Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1893, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. 1HURSDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. A NEWSPAPER MAN. Connected With the Great Paper, the Albany Express, Makes Statements Which the People Should Know and Understand. They Will Interest Not Only thi paper Fraternity, but Every ‘The popular and well-known Thomas A. Lindsay, who {s connected with Albany's (X. leading morning paper, the Albany Express, makes an in- teresting revelation. Everybody connected with the BewEpa| bas known of the facts for some time and cam vouch for their truth in every particular. “For many years," said Mr. Lindsay, “I bave deem subject to severe spells of headache and ner- Yousness, at times almost enough to drive a man to insanity from pains, loss of sleep, etc. “Medicines, narcotics, patent and prescribed, id not give relief, and the ailment increased con- tinually. Having read in the Albany Morning Ex- Press, at different times, the advertisements of Dr. Greene's Nervera blood and nerve remedy, I con- cluded to try this remedy, and after the use of six OF seven bottles found not only relief, but almost ® radical cure. “The headaches are a thing of the past, while the terrible nervous spells have gradually become Jess and less, until now I have little or none of them left and my sleep is natural and refreshing. “T do not hesitate im saying that this remarkable change is entirely due to Dr. Geeene’s Nervura blood ard nerve remedy, and I heartily recommend it for aflments like my own, no matter what the cause of them.” It is @ fuct that our great business and profes- sional men are fast finding out the wonderful in- Vigorating and strength giving powers of this most Valuable discovery, Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and Rerve remedy. It is the medicine for the weak And nervous. It restores health to the sick. Its remarkable cure of Mr. Lindsay, after every- thing else had failed, makes anotber conscientious person, restored to health by its use, to add to the Yong and constantly increasing list of prominent and well-known people who are almost daily pub- Usbing in the papers statements of their cures by this grand medicine. It is beyond all question the greatest curer of disease known at the present day, and is the very best medicine for blood and nerves. It is purely Vegetable and harmless and is vold by druggists for $1.00. This great remedy is the discovery and preserip- tion of the famous physician, Dr. Greene of 35 W. 14th street, New York, who is the most successful specialist in curing nervous and chronic diseases in this country. We would add that the doctor can be consulted free, personally or by letter. For any Blood or Chronic Disease, Such as Cancer, Consumption, Catarrh, Rheumatism, Malaria, Bright's Disease, Dyspepsia, Diphtheria, Kidney or Stomach troubles Take Radam’s Microbe Killer. Cures where medical science fails. a ¥) 50) beok, with full exnian tion. spailed free. m. Microbe Killer 0o., 7 Laight “treet. New York City. bl NTS FO* WASHINGTON: BEETLE e STEVENS. Pentve ond oth Brie a NS, Pa ave. 21 stnw (a0 pRovOT, THE GREAT TONIC for Loss of Appetite, Fever and Ague, Malaria, Neuralgia, Indigestion, &c. E. FOUGERA & CO., 26, 28, 30 North William St., New York, And all Druggists. om oc2-m&th, | | | ‘ddddddddd iddidedd we Closing Out # Ladies’ Shoes. We shall sell only Men's Shoes hereafter, so out go the ladies’ and children’s. Here is @ straw: Ladies’ French Kid and French Dongola Button Shoes, band made. Were $5. Now $2.79. Crawford’s, (Sl taSe Eee dedesddddd deddddddeO DELLA LLAELL LA dddiddiddddddddded Economy Headquarters FOR 4LL. 98e. for Men's $1.50 Slippers. $1.65 for Ladies’ $2 Button Shoes. $2.65 for Ladies’ $3 Button Shoes. $2.65 for Ladies’ $3 Blucher Shoes. ‘$8 for Grover’s $4 Hand-turn Comfort Shoes. $2.65 for Men's $3 Calf Bluchers. $3.75 for Men's $6 French Patent Calf Shoes. Sample Shoes at less than manufacturers’ whole sale prices. THE WARREN SHOE HOUSE, (GEO. W. RICH) 919 F STREET NORTHWEST. THE PEOPLE'S RESORT ec20 FOR GENUINE BARGAINS. XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX * Cut This Out. % Good for 5 Cts. ‘This coupon and twenty cents will buy 8 2c. bottle of Ogss REIS all alll lee leg! Xooss21209 Pa Ave 4 XXXXXXNXXXXXXXXX GENTS’ SUITS SCOURED_ AND PRESSED AA MK Abi — ants. 25. ¢ In the best maine for and delivered. Telephone call 143-2. TIX, 705. 9th st. n.w., HA sey And 425 N. Eutaw st.. Baltimore, 3d. [SUBURBAN NEWS. ALEXANDRIA. The proposal now before the city council to run streets across Yation’s marsh will probably be carried out and that swamp become, before long, a habitation for man. The town would have spread in this di- rection before the revolutionary war if King George liI had not refused his ap- Proval of an act of the general assembly for that purpose. The old hamlet of Bell- | haven stood on the top of the hill on the southeast edge of the marsh and very soon the trustees started to procure the filling up of its sunken places so as to preserve health. The property holders would not fill up, and the trustees obtained authority from the general assembly to fill up the sunken lots and sell them to defray the costs. This act the king refused to ratity as interfering with the rights of land own- ers. As a result the population moved south- ward and the hill became deserted, the few old dwellings that remained there were apd now the of the filled-up marsh, furnishes the car yards of the Washington and Ohio railroad. It is probable that the improvement of the marsh which the king stopped over one hundred and thirty years ago will now be resumed. An Odd Fellow’s Funeral. Potomac Lodge of the I. O. O. F. this afternoon escorted to the church and the grave the funeral