Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1894, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. ALL PERSONS ARE WARNED NOT TO TRUST my wife, Lucy A. Hurst, as 1 will set pay omy debts contracted by her, she having left my and beard. JOHN HURST, 1110 € st. s.e.ja5-2t* UNION SOLDIERS’ ALLIANCE.—REGULAR QUAR- = meeting. 7-30 p. wi» SATURDAY, January fis” “* *SGuN' TL.” HEUPEL, THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WASHINGTOX 1409 4: Society for the election of be held in. the parlors be in 2. fe read. Members and NOTICE —THERE WILL Capital Lodge, nan bag Sth and — & Sbappirio bas been dissolved tual conseat. Sjacod Shippirio will conduct bis business at 905 D st. o.w. The other business places con- ducted under the firm name of Saul Brothers4-3* THE ANNUAL MEETIN3 OF THE WASHINGTON BOARD OF Ti desired. JOHN B. 5 B. H. WARNER, President. 423,5,6,9%10 MAKVIN M. EB CHURCH SOUTH, 10TH AND B sts.—Revival services EVERY ‘EVENING this Week at 7:30 o'clock. SPIRITUALISM—MISS MAGGIE GAULE OF BAL- wonderful timye, the medium, every FRIDAY during’ day, for private sittings, 905 H st. n.w.; every FRIDAY NIGHT, Woon's Hall, 721 6th st. Jat-2t° HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION, Eleventh issue of stock. Books are now opea for subscriptions at the fice of the treasacer, 1007 Pa. ave. D.W. First monthly meeting for payment of southwest corner of Pa. ave. 19th st., on TUESDAY EVENING, the 9th stant, at 7 o'clock. Shares, $1 each per month, aad may be taken at this meeting or at any time —_ Peete the treasurer as above. fotwithstanding the financial stringeacy during @ large portion of the past year, loans were made to stockholde-s to the extent of $64,236, and stock, including interest thereon at 6 per cent, to the value of $25,849.81 redeemed. Loans bave been made by the association to the extent of $607,293, and stock redeemed to the value, with interest at 6 per cent, of $223,- 253.15. As much as $200 per share may be ob- tained as loans, the monthly payment therefor being $1 on stock and $1 as interest. Loans can be settled im whole or im part, at the conven- fence of the borrower. Come im with us. You Will mot regret having done so. om e @ careful management, consequen: bave had no losses. As careful ment for the future as has been had in the past is prom- Interest is allowed to both borrower and in- Yestor at 6 per cent on the payments made oa stock. The present surplus guarantees that those staying In ary series until its close will realize not than 10 per cent interest om their month:y payments om stock. Thomas Dowling, President. 612 E st. a.w. Anson S. Taylor, Vice President, 1213 F st. n.w. W. H. Wetzel, " Secretary, 2135 H Edward S. Wescott. Treasurer, 1907 DIRECTUKS. Wm. R. Brown, cor. Pa. ave. and 20th st. aw. Levi J. Bryant, 1817 Q st. nw. James H. Byram, 2023 H st. nw. John B. Giiailen, 1521 Columbia st. o.w. € J. Jobnsen, 7 pace. and in- “Bw. Cha: _S. Norris ‘Thorne, 933 23d MESSRS. LANSBURG! , 422, 424 and 426 7th st. o.w., where I will be glad to serve’ my friends and’ former patrons. LH. MeCATHRAN, late with W. M. Shuster. Ja3-3t OWNERS OF INGTON TITLE INSURANCE Co.'s ‘stock can exchamge it for unincumbered real estate. to GEO. W. LINKINS, Real Estate Broker, t Soo 19th st. aw. AMERICAN SUCURITY AND TRUST COMPANY. the aunual meeting of the stockholders of the held at the office of the n.w., Wa on eit} LOCK NOUN ON MO! puary D. 1804, for the pul electing directors for the ensuing year and to act om such other business as may be properly brought before them, polls will be open at 12 o'clock noon and at 2 o'clock p.m. The transfer books will be closed from January 1, 1894, until January 1S inciusive. c. J. Bi President. GEO. E. EMMONS, Secretary. Jad-3t Poooooeroeseeserso reassess “Dese hah Prices du tel,’’ —as “Uncle Rastus” would say— Such prices as these are worth more than volumes of ‘‘gush.” There were 420 pairs of trouserings in this Jot—but so many men have taken & mortgage on the lot by ordering a pair that we will probebly have to stop advertising them pretty soon. Full Dress Suits —made to order as we alone can make them—with the new and fash- fonable ‘‘long tails,” We guarantee ‘Mt, style and price—850. $50 G. Warfield Simpson, Tailor, 12th and F sts. eeoococccooocooescooseooeed “Oysters or Fish” ‘With To-Kalon Chablis” “Or Sauterne”’ —is the universally popular remedy for « bad case of “blues."” Try it. Chablis or Sauterne. 40c._qt.; To-Kalon ine Co., 614 14th "Phone 998. Jad Vaults, 27th ond K sts. Lawyers: How About “Briefs?” , —we print them on good paper—large-sized pages— Byron S. Adams, Printer, 512 1th n.w. Telephone 930. Jad All Kinds of Writing Paper —loose, im boxes or tablet form, with Envel- bo to match, are here at LOWEST PRICES. Ve ure leaders in PAPER, BLANK BOOKS, Pens, Inks, Mucilage, Rubber Bands, Twine and all Kinds of Stationers’ Sundries, at prices won- derfully low. Easton & Rupp, *gus.zrce? 421 11TH ST. (Just above the Avenue). Jad You Are Wanted. “WE WANT YOU"—to buy your coal and wood of us. We are doing one of the biggest and most substantial coal businesses in Wash- ington, but we never get “‘too _ or too busy to treat new customers ““RIGH' Unequaled facilities, pure coal, full weight, Ww prices and mupt delivery. ARTHUR B. SMITH, Main