Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1893, Page 6

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WALKER SONS, S 204 Ruilding Papers, Moth-proof Goods, " — and Tile Asbestos, Flue Lining, Pulp — ESS £6 SNRs a EW Re ‘ a 4, SLEEPLESS NIGHE Use Axooe ura Bitters to tone up your syste1 uy the genuine. manufactured by Dr. SIBGERT & SON. At all dealers. AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. oung Soldiers Have Commenced Act- ive Drill Exercise. Today was the happiest of all days in the life of the High School recruit, the oecasion being the first instruction in the manual of arms with “real, live guns,” as one youth im company F expressed it several days ago. The recruit has seen and his curiosity is satisfied; he has handled and is satisfied; still, he is also satisfied that the first touch of those shapely little rifles means the be- ginning of six months of the hardest work of which he will ever be guilty in his course in the High School. The companies at all of the schools were divided into squads, under the command of the non-commission- ed officers, and instruction was given in the first positions of the rifle and the first motions that must necessarily be taken up. The commissioned officers superintended the drill and equally divided their attention with the squads in their companies, mak- ing it their duty to correct mis:akes and see that tie instructors instructed correctly. Very little company work was done, as ii was deemed best to spend all of the avait- able time with the individuals who were slow to “catch on.” Company I was equipped with new guns, bayonets and belts this afternoon direct from_ Springfield. ie case of new guns has been at the Central for a day or so, and this morning was delivered at the j Business school. The guns belonging to company E were deprived of their fring | pins yesterday afternoon, and the firing |Dins of the new guns were taken out this morning. This is done so that the pins can be preserved it. perfect condition until the end of the school year, when they are re- om for use in the annual exhibition The third year pupils at the Eastern Were assembled in study hall 1 yesterday afternoon to make preparations for the organization of the class of ‘9 of that school. Owing to the extra work some of them will be obliged to take upon them- selves in view of the closing of the first quarter, and the rush that generally fig- ures in the work before Christmas, it was considered advisable to delay the election of class officers until after the holidays. Maj. J. H. Heady was unanimously elected temporary chairman and the following committee of six appointed: Miss Bessie | Erly, Miss McEntos! Capt. Harry Db. Leonard, Capt. John W. Steward, Sergt. James Fitzpatrick and Mr. George Etz. There is a disagreement at present as to who shall be the president of the class, there having been about five parties formed and each one determined to have their nominee elected. The young ladies seem to have a stronger grip this year than ever, on orgenizations and enterprises, and it is more than likely that several of them will be strengly backed as candidates for the executive office. ° The second rehearsal of Miss Carroll's original farce, “Chums,” took place in the hall of the Business this afternoon. The | principal characters in the play are taken | by Misses Carroll and Hunter and Messrs. | Clabaugh and Muth. Miss Butler, who is | teaching English at the school, and who has had considerable experience in the dramatic line, is conducting the rehearsals. The Indian clubs for the two compan: of young ladies at the Eastern will arrive trom Providence, R. 1., tomorrow afternoon in time for the regular drill. Steps were taken yesterday afternoon at the Business school preparatcry to forming a company of young ladies similar to those at the Eastern. John L. Fugitt has taken the matter in charge and will select “his girls” tomorrow afternoon after school, One young lady remarked that when the Central heard of this movement on the part of the Business, it would organize a jcompany of girls and then the High School would have a four-company battalion of “beauties” marching around the town with Maj. Mamie Swingle in command and Messrs. John L. Fugitt and Raymond R. Rierdan playing the fife and drum re- spectively. President Barber, class of '91, Central, has called a meeting of the executive com. | mittee of that class for this evening at the | residence of Miss Clemms, 1610 Q street northwest. The professor in French at the Eastern returned to his classes this morning and work was resumed. ‘Tomorrow is the day set for the first appearance of the Review, and it is ex- pected that the printer will have the paper ready for distribution on that day. Adjt. Fugitt formed a fancy drill squad of cadets yesterday at the Business and held the first practice drill this afternoon. ‘The squad is made up of the commissioned and non-commissioned officers of companies EB and I. Owing to the disagreeable weather last night the attendance at the Night High School was very slim, there being but 92 present. ‘The officers at the Eastern, Business and Western donned their swords this after- noon. A number of them had a slight knowledge of the use of the “weapon,” but