of the late Stephen W. Sutton, long a member of the lodge. A num- ber of members of Sarepta Lodge also unit- ed on the occasion. The funeral took place from Trinity M. E. Church on Washington street and was largely attended. Notes. John Moody, the Washington hackman who received a flesh wound from colored Constable Wallace last Monday, was car- ried to Washington by his father, who paid the fine which had been assessed on the son by Justice Burch for an assault in the county. As he was also charged in the city with escaping from an officer his father left $10 collateral to answer that offense and the $10 has been declared forfeited by the mayor. The Alexandria Assembly will give its first Friday night hop this season at Mc- Burney’s Hali tomorrow evening. The Mount Vernon Railroad Company is about to repave their tracks on the paved streets of the city. A row of eight houses will be erected this season opposite the glass works on Duke street extended, West End. Mrs. Chas. A. Schafer died at her home near this city yesterday. To Alexandria Subscribers. Mr. A. S. Doniphan is now the authorized agent of The Evening Star in Alexandria. All outstanding subscriptions must be paid to him. Subscriptions and complaints can be left at the store of Mr. J. T. Cox, No. 921 King street. —_—>—— ANACOSTIA, John A. Logan Post was out in full force last night at Masonic Hall, the occasion being the annual inspection and visitation by the department officers. The inspecticn was conducted by Assistant Department Inspector John M. Keough in the presence of the department commander and staff, and showed the post to be in a highly flourishing and prosperous condition, the inspecting officer taking occasion to com- pliment the post on its fine appearance and flattering prospects. After the inspec- tion Department Commander Faunce was introduced, and in a few well-chosen re- marks briefly reviewed the work of the de- partment, and expressed his sincere pleas- ure in finding the post so thoroughly alive to the interests of the G.A.R. Other speeches were made by Messrs. Husted, assistant adjutant general; Newton Ferree, assistant quartermaster generai; Depart- ment Chaplain Stevens and Medical Di- rector Reyburn, Nathan Bickford, senior vice department commander; John M. Keough, assistant department inspector and senior A.D.C.; E. J. Sweet, com- mander of Lafayette Post, No. 2, and others. The visiting comrades were S. 5. Faunce, department commander; Nathan Bickford, senior vice department cdm- mander; G. M. Husted, A. A. G.; N. Ferree, A.Q.M.G.; Robt. Reyburn, medical di- rector; H. S. Stephens, department chap- lain; sohn M. Keough, senior A. D. C.; Wm. Patridge, Samuel McMonigle, W. W. Cham- bers, C. P. Bundick, Jas. H. Doney and E. J. Sweet, Wm. McCoy, N. M. Cole and others. After the speeches all adjourned to the supper room, where coffee and sand- wiches were served by the ladies of John A. Logan Relief Corps. ——. BROOKLAND. The Brookland “Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works” Company have been requested to give cn exhibition at Takoma for the benefit of the Episcopal Chyrch of that town and they will do so in the near future, procuring the same handsome costumes from Mr. Jerome Buck of Philadelphia that were used at the Brookland entertainment. The Phillips case, which has engrossed the attention of a large number of the resi- dents of Brookland and vicinity for the lust two weeks and which involved a question of the fitness of Mr. Joseph Phillips to care for his three younger children, was decided in favorf the father. In spite of the de- cision of the court that Mr. Phillips was perfectly capable of making what dispoai- | Hon he chose of his minor children, the | three younger ones were still illegally held by the elder ones and a writ of habeas cor- pus will be necessary to have them realize the position in which they have placed themselves. The ladies of St. Anthony’s Church are busily engaged in preparations for an old- fashioned Thanksgiving dinner and supper in the town hall on Thanksgiving evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farquhar of Brook- land have returned from a visit to Mr. Ed- ward Farquhar of Sandy Spring. Mrs. H. J. Penrod has gone on a trip to ae = cae Haven. r. James A. Collins of Takoma a father of Mrs. Charles Neuman of ieee sand, died at 1 a. m. yesterday morning, after a lingering illness. Mr. Collins was a native of Montgomery county, Md., ani nad passed the three score and ten years cf nis life in the vicinity of his birthplace. He was highly esteemed by a very large circle of friends. Mr. Collins leaves a widow and six children survive Mrs. William Jones of Takoma, Mrs. Neuman of Brook- land, Mr. Perry Collins of Georgetown, Mr. James Collins of North Takoma and Messrs. Montgomery and Charles Collins of Mont- gomery county, Md. The funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. William Jones, near Takoma, and the interment wih == baer Pear cemetery. isses ‘ie Jullien and Miss M: Burr started for Chicago yesterday to be present ra Gas closing attractions of the world’s —__. HAGERSTOWN. Registration in this county has been com- pleted for the approaching election. A compilation of the books of the twenty-three districts shows a total voting population of 10,358. Of this number 613 are colored vot- ers. Deaths and weddings seem to go to- gether. Of the former six have been re- corded in the past two days, among the number being Jacob Zook, toll gate keeper on the Williamsport and Greencastle pike, aged seventy-five years; Greenbury Young, @ prominent citizen of Boonsboro’, aged seventy-one years; John Wilhelm of Green- castle, a director in the National Bank, at the age of sixty-six years; Mrs. Thomas Chaney of Four Locks, aged sixty-one years, leaving a large