Yard, 4th and I sts. ne. Branches: 701 12th st.; Mass. ave. and F n.e. ja3 DARBY'S LARGE CALENDAR FOR 1804 WILL be issued by the E. Paper Company, 1009 Pa. ave., and will be ready for distribution January 15 Applications for these mammoth calendars should be made to the E. Morrison Paper Com- pany and net to Darby's Printing Otfice. ja4-3t STE DAUTRICOURT Or 3 East 35th st., New York, Will offer a choice. aud caimplete assortment of FEENCH MODELS IN EVENING GOWNS And STREET COSTUMES AT ‘The Arlington, Parlor D, H street entrance, ja2-st January 4, 5 and 6. RAMBIERS FOR 1804. Five new patterns, ranging from 19 Ibs. to 38 Ibs., are what we offer, nd samples will soon be om exbibiticn. Prices of all "94 patterns, stacdurd finish, $125. We have a few each of “NUMBER THREE” and “FOUR” Kamblers, 1893 patte on hand, od will sell them at Oue Hundred and Five Dol. e tin ING OF TIE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE Georgetown aud Tenallytowa Railroad Ce power bouse, 2% st.. on WEDNESDAY, the 10ts day of January. 189i. © polls will be opened at 12 m. and closed 1 p.m. Transfer bovks will be closed om the u day of January, 1804, and on Jaau- 11, Iysd. M. WILSON OFFUTT, zt ANNUAL M OLDERs. tee Is hereby givem that am election of nine di- rectors of the Exkingtor Soldiers" Home Railway Cowpany, to serve for the ensuing year, will be beld at the office of 3 Uullding, 06-014 st. mw... Washington, accu on WEI AY, January tween hours of 12 noon and 2 o'clock p. Les Jr ite iramafer of stack ‘will be closed ou January 8, 1844, at 4 o'ck » and again on January 11, 1804. Lai beseare WARD MUNNIKHUYSEN, Pres, — _K 7 See. Man d29-10t 4 MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE fasbington and Georgetown Railroad Company, the election of directors, will be held at office of the company, Wash! WED- my A dividend of forty ce elared on the capital sto able at the office of the com Ket on and after JANUAR’ books close January 2. 1se4. NS. Washington, D. €., WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY. DIVIDEND, No. 34. rer. ES "or Dee. 15, 1893. a16tja8 $200,000 TO LOAN ON FIRST-CLASS REAL ES 8. SMITH, 15, 1893. tate; no delay. HEISKELL & McLERAN, __30-1w 1008 F st. THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ‘stockholders of the Obio National Bank of Wash- ington for the election of directors will be held at the benking house of said bank on TUESDAY, January 16, 1894, between the hours of 12 m. et po. CHAS. H. DAVIDGE, Cashier. law anual meeting of the u Insurance Company of the District ef Columbia will be held on the THIRD MON- DAY of January, 1804, the 15th proximo, at the ottice of the company, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 9th st. n.w., commencing at 9 o'clock m, By the charter of the company the election of seven managers, to conduct the affairs of the » is required to be held at the above sixth article of the bygaws of the com- pony it is provided: “At the™Wmnual meeti of the company the first business in order ‘shall be the ———— of a chairman, who shall conduct the meeting and election in accordance with the act of incorporation between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 6 o'clock p.m." Amount of premium notes held by the company s Amount of cash om hand Office furniture and fixtares- Losses by fire for thi 1 ‘ounpany. | election pt directors. will be held at the! OO-00 $0 40 40 00 ee toe Tomorrow's weather forecast for the District of Columbia and vicinity—Fair and colder. This Firm Will Be Dissolved February ist. For many years we have given Washington and the neighboring states of Mary- land, Virginia and West Vir- ginia lower prives on Lumber and Building Materials than any other dealer in this vicinity. Even Lower Prices Will Now Prevail. This “‘dissolution sale” of- fers a grand chance for cash buyers to lay in a supply of Jaunber and Building Mate- rials, A big saving can be alfected. Our books must be closed February 1, so all who are fndebted to che firm will con- fer @ favor by settling this month. Libbey, BITTINGER & MILLER, “Lomber, Millwork and Builders’ Hardware,” 6th and N. Y. ave. a3 LEEPOO SLADE S SIO HOO SL LODE OOO Doing Work Quickly —is our “specialty.” It would surprise see us bandle glass. It takes lots of “nerve"— and we have it. cash prices save you 20 to 25 per cent. Chas. E. Hodgkin, ®77",%20" 913 7th st. jat 2 POPEPEPPLO POPES ESO aang eA Nc RRA HH “T JRE DAMP WALLS. be MEND LEAKY ROOFS.” “15_years at it."—DKUP A POSTAL. Fen Keyes, 916 F St., PRINCE MET tala an co. ee Oo una 4 mwa Aeneas eeeernesseneesaseeee 99 “For Your Eye. Mr. B. Warner says: ph I do balf a day’ Rg Phonog: on = je Puonogrs = terms. or Se be COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO., 627 E st. n.w. gE i: ESTOS LIK GUI F, CHOMELIN, Bey “With the work in half and = similar specialty. Rented Por write us 10 For 2 Days Only. Be AND ROSSI PORTED. ERMOUTH REDUCED TO $5.65 per Case of 12 Qts. H. A. Seligson, 1200 Pa. av. Jat ec ommnm erawaoua om Fine Carriages for Hire —the equal of which is to be found in few pri- Yate stables.—Many persons here for the winter it far more satisfactory and cheaper te hire from US tl fo bring on their own teams. T7Spectal rates. Best accommodations for boarding horses. We ste id. * h a speciality of buying and selling sound, i iS for disteuu.