Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1891, Page 6

6 CITY AND DISTRICT. ~ THE SHERMAN FUNERAL. €@ Tre Evexrse Star's subscription list, | OMeial Program inter, Ceremony in New the books of the office, and its press and de-| 7) oo ve Ri livery rooms are at all times open to the wel-| runeral in New York tomorrow provides as fol- come inspection of any person having a color- | Jows: The regulation escort, under command able interest in the correctness of its claims as | of Col. Loomis L. Langdon, first artillery, will to circulation. This is a guarantee to adver- | Consist of one regiment, as infantry, to be com- tisers that is given by few papers in the world, and by none other in Washington ! THE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL SERVICE Program Arranged for the Exercises Next | Sunday Night. 1 ‘The program for the memorial services to be | held by the Military Order of Washington at | Albaugh’s Opera House on the night of Wash- | ington’s birthday, Sunday, February 22, has been announced as follows: | PART i Overture, “Columbia,” the Marine , Band: | the grounds at Mount Vernon; entree of | grand officers and members: opening chant, “Put Us Not to Rebuke,” Millard, male chorus; grand opening of assembly of sorrow; double | duo, “As We Pass the Vale,” Millard, Apoilo | Cinb and Marine Band; funeral oration. | PART 1. | Lessons and responses, the grand office around the sarcophagus, entree funeral proce sion, first section; march of the toreh bearer March-Tenebre, the Marine Band: entire fu- | neral procession, second section: march of the children: distribution of, flowers; solo, “Come Unto Me,” Coenen, ——: entree funeral pro- cession. third section; the Stanford Ritle Capt. George. E. Pickett commanding; mil tary ceremonial, in memoriam; address, ritual. PART MI. j March-Funebre, tho Marine Band: deposit of flowers; procession to the tomb; Miserere, the | Marine Band; fac simile of the tomb of Wash- | ington; ceremonies at the tomb; Stanford Rifles | in Continental uniform; grand military honoi concluding ceremonies: closing by grand otfi- cers: music, “Nearor My God to Thee Murine Band: benediction; overture, “Aum the Marine Band. + The executive committee is com Hon. Messrs. Chas. 8. Baker, John Wm. E. Mason, John C. Tareney, Be th, Wm. G. Stahinecker, Charles 1. Smith, | J. Logan Chipman, George W. E. Dorsey, Felix | Campbell, Thomas J. Clunie, James J. Belden, Win. D. Bynum, George E. Rowden, William H. | Crain, John G. Sawyer, John _H. Wilson, John | Faines, Isaac H. Goodnight, Marcus A. Smith, B.A Enloe. ‘The grand officers are: Grand commander, | Harrison Dingman: lieutenant grand com-| mander, M. Emmet Urell; grand prior, George ‘Tweedale; grand master of ceremonies, T deus k. Sailer: grand captain of guard, Ge H. Walk rand musical director, John Philip Sousa; W. G. Haines, secretary general; Hon. J. M. Wiley, treasurer general; Hon. A. J. Holmes, sergeant-at-arms; Hon. ‘C. W. Adams, doorkeeper. of | ee TOMATOES AND PISTOLS. A Family Kow That Ended in a Trial in the (Criminal Court. In the Criminal Court, Chief Justice Bing- ham, yesterday George Miller, a young col- man, was tried for an assault with intent to Thomas Lotts, his stepfather, on September 12 last by shooting him. Mr. Taylor appeared for him. Mr. Botts testified that his wife wanted a bucket of water and he said the boy ought to get it, as he was doing nothing, when the boy got enraged, went down stairs and came back and shot wit- ness, the ball striking him back of the hip. Hé denied that he threw a pan of hot tomatoes at him, but admitted that when shot he was about jing him out. Thomas Seales testified that George fired the pistol three times. For the defendant Arthur Richardson _testi- fied that Botts threatened to throw a skillet of hot tomatoes on George and his mother ran between be The defendant, Miller, testified that Botts threatened him, picked up the skillet of toma- toes, and when he fired Botts had the skillet raised and threatened to burst him open. He said be fired in self-defense at Botts’ legs. A verdict CT cigs was found and a motion fora new trial fled. ‘THE WIFE'S STATEMENT. Mr. Taylor this morning filed in support of the motion for a new trial the affidavit of Anna Botts, the mother of defendant and wife of Botts. In it she states that the pistol belonged to Botts and she took it from him, for he wa man of violent temper and at times a very dan- that she was present at the time ‘that Botts attempted to assault she interfered, when Botts grabbed a hot skillet and attempted to hit de- fendant, when the latter fired the shot. She says she has been forced to leave him by Botts’ threats and she is afraid to testify in this case. ——— NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE. to Form a Milk Union—Cireuit Court Jurors Setected—Other Items. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Rocxvitie, February 17, 1891. It is understood that quite a Jarge number of those engaged in the dairy business along the Kine of the Metropolitan branch railroad in this county will attend a meeting of the milk producers of Virginia, Maryland and the Dis- trict of Columbia tobe held in Washington on next Tuesday, the 24th instant. The object of the meeting is to adopt measures for the mation of a “Milk Union,” to be operated agents selected by the producers, in order to secure uniform and better rates for dairy products than at present. ‘The names of the following persons were to- day selected by Judge Vinson to serve as jurors at the March term of the cireuit court: Wm. B. Mobley, Henry Griffith, Remus D. Riggs, Eugene E. McAtee, Wm. King, Wm. E. Lewis, Albert F. Alinutt, D. J. Willard, Jas. W. Reed, Geo. W. Fletehall, Jas. B. Matthews, Laurence A. Darly, Thos. kt Claggett, Geo. M. Frev, Ed- ward W. Horner, E.J. Todd, J.W. Baker, Robt. D. Isherwood, Samuel K. Bready. Harry ¥. Black, Amos T. Holland, Edward C. Davis, Wm. Rich, Julian