misled by the freckled e r. “But the men who chew are in even more danger of being poisoned than those who smoke. The real nice plug, with the pretty pieces of tin on it, which looks so inviting, soaked with all kinds of vile stuff. I know factory where New England rum is used to sprinkle the tobacco used to make plug; an- other where Jamaica rum is put on to flavor it, and also another where the rankest kind of corn whisky is used. “I know of @ negro in our state who drank a wineglassful of a mixture of Tonqus bean and wintergreen and died a half hour afterward. But this same stuff is used largely to adulter- ate the leaf that makes up the plug tobacco. I tell you that almost the only chemically pure tobacco is that which the planter dries on his own roof and smokes in his pipe, after crum- bling it himself in his hands. But the sim- licity apperently doesn’t please the smokers. They prefer to be poisoned.” During the time Mr. Bisbie was giving the foregoing warning to smokers he was puffing away at « cigar that from its odor was simply execrable and the hotel clerk will swear he saw the South Carolinian take enerous chew from a huge plug half an hour before he tol what it contained in Paris, An effort made last night in Paris to hold a revisionists’ meeting in the Gobelins Theater ended in a complete failure. M. Goblet, sup- ported by Mme. Miller and Beauquier, was the | presiding officer. The assemblage in the thea- ter was turbulent throughout, owing to the resence of a crowd of Boulangists, who con- Steted themselves ina most disorderly man- ner. M. Goblet, on rising to speak, was as- sailed with insulting vociferations and finally quitted the theater after a vain endeavor to | obtain a hearing. ‘The voices of other speak- ers who endeavored to address the meeting were also drowned in the uproar, and finally the noisy assemblage dispersed, singing “The Carmagnole.”” Angelita, the Alleged Smuggler, Released. The alleged smuggler vessel, the Ange- lita, which was recently captured by the y ry as an The cutter has, however, been capture of the prize. Gov. Steele’s Wife Badly Hurt. ‘Mrs. George W. Steele, wife of Gov. Steele, sustained in at Ind. She has been unconscious most of time since and there are fears as to her recovery. necessary to build storage elevators of sufficient capacity to handle the bulk of the — crop ‘that section. The princi in move- <a are interested in Pan-American LET WOMEN WEAR TIGHTS. Miss Newcomb’s Second Lecture om Dress Reform—Her Ideas. From the Baltimore American. ‘Mise Julia Newcomb delivered the second lee- ture on the Delsarte system of physical culture yesterday afternoon at the Y.M.C.A. Hall, the subject being the interesting one of “Dress.” Dr. Kate Hamilton Hurd of Bryn Mawr Col- lege made a short introductory address to the effect that she hoped Miss Newcomb would treat of the matter from a hygienic standpoint, and that those of her audience impressed with such remarks would convey them to friends, relatives and servants, particularly the latter. The line of colored women especially applying for treatment at the different hospitals and clinics she had attended, she said, was patheti- cally long, and it should be taught them how many of their diseases were caused by improper dressing, and how, by attention to the rules of FIRE AT DOBSON’S CARPET MILLS. Between One and Two Million Dollars’ Dam- age Caused. Ina blaze of fire and smoke the great carpet mills of John and James Dobson, at the Falls of Schuylkill, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, were destroyed between 10 and 12 o'clock last night, entailing a loss placed at $1,500,000 and throw- ing out of employment nearly 4,000 men and women. About 10 o'clock last night as John Mack, an engineer of the Philadelphia and Reading rail- road, was cleaning his engine.which was stand- ing on the tracks of the main line, he noticed smoke arising from the drying room of Dob- son's mills. He at once jumped from his engine and running to the mills notified the watch- man. They went on run to the place from which the smoke was issuing and succeeded, as they thought. in extinguishing the flames. The watchman had hardly begun his rounds before health in thjs matter, they could become a | smoke was again seen to come from the build- stronger race. ings, but this time from the grindinj room. “If we go away back in the Christian era,” | He hastened to the spot and tried to extin- Miss Newcomb began, “we will find that men and women