Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1893, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, MONBay, DECEMBER 18, 1893-—TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND—A Di D Magnitcest UPRIGHT Greet BiANO fn cen t $297.50 — 297.50 — 95 Stelaway Piano Warerooms. USEFUL HOLIDAY PRESENTS FOR GENTLEMEN. @Uk Hats, Neckwear, Derbies, Dress Shirts, we Gloves, Handkerchlets, , Handkere! ‘Unibrellas, Collars and Wristbands, Suspenders, Half Hose, &c., &e. : R. C. LEWIS & SON, 1421 N. ¥. ave. XN. B. One price, marked in plain figures. 418-6t 'S-m, w&et.3t KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. undetermined, dissatisiied or con- Pe R pik any diticulty consult Dr. MARY GOKDON. She bas the power of any two med- ums you ever met. She tells truthfulness of or Ne deal re. Don't buy, sell or go on a Fe, cea this gifted Indy Hendershott’s drug store, 529 13th st. uw., Washington, D. C. CHEISTMAS PRESENTS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Fancy pigeons, rabbits, Guinea pigs, white mice, uirrels, ringdoves, goats, fawns, bow bow and jaltese and Angora cats. SCHMID'S PET AN- IMAL STORE. aié-iw STION OF CO-PART: THE PART- nership heretofore _ exi between Charles Pfelfer and Charles Pig niet the Sr ane of Pfeifer & Pine, 1422 Pennsylvania ave., Ww been dissolved by t ment without delay. Wasbington, D.C., November 15, 1898. Witness: PFEIFER, MYER COHEN. CHAS. M. PINE. Mr. DAVID M. ALBRIGHT is authorized te collect and receipt in my name. gaicse CHAS. PFEIFER. WASHINGTON a@ouual di6-tjal ook company, pay- able at the office of the com in Center mar ket on and after JANUAR inne per 8, 1894. Transfer books close January 2, 1804. PRESTON S. SMITH, Treasurer. ‘ashington, D. C., Dec. 15, 1893. aiétjas i ASSOCIATION D.C._—A SPECIAL ing of the Medical Association will be held at the University of Georgetown Law Buili on MON- . TF 18, 1893, at 8 o’el pm. By order of the president, LLEWELLYN ELIOT, M. D. JAMES D. MORGAN, M. D., Secretary. WE THE UNDERSIGNED, TRADING UNDER firm name of W. H. Keister & Co., have this he dissolved partnership by mutual consent, Jas. H. Keister retiring from the firm. W. H. Keister will continue the fruit and fap ‘assumes ties, ai bois oe due. = ns KEISTER. December 12, 1893. = Sas a15-3t BR. L. CALL MEMBERS OF PLASTERERS’ L. A. 1644, K. pf L., are py eye oon oe it regu! t! ot e assembiy, on N~ Dat EVENT Gn Dee. 18, 1893. Business of im- ortance to all.” By order of the assembly. 15-8t* THE ROYAL RUSSIAN WOLF HOUND PUPPIES are on exhibition and for sale at (MID'S PET ANIMAL STORE, a15-3t 712 12th st. nw. THE PUBLIC. ¥O he partnes heretofore under the aT 13th st. (ander Builders’ Exchange). si tee chcettully furnished. Jobbing and re- sf. defective beating apparatus attended the public for thefr former patronage, solicit @ continuance of the same. JAS. W. HENDLEY. ‘S.—I AM STILL ENABLED TO TAKE 4 of blank books should ‘call early. Or- ‘mail will receive attention. NATIONSL WOOK —_—ae% PLUMBING, TINNING. LATROBE Work, 2126 Pa. ave. Entire stock and Stow reduced evenings ntil'S,srelock. ee ew Se Washington, ‘Dec. 6, 1803. Policy holders are hereby notified to renew their insurance on oz before the LAST MONDAY in pope eee Bae] a ‘Please Ps avold the crowd. Gricr” **sMWESLEY BOTELER, Secretary. jOP-AN, stock. # Fa DNION SAVINGS BANK, Soo 7th street northwest. Four per cent interest on ordiuary savings ac- counts. e 4 Dividends at higher rates on five and ten-year installment accounts. Regular banking accounts recetved. “The old fashioned savings bank with the im- provement of modern methods.” ¥. B. SMITH. oct-3m President. Coal. COKE. woop. Fall aight Prompt delivery. weight," " Shute wagon used free of charge. & BRO, 12TH ST. AND R. L AVE Drop postal ey ‘Phone 1732 ordered may heel orde! ae WGORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. Co., 1825, 14th st. o.w. Washington, See No. 1 Furnace Coal, extra size, is superior its lasting quality. = THOMAS R. MARTIN, Gur Main Ofice, 920 20th st. aw. SPECIAL NOTICES. No Dictation Too Fast —no matter too technical but that the Edl- Pot record every word of it your Words, as it correctly. It pbs were—exactly as uttered. It can’t make a mistake. ts the “ideal” amanuensis. sold or rented. Easy terms. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO., 627 E st. n.w. E. D. EASTON, Pres. (di8) R. F."CROMBLIN, Sec. See That “Cock-Roach” damp walls bong ain leaky — “1b years C. Fen Keyes, 10 st.N.W. PRINCE METALLIC PAINT CO. Gasement B. H. Warner & Co.) ais Tails Are Cut Longer —in Full Dress Suits this season, so the old one won't do this New Year's. Why not let us turn you out a Dress Suit that Will be @ credit to us both? lis! serings. sh Trou: ailor,423 1th —a18t f: Christmas Without Egg Nogg like the play of Ham- et _left out. We bave all proper ingredients. Our jamaica = Kum for this purpose has no equal. Only To-KalonWineCo., 61 "Phone 998. Vaults, 27th and K sts. 4 14th Only a Few Days Left —in which to select your Xmas gifts. You will find HERE acceptable offerings that combine the ornamental with the useful at very small cost. a forget C3 = set geo gga for "94— you want special” rulings ai indings haven't any time to lose. Lowest prices, = Popular Priced Easton & Rupp, ?egus,?es 421 11TH sT. Gust above the avenue.) Lawyers and Others —who require accurate printing on short notice will find that my second-to-none facilities will Hew GyerGeel paper Lary ctant eon es lew paper—Large-si pages, De Byron S. Adams, Printer, Siz 11th st n.w, Telephone, 930. ais A Saving of 20 to 80c. —on each ton of coal you use is an item worthy of consideration—that's what clean, dry coal means—bundreds of tons under cover. C7Genuine Phila. Pea Coal. $4.50 per ton, V. Baldwin Johnson, ze 1. ave. nw.; 511 A st. n.e.; 519 4% st. aw. 25 Per Cent Discount. pe large ine en et standard <= half calf, wi tops, reduced from volume to 75 cents. pg ais #PISCOPAL AND CATHOLIC PRAYERS at Chapman’s, 915 Pa. ave. Hot Cakes Free. Quality tells. Maryland and Pennsylvania Moun- tain’ Rolan Buckwheat Cakes will’ be served nt the following st and the Public te cordially solicited to call . Dec. 19— J. 8. Redman’s, a1s-2t and partake: . . 924 La. ave. n.w. Wednesday, Dec. 20—Bernard Wall's, 3d and C n.e. Thurs- day, Dec. 21—D. T. Donobue’s, 11th and_A sts. Saturday—Frech & Sons, stb ond HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE BLACK AND BLUE Melton Overcoats, single and double breasted, Italian or wool lined, price $15? See them, Open evenings until Christmas. GEORGE SPRANSY, ‘Tomorrow's weather forecast for District of Co- lumbia and vicinity—Fair, We Undersell Every Lumber Yard —in this vicinity. Why? simply because we sell for cash and can therefore trade on smaller margin than dealers who conduct an indiscriminate credit business, We want your trade and are bound to wet it if low prices will do it. We sell all kinds of lumber and all kinds builders’ ‘hardware that en- ter into the construction of @ house. Here are a’ few “UNDER-THE-MARKET” prices for boards, nails and shingles: Best Gang-sawed Boards, $1.15 Per 100 Ft. 100-Ib, Keg Best Steel Nails, $1.85. Best 6x20 Cypress Shingles, $6 Per 1,000. If you read it in our ad. it's so. Libbey, PWN Se* “Lumber, Millwork and Builders’ Hardware,” 6th and N. Y. ave. bog Get Our Cash Estimate for glass and compare it with that of the “credit houses.” That's * the to see how we can see* save you to glass "bill. Chas. E. Hodgkin, "rite 913 7th st. nw. 415 Highest Premium Awarded For best exhibit of SILK AND WOOL DYEING. Send orders by postal or telephone and receive ali information at residence. W. H. WHEATLEY. Dyeing, cleaning and dry” cleaning. ron Ave., 10e8 eee, 30th aiid Slat, below M st., Georgetown, D.C. Telephone 76-4. (n17-6m) Established 1831, 99 Our “Nonpareil” Coal Is a perfectly reliable fuel, for family pu: all sizes, under cover. Prompt delivery. se SHERIFF, 328 Pa. ave. n.w. “Special Prices.” XMAS GOODS. ber cent on LAMPS, SHADES, ONYX TABLES, FIREPLACE GOODS, &c. The E. F. Brooks Co., 411-1 531 15TH ST. N.W. Money Loaned ie ON INSURANCE POLIC aTEWELE = phoebe me ; "Agents THE WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. Assets, $13,000,000. nized 1860. MERTZ ae ING, COR. 11 AND F STS. N.W. eee & ‘on iife insurance policies and other securit ‘ai2-oee Don’t Foo! Yourself. COAL ts to be HIGHER pretty soon —think of last winter. We ouly you'll t yours in before the “‘raise’’—feel sorry {cr you it you don't. Would you like to see bow quick we can deliver coal to you? No quicker delivery, no better coal, in Wash- ington, and no lower prices. Arthur B. Smith, I © you reulize how sensitive the feet are? Physicians will tell you that are the MOST ‘sensitive member of the body. Cold and damp need have terrors, for you, the * INN 55 Emerson Shoes 1103 Pa. Ave.’ RR. GROVER & Co.,) ais Ss shined free. Makers and Sellers of “‘Emerson” Shoes, uccess in Business s largely to judicious advertising. An alendar ts the CHEAPEST standing ‘ad.""