Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1892, Page 6

=A oe SPR RR rk @ er HARSH mensnres are best t fe fei H ® RRR YT Ra ok ¥ Ren fa 2 ke baR “Sy Sg a Irs 7% y t « times. Circum- | be stances gover ythin ing If yo nowded the | Protection of warm, woally UNDERWEAR you need Ho now. Bat yoo may be trying to live through Whe balance of the © with whet you have, To | tempt you te reconstiler to hurry eft the balance of | our stock we have made cute along the Itne that Grop the sterting values far below their rightful ‘ ftirwest iS per Cent < footing. Within eyechotef the new year—this i no) wn iXeaxrwent 2 casthe, ‘oat: sete e DEBILITY. i cr Con Hime for us to parley over pret. We wast to “wind ZeeRe wee : ‘Sokk ctl ek : Geos. tthe season up” a srenifly na powatbie. To come out eae 1 ees Sate eee ovr ak e = whole i bat come ont “‘stock-clear” ot all our we: DEPARTMENT to your ears—but A WILL CURE YOU, x l= tt emis If wetadu't wach stron qualities to offer it | tia tle the the ST oe mich? proves hard task. Rut the word ts the torr | . a imaa neous a j o runner of the fact. We expect we won't Reve snows our wf DEPARTMENT x fe tts = | Of UNDERWFAN left towupply « Zul queen now that our uitike bi = waa not wit ent + ® A. San Wsces Op Bact the prices have hewn divided. Yon pay part—and we | ove POLL RERstiwext : pena z Uomere io Per Cont, pay part-TOU get the best UNDERWEAR that is on Wenetiy Hall Pricee. xy mortar tor TS 18 A LITTLE PLUMPNESS," ovr “BiAN RE 3 the satintaction clean see rer ue feed Prices, Don't Pa eal = guage a ee ee es os ©6365: “* ¥ 33.65 | Thisteetrequent thourht and « wholesome one. ves We are offering spacial inducements tn . sneak ‘ . diver on, aoe mews Willi SHIRTS. FULL EVENING DRESS| oy | x << 7 ehgge Bows. Neckwear, Sc For one whole day— All of a baby's beauty ts due to fat, and nearly all _Mon's Requisite: for Pvening Wear.—— x é x mine Ore — slong day—TOMOR- LADIEW' SWISS RIBBED WooL com. | Some of the different dovertineatt, tore you any x etree x HINATION SUTTS— Natural avd White-NOW = ‘morning ‘til latetnto i ‘What plumpnoss has todo with health is told ins . @ ofclock Saturday | the evening — our RE SILK COMBINATION Suir sai Serr sare. VING:; sent { Biack-NOW 8675 for A ER ongaT s-poLtar ©" a Uttle book on CAREFUL LY sent free. ates & with De. rise sige’ c cosas “CHILDREN. SWISS RINBED COMBINA. x GRADE of BOT = ‘Would you rather be healthy or beautiful? ‘Both’ TION SUTES—White and Natural coior—NOW ape ee €1 0 for size 3—with only 10c. rise. x curcaeaveres: x ae ree sa = COATS will be yours = — rows x oO To gic .. to choose trom at ee x$3.65« SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 182 South 5th ave., HT MERINO VESTS with Pad hasnt iiinien x et lace " n NO nev Swiss [BRED VESTS ana | ; H PANTS. heary wright» 00. each SOW | Cras & a ee Olin ee Tas | Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Lape SWISS RIBBED WOOL VESTS, u x . z with PANTS to mateb—Natural and White— Hausa. # BREASTED Otl—aif drugytste everywhere do. 61. ware #1 NOW NS conte each. ils, * LONG PANTS G = Tho store willbe open a halt day © 8H | race SUIT—13to1byr, VOT SALE. | ee En Trt neste, pemmaaagin pe mrcnroay TS EVERY DOUBLE- x M™. INstows sooriixa #yRUP 8 a ee = BREASTED x Has been nsed for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS Ea tun axa WOOL, MIXED EQUESTRIAN a : Hook g = of WOTHE for thelr CHILDREN WHILE TEE ee “anee oe u SHORT PANTS ING swith PERFEOT SUCCESS, It SOOTHE the ~tt ne nan e } a x suir-atesa re. x CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN, eee - . OURES WIND COLIC and ts the best remete for pinion: u every stxote. ¥ X | Dranana@a Sold driest avary nt ot the | ae f 5 Be sure and ask for “'Mra. Winslow's Sooth- Hl panast ep * 93.652) re petulant” Lomeces Crm" & Anime Hi sort pants * * ca hae SW AHION FoR LADIES BLACK sod WHITE, ALL mak Mounted OE H SUIT_Sto 16 yre x saat er Bug = ‘uneves sca | Se eee EVERY Two. - Daist. aud a A Oe Now Unmounted Sereens Oni PIEGE SHORT - : a WS ALUMINUM YQrane. Lie eek : z RANTS svrr— x EW CGNea: WARE hueckantiong | Oak Mounted Screens, CEH AS a " 3 to 14 yeary OUIT SALE. NAL aud natural colors THER (Ak LaP OF u EVERY THREE- = . 