dressed exactly alike—that is, as far as the appearance of their outer garments was concerned. Coming to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, dress changed, men dis- carding the cumbersome portions for an easier style, though they retained the gayety of colors and jewels now regarded as a woman's privilege. “But as ian's attire grew more comfortable that of women became more clumsy. Even in our own times we can re- : member the stiff corset boards of our grand- | Which found a ready vent in the chimney near mothers. There are still relics of barbarism | by. Up this chimney the flames leaped, licking among us; savage tribes have barbarous fashions | 98 they did so the roof of the main building, a among their women, but no matter how they | noble structure 160 by 400 feet and seven stories deform and mutilate themselves they never | high. It was the ingrain department, jack touch a vital part—that has been reserved for | room. drying room, spinning and setting room. civilization.” She then pointed out and ex- | Here were hundreds of looms and here employ- plained in detail how the corset injuriously | ment was given to nearly 2,000 persons. The mish the fire with the fire apparatus at hand. efforts proved unsuccessful and the flames spread to the wool packing house, where there was. stored $200,000 worth of wool, and.in & moment the flames caught the material and one rent volume of smoke and flame ascended and fom every window it shot out. A general alarm was sent out over the city. The flames spread with great rapidity. The engine house was the second to catch fire and in afew moments it was one sheet of flame, affected the soft and. vital. organs great building was erected in 1872 and was of the body by weakening and even dis-| stone, but its stone walls and iron girders placing them. and strongly insisted against | formed but little Seusettion Se thes fury of the Thate: SoareTileret wee abe ecct ae cae ‘say, | Consuming fire, and almost before a stream of water was upon it it was enveloped in one great ‘mass of fire. ‘The flames reduced the big mill to ruins in three principles of dress reform that must be observed, but she advocated no special xystem. ‘These are equalization of weight, equalization of warmth and lack of pressure. But while women wanted dress reform, clothes comfort- able and healthy, they did not desire to trench on masculine ground—they wanted something distinctly their wn. Coming to the practical part, Miss Newcomb proceeded to exhibit the aystem of underwear she thought best fulfilled 1¢ conditions of hygienic and comfortable re- uirements. The first was a union suit or un- lergarment in one piece from the neck to ankles made of silk. ‘This, she explained, varied in quality, and, of course, in weight for the seasons. Next came a pair of black tights, totake the place of the skirts: a silk yest to fore the fire had had ten minutes’ headway with & crash, carrying down to the ground floor a great mass of machinery and immense girders. As the crushing timbers, roof and machinery went down witk a loud noise the sparks went out ip great numbersand in a few minutes they had landed in such great quantities upon the Brussels building adjoining that it yielded and soon was one sheet of flam A few minutes after midnight it became aj Parent that the fire was rapidly getting under control of the firemen. The firemen so well distributed themselves and were so well di- rotect the chest, and socks instead of stock- ad the fire practically under ings, to be worn between the union suit and | o'clock. | Mr. James Dobson es- tights, thus getting rid of the stocking | timated his loss at between one and two mi porter or garter, which latter she con liona, about one-half being covered by insur- unhealthy articles of apparel. Speaking of the | ance. tights, she said they were very common among the women of the west, though she was a little surprised to find that their eastern sisters rarely wore them, except for horseback and cycling costumes. She praised them as one of 1e greatest inventions of the age in dress reform. These four pieces constituted all the underweat that a woman wanted, summer or winter, and were a system of economy in them- selves, as they required neither make nor laundry, and were free from the mass of trim- mings with which the ordinary style of under- wear burdened its wearer. The dress itself she advised to be made in one piece, so that its weight would be evenly distributed over the