—My price, $10 M up. Great variety. bar * mead Printer and Publisher, 1108-16 They WereOut! In good force. We thought we knew how to eateh the eye of the Sunday school teacher. Qur elegant display of Christmas and New Year Cards are just what they want. We have a large quantity yet, and the prices very low. are very lr ONG. PAI ais A Horse Blanket WILL ENHANCE THE VALUE OF YOUR HORSE AND MAKE HIM EAT LESS TO KEEP WARM. For street use, $1.25 to $7.50. For stable use, $1.00 to $4.50. Lap Robes. Larger assortment and lower Prices than ever. Woodward & Lothrop, se27-3m 10th, 11th and F sts. n.w, J. T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH ST. N.W., Butlding os Moth-proof Goods, Fire Brick, Clay and Asbestos, Flue Lining, Pulp Siate, apia A FAMOUS CASE ENDS. Contest of the Will of Millionaire Davis. ORIGINAL CLAIMS 10 BE PAID. History of the Long Fight for a Fortune. ABLE COUNSEL PARTICIPATED CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—The famous Davis will case is settled and $11,000,000, the value of the estate of Andrew J. Da the Mon- tana millionaire, will soon be divided among the heirs, thus ending one of the most sen- sational ‘probate cases that has ever been tried in court. A settlement has been made with the contestants of the will, Henry A. Root and Maria Cummings, on the basis of their original claims, which was three and a half elevenths of the entire estate. This would equal $3,500,000, and in the settlement the contestants are given their expenses and counsel fees, which amount to nearly $500,000. There. are four other heirs, all relatives of the dead millionaire, and two of them live in Chicago. One is. George W. Davis, a young man who has been em- ployed a number of years in the Herald's business office. His brother, E. H. Davis, also lives in Chicago, and is engaged in the coal business. Andrew J. Davis and John E. Davis, brothers of the Chicago men, live in Butte, Mont. The settlement of the case was made after a long legal battle of which the long and sensational trial was but an incident. Rob- ert G. Ingersoll was of counsel for the coi testants, while the opponents had seven at torneys, the best in the northwest. Negotiations looking to the settlement have extended through three and haif years. At every step both sides have fought with all the methods the law allows. John A. Davis, the original opponent and brother of Andrew J., was killed by falling down a flight of stairs in Victoria, B. C., last winter while the negotiations were in rogress. There was talk at the time that he had been pushed down the stairway, but it was proved that the death wi ecidental. With his death his claim in his brother's estate went to his four sons, who, through the recent settlement, have become million- aires. The wealth of Andrew J. Davis was accumulated chiefly by the Montana smelt- ing company, a large works of which he was chief owner. Because of the recent de- pression this property is considerably de- creased in value. There are, however, many other assets, including securities of the best kind, and large real estate holdings in Massachusetts. It is estimated that the estate would bring at forced sale between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000. ————___. SUNLIGHT OF EDUCATION. Mr. Blumenthal Lectures Before the Young Men’s Hebrew Association. Mr. Joseph Blumenthal of New York city lectured last night at Eighth Street Syna- gogue, under the auspices of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association. President Simon Lyons introduced the lecturer as a man who took a deep interest in the associations of young Hebrews and as the ex-president of the New York Young Men's Hebrew Associ- ation. The title of the discourse was the “Sunlight of Education.” Mr. Blumenthal said that although the local association was young, it would exert a great and far-reach- ing influence, and should be generously sup- ported by the Hebrew public of Washing- ton. He adjured Hebrew parents to have their sons join. The lecturer said that those who dwell in cities have but little knowledge of the vast and wonderful work of the sun- light; have but little appreciation for the beneficent and beauteous power it exerts; and in an equal degree there are people who do not realize the value of education—dwell- ers in the city of materialism, who, if they have any sense of the uses of learning, have it only for that kind and degree of learning which has a naturally practical object in view. Unhappily, he said, there are many who cling to the narrow-minded notion that education should be confined to the purpose of making the mind a skillful tool for its owner wherewith he may successfully work out the future he seeks, or a relentlessly perfect weapon wherewith he may always win in the battle of life, in whatever strug- gles he may be engaged. To Develop Broadly. Mr. Blumenthal thought that the alm of education should be to develop all the facul- ties and perfect all the functions. He was none the less alive to the fact that it was one, but only one, of the many duties of a well-devised system of education to properly equip its pupils to meet the practical affairs of the world; to give an adequate training in business methods; to give skill and deft- ness to the eye and hand. Even in the most elevating stage of the schooling these things should be constantly kept in sight. There were some who were unable to share the full benefits of organized education, and to such was left the advantage of self-educa- tion, which often proved as advantageous as the best opportunities