Griffith, Alex. A. Gassaway, Archie Asquith, Benj. A. Bean, M. Wilson Offutt, Jos. H. "Phillips, Jos. T_ Moore, jr., Chas. M. Iddings, Edward P. Thomas, Gran- Ville Farquhar, David G. Carlisle, Wm. rise, Zach. A. Briggs, Wm. C. Ricketts field Offutt, Henry Bradley, Chas. M. Fred. T. Jones, Chas. G. Griffith, Baker Si- lence, Rezin Hf. Bowman, John D. Duvall, Fen J. Fidler, Geo. C.' Cashell, Samuel N: Mrs. Bessie Starr Keefer of Toronto, Canada, | will address a public meeting at the town hall, this place, on Saturday night next on the sub- Ject of teraperance. Marriage licenses have been issued today by the clerk ofthe cireuit court to Wm. E. Schwer- ing and L.. Jchneon and Edward C. — — ee HL. Neff. ae in ns’ court today Peterand James B. Henderson, administrators ct of ‘the late —- W. Hyatt, passed their final ac- count in estate. the whole amounting to $40,000. The state tax on their comminions amounted to $105.56 and the collateral inherit- Mr. Alfred Warthen, carpenter, of this place, met with a painful accident a few days ago by falling from the top of a house in course of erec- tion on Rockville Heights. No bones were broken, but he wws badly bruised about the body and is still confined to his home. county commissioners have offered » reward of $100 for the apprehension and con- | Vietion of the parties who committed a mur- | derous aseault on Edw. Hewitt and other per- sons near Olney in November last. Mr. William T. Fisher, an old and well-known citizen of the western portion of the county, died today, in the seventy-fourth year of bis age. He leaves a large number of relatives in this county and the District, among them a daughter, Mrs. Celesta Keefer of Washington. During the late war deceased spent some time fm the old Capitol prison on charges brought against him by the military authorities en- camped a: that time near Durnestown. Messrs. Oxcar a: ie Sprinkle of Martins- burg, W.Va. are at present ona visit to the family of Mr. Wm. A. Davis, this place. SAM. niles Gould Steamers to South America. ‘The secret of Jay Gould's visit to Brunswick, Ga., is gradually leaking out. It is stated on | the authority of Calvin S. Brice, one of the Gould party, that the object of the trip was to | look after the Central and South American | trade. Said he: “It was our desire to find what steps were neceseary to carry out the intentions of the interuational trade our arrangements as rapidly as have already two southern Ga., and Mobile, Ala. From these seaport termini we will establish several lines of steam- ers to Spanish-American countries.” | A. Maj. 6 | as senior | black today. the portrait presented posed of a battalion of United States marines, four companies of United States efigineers and six companies (foot batteries) of artillery, of a | battalion of light artillery from the army and the National Guard of New York and of two troops of cavalry from the National Guard of New York. The remains will be received by the escort at the late residence of the general, No. 75 West Tiat street, at 2 o'clock p.m. The body will be borne om 8 caisson, preceded by the following named bearers in carriages: Maj.Gen. J. M. Schofie! Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, Rear Ad- miral D. R. Braine, Rear Admiral J. A. Greer, Prof. 1. L. Kendrick, Gen. Joseph E. John- at Gen. H. We Slocum, Maj. Gen. D. E. Sickles, Maj. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Maj. Gen. J. Corse, Maj. Gen. Wager Swayne, Maj. Gen. fewart L. Woodford. These pallbearers will accompany the re- mains asfarasthe train at Jersey City. Six sergeants will be detailed as bearers and will Proceed to St. Louis. The official escort of oner from the Grand Army (Lafayette Post) will form on the rigitt and left of the caisson. ‘THE PROCESSION. The order of column, following the family and relatives, will be as follows: 1. The President and Vice President of the United States. 2. The members of the cabinet. 3. Ex-Presidents of the United States. ,,4 Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives. 5. The governor of the state and the mayor w of the city of } . follow the family and rela- These officials wi tives as representative mourners. The military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and officers of the army and 7. The Grand Army of the Republic. 8. The corps of cadets, United States Military Academy, Lieut. Col. Hawkins, commanding. 9. The National Guard, under Brig. Gen. Louis Fitzgerald. 10. Delegations and representatives from Vet- erans, Sons of Veterans and other organizations unassigned, under charge of Gen. Mor- rison. Veteran organizations not moving with the column will form across West street from Watts street to the ferry landing foot of Desbrosses street. ‘The carriages in the procession will be restricted to the pallbearers, family and rela- tives and invited oiticials. The column will be commanded by Maj. Gen. 0. O. Howard, U. 8. n. Daniel Butterfield is designated ide to the general commanding and as marshal. The fcliowing aides have been selected: Gen. Horace Porter, to accompany the Presi- dent of the United States; Gen. George D. Rug- gles, assistant adjutant general, to accompany the Vice President of the United States; Gen. AM. D. Leggett, to accompany the cabinet: Hon. Joseph H. Choate, to accompany ex-President Hiayes; Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, to accom- pany ex-President Cleveland; Gen. Floyd Clark- son, in charge of Grand Army; Gen. Robert ugent, formerly of Gen. Sherman’s regiment, e charge of veterans at Desbrosses street; Gen. Daniel Morrison, seventy-ninth veterans, in charge of veteran organizations in column other than Grand Army; Mr. Kiliaen Van Rens- saluer, to accompany carriages of relatives; Maj. Gen. H. A. Barnum, to accompany the su- perintendent of the Military Academy; Col. Finley Asderson, Mr. Loyalll Farragut; Capt. P. Kingsbury, sixth cavalry; Cupt. A. Wetherill, sixth infantry: Firet Lieut. Ro H- Patterson, first