a drill at which all of the officers were present, was held directly after the com- pany drills at the Central for the purpose of insuring perfection. ——>—_ SECRETARY MORLEY ON HOME RULE The Liberal Party Intends to Meet | Ireland's Demands. John Morley, chief secretary for Ireland, spoke at Free Trade Hal] in Manchester, England, last evening before a large and sympathetic audience. He made a general defense of the government's policy. The ministers, he said, did not intend to jthe Matabeles until they should réceive proper information on which to base their policy. They have tried from the outset to men.” Sir Henry Loch, governor of Colony, would send for the government's approval or disapproval any which should be made for a settlement of the South African trouble. The government would not whittle from the home rule or but would stand shoulder to shoulder to resist to the uttermost the irresponsible veto of the non-representative chamber now upon the Irish members by the press ure of British legislation, but might rest vering tntention of meet their demands. the If liberal party there should proposals | | through the efforts of Dr. preserve the peace, because “unholy was|he said and so he arrested the voice of thanksgiving over slaughtered | charge of concealed weapons was preferred ny other bill one iota, | Martin was discharged. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Canal, River, Street Lighting and Other Points of Interest. Work for Charity —Ice nd Coal Going Out— Social and Personal Notes. ee Boats to leave Georgetown yesterday, light and laden, for Cumberland and inter- mediate ports were as follows: W. R. Lewis, ‘Capt. Sanborne; C. Pratt, Capt. Magruder; Consolidation No. 21, Capt. McCauley; D. Linkins, Capt. Carter; C. D. Adams, Capt. Bowers; Judge Douglass, Capt. Grim; No. 14, Capt. Wilson;B. Vaughn, Capt. Bowers; F. Willard, Capt. Grave; No. 103, Capt. Creamer; Judge Alvey, Capt. Mose; No. 128, Laden boats to arrive in town yesterday by way of the canal were as follows: W. T. Caulehan, Capt. Woodward; A. Green- less, Capt. Bryan; I. Leech, Capt. Caton; W. B. Orme, Capt. Eaton, Boats clearing Cumberland yesterday for Georgetown were as follows: A. L. Miller, Capt. Haines, 8 tons; M. I. Adler, Capt. Reynolds, 117 tons; No. 124, Capt. Stevens, 118 tons; C. Waigley, Capt. Underdonk, 118 tons; W. H. Cooper, Capt. Baker, 118 tons; C. E. K., Capt. Bender, 118 tons; 127, Capt. Swain, 123 tons; 137; Theo. Dean, Capt. Swain, 121 tons; Consol No. 11, Capt. Ham- mond, 117 tons; Anteros, Capt. Chancy, 93 tons, ‘Two of the boats on the canal are steam- ers—the Ruby and the Anteros. The former 1s engaged in the stone trade and spends most of her time between Seneca and Point of Rocks, while the latter plies regularly between Cumberland and Georgetown. On the townward trip she brings coal and on the return takes miscellaneous cargoes. Lighting Streets. The Commissioners have ordered the re- lighting of Lover's or Boyce’s lane, which has its town terminus on Road street east of Sst. This highway for years up to within a few months ago was provided with numerous gas lamps and ever since their removal the people have been striving to have them replaced. It is said that their epee was prompted by the annoyance fo which the lighti: ‘tm: vi al Seca Nanroueke AE Speman a ut of the lamps by mischievous boys. Lov- ers’ lane is somewhat off the beats of the police, and, therefore, not guarded suffti- ciently to insure the maintainance of the lamps in their entirety, Lamp lighters say {t was no uncommon thing to find that in a single night twelve panes had been roken and the several frames holding them mashed. It Was a Success. The church gathering and tea under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society of Grace Church was, notwithstanding the Weather, a great success. Mr. Ambrose Ogle rendered several selec- tions, two being original ones, viz: “The Mysterious Mirror” and “The Dearest Tie is Severed First." Both were exceedingly Pretty and much appreciated. That steri- ing recitationist, Mr. R. Clinton Balinger, gave in the most effective manner possible James Whitcomb Riley's “Nothing to Say” and “Kentucky Philosophy.” On encores he gave two vocal numbers, DeKovan's “Good-bye to the Leave: and Dudley Buck's “Creole Lover's Song.” Coal and Ice. The J. H. Walker from Maine came in yesterday with ice for the Great Falls Com- Pany. She will carry back coal. The Beaulahland opens today to receive many hundred tons of coal. She is now iying at the wharves of the Meredith Win- ship Company at the mouth of Rock creek. Found Hurt. Last night one of the officers found a colored man lying in an unconscious con- dition in Warehouse alley, with his face in a pool of water. He did not appear to be under the influence of liquor. He had probably fallen and struck his head with sufficient force to deprive him of his senses, Paragraphs. In honor of their guest, Miss Minnie Wise | of Jefferson, Maryland, a pleasant party was last evening given at their residence by Mr. and Mrs, Géo. E. Howard. The guests were numerous. -- The Rev. J. Haven Richards, rector of Georgetown University, is visiting at Wood- stock, Ma-yland. Miss Mary Gorrell of Woodbury, Mary- land, is lying dangerously