Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1892, Page 15

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So most momentous political campaigns in its | Pennsyiva: | hurled men into eterni | Wealth coubined eannot | the « | fourth distri | year « total of 7: orphans. | numbers and the west and northwest were | | fro: | passed an act authorizing retaliation on Cana- tohand they will unquestionably prove the Visitation of 1892 to have been among the most deplorable that has ever befallen the human race. Yet the year bas been rich in beneficent Reformers have been active every- fighting abuses and stirring up indolent istrations. The year has witnessed the ion of an enterprise at Chicago that rpass anything of the kind ever held. This country has passed through one of the} tory ina manner that has been a credit to the repnblie and the highest indorsement of republican institutions. On the other hand, the feeling of unrest has broken out in this | country and Europe in the form of strikes and | | riot. “The disciples of anarchy have been es- | pecially active in Europe and labor has been in | 1 number of conflicts in this country. | was the theater of the greates war between labor and capital that has been | ce the great strike of 1877. The of divaster has been an unusually long Take those in mining. for instance. The % districts comprising the Lacka- | Wyoming valleys close the year with a gory list of underground tragedies which y, crippled others for le scores of widows and hundreds Ail the railroads of the common- | for the e aught in comparison to the misery pation of the mines. aines of the first, second, third and | s there have been recorded this | a 5 fatal, causing 89 wives to become widows, with | 287 orphaned children. bh the stri wa, 48 orphans. trict reports 196 accident! idows and 44 orphans, and the inspector of the district reports 240 accidents, 74 | being fatal. 36 widows and 122 orphans. | To | these might be added the report of inspector of | the district which embraces the mines of the Lehigh region, and showing 144 accidents, 39 proving fatal, and making 19 widows and 31 widows, second dis 13 third s at ‘The events of the year which stand out promi- | nently are the following: ‘The coming of the cholera. The Columbian celebrations. The election of Grover Cleveland. The pastage of the Chinese exclusion act. ‘The agreement to arbitrate the Bering sea dispu The Chilean incident. The retaliation on Canada. The Homestead strike. ‘The liberals’ nietory in England. ‘The famine in Russia. ‘The Milwaukee fire. I¥ concurs. The Fifts on January 4 last after the holiday recess and adjourned on August 5, was full of incident, especially in the fiouse wing. There were the debates on the new rules, on pensions, on the | various bills attacking the McKinley tariif | separately. the uproar caused by Representa- tive Tom Watson's wholesale charges about the drunkenuess of members, tae contest over the seat of the two gentlemen from the Elmira| distric |}. Rockwell and Mr. Noyes, and the | fight of the world’s fair people for an appro- priation. Although there was no posibility of bill reducing tariff rates going through the tthe ffouse devoted a large, part of g to tariff discussion. Campaign material in abundance was manufactured. A bit of sharp work was engineered in this direc- tion by the democrats, which caused a great protest at the time frdm the other side. It was the printing by five members as their speeches in the Kecord of five chapters each of Henry i Protection or Free Trade.” ‘The k was thus set up at government ex- pense and subsequent reprints were so cheap that they could be bonght in quantities at a cent a piece. The book was franked in large! flooded with copies during the ensuing cam- ign. "The Rockwell contest was interesting in that it brought Senator David B. Hill to the | front in an attempt to influence a decision favoracle to his friend, Maj. Rockwell. ‘Ihe committee on elections decided 7 to 1 in favor of Noyes, the republican. Universal interes was displayed in the fight, which was appar: ently to be a test of Senator Hill's ctrength His enemies claimed that although he bad suc. ceeded in shaping state legulation that was far different from directing events in the Congress of the nation. While the contest was in com- mittee an exciting meeting took place between Senator Hill and Representative O'Ferrail which caused widespread talk. Th with the House voting to seat the Senator's friond, inj. Rockwell. In ite attack on the tariff the House passed the free wool, free bagging, tin plate and lead ore bills, which did not come toa vote in the Senate, Canada had been discriminating against American vessels in tolls on the Welland canal and when the President called the attention of | Cougress to the matter both houses promptly | | | dian vessels in the Sault postponement the United States ‘would not ‘agree. Subsequently the President issued » proclamation authorizing retaliatory duties equal