artillery; First Lieut. L. A. Cra cavalry; First Lieut. Guy Howard, aide-de-camp; First Lieut. Harry C. Benson, fourth cavalry; First Lieut. David Price, first artillery; First Lieut. Charles G. Treat, aide- de-camp, fifth artillery; First Lieut. W. W. For- syth, sixth cavalry; Second Lieut. Samuel Rod- man, jr., first artillery; Additional Second Lieut. Colden L. H. Ruggles, first artillery. IX ST. LOUIS. Tn accordance with the wishes of the family, the Grand Army funeral ceremonies, or ritual, will be omitted at the grave, The regular army ceremonies will be carried out instead, and there will be no religious services whatever. A rd of honor, composed of Commander Rip- jey and officers of Ransom Post and post com- manders, will leave St. Louis Friday evening for Indianapolis om a special car to escort the funeral train to that city. A telegram from President Harrison has been received in St. Louis regretting his inability to attend owing to the press of public business. Secretary of the Interior Noble also wired that he could not be present at the memorial ser- vices Thursday evening. ashe will attend the obsequies in New York, but he will accompany the remains to St. Louis. At yesterday afternoon's meeting of the ex- ecutive committee, Brig. Gev. Merritt was se- lected as grand marshal, he having signified his willingness to serve. GOV. CAMPDELL'S ARRANGEMENTS. Gov. Campbell of Ohio has perfected ar- rangements for the escort of the body of Gen. Sherman by Ohio's guard from Cincinnati to St. Lonis. Yesterday he received a telegram from Mr. P.'T. Sherman stating that the train would be heavy and they Were afraid to risk any delays. Philadelphia, Washington, Pitts- d Lancaster had all been refused, and y thought an exception could not be rn of the capital of the father’s native state, though they apprecinte the desire to do | him honor. THE IDOL OF THE CADETS. Sherman at West Point—How the “Boys” Looked Up to the Old Warrior. The sentiments with which the cadets of the United States Military Academy at West Point regart the memory of the late Gen. Sherman are weil exemplified by the following letter, sent by a member of the graduating class to a friend in this city, which, though the cadet sends with his usual cautions about not priut- ing it, in aceordance with the rales of the academy which forbid cadets writing for publi- cation, is too well-drawn a picture to be allowed to slumber in obscurity. The cadet writes: “My Dear Friend: When ‘you all,’ as we say down home, come up to my graduation in June one of ite most stirring features will be sadly missing. For several years past Gen. Sherman has been coming to West Point at radurtion time and giving one of those off- ficnd but soul-stirring and patriotic addresses for wrich he was so famous. I fancy when the news of bis deata came that the first thought of every one of the sixty-five of us in the graduating class was: ‘He will not be here to give me my diploma in June.’ He was idolized | by the corps of cadets and whenever he visited | the academy he was accorded a most en- thusiastic welcome He never failed to re- spond in a patriotic speech. ‘To me this was the most beautiful feature of his coming—tho ripe experience of honored old age exhorting the enthusiasm of youth to honor, aye, to re- vere, the grand oll flag for which id Fo nobly fought. An American always he never failed to impress upon the youths before him, gathered from Maine to Texas, that all power proceeds from the people, that the army ie but an agent and that be who would become « leader in peace or war must keep in touch with the people. Lessons from patriots like these must hafe a lasting influence upon the servants of the repubiic. ‘THE PICTURES IN THE LIBRARY. “In the library hangs the famous letter which he wrote in 1861 to the governor of Louisiana, in which occurs the memorable ge: ‘For neither will I do any act or think any thought hostile to the old government of the United States.’ In the mess hall hangs, draped in y Mr. Geo. W. Childs. Next to it, in the center, is the one of Grant, and on beyond that of Sheri- dau. Near these is to hang one of the knightly ‘Thomas, second only to these. How we cheered Gen, Sherman when these portraits were un- veiled, only sixteen months ago! How thoold hero's voice broke when he told ux that he stood before us the last of the three, the trinity of generals, and how soon he, too, must go! How be charged us to fight for the flag, to cherish the institutions which his generetion must contide to ours for honored keeping! “When we took pert in the New York cen- and the West Point gray design fora floral rt superb one aad well itech chee ea an front of which are crossed approach to a college fraternity we have at West Point and in whose debates Snerman took Part fifty-one years ago, took te ac- om. Tho reodede thot thet in ‘days the eecession. reflect that though we cannot to Granta and ons antes following in their footsteps for a littie time. “Col. Wilson, ever alive of the corps, hopes to send New York Thureda 0] send us to New for escort duty. Ordinarily we covet such & privilege for the honor if contains, but this ime it is something more; it is a labor of love in which every one, from the superintendent down, longs to do his part. “I “have written #0 much on the subject of which my heart is full that a longer letter will canse engineering, law and ordnance and gun- nery to suffer.” ee —_-—__ WENT TO SCHOOL WITH SHERMAN. Capt. Duble’s Interesting Recollections of the Dead General. : In a little house on Missouri avenue, with a tasty and well-kept yard and a front wall, which in summer is covered with a wealth of flowing vines, lives one of Gen. Sherman's old schoolmates. Capt. John Duble is a veteran of the late war and enjoyed an intimate acquaint- ance with the dead general since the days of boyhood, when the pair attended school in Lancaster, Ohio. The captain possesses a wonderful memory, both