Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1893, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 97, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. AYER'S Sarsapsrilla, wherever used. is alwsys spoken of in termsof highest praise. WILLIAM SMALL, Fort Pairfeld, Ms. .says, in a letter recently received: “It ives me pleasure to speak from personal knowledze ofthe wonderful cure, by the use of AYZR’S Sarsa- parilla. of abad humor ina child eleven years old. Thechild'shands, arms, fectand legs wore covered ‘with blotches aud scabs, resisting all local applica- tions. Very soon sfter taking AYERS Sarssparili: the humor disappeared, the cure beins complet. As ablood purifier [ consider that AYER’3 SARSAPARILLA Stands at the head of the whole catalozua of such Preparations, especially when used in connection with AYER’S Pills.” “There canbe noqnestion asto the superiority of AYER'S Sarsaparilla over al! other blood purifiers. If this was pot the cass the demand for it, stead of in- creasing yearis, would have ceasal lon¢ ago, like so many other blovd medicines I could uame."—F. L. NICKERSON, Charlestown, Mays. CURES OTHERS, WILL CURE you. Prepered by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowvil, Masa. MANY PERSONS ALE BROKEN DOWN FROM | Terwork ur 2 Brot houseloid wn's Iron Bitters THE MOWBAN MULACLES OF JEALING WHICH are jormed Williams’ Fink Pits Mon by sick people tably peri Ay f. Teevive ihe closest investiga. Gnd thelr frlends. jas wk wly OL DYSPEPTIC TRY Dyspepsia makes you nervous, aud nervowness makes you dyspeptic; either ome renders you miserable, and these lit” te pills both. WF THE Baby 15 CUTTING TEETH PE SURB and use that old well-tried remedy, Mrs. Wins low’s Soothing Syrup for children’ teething. It feothes the child. softeus the gums, allays cures wiod colic and is the best remedy for | _2 Twenty-five cents a bottle. myl- WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP FOR THE &KIN, ‘and complexion. All ists. re sult of 20 years’ experience treating the A on tology with every cake. ay HHHAHHH HH HH HHH Is It Possible That yon are cong to bewin the new Year With thst old carpet on your ‘oor, when we are sellins the best grado of Bigelow Body Brussels at $1.15 a yard? Moquettes, #110 a yard. Lowell Ingrairs, 65¢. a yard. Good Tapestry, 490. a yard. W. ELEOEKE, FURNITURE, CARPETS AND DRA- PERIES, Cor. Pa. ave. and 8th st. = fe cealo elon cfenfes enfenforlosfanfecfecfostncten it NO CHKISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S TAGLE shoula be without a bottle of Angostua Bit Dr. Sliegert’s, the renowred appetizer of ex quisite flavor. Beware of counterfeits. PERERA SSS EE SETS BIG PAY FOR THE TRIP. How a %: western Steamboat Cap- tain Made $25,000 in Two Days. “Yes, they do lots of running, and they have fast boats and fine boats,” said a griz- zled old ex-captain, as he stood on a dock at Seattle and watched the air line wake which Capt. John Jordison was laying out benind the Flyer as she flew toward Tacoma. “Hut there is an old fellow uptown who made more money in forty-elght nours on an eighty-mile round trip with an old stern- wheel box than ail of these fast boats can make in six months,” continued the ex- captain, talking to the representative of the Oregon Raliway and Marine Gazette. ““rne packet I am alluding to was the old steamer Enterprise, built on the Coiumpia in the early fifties and brought around here by Capt. ‘Yom Wright. who owned and com- manded her on the famous trip of which 1 Speak. “Old Tom,” as you ali call him now, was running the Enterprise on the Fraser river in INOS, at the time of that incipient rebellion sometimes known as “Ned Mc- Gowan’s war.” McGowan and a lot of otner Americans who were prospecting up around Hit's Bar, on the Fraser, nad been arrested and brought before a British justice of the Peace for some alleged indiscretion, and con- siderable feel‘ng had been worked up over the matter, so much, in fact, that wid rumors of war and bloodshed nad reached the outer worid, and the tritish troops were called on. A detachment of 1M men. with artillery and other equipments, were sent out from Victoria, and were nearing Lang- ley, BC. when Capt. Wright and n: steamer arrived at that port. ‘The skipper Was prompt to see that his boat afforded the ouly available means for moving those troops up the river. tle immediately told is purser to write out a scnedule of rates: Passage, $100 per man; freight, $100 per ton, all in check. HH HHH HHH AHHH | oe SE Fee ee MITCHELL AT JACKSONVILLE, A Gathering of 1,500 Welcomes the English Fighter. JACKSONVILLE, Fi De —Pugilist | Mitchell and his party got in at 11 this morning. A crowd of 1,500 peopie met the Englishman at the depot and followed him to the Everett Hotel, where it took two policemer, six bei! boys and three porters to keep them from crushing in the big glass | doors. The crowd that received him was larger than that which greeted Corbett. Mitchell. received a score of newspaper men in his rooms. He says he weighs ING pounds, and will not take off much fiesh. Tonight he shows here and tomorrow night | in St. Augustine. | He will begin training on the island: just | opposite the town. Mitchell says his. wife | will not come to Florida. Friends af| Mitchell say his presence in Florida puts | wings to Brady's bet of one thousand that | the Englishman wouldn't enter the ring. pe STRIKERS THREATEN VIOLENCE. itcel Workers in Wales Succeeded by Men From Scoiluad. LONDON, Dec. 27.—The steel workers at Pont-Y-Mister, Wales, struck: a few ago against a proposed reduciion in their wages, ond the owners of the works took steps to set Scotchmen to fill their places. When the Scotehmen arrived and at- tempted to work the strikers determined to step them. The latter went to the works and attempted to eject the Scotchmen, and the police were summoned to quell the fighting that resulted. The sirikers were finally dispersed, but not until many of them were injured. Incensed and chagrined at their defeat, | the strikers threaten further violence, and | they are strong enough in numbers to cause | the civil authorities to fear that they will | put their threats into execution. ‘The civil \ officers claim that if the strikers combine \to make an attack on the works the local ‘police are not strong enought to hold them Application has, therefore, becn made to | the military authorities, and a mounted bat- jtery stationed at Cardiff is held in readi- ness to proceed at once to the scene of the disturbance. ee ne DETAINED BY PEINOTO. An Unconfirmed Report Regarding | the Portuguexe Minister at Rio. LISBON, Dec. 27.