1 NOW-—with rise of 2 Car Le Ht iar iontied as : mote & a surr u Ss silver-plated. Silver-plated ware eventit Stites: i PANTS strT— ally tarnisies and “‘Aluuinam" docs not x “Ala: ts 0 bly lighter, Is more Fr M ice gen ce ae nee cae Los ortenea readily wo ked into shapes and is also inore : eS - a] xX) xX every suxion X Gurabie. The best feature of “Alumina” oes Lene ceived another « ° ox - rc bi pris a oot DRAWERS. Kr EE cle Honey Soil Out Bad Room S4H|*$3.65% surrstessam 78.60%] yar le, ts taezommieenec tor etthourh cms EH Seiten which went off so vastly a gan) % X every ves X = about Aaly te price. | We aro frat to introduce = MEAVY-v oe preg p itin Washington. Our importation embrac: DEAWERS REDUCED Sit beasy vi & oe nS cee = SUIT—4to 10 years = Bon Bon Boxes and Dishes, Nocklaces, Brace: . EH railwed oueantdnished with vee. SEH X every pores lets, Jewel Cases, Card Casns, Com uid Brast MEN'S NATURAL WOOL SHIRTS and Pa teing SEH x = Cases, Purses, Cigarette and Clear Casas, DRAWERS NOW 61 ae Cana ee OVERCOAT— Match Safes, Toothpick Holders, Indi- DRAWERS. Norfolk and Sew re Sen aaa: Wises sree eee Now #1.Sseech fh Oxy $17.50. Sei Serr SALE gveny cape Stir satz.| Rings, Wine and Water Sots, Buiter I WOOL OL SSeac | Envelo} ‘ irrore, Di : EG tone eccmmaacie tee! |= aioe, - = Mit awl be ead a eevestonay fo Cc ww": Su whe cf GA Siher of tes cee x EVERY STYLE x prices juce this most - EI suitesare fully worth $25 and will © Ss : k a . : CHILDRENS WIS TER-WEIGHT Woor LE HE cost you that price elsewhere. oe OF SUIT AND R. Naruaxsos. 815 71u. VEST=. PAN KAWERS can eS] X x overcoats: X Xx 26-1 ee = 5 2 ex A = » cfu Cane & Hanorse, Sta XX marked 85-0 XX Waar ANEALETTES and D} can b fase ta wi SH comastuaxprsts sw. SEH] -X into thie x i . coop, _ | EdvUCeCEECECECeecececececececoceésCE x 0. x I; Hee eee ene | ARRAS 4080 EER RREREERRERASERERERAR = ne a i anges Se macinnparroedl S222) | Med AHeHeMME : D a Wiss oe ri ae Surr save. Ss Sorr sanz, | | FURNITUKE—CARPETS—OR DRAPERIES— ‘ {Tue Price ~ Speciat i ee an opportunity y = s IMPORTANT— = Sa ‘ Ww Suro x akon it lief feature. Poor dentistry is in- = sae ; Hat fin wate ua, Wesolicit your patronace = For : ls Tur = of our work. That the prices are hres ides to veperter Satttsanttie | x) x $3.65. ee ae Pe cesrapiiity. In Dentistry tin 2 Er xSQR5x far experts, with every improved ap- | * $3.65 $3.65 —Why don’t you go ahead aud buy? > ee et 1's like singing an es The cash? Pra camper aan | ee ey ee Sere a ee fascia Yom ‘ = pa they can do it with less pain follows, x x “NINTH AND THE AVI = . | : ail join in ths chorus . EQUITABLE CREDIT SYSTEM ts as good rast aan saa i 5 abank account to you. Don't judge it by of praise of our 5- ~ count to a | x x 1 3S ‘our own—oF anybody's else—experience with Scrr sare, MF velues. TH Soy gare | ™ = seanon they are vs other ‘*part payment” plans. | : Peatin * 1.00 = richer than ever— = OURS is # HELP—not a hindrance. We don't Filling with Gold. according to size. Be because we’ < tieyou all up in legal bow-knots, Itis simply ee Eee ees ha wi plain understanding between us that you will 5 bought whole facto- : 3 ies fall of lines that ‘ pay a little at the time you purchase— Us. D A en ee eee x x : GEE +8. Vextar Assocraty | x BB3.G5x ST BMP HOM e Gog Gs | amt we eave it to you whether tt sha ee —— ae at—-46-47 anderen "27" ou weekly of monthly curtailings of the balance. | = Tes. za $8 —and squeezed 4 Just remember that the weakest man in the j x i I D = them into our 3 = World candifta ton of coal—bueketful at atime, Cot Qneey Our Dies seine Gants. | —— a dollar variety. Now i That's what an EQUITABLE CREDIT SYS- itistadacen Che tassh ai ahidioee aeniusnticn = here they are—of- - TEM dose—maies easy lifts of what would ' so combined with chalk as to form a Denti- Surr sare. {04 9 y0u forless Gory gare otherwise be burdens. : five tha’ ts at once preserving, cleansing | = than the cost of the eS Acchoice here is made from a complete stock. * | and delightfully frasrant. = cloth that they are ‘ aos cuts a bottle x me of = | Made and sold only by x > g x } meee For Your x's Horse W. 8. THOMPSON, face aa = | x$3.65x Cuorce- x $3.65 re Pharnacist, x x Pas eee x ORDA’ 1-3 703 15th st. x on SaTURDAY x he ee = = Hens: os | «pon NEWS: AT STINEMETZS. x x V“BUt NESS! AT SHSEMETZS: x x extra hich 390 bieke Corset Cover, teiuaned With torchem ac Snisied with ribbon, MO; Peoos. ave. aw. (Telephone 1414) AWS ELECTORAL HAS A ana nerve toute and ap- | h uervousuens. eet. | digestion Will derive more | {os most palatavie and a Seaecrea r ot, whtin sick va ‘Th =. Phyvicians prescribe it. For | aa THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, _D. ©, FRIDAY! DECEMBER 30, 1892, —$ a A KAUFMAN, x x MOP PA AVE. NL Ww. x x x Sor sare. x$3.65x Scrr saz Serie g%, f x x x x BR z < x TO ALL OTHER BR oDt DOD = = MEDICINES FOR x a por. wits bine x x PURIFYING TRE BLOOD 2 Ky TEVERMIL ell gt aon v-Sarcrvay, | ¥ 83.65% wok steRSs X$3.65%) — axp arsrommse tae Pen Cexr Orr | X «x Low Pnices es XX Rg a WE quoie. ss HEALTH AND x You Bey went Fou purchase in you = x STRENGTH. ant . x nee x (ART MENT = To Srrep Ss missas PART ME S . 