Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1893, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1893—-TEN PAGES. ARD isnt init It is just bes cause there is no lard in it that COTTOLENE the new shortening 3 SO wonderfully pop- ular with housekeepers. OTTOLENE is Pure, WD ecicate, HEALtH- ATIS FYING- hone of the unpleasant odor necessarily Connected with lard.Get the genuine. ‘There isno real Substitute, Made only by . K. FAIRBANK & CO., ~ CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS. TO THE HONEST AND THRIFTY. for a long term of years, at @ Ei raeheh Pe ete ce 1g PSE WATSEROL Br Sion a; CARROL PY ity. teh Tulawe seid 6 a a a a er is rer & - es | FSP Soceze Tux Lenox *g BF Pefore yoa say there's no julee FS 3 im it. Test our 6.3 Eoorraste Cueorr Srereu § before you “turn it down.” CR cre es oa We smite same locked up in a lot of house fur- nishings that yield you only serv- fee, when you can buy the same values (or better)—from the same variety (or larger)—for the same price (or less)—and take your own time to pay for them. Be as long about it as you want to— ‘se what we mean literally. Of course we must have @ perfect understapting together — some ask you to promise—merely « aga ere tain amounts at stated times. ‘That agreement between our- selves ts the only “yoke about your neck” the professedly cash houses prate so loudly about. ‘We set you to housekeeping— provide everything—on these conditions—of a little down—and ‘& Uttle periodically. ‘That's “Exuitable.”” fap Sore ‘That's our “System.” How now? Can't we trade? 8 “oe o.) i) a) eo) ~~ 08 et ~~ 08 ~~ my eo) i) a) ~~“ “~~ ) fo) “oe, a) “a ) 8 f) ~~ wo) 8 i) e) art SY f) wo) has mY e) 7) bos “eo ee o ~e8 he! a) 8 “8 ae ) a) eo) “~~ ) +. 08 ~~ i) 70 8 oe, e2) a) 08 68 Pe) x) “ot Hovse & Henawaxs, 917. 919, 921, 923 TTH ST.. se9 «= 638 MASS. AVE. N.W. Sf 2 se se eo 8 8s 2 8 oe eae eB Be Be Be WORDS ARE SILVER DOLLARS AT GROGAN’S, ‘When they take the shape of promises to pay for furniture and carpets. We want to urge upon you ‘the advisability of furnishing your house now for ‘winter. Make up your mind that your house shall be comfortable all the way through The little driblets that you pay us once a week, or once @ month, wili scarcely be missed—and in the end you ‘Will be happy in the possession of a completely fur- Bished house Tell us what you need—tell us how much you desire to pay—and how often—that’s all there is to it. Remember, we have but one price— cash oF eredit—no notes to sign. We have never shown such a complete stock of Parlor Furniture defore. Suites in Wilton Rug, Tapestry, Broca- telle, Gilt, &e. Our prize offer ts the choice be tween two seven-plece Parlor Suites for $22.50— one ts upholstered in plush—the other in hair cloth. yO os a6 cost—no charge for waste in matching fig- Find some other dealer who will do as well If you need an Extension Table we sell feet long for $3.50. Woven Wire Springs, Forty-pound Hair Mattress, $7. You'd Rever guess that we Kept Stoves—but we do—all We are complete house furnishers On Credit. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE, 819, 821, S23 TT ST. N.W., BET. H ANDI STa ot Coxz: Coxzn Coxen FOR SALE AT WORKS OF WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, 26th and G ste. CENTS PER BUSHEL UNCEUSHED. 8 CENTS PER BUSHEL CRUSHED. ant ENTS SUITS ScOURED AND PRESSED FOR 81. CURRENT SPORTING NEWS. The “ Senators” Lost the First Game to the “Qolonela” Sanger Breaks a Record —Chariley Mitchell Sails—American Cricket- ers Win—Hanlon to Retire. BASE BALL, Senators and Colonel’s Each Take a Game at Louisville. Louisville and Washington broke even yes- terday, the Colonels winning the first game and the Senators the second. The first game was a pitchers’ battle. Matt Kilroy for Louisville pitched a fine game, and so did Maul for Washington, but the Colonels bunched their hits and won easily. Witt- rock started in to pitch the second game for Louisville, but Hemming took his place in the second inning. The Senators hit both men hard, while the Colonels could do noth- ing with Esper. Attendance, 1,000. The scores: REE. Loutsville ooso002 Washington ooo1100 Louisville 2000 Washington 4008 The Chicago club seems its second wind, and after vanauishing Boston twice in one day was in good con- dition to meet the Phillies yesterday. The latter club stood no chance with Anson's Colts, and was easily defeated. Baltimore succeeded in winning from Cleveland. The showing made by Boston in the west does not speak weli for the coming cham- pions, for they were again defeated, this time by Pittsburg. This makes the third same which Boston has lost out of four played in the west. It looks as though Boston was extremely fortunate in secur- ing such a long lead. ‘The scores of yesterday's games were: Chicago, 12; Philadelphia, 5. Pittsburg, Boston, 1. Baltimore, 6; Cleveland, 5. Ne York, 2; Cincinnatl, 0. ‘The following table gives the percentage of the clubs: Ww Regattas on the Potomac. To the Editor of The Evening Star: A few words concerning your editorial of Saturday may be opportune. Your com- plaint of the decadence of rowing on our beautiful river is in part at least well found- ed, It is true that there have been no local regattas held here since 18%%—the natioual regatta held in 1891 not depending on local institutions and participants. But it must not be forgotten that our local oarsmen have occasionally gone abroad, and not al- ways unsuccessfully, as witness the two gteat races won on the same day and in two different cities a year or two ago. Your question why there were no regattas here between 1888 and 18% may be easily answered. The training of crews ts in itself a great expense; dinners and suppers away from home, double car fare, etc., all having to be met. Then the details of a regatta are more or less costly. Purchss- ing gold medals, banners, surveying tigs, ete., all contribute to cost somewhere aear $1,000. It must be remembered, too, that, differing from most manly sports, its ex- hibitions, as pleasing as they may be to the public, afford no revenue. It is all outlay. Of course it is pleasant for the young gen- tlemen who win and can proudly wear the tokens of their prowess. And it goes with- out saying that the physical gain from the training, which is a requisite, is a lasting benefit for the hundred or so of young men who undergo it. But the cost of the re- gatta must be met. In many other cities the amateur boating clubs find no difficulty whatever in securing the requisite