to those imposed by Canada. Early in April the House passed the G Chinese exciusion bill. When this reached Res a substitute was passed extending the ex- | isting-laws ten years. The result was obtained | only after a long fight, for there was much op- | position to the bill. Next to the fight for the world’s fair appro- | Priation the most interesting contest in Con-| | v e z 0 SS GRAND NATIONAL PRIZE of 16,600f, | x the Stewart free silver barely seraped through the | 25, and its friends seemed posi- | uive that it would pass the House. During’ the | iutervening three weeks an earnest campaign was made in ite bebalf, but when the motion | was at last made to consider it the House voted | 154 to 136 against ite consideration. It was an | exciting fight ended in un exciting manner. | Between the world’s fair bill and the anti- | option bill Congress was kept in session w August 5. Opponents of both measures did their best to prevent a vote, and nearly ex- hausted all expedients. The fight om the fair was over the sale of intoxicating liquors and | opening on Sunday. The Senate finally, by 21| | jected the anti-liquor condition and | sent the bill to the House, where, after a long | fight, the issue of 5,000,000 souvenir half dol- late for the fuir was authorized. The friends avd opponents of the anti- | option bill in the Senate agreed tocall it a dravn battle and to postpone the «ubject until December after the election. When Congress met in December the subject was at once taken up. Senator Hill introduced « bill to repeal the Sherman silver act of 1690 and Senator Chandler to suspend immigration for one year | from March 1 next. Nothing of moment’ oc- | gurred in the second session before the holiday recess. 18 FOREION LANDS. | teaseeeseun erent Ml Europe bas been | the success of the Gladstonians in England, se- | to grow in popularity, e ‘second Congress, which convened | | Mississippi valley and much loss was caused | caused by workmen trying to thaw out | and owing to ex-Secretary Whitney's general- il | A | October. uproar. President Carnot maintained a policy of ‘emness tempered with merey, and peace at onion he yee no yee? ey bio ot iformly ‘Russian stories tent of thelr suffering, so that relief did not come from other countries at once, but when America realized the state of things chip after ship was dispatched to Russia filled with grain for the pensants. ‘The vessels were received by the Russians with tears and the most profuse professions of gratitude, in which the czar him- self was pleased to join. One of the most important, though fruitless events of the year was the mission of Sir Charles Enan Smith to Tangier in order to establish commercial relations between the country and Europe, in to bave the export duties removed. Sir Charles was met by the sultan at Fez with evasion and finally attempted bribery. He thereupon withdrew in disgust. His efforts were watched by all Europe, for his saccess would haye been fraught with impor- tant results, As it is the country is probably shut out from commerce for many years. Germany has been agitated by the anarchists and the more violent socialists, but no serious outbreak has occurred. The czar and kaiser met at Kiel and affectionate greetings were ex: changed. The king and queen of Italy visited Berlin and were cordially treated and the kairer made trip to Vienna, where Francis Joseph warmly greeted him. ‘In only one direction has the kaiser had an opportunity to cast an apprehensive glance—at France. It is with French enmity in view that the kaiser and hin chancellor have set to work to increase the army's strength. He wiches to decrease the length of eervico required, but to increase the number of soldiers. In this attempt Caprivi is not meeting with the success that formerly crowned the efforts of Bismarck. Many need- less encounters between the soldiers and ci ens have occurred and thia has led to an order that hereafter sentries are to be armed only with blank cartridges. Bismarck seems daily He made a trip to son married to Coun- Vienna in Juhe to see hi toss Hoyos and was wel German town on his way. more and more self-reliant and petulant and the breach between him and the old chancellor grows wider. Denmark has begun a vast work—the reclan ation of the Zuyder Zee. Thousands of ac: will be reclaimed by dykes from the ses and a canal will be cut to the Rhine. On May 24 the king and queen celebrated their golden wed- ding amid the acclaims of their subject In Belgium the struggle for universal enf- frage,as yet in vain, has been the one im- portant event. Switzerland has held an international peace conference and has elected Dr. Chas. E. Schenck president. ‘There have been the usual disturbancee in rope and in the Pamirs, on the dae, it is asserted, to Russian in- fresh efforts to se- cure a national parliament and the right to send representatives to other countries, but in in, DISASTERS, ing of the Hotel Royal in New York, opposite Bryant Park, on February 