3 on UIT SALE. UIT SALE. iment " Sansarantia Ovk Diese Fit waING DEPARTMENT 18 THE ‘Otere€0 Per € ne ovr UeiNEr DEPARTMENT Meare IO ier Cent SE8O8 bE ARI MENT va 10 Per Cent Ty Veer Rippon Yeo Per Cent ys DEPARTMENT ovr & Orr co} oor STANDARD SPECIFIC FOR SCROFULA, CATARRH, RHEUMATISM AND Gur stock of Sealvitn Keefer, Jackets Capes, Fur Cs feck Searts. Mufts, Surr sare. me men tome Surr sane. ordered and now equally ay desirable x 214.25 SUIT SALE. x “pleut lls o” Soalshin Reeters from | X—— Whats to be done X 5 00, x about it—must be x breeder oni ty, el gree Oe A Cat gies Met Mewsy sn) x 33. GHX matwindsttan x S3.65x Wewciewe se supply Balt the} XX x RES A se | > Sue Aw | 3 415 ISTH ST. NeW azo x Compasy, x x x Scrr sate. First—iast—ana ati Surt SALE. f, ENGRAVED and PLAIN, x the time Leadere, x . In an ep the table. x cn = a . } YTTERY ND ORCELAIN, Decorated, snd white, x PENN. AVE. AND x - cn < x 7TH STREET. x Steenixe Suvex PRES, SPOONS: LADLES x x x other useful articles, > ATED ARE Or the best clase in everything suitable for | Douseheep ing. Koreurs U-exsns. Pull sock constantly om hand. ‘Thans ine on gn ty ee 7 during the past season, we bo: @ to stil Geeeeve" thei conten and serve them better ih the future M. W. Bevenivor. 1215 F Ax 1214 G Sx. ear DECSEESXESS. OR THE LIQUOR HABIT Posi. cured sect PAAEE Snes Speihee x x pe x «x x$3.65 *$3.65x *$3.65* x x 3. xox x x x erly se by Tie Sete ee atta Bo icteeieee Vas General sgunce to Ue sad Goad asm WALKER SONS. 208 10TH ST. ¥. Ww. ‘Secon Vie Lita, Fale, Slabevee: . 1920 N Sx N.W = Tse Wannex Suoz House, 1115 F ST. N.W. Has struck a snap this timeenre. Just re- ceived a large lot of Ladies’, Boys’ and -Youths’ Oxford Ties and Slippers at less than half price. We are offering them as follows: ‘Wéc. for Boys’ Slippers worth $1.75. $1.35 for Ladies’ Patent Leather Oxfords ‘worth @3.50. $1.80for Ladies Freach Kid Opera Toe Suppers worth 82.75. $1.00 for Boss’ Straight Goat Oxfords worth 82.50. Alsoone lot of Ladies’ French Kid High Button Shoes at $2.95 worth 96.00. (Men's French Patent Calf Suocs, Bais and for $3.75, which were made up to sell for 6.00. Taz Wannex Suoz Hovse, 1115 F Srazer N. W. Ro corr or ruaruatesd : — les ii 9§ 2d EDITIO RESCUED FROM DEATH Brave Efforts of Firemen Save Many | Lives. _ RS REM JUDGE MAYNARD'S COMMISSION SIGNED ians’ Yesterday's Explosion the Pari Topic of Interest. A BIG TELEGRAPH DEAL. SCENES OF WILD EXCITEMENT, Burning of a Four-Story Tenement at Cin- cinnath. Crxorsxatt, Onto, Dec. 30.—The four-story brick building at the corner of 4th and Elm streets caught fire from #ome unknown cause at an early hour this morning. The lower floor was unoccupied, but the upper part of the building was occupied by colored families. Amd scence of wild excitement the firemen succerded in getting all out in safety. During the work of rescue all sorts of rumors regarding lows of life were current. Walter Hawes, a young colored man, was seen to jum, from the top of the burning building, but it was found that he landed on the roof of ‘an ad- Joining house without serious injury. The fire was extinguished, but not until the building was gutted. The ‘loss will not be heavy, as preparations were being made to tear the building down. e FACTORY GIRLS REACURD. Crrvetaxn, O10, Dec. 30.—Fire this fore- noon damaged the Cleveland glass fixture fac- tory.at the corner of Bond und Rockwell to the building, which is owned by Col. John Hay, will amount to #5000. Three girls, who were working on the fourth floor, were ‘over- come by smoke and fainted. Firemen reacued them with considerable difficulty. The fire was tho result of spontaneous combustion. > LEASED BY THE POSTAL. Control of the Commercial Union Telegraph Company Transferred. Boszox, Dec. 30.—A telegram received here from C. E. Arnold, president of the Commer- cial Union Telegraph = Company, says: “The lewse of the Commercial Union Telegraph to the Postal Telegraph has been completed and the papers were. signed Decem- ber 28th. The lease is for 99 vears from’ Janu- | ary Ist, 1492, and the terins are six per cent to the commercial company on its capital stock. ~ PARIS DISCUSSING IT. rian ‘The Explosion Yesterday Morning the Talk of the Town. Pants, Deo. 30.