body, and do away with bands, straps and corsets. The fair lecturer laid stress on the fact that dress reform is now seeking the union of the esthetic with the healthy and the com fortable, and that every woman ‘should in her dressing consult her own individuality rather than the arbitrary dictates of fashion. She also ave much sound and sensible advice on the ress suitable for growing girls, so as to make of them strong and healthy women. At the close of the lecture questions from the ladies in the audience were invited and promptly answered. BISHOP Goo! LL’S MISSION, ————_+e-+ _____ SLOWLY GIVING UP ARMS. Up to Last Night Only Fifty-One Guns Had Been Surrendered. Up to last night fifty-one guns had been turned in at the Pine Ridge agency out of at least 1,400, which the hostiles are believed to possess. The Cheyennes belonging to Little hhief's and Standing Elk’s band left yesterday for Tongue river. It has been decided that they cannot live comfortably among the Sioux. Ex- Agent Royer returned yesterday after an ab- sence of several days. MORE INDIANS COME IX. About twenty Indians came into the agency yesterday under Little Hawk, a dilapidated- looking lot, and surrendered thirty-one guns some Winchesters and some as old as the flood. The weapons were received in the name of Gen. Miles and turned over to Agent Pierce and tagged with the owner's and chief's name for safe keepi ng. The delegation was as motley & crowd of crafty warriors ax mortal ever gazed upon. They would not hesitate to repeat the story of Wounded Kn nd Agent Pierce wisely prevented all civilians from standing around them during the surrender. SEVERE WIND STORM. On His Way to Asia to Investigate the Re- Hgious Situation There. Bishop D. A. Goodsell of the M.E. church ison his way to China and Japan. His trip to China, | the object of which has been kept secret, said to be to establish 2 permanent bishopric in those countries, should this. be considered feasible after he studies the situation. Thi plan has been agitated in American Methodist circles for some years and it is highly probable that at the next meeting of the Methodist Epis- copal bishops of the United States the vacancy ¢reated by Bishop Goodsell’s removal will be filled. The bishop said that he was not aware himself how long he would. be absent from the country; that itall depended upon the future action of the resident izhops. He intimated, however, that he did not seriously expect a re~ call at a very early date. in the agency, raising the dust in clouds and rendering it almost impossible to traverse the streets. Great activity, however, prevailed, Detachments and wagon trains for supplies ar- rived from neighboring camps, and bucks and squaws fringed the agency fences and hung with patience in and around the stores of Indian traders. Cat ‘The most prominent arriv the veteran commander of the y. The regiment has done so much jumping about from point to point for the past seventeen years that it is likely when it leaves this place it will return home. Several of the com- Mand now in the Geld are patiently awaiting orders to return home before the severe weather which is prophesied will be experi- enced. The Cheyennes under Standing Elk and Little Chief. who left yesterday thorning on their march to the Tongue River agency, a dis- tance of about 400 miles, are accompanied by Capt. Evers. They will'have no military es- cort. THE PRIZE RING, Prominent Pugilists Who May Soon Put on Their Gloves. Jack McAuliffe and Billic Myer signed a con- tract last night to fight within the next two months before any club offering the highest purse. If the fight takes place before the Olympic Club of New Orleans, side bet of 5,000 will be made. eg ee Governor Beaver's Appointmerta, In the Pennsylvania senate yesterday after- noon Senator Robinson (rep.) moved that the senate go into executive session for the purpose of taking up the nominations sent in by the governor. Senator Ross (dem.) said he hoped Jack Dempsey appeared on the street yester- | the senator would not press the motion. He ay, but is still very badly bruised and his | suid the democratic minority had no intention wounds are far from healed. that he had retired permanently from the prize ring and would not engage other fight. His wife had for some time desired him to re- tire, he said, and he had yielded to her wishes and would retire and devote himself to the sa- loon business in Portland, Oreg. It is said that prospects are good for a finish