ill at the home of Messrs. J. T. Payne and Son of 32d street. Rev. John M. Barry yesterday sold to J. V. Ryder lot 5, block F To Combine on Revival Work. There will be a mass meeting tomorrow night of all the Methodists in the city at the Foundry M. E. Church in the interest of united evangelical work. All through the autumn various churches have been holding revival services with good success, but nothing has been done before in the way of a general movement. In fact the idea has never been tried in this city at all be- fore. The pastors of the different churches, however, have been interested in the pian Brown of the Foundry Church and are ready and anxious to co-operate with him in the work. The idea is to have revival services at different times. and in various churches throughout the city, in which all the Metn- odists will combine and for the time being drop any services or meetings during the week at their own churches, except the =e meetings, which must always take ace. Pirhe first combined revival service of this { THE ASSAULT RESUMED By the Insurgent Force Before Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Mendonca, the Brazilian minister, has received word from London, that a serious bombardment began yesterday morning between Admiral Mello’s ships and the land batteries at Rio de Janeiro, The dis- Patch gave no details of what the probable result would be, but the minister believes the firing will be the most destructive and effective in ultimate results than that of any previous occasion. ‘ According to latest advices, the ammuni- tion of the insurgents is getting low and their ships are all in bad shape. The re- cent explosion of one of Mello’s powder magazines was a serious blow to his cause. Jt is said that the Aquidaban is crippled and cannot get by the forts. Taking these things into consideration, it is argued that the resumption of firing is an indication that the insurgents propose to make a final Vigorous effort to overthrow the govern- ment at once, before the arrival of the war fleet being fitted out in New York. Unconfirmed Report That He Has Be- gun to Bombard Rio. A special cable dispatch to the New York Herald from Montevideo, Uruguay, say: The Brizilian legation here received news today that Rio Janeiro is again being bom- barded by the rebel fleet in the harbor and great damage is being inflicted on the build- ings near the shore. Forts Santa Cruz and age are answering the fire of the ships and of Fort Villegagnon. The cannonading is very heavy, and it is thought that Mello, who has received word of Peixoto’s purchase of vessels of war in New York, is now making a determined effort to strike a decisive blow before they can be brought down to the president's aid. It is absolutely certain that the banks in Rio were closed again yesterday, which is taken to be good evidence that affairs there have approached a crisis. The province of Santa Catharina, the capital of which is Desterro, where the rebels have set up their provincial govern: ment, has been invaded by federal troops from the province of Rio Grande do Sul. Several Alagoas, with a body of insur- gents, have gone to meet them, and a fight will probably take place between the two forces before long. A special cable from Buenos Ayres con- firms the Montevideo dispatch in some par- ticulars. It says: Word has been received here from Rio Janeiro that the situation there is nearing a crisis, The banks which closed yesterday are still closed, because the insurgent fleet threatened to bombard the capital more fiercely than ever before the arrival of the ships which Peixoto has been buying in New York. These Mello considers to be in some par- tirulars more formidable than his own ves- sels, and he is soon expected to make des- perate efforts to decide the fate of the revo- lution before they are able to come to the ald of the president. The Herald publishes the following dis- patch from Rio: To the editors of the Herald: The situa- tion here 1s the same as when I cabled you November 3. A second powder magazine of the rebels on Governor's Island, occupied by them, containing more than 20 tons of powder, exploded while they were transfer- ring the powder to the vesseis. The rebels lost sixty men and some small ships, several of wounded. Two officers and sailors of the British squadron were also killed, They were at the time in the neigh- borhood of the magazine. It is believed that the explosion was caused by the care- lessness of the rebels. The fortress of Villegagnon is very much battered and answers with little energy to the fire of the loyal forts, Three columns of the army, in combina- tion with the vessels of the navy that re- main loyal, with fo>ced marches, have been dis;atched to recapture the island of Santa Catharina. (Signed:) MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. a WILLING, turn to Brazil if Called. Comte d@’Eu, Dom Pedro's son-in-law and Admival Mello’s candidate for a new throne in Brazil, returned to his home in the sub- urbs of Paris late last week, and on Mon- day gave his first reception. He lives jn the village of Boulogne-sur-Seine, just outside Paris. His house faces the Auteuil Park and racecourse, and, although hardly pala- tial, is roomy and pleasant. After