of events during the war and also of days long before. To a Stan reporter Capt. Duble talked freely of the dead general. IN SCHOOL TOGETHER. “Yes, Gen. Sherman and myself,” said the captain, “were born and raised in the eame town, at Lancaster, Ohio. We both attended school at John and Mark Howe's Academy. The Howes, by the way, were the first to write complete and accurate history of Ohio. Sher- man went to this school until he left for West Point. The Howe Academy, I remember, stood in an orchard belonging to old Hughey Boyle, who was the father of Mra. Tom Ewing, Gen. Sherman's wife's mother. ‘THE SHERMAN FAMILY. “There has never been in Ohio or in any other state a finer family than the Shormans or one that was more respected. Ican well re- member the death in 1829 of Gen. Sherman's father. “Cumf Sherman, as his schoolmates used to call the afterward leader of the armies, was during his career as a school boy the leader of his mates both in studies and in all kinds of sport and manly exercise. His superiority was #0 apparent that no one ever had the temerity to dispute his leadership, and it became a matter of course not only to see the young general occupy- ing the head in all the classes, but also leading in all the games in the field. Sherman asa boy was not only ahard student, but he acquired his lessons with a wonderful quick- me ens. “As time rolled on Sherman and myself drifted tas to location, but still kept up our friend- ip. Iuaw him often during the period he served as commissary captain atSt. Lonis, about 1851, which was previous to his going to Cali- fornia. During the time Sherman was in Cali- fornia I was running a steamboat on the Mis- sissippi river, times carried Sher- man's famil Plsced in my charge, from St. Louis to New Orleans or back again. . IN THE WAR. “At the commencement of the war I assisted Capt. John Rogers, and afterward finished the work myself, in building the first thee gun boats constructed on western waters—the ‘Tyler, the Lexington aud the Conestoga—and after ‘Sherman took charge of the post at Paducah we frequently met and I first intro- duced him to Commodore Foote. Sherman's almost boyish enthusiasm over the fall of Fort Donelson is onc of my recollections of the war. I met Sherman again after the fall of Clarks- ville and Nashville, where I had been sent to order ell the mortar and gun boats in the Co- lumbia and Tennessee rivers to proceed under my ordera to Columbus. I had an order to Gen. Sherman calling on him to furnish steam- boats for my use in moving the mortar boats. Everything that Sherman did he did with a rush and an activity which were irresistible, and as soon as I had presented my order he jumped on @ horse and, having farnished me with another, rode the whole line of the steamboats, telling me to select what boats I needed. I met Sherman again at Memphis in 1868, when he gave me the following letter,” and Capt. Duble carefully unfolded a paper with the dead gen- well-known signature attached, which read: “Memphis, October 10, 1863. Capt. Duble of the steamship Grosbeck is an old townsman and schoolmate of mine, born in Lancaster, Obio, and most respectably connected there: and I bespeak for him the kind feelings of ali my army friends.” ‘ KIND AND PLAIN. “Gen. Sherman,” coutintted Capt. Duble, “was one of the kindest hearted of men. He placed every one who met him at his ease at once, and never tried to overawe people by osing on the pedestal of his position and rank. Fitalled on _bim once st St ‘Louis, long after the war. The room was crowded ‘with ladies and among them General Sherman's wife. I greeted Sherman as general and he at once asked me what I used to call him at school. I suid, of course, ‘Cumf.’ ‘Well, Cumf it is now,’ said’ Sherman, “Cumf’ it was until his death. Sherman at the same time recalled an ineident of our youth, when in playing shinny Iknocked young Sherman's thumb nail off. ‘The general held up his thumb and drew my attention to the crooked nail and remembered every detail of the incident. “Sherman was a plain, unassuming man, and was as simple in his ways as possible. In New Orleans in 1878 I met Sherman on ‘the street one day and he asked me to go with him to see Gen. McMillan. Sherman had on un old pair oes, covered with dust and mud, and he have them cleaned. ‘Now, isn’t id the gencral,looking down at 1 those shoes greased this . too, but afterward walked out to the barracks (which was six miles), and look at them now!""” & EEE ESS Millions Owed in Gambling Debts. A special cable dispatch to Tux Evenrxo Stan, dated Berlin, says: Gossip is still busy with the affairs of Prince George Radziwill, who recently paid five million marks (21,250,000) of gambling debts, and still owes several millions, in consequence of which he has been compelled to resign from the German army. It is under- stood that the prince has offered to compound with his remaining creditors on a basis of 10 per cent, but the largest of these, Mr/E. Howard, one of the attaches of the English embassy, proves obdurate aud insists on being paid in full. It is probable that Mr. Howards con- nection with British the diplomatic service will in consequence of his part in the affair be brought to a sudden termination. ne Burned by Exploding Paint. While two workmen were engaged in paint- ing the interior of an artificial ice vat at the Diamond Ice Company's establishment at Wil- mingtor, Del., the patent pain: which they were using exploded and they were frigitfully Durted, Wheir names are Jonph Kizby and James Kennedy. The latter will die. Virginia Notes. The Lee battery, ‘ light artillery, of Peters- burg, has disbanded. It was organized in 1885. In the United States circuit court at Norfolk Judge Bond issued an order empowering the receivers of the Atlantic and Danville railroad to borrow $250,000 for improvements and ex- tensions. A school of whales have been sporting along the Virginia coast for a week. ‘A summer encampment