which schools or col- leges could afford. He thought that true education should result in the real inherent development of ourselves to mental great- ness and moral purity and to a conscious- ness to know and love the right. It must build character as well as improve the mind. All branches of education in schools and colleges should be taught not as theories only, but as things to be made useful in the life of the scholar. ignifying Labor. The lecturer enlarged upon the need of a perfect polytechnical and professional train- ing in all occupations or professions, for whatever was worth learning or doing, was worth learning and doing right. Nothing would more conduce to the dignity of labor than ihe entrance into the ranks uf men of thorough proficiency und skill. The Future Course. ‘s Jews especially,” said the speaker, “we are under the most pressing obligations to render ourselves worthy of the great fu- ture which les before us. We are citizens of the mightiest and best government that has ever existed on earth, and with eppor- tunities never before within our reach or even conception. The young men ani women of today will be responsible for the welfare and position of vur race in this country, There should be and must be no Jewish candidates for otfice or Jewish organizations for political purposes—this must in no wise be countenanced or tolerated. In religion, in politics, Americaus, should be our only and constant watchword. Social Graces Necessary. “The cultivation of the saciul graces is one of the essential elements of a liberal education. Some great scholar like Samuel Johnson may permit himself oddities of manner, and some grest thinker like Thomus Carlyle may secure pardon for habitual rudeness; but socicty is not made up of great scholars and t rs. The price of social intercourse 13 ubedience to those laws and customs which are, deemed necessary for the proper mainteniince of social rela- tions.” ‘True culture, sat@ Mt.’ Blumenthal, is not always the result of edtteation, or the pcs- session of much iearning;'it is that quality in man or woman that emphasizes the true gentleman or lady. Literary Culture. Mr. Blumenthal thought also that ltera- tere hed its legitimate demands upon us. Over agaltst the claim Unt the latest pro- ductions of the press absorv so much of our time that there is no lcisure for the master- pieces of the past, we must insist that we cannot critically appreciate what is excci- lent in the ‘teracy products cf our own time unless we have as a standard the noblest creations 0? ihe greatest thinkers of all lands and ages. ‘There ought to be no difficulty in deciling between Kider Haggard and Homer; between Braden and Siake- speare. —— Mr. Leech Il. Mr. E. O. Leech, vice president of the National Union Bank of New York and formerly director of the mint, is danger- ously ill with pneumonia at the Park Ave- nue Hotel, New York. Mr. Leech is a na- tive of the District and has many friends here. His daughters attend the George- town Academy of Visitation. WILL FIGHT VIGOROUSLY. Bimetallic League Making Plans for Comprehensive Political Oanvass. Members of Congre: d the Speaker of the House Their First Ob- jective Point. While no steps were actually taken by the conference of the Bimetallic League at the Sun building, in this city, during the past week toward the formation of a new national party, the silverites were started in a direction that may very easily be run into the larger rut should success crown their first efforts. These initial steps will consist mainly of work in the congression- al elections next fall, when it is hoped by the more enthusiastic believers in the white metal that a sufficient number of members | will be returned to force some kind of silver |legislation. An address to the public, and more especially to the friends of silver, was issued, containing these paragraph: “The money question is the first and most important issue in this country, and is so {related to everything else that no other question can be permanently settled until this is settled. “The conference therefore recommends that the Bimetallic League urgently rec- ommend to friends of silver everywhere, in all parties, that they support for the Fifty- fourth Congress only such candidates as will pledge themselves in nominating con- j ventions, and openly and publicly in their canvass for election, to the following ac- tion in case of their election: A Strong Pledge. “That they will enter into no party cau- cus that will bind or restrain them from voting and acting in the Fifty-fourth Con- gress otherwise than as given in their pledges to the people before their election; but that they wil! unite with others who are in favor of the restoration of the bi- metallic standard of money by the free and unrestricted coinage of both gold and silver, on the ratio of sixteen to one, as