s#ud- scriptions. In some cities, notably Vhila- delphia, the city councils have appropriated in recent years no less than $2,000 annually for the expenses of the local regattas. The experience of the boating clubs in Washington in 1888 deterred the clubs from again attempting a regatta during the suc- ceeding four years. This year, however, a more sanguine view was taken, and tt was hoped that sufficient help to allay all anxiety could be obtained from those who desired to keep this beautiful form of phy- sical culture alive. But alas, we are. “de- posited In a cavity.” While we have to gratefully acknowledge our obligations to a number of public-spirited gentlemen, who have aided us by timely subscriptions, we are still considerably short of the required amount. Won't The Star, which has always been an intelligent and’ earnest friend to all manly amateur sports, help us by prop- erly representing the case to the public? Sept. 14. ONE OF THE COMMITTEB. Hanlon Will Row No Mere. Edward Hanlan said to a newspaper man at Montreal the other day: ‘You can posi- tively state that I do not intend to do any more rowing. I have had about twenty- two years of it now. The treatment I re- ceived at Orillia so disgusted me that I decided to let some one elsé row for the honor of our country. “T think the prospects for a new champion arising in Canadg are small, indeed. I am the only single-scull champion of the world that America has ever produced. From what I have seen of Stanbury or Gaudaur I do not think that either will set the world on fire. As long as we have such men as Stan- bury and Gaudaur at the head of aquatics, boating, in a professional sense, will not rise to the position it held in the days of Went- worth, Chambers and myself.’ Charley Mitchell Sails. Charley Mitchell, the English heavyweight, who is to fight Corbett, the American cham- pion, and Jack McAuliffe, the lightweight champion of America, sailed on the steamer Teutonic, which left Liverpool yesterday, for New York. Cyclist Sanger Beats a Record. ‘The Springfield Bicycle Club had perfect weather for the opening day of the Diamond Tournament yesterday, and 8000 people ‘Were at Hampden Park to see the first meet- ing of the great bicyclists. Sanger was the hero of the day, winning the international invitation race and making a new record for a scratch competition mile, beating the 2:122-5 record made by Zimmerman at In- dianapolis. Zimmerman kept in rear of the procession too long, and could only reach fifth place. Zimmerman, however, beat everybody in the half-mile open, in which the stars were all entered, John 8. John- son is suffering from ulcerated tee! withdrew from the tournament. Victory for American Cricketers. ‘The Americans won the international cricket match at Toronto yesterday, with four wickets to spare. They resumed their second inning this morning with Ralston » and and Thompson at bat. Thompson piled up twenty-two rums before he was bowled out, and Ralston added eighteen runs to ten he made Tuesday. The Americans were then ahead with four men still to play, and the game was stopped. The total scores are as follows: Canada—First innings, 81; second innings, 236; total, 323. United States—First innings, 177; second, for loss of seven wick- ets, 164; total, 41. Nearly Killed in a Prize Fight. One of the most brutal prize fights heard of took place in broad daylight at Montowes, about five miles from New Haven, Tuesday afternoon. The principals were Barney Lynch and Robert Kennedy, two well-known local pugilists. Accompanied by about two hundred toughs, they went to Montowes at two o'clock. A ring was formed, and the men fought desperately for more than an hour. Both were badly punished, and Ken- nedy was so terribly hurt that he had to be taken in a carriage to his home, where he now lies In a precarious condition. The fight was for blood, the men having an old score to settle. The officers of Montowes were attending court at New Haven, and the men took advantage of this fact. Ftney to Conch Harvard. Cornell admirers will be surprised to learn that Charles E. Courtney has probably coached his last Cornell crew. While it has been whispered about Ithaca all last sum- mer that he was liable to go, it was thought that perhaps matters could be arranged to suit him so that he would stay, but recent events point to his severing his connection with the Cornell Navy. Mr. Courtney said that while nothing had yet been definitely decided, he would prob- ably leave, and In that event would sign a three years’ contract with Harvard. He may stiffen the backbone of the rowing talent at Harvard so that they will row Cornell. SWIMMING AT CHICAGO. Contests at the Exposition Grounds by the A. A. U. The first real sporting event of national interest to take place within the exposition grounds was the swimming contest under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States yesterday. The referee was Barton 8. Weeks, vice president of the New York Club; starter, Harry S. Cornish of the Chicago Athletic Association; judges, J. H. Booth, New York Athletic Club; Walter Stanson of Boston, and W. Wight- man of Cleveland; timers, C. C. Hughes, Morton Bishop and J. C. Spath of the New York Athletic Club, and James Lathrop, Harvard University. Results: One hundred yards dash—First, Arthur T. Kenney, Pennsylvania, Australian, who won the amateur championship last year; sec- ond, T. M. Cleary, Cathedral Athletic Club, New York; third, George Whittaker, Mil- waukee Rowing and Swimming Association. Naiyarde-Pirst, Arthur T. K. a rst, Arthur T. Kenney; secon 1. M. Carey, New York, hind, Hy Grelser, Chicago Athletic Association, Time, 1:24 1-5. One-half mile—First, W. G. Douglas, New York Athletic Club; second, A. T. Binney, Philadelphia; third, T. M. Carey. Time, 13:392-6, being 1-5 second more than the world’s record. sepnezmile race—First. Geo. ‘T. Whittaker, 3 second, W. G. we York. Time, 28:55 2-5, ae ey FIRST-CLASS SPORT. Meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union at Chicago. The athletic meeting given by the Ama- teur Athletic Union at the South side grounds at Chicago yesterday was a hige Success from an athletic point of view. There were some brilliant bits of work done, and the sport was first-class. Stage'’s work in the seventy-five-yard dash was a grand piece of sprinting. He won his trial, second trial and the final heat all in 745, which is within one-fifth of a second of the record held by Luther Cary. 8. Liebgold of the Pastime Athletic Club of