family; Mrs. Marga- ret Shock of this city, wife of County Bailiff Frederick Shock. Her age was eighty-one. Contrary to the sadness which these deaths have produced, a number of hearts have been made happy. At the resi- dence of Mr. George W. Show, a leading merchant of this city, his daughter, Miss Carrie, was united in marriage to Mr. Samuel L. King, jr., a former resident of Hagerstown, but now the agent of the United States Express Company at Ports- mouth, Va. The wedding was a very pretty one, numerously attended and the presents handsome. Rev. G. C. Bacon, pastor of St. Paul's M. E. Church, this city, officiated. Revs. H. Delk of Hagerstown and Vic- tor Miller of Leitersburg both participated in the ceremonies today which made Mis: Nettie Tritle of this city and Mr. S. C. Ridenour man and wife. The wedding took place at the bride's residence, the parlors of which were profusely decorated for the occasion. The event was graced with the Altering and] presence of many friends a - d ag and | Di and acquaint. NEURALGIC headaches promptly cared by Bromo-Seltzer—trial bottle 10 cts. ances of the contracting parties, who re- membered them with many useful as well as costly presents. Josie C. Miller, nee Gertie Shepherd, of Hagerstown, has entered a suit here for divorce from James 1. Miller. The bill States that the parties were married on January 1, 1891, in Washington, by E. Lb. Bailey, the complainant turther alleging that the said Bailey was not a legally au- thorized minister to perform the marriage ceremony, that no lawful license was issued and that Miller and Bailey conspired to de- ceive complainant. The colored people of Hagerstown are endeavoring to have the annual emancipa- tion celebration held in this city, instead of at Frederick. Mr. J. H. Anderson, who fell from a Western Maryland railroad train at the bridge crossing at Antietam street, this city, some two weeks ago, receiving ugly cuts and bruises, has recovered from bis injuries, and today returned to Washing- ton to resume his duties in the Post Office tment. ie — of this county, who sued out a man us to compel the clection supervisors to place five names for county commissioners, instead of two, upon the oficial ballot, have abandoned the suit, the case having been virtually decided against them upon a similar case to the court of appeals from Frederick county. v. - Heilman of Alexandria, Va., who has accepted a call to the Reformed Church at Greencastle, will commence his work in the new charge November 12. Three burglars, who have been operating in the Sdjeining compty of Franklin, Pa., as well as this, were run down and captured by the Chambersburg police yesterday. ‘Their names are Rudolph Herbert, George Myers and Charles Miller, the latter claiming to be from Havre de Grace, Md. The two lat- ter are Germans. An immense quantity of goods, stolen from stores, were found in their “fence,” which was located by the Police. Gunners are now allowed to shoot par- tridges in this county. Few, if any, of the birds can be found, however. Sportsmen are consoled by the large number of wild ducks found at the Big Pool and other points. Many of these fowl are being bagged. _——_ FREDERICK CITY. Frederick lost by death on Sunday night one of its best-known and most highly es- teemed men—Col. John B. Thomas—who died of general debility after an illness of a few weeks, which began immediately after his return from a visit to his son, Charles G. Thomas, in San Francisco, Cal. Col. Thomas was a son of the late Levin Thomas of Frederick county, and was ocrn on the farm of his father. He engaged in farming when a young man, and followed that vocation until about fifteen years ago, when he came to Frederick and engaged in the real estate business. He married Miss Charlotte Thomas of this county, who died @ number of years ago, and ten years ago he married Miss Harriett McCleery. He leaves five sons and one daugh- ter, the children of his first wife. They are: Dr. 8. F. and Miss Nellie Thomas of this city, Amos and David Thomas of Fred- erick county, John of Baltimore, and Charies G. of California. He also leaves a brother, Dr. Jacob Thomas of Adamstown, this county. Col. Thomas was prominent in many public movements for the benefit of Frederick, notably the laying out of the Court House Park. His funeral took place on Wednesday morning, interment being made in Mt. Olivet cemetery. The Rev. Dr. E. R. Erchbach of the Evangelical Re- formed Church officiated, and the pall bearers were Wm. 8. Miller, Dr. Fairfax Schley, Henry Williams, J. 8. W. Jarboe, Z. James Gittinger and George Wm. Smith. The large flouring mill three miles below Frederick FF vaste known as Riel’s mill, and own: by F. I. Lewis, was set on fire by some unknown miscreant Saturday night last and burned to the ground, with its contents, valuable machinery. The mill had not been in operation for several months. The loss is about $3,000, and there was $1,000 insur- ance on the building ené $1.000 on the ma- chinery. The registration of voters for Frederick county has been completed, and shows a total vote of 12,400, of which number 1,441 are colored voters. The gain is very little over the total number of voters last year. The campaign so far has been unusually quiet, and no arrangements have yet been made by either of the old parties for mass meetings. The prohibitionists will have a noes meeting at Buckeystown Saturday night. The attendance at the public schools in Frederick has increased at such a rate that the school commission have been com- lied to open an annex to the Female th School. At Brunswick and other places the attendance has also increased to such an extent that more room has had to be provided. The officers, directors and stockholders of the Brunswick and Lovettsville Bridge Company