—The explosion yesterda the prefecture of police is still discussed in the cafes and other places of public resort, There is some doubt in the public mind as to whether the outrage was the work of anarchista, Some people, and nota few, claim that the anarchists, though they like to take to thent- selves the credit or diseredit of baving caused the explosion, had nothing to do with the | affair, declaring that the outrage was due to | persona! spite on the part of a discharged employe. Whatever the truth of the matter, the an- archists have taken udvantage of the occasion to issue a manifesto couched in blatant Jand ferocious style of — those usual jdocuments. The wrongs of the people, fire, blood and dynamite are expatiated upon at length, but the substance of the mani- | festo is that the time hax come for the people | to rise in their might und strike for freedom. | Striking for freedom in the anarchist style, | Bowever, is not apt to occur just at present, a: the pol y Fecesses and are carefully searching for hidden dynamite or other bombs. ‘the Eclair today publishes an interview with Lonise Michel, the aged anarchiat,who is now in London. She declared that she did not know the | suthors of the explosion at the prefecture, but |she thought it a good piece of work. "She regretted that higher officials had not been present when the explosion occurred, as they might have been killed. Their deaths, she thonght, would be a blessing to the people. The Eclair adds that it is the intention of | Louise to go to Chicago shortly to. spread the anarchist propaganda. Gov. Flower Signs His Commission Despite © Lawyers’ Protest. An#any, N. Y., Dee. 30.—Gov. Flower has signed the commission of Insane H. Maynard as associate judge of the court of January I next to succeed the He | Andrews, who has been elected chief | the court. The Romantic Marriage of to Col. 0, P. Johnson, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CreveLaxn, Onto, Dec. 30.—Col. Oliver P. Johnson of Washington yesterday applied for a license to wed Miss Rachel Owen of Racine, Wis, Col. Johnson is a tall, fine-looking man, with a distinct military bearing and about fifty years of age. ‘The bride was a fine-looking woman of about twenty-eight vears. “She'sa brave woman,” said Johnson, with a tender sinile at his brid®, ‘The match is a little on the runaway order. She wud she would meet me half way and #o she left Racine and traveled alone to this city and I came from the capital.” | ibe wedding took place at the home of the | bride’s sister, Mrs, Mary Weal, 1163 Superior street, at noon yesterday. The colonel was happy und wanted every one to know it. before he left the court house he wrote his name and address, also that of the young Indy, and headed it, “Very Romantic.” "This slip he left for the reporters, Western Lady > — GOLD EXPORTS WILL STOP soON. Secretary Foster Reiterates That There is No Cause For Alarm, Fostoria, Onto, Dec. 30,—Secretary Foster, who is here for a week, reiterated today his be- lief that the outtlow of gold will stop soon and that there is no cause for alarm. “How about the repeal of the Sherman bill?” he was asked, “A good many banks are clamoring for the repeal as a means of stopping the exports of gold, and tempora- rily it might have that effect. “But our pur- chases of silver have added 120,000,000 to the currency of the country. Suppose we had not jut thut much money into circulation. Would Exebanks of the country bees prosperons es they are now?” ‘But wouldn't the repeal of the silver pill have the effect of stopping the mining of tilver?” “I might. In that case it might be a good thing to let the two metals have achance to come together eguin. “How about the romor that you will take the presidency of New York bank at the expira- tion of your term?” “That is all bosh. Ihave been requested to lend my name to a number of concerns at lucrative salary. Iprefer private life for a while. I will make my home in Fostoria when _—— oe ORIPPLED BUT NOT BROKEN. ‘Wayland, Trask & Co., It is Believed, Will Resume. New York, Dec, 30.—The examination of the) apec- ulations of Theodore Baldwin, s member of the firm, is xoidg on today gna is not likely to be completed before tomorrow. streets, to the extent of $10,000. The damage | are closely guarding out of the way | NO CLUE YET FouND. ‘Sti Looking for the Authors of the Dablin Explosion. Dvarrx, Dec. $0.—The walls of the offices in Exchange court, the scene of the explosion on Saturday last, have been found to be so badly damaged by the shock of the explosion that the buildings are not believed to be habitable. At (Midnight last night it was feared that the tive office would fall, detectives, who were asleep, were awakened and everybody left the building as quickly as possible. This morning tif w are being shored up, and an examination will be made to decide ‘whether they can be re- paired, There are no new developments in the case, and no clue bas been foun of the outrage. eae LANE SEMINARY'S POLICY. Approaching a Crisis in the Case of Prof. Smith. Cixorxwatt, Onto, Dec. 30.