of the southern branch of the Y.M.C.A. hia beer. located per- manently on the groufide of the Old Point Villa Company, ite the capes or C) bay, and’ $40,000 will be spent in improve- ments. ‘The First National Bank in Suffolk has dis- continued business. It is solvent and will pay > at See te nk. Washington the bur who eut Dr. gad Mrs. WA. Whee r in Ne while burg- tenti "At the ‘it homé, has been sent to the of the board of visitors for twenty. recent ACTION OF THE CADETS. “Last night the Dialectic Society, the times | pared by expert special Blodgett, the Facts Collected by Special Agent Blodgett— ‘The Schools of the District. ‘The census office has in press a bulletin pre- agent, James. H. showing enrollment in the schools of Arizoua, California, Con- necticut, of Columbia, Maine, Mary- land, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Vir- ginia, Wyoming and eighty-three cities. The most striking showing of the bulletin is the comparative growth of population and public school enrollment. In New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont there has been an absolute decline in public school enrollment. The rela~ tive gain is generally greatest in the south, but the phenomenal extreme of per cent gain of population and per cent gain of public school enrollment is shown by South Dakota. RELATION OF THE SEXES IX PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The relation of men to women among teachers, ‘as shown in the tables, appears to vary from a minimum of 10 men to 92 women in Massachu- setts toa maximum of 100 men to 101 women in South Carolina. If the colored teachers South Carolina are taken separately there ap- F to be 100 men to5$women. The other New ‘ngland states shown in this table appronch the relation shown in Massachusetts, while Ohio shows a higher ratio of men than any other northern state of the table, or 100 men to 118 women, closely followed by Arizona and Penn- sylvania, ‘The ratio of boys and girls in public schools hasa comparatively small range of variation. This is the more striking when the great varia- tion in legal school age and the diverse condi- tions of the population are taken into account. it may be stated, in ‘anticipation of further ublication, that Tocat iaparities in the num ir of ys ani in pul schools, greate: than those here shown between men and women as teachers, will hereafter aj ir. Uniform, therefore, as the relation of the sexes among enrolled pupils seem to be, they have a bearing of importance. ‘The extremes in this bulletin are Arizona, where 100 boys are enrolled to eighty-five girls and the District of Columbia, where the enroll ment is 100 boys to 113 girls. THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS. In the District of Columbia the proportion of male teachers to female teachers is nearly an 1to7 and male pupils to female pupils nearly as 10 to 11.3. In Maryland male teachers are to female teachers a» 1 to2.69and of male pupils to female pupilsas 10 to 9.6. In Vir- gimia male teachers are to female teachers as. 1 to 1.4 and male pupils to female as 10 to 9.9. ‘The enrollment of the public schools of the District of Columbis. is from the report of W. B. Powell, superintendent ‘of schools, includ- ing the report of colored school. under charge of 8uperintendent G. F. T. Cook, who rendered important aid as to statistics of private schools. ‘the parochial schools of the District of Col- umbia are mainly Catholic. There are ‘also Episcopal and Lutheran schools. 1880—Popu- lation, 177,624; enrollment in public schools, 26,439. 1890—Population, 230,392; enrollment in public schools, 36.906. Gain of population, 29.71 per cent.’ Guin of enrollment in public seh 39.59 per cent. A summary is given of the private and parochial schools in the District, which shows a total of 487 private schools and 58 parochial schools. The aggregate of attendance upon the former is 5,509 and the latter 2,402. Of the pupils in attendance upon private schools 4,870 are white and 639 are colored; parochial schools, 2,402 white and 410 colored. It is stated that the final report will show several hundred addi- tional pupils in private schools in this District. scat on cnae ese RYAN WHIPS NEEDHAM. Tho Two Men Tired Out by Nearly Five Hours of Sparring. The fight last night at the Twin City Athletic Club in Minneapolis between Danny Needham of California and Tommy Ryan of Chicago lasted 76 rounds and ended ina victory for Ryan. Most of the fight was tame and the spectators wers exasperated at the apparent soldiering of the combatants. The first knock down was scored by Needham in the 37th round. Up to the 59th round not a blow had drawn blood nor caused a scratch. At the 6st round Referee Mannix threatened to close the fight unless it was closed by the men soon. ‘They began to do a little better and in the 62d round some good blows were given on both sides. After four. hours and a half of fighting the seconds of both men began to join in the general demand for a fight. It was 2 o'clock. In the 67th and 68th rounds the men did not even try to exchange blows. In the 74th round Ryan knocked Needham inst the ropes witha left hander in the jaw and in the 75th round*he gave him another ter- tific punch. In this round he several times fouled Needham and there was much confusion. In the 76th Needham came up groggy and Ryan let out right and left, sending Needham reeling to the ropes. Needham’seyes were hult closed, but he struggled to the center again and was twice knocked down. He attempted to face the tousic a third time, but was led away by his seconds in a terribly battered-up condition. ‘The fight ended at 2:35. Ryan's friends bailed him ae the weltor-weight champion of the wor! 0g KEPT HER LIFE INSURED. Chas. F. Vail Wan’ His Wi the murder of his wife in February, 1890, in order to obtain the insurance on her life, was begun in St. Louis yesterday. Prosecuting At- torney Mudd of St. Charles county, in which the