went in a special train over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Mon- day to inspect the new iron bridge across the Potomac river at Brunswick, prior to its formal opening on Saturday. They were delighted with the firmness of struc- ture and graceful outline of the bridge, which is one of the longest in this part of the country. Mr. C. D. Doll says that the statement that he has disposed of his interest In the City Hotel to Washington parties and will retire from the proprietorship is false, and that he does not contemplate making any change. FALLS CHURCH. The officers and members of the I. 0. O. G. were entertained by Miss Lily Crocker, on Wednesday night at the residence of her parents on Broad street, it being in honor of her eighteenth birthday. The even- ing was pleasantly spent with games, mu- sic and literary exercises, among which was a recitation by Miss Addie M. Spofford entitled “The Wreck of the Huron;” in- strumental music, Mr. Arthur K. Ray- mond; vocal solo, Miss Nina Newlon; se- lect reading, Mr. E. F. Snoots. Among those present were Misses Bessie Hoge- land, Nina Newlon, Addie M. Spofford and Messrs. W. E. Parker, W. S. Luckett, A. K. Raymond, Elmer Jacobs and E. F. Snoots. Mr. Samuel A. Wrenn, the commissioner of revenue, was in town on Wedn . Mr. T. S. Luckett, town clerk, has com- pleted the assessment of the real and per- sonal property of the corporation. Mr. M. M. Erwin has moved into his new house on Little Falls street. ‘ The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church met at the residence of Mr.Thomas Hillier Wednesday afternoon. The meetings in the Congregational Church will continue during this week. Mr. G. Gaither is improving his store property by the addition of a porch. Mrs. Auchmoody will join her daughter, Mrs. Eells, at Pleasantville, N. J., soon. ——————— Willing to Fight Jack Dempsey. Thos. Ryan, champion welter-weight of the world, is at Bridgeport, Conn., train- ing for a fight with Harry Jameson, which will take place November 2, before the Nau- gatuck Athletic Club.” He received a tele- gram last night from the Athletic Club of Chicago offering a prize of $1,500 for a six- round go between Ryan and Jack Demp- sey. Ryan says he will accept if he wins the match with Jameson. ie antea Skeras te Against the “Church Saloon.” The idea of the church saloon, fostered by Dr. Rainsford of New York, received a significant although incidental condemna- tion yesterday afternoon by the bishops, presbyters and laymen in the last hour of the missionary council of the Protestant Episcopal Church, which has been in ses- sion at Chicago since Sunday. Bishop Walker of North Dakota, in dis- cussing “Missions in Cities” and the various methods employed in Christianizing the godless, said, among other things: “These so-called rescue missions, with their billiard rooms, card tables and all, may be very well. But the church saloon! May God forbid!” The speaker's words were echoed from evéry part of the house with an earnest “amen.” Spread of Cholera in Russia. The official cholera statistics show that from October 20 to October 23 there were eighty-four new cases of cholera and thirty- three deaths from the disease in St. Peters- burg. In Moscow, from October 17 to Oc- tober 19, five new cases and three deaths were reported. The following figures are given for the provinces: From October § to October 14—Volhynia, 530 new cases, 213 deaths; Lotsha, 470 new cases, 225 deaths; Tursk, 217 new cases, 46 deaths. From September 24 to October 14—Kieff, 262 new cases, 100 deaths. pcan Or aeeee eee Lansing, Mich., was thrown into great excitement yesterday afternoon by the ar- rest of Nelson Bradley, cashier of the Cen- tral Michigan Savings Bank, that last April went into the hands of a receiver. consisting of; 7 TOOK IN THE CROWD. How a Fakir on 7th Street Worked Up a Trade. A fakir on 7th street worked a new dodge the other day. At least it was new here and proved to be very successful. He had Probably just returned from the world’s fair and had learned the points from the fraternity out there. He had a large voice and also a fluent flow of talk, and he soon, in addition to his touts, had quite a group about him. He informed his hearers that he had a new method of doing business. He offered some rings for sale, alleged to be gold plated, and said he would make a present to each purchaser. The price of the ring was five cents, and after several of the confederates had invested and the crowd saw them receive in addition to the ring the five cents which they offered in payment their interest became somewhat aroused. He next offered a pair of collar buttons of the same alleged material and coupled with it the same proposition. The price was ten cents, and the crowd opened their mouths wide as they saw him hand back the money as he distributed the buttons. Others be- sides the confederates shoved out their ten cents and the fakir was gratified to see evidences that the listeners were taking an active personal interest in his methods of doing businese. When he had sold all the ten-cent but- tons he could and returned the money to the purchasers with remarks that were calculated to impress the public with hi merits as a public benefactor, he made hi third offer, which was a set of collar, shirt and cuff buttons for twenty-five cents, and with his usual proposition to make each purchaser Present. The touts were obliged to take the background in the rush that followed on the part of the public to accept this offer, and the fakir gathered in as many quarters as he thought were in the crowd. After the harvest he redeemed his Promise and presented to each purchaser a single collar button, and packing his traps he was on his way down the street before the crowd realized exactly what had