fight between John L.. Sullivan and Slavin for $10,000 a side. It is said Slavin is willing and there is plenty of money behind him. of antagonizing either the republicans or Gov- ernor Beaver. “A precedent was established in 1887 by which no confirmations were made til after the inauguration of the governor. Tho democrats simply desired to keep this recedent. Scnator Robinson then withdrew is motion and a resolution was adopted that the governor's appointments be considered on Tuesday evening next. The nominations of both governors will now, it is believed, be promptly confirmed. : eis ‘The Broadway Cable Road. The Metropolitan Traction Company of New York is making active preparations to cable | Broadway, New York. ‘The starting point will be at 59th street. The steel conduits, castings He announced The Kaiser's Summer Trip. The Figaro of Peais states that Em- peror William is going to London during the coming summer and the emperor's has an important | and the other iron work are now being pre- object in view. This object, it is pared at the company's works in New York. understood, is to form the subject | The work = = company’s pelle = Band of considerable i te, discuss n during the ill | in On paraay “The eee emperor's stay in England. Figaro fur- | ¥8Y will begin b , ther expresses opinion thai England’was not | 08 will, be “eight stories high. ‘The Dase- ment will be used for the company's power plant and the rooms above will be rented for manufacturing and office purposes. Light, heat and power will be furnished to the tenants. ———roo— Sensation In the Indiana Legislature. The most decided sensation of the session was sprung in the Indiana legislature yesterday when a special message from the governor was read charging Warden Murdock of the North- ern prison with embezzling about $40,000. The message says that the warden “has refused to pay into the treasury of the state a cash bal- ance for the year 1883 of €22,667.52, and for the year 1890 a balance of $17,916.58, and still, al- though demanded, refuses té pay the sum.” ‘The message was referred to the committee on the Northern prison. anxious for the visit referred to, which may be pregnant with important results. +2. Pante Ina London Lodging House. Aterrible explosion of illuminating gas in the Liverpool road, London, yesterday, caused a house filled with lodgers to catch fire. A panic among the residents followed, during which a man and a boy jumped from the upper windows thirty feet from the ground into the street. They were taken to a neighboring hospital ina dying condition. One child is known to have beew burned to death and other children are reported to be mi ——_—_e-— Harsh Criticism From Canada. The Montreal Gazetle has another article on the fishery negotiations in whi charges the Washington government of having a self-con- tradictory policy, which is partly owing to the supposed necessity of asserting national power in such # way as woule be acceptable to certain classes of the population und partly to the lack of responsible government. ‘There is no doubt ‘that this lack of straightforwardness has had the effect of delaying negotiations on every uestion that has come up between the United oo A Twelve-Year-Old Mother. A girl who will not be thirteen years old until April on Wednesday night gave birth to a healthy child atSouth Bethlehem, Pa. The child-mother is an orphan and was an inmate of the Children’s Home until some tine ago, when she was adopted by Thomas Conroy. A man who formerly boarded with the Conroys, and who left at the time the girl's condition was d.”* discovered, is su) sed to be the father of the sien cama Oy child. It is not known where this man i now Geithit Gh tae living. ‘The case has been the subject of much Col. Alphonse Thonret, who during the war commanded the fifty-fifth regiment of infantry, New York volunteers, blew his brains out yes- discussion among local physicians and the People generally. An Earthquake Shpck in New Hampshire. Avevere shock of earthquake was felt in Pepperell, N. H., and adjoining towns Thurs- day night between 5 and 6o'clock. Sleigh bells were in stables and vas rattled, ‘The vibrations lasted‘, few sez more, charged with an attempt to bribe Mr. ‘Thomas Masson, foreman of the jury which tried the East Baltimore street award cases in the early part of December last. His case was set for trial Wednesday, and neither he nor his leas than fifteen minntes. The roof fell in be- | A wind storm prevailed yesterday