tragedy occurred, read the indictment and then made a statement to the jury of wha the state expects to prove. He said in brief: “There lived in St. Louis in 1890 a widow with three daughters. In the spring of 1889 her oldest daughter, Mary Francis Slatteryy ‘met the man who stands before you. That ac- quaintance, I will say, ripened into affection and culminated in marriage. For some reason, @ reason which was mysterious until it was ex- plained some time later, the marringe was kept a secret, and no sooner was it performed than he began his xpeculation. He not only insured her life in the companies which would pay in the event of her death, but there was never a ride suggested, never a trip to the c: ut an accident policy for $5,000 was taken A railroad ticket was of no use to her un- had her policy. They went for a drivein ow til he Forrest Park one stormy night. On that night Vail had a policy on his wife's life. Whenever she went to her uncle's home to visit his family Vail had « policy on her life for his own benefit.” He then proceeded to detail the facts in con- nection with the crime or accident which re- sulted in the death of Mrs. Vail, calling particn- lar attention to all the numerous suspicious features of the case. It would have been im- porsible, he raid, for the pistol carried by Vail to have been discharged accidentally while in his pocket. —_—_——_+es—___ ‘The Chicago Billiard Tournament, The Brunswick-Balke Collender short stop billiard tournament began ir: Chicago Monday night. McLaughlin of Philadelphia and Ives of Chicago were the playerse Following is. the score: Frank Iv, 400; best runs, 89, 68, average, 12 28-31.- Edward McLaughlin, 342; best rans, 87, 64, 46; average, 11 1-31. ‘There game was between was a large attendance. Yesterday afternoon's Hatley Shaw, the former being the winner by a score of 400 to 254. Hatley's aver was 11 4-36 and Shaw's 7935. Carter and tton were pitted against each other last night. ‘The former gave a remarkable playing and won by'n score of 400 to 282. Carter's average was his 6 A Dynamiter a Practical Joker. Aspecial cable dispatch to Tue Evixrxo Stan, dated Boulogne. says: As the steamer Albert Victor was leaving yesterday for Folkestone # Passenger was Observed to throw a packet into exhibition of billiard | * phia—Klsewhere In the State. ‘Edwin 8. Stuart was elected mayor of Phile- delphia yesterday by the largest majority ever given by that city to = republican candidate. Tt is understood Mr. Stuart's majority will be altnost 40,000, 9 result that is beyond the most sanguine calculations of the republican lead- ers. ‘The democrats of Gettysburg have elected a majority in the council and re-elected Maj. Henry 8. Benner, burgess. John L. Hall, jr., republican, won the justiceship of the peace from W. C. Sheely, democrat. erat. and the gay ti are that Dbargess in Mechanicsburg. city vote of Altoona was very light. J. P. 4 Fepublican, and J.C. Hughes, demo- crat, ted school directors. The demo- crata gained one common councilman, which gives them a majority in that body and in joint Th of | op yO epebticine swept Lancaster, carryi ‘of nine warda. Both branches of the council are iblican. The city voted to in- crease the debt $150,000 for improvement of water works. Rae. LIGHTING RAILWAY TRAINS. Electricity Costs Ten Times as Much as Gas. ‘The ninetecnth annual convention of the Na- tional Electric Light Association was opened yesterday at Providence by President Marsden J. Perry.* Mayor Smith and ex-Gov. Ladd and many citizens were present besides the 200 dele- Gates. The mayor made an address of wel- come and President Perry addressed the con- vention upon the general subject of electricity, pastand future, W. H. Markland of the Pennsylvania railroad read a paper on electric light as applied and used by steam railroads. His principal topic was the illuinination of freight yards and trans- fer stations, Railroad yards require an evenly diffased light rather than a very bright light. Qu, this acconnt are lamps should be hung forty to sixty feet above the a should be ‘Out with. special reference to atoiding shadows: and the obscuring Lights x of signals, a were found to facilitate car inspection and all train movements, to prevent accidents to train- men and to materially lessen pilferage. He counseled the very best of work, as the condi- tions wero fatal to the 0; rating of poorer me- terials. Depot train-ehed 1 ting also requires peculiar care. ‘The electric headlight for loco- motives will not come into geueral use. Ifany inventor wishes to get up one he should con- fine himself to alamp of 100-candle power. A dynamo and lamp for this must be as simple asan air brake and no more liable to et out of order. Electric train lighting is a luxury and costs ten times as much as gas. The arclamp is used to an increasing extent in wrecking operations. Se be: A Brooklyn Lawyer Missing. Robert E. Connolly, a Brooklyn lawyer, has been missing from his home for ten days. He is past thirty years old. He was elected to the assembly from Brooklyn in 1885 and is quite Prominent in local politics. He has not Been robust health of a Serious Explosions of Natural Gas. Two explosions of natural gas in houses where the pipes had been broken by water oc- curred last night in Pittsburg. Andrew Ander- son went into the cellar of his house with an open lamp and an explosion followed, whick wrecked three small houses and burned Ander- son severely and Mary McGraw and her daugh- ter Nellie slightly. The other explosion oc- curred in the large boarding house of Mary Hubbard in Allegheny. ‘The house was wrecked and the following ns were injured: Mrs. Mary Hubbard, seriously injured; Florence and Mary Martin, sisters. of Brooklyn, N. Y¥.; I. McClaren, Nellie Plentz. and Mrs. C. N. Young of Mount Clements, Mick. ‘What the Sioux Say of Their Visit. ‘The Sioux delegation which recently had a pow-wow with the Great Father passed through Chicago last