| Young stock. Highest sutisfaction or money Te: flon at the office of the company about January | -funded. : phy a, SR Downey’s Hotel for Horses, 30-14 J. WESLEY B }. Secretary. 1622-1628 L ST: N.W. Telephone 555. jaa TUSION SAVINGS BANE. Sug 7th street northwest. Four per cent interest om ordinary savings ac counts. Dividends at higher rates ou five and ten-year {stallment accounts. Regular banking accoua’s received. “The old fashioned savings bank with the im- Drovement of modern methods." ¥. B. sMITs. «T-3a President. $450 PER TON COAL $4.50 TON CoaL $4.50 PER TON Coal For range, latrobe and self feeder. We have the sale of this Genuine Phila. Pea Coal $5.00 PER TON Is the price of ARONA GRATE Coal. Our No. 1 Furnace Coal, extra size, is superior for ite iasting quality. Telepbone 1766. THOMAS R. MARTIN, Main Office, 920 20th st. aw. T DIscou: Gi! ‘48 and novelties. to reduce stock. @seount oo andirons and other Sesgiece 4. &. CORNING, Tile Sap, 520 ot Surgical Instruments —are something one does not purchase ever az im te, week when you buy, get TH BEST—it's the cheapest in the end. We have a great variety, at prices wonderfully low. Ey Our long experience im handling these cl goods affords us many advantages, h we ive our patrons, without additional charge. Z. D. Gilman, 627 Pa. Ave. i ea ae Be To Real Estate Me Let me send for your inspection a practical set of books, for keeping your accounts—used by leading fir MeGUEES, Printer and Publisher, 1108-16 E p.w. ‘Special Prices.” XMS GOODS. SHADES, ONYX TABLES, FIREPLACE GOODS, &c. The E. F. Brooks Co., Gaile 631 15TH ST. N.W. SPECIAL NOTICES. ‘BOOKS. NEW YEAR. 894. ‘This is a necessity and the National Bookbindery k the place to fill the order. Ree , Ledgers, Journals, and Cash Books made at short not! NATIONAL BOOKBINDERY, 511 9th st. JOHN MORAN, PLUMBING, TINNING, LATROBB and Furnace Work, 2126 ave. Entire stock Ranges, Heat and Stoves reduced to coat for cash. evenings until 9 o'clock. ‘elephone, 964. dail-im HIGH GRADE FaMILy BUSINESS ‘ll the been for BORTY-THREE J. MAURY Main office, 2iet and I sts. n.w. ‘iy st, ow.; 1626 M at. nw. Your Boys and Girls No doubt are doing well in their studies at school. How much better they could do with Encyclopaedia heir command. We have the best—Chambers’—and only $20 for 10 vols., complete and handsomely bound. John C. Parker, 617-619 7th st. n.w. jat Save Your Money By having your soiled or faded apparel renewed. Highest premium awarded. Work called for and delivered. W. H. WHEATLEY. Dyeing, cleaning and dry cleaning. 1068 Jefferson ave., bet. 30th and Bist, below M, Georgetown, D. C. Tel. call 764. (o17-Gm) Established 1831. Free to Our Patrons. With every purchase of $2 and ever we will give a handsome Big i een ke box, for and lowest drices in the city. TF Box trade @ specialty. Geo. W. tt Co., Higu-grade Tobacco and Cigars, 4% st. and Pa. ave, 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. ow. ; OC NEW _ PUBLICATIONS. EPILEPSY. EPILEPSY. EP! ‘e An account cf the only rational mode of treat- meat. Pamphlet edition, 10c. Address Dr. WILL- TAMSON, New London, Conn. 421-1m A SCHOONER ATTACKED. Fired on by Men in Canoes in Poco- moke Sound—To Be Investigated. Capt. Wm. D. Cox, owner and master of the schooner Little Will, has written to the Treasury Department from Crisfield, Md., saying that on December 30, while peace- fuljy navigating Pocomoke sovnd, he was attacked by‘a piratical crew of at least twenty men, in two canoes, who fired be- tween 400 and 500 shots at his vessel. Ac- cording to this report Edward Marshall of Crisfleld, who was attached to the schooner, was instantly killed. Among the attacking party Mr, Cox says he recognized the fol- lowing named persons who belong to Saxe's island, Accomac county, Va.: John H. Mar- shall, James Weaver, William Linton and John Druer. There were others whom he recognized, but whose names he did not know. Mr. Cox says he thinks he is entitled to protec- tion under his coasting license issued at Crisfield and asks that the matter be inves- tgated. ‘The collector at Crisfield in transmitting the letter says the body of the dead man was landed at Crisfield and asks that the case be investigated. WILL THEY FIGHT? The Question T! at Jacksonv JACKSONVILLE, Fia., Jan. 5.—The fight situation here is practically unchanged. ‘ne club members say it is to come off, that their lawyers tell them to go ahead as the legal status is all right, and that no Florida statutes exist to prevent. On the other hand, Sheriff Broward says that he will, under his present orders, pre- vent any such gathering, if public, though he confesses his inability to prevent it if held in secret. If held on a boat on the St. St. John’s river or in the woods, he per- haps could not stop it. Gov. Mitchell is quiet at present, and friends of the club say that great pressure, political and otherwise, is being brought to bear on him to “let onlin DROWNED HERSELF AND CHILD. The Murderous Freak of an Insane Mothe DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 5.