7, was one | of the most terrible of the many sad events of | year. The hotel was a regular death trap. ‘The fire caught in the lower stories and sho! upward. It was about midnight and the board- ers who almost universally were registered under assumed names had settled into their first jeep sleep when the fire broke out. It was an old house and burned rapidly. How ntafiy lives | were lost will never be known. New Orl had two disastrous fires. Milwaukee lont $5,001 600, 10 lives, and 3,000 persons were left ho less, St. Johns, N. F., was nearly destroyed in Juiy; 15,000 were made and — $20,000,000 were —_ lost flames. St. Louis, Baltimore, Brooklynand Bay City, Mich., were visited by fires that each caused nearly a million dollar's damage. Abroad Christiansand, } was damaged on July 9 to the extent of over three millions; thousands were burned out in Tokio on April 10. ‘The most appalling disaster was the destruction by an avalanche of St. Gervais- les-bain riand, ‘Two hundred bodies were taken out in the debris, Mount Etna wi unusually violent, and lava overwhelmed eev- ral Sicilian villages and cost many lives in The most disastrous ocean disaster was the wreck of the Roumania off the Portuguese coast on October 28; 113 lives were lost. ‘The Louve was wrecked in the same gale off Finis- terre and 17 were drowned. In June the west- ern rivers were high and many lives in the by flood. Over 211,000,000 damage in and about St. Louis was done, Eight thousand persons were driven from their homes at Sioux City. Cyclones followed the floods in the prairie states and unusually severe storms prevailed on the great lakes. In one storm in November 25 seamen were lost. Mine disasters have b unusually frequent, the worst in this country being an explosion in a colliery in Washington on May 11 when thirty-five miners perished. This war outione by an explosion ina Welsh mine on August 26 when 150 lost their live: ‘There have been the usus! number of casualti | a- mite. tho most recent being the one in Brook- lyn December 28. Grade crossings have counted their victims by ‘aundreds, and the trolley wire has loved a shining mark. DOMESTIC POLITICS. When the year opened in neither political party did the indications point strongly enough in one direction for one to predict who would be the nominee, President Harrison had won the teem of the country, but the friends of Mr. re just as ardent asever. Mr. Cleve- land had lost ground in New York and Mr. Hill had gained. Tammany was agains: Mr. Clev jand us it was in 1484, but unlike that time the tate machine was also against bim. The fight that begun in February and raged until the nomi- nating convention at Chicago on June 22 was of unusual bitterness. ‘The Hill men called the | state convention for February 22 in order to get the prestige of Hill’s indorsement by his own state before the nomination con-| entions in the other states were held. The Cleveland men protested against the p convention,” as they styled it, and held another on May '81, sele protesting and contesting delegates to Chicago. In March Mr. Hill made tour of the southern states and cordially received, but the step cost him from other siates. On February 7 Secre- tary Blaine wrote to Chairman Clarkson that his name was not to go before the convention. Nevertheless his friends protested that a nomi- ion by a good majority would not be refused, and they continued to work for him. Others considered themselves absolved and b work for Mr. Harrison. The republic gathering at Minneapolis early in Ju Secretary Blaine resigued from the ‘This seemed to indicate to his friends that he would be a candidate and orous fight was friends, however, had a better organization nd he was nominated on the first ballot. On June 22 Gxover Cleveland was named to op him. Tammany fought him hard, but the dele- gates seemed determined not to be dictated to, ship he was named on tho first ballot. campaign was made on the line of the though federal supervision at the polls and “state banks” were incidental issues. It was a quiet and apparently an apathetic campaign. hut the increased registry, particularly in Chi: cago, showed that it was full of interest. On November & the election was \d the dem- ocrats were as much surprised at ‘their victory as the republicans were astodnded. They not only had chosen their President, but-they held the control of the House and gained enough legislatures to gain the Senate, the most com- plete political revolution since the war. FOREIGN RELATIONS. Unele Sam got only once thoroughly aroused and that was early in the winter, when it seemed as though Chile was trying to “make game" of him and would not apologize for the assault ov the Baltimore's crew is revious Affairs became serious and the Preai- dent was determined that the honor of the country should be maintained. On January 22 the President sent an ultimatum, demanding an apology and the withdrawal of the Matta letter, in which America was referred to in The | naval. military, civie, allegoric and torchlight— | minutes. Gaudane defeated Stephenson, three In Angust the man to die in the year, passing away January 2; ‘Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, the Duke of ht, Ww. ‘Willias 1 Dor ag m Curtis, Daniel herty, John G. Whittier, Cardinal Howard Pat & Gilmore, Tennyson, Lieut. Schwatke, Theodore Childs, Cardinal Lavigiere, Henry M. Hoyt, Jay Gould, Senator RL. Gibson, Leopold Morse, Orange iu CRIMIXAL RECORD. ‘The murder of Freda Ward by Alice Mitchell at Memphis on January 25 was the most inter- esting froma peychological point of view of any during the year. The two girls were ap- parently the most devoted of friends and yet one murdered the other, cut her throat and seemed without grief. ‘The jury decided her to be insane and sent her to an ‘asylum. The mur- . Borden and his wife of Fall 4 the other re- year. It was a most mysterious affair, committed in daslight, yet no traces were left. Suspicion pointed to their daughter, Lizzie, who failed to account satis- factorily for her movements on t he morning of the crime, aud she was indicted and now lies in jail awaiting her trial. The prosecution bas hot yet shown a sufficient motive, but all ite ease bas not been made known. LABOR TROUBLES. Strikes have been frequent both at home and abroad, the cotton spinners’ and the miners’ strikes in England, involving hundreds of thou- de of men, and the Homestead and Cour d’Alene mining strikes in this couutry being the events most prominent. The Homestead strike grew out of the refusal of the Amalga- mated Association to accept the new scale of the Carnegie Steel Company. The works thereupon, on July 1, shut down, but the men retained control. Efforts of the officials to oc- cupy the works were in vain until on the morn- ing of July 6 Pinkerton watchmon were sent on a barge to the mill. They were fired upon by the men and after along battle surrendered, Gov. Pattison thereupon ordered the militery to Homestead and establieed order. Workmen were put in the mill and protected, and at length the strike was ordered of. have been made that cooks in the interest of the strikers poisoned a namber of the non-union workmen, This has yet to be proved. About the same time the miners at Cour Alene, Idaho, struck on account of the em- ployment of non-union men, They terrorized the latter so with dynamite expiosions that they were glad to leave. ‘The President had to order out the United States troops before peace was restored. In August freight handlers at Buffalo struck and were joined by the switchmen. . Mob law ruled until the governor ordered the National Guard to the scene. Seoing that there was no hope the strike was declared off. Abont the same time the free miners in Tennesece re- leased the convict miners and attacked the mi litia sent to guard the latter. In this case, too, the government prevailed. THE CHOLERA. The cholera was first noticed about April in India, Leaving in its track thousands of vie- tims it swept through Afghanistan, Persia, Russia and eastern Europe and in July ther were 5,000 cases in Russia within four da By the middle of August 4,000 were daily dying in that country. ‘Toward the close of ‘that mouth precautions were taken at New York. The of emigrants wss disinfected. hed Hamburg. ‘The sanitary authorities in New York setto work to clean the city, and the same order was given throughout the ‘country. By the latter part of August there were 40 deaths aday at Havre. ‘The disease began to appear in London, Glasgow and Liverpool. On August $1 the Moravia | reached New York with 2 cases on board, 22 | having died during the passage. President Harrison at once issued a proclamation order- ing 20 days’ quarantine of immigrant vessels from infected ports. Cabin passengers on the Normennia aod the Bugia, although well, were subjected to considerable discomfort in conse- quence. In response to thelr protests Gov. lower purchased Fire Island Hotel as a place of detention for them. The people of Islip forcibly opposed their landing, and it was only when the troops were called out that they submitted. Quarters were fitted up at Sandy Houk for the steerage passengers, and after that time pascen- gers were removed’ from the vessels on arriv- ing. There were several cases in the city of jew York, but the sanitary precautions hed een so thorough and the quarantine so strict that there was no epidemic. Nevertheless the chamber of commerce of New York has de- cided that the work of the health officer wes imperfect, and has adopted a report favoring a national system of quarantine. COLUMBIA CELEBRATIONS. The celebration of the four hundredth anni- versary of Columbus’ great discovery was begun at Cadiz‘on July 31. On August 2 exercises were held at Palos, Spain, in memory of Colum- bus’ departure. The exercikes were religious and maritime ‘and attracted thousands, while the entire civilized world looked on with inter- est. On September 16 the Italian societies of New York laid the