afternoon | 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. ACCIDENTS FATALLY COMBINED. A Young Pennsylvania Girl's Death From a Snake's Bite. Miss Katie Wilkins, eighteen years old. of Freedom, Pa., was bitten by a pet rattlesnake Thursday, which caused her death early yester- day morning. The snake was kept ina glass Jar in the girl's father’s office, whither the girl went Thursday evening. A large owl was attracted by the light of the lamp in the office and flew into the office over the transom. It struck against the lamp, which it shattered, leaving the office in darkness. The bird seemed fran- tie, flying and dashing about, and» crash of bottles was heard. Suddenly the girl screamed and fell insensible to the floor. Several _per- sons rushed in, among whom were several ladies, who cared for the insensible girl. They were terrified to find the snake wound around one of the legs of the girl. All drew back with screams ¥xcept a farmer named Thomas, who seized the snake and choked it to death. The owl in its mad career had broken the bottle which contained the snake, and it had bitten the girl between the ankle and knee. She was taken home immediately and every known antidote was applied, but without avail. The body of the young woman’ was swollen and spotted. The owl that caused the trouble is a large and beautiful specimen of the sno: tribe. It is now in the possession of Furmer Thomas. _eee TOM MOUNTAIN, A Peculiar Atmospheric Effect Sometimes Seen on the Pacific. From the San Francisco Examiner. Clustered about the capstan they were telling about John Muir's experience on the great South Dome in Yosemite during a snow storm, when alone there, impressed with all the vast- ness of the place, he saw a giant image in the clouds like the wrath of the valley's god, veer- ing and advancing as if in menace. It was told how Muir finally ascertained that the image was merely his own reflection on the snow cloud—a duplicate of the world-famous specter of the Brocken. Then up spoke Mayor John R. Glasscock of nd and asked: “Have any of you seen the phantom moun- tain—the peak in the ocean’ ‘Though there were many in that company who had seen all sorts of things, from crawling vipers to pink monkeys with sea green ap- pendages, none could ever say that he had ever seen the mountain. So the mayor went on: | T have often been on Mount Diablo: in fact, | Thave camped there season after senson. [| have viewed the sun rise and set from a_ perch | upon the summit time and time again, but only oni | host-lil had clin had I the pleasure of beholding the . One morning, however, after the grade in order to see the sig- nal service men who were formerly stationed there sh their heliograph signals across to | nce on the other side of Truckee, and to Mount St. Helena, Iwas told to y eyes out to sea. You know it is a fact that ona clear day a person can see more coun- try from the summit of Diablo than from any other eminence in the world. | “The great central valley spreads out on one side, all the lesser hilis, generally shrouded in 8 fog, are beneath you, and off to the west dim- | ples the blue Pacitic.’ Well, this morning I | could hardly believe my eves. Right up from | the bosom of the deep arose a great mountain— Solid, majestic and empurpled. For a long time I believed that it was the product of some ‘drastic lift of pent-up volcanic fires'—the growth ofa night. But as I studied it I saw it Was the exact counterpart of the double cone of Diablo—a phantom of the sea. By the pecu- liar reflective and refractive condition of the | atmosphere the mountain was made to appear as a wave-washed crag. As the sun rose all its apparent stability vanished and it dissolved | into thin air. I tried for the sight again and | again, but the atmospheric conditions were | never favorable. Ever afterward the ocean stretched away, unruffled and remote.” Sr aaiciewiacy Our Largest Bell | From the New Enzland Magazine. ‘The largest bell in America is that of Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, which hangs in the | |seveninches in diameter and weighs 24,780 pounds. It is ornamented with images of the | Blessed Virgin and St.John the Baptist, to- gether with emblems of agriculture, commerce and indu It was cast in London and bears | this inscription in Latin: “I_was cast in the | year of the Christian ern 1847, the two hundred | and second since the foundation of Montreal, | the first of Pius the Ninth’s pontificate and the tenth of