—A report has been | | published in this city that the Portuguese | minister to Brazil, who was making prepa- | rations to depart from Rio Janeiro on leave | of absence, had been detained by order of President Peixoto. The report, however, lacks confirmation. —-—_~+-___—_ CHICAGO GAMBLERS HELD UP. Compelled at the Point of Pistols to Give Up 82,200, CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-“Fwo men entered the | gambling house at No. 2 Quincy street last Saturday morning, sécured $2,200 in cash | and with revolvers stil leveled at a sadly frightened group of three gambiers backed out of the door and made their escape. | | This robbery, following so closely upon the | [heels of the big hold-up of the employes jat No. 14 Quincy street, which occurred on | December 19, has had electrical effect on | the gamblers here and they are now devis- ing and planning for some sort of’ pro- | tection. In the Saturday morning job no 's Were used. — bP PLEADING FOR PRENDERGAST. Ending the Trial of Carter Harrison's Sinyer. CHICAGO, Dec. 27.~Mr. Essex, one of the counsel for the prisoner, resumed his ad- dress in the Prendergast trial before a large | audience this morning, and in the conclu- sion of his argument for Prendergast, se- verely criticised the testimony given by em- ployes of the jail.. In regard to the eviden- ces of fear said by these witnesses to have | been shown by the prisoner, the speaker said it was nothing unusual! for prisoners in jail to show fear of the officers of that institution, and intimated that these offi- cers were sometiines cruel to the prisoners. | In conclusion Mr. Essex pleaded with the | jury to not commit another judicial murder by hanging an insane man. Mr. Heron, also for the defense, followed | with an address which was one of the most | unique efforts ever heard in a trial court room. For an hour he harangued the jury | in an effort to hold Assistant States Attor- ney Todd up to ridicule. — Seer y Morley in the Commons. LONDON, Dec. 27.—The Right Hon. John ! Morley, chief secretary for Ireland, who has for some time been sojourning in the |south of France for the benefit of his j health, reappeared in the house of commons today upon the reassembiing of that body after the adjournment last week for che | | Christmas holiday. H> was greeted with loud cheers. en RES A Reduction Agreed to. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.—At a confer- ence of Dornan Brothers with their em- |ployes yesterday the latter agreed to ac-| Seept a reduetien of 19 per cent in their! wages and the big ingrain carpet mill,which | has been closed since November 2, will be } started cp on Friday, giving employment’ to about four hundred hands. ‘TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR, = DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Today's Orders. The Commissioners have ordered that: ‘The requisition of the parking commis- sion for $14) for the second quarter of the fiscal year is approved. ‘The permit clerk is authorized to issue a | Permit to the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company to replace with a new | Pole the pole located on the east side of 3d Street- southeast between C street and Pennsylvania avenue, The permit clerk is authorized to issue to the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company permit to set a pole on north side of E street southwest, about 225 feet east of 412 street; to move pole from south side of Virginia avenue southwest, square 537, to a point about 105 feet east of its present location; to move pole in alley in square 535 to south side of alley running east and est in rear of lot 4, same square. That the following work be done under the provisions of the compulsory permit system, the same having been duly adver- tised: Laying and relaying sidewalks—Harrison ‘treet, Anacostia, Pierce to Avalon streets; Polk street, Anacostia, both sides; Jeffer- son Street south, one square; 0 street south- West, north side, 3d to 41-2 street; 11-2 Street northwest, both sides, C to D streets; P street northwest, north side, Dupont Circle to Rock creek; O street northwest, north side, Ist to %d_ street; 1sth street northwest,. west side, New York avenue to 1, strect; C street northeast, north side, Nerth Capitol street to Delaware avenue; ith street northwest, west side, H to K Streets; Jefferson street. Georgetown, both sides, Water street to Chesapeake and Ohio canal. ¥ Paving alleys—Square 3387, all unpaved al- leys in square; square 126, repaving all cob- ble alleys in square; square 96, all unpaved alleys in square; square 8X5, all unpaved al- leys in square; square 44, all unpaved leys in square; square Ns, all unpaved al- leys in square. ‘To Sweep Pennsylvapia Avenue. It is probable that the Commissioners will soon advertise and receive bids for sweep- ing Pennsylvania avenue. Offers have been made to sweep it cheaper than it is now be- ing done, but according to the law no con- tracts amounting to over $1,000 can be made except by advertising for proposals. ti Beast 9 § MILITIA ORDERED OUT. Race Troubles Reported at Wildwood, Fla. . Acting under instructions from Gov. Mitchell, the. Tampa Rifles, forty-two song, left Tampa, Fla., on the 8 o'clock train last night for Wildwood to aid in quelling a negro riot. The governor also ordered a special train from Ocala to. that Place to convey the Rifles of that city to the scene of the riot. The latest news from WilaWood 48 lo Lue elece umat luicen ne- grees were wounded, tour killed and four captured, ‘Kae negro, Abe Lambright, who shot Ira Smith Menday nignt, togecher with five other negroes who were ia the fight, was arresied yesteruay morning and jvwaged in Ju by Snerut Cuapman, in caarge of the wecsburg ules, Auere was consideraple fring Irom the Kines berure te arrests were made, at least seventy-five shots being exchanged. Several negroes were sligntiy wounaed. Isaiah Kyan, colored, was killed Monuay night, put was not reported until Yesterday morning. Tnree of tne suppos jeaders of the riot, Coleman, Lamoright, sem McCallister and Anderson Brown, are now in jail, Jesse Lampbright, the negro who started the difficulty with Rube Ca- ruthers, is still at large. It is not defin- itely known how many negroes were killed. The negro Abe Lambright was shot before being arrested yesterday morning. It seemed for awhile that Lambright would be lynched, but a grand mass meet- ing of the white ‘citizens was held to p! test against lynch law and to advise peace and compromise. Rev. Mr. Mason, Col. I. E. Barwick and | J. H. Curry made earnest speeches to the crowd, advising moderation