—Mrs. Joseph Wautz of Miamisburg,crazed with la grippe, seized her eight-months’-old child, Sadie, this morning, while watchers were mo- mentarily absent from the home and hur- rying to the canal near by, plunged into its murky waters. Some time later her ab- sence was noted, when in the hunt for her whereabouts, tracks were discovered lead- ing to the canal. An alarm was given and in a few moments almost the entire village population lined the canal banks. The wa- ter was drawn from the canal, when the drowned body of the mother, with her dead babe clutched to her breast, was found lodged against a lock. > DIED ON THE GALLOWS. Exacting the Death Penalty for Brutal Crime. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 5.~Martin Reed, colored, was hanged at J:15 a.m. to- day for the murder of his wife. Reed's crime was a brutal and cold-blood- ed murder of his wife. The killing occurred September 16, 1890. Reed and his wife Hes- ter quarreled over charges ani counter- charges of infidelity and separated. Later Mrs. Reed filed a suit for a divorce. The mornig of the murder he told the landlady of the house adjoining his own home, which was 108 Eat 14th street, that before the day was over he intended to kili Hester. Shortly after noon he found his wife in a room in a half reclining posture. He held her down and, while she cried for mercy, he placed the revolver against her neck and fired. The woman fled to the street and fell, dying. Reed’s mother-in-law entered the room where Reed was and he rttempted to kill her, but she escaped him. Reed then shot himself in the pit of the stomach, the bullet passing through his body. The police surgeon, on examining the wound, said he could not live two hours. Reed was forty-two yéars old and an ex- Pressman. Before he murdered his wife Reed went to Undertaker J. W. Wagner's and selected two caskets. Cheas To: mi at Kokomo. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 5.—Among the noted chess players who have signified their in- tention of taking part in the Masters’ Chess Tournament to be held in Terre Haute, Ind., beginning February 27, are the fol- lowing: W. H. K. Pollock, Albany, N. Y.; J. F. Lee, London; Herr Albin, Austria; Maj. Hanham, New York; Walter Freer, Brooklyn; G. H. D. Gossip, Australia; J. W. Baird, New York; Showalter, Kentucky; Mason Tinsley and James Nogrodsky, Lon- don, and Tubenhans, France. ee Fifty-Two Suspected Murderers. CHICAGO, Jan. 5.—Ffty-two prisoners are now in the Cook county jail charged with murder. Besides this large number of men who are to be tried for their lives over five hundred other prisoners are in the jail awaiting trial. At no time has the county jail been so completely crowded with prisoners ag within the last few months. Not a cell is empty and in many instances three and four are crowded within the nar- row walls of a cell. —=——. ‘To Sue McKane for Damages. Lawyer A.R.Moore of Brooklyn announced yesterday that he was preparing papers in a damage suit against John Y. McKane for causing tne alleged illegal arrest, on election day, of Alexander S. Bacon, M. E. Moore, A. Whiting and W. K. Wardner. Gaynor watchers. COLD AND STORMING Big Drop in the Mercury in. Eng- land. ‘ WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS. Contest For Electoral Reforms in Belgium. VARIOUS EUROPEAN MATTERS LONDON, Jan. 5.—The extremely cold weather now prevailing has delayed the mails in the north of England. A -mail cart running between Sleaford, Lincoln- shire and Peterboro, Northamptonshire, had not yet arrived at the latter place. It is thirteen ours overdue. At Spalding, Lincolnshire, a laborer named Smith had been found frozen to death. In Cornwall the cold is greater than be- fore experienced in fifty years. In Hyde Park, London, the thermometer registers 11 degrees above zero. The Thames from Windsor to Teddington is frozen over. A number of trading vessels are fast in the ice in the middle of the stream. A vessel went on the Goodwin Sands, in the strait of Dover, last night. Warning of the wreck was given by the firing of guns from the Norths Head and Gull light ship, but, though the life boat on shore was run down to the surf, it was impossible because of the heavy sea running to launch her. Consequently no assistance could be sent to the stranded vessel. The Goodwin Sands is one of the most dangerous points on the English coast. At daylight this morning the wreck had disappeared, having probably been pounded to pieces and with- out doubt all of her crew was drowned. A piece of wood having the name Christiana painted on it, a seaman’s chest, similarly marked, and a quantity of other wreckage have come ashore. It is believed that the lost vessel was the Swedish bark Christi- ana, Capt. Kullsen, from Trapani for Goth- enburg. A dispatch from the Isle of Wight, where the queen is at present sojourning, says that the mercury registers nine degrees above zero (Fahrenheit), which is the lew- est point it has reached in 100 years, The river in the Isle of Wight which empties in the Solent is frozen over within a few yards of the Solent. BERLIN, Jan. 5.