night much disgruntled and say they will have to quit being friends of the whites. They say they were treated shabbily at Washington. eles ee: Tried to Bribe a Legislator. E. B. Dyor rose in the West Virginia house of delegates last night and announced that a book agent had thrust £50 into his pocket and that he regarded the “‘present” as a brite to influ- gation was ordered and the sergennt-at-arms ‘was sent to arrest the agent, whose name was giren.as George Howard. It is rumored that joward has fled. cian Oe A Murderous Mantac on » Train. J. W. Greater of Vincennes, Ind., a passenger on the south bound limited express on the Iron Mountain railroad¢ suddenly became insane yesterday and commenced shooting at his fel- low passengers in the Pullman sleeper. He shot and killed Isador Meyer, a drummer, Paliman Conductor Leach rushed on him, e shot him through the head, killing him in: stantly. The maniac was finally overpowered by the trainmen and handed over to the au- thorities at Seary, Ark. ——+0-_. Bishop Paret to His Diocese. Right Rev, William Paret, Protestant Epis- copal bishop of Maryland, has issued the fol- lowing letter to the clergy of the diocese: “I purpose, if God permit, to sail for Martiniqu2 on the 18th day of February, hoping to be again among you about the 18th day of March. ‘The journey, however, is for special reasons and not required for’my own health. Since mail communication will not be practicable I make request that for that month correspond- ence not absolutely necessary be suspended. | I commend yor. und your flocks to our Lord’s loving care and blessing, and I ask prayers for safe voyage, especially from February 18 to 24, and from March 8 to March 15.” ‘The bisho) makes the trip with a brother, whose health it is hoped may thus be restore 1. — pees An Ohio River Steamer Sunk. The steamer Sherlock struck a Kentucky pier of the Chesapeake and Ohio bridge at Cinein- nati last night going down the river on a trip to New Orleans. She had on board thirty pas- sengers and about fifty or sixty of the boat’ crew. She went to pieces and Hosted down to 5th street, where che sank. She had on board 400 tons of freight. The cabin floated down the river and at Riverside some of the crew & An Aged Artist Commits Suicide. Ernest J. F. Barton, an artist, sixty-three years old, was found dead in his studioinProv- nge saturated with chloro- slightly demented for * Highest of all in Leavening Power—U. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Reval e Oldest ! Powder) Best? . ABSOLUTELY PURE AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. THIS EVENING. FUTURE DAYS. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioncers, CATALOGUB ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE CHOICE OIL PAINTINGS NOW Om EXHIBITION AT OUR SALES ROOM, ‘CORNER 10TH STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA AVE, NORTHWEST, SALE TAKES PLACE TUESDAY, ‘until all are sold. Among the collection will ‘ral other owners to cover advances, &. FEBRUARY SEVENTEENTH, AT HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK P.M., And continues each evening thereafter, same hour, some rare and valuable old Paintings, also several | ‘uxton European Exhibition Paintings amd many choice | testablish wharves or ‘speciinens from American artists, which are to be sold Tegardless of value by order of Andrew Martin and sev- ATCLIFFE, DARE & OO. Ai R ATLE To ALLY ATTRAC" SALE conte tee ie oon epee tras DWELLING HOUSE NO_S10 14TH st. X.w., The Evening Star is the Oldest and most firmly estab x . . MONDAY MORNING. “FEBRUARY TWENTY. | lished newspaper published in the AT 10 O'CLOCK A.M. . n THE FUKNITU ot istri HE FURS SATO OAR District of Columbia, having won the oe ke R Parlor Suite, Walnut, i iti $ ite, rare cay gat Canarian, high position it holds in the confi- ites Hair n ie dence of the people of Washington by forty years of faithful and unswerving devotion to their interests, without regard to any other influence or com Vortieres and 3 mut MT. Mir Wanut bxtension tains tiaseware, ed and Table srror Hack “Hot Maca. bene Tes or, ice "Bon. "Ritenen, ES 7 shears ture and requisites. ELEGANT LARGE CASE OF ty 1 SING Room REPTILES AND ANIMA VARIETIES, THROUGHOUT THE He Ake id CONDITION BEING 3: ‘4 4 AND CHAMBEKS. ‘HOMAS DOWLING, ‘Tier ine Com Pasrict of Colaba, Wes ‘toe tera of from March 1: fett.‘as follows: At TWO OCLOCK FM, fupen the Fo ‘Stalls'n the i ‘be found Tue Star is the Largest paper published in Washington, with a general equipment and printing facil- ities three-fold greater and better than | allowed by the ATS Een ence hia vote onthe question of a change of Bi school books throughout the state. An investi- | 422 got ashore in.a skiff. Some were rescued at Sth | F%'! street. BILVER WALCHES, FINGER RINGS, PLATED SILVE: D Cal CLOCKS AND AGEN. GOODS BY AUCTION. ON Mi x ESDAY MORN: t ELEVEN ASSOLT Mi) AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FEBRUARY EIGHT! Slow Cases COUNTERS OFF |OW CASES, ERS. “OFFICE A TURES GENERALLY CONTAINED SAID STOKE 10 71 i "Terms cash. CLOSING ASSIGNER SALES OF FINE GOLD AND ASS SILK UMBRELL. IONDAY, TUESDAY | sixte NGS, FEBRUARY | Of Columba, becinnt HE HIGHEST BIDDE ‘0. E. DU: Comudasionsese Distt of olga Sw DOS mecca a he HOSS HENAN A noi" those of any other Washington paper; WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO. i y . and, having the full Day Reports feo14-st Auctioneers. puts . i 3 Ty Priwines Se |of both the New York Associated Rats, DARR & CO., Atuctioncers, J $20 Pennsylvania ave. nw. Press and the United Press, supple- mented by an unequaled service of Exclusive Special Dispatches from al. prominent points in America and Europe, it prints more and fresher Telegraphic News than any other Washington paper can possibly sup- ply, furnishing at the same time @ AS. | ENT OF parior jot nuuisred. | sixteen (16) in the city of corner of said lot and runni of said Jot seven! est | Cz) leet. thence