—The Lane Sem- inary tronble is approaching a crisis, It is not Mpossible that resort will soon be had to the civil courts fora scttiement of the difficulty growing out of the Smith case There ina teen will, at d meeting, boldly de- Gide to retain Prof. Smith in his present’ post- tion. Such a defiance of the jndgment of the Presbytery will doubtless result in an ultimate sppeal to the civil courts by the opposition. It is claimed that the charter of the institution under which the endowment wus secured, pro- vides tbat no one shall serve ak a professor in the seminary who ts not a member of the Pres- byterian Church in good standing. Acaiaesis “inter OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX, Alarm at Akron, ©., Over the Report of Four Cases Today. Acros, Ou1o, Dec. 30.--There is much ex- citement over an outbreak of smallpox, four Pronounced cases in different parte of the city having been reported this The victims are ali men employed in the stove foundry of Taplin Rice & Co. Last week a tramp, whose face was cov- ed with blotches, hung around the foundry and two hundred workmen were exposed, More cases are expected. Itigid quarantine meas- ures are being taken. a DOWN ON THE BORDER. News of the Seventh. Lanepo, Tex., Dec. 30.—Advices have just reached here of an near the Starr and supposed by er murder committed pata county lines, it is Mexican bandita, A party of horsemen rode up to a%s ranch and inguired for Genfflo Gonzales, the son of the ranchman. ‘The father rv id that the boy was not there and the horremen appa | rently rode off. Aw soon as thé father thought they Rone he started from the house, He went into an outhouse neur by when he wasshot down by a volley from the darkness. The young man, who was called for, it is said, was instru- mental recently in giving useful informa tion to the United States troops now the field, and it thought that the bandits thought that they were __ killing him when they shot his father. No clue as to the | personnel of the bushwhackers was secured. and after the shooting they immediately rod off, leaving the dead mau near his door, sur. rounded by his weeping wife and little children. Three companies of the seventh United States cavalry, with camp supplies, forage, &c., have left Laredo for the lower county. Company G, twenty-third infantry, will prob- ably lea: from Carrizo, SENATOR ALLISO! *S RETURN. Too Early to Say Anything About the Con- ference. New Your, Dec. 30.—Senator Allison, Secre- tary Hale and Mr. Morgan, the representatives of the United States at the monetary conference in Brussels, arrived on the steamship Labn this morning. *, What about the monetary conference, Sena- tor,” asked a reporter. “Well, I should like to tell you all I can, but lit is a subject which requires considerable thonght and to say anything now would be al- most impossible.” You see, we bave adjourned until the 20th of May and therefore it is too early to say anything about the results as yet.” Appointed Richmond Terminal Receivers. New York, Dec. 30, 1892.—Judge Lacombe in the U. S. circuit court this morning ap- pointed Frederick W. Huidekoper of Washing- ton, and Reuben Foster of Baltimore, receivers for the Richmond Terminal Railroad’ Company in this state. They havealready been appointed in that ca- pacity by the U.S. court for the eastern dis- trict of Virginia. —.___ Implicated in the Homestead Poisoning. Prrtspure, Pa., Dec. 30—There have been informations made against several other per- sons implicated in the poisoning of the non- union workmen at Homestead. > EVERYTHING WENT CHEAP. Sale of the Captured Property From Police . Headquarters. About seventy people attended the sale of seized and forfeited effects in the hands of the police this morning at an anctioneer’s shop on Pennsylvania avenue, There wasn'ta woman in the crowd. The buyers were mostly junk | dealers, and everything that was not wanted by | anybody else was taken by » man from Alexan- | dria, Altogether the sale brought in a trifle more than $150, though the casual and inexperi- enced observer would not have appraised the Jot at £1.50. Some Jead pipe brought $2.60. silk ekirt 5 cents, a hat 5 cents, a beer keg with faucet 30 “cents, a penknife 25 cents, 8 dog collar and two pairs of mittens 15 cents, a bracelet 10 cents, a watch ¥2.75, a fountain pen 50 cents, two spoons 10 cents, a silver fork 45 cents. a pipe 5 cents, a pair of spectacles 5 cents, a basket of coal 10 cents and a lot of “snide jewelry,” 60 advertised, 15 cents, —— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. PROMOTIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Upon the recommendation of Chief Parris of the fire department the Commissioners today ordered that the following promotions and appointments in the department be made, ta take effect Januagy 1. 