and. supremacy |of law. The crowd was quieted and appar- ently satisfied to permit Sheriff Chapman to take charge of and remove Lambright to Tavares jail, which he did under the pro- tection of the Leesburg Rifles. There are about fifty white men under arms, It was reported last evening that ne- roes were organizing in the direction of Lady Lake. Telegrams were sent to the governor, Every road leading Into Wild- wood Is picketed, and the movements of the negroes are closely watched. The peo- ple are all very much excited. Rube Ca- ruthers, .white, who was shot Monday night. ts not dangerously wounded. Ira Smith is very critically wounded. alae A CORPSE FOR A DRIVER. HAD The Fare Didn't Find It Out Unth He Had Been Taken Five Blocks. H. F. MeDowell of the town of Lake, near Chicago, was on Christmas driven five blocks in a wagon by a corpse. complained of being ill, and Mr. McDowell got into the wagon to go with the sick man to his home. Smith picked up the reins and started the horse. speak, und McDowell began to wonder what caused his silence. Finally he asked Smith how he felt. Smith did not answer, and pressing the question by taking his arm Mr. McDowell found that the driver was dead. They had gone five blocks. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause, —+e+—____— Another Santa Clans Disaster. Dr. John Newell Tilden, principal of the Peekskill Y., Military Academy, was badly burned about the hands, face, eyes land forehead Christmas night in the li- John Smith, a driver of a baker's wagon, ; He did not! | | and hang it in his office. ‘fhis cone ne} Walked ashore and met Lieut. Giussette, who was in command of the men. ‘ihe iieutena immediately asked him if he could take the tcoops up the river. ‘The captain rettectively PORT JERVIS, N. ¥., De. ‘arrows- burs. Y. as sited by a destructive fire last night, and much of the upper por- Fire at Narvowsburgh, N.Y. \ scratched his head for a moment ant nair/tion of the village Was destroyed. The d@oubtingly said he supposed he could. | buildings destro were: Green’s dry “What are your rates . | s00ds store, ti Brothers’ store, Decker “Well, really 1 don’t kr | mills, Crocker’s d store, Mr. Kuhn's! ‘that’s a little out of my department, and 1 | resid two hotels and several barns and don’t always remember; 1 will call the; outbuildings. Most of the property was purser and find out.’ insured, but rot for anything lie its value. “The purs a3 summoned, _— perior offi: ‘Get your rate schedule, parently vexed ‘hat the So little about his busin. “The purser did so, safd Tom, ap- and read the rate of $1 per man and $100 per “nconcernediy ton. Gussette objected, argued and swore, but the immovable skipper exp!ained that it was schedule rates, and that he cou'dn't think of the gov ment less than te indi Is. ‘The Keu- fon were ‘m namber, tenant's effo: futile, and at | ‘0p! with fifty tons of equipn ‘ taken sbeard. Fort favored the Enterpri: that trip, and eighteen hours after lea Langley she reached her destination, Hope, with her $1 rgo. word was receive ever. McGowan and his friends had ta themseives out of bondage and white winge peace was hanging over the entire country. ‘This condition of affairs ri ence of the troops Femoving the equipm HMeutenant again approached Capt. and asked him what he would charge take the outfit back to Langley. The cap- tain’s failing memory again c to refer Gussette to the purser, and after considerable search that well-trained ald of the captain's discovered that the rate down stream was the same as up stream. The Englishman sought the captain. ‘My God, captain,” he said, ‘you have already charged me £3,000 for less than a day's work with your boat, and now you want to repeat the erformance. It's an outrage. “*"Tis a middling high rate,” sald Tom, “but wood is scarce up here and I don’t like to be cutting rates, still, as you haven't taken your freight ashore and are ready to go down with us, I will make a reduction. TM make it an even $25,000 for the round trip, which is a big cut in rates." There was Ro other way for the troops to reach hom so the lieutenant surrendered and less tha forty-eight hours after he with thé troops Capt. Wright was back again. richer by a £3,000 voucher, which was | paid without a murmur when presented at Victoria. Capt. Tom Wright is still a con- spicuous figure on the streets of Seatile and other sound cities, and while he has lived to see the marine tratfic of Puget sound grow from its infancy into proportions greater than he had ever dreamed of. yet it doubtful if he will ever see his record for Money making with a steamboat equaled.” Ss Berren Ground. Prom Puck. Timber Fist Madden (pointing to passing man).—“T tackled de ole bloke fer tenpence, but he t'rew me down." Pink Whiskers Blake (in horror).—“Tack- led him? Hully gee! dat’s Russell Sage. Dey couldn't get money out o” him wid dyna- mite se ‘The report of an expert accountant on the finances of *hicago shows, it ‘s said « de- fleft og 31 600,000. sneuld RAOW | &§ mpelled him ; Renewing the Ocean Mail Contracix. | LONDON, Dee. Mr. Arnold Mort! the postmaster general, has written a let to Mr. John Mains, member of the ho: of commons for West Donegal, in which he states that when the present contract | for carrying the transatlantic mails by the | Way of Queenstown shall have expired the advantages presented by ali routes for outward-bound American mails, including | poor by the way of Moville, will be consid- ered. Statement of rman Imperial | crease in specie of Shock. sell, | ton, 6 Shock's wheel ran + ing while the Mm: Van %; Ast vf t wi “até 3 the personal liberty law. This law, | heard ssed last winter, prohibits corporations | | cla individ’ from refusing to employ res nizations. It is also ablic Securities. | PARIS, De —As a measure of prée tion against a posible dynamite « public securities in the cust of France have been remoy The Frenc! | vietory ove Hines: | LONDON, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Gladstone, while | traveling io Hawardin on Thursday ‘ast from Londen, was set: She is now greatly improve she is making favorable progress e chill, r, owar t “ at! 4 o'clock this morning } the proprietress, lost goods and furniture. 