New York took the three-quarter mile and two-mile events both from scratch, but the lot opposed to him was too common to bring out his best efforts. Champion Sweeney took the high jump from scratch, clearing 6 feet 1 inch. The 60-yard run produced a desperate race. The field bunched up 100 yards from home, and Townsend of Detroit, Fry of Pittsburg and Morris, the phenomenal inid- je distance colored champion of Philadel- phia, drew away and fought out a desper- ate race. Townsend won by a narrow mar- gin, while Morris and Fry ran a dead heat for'the place, the latter falling across the tape exhausted. In tossing for the prize Fry won. The time, 1.11 3-5, marked a great performance. Champion Mitchell took both the hammer throwing and 56-pound weight, but Gray was beat in the shot putting by Riddell, a Chicagoan, who had a liberal handicap. C. T. Bucholz, the pole vaulter, was Leaten, but after the competition made the phe- nomenal leap of 11 feet 3 inches. The record may suffer at his hands Saturday. ‘The Chicago athletes took six events, and amply demonstrated that that city ha: plenty of championship material to develop. aie al THE CHILDREN COUNTRY HOME. An Instance Showing How It Exerts an Eduentt Influence. To the Editor of The Evening Star: “Conduct,” says M. Alfred Fouille in his article called “Education and Natural Se- lection,” “depends, to a large extent, on the circle of ideas which one has received under the influence of experience, social re- lation, and esthetic and intellectual cultivation.”” M. Guyan further says: “Everything that a child sees or hears will be a sugges- tion. This suggestion may be the founda- tion of a habit, which may be developing during the child's whole life.” All educational thinkers and writers agree that during the formative period of child~ hood there should be presented to the child correct ideas, the highest standard of mo- Tality, the principles of truth and justice, that by endeavoring to attain to the ideal that Is placed before him he may acquire the habits of right thought and action. We deplore the ignorance, immorality, credulity and superstition of ‘the degraded classes, But do we ever think whether they have any higher standard of morals than their own desires? Have we ever done anything to raise that standard, to give to them a glimpse of a pure, refreshing, wholesome life? Before we censure let us be sure that they would not prefer cleanli- ness to filth, order to disorder, beauty to ugliness, a life of virtue to one of shame. We provide, you may say, schools and kindergartens, sewing schools and Sunday schools, boys’ clubs, and girls’ societies. It is true that these ‘are wonderful impulses and helps to right living. But if we add to these an actual participation, if only for a short time, in a wholesome home life, can we realize just what may be accomplished for the children to whom cleanliness and the comforts of a regularly ordered house- hold are unknown, I have in my mind one incident that has come under my own observation. In visit- ing the family of one of my scholars about midday a ycar or so ago I came upon them at their dinner (if the repast can be so misnamed). The family consisted of father, mother, and eight children from two to sixteen years of age. The older children had come in hungry, and in haste to get back to school. The dinner for that family of hear- ty growing children consisted of some half- cooked corn meal, mixed with water and lard. This “pone,” as the mother called it, was turned out of the pan directly on a not very clean table, and the children grab- bed such portions of the untempting look- ing mass as they desired. No plates, knives, or forks were used at this truly primitive meal. The house con- tained three small rooms, and was dirty in the extreme. Two single beds and some rags in one corner did duty for sleeping ac- commodations, and there was evidently no preparation made for personal cleanlines or decency. Through the kindness of on of the trustees of the Children’s Country Home, of which board I was not then a member, two of the little girls were taken in the home. At the end of two weeks, the time allowed for each child's stay at the home, the children returned. What a change in appearance! The complexion clearer, and a brightness and alacrity in- stead of the former duliness in manner. ‘M. said, looking up in her shy way, “O! Miss M., we had oatmeal every morning with milk.” “And such lovely beds,” said D. “And everything so clean.” Poor child, she was thirsting for something beautiful in her life. ‘A seed was sown in the two weeks that produced fruit. The mother came to ask me about the preparation of oatmeal. Bet- ter prepared food followed the oatmeal. A table set like that at the Country Home was insisted upon by the small reformers. ‘The house was whitewashed within, anoth- er bed was bought, and all three beds spread with clean, white sheets and coun- terpanes by D., for “I know how now, I helped at the home. ‘This incident alone is sufficient appeal to you in behalf of the little children w sickly and suffering, are in need of fresh country alr and a generous diet of whole- some food, reminding you that not only are the poor ‘little sickly bodies helped and strengthened, but the poor starving minds are fed, and both minds and souls receive impressions that undoubtedly become, in the future, a moral force and power. The season at the home is over, and through the liberality of friends we have been able to give to nearly 200 little ones, and some dell- cate mothers, many days of fresh air, food in plenty, and the happiness of living for a time a good, clean life. Though our expenses lessen, they do not cease with the winter. We need money for repairs, to improve the home and sur- roundings, and to make the home more comfortable and convenient, and to begin the next season's work. The Evening Star, always ready to assist In any good work, will receive the donations of those who are ready to help u: M. T. M. ———— Suit Over a Life Insurance Policy. Cornelia M. Brown and Lizzie H. Brown, sisters of George O. Brown, deceased, have filed a suit against the National Life-Matur- ity Insurance Company of this District to recover $1,00, the amount of a policy ts- sued to the deceased August 11, 1887, by the Columbia Mutual Life Association ‘of this city, in favor of the plaintiffs, which policy was reinsured and merged in the defendant company. The Misses Brown allege that their brother died on the 25th of April last, and that although he fully complied with ali the requirements of the reinsured policy, and good and sufficient proof of his death has been furnished the company, the com- pany refuses to pay the policy ‘as it con- tracted and agreed so to do. The refusal of pany refuses to pay the policy, as it con- tiffs allege, 1s because of the refusal of two attending physicians to certify to the death of their brother until the physicians shall first have been paid a certain sum which they claim is due them because of servic rendered by them, but which the plaintifts deny. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE. Buildings of the Fair Seen to Good Ad- the Ex- ive Exhibit It Includes—its Effect Upon Prairie Farmers, Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, September 14, 1998. One of the prettiest views on all the world’s fair grounds may be seen looking north from the upper bridge crossing the canal, from manufactures and liberal arts building to that of electricity. Within two hours after my arrival in Chicago I was standing on this bridge gazing at the lovell- ness of the scene, which was making its first and indelible impression on my mind. ‘The buildings were a confusion of beauty to my understanding as yet, but after drinking it all in asa spectacle guide book and map had to come out and give the in- formation of a practical nature, which every well-regulated sightseer is bound to imbibe. Those first vague hours are pleas ant to look back upon, however, when a delightful mystery hung over all Jackson Park; when all our previous reading and second-hand knowledge seemed to go for absolutely nothing in the face of the glor- fous reality of the great Columbian exposl- tion, this Imposing title being the only ft- ting one as it seemed to us then, which familiarity soon contracted into the brief appellation, “the fair.” Familiarity can never, however, “breed contempt” in this instance, and ‘the longer one stays the greater the wonder of it all, and those who go only for days or a few short weeks leave feeling only half satisfied and hungry for it again, with envy of those whose good fortune grants them longer stays in its en- ticing vicinity. The Fisheries Building. From one bridge view we can see far up the lagoon the circular wing of the west end of the fisheries building, which invites a nearer inspection; it is just north of gov- ernment building, with a branch of the lagoon between and two bridges crossing it. The exterior is one of the most curiously ingentous on the grounds, the object of the structure being made the theme of its ex- ternal decoration, and marine life in every form is interwoven for the ornamentation of pillars and balustrades in graceful suc- cession of design. ‘The central building hes its circular or polygonal east and west an- nexes connected with it by curved arcades. Many turrets surmount the roof, and ban- ners are flying from every point. Inside is an immense collection of everything per- taining to or comprehended in the general term, fisheries. Everything that lives or is found in water, from the rushing mountain stream to depths of ocean, with every ap- pliance for securing them, is here exhib ed. There are all kinds of fishing boats und tackle, every convenience for the fisherman. Everything to Be Found. Shells, corals, everything that can be found by minutest search, is here arranged in the way best suited to show the peculiar beauty of each specimen. The United States fish commission has a very fine display; all the outfit and working methods of this wonder- fully interesting branch of our government is true in its completeness, and throngs of visitors testify to its attractions in a general way. The most popular point of the fisher- tes building is the great aquarium at the west end. Here, in great tanks, lighted from above, and filled with rocks, mosses and floating seaweed, every imaginable fish swims and frolics as in its native haunts. Most exquisite in coloring are many of these fish, Such as the Japanese gold fish, with their fan-like tails looking almost like tropi- cal flowers, and all the other gold and silver, speckled and mottled, in endless variety, with every possible ugliness of fish life, too, brought into close contrast as they dart about the crowded tanks. It is almost im- possible to move at times along the corridor, 80 many people are pressing forward for a nearer and better view of these wonders. From inland towns come swarms of people to whom all this accumulation of sea growth and belongings is a revelation which their narrow lives have never imagined. Effect on Prairie Farmers. Prairie farmers gaze with interest at these unknoWn products of river and mountain stream, and when tired of the strangeness of it all go for rest and real comfort to the agricultural butlding and look at the famtI- far outlines of plow and reaping machines and all the wonderful contrivances of man to lessen manual labor and help these same farmers in their daily toil. Every visitor to the fair must be impressed with the great display of the cereals of our western states; they are used in every possible form of artistic, tasteful and grotesque combination. Besides the exhibits in the large buildings, many of the state buildings make a special- ty of grains, and use them for decoration in most ingenious ways. Columns are trimmed with grains, pictures formed of them are on the walls or a series of them made into a frieze maybe. Waving grasses help to give a grace to these ornamentations, and beauti- ful specimens are to be seen, Models of all sorts of things are made of the usly colored grains, culminating in the corn pal- ace of Iowa.’ Here there are bas-rellefs in grains and grasses, pictures and de- vices without number; the large model of the capitol at Des Moines being the climax and center of this magnificent state display. To sea-faring folk this evidence of the vi inland resources of our country must be Interesting and novel as the interpretation of their own lives to the prairie dwellers; and in this comparison of extremes one may realize what the fair is as an educator to the great mass of generally home-keeping people. The first of the fall months, with its almost assured cool weather, brings an in- creased attendance at the fair. Where one had plenty of room in June he is now jostled and crowded in the greatest show places. There is bracing life, however, in the winds that blow from Lake Michigan, and good temper and patience seem to be the charac- teristics of almost every personage—at- tributes one felt inclined to doubt during the torrid days of summer in this hot, hot, city of Chicago. ee THE POLICY RAID. Eldridge Scott Demanded a Jury Trial Other Suspects Dealt With. The case of Eldridge Scott, whose alleged policy shop on 12th street was raided Wednesday morning, as published in Wed- nesday’s Star, was called in the Police Court yesterday morning and counsel de- manded a jury trial. Four colored men, Preston Brooks, Charles Buckner, Peter Lindsey and John Lewis, suspected of being implicated in some way with the business were tried on a charge of vagrancy. The testimony of several officers was given to show that the men spent most of their time in the “Division.” It was also stated that they were some- times seen about the alleged policy shop and that in addition to living in the dis- reputable locality one of them was em- ployed in_a house of prostitution. “The officers charge that this defendant works in a house of prostitution,” said Lawyer Sillers. “Why don’t they raid the house if the taw is being violated? They are permitting the very cause of the evil to exist.” ‘That is a matter with which the court thing to do,” remarked Judge Kim- . “If the police raid the places, the court will deal with the offenders.” Concerning the proof about persons living in the “Division,” Judge Kimball remarked, ‘No decent man will hang about that lo- “Then,” added counsel, “tt ought to be cleaned out.” “Certainly {t ought to be cleaned out,” concluded the court. : Buckner was released on his personal bonds, upon a promise to keep out of that section, and the other defendants were re- quired to give security in the sum of $50 or go down for thirty days. peace Marriage Licenses. ‘The following marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court: Samuel Chapman of Pennsylvania and Nettie E. McCauley, W1 ington, D. C.; John Royal and Sophia Petterson; James F. Baker and Mary A. Ladson; John H. Delaney and Mary Anngier; Madison Jackson and Melvi- na Roy. ——>— Court Orders. Judge McComas has made the following orders in the Equity Court: Gilbert agt. Bateman et al.; L. Clephane admitted as party compainant. Crown agt. Crown; reference to auditor to state trustee's ac- count. Bush agt. Stanton; auditor's report confirmed and distribution ordered. Ayres agt. De Neale; appointment of Henry W. Sohon guardian ad litem. Whitt agt. Scott et al.; decree of pro confesso against cei tain defendants. Fagan agt. Lynch et a! Michael Lynch appointed guardian ad Item. WAITING ON THE BORDER LINE. Thousands All Ready to Enter the Cherokee Strip. Special Agent Swineford estimates that 125,000 people will enter the Cherokee strip tomorrow noon, but others declare the number will certainly be 200,000. Many boomers have arranged to have burrels of water sent to their claims, ty be used until they can dig wells. Nine thousand people were in line at Or- Jando, O. T., yesterday :norning waiting to be registered. The clerks are worn out, and it is impossible to complete the regis- tration by Saturday noon. The agents of the Interior Department are st their wits end and frantically telegraphing to Wash- ington for some way out vf the difficulty, while the people are growing dexperete and a riot is imminent all siong the hne. If the government does not provide a force large enough to register all before tonight the people will sweep away the booths tomorrow and enter the strip with @ mighty rush, sweeping ine few sclilers and government agents before them. ‘The people have made an effort to comply with the law, but the government, after put- ting them to trouble and expense,hias failed to accommodate the waiting thousands, and men in line swear they will have homes, whether they yet registered or not, and the first officer who attempts to eject or molest them will get shot. A score of deaths and a great number of murders will follow. The trains during the night brought £000 to Orlando and ~agons and horsemen are still coming in an endless procession. There are 27,000 claims all to!d in the strip, and 650,000 people are now reaiy to dash for theni. There will be two thousand lots in each town and from three to ten men will rush for each lot. At Pond Creek no water is to be found, and the drillers have given up in disgust. Prairie Fire Raging. A man coming in from Payne county states that a prairie fire has been raging in the Pawnee reservation for twenty-four hours, burning everything before it. Scores of horses and cattle belonging to the Indians have perished und the grass and tree foliage is all destroyed, which wiil | no" additional hardship to the settlers who go in there tomorrow. A fire also rted on the line northeast of Orlando Wednesday night, burning of a large tract. No lives were lost, but a number of boomers had their tents and cutiits de stroyed. ‘Twenty thousand people were yesterday added to the immense crowds cn the line of the strip. The force of clerks at the registration booths is being increased, but work as hard as they will the line grows larger instead of smaller. Supplies are running low, and prices are going up. A hot wind has been blowing (rom the south, burning everything up and hurling ciouds of dust into the face and eyes of every- body. About twenty people, four or five of them women, fainted in jine during the day, and several are dangerouvly ill from the ‘effects of the heat. Negroes Victi ea. A colony of several hundred negroes ar- rived, every one having a princed certifi- cate granting him a farm of Jand upon his arrival and presentation of the same to the land office. These people were victim- ized by some scoundrel who traveled through Louisiana and sold them these certificates at $10 each. Other parties have arrived with tickets entitling them to a draw in the Cherokee strip land drawing, for which they have paid several dollars each. At Hennessey a man from Kansas City was knockgd down on the main street and robbed of It 1s estimated by conserv tive men that by tomorrow there will be on the line to take part in the race «bout five persons for every claim on the strip. At Orlando over five hundred women have been in line for two days end a special Tegistration booth was opened for them. A large force of extra clerks are being hired and from four to ten more booths were opened at every registering point yes- terday. Gov. Renfrow, in accordance with tn- structions from Washington, has issued @ proclamation instructing all sheriffs to employ deputies enough to prevent all par- ties going into the strip