—The Rhine at Frankfort and other places is covered with thick ice, nang navigation of the river is badly im- Snow has been falling in the county of Westmoreland, northern England, for twen- ty-four hours, and the storm shows no signs of cessation. The roads in every direction have been rendered impassable by the drifts. This condition of affairs is not peculiar to Westmoreland. Two mail coaches running north and the Tunbridge, in Kent, are snowed in on the road. Dispatches from various outlying districts in the midland counties report the non-arrival of mail carts. The intensity of the cold in Corn- wall may be judged from the fact that many of the inlets of the sea there are partly frozen over. The suffering of the poor all over the country is terrible. In London the weather has already caused a rapid increase in the death rate. ELECTORAL REFORM IN BELGIUM. ™M iter Beernaert Resigns Rather ‘Than Compromise. BRUSSELS, Jan. 5.—The Patriote states that M. Beernaert, who recently tendered to the king his resignation as president of the council and minister of finance, has re- fused to agree to a compromise of the ques- tion of proportionate representation in the chamber of deputies. The new franchise bill contains a proposal for proportionate representation, but the party of the right so persistently opposed it that M. Beernaert decided to retire from of- fice. The apparent disposition of the right is to now make concessions in order to pre- vent the retirement of M. Beernaert, but the latter, according to the Patriote, re- fuses to consider their overtures. DEBATING SOCIALISM. c Hold a Pablic Disputation. PARIS, Jan. 6.—Count Adrien DeMun, formerly a prominent Catholic member of the chamber of deputies, has agreed to hold a public debate on socialism with M. Jules Guesde, the well-known socialist member of the chamber. The workingmen are mak- ing arrangements to give a punch social- iste after the debate as a compliment to M. Gusde. Count de Mun was a candidate in the last general election and was defeated. Bu of a London Hospital. LONDON, Jan. 5.—The Victoria Park Hospital for Consumptives in this city caught fire this morning from a defective flue in one of the attics. Sixty patients were hastily removed to another ward. The fire was extinguished before it had done serious damage. Bishop Mylne Le: 2» the Opium Fight BOMBAY, Jan. 5.—The Right Rev. Louls Myine, protestant bishop of Bombay, has requested the secretary of the Anti-Opium Alliance to remove his name from the list of the members of the alliance.The bishop states that he withdrew because a number of medical men have repudiated their sig- natures which are attached to the petition to the government against the use of opium and because he has become cofvinced that India is not a country in which the agita- tion being carried on by the alliance can be pursued to good purpose. The Czar and the Vatican. ROME, Jan. 6.—Autograph letters on the religious situation have been exchanged by the czar and the pope. # The disposition on the part of Russia and the vatican to re-establish a religious en- tente is apparently firmer than ever. Honor Conferred on Maxim. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 5.—The sultan has conferred the Grand Cross of the Im- perial Order of the Medjidie upon Mr. Max- im, the inventor of the quick-firing gun bearing his name. ——— INSURGENTS REPULSED. Victory for the Peixoto Government at Rio Negro. LONDON, Jan. 5.—A special dispatch to the United Press from Lisbon says that in ajfight that occurred at Rio Negro, in the state of Santa Catharina, Brazil, between the government forces and the insurgents the former were victorious. The insurgents lost forty killed and nineteen prisoners. The date on which the engagement took place is not given. A number of guns and ammunition fell into the hands of the gov- ernment forces, The dispatch adds that on December 17 the insurgent warships Amazon, Guana- bara, Almirante and Jusuiter, aided by three launches, bombarded Rio Janeiro. Many persons were killed or wounded. Ensign Gorcalves, a member of the nation- al government, was killed by the explosion of a gun. Some of the splinters thrown by the explosion were scattered over the Brit- ish bark Balakava, lying near Cobras Is- land. The dispatch further says that Fort Lage, held by the government, fired on the steamer Ruapen, which was attempting to force the bar, and compelled her to re- turn outside. The government newspaper O’Tempo has suspended. The New York’s Progress. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—A St. Lucia, West Indies, special to the Herald says that the United States cruiser New York sailed yes- terday from that port for Rio Janeiro, —_—o—— Movements of Ocean Steamers. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—Arrived—Obdam, Rotterdam. LEWES, Del.,Jan. 5.—Passed in—Steamers Indiana, from Liverpool, December 22, for Philadelphia; Carthagenian, from Glasgow and Liverpool via Halifax, January 1, tor Philadelphia. Ae ee es The Omladina trial at Vienna will begin on Jansary 15. SUICIDE NOW SUSPECTED. Queer Actions Regarding A. G. How- land, Who Has Disappeared. FALL RIVER, Mass., Jan.5.