the reign of Victoria, Queen of Eng- | |land. I am the gift of the merchants, the farmers and the mechanics of ‘Ville Marie.’” | In the opposite tower hangsachime of ten bells, the smallest weighing 897 pounds, the largest 6.011, total 21.6% pounds. | The largest bell in alarm bell on city hal!, New York, which was cast by Blake of Boston. It is six feet high, eight feet in diameter and weighs 23,000 pounds. ———___+ee— They Fell in Love by Mail. Miss Josie Sullivan, aged twice sweet sixteen, a special from Shelbyville, Ind., says, last spring brought suit in the circuit court against Dr. J. R. Stewart of Marietta, that county, to enforce a marriage contract with him. She lost her case. A few months ago she answered an advertisement in a newspaper and Dr. R. G. Hamilton of Iowa became her correspondent. ‘They exchanged photographs and the post- master of his town gave the doctor a good reputation. He sent her £100 to go to Iowa to meet and marry him. She declined to go, how- ever, and on Christmas evening he came to Shelbyville, found his love. procured a license, got married and in two hours the happy couple | were on their way to Lowa. ——+eo___ Sad Death of a Young Actress, Miss Millian Owen of Sol Smith Russell’s company, who was journeying eastward from San Francisco to wed Mr. Charles Kent of Stuart Robson's company, died at Chicago yes- terday after a short illness, She was taken ill with pneumonia at Salt Lake, Utah, but ma: aged to continue to travel until reaching € cago. Miss Owen had considerable reputation as a bright soubrette. She was twenty-four years old. A Recount in Nebraska Asked. Petitions are being circulated over Nebraska asking the legislature fora recount of the ballot of the November election. This is supposed to be a scheme of the independents to get ion of Douglass county, in whieh a is situ- ated, for the purpose of counting out Gov. James E. Boyd, democrat, and seating Powers, the alliance candidate, as governor. eo Free Coinage Opposed in Massachusetts. ‘The Massachusetts house yesterday afternoon, by a large majority, adopted resolutions to be forwarded to Massachusetts Representatives and Senators in Congress protesting against the passage of the free silver coinage bill. Mr. Quincy of Quincy offered resolutions to this effect some days ago, and the House yesterday substituted for them a set of resolutions agreed upon in the republican caucus. oo ——— A New York Assemblyman Arrested. Frank P. Demarest, member of the New York assembly, was arrested yesterday charged with misappropriating money and forging indorse- ments on checks. He was attorney for the Union Steamboat seg eat of Buffalo, which had its office in U; Nyack to save the heavy city taxes. When he sent the tax bill to the company he increased the amount above the actual figures. Checks were sent to him drawn to the order of ger et U ia Demarest collector's indorsement mig remap ype below it, drew the money, paid to the Upper Nyack authorities the amount properly due and kept the rest. The Union Steamboat Company had him ar- rested, when he refunded the entire amount to the company. | AUCTION SALES. south tower. It is six feet high, eight feet | —— How BABIES SUFFER When their tender Sxrvs are literally Ox Fire with Ircuinc anp Burwtnc Eczemas and other Itching, Scaly, and Blotchy Skin and Scalp Diseases, none but mothers realize. To know that a single application of the Cuticura Reme- dies will, in the great majority of cases, afford instant and complete relief, permit rest and sleep, and point toa permanent and economical (because 80 speedy) cure, and not to use them without a moment's delay, is to be guilt of positive inhumanity. 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N 1 SEVEN ei ie DUPE lene in eqital i mnouths frou the any val by: the not Proved deed at the optic thme of sale and purchaser's expense. FUTURE Days. Wes & 00. an F AND SFASONARLE STOCK OF FANCY wath within ten days from: > of sale, otherwise the NOTIONS. HOSILM\. LADIES AND Undersigned trustee reserves the riskt writ seid VERCOATS. 