before the act of 1873, and the issue by the general government of the paper currency without the intervention of banks, and against the issue of bonds to buy gold; and that they will act and vote on all ‘matters during their term as members of the Fifty-fourth Congress to secure this end, and especially in the election of a Speaker, and in the or- ganization of the House, id in the vote for President of the United States, in the event that the election of President falls to the House of Representatives, “Second. That to this end the conference recommends that silver leagues be every- where organized and the work of education be carried on throughout the country, and that in addition to this work, thorough organization be effected in states and dis- tricts where such work will be most effec- tive In the election of members of Con- gress and of state legislatures.” Two Conventions. It was decided to hold two conventions this winter, one at Des Moines, Iowa, and the other somewhere in the south, Presi- dent A. J. Warner of the league, Gen. Floyd King of Louisiana, Judge Joseph E. Shel- don of Connecticut, and Mr. E. D. Stark of Ohi> were appointed a committee on the union of the republics of America, and President Warner was authorized to ap- point an executive committee to assist in carrying out the policy adopted by the con- ference, and a committee on Ways and means, and to appoint a secretary to assist in attending to the increasing business. the league. ' mg GRAB BAG SALE. You Pay Your Money Take Your Chances at This Affair, The annual sale of articles from the dead letter office began this morning at Ratcliffe, Darr & Co.’s auction rooms, and brought together the usual crowd that attends such sales, a crowd that wants to get a great deal for very little, to buy a package neatly tied up in. brown paper and run the chance of getting a bolt of point lace or a pint of diamonds for a half dollar. As a rule, they did not get more than their money's ‘worth, for the post office clerks who make up the packages and the catalogue are very care- ful to label things as they are, and they do not hesitate to refer to articles as sec- ond-hand and soiled. it was the liveliest kind of a sale, for there are upward of 8,000 articles to be disposed of, or rather parcels, for each Plece of brown paper contains a collection of truck. Most of this no one would care to have under any circumstances, but when it is put up at an auction the ever powerful desire to “buy a pig in a poke’ is strong, and bidding is consequently lively. Upwards of 200 sales have to be made in the hour in order to dispose of this great collection of left over goods within a week. The sale began at 10 o'clock, and at the end of three- quarters of an hour the auctioneer was seven minutes ahead of schedule time. He was assisted by a corps of boys and men with cigar boxes tacked on the end of long poles, a crude imitation of the old style collection boxes that used to be used in churches. With these they would serve out the articles and take in the cash, A Motley Collection. The prevailing price was 50 cents, and the Way the auctioneer rattled off goods at that figure made it look as though there was no jack of money in the crowd. A more mis- cellaneous, heterogeneous and generally curi- ous collection of stuff it would be hard to get together. Everything, from an Easter card to a pair of corsets, a Bible to a copy of Zola, a perpetual calendar, a crucifix, playing cards, undershirts, a tobacco pipe, cornet mouthpieces, an Epworth League pin, twenty odd shoes, fountain pen, calico scraps, neckties, thermometers, a silk dress, soiled stockings, all these and thousands of others, were in this motley collection. Some Sample Lots, The bidding was lively, and little time was lost in running up prices. Lot 114, con- sisting of two cheap breastpins, cheap whisk broom holders and damaged clothing, | Went off at 50 cents. Lot 117, infant's wool- en clothing, cheap silk handkerchief and a cotton handkerchief, brought 35 cents, while another package of cheap clothing and damaged clothing brought 10 cents more. A man’s necktie and an Haster card, worth about 6 cents to anybody who wanted them and 6 cents less to anybody else, went oft like hot cakes at 40 cents. A nicely dressed woman bought a silk handkerchief, j@ hairpin and some cotton trimming for a | half dollar. If they had been displayed on a bargain counter in a dry goods store and marked “reduced from 25 to 10 cents” she | would have turned away without thinking | of purchasing. A gentleman with a poll as smooth as a billiard ball bought twelve boxes of hair curlers for 30 cents, while a quiet, hopeful and willing looking young lady gave 45 cents for a man’s necktie and necktie pin. A head for a bass drum sold for next to nothing, while lot 144, consist- ing of cheap jewelry and damaged clotnin, brought an even dollar. Forty cents was the price paid for an illustrated book of poems, author and artist unknown, while | for some reason lot 15S, consisting of 1l- | lustrated poems, with a cheap silk handker- {chief thrown in for good measure, only | brought a quarter. The same price was | paid for a badly damaged letter case, book mark, button bags, pressed flowers und child's book, all of which went under the head of lot 155. A Few Bargains. There are bargains to be had, of course, | and occasionally one can get a genuine gold | ring, with a “sparkler” in it, for a dollar, or less, but this does not happen often. The reason is simple. People who send val- uable articles through the mail are accus- | tomed to addressing them carefully, and as a rule it is only cheap and undesirable | matter that finds its way to the dead | letter office and finally to the annual clear- ing up sale. This sale will continue every day at 10 in the morning and 7 in the even- ing until the whole collection is disposed of. ST | Trial of Machine Guns. A competitive trial of modern machine guns for use in the navy will be held at the | Indian Head proving grounds in a few weeks. Two weapons already submitted for trial are the Gatling gun with the latest improvements and a weapon invented by a man ramed Eccles, formerly employed by the Gatling Company. The test will be for rapidity of fire and accuracy, as well as for strength of weapon. -———__—_+ e+—________ Sallie McAllister, whose weight was 750 pounds and who was advertised by the mu- | Seums of the country as the biggest woman in the world, is dead at her home in Spring- field, Ky. MANGLED BY A CAR. A Shocking Accident to Mrs. Jennie Ferguson. ENTANGLED UNDER A CABLE TRAILER, Both Legs Almost Completely Severed From the Body. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN. A frightful accident, which will probably Tesult in the death of an estimable lady, occurred this morning shortly before 10 o'clock at the Baltimore and Ohio terminal of the cuble road. Mrs. Jennie Ferguson, the wife of Maj. W. J. Ferguson of 1432 N street, was knock- ed down and both legs crushed until they hung by small strips of flesh. Dr. A. C. Merriam was passing at the time and after the unfortunate woman had been extricated from the wheels of the car she was taken to the Hotel Emerich, across the street. A hurried examination disclosed both legs horribly crushed, the right one at tne ankle and the left one just below the Knee. The police ambulance was sent for and Mrs. Ferguson taken to her home. Drs. W. W. Johnson and J. Ford Thompson were sent for. It was decided to amputate both legs, out she sank rapidly and the opera- tion was deferred. How the Accident Occurred. Mrs. Ferguson was on her way to Balti- more id alighted from the car on the south side of C street and walked along the sidewalk. Meanwhile the grip car had run up the incline, leaving the trailers, or pas- senger cars, to follow by being pushed up by the next train. Mrs. Ferguson waited until the grip car had passed and then at- tempted to cross the track. As she did so the trailers came bumping along, pushed by the grip car of another train in the rear, which was ascending the hill. ‘There was no one on the car to warn her. Some one shouted, “Look out!” but it was too late. The cars were upon her. She was | knocked down and her dress becoming en-/| tangled in the fender, she was under the wheels. Passersby cried to the gtipman to stop, but it was too late. Many rushed to her assistance, and the car was backed. Torn and bleeding she was lifted from the tracks and carried to the hotel opposite. There she was laid on the floor. She never lost consciousness, and when it was suggested that she be taken to the hospital she protested and was taken to her home. Mrs. Ferguson is the daughter of the late Gov. Swann of Maryland. No Warning. ‘Those who saw the accident roundly con- demn the railroad for not having a watch- man or flagman at the terminal. There is @ pecullar condition of affairs at this point. A slight rise in grade is utilized to switch the cars. When a train arrives at this point the grip car leaves the coaches and runs up the incline. Here the grip is de- tached and the.car runs down the incline by gravity and stops a short distance off the switch awaiting the coaches. The next train pushes the trailers up the incline past the switch and they return in the same way to be coupled to the grip. It is a rare occurrence that a conductor is found on the front car to warn pedestrians. Had there been one the accident would probably never have happened, although the conductor would have been powerless to stop the cars, as the grip car was so far removed that he could not have warned the gripman in time. Ps —s——-. SCHAEFER RAN 566, The “Wizard” Won the ‘Tournament at New York. In the sixth inning of the final