corner stone of a Columbus statue. On October $a week's celebration be- gan in New York. Meanwhile the Queen Regent of Spain and the young king had arrived at Huelva, the port of Palos, to take part in im: posing ceremonies there. ' Genoa also, the birth- place of the discoverer, held a celebration in is honor. In New York there were parades— and such a celebration as Gotham had never before known. This was followed on October 21 by the dedication of the world’s Columbian exposition at Chicago. Hundreds of thousands were present. Odes, orations and music com- prised the ceremonies of a momentous occa- sion. During the year all the nations, in one way or another, paid tribute to the memory of Columbus. sronts, Jackson knocked out Frank Slavin on May 30 in ten rounds, winning $10,000, Yale de- feated Harvard at New London July 1. Arthur T. Renney swam a mile July 30 in 27.06 2-5 miles, in 20.03 minutes. Nano; the trotting record to 2.04 on September 28. A. A. Zimmerman rode # mile on bicycle in 2.96 4-5 on September 9. Stamboul lowered the stallion record to 2.03 on November 9. Corbett defeated Sullivan, the American champion pags, on September 7. Boston won the championship. Yale defented Princeton at foot ball, November 24, by 12 to 0. Naval cadets defeated West Point, November 26, by 12 to 4. —— Army Orders, Firet Lieut Frank T. Meriwether, assistant surgeon, is relieved from further duty at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, and assigned to duty at Madison barracks, New York. First Lieut. nks lowered Lieut. Peary Tells of His Experiences tn Search of the North Pole. Ife crowded hall and the ability to hold the close attention of an audience for nearly two hours on s topié of North Pole explorations is ‘any criterion of the public interest in arctic @iscovery then Lient R. E. Peary, United States navy, in the reception which was ac- corded to him last evening at the Builders’ Ex- change Hall, demonstrated that there is a deep and anabiding interest in this subject. The. story of Lieut. Peary’s pluck and endurance in facing the perils of life in the arctic is famil- iar one. But in addition he is the exponent of anew theory in regard to the best method of reaching the pole. All Sheve things served to make him » promi- nent jure and when tl Geographic Boviety raed cards of invitation for the lecture even: re was a ve mse on the part of the leading scientific people of the city, as well as others. In fact, while ad- mission was limited to holders of cards the ball was entirely inadequate to accommodate all ho wished to attend. Every seat was occupled as well as all available standing room. People did not seem to mind the fatigue of standing as they visited with the aid of the licutenant and a serios of eplondid stereoscopic views scones strangs and new. The views were re- markably good and showed that the lieutenant was an adept in the use of the camera. The aim of the talk last evening was to give the audience some idea of the country and the con ditions of life in that corner of the globe. Hi therefore only incidently touched upon the ad- vantages of the land route in reaching an ex- GOULD CHANGED HIS MIND. ‘On Second Thought He Didn't Want to Ride Fast on a Texas Koad. ‘From the San Francisco Chronicle. Jay Gould once made a trip to Mexico to in- spect the International and Great Northern railway. It was in the autumn of 1878, and, as ‘Uusagl, the millionaire was in a hurry. Meeting the gentleman who had the sale of the road in band, he said: “T’m a busy man, andI want to be back in New York next week. Rush me through.” A special train was made up and putin charge of Jake Lauer, one of the pioneers in Mexican ing. “Rush him,” was the order, and Mr. Lauer did some hard thinking. He knew that the roadbed was in a terrible condition, andthat to run over twenty miles was desperate chances. Lauer had lots of nerve. but he felt the ity imposed on him by the offi- clals in placing Gould in his hanaa. | He con- cluded finelly to use his own judgment, take Bo chances and stick closely to the schedule Between Marshall and Galveston the schedule called for 325 miles to be made between dark and daylight, Jay Gould did not retire early, and on that night seemed particularly wide awake. He sat reading a ne r by a dim light, and every once ina while glanced out the window impatiently. It was t that the great man was becoming angry. Finally the storm burst. Turning to one of the officials accom: ving him, he remarked testily: “If this were a funeral train it couldn’ bly travel in a more decorous manuer. up and let us go along.” treme northern country over the ocean route. But his success so far has removed thi question from the realm of debate. He ropores to devote this winter to Jee. ing tour in this country and next spring he will go to Europe on a similar tour. Upon his return to this country he will prepare tor another arctic trip. It was remarked last vening that the lieutenant has the same modest style which was such