—Facts which have come to light within a day or two furnish convincing evidence that A.G. How- land, the Boston man whose disappearance from the steamer Pilgrim last Friday night has been so much of a mystery, committed suicide. so much of a mystery, committed suicide. It appears that a short time before the departure of the boat from here that even- ing a man stepped up to the counter of the restaurant on the Fall River line wharf and began talking to himself. The waiter, Wm. Haworth, asked him if he wanted anything. In réply the stranger said: “Yes, I want to jump over this counter.” Then, putting his hand to his forehead, he said: “I have a very pecullar sensation here. Won't you come out and see me jump off the boat? I am going to take a leap overboard from here tonight.” The proprietor of the restaurant, Mr. Trafton, said, in a kindly way, to his er- ratic customer that what he needed was a good sleep, and suggested to him that he go aboard and get into his room at once. The man admitted that would be the proper thing to do and left the place. Nothing more was thought of the matter until the story of Howland’s disappearance appeared in the papers Monday. A de- scription of the unfortunate man was given Mr. Trafton, and he says it tallies exactly with that of the stranger who acted so queerly in his place. , es GEN. CRESPO ELECTED. The Prohibition of Two Terms in Venezuela Did Not Influence Him. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—The steamer Ven- ezuela arrived this morning from Venezue- lan ports. At Caracas all was quiet. The presidential election had just been held and General Crespo had been elected president. According to the constitution two terms are not allowed. Nevertheless the former incumbent was a candidate. On December 20 a daring forgery was perpetrated on the Bank of Caracas, in ager a family of four persons was impli- cated. The name of a prominent depositor of the bank was forged to a check for $0300 pesos (about $64,000). The cash was paid out on presentation of the check and the forgers had not been arrested at the time of sailing. i FIERCE FIRE AT WORCESTER. A Five-Story Brick Block Almost De- stroyed This Morning. WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 5.—Early this morning the fire department was called out to fight the fiercest fire that has occurred in the business section of this city for many years, A large granite five-story block, owned by R. C. Taylor, was almost destroyed and it was with difficulty the flames were confined to that one building. The first floor of the block was occupied by Clark, Sawyer & Co., dealers in crockery and glassware. The fire started in their packing room in the basement and swept upward hy means of the elevator well. The alarm was sound- ed at 3. and was followed by two general alarms, calling out every available piece of apparatus in the city. The block faces east opposite the common and City Hall. In ‘the rear and on the north is an alley way and on the south Jonas G. Clark's big block towers. This building was saved. Torrents of water were poured on the flames and after two and a half hours’ work the y were entirely subdued, but not until the entire rear half of the block had been gutted and the e:tire building practi- cally ruined. It was insured for only $27,- 500, Clark & Sawyer were insured for $80,000, which will probably cover their loss. The insurance is divided among home and foreign companies in policies of about $3,000 each. There were many vacant rooms and the upper floors were entirely open. ———___ CAPTURE OF CHOLUTECA, Progress of the War Between Nicara: gua and Honduras. NEW YORK, Jan. The Herald's Managua, Nicaragua, cable says: The town of Choluteca, in Honduras, was captured Thursday at noon by Gen. Bonilla’s army, aided by the Nicaraguan troops. Gen, Williams and several other officers were taken prisoners in this engagement and many men were wounded. The invaders will march at once upon Tegucigalpa, which is the largest and finest city in Honduras. Bonilla has chosen the following cabinet members of the provisional government, of which he has himself assumed the prest- dency: Minister of foreign affairs, Caesar Bonilla; interior, Angel Arias; | finance, Miguel Davela; war, Manuel Bonilla. Another Managua, Nicaragua, special hi this account: The town of Choluteca was taken by storm yesterday. Gen. Villeta made a heroic defense. The loss in killed and wounded is said to have been 150 men. Viileta retreated to a ranch, where a bat- tle was begun with a vanguard of the in- vaders, who hourly expected reinforce- ments. Gen. Ortiz, commanding the Nicaraguan forces, has been ordered to await a Hon- duran attack, and, if made, to immediately invade their country. The government has levied a forced loan of $250,000 on merchants. >— ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILWAY. Appointment of Messrs. Reinhart, Cook and Wilson as Receivers. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 5.—Joseph W. Reinhart, John I. McCook and Joseph W. Wilson were yesterday appointed re- ceivers of the Atlantic and Pacific railway by Judge Needham C, Collier, associate jus- tice of the supreme court of New Mexico, on a suit brought by the Mercantile Trust Company of New York. The bill alleges that $5,500,000 of second mortgage bonds are now due, with interest at 6 per cent, and $165,000 interest, due March 1, is un. paid, and the floating indebtedness is $15,- 000, The court fixed the receivers’ bond at $25,000 each. This action is not altogether unexpected. Pre tte Shoe are COLORADO’S NEW GOLD FIELDs. Rich Ore Found on Crooked Creek Near Buena Vista. DENVER, Jan. 5.