his fall Dom Pedro visited this house every Monday afternoon, to meet his friends and former subjects, who made the Comte d’Eu's piace their weekly rendezvous whenever they were in Paris. Since the empercr’s death the count and countess have continued thei> Monday receptions whenever they were in town. Last Monday's reception was better et- tended, in fact, than any reception given for many months before the present rebellion in Brazil. The imperial princess was in good spirits. The haughtiness which ren- dered her so unpopular in Rio Janeiro has been toned down somewhat. Her husband, with his usual urbanity, turned off eve reference to politics. Several attempts were made to draw from him opinions on cur- rent events in Brazil, but he frustrated them all. Chevalier de Guimaraes, the family's political adviser, was less reticent. After allowing himseif to be led into a discussion of affairs in Brazil, he spoke substantially thus: “Ever since the imperia! family left Brazil they have not swerved from their policy of holding aloof from politics. Comte @Eu has known nothing of Admiral Melio's or any other Insurgent’s plans. He desires that his name be in nowise connected with the present course of events in the republic. The rebels have received from him neither sort will probably commence Monday week at the Foundry M. E. Church and will be in charge of various ministers. The Methodist preachers have, so far as possible, signified their willingness and de- sire to be present tomorrow aight. —_—_— The Houghton Assignment. In the list of bills payable of the W. H. Houghton Manufacturing Company pub- lished in the notice of the assignment of the company, an erroneous impression was given as to the Hability of the firm to the Columbia National Bank. The total Hability of the firm to this institution is $1,000 and that on well indorsed notes. The item of $5,000 mentioned, it is said, was a note sent to the bank for collection and was not due to the bank. > Dropped Dead at His Home. About 9 o'clock this morning William Sibrey, seventy-eight years of age, fell dead at his residence, 920 8th street northwest. The deceased was a well-known plasterer, a resident of the city during the past forty- five years, and arose this morning seeming- ly in good health. After attending to his usual household duties, the jeceased fell in what the family at first thought was a money nor encouragement. Should the Brazilian nation, however, at any time call upon the Imperial family to resume ihe reins of government, I do not doubt that the princess and her husband would do their duty.” The United Press correspondent has learned from another source, which there is good reason to regard with confidence, that the Comte d’Eu’s private secretary has been in Brizil for some time, avowedly to visit his relatives, but really to ascertain whether the majority of the people would respond to a proclamation calling upon them to recognize the princess’ right to the throne. The secretary will arrive in Paris within a few days to report the result of his mission. What he says will probably de- termine whether the count and his wife will give overt support to the Mello party in Brazil. oe The Passenger Agent Sympathized. From the Chicago Record. When Brakemar Thompson—who, by the way, has never been found—opened a switch at Kingsbury, Ind., and sent a Wabash passenger train headlong against a solid line of loaded freight cars, the indignant public suggested all sorts of punishment faint. A physician was at once sent for, but upon his arrival found his services of no avail. Coroner Woodward, after hearing the circumstances, decided that the deceased had died of natural causes and that an in- quest was unnecessary. cae Montgomery County. Correspondence of ‘The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 9, 1993. The last obtainable figures from the dis- tricts in Montgomery county would seem to show that Talbott (dem.) has been elect- ed to the state senate by ‘45 plurality over Moore (rep.). The majorities for the demo- cratic members of the house will be even less, averaging about 284 -—— What Was the Officer Doing? Charlie Martin, a young colored man, who was short of funds Tuesday night went send out a cast-iron plan for dealing with |into a saloon with his razor and asked the bartender for the loan of a quarter on it. Policeman Lightfoot happened to be in the adjoining room and overheard what Martin. A against him and Judge Miller heard the case yesterday. The razor had been used for shaving purposes and Judge Miller said that the taking of it to a place for the purpose of pawning it was not the kind of carrying the law intended to punish. a j Undoubtedly a great strain would be placed | sured that it was the perse- | note of to | on April be | McComas to one any vlaving fast and loose with the home | Albany penitentiary. One Year and a Ha’ In the Criminal Court, Division 1, this morning George T.Lamborn, who, on Thurs- the Irish | ay last, plead guilty to the forgery of a for him. Men who had worked on train } crews were not so bitter. One of the prom- inent railway officials of Chicago—a general passenger agent—took the trouble to in- quire into Thompson's record, and learned that he had been one of the most