west | entyBve (3) feet to 2 | Street twenty-tve 7 Terms IN x ihtervst uyabie seul-anniady and secured by of trust on the property sold. or all cash, at th FY vO! RS. audies, Gin, i assortinent of SES. Sortment of cous, whieh I invite the ati buyers. gow i RE 4 nk deposit of $l greater amount and better quality of RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Aucts. _feli<iada | {0 te iwid ty, the | purchase, a bs ’ ——=S — rot with imacten day, Local, Domestic and General Intelli- resell a . Wy EEKS ec... cael cer or isles ence, anda Iurger quantity aad W Tournia A at ‘RANDALL HAGNER, Trastee, = q bpnesiie Oe SAMUEL MADDOX. Trusies, higher grade of Original and Selected BEAUTLELL AMSUORIMENE, OF CALEETS | 56 QQ sHanES OF sTock or GaLtarin | ‘iteTary Miscellany than any papet AND BUGS, MIRKORS, “ii 56; Lind, Coal and 0: Conpansof West | saeil Fine Lor OF TABLE CUTL, Vinwihia, being) torseited for hontast-cut of asese-| in the District, QETEEE 4 VARIETY OF GOu! i ment, will bg offered at public sae un, WEDNESDA» WE CALL SPECIAL NOTIC! ONE the FIFTH INSTANT, at FOUR CK FEBRUARY NINETEENTH, TEN A.M. <r daelyeepe-inicrmpaiaepaael RATCLIFFE, DARE & Co, Auctioneers, sence sane ua tp ee PROPOSALS. NEE'S SALE BY AUCT! ies Pag he oe J ENTIKe STUCK OF ETABLES.—Office A-C.8. Washington Barracts, nememeinaal FINE FAMILY GROCERI D. 18, 1891-—Sealed "propouals in trip- INES AND LIQUORS, g t conditions, with a Copy of CONTAINED IN STO! this advertaveinent attaclied, will be Teveived at this ‘ No. SOL CBEEDGE) STREET, pice Unt TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON on THURS. WEST INGTON. DAY, -MARCH NINETEENTH, 1801. and. then CONSISTING IN PART OF ‘opened in the presence of furnialinw anc — shes. delivering the freah beef and ites Veletaties required Flavoring Extracts. ppices, by the subsistence departinent. U.S. army at this fost wed thoode ot every Sent Bowders, Jor issle to trugpe terest during the fina Year son ‘ind, oilet and Laundry Soap. | menring Juiy 1. 180) Propusas for beet ind vewe: Pirkles. Molawes and Syrure. talies must be separate. Proposals uiist be ot salt Mackerel and other Vinexar. envelopes marked. “Proposals for bresh Beet chs (iears and Tobaceo. sha Tes, Veocetables ahd addrcssed tot under: vider. Brooms. Sigued. ‘The roverniuen: reserves the je rebet Freeszven. Widow Ware. Suy or ali prowaais. Any con'ract made under this Being delivered at the homes of sum of ten cents per week, THE STAR is much the Cheapest paper published “Sl | in the District, quantity and quality ‘ of contents heing considered. Ei auvertisement said not Ge construed to involve the United States in any obligation lor paytnent In excess $ighptopriation wranted by Conzress vals ROPOSALS FO! Ri Peareeny NGI AND Tia’ CoPtEs t : D : =e RUARY TENTS Es mi. at ine dermis cash. RAPHAEL C. GWYNS. piace they wiles i brewers the Assignee. | Poveramscat reserves the Heat tet tere RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO.. iva | ome. re will be riven to arth ewes Production. Canulars eivine full partic JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. TORS’ SAL. TAME EI IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. By virtue of the last will and testan c. econ nt of probaie Teco Fenster of Wiis for the Distric SHALL, ss executors thercot, THURSDAY, TH iF FLGKUARY, A.D. iso! O'CLOCK P.M., in tront at private saie Betore that pare yu i rv in the Dis. deserived on the ground plat or for sale ETRE: T HALE PAST of the premises (i date) ail that lot in the. Eps square numbered two ‘hay frontaye Rjp uiches), more or ‘Firming bee Gm) 100t alley” and being iniproved vy t Story ‘eng busewent brick "mouse: wu street northwest. 20.eseuni-anmually, rt) soldsor ei rash at property soid,or aii cash at O Giarers: “Ir the ‘terme of sa frown day. of tamil cose within ten day okrat wwe ral ‘Ot defaulting in sou we city bia. and khown, an nd Weng the west one-hait of lot nua! luundred that fi umbered, ‘Terumo! sae: One-third of the purchase money de palin coals and. balance inoue Rad two Youre Aeierred paymen's notes of purchaser oF bur avers shall beiven cated on day of sie and Learing interest at the rate of six per. at " wmile the ‘wilt be property. punner of biddine. condi tbat | Tex Pex Cext Orr For Case sold ‘Tse Srar’s circulation in the City of Washington is more than three times larger than that of any other newspaper, and the number of its readers more than five times as many, It is therefore in that (or even greater) proportion the Best advertising med- there is no ground for argument or doubt, even. It is the common testi- mony of the business community, and me sae id said W. M. SHUSTER & SONS, 919 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, = Are still making a discountef 10 PER CENT FOR CASH on all sales, large and small, and purchasers will save money to buy their goods wiile the discount continues: ‘We still have an elegant assortment of SILKS, MOURNING GOODS, FANCY DRESS GOODS of the finest grades ands complete stock of staple goods, all of which to ‘for ‘we are selling st the regular prices, and we . £ — are only offering our goods at the sacrificein order to reduce our large stock before pur suas cate chasing spring goods. iPHOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ALL GOODS MARKED mm a are meneaned Thy House, comer Tth und stress uorrest, £ vr } Seperate cinta cert tu = — ‘The ules are and :. ++ Tepecash” PHOMAS BOWLING, Auctobowr. Note This Point. rpuouas DowriNé, Auctioneer. rt ‘THE ENTIRE CONTENTS 20 20 20] ‘Tue Star gives the exact figures - oe # of its cireul-tion every week, and sox recht mmo, |F* Ba FR GG EE PAL P| stat es vst wd ree CONTAINING 40 ROOMS OF HOUSEHOLD EP. having interest in the correctness of its statements, so that its patrons know precisely how much publicity (OF THE GOODS WILL BE SOLD AT HALF Paice. | in its columns. , 1 ee ee ear No other daily newspaper pub--@a sar lished in Washington dares gh