—Unconfirmed reports of a new gold field have been heard during the past two months, and the first strike of note is now reported. The new strike is on Crooked creek, near Buena Vista, and the lucky prospectors found free gold in white quartz in their claim, named the Nel- lie Bly, reported to assay twelve ounces to the ton. Rich gold ore has been reported in the Nellie Bly, and a fourth interest in the mine was sold at a good figure yesterday. — Preferred to Their Own Representa- tive, SAN ANGELO, Tex., Jan. 5.—A petition signed by over 2,000 property owners and voters was forwarded last evening by the local wool men to Representative J. C. Burrows, member of the ways and means committee, at Washington, D. C., protest- ing against placing the fleecy staple on the free list. The wool men selected Mr. Bur- rows, a republican, in preference to the district Congressman, T.M. Paschal, on ac- count of the difference in their views on the wool problem. eS “SSSR The Peacemaker Killed. BRENHAM, Texas, Jan. 5.—At Indepen- dence, Washington county, late yesterday afternoon there was a difficulty between Charles Clay and Aaron Shannon, two young men, sixteen and nineteen years respectively. Shannon opened fire on Clay, two balls taking effect, one in the chin and the other in the stomach, and it is be- lieved that he is mortally wounded. Clay drew his six-shooter to return the fire and commenced shooting just as Dr. W. H. Waters reached the scene to stop the dif- ficulty, and the first bullet from Clay's pis- tol struck the doctor in the shoulder, kill- ing him instantly. Dr. Waters was a prom- inent and influential citizen. Pa,, Jan. 5.—The Penn- HARRISBURG, sylvania building at the world’s fair has been finally disposed of. The Globe Wreck- ing Company of Chicago get the building for $1,550. Nesbit & Coder, the Harrisburg contractors, pay $1,050 for the glass in the building. — Crude petroleum has been struck at a depth of 1,815 feet in a well at Glens Falls, . Xe PEEL EDUCATIONAL... EXCURSIONS, &. FINANCIAL... FOR SALE (Miscellaneous... FOR SALE (Pianos)... SEUSS SHAR ET EOE ECT Og TET eT Cee EE CeaESRTE REET EETETE LOST AND FOUND.. MANICURE WANTED (8itaations) WANTED (Miscellaneous)... WINTER RESORTS. BeOS SES SURES CSR Shas he SSaeKRSSSERSSSSSS S55 SweeSuraesSssured A GOODLY ARRAY. Some of th teresting Features to Be Found in Tcmorrow’s Star. Tomorrow's twenty-page Star will be a veritable magazine in size, and will main- tain its reputation as one of the best fam- ily newspapers to be found anywhere. The array of bright, entertaining special chap- ters is particularly inviting, and The Star's readers will be amply rewarded by careful perusal. In addition the pages of The Star will be enlivened by a goodly collection of short, crisp sketches, interviews, anecdotes, ete. The Star ‘is primarily a family paper, and in tomorrow’s issue will be found a vast amount of reading matter just suited to the home circle. The following samples will give an idea of the character of Saturday's big Star: FINANCIAL. Washington Loan and Trust Company. FIRE-PROOF GRANITE BUILDING, PAID-UP CAPITAL, $1,000,000. ORGANIZED UNDER ACT OF CONGRESS AXB UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. FURNISHES FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENTS, . EXECUTES TRUSTS. PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. LOANS MONEY. RENTS OFFICE ROOMS AND SAFE DEPOSTS BOXES. 0, eeseeee each. Fidelity Building, Loan & Is nvestment Association. /McGILL BUILDING, 908-914 G st. c. 4. BI ANKING HOUSE. A905 ost.N. Ww. — WAREHOUSE, 1140 15TH ST. &. W. COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT COMPANY, 516 Oth st. nw. Open for basiness January oe ont aoe. The National Safe Deposit, Savings And Trust Of the District of Columbia, x CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORE ave Chartered special act of Jan., 1867, and A ‘Oct., 1890, and THE WORLD OF WOMEN. (illustrated.) | 84FE DErosIT Under this heading there will be a page of entertaining and varied reading mat- ter particularly suited to women. Par- ticular atteation is called to the fashion chapters, and the accuracy and pleasing effect of the illustrations which accom- pany them. CONGRESSIONAL SKETCHES (illus- trated). Pen pictures of some prominent Senators and Representatives, with interesting notes of their manners and ways when not attending to their official duties. IN PARIS STUDIO (illustrated). This is a bright letter to The Star from the French capital, telling of the Ameri- can girl and her position there, of the work and play of the students and de- scribing the three great colonies of French art life. CABINET MINISTERS (illustrated). Frank G. Carpenter chats about the big men of Cleveland’s official family, and tells how they come to the cabinet meet- ings and of some of their personal char- acteristics. “HOCH DIE ANARCHIE” (illustrated). ‘The rise and spread of the red terror of Europe and the prospects of a war against law and order. A timely article and one that will be found intensely in- teresting. IT IS A HARD GRIND. Amos Cummings, ffom personal experi- ence, tells of the daily life of a member of Congress, with its many duties and worries. ROBBED OF TERRORS. Makirg railroad traveling safer through mechanical appliances. Late inventions and their uses irterestingly described. Ratlroading simplified to prevent a repe- tition of last year’s terrible record. ABOUT THE MOTHER-IN-LAW. Amelia E. Barr protests