and decid- ing contest in the billiard tourney in New York Saturday night Schaefer ran the game out and made the world’s record of 566 points. It was the greatest run ever made in a game of 14-inch balk line billiards and many a day will pass before it will be equaled. ‘The earlier part of the evening’s play was tame, but in the sixth inning, when Ives had reached his fiftieth count, Schaefer gathered the balls in the upper left-hand comer, and, after a few preliminary shots, succeeded in getting them astride the line. Once there he rattled off point after point without moving the ivories more than the sixteenth of an inch. In this position he added seventy-five to his string. Then he “anchored” them against the cushion for twenty-tive, and, of course, was applauded. This he supplemented by fifty more with the balls not a hair’s breadth removed from their position. There they were anchored and there they stayed while the Wizard walked to and fro tapping the white ball first to the right, then to the left. ‘The Wizard was in his finest form. “Three hundred and fifty,” announced Bud Scho- field, and immediately pandemonium reigned. “Run it out, Jake,” shouted one of the audience. Jake needed no such encourage- ment. With dogged persistence and steady regularity he walked back and forth, per- spiration streaming from every pore, and scoring point after point until, when 400 points were announced, the audience stood and yelled like the veriest Comanches. ‘The rest of the tale is easily told. Ives’ record of 456, made last November at Chicago, and at which the world wondered, was cast into oblivion. It now became a contest of physical en- durance, and the question was raised as to whether Jake would outlast the exertion necessary to score the 568 points requisite to run out the game. The 50) mark was reached at 9:40 p. m., and the audience yelled itself hoarse, and did not subside until Jake had finished the game. ‘The score by innings was as follows: Schaefer—12, 14, 8, 0, 0, 566. Total, 600. Ives—0, 33, 3, 10, 4. ‘Total, 50. The tournament, it is estimated, will clear $4,000, Of this amount Schaefer will receive $2,000 and the sweepstakes, $1,500, making Mard nim a winner of $3,000. Ives’ share will be $1,200, and Slosson’s, $800. —__——_+o+—__ Catholic Knights Election. Officers elected for the ensuing year for the Immaculate Conception Branch, 419%, Catholic Knights of America: President, F. E. McQuade; vice president, Chas.A. Sohns; recording secretary, Thomas Birney; finan- cial secretary, Wm. M. Becker; treas- urer, John Shughrue; sentinel, Jas. A. Dee; sergeant-at-arms, M. Mclnerney, and trus- tee, Thos, Maloney. eee ee Funeral of Mrs. Reynolds. Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock the funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Reynolds, widow of Joseph Reynolds, sr., took place from the family residence, 931 H_ street. ‘The exercises were conducted by Dr. Chas. A. Stakely of the Sixteenth Street Bap- tist Church. Dr. J. H. Elliott and Dr. Sny- der, from the Church of the Ascension, of which Mrs, Reynolds was a member, the Episcopal burial service being read. The interment was in the family lot at Oak Hill cemetery. The honorary pall- bearers were Mr, Waters Drew, Mr. Wm. ¥. Holtzman, Mr. Edgar Speiden, Dr. Cha- pen, Mr, T. F, Sergent and Mr. C. F. Davies. —_.— Dr. Benjamin Il. "Rev. Dr. R. C. O. Benjamin of Alabama, the noted colored orator, lawyer and author, is ill at the home of his friend, Editor M. L. Robinson, Alexandria, Va., with la grippe. Dr. Benjamin has canceled his lecture en- gagements at Washington and elsewhere for the present. —__ THE POPE’S ENCYCLICAL, It Strongly Recommends to the Priest- hood the Study of the Bible. The pope's latest encyclical, dated Rome, November 18, 1893, has been received by Cardinal Gibbons. In summarizing it he said: It strongly recommends the earnest study of the sacred scriptures to clergymen and students and the study of eastern languages—those in which the text was originally written—with a view to the better understanding of the text of the scriptures in order to meet the objections of adversaries of the scriptures. The encyclical is entitled “On the Study of the Holy Scriptures,” and it covers forty- three quarto pages of elegant Latin. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, EDUCATIONAL... EXCURSIONS, &e. . FINANCIAL. cee t HEEL FOR SALE (Misceli laneous. FOR SALE (Pianos) ee a PSSSSSER URES SES RS eSSHS aM eM SSSSECSSSSSSESS ow oe He eer WANTED (Miscellaneous). WINTER RESORTS... SECST EST CE ETE CESS ETE R EST EEE TE EE fatto oped afeg ate Tif keenly fel and Ainkace J tater What shall poz you denn fors pee ea Christmas is row but seven days off. They will be seven long impatient days for the little ones of Washington, who have reason to look forward to the annual visit of Santa Claus, but they will be short days for the managers of The Evening Star Santa Claus Club, who will have their hands full of business. They will, it is be- leved, be happy days for the members of the club, for the consciousness of good deeds done and to be done will be with them. The membership of the club bids fair to exceed even that of last year, when it reached 20,000. The club will have there- fore a very respectable sum of money to be used in feeding the hungry and caring for the suffering. Besides this, citizens are urged to contribute to the funds of the club as well as to donate supplies that may be used ‘in making some poor family more comfortable. There are hundreds of squalid homes to which Christmas brings no cheer and where Santa Claus is unknown. There are hundreds who are shivering and hun- gry. These are the people the Santa Claus Club proposes to reach and to make their own Christmas the brighter and the hap- pier by the knowledge that they have done something to,make less bitter the Christ- mas of the poor. The club's organization is such that it can apply to the best uses funds that may be contributed to it. There is a good deal for the Wearers of the club badges in the schools to do. They are to learn: where the needy are and report to their teachers, so the managers of the club will know just where to send their mes- sengers with relief. The agencies at the command of the club, through its vast membership and the organizations allied with it, make it pretty certain that the re- lief afforded by the club fund will be given where there is most need for it. Grown People who want to help and the help is needed can send their money to The Even- ing Star office or packages of Provisions to the nearest public school building. If any one who has clothing to contribute will notify The Evening Star of that fact by Leatgage @ wagon will call for the dona- in. —_—__ REPRESENTATIVE CLARK FINED. End of the Cutting Affair With Mar- * cellus West. Congressman Champ Clark, an account of whose row with Marcellus West, a local Politician, in Neuland’s saloon a week ago Saturday night was published in The Star at the time, walked into Judge Miller's court this morning to answer a charge of simple assault. He was accompanied by his counsel, Lawyer Joseph Shillington, who did the talking for the Congressman. Assistant District Attorney Mullowney represented the prosecution. He called Judge Miller's attention to the charge against the Congressman and said he de- sired to read a letter he had received from West, the prosecuting witness, which was as follows: ‘In view of the surrounding circum- stances at the time of the attack upon me by Mr. Clark, on December 9 last, I would respectfully ask that the case may be dis- missed. Mr. Clark has expressed deep re- gret for the occurrence, and I am satisfied that this course should be pursued.” “What does he mean by the surrounding circumstances?” Judge Miller asked. No one answered the question. is this letter from the prosecu wit- 2" the court next asked. seed t bears his signature,” was Mr. Mul- ney’s response. “What was the nature of the assault?” “A knife cut on the throat.” “There was no serious injury,” said Mr. Shillington, “and the prosecuting witness has _ been, out ever since the affair hap- pened. Judge Miller wanted to know if the dis- trict attorney desired to adopt the sugges- tion of the prosecuting witness and Mr. Mullowney answered by saying that he thought the court should dispose of the case. He indicated $25 as the amount of fine that would satisfy the government. Mr. Shillington said he would enter a formal plea of guilty and the court tm- posed the amount mention $25, which was paid. ——__—_ A Narrow Escape. Saturday evening Representative ana Mrs. McCreary of Kentucky narrowly es- caped being killed or seriously injured in consequence of their carriage being run away with by a team of badly frightened horses on K street. Getting beyond the control of the coachman, the horses ran for several squares, breaking the pole of the carriage, and at 18th street colliding with a coach. One of Mr. McCreary’s horses was killed by the collision, and the carriage rather badly damaged, but, fortunately, no one was injured, although Mrs. McCreary’s nerves received such a shceck that she was compelled to rest for a time in a neighbor- ing house. —_—_—. Will Not Buy It. ‘The proposition for the purchase of the big Krupp gun exhibited at the world’s fair, for use in the defense of New York harbor, has been practically abandoned. The War Departm:ent authorities do not want the gun. The chief of the engineers would prefer to se2 a suitable number of 2-inch guns provided for our forts before indulgirg in such luxuries as the mammoth cannon produced by Krupp. The ordnance authorities would like to have a 16-inch gun. 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