from carrying deadly weapons. Eleven thousand certifi- cates have been issued at Orlando in three days. Not Settlers, but Specalators. ‘The Indian Land Adjustment League, of which Wm. Lloyd Garrison is president, has issued an address to the American people regarding the opening of tne Cher- okee strip. It says the opening will prove to be simply a gigantic real estate specu- lation, in which the rights of the geauine home seeker will be ‘ost signt of. By means of bicycles, fast horses ani bal- loons, every effort 4s being made to shut out those who actually need the land. In this Columbian year, when liberty, equal- ity and fraternity are the watchword of the republic, the address points to the erm- ed bodies of men, who, at a government al, are to trample on every obligation of fraternity and brotherhood. The league declares that the greater part of Oklahoma is now held by speculators, and that the same result is inevitable in the Cherokee strip. The league says it has facts to prove that the majority of boomers now in the strip border are not genuine home seekers, tors. Puine address calls on the people to stamp with their disapproval the laws that per- mit such a rush for land, and to agitate for the applicatton of the lease principle to Indian land openings. —-see-——___—_ AFTER LORD ROSEBERY. of Queensberry Disposed joy His Celebrated Rules, ‘The Marquis of Queensberry arrived at London from Paris recently, with the in- tention of calling Lord Rosebery to ac- count for snubbing him. ~The marquis threatens to pummel Lord Rosebery, if necessary, as he believes his only chance of showing him up, as he calls it, is to force Rosebery to bring him up before the courts for assault. When asked to explain the cause of his grievance against Lord Rose- bery, the marquis said: “When my son was elevated to the house of lords, from which I was shut out, I could only suppose that a direct snub to myself was intended. I suspected at once what quarter the blow had come from, and my suspicion speedily became a certainty. “] wrote to the queen, from whom through Gen. Sir Henry Ponsonby, I received an answer to the effect that she supposed Vis- count Drumlanrig’s elevation would have been gratifying to me. Then I wrot@ to Mr. Gladstone, from whose response I could not ssibly judge otherwise than that Lord sebery was responsible for the slight put nme. URSWhy should Lord Rosebery have put this ht upon me? *ligthe Rnawer is as plain as daylight—be- cause of family influence, of course! Lord Rosebery Is related to me by marriage, and it is evident he has been acting under the hand of my former wife's family. “But I mean to show Lord Rosebery up, and I will. He escaped me at Homburg by shutting himself up in his rooms, or never going out without a body guard, and by having my quarters surrounded by police- men, But still I think I gave him a moral black eye, and the time will come when he will receive a still more effectual one. “I saw the Prince of Wales one evening at Homburg, and asked to be allowed to give him an explanation. He refused to listen to me then. I said: to leave Homburg, your royal highness. Will you allow me to write you an explanation, sir? “‘T am glad you are going. Yes, you can write,” was the reply. “On the 20th ultimo I wrote to his royal highness. I have not yet received an an- swer.” Although the Marquis of Queensberry is reserving the publication of this letter for the day when, in one way or another, he shall have forced the Earl of Rosebery to e recourse to the law courts, it can now be mentioned that the epistle, a copy of which occupies four quarto pages, consists of a full statement of the marquis’ “case” against Lord Rosebery. The writer begins by stating that he {s availing himself of the gracious permission of the Prince of Wales to explain his conduct, and expresses the hope that his royal highness will, with his usual sense of justice, acknowledge that he {s not to be blamed for the course he had taken. The marquis then cites the let- ters he received from the queen and Mr. Gladstone to show how, in his opinion, only Lord Rosebery can be taxed with the crime which he (the marquis) imputes to him, and adds that if Lord Rosebery denies his complicity “the has lied.” see. Her Summer. From Puck. ng ‘What! engaged to three men?” ‘Oh, yes! I've been having a three-ring circus at the beach. ———— NEURAWIC headaches promptly cared bj Brom-seltzer-trlal bottle 1 cts. IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS. tate Senator Charles P, McClelland of Westchester county, N. ¥., who represents his county in the upper branch of the New York assembly, and who ts stopping at the Shoreham, takes no stock in the talk of a breach between Senator Hill and the New York state democratic machine. “If there is any such condition of affairs, he said, laughingly, this morning, “there are no in- dications of it up our way. When Senator Hill removes his hand from the throttle of the machine it will be a bad day for the machine. Indeed, I don’t hesitate to say that Senator Hill can get along without the machine better than the machine can get long without Senate Hill. The Senator a very bright man, and a very successful man, and he will undoubtedly continue to direct democratic state politics for some years to come. Neither is there any ap- parent foundation for the talk of a schism between Senator Hill and Lieutenant Gov- ernor Sheehan, or Senator Murphy. Mere newspaper gossip. No, Senator Hill is not dependent on the machine for his political life; quite the reverse.” Mr. Michael Kazarin, attache of the Rus- sian government under the minister of the interior, and who also bears the imposing title of imperial Russian commissioner and delegate from the general administration of prisons to the World’s Columbian Exposi- tion, is at the Riggs House. ‘The special object of Mr. Kazarin's visit to this country at this time is to make a study of the American prison system, and the matter of prison reform. He is a young man of fine physique and appearance, and of great Intelligence, and speaks good English, though with a decided foreign accent. He has paid a brief visit to the world’s fair, but has spent most of his time inspecting the various prisons of importance throughout the country. Strange to say, of all the in- stitutions of the kind he has visited, he bestows the greatest praise upon the New York State Reformatory at Elmira, N. ¥., and speaks in the highest terms of Superin- tendent Brockway. This is the institution which