1893, subject to the usual twelve months’ probation: Assistant Foreman John A. Walsh to be foreman, Fireman Henry Lambert to be engi- neer, Private K.R. Allen to be hostler. and Joseph V. Riley, J. M. Wooster. Thdinas J. Boyd, Chas. E. Schrom, John Daly and John KR. Harris to be privates, Conrad Reinhard to be fireman, vice Lambert, promoted: John 8. McMahon to be private, viee Reinhard: Richard 8. Reed to be private. vice Walsh; William H. Long to be private vice Allen. The nine men first named will form engine company, No. 9, Then the house to be ooeupted by U street between 17th and N m ave- nue northwest is completed, which will be about the lst of next June. sucha ea Ree Pensoxat.—Charles D. Barrett and J. H. wwairk, N. J., C. P. Ray of Richmond and W. R. Ayres of Salem, N. J., are at Willard’s,—— E 8. Coopet of Harris, Pa. JH. Hendricks of Spring |, Mass., C. H. Baughman of Fred- Sra, Wh and atl’ Becaetet or ie are at the Randall._W. E. Scott of Pennay vania, R. B. McWilliams ‘of Philadelphia, J. Price of Massachusetts, James New York, G. R. Butler of Baltintore and S. ‘Ward of Newark, N.J.,are at the Ebbitt —J. A. Potts of Mexico, Mo., D. H. Bergh of Sam uel Griffith of ‘and to the perpetrators | morning. | an | ‘or’ New Laredo, some twenty miles | McCormack of New York, S. A. Ward of | IN WALL STREET Topar. ‘The Market Opened With Higher Prices, a Gold Shipments Caused a | ne. New Yon, Dec. 90.—Higher prices were the Tule at the stock exchange this morning, the failure of Wayland, Trask & Co, not having the | slightest effecf¥ on the market at the opening. | The great feature Manhattan elevated, | which sold up to 152 owing to the non-suc- | Cees of yesterday's underground franchise sale, Cordage common was better supported and advanced 1 per cent to 138%, in the first ten | minutes of business. The anthracite coalera, grangers, Gould and Vanderbilt shares were ali | somewhat Ligher. H After 10.0 clock the stock market develo wenkness, owing to the an Kubu, Loeb & Company had et £500,000 FoX4 for shipment to Earope by the steamship Normandie. The shipment is due to tl scarcity of bills and th rate for demand « The foreign exchange market is fully 1-32 higher than at the tiose yesterday. The re- ported gold shipment started a selling ment of fair proportions in stock« and a gen-| eral decline ensued. Manhattan fell to 140, | Delaware and Hudson declined 13x to 18354, | New York and Northern, 3 to 27; Chicago gas, | 5% to 8994, and the remainder of the list k to 34 per cent. At 11 o'clock the market was steadier. Money opened at 5 per ceut bid and is working closer. Nesnlage, Colgate & Co. will ship 100,000 ounces of silver by the steamship Saale, sailing for Europe tomorrow. During the next hour stocks bave ruled easier without any particular pressure to «ell, The engagement of the amall amount of gold, pre- viously reported, checked the rising tendeney which’ characterized —_ specu lation “yesterday. The bear interest is not active by any means and the recession in values is due entirely to the disposition on the part of small operators on the long side to close at thei yeak. The sales of listed stock up to noon were 123,232 shares and of unlisted stocks 98,701 shares. Money on call is firm at 6 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 5 and 6. Sterling exchange ix | steady, with actual business in bankers bills at 48534 and 54 for sixty days and 43755 and % for | deman: | Posted rates, 4.86 and 4.8819; commercial bills, 4.843sa4.85 and 4.874.874. The clearing house statement for today is as follows: Ex- changes, €116,618,954; balances, €5,673,573. | Bar silver, 823,. Government bonds bave been firmer. State bonds have been neglected. Railroad bonds have been firm. > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opa: the New York Stack Mark ire te Corson & Ma Name Reading. % Rich. Ter’: . te 1 2 196 110K os i BN Sst Washingten Steck Exchanee. gular call, 12 o'clock m.: Met. R.R. at 134; $198.0 at 1035. West End Nat » 1 at 10sy.” W. and G. R., 8 at 300, Government Bonds—-U. S. 4s, registered, 1987, 113 bid. U4 asked U.S 4s, coupons, 1987. 