1 ss is $1u, W SS j small cottage adjoining was slightly dam- i aged. | cil (colored) at Philadelphia, has issued an | members of | Paul, | international midwint brary of his school. He was playing Santa | Claus for a party, which included a number | of students and his family. He was clothed in a costume of cotton batting, which | caught tire from a candle on the Christmas | tree just as he was presenting the last gift. | Before the flames were extinguished Dr. | | Tliden had been severely burned. Dr. Til- den's physician is apprehensive of grave ceived. —_—___ -eee-—- An Address te Colored People. Wellington Bryant, national chief secre- tary of the National Citizens’ Rights Coun- address from that city to the delegate that organization and the negroes in general of the United States, callirg attention to the passage of the act by the Georgia legislature prescribing pun- ishment for mob violence, and its signature | havirg been signed by Gov. Northen, and concluding the address as follows: “Let our people with manly courage, with a reliance in God and firm confidence in the patriotism and justice of the American law end order, continue to appeal to the better class until mob, lynching and burn- BERLIN, Dec. e statement of the | ines will no longer disgrace our nation.” _ cee eens ain ei ta The Dean of Ely Dend. NDOXN, Merivale, D.D. Dee. —The Rev. Charles dean of Ely, died this after- o p 'Text a Personal Liberty Law, FW YORK, Dee, A special from St. Minn., says: Superintendent Hoskins of the Twin City railroad will be arrested today or tomorrow for the purpose of test- claimed that the law would apply to the A. | Px os, in its discrimination against Catho- ri Death of 2 Missixsippi Legislator. JACKSON, Miss., Dec, 27.—J. 8. Madison, fveraaee une ee ex-speaker of the house and chairman of sine Toca Pas aateien ne and means committee of the Mis- securities is upward of 4,040) i legislature, died suddenly Monday pasha Saag | night at his home near Brookville, Noxubee King Hamberes Congratulations. |“? ——— LONDON, Db A dispatch fr Postponing the California Fair Open- Rome to the © ates that King ing. | Humbert has telegraphed to mond SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 27.—Owing to the = a tl 9 Peo troops mit out rainy weather and the delay in the ssow. » read to the troops at Agordat ; ally | rosy: on saandheeghheoctledl thy gb Sn al of the exhibits (principally foreign) from Chicago, the officials of the California position have de- cided Wo postpone the formal opening of the exposition on January 1 for a few days. Cnpt. FIRES ISLAND, Le 4 | no truth in the report alleged to have been | 1, There is weaueene, made by Capt. Jason Randall of the| | rs schooner Mary A. Randall, which arrived | Raenea out orning. {at New London yesterday, to the effect | ASBURY PARK, N. J., De he passed a eamship ashore | Belmar House, # large structure —— Ree on Senwes ae anere | Was destroyed by a fre, which = 7 there been Louise H. the nd nee the wreck of the schooner Riniali, November 28. Most of hull of the latter vessel is still visible two of her masts are still standing, eh was undoubtedly what Capt. Ran- dail saw and mistook for a steamer. results from the shock his patient has re- | |have passionate desire for sympathy, feel i THE BOOKMAKERS BAILED. Action Taken im the Criminal Court | This Afternoon. The accused Ivy City bookmakers were taken to the Criminal Court this afternoon. | Mr. Wilson said that the prisoners were | Prepared to give bail, and offered Messrs. | Washington T. Nailor and Albert Gleason as surety for each in $1,000. | This was accepted, and bail was given. Justice Cole asked if they would put in! any plea. Mr. Wilson replied that they would ‘take further action tomorrow. RAN INTO AN OPEN SWITCH. Railway Disaster on the Norfolk and Western ROANOKE, Va., Dec. 27.—A serious rail- way accident occurred at Troutville, on the Shenandoah Valley division of the N. and W. railroad, eleven miles north of this city, this morning at 7: o'clock. The vestibuled train from the north, due here at 8:25 o'clock, with seventy passen- gers on board, ran into an open switch and collided with a freight train standing on the track. ‘he engine of the vestibuled train, one baggage car and two freight cars were demolished and the engineer, J. L. Oney, and Fireman J. D. Childress were se- verely hurt by jumping at the last mo- ment. One passenger, Albert Hilvesline, of this city was slightly injured. a Lioyd, the Shakesperean Essayist, Dead. LONDON, Dec. 27.—W. W. Lloyd, @ noted Shakesperean essayist, is dead. pebezee tat Killed Hix Sweetheart’ Brother. LOUISVILLE, Ky.,Dec,. 27.—Near Hodges- ville, Ky., Clarence Wade, a lad of twenty, shot and killed Alven Defavres. Wade had been paying attention to a sister of Defav- res, and a short time ago, while out driving, attempted what was an undue familiarity with her. From this trouble arose, though it is said there had been bad blood between the boys for some time be- fore this occurrence. Wade is in jail. aban Personal Mention. Cadet Chas. G. Toeprer of the Michigan Military Academy Is spending his holidays with his parents at 429 G strcet northwest. > THE COURTS. Equity Court—Division 1—Justice Cole. Today—Fitch agt. Smith; receiver's re- port ratified. Munleisen agt. Murdock; ap- pearance of absent defendants ordered. — A glass globe of one of the lights at the Baltimore and Potomac depot fell yester- day, breaking a number of the telegraph wires and making it necessary for a time to run the trains entirely by signal. The damage was repaired in a fow hours. —__ Detention of the Mohican. VALLEJO, Cal., Dec. 27.—-The U. S. 8. Mohican will not leave Mare Island for at least a week or ten days yet. Engineer Arnold, one of her officers, is on the cruiser Olympia trial board, which will not be through work for a week yet. nehaclpicastpal The New Russo-German Treaty. BERLIN, Dec. 27.—By the terms of the new commercial treaty between Germany and Russia, imports of grain from the lat- ter country will be granted the same rates as to similar imports from Austria. ‘The general tax on oats is reduced. Russia re- duces her tariffs on iron 10 per cent and on agricultural machinery 2 per cent. ‘The tax on seaborne coals and steel rails im- ported into Russia is not reduced. ——_ Cannot Take Special Mensures, | ROME, Dec. 27.—The Italian government has notified the government of Spain that | it is not possible at present for Italy to} take speciai measures agains: anarchists. | —_ —- Receivers for the Hoffman House. NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 27.