0 PAIRS RS. G. AND Property at the rivk and cost of the dfaultimg pur OSETS, GENTS can a aes “ TH FENDALL E. ALEXANDER. Trosten Fan tikes we 2 Louisa a moa ALY THOMAS DOWLING. Auctioneer. NINETEESTR, AT TEN it Vj Vet B WILLIAMs VW AETEE B WIELIAMS a 00., Auction oom UNIMPROVED PROP! 20S Ro: so DSTLEET NOKIHWEST, ¥ <6 Cn ‘TURD. SANUAKY SEVENTEENTH, at BALF-PAST F CLOCK P.M. wer aha wll fn mt of ‘Ssub lot 17, square 54, hav: - feet front by feet deep. - inelemaneean Terns: One-third casi: balance in oneand for te hear Interend fron day of a Uy a deed of trust om | Foperty seid. Alt eat purchaser's cost. $100 down om WALTER B Wil: two years ‘ant secured IMPROVED PROPERTY ‘I BETWEEN B AND C the Supreme Court ¥ of Nowen or ists, on TUESDAY. THE § F x BEI A.D. 1600, AT HALY-PasT POUR O'CLOCK Nm. SAUNDERS, BM. the north Giebteen feet six inches front | 0 RANDOLPH D. HOPkINS,) Fuster. Sevtiof ot twenty-eight Cas) in square weve wGAkie im the District of Columibis, improve BRATCHEPE, DARE & 00., Auctionsers, 2) Penna. ave. aw. nti paid, to te secured uy deed of trast on tie prop $72,004. oF all casi. at the option of the purctiaw Two t doilars 20 be paid when operty 18 All conveyancing and recor! Purchaser's If the terins of sule are not AN TIRED OTE NECESSARY PROP DUCTING A FIRS TON. kr A CLARKE, “CLASS Trustee. mda ‘The purchaser at the abovementioned gale having failed to coupiy wi es trustee, will resell at said purchaser's vost a9 the north 1m feet tuches front ty th inthe nee day 80 ta 5 aL ENTH OP 34 ot Washington, D.C. ay EENTH DAY OF JANU- im front of the premises, at 4:00 iswi, One-third cash; balance in equal install. “cninins to ments, in obe aud two years, with 6 per cent iuterest will of the frou day of sale until paid, to be secured by deed of ruck of the trust on the property sold of all © t option of pur. chaser: $2200 depostt to b Property is comveyaneiny, & cost. If Ot sile are not complied with im 10 days the : be remainder im equal eserves teria eel mand Property after | mt. pay ite nate wublie notice at defaulting purchasers risk aind | ofthe acaieny Tacha s SOUN A. CLARKE, Trastee, Saia'ters D st. thw. DUNCANSON BRUS., Auct * Sold upon five days notice ty the. day, msuch quantities ati Muay dei, adv ‘The said hotel 18 how open for inspection ASAPH L. BLISS, Assienee, Hotel Luperial, LT e ‘of a decree of the Supreme Court of the Dis- fot Coluiabia. Paserd i the cate of Hicks et a. | $$ We Kicks eta st, equity dos. 3, the un- " Gersizned, trustee, appointed by suid ‘decree, will pros PROPOSAL TWEN Tint Day oF JANcaly, a ceed to sell on t 3 1 HALF-PAST FOUst O'CLOCK PM. sa) as ws: Beet hig at the southwest corner of said jot, running thence worth 101 eet and 2 inches to "a J-tuot alley : thence east 20 feet ; ‘thence south 101 feet and 2 Inches; thence West 2) feet to the piace of berinnine. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash: balance in two equal lunente, payacle respectively at one and?wo }ars day Of sale, with interest, secured by a deed of trust upon the property, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit of $100 will be required at fhe [ume of (eae. Al conveyancing at” cost of yur chaser, end it terns of sale are not_complied im feu days the trustee reserves tbe Figlt to resell, after three days’ advertisement in the Evening Star, at the rar hawer, DROPOSALS FOR IRON WOERK.—OFPICE OF Building tor Library of Congres. No. 145 Baat Capitol street, Waskineton, D.c.. danuary Ls, IM. Sealed propusiis tor turnistiiny deliverine abd 2a plage compte ft Fisk and vost of the delaultine ~ TH FINAN. Tester, taabe tug for S12 Fetene. | She eae RATCLIFFE, DARE & CO.. Aucte.janaides | SPS FOP (THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. FEBRUARY Invi. SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, FINE after in presen: inst og, Cutan on appiiéativn at thi ofiow LASS vER-PLA’ . GREEN, Superintendent and ‘£1 CHINA AND G WARE, SILV. TED mar Hand Lng WARE, FINE BILLIARD TABLES, FINE MOS- LER SAFE, &., AT AUCTION. UESDAY, JANUARY TWENTIETH, 1801 commenctagret HALEPAST TEN O'CLOCK T stall sell the entire contents of residcuce No. 1619 Seveu- teenth street northwest, embractug in part Pp HE OLD-ESTABLISHED ONLY reuabie genuine and naturai-torn Ciairvo | Astrologer and tw in thus erty. born with w iit Of Second Sight | Feveais every WANDSOME PARLOR FURNITURE Ix sep. | [hues vio lont “CF stovets property : Wane AMATE PIECES.” RATTAN. BOUDOIK SE inn ‘apewely” may rrate Dow HaNgrN EXAE Hen COVERED | Susseprsrvessn Lenco isons ceptbtte tones r = D | Succes, auvice on Lumucas, iove, OF anyths are Al FRENCH "PLACE | jn coubi of All Uunuess ‘conBlcutia, hover bean, AND | known toiail. SHER | tours, 9a.m. to9, (Open Sundaya, ND-} Sittings, de. i preg a aes TED WAKE, TWO DECOKATED Si WHITE CHINA. ‘BENT WOOD DININ NING. eS bin iT 1 ING CHAIKS. FiG ‘QUANTITY BILLS, sc. “ALSO @ Ts THE ONLY, WONDERFUL = een 05