14 bid. 115 asked. District of Columbia Bunds—2oyear fund, 58, 1699, gold, 1 bid, — asked. Water stocks, 7s, currency, 1901, 18% Bid, — asked. st-year fund. 63, Goid, 192, 110 bid, — asked. Water stock, 78,1903, | Currency, 120 bi ind, cur- Tency, 113 bid. 848 Teg. dite, 18y8- a oe ae iscellaneous Bonds—Washington and - town Railroad Convertible ia, iis) bia. eas asked. Masonie Hall Association Sa, 106% | bid, ‘a, 3904, 95 Lid, — asked. Washington fifintey 2d fa, vig bid, asked. “Waal ington « Compaiy, series A, 6s, “122 bid,— asked. Washing- ton Gas, series B, 68, °128 bid, — asked. Washi ton Gas’ Co. Convertible Eckington ‘Kallroad Ga, peake and Potomac ‘Telephone fm. — bid, 103 ‘asked. Capitol and North © Street Railroad ist 5s, 1921, 108 bid, —asked. Metropolitan Rail Toad Convertible 6s, 104 bid, — asked. U.S. Electric Light Convertible Ss, — bua, American Security and ‘Trust 5s, 1905, A. & O., 109 asked. | American Security and Trust’ 5a, 1905, F. & A., 109 bid, —asked. American Securit and ‘Trust 3s, 1906, 4. & G., iw vid, — asks Wasuington Market Co. imp. 6s, 110 bid, — asked. Washington | Market Co. exten. 8. 103 id, — asked. Washington Market Co. ist 6s. 1892-191, 108 bid.—asked. Anacostia Kallroad 68, 1901,— bid.1073 asked. National Bank Stocks—Bank of Washington, 375 bid. — asked. Bank ef the Republic. 270 bl asked, Metropolitan, 285 bid. — asked. Centra’, 300 9 bid. — asked. Second, 160 bid, — asked. Farm- ers 1d Mechanics’, 199 bid. — asked. Citizens. id, — asked. ‘Columbia, 160 bid. 165 asked. ‘apital,125 old, — asked. West End, 1085, bid. 110% ts’, 117 bid, 125 asked. Lincoln, 160 300 bid, — as Metropolitan, 72 bid, $4 asked. Kock Creek, 100 bid, — asked. insurance Stocks — Firemen's, 44 bid, 50 asked. Franklin, 47 bid, 5! asked. — Metropoiit National Union, — bid. 19 asked. Arling- ton, id, 185 asked. Corcoran, — bid, — asked. Coluinbla, 14% bid, — asked. Riggs z People's, °5% bid, — askea. asked. 3% bid, — German-American, — bid, — asked Poto- bid, — asked. Title Insurance Stocks—Columbig Title, * bid, ig asked. Gas and Flectric Light Stocks—Washington Gax, 45% bid, 45% asked. US Electric Light, 135 bid, — asked. | Georget wn Gas, 45 bid. —asked. Telephone Stocks — American Graphophone. 2 bid.2- asked. Chesapeuke and Potomac.az bid, 5036 asked. Pennsylvania, 33 bid. — asked, Miscellanesus Stocks — Waskington Market, — bid, —asked. Great Falis lee, — bid, — asked. Bull Ruw Panorama, 15 old, —asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .65 bi asked. Lincvin Mall, 63 bid, — asked. “Interocean Bullding, 50 bid, 100 asked. Ivy City Brick, — bid. 90 asked. Safe Deposit aud Trast Companies—Waskington Loan and Trust, 135 bid. 140 asked. American | Security and ‘Trust. — bid, 185 asked. “National Safe Deposit aud Trust Co. — bid, 184 asked. EX. div. inn ere Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Dec 30.—Flour dull, unch: —receipts, 7,102 barrels; sales, 650 barrels, Wheat firm: 75%ai5%.; December, 75\ai February, 77 bid; May, 30% Ted, 70sa71—receipts, "41,261 buskel; shipments, 60,000 bushels; stock, 1,375,989 bushels; sales, 217,- eee bushels. Milling wheat, by sample, 7éa77: Cora tirm—mix bushels, Dash | pusmels: ‘corn, by sample, 48849; yellow corn. by sample, 49a5!. Oais mixed” western, asabsiy-—recelpts: 2.000 usbeis, Westera, stock, 115,43; bushels, Kye GulNo 2 hom nal—receipts, 1,200 bushels; stock, 145,342 bush- contracts. At noon the market was | — asked. Washington Light Infantry ist. mort- | ‘yal Absolutely are Pure A cream of tartar hakine power Wichest of allte Jewwenine strencta.—Lates! United Slates Gener mem! Brod heper? ROYAL BAKING POWDER ©0.. 108 Wall et..%. Y A CHRISTMAS MURDER, A White Man Shot at Duke's Wharf The Baltimore and Dram Point Kail Corresrom tence af The Ermine Star. Urren Maxunono’, Mo., Dee, 29, 1892 TRE STAR s rep resentatt had an interne Yesterday evening with « Mr. Howard © | Calvert county, who grve the details of a a der in that county on Saturday night le Duke's wharf near Prince Pre an wharf is a favorite resort for the ovster tongers and dredgers, and they congregate there in great nambe pend their money «1 dulge in card games and gambling gene As it was Xmas eve there was plenty of * Juice” to ve had, which bad been sent down om the steamers plying the river cond | of course than usual was on ha cole weave } Xmas and drinking and gambling, cnrsiny- and swearing was indulged in to a gocat ont The principals in the murder were « w | named John T. Reed, a dredger. and a | man—another dredger—nanied oe at A larger Wm | Reed was about twenty years Willet ie about ntF-One veare old | men became invoived ina quarrel over | trifling matter w could not be learne. it was thought that it grew out of a © cards. It t+ said that Reed etr | whereupon Willet drew bis revolver | thirty-two-calibre cra-hing | Reed's brain and be died early on Stn morning. Reed was nconscivus from the | be was shot until he died. A doctor wi p th moned und rendered medical aid. Ax «o1n ax | Willet had shot Ree 1 became aware of b seriously be had we him be took ‘nigh | and hans The story of the tragedy s enre of the offcials until Monday, when a writ was | out for Willet, but be not be fi jon Tuesday ‘the cour om natontom alvert county offered a reward of £50 arrest and return to the sberitt county. The murderer ix about twen years old, chestr sred. about five inches tali, has thick curied upper ly large scar in forehead and weighs abe | pounds. All th Arundel, Charlies a: | Baltume Wash “ been notified and a +b tained f officers in thy 1 St. Mary's Ay Artest | for some tume it is hardiy possible that he will get awa | Mr. P. HL Darnal of Darnal, Anne Arundel | county, was driving bome on Chrietma | when suddenly his horse took f thing and threw Mr. Darnal out ground. He struck on the face and head wore bt at pded him and dresned nds and set the broken riba Mr. K. D. Hopkins of Bristol ent many relatives and frie «dinner. As has been predic in Tae Stan.the form- jere of Anne Arundel county im the » Bristol yesterday effected the onrge taxpayers’ assoc leers: Dr. B.A. Carr, | deli, vice president: Nhepberd, sects (and treasurer. and David Shepherd, as as | secretary and treasurer, It is the object of thi | axsociation to reduce, if posible, the taxabin basis of property in forve, upon wich | they are at present paying a tax tate which | they claim ie far im excess of what w reasonable rate und what they should pa | They ciaim that unlew the tax rate is jew tained hie son Christmas day at mmumsowns Vim a that some of the large land owners, the m-nemed value of whose property is @ouble waat it should be, will be compelird to suspend opera- | tions. In that section the new assessment law would be heralded with great joy, and it is be hoped that Gov. Brown will not pocket the ‘assessment bill this time. M. Vernon Bunnell left here yesterday for ore, where he will inke « position on January 1, 1893, with J.W. Bond & Co. as bookkeeper. Mr. Bunnell is gradaste of Bryant & Stratton’s Business Coliege, Balti- more, and is well fitted for the position. isa mad dog scare im Anne Arundel county and dogs are being killed regardieas of age, color, sex or value. The towns in the county and the country at large could well af- ford to spare nine dogs out of every ten. THE DRUM POINT RAILROAD, Rumor has it that work will be commenced again on this road at some day in the near future and that its completion is only a matter of time, There is not much reliance placed in these rumors, but «uel if the prosent owners ‘er intend doing anything more apon the rood it is very nearly time they were being beard from. It ix not very encouraging to wes euch a Yast amount of work going to ruin and w think that nearly eighty of the road ix graded and was atone tine in good conditwn, wita the ties lying along the line and the | steel ordered, and today there is not a te on. the line, they having The vailing Impression that the Baltimore and Dram Polat’ Betirend Conponr because the legislature of iv? failed to extend its charcer, ie without foundation. This road would have unquestionably been finished had the company secured fron Baltt- more city the appropriation of line is all graded from Drum Point, county, to a point ii | near Millersville, « Anne Aran. 9 tance of nearly eighty miles. The work was done by Mesrs, Hodgers & Clements of New York, and bridges, culverts and drains and everything was done in first class style. They erected many fine bridges on the line and put in rome culverts, all of which will stand for many years to come. Many splendid farms in Calvert and Anne Arundel counties were ruined by this railroad, ont the people wanted it and were willing to sacrifice ‘most anything to get it. Each of these counties sunk $150,000 in the rond and today they aaven't got the first red cent from it. The bed of thin els, May quiet. to choice timothy, 14.508 "nomi oa ie unchanged. in 4 i | Butter frmey—rolla, fine, 2%: 16ai7. Mrmcf rect, Storecpacked, jis; No fn. Sugar arm ed, per firm—refined, 11qalliy. BALTIMORE. Dec. 30.—Virginta console, threes, | 18% asked; Northern Central stock, T0aTz; Balti: mote amdUhio Soutawestern third incomes, 8319 Consolidated gas bonds, 116 bid; do. stocks, S535 Chicage Markets. 8.50; May, é —— an THE IMPROVEMENT CONTINUES. That is the Answer Given to Inquirers Register Amociation and owner of the great trotter Kremlin, has been nettled by the many ‘Statements of Inte relating to his.fadare to record in the American Kegister the two 20TH Performances of Stamboul, allegedly because of the fact that his own stallion Kremlin bas @ record of 2.075, which would be blotted out. Allen now says that his horse Kremlin will be Prepared next season to mect any trotting siak hon on the earth, and as Alien is a man of busi- eas, this is an excellent opportunity fo- Harri