—Vice Chancel- | lor Green has appointed Edward W. Ward | of Elizabeth and A. O'Kelly Hale of Short | Hills as receivers of the Hoffman House Company of New York. The order of the vice chancellor states that the books of the, concern shall be turned over to the re- ceivers. etre es ALEXANDRIA. Captared. James Brown, colored, who escaped yes- terday, after mortally wounding Elizabeth ‘Timbers. was captured last night by Lieut. | Smith and the police at a house on Fayette street. Charged With Forgery. A young man named Arthur Emmerson is wanted by the police here for passing forged checks, signed Armstrong Cator & Co., on Messrs. J. W. Ramsay and other merchants here. > — Sir Charles Dilke Interviewed. The Figaro publishes an ‘nterview with Sir Charles Dilke, who is in Paris, in which he says that Great Britain having no army in comparison with the other powers, is compelled to possess a considerable navy not for defensive purposes, but to prevent her enemies from leaving their ports. ‘The triple alliance, he added, was not regarded as a serious compact, and therefore a gen- eral coalition against Great Britain was probable. He did not think that war was imminent, but if there should be an An- glo-French outbreak, it would not be caused by either the Madagascan or Siamese ques- tions, but by the dispute regarding French rights in Newfoundland. —+9e— Range of the Thermometer. The following were tha readings of the ther- mometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a. m., 25:2p.m., 40; maximum, 41; minimum, 44 ' CTE ARNE The French and the Russ‘ From the Spectator. No doubt the French, like all races into which the Celtic element enters largely. an isolated position to be a position of in- feriority, and will pardon even an enemy if he will but profess admiration and af- | fection for their nation. They cannot, if their fortunes are clouded, bear to stand in’ patience and wait till the sun shines; nor do they ever fecl, as Germans and En- | glishmen feel, that the only satisfactory | work is the work which {s done alone. | ‘They hunger for praise like poets, and for | sympathy like women. | But there is another side to the French mind, which is never to be forgotten—a | mathematical side, given to calculation, | keen in business, apt to be even unpleas- antly clear-sighted in its recognition of the | actualities gf life. The true Frenchman adores, quite genuinely as far as emotion | 1s concerned, and theu asks about the dot, as If he were only calculating for the fam- | ily benefit. The Parisians to be so moved | must see advantage somewhere in all this | display, and it is clear they can only see it im the future. In the past they have nothing to be tiankful for. { In i870 Russia deserted them, like the rest of mankind, and deserted them when a single remonstrance from the czar would | probably have saved Paris, and certainly have sayed the cession of the two prov- inces No doubt, the czar is believed io have intervened’ in 1876, but it is very | doubtful now if he did not do this un advice from Prince Bismarck, who thought the German military party had become in thelr prosperity reckless and ill d. | France had no aid from Russia in nor bas the Russian foreign offic agei her colonial dream, which no dream of her mass It must be the futur gards as she precipitat czar’s broad bosom in which he can aid her is is the potential enemy therefors—despot or philanthrop er—the ieved of Franc with her, and he men, horses, and cannon—to place at disposal, and France rushes to encou indeed, is } the i From the Ch Mrs, Cheaply ( shopping tour)—' Mr. Cheaply. Mrs, Cheaply—“Oh, T've got a lovely bar- | gain. I gave only 59 cents for a beautiful | hanging lamp turning joyously from a | john, give me $4, please.” | What for?” Mr. Cheaply—"But what's the $4 for?” Mrs. Cheaply—“Why, 1 want to pay thi cabman I hired to bring it home with me. — eee Knowledge is Power. | From Puck. Proprietor.—“What's the row at that bar- gain counter?” Floorw: “No row at all. A party of college girls are among the crowd, and are | working to the front by a flying wedge.” jon her family. ISERIOUS FOR CLARK. The Policeman Held on the Charge of Felonious Assault, ‘TESTIMONY GIVEN IN COURT. i Miss Nellie Krite Tells of the Sev- eral Assaults, JUDGE MILLER’S REMARKS. Yesterday morning when Policeman Thomas E. Clark walked out of the Police Court he thought he was free from a trial on a charge of felonious assault on Miss Nellie Krite, as published in yesterday's Star, as the prosecuting attorney had con- cluded from the proof presented that a charge of rape preferred by the girl could not be maintained. Later yesterday after- noon, however, the girl’s mother came over from Baltimore and the prosecuting attor- ney was appealed to in order to get the case in court. Miss Krite repeated her story and then the prosecuting officer directed the issuance of a warrant. Warrant Clerk Washburn issued the legal paper and on this the offi- cer was arrested last night. This morning he was taken to the, Police Court, where the warrant was also return- ed and the case was called for trial. Lawyer Cross represented the prisoner and entered a plea of not guilty. The witnesses were called and sworn and all of them, with the exception of the girl, were excluded from court. The young girl, who is pretty and at- tractive and neatly dressed, on the stand. She wore a light dress, with green trimmings, a light coat and hat to match. She is seventeen years old, but looks several years older. Mr. Jeffords, for the prosecution, called the case to Judge Miller's ‘attention and asked the witness to tell her story. ‘Lhe Girl's Story. ‘My name is Nellie Krite,” said witness; “my home ts in Baltimore, but I have been living with my sister, Mrs, Tubbins, at No. 2041 K street.” “When did you first meet Clark?” “On the 14th of November,” replied the girl, “and he afterward insulted me and ruined me for life. Witness said she came here to assist her ister and shi brother-in-law’s store. She was asked if the officer called to see her very often and she said that he came inven every other day when he was off had always regarded him as a gentle- * she said, “but I am sorry to say I learned to the contrary.” Ske said he had spoken to her about mar- riage, but she did not give her consent, for, she said, she was too young and she did not love him enough to marry him. es ng = an Fe of the assault, she said, ie used threatening la fe and accom- plished his desires. See The Best Remedy. She said she would never have made com- plaint; that she would rather have died, but her sister overheard a conversation be- tween them, and then she told the whole story. On cross-examination witness said she would have died rather than bring shame “And,” she added, “I am still ready for him to kill me.” She said that she though: marriage was the best way out of the difficulty, and that was why she was willing to get married. “I told him that he would have to marry me or take my life,” she added. Judge Miller asked if she had heard of Clark's going to marry another