hap- pened. The collar button was wofth prob- ably a tion of a cent, and the entire outfit sold for a quarter was not worth more than a few cents. ———-. SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEATH. Blood Poisoning From the Dye of a Colored Shirt. Patrick Rowen, thirty-five years old, a Philadelphia laborer, contracted blood pois- oning from the dye in a shirt recently, and died in three days. Rowen was a strong, healthy man, and had had but little sick- ness. Mrs. Rowen said that her husband had some business to attend to down town, and he shaved before starting. There was a small pimple on the right side of his neck, and he cut it with the razor. It bled a good bit, but the blood was stopped finally. At night Rowen’s neck began to swell. On Sunday he grew worse, and a doctor was sent for. In the evening Rowen suffered severe pain, and could not sleep. On Monday, despite the medical treat- ment, the patient grew worse, and the wound became inflamed. Rowen became unconscious, and so remained up to within a few hours of his death. Mrs. Rowen says that her husband wore colored shirt on Saturday, and she sup- poses that the collar rubbed against his neck, and that some of the dye got into = wound and found its way into his sys- ™m. —————_+ee______ IVORY AS A SETTING. A Proposal to bstitute This Mater- fal for Gold or Silver. From the Pall Mall Budget. The study of the precious stones has sug- gested to the wife of an expert and some- time collector an idea for reformation .in/ the settings of diamonds. Whether, It: {s' Practicuble is a question for jewelers. ‘The’ proposal is that ivory should take the place of gold or silver. All wearers of diamonds are aware how troublesome is the process of washing and drying silver set diamonds 80 as to avoid the slightest tarnish, and a gold setting has the disadvantage of caus- ing so much reflection of its own coior as to render the whiteness of a fine diamond difficult to gauge. But even more important would be the gain of beauty. The brilliance of gold and silver would mar their charm as a setting for transparent and sparkling stones,though it makes them a good setting for opaque stones and for pearls. Ivory would give the gentle effect that is now sought for by setting diamonds together with merely semi-precious stones—a combination deplor- able to the expert. Ivory would have even more than the quieting effect’ of cat's eyes or chrysoprase and its thick warm white- ness by the lucid and darting diamond would make an effect of great refinement. Perhaps a difficulty would be found for its comparative for agility. +eo_____ Prof. Jowett and the Young Agnostic. What the late Prof. Jowett of Oxford was least tolerant of was pretentiousness and shallow conceit. The reputation for ex- treme latitudinarianism that the fame of his early trial for heresy had attached to his name sometimes made foolish young men seek to curry favor with him by ex- travagant protestations of agnosticism. One self-satisfied undergraduate, who had a thin smattering of all the heathen philos- ophies, and fancied, like many of his age, that he had made the original discovery ali the world’s dolls were full of saw- dust, met the master in t “quad” one day, and having entered into conversation with him, continued to pace up and down by his side. “Master,” he sald, after a pause, have searched everywhere in all Philosophies, ancient and modern, and no- where do I find the evidence of God.” “Mr. ——.” replied the master, “if you don't find a God by 6 o’clock this afternoon you must leave this college.” If Dr. Jowett hed real- ly believed in the young man’s professions of “philosophic doubt” as being anything but puppyish brag he would have spent hours of valuable time in kindly and rea- sonal talk with him. ———- ++ ____ A Wealthy Barber Mardered. Samuel W. Dorsey, the most prominent colored citizen of Washington, Pa., was murdered Sunday by two unknown men rear his home. The murdered man was highly esteemed by white and colored citi- zens alike. Dorsey was a single man, forty-two years of age, proprietor of a large barber shop. He closed his shop at midnight, paid his employes and started home. On his way he was met by two men, who deliberately fired a bullet into his head. Dorsey sank down on his knees, with his back against a fence. In that position his body was found with a lighted cigar in his teeth. Dorsey's gold watch, a diamond stud and pocket book were taken, A large roll of money in an inside pocket was undisturbed. The police and county officers are searching for the assassins. Dorsey was a member of the city council. He was a Mason of high rank. - ——_—_——_00—__—_— Fixing a Can: m Boundary Line. A work of no less international impor- tance than the fixing of a boundary line between the United States and Canada is in progress at Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. W. F. King of Ottawa, Ont., has reached there. Mr. King 1s chief astronomer of the domin- fon of Canada, and is connected with the astronomical department of the Canadian government at Ottawa. Upon his arrrival he was joined by Superintendent Menden- hall of the United States coast and geodetic survey, who was awaiting his coming. These two gentlemen are commissioned by their respective governments to fix the boundary line between Maine and New Brunswick. They have been at work all summer, and have met by appointment in Cleveland to settle several undecided points before making their final reports. SR eaerAe RPT AIE SS Paid admissions at the world’s fair yes- terday numbered 252,618. Actress Helen Dauvray has brought suit for absolute divorce against her husband, John M. Ward, captain of the New York Base Ball Club. should be thoroughly BAD cleansed of all impur- ities, and the Blood hace os se $n SB oe moves whatsoever origin, and builds up the gen- ees Is a source of much suffering. Tho system eral health, For three years I was so troubled with malarial ppolson that Lie lost-all i Chartene tit meee End Potash remedies, but-could get no teliels &. few bottles off made a eae J. A. RICE, Ottawa,Kan. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ‘Atlanta, Ge. CHAMPION AT CHECKERS. A Young New Englander of Indian Descent Holds the Title. Draughts, or checkers, as it is more com- monly called, was played thousands of years ago. Plato used to play it, as he him- | seif tells us, for recreation; Homer speaks of it in one of his immortal epics. But it is hardly to be supposed that the game, as the ancient Greek poets and philosophers | knew it, had reached the scientific stage to j which it has been carried by such players as Freeman, Barker, Wyllie and Yates. C. H. Freeman of Providence, says the New York Sun, has an interesting perso: ality. He is of Indian descent, and says that he is proud of it. The blood of the | Pequots and the Narragansetts is united in his veins, his father being descended from the former and his mother from the latter tribe. His great grandfather on his mother’ ide, however, was a white man. Freeman’s complexion is a bronze, and in stature is a littie below the medium height. He is of slender but athietic build. He has @ wealth of raven black hair, and a small | black mustache. He was born thirty-four years ago in Central Village, Conn., and went to school there. At the age of eleven years he removed to Providence. He began to play checkers and chess when only seven years old. Checkers was his hobby, how- ever. He says that he began to study the game in 1876; before that he considers that he was merely “pushing wood.” Within a year or two after Freeman be- gan to study the game he met James Hiil, champion of Providence, and Miles Merry, champfon of Rhode Island, and beat them badly. These victories made him famcus. In 1879 he played Charles F. Barker of Boston, the champion of America, and de- feated him by 6 to 2, with 11 games drawn. Since then he has played five matches with Barker, the total score standing: Freeman, 14; Barker, 6; drawn, 8. In 188 he played Barker a series of 50 games for the cham- pionship of America and $200 a side. The score stood: Freeman, 6; Barker, 3; drawn, 41, Not caring for the championship he deliberately lost to August J. Heffner of Providence, the score standing: Heffner, 4; Freeman, 3; drawn, 17. Then Barker beat Heffner, and so wom back the champion- ship, which he has since held. “I would have done it a little differently if 1 had it to do over again,” said Freeman to the Sun reporter. “Instead of losing the watch deliberately, I would have retired from the field, and allowed other aspirants to fight it out among themselves ” In 189% Freeman and Barker play2d another match at Providence for a purse of $500. This was one of the most remark- abie contests ever known among checker players. Twenty-seven out of thirty games were drawn. an won two, and Barker one. In 1882 Freeman first met the famous Scotch champion, James Wyllie, avd the match resulted in a draw. Freeman won one game, Wyllie one, and the third one was a draw. About two years later Freeman and Wyllie met again in a friendly match at Providence. Freeman won. easily. Although Freeman decided eight years azo that he would play no more championship games and has stuck to his purpose ever since, L. A. Tillinghast of Providence .as a standing offer of $1,000 to back Freeman against any man in the world. Of iate years Freeman has played chess rather more than checkers. He has also taken a fancy to whist, but he plays whist as he does chess, simply for amusement. He says that he has no favorite opening at checkers, with the exception of the second hand double corner, which may be called his favorite defense. He used this effectively in his games against Wyllie. His friends say tnat he is especially strong on the “Fife” and the “Kelso,” but he plays them all with equal readiness. En WEDDING IN PARIS. “SMART” m Capital ‘The Notables of the Pari q at the Ceremo: A “smart” wedding took place yesterday inthe aristocratic Church of St. Pierre de Chaillot in Paris, the contracting persons being Mr. George Scott of New York and Mlle, Jeanne, only child of Count and Count- ess de Granville. Mr. James B. Eustis, American ambassa- |dor to France, and Admiral Luce of the American navy were the witnesses for the bridegroom, while Gen. Count de Beaumont and Count Louis de Boisegelin acted in a similar capacity for the bride. Miss Louisa Scott, the lovely sister of the bridegroom, was one of the bridesmaids. She wore an exquisite light gray toilet. The other bridesmaid was Mile. Clary, who was attired in a gown of a delicate tint of red. The bride, a remarkably pretty girl, looked charming in a white satin dress. Over her bridal veil she wore a wreath of orange blossoms. The bridegroom is a Protestant and the bride a Catholic. There was naturally some difficulty experienced in bringing about the » but Mr. Scott obtained special dispensation from Cardinal Richard, arch- bishop of Paris, empowering a priest to per- form the ceremony according to the Catho- Uc rites. Abbe Le Grand officiated, assisted by another priest. The service was fully choral. The altar and chancel steps were hidden beneath smilax and thousands of chrysanthemums. The church was filled with prominent members of the American olony and the elite of Paris. The presents given the bride were very humerous and costly. Among them were a | magnificent set of Siberian black fox furs from Mme. Bischoffsheim, a silver card basket and sapphire bracelets from Mrs.Mc- | Pherson, wife of United States Senator John McPherson, and twelve gold salt cellars from Mr. Scott's