a marked characteristic | when he lectured in this city under the same auspices just before ho started on his trip north. But it is the modesty of merit. Eve! body was delighted with him and his pictures and his talk, and an admiring constituency will follow him in his future efforts to wrest from the frozen fastnessos of the arctic the secrets which havo no long eluded the zeal and energy | of explorers, EES The Use of Wine on New Year's Da: To the Editor of The Evening Star: It is co seldom that I eee anything in the papers of this city advocating abstinence from intoxicating drinks that I almost think the tem- perance people ure ashamed to have it known that they belong to the temperance host. This | is the eve of 1893. | On Monday next, in cbedience toa time- | honored ¢ustom, many Indies in this city will keep open house for the reception of those who may call to present their wishes for = bappy new year. In the name’ of a temperance organtzation, numbering 1,200 in this city alone, | now pre- | Sent an appeal to every one of those ladies who may read this, Do not, 1 beg of you, in the © of all you hold dear, have a drop of any intoxicating liquor in your house to offer to any of your callers. Is this an unreasonal request? Let ussee. The women are the mis- trosses of our homes. ‘Their wishes are the law there. They are naturally purer-hearted and | better than men. In passions and habits th stand a notch higher than mai ed_nations I verily believe they are the ele- ment that not only prevents man from relaps- ing into the half-barbarous stage. but spurs him on to higher moral civilization. There- fore the woman who drops to the level of all the passions and habits of men has stepped | upon a lower plane than tiat which she nat- urally occupies, Then why should any woman in this city descend from’ her high estate on New Year day to pander to a dangerous appe- tite, which so many men have acquired through a foolish habit, by offering to her callers any liquor containing alcohol? Many a young man starts out New Year morning with the deliberate inten. tion of “getting full” before night. Is it possi. ble, ladies, that any of you will be guilty of helping such young men to consummate their foolish and disastrous determination. If you | have a son do you wish him to come home New | Year night « simple fool, an infuriated fiend or an inert lump—made so by the painstaking forts of your dear lady friends, who have, perhaps, laughed contemptuously at bis silly conduct’ when he was at their house? If you area true mother how ought you to feel? youare a true woman, you will shrink with horror from the thought of being an instru- ment in the slightest degree in the debasemen of the son of any mother in the land. Nay more, you will, likea true and noble woman, banish all intoxicants trom your table, and serve for refreshnents only those things | which really refresh and strengthen the body and mind, and leave no sting or scar behind. E. C. Pauuen. Washington, Dee. 30, 1892. cies mote A Nonchalant Bride. From the Chicago Times. It was at the hotel table, and they looked sus- piciously like a bridal couple, but their conver- sation seemed to disprove the theory. He had explained in rather loud tones that he had sewed the loop on his overcoat with white thread, and she bad told him that if he'd had ingenuity he could have made it black by drawing it through the ink bottle. So that every one could seo they were “old married people,” for a bride would have reproachfully asked him why he hadn’t let her do it, ‘Then they began to order their dinner. . “Will you have a redhead duck or a mallard?” he asked. “I'm sure I don't know,” she returned, airily. “I don’t know the difference between a redhead duck and a blue-eyed pheasant.” This fippancy disconcerted him for a mo- ment, but he seemed to remember something and went on: . ‘Well, how do some broiled quails strike rou?” “Broiled or stewod, it's immaterial to me. she answered nonchalantly. Then he became cross and delivered himself of an opinion. “Bee here, Alice, you've got to decide, I don’t want to go and order something for our firet dinner—* And then ho suddenly paused as Alice moaned. “Ob, bush! I knew you'd forget. You've givon it away after all my attempts to seem so old married! Oh, Ralph!” And the bearers thought again of the stu- pidity of man, and how it ruthlessly destroys al that the finesse of woman accomplishes. And they also wondered again why the victims of a wedding journey should regard themselves as criminals, es _____ John Croons, sentenced to be hanged next Friday at Ieabella, Ga., escaped from jail yea- terday. He was confined in a dungeon and chained to the floor. 