girl, and she said she did hear it. Clark admitted it, and said he would not marry the other girl, but would marry her, as he loved her. bes: She said in answer to the court's ques- tions that she was seventeen years old; |that she was born in 1874. “That makes you nineteen years,” re- marked the court. “Then I can’t tell exactly how old I am.” The Sister Testifies. Mrs. Tubbins, the girl's sister, was next sworn, and¢ she told of the conversation which she overheard iron the top of the steps. Clark, she said, then told Nellie tha: no one had fought harder to protec: her honor tman she had. Witness then saw Clark, and he repeated the statement to her. she asked him jf ne Was not engaged to be girl, and he said: “Yes; but doggone the of girl. I love Nellie, and I'll warry en He admitted to ner that he was responsi- ble for the girl's downfal, and said it wax not the girl's fault. o'clock Christmas m:». he said. He did not come over, and the warrant was issued. Mr. Tubbins was next sworn, and he cor- roborated what his -vif> said The Girl Removed. Judge Miller asked if counsel desired to say anything, and Mr. Jeffords said he cer- tainly claimed a conviction. Lawyer Closs argued that the testimony had not made out a case and said he could cite numerous authorities. He proceeded to argue, saying “The acts were committed by mutual consent,” whereupon the girl in- terrapted, “It's a lie.” “You must sit still and hush,” said one of the bailiffs to her. “Hush,” she repeated, “I can’t hush, how can I remain still when this man has ruin- ed me?” She 1s taken from the court into one of the witn rooms. Counsel then concluded his argument, say- jing the defendant could not hear his case in this court, but that he was ready to make a denial. Clark Held. Judge Miller said that the evidence in the case did not justify the statements of coun- sel. The court referred to the law. “It is not necessary,” the judge said, “to show the force of a brute, who knocks a woman down in broad daylight, in danger of being hung or shot, in order to make out a case of rape, A man who goes into a parlor and by his influence over the girl forces her against her will to consent, is just as bad as the man in the other case, and if anything worse. The woman who is assaulted on the highway has some chance for her life, but the one in the parlor is rendered powerless, unarmed and unnerved. It’s time to apply | the rules of common sense to some of these transactions and when the law is properly dministered there will be fewer homes wrecked, fewer bawdy houses and ruined girls, and more scoundrels in the peni- “In every state in the countty where the law 1s properly interpreted,” the judge con- clude persons are being sent to the peni- in cases like this.”* Clark was held for the action of the grand jury and the court fixed bail at $1,900, Bail in the amount stated was given this afternoon and the officer was released, RR ee Savial of Fred May of Baltimore. The remains of Fred May, who died on September 1 at the Isle of Wight, Eng- land, have arrived in Baltimore.. The body ame on the steamship La Bretagne from Havre. The funeral took place from the Cathedral this morning, when Rev. J. 'T. Whelan ated. ‘The i was in very. Th bear- Rd y, William ames S. Frick, James Howard, ries, Charles H. ‘Tilghman of Baltimore, Xton Beale and George Hellen , (ot Washington. a Da Gama in a Critleal Position. A copyright special by United Press trom Janeiro sa he govern nt has established a new fort on Governor's Island, recently cap tured from the insurgents, and is dal ine ny the cannon at’ other points That Admiral Da Gama, who commands the insurgent vessels in the harbor, is in a critical position is admitted, even ‘by his friends. It is believed that there will be a decisive struggle in the near future. 2° —____ A Big Casino for Atlantic City. A big slice of property at the foot of Seuth Carolina avenue, Atlantic City’s main side street and the chief artery to the board walk, has been purchased for $68,000, and will be utilized for a place on which to erect a mammoth casino. ‘The proposed new building, it 1s intended, will be the main place of amusement at Atlantic City, und Will be fitted throughout In a most thorough style. arried to another | come uver az 10) ing and marry her,” | | AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. | ' | East Washington's Call for a Public \ Meeting to Protest. St. John's Feast Celebrated Today— Juvenile Templars Meet and Enjoy Themselves—Other Notes. The folowing letter, explaining itself, was received yesterday by the president of the West Washington Citizens’ Association, Dr. Ranis W. Ritchie: “At a meeting of the executive committee of the East Washing- ton Citizens’ Association the bill, No. 4362, offered in the House of Representatives by Mr. De Armand, and referred to the com- mittee on apropriations, came up for dis- cussion. That bill provides for the repeal of the laws obliging Congress to appropriate 50 per cent of the approved District ex- penses. The report on it will probably be made by a member of the appropriation committee who has for several years been known to favor its repeal, and there is good reason to fear that if a favora!le com- mittee report be made the bill will pass the House. “To avert such a disaster, appavently im- minent, immediate action by citizens ap- pears to be necessary. It was therefore de- cided to call a joint meeting of the mem- bers of the executive committees of all the citizens’ associations in the District to ad- vise together on this exigency and the, means necessary to meet it. We invite you and all the members of the executive com- | mittee of your association to meet us at~ 7:30 o'clock on Thursday, the 28th instant, | at the new reception room of the Arlington Hotel. “By order of the executive committee. Very respectfully, |. W. BW. CA” Feast of St. John. This being the feast of St. John the Evan- gelist. the old church here named after him marked the day by a celebration of the holy communion at 11 a.m. This evening at 7:30 there will be a full service, with the vested choir. The Rev. J. W. Perry, rector of St. Andrew's Church, will be the preacher of the service. Later the members of the congregation will go into the Sunday school room, where a per- | manent organization of the guild will be effected. It is expected that this guild will | add much to the working power of the Juaventle Templars. The Juvenile Templars’ Christmas celebra- tion was a highly enjoyable affair. After the regular business had been transacted end twelve new members initiated, the fol- lowing contributed to the “good of the or- der?” Messrs. Wilson and Jordon, Master | Willie Knight, Miss Valiant, Miss Shelton and Miss Moore. Later Miss Clark, the as- sistant superintendent, invited all present to the banquet hall, where a large Christmas tree wap standing, laden heavily with the best of “goodies.” Some of the older ones present were Mrs. Giles, Mr. Walmer, Mr. | Clark, Mr. Moxley, Mr. Ed. Wilson, Mr. William Wilson, Miss Oliver, Miss Dyer and Miss Nellie Dyer. A vote of thanks was extended those mer- | chants of Georgetown who so kindly con- | tributed to the success of the occasion by | the giving of candies, cakes, etc. A private presentatior. of “The Mistletoe | Bough,” a play that for some time has been occupying the attention of several talented young ladies and gentlemen residing in the central part of the town, was given last evening at the home of Mr. Guy Davis, 3006 P street. Those who assumed the charac- ters of the play were Miss Davis, Miss Brewer, Mr. Cortlandt, Miss Graves, Miss Coyle, Mr. Patten, Mr. Shoemaker and Mr. vis is. Robert Mahorney and wife yesterday sold to Geo. M. Sothoron part of lots 231 and 2%2, Beatty and Hawkins’ addition to George- town, being on the south side of 7th or T street, between 33d and Sith, and Dennis O'Brien sold to Maurice Baer the remaining part of said lots. Miss Mary Marchal! of 28th street gave a progressive enchre party last night. | There was a pleasant social gathering and dance last evening at “Terrace Heights.” | the home of the Misses Lightfoot, on the Ridge road. Mr. Isatah Shoemaker of Tenleytown, one of the oldest and most prominent residents there, is reported dangerously ill. Mount Tabor will hold her usual Christ-| mas celebration on Friday evening, the 29th instant. ‘The law of Alexandria county for the pre- vention of the Killing of rabbits and part-/ tridges goes into effect January 1. j | ————__ COMES FROM MONTANA. A Rear Story With a Good Deal of Gloom. Col. Jack Reynolds of the Big Horn coun- try is in Washington. This is his first trip to the east since he went west in the in- | fancy of that section, and is his first visit to Washingtox. Although the fame of | Washington has reached even into Mon- | tana, the colonel says that he was not pre- pared to see ail the glories and greatness that he has seen. He believes that all Amer- | is should make an annual pilgrimage | |to their capital. “Washington is a very | much bigger city than we have out in Mon- | tana, though Butte and Helena are whop- | ping big places, with tons of whoop and | push,” he said. “What is the most interesting Montana subject,” said The Star man, “politics or bears “We still talk silver a good deal, and the tariff comes in for a share of notice, but a bear story can get the floor from a political story any day in the week. We have one of the most peculiar bear countries in the World. We have. in the Big Horn moun- | tains, just twenty-five miles from the mon- ument which stands on the hogback where the Custer massacre took place, to what 1s called the Black Canon. This is the most remarkable canon in the west. No man has been Known to pass through it. Several have entered it with the intention of trav- | eling through, but they are now numbered | | with the missing. ‘This canon is little more | than @ great fissure, so deep that at noon- day the Stars shine into it as at midnight. | It is a very sloomy place and it is pretty | well wooded with pines. In the fail of the | year this is ihe resort of the grizzly, and each fall they hold, away up abou, midway | between the ends of the fissure, what is | called the bear dance. Just before going into winter quarters about all the grizzlies in the Big Horn mountains, and there are | plenty of them, meet in this gulch. They have done it every year, and for so many years that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. It usually happens about the end of September. The bears besin | their festivities about 11 o'clock and continue them till perhaps 3 o'cloc in the morning. They chase eact: other tu great glee, play tag, box, waltz and give | vent to queer sounds, which very likely in | | dicate bear joy. Jt is a great carnival. A few grunts from the prominent animals announce the end and the participants | break away, and xo no one knows where They are not seen till the next spring. In j the winter you can wall through the worst bear country in those great’ mountains without & gun and see no bear. In the spring and summer it is different. Av jrul>, the bears are not interrupted in thei annual sport, because man does not like to | jbe in Black Canon after nightfall, and there are so many bears, that i would be we ceedingly venturesome fun. og at night, | a and Grant, | Gov. Waite of Colorado has received from | Mr. Smith, Secretary of the Interior a ter in reply to one in which the gov. | characterized the Maxweil land grant oo jZhoney-combed with fraud.” Secretary | | Smith reviews at length the titigation ‘through which the land in question has | passed, reciting that in 1860 Congress con- firmed the Maxwell grant to the fullest ex- tent of the bowmdarie: claimed, that patent issued for the land in IS79, that suit brought in the United States oi cuit court in Colorado in ISS? to have the pate ent vacated, which suit was dismissed, and that the United States Supreme Court in 1sS7 gave a decision sustaining the court be. low. The letter closes: “If this department were to disregard the confirmatory act of Congress and the repeated decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and restore to the local officers the plats of public sur- veys of the grant for filings and entry, the only result would be to mislead innocent parties Into making entries of lands to which the department would be wholly powerless to convey any title.” — see Fant Chas. F. Riker, president and treasurer of the South Side Hotel Company of Chicago, was indicted yesterday on the charge of having embezzled and fraudulent! con- verted to his own use the sum of $20,000 of the funds of the company. % _ r, Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil presents a perfect food—palatable, easy of assimilation, and an appetizer; these are everything to those who are ea flesh Race strength. ¢ combina- tion of pure cod-liver oil, the test of all fat pro- ducing foods, with Hypo- phosphites, provides a re- markable nt for Quick Flesh Building in all ail- ments that are associated with loss of flesh. Pagpengt ty Senet Nor Tone, (& Bowne. Chemists, ‘Ly oii Graggis HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT. An Increase . Rate Last Week Due Catarrhal Inflvensa. “There