is now being so vigorously assailed by the New York World, which paper | si charges Superintendent Brockway with gross inhumanity to inmates of the prison, and with general maladministration. “The Elmira Reformatory,” said Mr. Kazarin, “is noted throughout Europe as the model prigon of the world, and Mr. Brockway is knéwn and esteemed by all students and devotees of prison reform. America was the pioneer in prison reform, and it was in this country since the close of your late war that this great and beneficent work was started. Your best prisons are models for all the world to follow, but I have been able to inspect only a few of them. I have seen none of the southern penitentiaries or prisons, as I do not think well of the lease system of convict labor largely in vogue there. I have inspected the prisons at Oakland, Cal.; Denver, Col.; Columbus, Ohio; Pittsburg, Pa., and others, in addition to the Elmira reformatory. All of these are splendidly conducted. Mr. Kazarin will visit Philadelphia and New York to finish his prison inspection, and trom the latter city he will sail for me. “If the use of the cable, electricity, and motor power in street locomotion continues to increase as at present the vocation of the street car horse will soon be gone,” said Mr. Fulton Embry, a live-stock deal- er of Cincinnati, at the Ebbitt. “In the far west the business of live-stock is almost obsolete, and men who Talsed and sold annually thousands of horses for street car service ten years ago are now rapidly deserting the business. A common horse is worth nothing in that country now. I can best illustrate the matter by an anecdote. A citizen of Nebraska was enumerating the products of his state. ‘You used to raise horse thieves, also,’ suggested a listener. “Yes, but we got rid of all those,’ responded the other. ‘Horses have become so cheap that if a man stole one it ran him in debt, and so all the horse thieves left the coun- try” “It would be difficult,” said Mr. Thomas E. Rogers of New York at the Metropoll- tan, “to find a business that is affected more acutely and promptly by the general condition of the country than is mine. My house manufactures the highest class of old goods. These are, of course, emphati- tally “luxuries, and the general financial situation must be very favorable to render business brisk with us. We experience the changes as quickly as a thermometer denotes changes in the weather. We felt the depression of the summer very severely, but in my recent travels I note in as nounced a degree the revival of trade. iness is improving everywhere I go.” “This rainy weather reminds me of an adventure I had in Cleveland, O., a month or two ago,” sald Mr. George H. Justice, a commercial traveler of Pittsburg, as he blew smoke rings from his Havana in the lobby of the National. “I had but one suit of clothes with me, and decided to have it cleaned and pressed. I bought me one these white flannel suits and took the other to a tailor, who said he could not do the job in less than two days. That night I went out for a stroll. I was walking through a park, when a heavy shower came up suddenly. I took refuge in a lit- tle summer house in the park, thinking the rain would soon be over. But it wasn t. It rained for hours, and the longer it rained the harder it poured. Finally a park po- liceman discovered me in my retreat and said I must ‘git.’ I explained the situation, but to no avail. He said they didn’t allow folks there that time of night. I started for my hotel on a run. Of course I got drenched through. When I reached my room 1 sent my white flannel suit down to the clerk to have dried. The next morning he sent it up to me. The sleeves of the coat struck me at the elbows and the bottom of the trousers came to my knees. I remained in bed until the tailor finished my other suit, and while I waited I swore eternal enmity to flannel clothes.” Uncle Jerry Rusk’s double is s familiar figure about the uptown hotels, and he is domiciled at the Oxford. The gentleman in question is Mr. C. Y. Wilson of Kentucky and his resemblance to the ex-Secretary is supplemented by the coincidence that he formerly secretary of the Kentucky state board of agriculture under Governor uckner and is now an applicant for As- stant Secretary of Agriculture here, held at present by Mr. Willetts. The flowing white beard and hair, the kindly eye and the ruddy complexion of the Wisconsin agriculturist-statesman are duplicated in the features of the gentleman from the land of the blue grass, and the latter is said to tell a good story with all the gusto and success which characterize the efforts of the late dispenser of the nation’s garden seeds, Mr. Wilson says if he is not a win- ner in the race for agricultural honors he ought to be. “Kentucky is midway between the cotton states of the south and the cereal states of the west,” he remarked, “and as the west received the secretaryship, the south should have the other appointment. Kentucky isn’t getting very much, any- how,” he added incidentally and reflectively. But’ as there are thirty-five worthy gentle- men who desire to perform Mr. Willetts’ duties, at least thirty-four of them will be oblged to seek other occupations, us ‘Three gentlemen of distinctively military bearing and foreign aspect attract the atten- tion of habitues of the Ebbitt House lobby. They are Capt. Raffaele Volpe of the Italian royal navy, Capt. Crespi, Italian naval at- tache in Russia, and Maj. Narict, chief en- gineer of the Italian navy. They are mak- ing an official tour of this country under instructions of thelr government, and have rrived in Washington from the world’s fair. Capt. Volpe, who is a handsome man of commanding presence, with the piercing eye and swarthy complexion of his nation- ality, chatted pleasantly about his im sions of this country and especially of the American navy. “Your navy,” he said, “is gzowing steadily and in a satisfactory de- gree. The United States will never re- quire a navy strong in Ironclads, but the number of your cruisers should and doubt- less will be increased. They offer the most effective means of naval warfare for a coun- try situated as is America, with great seas between her and the nations of Europe. With additions in this direction and the strengthening of your coast defenses, the United States will be, at least, fully equip- ped against foreign invasio: Capt. Volpe and his associates have called at the Navy Department and have spent some time at the Capitol, of the architec- tural