intelli- gent, competent and careful men in the employ of the company. “He has suffered his full penalty already, said the passenger agent. “I know iia is to live a year in two seconds. When wie = mere boy, crazy for railroading, I went out as a freight brakeman. One day our train was on a siding waiting for an express to go by. 1 went ahead to the switch. Now, I wasn’t thinking of switches, trains or anything in the world except a certain person whom I was expecting to meet at the other end of the run. I went to that switch whistling and thinking of this something else. I unlocked the switch, threw it open, turned my back to it and watched the express train grow larger as it swung down the long grade toward me. T saw it, but I wasn’t thinking of it until, when it was almost upon me, I noticed the engineer jump from his place in the win- dow. The whistle for brakes helped to arouse me. T turned to the switch, and then it dawned upon me that the switch was open and that the express train was heading for the siding. “I jumped against the upright, and the train went by on the main track. “The engineer's face was white through the coa! dust. I had no time to lock the switch. I simply Jay against {t until The Tast car had passed, and then T dropped in a faint. “That encineer knew me and never re- norted it. If he had. T wonldn’t have been in the name of John C. Houck last, was sentenced by Justice ar and six months in the An appeal was made tule question the liberal party would suffer | for the accused on the ground that he was | under the influence of liquor at the time. a split greater than that of 1890. in the raflroad business today. “Stncee then T have come nity and svm- nathy for men who make what seem to he criminal blenders, Vou can't toll why ther do certain things at the -vrong times. Teey can’t tell themselvos.”* DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Want to Be Informed. Messrs. Henry Wise Garnett, W. V. R. Berry and Henry P. Biair request the Com- missioners to notify them before action is taken by the officials on the House bill to extend the time for the completion of the Washington and Arlington railroad. Public Lamps. ° Messrs. J. Harrison Johnson & Son re- quested the Commissioners today to erect zoe lamps in Mechanics street, in square Repair a Hydrant. Residents of F street between 24 and 3d itreets southwest have asked the Commis- sioners to repair the hydrant on that block. A Suggestion. L. Eaton of No, 646 2ist street northwest Suggests to the Commissioners that they plant walnut trees in place of white oak in the parking in Pennsylvania avenue east. Wants Information. J. B, Wimer has asked the Commissioners to inform the owners of the Phelps subdi- vision, at the head of Connecticut avenue and Columbia road, what they intend to do in regard to their application for the approv- al of that plat. Mr. Wimer referred to the hearing given citizens on the Connecticut avenue extension six months ago, and of which nothing has been heard relative to the Commissioners’ action in the matter. He asks what the owners are to expect in reference to their subdivision. The Company Declines. The board of directors of the Washington and Georgetown railroad has notified the Commissioners that the company declines to erect a glass awning at the northeast corner of i5th and G streets northwest Fencing Tracks. General Agent Wm. Alvey of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad Company has noti- fied the Commissioners that his company is considering the matter of fencing in their tvacks throughout Eckington. Ashes in Chicago. The Commissioners today received a let- ter from Superintendent George S. Weiles of the Chicago street cleaning department, in which he states that the city removes the ashes from residences free of charge and uses them to fill Jow places in the out- skirts. Owners of steam plants remove all their cinders at their own expense. The official says that he is unable to give an estimate of the cost of removing the ashes. ee ESS Robinson Crasoe’s Island, From the Melbourne Argus. At is not generaily known that Juan Fer- pandez—the island on which Alexander Sel- kirk, the Robinson Crusoe of romance, lived for so many years-is at the’present time inhabited. Two valleys, winding down from different directions, join a short dis- tance back from the shore, und here now stands 4 little village of small huts scatter- ed round a long, low, one-storied building, with a veranda running its whole lengtn. in this house lives the man Who rents the asland from the Chilean government, and the village is made up of a few German and Chilean tamilies. ‘ ‘The uay town is called San Juan Bautis-a, and the crater-like arm of the sea on which it is situated, and where Alexander Seikirk first landed, is now called Cumberiand biy. The island is rented for abddut £200 a year. The rent is paid partly in dried fish. Catch- ing and drying the many varieties of fish, anu raising cutue and vegetabies, wholiy occupy the contented settlers, und much of thew litte income is obtaimed trom the cu.ue and vegetables sold to passing ves- sels ‘The cattle need no care, aad the vege- tables almost grow wild. Turnips und rac- isnes, urst sown here by Seikirk himself, bow grow rank and