father. Among the other friends who gave pres- ints were the Marquis and Marquise de Nicolay, Count and Countess de Montgom- sry, Countess de Mathan, Viscountess de 3ouy, Prince and Princess de Broglie, Mrs. |i. NI Anderson, the Dowager Baroness de MMotigny, Mr. T. A. Havemeyer, jr., Countess Tlary, Mr. and Mrs. Inman Burnard, Vis- sountess de la Radorte, Baron and Baroness €&mmanuel Leonine, Count de Berteux, the Duchess d’Uses, the Marquis de Bonnechoz, Count and Countess Phillippe de Beaumont, Count de Nicolay, Princess Geortschakoff and Count and Countess de Borsgelin. The civil ceremony took place at the mai- rie of the eighth arrondissement. A dejeuner was given after the ceremony at the residence of Count de Granville, No. 37 Avenue Dantin, where the couple after- ward received the congratulations of a large number of visitors. -+e<e—____ Wom 's Work for Woman. The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the executive committee of the Woman's For- eign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church convened at the Central Park Methodist Church at St. Paul yes- terday morning. The morning session was devoted to the reading of reports from the branch societies. In the afternoon memo- rial services were held in memory of Har- riet Mock Warren, the founder of the so- ciety. AS A CLEANSE! of the blood, nothing The truth is, an emulsion of cod liver oil ood ore ing up fat—no doubt about it. But—ugh! a weak stomach loathes it. Fortunately, there's a tis- foc makicg “hewihy ek for mi t Pleasant in tasteeffective in 18 goes t0 work inthe sight warty ery. goes to work in the right way, by regulating, cleansing, and repairing ‘all the organs of ihe body. n the germs of disease are round about us we do not all get them. Why? Some of us are in too good a condition. germs of Consumption, Grippe, Malaria, and all the infectious , pass you by if you are | sone: to resist = attack. ler your- | sel TM-proo} utting your blood Iiver‘in a bealtay tate © 7 ~ In all blood-taints and diseases, if the “ Dis- covery” fails to benefit or cure, your money is returned. No other medicine of its kind can be sold so. FRAY BENTOS 's a town in Uruguay, South America, on the river Plate. It would not be celebrated except that it is where the celebrated LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTHACT OF BEEF comes from, and in the fertile grazing fields around it are reared the cattle which are slaugh- terad—1,000 to 1,200 a day—to make this famous Product, which is known ‘round the world as the standard for QUALITY, FLAVOR AND PURITY. oc3-th,tu CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENTS. COTTON PLANTERS TERRORIZED. What Railrond Men Say About the Recent Disasters. ficial Means. Public attention has been startled by the! Six hundred farmers and ginners met at extraordinary number of railroad“accidents | Acworth, Ga., yesterday to take action to during the last few months. They have| suppress White Caps. All the gins in Trying to Send Up the Price by Arti- | been chiefly in the west, and recently, es-| Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Cobb | Peclally to trains going to or from the counties were posted with notices warning | world’s fair. the owners not to clean any more cotton The loss of life has been great. Between | until it advances to 10 cents a pound. September 19 and October 20, 77 persons, This demoralized the farmers, as they were killed outright in these accidents and) were threatened with fire if they hauled 184 injured, many of them fatally. any more cotton to the gins, and the gin- In almost every case inefficiency of em-| ners were notified that they would be burn- ployes—elther as to intelligence or numbers | ©4 out if they did not shut Kyte —has been the cause, says a New York! usually receives 20 bales © day. im the special. When the reports of decreased earn- Past week Acworth has not received 50 ings of the railways first began to come in| bales. This is true of all the towns in the —as a result of the general depression—an- | four counties named. The farmers and gin- nouncement was made by many of the roads | "*?S pledged themselves to subscribe liber- of large curtailment of operating expenses. ally toa fund for the employment of @e- tectives to discover and the W! Most of them declared that this was effected Mei _ not so much by cutting down the force of | | Caps. They also recommended that all the gins men employed as by reducing the time of | b¢ Started up again. service. In this way the men when em- ployed were always kept busy, even with the diminished business, while the pay rolls were kept down in proportion to its less- ening volume. How far this plan was carried out or found to be practicable cannot be easily as- certained, railway officers are not com- municative of details. But instances of fatal economy indicate that on some roads at least expenses have been confined by method of “laying off” hands and taking chances of consequences. Local railway officers maintain that there has been no reduction of forces, and are disposed to attribute the increase in the num- ber of accidents to the increase in the num- ber of passengers and trains on account of the fair. They do not say there has been any addition of employes. to meet this extra business. Such a neglect would of course have the same effect as a reduction of force for normal business. E. B. Thomas, first vice president of the ONE ENJOYS New York, Lake Erie and Western railway, when questions on these points, said that the volume of traffic had expanded so sud. | oth the method and results when denly in the early fall that it had severely | Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant taxed the ability of the companies to handie| and refreshing to the it. He did not think that any of the roads , ‘J taste, and acts had been unduly economical. gerily yet promptly on the Kidneys, ““Rallroad men.” added Mr. ‘Thomas, “give| “iver and Bowels, cleanses the their first thoughts to safety. I venture to b oye say that there is not a man in the country| tem effectually, dispels colds, head- at the Bead (of the operating department) aches and fevers and cures habitual of a road who does not give the first consid- Fee eration to the lives of the passengers. 