ageinst the com- monly accepted idea of this relative and arraigns young married men for their reglect of one who deserves more con- sideration than she receives. BALLOONS IN WAR. An epoch is approaching when these aerial batteries will come into active use for coast defense. This article, by Rene Bache, shows how our country can be easily protected from invasion, THE MAJOR’S MONKEY, An entertaining story. WEIGHING THE MAIL, How the Post Office adjusts railway mail rates with the roads every four years and makes a source of revenue for the latter. ROOMS AT COLLEGE. Some of the queer dens in which students live during the happy years, and the many trophies that adorn them. THE RUSSIAN THISTLE. A weed that costs four million dollars a year is coming this way. A big speci- men is here as an ally to the bill before Congress to exterminate it. SESS SRL An Editor Wanted. The United States civil service commis- sion will hold an examination on January 24 to fill a vacancy in the position of hor- ticultural and entomological editor, De- partment of Agriculture, at a salary of $1,400 per annum. The subjects of the ex- amination will be horticulture, economic entomology, French and German, essay writing and abstracting. Arrangements may be made to examine applicants in some of the large cities outside of Washing- ton if aplications are filed in time. Those who desire to compete should write to the civil service commission, Washington, D. C., and obtain an cpplication blank. Men only will be admitted to the examination, and residents of the District of Columbia will not be admitted. ————+2+—_____ The San Francisco. A telegram received at the Navy Depart- ment from Rear Admiral Benham reports the arrival of the cruiger San Francisco at Bahia, Brazil, this morning. Admiral Ben- ham gave no news in his dispatch. He will probably sail from Bahia today and proceed to Rio Janeiro without another stop. It is 710 miles from Bahia to Rio and the trip can easily be made by the San Francisco in two days. This will put Admiral Benham in active command of the United States naval fleet at Rio by Sunday or Monday at the latest. ts ‘The Government Building. The Secretary of the Treasury has de- cided to appoint a commission of three persons to appraise the government build- ing at the world's fair, with a view to its disposal, under the terms of the law. The city of Chicago is to be given preference in the purchase of the material used in the construction of the building. ———— The mortgage on the Hoffman House, New York, will be BENJAMIN P. Sw President. CHARLES ©. G! Vice a. M. JOHNSTON, Second Vice }OMAS R. JONES, Third Vice Pres. E. FRANCIS RIGGS, RIG q ALBERT L. STURTEVANT, JOHN C. WILSON. Trot Ogee” Benjamin P. Snyder, L, Sturtevant, |. Plant, © T. SAVENNER, , Member Washington Stock Exchange. Real Estate and Stock Broker. Pablished a Very I The most popular book that the Depart- ment of Agriculture has published since the famous Horse Bock was gotten out &F manded by agriculturists land that the first edition of 3,000 is tically exheusted. Yesterday, when actual counting of copies was taken suggestion of Secretary Morton, just copies were found, and every one of had been spoken for and requests gating several hundred were second edition of 5,000 is to be of which over 2,000 must be crop and weather correspondents partment in all parts of the country. remairder will soon vanish before the hun< ery demand for them. The book is the most compendious volume the American farmer has ever had prepared for him. It is arranged alphabetically and covers every topic involved in agriculture and horticulture, from apples to wool. Di- gested to brief, plain paragraphs in its 411 pages are the various reports, bulletins and other publications of the fifty-four experi- ment stations in the ee states, and of the department proper, for the past three years, since the establishment of the ex- periment stations under the act of 1890, These stations receive annually from the general government an appropriation, §15,- Qu0, the aggregate applied in this way being $689,000, while the various states ate from their own funds $309,000 more for these experimental farms and The mailing lists of these stations embrace, all told, 400,000 names, chiefly farmers who are striving to get the benefit of the ex- perimentation conducted by the nearly 500 professional chemists, agriculturists, horti- culturists, botanists, entomologists, vet- erinarians, biologists, irrigation engineers and geologists employed at the stations. It is a forgone expectation that nearly all the 400,000 people who receive the publica- tions of the station will sooner or later want the handbook, and Congress will be asked to provide for printing a quantity sufficient at least to supply a part of this expected demand. What such a book may add to the wealth of the country by the introduction generally of improved processes and scientific methods can only be com jectured. ————_-e-—___ Police Aid for New York's Poor. Mayor Gilroy of New York yesterday received from Superintendent Byrnes $2,- 038.86, which is the contribution of the uniformed police of the city for the funé toward the relief of the unemployed. ——_ -+e<- —__ Burglar Caught at Boston. A burglar who says he is Simon Wisman i files FEE, gh38 geke ?