wild in the valleys like weeds. ‘Inere is also a race of wild dogs, which completely overrun the island, depending for existence mainiy upon seais. ‘Tuey are the descendants of a breed of dogs tert by the Spaniards, At the back of the little town, in the first high cliff, is a row of caves of remarkable appearance, hewn into the sandstone. An unused path jeaus to them, and a short cmb brings one to their dark mouths. About iorty years ago ithe Chileaa govern- ment thought that a good way to be rid of its worst criminals would be to transport them to the tsland of Juan Fernandez. Here, unger the direction of Chilean soidiess, these | poor wretches were made to dig caves to live m. In 1854 they were taken back again, however, and the caves have since been slowly crumbling away. i The narrow ridge where Selkirk watchel is now calied “fhe Saddle,” because at} cither end of it a big rocky hummock rises | like a pommel. On one of these is now a sarge tablet with inscriptions commemorat- sng Alexander Selkirk’s long and lonely stay on the island. It was placed there in 1868 by che officers of the British ship Topaz.’ A small excursion steamer now runs from Valparaiso to Juan Fernandez Island. The round trip is made in six days, and three of these may be spent on the island in fishing and visiting those lonely but beautiful spots which, nearly 2) years ago, were the haunts ot Robinson Crusoe. eee] MAJESTIC GIANT. MacMAHON, “The Good Knight Without Fear ana Without Reproach of Modern Times.” From the London Graphic. Had Marshal MacMahon lived some cen- turles earlier his memory would have been | preserved as that of one of the legendary paladins of history. Dunois, Martel, the great Bayard himself, might have envied | the hero of the Malakoff and of Magenta, the brilliant daring and chivalric spirit which invested his career with so much romance and dignity. Nowadays soldiering is not the dazzling business it was when men like Rupert or Ney were held up as types of military perfection. Moltke, with his impassive student face, his bent figure and his periodic pinches of snuff, directing operations as though they were so many actuartal calculations, is the pattern of the modern warrior. MacMahon hurling his | magniticent cuirassiers to certain destruc- | tion and himself fighting in the trenches, ! covered with wounds, belonged to another period—he was a splendid anachronism. | Perhaps it is just on this very account that he was esteemed so highly. The gen- erosity and sterling honesty of such a char- acter are rare qualities in these calculating and cynical times. He shone, too, by con- trast. He was a magnificent and majestic giant D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. THE VOTE IN MARYLAND. It Shows That ManyDemocra: Away From the Po! The vote of Maryland on Tuesday by) counties with the corresponding vote two years ago is as follows: | Counties, eshee” ERE gue8 Kent. Montgomery. Prince Georg Queen Anne's. Smith's plurality, 18,897. Smith's plurality in 1891, 27,697. The following is the vote in detail of the two Maryland counties lying contiguous to the District of Columbia: Prince Georges County. COMPTROLLER. | “* S68T ‘euped Districts. . Marlboro’ . . Nottingham. . Piscataway . Spaulding’s - Queen Anne. Smith's (democrat) majority over Perkins (republican), 174. Smith's (democrat) major- ity over McDonald in 1891, 366; republican gain, Sen- HOUSF OF DELE- ee. GATES. Ei S9isle e13)8)2 Districts, if sje] Ce en a 3 = 1. Vansville 2 Bladensburg 158 || 165 | 163 | 3. Marlboro’ . 349), 355 | 345 | 4. Nottingham 10) 1) im 5. Piscataway . | iw 149 | 149 6. Spaulding’s | oc oe 7. Queen Anne. | 238 |) 269) 264) 298 8. Aquasco . ) 6) 9) nT) uz 9. Surrati | 9)| 9) | 10. Laurel . 159 || 162) 162) 261 11. Brandywine 19) 129) 128) 129 12. Oxon Hill % || 95) 95) % 13. Kent . 205 || 100 108107 14. Bowie | 2170 | ana | 97 | 2176 HOUSE OF DELE- ate, Gates. 2: Districts. e183 sue 1. Vansville 202 | 202 2. Bladensburg 265 267 3. Marlboro’ . ae 4. Nottingham | 163) 162 5, Piscataway . | 166 | 166 6. Spaulding’s . | 28) BI) Bi) 7. Queen Anne. | 241) 207) 197 190 & Aquasco ua! 113; 4} 14 9. Surratt’s | % 97; 8%) © 10. Lauret . 273 | 24 2 \| 22 1, Brandywine 107 | 107 | 108 | 108 12. Oxon Hill. 137 | 13. Kent . 155 M4. Bowie 1 * Total... Districts. 1. Laytonsville. 305 | 229 2. Clarksburg. 2 m4 3. Poolesville i 259 | Bud 4. Rockville 1 45 | ne 5. Colesville 1 no) 6. Damestown . 1 | 200 | 206 Bethseda 1 8 150 | 195 8 Oiney | 393) ) 167) 209 9. Gaithe t 1st} | | 36 10. Potomac .. { $3] 153 | 170 11. Barnesville . 1 iz} 27) 2 12. Damascus . 1 139; 186) 18 13, Wheaton .. 1 234) 3 | 7 Total.. "Sn jee | | Be ~ Prohibition 137. ‘vote 1893, Prohibition vote 1891, 1: “HOUSE OF DELE- “aga GATES. t | \ $ t Districts. 1, Laytonsville. among the pettifogging pigmies of the| 2 Clarksburg. Third republic, with their miserable in-| 3. Poolesville triegues and ‘their stock exchange scan-| 4. Rockville dais, Thiers said of him that he was “the| 5. Colesville good knight without fear and without re-| 6 Damestown proach of modern times.” The compliment | 7. Bethseda was a hackneyed one, but it had the double| & Olney .. merit of being spoken by a man who was] 9. Gaithersburg . not prodigal of eulogy and of being literally | 10. Potomac .. true. MacMahon’s career was a triumph} 11. Barnesville . of character. He was not a great strate-| 12. Damascus gist, nor was he a resourceful or far-seeing | 13. Wheaton statesman. But he was without fear and without reproach, a noble heart and a de- voted patriot. a man ioheg epeineet ar vgees illustrious offices tn the hierarchy of his : nation with conscientiousness, courage and | Sqm |(BOURE, SE DELE- spotless dignity. ee }_——$—_$_—_. eS — berg M. TIRARD'S FUNERAL. 