4 i iis ‘-J 35 a8 3 35 35 5 ¥ Henry De H. Waite, fifth cavalry, having been found by an army retiring board incapacitated for active service and having complied with bis orders to repair to his home, iegranted leave of absence until further orders 'on account of dis- ability. The leave of absence granted First Lieut. Marion B. Saffold, thirteenth infantr: a ie extended one month. iret Lieut. Albert J, Russell, seventh cavalry, will be relieved from recruiting duty at Jeffereon barracks, Mi and will . Misso then proceed to join his regiment. ——— ee Transfers of Keal Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: J. McC, Hicks to J.J. Lane, sub 15, sq. 1012; $—. J. G, Meyers to A. 8. Johnson et al., subs 85 and $6, 94, ; $—. Nora O. Devall to J. most uncomplimentary terms. Work in all the | navy yards was pushed and vessels. made ready for t Fortunately, just after the President had called ee attention of Tyee to the affair in a 6 message the layed apology came. Chile Sarwerd ofored ‘$75,000 indemnity for the outrage, though dis- responsibility. Relations are now 5 1 In February this government and Great Britain agreed on France, Italy and Sweden ae arbiters of the Bering sea dispute. In the fol- lowing mouth, however, Lord is aroused a tempes' dignation here by refusing to renew the modus vivendi. This, however, he afterward agreed to renew on condition that the United States if it lost should the dam- fb mgerey| in the interim by ecalera, te titied the agreement. ited States ended the New Senate then rai ‘On April 14 the Uni Orleans lynching incident by paying €25,000 to retalia- tion on Canada for discrimination in Welland anal tolls, and retaliation was authorised, jot 20 and 21, Prospect; Newton to; ©. H Emerson, babe . Wed. 112 and 115, sq. 1029; @-4. MERCURIAL 2°22 “About ten years tracted a severe case of son. Leading ra) i | j | ‘Among civil- The gentleman spoken to was aware that the night ride bad been specially arranged in order that the condition of the road bed could be com cealed from Goutd, but thus forced he had nothing to do but to order an increase of speed. ‘The order was given, but the train moved along at the same speed. “Send the engineer to me,” said Gould. “I'l, talk to him.” At the next stopping place Leuer was sum- moned and given to understand that he was not capable of driving car horse, much less running an engine. “Get al Let's eee what the urged Gould. Lauer demurred, and the railroad magnate concluded that he’ was afraid. “He's « cow- ard," he finally sai ut another man in cbarge.” Lauer overheard the remark and flushed up. “All right,” be said, ‘‘we'll open her up.”” In a few moments the little special was speed- ing through the night at the rate of forty-fiv milesan hour. It wasa ride to be remembered. every joint,and now and then lifting as if! about to leave the track. Everybody clung to some support, those who knew the condition of the roadbed expecting tobe hurled into eternity | every minute. | Lauer sat at the throttle, watching tho raiis | as they gleamed like silver ‘threads. He was ay pale ag those in the train behind, but, as he re- marked in telling the story the other day: ‘Td | bave gone up with pleasure before I would ba that little cuss the chance to say I was he looked back at the ing train and said: “He won't stand it long. | The engineer was right. At a particularly | bad place the bell cord was Jerked and the train brought to a standstill. Jay Gould was picked | from under a seat, where be had been thrown, and angrily faced the engineer, who bad com back to the car. “What, the name of all that is good and hol; do you mean?” he demanded. “Do you to Kill us all?” ‘ou sxid you wanted me to pull her open,” replied Lauer. quietly. ” ee Gould glared at the man for a moment and | his manner changed. “My man,” he said, “you go beck there and | use your own judgment the rest of the trip. I know how to manipulate a railroad, but I gues you know more than I do about runniny engine.” ‘Then he was assisted to his ber! ——— Real Estate Matters, John G. Long of Florida has purchased for £22,600 lot 17, Square 260, fronting 60 feet on I between 13th and 14th streets northwest, J. H, Lane has Doug Wimer lote 21, 22 an ington. . D. Pidcock has bought of W. McNeer sub 66, block 5, Le Droit Park. C. H. Brice et. al. have purchased for $17,- 200 of the Washington Loan and ‘Trust Com- pany lots 9 to 19, square 34, Petworth. 8. C, Raub has bought for $11,516 of L. P. Shoemaker 4.92 acres on Piney ‘Branch road near Tukoma Park. Cornelia R. ‘Truesdell has bought 4.583 acres of the Girl's Portion on Blair road and the Metropolitan branch of Ann M. Joues for $7,708. J. Gales Moore has Lought for $10,000 of H. M. Schneider sub 47. square 189,19 by 85.42 feet on 15th between U and V streets north- west. Harry T. Harding has bought of John W, Foster for $8,500 sub 28, square 102, 18 by fect on G between 20thand 2ist streets north- west, Highly Digestible and Nutritious Van dHouterts —(Best and Goes Farthest)— A Trial will Show its Great Superiority in Strength, Flavor and Cheapness. Unilke the Dutch Process No Alkalies 1920 N Sx_N.W.. ann ‘The cars rocked from side to side, creaking in | lS A good rule - J | | BAKING Where the system with poisons. 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