features of which ‘they spoke with great praise. They will pay a visit to the val Academy at Annapolis for the pur- pose of studying the methods there employ- ed, whence they go to New York and New- port, sailing from the latter point for home. Col. J. Courtney Hixson of Union Springs, Ala., was circling among his friends in the ‘Metropolitan lobby last night, receiving con- gratulations on every hand. He ts one of the few men who have recelved from the administration more than they asked for. Col. Hixson came to Washington in the early summer and filed his papers as an applicant for the consulship at Ningpo, China. After some hustling and with the strongest endorsements, he received the appointment on July 1. ‘“I went home per- Fuchan fs a city of nearly 1,000,000 inhab- {tants, and is a delightful place of official Tesidence. Its exports of tea are enormous, being second to only those of Shanghai. Sa foa Sree halt tad ions, the consul sitti: or arbitrator in conflicts vetween Amer. sular service, being only twenty-nine years of age. He is of striking appearance. would attract “attention® crowd nearly six feet with a heavy mustach mcvintigine yr Sy e and military. 4 easy, graceful bearing of a gentleman of education and travel. “The worst ‘done’ I have been in a long time was at Indianapolis during the Grand Army Encampment last week,” said Mr. BE. G. Gardner, a commercial traveler, at Wil- lard’s, this morning. “The crowd was too big for the town, and it was difficult to se- clamoring for food. Finally, in an effort to impress the waiters with the advisability of serving me, I placed a silver dollar care- fully but conspicuously under my glass. Presently a waiter passed by and spied it. He came back and made a bluff at arrang- ing the table. I turned just then to to a friend at my side. Before I looked back or realized what the colored gentle- man was doing he had raised the glass, extracted the coin, and vanished into thin the platform in the Hall of Washington, and hurled defiance at the great audience before him. “How dare you judge us?” swarthy countenance and wealth black hair, with arm and index tended, and every muscle of his ering with excitement. A volley of cheers was the response. hind the striking figure trom dwelling intent upon every venerable Edward Everett Hehe“was che meer ete. it was the negro ince his left Mrs. Ormiston Chang the radical. Next to her, bis head encircled in @ turban of white, Dakoyoshi Mut the advocate of Shintolsm, aide by side with the negro Protap Chunder Mazoomdar. the philosopher of the Brahmo-Somaj. It was @ striking scene and a striking occasion. The Duddhist had been introduced, after an address of remarkable liberality, by Rev. Dr. ~~ 4> Rexford of Boston. ex- pressed his gratification that an opportunity to particionse tu the gestiement: oe part te in the and that it mattered Uttie what «man’s or what his if he was cere and true to the light surveying the audience, he manded: “How many of you have read Buddha” dan Five hands, four of them belonging to we- men, were timidly held “Five ouly,” said the Buddhist, with tone an@ look of disdain. and seventy-five millions our religion of love and yourselves a nation, and nd you do not know the history Sreat, teacher. How dare you judge and the audience cheered ‘A number of distinguished the audience from the platform day's session. Rev. Edward Everett Hale sat with Prince Serge Wolkensky of Rus- sia; Julia Ward Howe with H. Toki of In- dia; Rev. Joseph Cook with Prof. Jean Reville of Paris; Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott with Rt. Rev. Reucht Spibata of Calestta. ‘Much interest was manifested in the paper pared by Cardinal Gibbons upon the : He came in late from a sound call for his key. boys, and his gait voice thick. The elevator was closed, and he noted the fact “Shay, old man,” “what floor is my fourth floor,” at the stairway—‘“change me to a backe rooms gn sis floor. won't you? Give other Toom to some harder me. I'm not a kicker.” oe —__ YELLOW FEVER AT BRUNSWICK. ‘The Board of Health Declares That It is Not Epidemic. A special from Brunswick, Ga., says: After the wild rumors of last night mat- ters have assumed @ normal people are not leaving the city before. Many are going to St. spend the night with their families who return to their business during the day. number of stores recently closed are kept open. At the board of health meeting two cases of fever were reported—the Cox had been reported on the streets after exam- ination were declared not to be yellow fever, RECALLING A MAILED LETTER. A Matter of Considerable Dificulty, but Not Impossible, as Many Suppose. To recall a letter once mailed is almost as difficult a task as to take back an as- sertion once uttered, says the Springfield Republican. The sender must appear at the post office and is handed a blank to fill out. In this he must state when and where he mailed the letter, how it was ad- dressed, must describe the cuvelope, state the amount of postpage prepaid ani testify “that the above mentioned letter was writ- ten by me or by my authority and I desire to recall it for the following reason”--und then state the reason, which is usually, “mailed by mistake.” He rust then sign his name, so that the handwriting may be compared with that on the letter, and sign @ receipt. If the address cannot’ be shown to be in his handwriting, or is printed or typewritten he must describe some pe- cullarities of the envelope sufficient to identify it. If he is unable to do this the letter ‘is refused, unless the postmaster knows the applicant and 1s satisfied con- cerning his good intentions. If he is satis- fied he asks for a statement concerning the contents, and the applicant is then obliged to open the letter and read por- tions of it in the postmaster’s presence to prove that it is the one he described. Rut if the letter has been sent away the process of recalling it is still more difti- cult. A similar blank has to be diled out and a minute description telegraphed the sender's expense to the postmaster at the office of its destination. If discov- ered in time the letter ts then intercepted and sent to the department at Washington with a statement of the case. Why should any one want to recall a letter so much as to take this trouble? Well, there was one case at the local office recently where a valuable deed was mailed and the sender received information that watisfled him that the sale should not be made. 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