was an increase in the death rate last week over that of the previous week.” says Health Officer Hammett in his weekly report. “From 19.7 per thousand inhebi- tants it rose to 23.9. This departure from the uniformly low rate during the fail months was mainly owing to the rapid in- crease of lung maladies and the growth of catarrhal influenza following immedistely after the snow storm of the first week of this month. There were twelve donths Irom the influenza during the week, the maim por- tion of which cases originated after the damp and thawing weather which ensved after the storm which occurred on the Sth of December. The principal force of this visitation fell People. Seven- ty-five persons years oid died within the two weeks, forty-one of whem, being nigh one- of all the death jist, a were twenty- Trom. % jung attacks, two deaths from dipht' con: Bot beria Were reported, with none from scarlet fever, whooping cough or measies. Infmat mortality contin- ued far below the average, there having been twenty-four deaths of those under five years of age, when at Luc avefuge rate there would have been about forzy-tive. So with infants under one year old. The normal rate would have given at least whereas there were hut seventeen deaths thereof throughout ‘the week. Aside from ~ nervous disorjers 2 ae lerangements growihg out uf the chanze- able weather andthe preseace of grip, (he genera’ health of the city continues to muin- jon,” ‘tain a favorable ‘The report shows: Mk uiaber of deaths, 1*1; white, St; colored sip: ipeath rate per 14 per ann-m—White, 221; colored, 2.5. Twial population, 23.0. 0 under five years Of age, Abbusbldleere emacr ome Year old and fortysqpe over sixty years. Nineteen of the dea: opebe in hospitals and public instfurfoas. deaths by classes were as S24; con- stitutional, 22; local, ™; developmenzal, is; pen gr The Fe - causes of death were: Croup, 1; nether, 2, consumption, 16; typhoid fever, tion of the lungs, diseases, 3; cancers, 1; in‘Tuenza (grip), 12. Births reported: Seven-aen waite maies, 26 white females, 24 colored males, 21 colored females. . Marriages: reportad: Seventeen white, 11 colored, 1 mixed Still Virths se- ported; Five white, 4 colored. —_— MILES ON FOOT broachitis, 6; kidn: GEN. BALL. A Fine Physical Exercise, but Too Dangerous as It is New Played. Gen, Neisor. A. Miles is a thorough be- liever in athletic training, saye a Chicago special to the New York Sun. In a talk yesterday pon sports in general, and foot bail in particular, the famous Indian fight- er said: “I am strongly in favor of a change in the foot ball rules, because I want to see the game perpetuated, and I don’t believe ‘it can erdure ender the existing so-called Rugby rules. As now plafed at Yale, Princeton, Harvard and Cobnell, the game is productive of a greater number of injuries than is prize fighting under the Marquis of Queensberry rules. Hitting and crashing are often engaged in on the pretense that the offender is enraged and does not wish to do bodily injury to an opponent. He Knows that by slugging or jumping upon Lis man he can disable him until a retire- ment is necessary, and these tactics are directed against the strong players, who are knowr to be invaluable to the success of the opposing team. unnecessary roughness should be barred, and monentum ougbtomot to be tolerated. Jf the rules are not changed, it | will be a pertial solution of the brutaiity problem to enforce the ext rules rig- idiy against offends be a good plan, I think, to 4 Sluggers and pounders as the ho: ont tions geal with offenders against racing laws. A play- = = 7 found quay would be ruled off all fields for good. I look @pon the practice of the game mainly from che standpoint of physica! training, although there are less Violent sports that more nearly furnish de- sired results.” The general was asked his opinion of box- ing. This was his reply: “I can see no objection to boxing with sott gloves, as long as it Is in the line of physical development and training for self- defense. I am in favor of running, jump- ing, vaulting, in fact, any exercise that ; makes a man healthy and gives him a jong Jease on life.” 2 A CAVE DWELLER ON LONG ISLAND. Supposed to Be Sam Mott, Whe Took to the Woods Years Ago. Joseph Dare, a business man, while driv- ing from Patchogue ‘té Selden the other j day, says a Patchog¢tfé kpecial to the New York Sun, overtook a man'clothed in rags. whose eyes were red and sunken, while his hair hung all over his face and shoulders. He crouched down when overtaken like a beast expecting punishment. Mr. Dare did not stop to question him. Edward Gerodette, while out hunting « day or two later, saw a man covered with rags running through the woods near Ca- naan. Several young men went up in the Woods yesterday and discovered a cave in ja secluded hollow in the pine-covered hills near Canaan, which is a little settlement north of Patchogue. They watched for several hours, and were finally rewarded by seeing a man crawl out of the opening on his hands and knees. He had a big ax in his hand, and as he rose to his feet his body was seen to be covered with rags and crowned. by a large head, whieh, with the wild-looking ace, was cov- ered with long, matted, saudy hair The strange creature glided silently over D knew he would ron if finally got within » ing distance and bailed him. At the sound of their voices he scudded for the woods and was soon lost to sight in his ca’ The discovery yesterday of this nze creature recalls to the minds of some pe ple the mysierious actions of Sam Mot: ago, and they think he is the wild n. am Mott lived with his mother in a smal ‘anaan for tweaty-five years, and the people in the settlement say he w. never seen to come out of doors in the quarter of a century. Finally, the old woman @ied, and still the son, now a burly mah, refused to quit the house. When, at last, it fell down he tooi to the woods He went to Patchogue once in a great while, and invariably changed greenbacke for silver, which he buried near his haunts, Of late he had been forgotten, as he had not been seen in Canaan for over a year. os ss Spain to Treat With the Sultan, It is officially announced in the Angier that the sultan of Morocco has reached the capital. Madrid papers say that negotia- tions between Muley Araaf and Gen, Cam- pos will therefore cease and that the zone and other claims will now be merged in direct negotiations between Spain and the sultan. The Spanish minister at Angter nas been Instructed to arrange for rapid mmunications between himself and the capital with the view of beginning the finag vettiemeat forthwith.