1| Constipation. Syrup of Figs is the cannot explain the unusual number of acci-| only remedy its kind ever dents just now, because there are so many| 4 4 pro- complications. “The world’s fair has brought meh gre to the taste and ac- into use al e rolling stock on the western ceptal roads, and the train dispatchers’ duties Have | 1 to the a in thereby become very much more exacting.| its action and truly its The block system is not in general use, ex- most, cept on the trunk lines, and electrical sig- naling is still in the experimental stage. “Employes are only human, and while I do not for @ moment suppose that they have been allowed to grow careless, I say that eternal vigilance is the price of safety in railroading, as much as it is of liberty in government. “It is said that some of the roads have dispensed with what is called the ‘forward brakeman;’ that is a mistake. It is the duty of the firemen to protect the front of the train and the brakeman the rear. It is the duty of the latter to go back half a mile and place torpedoes on the track when it is known a train is behind. “When the volume of travel this fall is taken into consideration, I do not think the number of accidents will be found to be r than usual.” S. M. Williams, second vice president of the Central railway of New Jersey, thought the accident was due to the increased traf- fic to the fair. In order to accommodate, the railroads had to call on their freight crews to work on the passenger trains. H. Walker Webb, third vice president of the New York Central railroad, said: “‘Rail- road accidents are like epidemics, they can | 00 on no more be foretold or arrested. Most of | () oC the accidents in the past month have oc-| (o Ow: Us © curred on single tracks. The only road! (\o “ the West Shore, We bave carried more| OO” 80 est ore. e ive more Passengers this year than at any time in| ()Q — “*™achasyou please—asmuch = OF) the history of the company, yet we have not as it will take to FURNISH every eu had _an accident. oO 80 road the danger is neduced: I'muay say 103! 2p caste ear metee, 48 e ger is us . may say, ' per cent, and the dispatchers’ duty is plain.|QQQ CARPET every, 80 aoe cg — one /ccgense ae trains ~~ DRAPERIES to every window— oo moving ea way, e must we a very clear head to keep things straight, particu-| 9° %4 Set # STOVE up at every 80 larly if the number of trains is larger than|¢}0 fireplace, 20 usual. Some of the accidents are attribut- ‘0 “4 able to the carelessness of employes, but | 00, C4 that is a source of that will gever}OS Over 80 be removed. One thing is certain, a g6od | 00 00 man is never discharged to make room for | ()9 80 an inexperienced one. * Eecrmarz ox 0 80 89 ‘ ie Sysrex 80 Oo 0 Easy AS |e? winartmemonterm pce {Qo Lets you take xour own time to 80 — washing Oo pay—Our stipulations are only 80 with Pearline. | 00° two—a small deposit at the pur- ‘Oo Just try it and | 2° chase—_payments weekly or 80 see. None of the |Q3 mas: Our LETRAS 80 | notes—but your promise It'se | oO _ — 08 that | 08 ari re 80 made the old wash- [QQ ma who can't mest our terme? — OF board hateful. 00, 4 None of the old Os ais 80 i rays ee: | O08 Hovse & Herrmaxx, 80 othing but com- | ° ai 80 mon sense wash- | 00) Nabiercetisccire teres: 00 ing of clothes, paint, dishes, |Q2 ot axpess mass. ave x. w. 20 anything in the house—with 03 0082 something that takes out the dirt,instead of making you rub it out. It’s a big difference. There’s a saving in the labor — but, besides that, there’s a saving in the wear, Washing with acids and chem- icals is easy, too—but it isn’t safe. Washing with Pearl- ieLP | If you sre studying over the question of how to furnish your house com- fortably before winter gets here—we can help you out. We are helping hundreds of people to comfort these dayx—and your creait is Just as good here as your Beighbor’s. Ours isn't the kind of credit you have to pay for—it’s free—tree te everybody. No notes to sign—no interest —nothing but a promise—just tell us whether your payments shall be weekly or monthly. We'll make them too small to be troublesome. Remember, we have but one price—eash or credit—and it's marked plainly on every article in Stock. If you need a Parlor Suite, $22.50 takes the choice between two hand- oTpO7 OCT ;OOT RO. ORO ROTS | O8SO8080808808 80! }o' 8 Z 3 ‘Took ’Em AIL “18,000 PAIRS OF Men’s Pantaloons. The entire stock of a New York manufacturer— who needed money—was compelled to bave it—ke got the casa. WE GOT THE PANTALOONS At abont one-half the cost of material, This ts about the biggest buy of Pantaloons—by any re- tail house—ever made im this city—and they are row on sale at a price mot only astonishing, bu? astounding. $2.98 Are the figures we name for any pair of them. The actual cost of the most ordinary pair of pam taloons in this vast wilderness of pantaloons WAS $4.00. NEXT $4.50. NEXT $5.00. NEXT $5.50. You can jndge very easily what the retafl prices would be, but that's of no consequence. We've got the pantaloons—you need them—ané you shall have them at $2.98 A PAR. Now, don't all come at once—please—there are plenty of them—break into squads—take it leisure- ly, and ther-by avoid overcrowding and confusior VICTOR E. ADLER'S Tex Pex Cexr Crormsa Hovse, 927 Axp 929 71m Sr. N. W. 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