2 & 8 Public Services Held Over the Re- Districts. lele mains P | 7s The services held in Paris Sunday over pe | the remains of M. Tirard, formerly prime ei! minister, were private, none but the family [| |} —__)__ of the deceased being present. A public Le ne een 4 ms funeral was held yesterday. Madame | > [/arksburg- ou | os Tirard was too much’ prostrated to attena ) } Poolesti ibe and two nephews, two nieces and a sister! 3 Rockville 0 | oes of M. Tirard represented the family. | < Damen tes | lee So ae ae ae Bethseda 3380 A Letter Carrier on Trial. & 2396 Arthur J. Beall, for nine years a letter| 9. carrier of the Washington post office, was | on trial before Judge McComas in Criminal | Court, division 1, today for violating sec- tion 5467, Revised Statutes of the United States, abstracting money from a registered letter on July 2 last. It was testified that the decoy letter contained two $1 bills, and when Beall returned it to the office it bore evidence of having been tampered with, and jone of the bills missing. After nearly a score had testified to the defendaht’s char- acter he took the stand, and positively de- nied the charge. Mr. Campbell Carrington appeared for the defendant and Mr. Jef- fords prosecuted, —— It is stated that the two Frenchmen, who were arrested at Kiel some time ago as spies, while they were masquerading as English yachtsmen, have confessed that they are officers attached to the French general staff. They are to be tried for high treason. Mrs. Ann Clark of Jersey City was in- Stantly killed in the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg yards at Dunkirk, N. J.. Saturday evening. Damascus . 13. Wheaton . In the second division of the Circuit Court, Judge Cox, the case of Christian F. Eckloff agt. the Washington Gas Light Ccmpany for $10,00) damages for injuries re- ceived in an explosion ut the works at 12th and M streetssoutheast on September 1, | 1891. The plaintiff, represented by Messrs. Hamilton and Colbert, is an inspector of water meters for the District government, and alleges that he went to the pit In which the water was located and, smelling gas, re- ported to the superintendent, who ridiculed any danger, and they, with the assistant superintendent, went in, and the latter struck a match and an explosion took place, in which he was burned. seen a Prime Minister Sagasta of Spain is suffer- ing from ulcers on his legs oval Baking fBsolutel Powder Pure A cream of tartar baking pow- der. Highest of all in leavening | strength.—Latest United States Government | { THE ECKINGTON COMPLAINTS. | Official Indorsements on the Petition for Covered Shelters, | In passing upon the complaint of Mr. C. M. D. Brown and others, relative to the | mismanagement of the Eckington and Sol- diers’ Home Railway Company, especially with reference to its failure to provide a Suitable shelier at the junction of 5th and 1. streete, Capt. Fiebeger reports as fol- lows: “i would recommend that the Eckington ; and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company be | directed to submit plans of a shelter to be | placed at the southwest corner of Sth and L streets. A letter has been written to the superin- jtendent of the street cleaning department requesting him to have gutters cleaned on New York avenue. The crossings at North Capitol street are paved and the others will soon be finish I believe no further action is necessary upon the other matters in controversy. The work of relaying the | track was not done as as it should |have been done.” | Engineer Commissioner Powell in his in- |<cetnave'weltiam to-the- manager = ve written ‘to the of the | Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company about providing passenger houses at or near the Intersection of 5th street and New York avenue, and at the intersection of 7th and New York avenue. I suggest that the petitioners be informed that the Commissioners have taken steps looking to the establishment of passenger houses; that the attention of the railroad management has, been .called to the other matters of their complaint, which have also been ex- amined into by the Commissioners’ agents, | and that it is believed that the matters will | be remedied without delay.” | TRAINS FROM BOSTON. | Through Service Broken U | Vanderbilt-Pennsylvania | While the New York and New England | railroad management has been actively at | work perfecting plans for an independent entrance to New York city, says a Boston |Special, a new move in railroad affairs {has been made on the other side of the Hudson, as a result of\ which the present | railroad facilities of Boston are bound to | be materially crippled. | It takes the shape of an alliance between the Vanderbilt-Pennsylvania interests by the operation of which the abandonment of the Poughkeepsie bridge lines between | Boston and Washington is brought about, |and the pending arrangement between the Reading and Baltimore and Ohio and other connecting lines discontinued. The long existing transfer system in New | York city, over which Washington trains, from Boston were taken on board th transfer steamer Maryland at the Harlem river terminus and conveyed to Jersey City without change, has also been ter- minated. As a@ result of this passengers from Bos- ton and other parts of New England, bound ‘for Washington and other ‘points south, | will now have to disembark at New York | city and travel across the metropolis with | their baggage. by the best means at their | disposal. In other words, New England is entirely cut off from through connection _with the south. Not only is this the case, but the new era of retrenchment will bring about the di continuance of three important expresé trains for the national capital now leaving Boston—the $ a.m. Colonial ex) » on the New York, New Haven and Hart! | | | HOW TO-AVOID TAKING coLp. The Heroic Trentment Recommended by a New York Physician. | A recent article im the.Cosmopolitan on | the best methods of resisting solds will be of peculiar interest to women. Autumn, according to the writer, is the most favora- ble season for cultivating the power of re- sistance to disease, and the cure may be Wrought at home and without expense. The first important point to be consid ered ts the skin, for the skin supplements in functions almbst évery organ of the body. So intimately rejated to the vital processes is the skin’ that a burn of even slight severity extending ‘over more than | three-fifths of* the body is usually fatal The influence of cold upon the skin causes | temporary blanching of the surface. The minute blood vessels contract and the blood jrecedes and accumulates in deeper and | more protected structures. | The circulation, usually sluggish, is pro- |foundly disturbed, the nervous system is’ | profoundly impressed, and various unde- | sirable symptoms indicate an immediate ill- | ness. These results attend because there is failure to react at-the point of exposure, (and prompt reaction presupposes pure blood jand plenty of it circulating in a healthy | skin. Pure blood can only be made from: proper food—not medicine—assimilated dur- ing exercise in pure air not too werm. A healthy skin Is a clean skin,one from which | all the organic debris has been removed by thorough washing, not by moistening th greasy impurities and then distriputiny them evenly over the surface—as we polish a shoe; nor, if it be permitted to add to the picture, by wiping off, woman fashion, with the corner of the towel,” through the week and taking a half-hearted sponge bath on | Sunday. Now, the month's treatment rec- ommended by the physician who wrote the article should be commenced imme- diately, and consists in keeping the skim clean by frequent, thorough, and energetic bathing, followed by much friction. At the beginning it is well to employ massage oc- casionally until the skin becomes hardened to rough usage. Immediately upon rising move leisurely about the room for a few minutes, day by day increasing the exposure of the body, until soon you can take an air bath of five or ten minutes’ duration without discom- fort. (This exposure should always be fol- |lowed by brisk rubbing before dressing. | Soon the whole body may be dampened all over with the hand moistened in water ; | which has stood exposed over night and ts nearly the temperature of the room. Next use a sponge slightly moistened; then one which is not so dry., Soon the cold bath may be taken with impunity and may be- come more prolonged and more beneficial |as the skin becomes accustomed to it. | These baths must be followed in all cases by brisk and prolonged rubbing of the skin, and they are merely the skin gymnastics, not taking the place of the thorough cleans- ing bath, which must be attended to at some other hour. As the weather becomes colder the morn- ing temperature of the room and the bath should become gradually lower until when you are habituated to them you may ven- ture to open the window a little on warmer mornings and expose the nude body to slight draught. During the night the mu- cuous membrane should be hardened by leaving the chamber windows open, guard ing only against draughts. Keep the feet warm and dry, the body dry, and during the day remain outdoors as much as the weath- er will permit, resisting the impulse to put on heavy clothing. Avoid violent changes and the long-continued cooling of a single part of the body. Remember that t draught through a two-inch aperture is often more dangerous than the wind through an entirely open window, and that the Thanksgiving dinner is as active in causing @ cold as the November blasts, — ~ The returns issued by the British board of trade show that curing the month of Octo- ber the imports increased £630,000 and the exports decreased £550,001, as compared with the imports and exports of the correspond- ing month of last year. Yesterday the longest iron railway bridge in Germany was opened. It spans the Vis- tula between Fordon, in Prassian /ola. and Culmsee. It is 1,450 yards long and cost 8000.0 marks.